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Students and poten-tial employers met up at the seventh annual career fair Wednes-day. Some students even found jobs. Read about it on page 2.

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Basketball season is over. Check out the stats and figures from this past season on page 8.

Concert series

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Could an earthquake like the one that rattled Japan hit Virginia? Find out on page 3.

See Chris Rose and Chris Woodward play in the Bristol Rhythm and Roots concert series tomorrow in the Chapel of All Faiths at 7 p.m.

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Shootings shock Grundy

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Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil outside the Buchanan County Courthouse Monday to mourn the four Buchanan County sheriff’s deputies who were shot Sunday while investigating a reported larceny near Vansant. Deputies Neil Jus-tus and William Stiltner were killed, and Deputies Eric Rasnake and Shane Charles were shot several times and remain hospitalized. Authorities said Randy Newberry, 52, of Vansant, shot the deputies at long range with a high-powered rifle. Read about how the incident affected the UVa-Wise campus on page 2.

Symposium addresses regional health issuesBy Sydney GilbertStaff Writersbg3v@uvawise.edu

The dean of East Tennessee State University’s College of Public Health will speak on the health risks of liv-ing in Appalachia at the second annual Healthy Appalachia Research Sympo-sium: Sugar, Water, Blood, today, be-ginning at 1 p.m. in the Science Center Lecture Hall.

Randy Wykoff, who also serves as the executive director of the Ten-nessee Institute of Public Health, will deliver the symposium’s keynote ad-dress, “What Do We Really Know About the Health Status of Our Re-gion of Appalachia — And What Can We Do About It?”

Wykoff earned a doctor of medi-cine and a master’s degree in public health from Tulane University. He completed residency training in pe-diatrics at the University of Virginia and in general preventive medicine in tropical medicine at Tulane University and is board certified in pediatrics and in preventive medicine.

He is also a faculty member with the Healthy Appalachia Institute, the UVa-Wise-based group sponsoring the symposium. Through collabora-tions between thinkers, scholars, and business and government leaders, the institute works to improve the health, education and environment of the cen-tral Appalachia region.

Wendy Welch, the Healthy Ap-palachia Institute’s community orga-nizer, said the choice of Wykoff as the symposium’s keynote speaker is fitting.

“He (Wykoff) has been in the re-gion for a very long time and knows a lot of the social and medical needs of members of our region,” she said. “He is one of us.”

In addition to Wykoff, five Healthy Appalachia student fellows

On a home run

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Sophomore outfielder Brett Hylton (left) manages to slide safe into second base during the Cavs’ 4-3 win over West Virginia Tech March 13. Hylton went on to score a single. Read more about the Cavs’ four-game sweep of the Golden Bears on page 7.

Housing lottery to be held next week

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By Allie RobinsonEditor-in-Chiefagr2q@uvawise.edu

Students hoping to snag a room in air-conditioned Henson or apartment-style Thompson and Asbury will be able to start next fall’s housing process Wednesday.

Each current residential student who wants to live on campus next year must draw a number in the housing lottery, said Angie Lemke, director of residence life.

Residence life staff will be on hand in the Slemp Student Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and students can stop by at any time and draw their number. Stu-dents must bring with them their student ID (or other photo ID) and a receipt from the Cashier’s Office which indicates that their $150 housing application fee has been paid. Students may also bring a waiver from the Financial Aid office.

Requiring students to pay before draw-ing a number is new this year, Lemke said.

“A problem in the past is that students

who had no intention of living on campus the following year drew numbers,” she said. “We don’t want students who draw a high lottery number to get scared away. Everyone last year who showed up to the lottery got housing.”

In years past, stu-dents were required to pay their application fee on sign-up day, which is a Sunday, and the Cashier’s Office was closed. Lemke said she hopes requiring students to pay on lottery day, and having the Cashier’s and Financial Aid offices open this year, will help students.

A list of all lottery numbers drawn will be posted outside the Office of Housing and Residence Life in Cantrell Hall on March 25, said Tamara Robinson, coordinator of housing operations.

Comedian Mark Vi-era will perform in the Cantrell Banquet Hall on March 30 at 9 p.m.

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From Staff Reports

Students looking for a room-mate for next year could meet one at RHA’s Meet and Greet, which will be held on the fifth floor of the Slemp Student Center on March 24 at 7 p.m.

Angie Lemke, director of resi-dence life, said she hopes the event will prevent students from making so many room changes in Septem-ber.

She said often students just sign up for a room without knowing who their roommate is, and the meet and greet could help initiate contact and allow people to choose roommates.

Emily Baxter, RHA president, said the event is a way for people with high numbers, who are afraid they won’t get the housing they want, to find potential roommates.

Snacks will be provided, and Baxter said students with questions can e-mail her at enb5u@uvawise.edu for more information.

By Jordan FiferNews Editorjtf3u@uvawise.edu

Virginia Tech recently fell victim to a computer virus aimed at obtaining personal in-formation — similar to the one that infiltrated a UVa-Wise em-ployee’s computer in August.

A university-owned com-puter used by an employee in the Virginia Tech control-ler’s office was infected with a “Zeus” Trojan virus Feb. 15 and later detected by software Feb. 23, according to a letter sent by Tech officials to the roughly 370 affected employees.

The computer stored the names and Social Security numbers of several hundred em-ployees, the letter said, and they “may have been illegally trans-ferred to a foreign website.”

Tech officials did not re-spond to several requests for comment.

It was not immediately clear if the incident is being in-vestigated by law enforcement authorities.

The incident closely mir-rors the August hack of a UVa-Wise computer that led to the theft of at least $976,000. Col-lege and law enforcement offi-cials have kept mum about the incident, but a source close to the investigation said the mon-ey was stolen after a Zeus virus was surreptitiously installed on the comptroller’s computer.

The money was quickly recovered, UVa-Wise officials have said, though it’s still not clear how. The FBI has said an investigation is ongoing.

Zeus is referred to as a “Trojan horse” virus because it hides on computers and steals passwords, as well as personal and banking information.

More than 100 people were arrested internationally in Oc-tober as part of a raid on an al-leged cybercrime ring that made use of Zeus viruses, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Federal indictments allege the group used the viruses to steal more than $3 million from U.S. bank accounts and $9.5 million from U.K. accounts.

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UVa-Wise students (right) talk jobs Wednesday with representatives from CGI, a business technology and software company based in Lebanon.

Career fair matches students, employers

Seniors still have time to pick up grad gearBy Jimmy J. SealsStaff Writerjjs9v@uvawise.edu

If you’re a senior who couldn’t make it to Wednesday’s Senior Salute, fear not. You still have time to pick up your cap and gown and complete the necessary pa-perwork that will make your graduation final.

The event, held all-day Wednesday on the fifth floor of the Slemp Student Center, was one part celebration and one part clerical exercise.

Seniors could check to make sure they had appropriate records, like alumni registration, filled out. Officials from the registrar’s office were also on hand to ensure students had course requirements completed.

Students could also pick up their caps and gowns to place orders for their class rings.

Pam Collie, the college’s director of alumni relations, was on hand to make sure graduate’s names were spelled cor-rectly on their diplomas. She also offered information to students interested in join-ing the alumni association.

“The senior salute is like a one-stop clearing shop for seniors,” Collie said.

The event was geared toward seniors like Jade Shutt, who is set to graduate with a major in criminal justice.

She’s currently in the process of land-ing a job at an Alabama jail after she grad-

uates.“I had a good time on campus,” she

said. “It feels pretty good to be graduat-ing.”

Roger Hinkle, an administration of justice major, said he’s looking forward to graduating. He said he is currently apply-ing for a job with the Virginia State Po-lice.

“[What] I’ll remember most from my UVa-Wise experience is playing football,” he said.

Students who couldn’t attend the event should contact the registrar’s office for the information they missed, Collie said

They should also stop by the college bookstore to pick up their cap and gown, said Wilma McCoy, a bookstore employ-ee.

“It is important that the students pick up their caps and gowns so that they make sure they fit,” she said.

By Clifton DiazOnline Editorcsd2h@uvawise.edu

Representatives from more than 25 companies and graduate programs were on hand to speak with students about potential jobs, internships, and educational opportunities at the Center for Student Development’s seventh an-nual career fair Wednesday.

About 120 students registered for the fair, held from noon to 3 p.m. in Greear Gym, said Breanne Salyer, co-ordinator of career services.

Corey Gardner, a senior history major, said he came to learn more about graduate and professional schools.

“I came to visit East Tennessee State University because I want to pursue a career in education,” Gardner said. “If I’m hired [as a teacher], I’ll teach my best subject — history.”

Representatives from The Appala-

chian College of Pharmacy and School of Law, Wise County Public Schools, King College and Lindsey Wilson Col-lege were also on hand.

“My goal is to find an employer who is interested in hiring me to trans-late Spanish,” said senior communica-tion studies major Kathryn Vernon. “I can translate from Spanish to English fairly well and I’m currently a Span-ish-English operator for a local com-pany in town.”

She said she is looking for a job where “I can apply all of my advertis-ing and marketing skills and my use of a second language.

William Fox, a senior business ad-ministration major, said he was inter-ested in the different opportunities at the career fair.

He said his experience as a college baseball player and his strong interest in academics has increased his chances of finding a job.

“It shows you have a diverse back-ground and you can handle college ath-letics and school work,” he said.

Fox plans to attend Appalachian School of Law.

“College students are most in-

terested in attending fully-accredited institutions,” said Shenna Powers, an Appalachian School of Law represen-tative.

“Our professional schools will try

Freshman Jordan Viars lives and works in Grundy. He grew up in Buchanan County.

“I immediately started think-ing of all the friends I have that work with Buchanan County law enforcement. I feared for their lives and the safety of ev-eryone in the Vansant commu-nity. [Now] I have a completely new perspective on how I view law enforcement. They put their lives on the line every time they put on that uniform. Things like a routine traffic stop can turn into a tragedy in a matter of seconds.”

Senior Jamie Harris is an EMT with Res-cue 33 in Grundy. He was one of the first emergency workers to respond to the shootings.

“It was like something you see on “CSI” or a movie. I wit-nessed things that I shouldn’t have ... it just didn’t seem real, and looking back, it still isn’t real. A police officer or any public service member shouldn’t be the one being treated in the back of an am-bulance — they are there to help protect us. This tragedy is something that doesn’t hap-pen in Buchanan County, and shouldn’t happen anywhere. ”

“The people of Buchanan Coun-ty are very strong; I’m proud to be part of this community where people pull together when there is a tragedy, or just when a fam-ily needs help. We will honor the men who answered a call for help and were shot as a result, and the men who died trying to get to their fallen comrades. The men who died were not just po-lice officers; they were family, friends and neighbors, and they will be remembered as such.”

Adjunct Professor Donna Hale lives in Council, not far from the shooting scene. She’s taught many of Buchanan County’s deputies in high school and college.

Tragedy hits homeRHA meet and greet mixer planned

The shootings in Buchanan County also impacted students, faculty and staff on campus. Here are just a few of the stories Buchanan County residents and workers shared about the experience.

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– including two who attend UVa-Wise – will present their own research findings on topics ranging from breast cancer and diabetes to dental care in the region.

UVa-Wise senior Rachel Belcher, a biochemistry major, will deliver a pre-sentation titled “Breast Cancer and Re-lated Services among Women in Rural Southwest Virginia.”

Belcher said people in the region need to be aware of the warning signs for breast cancer so that it can be detect-ed earlier.

“Particularly in the Appalachian re-gion, the incidence rate of breast cancer is lower than other parts of the U.S., but [the] mortality rate is higher,” she said. “Women need to be sure to get regular screenings – by both self-breast exams and mammograms in order to catch can-cer early on.”

Senior biochemistry major Spen-cer Adams, the other UVa-Wise stu-

dent presenting, will speak about “MAL-ED Project in Limpopo: Cor-relation between Water Quality, Enteropathogens, and Cognitive and Physical Develop-ment in Children,” based on research

he conducted this past summer in South Africa.

In an e-mail to The Highland Cava-lier, Adams wrote that he hopes to “relate the need for taking a culture’s unique needs into consideration.”

Other student fellows presenting include: Kayla Harman, a senior in the Sociology and Global Public Health at UVa, who will speak on “Living with Diabetes: A PhotoVoice Assessment”; Barbara Badman, who will enter a mas-

ter’s in nursing program in the fall, on “Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Cervical Cancer in Rural Southwest Virginia: The Implications for a Robust Video-Colposcopy Network”; and Sarah Raskin, a doctoral candidate at the Uni-versity of Arizona, who will talk about “‘It’s depressing’: Using Patient/provid-er Agreement to Improve Oral Health and Dental Care in Far Southwest Vir-ginia.”

Welch said attendance at the sympo-sium will provide students and commu-nity members with much needed infor-mation about the region’s health issues.

“It is important to understand the reactions of bad health habits,” she said. “A lot of people don’t understand that the solutions to a lot of local health problems can be fixed within the com-munity.

The symposium is free and open to the public.

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News BriefsCongressman to speak at summit

Newly-elected U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, is set to be among the speakers at the fourth annual En-ergy Technology Summit, which will be held Monday in the Cantrell Ban-quet Hall.

The event draws industry leaders, business executives, government regu-lators and energy technology experts to discuss sustainable energy opportu-nities in Southwest Virginia.

Topics this year include “New Southwest Virginia Opportunities for Fossil Fuel,” “Wind Power Develop-ments in Southwest Virginia” and “So-lar Power Developments in Virginia.”

Griffith, who took office in Janu-

ary, has been particularly critical of President Barack Obama’s energy policies.

“If we want to increase our en-ergy security and create good paying jobs, the Obama administration must now remove barriers to domestic [oil] production,” Griffith said in a March 1 press release. “No source of energy should be off the table.”

The summit, sponsored by the Southwest Virginia Technology Coun-cil, is open by registration only.

SGA, Honor Court accepting election petitions for next semester

Students looking to run for posi-tions next year in SGA or the college’s

Honor Court need to submit the re-quired paperwork by April 1.

A completed petition with at least 50 student signatures is required to ap-pear on either ballot.

Close to two dozen positions are open between the two organizations, but the race for SGA president may be the most contentious, with three candi-dates already set to run.

Juniors Ashley Cvetnich, Ashlee Washburn and James Tiffany — all SGA veterans — said this week they plan to enter the race.

Election forms are available in the SGA office on the third floor of Slemp Student Center, at the Office of Student Life in the lower level of Cantrell Hall, and on the SGA Web page at uvawise.

edu/sga. Completed petitions are due by

April 1 at 5 p.m. to either the SGA of-fice or the Office of Student Life.

Director of Center for Student Development to leave

The director of the college’s Cen-ter for Student Development is set to leave for a new job in early April.

Lelia Bradshaw, a graduate of UVa-Wise, will take a job at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap.

It was not immediately clear how Bradshaw’s position would be filled.

Bradshaw’s last day is scheduled for April 8.

By Allie MullinsStaff Writerakm8p@uvawise.edu

The devastating effects of Japan’s earth-quake and tsunami have shaken the hearts and minds of people all across the world and left plenty wondering: could a disaster of that level occur here in Virginia?

The answer, according to experts: it’s unlikely.

Virginia is in the middle of a tectonic plate, one of several large pieces that make up the Earth’s crust. Major earthquakes that cause extreme jerking and shaking typically occur in areas on the edge of such a plate, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Because the state is in the middle of a continental plate, its earthquakes are not large-magnitude ones like those that have affected Japan, Hawaii, the Pacific coast and other places that are on a tectonic plate’s edge.

Although Virginia is in a very stable location, it can still experience earthquakes throughout the state, the USGS says.

Two areas most susceptible to minor quakes lie in Central Virginia along the James River, and in Western Virginia along the New River.

But even when quakes do happen in Virginia, they tend to be relatively small, the USGS says.

Virginia’s last measurable tremor — of magnitude 2.4 — occured on Oct. 30, about 10 miles north of Richmond.

The largest earthquake in Virginia’s his-tory took place in in 1897 in Giles County, about 145 miles from Wise, according to the USGS. That tremor had a magnitude of 5.9, far smaller than Japan’s 9.0 quake.

While earthquakes are not uncommon in Virginia, tsunamis are rare.

Tsunamis are caused by large-magni-tude earthquakes of 7.0 or higher, according to the Virginia Department of Mines, Min-erals and Energy.

Quakes of that size don’t typically oc-cur off the mid-Atlantic coast.

But, earthquakes from many miles away can also cause a tsunami to occur on the Eastern seaboard. An ultra-high-magnitude earthquake in Puerto Rico, for instance, has the potential to cause a tsunami in the At-lantic Ocean.

The most tsunami-vulnerable cities in Virginia include Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Hampton, Newport News, Ports-mouth and Norfolk — all Eastern Shore areas.

Damaging quake not likely in Va.Earthquakes, tsunamis rare on East Coast

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Rescue workers search for trapped survivors and bodies in the northern Japanese city of Minamisanriku on Wednes-day.

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Lottery

“The list will indicate if they have guaranteed hous-ing,” she said.

Even students who draw high numbers should sign up for a room on March 27, sign-up day.

“If a student wants to live on campus it is crucial they go to [both] the lottery and sign-up day,” Robinson said. “We make every effort to find students housing who want it.”

Current residential stu-dents who fail to attend the lottery or sign up for housing will be assigned housing last, after other current residential students, transfer students, and off-campus students who want on-campus hous-ing are assigned, she said.

If students cannot attend either the lottery or sign-up day, they can send a trusted friend with a note saying the friend can sign up for them, their ID, and their receipt or housing application, Lemke said.

Students can pay for their housing application fee any time, though it must be paid by the time they draw a lottery number, Robinson said.

“They don’t have to wait until Wednesday to do it,” she said.

Team.She led the team in points and

rebounds per game this season, while finishing eighth in the con-ference in scoring and seventh in rebounds. She averaged more than 16 points and seven rebounds per game.

Junior guard Emily Doane and sophomore forward Chelsea Clues-

man were named to the Mid-South Academic All-Conference Team.

Doane was one of the Cavs’ best players off the bench this sea-son, scoring 69 points on the sea-son and making more than a third of her shots.

Cluesman averaged more than 10 points and six rebounds per game for the Cavs.

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Em & Kay

Dear Em & Kay,My boyfriend and I have

been dating almost a year now but it seems like we have lost interest in each other. What do I do to get him to fall back in love with me again, or should we just call it quits?

- Attention Craver

Dear Attention Craver,Since you have been with

your boyfriend for almost a year, we don’t think you should give up so easily.

Couples who have been to-gether hit walls when things don’t seem new and exciting anymore. If you both decide you want to stay in the rela-tionship (yes, talk about it, even if it’s awkward at first!), we suggest you make a list of activities you both like to do and pick one of them to com-plete once a week or even one a day. We have a few sug-gestions that might help you get started: cook a meal to-gether, go on a romantic pic-nic, or even complete a puz-zle together. The important thing is this -- if you decide to work it out, spend time to-gether. Sometimes, that will fix the problem. Good luck!

Love,

Em & Kay

Emily and Karrye — that’s us at the top of the page — are here to answer your questions. Nothing is off limits. Send any question or problem, big or small, to the e-mail

addresses below.If your question isn’t answered the week you send it, we might

be saving it for an upcoming week, so don’t get discouraged. We’ll be here for you no matter what! If you don’t want your name printed in the newspaper, sign it

with an anonymous name like the ones below. Good luck!

Love,

Em & Kay

Dear Em and Kay,This guy that I’m really

good friends with asked me out on a date. I only see him as a friend and am afraid I’ve been sending the wrong signals. How do I let him off the hook without making him cry?

- Oops?

Dear Oops?,Sit him down and tell him

the truth. You might be acci-dently sending him signals. Don’t go into it automati-cally saying no because we don’t want you to hurt your friendship. It’s important for you not to make him feel like he did something wrong or that you are freaked out about it. Sometimes, we find ourselves flirting with people and not knowing it, so it might just be your per-sonality.

If he says you’ve been sending him signals, apolo-gize for leading him down the wrong road and try to fix the situation yourself. Maybe getting this out in the open will help make some-thing happen with him, if that’s what you want. Good luck!

Love,

Em & KayE-mail Emily Baxter or Karrye Ormaner at

enb5u@uvawise.edu or kso9c@uvawise.edu.

Cartoonist Joanna Lewis is a senior computer science major.

Write on white rice

Photo by Lauren Miller

Sophomore chemistry major Shaqueta Green (left), a SAB member, helps students write their names and messages on grains of rice. SAB president Sarah Smith said about 80 students turned out for the event, which was held for the first time on campus Wednesday afternoon. She said the program was a success and something SAB members might look into bringing back another year.

to focus and concentrate our recruitment in the Appalachian area,” she said.

Fawn Price, a representative from CGI, a Lebanon-based software firm, said her company offers “excellent scholar-ship and benefit packages” and will be on campus for an Advice and a Slice session that will be held in the Center for Student Development n March 21.

Senior administration of justice ma-jor Libby Wachter said she applied for a position with the United States Army.

“I’m really excited about the oppor-tunity and hope to advance in the Army’s recruitment process,” she said.

Some do not know the rigor of the army’s recruitment process, said Sgt. 1st Class Jamal Ghammashi.

“Everybody’s cutting back and we can help get students in the right direc-tion,” Ghammashi said. “We look for stu-

dents with moral, experience, who have taken and successfully passed the mili-tary multi-aptitude test and psychological examination.”

It’s more difficult to get into the Army than into college, he said.

“But when you do get in, it’s a re-warding experience and students can be-come part of a specific culture,” he said.

A summer position for a nurse extern with the Wellmont Health System, a man-agement training program at TruPoint Bank’s corporate headquarters in Grun-dy, and a position at Wachovia Bank in Norton were also advertised during the fair, Salyer said.

Students who were unable to attend the fair should submit their résumés to these companies as soon as possible and contact career services if they need any help, Salyer said.

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Henson Hall to be tiledFrom Staff Reports

Good news for folks with allergies — Henson Hall’s carpet, which has been in the building since the residence hall was built 10 years ago, will be replaced over the summer.

Tile will be installed in hallways and rooms.

“Henson has had some really badly

stained carpet,” said Angie Lemke, director of residence life.

She said students who have allergies have had trouble trying to keep the carpets clear of allergens. Carpets are more difficult to clean than tiled floor, because many students don’t have vacuums, she said.

“We’ve had quite a few students com-ment on the stained carpet,” she said.

Hunger is closer than you think. Reach out to your local food bank for ways to do your part. Visit FeedingAmerica.org today.

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HUNGER READS THE MORNING PAPER, TOO.

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Five things you didn't know:

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Originally, the color associated with St. Patrick’s Day was blue. However, it’s doubtful that dying the Chica-go River blue each year would be any more beneficial to fish than dying it green annually.

In the early 1900s, the Irish passed a law banning bars and pubs from being open on St. Patrick’s Day. Thankfully for bar owners and college students in this country, the law never made it across the pond. Break out the green beer!

The Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team was actually the Toronto St. Patricks from 1919 to 1927, and team members wore green jerseys. Also, slightly related, Guiness wants Canada to make St. Patrick’s Day a national holiday.

After being conquered by the British and forbidden to speak their native language, the Irish turned to music to keep their histories alive. But then Queen Elizabeth I decreed that all artists and pipers be arrested and hanged on the spot. At least we’re allowed to listen to Flogging Molly today.

Disney strikes again! — the image of mischievous leprechauns is purely American-made and had abso-lutely nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day until 1959, when Disney released a movie called “Darby O’Gill & the Little People.”

Compiled by Allie Robinson, editor-in-chief

Sources: history.com, wikipedia.com

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Baseball Campus BulletinUpcoming:

The Fighter: See the Academy Award-win-ning movie “The Fighter” for free in the Slemp Student Center tonight at 8 p.m.

Chancellor for a Day: NRHH’s annual Chan-cellor for a Day food drive will start March 21. The person who donates the most in canned food will switch places with Chancellor Prior on March 30.

UNO: Show your wild card at the intramural UNO competition, March at 7 p.m.

Benefit Baby Shower: Donate new or gently used baby items at the Wesley Fellowhip un-til the end of March. Items will be donated to benefit victims of domestic violence.

Weekly:

The Wise Environmental Club: The environ-mental club meets on Mondays at 6 p.m. in the Henson classroom. Contact Jennifer Fulton at jnf7a@uvawise.edu or Spencer Adams at sta9a@uvawise.edu for more information.

Wesley Fellowship: Wesley Fellowship serves free homestyle dinners on Tuesday nights at 6 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation by Alumni Hall.

SAB: Student Activities Board meetings are held Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in the Honor Court room on the third floor of the Slemp Student Center. Contact Josh Justice for more informa-tion.

BCM: Baptist Collegiate Ministries serves free meals on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. at BCM.

Tupos: Tupos services are held Wednesdays at 9 p.m. in the Chapel of All Faiths.

The Highland Cavalier: The student news-paper holds weekly meetings on Fridays at 1 p.m. in the third floor Honor Court Room in the Slemp Student Center.

SGA: The Student Government Association meets weekly on Fridays at 1 p.m. in the fifth floor Rhododendron Room in the Slemp Stu-dent Center.

The Art Guild: The Art Guild meets Fridays at 4 p.m. in the Gilliam Center for the Arts, room 214. All are welcome to join.

Player of the week:

Maddi RidenourSenior Maddi Ridenour was

named Mid-South Conference Softball Player of the Week on March 7 for her stellar perfor-mance last week over spring break, after she batted .500 and scored eight runs in four games.

The Cavs totaled four vic-tories last weekend at a tourna-ment in Virginia Beach, which puts the team on a four-game winning streak.

Ridenour currently leads the Cavs in four statistical cat-egories — she has a .417 bat-ting average, and leads the team with 16 runs, 20 hits and 13 sto-len bases. Ridenour is tied for

first in the conference for stolen bases and she is ranked among the top five in the conference for batting average so far this season.

“Maddi is playing very well and we are benefiting from it,” said senior starting pitcher Megan McCoy.

The four-game winning streak improved the Cavs to 7-10 on the season.

The team heads on the road tomorrow for a two-game series against the University of Rio Grande. The first game is slated for 2 p.m. followed by the sec-ond game at 4 p.m. Ridenour

For his efforts, Crosby was named the Mid-South Pitcher of the Week.

UVa-Wise scored the game’s only run in the sixth inning when sophomore catcher Tommy Meir singled and moved to second on a fielding error.

Meir then moved to third base on a passed ball error and eventually scored on a RBI single from senior designated hitter Louis Roa.

In the second game on Saturday, the Golden Bears jumped out to an early one-run lead.

That was the only lead the Golden Bears had during the game, due to the Cavs’ exceptional hit-ting.

The Cavs scored a staggering 11 runs, win-ning the game 11-4.

Roa, a team captian, led the dominating Cavs’ offensive by going 2-for-3 from plate with five RBIs and a three-run homerun.

Roa said he is happy with the improvements the team has made since the beginning of the sea-son.

“We are really starting to bring things togeth-er now and that’s good because of the early con-ference games,” Roa said. “I feel good about our chances moving forward because of the wins we were able to get this past weekend.”

During the third game on March 13, nothing changed for the conference leading Cavs.

The team broke open a scoreless game in the

bottom of the third inning when senior centerfield-er Brad Ricker singled and advanced to third on a double by sophomore shortstop Chaz Hall.

Ricker scored one batter later on a Meir ground-out RBI.

The Golden Bears battled back and took a two-run lead on some defensive miscues in the top half of the fourth inning.

Sophomore pitcher Josh Guizar was sum-moned in to pitch the last four innings. Guizar threw four scoreless innings to help give the the team a hard-won 4-3 victory.

In the final game of the four game series, the Cavs once again proved their dominance over the Golden Bears.

A group effort both offensively and defensive-ly proved to be too much for West Virginia Tech.

The Cavs’ pitching staff struck out 10 batters and only gave up a combined one earned run.

Offensively, the Cavs combined for 10 hits and scored six runs, winning the final game of the series 6-4.

With the wins, the Cavs improved their record to 8-6 overall.

The Cavs’ 5-1 mark in the conference ties them with Lindsey Wilson for the top spot in the Mid-South Conference.

The Cavs look to continue their winning streak as they play Georgetown College in a dou-bleheader today in Kentucky.

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By Jordan FiferNews Editorjtf3u@uvawise.edu

I was eating breakfast in the Caf one day last fall when I noticed a group of football players sitting together. Most of the group was eating the standard Caf breakfast fare: sau-sage patties, biscuits and gravy, and hash browns.

One guy was different, though. He was large, like most football players are, but he sat down with a bowl of fruit, topped with yogurt and granola. He enjoyed a solitary hash brown patty on the side.

“What the hell is that?” one of his friends asked.“I’m trying to eat healthy,” said the man with the fruit.“Looks gay to me,” another in the group said.I’ll let the offensive “gay” crack slide — that’s a topic

for another piece.No, what really got me about the exchange was how

the majority of the group of athletes not only chose wildly unhealthy food for breakfast, but mocked their teammate for choosing a different option.

Why is it wrong to eat healthy? Is it unpopular to stay alive?

That’s what it comes down to, after all. Numerous stud-ies show that obesity — often caused by poor dietary choic-es — dramatically decreases a person’s lifespan.

A 2003 study published in the medical journal The An-nals of Internal Medicine summed it up: “Obesity and over-weight in adulthood are associated with large decreases in life expectancy and increases in early mortality.”

Translation: Consistently eating unhealthy foods — and

gaining weight because of it — is killing us.(Disclaimer: Not sure about you, but I, for one, like be-

ing alive.)This is a problem; no doubt about it. The World Health Organization, the Centers for Dis-

ease Control and several other organizations long ago de-clared obesity an epidemic.

And WHO says chronic obesity has now replaced mal-nutrition and infectious diseases as the most significant cause of poor health worldwide.

Let me rephrase that: We’re getting so fat as a soci-ety, that the overweight people of America and Europe now worry public health officials more than the skin-and-bones people of Third World countries.

How did we get here? It’s a social issue, for sure. Healthier food choices, like fresh fruit and vegetables,

are often more expensive than more fattening options like fast food. And eating those healthier options is often stig-matized as being uncool.

If we’re going to fix this crisis — and that’s what it is — we need to relabel healthy eating not just as the smart choice, but the popular choice.

Food manufacturers need to do their part by spending less time developing new things to put on a burger, and in-stead, spend more time finding ways to make healthy eating affordable to the masses

We need political leaders, sports figures, religious heads and celebrities to come together and take a stand.

We need average people, sitting with their friends, to support healthy eating.

We need people to stand up and say, “enough.”

Healthy eating should be popular

By Allie RobinsonEditor-in-Chiefagr2q@uvawise.edu

More than $24 million has been do-nated to Japanese earthquake and Pacif-ic Island tsunami relief, a number that seems phenomenal until you consider that in the early days of fundraising for Haiti and Chile, that number was more than $100 million.

Shopkick, an application you can download for your smartphone, lets people donate “karmas” for causes, and companies are prompted donate real dollars to those causes. Red Cross relief for Haiti and Chile have been options on the donate page ever since the disas-ters happened, but a donation option for Japan has not yet been added.

Similarly, Threadless.com, an on-line T-shirt community in which peo-ple design shirts, which are then sold by the site, had charity relief shirts for Haiti and the Gulf oil spill over the summer. The site is currently selling a generic flood relief tee, but a designer has yet to donate the proceeds of a shirt specifically for earthquake and tsunami relief.

I guess there are a few reasons for this lack of support.

According to CNNMoney, the fact that Japan is a wealthy country might affect people’s inclination to give, since the assumption is that they can take care of their own. Another theory is that no one really seems to know where the money needs to go.

There’s not a clear-cut need, for instance, for food, water, and basic

medical attention like there was after the Haiti quake. The people in Japan are also dealing with the effects of a nuclear explosion, and that’s less read-ily treatable, perhaps, than a sliced arm or a parched throat.

Also, media coverage may be af-fecting donations. After the oil spill, there was a daily deluge of images: oil-covered pelicans and fish, beaches covered in black gooey crude.

The images we’ve seen so far of the tsunami and the earthquake aftermaths have been much more generic: water swirling in over walls and taking out houses, cars floating down the street. I feel that we have seen fewer personal-ized, tug-at-your-heartstring graphics than we saw after the Haiti quake and the Gulf spill.

Are we desensitized to tragedy?Do we look at the TV and sigh,

shake our heads, and then flip over to the finale of “The Bachelor” or an NCAA tournament game? Are we worn out from people needing us or are we just lazy?

I think this question, of how much effort we put into the well-being of oth-ers, is one our generation will face as we take our places in “the real world.”

It’s not up to someone else to care about others, to open a purse or wal-let and send $10 to the American Red Cross instead of spending it on iTunes or at McDonald’s.

It’s up to you. It’s up to me.Recent studies have suggested that

not only do young adults not know much about what’s going on in the world around them, they don’t care.

It’s hard for me to think otherwise when I go to class daily and people have absolutely no idea what is going on, or when we have food or clothing drives on campus and collection boxes remain empty.

Prove me wrong.I don’t care what you care about, as

long as you care about something. And caring is demonstrated not by words but by actions. By putting your money or time where your mouth is, and maybe missing a game on TV or skipping an ice cream cone so that other people can have necessities.

I know you care. I’ve seen it on your Facebook status, and heard it in the things you’ve said. So I challenge you this month, in the midst of March Madness and St. Patrick’s Day revel-ry; to drop a can in the collection box (NRHH will have some out next week) or text a $10 donation to earthquake and tsunami relief. Or visit the nursing home across the street.

What you care about may not be the thing that I care most about ... but, the important thing is that we act on it.

Taking care of the world is our job now, not later

By The Maneater Editorial BoardUniversity of Missouri UWIRE

Fuel is a hot commod-ity and one we Americans often underestimate in our relatively low-cost energy market. Our in-frastructure, our politics and our very lifestyle are all designed with the need in mind to allo-cate energy in the most efficient way.

We notice this most heavily in the price of gasoline. Often we bemoan the prices of fuel when they rise near the $4 per gallon mark, but we fail to re-alize that the U.S. actually en-joys relatively cheap fuel prices compared to nations like Great Britain or France where drivers pay more than $7 per gallon.

The U.S. government has been subsidizing oil companies for decades in order to offset the cost of gasoline to consumers. That means almost $40 billion in taxpayer money is paid di-rectly to oil companies for fuel each year.

We are one of the few coun-tries who do this, and it begs the question: What if we allocated that money beyond oil?

A new wave of hybrids and fully electric vehicles has recently become available to consumers, and they seem to be catching on fairly well. But the technology is only a newcomer in an arena of giants.

A bill recently died in Con-gress that proposed cutting oil subsidies completely. Undoubt-edly, doing so would increase the costs of fuel. But what if we took the $40 billion and gave it back to consumers, in the form of credits households could use to purchase an electric vehicle?

It’s simple. Cutting oil subsidies will

cause the price of gasoline to increase toward its natural equi-librium. The high price will shrink demand for oil and cre-ate massive demand for non-oil dependant transportation.

Taking the money from oil subsidies and giving it to households for electric cars in a cash-for-clunkers-esque man-ner would give the auto industry more than enough incentive to innovate away from oil in order to make massive gains off the new clean energy market’s de-mand.

It’s our generation that is ultimately responsible for real-izing enough is enough, that the oil fad should have died decades ago. The technology is there, has been there for a long time, and there’s no reason for us to continue driving our parents’ cars.

If we are to call ourselves a progressive generation, we can’t allow oil companies to continue weighing us down.

If we create the demand, the market will follow. Stu-dents need to realize they in fact do carry enough influence to change demand, and ultimately, the way we consume energy.

PropsThe Highland Cavalier is back.•Baseball team won four in a •row.School year halfway •over.Spring starts in two days.•Flowers are blooming.•Weather should be get-•ting warm soon.

DropsSpring Break is over.•Gas prices on the rise.•Cold weather still •lingering.Break not long •enough.Assignments/tests due the week af-•ter spring break.Japanese Earthquake..•

U.S. needs to end oil reliance

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By Cameron ParsonsSports Editor

clp7m@uvawise.edu

Sports Scoreboard

Photo by Jordan Fifer

Sophomore pitcher Scott Cole throws a pitch during the Cavs’ 4-3 victory over West Virginia Tech on March 13. The Cavs swept the four-game home series, improving their record to 8-6 overall and 5-1 in the conference.

SoFTBALL

Mid-South Conference Standings (as of March 18)

1.) Georgetown (10-5, 6-0)2.) Lindsey Wilson (19-2, 2-0)3.) Rio Grande (5-5, 2-0)4.) Shawnee State (2-0, 2-0)5.) St. Catharine (4-4, 2-2)6.) UVa-Wise (7-12, 0-0)7.) Campbell (6-15, 0-2)8.) WVa Tech (1-5, 0-2)9.) Pikeville (0-6, 0-2)10.) Cumberlands (4-13, 0-6)

March 13UVa-Wise 3, Va. Intermont 5 R H EUVa-Wise 200 000 0 3 7 2Inter 001 220 0 12 15 0

W — Kristen Dyer (1-0). L — Kaylla Holdway (2-3).

March 13UVa-Wise 3, Va. Intermont 5 R H EUVa-Wise 012 000 0 3 10 4Inter 001 301 0 5 3 1

W — Melissa Hudgins (2-0). L — Megan McCoy (4-7).

March 5UVa-Wise 6, Washington 2

R H EUVa-Wise 102 021 0 6 7 4Wash 200 000 0 2 3 4

W — Waiter (1-0). L — Kayla Holdway (2-2).

BASEBALL

Mid-South Conference Standings (as of March 18)

1.) Lindsey Wilson (13-6, 5-1)2.) UVa-Wise (8-6, 5-1)3.) Cumberlands (17-5, 6-2)4.) Rio Grande (13-8, 4-2)5.) Campbell (7-9, 4-2)6.) St. Catharine (15-12-1, 3-5)7.) Shawnee State (14-12, 3-5)8.) Georgetown (11-12, 3-5)9.) WVa Tech (8-11, 2-6)10.) Pikeville (3-15-2, 1-7)

Feb. 13UVa-Wise 4, W.Va. Tech 3

R H EUVa-Wise 001 011 01 4 7 2W.Va. Tech 001 112 00 3 6 1

W — Guizar (1-0). L — Beltran (0-1).

Feb. 13UVa-Wise 6, W.Va. Tech 4

R H EUVa-Wise 010 221 0 6 9 2W.Va. Tech 030 010 0 4 5 2

W — Smith (1-1). L — Summers (0-1).

Baseball team wins four in a row

tournament previewThe excitement is tangi-

ble. You can feel it in the air. Even the president of

the United States takes part. Brackets are being passed out and people are selling their souls trying to pick this season’s Cinderella team.

If you haven’t noticed, March Madness has begun.

The newly expanded 68-team field has already added some excitement, as teams began playing on March 15 in a play-in game.

The first games of the tournament resulted in two intense games, as Clemson flexed its muscle against the University of Alabama-Birmingham and UNC-Ash-

ville defeated the University of Arkansas-Little Rock in overtime.

The real excitement be-gins today as the first mean-ingful games begin.

There are really two no-table latecomers to the party.

The University of Northern Colorado is mak-ing its first appearance after winning the Big Sky Tourna-ment Championship.

And, Princeton is mak-ing its first appearance since 2004, after beating Harvard in a one-game playoff.

Northern Colorado will play San Diego State, while Princeton will face fourth-seeded Kentucky.

Ohio State (East), Pitts-burgh (Southeast), Kansas (Southwest) and Duke (East) are this year’s top-four seeds.

The Blue Devils won last year’s national champi-onship after defeating Butler 61-59, but they have a much tougher road to the big game this season.

Duke has to get through No. 4 seed Texas, No. 2 seed San Diego State and No. 3 seed UConn.

The nation’s perennial favorite is Ohio State, but the Buckeyes have a tough road as well.

They will face several strong teams including North

Carolina, Syracuse and Ken-tucky.

The East bracket this season is played in Syra-cuse’s backyard, which is sure to be rocking if the Or-ange can make it to face the Buckeyes.

The first round contin-ues tonight, so strap in and hold on for another wild ride through March Madness.

President Obama picked Kansas to beat Ohio State in his national championship bracket; I have Pittsburgh over Syracuse.

Whoever you pull for, be sure to brace yourself for another exciting finish to the college basketball season.

Feb. 12UVa-Wise 4, W.Va. Tech 3

R H EUVa-Wise 440 210 0 11 10 0W.Va. Tech 111 100 0 4 9 0

W — Justin Wilson (2-0). L — Matt Cockburn (0-1 ).

Feb. 12UVa-Wise 4, W.Va. Tech 3

R H EUVa-Wise 000 001 0 1 6 0W.Va. Tech 000 000 0 0 4 1

W — Ryan Crosby (2-1) com-plete game, 4 hits. L — Mike Coladonato (0-1).

By Adam HoodStaff Writerarh4d@uvawise.edu

The Cavs baseball team finds itself atop the Mid-South Conference standings early this season, after sweeping the West Virginia Tech Golden Bears in a four-game series on March 12 and March 13.

The Cavs, playing in their first home series, dominated West Virginia Tech in stunning fashion, taking all four games with scores of 1-0, 11-4, 4-3 and 6-4.

The team was solid in every aspect, both offensively and defensively.

The pitching staff struck out a com-bined 30 batters and walked only eight, while holding the Golden Bears’ offensive at bay all weekend.

On the offensive side, Cavs’ hitters managed to produce 31 hits and score 22 runs.

Head coach Hank Banner said he is glad to see his team playing to their full potential.

“We knew coming into this season that we had the talent,” Banner said. “It was just going to take some time to actually see it because of all the young guys we got on this team. I’m really proud of my guys.”

In the first game of the series on March 12, pitcher Ryan Crosby dominated the Golden Bears’ offense.

Crosby managed to strike out eight hitters and allow no walks en route to a complete game shutout.

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Mid-South Conference Final Standings

1.) Georgetown (30-4, 15-3)2.) St. Catharine (22-9, 14-4)3.) Pikeville (26-7, 13-5)4.) Cumberlands (18-11, 13-5)5.)Lindsey Wilson (19-11,10-8)6.) Campbell (17-15, 9-9)7.) WVa Tech (14-16, 8-10)8.) UVa-Wise (11-18, 4-14)9.) Shawnee State (9-21,4-14)10.) Rio Grande (5-26, 0-18)

Feb. 19UVa-Wise def. Rio Grande

82-74

UVa-Wise (10-15, 4-13) — Tra-vis Berry 22 points; Josh Jordan 17 points; Darius Smith 5 points, 6 assists; Kevin Perry 10 points, 6 rebounds; Mark Phillips 12 points.

Feb. 17W.Va. Tech def. UVa-Wise

97-88

UVa-Wise (10-14, 3-13) — Tra-vis Berry 27 points, 8 rebounds; Norris Gaskins 11 points; Josh Jordan 16 points, 8 rebounds; Darius Smith 12 points, 8 assists; Mark Phillips 11 points.

Mid-South Conference Final Standings

1.) Campbell (28-3, 17-1)2.) Lindsey Wilson (23-8,13-5)3.) Shawnee State (25-9, 13-5)4.) Cumberlands (16-15, 10-8)5.) Rio Grande (19-13, 9-9)6.) Pikeville (19-12, 9-10)7.) Georgetown (12-18, 8-10)8.) St. Catharine (12-20, 6-12)9.) UVa-Wise (11-17, 4-14)10.) WVa Tech (5-24, 2-16)

Feb. 16UVa-Wise def. Ky. Christian

83-63

UVa-Wise (11-14, 4-12) — Kris-tin Mullins 29 points, 9 rebounds; Hannah Powers 10 points, 10 re-bounds; Amber Carter 16 points, 6 assists; Emily Doane 8 points.

Feb.16 UVa-Wise def. Pikeville

76-62

UVa-Wise (10-14, 3-12) — Kris-tin Mullins 23 points, 7 rebounds; Amber Carter 12 points, 3 assists; Chelsea Cluesman 14 points, 12 rebounds; Megan Rutherford 10 points.

Feb. 19Rio Grande def. UVa-Wise

76-62

UVa-Wise (11-16, 4-14) — Kris-tin Mullins 8 points, 6 rebounds; Hannah Powers 10 points, 5 re-bounds; Amber Carter 13 points, 5 assists.

Jan. 17W.Va. Tech def. UVa-Wise

75-72

UVa-Wise (11-15, 4-13) — Kris-tin Mullins 29 points, 6 rebounds; Hannah Powers 11 points, 7 assists; Megan Rutherford 23 points; Chelsea Cluesman 12 points.

Feb. 29St. Catharine def. UVa-Wise

99-73

UVa-Wise (11-17, 4-14) — Kris-tin Mullins 8 points, 6 rebounds; Hannah Powers 10 points, 5 re-bounds; Amber Carter 13 points, 5 assists.

Feb. 26Pikeville def. UVa-Wise

82-73

UVa-Wise (10-16, 4-14) — Tra-vis Berry 23 points; Josh Wright 10 points, 11 rebounds; Josh Jor-dan 11 points; Darius Smith 11 points, 3 assists.

March 4Georgetown def. UVa-Wise

86-73

UVa-Wise (11-18, 4-14) — Sam Eligwe 23 points; Norris Gaskins 9 points; Kevin Perry 10 points, 5 rebounds; Josh Jordan 10 points; Darius Smith 12 points, 4 assists.

Feb. 28UVa-Wise def. Shawnee State

71-66

UVa-Wise (11-17, 4-14) — Tra-vis Berry 31 points, 7 rebounds; Norris Gaskins 8 points, 10 re-bounds; Kevin Perry 8 rebounds; Josh Jordan 9 points, 5 rebounds.

By Cameron ParsonsSports Editorclp7m@uvawise.edu

Although the Cavs were able to knock off Shawnee State 71-66 in the opening round of the Mid-South Con-ference tournament, they couldn’t han-dle Georgetown College in the second round, falling 86-73 to the Tigers on March 4.

The Cavs made an incredible 53 percent of their three-point field goal attempts and led very early on.

But Georgetown quickly recov-ered, retaking the lead. The Cavs were down just six points at halftime.

The Tigers connected on 84 percent of their free throws during the game, to put the win just out of the Cavs reach.

The Cavs were led by sophomore guard Sam Eligwe’s 23 points, includ-ing 5-of-7 three point field goals.

Freshman guard Darius Smith scored 12 points and had three assists, while junior forward Josh Jordan and senior forward Kevin Perry both added 10 points in the loss.

Tigers senior guard Eddie Gray and junior forward Tyrone Shelley both scored 19 points to lead their team.

Junior center Maurice Pearson led all players with his 17 rebound perfor-mance, while Tigers senior forward and Mid-South Player of the Year Vic Mo-ses recorded a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Georgetown, which has proven be a difficult opponent for other teams during the regular season, is currently playing in the NAIA national champi-onship tournament after winning the conference championship.

The loss puts the Cavs’ final record at 11-18 overall, and 4-14 in the confer-ence.

Men drop final game in second round

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Men’s Statistical LeadersTravis Berrypoints: 468rebounds: 70assists: 83Josh Jordanpoints: 326rebounds: 184assists: 12blocks: 36Norris Gaskinspoints: 306rebounds: 189assists: 44

Sam Eligwepoints: 307rebounds: 70assists: 43steals: 49Darius Smithpoints: 281rebounds: 80assists: 157Kevin Perrypoints: 163rebounds: 85assists: 17

Photo by Jordan Fifer

By Cameron ParsonsSports Editorclp7m@uvawise.edu

The men’s basketball team started the season off stong — a 5-1 run before finishing the season 11-18 overall and 4-14 in the con-ference.

The team played a much more challenging schedule this season after their move into the Mid-South Conference, whereas they were traditionally one of the best teams in the NAIA.

The Cavs did manage to win their opening round game of the conference tournament 71-66 against Shawnee State on Feb. 28.

But, the Cavs couldn’t handle Georgetown Col-lege in the second round, falling 86-73 to the Tigers on March 4.

On the season, the Cavs also faced two NCAA Division I teams: Virginia Military Institute and Long-wood University. The Cavs lost both games, 120-88 to VMI on Nov. 16 and 104-77 to Longwood on Nov. 18.

Offense was not a prob-

lem for the men’s team, as they averaged nearly 79 points per game, good enough to be ranked 21st in the country.

However, the Cavs’ de-fense gave up 82.3 points per game. That put the Cavs in the bottom 10 defenses nationwide.

Junior guard Travis Berry led the Cavs in points scored with 16.1 points per game.

Berry scored a career high 31 points in the Cavs’ solo tournament win against Shawnee State.

Junior forward Josh Jordan led the Cavs with 184 rebounds this season and ranked 30th in the country with 1.3 blocks per game.

He and senior forward Mark Phillips were named to the Mid-South Academic All-Conference Team.

Phillips averaged 5.6 points per game and was one of the Cavs’ best shoot-ers from the field, making 44 percent of his shots.

Sophomore guard Sam Eligwe finished the season 38th in the country with 1.8 steals per game.

Freshman guard Dar-

Kristen Mullinspoints: 424rebounds: 185assists: 21Amber Carterpoints: 394rebounds: 85assists: 169steals: 99Chelsea Cluesmanpoints: 280rebounds: 172assists: 20

Women’s Statistical LeadersMegan Rutherfordpoints: 257rebounds: 117assists: 27Hannah Powerspoints: 249rebounds: 127assists: 101steals: 42Adrianne Womackpoints: 111rebounds: 65assists: 17

Nov. 3 UVa-Wise 97, Milligan 81

Cavs Season HighlightsOn opening night, the home standing men’s team dominated the Bears for the Cavs’ first victory of the season.

Senior forward kevin Perry puts up a shot against the University of Rio Grande on Feb. 2. The Cavs defeated the Red Storm 99-66 in the game.

By Cameron ParsonsSports Editorclp7m@uvawise.edu

The Cavs’ inau-gural season in the Mid-South wasn’t what the team had planned on, but it showed other confer-ence members that this team is a force to be reckoned with in the future.

The women’s team started the year strong only to see the brutal schedule wear down players.

Throughout the season, the Cavs’ offense flourished, while the defense proved to be their undoing in many of their games.

The women had the 19th best scoring

offense in the country with nearly 75 points per game, but the team also had the fifth worse defense in the country, surrendering more than 80 points per game.

Junior guard Am-ber Carter, the Cavs’ shortest player at 5’ 2” tall, proved to be one of the best play-ers in the country.

She finished the season third in assists with 6.3 per game and third in steals with 3.7 per game. For her stellar season, Carter was named to the Mid-South All-Conference Team.

Junior post Kris-ten Mullins was an honorable mention player for the Mid-South All-Conference

Men’s team starts strong, finishes season on high note

Women’s team gains valuable experience in new conference

Photo by Jordan Fifer

Junior point guard Amber Carter goes up for a shot during the Cavs’ 80-75 loss to Lindsey Wilson Col-lege on Dec. 2. The women’s basketball team had the 19th best scoring offense in the country, post-ing nearly 75 points per game.

Nov. 17 UVa-Wise 68, Va. Intermont 60The women’s team finished up a five-game road trip with four straight wins to start the season. This victory over local rival Virginia Intermont gave the Cavs a 4-1 record.

Nov. 19 UVa-Wise 84, Farmingdale 76The men’s team gave one of their best efforts of the season, defeating the NCAA Division III Rams.

Jan. 29 UVa-Wise 76, Cumberlands 74The women’s team shocked the 23rd-ranked University

of the Cumberlands on Jan. 29 after hitting a buzzer beater to win the game 76-74.

Feb. 3 UVa-Wise 77, Shawnee State 70The women’s team used the wild atomosphere of the Greear Gym crowd to upset the conference’s second best team 77-70 on Feb. 3.

Feb. 28 UVa-Wise 71, Shawnee State 66In the opening round of the Mid-South Conference tournament, the Cavs upset Shawnee State to advance to the champion-ship quarterfinals.

ius Smith was named the Mid-South Conference’s Freshman of the Year for his breakout season. He

averaged nearly 10 points per game and finished the year eighth in the nation with 5.6 assists per game.

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