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Crossing construction continues by jennifer skinner staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Construction continues to move on schedule at Evansdale Crossing, a 100,000 foot building that will connect the upper and lower parts of the Evansdale campus and include a variety of modern facilities for West Virginia University students and faculty members. Since construction began in April, the Public Private Partnership Project is about 29 percent finished, according to project manager John Sommers.

“There are some things that still need to happen, but we’re working through,” Sommers said. “The next month and a half is going to be critical, but we have a very dedicated contractor, and overall I’d say the project is moving well.” With freezing temperatures approaching and impending snow, wintery weather will be a component in the timely construction of Evansdale Crossing, but Sommers said construction is “in good shape” for the upcoming cold months. Most surprises in con-

struction occur in the ground before the exterior parts of the building are built, so once the outer walls are up, construction of the inside of the building should not run into any weather-related obstacles. The structural steel side work will be completed in the next week while construction workers prepare to work on the exterior walls and masonry. While students are out of town and the PRT is out of operation over winter break, a pedestrian bridge will be built between the Engineering PRT station and the Evansdale Crossing

building. “The core and shell of the building is a connector that allows students to come down from the PRT to the Rec Center and the CPASS building level,” Sommers said. “It’s a nice addition to the overall Evansdale campus; it helps people to move to wherever they need to be.” Students will have access to many new features including study spaces, classrooms, a financial aid office, Barnes & Noble, fast food venues and a rooftop restau-

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This graph shows the future plans for Evansdale Crossing.

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German club hosts Boys, Girls Club event by lauren caccamo staff writer @dailyathenaeum

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Students protested recent court rulings in Ferguson and New York by holding a sit-in in the Mountainlair.

Students spark discussion about privilege, oppression at sit-in by jake jarvis managing editor @Jakejarviswvu

A first-semester international student approached Azizat Ladipo on the verge of tears. She apologized to the young black woman for the recent events which continue to make national headlines and for the way people of color are treated in the United States. “I didn’t even know what to say,” Ladipo said. “How do you respond to that? I just said thank you for noticing it...” Ladipo was part of nearly two dozen students who gathered in silent protest Thursday outside J.A.C.S. in the Mountainlair to communicate with passersby. The message? Black lives matter. Hundreds of miles to the west, residents of Ferguson, Mo., continue to protest the grand jury’s decision to not indict the white police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Mike Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old. To the northeast, New York erupted in outrage after a grand jury announced a similar decision for the white police officer Daniel Pantaleo. The outrage was spurred mainly by a video showing Pantaleo using an illegal chokehold technique on Eric Garner, an unarmed black man. After telling

the officer he was unable to think about,” Ash said. joining in (at the time,)” “Just like I don’t know how Keiser said. “But it’s someto breathe, Garner died. Mirroring thing that other demI really beonstrations in so The majority of the state is white and lieve at univerI just asked sities and if you’re not affected by racial injustice, if I could communiit down you’re not going to think about. Just swith ties across them the country, and they like I don’t know how important WVU stusaid y e s. chickenpox is because I’ve never had They were dents staged a silent pror y g ra chickenpox. I don’t even know what ve test. They cious about began lying they feel like. So when somebody has it and very on the floor the chickenpox I’m like, ‘Get over it. welcoming.” to resemble As Keiser the recent was sitting, Go to the doctor.’ Because it doesn’t lives lost the posiaffect me. but then sat tive feelings up and becontinued as many tweets gan speaking with each other. important chickenpox is she saw praised the proKimelle Ash, one of because I’ve never had testors. But she said it was the sit-in’s organizers, chickenpox. I don’t even the opposite on Yik Yak, said it wasn’t just the re- know what they feel like. which she attributed to its cent events in Ferguson, So when somebody has anonymous nature. The protestors will reMo., and New York that the chickenpox I’m like, spawned this event. ‘Get over it. Go to the doc- turn to continue their sitBut Maya Lee, another tor.’ Because it doesn’t af- in today at the same place. organizer, said “the final fect me.” Ladipo said the group straw” was the announceMost participating in will keep organizing and ments which let Wilson the demonstration were demonstrating peacefully and Pantaleo go free. black; however, a hand- around the campus and “It’s not the first time ful of white participants, will promote events using it’s happened,” Ash said. such as Liz Keiser, joined social media. “It’s happened before - for intermittently throughout For students to conyears before. It may con- the day. tinue to learn more about tinue to keep happening Keiser said she was in- racial inequalities in the if we don’t show what’s go- formed about many of the U.S., Ash suggested stuing on.” recent events being dis- dents “open their eyes and Ash said it was diffi- cussed at the protest and wake up.” cult to communicate with thought it was important “When you take away white people the racial in- to participate because of white privilege and view equalities non-white peo- the large effect they have America for what it is,” Ash had on members of the said, “you will begin to ple experience. “The majority of the American public. notice things. And you’ll state is white and if you’re “I was kind of nervous learn.” not affected by racial in- because I would be the justice, you’re not going only white person that was jajarvis@mail.wvu.edu

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Last evening, the Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club came to West Virginia University to participate in a holiday event sponsored by the German Club. German Club members provided a variety of activities for the children at Elizabeth Moore Hall, starting the night off with an educational presentation about Germany and its culture. The children were informed of German traditional breakfast pastries and the plentiful castles scattered across the country. After the brief informational session, the children were guided to a gingerbread-house making station accompanied by German Club members to create the ideal gingerbread home. The night continued with a competitive cookie contest, and allowed the kids to vote for their favorite treats baked by students and German Club members. The brownie took first place while snowman came to a close second. In the past, the German Club has typically thrown this holiday soirée for themselves and other German-speaking students. This year, however, the German Club decided to

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Rockefeller bids farewell in floor speech CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — In an emotional farewell from the Senate floor Thursday, longtime U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s voice cracked as he thanked his family and the home state that adopted him decades ago. During the 33-minutelong speech in Washington, D.C., the West Virginia Democrat reflected on his long career, from when he first stepped foot in West Virginia, to the present-day stagnation in Congress. The 77-year-old from the famed Rockefeller family is retiring after about five decades in public service, and almost three decades in the Senate. Rockefeller first came to Emmons, West Virginia, in 1964 as a 27-year-old VISTA volunteer.

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go a more charitable route. “I really felt like it would be nice to do a service activity, especially in the holidays when people are busy and there are maybe kids who don’t have someone in their lives that can give them as much attention. So, we wanted to do something fun,” said Cynthia Chalupa, director of the German-based language program. “It’s great for the WVU students to get to know kids from the community, and I think the kids will enjoy it, as well.” According to the Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club’s website, the organization offers programs and services to children within the community to “promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence.” The Boys and Girls Club offers tutoring, academic guidance and goal setting, and even career exploration and mentoring to middle school students. Boys and Girls Club members can also participate service-learning projects and STEM team building activities. In order to bring the German culture to the children in attendance, German Club members prepared a presentation on Saint Nikolaus.

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“My time there was transformative,” said Rockefeller, who delivered his speech seated. “It explains every policy I pursued and every vote I have cast. It was where my beliefs were bolted down, and where my passions met my principles.” Rockefeller painted West Virginians as hard-working, hard-surviving, wary of change and the future and skeptical of outsiders, even including him at one point. He fought cries of political opportunism when he relocated from New York. He stressed the importance of compromise, citing bipartisan work on issues such as the refundable child tax credit and an expansion of the earned income tax credit in the 1990s.

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German student’s killing: Teens detail burglaries MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Two teenagers testified Thursday that they had stolen items from the garage of a Montana man charged with killing a high school student in that very place weeks later, and one of the teens said that may have been one factor that led to the German exchange student’s death. Mykle Martin, 17, and Tristan Staber, 18, described how they went “garage hopping,” or burglarizing garages, in search of alcohol and other things after dark and hit Markus Kaarma’s house. Kaarma is charged with baiting the shooting victim, Diren Dede, into sneaking into his garage early April 27, and killing him with four shotgun blasts after being alerted by a motion detector. He has pleaded innocent to deliberate homicide, citing fear of harm to his family and property after he had been burglarized twice before the shooting. Martin and Staber have been convicted in the incident in which they stole a wallet, marijuana, alcohol and an iPhone from Kaarma’s garage about a week before Dede was shot. Staber said he acted as lookout while Martin stole the items. “I was the previous breakin,” Martin said, his voice at times barely audible. “I’m the reason he (Kaarma) was waiting for another person.” Both teens said Kaarma and his partner made a call to Karma’s iPhone. Staber said he heard Kaarma’s partner Janelle Pflager make a threat; Martin said the couple didn’t. Their testimony came as prosecutors opened their case Thursday. Deputy County Attorney Jennifer Clark said Kaarma gave no warning before firing in the darkened garage four times after tripping

In this May 21, 2014 file photo, Marcus Kaarma, right, is followed into Missoula District Court by his wife Janelle with their child in Missoula, Mont. Jury selection began Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 in the trial of Kaarma, a Montana man charged with fatally shooting Diren Dede, a German exchange student who broke into his garage. the motion sensor, and that Kaarma paused between the third and fourth shots. “Neighbors heard the sequence of shots,” Clark said. “They heard boom, boom, boom, pause, boom.” She held the pump-action shotgun used in the slaying and simulated firing it. Clark said Dede may have been crouching behind a car after the first shots were fired. “We’ll be back to ask you to hold this man responsible for deliberately

taking the life of Diren Dede,” she said. Days before the shooting, Kaarma had gone for a haircut at a Great Clips and three women from the shop testified Thursday that they heard Kaarma say his house had been burglarized twice and that he had been waiting up nights to shoot an intruder. “I’ve been up three nights with a shotgun waiting to kill some kids,” hair stylist Tanya Colby said when

asked what Kaarma talked about during the hair cut. She said he later told her, “I’m not kidding, you’re seriously going to see this on the news.” Colby also said Kaarma believed police weren’t doing anything about the burglaries. Defense attorney Paul Ryan said Montana law allows homeowners to protect their residences with deadly force when they believe they are going to be harmed.

Kaarma didn’t know whether the person inside the garage was armed, Ryan said. He said Kaarma is a man who doesn’t like to be around a lot of people, and he felt targeted and increasingly anxious for the safety Pflager and their infant son after the first burglaries. Montana’s “stand your ground” law makes it easier for people to avoid prosecution in a shooting if they felt an imminent danger, whether or not the per-

son shot was armed. Dede, from the German city of Hamburg, was not carrying a weapon. Dede’s parents, Celal and Gulcin Dede, are attending the trial. “We have lost a bit of our joy for life,” Celal Dede said in a prepared statement to Germany’s RTL Television. “We can no longer laugh, no longer be happy. A huge part of us was taken from our lives — a part that made our family very happy.”

House OKs bill to widen federal help for disabled WASHINGTON (AP) — In a bipartisan show of unity, the House overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to allow Americans with disabilities to open tax-free bank accounts to pay for expenses from education to housing and health care. The 404-17 vote approves the most sweeping legislation to help the disabled since 1990, affecting as many as 54 million disabled people and their families who often struggle to pay for intensive forms of care. It now goes to the Senate, where it was expected to move quickly to passage in the coming days. At a time when Congress is bitterly divided over immigration, taxes and spending, House members touted the bill as evidence that both parties can get things done. First introduced in 2006, the legislation, called the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act, lists 85 percent of Congress as co-sponsors, even after a conservative group criticized it as a “decisive step in expanding the welfare state.” It would the first major legislation for the disabled since the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act. “People often speak as to how Congress is dysfunctional,” said Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., the lead House sponsor. “If we look at the ABLE Act, we have a chance to see what happens when people work together. ...It simply gives those individuals with disabilities a chance for the American Dream.” Rep. Dave Camp, RMich., who chairs the House Ways and Means Commit-

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., accompanied by Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) tee, called it a common- college savings accounts, earnings would grow tax sense bill that few could the bill would amend the free. quibble with. “It’s not every federal tax code to allow The ABLE accounts day we have the chance to states to establish the pro- would be able to accrue up clear major hurdles in front gram. To qualify, a person to $100,000 in savings withof people who simply need a would have to be diagnosed out the person losing eligihand up. That’s what this bill with a disability by age 26 bility for government aid does,” he said. that results in “marked such as Social Security; Dozens of supporters of and severe functional limi- currently, the asset limit is the bill, including parents tations”; those who are al- $2,000. Medicaid coverage of children with Down syn- ready receiving Social Secu- would continue no matter drome, were in the House rity disability benefits would how much money is deposchamber as lawmakers cast also qualify. Families then ited in the accounts. Rep. Cathy McMortheir votes, waiting in antic- would be able to set up taxipation after years of push- free accounts at financial in- ris Rodgers, the House Reing the legislation. William stitutions, depositing up to publican Conference chairDaroff of the Jewish Fed- $14,000 annually to pay for woman, was joined on the erations of North America, long-term needs such as ed- House floor by her 7-yearwhich co-chairs the Jewish ucation, transportation and old son, Cole, who has Down Disability Network, called health care. syndrome. She said Cole has this a “tremendous” day. The contributions would made her committed to supModeled after tax-free be in after-tax dollars but porting government policies

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Continued from page 1 “Who wants to hear a story?” Chalupa asked, addressing the children as they scarfed down the remaining bits of their cookies. Chalupa went on to tell the children about the tradition surrounding German “Santa Claus,” whose memory is celebrated on Dec. 6. On the eve of this holiday, German children leave a boot outside their front door for Saint Nikolaus to drop in a gift. “The children really

seem to be enjoying themselves. They’ve been very receptive,” said German Club co-president Katie Hutchison during the story telling. “This is definitely more exciting than last year with the kids here.” Though Hutchison will be graduating this May, she said she hopes the German Club will continue to sponsor the event in the future. Associate German Club co-president Chelsea McWhorter said she agreed the kids have added a level of excitement to the holiday party. “It’s just really nice to

that help people with disabilities achieve “the freedom to live independently.” The measure is aimed at helping people like Sara Wolff, 31, of Moscow, Pennsylvania, who has Down syndrome. A clerk at a law firm, she cannot work additional hours to save more without losing Social Security benefits and says the death of her mother this past year made her realize the importance of being able to plan for the future. “Just because I have Down syndrome, that shouldn’t hold me back from achieving my full potential in life,” Wolff said. The bill’s passage wasn’t entirely free of controversy. Many lawmakers insisted on cuts or revenue increases to offset the $2 billion price tag over 10 years; the bill’s sponsors found the savings in part by increasing the amount of levies on property for tax-delinquent Medicare providers and suppliers, cutting Medicare funding for “vacuum erection systems,” or penis pumps; and making technical adjustments to cap worker’s compensation. Some Democrats complained that set a bad precedent in which Medicare cuts are used to pay for programs. “We should not be a part of ripping Medicare at the very bottom,” said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash. “Mark my words, when it comes time to offer another tax break, my colleagues from the other side will come after Medicare again.” The conservative Heritage Foundation also criticized the ABLE bill, say-

ing current asset limits on government welfare benefits are needed to ensure taxpayer aid goes to “those Americans who need them the most.” It worries that expanding aid eligibility could lead to additional potential for Social Security fraud and abuse, especially when it comes to mental disabilities, which can be sometimes difficult to diagnose. More than 70 coalition groups which support the bill disagree, saying ABLE accounts would allow families to save money that is earned on their own. “We made this our No. 1 priority and have 85 percent of Congress supporting this, which is pretty historic in this political environment,” said Sara Hart Weir, interim president of the National Down Syndrome Society.

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have the kids around and to spread the Christmas spirit,” McWhorter said. The German Club is best known for its active role in the Oktoberfest celebration at Morgantown Brewing Company, attending in traditional German garb and teaching attendees typical Oktoberfest songs. The German Club is also known to volunteer with the Rosenbaum Family House, a service offered by WVU Healthcare to house families of patients receiving medical care at the WVU Hospital.

rant called the Octane Lounge. The restaurant’s combination of indoor and outdoor seating will provide diners a sweeping view of the Evansdale campus. Evansdale Crossing will offer a location for social gatherings on the other side of campus from downtown’s Mountainlair – something students who live on the Evansdale campus anticipate with excitement. “There’s a great sense of accomplishment in it, and it’s certainly going to be a great addition to the University,” Sommers said. Part of the building will house WVU’s Reed College of Media’s state-ofthe-art Media Innovation Center, a Google-inspired, open-flow lab for journalism students. It will house WVU News and high-tech classes in multimedia. Those indoor components to the building are still in the design process and will commence construction in early spring 2015. As of now, some of the use of the building will be available in the fall of 2015, and the Media Innovation Center will be completed by spring 2016.

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Casting of ‘Exodus’ raises racial questions in Hollywood LOS ANGELES (AP) — Put “ancient Egyptian people” into a Google image search, and none of the resulting photos resemble Christian Bale or Joel Edgerton, stars of Ridley Scott’s biblical epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings.” The director inflamed calls for a boycott of the film with his comments last week that he couldn’t have made such a big-budget movie if “my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such.” “I’m just not going to get it financed,” he told the trade paper Variety. “So the question doesn’t even come up.” The question, perhaps, being: Should Hollywood be concerned about casting white actors to portray people who were definitely not white? It’s an institutional problem, said professor Todd Boyd, chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture at the University of Southern California. Hollywood is a place where profit is king, he said, and it rarely takes big-budget risks on casts of color. “The way movies get financed, and the overall ignorance in this country about Africa, explains why you’d have a big budget film with a very well-known director backed by a wellknown studio mogul and get this problematic representation in 2014,” he said. The financial argument doesn’t hold up. What might make a movie successful is speculative, and those with diverse casts are just as likely to become global box-office hits. Consider the “Hunger Games” and “Fast & Furious” franchises. The

latter has made more than $2 billion worldwide. “Exodus,” opening next week, stars Bale as Moses, Edgerton as pharaoh-tobe Ramses, John Turturro as the Egyptian leader and Sigourney Weaver as his queen. Actors of color occupy minor, mostly nonspeaking roles. There’s a long history of such casting in Hollywood. Moses - who the Bible and historians would say came from the north African nation of Egypt - was only brown-skinned on the big screen as an animated character in 1998’s “The Prince of Egypt.” Otherwise, Hollywood’s version of the biblical hero has been white, played by actors such as Charlton Heston in 1956, and Christian Slater more than 50 years later. Rupert Murdoch, who owns the studio that produced “Exodus,” defended its casting on Twitter. “Since when are Egyptians not white?” he wrote. He followed up with, “Of course Egyptians are Middle Eastern, but far from black. They treated blacks as slaves.” Representatives from 20th Century Fox declined comment and Scott was not available for an interview for this story. Another biblical epic, “Noah,” also faced criticism for its all-white cast led by Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly. At the time of its release earlier this year, screenwriter Ari Handel said the filmmakers opted for an Anglo cast so as to avoid calling attention to issues of race.

“They’re supposed to be stand-ins for all people,” he said. “Either you end up with a Bennetton ad or the crew of the Starship Enterprise.” It’s not unusual for some ethnicities to play others on screen. Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal portrays the real Iranian journalist at the center of “Rosewater” and Japanese actor Ken Watanabe played the fictional Arabic villain in 2005’s “Batman Begins.” Yet Boyd notes that actors of color are rarely, if ever, cast as white figures. For example, he said, Hollywood wouldn’t make a movie about Princess Diana with Kerry Washington in the lead role. “That’s basically the equivalent of what’s going on, but in reverse,” he said. “They would never neglect to cast a white actor as a (white) historical figure just because there were box office concerns.” As Chris Rock wrote in his recent essay in The Hollywood Reporter, Hollywood’s reputation as a liberal place doesn’t seem to extend to casting actors of color in leading roles. “We’re never `in the mix,’” he said. “When there’s a hot part in town and the guys are reading for it, that’s just what happens. It was never like, `Is it going to be Ryan Gosling or Chiwetel Ejiofor for `Fifty Shades of Grey?’” While Will Smith and Denzel Washington are as bankable as Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise, Hollywood has been historically reluctant to cast minority stars in tentpole leading roles. While “Hercules,” starring Dwayne

Johnson, failed to recoup its budget earlier this year (as did “The Legend of Hercules,” which featured Kellan Lutz in the title role), Washington’s “The Equalizer” was a $190 million international hit. Kevin Hart has also proven to be box-office gold, scoring successes this year with “Ride Along” and “Think Like A Man Too.” A recent USC study of race and ethnicity in film found that while non-Caucasians make up 44 percent of moviegoers, they’re represented less than half that much on screen. Among the 100 top-grossing films of 2012, almost 11 percent of speaking characters were black, five percent were Asian and just over four percent were Hispanic. Do these statistics mean nonwhite stars aren’t making money at the box office? Or do they reflect a lack of opportunities in big-budget projects for actors of color? Actor and producer Harry Lennix, who appeared in last year’s “Man of Steel” and now stars on NBC’s “The Blacklist,” believes the casting of “Exodus” had everything to do with profitability. “In their minds, they have the best shot at making the most money if they have white actors,” he said. Lennix has started making his own movies - including one that features a black Jesus - and advocates for artists to create and fans to support the kind of movies they’d like to see, where quality transcends color. “There’s an untapped, underserved market of highly cultured people of color and

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Critics of ‘Exodus’ are angered by the casting. Egyptians tend to have a darker complexion like the man in the first image, unlike Bale’s decidedly European look. other marginalized people that have a golden opportunity to take advantage in this digital age of ours to create this content,” he said.

“There’s little hope that all of a sudden, a business like show is going to start doing the right thing by underserved markets.”

New Bond, retro title Cosbygate 2014 update LONDON (AP) — James Bond is back, in a new film with a retro title that evokes the series’ past. The next 007 adventure will be called “SPECTRE,” the dastardly fictional terrorist organization featured in “Dr. No” and other early Bond films. Director Sam Mendes announced the name of the 24th official Bond movie Thursday at Pinewood Studios near London, along with the identity of several new cast members and a new version of Bond’s iconic Aston Martin car. Academy Award-winning Austrian actor Christoph Waltz and wrestling star David Bautista are joining the cast, while Andrew Scott - master criminal Moriarty in BBC series “Sherlock” - will play an MI6 officer. Monica Bellucci and Lea Seydoux are the new “Bond girls,” Lucia Sciarra and Madeleine Swann. Mendes, who directed the last Bond installment, “Skyfall,” said the movie

would have “everything you would expect from a Bond movie,” with “a little more variety ... maybe a little more mischief.” “SPECTRE” will be Daniel Craig’s fourth film as the suave spy. Returning cast members include Ralph Fiennes as spy chief M, Ben Whishaw as gadget-master Q and Naomi Harris as secretary Miss Moneypenny. Producers said the next film centers on “a cryptic message from Bond’s past (that) sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization.” SPECTRE - Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion - was the terrorist organization headed by Ernst Blofeld that featured in several early Bond films. Waltz, an Oscar winner for “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained,” said his character is called Oberhauser - but fans hope he is really Blofeld, one of the most enduring Bond villains. The cat-stroking evil-

doer, played by actors including Donald Pleasence and Charles Gray, hasn’t appeared for several decades because of a legal dispute over rights to the character. The case was settled last year. Mendes also revealed that Bond will drive an Aston Martin DB10, replacing the vintage DB5 that was spectacularly destroyed in “Skyfall.” Initial fan reaction to the details was enthusiastic. “For Bond fans, this is the best Christmas present - the return of James Bond and classic elements of the series with yet another classic title coined by Ian Fleming,” said Ajay Chowdhury of the James Bond International Fan Club. Principal photography begins Monday. Filming will take place at Pinewood Studios and on location in Italy, Morocco, Mexico and Austria. “SPECTRE” is due for release late next year. “Skyfall” was the most successful Bond film yet, taking more than $1.1 billion.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman suing Bill Cosby for sexual battery attempted to sell a story about the comedian to a tabloid a decade ago and tried to extort money in exchange for her silence, Cosby’s attorney said in a court filing Thursday. Attorney Martin Singer wrote in the filing that the lawsuit by Judy Huth and her attorney followed a failed attempt to extort $250,000 from Cosby. In the filing, Cosby seeks more than $33,000 from Huth and her attorney. The filing comes two days after Huth sued, claiming the comedian forced her to perform a sex act in 1974 when she was 15. The incident occurred in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion after Cosby gave Huth and a 16-yearold friend alcohol, according to her lawsuit. “(Huth’s) claims are absolutely false,” Cosby’s filing states. The filings state that Singer and Huth’s attorney, Marc S. Strecker, had several conversations about the allegations in the weeks before the lawsuit was filed. Strecker first demanded $100,000, then raised the demand to $250,000 in order to keep from filing a lawsuit on Huth’s behalf, Singer wrote. Strecker did not return

‘Finding Nemo’ to be told in Navajo FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The story of a clownfish who is encouraged by an energetic but absentminded friend to “just keep swimming” in the search for his son is being told in Navajo. The Navajo Nation announced this week that it is teaming up with Walt Disney Studios to dub the movie “Finding Nemo” in the tribe’s language. It’s the second major motion picture to be translated into Navajo after “Star Wars” in 2013. Museum director Manuelito Wheeler said he’s hopeful the film’s tale of perseverance resonates with Navajos wanting to learn their language. “The whole story is about human perseverance,” he said. “There’s the father that won’t

give up looking for his child. There’s a child who won’t give up trying to escape. There’s Dory who won’t give up helping her friend.” The Navajo language currently is in no danger of extinction. More people speak it at home than any other Native American language, a seemingly promising 169,000 people during a time when some tribes have lost their native tongue or are struggling to retain the words of their ancestors. Yet Navajo is spoken far less by younger tribal members than the older generation. The Navajo Nation has about 300,000 members, and its reservation is the largest in the U.S. Tribes increasingly are turning to pop culture mobile apps, video games

and computer programs as a tool in preserving culture and language. Alaska Natives recently worked with a developer to launch a video game that draws on their art, language, humor and history of storytelling. The Navajo Nation Museum has hosted classes to teach Navajo with Rosetta Stone and includes Navajo phrasing on its exhibits. Wheeler said the popularity of “Star Wars” in Navajo, which was shown throughout the country and produced on DVD, led to choosing a second film. Wheeler said “Finding Nemo” was an easy pick for him and Rick Dempsey, senior vice president for Disney character voices, to engage Navajo children. “We’re thrilled that, though our film `Find-

ing Nemo’ and the unforgettable adventures of Nemo, Marlin and Dory, we’ll be able to help the museum share and inspire future generations to embrace the Navajo language,” Dempsey said in a statement. “Finding Nemo” has not been produced in any other Native American languages, which are a rarity on the big screen. “Bambi,” which was dubbed in the Arapaho language, is the only exception for a Disney classic, the studio said. A team of three Navajo linguists spent 36 hours translating the script for “Finding Nemo.” Voice auditions are being held Dec. 19 and 20 in the tribal capital of Window Rock. The dubbed film is expected to be released this spring.

phone messages seeking comment Thursday. “ Your demand for money from Mr. Cosby is rejected,” Singer wrote in a Dec. 1 letter to Strecker. Her lawsuit stated she only recently discovered that she had suffered psychological damage as a result of the incident, which under California law would allow filing of the case. Cosby’s response, however, notes that Huth unsuccessfully tried to sell her story a decade ago and that her lawsuit was not accompanied by a certification from a psychologist that the trauma was newly discovered. The certification is required for the case to proceed under rules that extend the statute of limitations, Cosby’s filing states. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck also said Thursday that the department would investigate any reports of abuse against Cosby, even if they were outside the statute of limitations for prosecution. Beck said the department has no investigations into the comedian. “We don’t turn people away because things are out of statute. You come to us, especially with a sexual allegation, we will work with you,” Beck said, according the Los Angeles Times. “We address these

things seriously -- and it’s not just because it’s Mr. Cosby.” In recent weeks, more than a dozen women have alleged that Cosby drugged them and sexually assaulted them. Cosby was sued by a Pennsylvania woman, Andrea Constand, in 2005 and that lawsuit was settled before it went to trial. Cosby has never been charged in connection with either Constand’s suit or any of the recent allegations and Singer has denied some of the recent allegations, while another Cosby attorney called others “discredited.” Since the allegations arose in early November, Cosby’s career has suffered. NBC canceled a comedy in development, Netflix postponed a special and performances have been canceled in at least nine cities in his current tour of the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, he resigned from the Temple University board of trustees this week and other colleges have pulled away from their associations with the comedian. On Thursday, the U.S. Navy revoked Cosby’s title of honorary chief petty officer, saying allegations of sexual abuse made against the comedian are serious and conflict with the Navy’s core values.

OPINION

Friday December 5, 2014

editorial

Student parking help Education should come before athletics. This is the reason athletes are required to carry a certain GPA while in college. Being a well-rounded individual is highly valued in our society. Yet it seems that on game days in Morgantown, athletics are hauled to the forefront at the expense of educations for students. Anyone with a car in Morgantown knows just how precious parking is. With not nearly enough housing within walking distance to campus, or even to the buses or PRT, many students rely on their own vehicles to get them to and from class. Cue game days, such as Thursday, when the main source of free student parking at the Coliseum is cut more than in half. For students who are rushing

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to get to class this can be a major inconvenience, especially without warning. Students should be notified, and alternative parking should be offered when shutting down parking at the Coliseum is necessary.

In a town where transportation can be frustrating (to say the least,) the University should help students out when things like this have to happen. A schedule of when the lots will be closed and at

what times sent to students would be a great first step. Offering free parking in other available spaces would be another great benefit to students. This could also help to cut back on student parking tickets. When you are desperate to make it in time for a presentation or exam, you don’t really care where you have to park to beat the clock. If students had another available parking spot, this could help alleviate illegal parking violations around campus. We understand the importance and the revenue athletic events bring, as well as their entertainment value. However, students should not have their studies impaired for the sake of this. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Higher education should take priority in W.Va. budget

marshall amores columnist @dailyathenaeum

A few weeks ago I saw “Interstellar.” The movie left me completely awestruck. Christopher Nolan’s movie blended theoretical concepts with what I believe to be reasonable future technology and created a vision which made me feel like the world was actually ending. I remember thinking, “If I could only be both an astronaut and Matthew McConaughey, my life would make so much more sense.” Since then, I have been keeping more tabs on current events pertaining to science. Recently my astronomical curiosities were ignited. I learned NASA is planning on sending people to Mars. Except, this probably will not happen until 2035 after a bunch of mandatory test flights, even though the technology has already existed for some time. I expected this news to excite me, but it actually had the opposite effect. I thought of how fast the world was moving and felt left out somehow. Life as we know it is not necessarily going to come to a dramatic halt in West Virginia like the aforementioned space epic. However, West Virginia is not exactly the preeminent state of the union. You may have heard many of the unfortunate statistics about West Virginia. For example, perhaps you are aware the Mountain State’s citizens nearly have the lowest income per capita in the entire country or our state lacks fiscal dynamism. Maybe you have heard of our pronounced lack of education and troubling BMI numbers. Collectively, these facts and many more paint a particularly unsavory image. By the way, the fact we are ranked the second to last state in terms of math

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and science proficiency, according to the Statistical Research Center at the American Institute of Physics, really puts a damper on my space exploration dreams. For all that has gone wrong with West Virginia, we are not left without a solution. Significant changes on a variety of fronts need to be made to the state. In order to attain success, we must first better our chances. We must be educated before we can progress. Without knowledge, idly hoping for the best is the sole option. Investment in higher education is a clear ticket out of the slump West Virginia is in. So, why has the state continuously avoided putting more money into this sector of the economy? Every state in America was hurt by The Great Recession and had to reduce spending for many government programs. For the most part, the country is starting to turn a new leaf. I understand not everything is back to normal, but why has West Virginia seen the second highest cuts to higher education in the

country two years running? Only 8 states out of 50 are still stemming funding to higher education, and we almost lead this unpopular trend. West Virginia’s budget has been rebounding, but in recent years we have seen higher education budgets cut from 11 percent in 2012 to 10.3 percent in 2013 to 9.9 percent in 2014. Tuitions rates are skyrocketing all over the state upwards of $1,000. It is a proven fact college graduates are a substantial benefit to society. College graduates are more productive workers than those without degrees. In fact, they are the most willing to participate in the workforce. These graduates represent a powerful investment with the possibility of new political and technological innovations. Those with degrees can single-handedly ensure the survival of economic competition. New business propositions, medical breakthroughs and political solutions can be discovered if people experience a more

advanced form of thinking. The more educated society is as a whole, the more room there is for worthwhile change to be made. West Virginia’s budgetary mistakes have reduced the number of college students in our state and forces college hopefuls to shy away from the prospect because college is simply too expensive. West Virginia is denying its own citizens the option of bettering their lives. If the government is truly for the people, it should encourage a policy which would empower its people to take stock of what is wrong with their society and give them the tools to solve it, not raising tuition to deter them from a world where college is a borderline necessity to succeed. In a perfect world, Matthew McConaughey would save the day with his lingering Southern drawl. But this world does not need special effects and annoyingly good looks, just better access to education. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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The disillusionment of the millennial generation taylor jobin columnist @taylorjobinwvu

As a millennial, I’m disillusioned by society these days, especially with past generations. I’ve heard it all before, that I’m part of “The Me, Me, Me Generation” or the “trophy generation.” Our doting parents have spoiled us rotten and told us “we are special” or “we can be anything we want to be.” I have read the articles and columns, for years mind you, claiming millennials (born between 1980 and the mid-2000s – I’m a ‘92 baby) are here to muck up the status quo. We don’t show up to the first day of work with our heads down, tails between our legs just thankful for the opportunity at a job. Our inflated self-esteem makes us want our “good ideas” heard by the CEO. Or, we’re too sensitive to abject criticism and need to be treated as equals in the office, or we’ll quit. Fortunately, those are all true. You are damn right parents, teachers and others of influence mollycoddled the 80-100 million millennials as well as myself. I received plenty of participation trophies and ribbons for any insignificant act of accomplishment. We have all tweeted worldaltering ideas just waiting to be put into production. And I for one hate it when someone acts cruel, just to try and scare you back into your “place” because they are “above you” and therefore demand your respect. Respect might be the main cause of my disillusionment, but it’s not the only one. I, like most, was told to respect my elders; wisdom comes from experience and knowledge is power. Now the third one is true, the second is ambiguous and the first is bulls---. Respect is earned, not given. I had to learn that younger than most; however, it seems many, but not all, of my elders don’t see it in the same light as I do. Their naivete of placing blame or showing contempt for their juniors because our reality is different from theirs is maddening. Let’s get something straight: We may be pampered, technology addicted and more frugal than Warren Buffet, but we have our reasons. The two world-changing events in my lifetime were 9/11 and The Great Recession. The first has taught me two things: No one is ever truly safe, and our government doesn’t always have all of our best interests at heart. Now I’m not talking about wild conspiracy theories here, just that we invaded countries which had nothing to do with the attacks because of personal vendettas, oil and illusions of imperialism. The Great Recession was another teaching moment for my fragile, young mind. I was only in high school when we all watched the world burn for two days as an incalculable amount of currency evaporated into money heaven.

Of course this wasn’t our fault. None of us had any investments in the housing market that went caput. I’d wager most of us didn’t know what betting on futures meant, or that dividends pay out better in the long run than bonds. No, The Great Recession was a grand hoodwink produced by a few select souls who just wanted everything, at the expense of everyone else. Darwinism at its most desolate. I learned faith in money is like following a false deity. Nothing lasts, especially cash – that is unless you are “too big to fail.” In fact, only corporations can be “too big to fail,” not individuals. I learned all the greenbacks in the world are really just controlled by a few unelected suits, who don’t mind watching the world turn to ashes as long as the smoke doesn’t stain their yachts. When the hands of a few hurt the lives of the many, I take notice. The worst part about these memories is what they represent. Lies. It was a lie that U.S. democracy was the greatest invention, like any elementary school would have you believe. It was a lie that capitalism is the end-all-be-all of economic theory, like any high school teacher would have you think. I still believe those are the two best systems for our world’s current state of affairs, but that doesn’t mean better solutions aren’t out there. This is the crux of my disillusionment. Instead of spending the first 22 years of my life learning how to do right by my elders, I almost exclusively learned the wrong way to do things. There is really no way to explain the feeling of seeing someone you are supposed to respect show no pragmatism whatsoever. When a politician says something like, “I have heard both sides but I am not an expert, so I’ll leave that up to them,” I want to scream, “Go read a f---ing peer-reviewed study you incognizant piece of s---, or 10 for that matter – they’re usually free on the Internet anyway.” Ignorance is no longer an excuse in this day and age. I grew up, like most of my generation, Googling any foreign concept that might cross my path. If I hear something on the news I’m not sure is 100 percent correct, I do my own research. That’s just how my generation thinks. So yes, maybe my disillusionment paints me as a cynical and ungrateful amateur. Maybe 18 years of school warped my mind into a state of ignorant open-mindedness. Or, maybe, just maybe, a generation of “special,” independent, free thinkers is just what our world needs. So look out America, a generation of pampered egomaniacs are coming to break barriers and shatter glass ceilings. As the ever-poignant Public Enemy once said, “It takes a nation of millions to hold us back.” daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

from the president’s desk

It’s ok to dream: President Gee addresses graduates beginning next phase in life E. gordon gee wvu president @gordongee

It has been a while since I was a senior in college, but I can still remember very well the thoughts I had and emotions I felt some 46 years ago. I remember feeling that I was ready for the next step, which for me was obtaining a graduate degree. I was excited, but also nervous. I wondered whether it was the right decision for me. Despite my nerves, I knew deep down that I chose correctly. After all, I loved learn-

ing. I still do — and that is why I continue to serve at great universities such as this one. Whether you are continuing your education or starting your new career, preparing for that next phase in life is important. And for our seniors who are about to graduate this month, I would like to share four life lessons I learned along the way. First, it is never too early to start thinking about where you want to be in 10 years. More importantly, it is OK to dream – and dream BIG! Your education at West Virginia University will pro-

pel you to do amazing things — and I know you will. Set strong career and personal goals for yourself. In fact, I carry a card with my goals with me every day. It keeps me motivated and focused. Think about what you want to do in life and what impact you want to make. Then craft a plan and go after it. Second, when you think of a crazy idea, write it down. I write all of my ideas and thoughts down. And after you write it down, take a chance. That invention or thought in your head could change your life or the lives of others. Take the lessons

you learned in the classrooms and then create outside of them. In the end, your ideas and how you implement will affect our world in the most positive way. Third, when preparing for a job interview, remember to dress professionally. First impressions are important. Add a bit of personality to your professional style. You do not have to wear a bow tie – even though it has worked for me all these years. But all joking aside, it is important for future employers to get a sense of the real you. And remember to spend some time thinking about who you are.

Be ready to describe three unique qualities about yourself — those qualities that truly make you an individual. Present yourself with pride and passion. And finally, no matter where you are in your career or your path in life, stay true to yourself. Never waver from your core beliefs. Eventually, you will come to a fork in the road. When that happens, trust yourself. Follow your instincts. Make a decision of which you will be proud. The next few weeks will be very busy. You may never remember your last exam or

the last sentence you studied. But I guarantee will always cherish the memories and the friendships you have made during this wonderful time in your life. Your last days in college may feel a bit like your first — a wonderfully odd concoction of nervousness and excitement — as it should be. It has indeed been a beautiful journey. As you move on, always remember that you have a home here at West Virginia University. We look forward to you visiting us often. Now, go out there and change the world.

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The power of aromatherapy

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A mass choir comprised of the Morgantown Children’s Choir, WVU University singers, WVU Women’s Choir, West Virginia Community Choir and the University High School Choir performs ‘O Holy Night’ to conclude Thursday night’s performance.

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The WVU University Singers perform ‘Gaudete! Gaudete!’ at the Creative Arts Center Thursday evening.

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Members of the St. Francis de Sales Bells perform holiday music at the CAC.

Jingle Brawl with the Roller Vixens

The fourth annual Jingle Brawl will skate through on Saturday. The Jingle Brawl is a holiday-themed roller derby celebration. There will be four mini-games and an area for vendors. Businesses can reserve a

space by emailing Angela Kaufman at amkaufman23@gmail. com. The event begins 5 p.m. Saturday at the Mylan Expo Center. Student tickets cost $7 with ID. — amd

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Aromatherapy has been used since ancient times as part of a healthy lifestyle. the specific benefits Hannah Chenoweth of each plant are wellColumnist known, and you know exactly what you are doing @dailyathenaeum for your health. There is nothing secreFor example, the powtive or shameful about ers of lavender to dethe word “therapy” in our stress and curb anxiety are society. In fact, there’s a commonly recognized. type for almost every- Peppermint is known to thing these days, from combat drowsiness and play therapy to music nausea, and eucalyptus therapy, even aquatic is a powerful treatment therapy. against respiratory issues. Although the beneYou can search through fits from seeing a profes- hundreds of essential oils sional can be life-chang- online and buy them on ing, they can also break Amazon or a number of the bank. Wouldn’t it be sites for less than $10. It’s nice to be able to cure an amazing feeling to be many of your common able to effectively help day-to-day ailments in yourself; no need to panic just a few minutes, eco- in line at Student Health nomically and on your when you instead can own? be attuned to your own Cue aromatherapy. body and take a handsMost people turn to the on approach. Internet for the most miBeing aware of the nor of problems before benefits of aromatherthinking to turn to this apy is especially imporancient practice. I, too, tant for college students. am guilty of self-diagnos- The stress level of daily ing myself on WebMD life during school is conand getting a little car- stantly peaking as we atried away. What starts as tempt to balance class, small potatoes leads you work, a social life, extrato diagnose yourself with curriculars and the necessities of food and sleep. lupus. Before turning down Stress is well-known to this road, consider the take its toll on health, and ancient wisdom of the learning to regulate it is Egyptians, who discov- crucial for our well-being. Another reason college ered the amazing physical and psychological students can benefit from benefits of this holistic having a few essential method. oils at home of their own Aromatherapy is based is because of our health on the use of essential provider situation. We are oils to improve health now at the age where we and wellness. It’s a com- have said goodbye to our pletely natural way of re- lifelong pediatrician and lieving a huge number of have hardly been in our health issues and can en- hometowns long enough hance your all-around to establish a relationship wellness even when in with a new “adult” docprime health. tor. Getting to the Student Think of the soothing Health Center can be exeffect inhaling a heavenly tremely inconvenient and candle has on your mood. frustrating. Then you face When you consider smell an additional fee. as the most powerful of Although I don’t recthe senses, the benefits ommend substituting esof aromatherapy make sential oils for medicine sense. for serious issues, I do Essential oils are the recommend you look into purest form of a plant’s the way they can enhance living structure, the life your health and well-beforce and the fuel of all ing personally. plants. Consider the word The aromatherapy “essential;” it is some- compounds travel dithing necessary a plant rectly to the emotional cannot be without. The center of your brain and oils come from a variety can lessen feelings of of flowers, herbs, plants, pain, depression and bark and other organic anxiety with perplexing materials, which is why swiftness. there are endless options. By inhaling a few drops The fragrant scents on your palm rubbing used in aromatherapy are them onto the wrists or extracted from a myriad the back of your neck, you of plants; in other words, will begin to understand you know where they aromatherapy is more come from. For some rea- than just “nice smells.” son people will hesitate to It is a quick, natural take a holistic approach, and amazing way to treat yet they will pop pills with your body and mind as 35 incomprehensible let- the temple it is. ters on the side of the bottle without batting an eye. With aromatherapy, daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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“I like dressing in Bohemian clothing because the style just fits me,” said Zhoe Lesher, a english and women’s and gender studies student.

Three bands will fill 123 Pleasant Street with the sounds of indie music Saturday. Rozwell Kid released its latest album “Too Shabby” Nov. 18. The band is comprised of Jordan Hudkins on vocals and guitar, Adam L. Meisterhans on guitar, Devin Donnelly on bass and Sean Halock on drums. Bishops released “Silver Lining” back in Feb-

ruary. It is made up of Tucker Riggleman on guitar and vocals, Paul Cogle on bass and Jordan Hudkins on drums. Roger Harvey & The Wild Life from Pittsburgh will play original alternative music. The show begins at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at 123 Pleasant Street. Tickets are $5. — amd

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Florida hires Colorado State’s McElwain as coach GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley wanted a coach with an offensive track record of success. Foley even agreed to pay extra to get him. After working though a sticky buyout issue, Jim McElwain left Colorado State on Thursday to become Florida’s next head coach. The Gators announced the hiring at the same time McElwain started a team meeting with players and assistants. Reporters heard a loud ovation before McElwain exited the room in tears. McElwain agreed to a six-year deal at Florida that will average $3.5 million annually. He made $1.5 million this season at Colorado |State. “Coach McElwain was someone we targeted

from the beginning of the search,” Foley said. “The more we worked through the process and did our due diligence, coupled with our meeting and conversations with him and those around him, it was obvious he is the right person to lead the Florida Gator football program.” McElwain accepted the job after working with Colorado State to reduce his $7.5 million buyout. Florida will pay the Rams $3 million over six years. McElwain will pay $2 million over time. The Gators also guaranteed Colorado State $2 million for a game in Gainesville between 2017 and 2020. The Gators traveled to Colorado with the belief that the buyout could and would be whittled down. But Colorado State President Tony Frank initially stood firm on $7.5 million,

Pelicans sign Forward Dante Cunningham NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Dante Cunningham’s basketball exile is over. The New Orleans Pelicans signed Cunningham to give them some muchneeded depth at forward and said he would be available Thursday night on the road against Golden State. “It’s such a relief,” Cunningham told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “I just knew that with the time and the situation that was going on, I kind of had to wait it out and get the right opportunity.” Cunningham was charged last April with felony domestic assault after his girlfriend at the time accused him of choking her and slamming her head against a wall. She also accused him of sending her threatening messages, but the charge was dropped in August after an investigation uncovered inconsistencies in her story. Cunningham was a free agent after his contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves expired at the end of the season. But even after Hennepin County authorities dropped the charges, many teams were reluctant to consider signing him after the Ray Rice domestic abuse scandal rocked the NFL. Cunningham spent the previous two seasons with the Timberwolves, carving a niche as a valuable bench player who was reliable on both ends of the floor. He averaged 6.3 points and 4.1 rebounds last year and was paid $2.1 million in the final season of his contract. Cunningham said he had preliminary talks with a few teams, but didn’t get any firm interest while the charge was being investigated. Cunningham urged authorities to pursue charges against Miryah Herron for making false allegations, but Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman told The Associated Press in October he was reluctant to do so in part because of the message it could send to victims of domestic violence. “To what extent all of this impacts his livelihood in the future, I hope it doesn’t,” Freeman said at the time. “I hope he can go forward and play basketball.” Cunningham’s agent, Joel Bell, has worked to try to help his client clear his name. But it’s taken some time. The criticism that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league received for its initial twogame suspension of Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens running back who was caught on video punching his then-fiancee in a hotel elevator, gave pause to NBA front offices as they evaluated the 27-year-old

Cunningham. Cunningham said his conversations with the Pelicans were centered on “making sure that all the facts were consistent with what I had to say and what the police report had to say and what the police had to say. At this point now we’re just moving on.” The Pelicans were one of a number of teams to look at Cunningham and last week they scheduled a workout. As talks progressed, team officials reached out to the league to try to determine whether Cunningham would face any kind of discipline for even being accused of domestic violence. “We have commenced an independent review of the matter and the charges that were subsequently dropped against Mr. Cunningham, but at this point we have no basis to conclude that he engaged in conduct that warrants discipline from the NBA,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass said. With Anthony Davis emerging as one of the best players in the league, the Pelicans are pushing to get into the playoffs in the hyper-competitive Western Conference. Shooting guard Eric Gordon’s left shoulder injury has tested the team’s depth and three straight losses have dropped them to 7-8 and 11th in the West. Gordon is out indefinitely with a torn labrum and the Pelicans initially responded by moving 6-foot-6 Tyreke Evans from small forward to shooting guard and starting 6-foot-8 Darius Miller at small forward. Miller was ineffective, and the Pelicans waived him and Patric Young on Sunday to start making room for Cunningham. Cunningham is a more natural power forward, but has the flexibility to play small forward, especially on the defensive end. “I am definitely in shape, but I haven’t been away from the game atmosphere for this long,” Cunningham said. “I assume it’s just like riding a bike and once I hit that court it’s going to be back to normal.” He was drafted by the Trail Blazers in 2009 when Pelicans coach Monty Williams was an assistant in Portland, and Cunningham welcomes the reunion during such a trying time. “Coach Monty, he was the one that molded me and sculpted me as a rookie with Portland,” Cunningham said. “He showed me how to be a professional and carry myself as a professional. To come back to him and not necessarily start over again, but have him back in my life again, I definitely need that.”

and the financial roadblock prompted Foley to leave Colorado without an agreement Wednesday. McElwain, his attorney and both schools worked through the night to reach a settlement. McElwain and his family will be introduced at a Saturday news conference in Gainesville. ESPN first reported the hiring. “We wish him well and are confident we can recruit a coach who is committed to a sustained program of excellence at Colorado State over the long term,” Frank said. Florida fired Muschamp on Nov. 16. He agreed to coach the final two regular-season games and finished with a 28-21 record in four seasons. McElwain went 22-16 in three seasons at Colorado State. He was Alabama’s

offensive coordinator for four years, helping the Tide win two national titles, before moving to Fort Collins, Colorado. “He has an engaging personality and is someone who can connect with a variety of audiences and he operates with a high level of integrity,” Foley said. “I welcome him and his family to The Gator Nation and I’m looking forward to working alongside him and his staff as they build a championship program both on and off the field.” Not only has the 52-yearold McElwain been a head coach - something Foley wanted after failing with former defensive coordinators Ron Zook and Muschamp - he also has NFL experience, Southeastern Conference ties and familiarity with the state of Florida. Most important is

Jim McElwain watches from the sidelines during a game in 2013. his offensive resume. The Rams rank 13th nationally, averaging 498 yards a game. McElwain took over a program that went 3-9 for three consecutive seasons (2009-11), but has en-

joyed a quick turnaround since his arrival. The Rams went 4-8 in 2012 and 8-6 last year before this season’s breakthrough performance. They have wins against rival Colorado and Boston College in 2014.

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Head Coach Sammie Henson watches one of his players during a match earlier this season. dillon durst ing, including No. 1 Min- sey earned decisions over sports writer nesota, No. 4 Cornell, No. 9 Northern Illinois’ Derek @dailyathenaeum Virginia Tech, No. 13 Mich- Elmore and Rutgers’ Sean igan and No. 23 Rutgers. McCabe before falling to The West Virginia UniWest Virginia enters this No. 2 Nahshon Garrett of versity wrestling team will weekend’s invitational af- Cornell. compete at the 33rd an- ter a disappointing perforMoisey figures to be nual Cliff Keen Invita- mance at the Journeymen/ tested this weekend with tional in Las Vegas today Asics Northeast Duals last 11 nationally-ranked grapand Saturday. weekend. Despite senior plers competing at 125. The Pigtail round and Mike Morales and sophoMorales, one of the rounds one and two are more Jake A. Smith claim- Mountaineers’ most exscheduled to begin at 9 ing individual victories perienced grapplers, will a.m. with quarterfinals and over ranked opponents, also face a tough path to the consolation round be- the Mountaineers dropped the top at 141. The compeginning at 6 p.m. Conso- close matches to North- tition, which includes No. lation round four will be- ern Illinois, Rutgers and 1 Logan Stieber of Ohio gin at 9 a.m. Saturday with Cornell. State, No. 3 Devin Carter semifinals following at 10 Freshman Zeke Moisey, of Virginia Tech and No. 4 a.m. and the champion- who is ranked No. 20 in the Nick Dardanes of Minneship finals starting at 3 p.m. 125-pound weight class, sota, features 12 nationThe Mountaineers are looks to build upon his 2-1 ally-ranked wrestlers. one of 39 teams participat- record last weekend. MoiThe winner at 141 will

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likely have to go through Stieber, who claimed the 2014 NCAA Championship at 141 last season and 133 in 2012. Smith, who earned a 6-1 decision over then-No. 17 Jace Bennett of Cornell last weekend, looks to stay hot in his debut season with the Mountaineers. After tallying a 2-1 record at the Northeast Duals, Smith will compete with six ranked grapplers at 197. No. 1 Scott Schiller of Minnesota lost in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships last season, and No. 2 J’Den Cox, who West Virginia head coach Sammie Henson tutored last season at Mis-

souri, is the defending national champion at 197. The Mountaineers will likely face their toughest competition of the season this weekend with No. 1 ranked wrestlers competing in five of the nine weight classes. Although Henson’s team hasn’t claimed a team victory thus far, this weekend’s stout competition figures to truly gauge the Mountaineers’ talent on a national level. With a roster full of talented wrestlers, WVU fans can expect to see a few upsets at one of the toughest tournaments in the nation. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Coming off three straight wins, WVU plays Coppin State David Statman sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s basketball team will put its 12game home winning streak on the line Saturday afternoon, taking on the 1-5 Coppin State Eagles at 4 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum. The Mountaineers have won three straight and currently sit at 5-1 with their only loss coming on the road to Mississippi State. As this young team continues to settle into head coach Mike Carey’s system, they’ve found themselves fortunate to have one of the most dynamic scorers in women’s college basketball today in junior

guard Bria Holmes, whose 24.8 points per game ranks first in the Big 12 and is tied for seventh in Division I. Holmes’ ability, and the Mountaineers’ reliance on her, is reflected in her workload. The New Haven, Conn. native has so far played 225 of a possible 240 minutes, and almost 35 percent of the team’s field goal attempts have come from her. Holmes can score with the best of them, but Mountaineer associate head coach Chester Nichols said he would like her to play a little bit calmer. “Bria’s got to let the game come to her,” Nichols said. “Bria means well, and some of the unforced

turnovers that she got, she’s just got to slow down and let the game come to her. From time to time she starts to press a little bit.” Coppin State is not an unfamiliar opponent for the Mountaineers. Over Mike Carey’s long tenure as the West Virginia head coach, the Eagles have been a staple of his nonconference schedule, and WVU has won all six games played between the two teams. West Virginia and Coppin State most recently met last season – Holmes went just 1-8 from the field, but the Mountaineers won in a 88-56 blowout in what was Carey’s 250th win with the team. Coppin State is just 1-5

on the season, but they have so far tested themselves against a schedule filled with major conference opponents. The Eagles have faced NC State, Wake Forest and most recently Georgia on Tuesday, losing 49-29 in Athens. Head coach Derek Brown, in his 13th season heading the program in Baltimore, has guided Coppin State to three NCAA Tournaments, two WNIT berths and five 20win seasons. Last year’s Eagles went 17-14 before losing a 50-47 heartbreaker in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament finals to Hampton. Through six games of a tough nonconference slate, Coppin State

has struggled mightily to score. The Eagles are averaging under 56 points per game and nearly 20 turnovers and are shooting only 33.9 percent as a team. Of the 11 players to get in a game this season for Coppin State, only four are shooting over 40 percent from the field. It’s not going to get any easier Saturday, as they will face a West Virginia team that has held four of their six regular season opponents under 55 points. Mike Carey has always focused on defense as Mountaineer head coach. In Coppin State, West Virginia should find a team that they can dominate on that end. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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SPORTS

Friday December 5, 2014

DEFEATED

a defensive miscue in his postgame comments, but it was also the illustration of what has the potential to become a tumultuous trend: WVU’s half-court defense is lacking, and its furious full court press can’t always mask that. In fact, it can even contribute to it. “My fear was when we were pressing this way that our half-court defense would really suffer and it has really suffered. We’re going to have to somehow fix it,” Huggins said. “We don’t get the help. I think we expend some energy, and then we go down there and rest.” With a 52-38 lead early in the second half, West Virginia appeared to be on the edge of wearing LSU down and cruising to a victory. The Tigers’ turned and fought back, however, and striking when WVU let its guard down. “I would just say we got a little relaxed. That’s the only thing I can say. (We) get up 14, and I think, if I’m correct, we missed a couple layups,” said senior guard Juwan Staten. “We missed some free throws, got some turnovers. It just seemed like we started playing a little relaxed and they kept playing hard, and that’s what happens.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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No. 16 West Virginia drops a 14-point lead, falls to LSU, 74-73 Thursday night by ryan petrovich sports writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia’s sevengame winning streak was snapped at the hands of LSU Thursday night. A lastsecond layup from Josh Gray allowed the Tigers to upset No. 16 WVU, 74-73. It was consistent back and forth action in the early stages of the first half. West Virginia’s Daxter Miles Jr. hit a three-pointer, but the Tigers answered quickly with a three ball from Keith Hornsby, who contributed 15 points for LSU. With 13 minutes remaining in the first half, the Mountaineers displayed a 13-11 lead. LSU went on a 7-0 shortrun, but Nathan Adrian knocked down a three to end the run. The Tigers,

however, darted down the court and answered with a three. West Virginia trailed 2216 with less than 10 minutes to play in the first half. The Mountaineers managed to climb back in large part to their defense. West Virginia forced the Tigers to commit 15 turnovers and scored 14 points off those turnovers in the first half. A 16-5 run to close the first half allowed the Mountaineers to carry a 43-38 lead into halftime. WVU finished the night 23-67 (34.4 percent) from the floor, 5-17 (29.4 percent) from beyond the arc, but down the stretch, going 22-23 (68.8 percent) from the free throw line was a difference maker. West Virginia started the second half with lightening

speed. A three-pointer by Miles from the corner and a steal and put-back from Jonathan Holton quickly saw the Mountaineerlead grow to 52-38. The Mountaineers hit four of their first five field goals to begin the second half. For as quick as West Virginia started the second half of play – the Mountaineers hastily cooled down with 12:02 on the clock. LSU went on a 10-0 run lasting over four minutes. “We didn’t guard in the half court, everything we said to do, we did the opposite,” said head coach Bob Huggins. “We got a bunch of new guys. It’s hard. They’re (our guys) are too good to be missing the shots we’re missing.” “We knew what we had to do starting the second half,” Miles said. “We

did it for a couple minutes, I think we got content, got comfortable with the 14-point lead and we missed a couple easy layups, missed free throws. I think we turned off the energy.” Huggins’ squad clung to a 56-53 lead midway through the second half, but with 3:10 remaining, both teams struggled to find consistency, as a plethora of turnovers saw sloppy play near the end. A put-back dunk by Tarik Phillip allowed WVU to maintain a slim 68-65 lead. With 27.2 seconds remaining in the game, Hornsby buried a threepointer for the Tigers, giving LSU a 72-71 lead. Holton then attempted a one-and-one for West Virginia with 27 seconds reaming. Holton’s foul shot

fell short, but Miles was able to get the tip-in to put the Mountaineers up one – 73-72 with 23 seconds left. But, with eight seconds left, Gray found an open lane for a game-winning layup. The Tigers marched out of Morgantown with a 74-73 win. “I don’t know how you shoot a layup from the top of the key and nobody helps,” Huggins said in regard to Gray’s game winner. “We didn’t do what we do,” said Devin Williams. “I just got to continue to get better. I have to rebound the ball better, I have to play defense better. I have to be the one who works hard.” West Virginia will look to bounce back Sunday against Northern Kentucky. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

men’s basketball

LSU breaks WVU’s press, exposes weakness by connor murray sports writer @dailyathenaeum

For the first seven games of the season, West Virginia’s full court press had given opponents fits. What the Mountaineers lost in terms of energy expended

in guarding the length of the floor, they gained back twofold in steals, turnovers and fast break opportunities. Even the defending national champion UConn Huskies looked lost at times against West Virginia’s relentless pressure, but

there are two sides to every coin. Head coach Bob Huggins lauded LSU’s athleticism coming into this game, likening the Tigers to one of the Big 12’s best teams, the No. 6 Texas Longhorns. Huggins’ words proved prophetic, as the Tigers

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found a way to break the Mountaineers’ press defense, and walked away from the WVU Coliseum with their first road win against a ranked opponent since 2005. Led by junior guard Josh Gray and sophomore Tim Quarterman, the Tigers kept their composure, minimizing their mistakes in the second half and making West Virginia work even harder in half-court defense. “We were able to space the floor a little bit. I thought Tim Quarterman came in and did a good job of taking care of the basketball, playing over the top of their press instead of us trying to beat it with the dribble, we were able to beat it with the pass,” LSU head coach Johnny Jones said. “We were able to attack, hit a couple 3-pointers and get a couple easy scoring opportunities at the basket.” The Tigers’ easiest scoring opportunity was also its most important. With the clock winding down and a chance to take the lead, Gray sliced through West Virginia’s defense like a hot knife through butter, taking the ball unimpeded to the rim for an easy layup that gave the Tigers the eventually decisive 74-73 edge. Huggins chalked it up to

Sloppy mistakes leads to WVU loss No. 16 West Virginia has wasted no time to turn the heads of many. The Mountaineers began their 2014-15 campaign a perfect 7-0 heading into their Thursday night showdown against the LSU Tigers. However, with eyes from around the nation beginning to focus more and more on this Mountaineer squad, the pressure became too much against the Tigers, leading to the Mountaineers recording their first loss of their young 20 day season so far. Even a 14 point lead in the second half for the Mountaineers wouldn’t be enough for them to seal the deal. Though depth has been a huge emphasis to this young, diverse team that has been able to use each spectrum of their depth to their advantage, Thursday would prove otherwise. Under eighth-year head coach Bob Huggins, the frustration seen out of West Virginia following its heart-wrenching loss was nothing short of disappointment in themselves and nobody else. “I would just say we got a little laxed,” said senior guard Juwan Staten. “(We) get up 14 and I think we missed a couple of layups, missed some free throws – just seemed like we started playing a little laxed and they kept playing hard.” Yes, West Virginia certainly got relaxed after gaining a double-digit lead and that is the last thing Huggins and any Mountaineer fan wants to see right now with Big 12 play getting closer and closer for West Virginia. Not only did the Mountaineers begin to play with far less energy once they had a decent lead, the sloppiness and mistakes seen from them looked as if almost all of those mistakes could have been prevented if only for smarter playing on each players behalf. Between the relaxed approach the Mountaineers took during the middle of the second half is inexcusable and the nonstop giving up mentality of the Tigers, following the game sophomore forward Devin Williams said in a depressed looking state the disappointment he saw out of himself. “I didn’t stay mentally in it the whole time,” he said. “I have to come out and play better. (It’s) better (this) happens now then down the road.” Williams is true in saying suffering a bad loss like Thursday’s is better early rather than later in the season, but just because the taste of a horrible loss is lingering in the Mountaineers’ mouths doesn’t mean more of these losses won’t be on the horizon for WVU down the stretch and into the heart of the season. Careless mistakes, as Huggins said, were a huge reason why the Tigers were able to come from behind and win in the final seconds. “The older I get, the smarter my dad was,” he said. “He used to drive me crazy because he used to drill fundamental stuff. We ran good plays and threw it over their heads, fundamental things. You can’t shoot from one or four feet if you’re not looking at the basket. There are some fundamental things we don’t do very well.” Only time will tell just how strong this Mountaineer team is, but after closely watching Thursday night’s game inside of the WVU Coliseum, the mistakes made by the Mountaineers down the stretch were inexcusable and those are mistakes that cannot afford to be made whatsoever as the season moves along.

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WVU head coach Bob Huggins angry during Thursday night’s loss to LSU.

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