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Monday March 31, 2014

WVU to host first-ever Health Professions Fair by meagan carpenter staff writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University students interested in going to school in a health-related field can benefit from attending the first annual Health Professions Fair today in the Mountainlair.

The Health Professions Fair is a place to get information about schools and their various programs. This fair will be the first of this kind for WVU, and more than 50 different schools and programs be represented, including dental, medical, pharmacy, optometry and chiropractic schools.

Ahnya Redman, a prehealth coordinator for WVU, said the fair will be a low-stress environment to come and talk about different programs.

“It’s a good thing for students who are undecided still or are just interested in the health profession but don’t know what program they want to go into can get a feel for what’s out there,”

Redman said.

Redman said the fair is a chance to explore options and network with other students who share similar interests and goals.

“I would advise students to come with a list of questions because we want our students to be prepared and professional,” she said.

Redman said she hopes students come to learn more about the local resources students can use and learn from.

There will be three workshops offered after the fair for any student to attend from 2-4 p.m. These workshops include interviewing skills, a personal statement workshop and a health career preparation workshop.

Students can register early for these workshops to be guaranteed a spot. There will also be a drawing to give away two test prep courses.

The fair takes place in the Mountainlair ballrooms from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the workshops following. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Ugly Blondes performs Saturday night for the Battle of the Bands.

Bands go head to head for record deal, cash prize by sam bosserman staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The fourth annual Battle of the Bands was hosted in the Gluck Theatre Saturday, and five bands competed for $1,000 and a free song recording by Blues Alley Records. The turnout for the event was impressive, and the enthusiastic audience added to the already exciting atmosphere.

Each band was allowed to play three songs, two of which had to be originals. The bands varied heavily in style and influence with each bringing their own unique flavor to the stage.

While all the bands involved received plenty of cheering from the crowd, it was NoteFly who came away with the first-place price. Second place went to the band Ugly Blondes, who received $250.

Nathan Marple, Notefly’s lead vocalist and guitarist said his band was happy just to have been able to play in the Battle of the Bands.

“Really, we were just happy to play a show, and we were more than happy just to be here to do so,” Marple said.

Marple described NoteFly as a “jam rock band,” and said the group has a mix of radio friendly and pure rock songs.

Marple said he thought the audience was fantastic and was happy with the amount of people who turned out to watch the performances.

“Everybody was clapping their hands and getting into it,” Marple said. “I just really appreciate how awesome everybody was.”

According to Marple, the group will either split the prize among the five members or use it to invest in making more music and buying new equipment.

Nicholas Filippelli, one of the event’s judges, said he thought all the bands did a great job, especially considering how tough such

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Mailbox Rule performs Saturday night at the Battle of the Bands.

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Ken McClintic chases after his ball during the WV Irish Road Bowling match Saturday afternoon at Coopers Rock.

By Laura Haight Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

The West Virginia Irish Road Bowling Association met Saturday at Coopers Rock State Forest for a oneof-a-kind event – road bowling.

Road bowling consists of throwing a twopound cannonball down a road with a group of teammates. Wherever the cannonball stops is where the next throw is made.

Whoever can make it to the finish line with the least amount of throws wins the game.

The way players throw the ball is underhand and looks similar to the way bowlers roll a bowling ball Mark Wilt, the president of the West Virginia Irish Road Bowling Association, said he has participated in these events for 14 years.

He initially became involved with road bowling by accident. He

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Visit http://wvirb.org said he was originally under the impression it was like typical bowling.

“My brother and I saw an advertisement for road bowling. We used to be league bowlers, so we thought what could be more fun,” Wilt said. “But when we got out there, we realized it wasn’t really that.”

Wilt said the association is always welcoming beginners. Participants have to pay $5 to use a cannonball, but they get their money back if they return it at the end of the game.

“You don’t have to be really good to do it,” Witt said. “Anybody can go out and throw a road bowl over a couple miles.”

Wilt said he advises caution when throw-

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Dancers perform in the Mountainlair during Africa Night .

By Jacob Bojesson Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

The WVU African Students Association concluded their annual Africa Week at West Virginia University by celebrating Africa Night in the Mountainlair Sunday.

The ASA has hosted a series of events throughout the week to celebrate and showcase African culture to

the WVU community.

Africa Night was the main event of the week and featured food, music and dance performances and a fashion show in the spirit of African culture.

“Africa Night is the biggest event we organize and host at the school,” said Malik Dako, treasurer for the ASA. “It’s a show where we all come together as one and celebrate.”

The theme of the night was “My Roots, My Identity” to illustrate the

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Required documents and programs are often needlessly confusing.

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importance of remembering and taking pride in one’s origins.

Many of the African students in the crowd wore cloths and dresses from their native countries.

“It’s a perfect way for us to show what Africa is about, and it brings us together, and it unites us because we’re all international students who come from different parts of the

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SWEEPING THE BEARS The WVU baseball team defeated Baylor 4-1 Sunday in Charleston.

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David Fryson, chief diversity officer at WVU, speaks to the crowd gathered for Africa night.

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Dancers perform in the Mountainlair during Africa Night. The event highlighted African culture on campus.

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Continued from page 1 world,” Dako said. “This is the only time of the year when people feel pride to wear the African attire around campus.”

One of the keynote speakers of the night was the current Miss Africa USA Alice

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Continued from page 1 ing the cannonball and to make sure to always announce a ball is being thrown.

“Be careful. A 2-pound cannonball can hurt someone if it hits them, so you have to be careful about it and make sure everyone’s paying attention,” he said.

Bryan Wimer, a member of the association, said when the ball goes off the road things get difficult.

“When the road starts to slope off and you’re trying to follow the curve of the road, it’s a lot more tricky,” Wimer said.

He said a lot of the courses are near ravines and participants have to decide between hunting for their lost ball or buying a new one.

“There are some places where it’s really steep and you’ll have people climb-

Keynote speaker Alice Gyamfi who is the current Miss Africa USA, talks to the crowd Sunday night in the Mountainlair.

Gyamfi, who is originally from Ghana.

Gyamfi’s philanthropy focuses on female empowerment and education for young African girls.

During her speech she took the opportunity to talk about the prejudice Africans often experience in the U.S. and flaws in the education system in America in regard to its portrayal of

Africa.

“Africa’s failed states are said to be the result of bad governance as opposed to the brutal colonization and degradation of tribal units,” Gyamfi said. “Surely I would have believed these things if I would have trusted my entire educational experience in this country.”

WVU’s chief diversity officer David Fryson

ing down briars and wading through water to get their cannonballs,” Wimer said.

Nicholas Mick, vice president of the IRBA, said there are different techniques to road bowling, but the Irish philosophy is to throw the ball as hard as possible.

He said he believes the best way to play is to keep the ball under control.

“If you can get it to stay on the road surface that’s the best thing,” Mick said.

The West Virginia IRBA is one of three in the United States, along with New York and Massachusetts.

In 2008, the association sent one of its members, Travis Craig, to Ireland for the championship.

Craig said the competitions are very popular in Ireland and thousands of people show up.

“It’s definitely a different type of road bowling.

Here you have four to five people go out, and three

of them are chasing your bowl,” he said.

“But over there, there’s about 8,000 people in front of you.”

Craig said it’s difficult to see the road ahead, and he had to blindly throw the cannonball.

“You’re just winging this ball into a bunch of people and hoping that they get out of the way,” he said.

Craig said he thought he competed well but one wrong shot can cost an entire game.

“I had a pretty good chance of winning the entire thing, but I shot one bad shot with three to go,” he said.

The next road bowling event will be at Pipestem Resort State Park April 26.

Fo r m o re i n f o rmation on the West Virginia Irish Road Bowling Association, visit http://wvirb.org. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

spoke of the importance of the African roots for African-Americans.

“As an African-American, I take a very strong emphasis in Africa being our roots even though many people of the diaspora that have been a part of the American scene don’t know where we come from,” Fryson said.

Increased diversity is part of the University’s 2020 Stra-

tegic Plan for the Future.

Fryson said events like Africa Night helps the University to move toward its goal of having a diverse campus atmosphere.

“Over the years we’ve talked a lot about diversity, but now we’ve started to put the resources at the institution into what diversity actually means,” Fryson said.

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Travis McClintic bowls down the street during the WV Irish Road Bowling Match at Coopers Rock on Saturday.

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Ugly Blondes performs Saturday night for the Battle of the Bands.

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“It’s very nerve-racking when you have to go up and only get to play three songs,” Filippelli said. “There’s a sense that they’d better be good, and you can’t mess up at all.”

Filippelli said those who did not attend the Battle of the Bands truly missed out on something great and encouraged people to support their local musicians in the future.

“Check out the local scene wherever you are, it’s important to know the music being created around you,” Filippelli said. “All (the) bands have been to venues where

there are only three people in the audience, and it sucks … It’s nice to see some smiling faces out there.”

Hannah Bowman, a freshman social work student, said she enjoyed the experience and thought audience participation played a large part in making it a fun time.

“It was awesome, and everybody was really into it, which was cool,” Bowman said. “They are all about audience participation and involvement.”

Bowman said her favorite performance of the night came from the band Mail Box Rule and that Battle of the Bands was one of the cooler events she has been to all year.

Chrissie Biearman, a sophomore psychology

student, said she liked some of the bands more than others, with Ugly Blondes being her favorite of the night.

“I really liked Ugly Blondes’ vibes, and the lyrics were really fun,” Biearman said.

Biearman also said she thought the variety of the bands was what made the night truly entertaining.

“I think it’s really cool that they weren’t all the same style, and there were a lot of differences between their influences and lyrics,” Biearman said.

WWVU-FM broadcast the event and will release a podcast of the bands’ performances that can be found on their website, http:///u92.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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No national system to track landslide hazards

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In this photo taken in October 2012, released by WSI, a Quantum Spatial Company, sensor operators Lennie Rummel left, and Drew Wendeborn, right, are shown inside a helicopter taking measurements with LIDAR, a high-tech laser system mounted on the aircraft, to build a detailed elevation map of the terrain above Omak, Wash. The maps can be used by planners and homeowners to begin to assess landslide risk.

SEATTLE (AP) — People living in the path of a deadly Washington state landslide had virtually no warning before a wall of mud, trees and other debris thundered down the mountain. Some of the homeowners didn’t even know the hillside could give way at any time.

Unlike the warning systems and elaborate maps that help residents and officials prepare for natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes, there’s no national system to monitor slide activity and no effort underway to produce detailed nationwide landslide hazard maps.

The U.S. Geological Survey doesn’t track or inventory slide areas on a national scale, despite an ambitious plan to do so more than a decade ago when Congress directed it to come up with a national strategy to reduce landslide losses.

That’s left states and communities to put together a patchwork of maps showing landslide hazards. In some cases, they are discovering that more buildings than previously thought are sitting on unstable ground. Even then, that information may not make its way to property owners.

Building a nationwide system is now possible with new technology, experts say, but would require spending tens of millions of dollars annually and could take more than a decade to complete with the help of states and cities. So far, however, there has been little public outcry for faster, concerted action.

“No one has pushed it, and it hasn’t been a priority,” said Scott Burns, a geology professor at Portland State University. “It’s costly to monitor it, and we don’t want to pay for it.”

He added, “Now they’re seeing these large disasters and saying this is important.”

The challenge, experts say, is that many landslides are inactive or cause consistent low-level damage, while big, destructive landslides happen only sporadically and don’t cause the type of spectacular devastation hurricanes, earthquakes or tornadoes do – so they often don’t get the same attention or resources.

Despite this, landslides have exacted a toll in all 50 states, causing 25 to 50 deaths a year and up to $2 billion in losses annually. The last national map, which shows high landslide risk areas in the Appalachians, the Rockies and along the West Coast, was

published in 1982, but it is outdated and lacks detail.

The lack of attention on landslides comes as experts say increasing numbers of people are moving farther out from cities and suburbs – or onto previously uninhabited slopes within them – and are more likely to come face to face not just with the views they sought but also with nature’s destructive forces. Development on vulnerable land can disturb soil, put too much weight on slopes, or increase soil moisture, whether it is from runoff or a prolific sprinkler system.

Lynn Highland, a geographer with the USGS’s National Landslide Information Center, said she and others have advocated for a national landslide inventory, but the agency’s Landslide Hazards Program only has an annual budget of $3.5 million and a staff of about 20.

“It’s expensive and everybody seems to be satisfied with dealing with landslides when they come, except when we get a big one like this,” she said, referring to the March 22 slide that killed at least 18 in Oso, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle, in what could one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s history.

Weary of landslides constantly threatening homes, power lines and underground pipes, some states aren’t waiting for disasters to hit. Oregon, North Carolina, Kentucky and others have used high-tech lasers mounted on aircraft to begin to assess landslide risk and build maps that could be used by planners and homeowners.

The air-borne laser, known as LIDAR, fires rapid laser pulses at a surface and a sensor on the instrument measures the amount of time it takes for each pulse to bounce back – building a detailed elevation map, point by point.

These mapping efforts are turning up previously overlooked dangers: More homes and businesses than previously thought are sitting on hillsides, coastal bluffs and mountain areas that could give way at any time.

“We discovered that in most places we had only found a tenth to a quarter of existing landslides in previous mapping efforts,” said Ian Madin, chief scientist for Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.

While a national LIDAR mapping effort is planned to start in 2015, USGS scientists have worked in regions such as Washington’s Puget Sound to pinpoint

landslide hazards. In Seattle, they developed a forecasting tool that acts as an early warning system to let city officials know when intense rainfall could likely cause rain-soaked hillsides to buckle.

Jim Lee, a senior engineer with Seattle Public Utilities, said when that rain threshold is reached, landslide response crews are put on standby so they are ready to clear downed power lines, mud-covered streets or check on water lines. The National Weather Service in Seattle also will issue statements about potential landslides once the threshold is reached.

Tracking landslides is difficult because all the action happens underground and slides vary from hillside to hillside depending on soil, hydrology and geologic conditions, experts say, so much so that damage is typically excluded from typical private property insurance.

The lack of private insurance for landslide damage results, in part, from the difficulty in estimating the likelihood that a landslide will occur at any particular location, a USGS study found. “We might be able to get a handle on insurance for landslide if we have an inventory,” Highland said.

The USGS started a landslide inventory pilot project for states but ran out of money. A dozen states participated, including Oregon, Washington, California, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. But even if scientists can map all the existing landslides and are able to monitor those that are active, they still don’t know how to narrow down to the most vulnerable locations where landslides can turn into a disaster, said Jonathan Stock, director of the USGS Innovation Center for Earth Sciences in California.

“Of the tens of thousands of similar landslides that are slowly moving around the nation, we still don’t know which have the potential to be pathological,” Stock said.

For now, the USGS runs a half dozen monitoring research projects to understand conditions in soil that precede landslides driven by big storms. In the San Francisco Bay area, where storms have caused hundreds to thousands of slides at a time in recent years, instruments measure such soil characteristics as moisture level and water pressure.

Some communities are working to develop regulations that would guide development on landslide-

prone areas. In Oregon City, Ore., where landslides have caused significant property damage in recent years, city code requires applicants to provide a report on the site’s geology and prohibits construction of new subdivisions on steeper slopes.

“We’re trying to do everything to reduce the risk or altogether avoid these areas,” said Tony Konkol,

the city’s community development director.

And even when landslide risks have been mapped using the new technology – as was the case with the slide area in Washington state – homeowners often don’t have access to the maps or don’t know how to interpret them. And some may choose not to heed the maps’ warnings.

Robin Youngblood, whose house in the foothills of the scenic North Cascades was crushed in the landslide, said Snohomish County officials did not inform her about the dangers of the hillside.

“They knew that this mountain was unstable and they let people build there,” she said. “This shouldn’t have happened.”

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Love yourself, so others can love you SARAH COOPER COLUMNIST

The other evening I walked into the lobby of my dorm after having a busy day. The last thing I wanted to do was participate in some spontaneous project, yet as soon as I walked through the doors, our Honors Hall Wellness Coordinator – the sweet, caring and lively Katie O’Connell – encouraged me to participate.

Before her was a poster dedicated to the residents, allowing them to write what they loved most about themselves. Thinking it would be easy and take no more than a few seconds, I gladly agreed to participate and write down one thing I loved most.

But here’s the thing – I couldn’t do it. It was so difficult for me to think about what I love that I couldn’t put anything down.

I was too afraid anything I said would come out sounding embarrassing, and I didn’t want anyone to see me as vain while they watched me fill out my sheet. Some students seemed to have no problem, but others seemed delayed in thought. I kept thinking over all the things I could write, but I felt like none of them were good enough. Why? After about five minutes, I ended up playing off someone else’s “self-love” phrase and walked away in frustration.

I found the longer I stood there thinking about the idea of loving myself, it

seemed silly and embarrassing. I felt bad for not knowing the answer to her question within the few seconds I stood there.

I could think of a thousand different things I find interesting and wonderful about other people, yet I had no idea what to say about myself.

One would think we would be living in a time loving ourselves would be simple. But it seems like we spend more time loving others, and we let everything around us affect the way we feel.

That’s where we get lost. Where’s the love?

It’s strange that we journey throughout everything in a search for love and acceptance when it can only come from within ourselves.

I find myself forgiving others easily, commenting on their outfits and encouraging them through things, and then I wonder why I’m left empty-handed.

I wonder why people aren’t there for me when I need them to be. Some people will use you, and others won’t.

That’s not what matters.

It’s something you can’t control, but there is something you can.

Instead of wanting people to compliment you and bring yourself to a higher level of esteem, especially when you’re upset or stressed or not having the best of days, encourage yourself.

A lot of the time we feed ourselves negativity in those situations and neglect to give ourselves that extra boost we need.

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Instead of waiting for it from someone else, accept who you are and learn how to tend to situations as an individual.

When we look for those outside sources of encouragement that aren’t always there, we feel worse about ourselves because we feel like no one cares. This can ultimately lead us to think if no one cares, we shouldn’t care.

In the end, we ourselves are the only thing who will be truly consistent in our lives. You alone have the ability to always be there for yourself. We cannot rely on

others in spiritual ways.

For example, all of us have those days where we feel ugly or fat, and we walk around hoping someone will give us a compliment to cheer us up. We look in the mirror and are displeased with what we see.

When people aren’t showering us with the occasional compliment, we tend to look down on your own appearance.

Your body is a house and why hate the house you grew up in? Everyone has those days, and we search for the opinions of others to help validate

our feelings and see ourselves, which can be seen as somewhat hypocritical.

We’re constantly craving independence and the infamous “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” rings in our ears when we hear negativity.

When you’re having those rough patches or bad days, remember that although giving hope to others is a beautiful thing and can also give you a sense of fulfillment, it is vital you remember you too are worthy of the gifts of your hope, compliments and

encouragement.

It’s important we become our own source of encouragement, so when the “lifeboats” of people around us fail, we won’t be drowning in the sea of lovelessness.

You alone have the power to make yourself happy and before you can allow someone to love you, you have to learn how to love yourself.

You are your consistent source of encouragement, love and happiness.

Look within yourself before you try searching for it in others. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Editorial

Loan exit counseling just another pointless hassle Why is everything so complicated these days?

You have to call four different people to set up Internet and cable at your new apartment.

You have to either go to an accountant, a specialized service or buy a computer program to help you do your taxes.

You have to go to a set time and place to receive instructions on how to sign up for health care.

You have to have an advising appointment each semester at West Virginia

University to have a professor or faculty member walk you through the scheduling process and the classes you must take to graduate, a job for which they may or may not be qualified.

And now, all students who are graduating, transferring, leaving school or dropping below half-time status are required to take “loan exit counseling.”

In mid-April, an email will go out to all the students who need to complete this counseling, and

if they fail to schedule, a hold will be placed on their University records preventing them from requesting transcripts or grades, and returning students will see a registration hold on their account.

Due to the sheer volume of students to whom these guidelines apply to, there is no way all of their personal, relevant questions can be answered – no matter how thorough the counselors think they’re being.

On top of everything

else graduating seniors must do, the University is now asking them to complete counseling they’ll forget about as soon as they leave the office anyway. Really, the time for learning about those types of things has passed.

But digging deeper, why are these life requirements so complicated that we need counseling to understand them?

Surely there is more to it than it seems, but it’s baffling to speculate what it is about taxes, health

care coverage and student loans that they must be such a process.

One step administrators could take is teaching these necessary skills earlier in college. High school isn’t feasible – not all students attend college but, many high schoolers won’t pay attention anyway.

It would be tricky to decide what it is that needs to be taught, but one place to start is anything the requires training or special instructions to complete.

The other step is to

make these forms and repayment plans less complicated. Capitalism is at its finest, proving companies are better off when they hide stipulations to squeeze more money out of their customers.

Considering most Americans are only at an eighthgrade reading level, it doesn’t make sense to give them pages and pages of forms that are practically unreadable for all but the most competent lawyers. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Slut Walk: taking to the streets to stand against shame JACOB JARVIS A&E WRITER

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” wrote William Shakespeare in “Romeo and Juliet.”

The power of names has been hotly debated. In a society that inches closer and toward attempting to be politically correct, many terms we hear day to day are seemingly the same. Some use terms to describe a person of color, whether Black or African-American, are used interchangeably.

Recently, the concept of “slut shaming” has gained popularity for many people.

The idea is to reclaim the word slut.

But what exactly does slut mean? For most people, this refers to a woman or otherwise who might be scantily dressed, might behave in a way that allows their sexuality to be openly discussed and may or may not have multiple sexual partners.

Of course, there is no real way to quantify how much

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of a slut someone is.

There is a prevailing message women who act this way – slutty – open themselves up to criticism and shaming. And we’ve all seen that.

Many of us have been to a party where there’s been a woman or two who pushes the fashion boundary and wears a dress shorter than something most girls would wear. Other people might stare at her and isolate her.

They might even call her a slut to her face.

Whether to her face or in hushed whispers, the result is the same. And at the end of the night, if that woman is raped.

Well, she was asking for it, wasn’t she?

No. Blaming the victim only continues to create an environment in which others feel unable to reach out for help.

We’ve probably all seen on Facebook someone complaining about a girl who sleeps around. Just recently, a friend of mine posted how disgusted he was a girl would post a picture of herself in underwear for the world to see.

Oh, the horror.

By reclaiming the word slut, the hope is to take away the power from the ones who use it to demean women. But let’s be realistic, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

If “slut” was reclaimed, I fear there would just be another word to slip in. It’s also important to note the word slut in and of itself is not the problem. The problem is the power asserted over a woman when this word is used.

Bitch, slut, whore – the ongoing list of words used to assert power over a woman.

Using words like these have become so common that we do it without thinking.

I myself have fallen victim to this. It’s really easy to have an encounter with a woman and because she’s a bit short with me, I’ll call her a bitch in my head. Would have I called a man, in the same exact situation a bitch?

There’s a lot entangled in names. Gender identity and expression have a lot to do with the names we call people.

That’s why for Isabelle Shepherd, it’s important to

Students gather in front of the courthouse during the Slut Walk in 2013. raise awareness of this issue and highlight the dangers of victim-blaming.

After seeing her post on Twitter, I became slightly enraged. Apparently on March 17, Shepherd was asked to move from outside of the Mountainlair by University Police. Shepherd was speaking out against a gentleman claiming women who wear miniskirts are “going to hell.”

If they were worried about causing a scene, or

a potential fight, then perhaps the gentleman, who was not a student at WVU, should have been asked to move instead.

This action further illustrates the idea women “have it good enough.” They’ve got the right to vote, so what are they bitching about now?

Slut shaming, that’s what we’re bitching about. When we blame the victims of sexual assault, whether openly or in our minds, we send a

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message to the aggressor that their action was ok. We take the shame that should be soaked in the abuser and unwillingly thrust it on the abused.

To stand firm against this, Shepherd and her peers have organized the Slut Walk April 11. More information about this can be found at https://facebook. com/SlutwalkWV. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year your libido energies peak to an unprecedented level.

You seem to sleuth your way through problems and come up with remarkable solutions. Others will come to you for help more often; they admire your ingenuity. You will tend to be me-oriented this year, so try to temper any excessive egotism. If you are single, you could open up to a very intriguing person who you feel you have a lot to learn from. The two of you could become quite the dynamic duo. If you are attached, your relationship quality will depend on your ability to remain sensitive to your sweetie.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH Someone is likely to sense your strength. As a result, this person

will push you to get a reaction. You might decide to give him or her that reaction, just to catch him or her off guard. From there, you can continue with your day. Tonight: All smiles.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH You might prefer not to have to give explanations or deal with much. On some level, you could be experiencing a knee-jerk reaction regarding what is happening around you.

You also might not feel a need to redefine or rethink your response. Tonight: Nap, then decide.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH You feel destined to achieve certain goals. You could be a little tired or feel pushed by someone else. You might want to put this person in his or her place. Keep your eye on the long term, and be more forthright with a loved

one. Tonight: Perk up.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH All eyes turn to you whenever others question what to do next, as your leadership qualities are rather evident. You could be flattered that your judgment is so valued. Understand what might be needed to get past an immediate hassle. Tonight: Find your friends.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Realize what is happening with those around you. One person seems determined to have things go his or her way. This individual could push beyond any normal level. If you see this behavior setting up, detach. Tonight: How about a concert or jam session?

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Deal with a loved one directly. You

could want and need to rethink your interactions with this person, as he or she seems to have copped an attitude as of late. Your sense of direction and knowledge will cause a positive change. Tonight: Get your taxes done, then look at your budget.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH You could be far grumpier than you realize. Look around and note others’ reactions to you. Rather than growl and grumble, root out what is really going on with you. Only then will you be able to get more control over your feelings.

Tonight: Connect with a loved one.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Dive into work or a project. With concentration and focus, you’ll accomplish much more than you previously might have thought possible.

As a side benefit, you will work off

some frustration. Make a call to a new friend. Tonight: Your treat!

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Your playfulness and ability to honor a quick change will make all the difference in your choices. Reevaluate what needs to happen between you and a new flirtation. As always, every bond has its limitations.

Tonight: Ever playful.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You’ll want to understand why someone is behaving a certain way before you make a judgment.

This person seems to be all over the place. Get feedback from a friend, but realize that you might not feel comfortable with all of his or her opinions.

Tonight: Make it early.

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Reach out to someone at a distance who might be searching for some feedback. Try to understand what is going on. Do not be adverse to picking up the phone and making some calls. You need more information. Tonight: Catch up on emails before deciding what to do.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH You might be more sensitive to a loved one than you usually would deem necessary. Your ability to understand mood changes probably could be applied here. Do not personalize a comment. Tonight: Treat a loved one to a favorite dessert.

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Gavin DeGraw, an American singer-songwriter, performs to a sold-out crowd at the Creative Arts Center Sunday.

by shawnee moran associate a&e editor @shawneemoran22

Rozzi Crane, American pop rock band Parachute and famous singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw played for a sold-out crowd Sunday as a part of the West Virginia University 2013-14 University Arts Series.

As the audience filled the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre and waited anxiously for DeGraw to take the stage, the lights dimmed and Rozzi Crane took to the stage.

Crane was signed by Adam Levine’s new record label, 222 Records, shortly after appearing on the hit TV show “The Voice.” Although she has only been in the music scene for a few years, her soulful voice and charming charisma would tell listeners otherwise.

Concertgoers were blown away by her voice, which ranged from low alto to high soprano. Crane performed “Painkiller,” a song that will be released on her upcoming album. In this song, Crane sings a duet with Levine, which was prerecorded for this performance.

However, the audience’s clear favorite song was “Crazy Ass Bitch,” which demonstrated her phenomenal vocal ability.

Audience member Mackenzie Boyles, a WVU dental student, said she was pleasantly surprised with the opening act.

“She was really good,” Boyles said. “(Crane) had a really powerful voice for how little she was. I’ve never heard of her before, but I’m going to look her up.”

Parachute, the opening band for DeGraw, performed

after a short intermission.

This group has brought their relaxing music to the stage since the group formed in Charlottesville, Va., in 2006. Current band members, Will Anderson, Johnny Stubblefield, Alex Hargrave, Kit French and Nate McFarland, have produced several albums and toured alongside talented singers such as Kelly Clarkson, The Script and the Goo Goo Dolls.

The audience came alive as the band took to the stage, telling concertgoers to get on their feet and to dance.

Anderson pulled audience members to the stage to dance, jumped on the piano in the middle of the performance and engaged with the audience.

The band sang some of their most popular songs including “Something To Believe In,” “Kiss Me Slowly,”

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“Didn’t See It Coming” and “She Is Love,” which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009.

After what seemed like a long intermission, the audience finally got what they had been waiting for – Gavin DeGraw. The moment he took to the stage to sing “Make A Move” the audience went wild.

DeGraw, who is most commonly known for hit singles “I Don’t Wanna Be,” “Not Over You,” “Chariot” and “Best I Ever Had,” has come a long way since 2003 when he rose to fame. Throughout the years he has produced a number of songs that have topped the Billboards and has also been nominated for Top Single Soundtrack of the Year for the Billboard Music Award, as well as many others.

After thanking the audi-

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Will Anderson, lead vocals of Parachute, an American pop rock band from Charlottesville, Va., jumps down from a piano during the band’s opening for Gavin DeGraw at the Creative Arts Center on Sunday. ence for attending the con- You” DeGraw exited the cert, DeGraw promised ev- stage, only to come back moeryone they would have a ments later for an encore. good time even if they were Benjamin Defazio, a graddragged to the concert by uate assistant at WVU, said their friends. The audience he thought the performances stood during the duration throughout the evening were of the concert, dancing and incredible. singing to his most popular “I didn’t know the opensongs and other old favorites, ers very well, but I really like much to their enjoyment. them now, and I’ve always DeGraw also played new liked DeGraw, so I was rematerial from his album ally excited to see him live,” “Make A Move” released in he said.

Megan Gibson, an audi2013 including “Who’s Going To Save Us” and “Best I ence member, also said she Ever Had.” had a wonderful time at the The crowd went wild when concert. his band started playing the “It was amazing. I (came music to “Best I Ever Had,” for ) DeGraw, and I was deone of DeGraw’s beloved lightfully surprised with songs shouting out to West Parachute,” she said. “It was Virginia. amazing. They were great enConcertgoers also enjoyed tertainers and kept the crowd a mash-up of “Rumor Has It/ alive the whole entire time. It Every Little Bit”he played to- was just so much fun.” ward the end of the concert.

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‘Bring It On: The Musical’ to cater to all audiences by tiffany benson a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

The national touring and soon-to-be-global musical, “Bring It On: The Musical,” will come to the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center April 7.

“Bring It On” is based on the original film starring Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union. The pair reigned over the world of competitive cheerleading and the battles with high school life along the way.

The loose adaptation is

by Jeff Whitty and has music by Tom Kitt and Lin-

Manuel Miranda, a Pulitzer and Tony-award winner, with lyrics by Broadway lyricists Amanda Green and Jonathan Larson.

The main characters include Campbell played by Nadia Vynnytsky, Randall played by Tyler Bertolone and Danielle played by Zuri Washington.

“She’s very headstrong, and she really wants to succeed in life,” Washington said about her character. “She comes from a very tough background.

She wants to overcome that and make something of herself. She goes along with the theme of the en-

tire show.”

This show is more than just an exciting display of cheerleading stunts and musical numbers. The entire production is trying to show its audiences even when life gets you down and negative things effect your future, you can make it through.

“It’s about how people develop in high school and how they become the people that they are and what drives them,” Washington said. “A huge part of the show is just showing how people overcome their fears and overcoming your adversity to make some-

thing of yourself.”

The preparation to bring this amazing show of talent was extensive. The cast spent three weeks learning, rehearsing and perfecting the choreography, cheers and stunts. This doesn’t include memorization of scripts and preparing themselves to travel across the country.

“It took a lot of hours and a lot of patience from everyone because of everything we had to learn,” Washington said. “It’s really overwhelming sometimes to think about all the things that go into our show. We’re going to Ja-

pan in July, and we just did press for that.”

The show is going to take the audience to new heights with its original musical idea of putting cheering stunts into the show. It will be high-energy and provide something for everyone in the audience to enjoy and relate to. It brings friendships and life perspective into new light.

“It’s a really fun show.

You’ll just have a blast watching it because there’s so much energy,” Washington said. “I think that it appeals to all different ages.

There are jokes that work

for older people, and then there’s the cheer choreography that is just mindblowing. There’s just something in it for everyone.”

Tickets for the show range from $44-55, depending on seat location and availability. WVU student tickets are available for $28 with a valid ID at the campus box offices.

Tickets are on sale now at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices, online at ticketmaster.com or by calling 304-293-SHOW and 800-745-3000. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Piers Morgan ends show with plea for gun control

LOS ANGELES (AP) — CNN host Piers Morgan issued one last plea for U.S. gun control as he wrapped up his show’s three-year run.

Morgan devoted the prime-time show’s final minutes Friday night to the issue that he said has been a “consistent and often very controversial” part of “Piers Morgan Live.”

The British-born host cited gun violence statistics and expressed dismay that

mass shootings including those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., haven’t led to stricter laws.

Morgan blamed politicians that he said had been bullied into “cowardly” silence by a gun lobby led by the National Rifle Association.

A message seeking comment from the NRA was left Friday night with an answering service at its remarks addressed to his headquarters.

Piers concluded with critics.

“To those who claim my gun control campaign has been anti-American, well, the reverse is true. I’m so pro-American I want more of you to stay alive,” he said, adding, “Now it’s down to you.”

Morgan is a former U.K. tabloid editor who reinvented himself as a TV personality with stints as a judge on “Britain’s Got Talent” and its U.S. spinoff, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” and as a contestant on Come Try Our Authentic Japanese Cuisine!

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When the show’s end was announced last month, Morgan said he was in discussions with CNN regarding a new role. The channel said then that his future was undetermined.

Morgan served as editor of The Daily Mirror from 1995 to 2004. He has been questioned in connection with Britain’s long-running phone hacking scandal, which has led to numerous arrests, resignations and the closure of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid.

In February, Morgan confirmed that he was interviewed in December by British police investigating the illegal interception of telephone voicemails. Morgan, who said he had given a previous witness statement, has consistently denied wrongdoing.

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To Kill A King rocks Pittsburgh, talks upcoming projects by sarah cooper a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

To Kill A King, a Londonbased indie-pop group gaining in popularity, is launching their 2014 summer tour with Bastille and Frank Turner throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The group started in a London apartment four years ago and is consistently working on branching out with band members Ralph Pelleymounter, Josh Platman, Josh Taffel, Grant McNeil and Ben Jackson.

The group stopped at the Smiling Moose venue in Pittsburgh Friday as they moved toward the end of their third week on tour.

Leaving their audience with unbeatable harmony and a powerful, unique sound, To Kill a King wasn’t expecting to have a huge crowd.

“This is the first real experience. I think a couple of us had sort of brief little holidays here, but nothing to the extent of what we’re doing,” Taffel said.

The group is often compared to artists such as The National, Grizzly Bear, Mumford & Sons and the

Frightened Rabbit, but after their Friday show, To Kill a King has an undeniable stage presence that’s all their own. Ranging anywhere from light acoustics to heavier sets, front man Pelleymounter, who previously studied, lived and wrote music with Bastille’s Dan Smith, kept the crowd going.

In a lively and friendly manner, Pelleymounter held crowd interaction at an all-time high as audience members sang and clapped along during their entire set.

After hearing them for the first time and meeting Ralph after the concert, 16-year-old West Virginia native Linsey McCollam said it was one of the best concerts she’s ever experienced live.

“This music is so beautiful,” she said. “It makes me mad that I didn’t know about them before.”

Working hard and creating music with buildups that keeps listeners engaged, To Kill a King hopes this tour will help them gain popularity within the United States and Canada.

“It’s always the end call to get bigger. We want to be playing you know, bigger

shows. More people. More countries,” Taffel said. “The end call is to just be as successful as you can be. The way that things have gotten since I joined the band ... it’s been a steady rise. And it’s been quite consistent.”

To Kill a King has multiple albums and EPs, with their most recent singles released in 2013 being “Cold Skin” and “Rays.”

“My Crooked Saint,” an EP produced in October 2012, is available for free on their website and can be found on Spotify.

They’re looking to release an album on iTunes in America on April 22 and are working toward producing their second album.

“We’re kind of like halfway through recording it.

We were hoping to get the bulk of it done before coming to America, but we’re so, so busy,” Taffel said. “To fit that in is really pushing it. So, we’re going to try to get it done as quickly as we can when we get back from the States. How I see the second album is a bit … I don’t know. It feels a little bit more mature, like it’s grown up a little bit. It’s hard to say. It’s still very early days.”

Ralph Pelleymounter, band member of To Kill A King, plays in Pittsburgh.

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Storyline of newly released ‘Noah’ develops slowly, disappoints audiences Nick Wesdock A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

««««« Audience members expecting to see an actionpacked, “Gladiator”-like film were sadly mistaken when they went to see Russell Crowe’s latest movie, “Noah.”

Despite mixed feelings about the retelling of the biblical tale, the film brought in $15.24 million in its first day, blowing all other movie sales out of the water.

Trailers and previews for “Noah” captured the essence of the movie as a story, but might have been misleading to many, as there was not much action in the movie.

The film started out rather slow by explaining the history and providing audience members with Noah’s backstory.

When Noah (Crowe) starts having visions, he takes his family on a journey to gather advice from his grandfather.

As he travels, he meets other

characters essential to the plot.

Things finally get interesting when they finally get around to building the ark.

The audience feels the tension pick up when the villain (a descendant of the biblical character Cain) begins to build an army to fight Noah and his protectors.

There is a rush to finish the ark, but as the flood day draws nearer, Noah’s loyalty to the Creator starts to tear his family apart.

As a modern interpretation of the theological story, director Darren Aronofsky strays from the Bible and expands on it.

He creatively weaved adult themes into a story many people knew as children. Loyalty, faith, obedience, family and love were some of the themes Aronofsky explored as God tests Noah.

Crowe makes a wonderful Noah. His strong performance helps make the film powerful and moving. His character is engaging and urges the audience to put

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Russell Crowe stars in ‘Noah,’ a film based on the biblical character. themselves in his shoes.

Ila, played by Emma Watson, was a crucial character to the plot. However, she seemed to be out of her comfort zone in this role.

Although she played the

part well, her role seemed to be more of a Hollywood creation to boost sales.

To some, the deviation of this religious anecdote might be seen as offensive or disrespectful.

Others see its powerful themes as a call to reevaluate what we thought we knew.

Either way, this film gets the audience thinking.

While it may lack some of the action audiences

were promised in its trailers, “Noah” has plenty to keep the viewers’ attention, if you can get through the first 45 minutes.

AP Kids Choice Awards’ provide slime (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. turned inspirational speaker at the Kids’ Choice Awards, Pharrell set another fashion trend, David Blaine lost his head during a slime-induced illusion, One Direction and Jennifer Lawrence cleaned up, and the green goo bath finally caught up with Mark Wahlberg.

One Direction won two awards, producer Dan Schneider won the show’s first lifetime achievement award and Robert Downey Jr. got real after winning best male buttkicker.

“You know I wasn’t always a buttkicker,” Downey said. “In fact, life has kicked my proverbial butt countless times in many ways for many years, until I decided one day to start kicking back. Now look at me!”

One Direction won favorite music group and favorite song for “Story of My Life,” Lawrence won favorite movie actress and favorite female buttkicker, Selena Gomez was named favorite female singer, Adam Sandler was named favorite male actor at the fanvoted awards and Kevin Hart took favorite funny star.

The awards show isn’t much more than an excuse to slime some of today’s top stars, and first-time host Wahlberg executed several slimings as he successfully escaped the green goo for the show’s first 80 minutes. His first victims were actress Kaley Cuoco and Pharrell, who chose fortuitously to wear a pair of bright yellow SpongeBob SquarePants pajamas instead of his nowtrademark poofy fedora.

It was Hart who eventually tricked Wahlberg into the goo, with an assist from the actor’s three young children.

“I can’t believe my own kids turned on me,” Wahlberg shouted.

Becca Mullin has made the most of her WVU summers by taking classes, studying abroad, doing an internship with the City of Morgantown, and working as a New Student Orientation Leader.

Ask your advisor how summer can help you get ahead, gain valuable experience, or graduate on time.

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Members of the West Virginia baseball team prepare for a home game against Pitt in the 2013 season.

West Virginia sweeps two-game weekend series against Baylor, extends overall win streak to three by joe mitchin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Despite being washed away by Saturday’s rain, the West Virginia baseball team swept a two-game series against Baylor this weekend at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston.

The Mountaineers took down the Bears 8-7 in 12 innings Friday afternoon before winning 4-1 Sunday.

The two schools were scheduled for a three-game weekend series, but rain showers forced Saturday’s game to be postponed.

WVU was led by another strong pitching performance

by Harrison Musgrave who went seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits and striking out five despite showing some pain in his back during the game.

“It wasn’t (Harrison’s) best day, but he’s a competitor,” said WVU head coach Randy Mazey. “The last four innings he threw zeros up there. He has to continue to get better throughout the season.”

West Virginia scored twice in the first innings thanks to senior first baseman Ryan McBroom’s two-run single.

The lead was quickly relin-

quished, however, after Musgrave gave up a solo home run to Baylor’s Adam Toth in the second inning and an RBI single by Duncan Wendel in the third.

The Mountaineers would respond in the sixth inning with designated hitter Max Nogay hit a grand slam, giving WVU a 6-2 lead. West Virginia would score another in the seventh and took a fiverun advantage into the ninth inning.

The West Virginia bullpen suddenly surrendered ive runs to Baylor that knotted the score up at seven. Four relievers were needed in the

inning as WVU walked four hitters and hit a batter before serving up a two-run single

by Baylor’s Ben Carl that sent the game into extra innings.

“You can’t get so down that the kids in the dugout think the game is over,” Mazey said.

“It’s still tied, and the biggest out of the whole game was when they did tie it up.

And they still had second and third with two outs, and we got a pop up to end the inning.”

West Virginia scored the game-winning run in the 12th inning when freshman Jackson Cramer drove a ball off the base of the center field

wall scoring left fielder Jacob Rice.

“I got the green light to swing away,” Cramer said.

“With a runner on second I had to come up big for the team. I was sitting on a slider and got my pitch. I was just thankful for the opportunity.”

Bennett earned the win, his first of the season, while Baylor’s tough closer Josh Michalec received the loss despite his extended outing of three innings pitched.

Sunday’s contest was the Sean Carley show as the junior pitcher tossed a complete game, giving up just one run on five hits. Carley threw

120 pitches and earned his fifth win of the year, improving to 5-0 in his first season at WVU. The Mountaineers won the ballgame, 4-1, and put up a three-spot in the sixth inning after McBroom and Rice hit back-to-back home runs off Bears’ starter and Big 12 Pitcher of the Week Austin Stone.

WVU now sits at 15-8 on the season and 2-0 in the Big 12. The Mountaineers will be back on the diamond Tuesday at 6 p.m. when the team travels to Pitt. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

WVU defense adjusting to rapid pace

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As West Virginia prepares for its third season in the Big 12 Conference, it is no secret offensive units in the league like to play at a fast pace.

Last season top Big 12 offense Baylor averaged over 82 offensive snaps per game. Texas Tech, the second leading offense in the league, snapped the ball over 87 times per game.

Since joining the conference, WVU has unsuccessfully tried to figure out ways to slow down or at least keep up with these hightempo, upbeat attacks.

WVU finished both 2012 and 2013 near the bottom nationally in total defense.

This spring under Tony Gibson, the team’s fourth defensive coordinator in four years and third in three years of Big 12 play, the Mountaineers are installing a multi-scheme defense.

The team will run versions of the 3-3-5 and 3-4 defenses throughout 2014.

“It’s what I’ve wanted to do since I’ve been here, the reason I run an odd defense is because it can be very multiple,” said WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen. “I have to look at what gives us problems because a lot of teams in the Big 12 have similar defenses. The thing that gives us the most trouble is an odd defense, so that’s what we’re going to do. It will give us a bunch of different looks.”

In 12 games during the 2013 season, the West Virginia defense played a total of 920 snaps or about 77 snaps per game. The game is too fast for WVU’s defense to not be flexible.

This spring Holgorsen, Gibson and senior associate head coach Tom Bradley are requiring each player on the defense to learn every front, coverage and scheme necessary to stay on the field. Big 12 opponents move too fast.

Offenses switch in four-receiver sets for five-receiver sets or three-receiver sets

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Dana Holgorsen walks the sideline during the 2013 season. with a tight end in a matter of seconds.

“We have multiple techniques by a lot of different players. It’s hard nowadays to play the game like you used to play the game against down-and-distance or personnel groupings because of how fast the opponent goes,” Bradley said.

“You often get stuck with bad groupings on the field, so this is one of the ways to alleviate it.”

By limiting the amount of package and sub package changes on defense, there will be fewer pre-snap mistakes.

WVU wants to get lined up quickly and be ready to play, which is something that didn’t happen during the first two seasons of Big 12 football.

“One of the things you have to be able to do is communicate,” Bradley said.

“It’s the first thing that goes because nobody huddles anymore. In the old days you used to be able to huddle, say ‘ready, break’ and be able to go. It’s not like that anymore. You need everyone to know signals.”

Because WVU defenders won’t be running on and off

the field based on the defensive package, they’ll be able just to focus on the call made from the sideline.

Of course one problem arises without rotating bodies during the game is players will be tired playing against offenses that take less than 20 seconds in between plays to snap the football.

“You’re forcing everybody the way the game is played now especially against the spread and speed teams to limit a lot of the things you can do,” Bradley said. “You can’t just do what you want anymore because communication breaks down or it doesn’t work fast enough.”

Through nine spring practices, the defense has been tested by working against Holgorsen’s uptempo offense.

“I’ve been really impressed with how quick they line up. We face so many high-tempo offenses that we need to be able to do that. I think they’re doing an excellent job with that right now,” Holgorsen said. greg.madia@mail.wvu.edu

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Women’s tennis

WVU falls to No. 32 Texas Tech, No. 57 TCU during weekend by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s tennis team dropped their Big 12 Conference matches to No. 32 Texas Tech, 7-0, and No. 57 TCU, 4-0, Friday and Sunday, respectively. Both matches were held at the Ridgeview Racquet Club in Morgantown.

Mountaineers’ head coach Miha Lisac said the team needs to take advantage of any opportunity they have against their op-

ponent – something West Virginia has not been doing during its current sixmatch losing streak.

“We need to work on getting on top of our opponent early,” Lisac said.

The Mountaineers (314, 0-6 Big 12) fell behind early to the Red Raiders after dropping the doubles point.

At No. 1 doubles, the freshman tandem of Oana Manole and Kaja Mrgole lost their fourth consecutive match to the No. 38-ranked duo of Samantha Adams and Kenna

Kilgo, 8-3.

Sophomore Hailey Barrett and junior Ikttesh Chahal, WVU’s top pair from 2013, fell to Texas Tech’s Nikki Sanders and Rashmi Teltumbde, 8-3.

With the Mountaineers trailing 1-0 heading into singles play, WVU attempted to make a comeback by forcing three matches to three sets.

However, no victories were earned by West Virginia.

At No. 1 singles, Barrett lost to Kilgo, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Mrgole at No. 2 in singles stumbled against

Teltumbde, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Wrapping things up at the No. 4 singles, the Red Raiders’ Sanders defeated Chahal, 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-1.

The Horned Frogs dominated the Mountaineers Sunday, even though WVU was able to storm back after trailing on all three courts to force two tiebreaker sets in doubles.

At No. 1 doubles, Manole and Mrgole came back to knot the match at four but lost to Stefanie Tan and Seda Arantekin, 8-6.

At No. 3 doubles, soph-

omores Vivian Tsui and Irinka Toidze tied the match at seven to force a tiebreaker but dropped the set, which sealed the doubles point for the Horned Frogs, 7-5.

Barrett and Chahal came back from a 3-2 deficit to TCU’s Monika Sirilova and Simona Parajova, who ultimately defeated WVU, 7-7 (6-7).

In singles, WVU continued its struggles, falling to the Horned Frogs in the first three singles matches.

The coaches agreed at the beginning of the match to

end play after the clinching match.

TCU’s No. 121 Parajova downed Mrgole in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0. Manole was also defeated in straight sets to Sofika Kadzhaya, 6-3, 6-0.

The match was clinched at No. 1 singles, with Barrett falling to No. 59 Tan, 6-3, 6-2.

WVU will travel to Oklahoma to match up against the Sooners Friday at 5 p.m. EST and Oklahoma State Sunday at noon. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

rowing

Mountaineers finish scrimmage with George Mason by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University rowing team took on George Mason in a varsity scrimmage on the Monongahela River Saturday.

Mountaineers’ head coach Jimmy King said in an interview with WVUsports.com he thought Saturday’s scrimmage was helpful for both squads.

“Our team appreciates George Mason making the trip to Morgantown for today’s scrimmage, which all coaches agreed was very beneficial for all of our crews,” King said.

“As every coach knows, there’s no substitute for competing against another team. We’ll encounter George Mason later in the year for a true 2k race and look forward to the rematch in true racing conditions.”

West Virginia entered Saturday’s scrimmage with one prior spring regatta so far this season. In the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the Mountaineers finished in last place throughout various events of the three-day tournament – something King was not too pleased with.

King said after the harsh winter the team faced in

terms of practice conditions, the squad had far less time to prepare for competition.

“Undoubtedly in comparison to our norm, our blade work isn’t nearly as sharp as it should be by now” he said. “And we’ve had less time to sort through various lineups and to find our rhythm.”

The two squads competed in two flights of eights and one flight of fours with

the Mountaineers racing both an “A” and a “B” boat in each flight. The 4x1000meter legs were capped at a stroke rate 28.

Then, the crews did a 4 x1 minute stretch without rate restriction on the return to the boathouse.

Prior to Saturday’s scrimmage, King urged fans to come out and support his team from Edith Barill Park in Star City, and he said he was pleased with the turn-

out and support the team received.

“We are particularly grateful to the families and friends that were in attendance to cheer us on today,” he said. “Hearing ‘Let’s Go Mountaineers’ chanted across the river was fantastic.”

The Mountaineers will travel to Bloomington, Ind. to take on Indiana Saturday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

women’s track

West Virginia completes Raleigh Relays Saturday by jon fehrens sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia women’s track team completed their second meet of the outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday.

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Clippers in playoffs after win over Rockets HOUSTON (AP) — Things did not look good for the Los Angeles Clippers early in Saturday night’s game against Houston.

But instead of crumbling, the Clippers rose to the challenge as Chris Paul got hot and helped Los Angeles erase the deficit by halftime and hold on for the 118-107 win.

Paul had 30 points and 12 assists and Jamal Crawford added 22 points to help the Clippers clinch their franchise-record third straight playoff appearance.

Coach Doc Rivers was pleased at how his team responded to the adversity.

“We’re here to win games and our guys are growing up, they’re mature and it was great,” Rivers said.

That’s something that Matt Barnes believes was lacking from the team a year ago.

“We knew last year that was our weakness, that we were mentally weak and I think that we put a collective focus on being mentally tough and we’ve (come) a long way this year,” he said.

The loss broke a fivegame winning streak for Houston, which was without two of its starters as Dwight Howard and Pat Beverley sat out with injuries.

“You can’t use that as an excuse,” Houston’s Chandler Parsons. “Everybody goes through injuries.

They didn’t have their best player either ... We have to learn to win games without guys and hope they can get back as soon as possible.”

The Clippers trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half before using two big runs to take the lead.

Houston stuck around for most of the second half before consecutive 3s by Barnes and Darren Collison made it 114-101 late in the fourth.

sion I, II and III athletes competed in the two-day meet.

Senior Chene Townsend competed for the first time this season since sitting out the entire indoor season due to redshirting. In her first action of the year, Townsend placed second in the 100-meter hurdles

with a time of 13.59.

“This meet was a nice opportunity for the team to get outside in good weather,” said WVU head coach Sean Cleary. “I was pleased with a number of performances despite not having been outside for training. It was nice to have (Townsen) back in the

lineup after not having indoor eligibility. She looks to be in great shape and has worked hard over the winter months.”

Townsend finished third in prelims Friday with a mark of 13.73 to qualify for Saturday’s final. In the finals, she finished a tenth of a second off her last time

set at the NCAA preliminary meet in May 2013.

Senior Sarah Martinelli placed seventh in the 1,500 meters with a personalbest time of 4:26.35 out of 190 competitors. While on the field, sophomore Marsielle McBeam placed fifth in the high jump with 1.70 meters.

“I look forward to the next few weeks when we will see the rest of our group opening up,” Cleary said.

The Mountaineers will travel to Gainesville, Fla. for the Florida Relays Friday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Raiders sign RB Maurice-Jones Drew Friday ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Free agent running back Maurice Jones-Drew is coming back home to Oakland after signing a three-year contract with the Raiders on Friday.

Jones-Drew returns to his native Bay Area after spending his first eight seasons with Jacksonville and starring in college at UCLA. Jones-Drew joins quarterback Matt Schaub, defensive linemen Justin Tuck and LaMarr Woodley and receiver James Jones as successful veterans brought in by gen-

eral manager Reggie McKenzie this offseason who are looking for a late career spark in Oakland.

“There’s a ton of talent here,” Jones-Drew said. “Reggie McKenzie and his staff have done a great job of piling on guys that are coming from programs that are winning and know what it takes.

Granted, most of us have chips on our shoulders, at least I feel like I got (done) wrong. ... It’s something that’s going to drive us and push us to that next level.”

The Raiders also signed

two defensive linemen, bringing back Pat Sims to a one-year deal and signing former Green Bay Packer C.J. Wilson.

Sims played well in his first season in Oakland with two sacks and 41 tackles while starting all 16 games. He met with other teams before staying in Oakland, according to his agent Rick Smith.

Wilson spent the past four seasons with Green Bay, recording 103 tackles and 3 1/2 sacks in 50 games with 11 starts.

Jones-Drew had 8,071

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The Jaguars thanked Jones-Drew for his work on the field and in the community.

“Maurice’s toughness, determination and competitive spirit on the field served as a great example to all of his teammates,” the team said in a statement. “Maurice

has been one of the great Jaguars and he holds several team records for touchdowns that will remain for a long time. His place in Jaguars history is firmly established and we look forward to honoring him in Jacksonville at the appropriate time in the future.”

After more than two weeks on the open market, JonesDrew finally found a new home in a familiar place.

Jones-Drew grew up in the East Bay town of Antioch and starred at nearby De La Salle high school.

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AP

Djokovic beats Nadal to win Key Biscayne KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Novak Djokovic won his fourth Key Biscayne title, while Rafael Nadal failed again trying for his first.

Nadal fell to 0-4 in finals at Key Biscayne, one of just three ATP Masters 1000 events he has yet to win. As for Djokovic, only six-time champion Andre Agassi has won the men’s event more.

Djokovic erased the only break point he faced, committed just 15 unforced errors and won a scrambling, 30-shot rally on the final point. He completed a March sweep after beating Roger Federer in the final at Indian Wells two weeks ago.

Even so, Nadal will remain ranked No. 1 and Djokovic No. 2. Either Nadal or Djokovic is the reigning champion in all nine Masters 1000 tournaments.

Nadal and Djokovic have played 40 matches, the most of any men’s pairing in the Open era, and few have been so lopsided.

Nadal stood six feet behind the baseline to return and often remained on the defensive from there, with

his shots lacking their normal depth. Djokovic was quick to step into the court and even won a point playing serve and volley.

Djokovic also had the superior serve, and his agility allowed him to chase down shots Nadal usually counts as winners.

Nadal’s lone breakpoint chance came in the opening game, and he failed to convert. Djokovic broke in the sixth game, hitting three consecutive winners before Nadal put a backhand in the net.

Djokovic broke again in the opening game of the second set by winning a 22-shot exchange, and he held serve the rest of the way. With Nadal’s loss, Spanish men fell to 0-7 in Key Biscayne finals.

Djokovic won all eight sets he played in the tournament, and twice advanced because of walkovers.

The clay-court season looms, and the result might be different when the rivalry resumes on AP Nadal’s favorite surface.

He still leads the rivalry, Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-3, during the men’s final at the Sony Open tournament Sunday.

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RU not concerned about move to Big 10 PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Other than it being the first practice in pads and the first open to the general public, Rutgers’ spring workout Saturday had all the appearances of any other previously held at the birthplace of college football.

Athletic director Julie Hermann talked to a couple of big boosters near one end zone.

About 30 recruits and their families watched from the sideline as coach Kyle Flood put the team through some drills and little live action. The roughly 300 fans cheered the big plays.

Nothing exciting, except the big picture.

In a little more than five months, Rutgers will join the Big Ten Conference. The team that couldn’t win a title in either the Big East Confer-

Thompson heads up QB group thin in experience COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Steve Spurrier’s very comfortable with Dylan Thompson sliding into the spot left by South Carolina’s all-time wins leader in quarterback Connor Shaw.

After that?

“Well, we’ll have to keep Dylan healthy,” Spurrier said Saturday.

It’s not that Spurrier’s frustrated or upset with his backups. He just understands talented and highly recruited reserves like Brendan Nosovitch and Connor Mitch haven’t had time to shine with Shaw’s success the past four seasons. Shaw led the Gamecocks to three straight 11win seasons and left with a record of 27-5 overall as starter, 17-0 at home.

Thompson is a redshirt senior who’s filled in the last two years when Shaw was injured. Thompson attained folk-hero status among Gamecocks fans in 2012, leading South Carolina to a 27-17 victory at rival Clemson when Shaw was out. Then Thompson stepped in during the team’s Outback Bowl win over Michigan – the one best remembered for Jadeveon Clowney’s helmetpopping hit – to throw the winning touchdown pass to Bruce Ellington when Shaw was reinjured late.

“I’ve waited and now I’m ready,” Thompson says.

He showed that in South Carolina’s first scrimmage of spring practice. He was 7-of-7 passing for 61 yards on his only series that ended in Brandon Wilds’ 5-yard touchdown run. Six of Thompson’s throws went for first-down yardage and he looked in total control during the sequence.

ence or the American Athletic Conference in a transition year in 2013 now will be facing the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin on a weekly basis.

The benefit is the expected financial windfall of roughly of $15 million to $20,000 annually.

The negative is obvious.

Many of the local pundits are predicting years of hard times as the new doormats of the Big Ten. Rutgers defensive lineman Darius Hamilton, whose father, Keith, played for the New York Giants, is excited about the new opportunity.

“At the end of the day, business is business,” Hamilton said after practice. “This is business. We are just out here working hard and trying

to get better and be the best team we can be.”

Rutgers struggled last season, posting a 6-7 record in a season where the defense – especially the secondary – was poor and the offense started quick and then struggled when Gary Nova went in the tank. Chas Dodd finished the season and the Scarlet surprised the experts playing very well in a 29-16 loss to Notre Dame in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

Flood has to decide on a quarterback over the next few months. Nova is back for his senior season and will be challenged mostly likely by redshirt freshman Chris Laviano. Philip Nelson, who transferred from Minnesota after starting 16 games over the past two seasons, will be eligible for 2015.

The defense has to be shored up and he needs to get his running backs healthy.

Paul James and Savon Huggins are limited. He also wants to see more consistency.

Flood admits the going to the Big Ten will force Rutgers to get more depth.

“We have always, in the last nine seasons, played competitive football in the leagues we’ve been in,” Flood said.

“There were good football teams in all those leagues and I think in the postseason that has played out. The challenge of this league is the week after week physicality of the league. To me that is going to be the challenge for us as a football team. It don’t necessarily change the way you recruit, but as we go though it we’re going to have to be conscious of it.”

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304-288-1572, 304-288-9662 or 304-282-8131 JUST LISTED! GREAT HOUSE! 250 Richwood Ave. Close to Arnold Hall 4-5BR, 2BTH. W/D, dishwasher, parking, big yard. $495-$525/each utilities included. 304-288-1572, 304-288-9662 or 304-282-8131

UNFURNISHED HOUSES 3/BR. 2/BA. Available 5/16/14. WD. DW. Yard. Parking. Walk to stadium/downtown. $1250/mo plus utilities. Lease/dep. NO PETS. Call 502-370-5182 or 304-288-7525 4/BR HOUSE FOR RENT on Charles Ave. $1500/mo ($375 per person) + utilities. No pets. Available May 30th. Call 304-692-7587.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY LARGE GRANT AVE. 3BR HOUSE 1.5 BATH. with parking W/D. Lease. No pets. $1200+utilities.

304-983-2229 or 304-319-1851 WHY PAY SUMMER RENT? 9 month lease available. 3BR/1.5BA. $1,425/month includes utilities. W/D, offstreet parking, near Mountainlair, 604 Cayton St. Call 304-319-1243

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HELP OUR SON who is facing uncommon challenges, including mobility, intellectual, vision and hearing impairment. This is an employment opportunely for students interested in teaching or providing care for individuals with disabilities on holidays and in summer. Employment is through REM. Additional information from his family: 304-598-3839.

MAXWELL’S PLACE NOW HIRING Cooks and Wait Staff. Apply within Sunday and Monday Noon to 4pm. @ 1 Wall Street THE HILTON GARDEN INN Morgantown is currently looking for friendly, hard-working associates to join our team!! The following positions are available: Servers & Bartenders, Stewards, Line Cooks, Part time front desk & Night Auditors, Housekeeping (Room Attendants), & Maintenance- MUST have a valid driver’s license & pass drug test. Please apply in person at the front desk. 304-225-9500

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12 | SPORTS

Monday March 31, 2014

Maryland upsets Tennessee Lady Vols 73-62 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Maryland coach Brenda Frese wanted her Terrapins to send a reminder that they’re still playing too. They did just that by sending home an eight-time national champion and putting themselves a win away from a Final Four.

Alyssa Thomas scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as fourth-seeded Maryland upset No. 1 seed Tennessee 7362 on Sunday in the Louisville Region semifinal.

Maryland celebrated with a brief message on a board in the locker room: “THEY KNOW OUR NAME NOW!” “Maybe people will start talking about Maryland and what Maryland’s accomplished,” Frese said. “We have a story too. We have tradition. I’m so proud of how these kids fought.”

The Terrapins (27-6) reached their ninth regional final and first since 2012. They did it against a program the Terps had beaten only four

times previously and never before in the NCAA tournament. Maryland improved to 5-10 against Tennessee (29-6) with a little revenge for their previous tournament loss in the 1989 Final Four.

Guard Katie Rutan said Frese fired them up before tipoff.

“No one has really been talking about us all year,” Rutan said. “Just to come out and throw that punch, show them that we’re here, we are Maryland and we are going down fighting no matter what. We’re going to come out on top.”

The Lady Vols’ self-titled “GrindFor9” in their chase for a ninth national championship is over. They will miss the Final Four for a sixth straight season. This hurts even more with the national championship game being played April 8 in Nashville just 179 miles from their home in Knoxville.

“We’re Tennessee, and we’re not happy that we’re not playing for a national

championship,” Tennessee coach Holly Warlick said.

“That’s in our DNA.” Thomas scored the most points allowed to a single player by Tennessee this season, and she also extended her school record with her 65th career double-double.

Lexie Brown added 14 points, Laurin Mincy had 11 and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 10. But Warlick said Thomas hurt them the most with Tennessee unable to find a way to stop her.

“She did just about everything she wanted to do,” Warlick said.

Maryland will face either Louisville or LSU on Tuesday night with a trip to the Final Four at stake. The Terps haven’t been back there since winning the national championship in 2006, and they had lost earlier this season to UConn, Notre Dame and Duke. Brown credited those losses with helping them now.

“We have a lot to prove in

this tournament and to get a big win over Tennessee is just giving us a lot more momentum going into our next game,” Brown said.

Meighan Simmons scored 31 points for Tennessee.

Jasmine Jones also had 11 points for Tennessee, which had won 15 of its last 16 games. Andraya Carter covered her face with her jersey walking off the floor, while another Lady Vol walked off with a towel over her head.

Cierra Burdick sat crying with a towel over her head after a loss that junior Baashara Graves called different from others.

“Just knowing that we’re not going to make it to the Final Four is kind of heartbreaking,” Graves said.

The Terrapins trailed only once at 3-2 before taking control for good using a 13-2 spurt. Maryland dominated inside with a 38-28 scoring edge in the paint, and the Terrapins also outrebounded Tennessee 38-

28. The only place the Lady Vols dominated was at the free throw line, hitting more there (20 of 27) than from the floor (19 of 53).

Maryland led 41-27 at halftime, the biggest deficit Tennessee had faced all season.

The Lady Vols rallied from double digits in each of their games to win the Southeastern Conference tournament title, but they found themselves needing the biggest comeback for this program since Jan. 3, 2009, when they beat Rutgers after trailing by 23.

The Terrapins pushed their lead to as much as 18 when Thomas scored to put the Terrapins up 51-33 with 12:11 left. Tennessee finally put together its best stretch of the game but couldn’t get closer than eight with Simmons scoring 17 in the second half trying to spark the rally. Each time the Lady Vols scored, Maryland, or rather Thomas, responded with bucket after bucket.

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Staten’s return the right move

As you’ve heard by now, Juwan Staten will officially return to West Virginia for his senior year in 2015 after considering a leap to the NBA, following a remarkably resurgent 2013-14 season.

Staten’s decision is not only the right one for him personally, but it also keeps hope alive that West Virginia can become a tournament team again next season, despite the recent departure of Eron Harris.

It’s entirely possible Staten could have found his way somewhere into the second round of this summer’s NBA draft, but there wouldn’t have been any guarantees. Staten might have improved more than any other player in the nation in the 2013-14 season, but that still doesn’t mean he would have been a lock in the draft.

He should be a lock, however, to make preseason AllAmerican lists all across the country in the 2014-15 season. It’s even entirely possible he could end up as a Wooden Award candidate next season. Staten can promote his own personal brand through those means and greatly increase the likelihood he is drafted in the summer of 2015.

By returning to school, Staten also gets the chance to continue to improve, which he’s already shown he can do during his two seasons in Morgantown.

It’s not often a collegiate athlete reaches the point of maturity where they can appropriately prioritize his life in school, but I think Staten is unique in that respect. He has proven more than anything he wants to win and improve as a basketball player whenever the opportunity arises.

Some would argue Staten’s foremost goal should be to become a more reliable perimeter shooter during his senior year, but I would definitely caution Staten about being too concerned with such objectives. As an example, Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart seemed to consciously come into the 2013-14 season with a similar goal of trying to demonstrate he could be a bigger threat from 3-point range, which ultimately seemed to derail him from just continuing to improve as a basketball player last season.

I wouldn’t prevent Staten from putting in any work in that area, but I believe he’ll be better served to perfect the things he already does best. If he wants to work on his shooting, he should do it from the charity stripe, where he shot a fairly average 71.9 percent last season. Staten earned a team-high 283 trips to the free throw line, and it’s essential he makes the best of those chances.

From West Virginia’s perspective, Staten’s decision to stay might be the best thing that could have possibly happened this off-season, short of Jerry West stumbling upon a DeLorean and somehow getting a few more years of eligibility.

Staten and Harris both leaving would have left head coach Bob Huggins and the Mountaineers in the dark ages amid growing frustrations and expectations to turn things around quickly.

Staten’s decision to come back to West Virginia instead shows Huggins can indeed still endear himself to his athletes, despite some recent criticisms his tough-love coaching style might not be completely compatible with the seemingly ever-growing sensitivity of college athletes. Staten himself even referred directly to Huggins in his return announcement on Twitter Saturday night.

Staten returning to school for the 2014-15 season is also good for WVU in the sense that having a player with such swelling notoriety can ultimately help with other aspects, such as having more nationally televised games next season.

No other player is as valuable or as important to West Virginia’s success but returning to WVU was also likely the best decision Staten could have made this offseason. It truly should be a win for all sides. dasports@mail.wvu.edu