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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Thursday April 10, 2014 Volume 126, issue 127www.ThEdaONLINE.comda
Derrick Gordon became the first openly gay Division I college basketball player Wednesday.
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Candidates talk state, county issuesBy Daniel Schatz
Staff Writer @Dailyathenaeum
The Daily Athenaeum hosted a Monongalia County Political Candidate Forum Wednesday in the Gluck Theatre with candi-dates running for the West Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate to discuss various issues regarding Morgantown and the state.
One of the topics dis-cussed by the 13 candidates present at the forum was the issue surrounding the dam-
aged roads throughout the state and the potential safety hazards they cause. Every candidate agreed that dam-aged roads pose a serious threat to drivers and each suggested different means of repairing the damages.
Brian Kurcaba, republi-can candidate for the House of Delegates, said he be-lieves the federal govern-ment should compensate the citizens of West Virginia for the amount of money communities directly put up for repairs.
“We’re putting a huge
amount of money in, and we need to get some of that money back,” Kurcaba said. “What I would do would be to creatively make some sales taxes to help bring some more funds.”
Another issue questioned the state’s unyielding allo-cation of resources to the coal industry, in spite of the 3 percent of West Virgin-ians employed by the coal industry.
Candidates discussed the state’s ultimate reliance on coal, the resource’s positive effect on both the national
and state economy and other energy alternatives the state should research to re-lieve the state’s reliance on coal.
Bob, Beach, democratic candidate for State Senate, said he believes coal is still a relevant resource crucial to the state’s economy, but that he does advocate con-tinued research on alterna-tive resources, especially so-lar power.
“I don’t think coal is on the decline, currently,” Beach
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erin irwin/THe DAilY ATHenAeumRachel Namey, a human nutrition and foods student, Clarie Cotrill, a speech pathology student, Elizabeth Carter, a criminology student, and Dylan Carroll, a biology student, join the Stand for Freedom move-ment against human trafficking by holding signs.
Students stand in protest against worldwide slavery By laura haight
Staff Writer @Dailyathenaeum
More than 100 students and fac-ulty members took part in the Stand for Freedom event outside the Mountainlair all day Wednesday.
The event was sponsored by the International Justice Mission and is aimed to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery.
According to the Global Slavery In-dex, slavery is defined as the condi-tion of treating another person as if he or she is property. Forced labor re-fers to work taken without consent, by threats or coercion. Human trafficking is the process through which people are brought into forced labor or se-vere exploitation through deception, threats or coercion.
Nearly 500 universities participated in the protest in countries all around the world.
Brady Smith, co-founder and co-president of International Justice Mission, said the main purpose be-hind the event is to bring attention to slavery.
“You can’t work on something if you don’t know it exists,” Smith said.
In 2014, there are 29.8 million peo-
ple in slavery worldwide, according to the Global Slavery Index.
“A lot of people think slavery ended in the Civil War, but that’s not true,” Smith said.
Slavery is still present in 162 coun-tries in the world, including the United States. Nearly 400,000 peo-ple are trafficked through the United States every year, and 47 people are enslaved per day globally.
Smith joined the fight with Interna-tional Justice Mission to raise aware-
ness about slavery and help those af-fected by it. Throughout the year, the International Justice Mission has saved 18,000 people from forced labor.
“When I found out that people are enslaved, especially in the country I live in, it struck a chord within me to do something about it,” Smith said.
Smith said he believes he was lucky to be born in the United States where he has plenty of opportunity.
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SGA confirms Orlowski as Maniac director
By SaM BOSSerManStaff Writer
@Dailyathenaeum
The West Virginia University Student Government Association confirmed Steve Orlowski as the next di-rector of the Mountaineer Maniacs student organi-zation during its regular meeting Wednesday night.
Orlowski is a long standing member of the Moun-taineer Maniacs and remarks made by the Board of Governors conveyed a high degree of confidence in his ability to lead the organization into the next ac-ademic year.
Liz Barnhart, a BOG member, said she thought Steve will do a great job as director and is particu-larly interested in seeing how his new ideas for the organization pan out.
“I especially like how he wants to reach out to all the other maniac-type groups within the Big 12,” Barnhart said. “I think it’d be really cool to feed off the ideas of what other schools do.”
Barnhart said West Virginia often suffers from negative misconceptions, and connecting with these other student groups could go a long way in helping improve the school’s image within the conference.
“It’d be really great to bring these groups here to show them how we really do things,” Barnhart said. “There are a lot of people who are really proud to be Mountaineers, and the Maniacs do a great job at showing that enthusiasm in a positive way.”
Orlowski said the Mountaineer Maniacs was the
Forum talks adult relationships, love, intimacy in college
By alexiS ranDOlphStaff Writer
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Students and faculty at West Virginia University will have the chance to explore the different aspects of relationships tonight at 7 in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.
As part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, WVU will host the Rules of Engagement Panel Dis-cussion addressing love, intimacy, fidelity and expectations.
Jason Ottley, a first-year doctoral human devel-opment and family studies student, decided to put on the event. He said the forum will work to explain to students what a healthy relationship is and how to have one.
“College students jump in and out of relationships all of the time without knowing how they work,” Ot-tley said. “This will hopefully teach them how to be in a constantly changing relationship.”
The panelists, including professionals and experts in all fields of study, will discuss how relationships in the 21st century are constantly changing and will even share their own love lessons gone wrong.
Ottley said he worked to find people for the panel who shared his vision for the event.
“I looked for like-minded (people) who shared my idea of what this event should be,” he said. “As a facil-itator, I want to make sure students walk away from
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“I think that we don’t get to control what country we’re born into,” he said. “These slaves didn’t get to control their destiny.”
Smith said he believes because he has freedom of speech, he has the power to have his voice heard.
“We were born in Amer-
ica, and we were given the liberty of having a voice to use, and it’s a shame if we don’t use it,” he said. “When you think about every prob-lem you have in life, it doesn’t compare to the 29 million people in the world who are enslaved.”
By the end of the event, Smith will have gone more than 40 hours without sleeping.
“Our goal is to show we
care enough to give up a day, to give up sleep, to give up class or whatever it might be to stand out here,” he said.
“We want to start as many conversations as possible to let people in on the fact there are 29 million slaves in the world, and we’re not okay with it.”
Smith called upon his fellow WVU students to stand with him to make a
difference.“Our University motto
is, ‘Mountaineers are al-ways free,’” he said. “If the Mountaineers are always free, shouldn’t everyone else be?”
Katie Woodhead, a ju-nior marketing student and member of the WVU chap-ter of International Justice Mission, stood outside the Mountainlair nearly all day and night with her fellow
members.She said it hits home that
people in the United States are enslaved as well as in other countries.
“It’s a fact that’s really hard to ignore,” Woodhead said. “I think it’s wrong that I have so much free-dom, and there are peo-ple out there who are enslaved.”
She said by standing, she’s using her voice as a privi-
lege that others have been denied.
“I want to make a stand and speak for those who can’t,” Woodhead said. “If we’re all standing up against this, it can be some-thing that is changed.
“Our generation has the power to make a difference and raise awareness.”
this forum with something tangible. It should be more than the students sitting and listening. They should gain something.”
A recent survey con-cluded that 63 percent of college women are look-ing for and hoping to meet
their spouse while in col-lege, while one third of col-lege seniors have been on fewer than two dates. This discussion is meant to give students the tools they need to sustain relationships.
According to Ottley, these conversations are al-ready happening on a small scale.
“Every campus needs to have these conversations,
and they are. Different de-partments are – psychology, philosophy and others. They happen in the dormitories,” he said. “They are already happening in small pockets around campus. This is the chance for the entire stu-dent body (at) large to dis-cuss this platform.”
Another emphasis of the forum is including students of all races, genders, eth-
nicities and sexual orienta-tions. There was an invita-tion extended to the WVU Spectrum community to be a part of the panel. Ottley talked about the importance of having an all-inclusive panel.
“As a society, we have tried to separate the differ-ent levels of love, whether it be by race, gender or sex-ual orientation,” Ottley said.
“The idea of love is a global language. Everyone wants to feel some level of love, of caring. This will hope-fully help students to be more sensitive to those of other cultures and sexual orientations.”
Ottley’s advice to stu-dents who plan on attend-ing the event is to come with an open mind.
WELLWVU: The Stu-
dents’ Center of Health, Student Organization Ser-vices, WVU Graduate Edu-cation and Life and WVU Housing all have played a part in putting the forum on.
To learn more, students can follow the conversa-tion live on Twitter using the hashtag #WELLWVU.
said. “My transportation infrastructure will actually be staying solar, (which) is how we can get that in-frastructure in place here in the future in West Virginia.”
Joe Statler, republican candidate for the House of Delegates, spoke cautiously about diverting state funds to explore alternative energy resources.
“I’d be careful about throwing the baby out of the bath water,” Statler said. “You want to make sure that we have something in place that is going to replace this because I believe the insti-tutions like this have got to find the answers where we have failed.”
Following the discussions concerning the coal issue, the candidates investigated the relationship between the state government and West Virginia University.
Candidates discussed why the relationship is of great importance and how they will continue to create more opportunities for students of the state.
Charlene Marshall, democratic candidate for the House of Delegates, spoke about the impor-tance of the relationship between state legislatures and the University and how she plans to continue to support University students.
“I think the wayside be-tween WVU and those elected officials in Charles-ton are the most important,” Marshall said. “We are defi-nitely aware of some of the situations that need to be improved on here at WVU, and then we will work to-ward getting those.”
The candidate forum was the political science cap-stone project of Summer Ratcliff and Chris Flaherty, both political science stu-dents at WVU.
Ratcliff said she felt the forum was the perfect op-
portunity for students and community mem-bers to hear from those that may potentially be repre-senting them at the State Capitol.
“Forums of this type are the perfect setting to hear candidates speak candidly about issues that truly mat-ter to the citizens of this area,” she said. “It takes the candidates out of their normal campaign comfort zones and puts them in a position to answer ques-tions and speak more openly on the discussion topics. This forum was particu-larly successful in really generating positive dis-cussion about what state leaders can do to help the constituents they represent.
“It was a great success to see the event come together so well; hopefully it will prove beneficial for all of those in attendance, both the can-didates and the audience members.”
first organization he joined when he arrived on cam-pus, and being confirmed as their director is a dream come true.
“Throughout the years I’ve been involved with the Maniacs, I’ve seen it grow and expand greatly,” Or-lowski said. “I can’t wait to be director and help out WVU and our fellow Mountaineers.”
Two proclamations rec-ognizing the accomplish-ments of student groups were passed unanimously at the meeting. One of the proclamations congratu-
lates the WVU rifle team in winning the 2013-14 season NCAA championship.
Andrew Sutherland, an athletic councilor, said de-spite being one of the best teams on campus, WVU ri-fle often does not get the at-tention it deserves.
“I want the student body to actually recognize what the rifle team has accom-plished with all their hard work,” Sutherland said. “The rifle team, in my opin-ion, is one of the best ath-letic teams we have at WVU.”
The second proclamation recognizes the accomplish-ments of the West Virginia University National Model United Nations delegation
at their recent conference trip in New York City.
The student organiza-tion won “outstanding del-egation” honors for both of the delegations it sent to the conference, representing Slovakia and the Russian Federation, respectively.
Dustin Seabolt, a BOG member, said WVU NMUN serves as a great represen-tation of the University and the state.
“It’s extremely satisfying to know that we have these talented students repre-senting the University and Mountaineer nation in such a positive light,” Seabolt said. “It shows that Moun-taineers aren’t just a bunch of banjo-playing hillbillies but are indeed people who can go out and do these es-teemed things at the higher levels of education.”
The BOG approved sev-eral student organization grants during the meeting. While the funds for these grants did indeed come from the grants account, they were originally marked to be used for a community service project.
Dillan Knox, the outgoing chief financial officer, said the repurposing of $10,000 from this community ser-vice project award would be more than enough to cover the remaining student orga-nization grants.
“With the new (fiscal) year, Ryan Campione had championed a new type of grant that was supposed to be used for a community project. Unfortunately, no-body applied,” Knox said. “So we were able to use this money to cover student (or-ganization) grants for the incoming administration.”
Vice President Jacob Ev-ans said he appreciated the help of previous ad-ministration officials who are still acting in their old capacities.
“They’ve helped out tre-mendously in making sure the meetings have gone smoothly and are going along at a nice steady pace,” Evans said.
According to Evans, he and President Chris Nyden are happy to see so many students being recognized by SGA through the use of proclamations. Evans said groups such as NMUN and the WVU rifle team are im-proving the image of the University worldwide.
WVU SGA holds regular meetings every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Hatfields B.
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Some of you may have heard about the Humans of New York photography proj-ect. The project is basically a blog full of pictures by Bran-don Stanton, who takes pic-tures of people he finds roam-ing in New York and puts a quote with their picture on his website.
A student at West Virginia University decided to do the same kind of project in Mor-gantown. Julie Winegard, a senior art and design student, created Humans of Morgan-town as a class assignment.
“It all started with a pho-tography class project to em-anate a famous photogra-pher,” Winegard said. “I had recently discovered Humans of New York, and immedi-ately, I knew that was exactly what I wanted to do.”
Over the course of a month, Winegard took pic-tures and captured quotes for the project. Then, she de-cided to make it more than just a school project.
“I then started posting the pictures to Twitter under the Humans of Morgantown ac-count and decided to keep
expanding the project,” she said.
Winegard said she tries to take pictures of local people as well as WVU students.
“I have photographed a lot of my friends, but I also try to get strangers any chance I get,” Winegard said. “On the weekends, I walk down-town with my camera and ask people on the streets if they would mind me taking their photo.”
Part of the task, aside from taking the picture, is getting quotes from the people she photographs. Winegard said she goes about this a couple of ways.
“I ask whatever question comes to mind when I see that person,” Winegard said. “Most of the time, it’s not their answer that becomes the quote but a portion of the conversation that follows.”
Winegard said talking to people she doesn’t know and seeing their reactions to her questions is part of the fun.
“I ask questions most peo-ple can relate to, such as what their favorite childhood memory was, what their cur-rent stress is or what they want to be when (they) grow up. I enjoy seeing the initially awk-ward encounters turn into in-
teresting conversations.”So far, the feedback has
been good, and Winegard said she thinks people are en-joying the project.
“The response has been really positive. I was sur-prised by the number of peo-ple, strangers and friends alike, who have been favor-iting, retweeting and liking the posts,” she said. “Peo-ple seem really excited that a project like this has come to Morgantown.”
Winegard said she wants to provide a different view of such an interesting town.
“I wanted to give the peo-ple of Morgantown some-thing to look forward to,” Winegard said. “They may see their friends show up on the page, or maybe they will be featured.
I also wanted to give a bet-ter perspective of the vast ar-ray of people in Morgantown – how we are all so different, but also connected by this place we love.”
Winegard has a Twitter account for Humans of Mor-gantown, which you can fol-low at @humansofMGTWN. She has also created a Face-book page.
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Recently, as I scrolled through my Twitter feed, I saw a few retweets that caught my attention.
A picture of playground equipment with razor blades taped along the railings of the monkey bars was posted with a caption complaining about a sick prank.
As is typical of the Inter-net, I just assumed some-one went out to a play-ground, pulled the prank, took a couple photos and posted it online to mess with people. I didn’t think the prank was real and happening with frequency.
Not much later, I was scrolling through Tum-blr when I noticed a huge block of text dedicated to the issue.
Tumblr is usually a de-cent source for expos-ing interesting news and social issues on a global scale, so I became curious and researched the issue
myself.A 2-year-old Illinois
child was injured while playing on the monkey bars with his father March 24. The child was on his fa-ther’s shoulders, reaching for the bars, when some-thing sharp slipped across his fingers. After the tod-dler said “ouch,” his fa-ther put him down on the ground when his parents noticed that he was bleed-ing. Confused, they looked around the area and no-ticed at least a dozen ra-zor blades were glued to equipment throughout the park.
“They were on the mon-key bars, the rock-climbing wall, the fire pole, the bot-tom of the slide. Just ev-erywhere,” said Sally Jenks, the child’s mother.
“I was so upset. It could have been horrible.
It could have sliced his hand open completely, if he was older, and he was really swinging on the monkey bars and grabbed it. He was just lightly touching it. If he was older, it would have mutilated his hand,” said Jayson Kenney, the child’s father.
Razor blades had been placed strategically throughout the park in a manner that, if held onto or interacted with the right way, could have sliced the wrists of innocent children playing with their friends. The police are consistently searching for the culprit but haven’t gained any ground.
“ Pa re nt s a re b e -ing warned to check the equipment due to the fact that some thoughtless criminal had duct taped some razor blades to the equipment that could have caused injury to children playing in the area,” said a spokesperson with the Brookhaven Fire Station in Illinois. “Please warn your older unescorted children as well.”
Only a week later, per-haps as some cruel April Fools’ joke, a similar inci-dent happened in a play-ground in the Philadelphia area.
This time, though no one was injured, the blades were duct taped across the park and authorities are again warning citizens to check the equipment be-
fore proceeding.I am still in shock that
something like this could happen and is happening in the world. We as Amer-icans tend to be proud of our nation and we put ef-fort into preserving it and trying to make the world a better, safer place for all of mankind, but are we miss-ing something?
So many things happen in the United States that need attention, yet we shift a lot of our aid to outlets overseas.
Here, although our is-sues present themselves in different grades, we struggle with a lot of the same things – homeless-ness, gun control issues, sex trafficking, rape cul-ture and more.
Citizens are often found trying to do their best to solve these problems, but perhaps it is time for some government attention and help.
More and more teens are getting affected by sa-distic happenings and the multitude of children af-fected is growing with ev-ery passing incident. As we grow up, we lose some of
our innocence as we see how cruel the world can be.
We have been given the wonderful gift of life and an amazing place to spend it in. The world is mind-boggling, regardless of what you believe in. You are here and so are others. You have feelings and so do others. When it comes to pulling pranks, even though they’re fun, it’s important to consider the consequences before you do something extremely dangerous.
While it is crucial to help
out other countries, we need to do what we can to stop the controversial and unsafe issues eating away at our own citizens be-fore more lives are ruined or lost or childhoods are blemished.
Not only are we a nation where children are afraid to going school because of shootings, we are now becoming a nation where children can’t go to a play-ground without the fear of weaponry enclosed within the park’s fence.
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Gay marriage and gay rights are topics that are becoming more and more tolerated and open throughout our country. The results of that change have seen athletes such as Jason Collins, Brittney Gri-ner and Michael Sam open up to the country about their sexual orientation shamelessly.
The next athlete to come out as gay is Division I bas-
ketball player Derrick Gor-don. Gordon currently plays for the University of Massachusetts and an-nounced his sexual prefer-ence April 2.
For most, this isn’t an is-sue at all, but until the en-tire country becomes tol-erant and accepting of someone’s sexual orien-tation, it will continue to make national headlines.
Kate Fagan, a reporter for espnW, released her ar-ticle on Gordon this week, and since then Gordon has been embraced and com-mended from multiple
sources across the nation.“I just didn’t want to
hide anymore, in any way,” Gordon said. “I didn’t want to have to lie or sneak. I’ve been waiting and watch-ing for the last few months, wondering when a Divi-sion I player would come out, and finally I just said, ‘Why not me?’”
The decision for Gordon to come out is something that will affect his life for-ever. I personally think it was brave of him to do this while still enrolled in col-lege because of what he will potentially face when
playing road games in his upcoming seasons. For an athlete like Jason Collins, who plays in the NBA, he faces much scrutiny from fans, but playing a col-lege road game in front of drunk and rowdy 20-year-old kids could and will be a significant and gut-wrenching challenge.
Gordon mentioned what Jason Collins meant to him and his decision to come out to the public.
“That was so important to me, knowing that sexu-ality didn’t matter, that the NBA was OK with it.”
The decision to come out with such a controver-sial choice to some peo-ple in this country is a lot easier when you have a loyal and supporting cast of people surrounding you.
“UMass is proud to have Derrick Gordon as a mem-ber of our athletic family and to honor his courage and openness as a gay stu-dent-athlete,” said UMass athletic director John McCutcheon.
“UMass is committed to creating a welcoming cli-mate where every student-athlete, coach and staff member can be true to themselves as they pursue their athletic, academic and professional goals.”
I believe the hardest part with an athlete an-nouncing they are gay is the reception he or she will receive from teammates. It’s easy to acknowledge someone’s choice from afar, but for his teammates, who practice with and are constantly around that athlete, you can only hope they’re open and proud of the decision.
For Gordon it seems his teammates and coach-ing staff have his full sup-port, and that couldn’t be any important to his fu-ture success on and off the court.
“From speaking with Derrick, I realized the pres-sure he had, the weight that was on his shoulders,” said his head coach Derek
Kellogg. “You can already see in his demeanor that he is so much happier. I ac-tually think this is some-thing that brings our team closer together and helps Derrick play more freely.”
Hearing that from your head coach after such a monumental decision must be flattering and touching for Gordon, who was reluctant for years to admit and embrace who he truly is.
I hope the best for Gor-don on and off the court, as he grows into the man he truly is. It must have been hard to come out, but even harder for him to live a lie and manage his life as a Division I basket-ball player, a student and a human being.
Anyone who stumbles across this story should appreciate and root for Gordon as he continues his basketball career at UMass.
“Before, I usually just kept to myself because I didn’t want to lie or be fake,” Gordon said. “But not anymore. I feel so good right now. It’s like this huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.”
Those quotes indicate the bravery Gordon has decided to take on, and the rest of college basketball and the country should be rooting for this kid for be-ing who he truly is.
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Heartbleed bug poses threat to all Internet usersEarlier this week, experts
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The flaw, commonly re-ferred to as the Heartbleed Bug, is a serious vulnerabil-ity in the commonly used OpenSSL cryptographic software library.
It provides a loophole through which potential hackers can steal the pro-tected information, under normal conditions, by the SSL/TLS encryption used to secure the Internet. Ac-cording to estimates, Open SSL is used by at least 66 percent of all Internet servers.
The problem was discov-ered by a team of security engineers at tech company Codenomicon. The team
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According to posts on the site, this is one of the most serious threats to Internet security discovered in re-cent memory, one which could threaten nearly ev-ery aspect of our modern, Internet-dependent world.
“The Heartbleed bug al-lows anyone on the Inter-net to read the memory of the systems protected by the vulnerable versions of the OpenSSL software,” reads a post on the site.
“This compromises the secret keys used to iden-tify the service providers and to encrypt the traffic, the names and passwords of the users and the actual content. This allows attack-
ers to eavesdrop on com-munications, steal data di-rectly from the services and users and to impersonate services and users.”
Many popular websites – including favorites like Tumblr, Facebook, Google and Yahoo – have sent out warning messages to users, alerting them to the possi-bility of hacks and breaches in security.
While technicians at af-fected companies scram-ble to mend fences on their end, it’s important for the average user to stay smart and do all they can to re-main protected.
David Chartier, CEO of Codenomicon, said us-ers of affected sites should change their passwords, but only once the site ad-ministrators have appro-
priately installed the patch to fix the problem, saying it doesn’t help to change the password if the site has not been updated.
In order to remain pro-tected from attacks, Chart-ier and his team recom-mend all those who surf the web follow a few sim-ple rules when choosing passwords:
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GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You are all smiles when dealing with a difficult partner. Realize that you could be making the situation even more difficult. Understand your lim-its when it comes to handling this person. The only way to win a control game is not to play. Tonight: Start the weekend early.
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it low-key, and don’t accept any more responsibility than you need to. If someone wants to take on more re-sponsibility, let him or her do it! Oth-erwise, if you can, do some delegat-ing. You need some free time for yourself. Tonight: Take a long-over-due nap.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HH You might want to try a different ap-proach to the same end. Brainstorm with a friend before deciding. Lis-ten to your sixth sense with a per-sonal matter. Think positively. Know what you want to strive for with this bond. Tonight: Whatever knocks your socks off.
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LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH You might want to think before you leap into action. There are so many op-tions in front of you, so you should check out which destination or goal intrigues you the most. A family member could try to push you in a certain direction. The choice is yours. Tonight: Opt for togetherness.
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person will reveal naturally. Tonight: Visit with a friend.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH You use your ingenuity a lot, as this ability is one of the foundations of your success. Reach into your bag of tricks, but know that there could be a backfire. The costs might be high. Hold out, if you can, and you might see an-other path. Tonight: Your treat.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Be careful with how much you protest verbally or through your actions. Inadvertently, you could corner yourself into a decision that you do not want to make. Work on being more laissez faire. In the long run, it could add to your success. To-night: Add spice to your day.
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M.T. Pockets Theatre continues to provide Mor-gantown residents with off-Broadway theater with their latest produc-tion of Michael Frayn’s “Copenhagen.”
The story centers on the historic meeting of two col-leagues, Werner Heisen-berg and Niels Bohr, who happened to be some of the premier physicists of their time in 1941.
Heisenberg is known for his uncertainty principle, which added greatly to the world of quantum mechan-
ics. He proposed an array of mathematical inequali-ties that helped scientists better understand particle position and momentum.
In 1933, when Heisen-berg won the Nobel Prize, the National Socialist German Workers’ Party also became prominent. Heisenberg was not a part of this movement and re-sponded with “quiet in-terventions within the bu-reaucracy,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
Bohr, known for the Bohr Model of atomic structure, was adamant in his detest for the Nazi party. He ac-tively helped refugees es-cape. Joining the scientists
was Bohr’s wife Marga-rethe, who helps the au-dience interpret the phys-ics and politics of the story.
So when Heisenberg and Bohr meet up, what hap-pens? The truth is, no one really knows.
“Copenhagen” attempts to recreate possible scenar-ios that might have taken place.
It might be safe to say that the topic of nuclear weapons, specifically atomic bombs, came up in discussion. After all, of all physics has given us, nu-clear energy and weapons might be the most profit-able. The play is a quiltwork
of time, stitching together past and present.
This deviation from the typical linear storyline is one of the reasons director David Beach was drawn to it.
“I saw ‘Copenhagen’ in London in 1999 and fell in love with the poetry, the non-linear format and the dreamlike nature of what might have been,” Beach said. “I was also drawn to the discussion of the moral implications when science mixes with politics.”
Onstage will be a “jury box,” where three audi-ence members will be in-vited to sit on stage and help “judge” Heisenberg
and Bohr. The play is a guised moral debate in which a correct answer is never reached.
“We’ll always be uncer-tain (of ) what Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg ac-tually discussed on that fall night in 1941,” Beach said in his Director’s note, “but Frayn has given us a possi-bility about the moral role of scientists.”
Beach recently directed “Art,” which went on to compete at the South-eastern Theatre Festival after winning first at the West Virginia Theatre As-sociation conference in 2013.
Like “Copenhagen,”
“Art” is a play with three characters, a simple set and a story that tackles heavy issues people face daily. Beach said theater art-ists can explore human is-sues more deeply with this “tight focus” on the text and bringing it alive.
Starring in this produc-tion are Patrick Conner, Patrick Crogan and Chris Adducchio.
The show runs Friday, Saturday and April 17-19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. To purchase a ticket, visit http://www.mtpocketsthe-atre.com/.
Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne announce summer tour together
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The year 2004 called; they want their pop music tour back.
The Backstreet Boys have brought on singer Avril Lavigne as their opening act for their North Ameri-can tour.
The Canadian pop-punk princess will be join-ing the boy band during May and June. After fin-ishing up some headlin-ing acts in South America, the 29-year-old will begin her two-month tour with the aging harmony group in Seattle, Wash., on May 22.
I’m fairly sure I’m not the target demographic for this tour; in fact, I’m al-most certain I’m not. That said, I’m not quite sure who is actually going to these concerts. With most of their members in their late 30s, the Backstreet Boys – or Backstreet Men, to be more accurate – don’t seem to be the tween-heartthrob group they used to be in the ’90s and early 2000s.
Flashy suits and syn-chronized dance moves may have looked cool on
a bunch of 20-year-olds, but these are middle-aged men now. What used to be cool now just comes off as a little sad and desperate, like that guy who peaked in high school and now spends all his time in the hometown bar reliving the glory days of when he al-most made it to the state championships. Boy bands aren’t really relevant any longer, especially when they are no longer boys.
So, who is going to see the tour? Anyone who was a huge Back-street Boys fan during the height of their pop-ularity probably doesn’t have time to see them now.
So, that eliminates the Backstreet Boys’ original crowd, and anyone below that age group has proba-bly never heard of them – and if they have, they don’t care.
Lavinge needs to do some reevaluation, as well. Although her tours seem to be more success-ful, and she isn’t quite as old as the Backstreet Boys at 29 years old, her two lat-est albums haven’t done well.
I’ll admit, she was my “Woman Crush Wednes-
day” for the better part of my early teens, but “Sk8r Boi” and “Girlfriend” don’t carry the same ef-fect when belted out by a 30-year-old on her second marriage.
Whatever happened to aging gracefully? Or bet-ter yet, accepting one’s moment in the sun and then moving on to other projects when your time on center stage is done?
It’s not like the Backstreet Boys or Avril Lavigne need the money, as both have multiple chart-topping al-bums, and they’re all mil-lionaires. Why not move on to other things and be remembered for how they were in their prime, rather than how they are now?
They’re all talented peo-ple with capital to achieve
their goals. Maybe they should become philanthro-pists or producers, writers or entrepreneurs. In Amer-ica, the possibilities are endless for those who have money.
The Backstreet Boys and Avril Lavigne became fa-mous during their teen years for relating to the teenage crowd. That’s what they’re known for. Try-
ing to switch demograph-ics now does not bode well.
Nonetheless, if this sounds like the type of con-cert you’d enjoy, the tour begins in late May. For showtimes and tickets, visit http://ticketmaster.com/Backstreet-Boys-tickets/artist/781254.
(AP) — When you look at actor Rob Lowe – espe-cially on the cover of his new book, “Love Life” – you can’t help but think that guy has it all: looks, talent, a great marriage and family, and a success-ful career.
But if you delve into his prose, you’ll likely think he’s earned it.
In “Love Life,” Lowe was challenged to top his ac-claimed best-seller, “Sto-ries I Only Tell My Friends,” without relying on the safe, linear structure of an au-tobiography. But if there’s one thing the new book confirms, it’s how much Lowe relishes a challenge.
The title is a bit of a tease. “Love Life” isn’t a noun; it’s a command. Lowe aims to inspire read-
ers to take chances – and appreciate what they have. Part self-help, part Acting 101, part-memoir, the book is a reflection of Lowe’s lay-ered life.
He skillfully weaves sto-ries together with common themes and a philosophical perspective.
Lowe could have writ-ten an entertaining book on life behind the scenes in Hollywood, but it’s clear he wants to connect with readers by choosing expe-riences that become teach-ing moments. The book is brimming with lessons about being present, say-ing “yes” to life, taking risks and getting up after failure.
Fans who fear he gave up all the good stuff in the first book will be pleasantly surprised.
“Love Life” is catnip for
pop culture addicts. Lowe names some names (his torturous kissing scene with singer Jewel and actor Tom Sizemore’s personal meltdown are two exam-ples), but is coy about other famous “friends” – tantaliz-ing readers with only hints of the players in some juicy stories.
Lowe talks about the craft of acting, offering tips on how to eat, use props and ad-lib on camera.
He often reminds read-ers that entertainment is a business and success is fleeting. That’s driven home in the failure of two shows he produced and starred in, even turning down the part Patrick Dempsey made into McDreamy in “Grey’s Anat-omy” for a series that never got past a few episodes.
But every experience
helps him grow. “The only time you flop is when you don’t learn something,” he writes.
A contender in mov-ies, TV and politics, Lowe meets Prince William and Kate, exchanges notes with former President Bill Clin-ton and pals around with scores of A-list celebrities.
But instead of just name-dropping, he has a way of making the reader feel like he sneaked us in his shirt pocket and took us along for the ride.
Critics may say the book is preachy. But Lowe’s can-dor and willingness to ad-mit his flaws create an au-thentic voice. His easy writing style will hook readers who won’t judge his book by the handsome man on its cover.
Review: Rob Lowe wants readers to ‘Love Life’
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Students’ music blog reaches success, connects musicians with audienceBY TIFFANY BENSON
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Devanne DiBacco, a se-nior journalism student, and Stephanie Jeanty, a New York resident, have been overwhelmed with the growth of their blog, “Lines In A Song,” which only launched a little over a year ago. Even though they are from different states, they still manage to run an incredibly success-ful site.
“It started out, jokingly, that we would get to meet and interview bands that we’d fallen in love with,” Jeanty said. “Now, it’s be-coming this bigger pic-ture, and we’re able to be the voice for fans, like in different countries, who haven’t seen these bands yet.”
The blog includes inter-
views with Kiven, Amer-ican Authors, Blacklist Royals, Of Mice and Men, Alpha Rev, Nightmare Air, Tiny Ruins, City Riots, An-ton Kellner & The Lone Stars, New Politics and Ron Pope. Their most re-cent interview was with Craig Owens, the lead singer of Chiodos.
“My favorite interview right now is with Craig Ow-ens,” Jeanty said. “It was more of getting to know a friend than getting to know a musician, which is per-fect because a lot of peo-ple don’t expect that. You expect a cocky person and for someone to just say that they don’t want to an-swer that.”
The duo spends months trying to contact bands or managers, and then, they decide on criteria on which to base their questions.
“We pick bands that we
think share our kind of vi-sion,” DiBacco said. “We don’t want musicians that are in it for the money. We want musicians that are in it because that’s what they love. They don’t make music because it’s cool. They do it because that’s how they connect with people.”
The duo has even ex-perienced being stood up by a band. They had plans with a group, and a week before the inter-view, the group quit speak-ing to them. Even with let downs such as these, they aren’t quitting. They’ve traveled all over the East Coast and have attended concerts, music festivals and even small venue shows.
“We want to ask ques-tions that the fans want to know. We want to be the voice for the person
who’s voiceless,” DiBacco said. “If it’s gotten this big so far, I can only imagine where it’s going to go from here. We can only keep go-ing up from here, and it’s exciting.”
The duo spends five to eight hours per day pro-moting the website via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
They have business cards they give out to peo-ple and local businesses. DiBacco even spends time passing out flyers on WVU’s campus. And they are getting results, because each article is receiving up to 1,000 or more hits, and they now have fans on a global scale, including ones from Canada, South Korea and Australia.
The most recent festi-val that “Lines In A Song” has covered was South By Southwest in Austin, Texas.
The show blog features re-viewed performances by Jay Z, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Chromeo, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Lady Gaga and Banks.
They are currently mak-ing a new website, which will feature more links to bands, have a more orga-nized format and be able to handle all of their viewers. They have also recently put in an application to re-ceive press passes to Lol-lapalooza and are going to have their first ticket give-away contest in June.
“We want to expand ev-erything, but I think for right now we’re still trying to get the hang of having a blog,” DiBacco said. “We want to figure out our edge and get more established right now. We just want to keep writing and get more bands booked.”
The duo’s dream is to
interview Fall Out Boy. The name “Lines In A Song” came from the lyr-ics of their chart topping song “Sugar We’re Go-ing Down.” They believe that once that ultimate goal is reached, it will be the pinnacle of their blog.
“If you want to know the music behind a band and more about bands they love, then you should spread the word,” Di-Bacco said. “We hope ev-erybody likes what we write and who we inter-view. We want more in-teraction with the peo-ple who read the blog. We want to fit what the read-ers want, not just what we want.”
For more information on the blog, visit http://linesinasong.com.
Country singer Josh Thompson releases sophomore album, ‘Turn It Up’
Country singer Josh Thompson released his second album, “Turn It Up,” at the beginning of the month.
Thompson’s debut al-bum, “Way Out Here,” was loved by fans, and country music listeners have been anticipating new music from Thompson for the last four years.
“Way Out Here” included hits – such as the title track, “Beer on the Table” and “Won’t Be Lonely Long” – that did very well on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country charts.
Thompson has been ex-cited to debut his sopho-more album, which in-cludes 10 new tracks that were all co-written by him.
“I can’t wait to release new music, let fans see another piece of the many sides I have yet to show, add another dimension to the live show and gain some new believers along the way,” Thompson said in a Spotify Studios video. “I’m pumped and can’t wait for you all to hear it.”
“Turn It Up” was re-leased in time to become a staple for spring and summer 2014. Many of the songs on the album are about partying, love and having fun.
The upbeat tempo that his album carries is per-fect to blast in your car or at a party, and many of the songs will stick with you. “Turn It Up” is a great com-bination of familiar coun-try radio songs with a bit of a rock and old country influence.
“It’s very lead-footed. It’s got a lot of octane in
it, you know? It’s sup-posed to be a feel-good re-cord – something that you can put on, start to fin-ish, and have a good time and party too,” Thomp-son told the CMT Hot 20 Countdown.
“Cold Beer With Your Name On It” was Thomp-son’s first single of “Turn It Up.” This single was re-leased toward the end of 2013 and has had great success.
The single has gotten plenty of airplay on coun-try radio and reached No. 32 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country songs chart. It is on par with other pop-ular country songs, with a familiar melody and fun lyrics.
“Wanted Me Gone” is Thompson’s next sin-gle of the new album. It will be released for air-play at the end of this month.
“Wanted Me Gone” has a classic southern rock feel and a twangy, genuine vibe. “Wanted Me Gone” is upbeat and powerful, with lyrics that are relatable.
“Drink Drink Drink” may have a dull title, but the song is anything but. This track has a south-ern-rock feel as well that is reminiscent of the 1980s country-rock era.
“Drink Drink Drink” puts a modern twist on a “honky-tonk” song, and the party-themed lyr-ics fit perfectly with the instrumentals behind them.
Josh Thompson def-initely impressed with his newest album, and it would not be a sur-prise to see his name rise alongside other huge country stars later in the year.
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With only a few weeks left in the semester, I think now is a fair time to look back at West Virginia sports.
What did we learn this year?
Geno Smith and Tavon Austin were a hard act to follow and instability at quarterback plagued the entire team. While the 2013 football campaign may be seen as a failure, I try to be more optimis-tic. In several games this season, the WVU defense allowed the Mountaineers to stay competitive.
We still have an elephant in the room at the quarter-back position. Clint Trick-ett is still recovering from an offseason shoulder sur-gery, so head coach Dana Holgorsen has split the starting snaps between Paul Millard and JUCO transfer Skyler Howard. Whoever Holgorsen pegs as the starting quarterback could decide the fate of the Mountaineers in 2014.
Moving on from foot-ball, the women’s soccer team solidified themselves as one of the nation’s top programs. Head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown ce-mented herself among the best soccer coaches in the country by earning Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year honors and guiding her team to con-secutive regular season championships.
The volleyball program took a huge step forward in Jill Kramer’s second year on the job. The Mountain-eers 20-13 record was the first 20-win season since 1991 and they did it with only four seniors.
Sophomores Hannah Sackett, Brittany Sample and Nikki Attea looked more comfortable in their second year inside the Big 12 Conference and helped guide freshman sensation Jordan Anderson. In her first year in collegiate play, Anderson led the team in kills and was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman team.
The Big 12 is one of the most competitive leagues in the country for volley-ball, but I can see that with some veteran leader-ship, 2014 may be a break-out year for West Virginia volleyball.
The two basketball teams were polar oppo-sites of each other. One team failed loudly, while the other quietly put to-gether what I think was the most impressive sea-son of any WVU team.
Women’s hoops carried the hopes of the Moun-taineer faithful in March for the second straight season, as the men’s team failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Both teams featured incredible talent.
On the men’s side, Ju-wan Staten burst onto the national scene after lead-ing the Big 12 in scoring for several weeks. For the women, the usual suspects produced the most for Big 12 Coach of the Year Mike Carey. Seniors Asya Bus-sie and Christal Caldwell anchored the defense for the Mountaineers as they went on to a Big 12 regular season title. Sophomore Bria Holmes also proved to be one of the best scor-ers in the league and pos-sibly the country.
Baseball is still ongo-ing, but things look prom-ising for this year’s team. The Mountaineers are currently 16-12 and will continue conference play Friday.
The 2013-14 season was the year of the little guys for me. Programs such as volleyball, rifle and gym-nastics all had fantastic seasons while the usual heavyweights took a step back. It’s an exciting time to be a fan of the Gold and Blue now that programs everywhere seem to be ex-ceeding expectations.
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Two former Mountaineer women’s soccer stars will join together in the profes-sional ranks. Former West Virginia forward Frances Silva and goalkeeper Sara Keane have officially signed contracts with FC Kansas City of the National Wom-en’s Soccer League.
FC Kansas City revealed
its roster for 2014, which fea-tured both former Moun-taineers making the team. Silva, the 2013 Big 12 Player of the Year, was drafted by the club with the 19th over-all pick in the NWSL Draft in January.
“I think this is a good fit for Frances,” said WVU head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown at the NWSL Draft. “She is such a technical player, and she’ll be able to do all the things (FCKC) want her to do. I was
hoping she would end up in Kansas, and I think both par-ties are going to be pleased with this pairing and will see success.”
Silva played in 88 games in her WVU career, register-ing 38 goals (fourth-best in program history) and 22 as-sists for 98 total points. Her 15 goals and 13 assists during her senior year were both the Big 12’s best in 2013.
“It’s really exciting to take the next step in my career,”
Silva said. “I’m very excited to see what this season holds for my team.”
The move to Kansas City will come easily to Silva. The Overland Park, Kan., native grew up in the city’s suburbs and most recently returned home to play in the Big 12 championship last fall.
“I’m excited to go home,” Silva said. “My parents have had to travel so far over my four-year WVU career, so to have the chance to play in
front of my friends and fam-ily is very exciting.”
For Keane, the road to the professional ranks wasn’t quite as easy. The Mt. Laurel, N.J., native went undrafted in January, but signed on the FC Kansas City roster as a camp invite.
Keane was the three-year starter between the posts for West Virginia. She started in 64 games and made 224 saves in her career. The 2013 season was certainly Keane’s best, as she earned 10 of her 23 career shut-outs. She’ll be remembered
in Morgantown, though, for just one moment that came in the first round of the 2013 NCAA tournament.
Keane shut out visiting Rutgers for 120 minutes be-fore saving all three of the Scarlet Knights’ penalty shots to send the Mountain-eers into the second round.
“I’m very excited to get the opportunity to play with such a talented team,” Ke-ane said. “I can’t wait for the season to start to see how far this team will go. It is truly an honor to be a part of such a great club.”
Both Keane and Silva led WVU to a 16-4-3 record in 2013 including a Big 12 reg-ular-season and tournament championship. The Moun-taineers fell to Virginia Tech in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
FC Kansas City will open its 2014 season April 12 when the Blues host Sky Blue FC after finishing second in the league’s standings last year.
MEL MORAES/THE DAILY ATHENAEUMFormer WVU forward Frances Silva brings the ball up the field against TCU in 2013.
Keane, Silva to take next step in careers, enter professional ranks with FC Kansas City
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Senior Jessica Hurlbert of the West Virginia Uni-versity rowing team will be completing her final sea-son as a Mountaineer in just over a month, but she looked back on what being a student-athlete meant to her during the past four years at West Virginia.
“It is very bittersweet that I’m a senior, (but) I
feel so fortunate to (have been given) the oppor-tunity to be an athlete at WVU,” Hurlbert said. “It’s been such a great time.
“Some of these girls will be my best friends forever, and it’s sad, but I’m also ready to move on.”
Although rowing may seem habitual for Hurlbert now, and the friendships she’s made may seem all too perfect, when Hurlbert first came to WVU, being a member of the rowing
team was not on her pri-ority list.
“I’ve been athletic my whole life, (and) my brother rowed for the Uni-versity of Colorado, so that’s kind of how I learned about the sport,” she said. “Then, one day I was walk-ing into the (Student Rec-reation Center) here, it was the first week of school, and coach Tina (Griffith) was sitting at one of the re-cruiting tables.
“She pulled me over,
so that’s how I found out about it and just fell in love from there.”
With bonds between her Mountaineer teammates to last a lifetime, Hurlbert said in the end, waking up at 5:30 a.m. to get to prac-tice on the Monongahela River, isn’t too bad after all.
“It’s kind of a nice way to wake up, honestly,” she said. “It’s so cold, and you’re tired, but as soon as you put the boat down on the water and get out
there, you forget about everything.
“Then the sun rises, which is one of my favor-ite things to watch; it’s re-ally beautiful.”
Hurlbert said she un-derstands her rowing days are numbered but is looking forward to a ca-reer in the exercise phys-iology field and said this major has proven to help her both in and out of the classroom.
“I really like the major
that I’m in, because I’ve re-lated a lot of what I learned in class to the sport of row-ing,” she said.
With the final regattas of the season rapidly ap-proaching, Hurlbert and her teammates, look to finish strong as they re-turn to the water Saturday and Sunday for a two-day match at the Knecht Cup Regatta in West Windsor, N.J.
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pankey earns praise from Holgorsen, wins tackle jobby greg madiamultimedia editor @dailyathenaeum
Throughout the spring, West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen and his offensive staff have been tasked with evaluating po-sition battles all over the field.
Neither Paul Millard nor Skyler Howard have been given the reins at quarter-back. Five running backs are still fighting for carries with no clear-cut leader.
Left tackle was supposed to be up in the air, like the
quarterback and running back positions, but redshirt sophomore Adam Pankey was given an opportunity to win the job early.
Pankey took full advan-tage of it by winning the left tackle job before the annual Gold-Blue Spring Game.
When reporters asked Holgorsen about the most impressive player through-out the spring, he had a simple response.
“If I’m going to pinpoint people, it would be Adam Pankey at left tackle,” Hol-gorsen said.
After tearing his ACL in
spring 2013, Pankey recov-ered in time to play in eight games as a redshirt fresh-man last season. He added depth at tackle and even played at guard on occa-sion. In total, he was used on 126 offensive snaps.
“The biggest thing was being able to get my feet wet. I got to see how fast the game is at this level, (and) it definitely helped a lot,” Pankey said. “I know what to expect now week in and week out in the Big 12.”
To prepare for the spring, Pankey had to transform his body into a typical left
tackle frame. At 6-foot-6, he turned excess weight into muscle.
“I had to work on my up-per body,” he said. “I’m still working on it. The biggest thing for me is just continu-ing to get stronger.
“I’m a little younger than everybody else, so I’ll con-tinue to work on strength even through the summer offseason.”
Pankey is listed ahead of Michael Calicchio and Grant Lingafelter on the depth chart, but he hasn’t shown any sign letting ei-ther guy take his place.
“(Pankey) has really taken to heart playing the position of left tackle and understanding how im-portant it is,” said offensive line coach Ron Crook. “He’s still got a lot of stuff to work on, but we’re really happy with the direction and the improvements that he is making.”
The Hamilton, Ohio, na-tive has been able to gel with returning starters this spring, gaining early conti-nuity on the offensive line heading into the summer.
“It’s good to be next to someone (who is a) vet-
eran like Quinton (Spain) and Mark (Glowinski); you can learn a lot from them, (since) they’ve been here for a long time,” Pankey said. “The veteran guys have really helped me out.”
So while West Virginia continues to determine a starting quarterback and choose a running back, there is no question Adam Pankey will be the man pro-tecting the blindside and creating holes for whoever is throwing and running the ball.
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Lebron says he’s thrilled for Uconn’s Kevin ollieMIAMI (AP) — LeBron
James remembers just about every detail from his days playing alongside Kevin Ollie in Cleveland, including that the newly crowned coach of the NCAA champions wore No. 12.
Even though he’s pro-fessed to rooting for Ken-tucky at times in the past and has a close relation-ship with Wildcats coach John Calipari, James raved on Tuesday about the job Ollie did while leading Connecticut to the na-tional title. UConn topped Kentucky 60-54 on Mon-day night for the title, one that came in Ollie’s second season on the sideline.
“I’ve got a lot of respect and I’m very, extremely happy,” James said be-fore he and the Miami Heat played the Brooklyn Nets. “Even though I have a lot of Kentucky connec-tions, with Coach Cal a very good friend of mine, I was in a win-win situa-tion and I was extremely happy for K.O. I think it was big time.”
James and Ollie were teammates in 2003-04, James’ first season in the NBA. Ollie signed with the Cavaliers as a free agent just a couple weeks af-ter James inked his rookie
deal after being taken No. 1 overall in that year’s draft.
“You could tell he had that coaching gene in him,” James said. “Obvi-ously, he helped us out on the floor but I think more than anything in the locker room and off the floor is where I benefited most from being around him. He just had that profes-sionalism that you cannot get from first-, second- or third-year guys. He still looks the same in a suit on the sideline coaching for the Huskies as he did for us wearing No. 12.”
James has followed Ollie’s time at UConn closely, shaking his head at the notion that the Hus-kies originally gave him only a one-year contract and essentially told him to prove himself in a sea-son where his team was banned from the postsea-son because of academic-related sanctions.
A year later, Ollie is no longer doubted and the Huskies are the national champs. To get there, Ol-lie led his team past ones coached by not only Cali-pari – who James thinks will remain at Kentucky despite speculation oth-erwise – but also Saint Jo-seph’s Phil Martelli, Vil-
lanova’s Jay Wright, Iowa State’s Fred Hoiberg, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo and Florida’s Billy Dono-van, a veritable who’s-who of sideline bosses in the college game.
Ollie has 52 wins in his coaching career. Those six coaches he topped in this NCAA tournament have 2,369 combined.
“When you’re doubted, that can be very powerful,” James said. “Obviously, K.O. was doubted and their team was doubted and once they got the confidence which was instilled by K.O., giving them that confidence. ... When you combine talent with confidence, it can do some spectacular things, which resulted in a na-tional championship for the Huskies.”
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APDerek Norris rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the Twins.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Norris hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning, and the Oakland Athlet-ics bounced back from an-other blown save by new closer Jim Johnson to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Wednesday.
Jared Burton (0-1) gave up the one-out drive by Nor-ris, who went deep on Tues-day night, too. Dan Otero (1-0) got the last eight outs for the victory in relief of John-son, who has given up seven runs, nine hits and six walks in five appearances with the A’s.
Oakland has eight straight wins over the Twins, all with at least seven runs.
Minnesota trailed 4-0 af-ter a rocky first inning by Phil Hughes, who needed 40 pitches to get for his first out. Jason Kubel homered in the second inning and Brian Dozier went deep in the eighth to cut into the lead.
Johnson, who had 50 saves for Baltimore last sea-son, has been hit hard in
three out of five appear-ances this season. He gave up the third of four hits by Kubel starting the ninth in-ning. With the bases loaded and one out, Johnson nearly had Eduardo Escobar struck out, but a foul tip was ruled on his two-strike swing.
Escobar then poked a sin-gle to left field, cutting the Twins’ deficit to 4-3. A one-hop throw to third nearly forced out Kurt Suzuki, who was ruled safe, and a video review ruled the call stood – meaning there was not “clear and convincing” evi-dence to overturn it.
Otero replaced Johnson, and Dozier hit a sacrifice fly to right, just deep enough for Suzuki to race home and sneak a hand onto the plate in front of the tag. An um-pire-initiated review con-firmed the safe call, and the crowd of 22,973 cheered loudly when the video board provided the proof.
Glen Perkins struck out Josh Donaldson to end the 10th inning. The Twins
closer yelled at Donald-son and the A’s third base-man gestured and shouted back. Donaldson’s path to Perkins was cut off by the Twins, but after the dug-outs mostly emptied, the sides de-escalated.
Donaldson hit an RBI double after Hughes walked the first two batters of the game. Brandon Moss tacked on a two-run single, and Al-berto Callaspo added an RBI single. None of the hits were particularly hard, but the damage was done.
After leaving the New York Yankees as a free agent for a $24 million, three-year contract with the Twins, the right-hander expressed re-lief to escape the pressure of the Bronx and its hitter-friendly ballpark. Hughes went 1-10 with a 6.32 ERA in 17 games at Yankee Sta-dium last season.
But the first inning was so bad the crowd gave him three sarcastic Bronx-style cheers, the first two for strikes and the third for fan-
ning John Jaso for the first out. Hughes has given up eight runs in 10 innings over his first two starts with the Twins.
Hughes walked three and struck out three in five in-nings, with five hits surren-dered. Twins starters have one win in eight turns, with a collective 6.43 ERA.
Oakland starter Jesse Chavez pitched seven smooth innings with no walks and nine strikeouts. A’s starters have allowed three runs or fewer in each of their first eight games, for a 2.02 ERA. The 30-year-old Chavez, who was solid last season in long relief, has made the transition look smooth so far.
NOTES: Twins RF Os-waldo Arcia took full bat-ting practice before the game, but his sore right wrist didn’t feel any better and he missed his fourth straight game. He’s headed for the disabled list, assis-tant general manager Rob Antony said.
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Location,Location,Location!
BLUE SKY REALTY LLCAvailable May & August
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Bedroom
All Utilities PaidApartments , Houses,
Townhouses
D/W, W/D, Free Off Street Parking,3 Min. Walk To Campus
304-292-7990304-292-7990
FOR RENT: Unfurnished Apartment, Penn-sylvania Ave. 3-6BR. Walking distance to downtown. 304-376-7286
LAST 4BR AVAILABLE. South Park. 2BATHS, W/D, Parking, Large Bed-rooms & Utilities included. $475/each 304-292-5714
NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $625-$825+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking. NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.
NOW SHOWING 1-5BR apartments for May/June. Downtown & South Park loca-tions available. No pets. 304-296-5931
RICHWOOD PROPERTIES leasing 1 & 2BR apartments downtown. 5min from Mountainlair. Please call: 304-692-0990
UNFURNISHEDAPARTMENTS
Bon Vista & The VillasAffordable Luxury
1 & 2 BedroomNow Leasing 2014
2 Bath Apts
24 Hr Maintenance / Security 304-599-1880www.morgantownapartments.com
Prices starting at $530Security Deposit $200
Walk in Closets, JacuzziBalcony, Elevators
W/D, DWGarages, Storage UnitsSparkling Heated PoolMinutes to Hospitals,
Downtown and Shopping Center
NO PETS
PERFECT FOR MED. STUDENTS. LARGE 2BR 1BTH. With W/D, AC, free parking. Close to hospitals. Starting May & August. $700/mth. Stadium View Apart-ments 304-598-7368
PRETE RENTALAPARTMENTSEFF: 1BR: 2BR:
Now Leasing For 2014 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
WWW.PRETERENTAL.COM
SMITH RENTALS, LLC.304-322-1112
* Houses * 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments
AVAILABLE MAY 2014
Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com
304 - 322 - 1112
UNFURNISHEDAPARTMENTS
STADIUM VIEW. *900 Willowdale, *Convenient to Hospitals, *Rents starting at $350. *1BR incl. all utilities, *Eff., 1 &2BR, *Free Parking. *Available May, June, August 2014. 304-598-7368 [email protected], ricerentals.com
TERA PROPERTIES, NEW 1 & 2 BR/ 2 Bath Apts. $635-950+ electric. Locations include: Lewis, Stewart, Irwin Streets & Idlewood Dr. New 1BR available in August on Glenn St. Walking distance to Downtown/Hospital. Hardwood floors, W/D, wifi, fitness room, tanning beds, free park-ing. No Pets. 304-290-7766 or 304-692-9296www.rentalswv.com
FURNISHEDHOUSES
3 BEDROOM HOUSES.ALL Utilities Paid!
Snider, North Willey, South ParkStarting at $375
PETS ALLOWED304-292-9600
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243 RICHWOOD AVE. Close to Campus. 4BR, 2BTH with WD. $1100/mth plus utili-ties and deposit. 304-594-3705
3BR HOUSE, quiet street, 5/minute walk to Mountainlair. Off-street-parking, kitchen ap-pliances, W/D. $400/person includes utili-ties 304-685-8170.
ATTRACTIVE 4BR HOUSE on Beverly Ave. Downtown Campus. Fully furnished. 4 off-street parking spots. WD, DW, central AC, modern furnishings, no pets. Lease and Deposit required. Available May 15, 2014. 304-599-6001
JUST LISTED ACROSS FROM AR-NOLD HALL on Richwood Ave. 3 or 4BR, 2 BTH house, excellent condition W/D, dishwasher, parking. $455-$495/each. Utilities included. 304-288-1572, 304-288-9662 or 304-282-8131
JUST LISTED! GREAT HOUSE! 250 Richwood Ave. Close to Arnold Hall 4-5BR, 2BTH. W/D, dishwasher, parking, big yard. $495-$525/each utilities in-cluded. 304-288-1572, 304-288-9662 or 304-282-8131
UNFURNISHEDHOUSES
3 & 4 BEDROOMS. W/D, Some Parking. Walk to class. Lease/Deposit. No Pets.Available 6-1-14. Max Rentals. 304-291-8423
5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. Call Nicole at 304-290-8972
1/BR. 211 WILLOWDALE. W/D. 1 PET al-lowed. $650/mo. plus utilities. Showing for May. 304-599-8303. 304-290-6591.
2BR 1 & 1/2BTH TOWNHOUSE NEAR HOSPITAL. No pets. $900/mth plus utili-ties. Garage, W/D, CAC. Available May. 304-216-2000
3/BR HOUSE PLUS ADDITIONALROOM. Grant Ave. 1½ bath, W/D, Parking, Lease, NO PETS. $1200+utils. 304-983-2229 or 304-319-1851
3BR 2BTH HOUSE. Locus Ave. W/D, No pets. Lease, $900 plus util. 304-983-2229 or 304-694-2306
3BR 2BTH HOUSE on Sylvan. $1,100/per month, plus utilities. Available in May. Call: 304-692-7587
3BR 1BTH HOUSE on Stewartstown Road. $1000/per month, plus utilities. Avail. in June. call: 304-692-7587
3BR 1Bath 307 EAST BROCKWAY AVE-NUE. $800 Month. Lease/ Deposit re-quired. W/D, No Pets, Off Street parking (304) 290-1332
4/BR HOUSE FOR RENT on Charles Ave.$1500/mo ($375 per person) + utilities. No pets. Available May 30th. Call 304-692-7587.
WHY PAY SUMMER RENT? 9 month lease available. 3BR/1.5BA. $1,425/month includes utilities. W/D, offstreet parking, near Mountainlair, 604 Cayton St. Call 304-319-1243
ROOMMATESJONES AVENUE. 4BR 2BATHS. Cen-tral to all campuses, New appliances, Large Bedrooms, includes W/D, All Utili-ties, Parking. $565/each 304-292-5714
NICE 4/BR HOUSE. Private bathroom. 2 min. from College. $500/month, includes all utilities. 740-381-0361
WANTED TOSUBLET
FURNISHED 1BR/1BTH in 3BR/3BTHapartment. $495 includes utilities. Will pay all processing fees. FEMALES ONLY. C o l e e n L y n n W V U @ y a h o o . c o m 443-220-4179
HOUSES FORSALE
3 UNIT APARTMENT FOR SALE. On Willey Street. $125,000. Financing possible. 304-276-0738. 304-594-0720
MOBILE HOMESFOR SALE
3BR, 2BTH MOBILE HOME in Canyon Vil-lage. Gas furnace & stove. Private drive-way. $22,000. 304-610-3882
AUTOMOBILESFOR SALE
CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.Any make! Any model! Any condition! 304-282-2560
HELP WANTED
HELP OUR SON who is facing uncommon challenges, including mobility, intellectual, vision and hearing impairment. This is an employment opportunity for students inter-ested in teaching or providing care for indi-viduals with disabilities on holidays and in summer. Employment is through REM. Ad-ditional information from his family: 304-598-3839.
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN:Growing, Morgantown-based
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MODEL SEARCH. MEN/WOMEN,children/teens/infants, 6/mo & up. TV/fashion advertising. Rates up to $150/hr. Credits: Models placed on Rescue 911, People Magazine/many others. Apply in person: Monday, April 14th, 5pm-7:30pm. Best Western, 366 Boyers Ave, Morgantown, WV. Van Enterprises. PA licence since 1973. Not a school, Christian-centered, family-oriented.
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