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Not your average WVU athletesby lacey palmer
staff writer
Anyone who has cheered on the Mountaineers at a football or basketball game has seen the West Virginia University cheerleaders. Al-though some may notice the girls in the air with their cheerful smiles, fewer notice the guys holding them up.
Males actually started cheerleading in the late 1880s. According to West Vir-ginia University cheerleading coach Christy Davis, the first
cheerleaders at WVU were males as well.
On WVU’s Gold cheer-leading squad, which cheers at football and men’s basket-ball games, there are typically eight-to-10 males each year. Davis said The Blue squad, which cheers at women’s basketball games, is similar in number, and all males start.
“It’s nice to have enough guys so every girl can have their own partner and im-prove in stunt skills as the year progresses,” junior cheerleader Chelsea Eades
said. Senior and Theta Chi
brother Justin Bell has been cheering for three years. Bell decided to cheer after be-ing pressured by a female cheerleader.
“I went to a practice and saw the varsity guys doing some pretty cool stuff,” Bell said. “I said to myself that I wanted to be able to stunt like that.”
Graduate student Clay-ton Allison is in his fifth year of cheering. A high school friend encouraged him to
cheer.“She actually contacted
me almost every other day for nearly a month until I came to a practice,” Allison said. “After I attended one prac-tice, I was hooked.”
Sophomore and second-year cheerleader Nick Pow-ell started cheering his fresh-man year.
“When I came to college, I was looking for something to keep me active and involved,” Powell said. “Now, cheering is more of a stress relief or a break that I look forward to
every week.”Almost all the guys agree
cheering is something they never imagined they’d do.
Kris Lankford, now in his second year of cheering at WVU, says cheerleading is in-credibly different from other athletics. In high school, Lankford played football and lacrosse, and he wrestled.
“In cheerleading, you have to use a lot more finesse,” Lankford said. “It was easy to try to use brute strength while stunting at first, but moves wouldn’t be nearly as clean
and are far more dangerous that way.”
Bell and Allison also played football in high school.
“I never thought I would be doing this, but now I en-joy it very much and couldn’t imagine not doing it,” Bell said.
Davis says no experience is necessary for males look-ing to cheer, but athletic abil-ity is essential.
Eric Jenkins, who is in his third year cheering, didn’t find cheering too difficult to
Volunteers make a difference as ‘Big Brothers and Big Sisters’
by madison FleckCorrespondent
In the eyes of a child, just one hour a week spent with a Big Brother or Big Sister can make all the difference.
Volunteers at the Mor-gantown Big Brothers Big Sisters program have ded-icated their time to devel-oping relationships with children from various backgrounds.
Sylvia Hawkins, Execu-tive Director of Morgan-town’s Big Brothers Big Sis-ters program, said the ages of the children enrolled in the program range from eight-to-16. They come from homes where they are raised by a single parent, foster parents or, in some cases, their great-grandparents.
Hawkins said more than 90 percent of the volunteers are either West Virginia Uni-versity students or faculty, and she believes it is a great way for the WVU commu-nity to get involved.
The Big Brothers Big Sis-ters program gives these children a temporary older sibling to confide in, and it gives the volunteers an eye opener to reality.
Older siblings are asked to make a weekly commit-ment of one hour to be with their younger sibling.
Caitlin Barber, a gradu-ate student at WVU, has an 8-year-old little sister in the program. Her little sister has two biological brothers and doesn’t get a lot of “girl time” in her day.
Barber said the one hour per week she spends with her little sister is very worthwhile.
“She likes having a girl there to talk to talk to,” Bar-ber said.
The moment Caitlin real-ized her volunteer work had value was when she took her little sister back-to-school shopping.
“We went to Justice to pick out some clothes, and she was so excited. She had never gotten an outfit from there before, and now she wears it every time I see her,” she said.
As a child, Barber said she feels she was very for-tunate, and this experience has made her appreciate how she grew up.
“I would recommend this program to everyone,” she said.
Evan Stalnaker, a WVU student, has a 9-year-old lit-tle brother in the program.
“When I first met him, his grades weren’t good, but now he has A’s and B’s in all his classes and is a re-ally good listener,” Stalnaker said.
“We just go play games, or go bowling or hiking and fishing. He loves to fish.”
Within the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization, there are two programs with which volunteers can get involved, one through the school and one through the community.
Hawkins said the school-based program requires the volunteer to travel to North Elementary School for one hour per week and spend time with their younger sib-ling at school.
This can include playing sports in the gym, playing board games, or just talking and hanging out, she said.
The community-based program requires the big brother or sister to go to the child’s house and/or spend time with them outside of school, such as playing games, outdoor activities or
Proposed SGA amendment addresses grant allocation
by lacey palmerstaff writer
An amendment to the West Virginia University Constitution of the Student Government Association concerning the Bureau of Fi-nance was proposed by Gov-ernor Dillan Knox Wednes-day evening at the regular meeting.
“The Bureau of Finance has been a part of the SGA for the past couple of years, but has not been taken ad-vantage of,” Knox said.
“I want to get the Bureau instated in the constitution so it will be around in the years to come.”
Within the Bureau of Fi-nance is a Grant Alloca-tion Committee that con-siders grant applications from student organizations. The committee investigates the applicants to approve grants for deserving student organizations.
The Board of Governors also receives the grant appli-cations a week before and is able to research the request before they vote at the next meeting.
Then, the governors are al-lowed to ask questions to the organization’s representative
concerning their requested grant.
“The Grant Allocation Committee will review the applications, but this amend-ment still keeps the power in check with the Board of Governors,” Knox said. “The amendment simply adds an advisory bureau to help ap-propriate finances.”
According to Knox, the Board of Governors can override the Grant Allocation Committee’s decision, leav-ing the ultimate decision to approve the grant in the gov-ernors’ hands.
The Bureau of Finance is implemented in SGA, but has not been added to the constitution yet. According to Knox, the constitution al-lows SGA to implement a bu-reau at will.
The proposed amend-ment to the constitution reads: “The Board of Gover-nors will work in conjunction with the Bureau of Finance in all matters concerning finan-cial appropriation with the Board of Governors having ultimate voting approval.”
This amendment will be included in the next SGA campus-wide election for student body approval, which will take place toward
the end of the 2013 spring semester. If it passes, the amendment will take effect immediately.
The Board of Governors also approved three grant applications Wednesday evening – one for $300 to Al-pha Tau Alpha, an organiza-tion for agriculture majors that will allow four members to travel to a national com-petition, another for $500 to the Gender Equality Move-ment to host three upcoming events on campus and a $500 grant to WVU Archery to take four members to a national competition.
Three Judicial Board nom-inations were also approved by the Board of Governors. Zachary Kinnaird, a law stu-dent from Texas; Josh Sny-der, a law student and for-mer WVU SGA governor and Omolola Oluyemi, a law stu-dent from California join two other law students and one graduate student to com-plete the Judicial Board.
Sophomore political sci-ence major Katie Armstead was approved for the execu-tive position of Republican Chair at Wednesday eve-ning’s meeting as well.
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teer work done through the Big Brother Big Sister pro-gram is a humbling expe-rience and one he encour-ages every member of the Morgantown community to engage in.
To volunteer or for more information, call 304-983-2823 or fill out an applica-tion at www.bbbs-ncwv.org.
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learn.“Of course there were
times that learning a new stunt was difficult, but that is with any sport that difficulties and obstacles arise,” Jenkins said. “I think it helped that I had a strong weightlifting background, so I was able to master the strength part, but I had to work at the finesse.”
According to Lankford, it was challenging at the beginning.
“When I first began, pro-gression to new things was quick, and then I would reach a plateau stage,” Lank-ford said. “Then, after work-ing through that, new moves begin to hit, and it tends to cycle that way.”
Allison agrees learning new skills is difficult at first.
“The physicality and skill needed to perform the stunts we do will blow you away,” Allison said. “Hitting a highly difficult stunt is just as rewarding as making a big-
time catch in football, a game winning goal in soccer and so on.”
Allison also said the com-petitiveness of he and his teammates helps them get better each week.
“We have good days and bad days where we struggle when learning a new skill,” Allison said. “We know we aren’t going to hit things per-fectly on our first attempt, and it’s tough working through it, but we all want to be the best.”
Eades agrees the guys are competitive, which only ben-efits the team.
“Sometimes, they’ll com-pete with each other to see who can hold the longest stunt or who can do the most difficult stunt,” Eades said.
Being a WVU cheerleader requires time commitments. When they aren’t practicing for two hours each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, they also make time for games and preparation – espe-cially when traveling to away games in the Big 12. They also balance school, as well as other activities.
Bell said his fraternity isn’t as much of a time commit-ment as cheering.
“The real balancing act is trying to juggle traveling with the team while also being a productive student,” Bell said.
According to Davis, the talent the males bring to the team is obvious.
“They allow us to do an entirely different level of pyramids because of their strength,” Davis said. “As fe-males, we can cheer on the team, but our voices are soft even when yelling at our loudest. The males’ voices really add depth, which al-lows them to lead our crowd cheers well.”
Davis said the males add balance to the team. She also noted the spirit the men pos-sess is incomparable.
“They love the sports that they cheer for, and they really root for them and cheer them on,” Davis said.
According to Davis, in re-cent years, they have had some trouble recruiting males – she isn’t certain as to why. She believes it could be because of the stereotypes re-garding male cheerleaders.
Those involved know the negative stereotypes are far from the truth.
“When people hear about male cheerleaders, they don’t think about them being strong and competitive, and they just assume they are like the girls – happy and preppy,” Eades said.
“These guys are throwing girls up in the air; that’s defi-
nitely not girly and takes lots of strength.”
The guys agree dealing with the negative stereotype can be difficult.
“We’re always defending ourselves against people who don’t understand why we do what we do,” Bell said. “I have pretty thick skin, so it’s not a very big deal, but when I first started, I caught a lot of grief for it.”
According to Powell, he struggled with the stereo-types when he first started cheering, but now he gets lit-tle negativity about it.
“Most people are more impressed and tell me how lucky I am to be doing what I do,” Powell said. “If any-one does say anything, I tell them to look at the girls they hang out with compared to the girls that I hang out with.”
Jenkins said there are ste-reotypes surrounding male cheerleaders that vary be-tween positive and negative.
“There is obviously the male cheerleaders are gay reference, to which I re-spond by saying that I’m the one with my hands on girls all practice – what do you do?” Jenkins said. “However, on the flip side, there are the good stereotypes as well.”
Jenkins said many talk about the strength it takes to lift girls or comment about how he’s surrounded by gor-geous girls all day.
“I have had to defend my reason for cheering many times and can usually con-vince the person that it is awesome,” Jenkins said. “But frankly, it doesn’t mat-
ter what anyone else thinks, because I love what I do and wouldn’t quit for anything.”
Another issue they face is the way the athletic depart-ment views them, according to Jenkins.
“We are regarded as ath-letes in some regards, but not in others, such as receiv-ing gear and not getting pri-ority registration as other ath-letes do, even though we put in many hours and represent WVU,” Jenkins said.
Jenkins said he believes what they do qualifies as a sport.
“As a WVU cheerleader, where we throw the girls in the air all the time, I would have to say yes, it is a sport,” Jenkins said.
Allison said many would be surprised by the amount of athleticism required to perform their stunts.
The job of being a male cheerleader is a tough one, according to the guys – but
one they enjoy and wouldn’t trade.
“One of the best parts is being on the field,” Powell said. “It’s such a rush when you’re leading the crowd and they respond in ‘Let’s Go, Mountaineers!’”
Jenkins agrees the perks are greater than the challenges.
“We have front row seats at all football and basketball games, so it really feels like we are in the action,” Jen-kins said. “You get great ac-cess to sporting events, travel and receive some public recognition.”
Regardless of one’s opinion on male cheerlead-ers, their work demands respect.
“Cheering for WVU is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” Powell said. “We have a great program here at WVU and a great group of people, too.”
aTHleTeContinued from PAGE 1
matt Sunday/tHe daIly atHenaeumMale cheerleaders lead the WVU football team out onto the field before every home game.
by carlee lammersCity editor
Voting for West Virginia Uni-versity’s Homecoming King and Queen continues today in the Mountainlair.
The Daily Athenaeum met with each candidate before elections began and asked the following questions:
1. Why do you want to be elected Homecoming King/Queen?
2. What makes you unique? What are some of your hobbies and interests?
3. Why did you decide to attend WVU?
Meet the 2012 Homecoming candidates:
Andria Alvarez (Public rela-tions/multidisciplinary studies; Bridgeport, W.Va.):
1. I am from West Virginia and have attended Mountaineer games my entire life. I have seen home-coming queen after homecoming queen get crowned and I always thought to myself that I wanted to be homecoming queen when I was older. When I got to college, I real-ized that the homecoming queen is a representation of the students at WVU to the alumni. To future students, she is a representation of what their future at WVU could be. I wanted to be that girl that repre-sents WVU.
2. My personality is the true rep-resentation of who I am. I like to think that I am outgoing, fun and confident. I love talking with people and making new friends. My fam-ily is probably the most important thing in my life. I come from a huge Italian family, who is very support-ive of everything I do. In the win-ter, I love to ski as much as possi-ble, because it’s too cold to go out in Morgantown.
3. I have grown up a Mountain-eer. In the beginning, I wanted to go away to school but then I got the promise scholarship and couldn’t turn down that money. Ultimately, I wanted to stay close to my family. It is nice to be close enough that I can go home whenever I want, but far enough away that I don’t have to see them that often.
Brooke Andrews (Biology; Morgantown, W.Va.):
1. After growing up here, the Uni-versity has given me some of the best experiences of my life. I would be truly honored to represent it dur-ing homecoming week, my favorite WVU event.
2. I think I represent a great va-
riety of students on campus. I’ve studied abroad so I understand the cultural shock international students face. I am a Morgantown native, so I truly have grown up a Mountaineer and everything en-compassing it. I am very driven to achieve a balance as an academic student but also maintain a strong social relationship within my Greek community. I took the position of Vice President within my Alpha Phi Sorority and am now the Presi-dent of Panhellenic, overseeing the Greek Community and the events they hold. I have a strong passion for sports and played basketball my entire life – I haven’t missed a home football or men’s basketball game since I can remember.
3. WVU is the perfect balance of home and school for me. I am able to live on campus and get the entire college student experience, with my family literally a PRT ride away. I can’t imagine a better combination and would have been silly to turn down such an opportunity.
Ali Jeney (International stud-ies/environmental geoscience; Clarksburg, W.Va.):
1. I want to be elected Queen, because I truly believe I am a good representative for the Mountain-eer nation. I have spent a tremen-dous amount of time volunteering in the community and working with different organizations within the University.
2. Some of my hobbies include snowboarding, playing soccer, hik-ing, and, as of this fall, preparing for a Tough Mudder event this spring! I also love finding ways to give back to the community whether that’s ca-noeing down the Mon. River, pick-ing up trash along the river banks or making friends at the Bartlett House. I think what really makes me unique is the tremendous love I have for this University and com-munity and my never ending thirst for adventure.
3. I chose WVU, because I had no idea what I wanted to do and knew WVU could help me figure it out, and because my freshman Adven-ture WV trip made me realize there is no other place for me.
Danielle Vincent (Industrial engineering; Bridgeport, W.Va.):
1. I want to be elected Home-coming Queen, because I feel that I embody the qualities that represent a true Mountaineer student and representative of this University.
2. I love to meet and talk to new people from new places, back-grounds and interests.
3. I’ve grown up being a Moun-taineer and I knew I always would
be a student here. I love the tradi-tions and close ties with friends and family.
Breanne Zackery (Advertising; Morgantown, W.Va.):
1. I want to be elected Home-coming Queen because I honestly believe I am a true Mountaineer. I feel that I am what a great Moun-taineer fan is made of and would be a great example for the campus as Homecoming Queen.
2. What makes me unique is that I am always trying to get into new things. I love college, and I’m al-ways trying to soak up new things and get to know new people. Even though I’m a Senior, I’m still looking to meet new people and find new things to get into.
3. I chose to come to WVU be-cause of the marching band, and it was the best choice I’ve ever made. I know I made the right choice by going here even though I felt like I shouldn’t go here as a senior in high school. I wanted to branch out and go somewhere new, but I am so glad I didn’t. I’ve made some of the greatest friends a girl could think of here at WVU. I’m so blessed.
Ryan Cox (Multidisciplinary; Morgantown, W.Va.):
Cox is a long-standing member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and is the current Interfraternity Council president. He has worked at the Student Recreation Cen-ter and the Student Organizations Services office. Cox was named a Greek Man of the Year in 2012 and volunteers at the American Legion Mountaineer Boys State as a coun-cilor. He is the son of Brad and Ab-bie Cox. He is sponsored by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Interfraternity Council.
Cox did not submit his interview with the DA prior to deadline.
B. Jay Hatfield (Athletic coach-ing education; Boone County, W.Va.):
1. I want to be elected as King so I can serve as a role model to younger West Virginians and be able to give back to this beautiful state.
2. Something that makes me unique is that I am a direct descen-dent of ‘Devil Anse’ Hatfield. In my spare time, I enjoy attending all mountaineer sporting events and occasionally serving as the moun-taineer mascot.
3. I decided to come to WVU be-cause ever since my father brought me up for my first Mountaineer football game, Morgantown is the only place that felt like home to me. And the atmosphere is unlike any place that I’ve experienced.
Steve Orlowski (Sport manage-ment; Leonia, N.J.):
1. I Bleed Gold and Blue, and I’m a huge Mountaineer fan.
2. I am a huge Mountaineer fan and attend every WVU Athletic Event.
3. Seeing the flying WV all over campus. The school spirit and pas-sion for the University doesn’t com-pare to any other school.
Joseph West (Aerospace & me-chanical engineering/multidisci-plinary studies; Wheeling, W.Va.):
1. I feel like I could represent the University very well. I am involved in many different clubs and pro-grams and know what WVU has to offer and what it is all about. I’ve represented WVU’s engineering program at different events before. It would be an honor to represent WVU as Homecoming King.
2. I’m in a ska band called Black Action Cop. I play saxophone and do lead vocals. We’ve been play-ing together since high school and have had some great opportunities here in Morgantown, like last win-ter when we opened for The Toast-ers at 123 Pleasant Street. We just finished recording in Pittsburgh this year – that has been exciting, too. I also really like playing soccer, snow-boarding and hiking. It’s been really great just meeting new people and living in Morgantown. WVU’s given me some really great opportunities I could not have gotten anywhere else. One of my favorite memories has been participating in the De-sign/Build/Fly program.
3. Growing up in West Virginia, I had always wanted to attend WVU. I can remember going to my first football game when I was really young and just loving everything about WVU and Morgantown. It was great. We have a good engi-neering program here, and WVU really had everything I was looking for in a college.
Fredrick Wright (Petroleum & Natural gas engineering; Clarks-burg, W.Va.):
1. To have the honor of being se-lected by my fellow students and be-coming part of our great tradition.
2. I have the ability to talk to any-one about anything. Some of my hobbies are hunting and fishing, cooking and music.
3. Because I was born and raised a Mountaineer, and I wanted to be a part of the schools tradition. We also have one of the top Petro-leum and Natural Gas Engineering programs.
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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | 3Thursday September 27, 2012
by Nick WesdockA&E writEr
Why does any show end? Usually, a series must con-clude because the writers have run out of twists and turns for the show, and viewers have lost interest.
This, in a nutshell, sums up the season eight pre-miere of “How I Met Your Mother.”
There has been a lot of talk about whether there would be a ninth season, but no one knows for sure what the future holds. The cast seemed ready to move on, but the writers claimed to be prepared for another season.
Despite this chatter, it is clear after watching the premiere Monday night which direction the show was headed: downhill.
Since 2005, the sitcom has been one of CBS’ most popular shows.
However, during its last few seasons, it has arguably been dragged out too long.
The premiere episode of this season, “Farhamp-ton,” followed the usual for-mat the show has employed since its first season.
Through flashbacks and fast-forwards, viewers be-gin to see things come to-gether, but there were no new plot developments to spark interest.
Though Barney is still en-gaged to Quinn, there is an inevitable breakup some-time in their near future.
Robin, though she has a “boyfriend,” finds out that she and Barney still have feelings for each other. Is it any surprise?
New parents Lily and Marshall were almost non-factors in the show. Their role in the episode con-sisted of nothing more than accidentally spilling the beans to Quinn about Barney and Robin’s history.
Ted’s bride-to-be finally appears at the end of the
episode, though her iden-tity remains a mystery. Luckily for Ted, his future wife is hiding right around the corner – literally. Hang in there Ted, it has been a long eight years, but you are finally going to meet your wife.
“How I Met Your Mother”
has always been an enter-taining show, and the pre-miere of season eight was as funny as ever.
The funniest bit in the episode occurred when Ted stole Victoria from her own wedding, then found out her fiancé also ran away. The trouble they go
through to leave notes for each other out of “common courtesy” results in some truly hysterical television.
Comedy, however, is not the only element of a show, and the plot lines have been exhausted. “How I Met Your Mother” seems to be going in circles.
It had a great run, but it is time for Ted to finally meet his wife, get married and live happily ever after.
To find out how the gang’s story ends, tune in to CBS Monday nights at 8 p.m.
http://stuffpoint.com‘How I Met Your Mother’ airs Monday nights at 8 p.m. on CBS.
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NEW YORK (AP) — “Who am I to say I want you back? When you were never mine to give away.”
Those are the opening lines of a song that accompa-nies a “New Myspace” pro-motional video. The once-mighty social network is trying to stage yet another comeback with the help of Justin Timberlake. The new site, for which people can request an invitation, looks a bit like an entertainment-focused version of Pinterest, with a dash of Twitter and Facebook thrown in.
But Myspace has tried re-designs before, to no avail. Will it work this time?
“If you break my heart a second time, I might never be the same,” continues the song, “Heartbeat,” by the group JJAMZ.
From the sound if it, Myspace wants to win the hearts and minds of tech-savvy hipsters. Founded in 2003 and initially a fast-ris-ing star, Myspace attracted mostly teenagers and twen-tysomethings, offering them a place to express them-selves online. It peaked in 2008 with some 76 million U.S. visitors in October. The site lost its footing as the fun of customizing profile pages began to bore its users and the site’s heavy use of ban-ner advertisements slowed the speed at which pages loaded. At the same time, people were already mi-
grating to Facebook, which counted users 35 and older among its fastest-growing demographic.
The company’s new pro-motional video offers a 2-minute and 18-second peek into a slick, image-heavy site. The site’s much cleaner look is a stark con-trast to the old Myspace, which users often derided as messy and cluttered. Posted this week, the video prom-ises that Myspace will start “totally from scratch,” as if trying to shed its former self. It doesn’t say when the new site will launch, only that it’s “not ready quite yet.”
The new Myspace will let users connect to the site with their Twitter or Facebook ac-counts, a sign that it won’t be competing with those sites as a social networking ser-vice. Rather, Myspace will continue with its entertain-ment focus, as a place to play and discover music, add photos, videos and playlists and connect with artists.
Timberlake, who’s fea-tured prominently in the video, will likely play a big part of the MySpace revamp. The former ̀ N Sync pop star, with a group of other inves-tors, bought MySpace last summer from News Corp. for $35 million, mostly in stock. That was quite a differ-ence from the $580 million that News Corp. paid for the company in 2005, when it was still an Internet darling.
MySpace, of course, isn’t Timberlake’s first foray into social networking. He played Napster co-founder Sean Parker, a party animal and early Facebook adviser, in Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Network” in 2010.
In August this year, re-search firm comScore put Myspace’s monthly unique visitors at 28 million, mak-ing it the 43rd most visited Web property in the U.S. It’s behind the likes of not just Google, Facebook and Twit-ter but startups such as Tum-
blr, along with the reviews site Yelp and WebMD.
“The new design certainly looks beautiful and it could certainly spur a lot of initial interest,” said Clark Freder-icksen, spokesman for re-search firm eMarketer, which used to put out ad revenue estimates for MySpace but no longer does. “But there are going to be significant challenges for any company looking to enter the digital music space. You have a lot of entrenched players who are really successful.”
Those players include Spotify, Pandora, Rdio, not to mention Apple Inc.’s iTunes.
There’s also the mobile question. It’s unclear from the video what plans the new MySpace has for mo-bile devices such as Android smartphones, iPhones and tablet computers. Fredrick-sen points out that cloud-based music - streamed over an Internet connection - is shifting toward the mobile platform primarily. We are all on the go with our mu-sic. MySpace is entering a
crowded market here, too.Representatives for Spe-
cific Media, which owns Myspace, did not return messages for comment Wednesday. Timberlake’s publicist also did not re-turn an email for comment. With only the slick demo and the poppy, bittersweet lyrics of the JJAMZ song to offer details about the “New Myspace”, these lines stand out:
“Maybe I’m ashamed to want you back. Maybe I’m afraid, you’ll never stay.”
ap Photo released by Panasonic shows Myspace investor Justin Timberlake during Panasonic’s news conference at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Myspace is trying to stage yet another comeback with the help of Timberlake.
Mr. Sexy Back attempts to bring Myspace back
NEW YORK (AP) — The “Today” show’s top pro-ducer on Wednesday de-fended Matt Lauer against stories that have portrayed the anchor as difficult to deal with during the show’s slide in the ratings.
The longtime morn-ing champ has slipped be-hind ABC’s “Good Morning America” in the ratings over recent months, after more than 15 years of being the unquestioned leader in the morning. The new ratings order has solidified since Ann Curry’s tearful exit as Lauer’s co-host in June.
“Matt has been the heart and soul of the show for a long, long time, and any of the stuff out that has por-trayed him in an unflatter-ing light as being difficult to work with is patently false and it’s been tough to deal with,” said Jim Bell, “Today” executive producer.
One tabloid report last week described Lauer as an “anchor animal” who be-rates the staff and inserts himself into show decisions, which Bell described as “pa-
tently false.” He also denied an online report that Lauer would be asked to take a pay cut if the show’s ratings don’t improve. “Today” has also consistently shot down stories that Lauer played a behind-the-scenes role in Savannah Guthrie’s replace-ment of Curry.
Asked if viewers were tak-ing Curry’s dismissal out on “Today,” Bell said that “it’s more complex than that.”
“Any time there is a change, especially in the morning, it takes a while for people to process that change and we’re still go-ing through that,” Bell said. “That’s OK. We understand. We get it. We love our team and we really feel positive about the show we are do-ing and we are taking the long view here.”
“Today” has actually taken pride in seamless an-chor transitions in the past, such as when Meredith Vie-ira replaced Katie Couric, Curry replaced Vieira and Lauer took over for Bryant Gumbel. This one hasn’t worked, at least for now.
Bell denied reports that he would leave “Today” for another job at NBC, saying “this is the best job in the world.”
After a 17-year winning streak in the ratings, “GMA” overtook “Today” during a couple of weeks last spring. With the exception of two weeks when “Today” broad-cast from the London Olym-pics, the ABC show has won consistently since Curry’s dismissal, by margins as much as 800,000 viewers.
“GMA” has succeeded with a lighter, more pop cul-ture-oriented show. Its on-air team of George Stepha-
nopoulos, Robin Roberts, Josh Elliott and Lara Spen-cer has clicked during NBC’s turmoil. “Today” has long been a huge cash cow for NBC, and a permanent change in the morning’s pecking order would have big financial implications.
“For a long time, they tried to do a version of the `Today’ show,” Bell said of ABC. “It didn’t work well, so they have tried to do a dif-ferent show. We are differ-ent shows right now. De-spite however that might be working in the short term, for our show, it’s in our best interests to be who we
are and not try to do what someone else is doing.”
Asked for comment, ABC spokesman Jeffrey Schnei-der said: “I think the audi-ence has spoken loud and clear about its preference in the morning.”
He said “Today,” which featured a Curry inter-view with Libyan President Mohammed Magarief on Wednesday, will be making
its differences with “Good Morning America” more ap-parent in coming months.
“While we recognize in the short term we’re going through a difficult period, we’re not going to com-pound it by suddenly doing a different show from the one we all feel good about, which is a smart show, a rel-evant show and an impor-tant show to do,” he said.
‘Today’ producer angry about Matt Lauer stories
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We are now at the height of the political season, with a dead heat in the race for the presidency. Everyone has their predic-tions and preferences, but one thing you won’t see is Hillary Clinton in the mid-dle of the fray – and that’s likely for a good reason.
The Clintons, now more than ever, are the darlings of the media. In a bit of a departure from the past, the Clintons are even pop-ular with Republicans, who now see the Clinton presidency as the “good ole’ days.” President Bill Clinton has openly cam-paigned for the incumbent President Obama, but he has said some things pol-
iticians on the left see as eyebrow-raising.
The irony, however, is President Clinton is not known for public gaffes – like Biden – nor does he come across as the crazy uncle in the attic – like Congressman Ron Paul.
It’s quite the opposite: everything President Clin-ton says is measured and likely has some kind of un-derlying reason behind it.
For example, Clinton referred to Mitt Romney’s business record as “ster-ling,” even after the vir-ulent attacks from the Obama Administration on Romney’s time at Bain Capital. This was likely an attempt to separate the Clinton trademark from the comments of the Pres-ident himself and many of his cohorts.
The fact of the matter is
the current president has a poor jobs record to date, and the Clintons are very aware of that fact.
One thing is clear: go-ing back to 2008, Hillary had no intention of ever being number two, and her taking the job of Sec-retary of State was part of a bigger plan. That plan, in my opinion, is to lay the groundwork for a 2016 presidential run.
The position of vice president is typically held for however many terms the individual is elected. However, a position such as Secretary of State is usu-ally held for just one term – sometimes even less.
Another difference is it is seen as a non-political position and is more ori-ented toward actually for-mulating U.S. policy. In Hillary’s case, U.S. foreign
policy takes precedence. Hillary’s foreign policy credentials are now as good as anyone’s in Wash-ington, D.C., on top of her time as a U.S. Senator and First Lady.
There was talk ear-lier in the election sea-son about Hillary replac-ing Vice President Biden on the ticket. While this ultimately didn’t happen, one would imagine the idea floated around to give the current administration the boost it so desperately needs.
Either way, at this point, there is no way Hillary would bite because of the state of the economy and the exhaustion of being Secretary of State.
Hillary will now have four more years to catch her breath and start qui-etly laying the groundwork
for her own presidential bid, should she decide that’s the route she wants to take.
A 2016 presidential bid will put her at 68-years-old, which shouldn’t be an issue as long no health issues hinder her over the next couple of years. Age is no longer the same kind of impediment it was in past years.
Mitt Romney is 65, John McCain was 72 during his candidacy, and Ron Paul recently ran for the Re-publican nomination at the ripe age of 77. So for those of you who think age will keep Hillary from po-tentially running in 2016, you may want to think again.
As far as the current election, my gut says af-ter it’s all said and done, Mitt Romney will indeed
be the next of President of the United States.
I think when push comes to shove, his ar-guments on the economy will resonate more with the American people and will very narrowly push him to victory over Presi-dent Obama.
If elected, Romney bet-ter offer some solid solu-tions to the woes Amer-ica currently faces. If not, I believe he or any other potential 2016 Republi-can candidate will have a freight train known as the Clintons coming straight at them.
In the meantime, the Clintons will likely con-tinue to become more popular, and likely much richer once Hillary re-leases her Secretary of State memoirs within the next couple of years.
Derrik whitlowcorrespondent
Clinton will be formidable candidate in 2016
APSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during a meeting on the Sahel as part of the 67th session of the General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters Wednesday.
Although it seems un-likely that “The Innocence of Muslims” will be nearly as impactful as Mohamed Bouazizi’s fateful self-im-molation in 2010, the wave of violence across the Is-lamic world since its dis-semination has thrown Western observers for a loop.
In the wake of Ambas-sador J. Christopher Ste-vens’ murder in Benghazi, a multi-tiered narrative has emerged in the American press, drawing together re-pudiations of the film, pas-sionate defenses of free speech, and questions as to whether American poli-cymakers have any control over events on the ground.
And while it’s clear that there is more than enough blame to go around, one emerging story of culpa-bility might be most illus-trative. In early press cor-
respondences, a man identifying himself as Sam Bacile, an “Israeli Jew” liv-ing in California, claimed to have produced the film with the support of “100 Jewish donors.” Just as American Jews had begun to reconcile themselves to the unfortu-nate truth – despite linger-ing suspicions: since when is Bacile a Jewish name? – the Associated Press re-ported the Bacile identity to be nothing more than an alias for Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, a Christian Egyp-tian-American at the helm of the film’s production.
We cannot be sure what motivated Nakoula to pose as an Israeli Jew, but the damage wrought by his subterfuge cannot be un-done. As the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press spread word that a Jewish cadre had financed a film mocking the Mus-lim prophet Mohammed, rioters accepted the news as further validation of a global Zionist conspiracy – a ubiquitous, hate-filled
theme in the political dis-course of the Middle East.
However, the takeaway from Nakoula’s false self-identification is a less tired one: to quote a friend’s paraphrase of a com-mon Republican refrain, Nakoula and his fundamen-talist Christian supporters “threw Israel [and Jews] un-der the bus,” assuming the reality of a fictive common interest in inciting Islamic fundamentalist riots. And although no measure of re-ligious offense should entail a violent response, Nakou-la’s selfish mistake makes a stark point about the prob-lem of Christian fundamen-talists claiming the mantle of America’s Israel policy.
Despite the appear-ances of the Christian Zi-onist movement, there ex-ists a profound variance between the interests of the Christian right and those of American Jews on ques-tions of religious plurality and Middle East policy. Un-like Nakoula, Pastor Terry Jones, and the throngs of
conservatives up in arms about a creeping Islamic takeover of the United States, the Public Religion Research Institute suggests that American Jews are ex-ceptionally tolerant of their Muslim neighbors.
Moreover, against the theory of an unquestioning Israel lobby, American Jews are more likely than the general American public to support pro-peace policies with regard to the resolu-tion of the Israeli-Palestin-ian conflict. Working with thousands of responses, the Jewish Values Report re-corded that American Jews were significantly more likely both to prefer diplo-macy to military means and to support the enactment of a two-state solution than the average American.
These nuanced, pro-peace opinions come be-cause of, rather than despite, the Jewish com-munity’s deep concern for Israel’s security –a claim you might not believe if you let the Christian right
and its Nakoulas speak for Jews. Earlier this year, bibli-cally-motivated right-wing lawmakers in both Florida and South Carolina’s state legislatures passed resolu-tions calling for Israel’s an-nexation of the West Bank, citing the interests of the great powerbroker in the sky. During the Republican primary season, both Rick Santorum and Newt Gin-grich demonstrated their sincerest solidarity by de-lusionally suggesting that Palestinians don’t exist.
It is easy to make sweep-ing, millenarian statements about Islam and Middle East foreign policy when you don’t have any skin in the game: no matter how hot things get on the street in Benghazi, Cairo, or East Jerusalem, Terry Jones and the South Carolina Repub-lican Party will be just fine. For many American Jews, the unmaking of Israel as a Jewish state or the cessation of its peace treaty with Egypt would be a personal trag-edy – putting into harm’s
way millions of brothers, sisters, and cousins. More-over, as a community that can palpably remember the yoke of persecution, most American Jews have no in-terest in making the lives of American Muslims difficult.
Make no mistake: none of this is to minimize the immediate tragedy that claimed the lives of four dis-tinguished American diplo-mats in Benghazi.
In fact, as a secular per-son, I cannot begin to com-prehend why any level of religious offense should compel anyone to violence – and above all, think it a healthy thing for people to make light of all systems of authority. But as a member of the Jewish community, I cannot forgive Nakoula for misrepresenting himself as an Israeli Jew and set-ting back the cause of coex-istence in the Middle East yet another step.
Let us hope for the sake of peace that the Christian right can learn from his lesson.
Morons and Sam Baciles: ‘Innocence of Muslims’ causes unnecessary messJoshua lipsonthe harvard crimson
Costs of smoking go beyond healthJuly 1, 2013, smoking and all
other forms of tobacco use will be banned across West Virginia University’s campus. The ban, which was approved by the WVU Board of Governors this sum-mer, was a great step toward making the University a health-ier, more comfortable environ-ment for all students. With this move, WVU will become one of more than 500 smoke-free cam-puses across the nation.
In preparing for this big change, the University should
also invest in and promote pro-grams to help WVU’s smokers cope with the ban and set them on the path to ultimately quit smoking.
The WELLWVU: The Stu-dents’ Center of Health website currently encourages everyone considering quitting smoking to schedule an appointment with them. If you are thinking about quitting, take this first step, and learn more about your options. If you currently smoke and are not yet looking into the possibil-
ity of quitting, you should take the time to consider the tremen-dous costs smoking inflicts on you and those around you.
First, the obvious harm you are doing by smoking is to your-self. Smoking increases your risk for lung cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke and various other lung diseases. According to the Center for Disease Con-trol, the adverse health effects of smoking lead to more than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, making it the number one
cause of preventable deaths in the country. Close to 50,000 of those deaths are nonsmokers who were harmed by second-hand smoke.
Even if you have made the il-logical decision that you are willing to deal with the vast ar-ray of health problems smok-ing causes, are you comfortable with the fact that you are also potentially hurting those clos-est to you?
Furthermore, the cost of smoking goes far beyond you
and the people around you. Ev-ery year, nearly $100 billion is spent treating the assortment of ailments caused by smoking. Most of that money comes from publicly funded health care pro-grams such as Medicare and Medicaid. The entire country – literally – is left to pick up the tab for your poor decision to light up.
Just some facts to consider before you buy your next pack.
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THE WVU PLANETARIUM, now located on the PL floor of White Hall, will present “Tales of the Maya Skies” at 7 p.m. and “Ultimate Uni-verse” at 8 p.m. Friday.
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LATER THIS WEEK
BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you ex-
perience many different feelings that help guide you. You sometimes won-der which voice to listen to, but only you can decide that. You often have is-sues with the opposite sex. Maintain your sense of humor, and everything will work out fine. Transform your at-titude, and you’ll transform your life. If you are single, you come from a place of compassion when you meet some-one. Be vulnerable yet open to the fact that this person might not be Mr. or Ms. Right. If you are attached, share a new hobby with a sweetie in order to become closer. PISCES can drag you down.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Your intuition directs you as to which way to go, though you could feel stuck between a rock and a hard place. You see the potential for change, but you need a boss or supervisor to go along with you. You might opt not to share everything you are thinking. Tonight: Not to be found.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH A friend seems to zero in on an issue, which helps you to verbal-ize and express your thoughts. A part-ner cares, but he or she initially might show it as hostility. Get past this per-son’s behavior. Detach, and you will see more. Tonight: Where your friends are.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH You are on top of your game, and you un-derstand what makes an associate function in the way that he or she does. Open up to a talk, and share more of what you think is needed. Be aware of what others suggest as well. Tonight: A must appearance.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH Detach before making a final decision. You intuitively want to know more of what could make a situation work. By stepping back, you will gain greater insight for how to proceed. Evaluate what is needed at the moment. To-night: Your feelings need to lead the way.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Re-check any agreements that could im-pact your finances. You have very high ideals, and you want to satisfy them. Sometimes double-checking is im-portant in ensuring that everything is proceeding as you’d like. Be willing to flow with a change in plans or a call that takes too long. Tonight: Deal with a family member directly.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Defer to someone who really wants to call the shots and make the decisions. You might not agree with this person, but you need to witness the end results of his or her actions. A child or loved one interjects a delightful element into your day. Tonight: Make calls and figure out weekend plans.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You deal with others directly and with self-confidence. You know what your expectations are, and, for the most part, you share them with those in-volved. You could get into a heated conversation at first, but let it go -- don’t let it mar your interaction. To-night: Off to the gym.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Your sense of direction calls for some quick decisions. Your ability to see be-yond an issue and understand the consequences of certain actions al-lows you to make the right move. Deal with a passionate individual directly;
remember that this person cares. To-night: Choose something fun.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Think through a prob-lem with key players. What you see happening is OK, even if on some level you don’t buy someone else’s version of the story. Nevertheless, you plan on making an important change because you see the wis-dom of making it. Tonight: Happy to be home.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH Keep conversations moving. You have an intuitive sense of what you want to hear. Do not let frustration build, and realize that you have no control over others. Stay upbeat. A conversation opens up a situation. Tonight: Visit with a friend over a drink and munchies.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH You might not under-stand the financial implications of what you are seeing. Someone might be more deceptive than you think. If you are unsure, say little and avoid making any commitments. A boss or higher-up tests your pa-tience. Tonight: Think “budget.”
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH You might want to un-derstand what is going on with someone at a distance. You could be unusually aggravated with a loved one, but let these feelings pass. A friend encourages you to go along with his or her idea. Say “yes.” To-night: Beam in what you want.
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In the prime of the ‘90s – when boy bands roamed the earth and long be-fore Snooki had ever fist pumped – cartoons were the essence of quality television.
Nickelodeon had “Rugrats” and a plethora of fantastic shows, MTV had “Daria” and Cartoon Network was still relevant, especially in the eyes of grade school youth.
It might not stand as the best car-toon of the ‘90s, but the most under-rated – and certainly the scariest kids program since “Goosebumps” – has to be “Courage the Cowardly Dog.”
If you didn’t have nightmares about “Courage the Cowardly Dog,” it was only because your mom wouldn’t let you watch it.
For those of you who were too busy watching “Sailor Moon” and “Rocket Power,” let me fill you in.
Courage was the least courageous dog to ever walk the earth, and this becomes increasingly relevant when his home and owners are repeatedly haunted by some of the scariest ghosts that unsuspecting six-year-old viewers had ever seen.
Eerily situated in “Nowhere,” Cour-age lived with his family on the most desolate farm on earth since the Dust
Bowl, but even the Joad family’s hor-rors had nothing on “Courage.”
Because of this, no one could blame Courage for running away, and he did so frequently throughout each episode.
The fat pink dog would run away as soon as trouble brewed, but let’s face it, you would not have done any differ-ently, tough guy.
Courage always seemed to find his way back home, though, if only to fight off evil and save his loving and oblivi-ous owner, Muriel, while the seemingly useless and emotionally abusive Eu-stace spent the entire time complain-ing and scolding Courage.
In the end, Courage always ended up winning and Muriel – no longer ig-norant of any and all danger – would thank Courage.
With its expert blend of comedy, horror and sci-fi, “Courage the Cow-ardly Dog” contained some of the strangest plot twists on TV, even by car-toon standards.
While critics welcomed the show, all humor was lost on the innocent. The true triumph was simply getting through an episode without changing the channel back to Disney.
Walking into class the next day boasting that you made it through a whole episode of “Courage” without running away was an honor in of it-self, and for that, I am forever grateful to that cowardly pink canine.
“That was a hoot!” These infamous words kicked off every
episode of “Rocko’s Modern Life,” and they still bring me great joy to this day.
Originally aired from 1993 - 1996, “Rocko’s Modern Life” is still one of my favorite shows from the ‘90s.
The plot follows the life of a wallaby, Rocko, who emigrated from Australia to America. He faces many problems in his everyday life, and he tries desperately to get by with a little help from his friends, the vast majority of whom are mentally unstable animals.
Among the long list of characters, the show follows his gluttonous best friend, Heffer Wolfe, a steer adopted by a pack of wolves.
Rocko also had his faithful pet pooch, Spunky, who was not good for much but bathing in his own filth and providing other childish jokes for young viewers.
“Rocko’s Modern Life” takes place in an area called O-Town. In O-Town stands Conglom-O Corporation, which it’s so big it even owned City Hall, the Chokey Chicken – everyone’s favorite fast food place – and Kind of a Lot O’Comics, the little comic book shop where Rocko works.
Rocko works under Mr. Smitty, who is a cruel toad whose only goal in life is to
sell comics, even at the expense of Rocko and the customers.
The writers of “Rocko’s Modern Life” were given creative freedom when writ-ing the show, and this resulted in some of the most hilarious dialogue of its time, especially for a Nicktoon. It was targeted for both adults and children and featured many innuendos. It was a show driven by its humor, sight gags and good anima-tion, and it excelled marvelously.
What I now appreciate about the show – more than I did when I origi-nally watched it as a small child – is the adult humor. It did not make sense when I was little, but now it is just hilarious. The name of the restaurant, “Chokey Chicken,” was even changed to “Chewy Chicken” during one of the seasons be-cause of its reference to sex.
Still, a children’s show featured a res-taurant called Chokey Chicken. How great is that?
The show was full of jokes like this. I assume they were too subtle for people to pick up and protest about, or the shows airing alongside them were just as bad.
Either way, I am surprised a lot of these adult-themed jokes were allowed to air.
“Rocko’s Modern Life” only aired for a few years, but it left a lasting impres-sion on me, and I still find myself revis-iting it occasionally. I encourage every-one else to try it just once, as the humor and animation stand above everything else in the ‘90s.
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By natalie snydera&e writer
A new independent busi-ness that displays and sells local artists’ work is open-ing on Beechurst Avenue Monday.
Joe’s Art Stash is the
brainchild of 24-year-old Joe Callegari of Buffalo, N. Y.
Callegari moved to Mor-gantown to attend West Vir-ginia University but later re-alized his contribution to his new town would be to open a business.
The store plans to feature
artwork from local artists, students and even friends of Callegari.
There is no criterion for the art that is to be dis-played. So far, Callegari has collected paintings, wire-wrapped jewelry, posters, ceramics, shirts, hats and more.
Callegari said he was in-spired to open the business after he traveled this sum-mer to different music festi-vals across the country. The idea for the business started on his trips and soon he be-gan to buy his friends’ art at the festivals to start the business.
“I’d rather bring the cul-ture to the college town and expose it to more people,” Callegari said.
He hopes to expose more students and Morgantown residents to the art scene.
“Talent is talent – people just appreciate talent,” Cal-legari said.
The business has many unique qualities, includ-ing its Saturday art shows, which will occur once or twice a month.
During these shows, Cal-legari will clear out the mer-chandise to make room for artists to display their art, and a small percentage of the sales will be contrib-
uted to the business. Local disc jockeys will play music while people have a chance to browse and buy the art.
“I’m creating a market,” Callegari said.
So far Callegari has bought artwork from friends and locals and has even received artwork as donations.
Callegari said he has had a lot of support from friends and is excited to see the business flourish.
Callegari is relying on the networking of friends and locals to spread the word about the business, and he plans to have a Facebook page for the business soon.
“Keep the good posi-tives behind it, and I think it’ll turn out well,” Callegari said.
The business is located at 263 Beechurst Ave. and has had a lot of construction in the surrounding area. The remainder of the business’ complex is scheduled to be completed in early summer, and it will then be home to multiple new businesses.
Callegari hopes this will open up more foot traffic and guide customers and artists to his doorway.
The shop will be open Monday through Friday from noon to 8 p.m. Satur-day art shows will be on a TBA system.
natalie snyder/tHe daily atHenaeUmLocated at 263 Beechurst Ave., Joe’s Art Stash promises to display top-quality local art.
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Texas looking to force turnovers vs. Oklahoma Stateby greg madiamultimedia editor
When Texas travels to Stillwater, Okla., this week-end to face Oklahoma State, head coach Mack Brown and the Longhorns will be focused on creating turn-overs, capitalizing on them and not giving the ball back to the opponent. In its first three games this season, Texas has forced seven turn-overs while giving the ball away once.
“We were able to show the guys last year in the eight games we won. We won the turnover ratio, and in the five we lost, we lost the turnover ratio,” Brown said. “We’ve gone back in our 15 years here, and when we’ve won the turnover ra-tio, we’re 75-0.”
Longhorns’ sophomore cornerback, Quandre Diggs, ranks second in the nation in interceptions with three already this season. On the opposite side of the ball, quarterback David Ash hasn’t turned the ball over
yet. Texas understands it has to control the football in or-der win in the explosive Big 12 Conference.
Oklahoma State gearing up for Texas
Earlier this month, Okla-homa State lost handily to Arizona, making plenty of mistakes in the process.
Oklahoma State was pe-nalized for 167 total yards and turned the ball over four times. Head coach Mike Gundy knows if his team plays like that again this week against Texas, the Cowboys won’t have much of a chance to win.
“Overall, the team (Texas) is getting back to where I’m sure where Coach Brown wants it to be,” Gundy said. “So we have to have a great week of practice. We have a great plan and we have to go play hard and force turnovers.”
Coach Gundy under-stands Texas will be able to capitalize on mistakes. If the Cowboys can protect the football, they will have a
shot to win the game.
Tuberville impressed with Iowa State defense
Through three games, the Texas Tech offense ranks second in the coun-try, averaging 598 yards per game. Red Raiders quar-terback Seth Doege has al-ready thrown 12 touchdown passes this season.
Saturday, when Texas Tech meets up with Iowa State, it will be more of a challenge than Texas has seen so far this season.
“(Iowa State head coach) Paul Rhoads is a defensive coach. He worked for me a year at Auburn. He’s a big technique guy,” said Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville. “I’m impressed with their experience; they have linebackers who can play and run, defensive linemen who play with their hands and defensive backs who are well-coached. They don’t do a lot, but what they do, they do it right.”
WebTexas head Mack Brown and the Longhorns are ready for their matchup against Oklahoma State.
Men’s soccer
youth providing spark for No. 17 mountaineers
cross country
mountaineers travel to greater Louisville Classic
by jON fehreNSsports writer
The No. 25 West Virginia cross country team will use this weekend in Louis-ville, Ky., as a way to get a head start on the pre-Na-tional meet two weeks away at the same course.
The squad will race in the Greater Louisville Clas-sic Saturday, a meet ju-nior Sarah Brault sees as the most important they’ve raced in all season.
“This is the most impor-tant so far,” she said. “It is the first regional meet, and it is held on the national course.”
Being able to race on the national championship course will give the Moun-taineers a firsthand experi-ence of what the course has to offer.
It gives the coaches and athletes a chance to be-come accustomed to it and prepare for the bigger meets
down the stretch.“We get to see where the
hills are and where things get narrow or larger or even where there is bad footing,” Brault said. “This race will give us a really good idea of the course. The more you race on the course, the more comfortable you get.
“Once you get comfort-able, it starts to feel like your own backyard.”
Some girls on this year’s team hope Louisville will be their backyard for months to come.
The Classic and the pre-Nationals meet will be a good way for head coach Sean Cleary to gauge who his best nine runners will be for the NCAA champi-onships at the end of the season.
“This race and this week-end will be interesting,” Brault said. “We can only race nine girls at nation-
als, so there are only a few weeks for runners to make an impact.
It is a big deal if you get into the top nine.”
In order to enter the elite nine who will repre-sent West Virginia at the na-tional-title level, everyone has to be working hard in practices.
“We are getting stronger every week and every prac-tice,” Brault said. “We keep getting good efforts from ev-eryone and everyone’s mile-age is pretty high now.
“The workouts will keep getting harder as the sea-son progresses, and we are ready for that.”
West Virginia will use this weekend as way to get comfortable and get in touch with that backyard feeling as they prepare for next weekends Pre-National meet.
WVU SportS InfoJunior runner Sarah Brault and the West Virginia cross country team will travel to Louisville, Ky., this weekend to compete in the Greater Louisville Classic.
by amiT baTrasports writer
When you have fresh-men scoring goals in the peak of the season, pro-duction is never a doubt. This was the case for the No. 17 West Virginia men’s soccer team Wednesday night against Iona.
In the Mountaineers’ 3-1 victory against Iona, two freshmen found the net in Majed Osman and Zak Leedom.
Osman scored his first of the year after assists from seniors Shadow Se-bele and Peabo Doue. Leedom scored after an assist from fellow fresh-man Kyle Underwood and senior midfielder Uwem Etuk.
“It was special,” Lee-dom said. “My roommate (Underwood) scored on Sunday, so I had to get one for myself. I just had to get the first one and hopefully I can get more.”
With the freshmen pro-ducing early, it allows head coach Marlon LeB-lanc to trust different lineups.
West Virginia domi-nated offensively Wednes-day, outshooting Iona 22-3 in route to a 6-2-1 record and a still perfect home record.
With the Mountaineers playing on only two days rest, everything wasn’t smooth sailing with the heavy legs on the field. The limited amounts of rest became standard once WVU entered the Mid-American Conference.
With the lack of rest, it was a satisfying sight to see freshmen continue to produce. Five out of the last seven goals have come from the newcomers.
The limited rest allowed for some early lineup changes with the starters. Sophomore forward Andy Bevin and Sebele were held on the sideline.
“It was one of the re-sidual effects of the con-ference change,” LeBlanc said. “That was one of the thought processes of rest-ing Bevin and Sebele be-fore the game. Being able to bring in fresher legs with that type of quality is helpful.”
The Mountaineers trailed early in the contest as Iona forward Ansger
Otto scored after he beat defenders and launched a shot into the net.
Besides Osman and Leedom scoring goals, senior defender Eric Schoenle got in on the ac-tion to tie the game at 1-1 just before the end of the first half.
Goals are goals at the end of the day, but as the first road conference game rapidly approaches, get-ting the freshmen to pro-duce and feel comfortable serves as a source of con-fidence for West Virginia.
When a goal scorer is
going through a funk, having freshmen to set up scoring chances should be a positive in the long run.
“Three years ago, when my senior class were all freshmen, we couldn’t buy a goal,” LeBlanc said. “I could care less who scored, but it was a little worrisome at one point when we hit that white thing around the net.
“Three goals are three goals, and it is two new scorers on the score sheet.”
tyler HerrInton/tHe DaIly atHenaeUmFreshman forward Majed Osman and the other Mountaineer underclassmen have been providing an offensive spark for West Virginia this season.
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pac-12, big 12 could face best of rest
NEW YORK (AP) — A tenta-tive plan for the new college football postseason calls for a Pac-12 or Big 12 team to face the best team from a group of five conferences, including the Big East.
A person with direct knowledge of the plan for the four-team playoff in 2014 told The Associated Press that either a Pac-12 or a Big 12 team likely will be the opponent for the top-rated champion from the Big East, Moun-tain West, Conference USA, Sun Belt and Mid-American Conference.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the conferences did not want to make the plan public.
The proposal has the Pac-12 sending either its cham-pion or a replacement team to the game in years when the Rose Bowl hosts a na-tional semifinal. In years the Rose Bowl is a traditional Big Ten-Pac-12 matchup, the Big 12 would send one of its top teams to the game.
The deal with the Big 12 and Pac-12 would be sim-ilar to the one the Orange Bowl is working on with the Big Ten and the South-eastern Conference. That deal, which has not been completed, would match a team from either of those conferences or Notre Dame against the Atlantic Coast Conference champ or a an-other ACC team.
The original playoff plan had the national semifinals rotating among six bowl sites, giving the new system two playoff games and four other high-revenue bowl games each season. The top four teams determined by a selection committee, re-gardless of conference affil-iation, will play in the semi-finals. The winners meet in a championship game about a week later.
The spots in those other four games would be for other highly ranked teams, but those slots have quickly started filling up as the ma-jor conferences began mak-ing deals.
The Rose Bowl, as has been tradition, will always match the Pac-12 and Big Ten when it does not host a semifinal. The new mar-quee bowl being created by the Big 12 and the SEC – site to be determined – will be also part of the sys-tem, so those two spots are filled. The Orange Bowl’s deals took two more spots out of play.
That led to concerns about limited access to the high-revenue games for the other five conferences.
The rebuilding Big East, which currently has au-tomatic-qualifying status to the Bowl Champion-ship Series, has been try-ing to gain a more secure spot in the new postseason system.
The person with direct knowledge of the plan said new Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco spearheaded the push for the addition of a seventh game to be added to the system, and pre-sented a plan for the high-est-rated champion from the other five conferences to be assured a spot in the game.
Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson told the AP last week there was enough support for a seventh game among the commissioners to make it happen.
The Big East is being transformed into a 12-team football conference next season that will include Boise State and San Diego State, along with Memphis, Central Florida, SMU and Houston. While the con-ference has lost its status as one of the BCS power-bro-kers, it’s still well-positioned to be the best of the other conferences and to grab that guaranteed slot if it does not have its best team se-lected to play in the national semifinals.
aPThe BCS Coaches’ Trophy is displayed during a media availability on Newport Beach, Calif.
tom osborne retiring at nebraskaLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) —
Tom Osborne, who put together one of the most successful coaching runs in college football history before serving in Congress and taking the reins as Ne-braska’s athletic director five years ago, is retiring.
The 75-year-old Os-borne announced at a news conference Wednes-day that he would step down Jan. 1, though he will stay for an additional six months to assist in the transition to a new athletic director.
“At some point, whether you’re able to function or not, just the perception that you’re getting old can get in the way,” Osborne said. “I don’t want to be one of those guys every-body is walking around wringing their hands try-ing to figure out what are we going to do with him? That happens sometimes.”
Osborne, who had dou-ble-bypass heart surgery in 1985, said he has no health issues that led to his decision.
“I’m probably healthier today than when I was a member of Congress. That takes a big toll on you,” he said.
Basketball coach Tim Miles tweeted news of Os-borne’s retirement an-nouncement shortly before Osborne spoke to report-ers. Miles said Osborne leaves “an unreal legacy” at Nebraska.
Associate athletic direc-tor Jamie Williams, who played tight end for Os-borne in the early 1980s, said, “They don’t make a lot of Tom Osbornes. There aren’t a lot of living leg-ends left that you can rub elbows with every day. For him to say he’s going off to pasture, I told him we have more dragons to slay. Sometimes fishing be-comes more important.”
Osborne said he told chancellor Harvey Perl-man in August that he planned to retire after the
football season. Perlman said a search firm had been hired to identify candi-dates to succeed Osborne, and that he has already in-terviewed some of them.
“The decision will be his,” Osborne said, refer-ring to Perlman. “I’ll sup-port him any way I can.”
Besides the success his Cornhuskers teams en-joyed from 1973-1997, Os-borne served in Congress and lost a gubernatorial bid before returning to the uni-versity in 2007 to take over the athletic department. He oversaw the rebuilding of the football program he loves and shepherded the school’s move from the Big 12 to the Big Ten.
Under Osborne’s watch, the athletic department has built a new basket-ball practice facility and entered into a public-pri-vate partnership to build a 16,000-seat basketball arena in downtown Lin-coln that will open for the 2013-14 season. He also oversaw an expansion project that will increase Memorial Stadium’s ca-pacity to more than 90,000 next year.
Perlman had asked Os-borne to take over the ath-letic department at a time of turmoil. The football program was struggling under Bill Callahan, and staff morale was low un-der athletic director Steve Pederson.
aPNebraska athletic director Tom Osborne looks on before the annual Red-White spring NCAA college football game in Lincoln, Neb.
cornerbacks, which is al-ready not the deepest group on the Mountaineer de-fense, are going to have the tough task of defending one of the deepest groups of wide receivers in the Big 12 this season.
Terrance Williams and Tevin Reese are as good as any duo in the country, and the Bears have a total of four receivers who have caught more than 10 passes this season.
If the Mountaineers are able to find a way to limit what Baylor can do in the passing game, it’ll make things much easier for them to escape Saturday with a win.
Most likely, this game will be a shootout though, and whatever team can exploit the defense the most.
WVU just needs to hope that it doesn’t come out on the wrong side of that shootout.
“We talked as a defense and said that we want to be the defense that doesn’t al-low those shootouts to hap-pen,” said WVU cornerback Pat Miller. “We want to let the defense win the game for us while the offense still scores a lot.
“(A shootout) is not even on our mind. We don’t want to allow any points.”
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Tyler HerrinTon/THe Daily aTHenaeumSenior defender Eric Schoenle scored a goal to help propel the Mountaineers to a 3-1 win against Iona Wednesday night.
No. 17 West Virginia improves to 6-0 at home with 3-1 victory against Ionaby doug walp
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After a shutout in their conference opener, the No. 17 West Virginia Men’s soc-cer team returned to the pitch and defeated Iona 3-1 Wednesday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
Senior centerback Eric Schoenle recorded his third goal in four games, while freshmen Majed Os-man and Zak Leedom each found the back of the net for the Mountaineers for the first time in their careers.
“It was special,” Leedom said of his first collegiate goal. “(I) just had to get the first one; hopefully, now I can get more. It was just a good little roommate con-nection. I room with Kyle Underwood, and it was just
nice that he picked his head up and saw me, and I was able to get my first goal. It was a great feeling.”
The Mountaineers (6-2-1) have now won four straight matches, while the Gaels of Iona fell to 2-7. But Iona certainly played the Mountaineers much harder than their overall record indicates.
In fact, the Gaels got off to a very quick start Wednes-day evening when the team’s scoring leader Ans-ger Otto beat several West Virginia defenders down the right side of the pitch and scored his team’s only goal of the night in the 10th minute of the match. Ot-to’s third goal of the season also gave the early momen-tum to Iona, which played aggressively in the first half
of play.The Mountaineers,
meanwhile, came out with “heavy legs” in the first half, according to West Virginia head coach Marlon LeB-lanc, and they fell behind early. But Schoenle’s equal-izer with just minutes to go before the half seemed to reinvigorate the Mountain-eers’ players as they headed into the locker room.
“It was huge. It gave us a lot of confidence heading into halftime,” Leemdom said of Schoenle’s first-half equalizer. “It kind of gave us a clean slate coming out in the second half. Being down a goal is tough; it’s tough to come back, and it’s tough to get the momentum started up from the beginning of the second half, so his goal was definitely huge for us.
It got us back in the game.” After leveling the score at
1-1, the Mountaineers had to battle the slow, conserva-tive tempo of the Gaels for the majority of the second half. Iona seemed to put more emphasis on keep-ing possession, regardless of where the team was on the field, and it appeared as the half continued that Iona might just be playing for a draw.
But West Virginia’s re-lentless attacks in the sec-ond half only increased, and the Mountaineers’ two aforementioned freshmen made the best of their scor-ing opportunities down the stretch to push the Moun-taineers’ lead. West Virginia freshmen have now scored five of WVU’s last seven goals.
“I think it’s good for them,” Schoenle said. “They build some confidence go-ing forward. They’re work-ing hard in practice, and now they believe in their abilities and what they can do. It’s just a testament to how hard they’re working. It can only get better from here.”
The Mountaineers also continued a season-long trend Wednesday by dom-inating their opponent in shots taken, 22-3, and shots on goal, 9-1.
In addition to the scor-ing, LeBlanc expressed satisfaction with the job backup goalkeeper Yale Ti-ley has done since starter Pat Eavenson had to be lifted from the Florida At-lantic match with an injury, but assured reporters after
Wednesday’s contest that Eavenson would indeed be available to start this Satur-day on the road against the Mountaineers’ second con-ference opponent, Western Michigan.
After the game, Schoenle said it would be critical for the Mountaineers to start better as they head into the heart of their conference schedule in West Virgin-ia’s inaugural season in the Mid-American conference.
“Going forward, we need to be sharper in the begin-ning of games,” Schoenle said. “We can’t always go down and play from be-hind. We’ve just got to be more focused on Saturday – on starting the game and how we come out.”
by austin seidelsports writer
The West Virginia volley-ball team continues Big 12 Conference play tonight as it begins a road trip against Kansas State and Oklahoma.
WVU takes on Kansas State at 8 p.m. and looks to add to their commanding 13-1 record. As the under-dog, the Mountaineers come in at 8-7.
“The goal is the same as al-ways,” said WVU head coach Jill Kramer. “We just need to play our game – play tough. We need to do our best.”
As the Mountaineers head to Kansas State, the mem-ory of a five-set loss to TCU hangs fresh in their minds. Without a doubt, the young WVU squad will be looking to redeem themselves with big wins against Kansas St. and Oklahoma
“We are only getting bet-ter,” Kramer said. “We’re not making as many of the mis-takes we made early in the season, and it shows.”
Freshman hitters Nikki Attea and Hannah Sackett look to add to their offen-sive numbers after the two paired up for a combined 28 kills against TCU. Brittany Sample plans to exceed 600 assists for the season as she sits just 27 assists away from the mark, averaging more than10 assists per set.
“Brittany has done a great job,” Attea said. “We’ve all gotten very comfortable with her, and we’ve just been glad to have her helping out.”
Sackett looks to rediscover the dominance she held over opponents in August with
her signature strong-armed swing that has overpow-ered those who have come against it.
One of the key obstacles the Mountaineers will face lies in the form of the Wild-cats’ dangerous blocking and hitting duo – Kaitlynn Pelger and Lilla Porubek. The two Wildcats have been respon-sible for 382.5 of the Wild-cats’ 838 points and have been key contributors at the net defensively, with 71 of the 132 total blocks.
“We’ve done a great job containing big players this year,” Kramer said. “We’ve kept teams from relying on just one person.”
West Virginia has done a great job of distributing the ball as they head to Kansas St. with four players holding 112 kills or better and five players with double-digit aces.
Defensively, the Moun-taineers have improved since moving freshman Anna Panagiotakopoulos to Libero. In six of her last seven matches, Panagiotako-poulos has had double-digit digs and has helped keep the rally alive with her pursuit of the ball.
If WVU hopes to upset Kansas State, they will have to avoid the season-low hit percentage of -.333 that was seen in the final set against TCU and will need their freshman-heavy lineup to remain consistent through-out the match, especially due to the late trend of five-set matches that the WVU squad has held.
maTT SunDay/THe Dauly aTHenaeumFreshman Brittany Sample and the WVU volleyball team travel to Kansas State and Oklahoma this weekend.
WVU Secondary will be tested vs. Baylor
The No. 7 West Virginia football team will expe-rience a few firsts Satur-day when it takes the field against No. 24 Baylor.
It will be the first time the team plays a league game as a member of the Big 12 Con-ference, it will be the first time the Mountaineers take on a ranked opponent, and it will be the first time they face an offense like Baylor.
Like a lot of teams in the Big 12, the Bears like to throw the ball around quite a bit. And so far this season, they’ve had plenty of suc-cess doing just that. Bay-lor is averaging more than 50 points per game through the first three games of the season, and a lot of that has been due to a passing at-tack led by quarterback Nick Florence and receivers Ter-rance Williams and Tevin Reese.
But defending the pass has been something the Mountaineers have strug-gled with in the noncon-ference portion of the 2012 season.
The Mountaineer sec-ondary has already allowed two quarterbacks to throw for more than 300 yards this season and is giving up more than 275 yards per game through the air.
This week will be the first time WVU faces an offense that spreads out the way Baylor does. It won’t be the
last, either.“In the Big 12, you’re fac-
ing eight teams that spread the field horizontally as well as vertically, where you’ve got to defend the entire field,” said West Virginia co-defensive coordinator Joe DeForest. “They’ll have a receiver one yard from the sidelines, they’ll have an-other receiver on top of the numbers and then another receiver outside the hash. What they try to do is take your linebackers out of the run fit and defend, and they do a great job of that.”
Of course, it helps that West Virginia gets to face its own offense every day in practice, but, of course, fac-ing an offense in practice is a lot different than seeing one in a game.
The offense is going to do a great job of keeping the Mountaineers in games in Big 12 play. The Baylor game is going to be the first real test that this West Virginia defense is going to see.
If there’s not improve-ment from what we’ve seen through the first three games, the secondary could get torched by a Baylor of-fense that has the capability to put up big numbers.
The Bears are led by a solid quarterback in Nick Florence, who has done a great job filling in for Rob-ert Griffin III this season, throwing for more than 1,000 yards and 11 touch-downs already.
Then the West Virginia
Michael carvellisports editor
see Carvelli on PAGE 8
wvu set for first big 12 road trip