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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Wednesday May 22, 2013 VoluMe 125, Issue 149www.THedaOnLIne.comda
Former WVU defensive end, Bruce Irvin, was sus-pended for the first four games of the NFL season for violating the leagues policy on performance-enhancing drugs. SPORTS PAGE 7
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Last weekend,more than 4,000 WVU students participated in the 2013 May Commencement ceremonies.
Recent WVU grads
reflect, look to future
by celeste lantzcopy desk chief
Throughout last week-end, West Virginia Univer-sity students crossed the stage to accept their diplo-mas, resulting in a mix of emotions.
Some are terrified of leav-ing the relatively small pond of WVU and jumping into the career world. Others are excited to leave the confines of college life and some, such as Natalie Carpini, can’t believe the experience is over. She will be gradu-ating with honors from the Eberly College with a degree in English with a dual con-centration in creative writ-ing and professional writing and editing.
“I have excited yet mixed emotions when I think about graduation,” she said. “It still hasn’t really hit me yet that I’m graduating from college and receiving a de-gree. In a couple of months, I’ll be right back here in grad school and teaching English 101.
“It’s just weird. I don’t feel old enough for these things.”
During the past four years, Carpini served for two years as editor-in-chief for WVU’s undergraduate literary magazine, Calliope, accepted the honor of the Eberly College Outstanding Senior award, and was in-ducted into the Sigma Tau Delta and Phi Beta Kappa honors fraternities.
“My favorite undergradu-ate memory was definitely working with Calliope and
the WVU Writing Center. I worked with a lot of great people and got some really great experience,” she said.
Ashlee Filkins, another WVU graduate, said she is excited for her parents to see what she’s been doing for the past three years.
“I want them to see what I’ve accomplished during my time at WVU,” she said.
Filkins completed her degree in political science and a minor in Spanish this weekend. She has had an unconventional college experience.
“I spread my schedule out and took a lot of on-line classes to be available to work in politics and re-cent West Virginia cam-paigns and elections,” she said. “I wanted to do what I love and get as much real-world job application as I could before I graduated.”
While taking a full course load both online and in the classroom, Filkins served as the deputy finance director for the 2012 Bill Maloney for Governor campaign, as well as other roles in local politics.
Filkins said upon gradu-ation, she will begin look-ing for jobs in her area of interest, using her connec-tions made during college to meet that goal.
“I’m excited to gradu-ate so I can travel more. I traveled often during my undergraduate schooling, but I can’t wait to get out there and start making a difference.”
K-9 among graduates recognized at Honors Convocation
by ashley tennantstaff writer
Last week’s West Virginia University Commencement ceremonies were a time to celebrate more than 4,000 students’ accomplishments – including a furry four-legged graduate Elkie.
The Hearts of Gold service dog was escorted across the stage during the May 17 Hon-ors Convocation.
Hearts of Gold is a program supported by the Animal Bond Inc. Certified trainers and volunteers train the dogs to assist individuals faced with various disabilities.
“Elkie has been attending classes here for three and a half years,” said Brittany Szaf-ran, who volunteered to escort Elkie across the stage.
Szafran said Elkie had the opportunity to walk across the stage as they announced
her name. She received an honors cord just as the other graduates.
“Elkie has had to go to class five days a week; sometimes she went to different classes with her fosters and trainers,” Szafran said. “Hearts of Gold trains the dogs – including El-kie – to be mobility assistance dogs, so they help someone who maybe has trouble walk-ing or is in a wheelchair. We’ve also placed dogs with veter-ans with posttraumatic stress disorder.”
Szafran said after graduat-ing from the program, Elkie will go on to work as a mobil-ity assistance dog for a WVU alumna.
“Elkie is part of the Davis College of Agriculture and will be placed this summer as a mobility assistance dog for Shirley Ridenhour,” Szaf-ran said. “Shirley suffered from a stroke in 1995 that left her confined to a wheelchair.
She had previously graduated from WVU with a master’s de-gree in biology and taught at Morgantown High School. This will be her second ser-vice dog after her first one, April, died.”
According to Szafran, there are three courses taught at WVU in which students have the opportunity to learn to train and work with service dogs. WVU students foster some of the dogs while they are in the program.
“Elkie was fostered by Chase Woody, who is a stu-dent at WVU, and has fostered her the entire time she was in the program which is about three and a half years,” Szaf-rand said. “I have not worked with Elkie, but I have volun-teered for Hearts of Gold for three and a half years. I took the class my freshman year and was able to get into the class because I was an honors student and honors students
get to register for classes early.” “The dog I trained for class,
Cali, would visit the honors hall at least once a week with me,” she said. “Since my fresh-man year, I have taken several different dogs in to visit the honors hall.”
Szafran said that this is the first graduating class from the honors college that lived in the honors dorm since it opened. She said Elkie was the only service dog graduat-ing this year.
“When I’m taking these dogs places, everyone seems to enjoy it; it puts a smile on people’s faces. I think a lot of people really enjoyed watch-ing her walk down the stage. It’s for a good cause.”
For more information about Hearts of Gold Service Dogs or to make a donation, visit http://www.humanan-imalbond.org
Cory Dobson/THe DaIly aTHenaeuMBrittany Szafran walks at the Honors College convocation with Elkie, a service dog who also graduated.
The end of the road
Mel Moraes/THe DaIly aTHenaeuMWest Virginia University President James P. Clements conducts the conferring of the degrees during the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Commencement ceremony May 19.
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sGa approves sanctions against cited adminsby ashley tennant
staff writer
West Virginia Universi-ty’s Student Government Association held a spe-cial meeting 7 to address Board of Governors mem-ber Renzo Diaz and newly appointed Chief of Staff Samuel Richardson’s re-cent breach of ethics.
The board had an op-portunity to vote on the sanctions and allowed both Diaz and Richardson to speak about their recent underage consumption ci-tations. Both explained how the recent events have affected their lives, SGA, the students of WVU and the University community.
Both Diaz and Richard-son signed a statement of nolo contendere, or no contest, to the SGA Judi-cial Board as a response the ethics breach they face after allegations of under-age consumption.
Both must go before the WVU Conduct Board for the allegations against them. If found guilty at the University level, they may be required to at-
tend seven group sessions for alcohol consump-tion and complete an on-line alcohol education program.
The sanctions voted upon for both Diaz and Richardson were: 60 hours of University-approved community service and at-tendance of one Alcohol-ics Anonymous meeting or similar program.
These tasks must be completed by Sept. 19, 2013 – one month after the beginning of the fall 2013 semester.
Failure to comply will result in grounds for im-peachment without trial. Additionally, they will both be on probationary status for the remainder of the 2013-14 term.
Richardson apologized to the WVU student body, faculty, SGA and staff for his recent underage con-sumption citation.
“This has been a difficult time, and I want to thank everyone who has dedi-cated their time and their efforts to tending to this matter. I’m grateful for the opportunities that WVU
and its student organiza-tions have given to me,” he said.
“Over the last few days, I have been dealing with this issue in multiple as-pects – how my family and the military have been re-acting has been my pri-mary concern,” Richardson said. “I want to reiterate that this is a serious mat-ter and should not be taken lightly; however, I hope the board acknowledges my mistakes, allows me to continue to work hard on behave of the student body and my position.”
Diaz apologized to the administration for having to handle these last few days.
“I would like to also apologize to everyone to have to bring this burden upon you. I would like to thank everyone present, because if it wasn’t for my actions, we wouldn’t have had to call this special ses-sion today,” Diaz said
Diaz said the night he received the citation, he went to his friend’s house with the intent to go down-town later that evening.
Diaz said he woke up in the emergency room the next morning, instead.
BOG members then dis-cussed what they believed should be the best plan of action given Diaz’s and Richardson’s statements.
G ov e r n o r Sp e n s e r Wempe said she believed student representatives should be held account-able for their actions. Wempe also said the Board should use these two inci-dents to set a precedence for the future.
“We’re going to under-stand that whatever we came up with tonight, it’s not just about what’s cur-rently happening, but it’ll be something to look at for the future,” Wempe said.
“My big push is that we need to understand that there need to be guide-lines for what actions SGA should take toward the ethics code,” she said. “I’m hoping that moving for-ward after tonight we can address that and we can set an outline for what’s considered a violation and what’s an appropri-ate punishment for these
violations.” Governor George Capel
said he believes the situ-ation is unfortunate and complicated; however, he said it should be dealt with properly.
“I think it was a mistake what they both did, but it’s something that they did out in public,” Capel said.
Capel said he believes the current bylaws are not well defined and has plans to work toward fixing that, in the event similar inci-dents occur in the future.
“Governor Wempe and I are planning on work-ing on a more clean-cut, more defined ver-sion of what we have going and what governs us as an organization,” he said.
Capel abstained from voting on the imposed sanctions because he said he believes a harsher pun-ishment is warranted, and the SGA bylaws need to take a firmer stance on breaches of ethics such as these.
“I think we should have handled that accordingly.
I think that these (new) sanctions will still show that we’re not going to stand for any kind of al-cohol infractions or any-thing of that nature in the future,” he said. “I think the most bold measure should be taken.”
Derrik Whitlow, a se-nior history student who attended the meeting, said he believes the stu-dents’ actions do need to be addressed; how-ever, Whitlow said he believes the sanctions voted upon were severe enough.
“I don’t think, in this instance, because of how common underage drink-ing is all through out the campus, they can justify on this one occasion kick-ing them off the board. I just simply do not agree,” he said. “They made a mistake; they should pay for it. Not only the le-gal side of it, but the SGA side of it. The mix of those two is more than enough to teach them a lesson.”
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Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.
MOORe, Okla. (aP) — The principal’s voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approach-ing and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.
But before all of the young-sters could get there, the tor-nado alarm sounded.
The plan changed quickly.“All the teachers started
screaming into the room and saying, ‘Get into the hallway! We don’t want you to die!’ and stuff like that,” said sixth-grader Phaedra Dunn. “We just took off running.”
In the moments that fol-lowed, some of the children at Plaza Tower Elementary School would, in fact, die. At least seven were killed by the twister Monday afternoon. Others would crawl out of the rubble, bloodied and bruised, utterly terrified.
The tornado that smashed through this Oklahoma City suburb of 56,000 people flat-tened Plaza Elementary and also slammed Briarwood Ele-mentary, where all of the chil-dren remarkably appear to have survived. Students and parents recounted stories Tuesday of brave teachers who sheltered their pupils. But there were also moments of pure panic and fear.
After the tornado alarm went off, students at Plaza Elementary scrambled to the halls. But the halls – some of which were within the view of windows – did not appear safe enough.
Sixth-grader Antonio Clark said a teacher took him and as many other youngsters as possible and shoved them into the three-stall boys’ bathroom.
“We were all piled in on each other,” the 12-year-
old said. Another teacher wrapped her arms around two students and held Antonio’s hand.
Twenty seconds later he heard a roar that sounded like a stampede of elephants. His ears popped.
Then it all stopped almost as suddenly as it started. Crouched down, his back-pack over his head, Anto-nio looked up. The skylight and the ceiling that had been there just moments before were gone, and he was star-ing up into a cloud of debris.
Antonio and a friend were among the first to stand up. They climbed over de-bris where their classroom had been just moments ear-lier. Students and teachers were struggling to free them-selves from under the bricks, wooden beams and insula-tion. Some people had bleed-ing head wounds; blood cov-
ered one side of someone’s eyeglasses, Antonio said.
“Everybody was cry-ing,” Antonio said. “I was crying because I didn’t know if my family was OK.”
Then Antonio saw his fa-ther ride up on a mountain bike, yelling his son’s name.
Phaedra survived, too. Her mother rushed to the school just moments before the tor-nado hit, covered Phaedra’s head with a blanket to pro-tect her from hail and ush-ered her out the door. Phae-dra’s 10-year-old sister, Jenna, didn’t want to budge from the school.
The principal “grabbed her backpack, put it over her head and literally said, ‘You’re mom’s going to open the door. Get out. You’re safer with your mom,’ and pushed her out the door,” said Amy Sharp, the girls’ mother.
aPA child is passed along a human chain of people after being pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along a hu-man chain of rescuers Monday.
by shelby toompasstaff writer
Summer break can mean a lot of different things for many students. Some spend their time va-cationing with family or friends, some sit in class-rooms to gain additional education, some take on summer jobs and some even work as interns at a place of interest.
However, finding an in-ternship for any major can be a difficult and competi-tive task.
After numerous appli-cations and emails, West Virginia University se-nior fashion design stu-dent Emily Dearth re-
ceived the opportunity to serve as a summer intern for designer Michael Kors in Manhattan, N.Y.
“I started out as a fash-ion merchandising ma-jor my freshman year, but decided to take a design class my first semester at WVU,” Dearth said. “Since it was a drawing course I wasn’t exactly sure if I was going to be able to draw, because I had never taken an art class and I didn’t know if I had that artistic ability, but I ended up be-ing a lot better at it than I thought.”
After getting the tech-nique down, Dearth de-cided to expand her talents and enroll in
a sewing class in the spring.
“ E a c h s e m e ste r I thought to myself, ‘If I can get through this course then I will go on to the next one,’” she said. “It was then, after I mastered those different skills, that I changed my major to fash-ion design.”
During her time as a WVU student, Dearth has entered a design each year for the department’s an-nual “Day of Design” in the spring, created a de-sign for the 100th anniver-sary of the Titanic Disaster “Tea and Fashion show” in Kingwood, W.Va., and traveled to New York City with the New York study
tour with other students to visit designers and WVU alumni.
“My freshman year I created a skirt for the fashion show, a dress my sophomore year, and then was fortunate to create a three-piece line that con-sisted of two dresses and a shirt and short outfit this past spring,” she said.
“In 2012, I was able to take a historical reproduc-tion class and designed a garment for an 8-year-old girl for the Titanic show.”
This summer, Dearth will be interning in the Accessories Design De-partment at the Mi-chael Kors Corporate Office.
“Since I’ve been work-ing with and designing clothes at WVU, it will be interesting to work with accessories and learn more about that area of design,” she said.
“I have a lot of favorite fashion designers, from designers to brands, such as Michael Kors, Marc Ja-cobs, Nasty Gal and Urban Outfitters. I like to think that they influence my own style to create a clas-sic, yet trendy look.”
“I always said I would be going to New York, but I never thought it would ac-tually come true,” she said.
With the help of her professor and mentor Mrs. MacDonald, as well
as previous Michael Kors intern, Andrea Kostak, Dearth was able to land her dream internship.
“I’m not sure what I want to do after I gradu-ate,” she said. “I just know that I want to design cloth-ing that I would wear, so as my style changes, my designs change as well. Since I’ll be able to see first-hand the design pro-cess of shoes and hand-bags rather than clothing, I’m excited to see where that will take me.”
Dearth will complete her internship in July and will return to school in the fall.
WVU fashion design student to intern for michael Kors this summer
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welivefilm.comJay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Daisy (Carey Mulligan) share a moment on screen.
Based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, director and writer Baz Luhrmann doesn’t disappoint with his rendition of “The Great Gatsby” currently in the-aters. With an outstand-ing cast supporting Leon-ardo DiCaprio, “The Great Gatsby” will now be a book that 11th grade Eng-
lish students will want to read, rather than just skim-ming the summary on Sparknotes. The movie, of-fered in both 2D and 3D, was released in theaters May 10, but it will take any viewer back to the 1920s faster than any time ma-chine could.
As the term “great” would imply, many of the scenes are engulfed with spar-kle, majesty and a splash of mystery. The parties at Gatsby’s are for the wild of
heart and the even wilder of imagination. Be cautious though; the vivacity fades quickly.
The movie blends time periods beautifully. For in-stance, mixing music by popular rap artist Jay-Z in such a film would seem ab-surd, but it brought a mod-ern day feel to the classic, making it even more relat-able for today’s viewers. Through wonderful props, contemporary music and a set bigger than an average
vision, this old-school sto-ryline is made into timeless film.
Another appealing aspect of the film was the charm in the language. Every time Gatsby said “old sport” a sense of class and elegance is brought to mind. The so-phistication of the 20s is one not often seen and therefore refreshing when we are ex-posed to it.
The sole downside to the film is the same issue many book-to-film movies
have – squeezing all of the vivid details into a two-hour film. As a result, the viewer can sense gaps or missing facets.
I won’t spoil the movie for you, but “The Great Gatsby” is definitely one to see, even merely for the ex-travagance and elegance of the party scenes.
Finally, to quote some of Fitzgerald’s more famous words, “My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for
the youth of his own gener-ation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.”
Fitzgerald might be ec-static to know his work is now a movie people rave about. Now, excuse me as I go ask my 11th grade Eng-lish teacher for a copy of “The Great Gatsby,” a book I now want to read.
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ thrills audienceThe next highly antici-
pated chapter in the “Star Trek” movie franchise was released Thursday to a crowd of eager fans.
“Star Trek Into Dark-ness” is the second movie directed by J.J. Abrams, and it will also be his last. Abrams is signed on to pro-duce the third movie but will not be sitting in the di-rector’s chair.
I was excited to see where Abrams would go with “Into Darkness” as he continued the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and Spock in an alternate universe. The first movie has already sep-
arated the timeline, mean-ing these new movies are in a different universe than the original “Star Trek” films.
“Star Trek” fans will rec-ognize certain plot ele-ments but should be ex-cited to see the new twists that come with them.
The most impressive as-pect of the movie were the performances by Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cum-berbatch. Quinto’s acting has escalated from the first movie and the character of Spock was brought to life, in all of his half-Vulcan glory, on screen.
Cumberbatch, mean-while, was a genius choice on the casting director’s part to play the villain. Many people might rec-ognize him from BBC’s hit
television show “Sherlock”. After this, I’m sure fans will be seeing a lot more of Cumberbatch in future blockbuster movies.
The movie itself is an ex-citing romp into space with action, adventure, and a sprinkle of comedy, mak-ing it a fun film for all to enjoy. As someone who didn’t watch the original “Star Trek,” there isn’t a lot I can complain about. It’s the perfect summer film for me.
Whether it’s newer fans coming for a fun adventure or older fans reuniting with the classic characters they love, this movie is definitely one anyone can enjoy.
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Michael Buble once again dazzles and charms in his new album “To Be Loved.”
Buble, known for his beautiful renditions of classic songs and his honey-like voice, trium-
phantly succeeds with his new album. With the as-sistance of various art-ists, such as Reese With-erspoon and the Puppini Sisters, Buble’s album ef-fortlessly creates a relaxing atmosphere.
In this album, Buble masterfully adds a jazzy, soulful twist to familiar
songs that all ages can rec-ognize and enjoy, includ-ing “To Love Somebody” by the Bee Gees, “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You” by Elvis Presley, and “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” by Randy Newman.
Michael Buble also has several new songs on this album including “It’s a
Beautiful Day” and “To Be Loved.” His new songs are guaranteed to brighten a rainy day and almost in-stantly improve a bad mood.
If you’re looking for the perfect poolside album this summer and enjoy jazz, then this is the per-fect album for you.
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Obama’s unacceptable attack on the press
APU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder defends the Department of Justice’s spying on the Associated Press during a hearing on Capitol Hill.
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West Virginians are no strangers to being pushed around by big business interests. Our state’s his-tory is bursting with ex-amples of employers tak-ing advantage of their employees, at times quite dramatically. Many of the labor laws in West Virginia today are more stringent than those in other states because they had to be out of necessity.
Yesterday, union em-ployees from the Lo-cal 102 Utility Workers’ Union of America and the 304 met outside First-Energy’s annual share-holder meeting to protest newly-proposed terms of employment which would worsen their current con-tracts. While FirstEnergy claims that employees will actually see slight in-creases of up to 6 percent in their straight-time pay, union workers who have seen the company’s ongo-ing downsizing efforts are suspicious of anything the company does.
But it seems that the primary sticking point in the labor dispute is the change to employees’ health benefits, which would raise the cost of employees’ coverage by about $500 per year. Even so, unions are up in arms about a specific provi-sion of the contract in that area, which states that FirstEnergy may amend, discontinue or modify employee benefits at will.
FirstEnergy is an Ohio company, but their em-ployees in this state are still subject to West Vir-g i n ia’s e mp l oy m e nt protections.
One of those protec-tions is that employers
must give employees their terms of employ-ment in writing, and then adhere to those terms. This regulation came
about because coal com-panies used to change the terms of their employees’ contracts after the fact to the employer’s benefit. The aim of the law was to prevent companies from playing Calvinball with their employees’ terms of employment, and to the extent that it is enforced in West Virginia, it has ac-complished this aim.
There is an argument to be made that by inserting this provision into em-ployees’ contracts, First-Energy would be in viola-tion of West Virginia Wage Payment Collection Act. It’s not definite, as there is also an argument to be made that by signing a contract with fluid terms, employees would be ac-cepting the possibility it could change. Still, prop-ping the door open to po-tentially screw your em-ployees out of their health benefits later isn’t what most people would call classy.
But the outraged em-ployees weren’t the only point of controversy fac-ing FirstEnergy today. The company has elected to sell a power plant from its subsidiary Allegheny Energy Supply to its other subsidiary Mon Power, at a price of $1.1 billion. This has raised red flags with consumers and state agencies alike, with WV’s Public Service Commis-sion holding a hearing to discuss the transaction.
There are some legit-imate questions to be asked about the deal, first and foremost being what this will cost customers in the long run. The power company says that there will be a small increase of
less than one dollar to the bills of “average consum-ers,” those households us-ing 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month. This fee will be instituted due to the cost of the purchase, and will be permanently rolled into the amount consumers pay for their power.
So basically, consum-ers are going to be shafted because Allegheny Energy Supply and Mon Power have set such an exorbi-tant price on the Harri-son Power Station. Now, there were legitimate rea-sons which the company gave for the sale, as First-Energy says there was a 950-megawatt shortfall in the area. At the same time, critics of the deal are saying there’s more than one way to solve that problem, and that First-Energy has elected the one which is most bene-ficial to it and least help-ful for consumers.
FirstEnergy says that using comparable-sales data to prove that Mon Power is overpaying is not an accurate measure of the Harrison Power Station’s value, as each power plant is unique and as such a compara-tive estimate cannot be right on the money. Even so, critics say that First-Energy could simply buy the power to make up for the shortfall, or try to buy a power plant from an-other company for less. As it stands, West Virginia employees and consum-ers alike stand to be pretty salty with FirstEnergy for the foreseeable future.
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FirstEnergy ignites controversy
For much of the past week, the Obama Administration has been on the defensive.
First, it had to push back against allegations that it did not respond to requests for additional secu-rity at the U.S. diplomatic mis-sion in Benghazi, Libya that was ultimately attacked resulting in the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Next came the revelations that the Internal Revenue Service was scrutinizing conservative groups in the lead up to the 2010 and 2012 elections.
Although the Obama Admin-istration’s complicity in the first two controversies is debatable, President Obama is rightfully be-ing called out for the latest reports that reveal the administration has
gone after members of the press in its effort to plug leaks.
Members of the press were first enraged by reports that the De-partment of Justice was spying on the phone records of AP re-porters as they sought to uncover the source of various leaks from within the administration. More recently, news broke that the De-partment of Justice also spied on Fox News reporter James Rosen and that it was pursuing legal ac-tion against him. Both of these incidents prompted a wave of condemnation from liberal and conservative media outlets alike.
The Daily Athenaeum joins the chorus of condemnation for this egregious attack on free speech in the U.S.
Although we recognize the
Obama Administration’s frustra-tions with leaks, there was cer-tainly a better way to handle the problem internally that didn’t in-volve unconstitutionally spying on reporters. Moreover, the fact that the government is now known to have spied on the private re-cords of reporters, who can now no longer assure their sources of their anonymity, will undoubtedly have a chilling effect on potential sources. Leaks can be problematic for any organization that needs to maintain a degree of confidential-ity. However, whistle-blowers and the investigative journalism that depends on them have long been critical to holding leadership ac-countable in all spheres of power.
What makes this fiasco even more shocking is President
Obama’s previous rhetoric on transparency and civil liberties. When he was still a candidate in 2008, Obama portrayed him-self as the candidate who would push back against then President George W. Bush’s violations of civil liberties. He also claimed his administration would be the most transparent one in history.
These incidents reveal the hy-pocrisy of President Obama on these issues.
Nothing short of the president demanding the resignation of At-torney General Eric Holder, who oversaw this attack on the press, and guaranteeing this unconstitu-tional spying will be put to an end will assuage our concerns.
APPresident Obama leaves the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday.
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In one month, the Su-preme Court will decide Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that has the potential to dramatically alter the college admis-sions process. In 2008, Ab-igail Fisher was denied ad-mission to the University of Texas at Austin. She now argues that her rejection in favor of less qualified mi-nority applicants violates her Fourteenth Amend-ment rights. The Univer-sity of Texas appealed to precedent: in 2003, the Supreme Court deemed that racial profiling of ap-plicants in university ad-missions was permissible in the name of pursuing diversity. However, that decision may soon be overturned. Even if the Supreme Court does not overturn its past ruling, the underlying question still remains: to what ex-tent should race and eth-nicity be considered in col-lege admissions, if at all?
Race and ethnicity play large roles in college ad-missions. After all, the modern college admis-sions process, requiring essays and alumni inter-views, was purposefully conceived to enable col-leges to identify and dis-criminate against Jew-ish applicants in the early 20th century. It is often ar-gued that these same de-vices are used today to sys-tematically discriminate against Asians. Both eth-nicities wound up with the short end of the stick, re-gardless of their above-av-erage test scores — which is why some people have labeled Asian-Ameri-cans “the new Jews.” Con-versely, other minorities are helped by positive dis-
crimination, with college admissions giving prefer-ence to applicants of cer-tain race or ethnicity. The implication is that appli-cants are not judged by their merits but by their heritage, for better or for worse.
In the past, most uni-versities have justified this racial discrimination and affirmative action by em-phasizing the need to cre-ate a diverse student body. It has been argued that greater diversity improves the quality of education, and empirical evidence has shown that greater di-versity is correlated with higher post-graduation earnings. But while the pursuit of diversity is ad-mirable and provides clear benefits, the means of that pursuit should be open to criticism. Using race and ethnicity as an underlying categorization of appli-cants easily lends itself to a systematic, prejudiced re-view of applicants, far from the holistic review that so many colleges claim to uphold.
It is difficult, if not im-possible, to prove claims of racial discrimination at an individual level, as admis-sions processes are largely subjective and secretive in nature. Nonetheless, it is common knowledge that racial disqualifica-tion is a widespread and commanding force in ag-gregate. Some empirical research has shown that Asian applicants are gen-erally held to higher aca-demic standards. Under the current admissions process, two racially differ-ent applicants from similar socioeconomic and aca-demic backgrounds will be evaluated differently, even when all of their qualifica-tions are identical.
Does a difference in ap-pearance directly indicate
different and unique ways of thinking? Probably not. I would argue that two indi-viduals from the same so-cioeconomic background are much more simi-lar than their racial dif-ferences may suggest. To achieve a truly diverse stu-dent body, admission pref-erences should instead be given to applicants who strive to succeed in the face of socioeconomic disparity. This sort of in-clusiveness lends itself to both cultural and socio-economic diversity and to social mobility, while up-holding racial and ethnic equality.
Some have argued that the sudden exclusion of racial and ethnic catego-rization may result in a harmful demographic re-distribution of college students. When the Uni-versity of California was forced) to stop using affir-mative action, this initially led to a large increase in the number of Asian stu-dents and a decline in the number of other minor-ity students. However, as of late, the numbers have shown the reverse: under this meritocracy, all mi-nority groups have seen increased enrollment. It is clear that meritocracy ac-tually benefits the pursuit of racial and ethnic diver-sity and equality. A meri-tocracy evaluates charac-ter, not color.
Race and ethnicity should not be blanketing characteristics in college admissions. To foster di-versity, admission prefer-ences should only be given in cases of socioeconomic disparity; race itself should never differentiate appli-cants. The current evi-dence suggests that there is injustice within the sys-tem, but a correction to this may come as soon as June.
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MEL MORAES/THE DAILY ATHENAEUMGraduating seniors walked the stage at the Coliseum in West Virginia University’s 144th Commencement on Sunday.
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AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Fit-ness Center. There are spe-cial rates for WVU students. For more information, email [email protected].
STUDENTS FOR SENSI-BLE DRUG POLICY meets
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WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volun-teer hours for class require-ments. For more informa-tion, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.
NEW SPRING SEMES-TER GROUP THERAPY OP-PORTUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Cen-ter. The groups include Un-derstanding Self and Oth-ers, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Mountaineer Men: An Interpersonal Process Group, and Know Thyself: An Interpersonal Process Group. For more informa-tion call 293-4431 or con-tact [email protected].
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THE 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 Pha-raohs” at 9 p.m. on Fri-day. Please be 5-10 min-utes early for seating as we do start promptly on the hour. Although ad-mission is free, reserva-tions are required and can be made at 304-293-4961 or [email protected]
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BORN TODAY This year you be-come very aware of your social inter-actions. You want more from your rela-tionships, and you approach life with a greater understanding and lightness. Your lack of intensity might be a relief to many people. If you are single, you’ll meet someone who could become very special to you. If you are attached, you are likely to fulfill one of your goals together. You will enjoy the process as much as you enjoy the outcome. SCOR-PIO has a lot of your qualities, but he or she is quieter about it.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH More options could appear than you’d thought possible. Con-sider having a long-overdue conver-sation with a trusted adviser or friend. You will gain a new perspective as a result. Both of you will see the nega-tives as well as the positives. Tonight: Continue a conversation over dinner.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH You might not be sure about an of-fer that seems nearly too good to be true. Give yourself time and space. Do what you must, but call a trusted loved one for a talk later in the day. Together, you make great decisions. Tonight: Make it easy to get together with friends.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Use the first part of the day for any-thing that depends on your inge-nuity. Sometimes you go overboard without intending to, especially fi-nancially. Avoid taking a risk for now. Later, when you have an opportunity to weigh the pros and cons, do. To-
night: Get some R and R.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Getting going might be nearly im-possible. Why not take the day off? You might need some space in order to see a situation more clearly. Also, stop and consider what you want from this circumstance. You will come up with an effective solution. Tonight: Take a midweek break.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH An-swer calls, and arrange an im-promptu meeting later in the day. By late afternoon, you will want to slow down and do a bit of reflecting. You also might want to complete some quiet work. Rethink a personal situ-ation involving a loved one at a dis-tance. Tonight: At home.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH You might want to do something very differently from how you have in the past. Do some research, or at least bounce several of your ideas off some-one. You will be able to determine which way to go after having this con-versation. Tonight: Hang out with a friend.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You have extra charisma this morning, es-pecially if you make decisions from the perspective of the greater good of the whole. Be sure to keep an eye on the ramifications of a financial decision. Avoid a risk, no matter how dreamy it might seem. Tonight: Treat yourself.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HH Gather much-needed research in order to confirm in your own mind which path is right for you. Listen to powerful feedback from a friend and/or an adviser. This person has your
best interests in mind. Later today, let others know how you feel. Tonight: Where the action is.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH You might not believe the good will that surrounds you this morning. You don’t often get sunny weather with the wind pushing you in the direction you want. Network, make calls and say “yes” to a sudden meeting. Tonight: Take some personal time; you have a lot on your plate.
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John Prine, Holly Williams to play at CAC
New novel takes closer look at the life of Zelda Fitzgerald
ohboy.comJohn Prine displays his fingerpicking skill, as he will in Morgantown June 1.
dailydesigninspiration.comHolly Williams will bring her musical skill to the CAC.
BY LACEY PALMERA&E EDITOR
Two talented and leg-endary country and folk singer/songwriters will be taking the stage at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center June 1st.
The country and folk singer/songwriter John Prine will bring his trade-mark guitar fingerpick-ing and humble, poetic lyrics to the stage, as up-coming singer/songwriter Holly Williams, daugh-ter of Hank Williams, Jr. and granddaughter of the world-renowned Hank Williams, performs mate-rial from her third album, “The Highway.”
With two Grammys and being one of the few song-writers honored by the Li-brary of Congress and U.S. Poet Laureate, Prine is sure to put on a fantas-tic show.
Prine, who has mate-rial dating back to the 1970s, recently released “The Singing Mailman Delivers,” a two-disc set archiving his work from nearly 40 years ago, re-vealing a younger version of Prine.
Many well-known art-ists have recorded Prine’s orginal material, includ-ing Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, the Everly Brothers, John Denver and Carly Si-
mon, to name a few. It’s obvious Prine possesses an immense amount of talent.
“John Prine is an in-credible singer/song-writer,” said West Vir-ginia University Arts and Entertainment public re-lations specialist David Ryan. “We can’t wait for our sold-out audience to experience his unmistak-able talent.”
Holly Williams will also bring a unique set of skills to Morgantown. The 31-year-old wrote or co-wrote all 11 tracks on “The Highway,” which includes guest appearances by Jackson Browne, Jackob Dylan, Gwyneth Paltrow and Dierks Bentley. Wil-liams co-produced the al-bum with Charlie Peacock of The Civil Wars.
P e o p l e M a g a z i n e named her third album one of “The 10 Best Al-bums of 2013 (So Far).” With universal themes such as love, loss, conflict, family and desire, the al-bum is sure to hit a chord with everyone.
Appearances on the To-night Show with Jay Leno and videos on CMT have made this country and folk singer/songwriter one of the quickest to rise in the industry, making this a show you don’t want to miss.
The star will be open-
ing for Sheryl Crow, Lo-retta Lynn and Jewel dur-ing her current U.S. tour. Williams released “The Ones We Never Knew” in
2004, followed by “Here With Me” in 2009. Mate-rial from these albums is sure to be played at the concert, as well.
Watch these legend-ary stars live in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre June 1 at 8 p.m. For more information and tickets,
visit http://www.events.wvu.edu/concerts/12-13/prine.shtml.
Think of the name Fitzgerald. What comes to mind? “The Great Gatsby,” of course, but also “The Beautiful and the Damned,” “This Side of Paradise” and “The Curious Case of Ben-jamin Button.”
I bet you didn’t think of Zelda Fitzgerald, though.
Amid a flurry of media about the famous author, a new fictional biography by Therese Anne Fowler, “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald,” published in March by St. Martin’s Press, explores the often-forgotten wife be-hind the more well-known man.
Scott and Zelda Fitzger-ald were the “golden cou-ple” of the Jazz Age, a time nearly erased from mem-ory, only recognizable by flapper-girl costumes at Halloween. However, this was a time of great devel-opment in the artistic world – “author” was becoming a job title, musicians were ex-ploring bright new sounds and artists were churning out symbolic pieces like never before.
It was also a time of par-tying. A lot of partying. The Prohibition had just begun and young people were es-chewing the traditional practices of their parents.
By this point we know
much about the details of the Fitzgeralds’ rocky mar-riage, but Fowler’s novel allows us a deeper look into the mind of Zelda, a woman many labeled “ir-rational” and “crazy.”
Her life was filled with highs and lows, all in di-rect relation to her hus-band. Scott offered Zelda a glamorous yet erratic life-style, not well-suited to a woman who came from a family with prominent mental health problems.
“Z” is certainly beau-tifully written. The prose draws you in, making you fall in love with Scott, just as Zelda does. You are amazed by the first sights and sounds of the dazzling New York City, as experi-enced by the first time by a small-town Southern belle.
Unfortunately, the pretty descriptions aren’t enough to detract from the nov-el’s somewhat disturbing content. Scott immedi-ately takes over Zelda’s life, making life-changing deci-sions for her, keeping their financial situation a secret and physically reprimand-ing her when she verbally contests his carefully con-structed persona at public events.
The 1920s and ‘30s were by no means progres-sive in terms of husband/wife equality, but you, as the reader, feel quite sorry for Zelda, as she wades
through the difficulties of Scott’s jealousy, touch and go temperament, alcohol-ism and frequent infidel-ity. You want to shake your fist when you see her hus-band constantly breaking his wife down and blatantly stealing material from her journals to print as his own work and doing everything in his power to prevent her from making a literary name of her own.
As a reflection on the past, we see despite Zelda being vocal about her dis-pleasure, she is broken down into submission by her family and husband.
In her desperate attempt for some recognition and to regain some sense of self, Zelda falls into de-pression and begins a fight with what might be called schizophrenia.
“Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald” is certainly worth the read, if only for a summer reading list. Fowler paints a convincing picture of Zelda’s struggles.
I will warn you, though, to be prepared to be frus-trated by the actions of her friends and family. The constant acts of injustice make you grateful for ev-ery stride that’s been taken for gender equality.
The cover of ‘Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald’ displays a profile of the star.
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nataline Maines makes a comeback with ‘Mother’
Most well known for her role as lead vocalist of the Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines is back in the mu-sic industry after a seven-year absence.
After being boycot-ted by the country music world nearly a decade ago for criticism of George W. Bush and the war in Iraq, the Dixie Chicks released their last album “Taking the Long Way” in 2006 and then decided to fo-cus on their personal lives. Maines, a wife and mother of two children, began work on her first solo album.
Released on May 7, her solo album, “Mother,” dis-plays quite a change during those seven years. Aban-doning the country sound she once possessed in the trio, Maines creates a rock album full of covers and
original music with a deep, emotive sound.
Closing the country mu-sic door and opening up to the rock industry may have been the perfect decision for Maines, as the album oozes sincerity and vocal skill.
Co-produced by Maines with Ben Harper, the al-bum is serious and full of mid-tempo rock songs with deep roots. Songs such as “Vein in Vain,” “Trained” and “Take It On Faith” were a collaboration of writ-ing skills between Harper, Maines and others.
Maines chooses to focus on less well-known songs written by well-known friends such as Eddie Ved-der’s “Without You,” which kicks off the album with a bluesy sound and pulls listeners in, curious as to what the rest will bring.
A much more relaxed, hushed version of Pink Floyd’s “Mother” is the ti-tle song of the album, shed-
ding a light on uncharted meaning and beauty in songs many have heard for years. Patty Griffin’s “Silver Bell” allows Maines to be a little bit spunky and add her own flavor, similar to her demeanor with the Di-xie Chicks.
Maines slows things down with Jeff Buck-ley’s deep, “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” and displays immense vulnera-bility and emotion, as well as her ability to make any song her own. “Free Life” and “I’d Run Away” by the Jayhawks showcases the enjoyment Maines still re-ceives from her music after years of work in the music industry.
Maines does pay some respect to the co-mem-bers of the Dixie Chicks, sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, as they co-wrote “Come Cryin’ to Me,” which displays hints of the groups’ lyrical roots.
Maines’ return to mu-
sic was a quiet triumph, as I hadn’t even heard about the album until after it was released.
Haunting and enchant-
ing, “Mother” possesses a sound that reminds me of Adele mixed with Pat Bena-tar, creating yet another fe-male rocker with an edge
that you must listen to.
cache.vevo.comNatalie Maines released her solo album, ‘Mother,’ May 7.
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Irvin suspended for four gamesFormer WVU defensive end violated league’s performance-enhancing drug policy
wvu sports infoWest Virginia head baseball coach Randy Mazey, left, third baseman Ryan Tuntland, middle, and closer Pascal Paul shop at Walmart for victims of the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma. The baseball team is currently in Oklahoma City preparing for the start of the Big 12 Conference tournament Thursday.
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of the YearBIGGER THAN A GAME
WVU baseball team aids Oklahoma tornado relief before Big 12 tournamentBy MIcHAEl cARvEllI
sports editor
When Randy Mazey and the West Virginia baseball team began prepa-rations for this week’s Big 12 Confer-ence tournament in Oklahoma City, the Mountaineers’ goal was to win games and try to bring home a con-ference title or secure a spot in the NCAA tournament.
But that all changed Monday after-noon when a devastating tornado hit the nearby suburb of Moore, Okla., a storm that killed more than 50 peo-ple and damaged nearly everything in its path.
At that point, they knew that this trip to Oklahoma was about more than just baseball.
“The purpose of the tournament, in my mind, has really changed,” Mazey said.
“Our guys are motivated. We’re playing with nothing to lose. We’re not playing for ourselves, we’re play-ing for other people.”
Monday night, the team made a trip to Walmart to buy necessities for the victims and their families.
They had shopping carts full of
clothes, shoes, toiletries and other items to help the families in their time of need.
“Twenty years from now, when they look back at their college base-ball career and this tournament in Oklahoma City, I have my doubts that they’re going to remember the games at all,” Mazey said. “They’re going to remember what we did for the families and the impact they’ve had on peoples’ lives.
“Our guys, being from where they’re from, aren’t used to torna-does and can’t appreciate the im-pact. But I think they can now be-cause we watched it all unfold just four or five miles down the road, and now we have a much better under-standing of the damages.”
While they were shopping to help those who had been affected by the damages, they got a first-hand look at the importance of what they were doing when a woman walked into the store as they were checking out.
She had lost her house in the tor-nado, and at one point was unsure of whether or not her kids – who were in school in Moore – were safe.
“We were just trying to find ways
to help,” Mazey said. “They could see tangible evidence of the immediate impact you could make on some-one’s life just by helping out.
“She was just out shopping for the same stuff we were shopping for. For-tunately, she just went through and picked out some of the stuff we had already checked out with. It was very satisfying for all our guys to help her out.”
Mazey said that as soon as they realized that the team was safe and out of harm’s way, they knew they wanted to help in some way.
They attempted to get into Moore, but were told that nobody was able to get into the city at the time.
“We didn’t want to get in any-body’s way with families trying to get back to see if their families were OK,” Mazey said. “I thought we could take the team and load them on the bus and take them to Walmart and do what we can.
“It’s amazing what the strength of people in times of tragedy and how people find a way to come together.”
The Big 12 decided Tuesday that it
By GREG MAdIAmultimedia editor
Former West Virginia Mountaineer and current Seattle Seahawks defen-sive end, Bruce Irvin has been suspended for four games by the NFL for vio-lating the league policy on performance-enhancing drugs. According to Sports Radio KJR (Seattle), Irvin tested positive for Adderall abuse. Irvin will not appeal the suspension.
Drafted No. 15 overall by the Seattle Seahawks in the
2012 NFL draft, Irvin has had a troubled past. During his high school years, Irvin dropped out with seem-ingly no future in football. Corrupted by the streets of Atlanta, Irvin sold drugs, carried guns and even spent time in jail. Irvin fi-nally turned his life around and earned his GED, at-tended junior college at Mt. San Antonio College in Cal-ifornia and eventually be-came a star at West Virginia en route to the NFL.
So, a suspension like this puts Irvin’s negative image
back in the public eye. After totaling eight sacks
in his rookie season, Irvin appeared to turn the cor-ner on his past. He even do-nated $100,000 to the West Virginia Athletic Depart-ment as a show of appre-ciation for what the school had done to help him. Ir-vin, who has worked very hard to change the appear-ance of his lifestyle, once again has a problem.
“I want to apologize to my teammates, coaches and the Seahawks fans for making a mistake when
I took a substance that is prohibited in the NFL with-out a medical exemption,” Irvin said in a statement re-leased by the Seahawks. “I am extremely disappointed in the poor judgment I showed and take full re-sponsibility for my actions. I will not appeal the disci-pline and instead will focus my energy on preparing for the season so I can begin earning your trust and re-spect again. I look forward to contributing to the team
Regardless of postseason outcome, 2013 a success for WVU baseball
At 4 p.m. today the West Virginia baseball team will be taking part in some-thing no coach in the Big 12 thought they would this year – the Big 12 tournament.
Unanimously picked to finish last in the Big 12 pre-season coaches’ poll, the Mountaineers have gone above and beyond expec-tations this season, finish-ing No. 3 in the conference standings while winning
31 games in Coach Randy Mazey’s first season at the helm.
Although the team and West Virginia fans may be expecting to make a run in the Big 12 tournament, this season should go down as a success regardless of the Mountaineers’ play in the postseason.
Last year the Mountain-eers never seemed to get on track, finishing 23-32. It’s safe to say the team has turned a corner after Coach Mazey’s first regular season in the Old Gold and Blue.
West Virginia finished the regular season with a team
batting average of .278 this year, a 14-point improve-ment from its .264 mark in 2012.
The pitching staff, led by sophomore Harrison Mus-grave had an overall earned run average of 3.96, com-pared to its 6.04 ERA in 2012.
Consistency has been key for the Mountaineers this season. In the 13 series West Virginia played throughout the season, the team was not swept once and man-aged to sweep both New Or-leans and Kansas.
Coach Mazey has re-ceived significant contri-butions from up and down
his lineup that will only lose two consistent starters next season in right fielder Brady Wilson and catcher Alan Filauro, a fact that bodes well for the Mountaineers next season.
Although West Virginia finished No. 3 in the Big 12, with an RPI of 96, the Moun-taineers will more than likely have to win the con-ference tournament to see their season continue on to the NCAA tournament.
That said, this team has come incredibly far in the year one of the Mazey era.
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On Tuesday, WVU red-shirt sophomore pitcher, Harrison Musgrave was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year by the Big 12 Con-ference. Voted on by the head coaches of the Big 12 Conference, Musgrave is the second sophomore in conference history to win the award.
Musgrave put together a 5-0 record with a 1.02 ERA in league play. The Bridgeport, W.Va., na-tive was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week four times throughout the sea-son. He held Big 12 oppo-nents to a .145 batting av-erage while just allowing six earned runs all year long. Musgrave hurled three complete game shut-outs including one against TCU on May 11, finishing the game with a season-high 14 strikeouts. In to-tal, Musgrave dazzled his competition finishing the year 8-1 with a 2.14 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 88.1 innings pitched.
West Virginia’s ace, Musgrave is also one of twenty-two finalists for the College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher of the Year Award, which is given to the nation’s top pitcher.
All-Big 12 team in-cludes nine Mountaineers
In addition to being named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, West Virginia pitcher, Harrison Mus-grave was named a unan-imous first team all-Big 12 selection.
The middle of the Mountaineer lineup in ju-nior first baseman Ryan McBroom and junior des-ignated hitter Matt Frazer were named to the all-Big
12’s Second Team. McB-room finished the season hitting .272 with a confer-ence-leading 11 home runs and 43 RBIs while Frazer hit .266 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs. Also in the conference, McBroom finished in the top five sta-tistically in doubles, home runs, RBIs and seventh in slugging percentage.
“I can’t say enough about how these guys have played all year and how they’ve acted all year,” said first-year WVU head coach Randy Mazey. “This is as close to a coach’s dream team as you can get because they’ve been so much fun to be around and so much fun to coach.”
Finally, Brady Wilson, Alan Filauro, Jacob Rice, Ryan Tutland, Bobby Boyd and Billy Fleming were se-lected as all-Big 12 honor-able mentions.
Mazey loses Coach of the Year to K-State’s Hill
With West Virginia fin-ishing 31-25 overall and 13-11 in the Big 12 Confer-ence, many believed WVU head coach Randy Mazey was destined to finish as the Big 12 Coach of the Year. The Mountaineers finished third in the con-ference after being picked last in the preseason poll. Proving doubters wrong was not enough as the Kansas State head coach Brad Hill was named Big 12 Coach of the Year Tuesday.
Hill earned his second Big 12 Coach of the Year Award after winning the award in 2009. The Wild-cats were projected to fin-ish seventh and instead with a league record of 16-8 topping the Big 12 standings.
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file photoIn his first season at West Virginia, Randy Mazey led the Mountaineers to a third-place finish in the Big 12 Conference.
webRedshirt sophomore Harrison Musgrave was 5-0 with a 1.02 earned run aver-age against Big 12 Conference opponents this season.
file photoFormer WVU defensive end Bruce Irvin had eight sacks in his rookie season for the Seattle Seahawks in 2012.
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San Francisco to host Super Bowl L in 2016
BOSTON (AP) — The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and the NFL championship will go to Houston the fol-lowing year.
Team owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers’ new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season.
San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the Florida Legislature did
not support financing to renovate Sun Life Stadium.
“After losing a Su-per Bowl (to Baltimore last February), it feels re-ally good to win a Super Bowl,” 49ers CEO Jed York cracked.
Houston, which also beat out Miami, was awarded the 2017 title game. It has hosted once before, in 2004.
“I think a lot of them just felt like, hey, it’s Hous-ton’s time,” Texans owner Robert McNair said of his
colleagues, who selected his city on the first bal-lot, requiring at least 24 of 32 votes. “They knew we could do a good job. From 2004 to ‘17, that’s 13 years. So I agree, I think it’s Hous-ton’s time.”
The only previous Super Bowl played in northern California was at Stanford Stadium in 1985.
When NFL Commis-sioner Roger Goodell an-nounced the 2016 deci-sion, members of the San Francisco bid committee
let out a roar of approval, then toasted each other with champagne.
“We are so excited to be able to be able to put on the ‘Golden Super Bowl’ in the Golden State,” York said.
Asked what he believed swayed the owners to vote for San Francisco, York added: “It’s the will power of an entire area that gave an overwhelming push for us.”
It was the first time in a decade that a Super Bowl was awarded on the first
ballot.“The Bay Area has been
waiting for a (title) game since 1985. We have a sta-dium now ... we are just thrilled and couldn’t be happier about this,” said Daniel Lurie, a leader of the San Francisco bid.
“We are going to get to highlight the best the Bay Area has to offer.”
That includes donating 25 percent of the proceeds from the game to fight pov-erty in the San Francisco Bay Area, York said.
The Dolphins were de-nied public money for a stadium upgrade in South Florida following wide-spread complaints about the public investment sunk into the Marlins’ new base-ball home.
Multibillionaire Dol-phins owner Stephen Ross contends $350 million in stadium improvements are badly needed, but he doesn’t want to pay for them by himself. Nor does he want a scaled-down renovation of the 26-year-old facility.
“I suspect there’s a cou-ple of state reps down in Miami-Dade County where I live who are going to look at this and realize this was a huge mistake,” Ross said. “We had the bet-ter bid. I could just look at the body language from the NFL staff. It’s a shame. We may not see another Super Bowl for another 10 years.”
But, Ross said, South Florida “won’t stop trying” to get one.
Miami has hosted 10 Su-per Bowls, tied with New Orleans for the most. But neither will get the 50th.
49ers owner John York suggested that San Fran-cisco’s winning effort of-fered a different lesson in politics.
“If this Super Bowl can show the state of Califor-nia and other communities the opportunity with a new stadium to bring in fresh business, it could be a cat-alyst that stadiums can be built for Oakland and San Diego, which are in need of new ones,” he said. “This may be the impetus to get one of those done.”
For years, it was thought the NFL would seek to stage the 50th Super Bowl in Los Angeles, where the first one was played (but did not sell out) on Jan. 15, 1967. But with no franchise in LA and no suitable sta-dium projects approved, that hope disappeared.
Next Feb. 2, the game goes outdoors in a cold-weather site for the first time, at MetLife Stadium in the New Jersey Meadow-lands. If that gamble pays off for the NFL, look for other cities in similar cli-mates — Washington, Bal-timore, Philadelphia, Chi-cago, Denver — to bid for future Super Bowls.
The 2015 game will be played in the Phoenix area.
Earlier Tuesday, owners approved a $200 million loan for stadium construc-tion in Atlanta. The mul-tipurpose stadium could cost as much as $1 bil-lion, with team owner Ar-thur Blank committed to funding most of it. Blank, speaking at the NFL’s spring meetings, called the decision by the team own-ers an “important mile-stone” in moving the proj-ect forward.
APIn this artist drawing provided by the San Francisco 49ers, the proposed 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. is shown. Tuesday, San Francisco was chosen to host Super Bowl L in 2016.
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was going to postpone the start of the tournament for a day, and change the for-mat from double elimina-tion to pool play.
The Mountaineers will start play in the tourna-ment Thursday at 5 p.m. against Kansas and will take on TCU and Okla-homa State on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The winners of the two pools will move on to the Big 12 championship at 2 p.m. Sunday.
WVU was picked to fin-ish last in the preseason, but after finishing 13-11 in the Big 12 this season, the Mountaineers earned the No. 3 seed in the tournament.
The format change comes after the conference debated calling the tourna-ment off due to the storms.
“(We) were encouraged by Oklahoma City lead-ers and the Oklahoma
City All-Sports Associa-tion to go forward,” said Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “We believe the tournament can serve as a testament to the strong Oklahoma spirit and to the resiliency of the Oklahoma people.”
But even with the change in format and the task at hand in the next few days, Mazey said his team isn’t losing sight of what was re-ally important this week.
“It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose, it’s like you’re playing for somebody else now,” he said. “If we can make a significant impact on the people who were af-fected, it doesn’t matter if you’re playing a baseball tournament or a game of checkers.
“If you have a venue, and an opportunity to raise money and help a lot of people, I think it’s worth it regardless of who wins this thing.”
the moment I return.”Beyond the official state-
ment Irvin made through the team, he also reached out on Twitter by provid-ing a statement to his fans apologizing for his actions.
“I messed up and I feel so bad and have been de-pressed for weeks now. I’ve had sleepless nights because I knew when this came out, I would let so many people down, in-cluding myself. I have worked so hard to rebuild my image and it takes an-other blow,” Irvin wrote in the Twitter post. “Once again, I’m sorry and take full responsibility for my actions. I will take this on the chin and move forward to become the best person on and off the field. Man,
I’m sorry I let you down but I promise you when I come back – all hell will break loose! West Virginia, I love you always and know you have my back and always will.”
League rules allow Irvin to practice with the team and participate in exhibi-tion games. With the com-pletion of training camp, Irvin will be suspended without pay for the first four games of the season which includes one against NFC west division rival, San Francisco.
At this point, Irvin’s job not only involves trying to get ready to be on the field by the time by the time Oc-tober 6 rolls around, but more importantly repairing his image that he worked so hard to clean up during the past four years.
From losing two of three to North Florida to start the year to sweeping Kan-sas and taking two of three from Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma, it would be an understatement to say the Mountaineers have been a surprise.
In its first year in a con-ference with teams that have won multiple national championships, the Moun-taineers did more than hold their own, finishing with a
Big 12 record of 13-11. Whether the team suf-
fers an early exit in the Big 12 tournament or makes a run to a conference cham-pionship, Coach Mazey has laid a foundation for contin-ued success.
With key contributors such as Harrison Musgrave, Bobby Boyd and Billy Flem-ing only in their sophomore seasons, it would appear that the Mountaineers may be in line to consistently compete for Big 12 titles in the future.
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WR Mccartney to return to West virginiaBy GREG MAdIAmultimedia editor
The West Virginia football program gained a boost in ex-perience to its receiver core as wide receiver Ivan McCartney will return to WVU for his se-nior season. The Miramar, Fla., native left WVU during the 2012 regular season.
McCartney was a produc-tive player during the 2011 sea-son. Catching 49 passes for 585 yards and three touchdowns, he was poised for an even stronger 2012. That of course wasn’t the case. After falling off the two-deep, McCartney struggled to see the field. Haul-ing in just nine catches for 112 yards, McCartney’s best game in 2012 came against Kansas State in mop-up time catching three passes for 26 yards. Mc-Cartney left the program the next week following WVU’s game vs. TCU on Nov. 3, which
fell in the midst of WVU’s five-game losing streak. After that, rumors circulated that Mc-Cartney would attend and play at Florida Atlantic University, closer to his home.
Now enrolled in classes, McCartney will have imme-diate eligibility at WVU, pend-ing good academic standing. A high school teammate of for-mer Mountaineers and recent NFL draft picks Geno Smith and Stedman Bailey, McCart-ney rejoins WVU as the most veteran wide receiver of the group.
McCartney is expected to compete for playing time at the outside receiver spot with KJ Myers and JUCO transfers Kevin White and Ronald Car-swell. McCartney is also re-united with new WVU wide receivers coach Lonnie Gallo-way, who recruited McCartney out of high school.
QB Rawlins to TransferWVU Quarterback Chavas
Rawlins has decided to trans-fer out of the program. Rawlins enrolled early at WVU for the spring semester to get a head start on his college career. Af-ter participating in 15 spring practices, Rawlins will move on from West Virginia.
Having committed on May 18, 2012, Rawlins left the WVU program before one full year. Recruited by then WVU quar-terbacks coach Jake Spavital af-ter starring at Monessen High School, Rawlins never could feel the connection with WVU’s other offensive coaches that he felt with Spavital. Since Spavi-tal left West Virginia for Texas A&M in mid-January, Rawlins failed to garner the same atten-tion from Dana Holgorsen.
Rawlins’ high school coach Jeff Pacak told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette why Rawlins was going to transfer.
“Everyone at West Virginia was great to him, but as you know he came in right when [quarterbacks coach Jake Spav-ital] left,” Pacak said. “His ini-tial decision was I’m going to go down there and make the most of it, but that weighed on him a little bit.”
Additionally, Rawlins likely was discouraged during WVU’s spring game, as he watched all of it from the sideline, not even receiving a snap of playing time during the game because of all the attention put on the quarterback battle between Paul Millard and Ford Chil-dress. Also, throw in the fact that Holgorsen just brought in Florida State transfer Clint Trickett for two years plus al-ready had signed a class of 2014 quarterback in Dunbar’s William Crest, odds are Rawl-ins would be the odd man out.
file photoIvan McCartney left the WVU football program for personal reasons last season.