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Vets protest US involvement in SyriaBy Summer ratcliff

City Editor

Recent allegations that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its civil-ians have pushed the interna-tional community to consider various methods of interven-tion. President Obama called on the United States Congress Saturday to approve a military strike against Syria.

Across the United States, thousands have begun to or-ganize protests to show mem-bers of Congress where they stand on the issue.

Students and on-campus

veterans at West Virginia Uni-versity joined together Thurs-day to take a stand against President Obama’s proposed military strike.

Protest organizer Mark Combs, an Army veteran and junior acting student at WVU, said he strongly opposes any U.S. involvement in a Syrian civil war.

“(It) can provide no good to America, no matter the out-come. Either side is backed by large terrorist organizations,” Combs said. “Too many of my brothers and my friends have died fighting senseless wars for reasons that we shouldn’t

be over there. I’m just tired of seeing our people being killed.”

Philip Alexander, WVU student and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, said as a sol-dier who served during the Iraq war, he felt it was impor-tant for him to participate in the protest to raise aware-ness of the current situation in Syria.

“We just want to do our part, as veterans. We are against a war of choice, espe-cially when it’s a Syrian civil war,” Alexander said. “There

StOrmiN’ NOrmaN Pride makes first Big 12 road trip to Oklahoma

By megaN calderadOstaff writEr

The “Pride of West Vir-ginia,” the Mountaineer Marching Band will head to the University of Oklahoma this weekend to perform at its first Big 12 away game.

The band left Thursday at 5 a.m. to begin the 22- plus-hour bus trip to rep-resent the Mountaineers in a bigger spotlight than ever before.

“We went to the game against James Madison University last year at Fed Ex Field, but that’s not like any road trip that we’d nor-mally take,” said Andrew Stanfield, a four-year mem-ber of the Pride. “We usu-ally take a big one every year, but since last year was our first year in the Big 12, we didn’t have the funds to do that.”

Chris Nichter, assistant director of Athletic Bands and assistant to the direc-tors of University Bands,

said it’s especially expen-sive for the band to travel due to the distance be-tween schools now that WVU has switched to the Big 12.

“The band’s trip to Okla-homa, including hous-ing and food as well as bus transportation and tickets to the game, which is a re-quired purchase by the Big 12, will be over $200,000,” Nichter said.

Nichter said while some financial support comes from the Office of the Pro-vost and the Department of Intercollegiate Athlet-ics, the WVU Foundation’s Pride Travel Fund is what covers a significant portion of the band’s annual travel.

Since Stanfield became a member of the band in 2010, he said the farthest they’ve ever traveled is to Louisiana State University in 2011.

“We go to every bowl

Fans to celebrate Mountaineer Nation Day this weekend

By jacOB BOjeSSONstaff writEr

One of the toughest games the Mountaineers will endure this season is right around the corner, and West Virginia Univer-sity fans across the coun-try are getting together to show their support.

Saturday is not just the opening week of the Big 12 Conference it’s the sec-ond annual Mountaineer Nation Day.

Mountaineer Nation Day shows how loyal and widespread the WVU fan base is, and fans find lo-cations to watch the game with fellow Mountaineers.

The Mountaineer Mani-acs will be hosting a watch party in the Mountainlair starting at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

“We’ll have a pregame event out on the Green, where there will be a corn-hole tournament, some KanJam and a couple of other fun games that peo-

ple can play,” said Chris Northrup, executive direc-tor for the Maniacs. “There will be food and drinks, and at 6:30 p.m. we move inside for our watch party in the ballrooms.”

The party is for Mani-acs only and attendees are asked to wear their Mani-acs T-shirts.

Anyone who would like to attend but is not a mem-ber of the Maniacs can sign up for a basic membership at the entrance for $20.

“We’ll also do a little community service piece,” Northrup said. “Every stu-dent is asked to bring as many canned food items as they can, and for every item, they’ll receive one raffle ticket. Throughout the game we will raffle out different prizes.”

In Denver, a group of 60 alumni meet up every game day at Togo’s restau-rant in Westminster, Colo.

“Generally its 50-60

Farmers’ market offers fresh ‘pickins’

erIn IrwIn/tHe DAIlY AtHenAeumStudents purchase produce from Stephen Lilly, 31, of Garrett Growers at WELLWVU’s Famers’ Market Thursday in the Free Speech Zone.

By ShelBy tOOmPaSstaff writEr

WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health and West Virginia University’s Dining Services teamed up Thurs-day to offer a Downtown Campus farmer’s market to students.

Dubbed “FREG to U,” the farmer’s market displayed fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as drinks and snacks, to students at a reasonable price.

Cheryl Davidson, with DNC Farm, said their mis-sion is to provide a local sup-ply of fresh orchard fruit that is handpicked at the peak of ripeness for optimal flavor.

“I think this farmers’ mar-ket fits in with the mission that we have, which is to

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DoYle mAurer/tHe DAIlY AtHenAeumVeterans on campus protest the United States’ involvement in the war on Syria.

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September 10th 2013

Lecture 1: “Vitamin and Mineral Inadequacy Accelerates Aging-associated Diseases” at 3 p.m. in the Fukushima Auditorium of the WVU Health Sciences Center.

Lecture 2: “Poor Nutri� on Accelerates Aging-associat-ed Disease: A Path to Preven� on” at 7:30 p.m. in 1021 South Agricultural Sciences Building, located on WVU’s Evansdale Campus.

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is no interest for us on either side. We are against arming an opposition whose goals aren’t necessarily ours.”

The protest also drew non-veteran participants. Bryan Staggers, a junior acting stu-dent, said he decided to par-ticipate in the protest to stand up for the millions of Ameri-cans who are opposed to U.S. involvement in Syria.

“You can see that the sen-timent is against us taking any further action in the con-flict. It’s a civil war that needs to be treated like that,” Stag-gers said.

If given the chance, Stag-gers said he would urge Presi-dent Obama and Congressio-nal members to listen to the voice of the people they were elected to represent.

“We have a president that

promised to deliver peace, and we have an American people who are now speaking out saying listen to us, do your jobs, represent us,” Staggers said. “David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, has already said they won’t par-ticipate because their people don’t want it. I think the same needs to be the case here.”

Blank posters were avail-able for passersby to add their signatures as a sign of sup-port. Rachael Hagen, a soph-omore pharmacy student at WVU, stopped by to leave her signature on one of the signs.

“I think it’s really im-portant that we don’t be-come involved in the war in Syria. I think our govern-ment lies to us, they owe us the truth, we deserve that,” Hagen said. “I think it’s re-ally important for college stu-dents to raise awareness on campuses.”

Mouaz Haffar, a fresh-man biology student from

Logan, W.Va., has fam-ily in Syria and said he sup-ports U.S. involvement in the conflict.

“The government in Syria is attacking innocent rebels, innocent civilians. So what we are asking for is no troops on the ground, but instead mis-sile strikes on Assad’s capa-bilities, on his military camps, to limit his ability to kill inno-cent civilians,” Haffar said. “I have a lot of family over there, and we get accounts from them about the lives lost.

To let 100,000 people die and to say we aren’t going to do anything is unethical.”

The Senate Foreign Re-lations Committee voted Wednesday to authorize President Obama to use lim-ited force against Syria by passing a resolution that now needs approval from the entire congressional body.

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game, but we’re pretty excited for this year be-cause I don’t think in my four years here we’ve ever been west of the Missis-sippi,” Stanfield said. “LSU was a big trip, but this is go-ing to be pretty fun. The bus ride’s going to suck, but at the same time we’re going to make the best of it.”

“I think one of the most important things this bus ride is going to do for us is build us as a family. It’s a lot of hours on a bus but it’s go-ing to be a great bonding ex-perience that’s only going to prepare us better for the rest of the season.”

While switching confer-

ences means many more hours on buses for the band this season, members are happy about the switch.

“Since this is our first travel to a Big 12 school as a member of the conference, we’ll really get to experi-ence the culture for the first time in Oklahoma,” Nich-ter said. “It’s been great to join the Big 12, a conference that has many other top col-lege marching bands in the country and a wonderful football culture.”

The newest freshman members will also be travel-ing with the band.

“It’s the smallest fresh-man class since I’ve been here, but it’s definitely one of the most talented, and I’m glad to have them for my senior year,” Stanfield said.“The eight rookies have

only added to the talent that existed from last year, and it definitely looks good this year. The away game trip is definitely something that we’ve all been looking for-ward to.”

While band members are excited to watch some good football after their perfor-mances, the staff is excited to show other Big 12 schools what the Pride of West Vir-ginia can do.

“We feel the band is a very positive ambassador for the University and state,” Nich-ter said. “It’s our honor to represent both and show folks that probably don’t have much knowledge of West Virginia what Moun-taineer spirit and pride is all about.”

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people in there,” said Bill Gray, president of the WVU Rocky Mountain Alumni Association. “There is prob-ably around 400 (alumni) in the area. We watch ev-ery game that’s on, in-cluding some basketball games.”

Denver is just one of many locations across the country where bars and restaurants turn gold and blue on game day.

Watch parties in more

than 30 states and most major cities will take place Saturday.

“I moved here in 1997, and there was not an alumni chapter; I didn’t want to watch football games by myself so I started this chapter,” Gray said. “Everybody loves getting together with other Moun-taineers. We have visitors looking for a place to watch the game. It’s a great way for Mountaineers to get together.”

Although he is the host of the party, Gray will not be attending it himself as he is flying out to Okla-homa to watch the game in

Norman.“I try to make one trip to

a Big 12 location every year, and then I go to at least one home game,” Gray said. “I think we’ll give them a good game.”

A list of watch parties around the nation can be found at mountaineerna-tionday.wvu.edu.

Fans are also encour-aged to post pictures of their Mountaineer spirit on Twitter and In-stagram (@WestVirgin-iaU) for a chance to win Mountaineer gear and gift cards.

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wYtHe wooDS/tHe DAIlY AtHenAeumDot Underwood, the regional representative for Governor Tomblin, spoke about the positive impact the DUI simulator, featured in the Mountainlair, could have on stu-dents all across the state.

CORRECTIONDue to staff errors in Thurs-

day’s edition of The Daily Ath-enaeum, there were several mistakes in an article entitled “Jewish student community celebrates Rosh Hashanah.”

The article incorrectly stated that there are no synagogues in Morgantown. Morgantown does have a synagogue, the Tree of Life Congregation. Tree of Life is located at 242 South High St.

Thursday’s article also said Rosh Hashanah is a three-day holiday. The holiday is actually celebrated for two days.

In the article, Rachel Spero was incorrectly quoted as the co-president of Chabad.

Spero was also incorrectly quoted in the article. The ar-ticle stated that she said: “... starts off the season of adorn-ment.” The quote should have read “... starts off the season of atonement.”

WVU Hillel is also an orga-nization for Jewish students at-tending the University. Hillel is the largest Jewish student orga-nization on campus.

We sincerely apologize for any confusion and inconve-

nience the errors may have caused.

The Tree of Life will host several services next week in celebration of Yom Kippur.

A service will be held Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Syna-gogue. Services will also be held all day Sept. 14, begin-ning at 9:30 a.m. with a chil-dren’s service. Following the Sept. 14 services, the Syna-gogue will host a dinner to mark the end of the fasting period.

provide a choice that is fresh and local,” Davidson said. “We go a little bit extra dis-tance because we try to pick everything by hand and use an organic, oil-based spray to protect the trees. Then we add one more fruit spray be-fore the blossoms come out to protect the integrity of the fruit.”

Although it was estab-lished in 2012, the orchard was planted in 2004 in Tay-lor County, W.Va.

Davidson brought red and green apples to her first WVU farmers’ market for in-dividuals to purchase. Stu-dents and employees could purchase three apples for $1 or a small bag of 7 to 10 ap-ples for $3.

DNC Farm also special-izes in other fruits, farm-

fresh brown eggs and unique handmade items.

Along with fruit, there was an abundance of vegetables to choose from as well.

Stephen Lilly, of Garrett Growers Cooperative, said he was selling a variety of products from his farm and other farms at the farmers’ market.

Lilly had fresh items such as peppers, tomatoes, jalape-nos, onions, potatoes, rhu-barb, zucchini, celery, corn and more.

“There is less of an impact on the environment, and the food doesn’t have to travel as far if you shop at a farmers’ market,” Lilly said. “We’re pretty picky about our qual-ity, so people who shop lo-cally probably get nicer food than they could get at a gro-cery store.”

Other vendors such as Morgantown’s Mountain People’s Co-op brought nat-ural, organic and fair trade

items to sell.Eva Worstell from Moun-

tain People’s Co-op said the co-op has been in business since the mid-1970s and was one of the first coopera-tives to spring up on the East Coast.

“Farmer’s markets are im-portant because they sup-port local business and shop-ping,” she said. “By shopping at farmers’ markets, you are getting what you pay for.”

The co-op had Fair Trade 2.0 coffee, raw food bars, vegan jerky, dried fruit, in-stant oatmeal, beverages and more.

The downtown farmers’ market will be held each Thursday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Mountainlair Free Speech Zone and will continue through Oct. 31.

For more information on where to buy and eat local, visit www.well.wvu.edu.

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BY NICK WESDOCKA&E WRITER

With the end of summer looming on the horizon, The Domain at Town Cen-tre is offering West Virginia University students one more opportunity to en-joy the warm weather and have some poolside fun be-fore fall arrives.

The first annual Domain Block Party will take place tonight from 5-10 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

“We decided to throw this party so the commu-nity would have a chance to come together and allow everyone to see the great amenities we have to offer,” said Lindsey Fallon, leasing and marketing manager.

Live music will be pro-vided throughout the night by Pittsburgh-based cover band Walk of Shame and Morgantown’s own DJ Yemi. There will also be dance competitions, prize giveaways and food trucks.

The event is BYOB – alco-hol will not be provided.

Many students and resi-dents of The Domain are al-ready excited for the party.

“It’s a great way to bring everyone together and kick off the school year,” said junior criminology student and Domain resident Tay-lor Louk. Senior strategic communications student Brian Dunn said he agreed with Louk.

“Best pool in Morgan-town,” Dunn said. “If you haven’t been to one of the pool parties, you gotta check it out.”

The Domain’s platinum sponsor, Fat Daddy’s Bar & Grill, will sponsor the block party and host the af-ter-party downtown at their bar. Other sponsors for the event include Tailpipes, Tan 1 and Sam’s Club.

Shuttle services will be provided to and from the Domain. Shuttles will stop at Hodges Hall and the en-gineering PRT every 20

minutes from 5-7 p.m. After 7 p.m., the shuttles will stop at Hodges Hall and High Street. Guests are strongly encouraged to use the shut-tle transportation.

Also, by using the hashtag #DTCBlockParty, students can get the word out and discuss the event on Twitter. Students can also follow The Domain

at Town Centre on Twitter at @DomainTC for more updates.

Fallon said although this is the first official block party, they are looking for-

ward to many more.“The block party will be a

lot of fun for all those who attend,” she said.

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Nine Inch Nails experiments with ‘Hesitation Marks’

rollingstone.comNine Inch Nails displays four alternate album covers for ‘Hesitation Marks.’

Throughout the years, the electronic music scene has been dominated by inter-national dubstep and house acts. However, there was a time when industrial mu-sic reigned supreme. At the top of the industrial heap is a band that has had more of a hand in developing and popularizing that mechan-ical sound than any other band – Nine Inch Nails.

The band recently re-leased their first new al-bum in five years and have announced plans to begin touring again nationally in the fall and internationally in 2014.

The new album, “Hes-itation Marks,” is every bit the solid album people have grown to expect from the talented NIN master-mind, Trent Reznor, who, this time around, is also an Oscar winner. He’s back again with more mid-paced, dance-beat-driven, alterna-tive music with just a bit of punk rock edge from his crisp but intense vocals and

agitated lyrical content.From the first few tracks,

it is evident how much Reznor has really grown as a musician during the course of his career. His arrange-ments start as minimalist electronic ditties but evolve into rich, mature and multi-layered songs.

In other words, he puts together enough cool sounds without leaving the listener overwhelmed or bored but rather finds a nice balance.

Special attention is paid to the atmosphere behind the melodies on “Hesita-tion Marks.” There’s always something building or os-cillating in the background, creating an immersive lis-tening experience. The mu-sic never feels shallow, as everything has been added for a reason.

He can still bring the sin-gles as well; “Copy of A” is one of the catchier songs the group has released in a long while. However, Reznor has never been afraid to exper-iment. This is clear on “Ev-erything,” which is more of an upbeat pop song com-plete with a belted radio chorus than it is a typical

brooding Reznor diatribe. It’s also apparent on “All Time Low,” which features some really funky sound-ing guitar work. Between these two songs, the roar-ing guitar of “In Two” and a few other songs, Reznor has done a fine job varying his approach.

Unfortunately, “Hesita-tion Marks” includes more than a few entirely forgetta-ble filler tracks. Some songs leaning heavily to the self-indulgent side simply in-duced massive amounts of sleepiness. This could quite possibly be attributed to his time spent scoring films like “The Social Net-work” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” which feature large spaces of am-bient sound.

Also working against the album is the fact that it isn’t quite culturally viable enough to achieve much mainstream success nowa-days. Although, somehow, I don’t think Reznor will mind much if the album doesn’t sell too well.

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James Franco’s Comedy Central Roast falls short

google.comJonah Hill, Seth Rogan and James Franco laugh on the set of Franco’s Roast.

Labor Day saw the pre-miere of yet another Com-edy Central Roast show. This long-running series, now on its 13th episode and 10th year, showcases a ce-lebrity as a roastee and fea-tures a panel of comedians to harass and make fun of them.

This newest episode fea-tured James Franco of “127 Hours” and “Oz the Great and Powerful” fame. The roast was hosted by Seth Ro-gan and featured Aziz An-sari, Bill Hader, Jonah Hill, Nick Kroll, Natasha Leg-gero, Jeff Ross, Andy Sam-berg and Sarah Silverman.

As with all stand-up shows, the quality of the program relies heavily on the quality of the come-dians. While there is no doubt each and every in-dividual on the “Roast of James Franco” is an excel-lent and skilled comedian, some performed much bet-ter than others, and most came off as mediocre.

Seth Rogan started off the roast strong, making pointed jokes at both Franco

and the rest of the cast. Sarah Silverman, Bill Hader and Aziz Ansari all did well, too. Hader’s “ruler of Holly-wood” character was enter-taining and allowed him to make clever remarks about everyone’s rise to fame. Sil-verman relied on her trade-mark vulgar wit, and Ansari had a fresh set that decon-structed every other panel member’s bit.

Sadly, Andy Samberg floundered during his por-tion of the show. The young comedian from “SNL” and “The Lonely Island” at-tempted to play an “I’m awkward and don’t know how roasts work” skit. How-ever, instead of coming off as a crafty parody, it sim-ply became too self-depre-cating and fell flat, leaving both audience members and home viewers uncom-fortably squirming in their seats.

I also found it curious that most of the comedians spent a lot of their time on Jonah Hill instead of James Franco. While it is custom-ary to rag on every member of the roast, I felt an unusual amount of time was spent on him.

Surprisingly, the great-est performance was given

by the relatively unknown Natasha Leggero. While she never broke into any mainstream shows or mov-ies like the rest of the cast, this stand-up comic was the most aggressive and cutting of everyone else.

Overall, this roast seemed to lack the viciousness of the previous ones. Whether this is a testament to how likable James Franco is or indica-tive of poor casting choices is up for debate. Nonethe-less, when I tune in to watch someone get roasted, that is what I want to see; not out-dated “Jonah Hill is fat” comments and jokes about James Franco’s eyes being squinty.

I wish the comedi-ans would have dug a lit-tle deeper to find more clever insults. Again, maybe Franco is a good guy no matter how deep you dig.

While there are certainly less entertaining ways to kill an hour and a half, this par-ticular show did not stand out as a great way to spend an evening in front of your TV.

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Support local farmers’ marketsEach week during the

harvest season, Morgan-town is filled with farmers’ markets on several days of the week.

Wednesdays there is one located along Route 119 to-ward Grafton. Vendors also set up shop across from the Mountainlair to cater to students, while others set up at Morgantown Mall to cater to all other Morgan-town residents. The largest market operates Saturday mornings.

There is an opportunity for nearly everyone to pick up some fresh, local gro-ceries as they come into season, so citizens are no longer forced to choose the least sad-looking squash at the grocery store.

Some grocery stores, however, do carry a more palatable selection than most, so why should you even make the trek out to the markets and spend more money on fruits and vegetables?

There are several rea-sons. For one, the pro-duce offered at the farm-ers’ markets comes from

the area and is often free of the harsh pesticides and growth-promoting chem-icals on many store veg-etables and fruits. What most people aren’t aware is tomatoes aren’t normally that bright red or large and perfectly round. They are grown to that ideal and are less flavorful as their local counterparts as a result.

The West Virginia econ-omy is known for being weaker than those in other states, so it’s more impor-tant than ever to support the local community. This way, the community can continue to offer goods and services and help our pop-ulation grow, which in turn will bring more manpower and more jobs.

And as far as the price goes, by the time you buy fruits and vegetables and other foods at the chain stores, you will have spent about the same amount as you would at the farmers’ market. Vendors may raise the price on some spe-cialty items that are more difficult to grow and har-vest, but the staples gen-

erally cost about the same, if not less, especially if you buy the organic foodstuffs in the store.

Across the board, farm-ers’ markets rarely sell

only vegetables; many bring eggs, meats, bread and honey. Other sell-ers showcase their home-made goods, such as yarn and natural beauty prod-

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What is gender?

The other day, I was wait-ing for an elevator with my roommate. Posted on the wall near the elevator were some flyers for club meetings and seminars. One such flyer read, “What Is Gender?” Be-ing a psychology major and being up-to-date on the LG-BTQ community by way of the outspoken bloggers on Tumblr, I didn’t blink twice at the flyer. My roommate, however, tugged on my arm and pointed at it. She chuck-led and said, “What? What does that even mean? Every-one knows what gender is.”

In reality, a lot of people don’t know what gender is. They think they do, but what they’re really doing is confus-ing it with sex. Sex and gen-der are similar terms, but are in fact two distinctly different things.

Sex is what you are bio-logically. There are only two sexes on Earth: male and fe-male. Your sex is determined randomly by whatever com-bination of genes you are as-signed. You either have male sex organs or female ones. Easy, right?

The hard part is gen-der. Gender is what you are in your mind. It’s what you identify as, what you feel you are. In response to this, one could contend, “But isn’t that the same thing? Don’t girls feel they are girls and boys feel they are boys?” Not nec-essarily. Although they prob-ably don’t know it, the major-ity of the world’s population identify as something called cisgender, which means your perception of yourself matches up with what sex your body is. A cisgender fe-male is a person with female sex organs who feels that she is female.

But what about when the perception and the biology don’t match up? That’s when you get things like transgen-der, bigender, genderqueer and a myriad of other terms that all describe something different. You see, gender isn’t binary – there doesn’t have to be just male and female.

Transgender Transgender is a term de-

scribing someone whose gender doesn’t match up to their body’s sex. For exam-ple, a transgender man is a

person who is biologically fe-male but mentally male. This person may ask you to refer to them by a male name and to call them “he” instead of “she”. He will still look female on the outside (unless he un-dergoes a sex change), but he will feel that he is male. If you meet a transgender person, and they ask you to call them a name other than the one their parents gave them, al-ways do so, because it’s ex-tremely rude to do otherwise. You wouldn’t want someone continually calling you by a name you don’t like, would you?

BigenderBigender is a term describ-

ing someone who feels they are equally two genders, any two genders on the gender spectrum. A bigender per-son may feel equally male and female, and may not care if you refer to them as both “he” and “she.” Also, they may switch genders; one day, they may be more female, and the next, more male. Depending on what gender they are cur-rently on, they may want you to switch pronouns. Again, do as they ask so that you don’t offend them or hurt their feelings – and that way, you don’t look obtuse.

GenderqueerGenderqueer is just an-

other term describing some-one who doesn’t fall into any particular category. They may feel they are multiple gen-ders, or maybe they don’t identify as having a gender at all. They may identify as a gender that is neither male nor female. They may ask you to use gender-neutral pro-nouns, like “they” or “them”, or other ones that may sound like alien names to a cisgen-der person who has never en-countered someone outside the binary gender system be-fore. As stated before, the best thing to do when you meet someone like this is to be po-lite, to call them what they ask you to call them and to treat them like any other person. Because ultimately, that’s what they are!

Having a differing gender identity is no different than having a different hair color, or freckles or being allergic to peanuts. It’s not something the person chose, it’s simply a part of who they are. It may seem complicated at first to someone unfamiliar with the terms, but in the end it all comes down to treating peo-ple like people.

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Syria has deteriorated far beyond the point of no re-turn and has come to a crit-ical mass.

Now the United States has become entangled within Syria’s web, leaving the Obama Administra-tion responsible for decid-ing what course of action should be taken.

The stark reality is more than 100,000 innocent Syr-ians have died at the hands of the Assad government, and that number will only continue to grow, regard-less of which path Amer-ica will take. It is important to note, however, that stop-ping the domestic dispute within Syria is not the ratio-nale behind this decision. Bear that in mind as you read the argument ahead.

The cruel irony to this is for the first time since Afghanistan, the United States and N.A.T.O have a legitimate reason to take decisive action, but a de-cade of poor foreign policy decisions has put the U.S. between a rock and hard place.

As a result of these for-eign policy decisions, the potential blowback from in-tervening in Syria’s domes-tic dispute has increased

tenfold. Essentially, it’s a “damned if we do, damned if we don’t,” decision which both the Executive and Leg-islative branches have to make.

On one hand, the U.S. could act decisively and run the risk of sparking a greater regional war which would engulf neighbor-ing countries such as Is-rael and Iran. Conversely, by remaining neutral, the U.S. fails to back previous political statements and loses much of the ground into which our nation has dug its heels.

This situation, which we as a nation could oth-erwise afford to ignore, is complicated by the fact that Syria has now undoubtedly crossed the threshold of us-ing chemical weapons. If no retaliatory action occurs, it will only serve to embolden the defiant Assad regime. More importantly, we must ask the question, “What does this say to Iran’s nu-clear ambitions if we are to sit silently after making guarantees for decisive ac-tion?” Granted, the situa-tions are not identical, but the drawing of certain par-allels is certainly unavoid-able. Because of these factors, our federal govern-ment must look diligently at the pros and cons of all options we have at our disposal.

Another looming fear is the potential backlash from other hegemonic pow-ers, like Russia and China. As farfetched as it may be, a military retaliation from either of these countries could spark a doomsday scenario of World War III magnitude. Unlikely as that may be, there’s no telling the kind of consequences there would be if multiple nations get dragged into a wider regional conflict.

Russia has a vested in-terest in keeping the Assad regime in power. One of Russia’s only foreign naval bases is located in Syria. This means for Moscow to retain influence in the Mediterranean, they need to do all they can to prop up the Assad regime by giving them advanced weaponry. Furthermore, what they perceive as American impe-rialism exacerbates a cold war mentality of insecuri-ties against a much more powerful U.S. military.

On the other hand, you have Iran, which has the greatest vested interest in supporting the Assad re-gime. Syria is essentially the medium through which Iran arms its proxy arm Hez-bollah. Should the Assad re-gime fall, Iran will become even more isolated than it already is on the world stage, and it would isolate Hezbollah. This isolation

would be a huge wrench in Iran’s regional hegemon as-pirations. If Hezbollah was cut off, it wouldn’t have the ability to fight Israel for an extended amount of time.

The fact of the matter is the vast majority of the American public is opposed to intervention in Syria on any level. The Obama Ad-ministration created lines drawn by our foreign pol-icy when it stated chem-ical weapons were a clear red line.

In theory, one could un-derstand why the President would say such a thing for political expediency; how-ever now that it has hap-pened, the President has been forced to call Syria’s bluff. It has not only embar-rassed the U.S. on the inter-national stage but has the potential to force the U.S. to act without a U.N. man-date, congressional sup-port or, most importantly, the support of the Ameri-can people.

To the President’s credit, he did correctly concede to allow Congress to deliber-ate on the matter in hopes of building a stronger coali-tion. If there is truly a case to be made, then bring it before the American people and convince them there is a legitimate need for direct intervention in Syria.

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BORN TODAY This year you will alternate between being busy and ef-ficient and being diplomatic and car-ing. Others who deal with you might not know which of your dynamic traits they will come across. You inad-vertently could cause some nervous responses. Some will find this duality exciting. If you are single, opt to date the person who finds this type of be-havior exciting. If you are attached, you will reach a new level of under-standing. Your sweetie will respond to your sensitivity, which will encour-age a different aspect to your bond.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Communication sizzles even without you taking action. Oth-

ers seek you out for countless rea-sons, and you will respond to their inquiries. Don’t put plans on the back burner for this weekend -- make them an active part of today’s conver-sations. Tonight: Go along with plans.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Someone might decide to reveal his or her true feelings in the morning. You could be taken aback by how verbal this person is, and per-haps you’ll wish that he or she had chosen a different day. Suggest talk-ing more later in the day or during the weekend. Tonight: Mellow out.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH As the day gets older, you’ll become more dynamic and direct. How you deal with someone could vary, as you might note a change in his or her response. The smart move would be to put all your cards on the table. Don’t push too hard.

Tonight: Let your hair down.

C ANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH Know that you have the power to make a change. Either act this morning or wait for several days until the Force is strong with you. Someone might talk your ear off. Don’t walk away from the conversa-tion; there is something you need to hear. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You have a lot to say. Deal with a finan-cial matter first so that you can relax later in the day. Start a conversation with a friend as soon as you can, be-cause it could go on for a long time. You might have a matter you want to clear up. Tonight: Hang out with your pals.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 HHHH It might seem as if someone has con-

vinced you that you need to be more open. The outcome could be great, and you will feel much better about yourself as a result. Making a decision like this is important. Tonight: Treat yourself to something you really want.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Your mood will change in the af-ternoon. You’ll go from being with-drawn to being open and carefree. You might wonder how this could happen, but don’t – just get into the moment. This is the time to claim your power and zero in on what you want. Tonight: Happy as a clam.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH People could play a bigger role in your life than usual this morning. Some even might share news you’ve never heard before. There is a new openness. You will be left to evalu-ate the pros and cons of certain deci-

sions you have made. Tonight: Have a somewhat quiet night.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH A boss suddenly could reveal his or her true agenda. You might have to choose whether to accept where this person is coming from. Don’t feel as if you need to give an immediate answer. In the after-noon, a meeting will play a big role. Tonight: Only what you want.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Check in with an expert this morning. You might want to de-tach from a hair-raising situation. You will know what to do once you learn to avoid your triggers. Take charge of your day, and make plans that suit you. Tonight: TGIF! Let a meeting transform into a celebration.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

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PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You will listen to others, but know that you also need to respond to the issue at hand. If you do not agree at this point, be prepared to detach and venture off in a different direc-tion. You will be well received. Fol-low-through counts. Tonight: Head to a new Friday night scene.

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Professor to be honored at festival

FILE PHOTOEnglish Professor Mark Brazaitis reads a passage from his book ‘The Incurables’ earlier this year.

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Recently awarded the Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award for his collection of short stories “The Incur-ables,” English professor Mark Brazaitis will be rec-ognized in October at the annual Devil’s Kitchen Fall Literary Festival at South-ern Illinois University Carbondale.

“The Incurables” has been selected in the past as a finalist for the Fore-Word Book of the Year Award and also won the 2012 Richard Sullivan Prize.

“It’s a thrill to be part of the Devil’s Kitchen Fall Literary Festival,” Brazaitis said. “My book of short

stories, ‘The Incurables,’ was selected from hun-dreds submitted in the prose category (both fic-tion and nonfiction).

“What’s especially neat about the award, I think, is not only that faculty members of Southern Il-linois University Carbon-dale have a hand in decid-ing the winner but so do the undergraduate editors of Grassroots, the SIUC lit-erary magazine.”

The three-day annual festival will be filled with writing panels, readings and book signings. At the festival, Brazaitis will par-ticipate in a fiction writing panel, offer writing advice to festival participants and read a selection from “The Incurables.”

“‘The Incurables’ is a book of short stories about characters who face what they or others see as in-curable conditions, often mental illnesses, although one story concerns a com-plicated father-son rela-tionship,” Brazaitis said. “While the stories often explore dark subject mat-ter (depression, suicide, adultery and divorce), they offer, I hope, a dose of humor to lighten the heavy mood.”

Brazaitis is no stranger to having his work pub-lished. In addition to “The Incurables,” he has pub-lished two collections of stories, a volume of poetry

and a novel. As the direc-tor of the Creative Writing Program at West Virginia University, Brazaitis has learned the recipe for success.

“Being a good writer, like being a good anything, requires practice – hours and hours and days and days and, yes, even years and years of practice,” Brazaitis said. “I believe good teachers can help a writer, but the hard work is actually doing the work again and again and again, often in the face of relent-less rejection.”

The main thing that Brazaitis wants readers to take away from “The In-curables” is that it is okay to seek help.

“What I always say to audiences when I read from ‘The Incurables’ is this: If you are suffering from depression or an-other mental illness, don’t think you’re being strong by keeping it to yourself,” Brazaitis said. “Be strong by seeking help. Students who feel afflicted by de-pression or other debilitat-ing psychological condi-tions should seek support at WVU’s Carruth Center.”

“The Incurables” can be purchased at www.am-azon.com/Incurables-Sul-livan-Prize-Short-Fiction/dp/0268022313 or picked up at the WVU Bookstore.

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Wine & Jazz Festival returns

BY CAROL FOXA&E WRITER

For a glass of delicious wine and some smooth, live jazz, you might imag-ine yourself making the trip to Chicago or Har-lem or even strolling the streets of New Orleans. But the 20th annual West Vir-ginia Wine & Jazz Festival seeks to bring this feeling to Morgantown Saturday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday noon-7 p.m.

Camp Muffly, Mononga-lia County’s home for 4-H camps, is located southeast of Morgantown, off of I-68 along 4-H Camp Road. Ad-mission to the Wine & Jazz Festival is $20 per day in-cluding a wine glass and wine tasting.

Many local wineries have agreed to participate in this year’s festival. Daniel Vineyards, Fisher’s Ridge Wine Company, Forks of Cheat, Heston Farm Win-ery, Kenco Farms Winery, Lambert’s Vintage Wine, Potomac Highland Win-ery, Watts Roost Vineyard and West-Whitehill Winery will all be represented.

Also featured at the event will be some of the best local eateries: Chico’s Fat, The Cupcakerie, Gar-cia’s Latin Market, Golden Finch, Jersey Subs, Lam-bert’s Catering, Russ’ Ribs and Slight Indulgence will all be providing treats for festivalgoers.

Music, which is one of the most important com-ponents of the festival, will also be provided for attendees from local and well-known artists and ensembles.

The West Virginia Uni-versity Jazz Combo, Tun-nel Green, OPEK, Anomoly and the Bob Thompson Unit will perform Sat-urday, and the WVWC Jazz Ensemble, Are You From Somewhere?, Bra-

sil! and the James Moore Trio will perform Sun-day throughout the day.

The West Virginia Wine & Jazz Festival represents a non-profit organization that hopes to provide an inexpensive, relaxing en-vironment, while raising money for their cause.

Along with the mouth-watering food, delicious local wines and the music performances, local artists and artisans will be pre-senting some of their cre-ations, as well. Their goal is to return the proceeds made from the festival back to the community.

This is done in myriad ways, including creating endowed scholarships to the WVU School of Music, sponsoring classes at WVU and offering free concerts for Morgantown-area stu-dents, as well as sponsoring other community events and other organizations.

The WVU Student Gov-ernment Association will provide transportation to and from Camp Muffly for the Wine & Jazz Festival.

The SGA has partnered with the festival to provide buses free of charge. Buses will make continuous trips from the Mountainlair to Camp Muffly and back dur-ing the festival’s hours.

“The biggest thing we want is to encourage stu-dents to have a fun time and be safe and responsi-ble,” said WVU SGA presi-dent Ryan Campione. “So, working with the festival as partners, we’ve tried to provide rides to and from the event, which is a great festival.

“We want students to go and have fun, but we want them to do so in a safe way, and this is a great way to help facilitate that.”

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Holgorsen understands challenge of containing OU’s Knightby amit batra

sports editor

Both Oklahoma Sooners football head coach Bob Stoops and West Virginia football head coach Dana Holgorsen are aware of the challenges both teams can bring each other early in the season.

Following 2012’s 50-49 barn burner, Stoops knows what the Mountaineers are capable of offensively and as a unit.

“Our guys understand the challenge of facing these guys,” Stoops said. “They’ve only had one game, as well, so it’s a lit-tle bit different to have a conference game this early in the season. It’ll be an-other challenge. Dana Holgorsen and his guys do a great job over there.”

Holgorsen said he would never want to see a team as good as Oklahoma this early in the season.

“I’ll do my best with ex-plaining to the guys what to expect,” Holgorsen said. “It’s my job to prepare them, to not only tell them what they’re doing on all sides of the ball, but also this is a new experience for about 35 guys who will be traveling with us to Nor-man. That’s a lot of inex-perience, but we won’t let them use it as an excuse.

“Oklahoma is very well coached. Bob Stoops has been there for 15 years. It’s still Oklahoma. The atmo-sphere is rowdy and it’s loud. The people are right on top of you. They have a winning tradition.”

While West Virginia ju-nior quarterback Paul Millard and Oklahoma’s redshirt freshman quar-terback Trevor Knight may have different styles in terms of one a run-ning and mobile guy and the other a pocket passer, both are asked to do a lot

working with the offense.“They’re going through

the same things that we are. They’re asking Knight to do a lot (more) differ-ent things than we’re ask-ing. I don’t think anyone is going to get a kick out of watching Paul Millard run the triple option or the speed option. There are obvious differences in what we’re asking from them,” Holgorsen said.

Holgorsen said he was impressed with Knight’s ability to run against Lou-isiana-Monroe in Satur-day’s 34-0 OU rout.

“He can run; he’s a tal-ented guy,” Holgorsen said. “His completion per-centage wasn’t very good (11-for-28), but when I watched the tape, he’s pretty good. He can throw. He’s a talented quarter-back, and he’s going to get better and better.

“They’re going to rely on him to make plays in

the running and pass-ing games. Hopefully he doesn’t get things figured out this week.”

Holgorsen expects to see more of his natural style of offense with pass-ing and having a balance between pass and run. Against the Tribe, WVU ran the ball a significant amount and Millard only saw 25 passing attempts – a rare sight in a team coached by an offensive mind such as Holgorsen.

“I’d like to throw the ball a lot more than we did,” he said. “We’re talking about throwing the ball 30 per-cent of the time. That’s embarrassing. We’re go-ing to try to correct that – that’s for certain. I don’t care much about stats, but we have to be more balanced.”

Holgerson said even though there are some new players on the field, their performance won’t

be affected by their lack of experience. And expe-rience is what they’re sure to get in Saturday’s game.

“To ask our guys, espe-cially those who are in-experienced, to play a perfect game – that’s im-possible,” Holgorsen said.

“It’s how you react to the mistakes. We’ve got inex-perienced guys, but those guys need to grow up. They need to embrace the fact that they are being put in a challenging position, which I find to be oppor-tunistic,” he said.

“To have the oppor-tunity to play in front of thousands of fans and to be on national television and play against a very good opponent gives them all a chance to get better.”

WVU will get its oppor-tunity to shock the college football realm Saturday at 7 p.m.

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Oklahoma can’t

underestimate West Virginia

The Sooners’ last two years under longtime coach Bob Stoops have caused a bit of unrest around Sooner Nation.

Back-to-back 10-win sea-sons, consecutive bowl trips and a conference crown –even if it’s shared – probably would be a cause for fanfare at most college football pro-grams. But not at OU.

In Norman, Okla., anything less than a national title is a disappointment, and a sea-son without an outright con-ference title and a BCS-bowl win is considered a travesty. So the results of the last two years had some wondering if Stoops had lost his touch.

In 2011 and 2012, Big Game Bob’s teams were 5-5 against ranked opponents, lost an unprecedented three games at home – more than doubling the amount of home losses OU had suffered previ-ously in the Stoops era – and finished the season ranked no higher than No. 15.

This offseason, Stoops demonstrated his dissatisfac-tion with the direction of the program by firing three assis-tants and hiring new coaches Bill Bedenbaugh, Jay Boul-ware and Jerry Montgom-ery to improve the Sooners’ play in the trenches and boost their recruiting.

It’s a little early to see how the coaching staff shakeup will play out in the long run, but after one game, it ap-pears to have OU headed in the right direction.

Against Louisiana-Monroe Saturday, the Sooners pitched their first shutout since blank-ing Iowa State, 52-0, Oct. 16, 2010, in Norman. They held the Warhawks – who aver-aged 433 yards and 38 points per game last season – less than 200 yards of total offense, limiting them to just 38 yards rushing despite playing only six players in the box for the majority of the game.

OU’s front seven looked much improved, especially the defensive line, which sacked ULM senior quarter-back Kolton Browning twice.

The Sooners’ performance in their shutout needs to be taken with a grain of salt. While 2012’s ULM squad beat Arkansas and took Au-burn and Baylor down to the wire, it lost three of its last five games – all against non-BCS schools – by an average score of 43-20.

Despite rushing for more than 300 yards, the Soon-ers barely eclipsed 100 yards passing with redshirt fresh-man quarterback Trevor Knight going 11-for-28 and for just 86 yards. He looked anxious in the pocket, but improved as the game went along, tossing three touch-down passes.

As much flak as West Vir-ginia is catching for sleep-walking through a win against William & Mary, it’s a better football team than people are giving it credit. And if the Sooners come into Saturday’s game resting on their lau-rels, it could be a good one in Norman.

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Evaluating the Big 12 after Week 1by greg maDiamultimedia editor

K-State Moves Forward After Loss

After losing to FCS foe North Dakota State last Friday night, Kansas State and head coach Bill Snyder are trying to move on from disappointment.

“Everybody is hurt to be-gin with, whether it is dis-appointment or embar-rassment or just emotional pain from it,” Snyder said. “I think at some point in time that turns into anger, and they get angry about the situation and what took place.”

The Wildcats welcome Louisiana-Lafayette to Manhattan, Kan., this Sat-urday. Snyder feels his team has prepared well all week to rebound from such devastation.

“Based on our prac-tice last night, I thought in some segments of our game we probably practiced bet-ter than any time since we started on Aug. 2, and that is a positive thing,” Snyder

said. “Really, it was that de-termination aspect of it that seemed to be on the field yesterday, so I appreciate that from our young guys.”

Mayfield Named Offen-sive POW

Texas Tech freshman quarterback Baker May-field was named Offensive Player of the Week by the Big 12 Conference. In May-field’s college debut, he completed 43 of 60 passes for 413 yards and four touchdowns.

Mayfield is believed to be the first redshirt fresh-man ever to start for a BCS school. Head coach Kliff Kingsbury is truly im-pressed with Mayfield’s poise.

“You turn the tape on ,and there is a lot of room for improvement,” Kings-bury said.

“But the way he just held steady ... there were some plays that weren’t great and times it wasn’t going very well, but he never blinked. He just kept pushing for-ward and got better as the

game went on.”Mayfield will start

again Saturday for Texas Tech against Stephen F. Austin, as Michael Brewer is still out with injury.

Oklahoma State Rolling with Walsh

Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy has named a starting quarter-back following his team’s 21-3 win against Missis-sippi State on opening weekend.

Sophomore J.W. Walsh has set himself apart from Clint Chelf. Walsh finished Saturday’s game with 125 yards rushing and 135 yards passing.

“I’m not a fan of the two-quarterback system,” Gundy said. “Not right now.”

Walsh, the former Big 12 Freshman of the Year, will start Saturday as the Cow-boys hit the road to take on the UTSA Roadrunners Sat-urday at noon.

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The West Virginia volley-ball team will look to extend its winning streak this week-end as it is set to compete in the annual Mountaineer Invitational.

“We are looking for-ward to opening up our first homestand this weekend in the Coliseum,” said coach Jill Kramer. “It’s a great chance for the student body to come out and take in some great volleyball.”

Following a 3-0 road trip to the Blue/Gold Invita-tional at Toledo last week-end, the Mountaineers will finally get to play in front of their home crowd.

“We are looking for-ward to opening up our first homestand this weekend in the Coliseum,” Kramer said.

“It’s a great chance for the student body to come out and take in some great volleyball, see all

of the improvements our team has made in the past year and cheer on their Mountaineers.”

Tonight’s game will be Coach Kramer’s Stu-dent Challenge night; if more than 500 students are in attendance to watch the Mountaineers take on Canisius, Kramer will wear a buckskin skirt to coach her team against Iowa State on Nov. 13.

“I’m proud to be a Moun-taineer and all that we stand for at WVU. This promotion gives us an opportunity to connect with the students and embrace what being part of the Mountaineer Family is all about,” Kramer said.

WVU will take on Nor-folk State today at noon and Canisius tonight at 6:30. The Mountaineers take the floor against Fordham Saturday at noon and play Navy at 6:30 p.m.

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APJ.W. Walsh has been named Oklahoma State’s starting quarterback.

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Women’s soccer to compete against No. 1 UNC, No. 12 Duke this weekendby meghaN Carr

sports writer

The No. 9 West Virginia women’s soccer team will compete against the No. 12 Duke Blue Devils and the No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels this weekend at the annual Duke Nike Classic tournament.

“To play these two top opponents that have such traditions of success and great seasons thus far – we’re really going to know where we stand as a team this year after this week-end,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

The tournament will feature four ranked teams in No. 1 UNC, No. 3 UCLA, No. 12 Duke and No. 9 WVU.

“I’m a little nervous about the games, because I know how good these teams are offensively,” said senior goalkeeper Sara Keane.

The Mountaineers left for North Carolina Thurs-day to prepare for today’s game against the Blue Devils.

Although playing two difficult teams almost back-to-back would worry some players, senior for-ward Frances Silva seems undaunted.

“There is definitely a rest factor when we’re go-ing to play the No. 1 team in the country,” she said.

“At the same time North Carolina also has to play a tough UCLA team on Friday.”

Every team in the tour-nament is undefeated ex-cept Duke, who has one loss so far this season.

Izzo-Brown said she predicted before the sea-son started that this would be the best tournament in the country.

“I don’t know any other tournament this season that is as tough as this one will be, just because of the quality of the programs that are coming,” Izzo-Brown said.

A lot of focus is on the Mountaineers’ Sunday game against UNC, but Silva is quick to remind people they can’t overlook the Blue Devils just yet.

“We don’t pay attention to the Sunday game be-fore the Friday game,” she said. “This Friday game is really just as tough for us this time.”

Keane said if they want to beat both Duke and UNC, then they have to limit the amount of shot attempts from each team.

In North Carolina’s sec-ond game of the season they put up 30 shot at-tempts and kept their op-ponent VCU to only four. The Tar Heels went on to beat the Owls 4-0.

This weekend will also feature several of the best

women’s soccer coaches in the country, including UNC’s head coach and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame Anson Dorrance, who is the for-mer head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team.

Dorrance led the Tar Heels to their 22nd over-all national title in 2012 and his 21st title as a head coach.

The Mountaineers will be playing this weekend without Bryce Banue-los, who injured her ACL against Central Michigan Friday. She is expected to have surgery during the upcoming weeks and will miss the remainder of the 2013 season.

These two non-confer-ence games are important for the Mountaineers, who are looking to improve their RPI and continue their winning streak.

“This weekend is obvi-ously huge when it comes to playing ranked teams and for our RPI and really just for the experience of playing these teams,” Silva said.

“So it’s going to be a good weekend to just see how our team responds to such a high level atmosphere.”

WVU will play Duke to-day at 6 p.m. and UNC Sunday at 11 a.m.

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da sports staff picks

amIT baTrasports eDitor

West Virginia @ No. 16 Oklahoma

LAST WEEKSEASON RECORD

8-28-2

9-19-1

8-28-2

7-37-3

DANA HOLGORSEN QUOTE OF THE WEEK“I’ve been asked a lot if I’m excited about play-ing Oklahoma Week 2 or if I’d rather play them Week 12. The truth is I’d rather play them never

because they’re pretty good.”

No. 6 South Carolina @ No. 11 Georgia

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No. 14 Notre Dame @ No. 17 Michigan

No. 15 Texas @ BYU

Buffalo @ No. 23 Baylor

SE Louisiana @ No. 24 TCU

No. 13 Oklahoma State @ UTSA

Stephen F. Austin @ Texas Tech

Syracuse @ No. 19 Northwestern

No. 12 Florida @ Miami

Erin irWin/THE DAiLY ATHEnAEUMMembers of the West Virginia football team sing ‘Country Roads’ with the crowd following the home opener against William & Mary Saturday.

GaMEdaY prEdictioNs

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Paul Millard’s Passing Yards

Trevor Knight’s Passing Yards

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JOe mITChINsports writer

Charles Sims’ Rushing Yards

Trevor Knight’s Rushing Yards

WVU Leading Receiver (Yards)

OU Leading Receiver (Yards)

First TD (Team + Player)

Number of Combined Turnovers

Most Offensive TD’s

Final Score

263 250 303 297

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70

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Saunders/104 Saunders/94

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41-24 OU

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ERIN IRWIN/THE DAILY ATHENAEUMSenior running back Charles Sims carries the ball against William & Mary Saturday. Sims and WVU face a tough early season test against No. 16 Oklahoma.

by greg madiamultimedia editor

After West Virginia and No. 16 Oklahoma complete their game, opposing coaches and players will walk around the field congratulating each other on a good game regard-less of the outcome.

For many of West Virginia’s offensive linemen, postgame handshakes will mark the first time they speak to for-mer offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh since he took the same job at Oklahoma.

Three of the five starting WVU offensive linemen were recruited by Bedenbaugh. The other two offensive line-men earned starting jobs un-der the tough-minded posi-tion coach.

WVU guard Marquis Lu-cas is one of the three start-ers who was recruited by Be-denbaugh out of high school. The sophomore learned a lot from the man who brought him to WVU and said he may

not be on the field if it wasn’t for learning Bedenbaugh’s mentality.

“I’m going to have to say he taught me just to be tough on every play,” Lucas said. “That was something I strug-gled with my freshman year, and that’s something I have to give him props for.

“He put into me not just what to do physically, but mentally the way he coached, he made you want to hurt people.”

Senior guard Pat Eger is now with his third offensive line coach since arriving at WVU.

From Dave Johnson to Bedenbaugh and now Ron Crook, Eger has seen multi-ple styles of coaching.

While Eger is thankful for learning under each coach and has taken techniques from each by molding it into his game, he said he agrees with what Lucas feels about Bedenbaugh.

“Coach (Bedenbaugh)

brought that nasty mentality,” Eger said. “He taught us more to fire off the ball, play phys-ical and fast and if you make a mistake, to do it 100 miles per hour. I certainly learned a lot from him that I still use.”

Lucas, Eger and the rest of the WVU offensive linemen who were affected by Be-denbaugh’s departure have moved on to appreciate what Crook brings each day. Be-cause of this, there won’t be hard feelings between them and their former position coach Saturday.

“It was kind of hard at first, but once Coach Crook got in and got settled, we started rolling,” Lucas said.

After the final whistle blows, Lucas said he will make it a point to catch up to Bedenbaugh after the game.

“I haven’t talked to him since he left, but I’m sure we’ll talk after the game,” he said.

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mountaineers prepare for tough weekend road tripby joe mitchin

sports writer

The road trip the West Virginia men’s soccer team is about to endure this weekend could be the toughest the program has ever seen. A three-day, nearly 1,300-mile trip that features matches against two of the toughest teams in college soccer lies ahead for the Mountaineers.

WVU begins its quest Friday afternoon when it takes on No. 6 Georgetown in Washington D.C. The Hoyas were the national runner-up in the 2012 sea-son and ranked No. 2 in the preseason rankings.

Georgetown is the Big East Conference favorite this year, thanks to forwards Steve Neumann and Bran-don Allen. Both players were selected as preseason All-Americans. Neumann has 94 career points while Allen, who is just a soph-omore, scored 16 goals in his freshman season last year.

“They were a national championship contender last year going to the final, and they are a preseason favorite to be there again this year,” said head coach Marlon LeBlanc. “The task at hand will be a challenge, but we think we are capa-ble of going in there and

getting a result.”Georgetown lost its sea-

son opener Friday night to California before earning its first victory of the 2013 season when it defeated Stanford 2-0 Sunday.

After their match Fri-day, the Mountaineers will quickly hop on a plane and head to Bloomington, Ind., to take on the defending national champion Indi-ana Hoosiers Sunday eve-ning. Indiana is currently ranked No. 5 in the polls.

Indiana showcases one of the best players in the country, midfielder A.J. Corrado, a preseason All-American selection.

“It looks like a difficult

weekend, but Georgetown has to do well through-out the year, Indiana has to do well throughout the year and West Virginia has to do well throughout the year for it to mean any-thing,” LeBlanc said.

WVU is coming off the opening weekend of the season going 1-0-1. The team won its season opener 3-0 against Cen-tral Connecticut State be-fore drawing Radford 2-2 Sunday.

T h e Mo u n t a i n e e r s scored five goals Friday and Monday by five dif-ferent players. Junior for-ward Andy Bevin enters as the points leader with five

following his one goal and three-assist weekend to open the 2013 season.

This weekend will be the 21st and 22nd time that West Virginia will face a top-10 opponent under the leadership of LeBlanc. His record since beginning his WVU career in 2006 against these teams is 7-13. De-spite the less-than-flatter-ing statistics, the Moun-taineers feel confident heading into the weekend.

“I think we’ll have a great chance to win in every game this season,” said se-nior forward Jay Williams.

West Virginia is 5-11 all-time against former Big East foe Georgetown. The

teams last met in 2011, WVU’s final year in the league. The Mountaineers beat the Hoyas 1-0 at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. As for Indiana, Sunday will be the first ever meeting be-tween the two schools.

“We know that these are two very good teams that win championships and we’ll have to be at our best to get results on the road,” LeBlanc said.

West Virginia travels to No. 6 Georgetown today at 4 p.m. and No. 5 Indiana Sunday evening. Kick-off for the match is set for 8 p.m. in Bloomington, Ind.

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WVU to face former offensive line coach

by amit batrasports editor

In the sixth meeting be-tween the two schools, West Virginia will make its inaugural trip to Norman, Okla., to take on the Okla-homa Sooners Saturday night.

In 2012, OU was able to come out of Morgantown with a 50-49 victory, thanks to a late touchdown grab by Kenny Stills from Landry Jones. The Sooners’ vic-tory was the first meeting between the two schools as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Oklahoma will look for redshirt freshman Trevor Knight to come out fir-ing away in his first true test as a start-ing quarterback.

In the 2012 season, the Sooners w e n t 10-3

overall and 8-1 in the Big 12. Knight, a 6-foot-1, 201-pound quarterback out of San Antonio will look to take advantage of an inex-perienced West Virginia secondary.

“We’re going to a place that is incredibly, incredi-bly hard to play,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen. “They’re very well coached; they have lots of good players. We’re very in-experienced. I have a lot of concerns. We’ll watch the tape and try to get better at a few of

them.”In Saturday’s game

against William & Mary, WVU narrowly escaped a scare, winning 24-17. The Mountaineers were able to erase a 17-7 halftime deficit.

West Virginia quarter-b a c k

Paul Millard saw his first action as a starting quar-terback. The junior went 19-for-25 for 237 yards and a touchdown pass after connecting with wide re-ceiver Ronald Carswell for 69 yards.

“I thought the first drive was pretty impressive,” said offensive coordina-tor Shannon Dawson. “He managed the game well,

and that’s all we asked him to do. Overall, he

did a lot of things un-seen by the eye.”

Oklahoma made quick work of the Lou-isiana-Monroe War-hawks in its home opener.

The Sooners o n l y a l -

lowed

166 yards of total offense, and the Warhawks only crossed midfield twice.

In head coach Bob Stoops’ 150th career vic-tory, Knight rushed for 103 yards on 13 carries and threw three touchdown passes – two of which were to senior wide receiver Jalen Saunders. Oklahoma improved to 5-0 under Stoops in August’s games and 14-1 in home openers, with its only loss coming from TCU in 2005.

As for Knight, he became the first OU quarterback to have more than 100 rush-ing yards since Jason White against Kansas in 2001.

While some of his throws didn’t look perfect

going 11-for-28 that night,

K n i g h t ’ s abi l i ty to s c r a m b l e and make t h i n g s

happen is what gave the redshirt freshman the start over junior Blake Bell.

“The first game, you come out and you hope ev-erything goes well,” Knight said. “We struggled a lit-tle bit early on but just got comfortable as the game went on and made some big plays. I felt good from the beginning. I was dealing.

“I just missed a few things here and there, nothing big. We know we can correct it this week. That’s the good thing about this game– we know we can only go up from here.”

Despite Knight’s shaky play in the air, the Soon-ers’ defense really satis-fied Stoops and the coach-ing staff.

“Defensively, it’s one of the better games we’ve had in a long, long time,” Stoops said. “All the assignments, the communication, was maybe as sharp as we’ve had.”

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