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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
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by lauren caccamocorrespondent
@dailyathenaeum
West Virginia University is now working with com-munity colleges to ensure a seamless transition for in-coming transfer students, a population that now repre-sents one-fifth of the student body starting this year.
As the number of transfer students steadily increases, Anita Mayer, the director of the Office of Transitional Programs, said the school has recognized the need to work with two-year insti-tutions after the increase in transfer students and the open credits they bring along with them.
According to WVU’s Of-fice of Admissions website, “open credits” are courses
from other institutions that don’t have an exact match at WVU.
“There was a concern that these open credits were causing students to stay in college longer than they might need to,” Mayer said.
According to Mayer, many transfer students coming from community colleges with A.A. and A.S. degrees are unable to transfer some of their credits due to un-met standards of a bache-lor-degree-worthy course. Because these transfer stu-dents are unable to bring those earned credits with them to WVU, they become fall-through courses.
Mayer said she sees these non-transferable credits come up regularly as a lack of planning on the student’s part during their time in a
two-year institution. WVU plans to help these prospec-tive students by teaming up with community colleges across the state, as well as in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, to create a direct path and plan for students to follow into the University through whichever major they seek.
“Our goal is to reduce those non-transferable credits to make it easier on every transfer student and even on students who are going home to take classes over the summer,” Mayer said. “It’s important that we have as many direct equiv-alents as we possibly can.”
By “articulating” with two-year schools and com-munity colleges, WVU is
by caroline petersstaff writer
@dailyathenaeum
It’s official. University Place will be opening for residents Wednesday. Students who have signed a lease are now welcome to move in at their own pace.
“There’s not a magic date window. We want students to feel like they aren’t being rushed to move in because we understand that we are ap-proaching the end of the se-mester and could be very busy with school,” said Corey Far-ris, West Virginia University’s dean of students. “However, we want to provide students interested in moving now with the opportunity to do so.”
Students moving in can expect a brand new facil-ity, fully furnished and ready to be used. The new Univer-sity building portrays a mod-ern look for its residents. The building will provide residents with granite kitchen coun-
tertops, a flat-screen televi-sion, private bedrooms with locks on the doors, a washer and dryer, basic cable and individually controlled air conditioning.
The building is located off University Ave., in the heart of Sunnyside. This will give new residents the opportunity to walk to the WVU downtown campus in just a few min-utes. The building is also a few blocks away from Mor-gantown’s Rail Trail. Univer-sity Place is providing storage for residents who wish to have a bicycle at school. New resi-dents can expect some extra items in return for the build-ing’s opening date delay.
“There is an open house next week and goody bags for registering. We will be stock-ing their apartment with some groceries, soap, laundry soap, shampoo, mac and cheese and paper towels,” Farris said.
The open house for Univer-
University Place completed
by evelyn merithewassociate city editor
@dailyathenaeum
Yesterday evening, West Virginia University re-leased a statement taking immediate action against Greek life, indefinitely sus-pending all fraternities and sororities from chapter so-cial and pledging activities.
“Any pledging and new member activity is sus-pended indefinitely. Cer-tainly through the end of the semester and then (at) the beginning of next se-mester we’ll see where we’ll go,” said Corey Farris, dean of students. “Right now it’s time for a pause to take a look at things quite honestly.”
Farris said some activi-ties may be allowed with prior permission from the university such as chapter meetings and philatropic events that are already scheduled.
“We decided to sort of have a stand down or take a step back and take a look at where the fraternities and sororities have been recently and where they’re going in the future,” Farris said. “The moratorium is in place that they basically suspend most of their ac-tivities. There is a very nar-row focus on what they can continue to do.”
According to a press release, the suspension comes from two recent in-cidents including yester-day’s 911 call to receive emergency medical as-sistance for Kappa Sigma pledge Nolan Burch, and the Nov. 6 underage drink-ing incident that took place in South Park involving Sigma Chi pledges.
Following yesterday’s incident, WVU officials, the Inter-Fraternity Coun-cil and Panhellenic Coun-cil met, discussed and ul-timately decided on the suspension. They also re-leased a joint statement.
“First, our hearts, prayers and support go out to the student who is gravely ill and his family. Right now, that is our ut-most concern,” said Far-ris, Inter-Fraternity Coun-cil President Ansh Kumar and Panhellenic Council President Rachel Poe.
WVU is offering counsel-ing services for friends of Burch. Staff at the Carruth Center will be available by calling 304-293-4431.
The Morgantown Police Department and Univer-sity Police are both investi-gating yesterday’s incident. In a statement released by the MPD, detectives have been working with WVU police “to identify and in-terview pledge and frater-nity members of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity that may have been with the victim
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Transition to WVU from Community College made easier
Students honor Nolan BurchKappa Sigma pledge left in critical condition after Big, Little night got out of hand
by jacob bojessoneditor-in-chief
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West Virginia University freshman Nolan Burch, 18, was hospitalized after a “catastrophic medical emergency” at the Kappa Sigma Fraternity house late Wednesday night.
Morgantown Police De-partment responded to an unknown medical emer-gency at approximately 11:52 p.m. Wednesday night. The first officer to ar-rive at the scene performed CPR on Burch after finding him without any pulse or respiration according to a press release from MPD.
After being transported to Ruby Memorial Hospi-tal, Burch was put on life support and remained in intensive care as of Thurs-day night.
Burch, a native of Buf-falo, N.Y., was pledging to become a brother of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. MPD and University Police are working on identifying and interviewing pledge and fraternity members who were with Burch dur-ing the night.
Burch tweeted, “It’s about to be a very eventful night to say the least” hours before the incident.
Burch’s family has been with him at Ruby Memo-rial and has posted on so-cial media that he is unre-sponsive and in intensive care as well as stating they are trying to save his kid-neys for donation.
The University has been working to provide sup-port for Burch’s friends and family. As of late Thursday night they had no update on Burch’s condition.
“The latest that we’ve heard from the hospital is that he’s in critical con-dition and intensive care,” said Corey Farris, dean of students. “We’ve reached out to the family, we’ve reached out to the stu-dents that are in the frater-nity (and) other students that know him. The coun-selors and the psycholo-gists of the Carruth Center for counseling and psycho-
logical services have been to the hospital to talk to his friends. They’ve been to the residence halls and it’s also my understanding they’ve reached out to the fraternity”
Friends honored Burch with vigil
Several rumors of Burch passing away have been floating around social media Thursday, and the
WVU community has been in shock.
Burch lived on the sev-enth floor in Summit Hall and his friends on the floor, along with members of the community, honored Burch with a vigil on the Mountainlair Plaza Thurs-day night.
His friends were devas-tated to hear the news of Burch’s condition yesterday morning and describe him as a loving person that kept the spirit up on the floor.
“He was just a great guy honestly. He was friends with everyone on the floor and he was awesome to hang out with,” said Da-vis Rohrer. “Unbelievable would be the word. It def-initely was shocking and the fact that it happened to our group of friends. (I will remember him) by his spirit. He still exists in our lives. He was probably one of the happiest people on our floor.”
The group created a cir-
cle where they shared their emo-tions and mem-ories of Burch, before singing “Country Roads” arm in arm.
“This is one of those moments that really remind you of how pre-cious life really is,” said Mike Under-wood. “Every day we just wake up, go about our day (and) don’t re-ally think about it. These are the mo-ments when you
take a step back and re-alize the people that care about you and want to see you do well. You just have to go about your life and have fun, do exactly what you want to do because life is too short.”
Heidi Muller, the res-idence hall coordina-tor for Summit Hall, was proud of the students who showed up to the vigil to honor Burch and said he left a deep impression on the friends he made dur-
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Friends and floormates of WVU freshman Nolan Burch link arms and softly sing ‘Country Roads’ Thursday evening on the Mountainlair Green.
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working to ensure a stu-dent’s time spent in that institution will be spent wisely, knocking basic in-tro courses and GECs out of the way, so when the time comes to transfer, that stu-dent will be able to focus on his or her major and other interests.
WVU student Jonathan Herrera said the ease in his transfer last year from Northern Virginia Commu-nity College aided in his ability to concentrate on studies most important to him.
“The ease in the process has been helpful, especially coming from a community college,” Herrera said. “It took away from other re-quirements that I would have otherwise had and helped me focus on my ma-jor once I got here.”
Herrera, an economics student, spent two years at Lynchburg College start-ing in the fall of 2011. Af-ter taking a semester off, he decided to take courses at NOVA and then reach out to WVU to continue his education.
“It was very surprising that it transferred as easily as it did being a transfer stu-
dent from out-of-state and coming from an out-of-state community college. I didn’t think that it would be that easy, so that was a nice sur-prise I ran into here,” Her-rera said. “I banked on West Virginia, and it all worked out. I’m very glad.”
Herrera said most of the effortlessness in the pro-cess came from a database offered by WVU called the Transfer Equivalency Sys-tem, or TES.
Found on the Office of Admissions website, TES allows a student to predict how credits from other insti-tutions will transfer to WVU. The system produces a list of two-year colleges, allowing a student to click on an in-stitution and view a spread-sheet of specific courses that match with WVU courses.
Though Herrera proves that not all transfer stu-dents are from two-year in-stitutions, Mayer said in the transfer student popu-lation, the number coming from community colleges is on the rise.
“This is the wave of higher education. If I were to look into my own crystal ball, I would say that this is part of the new wave - that we will see more students start and complete their A.A. and A.S. degrees, and then transfer in at the junior level,” Mayer said.
Mayer said she sees po-tential in this “new wave” as an advancement in education.
“When you look at the bigger picture and what it might mean in the future, it really might mean better educated students,” Mayer said. “You’ve got students then who are getting this very concentrated, two-year program, and it allows the universities to divert their funds from teaching 5,000 seats of Psych 101 every se-mester to the junior and se-nior level into research and into externships and other opportunities that would be good for students.”
The articulation programs between WVU and commu-nity colleges are an attrac-tive alternative for students who wish to save money and stay close to home.
“We are working to the best of our ability to make sure every student gets the highest value of their educa-tion as possible,” Mayer said.
The Office of Transitional Programs is also working closely with the Admissions Office in order to better di-rect prospective students and effectively transition them into the University.
The Admissions Of-fice was unavailable for a comment.
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prior to his medical con-dition being reported to 911.”
There may be criminal charges, as well as viola-tions of the student con-duct code found.
“The action to halt fra-ternity and sorority activ-ities while these matters are being reviewed is being done with the well-being and safety of our students in mind. That is - and must always be - our foremost priority,” Farris said.
Friends of Burch, as well as the WVU Greek com-munity, took to Twitter to show him support.
The WVU Alpha Omi-cron Pi sorority ac-count tweeted, “Sending thoughts and prayers for our fellow mountaineer, Nolan Burch, his family and the brothers of Kappa Sigma.”
WVU’s Sigma Chi frater-nity account tweeted, “Our thoughts and prayers are with Nolan’s family and the brothers of Kappa Sigma.”
Ricky Schultz, Pres-ident of Beta Theta Pi, called the University’s de-cision to temporarily sus-pend Greek activities
“necessary.” “Considering the re-
cent events, the brothers of Beta Theta Pi believe the suspension of Greek activities was necessary to maintain the safety and security for West Virginia University students and the surrounding commu-nity,” Schultz said.
Student Body President Chris Nyden said he hopes changes will be made from the suspension.
“We hope the Universi-ty’s action of suspending Greek life activities will prove to be helpful,” he said. “Speaking as a mem-ber of a fraternity, I hope we can band together as a community and ensure that we uphold ourselves to a high standard.”
However, he added, it is important not to lose sight of what is important right now: Burch, as well as his immediate family and extended Mountain-eer family.
“Student Government stands with the rest of the WVU community to-day after the tragic event last night involving one of our fellow Mountaineers. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time,” Nyden said.
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by jennifer sKinnerstaff writer
@dailyathenaeum
The West Virginia Uni-versity Foundation, Student Government Association and Division for Student Life are proving that Moun-taineers are always grateful.
In conjunction with WVU’s A State of Minds, the WVU Foundation’s #Grate-fulWVU campaign encour-ages students to express their gratitude for people who have had a special im-pact on their Mountaineer experience, such as pro-fessors, friends, coaches or older siblings who at-tended WVU first and in-spired them to follow in their footsteps.
Nikky Luna, the director of donor relations at the WVU Foundation, ran a booth where students could publicly recognize the people for whom they are
grateful in the Mountainlair this week.
“I hope that, in general, students are grateful, and they realize that donors and recruiters are those who sustain and perpetu-ate our mission as a Univer-sity,” Luna said. “I hope that we act as a catalyst for get-ting people to think about those people.”
The movement leads up to National Philanthropy Day on Saturday, in which WVU acknowledges the generosity of donors who make scholarships, out-reach and improvements across campus possible.
“It underscores just how passionate, loyal and in-credibly special our Moun-taineer family is,” Luna said. “Even though this mini-campaign was prompted by National Philanthropy Day, our gratitude extends well beyond that to those who make the student ex-
perience possible.” Though National Philan-
thropy Day brings about a sense of campus-wide grat-itude every year, this year’s social media approach has allowed the campaign to reach out to more students, according to Luna.
“It’s coming from indi-viduals rather than us. We just want them to take a second to thank the people who are important to them as it relates to their Moun-taineer experience, donors or not,” Luna said.
Students have posted videos tagged with #Grate-fulWVU on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, while SGA, the Mountaineer Organization for Relief Efforts and other students have raised phil-anthropic awareness with a bake sale outside the Mountainlair.
“Behind every success-ful philanthropic organi-
zation, there’s a group of people (or) students who are passionate about some-thing that jump-starts their endeavors in those causes. It’s about being involved in something much larger than yourself,” said Mou-hammed Sakkal, director of philanthropy and senior biology student.
All bake sale revenue will go toward Scott’s Run Settlement House, which makes Thanksgiving din-ner baskets for families in need, and Humanitarian Assistance for Syrian Or-phan Refugees.
“We want to raise aware-ness of the Syrian Crisis because I feel like it is the deadliest humanitarian cri-sis, has the highest amount of refugees and there is in-justice all over the situa-tion,” said Sakkal, who is also the president of the Mountaineer Organization for Relief Efforts. “If people
knew more about it, they’d be more willing to help out with this charity and chari-ties like it; people are inher-ently good and they want to help out with these things, but they don’t know what’s happening in the world.”
Students have received the #GratefulWVU mes-sages with enthusiasm just like the campaign’s vol-unteers have worked with motivation and passion, as Sakkal described.
“I think this is a way to get involved in the school and reach out and meet new people,” said Saira Blair, a freshman econom-ics student who has dedi-cated time to volunteering at the #GratefulWVU bake sale. “I really want to see not just the same 10 per-cent of people who are al-ways involved; I want to see the new people who don’t usually participate in this kind of thing to step for-
ward to get involved.”Volunteers explained
the campaign’s social me-dia approach is an effec-tive method of reaching more students and antici-pate that it impacts the atti-tudes of some students.
“I hope it does stir some change and get people thinking less about them-selves and more about their support groups, the team that helped them get where they are today and to gain a sense of altruism and selflessness and give credit where credit is due,” Sakkal said. “It’s about letting stu-dents know that there are a plethora of causes that people need help for and getting students more in-volved and finding out what they’re passion about.”
For more information, visit http://astateofminds.com/gratefulwvu.
#Gratefulwvu campaign continues at on campus
sity Place will be held from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday.
Farris said he wants the move-in process to be a smooth one for leasers.
“The building is beau-tiful. We encountered a lot of inconveniences be-cause the building wasn’t finished when they were scheduled to move in,” Far-ris said. “From here on out, we want to make the transi-tion for students moving in easier. We will also be pro-viding a move-in company to help students move their belongings into the build-ing. It’s our way of making it up to the leasers.”
Those interested in living in University Place are still permitted to sign up.
“We are accepting peo-ple to sign leases,” Farris said. “We have current stu-dents and people waiting until January to move in. As long as we have space, we will sign people up for housing. We are excited that UP is finally opening up, and there are some great views of the city. Students should be excited.”
For more information, visit http://uplace.wvu.edu.
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CHarLESTON, W.Va. (aP) — Don Blankenship, the steely-eyed executive once dubbed “The Dark Lord of Coal Coun-try,” on Thursday became the highest-ranking coal official to face federal charges in the nation’s deadliest mine disas-ter in 40 years.
A federal grand jury in-dicted the former Massey Energy CEO on numerous counts of conspiracy in the April 2010 underground ex-plosion that killed 29 men at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia.
The 43-page indictment said Blankenship “knew that UBB was committing hun-dreds of safety-law violations every year and that he had the ability to prevent most of the violations that UBB was committing. Yet he fostered and participated in an un-derstanding that perpetu-ated UBB’s practice of routine safety violations, in order to
produce more coal, avoid the costs of following safety laws, and make more money.”
His attorney, William W. Taylor III, said in a statement that Blankenship “is entirely innocent of these charges. He will fight them and he will be acquitted.”
“Don Blankenship has been a tireless advocate for mine safety,” the statement said. “His outspoken criti-cism of powerful bureaucrats has earned this indictment. He will not yield to their effort to silence him. He will not be intimidated.”
But Pam Napper, whose son, Josh Napper, was among the miners who died that day, said “it’s about time” Blankenship was called to account.
“He was a big part of this,” she said. “He knew what was going on in that mine and continued to let it go. I hope he gets what he deserves. I
am so excited. They aren’t sad tears today. They’re happy tears.”
Earlier this year, Blanken-ship sponsored and appeared in a 50-minute documentary titled “Upper Big Branch — Never Again.” In it, he argued that regulators never got to the truth about what hap-pened underground.
“If someone wants to know the truth about what hap-pened at UBB, they need to go ubbneveragain.com and watch the documentary,” Blankenship, in his signature even baritone, told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes early last month.
But U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said the truth is contained in the indictment.
In February 2013, a former longtime subordinate, David Hughart, testified that Blan-kenship ordered the wide-spread corporate practice of warning coal miners about surprise federal inspections.
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said the root cause of the blast was Massey’s “systematic, in-tentional and aggressive ef-forts” to conceal life-threat-ening problems. MSHA said managers even maintained two sets of pre-shift inspec-tion books - an accurate one for themselves, and a sani-tized one for regulators.
The indictment says Blan-kenship conspired to vio-late standards at the mine from January 2008 until April 2010, when the explosion tore through the tunnels.
The explosion prompted federal officials to begin monthly “impact” inspec-tions at problem mines throughout Appalachia in addition to routine state and federal visits. MSHA said last month that it has conducted 823 “impact” inspections sites and issued more than 13,000 citations since the
explosion.Alpha Natural Resources
bought Massey for $7.1 bil-lion in June 2012. Blanken-ship retired ahead of the merger.
“We can only hope that the outcome of the upcom-ing proceedings that were announced today will pro-vide some level of comfort and closure for the families of the fallen miners and to the larger community where we live and operate,” Alpha said in a statement.
Four investigations into the disaster found that worn and broken cutting equip-ment created a spark that ig-nited accumulations of coal dust and methane gas. Bro-ken and clogged water spray-ers allowed what should have been a minor flare-up to be-come an inferno.
Blankenship started a blog to push his assertion that the presence of natural gas
in the mine, and not meth-ane gas and excess coal dust, was at the root of the explo-sion. He said getting to that “truth” was “the best way to honor the victims of Upper Big Branch ...”
In the November 2010 Rolling Stone article in which the “dark lord” moniker was coined, Jeff Goodell de-scribed the former $18 mil-lion-a-year man as “the un-disputed king of coal in West Virginia.”
“Other Big Coal CEOs who operate in Appalachia are business-school types who have offices in other states and leave the dirty work to their minions,” he wrote. “Blankenship, by contrast, is a rich hillbilly who believes that God put coal in the ground so that he could mine it, and anyone — or any law — that stands in his way needs to be beaten down, bought off or tied up in court.
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Schmitt’s Saloon is in for a rowdy country music experience as the music venue hosts Chris Knight and the Davisson Broth-ers Band tonight.
Chris Knight is as coun-try as they come. Born and raised in the small coal town of Slaughters, Ky., the former strip-mine inspector has always shown a passion for mak-ing music.
“I don’t ever get in a big rush about things,” Knight said. “I took my time, like I always do. Write a song every now and then. I don’t like to talk about politics, but I do write what I’m thinking about.”
The artist’s lyrics tell tales of hard times, broken hearts and tough lessons learned. Releasing his first of eight albums in 1998, Knight is no stranger to the world of country mu-sic. For 15 years, Knight has let his music speak, playing in music halls and roadhouse taverns across the country.
In his first album since 2008, Knight released “Lit-tle Victories” in Septem-ber 2012. Reuniting with producer Ray Kennedy, who produced “Enough Rope” and two of Knight’s “Trailer Tapes” albums,
the country singer’s most recent record speaks of blue-collar struggles. Well-known for his work with Steve Earle, Emmy-lou Harris, John Mellen-camp and Lucinda Wil-liams, Kennedy said “Little Victories” has a lit-tle more of a country/rock sound.
“As we were tracking in the studio, the sounds I was sending back through the headphones were pretty tough and edgy,” Kennedy said. “It made ev-erybody crank their amps up higher and dig a little deeper.”
“Little Victories” is an album recorded almost 100 percent live. The country crooner’s natu-ral approach to the re-cord combines genuine lyrics with acoustic tones. The 11-track album fea-tures guest vocals and an array of acoustic appear-ances from slide guitars and violins.
“It’s the content of his voice as well as the char-acter of the songs,” Ken-nedy said. “When you lis-ten to this record a few times, you realize there’s a really unique social com-mentary woven in.”
Knight’s lyrics about small-town struggles al-low him to be a hit with college-aged students, singing of real truths that resonate with individuals.
The Davisson Brothers Band will also perform. Band members Donnie, Chris and Sammy Davis-son and drummer Aaron Regester blend south-ern rock and bluegrass styles to make up the ul-timate country sound. Schmitt’s Saloon is a venue all too familiar to the group, with The Da-visson Brothers Music Hall inside of the venue taking its name after the band.
Music is a family tra-dition for the Davisson Brothers Band with lyr-ics that tell stories of fam-ily and life choices for the West Virginia natives.
The Davisson Brothers Band released its only al-bum, “Davisson Brothers Band” in March of 2009. The high-energy album includes 13 songs that mix soulful ballads and guitar solos made just for boogeying.
On Nov. 11,, The Da-visson Brothers Band re-leased its single “Jesse James,” a hit that de-scribes the conflict be-tween creating mischief and granting good deeds.
The show will start at 8 p.m. tonight at Schmitt’s Saloon. Tickets for the show can be purchased at http://schmittssaloon.com/.
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Chris Knight, Davisson Brothers Band take the stage
123 PleaSant Street
Goodwolf plays album release show
Roman meisenbeRgGoodwolf’s new album, ‘Car in the Woods,’ will be available for purchase at the show tonight.
By ashley DeNarDoA&E Editor
@AmdEnArdo
Two years ago, Tyler Grady of the local band Sleepwalker branched out to create his own side project known as Good-wolf. He released his first album, “Shitty Kids,” with eight original tracks.
Goodwolf released its second album, “Car in the Woods,” Oct. 14. Grady said he’s grown as an art-ist in a subtle way.
“I guess my tastes have c ha ng e d s o m e w hat,” Grady said. “I still live for the pop song, and I really like the idea of bringing the pop sound to its rock limits.”
His creative process consists of locking himself away for hours, recording until it feels complete.
“Anything can be inspi-ration when it comes to writing,” Grady said. “I also just write freely for myself from time to time, kind of like a random thoughts journal. It helps, and sometimes there are song lyrics in there. I’m con-stantly taking notes.”
As for the name of his side project, Grady said there wasn’t any good story behind it, but there was a cool meaning.
“I always kind of saw it as kind of a misnomer,” Grady said. “I like the idea of mixing blatant honesty with the idea of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
Goodwolf will perform at 123 Pleasant Street for an album release show tonight.
“The release show is gonna be awesome,” Grady said. “We have Old Indian from Frederick, Md., open-ing up the show, and they are awesome. They are a hard rock band, kind of like The Black Keys or even Dust. Also, we are going to have an album art contest where you draw your own album cover on actual re-cord jackets, and the prize is going to be a package from my record label, Twin Cousins Records.”
Bud Carroll, a West Vir-ginia native, will fill in with lead guitar for the show. Carroll has worked with American Minor, Bud Carroll and the Southern Souls and AC30. He plays
many instruments includ-ing drums, bass and cello.
“It’s going to be the best sound we’ve gotten at 123,” Grady said.
The new album is backed by a new record label, Twin Cousins Re-cords. Listen to or pur-chase it on vinyl at https://t w i n c o u s i n s r e c o r d s .bandcamp.com/album/car-in-the-woods/.
Goodwolf also released a new music video on vimeo.com for the new song, “Rechico.” It can be found at http://vimeo.com/110291440/.
To listen to Old Indian’s music, visit http://oldin-dian.bandcamp.com/.
The release show will be at 10 p.m. tonight at 123 Pleasant Street. Audience members have a chance to win prizes just for show-ing up along with an al-bum cover design contest.
Grady said he hopes people are as excited to at-tend the show as the mu-sicians are to perform it.
“This is literally my favorite thing that I’ve done,” he said.
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DWI icing on the cake for ValastroNEW YORK (AP) — New
York City prosecutors have charged “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro with three misdemeanor counts of drunken-driving.
A criminal complaint says Bartolo Valastro, of Mont-ville, New Jersey, was pulled over in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood at 12:30 a.m. Thursday.
He didn’t enter a plea and was released. His law-yer declined to comment. His next court date is Jan. 6.
The complaint says the 37-year-old reality show star smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and was unsteady. It says he had a blood alcohol content of 0.09 percent. New York’s le-
gal limit is 0.08 percent.Police say officers ob-
served Valastro’s yellow 2014 Corvette swerving through traffic.
Valastro operates several bakeries and his show “Cake Boss” airs on TLC. Mes-sages left with TLC and his Hoboken, New Jersey, lo-cation weren’t immediately returned.
Today, the West virginia University School of Art and Design will be hosting its second annual Iron Pour event.
WvU has hosted smaller events in the past in which only students were invited. How-ever, the school is making the event bigger by inviting the public as well as students and faculty.
An event this big takes much time to get ready for with such a huge crowd, so the preparation got started at the beginning of the fall semester. A couple of weeks before the event, students start preparing materials.
The students and faculty are the ones who make the molds, but there are a cou-ple of empty tiles for any interested mem-
bers of the crowd to experience the excite-ment themselves.
Last year, within an 8-hour period, approx-imately 3,000 pounds of iron were poured.
There is safety gear involved with such a dangerous event.
For those who do not want to participate in the activities that require the safety gear, there are many other activities available.
For those who love art, science, teamwork and pyrotechnics, this is the place to come and enjoy them all at once.
The event will be held from noon-6 p.m. at the rear entrance of the CAC.
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It has been a pretty and mild autumn here in Mor-gantown, but we are now approaching mid-Novem-ber and the inevitable win-ter season.
People who live in Ha-waii may idealize the con-cept of a white Christmas, but those of us who are used to the long and cold months tend to dread this time of year. The darkness, frigid temperatures and the stress of holiday season is known to trigger the “win-ter blues” for many.
I liken the feeling of the winter blues to a feel-ing of hibernation. The re-duced sunlight contributes to sluggishness and lower energy levels; crawling out of bed in the morning is a chore when it is pitch black and freezing.
Stuck inside, you’re more likely to gain weight as you crave comfort food and are wrapped in blan-kets instead of being ex-posed in a bathing suit. Re-duced energy makes you less likely to be active. You can feel almost heavy and
weighed down, unlike the easy, breezy, sunny days of summer.
Living in the northern part of the country where winter days last longer makes you far more likely to feel this way.
It’s important to distin-guish “winter blues” from Seasonal Affective Disor-der, which is a clinical di-agnosis that happens every year and is characterized by many more seasons with depression than with-out depression over your lifetime. People who think they may be suffering from SAD should see a doctor.
However, what most of us are in need of is a lit-tle pick-me-up during the cold months, and there are many ways to do this. The long winter can affect our circadian rhythm, se-rotonin levels and melato-nin. It’s up to us to combat these effects.
First and foremost, let there be light! Open the blinds, sit close to bright windows and maybe even invest in a therapy light box. Some can be expen-sive, but there is a “Happy Light Energy Lamp” for only $40 at Brookstone. When you think about how
long winter lasts, it may be worth the investment. These light boxes fight fa-tigue and lethargy, causing a change in brain chemi-cals linked to mood.
Make an effort to get Vi-tamin D from outdoors, as well, even if it’s cloudy or cold - sunlight exposure re-leases neurotransmitters in the brain that we need. Take a multivitamin con-taining Vitamin D if you can’t tolerate the cold.
Getting outside can also prevent that irritable, cooped-up feeling of cabin fever.
Taking care of your body is crucial during the win-ter. Exercise to release all the “feel good” chemicals you can; the effects of exer-cise can lift your mood for hours and make you feel better about yourself.
Here is a no-brainer: What you eat impacts your energy levels too, and the holiday season is filled with excuses to stuff yourself. Because serotonin levels are lower in winter, it leads to a craving for food high in carbohydrates. Don’t deprive yourself, but try to stay healthy and hydrated instead of binge-eating and drinking while stuck
indoors. Winter really might not
be your thing - it sure isn’t mine - but finding a way to embrace the season a little bit can do wonders.
Do all the things that people who live in the des-ert dream of. Sled, have snowball fights, snow-board, ice skate or ski. We’re lucky here in Mor-gantown to live less than an hour from Wisp Resort.
Sure, trudging through
snow can get old, but make sure to appreciate that first pure snowfall that enve-lopes everything in a spar-kling white blanket. Em-brace a cup of steamy hot cocoa with marshmallows if that’s what does the trick for you. Light a roaring fire if you have a fireplace, and snuggle up with loved ones.
Take advantage of the time indoors to read, learn a hobby like crocheting or dedicate yourself to watch-
ing every special on ABC’s 25 Days of Christmas.
It is safe to say we wouldn’t appreciate the other months if winter wasn’t so…wintery. Do your best to find a way to enjoy and embrace these cold upcoming months, and before you know it, we will be complaining about bathing suit shopping sea-son once again.
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Internet awareness only first step Social media is a major
source of communication and information sharing in 2014. We thrive on the ability to get the latest news sent directly to our pockets.
With such popularity, it is not surprising many individuals, institutions and organizations use so-cial media campaigns to spread the word about their causes or products. These campaigns often center around a hashtag, or even, in some cases, whole accounts centered around
a certain idea.However, it is important
to remember these cam-paigns can only take us so far.
Tweeting a hashtag to support a cause may help with awareness issues, but it doesn’t help fund re-search or provide volunteer time to better the commu-nity. While actively speak-ing out about something is a great first step, it is im-portant for action to follow.
We all have a cause, for many of us several causes,
which speak directly to us. In order to truly make a dif-ference in these, we often-times need to do more than tell the people around us it is an issue.
As a society, we need to
break the habit of posting on the Internet and break into the world of action. Volunteering time, money and resources to help those around us and actively make changes will have
longer-lasting effects than a tweet or status update.
While social media plays a big role in awareness, we need to make sure this isn’t where our activism stops. Falling into the rut of be-lieving a retweet or a like is enough will only further the problem you are trying to fix.
If everyone challenged themselves to physically participate in the cam-paigns they supported on-line, imagine how much more could be done.
The first step is knowing what you support. Whether it’s a non-profit cause or a social change campaign, know the details. Research and find out what is being done in your area.
From there it is up to you to get involved and to be-come an active participant- not just a passive poster from behind a screen.
As the saying goes, ac-tions speak louder than words.
OUr VIeWSocial media awareness is a great first step, but it is still important
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Feeling at ease off campus: How you can make apartment living safer
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Moving into your own place off campus is very exciting, but can also come with some fears of having responsibilities and hav-ing to deal with everything that comes with it.
From robberies to creepers, having your own place may seem a bit scary at first, but there are plenty of things that you and your landlord can do to make you feel more at ease.
Burglars:Robberies are definitely
something to be afraid of, but there are a few things you can do to help you feel safer in your home, and feel safe when you leave. You could ask your land-lord if it would be possi-ble to have a door alarm installed so you’ll be able to keep your stuff safe and sound when you are away.
It would also be a great idea to get renters insur-ance so if there does hap-pen to be a break-in, you’ll be able to get reimbursed for your items. Renters in-surance is usually for each individual renter, and can usually be worked out through the insurance company that your parents utilize. A door alarm and renters insurance together would be a very safe bet.
You could also invest in a dog that will alert you of intruders. If animals aren’t allowed where you live, but you feel like you would feel a lot safer, why not try and work something out with your landlord? If it’s still a no go, the other two op-tions should be fine, but a puppy would be fun any-way so why not get some fun and safety out of it?
A good dead bolt on the front door would also do the trick to help put your mind at ease. This should
already be installed in your place, but if not, contact your landlord and see if one can be added.
Also make sure that your windows have the abil-ity to be locked properly, not by some flimsy clasp. The front door is usually not a burglar’s first form of entry, so you want to make sure you can lock all entrances.
Having a porch light that functions is great to have on too, even when you’re not home. It will help you see if you get home from class late, and will make it look like someone is al-ways home, even when they’re not.
Neighbor complaints:Another thing students
might worry about in their own off campus housing is getting in trouble by neigh-bors/having really annoy-ing neighbors.
You don’t want to be keeping someone else up and have them call the cops, but you also don’t want someone who parties long into the night keeping you up before your 8 a.m.
Though you can’t choose your neighbors, your land-lord can be of service. They will most likely tell you when “quiet hours” begin for your area, if there are designated hours, and you should be respectful of it.
Having the cops called on you would definitely not be a fun turn of events.
In turn, if you have some annoying neigh-bors, maybe mention your grievances to your land-lord. You’re not being a snitch, you’re simply try-ing to make living bearable for yourself. If they make noise once in a blue moon, obviously don’t get obnox-ious with telling on every little thing, but if they have a dog that never ever shuts up or throw parties all day everyday, it may be time to say something.
Also, if there are creeps that either live around where you do, or are sim-
ply hanging around and don’t live there, it would be a good idea to mention it to your landlord. You want to feel safe walking home and not having to worry about a creepy neighbor or some random straggler waiting for you.
Lighting:Speaking of walking
home, a lot of neighbor-hoods may not be all that lit up, making it pretty creepy at night when walk-ing back from a night class.
Of course requesting more street lamps might be a bit of a stretch, but why not suggest to your land-lord that it is quite dark and maybe some smaller
outdoor lamps would make an improvement for all residents who walk in the dark.
Depending on where you live, this may be some-thing to bring up with the management of the com-plex, but your landlord will either be able to ad-dress your concerns, or point you in the direction of someone who can.
Mold, pests and other hazards:
Mold, termites, bed bugs, mice, toxic pop-corn ceilings, these are all things to be concerned about and may be over-whelming if you have to deal with them on your own.
Your landlord has pre-sumably been in the busi-ness for a long time, and will be able to help you with grievances such as these that are disturbing your living space. Depend-ing on your lease, they may even cover the cost for you as well, so good commu-nication on issues such as these will be very benefi-cial to you.
They can supply you with ways to avoid these things in the first place, and what to do if you un-fortunately encounter one. A lot of places for rent are usually old, so don’t think it’s automatically your fault if something happens. Many other people have lived there, and may not have taken as good of care of the place as they should have, so things like mold definitely aren’t that rare.
Try and do your part to prevent these things, and ask for help if you need it.
Having your own place may be a little scary at first, but with the help and knowledge of your land-lord, your fears should be a little less on your mind, and you can enjoy all the wonders that off campus living has to offer.
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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR
Born today This year you will be encouraged to be calmer, espe-cially when handling a lot of respon-sibilities. You will gain in stature, and others will become more respectful. Your ability to transform difficult sit-uations into workable ones marks your attitude. If you are single, you will seek the right mate. Enjoy dat-ing, but avoid making any commit-ments until you are absolutely sure you want to be with the person in question. If you are attached, the two of you could become involved in a public commitment; this activ-ity easily will bond you much closer together. LEO adds to the fun.
ARIES (MARch 21-ApRIl 19) HHHH You know you could handle a difficult encounter, but you might
prefer to avoid it. If you can, leave work early in order to maximize the moment. Your fun and lively per-sonality is likely to make others look forward to greeting the weekend. Tonight: Play the night away.
TAURUS (ApRIl 20-MAy 20) HHH Recognize how much you need to do and how much you are willing to do. Your awareness of a loved one’s de-sire for your help might encourage you to be more available. Someone you deal with regularly could be dif-ficult. Help this person figure out a solution. Tonight: Head home.
GEMINI (MAy 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Your words this morning will make others smile. Do not start a deep conversation with someone who seems relatively depressed. You could find it difficult, but know that
it’s necessary to let this person work through his or her problem without your help. Tonight: TGIF!
cANcER (JUNE 21-JUly 22) HHH You have much more going for you than you might realize. Listen to someone’s ideas about your fi-nances. You might want to take a gamble, but you also could be con-cerned with the risk. Remain direct in your dealings. Tonight: Treat a friend to munchies.
lEO (JUly 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You’ll get what you want, but part of what you receive could be disap-pointing. Perhaps your expectations have been too high. Regardless, you quickly will see the right path, so you aren’t likely to experience a letdown. Tonight: Your charm and magnetism attract many people.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEpT. 22) HHH Continue to maintain a low profile if you want to keep the peace while gaining information. Someone who says little might make you and oth-ers feel uneasy. Be direct in what you say, but try to avoid any con-flicts at this point. Tonight: Follow your instincts.
lIBRA (SEpT. 23-OcT. 22) HHHH You will want to brainstorm with a creative friend who tends to think outside the box. This person might not come up with a conclusive state-ment or idea immediately, but just give him or her some time. You’ll be pleased with the outcome. Tonight: Find a reason to celebrate.
ScORpIO (OcT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Your determination helps you plow a path to success. Others could find you to be somewhat distant at
the moment. Don’t be surprised if you get some odd responses from friends. Hold up the mirror to under-stand their reactions. Tonight: Some-one is delighted to see you!
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEc. 21) HHHH Make a point of finding an expert. You might benefit from speaking with a source who often is filled with suggestions. However, you also could be overwhelmed by the seemingly endless chatter. Be grateful for the ideas. Tonight: Con-sider taking off for the weekend.
c ApRIcORN (DEc. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Those close to you might be overwhelming in how they want to run the show. Free yourself up for a less demanding pace. One key per-son will let you know that you are in-dispensable by the end of the day! Tonight: Out with a favorite person.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You’ll accept a lot of respon-sibilities, but the pressure might be very difficult to handle. Friends will want to help, but they are likely to need some direction from you. Rarely are others so available to be at your beck and call. Enjoy the moment! Tonight: Clear your desk first.
pIScES (FEB. 19-MARch 20) HH You could be blocked when reaching out to someone. Watch a tendency to voice your opinion when it is not wanted, as it could come off as an-noying to others. Remain confident and direct. Tonight: Off to the gym.
Born today Former U.S. Sec-retary of State Condoleezza Rice (1954), former U.S. first lady Mamie Eisenhower (1896).
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Mountaineer Comedy Club finishes strongBy Westley thoMpson
AssociAte A&e editor
The Mountaineer Com-edy Club finished strong for its last show of the se-mester. Two comedians were featured, and each brought their own style to the stage.
Krish Mohan was the first comedian to take the stage in the Side Pocket in the basement of the Mountainlair. He’s famous for his online comedy se-ries “Fork Full of Noodles” where he deconstructs typ-ical news stories.
Mohan’s jokes consisted of observational comedy centered around cultural differences and race. With each punchline he deliv-ered a witty and accurate
observation about modern day cultures.
One joke centered around Mohan trying to strike a compromise in re-gards to arranged marriage with his Indian parents. He didn’t want to go straight to arranged marriages, so instead asked for a few ar-ranged one-night-stands first.
Another particularly funny bit dealt with Mo-han’s grandfather who was only in America for a few days. While walk-ing through a supermarket Mohan and his grandfather came across bananas for only 25 cents. His grand-father boasted he could find bananas for only 15 cents, despite not being in the country long enough
to develop such network-ing connections.
Although race-centered humor is considered by some to be outdated or cli-che, Mohan handled it with intelligent new energy and truly created something of his own. None of the jokes felt like they had been used before by someone else, and each of his observa-tions were quite novel in their own way.
The second comedian on stage last night was Stewart Huff. Huff’s origi-nal job was to pitch televi-sion ideas to Adult Swim; however, he gave this job up when he decided to pur-sue his own style of comedy on the road.
Huff ’s comedy routine was unlike anything Moun-
taineer Comedy Club has seen before. Rather than line up a series of jokes or stories to entertain the au-dience, Huff constructed an hour long argument in favor of his belief that hu-mans are scared curious poets.
During his hour on stage Huff covered science, the U.S. education system, art and religion. With each point he argued how man is different than animals and how that difference is solely caused by curiosity.
Do not make the mis-take of thinking Huff’s rou-tine was boring or preachy. During his set the audi-ence laughed harder than ever before at Mountain-eer Comedy Club. Each point was argued with hi-
larious accuracy, the type of jokes that left the audi-ence in tears because it was so funny and so true.
Last evening’s show was the most impressive yet. Good comedy is more than just penis jokes and stories about an annoying mother in-law. Truly good comedy and truly talented comedians will make the audience not only laugh, but also think. The jokes will be funny, but bring up real ideas and real top-ics that will leave the audi-ence thinking days after the show. Last night, both co-medians did just that.
For more of Krish Mo-
han’s humor check out his website http://raman-noodlescomedy.com/tag/fork-full-of-noodles/. If you’re interested in Stew-art Huff’s take on the world and the people who inhabit it, check out his comedy CD, “I Don’t Think I Be-lieve Us.”
Although the comedy is over for the rest of this se-mester, the laughs will re-sume after winter break. Mountainlair Comedy Club runs shows twice a month 8 p.m. Thursday nights in the Side Pocket of the Mountainlair.
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Shannon McKenna/The DaILY aThenaeUMIndustrial Relations student Elise Carenbauer dresses for the cold winter weather. “I like having bright colors and patterns in my closet because it gives variety to my wardrobe,” Carenbauer said. “But a lot of times the outfits I have I just fall in love with when I’m shopping so I have to have it.”
nIcK hoLSTeIn/The DaILY aThenaeUMKrish Mohan opened up the show at the side pocket providing insight from the life of an immigrant.
nIcK hoLSTeIn/The DaILY aThenaeUMStewart Huff asks members of the crowd to put themselves in the shoes of a caveman and see if they could come up with a better explanation of how the world works.
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Perfect timing for
WVURight after West Vir-
ginia was handed its sec-ond-straight loss of the season, bringing its record to an average 6-4, 4-3 Big 12, I believed a bye week for the Mountaineers was exactly what they needed.
As the week went on, and WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen addressed the media Tuesday about his current shaken up team’s mentality, all signs were pointing in a positive direction.
And that is the only men-tality the Mountaineers can afford to have right now. It’s no longer time in the season where a mistake here and there can occur – every mistake made by the Mountaineers right now is one huge gain when tak-ing on some extremely tal-ented opponents through-out the Big 12.
Holgorsen believes in this team greatly, as he said he views his team be-ing where expected right now in the season: A bet-ter squad from last year, but still sees much room for improvement.
“I think we’re about where I thought we would to be honest with you. I thought we would show improvement on all three sides of the ball,” Hol-gorsen said. “What we dealt with offensively last year, I don’t anticipate ever having to deal with that (again) with so many new guys who are put in posi-tion to have to play as first-year players.
“Defensively, I knew we would get better, because we’ve got how many start-ers who were going into their junior year who have played for two straight years.”
To me, being able to have that experience across the board for the Mountain-eers is what I view as their biggest motivation fac-tor going through this sea-son, which has been any-thing but easy with the level of competition WVU has faced.
After getting beaten up in Austin against a Texas team that has had problem after problem this season under first-year head coach Charlie Strong, the energy of the Mountaineers hit a low for the season.
Not to mention, West Virginia entering Week 11 was coming off a game that in the eyes of many – including myself – should have been won by the Mountaineers, but they could not seal to the deal to a red hot TCU Horned Frog squad.
Moving forward, with only two regular season games remaining for the Mountaineers, we shall see just how they handle the rest of the season with the hopes of a Big 12 Champi-onship long gone now.
Holgorsen said this is a great time for his play-ers to get some rest to as-sure a healthy and fired up Mountaineer squad for next Thursday, especially with the amount of snaps many Mountaineer players have taken thus far.
“We’ve got five offensive linemen who have played about 900 snaps,” he said. “We’ve got a linebacker and three safeties – (Nick) Kwiatkoski, Karl (Joseph), KJ (Dillon) and Dravon (Henry) – who have all played about 800 snaps.”
anthony pecorarosports editor@pecorarowvunews IT’S GAME TIME
FILE PHOTO/THE DAILY ATHENAEUMSenior guard Juwan Staten moves the ball down the court during a game last season.
West Virginia opens season, prepares for year without big-time players from 2013by david schlakeassociate sports editor
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West Virginia will tip off its season against Mon-mouth University at 7 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum.
This will be the first time Mountaineer fans will get to see this season’s squad in a regular season game without some of the team’s biggest names from last year.
Aside from the Pre-season Big 12 Player of the Year, Juwan Staten, West Virginia will be playing without three of their top scorers from last season
as Eron Harris, Terry Hen-derson and Remi Dibo are all gone. Harris (17.2ppg points per game) trans-ferred to Michigan State University, Henderson (11.7ppg) transferred to North Carolina State Uni-versity and Dibo (7.3ppg) moved back to France to pursue a professional bas-ketball career.
Fortunately for the Mountaineers, Staten has stated he’s feeling better from the injury he suffered in practice during the off-season, which is the best news fans could hear.
“I’m doing all right,” Staten said in a press con-ference after WVU’s 109-60
win over Shepherd Univer-sity. “The biggest thing is my wind. I haven’t had too many days of practice so I’m a little behind. My an-kle is fine. My knee’s both-ering me a little bit, but I’m getting healthy.”
Staten led the Mountain-eers in most of the stat lines last season, sitting atop of the list in points, assists, steals and playing time.
Coach Bob Huggins has discussed his high expec-tations for freshman guard Daxter Miles Jr., despite a rough showing against Shepherd in which he went 1-5 from behind the arc.
“That’s the worst he’s been in all honesty,” Hug-
gins said in the postgame press conference. ”He’s played much better than that. He didn’t shoot as well as he’s shot it, he wasn’t as active as what he’s been. (He) has great athleticism. It doesn’t do a lot of good to have athleticism if you don’t use it. I didn’t think he made plays that he’s made in practice that he’s capable of making.”
Many players who didn’t have solidified starting roles last season will be ex-pected to pick up the slack left behind by WVU’s three favorite perimeter shoot-ers from last season. Soph-omore forward Nathan Adrian, senior guard Gary
Browne and sophomore forwards Brandon Watkins and Devin Williams will all have to meet higher ex-pectations than those set a year ago.
The Mountaineers are coming off of two rough seasons in which they went 13–19 (6–12 Big 12) and 17–16 (9–9 Big 12).
Today is the first oppor-tunity for the Mountain-eers to prove they are mov-ing upward toward being a more successful program, and to show they are con-fident in making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2012.
new season, different team for WvU
FILE PHOTO/THE DAILY ATHENAEUMJunior Guard Bria Holmes goes up for a layup during a game last season.
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The West Virginia Uni-versity women’s basketball team will finally get regu-lar season underway Satur-day, when they take on the Eastern Kentucky Colonels in a first round matchup of the Women’s Preseason National Invitation Tourna-ment at 7 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum.
The Mountaineers go into the season facing customar-ily high expectations – both the Associated Press and the USA Today Coaches’ Poll ranked them 17th in the country, and the team has made five consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
Although last year’s Mountaineers set a pro-gram record for regular season wins, Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year Bria Holmes says this year’s team should not have to face comparison to its for-mer squad.
“We’re not last year’s
team at all,” Holmes said. “I think everybody compar-ing us to last year’s team, there’s no comparison at all. We have a lot of new peo-ple here, and we had five seniors last year that were experienced.”
Inexperience will more than likely be a factor, es-pecially early on in the sea-son. Out of the ten scholar-ship players on the roster, five have never played a game for the Mountain-eers. Known for his com-plex defense, head coach Mike Carey says he will have to adjust the game plan early on to account for the new faces still learning the system.
“We’re still learning how to play defensively,” Carey told big12sports.com. “You’ll probably see us play some more zone and some junk defenses. I don’t like to do that but we’ll have to be-cause of the lack of depth. We’ll get better as the year goes on.”
Their opponent, Eastern Kentucky, is coming off a
17-13 season that saw them finish in a tie for third in the Ohio Valley Conference. Led by sixth-year coach Chrissy Roberts, the Colonels re-turn three starters from last year’s team, the first to reach the OVC Tournament semi-finals in nine years.
Last year’s Colonels were paced by senior guard Ma-rie Carpenter, who aver-aged more than 20 points per game, but her depar-ture leaves Eastern Ken-tucky looking for someone to step up as the No. 1 op-tion. The team’s top return-ing player is junior forward Shelly Harper, who aver-aged over 10 points and six rebounds per contest last year.
The Mountaineers will play in the Women’s Pre-season NIT for the second time in program history. In 2009, they lost to Ohio State in the semifinals. Inciden-tally, they will take on Ohio State on Dec. 22, near the end of a non-conference schedule that includes a matchup with state rival
Marshall.This year’s Women’s Pre-
season NIT contains four other teams that reached the NCAA Tournament last year: Albany, North Da-kota, Penn State and West-ern Kentucky. Should
the Mountaineers prevail against Eastern Kentucky, they will face the winner of the Seton Hall/Rider matchup on Monday at the WVU Coliseum.
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It’s championship time. West Virginia will be travel-ing to Akron, Ohio, for the MAC Championship Tour-nament starting tonight.
The Mountaineers will kick off the tournament by taking on the Bowling Green Falcons. West Virginia han-dled the Falcons in their meeting by a score of 2-1.
This win didn’t come easy for the Mountaineers. After conceding an own goal in the 21st minute, the men
had to fight back for the victory.
Jad Arslan tied the game at the end of the first half with a diving header. How-ever, the Mountaineers needed an even better sec-ond half to cap off the vic-tory. In the 78th minute, Andy Bevin sent a free kick into the box where Jack El-liott would complete an-other diving header, giving the Mountaineers a 2-1 vic-tory against the Falcons.
The Mountaineers qual-ified for the MAC Tourna-ment as the No. 2 seed, the highest ranking they have
gotten since joining the MAC in 2012.
The Mountaineers are also looking to change an-other aspect in their recent MAC history. In both tour-naments the Mountaineers have played in, they have been knocked out in the first round.
Northern Illinois de-feated the Mountaineers in heartbreaking fashion in 2012, and Akron defeated them in 2013.
The Akron Zips are the team all the others will be looking to knock off heading into this weekend. The Zips
are the two-time defending champions of the tourna-ment, and they hold the ad-vantage of playing at home. This is also the third straight season Akron will host the MAC Tournament.
The other game today will feature Akron and Western Michigan playing in the No. 1 and 4 seed game.
The winners of today’s action will move on to the championship game that will be held Sunday.
West Virginia has never made the MAC Title Game, but they will be looking to flip the script this sea-
son. The Mountaineers are 2-1 against the other three teams in the tournament.
Not only will the Moun-taineers be looking to take the MAC crown, but they are also looking to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011.
The Mountaineers de-feated Xavier in overtime, 2-1, before falling to Mary-land in the second round of the tournament.
Finally, the Mountaineers finished the regular season with their most wins since the 2011 season. The Moun-taineers won 11 games
back-to-back years in 2010 and 2011, and repeated the feat in 2014.
The first game of the 2014 MAC Tournament between Bowling Green and West Virginia will take place at 4 p.m. today at FirstEnergy Stadium-Cub Cadet Field in Akron. The second match between Western Michigan and Akron will take place at 7 p.m. this evening.
The championship game will be held Sunday between the two winning teams at 1 p.m.
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – Florida State’s Jameis Win-ston and Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott keep throwing the ball to the other team. Alabama players can’t fig-ure out how to hang onto the football.
None of the three pro-grams seem able to stop committing football’s car-dinal sin: turnovers.
Yet in a strange twist of statistics this fall, all of them
are winning. No. 1 Missis-sippi State, No. 2 Florida State and No. 4 Alabama are all among the favorites to win a national champion-ship despite turnover num-bers that would make any coach nauseous.
Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen acknowledges he’s worried his team’s luck could run out soon.
“If we continue down that path,” he said, “they
will get us.”The numbers are ugly:
Mississippi State is 84th in the country with 18 turn-overs while Florida State is 99th with 19. Alabama has lost a whopping 11 fumbles this season, which ranks 112th.
Tide quarterback Blake Sims has lost three. Not sur-prisingly, Alabama coach Nick Saban is frustrated.
“We are doing the best
we can in every way to try to emphasize the fundamen-tal things we need to do so we have good ball security,” Saban said. “But there have been (fumbles), especially at the end of games, which is critical.”
So how are the Semi-noles, Bulldogs and Tide surviving? Really good de-fense and maybe a little luck.
Alabama is second in
the country in scoring de-fense and fourth in total defense. Mississippi State and Florida State are espe-cially good when it matters - the Bulldogs rank No. 1 in red zone defense while the Seminoles are 14th.
Still, it’s a dangerous way to live. Alabama (No. 5 CFP) hosts Mississippi State (No. 1 CFP) this weekend in Tuscaloosa, and both teams are aware that an ill-
timed turnover could be the difference.
A couple national title contenders in the SEC West have already been hurt by the turnover bug. Ole Miss fumbled twice near the goal line in a loss against Au-burn on Nov. 1, and then the Tigers turned around one week later and did the same thing in their loss to
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man Trophy winner, has al-ready thrown 11 intercep-tions through nine games for the Seminoles (No. 3 CFP). That’s more than the
10 he threw in 14 games last season.
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said Winston isn’t being careless. He be-lieves opponents are simply more familiar with Winston and the Seminoles’ offense.
“His reads are still tak-ing him to the right places,” Fisher said. “I think people adjust and spend more time
on us. People spend a lot of time in the offseason. They study what you do. They study your tendencies.”
Stopping turnovers can be a tricky business and as much of a mental task as physical. Prescott, who has thrown five interceptions over his past four games, said it’s possible to become too careful.
“I’ve been kind of hes-itant pulling the trigger the last couple of games,” Prescott said. “So I am ready to get back to just playing confident and let-ting it go.”
Not all of this year’s na-tional title contenders are having turnover troubles.
No. 3 Oregon (No. 2 CFP) ranks third in the country
with just seven turnovers. No. 5 TCU (No. 4 CFP) has 11 turnovers but has also forced 27 for the best turn-over margin in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Those numbers are much more in line with national champions of the recent past. The last seven had 18 or fewer turnovers - a num-ber Mississippi State and
Florida State have already reached. Florida was the last champ with a higher to-tal, committing 24 in 2006.
TCU safety Chris Hack-ett has five interceptions, which is tied for the Big 12 lead.
“Any time you get a turn-over,” he said, “that’s an-other opportunity for the offense to score.”
see TURNOVERS on PAGE 9
TUrnOVErSContinued from PAGE 8
nation’s top teams winning despite turnovers
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The end of the regu-lar season is nearing for the West Virginia Uni-versity Mountaineer vol-leyball team, as they face the Texas Tech Red Raid-ers Saturday with just four matches left.
Coming off a loss Wednesday to No. 4 Texas, the Mountaineers (13-13, 3-9 Big 12) have previously beaten Texas Tech 3-1 in Lubbock, Texas.
In their match against
the Longhorns, the Moun-taineers struggled with their reception of serves, ending the game with a team total of 22 digs.
After the Texas match, Coach Jill Kramer said their preparation for Texas Tech was set to begin after a day of rest.
“We’re going to get a good night’s sleep tonight and fly out of here tomor-row morning. We will not practice tomorrow be-cause we’ll be traveling all day,” Kramer said.
“We’ll get in the gym for a little bit on Friday
and play on Saturday. We’re just going to keep ourselves in a nice good rhythm. We are at a point when we come motivated to play like we did tonight, there are a lot of teams in our league that we will beat.”
Texas finished with a .512 hitting percentage, while West Virginia had .247.
Against Texas Tech, Jor-dan Anderson hit a career-best, at the time, 24 kills, and two other hitters fin-ished in the double dig-its for kills. Setter Lam-
prini Konstantinidou put up a high 51 assists, and the team posted a total of 12 blocks.
Comparing that match to the loss at Texas, where Anderson hit 10 kills, Kon-stantinidou and Brittany Sample combined for 39 assists and Gianna Got-terba had a team best of seven digs, West Virginia has a chance to break its losing streak and redeem themselves this weekend.
Texas Tech (15-9, 3-9) is coming off a loss to No. 20 Kansas last week, 3-1. Hitting wise, Jenna Allen
is leading the Red Raiders with 286 kills this season, averaging 3.14 per set.
Against the Jayhawks, Tech hit a hitting percent-age of .119 on the match. Allen hit eight kills but also had eight attack-ing errors. Outside hitter Breeann David contrib-uted a team high 17 kills, but it wasn’t enough to keep them alive against Kansas.
When WVU played Texas Tech, Mikia Mills hit the most kills with 10. The West Virginia defense held David and other top
Tech scorer, Lauren Dou-glass, to six and nine kills, respectively.
Blocking is something the Mountaineers need to be on full alert with this match against the Red Raiders – keeping their hitters to a low number of kills and being able to return serves with kills of their own is what West Vir-ginia needs to do to win.
It is Military Apprecia-tion Day at the Coliseum, and the match is set to be-gin at 3:30 p.m.
Mountaineers face Texas Tech over weekend
doyle maurer/the daily athenaeumWVU forward Jamie Merriam fights the for ball with a St. John’s defender earlier this season.
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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM SPORTS | 10FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2014
women’s soccer
Coach Izzo-Brown speaks on upcoming NCAA Tournament
G r e e t i n g s F e l l o w Mountaineers!
As you know, it’s been a BIG year for your Big 12 Conference champion women’s soccer team. We’ve pushed our Big 12 title count to five, winning the conference’s regular-
season and tournament titles. We boast a senior class that will leave Mor-gantown with seven con-ference titles. Addition-ally, our own Kadeisha Buchanan earned her sec-ond straight Big 12 De-fensive Player of the Year honor, while freshman for-ward Michaela Abam was named the Big 12 New-comer of the Year.
We worked hard for
those accomplishments, but now it’s time to turn our attention on the prized award – an NCAA National Championship.
Our march toward the 2014 College Cup begins this Saturday, as we play host to Georgetown in a first-round match at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. First kick is scheduled for 4 p.m., and all WVU students get in for FREE with a valid
WVU ID. Saturday is going to be
FUN! We played to a 1-1 draw against the Hoyas in September, so there’s a bit of unfinished business sit-ting out there for us. Ad-ditionally, we ride a pro-gram-record 18-match unbeaten streak into the NCAA Tournament. These Mountaineers have not lost since August, and they don’t have any plans to
halt that streak. There’s no question that
we have the BEST fans in the nation! We are count-ing on your support to help push us to the second round (and beyond)! Satur-day is a perfect time for you to come out and congratu-late your Big 12 champion Mountaineers. Your sup-port played a huge role in helping us move past Rut-gers in the first round last
year, and we’re counting on that same Morgantown Magic this year, too!
Come early, stay late and cheer loudly for your No. 7-ranked Mountain-eers this Saturday after-noon! Remember – kickoff vs. Georgetown is at 4 p.m.
See you Saturday! And, as always – Let’s Go Mountaineers!
– C o a c h N i k k i Izzo-Brown
NIkkI Izzo-BrowNWomen’s soccer head coach@WvuWomenssoccer
GENEVA (AP) – A long-awaited day of judgment on World Cup hosts Russia and Qatar turned into an-other day of FIFA disarray.
Nearly four years after FIFA chose Russia and Qa-tar to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, the foot-ball body’s ethics judge ex-onerated the two countries of any corruption in their winning bids and cleared them to stage the sport’s showpiece tournament.
The ruling by German judge Joachim Eckert came despite evidence of some improper conduct by eight of the nine bids.
Eckert’s report was de-nounced by critics as a whitewash and harshly contested by the Ameri-can prosecutor who led the investigation.
Prosecutor Michael Gar-cia said he would appeal Eckert’s decision to close the case, saying it was based on “materially in-
complete and erroneous” interpretation of his own findings – 430 pages of in-vestigative work sealed by FIFA from public scrutiny.
A 42-page report re-leased by FIFA and de-signed to bestow integrity on the next two World Cup hosts had its own ethics at-tacked. Eckert’s strongest criticism was leveled not at Qatar or Russia but at Eng-land’s failed 2018 bid – for aggressively wooing a key FIFA voter.
“I think it’s a bit of a joke ... the whole process,” said England’s Football Associ-ation chairman Greg Dyke.
Eckert refused to iden-tify any FIFA voters placed under suspicion by Garcia and praised FIFA President Sepp Blatter, while omit-ting pointed criticisms in the investigation files.
What wrongdoing had occurred, Eckert said, did not impair the integrity of voting in 2010 by an often-
discredited FIFA executive committee.
“Today’s decision by (Eckert) contains numer-ous materially incomplete and erroneous representa-tions of the facts and con-clusions detailed in the Investigatory Chamber’s report,” Garcia said in a statement released by his law firm. “I intend to ap-peal this decision to the FIFA Appeal Committee.”
Garcia had called for key details of his investigation to be published. That pro-voked clashes with Blatter, who has helped protect the privacy of his boardroom colleagues implicated in seeking favors.
Garcia’s sealed report criticizes a culture of en-titlement at FIFA and the quality of Blatter’s lead-ership, an official familiar with Garcia’s findings told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the
dossier is supposed to be confidential.
Garcia could be sus-pended by FIFA if he pub-licly reveals details of the case, and removed from of-fice when the 209 member associations meet at their congress next May 29. On that same day, Blatter is expected to be elected to a fifth term.
Eckert’s report seemed to confirm that the 2022 World Cup would defi-nitely be played in Qatar – though exactly when is still unclear as FIFA seeks an alternative to the desert heat in June and July. Qatar has also come under scru-tiny for its treatment of for-eign laborers.
“FIFA welcomes the fact that a degree of closure has been reached,” the govern-ing body said. “As such, FIFA looks forward to con-tinuing the preparations for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, which are already
well underway.”Closure seems a long
way off in an investigation which could take FIFA and some of its officials into sports courts into 2016.
Eckert saw no proof of bribes or voting pacts in a probe hampered by unco-operative witnesses and a lack of access to evidence.
“The evaluation of the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cups bidding process is closed for the FIFA Ethics Committee,” the German judge wrote in his FIFA statement.
Both host countries, however, had issues high-lighted by Eckert.
Qatar’s bid had “poten-tially problematic facts and circumstances,” plus a “sig-nificant lack of transpar-ency” in its use of advisers.
Eckert played down pre-viously reported Qatari payments which raised suspicion: Buying exclu-sive campaigning rights to
an African football meeting in Angola, and a wealthy individual who lured Ar-gentina and Brazil to play a match in Doha.
Russia’s bid conduct was barely criticized, though Garcia’s team had little material to work with.
Computers leased for use by Russia staffers were later destroyed, and bid of-ficials said email accounts could not be accessed de-spite requests to Google.
Asked Thursday if Rus-sia had cooperated fully, bid CEO Alexei Sorokin said: “Yes, we did. We think we did our best.”
Eckert condemned Eng-land for wooing disgraced former FIFA vice president Jack Warner and “damag-ing the image of FIFA and the bidding process.”
The corruption case is still open for past and cur-rent members of FIFA’s rul-ing board, but it is unclear who might be targeted.
kyle monroe/the daily athenaeumWVU forward Kelsie Maloney fights for the ball with an Oklahoma State defender earlier this season.
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FIFA under fire after report on Qatar, russia
apChairmen of the two chambers of the new FIFA Ethics Committee Michael Garcia, left, from the US and Joachim Eckert, right, from Germany attend a press conference.