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Mediterranean cafe to open in Lairby devon unger

city editor

Two West Virginia University graduates will be opening a Tazi-ki’s Mediterranean Cafe in the Mountainlair in August.

It will serve as another dining opportunity for students and a working lab for the College of Business and Economics hos-pitality program. Student meal plans will be accepted.

Michael Bodnar, a 1969 WVU graduate, and Doug VanScoy, a 1966 graduate, approached the

University with the idea to open the restaurant as part of the res-taurant management course.

Both have worked in the hos-pitality industry. Bodnar helped start Fresh Hospitality, an intel-lectual services company that guides the Alabama-based chain Taziki’s.

Taziki’s will go into the area previously occupied by D’s Ex-press, a Chinese restaurant across from Quizno’s.

The restaurant will hire ap-proximately 40 student workers and full-time management.

“It will have full-time staffing, which is a requirement by health regulations,” said Michael Elling-ton, assistant vice president for Student Affairs.

Restaurant management stu-dents will work with a lab super-visor to conduct many day-to-day operations of the restaurant, separate from the culinary operations.

“We are used to having a lab-oratory for our biology or chem-istry classes, but this will serve as a lab for a business course,” said Nancy McIntyre, associate dean of Student Affairs. “It’s meant to develop student’s management skills as part of the course. This really cuts across several of our disciplines.”

The University has been re-searching hospitality programs for around three years.

McIntyre said West Virginia

Ices Ferry bridge awaits bid for repairs

by tara maylestaff writer

Bidding for repairs on the his-toric Ices Ferry Bridge in Cheat Lake has been pushed back for four months due to funding problems.

The bridge was deemed structurally deficient in June 2009 in an investigation, and bidding for the repairs was set to begin in February but has been pushed back due to funding problems.

Structurally deficient does not mean the bridge is unsafe, said Brent Walker, assistant di-rector of communication for the West Virginia Department of Transportation.

“It just means that things need repaired. When people look at a structurally deficient rating, they assume it’s unsafe, and it’s not,” Walker said. “The existing bridge

just got to the point where we need to replace it,” Walker said.

Some students and residents disagree with Walker.

“During the wintertime or in hard rain, I do feel it is un-safe,” said Dan Simpson, a se-nior mathematics major. “I drive a rear-wheel drive car, and it has spun out before on that bridge.”

There is still debate over what to do with the existing bridge. The Ices Ferry Bridge is eligible for the National Register of His-toric Places.

This has caused some fuss over the idea of complete demolition of the bridge, Walker said. The options are: keep the old bridge, completely tear it down or keep some of the pieces and build a fishing pier out of them.

“The old bridge has been for

Department of Transportation examining its options with bridge

Campus housing full, students placed on wait listby tara mayle

staff writer

Students who submitted on-campus housing appli-cations June 30 are now be-ing waitlisted due to full resi-dence halls.

Demand was stronger this year than last because of the size of the freshman class, said Michael Beto, assistant direc-tor of Student Housing.

“Housing is essentially full at this point,” Beto said. “Any-one who submitted an appli-cation before June 30 will be housed, no questions asked. To have adequate space, we can no longer accept

applications”WVU had a freshman class

of nearly 4,600 in 2009, up around 235 from 2008. This year’s class size will not be re-leased until the start of the Fall semester because students may still enroll.

Freshman and first-time transfer students make up most of the residents of on-campus housing, and dorms can hold approximately 5,858

people. This includes the staff and resident assistants Beto said.

“We are still getting some phone calls (about housing applications),” he said. “At this point we are accepting names on a wait-list in case we can start accepting applications again.”

Students who are put on this wait list are directed to WVU’s Off-Campus Housing Department.

WVU’s Off-Campus Hous-ing web site shows students different options for student living around Morgantown. It lists the available housing, as well as tools like housing

search, roommate resources and a link to the classified ads with more housing options.

“There is still plenty of off-campus housing available,” said Brian Walker, director of Off-Campus Housing.

Copper Beech and The Lofts are currently filled, as well as the recently completed Moun-taineer Place, Walker said. More than 80 percent of stu-dents live off-campus.

There are more than 1,300 landlords within city limits, and other housing opportu-nities exist outside city limits. Many of these are still close to

university budget to increase for 2011 fiscal year

by morgan mccormIckstaff writer

West Virginia University’s 2011 fiscal year budget will in-crease 3 percent from 2010.

The budget for 2011 is $901,411,000 compared to $874 million from last year.

The budget includes a re-duction of in-state appropri-ations of $14.2 million, this is expected to be completely re-placed with federal stimulus funding.

“There are some major rea-sons for the increase, including a $6 million increase in reve-nue from tuition and fees due to increases in these passed on May 5,” said Elizabeth Reyn-olds, associate vice president for Planning and Treasury Operations.

The budget limits faculty and staff salary increase com-mitments in anticipation of fu-ture reductions of state funds beginning in 2012. The major-ity of the salary increases will be for one-time non-recurring raises.

There is a $19 million in-crease in salaries and wages. This will provide a funding pool equal to 1.4 percent of bud-geted salary dollars to fund a

salary raise program, Reynolds said.

Specific salary increase plans will be discussed at the Board of Governors September meeting.

“I’m very pleased we were able to freeze in-state tuition and to minimally increase out-of-state tuition,” said Board of Governors Chair Carolyn Long.

“I am also pleased that the University can provide a qual-ity education and still have enough money to provide the faculty and staff the salary they deserve. This year’s budget of-fers more benefits than ever before.”

There is a $7.5 million in-crease in employee benefit costs due to increase salary ex-pense and increases in West Virginia Public Employees In-surance Agency employer rates.

There is an $8 million in-crease in revenues from grants and contracts, a $6.6 million increase from auxiliary enter-prises such as housing, dining and athletics and a $3.5 million increase from sales of educa-tional activities, Reynolds said.

There is a $4 million

Billing notices for Fall 2010 semester submitted

by nIck ashleystaff writer

Tuesday marked the first Fall 2010 billing notification for West Virginia University stu-dents. The last day the Univer-sity allows on-time payments from students is Aug. 21.

The University offers two tu-ition payment plans, a semester plan known as the “60/40” plan and a monthly plan.

The “60/40” payment plan allows students to make two installments with 60 percent due the Saturday prior to the start of a semester. The second installment, the remaining 40 percent, is due by the end of the sixth week of classes, said Evelyn Hansen, Financial Aid counselor.

“Sixty percent is the mini-mum that a student must have paid. Students who do not have that amount paid by that time must pay the difference left over on the University bill,” she said.

The TuitionPay spreads the cost of tuition over several monthly payments and is inter-est-free. This payment option is administered by Sallie Mae.

Paying online through STAR is the easiest way to pay out of pocket. This can be done by electronic check or credit card, said Brandon Twigg, Student Accounts manager.

“Either payment plan will work great, it really just de-pends on the financial situa-tions of each student, and their family.” Twigg said

This year’s tuition for out-of-state students has been in-creased to $16,402 per year while in-state tuition remains at $5,304 per year. Tuition is set every year by the WVU Board of Governors.

“The STAR information sys-tem is the best source of infor-mation available for students to monitor their accounts,” Twigg said. “It’s a one-stop in-formation center for students that views their classes, grades, transcripts, charges, balances owed, financial aid, housing in-formation and much more.”

Hansen said students could keep track of their financial aid history by visiting the website www.studentloans.gov. She of-fered advice for students seek-ing aid.

“Having a FAFSA filed early, staying in contact with the financial aid department and checking your MIX ac-count frequently is the best advice I can give to students, Hansen said. “Also, students should check with their major department to see what schol-arships may be available to them,” Hansen said.

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ChElSI BakEr/ThE DaIly aThENaEuMA car travels over the Ices Ferry Bridge Monday afternoon. Although it has been deemed structurally deficient, the bridge is still safe for cars to drive on.

ChElSI BakEr/ThE DaIly aThENaEuMA boat comes out from under the Ices Ferry Bridge. Bids are being taken to repair the bridge, which has provided a way across Cheat Lake for 88 years.

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New web-based alcohol education class required for incoming students

by Nick ashleystaff writer

A new class aiming to teach students about alcohol safety will begin at West Virginia Uni-versity in the fall.

Incoming students must complete AlcoholEdu prior to arriving on campus, and stu-dents can begin to login on Aug. 2.

Students will use their MIX ID to log into the system. All in-coming freshmen and transfer students under the age of 21 are required to take the course.

“Since 2001, the program has been developed. The Uni-

versity decided that now is the right time, which is a direct re-sult of the formation of WELL WVU, and it fits with our stra-tegic plan for prevention.” said Colleen Harshbarger, director of Student Wellness.

Students can also com-plete the program as part of a group alcohol education re-quirement. Students who are referred to the Student Assis-tance Program will complete a separate program offered by the University.

“I believe the program will have a positive effect on stu-dents and open their minds on the dangers of alcohol,” said

Bill Hardy, an incoming fresh-man Pre-chemistry major.

The program offers many safety tips and resources for students to use. These include alcohol-related content such as videos, blogs, chats and com-ics, a Blood Alcohol Concen-tration calculator, a map of US laws, safe partying strategies and tips for helping a friend.

“WVU is committed to main-taining a campus environment where all students can live, learn, and have fun safely. We want students’ college experi-ence to be healthy, enjoyable and above all safe.” Harsh-barger said.

In a recent study, 86 percent of students reported being moderately to highly engaged, and attentive while taking the course. Also, an AlcoholEdu test group demonstrated a 37 percent decrease in alcohol-re-lated consequences.

“This program, along with other strategic approaches to influencing our culture to-wards healthy lifestyle hab-its, will have a lasting positive impact on our campus. I look forward to seeing how the first year goes with the AlcoholEdu program,” Harshbarger said.

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campus, Walker said. A recent change in zoning

laws could affect housing. The law changed the definition of a “family,” limiting renters to no more than two unrelated people in the same house, as opposed to the previous

three-person limit.“This change could possibly

impact the amount of housing in the downtown area,” Walker said.

However, complexes out-side of city limits such as West Run, Copper Beech and The District do not have to comply with the change.

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reduction in supplies budgets and a $5.5 million increase in depreciation.

The budget also anticipates $10 million in a combination

of revenue growth and inter-nal budget reallocations to sup-port the salary increase pool and balance the budget. This money will be used in future years to deal with the reduction in fund-ing from the state.

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West Virginia university will be holding an open casting call for any students interested in being part of university marketing projects Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Mountainlair.

Students selected at the casting call will be part of a pool of candidates to be used for marketing projects includ-ing TV, radio and web opportu-nities, as well as uses at the Vis-itors Resource Center in One Waterfront Place or billboards.

“We are looking for a vari-ety of students,” said Becky lofstead, WVu’s associate vice president of university Rela-tions. “We do it every year to find students to represent the university.”

Students who attend the

casting call will be asked vari-ous questions about their WVu experience, academic goals and achievements, student life on-and-off campus.

Material from the casting call may also be used for ad-vertisements, and students may be asked to blog about their WVu experience.

lofstead said these casting calls have been going on for around seven or eight years and began with video diary projects where students were given cameras to film their daily activities at WVu.

Students participating in the casting call will have to sign a release, and not every student who tries out will be used for the projects.

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sale for a dollar for anyone who wanted to take it,” Walker said. “However, the time has come and gone for the sale of the bridge, so it more than likely will be torn down to make way for the new bridge.”

The design for the new bridge is already put together and will be up for bidding to prospective contracting companies from Aug. 24 to Sept. 8.

“We are a low bidding state,” Walker said. “If they are an ap-

proved contractor, we choose the lowest bid.”

Once the lowest bid is deter-mined, exact plans for construc-tion will be worked out.

While an official date for con-struction has not been set, Walker said it could begin as early as next year.

The Independent Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, built the Ices Ferry Bridge in 1922. Jones and Laughlin milled the steel. The fourth span of the bridge was added when Cheat Lake was built in 1925.

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Chelsi Baker/The DailY aTheNaeUMRailings on the walkway of the Ices Ferry Bridge are bent and rusted. Cars still travel over the structurally deficient bridge, and it is still considered safe.

Commissioner of the Division of Tourism Betty Carver con-ducted a market research study to help the University improve their hospitality programs.

“We take our mission as a land-grant university very se-

riously,” McIntyre said. “I think this will provide a strong founda-tion for our hospitality program.”

The hospitality program is currently an area of emphasis under the management major. It focuses on hotel and restau-rant management

Eventually, the school plans to offer a hospitality major as well as a hospitality focus in the MBA program.

Ellington said Bodnar and VanScoy donated all of the re-sources to get the project off the ground, including the funds to renovate the space.

He said restaurant space in the Mountainlair is leased to tenants for five years at a rate of $35,000 per year. These leases can be ended at anytime as long as both parties agree to termi-nate the contract.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Massey Energy Chief Execu-tive Don Blankenship and for-mer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are among the contributors to West Virginia’s congressional candidates, the latest Federal Election Commission financial reports show.

Blankenship contributed $4,800 to Elliott “Spike” May-nard, the Democrat-turned-Republican running in the 3rd U.S. House District, during the three-month reporting pe-riod that ended June 30. David McKinley, the GOP’s 1st Dis-trict nominee, received $2,400 from Blankenship.

Maynard and McKinley also each attracted $3,500 from SarahPAC, Palin’s political ac-tion committee that provided at least $87,500 to candidates during the quarter.

But such support did not help either GOP nominee keep pace with his Democratic opponent.

McKinley had to loan his campaign $320,000 to match the $512,000 raised by Demo-crat Mike Oliverio from indi-viduals and PACs during the three months. Since launching his campaign, McKinley has devoted $570,000 in personal funds to his effort. He and Ol-iverio had similar balances of around $300,000 as of June 30.

Rep, Nick Rahall, the 3rd District’s Democratic incum-bent, meanwhile has nearly 14 times the cash on hand as GOP challenger Spike Maynard. Seeking an 18th term, Rahall sported a $1.58 million balance – more than all the state’s other congressional candidates com-bined – to Maynard’s $114,500. Rahall also outraised May-nard during the filing period, $174,600 to $133,700.

But Republican Rep. Shel-ley Moore Capito has an even more massive edge over her Democratic foe. The 2nd Dis-trict incumbent ended June 30 with $572,000 while Vir-ginia Lynch Graf, a former nun new to politics, had just under $2,700.

Capito does not count Blan-kenship or Palin among her donors, but her campaign did

send $2,000 each to McKin-ley and Maynard, her report shows.

The 1st District race pits McKinley, a former state law-maker and GOP chair, against Oliverio, a state senator who defeated incumbent Rep. Alan Mollohan in the May primary.

A life insurance agent, Oli-verio received at least $53,000 from financial sector individu-als and PACs during the quar-ter. Another $33,000 came from real estate interests. He also at-tracted more than $48,000 from contributors involved in coal, oil, natural gas and other en-ergy-related pursuits.

Oliverio received more than $32,400 from members of the Morgantown-area Lau-rita family or their employees. The family’s businesses include MEPCO, a coal company that is building the area’s Longview power plant.

Another $7,100 arrived from fellow legislators, including House Speaker Rick Thomp-son, D-Wayne. A Morgantown resident, around 44 percent of Oliverio’s individual donations came from that city. Nearly 88 percent of all such contribu-tions were in-state.

West Virginians provided nearly as much of McKinley’s contribution, while he counted on Wheeling resident for nearly a third of his individual contri-butions. McKinley hails from that city.

But for more than half of these donors, who pro-vided nearly two-thirds of his $135,900 total, the campaign included no information about their employers or occupations in its report.

Blankenship is among those contributors. With Massey un-der fire in the wake of April’s di-saster at its Upper Big Branch coal mine that killed 29 men, the Oliverio campaign has called on McKinley to return contributions from Blanken-ship and Massey employees.

Oliverio also cites Blanken-ship’s previous political spend-ing, including the more than $3 million that helped get a state Supreme Court justice elected in 2004 but then prompted his

removal a Massey-related case by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 2009 conflict-of-interest ruling.

McKinley has also hired Greg Thomas, who helped oversee that 2004 spending and other Blankenship-funded po-litical campaigns. Thomas re-ceived $16,600.

McKinley spent $407,177 to Oliverio’s $273,370 during the reporting period. About three-fourths of Oliverio’s money went for advertising with Abar Hutton Media, a Beltway firm. McKinley devoted nearly all his spending to an array of Wash-ington, D.C., area firms: Strate-gic Media Services, Rising Tide Media Group, Public Opinion Strategies and Political Ink Inc.

Upper Big Branch, located in the 3rd District, is likely to play a role in the Rahall-May-nard contest. Around $21,000 of Maynard’s money during the quarter came from Massey em-ployees, Blankenship’s family and former political operatives including Thomas. All told, around one-third of Maynard’s individual contributions came from the energy sector. That amount includes $15,200 from 19 executives or employees of International Coal Group.

About a quarter of Rahall’s funds during the three months came from the transportation sector. He sits on the House’s committee assigned to that topic. These donors included businesses that build roads and labor unions for pilots and rail-road workers.

Other labor unions provided around 15 percent of his total. But while an Arch Coal execu-tive and CONSOL’s PAC con-tributed money, the energy sector accounted for less than 5 percent of Rahall’s funds.

And with two-thirds of his funds provided by PACs, less than 20 percent of his $48,350 in individual contributions came from West Virginians.

PACs account for a simi-lar portion of Capito’s haul last quarter. A member of the House Financial Services Com-mittee, she received around one-fifth of her funds from that sector. Another 10 percent came from manufacturing.

PARIS (AP) — France has de-clared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network’s North Afri-can branch, after the terror net-work killed a French aid worker it took hostage in April.

The declaration and attack marked a shift in strategy for France, usually discrete about its behind-the-scenes battle against terrorism.

“We are at war with al-Qa-ida,” Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday, a day after President Nicolas Sarkozy an-nounced the death of 78-year-old hostage Michel Germaneau.

The humanitarian worker had been abducted April 20 or 22 in Niger by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, and was later taken to Mali, officials said.

The killers will “not go unpun-ished,” Sarkozy said in unusually strong language, given France’s habit of employing quiet coop-eration with its regional allies — Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Algeria – in which the al-Qaida franchise was spawned amid an Islamist insurgency.

The Salafist Group for Call and Combat formally merged with al-Qaida in 2006 and spread through the Sahel region – parts of Mauritania, Mali and Niger.

Officials suggest France will activate accords with these countries to stop the terrorists in their tracks.

“It’s a universal threat that concerns the entire world ... not just France or the West,” Defense Minister Herve Morin said Tues-day on France-2 television. “We will support local authorities so these assassins and (their) com-manders are tracked, judged and taken before justice and punished. And, yes, we will help them.”

Algeria, Mauritania, Mali and Niger in April opened a joint mil-itary headquarters deep in the desert to respond to threats from traffickers and the al-Qaida off-shoot. U.S. Special Forces have helped the four nations train troops in recent years.

The United States said it would help the French “in any way that we can” to bring those

who killed Germaneau to jus-tice, according to U.S. State Dept. spokesman P.J. Crowley.

“There is no religion that sanc-tions what can only be described as cold-blooded murder,” Crow-ley said Tuesday.

Fillon refused to say how France would act. “But we will,” he said in an interview with Eu-rope 1 radio.

And perhaps it already has. On Thursday, the French backed Mauritanian forces in attacking an al-Qaida camp on the bor-der with Mali, killing at least six suspected terrorists. It is the first time France is known to have at-tacked an al-Qaida base.

France said it was a last-ditch effort to save its citizen, while Mauritania said it was trying to stop an imminent attack by fighters gathering at the base.

For the French, the move may have backfired. The al-Qa-ida group said in an audio mes-

sage broadcast Sunday that it had killed Germaneau in re-taliation for the raid. However, French officials suggested, how-ever, that the hostage, who had a heart problem, may already have been dead. Even now, “We have no proof of life or death,” Morin said.

“We can expect an increase in the French riposte,” said Antoine Sfeir, an expert on Islamist ter-rorists who has traveled in the region.

An estimated 400 to 500 such fighters are thought to roam the Sahel region, a desert expanse as large as the European Union.

Despite meager numbers, the region’s al-Qaida fighters pose a clear threat. Among the more recent victims, a British captive was beheaded last year and two Spanish aid workers were taken hostage in Mauritania in No-vember. Spain is working to free them.

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National Transportation Safety Board: Fatal DC rail crash came from oversight

WASHINGTON (AP) — A faulty electronic circuit that caused a deadly Metro crash last summer was symptom-atic of an “anemic safety cul-ture” at the D.C. area’s transit agency, the National Trans-portation Safety Board said Tuesday.

Eight passengers and a train operator were killed in June 2009 when a Metrorail train rear-ended a second train stopped near the Fort Totten station on the city’s northeast-ern outskirts.

As expected, the NTSB con-cluded that the collision oc-curred because Metro’s auto-matic signal system failed to detect the stopped train. The approaching train continued to travel at 55 mph until the operator saw the train ahead of her. She pulled the emer-gency brake, but was still trav-eling at more than 40 mph at the moment of the collision.

More broadly, the NTSB said Metro ignored repeated warning signs and fostered a culture of indifference to chronic safety issues. The agency was warned about deficiencies in its safety de-partment for 15 years before the crash, NTSB chairwoman Deborah Hersman said.

“If they don’t listen this time, I’m not sure what else can be done here,” she said. “There’s got to be some action.”

The board issued a series of recommendations, including that Metro remove or retrofit its oldest subway cars, which date to the 1970s, as soon as possible. The train that col-lided with the stopped train was composed entirely of the older cars, which are more susceptible to collapsing into one another in a collision. Metro has already awarded an $886 million contract to replace the old cars but has said it cannot take them out of service immediately. The new cars won’t arrive until 2013.

The NTSB urged Metro and other transit systems that use the same signal-ing components to remove them. Those systems include Boston, Chicago, Los Ange-les, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland.

It also said Metro should ensure that the lead car in each train has an onboard event recorder.

The NTSB has no regula-tory or enforcement pow-ers, but a failure by Metro to comply with its recommen-

dations could cause federal and state governments to cur-tail the transit agency’s fund-ing. The board wields similar influence over transit agencies around the country.

Richard Sarles, the interim general manager of the Wash-ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, said the NTSB’s recommendations were tough but necessary. However, he said: “This does not get changed overnight.”

The NTSB faulted Metro’s board of directors for failing to actively monitor safety is-sues. The track signaling sys-tem failed to recognize trains 3,000 times a week, but the is-sue was deemed a minor nui-sance, the NTSB said.

In opening remarks, Hers-man said the Fort Totten sta-tion crash was not the first time Metro’s safety system was compromised. Previous acci-dents, some of which killed employees, foreshadowed the deadlier crash.

“You are going to hear a lot about WMATA’s anemic safety culture today,” Hersman said. Later, she added: “Because the necessary preventive mea-sures were not taken, the only question was when would Metro have another accident – and of what magnitude.”

Kenneth Hawkins, whose brother Dennis was killed in the crash, said he was pleased by the strength of the NTSB’s recommendations, but be-cause the board lacks regula-tory power, he wasn’t expect-ing much change.

“It’s not going to change our lives,” he said. “The damage has been done to us.”

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., described the NTSB’s findings as “both chilling and very sad.” She called on Metro

to fully implement the recom-mendations and said Con-gress should authorize the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish and enforce safety standards for transit systems.

If Metro’s track circuits – simple electronic devices meant to detect stopped trains on the tracks – had been work-ing properly, the approaching train would have been slowed automatically. According to Jim Southworth, NTSB’s rail-road chief, the driver of the striking train applied the emergency brakes three sec-onds after she first could see the train ahead.

NTSB staff member Ruben Payan said Metro had been aware that the track circuits were known to fail. Five days before the accident, techni-cians tested the circuit that malfunctioned, but used an old test that didn’t detect the failure. An up-to-date test, Payan said, likely would have caught the problem.

Metro says it now tests cir-cuits twice a day, has stopped mixing train control compo-nents from different manufac-turers and established a new test to find circuits susceptible to problems. Immediately af-ter the crash, Metro switched to manual operation of trains instead of automatic, a change that remains in effect.

This was not Metro’s only deadly accident in recent years. Two Metro workers were crushed to death on tracks in January when a maintenance truck backed into them. Last year, two more Metro work-ers were killed in separate incidents.

There was also a close call in December, when several in-dependent safety inspectors were nearly hit.

apAn animation video depicting the June 22, 2009 collision of two Washington Metrorail trains which killed nine and injured 52 peo-ple, is shown during a hearing at the National Transportation Safety Board, in Washington Tuesday on the investigation findings and safety issues.

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France declares war against al-Qaida

PGA event a boon to West VirginiaAfter months of meticulous

planning, The Greenbrier Classic tees off this week in the rolling hills of White Sul-phur Springs.

It’s the crowning achieve-ment of a process that began in May of 2009 when Green-brier resort owner and coal magnate Jim Justice pur-chased the ailing retreat for $20.1 million.

Ever since, Justice has worked diligently to revive the Greenbrier’s five-star reputation of elegance and hospitality.

In the process, he’s sparked interest in the area and helped ensure numerous good-pay-ing jobs to the Lewisburg region.

In a little more than a year, Justice has transformed the Greenbrier into a 21st Cen-tury masterpiece, adding a 102,000-square-foot subter-ranean casino and securing a PGA Tour stop through 2015.

Already, The Greenbrier has attracted guests like Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Sha-quille O’Neal, Charles Bark-ley, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer

Garner and Ben Affleck for the launch.

The Classic, with a purse of $6 million, is expected to draw 50,000 golf enthusiasts each day to the region and will be televised nationally on the Golf Channel Thurs-day and Friday and CBS Sat-urday and Sunday.

Additionally, a concert featured Reba McEntire, Car-rie Underwood, Rascal Flatts and West Virginia’s Brad Paisley.

It’s a great chance to show-case the best of West Vir-

ginia to the rest of the coun-try, hopefully equating to increased tourism revenues throughout the state.

The efforts of Justice to re-vitalize the state’s crown jewel have been a boon to the re-gion and should be recog-nized and appreciated.

As Lewisburg mayor John Manchester told West Vir-ginia Public Broadcasting, “(The Greenbrier) is the larg-est employer in (Greenbrier County), and it has spin-off effects that just roll right through the economy.

“When The Greenbrier is doing well, the local economy is doing well.”

An economic impact study will be conducted following the gold tournament.

The revitalization of The Greenbrier is a lesson the rest of the state would do well to recognize.

Protecting West Virginia’s natural beauty while creating new opportunities for tourism will be the key to diversifying the state’s economy and ulti-mately improving the quality of life for all West Virginians.

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I don’t care what you’re doing.

After six years of member-ship on Facebook, the online social networking site, I have found I really don’t care about what you’re doing.

Instead, my attention has shifted to something much more interesting: what you’re thinking.

After spending years poring over my Facebook news feed for increasing lengths of time, I have found I really don’t take as much interest in what the day-to-days are as I used to.

Now, thanks to Twitter, I can find out what most of my friends – and even other per-

sonalities – are thinking.Instead of being bom-

barded by pictures of va-cations and updates about damaged crops on Farmville, I am given bite-size news and information.

I can see a friend’s updated stories on the ongoing politi-cal circus that emerged from the unfortunate death of Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

I can find out that WVU’s own Brian Powell (@bit-mapped) knows there is still a Mean Gene’s Restaurant in Pendleton County, but he doesn’t go there – he goes to Subway that has Wi-Fi.

I can also see WVU basket-baller Joh Flowers (@jflow41) talk about his appreciation of a Dane Cook movie.

Limited to 140 characters, Twitter forces you to think about the content you’re put-

ting out.True, there are moments

when Twitter can devolve into the same kind of lunacy – random pictures of sock pup-pets on state signs and the ex-change of links to videos of kittens being smacked around by other cats.

Twitter is simply the natu-ral evolution of social media.

MySpace, which has re-cently suffered a long fall from grace, was once the giant. It consumed our every moment, for those old enough to even know what MySpace is.

Pages cluttered with odd animations, bizarre color schemes and “Top 8” friends dominated the social scene.

People eventually got sick of the constant, often surpris-ing background music (nor-mally a “Nickelback” song) that erupted from unwitting

speakers.Facebook offered some-

thing simpler – a plain, stan-dardized website with fewer options for customizing.

With that trade-off, how-ever, users easily knew where to go for they information they wanted.

It took the social aspect of MySpace and made less of a fuss about the way it was presented.

As a result, you could eas-ily see what someone was up to, their recent posts and who had commented on their pages.

But now, six years after I joined, Facebook has become everything MySpace was – cluttered, full of useless infor-mation and pointless updates.

Instead of reading what someone’s up to, I find myself increasingly learning about

their latest hits on Mafia Wars or even a stray duck missing on a farm.

Twitter, by limiting your posts to a certain amount of letters, forces you to con-centrate about what you’re sharing.

Much of my feed is domi-nated by people I know. I sub-scribe to the news I want from the sources I want.

There’s less clutter, confu-sion and 700 percent less stray ducks on farms.

Facebook, unlike MySpace, will always have a function. It has helped me rekindle lost friendships, due to distance and time.

It helps connect fam-ily members, and, yes, find-ing out about Farmville can provide some interest (if not some padding for a column).

Twitter, however, offers you

the chance to connect with people you wouldn’t ordinar-ily have any interaction with.

I’ve managed to talk to some pretty interesting peo-ple – “Doctor Who” composer Murray Gold (@MurrayGold), “Red Dwarf ” star Robert Llewellyn (@bobbyllew) and even Hollywood’s own Craig Bierko (@MrCraigBierko).

I’ve even been able to share my disgust with “The Sorcer-er’s Apprentice” and perform a public service by dissuading people from spending their money on it.

Given the time frame, we’re only a few years away from the next big social revo-lution – though I don’t know how much more condensed information can be past 140 characters.

More importantly, I don’t know if I’ll care.

Support the Pride: WVU Mountaineer Marching Band

There’s always something memorable about standing in the stands at an opposing team’s football stadium and hearing “Country Roads” in the background.

Hearing the fight song alongside cheers of “Let’s Go Mountaineers” over the TV or radio announcers always gives me goose bumps.

When The Pride of West Vir-ginia, the Mountaineer March-ing Band, heads on the road to play at West Virginia University football games, it’s always an intimidating experience.

In 2007, when West Virginia took on Cincinnati at Nippert Stadium, I first understood how important the band was to being successful on the road.

The band took their seats in the corner of the stadium near the scoreboard. Cincinnati packed them in like sardines, in

hopes of quieting the sounds.At that time, Cincinnati

was no challenge for the Pat White-led Mountaineers, and the Bearcats’ fanbase wasn’t anything to write home about either. So when it came to gameday atmosphere, the Mountaineer fans showed UC how it was supposed to be done.

WVU fans covered most of the upper deck of Nippert Sta-dium. I would estimate there were nearly 10,000 in the Old Gold and Blue.

While Cincinnati’s band tried to pump up the half-filled Cincinnati student section with its fight song, the Pride was do-ing the same in its corner.

WVU won every battle that night and not only on the field.

The sounds coming from The Pride overtook the sta-dium. It sounded like any other Saturday night at Milan Puskar Stadium.

For the players in West Vir-ginia jerseys, The Pride had to make it feel like home. The 28-23 win over the Bearcats sure

helped fuel the Mountaineer fans to grow louder and louder, too.

Truth be told, WVU should’ve won that game by a lot more. But, on that night, the Mountaineers were closer to a loss than they had been in a while. With a Big East Con-ference championship nearly sealed and a trip to a BCS bowl expected, this game was huge for momentum.

Without The Pride and the Mountaineer faithful, I’m con-vinced WVU would have lost that game.

That’s how important the band was on that night.

It wasn’t just that game, though. The Pride shows its presence at every away game it plays at.

Last year, The Pride trav-eled to Auburn, sat and played through a downpour in one of the most intimidating atmo-sphere’s in college football.

The dulcet tones of the tu-bas could be heard all the way back to my living room in Mor-gantown through my TV speak-

ers as WVU jumped out to an early lead.

With the Auburn fans stunned and quieted, all you could hear was The Pride.

At bowl games, The Pride proves its one of the best bands in the nation. I will never for-get how it blew Oklahoma’s band right out of the water at the 2008 Fiesta Bowl.

When the Pride travels to road football games, it in-creases West Virginia’s chances of winning.

Since 2005, WVU is 10-3 in neutral/road games where the Pride has gone. WVU has lost six games away from home without the Pride in that span.

The sad truth is: The amount of money it takes to travel to ev-

ery away game is just too much of a burden for the Pride to handle.

This year, the Pride is ex-pected to travel to LSU, Mar-shall and Pittsburgh. But it will sit out games at Connecticut and Louisville.

“We are very excited to have the opportunity to take the band on the road to support the Mountaineers, including Louisiana – the heart of SEC country,” said band director Jay Drury said in a release. “We are very proud of our band, our University and our state, and it is a great honor to rep-resent West Virginia on a na-tional stage. We are so thank-ful for the wonderful support of alumni and friends who help us each year to make these trips possible.”

With the nearly 400 peo-ple who need to travel to these sites, it can get pretty expen-sive. And although the Univer-sity and athletic department provide some financial support for these expenses, it doesn’t cover it all.

For that reason, the Pride needs your help.

In 2007, a fund for these trips was developed by the WVU Foundation. It’s called the Pride Travel Fund and has gained $320,000 since it started.

Donors who give $500 or more become members of the prestigious 100 Mile Club. Those who contribute $100 or more before Sept. 1 receive a band CD, and all donors re-ceive a car decal.

Take it from someone who has been to enough away games to know – donating is worth it.

They aren’t called The Pride for nothing. WVU is truly blessed with one of the greatest college bands in the country.

Few realize how good WVU’s band is, and how great it makes the University look when its sounds resound over airwaves and signals across the world.

It truly is something to be proud of. The Pride deserves the Mountaineer Nation’s support.

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Hungry West Virginia Uni-versity students, faculty and staff will soon have another dining option.

Taziki’s, a national chain of Mediterranean restaurants, will have a soft opening Aug. 19.

The latest addition to the Mountainlair will open in the vacated space previously oc-cupied by Chinese restaurant D’s Express.

The restaurant, which offers Greek-inspired dishes, is “fast-casual,” according to Taziki’s President Keith Richards.

“Taziki’s is a great fit for WVU,” said Richards. “We can satisfy the hungriest basket-ball player to the freshman not wanting to gain the fresh-man 15.”

Everything is made to order, Richards said.

The restaurant currently serves fresh Greek salads with grilled chicken, a pork sand-wich with tomato chutney ai-oli and other light items.

Vegetarian options include a tomato-basil sandwich, grilled eggplant sandwich with homemade tapenade, roasted red peppers and feta

cheese. The restaurant also has

daily specials from spanako-pita roll-ups to their own Tazi-ki’s Taco.

Each item typically takes 2 to 3 minutes to prepare at cur-rent stores, Richard said.

Customers typically get a number and take a seat while waiting for the order, but the noise in the Mountainlair will limit that option.

Richards said they’re cur-rently exploring ways of how to best organize lines at the location.

Meal plans will also be ac-cepted at the restaurant, though for what meal periods is not yet clear.

Richards started the chain in 1988 after traveling to the Greek Isles with his wife, Amy.

“Our mission was to give families a better alternative than just fast food,” Rich-ards said, adding the couple wanted “to give (customers) upscale fare without upscale prices.”

WVU will be the first campus location for the chain, though their Birmingham restaurant caters to the nearby Univer-sity of Alabama-Birmingham.

The same location has re-ceived recognition as “one of

the top places to dine in Bir-mingham” and a “best new casual restaurant” award for their Little Rock, Ark., location.

Richards said the res-taurant’s menu will offer a healthy alternative to other

burger, pizza and sandwich options.

“We have no fryers. No freezers. Everything is fresh,” Richards said. “To me, that’s the healthy way of eating.”

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Friends organize ‘Salsa for Sussi’

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A benefit will be held at De Lazy Lizard tonight at 8 to raise money for a West Virginia Uni-versity grad’s necessary sur-gery in the form of her favor-ite hobby: a Latin dance party.

Susana Villanueva, known by her friends as Sussi, grad-uated from WVU last spring with a Master’s in Foreign Lan-guages as an international stu-dent from Yucatan, Mexico, who dedicated her time to vol-unteering and served as vice president of Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish honorary while hold-ing a 4.0 GPA.

She and is known most for her energetic personality and love for hosting dances and sharing a piece of her culture with the Morgantown area.

Last semester, Villanueva

began having difficulties walk-ing due to a problem in her spine and what appeared as a minor back problem devel-oped into intense pain and im-paired mobility, according to her friend Gary Laruta, a legal studies student at WVU and president of the International Students Organization.

“Because of her back prob-lems, she struggled a lot to complete the master’s program and teach as a Spanish TA at the same time, but she suc-cessfully finished strong and graduated,” Laruta said. “But of

course it was very upsetting for her friends to not see her any-more at gatherings dancing.”

Villanueva needs a $15,000 correctional spine operation called Spinal Normalisation, which uses new technology called a “Device for Interverte-bral Assisted Motion (DIAM)” to treat back problems by al-lowing flexibility without the need for spinal fusion.

This perseverance is what has inspired friends of Vil-lanueva’s like Jason Staples, a Training and Development Specialist with WVU’s Divi-

sion of Human Resources who met her in 2008 during Diver-sity Week where she was vol-unteering to promote multi cultural awareness, to do their part in helping with her condition.

“Her desire to succeed and pursue her dream to graduate even when facing obstacles that would make most people give up is what has inspired me to take part,” Staples said. “At the end of the Spring 2010 se-mester, even though she was in a lot of pain day and night and even though she was in a

wheel chair and on crutches, she never quit smiling and she never gave up.”

Villanueva graduated on time in May with the rest of her class and attended the gradu-ation ceremony in her wheel chair and told Staples she didn’t want to miss out on the cultural experience of graduat-ing as a Mountaineer.

Villanueva is modest about her accomplishments, like be-ing named the national Mexi-can chess champion at the age

Lizard hosts dance to benefit WVU grad’s surgery

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Taziki’s to bring Grecian menu to Lair

WEBTaziki’s, a new restaurant opening in the Mountainlair, will feature Dolmades Salads.

Golf tournament to raises money for literacy awareness

by cheLsea hensheyA&e writer

The Fourth Annual Volun-teers Literacy Golf Tourna-ment will be held Friday at The Pines Country Club.

The event, which kicks off at 9 a.m., is an annual fund-raiser sponsored by Monon-galia County Literacy Volun-teers, a United Way Agency.

Linda Stankos, chair of the Volunteers Literacy Golf Tour-nament, explained the impor-tance of the tournament to the services provided by Monon-galia County Literacy Vol-unteers, which include one-on-one tutoring and GED preparation, among other valuable community services.

“This has been one of our major fundraising efforts and provides funding for supplies and new programs,” Stankos said. “As a nonprofit organiza-tion and a United Way mem-ber, we must have fundraising activities to support all our ef-forts to provide free and con-fidential assistance to those who do not have the neces-sary literacy skills to be suc-cessful in life.”

The Volunteers Literacy Golf Tournament features multiple ways to contribute to the efforts of Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers.

Those competing pay $340 per team, $85 per person or $50 for club members. Partic-ipants can also become “hole” sponsors for $100.

In 2006, the tournament had only six teams and eight hole sponsors.

Years later, the event has gathered attention and now raffles impressive prizes in-cluding a new car donated by Premier Buick GMC each year, presented to golfers who make a hole-in-one.

The success of the Monon-galia County Literacy Volun-teers, aided by the fundraiser, continues to influence the

community. According to Trella Greaser,

Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers executive director, the program has allowed in-dividuals struggling with liter-acy issues to achieve their own personal goals.

“In the last year alone, we have had over 40 adults reach their literacy goals. Those goals range from obtaining a West Virginia drivers license, getting a new job, receiving their GED and some of them have even been able to buy a home through our financial literacy program,” Greaser said.

Stankos and members of the Monongalia County Lit-eracy Volunteers expressed their gratitude to participants and sponsors for providing the necessary funds to maintain their vital role in improving the community.

“As we continue each year with this tournament, it is our hope it will continue to grow. Some of our sponsors have stayed with us for several years, and we have been very fortunate to continue to ac-quire new sponsors each year despite the depressed econ-omy,” Stankos said.

“We are also very appre-ciative from the various golf courses we have used for their support and help. This is our first year at the Pines Country Club, and they have made ev-ery effort to provide the best venue for a fun and profitable tournament.”

All funds raised from the tournament will help sustain the educational programs of the Monongalia Country Lit-eracy Volunteers. For more information about the Vol-unteers Literacy Golf Tour-nament and Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers, visit www.monliteracyvolun-teers.org.

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heroes, villains swarm annual comic conby james carbonecAmpus cAlendAr editor

The biggest comic book con-vention in the world was held, San Diego Comic-Con Inter-national, but, besides comics, it also brought news on video games, movies and television.

Panels are held every day, in which actors and directors dis-cuss what they’ve been work-ing on without giving away too much information.

Marvel Comics’ film studios were leading the pack with news, focusing on their films “Thor,” expected to be out next summer and “Captain Amer-ica: the First Avenger” to be re-leased sometime in 2011.

However, the company’s biggest announcement was the finalized cast for the team film “The Avengers.”

To be directed by Joss Whedon, the film will see Rob-ert Downey Jr. reprise his role

as “Iron Man” Tony Stark, as well as Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson returning to their roles from the franchise.

Even though their films aren’t out yet, actors Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans will be playing Thor and Cap-tain America, respectively.

Newcomers to the Marvel movie-verse will be actor Jer-emy Renner, star of “The Hurt Locker,” as purple-clad bow-man Hawkeye and Mark Ruf-

falo replacing Edward Norton as Dr. Bruce Banner, better known as The Hulk.

“I think it’s well-known that Jeremy Renner is joining us as Hawkeye, which is so exciting for me and the rest of the cast,” said Whedon to OnTheRed-Carpet.com, referring to ru-mors about the actor’s casting that had been swirling before the convention’s start.

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BOARD meets at 7 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair. Students and faculty are welcome to attend and get involved with First Book and the WVU Advisory Board. For more information, e-mail wvu@firstbook.org.

CYClIng ClUB meets at 8 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, visit www.WVUcycling.com.

The ChemISTRY leARnIng Cen-TeR is open from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Room 408 of Clark Hall. The lab will not be open on University holidays or during the last week of classes.

WVU UlTImATe ClUB/TeAm meets at 5 p.m. at the WVU Intramu-ral Fields and is always looking for new participants. Experience play-ing ultimate frisbee isn’t necessary. For more information, e-mail Zach at wvultimate@yahoo.com or visit www.sugit.org.

WVU-AClU meets at 6 p.m. in the Monongalia Room of the Mountainlair.

TAI ChI is taught from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Other class times are avail-able. For more information, call 304-598-8447.

C AT h O l I C S O n C A m p U S meets at 8 p.m. at 1481 Univer-sity Ave. For more information, call 304-296-8231.

eSl COnVeRSATIOn TABle will meet at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose Cafe. All nationalities are welcome. The table is sponsored by Monon-galia County Literacy Volunteers, a member of the United Way family. For more information on Literacy Volunteers, contact Jan at 304-296-3400 or mclv2@comcast.net.

AIKIDO BegInneRS ClASS will be held at 6 p.m. at 160 Fayette St. Stu-dent rates are available. For more information, e-mail. var3@cdc.gov.

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The mORgAnTOWn CheSS ClUB meets from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month. For more information, visit www.morgantownchess.org.

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holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eisland Hall. People can join 300 others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, e-mail roy.baker@uscm.org or visit wvucru.com.

UnITeD meThODIST STUDenT mOVemenT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets. For more information, e-mail wvu-methodist@comcast.net.

CADUCeUS a completely con-fidential organization of people who work in any role in health care fields who are in addiction recovery, meets at 6 p.m. in the large confer-ence room of Chestnut Ridge Be-havioral Health Center on Evansdale Campus. Students who are in recov-ery of any kind are welcome to at-tend this closed, private meeting.

ContinualmOTOWnpOeTS is looking for

poets who are interested in prac-ticing and sharing poetry with oth-ers on an online forum. For more in-formation, visit www.groups.yahoo.com/group/motownpoetry.

mOn geneRAl hOSpITAl needs volunteers for the information desk, pre-admission testing, hospitality cart, mail delivery and gift shop. For more information, call Christina Brown at 304-598-1324.

WellneSS pROgRAmS on top-ics such as nutrition, sexual health and healthy living are provided for interested student groups, orga-nizations or classes by WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Pro-motion. For more information, visit www.well.wvu.edu/wellness.

Well WVU STUDenT heAlTh is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-293-2311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical.

ChRISTIAn help needs volun-teers to help with the daily opera-tions of six programs: a free cloth-ing store, food pantry, emergency financial assistance, Women’s Ca-reer Clothing Closet, Working Man’s Closet and the Furniture Exchange. For more information or to volun-teer, contact Jessica at 304-296-0221 or chi_vc@adelphia.net.

nARCOTICS AnOnYmOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fair-mont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or visit www.mrscna.org.

AlCO h O lI C S An O n Ym O US meets daily. For help or a schedule, call 304-291-7918. For more infor-mation, visit www.aawv.org.

CARITAS hOUSe, a local non-profit organization serving West Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs do-nations of food and personal care items and volunteers to support all aspects of the organization’s activi-ties. For more information, call John Sonnenday at 304-985-0021.

COnFIDenTIAl COUnSelIng SeRVICeS are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychologi-cal and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services include edu-cational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information.

SCOT T’S RUn SeT TlemenT hOUSe, a local outreach organiza-tion, needs volunteers for daily pro-

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WOmen, InFAnTS AnD ChIl-DRen needs volunteers. WIC pro-vides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for preg-nant women and children under 5 years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class re-quirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

FRee RApID hIV TeSTIng is avail-able on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential. To make an appointment, call 304-293-4117. For more information, visit www.caritashouse.net.

BIg BROTheRS BIg SISTeRS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Broth-ers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. Community-based mentors pick up a child at his or her home and do activities the two of them choose together on a weekly basis. School-based mentors meet with a child at an area elementary school during the after-school program for one hour, one day per week for home-work help and hanging out. To vol-unteer, contact Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext. 104 or e-mail bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

ROSenBAUm FAmIlY hOUSe, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organi-zations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. Although the hospital cafeteria is only steps away, guests enjoy a home-cooked or restaurant-donated meal. Peo-ple may, individually or as a group, provide the food, serve and clean up on a regular basis or as a one-time event. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or e-mail rfh@wvuh.com.

lITeRACY VOlUnTeeRS is seek-ing volunteers for one-on-one tu-toring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learn-ers, report volunteer hours quar-terly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year, and help with one fundraising event. For more in-formation, call 304-296-3400 or e-mail MCLV2@comcast.net.

CAThOlIC mASS is held at St. John University Parish at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

mOUnTAIneeR SpAY neUTeR AS-SISTAnCe pROgRAm is an all-vol-unteer, non-profit that promotes spay/neuter to reduce the num-ber of homeless pets that are eu-thanized every year. M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more in-formation, go to www.m-snap.org.

InTeRVARSITY ChRISTIAn Fel-lOWShIp is an interdenominational student-led organization that meets weekly on campus. Everyone is wel-come to attend events. For more information, e-mail Daniel at ivcf-wvu@yahoo.com or visit the IVCF website at www.wvuiv.org.edu.

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BORn TODAY This year, you often find that you are juggling conflicting issues, situations and people. Others seem to be changing before your very eyes, adding an element of unantici-pated surprise. You easily could be on overload with communication. Talk is nice, but you need to act. Learn new ways of relaxing and letting go. Take up a stress-buster hobby. If you are sin-gle, those you meet could be very in-teresting, but because of the underly-ing theme of chaos in the year, insist on a slow and easy courtship. If you are attached, the two of you seem to be perpetually renegotiating your bound-aries. Make that OK during changing times. A trio restores your bond. PI-SCES sees different ideas and visions from you.

ARIES (MARch 21-ApRIl 19) HHH The tenor of the day, though confusing and fraught with misunderstandings, will seem much easier than in recent days. Just chug along and do what you must. Keep your ears to the ground. You will learn a lot and have the informa-tion you need. Tonight: Juggling a lot.

TAURUS (ApRIl 20-MAy 21) HHHH You might want to try another ap-proach or do something very different. Though an idea might seem off-the-wall, try it out. Look at the big picture. Understand what is happening behind the scenes. Tonight: Dancing the night away.

GEMINI (MAy 22-JUNE 20) HHH Stay anchored and know what works. You

might find some uproar surrounding the home front. Listen to news with a touch of cynicism. Maintain a high profile. You know what is happening in your immediate circle. Tonight: A must appearance.

cANcER (JUNE 21-JUly 22) HHHH Look to greater give-and-take because of a new perspective. Understand what is happening around you by detaching. Fatigue could mark your plans. Tonight: Use the mind rather than the body.

lEO (JUly 23-AUG. 22) HHH You jug-gle the pros and cons of a situation. Your more possessive side emerges with a partner. Isn’t this a reflection of your own insecurity? Think through a decision or action clearly. Tonight: Din-ner for two.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEpT. 22) HHHH If you can, try to handle a problem di-rectly and with clarity. Others seem to be out there but willing to talk. The smart Virgo will agree to disagree. Cre-ativity swirls around you. Use it. To-night: Go with an invitation.

lIBRA (SEpT. 23-Oc T. 22) HHH Knowing your limits could be impor-tant in your dealings. You see a situa-tion a lot differently. Investigate an al-ternative more openly. How you handle a family member cannot always be the same. Tonight: Put your feet up in your favorite spot.

ScORpIO (OcT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Let your imagination come forward. Your style of communicating with a person who seems inclined not to an-

swer needs to be revised. Your creativ-ity comes out in this situation. Tonight: Be light and easy.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEc. 21) HHH Knowing what is important and your understanding evolve. You might want to revise your money situation. Be aware of what is going on behind the scenes and others’ inclinations. Get street smart fast. Tonight: Be cynical with a financial offer of “let’s make a deal.”

c A p R I cO R N ( D E c . 22 - J A N . 19 ) HHHHH You have the knowledge and ability to transform your direc-tion. Realize what needs to happen in order to change gears. As you change, others change. Be more direct in your dealings than in the past. Tonight: Hook up with friends.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Clearly, your mind is working over-time. You might be revising your opin-ion of what is happening. Your instincts come out, especially with what you of-fer emotionally and financially. Tonight: Your treat.

pIScES (FEB. 19-MARch 20) HHHHH You’ll see an opening in a meeting or interaction if you look carefully. Put out your sails and glide right on in. Within hours, you’ll have an answer to what has been a hassle. At first you might not like it, but you will. Tonight: Relax with a trusted friend and/or loved one.

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Spy movies are a dime a dozen.

Every few years Hollywood attempts to reinvent the wheel and regain ground lost to James Bond - the quintessential spy series.

Sometimes, they succeed. Jason Bourne, whose luck may or may not be down to sharing initials to the tuxedo-wearing, Martini-drinking superspy, has earned his pips.

“XXX” … not so much.“Salt,” starring Angelina Jolie,

isn’t a brilliant spy movie, but it’s certainly a fun one.

There are few movies that can actually make you question what’s going on. Of course, the twists and turns of “Salt” are by no means in the same league as the reality questioning “In-ception,” but they are pretty stunning.

Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt, a CIA operative with a long his-tory of serving the United States. She’s served her coun-try, surviving a long haul in a North Korean prison camp and keeping her cover.

Her world is rattled, how-ever, when a Russian defector walks into their building offer-ing secrets.

It turns out Russia has em-bedded spies ready to take

down the country over a long period of time. It’s almost like it has been ripped out of recent headlines, with the news of a large group of operatives trying to worm their way into the cir-cles of policy makers and the influential.

Salt’s fellow agents, erring on the side of caution, take her in for questioning. Knowing how government agents work in the intelligence community, Salt flees. She has to find her hus-band who has suddenly be-come unavailable at the time of her accusations.

But like so many before her, she has to also clear her name at the same time as bring-ing down a supposedly deep-rooted soviet mission.

Is Salt who she says she is? Is there any validity in the Rus-sian’s claims? Time is running against her, as the ominous “Day X,” the day the Russian sleeper cell springs into action, is drawing near.

There are times when “Salt” really shines. Jolie is no stranger to action movies, nor to the spy game – “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” was a breath of fresh, domestic air in the genre. Her intensity and vixenish side always makes for enjoyable viewing. But the same can’t be said of her sup-porting cast, including Liev Schreiber (“The Manchurian Candidate”).

At times, they devolve into the unfortunate world of stock characters, existing only for

the chase and not for the story. Even when his character is given center stage, it seems like he’s giving the same, monoto-nous tone he’s shown through-out the movie.

There are moments when it blurs into absurdity, such as Jo-lie leaping off subways and just happening to catch the roof of

a passing tractor-trailer – not once, but twice.

There is also one moment where, despite being jaded and desensitized to most Hol-lywood movies, actually made my jaw drop. Which was quite surprising – this isn’t the kind of movie that is supposed to shock you at certain plot points.

“Salt,” unfortunately, failed to capitalize its timeliness with the capture of Russian spies in the United States. It missed the opportunity to have a “Law and Order” style “ripped from the headlines” tie-in. It also suffers from opening the week after a movie that has people con-stantly talking about it.

Though not as memorable as Jason Bourne or as stylish as a Bond movie, “Salt” is a more than entertaining entry into the spy genre.

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APCast members of the movie ‘The Avengers’ pose for a photo with director Joss Whedon during a panel at Comic-Con International Saturday.

Warner Brothers also held a panel on their DC Comics-based film “Green Lantern” featuring the movie’s stars Ryan Reynolds, Mark Strong and Peter Sarsgaard, among others.

Although there weren’t any large announcements about the film itself, footage from the film was released, focus-ing on the constructs that the Green Lantern can create, as well as some of the aliens and villains that will be featured in the movie.

There was also a tender mo-ment between a young fan and star Ryan Reynolds who recited the oath that is identified with his character, much to the au-dience’s delight.

Outside of comic book-based films, there was also a video released of Johnny Depp, in character as Captain Jack Sparrow, giving the view-ing audience some informa-tion about his next adventure for “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” discussing the inclusion of both zombies and mermaids and ending the message with “Bloody Mary’s all around, its on the mouse.”

Television was also a big thing at the con, and, while comic books received a large amount of focus, there were plenty of other shows hosting panels.

AMC showed the first snip-pet of footage for their show “The Walking Dead,” based on the Image Comics series of the same name, as well as an-nouncing new cast members for the show.

Another Image Com-ics series, “Chew,” will also be receiving the television treatment.

Tech channel G4 an-nounced that in 2011 they will air four anime-influenced se-ries based on Marvel comics franchises X-men, Iron Man, Wolverine and Blade, each

show lasting 12 episodes each.Science-fiction show “V”

discussed their plans for the next season as focusing on aliens fighting humans, as well as why aliens came to Earth in the first place.

Making a return appear-ance was Fox show “Glee,” a show that has been wel-comed by many due to its use of popular geek icons such as Joss Whedon and Neil Patrick Harris.

Quite a few of the musi-cal show’s plans for next sea-son were revealed as well, plot lines such as gay teen Kurt get-ting a boyfriend and an epi-sode based on Britney Spears.

“The second season is de-signed to be a little more inti-mate,” said show creator Ryan Murphy during the panel, dis-cussing how there will be more characterization of the cast as well as the introduction of fam-ily members.

Cartoons also received at-tention, with shows “Young Justice” and “Transformers: Prime” both revealing infor-mation about the characters that will be featured on the shows.

The video game news at the convention was dominated by Japanese giant Capcom.

They started off the conven-tion by announcing two new characters, Thor and Amater-asu, for the game “Marvel vs. Capcom 3.”

“Mega Man Universe,” a se-ries that had been teased be-

fore the convention, was given its first official coverage, allow-ing players to customize the playable version of the Blue Bomber.

“You’ll be able to play as the Mega Man of your dreams,” said Keiji Inafune, Capcom’s Global Head of Production, during the panel.

The company also an-nounced another crossover game, “Street Fighter X Tek-ken,” where Street Fighter char-acters such as Ryu and Chun-Li will face off against Namco Bandai’s Tekken warriors such as Kazuya Mishima.

Meanwhile, Namco Bandai is also developing their own version titled “Tekken X Street Fighter,” with each company using their popular art styles and combat systems in their own version of the game.

However, not everyone had a good time at the convention.

Universal Pictures had their panel interrupted when two men started to fight during it, the fight ending when one man stabbed the other in the eye with a pen, according to San Diego police.

The identities of the men have not yet been released.

The next San Diego Comic-Con International will be hosted from July 21 to July 24, with the official Comic-Con website teasing that online reg-istration will be opening soon.

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of 13 and participating in the World Chess Championships in Linares, Spain, Bratislava, Slovakia and Brazil and is the

first in her family to attain a bachelor’s degree, master’s de-gree and learn a foreign lan-guage, and this humble at-titude is what has attracted caring friends who want to help her to continue her success.

“She is truly very loving, friendly, helpful and bright. She has always worked hard for everything she’s accomplished even though she doesn’t talk much about her accomplish-ments,” Staples said. “Sussi plans to continue to achieve her goals but this all de-pends on the surgery and her recovery.”

Villanueva has received a scholarship to Texas Tech Uni-versity in Lubbock, Texas, to continue her education with a

PhD in Modern Languages and Literature in the Fall.

“Morgantown is not a big city and that becomes a plus in terms of building a close community, a community that is there for each other and I guess that the message here,” Laruta said. “Sussi has been responsible for many fun and happy memories for all of us, and even though she can’t cur-rently do something that she loves to do like dance, we are going to salsa for Sussi.”

The Salsa for Sussi benefit will take place in the VIP room of De Lazy Lizard at 8 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to the financial costs of her surgery.

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Outdoor activities, local attractions entertain summer residentsby brIttnI mcgUIre

A&E WRITER

With Morgantown miss-ing over half of its student population during the sum-mer months, students who stay in town rely on friends, bars and local attractions for entertainment.

There are many reasons a student chooses to reside in Morgantown during the sum-mer, but the number one rea-son is summer classes.

Summer classes are split up into two sessions throughout

the summer to provide stu-dents with a chance to catch up on material or get a jump start on their fall semester.

“I am going into my third year here at WVU and I stay in the summer because I know that if I don’t I will be in school forever,” Kylie Black said, a senior WVU biology major. “I want to be a doctor and that takes quite a bit of time, so I like to cut corners where I can, but it does get pretty boring.”

Black said her friends “skip out” on summer classes and

go home for the summer leav-ing her to find new things to do while they are poolside in their home communities.

“I entertain myself by going to summer productions put on by summer students and by going to the little things like poetry readings,” Black said. “I also go to the movies and the pool, but as for Mor-gantown activities, I mostly go to local events that come up, I even went to the Miss West Virginia Pageant.”

Along with locally spon-sored events and poetry read-

ings, the outdoor activities for summer seem to be endless. With events such as Moun-tainFest and attractions like Blue Hole and Cooper’s Rock, an outdoor lover is sure to be satisfied when it comes to summer entertainment.

“MountainFest was a blast, I met a lot of new people, a lot of them different than the crowd I am used to while get-ting to be outdoors unlike be-ing stuck in the classroom during the week,” William Ivey said, a junior exercise phys-iology major. “My friends

and I always find time on the weekends to go to Blue Hole or Cooper’s Rock, they are so close to Morgantown and we get bored with the everyday stuff to do, plus it’s summer-time and the weather is too nice to sit inside.”

While most students re-side in Morgantown to take classes, some choose this op-tion for a chance to hang out with friends without the stress of classes while finding a sum-mer job in the Morgantown area.

“I don’t take summer

classes, I have a job here, and I work as a nanny,” Maureen Hanlon said, a senior child development and family stud-ies major. “A lot of my friends are actually here for the sum-mer, so we go out to the bars around three times a week.”

Whether students are tak-ing some time off from their lives at home, stuck making up for past failed classes, or just relaxing in-between the seasons, Morgantown has something to offer.

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Give Huggins benefit of the doubt

The saying goes: What hap-pens in Vegas, stays in Ve-gas. That is unless you’re Bob Huggins’ ribs.

West Virginia men’s bas-ketball coach was admitted to a Las Vegas hospital Fri-day after falling and injuring himself.

Reports say Huggins re-turned from watching AAU basketball games Friday after-noon and was getting ready to pack up and leave for another tournament.

He tripped while packing, hit his ribs off a coffee table and his head off the floor.

Huggins was sent to the hospital, and despite expec-tations that he would leave Saturday, he stayed in for pre-cautionary reasons.

WVU athletic director Oli-ver Luck said he is expected to make a complete recov-ery in a statement released Saturday.

Because of his past and the impression Las Vegas has as the “Sin City,” many across the country saw it as a chance to turn this story upside down.

“He was probably drunk,” a comment on an ESPN.com article read.

“If Bob Huggins doesn’t get help now for his alcoholism, we can all right an early epi-taph for him,” wrote one per-son on a CBSsports.com arti-cle about the accident.

“I believe coach Bill Hug-gins was drunk he fell in his hotel in vegas and broke four ribs wth!!!!” someone wrote on Twitter wrote (who obvi-ously had no idea what Hug-gins’ first name was).

Can’t we all just leave him alone for once?

Sometimes a tumble is just a tumble.

Yes, Huggins has made mistakes in the past involv-ing alcohol. In 2004, he was convicted of a DUI.

That was one of the reasons he was forced out of his job at Cincinnati.

But that had nothing to do with what happened last weekend.

Huggins, along with asso-ciate head coach Larry Harri-son, was in Las Vegas for one of the biggest AAU showcases in the nation.

College coaches spend their summers traveling around the country to at-tend these events. On Friday, Huggins had an accident and broke seven ribs.

The truth is, people’s minds are tailored to taking facts and making it into something it isn’t.

I’m sure many did the same when he tripped over a cone checking his phone at the Charlotte, N.C., airport.

They probably also said the same thing when a photo arose of Huggins with two black eyes last summer.

Huggins reportedly ran into the corner of his bathroom door.

Have no fear Mountain-eer nation, because Huggins is and will be the face of the WVU basketball program for many years to come.

Recruits are beginning to realize that Huggins is com-mitted to staying loyal to his home state unlike so many coaches in the NCAA who promise recruits one thing and disappoint at the end of the year.

Huggins is smart – he did graduate magna cum laude. He’s also one of the most influential people in West Virginia.

It would be stupid for a man of his stature to drink on the job.

WVU is an up-and-coming basketball powerhouse in a dominant basketball confer-ence with a future Hall-of-Famer at the helm.

He may be bumped and bruised, but Huggins is no joke.

Despite what your be-liefs are or what many will say from outside of the WVU men’s basketball program, he is the man who you want at the helm.

Here’s hoping he has a quick and easy recovery and will be back prepping for an-other Final Four run soon.

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Smith is WVU’s key in 2010

FILE PHOTOWest Virginia quarterback Geno Smith is flushed from the pocket in the fourth quarter of the Jan 1., 2010 Gator Bowl loss to Florida State. Smith played the entire second half after senior starter Jarrett Brown left the game with an ankle injury.

by Tony dobiessports editor

When West Virginia takes the field for the first time in 2010 against Coastal Car-olina Sept. 4, it will do so with a relatively untested quarterback.

It will be the first time since 2005 that has hap-pened in Morgantown.

With staples Pat White and Jarrett Brown gone, the job likely goes to true soph-omore signal caller Geno Smith.

And there’s a lot riding on him.

“I know … how much pres-sure is on me,” Smith said. “It’s a great thing. I’m in a great position, and I’m re-ally looking forward to the season.”

Smith played in five games last season, completing 32-of-49 passes for 309 yards and one touchdown in backup duty. He did have to play key roles in a win over Marshall and a losses against Auburn and Florida State when Brown went down with an injury.

“If he’s feeling any pres-sure, he’s not showing it,” said starting center Joe Madsen.

Compared to the expe-rience White and Brown had over the past four years, Smith lacks starting experience.

And it didn’t help that Smith couldn’t completely participate in spring drills after breaking a bone in his left foot for the second time in less than a year.

The team moved back spring practice to allow

Smith to participate in some drills, but he was limited to throwing in pass skeleton.

“I really haven’t had many injuries, so that’s something I’ve had to adjust to,” Smith said. “I’m completely 100 percent with everything in the weight room. I’m doing everything everyone else is doing, and I’m showing signs of improvement as the weeks go along.”

He said there is no pain in his foot.

Smith has been leading the offense in 7-on-7 drills this summer and running the law school hill with them, as well.

“Geno is looking good throwing the ball, but he still has some developing to do,” said WVU linebacker J.T. Thomas. “But that will come in time. The kid is only a sophomore.”

In addition, Smith has practiced timing and routes with his receivers three times a week outside of regular 7-on-7 drills.

“Geno is coming along, and we are feeling each other out,” said starting slot re-ceiver Jock Sanders. “It’s like it was with Jarrett and Pat. We know who our quarterback is with Geno, too. Everyone is starting to get into a rhythm.”

Despite injury setbacks, it seems his teammates are placing their confidence in Smith. In fact, fellow sopho-more Tavon Austin said the toughness Smith has shown in rehabbing his foot proves when times get tough in 2010 “he’s going to push through for us.”

After months of hard work this summer without coaches, West Virginia football play-ers will be back under coach’s watch Aug. 7. That’s the beginning of fall camp.

While the official schedule has not yet been released, fall camp is expected to go from Aug. 7 to Aug. 21. Fan Fest, the only time for Mountaineer fans to have mem-orabilia signed by players will take place Aug. 22.

Many players said the last two weeks of summer drills are spent making sure their bodies are prepared for what is always ex-pected to be a grueling fall practice schedule including two-a-days. McCartney continues to shine

Incoming freshman wide receiver Ivan McCartney continues to be the shining new-comer this summer. Senior wide receiver Bradley Starks believes McCartney will make an immediate impact this season. “He’s go-ing to be a great player. He’s has all the tools to go out there and play right away,” Starks said. “He’s been dominating in 7-on-7.” Utilizing Tavon Austin

Running backs/slot receiver coach Chris Beatty said the coaches didn’t use now-sophomore slot receiver Tavon Aus-tin enough in the offense. He expects that to change in 2010. “We didn’t do a good job as a group of getting Tavon the ball,” Beatty said. “He needs to get the ball more, because he’s as good as there is anywhere, so he has to get the ball.”

WVU adds another commitWide receiver Dante Campbell from East

Ridge High School in Clermont, Fla., verbally committed to West Virginia, Scout.com re-ported Tuesday.

He committed after visiting campus. Campbell, a 6-foot-4 inch, 195-pound

receiver, chose WVU over offers from Bol-wing Green, Colorado State, Florida Atlantic and Florida International. Scout.com rates Campbell as a two-star receiver. He is rated as the best receiver in Central Florida in this year’s class.

— Compiled by Tony Dobies

WVU camp opens soon

see SMITH on PAGE 14

Hammersmith retires

by sCoTT CaHoonsports writer

West Virginia volleyball coach Veronica Hammer-smith announced her retirement last week ending a 35-year career.

Hammersmith’s retirement is effec-tive June 30, 2011, but she will not coach the Moun-taineers the season beginning Aug. 28.

WVU athletic di-rector Oliver Luck would not confirm who made the final decision on the retirement.

“It was the right time,” Luck said.

West Virginia is currently conducting a national search for a new head coach. Luck said he has contacted more than 20 currently employed volleyball coaches at other programs to gauge interest for the position.

“We’ve gotten good re-sponses from quality coaches in this part of the country and some west of the Missis-sippi,” Luck said.

Luck expects to have a group of final-ists for the job by the middle of next week. He would like to have a coach in place by preseason practices, which begin Aug. 10.

Ha m m e r s m i t h’s assistant coaches Bakeer Ganes and Ashley Pappas will remain on staff for

the time being, Luck said.“Whoever is brought in

will be encouraged to keep them,” Luck said. “We feel we have quality assistant coaches who know our play-ers well.”

Hammersmith, Ganes and Pappas were unavailable for comment.

Despite the absence of

University has already contacted 20 coaches, finalists expected next week

see RETIRES on PAGE 14

Geno Smith carries weight of high expectations as the projected starting quarterback

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Izzo-Brown preps for season after summer of recruiting

By Matthew Peasleesports writer

In the eyes of West Vir-ginia women’s soccer coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, one of the most strenuous yet reward-ing aspects of being a Divi-sion I coach comes prior to the season.

It comes in the dog days of summer when women’s soc-cer coaches span the country for recruiting purposes.

“It’s one of the craziest things about this job,” Izzo-Brown said. “It’s all about hit-ting major tournaments, eval-uating players and tying them down to this great University.”

This summer, Izzo-Brown traveled across the country scouting out potential future Mountaineers.

The 15-year coaching vet-eran hit nearly a dozen states including Louisiana, Nevada and Kansas. She has been as far away as Seattle and Can-ada, where she has built a pipeline.

After the better part of two decades of recruiting for WVU, Izzo-Brown is used to the process.

Her selling message re-mains the same, though.

“I tell the girls that we play to win championships,” Izzo-Brown said. “We want to compete, focusing on player development as students

most importantly and then athletes.”

While admitting a lot of schools convey similar themes, Izzo-Brown feels WVU is in a class of its own.

“When you’re a Mountain-eer, you are a part of a very large family. That is the best thing,” she said. “There are so many people here to look af-ter you and make you part of something special.”

Even though this summer Izzo-Brown was busy posi-tioning the Mountaineers for future success, she surely has not overlooked the 2010 season.

“We’re still a young team in terms of minutes played and starting time, so I wouldn’t say it’s the best team we’ve fielded,” Izzo-Brown said. “But we can do some damage.”

Fall practice begins Aug. 4. The team’s first test comes Aug. 10 in an exhibition against Indiana. The Moun-taineers’ second exhibition is against Wake Forest Aug. 14.

West Virginia opens the season Aug. 20 against Penn State.

With only six days to pre-pare for the first game style tilt Izzo-Brown welcomes an challenge right off the bat.

“The nice thing is that is so early,” Izzo-Brown said. “We get to see how the game plays out and what we could work

on for the rest of the month.”Much of the team’s success

will gauge from a pair of se-niors, forward Megan Mis-chler and goalkeeper Keri Butler.

Last season, Mischler, a Moon Township, Pa., native, led the Mountaineers with five goals.

Starting in all 23 matches a year ago, Mischler played the entire 90 minutes 11 times.

“Mischler has the biggest impact on this team,” Izzo-Brown said. “She has been a key player since her freshman year.”

Butler has more than two years of starting experience.

In 2009, Butler’s goals-against average (0.67) ranked 30th in the country. The Fredericksburg, Va., native recorded 12 shutouts last season.

“Butler coming back is huge for us,” Izzo-Brown said. “She is hands down one of the best keepers in the Big East (Conference).”

Behind Butler is redshirt freshman Sarah Keane, a player Izzo-Brown said could start for many teams.

“Sarah will push Butler and learn from her, because we will definitely need her down the road,” Izzo-Brown said. “Both have great skills.”

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FILE PHOTOMegan Mischler takes off after stealing the ball from Notre Dame’s Haley Ford at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in 2009.

WVU SPORTS NOTEBOOK

APWest Virginia coach Bob Huggins reacts to a foul call in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Pittsburgh in Morgan-town, W.Va., Feb. 3.

West Virginia men’s basket-ball coach Bob Huggins was still in a Las Vegas hospital as of Tues-day afternoon, a team spokes-man said.

Bryan Messerly said Huggins broke seven ribs Friday and was admitted to the hospital.

Huggins reportedly was pack-ing his things when he tripped and fell, hitting his ribs off of a coffee table and his head of the floor.

“He is getting better and stron-ger each day,” Messerly said.

He was admitted to the hos-pital and had initially been diag-nosed with only four broken ribs.

The Mountaineers’ fourth-year head coach was expected to be released from the hospital Satur-day when he would travel back to Morgantown. But, he has had an extended stay.

“We expect him to make a complete recovery,” said WVU ath-letic director Oliver Luck in a state-ment Saturday afternoon.

Huggins, along with many other college coaches, was in Las Vegas to watch two AAU tourna-ments for recruiting purposes.

In May 2008, he was taken to a Charlotte, N.C., hospital after trip-ping over a cone on the city’s air-port tarmac.

In June 2009, he suffered two black eyes from reportedly bump-ing into the edge of a bathroom door late at night.

Huggins is coming off a Fi-nal Four finish with the 2009-10 Mountaineers.

That team finished 31-7. He has won 23 or more games in each of his three seasons while at WVU.

He is fourth in total victories

among active coaches.

Marmolejo wins silver, bronzeFormer West Virginia swim-

mer Pablo Marmolejo earned a bronze medal for Mexico at the Mayaquez 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games last week. He finished third in the 100-meter fly (54.83).

Marmolejo is now a graduate assistant on the team.

Later in the competition, Mar-molejo finished eighth (25.43) in the 50-meter butterfly. He won the third qualifying heat earlier in the day.In addition to his indi-vidual performance, Marmolejo earned a silver medal as part of Mexico’s men’s 4x100-meter relay team. That team lost by just 1.19 seconds to champion Venuzuela.

Two swimmers compete at Sum-mer Championships

West Virginia senior swimmers George Farquhar and Caroline Larsson participated in their re-spective countries’ summer swim-ming championships.

Farquhar took fifth in the 50-meter breast stroke (28.06), 10th in the 100-meter breast stroke (1:01.64) and 11th in the 200-meter breast stroke (2:14.07) at the 2010 Telstra Australian Short Course Championships.

Larsson finished seventh in the 800-meter free (9:27.99), 10th in the 1,500-meter free (18:14.26) and 23rd in the 400-meter IM (5:20.66) at the 2010 Swedish Swimming Championships.

Men’s swimming adds eight recruits

West Virginia’s men’s swim-

ming and diving team announced its recruiting class for the 2010-11 season.

It includes Zach Chow from Reading, Pa., Tim Squires, Buckhan-non, W.Va., who each signed a Na-tional Letter of Intent. In addition, Joseph AbuRahma from Charles-ton, W.Va., Bryan Brown from Do-ver, Del., Peter Murto from Mor-gantown, Richard Pokorny from East Concord, N.Y., and Matt Smith from Manassas, Va., join as invited walk-ons.

The team also added a transfer. Dan Corley heads to WVU after two seasons at Lincoln College (Illinois).

Sauter named All-StarIncoming freshman volleyball

player Sidney Sauter was named an all-star at the 2010 AAU Junior National Girl’s Volleyball Champi-onships in Orlando, Fla., in June.

Sauter led her club team, 1st Al-liance, to a 13-0 record in the tour-nament on its way to a national title.

Sauter, a 6-foot-1-inch rightside hitter from Woodbridge, Ill., will join WVU this year.

WVU, CSC reach two-year con-tract renewal

WVU reached a two-year agree-ment with CSC, which provides security at University sporting events, to continue its services un-til 2012.

CSC has been affiliated with WVU since 1998. In addition to se-curity, ushering and ticketing at sporting events, CSC staff provides services for Move-In Day, Fall Fest and other special events.

— Compiled by Tony Dobies

Coach Huggins breaks seven ribs in fall

London showcases its Olympic venues LONDON (AP) — Four-time

Olympic champion Michael Johnson crouched at the start-ing line, burst forward and ran down the track at the 80,000-seat stadium.

Never mind that Johnson was running for fun against lo-cal school kids, the track was just a temporary 60-meter strip of carpet and most of the stands were empty.

Exactly two years before the opening of the London Olympics, Johnson provided a glimpse Tuesday of what fans can look forward to come July 27, 2012.

“Obviously knowing that the Olympics are coming in two years’ time, it’s great to be here,” said Johnson, a two-time 400-meter champion and gold medalist in the 200 and 4x400 re-lay. “Everything seems to be on time. The stadium looks great. It’s going to be very exciting.”

The starter for Johnson’s race was Sebastian Coe, the former Olympic middle-distance great who heads London’s organizing committee.

“It’s just scintillating,” Coe said. “Here’s the greatest 400-meter runner the world has ever seen, and arguably the

best 200-meter runner, and this is a guy that’s running down a strip of tartan down the middle of your stadium two years out. It doesn’t get any better.”

Johnson wasn’t the only ath-lete Tuesday to showcase Lon-don’s Olympic venues as part of a series of activities across the city to mark the two-year countdown.

The spotlight was on the Olympic Park site in east Lon-don, where the external struc-tures of the main venues are al-ready complete and the arenas are set to be finished next year and ready to stage test events.

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OPPONENT PREVIEW: PITT

BY Brian KuppelweiserSportS Writer

The 103rd edition of the Backyard Brawl could yet again be a historic chapter in the storied past between Pitts-burgh and West Virginia.

Both come into the 2010 season with eyes set on a Big East Conference title and an automatic bid to a coveted BCS bowl game. It’s something the Mountaineers haven’t had since 2007-08. The last time the Panthers won the Big East and played in a BCS bowl was 2004-05.

This year, Pitt will have re-demption on its mind, too. WVU came out on top last year in dramatic fashion as then-freshman kicker Tyler Bitan-curt nailed a 43-yard field goal as time expired for the 19-16 victory.

It was Bitancurt’s fourth field goal of the game.

WVU then-junior running back Noel Devine ran for 134 yards – 88 of which came on a third quarter touchdown scamper.

Not to be outshined, then-sophomore safety Robert Sands tallied seven tackles, an interception and a game-high three pass breakups.

As for Pitt, both freshman

running back Dion Lewis and sophomore receiver Jonathan Baldwin turned in shining per-formances, but neither were enough to beat the Mountain-eers in Morgantown.

Lewis finished the game with 155 yards on the ground, and Baldwin had 127 yards receiving.

Back-to-back losses to WVU and Cincinnati to end the reg-ular season dropped Pitt out of Big East title contention and into the Meineke Car Care Bowl against North Carolina.

The Panthers won 19-17, but the finish was largely con-sidered a disappointment af-ter Pitt’s success in its first 10 games of the season.

This year’s Backyard Brawl promises to showcase many of the same stars as last year’s game, but also some new-comers who will be front and center in deciding who walks away with this year’s victory.

For Pitt, they will be wel-coming a new quarterback, redshirt sophomore Tino Sun-seri, into the starting lineup. He takes over for departed sig-nal caller Bill Stull.

Sunseri was 10-for-17 pass-ing for 114 yards and two touchdowns in five games as the backup last season.

Lewis, the reigning Big East

Offensive Player of the Year, will be looked at to repeat his 1,799 rushing yard season.

Also, Baldwin returns af-ter debating on leaving for the NFL.

He will be Sunseri’s go-to target through the air.

On defense, the Panthers return stalwart defensive end Greg Romeus and safety Dom DeCicco.

Just two weeks ago though, Pitt’s defensive line took a blow, as senior starting de-fensive end Jabaal Sheard was suspended indefinitely for his involvement in an altercation. Sheard had 42 tackles and five sacks last season.

Even without Sheard, though, the line should be one of the Big East’s best.

The Panthers have a tough schedule. In out-of-confer-ence play, WVU faces a road test against Utah and a home game versus a revived Miami team.

Pitt’s remaining games in-clude home games against Florida International, Louis-ville, Rutgers and WVU. Big East road games on the Pan-thers’ schedule include Con-necticut, South Florida, Syra-cuse and Cincinnati.

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panthers are likely Big east favorite heading into 2010INSIDE PITTSBURGH

KEY PLAYERVictor anderson, QB Last year, Pitt was supposed to con-tinue to struggle behind the inconsis-tent arm of quarterback Bill Stull. But, Stull was one of the biggest surprises in the country at the position. Now, Pitt offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti will have to hope the same improve-ment is made with Sunseri. The sopho-more was 10-for-17 for 114 yards and two touchdowns last season. Behind him is junior Pat Bostick. Mountaineer fans will remember him. He’s the guy who beat WVU in the 13-9 loss in 2008.

OTHER PLAYERS TO WATCHRB Dion Lewis, RB Ray Graham, WR Jonathan Baldwin, LT Jason Pinkston, DE Greg Romeus, LB Greg Williams, K Dam Hutchins

STRENGTHSOverall defense, defensive line, run-ning back

WEAKNESSESOffensive line inexperience, quarter-back, depth behind Baldwin at wide receiver

IMPORTANT LOSSESQB Bill Stull, TE Dorin Dickerson, LB Adam Gunn, DT Mick Williams, DT Gus Mustakas, DB Jovani Chappel

— Compiled by Tony Dobies

FILE PHOTOWest Virginia running back Noel Devine leaves the Pittsburgh defense in the dust on an 88-yard touchdown run during the third quarter of the Nov. 27 game.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Matt Garza insists the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay history and the fifth in the major leagues this season isn’t the most sat-isfying moment of his career.

That, Garza said Monday night after facing the mini-mum 27 batters to beat the De-troit Tigers 5-0, came during an MVP performance as the win-ning pitcher in Game 7 of the 2008 AL championship series.

“It’s not even close to that feeling. Shoot, we went to the World Series,” the hard-throw-ing right-hander said in a hast-ily set up interview room after the Rays finally wound up on the right side of a memorable pitching performance.

“I’m a big team athlete. Any-thing that gets us to the next level is what I’ll do. We win – we all win, and I win. Tonight was just about these guys. They played great defense. They hit when they had to. If they weren’t there, I wouldn’t be in here.”

The gem left the San Diego Padres and New York Mets as the only big league teams with-out a no-hitter and moved the second-place Rays a season-best 22 games over .500, three games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East.

Garza set a team record for fewest batters faced in a com-plete game, allowing only a second-inning walk to Bren-nan Boesch, who was erased on a double play.

“It’s great. I was a walk away from being perfect. But the best part is that we won. We’re keeping pace, we’re keeping the heat on the Yankees,” said Garza, who was obtained from Minnesota during the offsea-son before Tampa Bay’s im-probable run to the World Se-ries two years ago.

“We taught that guy every-

thing he knows,” Twins man-ager Ron Gardenhire said in Kansas City, where Minnesota was playing the Royals.

The 26-year-old Garza’s pre-vious longest bid for a no-hitter was six innings twice, including June 26, 2008 at Florida, when he gave up a homer to Hanley Ramirez leading off the seventh and finished with a 1-hitter.

“We needed one. I don’t care who it came from. We just needed one for our own con-fidence,” Garza said, mind-ful that the Rays have been held hitless four times in their 13-season history – three times in the past year. “The guys are just as excited as I am. It’s fun.”

Two of the no-hitters tossed against the Rays since July 2009 were perfect games. They didn’t manage a hit Monday off starter Max Scherzer until ex-Tiger Matt Joyce’s sixth-inning grand slam.

“It was one of those days where everything lined up,” Garza said. “The defense made great plays. I really can’t say enough about them.”

Garza (11-5) was the latest to shine in the Year of the Pitcher. The last time there were at least five no-hitters in a season was 1991, when Hall of Famer No-lan Ryan threw one of seven in the big leagues that year, ac-cording to STATS LLC.

It’s only the third time in ma-jor league history that a team has been involved in three no-hitters during one season. The 1917 St. Louis Browns and Chi-cago White Sox were involved in three – all against each other.

It’s also the first time in 37 years that two no-hitters have occurred in the same AL ball-park in one season. After go-ing 1,006 games without one at Tropicana Field, two have been tossed in the last 11 games at the hitter-friendly dome.

“The guy obviously made

history for Tampa, congratu-lations to him,” Detroit man-ager Jim Leyland said, adding that Garza dominated the Ti-gers with “high fastball after high fastball.”

Garza, the ALCS MVP when Tampa Bay beat Boston for its first pennant, rebounded from one of his worst outings this season to win his fourth straight decision and tie a ca-reer best for victories. He re-tired pinch-hitter Ramon San-tiago for the final out on an easy fly ball to right fielder Ben Zo-brist, who made a terrific run-ning catch in the third to rob Danny Worth.

“In the ninth inning, I ran out there and I just told myself, well, we can go about this two ways. I can try not to get con-tact and get in trouble or I can go at these guys and if it hap-pens, it happens,” Garza said.

The closest Detroit’s injury-depleted lineup came to a hit was Worth’s two-out liner, but Zobrist made a leaping grab above his head as he ran to-ward the wall.

“I was able to time it just right for my jump,” Zobrist said. “Caught it right in the end of my glove.”

Miguel Cabrera hit a deep fly ball to center in the fifth and a hard liner to left leading off the eighth, but the Tigers couldn’t avoid being no-hit for the first time since Randy Johnson shut them down at Seattle on June 2, 1990.

Garza struck out six in Tampa Bay’s 2,039th game – and on a night when the Rays were held to just three hits themselves.

Joyce’s slam on a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the sixth was the first hit off Scherzer (7-8). The next batter, Jason Bartlett, singled for the only other hit until Crawford homered off En-rique Gonzalez in the eighth.

“I wanted to keep challeng-ing. I didn’t want to walk him in that situation,” Scherzer said. “I grooved it, and he hit it.”

Garza, 0-4 with a 5.85 ERA in six career starts against Detroit before Monday, retired Don Kelly on a routine grounder to second base in the ninth and struck out Gerald Laird before getting Santiago to end it on his 120th pitch before a crowd of 17,009.

In addition to the five no-hitters thrown this season was the perfect game Detroit right-hander Armando Galar-raga was denied because of a missed call at first base by um-pire Jim Joyce.

Oakland’s Dallas Braden tossed a perfect game against Tampa Bay on May 9, and Phil-adelphia’s Roy Halladay also was perfect at Florida on May 29.

Arizona right-hander Edwin Jackson threw 149 pitches for a no-hitter against the Rays, his former team, at Tropicana Field on June 26. Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez pitched the first no-hitter in Rockies his-tory at Atlanta on April 17.

In his previous start, Garza allowed seven runs and 10 hits in 6 1-3 innings against the Ori-oles. The Tigers lineup he faced was without Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Guillen and Brandon Inge because of injuries.

“They’re missing some really important people, there’s no doubt about that,” Rays man-ager Joe Maddon said. “But they’re all major league play-ers and it’s a no-hitter. They’re not going to make any excuses, I know that.”

APTampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Matt Garza raises his arms to celebrate the final out of his no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers Monday.

Matt Garza pitches first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history

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Federal prosecutors investi-gating cheating in professional cycling have subpoenaed docu-ments from a 2004 case in which a Texas company tried to prove Lance Armstrong used perfor-mance enhancing drugs.

Jeffrey Tillotson, the attorney who handled the case for Dallas-based SCA Promotions Inc., said Tuesday that his office will send the documents to federal prose-cutors in Los Angeles.

The records include deposi-tions from former Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, former Armstrong teammate Frankie An-dreu and his wife, and testimony from Armstrong and his business associates.

Armstrong has not received any subpoenas or official re-quests from federal investigators, according to his attorney, Bryan D. Daly, a criminal defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor based in Los Angeles.

“Truthfully, I don’t have any idea how Lance Armstrong fits into this whole thing,” Daly said. “Lance Armstrong doesn’t want to be stuck in the middle of a ce-lebrity investigation.”

Armstrong and SCA went to arbitration after the company withheld a $5 million perfor-mance bonus it owed Armstrong for his 2004 Tour de France win. SCA had cited published alle-gations Armstrong was doping, which he denied.

The cyclist never has failed a drug test and has strongly de-nied all allegations he partici-pated in doping.

The 2004 case ended with SCA paying Armstrong $7.5 million, covering the original contract plus attorneys fees and interest.

Federal prosecutors’ investiga-tion was spurred by more recent accusations from Floyd Landis, Armstrong’s former teammate on

the U.S. Postal team. Armstrong has denied the allegations and questioned Landis’ credibility.

USA Swimming has second list under scrutiny

USA Swimming acknowl-edged it has a second list of peo-ple who are under suspicion for unscrupulous behavior, having already banned 46 coaches and officials for life, mostly for sexual misconduct.

The board met in Newark, N.J., to sign off on measures that will be voted on at the national con-vention in September, another step in its efforts to cope with numerous allegations of coaches abusing underage athletes.

They included expanded background checks, a new ath-lete protection policy and a re-quirement that all adults who in-teract with swimmers become members of the organization.

USA Swimming president Jim Wood also told the AP there’s a second list of people who’ve been “flagged” for alleged mis-conduct against swimmers but haven’t faced any disciplinary ac-tion because they aren’t current members.

That will change – the board voted Tuesday to take those cases before the National Board of Review.

Yao says he may quit if foot doesn’t fully heal

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is considering quitting bas-ketball after next season if he doesn’t fully recover from his lin-gering foot injury.

In comments to Chinese state media Monday, Yao sounded far from optimistic about his fu-ture and also made a rare criti-cism of China’s national basket-ball program.

“If the foot injury does not

heal next season, I might choose to call it quits,” he said.

Yao turns 30 in September and missed last season following foot surgery.

He is set to return to the Rock-ets after deciding not to opt out of the final year of his contract. Though he has said his recovery was going well, the Rockets have signed 7-foot veteran Brad Miller to share the work at center.

Hard-hitting former Raider Jack Tatum dies at 61

Jack Tatum, the Pro Bowl safety for the Oakland Raiders best known for his crushing hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978, has died. He was 61.

Nicknamed “The Assassin,” Ta-tum, died of a heart attack Tues-day in an Oakland hospital, ac-cording to friend and former Ohio State teammate John Hicks.

On Aug. 12, 1978, in an exhibi-tion game against the New Eng-land Patriots, the hard-hitting Ta-tum slammed into Stingley with his helmet while the receiver was running a crossing pattern.

The blow severed Stingley’s fourth and fifth veterbrae and left the receiver paralyzed from the neck down.

The two never met after the hit. Stingley died in 2007.

In a statement, the Raid-ers said, “Jack was a true Raider champion and a true Raider war-rior. ... Jack was the standard bearer and an inspiration for the position of safety through-out college and professional football.”

In nine seasons with the Raid-ers, Tatum started 106 of 120 games with 30 interceptions and helped Oakland win the 1976 Su-per Bowl.

— The Associated Press

Feds seek records from ’04 Armstrong doping case

APA fan with an American flag runs alongside Lance Armstrong of the US during the parade after the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 102.5 kilometers (63.7 miles) with start in Longjumeau and finish in Paris, France, Sunday.

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Some have said Smith gained the team’s respect be-fore the rehab began.

“We are confident in Geno,” said fullback Ryan Clarke. “He showed everyone he could step up last year. He is comfortable in the offense this year and he is comfort-able with the skill players. He should have a great year this year.”

Now, it’s up to Smith to lead the offense, which outside the quarterback spot is one of the most veteran groups in the country. WVU returns its top rusher (Devine), and its top receiver (Sanders) alongside a plethora of experienced of-fensive linemen.

“Jock, Noel and those guys are guys who have been em-

bedded in the offense for the last two and three years. They know what’s going on,” Thomas said. “You’ve got a lot of guys out there that have proven themselves, now it’s just Geno having to find them. He doesn’t have to do too much, just hand the ball off or get the ball in the right hands.”

Smith is eager to prove him-self to his team and Moun-taineer Nation this fall – and erase the notion that an inex-perienced quarterback is not necessarily

“A lot times guys may get the tendency to think you’re weak if you’re injured all the time,” Smith said. “You just want to prove yourself. Once you get on the field, you have the ability to prove to your fel-low players and coaches.”

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Hammersmith for the 2010 season, the team remains op-timistic they can improve.

“I know we’ve been work-ing hard,” said senior mid-dle hitter Lauren Evans, who added the team had a meet-ing prior to Hammersmith’s retirement which she called a wake-up call. “We are just over how we’ve been playing.”

Luck met with the team’s returning seniors last week, informing them of Hammer-smith’s retirement.

“The girls are excited and pumped up,” Luck said. “They are still looking forward to the season. There is a real palpa-ble sense of optimism.”

Hammersmith had 17 win-ning seasons, 10 years with 20 wins or more, and two 30-plus win campaigns in her head coaching career.

She retires with the third-most wins by a head coach at West Virginia, amassing a 580-

574 record.However, the team has not

seen a great deal of success over the last few years.

In 2006, the team achieved its lowest win total in program history, finishing the sea-son at 3-28. After a rebound in 2007 with a 16-14 record, WVU went on to go 7-21 in 2008 in which it went winless in Big East Conference play.

Last year, the Mountain-eers improved to 17-15, but failed to qualify for the Big East Tournament.

From 2000-09, the Moun-taineers failed to win more than 10 games six times.

Looking forward, Luck has high hopes for the future of West Virginia’s volleyball program.

“My sense is there is no reason we shouldn’t be com-peting for a Big East cham-pionship,” Luck said. “We should have an opportunity to participate in the NCAA tournament.”

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Cincinnati Bengals reach one-year agreement with Terrell Owens CINCINNATI (AP) — A year

after they were featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” the Ben-gals have scripted their own re-ality show.

T.O. and Ocho. Two self-conscious stars, one NFL team.

How will they fit? How will it work? Which receiver will pro-vide most of the drama?

And, more importantly, will any of it help the Bengals get back to the playoffs?

The Bengals reached a con-tract agreement with receiver Terrell Owens on Tuesday, a person familiar with the situa-

tion told The Associated Press. He’s expected to report to training camp in a day or two.

The Bengals were his first choice, giving him a chance to team with close friend Chad Ochocinco, who has already dubbed the pair Batman and Robin. The Bengals made an offer on Monday, and Owens accepted a day later.

Players are required to re-port for the start of train-ing camp on Wednesday in Georgetown, Ky. Owens is expected to show up when workouts begin on Thursday,

said the person speaking on condition of anonymity be-cause the team had made no announcement.

On his Twitter account, all Owens would say was, “Hoping 2 b a Bengal w/in the 24hrs!!” He’s expected to sign his deal with he arrives in Georgetown.

Already, it’s like something out of a reality show.

Ochocinco gushed about the matchup on his Twitter feed, welcoming Owens and joking that “all of our games have been moved to pay-per-view, you got to pay to see this.”

Both of the look-at-me re-ceivers are accustomed to cable.

By adding the 36-year-old Owens, the Bengals will lead the NFL in reality show stars. Ochocinco competed on “Dancing With the Stars” in the offseason, and has a dat-ing show called “Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch” currently running on VH1. After Ocho-cinco’s show comes “The T.O. Show.”

Ochocinco’s last show in-volved eliminating two con-testants. Owens’ last program

had him walking down a run-way as part of a fashion show in metrosexual attire – bare chest under an open jacket with a huge necklace and a wig.

In a couple of days, it will be the dancer-and-dater on one side of the field, the metrosex-ual model on the other.

In the middle will be quar-terback Carson Palmer, who helped bring Owens to Cincin-nati. Palmer worked out with Owens in California and called coach Marvin Lewis, saying the team ought to try to sign him.

Bengals owner Mike Brown went along, even though he knew Owens also brings a lot of baggage. The outspoken receiver has a history of un-dercutting his quarterbacks, though he was on good behav-ior last season in Buffalo.

Brown doesn’t mind. He has a history of providing ex-tra chances to players who have caused trouble, allowing them to extend their careers in Bengals stripes. In the last two years, the Bengals also have signed receiver Chris Henry, running back Cedric Benson, running back Larry Johnson and receiver Matt Jones, all of whom were let go because of off-field issues.

“Yes, people can make mis-takes,” Brown said at the team’s preseason luncheon on Mon-day. “It doesn’t mean that they go on the rest of their lives making mistakes. They can get their ship pointed in the right direction. This is a 36-year-old

man. He’s been through a lot. He’s proven as a player and as a person.”

The question is how much he has left.

Owens caught 55 passes for 829 yards and five touchdowns with the Bills last season, his least-productive full season since early in his career with San Francisco. The Bengals are trying to upgrade a pass-ing game that was one of the NFL’s worst last season, rank-ing 26th.

The Bengals won the AFC North by relying on defense and their running game. They released receiver Laveranues Coles after his only season in Cincinnati, and went looking for a replacement. They gave Owens a tryout in March, but decided to sign Antonio Bry-ant to a four-year deal instead.

Brown had a one-on-one meeting with Owens and came away impressed. When the re-ceiver still available as camp was opening, Brown decided to add him, as well.

The Bengals could move Bryant to an inside slot posi-tion, one they’ve struggled to fill since T.J. Houshmandza-deh left as a free agent. They could alternate the two receiv-ers at an outside spot opposite Ochocinco, who was regularly double-teamed last season.

Agent Drew Rosenhaus, who represents Owens and Ocho-cinco, didn’t return a phone message to discuss the deal, believed to be for one year.

APIn this July 25, 2009, photo, Buffalo Bills’ Terrell Owens pauses during NFL football train-ing camp in pittsford, N.Y. Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown is trying to bring re-ceiver Terrell Owens aboard.