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The January 18 edition of The Daily Athenaeum, West Virginia University's official student newspaper.TRANSCRIPT
“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Friday January 18, 2013 Volume 125, Issue 79www.THEdaONLiNE.comda
The West Virginia women’s basketball team will face a tough task when it travels to Waco, Texas., Saturday to play No.1-ranked Baylor.SPORTS PAGE 9
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MOUNTAIN MUSIC
WVUp All Night back for the springby evelyn merithew
staff writer
WVUp All Night is start-ing the spring 2013 semes-ter with a bang – and a sea-sonal theme.
“Since it’s cold, we wanted to make the wel-come back weekend theme all about the winter,” said Sonja Wilson, Up All Night Director. “We even have an ice skating rink coming in.”
This weekend, students will be able to enjoy a syn-
thetic ice skating rink. The rink will be available to all students in the commons starting at 9 p.m. Friday eve-ning until 1 a.m.
“I always like to try to showcase the student orga-nizations around campus through Up All Night, and one day last semester when we were promoting for this weekend, we wished there was some way we could have a sponsor to showcase this event,” Wilson said.
Wilson, interns Jackie
Riggleman, Daryn Vucelik and Erin Blake, the special events coordinator, con-tacted WVU’s figure skat-ing club about the event. The figure skating club will be at the rink at 9 p.m. to do a presentation, and the rink is sponsored in part by the skaters.
“When you go to Up All Night, there is always the main attraction in the food court – in this case the rink – and always a take away item,” Wilson said. “This
weekend, there will be snow globes from Kramer Inter-national Entertainment.”
In the Vandalia Lounge, students will be able to get their picture taken with friends and have it put in a free snow globe.
As for winter-themed food, there will be chicken noodle and vegetable soup for dinner and scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy for breakfast.
WVU dining services will also showcase an ice
sculpture. “Up All Night came to us
and suggested that we try an ice carving. Nick Lapana, a member of dining services, carved it with a chainsaw and chisels,” said David Friend, Director of WVU dining services. Friend ex-plained it is a messy proce-dure, but Lapana carves ice sculptures frequently, and will carry a flying WV logo for the event.
“A lot of times, we have these sculptures at high-
level events, but students don’t usually get to see these creations. This will be really unique,” Wilson said.
The weekend will also include free movie show-ings, including The Shining, Paranormal Activity 4 and Mystery, Alaska. Students can stop by the commons area on their way in for free soda and popcorn.
The weekly Up All Night events are carefully planned
location, rent drive student housing huntby Caroline Peters
staff writer
The hunt for housing has begun.
Students are eagerly seeking a place to call home next fall. However, according to experienced student renters and land-lords, there are a few fac-tors to consider before committing to a lease.
While some students prefer the convenience of downtown, complexes further away provide lux-ury amenities that appeal to others.
Students are attracted to the amenities that apart-ments such as West Run, The Domain, The Ridge and Copper Beech provide.
“We have a very profes-sional maintenance as well as office staff,” said Anna Long, Director of Mar-keting at West Run Apart-ments. “Additionally, we lease by the bed space. We have various ameni-ties including tanning, a hot tub and fully furnished (rooms). We are also pet friendly.”
These apartments have more to offer yet also fall into the same price range of the average downtown Morgantown rent.
While these apartments
feature luxurious ameni-ties, there are a few factors that have some students second-guessing.
“Copper Beech is a very nice and quiet community. I live in a townhouse with three of my friends, and the rent is fairly cheap consid-ering how nice the house is,” said student Alan Bent-ley. “The only thing that really sucks about living there is how far it is from the main campus. It can be a pain getting to cam-pus and back.”
For some students, the commute downtown has forced them to leave lux-ury behind and search for housing closer to campus.
“I like that our apart-ment at The Domain gives us big rooms to store things, a nice pool and most importantly, a walk- in closet,“ said Allyn Bort-ner, a social work student at West Virginia University. “My roommate is a med-ical major and will be re-maining there next year. However, I will be living in a house downtown next year because The Domain is just too expensive and too far away from campus for me.”
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SGA gov. aims to ease study abroad woesby summer ratCliff
staff writer
When senior Student Gov-ernment Board of Governors member Morgan Riddle de-cided to run for SGA, she knew her platform would in some way involve assisting students who plan to study abroad.
Having studied abroad several times throughout her time at West Virginia Univer-sity, she knew firsthand the challenges that come along with this priceless and life changing experience.
While Riddle said she en-courages all students to study abroad if given the opportu-nity, she knows it isn’t always an easy experience.
“Studying abroad teaches the traveler about the way the world works, the manner in which humans exist together and most importantly, it gives the traveler the ability to have a true perspective of just how big our world is,” Riddle said.
During her many trips overseas, Riddle said there were many things she wished she had known ahead of time.
However, the needed bits of information were not made available in a travel guide.
“As travelers we have all bought numerous travel guides that we flip through to be familiar with the impor-tant monuments of our des-tinations, or we never read
them due to the sheer vol-ume of information that may not even serve our interests,” she said.
Because of the lack of ef-fectiveness Riddle found from travel guides during her trips overseas, she is now working to compile firsthand travel tips from students who have traveled abroad for both schooling and leisure.
“My goal is to collect as much advice from as many students for as many desti-nations as possible,” Riddle said. “We will then organize them by continents, coun-tries, regions, etc. and pub-lish them on a website for students to easily access as they wish.”
These firsthand travel tips
will differ from travel guides purchased in a store in that they will be simplified and presented from a student perspective rather than from a professional writer.
“I hope that these travel tips can serve to simplify the process of deciding what to do with one’s time abroad, how to act in different cul-tures and how to prepare for the inevitable culture shock,” Riddle said.
Any student who has trav-eled abroad is strongly en-couraged to contribute to this project.
Those interested may contact Governor Riddle at [email protected].
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Green house Party
by evelyn merithewstaff writer
West Virginia University’s newly established Evansdale Greenhouse is nearing its opening date and will bring a valuable learning opportunity to students.
The greenhouse, located on the Evansdale campus across from the South Agricultural Sci-ences Building and next to Percival Hall and was dedicated in September.
“There is no way to evaluate the impact this fa-cility will have,” said Nicole Waterland, assistant professor of horticulture. “It is an absolute neces-sity and a state-of-the-art facility.”
The facility was designed by Paradigm Archi-tecture of Birmingham, Ala., and Morgantown.
With 28,250 square feet of space, it will be able to host a vast variety of projects.
“The new greenhouse facilities will enable us and is vital to the work that we do,” said Davis Col-lege dean Daniel Robison. “I guarantee if you put the students in the new facilities, they will be able to do more work than in the old ones.”
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Morgantown has been named the No. 2 best-per-forming city in the “small-est metros” category of the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities Index.
The index “ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creat-ing and sustaining jobs and economic growth.”
Rankings are com-piled by assessing eco-nomic factors such as regional employment data and technology growth.
Last year, Morgan-town was ranked No. 3 on the list. The metropol-itan area of Logan, Utah-Idaho, ranks No. 1 on the list, the same position it held last year.
Other towns included in the rankings are State College, Pa. (No. 7), Char-lottesville, Va. (No. 11), and Cumberland, Md.-W.Va. (No. 12).
The report lists the population of the met-
ropolitan area of Mor-gantown in 2010 to be 132,250.
Morgantown was the only metropolitan area solely in West Virginia to be named to the list. Both Parkersburg, W.Va., (No. 85) and Wheeling, W.Va., (No. 117) were listed, but both contained areas of Ohio in its calculation.
Founded in 1991 and based in Santa Monica, Ca., The Milken Institute is a nonprofit, nonparti-san economic think tank that performs a variety of independent economic research for use by the private and public sectors.
For more information on the Milken Institute’s report on the best-per-forming cities of 2012, visit bestcities.milkenin-stitute.org/best-perform-ing-cities-2012-small.html.
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PatrIck Gorrell/tHe DaIly atHenaeumAfter much anticipation, the WVU Greenhouse located on the Evansdale campus is set to open this semester.
PatrIck Gorrell/tHe DaIly atHenaeumThe Evansdale Greenhouse was dedicated in September 2012.
Robison said the green-house is a prime example of the prominence of agricul-ture in today’s society.
“When you go home and eat dinner tonight, it’s about agriculture,” he said. “It takes lots and lots of work, and the greenhouse truly represents that.”
The greenhouse has two classrooms, which are cur-rently being used by stu-dents studying plant sci-ence and horticulture.
Horticulture student John Wagers spoke at the dedication event for the greenhouse.
“The greenhouse is an upgrade that is a huge ad-dition to the Davis College and will help to continue to improve our programs and broaden learning experi-ences,” he said.
Perhaps the most funda-mental part of the green-
house is its ability to ad-just its controls internally. Unlike the previous green-house, which was built in the 1960s, the new green-house is more efficient.
“The greenhouse has its own brain. It has very com-plex technology. It knows when to turn off and on lights, fans, the cooling sys-tem and to open and close vents,” Waterland said.
The new greenhouse will be more automated, inde-pendent and economical, which will allow WVU to have top-caliber facilities to support academics and research.
“The greenhouse is a very important and critical part of our history as a land-grant University,” said WVU President James P. Clem-ents. “This is the perfect time to make a big state-ment like this about our commitment to agricultural sciences.”
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MiLWaUKEE (aP) — Nearly as many Americans die from guns as from car crashes each year. We know plenty about the second problem and far less about the first. A scarcity of research on how to prevent gun violence has left policymakers shoot-ing in the dark as they craft gun control measures with-out much evidence of what works.
That could change with President Barack Obama’s order Wednesday to ease re-search restrictions pushed through long ago by the gun lobby. The White House de-clared that a 1996 law ban-ning use of money to “advo-cate or promote gun control” should not keep the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention and other federal agencies from doing any work on the topic.
Obama can only do so much, though. Several ex-perts say Congress will have to be on board before any-thing much changes, es-
pecially when it comes to spending money.
How severely have the re-strictions affected the CDC?
Its website’s A-to-Z list of health topics, which in-cludes such obscure ones as Rift Valley fever, does not include guns or fire-arms. Searching the site for “guns” brings up dozens of reports on nail gun and BB gun injuries.
The restrictions have done damage “without a doubt” and the CDC has been “overly cautious” about in-terpreting them, said Daniel Webster, director of the Cen-ter for Gun Policy and Re-search at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
“The law is so vague it puts a virtual freeze on gun vio-lence research,” said a state-ment from Michael Halpern of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “It’s like censor-ship: When people don’t know what’s prohibited, they assume everything is
prohibited.”Many have called for a
public health approach to gun violence like the high-way safety measures, prod-uct changes and driving laws that slashed deaths from car crashes decades ago even as the number of vehicles on the road rose.
“The answer wasn’t taking away cars,” said Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive direc-tor of the American Public Health Association.
However, while much is known about vehicles and victims in crashes, similar details are lacking about gun violence.
“If an airplane crashed today with 20 children and 6 adults there would be a full-scale investigation of the causes and it would be linked to previous research,” said Dr. Stephen Hargarten, director of the Injury Re-search Center at the Medi-cal College of Wisconsin.
“There’s no such system that’s comparable to that” for
gun violence, he said.One reason is changes
pushed by the National Rifle Association and its allies in 1996, a few years after a ma-jor study showed that peo-ple who lived in homes with firearms were more likely to be homicide or suicide vic-tims. A rule tacked onto ap-propriations for the Depart-ment of Health and Human Services barred use of funds for “the advocacy or promo-tion of gun control.”
Also, at the gun group’s urging, U.S. Rep. Jay Dickey, a Republican from Arkan-sas, led an effort to remove $2.6 million from the CDC’s injury prevention center, which had led most of the re-search on guns. The money was later restored but ear-marked for brain injury research.
“What the NRA did was basically terrorize the re-search community and terrorize the CDC,” said Dr. Mark Rosenberg, who headed the CDC’s injury
center at the time. “They went after the researchers, they went after institutions, they went after CDC in a very big way, and they went after me,” he said. “They didn’t want the data to be collected because they were threat-ened by what the data were showing.”
Dickey, who is now re-tired, said Wednesday that his real concern was the researcher who led that gun ownership study, who Dickey described as being “in his own kingdom or fief-dom” and believing guns are bad.
He and Rosenberg said they have modified their views over time and now both agree that research is needed. They put out a joint statement Wednesday urg-ing research that prevents firearm injuries while also protecting the rights “of le-gitimate gun owners.”
“We ought to research the whole environment, both sides – what the ben-
efits of having guns are and what are the benefits of not having guns,” Dickey said. “We should study any part of this problem,” including whether armed guards at schools would help, as the National Rifle Association has suggested.
Association officials did not respond to requests for comment. A statement Wednesday said the group “has led efforts to promote safety and responsible gun ownership” and that “attack-ing firearms” is not the an-swer. It said nothing about research.
The 1996 law “had a chill-ing effect. It basically brought the field of firearm-related research to a screeching halt,” said Benjamin of the Public Health Association.
Webster said researchers like him had to “partition” themselves so whatever small money they received from the CDC was not used for anything that could be construed as gun policy.
aPDan Gross, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, center, speaks outside the White House in Washington.
|downtown Morgantown homes are outdated, living in a house usually proves to be cheaper to rent. Students are also granted more free-dom from maintenance and staff.
“There’s a little sense of independence when liv-ing in a house because you don’t have to answer to an RA, and in a sense, you don’t have to answer to your neighbors as much,” said home leaser Michael Vecchio.
South Park is convenient for graduate students or those looking for a commu-nity that’s still considered downtown.
“South Park is a nice mix-ture of students and local residents. It’s more conve-nient towards the down-town location, and it’s a good place for professional students, because it gives them more of a ‘neighbor-hood feel,’” Vecchio said.
Aside from houses, Mor-gantown has a variety of downtown apartments for students to choose from. Many student renters said benefits of living in an apartment downtown in-clude location and quality.
“My apartment is down-town and is in great condi-tion compared to some of the houses with falling ceil-ings,” said Leann Brown. “I just don’t know where else I would live. All of my classes are in walking distance, and literally everything is downtown.”
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by the team of four, typically a year in advance.
“Two years ago, WVU tried to have a program-ming board comprised of unpaid interns. We never really knew if we’d be able to get any interns, but the re-sponse has been phenom-enal,” Wilson said.
There are 10-12 interns per year who meet every week to do event planning on a much bigger scale, and many interns do it purely for the experience.
“Andrea Weber in the Communications Depart-ment is willing to let a cou-ple of her students get credit for working with us. It’s re-ally thrilling because the students get credit for ev-erything we do,” Wilson said.
When Wilson took over as director, there were no
themed weekend events. The student interns came up with the idea of having mov-ies, food, the main attrac-tion, take away items, enter-tainment and comedians.
WVU works with big en-tertainment companies to set up big attractions and activities for students to enjoy.
“Up All Night started in 1997. We were the first big school that had a program like this; we set the stage for other schools across Amer-ica to follow our outline,” Wilson said.
In past years, it was just WVU requesting these en-tertainment companies’ help. Now, there are schools across the country to com-pete with, which is why the school books companies one year in advance to en-sure WVU gets the best, Wil-son said.
“Last semester, we part-nered with the Center for Civic Engagement and
started a program called Night Serve. CCE members come meet with students at 9 p.m. and drive them to fulfill community service hours at local hospitals and nursing homes until mid-night,” Wilson said.
Many students at WVU need to complete commu-nity service hours for their major but have a hard time doing so. Most hours take place during the day when these students are in class, Wilson said.
“CCE came up with the idea, and it’s great because it is a community outreach program, and we really wel-comed this opportunity,” Wilson said. Though Friday and Saturday are more com-monly known as the Up All Night to students, Thursdays are diverse as well. There is food, study and tutor rooms, and stand-up comedy.
“We work with a com-pany called TSM artists out of Louisville, KY. We have worked with them for 25 years – longer than Up All Night has been in ex-
istence,” Wilson said. “We have national touring come-dians that come here Thurs-days downstairs in the Side Pocket and perform.”
These comedians have been featured on HBO, and the Side Pocket has been enclosed so students can hear the comedians over the sounds of the activities cen-ter downstairs.
WVU recently started “Open Mic Night,” where WVU students can perform comedy, poetry and acous-tic instruments. It starts at Thursday at 9 p.m. in the Side Pocket, and any stu-dent can attend.
“The whole purpose of the program is to be an al-ternative to being in your apartment, to being in your dorm or to going to the bars. The program helps build a sense of community,” Wil-son said.
For more information about Up All Night, visit http://mountainlair.wvu.edu/wvupallnight.
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BY Hunter HomistekA&E Editor
French-born guitar virtu-oso Stephane Wrembel is set to play 123 Pleasant Street this Sunday at 7 p.m.
A true master of his in-strument by any measure, Wrembel will put forth a display of guitar mastery scarcely found in today’s musical landscape.
“Stephane has been play-ing some large theaters and to get him on stage at 123 is definitely a prize,” said Louis Giuliani, owner of 123 Pleas-ant Street. “(He’s) definitely another great guitarist to add to the long list that has played 123 over the years.”
Wrembel will join the likes of Derek Trucks, Jack White and Dick Dale as standout guitarists who have graced the 123 stage.
Wrembel’s sound is rooted in jazz, classical and gypsy jazz stylings, but the guitar-ist notes he is not bound by any limitations these genres may put forth.
“I embrace all genres, all styles and all techniques, and the guys in the band are doing the same,” Wrembel said. “We are not limited to any genre.”
Despite a reluctance to classify himself under any
particular banner, Wrem-bel’s gypsy jazz influences are undeniable in his music.
Wrembel began playing guitar at the age of 15, and he honed his craft among Gypsies at various camp-sites across the French countryside.
By the age of 19, Wrembel was infatuated with the in-strument and he was deter-mined to become a master of the six strings that bound his mind and soul.
“When I was 19, I wanted to expand my musical skills,” Wrembel said. “I wanted to learn all of the guitar. I
love this instrument and the techniques that go into playing.”
Under the influence of famed guitarists like Da-vid Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppe-lin) and Django Reinhardt, Wrembel began a musical odyssey that saw him rise as one of the most unique and powerful voices in the mod-ern world of guitar.
For his efforts and excep-tional talents, Wrembel has been called a “revelation” by Rolling Stone magazine,
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Mountain Stage comes to CAC
BY Hunter HomistekA&E Editor
West Virginia’s celebrated public radio broadcast, Mountain Stage, returns to the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center Sunday at 7 p.m.
The radio show, which celebrates its 30th anniver-sary this year, will bring its usual stacked lineup of tal-ented and passionate mu-sicians for the evening’s proceedings.
With Robert Earl Keen, Shelby Lynn, Rhett Miller and Black Prairie on hand, Sunday’s performance is sure to impress.
“This being our 30th year, we have a reputation,” said Adam Harris, executive pro-
ducer of the Mountain Stage radio show. “I’d say we turn a lot of people on to good music. We pride ourselves on showcasing this level of music that is a little below the mainstream but is very beloved by a lot of people.”
During the course of its storied run across airwaves in the Mountain State and beyond, Mountain Stage has amassed a supportive and dedicated fan following, and WVU is proud to play host for this legion of fans on this special night.
“We love hosting Moun-tain Stage and the variety of music this show offers,” said David Ryan, WVU Arts & Entertainment public re-lations specialist. “No con-cert is ever the same, and it
offers audiences the chance to discover something new.”
Mountain Stage prides itself on the diversity of its musical offerings, and Har-ris said the event is a great way for lesser-known artists to reach a larger audience.
“We showcase a lot of music that is not neces-sarily mainstream, and we showcase a diverse amount of music,” Harris said. “The people who like Mountain Stage and who like to see the show aren’t the types of people that say, ‘Oh, I only like this style of mu-sic.’ Whether they’ve heard of somebody on the show or not, chances are they’re go-ing to walk away with some-thing good.”
In addition to the vari-
ety of the music and the art-ists on hand, Harris said he also expects a great deal of diversity from the Morgan-town crowd.
“We get great crowds in Morgantown; we get di-verse crowds in Morgan-town,” Harris said. “Some-times people come down from as far away as New York to see the show. It’s great for us each time, and the crowd reaction is always great – they’re very appre-ciative of us.”
Mountain Stage is unique in its delivery because of the crowd response. Since the show records each perfor-mance live, every cheer, hol-ler and clap can be heard on the broadcast to cre-ate an original listening
experience. “The audience is a very
important part of what we do, because their reaction is heard around the world,” Harris said. “Each week, people tune in to hear the show, and the audience re-action is what makes Moun-tain Stage unique from other shows on public radio.”
Mountain Stage can be heard on more than 130 sta-tions across the country. It also streams online and can be downloaded as a podcast for free on iTunes.
With several outlets avail-able to catch each show, lis-teners can capture each note of Mountain Stage and experience the joy and en-ergy of the live show time and time again.
“If the audience can’t get a performance out of their head, Mountain Stage broadcasts and makes avail-able shows to download in their entirety,” Ryan said. “It’s a fantastic evening of live music.”
Tickets to Mountain Stage can be purchased at the Cre-ative Arts Center box of-fice location or by phone at 304-293-SHOW.
Advance tickets cost $18, and tickets bought the day of the show are $23.
To view the entire sched-ule of upcoming Mounain Stage events or for more in-formation about Sunday’s performers, visit www.mountainstage.org.
therockwellnews.comRobert Earl Keen showcases his vocals during a recent performance.
Guitar virtuoso stephane Wrembel to play at 123
stephanewrembel.comStephane Wrembel, right, performs with a fellow guitarist.
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Obama charts path forward on gunsOne month after a
shocking massacre took place at Sandy Hook El-ementary in Newtown, Conn. left 27 people, in-cluding 20 children, dead, President Obama has out-lined his plan to confront the threat of gun violence.
His proposals, which in-clude legislation that will have to be passed by Con-gress, as well as executive orders that do not need congressional approval, aim to outlaw the posses-sion of certain high-power firearms and make the process of buying firearms
more rigorous than it cur-rently is.
Although the proposal has only just been an-nounced, it is already be-ing met by strong disap-proval from conservative voices in both parties. The National Rifle Association, widely considered to be one of the most influential lobbying firms on Capitol Hill, has vowed it is pre-paring for “the fight of the century” to block Obama’s proposals.
The NRA and its sympa-thizers claim restrictions on the purchase of weap-
ons will both infringe on the Second Amendment rights of Americans and make them less safe.
After reviewing Presi-dent Obama’s proposals, we find it very difficult to agree with the NRA’s in-terpretation of them as a mortal threat to our lib-erty. Rather, Obama’s pro-posals are built upon his trademark pragmatism.
In addition to banning the sale of assault weap-ons, such as AK-47s and the AR-15 assault rifle that was used by both the Sandy Hook and Aurora gunmen,
Obama has urged Congress to also ban high-capacity magazines that would hold more than 10 bullets. Addi-tionally, Obama has called for the implementation of more stringent back-ground checks and mental health evaluations for pro-spective gun owners.
Although it is impossible to determine how effective these measures will be at decreasing violent gun crime, we believe they will be a positive step toward making the country safer.
Congress should act swiftly to pass these
proposals. It is certainly every
American’s right to pos-sess a firearm. However, the only purpose high-power, military grade as-sault rifles, such as those that the president seeks to ban, is inflicting a signifi-cant number of casualties as quickly as possible.
There is no justifica-tion for making such po-tentially catastrophically weapons so readily avail-able for the next James Holmes or Adam Lanza.
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So Dec. 21, came and went, and we’re all still here. The end of the Ma-yan calendar didn’t sig-nify some cataclysmic, world-ending event – just that they ran out of space on the stone they were carving.
For those of you who have been counting on an apocalypse to bail you out when you tanked it last semester, you can always look to the next doomsday prophecy. For the rest of us, it’s time to examine the most likely cause of a di-saster that would change the world forever.
I’m not talking about zombies or meteors or something from the Bi-ble’s Revelation. I’m talk-ing about nuclear weap-ons, arguably the most destructive and horrifying weapon made by man.
As it stands, there are an estimated 20,000 nuclear weapons in the world. Ac-cording to BBC, the United States and Russia have the most nuclear weap-ons at 8,500 and 10,000, respectively.
The large number of nu-clear devices controlled by each side was a prod-uct of the nuclear arms race that was a central part of the Cold War between the United States and the USSR. China, France and the United Kingdom, the other three states that have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which discourages the spread of nuclear weapon technol-ogy and encourages disar-mament, have anywhere from 600-900 warheads between them.
The real concern comes from those states that have developed nuclear weap-ons but refuse to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. India and Pakistan are two such states.
India developed nuclear weapons in the 1960s, and Pakistan followed in the 1980s, sensing a threat from their longtime rivals.
Tensions have long been high in the region, and the introduction of nuclear weapons into their centu-ries-long feud could prove disastrous for the Indian subcontinent if either na-tion felt the need to use atomic weapons to pro-tect itself.
Australia, the main ex-porter of uranium for the region, lifted a trade em-bargo on uranium to India in 2006, which could lead to a mini arms race be-tween the two countries that could prove costly in
the future.Israel is yet another
country presumed to have nuclear weaponry. Is-rael has refused to clar-ify whether or not they have nuclear capability, but a leak from the scien-tist Mordechai Vanunu has led to the assumption that they do have nuclear war-heads. Former President Jimmy Carter indicated that Israel had “over 150 atomic weapons” at their disposal during a speech in Wales in 2008.
The Middle East is ex-tremely volatile, and with Iran striving toward the production of nuclear weapons, the situation is only getting worse. Israel has shown that it is ruthless toward potential threats in its dealings with other countries in the region, and could be tempted into using its nuclear power to cow the rest of the region into submission.
It’s also hard to ignore the relatively recent devel-opment of nuclear weap-ons by North Korea. With their unstable leadership, it’s not hard to conceive of a situation where they feel the need to use their new-found capabilities to wreak havoc on a global scale.
Since these coun-tries are outside the pur-view of the Non-Prolifer-ation Treaty, it’s hard to put any sort of tangible pressure on them to dis-arm. The U.S. and Rus-sia have agreed to a treaty that would severely reduce the amount of operational warheads in commission for each country, and it’s a great starting point toward disarmament.
But it’s pointless when each country will still have enough warheads to start a nuclear war that would devastate the planet and drastically alter the qual-ity of life for every person on the earth, if not turn the planet into an unlivable, post-apocalyptic hells-cape. The old argument for using nuclear weapons as a deterrent is now laugh-ably outdated. The only way we’ll truly be safe is if nuclear weapons no lon-ger exist.
The only argument one needs for the disarma-ment of every nation with nuclear capabilities is the well documented horrors of Hiroshima and Nagaski and the suffering of the people who were unlucky enough to survive the ini-tial blast.
As English playwright Edward Bond once said, “We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima; people are still the scars of history.”
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As the federal debt con-tinues to barge toward previously unseen terri-tory, questions arise of not just when we will be-gin cutting spending but where we will cut spend-ing. In response, many people have targeted en-titlement benefits.
The argument is clear: federal spending on wel-fare and entitlement pro-grams has created a cul-ture of dependency and laziness where peo-ple would rather collect checks from the govern-ment than get a job.
As often goes with rhet-oric on current budget deficits, the effect of the recession on welfare pro-grams is completely un-derstated. While some might believe people are not working because they are on welfare, the real-ity is that the majority of people are on welfare be-cause they are not work-ing. This has caused wel-fare spending to go up in recent years.
A 2012 study from the Center on Budget and Pol-icy Priorities stated that 91 percent of the money allo-
cated toward entitlement and welfare programs goes to the elderly, the disabled, or members of working households. If the scope is reduced to enti-tlement programs targeted at low-income Americans, 83 percent fall into those groups. Before the reces-sion hit in late 2007, this number was even higher. The notion that a major-ity or even a large portion of welfare recipients are choosing not to work is simply inaccurate.
Further, what is mind-blowing is that when pro-ponents of welfare cuts are faced with the question of what type of welfare pro-grams are easily attainable and should be cut, they have no real answer.
In 1996, President Clin-ton compromised with Congress on welfare re-form, adding a work re-quirement. Accordingly, welfare, as it is often painted, does not exist. One cannot simply de-cide to stop working and live comfortably on his or her own outside the work-force. Unless one is dis-abled, a single mother, or working, it is very difficult to receive any type of wel-fare benefit.
Where many conser-vatives fall short in their analysis is their assump-
tion that this level of en-titlement is reduced to a section of Americans, a group of people who de-cide to not work. Entitle-ment is a human prob-lem, not a poor problem or an American problem. We want to receive maxi-mum benefits for the least amount of work. Like any government program, food stamps, disability, and unemployment in-surance are abused. Pro-ponents of cutting welfare could probably point to a number of cases where a person is receiving checks from their federal or state government and clearly does not deserve it. How-ever, welfare does its job the vast majority of the time.
The job of welfare is to reduce human suffering. It is meant to allow those who may have fallen into bad circumstances either out of their own fault or out of bad luck to be given the resources to sustain themselves until they can lift themselves back up. In this regard, welfare has been effective by not al-lowing people to rely on it for too long, but allowing them to put food on the ta-ble in the meantime.
If our goal is to cut in-efficient and wasteful spending, welfare pro-
grams are not where the belt should be tightened. With most recipients be-ing poor, they spend the money quickly. In turn, this helps keep demand constant.
The food industry and other industries of basic necessity are unlikely to suffer from people losing their jobs and the conse-quent shocks to demand. In fact, Moody’s Analytics studied the effects of var-ious fiscal policies. Food stamps were the most ef-fective with a multiplier of 1.73, meaning that for ev-ery one dollar government spends on food stamps, another $1.73 is created in the economy.
In this case, govern-ment waste is not what is being attacked. Rather, the attack is on those least able to defend themselves.
The real problem with the argument is not the worry about the scope of our welfare state. Those are certainly legitimate concerns, and they should be recognized.
But Americans cannot sit idly by as the people who most need help from the government are at risk of receiving even less as-sistance simply because they do not have the voice to defend themselves against dishonest attacks.
Welfare should not be focus of cuts
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BORN TODAY This year you discover the importance of sharing your de-cision-making process with others. When you withhold this information, people don’t understand where you are coming from. If you want support, you should open up more. If you are single, you could meet someone quite desirable after June. You might even have a choice of two people. Follow your intuition, and you will choose correctly. If you are attached, your openness creates a new avenue of communication, which your part-ner appreciates.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You are energized, partially because of the weekend. Sort out a misunderstanding, and you will walk away feeling energized. A higher-up, parent or older friend seems to test your limits. By late afternoon, the situation seems to dissolve, as if by magic. Tonight: Your treat.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH You could have a lot going on in your life that you are choosing to keep to yourself. Others might have strong reactions and assume that your dis-tancing yourself has to do with them. Make an effort to reach out to others. You will feel better if you do. Tonight: Go for what you want.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Finish up last-minute details today. You might choose to network and reach out to your contemporaries. A statement could be misunderstood. Do not make more of it than need be. Use the daylight hours to the max; deal with a personal matter later. To-
night: Play it low-key.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Others notice your willingness to ac-cept responsibility. Do not deal with any more demands right now, even if it makes for a rough moment when you say “no.” Focus on your immedi-ate circle, a meeting and the desire to expand your horizons. Tonight: Join friends.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Make an effort to get past a strongly held opinion that recent evidence has in-dicated could be off. You might be confused or not as sure of yourself as you’d like to be. Question more and judge less. You’ll take a leadership role later in the afternoon. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Keep reaching out to someone you care about. You might wonder ex-actly why you can’t seem to commu-nicate effectively with anyone. Try to verbalize more of your thoughts. Avoid commitments until later, when you become much clearer. Tonight: Follow the music.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Be responsive, but if something does not make sense to you, let others know. Though you might nod your head, which makes others think you agree, it doesn’t mean that your dis-cerning mind isn’t also listening. A partner becomes very stubborn. To-night: Chat over dinner.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH You get a lot done, and quite quickly at that. You see life from a different perspective, which lets you see a friend’s shortcomings. How you help this person out of a jam makes a big
difference. He or she might need to hear your thoughts. Tonight: Sort through invitations.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Allow more spontaneity in by letting your imagination take the lead. You could find yourself dealing with a misunderstanding. Though people could get huffy -- and that includes you -- what was said was not meant the way it is being taken. To-night: Make good choices.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH You might want to stay close to home, and if you can, do so. You’ll dis-cover that someone might have mis-understood you. Try to clear up this miscommunication sooner rather than later. Visualize more of what you want; you’ll be able to act on it soon. Tonight: Paint the town red.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You might want to approach a situation differently from how you have in the past. It might be a stretch to push away from habits and act in a more appropriate manner. Your in-stincts lead you in a money decision. Be wise; follow them. Tonight: Let the action be at your place.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH Examine what is happening with your finances. Are you undercutting yourself? Your self-worth could be an issue. Root out any issue that is pre-venting you from achieving what you desire. Make a phone call, and reach out to a key friend. Tonight: You do not have to go far.
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Sunday was a big night for Lena Dunham, writer and creator of one of TV’s most popular comedies, “Girls.”
While she attended the Golden Globe Awards, the second season of “Girls” pre-miered on HBO.
Dunham took home two Golden Globes, the award for Best Comedy Series and Best Actress in a TV Comedy Se-ries or Musical. In her accep-tance speech, Dunham ad-dressed the connection she feels to all of her fans.
“This award is for every woman who felt like there wasn’t a space for her. This show has made a space for me,” Dunham said.
She beat out hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey for the award, as well as Julia Louis-Dreyfus of “Veep” and Zooey Deschanel of “New Girl.”
The first episode opened with a not-so-slight nod to
the first season’s opening, with Hannah (Dunham) be-ing spooned in bed by her new roommate and gay ex-boyfriend, Elijah (Andrew Rannells).
Right off the bat, viewers can see Hannah’s charac-ter has replaced her code-pendent relationship with Marnie (Allison Williams) for one with Elijah. She has not changed much since the first season, though her cis-cumstances are dramatically different.
While last season left off with Hannah in a seemingly hopeless situation, things have turned almost com-pletely around for the self-obsessed young writer.
In the final episode of the first season, Hannah was called a “monster” by then-boyfriend Adam after refus-ing to reciprocate an “I love you.” Adam (Adam Driver) was hit by a car in the last ep-isode, and season two picks up with an awkward Hannah caring for Adam, who is un-able to leave his apartment
or even make it to the bath-room on his own.
The tension between the two is immediately regis-tered, and Hannah tries throughout the episode to of-ficially break up with him. In the meantime, she’s already seeing a new beau, Sandy, who is played by “Commu-nity’s” Donald Glover.
Where Hannah’s life has undergone a pleasant trans-formation, Marnie’s life has taken a turn for the worse. She has no job and no boy-friend, and even Hannah is too busy with her own life to spend time with her best friend.
It seems the two have reversed roles within the show, and Marnie has taken the role of the depressing underdog.
Shoshanna’s previously uptight character has also undergone a transforma-tion this season. After finally losing her virginity to Ray at the end of season one, she refuses to speak to him at a party because he ignored her
“emojis.” This is surely a sign of the dynamic of their rela-tionship, one that will be tu-multous, at best.
Jessa, the other main char-acter of the series, was only featured briefly in the pre-
miere episode. The scene showed her returning to the city with her new husband (Chris O’Dowd), so I ex-pect she will enter the action soon.
The series airs every Sun-
day at 9 p.m. on HBO. Pro-ducer Judd Apatow (“This is 40,” “Knocked Up”) has already confirmed a third season.
and he was also recruited by Woody Allen to score the theme to the 2012 Academy Award-winning film, “Mid-night in Paris.”
Now Wrembel will bring this fame and skill to 123 Pleasant Street, and con-certgoers can catch a slice of history in the making as he continues to forge a path toward guitar immortality.
“This show provides 123 and the patrons and au-dience a unique opportu-nity,” Giuliani said. “You get an international artist that is revered in his craft. The show lends itself to a tavern feel that is very reminiscent of the late-great jazz guitar-ist Django Reinhardt.”
To make the evening’s festivities even more spe-cial for concertgoers, the performance stands as Wrembel’s first foray into
the Mountain State, and he looks forward to establish-ing a connection with the West Virginia crowd.
“It’s the first time we’ve been in Morgantown, and I’m really excited to play for everyone who comes out,” Wrembel said. “(When playing) live, you can stretch the boundar-ies of the song because of the connection with the people.”
All things considered, Wrembel’s Sunday per-formance at 123 Pleasant Street will provide a truly unique opportunity for mu-sic aficionados and casual fans interested in supreme talent alike.
Be sure to come early and snag the perfect van-tage point to witness this performance – opportuni-ties such as this are few and far between.
Tickets to the event cost $12, and festivities will be-gin at 7 p.m.
Peter Jackson and com-pany are back in the busi-ness of producing one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. The first installation of “The Hobbit” series finally hit theaters in December.
It has been nearly 10 years since the last “Lord of the Rings” movie came out. The technology used in that movie was amazing for the time, and moviegoers nat-urally expected the tech-nology in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” to be even better.
It definitely met and ex-ceeding that expectation.
The movie recounts the beginning of Bilbo Baggins’ adventure, preceding “The Lord of the Rings.”
In the first installment, Biblo travels with Thorin
and his spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their fallen kingdom from the clutches of a greedy dragon. Along the way they encoun-ter a group of hungry trolls, angry orcs, an underground kingdom of goblins and the insanely creepy fan-favorite character, Gollum.
The camera work and computer-generated imag-ery were absolutely incredi-ble. Seeing large mountains and a dragon come to life was truly amazing, and ev-erything in the movie looked real. While I did not see the movie in the intended 48 frames-per-second for-mat, I still feel the overall quality of the imagery was astounding.
As great as the movie looked, though, the fight scenes were a little hard to follow. They were too fast-paced, and much of the fighting was shot from over-head or off to the side. This
made it difficult to see what was happening.
Another vital aspect of any great movie is the acting.
“The Hobbit” saw the return of several actors that made the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy so great, in-cluding Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weav-ing along with the intro-duction of a younger Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman.
This ensemble was nearly perfect in the first set of movies, and it was only made better by the addition of the dwarves in the pre-quel. They added both hu-mor and drama, but more than that, they were played accurately, and their por-trayals were true to the book.
A third component worth examining is the music. The score for the movie was no disappointment. It was epic, and it matched the tone of the movie, much like the
scores in the previous “The Lord of the Rings” films.
The depth of the movie has been a surprise to many. The book is actually quite short, but Peter Jackson and company have managed to make a movie that is nearly three hours long out of just one small part of the book. That means more content and less disappointment because of missing material.
My expectations for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” were filled many times over. Seeing this in-credible work makes me look forward to the next two installments even more.
I would recommend the film to anyone who enjoyed “The Lord of the Rings” tril-ogy or someone looking for a good way to kick back and enjoy a three-hour dose of visual and cinematic fulfillment.
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ON THE ROAD AGAINWVU travels to Purdue for last nonconference
game of the seasonBy Nick Arthur
AssociAte sports editor
If there has ever been a must-win game for the West Virginia men’s bas-ketball team, it’s the one Saturday.
The Mountaineers have lost three of their last four games and find themselves without a winning record this late in the season for the first time in a decade.
West Virginia (8-8, 1-3) will get a chance to climb back over the .500 mark with a rare mid-season nonconference road game against Purdue (9-8, 3-2) Saturday afternoon.
The Mountaineers are coming off a deflating 69-67 road loss to Iowa State after erasing an 18-point deficit to tie the game with less than 12 seconds to play before allowing the even-tual game-winning bucket by the Cyclones.
“We just continue to shoot ourselves in the foot by not making rotations,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins after the Iowa State game. “We keep trust-ing guys and keep trying to play guys and we can’t play them.”
Huggins has been frus-trated with the perfor-mance of his frontcourt. The style of play in the Big 12 Conference is contra-dictory to that in the Big East Conference, given that most teams have oriented their offenses around guards rather than big men.
Purdue may not run a four-guard-out offense, but five of the Boilermakers’ top six scorers are back-court players.
“We’re going to have to play small,” Huggins said. “We’re going to have to change our personnel ... They’ve (the big guys) had
ample opportunity. They’ve had over half the season. How could it be any worse? We’re one and three. How could it be any worse?”
Purdue comes into the matchup having won two straight conference games. The only two losses for the Boilermakers in Big 10 Conference play this sea-son has been at the hands of No. 18 Michigan State and No. 15 Ohio State.
With the multiple line-ups Huggins has shown in recent games, Purdue may not know which person-nel will be on the floor for the Mountaineers come Saturday.
In Wednesday’s game against Iowa State, senior guard and Boston College transfer Matt Humphrey saw action for the first time since Dec. 22.
Humphrey performed well, tallying 9 points on three 3-pointers.
“Sitting over there has given Matt a greater ap-preciation for being on the floor,” Huggins said. “Therefore, he’s ac-cepted his role a little bit better.”
This will be the third time in the last four seasons West Virginia and Purdue have met on the hardwood, with the teams splitting the first two matchups.
The Boilermakers were in the top 10 in each of those meetings.
Even though Purdue may be rebuilding this season, a road game in Big 10 coun-try is a difficult place to earn a victory.
“We’re going to play one big and switch every-thing … We’re really small but we’ll front everything down there and switch back when we can switch back,” Huggins said.
Mountaineers at risk of missing NCAA tournament
For many Mountain-eer enthusiasts, the begin-ning of the 2012-2013 men’s basketball season was a potential escape from the angst and utter confound-ing frustration that was the 2012 West Virginia football season.
Unfortunately, those same dissatisfied support-ers have been exposed to an equally disenchanting debut from the men’s bas-ketball team, which has sputtered its way to an un-characteristic 8-8 start, in-cluding a woeful 1-3 record in conference play during WVU’s inaugural season in the Big 12.
And though it may seem like it’s still early in the year, the reality of the situation is that the Mountaineers are already at the halfway point of their season. Af-ter 16 games, West Virginia doesn’t have a single nota-ble win on its schedule.
Some may try to point to the rivalry win against the formerly 7-0 Hokies Dec. 8, 2012, in Morgantown as a resume-building victory, but even that win is look-ing less and less impressive as Virginia Tech continues its epic free fall in the ACC. Tech has dropped 5-of-7 fol-lowing their first loss of the year to the Mountaineers.
Other blind support-ers may point to the “close games.” Contests where the Mountaineers were close late, but inevitably came up just short. Opponents that have so far included con-ference foes Kansas State, Oklahoma and most re-cently Iowa State, who with-stood a furious 18-point comeback to survive by a single basket Wednesday
night in Ames. Unfortunately for the
Mountaineers, moral victo-ries don’t earn conference championships or NCAA tournament invites.
An 8-8 record doesn’t necessarily scream disap-pointment, but in the con-text of the last 10 years of WVU men’s basketball, it’s the worst start to a season since Bob Huggins returned to coach his alma mater.
In fact, you have to go all the way back to the pre-Beilein era of WVU basket-ball to find a team with such a mediocre start to a season.
In 2002, Gale Catlett’s Mountaineers similarly stumbled to a 7-9 record in their first 16 games be-fore dropping an astound-ing 12 of their final 13. West Virginia finished 8-20 that year and Catlett retired be-fore the season ended.
On one hand, this year’s West Virginia team won’t have to make its way through the minefield that is the Big East basketball conference like Catlett’s squad did in 2002, but the fact that West Virginia won’t have its historically difficult, RPI-boosting Big East con-ference schedule to lean on come tournament selec-tion time in March could be a critical variable in the NCAA selection commit-tee’s mind.
Wins over non-con-ference opponents such as Marist, Marshall, Oak-land and Radford will be worth virtually nothing come March, while losses to Davidson (9-7) and lowly Duquesne (7-9) will stick out like sore thumbs on tournament selection eye tests. The good news for the Mountaineers is that de-spite moving from the noto-rious Big East, West Virginia has managed to maintain an
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Omar Ghabra/The Daily aThenaeumWest Virginia head coach Bob Huggins expresses his displeasure with an official during a game earlier in the season.
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BRING ON THE CHAMPS
West Virginia ready for showdown against No. 1 BaylorBy COdy SCHulER
managing editor
For the second time in three sea-sons, the West Virginia women’s bas-ketball team will make the trip to Waco, Texas, to face Baylor. But this time, it will be under different circum-stances – as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
The Mountaineers will take on No. 1 Baylor Saturday in a rematch of a second-round matchup from the 2011 NCAA Tournament – a game also played on the Bears’ home court.
In an 82-68 Bears win, Baylor cen-ter Brittany Griner’s 30-point show-ing helped end the Mountaineers’ season.
Griner, a three-time All-American who leads the conference in scoring with 21.1 points per game, is one of five returning starters from last sea-son’s 40-0 national championship team.
West Virginia redshirt senior cen-ter Ayana Dunning (10.8 ppg, 6.6 re-bounds per game) has a tall order in defending the 6-foot-8 all-American, and she said the key to limiting Griner is to relax and focus on contributing to a team effort.
“I just have to go out there and play,” she said. “We’ll work on the
scout (team) and the things we need to be able to do. For our defensive scheme I know it’s going to be a team effort.”
Dunning and her teammates re-peatedly used one word in particular when describing how they felt about Saturday’s game with Baylor: excited.
“It’s exciting,” Dunning said. “Play-ing in the Big 12, I think we are excited to go out and be able to play some of the best competition in the country night in and night out.”
“To be able to play the No. 1 team in the country ... I think everybody is up for it – everybody is excited. Hope-fully we will be able to match their in-tensity and just go out there and play,” she said.
Sophomore guard Akilah Bethel referenced the Mountaineers’ past games against teams like UConn and Notre Dame – both of which are annu-ally at the top of the rankings – as good experiences for games such as this.
“In previous years, we’ve always played up to the No. 1s and the No. 2s in the country, so I definitely think we’ll be ready,” she said.
“I’m excited. I definitely think we play up and down (to our competi-tion and) this is high-level competi-tion, so I definitely think we will play to our potential.”
West Virginia head coach Mike Carey is no stranger to being a severe underdog. It was only one season ago when the Mountaineers were able to stun then-No. 2 Notre Dame on the road, winning in South Bend, Ind., for the first time in program history.
Since 2002, Carey and West Vir-ginia have faced off against the coun-try’s No. 1 team seven times, each of which resulted in losses of 20 or more points.
Baylor has won 27 consecutive Big 12 games, including Wednesday’s 90-69 rout against Kansas State. The Mountaineers topped Kansas State 66-52 last Saturday.
In Tuesday’s 58-50 victory against TCU, the Mountaineers earned their third-straight conference victory de-spite what Carey called a “lackadaisi-cal” performance bolstered in part by a lower quality opponent.
“It seems like we play up or down to our competition, and you can’t do that in the Big 12,” he said.
“You could do that in the Big East once in a while, but you can’t do that in the Big 12, because anybody can beat you.”
It will serve West Virginia best if that statement rings true Saturday.
file photoHead coach Mike Carey and the West Virginia women’s basketball team will travel to No. 1 Baylor this weekend.
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No. 1 WVU back in action this weekend vs. Nebraska
By ROBERT kREISsports writer
After a break from com-petition that started dur-ing Thanksgiving, the No. 1 West Virginia rifle team will compete in its first match of 2013 Satur-day when the Mountain-eers welcome Nebraska to Morgantown.
“We had a week or two of training after Thanksgiving break, and then we came back last week to get some training in before school started,” said head coach Jon Hammond. “Some of them continued to train over the break, but a lot of them got a good three or four weeks off.”
Hammond encouraged his Mountaineer squad to break from the mentally draining sport during the winter holiday.
“It is a very mental sport, and you can get tired of it like anything else,” Ham-mond said. “Fall semes-ter is a long semester for all students, especially if you’re an athlete.
“They all needed a break over the holidays. Holi-days are great to kind of let them recharge and let them have a break.”
Despite the time off, Hammond knows his top-ranked team is ready to ad-just its sights and get back in the range.
“We’ll probably need a few more weeks to get to our peak and prepare,” Hammond said. “I think they’re certainly in good form and ready to get back into competition.”
Before their break, the Mountaineers were on a roll. They fired away all of the competition, consis-tently scoring at or around an unbelievable bench-mark of 4,700. The Moun-taineers also blasted away fellow GARC foes Army, Ole Miss, Memphis and North Carolina State, as well as capping 2012 off with a trip to rifle power-house Alaska-Fairbanks.
Hammond will look for the Mountaineers to build upon the momentum they gained in the first half of the season.
“We definitely want to continue to have good per-formances, and hopefully we’ll continue to work to-wards that,” Hammond said. “It’s definitely impor-tant to have momentum and have that confidence when you get into the end of the season.”
West Virginia will need to find that momentum
quickly with only two matches left before NCAA qualifiers. After qualifiers, West Virginia will head to the GARC championships, before ending the season in Columbus, Ohio, at the NCAA championships.
Hammond, however, does not have his team concentrating on anything other than the match in front of them.
“Every competition is as important as the next one,” he said. “We’re just really getting ready for this week-end and Nebraska and fo-cusing on that, and then we’ll focus on each com-petition as it comes up.”
And against Nebraska, Hammond wants to see how ready the team is af-ter the long break.
“I definitely want to see some strong performances off the break,” he said. “(I am) really just looking for them to continue the things we were working on last semester and see if we can have a good result.”
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impressive overall Strength of Schedule (22), according to ESPN’s Insider.
Still, after WVU’s latest loss at the hands of Iowa State Wednesday, it’s be-come clear the Mountain-eers will need more than just a strength of schedule statistic to hang their hats on in order to keep Huggins’ and WVU’s streaks of con-secutive NCAA berths alive.
Currently, ESPN’s resi-dent bracketologist Joe Lu-nardi – the Nate Silver of NCAA tournament predic-tions if you’re unfamiliar – doesn’t have the Mountain-eers anywhere on his 2013 NCAA tournament bracket, and considering WVU’s present RPI of 77 and BPI of 88 the Mountaineers are indeed on the outside look-ing in at this point.
Opportunities down the stretch certainly exist, but the fact remains that a com-pletely different West Vir-ginia team will ultimately have to show up in these last 16 games to have a shot at earning resume wins over either Kansas, Baylor or in the rematches against Oklahoma and Kansas State.
Otherwise, the Moun-taineers and their fans will either be sitting on the side-lines for the first time in six years this March.
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SwImmING
Mountaineers looks to bounce back vs. tcuBy coNNor MurrAy
sports correspondent
Following a disappointing performance last week at Pitt, head coach Vic Riggs and the WVU swimming and diving team will look to get back on track this Friday as it faces off against TCU at 5 p.m. in the WVU Natatorium.
Both the men’s and wom-en’s teams suffered setbacks at Pitt last Saturday with the women losing 182-118 and the men faltering 217-63.
“We had some depth is-sues. We were a little banged up last week,” Riggs said. “Some people who didn’t swim last week will be back (against TCU).”
Recovering could prove to be critical for the Mountain-eers, as they look to make an impression on their new con-
ference in their first ever Big 12 Conference meet.
As they enter uncharted territory, this meet could serve as an opportunity for the team to make a mark in the conference before the Big 12 championships at the end of February.
“We’re very excited about it,” Riggs said. “We wanted to get a home and home ri-valry started right away, so we’ll be going down to TCU next year.”
WVU will face stiff com-petition in its new rivals from Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs swept the Big 12’s weekly honors with sophomore Coo-per Robinson winning men’s Swimmer of the Week and freshman Sara Brzozowski taking women’s Swimmer of the Week honors.
On the diving side, soph-
omore Ricky Bradley took the men’s Diver of the Week award while senior Katie Lybbert took home the same award on the women’s side.
With only two regular sea-son meets left on the sched-ule, there seems to be no better time than now for the WVU’s more experienced leaders to step up to the plate and make an impact.
“Right now, it’s time for our veteran leadership to step up and help the freshmen and underclassmen,” Riggs said.
The responsibility for lead-ing the way will rest on the shoulders of the combined 13 seniors on the men’s and women’s teams.
Following their meet with TCU, the men’s team will be out of action until the begin-ning of the Big 12 champi-onships, while the women’s
team will welcome the Ohio Bobcats to Morgantown Jan. 26.
As the regular season winds down, the team will look to find that next gear in order to finish the season strong and make some noise in the postseason.
The men’s and women’s teams both finished third in the Big East championships last year. Similar success this season would go a long way in getting the Big 12 swim-ming era off to a strong start for WVU.
“The championship en-vironment takes over for us,” Riggs said. “We performed well in the Big East champi-onships and are hoping for more of the same this year in the Big 12.”
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No. 22 wVu to face three ranked teamsBy MeghAN cArrsports correspondent
Four nationally ranked op-ponents will compete Satur-day when the No. 22 West Vir-ginia gymnastics team faces three top 25 teams in Utah in its second meet of the season. The Mountaineers have yet to compete at home, but head coach Jason Butts is hop-ing his team can continue to build from their impressive win at Pittsburgh.
“They’ve put in the work this preseason; the gymnas-tics is there, and we’re ready to go out to Utah and show the judges that we’re a top 12 team,” Butts said.
After the win at Pittsburgh, the Mountaineers not only moved back into the top 25 ranking, but two individ-ual players received Big 12 honors.
Senior Alaska Richardson was named the co-Event Spe-cialist of the Week, and fresh-man Jaida Lawrence was named Big 12 Newcomer of
the Week. “(It was) my first college
meet, and to do that good was rewarding,” Lawrence said.
Although Lawrence is a freshman, she brings in-ternational experience to WVU. Lawrence competed for Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships.
Now with the opening sea-son meet behind them the Mountaineers are focused on this weekend’s competition. WVU will compete against No. 15 Utah (0-1), No. 20 Southern Utah (0-1), and No. 23 Oregon State (1-2).
Utah came into the season ranked No. 5 but after the Utes fell to No. 2 UCLA they dropped back in the rank-ings. The 2013 season has not lived up to Southern Utah or Oregon State’s expectations either. Southern Utah also lost to UCLA in their season opener, and Oregon State lost to Michigan and BYU at the Cancun Classic.
Oregon State is hoping to turn around their season af-
ter beating Ohio State last weekend.
Even though WVU is the only team coming into the meet above .500, Butts un-derstands this will not be an easy win.
“Utah is a unique environ-ment that a lot of these ath-letes have not experienced,” Butts said. “It’s a coliseum full of people – about 10,000 plus.”
WVU’s gymnastics team’s home attendance record is 3,500 when it held the NCAA Southeast regional competi-tion in 1994.
Butts played crowd noise recordings at the practices as a way to simulate the atmo-sphere his team will face in Utah.
Junior Hope Sloanhoffer, who came in second as all-around performer at Pitt has enough experience to know what awaits the team in Utah.
“The upperclassmen who have gone to big competi-tions knows how intimidat-ing it can be,” Sloanhoffer
said. “The freshmen may not know the gravity of how large it really is.”
Although Butts knows he can try and prepare his team for a loud atmosphere, he will need help from seniors like Kaylyn Millick, Richard-son and Chelsea Goldschrafe to be leaders for the team Saturday.
“I feel like our team is in a much better mindset – meaning we don’t get intim-idated by their high rankings – because we’re also a ranked team,” Sloanhoffer said. “I think as long as we stay to-gether as a team and Jason does a good job at keeping up together at meets and our seniors. I think we have po-tential to do really great this weekend.”
The Mountaineers will compete at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. The meet can be viewed live at www.WVUS-ports.com.
By keViN hookersports correspondent
The West Virginia track and field team returns to action Saturday for the WVU Invitational held here in Morgantown.
Last weekend, the Mountaineers recorded three first place finishes at the Doug Raymond In-vitational at Kent State University.
Senior Stephanie Al-dea took first place on the 800-meter run and freshman Peyton Hamp-son placed first in the 1,000-meter run.
The distance medley team, consisting of Hamp-son, Sarah Martinelli, Ari-elle Gaither and Kelly Wil-liams, also took first place with a time of 12:15.49.
Although the season is still relatively new, head coach Sean Cleary has al-ready seen a few standout performances.
“Stephanie Aldea has done a very good job of getting herself back into a position to lead our mid-distance girls this winter. Peyton Hampson also had a very good freshman de-but (last week),” Cleary said in a recent press release.
Despite a two-week hi-atus for semester break, Cleary has been pleased with the team’s success.
“It’s clear the team did a very good job while at home,” he said. “The girls are back in their routines since break, and we are seeing improvements in workouts.”
The Mountaineers are hoping last weekend’s vic-tories can carry over to Saturday.
“Practice has been going well,” he said. “The main objective for the weekend is to simply keep building the competitive spirit.”
Although this week-end’s invitational will have its challenges, the track and field team feels well prepared.
“It’s clear that each weekend our schedule gets tougher and tougher,” Cleary said. “For Saturday, we are looking for the girls to come into the Shell and compete to their potential. In terms of competition, the meet will provide ex-actly what we need.”
Saturday’s track meet is slated for a 9 a.m. start in the WVU Shell Building.
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4. 40 YEARS EXPERIENCEIN LEASINGFacts stand up as indisputableevidence of superiority
3. AMENITIESWahers/Dryers, Dishwashers,Microwaves, A/C
2. GENEROUS FREE PARKINGDusk to Dawn Lightingon Premises
1. WE ALWAYS REMEMBERTHE GOLDEN RULE:
“Do unto others as you wouldhave them do unto you”
TOP 10 REASONS TO RENTFROM PERILLI APARTMENTS
304-296-7476Lease, Deposit, No Pets
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UNFURNISHEDAPARTMENTS
1 BEDROOM APTS. Arnold Hall area. Larger than most. W/D. Parking. Call 304-594-1200. bckrentals.com
1, 2 & 3BR APARTMENT DOWNTOWNavailable May. 3BR ON GRANT available Jan. www.geellc.com M-F 8am-4pm 304-319-2787 or 304-365-2787 .
1, 2 & 4 BR APARTMENTS, AVAILABLE MAY 2013. Some utilities included. W/D. No Pets. 304-288-6374 or [email protected]
2 & 3 BEDROOMS. Near Mario’s Fishbowl. W/D, D/W, A/C. Call 304-594-1200. bckrentals.com
2 BEDROOM 1 BATH. Garrison Avenue. W/D. Parking. Call 304-594-1200. bckrentals.com
2 BR 2 BA conveniently located above the Varsity Club near stadium & hospitals. In-cludes W/D, D/W, microwave, 24 hr main-tenance, central air, and off street paring. No Pets! $400/person plus utilities. For appt. call 304-599-0200
2, 3-BEDROOMS. Walk to campus. Park-ing, Lease/deposit + utilities. No Pets. Avail. June 1st. Max Rentals 304-291-8423
3 BR conveniently located near stadium & hospitals at 251 McCullough, 24 hr mainte-nance, central air, hardwood floors, washer/dryer, off street parking. No pets! $500/person includes utilities. For appt. call 304-599-0200
UNFURNISHEDAPARTMENTS
225, 227 JONES AVENUE & 617 NORTH ST. 1,2,3,4 BR Apartments & Houses, ex-cellent condition. $395/each/plus utilities. NO PETS. Free-Parking. 304-685-3457 E.J. Stout
1-3 BR’s. Stewart St. area. Available May. Starting $350/p. 304-296-7400.
1/BR, 1 BATH AND 2/BR, 2 BATH CONDOS. Near Hospital. Water & sewage paid. $600 & 900/month. 304-610.1791
2/BR APARTMENT FOR RENT. 500 EASTProspect. Available May. $300/month per person + utilities. NO PETS.304-692-7587.
2BR Close to Hospitals/stadium. $700 + elec/water. Spacious, A/C, W/D, D/W, free parking. No Pets. May, June & August Leases. STADIUM VIEW 304-598-7368
3/BR, 3/BTH DUPLEX. W/D, DW, AC, off-street parking. Relatively new. $1200/mo. 304-319-0437
4/BR, 2/BA DUPLEX. W/D, DW, off-street parking. Very nice. $1200/mo 304-319-0437
APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Three 1 Bed-room, 1 Bath, condos located on Creekside Drive, off West Run Road (North Hills) in Morgantown, within minutes of hospital and WVU. All kitchen appliances and washer and dryer in units. $600.00 per month with $300.00 security deposit. Telephone Jeff at 304-290-8571.
AVAILABLE 5/2013. 3 bedroomhouse. Recently remodeled. Partially furnished. Close to campus. Off-streetparking. 304-296-8801.
BEVERLY AVE. APARTMENT. 2-3-4/BR Well-maintained. Off-street parking. W/D. DW. A/C. NO PETS. Available May 20th. 304-241-4607. If no answer: 282-0136.
AAVVAILABLEAILABLEMay 15, 2013
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AFFORDABLE LUXURY
Now Leasing 20131 & 2 Bedroom 2 Bath
ApartmentsPrices Starting at $505
Garages,W/D,
Walk In ClosetsSparkling Pool
2 Min From Hospital & Downtown24 HR Maintenance/Security
Bus ServiceNO PETS
Bon Vista &The Villas304-599-1880
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Barrington North
NOW LEASING FOR 2013
Prices Starting at $615
2 Bedroom 1 Bath24 Hour Maintenance/Security
Laundry FacilitiesMinutes to Hospitals and Evansdale
Bus Service
NO PETS
304-599-6376www.morgantownapartments.com
BRAND NEW! Luxury 3 BR’s. Jones Place. 304-296-7400.
EFF., 1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM available May to May lease/no pets. Rents starting at $300 each. Downtown Campus & Stadium. Rice Rentals 304-598-7368
LARGE, UNFURNISHED 3/BR apartment. Close to campus/hospitals. Large Deck, ap-pliances, WD hook-up, off-street parking. No pets. $800/mo+utilities. 304-594-2225
MON. RIVER CONDOS. NEW 4/BR,4/BA. WD/Pool. University-Commons. $1100/month, plus utilities. Available now. Call Norm Georg at 724-591-0509 or 814-404-2333
NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking. NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.
UNFURNISHEDAPARTMENTS
Now Leasing for 2013 - 2014“The Largest &
Finest Selection of Properties”
1 & 2 Bedroom ApartmentsUnfurnished
24 Hour Emergency Maintenance &Enforcement OfficerOff Street Parking
DOWNTOWN PROPERTIESPhone 304-413-0900
Metro Towers East, & West(University Avenue)
Glenlock(University Avenue)
Skyline(Top of Falling Run Road)
EVANSDALE PROPERTIESPhone: 304-413-0900Valley View WoodsCooperfield Court
Ashley Oaks(Off Don Nehlen Drive)
www.metropropertymgmt.net
PRETE RENTALAPARTMENTSEFF: 1BR: 2BR:
Now Leasing For 2013 UNFURNISHED/FURNISHED
OFF-STREET PARKINGEVANSDALE / STAR CITY
LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED
ON-SITE MAINTENANCEMOST UNITS INCLUDE:
HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGESECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIREDMountain Line Bus Service
Every 10 Minutes andMinutes From PRT304-599-4407ABSOLUTELY NO PETS
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10 M10 M IN WIN WAALK TLK T O CO C AA MM PPUU SS
Available May 2013
2 Bedroom6 Bedroom8 Bedroom
$500 per person plus utilitiesOffstreet parking/Garage parking
304-216-6134304-216-6134
RICE RENTRICE RENTALSALS304-598-7368
448 Stewart Eff.$425 incl. Util.
464 Stewart 2 bed/1 bath$750 & elec
480 Stewart 2bed/1.5 bath duplex$900 & elec/water
452 Stewart 3 bed twnhouse$1050 & elec/water
464 Stewart 3 bed/1.5 bath$1550 inc util
502 Stewart 3 bed/1 bath$900 & elec/gas
May LeaseNO PETS
3
STAR CITY 2BR 1BTH. Large carpeted D/W, W/D, gas, AC. No pets/smoking. Off street parking. $600 plus util.304-692-1821
UNFURNISHEDAPARTMENTS
UNIQUE APARTMENTS! NOW RENT-ING for May. 1, 2, & 3BR apartments. Close to main campus. W/D, A/C, dish-washer, private parking, pets with fee. Call 207-793-2073
WILKINS WILKINS RENTRENTALSALS
304-292-5714Now Leasing for
2013-2014Apartments & Houses
Close to Downtown Campus &South Park Locations
All Include Utilities andWasher/Dryer
Many include ParkingPets Considered
Rent as low as $450/mo per person
Includes UtilitiesLease and Deposit
Campus Area - 3 BR. Apts.
South Park - 1, 2, 3 and 4 BR. Apts.6 Bedroom Houses
Between Campuses - 4 Bedroom House
FURNISHEDHOUSES
1BR IN A 3BR HOUSE, private parking. $510mth + cable. Downtown campus. 301-987-7229
CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN. 751 Wells St. 3/BR 2 Bath, covered-porch, garage, deck, basement, free Off-Street-Parking DW-W/D No Pets. $450/each/includes/utils. 724-208-0737
WALKING DISTANCE TO CAMPUS. Available May/2013. Like new 3-4/BR house, yard & storage rooms. Only 3 unre-lated. A/C. W/D. Off-street parking. $1600/OBOmo+utilities. No pets. 610-428-7766
UNFURNISHEDHOUSES
4, 5, 6-BEDROOMS. Walk to campus. W/D. Some parking. Lease/deposit + utili-ties. No Pets. Avail. June 1st. Max Rentals. 304-291-8423
5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. call Nicole at 304-290-8972
6 BR House - Short Distance to downtown/campus. All basic utilities in-cluded. W/D, 2 Baths, 2 kitchens. Large Bedrooms. Quiet Neighborhood. $460/ month/ per person. Lease/Deposit. 304-292-5714
3/BR & 4/BR HOUSES AVAILABLE on Willey St. Very clean, W/D,parking. Walk to downtown campus. Available 5/15. Call 304-554-4135.
3BR, 2BTH, all appliances, no pets, newly remodeled. $1200 plus utilities and deposit. 304-685-0960
4BR, 2BTH 356 STEWART ST. includes WD and off-street parking. $400/person plus utilities. 304-319-1243 Hymarkproperties.com
HOME ON 32 ACRES IN THE MOUN-TAINS. 4BR/2BTH. Huge kitchen. $900 a month plus utilities + deposit. Call 240-578-0729
MUST SEE just across from Arnold Hall 4BR and 2 and 3BTH houses with W/D, DW, Microwave, A/C, parking, all in excellent condition. All utilities included. For appointment call 304-288-1572, 288-9662, 296-8491website JEWELMANLLC.COM
VERY NICE HOUSE near both campuses (near Mario’s Fishbowl) available in May. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, AC, DW. $1500 ($500pp). [email protected] or 304-292-6264
UNFURNISHEDHOUSES
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ROOMMATESJUST LISTED! MALE OR FEMALE ROOMMATE for brand-new apt. Close to downtown. Next to Arnold Hall. WD, DW, AC, Parking. NO PETS. $420/mo in-cludes utils. Lease/Deposit 304-296-8491 or 304-288-1572
ROOMMATE WANTED 2½-BR 1/BAhouse. Westover. 5/min from downtown. $425/mo negotiable. including all utilities, W/D, free parking. 304-322-1230.
ROOMMATE WANTED for 3 bedroom house. $400/month, includes utilities. 101 Jones Ave. 304-677-6634
HOUSES FORSALE
4YR OLD, 4BR, 2.5BTH, living room, fam-ily room, formal dinning room, partially fin-ished basement, 2 car garage, covered porches. Sabraton area $262,000. 304-216-9359
PETS FOR SALECKC SIBERIAN HUSKY male pup $500. Pom mix male pup $150. 304-864-4869
AUTOMOBILESFOR SALE
CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.Any make! Any model! Any condition! 282-2560
HELP WANTEDBARTENDERS WANTED. Bucket Head’s Pub. 10-mins from downtown, Morgantown. Small local bar, All Shifts Avail. No experi-ence necessary. 304-365-4565.
BARTENDING UP TO $300 A DAY poten-tial. No experience necessary. Trainingavailable. Age 18 plus. 800-965-6520Ext. 285
FEMALES AGE 25-40 to teach clinical pel-vic exams. Excellent pay. Training provided. February 2013. 304-293-5533
HELP WANTEDBLACK BEAR BURRITO’S. Can you do the job better? Hiring all positions, both lo-cations. Plus pm kitchen supervisor downtown. Apply within 132 Pleasant St. and 3119 University
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Mr. C’s WISEGUY CAFE looking for part-time cook and delivery driver. Phone 304.599.3636 or 304.288.2200
PART-TIME BARTENDER at Shab Dab’s Grill. Must have experience and flexible schedule. Phone 304-225-0961 after12pm.
WVGTC is looking for gymnastics in-structors: for both boys and girls. Some experience needed. 304-292-5559
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LOST downtown campus area white and gray cat. Reward. Call Mike 304-290-5431
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