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Boreman Bistro staff collects items to donate

Council plans Knotts memorial by rachel mcbride staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Many hot topics were discussed during last night’s Morgantown City Council meeting. The LGBTQ community, engineering studies, a potential memorial as well as the Ward and Boundary Commission were just some of the topics presented. There was a divide among some of the council members as well as among the meeting’s lo-

cal attendees.

The City Council presented an award to the Mo rga nt ow n Hu ma n Rights Commission for its hard work and dedication to striving for equality, regardless of sexuality.

The notion of passing an engineering study was presented to the board members. The study would cover possible safety issues concerning the transportation in Morgantown. The notion to allow the study to occur was passed.

A proposal to implement a Don Knotts memorial was also discussed.

The memorial would be placed in front of the Metropolitan Theater on High Street. This would make the memorial adjacent to the Don Knotts star, also located right outside the theater.

“The artist wanted to make this (the memorial) a destination point for Morgantown itself,” said City Manager Jeff Mikorski.

An issue brought forth to the council members

was the approval of the Ward and Boundary Report. This contained the idea to redraw the voting wards of Morgantown.

According to data at the meeting, the wards have not been changed since 1989. Several concerns were vocalized about this notion.

If the wards of Morgantown were to be modified, two candidates would have to run against one another in the upcoming election. According to First Ward member Ron

Bane, this is the council’s primary reason for not wanting to approve the current Ward and Boundary Report.

“We cannot ignore the gorilla in the room,” he said.

Bane continued to vocalize his concern about the council’s agenda and whether or not disapproving the report would set a positive standard for the council. His concerns were aligned with Third

By Ashley DeNardo A&E Editor @AMDENARDO

Many workplaces celebrate the holidays by exchanging gifts or doing Secret Santa.

One West Virginia University dining hall is taking the gift-giving experience on a different route. Instead of exchanging gifts with each other, workers at the WVU Boreman Bistro will collect items to donate.

“Boreman Bistro student workers and staff have chosen to collect hats, gloves and socks for local children in need instead of doing our normal gift exchange this year,” said Debbie Allison, a supervisor at the Boreman Bistro.

“I don’t want to be blowing my own horn but I suggested this drive to the students this year instead of doing the normal gift exchange, encouraging the students and workers to (pay) it forward.”

According to Allison, the Boreman Bistro is collaborating with a local non-profit organization to help make a difference in the community.

“Once we have our donations, we are getting together with Scotts Run Settlement House to donate the items to them for their Christmas baskets,” Allison said.

The Scotts Run Settlement House helps the needy of Monongalia County by providing programs and services.

These programs help with basic needs such as food, clothing and education. Besides Scotts Run’s dedication to sponsoring almost 200 families’ Christmas dinners and toys for children, it runs a food pantry, a Baby Basics Pantry and a Backpacks Feeding Program for school-aged children, among other services, year-round.

The Boreman Bistro’s clothing drive isn’t only for the food service workers to participate in.

“Anyone wishing to donate can feel free to place items on our tree at the front entrance by the register at Boreman Bistro,” Allison said.

The drive started Monday and will continue through Dec. 12.

To get involved in other ways or to sponsor a family for Christmas, contact the Scotts Run Settlement House at 304-599-5020.

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Mining student compares coal, natural gas By corey mcdonald staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The Sierra Student Coalition, a student branch of The Sierra Club - the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization - held a presentation Tuesday. The lecture compared the economic impacts of coal energy and energy created by natural gas on the mining industry, along with the potential future benefits of solar energy.

The demonstration was held by Grant Spear, a senior mining engineering student at West Virginia University and a member of the student coalition.

Prior to the 1990’s, coal energy was the most valuable source of energy for the country economically. However, recent economic directions have shown trends toward natural gas as a more efficient source of energy, economically speaking.

“In the 90’s they further developed the combined cycle gas turbine system, which is similar to your open cycle system in your car engine,” Spear said. “That technology became more marketable which furthered investments.”

Starting around 2007, new technologies were applied to the already existing gas drilling technologies that aided in the economic significance of natural gas. These new advancements propelled investments even further for this industry.

Coal-related energy, on the other hand, has shown

a declining trend economically, showing a significant reduction in shares.

“Coal-fired power generation has decreased by up to 52 percent from a 2008 high,” Spear said. “There is this socalled ‘war on coal’ that the President is waging with the EPA on coal miners that has basically been created by the mining sector. If there’s a war on coal being waged, it’s being waged by natural gas.”

Further examination into coal technologies shows costs to maintain coal usage have increased. Carboncapture technologies along with additional regulations to emissions other than carbon - such as mercury and sulfur - have been imposed on the industry, but these regulations are not economically favorable.

“Right now there are 32 facilities that are expected to close, there’s another 36 that are on the fence,” Spear said.

“They may decide transition into natural gas; for some it’s a good decision, for others it’s smart to cut their losses.”

Natural gas has its own costs as well. Many documented instances have shown a danger in pumping natural gas. Wells designed to pump natural gas have shown a tendency to fail, causing leakage into the surrounding environments, which in turn creates hazardous environmental issues, most notably to drinking water.

“While the costs and benefits between coal and natural gas remain debatable, other under-utilized energy resources remain a viable

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Grant Speer, a mining engineering senior, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of coal and natural gas Tuesday in Oglebay Hall. and foreseeable option that could not only become economically achievable within the next decade, but has also proved to be effective in different countries including Germany and Spain,” Spear said.

Comparing insolation graphs, Spear demonstrated the potential for Solar production for the United

States.

“On May 11, 2014, Germany was able to meet 74 percent of their daily demand solely on renewables, primarily solar while also using gas,” Spear said. “If the Germans are able to do it, there’s no reason we should not be able to meet the same standard here; 22.9 percent of Germany’s electrical grid

comes from solar. By contrast, gas right now in the U.S. is at 25 percent. Right now the Germans are able to do with solar what we’re trying to do with natural gas.”

Spear explained while renewable energy been progressing in different countries, it has gotten off to a

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Student develops way to produce cheap, renewable electricity with wind by taylor jobin staff writer @dailyathenaem

WindPax, a portable wind turbine company developed by West Virginia University students and faculty, recently received funding from a Kickstarter campaign to produce a cheap, renewable source of electricity for consumers.

The campaign intended to raise merely $50,000 butreached $84,707 from 481 backers.

Justin Chambers, a mechanical and aerospace engineering student, is the president, co-inventor and found of WindPax. Before Chambers joined professor James E. Smith’s class, the idea for a portable, collapsible wind turbine had floated around for nearly two years.

Smith soon became the project’s academic and research mentor.

It was originally developed for military applications by graduate students and Smith. Once Chambers joined the class and took on the project, Smith realized his business potential and it was decided Chambers would “champion this project

and the technology” and help prepare it for patent disclosure.

To finish the team, Andrew Lowery, an adjunct professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, joined as a scientist on the project and James E. Smith II, a business administration and accounting graduate of WVU, became the head of accounting and finance. Chad C. Panther, an aerospace engineering graduate of WVU, tests the turbines in WVU’s wind tunnels and current engineering undergrad, Ephraim Pittore, rounds out the team.

Although originally designed with military purposes in mind, they quickly realized the experimental wind turbine had a variety of different possible applications.

“After we had the design done, we built one and tested it, then we found out it would actually be a pretty good product for campers and hikers and everyone else around the world,” Chambers said.

WindPax is now looking to take the company in two main, albeit separate, directions, with the first be-

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Windpax started a Kickstarter campaign to help fund project.

ORIGINAL GOAL: $50k ACTUAL RESULT: $84,707

Justin Chambers, shown here with his wind turbing, is a Ph. D student ing the recreational mar- ering tailgates.

The second direction ket. Chambers said the product is ideal for supple- the company wants to take menting large batteries or is in the third world, speportable generators when cifically energy povertyyou go camping or hiking. stricken nations. There are He also said the portable over 1.2 billion people in turbines are great for pow- the world without access

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to electricity. According to Chambers, their primary source of power is burning kerosene. However, kerosene is a toxic substance and is far from an ideal power source.

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tial project with the World Bank in the works. The project would help supply WindPax’s portable wind turbines to regions in need of cheap electricity.

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Wednesday December 3, 2014

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W.Va. shooter held personal, professional grudges MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-convict who owned a towing company made good on his grudges, police said Tuesday, killing his partner, his business rival, his ex-girlfriend and the woman’s new boyfriend before firing a bullet through his head in the cab of his pickup truck.

Posting a message to Facebook as police hunted him down after the rampage, Jody Lee Hunt said he wanted to see that his victims “received their fair pay of hurt.”

“My actions were not right nor were the actions of those who tried to tear me down and take from me,” Hunt wrote in the lengthy Facebook post before committing suicide.

The shootings began Monday morning with Hunt settling of a professional grudge: For the past couple of months, he had been complaining to county officials that towing operators, including his rival Doug Brady, had been poaching jobs, Monongalia County commissioner Tom Bloom said.

Police said Hunt drove over to Doug’s Towing and shot Brady in the head twice while he was working in his garage.

That set off what would become about a 12-hour manhunt for the 39-yearold Hunt and his black 2011 Ford F-150, leaving the city on edge and police miles behind.

Hunt next drove next to a home his ex-girlfriend, 39-year-old Sharon Kay Berkshire, was renting with her new boyfriend, Michael David Frum, 28, Monongalia County Sheriff Kenneth “Al” Kisner said.

Frum and Berkshire had been dating for a few months, and at one point, Frum may have taunted Hunt with a text message.

Frum was found shot to death inside the home, and Berkshire, shot twice, was discovered outside, perhaps dying as she tried to escape.

“Having a man text u to say I’m with her and u are stuck without her is not a game. Games hurt people’s hearts. Games don’t solve anything,” Hunt wrote.

Hunt then drove back across town and killed his business partner and cousin Jody Taylor, who also may have been romantically involved with Berkshire at some point, police said.

“I did not chose (sic) to have the love of my life to go behind my back and

sleep with several guys as she came home to lay her head on my shoulder to say goodnight I love you,” Hunt wrote.

The manhunt finally ended Monday night when his body was found in the pickup in some woods.

Hunt and Berkshire had a rocky two-year relationship, the sheriff said.

She filed a restraining order against him late last year, but dropped it two weeks later when things improved, according to court documents.

She took out a second restraining order on Oct. 26, then terminated that one as well about two weeks later after moving in with Frum.

Hunt’s stepson described him as a complicated man, someone who was “emotional, hurt, depressed all the time, and happy occasionally.”

“He was not a monster,” 19-year-old Tristan Bird told The Associated Press.

“He was always there for me. But of course, none of these people deserved to die. There’s no excuse for what he did. I can’t even fathom why he would do this.”

Hunt had criminal convictions in three states.

In 1994, he was sentenced to probation in Pennsylvania for trespassing and theft. Then in 1999, he was twice charged with abducting an earlier girlfriend.

In Winchester, Virginia, he held this estranged girlfriend hostage for hours at gunpoint in an auto parts factory before he surrendered. She was pregnant with his child at the time.

He was sentenced to three years in prison, served concurrently with a five year sentence for wanton endangerment in West Virginia.

In 2006, Hunt was ordered to pay more than $12,000 in back child support, and by March 2009, that had been paid in full, court records |show.

Hunt was not allowed to own a gun under West Virginia law. Police were not sure where he got the handgun he used Monday, nor were they certain that the same gun was used in all the shootings.

Hunt ended his Facebook confession with a plea for understanding — and for his pets.

“I except my actions were wrong but in my eyes just. So I will leave this world as others did. May your saddened hearts be replaced with hate for me.

Please take care of my dogs.”

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A memorial sign for Doug Brady, owner of Doug’s Towing, is placed outside the towing company in Westover, W.V., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Police say towing business owner Jody Lee Hunt fatally shot four people, including Brady, and another who filed a domestic violence case against him, and then himself Monday, but officials have yet to piece together clues as to why he went on the spree.

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State police arrive at a residence on Sunset Beach Road in Cheat lake area where the second and third bodies were discovered, shot by the same shooter Jody Hunt of J&J Towing in Westover . The West Virginia man suspected in four killings in separate shootings was discovered dead in his truck of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an hours-long manhunt, police said Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.

Eyeing 2016, Jeb Bush talks foreign policy CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Nearing a decision on a presidential run in 2016, Jeb Bush on Tuesday reaffirmed his support for the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba and pushed for a foreign policy that he said could help repair the nation’s credibility after Barack Obama’s presidency.

“Our allies don’t trust us and our enemies don’t fear us. There is no situation worse for stability and peace than that,” the former Florida governor told the annual luncheon of the U.S.-Cuba Democracy PAC. “The iron rule of superpower deterrent is ‘Mean it when you say it.’

And it has been broken by this president.”

As an example, Bush cited Obama’s decision not to follow through on his statements that there would be consequences for Syria if that country used chemical weapons.

To date, the U.S. has not taken any direct military action against the government of Bashar Assad.

“Words matter,” Bush said. “Presidents need to set United States aspirations and intentions where there is little gap between words and deeds.”

On Monday, Bush told business leaders in Washington that he would decide “in short order” whether to launch a presidential bid. Establishment Republicans and

big-money donors see a pragmatic governor who won two terms in the nation’s largest swing state in part by appealing to Florida’s fast-growing Hispanic population. Conservatives see Bush, the son and brother of presidents, as too moderate on immigration and other issues important to them.

Bush aimed to burnish his foreign policy credentials Tuesday while also solidifying his connection to Florida’s powerful Cuban exile community. He did so primarily, for the second day in a row, by offering harsh words about the Obama administration.

He said Obama played politics with his foreign policy, setting artificial timelines for troop withdrawals in Iraq and Afghanistan that ultimately hurt U.S. standing in the Middle East and emboldened enemies such as Islamic State militants.

Left unmentioned was Obama’s recent decision to send 3,000 troops back to Iraq as trainers and advisers and an aggressive air campaign against IS. Bush emphasized American exceptionalism and called on the country to play a more robust role on the world stage. He said the United States should strengthen its military and bolster its alliances with Canada, Mexico and Israel while building coalitions

with Latin America.

“The United States needs to lead. Lead with humility, lead with respect — but lead,” Bush said.

“We are not an equal partner in a so-called community of nations. We are a leader among equals.”

His remarks Tuesday also drew distinct differences between himself and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former secretary of state and the leading Democrat for her party’s presidential nomination, should she decide to seek it.

Bush not only reaffirmed his support for the U.S. trade embargo, but said America should consider strengthening it.

Without naming her, he criticized efforts by Clinton and others to lift the sanctions.

Clinton, who backed the trade limits when she ran for president in 2008, reversed her position this year and now describes the embargo as “Castro’s best friend,” arguing that the regime uses it as a scapegoat for the island’s problems.

Bush said the embargo should remain until the Castro regime is driven from power, or releases its political prisoners and holds free elections.

He also pledged his support for the event’s host, the U.S-Cuba Democracy PAC, one of the policy’s staunchest defenders.

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slow pace in the U.S., as subsidies granted by the government are more favorable toward the natural gas industry.

“According to the Energy Information Agency, in 2010 the oil and natural gas industry received over 500 billion dollars in subsidies, renewable resources got 10 billion,” Spear said.

At-home solar technologies are on the rise and are predictably a strong capital investment.

“In parts of the southwest right now, the solar panels have already reached price parity with gas. They’re at 7.2 cents per kilowatt hour versus the 6.6 for coal and 6.1 for gas,” Spear said. “Once you get the proper subsidies in there - or if you take subsidies out of the coal and gas areas - it will become more economic to transition to solar.”

Spear said presenting the lecture was important to help educate those who may not know much about the issues.

“I wanted to present this to everybody because the economics of why we utilize certain fuels and not others is something the public doesn’t necessarily understand,” Spear said. “I’m opposed to burning coal but in favor of gas because I think we can do it the right way to help transition to renewables by 2050.”

Ward member Wes Nugent’s, who emphasized the importance of the city charter and what the law clearly states.

“We need to follow the charter. That’s the law.

That’s the law we have today,” Nugent said.

Morgantown Mayor Jenny Selin vocalized her discomfort with the data on voters in regard to the precincts and wards in Morgantown. Other members agreed, stating they desired clearer data representing the Morgantown population before action took place.

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Continued from page 1 Smith said the WindPax team is currently in discussion with a large sporting goods company that is projecting to sell 219,000 units in the first year alone.

WindPax’s patent-pending design uses a vertical turbine method that cups the air to spin the impellers - which is what creates the charge. There are three models: the Wisp, the Breeze and the Cyclone.

The Wisp, the smallest and lightest of the three, is for backup power in emergency situations. It generates 25 watts of power that can be used to charge or power any standard USB device.

No decision was made regarding the current Ward and Boundary Report.

Several residents present at the meeting expressed negative feelings about the council’s hesitancy to redistrict the wards.

“Please listen to the community and do what is right, not what will further your political agenda,” said former city council member Linda Herbst.

Due to the council’s inability to reach a consensus concerning the Ward and Boundary Report, the council has 15 days to reach an alternative solution. The topic will be presented at the next meeting. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

The Breeze is slightly larger than the Wisp. It generates 100 watts and can be used to power a standard 12 volt outlet and standard USB. It was designed with campsites in mind.

Chambers said the Cyclone is still in developmental phase, but will generate 400 watts and be used to power RVs or small villages.

While WindPax is still in its infantile stages, Chambers and Smith have high aspirations for the company.

“In five years we have a goal to send 1 million wind turbines to the developing world as a means to tackle energy poverty,” Chambers said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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NBR names ‘A Most Violent Year’ best movie of the year NEW YORK (AP) — With a decidedly quirky batch of selections, the National Board of Review thrust its support squarely behind the New York drama “A Most Violent Year,” naming it best film and awarding its stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.

Announcing its annual awards Tuesday, the National Board of Review went for several unexpected choices. J.C. Chandor’s “A Most Violent Year,” in which Isaac plays a family man struggling amid the urban crime of 1981 New York, hasn’t been a favorite in the awards mix early in the season. It opens in late December.

The group also handed best director to Clint Eastwood for his upcoming Navy SEAL drama “American Sniper,” also a late year release.

Isaac shares the best actor award with Michael Keaton for the showbiz satire “Birdman.” Keaton’s costar, Edward Norton, was also given best supporting male actor.

Julianne Moore took best actress for “Still Alice,” in which she plays a woman with early onset Alzheimer’s.

The wins were the second in two days for Moore and Keaton, both honored Monday by the Gotham Independent Awards. Hollywood’s lengthy awards season kicked off Monday with the New York Film Critics Circle naming Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” best film of the year, and the Gothams opting for “Birdman.”

In perhaps the National Board of Review’s most eccentric choice, best screenplay went to Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for their self-referential animated toy film “The Lego Movie.” Yet the National Board of Review - which likes to spread its awards around to attract the most stars to its Manhattan gala - still opted to award best animated feature to the DreamWorks sequel “How to Train Your Dragon 2.”

Chris Rock will receive

the group’s “spotlight” award for writing, directing and starring in his comedy “Top Five.” The group’s “freedom of expression” award will go to both Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater,” about a journalist unjustly imprisoned in Iran, and the Martin Luther King Jr. tale “Selma.”

For his transfer of Thomas Pynchon’s “Inherent Vice,” Paul Thomas Anderson was awarded best adapted screenplay. Upcoming British star Jack O’Connell was named breakthrough performance for his lead turns in both Angelina Jolie’s upcoming World War II epic “Unbroken” and the British prison drama “Starred Up.” Best ensemble went to the Brad Pitt-led cast of the World War II tank thriller “Fury.” The Roger Ebert doc “Life Itself ” was tipped as best documentary. And the Argentine black comedy “Wild Tales” took best foreign film.

The group also named its top 10 films of the year:

‘A Most Violent Year’ is a crime drama set in 1981 New York City.

“American Sniper,” “Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “Fury,” “Gone Girl,” “The Imitation Game,” “Inherent Vice,” “The Lego Movie,” “Nightcrawler” and “Unbroken.”

The National Board of Review, a group of film academics, students and professionals founded in 1909, will present their awards Jan. 6 in an event

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hosted by ABC’s Lara Spencer.

Last year, the National Board of Review named Spike Jonze’s futuristic romance “Her” best film.

Force Awakens is ‘mind-blowing’ Rolling Stones sax player dead at 70 NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar Isaac is as wowed by the new “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” trailer as are its fans.

Isaac, one of the stars of the highly anticipated sequel, said the trailer was “pretty mind-blowing” during an appearance at Monday night’s Gotham Independent Film Awards.

“I shot (the film) this summer and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life,” the actor, who

was nominated for a Gotham award for his role in “A Most Violent Year,” told The Associated Press.

But when it came time to discuss the particulars of his character, Isaac was not about to reveal anything - including rumors that he’s playing the son of Princess Leia and Han Solo.

“That’s what you got from the trailer?” Isaac asked. “Hey, you run with that buddy. You take that

and run with it.”

When asked if he was Luke Skywalker’s son, he laughed.

“I can’t say a word. What are you doing? I’m not going to tell you . I can’t say a word, man,” Isaac said.

The official “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has been viewed more than 10 million times since it debuted on Friday. The J.J. Abrams-directed film is set for release in December of 2015.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Saxophonist Bobby Keys, a lifelong rock `n’ roller who toured with Buddy Holly, played on recordings by John Lennon and laid down one of the all-time blowout solos on the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar,” has died. He was 70.

Michael Webb, who played keyboard with Keys, said Keys died Tuesday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, after a lengthy illness. Keys had been on tour with the Stones earlier this year before his health prevented him from performing.

“The Rolling Stones are devastated by the loss of their very dear friend and legendary saxophone player, Bobby Keys,” the band said in a statement. “Bobby made a unique musical contribution to the band since the 1960s. He will be greatly missed.”

Keys, one of the few rock saxophonists to become a name in his own right, was a heavy-set man with jowls to match and had a raw, piercing sound. The Lubbock, Texas, native was born the same day as Keith Richards - Dec. 18, 1943 - and the Stones guitarist would often cite Keys as a soul mate and favorite musician. On “Brown Sugar,” he needed little time to seal his history with the band, which had decided a saxophone would work better than a guitar for the solo spotlight.

“It was the first take,” he would recall.

Keys also played memorable solos on such Stones favorites as the seven-minute jam “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” and the country-styled “Sweet Virginia.”

Other career highlights included Lennon’s chart-topping “Whatever Gets You Through the Night” and albums by Richards, George Harrison, Barbra Streisand and Eric Clapton. A self-titled solo album featured Harrison and Ringo Starr.

For a time, Keys played clubs and was billed as “Mr. Brown Sugar.”

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Bobby Keys toured with many musicians throughout his career.

“I have lost the largest pal in the world, and I can’t express the sense of sadness I feel, although Bobby would tell me to cheer up,” Richards said in a statement.

Keys’ career dated to the 1950s, when as a teenager he played with fellow Lubbock native Holly and The Crickets. He met the Stones in the mid-’60s while they were on the same bill at a state fair in San Antonio, Texas, and was distraught that the British rockers had recorded a cover of Holly’s “Not Fade Away.”

“I said, `Hey, that was Buddy’s song,’” Keys recalled in Richards’ memoir “Life,” published in 2010. “Who are these pasty-faced, funny-talking, skinny-legged guys to come over here and cash in on Buddy’s song?”

But once Keys listened more closely, he decided the Stones were playing “actual rock and roll,” an opinion the Stones more than shared about Keys. He first recorded with them in the late 1960s and toured and recorded with them off and on over the following decades, his work featured

on three of the group’s most acclaimed albums: “Let It Bleed,” “Sticky Fingers” and “Exile on Main Street.”

In some ways, he was too close to Richards, sharing a taste for throwing televisions off hotel balconies and developing a heroin addiction that led to his temporary estrangement from the group. But he was with the Stones on every major tour over the past quarter century, dependably stepping up for his solo on “Brown Sugar.”

Keys’ memoir “Every Night’s a Saturday Night” was published in 2012, with a foreword by Richards. Keys recalled that he was exposed to rock `n’ roll through Holly’s music - not on the radio, but at the grand opening of a Texas gas station near the home of Keys’ grandparents. It was the first time he heard an electric guitar played live.

“And right then and there I knew I wanted to have something to do with that music,” Keys explained.

Holly “just kinda lit a fuse that started burning then, and it’s still burning now.”

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UPD should have alerted students In the past, The Daily Athenaeum has discussed the need for increased student emergency alerts from the University Police Department. However, there is no excuse for the ball being dropped Monday.

Morgantown and the surrounding areas it serve as a home to many students at West Virginia University.

If what happened Monday was a threat to the residents of these areas, then it was also a threat to students, faculty and staff.

For many students, the first news they received of an active shooter in the area was via social media or even a concerned parent who saw or heard something.

Often, these sources have heard an inaccurate version of events. This could leave students more confused and frightened than if the correct information was given to them by the

University.

Local public elementary, middle and high schools were put into lockdown, yet students at WVU heard nothing from the University about the events until nearly two hours after the reported times of the incident.

Thousands of extra eyes could have served to help police officials in their search during those two hours, yet those who are uninformed cannot be of help.

For several weeks, students were receiving multiple alerts weekly. While some students took to social media to complain about these emails and texts, many (if not more) were thankful they had the information which could help keep them safe.

We would like to encourage students to continue to speak out about the lack of

information students receive or the time frame in which they receive it. This is our home for nine months out of the year, and we deserve to feel safe while we are here.

UPD’s website states an emergency alert is a notification which reports “critical incidents” posing an “imminent threat” to the student body on-campus.

We consider an active shooter in the area to be an imminent threat. Whether or not it was believed this man was intending to come to campus or not, students had the right to know he was active and loose during time when most students are moving to and from classes.

To find out more about UPD emergency alerts, visit http://emergency.wvu. edu/alert/faqs.

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Surviving dead week and finals: Study now, relax later hannah chenoweth columnist @dailyathenaeum

Instead of starting a fresh semester, now you’re just returning to the same dreaded classes and projects, except now you’ve had a week to forget everything you ever learned.

The first few weeks in December are chalk full of assignments that can make or break your grades.

It’s easy to almost give up a semester’s worth of hard work at the very end because you’re so ready to just be done and rush home to start the holiday season.

There are various ways that you can work smarter, instead of harder, to ensure success during finals week.

I’m going to immediately address one major tug-of-war all students face at this time: the “necessary” mental torture of cramming versus the safe haven of sleep.

Sleep is probably the unpopular option in this case, but is truly the smarter choice. It’s been proven by multiple studies, including recent research from UCLA, yet so many students still ignore the fact sacrificing beauty rest is counterproductive.

If you try to quickly memorize 50 terms, you will recognize the words on the tests but find your-

self completely disoriented with no idea how to differentiate them. You won’t be confident about any one area if you try to stuff them in all at the same time.

The solution? Start studying now.

Many students balk at the idea of starting to study more than a week before an exam. But if you make a study guide and start to review it a little bit every day, studying becomes re-

markably casual and nonstressful. The terms and concepts will stick in your head with the repetition of reading your study guide two or three times a day.

Even if you don’t completely understand the concept, you will be surprised to hear the complete technical definition rolling off your tongue from reading it over every day.

Give yourself time to understand the concepts.

It will leave you with way more time for yourself if you review during a PRT ride, a 15 minute break between classes or on the treadmill—anytime you have a spare minute. It will also be far less painful knowing you only have to do it for a few minutes instead of the next ten hours.

I f you ab s o l u t e l y have to take the chaotic cramming-memorization route, utilize mnemonics.

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Making a rhyme, acronym or catchy saying will help you recall information more effectively even if you have no clue what it all means.

The more off-the-wall or personal the saying is to you, the better this will work.

Knowing what kind of learner you are—visual, auditory or kinesthetic— makes studying ten times more effective. But taking the multiple interpretation

technique is something that works for everyone, no matter what the learning style.

The multiple interpretation technique is a fancy way of saying you should cover the same material in a variety of ways. Not only should you read about it, but you should write it down, discuss it out loud (even if it’s to yourself ), draw a visual and even watch a video about it.

This approach also takes the dullness out of simply re-reading every chapter and solidifies the information in your mind.

Have you ever been stuck trying to recall how a certain page of your textbook looked with the answer on it during a test? If you interpret the information in an assortment of ways, you have multiple ways the answer is stored in your memory.

Don’t forget to eat and sleep during this last stretch of the semester.

Don’t call a ceasefire on all normal activities, such as working out, spending time with friends or watching a favorite show. Taking breaks from studying will keep you sane, and activities which increase your well-being are more beneficial to your mindset than an extra hour of studying.

Good luck to everyone and finish the semester strong. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Letters to the editor

Kansas State fans: Thank you students, fans for Morgantown experience Derrick Roberson, Nick Minocha & Lance Saville Kansas state University

Open letter to E. Gordon Gee, President, West Virginia University’ The Dominion Post and The Daily Athenaeum, Two weeks ago, we had the opportunity to travel to Morgantown to attend the West Virginia vs. Kansas State University football game.

This was our first trip to Morgantown, and we were admittedly a bit nervous given stories that we had heard of game day riots with burning couches, etc.

Our experience couldn’t have been different from what we had been told to expect.

Without exception, everyone we met in Mor-

gantown was friendly and gracious, from the hotel clerks, restaurateurs and stadium attendants, to the West Virginia fans and students. We were repeatedly greeted with cheerful welcomes and thanked for making the trip to Morgantown.

Even after the game, which was a closefought battle, we received the same gracious hospitality.

Upon our return to Kansas, we learned that other K-State fans shared similar experiences of the warmth and friendliness of the West Virginia fans.

To West Virginia University, its fans, and the citizens of Morgantown, we offer you thanks for making our experience a great one, and a belated welcome to the BIG 12 Fans cheer on WVU during football game against KSU. Conference!

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active than you realize. Listen to your will miss your presence, but you will thoughts as you wake up. Discus- benefit from slowing the pace. Tosions could revolve around finances. night: Work on being a couch potato.

Born today This year you If you don’t like what you are hearoften waver between opposite ing, hold off on making a decision.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH points of view. You might wonder Tonight: Out late.

Today you will take the correct path whether you need to be more logito where you want to be. Your sense cal or more emotional with your reTAURUS (April 20-May 20) of humor allows others to be more sponses. You probably will try various combinations of both until you HHHHH You finally will feel in forthright. A meeting could profind your voice. If you are single, you control and in touch with your vide a lot of insight about your fiare unusually alluring. Late sum- needs. An associate might be diffi- nances, work and overall image. Say mer through your next birthday is a cult, no matter what you say or do. “no” to impulsive behavior. Tonight: prime time to meet someone signif- Reach out to someone at a distance, You decide. icant. If you are attached, this mag- with whom you see eye to eye. Disnetic quality will bring your sweetie cussions are likely to be animated.

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123 Pleasant Street

2nd annual Pickin’ for Progress spreads awareness

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The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers will perform at the 2nd annual Pickin’ for Progress event at 123 Pleasant Street Thursday.

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Aurora Lights, a nonprofit organization working to strengthen the connections between human life and the natural environment, will host the Appalachian Community Health Emergency Act Party and Pickin’ For Progress concert at 123 Pleasant Street Thursday night.

The event was constructed in support of the ACHE Act Campaign. It focuses on raising awareness of the dangerous effects mountaintop removal has on human life, as well as gathering support for the legislation that will end the practice until additional health studies have been conducted.

The ACHE Act party will be comprised of a slideshow presentation as well as an open discussion regarding the effects of mountaintop removal mining. Guests will have the ability to purchase food from The Atomic Grill throughout the evening. Shortly after the ACHE Party ends, there will be a benefit concert featuring local performers Halftime String Band, The Red Turtles String Snappers and Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers.

Jen-Osha Buysse cofounded Aurora Lights in 1998 and worked as the president of the organization from then until 2012.

Following the founding of Aurora Lights, Buysse worked as an environmental educator in Ecuador, as well as taught at Salem International University and West Virginia University. She received her Ph.D. at WVU, where her research centered around the impacts of mountaintop removal on the communities surrounding the Coal River Mountain in Raleigh County, W. Va. Buysse is currently the director of the Mountain Stewardship and Outdoor Leadership School and also remains on the Board of Directors.

“Founder Jen-Osha Buysse, whom I had

worked with at a previous job, inspired me to become a part of Aurora Lights,” said Elizabeth Wiles, the PR and Operations Manager. “Ever since graduate school, I have wanted to work in outdoor environmental education, fostering the next generation of environmental stewards.”

Aurora Lights’ most notable project has been the award-winning “Journey Up Coal River.” The project provides inclusive, interactive opportunities for students and educators to take action in the Coal River Valley by uncovering the problems there and aiding residents’ hopes and plans for the future.

Aurora lights has raised more than $7,000 with its projects and has used the money to support local activists, the Mountaintop Removal Roadshow, the American Forest Alliance, Pennies of Promise, Mountain Justice event food and volunteer spaces in the Coal River Valley and Wise County, Va. The event is titled Pickin’ for Progress because three bluegrass bands will be featured, and Aurora Lights works toward progress regarding environmental and human health impacts on communities affected by fossil fuel extraction industries.

“People should come to the event because they love local bluegrass music,” Wiles said. “Because they want a better, more sustainable future for all of West Virginia. Because they understand the importance of people connecting with their environments and wanting to work to protect those environments and communities.

Oh, and because they love good food from The Atomic Grill.”

Throughout the event, representatives from numerous environmental organizations from different parts of West Virginia will be available to administer information on the efforts of their organization.

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door for $10. All proceeds benefit Aurora Lights and its efforts. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

REVIEWS

‘Ouija’ disappoints

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***Editor’s note: contains spoilers “Ouija” was released on Oct. 24. Its opening weekend brought in almost $20 million. This means there were a lot of people, including myself, who were duped into paying for an unoriginal movie experience.

“Ouija” could have been much better than it is. The story was on the right track, but where it should have climaxed, it fell flat.

The acting wasn’t appropriate for the situation. The main character, Laine, basically causes the deaths

of all of her friends. Instead of wallowing, she quickly recovers, doesn’t seem to feel guilty, and it feels like she shrugs it off.

Much of the plot was predictable. It is easy to see the other directions that could have been taken to alleviate the cliche ideas and predictability.

While it wasn’t a very good movie, it was still scary, even if those scares were cheap and much-expected.

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A BIG DIFFERENCE

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WVU linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski tackles Iowa State QB Sam Richardson Saturday.

West Virginia’s defense has seen huge improvements from just a couple of season ago by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Although West Virginia’s first-year defensive coordinator Tony Gibson isn’t a finalist for the Broyles Award, which goes to the nation’s top assistant coach, the Mountaineers’ defense has taken a huge leap forward this season under his guidance.

After fielding the nation’s No. 108 defense in 2012, a unit that gave up 472.46 yards per game and 64 touchdowns, Gibson’s 3-3 stack scheme cut into those numbers this season, allowing 388.6 yards per game and 32 offensive touchdowns. West Virginia

also ranks No. 9 in thirddown defense, allowing opponents to convert on just 30.7 percent of their attempts.

Gibson’s defense struggled early in the season against then-No. 2 Alabama and then-No. 4 Oklahoma.

West Virginia’s offense seemed to keep the Mountaineers in both games, while the defense appeared to be the Achilles heel, surrendering 538 and 510 total yards to Alabama and Oklahoma, respectively.

After holding Big 12 basement dweller Kansas to 176 total yards in early October, followed by a less-than-stellar performance on the road against Texas Tech, WVU’s defense

found its groove against then-No. 4 Baylor and continued to play at a high level through the end of the regular season.

Beginning with WVU’s upset win over Baylor, the Mountaineers’ defense allowed 384.17 total yards per game while facing three top-15 teams, including holding No. 12 Kansas State to one rushing yard.

While the defense consistently kept WVU within striking distance in close losses to TCU and Kansas State, the Mountaineers’ offense did little to return the favor. WVU fans still cringe at the five turnovers the Mountaineers surrendered at home to the Horned Frogs, the two fumbles and

two interceptions against the fundamentally sound Wildcats three weeks later.

Despite the offensive mishaps, WVU fans should be encouraged by the defense’s drastic improvement this season. The Mountaineers’ defensive performance against Baylor’s No. 1 offense served as a benchmark of what’s to come in the future under Gibson’s guidance.

Although WVU still has a bowl game to play before the 2014 season is officially in the books, it’s hard not to be excited about what the Mountaineers return defensively next year.

West Virginia will likely return starters Noble Nwachukwu, Kyle Rose, K.J. Dil-

lon, Nick Kwiatkoski, Shaq Petteway, Daryl Worley, Terrell Chestnut, Karl Joseph and Dravon Henry.

Also, key reserves Christian Brown, Darrien Howard, Edward Muldrow, Ricky Rumph, Jarrod Harper and Jaylon Myers should return to the Mountaineer sideline in 2015.

Despite the improvements made this season, West Virginia’s defense must improve in two categories to take another step next season. The Mountaineers only forced 13 turnovers through 12 games in 2014 which ranks No. 113 nationally. That number must improve in 2015 with the offense losing a handful of valuable playmakers.

Since sacking Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty four times, WVU’s pass rush was almost nonexistent in its final five games. The Mountaineers’ pass rush averaged just 1.5 sacks per game while Texas led the Big 12 with 3.25.

During the past two seasons, the West Virginia defense has had a laundry list of problems that overshadowed anything positive. While last weekend’s shootout between Auburn and Alabama – two historically hard-nosed, defensive teams – proved times are changing, and Gibson has the Mountaineers’ defense on track to change with it. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

women’s basketball

Mountaineers travel to Fairleigh Dickinson tonight by david statman

team will continue its nonconference slate Wednesday night, traveling to Teaneck, N.J., to take on the The West Virginia Uni- 1-4 Fairleigh Dickinson versity women’s basketball Knights. sports writer @dailyathenaeum

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WVU center Lanay Montgomery goes for a layup against Seton Hall.

The Mountaineers have started their season with a 4-1 record, garnering them the No. 24 team in the AP poll. They go into Wednesday’s game having won back-to-back contests, most recently beating Fairfield 67-53 Saturday.

Fairleigh Dickinson is not an unfamiliar opponent for the Mountaineers – the two teams met for the first time last December, with West Virginia scoring a 94-47 blowout win. Although junior guard Bria Holmes did not play in that game, the Big 12’s leading scorer at 24.3 points per game will get the chance to introduce herself to the Knights Wednesday.

Although the trio of Holmes, senior forward Averee Fields and freshman guard Teana Muldrow is a potent one offensively – averaging over 52 points combined so far this season – Mountaineer associate head coach Chester Nichols said the hustle and defense should remain the focus for his team.

“We defend, we rebound, we play with toughness,” Nichols said.

“We try to take good shots, and that’s what we stand for, and that’s who we are and that’s what we try to strive for every day when we come out and step on the floor, whether it be practice or a game.”

The Mountaineers have so far succeeded in causing havoc defensively, forcing over 17 turnovers a game in the young season. If they can continue to bring pressure on that

end, they’ll find few offenses more susceptible than Fairleigh Dickinson as its offensive output has so far been anemic, with a 32.6 team field goal percentage and nearly 19 turnovers per game.

While Fairleigh Dickinson started its 2014-15 season with a win over Manhattan, it has since dropped four straight.

Head coach Peter Cinella’s squad is coming off a 3-26 record last year, and in his eight seasons in charge of

the program, he has yet to guide his team to postseason play.

A l t h ou g h Fa i rl e ig h Dickinson has struggled to put points on the board, Cinella has two players who can cause trouble. Junior guard Kelsey Cruz is a volume scorer, who has scored 18.3 points per game so far on 37.3 percent shooting, while junior center Erika Livermore has been a significant post presence with 18.4 points per game and a Northeast Conference-leading 11.8

rebounds.

West Virginia’s trip to Teaneck will be the second of only three non-conference road games this year – they lost to Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., Nov. 20, and will face Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio Dec. 22. After Wednesday night’s game, the Mountaineers will return home for three straight games at the WVU Coliseum, facing Coppin State, Duquesne and IPFW. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Trickett, WVU started but couldn’t finish SPECIAL NOTICES

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

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Senior quarterback Clint Trickett makes a pass during a game earlier this season.

by ryan petrovich sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Last season, it seemed West Virginia was picking names out of a hat to see who would line up under center.

A cavalcade of quarterbacks saw action in 2013, a cavalcade that included Ford Childress, who is no longer with the program, Paul Millard, who hasn’t seen a single snap this season and Florida State transfer, Clint Trickett.

Trickett was seen in eight games last season and led West Virginia to a win against nationally ranked Oklahoma State – really the only positive to come out of a miserable 2013 season.

Uncertainty filled the 2013 season, and uncertainty bled into the offseason. It left Mountaineer fans wondering who would be leading Dana Holgorsen’s offense in 2014.

Instead of keeping the masses in the dark, Holgorsen named Trickett the starting quarterback right from the get-go. This, however, arose doubt amongst many individuals, as Trickett’s performances last season didn’t exactly instill confidence that he could be West Virginia’s answer at quarterback.

Any disbelief any-

one had, however, was squashed in West Virginia’s loss to Alabama in the season opener. Trickett played an excellent game, and while the Mountaineers still fell short, it was a moral victory.

Against Alabama, Trickett threw for 365 yards and one touchdown, but it wasn’t just the numbers that stood out. Trickett displayed confidence, poise and looked like he’d been ‘slinging the rock’ in Holgorsen’s offense for years.

I can’t speak for everyone, but for myself, Trickett turned me into a believer.

He kept my faith as the season progressed as well.

In his first seven games, Trickett threw for more than 300 yards in each, showing and even surpassing 500 yards in a nail-biting victory against Maryland.

Trickett and the entire West Virginia team were proving most doubters wrong. With only two losses heading into a primetime matchup against nationally ranked TCU – WVU was in position to perhaps claim a Big 12 title.

That ultimately went downhill and so did Trickett’s play. Trickett missed the 300 yard mark against Oklahoma State, amassing 238 yards, but the Mountaineers still managed to easily down the Cowboys.

That couldn’t be said for the game against the Horned Frogs. No, the matchup against TCU marked the turning point for Trickett and West Virginia.

The Mountaineers fell short, losing on a last second field goal. Trickett – in that game – was nowhere near the Trickett we saw early in the season. He threw for 162 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. While we can’t put the entire blame on his shoulders, he does hold some of the weight for that loss.

That loss began the downward spiral of West Virginia. The Mountaineers would go on to lose their next three games, including a disappointing loss to a less-than-stellar Texas team.

The Mountaineers fell apart, and Trickett took a nosedive of his own. It’s similar to what happened during the Geno Smith days.

In 2012, Smith and company appeared to be legitimate contenders in the Big 12, and Smith was making a Heisman case with game numbers like 656 passing yards and eight touchdowns in just one game.

When the Mountaineers traveled to Texas Tech, however, West Virginia imploded. After falling to the

Red Raiders, Smith and company dropped their next five games.

This begs the question of why West Virginia can’t seem to play a complete season and sparks controversy involving Holgorsen as a head coach, but that’s a different story for a different day.

Trickett hasn’t been the same since TCU. He’s seemed uncomfortable. It carried over to the Kansas State game. Offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson cites defensive pressure as one of the reasons.

“It probably has to do with his protection,” Dawson said.

Trickett took a harsh hit against TCU, in which his facemask was nearly yanked off, a penalty that was never called.

“At times it’s legitimate (pressure), at times it’s ghost,” Dawson said.

After Trickett suffered a concussion against Kansas State, the reigns were handed over to Skyler Howard, and fans seemed delighted Trickett was no longer WVU’s signal caller.

With all due respect, if you believe Howard or anyone else should have been West Virginia’s starting quarterback from game one, you’re wrong. Trickett was clearly the right choice in the beginning, and his numbers prove that.

I’m not trying to defend Trickett and say he should be under center for the upcoming bowl game because his play has certainly declined. Howard could be the spark WVU needs, but to jump to conclusions and think that after watching Howard play one and half games that he could’ve been leaps and bounds better than Trickett at the start isn’t feasible.

Holgorsen concurs, as he hasn’t abandoned Trickett and claims he’s still the Mountaineers’ starting quarterback moving forward.

“C l i nt wa s n e ve r cleared,” Holgorsen said following his team’s win against Iowa State. “That doesn’t mean he’s out. He’s still our starting quarterback. I anticipate Clint will get cleared and play in the bowl game.”

It’s difficult to wrap my brain around the regression Holgorsen’s quarterbacks, Smith and Trickett, had. Both came off such hot starts in their respective college seasons.

It’s also disheartening for Trickett’s sake. It appears the son of a West Virginia native will be remembered – by most – for his shaky play down the stretch rather than all the good he did in the beginning. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia players wait to hear an official review during a game earlier this season. by redshirt sophomore tle bit and started playing,”

BY ANTHONY PECORARO running back Rushel Shell. Gibson said.

SPORTS EDITOR After that, West Virginia, Although the Moun@PECORAROWVUNEWS on both offense and de- taineers needed to come fense, went flat – leading from behind, they evenScoring early hasn’t to a two touchdown ad- tually dominated the Cybeen a problem for West vantage for the Cyclones clones as the second half Virginia this season. during the second quarter. moved along. Gibson said “They were executing he was disappointed in the In the Mountaineers’ 12 games, West Virginia has ,and we weren’t,” said de- way his defense was playscored on its first posses- fensive coordinator Tony ing at first, but saw a huge sion eight times.

Gibson. difference as the game Keeping that consisAfter showing no life progressed. tency, however, has been early on to a team that “The kids responded, a problem for the Moun- has yet to earn a victory (but) we looked slow, we taineers, who finished the against a Big 12 team this looked sluggish – I don’t regular season 7-5 and 5-4 season, the Mountaineers know if it was field conin the Big 12. got back into their groove ditions – we looked really Saturday against Iowa just in time to finish the sloppy in that first quarState, the Mountaineers game by outscoring the ter and it happens, (but) I was just glad of how we recame out on fire, getting Cyclones 30-3. on the scoreboard first on “As the game went on, sponded and then the ofa 54-yard touchdown run our kids got settled in a lit- fense got rolling and our

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kids got some confidence back and started playing better,” Gibson said.

A potential reason why the Mountaineer offense may have had some trouble finding a rhythm after the explosive touchdown run from Shell may have been due to sophomore Skyler Howard earning his first career start and attempting to adjust with the entire offense as quickly as possible.

“The Big 12 – it’s tough to win on the road, in any conference I think at this level. We just talked about finishing and came out and did it,” Howard said.

“First half was a little shaky – first quarter actually –

and then we came back and outscored them 30-3.”

Howard said although the Mountaineers didn’t have their top-of-the-line group on the field at all times Saturday due to various injuries, the backups that played – including himself – did their job and that’s all he can ask for.

“I feel that nothing really changed,” he said. “We have great backup players (and) a great bench to come off and do their job.

If everyone does their job, nothing changes. We accomplished our third goal: Win, trust, finish. We finally did it.” apecorar@mail.wvu.edu

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Coach Brady Hoke fired at University of Michigan

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Former Michigan head coach Brady Hoke shows disappointment after a play.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Brady Hoke is out after four years at Michigan.

Interim athletic director Jim Hackett made the announcement Tuesday after weeks of speculation about Hoke’s future.

“I wanted to make sure that Brady received adequate time to exhibit the results that would come from his effort and I believe that Brady and our coaching staff had enough time to produce those results and unfortunately they are not there,” said Hackett, who took over as AD last month.

“In the end, I feel that moving in a different direction is the right decision.”

Hoke did not return a message left seeking comment. In a statement provided by the school, he thanked his players and said he would miss them.

“I feel very fortunate to have been an assistant and head coach at the University of Michigan,” said Brady Hoke. “I will always support the university and this football program.”

Hired after the tumultuous tenure of Rich Rodriguez, Hoke was supposed to help Michigan regain its place among college football’s elite, and his familiarity with the program’s culture and tradition made the initial transition a successful one.

But after going to the Sugar Bowl in Hoke’s first season, the Wolverines slowly slipped back into mediocrity and are not even among the top teams in the Big Ten. Hoke was 31-20 as the Wolverines’ coach after the team floundered to a 5-7 record this season and missed out on bowl eligibility along with Big Ten also-rans Indiana, Purdue and Northwestern. He was just 18-14 against conference foes.

The last two seasons were characterized by poor play on the offensive line that caused the entire offense to bog down - ironic since Hoke’s arrival was supposed to mean a return to smash-mouth football after three years of Rodriguez’s

spread system.

Hoke also stumbled in September 2014 when quarterback Shane Morris kept playing despite receiving what was later determined to be a concussion, appearing somewhat disconnected with how to handle injured players. The school later apologized for the “confusion” and “lack of communication” as it changed its protocol to better monitor potential injuries.

The fallout from the underperforming Wolverines hit on Oct. 31 as Dave Brandon resigned after four years as athletic director.

University President Mark Schlissel said at the time that the athletic department was in great financial condition, but the results at the Big House have not measured up. Brandon, a former CEO of Domino’s Pizza Inc. and a player under Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, was less than a year on the job when he made the decision to fire Rodriguez after three seasons.

Less than two weeks after Brandon was fired, Schlissel expressed concerns about the relationship between athletics and academics at the university, pointing specifically at the football program.

“We admit students who aren’t as qualified, and it’s probably the kids that we admit that can’t honestly, even with lots of help, do the amount of work and the quality of work it takes to make progression from year to year,” he said then.

“These past two years have gotten better, but before that, the graduation rates were terrible, with football somewhere in the 50s and 60s when our total sixyear rate at the university is somewhere near 90 percent, so that’s a challenge.”

Schlissel later issued an apology to Hoke and the football program via the university’s website for not clearly stating that the situation has gotten significantly better since Hoke replaced Rodriguez.

Hoke was an assistant at

Michigan before turning around San Diego State and Ball State, his alma mater, as a head coach. When he left San Diego State to take over the Wolverines, he made little secret of his excitement about the job. His habit of referring to rival Ohio State as simply “Ohio” quickly caught on, and Hoke was a hit when Michigan beat the Buckeyes in his first season – the only time that’s happened in the last decade.

The Wolverines won the Sugar Bowl and finished the 2011 season 11-2, but that was with some talented holdovers from Rodriguez’s teams. Hoke’s recruits were well regarded, but the results on the field didn’t measure up. Michigan went 8-5 in 2012 and 7-6 in 2013.

The Wolverines made a major change this past offseason, firing offensive coordinator Al Borges and hiring Doug Nussmeier away from Alabama. But even with a senior quarterback in Devin Gardner, the Michigan offense was anemic at

times. The first sign of trouble this season came when Michigan lost 31-0 to Notre Dame in the second game, and back-to-back home losses to Utah and Minnesota left the Wolverines looking like a team in crisis before September was even over.

Fan reaction ranged from apathy to open hostility. A win over Miami (Ohio) was played before the smallest crowd at Michigan Stadium since 1995.

Whoever takes over at Michigan now faces the same challenge Hoke encountered and never fully conquered: Make the Wolverines matter nationally again.

Michigan has not won the Big Ten since 2004, and the Wolverines are now 1-10 in their last 11 games against Ohio State.

Even in-state rival Michigan State - which for so many years played second fiddle to the Wolverines – has been superior to Michigan recently, winning six of the last seven meetings.

Winston student misconduct hearing underway

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Florida State QB Jameis Winston gets set to throw a pass earlier this season.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A university hearing examining whether Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston violated the school’s student code of conduct began behind closed doors on the school’s campus Tuesday, roughly two years after a woman accused him of sexual assault.

Before the Heisman Trophy winner and his Seminoles teammates play Georgia Tech on Saturday at Charlotte, North Carolina, in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game, Winston is participating in the university hearing to determine whether he violated any or all of possibly four sections of the code of conduct – two for sexual misconduct and two for

endangerment.

The hearing before a former Florida Supreme Court chief justice is closed to the public and media.

Winston was not arrested after a woman said he sexually assaulted her in December 2012. Prosecutor Willie Meggs declined to file charges last December, citing a lack of evidence.

At Tuesday’s hearing, two of Winston’s teammates – Chris Casher and Ronald Darby – who were present when the alleged assault took place, were seen entering together in the afternoon. They left together less than a half-hour later.

The Associated Press is not identifying the woman

because it does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual abuse.

John Clune, the woman’s attorney, issued a statement as the hearing began saying “this is the day that Mr. Winston has been desperately trying to avoid for two years.”

“This courageous young woman finally gets the chance to stand up for herself and against Mr. Winston and big time college sports which has long run over the rights and protection of women on campus,” Clune wrote. “Neither Jameis Winston nor his lawyer can stop what is coming.”

Attorney David Cornwell, the Winston family adviser, told reporters

outside the hearing that the woman is lying about what happened, saying the sexual encounter was consensual.

“Unfortunately, in these type of cases the only way to confront the lie is with the truth,” Cornwell said.

“Jameis will tell the truth today and we are confident that Justice (Major) Harding when he hears her multiple lies and Jameis’ truth will find as every other entity to this point, that she is lying.”

The hearing is being held at a time when Florida State is currently being investigated by the Department of Education on how hit handles possible Title IX violations. The woman who said Winston

assaulted her filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, which decided the university should be investigated for possible Title IX violations over the way it responds to sexual violence complaints.

Title IX is a federal statute that bans discrimination at schools that receive federal funding. The Department of Education in 2011 warned schools of their legal responsibilities to immediately investigate allegations of sexual assault and domestic violence, even if the criminal investigation has not concluded.

Off-field problems have been a consistent issue for one of college football’s

biggest stars.

Since Meggs announced he wasn’t filing charges against Winston in December 2013, the quarterback has been involved in two widely publicized off-field incidents.

In April, he took $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish from a Tallahassee Publix. He said he forgot to pay, but he agreed to complete 20 hours of community service, which he did.

He was briefly suspended from the baseball team, where he is a relief pitcher.

Winston was suspended for one game on the football team in September after he climbed atop a table in a Florida State lunchroom and yelled an obscene phrase.