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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Thursday November 21, 2013 volume 126, Issue 66www.ThEdaONLINE.comda
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Mr., Ms. host Backyard Brawl blood drive to benefit Red Cross BY Caroline Peters
Staff Writer @Dailyathenaeum
The newly crowned Mr. and Ms. Mountain-eer, Paul Garton and Brit-tany Fink, hosted a Back-yard Brawl blood drive with the American Red Cross Wednesday in the Mountainlair.
The blood drive, which was open to all students and faculty, was a compe-tition between the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University.
Garton said he was pleased to host the event.
“I am honored to be Mr. Mountaineer. It’s an award given to those eligible for graduation based on aca-demics and extracurricu-
lar activities,” Garton said. “It felt great to win. There was a rush of adrenaline but the best part is being able to help out with stuff like the blood drive. I’m happy to be here.”
Fink said she hopes to remain a symbol for WVU during her remaining time at the University.
“It still doesn’t feel real that I’m Ms. Moun-taineer. It’s really excit-ing being able to host the blood drive. I hope that we inspired the donors to come,” Fink said. “It feels good to be able to repre-sent the school in a differ-ent light. I was on the track team, so being able to rep-resent WVU from an aca-demic and social stand-point is great.
“In the past they haven’t
used Mr. and Ms. Moun-taineer too often, and I re-ally hope to be able to use
my presence to represent the school in numerous ways.”
Throughout the day, students took a few min-utes in between classes to donate blood.
“Support for my Uni-versity and the big rivalry against Pitt made me want to donate,” said Kyle So-bash, a graduate student. “The physical aspect is never as bad as it seems. The build-up is actually more of a rush. The nee-dle prick is the worst part, so I’d say donating is defi-nitely worth it for anyone scared of needles.”
Eva Roberts, an exer-cise physiology student, said she hates needles but donated for the first time at WVU.
“I donated blood for the first time in Honors Hall a few months ago even though I hate nee-
dles. The nurse who was working was really cool, and afterward I realized it wasn’t too bad,” Roberts said. “My blood type is a rare type, and it’s inspired me to donate more often.”
Members of the Moun-taineer Maniacs volun-teered to help the event run smoothly.
Dominic Mirto, a mem-ber of the Maniacs, helped take care of the donors.
“I’m volunteering as a walker with the Moun-taineer Maniacs. When someone is done donat-ing blood, I grab their stuff, ensure they eat and encourage them to fill out a card for the troops,” Mirto said. “My main job is to make sure they don’t
Kyle moNroe/THe DAIly ATHeNAeumUniversity College Advising employee Jennifer Stape responds to emails on her iPad while a nurse tends to her Wednesday afternoon at the Mr. and Ms. Moun-taineer Blood Drive.
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SGA talks cheaper textbook optionsBY sam Bosserman
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The West Virginia Uni-versity Student Govern-ment Association dis-cussed a resolution to endorse a platform de-signed to facilitate buying and selling of textbooks among students at its reg-ular Wednesday night meeting.
TextbookFriend.com, would be a much needed tool for students who want to find a cheaper al-ternative to traditional
b o o k s t o re s. A c c o rd -ing to SGA, the website would essentially act as a WVU-oriented online meeting place where stu-dents can advertise used books.
BOG member Chris Nyden, who is the co-sponsor of the resolution, said a partnership with the website wouldn’t in-cur any additional costs for the school except for what is spent on marketing it to students. All website maintenance and other ex-tra costs would be covered by the website.
Nyden said the cur-rent textbook market-place lacks competi-tion and suffers from a lack of easily available information.
“In my textbook afford-ability report, I say one of
the things I think is most beneficial to the student body is having more in-formation and more com-petition when it comes to their decisions in buying textbooks,” Nyden said. “This (website) provides
a platform for students to talk to each other and sell some books they might not be able to sell back to the bookstore.”
During the discussion, a concern was raised in re-gard to the resolution be-ing viewed as favoring one for-profit private company over another.
Nyden said he wel-comed proposals by other services, but thought Text-bookFriend.com was the best fit for the University.
“In terms of the web-sites I’ve looked at, and in terms of what I’ve seen
other universities do, this is a very good deal for the student body,” Nyden said.
In addition to the first reading of the textbook resolution, SGA listened to a presentation made by members of a delegation they sent to the Big 12 Stu-dent Government Con-ference. Members of the delegation said the trip had been worth the expense.
The presentation fo-cused on how the trip has and will continue to
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WVU Veterans Club holds Toys for Tots drive during holiday season
BY HilarY KinneYStaff Writer
@Dailyathenaeum
While most are begin-ning to prepare gifts for their own families this hol-iday season, members of the West Virginia University Veterans Club are dedicat-ing their time and energy to providing for those less likely to receive presents.
This is the first year West Virginia University Veter-ans Club is taking charge of the area Toys for Tots drive instead of just simply sup-porting it.
“It’s always been a mil-itary charity and with the veterans, we all really like to give back to communi-ties,” said Daniel Alexan-der, president of the Veter-ans Club. “We do a lot with philanthropy and charity.
“It kind of naturally fell into place.”
The Toys for Tots Foun-dation is run by the Ma-rine Corps Reserves, which is part of the reason WVU Veterans feel so compas-sionate about giving to this cause.
Last year, the club col-lected more than 6,000 gifts for children in Monongalia, Doddridge, Marion, Har-rison, Tyler and Preston counties.
The club’s original goal for this year’s event was to double the number of presents. However, dona-tion boxes arrived late for distribution. Despite the setback, the club is still fo-cused on collecting just as many, if not more, gifts than last year.
Alexander said the drive also accepts cash donations.
“We take that cash, and then we go and we spend it at Toys ‘R’ Us, Big Lots or Walmart in the local area,”
he said. “So all the money that is collected locally is spent locally and used to help local people.”
In recent years, outside organizations have been known to contribute to the WVU Veterans Club Toys for Tots drive. Sororities have been involved, com-peting to collect the most presents. Last year, the toy donations from sororities totaled more than 800 gifts.
Morgantown RubberU will host a social event to benefit Toys for Tots at The Back Door Bar and Tavern tonight from 7-10.
“Since it’s the holiday season and Toys for Tots is in their prime time, we were happy to get involved,” said Vic Lombard, owner of the RubberU.
From 7-8 p.m., attendees will have the opportunity to play games by donating to the fund. A karaoke con-test will kick off at 8 p.m., and from 9-10 p.m. a char-ity date auction will be held.
Lombard said the event will be the perfect time for people to not only give back to charity but also unwind and have a good time with friends.
“We find that, instead of just asking people for dona-tions, we can create a more fun environment,” Lom-bard said.
To become involved with Toys for Tots, organiza-tions can make a toy or cash donation, volunteer to help sort gifts in December at the end of the drive, or request a donation box or fliers to hold their own fundraiser.
For more information about the event or vol-unteering opportunities, contact the WVU Veterans Group at [email protected].
Students map wardrobes as part of Geography Awareness Week
BY alexis ranDolPHStaff Writer
@Dailyathenaeum
In celebration of Geography Awareness Week, the West Virginia University Geography Club, geography graduates group and Gamma Theta Upsilon, an international geog-raphy honor society, held several events this week.
Members of the Geography Club were stationed in the Mountainlair commons Wednesday to map out the ward-robes of students on campus.
As one of the events to help spread awareness about the effects of globalization of clothing manufacturing, mem-bers of the club asked students what country pieces of the student’s clothing were made in. Students would check the tags of their jackets, scarves and even shoes, and once a location was determined, members of the club would add the clothing location to a Google Map the club had set up on a screen for passersby to explore.
Countries in South America and Africa were among the most popular areas of origin, while about half of the clothing items mapped were in China. There was even a sweatshirt made in West Virginia, which came as a sur-prise to most.
Jason Kikel, a senior geography student, talked about the purpose and importance of the mapping.
“We are mapping clothing of students and members of the WVU community to spread awareness about global-ization and the spread of clothing production,” Kikel said.
The participating organizations have held several other events to go along with Geography Awareness Week, which is recognized internationally by National Geographic.
Along with the clothing mapping event, the Geographic Information Systems program held a GIS day for more than 100 students from Morgantown High School.
The students were given a tour of the GIS labs and com-puter facilities as well as the virtual GIS cave in Brooke Hall. The high school students were also shown some of the web based mapping systems members of the GIS pro-gram use.
Tyler Wylie, a geography graduate student, said GIS is important to other fields of study and work, as well.
“It covers the procedures and techniques behind the methods we use in GIS,” Wylie said. “Geographers don’t do their work for other geographers, but for people in other fields and who study other things, that is what GIS
mIcK Posey/THe DAIly ATHeNAeumA student stops at the West Virginia University Geography Club booth in the Mountainlair Wednesday to add where his shoe was made to the Google Map.
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Jack Lake, the do-
nor recruitment rep-resentative for the Red Cross from Mononga-lia County, said he was pleased with the drive’s turnout.
“We actually have blood drives all the time, typi-cally two to three times in a week in order to keep a five-day supply. We’ve been doing the Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer drive
for a few years now be-cause it’s a great way for them to get involved with the community,” Lake said.
“The Mountaineer Ma-niacs are also a great sup-port to have. They do-nated the pizza today. I’m happy to have every-one, including the donors’ support.”
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provides.” The results of the map-
ping event will be posted to the program’s website, and shared with differ-ent geography classes on the WVU campus studying globalization.
To learn more about the GIS program at WVU, visit http://wvgis.wvu.edu. For more information about Geography Awareness Week, visit http://educa-tion.nationalgeographic.com.
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mIcK Posey/THe DAIly ATHeNAeumBrendan Susino, Aaron Ferrari and Jason Kikel listen to a student discuss the origin of her jacket.
nYPD undercover pleads not guilty in sUV assault
NEW yOrK (aP) — An un-dercover New York City po-lice detective pleaded not guilty Wednesday to gang assault in a motorcyclist-SUV highway melee cap-tured on amateur video, as prosecutors said they con-tinued to look for additional participants.
Wojciech Braszczok was lead in and out of Manhat-tan state Supreme Court by his lawyers, with his hood over his head and a plaid scarf covering his face. In-side court, he said two words: “Not guilty,” during
the short arraignment be-fore putting the getup back on and heading back out. His lawyer John Arlia had no comment.
The Sept. 29 encounters on a Manhattan highway and side street were partly caught on a helmet-camera video posted online. Pros-ecutors handed over video to defense attorneys, but judge
After the Range Rover SUV driver bumped a bike that had slowed in front of it, motorcyclists sur-rounded and converged
on it, according to investi-gators. The SUV driver fled in fear for the loved ones riding with him and ran over a biker, and motorcy-clists chased him, pulled him from the vehicle and attacked him, police and prosecutors say.
The SUV driver, Alexian Lien, has not been charged with any crime.
Prosecutors have said Braszczok shattered the SUV’s back window.
Braszczok was off duty at the time. Prosecutors said he did nothing to stop the
assault or summon help, didn’t report having been there to his superiors for a few days, and wasn’t straightforward when he did.
The detective was stripped of his gun and badge after internal affairs investigators discovered he saw at least part of the con-frontation. He initially told authorities and his union that he didn’t intervene in the attack partly because he works undercover.
Arlia has said that the window Braszczok is ac-
cused of breaking already had a sizeable hole in it. The detective didn’t know other participants in the rally, which was organized online, and he pursued Lien only to prevent his flight af-ter the SUV ran down and seriously injured motorcy-clist Edwin Mieses Jr., Arlia said previously.
Three other suspected participants also pleaded not guilty Wednesday. One, Clint Caldwell, is trying to sever his case from the other 10 charged in the inci-dent. His lawyer, Raymond
Colon, said his client is seen on video clearly stepping away, and did not partici-pate in the attack.
“You can search every stone in the city of New York, you won’t find any evidence whatsoever of his ties to any of these other co-defendants,” he said.
Assistant District Attor-ney Josh Steinglass said there may be more arrests. Supreme Court Justice Max-well Wiley asked that de-fense attorneys not copy the video evidence handed over in the case.
APUndercover police officer Wojciech Braszczok center rear, covers up his face as he exits Manhattan State Supreme Court, Wednesday, in New York. Braszczok pleaded not guilty to gang assault related to a motorcyclist-SUV highway melee.
faci l i tate the shar-i n g o f i d e a s between other uni-versities in the Big 12 Conference.
BOG member Molly Callaghan, who attended the conference as WVU’s SGA Big 12 Liaison, said the trip was beneficial be-cause of the many net-working opportunities.
“One of the advantages to going on this trip is we now have a lot more
contacts within these other schools,” Callaghan said. “We can now more easily and directly con-tact other schools at a meaningful level, which really facilitates effective communication.”
Callaghan said the Big 12 Student Government Conference faci l i t ies better governance by teaching about the ex-p e r i e n c e s o f o t h e r SGAs.
“The whole time we were there was a giant learning process, we were getting and exchanging ideas the whole time,” Callaghan
said. “If one school has a
problem, another school might have had the same problem last year and can share their experience and insight.”
SGA also heard from several groups of stu-dents participating in a University orientation class.
The topics brought up by these students ranged from longer dining hall hours to more recreational activities downtown.
BOG vice chair John Williams said he was happy to see these stu-
dents come to SGA and be active in their school’s stu-dent government.
“If you look at the SGA constitution it actually says any member of the student body is a member of SGA by default,” Wil-liams said. “I wish those members of SGA will con-tinue to come in and voice their opinions on where they want their university to be going.”
SGA holds its regular meeting every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Hatfield’s B.
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Coroner: TSA officer died minutes after being shot
LOs aNGELEs (aP) — The Transportation Security Administration officer who was killed in a gunman’s at-tack at Los Angeles Inter-national Airport died two to five minutes after he was shot, coroner’s officials said Wednesday.
The detail comes after The Associated Press reported Friday that agencies are in-vestigating whether para-medics could have come to TSA Officer Gerardo Her-nandez’s aid sooner after the Nov. 1 shooting.
Hernandez lay on the floor 20 feet from the exit for 33 minutes before he was rushed to an ambu-lance outside, even though the gunman had been sub-dued within five minutes, officials told AP. But it was unclear when Hernandez died or whether immedi-ate medical attention could have saved his life.
Although Hernandez’s autopsy hasn’t been final-ized, there was pressure to clarify when he died, said Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter. More details were expected to be released in a final report later this week, he said.
Formal conclusions could take months, but what’s known raises the possibility that a lack of co-ordination between police and fire officials prevented speedy treatment for Her-nandez and other victims.
Authorities say Paul Cian-cia was targeting TSA work-ers in a vendetta against the federal government when he pulled a semi-automatic rifle out of a duffel bag in-side Terminal 3 and shot Hernandez.
In court documents and interviews, author-ities spelled out a chill-ing chain of events. After Ciancia fired repeatedly at Hernandez, he went up an escalator, turned back to see Hernandez move, and returned to shoot him again, according to surveil-lance video reviewed by investigators.
He then fired on two other uniformed TSA em-ployees and an airline passenger, who all were wounded, as he moved me-thodically through the secu-rity checkpoint to the pas-senger gate area. Airport police shot him as panicked travelers hid in stores and
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Leviathus to play at 123 Pleasant Street, bring distinct metal sound
Facebook.comLeviathus brings a distinct metal sound to every venue they play.
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In 2005, Brian Pilon and Patrick Stone worked and jammed together.
Using their employer’s basement, the duo played metal music together as of-ten as possible. They soon decided to form a band. Now, eight years after its inception, the homegrown Morgantown metal band Leviathus is getting a few final touches.
Leviathus consists of four people: Brian Pilon, vocalist and bass player; Patrick Stone, vocalist and guitarist ; Thomas Reger, guitarist; and Nick Wood, drummer.
It has been a long road getting to their current state today, according to the band. Most of Levi-athus’s early years were spent trying to find the per-fect lineup. Not wanting to skimp on quality just to get started quickly, Stone and Pilon took their time find-ing the right people.
After much delibera-tion, the lineup has finally been found. Each member brings their own musical style to the group, and it is this amalgamation of influ-ence that makes Leviathus what it is.
“It’s actually the wide-ness of the influences that really make it interesting
for the band,” Stone said.Stone’s inf luences
mostly come from South-ern metal. Reger was heav-ily influenced by early 2000s metal bands such as Trivium, giving his style a more progressive sound. Cliff Burton, the deceased bassist of the American thrash-metal band Metal-lica, is Pilon’s greatest in-fluence for his instrument, and Nick Wood derives his style from Killswitch Engage.
Although all members of Leviathus pull their in-fluence from metal bands, these bands are actually quite different. This gives Leviathus a wholly metal sound that is a one of a kind – a careful mix of many subgenres.
“Our blend of styles creates something that is unique in metal,” Stone said.
According to the group, the vocals are just as im-portant as the instruments used.
“We have a very talented singer,” Stone said. “Brian is far and above a lot of the singers I’ve worked with in the time that I’ve been in music. He really sets the bar high for the rest of us.”
The band is best classi-fied as a melodic metalc-ore band. Leviathus likes to change up how they play throughout sets.
“We’ll go from riffs that
are heavy and chordy to more progressive stuff like double-lead lines and even triple-lead lines,” Stone said.
Pilon’s talented and un-conventional bass skills work themselves into a lot of this, as well. He doesn’t just act like an extension of the drums by keeping rhythm all the time.
He is able to use his bass for solos and play the role of a third guitar.
Leviathus’s music draws a lot from emotional themes, as well.
“Usually it’s an emo-tional theme for each dif-ferent song. Sometimes it’s a story ... A lot of our songs are story-based,” Stone said.
For example, one of their songs, “My Child,” is writ-ten about a person they knew who committed sui-cide. After speaking to the person involved with the
incident, they felt a con-nection to the issue.
“(These are) emotions that we feel and experi-ence directly,” Stone said. “Most of our music is de-rived from dark places. But, some, like ‘Overcom-ing,’ are about rising above the darkness, rising from the difficulties in life and persevering.”
According to Leviathus, regardless of their amount of success, they’ll be happy
as long as they’re playing. Performing live is their fa-vorite aspect of being a band. Leviathus said they enjoy the interaction with fans and the energy of a live performance.
Fans of any sort of metal should check out Leviathus on Facebook or at http://le-viathus.com. The group will play at 123 Pleasant Street Dec. 1.
Women’s and Gender Studies fair to spark discussion, debateGet Fit WVU to host Thanksgiving potluck
BY jakE jarviSA&E WRITER
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Get Fit WVU, a new student organization at West Virginia University, is set to host their first Healthy Thanksgiving potluck.
“Get Fit WVU was founded with the simple mission of actively fos-tering health, nutrition and overall fitness for all WVU students, staff and alumni,” said Jessica Wil-lard, vice president of the organization and a nurs-ing student.
Tonight at 6, students are invited to join Get Fit WVU on the 6th floor of the Life Sciences Building for a free buffet style Thanks-giving meal.
“Don’t think because it says it’s a potluck that you have to bring food,” Wil-lard said. “People only have to bring themselves and a hefty appetite. Let us
take care of the rest.”All of the recipes used
in the dinner will feature traditional Thanksgiv-ing dishes with a healthy spin.
Each year across the dining halls, students liv-ing on campus stop by the dining halls to celebrate the season the Mountain-eer way: loading up on calories.
“We just want there to be more options. This time of year so many of our di-ets go down the drain be-cause of this season,” Wil-lard said. “One dish I’m bringing is a Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread with a healthy twist.”
Willard is a self-de-scribed pro-baker and is very confident her pump-kin bread will leave peo-ple wanting more. Other dishes that will be fea-tured are parmesan zuc-chini chips, mashed po-tatoes with apple cider gravy, and garlic green
beans with shallots.Have no fear, though,
this isn’t the typical “healthy” food that has its bad reputation for not be-ing tasty. Get Fit WVU is re-alistic in their expectations of what a person can in-clude in their Thanksgiving celebration.
“Obviously not every-thing on a family’s menu can be totally healthy,” Willard said. “But we’ve crafted the menu so that there is a good balance between different nutri-ents with flavor to go on for days.”
The organization has several plans for the rest of the year and is seeking help from students across all majors.
One upcoming project is a video series in collabora-tion with the Student Rec-reation Center to promote proper use and respect of exercise equipment and facilities. Students often overestimate their abilities
and assume they know how to use equipment. This can cause not only damage to the person, but also to the equipment.
Get Fit WVU will also sponsor a 5k Run/Walk in mid-April 2014. All of the proceeds from this event will go to-ward childhood obesity research.
Don’t miss out on the free food from this new student organization. For more information, find their group page on Face-book “Get Fit WVU,” or email [email protected].
“We want students to not just come and en-joy the food. We want the food to be so good they have to have it,” Willard said. “We are provid-ing copies of the reci-pes for everyone who at-tends so they can take it home.”
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The 4th semi-annual Women’s and Gender Stud-ies Fair will take place to-day in the Mountainlair and features group re-search and activist projects from many of the WGST courses.
Since it began in 2012, this fair has been an outlet for students in the multip-lidisciplinary study known as Women and Gender Studies.
This year, students from the newly added Intro-duction to LGBTQ Studies course will be participating.
Brian Jara, a WGST pro-fessor at West Virginia Uni-versity, is the main orga-nizer for this event. Jara is also the faculty adviser for WVU Spectrum, the on-campus LGBTQA student organization.
“Women’s and Gender Studies is, by definition, an interdisciplinary field,” Jara said. “What this means is our field explores connec-tions with all other disci-plines and fields of studies.”
What should students expect with Women’s and Gender Studies being such a wide field?
“Gender is a central con-cept in our field, but also simultaneously intersects with race, class, sexuality, religion, age as well as iden-tities,” Jara said.
Jara said he has targeted two goals for this fair, which are educating the larger campus about WGST top-
ics and giving students a chance to leave a legacy.
Students enrolled in the Introduction to Women and Gender Studies course, WGST 170, are required to complete this group project.
Instead of allowing stu-dents to just turn in a proj-ect in portfolio form, Jara said he is trying to get stu-dents to think outside the box and maximize their efforts towards leaving a long-lasting imprint on the campus.
“In addition to interac-tive displays and exhibits, we also have short video public service announce-ments as well as short doc-umentaries that will be screened throughout the event,” Jara said.
Be sure to come to attend this event with an open mind.
“If we are doing our job, then some projects should make you laugh, others should make you cry, oth-ers should outrage you and ultimately, all of them will make you think,” Jara said.
The West Virginia Uni-versity Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has re-cently opened up their new office Van Voorhis Road, and WVU as a whole is mak-ing equality and inclusion take a higher importance.
It’s sure not to be a con-ventional educational event, but rather the match to spark a flame of discussion.
“You might even see a beer pong game,” Jara said.
BY NicOLE curTiN A&E WRITER
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Morgantown’s night-life has seen several expe-rienced DJs like DJ John Affy and DJ Yemi, who en-tertained the crowds of partygoers.
Freshman O’Shar Nel-son hopes to get into the DJ business himself. Lately the engineering student has had the opportunity to DJ at parties, and he said he likes the performance atmosphere.
“It’s fun to see every-
one have a good time and dancing,” Nelson said.
Nelson said he first got his inspiration by visiting the downtown nightclub, Lux, before the semester started.
“I was here for the sum-mer, and I went to Lux a lot. I would just sit there and watch Affy, and it re-ally interested me, so I got started on it,” he said.
He said his other pas-sion is rapping.
“I used to rap a lot when I was little, and my parents
didn’t take it seriously, so I was kind of off and on with it,” he said. “When I got into high school, I had friends that I could make music with, and that’s when it started to get more serious.”
Currently, Nelson re-cords music in his dorm room and said he hopes to drop a mixtape un-der his rap name, Mucha-cho Flaco, after winter break.
Since the opportu-nity to perform his mu-sic is not always avail-able elsewhere, Nelson
said he plans to continue working and getting in-volved with performing in Morgantown.
“I haven’t reached out to anyone here yet,” Nelson said. “Everything is (about) timing.”
Nelson said his main goal is to make mu-sic not only for himself, but to entertain people with his diverse music styles.
To listen to his music, visit http://soundcloud.com/therealoshar.
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The veterans at WVU have been trying for some time to get a veterans learn-ing resource center on campus to no avail, even though many other univer-
sities have housed these fa-cilities for years.
The center would serve as a place of additional ed-ucation for veterans, a place to call home and conduct business. It would provide a true office for Jerry McCar-thy, the WVU advocate for veterans, who has only very recently been appointed as a full-time liaison between the student veterans and the University.
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The cruelty of Thanksgiving shopping
Life on the moon becomes a real possibility
Carbon emissions ruining oceanic
ecosystems
Pollution is something everyone seems to be talk-ing about.
Aside from the immi-nent danger of affecting our plants, ecology and children, ocean acidifi-cation is a result of the ever-increasing carbon levels thrown into our atmosphere.
Ocean acidification is the title given to the de-crease in pH due to in-creasing levels of carbon emissions entering our oceans. The increase in pH levels has been shown to have detrimental effects on our ocean’s ecology, ranging from decrease in metabolic rates of jumbo squid to even coral reef destruction. Pteropod shells degrade when the pH is brought from where it should normally be (around a pH of 7) to dan-gerous ocean pH levels of four or five.
Being in the ocean has its limitations. Generally, fish stay in about the same temperature and depth in which they are born. A fish simply cannot just leave the ocean or swim to a side of the ocean away from high exposure to ocean acidification.
Having these limita-tions severely hinders the ability of a fish to leave or move environments with-out either killing the fish or reducing its survival rate. The effects are det-rimental and long-last-ing, and there is nothing the fish in the sea can do to avoid it.
We have seen enough destruction through the Intoc 1 Oil Spills of 1979 (140 million gallons) and the more recent Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill of 2010 (210 million gallons). The result – destruction of communities, species, reefs, etc. – from these tragedies will only be mir-rored as our oceans are becoming more acidified through carbon emissions.
There is absolutely no regard for our oceans, and ocean acidification truly needs to be consid-ered and mentioned when people discuss carbon emissions.
The protection of our oceans is not only for the benefit of the develop-ment of our fish, but also ties into the fish market. Commercial fisherman are certainly affected by this change in pH, as well as our economy.
Look to places like Alaska, a sort of “fish oa-sis.” The local towns, which run by selling and trading fish, would be de-stroyed. This would affect families, jobs and over-all population. There are so many more things af-fected by ocean acidifica-tion than those that meet the eye.
Many are comparing the resulting influx of car-bon emissions and the destructive effects as the modern day representa-tion of what happened when the dinosaurs be-came extinct. Plankton, essential to many fish as a food source, disappeared. Coral reefs vanished, and the entire ocean commu-nity became a thing of the past.
In the popular “A Sea Change” documentary that discusses the en-vironmental issues and concerns due to car-bon emissions, an artist named Maya Lin talked about how humans are inherently a very visual creature. It is difficult to try and imagine a world miles and miles below the surface of the ocean. Lin warns that “what we can’t see, we pollute.”
It is difficult to try to understand the effects of carbon pollution in our oceans through ocean acidification, because we cannot technically see these changes unless we strap on our scuba gear.
There is so much beauty in the sea, and it will greatly affect our percep-tion of the world, econ-omy and lifestyles if we continue to let these car-bon emissions ruin our land and water.
If the direct effects of the pollution affecting humans cannot convince you, then I urge you to consider the greater effect that these pollutants will have on the 71 percent of the Earth’s surface that is in water.
With Thanksgiving Day fast approaching, most of us are finding ourselves growing more distracted with thoughts of the Ma-cy’s Thanksgiving Day Pa-rade, a delicious family dinner and most impor-tantly, a week-long break from school.
However, it becomes more difficult every year to think of this holiday time devoted to the apprecia-tion of family and bless-ings without thinking of the post-Thanksgiving shop-ping madness known as Black Friday.
The emergence of the term “Black Friday” began in the 1960s, when stores used it to describe the phe-nomenon that began on the day after Thanksgiving, the unofficial beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
When records were kept by hand, accounting books relied on red ink to indicate a loss and black ink to ded-icate a profit.
Often on this day, stores would transition from losses resulting from the pre-Thanksgiving shop-ping slump to profits from the Christmas shopping boom, and record books
would change from the use of red ink to black ink.
This, as well as gripes from 1960s Philadelphia police department about the clogged sidewalks and congested streets, resulted in the day after Thanks-giving becoming forever known as Black Friday.
Retailers began to real-ize they could maximize their Black Friday sales by opening early and dis-counting prices, drawing crowds to their stores. Be-cause of this, Black Friday transitioned from being known as the first day of the holiday shopping sea-son to the biggest day of the holiday shopping season.
In fact, the day has be-come so popular many major retailers have de-fied tradition, in the name of competitive advantage and profit maximization, and opened their stores on the morning of Thanksgiv-ing Day.
In recent years, more Americans have taken ad-vantage of this early hol-iday shopping than ever before.
According to the Na-tional Retail Federation, of the reported 140 mil-lion Americans who plan to shop for Christmas dur-ing Thanksgiving weekend, about 24 percent of those shoppers, an estimated 33 million, intend to shop on
Thanksgiving Day. While more shoppers
than ever before are ex-cited and enthusiastic about flocking to the mall on Thanksgiving Day, oth-ers have criticized retailers. The controversy surround-ing this practice is centered in fairness for retail em-ployees. Many complain that the early Black Fri-day openings cut into the holiday for their employ-ees, and time that should be spent relaxing with family is instead spent in an extremely chaotic work environment.
Retailers have done their best this year to defend themselves from the back-lash that results from open-ing on Thanksgiving day.
J.C. Penney’s CEO was quoted at a conference in October as saying store employees were “excited to drum up sales on Thanks-giving.” Walmart Executive Vice President Mac Naugh-ton has told ABC News its associates are also “really excited to work that day.” Walmart has announced that it will be providing a turkey dinner to more than 1 million employees who will be manning its stores on Thanksgiving Day.
Despite these claims, it is hardly believable any em-ployee would be “excited” to spend their Thanksgiv-ing away from their fami-
lies to accommodate mas-sive, frenzied crowds of holiday shoppers. While it is true early Black Friday sales allow shoppers to save money and get a head start on their holiday shop-ping, it is also true that this absolutely comes at the ex-pense of retail employees.
Because Thanksgiving is a “traditional holiday, not religious, it makes it eas-ier for retailers to fight,” said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD Group. “It’s American her-itage, so it’s very easy for them to do.”
Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for what we have, not to inconvenience others in the name of find-ing a deal. Consumers hold a great deal of power when it comes to the practices of retailers. When you shop on Thanksgiving Day, you are endorsing the exploi-tation of retail employ-ees and degenerating the meaning of the holiday as a whole.
Showing retailers this is unacceptable by refusing to participate is the only way to shift the focus of the holiday back to its true meaning and allow every-one time to enjoy their family and reflect on their blessings.
Hotel mogul Robert Big-elow has made his fortune building his hotel chain here on Earth. But to some, Earth is a road block to the future potential of business. Big-elow, who is also the CEO of Bigelow Aerospace, is ask-ing U.S. government officials to establish lunar property rights on the moon.
Bigelow and his company are currently building vessels he hopes will make it possible for ordinary people to travel and live in space. Getting property rights on the moon is no easy task, which sounds more like a movie than a real-ity. But it seems the future is here sooner rather than later, and Bigelow is talking to the Federal Aviation Adminis-tration Office of Commercial Space Transportation to al-low him to stake claims on the moon.
“Our business is provid-ing affordable, reliable habi-tats, whether they are on the surface of the moon or some-where in between in low Earth orbit,” Bigelow said. He described the vessels as, “ex-pandable structures that have an element like the steel belts in your tires.”
While space travel could still be years away, Bigelow
said his dream of making space travel more accessible is not too far from becoming a reality.
“We have made a lot of progress in creating this ves-sel, and we will have two full-scale vessels to launch by the end of 2016,” he said.
For anyone with the desire to travel or those who grew up with dreams to go to the moon, this news can be noth-ing short of spectacular. For many travelers, the chance to see Europe and other luxuri-ous islands is No. 1 on their bucket list, but it’s hard not to dream that Bigelow’s plan comes through for the oppor-tunity to see Earth from a view not many have witnessed.
The ambition Bigelow dis-plays for his project is dem-onstrated in the goals he has set out for himself: “We want to be prepared in case we have clients who say, ‘Look, we want do a lot more. We are interested in doing a lot more, we want to establish a much larger base, we want to do mining operations …We need to have a legal regime that protects those resources.”
The whole idea of space travel and the chance to live or stay on the moon is mind-blowing. Just imag-ine when you were a kid be-ing told someday you could travel to the moon. Most of us wouldn’t believe those crazy statements, but Bigelow and
his team are working to turn this dream into a reality.
The craziest part about all of this is that it’s only 2013: What will space travel be in the next 20, 40 or even 60 years?
One obstacle Bigelow faces besides the numerous safety steps – and an actual grant to own part of the moon – are customers who are not only interested but have enough money to afford such an experience.
While an actual price for this trip has not been dis-cussed, I could only assume only the most powerful lead-ers, celebrities or athletes, could embark on this jour-ney. But if Bigelow wants to move forward with his dream, he will need to pin-
point customers and get an idea of who is seriously interested.
I don’t know how and when Bigelow will advance his ambitious and futuristic ideas, but if he can manage to avoid any setbacks and set-tlements issues, I hope I can see a day in the near future in which a vacation to the moon is as easy as spring break in Florida.
The breaking point in all of this will be if Bigelow can not only make this happen, but make it an affordable price tag for the average middle class to be able to live out their wildest dreams and fan-tasies without breaking the bank to the point of no return.
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BORN TODAY This year, you will be serious and determined about your direction and the choices you make. You draw people from vari-ous walks of life toward you. If you are single, you could meet several different people. Enjoy dating. You will know when someone is right for you. If you are attached, the two of you will enjoy each other so much that you won’t need anyone else to have a party. Use care with money, as you often are extravagant.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH You will feel as if you are on an emo-tional seesaw. You could be feeling a lot about someone close. You might be weighing the pros and cons of a change involving property and per-haps family. Irritation could bubble
up at the slightest provocation. To-night: Stay centered.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH Do not stand on cere-mony. You might want to make a call or reach out to someone who has become distant. Your temper soars, as you seem to keep hitting a brick wall. Relax, and take a walk to get some fresh air. Be more hospita-ble and open. Tonight: Get together with a friend.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HH You’ll want to indulge others as well as yourself. You can’t seem to decide what would be more fun and mem-orable. Trust yourself to choose the right event or happening. At times, you give in to excess. Be careful – a family member could be jealous. To-night: Go with the flow.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You might sense a change in oth-ers. What has been held back in the past, or perhaps even today, could become a fiery issue. Don’t worry; it can be resolved. You seem to know exactly what to do and when to do it. Follow your own advice. Tonight: Make an important phone call.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Take your time right now, and be slightly less accountable. You are full of en-thusiasm for a new friendship. Try to lighten up about a domestic sit-uation or investment. If you are not sure, wait before engaging in a con-versation or taking action. Tonight: Vanish while you can.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Keep your eye on the big picture, and proceed in the direction you want to head in. You might feel as if
you can’t handle a personal matter, and you could become angry if you are pushed. Excuse yourself rather than explode. Tonight: Hang out with your friends.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH Lis-ten to news that is forthcoming. You might want to assume a less-prom-inent position in a project once you hear it. Someone in your daily life might become a burden to you. You need to express your feelings before anger builds. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HH If you are questioning what to do, detach. Allow your feelings and in-stincts to guide you, as they are likely to lead you in the right di-rection. Recognize when you are feeling triggered. At that point, your best bet is to do nothing. To-
night: Touch base with someone at a distance.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Someone close to you will demand the stage. You might as well retreat rather than fight for the po-dium. If you start to feel down, in-dulge a little. You might want to buy a new item for winter or perhaps a gift for a loved one. Tonight: Togeth-erness is the theme.
C APRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You will see a situation differently from how the majority of people around you see it. As a re-sult, you might proceed as you wish and not bother to explain why. You will note that several people give you the benefit of the doubt. Keep them around. Tonight: Just don’t be alone.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Focus on completing your work or errands. You will want to be free and relaxed for the coming weekend. A partner expects a lot. In a sense, you feel driven by this person. Be aware if you are giving too much, as you could become resentful. Tonight: Get ready for a hot tango.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH If you are honest with yourself, your mind seems to be ev-erywhere all at once. Your self-disci-pline seems to be on vacation. If you can enjoy these flights of fancy, do. A close friend suddenly might become angry. This person wants more at-tention! Tonight: Keep it light.
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Songwriter’s Showcase features local talentBY TIFFANY BENSON
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L o c a l h o n k y - t o n k Schmitt’s Saloon hosted its 37th Songwriter’s Showcase Tuesday night. The showcase is used to bringing local talent to the stage and give the bar’s Tuesday night crowd en-tertainment. It also gives musicians of any genre the chance to play on a weeknight.
“It brings people to Schmitt’s that wouldn’t normally come in,” said Matt Poling, a regular per-former at the showcases. “I
have a buddy that comes from IUP, two hours away just to play here.”
The first act of the night was Jacob Binegar, who came from Ohio just for the chance to play at Schmitt’s. He wowed the crowd with his powerful country voice and performed cov-ers of Old Crowe Medicine Show, Luke Bryan and an original song.
Following Binegar was The Matt Poling Band. The country group, from Reader, W.Va., consists of two members: Poling and drummer Mike Burr. They covered new country art-ists like Tyler Farr, Kip
Moore and then played some originals.
As a surprise, Owen Schmitt and Sammy Da-visson from the Davisson Brothers joined in to im-press the crowd with their guitar and bass talents.
“I started hanging out with Sammy (in 2012), and I knew he had a connec-tion with Owen, so I saw the showcase on Facebook and started coming,” Pol-ing said. “I’ve also played at happy hours, and I’ve been playing here ever since.”
Culture Thief, a group out of Fairmont, W.Va., is a collaboration of musi-
cians that carry a diverse sound with a mixture of rock, indie, folk, soul and a hint of jazz. The mem-bers include: Craig DeBas-tiani, vocals and guitar; Joshua Dale Lucas, guitar and backing vocals; Jordan Wean, bass; Sean Michael Cochran, drums; Neil G. Wallace, backing vocals, keyboard and guitar; and Terry Rogers, saxophone.
The passion of Culture Thief ’s singer was what inspired the crowd to tap along. The group has also played at 123 Pleasant Street, The River City Grille in Fairmont, and Club Cafe in Pittsburgh.
“Every time I’ve been here there’s a bigger crowd,” Poling said. “It’s definitely taking off. This is already the 37th week.”
Jeff Grable also filled the stage with talent. Grable al-ready has four solo albums and is working on new ma-terial for his next release. As a performer, Grable has been influenced by a mixture of rock, blues and metal, making his music something all of his own. He’s been compared to Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson and Ray Lamontagne.
Out of Pennsylvania, Terry Lee Spencer ended the night with the crowd
still singing along. He cov-ered many classic coun-try songs and played some of his own. His voice had a rustic quality that made it obvious his choice of genre should be country.
“I think that Schmitt’s is giving Morgantown a new view on the music scene because before this place, it was next to nothing,” Poling said. “There was nowhere to play.”
The Songwriter’s Show-case is held every Tuesday night starting at 8 and has no cover charge.
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Country music star Chris Janson to bring music to Schmitt’s Saloon
coUnTrYMUSIcrocKS.neTChris Janson plays at the Grand Ole Opry.
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If you’re still in town this weekend, be sure to catch country music star Chris Janson at Schmitt’s Saloon Saturday night.
Janson said he has al-ways loved music, and he began playing at the age of 11. He followed his dream at 18 years old to move to Nashville, Tenn., instead of taking his scholarship to veterinary school.
He begged the door-man at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, a famous honky tonk bar in Nashville, to let him play one song with the band. He agreed, and be-fore Janson was finished singing “Folsom Prison Blues,” he had secured a yearlong gig playing at the bar. Janson played four packed shows a day at Tootsie’s for the year.
D i re c t o r Jo nat ha n Demme came to see Jan-son play, and when he covered a Neil Young song, Demme was so blown away he offered Janson a part in Young’s concert movie, “Heart of Gold.”
Janson was signed to BNA Records in 2009
and released his first sin-gle, “Til a Woman Comes Along” in 2010. The sin-gle peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Janson chose to leave BNA Records after they underwent restructuring. Janson recently signed with Bigger Picture Mu-sic Group and released his first single with them, “Better I Don’t,” in early 2013.
“Better I Don’t” peaked at No. 40 on Country Air-play. Janson co-wrote this song with his wife and songwriter Pat Bunch.
Janson has also co-written Tim McGraw’s hit “Truck Yeah” and the ti-tle track off Justin Moore’s newest CD, “Off The Beaten Path.”
Janson’s EP is available now, and he is working on his debut album with Big-ger Picture Music Group. He will co-write every song on the album.
Janson’s newest single, “Cut Me Some Slack,” was released recently and is climbing the charts.
Aside from singing and songwriting, Janson plays guitar and the har-monica. He played har-monica on Lee Brice’s CD
“Hard2Love.” Janson has toured Eu-
rope with Lynyrd Sky-nyrd and Hank Williams, Jr. He has also played with Trace Adkins, Lonestar and Emmylou Harris. Jan-son played at Schmitt’s Saloon’s grand opening earlier this year, and he re-cently played at the Grand Ole Opry. He is playing smaller venues around the country.
Janson’s career is just getting started, as he has been getting rave reviews from many in the music industry.
Nashville Gab wrote, “He is explosive on stage and completely unpre-dictable. I compare his live set to a wild horse; it’s not meant to be tamed. He brings a blue-collar, red-neck edge to every show that seems to be lacking in country music these days. Chris Janson is the future of country music.”
Tickets to the show on Saturday are $12 in ad-vance at Schmitt’s Saloon or online and $15 at the door if the show is not sold out. Attendees must be 21 and older, and the show will begin at 9:30 p.m.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paramount won’t be giv-ing any wings to a planned “It’s a Wonderful Life” sequel.
A studio spokeswoman said Wednesday that Par-amount would fight the proposed follow-up to the 1946 holiday classic star-ring Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a desper-ate family man who imag-ines during Christmas time what his town would be like if he’d never been born.
Star Partners and Hum-mingbird Productions an-nounced plans Monday to create a sequel to the Frank Capra directed film titled “It’s a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story.”
Bob Farnsworth, presi-dent of Nashville, Tenn.-b a s e d Hu m m i n gb i rd Productions, told trade publication Variety that the film was set for re-lease in 2015 and would star Karolyn Grimes, who played Bailey’s daughter in the original film.
The filmmakers said the sequel would focus on Bailey’s unlikeable grand-son. Grimes, who said the iconic line “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!” in the original film, would play an angel in the follow-up.
“No project relating to `It’s A Wonderful Life’ can proceed without a license from Paramount,” the stu-
dio said in a statement. “To date, these individu-als have not obtained any of the necessary rights, and we would take all ap-propriate steps to protect those rights.”
Farnsworth and Star Partners president Allen J. Schwalb did not imme-diately return messages seeking comment. Farn-sworth previously told The Hollywood Reporter that the property’s rights were in the public domain.
While a lapsed copy-right led TV stations in the 1970s, `80s and early `90s to repeatedly broad-cast “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Paramount has controlled the rights for the past 14 years, after the studio ac-quired Republic Pictures as part of its acquisition of Spelling Entertainment in 1999. Paramount has since licensed “It’s a Wonderful Life” to NBC, which now airs it sparingly during the holiday season.
Tom Capra, son of “It’s a Wonderful Life” director Frank Capra, who died in 1991, said the Capra family does not support a sequel - and they don’t think their father would have, either.
“If he was still alive, he would have called it ludi-crous,” said Tom Capra. “Then, I think we would have called his lawyer. Why would you even at-tempt to make a sequel to such a classic film?”
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Staten, Harris duo lighting up scoreboardJuwan Staten knew why
WVU head coach Bob Hug-gins was frustrated in the 2012-13 season.
The guard was in his first season in a Mountaineer uniform after transferring from Dayton, Ohio. He con-fessed he spent the bulk of the year just trying to fig-ure things out and was lost on the court. Fast forward to this year and Staten is the catalyst to a West Vir-ginia backcourt that (for right now, anyway) can’t be stopped.
Staten, along with fellow guard Eron Harris, have combined to average 42.7 points per game in West Virginia’s three contests. Last Sunday’s 96-83 victory over Duquesne could have been a delightful preview as to what to expect from the duo this season.
Both Harris and Staten recorded a career-high in points with 33 and 28, re-spectively. Staten went 7-for-11 from the field and Harris hit six 3-point-ers. The emergence of of-fense is welcomed, but these two have contributed more than just points on the scoreboard.
Staten is second on the team in rebounding with almost six per game, de-spite standing a mere 6 foot 1. The senior guard also dished out more than seven assists in the team’s first three games. The do-it-all leader of a team with so many newcomers has al-ready proven himself to be a valuable resource.
It seems a game or prac-tice doesn’t go by that Hug-gins hasn’t praised Staten. He routinely refers to him as “a leader” and calls his performances “terrific.” In truth, Huggins and the Mountaineers need Staten as well as sophomores Har-ris and Terry Henderson big time.
In WVU’s two wins this season, Staten and Har-ris have worked together to shoot 59 and 63 percent. They are a combined 32-of-52 shots made. In the Moun-taineers’ loss to Virginia Tech last week, the two shot just 24 percent and scored a total of just 26 points. Of course, three games is a small sample size, but the results are pretty clear.
Remember, help will be on its way. Henderson and veteran guard Gary Browne have both been hampered by injuries early into this season. It appears Hen-derson’s health has really improved, which is good news for the high-scoring backcourt.
It’s asking an awful lot of Staten and Harris to con-tinue their hot start, espe-cially when the entire roster isn’t in place yet. However, they have to lead the way and continue to shoot the ball well.
WVU’s defense and re-bounding has been suspect, at best, early on. Perhaps the only way to stay in games is to outscore teams (much to Huggins’ displeasure).
One thing is for sure, though. These talented guards have made trips to the WVU Coliseum fun again.
All we can do is sit back and watch these guys score.
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West Virginia looks to start winning streak, travels to face No. 1 Texas, Baylorby JON fEHrENs
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While other students talk about what will be on the ta-ble for Thanksgiving, West Virginia volleyball head coach Jill Kramer is giving her team a game plan to beat the nation’s No. 1 volleyball team –the Texas Longhorns.
The West Virginia volley-ball team will kick off a long road trip as they travel down to Austin, Texas, to take on the Longhorns Thursday be-fore traveling to Waco, Texas, to face off against Baylor Sat-urday at 1 p.m.
“We are excited to head to Texas this week to take on two very different quality op-ponents in Texas and Baylor,” Kramer said. “I have been re-
ally happy with the level of competitiveness in our gym this week.”
Six players have been named to the Academic All-Big 12 team. Senior Liz Gu-lick and sophomores Nikki Attea and Anna Panagiota-kopoulos earned All-Big 12 First Team distinctions, while sophomore Brittany Sample and junior Evyn McCoy were honored with Second Team recognitions.
Gulick was one of four first-team members with a cumulative grade point aver-age of 4.0, which marks the second-straight season Gu-lick has been named to the team. In order to earn first-team honors, student-ath-letes must maintain a GPA of 3.20 or better, while the sec-ond team must hold a GPA of
3.00-3.19.“Our players take great
pride in their success in the classroom, building relation-ships with their professors and being the best they can be in every area of their lives,” Kramer said. “It’s nice to see them get rewarded for it.”
The Mountaineers lost to Texas in straight sets earlier this season but managed to push the best team in the country to extra points in the third set.
Kramer said she was pleased with how her team fought back in the final set and wants to see the fighting spirit throughout the entire match and not just the last few points.
“That’s the way we wanted to play the whole match. It started to come together for
us, but by then it was a lit-tle too late,” she said. “But, I think our team can go back to that and take a look and see how we were playing.”
The West Virginia offense came to life against Kramer’s alma mater TCU Saturday to end a three-game skid. The 3-0 win against the Horned Frogs was the 10th swept op-ponent of the season for the Mountaineers and also tied for the most wins in a single season since 2004.
Freshman outside hitter Jordan Anderson notched her 10th double-double of the season with 13 kills and 12 digs, while setter Sam-ple took her coach’s words of simpler passing to heart, as she dished out 38 assists to pass the 2,000 assists mark through her first two seasons.
After failing reach a posi-tive hitting clip in their past two matches, the Mountain-eers responded by hitting more than .300 in two out of three sets.
“I think they were sick of not playing their best volley-ball and decided to do some-thing about it. I think they re-ally fed off each other really well,” Kramer said. “(Brit-tany) did a good job dis-tributing the ball and doing what works and didn’t do too much. I think they stuck with the game plan and paid at-tention. That’s what a coach wants to see.”
Thursday’s match is slated to begin at 8 p.m. and will be aired live on the Longhorn Network.
Carey, West Virginia sign five for next seasonby kEVIN HOOkEr
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West Virginia women’s basketball head coach Mike Carey announced the sign-ings of five new players for the 2014-15 roster Friday.
The class of 2014 is com-prised of Abigail Asoro (Stockholm, Sweden/Fryshueset Gymnasium/Iowa Western CC); Kristina King (Thomasville, N.C./New Hope Christian Academy); Kayla Montgomery (Pow-der Springs, Ga./McEachern High/Gulf Coast CC); Dom-inique Simpson (Orlando, Fla./Jones High); and Tyara Warren (Plano, Texas/Plano West High).
“This is a large class and we’re really excited about it,” Carey said. “We brought in three freshmen and two ju-nior college players. They are all very great young ladies and make good grades.”
The Mountaineers will be losing five seniors, so add-ing more depth to the roster is essential.
“We felt we had to get some players to come in with experience,” Carey said.
Asoro is a 6-foot tall for-ward, and she originally played collegiate basketball at Iowa Western Community College. She led the way for Iowa Western, averaging 18.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, including a 30-point outing.
Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Asoro was named the best player in Sweden’s youth-18. She was a member of the 2011 Scandinavian All-Star team and played her first collegiate season at Daytona Beach in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 2011-12.
“She’s a very athletic and versatile player,” Carey said. “She can play inside and out, and she’s a great athlete. She brings a lot of experience to
us from the junior college level.”
King is a 6-foot-3 forward, who primarily plays in the post. A four-star prospect, King is No. 8 overall in the country in her position group and in the top 100 by All-Star Girl’s Report.
“Like Abigail, Kristina is very athletic, as well,” Carey said. “She runs the floor ex-tremely well and fits into our system really well.”
Montgomery is a 6-foot-4 center transferring from Gulf Coast Community Col-lege. During her time there, Montgomery was selected to be a part of the 2013 NJCAA Women’s Basketall Coaches Association All-Star Tourna-ment. She played 29 games as
a freshman, and her team is currently 5-0 with Montgom-ery averaging 10.2 points , 9.0 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game.
“With Asya Bussie leaving and having some younger post players, Kayla really reigns some experience to us at the post immediately com-ing in from junior college,” Carey said. “She is a very good face-up post player (who) can block shots and run the floor.”
Simpson, a 5-foot-8 guard out of Orlando, Fla., is a three-star prospect and ranked No. 18 nationally in her position. As a sophomore, she led Jones High to the 2012 FH-SAA Final Four for the first time in 10 years.
“She has a nice stroke, is
very athletic and can get to the rim,” Carey said. “She has great quickness, and we think she can help us on the perimeter.”
Warren is a 5-foot-9 guard and a three-star prospect. Hailing from Plano, Texas, she helped Plano West High to a 36-4 record during her ju-nior season.
“Tyra is another player (who) can play several po-sitions,” Carey said. “She can play on the perime-ter, but also does a great job defensively.”
These five girls make up a recruiting class that is con-sidered the 18th-best in the nation.
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DANA HOLGORSEN QUOTE OF THE WEEK“We have an off-week this week, obviously. How we’re going to approach it is going to have a lot to do with player development. That is going to
be extremely important this week. We’re not go-ing to spend a tremendous amount of time on
Iowa State until next week.”
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No. 3 Baylor @ No. 11 Oklahoma State
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No. 19 Arizona State @ No. 14 UCLA
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BOB HUGGINS QUOTE OF THE WEEK“They’re guard-oriented. They took Miami to
overtime. It’s kind of like what we’ve been play-ing. It’s going to be all ball screens, spread the
floor, shoot a lot of 3s, but very guard-oriented. I think this tournament is good for our guys.
We get to travel. We get to spend some time to-gether, and I think it’s great for our fans. Our fans
enjoy it and I think our players will enjoy it.”
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Aaron Jones is getting his kicks in Baylor’s point-a-minute offense.
After all those touch-downs by the third-ranked Bears comes an extra point. With nine more in the last game, Jones became the NCAA career leader with 260 made PATs. He also has the longest-active streak with 175 made in a row, in-cluding all 68 this season.
“He’s getting a lot of op-portunities, first and fore-most, which is a good thing,” coach Art Briles said. “Sec-ondly, it does speak to his consistency, without question.”
Jones is averaging 7.6 ex-tra points a game this sea-son for the Bears (9-0, 6-0 Big 12), who are on pace for a major college record with 61.2 points a game. His ca-
reer average is 5.4, with mul-tiple PATs in all but one of his 48 games.
“Obviously it’s a great honor to put my name in the NCAA record books. But really it’s a credit to the offense, especially this year the defense and spe-cial teams (scoring touch-downs),” Jones said. “It’s a team effort. I’m just glad to be part of a team like this. ... It’s really all them. It’s an easy thing for me.”
Add in his school-record 53 field goals, and Jones has 419 career points. That nearly doubles the previous Baylor record of 220 points that had stood for three decades.
Jones went to Baylor as a walk-on kicker after turning down offers from smaller schools to play soccer, the sport he had been involved
in since age 4. His parents didn’t let him go out for football until he was in sev-enth grade.
“I really enjoyed my time when it came time to visit (Baylor),” he said. “None of the soccer schools really were calling my name. So I chose here, and it’s worked out really well.”
His 10 extra points in Bay-lor’s 70-13 victory against Louisiana-Monroe set a school record, and is among five games this season when he has kicked at least nine. He had six extra points and three field goals last month against Iowa State, a 71-7 win in which he had a ca-reer-high 15 points.
And the 6-foot-3, 190-pound Jones also kicks off for the Bears, who play Saturdawy night at No. 11 Oklahoma State (9-1, 6-1).
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ATLANTA (AP) — Talk about role reversal.
When Atlanta hosted New Orleans a year ago, the Falcons were cruis-ing toward a division title and locking up home-field advantage in the play-offs, while the Saints just wanted to get to the end of a disappointing season.
The longtime rivals have traded places for Thurs-day’s prime-time game.
With coach Sean Pay-ton back on the sideline and Drew Brees as good as ever, New Orleans (8-2) leads the NFC South and hopes to chase down Se-attle for the best record in the conference.
The Falcons, on the other hand, are trying to figure out how a team that started the season with Su-per Bowl aspirations is now in the running for the top pick in next year’s draft. Mired in a four-game los-
ing streak and coming off a humiliating loss to lowly Tampa Bay, Atlanta (2-8) is all but assured its first los-ing season since 2007.
“I know how difficult it is to win in our league,” Pay-ton said, “and I know how often these games come down to the final plays, making a play in the end and having a chance to win a game.”
The Saints staggered to a 7-9 mark last season while dealing with the bounty scandal and Payton being suspended for the year. But they’ve bounced back to reclaim the top spot in the division, setting the tone with an opening 23-17 victory over the Falcons in September, a game that came down to a defensive stop inside the 10 in the fi-nal minute.
“Every win is a confi-dence builder,” Brees said. “Obviously with just the
hype going into the sea-son, you know the type of momentum that can be gained from a game like that.”
Atlanta went the oppo-site way.
After at least playing re-spectably in the early go-ing, with their first four losses by a total of 19 points, the Falcons have been outscored 135-61 during their current skid. The margin really isn’t that close, either. Last week, they fell behind the Buc-caneers 38-6, managing to score three meaningless touchdowns that made the final score look a bit less embarrassing, 41-28.
“Adversity shows the character of a man,” run-ning back Steven Jackson said. “We’re going to find out a lot about this locker room. Who loves the game, who doesn’t?”
Brees will be looking
for makeup for one of the worst games of his career when he returns to the Georgia Dome, where he was picked off five times last year in a 23-13 loss.
“That wasn’t a good day,” he said. “You want to kind of get past that and get on to better things.”
Here are five things to look for when the Saints visit the Falcons:
S P R E A D I N G I T AROUND: Brees makes things tough on oppos-ing defenses by relying on myriad receivers. Thirteen players have at least one catch for the Saints, and Brees hooked up with 11 receivers in last week’s vic-tory over San Francisco. If the Falcons can’t get some pressure on Brees, he’ll likely pick apart a second-ary that features two rookie cornerbacks.
NEW-LOOK FALCONS: With an eye on next season,
the Falcons have started shaking things up. Last week, Peter Konz moved to guard and Joe Hawley took over at center on the embattled offensive line, which will have its hands full against the aggressive Saints. Coach Mike Smith plans to continue giving the backups more snaps, with running back Antone Smith the most likely can-didate for an increased role. He rushed for 88 yards on just two carries against the Bucs, including a 50-yard TD.
ROAD HAZARDS: While the Saints have the second-best record in the NFC, they haven’t exactly looked like world beaters outside of the Superdome. New Or-leans is 6-0 at home, but four of the final six games are on the road. “It’s not like we dread going on the road. Not one bit,” Brees insisted. Indeed, since
Payton and Brees arrived in New Orleans in 2006, the Saints are 35-25 away from the Big Easy.
DOUGLAS EMERGES: There hasn’t been much to cheer about in Atlanta, but receiver Harry Douglas has been a bright spot. With Ju-lio Jones out for the season and Roddy White strug-gling to bounce back from injuries, Douglas has got-ten a chance to shine with three 100-yard receiving games the past five weeks. “You’d rather be winning these games,” said Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan. “But one of the silver lin-ings is the play of Harry.”
WHITE’S MOMENT: The Saints lost starting cornerback Jabari Greer to a season-ending knee in-jury against the 49ers, cost-ing the defense a 10-year veteran who was a leader both on the field and in the locker room.
Hall of Famer Dierdorf to retire from broadcasting after NFL season
NEW YORK (AP) — If Dan Dierdorf could beam himself into the press boxes of NFL stadiums around the country, he might keep calling games a few more decades.
But with two artificial knees, two artificial hips and a bad back, the travel required by his analyst job for CBS just became too much.
The 64-year-old Hall of Famer announced Wednes-day he would retire af-ter this season – his 43rd straight involved with the NFL.
Dierdorf played offensive line for the St. Louis Cardi-nals from 1971-83, earning All-Pro honors six times. He then headed straight for the broadcast booth. His three decades as an analyst marked the longest current tenure on TV.
“I’ve just never done any-thing else in the fall other than be in an NFL stadium,” Dierdorf said in a phone interview.
Now he hopes to spend some time in a college foot-
ball stadium. Dierdorf esti-mates that in those 43 years, he’s attended just five games played by his alma mater, Michigan.
“I want to go tailgate with some of my old buddies,” he said.
All those years of prac-ticing on artificial turf in St. Louis wore down his joints, and walking through air-ports got harder and harder. Using a cane, he’d have to sit down every 100 feet.
Dierdorf said he still feels mentally sharp, a serious concern among retired NFL players. In some ways, the physical limitations made the decision easy; he really had no choice.
Dierdorf considered re-tiring after last season. The hardest part was “breaking up” with play-by-play an-nouncer Greg Gumbel and their production team, he said with a chuckle.
Making the announce-ment now will allow Dier-dorf to thank all the team personnel who helped him over the years as he calls his final few games. This Sun-
day, he’ll work Jets-Ravens in Baltimore.
He still may do some broadcast work in St. Louis or radio that doesn’t require much travel.
Dierdorf was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 2008, he was recognized with the hall’s Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. Frank Gif-ford, John Madden and Len Dawson are the only others to receive both honors.
Dierdorf spent 12 years on ABC’s “Monday Night Football” before rejoining CBS in 1999.
His most memorable mo-ment is the 1994 Monday night game between John Elway’s Denver Broncos and Joe Montana’s Kansas City Chiefs, when Montana led a last-minute comeback in his final season.
But January’s AFC divi-sional round playoff game, when the Ravens stunned the Broncos in two over-times after tying the score on a 70-yard touchdown pass in the final minute of regulation, came close.
Tenn. coach resigns amid scandalNASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) — A botched attempt to fire up a Tennessee high school football team has forced out the head coach and his three assistants – two of whom are accused of vandalizing their own field house, and the third, who authorities say broke into a rival school to steal the opponent’s playbook.
M a r i o n C o u n t y Schools superintendent Mark Griffith confirmed Wednesday that head coach Mac McCurry re-signed during a meet-ing with Griffith and the school principal. McCurry also resigned from his job as a physical education teacher.
“Mr. McCurry felt it was in his best interest to sep-arate himself from the sit-uation and he resigned,”
said Griffith, who added that McCurry might have faced firing if he had not resigned.
“This is truly a shocking and tragic event ... very troubling,” Griffith said.
On Nov. 1, administra-tors arrived to see the Mar-ion County field house de-faced before its District 2-A championship game against South Pittsburg, which ended up winning, 35-17. Officials said vul-garities were painted on side doors and the back-side of the field house in South Pittsburg’s colors, orange and black. Offi-cials estimated the dam-age totaled several thou-sand dollars.
Assistant coach Mi-chael Schmitt was ar-rested last week on a charge of vandalism of
$1,000 to $10,000, and assistant Joe D. Gudger was arrested Tuesday on the same charge, accord-ing to the Marion County Circuit Court clerk’s of-fice. Gudger also has been charged with unlawful possession of alcohol on school grounds.
The Associated Press was unable to immedi-ately find phone numbers for Gudger or Schmitt. The AP could not determine if they have lawyers.
Later Tuesday, assistant Tim Starkey was relieved of his coaching duties after it was learned through text message records that he had broken into the field house of cross-town rival South Pittsburg and sto-len play sheets and game plans in the week before the game, officials said.