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WVU prepares for Dec. convocationBy ShelBy ToompaS

Staff wrItEr

Sunday marks a ma-jor milestone in the lives of nearly 1,500 West Vir-ginia University students: the December convocation ceremonies.

While convocation is not a formal commencement, it serves to honor those stu-dents who have completed their degrees midyear.

This year’s graduates and guests will have the oppor-tunity to hear from WVU

President James P. Clem-ents, the WVU Wind Sym-phony with faculty vocalist Hope Koehler and Alison Wilson, director of the Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center at Ruby Memorial Hospital.

Wilson, chief of the Divi-sion of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and Surgi-cal Critical Care, said she is very honored to have the opportunity to speak at the convocation.

“Even though this is my first time speaking at a grad-

uation, I think everyone in academics recognizes this as one of the greatest hon-ors,” Wilson said.

Wilson completed med-ical school, surgery resi-dency and critical care fel-lowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

She has been at WVU for 10 years, overseeing patient care and developing treat-ment protocols for trauma and ill patients. She also fo-cuses on training residents and students in surgery.

Wilson said not only is the

opportunity an honor, but she also hopes to serve as a role model for the graduates.

“I will be emphasizing op-portunity, teamwork, per-spective, hard work and a positive attitude at Sunday’s Convocation,” Wilson said. “Teamwork and a positive attitude will bring success in one’s career and their life.”

Wilson currently leads a multidisciplinary team that cares for patients directly from the scene of injury un-til they are released from the hospital.

Under her leadership, the Trauma Center has main-tained certification as an American College of Sur-geons’ Level One Trauma Center.

For many graduates, con-vocation is a time to begin working toward a career.

Josh Redelman will grad-uate with a bachelor’s de-gree in psychology, and he is excited about the prospects for his future.

“I chose psychology be-cause I thought it was inter-esting and would provide

me an excellent background for my future career,” Redel-man said.

Redelman was in the WVU psychology club for one semester and was a member of Psi Chi, the in-ternational honors organi-zation for psychology that focused toward Ph.D. and research programs.

“I think the classes I took here at WVU were an im-portant aspect in letting me know I was in the right

ChillWell works to ease

finals stressBy aShley TennanT

Staff wrItEr

Preparing for finals can be stressful, so WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health, held its second chillWELL event yesterday to help students de-stress, relax and keep their minds clear before next week.

Hearts of Gold partnered with WELLWVU to allow students the opportunity to pet service dogs during the event.

Students played with finger paint, molded play dough, brewed tea and fo-cused on finding a mantra to help them get through the difficult week ahead.

Jordan McCann, an ex-ercise physiology student and student educator for WELLWVU, explained the purpose and benefits of chillWELL.

“We are doing chillWELL during dead week just be-cause that is when people start getting stressed out for finals, so it’s just to take a moment to chill out,” he said. “We asked the Hearts of Gold service dog class to come and bring the dogs; it’s been a big hit – people are always stopping by to play with them.”

WELLWVU has been pro-moting chillWELL, because time management tends to break down as students feel

more stress, he said.“We are here to help pro-

mote (students to) do what’s important. Students can get so overwhelmed with their schoolwork, but they need to take a few minutes out of their day to think of positive things, take a deep breath, relax and remember it will be OK,” McCann said.

Brooke Nickelson is an animal and nutritional sci-ences student at WVU and teaching assistant for Hearts of Gold.

“For WELLWVU, we pro-vide puppy petting as part of the WVU chillWELL. We did it as a favor for WELLWVU. We usually do presentations on our dogs and what we do for organizations,” she said. “But as a generosity to WVU and for finals week, we de-cided to come out and have students pet the dogs.”

Nickelson said WELL-WVU asked Hearts of Gold to bring the dogs as an-other relaxation technique because playing with dogs can release endorphins in your body, which make you feel happy.

Angela Sparachane, pre-elementary education stu-dent at WVU, expressed her appreciation for the chillWELL event.

“I’ve definitely been re-ally stressed because I have

WVU Ceramics Department

hosts annual saleBy meghan Bonomo

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It’s time again for the WVU Ceramics Depart-ment’s Annual Fall Ce-ramics Sale. Featuring pot-tery made in WVU classes, the sale will be held in the Douglas O. Blaney Lobby at the front entrance of the Creative Arts Center Friday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat-urday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

“The WVU Ceramics Department holds two ce-ramics sales each year. The majority of the work is pro-duced by the ART 341 Ce-ramic Production Methods class at our Bakersridge fa-cilities,” said Assistant Pro-fessor Robert Moore from WVU’s School of Art and Design College of Creative Arts.

The students are given the opportunity to show-case their hard work while raising funds to benefit the program.

“Proceeds from the sale go to help support our pro-duction studio, student scholarships, student field trips, ceramic materials and new ceramic equip-ment,” Moore said.

Customers will be able to find unique handmade pieces of pottery suit-able as gifts or holiday decorations.

And students do all of the work.

“Students produce the work from start to fin-ish, starting with mixing and pugging clay, forming pieces, glazing pieces and selling the work,” Moore said. “Along with the work produced from the produc-tion studio, there is a large selection of personal work that has been made by stu-dents and faculty.”

The art students are learning about the

Kimble to no longer hunt with WVU rifle By Bryan Bumgardner

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Some people are ap-palled, others are support-ive – either way, Moun-taineer Mascot Jonathan Kimble won’t be taking his official rifle hunting anymore.

Recently, videos of Kim-ble surfaced on the inter-net, sparking mixed re-actions. The video shows Kimble and a freshly killed black bear, which was shot with the same rifle Kimble

takes to official appear-ances as the Mountaineer Mascot – such as football and basketball games.

Kimble broke no laws in hunting with the rifle – officially, there are no University codes prevent-ing him. However, he has chosen to keep his Moun-taineer rifle for appear-ances only.

“I know other Moun-taineers have gone hunt-ing with it – to kill deer and stuff, but it’s probably just better to keep it to appear-

ances,” he said.Reactions from students

or others are varied. Some support Kimble in his par-ticipation in a “West Vir-ginia tradition,” while oth-ers express concern about the hunting methods used, the age of the bear or hunt-ing altogether.

Kimble, an avid hunter, regularly goes hunting for deer, turkey, squirrel and most recently, bear.

“I’ve been hunting all my life. It’s part of the cul-ture of West Virginia – liv-

ing off the land,” he said. “People can find offense to certain things in that, though.”

Because he has appear-ances virtually every day of the week, Kimble keeps the official rifle with him.

“It’s part of the persona of the Mountaineer, but he broke no rules,” said Uni-versity representative John Bolt.

Bolt said Kimble made the decision after a

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Annual Kwanzaa celebration promotes peace, purpose and prosperity By CarolIne peTerS

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The words “ashay, ashay, ashay” echoed throughout the Mountainlair ballrooms Thursday evening.

“Ashay” meaning, “Be with us,” invited an-cestors to join the celebration.

The West Virginia University Center for Black Culture & Research welcomed the WVU community to its annual Kwanzaa celebration.

Mwatabu S. Okantah, assistant professor at Kent State University, served as a guest per-former and speaker for the event.

Okantah cleared up a common myth about Kwanzaa.

“Kwanzaa is not a ‘Black Christmas’; If you celebrate Kwanzaa, you can still celebrate Christmas,” he said.

Okantah said he looks forward to the unity the celebration brings about within the community.

“As an artist, I look at myself as an ambassa-dor. Some people come every year and enjoy the celebrations,” Okantah said. “Some people are new, and the opportunity to turn people on to this excites me, because culture brings people together.”

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industrial type methods of producing pottery, and they learn how to oper-ate production machin-ery such as the Jigger/Jolly and Ram Press to produc-tion methods in slip-cast-ing, wheel-throwing and hand-building.

According to their web-site, the Ceramics Depart-ment is equipped with more than 6,000 square feet of studio space, 30 pot-tery wheels, five large elec-tric kilns, two professional clay mixers, two pug mills, two hand extruders, a large Brent slab roller and jigger-jolly equipment giving the

students all the materials they need to produce qual-ity work.

Advanced students can also experience managing a pottery studio in a produc-tion methods class.

“Using these types of methods in a mass produc-tion manner helps the stu-dents gain better ceramic skills that they can apply to their personal work,” Moore said.

The event will have an assortment of these hand-crafted ceramics produced by the students and fac-ulty at varying prices. For more information, call the College of Creative Arts at 304-293-2964.

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This weekend, the mountaineer maniacs are teaming up and joining the fight against cancer.

As part of Jimmy V Week, the maniacs will donate 10 cents for every student who attends the men’s basketball game vs. Virginia Tech Saturday.

Donations will be given to the V Foundation for cancer Research.

During his coaching ca-reer, Jim Valvano, or Jimmy V, served as the head coach of the men’s basket-

ball teams at Johns Hop-kins, bucknell, Iona and Nc State.

In 1992, Valvano was di-agnosed with bone cancer.

Prior to his passing, he announced the creation of the V Foundation, an orga-nization dedicated to find-ing a cure for cancer.

WVU men’s basket-ball coach bob Huggins, a long-time supporter of cancer awareness and re-search, started the Norma mae Huggins cancer Re-search endowment at the

mary babb Randolph can-cer center Fund in honor of his late mother, who died as a result of cancer.

Huggins said he is ex-cited and proud to be part of a movement that truly hits close to home.

“Nick Valvano, who heads up the V Founda-tion, told me that we have a great cancer center. He said he did research, and that we’re doing good things, which made me feel so much better about what we do,” Huggins

said. “We started this at the mary babb cancer Re-search center, because my mom grew up on eighth Street in morgan-town, and my dad grew up in Dug Hill. We’re close to approaching $1 mil-lion, which is a wonderful thing.”

WVU’s Student Govern-ment Association has an-nounced it will match the donations raised by the maniacs.

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major,” he said. In the future, Redelman

hopes to attend law school at the University of Houston and work for a private law firm focusing on energy or corporate law.

Even though many stu-

dents graduating Sunday hadn’t originally planned on graduating in December, many are excited to have a break and start the next chapter in their lives.

“I made the choice to take summer classes so I could graduate early,” Redelman said. “I plan on working fulltime afterward so I can save money before going to

school next fall.” Wilson said it will mark

a critical transition and milestone in life for the graduates.

“It is an extremely high honor to be asked to ad-dress graduates and it is an opportunity only a few have the honor to do,” she said.

Redelman also said he hopes he has made a posi-

tive impact on the Univer-sity as a whole.

“I’m very happy that I chose to come to WVU in the first place,” Redelman said. “I am very pleased with my education and the quality of the professors on campus.”

Diplomas will be mailed once final grades are con-firmed with the WVU Office of the University Registrar in

January. The ceremonies will be-

gin at noon at the WVU Coliseum.

For those who cannot at-tend, a live webcast of the convocation will be avail-able on the event’s website.

There will be free parking at the WVU Coliseum, and special seating is available upon request at the WVU

Office of Disability Services. Students and guests are

welcome to attend their own school or department event within WVU.

For more information, visit http://graduation.wvu.edu/convocation or the WVU Graduation Facebook page.

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a lot of finals next week. I think students can get so stressed that they feel like they might burst, but I think having the dogs here is so awesome,” she said. “I can’t

remember being this happy since I’ve been studying. I re-ally just want to get this se-mester over with.”

Katina Nicoloudakis, bi-ology student at WVU and student health educator at WELLWVU, said chill-WELL helps students relieve stress through a number of programs.

“We have a mantra work-shop for students to come up with their own mantra through just kind of express-ing themselves with words and pictures to find a mantra that they can keep to them-selves to empower them and encourage them to do well,” she said.

“I think it’s important for

students to take some time for themselves, especially during finals week, because you can kind of wear your brain out if you tire yourself out. You’re more productive when you’re relaxed,” Nico-loudakis said.

“That’s a big part of our program – when your mind and your heart are calm, you’re going to be more pro-ductive, and you’re going to think better,” Nicoloudakis said.

For more informa-tion about chillWELL and stress reduction, visit h t t p : / / w e l l . w v u . e d u /stress_management.

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conversation with Univer-sity officials.

“He agrees that’s not a good thing to do,” he said. “There was nothing pro-hibiting what he did, but he’s not going to do that again.”

The rifle was officially presented to Kimble dur-ing the Passing of the Ri-fle Ceremony in April from former Mountaineer mas-cot Brock Burwell.

Bolt said Kimble agreed with University officials on the use of the rifle.

“We have no issue with Jonathan or anybody who wants to go hunting and follow the rules,” he said.

“But i t ’s the use of the University sym-bol that ’s probably appropriate.”

The rifles presented to the Mountaineers are made by local artisan Mar-vin Wotring Sr., who has been custom-building the Mountaineer rifles for the past 27 years.

Although Kimble won’t be taking the official rifle, he said he will continue hunting.

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Kwanzaa was derived from Swahili meaning, “the first roots,” Okantah said.

Throughout his presen-tation, Okantah embraced the concept of culture.

Kwanzaa honors the seven principles of unity: self-determination, collec-tive work and responsibil-

ity, cooperative econom-ics, purpose, creativity and faith.

For each day of the cele-bration, an additional can-dle on the kinara is lit to honor one of the principles.

Traditionally, those cel-ebrating Kwanzaa begin each day by asking one another, “Habari Ganni,” which is Swahili for, “What’s the news?” he said.

In response to the ques-

tion, Okantah then invited seven volunteers to light the red, green and black candles resting on the table.

He called for both gen-ders and newcomers, cre-ating a feeling of together-ness in the room.

“By watching, I learned what the meaning of the colors of the flags meant. Red was for the blood shed, black was for the black-ness when we pray, and

green was for the land people came to, and that the real meaning be-hind diversity is coming together across ethnicity and religion,” said Ismael Chery, television journal-ism student.

Afterward, Okantah joined with the Cavani String Quartet for a collab-orative performance.

Okantah said he enjoys the opportunity to come together each year for a

unique performance. “Every year is special,

because I worked with these women (of the Quar-tet) for many years. What we have done today…com-bining music from an Afri-can Griot with music from the European chamber, is a way of showing people that we can communicate across the cultural-ethnic divide,” Okantah said. “Just looking at the audience, I am glad to see the diversity

here.”Okantah said he was

thrilled for the opportu-nity to break down barri-ers, join the WVU commu-nity together and celebrate the holiday.

“We need to get away from the tyranny of color,” he said. “We can either come together in our wis-dom or perish together in our foolishness.”

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KrIsten basham/the DaIlY athenaeumMwatabu Okantah, poet and officiate of the Kwanzaa Ceremony, recites a poem as The Cavani String Quartet plays as part of the entertainment during a Kwanzaa celebration in the Mountainlair Ballroom Thursday.

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RIVALRY RENEWEDBy Doug Walp

SportS Writer

After dropping in-state rival Mar-shall in a physical contest Wednes-day night, the West Virginia men’s basketball team will return home for another rivalry game against Virginia Tech, Saturday at 4 p.m. in the WVU Coliseum.

The Mountaineers’ interstate rivals, the Hokies, come into the contest 7-0 for just the second time since 1982. West Virginia (3-3) struggled to start the year, but has now won two straight games heading into just their second home game of the season.

“I think that’s great for us,” said sophomore guard Juwan Staten of the Mountaineers’ two-game winning streak. “We started off struggling a lit-tle bit, so anytime we can get a win, it’s great, and especially to have a cou-ple wins going back home. It’s always great to play in front of a home crowd.”

Students can still claim tickets to the game, but according to WVU Sports Marketing Director Matt Wells, general admission tickets have been sold out since last week.

West Virginia had four players auto-matically ejected in the Marshall game after Eron Harris, Jabarie Hinds, Aaric Murray and Terry Henderson sprung to Staten’s aid when he was kicked by Marshall senior center Robert Goff during a tie-up in the game’s closing minutes.

But according to West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins, none of the four players will be forced to miss the Vir-ginia Tech game, because Capital Classic officials ultimately deemed the four WVU players were just tending to their fallen teammate rather than try-ing to provoke an altercation, though they still had to be ejected for leaving the bench to do so.

“The officials said no,” Huggins said. “They were ejected from the game but it has to be a fight situation (to warrant a suspension), which it wasn’t.”

The Mountaineers have won 28 of their last 29 non-conference games at home under Huggins and have also won 48 of their last 55 games in December.

West Virginia has held opponents to just 59 points per game in six ap-pearances this season, but the Moun-taineers will certainly be tested Sat-urday by a high-scoring Virginia Tech team that comes into the game as the country’s third-best scoring team, at 86 points per game.

West Virginia has resorted to play-ing man defense for most of the year, but showed against Marshall that it wouldn’t be afraid to switch to a 1-3-1 zone to cause pressure and force turn-overs in certain scenarios.

“We change defenses a lot,” Staten

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By meghan carrSportS correSpondent

The Blue team took the gold in the No. 24 West Vir-ginia gymnastics team’s annual Gold-Blue intra-squad scrimmage, beat-ing the Gold team 167.6 to 157.5.

The competition was full of excited fans and ani-mated gymnasts from start to finish. The scrimmage provided the gymnasts a chance to showcase their routines on the vault, bars, beam and floor, while also getting to cheer on their teammates – some of whom became opponents Thursday night.

Head coach Jason Butts was pleased with his team’s performance overall.

“I saw a lot of great gym-nastics tonight – a lot of fighting,” he said. “I’m re-ally happy going into the

season.”Butts did say the team

needs to work a little more on the landings and stick more of the dismounts. He also said he’d like to see his team work on its endur-ance for the bars, because he thought the Mountain-eers seemed a little tired going into the dismounts.

Seniors Kaylyn Millick, Alaska Richardson and Chelsea Goldschrafe dom-inated the competition in their last Gold-Blue meet, hitting all their routines.

“It’s kind of the begin-ning of the end, and we all discussed that we needed to go out with a bang, and that’s what we did,” Mil-lick said.

Always animated senior Richardson beat junior Hope Sloanhoffer in the floor competition to give her Blue team the narrow win over the Gold.

Sophomore Beth Deal demonstrated why she captured the EAGL beam championship in 2012 by scoring a 9.9 against fel-low sophomore Lia Salz-ano, who scored a 9.8 on beam.

Since this was only a scrimmage, it was less about technicalities and more about having fun and previewing the 2013 sea-son before the fans.

C e l e b r i t y j u d g e s Amanda Mazey, Amy Bieski and Billy Hahn awarded the scores, not only based on the gym-nast’s performance, but on ability to persuade. Each judge received gifts from the gymnasts who were trying to convince them to pick their team.

There were judges from the National Association of Women’s Gymnastics who scored the gymnasts, but

they did not count toward either team; only Butts and the gymnasts will receive those scores.

After this scrimmage, the gymnasts are excited to begin the season.

“I wasn’t sure if we were ready; you never know what to expect – especially when you are coming out in the Coliseum,” Millick said. “But we did an amaz-ing job, and I think starting off with the Gold-Blue got us ready to go for the rest of the season.”

The Mountaineers will face stiff competition this season, as they face six top-25 teams, but Butts doesn’t believe that will slow down his team.

“This team can be at the national champion-ships and win a Big 12 ti-tle,” he said.

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Religious freedom and freedom from religionIt’s the most wonderful

time of the year, and the enthusiasm for the holiday season can be seen every-where – store windows, neighborhoods and even the Mountainlair.

The spirit of the season can be felt on the campus of West Virginia University, and that’s not a bad thing. The holidays are grounded in altruism, thankfulness and generosity and should be celebrated.

But what about the re-ligious undertones of the tradition?

Recently, a policy change within the University has

relegated religious sym-bols associated with hol-idays to “less trafficked” areas of the Mountainlair, including the menorah, a Jewish Hanukkah tradi-tion once prominently dis-played in the main area.

The decision calls to question what rights stu-dents and faculty have in the interests of secular-ism and religious freedom. Many symbols of various holidays hold an intrin-sic meaning for practi-tioners of different faiths, and their display serves as a re-enforcement of those beliefs.

In our society, the coun-terargument to this is usu-ally that the open practic-ing of one religion might hinder another belief or personal viewpoint. While it isn’t ethically excusable to harass someone for a lack of religious influence or a difference of opin-ion, the question of what is and isn’t acceptable has blurred.

Religious discrimina-tion has been afforded a lot of weight, and so has the divorce of religion from everyday, public life. The balance of taking things too far in either cir-

cumstance – and possibly infringing on the rights of others in the process – is a difficult moral choice.

The University has made strides to increase its diversity and inclusiv-ity, and student organiza-tions such as the Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes, Chabad of Morgantown, the Muslim Student Asso-ciation and Campus Cru-sade for Christ are all or-ganizations that cater to religious students.

Although many reli-gious groups may not have similar representation at the University, WVU pol-

icies encourage cultural and religious freedom for students.

But is the display of religious symbols in-fringing on the rights of others?

Holding beliefs isn’t a bad thing, but upholding one in particular will in-variably exclude another. The seemingly right an-swer appears to be re-flected in the policies of your fourth-grade teacher: “Bring enough for the en-tire class or don’t bring anything.”

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In a society that values technology for both its po-tential for good and its capa-bility for evil, the “hactivism” tactics of loosely-affiliated hacker group Anonymous has provided a glimpse into the shifting boundaries of law, ethics and the morals of activism.

The group uses its collec-tive expertise to manipulate the system in a way that, to its followers, is morally right.

Despite working for hu-man rights, a valiant cause, the tactics of the group are ethically wrong. Yet they have created important dia-logue that needs to be con-sidered as technology im-proves and the borders of our society change with further globalization.

When Tunisia sparked the Arab Spring movement in 2010, demonstrations and protests ensued that threat-ened the tenure of long-time president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Tunisian gov-ernment tried to block Inter-net communications in and out of the country. Disturbed,

the Anonymous hactivists sprung to action by hacking the Tunisian government’s servers and showing the re-bellion how to go around the government’s ploy, accord-ing to Al Jazeera.

More recently, Anony-mous has hacked Israeli government websites, leav-ing messages saying “Stop bombing Gaza!! We Anon-ymous will not sit back and watch a cowardly Zion-ist State demolish innocent people’s lives.”

Perhaps its greatest trait, Anonymous does not have a leader. It does not have a headquarters and it seems

nearly impossible to know for sure who is in the group. The only thing that connects the group of hackers is that they collect intelligence of wrongdoing and combine their forces to try and erad-icate it.

Their adage, “we are anon-ymous, we are legion, we do not forgive, we do not for-get, expect us,” sends a clear message of their intentions towards those they deem a threat to society.

Despite its work against these enemies, its tactics are intimidating and unconven-tional in that the group does not wish physical harm on

perpetrators of rights vio-lations; only a revelation of a hidden truth in need of exposure.

What makes Anonymous strikingly intimidating is that it uses tactics that are ethi-cally wrong to achieve goals that are morally right. The ethical dilemma of whether or not to condone this type of vigilantism begs to ques-tion the reasons the vigilante acts are conducted.

To just play devil’s advo-cate would undermine the serious consequences that borderline lawlessness can create. If the system of checks and balances that Anony-

mous is trying to put in place becomes too strong, it raises the concern of who would be able to stand up to the power that the group gained through working outside of the law.

There are evils in this world. For every tragedy and transgression that oc-curs, there is a tendency to question whether something could have been done. Anon-ymous has gained our atten-tion in ousting those who they believe to be evil and it can only continue as long as their “Robin Hood” mental-ity does not escalate to any-thing more nefarious.

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Hacktivism unethical, yet premise makes sense

APChicago Police search for weapons in a parking lot of a South Side church after a report of gun in a car at a gang member’s funeral, Dec. 4, 2012.

Earlier this week, fel-low Daily Athenaeum col-umnist David Perry wrote about the gun control de-bate in the United States.

With the suicide-mur-der involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jo-van Belcher looming, Mr. Perry based much of his argument on how many suicides occur in Amer-ica as a result of easy ac-cess to guns. While the number of suicides in this country is tragic and Jo-van Belcher’s actions were

unconscionable, this is a case of blaming a symp-tom and not the disease.

He’s right; gun-related deaths are a problem in this country. But the re-sponse should not be to limit the gun ownership. Let us not confuse cor-relation with causation. The number of deaths by gun in this country are not a result of lax gun regulations.

Rather, many are the result of social prob-lems, such as urban and gang violence. Unless in-creased gun control mag-ically changes the socio-economic conditions of cities, there will be little

change. The strongest gun regulations mostly occurs within cities, yet 20 per-cent of U.S. homicides occur in four cities: New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, D.C.

The problems are not simply sociological. Psy-chological issues plague America and increase sui-cide cases. The govern-ment should focus not on making gun regulations tighter, but diagnosing and treating psychologi-cal problems.

It is important that the stigma that there is some-thing wrong with be-ing depressed or need-ing counseling ends.

According to the Centers for Disease and Control, attempted suicides rose from 6.3 percent of teen-agers in 2009 to 7.8 in 2011. This increase is as-tonishing, but our coun-try’s youth will not stop struggling if we decide to make it harder to legally acquire a gun.

In fact, the case of Jo-van Belcher is a prime ex-ample. Belcher bought his gun legally. He did not have a violent past, and there was no real reason to suspect he would com-mit such an act.

After an emotional Chiefs win Sunday, Belcher’s team-mate Brady Quinn reflected

what he could have done differently: “When you ask someone how they are do-ing, do you really mean it? When you answer some-one back how you are do-ing, are you really telling the truth?”

It was an eloquent mo-ment for the Chiefs’ quar-terback, and it acknowl-edges many of America’s issues today. The dis-course suggests too of-ten that the solution is to throw new laws at the problem. This has been proven time and again to be ineffective.

Let us take heed from Quinn and deal with our issues honestly and

directly.The right to own fire-

arms should not be si-lenced by the misguided attempts to blame vio-lence on gun ownership. A private citizen should not have to justify to the federal government the type of purchases he or she makes for self-de-fense or even for respon-sible fun.

The Second Amend-ment of our Constitution made it abundantly clear 221 years ago that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed, and there is no good reason or evidence to suggest that should be any different today.

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said. “So, I guess we just try to go with whatever works. You just try defenses, and whatever is working is what we stay with un-til they can figure it out. Then we switch to some-thing different.”

West Virginia is also averaging more than 70 points scored per game in its first season in the Big 12 Conference.

According to Huggins, the potential offensive fire-works and a packed house should provide an electric environment Saturday af-ternoon at the Coliseum.

“Well I think we’ve got a sellout crowd, provided the students come,” Hug-gins said. “I think it’ll be a great atmosphere.”

Staten, a transfer from Dayton, said he was actu-ally much more aware of the prevalence of the ri-valry with Marshall than with Virginia Tech, but af-ter discussing it with his head coach he became aware Saturday’s game with the Hokies also car-ries some significant weight.

“I wasn’t really aware of the rivalry with Vir-ginia Tech until Coach Huggs gave us a little bit

of background on that,” Staten said. “This is a big game coming in. We know that’s it’s been sold out for a while, so that kind of puts it in perspective, too, but they’re a great team.

“They’re undefeated right now, and we’re kind of trying to get back on track, so it’s going to be a great game.”

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WVu looks to continue winning streak vs. BonniesBy coDy schuler

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With consecutive victo-ries against ACC mainstay Virginia and in-state rival Marshall, the No. 23 West Virginia women’s basket-ball team is back on track and will be out for revenge Saturday when it takes on St. Bonaventure (5-5).

In the two teams’ previ-ous matchup last season, the Bonnies upset West Virginia 56-48.

St. Bonaventure has lost five of their last seven games, but heads into Sat-urday’s matchup as win-ners of a 64-55 victory against Buffalo in their last contest.

West Virginia head coach Mike Carey said he is looking for his team to play with more effort – something he thought was a problem in the team’s 16-point win against Marshall.

“We’ve got a long way to go,” he said after the game. “I’ll take the blame. I guess I didn’t have us ready. But you can bet we’ll be ready for the next game.”

Carey said he felt that though the Thundering Herd did not win the game, they played harder than West Virginia.

“Give Marshall credit ;

they played hard,” he said. “Bria Holmes hit some shots, and did some good things. Marshall played harder.”

The Mountaineers got a career-best performance from freshman guard Bria Holmes in the Capi-tal Classic, something she said was a result of playing with a high level of effort.

“My game plan for (the game) was to hustle, just play basketball and not worry about the crowd,” she said. “I think I exe-cuted it well.”

Holmes dropped in a game-high 15 points and is averaging 7.9 points per game, fourth highest on the team.

Sophomore forward Crystal Leary turned in a double-double in the vic-tory over Marshall, and Carey said he hopes his team will emulate her style of play for Saturday’s matchup.

“She played hard; she plays hard every game,” he said of Leary. “If I can get everyone to play as hard as her – whether you play good or bad, (just) play hard – and she does that.”

The Mountaineers fea-ture two players who av-erage double-figure scor-ing in senior guard Taylor

Palmer (10.4 ppg) and red-shirt senior center Ayana Dunning (10.1 ppg).

Dunning also leads the team in rebounding, grab-bing an average of 6.9 re-bounds per contest.

The Bonnies, members of the Atlantic 10 Confer-ence, also feature two dou-

ble-figure scorers in ju-nior forwards Doris Ortega (11.2) and CeCe Dixon (10.2).

St. Bonaventure is coached by Jim Crow-ley, who owns a 2-2 life-time record against the Mountaineers.

After 2011’s game, Crow-

ley said he was pleased his team was able to win in Morgantown, which provides a tough environ-ment for opposing teams.

“Obviously this is a very difficult place to win games, and we knew that,” he said.

“We knew it would be a

very physical game – and it was that.”

Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. and the game follows the West Virginia men’s team’s game against Vir-ginia Tech, which starts at 4:30 p.m.

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Head coach Jason Butts and the WVU Gymnastics team saw their first action of the 2012-2013 season Thursday night as they competed in the annual Gold-Blue meet at the WVU Coliseum.

An intrasquad scrimmage of sorts, the meet gave the team a chance to hone its skills and shake off some rust in prepara-tion for upcoming meets.

For seniors Chelsea Gold-schrafe, Kaylyn Millick and Alaska Richardson, the meet provided a chance to show the newcomers what competing at the college level is all about.

“Our seniors are all doing an amazing job,” Butts said. “I felt like they all stood out.

“I felt like I saw a lot of great gymnastics out here. You never know what you’re going to get when you come into the Coliseum for the first time.”

Part of putting your best performance out on the mat is making the transition from practice to live action in front of the crowd.

“It’s easy to be good in Cary

Gym,” Butts said. “I felt we had a lot of great routines, and we can get out on the road here pretty soon.”

Goldschrafe certainly played a part in those great routines, winning two of her individual events in the vault and on the bars.

“It was our first time out here (at the Coliseum); every-one was getting their nerves out of the way,” Goldschrafe said. “It felt good.”

Goldschrafe, Millick and Richardson will play a big role in the team’s success this year, serving as leaders for all the younger gymnasts.

“Our seniors are really our de facto captains,” Butts said. “I’ve been getting them ready for four years for this role.”

A steadying presence for the team, the seniors lead in many ways on and off the mats.

“Their consistency is what we rely on to anchor these ro-tations,” Butts said. “They’re doing a great job leading in practice, in academics and all around.”

As the season progresses, the team will lean on these se-nior leaders, looking to them

to help the team reach its goals.

“We definitely need to lead by example,” Goldschrafe said, “Just show them (the team) what’s expected, keep the en-ergy up and keep everyone together.”

Looking to repeat as East Atlantic Gymnastics League champion, the team will get its regular season started with a meet at Pitt Friday, Jan. 11.

“We have to be more con-sistent right out of the gate,” Butts said. “I feel like last year we hit our stride towards the end of the year, we had some inconsistencies at the begin-ning. We have to make sure we come out at 100 percent.”

Having experienced an EAGL championship last year, Goldschrafe, Millick and Rich-ardson look to guide this year’s team to similar success.

“We have to start where we ended off last year,” Gold-schrafe said. “Just keep the momentum going, and hope-fully, it will carry us further in the end.”

dasports@mail.wvu.edupatrick gorrell/the daily athenaeuMKaylyn Millick is one of three seniors on this season’s West Virginia gymnastics team.

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PinstriPe Bowl

Holgorsen, Pinstripe reps excited for matchupBy Nick ArtHur

AssociAte sports editor

The New Era Pinstripe Bowl may not be men-tioned often when naming some of the more exciting bowl games.

The bowl has yet to es-tablish itself as a must-see matchup.

However, the 2012 ver-sion of the Pinstripe Bowl will feature two very tal-ented teams with the po-tential to present the most exciting football game at Yankee Stadium in quite some time, when Syracuse and West Virginia take the field Dec. 29.

“This is a sensational game for this bowl in this year to have two of these incredible universities. These are two incredi-bly exciting teams,” said Randy Levine, president of the New York Yankees. “Their fans are in this area. There is a history between these two teams … This is a game deserving of Yan-kee Stadium.

“We’re excited. I think this is going to be the best Pinstripe Bowl we’ve had.”

The Mountaineers and the Orange have a storied history.

The teams have met on the football field 59 times since 1945 while battling for the Schwartzwalder Trophy.

“We have one of the best bowl matchups in the country. Our game will be as exciting as any game in the country,” said execu-tive director of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl Mark Holtzman. “How lucky can we be, having these great players gracing the field here at the stadium?”

The representatives af-filiated with the Pinstripe Bowl aren’t the only ones excited for the matchup be-tween the old Big East Con-ference rivals, though.

Syracuse head coach Doug Marrone went as far as describing himself as “jacked up” for the game and looks forward to any matchup he gets with the boys from Morgantown.

“I truly am excited about being here,” Marrone said. “I’ve already had an unbe-lievable amount of respect about the way (West Vir-

ginia) plays the game.”Both schools are less

than 400 miles from Yankee stadium. West Virginia has only played in two other bowl games in its history that were in that radius.

“Our fans are going to be excited about com-ing to New York and being able to experience,” said West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen. “I’ve been to a whole bunch of bowl games, and this one is going to be good as any of them.”

Playing at Yankee Sta-dium or in New York City is something all young ath-letes dream about. With 21 seniors on the Mountain-eer roster this season, the Pinstripe Bowl will serve as a great platform to send them out in style.

“We’ve been talking about wanting to play a game in New York,” Hol-gorsen said. “It’s fantastic to be able to play a bowl game and strike up one of the rivals that exist with Syracuse, which will be fun.”

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen looks on during the Kansas State game earlier in the season.

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Manziel could make history by winning Heisman

WeBTexas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel watches the action prior to the start of a game against top-ranked Alabama.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Johnny Manziel cer-tainly has the statistics wor-thy of a Heisman Trophy winner. He plays in the pow-erful Southeastern Confer-ence. He has a signature win – all things Heisman voters typically look for.

The only question is whether the voters will give the award to a freshman for the first time.

Adrian Peterson, star running back for the Vi-kings and the only freshman to finish second in the vot-ing, is hoping the jinx ends Saturday night.

“Hopefully, they don’t rob him like they did me,” Peterson, who lost by 328 votes to junior Matt Leinart in 2004, said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I hope he wins.”

Manziel may be a fa-vorite this year, but who knows? Kansas State quar-terback Collin Klein and Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o are the other fi-nalists and both can make strong cases, too. But nei-ther caught the attention of the fans quite like Johnny Football, who led the Ag-gies to an upset of No. 1 Al-abama in Tuscaloosa.

Manziel accumulated 4,600 yards of total offense in 12 games to break the Southeastern Conference record for total yards in a season. The record was pre-viously held by 2010 Heis-man winner Cam Newton, who needed 14 games to pile up 4,327 yards.

The Aggies, who went 10-2 in their first season in the SEC after moving from the Big 12, certainly hope Manziel is the one to finally break the freshman curse (Manziel is a redshirt fresh-man, not a true freshman).

On a website the school created to promote Manziel for the award, they point out that he’s different than many freshman. Manziel enrolled in college in Janu-ary 2010 and will be a junior academically this spring. He turns 20 on Thursday, mak-ing him older than Mark Ingram was when he took home the Heisman as a sophomore in 2009.

He would also be just the second Aggie to win the award and the first since John David Crow in 1957. Crow got a push from his fa-mous coach before the vot-ing was done that season.

“If John David Crow doesn’t win the Heisman Trophy,” then-A&M coach Paul “Bear” Bryant said, “they ought to stop giving it.”

Crow got a good laugh this week when asked if he believed the same was true of Manziel.

“I don’t have near the audience that coach Bryant had,” he said, still chuckling. “I’m not sure how big that would go over.”

Then the 77-year-old for-mer halfback got serious.

“He is very, very deserv-ing,” Crow said. “I don’t care what age he is, whether he is right-handed or left-handed, wears a 17 shoe or nine shoe, he is very, very

deserving of being named the outstanding player in college this year.”

Manziel’s whirlwind sea-son had a modest beginning with him having to beat out two other quarterbacks to win the starting position in mid-August.

As his numbers grew, so did the legend of Johnny Football, a nickname Ag-gies bestowed him with as he settled in at College Sta-tion. When the Aggies beat the defending champion Crimson Tide on national television behind an out-standing performance by Manziel, the phrase seemed to be everywhere.

It’s a name that still amuses him.

“I don’t know if I really see it as a legend,” he said. “It’s more of a folk tale, I guess.”

His numbers alone seem like the stuff of some exag-gerated Texas football folk tale. He has thrown for 3,419 yards and 24 touchdowns and run for 1,181 yards and 19 more scores to become the first freshman, first SEC player and fifth player overall to throw for 3,000 yards and run for 1,000 in a season.

But his eye-popping numbers don’t tell the whole story. The improvisa-tion is what really sets him apart. Manziel has a knack for evading defenders, stay-ing on his feet and finish-ing plays that seem impos-sible. Kind of like Robert Griffin III, the Baylor star who won the Heisman last year. Or Fran Tarkenton, another wizard at avoiding defenders.

“I don’t think there’s many people in this world that could do some of the things he did,” Crow said. “He was born to run around back there – at least it looks that way to me.”

Manziel was so disap-pointed when he came out of spring practice as a backup that he enlisted the help of quarterback guru George Whitfield to re-fine his skills this summer. He spent a week at Whit-field Athletix in San Diego, training up to five hours a day with Whitfield, who has worked with scores of players including Newton, Vince Young and Andrew Luck.

Whitfield was struck by Manziel’s competitiveness and his desire to soak up ev-ery bit of knowledge that the coach had for not just him, but all of the quarterbacks in training.

Whitfield said the only other quarterback he’s seen who can improvise like Manziel is Newton. But he said the 6-foot-1 Manziel might be tougher to deal with than the 6-5 Newton.

“Cam poses a lot of prob-lems because he’s so im-posing,” Whitfield said. “Johnny, on the other hand, causes as many problems and it’s more overwhelm-ing to defensive players be-cause they think: ‘If I can just catch him, I can get him on the ground.’ But you can’t get him.”

He’s enjoyed watch-ing Manziel develop this season, and saw some flashes of what he could be when the pair worked this summer.

“He’s got this great sense of awareness and vi-sion. He’s so creative,” said Whitfield, who then of-fered a James Bond anal-ogy. “There’s always some kind of 007 escape route in mind. If Cam is Superman, I would say that Johnny is like 007.”

Growing up in Kerrville, Texas, Manziel didn’t dream of football stardom. He al-ways pictured his path lead-ing to a baseball diamond.

“I always thought since I was a little kid that I would play pro baseball,” said Manziel, who also starred on his high school baseball team. “My biggest dream was that I wanted to play in the MLB. I wanted to play for the Rangers and wanted to play shortstop.”

But fate stepped in and altered his dream.

“Then football came along and took center stage,” he said.

Manziel’s success on the field seems almost too good to be true. And when he rescued a kitten from the middle of a busy, four-lane road near Kyle Field earlier this season, it only added to the mystique of Johnny Football. (The semi-daring rescue is referenced on his Heisman page.)

“Just rescued a kitten from the middle of Well-born Rd,” Manziel tweeted in September when he wasn’t allowed to talk to the media because of coach Kevin Sumlin’s ban on freshmen interviews. He added a picture of a scared-looking black cat to prove his story.

Things haven’t always been rosy for Manziel. In June, he was arrested in town after police said he was involved in a fight and produced a fake ID. He was charged with disorderly conduct and two other misdemeanors.

“It was a critical mistake in my life,” Manziel said. “It was something that I learned a lot from. It had consequences with coach Sumlin and my teammates and everyone here in Ag-gieland. From that I’ve had to make changes in my life.”

Less than six months af-ter his arrest, Manziel has helped the Aggies to their best season since 1998, and made Texas A&M one of the top teams in the nation af-ter last year’s disappointing 7-6 finish.

He’s proud to have helped put the Aggies back in the spotlight and knows winning the Heisman would only add to it.

“To bring a Heisman Trophy back to Aggieland for all these fans since it’s been so all these years since we’ve had a Heisman Tro-phy winner ... to really bring the excitement and really bring something positive back to Aggieland would be something that is truly an ultimate goal,” he said.

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Fletcher’s Grove takes over 123

Patrick Gorrell/tHe DailY atHeNaeUMMorgantown standouts Fletcher’s Grove jam during a recent performance at 123 Pleasant Street.

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Morgantown-based pro-gressive folk group Fletcher’s Grove is set to close out 2012 in style at legendary down-town venue 123 Pleasant Street Saturday at 10 p.m.

Longtime veterans of the 123 stage, the group prom-ises to bring something spe-cial to the crowd Saturday night in what will be their fi-nal performance of the year.

There are no supporting acts on the bill, so the night belongs solely to the Grove.

“We are excited to have the night to ourselves,” said Ryan Krofcheck, Fletcher’s Grove lead vocalist and guitarist. “It’s been a while since we’ve had the entire night, so I hope the crowd comes prepared.”

While the crowd can un-doubtedly expect the usual vocal harmonies, guitar mas-tery and infectious grooves for which the group is known, there is no preparing for the night’s special feature: a handful of new tunes.

The group is currently put-ting the finishing touches on their second full-length al-bum, and they look forward to debuting the new material for the 123 crowd.

“There isn’t a better place to test out new material than 123,” Krofcheck said. “Most of the crowd in Morgantown is like family to us now; their response matters a lot.”

With the crowd’s approval, Fletcher’s Grove will add its five new tracks to their latest extended play, “Pepperoni Pizza,” to craft their second full-length album.

“We can’t wait to get this second full-length album out there,” Krofcheck said. “We have high hopes for 2013.”

Sticking to their Morgan-town roots, the band re-corded both “Pepperoni Pizza” and their latest work at Bebop Studios, a family-operated recording studio on Highland Avenue.

The facility is run by broth-ers Jim and Tommy Bailey, and the studio has recorded

groups such as Surgeon General’s Warning, Trio and, of course, Fletcher’s Grove.

“We are having a lot of fun working with the guys of Be-bop Studios,” said Matt Mar-ion, Fletcher’s Grove per-cussionist and vocalist. “We have been throwing a lot of ideas their way, and they are willing to work with us. It’s nice working with people who genuinely want to make a nice-sounding album.”

Krofcheck said the stu-dio’s convenient location and attention to detail are key reasons the group con-tinues to enlist their services.

“They are definitely per-fectionists in having us get the right sound and feel,” Krofcheck said. “Having a studio right in town has al-lowed us to get a lot of new material recorded in just a couple months.”

Fletcher’s Grove is one of Morgantown’s most popu-lar bands for a reason: the dudes can jam, and their music is as relatable to the casual listener as it is to the hardcore music buff.

From guitarist Wes Hag-er’s sensational jazz phras-ing to Krofcheck’s smooth vocals to bassist Taylor Pratt’s groovy lines, Fletch-er’s Grove has something for everyone – a feat few bands can boast.

Add in the promise of new material and a full set with no filler, and Saturday’s show at 123 is the perfect release from the horrors of dead week.

Finals are just around the corner, so treat yourself to a night of musical excellence, courtesy of the Grove.

Doors open at 9 p.m., and there will be a $7 cover charge. Concertgoers must be at least 18 years old.

You can check out Fletch-er’s Grove on Facebook, iTunes and www.fletchers-grove.com. For more infor-mation on Bebop Studios, check out www.bebopstu-dios.net.

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Actor Stephen Baldwin charged in NY tax case

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Actor Stephen Baldwin was charged Thursday with failing to pay New York state taxes for three years, amass-ing a $350,000 debt.

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said Baldwin, of Upper Grandview, skipped his taxes in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

The youngest of the four acting Baldwin brothers pleaded not guilty at an ar-raignment and was freed without bail.

His lawyer, Russell Yank-witt, said Baldwin should not have been charged.

“Mr. Baldwin did not com-mit any crimes, and he’s work-ing with the district attorney’s office and the New York State Tax Department to resolve any differences,” Yankwitt said.

The district attorney said Baldwin could face up to four years in prison if convicted. The actor is due back in court on Feb. 5.

Zugibe said Baldwin owes more than $350,000 in tax and penalties.

“We cannot afford to allow wealthy residents to break the law by cheating on their taxes,” the district attorney said. “The defendant’s repetitive failure to file returns and pay taxes over a period of several years

contributes to the sweeping cutbacks and closures in lo-cal government and in our schools.”

Thomas Mattox, the state tax commissioner, said, “It is rare and unfortunate for a personal income tax case to require such strong enforce-ment measures.”

Baldwin, 46, starred in 1995’s “The Usual Suspects” and appeared in 1989’s “Born on the Fourth of July.” He is scheduled to appear in March on NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice.”

A bankruptcy filing in 2009 said Stephen Baldwin owed $1.2 million on two mort-gages, $1 million in taxes and $70,000 on credit cards.

In October, Baldwin pleaded guilty in Manhat-tan to unlicensed driving and was ordered to pay a $75 fine. Earlier this year, he lost a $17 million civil case in New Or-leans after claiming that actor Kevin Costner and a business partner duped him in a deal related to the cleanup of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The actors and others had formed a company that mar-keted devices that separate oil from water.

Baldwin co-hosts a radio show with conservative talk figure Kevin McCullough.

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Take a peek into a com-ical winter wonderland with the production of “Dashing Through the Snow” this weekend at the M.T. Pockets Theatre.

The holiday comedy is set in the fictional town of Tinsel, Texas, just four days before Christmas.

The stor y centers around an eclectic group of characters, including a few struggling actors who were previously employed with the touring company of “A Christmas Carol,” a couple dressed as Mrs. Clause and Head Elf and two feuding 80-year-olds as they all check in at the Snowflake Inn.

Add to this lively group the personalities of the erratic Futrelle sisters at the hotel and the show takes off in side-splitting laughter.

Chaotic hilarity ensues

among the cast as the show presents a tale wrapped in witty dialogue and touch-ing tales of friendship and hope.

A Jones Hope Wooten production, the South-ern-inspired show, writ-ten by Jessie Jones, Nich-olas Hope and Jamie Wooten, promises to bring a unique holiday comedy to the stage and leave au-diences feeling the Christ-mas spirit.

The three writers have contributed to an array of award-winning produc-tions, including “Christ-mas Belles,” “The Halle-lujah Girls” and “The Red Velvet Cake War.”

The traveling crew has more than 2,100 produc-tions under their belt, and with more than 16,000 performances, they have made appearances in all 50 states and entertained audiences in Canada, Eng-land and Japan.

The writing trio has an impressive resume

of recognizable work to back up their innovative credibility.

Jones cowrote the fea-ture f i lm “Kingdom Come,” Hope gained ex-perience working with major networks includ-ing Fox and Nickelodeon, and Wooten is a Billboard award-winning song-writer for many television and film outlets.

Don’t miss the chance to see the festive show-case as part of their North American tour.

Stopping in Morgan-town for just four shows, “Dashing Through the Snow” will be at the M.T. Pockets Theatre Dec. 7-8 and 14-15.

Prices range from $12.50-14.50 and are $9 for students with a valid student I.D.

Tickets are on sale now at the campus box office locations or online at mt-pocketstheatre.com.

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sandinsb.files.wordpress.comThe eclectic cast of ‘Dashing Through the Snow’ poses for a group photo.

sandinsb.files.wordpress.comTwo elderly ladies feud as part of the play’s hilarious storyline.

Graham Parker back with his band after 3 decades STONE RIDGE, N.Y. (AP)

— The bass player is a li-brarian. One guitarist fixes guitars, the other teaches people how to play. The drummer and keyboard player have scattered to other gigs.

Yet when Graham Parker decided to reassemble the Rumour, the backup band that played on his first four albums before their breakup more than 30 years ago, no one hesitated to say yes.

The reunion includes an album, “Three Chords Good,” and theater tour, and is giving the singer a renewed burst of atten-tion. Parker’s role in film-maker Judd Apatow’s new comedy, “This Is 40,” will

get him noticed even more upon its release on Dec. 21.

“It will disappear as soon as this is over and people will say, `Brian who? Brian Parker? Never heard of him,’” he joked. “At the moment I feel like everybody knows me. It’s a very strange thing.”

Coming out of England in 1975, Parker’s tightly wound rock made him a critical favorite. After dis-banding the Rumour fol-lowing the 1980 album, “The Up Escalator,” Parker moved to New York’s Catskills region and has steadily written, recorded and performed.

As with most artists of a certain age (he’s 62), the music world’s attention moved on. He plays on a recreational soccer team and recently introduced himself to a fellow player, who cluelessly remarked that Parker had the same name as a musician he liked.

Back in the day, Parker wrote and sang with a snarl.

“I was so intense that I wanted to basically in-jure people with music,” he said. “It was a bit `Spi-nal Tap.’ Make some ears bleed.”

New songs like “A Lie Gets Halfway `Round the World ...” and “Coathang-ers” show he hasn’t lost his lyrical bite. But Parker has heart, too. He’s funny. The song “Long Emotional Ride,” written after being overwhelmed seeing a documentary being made on his life, proves he can be sweetly nostalgic, too.

Judging by the smiles worn by Parker, keyboard player Bob Andrews, gui-tarists Brinsley Schwarz and Martin Belmont, bass-ist Andrew Bodnar and

drummer Stephen Gould-ing onstage in Tarrytown, N.Y., during their first show back, they’re having fun re-living their youth. The ver-satile Rumour brings out the soul, jazzy swing and reggae influences in Park-er’s songs.

The reunion was set in motion when he asked Goulding and Bodnar to help him on a new CD, and they suggested getting the full band together.

It had crossed Parker’s mind before. The breakup wasn’t bitter ; he just wanted to try playing with some new people, he said. Getting together earlier probably wouldn’t have made financial sense, but now he said there seems to be more interest.

After organizing the re-union, Parker had a brief moment of terror wonder-ing whether the songs he’d written would suit them.

“It would have been awkward to say, `Sorry, guys, I just don’t see you playing this stuff,’” he said. “They can play anything and play it good, but would it be stimulating for them and would it be the right thing musically?”

That quickly proved not to be a problem.

While this was happen-ing and before anyone knew about it, Apatow con-tacted Parker’s agent. The filmmaker had used Park-er’s song “Love Gets You Twisted” in the final epi-sode of his TV series “Un-declared.” He read some things Parker had written on his website about try-ing to get more of his mu-sic placed on movies or television. “Are you listen-ing, Judd Apatow?” Parker wrote.

“I took it as a sign,” Apa-tow said.

“This Is 40,” which stars Leslie Mann and Megan Fox with Paul Rudd, is a se-quel to Apatow’s comedy “Knocked Up.”

In the movie, Rudd’s character heads an inde-pendent music label who bets the success of his company on Parker. Not wise. Parker is the visible manifestation of a good artist forgotten by time. Apatow said the joke is on the industry, not Parker, although the laughs come with a wince when in the movie Parker complains about his gout.

The portrayal was fine with Parker.

“I’m very self-effacing about my position in the world of pop,” he said.

Apatow’s valentine to Parker was including Green Day’s Billie Joe Arm-strong in the sparse crowd of people watching the band’s showcase set. That’s major cred by association for a young generation.

“Paul Rudd’s character is desperately trying to fig-ure out how to help Gra-ham sell records,” Apatow said. “Now that the mov-ie’s coming out, we’re all desperately trying to help Graham sell records.”

Parker delayed the al-bum’s release and tour for much of the year to coin-cide with the movie.

“Being famous has got to be the biggest pain in the neck in the world and I don’t want any part of that,” he said. “But at the same time, I want my songs to make a living for me and I always have from the very beginning. So if this helps me, that’s good. I think there are a lot of neglected great works there. There are songs that only fans know about. And I’m lucky that Judd Apatow is a fan.”

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COUNTRY HOME in Bruceton Mills on Big Sandy. 3BR, 2 full BTH, private setting, $1150/mth, $1150/security deposit, plusutilities, pets negotiable. Possibly furnished if needed. Call for an appointment. 304-379-9750

HUGE 5BR 2BTH w/parking in Sunnyside. Completely remodelled, stainless steal ap-pliances, W/D, DW. Available May. No Pets. 304-216-3402

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MUST SEE just across from Arnold Hall 4BR and 2 and 3BTH houses with W/D, DW, Microwave, A/C, parking, all in excellent condition. All utilities included. For appointment call 304-288-1572, 288-9662, 296-8491website JEWELMANLLC.COM

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ROOMMATESJUST LISTED! MALE OR FEMALE ROOMMATE for brand-new apt. Close to downtown. Next to Arnold Hall. WD, DW, AC, Parking. NO PETS. $420/mo in-cludes utils. Lease/Deposit 304-296-8491 or 304-288-1572

MALE ROOMMATE NEEDED for 3BR a-partment on Price St. Close to downtown campus. Includes utilities, parking, air con-ditioning, DW, W/D, no pets. $390/mth Dec. 15-May14. 304-698-3454

ROOMMATE WANTED. WVU student. 2BR, 1BTH. $395/mth only. 3rd Street. Lease runs Jan.-May Security deposit 1st months rent required. 304-657-8261

WANTED TOSUBLET

ONE ROOMMATE NEEDED for 3BR Townhouse. $375/mth, includes util. 304-203-0352

MOBILE HOMESFOR SALE

MOBILE HOME for sale. Independence Hill. $11,900. 304-541-9859

MISC. FOR SALESNOW SKIS FOR SALE: 3 sets of qual-ity skis with bindings. Reasonably priced! Will go quickly! 304-292-1031

AUTOMOBILESFOR SALE

CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.Any make! Any model! Any condition! 282-2560

HELP WANTEDBARTENDERS WANTED. Bucket Head’s Pub. 10-mins from downtown, Morgantown. Small local bar, All Shifts Avail. No experi-ence necessary. 304-365-4565.

BARTENDING UP TO $300 A DAY poten-tial. No experience necessary. Age 18 plus. Training available. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285

Full or Part TimeHIRING delivery driver and cashier. Must have experience around Morgantown. Pick-up application at Great Wall Chinese Restaurant. Questions call 304-291-3412.

Mr. C’s WISEGUY CAFE looking for part-time cook and delivery driver. Phone 304.599.3636 or 304.288.2200

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