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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Friday April 26, 2013 Volume 125, issue 142www.THEdaONLiNE.comda
The West Virginia baseball team will return to Big 12 Conference play this weekend when it takes on Kansas. SPORTS PAGE 10
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INSIDENews: 1, 2Opinion: 4A&E: 3, 6Sports: 7, 8, 10
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Former West Virginia University wide receiver Tavon Austin will begin his NFL career with the St. Louis Rams.SPORTS PAGE 7
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Alterra CEO talks careers, success By Summer ratcliff
Staff writer
The West Virginia Uni-versity College of Business & Economics continued its Distinguished Speaker Se-ries Thursday.
W. Marston Becker, WVU alumnus and president and CEO of Alterra Capital Holdings, spoke to students about the art of finding suc-cess in the business world.
Becker said much of his
success in the business world can be traced back to his time at WVU.
“West Virginia University holds a very special place in my heart. It really taught me a lot of what I have contin-ued to use in my career and in my life,” he said.
Becker said finding suc-cess comes when a person is in a place they want to be and can continue to learn.
“The key to success is,first of all, finding a place and an
environment that you want to work in. It’s very hard to be successful if you are working in a place you don’t want to be,” he said. “Sec-ondly, showing up and be-ing there on time and volun-teering for tasks will make you stand out. Finally, con-tinue in education; the day you graduate is the day you really start learning.”
Raven Gaston, a fresh-man mathematics student, said she thoroughly enjoyed
Becker’s lecture and hopes she can use his advice be-come successful in her fu-ture endeavors.
“It was really neat to hear him speak since he’s from WVU. I am planning to switch to accounting, so it was inspiring to hear his ad-vice. I like how he never had a concrete plan, only an ulti-mate goal,” Gaston said.
Gaston said she was in-spired by Becker to never fear rejection.
“I also really liked how he emphasized liking what you do and being in a positive environment – it’s a huge part to success,” she said. “He also made a great point to not fear rejection, after all the worst that can happen is you get a no answer when you wanted a yes.”
Connor Hayden, junior political science student, said it was helpful for him to see how Becker transi-tioned from one career into
another. “I’m a political science
student hoping to one day go to law school, but I’m not positive what I want to do after that,” Hayden said. “So for me, it’s important to see a man who went in think-ing he would be one thing and do one thing for life and ended up moving to some-thing where he was happier and became successful.”
fair explores gender issues, roles in societyBy ShelBy toompaS
Staff writer
Center for Women’s & Gender Studies held its third semi-annual fair yes-terday to showcase its stu-dents and educate the public.
Students, faculty and members of the commu-nity were invited to walk through the first floor of the Mountainlair to inter-act and learn about topics including women in the media, gender and work, violence against women, gender and politics and more.
“We hold this fair to showcase the student re-search projects within women and gender studies and to educate the cam-pus and community about Women and Gender Stud-ies, as well as feminism,” said Brian Jara, senior lec-turer in Women’s and Gen-der Studies. “There are still a lot of interpretations and stereotypes about what a feminist is and what we study in this department, so it’s really meant to educate.”
Participants in the fair were able to learn how women and gender studies relate daily life.
“I think the best argu-
ment our field can make is that feminism is still rele-vant in 2013 and that fem-inism and studying gen-der in this way is relevant to everyone’s life,” he said. “There is still somewhat of an uphill battle, be-cause there are still those stereotypes.
“But whether you are in high school, at the Uni-versity, in town or about to retire, there is at least one topic somewhere at the fair where you can see how rel-evant it is to your own life or family.”
Beside showcasing proj-ects in a unique way, the fair encouraged new dis-cussions and new ways to think about constructs and norms.
“I think it is important that we as students – and re-ally as citizens – constantly broaden our horizons and challenge our own beliefs,” said Brianna Lovell, intern for the WGST department. “We internalize so many ‘norms’ that we never stop or think to question.
“The world is such a big mix of differences, and I think it’s important to en-courage people to look be-yond themselves.”
Alpha Phi Omega to hold walk for autism
By evelyn merithewStaff writer
A group of West Virginia University students will walk to unlock autism this weekend.
Saturday Alpha Phi Omega will host its first Autism Awareness Walk in honor of Autism Awareness Month.
“We will walk for 88 minutes to represent the one in 88 people affected by autism,” said Samantha Haines, co-chair for the walk and member of Alpha Phi Omega.
Autism is a neural devel-opment disorder that im-pairs one’s social interac-tions and communications and causes repetitive and restricted behavior.
The idea for the autism walk originated from the annual autism run that Al-pha Phi Omega has hosted for 43 years. All proceeds
will go to the Autism Soci-ety of Pittsburgh.
“We had always done the autism run in sync with the backyard brawl with Pitt, but I wondered, ‘Why don’t we just do something else since it’s Autism Aware-ness Month?’”said Kayla Lafferty, president of Al-pha Phi Omega. “The dis-order hits home with me.”
Lafferty’s 15-year-old sister was diagnosed with autism and as soon as she had a contact with the Au-tism Society of Pittsburgh, she wanted to organize the walk.
“After we found out that my sister has autism, my whole family became in-volved. It’s been a strug-gle, but it became some-thing I feel very passionate and strongly about,” Laf-ferty said.
Alpha Phi Omega has designed T-shirts for the
E-cycling event aims to eliminate e-wasteBy jacoB BojeSSon
Staff writer
Thursday, West Virginia University and PC Renewal offered Morgantown res-idents a unique chance to recycle their electronics for free.
“Those that come out and drop off their material are so excited,” said Steph-anie Toothman, operation coordinator at WVU Facili-ties Management. “They’ve
been spring cleaning and finding things in their house that they’ve just been dying to get rid of.”
The e-cycling day has be-come an annual event in correspondence with Earth Week.
“We’ve been doing this free electronic recycling day on campus for quite a few years now,” Toothman said. “It’s very important to have these electronic recycling events to offer the commu-nity so they can take part in
making sure that electronics are recycled properly.”
PC Renewal is a Mor-gantown based business that handles electronic re-cycling for WVU and local businesses.
“We don’t want it going into a landfill. We’re look-ing out for the future,” said Carl Crosco, owner of PC Renewal. “We want to keep the country that we’re proud of clean.”
E-waste being dumped into the environment has
become an issue. By dump-ing electronics into landfills, hazardous chemicals such as lead and cadmium get re-leased into the air, causing lung cancer and potentially death for some workers.
Senate Bill 398 was passed in West Virginia in 2010, banning most elec-tronics from landfills.
“There’s a lot of hazardous stuff that goes
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Zero year reunion
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The West Virginia Uni-versity class of 2013 re-ceived one last retreat for their dedication during the past four years before they are sent into the real world.
The Senior Send-off: A Zero-Year Reunion is an annual event hosted by the WVU Alumni Association and the WVU Division of Student Affairs at The Er-ickson Alumni Center.
The retreat is meant to mark an end to the WVU experience and intro-duce seniors to the Alumni Association.
“It’s part of our senior year experience,” said Ken Gray, vice president of Stu-dent Affairs. “We’re cele-brating the fact students have completed their se-nior year – that they have completed college and are about to graduate – but we are also letting them ex-perience their first alumni event.”
During the course of four
years, the class rarely gets together.
“We don’t get this class together but one time, and that’s when they come as freshmen,” Gray said. “Not everyone will come to an event like this, but as many of them as we can get here, we think it’s significant.”
The seniors enjoyed drinks and a buffet, as well as a chance to win season tickets to University sport-ing events. However, their most memorable gift was a lifetime membership with the Alumni Association.
With graduation less than a month away, many of the students are leaving WVU with mixed emotions.
The seniors were shown a world map and were asked to point where their futures will lead them.
Another purpose of the retreat is to prepare the se-niors for the future, and Alumni shared their best advice.
“We’re trying to pick up
KAtie Flowers/tHe DAilY AtHeNAeumSeniors enjoy live music and food at the Senior Send-off: Zero Year Reunion at The Erickson Alumni Center.
KAtie Flowers/tHe DAilY AtHeNAeumStudents serve themselves food and beverages offered at the Senior Send-off: Zero Year reunion.
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As a public administra-tor, Lovell said she believes many people overlook is-sues of equality and think the fight for rights is some-how over or overdone.
“I have learned so much from working with the in-
credible faculty of this pro-gram and have become far more aware in my daily life,” she said. “Policy issues af-fecting women and mar-ginalized populations are important to helping entire populations live the life they deserve.
“I hope to continue work-ing with nonprofits because they typically focus on pro-
tecting rights, raising aware-ness and providing ser-vices for our friends and neighbors.”
Jara said projects from Thursday’s fair will still be available for viewing, as showcasing the pro-gram’s efforts is crucial to its success.
“I’m a huge fan of as-signments and projects that can exist after a semester is done, so I do a lot of video, multimedia projects and social media campaigns so that it can continue to ex-ist on YouTube, our depart-ment’s website or some-where else besides a folder,” Jara said.
“It’s important to have students invest in work that has a benefit to not only themselves but other peo-ple as well.
“Part of Women’s and Gender Studies is to literally get out there and show what we’re doing, and probably
more than half of the con-tent of the fair will be avail-able after the event by In-ternet, websites and social media.”
Jara and Lovell said they are hopeful the event will be continued in the future.
“I think the push toward creative thinking and in-novations is great,” Lovell said. “Innovations mov-ing from trifold and two-di-mensional posters, to tum-blr projects, short films and performances are far more impactful and eye catching.
“I think that is what will help keep the conversation on WGST issues going far into the future.”
For more information on the WGST department and its events, visit www.wmst.wvu.edu.
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run that can be purchased for $15, which includes the walking price.
The service fraternity has publicized the fundraising event since the beginning of April through bake sales, fli-ers, a bulletin board in the Mountainlair, posters and a MIX announcement.
“We have been contacted by many adults who have heard about the event, es-pecially from people within the Health Sciences campus who are interested in learn-ing about autism,” Haines said.
Since this is the first Au-tism Walk, Alpha Phi Omega is hopeful it will have a good turnout.
“We are trying to make this a community event, not just a WVU event. Since it’s the first one, I am hope-ful that it will draw any-where from 30 to 70 people and maybe more,” Lafferty said.
Lafferty said the Autism Society is a smaller organi-
zation compared to others and people don’t know as much as they should about mental health.
New studies and new re-search are being done ev-ery day to find cures for au-tism, and the spectrum is broad.
“Even though they may not be passionate or know much about autism, peo-ple may learn that they re-ally want to help. We need people to make a positive impact on others,” Lafferty said.
Haines said she encour-ages all WVU students to attend the walk, because autism is affecting many students’ lives.
“Autism is one of the most prevalent diseases, but the least funded in research. Coming out and supporting this cause is something that I feel is really important.”
The walk will take place Saturday from 12-3 p.m. at the Ruby Community Cen-ter in Mylan Park. The cost to walk is $5.
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into landfills and water sys-tems. You don’t want to just throw it in the garbage,” Crosco said.
Every electronic item has to be processed in a safe way to ensure there is no nega-tive environmental effect.
“We have to break it down into different pieces. We separate everything and take all the information out of the computer, and we shred the hard drive be-cause we don’t want any in-formation going out that’s
confidential,” Crosco said.The most common items
dropped off were desktop computers and batteries.
George Merovich, an as-sistant professor at WVU, has been searching for op-portunities to recycle his electronics.
“I’ve been waiting for quite a while, it’s all been sitting at home for over a year,” he said. “It feels good to get rid of (electronics) and recycle them. I always try to save my electronics until I see something like this come along.”
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some cool statistics that graduating students need to know,” said Tara Curtis, assistant director for com-munication for the Alumni Association. “How many alumni we have, how many
work abroad and what the social networks are.”
WVU was the only school to which Billy Hay, sport and exercise physiology student, applied. Look-ing back at his four years, he does not regret his decision.
“I’ve had a great experi-ence. I’m going to miss a lot of stuff, football games
especially,” Hay said. “Just getting involved with such a large university is really special, and it’s something you don’t see in Maryland, where I’m from.”
They also were asked to sum up their experience at WVU in a single word. “Un-forgettable,” “perfect” and “overdue” were among the words mentioned by the
students.“Get involved, join as
many clubs as you possibly can and cherish the friend-ships you make,” said Hi-lah Zia, a public adminis-tration student. “College friendships last way lon-ger than any other types of friendships you make.”
KristeN BAsHAm/tHe DAilY AtHeNAeumThe women and gender studies fair hosts a variety of displays in the Mountainlair Thursday.
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Becker encouraged stu-dents to not focus on their end goal but rather go where the path leads.
“The odds of you continu-ing in whatever your first job is is very slim. Every-
one changes jobs,” he said. “Go to work somewhere where you think you can learn something and apply yourself, and then paths will start to open up for you. You have got to get in and start swimming.”
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KAtie Flowers/tHe DAilY AtHeNAeumSeniors enjoy live music and food at the Senior Send-off: Zero Year Reunion at The Erickson Alumni Center.
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Phone banks, an army of volunteers and alliances with organized labor, busi-ness leaders and religious clergy propelled gay mar-riage to victory in Rhode Is-land this week, a savvy and coordinated strategy that relied on growing public support and old-fashioned bare-knuckle politics.
Gay marriage legisla-tion had failed every year in Rhode Island since 1997, leaving the heavily Catho-lic state the lone holdout in New England as the five other states changed their marriage laws. That’s soon set to change. The state Sen-ate voted Wednesday to al-low gay marriage, and Gov. Lincoln Chafee plans to sign the bill into law follow-ing a final, procedural vote in the House next week.
The successful campaign could serve as a model for similar efforts in other states and reflects the in-creasingly sophisticated political strategy driving what just two decades ago was dismissed as a fringe is-sue with little public sup-
port, advocates and law-makers alike say.
“This was a victory won by many people, because that’s what it takes,” House Speaker Gordon Fox, a Providence Democrat who is gay and led House efforts to pass gay marriage, said Thursday. “You bring ev-eryone together, and you’re stronger for it. It’s a recipe that could definitely be rep-licated in other states.”
Opponents, however, say their defeat in Rhode Island was less about dogged po-litical strategy than it was the national conversation on gay marriage.
“It’s a campaign that’s been promoted by Hol-lywood, by the news me-dia, by educational insti-tutions,” said Scott Spear, a spokesman for the National Organization for Mar-riage’s Rhode Island chap-ter. “I think the local group was just on that wave. They didn’t create it, they just rode it.”
Rhode Island will be the 10th state to allow gay mar-riage when the legislation takes effect Aug. 1. Support-
ers in Delaware and Illinois are also hoping to follow this year. Efforts are also underway in other states, including New Jersey, Or-egon and Minnesota.
Polls show support has surged since 1996, when Gallup found that 27 per-cent of Americans backed same-sex marriage. Now Gallup finds that 53 per-cent support giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry.
The momentum is clear in Rhode Island. Two years ago, gay marriage legisla-tion didn’t even get a vote in the General Assem-bly. This year, it passed the House 51-19 and the Sen-ate 26-12.
“We are close to the end of a journey that be-gan in 1997,” said Ray Sul-livan, campaign director for Rhode Islanders United for Marriage, which led the push for the legisla-tion. “When we began this campaign in January, many thought we’d never succeed in the Senate.”
The strategy that ulti-mately proved successful
began two years ago after the previous significant ef-fort to pass gay marriage fell apart. House Speaker Gor-don Fox, who is gay, aban-doned his push for gay marriage after it became obvious the legislation wouldn’t pass the Senate, where Senate President Te-resa Paiva Weed was a for-midable opponent. It was a bitter defeat, and advocates vowed to focus on electing candidates who supported gay marriage in the 2012 elections.
Rather than court one-issue candidates, marriage advocates formed ties with the AFL-CIO, environmen-tal activists and other pro-gressive groups. By team-ing up, the coalition was able to pool their support for candidates with wider voter appeal – and who also happened to support gay marriage. The strategy worked, and in November several new gay marriage supporters were elected to the House and, more sig-nificantly, the state Senate.
Encouraged by those gains, Fox vowed to hold a
House vote on gay marriage in the first month of this year’s legislative session. The bill’s easy passage so early in the session allowed supporters to focus their at-tention on the Senate.
Though she opposes gay marriage, and ultimately voted against it, Paiva Weed gave supporters a break when she announced that she would allow the issue to proceed through the Senate without her interference. Supporters had worried that despite election gains, their efforts might be sty-mied if Paiva Weed bottled up the bill in committee or refused to allow a vote.
Meanwhile, Rhode Is-landers United for Mar-riage rallied support from labor leaders, religious leaders and top officials like Chafee, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and Trea-surer Gina Raimondo. Each week, the group rolled out new endorsements from business leaders and local mayors.
Hundreds of volunteers manned phone banks and wrote emails and letters to
put pressure on undecided lawmakers in the Sen-ate. Some lawmakers re-ported receiving hundreds of emails and phone calls. So many people signed on to help that Rhode Island-ers United for Marriage had to relocate to bigger offices. Sullivan said his group made more than 12,000 phone calls, knocked on 25,000 doors and mailed nearly 2,000 letters to lawmakers.
Some of the efforts weren’t well-received. Sen. Harold Metts, a Providence Democrat who voted no, said he was called a bigot by some gay marriage supporters.
“This is America, and we are entitled to our opinions and our religious liberty af-forded to us in the Consti-tution,” he said. “It’s ironic that those who sought tol-erance and acceptance are so intolerant of others’ reli-gious views.”
Several senators who had been undecided said they voted yes after hearing the personal stories of gay and lesbian constituents.
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Bernie Worrell to groove at 123
PHoto bY briaN DiescHerThe Bernie Worrell Orchestra poses for a picture.
BY LACEY PALMERASSOCIATE A&E EDITOR
The eight-piece, psyche-delic-funk Bernie Worrell Orchestra will come to 123 Pleasant Street Saturday night.
Not only is 69-year-old Worrell a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but he has also worked with The Talking Heads and is best known for co-found-ing Parliament-Funkadelic, a funk, soul and rock music collective.
Since writing his first pi-ano concerto at the age of eight, music has consistently played a large part in Wor-rell’s life. After meeting co-founder of Parliament-Funk-adelic George Clinton and Bootsy Collins in a barber shop when he was 15, funk music became a permanent aspect of his life, and Parlia-ment-Funkadelic was born.
“The Parliament-Funk-adelic legacy on funk rock compares to bands like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones,” said event promoter Adam Payne. “They did things that no one was doing at the time and in fact ever.”
Worrell has a vast reper-toire of musicians to join him in creating the orchestra.
With Worrell himself, Kyle Cadena on guitar, Andrew Kimball on guitar, Scott Ho-gan on bass, Glen Fittin on percussion and bandleader Evan Taylor on drums, the group provides the ultimate funk music experience for all those in attendance.
Special guests include Shlomi Cohen on alto saxo-phone, Ofer Assaf on tenor sax, Justin Mullens on trum-pet and Nicole Scorsone on violin.
Aristotle Jones and the Like Minds will open for the Bernie Worrell Orchestra Saturday night, and front-man Aristotle Jones said he couldn’t be more excited for the show.
“It’s a big deal to me to be part of the same show as a liv-ing legend,” Jones said. “He is an artist that makes rock ‘n’ roll and jazz converge, and as a group whose root is in genre blending, it is like get-ting a lesson from a master.”
AJTLM brings their own unique combination of funk and rock ‘n’ roll to stages around the area.
“When people try to peg us down to one genre, they are always pleasantly surprised with our versatility,” Jones said. “Our sound is innovative and fresh, and we are good at communicating the emotion
behind the songs. What sep-arates us is the way we make every song our own.”
According to Jones, the group has a stellar set planned for Saturday, as they’ll be playing originals from the new EP “Tectonics” and their first album, “Meet-ing of the Minds.” The group also does original versions
of covers from MGMT, Alex Clare, Calvin Harris and Old Crow Medicine Show.
“We leave everything on the stage,” Jones said. “Expect nothing short of a high-en-ergy journey full of strong vo-cals, multi-instrumentalists, funky rhythms, face-melting bass lines and impromptu monster jams.”
Payne said he also believes AJTLM and the Bernie Wor-rell Orchestra will make for a successful and memorable show.
“Bernie Worrell Orches-tra will be one of those 123 shows that people will be talking about ten years from now,” Payne said. “It’s not of-ten a living legend comes to a
room so small.”The show is set to begin
at 10 p.m. and concertgoers must be 18 and older. Tickets are $12 at the door.
To learn more about the Bernie Worrell Orchestra, visit www.bernieworrel-lorchestra.com.
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Monday was Earth Day. As is usually the case with any awareness holiday, the Internet was filled with use-ful tips for reducing our im-pact on the environment. The only problem is that this advice, if it’s even fol-lowed at all, will be forgot-ten in a week or so, and peo-ple will resume their usual wasteful habits as if Earth Day never happened.
Committing to protect-ing the environment and reducing the negative im-pact on the Earth is an idea that needs to last way be-yond the scope of one week if there is to be any sort of meaningful improve-ment in the state of the environment.
Most of the tips pre-scribed by environmental advocates aren’t terribly difficult to follow. The only problem is remembering to implement them in your daily life on a regular basis. I suspect most people aren’t against reducing their im-pact on the environment; they are just forgetful.
To help, you could re-mind yourself to do these things by putting signs on your bathroom mirror to re-mind you to turn off the fau-cet while you are shaving or brushing your teeth.
The City of Morgantown is also making it easier to re-duce your impact with very minimal effort. They im-plemented a recycling pro-gram in December, and all you have to do is call them and ask for a green recy-cling bin for your house or apartment. As long as you live in the city limits, they will pick up your recycling on the same day they pick up your trash. There are no extra fees involved, and it’s an easy way to help reduce
your personal impact on the environment.
Reducing your environ-mental footprint also ap-plies to what you do out-side your home. One of my favorite things to do during the summer in West Vir-ginia is go to one of the lo-cal swimming holes outside the city. Many people like to bring snacks and drinks with them, and they end up leaving the trash scat-tered all over the banks of the river.
It isn’t that hard to bring a trash bag with you and take
your trash out with you, and it makes the experience of going there much nicer when you don’t have to avoid stepping on crushed up beer cans and broken bottles.
Of course, the biggest negative impacts on the en-vironment happen beyond the scope of personal con-sumption habits. West Vir-ginia has long been the cen-ter of industrial and mining activity, and this has taken a heavy toll on the environ-ment. Acid mine drainage and the dumping of indus-
trial chemicals has made using the Monongalia River recreationally a risky propo-sition, at best.
Unfortunately, there’s fartoo much money given to the politicians by the mining and fracking com-panies to have any sort of regulation on the disposal of chemicals used in the in-dustrial process, and often the companies are only held accountable for the damage they’ve caused after the riv-ers and lakes they’ve pol-luted are entirely toxic and beyond recovery.
There are safer and more sustainable ways of getting the gas and coal out of the earth, but these methods cost more to implement, and companies put short term profit above every-thing else.
I recently went to Wheel-ing to do some research for a story on fracking in West Virginia. It was more than a little heartbreaking seeing firsthand the impact that fracking had on the earth. Scenic hillsides were torn up for pipelines and frack-ing wells, and trailers for
the workers dotted what was once a pristine coun-tryside. It was jarring to go from seeing horses feeding on hay at a farm to impos-ing natural gas tanks and heavy machinery tearing up the ground.
There needs to be a fo-cused, coherent effort to prevent this sort of envi-ronmental abuse. Unfortu-nately, as a society we have the mindset that Earth Day only comes around once a year while fracking and mining companies work year round.
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Earth Day celebrations should continue year-round
APCampus School 2nd graders Hedwig Dodds, left, Amaria Anderson, Sofia Amis and Willow Mullins catch a stray butterfly during the University of Memphis Earth Day Event at U of M’s Urban Garden.
This is it, everyone.The spring semester is
winding down, final ex-ams are fast approaching, and the year is almost up. The weather is changing rapidly, too, and it isn’t the only thing.
I’m one of the name-less, faceless members of the editorial staff who oc-casionally write the staff editorial found at the top of this page. Personally, I’ve worked here for two-and-a-half years, I prefer The Beatles to the Rolling Stones (although they’re both excellent), and my
greatest wish is to own a black cat named Churchill.
This editorial isn’t about me.
Well, it is, to a degree, but only because it’s my last one. The 2012-13 edi-tion of The Daily Athenae-um’s editorial staff have served the newspaper faithfully for the course of the last year, but the time has come, the die has been cast, and the new staff has been selected.
I suppose I could wax poetic about my time here or tell you about writing my first story (which was
terrifying). I could tell you about the mistakes I’ve made or the angry phone calls I’ve endured or even about my hopes and fears post-graduation.
I won’t do any of that be-cause it isn’t what’s impor-tant. If you’re reading this column, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I want to thank you be-cause despite every pre-diction heralding the fall of print journalism, dif-fering opinions about our coverage and our purpose and the numerous stum-
bling blocks I and my fel-low editors have encoun-tered in our time working here, you are reading this newspaper.
I’m 21 years old. Most of the editors I have worked alongside are 21 or 22, and we come from different places with different un-derstandings of the world and our places in it. We all have our shortcomings, each of us has failed and all of us have grown from our time here. I know that I have learned so much in five semesters – and eight semesters, for that mat-
ter – so much that I doubt I have very much in com-mon with the sophomore who applied to be a staff writer in December 2011.
Before this starts to sound too much like a let-ter Principal Vernon would receive in The Breakfast Club, let me just tell you I hope The DA has made even a small fraction of the impact on your college ca-reer that it has on our staff.
Thank you for reading. Good luck on your finals. Just remember: it’s over.
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Students act out a skit as part of the Women and Gender Studies Fair held in the Mountainlair Tuesday.
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The editors reserve the right to edit or delete any submission. There is no charge for publication. Questions should be directed to the Campus Calendar editor at 304-293-5092.
BY JACQUELINE BIGAR
BORN TODAY This year you have the opportunity to make an impression on others. Your very presence exudes a sense of compassion. You know what you need to do. Keep reaching out for new information and new ex-periences. If you are single, you could encounter a foreigner who opens you up to an entirely different lifestyle. If you are attached, the two of you will want to meet new people and make new friends. You also might want to revise your goals. SCORPIO is stub-born like you, but he or she can be more mysterious.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH A serious approach does make a difference in everyone’s re-sponse, and you are no exception. Anger comes up in a strange situa-tion where it might not be justified. It could be difficult to tell where it is coming from. Tonight: Listen to a partner’s feedback.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH You might want to let a friend at a distance know how rough a situation has become. This person could have some interesting sugges-tions. Know what you want to do, and then he or she can give you meaning-ful options for how to proceed. To-night: Say “yes” to an offer.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Understand that what is happen-ing is serious. Realize that you might need to change direction. Your abil-ity to state your case makes an im-pact on others. Listen to suggestions with more care. A boss could be a lot clearer than you are. Tonight: Go with
the moment.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Listen to news with an open mind. Be willing to brainstorm in order to find solutions. Honor a change more carefully. You could feel as if someone is pushing hard to get his or her way. If this person goes too far, you could lose your patience. Tonight: Let your hair down.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You might want to move forward and try a different approach. Listen to your sixth sense with a situation involv-ing your personal and/or domestic life. You might need to change your environment in order to feel better, even if it’s just for a few hours. To-night: Make it easy.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH How you handle a personal matter could change greatly if you are not careful. Listen to news with greater awareness, as you might want to take action. Your caring will come through, even if you need to estab-lish boundaries. Tonight: Say “yes” to a friend’s suggestion.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Your intuition is right on about a money matter; still, check out the investment carefully. Your creativ-ity adds a lot to any situation. Don’t allow anyone to interfere with your chosen direction. Tonight: You might go overboard, especially if you meet up with a friend.
SCORPIO (OC T. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH You are a strong-willed sign. If you feel challenged, you sometimes will become defiant or even quiet. The good news is that, even if you’re stressed, you could see
an opportunity to be more chipper. Let go of seriousness for now. To-night: Let the good times happen.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH You’ll want to review a situation more carefully. You might need some downtime or distance from a problem. At this point, you could feel somewhat negative. De-tach if this is the case. Take a walk to clear your head. Tonight: Consider making it an early night.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You could be very difficult and somewhat testy without intend-ing to be. Emphasize a goal, but do not give your power away. You don’t need to be controlling -- you simply need to honor your boundaries. Reach out to someone at a distance. Tonight: You are in the midst of a change.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH Listen to news openly before making a final decision. More news is forthcoming. A serious situa-tion demands your full attention. A boss or higher-up could be watch-ing your performance. Listen to feed-back. Tonight: A late meeting could turn into a fun happening.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You might want to be more understand-ing. By holding on to judgments, you will not be able to hear the true story. Imag-ine what it would be like to be the other person. You might get more insight as to where he or she is coming from. Tonight: Break past barriers.
BORN TODAY Actor Kevin James
(1965), singer Bobby Rydell (1942), actress Joan Chen (1961)
EVERY FRIDAYTHE CHABAD JEWISH STU-
DENT CENTER offers a free Shabbat Dinner every Friday at 7 p.m. at the Chabad House. For more information, email [email protected] or call 304-599-1515.
WVU HILLEL offers a Shab-bat Dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillel House at 1420 University Ave. For more information or a ride, call 304-685-5195.
CAMPUS LIGHT MINIS-TRIES hosts its weekly meet-ing and Bible study at 7 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair.
GLOBAL INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AT WVU, a hospitable community for international students and scholars, meets at 6 p.m. for community dinner and Bible discussion. For more informa-tion, email [email protected].
EVERY SATURDAYOPEN GYM FOR VOLLEY-
BALL is from 2-4 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. No commitment or prior experi-ence is necessary. Just show up and play. For more information, email Mandy at [email protected].
TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 10:30 a.m. in Multi-purpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.
EVERY SUNDAYM O U N TA I N E E R S F O R
CHRIST hosts a supper at 6 p.m. and a bible study at 7 p.m. at the Christian Student Center at 2923 University Ave.
CHRISTIAN STUDENT FEL-LOWSHIP hosts free dinner at 6:15 p.m. followed by a worship service at 7 p.m. at 2901 Univer-sity Ave. For more information, email Gary Gross at [email protected].
CONTINUALWELLNESS PROGRAMS
on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL, chillWELL and more are provided for interested stu-dent groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU: Wellness and Health Promotion. For more information, visit www.well.wvu.edu/wellness.
W E L LW V U : S T U D E N T HEALTH is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more informa-tion, call 304-293-2311 or visit
www.well.edu.wvu/medical.NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
meets nightly in the Morgan-town and Fairmont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or visit www.mrscna.org.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. To find a meeting, visit www.aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918.
CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL-ING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is of-fered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services include educa-tional, career, individual, cou-ples and group counseling.
WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, sup-plemental foods and immuni-zations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more infor-mation, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.
NEW SPRING SEMESTER GROUP THERAPY OPPOR-TUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Center. The groups include Understand-ing Self and Others, Sexual As-sault Survivors Group, Moun-taineer Men: An Interpersonal Process Group, and Know Thy-self: An Interpersonal Process Group. For more information call 293-4431 or contact [email protected].
FEATURE OF THE DAYTHE WEST VIRGINIA UNI-VERSITY PLANETARIUM, now located on the PL floor of White Hall, will present “STARS” at 8 p.m. and “Stars of the Pharaohs” at 9 p.m. on Friday. Be 5-10 minutes early for seating as the shows start promptly on the hour. Ad-mission is free, but reserva-tions are required. Email [email protected].
A&E6CONTACT US 304-293-5092 ext. 3 | DAA&[email protected] April 26, 2013
Mountain State Brewing Company debuts first bottled beer
Bill Maher to fill Morgantown Event Center with wry humor
BY HUNTER HOMISTEKA&E EDITOR
Politically charged, left-wing comedian Bill Maher will visit the Morgantown Event Center Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
Maher, who graduated from Cornell University with a degree in English and his-tory in 1978, dishes a witty, intelligent brand of humor that has garnered him great success throughout his 30-year career.
His achievements, which include TV-hosting roles for HBO and Comedy Cen-tral and various guest spots as a political commentator for CNN, MSNBC and other major networks, stand as
a testament to his dedica-tion and keen insight, and he relishes the opportunity to bring his stand-up act to West Virginia.
“I’m very grateful for the opportunities I’ve had throughout my career,” Ma-her said. “I’ve never per-formed in Morgantown be-fore, but I think it will be a great time.”
As evidenced by his multi-faceted background and significant accomplish-ments, Maher possesses the ability to humorously and accurately analyze today’s hottest topics, and he said the college-aged crowd is particularly receptive of this brand of commentary.
“I think college is really
the last time that your mind is completely open to new ideas,” Maher said. “You have this objectivity and de-sire to learn and form opin-ions that I think is unique to the college years.”
Despite West Virginia’s recent support of the Re-publican party – the state has voted Republican in each of the past four pres-idential elections – Ma-her said the public is more tighter-knit than this statis-tic indicates, and he fully ex-pects the crowd to enjoy his show and the many political barbs it contains.
“Maybe 55 or 60 percent of the state voted Repub-lican, but that still isn’t an overwhelming majority,”
Maher said. “I like perform-ing for (divided) crowds like this, because it creates a fun, interesting dynamic with the audience.”
Maher is also noted for his strong opinions con-cerning religion. Never one to remain silent in the face of controversial issues, Ma-her wrote the successful documentary “Religulous” in 2008 with the intent to ex-pose what he saw as the in-herent ridiculousness of or-ganized religion.
The film ranks as one of the highest-grossing docu-mentaries of all time, and its success cemented religion as a staple of his live stand-up show.
“It’s like if somebody goes
to see The Rolling Stones – they have to play ‘Satisfac-tion,’” Maher said. “That’s what religion has become for me in my routine. Every-body expects it, and they’re going to get it.”
At 57 years old, Maher said his stand-up act is as polished and inspired as ever. As one of his first pas-sions in life, he views com-edy as one of the most re-warding and stable outlets for expression.
“The TV shows are great … but they won’t be there forever, and I know that,” Maher said. “With com-edy, that is something that will always be there for me. George Carlin – one of my idols – practically died on-
stage, and I feel that I can sustain my act to a similar extent.”
Whether you adore him or loathe his very presence, one thing is certain – Maher is real, he is unfiltered and he will not hide behind any facade Saturday evening. For fans of critical, rousing comedy, Maher is sure to satisfy.
Tickets can be purchased at the Creative Arts Center and Mountainlair box of-fice locations or by phone at 304-293-SHOW. Ticket prices begin at $38.75, and WVU students will receive a $10 discount with a valid student ID.
newsbusters.orgBill Maher talks during his show ‘Real Time with Bill Maher.’
JAMes YArIA/tHe DAILY AtHenAeuMWisdom of Owls plays during the Seneca I.P.A. bottle release Wednesday evening.
JAMes YArIA/tHe DAILY AtHenAeuMThe new Seneca I.P.A. bottle is debuted Wednesday evening.
BY JAMES YARIAA&E WRITER
In a night of good music and good libations, Moun-tain State Brewing Com-pany debuted their first bottled beer at a release party at 123 Pleasant Street Wednesday night.
Mountain State Brew-ing Company introduced their Seneca India Pale Ale in bottled form for the first time. One of the company’s flagship beers, the Seneca
I.P.A. is light and hoppy, with subtle hints of citrus.
“We believe the beer is about the person drinking it,” Brian Arnett, co-founder said. “It’s got to be a com-fortable blend. It’s got to be balanced and not too bitter.”
The big bottling event featured bands Wisdom of Owls, Duo Grove and West By God, all of which have members that work for Mountain State.
Most of the Mountain
State staff was in atten-dance, creating an unusu-ally large crowd for the small venue.
While the great hall fluc-tuated in terms of peo-ple, the bars were packed all evening, filled with pa-trons’ eager to try their fa-vorite beer in a bottle. Free promotional shirts were given away, creating a feel-ing that was not just a beer release party, but also a Mountain State Brewing convention. By the time
the night ended, empty bot-tles of the Seneca I.P.A. lit-tered 123 and served as the heavy majority of drinks consumed.
“With the Seneca, it’s not a high alcohol percentage, and it’s pretty easy to drink,” Nathan Stewart, Wisdom of Owls singer and Mountain State member said. “I’ve actually been able to drink it all day and not over do it and just sip on it, because it has that strong taste, but it’s still really easy to finish.”
Wisdom of Owls was a surprisingly good mix of mountain flavor with new age beats.
The band consists of seven members, including two electric guitarists, a banjo player, and a fiddler. A wonderful blend of the traditional and new, Wis-dom of Owls sounded like if Passion Pit, the Avett Broth-ers and Hank Williams got drunk together and made music.
Headlining the event was
West By God, a more tradi-tional rock band that per-formed homebrewed clas-sic hard rock.
The simple raw jams had an almost country feel, yet maintained a tight edge that kept the audience on their toes. The rock ballads were met with warm praise from the crowd, and mem-bers of the band frequently saluted the audience with the new bottles of beer.
SPORTS7CONTACT US 304-293-5092 ext. 2 | [email protected] April 26, 2013
Trim Down YourTo-Do List
Get GECs out of the way this Summer!Multiple courses offered for every GEC objective - find the ones you need at courses.wvu.edu
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Get GECs out of the way this Summer!Multiple courses offered for every GEC objective - find the ones you need at courses.wvu.edu
WVU not alone while rebuilding in Big 12
Last season, the West Vir-ginia football team failed to live up to expectations.
It lost six of its last eight games, finished 7-5 in the regular season and lost 38-14 in the 2012 Pinstripe Bowl to Syracuse.
With Geno Smith, Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey NFL-bound, many Moun-taineer fans wonder if this team is in for yet another lackluster season in the Big 12 Conference.
Their concerns seem reasonable.
Regardless of who starts at quarterback next year, I’m guessing he won’t put up the numbers Smith did last fall – 4,206 yards, 42 touchdowns, and only six interceptions.
West Virginia’s “big three,” so to speak, helped the Mountaineers average nearly 40 points per game, including a 70-point game against Bay-lor. Statistically, Dana Hol-gorsen’s squad had the third-best offense in the Big 12.
Not only have Bailey and Austin played their last game at Milan Puskar Stadium, but so has fellow wide receiver J.D. Woods, who caught 61 balls and scored four touch-downs last year.
As for defense, the Moun-taineers say goodbye to se-nior linebacker Terence Garvin, who had 77 tackles and six sacks in 2013.
Along with the Mountain-eers’ key losses, several other
Big 12 playmakers aren’t re-turning to campus next fall.
Kansas State and Okla-homa, who tied for the Big 12 regular season title, are both graduating their star quarterbacks.
Last October, Kansas State’s Collin Klein had a combined seven touch-downs and 323 passing yards in the Wildcats’ 55-14 victory over the Mountaineers. Klein had 16 passing touchdowns and 23 running touchdowns as a senior and was a finalist for the Heisman award. He led Kansas State to their first 11-win season since 2003.
Oklahoma’s Landry Jones had 30 touchdowns last sea-son, and his six scores helped the Sooners defeat the Mountaineers 50-49 back in November. His wide receiver Justin Brown, who caught five of those touchdowns, is also departing.
Star running back Joseph Randle forfeited his senior year of eligibility at Okla-homa State and declared for the NFL draft. His quarter-back, Clint Chelf, only scored 15 touchdowns as a junior last season.
Texas defensive end Alex Okafor is also NFL bound. He had 12.5 sacks, 61 tackles and four forced fumbles as a se-nior and is regarded as one of the top defensive ends in this weekend’s NFL draft. Safety Kenny Vaccaro, arguably the Longhorns’ best defender, is also heading to the pros.
The point is, the Big 12 will see many new and in-experienced faces this fall,
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‘IT ALL PAID OFF’
BY GreG MADiA multImEdIa EdItor
NEW YORK — Former West Virginia Wide Receiver Tavon Austin had created a buzz in the weeks leading up to the 2013 NFL draft.
Last night, in New York City, the St. Louis Rams traded up with the Buffalo Bills to select Austin at No. 8 overall. Austin said he feels trading up proves St. Louis sees a lot of potential in the former Mountaineer
“It means a lot, means they really wanted to me,” Austin said. “It all paid off with me go-ing down there for a visit, then they came back to Morgantown to watch me workout. I had a feeling that they wanted me.”
Austin was the first skill
player taken in the 2013 NFL Draft. Totaling 1,289 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior at WVU, Austin became a terrific commodity based on his production.
“Me being the first skill posi-tion player off the board means a lot. It means that my hard work and dedication paid off,” Austin said.
In addition, the ability to be multiple in catching, rushing and returning the football gives St. Louis different chances to get the ball in his hands. Austin joins an offense with a young Sam Bradford at quarterback in addition to Brian Quick at wide receiver and Jared Cook at tight end. Austin said he is excited to help improve at St. Louis offense.
“I’m thankful to be able to play with Sam Bradford and get with the team and start my journey,” Austin said.
With the St. Louis Rams franchise having significant offensive history among Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and Isaac Bruce, Austin could be the latest “greatest show on turf.” Drawing comparisons to Faulk, Austin said he feels he can learn from Faulk’s perfor-mance in St. Louis.
“I used to watch Marshall Faulk a lot. He played in the slot and used to run the ball,” Aus-tin said, “We’re not the same weight, but we’re almost the same height. If he was able to get it done, I’ll be able to get it done.
An excited Austin can finally
start living his dream while re-membering what got him there.
“Now I’m there, and the Rams believe in me, and I be-lieve in them. I’m ready to get up there and get to work now,” he said, “I learned how to be the best slot receiver in the coun-try from (West Virginia head) Coach (Dana) Holgorsen.”
The St. Louis Rams, like most teams in the league, start rookie camp within the next week.
While he was expected to be a first-round selection, for-mer West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith was not taken. The second and third rounds begin tonight from Radio City Music Hall.
Rams trade up to select WVU’s Austin No. 8 overall; Former Mountaineer QB Smith snubbed in first round
APFormer West Virginia inside receiver Tavon Austin is greeted by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being taken with the No. 8 overall pick in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night.
APTavon Austin caught 114 passes for 1,289 yards and 12 touchdowns for West Virginia in 2012.
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WvU to take on UConn, Bucknell, DelawareBY jon fehrens
sports WrItEr
The West Virginia row-ing team looks to carry its momentum coming into this weekend’s dual-dou-ble meet against Bucknell, Delaware and Connecticut at the Knecht Cup Regatta.
The momentum began in Alabama two weeks ago when the first varsity 8-plus crew earned their first Con-ference USA Boat of the Week. WVU carried that mo-mentum into Cherry Hill,
N.J., where they earned the same honors. Head coach Jimmy King attributes the success to the growth of his team.
“The rowers on that team are all stronger and fitter than they were a year ago. Similarly, our coxswain Mallory (Fisher) has im-proved her skills in the past year and is a more complete coxswain this season,” King said. “The second reason for their success is trust.
Six of the nine members were in last year’s team,
so there’s a familiarity and comfort level with one another.”
The only way Coach King sees his team continuing this stretch of success is through hard work and stay-ing hungry.
“The underlying process is the same for all sports. We can’t get complacent and (must) always (be) striving for more,” King said.
WVU stayed hungry throughout the week as they prepared for this week-ends match-ups. This late
in the season, Coach King can sense the strain that his team is feeling but still pushes them to compete.
“We’re in the third week of a four-week training cy-cle, so the training load has been high this week,” King said. “Our crews are a bit fa-tigued entering these races, but that’s the nature of en-durance sports.”
Aside from trying to keep their winning ways alive, the rowing team will have a bit of revenge on their minds. At the last Knecht Cup Re-
gatta, Bucknell finished in front of the Mountaineers in every major division.
“Our first set of duals will be against Bucknell Univer-sity, who finished ahead of us in every category at the previous Knecht Cup Re-gatta. We will look to close those gaps this weekend,” King said. “Our second set is against the University of Delaware, who we finished ahead of in every category with both crews competing.”
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Doug Mc-Dermott says he’s confident he’s got what it takes to be a first-round pick in the NBA draft.
He’ll wait until 2014 to find out for sure.
The two-time first-team All-American said Thursday that he’ll return to Creighton for his senior year instead of declaring for June’s NBA draft.
McDermott made the announce-ment at a news conference in Creighton’s practice gym. He was joined by his father, Bluejays coach Greg McDermott, and mom, The-resa, in addition to teammates, ad-ministrators and boosters.
McDermott said he went back and forth with his decision before it hit him Wednesday afternoon. He was meeting with his dad to talk about his pro prospects when he abruptly stopped the conversation.
“Finally, I just said, ‘You know what, I’m coming back,’ ‘ McDer-
mott said. “I’ve had enough of this. I’m ready to make this decision. This is where my heart is. The NBA can wait. I feel like I can play there someday, but this is an opportunity I can’t pass up.”
Greg McDermott said he and his wife were proud of how their son ar-rived at his decision.
“At the end, he felt it best to stay,” Greg McDermott said. “He needed to follow his heart and do what he needed to do, and once he makes his decision to not look back and just move forward.”
Selfishly for the coach and the Bluejays, it sure helps to have Mc-Dermott back.
“Obviously, it’s 23 points and eight rebounds a game,” the coach said.
NBA draft analysts had pegged McDermott as a late first-round or early second-round pick. Sunday is the deadline for underclassmen to enter the draft.
The 6-foot-8, 225-pound McDer-mott said he can use another year of college to prepare physically and mentally for pro ball.
He was the second-leading scorer in Division I last season, av-eraging 23.2 points. He led the Blue-jays to a sweep of the Missouri Val-ley regular-season and tournament titles in their last year in the confer-ence. They’ll move to the Big East next season.
Why did he pass up possible first-round money?
“Just being a college kid another year and playing with my best friends and joining the Big East,” he said. “It couldn’t get much better. I went with my heart, my gut. When-ever I’ve done that in the past, it’s al-ways worked out. I’m confident this is the best decision.”
McDermott set single-season school records with 834 points and 49-percent shooting from 3-point range, and he became the program’s
leading scorer with 2,216 points in three seasons.
McDermott’s last game in Omaha was a memorable one. He made 15 of 18 shots while scoring a season-high 41 points in a regular season title-clinching victory over a Wich-ita State team that went on to the Final Four.
Late in the game fans in the sell-out crowd of 18,613 at the Centu-ryLink Center implored McDer-mott to return for his senior season, chanting “One more year! One more year!”
On that day, McDermott said, it looked as if he probably would go pro.
“That would have been a crazy way to go out at the CenturyLink,” he said.
But after having time to think about his future, he said, he knew it would be best to return to school.
“It finally hit me,” he said. “I couldn’t be more excited.”
and many teams will be rebuilding.
While the Mountaineers aren’t expected to compete in a BCS bowl game in 2013, anything is possible when the entire conference is start-ing fresh.
Isaiah Bruce had 94 tack-les as a true freshman last season and will look to be one of the best linebackers in the conference next year.
Jordan Thompson had three touchdowns in last weekend’s spring game, while transfer Kevin White complied 72 yards on five catches. Thompson had 13 catches as a freshman last year.
Wide receiver Dante Campbell, who played with Austin and Bailey for two seasons, will certainly see an increased workload in the fall.
The Mountaineer de-fense, which ranked No. 119 (second-to-last in the FBS) in pass defense last season, welcomes in new defensive coordinator Keith Patter-son after Joe DeForest was demoted.
While the Mountain-eers have endured several changes during the last few months, Holgorsen and his staff will surely find a way to make the pieces fit together.
When Holgorsen was the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech in 2007, the Red Raiders led the nation in passing and finished sec-
ond in total offensive yards per game.
At Houston, Holgorsen’s offense was third best in the country, while quarterback Case Keenum led the nation in total offense per game in 2008-09.
In Holgorsen’s first season at Oklahoma State, the Cow-boys led the country in total offense, ranked No. 2 in pass-ing offense and No. 3 in scor-ing offense. Prior to his hir-ing, their offense ranked No. 61 nationally in total offense.
So, regardless of who takes the field for the Mountain-eers in 2013, expect Holgors-en’s team to score points.
The fact is, college athlet-ics are very cyclic. A team may dominate college foot-ball one year and struggle the next. It’s just a matter of de-veloping recruits and build-ing off young potential.
Just look at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Sure, they lost in the national champion-ship in January, but they went a perfect 12-0 in the regular season, compared to 2011 where they finished just 8-5.
Mountaineer fans will certainly miss the prolific of-fense they saw a year ago, but there’s still plenty of reason for excitement and enthusi-asm – not just for 2013, but for years to come.
While several questions remain heading into the off-season, one thing is for sure: Dana Holgorsen and his staff will have this Mountaineer team ready for an unpredict-able season in the Big 12.
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West Virginia returns to Big 12 play vs. Kansas
By Connor MurraySportS Writer
Coming off a 7-6 vic-tory that improved its re-cord to 24-18 Wednesday night, the West Virginia baseball team will resume Big 12 play this weekend as it takes on the Kansas Jay-hawks at Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley, W.Va.
The Jayhawks come into this weekend’s series with a record of 25-15 overall and 9-6 in the Big 12 and sit in second place in the conference standings.
After winning 15 of their last 20 games, the Moun-taineers have solidified
their place in the middle of the pack in the confer-ence as they enter the se-ries in sixth place with a 6-6 record against Big 12 opponents.
Sophomore pitcher Har-rison Musgrave has played a big role in setting the tone for the Big 12 series that the Mountaineers have played this year. The left-hander is 3-0 with an earned run average of 1.27 in his four conference starts.
“We’ve been playing good on Fridays; we feel good about (having) Har-rison Musgrave on the mound,” said WVU head coach Randy Mazey. “If
you win on Friday, you’re assuring yourself of not being swept, (and) I think that’s been important to us.”
Mazey and the WVU coaching staff have worked with Musgrave through-out the season to improve his approach as oppos-ing teams begin to gain a scouting report on his strengths and weaknesses.
“From a pitching stand-point, we made an adjust-ment on his change-up. He changed from a two-seam grip on the change-up to a four-seam grip and is really trying to throw his break-ing ball a lot harder than
he has in the past,” Mazey said.
With a 6-1 record overall and an ERA of 2.70, Mus-grave has made the most of these adjustments and been a force on the mound this year.
“Everything we’ve asked for the guy to do, he’s done,” Mazey said. “I think the results of that are start-ing to show.”
Kansas is not without its own pitching ace; senior Thomas Taylor is 4-0 with an ERA of 2.47 coming in to the series. Although Taylor has done well this season, the Mountaineers have done some of their best hit-
ting against the top arms in the Big 12 this year.
“We’ve happened to have success against other teams No. 1 pitchers,” Mazey said. “The better the arm that gets thrown at us, the better approach we have at the plate.”
WVU has been winning despite committing 63 er-rors – the most in the Big 12. The team committed six Wednesday night and still escaped with a victory.
“If you make six er-rors and still win a game, you’ve obviously done a lot of things well. We’ve man-aged to overcome it, which is a sign of a pretty good
team,” Mazey said.Against an opponent
like Kansas, the Mountain-eers will have to cut down on defensive mistakes if they want to keep their hot streak going.
“They (Kansas) may ac-tually be the best team in the Big 12 this year,” Mazey said. “They’re having a great year, and we’re going to have our hands full with them for three-straight days for sure.”
Friday night’s marquee pitching match-up be-tween Musgrave and Taylor is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Katie Flowers/the daily athenaeumMembers of the West Virginia baseball team meet on the mound during a game against Marshall at Hawley Field earlier this season. The Mountaineers will play three games against Kansas this weekend in Beckley, W.Va.
By Meghan CarrSportS Writer
The West Virginia wom-en’s soccer team will play its final exhibition game of the short spring with a home match against Kent State Saturday.
The Mountaineers are now 2-2-1 and hope to finish the season with a win against the Kent State Golden Flashes.
Before the game, the Mountaineers will host Super Soccer Saturday, a free soccer clinic for chil-dren ages 5-15. The 60 min-ute clinic will feature give-aways, food and a chance to learn from the team that won the school’s first Big 12 title and made its 13th con-secutive appearance in the NCAA tournament – the na-tion’s ninth-longest streak.
Both parents and play-ers are invited to join the Mountaineers at Dreams-work field at noon.
WVU opened the spring season against Duquesne, defeating the Dukes 3-0.
Freshman Carly Black made her return after injuring her ACL in the 2012 preseason, and junior forward Fran-ces Silva netted two goals, while sophomore forward Kate Schwindel scored in the 35th minute to lead the Mountaineers to a 3-0 victory.
The Mountaineers split a pair of 45-minute away matches against Pittsburgh and Ohio State. WVU beat the Panthers 1-0 with a goal by freshman midfielder Amanda Hill, but lost 1-0 against the Buckeyes.
Returning for a home match April 14 against St. Francis, the Mountaineers lost 2-1. WVU had 14 corner kicks but could not capital-ize on any of those chances. Schwindel gave the Moun-taineers their only goal of the game eight minutes into the second half.
Last Saturday, the Moun-taineers played to a 2-2 draw against Maryland.
Head Coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said she’s proud of the improvement she has
seen from this team during the short spring season.
“I’ve seen some really good things this spring, and I think we’ve built on things from the fall,” she said.
“I’m ready to start build-ing this 2013 team.”
Kent State also had a historic 2012 season; the Golden Flashes set or tied seven team records – in-cluding wins (13), winning percentage (.700), goals (40) and assists (44).
Kent State – who opened their season against Ohio State, losing 1-0 against the Buckeyes – will also be wrapping up its spring sea-son Saturday.
The Golden Flashes have remained undefeated, col-lecting three shutouts against Duquesne (1-0), Walsh (4-0) and Youngstown State (1-0) since their sea-son opener.
Admission to the game is free to the public and WVU students. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Dick Dlesk stadium.
WVu set for final spring match
patricK gorrell/the daily athenaeumWest Virginia head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown paces the sidelines during a game against Miami at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium last season.
