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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
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After falling behind 3-1 in the first half, the West Virginia men’s soccer team lost 3-2 to No. 9 UC Ir-vine Thursday night.SPORTS PAGE 8
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INSIDENews: 1, 2Opinion: 4A&E: 3, 6Sports: 7, 8, 10
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The West Virginia football team takes on Maryland Saturday in its final non-conference game of the season.SPORTS PAGE 10
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The Tea Shoppe held a tea tast-ing event Thursday.A&E PAGE 3
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WVU REMEMBERS
West Virginia University remembers 2001 terrorist attacks, holds tree lighting vigil
Kyle monroe/tHe DAIly AtHenAeUmWVU Army ROTC unit member Brenan Elliot stands watch early Thursday morning outside of the Downtown Library. Every 30 minutes, ROTC members would change the guard, alleviating their fellow unit members of their post.
by jennifer skinnercorrespondent
@dailyathenaeum
West Virginia Univer-sity commemorated the vic-tims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 throughout the thirteenth anniversary on Thursday.
Starting at 12:01 a.m. Air Force and Army Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps (ROTC) students stood guard for 24 hours at the annual 9/11 me-morial in front of the Down-town Campus Library.
Behind the vigil, a tree re-mained lit with string lights for the entirety of the day. Sur-rounded with flowers, a per-manent plaque installed a year after 9/11 at the memo-rial site reads, “We Remember
the spirit of those lost on Sep-tember 11, 2001 lives in each of us.”
At 8:46 a.m., the time when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower, WVU students ceremoni-ously presented a wreath adorned with red, white and blue roses and a frame of the words “Patriot Day: Septem-ber 11, 2001,” as they remem-
bered the first attack that froze America 13 years ago.
At the same time across campus, classes paused in-struction for a moment of si-lence to reflect on the tragedy.
ROTC students took turns relieving their peers and hon-oring those affected by the 9/11 attacks.
“9/11 is all about the nearly 3,000 men and women we lost
that day trying to protect free-dom,” said Devin Ricchuito, a senior nursing and Air Force ROTC student. “They weren’t expecting it and they didn’t deserve it at all.”
Brianna Woods, a senior nursing and Army ROTC stu-dent, and Sean Kotter, a senior geology and Army ROTC stu-dent, agreed that the memo-rial represents Americans go-
ing above and beyond the call of duty.
“Those emergency and military personnel gave the ultimate sacrifice that is key to America’s foundation and its values,” Kotter said. “A lot of Americans are focused on serving others, and the great-est thing is we aren’t doing
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WVU student to represent W.Va. on Miss America stage
fIle pHotoWest Virginia University student Paige Madden was crowned Miss West Virginia in June. Madden will vie for the Miss America Crown Sunday.
by Caroline petersstaff writer
@dailyathenaeum
West Virginia Universi-ty’s own Paige Madden will compete in the nation’s an-nual Miss America competi-tion as Miss West Virginia this weekend.
Having competed in the Miss America system for only two years, Madden will face 52 competing females for the crown.
“Unlike a lot of my Miss America sisters, competing for Miss America was never a childhood dream of mine,” Madden said. “It just became something I’ve desired within the last couple of years. So I worked my butt off and had a short pageant career, with this being only my second year with the Miss America system.”
This past week, Madden flew to Atlantic City and has been getting ready for the annual Miss Amer-ica Pageant. Aside from her appearance, Miss West Virginia has been preparing for the com-
petition in other ways.
Student Rec Center rolls out new classes by viCtoria madden
correspondent @dailyathenaeum
Les Mills is the world’s leading group fitness provider, and classes are now be-ing offered at the West Virginia University Student Rec Center.
Patrons can now take three new classes: BODYPUMP, BODYATTACK and BODYFLOW.
Fitness and wellness manager at the SRC, Nancy Bond, said they have looked into bringing Les Mills classes to WVU for a long time.
“(We) just never had the budget,” Bond said. “When Les Mills started offering a lower licensing rate to universities, we were finally able to work it in.”
Almost every class is completely full.“(There are) only 60 steps and bars for
BODYPUMP,” Bond said. “Monday and Wednesday, we have each class twice just because of the limited space, and it is of-fered three to four times a week.”
BODYPUMP is one of world’s fastest ways to get in shape as it challenges all of your major muscle groups. BODYAT-TACK is a sports-inspired cardio workout for building strength and stamina. Both classes are offered for free.
“That is the one thing that distinguishes us from other universities,” said Amber Groat, a Les Mills instructor. “Having it for free is what sets WVU apart from others, as they have students pay for the programs.”
Groat said many choose Les Mills when
they want to re-vamp their fitness center.BODYFLOW is the third new program
that will be offered at WVU, which is scheduled to launch Sept. 27. It is a mix of yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates that focuses on building flexibility and strength and leaves you feeling calm and centered.
“You are going to work harder when you are in a group than when you are on your own,” Groat said. “So a lot of people come to these classes and they might be intimidated by it at first, but when they come in, they realize they worked harder than they ever would have in a workout setting.”
Sylvia Brooks and Abby Myers, gradu-ate students at WVU, have been attending the bodypump class from day one.
“(We) love it. Amber’s energy is great,” Brooks said.
Brooks and Myers said they had no prior experience and now attend the class up to three times a week.
Myers had knee surgery done previous to these classes.
“With this injury, this class offers dif-ferent levels of intensity. It is a great stress program,” she said.
Check out all three of the new Les Mills classes, including the premiere of BODY-FLOW, at the Fall Festival Launch Event Sept. 27, at 10 a.m. in Room B of the SRC. For more information, visit the WVU Stu-dent Rec website for class schedules at http://studentreccenter.wvu.edu.
hOW DO yOU REMEMBER?
“ “ ““ “ I was in kindergarten when it happened. Our country was attacked and we lived in that moment. It makes me think, ‘Wow, that actually happened in my lifetime.’”-- Alex LowjewskiFreshman
It always makes me flash back to the day it happened and the days after when the nation came together with a sense of unity.”-- Erika CrumpSenior
Those emergency and mil-itary personnel gave the ul-timate sacrifice that is key to America’s foundation and its values.’”-- Sean KotterSenior
It’s a somber day where you reflect and meditate on the unity this country has brought its citizens.”-- Brianna WoodsSenior
I went home from school, and when I saw the second plane hit, I didn’t comprehend it.”-- Katie HoyesSophomore
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“The obvious parts of com-petition are preparing your wardrobe and getting in great physical shape,” Madden said. “The parts of prep that you might not see are mental and emotional. It takes a lot to be Miss America, so you have to be at the top of your game at all times.”
Madden competed in the preliminary competitions this week and will compete in the final competition Sunday.
With only a few days left until final competition, Mad-den is confidently prepping for the event. However, Mad-den said she believes remain-ing modest is crucial despite whatever happens on stage.
“The pageant is actually on Sunday, and, ultimately, of course, I want to be the first Miss America from West Virginia. If I don’t win, I’d at least like to make the first cut,” Madden said. “On Sunday, I plan to represent our state by acting with poise and grace, no matter the outcome.”
Although the term “pag-eant girls” is often used to de-scribe the Miss America con-testants, Madden said she believes the title is rather weak.
“‘Pageant girls’ isn’t really a great term. In the Miss Amer-ica Organization, we promote style, success, scholarship and, most importantly, ser-vice,” Madden said. “If I were to speak to a young girl about our system, I’d encourage her to find a cause she’s passion-ate about and work hard and devote her time to that issue.”
According to the Miss West Virginia Organization’s web-site, “Miss America represents the highest ideals. She is a real combination of beauty, grace and intelligence, artistic and refined. She is a type which the American Girl might well emulate.”
Each contestant fights for a cause she thinks is a grow-ing concern. Miss West Vir-ginia’s platform is fighting to end abuse towards women. “Silence Hides Violence: Em-powering Women in Abusive Situations” is Madden’s cam-paign platform.
The Miss America competi-tion concludes Sunday.
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it for fame and glory. We’re doing it for the pleasure of serving.”
Woods believes 9/11 rep-resents remembrance, hon-oring and planning for the future.
“It’s a somber day where you reflect and meditate on the unity this country has brought its citizens,” Woods said.
Because the library con-stantly receives heavy student traffic, the memorial’s loca-tion conveniently allowed passersby to take just a mo-ment from their busy day and
remember. “Seeing soldiers standing
there representing what hap-pened (on 9/11) is amazing,” said Alex Lojewski, a WVU freshman. “I was in kinder-garten when it happened. Our country was attacked and we lived in that moment. It makes me think, ‘Wow, that actually happened in my lifetime.’”
This year’s freshmen com-prise the last graduating class that was in school on 9/11. Older WVU students remem-ber the day more vividly.
“We walk around ev-ery day knowing what hap-pened, but it’s not at the front of our thoughts. When the day comes around, it’s on my mind all day,” Erika Crump, a senior English student, de-
scribed. “It always makes me flash back to the day it hap-pened and the days after when the nation came to-gether with a sense of unity.”
Crump, who was in third grade 13 years ago, remem-bers the day “vividly.” Katie Hoyes, a sophomore interna-tional studies student, recalls hearing about the attacks in school, but she “didn’t under-stand it at first.”
“I went home from school, and when I saw the second plane hit, I didn’t comprehend it,” Katie Hoyes remembered.
Her older brother Travis Hoyes, a 2014 WVU alum, stood at the memorial last year with the Air Force ROTC. Travis Hoyes is currently serv-ing in the Air Force in Flor-
ida as a Second Lieutenant Officer.
Mountaineers feel united and honored to commemo-rate 9/11 as a University.
“The memorial gives me a sense of pride to be going to this school. They’re taking the time to stand out there and remember everyone who was lost,” Crump said.
Lojewski is a member of the WVU Marching Band, who performed the Armed Forces Salute at the home football game against Towson Univer-sity Saturday.
“I think that WVU is a school that really represents not just West Virginia, but also the United States because the student body is so patriotic,” Lojewski said. “That means a
lot to everyone. People across the country see that as a re-flection on WVU.”
The WVU community lost two alumni, former WVU quarterback Chris Gray (1992
and 1994) and Jim Samuel Jr. (1993), who were working at the World Trade Center Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
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festival of Colors returns for third straight yearby Courtney gatto
correspondent @dailyathenaeum
The Festival of Colors in Moundsville, W.Va., is back for the third straight year.
Saturday will be an all-day party filled with music, danc-ing, food, a little bit of learning and a whole lot of fun.
“Every single person is look-ing for fun,” said Vrindavan Das, director of marketing and pub-lic relations for the festival. “The Festival of Colors is providing unlimited fun.”
From 12 to 6 p.m., guests at the Festival of Colors will be urged to have the time of their lives while participating in the many activities present at this outdoor festival. Five bands will perform live music all day, and free yoga lessons will be given by world-renowned yoga instruc-tors Atma and Lokhabhakti.
Vegetarian food will be served, a dance instructor from Colombia will lead group dancing and the famous group color-throwing will occur every half-hour.
This tradition originated in India and is celebrated today by millions of people around the world. For the third year in a row, people in West Virginia are encouraged to join in on the festivities.
“Festival of Colors is a tradi-tional festival celebrated in In-dia for thousands of years,” Das said. “We started this festival in
America in 1998.”Party-goers who are inter-
ested in understanding more about the origin of this cele-bration will be given the op-portunity to learn about the In-dian culture and tradition at the festival.
The whole idea of the Fes-tival of Colors is for attendees to have good, clean fun while promoting love, friendship and unity.
“The theme of the festival is to color your life and throw your worries to the wind,” Das said. “This is a platform for people to come and forget their anxi-ety and worries and just live life together.”
Emily Rackley, a sophomore industrial engineering student, said she is looking forward to attending the festival this weekend.
“I’ve never attended be-fore, so I am really excited for this weekend,” Rackley said. “I’ve always wanted to expe-rience standing in that crowd of people with color flying ev-erywhere. I think it’ll be really fun.”
The festival will take place at the Palace of Gold, located at 3759 McCrearys Ridge Road in Moundsville. The admission price is $12, which includes two bags of color.
For more information or to buy tickets, visit http://festi-valofcolors.us/tickets.html.
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Andrew SpellmAn/THe dAIlY ATHenAeUmStudents browse the Campus MovieFest information center in the Vandalia Lounge Wednesday. Visitors had the opportunity to get information, sign up and rent equipment for this year’s contest.
Campus MovieFest participants pick up film equipment, movie editing software
It’s true – peppermint tea isn’t really tea. But nei-ther is chamomile, fruit-flavored tea or peach tea. They’re actually herbal blends.
This shocking news was delivered to nine partici-pants Wednesday at The Tea Shoppe’s Tea 101 tasting.
Lisa Biaford, the shop’s owner, explained the basics and elaborated on loose-leaf teas, saying there are only four “true” types: black, green, white and oolong.
Each type is oxidized and processed in its own way, and even the same type can be completely different based on its country of origin.
Biaford said herbal and fruit teas – such as peach, chamomile and pepper-mint – are combinations of
dried fruits, herbs, roots and flowers.
Biaford said that, in the-ory, anything can be brewed to make tea, even dandeli-ons, but she did not recom-mend it.
As she explained each tea, participants were allowed to sample a small cup and com-mented on the tea’s flavor.
“I’ve never been here be-fore, so it was interesting to try all the teas,” said Grace Porter, a senior nursing student.
The participants taste-tested seven teas total, with one person requesting to try wild strawberry.
“My favorite part about tonight was getting to try all the different teas at one time,” said Jennifer Willis, a senior occupational therapy student.
Sample flavors included all four types of real tea with a few herbal blends thrown in.
Katherine Szepelak, a se-
nior finance student, said sampling varieties of flavors were her favorite part of the event.
“We’ve been here before, and they have so many teas that we never know what to pick,” she said. “This helps narrow it down, and it’s fun.”
Biaford also gave partici-pants tips for brewing times and enhancing the tea’s fla-vor with milk and honey.
She said the taste of a tea is based on brewing times and the water used to brew it. The tea’s taste is stronger with loose-leaf teas, com-pared to the store-bought bags. Biaford said this is be-cause loose leaves expand and add a greater flavor to the drink.
As for brewing, Biaford said one teaspoon of loose-leaf teas would brew per-fectly in eight ounces of water. The tea leaves are dou-bled for iced tea because of
the added water.“Fruit teas are the best
(served) iced, but they’re not bad hot, either,” Biaford said.
To finish off the tea party, participants received cu-
cumber sandwiches and cookies to complement their drinks.
Tea talks like this are held the second Wednesday of ev-ery month at The Tea Shoppe.
The next will focus on differ-ent types of oolong tea.
The two-hour event is $10 to attend.
Tea Shoppe tasting reveals unknown tea facts
The Kenny Jones Band has covered hits from “Kick It in the Sticks” by Brantley Gilbert to rock ballads such as “Kryptonite” by 3 Doors Down.
The band offers a range of popular hits for fans. Their combination of whipping electric guitars, heavy drums and strong vocals makes for a lively show.
With years of experience and a continued local pres-ence, the Kenny Jones Band guarantees a rocking-good time.
“We play new country from Brantley Gilbert and Luke Bryan to nitty gritty dirt bands,” said Kenny Jones. “Friday’s show will be one of the highest en-ergy, biggest country party concerts you have ever seen.”
Jones brings a raspy sound, that is comparable to country superstars such as Brantley Gilbert or Ty-ler Farr.
His sound has grown a prominent regional fan base and continues to ex-pand with upcoming show-cases at Tin Roof Revival in Nashville, Tenn. Jones said
he will begin writing along-side Jeff Alenn and chart-topper Scott Lindsay.
“The best part about Kenny Jones’ playing is his energy”, said Todd King, owner of Schmitt’s Sa-loon. “One minute he will go from a slow, acoustic song to the next minute where he is climbing on the speakers doing an amazing guitar solo.”
The Kenny Jones band has years of experience and a continued presence at Schmitt’s Saloon.
Fans can expect to hear some of Jones’ original songs such as “Hillbilly” and a personal ballad, “Hero” Friday.
“‘Hero,’ the song I wrote about my dad, who I lost in a car accident, is going to be on the radio station in Elkins, (W.Va.),” said Jones.
“We have sung it on a lot of local radio stations.”
Jones and the band said they anticipate an audi-ence of 200 for Friday’s performance.
Crowds are sure to grow after Thursday night’s sold out perfor-mance opening for the Lacs.
Friday night will only be the beginning for the band.
It has upcoming perfor-mances in October where it will open for Trent Tomlinson.
The Kenny Jones Band will perform at Schmitt’s Saloon 9:30 p.m. Friday.
Tickets for the event are $5 and can be purchased at the door or online at http://schmittssaloon.com.
Jillian ClemenTeCOrrespOndent @dailyathenaeum
Kenny Jones Band to perform cover songs at Schmitt’s Saloon
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The world’s largest film festival, Campus MovieFest came back to West Virginia University Wednesday.
Last year, CMF was im-pressed with the quality of work generated by WVU students.
Sara Taylor, lead intern for WVUp All Night, said she was excited to see the potential filmmakers come out and hear about their movie ideas for this year’s event.
“Because this is only (CMF’s) second year at WVU, we are encouraging as many students as pos-sible to come out and be part of the amazing event,” Taylor said. “We’d love to triple the amount of stu-dents participating this year.”
CMF gives students the opportunity to make their own short film in seven days. Participants have a chance to win large cash prizes and to be recognized by the film industry.
Equipped with all the right tools and technical support to create a success-ful movie, students can at-tempt to use their ideas to create a video in a short amount of time.
“Our finale is next Friday, Sept. 19, where we will be showing the top-16 films and are expecting about 400 people to attend,” Tay-
lor said. “The amazing thing about the finale is that no one will know who the top-16 are, including the par-ticipants, until they (are) shown on the screen.”
Only the top-4 films will be eligible to move on to the national competition in Los Angeles.
A filmmaker who com-peted last year went all the
way to Cannes Movie Festi-val in France.
There will also be a Mountaineer Spirit Award and other small prizes, such as gift cards and coupons to Boston Beanery, Black Bear Burritos, Qdoba Mexican Grill and Naticakes.
But not all participants are swayed by the external rewards of the competition.
“I’m doing CMF because making movies is my favor-ite thing to do,” said Josh Davis, a senior television journalism student.
Davis said he was a final-ist in last year’s competi-tion. This year, he’s making a horror short, but didn’t want to give away too much information.
Garrett Yurisko, a junior
television journalism stu-dent, and Nic Fledderus, a senior intermedia focus student, said they enjoy do-ing film and expect to have fun with their upcoming CMF project.
“We made it to the top-16 last year, so we figured why not try again?” Yurisko said. “As far as the movie, you’ll just have to wait and
see. It’s a feel-good story though.”
To learn more about CMF and watch last year’s student films, visit its web-site at http://campusmov-iefest.com.
The top-16 films will be shown at the CMF finale Sept. 19.
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As the first month of school slips by, and the semester begins to dwindle away, the amounts of stress students and fac-ulty have on their shoulders quickly increases.
There are many great ways to relieve stress, but one of the best is exercising.
West Virginia University students are lucky to have a world-class recreation cen-ter just steps from their residence halls. The Student Rec Center continues to of-fer new and exciting ways to be physically active.
However, there may be times when a student feels that taking the trek to the Evansdale Campus is more of a hassle
than it is a benefit.Classes begin as early as 6:15 a.m.
and continue through 7:50 p.m. Fitness classes can be intimidating for those who don’t frequent them, but this fear should not inhibit one’s participation.
It is clear from the experiences ex-pressed by many students on campus that exercise is vital to our stress reduc-tion. Knowing this importance, exercise should be a top priority.
In previous semesters, students have expressed interest in expanding the SRC’s reach to include students in the Down-town Campus. This needs to continue to be a priority as the semester continues.
Although the SRC hours may not suit every individual’s schedule, there are myriad opportunities in and around Morgantown.
Students should take advantage of the outdoor venues, such as Coopers Rock and the Deckers Creek Trails, more fre-quently. These venues are generally only accessed by upperclassmen, however, because of the distance needed to travel from a residence hall.
Freshmen students are disadvantaged in this regard.
New rules, classes, friends, environ-ments and eating habits make a recipe for disaster. But, like most natural disasters,
we should prepare for the worst.If you haven’t already, go to the SRC.
Find its list of fitness classes and com-mit to taking one or two on. If not, find a friend with a similar schedule. Together, make it a priority to put health first.
Soon enough, it will be December. When this day comes, don’t be surprised if your pants fit more snug.
But don’t stress about this, either. Ex-ercising is always best if it is used as an escape. If it is a burden in your life, then you won’t follow through with your commitment.
exercise helps combat semester stress
A different look at Levenson’s email
What is racism? I thought I knew but with the Bruce Levenson, Danny Ferry, Atlanta Hawks controversy brew-ing, I’ve come to doubt my rationale. I thought it was the belief that different races have certain inher-ent qualities about them and that this causes some to be better than others – which is total bulls---, of course.
However in light of re-cent public outcry, I’m now confused. I have read the email multiple times and there is noth-ing racist about it. In-sensitive, maybe, poor choice of words, yes, but racist, no. I have also read as much of the tran-script of the alleged rac-ist conversation by Danny Ferry.
The fact that a full transcript or the ac-tual recording have not been released makes me question this whole thing.
First off, if you have not read the email, a full copy is on http://d e a d s p i n . c o m / h e re s -the-email-that-forced-hawks-owner-barry-lev-enson-1631640411.
The email, which is in all lowercase and sent from an iPad – so you know it must have been an impor-tant email, is essentially
a rant by an owner over wanting more money. He says that the majority of season ticket holders in the NBA are white males age 35-55, but that the Atlanta Hawks franchise is signifi-cantly lacking in that cat-egory. Honestly, if Leven-son is guilty of anything its only looking at people as dollar signs, regardless of race.
Levenson is a business man who just wants ev-eryone’s money. He theo-rizes that the arena is too black, the cheerleaders are black, the music is al-ways hip-hop – like white people don’t love hip-hop – that the bars are 90 per-cent black and that the free tickets the team gives away to impoverished children are scaring away southern whites.
He goes on to say, “This was just racist garbage.”
Levenson was essen-tially dealing with the dilemma of changing business practices to ac-commodate alleged, by himself, racist white peo-ple so he could take their money.
I do not know anyone in Atlanta personally, so I can neither confirm nor deny the prejudices of its citizens. But let me ask you this: If the email was about the stadium be-ing too white and Leven-son wanted to add some “black culture” to attract more black fans, would anyone care?
Now, where to be-gin with the Danny Ferry incident?
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Maniacs stand for sportsmanship
Dear Students,
As we head into foot-ball season, and especially Big 12 play, I want to re-mind you to show some
class while cheering on the Mountaineers at Mi-lan Puskar Stadium. I en-courage you all to cheer loud, but let’s remember to be respectful to every-one around us. Last week vs. Towson, a beer bot-tle was thrown from the student section.
This type of behavior is not acceptable. While
wearing the Old Gold and Blue, let’s remem-ber that we not only rep-resent our school, but our state as well. There is a fine line between being rowdy and being out of control. Please be safe, and re-member to act like the ma-ture adults that you are. Let’s go Mountaineers.
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PRT modernization underway: Still backbone of WVU transportation
We’re writing to share with you our experience with the Personal Rapid Transit System, a fixture across campus that’s com-plex and vital. It’s the back-bone of WVU’s transporta-tion system, built in 1975 at a time of gas shortages and intended to demon-strate a new transporta-tion concept.
Nearly 40 years af-ter its debut, the PRT is a one-of-a-kind system in the world, and the only ground transport system that provides direct trans-port to the station of your choice.
It’s still a showcase for the PRT concept and is vis-ited by officials from na-tions around the world. Our modernization efforts are being watched inter-nationally because we are essentially reinventing the PRT.
It’s a very practical system,it gets us where we need to go: to work and to class. For exam-ple, the PRT transported more than 25,000 passen-
ger trips on the first day of classes this fall, and since then, in a 15 day period (Monday through Friday) recorded an average rid-ership of over 18,000 per day.
It is aging, no doubt. And while it may let you down from time to time, the Uni-versity is working toward change for the long term.
The PRT is currently un-dergoing extensive mod-ernization. In the last four years, the University has spent nearly $20 mil-lion in repairs and up-dates, making the fleet’s onboard computers dig-ital. The propulsion sys-tems - the motor control-lers that command each engine - have also been replaced.
The next major step on our modernization path is the replacement of the train control system which will take a couple of years. It will rely on radio sig-nals instead of the cur-rent embedded guideway loops.
Eventually, the existing fleet of vehicles will be re-placed - each have accu-mulated 300,000 to 600,000 miles.
Even with the PRT’s out-ages, it still accounts for nearly 2.2 million rides a year. Without the PRT, we’d all face increased traffic congestion. Prior to start-ing the PRT moderniza-
tion, a traffic study was commissioned. The study showed that Morgantown, without the PRT, would need at least 34 buses to meet passenger demand and still would not meet passenger schedules and expectations.
The University is also improving its response for when the PRT doesn’t op-erate as planned. The re-sponse time of buses to stations has decreased, providing better service. Buses are responding im-mediately (as much as traffic allows) to stations that experience an out-age. And we’re updating our communications plat-forms such as the Web app at http://transporta-tion.wvu.edu, MIX, Info Stations and Twitter to let you know what’s happen-ing with the PRT so you can make transportation deci-sions to get you where you need to go.
We also have a commu-nication plan in place so that when an interruption in service occurs, you will be kept informed and know the steps to take. We rely on our passengers’ cooper-ation with posted signs and instructions to help make the PRT a safe and effi-cient riding experience for everyone.
Thank you for bearing with us in these challeng-ing times.
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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR
Born today This year you open up to many possibilities, but you will need to eliminate some ex-isting commitments first. You are a year away from some positive life changes. You will begin a new luck cycle at that time, and the first year is considered one of the luckiest. If you are single, someone special is right around the corner. If you are at-tached, the two of you love spending quality time together. You also might tend to overindulge often together. TAURUS understands you and can be a lot of fun.
ARIES (MARch 21-ApRIl 19) HHH Your possessive side might emerge when dealing with someone you re-spect. Being selfish in that way is likely to reveal your innate insecu-rities. Be more upbeat and deliber-
ate. You could overthink a situation to the point of upset. Tonight: TGIF! Make it your treat.
TAURUS (ApRIl 20-MAy 20) HHHHH You could be more forthright than usual. Being so di-rect will energize you and encour-age you to take a risk with a diffi-cult person. You will want to have a long-overdue conversation. Know that you might feel uncomfortable with what you hear. Tonight: A star, wherever you are.
GEMINI (MAy 21-JUNE 20) HHH Much will be going on behind the scenes. You are anchored and secure at the present moment, and you’re likely to be very optimistic. Others will respond to you in a positive way. You could be taken aback by some-one’s offer. Tonight: Not to be found.
cANcER (JUNE 21-JUly 22) HHHH Emphasize what is important to you. Know what needs to happen, and decide who you want around you. Stop and buy a token of affection for a loved one. Do not push beyond your normal limits in order to get what you want. Tonight: Be where the crowds are.
lEO (JUly 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Take your time when making a de-cision. It might be more important than you realize. Getting past an older person’s demands could be almost impossible. You might won-der when to pull back so you can go off and do your thing. Tonight: Out and about.
V I R G O ( AU G. 23- S E p T. 22) HHHHH Keep reaching out to someone at a distance. You might want to make last-minute weekend
plans. This person often plays dev-il’s advocate for you. You might be tempted to take off for an adventure. Weigh the cost of proceeding as you have been. Tonight: Out late.
lIBRA (SEpT. 23-OcT. 22) HHHH You might want to work through a problem quickly with a friend or loved one; otherwise, a lot of neg-ativity could come into your life. A family member could demonstrate how resilient he or she can be when adjusting to a big change. Tonight: Make it personal.
ScORpIO (OcT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Defer to others, and understand what is happening with a key in-dividual in your life. By expressing your confidence in this person’s de-cisions, you will open up the lines of communication between you. Don’t overthink a decision too much.
Tonight: Follow the leader.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEc. 21) HHHH You will want to free up some extra time just for you. You’ll remain levelheaded, even though you have a very difficult decision to make. You might want to discuss your choice with several other peo-ple for feedback. Tonight: Get physi-cal – go to the gym, or go dancing.
c ApRIcORN (DEc. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH No one dares question your ideas or your appeal. You know where you are heading. You have a sense of direction that is unique, and you possess a special type of creativ-ity. News from a distance is likely to put a smile on your face. Tonight: Ever playful.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Get down to the basics,
and understand that you will need to rebuild certain areas of your life. An older friend or relative could be unintentionally demanding and not realize what you are going through. Ask for consideration and space, if need be. Tonight: Invite friends over.
pIScES (FEB. 19-MARch 20) HHHH Listen to news before changing plans. You could be more in limbo than you might have thought possible. Perhaps you need to work through an issue and return some-one’s call. Choose to make plans that allow you to share some of your di-lemma. Tonight: Love the moment.
Born today Actor Maurice Che-valier (1888), Olympic athlete Jesse Owens (1913), publisher Alfred A. Knopf Sr. (1892).
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NEW YORK (AP) — At least six television networks said Thursday they plan to stop or minimize airings of video showing Baltimore Ra-vens running back Ray Rice striking his then-fiancee and knocking her unconscious, footage that has called into question how the NFL disci-plines players involved in do-mestic violence.
The move comes after the video from a casino eleva-tor showing Janay Palmer crumpling to the floor after a punch has already been seen many times on TV since TMZ released it Monday: During the 7 a.m. EDT news hour on Tuesday, the video clip aired 37 times on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Chan-nel and MSNBC, according to a count by Media Matters for America. In addition, the networks aired an old video showing Palmer outside of the elevator nine times, the group said.
Media Matters did not have a count on how many times the clip was aired on sports networks.
ESPN, CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox News Channel and Fox Sports all said Thursday they would no longer show the video unless there are com-pelling news reasons to bring it back.
“The video has been seen enough for viewers to clearly know what happened, and make their own judgments about what should happen next,” said Michael Clem-ente, executive vice president at Fox News. “Our judgment is that continuing to show it is simply overdoing it for shock value, and not for journalistic
reasons.”At a certain point, it be-
comes gratuitous, said Janelle Rodriguez, vice pres-ident of programming at CNN.
The networks defended airing the video in full, how-ever, because it was clearly newsworthy.
NBC “Today” show spokeswoman Megan Kopf Stackhouse said the rule is to “air it with discretion only when necessary and not in a gratuitous or inflammatory manner.”
Because of the nature of cable news networks, where it is assumed viewers don’t stay for a long time so sto-ries are repeated, it meant the video got plenty of air-time. That was particularly true at the ESPN networks, where there are 18 sepa-rate “Sportscenter” editions shown in a 24-hour period, and the Rice story was get-ting attention in all of them.
The reaction by the NFL in suspending Rice indefinitely and the Baltimore Ravens in cutting him from their team after this week’s video sur-faced proved its newswor-thiness, said Josh Krulewitz, ESPN’s spokesman.
By late Tuesday morning, ESPN had decided to stop. “It was obviously quite disturb-ing and we felt the audience had seen it enough,” Krule-witz said.
That doesn’t mean por-tions won’t return. When it began being discussed on Wednesday that Rice had spit on Palmer, ESPN began airing part of the video prior to the punch to see if that was true, Krulewitz said. The full video was not used later Wednesday when an Associ-ated Press story called into question whether someone from the league had seen it prior to this week.
Leaders of womens’ groups had mixed feelings
about the ubiquity of the video shortly after its release.
“It’s a very difficult thing for a victim of violence to have her abuse shown over and over again to the pub-lic,” said Kim Gandy, presi-dent and CEO of the Wash-ington, D.C.-based National Network to End Domestic Vi-olence. “At the same time, it is creating a national conversa-tion about domestic violence that could have the effect of saving lives.”
She said she didn’t need to see the video. “I know what happened,” Gandy said.
The clear evidence of abuse, and the almost mun-dane way it took place, is very illuminating for the pub-lic, said Terry O’Neill, pres-ident of the National Orga-nization for Women. Unlike many other crimes, people tend not to believe or to min-imize domestic violence un-less they see the direct evi-dence, she said.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — When it comes to video games, are they better late than never?
At this week’s GameStop Expo, the video game re-tailer’s annual consumer-centric event, more than 3,000 attendees had the chance to test drive highly anticipated titles like “Evolve,” “Dying Light” and “Battlefield Hardline” in the halls of the Anaheim Convention Center. How-ever, it’s probably the last time this year that gamers will be able to play those particular titles.
That’s because they’re among the growing list of games initially set to be released in 2014 that have been delayed until 2015. The publishers behind the monster fighter “Evolve,” zombie survival adventure “Dying Light” and cops-and-robbers romp “Battle-field Hardline” each post-poned their release dates earlier this year so devel-opers had more time to tweak the titles.
It’s a frustrating trend that’s prompting many players to bemoan the least fun game of all: The Waiting Game.
“Oh, it sucks,” said Dan Adams, an expo attendee who came to preview games like “Far Cry 4” and “Call of Duty” on the show floor. “I know games are delayed to make them bet-ter, but it definitely feels like it’s happening more often these days. It really messes with your expecta-tions when you think you know when a game is com-ing out, and then - boom - it’s next year.”
Other games previously set for release this year that have been pushed to 2015 include the online apocalyptic shooter “Tom Clancy’s The Division,” the Dark Knight sequel “Bat-man: Arkham Knight,” the supernatural historical ad-venture “The Order: 1886,” the sprawling role-play-ing sequel “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” and the open-world movie adaptation “Mad Max.”
“There are so many games for next year, it makes me worried some-times,” said Yves Guille-mot, CEO of Ubisoft, at the Electronic Entertain-ment Expo in June. “We are always caught be-tween two things: How can we make it better but take full advantage of what we started a few years ago? It’s always a difficult
decision because there are always other games coming.”
Deciding to delay is as much a business de-cision as it is a creative one.
While setting a release date helps to build hype for a game, if it comes out on time but doesn’t meet gamers’ expecta-tions, there’s less chance a publisher will green-light a sequel. Histori-cally, consumers are for-giving of most overdue games. For instance, the fourth-month delay of last year’s “Grand Theft Auto V” hardly seemed to im-pact sales.
That’s likely to be true for the latest batch of tardy titles, which also aren’t ex-pected to affect the sales of the newer PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles. In fact, pushing games like “Evolve” to Feb. 10 and “Batman: Arkham Knight” to June 5 might actually boost the bottom line for publishers like 2K Games and Warner Bros. Interac-tive Entertainment.
“I don’t think any of the delayed games are sys-tem sellers, so I don’t re-ally think it makes a lot of difference,” said Mi-chael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan. “The games coming out will benefit from lower com-petition, and the delays smooth out the release calendar, so they’ll prob-ably create an opportu-nity for greater success all around.”
It also means newcom-ers like “Evolve,” “The Or-der” and “Division” won’t have to compete with the latest editions of long-run-ning series, such as mili-tary shooter “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare,” fan-tasy epic “Dragon Age: In-quisition,” shoot-’em-up “Far Cry 4” and French Revolution-set “Assassin’s Creed: Unity.” They’re still on track to come out in 2014 - well, for now.
“It’s still the best slate of games I’ve seen since I’ve been here, and I’ve been here nine years,” said Tony Bartel, president of Game-Stop Corp. “There are plenty of genres. We think it’s all going to come down to affordability. We’re working on programs spe-cifically around trades to put currency in the hands of our customers, so they can afford all of those games.”
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This weekend, the West Virginia University vol-leyball team will host the Mountaineer Invitational tournament, which will in-clude four other participat-ing schools.
Head coach Jill Kramer said she is confident head-ing into the matchups this weekend, but she knows her squad has to capitalize in a few areas.
“After watching video and looking at stats, there were some really specific things we need to work on passing-wise,” Kramer said.
“Our numbers in tran-sition attacking are much lower than our first ball
swings, so we want to get that part better. We’re going to work on that. Some things defensively (include) mak-ing sure we’re still picking good spots and putting our bodies in good position to pursue balls and keep work-ing on tooling the block.”
After the Niagara Invita-tional last weekend, where the Mountaineers were do-ing well at the service line, Kramer said she wants the girls to keep up their work on serving.
“We’re asking them to serve tough. Sometimes you put a ball in and they might be able to handle it, but you can’t tell them, ‘Serve tough and don’t miss.’ You’re go-ing to miss sometimes, so we are putting tough balls in,” she said.
The Mountaineers enter this weekend with a 6-1 re-cord in 2014 and will face Kent State, Seton Hall, St. Francis and Montana.
Kent State, 5-1 overall, is coming off winning its Golden Flashes Volleyball Classic after beating More-head State, University of New Hampshire and Uni-versity of Evansville.
“Kent State has had a good year - they beat Col-lege of Charleston (and) Morehead State. We’re ex-cited to have them here,” Kramer said.
The Seton Hall Pirates are coming into the Invitational at 5-2 and will face WVU af-ter playing Montana.
“We haven’t played them (Seton Hall) in a while, and this girl (Allison Yaeger) was
not the head coach when we played them,” Kramer said.
“She was an assistant coach, but they always did a good job in the Big East, so we’re excited to have them here.”
Kramer said having the St. Francis Red Flash come play in the tournament is going to be similar to a re-union for her.
“St. Francis has a new coach, and he was actu-ally at Virginia before I was there. He’s (a) new, great coach. I’ve known him a while,” she said.
The Mountaineers will wrap up the weekend with a matchup against Mon-tana, who recruited Han-nah Sackett before she came to play at WVU. Sack-ett’s hometown is Somers,
Mont., and she was a Class AA All-State team selection for 2010-11 and 2011-12.
The Grizzlies have an overall record of 0-6 and are coming off losses to South Alabama, Wyoming and Ball State in last weekend’s Wyo-ming Cowgirl Classic.
After seeing more of what the team can do at Niagara, Kramer said there is still more in store for the up-coming matches.
“(We need to focus on) continuing to improve the tempo of our offense,” she said.
“There are things we used to do a lot that Lam-prini’s (Konstantinidou) not comfortable with that you haven’t seen yet from us this year, so we need to get her working in all aspects of our
offense.”Konstantinidou has 244
assists on the season so far. Kramer said fans could see more of her working with the hitters.
“Part of being a setter is making your hitters better,” she said.
“It might not always be the tempo that we’re look-ing for, but they are hittable balls.”
The Mountaineer Invita-tional begins today at noon against Kent State in the Coliseum and continues to-night at 7 against Seton Hall. The action will wrap up Sat-urday with a match against Saint Francis at noon and the final match with Mon-tana at 7 p.m.
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No. 20 WVU ready for weekend invitationalby ethan rohrbaugh
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The No. 20 West Virginia University cross country team will travel to State College, Pa., tomorrow to take part in the Penn State Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational.
Head coach Sean Cleary will be sending a younger group of runners out on the course, a strategy that he said he often uses this early in the season.
“Our season in terms of qualifying for the NCAA Championships does not begin for three more weeks,” Cleary said. “So we will be using this meet to familiarize ourselves with the Penn State course, as it will host the NCAA region-als in two months.”
The same strategy worked well for WVU in the 2013 regional meet, as the team had its first look at the Lehigh University course which hosted the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Region two and a half months before returning to compete for a spot at the NCAA Cham-pionship. The Mountain-eers took fourth place in the region and went on to the national meet.
Cleary will send fresh-men Brynn Harshbarger, Renee Maisonneuve, Ra-chel Faulds and Allie Diehl, sophomore Brianna Kerekes, junior Sarah Mc-Cauley and senior Lydia Martinelli out as his start-ers for the Invitational.
“While we may not come home from meets like this looking like the team that we expect to become
championship season, we do learn a great deal and are much better for the ex-perience,” Cleary said.
“This will not be our most difficult meet of the regular season, but it is a very nice stepping stone. I am looking for one or two of these young ladies to put themselves in consid-eration to run on our Big 12 and hopefully national teams.”
The group, which Cleary calls “inexperienced”, did well for themselves in the season-opener, account-ing for four of the first five overall finishers. The team took first place overall at the meet.
“Lehigh began on a very good note for us,” Cleary said. “The earliest part of our season has always been used to give our rook-
ies or emerging varsity runners an opportunity to feel what it’s like to be depended on in pressure situations.
“This is a very inexperi-enced group,” Cleary said. “I am excited to see how they handle themselves.”
West Virginia has had mixed results at the Spiked Shoe Invitational over the last few seasons, finishing eighth overall a year ago and fourth the year before that.
Saturday’s 6k race will begin at 10 a.m. and will feature three nationally-ranked teams. Aside from WVU, No. 13 Syracuse and No. 29 Penn State will be lining up. Regional foes Pittsburgh and Duquesne will also be in the mix.
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West Virginia’s rally falls short against no. 9 uC Irvine
NICK MORALES/THE DAILY ATHENAEUMForward Jamie Merriam tries to run down the ball during WVU’s loss to UC Irvine Thursday.
by ryan mInnIghsports writer
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There was no quit in the West Virginia Mountaineers last evening, but their valiant effort came up just short, fall-ing to No. 9 UC Irvine, 3-2.
West Virginia jumped out to an early 1-0 lead before surrendering three goals to the Anteaters in the first half. West Virginia charged back in the second half, scoring off the foot of Jamie Merriman, but the surge was not enough to give the Mountaineers an upset against their ranked opponent.
Despite giving up three goals in the first half of play,
the Mountaineers were able to hold the Anteaters in check. UC Irvine was able to get off 10 shots in the first half but in the second half they only got off six in the second.
“We were tentative in the first half and we didn’t play soccer. We got turned over too much,” coach Marlon LeBlanc said in a release. “We had a little talk at half-time and we fixed it. The problem was that they’re too good of a team to spot a two-goal lead and try to get back into it.”
West Virginia was able to jump out of the gates early and get a goal within the first 10 minutes of play. Andy Bevin chipped in a goal that
was assisted by Ryan Cain and Joey Piatczyc to give West Virginia the early advantage.
As the half progressed, so did the Anteaters’ offense. UC Irvine took full advan-tage of a break down of the West Virginia defense. Edu-ardo Calzada headed one in to tie the match at one a piece in the 24th minute.
West Virginia had its op-portunities to score but the attempts were foiled. A breakaway attempt was missed and a Bevin cross was kicked out by the Anteaters defense.
After the failed attempts by the Mountaineers, the Anteaters capitalized on their offensive chances. The
ball came up loose in front of the goal off of a corner kick and Calzada came in for the kill again. Calzada’s second goal put the Anteaters up 2-1 at the 35th minute mark.
West Virginia fell victim to the corner kick again almost two minutes later. Another break down in defense led to the Anteaters third unan-swered goal. Dennis Marti-nez found the back of the net assisted by Thomas Janjigian.
West Virginia came out in the second half ready to strike. The Mountaineers missed on an opportunity early, but they would not miss their next chance.
Bevin crossed the ball over to Jamie Merriman who
found the goal to pull the Mountaineers within one goal.
With the score standing at 3-2, West Virginia had a chance to tie the game up on a corner, but missed. Two more shots on goal missed at the end of the second half and the Mountaineers fell just short of the upset against UC Irvine.
West Virginia finishes the opening home stand with a 3-2 record. The Mountain-eers will now hit the road for three straight games before returning home again.
West Virginia’s first road opponent will be the Elon Phoenix. The Phoenix will bring a 2-2-1 record to the
pitch Sunday, with their most recent game ending in a tie against the Florida Interna-tional Panthers.
sixth-year senior quarter-back C.J. Brown under cen-ter for a third year, and a tril-ogy of wide receivers that can all create challenges for West Virginia in Stefon Diggs, Deon Long and Mar-cus Leak.
Leak, who missed the 2013 season after taking a personal leave of absence from Maryland, leads the way for the Terps receiving game this season with two touchdowns coming against South Florida last Saturday.
However, even with play-makers available for Mary-land to challenge the Moun-taineers for the entire game, Holgorsen said he’s not too concerned with the versatile options that the Terrapins
present, particularly in part with the fact that this Mary-land squad is nearly iden-tical to the 2013 squad that demolished West Virginia at M&T Stadium.
“Fortunately, every team in the Big 12 has receivers we have to cover,” he said. “(It’s) the exact same team I saw last year. I don’t think there’s anything different about them. It’ll be a huge challenge for us, we did not meet that challenge last year.”
If the Mountaineer de-fense can be anywhere re-motely near their unpre-dictable performance this past Saturday of only al-lowing 122 yards all game to the Towson offense, then the game should be a good victory all around for West Virginia.
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West Virginia is set to square off against rival Maryland Saturday in Col-lege Park, Md., at noon.
T h e Mo u nt a i n e e r s haven’t forgotten about last year’s embarrass-ing 37-0 loss to the Ter-rapins in Baltimore and will surely have revenge on their minds this time around.
“We’re a more experi-enced team. We’re a more confident team,” said West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen. “We’re playing with a lot more effort and energy, and that’s going to hopefully make a big dif-ference in the outcome of Saturday’s game.”
Although Maryland is the only remaining re-
gional rival on West Virgin-ia’s schedule, the Moun-taineers plan to treat the game the same way they did the past two.
“If we were playing Al-abama again, we would play the same way we did against Towson,” said ju-nior defensive lineman Kyle Rose. “It’s the next game up; therefore, it is the most important game up.”
Redshirt senior quar-terback Clint Trickett heads into Saturday’s con-test with an extremely hot hand. In two games, Trick-ett has completed 64 of 85 passes for 713 yards and three touchdowns.
Trickett, senior wide re-ceiver Kevin White and redshirt sophomore run-ning back Rushel Shell are beginning to evolve into a three-headed monster for the Mountaineers.
White has hauled in 19 receptions for 244 yards and a touchdown this sea-son, while Shell has carried the ball 24 times for 109 yards and a touchdown. Shell’s stats aren’t eye-popping by any means, but anyone who has witnessed him play can attest to his skill set.
Defensively, Holgorsen said starting strongside linebacker Wes Tonkery is day-to-day with a leg injury and has not been ruled out for Saturday’s game. Tonk-ery is the team’s second leading tackler with 14.
Maryland enters its matchup against the Mountaineers owning a 2-0 record. The Terrapins demolished James Madi-son 52-7 in Week 1 and are coming off a 24-17 victory over South Florida.
“What I see with Mary-
land – I see the exact same team that I saw last year,” Holgorsen said.
The Terrapins are led of-fensively by veteran quar-terback C.J. Brown. Brown has completed 28 of 52 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns on the season.
Junior receiver and kick returner Stefon Diggs – a former five-star prospect out of high school – has racked up 227 all-purpose yards and will provide a challenge for West Vir-ginia’s secondary. Mary-land’s offense has turned the ball over seven times so far this season, includ-ing four lost fumbles and two interceptions against South Florida.
“We have to secure tack-les and rip at (the ball), and that’s going to be stressed all week long,” said defen-
sive coordinator Tony Gib-son. “We’re going to go out and try to get that ball out as much as we can.”
Defensively, Maryland runs a 3-4 base defense, similar to Alabama’s.
The Terrapins feature a lot of size up front on the defensive line and are led by senior linebacker and leading tackler L.A. Goree.
Holgorsen said a win over longtime rival Mary-land will be crucial in es-tablishing momentum heading into Big 12 Con-ference play next week.
“I know how important this game is. I know how important it is to the fans,” he said.
“Based on what hap-pened (a year ago), I can assure it means a lot to the coaches and players.”
nick jarvis/the daily athenaeumWVU wide receiver Kevin White runs with the ball during the Towson game.
West Virginia enters Saturday’s matchup against Maryland with different mindset than a year ago
Defense is key against the Terps
In the two games West Virginia (1-1) has played in so far this season, the Moun-taineers have impressed me exceptionally on the offen-sive side of the ball.
With that said, I believe the only thing standing be-tween a 2-1 record to begin 2014, is how well the WVU defense can hold up Satur-day at Maryland (2-0).
Redshirt senior quarter-back Clint Trickett has ex-ceeded my expectations for him by a mile this early on in the season, and with the duo of senior wide receiv-ers in Kevin White and Ma-rio Alford playing like Ta-von Austin and Stedman Bailey a couple of years ago, this Mountaineer offense is nothing to joke about.
The offense being in great rhythm early on is huge, considering the offense was unable to put a single point on the scoreboard in Balti-more a year ago when a very similar Mountaineer squad faced the Terps.
However, the offense is no longer a concern of mine for Saturday’s game. Now, it’s more about if the defense can go out and prove for a second straight game that they have immensely im-proved from a year ago, as the offense has been able to do in Weeks 1 and 2.
After the first Mountain-eer shutout victory in nearly four years against the Tigers last Saturday, WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen said he gained confidence in the depth that his defense was able to show in their trium-phant victory against Tow-son and knows that will be important as the season goes along.
“It doesn’t happen very often. You probably should enjoy them when you have a chance to get them,” Hol-gorsen said. “The one thing that I was proud of was that our starters only played about 30 snaps on defense.
“A lot of second and third team guys got in there and played at the same level, (which is needed) in order to get a shutout in a game like this. Moving forward, we’ll be able to increase what our depth is and be able to get more guys on the field when we need to.”
Another extensive key for me this season in the rival-border matchup will be to see if the West Virginia de-fense will finally be able to capitalize on challenging the Maryland offense the entire game, especially with
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