The DA 09-05-2013

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”

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Thursday September 5, 2013

Volume 126, Issue 14

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SGA talks possible ticketing changes by sam bosserman correspondent

During Wednesday’s regular Student Government Association meeting, SGA president Ryan Campione announced major changes in the works regarding the way students gain admission to home basketball games.

Campione said he had met with University administrators and discussed the possible changes. “I’m really proud to say that in the coming times, the University is going to be ticketing for basketball games in a very similar manner to how ticketing is done for football,” Campione said.

“This is a brand new kind of concept (for basketball) and the details still need to be worked out.” Campione said student feedback will be required in order for these changes to be properly implemented. “We are not going to move forward on this without student input,

Irish dancers bring Celtic style to WVU Staff Writer

As the student population at West Virginia University grows, the diversity of student organizations on campus grows, as well. This spring, several students took advantage of this growing diversity and created the WVU Irish Dance Team. Kathryn Baker, captain of the Irish Dance Team, has been dancing since middle school and was looking for a way to continue dancing while at WVU. “I was thinking maybe there was a way to draw in other people who dance,”

eting announcement, SGA held a lengthy debate on an amendment to the association’s bylaws, which would create a Bureau of Finance. Under the proposed amendment, the bureau would be staffed with fiscally oriented individuals and would be charged with advising the SGA Board of Governors on all

student organization grant requests. SGA chief financial officer Dillan Knox said these changes would benefit both the board and the organizations requesting grant funds. “The creation of this bureau is a way to help manage workflow that

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LET THERE BE LIGHT

CLUB SPOTLIGHT

BY Kaity Wilson

so what I’d like to ask everyone is to think about football ticketing procedures and ask themselves what they like and dislike about it,” Campione said. Campione urged students to make their opinions known by sending tweets to @WVUSGA with suggestions. In addition to the tick-

Baker said. “I wanted to bring (Irish Dance) to Morgantown because it never really was here.” Hayden Marushi, cocaptain of the team, has been privileged enough to perform around the world since the age of 12. He was able to practice dance while living in Florida, Virginia and even Singapore, but hit a bump in the road when he came to Morgantown. Fortunately, Marushi met Baker and some other students who had a love for Irish dance, and they began talking about forming a team.

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Chaya Gurevitz, 7, lights a candle for the Rosh Hashanah service Wednesday in the Mountainlair.

Jewish student community celebrates Rosh Hashanah Federal budget cuts threaten telescope fate by jacob bojesson staff writer

By Sam Bosserman Correspondent

The Green Bank Telescope located in Pocahontas County, W.Va., is so large it could fit two football fields within its dish and can be seen from miles away. According to D.J. Pisano, West Virginia University astrophysics professor and astronomer, the GBT is the world’s largest fully steerable ra-

dio telescope and is able to see about 85 percent of the sky. Despite these distinctions, the telescope’s existence is in jeopardy due to cutbacks by the National Science Foundation. Pisano said a review by the NSF concluded the GBT should be removed from the federally funded agency’s research portfolio during a period of five

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Chabad, the Jewish student organization on campus, invited the Morgantown Jewish community to partake in the celebration of Rosh Hashanah Wednesday evening in the Mountain Lair. Rosh Hashanah is a three-day celebration marking the beginning of the Jewish New Year. In the Jewish religion, the holiday is the anniversary of the creation of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. About 50 people of all ages ERIN IRWIN /THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

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A group of women say a blessing after each candle is lit during the Rosh Hashanah service Wednesday.

WELLWVU promotes safe drinking habits, encourages awareness by alexis randolph correspondent

WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health works to bring various types of awareness to the students at West Virginia University. The liveWELL program is one of the many ways the organization keeps students healthy and aware on campus. The liveWELL campaign is based out of the Office for Wellness and Health Promotion, which has monthly topics that cover information on different aspects of college life. Some of the programs include drinkWELL, loveWELL and sleepWELL. The program promoted its drinkWELL and WEllaware campaigns in the Mountainlair, Wednesday. DrinkWELL promotes healthy drinking habits in college students and provides them with information about alcohol consumption. At the event, students were given a chance to play “Bartender School”, a game designed to Mick Posey/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM teach students about the dangers of excessive WELLWVU hosted a booth in the Mountainlair Wednesday demonstrating through games and tips how to more responsi- alcohol consumption. “We are trying to introduce students to the bly consume alcohol.

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INSIDE News: 1, 2 Opinion: 4 A&E: 3, 6 Sports: 8, 9, 10 Campus Connection : 5 Puzzles: 5 Classifieds: 7

SO CLUTCH Clutch Wing Shop is now open and ready to serve Morgantown. A&E PAGE 3

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GET HER TO THE GREEK Formal sorority recruitment begins next week. NEWS PAGE 2

concept of alcohol serving sizes and show perception versus reality,” said Shannon Foster, health educator for the WELLWVU program. Students were given a cup and told to pour out how much they thought a shot was; then their guess was dumped into an actual shot glass. Most students were off the mark. “The actual serving cup is usually overflowing,” Foster said. “When you are at a party, the drink being poured for you or that you are pouring, is often much more than the serving size.” Danielle Lore, a senior intern for WELLWVU, worked the other game at the event. Lore had students spin a wheel with several program names on it. Students were then asked a question about the program. “Our goal is just to bring awareness to students, like (recommending) things like drinking water and eating while you drink,” Lore said. The other program promoted at the event, WELLaware, is a program to raise awareness about sexual assault.

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SACK THEIR QUARTERBACK Linebacker Isaiah Bruce is ready to match up against Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight. SPORTS PAGE 9


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