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“It’s good to get a win, first of all. No win is easy. To put up (69) points, that obviously means we’re heading in the right direction, and we’ve improved a lot.” – Senior quarterback Geno Smith

Bell ringing remembers

studentsBy ShelBy ToompaS

Correspondent

Families, friends and members of the com-munity gathered outside Oglebay Plaza Fri-day to honor West Virginia University students who passed away this summer.

West Virginia University’s Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity and the Office of Student Life remembered nine students who lost their lives.

Travis Day, a brother of Alpha Phi Omega and chair of the bell-ringing memorial, said the ceremony is held the Friday following a student’s death at noon.

“It’s important to have this ceremony be-cause it shows that we are family-orientated and that we’re able to go the extra mile to show we care about our students,” Day said.

Tom Sloane, senior associate dean of Stu-dent Life, said the purpose of the bell ring-ing ceremony is not only to remember the students, but to give the families, friends and WVU faculty an opportunity to express their sympathy and condolences.

Sloane said he finds the bell ringing cere-mony as an opportunity to celebrate the im-pact each student had on the WVU community.

“This is an important tradition, and it’s a student-driven tradition,” Sloane said. “It’s very important to remember those individu-als who made a contribution to WVU and who departed, really, before their time.”

Students honored Friday were Aus-tin Baeza, a sophomore pre-communica-tion studies student from Mooresville, N.C.; Brian Brick, a graduate student in business administration from Romney, W.Va.; Ryan Cranford, an incoming engineering student

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‘gets physical’By Terri parleTT

Copy editor

Everyone knows about the West Virginia University football team’s victory over Mar-shall’s Thundering Herd Saturday, but later that evening, a different Morgantown team celebrated a victory.

The Morgantown Roller Vixens beat West-moreland’s WestCo Roller Derby Saturday night at the Mylan Park Expo Center. The 202-34 win was definitive, but attitudes remained positive on all sides.

“We all respect each other,” said Natalie Beniconza, also known as “Shock Ti,” of the Morgantown Roller Vixens. “Of course, every-body wants to win, but after it’s over, you’ll not see booing of the other girls or other teams. We don’t do that. We’re all about that female empowerment, and we’re all rooting for each other.”

Beniconza said she joined roller derby in an effort to keep fit. In April 2010, she said she found this and a sense of community in the Roller Vixens.

“I was just looking for a sport to play with other women –just something to do with ex-tra time, just something that would keep me

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University selects ‘youngest Mountaineer fan’ with photo contestBy ShelBy ToompaS

Correspondent

For the first time, West Virginia Trademark Li-censing and College Col-ors Day teamed up to host a photo contest, seek-ing some of the youngest members of the Mountain-eer Nation.

West Virginia University

participated Friday in Col-lege Colors Day, an event which promotes tradition and spirit in universities across the nation to kick off the football season.

WVU encouraged stu-dents, faculty, staff, alumni and fans in the Morgan-town area to wear gold and blue to support the Moun-taineers as they prepared

for their first game of the season.

Nikki Goodenow, trade-mark licensing coordina-tor, said families were also encouraged to send a pic-ture of their children to be automatically entered in the “Best Dressed Young Mountaineer Fan” photo contest.

“Due to NCAA concerns,

we were looking for photos of kids in eighth grade and younger dressed in their Mountaineer gear on Fri-day,” Goodenow said.

Ninety-nine photos of young Mountaineers were submitted Friday, ranging from toddlers to pre-teens.

“Our winner for this photo contest was Nata-lie Cook, a 3-year-old girl

from Scott Depot, W.Va.,” Goodenow said. “In her photo, she was wearing the official 2012 WVU Fan Shirt.”

Cook’s photo, along with other WVU College Colors Day photos, will be posted on the event’s Facebook page.

Goodenow said she was excited to see Mountaineer

fans’ response to the con-test, and she felt the con-test was a fun way to begin the football season.

“This contest was a fun way to get everyone ex-cited about the football season, and we had a great response,” Goodenow said.

Because the contest was partnered with Col-

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ors Day, WVU Trademark Licensing takes part in Mountaineer Fridays, I love College Hoops and ‘Let’s Go … Scavenger Hunting.’

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paign for Mountaineer fans across the nation in which to participate.

WVU and Nike cre-ated the WVU Fan Shirt in hopes of producing an original shirt that holds pride and passion for ev-ery Mountaineer.

The front of the shirt features the Mountaineer Mascot trademark with the saying, “Keep Climb-ing” and the back resem-bles the Big 12 Conference official logo.

Goodenow said WVU Trademark Licensing hopes to continue protect-ing and managing WVU trademarks and helping to promote the Mountaineer brand to fans.

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from Morgantown; James Fladung, a general stud-ies student from Hamble-ton, W.Va.; Anthony Foulk, an incoming pre-journal-ism student from Alaska; Alhaji Hassan, a former stu-dent in pre-sport manage-ment, from Alexandria, Va.; Murphy Hickerson, a gradu-ate student in rehabilitation counseling from Canons-burg, Pa.; Jonathan Miller, a May graduate in business management from James-town, N.Y., and Christopher Schwer, a graduate student in integrated marketing communications from Sid-ney, Ohio.

Baeza, who was also a member and brother of WVU’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, died Aug. 18 near his hometown. He trans-ferred from WVU to East Carolina University to be closer to his family.

Tim Kim, a senior civil en-

gineering student and TKE brother, was Baeza’s “big brother” in the fraternity.

“Austin (Baeza) was al-ways a ball of joy and could make everyone smile,” Kim said. “I’m glad they ac-knowledged him, because even though many didn’t know Austin, it’s nice to pay your respects to a former WVU student and fraternity member.”

While there is much sad-ness at the University’s bell ringing ceremonies, Sloane said that the ceremony aims to positively celebrate the students’ lives and their im-pact on the community.

“There is usually sadness during this event, but there is also a lot of positive mem-ories that come out as well,” he said.

Alpha Phi Omega began the bell ringing program more than 20 years ago, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy Department, the lo-cal veterans organization and the Division of Student Affairs.

The bell is rung three times after the Woodburn Hall clock strikes noon, and then, a moment of silence follows to remember each student.

“Alpha Phi Omega gives each family member a plaque in remembrance of their loved one.

After each student is remembered and individuals have the oppor-tunity to speak, there is a dinner for the family mem-bers in the Mountainlair,” Sloane said.

“I think that APO de-serves a lot of credit for having taken this over – and continuing and sustaining this program.”

Sloane said the bell ring-ing ceremony is an occasion he hopes will continue in the future of the University.

For more information on bell ringing ceremonies at WVU, visit www.wvutoday.wvu.edu or email tday1@mix.wvu.edu.

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SubmIttedNatalie Cook, a three-year-old from Scott Depot, W.Va., was the winner of the ‘Young Mountaineer Fan’ photo contest.

The Star City Volunteer Fire De-partment responded to a report of a couch fire early Monday morning at the Campus Park at The Ridge apart-ment complex.

Residents of The Ridge confirmed a couch fire at 11:45 p.m. in a parking

lot near the complex on Community Drive.

Shortly after the first fire, the resi-dents confirmed a second fire at the same location.

The Star City Fire Department re-sponded to the second fire and ar-

rived at the scene at approximately 1:30 a.m.

The complex was refurnishing apartments and left old couches and chairs beside a dumpster, which was then used in the fires.

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Labor Day full of parades, speechesTOLedO, Ohio (aP) — Pa-

rades, picnics and politi-cians celebrated the Amer-ican worker on Labor Day, with President Barack Obama seeking votes from Ohio union members and rivals for Senate seats marching in Massachusetts and Virginia.

But for many, Monday’s holiday was a last chance to enjoy a final summer cook-out, roller coaster ride or day at the beach. Or perhaps even a stroll from Michi-gan’s Upper Peninsula to its Lower Peninsula – along the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

Politics was a big part of Labor Day, the time when much of the public usually starts to pay attention to the campaigns.

Terence Glaze, a 47-year-old firefighter, waited to catch a glimpse of Obama’s motorcade at the president’s speech in Toledo, but his two young sons were eager to get to the movies instead.

“It’s a time for the fam-ily to be together and just spend time with one an-other. That’s the most im-portant aspect,” Glaze said.

“But I do also think about

the sacrifices unions have made, as it relates to wages, as it relates to safety issues,” he added.

At his speech to members of the United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers, Obama noted his decision to rescue auto makers Gen-eral Motors and Chrysler in 2009 – a move opposed by his rival, Republican nomi-nee Mitt Romney.

“If America had thrown in the towel like that, GM and Chrysler wouldn’t exist to-day,” Obama said. “The sup-pliers and the distributors that get their business from these companies would have died off, too. Then even Ford could have gone down as well.”

Romney supporter Ken-neth Harbin, a member of the University of Toledo Col-lege Republicans, waved signs for his candidate out-side the rally and scoffed at Obama’s decision to visit the labor stronghold.

“He’s gotta come home and say, ‘Here’s what I did for you. Now here’s what you can do for me,’” Harbin said.

Getting union voters in Ohio to turn out in Novem-ber will be crucial for Demo-

crats. About 650,000 workers in the state – or 13 percent – are union members. The national average is just less than 12 percent.

Union worker Mike Sch-reiner showed up for Tole-do’s annual Labor Day pa-rade because he loves the bands, the school teams and the hot dogs.

“All the kids line up and we throw Frisbees and get the candy out to ‘em. They won’t even have to do any trick or treatin’ this year – they got enough candy,” said Schreiner, 57.

More than 300 people marched in the Charlotte, N.C., Labor Day Parade, an overwhelmingly pro-Obama event a day before Tuesday’s kickoff of the Democratic National Convention.

North Carolina bans col-lective bargaining for teach-ers and other public workers and has the lowest percent-age of union members in the U.S.

Gil Crittendon of the Na-tional Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 305 said he was marching in Charlotte because “it’s important that we stick together and push back.”

apPresident Barack Obama waves to supporters as he walks across the tarmac to greet them in Toledo, Ohio Monday.

fit and keep me young, I guess.”

Nina Francioni, a visiting derby girl who announced the bout, said the roller derby culture drew her in accidentally.

“I was on vacation in Las Vegas, and there were all these girls roller skating on Freemont Street, and I looked at my boyfriend; I was like, ‘What is going on here?’” she said. “They’re on roller skates, they’re tat-tooed rockabilly, punk-rock girls. This totally looks like my kind of scene.” The girls were attending RollerCon, a worldwide roller derby convention.

Francioni, whose derby name is “Pinky Dontcha-dare-o,” has been play-ing roller derby for seven years. She said the great thing about roller derby is its accessibility.

“Anyone can do roller derby. It’s not a particu-lar stereotype. You’ve got your tattooed punk rock-ers; you’ve got your moms,

lawyers, teachers,” she said. “You can be tall, you can be hippy, you can be lit-tle. There’s a place for you in roller derby. It’s just to-tal female empowerment.”

Francioni is a member of the Ohio Valley Roller Girls. She said the Ohio Valley team often volunteers with the Morgantown team and vice versa. This sisterhood, she said, is one of her favor-ite aspects of roller derby.

The Roller Vixens also practice philanthropy. Sat-urday’s bout included Pet Helpers, Inc., a pet-rescue organization based in Fair-mont. Pet Helpers is a net-work of people who take in pets and help them to be adopted.

“The Roller Vixens have promoted Pet Helpers at events in the past,” said Brandi Huff, a Pet Helpers representative.

“They give us a lot of ex-posure; we can actually find homes for the dogs or re-cruit new fosters for the dogs, so it’s actually great to have that,” she said.

Huff said Pet Helpers was already seeing inter-est from attendees at the

match. Cindy McCuan, an-other representative at the bout, said these types of events are nearly as helpful to Pet Helpers as standard fundraisers.

“We not only need fund-raisers, we need people to foster, you know, or spon-sor a pet when they’re ill, and we have to have med-ical care to make the do-nations that will cover the medical care,” she said. “The public exposure is very important.”

This philanthropic atti-tude was another part of what drew Beniconza to the sport. She said she appreci-ates the camaraderie of the girls, as well as the team’s dedication to helping the community.

“We do a lot. We have Pet Helpers here, and we do a lot to help our community and local charities. All of it is good. It’s a great little package,” she said.

For more information about the Morgantown Roller Vixens, visit www.morgantownrollervixens.com.

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There’s nothing like go-ing to a live concert. To a music fan like me, every day is just a countdown to the next show. Some of my most memorable nights are from shows I have attended.

The friendly atmo-sphere and high energy found at live shows is amazing.

There is always a great show to attend, but they can get expensive and/or fall on the wrong date, which may cause some fans to miss even the most talked-about concert.

This is why live albums are a must-own for any true music fan. A great live album will give the listener an opportunity to experience the essence of a concert anywhere at any time.

One of the most high-energy bands to play live is the Midwestern-based jam band Um-

phrey’s McGee. While they are known as a jam band, they have sepa-rated themselves from the classic jam band styling of The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band or Phish.

Umphrey’s McG ee tastefully blends just about any genre of mu-sic one can think of, in-cluding funk, jazz, elec-tronic and even metal. They never disappoint an audience and always play to the crowd.

Another great aspect of an Umphrey’s Mc-Gee show is you can al-ways count on at least one great cover song. I’ve heard them cover artists Pink Floyd, Michael Jack-son, The Beatles and Rage Against the Machine to name a few.

In a successful effort to please their fans, Um-phrey’s McGee recently released “Hall of Fame: Class of 2011,” which is a collection of their best live performances of 2011 chosen by their fans.

Umphrey’s McGee is one of the most fan-loyal bands out there. The new

live compilation does a great job in sampling all of the musical assets of the band.

It begins with the an easygoing rendition “Ocean Billy,” which gives the listener a great 22 minutes of smooth improvised jams and solid musicianship.

For MGMT and Nir-vana fans, Umphrey’s McGee added an inter-esting blend of “Come as You Are” and “Kids.” The mix of two songs so dif-ferent from one another represents everything the band is about; great music.

I have seen them per-form several times at multiple festivals and small venues and they play completely differ-ent sets every time. One show was pretty heavy, while others were spacey and sounded more like Pink Floyd.

If there’s one thing to expect from Umphrey’s McGee, it is the unex-pected. They will always perform to please the crowd but will change it up every show.

If you are not familiar with Umphrey’s McGee, “Hall of Fame: 2011” is the best way to get a taste of everything they offer.

Even though the album

is great, seeing them live has no comparison.

Make sure to check them out in Pittsburgh Oct. 19 at Stage AE.

For more information

on Umphrey’s McGee and where to see their next show, visit www.um-phreys.com.

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Pearl Jam closes two-day Made In America festivalPHILADELPHIA (AP) — If

closing out a two-day festi-val with an intense two-hour set wasn’t enough for Pearl Jam, then bringing out the man who organized it sealed the deal.

Jay-Z joined the group for its second-to-last encore Sunday with a rocking ver-sion of his signature hit “99 Problems.”

While Jay closed out the first night of the Budweiser Made in America Festival, he handed the torch to the Seattle-based band grunge rockers and they did not disappoint.

Their 25-song set saw tens of thousands of fans jump-ing, dancing, and singing on the muggy September night to the band’s well-known tracks like “Alive,” “Better Man,” and “Jeremy.”

For the song “Unemploy-able,” Vedder told the crowd it was about a hard-working family man who did all the right things in life, but be-

came the victim of job cuts. He said sometimes the so-called job creators are creat-ing jobs outside the United States.

“I want to see more things made in America” Vedder said, to thunderous applause.

Vedder also urged people to get out and vote, before a rousing cover of the Clash’s “Know Your Rights.” Fittingly, the band ended the show with Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.”

But Pearl Jam wasn’t the only big story, as earlier in the day Run DMC performed for the first time in over a decade.

Taking the stage under a video banner that read “Jam Master Jay Forever,” the Queens, N.Y., natives were well received by fans who danced to the music and sang along, some better than others. Beyoncé and Jay-Z strolled through the crowd flanked by security.

Their 40-minute set in-

cluded “It’s Tricky” to a sea of flailing arms, and “It’s Like That.” Run even put on a pair of namesake sneakers for “My Adidas.”

But perhaps the most poignant moment came when Run talked about the breakup following the death of Jam Master Jay.

“After his assassination ... we put a silence on the group,” Run said.

Jam Master Jay, Run DMC’s longtime DJ, was fa-tally shot in 2002. The case was never solved.

Run introduced Jay’s sons T.J. Mizell and Jam Master J’Son who honored their fa-ther with “some beats.” After-ward, Run said, “Jay, I know you’re looking down from Heaven.”

Other notable perfor-mances included Frank Ocean and his Odd Future gang, performing an alterna-tive rap set. Drake played the main stage, aptly named the Rocky stage since it sat at the bottom of the steps where the classic “Rocky” movie scene was filmed.

The Canadian rapper, who apparently never met an expletive he didn’t like, energized the crowd with a 45-minute set. And if there was a roof over `70s punk band X, it would have blown off.

While the threat of rain loomed for most of the day, the only real precipitation was the Budweiser-soaked earth in front of the stages. The performances all ran

on time and the sound was pretty amazing for an out-door venue. Even the crowd was well behaved with enough space for them to roam.

In one funny moment, a large gentleman cut the bath-room line in the VIP area and opened the door to a porta-

ble unit for a brief inspection. Holding back the crowd, he said: “Right here, Miss B.”

Beyoncé took a look, nod-ded her head, and the entou-rage continued on. Later, she walked with husband Jay-Z and Rita Ora to catch Drake’s performance. It was that kind of night.

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The ‘war on coal’ is a mythThe ‘war on coal.’ Sounds scary, doesn’t

it? Chances are, anyone

who has spent time in Ap-palachia in the past year is familiar with this moniker.

Throughout West Vir-ginia and several of its neighboring states, bill-boards, television adver-tisements and bumper stickers warn of this ongo-ing economic conflict. The coal belt, which stretches through parts of West Vir-ginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania, has been o m i n ou sly re d u b b e d “Obama’s No Job Zone.”

Based on these adver-tising campaigns, which

are spearheaded by coal companies and the pol-iticians they support, it would seem the current president and his party are hell-bent on destroying the region’s coal industry, along with the livelihood of the thousands who de-pend on it.

Is this an accurate rep-resentation of the Demo-cratic Party’s stance on the coal industry? Hardly.

A simple look at the facts regarding the Obama Administrat ion’s ap-proach to the this issue clearly shows that the so-called war on coal is noth-ing more than a scare tac-tic being employed by the

coal industry with the goal of deliberately misleading the public.

In fact, recent data re-leased by WorkForce West Virginia reveals the num-ber of coal jobs in West Virginia has actually risen since Obama took of-fice, with this year’s tally achieving a two-decade high. As is often the case, reality is far-removed from the rhetoric dominating our political discourse on this issue.

Many of the claims sur-rounding this so-called war are centered on the Environmental Protection Agency and the supposed job-killing regulations it

has introduced over the past several years. Al-though the EPA has imple-mented new regulations, many of them are de-signed to decrease the re-lease of poisonous chem-icals, such as mercury, into the environment, and none of them are in-tended to “kill jobs.” Sev-eral of the most controver-sial regulations have not even been implemented, and may never be. Others only apply to coal plants constructed in the future.

As is illustrated by the fact that the industry con-tinues to grow, these regu-lations do not represent a mortal threat to King Coal.

This is simply another case of intentionally mis-leading political advertis-ing. This issue highlights the importance of voters actively looking into the facts behind the claims made by politicians. Un-fortunately, this certainly will not be the only case of factually dubious political advertising campaigns in this year’s election.

As citizens, we must en-sure these campaigns do not succeed in deciding our elections based on false wedge issues, such as a non-existent war on coal.

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If you’ve kept up with the campaign for the 2012 presidential election, then you know both the Repub-lican and Democratic can-didates and their staff are attempting to make this election about one thing in the minds of voters: the economy.

I consider myself an educated person. I read books and listen to pod-casts and scour the news-paper whenever I get the chance. However, I think when it comes to discuss-ing the economy, espe-cially in the race to deter-mine the next President of the United States, “the economy” deserves quota-tion marks.

When we talk about “the

economy,” do we really know what it means?

The term encompasses all sorts of issues: job cre-ation, the budget, tax in-creases and breaks and more. Those are deep and complex components of the workings of our coun-try, yet in this political debate they have been thrown under the blan-ket of “the economy”, and voters are left to fend for themselves to determine what exactly “the econ-omy” means.

Voters are also left to their own devices to de-termine what each candi-date believes about “the economy” and what steps they will each take to fix our apparently dire finan-cial situation.

Figuring out President Obama and Mitt Rom-ney’s beliefs and opinions about “the economy” isn’t

an easy task. I’d liken it to trying to drive along Uni-versity Avenue across from the Mountainlair around lunchtime.

Most information about the candidates’ stances on “the economy” is muddled and often makes them ap-pear fickle. Basically we hear Obama wants to cut taxes on the rich and raise taxes on the middle class, and Romney is a business-man who has offshore ac-counts but has the secret to fixing “the economy”; al-though he hasn’t quite told us what it is. Again, that’s a very simplistic summary of the candidates’ offered economic stances, but it’s probably all the layman can draw from the news.

Don’t get me wrong, “the economy” matters. While I’m not sure of the specifics and can’t recite unemployment rates or

budget plans or the exact amount of the U.S. deficit, I know our government and country rely on busi-ness and uses money, and the books should be bal-anced and people finan-cially secure.

However, I’m not so sure we should buy into the frame of “the economy” the media and candidates are feeding us as the im-portant, go-to issue of this election.

I don’t think our country should be run or perceived exclusively as a business. Yes, it’s good when people work and earn income to provide for their families, but do we want American humanity to be observed as merely an industry?

And that’s why other is-sues matter, too, such as social issues like health care reform, gay marriage, women’s rights, abortion,

welfare, military spending and environmental con-cerns. Character issues too – the POTUS is the symbol of our nation, the personi-fication of what America is about and wants to be in the future.

The President of the United States isn’t sup-posed to be our CEO, or if he is, I don’t want him to be. We are a nation of peo-ple with hearts and souls, not just numbers who pay taxes.

That stated, our social and moral issues – the things that make us a vi-brant culture – matter. While we should keep “the economy” in our minds when making electoral de-cisions, we shouldn’t for-sake our beliefs and phi-losophies for the promise of more cash in our paychecks.

Political parties would

like us to believe we only care about the size of gov-ernment and how they’ll help us at the gas pump or in our income taxes. Can we prove them wrong, let-ting them know at the vot-ing booth that we care about our country’s cul-ture, society, and moral at-mosphere too?

Who we vote for in No-vember should come down to who we think will best lead our country, who will most accurately represent us and what we want our country to look like – now and in the future.

Find out where candi-dates stand on issues other than “the economy.”

Let your fellow Amer-icans and the rest of the world know we aren’t a country merely concerned with money, but with peo-ple, health and culture, too.

micah conklingguest columnist

Any West Virginia Univer-sity student worth their salt could rattle off what makes our University so great – from the camaraderie and excite-ment of cheering at the big games and FallFest to top-rated academic programs, cutting-edge research and study abroad opportunities – WVU is an excellent fit for a wide variety of students.

And with so much variety, diversity is often promoted as an attractive feature. Just take a walk around campus; you will almost certainly see a Muslim girl wearing a hi-jab, an African American student climbing the cam-pus hills, a lesbian couple holding hands, fraternity guys and sorority girls, stu-dious academics, physically-challenged students, jocks,

nerds, geeks, party animals … you get the picture.

It’s great that everyone has the right to express them-selves, and it’s even better that the majority of WVU stu-dents wholeheartedly accept their peers for who they are. It all boils down to appreciat-ing the diversity of individu-als – but is that really such a good thing?

Sure, it’s awesome that we have so many clubs and re-ligious groups around cam-pus. And anyone who’s been in the Mountainlair has seen all those flags flying above the food court representing the myriad students from other countries who attend the University. WVU does a top-notch job of making sure all students – regardless of gender, religious beliefs (or lack thereof), cultural, ethnic or national affiliation – feel welcome. And that really is a good thing.

But let’s take a closer look

at the definition of “diver-sity.” At first glance, it sug-gests a variety or an assort-ment of differences.

Certainly there’s a lot to be learned from such a col-lection and range of diversity among us, not to mention the idea of promoting not just tolerance, but also learn-ing to accept the differences.

On a deeper level, how-ever, diversity can simply draw attention to all the dif-ferences among people. It’s another way to compart-mentalize and make gener-alizations about individuals based on their beliefs, skin color, or any other type of af-filiation. Instead of seeing just another student study-ing to ace an exam, or snag-ging a donut at drunk break-fast, or sprinting to make it to class on time, the concept of diversity often has a nasty habit of causing us to over-look the person and instead focus on the differences he

or she may have from us – and that really isn’t such a great thing.

I’ll turn to our forefa-thers for assistance here. Back in the day, these guys came up with the idea that all men are created equal. Throughout history – after societal changes, rebellions and revolutions – being “cre-ated equal” has expanded to mean that regardless of race, sex, age, skin color, ori-gin, religious beliefs or sex-ual orientation, each person has the same opportunities as everyone else. Just take a look at WVU’s Non-Dis-crimination Statement if you don’t believe me.

According to the policy, WVU does not discriminate against any of the above cat-egories and strives to make every student as equal to the next as possible. Since the birth of our country, the United States has strug-gled to live by the belief that

everyone deserves to be treated the same. But if we live in such a diverse coun-try with millions of other, dif-ferent people, why should we all be treated exactly the same?

Simple. It’s because, fun-damentally, we are the same. All people, deep down, are one. We are all a team fight-ing for common causes, from getting a ticket to the big game, nailing that class proj-ect, or rolling out of bed to make that 8 a.m. class to bet-tering our community and even changing the world.

Even as a species, our pri-mary goal is the same, no matter if it’s a starving child in Africa or a wealthy Japa-nese business man – we all want to survive and, more importantly, thrive. We all need to eat, sleep and breathe. We all have things we like and dislike. We all have hopes and dreams and goals to accomplish. So how

can diversity, something that magnifies our differ-ences and inevitably builds walls between us, encourage a feeling of unity among us?

Answer: It doesn’t. Draw-ing attention to diversity is countereffective. By cele-brating our differences, we are really just pushing our-selves away from each other and focusing not on the per-son in front of us but on the ideas and opinions they have. While that does some-times offer students a differ-ent perspective, it often just creates boundaries that dis-courage solidarity.

Though it’s important to accept everyone as equal, it’s more important that we operate as one. Because, at the end of the day, regard-less of who someone wor-ships or loves or the color of their skin or where they’re from, we are all just people. And any WVU student worth their salt could tell you that.

The downside of diversity: overly emphasizing our differences

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There’s more to this election than the economy

molly robinsonguest columnist

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BORN TODAY This year you often feel as though you cannot get certain elements of your life un-der control. You won’t want to leave anything to chance. By learning to detach, you will gain many new insights that could make a big dif-ference in the choices you make. If you are single, the romance you think you are attracting could be very dif-ferent in reality. Your ability to grow and transform within a relationship will be tested. Ultimately, that skill is needed in all relationships. If you are attached, you will have control of your finances. You will display con-siderable talent in that area. Curb a tendency to be possessive around TAURUS.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH You might find it difficult to move forward in the morning. Perhaps you have pushed yourself beyond your limit. As the day goes on, you’ll be-come more verbal and upbeat. Your logic appeals to someone. If you work together, you can implement changes. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH You beam, and others respond. You might not be up for following a rou-tine; instead, you could want to in-dulge in more spontaneity. Once in a while, taking some time off helps re-energize you. News from afar starts you thinking in a different direction. Tonight: Treat yourself well.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Your day improves as time goes on.

You know what someone wants be-cause you have the ability to zero in on his or her needs. Unfortunately, your ability to respond often leaves this person thinking he or she has control of you. No such luck. You are your own person. Tonight: Do for you.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Assume a low-key attitude, and re-fuse to push yourself as hard as usual. You are able to change gears and do something differently, if you pull back. Your attitude toward a special friend or loved one might be chang-ing. Tonight: Get some extra R and R.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You initially could feel quite pressured by certain events and by what is go-ing on around you. You naturally will loosen up and open up to new begin-nings. Success comes out of your will-ingness to head in a new direction. Tonight: With friends.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH You might want to do something in a very different manner from how you have done it in the past. Detachment helps you see the big picture. Take in as much as possible. A child or new friend continues to change right in front of your very eyes. Tonight: A must appearance.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH Deal with a partner first thing in the morning. You could be taken aback by what is happening around you. Try not to trigger a reaction from anyone, and stay centered. View a key situa-tion from an outside perspective, and trust that you will know what to do. Tonight: Relax.

SCORPIO (OC T. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Spend quality time with a

child or loved one. You could be with-drawn or wondering exactly how to handle a difficult situation. You de-cide to talk to a key person directly. You know what to do and what to ex-pect. Tonight: Dinner for two!

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH You might have organized a very tight schedule, but you will watch it unravel quickly during the day. Do not try to fight city hall. Go with the flow, and you will appreciate the fun and light mood. Tonight: Be aware of your spending habits.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You wake up in the mood to hang out with the one you love, but clearly you have much to do. If you decide to change direction, there could be repercussions in other areas of your life. Be aware of this before taking action. Tonight: Could be late.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Getting going could be a major effort for you, yet one that is worthwhile. Tap into your innate cre-ativity, and you’ll discover solutions to what is seemingly impossible to re-solve. Note the costs of taking a new course of action. Tonight: Let your hair down.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH Move on a key matter early in the day, when you will be most open to com-munication. Tension builds through-out the day. You might want to clear the air, but perhaps you would be best off staying away for now. To-night: At home.

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EVERY TUESDAYTHE INTERNATIONAL STU-

DENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8:30 p.m. at the Interna-tional House at 544 Spruce St. For more information, call 304-777-7709.

M O U N TA I N E E R S F O R CHRIST, a Christian student or-ganization, hosts free supper and Bible study at its Christian Student Center. Supper is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study be-gins at 9 p.m. All students are welcome. For more informa-tion, call 304-599-6151 or visit www.mountaineersforchrist.org.

SIERRA STUDENT CO-ALITION meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. The group is a grassroots environmental or-ganization striving for tangi-ble change in our campus and community. For more informa-tion, email hlargen@mix.wvu.edu.

ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is held at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar of Newman Hall. All are welcome. For more information, call 304-288-0817 or 304-879-5752.

MCM is hosted at 7:30 p.m. in 293 Willey St. All are welcome.

AMIZADE has representa-

tives in the commons area of the Mountainlair from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to answer questions for those interested in studying abroad.

THE WVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. No partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome. For more information, email wvuswingdance@gmail.com.

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seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second lan-guage. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learn-ers, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year and help with one fundrais-ing event. For more informa-tion, call 304-296-3400 or email trella.greaser@live.com.

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NEW FALL SEMESTER GROUP THERAPY OPPOR-TUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Center. The groups include Understand-ing Self and Others, Sexual As-sault Survivors Group, Moun-taineer Men: An Interpersonal Process Group, and Know Thy-self: An Interpersonal Process Group. For more information call 293-4431 or contact tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu.

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ALPHA PHI OMEGA, a co-ed service fraternity is hosting info nights thoughout the week. The first will take place tonight at 7 p.m. in the Monongahela Room. The group will also meet Tuesday and Wednes-day. Contact Lacey White for more information at 301-861-7315.

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Emily mEadows/THE daily aTHENaEUmThe second annual Friends of Coal Fish Fry was hosted Friday at the Morgantown Event Center.

Emily mEadows/THE daily aTHENaEUmBob Huggins signs autographs at the Friends of Coal Fish Fry.

by Emily mEadowsa&e writer

The Morgantown Event Center catered to hundreds of Mountaineer fans Fri-day night, as the location hosted the second annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry.

The event was a tremen-dous success, generating thousands of dollars and surpassing fundraising goals for the Remember the Miners scholars fund and the Norma Mae Cancer Re-search Endowment Fund.

Fans decked out in gold and blue attire filled the event lobby on the eve of the Friends Of Coal Bowl season opener. They had the chance to obtain au-tographs, take photos and chat openly with WVU bas-ketball coach Bob Huggins and Mountaineer bas-ketball players, including

Da’Sean Butler.The silent and live auc-

tions offered numer-ous prizes, providing nu-merous opportunities for guests to further contrib-ute to the altruistic eve-ning. Tailoredto audience interests, auction items in-cluded sideline tickets for a conference game of the winner’s choosing, a pri-vate flight for an evening in New York City, an auto-graphed Final Four basket-ball and a signed Dick Vi-tale football.

Guests were free to browse West Virginia mem-orabilia during the evening and enjoy drinks with de-licious Southern-fried fish and entertainment from the unique and renowned musical duo The Dueling Fiddlers.

Keynote speaker and NBA legend Jerry West re-

ceived a standing ovation before entertaining the au-dience with an insightful and lighthearted Q&A ses-sion alongside Huggins af-ter the meal.

Questions were sub-mitted by audience mem-bers via Twitter, and this medium provided a vari-ety of topics for Huggins to discuss.

From the Fish Fry itself to the Mountaineers’ up-coming challenges in the Big 12 conference, Hug-gins answered questions to the delight of the event’s participants.

It was clear how much time, persistence and pas-sion Remember the Miners put into coordinating the event, and they are con-tinuously looking for ways to bring awareness to their cause.

“This is all a result of 18

months of planning and prepping, but it was defi-nitely worth it,” said Ty-ler Gates, Remember the Miners co-founder and Brightline director of so-cial innovation.

Brightline Interactive LLC, a Virginia-based new media and digital tech-nology development firm, transformed the non profit organization from an idea into a solid foundation nearly two years ago.

Gates helps generate success for non profits and has gained exposure through everything from NASCAR sponsorship, to statewide charity events, to bringing attention to West Virginia’s coal min-ing industry.

They have helped fami-lies who lost loved ones in the Upper Big Branch mine tragedy and have provided

opportunities to make school more affordable for numerous students.

Half of the proceeds from Friday night will di-rectly sponsor the Miners Scholars Program. Daniel Brummage, a 21-year-old WVU student and Blacks-ville, W.Va., native, read his winning essay on stage Fri-day night.

As the son of a coal miner, Brummage offered his point of view on the im-portance of coal as a cru-cial nationwide energy re-source and the profound effect it has on our state’s economy.

In Spring 2012, the pro-gram was able to award a total of $25,000 to appli-cants around the state of West Virginia. The appli-cation is open to any res-idents who are miners, dependants of miners or

pursuing higher education in the mining industry.

A complete list of rules and details are available on their website, www.re-membertheminers.org/wp3/scholars.

The Norma Mae foun-dation at the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer center will receive the other half of the event’s funding and make progress to improve research for patients.

The foundation is named in honor of Huggins’ late mother, who died from co-lon cancer in 2003.

For more information on these charities, visit Remember the Miners’ website at www.remem-bertheminers.org, and find information about the Norma Mae Foundation at www.wvucancer.org.

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WVU drops two of three matches at Patriot Invitationalby aUstIn seIdel

sports writer

The West Virginia women’s volleyball team learned a valuable lesson this weekend at George Mason University.

After a tough match a ga i n s t Te x a s e a r-lier in the week, the Mountaineers trekked to the Mason Inn Patriot Invitational. For many members of the team, this was their first road trip as collegiate athletes.

The first match of the tournament came against South Carolina. The Game-cocks attacked hard and put West Virginia down early.

“(South Carolina’s) hit-ters played excellently,” said West Virginia head coach Jill Kramer. “They were just on their A-game at the right time.”

As the game progressed, the Mountaineers piled up errors and bent to the will of South Carolina’s tough outside hitters. The team continued to fight, but a

season-low .073 hit per-centage spelled the end for WVU from the start.

“Errors were a big problem this week-end,” Kramer said. “It’s something we definitely still need to work on in practice.”

T h e t e a m m a d e quick work of Navy’s Midshipmen, winning in three straight sets (25-18, 25-18, 25-18) and re-bounding strongly from their .073 hit percentage.

West Virginia’s hitters improved drastically in their match against Navy, hitting a season-high .389 and commanding the net with 10 blocks.

Freshman outside hitter Hannah Sackett continued to prove her strength as a hitter, with a team-high 12 kills against Navy. Sackett has led the team in kills four times this season and has emerged as the team’s leading offensive force.

Fellow freshmen Caleah Wells and Evyn McCoy also contributed against Navy, earning six and eight kills,

respectively. McCoy has emerged in recent games as a go-to player and has been responsible for sev-eral major plays this season.

The Mountaineers at-tempted to drag their confidence and high hit percentage into their fi-nal game against George Mason, but the Patriots were having none of it, shutting West Virginia out 3-0 in three consecutive sets.

WVU held the first set close, until last minute kills from GMU’s Lana Zonjic and Meredith Bush gave the Patriots the lead and win.

One thing the young Mountaineer team can take with them into next weekend’s Golden Horse-shoe Invitational will be the strong serving they observed throughout the duration of the Patriot Invitational.

Freshman setter Brit-tany Sample had zero aces through the duration of the tournament, but

minimized her errors and began to show confidence from beyond the service line.

“She’s been working really hard to get things down,” Kramer said. “She was really close to an ace this weekend, and I remember thinking ‘That was so close’ and being excited for her.”

Entering the tourna-ment, Sample had 11 service errors and zero aces. She left the tourna-ment with the same num-ber of aces, but has ap-peared to regain her stride and will look to add serv-ing to her arsenal in the coming weeks.

Kramer also gave two players their first op-portunity to shine this weekend in the match against Navy. Elzbieta Kline and Monique Kemp both saw their first min-utes of playing time. Kline capitalized on the oppor-tunity by acquiring a kill in her only attempt.

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WVU learning from tough non-conference schedule

by RObeRt KReIssports writer

After completing the toughest three-game test of their young season, se-nior Bry McCarthy and the West Virginia women’s soc-cer team are ready to take the lessons they’ve learned and apply them to their re-maining games.

“All of our games so far have been excellent games,” McCarthy said. “Our non-conference schedule is one of the toughest in the coun-try, and one of the positives about that is we’re learning more and more each day and taking what we can from it.”

The Mountaine ers started their three-game test last Sunday when they took on No. 1 Stanford in the Penn State Invitational, a game West Virginia won with pesky play.

After taking down the top team, the Mountain-eers welcomed No. 6 Penn State to Morgantown for the WVU 90 Minute Classic this weekend. The game stum-bled to a 2-1 PSU win, after a controversial call ended the game in double over-time. Head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown complimented her team for battling, de-spite the loss.

“I am so proud of the way the ladies battled through all that adversity and their mental toughness tonight,” Izzo-Brown said after Fri-day’s match. “I think if anybody witnessed what (the team) was doing out there, they were just really battling.”

Following Friday’s gru-eling match, the Moun-taineers struggled to initi-ate any offensive attack in a match with the Miami Hur-ricanes that ended in a 0-0 draw.

“Going into double overtime against a team like Penn State drained us emotionally and phys-ically,” Izzo-Brown said. “We weren’t able to find the net today. We had our chances, and unfortunately we weren’t able to do it. I think that double overtime caught up with us.”

Early in the season, Izzo-Brown continues to tweak to her starting lineup and rotation. One tweak that has worked out well thus far was Izzo-Brown moving

sophomore Jess Crowder to outside defensive back for the Stanford match, a daunting task for the for-mer midfielder’s third ca-reer start. Crowder frus-trated the Stanford attack and earned the Big 12 Con-ference Outstanding De-fender of the Week Award.

“I do believe that Crowder has done a great job back there,” Izzo-Brown said. “You’ll see Crowder as our right (defensive) back.”

Another young Moun-taineer who is bolstering herself as a major contrib-utor is freshman Kelsie Ma-loney. Maloney, who net-ted 165 goals and 56 assists in high school, is coming back from a hamstring in-jury that kept her sidelined for the past two weeks.

Even though it was the freshman’s first game com-ing back from injury, she

in no way eased back into competition. Maloney has totaled four shots in her two games back, while contrib-uting major minutes.

“Kelsie (Maloney) is just a spark plug who cre-ates chances for us,” Izzo-Brown said. “She was great tonight. We had to limit her minutes, so hopefully we can build on them.”

With Maloney starting to get healthy, Crowder solid-ifying the back line and the team learning the tough les-sons of an ultra-competi-tive non-conference sched-ule, Izzo-Brown is hoping it all boils to one thing.

“We just (need) to have the sheer, utter passion to win. We have to win some games and that’s so impor-tant to us right now,” she said.

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Mountaineers make strides in alumni Open

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The West Virginia cross country team is still in a low-key state of mind. Races and prac-tices are just used for get-ting the legs warm again and the runners ready for the big-time events near the end of the season.

For veterans like se-nior Kaitlyn Gillespie, though, getting the team’s base mileage up is one of the most impor-tant parts of this time of year.

“Events l ike the Alumni Open is a way to get everyone back out there on the grass,” Gil-lespie said. “This type of a race is a ‘rust-buster’ for many of the girls.”

The WVU Alumni Open is a relay race where head coach Sean Cleary split the girls into teams of two. Even though the event is supposed to be a relax and fun environment, it won’t stop Gillespie from taking a few notes away from it.

“Everyone looked very strong,” Gillespie said. “Our freshmen are on a good track; everyone is on pace to do well. Just seeing results made us feel pretty solid.”

After the Alumni Open, practice will continue its laid-back style with run-ners just working on dis-tance and strength. Get-ting the mileage early will help the cross coun-try team compete in what Gillespie calls the “big three” events.

“It is still pretty early on in the season,” Gillespie said. “We haven’t hit the grinding level let, just base mile-age and strength work-outs. We will continue along down the road to

the big last three meets. The conference meet, re-gionals and the NCAA are the biggest ones. All the work is for those meets at the end.”

Next on the schedule for the Mountaineers is the Spiked Shoe at Penn State University. The race will function more as a real race would but still has a loose feel to it.

“The race will be a 6K to simulate more of a real race. There isn’t a whole lot of pressure to it. It just helps us to get back in shape,” Gillespie said.

After WVU takes part in the Spiked Shoe, they will head to Toledo, Ohio, to race in the annual Bub-ble Buster Sept. 21.

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WVU sports InfoRedshirt junior runner Sarah-Anne Brault and the West Virginia Cross Country team competed in the Alumni Open last weekend.

patrIck Gorrell/the DaIly athenaeUmHead coach Nikki Izzo-Brown and the No. 24 West Virginia women’s soccer team are off to a 2-3-1 start to begin the 2012 season.

mat t sUnDay/the DaIly athenaeUmThe West Virginia volleyball team beat Navy, but lost to South Carolina and George Mason in the Mason Inn Patriot Invitational this weekend.

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more comfortable they could be.

During their 69-34 win over Marshall in what was the final Friends of Coal Bowl for the forseeable future, the Mountaineers looked sharper than ever. They did it with their big playmakers, and they did it with balance.

It was just the second time in school history – and the first since 1965 – that West Virginia passed and ran for 300 yards in the same game.

That was perhaps the most impressive part of Saturday night’s win. Of course, Smith’s 32-for-36 performance was fantastic, but the sweeping general-ization surrounding Hol-gorsen’s offense is that it’s just a passing attack.

And it’s hard to argue against that at times, espe-cially when you look at the history it has had at West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Houston and Texas Tech of producing some of the na-tion’s most feared quarter-backs and receivers in the nation. But, if Saturday’s game proved anything, it’s that the Mountaineers aren’t one-dimensional.

WVU attempted 40 passes for 324 yards Sat-urday, while gaining 331 yards on 34 rushing attempts.

The Mountaineers got everyone involved. Seven players caught passes, including three players who caught at least seven passes.

In the passing game, they went to the big play-

ers the most, targeting Ta-von Austin and Stedman Bailey 10 times each. But Smith looked to three other receivers at least three times.

On the ground, they were just as balanced. Led by Shawne Alston’s career-best 123 yards, four Moun-taineers ran for at least 65 yards.

If this offense can con-tinue to keep this kind of balance throughout the rest of the season, it could be really scary for a lot of teams.

What we saw on Satur-day was a group led by a

quarterback who looked like he could run the of-fense in his sleep, with at least three targets in the passing game who looked like they could be reliable threats and a running game featuring two backs who could do a lot to help keep opposing defenses honest.

It was an offense that lived up to the hype – at least for one game – and can only continue to improve as the season progresses

And that should be a re-ally scary thought.

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mel moraes/the daily athenaeumSenior wide receiver J.D. Woods caught seven passes for 75 yards and a touch-down against Marshall.

Patrick gorrell/the daily athenaeumFreshman Kelsie Maloney returned this weekend after missing two weeks with a hamstring injury.

matt sunday/the daily athenaeumSenior defender peabo Doue and the No. 9 West Virginia men’s soccer team fell to two ranked teams on the road this weekend.

By Shea UliSneySportS writer

It was a long weekend for the No. 24 West Virginia women’s soccer team, who participated in the WVU 90 Minute Classic at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

The Mountaineers suf-fered a loss to No. 6 Penn State Friday, 2-1 and a draw against Miami Sunday, 0-0.

Coming off of a 2-1 loss in overtime to Penn State, the Mountaineers found them-selves competing in an-other overtime game against Miami.

“Going into double over-time against a team like Penn State drained us emotionally and physically,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “We weren’t able to find the net today. We had our chances and unfortunately we weren’t able to make it happen.”

The Mountaineer offense struggled to gain control in the first half. Miami led in shots on goal 7-1. Junior midfielder Kara Blosser took West Virginia’s only shot in the first half.

“The field was slick. We needed to find feet when we were trying to finds spaces, and it wasn’t working,” said senior defender Bry Mc-Carthy. “After we found feet and started calming down and playing our game in the

second half, we were able to make adjustments in the right spots.”

In the second half, junior forward Frances Silva con-nected with the ball and passed to freshman forward Kelsie Maloney for an at-tempted goal. Maloney’s shot was prevented with a sliding tackle made by Miami mid-fielder Ally Andreini.

In another attempt to score, Maloney launched a ball that deflected off of the far post.

“Kelsie (Maloney) hitting the post to begin the second half was huge,” Izzo-Brown said. “Unfortunately, we just couldn’t put it away.”

In the 108th minute, a pass from freshman forward Kai-ley Utley gave senior mid-fielder Bri Rodriguez an op-portunity to end the game, but her shot was saved by Mi-ami goalkeeper Emily Lillard.

“We didn’t lose,” Silva said. “But we have to improve, and we need to be sharper on Sundays, regardless of what happens on Fridays. We were creating the chances, but we need to finish them.”

“We battled Friday, and we battled today,” McCar-thy said. “On the plus side, we didn’t lose, and that is the positive, but we know we’ve got to be better.”

During the aggressive game against Miami, the two

teams combined for 38 fouls and five yellow cards.

Miami led shots on goal 21-11, and West Virginia goalkeeper Sara Keane had six saves.

Friday evening’s loss against Penn State was de-cided in another nail-biting double overtime. After an obstruction call at the top of the box with 82 seconds re-maining, Penn State’s all-American midfielder Chris-tine Narin took a free kick that ended the game, Penn State winning 2-1.

“Give Narin credit for hit-ting that ball, but that call was a bit of a shocker,” Izzo-Brown said. “You never want a game to end that way, espe-cially when our ladies played so well.”

“We didn’t think it was a great call, but our walls have to be better,” Rodriguez said. “We have to be able to stop it next time.”

The Mountaineer defense was able to shut down Penn State’s offense entering the half in a scoreless tie.

In the final 35 minutes of the game, Penn State de-fender Kori Chapic shot six yards out from the goal, put-ting Penn State up 1-0.

A pass from sophomore midfielder Jess Crowder gave sophomore forward Kate Schwindel a break to-ward goal. Schwindel sent the

ball long and over the head of Penn State goalkeeper Erin McNulty, tying the game for the Mountaineers 1-1.

Rodriguez and Maloney created scoring chances dur-ing overtime, but were unable to score. The obstruction call resulted in a goal made in the second overtime and ended the game 2-1.

Penn State finished with 18 shots on goal to WVU’s 17. Schwindel took a team-best five shots for the Mountaineers.

“We played so well,” Rodri-guez said. “To have the No. 6 team in the country trying that hard to score a goal on us, it feels great. We’re defi-nitely getting better as each game goes on and that’s promising.”

A crowd of 2,057 appeared Friday evening at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium to support the Mountaineers – the most ever for a regular season con-test, and the second-largest crowd ever for a women’s soccer game.

“I can’t thank the fans enough for their effort in showing up and being as loud as they were,” Izzo-Brown said. “We fed off their energy from the opening whistle, and I wish I could thank each and every person. Kudos to WVU women’s soccer fans.”

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By amit BatraSportS writer

It’s never easy beating two ranked opponents on the road in the same week-end. That was the task for the No. 9 West Virginia men’s soccer team as it faced No. 1 North Carolina and No. 19 Wake Forest this weekend.

Friday night the Moun-taineers dropped the first contest to the Tar Heels 1-0 at Fetzer Field.

Each team had five shots total and two shots on goal, but West Virginia had the corner kick advan-tage 2-1.

“From our perspective we played very well for long shifts at a time and played far better than we did last weekend,” said head coach Marlon LeB-lanc. “We certainly didn’t deserve to lose this one, but that is soccer.”

The smallest of oppor-tunities can seal the deal in the sport of soccer. UNC got its only goal from Mar-

tin Murphy in the 58th minute of play.

WVU defender Peabo Doue had the first chance for the Mountaineers early on in the match. His header off a free kick from midfielder Shadow Sebele ended up going wide right of the goal.

Other opportunities came for freshman for-ward Ryan Cain and senior midfielder Travis Pittman. Cain had a golden oppor-tunity in the 36th minute, but UNC goalkeeper Scott Goodwin got the save.

“It’s unfortunate that we have to walk off the field on the wrong side of the score-board, but that’s soccer sometimes,” LeBlanc said. “They got one sniff at the goal and got it in.”

It was a promising result as the Mountaineers fell to the top-ranked team in the country by one goal. West Virginia had opportuni-ties to win, but they would need to rebound against a resilient Demon Deacons team Sunday night.

Following nasty weather and a two-hour rain de-lay, WVU fell in a 1-0 con-test to Wake Forest at Spry Stadium.

A turning point of the game came when fresh-man defender Francio Henry picked up a yellow card and a red card within six minutes. This caused him to be ejected from the match and the Mountain-eers to be a man down for the final 69 minutes of play.

“I’m very proud of my team,” said LeBlanc follow-ing the match. “We play aw-fully well and awfully hard, especially with the fact that we had to play a man down from very early on. We didn’t get a fair shake at this game today, and that part is disappointing.

“Take nothing away from Wake Forest, I think they are an excellent team, but with 10 men we certainly proved to be the aggressor in this game.”

The game-winning goal occurred in the 72nd min-ute of play. Lucas Gimenez

sent a cross that connected with Sam Fink’s header for the score.

The Demon Deacons won the shots battle 9-6 and the corner kick advan-tage 5-3. Both teams had a fair share of opportunities, but Wake Forest was able to capitalize for the win.

S e n i o r m i d f i e l d e r Shadow Sebele led West Virginia with three shots on the night. Both teams played with resilience with shot opportunities off free kicks, but Wake Forest was able to make the lone goal Sunday night.

Perhaps it was due to having an extra man, but the Demon Deacons’ pres-sure seemed to be too much to handle at times.

With the two losses this past weekend, the Moun-taineers fall to 2-2-0 on the season.

West Virginia must bounce back quickly as it travels to Penn State for a Thursday night showdown.

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By nick arthUrASSociAte SportS editor

The 70-point offensive ex-plosion in the Discover Or-ange Bowl was still fresh in the minds of the Moun-taineers as the 2012 sea-son began for West Virginia football.

And Saturday afternoon, senior quarterback Geno Smith threw for 323 yards and four touchdowns as No. 11 West Virginia picked up where it left off in January with a 69-34 beat down of in-state rival Marshall.

The home team took a 34-

10 advantage into the locker room and never looked back.

The Mountaineer offense scored a touchdown on six of its first seven possessions and was dominant from start to finish.

“I’m really pleased with how (senior quarterback) Geno (Smith) played,” said West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen. “He’s done a great job of leading the team, leading the of-fenses and taking care of the football.”

Smith, the Big 12 Confer-ence preseason Offensive Player of the Year, completed

33 of his 37 pass attempts and added a 28-yard touch-down run.

“The stats kind of deceive me. They’re all good, don’t get me wrong,” Smith said. “But, overall I think I did a good job at making good de-cisions and being smart with my reads.”

Senior running back Shawne Alston also had an impressive afternoon. He was hampered by injuries a year ago but is healthy to begin the season, and it showed.

Alston carried the ball 16 times for 123 yards and

two touchdowns. Marshall defenders struggled all af-ternoon to bring down the power back.

“It’s nice to have a guy like Shawne Alston, who’s hard to tackle,” Holgorsen said. “(It’s great) to have a guy like that with a bunch of offensive linemen that are able to establish the line of scrimmage.”

Alston was pleased his coach gave him the opportunity.

“I always try to run with a purpose,” he said. “They just kept feeding it to me, and I kept producing.”

Alston and fellow running back Andrew Buie helped balance an offense that was expected to be pass-ori-ented. The Mountaineers were able to record 314 rush-ing yards and 341 passing yards.

The 655 total yards were the most for West Virginia in a game since 1923.

“It’s about as balanced as you can possibly be. We spread the ball around to a lot of people,” Holgorsen said. “The balance stand-point is more important to me. If we’re running the ball and we’re not getting any

yards, then we’ll start throw-ing the ball more, and that’s what this offense is able to do.”

Junior wide receiver Sted-man Bailey led the Moun-taineers with 104 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Explosive senior wide re-ceiver Tavon Austin chipped in a receiving touchdown, as well.

Marshall’s sophomore quarterback Rakeem Cato completed 38-54 passes for 413 yards and two touchdowns.

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The No. 11 West Virginia football team picked up where it left off

after its 70-point showing in the Orange Bowl in January with a

69-34 win over Marshall. It was ...

For almost eight months, college football fans around the coun-try waited to see what the West Virginia offense would do for its encore after its record-shattering performance in the Dis-cover Orange Bowl.

The expectations were high – higher than they’ve been since the days of Rich Rodriguez, Pat White, Steve Slaton and Owen Schmitt.

But somehow the Mountaineers were able to live up to these ex-pectations Saturday. And they actually looked even better.

“The best thing about this team is that we took that Orange Bowl game as kind of a stepping stone,” said senior quarterback Geno Smith. “We said, ‘If we can score 70 on these guys, why can’t we score 70 a game?’

“That’s not going to happen, but we raised the bar for ourselves, and I think that’s good.”

West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen has been talking all off-season about how much easier things are for the players in their second season in this offense. Admittedly, I was a lit-tle skeptical because af-ter the Orange Bowl per-formance, I wasn’t really sure how much better and

WVU offense lived up to the hype vs. Marshall

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An ImPressIVe encore

mountaineers not satisfied after coal Bowl blowout

139West Virginia became the fifth team in the last 15 years to score at least 65 points in

back-to-back games.

89.2%geno Smith completed 32 of his 36 passes

Saturday. He became the first WVU

quarterback to complete at least 30 passes

while throwing no more than 40 times.

655Saturday was just the second time that West Virginia gained 300 yards passing and rushing in the same game.

By cody SchUlermAnAging editor

When the West Virginia offense took the field Saturday against Marshall in the Friends of Coal Bowl, many people expected a strong showing.

A 69-point outburst, however, took most people by surprise – including Marshall’s defense.

Not skipping a beat from the Moun-taineers’ 70-33 drubbing of Clemson in the Orange Bowl, senior quarter-back Geno Smith played as statisti-cally strong as he ever has, tossing as many touchdown passes (four) as incompletions.

Despite his performance and the success the offense had as a whole, Smith still sounded reserved in his evaluation of the game’s outcome.

“I think Marshall, seeing those guys for three years, four years now, I’ve been able to pick up on a lot of things they do, but I also think that they kind of gave us a little bit – they were playing off a lot – so a lot of short passes, a lot of check downs; that’s the reason for the high completion percentage,” he said.

“I’m pretty sure when teams chal-lenge us a little more, it will be a little harder for us. But I think I did a good job of being patient and just staying within the game.”

When asked about the mistakes the offense made, Smith immediately brought up the failed fourth-down conversion on the goal line in the first quarter. Though the play resulted in zero points, Smith found a silver lining in head coach Dana Holgorsen’s deci-sion to not take the field goal.

“Coach (Holgorsen), he told me, ‘This was a bad call, we probably should have kicked it,’ but I like the fact that he trusted in us and he trusted in me (and) put the ball in my hands,” he said. “I wish I could have got it in for him so we can go for it more on fourth downs, but it’s just a part of the game.”

Offensive coordinator and receivers

coach Shannon Dawson agreed with Smith’s sentiment that the Mountain-eers played a great game, but not a per-fect one.

“A win, obviously you want to get a win, but to get it in that way is good,” he said. “Not that we didn’t make mis-takes, because we did, but I thought we executed fairly well for the first game.”

Dawson also said the coaching staff may have been a little too ambitious with the starting lineup at times – in-cluding on Smith’s failed fourth-down scramble on the goal line.

“I would say that there were a cou-ple of drives in there with our ones that we probably got a little greedy,” he said. “The one drive that we got down there on the goal line and didn’t score is ob-viously not good – you don’t want to go backward when you’re on the goal line.”

Additionally, Dawson said he had hoped for a better performance from the backup units, something that the Mountaineers struggled to find.

“There were a few negatives in there. I think when the backups got in there, they didn’t really execute the way we wanted them to,” he said. “There were some bumps in the road with those guys, which is expected, but you would hope those guys would go out there and execute a little better than that.”

Smith, with the first victory of the new season under his belt, explained the mentality West Virginia has from using the success from the end of last season as a springboard for success this season.

“I think that’s the best thing about this team. We took that Orange Bowl game as kind of a stepping stone,” he said. “We looked at that and said, ‘If we can score 70 on these guys, then why don’t we score 70 every game?’

“We know that’s not going to hap-pen, but we’ve raised the bar for our-selves (and) you know, I think that’s something good.”

charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

mel moraes/the daily athenaeumSenior inside receiver Tavon austin, left, had 173 all-purpose yards and redshirt junior Stedman Bailey caught nine passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns against Marshall.

Patrick gorrell/the daily athenaeumSenior running back Shawne alston ran for a career-high 123 yards in Satur-day’s win against Marshall. It was the second start of alston’s career.

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