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ARC offers free tutoring, academic toolsby Alexis RAndolph
correspondent
Time and money are of the essence for students at West Virginia University. Luckily, the Academic Resource Cen-ters offer free tutoring to stu-dents throughout the week.
The centers also act as a convenience for students who need to track study lab hours for certain courses.
Students lined up to give their information to several workers at the centers Mon-
day for the opening of the fall semester ARC.
According to its web-site, the goal of the ARC is to provide qualified peer tu-tors, the ability to adapt to various learning styles and professional development opportunities.
“It is really rewarding be-cause we help so many stu-dents,” said Courtney Teets, the coordinator for ARC.
She also spoke about the effect tutoring can have on a student’s academic
performance.“With five or more vis-
its, student grades tend to be a letter grade above their peers,” Teets said.
Teets said it is important for student to build a good relationship with their tutor because it reinforces the stu-dent’s success.
Hui Liu, an international math graduate student, started tutoring with the ARC her sophomore year at WVU.
Liu said she has enjoyed the experience as it also ben-
efits her as a tutor. “International students
don’t have much time to in-teract with native speakers,” Liu said.
Tutoring WVU students gives her a chance to prac-tice the English language in a conversational way.
In addition to practic-ing the English language, tutoring also gives Liu the opportunity to review for her own classes. She is
Thirty-one gives gift of community
to Ronald Mcdonald house
by evelyn MeRiThewstaff writer
Giving back to the com-munity can be done through selling tote bags, home goods and more. Thirty-One Gifts is a company whose mission is to strengthen communi-ties and families by empow-ering women. The company recently celebrated its one-year anniversary of Thirty-One Gives.
Representatives of Thirty-One will offer their support and services at the Mor-gantown Ronald McDon-ald House on Sept. 4 and 28 as part of a nonprofit partnership.
“Thirty-One Gifts offers opportunities for ladies to make money on their own schedule selling different products like purses, home goods, etc.,” said Erin Sell-ers, Morgantown director of Thirty-One Gifts. “Our ‘Gives’ foundation is a way for our workers to give back by sup-porting three key things: women, girls and families.”
Created in 2012, Thirty-One Gives is a foundation designed to focus on giving back and paying it forward.
Thirty-One is partnered with several nonprofit orga-nizations nationwide and of-fers support in a number of ways including product do-nations, consultant giving and the Thirty-One Gives fund.
The fund is a round-up program that customers can take part in by rounding their purchase up to the next dol-lar, with the proceeds going to the foundation.
“Thirty-One’s partnership with the Ronald McDonald House is going to include a monetary donation of about $150,000 from our collection sales,” Sellers said. “We are going to be donating 150,000 welcome bags with 31 neces-sities and products in them.”
In addition to contributing
monetary donations, Sellers said she and her team will be dedicating time to the Mor-gantown branch by making dinners and cleaning for the families staying there.
To Sellers, helping this nonprofit hits home.
“I stayed at a place simi-lar to the Ronald McDonald House when my dad passed away, and it was a very dif-ficult time,” she said. “If it wasn’t for the quiet, sweet support and amenities pro-vided to me, I don’t know what I would have done.”
Thirty-One Gifts has about 140,000 consultants across the United States and has promoted uplifting programs since it began 10 years ago.
One of the unique oppor-tunities it offers is Girl Talk, through which Thirty-One members speak with stu-dents in local elementary, middle and high schools.
“Thirty-One is about hav-ing a sense of community and connecting not just with each other but with philan-thropic opportunities within our communities,” Sellers said.
Sellers said her favorite part of the company is that it stands by its mission. Sell-ers came across Thirty-One when a niece of hers passed away at a young age, and the company helped her raise funds to help her sister pay for the expenses.
“My senior director facil-itated all of the money and gave me her commission to help pay the expenses,” she said. “This isn’t just a com-pany. All of us are very com-munity-based, and we care about each other. I fell in love with the company.”
To get involved with Thirty-One Gifts or Thirty-One Gives, email Erin Sellers at [email protected] or visit mythirtyone.com/esellers.
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‘Just be a kid’: WVU student founds Pediatric Entertainment Programby hilARy kinney
correspondent
After a summer session at Johns Hopkins Univer-sity, Lindsey Fitzwater, a West Virginia Univer-sity sophomore, learned much more than the pedi-atric oncology knowledge she went there for.
She left with a changed life that is now changing the lives of hundreds of children around the world.
Last summer, Fitzwater founded the Pediatrics En-tertainment Program.
The program is based
on the idea that children in hospitals require and deserve time to “just be a kid,” instead of learning about recovery processes and how to cope while in the hospital.
The mission statement is “to help kids forget their illnesses by engaging them in games and activities specially designed for all types of mobility.”
The idea of the program came to Fitzwater while at JHU, when she met a 7-year-old boy struggling with cancer.
Fitzwater said she no-
ticed the boy paid little at-tention to the television in his room, nor did he re-spond well to the doctors.
She asked the doctor what types of entertain-ment were available to the children; he took her to one of the activity centers, which was fully stocked with toys and games.
“But they were empty,” Fitzwater said. “There were no kids. They were so psychologically depressed that they didn’t want to come out of their rooms to play or do anything, which hindered their treatment.”
Fitzwater’s idea for PEP was unique from the types of support hospitals currently offer to child patients.
“I saw the need for an activity program that is different from child life specialists,” she said. “It doesn’t focus on coping, it doesn’t focus on work-ing through your illness. It just works on being a kid.”
Fitzwater began by sending materials to friends in Texas and China to let them get off the ground. She then went on to start three chapters here
in West Virginia.One location is in Mor-
gantown, another at Ca-bell Huntington Hospital and one at the Charleston Area Medical Center.
The Pediatrics Enter-tainment Program now has 20 locations worldwide.
This past July, Amway, an American direct-sell-ing company, recognized Fitzwater as a finalist in the Amway “Who Cares” youth leadership chal-lenge. There, she was awarded $10,000 for the nonprofit organization.
The Pediatrics En-
tertainment Program is funded by sponsors, do-nors and various other awards, as the hospitals and families are not ex-pected or obligated to pay any amount for the pro-gram’s services.
Because the program is now located in Morgan-town, any WVU student who wants to become in-volved in this thriving program is encouraged to submit an applica-tion. Volunteers will help prepare materials for visits
Cory Dobson/tHe DAIly AtHenAeumAllison Cole, a graduate occupational and environmental sciences student, tutors chemistry in the Downtown Library.
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WytHe WooDs/tHe DAIly AtHenAeumAthletic Director Oliver Luck introduces WVU women’s soccer assistant coach Marisa Kanela to discuss the team’s upcoming games.
WytHe WooDs/tHe DAIly AtHenAeumWVU students filled Hatfield’s to hear WVU coaches discuss their upcom-ing schedules for the season.
Maniacs host first open meeting of the season with Luck, coaches
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The Mountaineer Maniacs kicked off the athletic year with their first assembly in the Mountainlair Monday.
The Maniacs welcomed West Virginia Uni-versity Athletic Director Oliver Luck to the meeting as he shared pointers on how to make the most of this year’s sporting events.
“There is nothing as much fun as going to sporting events with your friends when you’re in college,” Luck said.
Luck also stressed the importance of continuing a tradition of good sportsmanship toward fans of rival schools during events.
When the University moved from the Big East
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to the hospitals, as well as visit patients for an hour at a time on numerous oc-casions throughout the year.
Applications and hand-books can be found at www.pepintl.org. Ap-plications may be sub-mitted via email and must be received by Wednesday.
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Migrants tell of ordeal in train crash; 6 dead
APWorkers and police stand next to a cargo train known as “the Beast,” after it derailed near the town of Huimanguillo, southern Mexico, Sunday.
CHONTaLPa, Mexico (aP) — Hundreds of Central Americans riding atop a cargo train in hopes of get-ting to the U.S. were being threatened and extorted by armed men before the train derailed and killed at least six, survivors told The As-sociated Press on Monday.
Many who had sneaked onto the train known as “The Beast” were thrown loose when eight of its 12 cars derailed as it hauled tons of metal junk through a remote, swampy stretch of southern Mexico, wit-nesses said. At least some of the dead were trapped be-cause they had tied them-selves on to avoid slipping as they rode between cars.
Witness accounts offered a close-up look at the hor-
rifying conditions faced by the tens of thousands of Central Americans who cross Mexico in increasing numbers in hopes of find-ing work in the U.S., even as Mexican migration slows. Gangs of armed men prowl the train line, robbing, kid-napping, extorting and rap-ing those trying to cross Mexico.
Hundreds squeeze to-gether atop the train’s cars. Others ride between cars for lack of space, or to ob-tain shelter from wind and rain.
“Those are the ones who died,” Jose Hector Alfonso Pacheco, a 48-year-old Honduran, said in a shel-ter where Mexican author-ities housed dozens of the estimated 250 migrants who
were riding on the train.Workers were still remov-
ing tons of wrecked railcars and junk with heavy equip-ment Monday but had found no additional vic-tims by late in the day. At least five migrants suffered grave injuries, and dozens had less serious injuries.
Mexican authorities said the accident victims can stay in Mexico legally for a year and apply for citizen-ship if they want.
The dead migrants were between 19 and 58 years old. In an indication of why the toll wasn’t higher, authorities said the train was moving only at about 2 miles an hour when it derailed.
Survivors described themselves as having been
kidnapped by armed men who were taking them to meet with their chief in the nearby city of Coatzacoal-cos, presumably to arrange payments that would allow them to get across Mexico and into the U.S.
Agustin Sorto Ayala, a 22-year-old Honduran, said he saw seven men get on the last car near the town of Chontalpa and move from car to car with flashlights and pistols, telling the mi-grants that “we had to pay for a ‘guide,’ we had to pay ‘rent,’ and if we didn’t they wouldn’t let us get off the train.”
“They had us kidnapped, and when the train derailed, that’s how we got loose,” he said.
Mexican officials said
they were investigating the cause of the crash. State au-thorities pointed to heavy rains softening the ground beneath the tracks as well as the possible pilfering of metal spikes and rail con-nectors from the tracks.
Duglas Javier Valdes Venegas, a 35-year-old mi-grant from Honduras, was trapped under a train car for five hours along with a cousin, who died at a hospital.
Valdes Venegas said from a hospital bed where he was being treated for broken bones that he was singing to his cousin so they wouldn’t fall asleep when the acci-dent happened.
“When we didn’t have any songs left, the accident happened,” Valdes Venegas
said.The U.N. High Commis-
sioner for Human Rights said the accident was a re-minder of the dire condi-tions faced by migrants on the train.
Honduran and Guate-malan diplomats traveled to the area to help identify victims and make sure the injured were getting needed medical attention, the na-tions’ foreign officials said.
Honduran President Por-firio Lobo offered his con-dolences to the families of Hondurans who died in the accident through his Twit-ter account.
“I’m sorry about what happened in Mexico,” Lobo wrote. “Several Hon-durans died in that train derailment.”
currently taking calculus four, so helping students study for calculus one forces her to stay on top of things.
Although tutoring is helpful to WVU students, many students are now us-ing the centers to complete required study hours for certain University courses.
“I think the whole idea behind the required lab hours is to get students into the routine of study-ing,” said Trey Duckworth,
a freshman computer en-gineering and biometrics student.
Duckworth said the cen-ter is convenient and easy to find.
“It is simple. You give whoever is at the com-puter your name and stu-
dent number and tell them if you are here for tutoring, lab hours or whatever you are there for,” Duckworth said.
The ARC is located at both the Downtown Li-brary and Brooke Tower on Evansdale.
The hours for tutoring are 6-10 p.m. and the services are free. The ARC also offers tu-toring at WVUp All Night by appointment and Mondays from 5-7 p.m. in Fieldcrest Hall.
Students can be tutored in subjects such as math, biology, chemistry, physics and general engineering, as well as other subjects upon request.
To contact the center, email [email protected] or call 304-293-5811.
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to the Big 12 last year, the Maniacs saw an opportunity for the fan base to promote a friendly attitude.
“Over the years, our fan base had developed a rep-utation of being a rough (one),” he said. “We de-cided this is a perfect time to make a positive first impression.”
Fans are sti l l ex-pected to cheer with enthusiasm on game days.
“This doesn’t mean you sit in the stands like you’re at an opera,” Luck said.
Maniac Executive Di-rector Chris Northrup shared some aspects of the Maniacs rewards program, such as pride points.
For every men’s and women’s soccer and
volleyball game attended, members of the Mani-acs will be awarded one point. The top 30 Mani-acs at the end of the fall season will be awarded early entry to basketball games as well as front row seating.
“These awards are a great incentive to raise at-tendance,” Northrup said.
Members of the Mani-acs receive several ben-efits in addition to pri-ority tickets to athletic events. Members receive a 20 percent discount on Mountaineer merchan-dise at the WVU Book Ex-change as well as a 50 per-cent discount on RubberU wristbands.
Head volleyball coach Jill Kramer and head men’s soccer coach Marlon Leb-lanc spoke at the event, as well.
Leblanc recognized the dramatic effect fan energy has on games and urged high attendance for the
2013 season. “The intimacy of
our environment is ver y cool ,” L eblanc said.
Kramer pointed out that Maniacs have a chance to affect team showmanship.
If attendance at vol-leyball games hits 500 students, Kramer prom-ised to don buckskins against the University of Toledo.
One of the main goals of the Maniacs is to raise at-tendance for all University sporting events, not just games that attract the most attention.
Maniacs have an oppor-tunity to proudly represent WVU while kicking back and having fun at the same time.
For more information about the Mountaineer Maniacs, visit http://ma-niacs.wvu.edu.
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WytHe WooDs/tHe DAIly AtHenAeumAthletic Director Oliver Luck speaks to Mountaineer Maniac members about this year’s upcoming schedules
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MTV Video Music Awards: shocking, raunchy and strangely enjoyable‘N SyNc reuNiteS
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When the MTV Video Music Awards kicked off Sunday night, it was obvi-ous the show would be full of surprises.
Lady Gaga opened the show with a performance of her new song “Applause” in a shell thong bikini, expos-ing her bare butt and shock-ing those in attendance but providing a performance many enjoyed, according to Twitter.
One Direction appeared on stage next to present the award for best pop video to Selena Gomez for her recent release “Come and Get It.”
Next, Miley Cyrus ap-peared on stage for her performance of “We Can’t Stop” among life-size teddy bears, wearing a teddy bear bodysuit and pigtailed knots on her head. Needless to say, this was a performance many found strange yet entertaining.
Robin Thicke appeared on stage alongside Cyrus
as she stripped off her out-fit to reveal a nude bikini. She and Thicke then began a duet of “Blurred Lines” be-fore 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar joined them on stage. Cyrus completed her per-formance with suggestive dance moves, which came as no surprise with her re-cent lifestyle change.
Iggy Azalea and Lil’ Kim presented best hip-hop video to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for “Can’t Hold Us,” which was particularly exciting for West Virginia University students as the duo made a recent trip to perform at FallFest 2013.
Kevin Hart’s commentary on the opening of the VMA’s was hilarious, as he contin-ued to try and convince the audience he was not hosting the awards this year.
“Miley better go get a damn pregnancy test after doing all that grinding,” Hart said.
Kanye West performed one of his newest songs from Yeezus, “Blood On The Leaves,” with a nature-like background in the dark, sim-ply featuring his silhouette.
Daft Punk presented best female video to Taylor Swift for “Trouble,” beating out Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” and Rihanna’s “Stay.”
Ed Sheeran presented best video with social mes-sage to “Same Love” by Macklemore, awarded for its message promoting same-sex marriage.
“I really wanted to win best hip-hop video, but this moment means a lot more,” Macklemore said. “To watch this song in the last year spread across the world is a testament to what is hap-pening right now in America on the forefront of equality. Gay rights are human rights. There is no separation.”
Next, Justin Timberlake took the stage to perform for a total of about 20 min-utes. Timberlake made his first solo appearance at the 2002 VMAs, which were also hosted by Jimmy Fal-lon. Nearly 11 years later, he performed “Take Back The Night,” “Sexyback,” “Like I Love You,” “My Love,” “Cry Me A River,” “Senorita” and “Rock Your Body.” His dance moves were incredible, as
many may have forgotten over the years.
As the music slowed and the lights went down, the anticipated ‘N Sync re-union seemed inevitable. Although a short reunion, Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpat-rick joined Timberlake on stage to sing “Girlfriend” and “Bye, Bye, Bye,” dance moves in toe.
After the group finished, Timberlake performed “Suit & Tie” and “Mirrors,” to which the entire audi-ence sang along. Twitter re-actions, as well as the crowd reaction, proved this was without a doubt the best performance of the evening.
Fallon then presented Timberlake with the Mi-chael Jackson Video Van-guard Award.
“Every video director that I had the fortune of work-ing with, I owe this award to you – my manager, my folks, but most of all, half of the Moonmen I’ve ever won, I won with those four guys right there. So above all else, I’m going to share this award with them,” Tim-
berlake said. “This is truly an honor. Thank you so much.”
Best song of the summer was presented to “Best Song Ever” by One Direction be-fore Jason Collins and A$AP Rocky introduced Mackl-emore & Ryan Lewis’s per-formance of “Same Love.”
“The only way things change is when you stand up for what you believe in,” Collins said.
Mary Lambert, the fe-male featured in the song, and Jennifer Hudson per-formed alongside the duo. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ performance was incredibly well-received, as it received the award for best video with a social message earlier in the show.
Austin Mahone received the award for best new art-ist, though many believe he is the “next Justin Bieber.”
T-Boz and Chilli of TLC then introduced Drake to perform “Hold On, We’re Going Home” before break-ing into “Started From The Bottom.”
Taylor Swift presented Bruno Mars with the award for best male video for
“Locked Out of Heaven,” beating out Justin Tim-berlake, Robin Thicke and Macklemore.
Mars went on to perform his newest song “Gorilla,” which has a slower tempo in parts, showcasing his out-standing vocals.
The video of the year award, which is perhaps the most esteemed award given on the show, was pre-sented to Justin Timberlake for “Mirrors.”
“This is a really special video for me because it’s a tribute to my grandparents,” Timberlake said. “My grand-father actually passed away in December, and I hope my grandmother’s watch-ing right now. This is for you, Granny.”
Katy Perry performed her newest song “Roar” outside beside the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time ever to end the show. Dressed in boxing attire inside a boxing ring, Perry sang, “I am a cham-pion, and you’re gonna hear me roar,” providing the new-est anthem.
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It may be too late to drop classes, but it’s not too late to succeed.
The WVU Academic Re-source Centers provide assistance for almost ev-ery challenge students may face this semester. Whether it’s your first eco-nomics class, a frustrating biology class you can’t fig-ure out or a major require-ment that seems impossi-ble to pass, the ARC will come to the rescue.
The Resource Centers are a place where students can receive walk-in tutor-ing for almost any subject including math, biology, physics, statistics and lan-guage courses.
The Resource Centers are offered in the Down-town Library, Brooke Tower and Fieldcrest Hall; there’s even a room dur-ing WVUp All Night de-voted to personalized tutoring.
The Office of Student Success & Retention Pro-grams also offers many other resources, as well.
The office has coaches who work closely with stu-dents to help them learn important skills such as
time management, note taking, close reading and study tactics. These coaches will provide a personalized path to help each individual student with their academic goals and situations. They can be contacted at any point during the semester for any situation that may arise.
There is also a SORTS (Students on the Road to Success) workshop series. The group seminars in-tend to provide tips about academic success. Top-ics range from classroom success, finals prep, test-taking skills and mid-se-mester crunch. The sem-inars include interactive presentations and give-aways that aid in student success.
Another great resource is the Ask Regan feature, which can be found both on the Retention web-site and the MIX homep-age. Students can ask “Re-gan” a question regarding WVU when she is online and email her when she is offline. Questions can be sent on AIM to the screen name AskRegan or on
Twitter to @AskRegan.Students can view all
the academic resources offered at http://reten-tion.wvu.edu/.
Sometimes it may be easier to just drop the class, but that may come back to cause students problems later on. Drop-ping too many classes can result in action from the University. If you feel your problems lie with the professor – i.e. he or she is unfairly singling you out – you can always contact the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
However, most profes-sors at WVU want you to do well. The whole point of going to college is to attain a quality education that will allow you to de-velop skills that will be useful in your career and other endeavors. There’s absolutely no stigma about seeking help if you feel overwhelmed, espe-cially in your schoolwork.
The secret to learning is to never let that one tricky course derail your four years of education.
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Macklemore’s “Same Love” retained its position in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 20 this week. His poi-gnant song promoting mar-riage equality has topped the charts all summer.
The song was penned and released in 2012 for the ex-plicit purpose of helping the Washington Marriage Equality movement. In a somewhat surprising and invigorating turn of events, Washington went on to win equal marriage rights.
“Same Love” has defied all expectations, rising to a peak of No. 11 on the Bill-board charts. The song is be-ing played everywhere from parties to car radios and now on MTV’s Video Music Awards.
“Same Love” challenges the right-wing conserva-tives who think it’s a deci-sion to be gay, and it doesn’t hesitate to slam those peo-ple for “playing God” by trying to turn gay people straight. It tasks America for her failure to learn from her past mistakes in deny-ing human rights, then of-fers up a solution with mar-riage equality: “a certificate on paper isn’t gonna solve it all / But it’s a damn good place to start.”
The song is not original in
its call for equal rights. Fifty years ago this week, a man named Martin Luther King, Jr gave his most famous ora-tory “I Have a Dream.”
MLK declared, “Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s chil-dren,” as he called America to peacefully demand rights for all of her citizens and to end racial discrimination.
In the same way that MLK dreamed that “my four lit-tle children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their char-acter,” Macklemore dreams that one day “my uncles can be united by law,” and there will be no more “kids … walking ‘round the hall-way plagued by pain in their heart / A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are.”
MLK’s honest and beau-tiful vision of fairness pro-pelled the Civil Rights Movement to the place we are today – a country that is far from perfect, but one where people of all races can vote and intermarry, and one that has twice elected an African-Ameri-can president.
The message of equal-ity and love resonates with our generation – a genera-tion that has grown up hav-ing friends of every race, religion and sexual orienta-tion. We know that love is
love, and discrimination is discrimination.
Macklemore challenges us in “Same Love,” just as MLK challenged America 50 years ago. He challenges us to not just listen to the song and admire its aesthetics. He implores us to not smile and applaud his musical prowess as we go about our usual day. He asks us to do something about it. He chal-lenges us to look deep in-side ourselves, uncover our own bigotry and tear it out.
“No law is gonna change us / We have to change us / Whatever God you believe in / We come from the same one / Strip away the fear / Underneath it’s all the same love / About time that we raised up.”
When you hear someone use the word “gay” in a de-rogatory way, call them out. When you see someone be-ing bullied for his sexual orientation, take a stand. As MLK once said, “In the end, we will remember not the
words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
In West Virginia, not only is there no marriage equal-ity but it is actually legal to fire someone from his or her job simply because he or she is gay. This level of inequality is unacceptable. Write your representatives. Donate a few bucks to Free-dom to Marry. Wear a “No H8” shirt to go shopping. There are many easy ways to be a straight ally. You could even write a song.
In the words of MLK, “When we allow freedom to ring… from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’”
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gent. You will want to initiate a seri-ous discussion, but the playfulness around you might create a somewhat chaotic atmosphere. Try another time for an important talk. Tonight: Throw yourself into the moment.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH Use the morning for anything ma-jor you must do. You will feel more empowered than you have in a long time. By midafternoon, you could en-counter a hassle that emerges either at work or within your personal life. Walk away, if need be. Tonight: Start or finish a project at home.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH If you feel like moving slowly, you have the right idea. In fact, it won’t be until midafternoon that you will feel back up to snuff. Initiate a long-overdue conversation with a loved one only when you feel energized
and creative. Tonight: Return calls, then decide.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Focus your attention on others, on an important business meeting and/or on an opportunity to head in a new direction. You might be diffi-cult to stop once you start moving. A midafternoon break from the daily grind will allow you to do some think-ing. Tonight: Make it early.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You tend to take on more than your fair share of work and responsibility. The good news is that you know when to kick back and start enjoying your-self. Understand that others are not as spontaneous as you are. Let them follow their own paths. Tonight: Where the action is.
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Look at the big picture, and consider your options. If there is a situation that is stopping you, look at the rea-son why, and see if it is really worth holding on to. No matter what your decision is, you will need to take the lead. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You might want to look past the ob-vious with a partner. Try to root out the real cause of this person’s inter-personal issue. Know that the situa-tion is resolvable, though you might have to break precedent to find a so-lution. Tonight: Listen to a great piece of music.
SCORPIO (OC T. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH You might not be com-fortable with everything that others are saying. Don’t automatically deny what you hear, as you will get confir-mation to the validity of at least part
of the message. Tonight: State your feelings in an appropriate discussion with a partner.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Continue with your focus on work. Little will be able to dis-tract you until midday. Whether you call it networking or socializing, you will become more people-oriented. Hopefully you can learn how to really enjoy yourself. Tonight: Reach out to a friend at a distance.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Review a recent decision before approaching a loved one. A change of mind is not out of the question. You have greater impact than you realize. Approach others with care. You will need to do your share of integrating different opin-ions. Tonight: Relax – you need to unwind.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH If you are able to, try to work from home ... at least through the morning hours. A key situation will encourage you to deal with it first. Once that has been handled, your rambunctious nature might emerge. Tonight: No one can deny that you are a “people person.”
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Brief calls could turn into lengthy conversations. You might feel as if your whole schedule is being taken over! Resist feeling pressured. Look at the value of these conversations. Im-portant solidifying of different bonds will occur. Tonight: Head home. Face it – you are tired.
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Do you have what it takes to be the next Moun-taineer Idol?
If you love to sing, have fun and perform in front of a supportive audience, then this is the perfect competition for you. But don’t wait too much longer – registration ends today.
Mountaineer Idol, held annually at West Virginia University, is the per-fect opportunity for stu-dents to engage in friendly competition and show-case their talent. If this wasn’t already motivation enough for students, the grand prize of the com-petition – apart from the title of Mountaineer Idol – is $1,000.
Sonja Wilson, the ad-viser for Mountaineer Idol, is excited for this year, which marks the 10th anniversary.
“I never had any idea that it would last this long on our campus and be so popular. We really thought, 10 years ago, that we were planning a one-time talent show,” Wil-son said. “We have many Mountaineer Idol contes-
tants returning this year for the competition.
“They have made last-ing friendships through this program and really encourage each other to audition and do well for each Elimination Round. To me, that says a lot about our WVU students and our Mountaineer Idol Program.”
For those still consider-ing or are unsure of how Mountaineer Idol works, here’s a brief explanation of the process: the prelim-inary competition is held Wednesday. Eligible con-testants (those who have previously registered and fit the criteria), will get one chance – and one chance only – to sing and impress a panel of judges. For the audition, you must sing a cappella, without mu-sic, for a brief 30 second period.
After the judges make their decision, the top 15 performers will be noti-fied Wednesday evening through email.
Last year’s winner, Paris Winfrey, said he can still remember every moment of the final round as if it was yesterday.
“When they called my name it was such a one-
of-a-kind feeling,” Win-frey said. “I have to say, if it wasn’t for my friends and family, I wouldn’t have made it, and I was so happy that I could make them proud. It was such a huge blessing.”
If you are still inter-ested in auditioning for Mountaineer Idol, there is a mandatory meeting tonight at 5 p.m. at Hatfields (located in the Mountainlair) for students to register and receive more information. You must provide your WVU Student ID at the time of registration.
The preliminary com-petition will begin the next day.
E-mail [email protected] to sign up and receive more information.
“I think Idol presents a very unique opportunity for students to showcase their abilities in a com-petition that challenges everyone to perform to the best of their ability,” Winfrey said. “If you love singing or performing then Idol is the perfect chance to have your voice heard.”
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Hometown Throwdown promotes local music scene at 123
hUNteR hoMiSteK/the DAilY AtheNAeUMDisillusion Effect vocalist Chris Rabideau thanks the crowd during a performance at 123 Pleasant Street.
BY HUNTer HOmISTeKA&E WRItER
Local music hot spot 123 Pleasant Street annihilated attendees Sunday evening with a crushing lineup of the area’s finest metal acts.
Dubbed the Hometown Throwdown, the event fea-tured The Overman, Let the River Swell, The Ad-ventures of Bear Grylls, Life Worth Sacrifice and local favorites Disillusion Effect in the headlining slot.
From start to finish, these groups delivered a blistering sonic assault that perfectly character-ized the metal sound and spirit.
“It feels really good to be back in Morgantown,” said Disillusion Effect vocalist Chris Rabideau. “We’ve been away for a little while now, playing other shows, and we just wanted to let everyone know that we’re still here, and we’re still going to bring it for them.”
Energy flooded the stage-side dance floor for the show’s duration, as ea-ger metalheads engaged in a moshing frenzy fueled by double-bass punch,
chugging riffs and ripping screams.
“I loved this crowd; they were so receptive, and they just showed a ton a love,” said Let the River Swell frontman Devin Kieta.
T h i s p e r f o r m a n c e marked Let the River Swell’s first experience at 123, and the vocalist said he was taken aback by the support he and his band-mates received.
“Without a doubt, I’d love to come back here soon,” Kieta said. “The whole city is just beautiful, and we love being here. This show was definitely one to remember.”
The Hometown Throw-down also afforded The Adventures of Bear Grylls vocalist/bassist Tyler Der-mitt the chance to fulfill a long-standing goal he set as a freshman at the Uni-versity: to play at 123.
“I’ve wanted to play here since I’ve been in Morgan-town, and it feels so good to finally get out and do it,” Dermitt said. “We were definitely feeling the love and the energy from the crowd.
“We had to heat things up for the monsters ahead
of us.” The monsters described
by Dermitt were the ag-gressive and relentless four-piece outfit of Disil-lusion Effect.
Led by Rabideau’s gut-tural howl and an ever-present knack for hard-hit-ting rhythms and grooves, Disillusion Effect com-manded the audience’s full attention during their one-hour set, leaving pa-trons woozy from the con-stant barrage of metal excellence.
“Last night was the best show we’ve ever played,” Rabideau said. “It means so much to us to come here and have the sup-port of these guys and all the other bands on the bill. This one really went above and beyond.”
These sentiments were echoed by Life Worth Sac-rifice frontman Ronnie Smith, who said the over-whelmingly positive recep-tion left him soaked with satisfaction and pride in both his and the crowd’s efforts.
“We haven’t felt love like this in a while,” Smith said. “The energy was amazing, the other bands were on
fire, and the pit was explo-sive. Anytime 123 wants us back, we’ll be there.”
Also on the night’s bill was Fairmont, W.Va., youngsters The Overman. Barely old enough to vote, this band ushered forth a brand of technical metal that called to mind mod-ern acts like Veil of Maya and Periphery, leaving the audience basking in a sea of hop-inducing grooves and melodies.
For both the bands and the fans, the Hometown Throwdown delivered ev-erything that draws crowds to the sounds of metal. Be-hind the in-your-face de-livery lays a passion and a sense of brotherhood scarcely seen in other genres, and this show perfectly embodied that essence.
“This is what we love to do, and this is what we live for,” Rabideau said. “To play shows like this ... there’s just no feeling like it. The support, all the fans, our friends – it’s inde-scribable, and we appreci-ate each and every person here so, so much.”
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CAAsports.ComWilliam & Mary wide receiver Tre McBride and the Tribe come to Morgantown to take on the Mountaineers in the season opener Saturday.
Questions remain
following release of
WVU depth The West Virginia Uni-
versity football team re-leased the official depth chart for Saturday’s season opener against William & Mary and a few moves jump off the page for me.
For one, the quarterback position has junior Paul Millard and redshirt junior Clint Trickett listed as the co-starters. With just three days until the 2013 season kicks off, I would be very surprised if head coach Dana Holgorsen and staff don’t know who their start-ing quarterback is.
Obviously, both these quarterbacks have little on-field experience, but they’ve been working out with the team long enough for the coaching staff to know their strengths and weaknesses. It is clear, however, that redshirt freshman Ford Childress has fallen out of the quar-terback race, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he leaves the program.
Millard has the most ex-perience as a Mountain-eer, having appeared in 12 games behind former starter Geno Smith the past two seasons.
Trickett also has experi-ence, compiling 947 yards and seven touchdowns during his two seasons as EJ Manuel’s backup at Flor-ida State.
According to Holgorsen, Millard “knows the of-fense (best)”, and makes better calls at the line of scrimmage.
Houston transfer Charles Sims is listed as the start-ing running back, which should come as no surprise. Sims scored 11 touchdowns last year as a Cougar, and is considered one of the top senior running backs head-ing into the season. With a young receiving core and ongoing uncertainty at quarterback, look for the Mountaineers to hand the ball off to Sims plenty of times this season.
True freshman Wendall Smallwood, junior college transfer Dreamius Smith and junior Dustin Garrison are listed as the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 running backs, respectively.
Junior Andrew Buie isn’t even mentioned on the run-ning back depth chart. In Dustin Garrison’s absence last year, Buie scored seven touchdowns and took the majority of the snaps last season. This move is prob-ably the biggest surprise on the depth chart, because it appeared Buie and Garri-son were the frontrunners for the starting role based on spring practice.
Of the 19 players listed on offense, 14 have no starts as Mountaineers, and 10 have never touched Moun-taineer Field period. Mar-quis Lucas, the blind side blocker, has played one game in his career, with se-nior Pat Eger listed below him.
The starting outside re-ceivers are Ivan McCartney and K.J. Meyers, with ju-nior college transfers Ron-ald Carswell and Kevin White listed as the primary backups.
All in all, there are seven junior college transfers on the depth chart.
Only one inside receiver position is listed, which is occupied by true freshman Daikiel Shorts and redshirt freshman Devonte Mathis. The halfback spot belongs to sophomore Cody Clay, with Garrett Hope backing him up. Holgorsen has sug-gested Clay could be WVU’s best overall player.
On defense, Brandon Golson is the only starter who hasn’t previously played a game for WVU. He’ll start at the BUCK line-backer position.
The front three on the Mountaineers’ defense will
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Upset-minded William & Mary will look to spoil the season opener for WVUBY connor murraYaSSociate SportS editor
Coming off a 2-9 sea-son and a No. 9 finish in the Colonial Athletic As-sociation, the William & Mary Tribe come to Mor-gantown for the season opener Saturday.
With three quarter-backs, seniors Brent Caprio and Michael Gra-ham and junior Raphael Ortiz, all earning three or more starts, the Tribe en-dured inconsistency from its signal callers in 2012.
Ortiz saw the most ac-tion of the three William & Mary quarterbacks, ap-pearing in seven games with five starts and com-pleting 70 of 131 passes for 942 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions.
A dual threat, Ortiz ran for 120 yards and four touchdowns before an in-jury sidelined him for the season’s final three games.
Although Ortiz saw the most time last year, his in-jury will keep him from playing against West Vir-ginia. Michael Graham has been named the starter by head coach Jim-mye Laycock.
“He (Graham) has done very well in preseason and Ortiz is not ready to play. He’s still recovering from that shoulder surgery. Mike (Graham) has some game experience and he certainly has improved as he’s gone through pre-season,” Laycock said.
In stark contrast to the turnover at the quarter-back position, William & Mary is entering its 34th consecutive season under Laycock’s direction.
Junior running back Keith McBride II finished No. 8 in the CAA with 689 rushing yards on 139 carries.
Although he only found the endzone three times, McBride averaged 5.0 yards per carry and could pose a threat to a West Vir-ginia defense that gave up an average of 159.2 yards per game on the ground in the 2012 season.
Despite all of the in-consistency at the quar-terback position, junior wide receiver Tre McBride was a solid target for the Tribe, catching 55 balls for 897 yards and eight touchdowns. McBride was named to the second team All-CAA offense for his breakout year.
On defense, the Tribe will be looking to replace first team All-American cornerback and standout return man B.W. Webb, who became just the 19th player in the school’s his-tory to be chosen in the NFL’s modern draft era (1970-present) when he was taken with the 17th pick in the fourth round by the Dallas Cowboys.
Looking to fill the void will be redshirt sopho-more DeAndre Houston-
Carson. As a freshman in 2012, Houston-Carson started all 11 games at the corner position opposite Webb, registering six pass breakups, 55 tackles and an interception.
The senior leader of the secondary, free safety Jerome Couplin III has a nose for the football. With 91 tackles, four pass breakups, three intercep-tions and two forced fum-bles, Couplin III has es-tablished himself as a top flight safety in the CAA.
West Virginia and Wil-liam & Mary have met 16 times in the schools’ his-tory. The Mountaineers are a combined 15-0-1 in the schools’ meetings.
“We’ve got a major chal-lenge ahead of us this Sat-urday. That’s going to be a major challenge going against West Virginia,” Laycock said. “I know they’ve got a lot of skilled players. Any time you go into an opening ball game you don’t know for sure what you’re going to be facing.”
The Tribe has never beaten WVU in Morgan-town and holds a 0-7 re-cord on the road against the Mountaineers. The two teams have not met since 1972, when WVU came away with a 49-34 victory.
In recent history, Lay-cock and the Tribe have given heavily favored op-ponents a tough time on opening day.
When faced with travel-ing to College Park to face the Maryland Terrapins, a team that gave WVU some trouble in 2012, William & Mary didn’t blink.
The Tribe’s defense held Maryland to 236 yards of total offense and held the Terrapins score-less until midway through the fourth quarter.
After giving up a late touchdown, William & Mary lost 7-6, but gained some experience in a late game situation against a team it had no business competing against.
DonAlD lA VAy/CAAsports.ComIn his 34th season at the helm for William & Mary, head coach Jimmye Laycock will look to lead the Tribe to an upset victory over WVU on opening day.
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Mountaineers to face difficult strength of schedule in 2013by joe Mitchin
sports writer
It has become com-monplace for the men’s soccer team at West Vir-ginia to put together and challenge themselves with one of the toughest schedules in the country. For years that feat came rather easy for the club playing inside the Big East Conference, perhaps the most daunting league in America.
However, as the Moun-taineers get set for their second season in the Mid-American Conference, the team has no choice but to bulk up the non-league
opponents to maintain their high strength of schedule.
The 2013 season will feature five opponents in-side College Soccer’s Pre-season top 30 list. Two of these schools include In-diana, the defending na-tional champions, and Georgetown, last year’s national runner-up. It’ll be the second consecutive season that WVU will take on the defending champs.
Other top opponents WVU has in store for this season include St. John’s, Michigan, Penn State and conference foe Akron. The Zips have won the MAC regular season title seven
years in a row and the conference tournament five out of the past six sea-sons. Akron was the na-tional runner-up in 2009 and won it the very next year. The team went 18-1-3 in 2012.
“Our schedule is very ambitious, to say the least,” said WVU head coach Marlon LeBlanc. “It’s designed that way, so by the time we get to Ak-ron, it’s not going to be as big of a deal.”
LeBlanc admits that the Sept. 29 meeting against Akron in Morgantown will go a long way in de-ciding who will win the conference regular sea-
son championship. Big games, though, have be-come the norm inside the men’s soccer program.
Throughout the past three seasons, the Moun-taineers have played 18 matches against ranked opponents. Seven of those were teams inside the top five.
The difference this year is going to be experience. Whether or not the young group LeBlanc has this season (18 freshmen and sophomores) will rise to the challenge of another m a m m o t h s c h e d u l e should be evident early on.
The men’s soccer pro-
gram was turned on its head with the school’s move to the Big 12 Con-ference. The Big 12 does have collegiate soccer, but only for women. West Vir-ginia became conference-less and even considered maintaining its soccer independence.
It wasn’t until the MAC permitted the Mountain-eers to join the confer-ence on a one-sport basis before last season kicked off.
“What we were able to do a little bit better this year was manipulate our non-conference sched-ule, because we had more time,” LeBlanc said.
Only six of West Vir-ginia’s 18 matches are in-side the conference. The Mountaineers are fortu-nate to host 12 matches at Dick Dlesk Soccer Sta-dium this year. The team will certainly look to use home-field advantage throughout their quest at a MAC title and return trip to the NCAA tournament.
WVU opens the 2013 season on Friday night at home when the squad welcomes in Central Con-necticut State. The team will remain home Mon-day in a matinee show-down with Radford.
cory dobson/the daily athenaeumFreshman defender Alex Ochoa looks to get past an Ohio State player in an exhibition match Aug. 18.
football
holgorsen gives no indication to starting quarterback in big 12 teleconferenceby aMit batra
sports editor
On Monday, coaches of the Big 12 Conference spoke with members of the media in a telecon-ference addressing the current situations of their teams heading into the first game of the season this weekend.
West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen didn’t really give any in-dication who the start-ing quarterback will be. On Sunday evening, Hol-gorsen released a tempo-rary depth chart with Paul Millard or Clint Trickett listed as the starting guy.
“Haven’t picked one yet; (I’m) not as antsy as I thought I’d be with it,” Holgorsen said. “They’ve kind of risen their game a little bit. Had to cut Ford’s (Childress) reps a little bit just because the other two were playing a little bit better.
“I think Ford’s going to end up being a tremen-dous quarterback for us no doubt, but it’s just re-ally hard to rep three quarterbacks.
“We had to narrow it down, and once we did that, both Clint and Paul looked good, so we felt that it was warranted to
keep the competition going.”
Holgorsen said that if the season started tomor-row, there may be the case where guys would share reps against William & Mary. He mentioned how Millard and Trickett have elevated their game and both guys bring some-thing different to the table.
Holgorsen said that Millard perhaps knows this specific offense the best, being in the system the longest of the three quarterbacks. He also mentioned that it may take some game expe-rience to determine the eventual starter.
When asked about lim-ited expectations and the youth of this team, Hol-gorsen referenced how it simply comes from inexperience.
“Our team was known for the strong personali-ties on offense,” he said. “(With) those guys are gone, it’s kind of the un-known that comes with it.”
According to Hol-gorsen, will be better with experience and get-ting accustomed to the fast offenses of the Big 12 Conference.
“It’s the same guys, just a year older,” Holgorsen
said. “I think their knowl-edge of the defense is bet-ter. Last year we played 8-10 true freshmen.
“This year, we’ve added a couple freshmen that we feel good about in a talent perspective.”
Holgorsen didn’t ad-dress junior Andrew Buie’s absence on the depth chart. Charles Sims is the No. 1 running back, followed by Wen-dell Smallwood, Dream-ius Smith and Dustin Gar-rison, respectively.
“We feel like we’re in pretty good shape at run-ning back. If the last few years have shown any-thing, you’re going to need more than one,” Holgorsen said. “We feel pretty good about the depth at that position.”
Holgorsen was im-pressed with Smallwood’s improvement from spring practice to now. After be-ing on campus in January, Smallwood has shown strides in the offense as the No. 2 running back listed on the depth chart.
In the teleconference, Holgorsen said that ju-nior linebacker Shaq Petteway will miss the season with an ACL in-jury and will redshirt.
file photoJunior linebacker Shaq Petteway makes a play against TCU in the 2012 season. He will miss the2013 season from an ACL injury.
women’s soccer
WVU looks to improve defense following Penn State invitationalby Meghan carr
sports writer
Late errors by the Mountaineers cost them a victory over No. 2 Penn State this weekend and didn’t make the victory against Syracuse easy.
The West Virginia wom-en’s soccer team ended their weekend at the Penn State Invitational with a 1-0-1 record after two quick offensive starts and several errors.
The offense was ac-tive during the first half of both matches but wasn’t as aggressive as many of the players and coaches would have wanted; it
was the defensive mis-takes that had some peo-ple concerned.
Although the defense still made some mistakes in the Syracuse game, it made some improvements from the Penn State match that took place less than 42 hours before.
“I think we had good leadership in the back. The one time Syracuse did get behind us, they scored. We need more discipline for 90 minutes,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.
Although the Moun-taineers did improve, questions still surround the Mountaineers’ defen-sive performance after al-
lowing both of their oppo-nents to score in late game situations.
The Mountaineers led No. 2 Penn State through-out the entire game until the 82nd minute when the Nittany Lions would score two goals in one minute.
Penn State out-shot WVU 21-12, forcing goal-keeper Sara Keane to make eight saves, matching her career-best mark and in-cluded one that saved a game-winning shot from Penn State’s Mallory We-ber in the 11th minute of overtime.
On Sunday, WVU would allow Syracuse a chance to win after the Orange tied
the Mountaineers in the 60th minute, and only af-ter a defensive error by Syracuse did the Moun-taineers claim victory.
The Mountaineers are still trying to fill the void left by Defensive Player of the Year Bry McCarthy.
Although Izzo-Brown recognizes her defense still needs work, she doesn’t want fans to panic yet.
“We opened up with two tough teams, and this was an eye-opening week-end,” she said. “There are a lot of lessons to be had, but I am glad we’ll be able to get better next Friday.”
The Mountaineers will
have to fix their defensive and offensive mistakes since their schedule this season isn’t getting any easier.
Central Michigan and Morehead State will be coming into Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium this week-end, and in just two weeks, the Mountaineers will be competing at the Duke Nike Classic.
At the Duke Nike Clas-sic, the Mountaineers will take on the reigning National Champions in North Carolina and will need to find a way to stay sharp at the end of games.
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be Will Clark at defensive tackle, Shaq Rowell at nose tackle and Eric Kinsey at defensive end.
All-American freshman Isaiah Bruce will start at SPUR linebacker, with true freshman Marvin Gross as his backup. Jared Barber and Doug Rigg are both listed as the starting SAM linebacker, with Sean Wal-ters as their backup. Lastly, Nick Kwiatkoski will start at WILL linebacker, with Ty-ler Anderson as his backup.
Karl Joseph will oc-cupy the free safety po-sition, with K.J. Dillion as the backup. Joseph led the team with 104 tackles last season as a freshman.
Senior Darwin Cook and sophomore Ricky Rumph will occupy the bandit safety position.
At cornerback, the Mountaineers have Travis Bell at boundary and Ish-mael Banks at field.
At special teams, Sims and Smallwood will return kicks, with Carswell and Jordan Thompson return-ing punts.
Obviously, this is a much different West Virginia team than we’ve seen in past years. With the lack of ex-perience on offense, Hol-gorsen and staff will have to build on a program for the next few seasons.
With the prolific offense of Geno Smith, Tavon Aus-tin and Stedman Bailey gone, someone on offense will have to make an impact this season. Thompson, who has similar traits to Austin, caught three touch-downs in the spring game.
Granted this is the first depth chart, and it is sub-ject to dramatic change, but with the 2013 season just a few days away, this is who Holgorsen and staff like go-ing forward.
HooKerContinued from PAGE 7Pat White exceeds expectations in nFL return
BY doug WaLPSportS Writer
If you had polled the en-tire state of West Virginia a couple months ago on which former West Vir-ginia quarterback would impress the most in the 2013 preseason of the NFL, Geno Smith would have won in an overwhelming landslide.
But to nearly everyone’s surprise, Pat White has been turning heads lately while on his comeback trail back to the NFL.
That’s right, three and a half years after taking one of the most vicious helmet- to-helmet shots in the his-tory of the league that left him horrifyingly motion-less on the sideline of Sun Life Stadium, White is now on the precipice of secur-ing a roster spot with the Washington Redskins.
“Pat White, bless his heart, has been out of the game so long, has struggled
so mightily in practice, but I’ve got to admire his men-tal toughness,” said former NFL offensive lineman Trevor Matich, who now serves as a Redskins ana-lyst for Comcast SportsNet. “He has not let limited ef-fectiveness in practice af-fect his confidence in the game, and he’s played so far above expectations, even of the organization.”
Obviously no one ex-pects White to supplant the electric Robert Grif-fin III, who took the league by storm in his rookie sea-son last year before suf-fering a crippling knee in-jury – even despite Griffin’s somewhat shaky status with Week 1 just 12 days away.
Kirk Cousins has ce-mented himself as the pri-mary backup to Griffin, so White’s basically locked in a battle against Rex Gross-man for the third string job.
It’s an intriguing quar-terback battle because
Grossman and White couldn’t be more differ-ent in their respective ap-proaches to playing the position.
Grossman certainly has depended more on his arm than his legs over the years and possesses a lot more experience than the fairly unseasoned White.
In fact, Grossman has started 47 career games in 54 total appearances, including a start in Super Bowl XLI opposite Peyton Manning.
White, on the other hand, has never started an-NFL regular season game and has only five pass at-tempts to his name. White has also rushed 21 times for a total of 81 yards over 13 career appearances.
Each player got equal reps with both the first and second-team offenses in the Redskins 30-7 win over the Buffalo Bills on Saturday. Both players also scored – Grossman on
a seven-yard pass to Pierre Garcon in the first quarter and White on a 14-yard run before halftime.
“It was nice to see Pat come in and play excep-tionally well,” said Red-skins head coach Mike Shanahan. “I thought they both played very well. Any-time you rotate guys in there like we did, for them to play the level that they did, I was impressed with it.”
One factor that could work in White’s favor head-ing forward is his ability to use his legs. More and more NFL offenses are adopting some type of read-option action when they can, and the Redskins are certainly one of those organizations.
Basically, White could end up being a better fit in the Redskins offense because his play style is more similar to RGIII’s than Grossman’s. So, even though Grossman has more experience than
White, White may be able to better fill Griffin’s shoes in practice or replicate an agile quarterback, like Mi-chael Vick, who the Red-skins will face off against at least twice this season.
But White hasn’t been focused on resumes, ca-reer stats or these poten-tial matchups throughout this preseason. Instead, the former Mountaineer star has just been savor-ing and appreciating ev-ery snap and every mo-ment he’s been blessed to experience out there on the field.
“I’m just enjoying every day and every play,” White said. “Just making sure I take the coaching and en-joy myself on the field ev-ery day that I have an op-portunity to. Every play that I get, I try to take ad-vantage of. Everyday is a blessing to me, so I’m go-ing to make the most of it.”
ApFormer WVU QB Pat White has exceeded expectations to this point in his return to the NFL. Proving himself a dual threat quarterback, White has run for two touchdowns in his three games with the Redskins.
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