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WVU appoints director of Greek life by caity coyne city editor @caitycoyne

West Virginia University has appointed Roy W. Baker to fill the new position of director of Greek life, as well as to serve as an associate dean of students starting on Oct. 30, according to a press release from University Relations.

Baker has experience serving as the director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and associate director of HUB-Robeson

Student Union and Student Activities at Pennsylvania State University, the press release read.

“Dr. Baker has a track record of success that he will be bringing to WVU,” said Dean of Students Corey Farris, in the press release, “including setting high standards and holding organizations accountable. And his ability to build relationships with students and alumni is truly outstanding.”

The University launched a nationwide search for the

Director of Greek Life position on June 24, 2015, after President of Student Life Bill Schafer announced several changes he wanted to make within the Greek system this school year, including the addition of the position, at a faculty senate meeting. “...I look forward to working with Dr. Baker and our students,” Schafer said, “to develop a Greek community at WVU that will serve as a national model that others look to for inspiration and guidance.”

The University hired a firm to conduct the search for the director of Greek life, but top candidates were interviewed by a committee of WVU faculty and Greek student leaders when they visited campus earlier this semester.

Baker’s position will become active about a month after formal fall recruitment for both fraternities and sororities. In an earlier interview with The Daily Athenaeum, however, Schafer said he does not believe the performance of who-

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ever would fill the position would be hindered by missing the first few months of school.

“We’ll be able to translate for (him) some of these early semester actions,” Schafer said.

Baker will oversee the new Greek life division of the University and will report to Farris, according to the press release.

In his new position, Baker will be responsible for providing advising for Greek life, training Greek leaders and supporting fra-

ternities and sororities on campus.

Baker will not serve as a disciplinarian, however.

All disciplinary action regarding Greek life will go through the Office of Student Conduct.

“I really want (the Director of Greek Life position) to be more of an advocate and an educator for the Greek system, versus the disciplinarian,” Schafer said in an earlier interview with The DA. “This last year was a

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WVU hosts the revival of Tent City, receives some negative feedback

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Tyler Cook, a junior multidisciplinary studies student, sets up his Xbox and TV outside his tent located in Tent City on the Mountainlair Green Monday afternoon.

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President E. Gordon Gee addresses his audience at his State of the University speech on Monday afternoon.

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President E. Gordon Gee talks culture change, state issues and student life

By Jordan Miller Correspondent @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University community members gathered Monday afternoon at the Erickson Alumni Center to hear President E. Gordon Gee deliver the State of the University Address.

Gee spoke about WVU moving forward to change the campus culture, working together to combat state issues and forming plans to positively affect student life.

“We nurture hope in the hearts of our students,” Gee said. “We open doors of opportunity, and by helping them build a culture that puts learning first, we give them the keys to fulfilling lives.”

In his opening remarks, Gee said the University was moving forward. For the past year, the public has seen the words “Let’s Go” transformed from a sports cheer to a mantra heard in numerous settings around campus.

Gee also spoke of his plans for WVU’s outreach across the entire state of West Virginia and the potential effect the University could have statewide.

“By working together,

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Attendees listen to President E. Gordon Gee giving his State of the University speech inside the Erickson Alumni Center Monday afternoon. the midst of tragedy. we reverse the course land-grant institution.

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The clouds of last week dispersed, and the sun blessed West Virginia University with its presence this week to welcome the second annual Tent City.

Tent City began as a spotaneous event last year. Due to the Mountaineers’ stellar football season, ESPN’s College Game Day decided to travel to WVU for one of its shows.

Excited by the prospect of having their college featured on television, dedicated students set up tents on the Mountainlair Green a week in advance in preparation for College Game Day. More and more students added their tents to the mix, and soon, WVU had a veritable city on the Green. Local businesses took notice and began supplying the students with food and gifts.

Tent City was considered a success by the school, students and the nation. It showed the country that despite the Baylor riots only a few weeks before, WVU students could gather together and celebrate in a peaceful and constructive manner.

The University decided to make Tent City a yearly occurence and took the lead in setting up this year’s event.

Tent City becoming school-run has caused some dissension among the student body.

According to posts on social media apps such as Twitter and Yik Yak, some students feel the event is

cheapened and comes off as forced.

Students argue WVU earned Tent City last year because it was able to bring in College Game Day. Furthermore, some students have expressed that having Tent City lead up to the Homecoming game, which was planned during Fall Break defeats the event’s purpose even more.

“I think it’s going to be less fun because not everyone is into it,” said Allysa Gaither, sophomore speech pathology student. “(Last year), there were so many people here, and they were so hyped for Game Day.” Gaither did express that she was personally excited for this year’s Tent City, however.

Another concern students have expressed is

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“Last year was more of a party. This year may be more strict.”

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Ryan Austin

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the strictness the school may bring to Tent City this year.

“Last year it was more of a party,” said Ryan Austin, sophomore history student. “This year may be more strict.”

Not everyone is against WVU’s sponsorship of the event.

For some students, the fact that the University is

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WVU alumnus to bring Build Group to Morgantown

By Jake Jarvis Staff Writer @dailyathenaeum

Morgantown might not be that comes to mind when imagining a vibrant community of like-minded web and technology enthusiasts, but one man is trying to make a change.

Jesse Heady, a Morgantown native and West Virginia University alumnus, is bringing Build Group to the hills of West Virginia.

“It’s basically a no-dues, no-membership fees, volunteer-only kind of group…” Heady said. “It’s open and free for all.”

Build Group is a nationwide circuit of groups centered in mostly metropolitan areas where computer programmers, web designers and anyone with an interest in the Internet can gather together and connect in a stress-free zone.

Heady first discovered the group when he moved to Atlanta. Other cities like Pittsburgh and Boston already have active groups.

Attendees shouldn’t be concerned with having to sit through long presentations about someone’s new research or upcoming project, Heady said.

Instead, participants are

invited to sit back, grab a beer and talk shop.

“It’s a great way for people to connect and commiserate about what they do,” he said. “But also it’s a non-hostile (environment) and pretty laid-back.”

Morgantown’s first Build Group meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. tonight at 123 Pleasant Street.

“But it might turn out that a bar isn’t the best place for an event like this,” he said. “Especially if we try to bring out younger people.”

With the University just a stone’s throw away, Heady envisions young,

enterprising students coming to the meeting to start networking before eventually searching for jobs.

Heady himself remembers when he was still a student at Morgantown High School where he first became interested in web development.

“I got really interested in how humans can impact computers,” he said.

He was—and still is—excited by how humans and technology interact to create a unique experience.

In fact, that passion has followed Heady and was the fuel he needed to head to Atlanta with his wife

to be a lead performance engineer with Cox Media Group.

Heady now works with web applications and evaluates their interactive usability and comprehension.

“I didn’t know of any other groups like this in North Central West Virginia,” Heady said. “I know many people in the technology sector here in different businesses and in the University.”

Heady is realistic with his goals, though. He realizes the demand in Morgantown for a group like this might be slim.

If a year, or at least several months, pass and the turnout is unsuccessful, the group will be disbanded.

Attendance numbers alone won’t make the group successful in Heady’s eyes. Turnout might be few, but as long as the ones who do show up talk to each other, make connections and deepen their connections, he’ll be happy.

For more information on Morgantown’s Build Group, follow @BG_Morgantown on Twitter. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

WVU students will compete in Southeast Collegiate Soils Contest this weekend

By Hollie Greene staff writer @dailyAthenaeum

Unlike other West Virginia University students, James “Jimmy” Leonard doesn’t learn by sitting in library study rooms or boring classrooms, but rather by exploring soil pits for nine hours a day, four days each week and analyzing the local land.

This weekend, Leonard, vice president of WVU’s Plant and Soil Science Club, will join seven other students as they put their training to the test, compet-

ing in the Southeast Collegiate Soils Contest in Murray, Kentucky.

“I was so, so nervous,” Leonard said, about his first Soils competition. “Once it was over though, there was this big sigh of relief…the whole thing was just completely worth it.”

From Oct. 11-15, Leonard and the Soils Team will face off against schools from eight other states, including Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, for the opportunity to move onto the national competition for a second year.

The contest will consist of

analyzing soil pits and producing information based on structure, texture and color, among other things.

The students’ findings will then be compared and scored against information gathered by local soil scientists.

Last spring, the Soils Team placed second at nationals and sent teammate Adrienne Nottingham on to compete with the USA National Team at an international contest in Gödöllö, Hungary.

Leonard hopes the team’s excitement, positive attitude and confidence will

take them just as far this time around, but even if it doesn’t, he believes the educational advantages will be more than worth it.

Leonard said being up close and working with soil in different parts of the country has benefitted his education greatly, giving him knowledge he could never obtain in a normal classroom setting.

“You learn more in those four or five days of practicing about soils and characterizing soils, morphology and taxonomy than you would studying soil science out of a book for an entire

year,” Leonard said.

Emily Wells, president of the Plant and Soil Science Club, said Leonard’s view is common when it comes to the advantages of the soil competition. She said many members of the team often express that they learn more in the week than in a semester of traditional learning.

Leonard’s experiences meant so much to him that he’s been considering staying at WVU for a bit longer.

“I’ve really been contemplating on maybe (spacing) out my classes,” Leonard said. “That way, I can stick around another year and

go to competition two more times.”

Now a graduate student, Wells is no longer eligible to compete in the competitions. While she’s disappointed to be sitting on the sidelines, she credits her soil competition experiences with helping her prepare for her career.

“I honestly don’t believe I’d feel as prepared for my future career if I hadn’t joined this team,” she said.

To learn more about the Soils Team, visit http://soiljudging.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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United States, 11 Pacific Rim countries reach trade deal WASHINGTON (AP)—Having hammered out an ambitious trade deal with 11 Pacific Rim countries, the Obama administration now faces a potentially tougher task: selling the deal to a skeptical Congress.

The countries reached a contentious trade pact Monday that cuts trade barriers, sets labor and environmental standards and protects multinational corporations’ intellectual property after marathon negotiating sessions in Atlanta through the weekend.

The Trans-Pacific Part-

nership is designed to encourage trade between the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Together, the countries account for 40 percent of world economic output.

“We think it helps define the rules of the road for the Asia-Pacific region,” said U.S. Trade Rep. Michael Froman.

For President Barack Obama, the trade deal is a major victory on a centerpiece of his international

agenda.

Obama has pursued the pact against the objections of many lawmakers in his own Democratic Party and instead forged rare consensus with Republicans.

Trade unions and other critics say the deal will expose American workers to foreign competition and cost jobs. Given the opposition, the pact’s “fate in Congress is at best uncertain,” said Lori Wallach, a leading TPP critic and director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch.

Obama has cast the agree-

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“This partnership levels the playing field for our farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers by eliminating more than 18,000 taxes that various countries put on our products,” Obama said in a statement. “It includes the strongest commitments on labor and the environment of any trade agreement in history, and those commitments are enforceable, unlike in past agreements.”

The president has to wait 90 days before signing the pact, and only then will Congress begin the process of voting on it.

As a result, a vote on the TPP likely will not happen until well into 2016, where it is likely to get ensnarled in the politics of a presidential election year. Congress can only give the deal an up-ordown vote. It can’t amend the agreement.

Many of the tariff reductions and other changes will be phased in over several years, so benefits to the U.S. economy could take time to materialize.

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donating a lot of the proceeds to charity is a big redeeming quality.

“It’s cool how they are donating everything to charity,” Austin said.

Officially partnering with businesses is another selling point for some.

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luding to a shift in student culture at the University.

The new Evansdale Crossing and Agricultural Science Building were also mentioned as signs of progress, as was the launching of the faculty led Humanities Center.

Project 168, the name given to the numerous campus projects and programs meant to institute change and improvement at the University this year, will help students make the most of WVU’s academic culture, due to a revitalized advising system helping students to stay on track for graduation, Gee

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In this Nov. 10, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama, center, speaks during his meeting with leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership countries, in Beijing.

Peter Petri, a professor but the United States. Critof international finance at ics say blocking competition Brandeis University, says from near-copies drives up he doesn’t expect the deal drug prices and makes them to lead to any U.S. job gains. too expensive for people in But he forecasts it will boost poor countries.

U.S. incomes by $77 billion a Drug companies didn’t year, or 0.4 percent, by 2025, get the dozen years they mostly by creating export- wanted; they got about eight oriented jobs that will pay years of protection. more, even as other jobs are Judit Rius Sanjuan, legal policy adviser to Doctors lost.

Another target for oppo- Without Borders, said in nents was drug companies’ a statement that “TPP will efforts to protect some of still go down in history as their products from cheaper the worst trade agreement foreign competition. for access to medicines in U.S. drug makers wanted developing countries, which 12 years of protection from will be forced to change their competitors for biologics - laws to incorporate abusive ultra-expensive medicines intellectual property proproduced in living cells. That tections for pharmaceutical is longer than in any country companies.”

Panhellenic Council and the National Pan-Hellenic Council to oversee the 28 Greek organizations that call WVU home when he officially takes his position on Oct. 30.

“I am excited and honored to have this opportunity to work with students, alumni and staff at West Virginia University to create a fraternity and soror-

ity program that emulates the institution’s mission,” Baker said in the press release. “I want to thank the search committee and staff at WVU who have demonstrated their confidence in my work, and their commitment to the future and support of Greek life at West Virginia University.”

was spontaneous, local stores had to think on their feet. Since the event was planned this year, companies had time to prepare.

Some students view the lack of spontaneity as a benefit.

“I think it would have been cool (to attend),” said Benjamin Norris, sophomore mechanical engineering student. “I just never got around to it.”

Norris went on to say how

he believed this year’s attendance would increase.

“More people will go because they know about it now,” Norris said.

Will this year’s Tent City be another success? Or will the University be too overbearing and squash the fun as some fear? Only time will tell as Tent City continues to grow in its 2015 reign.

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With the help of WVU’s first Dean of Completion, Joe Seiaman, Gee hopes to make the University’s retention rate 90 percent.

The WVU Foundation’s “Dream First” campaign is now working to raise over $50 million to put toward student scholarships in response to last year’s 10 percent tuition increase.

The University is well on their way to reaching that goal, according to Gee. “We must never sacrifice the quality of the institution, instead we must find ways to keep education affordable,” Gee said.

Blake Humphrey, a WVU Student Government Association governor, said Gee proposed “a lot of big ideas” at the Address.

“I think it’s now up to us as stakeholders in the University to execute and to figure out ways to implement strategies of innovation in the University,” Humphrey said.

Associate dean of the Honors College and associate professor of english Ryan Claycomb was happy with Gee’s speech, overall.

“I was really pleased to see (Gee) highlighting the rising profile of WVU students and how that’s really closely connected to being leaders in the state,” Claycomb said.

The address concluded with Gee taking questions from faculty senate members and a few student questions from Twitter.

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Respecting disadvantaged groups Many students from West Virginia likely remember dressing up for their high school’s Spirit Week before their annual homecoming dance and football game. Planning elaborate outfits made for themed days like Decade Day and Character Day was the most exciting week of the year for many.

Though the annual festivities are meant to encourage students to exercise their creativity by making unique costumes to wear to class, St. Albans High School in Kanawha County has come under scrutiny by parents and other West Virginia residents for allowing “Hobo Day” to be a part of its Spirit Week this year. Students were initially encouraged by the school faculty to dress like they were “homeless,” but after a complaint, the school switched the wording of the themed day’s name to “Hobo Day” instead.

Many viewed the Spirit Week theme as offensive

and perpetuating a larger social problem. Instead of taking the opportunity to educate students at the high school about homelessness and its causes, students were encouraged to make a mockery of a disadvantaged group in society.

While it may be easy to emulate the ragged attire of the homeless in jest, it’s a serious problem for both adults and children alike.

In the 2013-14 school year, the number of students in the public school system who reported being homeless across the country was 1.4 million.

In West Virginia, this equated to more than 7,000 students.

According to Home Aid America, homelessness has a number of causes.

Contrary to popular belief, individuals and entire families can be put on the street for reasons extending beyond finances, such as escaping domestic violence situations. Physical disability and mental illness are also two com-

mon causes of homelessness in older adults and veterans, which are other examples of traits people are powerless over.

Given the number of homeless students in West Virginia, it’s highly possible there are currently homeless students at St. Albans High School who would have seen their peers and teachers dress up in ways stereotypically reflective of their situation.

This editorial board believes imitating a disadvantaged group in society for the sake of celebrating spirit is unacceptable.

St. Albans did not use the Spirit Week day as an opportunity to promote education about homelessness, and even if it had, it would have been in poor taste.

In the future, St. Albans should stick to recycled themes like Disney Day instead of insulting entire demographics. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Homelessness affected 7,000 public school students in West Virginia during the 2013-2014 school year.

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Minority literature needed in secondary education kayla mccormick columnist @kayattheda

Lack of minority representation in education is harmful to majority and minority students alike. It is crucial for minority students to find representations of themselves present in literature, and it is equally important for majority students to be taught about minorities alongside texts representative of themselves. I believe the literature studied should be chosen in part to represent the lives and experiences of minority protagonists.

In the 1940s, a test called the “Clark Doll Test” was administered by doctors Kenneth and Mamie Clark to black children. The children were shown a black doll and a white doll and asked to answer assumptive questions about the dolls. When asked which doll was the dumb doll, the black children pointed predominately to the black doll; the same resulted when asked which doll was the ugly doll. An online article regarding the Clark Doll Test stated, “The results of the Clarks’ study were used to prove that school segregation was distorting the minds of young black kids, causing them to internalize stereotypes and racism to the point of making them hate themselves.”

Because of the lack of representation of black beauty icons and blacks in education, black children develop a skewed perception of what they are capable of being. A lack of

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“The Color Purple” is widely regarded as a masterpiece of minority literature. representation in literature causes similar effects.

Why would anyone continue reading if they can’t relate or can’t find representation of themselves in the literature they are required to read? By making white literature the canon, minority texts are othered and marginalized. Furthermore, by teaching white literature as the standard, the concept that white literature is somehow superior to minority literature is perpetuated.

It is not enough to just

include some minority literature in the curriculum.

The presentation of minority texts is imperative to the impact the literature will have on students; students should not be presented with a token minority text, taught solely for the sake of “diversity.”

There should be close to an equal amount of minority and majority literature and these minority selections should not be presented as such.

Similarly to when “Sally, Renaldo and Lashawndra

buy 17 apples” in standardized math test questions, by presenting minority literature as a diversity requirement, the importance of the text is trivialized.

Walter Dean Myers wrote in an article in the New York Times, “Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity.

What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

Where are the future white personnel managers going to get their ideas of people of color? Where are the fu-

ture white loan officers and future white politicians going to get their knowledge of people of color? Where are black children going to get a sense of who they are and what they can be?”

Instead, the minority texts should be presented to students in the same way one would present any valuable text.

It has been argued that literary merit and the pedagogical agenda hold precedence over the inclusion of minority literature

in the classroom curriculum. This is a horribly prejudiced argument in that it assumes minority literature cannot hold the merit of white literature. While I would argue it is the merit of the teacher and not the merit of the literature that is important in a classroom, it is irrelevant. There are plenty of noteworthy minority texts; it is a genre of untapped potential and unappreciated excellence.

Moreover, things like the difference between narrative poems, lyrical poems, free-verse, odes and sonnets can be taught with literature from any source.

Another argument for the exclusion of minority texts is that text-selection should be “differenceblind.” It’s easy for people in the majority to claim to be “difference-blind” when it comes to race—of course it is, as being at the top of the hierarchy allows for that privilege. People of a minority group, however, are constantly reminded of their minority status.

By claiming “differenceblindness,” the minority voice is stolen and further marginalized.

Plainly put, there is no excuse justifying the exclusion of minority texts in classrooms. It is important for the education of our youth to be exposed to representations of both themselves and other cultures in a way that awards both the same amount of merit.

It should be considered a civic responsibility to seek knowledge about not only one’s own history, but the history of the entire human experience. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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SOJA RETURNS TO THE BIG STAGE sojamusic.com

Chelsea Walker A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Morgantown’s Metropolitan Theatre is prepping for a midweek reggae rager as the downtown venue hosts Grammy nominated band SOJA Wednesday night.

With roots in Arlington, Virginia, SOJA’s start officially began in 1997, but the group’s true start arguably began years before that. Just as the band’s ballads bleed with tales of inspiration, the story behind the group’s journey to stardom is just as remarkable.

Meeting for the first time in grade school, SOJA’s future frontman Jacob Hemphill and soon-to-be bassist Bobby Lee Jefferson have had a long and well-established friendship. In middle school, the two met Ryan Berty, Ken Brownell and Patrick O’Shea. Playing at countless talent shows throughout middle and high school, the five-man group began the transition from your average adolescent band into something of more substance.

In 1997, alongside the group of five friends, members Hellman Escorcia, Rafael Rodriguez and Trevor Young formed SOJA. In 2000, the group released its self-titled EP, “SOJA.” The eight-man ensemble generates a sound that pulls

from genres such as reggae, rock, hip-hop, go-go and even Latin. Mixing an array of different genres, the group also utilizes various instruments, incorporating a trumpet and saxophone with more traditional instruments such as the drums, bass and guitar. The group’s triumphant and empowering lyrics have gained them a massive, international following.

After being positively received after the release of their EP, the group began collecting its impressive and dedicated fan base. Today, the group’s massive following has propelled them to headlining shows in nearly 30 countries while selling more than 200,000 albums.

The group with humble beginnings has also headlined at massive music festivals including Bonnaroo, All Good and Lockn’ Music Festival.

SOJA’s resume also includes touring with popular bands Incubus, 311 and Dave Matthews Band.

SOJA’s most recent album, “Amid the Noise and Hate,” was released in August 2014 and features popular reggae artists Nahko, Collie Buddz, Michael Franti and Damian Marley. The group’s fifth fulllength album stays true to SOJA’s original aesthetic, with laid-back beats and lyrics that Hemphill said tell of the human race relating and con-

necting to itself.

With five albums and a Grammy nomination, the group is now eager to return to Morgantown, where they first found themselves playing at 123 Pleasant Street years ago. SOJA frontman Hemphill said the group is excited to see how Morgantown welcomes their return.

“We’ve just played here so many times as kids, we’re really looking forward to coming back to a place that’s so familiar,” Hemphill said.

SOJA’s appearance at the Metropolitan Theatre is the group’s first show of its fall 2015 tour. Hemphill said the group will bring a mix of old and new tunes to the stage but as always, he said SOJA would bring its usual energy.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve played in Morgantown,” Hemphill said.

“We’ll have to see how large our following there is.

We’ve kind of been doing the same stuff our whole lives and we kind of don’t really switch it up too much, and I think people sort of like that.”

SOJA will take the stage following openers J Boog and Dustin Thomas at 8 p.m. on Oct. 7 at the Morgantown Metropolitan Theatre. For more information, visit http://events.wvu.edu/ concerts. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

SOJA will make its Metropolitan Theatre debut in Morgantown on Wednesday.

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All ears will be pleased this evening as the West Virginia University Wind Symphony holds its first performance of the school year at the Creative Arts Center.

“The wind symphony is the top concert band here at the University,” said Director of Bands and Assistant Dean of the College of Creative Arts John Hendricks. “We offer three different concert groups, and the wind symphony has the premier performers in it. The school of music offers a lot of different ensembles, from the symphony orchestra to the choir to the wind symphony, so we have a lot of different types of groups, but the wind symphony is our top concert band group.”

The concert will include a wide variety of upbeat musical compositions for a total of eight compositions.

The performance will feature “Vandalia” by West Virginia University alumni Matt Jackfert.

In his time at WVU, Jackfert played the euphonium in the wind symphony. He

The WVU Wind Symphony will perfom its first concert of the fall semester tonight in the Creative Arts Center. is currently working as a state of West Virginia,” said child’s battle of her regular composer and radio host Hendricks. “It has a lot of dif- bedtime routine.

“Sacred Harp” by Jay Bowith West Virginia Public ferent folk songs feel to it plus Broadcasting. a very pretty section to repre- cook is based on hymn melStudents will have the op- sent the beauty of the state.” odies from the early Amerportunity to hear Jackfert “Lift-Off” by Roger Zare ican Sacred Harp singing speak in a music composi- is a tribute to the return of traditions. tion class as part of the Col- NASA’s space shuttle flight “Barnum and Bailey’s Falege of Creative Arts Alumni- program after the devas- vorites” by Karl King is a cirin-Residence series, where tating Columbia shuttle cus-style march. It was written in 1913 for the traveling he will give students more disaster.

“Avelynn’s Lullaby” by Joel circus bands. insight behind his original compositions.

Puckett represents the comOther songs include “Toc“The piece, he says, is to poser’s daughter. The com- cata” by Gaspar Cassado, represent his feelings of the position is about his lively “Festival” by Clifton Williams

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and “Scherzo alla Marcia” by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

The ensemble is made up of 47 wind and percussion members. Students are chosen through a competitive audition process and are expected to play at near-professional levels.

The WVU Wind Symphony performs at least four concerts each year, in which they embrace the best classical and contemporary wind literature. The symphony

links much of its success to their exceptional guest conductors and composers.

Not only does the Wind Symphony perform oncampus and at regional concert halls, but it has also performed for multiple distinctive events and at esteemed locations. These events and venues include the 1981 World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Manchester, England,and the 1996 opening concert at the first Atlanta International Band and Orchestra Conference.

In spring 2002, the Wind Symphony visited the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., for a performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of the WVU bands. Finally, in the spring of 2009, they presented at a regional conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance.

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre in the Creative Arts Center. Admission is free for students with a valid WVU ID. For tickets and more information, contact the WVU Box Office at (304) 293-SHOW. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Good vibes and great music: TAUK gets funky at 123 Pleasant St.

TAUK performs last Wednesday night at 123 Pleasant St.

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Matt Jalbert plays guitar during TAUK’s performance.

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TAUK plays songs from its “Collisions” album Wednesday night.

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Stamos plays charming on TV again A history of Broadway LOS ANGELES (AP) — In conversation, John Stamos comes across as entirely at ease in his handsome, agedefying skin.

Who wouldn’t be? But he admits that he longed to slip into something less comfortable on TV, a character distant from the good-natured charmers he’s known for. He thought he’d found it.

“I was auditioning for an Amazon pilot called ‘Cocked,’ as this druggedout guy who inherits a gun company. It was very dark, and I just kept auditioning, and I really wanted it, and I didn’t get it,” he recalled.

His agent had a rebound suggestion. If his goal was to be on TV and entertain viewers, Stamos was advised to do what he does best.

He found the role and the vehicle in Fox’s new comedy “Grandfathered” (8 p.m. EDT Tuesday), cut with couture precision to fit him. Stamos plays a restaurateur and - kinda - content single guy who finds his self-absorbed life upended by the 20-something son he didn’t know he had. Oh, and there’s also a grandbaby.

Stamos, 52, has effectively played against type before, most notably in Broadway revivals “Cabaret” and Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man.” But he says he’s happily accepted his “Grandfathered” fate as swinging Jimmy Martino, suddenly grounded by his past.

“I’m satisfied with being a guy who’s likable and funny and self-deprecating,” Stamos said. “I don’t need to stretch so far, especially in television where you could play a character, hopefully, for years. You want to play something that you enjoy doing for 10, 12, 14 hours a day.”

And if the playboy-out-ofwater evokes “Full House,” the 1980s-plus comedy in which he played a breezily irresponsible guy called on to help raise a family (and which is being revisited with a Netflix sequel), Stamos is unfazed.

“I’m not afraid to lean into what people want to see me do. And I’m not afraid to throw a baby in there if

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Despite trying out for grittier rolls, Stamos has accepted his place as television’s charming man.

I have to. Or throw in some star, and the writer-produc- ergy to his “stress-free” apold friend that I used to be ers he’s collaborating with. proach to life (with a nod to Daniel Chun, the series’ good genes). on another TV show with, if that’s what people want to creator, has an impressive “Sometimes it gets me in see,” he said, the latter a ref- resume that includes “The trouble and sometimes it’s erence to “Full House” alum Simpsons,” ‘’The Office” not the best thing, but I have Bob Saget, a guest star on and “Happy Endings.” Fel- a very youthful attitude to“Grandfathered.” low executive producer Dan ward everything,” he said.

It’s a mechanical ap- Fogelman’s credits include “It’s part of not wanting to proach that’s more typi- the movie “Cars” and TV se- be an adult. I keep going cal than not in TV, but with ries “Galavant.” into adulthood kicking and “Grandfathered” is screaming, I think.” good result here. The wellcast series includes an ap- paired with Fox’s “The Does the bachelor (since pealing Josh Peck (“Drake Grinder,” which also stars his marriage to Rebecca & Josh”) as Gerald, the son a great-looking, 50-some- Romijn ended in 2005) face in need of a dad; the always thing guy, Rob Lowe. The pressure to embrace other welcome Paget Brewster audience showed interest, aspects of grown-up life? (“Community,” ‘’Criminal with each series drawing a Maybe even have real kids, Minds”) as Sara, Gerald’s respectable 5 million view- not just proxy TV ones? mom and the woman who’s ers in last week’s debuts “I end up making my sissure Jimmy isn’t family- against blockbuster com- ter a promise every year, man material; and Christina petitors “NCIS” and “The and it’s been going on for Milian as Vanessa, Gerald’s Voice.” four or five years, that if I baby mama who sees him Besides “Grandfathered,” don’t end up having a baby only as a pal and co-parent. Stamos is resurrecting the in a year that I’ll look into The pilot comedy has character of Jesse Katsopo- adopting one,” said Stamos, the pace, smarts and just lis for “Fuller House,” which a longtime advocate for enough heart to make it ap- he pushed as a producer to Project Cuddle, a child propealing without descending get made. It’s slated for re- tection charity. into either cuteness overkill lease next year.

That vow satisfies your or crassness. That’s thanks While his work ethic is sibling? to Stamos, a hands-on ex- undeniable, Stamos credits “Seems to,” he said. ecutive producer as well as his enduring looks and en- Charmingly, of course.

NEW YORK (AP) — When you read New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel, there’s no mistaking whom the writer is.

He’s snarky and skewering and gleeful. That makes his latest project all the more interesting.

The acid-tongued stage gossip has written a book about Broadway’s history and he’s not opinionated or snarky at all. There’s no Michael Riedel.

“I try to make my columns kind of punchy, light and breezy - bim, boom, rat-a-tat-tat. The old gossip style, I like that. The jangle of the town, the jangle of Broadway,” he said. “But I knew that I couldn’t sustain a 400-page book with that style because it would become incredibly tedious.”

The result is “Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway,” a very entertaining look at how the Great White Way has been shaped over the past century. To write it, the 48-year-old conducted some 70 interviews and read 40 books.

“I never thought about writing a book in my life,” he said. “As a writer, I’m a sprinter. I do 750 words and I go have drinks with my friends. That’s my life.”

Riedel, who by some is feared and even loathed, in person is charming and eloquent. His modest apartment in the West Village reveals a Columbia University history major’s love of books - titles on everything from Hafez Assad to Saki and Willem de Kooning.

To write his history of the Great White Way, he decided to interview all the key players, set scenes and let the story be told through the characters. “I tried to take myself out of it and let them do the talking,” he said.

The book explores the rivalry between the two big theatrical dynasties - the Nederlanders and the Shuberts - as well as the transformation of Broadway from a seedy, scary place to family-friendly tourist trap.

He deals with the devastation wreaked by AIDS, the controversial decision to build the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square,

the creation of key shows like “A Chorus Line” and the British invasion led

by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

His backroom stories are fascinating.

“A lot of writers, certainly people writing their first books, feel this need to impress on every line how smart they are,” said Ben Loehnen, Riedel’s editor at Simon & Schuster. “Not with Michael. There’s not this sense that he’s tripping over himself to impress you.

He is just telling you what he knows.”

While writing, Riedel would lean on three books he admires - Gay Talese’s “The Kingdom and the Power,” David Halberstam’s “The Powers That Be” and Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker.”

“I thought, ‘Well, I’m never going to be the kind of writer those guys are, but I’m going to try to do what they did and the way they let their history unfold - dramatic, compelling and character-driven,’” said Riedel.

“Look, I’m a literary thief, like all writers. And if you’re going to steal, you might as well steal from ones that got the goods.”

He usually typed away cross-legged on his laptop resting on his coffee table, starting work every day in the midafternoon and ending hours later. “I knew when it was working when I would start writing and I had no sense of time,” he said.

Riedel, who is also a cohost of PBS’ “Theater Talk,” has been a fixture on Broadway for more than two decades. He spoke to producers, actors, press agents, union honchos and anyone who had something juicy.

(He said only two people turned him down - mogul David Geffen and former theater critic Frank Rich.)

“As with everything in life, timing - especially for a book like this - is everything. People were still around but enough time had gone by that they could be open and candid,” said Riedel. “It’s probably arrogant to say, but I don’t think anyone could have written this book but me because I was there at the right time.”

Earthquakes, elections and more topics dissected at New Yorker Fest NEW YORK (AP) — One New Yorker writer summed it up best: The New Yorker festival, said Kathryn Schulz, is the “nerd holiday of New York City.”

Schulz was referring to the annual weekend of events that brings out fans of the magazine from all corners of the country, salivating to hear their favorite authors read fiction or their favorite actors discuss their latest film, theater and TV projects. In this 16th year, those notables have included Sigourney Weaver, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeffrey Tambor and Damian Lewis, not to mention music names like Billy Joel and Patti Smith.

(Nearly 20,000 people attended this year, from every state except North Dakota, and from 36 countries - including Latvia, Macedonia and Kuwait.)

But the festival also touches on the more urgent questions of the day, and this year, that included the upcoming presidential election and the earthquake risk in the Pacific Northwest.

A panel on the fault line known as the Cascadia subduction zone, which runs from northern California through Oregon and Washington, was pretty much just

as scary as the much-discussed July New Yorker article about it. It began with a compilation of photos and film clips from the most devastating earthquakes of the last century, ending with a few seconds from the humorously unrealistic movie “San Andreas.” Schulz, who wrote the article and moderated the panel, quipped that the magazine’s famously exacting fact-checkers should have paid better attention.

But the discussion immediately turned serious, with experts explaining how the risk in the subduction zone is more serious than the San Andreas fault, with the potential of an earthquake measuring 8.3 to 9.2 on the Richter scale. Even worse would be the resulting tsunami, and chances of survival in the inundation zone, panelists agreed, were “very, very grim.”

Carmen Merlo, of the Bureau of Emergency Management in Portland, Oregon, outlined how much preparedness work remained to be done, noting it would cost hundreds of billions of dollars to retrofit metropolitan Portland alone - and that none of the city’s bridges were seismically fit.

At least, noted panel-

ist Chris Goldfinger of Oregon State University, plenty of people in Portland own kayaks.

S c hu l z re s p o n d e d : “Tragically, you’re not even joking.”

At another panel, the only earthquakes considered were of a political nature. Specifically, panelists were discussing “The Hillary Question.” While the email controversy clouding Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign was not a major topic of discussion, questions of gender and double standards were.

“When did it become about, ‘Do I want to have dinner with this person?’ asked author Roxane Gay, referring to the “likeability” question. “I don’t want to have dinner with any of the candidates. I have friends.”

One of the most passionate interchanges of the discussion, moderated by writer Jill Lepore, came when an audience member asked whether there was a sense among women “that Hillary is not quite one of the girls one of us.” Gay responded: “That’s nonsense. That’s jealousy. She was the first first lady to have a graduate degree, the first to have a career. We need to look at these women not as ‘not like us,’ but as people we

can aspire to be.”

Clinton also came up in a conversation between Sigourney Weaver and New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane, when Weaver expressed the hope that Clinton would be the next president - and that more women would get into Congress. She also decried what she called the demonizing of Planned Parenthood.

And Clinton came up yet again in the final talk of the weekend, a conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the Broadway hit “Hamilton.” Miranda mentioned that Clinton - who saw the show during its off-Broadway run, along with countless other notables - had thanked him backstage for including a (brief ) mention of founding father John Jay. Clinton told Miranda that she loved Jay because he was a fellow “policy wonk.”

Introducing the Miranda talk, New Yorker editor David Remnick requested of the packed audience: “All I ask is, don’t beg him for tickets to youknow-what.” And a questioner ribbed Miranda about the show’s pricey (and elusive) tickets, saying she had “bankrupted her family” to see the show.

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‘The New Yorker’ is famous for its unique cover art and articles on heady topics.

Moderator Rebecca Mead congratulated Miranda, who last week was announced as a winner of the MacArthur “genius” grant, for now being “officially a genius.” Miranda explained that he almost

didn’t get the call with the good news because he kept sending it to voice mail, convinced it was the cable company he had just dumped. Finally he picked up the call. “I was ready for a fight,” he said.

‘Britney Bill’ for tax breaks on Atlantic City shows advances in New Jersey ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A measure dubbed the “Britney bill” that would exempt stars who play at least four nights in Atlantic City from having to pay state income taxes on all shows in New Jersey that year is a step closer to becoming law.

The measure is the latest of many efforts to help the struggling seaside resort. It got its moniker because it encourages the sort of multinight engagements that Britney Spears, Celine Dion,

Motley Crue and other artists have done in Las Vegas.

It was approved Monday by a state Senate committee.

But a liberal think tank derided it as a “silly” waste of money.

It’s sponsored by Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean and Senate Democrat James Whelan, who view it as a way to attract extended stands for A-list stars.

“There is tremendous value in the ability to consistently draw world-class en-

tertainment here, especially considering widely successful A-lister residencies in Las Vegas, where there’s no state income tax,” Kean said.

“The more than 50,000 fans who paid to see A-list performer Maroon 5 in August gives a glimpse of how Atlantic City can transform into a premier entertainment destination, drawing tourists from the most densely populated Northeast Corridor, two of America’s largest cities that are each less than two

hours away, and from around the world via nearby international airports.”

The bill would exempt artists from state taxes not only on their Atlantic City performance but also on shows at New Jersey venues including arenas in Camden, Trenton, Holmdel and Newark.

Just who is an A-lister - and qualifies for the tax breaks may require a delicate touch.

New Jersey’s secretary of state would set qualifications for the benefit, taking into ac-

count music and ticket sales along with awards the performer has won.

New Jersey Policy Perspective said the state should fully tax the entertainers and use the money for pressing statewide needs.

“If Katy Perry, who made $135 million last year, played four times in Atlantic City and also did a two-week run of 10 shows at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey would free her from paying state income taxes on any of

the 14 concerts,” the group’s president Gordon MacInnes said. “Wealthy entertainers don’t pick concert venues for their tax rates; they go where they will find an audience. If entertainers want to ‘Do AC,’ New Jersey should tax them and use the revenue for important resources to actually build the state economy, like good schools and efficient transportation networks.”

The bill will probably head next to the Senate budget committee.

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26 Deep voice 29 Mexican seafood entrŽe 35 European peak 36 Delivered from the womb 38 Trix or Kix 39 Rubber roller 41 Puccini title soprano whose name is an anagram of the ends of the four longest puzzle answers 43 Designer Schiaparelli 44 Nevertheless 46 Geological timespans 48 Put a match to 49 Protective botanical layers 51 Uneven, as a leaf’s edge 53 Everything 54 “Gone With the Wind” plantation 56 When the cock crows 61 Gospel writer enshrined in a Venice basilica 65 To no __: fruitlessly 66 Foppish neckwear 68 Esther of “Good Times” 69 Bendable joint 70 Lake on New York’s western border 71 140-characters-or-less message 72 Like much cheese and wine 73 Scream Down 1 Submit one’s taxes 2 “You said it!”

3 Inane 4 Crowd scene actors 5 Mouthwash brand 6 Significant time 7 Speak effusively 8 Early Mexicans 9 At the movies, perhaps 10 ‘90s candidate H. __ Perot 11 Attend

12 “Yeah, sure” 13 Soft ball maker 18 Chocolate substitute 22 Waste receptacle 24 Dr. J hairstyle 26 Motel in a Hitchcock classic 27 Energetic 28 Shopping frenzy 30 Map in a map 31 “__ you coming?”

32 String quartet member 33 Fertile desert spot 34 Pool table slab 37 “Becket” star Peter 40 Come to a close 42 Price 45 Miss in the game of Clue 47 Mattress choice 50 49th state 52 Jazz pianist Lewis 55 Showed curiosity 56 Blowgun projectile 57 Swear to be true

58 Third-oldest U.S. university 59 Irascibility 60 Mattress choice 62 Good-sized backyard 63 Churn up 64 “Power Hits” series record label 67 Robert E. __

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Hold on to your money. Let others help over the next two days. Consult a good strategist. Consider upcoming choices. Build strength through meditation. Make connections and promises. Friends open new possibilities. Send press releases later.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HH The pace quickens. Focus on your work today and tomorrow. Expect some chaos, and even a change at the top. Challenge authority to get to the truth.

Heed the voice of experience. Get the family to help.

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A peaceful phase recharges before an autumn work surge. Rediscover love.

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Dolphins fire Philbin four games into season MIAMI (AP) — New Miami Dolphins coach Dan Campbell believes his underachieving team needs to show more aggressiveness that stops just short of dirty play, and he looks forward to breaking up a few fights in practice.

Joe Philbin he’s not - which was the motive for the Dolphins’ coaching change Monday.

Owner Stephen Ross fired Philbin four games into his fourth season, and one day after a flop on an international stage helped seal his fate.

Tight ends coach Campbell was promoted to interim coach. His only coaching experience is with the Dolphins, who hired him as an intern in 2010, but the former NFL tight end was poised as well as passionate during a 25-minute introductory news conference.

“I’m not here just to finish the season up,” Campbell said. “That’s not my plan. We’re coming here to win games. It’s still early. We have time to turn everything around. But we can’t wait.”

The Dolphins (1-3) lost their third game in a row Sunday with their fourth consecutive lackluster performance, a 27-14 loss to the archrival New York Jets in London.

Midseason head coaching changes are unusual in the NFL, but a year ago the Raiders’ Dennis Allen was fired following Week 4 after losing - to the Dolphins in London.

In this case, few will accuse Ross of impatience.

He ignored calls to fire Philbin in December after the team faded to finish 8-8 for a second successive season.

Doubts only grew this season regarding Philbin’s inability to motivate players with his passive demeanor.

Campbell, who lists Sean Payton and Bill Parcells as mentors, said he respected Philbin but wants to change the culture.

“My vision is a bunch of hard-nosed guys that go out every day for practice and are ultra-competitive,” Campbell said. “These are guys that are scratching and clawing, very intense, very heated, and on Sunday it’s that same team.

“We are going to play by the rules, but we’re going to be much more aggressive.

There’s always that line: ‘This is OK to do, and this is dirty.’

I’m not saying we want dirty players, but we’re going to walk that line. I don’t want us

playing on our heels. I want us playing on our toes.”

Campbell said he wasn’t ready to make any decisions regarding possible changes in the rest of the coaching staff, which includes embattled defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle. Miami has a bye this week and next plays at Tennessee on Oct. 18.

The Dolphins have started poorly in every game and have been outscored 37-3 in the first quarter. They rank last in the AFC in rushing and offensive points per game, and last in the NFL in sacks and run defense despite the offseason addition of $114 million tackle Ndamukong Suh. Lack of talent isn’t the problem, Campbell said.

“This is my sixth season with the Miami Dolphins, and this is the most talented roster we have had in those six years,” Campbell said. “We have plenty of talent. I feel there’s a lot more we can get out of these guys.”

Campbell becomes the eighth coach since 2004 for the Dolphins, who haven’t won a playoff game since 2000.

Philbin, who was hired as a first-time head coach in 2012, went 24-28. He failed to reach the playoffs or even finish above .500, and his job has been in jeopardy since a rocky 2013 season that included a bullying scandal.

But even after this year’s dismal start, Ross said, the decision to fire Philbin was difficult.

“I don’t believe we were performing at the potential we have,” he said. “I felt this was the time to make this decision. I haven’t seen a lot of improvement. I see the same old, same old.

“My goal is still to make the playoffs. I felt this was the best opportunity we have - to pick Dan Campbell as our head coach.”

Philbin issued a statement thanking Ross, his players and his assistant coaches.

“It is my hope that the 2015 Miami Dolphins achieve great success both on and off the field,” he said.

Campbell said the prospect of replacing Philbin and becoming an NFL head coach was “a little surreal,” but he expects to retain the job beyond his interim stint.

“It’s a little bit of, ‘Whoa, what are you getting into?’

But I’m ready for this. I can do this.”

Nationals fire Williams after only two seasons WASHINGTON (AP) — In describing what he will look for in a manager to replace Matt Williams, Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo might have been pointing out exactly what he felt went wrong with the man he hired two years ago and fired Monday.

“Leadership qualities, knowledge of the game, X’s and O’s are all important. Communication in the clubhouse, communication within the coaching staff, is vital,” Rizzo said during a telephone conference call. “Experience is always helpful. It always adds a layer of expertise to anybody’s resume. We feel that where we’re at in our timetable of winning a championship, we certainly would lean toward someone that has some type of managerial experience, especially at the major league level.”

Williams, of course, did not, but he had a history with Rizzo. And while Williams was voted NL Manager of the Year for his rookie season in 2014, he is now out of a job because the Nationals failed to make the playoffs after entering the season with World Series aspirations.

Rizzo delivered the news to Williams in the Nationals Park manager’s office the morning after Washington finished the regular season barely above .500 at 83-79, seven games behind the New York Mets in the NL East.

“This entire season was a disappointment,” Rizzo said. “It was not our best year. It wasn’t Matt’s best year. It wasn’t my best year. As an organization, it wasn’t our best year.”

In February, the Nationals exercised Williams’

2016 contract option. But he presided over a 2015 season filled with defeats, discord and a dugout dustup between NL MVP front-runner Bryce Harper and teammate Jonathan Papelbon during a game the day after the team was eliminated from playoff contention.

Williams said he had no idea of the extent of the skirmish until much later in the day. Even though he was, of course, in the dugout at the time, Williams said he hadn’t been aware of exactly what happened - including that Papelbon grabbed Harper by the throat. None of his players or coaches told him about it right away, and he said he hadn’t asked to know more.

“Not one single incident was the tipping point of making a decision with Matt Williams,” Rizzo said.

The Nationals also said they will not renew the contracts of the seven members of Williams’ staff: bench coach Randy Knorr, pitching coach Steve McCatty, hitting coach Rick Schu, third base coach Bobby Henley, first base coach Tony Tarasco, bullpen coach Matt LeCroy, and defensive coordinator Mark Weidemaier.

Knorr, a candidate for manager when Williams was hired, could be considered for that post again, Rizzo said.

“We’re going to bring in a group of people with diverse backgrounds, diverse experiences and diverse skill sets. And I think that’s something we did not do last time,” Rizzo said. “Last time we brought in managing candidates with little or no managerial experience.”

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Advanced stats suggest WVU still one of nation’s best

sudden your senior year you’re an all-conference player. That’s hopefully what I foresee for Max,” Covich said.

Sear looks to continue his freshman season this week at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate in Raleigh, North Carolina, with the rest of the Mountaineers.

“I’m just really excited for some great competition throughout the whole season,” Sear said.

“I’m hoping to gain some experience and some knowledge being able to play against some of these great college players and will be looking forward to it forcing me to raise my game up to a higher level.”

Saturday’s 44-24 defeat

by Oklahoma is a loss that certainly stings for the West Virginia Mountaineers. It can be easy to get down on the team after such a game – West Virginia gave themselves a chance to take a big leap toward the top of the Big 12 Conference but squandered the opportunity with five brutal turnovers and several key defensive breakdowns.

But all is not lost. This football team is not as good as their complete dominance of a shaky nonconference schedule might have suggested to some, but they’re not nearly as bad as they may have appeared while they stumbled down the stretch in Norman.

In fact, some advanced statistics still suggest, even after the Oklahoma loss, that the Mountaineers are one of the better teams in the nation. According to Football Outsiders’ S&P+ metric, which disregards preseason rankings and judges teams on efficiency, explosiveness, field position and finishing drives, the Mountaineers are the seventh-best team in the country.

By comparison, Oklahoma, while ranked No. 10 in the most recent Associated Press national poll, is the second-best team in the country according to S&P+.

Out of West Virginia’s upcoming opponents, Oklahoma State is 54th, Baylor is 44th and TCU is 41st.

It’s rather surprising to see West Virginia, currently unranked and coming off a disappointing 20-point road loss, ranked so far ahead of TCU and Baylor, both of whom sit in the AP’s top three. It’s important to note that West Virginia was actually third in the nation before the Oklahoma loss according to S&P+, behind only Alabama and Florida State.

But when you look at it closely, you can see why the Mountaineers are there.

Turnovers put the Mountaineer defense in some very difficult positions on Saturday – against one of the most talented and explosive offenses in the nation, to boot – but they’ve created big plays of their own and field an extremely talented corps of linebackers and defensive backs.

Star safety Karl Joseph is one of the best defensive players you’ll find in the collegiate ranks and tied for first place in the country with his five interceptions.

On offense, quarterback Skyler Howard is still 11th in the country in passing efficiency, despite his five-turnover day in Norman. If you want to talk a little bit more about efficiency, both of West Virginia’s featured running backs, Wendell Smallwood and Rushel Shell, are averaging over four yards per carry – Smallwood’s average sits at an excellent 6.3 yards per rush, good for 30th-best in the country.

Sophomore wide receiver Shelton Gibson has also broken out as a star target, and his 24.3 yards per catch are fourth-best amongst all Division I receivers. He’s racked up 364 yards and four touchdowns on just 15 receptions.

It’s plainly evident that the Mountaineers didn’t live up to their potential on Saturday, but this is still a team that has a lot to like.

Certainly, recent history would suggest that they have enough to at least give Oklahoma State, Baylor and TCU very tough days at the office. If the Mountaineers are going to break back into the Big 12 contender conversation, they’re going to have to.

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Oklahoma’s Jordan Thomas deflects away a pass intended for WVU’s Shelton Gibson in Saturday’s game in Norman.

Loss in Oklahoma exposes some of WVU’s weaknesses

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SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia felt prepared for its conference opener against Oklahoma over the weekend but looked a bit lost at times when push came to shove.

Their 44-24 loss was a shock to some who felt the Mountaineers would challenge the then-No. 15 Sooners and take the game to the final seconds.

Despite a slow start, WVU took the Sooners into the final quarter but couldn’t hang on.

Attempting to point fingers won’t work this week because it was a team loss that cost WVU its unbeaten streak, but head coach Dana Holgorsen took all the blame in his postgame press

conference.

“I didn’t think we played very well in the first half. That’s on me, I didn’t have the guys ready to go,” Holgorsen said.

“I commend our players for getting out there in the second half and playing. We had a great third quarter, but it comes down to their defense was better than me.”

The first problem was the Mountaineers’ offensive line.

The unit of Yodny Cajuste, Adam Pankey, Tyler Orlosky, Kyle Bosch and Marquis Lucas allowed seven sacks during the game. That number was far too high for any coach in football.

“It’s tough. They have guys who can rush the edge, and then when you get time they have guys in

coverage,” Holgorsen said.

“They’re a good defense.”

Quarterback Skyler Howard completed just above 50 percent of his passes for 173 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions.

Those numbers aren’t horrendous, with the exception of his picks, but it’s largely due to the protection he received. Howard isn’t completely free of all blame, as he overthrew or flat out missed his receivers on several occasions.

The second issue was the Mountaineers’ turnover margin.

Entering the game, WVU had an FBS-leading plus-nine in turnover margin, mostly due to safety Karl Joseph’s nation-leading four interceptions. Against Okla-

homa, WVU forced two turnovers, including another pick for Joseph but turned the ball over five times, which is too much for a team trying to beat one of the top 15 teams in the nation.

The final issue was an underperforming defense.

West Virginia had the best defense in the country entering week five, statistically speaking.

It had only allowed 7.7 points per game but did so against Georgia Southern, a transitional FBS team; Liberty; an FCS team, and Maryland, who, despite being in the Big Ten ,is a very average football team.

WVU now enters the toughest portion of its schedule, playing No. 21 Oklahoma State at home before traveling to No. 3

Baylor and No. 2 TCU in back-to-back games. How the Mountaineers played against Oklahoma certainly won’t cut it against some of the Big 12; and nation’s top talent.

Facing off against quarterbacks Mason Rudolph, Seth Russell and Trevone Boykin would be a nightmare for most defenses.

Each quarterback ranks in the top 25 in passing yards, touchdowns and passing efficiency in the FBS. Boykin ranks in the top five in each.

The Mountaineers’ highly touted defense will have to find a way to prove it’s for real in the coming weeks or it could concede a high number of points to these high-powered offenses. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Covich high on potential of freshman Sear

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia men’s golf head coach Sean Covich is hard at work trying to build a collegiate program from scratch. A key component to a successful program is the ability to develop players who come into the program.

One Mountaineer golfer who’s already showing early signs of what’s to come in the future is freshman Max Sear.

Covich has high hopes for the Ontario, Canada native and sees the potential Sear has on the golf course. Golf is a game that requires patience, the ability to put your mis-

takes behind you and take things one shot at a time.

“Not only is his game on a good upward trajectory, but his drive and his work ethic is really good.

He’s also starting to show signs of being a leader, and he’s only a freshman.

That’s what I’m really excited about,” Covich said.

“He’s not overwhelmed and he embraces the challenges and competition that come his way. That’s the stuff that I like. Sure he’s talented, but it’s those intangibles that he offers that are what I’m looking for out of him.”

Sear is the only Mountaineer golfer who has played in every tournament the team has participated in this season,

finishing tied for 16th at Turning Stone, tied for 63rd at the Marshall Invitational and tied for 35th at Shoal Creek.

“He’s getting all this experience right now. He’s the only one that has qualified for and played in every tournament so far,” Covich said. “He’s just playing tournaments now and just slowly building up that consistency that will make him successful.

It’s a big advantage, getting to play so much as a freshman.”

When talking about Sear, Covich likens what he can do to what PGA Tour professional Graeme McDowell did when he played collegiate golf at UAB. A native of North-

ern Ireland, McDowell has won 13 times on the PGA Tour, including winning the PGA Championship in 2010.

“By comparison, you look at PGA pro Graeme McDowell and the path that he put himself on when he was at UAB,” Covich said. “As a freshman he averaged a 74, his sophomore year it was 72 and by his senior year he’s averaging 69, so that’s the trajectory that we want to see young guys like Max on.

“Establish yourself as a freshman, get some experience and throughout your college career you can slowly knock one or two shots off your score each year, and all of

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West Virginia’s men’s soccer team celebrates a goal earlier this season against San Francisco.

Stephenson’s emergence adds to strong WVU attack

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

In the span of two games, WVU freshman Tucker Stephenson has transformed into a star player.

Stephenson registered a total of zero goals through the first seven games but has since scored in both of the last two matches and helped carry the Mountaineers to a two-game winning streak, their first of the season.

Last week’s header in a 1-0 victory over UNC

Greensboro earned him Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors, the first award for any WVU player this year.

“It was a great honor,” Stephenson said. “It really was all to my teammates.

It was a great play building up. We worked on it in practice, and Jamie (Merriam) got the ball wide to Joe (Piatczyc) and just found me in the box.”

With nine games complete, Stephenson is currently fourth on the team in points (six) and third in assists (three). His recent

emergence as a scoring threat will likely pay major dividends, especially with the Mid-American Conference opener looming on Friday night against a 6-1-2 Western Michigan squad.

If the last few matches are any indication, Stephenson’s array of abilities on the field will loom large in a frontline that features some of the MAC’s most talented athletes. Sophomore Joey Piatczyc is the nation’s assists leader, and Ryan Cain and Jamie Merriam’s 18 combined points have been complemented

by 39 total shots.

True freshman Rushawn Larmond also tags alongside Stephenson in the potent 2019 class, tallying two goals and scoring on both of his shots on goal. Larmond’s four points are tied with Jack Elliott for sixth on the team.

“Tucker has a special quality about what he does and how he plays, as do guys like Rushawn (Larmond),” said head coach Marlon LeBlanc. “They’ve got these flash moments where you see how good they’re going to be.”

With two straight victories aided tremendously

by Stephenson’s brilliance on the field, it’s been the team’s best run of the season. Jamie Merriam’s goal in the 3-2 win against St. Francis helped tell the tale, becoming an Internet sensation with his top 10-worthy highlight reel.

WVU’s 16 total shots resulted in a trio of goals in the most challenging weather conditions the Mountaineers have faced so far this season, displaying the offense’s vast amount of scoring potential versus a stingy

St. Francis defense.

In the four victories, WVU has averaged four goals per game and outscored opponents 16-4.

Seven different players have scored in those contests, including two-score efforts from seniors Ryan Cain and Jamie Merriam in the team’s two six-goal spurts this season.

“We’re a difficult team to beat when we’re clicking on all cylinders,” LeBlanc said.

“Hopefully we can get on a bit of a roll here.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Yanks’ Sabathia to enter rehab, miss postseason NEW YORK (AP) — CC Sabathia is checking into an alcohol rehab center and will miss the postseason, a setback to the Yankees pitching staff the day before the team’s opening playoff game.

The team issued a statement from the pitcher Monday, with New York awaiting the Houston Astros on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium in the AL wild-card game. Sabathia, the 2007 AL Young Award winner, said he took the step to receive the care he needs and become the kind of person “I can be proud of.”

“I love baseball and I love my teammates like brothers, and I am also fully aware that I am leaving at a time when we should all be coming together for one last push toward the World Series,” the 35-year-old left-hander said. “It hurts me deeply to do this now, but I owe it to myself and to my family to get myself right. I want to take control of my disease, and I want to be a better man, father and player.”

Sabathia informed man-

ager Joe Girardi on Sunday in Baltimore, where the Yankees finished the regular season.

“The first thing he said is, ‘I need help,’” Girardi said.

“I was shocked.”

Sabathia is 214-129 in 15 major league seasons and was 6-10 with a 4.73 ERA this year, slowed by his surgically repaired right knee. After returning from the disabled list and using a tighter brace, the 300-pound-plus pitcher was 2-1 with a 2.17 ERA in his last five starts and got the win against Boston last week that clinched the Yankees’ return to the postseason following a rare twoyear absence, “As difficult as this decision is to share publicly, I don’t want to run and hide,” Sabathia said. “Being an adult means being accountable. Being a baseball player means that others look up to you. I want my kids - and others who may have become fans of mine over the years - to know that I am not too big of a man to ask for help. I want to hold my head up

New York’s CC Sabathia reacts during an unsuccessful outing last season. high, have a full heart and few days later. “Made a bad be the type of person again decision. Sometimes these that I can be proud of. And things happen,” he said. that’s exactly what I am goThe Yankees’ staff struggled in September, with ing to do.”

In mid-August, TMZ Masahiro Tanaka’s hamposted video of Sabathia string injury and ineffective getting into a confronta- outings by Michael Pineda tion with hecklers outside and Ivan Nova. If the Yana nightclub in Toronto. kees beat the Astros, rookie “I just flipped out, you Luis Severino, Pineda, Nova know. I could have handled and Tanaka could be their it better,” Sabathia said a starters in the AL Division

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Series against Kansas City.

Sabathia likely would have gotten a start.

“The fact that it’s occurred and this is something we are dealing with the day before our playoffs start makes me that much even more impressed with the courage that it’s taken,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. “He could’ve come up with a lot

of different things to hide whatever he is dealing with right now.”

Known for his positive demeanor, charitable work and love of Cap’n Crunch cereal, Sabathia was a firstround draft pick by Cleveland in 1998 and made his big league debut three years later. Convinced they could not afford to re-sign him, the Indians traded him to Milwaukee during the 2008 season, and he helped the Brewers reach the playoffs.

Sabathia signed a $161 million, seven-year contract with the Yankees before the 2009 season and helped New York win the World Series during his first season in the Bronx. Rather than exercise his right to terminate the contract after the 2011 season, he agreed to a new deal - a $25 million guaranteed salary for 2016 and a $25 million team option for 2017 with a $5 million buyout.

“I am looking forward to being out on the field with my team next season playing the game that brings me so much happiness,” Sabathia said.

Big 12: Texas players pointing fingers after 1-4 start

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Texas coach Charlie Strong during last weekend’s game with TCU.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Charlie Strong spent nearly a half-hour Monday insisting his team was unified and would rebound from a 1-4 start.

Within minutes after he left the podium, Strong’s players put those promises to the test, publicly exposing a rift between some of the team’s veterans and a talented group of freshmen that have forced their way onto the depth chart with scant success on the field.

“People need to grow up and take things more seriously. A lot of people aren’t preparing,” said junior safety Dylan Haines, a former walkon who earned a scholarship last season. “They just want to go out and play the game on Saturday. They don’t want to put in the work on (the other days).”

Freshman defensive end Charles Omenihu apparently didn’t like this kind of chatter and swiftly responded on Twitter.

“Lol,” said a tweet from

Omenihu’s account, which seconds later added, “People get in front of the cameras and just talk they heads off.

Always remember think before you speak.”

A school spokesman confirmed the account belongs to Omenihu. The second tweet was quickly deleted, but not before the divide in the locker room had taken over the day from Strong’s message of unity ahead in Saturday’s showdown with No. 10 Oklahoma (4-0, 1-0 Big 12), a game that has taken on even more urgency with Texas off to its worst start in nearly 60 years.

Strong is 7-11 in his second season and the Longhorns have lost six of their last seven games dating to last season.

Several older players tried to diminish talk of a split locker room, but even they ended up reinforcing the message that some of their teammates haven’t been putting in the work need to succeed.

“Sometimes people have

to suck it up and understand where it’s coming from,” junior defensive tackle Hassan Ridgeway said.

None of the older players identified any teammates and no freshmen came to the media availability. The Longhorns had 13 freshmen in the two-deep lineup for last week’s 50-7 loss at TCU, including starting quarterback Jerrod Heard and six linebackers and defensive backs.

The Longhorns were already dealing with the embarrassment of freshman defensive back Kris Boyd tweeting from the locker room during halftime of Saturday’s blowout loss. He retweeted what amounted to an invitation from an apparent supporter of Texas A&M, a rival the Longhorns don’t play anymore. The tweet read, “Whenever ya’ll (sic) are ready to transfer ... we’re ready. #Gig’em.” Boyd later said he apologized and insisted he is “100 percent committed” to the Longhorns.

Two days later, his team-

mates clearly were still bothered by the episode.

“Everyone felt disrespected ... He didn’t think anything was wrong with it,” senior defensive back Duke Thomas said. “I told him you can’t do that here. It’s not the same thing as (in high school).”

Thomas refused the call the locker room divided, but said there “may be a little disconnect with the way (the freshmen) feel they need to play.”

The freshmen have read and heard on social media they are the best players in the program, but they need to learn how to earn playing time and victories, Thomas said.

“They’re hungry. They feel like they are the future,” Thomas said.

Freshman DeAndre McNeal’s Twitter account later posted a message that said “us ‘FRESHMAN’ are go getters ... we are here to pull Texas out of the drought so you so can either get with it or get lost.”