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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Monday March 2, 2015 Volume 127, Issue 105www.THEdaonLInE.comda
Editorial: Though SGA lowered spending limits, max spending still not low enoughOPINION PAGE 4
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West Virginia defeats No. 24 Texas in overtime game on senior nightSPORTS PAGE 9
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SPENDING ON SGA ELECTIONS
Josh Arthurs Band plays monthly at local restaurantA&E PAGE 7
BLUES AT BLACK BEAR
by lauren caccamo & Taylor Jobin
staff writers @dailyathenaeum
The first round of de-bates between West Vir-ginia University Student Government Association candidates took place last night in the Mountainlair food court.
Part of a two-night event, last night’s debate focused on Board of Gov-ernors candidates from the three running parties: the Youth Party, the Experi-ence Party, and the Make A Difference Party.
Student candidates fo-
cused on issues ranging from campus safety to text-book affordability.
From the Youth Party, junior Audra Phibbs said she would like to ensure greater campus safety by training students how to react to disasters on campus.
“Take a second to imag-ine yourself on campus and you hear gunshots and screaming. Would you know what to do?” Phibbs asked the audience. “It’s a terrible and unfortunate thing that campus shoot-ings even occur—but they do. I hope that we never have to deal with a tragedy
like that, but we should be able to address it should it ever happen.”
Phibbs said she would like to integrate a video into the current freshman orientation program in order to educate new stu-dents on campus about what they should do if such an instance occurred.
Other candidates ad-vocated improvement in campus safety by promot-ing awareness of sexual violence on campus and creating better training opportunities.
“Currently what’s pro-moted is bystander preven-tion training. It’s a crucial
p a r t o f p r e -ven-tion, b u t it’s not the only thing we should be doing, espe-cially when 90 percent of assaults happen between two people who know each other,” said sopho-more Samantha Shimer, a Make a Difference Party candidate.
Issues surrounding stu-dent wellness were also addressed by Make a Dif-ference candidate Lauren Dirkman, a freshman pre-pharmacy student. Dirk-
man relayed to the au-dience an experience in which she sought treat-ment at student health fol low ing an injur y in her foot, only to be misdiagnosed.
“It’s not fair and I want to make sure this never happens to a student again,” Dirkman said.
Dirkman also advo-cated for free STI test-ing to be brought to the Mountainlair by partner-
ing with medical centers around the WVU campus, which already provide the free service.
Youth Party candi-date David Chaney, a ju-nior, said mental well-ness attention needs to be brought to WVU students on top of their physical well-being. Chaney said he would like to introduce a “24-hour crisis text-line” program that would allow students to text represen-tatives in order to get the help they need.
While some SGA candi-dates focused on student
by emily lesliestaff writer
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Friday afternoon, doz-ens of students, faculty and members of the Mor-gantown community gath-ered in the free speech zone across from the Mountainlair to express opposition to proposed House Bill 2881 and sup-port for an inclusive West Virginia, as organized by WVU Spectrum.
H.B. 2881 is a recently proposed bill from the West Virginia House of Delegates that would create the West Virginia Intrastate Com-merce Improvement Act. The official purpose of the bill is to ensure that busi-
nesses, organizations and employers doing business in West Virginia are subject to uniform nondiscrimina-tion laws. Human rights codes that included sexual orientation as a protected category would be nullified under H.B. 2881.
David M. Fryson, vice president of the Division of Diversity, Equity and In-clusion, commented on the negative effects this pro-posed bill could, if enacted, have on West Virginia.
“It could lead to the nar-rative about West Virginia as being narrow and big-oted. Basically this is a bill based upon discrimi-nation. At a time when we
Doyle Maurer/The DaIly aTheNaeuMRyan Payan speaks at the BOG debate Sunday night in the Mountainlair.
BOG candidates present platforms
Kyle MoNroe/The DaIly aTheNaeuMSupporters cheer on their candidates in the Mountainlair Sunday evening.
Doyle Maurer/The DaIly aTheNaeuMTrevor Kiess speaks at the BOG debate Sunday night in the Mountainlair.
@ ONLINE GALLERYVisit thedaonline.com for a gallery of images from the first night of debates.
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asKar salIKhoV/The DaIly aTheNaeuMCandice Ware (left) and Amy Reeder (right) show their opposition of HB 2881 and support for an inclusive West Virginia Friday morning across from the Mountainlair.
mountaineers protest Hb 2881
see PROTEST on PAGE 2
by racHel mcbridestaff writer
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The annual dance mar-athon hosted by the Chil-dren’s Miracle Network was held Saturday from 12 p.m.-12 a.m. at the Erick-son Alumni Center. This was the organization’s first year hosting the event at the Alumni Center.
A total of 432 WVU stu-dents participated in the dance marathon and raised $37,092.46 for the WVU Children’s Hospital.
Participants were asked to raise a minimum of $50 each for the WVU Chil-dren’s Hospital. During the 12 hour duration, attend-ees engaged in line danc-ing as well as craft projects with other participants and children of the WVU Chil-dren’s Hospital.
The dance marathon is completely run by students. The organizational team consists of 20 students and two advisers. Planning for the event began spring of last year. According to Ex-ecutive Director Chelsea Arvin, the dance marathon requires detailed planning and communication with other team members.
“We (the event planning team) work really well to-gether as a team,” Arvin said. “We always bounce ideas off of one another.”
According to Lora Ed-
gell, Children’s Miracle Network director for the WVU Children’s Hospi-tal, the work completed by the team members and the money raised for the hos-pital is important to the families of children who receive services from the Children’s Hospital.
“We stand for those who can’t stand for themselves,” Edgell said.
Participant Maya Trethe-way said she thinks the event is important.
“I think we will help contribute to the hospital,” Tretheway said. “It’s a great thing to do.”
During the event, chil-
dren and their families who have received services from the hospital provided their individual experiences with the hospital and deal-ing with their children’s illnesses. One mother in particular, Sandra Fabioni, spoke on behalf of her son, Antony, and the progress he has made this year.
Antony suffered from a brain tumor located on his brain stem. Antony has had two brain surgeries, a total of 17 medical procedures, and is the youngest to re-ceive radiation. Antony has recently dedicated much of his time to learning how to walk again and has made
successful progress.“He’s a walking mira-
cle,” Fabioni said. “I can say that this year, he’s a walking miracle.”
Many other families gave their testimonies concern-ing the trials and tribula-tions that come with hav-ing a child with a rare illness. Many success sto-ries concerning the chil-dren’s progress and recov-ery were also shared during the event.
For information on the dance marathon, visit : http://mountaineerthon.com/the-cause.html
More than $37k raised for WVU Children’s Hospital
Kyle MoNroe/The DaIly aTheNaeuMA Miracle Wish kid and his mom run through the human tunnel at MountaineerTHON Saturday afternoon.
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well-being, WVU graduate student Andrew Rhodes, who is running as an in-dependent candidate, said he had different ideas for improving the overall WVU experience.
Rhodes said he would like to get more use out of the green spaces across the WVU campus by plant-ing more trees and pro-viding WiFi accessibility to students and faculty in these outdoor spaces.
Rhodes also said he be-lieves the University can work with local businesses to compost waste into fer-tilizers for the WVU green-house and farmland.
Youth Party candi-date and junior Marshall Amores also advocated for cooperation with lo-cal businesses through a lost-and-found system that would allow off-cam-pus bars, clubs and res-taurants to upload found items onto a database. Af-ter a WVU student filed a claim, they could poten-tially be linked back to
their items in a more effi-cient manner.
Textbook affordabil-ity was a popular topic at the debate. Freshman Blake Humphrey of the Make a Difference Party raised the idea of an app that would allow for open-source textbooks. He said “textbooks should be de-signed around courses, not courses around text-books.” Freshman Joseph McGuire of the Experience Party, spoke of implement-ing a program that would allow students to donate their old textbooks to the library as a way of saving money.
Diversity and inclusion was also brought up fre-quently. Junior Kimelle Ash from the Experience Party wants diversity train-ing for all staff and faculty as well as in the residence halls. Sophomore Ryan Payan of the Youth Party would like to expand Di-versity Week and wants to implement more gender-friendly bathrooms across campus for the LGBTQ community. Junior Sean Fitzwater from the Make a Difference Party said he would like to bring more
awareness to the plights of the LGBTQ commu-nity and promote existing programs.
One idea voters will likely be drawn to is the possibility of their Mounty Bounty and meal plan swipes working off campus. Make a Differ-ence Party candidate Julie Merow, a sophomore, said she has already talked to local businesses about uti-lizing Mounty Bounty and meal swipes. Senior Dan Harris of the Youth Party also spoke about the possi-bility of using student IDs at local establishments.
The president, vice pres-ident and athletic coun-selor debate will be held at 6 p.m. tonight in the Mountainlair.
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should be looking at ways to bring down barriers, our legislature is actually look-ing at ways to bring barriers up. That’s not good for the narrative of West Virginia or West Virginia Univer-sity,” Fryson said. “You’re not only limiting people’s rights, you’re limiting peo-ple of other organizations to extend rights.”
Stephen Scott, a junior political science and mul-tidisciplinary studies stu-dent and candidate for stu-dent body president, spoke about how detrimental this legislation could be for West Virginia University.
“It’s going to take us back
so far in terms of the move-ment that’s going on, espe-cially on campus. I know this past year with the LG-BTQ social soiree and be-ing involved in SGA to re-ally foster the dialogue for LGBTQ issues and rights,” Scott said. “It would be sad to see this bill destroy everything organizations such as Spectrum, Out-law and Shape have been working toward with this University, especially with the University’s efforts to make sure everyone feels included and to make sure everyone is essentially treated the same.”
However, the protest abruptly turned into a cele-bration when Melissa Che-sanko, who is active in the WVU Division of Diversity and in the Center for Wom-
en’s and Gender Studies, announced that the pro-posed H.B. 2881 had been suspended indefinitely.
“We wanted to make sure everyone knew that the bill was defeated this morning, so this is also a celebratory meeting out here. Thanks to everyone who contacted their delegates and to ev-eryone who went down to Charleston this morn-ing and lobbied. This was a very exciting morning for West Virginia,” Chesanko said.
Ben Seebaugh, program coordinator of the WVU LGBTQ Student Center, led the crowd in an inspiring cheer to celebrate the good news, “The people, united, will never be defeated!”
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by Taylor Jobinstaff writer
@dailyathenaeum
At 2 p.m. Saturday, close to 100 brave souls ran un-inhibited into the frigid waters of the Mononga-hela River.
They sacrificed bodily warmth to partake in the 11th annual Polar Plunge, an event that raises money for the West Virginia Spe-cial Olympics. Participants entered as teams or as in-dividuals, but all left a bit of themselves in the water.
“At the start it wasn’t too bad, got halfway in
and still not too bad. But we all decided as a team we would go under water for five seconds, that was the longest five seconds of my life,” said Eric Kinney, a junior pharmacy student dressed in a Viking helmet.
The event started with a costume competition. All contestants lined up at the top of a walkway, leading down to the river and one by one they called each team or individual down the runway to a crowd of screaming spectators. At the end, there was a lineup of uniformed veterans, the esteemed judges of the
competition. Some of the notable cos-
tumes were a team of Jelly beans, dressed in trash bags stuffed with balloons; a pair of princess Miss West Virginias, dressed in tutus and tiaras; and a family of Jamaican bob-sledders, bobsled and all.
After the costume con-test, the crowd quickly hurried to the sloped river entrance. All plung-ers lined up in rows of four waiting to be called to rush into the freezing waters.
Four by four, the partic-ipants were called down
into the Mon River by em-cee Sarah Rowan, a former plunger and longtime sup-porter of the event.
“This event is amazing because you don’t forget it,” Rowan said. “The or-ganization (Special Olym-pics) is incredible be-cause it is helping people in this area with disabili-ties. It’s a way for them to build camaraderie, have this team aspect in their lives and to feel really good about themselves. Special Olympics is awesome for that.”
After the freezing de-scent, plungers hurried
out of the water and ran past a crowd of loved ones to whatever warm em-brace they had with them.
For most it was towels, others it was only the free T-shirt you got for signing up. Either way, no plunger left the event completely dry.
It was a $50 minimum donation to participate. The event averages be-tween $18,000-$25,000 ev-ery year, according to John Corbett, the chief execu-tive officer of West Virginia Special Olympics.
After the plunge, many attendees went to Kegler’s
for an afterparty. There, the winners of the cos-tume competition were announced and everyone reminisced about the ex-perience they just shared.
“We came down here, we met some new peo-ple, and we had a cos-tume contest,” said Jen-net van der Sommen, a 10-year Polar Plunge vet-eran dressed as Elsa from “Frozen.” “Then after the costume contest we had a great plunge, and now we go to the after party and talk about our experience.”
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LoS anGELES (aP) — Po-lice shot and killed a man Sunday who struggled with officers on a sidewalk in the Skid Row section of down-town Los Angeles, author-ities said.
The officers, who were answering a robbery call in the area at about noon, got into a struggle with the man, and tried to use a stun gun on him before shooting him, LAPD spokesman Sgt. Barry Montgomery said. He was later declared dead at a hospital.
Police did not immedi-ately say how many officers were involved or how many shots were fired. Nor did they say whether the man was armed or identify him.
The shooting is the lat-est in a recent series of fa-tal police shootings around the country that have drawn widespread protest.
Witnesses told the Los Angeles Times that the man is known on the street in the area, where tents and cardboard shelters for the homeless cover the side-walks, as “Africa,” and that he had been there for four or five months.
Five or six officers were involved in the struggle, and two of them broke away to handcuff a woman who
had picked up one of their dropped batons as the oth-ers wrestled the man to the ground, witnesses said.
One witness, Jose Gil, 38, told the Times he saw the man swinging at police then heard one of them shout, “he’s got my gun!” before multiple shots were fired.
Dennis Horne, 29, said the man had been fighting with someone else in his
tent before officers arrived.“It’s sad,” Horne said.
“There’s no justification to take somebody’s life.”
Los Angeles Police Com-mission President Steve Soboroff told the Times that the LAPD, the inde-pendent inspector gen-eral and the district attor-ney would all investigate the shooting “very, very carefully.”
Los Angeles police shoot, kill man after Skid Row struggle
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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM NEWS | 3Monday March 2, 2015
Emerging adult-hood and the col-lege experience are complex times in life.
Many of us come to college with high hopes of what we want to study, who we want to become, and what we want to do after graduation.
Inherently mixed in with these hopes and dreams are fears, our deepest vulner-abilities about what we don’t think we are capabale of or what we can’t achieve.
When we’re feeling vulnerable, we often don’t think about how normal an experi-ence vulnerability is.
This can lead to shaming ourselves.
Shame, by nature, is something we think we need to hide. But the more we hide shame and vulner-ability, the more they grow and control us.
Shame grows out of secrecy, silence and judgement.
Recently, WELL-WVU asked Moun-taineer women to consider these ideas at Women’s Empow-erment Night, hosted by WVU Ameri-can Association of University Women.
In outing our fears, we release shame.
In publicizing both our fears and dreams we hold ourselves accountable to the big stuff (dreams) and acknowledge humanness along the way (fears).
What do you fear will hold you back in life? What dreams do you want to fulfill?
The responses we heard were hon-est and vulnerable.
Fears: “That I won’t speak out when I should, won’t help when I can, and won’t act for fear of being judged.”
While we all have insecurities, be-ing vulnerable in admitting them is quite empowering.
In fact, sharing your fears and read-ing about those of others may help you feel less alone.
Noting our fears, though, it is even more important to recognize dreams.
Dreams: “To be bold and active in standing up for what I believe and for those without voices.”
Embracing all as-pects of your wellbe-ing journey can help you conquer your fears and lead you closer to your dreams.
This isn’t a linear path; fears will come and go through-out our lifetime.
Developing aware-ness about what holds us back and choos-ing to let it go when it isn’t serving us, while keeping dreams alive and at the fore-front, is a life strategy we can all strive for.
What are your fears and dreams? Join our conversation on Twit-ter @WELLWVU us-ing #fearsvsdreams. We’re posting more responses and pho-tos from Women’s Empowerment Night every day this week.
Visit us on Face-book for our photo album from the event.
WELLbeing1st is a weekly column dedi-cated to helping stu-dents thrive in their pursuit of wellbeing. Content surround-ing each week’s cov-ered topic will be informed by health and wellness experts.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Ten-year-old Alexis Carey has a rare but intractable form of epilepsy, Dravet Syn-drome. The genetic disease causes severe and multiple seizures, which often leave parents guessing if the terror of watching their child seize up will pass or turn fatal.
Her Boise, Idaho, family learned that oil extracted from marijuana had helped other children and wanted to see if it would help Alexis too.
“Parent to parent, when you’re in a small commu-nity and 10 people that you know are all having success, that’s no longer anecdotal,” Clare Carey, her mother, said. “That’s hope.”
But Idaho’s stringent marijuana laws do not allow for medicinal use. The fam-ily began lobbying lawmak-ers to decriminalize the oil almost two years ago. Now, they’ve got some legisla-tive backers and an upcom-ing hearing, as Idaho joins a larger movement to loosen laws to allow the use of mar-ijuana extract oil.
Twelve states have legal-ized the oil while still ban-ning medical marijuana. Virginia legalized the oil Feb. 26. In Utah, lawmakers have given initial approval to let those with chronic and debilitating diseases consume edible marijuana products, while still banning
smoking.Marijuana extract oil first
received attention when a Colorado family fought and won for access for their daughter who also had Dra-vet Syndrome. It is similar to hemp oil, which is legal in Idaho and can be bought in grocery stores.
With no known cure for Dravet Syndrome, chil-dren are often prescribed a cocktail of medications to counter the seizures. How-ever, the heavy drugs often come with side-effects that can permanently damage a child’s developing liver, kid-neys and other organs.
Proponents of cannabi-diol oil, a non-psychotropic extract of marijuana, argue that it reduces the amount and length of seizures in children.
Over time, Carey hopes that the oil would also re-duce the number of medica-tions her daughter relies on.
“Like any parent, you never give up hope that you can get complete seizure control,” she said. “Children die from Dravet by any one of the seizures. Alexis could have a seizure that may not stop, we never really know.”
Alexis began having sei-zures when she was two months old. But even in 2003, her mom says a lack of awareness of the dis-ease led to many doctors not automatically suspect-
ing it could be a rare, genetic disorder.
It wasn’t until Alexis lost all speech and potty control when she was 2 that doctors determined she had Dravet Syndrome, Carey said.
Since then, Alexis’ par-ents have put her on a vari-ety of diets and medications to help reduce the seizures but the disease is tricky to manage. Dravet Syndrome often causes a variety of dif-ferent kinds of seizures but
medications typically target one particular type.
Alexis’ seizures usually occur at night, which means one of her parents regularly sleep with her and moni-tor her sleep patterns. Dur-ing the day, Alexis requires constant supervision. While most 10-year-olds freely run and jump around, Alexis walks— albeit sometimes unstably and with help go-ing up and down stairs.
Carey says working with
Idaho’s Republican-con-trolled Legislature has been easier than anticipated.
Lawmakers who resisted the idea at first blush have warmed up to the idea, she said.
This year, the bill is en-dorsed by Republicans Sen. Curt McKenzie and Rep. Tom Leortscher. Both are chairs of the legisla-ture’s State Affairs Commit-tees, panels that often get tossed controversial legis-
lation and have a high bar for clearance.
The measure unani-mously passed the Senate committee during its in-troduction hearing, which means it now goes on to a full hearing in front of the committee.
Yet the bill must sur-vive a Statehouse that ap-proved a resolution in 2013 vowing never to le-galize marijuana for any purpose.
Young girl’s story may lead Idaho to approve marijuana oil
APAlexis Carey, right, 10, sits and plays with her therapist Brigette Borup, left, on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, in Boise, Idaho. Alexis has a rare form of epilepsy, however, her family is hoping the Idaho Legislature will decriminalize marijuana extract oil to help reduce her seizures.
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W.Va. Senate OKs election bill for potential Manchin gov bid
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Senate has approved leg-islation aimed at block-ing U.S. Sen. Joe Man-chin from handpicking his successor if he runs for governor in 2016.
The measure approved Sunday on an 18-14 vote would require spe-cial elections, not ap-pointments, in cases like
Manchin’s.Currently, if Man-
chin reclaims his old job, the Democrat will have served enough of his Sen-ate term that he, as gover-nor, could name the next senator to serve through 2018.
Manchin first won his Senate seat in a spe-cial election after Dem-ocratic Sen. Robert Byrd
died in 2010. There was also debate then about special elections versus appointments.
The bill now goes to the House of Delegates.
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CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) — This well-heeled ham-let north of New York City is embroiled in an increasingly nasty debate that seems oddly out of place amid the stately homes and tony bou-tiques: What should be done about coyotes?
Self-styled coyote spot-ters in and around Chap-paqua have counted 160 incursions into backyards and streets over the last two years and at least 10 recent attacks on pets. That's been enough to stir animal pas-sions among residents over the question of when and if a coyote deserves to be killed.
Email and social me-dia have swirled with such teeth-baring terms as "coy-ote jihad" and "death map." And members of a local task force that advocates trap-ping and killing some of the animals announced they were staying away from a re-cent public hearing on the issue "in the interest of our personal safety."
"I envisioned going down there and having blood thrown on me," said task force member Joyce Stan-sell-Wong, who has since resigned.
Chappaqua, about 35 miles north of the city, is better known as the home of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clin-ton than as a playground for coyotes. But wildlife officials say the demise of such pred-ators as wolves and cougars over the last few decades has led to a spread of coy-otes into more populated areas across the East Coast, including suburbs. Insta-gram and Facebook are re-plete with pictures of the canines scampering across sidewalks and among back-yard playsets. Coyotes have even been spotted in New York City's Central Park and
the Bronx.Robert Greenstein, su-
pervisor of the Town of New Castle, which has about 18,000 residents in Chap-paqua, Millwood and unin-corporated areas, said that in general, the debate is between two camps: "One group is concerned with protecting the coyotes and the other group is more con-cerned with protecting our pets."
The pet-protection camp, represented by the New Castle Coyote Manage-ment Task Force, argues for quicker use of "lethal solu-tions." Even though there have been no attacks on hu-mans, they fear the skulking canines may start to attack small children.
"A menacing coyote, cir-cling the playground, stalk-ing children, that coyote has to go," said task force mem-ber Ann Styles Brochstein, whose Havanese dog Sam-son was attacked by a coy-ote in their yard.
"Residents have had to alter their lifestyle signif-icantly, she said. "Taking out the garbage, grilling in backyards, walking chil-dren home from bus stops and the simple act of walk-ing dogs have all attracted coyotes. They appear on porches and decks, looking through doors at children and pets."
A separate group, rep-resented by the New Cas-tle Coyote Awareness and Safety Advisory Commit-tee, is advocating more tol-erance, noting that coyote attacks on humans are very unusual and that a little ed-ucation — and keeping pets on leashes — can help limit close encounters. In gen-eral, they would limit kill-ings to coyotes that attack humans or leashed pets.
"We must encourage re-sponsible pet ownership
and not penalize a coyote for taking a small dog when such an act is only doing what comes naturally," said Victoria Alzapiedi, chair-woman of the advisory committee.
In the public meeting on the issue Feb. 10, the advi-sory committee gave its pre-sentation. The absent task force submitted its presen-tation online. Both groups did extensive research, spoke with experts and ap-pear to agree that coexis-tence is inevitable.
They differ, however, on the current effectiveness of "hazing" coyotes, or trying to instill a fear of humans by making a noisy commotion when a coyote is spotted. The task force says some coyotes have gotten used to such displays and pay scant attention.
New York's Department of Environmental Conser-vation would have to ap-prove any shooting or trapping. Coyotes that are trapped are then eutha-nized rather than taken to another area.
The department's guide-lines offer some perspec-tive, noting that 650 New Yorkers are hospitalized ev-ery year for dog bites and that while coyotes kill cats, "so do foxes, dogs, bobcats, vehicles and even great horned owls."
Dan Bogan, a coyote ex-pert who consults for the DEC, said, "We're never going to get rid of coyotes. They're not going anywhere. People aren't going any-where either. Coexistence is the solution."
Greenstein said town board members are study-ing the proposals and will hold a public work session in the next month or two to discuss them.
His prediction: "That'll be Round 2 of the fireworks."
Upscale NY suburb embroiled in a wily debate over coyotes
APIn this Dec. 17, 2014 photo, people cross the street at the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and Havemeyer Place in down-town Greenwich, Conn. The nation’s political center cuts directly between super-wealthy Greenwich and high-achieving Chappaqua, N.Y. Separated by just 13 miles, these sought-after suburbs lay claim to the two most powerful political fami-lies of the 21st century: the Bushes and the Clintons.
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SGA election budget still too muchAt last week’s West Vir-
ginia University Student Government Association meeting, the Board of Gov-ernors debated and passed a resolution altering the amount each party was al-lowed to spend on their campaign. This resolution will take effect next election season for the organization.
The overall budget for each party was cut in half—form $14,250 to $7,125—a considerable move in the right direction. However, the $14,250 budget was still
in effect for this year’s par-ties. While the budgets re-leased by several of the parties were considerably under this total, there was the possibility for the total expenditures for this elec-tion to be $42,750, (This is more than two times the amount it costs for a esti-mated year of undergradu-ate in-state attendance).
It is great SGA is taking steps to make the organiza-tion more accessible, how-ever this cut may not be enough. Compared to Big
12 counterparts, WVU’s SGA spends excessive amounts of money on campaigning.
The University of Kansas’ SGA has a spending cap at $1,000 per coalition for their general elections (stu-dentsenate.ku.edu). At Iowa State, the budget cap for general elections is $1,250 with an additional $300 added for run-off elections (gsb.iastate.edu). Oklahoma State allows a budget of $250 per candidate. If this budget were to be applied to WVU, each party would be al-
lowed to spend $4,750 (sga.okstate.edu).
With these examples, it is easy to see $7,125 is a lot of money to spend on a stu-dent government election. Most of this money comes from the pocket of the can-didates (parties/candi-dates are allowed to accept monetary and other forms of donations). In order to contend with other parties, candidates would have to be able to put up the money, especially those running for the president/vice president
spot. Not only is this a gross
overuse of money, but it is truly an inclusivity issue as well. Students should be able to participate in stu-dent government no matter their financial background. The current system doesn’t foster this and this resolu-tion will do little to help as well.
If SGA were to cut the budget further, more stu-dents would be able to par-ticipate and succeed within the SGA system.
Another part of the reso-lution made it so each can-didate or candidate pair would have to receive fewer signatures on their petition to run. This is another pos-itive step in an inclusive direction that should be recognized.
If SGA is interested in get-ting more students involved, they should continue with these efforts to make the or-ganization more accessible to the average student.
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A case for reprioritizing class registration at WVU
It’s that time of year again: Registration.
Registration is a pain in and of itself, and as you move up in the collegiate world you’ll find fewer and fewer required courses, meaning more and more confusion when you finally face that daunting course catalog that seems to be up-loaded before midterms.
But what you also notice as you move up the ladder into upperclassman territory is your priority level.
West Virginia University should reprioritize registra-tion dates.
As it stands, West Vir-ginia University lists profes-sionals, graduate students, Honors seniors, special ex-ceptions and third year law students with top priority, followed by Honors juniors and second year law stu-dents, Honors sophomore and first year law students, Honors freshmen, then reg-ular seniors, juniors, sopho-mores and freshmen.
A proud member of the Honors College, I have rev-eled in my priority sched-uling dates for the last four years. I woke up early every scheduling date to get the best classes at the best times,
and obsessively updated my online schedule maker to try to avoid classes on Fridays.
As a senior, I am even more pampered – in my fi-nal registration, I was one of the first 10 students to sign up for my classes.
But I saw my other friends, also seniors, strug-gle to get into the classes they needed to graduate because they were already filled by the time priority registration finally trickled down to them. This was par-ticularly the case with last-minute General Education Courses, because Honors freshmen, sophomores, ju-niors and even seniors of-ten fill up all the 101s they can before the regular un-dergraduates can get to them.
There are nu-merous hoops the Honors C o l l e g e m a k e s its stu-
dents jump through (re-quired Honors courses, min-imum semester hours and GPA requirements, to name a few), so priority schedul-ing is a great way to offset some of the more annoying aspects of being a part of the Honors College.
But should Honors fresh-men really have priority over a seasoned, non-hon-ors senior?
Sure, give Honors stu-dents the upper hand, but the non-honors undergrads shouldn’t have their prior-ity registration pushed back further than your run-of-the-mill
Honors freshman. Instead, alternate them: Senior Hon-ors (and the other hodge-podge of students already mentioned) should have first priority, followed by regular seniors. Then Honors ju-niors and regular
juniors.Not only does this still
give priority to the Honors students, but it also makes it fair to the non-Honors up-perclassmen so they don’t have to risk taking classes
the summer af-ter they were
supposed t o
grad-u at e
because an Honors fresh-man nabbed a crucial class spot instead.
No senior WVU student should be put below a fresh-man on the totem pole, and even as a baby-faced fresh-man I was confused as to why I was scheduling be-fore some seniors. Sure, the stars really have to align for a senior to waylay his or her graduation because they missed out on signing up for one class, but the possibility is enough that WVU should consider reprioritizing.
Even if it helps one senior graduate on time, revising the priority list is worth the effort.
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How to survive a literature class: Looking past the text to the core value
GE. The very name brings about a sense of dread and fear. The horrible general ed-ucation credits are the bane of every college student. They’ve been called a waste of money, boring and just a general pain. They’re just another class you’re going to take and hopefully pass just to get the degree, but realisti-cally have no bearing on your life. Right?
Literature classes are not useless. They have specific, quantitative values like pro-moting critical reading skills, analysis of authorship, con-sideration of audience, and promote a better, more rounded education. They open our minds to other perspectives and allow an open forum of discussion of important social issues that
would otherwise not come up in say, thermodynamics.
However useful or useless you may think these classes are, they are a pain even for English majors. Ultimately, you’ve got to pass the class or, if you’ve got scholarships, get an A.
To start out, do your read-ing. This seems like a no-brainer, but it is very easy to make the mistake of forget-ting it, claiming you’ll read it right before class, or some-thing along those lines. Most literature classes you will take in college will involve very heavy reading.
You’re in college, so the expectation is to be able to analyze more complicated subject matter. The unfortu-nate cause of this is five pages of homework that can take an hour to read. So set aside a designated time to read and remove distractions from around you and get it done.
For a literature class, read-
ing is not enough. You are re-quired to think about the text if you want to pass. If you’ve got any thoughts while read-ing (about the text, not how hot that person across the li-brary is) then write them in the margins. These can be questions you have for the professor or TA or ideas you might have about the text. If something stands out as re-peated or similar to other things in the text or in famous other texts, mark that down too. Post-it notes or page markers are a great way to ask the questions you wrote down.
Notes in the text are like notes from lecture. You need them to pass.
When you get to class, make sure to pay atten-tion to what the professor is saying. They know exactly what’s going on, so if you’re lost, they’re the place to start. Most will ask if anyone has questions right at the be-
ginning of class. Remember those post-it notes? Open up to wherever you had a ques-tion and ask it. Again, this sounds like a no-brainer, but it is so easy to sit in the back of class and pretend to lis-ten, but really just be flicking birds across your screen.
Listen up when the pro-fessor asks why something is and make sure to write stuff down when people make comments or have ideas about the text. If somebody says something and the pro-fessor gets really excited and pursues that line of thought, be sure to write that down too. Your professor is a great cue.
When you write papers for the course, make sure to ask the professors for exam-ples of good papers. These can give you an idea of what the professor wants. If your professor won’t give you a sample paper or doesn’t have one, be sure to ask
them what they’re looking for in the paper. Make sure also that you’re clear about what you’re doing in the pa-per. Outlines are a great idea to get all the concepts into place.
In recitation, make sure to get some idea of what kinds of questions are going to be on the test. Knowing what kinds of questions the pro-fessor could or has asked al-lows you to know what to look for and study for. Maybe you can convince your rec-itation instructor to have your section make up ques-tions and answer them with their guidance. This is an excellent way to deep-read a text and get some idea of what you should actually be understanding.
If you’re still really strug-gling, I highly recommend Sparknotes. This site has a plethora of books analyzed in detail, if rather generically. Here you can find summa-
ries (not a replacement for actually reading), charac-ter sketches, themes, quotes and analyses. This site is def-initely a jumping off point if you’re still stuck.
Critics might say that you shouldn’t just pass a class or learn what to expect from a test. For some, taking a lot of time in a literature class might just not be an option. You may have other classes, more relevant to your field, that need more attention. Also, these methods will re-quire students to actually do a bit of work and maybe (gasp) learn something from their class.
Whatever major you have, general education is crucial, if annoying. Remember that there’s more to life and col-lege than the job you land. Sometimes, the classes you take can just be an appar-ent waste of time, but if they make you think and try hard, they’ve done their job.
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Dancing with OurMountaineer Stars
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AskAr sAlikhov/ThE DAilY AThENAEUMThe indie rock band Culture Thief performs at 123 Pleasant Street music on Saturday night.
BY HAnnAH HArLeSSA&E WritEr
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Competitors Cameron Taylor and Madison Shir-key continue to work hard in rehearsals in order to master their dance in time for the Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars compe-tition Friday, March 6.
Both Taylor and Shirkey are amongst a high-spir-ited, upbeat cast of prom-inent students, faculty and staff. The competition is based on the ABC favorite “Dancing with the Stars.”
Taylor is currently a mas-ter’s student in the Indus-trial and Labor Relations Program and a graduate as-sistant at West Virginia Uni-versity. Taylor focuses a lot of his time on the Greek community. He has pro-vided leadership for devel-opment of program initia-tives, created the first Greek Life Manual providing di-rection and vision for the chapters, and is responsible for advising the Inter-Fra-ternity Council members. Upon graduation, Taylor plans to work as an em-ployee in Labor Relations.
Shirkey is a senior biol-ogy pre-med student. Shir-key will be starting medi-cal school next fall at WVU and plans on becoming a pediatric oncologist upon graduation. She is an active member of the Alpha Phi Sorority at the University
and enjoys spending time with her sisters. Shirkey spends most of her days at WVU doing research in the orthopaedic department in the Health Science Center and volunteers in the pedi-atrics department at Ruby Memorial Hospital.
“I was unsure of how to feel about being in the competition at first, but I think it will be a great time. I was really fortunate I was matched up with an awe-some partner who is a pro at dancing,” Taylor said. “It makes things a little easier to adjust to.”
“Cam and I did not know each other before the com-petition, but I couldn’t have asked for a better partner. It has been so much fun working with him,” Shirkey said.
This is the first time Tay-lor has ever danced in pub-lic, but Shirkey on the other hand has had plenty expe-rience in the field. Shirkey danced growing up and taught dance all through middle school and high school.
“Even though I’ve had experience in dance, this has been new for me. I am used to dancing with and teaching a large group, pri-marily of girls. I’ve never danced with a partner,” Shirkey said.
The two will be dancing to a mix of a list of diverse music including the songs, “It’s Not Unusual,” by Tom
Jones, made famous by ‘90s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” and Pitbull’s “Pause.”
“We wanted to keep it fun and upbeat,” Shirkey said.
The two gave clues as to what they will be wearing for the performance, but wanted to keep the attire hush hush.
“All I know is I’ll be wear-ing something blue, I’m not the fashion part of the group,” Taylor said.
The duo has been work-ing past obstacles in or-der to prepare for the competition.
“The first three weeks we practiced I was recovering from surgery and had a full arm cast which weighed about 20 pounds,” Shir-key said. “It was very diffi-cult to maneuver all the lifts while dragging that thing around.”
“The most difficult as-pect of the competition for me has been remember-ing all the moves and lifts throughout the song. It’s much more in-depth than I originally thought it would be,” Taylor said.
The competition will be-gin at 7:00 p.m. and will showcase a variety of differ-ent dance and music styles. Donations made during the event will benefit the Amer-ican Red Cross. The event is open to the public.
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Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars com-petitors Scott Link and Alexa Gonzalez keep re-hearsals entertaining with their lively attitudes and undisputed chemistry.
Link, a returning dancer for the competition, grad-uated from West Virginia University in 2013 with an undergraduate degree in sports and exercise psy-chology. Link is a three-time finalist of the Moun-taineer Idol competition, a singing competition based on Fox favorite American Idol. Link also appeared as a host in this past year’s Mountaineer Idol compe-tition, winning over the audience with a charis-matic personality and fun musical performances.
Gonzalez is currently a senior multidisciplinary studies student in WVU’s College of Creative Arts. Gonzalez has also been involved with the Univer-sity’s Mountaineer Idol competition for the past few years. Gonzalez’s ex-perience, powerhouse voice, humor and unique sense of style, allowed her to make her way all the way to the finals in this fall’s competition, and be named WVU’s 2014 Moun-taineer Idol. Since being announced Mountaineer
Idol, Gonzalez has made musical appearances at many university events, including the first annual AAUW Women’s Empow-erment Night. Upon grad-uation, Gonzalez plans to work in the creative and performing arts and even-tually own her own per-forming arts center.
Not only has Mountain-eer Idol allowed both Link and Gonzalez to showcase their musical talent, it has also been a way for them to build relationships with people at the University and in the community, as well as a way for them to help people in need for causes Mountaineer Idol staff, contestants and au-dience members take part in, like benefiting WVU’s Children’s Hospi-tal and the Make-a-wish Foundation.
Link and Gonzalez have become great friends over the years through their in-volvement with the com-petition. Together they make quite the dynamic duo, and will certainly be a couple to watch come competition time.
“We are actually star-crossed lovers, and have been friends for a few years,” Link joked. “I al-ways have a blast with these events, and it will be fun doing it with Alexa.”
“I was asked the day of the Mountaineer Idol competition finale to be a
part of the Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars competition,” Gonzalez said. “ I was super excited when they asked because I already had a really good idea for a theme if the op-portunity ever came.”
Gonzalez and Link will be performing a number from Broadway’s Hair-spray. The couple will even be going all out don-ning costumes of the char-acters they are portraying during their performance.
“Finding time to prac-tice has definitely been the most difficult aspect of the competition so far,” Gonzalez said. “I have had bronchitis for the past two weeks, and am just now getting over it. Finding free time on both of our schedules has been pretty hard.”
“Honestly, we are gonna pull it together last min-ute because our sched-ules have been difficult to work around, but this is show business and we’re going to make it work,” Link said.
Watch the perfor-mances by all of the con-testants at 7:00 p.m. Fri-day in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. The event is free and open to the pub-lic. Donations made dur-ing the competition will go toward benefiting the American Red Cross.
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Tony Award winner ‘Anything Goes’ comes to CAC
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CHICAGO (AP) — Lady Gaga and Vince Vaughn made plunges into the icy waters of Chicago’s Lake Michigan at a fundraiser for the Special Olympics.
Special Olympics Chi-cago President Casey Ho-gan said Sunday that Gaga did the plunge with more than 4,500 other partici-pants. Hogan says the sing-er’s appearance was “a very
nice surprise.”Gaga recently announced
her engagement to “Chi-cago Fire” actor Taylor Kin-ney. Photos show her and a bare-chested Kinney going into the water together.
Vaughn also made the plunge. The native of the Chicago suburb Lake For-est was dressed in his Chi-cago Blackhawks jersey and jeans. The actor went in up
to his knees, then eased himself down backward in the water.
Last year comedian Jimmy Fallon jumped in wearing a suit and tie, and helped raise more than $1 million.
The air temperature was a frigid 20 degrees at the time of the plunge, accord-ing to the National Weather Service.
Vaughn, Gaga take polar plunge
APActor Taylor Kinney, second left, and his fiancée, pop star Lady Gaga, center, along with “Chicago Fire” cast take part in the Chicago Polar Plunge at North Avenue Beach on Sunday in Chicago.
HELSINKI (AP) — Four punk rockers with learn-ing disabilities will com-pete for Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest semifinal after winning the Nordic country’s national qualifying contest.
The group Pertti Kuri-kan Nimipaivat, or PKN, was formed in 2009 at a workshop organized by an association that provides support for people with disabilities. The members have diagnoses such as au-tism and Down syndrome.
They will compete with a growling protest song called “I Always Have To” that is only 90 seconds long. PKN won more than 36 percent of the votes in the national competition late Saturday.
Bass player Sami Helle, choking back tears after winning, said he hoped that “people really are ready for the punk music
of four disabled men.”Finland won the 2006
Eurovision Song Con-test with monster rockers Lordi.
APThe group Pertti Kurikan Nimipaivat, or PKN, was formed in 2009 at a workshop organized by an association that provides support for people with disabilities. The members have diagnoses such as autism and Down syndrome.
Disabled punk rockers compete
AskAr sAlikhov/ThE DAilY AThENAEUMBilly Crocker(left) and Reno Sweeney(right) reaffirm their friendship with a song in the “Anything Goes” musical held at the Creative Arts Center.
AskAr sAlikhov/ThE DAilY AThENAEUMThe crew of “SS American” welcome the passengers in the “Anything Goes” musical held at the Creative Arts Center.
AskAr sAlikhov/ThE DAilY AThENAEUMA news reporter queries Mrs. Harcourt on her new exploits in the “Anything Goes” musical held at the Creative Arts Center.
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CBC hosts Student Faculty Music ShowcaseBy Ally litten
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Black, white, rap, reggae or punk, it was all about the art of performing at the Center for Black Culture and Research’s Student Faculty Music Showcase on Thursday. Students filled the Mountainlair Ballrooms, excited to watch their peers and mentors perform.
The program consisted of 10 different musi-cians or bands. However, many friends hopped up on stage to join in on the music. Karey Eyo, De-nise Battle, Clyde McAl-lister, the D’Generals, All Else Fails, Darren Lamar, eDU, Woody Pond, Chris Allen and Ellis Lambert all helped create two hours of disparate talent.
“I liked all of the art-ists,” said West Virginia University alumnus D.J. Yemi. “I think this was a really good event for the CBC. It is really cool to see the evolution of people’s skill and the diversity of the crowd.”
Although everyone was
amazing, the favorites of the crowd seemed to be Denise Battle, All Else Fails, Woody Pond, Chris Allen and Ellis Lambert.
A little late to the stage, the hosts thought Battle did not show up. Battle was just fashionably late. She ran up on stage and blew the crowd away with her operatic voice. With a very high-pitched voice, Battle hit and held amaz-ing notes. Battle covered “I Can’t Help It” by Michael Jackson. Accompanied by two backup singers and a keyboardist, Battle re-ceived a huge round of ap-plause from the crowd.
Another crowd-pleaser was All Else Fails, a punk rock band. Although it was the only punk rock band at the program, the crowd loved them just as much as the others. Perform-ing all original songs, the crowd was very support-ive. The band even per-formed a third song after the crowd insisted.
All Else Fails guitarist Alex Lojewski said he en-joyed the uniquely diverse environment.
“I always love meet-
ing new people,” Lojew-ski said.
With a hilarious de-meanor, Pond stole the stage and the crowd. Pond, a sophomore, was so into his performance it was hard not to join in on the fun. Whooping and clap-ping, the crowd cheered him on as he rapped two original songs.
However, Allen seemed to be the real star of the evening. Rapping two songs, the crowd went wild. Hailing from Wash-ington, Allen has brought to the Morgantown com-munity a familiar rap style last heard in the ‘90s. Packing his songs with emotion and clever verses, Allen created an exciting, lively setting. WVU seniors Jayshawn Thomas and Chelsey Franklin raved about Al-len’s performance.
“I really enjoyed Chris Allen,” Thomas said. “He got the crowd so hype.”
Driving four hours to be at the show, Lambert finished the Student Fac-ulty Music Showcase off with a bang. Performing a powerful, original song ti-
tled “Courage,” Lambert’s emotions poured out in the form of a beautiful ballad.
As always, the CBC put on an amazing program.
Welcoming students of all colors and music of all genres, it made sure the emphasis was on the art of diversity among differ-ent cultures.
For more information on the Center for Black Culture and Research, go to http://cbc.wvu.edu/.
Andrew SpellmAn/THe dAIlY ATHenAeUmDenise Battle covers Michael Jackson at the Student Faculty Music Showcase.
The Josh Arthurs Band brings blues to Black Bear BurritosBy ChelSeA WAlker
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Black Bear Burritos on Pleasant Street had a serious case of the blues Saturday, as the local eatery and music venue hosted Morgantown musicians Josh Arthurs, Tom D’Avello and Tim Mashburn.
Setting up microphones, tuning guitars and placing chairs on stage, the three-man group prepped for their sets as the restaurant picked up pace while burritos were buzzing by. The trio consists of guitarist Arthurs, bassist Mashburn and the harmonica-honing gui-tarist D’Avello. The backyard trio first got its start when Ar-thurs moved to Morgantown and placed an ad on Craigslist looking for fellow musicians.
“This is the kind of town where a lot of people are com-ing from somewhere else,” Ar-thurs said.
As a West Virginia Univer-sity history professor and To-ronto, Canada native, Arthurs played with various musicians before linking up with band mates Mashburn and D’Avello.
“It was the magic of Craig-slist,” Arthurs said.
The WVU professor recog-nized his love for music at a young age, picking up the vi-olin at age 10. After his mother traded in his violin for a gui-tar, 13-year-old Arthurs no-ticed his attraction for the tra-ditional blues and American roots music. Carrying that
throughout his life, Arthurs teamed with Mashburn and D’Avello to continue to strum within the realms of the folk, blues and American roots genres.
As the three took the stage to start the first set, a seated Arthurs wielded a steel guitar to kick the evening off with an authentic soulful, folk sound. Mashburn towered over the group, strumming on his bass that quaintly accompanied the Arthurs’s raspy lyrics and D’Avello’s continuous guitar undertones. The group contin-ued to pick their way through bluesy ballads and signature gospel sounds. Transition-ing between slow and upbeat tunes, the group managed to perform an array of differ-ent musical styles, even play-ing a short calypso jam, “The Big Bamboo” by The Mer-rymen. Arthurs, Mashburn and D’Avello quickly had the downtown diner vibrating with folky, homegrown jams.
As any Morgantown na-tive most likely knows, a trip to Black Bear cannot happen without giving into the pres-sure to order one of their signa-ture menu items. Combining blues and burritos in the best way, Arthurs, Mashburn and D’Avello provided a wonder-ful backdrop for locals enjoy-ing refreshments and meals. Pittsburgh resident Lauren Groseclose and WVU alum-nus Will Quinnelly makes it to Black Bear regularly to chow down on the restaurant’s spe-
cialty items and enjoy the lo-cal music scene.
“They’re really good,” Quinnelly said. “And they’re mellow.”
The two feel Morgantown fosters a great underground music scene, and musicians such as Arthurs, Mashburn and D’Avello fit the mold.
“There is definitely a vital, acoustic roots music scene, obviously you have people who play the traditional mu-sic from this area, traditional Appalachian music,” Arthurs said. “We even do some of that traditional country mu-sic, but our main thing is kind of Mississippi Delta blues and other genres from the 20s and 30s.”
The group stays true to its word. Through a combination of guitars, bass, soulful lyrics and hints of the harmonica, Arthurs, D’Avello and Mash-burn truly cultivate a mod-ern twist on American folk and blues classics.
The group frequents the Morgantown Black Bear Bur-ritos locations, playing shows once a month between the two establishments. Mash-burn and D’Avello put on a great show to enjoy with a beer and “guac.” If you’re looking for a delicious meal combined with decadent live American roots music, be sure to check the group out at one of the Black Bear locations.
erIn IrwIn/THe dAIlY ATHenAeUm“It’s all through the magic of Craigslist,” said Josh Arthurs, lead vocalist of the Josh Arthurs Band.
erIn IrwIn/THe dAIlY ATHenAeUmTim Mashburn performs on the bass for Josh Arthurs Band, a roots and blues group, at Black Bear Burritos in downtown Morgantown, W.Va.
erIn IrwIn/THe dAIlY ATHenAeUmJosh Arthurs, a history professor at WVU, has been perform-ing for about four years. The Josh Arthurs Band plays at Black Bear Burritos about once a month.
The queen of all queens is gearing up to release a fierce new collection of em-powering club anthems. Ru-Paul, long time drag, fashion and LGBTQ icon, will drop his seventh studio album to-day. “Realness” packs in ul-tra-techno beats and delicate melodies immediately trans-porting you to the center of the dance floor. With fea-tures including Michele Vis-age, Eric Kupper, Lady Bunny and Markaholic, RuPaul suc-ceeded in giving fans a fresh taste of his classic diva style. Though this isn’t the first time we have heard Ru flaunt a disco-inspired record, “Re-alness” explores the hardcore side of being fabulous. Tracks like “I Blame You” and “Born Naked” mixes high-energy rhythm with motivational lyr-ics, giving fans the message to be their most confident self. As the superstar herself al-
ways says, “If you can’t love yourself, how the hell are you going to love somebody else?” The album’s leading track “L.A. Rhythm” offers a glitzy, retro sounding expe-rience. “Realness” is the per-fect soundtrack for a girls’ night out or your next cardio session at the gym. Looks like this little number will be safe from elimination. So on that note, Shantay you stay.
Kelly Clarkson – Piece by Piece
Seven must be the lucky number this week, as we see another big release from pop sensation Kelly Clarkson. This will also be her seventh stu-dio album with the release of “Piece by Piece.” Clarkson, who has morphed her up-beat pop style over the years, is excited to give fans a look at the more mature side to her music. “Piece by Piece” has all the ingredients for a hit pop record – passion, heart-ache and a catchy tempo. “Heartbeat Song,” which is Clarkson’s lead single off the album, has already be-
gun climbing the Billboard charts. The positive response prompted Clarkson to release a second single, “Invincible,” soon after. Both tracks, which sound quite similar, juxtapose heavy drums and cymbals with a futuristic type of vibe. Clarkson also goes outside the boundaries of her genre by collaborating with R&B artist John Legend on her track “Run Run Run.” Sound-ing much softer than the rest of the album, “Run Run Run” is a nice change of pace for the notoriously strong vo-calist. Delicate piano sounds compliment the smoothness
of their melodies, creating a new depth to her sometimes simple lyrical style.
Purity Ring - Another Eternity
After a killer breakout in 2012, Canadian electronic group Purity Ring prepares for an even bigger second release. Made up of vocal-ist Megan James and instru-mentalist Corin Riddick, Pu-rity Ring embodies modern EDM music with influences of R&B and alternative. Their ultra modern aesthetic is translated into their music through dark, ominous mel-odies and the complexity of
their lyrics. The duo’s first al-bum “Shrines,” climbed all the way to No. 2 on the U.S. Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Hoping their second release will make even big-ger waves, “Another Eternity” gives us an evolved version of the odd musical couple. “Bodyache,” which is the leading single of the album, transcends listeners into an
altered state of mind. Con-tagious psychedelic charm, can be heard throughout the whole album, separate Purity Ring from other EDM con-tenders. It’s safe to say “An-other Eternity” best suited for another universe, but this space age style is too good to pass up on your playlist.
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Music Mondays: Releases from RuPaul, Kelly Clarkson, more
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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR
ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH
You are likely to wake up with extra energy. You might be taken aback by others’ responsiveness. Use this mo-ment to complete a project that is near and dear to your heart. The unexpected will work out in your favor. Tonight: Act as if there were no tomorrow.
TAURUS (ApRIl 20-MAy 20) HHHH
You will want to find out what is ailing a loved one. Understand that this person could have difficulty verbalizing what the issue is, as he or she might not even know what it is. Demonstrate patience when trying to root out the source of the problem. Tonight: Create fun.
GEMINI (MAy 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You might be confused about which direction to head in. Return calls be-fore you initiate a set of plans. What you hear could color your choices. The unexpected is likely to be in your fa-vor, even if you doubt it. Opportuni-ties could present themselves. Tonight: Full of fun.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JUly 22) HHHH You see a situation very differently from how the majority of people see it. You could have difficulty convincing others of your perceptions. Use caution when dealing with your finances. Avoid risk-taking, and work with the unex-pected. Tonight: Pay bills first.
lEO (JUly 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH You
feel empowered and will need to act like it as well. Use your high energy to straighten out a problem with a key associate or partner. This issue could revolve around money. You might be stunned by where this person is com-ing from. Tonight: As you like it.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEpT. 22) HHH Re-flect before making a choice or sched-uling your day. You might feel as if you don’t want to deal with a contentious associate. Try to look at the issue from a different perspective. The situation could remind you of a similar one in your past. Tonight: Do something just for you.
lIBRA (SEpT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Fo-cus on your goals, but remain atten-
tive to a friend who means a lot to you. Bringing this person into a proj-ect might be your solution, but it prob-ably won’t be good for him or her in the long run. Try to understand what this individual feels. Tonight: Say “yes”.
SCORpIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You might want to change directions and understand what is happening with someone whom you must an-swer to. Your responsiveness will be remembered in the long run. Be will-ing to chip in as much as needed, but don’t run over another person. Tonight: In the limelight.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH You will see events in a new light. You might feel motivated to go
for what you want, yet others’ aggra-vation could present an obstacle. An unanticipated call could open the door to a different approach. Tonight: Enjoy brainstorming with a friend who has a clear vision.
CApRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You’ll want some quality time with one person. You know what a differ-ence those one-on-one encounters will make. You also might want to con-sider initiating this type of interaction with other key individuals in your life. Tonight: Set the mood for an impor-tant chat.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You might believe that your plans are set, but you quickly will find out other-
wise. Unexpected developments open the door to change. You could see a personal matter very differently, given some time. Meanwhile, be responsive to calls. Tonight: With favorite people.
pISCES (FEB. 19-MARCh 20) HHHH You’ll want to start a conversation, but you might find it difficult. An un-expected situation will open up many possibilities for you. Be careful when dealing with your personal finances. Try not to be so willing to say “yes” im-mediately. Tonight: What you want.
BORN TODAY Author Dr. Seuss (1904), politician Sam Houston (1793), singer/songwriter Jon Bon Jovi (1962).
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down1 Vision2 “Road __”: 1947 Hope/Crosby film3 Nerdy sort4 Enc. with some bills5 Colorful cats6 Chair lift alternative7 Sty residents8 Sports fig.9 Kin of organic, at the grocery store10 Stockpile11 Gloss over
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TEXAS TAKEN DOWN
askar salikhov/the daily athenaeumSenior Linda Stepney goes up for a layup against Texas yesterday at the Coliseum.
West Virginia celebrates Senior Day with a big win in overtime against No. 24 Texas, 76-69by nicole curtin
associate sports editor @nicolec_WVU
Senior Day finished in thrilling fashion yester-day at the Coliseum as the West Virginia wom-en’s basketball team de-feated No. 24 Texas, 76-69 in overtime.
Three seniors, Averee Fields, Linda Stepney and Crystal Leary all were cel-ebrated before the game began and recognized for their hard work.
Fields and junior Bria Holmes led the Mountain-eers with 19 points each, followed by sophomore Bre McDonald with 13 and Stepney with 11.
“Great win, great for the seniors to go out this way,” said head coach Mike Carey.
“(We) could have folded when we got down. I think at one time we were down by 14, and earlier in the season we would have. But give them credit, ev-erybody fought, kept play-ing hard and when you play hard good things happen.”
From the start in the first half, the Mountain-eers struggled to keep pos-session of the ball and use
their possessions wisely. Eight minutes into the
game, the Longhorns led 12-6. In the first half alone, West Virginia gave up 10 turnovers which Texas capitalized on as it led go-ing into halftime 33-25.
For the first half the Mountaineers shot 32 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from the 3-point line and 75 per-cent at the foul line. Texas finished with a perfect 8-8, 100 percent at the free throw line, 50 per-cent from the field and 20 percent from beyond the arc.
Coming out of the locker rooms, West Virginia had some more fight and ap-parently, so did Carey. At the 16:23 mark Carey got a technical foul called on WVU from the bench.
“I told them during one time I got a technical the crowd was fired up, maybe you ought to get fired up here a little bit, and they did,” Carey said. “Get mad, get mad, start stepping back, boxing out, start at-tacking and that’s exactly what they did.”
West Virginia fought hard in the second half following Carey’s techni-cal. At the 12:17 mark the
Mountaineers cut the lead to five, trailing Texas 38-43. The Longhorns were able to pull ahead a cou-ple of other times, taking a 14-point lead with 8:14 left.
“The whole second half, I thought we came out the whole second half with energy,” Stepney said. “When we cut it to one (point) I think that’s when the game really turned around. Our crowd tonight was amazing. Our crowd played a big role and our energy tonight in the comeback.”
In the last two minutes of regulation, the Moun-taineers scored three dif-ferent times to tie the score 61-61. With three seconds left, Texas’ Empress Dav-enport missed a jump shot and Holmes grabbed the rebound, sending the game into overtime.
In the five minutes of overtime, Fields and Holmes both made key 3-point shots. Fields was sent to the foul line twice and made all of her free throws, along with Mc-Donald who made her two foul shots.
Finishing the game with a field goal percentage of 39.1, 3-point percentage
of 31.3 and free throw per-centage of 87.5, the Moun-taineers were able to keep control of the late second half and overtime.
“I think it took some air out of them (Texas) hav-ing to go into overtime,” Carey said. “Then Averee
Fields hits a three and Bria Holmes hits a three and all of the sudden we’ve got it up five points. I thought it was a good team effort. When we do that, when we’re in attack mode on both ends, we can score and defend.”
After wrapping up their home schedule yesterday, the Mountaineers travel to Kansas State for a matchup tomorrow night and face the Big 12 Championships this weekend.
No. 20 West Virginia loses to No. 19 Baylor, 76-68by ryan petrovich
sports Writer @dailyathenaeUm
No. 20 West Virginia fell on the road against No. 19 Baylor, 78-66, as the Bears completed a season sweep against the Mountaineers this past weekend.
The Mountaineers en-tered this matchup with-out senior point guard and leading scorer Juwan Staten, who was ruled out prior to the game with a left knee injury he suffered against Texas.
The Bears scored two quick baskets inside the lane, while Royce O’Neale knocked down a 3-pointer. Baylor took an early 7-2 lead in the first half.
With Staten already out of the game, fellow point guard Gary Browne suf-fered a leg injury diving for a loose ball situation early in the first half – leav-ing Tarik Phillip to run the point.
“Gary went down and we just started throwing it to them (Baylor),” said head coach Bob Huggins. “That killed us in the first half. You can’t make live ball turnovers. We just had guys
out there that hadn’t been out there by their selves.”
With young players on the floor for the Mountain-eers, West Virginia’s offense saw sloppy play. West Vir-ginia’s miscues helped Bay-lor extend its lead to 13-4 with 15 minutes left in the first half.
West Virginia committed nine turnovers in the first half and trailed 45-29 going into halftime.
The Mountaineers came out in the second half and showed some sense of ur-gency. A pair of free throws from Jonathan Holton cut into the Bears’ lead, 45-33 with 16:44 left in the game.
Huggins’ squad also found a quick, five-point swing after Carter knocked down a 3-pointer and Dax-ter Miles Jr. found a break-away layup.
Carter led the Moun-taineers in scoring with 25 points on the game, a ca-reer-high for the freshman guard.
“We just didn’t have enough to pull it out,” Carter said. “I don’t think we gave it 100 percent like we always do.”
This sparked a 7-0 West Virginia run, lasting over
one minute. “I believe we came out
(in the second half ) with great intensity, that’s how we should’ve started the first half,” said Elijah Ma-con. “We should’ve started the game like that and it would’ve been a whole dif-ferent game.”
Baylor, however, made a plethora of free throws down the stretch to keep West Virginia from making a comeback.
On the game, the Bears went 24-47 (51 percent) from the floor and 8-15 (53 percent) from beyond the arc.
Excellent shooting and forcing West Virginia into early turnovers proved to be the difference in this game.
West Virginia shot just 25-62 (40 percent) from the floor and 8-24 (33 percent) from behind the three-line.
“We just got to get smarter,” Huggins said. “Our ball security wasn’t very good.”
The Mountaineers will hit the road again to face No. 8 Kansas in their next outing.
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BASEBALL
WVU drops three of four in Myrtle Beach
FILE PHOTOShortstop Taylor Munden makes an off-balance throw across the infield during a home game against Kansas State last season.
By Connor MUrraySportS Writer
@Dailyathenaeum
Continuing its early season road swing, the West Virginia University baseball team lost three of four games in the Chan-ticleer Classic this week-end. WVU dropped a pair in a doubleheader with Kent State and the tour-nament host Coastal Car-olina Friday, topping Ball State Saturday and falling to No. 25 Illinois Sunday.
The Mountaineers, who now sit at 4-6 on the sea-son, got their weekend off to a running start when outfielder Brad Johnson doubled in a pair of runs in the top of the first in-ning against Kent State, but pitcher BJ Myers was unable to hold the lead as the Golden Flashes
scratched out a run of their own in the bottom half of the opening frame. The Golden Flashes chipped away until taking the lead for good in the fourth in-ning after a two-run single by Zach Beckner.
Starter Nick Jensen-Clagg settled in nicely for Kent State after al-lowing a two-spot in the first, keeping the Moun-taineers scoreless for five consecutive frames and finishing with five strike-outs in six innings pitched in the Golden Flashes 5-2 victory.
What already figured to be a long day got even lon-ger when the second game of West Virginia’s double header went into extra in-nings, and got longer still when the Mountaineers came out on the losing end, 4-3, against Coastal Carolina in 13 innings.
T h e Mo u n t a i n e e r s scored two runs in the top of the ninth to tie the game at two apiece and sent it to extras, and took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 12th on an RBI single by shortstop Taylor Munden, but the Chanticleers answered in the bottom half and even-tually won the game on a walk-off home run by G.K. Young in the 13th.
Head coach Randy Mazey remained positive despite the doubleheader sweep, pointing out the value of getting experi-ence in tight late-game scenarios while the sea-son is still young.
“You have a young team with a bunch of kids who have never played here before and you get into a game like that, that’s valu-able experience for some of these guys to play in a game like that,” Mazey
said in a press release.After he almost won
the second game Friday afternoon, Munden led Saturday’s contest with Ball State off with a bang, smacking his third home run of the year, to start the game and an offensive ex-plosion by the Mountain-eers team.
Munden led the way with three hits and a pair of RBIs as West Vir-ginia scored seven runs in the game’s first two in-nings and held on for a 7-6 win over the Cardinals Saturday.
“That’s the third time we’ve scored a lot of runs in the first couple of in-nings and haven’t been able to hold the lead, so were going to have to ad-dress that,” Mazey said in a release. “I really didn’t think we did anything to rest on our laurels so to
speak. We kept swinging the bats and we hit a lot of line drives right at people. We had a really good day offensively.”
West Virginia had offen-sive chances in the week-end finale against No. 25 Illinois, including a lead-off double by Munden in the sixth inning, but the Mountaineers failed to ex-ecute in key situations and fell 2-1 to the Illini.
Pitcher Chad Donato went eight strong innings for the Mountaineers, but was let down by three er-rors from his defense that led to two unearned runs for Illinois.
The Mountaineers will have the week to recover before they set back out on the road to take on East Tennessee State next weekend.
SWIMMING AND DIVING
West Virginia completes Big 12 ChampionshipBy DaViD StatMan
SportS Writer @Dailyathenaeum
The West Virginia Uni-versity swimming and div-ing team completed its participation in the Big 12 Championships this week-end, held at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim-ming Center in Austin, Texas.
T h e M o u n t a i n e e r women finished fourth out of five teams, an improve-ment from last year’s fifth-place finish. The Moun-taineer men finished third of three, with a run of dis-qualifications keeping them from overtaking TCU for the second spot. Texas continued their tradition of Big 12 dominance with a sweep of the men’s and women’s competitions.
The meet saw four Mountaineer school re-cords get broken and nu-
merous athletes earn All-Big 12 honors. While it didn’t result in a high placement on the leader-board, Mountaineer head coach Vic Riggs said he was thrilled with his team’s performance in Austin.
“This team’s charac-ter can’t be expressed in words,” Riggs said after the meet. “You needed to be here and live this week to realize how difficult a week this was on them. They did a tremendous job and for both teams to swim as well as they did is a true testament to their character and desire to fin-ish the job.”
The performance was headlined by a customarily strong performance from the Mountaineer divers. Junior Lindsay Schmidt set a school record and earned All-Big 12 First Team honors with a score of 322.60 on the 3-meter
board Friday, breaking senior Haily VandePoel’s mark from 2013.
M e a n w h i l e , t h r e e M o u n t a i n e e r d i v e r s nabbed All-Big 12 hon-ors on the men’s side, led by freshman Alex Oben-dorf, who finished second on the platform on the fi-nal day of the event. Mi-chael Proietto and Lo-gan McHenry both earned Second Team honors with fourth and fifth place fin-ishes, respectively, despite the fact that the team isn’t usually able to train in that event.
“It was a great final day for the male divers,” said diving coach Michael Grapner. “They put it to-gether on tower and cap-italized on the opportu-nity to score some points for their team. Alex Oben-dorf set the bar high for the men as the only freshman. He will just keep moving
up. All the boys continue to improve and recognize their potential.”
On Thursday, soph-omore swimmer Nate Carr shattered a 5-year-old school record in the 200-yard individual med-ley, finishing third over-all with an All-Big 12 First Team time of 1:44:70. Meanwhile, senior Jenelle Zee set a school record of her own in the 100-yard breaststroke, breaking her own mark set two years ago. Zee finished third in the event and was named to the All-Big 12 First Team.
Finally, the relay team of Carr, Andrew Marsh, Tim Squires and Ross Glegg broke the Moun-taineer school record in the 400-yard freestyle re-lay by over a second, with a second-place time of 2:54:04. Squires would net All-Big 12 First Team hon-
ors in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events, with Marsh finishing First Team in the 100-yard backstroke as well.
With the season wind-ing to a close, there are still a couple tests left for the Mountaineer swim-mers and divers. Sev-eral Mountaineer swim-mers, including Carr, Marsh and Squires, qual-ified for NCAA Champi-onship competition later this month in Greensboro, N.C.
Meanwhile, West Vir-ginia will send its best divers to the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships in Piscataway, NJ. It will be the Mountaineers’ last chance for this season at records and medals, and West Virginia’s top per-formers’ last opportunity to define their season.
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RIFLE
No. 1 WVU captures sixth-straight GARC Championship
KYLE MONROE/THE DAILY ATHENAEUMMaren Prediger pauses to reload earlier this season.
By Ashley CoNleySportS CorreSpondent
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After being tied for first place with Kentucky after day one of the two day event, the No. 1 West Virginia Univer-sity rifle team won its sixth-straight GARC Championship this weekend in Oxford, Miss.
Kentucky barely surpassed West Virginia in the smallbore competition as the Moun-taineers fell five center shots behind with a total score of 2323.
Maren Prediger shot a ca-reer-high of 586 to lead the team, which gave her a third place score in the open relay and a fourth place finish in the final. Both Garrett Spur-geon and Jean-Pierre Lucas finished their smallbore re-lays with scores of 582. Spur-geon placed third in the final while Lucas was sixth.
“It would have been nice to see one of them go all the way. However, it was nice to see Garrett (Spurgeon) and Maren (Prediger) get third and fourth. Maren’s improve-
ment in smallbore has been really great. She’s working hard on the right things,” said head coach Jon Hammond in an interview with WVUs-ports.com.
Eight total shooters com-peted in the individual slate for the smallbore final. Out of those eight shooters, four of them donned old gold and blue for West Virginia.
On day two, the Mountain-eers continued their winning ways as their prior experience proved dominant.
In the air rifle relays, West
Virginia had a total team score of 2386, which set a new NCAA record. Prediger paced the team with a 597 in the first relay, followed by Michael Bamsey with a score of 596. In the second relay, Ziva Dvor-sak shot 599; Garrett Spur-geon shot 594; and Thomas Kyanko added a score of 590.
Five Mountaineers com-peted in the air rifle final in-cluding Bamsey, Spurgeon Dvorsak, Lucas and Prediger. Spurgeon came out on top as the GARC Air Rifle Champion with a final score of 207.1.
“Garrett has shot a lot of fi-nals over the past year,” Ham-mond said. “He was satisfied to pull that out. He was up against the top-three shoot-ers from NCAA’s last year. It got pretty close toward the end, but he kept it together really well.”
West Virginia finished the competition with an aggre-gate score of 4709 giving them their sixth-straight GARC title. The Kentucky Wildcats fin-ished in second place overall.
“It’s been an incredible run. We really like coming
down here to shoot. It’s some-thing the team enjoys doing. It’s great competition, but we always show up,” Hammond said.
The Mountaineers will spend the next few weeks getting ready to compete for a third-straight NCAA Cham-pionship in Fairbanks, Alaska on March 13-14. West Virginia is in search for an astonishing 17th NCAA title in school his-tory, most for any collegiate program.
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Ten Mountaineers reach podium at Big 12 ChampionshipBy dj deskiNs
SportS writer @dailyathenaeum
The Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in Ames, Iowa, came to a close Saturday night, with 10 Moun-taineers earning podium spots in their disciplines.
The Texas Longhorns earned the top spot in the conference for the second year in a row, while WVU placed ninth in a field of the 10 conference teams. WVU’s
16 points only topped TCU’s five in the rankings.
Head coach Sean Cleary’s goal for the weekend was to place between eight and 10 of his athletes on the podium. The accomplishment allowed him to leave the champion-ship feeling confident about his team entering the outdoor season.
Of the 18 Mountaineers who made the trip, seven shared WVU’s 10 All-Big 12 Honors. This number marked the team’s record of individ-
ual accolades since entering the Big 12.
On day one, Katlyn Shelar vaulted 3.94 meters for a sixth-place finish in the pole vault fi-nals. This is her second straight trip to the podium in the con-ference’s indoor finals. Tori Bertrand posted a 3.64-meter vault, good enough for 14th place.
The 5,000-meter run saw Mountaineer Jillian Forsey take seventh in the confer-ence with a time of 16:25.43 and earned her a place on the
podium. WVU also saw Mag-gie Drazba and Brynn Harsh-barger finish in ninth and 12th, respectively, in the event.
On day two, the Mountain-eers placed another four com-petitors on the podium.
After qualifying in prelim-inaries on the first day, Kelly Williams finished seventh overall on the mile with a time of 4:51.12. This would be her second All-Big 12 honor of the weekend.
In the 1,000-meter finals Briana Kerekes and Amy
Cashin each found them-selves on the podium for the second time. Each bested their times in the preliminary races the day before.
Freshman Shamoya Mc-Neil showed great potential by finishing in eighth place in the triple jump. Her 12.06-me-ter jump earned her a podium spot in her first indoor compe-tition as a Mountaineer.
In the 3,000-meter run, Sydney Scott posted West Vir-ginia’s season-best time of 9:40.22. Her 11th place finish
put her just off the podium. Savanna Plombon, 19th, and Renee Maisonneuve, 25th, also competed in the event.
WVU will have the coming weekend off from competi-tion. It will likely use this time to prepare for the NCAA In-door Championships.
The NCAA Championships is hosted by the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday March 13 and Sat-urday March 14.