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Gee values interaction with students, makes a splash in first weeks at WVU

BY EVelyn Merithew Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

He’s been spotted at the Student Recreation Center, basketball games and even popular nightclubs. He has a Twitter account that boasts more than 50,000 followers, and a bow tie collection that would knock your socks off.

West Virginia University President Gordon Gee has quickly become a celebrity to students because of the time he has invested in getting to know them.

“I think it’s important for students to know who the president of the University is for two reasons,” Gee said. “One is that you’re not a shadow figure or someone who is isolated from the student body. And the second reason is that I really love the students and I learn about the University just by interacting with them.”

Although students have been seen lined up downtown and at sporting events to have their picture taken with Gee, he said he does not feel like a local celebrity.

“I feel honored that students want to talk to me.

I think it’s fun to have an opportunity to meet people, and each time I meet someone, I want to learn more about them,” he said.

“I don’t just simply want to have my picture taken or say hello. I want to get a chance to meet people.”

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“I feel honored that students want to talk to me. I think it’s fun to have an opportunity to meet people, and each time I meet someone, I want to learn more about them.”

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design student, said she had the opportunity to meet Gee downtown last weekend.

“I was extremely impressed in President Gee’s ability to connect with students on a personal level,” Wood said. “He was approachable and seemed genuinely interested in my experiences at WVU.” Besides interacting with students in person, students believe Gee’s use of Instagram and Twitter really sets him apart as a university president.

Gee said in today’s society, social media is an important and instant medium used to connect.

“Sometime’s it’s a little painful, because when you’re criticized or people don’t like what you’re doing, you know about it immediately,” Gee said. “But it’s a wonderful way to stay connected with people in ways that when I was growing up we just were not able to do.”

One tweet from Gee’s account that reads “RT if

you want me to show you how to tie a bowtie” has more than 600 retweets.

Dom Mirto, a marketing student, said he was lucky enough to have a picture with the president posted on Gee’s Instagram.

“I was able to get the Gordon Gee fat head since I’m on the Maniac’s board, and I went up to him and introduced myself at the Oklahoma State basketball game. He gave me a really big hug,” Mirto said.

Gee then began following Mirto on Instagram, something Mirto said he is happy to brag about.

“I was pretty pumped to tell everyone that he follows me on Instagram,” Mirto said. “I really like his use of social media. If you look at his tweets, you get to see the real Gordon.”

Gee said he even enjoys taking selfies.

“I think it’s fun, and the new phones make it really easy to do that,” he said. “I have identical twin granddaughters, Elizabeth and Eva, so I’ll take a selfie and send it to them.”

Gee said having more than 50,000 followers on Twitter is both overwhelming and a huge honor.

“Hopefully I’ll continue to be able to send forth some good things, some serious things, some fun things,” he said. “I loved doing the (Top 10 Reasons) video. It was great fun for me and I’m thinking of doing another video so stay tuned.”

Though Gee has only been at the University for three weeks, he said he immediately saw positive changes that have occurred throughout Morgantown since the 1980s, when he was president.

“I think High Street has really reformed itself. The campus has really changed so much. It’s been interesting for me to see all the changes that are taking place and explore,” he said.

Gee’s advice for WVU students who are embracing their college education and following their dreams is to celebrate your successes, but learn from your mistakes.

“You’re looking at a man who has made many mistakes over the years,” he said. “But what I try to do is be brave enough to sit down and say, ‘Why did I make those mistakes?’ and learn from them. Celebrate your successes, but use your mistakes as a learning moment.”

Though he has been here just a few weeks and is serving as interim president for only one semester, Gee has undeniably made a positive impression on the WVU community.

“I love the spirit of this place,” Gee said. “The spirit of this University is really very characteristic of what I think makes it a wonderful place to be.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Inter-Fraternity Council works to diminish stereotypes

BY Sam Bosserman Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

As newly elected president of the Inter-Fraternity Council, one of Evan McIntyre’s biggest priorities is changing the negative stereotypes about Greek life at West Virginia University.

These stereotypes have recently returned to the public spotlight in part as a result of the hazing incidents involving Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

McIntyre said hazing is never tolerated, and the swift action shown in the Phi Kappa Psi case demonstrates the commitment to stamping it out.

“Hazing is one of those things that is becoming zero tolerance. If you get caught hazing someone, you’re done – no more active chapter,” McIntyre said. “From here on out, the University is not going to put up with it, and the IFC is not going to put up with (it).”

McIntyre said incidents, such as what happened with Phi Kappa Psi, unfairly create a bias against fraternities as a whole.

According to McIntyre, much of the image problems stem from poor communication about the many ventures fraternities are involved in.

“Yes, fraternities have

parties, but there is philanthropy,” McIntyre said.

“There is community service and every semester thousands of dollars are raised for non-profits.”

McIntyre also said fraternities are a great place to develop leadership skills, as each fraternity has 1520 executive positions as well as another five to 10 executives to manage each pledge class.

“Fraternities are one of the foundation stones for a lot of leadership training and leadership potential,” McIntyre said. “Fraternities are organizations where you are engaged in a range of activities designed to better you as a person.”

Bob Campione, director of Student Organizations, said those involved in the Greek community need to step up and make sure they are adhering to the standards expected of them.

Campione said there are currently few formal expectations and guidelines for fraternity behavior coming from the University, although he said he is working to make necessary changes.

“We have a couple of graduate assistants working with our department whose primary focus right now is the overall Greek experience,” Campione said.

“One of the things I’ve challenged these GAs to

do is put together a handbook for Greek life here on campus.”

Campione said once the handbook is complete, he will organize a Greek advisory council to help implement it. The council will be consist of various Greek life representatives as well as members of the police and fire departments.

“Essentially, representatives on the council will be getting a buy-in to help institutionalize changes to the Greek community,” Campione said.

Both Campione and McIntyre said they encourage students to take the time to look into whether or not

joining a student organization is for them.

“During formal rush week, every single fraternity from 6-8 p.m. (each night) will be having events where they want to meet new people,” Mcintyre said.

“I hope people will take the opportunity to learn more about the fraternities and make a more informed decision when it comes to deciding whether or not to join.”

McIntyre said students interested in learning more about fraternities should start by going to the Gluck Theatre Saturday from 2-5 p.m. for Greek house tours. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

WVU graduate student to compete in Spartan Death Race

BY Hilary Kinney Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

In summer 2014, Donald Herko, a West Virginia University graduate student and senior accountant, will commit himself to the oneand-only Spartan Death Race.

Herko became interested in competing in similar races and courses just in 2013. He was inspired to continue after participating in Pittsburgh’s Zombie 5k.

In a year’s time, Herko,

who was not previously an athlete, earned the Spartan Trifecta by completing three separate Spartan races in one calendar year: the Spartan Sprint (5k), Super Spartan (8 miles) and the Spartan Beast (10 plus miles).

“This is kind of the next step in the progression,” Herko said of the Death Race.

Three hundred competitors from all around the world will gather in Pittsfield, Vt. to face a course that is both physically and

mentally challenging. Selfdiscipline is considered a must, as last year only 10 percent of the participants crossed the finish line.

Altogether, the course will cover approximately 40 miles. Past challenges have included chopping wood, hiking for up to 30 miles while carrying weights and even memorization tasks.

Competitors are left in the dark when it comes to the set-up of the race. To further emphasize preparedness and the ability to react in any event or sit-

uation, there is no existing map of the course.

The theme of the 2014 Death Race is “The Explorer.”

According to the organizers of the race the race, competitors have been recommended to read about the journeys of explorers such as Sir Edmund Hillary and Lewis and Clark in order to prepare for their own expeditions.

To prepare for the Death Race Herko has been practicing diligently in a few different areas, including

weight training, running, cold weather training and basic endurance training.

Herko believes anyone can achieve in a race if they want it passionately.

He described many different types of people who participate from “Olympic athletes” to “single moms and dads.”

“Just start small. Don’t quit. There’s people of all levels,” Herko said. “You just have to have the determination to complete it.”

Herko said he knows he will face obstacles he has

never encountered before but has a driven attitude about the unknown.

“The challenge of overcoming the obstacles and not quitting kind of parallels real life,” Herko said.

“You never know what’s going to come up against you and you just have to do what it takes to complete them.”

For information regarding upcoming Spartan races, visit http://spartanrace.com. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Pet ownership proves to be too much for some students

by Kelsey Bartlett correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Balancing classes and social activities often leaves little time for most college students to care for a pet.

According to Dana Johnson, supervisor and animal control officer at the Monongalia County Canine Adoption Center in Morgantown, household pets are often given up by their owners and sent to the Center.

Though organizations such as the Humane Society insist college students are

to blame for the increase in stray animals roaming the streets, for many animals, Johnson said that is not the case.

“I think that it’s really a misconception,” Johnson said. “I don’t see a lot of students doing that. I really don’t. Most of them are people who live in the rural areas.”

Johnson has been an animal control officer for more than 14 years and typically works out of the office, either arranging adoptions or caring for the animals.

However, she has spent her fair share of time saving an-

imals from dangerous situations and is familiar with the patterns of animal neglect and abuse.

“The biggest problem is students coming in and getting animals, and they’re not allowed to have it in their housing, and they don’t run it by their roommates,” Johnson said. “So, the biggest problem with students is that they are impulse buyers, and they end up having to bring them back.”

Many West Virginia University students endure the stress involved with juggling the responsibilities

of being in college and still find time to help the animal community.

Emily Stinespring and Courtney Belcher, members of the WVU Pets Are Worth Saving organization, adopted dogs while at school, but Belcher had a particularly difficult time with the process.

“A lot of the rescue organizations around campus won’t adopt to college students,” Belcher said. “I don’t blame them for making it so hard on me.”

Johnson said there are many volunteers who enjoy spending time with the

animals.

“Eighty-five percent of volunteers are students,” she said. “Some of them need hours, some of them work with the (Davis-Michael Scholars program), but most of them don’t really come in for hours. They just want to come in and be with (the dogs). That’s a great way to feed the need.”

Students who have animals have to pay hefty fees to keep them, which may be helpful in narrowing down those who are truly willing to care for their pet.

“I think the way that (landlords) feel is that if

(students) are willing to put $500 up, then they’re probably really willing to take care of this animal,” Johnson said.

Amid accusations of neglect in a community where most of the blame is in rural areas, some college students are rightly accused.

However, there are also students who do take care of their animals.

For more information about the Mon County Canine Adoption Center, visit http://moncounty.com/ canineadoption/faci.html. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors Thursday announced they will seek the death penalty against 20-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston Marathon bombing, accusing him of betraying his adopted country by ruthlessly carrying out a terrorist attack calculated to cause maximum carnage.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to press for Tsarnaev’s execution was widely expected. The twin blasts last April killed three people and wounded more than 260, and over half the 30 federal charges against Tsarnaev – including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill – carry a possible death sentence.

“The nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision,” Holder said in a statement of just two terse and dispassionate sentences that instantly raised the stakes in one of the most wrenching criminal cases Boston has ever seen.

Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty. No trial date has been set.

In a notice of intent filed in court, federal prosecutors in Boston listed factors they contend justify a sentence of death against Tsarnaev, who moved to the U.S. from Russia about a decade ago.

“Dzhokhar Tsarnaev received asylum from the United States; obtained citizenship and enjoyed the freedoms of a United States citizen; and then betrayed his allegiance to the United States by killing and maiming people in the United States,” read the notice filed by U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz.

Prosecutors also cited Tsarnaev’s “lack of remorse” and allegations that he killed an MIT police officer as well as an 8-year-old boy, a “particularly vulnerable” victim because of his age. They also said Tsarnaev committed the killings after “substantial planning and premeditation.”

In addition, they cited his alleged decision to target the Boston Marathon, “an iconic event that draws large crowds of men, women and children to its final stretch, making it especially susceptible to the act and effects of terrorism.”

Tsarnaev’s lawyers had no immediate comment.

In an interview with ABC, Tsarnaev’s mother, Zubeidat, who lives in Russia, said: “How can I feel about this?

I feel nothing. I can tell you one thing, that I love my son. I will always feel proud of him.

And I keep loving him.”

Prosecutors allege Tsarnaev, then 19, and his 26-year-old brother, ethnic Chechens from Russia, built and planted two pressurecooker bombs near the finish line of the race to retaliate against the U.S. for its military actions in Muslim countries.

The older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died in a shootout with police during a getaway attempt days after the bombing. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was wounded but escaped and was later captured hiding in a boat parked in a yard in a Boston suburb.

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This file photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the bombings April 15, 2013.

Authorities said he scrawled inside the boat such things as “The US Government is killing our innocent civilians” and “We Muslims are one body, you hurt one you hurt us all.”

Killed in the bombings were: Martin Richard, 8, of Boston; Krystle Campbell, 29, of Medford; and Lu Lingzi, 23, a Boston University graduate student from China. At least 16 others lost limbs. Tsarnaev is also charged in the slaying of the MIT officer and the carjacking of a motorist during the brothers’ getaway attempt.

Campbell’s grandmother, Lillian Campbell, said she isn’t sure she supports the death penalty but fears Tsarnaev will “end up living like a king” in prison.

“I think it’s the right decision to go after the death penalty,” said Marc Fucarile, who lost his right leg above the knee and suffered other severe injuries in the bombing. “It shows people that if you are going to terrorize our country, you are going to pay with your life.”

Amato DeLuca, a lawyer for Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s widow, said: “Whatever he’s alleged to have done, presumably he can pay for it with his life. Putting this boy to death doesn’t make any sense to me.”

Well before the attorney general’s decision came down, Tsarnaev’s defense team added Judy Clarke, one of the nation’s foremost death penalty specialists. The San Diego lawyer has negotiated plea agreements that saved the lives of such clients as the Unabomber and Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph.

Legal experts have said that court filings suggest the defense may try to save Tsarnaev’s life by arguing that he fell under the evil influence of his older brother.

“I think their focus ... will probably be to characterize it as coercion, intimidation and just his will being overborne by the older brother,” said Gerry Leone, a former state and federal prosecutor in Boston who secured a conviction against shoe bomber Richard Reid.

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In Texas, jail confronts issue of inmate safety HOUSTON (AP) — Black eyeliner rings Tyniesha Stephens’ large brown eyes.

Her long, dark hair is pulled back in a ponytail, and she excitedly shares pictures of herself in the blonde wig and skirts she dons when she’s not in orange jail garb.

Yet Stephens lives among men in a Texas jail where she is serving a sentence for prostitution. And she knows she is nothing like them.

“I am feminine, a feminine person, a transgender woman, and some guys look at me, you know, with that eye,” Stephens, 28, said.

“I feel very uncomfortable.”

Stephens, whose legal first name is Marques, has been taking hormones for 10 years and is partly transformed into a woman. She’s hopeful that soon, she can serve out her time in a women’s jail. But how soon – or if – that can happen is in question.

The Harris County Jail in Houston, the third-largest in the country which processes some 125,000 inmates annually, is one of many nationwide implementing changes to the way it treats its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population. The changes stem from a law passed

by Congress under former President George W. Bush that requires federal, state and local lockups to eliminate rape in part by adjusting regulations about how the population lives behind bars.

It’s not easy. As jails sort out how to put the law into place, conflicts are arising between existing state laws and the federal rules, making the implementation process slow and difficult.

Housing is one of the most difficult questions.

Until now, gays, lesbians and transgender inmates were often housed separately, but based on their biological gender. Stephens lives with gay men.

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In this Dec. 10, 2013 photo Tyniehsa Stephens visits with cellmates in a new unit in the Harris County Jail for gay, bisexual and transgender prisoners in Houston.

Harris County is one of many jails around the country implementing changes to the way it treats its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population based on new rules that say it is discriminatory, as well as potentially unsafe, to house people based on sexual orientation and gender. Now they hope to house inmates based on where they will be safest, and consider gender identity when making that decision.

The new rules say it is discriminatory, as well as potentially unsafe, to house people based on sexual orientation and gender, and so now they hope to house inmates based on where they will be safest, and consider gender identity when making that decision.

“Transgender women have to be eligible for women’s housing. That is where they will be safest,” said Harper Jean Tobin, director of policy for the Washington-based National Center for Transgender Equality.

“These are women who are psychologically women.”

For someone like Stephens, even something seemingly as simple as whether she should be considered a man or a woman while in jail is complicated.

The federal law, called the Prison Rape Elimination

Act, says it should be up to the inmate. But Texas law requires a person to be housed according to their biological gender, said Brandon Wood, executive director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.

Commission officials testified before a Texas statehouse committee during the recent legislative session and explained the new federal rules, including the possible funding implications for prisons that could lose grant dollars if they fail to comply, Wood said.

However, the Legislature chose not to tackle the law.

“Female inmates do not want someone who identifies as a woman, but isn’t, in their housing,” Wood said. “The potential for something very bad to go wrong does exist.”

Stephens has been in and

out of jail 18 times on various prostitution and drugrelated charges. She said she was once assaulted by another inmate. And there are some guards who call her derogatory names or insist on addressing her as Mister no matter how many times she tells them she is not a man, she says.

Statistics show why resolving the conflicts between state and federal law are necessary. Often, rape cases are difficult to prove, and few are prosecuted.

In a 2011 survey, the Department of Justice found a high rate of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization in one of the Harris County Jail’s four buildings in downtown Houston. With a rate of more than 6 percent, it was nearly double the national average of 3.2 percent.

Biting cold temperatures put freeze on restaurant business TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The homemade matzo ball and beef barley soups are lost on customers walking into Rascals’ NY Deli – because there just aren’t very many of them.

“After it starts getting really cold and the sun goes down, the people don’t want to come,” said Randy Smith, manager of the restaurant in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash. Across much of the eastern half of the country, bitter cold and snowstorms in recent weeks have put a chill on restaurants, bakeries and coffee shops, limiting the number of walk-in customers and shrinking tips. Some merchants report sales cut in half.

The January deep freeze wrought by the polar vortex in the Midwest, a big snowfall in the Northeast and abnormal cold and snow in the Deep South has moved many to hibernate.

Only four people picked at pancakes and eggs during what should have been the morning rush at American Table Family Restaurant, a Toledo diner, while the temperature dipped to 9 below Tuesday. The nearly 40 inches of snow this month is a record for January and more than what the city normally gets in an entire winter.

“Some of the regulars, I haven’t seen in a week and half, two weeks,” said owner Elton Bregu.

Viven McKinney, a retired postal worker, stopped in for eggs and coffee only because he had just dropped his wife off at work.

“Otherwise, I’d still be in bed,” he said. “I don’t like to be cold.”

All the waitresses are working two fewer days a week, said Bobbie Boyd, the only one on duty. And on the days Boyd does work, she draws half her usual tips.

“I’m a single mom,” she said. “It’s hard making ends meet, paying bills.”

Coffee shops that fuel legislators at the nearby Capitol in Madison, Wis., are seeing fewer state government workers stopping by, since many have been staying home with children whose

challenge. Jails also have to confront staffing levels to reduce rape, said Robert Goerlitz, president of the Harris County Deputies Organization, a group that represents more than 1,600 law enforcement officers, including jail guards.

“It’s awful dangerous for both sides of this thing, not only for the prisoners, but for the guards,” Goerlitz said, noting that each guard is responsible for monitoring 48 inmates. The new rules will not reduce rape if staffing is insufficient, he said.

The jail is also confronting things that are a part of everyday life behind bars, like strip searches. Houston’s new policy allows an inmate to choose the gender of the person who does a search, which conflicts with state law that requires inmates to be searched by someone of the same sex.

Recently, one transgender inmate, who – similar to Stephens – had only had a partial sex transformation was searched from the waist up by a woman and from the waist down by a man in order to comply with state law, said Lt. Walter Bailey, supervisor of inmate classification.

Some officers could be uncomfortable strip searching someone of the opposite sex, said Wood, with the Texas agency that oversees jails.

“I’ve created not one, but two issues,” he said.

For Stephens, the new policies are long overdue, and she is hopeful they lead to a better environment for inmates like her.

“There would be officers in there who had grudges against gay people and they would just come in here and tear up our stuff for no reason. They would come in and talk to us like we’re animals and handle us like we’re animals,” Stephens said. “It was unfair and unjust.”

National studies also show that overall, more gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender inmates report being raped than straight inmates.

Maj. Debra Schmidt, who oversees inmate classification, booking and release for the Harris County Sheriff ’s Office, acknowledges that making the changes is difficult. A system that uses the type of crime, arrest record and gender to assign inmates has to be revamped. Staff needs to be retrained, and a culture among staff that may have allowed some to air their prejudices and go unpunished must change, she said.

“This is going to be a real challenge for law enforcement agencies,” Schmidt said.

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Manager Randy Smith checks the register at Rascal’s NY Deli in Cincinnati. Smith says overall business is down at the deli, because of the cold weather, but that their carryout and delivery business is up. schools were closed or because they just don’t want to venture outside.

Tori Mitchell, owner of Ancora Coffee Roasters, estimated she’s lost $4,000 a week because of ultracold weather over the past month. She’s trying to cut costs by dialing back bakery orders rather than cutting her workers’ hours.

Many, she said, are students who sorely need the money.

“We’re just hanging in there, waiting for nice weather,” Mitchell said.

Closing early has become routine at Bonbon Pastry & Cafe in Cleveland, where six days in January the low temperature has dropped below zero. Only the brave came out last weekend, with whiteout conditions making a culinary errand unappealing.

“I would have much rather been staying in bed myself,” said manager Rob Hood.

While eateries are taking a hit, a few places, including hardware stores, are booming, selling out of space heaters, pipe insulation and sidewalk salt.

“Unfortunately, I live off everybody’s misery,” said Jamie Ondrus, who owns a hardware store in Toledo.

But in addition to restau-

rants, other businesses that rely on walk-ins and appointments are seeing a hit, including health care specialists and hair salons. They can expect to recoup some losses as people venture out in warmer weather, but for now, that’s cold comfort.

Larry Guinn, a chiropractor in Toledo, figures onethird of his patients canceled in recent weeks.

“Way more than we normally see,” he said. “Usually the patients are there no matter what.”

Many of the older patients are choosing to stay home rather than navigate icy roads and sidewalks.

Now, it seems, most of his customers are aching from shoveling snow.

At Hair On The Floor Barbershop this week in Covington, Ky., in suburban Cincinnati, the two barbers on duty played video games to pass time while temperatures hovered around zero at lunchtime.

Business has been down by about 90 percent in the past few weeks, owner England Wesley said. Just two customers had walked in before noon Tuesday.

“It’s terrible right now,” he said. “With weather like this, a lot of folks are just trying to stay warm.”

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New advertising trend has claws

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Excessively adorable animal pictures have graduated from memes to mainstream advertisements. This ad for travel website Jalan.net employs cute kitties to sell flights.

Japanese travel website Jalan.net has launched its newest campaign: cats doing human tourist activities.

Two ginger kitties are pictured riding first class on an airplane, admiring the cherry blossoms and drinking tea while eating sushi.

People staging their cats doing human things and taking photographs has officially left the realm of Reddit and Tumblr.

Where will it stop?

Teachers are including memes on their syllabuses in an attempt to reach their students, to mixed results. Friends post memes on each other’s Facebook walls and Twitter feeds.

This type of communication, inexplicable as it may be, has pervaded modern culture worldwide.

Does it stand to reason cute and cuddly animals will invade other forms of pop culture?

The average American is exposed to approximately 1,000 advertisements a day, whether they are aware of it or not. And the rising trend has been to block out as many of these as possible, more than any generation past.

As a result, advertisers are trying everything they can to recapture our attention.

Some of the more interesting examples: Above The Influence Rats – Two adorable rats, one offering the other a capsule of rat poison (drugs) Fiat 500: Panda – A giant panda bear is the subject of a Fiat crash test with the caption “Engineered for a

lower impact on the environment” (lowest fuel emission) Cross Legged Cats – Cats crossing their legs for a Fresh Step cat litter ad captioned “Cats everywhere are having a hard time smelling their litter box” Even Google has its own ads that pop up when people incorrectly type a search term, such as a photo of a sheep wearing a helmet in the middle of a war zone.

So, do we accept this type of advertising? It’s not only in America.

Some of these ads are for Europe, Africa and of course, Japan.

Have we stopped finding the idea of animals acting like humans disconcerting? daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu coloribus.com

Understanding the dangers of ‘isms’ AUSTIN REMPEL COLUMNIST

There are few people in our society who aren’t shying away from the -isms.

Racism. Sexism. Classism.

These are strong terms and can mean different things to different people, but they are all well known.

Something we seem to forget is that they also have antonyms, words that reflect the opposite. While refusing service to a man because he is African American is racism, catering to a “minority” group while infringing on the rights of others would be reverse-

racism. There is also reverse-sexism, though when it really comes down to it, favoring one ethnicity over another is simply racism.

Catering to one sex while excluding another is sexism, whether that be toward men or women.

We are fortunate enough to live in a land that has taken strong moves to stand against the -isms. We have laws established to protect the rights of disenfranchised groups. They are not always effective, but they are there. When it comes down to it, these laws are up to us, the people, to enforce.

This brings me to something that may startle many of you.

We are far more willing to put up with “reverse”-isms

for fear of offending someone. I call baloney. If we do what is ethically right, we do not need to worry about offending, because our actions will be defensible.

Let me give you an example.

A handbill was recently distributed at my apartment complex for a nightclub on High Street. At the bottom of the paper, under the flashy pictures and logos, were the words, “Woman 18+. Men 21+.”

Tell me, isn’t that sexist?

Isn’t that wrong?

I’ve also seen a prominent High Street pizza parlor with the sign “hiring counter girls,” and Dominion Post ads looking for “shot girls.”

This is unfair and con-

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trary to our desire for equality.

Would we tolerate this if an ad read, “hiring only men for cooking position?”

No. Someone would say something, and rightfully so.

We all know this is wrong, yet still we go with it. We don’t speak up for fear of sounding like we practice an -ism.

On the academic side, I can recall applying for scholarships, many of which were for “black men living in BLANK area.”

I understand the original intent of such organizations, but we must move past this. We would not tolerate something so blatant as “giving academic funding to white men only,”

so why do we allow the converse?

Before you say I am a racist, sexist or other -ist or -ism, I would like to let you know I have marched and protested for gender, sexual and racial equality. I believe we must look at people as human, not as a sex or a color, and treat them based on their qualifications.

Having said this, those people who go too far to ensure things are fair and balanced often make problems worse. They focus so much on being politically correct – putting too much effort into trying to ignore creed or sex or race – that they forget the point.

It is okay to look at a woman and see that she is a woman. It is okay to look at a man and see that he is black. No one would expect anything different.

It is not okay to look at someone and decide they

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Think back on your life. What is your first memory?

I vividly remember feeding the dolphins at Sea World. My mother purchased a cup of fish. I picked one up and threw it on the ground. I was afraid it was going to bite me.

After convincing me it was just a dead fish and couldn’t hurt me, she then hoisted me above her shoulders, handed me a fish and I tossed it in the dolphin’s mouth. It splashed us.

While writing this article, I called up my mother to see how accurate I was in my recollection of the event. Apparently, it was penguins. And there was no splashing and no cup of fish. I was pretty far from accurate.

But this is normal for most people. If you think back on your earliest memory, things probably start to get fuzzy. This is called childhood amnesia, named by psychologist Sigmund Freud.

Childhood Aamnesia, according to Freud, is the phenomenon of which adults are unable to recall events prior to age 3 or 4. This age is different for everyone.

Recently, the Bauer Memory Development Lab at Emory released a study detailing when childhood amnesia actually sets in. Following children for up to five years, they set out to determine when we forget our childhood.

Their results concluded that around age 7, most children are unable to recall events before the age of 3. This is not a ground-breaking study. Psychologists have known about childhood amnesia for some time now.

This study, however, gives us a look at

are less than human because of their skin or their gender or their sexuality.

That is the point. That is what equality means.

It means hiring a black woman because she is good at what she does, not because you are afraid not to.

When it really comes down to it, everyone wants to be praised for their merits and not given a handout simply because of who they are.

In trying to walk the line of political correctness we often allow ourselves to ignore the reverse of the -ism.

We remain silent in the hopes we will not offend.

Let us not forget we are the next generation. We will be the leaders of the future.

Perhaps part of that leadership will be eliminating the -isms for everyone and for good. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

what I like to call “The Innocent Age.” The age where truth is black and white. I, for one, am glad childhood amnesia exists.

I have another memory that I know to be false. I remember being a newborn, riding home in my mother’s red 1987 Chevy. My grandmother in the front seat kept talking about how beautiful I was.

This is, of course, is a false memory.

But is it any less valid than any of my other memories?

For most of my life, my family fought.

Christmas dinners were marked with screaming matches and broken plates.

The “memory” of these two important women in my life getting along for once is something I am not willing to part with.

If we could, would we erase the bad memories? Like the time I sneezed and accidentally wet myself in front of my 5th grade class. Or the day my grandmother died. Those were some of the worst days of my life.

Some might say heartache and pain is what makes us grow. I would agree.

There are plenty of cases of people experiencing some kind of traumatic event, and in hopes of protecting themselves, the subconscious has blocked those memories out.

I find that amazing. It’s as if human beings are like artists, filling in the ugly holes of their lives, choosing to remember yesterday just a little bit better than it was.

I believe this is a survival instinct. It gives us hope that “this has just been a bad year, and next year will be better.”

If we can remember things happier, why can we not experience them this way? I could walk around acknowledging most of my friends will be forgotten about in five years or so, but I choose the delusion of saying we’ll be together forever.

I choose the dolphins, and the 1987 red Chevy. What do you choose? daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR Born today This year you flip-flop from one stance to another, and it causes confusion in others’ perceptions. People have always seen you as steadfast; now that you are changing styles, you can expect some strong reactions. You demand a lot from others, and you also have strong expectations financially. If you are single, the person you choose today might not be your long-term choice. Try not to make any commitments for at least a year; if the person still is of interest to you then, you know you have a winner.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You could feel uncomfortable about a matter revolving around your household. You might

have pushed someone away. You’ll discover that a partner is energized and finally ready to pitch in. You instinctively pick up on others’ nonverbal cues. Tonight: TGIF! TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be overwhelmed by everything that is happening. A loved one’s response might not warm the cockles of your heart. Understand where you are coming from in regard to this person. Consider establishing some limits. Tonight: Celebrate the weekend in style.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HH You could question a decision more than you need to. Recognize your limits in the present situation, and resist pushing too hard. In fact, the less you push, the more you will receive.

You might not be as cautious as you need to be with your finances. To-

night: Your treat.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You’ll respond positively to someone’s efforts to draw you in. Relating closely happens naturally when you are with this person. Rethink a decision, and be aware of the consequences. You are instinctive in your reactions. Tonight: Follow the music.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HH You are able to see a personal matter differently from how many people do. You will want to communicate your vision more fully than you have in the past.

A loved one could be rather stern and difficult. You might want to have a long-overdue conversation. Tonight: Time for a talk.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HH Others insist on dominating the scene, no matter what is going on. Your feel-

ings could come out in an odd way or through spending. Working with someone else might elicit powerful responses from you. Be aware of this.

Tonight: With a favorite person.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might feel as though you are carrying a burden alone, but that is not the case. You will get a better grasp of a situation later in the day. In fact, in the next few days, you will be gaining an enhanced perspective of several important matters. Tonight: Beam in more of what you want.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You have been very sure of yourself lately and perhaps too hard on someone you care about. At a certain point, you will need to give up your grievances and move forward in a positive manner. Tonight: Act as if there will never be another Friday

night.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Use your instincts in an important conversation. Understand that much more is going on than meets the eye. You have a strong will, and you’ll sense what is needed to end a personal issue. Stress on your finances will ease up soon enough.

Tonight: Head home.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You will experience an unusual urge to spend. Much of that desire is being fueled by a personal situation.

You tend to pick up much more of what is going on than what is being verbalized. Tonight: You deserve to have some fun.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Be aware of your effect on others.

Sometimes you are pushed way be-

yond what you can handle. Think through a problem by getting more feedback. A domestic issue will resolve, given some time and perspective. Tonight: Make it OK to be a little overindulgent.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You might sense a change in the air, but you are uncomfortable with change. Relax, and understand that others might not be on the same level as you. Do some deep thinking before you act. You will rejuvenate as the day goes on. Tonight: All smiles – it’s Friday!

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Bellini Beauty Bar hosts ‘Girls Night Out’ by maria solano a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

Pampering yourself and taking a day to relax is always a must after a busy week. Next time that day comes around, try out Bellini Beauty Bar, a new place that will help you get that time out from stress.

Bellini Beauty Bar hosted a “Girls Night Out” event Wednesday and provided

free bellinis and $5 off all services. Bellini Beauty Bar also had a Nerium representative who provided demonstrations and giveaways of their anti-aging skin care products.

“I came in on Tuesday to get a gel manicure and heard about the ‘Girls Night Out’ event, so I decided to get a few of my girlfriends and come,” said Helen Comber, a WVU music education student.

The idea behind Bellini Beauty Bar and the “Girls Night Out” event is to give ladies a chance to take time for themselves.

“We wanted guests to see our beautiful and different space and to have the chance to try out our services,” said Hollee Temple, owner of the Bellini Beauty Bar. Bellini Beauty Bar first opened in October 2013, and their concept is dif-

ferent than other salons.

Bellini Beauty Bar provides a gathering spot for women with services offered around a bar instead of the traditional individual stations.

Wednesday was Bellini’s first ladies’ night event, but due to the amount of people who came in, they plan to continue the program by partnering with other women-inspired local businesses, such as Thirty-One

Gifts and wedding planner Yohana Williams.

Bellini Beauty Bar, also known as “The B,” is all about supporting women. To give more women the chance to enjoy The B’s services, Bellini created a childcare room in their space and offers free childcare during ladies’ night events as well as to guests taking advantage of salon services through their Mommy Mornings program, which take place

Mondays and Tuesdays 9 a.m.-noon.

“The owner and staff were nice and welcoming,” said Madalena Ruiz, a guest who attended “Girls Night Out.” “Bellini offers very reasonable prices.”

For more information about Bellini Beauty Bar and their services, visit http://morgantown.bellinibeautybar.com. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

MTV’s ‘Miley Cyrus Unplugged’ showcases stars’ vocal ability Jake Jarvis A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

We’ve seen her flying through the air on a wrecking ball, dancing with the projected image of a giant cat, and grope Robin Thicke. Now we’ve seen Miley Cyrus reaffirm her country roots on MTV Unplugged.

MTV Unplugged is a special that features current top-selling artists performing their work “unplugged,” meaning without the use of amplification, so only acoustic instruments and a microphone are allowed.

This show has been the home of stunning performances from Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey, Nirvana and Bob Dylan.

Cyrus highlighted her country roots wearing a red gingham body suit and a big blonde wig. At one point, Madonna joined Cyrus onstage for a mashup of “We Can’t Stop” and “Don’t Tell Me.” And yes, of course there was “twerking” involved.

This time, it was on a cartoonish horse. Despite her antics, Cyrus is a true performer who brings life to the stage.

I respect Cyrus for taking a chance and doing something out of the ordinary to entertain her audience.

Good pop music should do just that.

However, good pop music shouldn’t do wild and crazy things for the sake of being wild and crazy.

When does a pop star cross the line into making a fool of herself?

When Lady Gaga came on the scene in 2009, people said the same things about her. Now, people see Gaga’s extreme behavior and ask, “What happened?”

Nothing happened. The general public has a tendency to lose interest in oddities after a year or so, and we begin to scrutinize everything they do.

Only when there is a reason behind it all does longevity occur. Take a look at Madonna.

Madonna, despite her age, continues to have a major impact on the world of pop culture. She was dubbed the “Queen of Pop” early in her rise to fame and has been touring around the world for a whopping 32 years.

The question is, who’s next? Who is the “Queen of Pop” right now? Looking at the thrilling success of Cyrus’ album “Bangerz,” her risque performances and the public’s ability to look past her weirdness, it might be her.

Unfortunately, she will never be the queen.

Gone is the monarchy of pop culture where one skinny blonde woman can rise to the top and reign for life. We are in a popdemocracy. In a sense, we vote on artists for a few years, we grow tired of them, and in their final months with us, we question why we even chose them to begin with.

This cycling through of artists is gaining momentum. Cyrus had great singles with “We Can’t Stop” and “Wrecking Ball,” but she is already entering the

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final stages of her term as Pop President.

“Miley Cyrus Unplugged” and her desperate attempt to stand out shows us that.

Don’t mistake me. I love Miley Cyrus. I think she is a true entertainer who I love watching perform. I hate that in order to become popular, she’s had to jump

into the washing machine of pop. And I hate even more that she’ll be hung out to dry. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Halftime shows through the years: who’s playing at Super Bowl XLVIII?

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It’s almost the moment everyone has been waiting for: Super Bowl Sunday. What will you watch it for? The commercials? The Broncos? Are you a Bruce Irvin supporter and want to see a Mountaineer in his first Super Bowl appearance? Or are you watching for Bruno Mars, this year’s

halftime performer?

The Super Bowl half-time show is statistically the most watched event on television.

In 2012, Madonna’s halftime show drew 3 million viewers more than those who watched during the game.

Before big-time recording artists took the stage midfield, university marching bands performed at half time.

In the third Super Bowl, Florida A&M University marching band and the Mi-

Michael Jackson sings during Super Bowl XXVII. ami area high school bands performed. Only in the ’80s did any other performers join the show.

Super Bowl XXI featured comedian George Burns, and the year after that, the Radio City Rockettes performed among 88 grand pianos. Since then, artists ranging from Elvis Presto, Irma Thomas, New Kids On The Block and Michael Jackson have gotten air time at the show.

In 1993, King of Pop Mi-

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chael Jackson made an appearance as the first artist ever to be the sole performer for the entire show. He sang a medley including “Billie Jean” and “Black or White” before performing a special finale for “Heal The World,” which was the theme of the show.

Four years later, The Blues Brothers performed with ZZ Top and James Brown.

It seemed FOX tried to get artists who were topping the charts to boost ratings. Ob-

Destiny’s Child reunites on stage during Super Bowl XLVII. viously, it worked.

Of course, many of us remember the incident in 2004 when Janet Jackson experienced a wardrobe malfunction during a performance with Justin Timberlake. Since then, sports broadcasting and regular broadcasting have a longer delay to prevent future mishaps.

My personal favorite show was last year when Beyonce graced the stage, and Destiny’s Child joined her

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for a brief reunion.

Other iconic shows included Prince in 2007, and 2001 with Aerosmith, ‘N Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly.

The Super Bowl halftime show has come along way from college and high school marching bands; Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will take the stage during Super Bowl XLVIII. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘Revenge Wears Prada’ provides sequel to popular movie Mitchell Glazier A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

««««« In June 2013, Lauren Weisberger, famed author of “The Devil Wears Prada,” released the bestseller’s sequel, “Revenge Wears Prada.”

The story picks up where

the novel and Golden Globe-winning film adaptation left off, with Andy Sachs quitting her job as an assistant to the diabolical fashion magazine editor, Miranda Priestly.

Andy leaves the coveted position and returns to New York City for a fresh start. After deciding to flagship a wedding magazine, she commissions another former assistant, Emily, to help.

Lauren Weisberger poses with a copy of her latest release, ‘Revenge Wears Prada.’

To everyone’s surprise, the magazine’s popularity soars. Millions of brides around the world begin purchasing it to plan every detail of their special day.

During this enthralling and chaotic time, Andy gets engaged to a handsome millionaire who decided to invest in the magazine.

The storyline seems to be something out of a pipedream, until Miranda Priestly herself enters the

picture. Having noted the success of Andy’s magazine, the icy fashion maven sets her sights on purchasing it.

Adding to the heightening chaos are issues of pregnancy, snippy millionaire in-laws and relationship pitfalls. Will Miranda Priestly inevitably win? Who will become a millionaire mother by the novel’s finish? If these questions lead you to suspenseful fingernail gnawing,

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Weisberger, interestingly enough, served as an assistant to American Vogue’s famously intimidating editor, Anna Wintour. She allegedly left her position as a result of Wintour’s “inhumane” treatment and impossible tasks she’d set for her to do.

After leaving, Weisberger began taking writing classes out of sheer interest, and after completing a significant manuscript, she shared her story with an editor.

Within months, “The Devil Wears Prada” was printed and reigned supreme on the New York Times Bestseller list. Weisberger followed the novel with several fashion-inspired novels before releasing “Revenge Wears Prada.”

While this novel is no Pulitzer Prize winner, it serves well as a light vacation read, especially for English majors feeling bogged down by the complete works of Shakespeare and Keats come spring break.

If love, fashion, baby carriages and a tinge of suspense spark your literary fancy, pick up a copy of “Revenge Wears Prada” at WVU’s Downtown Library or http://amazon.com. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Motel Beds to make first visit to Morgantown, 123 Pleasant Street

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Motel Beds, a rock band from Dayton, Ohio, will take the stage at 123 Pleasant Street Saturday night with Morgantown natives Ghost House and The Phantom Six to provide a rock show that’s sure to pack the venue.

This will mark Motel Beds’ first trip to Morgantown, and they’re looking forward to visiting 123.

“I’ve heard great things, and we’re really excited about the show, the club and checking out The Phantom Six and Ghost House,” said Motel Beds bassist Tod Weidner.

The Phantom Six and Ghost House, however, are no strangers to the 123 stage.

“We’ve played there a lot, and the sound is great in there,” said The Phantom Six guitarist and vocalist Mark Poole. “The crowds are great, and we’re friends with a lot of the folks that work there. It’s the main place we play in town.”

All three groups will bring their own distinct style of rock to the show. “‘Indie rock’ means about as little as ‘alternative’ these days, and I suppose we could nominally be lumped in there, but our influences include some flavors that few of our contemporaries have,” Weidner said. “We’ve been told that we have a slight ’50s sound to some of our chord changes, which makes sense because we love the Everly Brothers and old R&B, as well as a ton of other stuff.

“We listen to everything from bluegrass to jazz to post-punk to hip-hop to Norwegian metal, so it may be a little harder to pin us down than other bands.”

Weidner elaborated further on the groups’ sound by creating an impressive visual show.

“Imagine the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Who, Elliot Smith, Swervedriver, the Velvet Underground, Duane Eddy and the Pixies in a steel cage battle royale,” Weidner said. “That comes pretty close to describing

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Motel Beds will perform with The Phantom Six and Ghost House Saturday night. what we sound like.”

The Phantom Six, on the other hand, provide a sound reminiscent to other eras.

“We have no problem letting our ’60s and ’70s era rock ‘n’ roll influences show in our sound, but we try to keep it relevant with current music trends, as well,” Poole said. “So, we’re not just a retro-sounding band.”

Ghost House, which provides a progressive posthardcore sound, said on their Facebook page that this would be the last show until they finish up their debut full-length album.

The Phantom Six will be playing this show without their second guitarist.

“We’ve got a little different thing going this week since our second guitarist

is in Trinidad until April,” Poole said. “We pick and choose songs that sound good with just the four of us, so it’s not our usual set, but (there will) be some older songs and some new songs.”

Overall, the show is expected to be packed with energy from all three groups, and they hope the audience gets into it.

“We put on a pretty highenergy show, so we hope the audience reciprocates,” Weidner said. “We have fun and want the crowd to, as well. If all goes well, the audience members will leave that night with our tunes in their heads, our record in their hands and a new favorite band in their hearts.” lacey.palmer@mail.wvu.edu

Valve Software’s gaming platform, provides largest variety of digital games by corey sanchez a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

As of January Valve’s entertainment platform Steam offered more than 3,000 games. This makes Steam one of the largest distributors of digital games on the Internet.

Originally developed for Microsoft Windows, the distribution client has made its

way to the Mac OS X, Linux and limited versions to the Playstation 3, iOS and Android. According to its stats page, Steam has more than 7.6 million users.

Steam has a lot of advantages, the biggest of which is its convenient library.

Major titles such as “New Vegas,” “Team Fortress 2” and Far Cry 3” have been released on the new cli-

ent. Steam has also maintained a wide distribution of indie games. A major title that has surfaced the Internet is “Rust,” a game of survival.

Steam’s library also includes classic games like 2005’s “Psychonauts” and 2007’s “Portal.”

These older titles are usually cheap. Depending on the game’s release date and popularity the price ranges

from $5-$19.99. Most big titles cost less than $49.99 – a bargain compared to their competitors.

Gamers also have access to a friend’s list and groups, cloud saving and in-game voice and chat functionality.

The community system works well for group of players, allowing gamers to easily organize their group by setting up calendars and posting server IPs.

The system even allows gamers to have games on multiple platforms, but with limited access. Gamers can only be logged into one account at a time for security purposes.

Game creators can also insure their game through the application programming interface. The API allows programmers to take advantage of Steam’s game distribution.

These functions include

copy protection, networking and matchmaking, ingame achievements, microtransactions and integrated software.

The easy, fast rate has allowed many great titles to appear.

The best feature of all, though, is the Steam client’s ability to consistently distribute the newest games. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Toronto’s mayor Rob Ford defends Justin Bieber Greenroom receives Oscar-winner’s touch TORONTO (AP) — Toronto’s favorite black sheep, Mayor Rob Ford, is rising to the defense of fellow Canadian Justin Bieber, who has recently been in the headlines for the wrong reasons.

Bieber was charged with assault Wednesday for allegedly hitting a Toronto limousine driver several times in the back of the head in an incident last month. The news broke a few hours after the teenage pop star’s attorney entered a separate not guilty plea in Florida to drunkendriving and other charges.

Ford, who has admitted smoking crack while in a drunken stupor and is being sued for supposedly orchestrating the jailhouse beating of his sister’s ex-boyfriend, noted that Bieber is only 19 and defended him when a host on the Washington, D.C.-based radio show “The Sports Junkies” called Bieber “Canada’s worst export.”

“Well, you know what, he’s a young guy,” Ford said Thursday. “At 19 years old, I wish I was as successful as he was. He’s 19 years old, guys.

Think back to when you were 19.”

Ford added that he’s never met Bieber and said that as a 45-year-old he’s not a fan of his music, preferring The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.

The mayor’s term has been marred by erratic be-

havior and confessed drug and alcohol use. His travails – which have included leaked videos showing the mayor in an obviously altered state– have embarrassed Canadians and delighted America’s late-night TV comedians.

The baby-faced Bieber turned himself in to a Toronto police station Wednesday evening, arriving amid a crush of media and screaming fans. He was charged with one count of assault and is scheduled to appear in court in Toronto on March 10.

Police allege Bieber was one of six people who were picked up by a limousine from a nightclub in the early morning hours of Dec. 30, and there was an altercation while en route to a hotel.

Police said during the altercation one of the passengers hit the limo driver in the back of the head several times before fleeing.

Howard Weitzman, Bieber’s attorney in California, said his client is innocent and declined to comment further.

Weitzman said he expects the case to be treated as a summary offense, the equivalent of a misdemeanor in the United States Earlier on Wednesday, Bieber pleaded not guilty in Florida to charges of driving under the influence after driving nearly twice the speed limit on a street in Mi-

ami Beach. He also pleaded not guilty to resisting arrest and driving with an expired license.

The charges stemmed from Bieber’s arrest last week, along with R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff, during what police described as an illegal street drag race between a Lamborghini and a Ferrari. Neither has been charged with drag racing, which is a crime in Florida.

A preliminary toxicology report released Thursday showed that Bieber tested positive for marijuana and the anti-anxiety drug Xanax.

The report shows no presence of other illicit drugs in Bieber’s system, such as cocaine or oxycodone. Bieber told police after the arrest that he had been smoking marijuana and took a prescription drug.

Bieber remains under investigation for felony vandalism in Los Angeles County over an egg-tossing episode that damaged his neighbor’s home. Detectives searched his home on Jan. 14, and prosecutors have sought additional information before determining whether to pursue charges.

The cases have overshadowed the recent release of his latest album. Its reception has been far from the chart-topping success Bieber had after he debuted in 2009, with multiple platinum albums.

(AP) — Who better than a five-time Oscar nominee and best-actress winner to help decorate the backstage green room at the Academy Awards?

Susan Sarandon is collaborating with designer David Rockwell on a photo installation for the Architectural Digest Greenroom at the Oscars on March 2.

They’re planning a digital display encompassing 86 screens – smartphones, tablets and TVs – one for each year of the Academy Awards. Images honoring movie heroes and Oscar history will show individually and collectively across the tableau.

The 67-year-old actress and the veteran architect and designer are also selecting black-and-white film stills for the stars-only space, where nominees and presenters hang out before taking the stage.

“I’ve been to the green room several times, and the idea of putting something in there that really makes you feel part of a tradition, it’s really lovely,” Sarandon said.

“Because it’s a night that has so many ups and downs... it’s kind of nice to remember that just to be nominated you’re part of this family that’s been going on for 86 years.”

Rockwell, who designed the stage for the Oscar shows in 2009 and 2010, said Sa-

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The Architectural Digest Greenroom was decorated elegantly in 2013. randon’s familiarity and history with the Oscars make her a perfect partner for the project.

Sarandon said she was drawn to it out of her love of movies and the Oscars, the opportunity to delve into the film academy’s vast photo archives and admiration for Rockwell’s work.

Besides helping to curate the photos, the actress gave input on other elements of the room. “I also suggested a few high stools,” she said, “because when you’re in your dress and it’s tight, you can’t sit down so low on the couch.”

“We both agree that the bar cart needs to be prominently featured,” Rockwell said.

He described the space as a contemporary “urban loft.”

The digital photo display will fill one wall and the framed

film stills, another. There’s also a “fantasy garden” attached: a plant-filled outdoor space that transforms the Dolby Theatre’s loading dock into an attractive smoking patio.

The green room is an enclave for stars on Oscar night – the only place free of reporters and cameras.

“It’s a long evening, especially if you’re nominated toward the end, and (this is) someplace where you can take a breath and not worry if you’re picture-perfect and smiling every second,” Sarandon said. “It’s a great opportunity just to say hi, to tell people how happy you are for them that they’ve been nominated and how much you loved their performance and ask questions and laugh.

It’s probably the only relaxed place that is there, really.”

University offers course studying Beyonce NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Beyonce is one of the world’s most scrutinized pop stars, and now that study is moving to academia.

The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University is offering a course called “Politicizing Beyonce.”

Kevin Allred, a doctoral student who is teaching the class, tells the university’s online news site that he is using Beyonce’s career as a way to explore American race, gender and sexual politics.

The class supplements an analysis of Beyonce’s videos and lyrics with readings from black feminists. Allred says he’s seeking to help students think more critically about media consumption.

Georgetown University has a class called “The Sociology of Hip-Hop: The Urban Theodicy of Jay-Z,” focusing on Beyonce’s rapper husband.

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Junior West Virginia guard Juwan Staten holds the basketball in a game against Texas Tech earlier this season.

Following difficult 2012-13 campaign, Staten develops as strong point guard in Big 12 Conference by kevin hooker sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Statistically, West Virginia point guard Juwan Staten could arguably be the top point guard in the Big 12 Conference. But it wasn’t always this way.

Now in his second season as a Mountaineer, Staten sat out the 2011-12 season after transferring from Dayton.

The 2012-13 season proved to be difficult for Staten, as he often struggled learning WVU head coach Bob Hug-

gins’ system. He averaged 7.6 points and 3.3 assists as a redshirt sophomore.

“Last year was kind of difficult because I was coming off a year that I (sat) out,” Staten said. “I didn’t really have any in-game experience playing in (Huggins’) system. As a basketball player, when you’re not playing the way you want to play, it kind of weighs on you both on and off the court. I came out this year with a new attitude and new mentality and it’s worked out for me.”

In his second year under Huggins, Staten has seen dramatic improvement. He leads the conference in assists per game (6.0) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.93), while averaging 17.2 points per game on 52 percent shooting.

He also has six games this season of 20 or more points, four of which came in WVU victories.

While his numbers are impressive, Staten said his statistics aren’t his biggest improvement from a season ago.

“My biggest improvements came off the court, not on the court,” he said.

“I’ve always thought of myself as a good, all-around basketball player. But I think my maturity level (has) improved and I’ve become a better leader. Those were the things that help me see things in a new way. My approach to the game is just different this year.”

With the departures of several Mountaineers last offseason, Staten has been given a bigger load this year.

With fellow point guard

Jabarie Hinds transferring last offseason, the Mountaineers don’t currently have a consistent backup point guard to go to. In addition to his assist numbers, Staten leads the Big 12 in minutes per game at 37, and he’s played a full 40 minutes in nine games. He played a season-high 44 minutes in WVU’s overtime win against Texas Tech.

“I need to be ready to play every game, both offensively and defensively,” Staten said. “Coach has a lot of confidence in me and ex-

pects a lot from me offensively and defensively. It lets me know he definitely thinks I’m capable, and his (confidence in me) helps me feel better about myself, as well. I always want to give my best and not let coach down.”

Staten’s reverse layup with three seconds left lifted the Mountaineers to a 66-64 victory over Big 12 rival Baylor Jan. 28. He led all players with 15 points and nine assists. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

No. 20 West Virginia travels to Fort Worth to take on TCU by jon fehrens sports writer @dailyathenaeum

After a tough bout with No. 23 Iowa State Wednesday night, the No. 20 West Virginia women’s basketball team will travel to Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday to take on TCU for the first time this season.

After dropping a road game to unranked Texas, WVU responded by taking down the Cyclones at the WVU Coliseum.

In that game, four Mountaineers scored in the double figures. Sophomore guard Bria Holmes led the team in scoring with 16 points. Thirteen of Holmes’ 16 points came in the first half when she was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and 3-for-3 from behind the arc.

The sophomore also dished out four assists and grabbed four rebounds. Senior center Asya Bussie had to shake off a poor shooting performance from the field to record 14 points. Bussie only hit three of her nine shots from the field, but sunk eight free throws to help her team to a 67-56 victory.

The victory over Iowa State improved the Mountaineers record to 18-3 overall and 7-2 in Big 12 Conference play. West

Virginia currently sits behind Oklahoma State and Baylor for No. 3 in the conference.

“I thought the last 10 minutes of the first half were the difference in the game,” said WVU head coach Mike Carey. “We stood around the first 10 minutes, played hard the second 10 minutes, then stood around the last 20 minutes.”

Saturday’s game will mark the third time in the past week the Mountaineers will make the trip to Texas. West Virginia split a pair of a road games to Texas Tech and Texas in its last stint in the Lone Star State.

While WVU has been busy traveling across the country, TCU is in the middle of a two game home stand. The Lady Horned Frogs hosted a heartbreaking game to No. 11 Oklahoma State Wednesday night. Despite leading 34-29 at halftime, Oklahoma State drained a shot with 7.6 seconds left in the game to seal the win. The loss dropped TCU to 12-8 overall and 3-5 in Big 12 play.

Two TCU players average double digit scoring, with sophomore sensation Zahna Medley leading the way with 15.1 points per game. Medley earned Honorable Mentions in

the All-Big 12 and All-Big 12 Freshman teams at the end of last season. While Medley is a sharp-shooting guard, she also effectively distributes the ball to her teammates. Her 81 assists lead the team by a sizeable margin.

Junior guard Natalie Ventress also averages in the double-digits with 10.9 points per game and has been a tear lately.

Ventress led her team in scoring for the past two wythe woods/the daily athenaeum games. She most recently dropped a team-high 12 West Virginia senior guard Christal Caldwell goes for a jump shot in a home game against Iowa State Wednesday night. points in the loss to Oklahoma State.

The defense from the Lady Horned Frogs will be the toughest matchup for the Mountaineers.

TCU’s stout defense is third in the Big 12, holding opponents to a .341 shooting percentage.

TCU currently blows the conference away in block shots per game with 6.15.

Senior center Latricia Lovings simply dominates in the paint. Lovings has 75 blocks this season, which leads her team and the Big 12.

West Virginia will also have to be careful with the basketball Saturday night.

TCU leads the conference in steals per game with 9.90 and has three players with 30 steals or more.

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WVU takes on George Washington, Towson by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University gymnastics team will face George Washington and Towson at the Coliseum Sunday at 3 p.m.

The Mountaineers (2-3) are coming off a solid performance Jan. 26 against NC State in the Coliseum, edging the Wolfpack 195.425-195.4.

Sunday marks the second-annual Wendy M. Roach Invitational. The invitational, named after current graduate assistant and former WVU gymnast Nicole Roach’s mother, serves to promote breast cancer awareness.

“We’re always excited for our ‘Pink Meet,’” said WVU head coach Jason Butts. “We’ll be collecting items that fans can bring and will be taken over to the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center.”

“We’ve had a good week of practice so far. I

felt like the performance I had been looking for was there this past week,” Butts said. “I’m really looking forward to getting back in there and doing it all over again … and hopefully (we) get that 196 (score) we’re looking for.”

Following a career-high performance Jan. 26, senior Hope Sloanhoffer enters Sunday’s meet as the reigning Big 12 Conference Gymnast of the Week.

Sloanhoffer won her s e c o n d -s t ra i g h t allaround against the Wolfpack, with a score of 39.35.

She also captured wins on vault and floor and tied freshman Alexa Goldberg for first on bars.

“I think she’s doing the best gymnastics that I’ve seen her do in all four years here,” Butts said. “It was great to see her hand in that performance. I think we’ll see her excel from this point forward.”

The Mountaineers’ bars unit also enters the meet at No. 19 nationally with

a season average score of 48.817, according to the latest GymInfo poll.

Freshman Alexa Goldberg will head into Sunday’s contest at No. 13 on uneven bars, scoring a 9.825 on the event last weekend.

Fellow freshman Nicolette Swoboda looks to improve upon her season-best score of 38.8 in the all-around against NC State, which was good enough for second place.

George Washington is coming off a third-place finish at Kent State with Eastern Michigan and Rutgers. Towson enters the meet following a first place finish against West Chester, Southern Connecticut and Centenary College.

“It’s nice to be home two weeks in a row,” Butts said. “I think we’ll be well rested going into the weekend … I’m looking for a strong performance.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Members of the West Virginia gymnastics team celebrate in a home competition against NC State Jan. 26.

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Mountaineers ready to take on in-state rival Marshall by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia women’s tennis team is still looking for their first team victory of the 2013-14 season as they travel to Huntington, W.Va., to take on in-state rival Marshall.

Competition is set to begin Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Huntington Tennis Club.

WVU head coach Miha Lisac said he knows the potential his team has, but it’s finishing each match and benefiting from the oppo-

nents’ mistakes that the Mountaineers haven’t been able to take advantage of.

“As in the last match, we did not take advantage of the opportunities we had,” Lisac said.

The Thundering Herd are off to a 2-0 start to the spring season with victories coming off a 7-0 sweep against Radford University Jan. 26 and a 5-2 victory over Morehead State Tuesday. The squad of seven knows how to finish out matches and take advantage of every opportunity they are given.

The 0-2 Mountaineers recognize the fact that falling to 0-3 would put them in a bad position for the rest of the season, but as soon as late failures in play occurs, the entire team falls apart.

“That makes a big difference for the rest of the matches,” Lisac said.

The only doubles victories the Mountaineers had Jan. 25 against Liberty came from the freshmen tandem of Oana Manole and Kaja Mrgole, who shined throughout the fall season. This spring, the

duo is 2-0. Doubles losses came from sophomore Hailey Barrett and junior Ikttesh Chahal, and sophomores Irinka Toidze and Vivian Tsui dropped their match.

In singles, Barrett was the sole victorious Mountaineer with her first win of the spring season. Chahal dropped her match in a tiebreaker. Mrgole and Manole couldn’t find success in singles play, either.

WVU cannot let these losses tally up like it has the past couple of weeks.

Lisac said the lack of con-

sistency is a big reason why WVU isn’t getting the wins it should be.

“We didn’t play consistently enough to win,” he said.

The Mountaineers will be challenged throughout the entire competition with young talent coming from four freshmen, two of whom are first-semester freshmen on the Herd squad.

This in-state rivalry will begin with doubles play followed by singles play. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU heads to Penn State for PSU Invitational by jon fehrens sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia women’s track and field team will be short-staffed as the program returns to Penn State for the second time this year.

Head coach Sean Cleary will have a unique challenge this time around. Cleary is forced to use the depth of his team, as illness has decimated his team in the past few weeks.

“We will be taking a smaller than usual group over to Penn State this week-

end. These past two weeks have crippled our group with early season sicknesses,” Cleary said. “Those who will be making the trip will have a perfect opportunity to raise the bar in terms of the level of competition that we will see.”

The list of the athletes was recently released, and it seems WVU will have its best available at the meet. Freshman Sydney Scott and senior Stormy Nesbit are both important players for tonight’s competition.

Scott took first place in the mile with a time of 5.03.45,

and Nesbit also placed first in the triple jump with a leap of 12.37 meters.

Nesbit will have to go through Wright State’s SarahAnn Blount if she wants to claim her third consecutive first-place finish in the triple jump. Blount, who seems to do almost everything for the Raiders on the field, registered the top triple jump of 11.27 meters at last season’s Penn State Relays.

Senior pole-vaulter Katlyn Shelar was also cleared to compete and will face stiff competition in the women’s

pole vault. Shelar’s group features MAC Indoor pole vault champion, Ariane Beaumont-Courteau. BeaumontCourteau cleared 3.50 meters back in 2011 to take the MAC championship and claimed a spot on the All-MAC First team.

“This meet will have a big time track and field atmosphere. We are looking to see a few more within the group step up and embrace the opportunities,” Cleary said.

The PSU National is the first meet in the season where the athletes aren’t shedding

the rust and are now fully competing. The PSU National seems to be the stage that brings out the best in the competitors. In last year’s race, multiple American Collegiate records were broken

by Penn State’s 4x200 team, and many more records are expected to fall this weekend.

The meet is set to begin tonight at 5 with the women’s weight throw and long jump, and concludes Saturday at 5:30 p.m. with men’s and women’s 4x400 meter relay. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Southern Miss piling up wins in revamped C-USA (AP) – Southern Mississippi has been nearly flawless in Conference USA play, winning five of its first six games.

Southern Miss (18-3, 5-1) is tied with Louisiana Tech at the top of the conference, which is in its first season without Memphis. The Tigers left for the American Athletic Conference during the offseason.

Memphis dominated CUSA for the better part of the decade, and the program’s national reputation gave the league some

clout. Southern Miss point guard Neil Watson said there’s a void without the Tigers.

“Memphis dominated the league for a long time,” Watson said. “Now that monster leaves and it’s understandable that people think the league is down. But it’s just a viewpoint. There are teams in this league that are good.

At the end of the night, the winner is going to be the team who plays the hardest. The stereotypes don’t matter.”

Southern Miss has emerged as one of the best teams in C-USA over the past three seasons. Larry Eustachy led the Golden Eagles to the NCAA tournament in 2012 for the first time in two decades before leaving to take the Colorado State job.

Donnie Tyndall – who is now in his second season in Hattiesburg – has had nearly as much success. The Golden Eagles finished with a school-record 27 wins last season and advanced to the NIT

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And this year’s balanced team might be the program’s best yet. Watson, a third-year starter, leads the Golden Eagles with 12.3 points and nearly four assists per game. Michael Craig is right behind him at 11.3 points per game while shooting 58 percent from the field.

The powerful 6-foot-5 guard, who is listed at 230 pounds, also leads the team with 7.9 rebounds per game.

“My teams have always been tough and gritty and we pride ourselves on defense and rebounding,” Tyndall said. “Now we have guys who have been through the program a year, and they’re teaching

the younger guys. So it’s not just me. That always makes a big difference.”

Tyndall said he understands the perception that Conference USA is weaker without Memphis, but points to quality wins across the conference as proof the league is still capable of big things.

Among the highlights: Charlotte beat Michigan, Louisiana Tech beat Oklahoma and AlabamaBirmingham beat North Carolina during non-conference play.

“What I want people to understand is our league doesn’t get as much credit is I think they should,” Tyndall said. “We’ve had six or seven teams with really quality wins.”

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Drivers differ on proposed NASCAR format changes CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carl Edwards said NASCAR is taking the wrong approach in its effort to draw more fans to the race track.

If NASCAR really wants to create better competition and higher interest in the sport, Edwards said it needs to focus on changing the setup of the cars and not the championship format.

NASCAR will announce its Chase for the Sprint Cup championship format on Thursday. It is expected to be to a 16-driver field whittled down through eliminations to four drivers and a winner-take-all season finale; it would be the fourth significant change to either the points or championship format since the Chase debuted in 2004.

Edwards said drivers are already doing everything they can to win and the proposed changes that NASCAR chairman Brian France laid out two weeks ago won’t

change that.

“I don’t think you can take the top 15 guys in this sport and make them race any harder for wins. I don’t think you can,’” Edwards said Tuesday.

It’s a sentiment shared by 2012 champion Brad Keselowski, who initially showed public support of the new format but is now reserving judgment until he sees exactly what NASCAR wants to do.

France has been adamant he wants drivers to race at 100 percent at all times and to value winning, and he preached most of last season that the frantic, door-banging battle to the checkered flag at California between Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano is the kind of racing he wants to see.

“From a driver’s perspective, there’s nothing left,” Keselowski said Wednesday.

“There’s no set of rules to make me race harder than I

do.”

Keselowski passed on a chance to move Kyle Busch out of the lead at Watkins Glen last August in what could have been a last-ditch effort to win the race. That victory would have likely ensured Keselowski a spot in the Chase; instead, he failed to qualify and was unable to defend his championship.

Keselowski also doesn’t think any changes will hurt six-time champion Jimmie Johnson.

“No matter what format you put out there, he’s the favorite,” Keselowski said. “Until that’s not the case, I don’t see how there’s any format that could be wrote, unless it’s the slowest guy wins, and I don’t think they’re going to do that.”

Edwards said taking away the downforce on cars and making the tires softer is a good place to start. He said it would go a long way toward increasing competitive rac-

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“No matter what format we race under I can’t just try harder and go up and race with the guy or pass him,” Edwards said. “I think the thing we have to focus on as a sport is making sure the cars can race one another. ... Right now, if I’m staring at the guy in the front window it doesn’t matter if (I’m racing) for a billion dollars and 10 championships – if I can’t catch him, I can’t catch him.”

It’s not necessarily that Edwards is against the format.

But he said if France’s proposals – with the emphasis on winning races to get into the Chase for the Championship – come to fruition, it will change the way drivers approach the season.

“Things will get really, really interesting around Richmond. That will be insane,” Edwards said.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he wasn’t excited about the proposed changes at first, but

has begun to warm to the idea.

“Let’s change it all. I’m all for it,” Earnhardt said. “A lot of times we change things for the fans, and I think the drivers are going to enjoy some of this stuff as much as the fans are.”

Team owner Richard Petty said proposed changes are a ‘’PR deal’’ by NASCAR designed to drum up more interest in the sport. He still thinks the best drivers will come out on top regardless of the format.

“They just want to shake things up,’” Petty said.

NASCAR is essentially borrowing a page from other major sports such as the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball where teams – or in this case, drivers – are eliminated from playoff contention while the season climaxes with one championship event at the end of the year. Earnhardt Jr. called it a “bold, aggressive” move by NASCAR.

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High school prospects take the next step in their football careers by faxing their letter of intent to a school of choice. Some college assistants keep their careers alive depending on which prized athlete they received a letter of intent from. Head coaches speak about optimism and the future as fans and alumni hang on edge, waiting to see if their favorite program signs a five-star defensive tackle who has been committed since he visited on homecoming weekend.

Signing day is a spectacle for many because it’s the only day all of us squarely pay attention to college football between the national title game and the start of spring practices.

But for programs across the country, it’s a day that serves as a confirmation of a year or even two years of work. That’s no different at West Virginia University.

WVU and head coach Dana Holgorsen expect to have more than 20 members in the 2014 recruiting class Wednesday.

Six of those guys, including quarterback Skylar Howard and wide receiver Ricky Rogers, are already on campus.

Regardless of what happens with those LOIs, Holgorsen has taken the right steps to make WVU successful on the recruiting trail by sticking to what has made the Mountaineers successful in the past.

When West Virginia announced the move to the Big 12 Conference in October 2011, many believed Holgorsen and company would recruit from the state of Texas. Aside from getting a few players like Paul Millard, Dustin Garrison, Garrett Hope, Jordan Thompson and Tyler Tezeno, WVU has stayed away from the Lonestar State. That’s a good thing.

It’s too tough to recruit against traditional powers Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M. Art Briles at Baylor is too well connected to the high school coaches in the state to even compete with the Bears.

It would have been difficult to compete in an area West Virginia doesn’t have a history in.

States like Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and Florida are important to the football program. It’s been important for Holgorsen to understand that.

He’s assembled a staff that understands, too.

Safeties coach Tony Gibson is an elite recruiter in western Pennsylvania and running backs coach JaJuan Seider understands south Florida. Damon Cogdell just got here, but he arrived with ties to Miramar High in Miami, a school that produced Geno Smith, Stedman Bailey and others. Wide receivers coach Lonnie Galloway recruited Tavon Austin out of high school. WVU has a staff that understands how to get players who will help this program win.

If all the prospects who are verbally committed sign, WVU will have one player from in-state, two players from Ohio, three players from western Pennsylvania, three from the Baltimore-D.C. area and five prospects from Florida in the 2014 class.

That would give WVU a total of 14 players from traditional pipelines.

Keeping those pipelines differentiates WVU from what the rest of the Big 12 is doing.

Selling the Big 12 is a lot easier in an area that doesn’t have all the competition doing the same thing.

Staying out of recruiting craziness in Texas is a smart decision and Holgorsen deserves credit. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about how the West Virginia men’s basketball team needed to learn how to win on the road.

To my surprise, the Mountaineers have done just that. Through eight conference games, West Virginia (12-9, 4-4 Big 12) is 3-2 on the road.

WVU is just 1-2 inside the Coliseum, with losses coming to then-No. 11 Oklahoma State and Texas.

West Virginia swept the series against Texas Tech, defeated TCU and most recently took down a Baylor team that has lost five straight and is 1-6 in league play.

WVU has to get back to where it wants to be at home.

Currently WVU is .500 in conference play and No. 6 in the Big 12 standings.

The Mountaineers have a big game Saturday afternoon against the Kansas State Wildcats.

Kansas State is just ahead of West Virginia in the conference standings at No. 4 with a 5-3 mark inside league play. Overall, KSU is 15-6 on the season.

In a game Jan. 18 in Manhattan, Kan., the Wildcats blew out the Mountaineers, 78-56.

WVU should have confidence following its first win against a quality opponent in Baylor.

Despite being out-rebounded throughout the game, the Mountaineers were able to get solid contributions all across the stat sheet and held their own in crunch time following junior Juwan Staten’s game-winning layup with 3.1 seconds remaining in regulation.

The Mountaineers must get back to winning at home Saturday.

Kansas State is a team coming off a 66-58 win over Texas Tech following two losses on the road.

Kansas State is a team filled with depth. Three leading scorers, Marcus Foster, Shane Southwell and Thomas Gipson, have not been very productive due to poor shooting and foul trouble. But the Wildcats were still able to hold off the Red Raiders and earn win No. 15 on the season.

West Virginia will have its hands full with Kansas State Saturday. But with the chance for two games at home with the Wildcats and the No. 23 Oklahoma Sooners, head coach Bob Huggins said he knows it’s time to get back to winning in one of the toughest venues in college basketball.

WVU still hasn’t beat a premier team at home this season.

With chances at a quality win against teams like Gonzaga, Oklahoma State and Texas, not to mention a respectable Purdue squad, the Mountaineers have come short every time.

With Kansas State coming into town, West Virginia can make a push at a winning streak heading into the stretch of its schedule.

The Mo u n t a i n e e r s have not won consecutively since TCU and Texas Tech Jan. 4 and Jan. 6, respectively.

All of that can change against a talented Kansas State team Saturday.

It’s time for the Mountaineers to win back home court. amit.batra@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia looks to build on road win, out for revenge against Kansas State Saturday by connor murray associate sports editor @connorkmurray

After bouncing back from a missed opportunity for an upset against thenNo. 11 Oklahoma State Saturday with a 66-64 road win against Baylor Tuesday, the Mountaineers will look to protect their home court Saturday afternoon against the Kansas State Wildcats.

Kansas State dominated West Virginia in the teams’ matchup Jan. 18 at the Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan. Both guard Shane Southwell and forward Thomas Gipson scored 20 points and the Wildcats blew out the Mountaineers 78-56.

A lack of defense has hurt West Virginia in Big 12 Conference play this season.

The Mountaineers are No. 8

in the conference in scoring defense and average giving up 76.5 points a game.

Although West Virginia showed improvement on defense against Baylor, head coach Bob Huggins said the stricter enforcement of fouls, coupled with the Mountaineers’ rebounding troubles have contributed to the team’s struggles.

“Probably the biggest thing is we haven’t rebounded it as well as we’ve rebounded it in the past, so we give people second chances,” Huggins said.

“Nobody can guard (with) the way the game has kind of changed. It has made it very difficult for everybody. (The NCAA) got what (it) wanted. The scores are much higher. It’s been an adjustment period I think for everybody.”

To Huggins’ point, WVU ranks No. 8 in conference play in rebounding. When a team struggles to rebound, it is going to give up easy second chance opportunities.

The Mountaineers’ rebounding struggles show in their defensive field goal percentage. West Virginia is last in the conference in that category, allowing opponents to shoot 48 percent from the floor in conference play this season.

The Mountaineers come into Saturday’s matchup with a 4-4 record in the Big 12. With its next two games being at home, West Virginia has an opportunity to climb the conference standings and separate itself from the back of the pack in the league.

Kansas State broke its two-game losing streak

West Virginia still searching for consistent offensive production

that knocked it out of the top 25 with a 66-58 win at home against Texas Tech Tuesday.

Senior guard Will Spradling scored a season-high 17 points and helped his team earn a much needed win.

The polar opposite of West Virginia, the Wildcats have been winning with defense this season. Kansas State is No. 1 in scoring defense in conference play, giving up an average of just 66.5 points a game.

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Inconsistent shooting has troubled the West Virginia basketball team in the 201314 season. Bob Huggins’ Mountaineers went through a slump prior to their Jan. 22 win over Texas Tech.

Prior to that game, WVU dropped three consecutive games. During that losing streak, West Virginia shot less than 38 percent from the field, while its two top shooters struggled to find the bottom of the net. Eron Harris missed all seven of his 3-point attempts against Texas and Terry Henderson missed his last seven 3-point attempts.

“That’s the problem (with) relying on jump shots, but we don’t really have a choice,” Huggins said. “Just when the ball is on the perimeter, it’s hard for us to score.”

Huggins changed what was necessary to help his team make shots, and the nation’s third most winning active coach pulled another shooter off the bench.

Freshman Nathan Adrian only averaged 12 minutes a game during the last three games, but Huggins said he felt since Adrian was shooting the ball better in practice, he could help the team turn around its shooting woes in game.

“I thought that Nate (Adrian) would make some

Tech, Kansas State kept the Red Raiders offense on its heels all game. Texas Tech shot just 33.9 percent from the field in the game and never got into much of a rhythm.

When West Virginia has had success this season, it has been when its top shooters have been able to get into the flow of the game. That could be a problem for the Mountaineers against the stingy Wildcat defense.

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Juwan Staten cuts to the basket against Texas Tech Jan. 22. shots, because he’s worked at it. When I come in, he’s been in there shooting the ball. He’s been doing the things I told him to do,” Huggins said. “We played Nate and he made some shots.

When you can play Nate at the four, which we did, they have to guard him. That spreads things and opens up the floor.”

Adrian scored 10 points in WVU’s victory over Texas Tech that night, while hitting three shots from 3-point range.

In the games against Texas Tech and Baylor, Adrian and Remi Dibo forced defenders to respect them, leaving Henderson, Harris and Juwan Staten in one-on-one matchups. The smaller line up leaves a gaping hole in the

post, which gives those three players the ability to drive the lane.

WVU finished the game against Tech with 24 points in the paint during the second half. That helped the Mountaineers shoot an outstanding 69.2 percent during the second half. It’s simple, but closer shots have a higher percentage of going in.

Then against Baylor, Staten was able to clear the lane, drive and hit a game-winning layup because defenders had to stay honest against WVU’s perimeter shooters.

The Mountaineers look to continue to become more efficient offensively Saturday against Kansas State. greg.madia@mail.wvu.edu

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