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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Monday OctOber 1, 2012 VOlume 125, Issue 31www.THEdaonLInE.comda
The West Virginia women’s soccer team toppled TCU 2-1 Saturday afternoon to move to 3-0 in Big 12 Conference play. SPORTS PAGE 8
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INSIDENews: 1, 2Opinion: 4A&E: 3, 6Sports: 7, 8, 10
Campus Calendar: 5Puzzles: 5Classifieds: 9
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The West Virginia defense was not happy with the way it played in the Mountaineers’ 70-63 win against Baylor. SPORTS PAGE 7
NO DEFENSE, NO PROBLEM?
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Fans played a big role in helping WVU succeed on all fronts Sat-urday. OPINION PAGE 4
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Furniture fire destroys three vehiclesBy carlee lammers
City Editor
Morgantown Fire and Po-lice Departments are cur-rently investigating seven malicious fires set Satur-day night and early Sunday morning.
A furniture fire reported at 6:57 a.m. Sunday in front of 725 Cass St. spread to three unattended parked vehicles.
According to a report from Morgantown Fire De-partment Captain Ken Ten-nant, a 2003 Dodge Dakota, a 2006 Chevrolet Canyon and a 2000 Chevrolet Lu-
mina were destroyed in the fire.
Tennant said the home also suffered minor exterior heat damage.
It is believed the burn-ing furniture ignited the rear tires of the Dodge Da-kota, which ruptured the fuel tank and spread burn-ing gasoline on the other vehicles.
“For many years now, we’ve been trying to edu-cate the general public and student population. These fires are dangerous, sense-less and all too common,” Tennant said.
All three vehicles have
been determined to be a total loss, resulting in a $35,000 initial damage estimate.
The damage estimate for the house is $1,000.
“This went from a fire in the street to becoming three counts of malicious arson,” Tennant said.
According to Tennant, the Morgantown Fire De-partment initiated a 24-hour anonymous arson tip line to help provide of-ficials with information on instances of arson through-out the city approximately seven years ago.
Tennant said he encour-
ages anyone with informa-tion on the fires to contact the tip line.
“A lot of people don’t want to get involved. They may not want to get some-one in trouble, but some-where out there there’s three people that woke up who no longer have a car, and I’m guessing they’re students,” he said.
“Those three people didn’t do anything wrong. They just parked their ve-hicles on Cass Street. This is senseless, and it’s dangerous.”
Morgantown Mayor Jim Manila said the city is pre-
pared to take any actions necessary to find those responsible.
“I hope, if anyone caught and charged with arson from this past weekend, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent.,” Manilla said. “No plea bargains. The max, weather a student or not. I think that council would support any tools or resources needed to find these criminals.”
Another fire was reported in front of 700 Cass Street at 5:19 a.m. Police are still de-termining if there is a con-nection between the two.
“The fire could have
spread to nearby houses, or the gas could have ex-ploded,” Tennant said. “This is a very serious situation and will be investigated as one.”
According to the re-port, five other fires were reported at the follow-ing locations: the 200 and 300 blocks of Grant Ave-nue, North Spruce Street, McLane Alley and the 100 block of Jones Avenue.
Those with information on the fires are encouraged to call the arson tip line at 304-225-3586.
Offense dominates the day in WVU’s 70-63 winSenior quarterback Geno Smith put on a per-formance for the ages, throwing for 656 yards and eight touchdowns in West Virginia’s 70-63 victory against Baylor. Read more from Saturday’s game against Baylor in Sports.
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WVU crowns Homecoming royaltyBy carlee lammers
City Editor
Steve Orlowski and Dan-ielle Vincent were crowned the 2012 homecoming king and queen during halftime of the West Virginia University’s football game against Baylor Saturday.
Vincent is an industrial engineering student from Bridgeport, W.Va.
Raised in West Virginia, Vincent said she feels she is a true representation of what it means to be a Mountaineer.
“I feel that I embody the qualities that represent a true Mountaineer student, and that I am a representa-tive of this University,” she said. “I’ve grown up being a Mountaineer, and I knew I always would be a student here.”
Vincent is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma soror-ity, where she has served as member at large, president and registrar.
She has been an active member of the Morgantown community through volun-
teer work at Christian Help, an internship at Mylan Phar-maceuticals Inc. and par-ticipated in the Society of Women Engineers and the Mountaineer Maniacs.
Inspired by her mother, Vincent said after graduat-ing from WVU she plans to stay in the state to maintain a close connection with family.
“After graduation, I plan on staying in West Virginia. I have grown up here, and I am very family-oriented, so I would like to stay close to my family,“ she said. “My mom is my biggest inspiration. She is the strongest and most loving person I know.”
Orlowski is a sport man-agement major from Leonia, N.J. He currently serves as the assistant director of the Mountaineer Maniacs.
He has been active in the University community by previously serving on the athletic council in the Stu-dent Government Associa-tion, working as a re-found-ing father of the Sigma Nu fraternity, and he is an active member of St. John’s Parish.
“Winning homecom-ing king is a true honor. I am a New Jersey native but a Mountaineer for life,” Or-lowski said. “I am a huge fan of all WVU athletics and love the Mountaineers.”
After graduation, Orlowski plans to continue his time as a Mountaineer by attending graduate school at WVU.
“I chose to attend WVU after seeing the “Flying WV” (logo) all over campus. The school spirit and passion for the University doesn’t com-pare to any other school.”
Other queen candidates included: Andria Alva-rez from Bridgeport, W.Va. Brooke Andrews from Mor-gantown; Ali Jeney from Clarksburg, W.Va.; and Bre-anne Zackery from Maids-ville, W.Va.
Other king candidates included: Ryan Cox from Morgantown; B. Jay Hat-field from Madison, W.Va; Joey West from Wheeling, W.Va; and Rick Wright from Morgantown.
WVU Planetarium offers celestial experienceBy Bryan BUmgardner
assoCiatE nEws Editor
An inconspicuous pair of doors on the top floor of White Hall hide West Vir-ginia University’s best-kept secret: a high-tech window into outer space.
The Tomchin Planetar-ium is a digital observatory in the recently completed White Hall. Open to students and the public, the planetar-ium regularly screens scien-tific documentaries and dig-ital stargazing sessions to audiences of more than 30 people.
The best part: All shows are free of charge.
“This is entirely for the public,” said Professor Jon Hopkins, caretaker of the planetarium. “This is a con-scious effort from the Physics Department and the college of arts and sciences to do outreach for the community.”
In the planetarium, two rings of reclined seats al-low audiences a view of the massive, mesmerizing domed ceiling. As the lights darken, images of constella-tions, planets and other cos-mic wonders are projected
into the dome.Hopkins said the Plane-
tarium is a way to make sci-ence fun for the audience.
“We try to entertain as well as educate,” Hopkins said. “Nobody wants to hear any-one do differential equations for 45 minutes.”
Past shows have included a documentary titled “Tales of the Maya Skies,” a psyche-delic exploration of Mayan mythology, and “Ultimate Universe,” a visually stun-ning tour of the solar system.
A love of astronomy brings more than just students to the Planetarium.
“Words can’t describe how awesome it is,” said Morgantown resident Dean Glassman after watching a planetarium documentary. “It’s going to take time to pro-cess how much ground we covered through space and time – literally.”
Growing up near planetar-iums in Miami left Glassman with a love for the cosmos.
“I’ve always been fasci-nated with science and as-tronomy, and this is one of the things I really look for-ward to,” he said. “This blows away anything I’ve seen on TV.”
Glassman said he believes it’s important for young peo-ple to attend the shows – es-pecially college students.
“It puts in perspective how small and insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things. The more you learn, the more you realize there is to learn,” he said.
“Every time I come here, I’m more and more im-pressed with what the pro-fessors put on,” he said. “The University should really do more to promote this.”
The new Planetarium in White Hall is several times larger (and more high-tech) than the original lo-cation in Hodges Hall – something that doesn’t go unnoticed.
“It was way more high tech than I ever expected it to be,” said Cheyenne LaClair, a sophomore physics student.
LaClair said she enjoys how the planetarium shows break down barriers be-tween advanced science and the general public.
“They did a really good job of being scientifically accu-rate, while using language everyone can understand,” she said.
She also said she feels the
programs are an important resource for the community.
“I think it’s an amazing opportunity for the public to learn about something that isn’t really talked about ex-cept in specialized classes that cost money,” she said.
LaClair also said she sup-
ports the decision to keep the programs free.
“I feel like making it free and open to the general pub-lic was absolutely the best decision they could have made, as far as getting the community involved in sci-ence,” she said.
Showings are held twice a month. For star charts, in-formation about upcoming showings, or to learn more about the planetarium, visit http://planetarium.wvu.edu.
danIela lOndOnO/tHe daIly atHenaeumThe Tomchin Planetarium, a digital observatory, sits atop White Hall on the Downtown Campus.
Chi Omega ‘Makes-a-Wish’By ashley TennanT
staff writEr
West Virginia University’s Chi Omega sorority is work-ing to make wishes come true.
The sorority works in part-nership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help grant wishes for local chil-dren. Once the wishes have been granted, the sisters plan a party for the children and their families.
This year’s wish was granted to 14-year-old Graf-ton High School student Trent Sergent.
His wish was to travel to Tokyo, and sisters in Chi Omega made it possible.
After their wish has been granted, each child has the opportunity to choose a themed party to celebrate.
Sergent’s party consisted of board games, jewelry mak-ing, cupcakes and music.
Playing cards with his fam-ily during his party, Sergent said he appreciated not only his recent trip to Tokyo, but Chi Omega and the Make-A-Wish Foundation for making it all possible.
“My favorite part of the trip was probably going to Disney Tokyo, but getting to see the lights and Pokémon was good, too. The trip was very long but worth it,” Ser-gent said.
Devin Sears, Chi Omega
Make-A-Wish chair, said the sorority’s philanthropy is dedicated to the Foundation.
“Make-A-Wish is our na-tional philanthropy; we have been paired with them for 10 years, so we work directly with the northern Make-A-Wish chapter, which is out of Morgantown,” Sears said.
“We grant wishes for chil-dren under the age of 18 that have life-threatening illnesses or diseases. It costs $4,500 to make a wish. Once we raise the money, we give it to the local Make-A-Wish chapter, and they pass it on to a local child toward their wish.”
Chi Omega president Claire Ulmer had the op-portunity to witness two children have their wishes granted through the sorori-ty’s donations.
“Last year we granted a wish for Hannah Under-wood, who had the oppor-tunity to go to Disney World last October. Most of the chil-dren want to go to Disney, but one girl in the past asked for a swimming pool, and Make-A-Wish happily made it happen.”
In order to fund the money to grant the children their wishes, Ulmer said it takes effort and commitment from not only Chi Omega but the entire community.
“We get the community in-volved, as well as other stu-dents in Greek life, she said. “We did a jewelry sale last year and even got parents involved. By selling jewelry, proceeds were all donated to Make-A-Wish.”
Ulmer said she was excited to continue working with the foundation to change the lives of young people.
“We are looking forward to granting another wish this se-mester. Hopefully, with one more fundraiser, we will be able to do that,” Ulmer said.
For more information on the Make-A-Wish Founda-tion of Northern West Vir-ginia or to make a donation, visit www. nwestva.wish.org.
Guests and staff at the Waterfront Place Hotel were evacuated Sunday night after a clothes dryer caught fire on the second floor.
The dryer was located in the beauty salon and flames were coming out of the front of the dryer, according to Morgantown fire department officials.
The heat from the fire was enough to set off the sprinkler system, but fire-fighters were still needed to contain the blaze.
Water could be seen seeping through the ceil-ing and pooling in the lobby. roughly 20 people were evacuated from the
building.“I had just gotten to my
room and was unpack-ing when I heard the fire alarm,” said California resi-dent James Ward.
Ward was on the elev-enth floor when the alarm sounded.
“I scrambled to get out as fast as possible,” he said.
Andover, Mass. resident Camille byers and her fam-ily were visiting her daugh-ter, a West Virginia Univer-sity student. They were watching TV in their hotel room when they heard the alarm.
“My room was right above the fire,” she said. “We didn’t smell the smoke
until we left the room.”byers said she always
stays at the Waterfront when she is in town, and the staff had promised to help displaced guests.
“They did say when we go in, if there’s any prob-lem with the room, that they would move us. They’re also going to give us free coffee and cookies,” she said. “The staff is unbe-lievable here – great hotel.”
Hotel officials declined to comment.
At 9:23 p.m., guests were escorted back in-side to the regatta bar and Grille, a restaurant at-tached to the hotel.
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Waterfront hotel evacuated due to ‘dryer fire’
katIe FlOwers/tHe daIly atHenaeumResidents of the Waterfront Hotel wait outside until given the okay to re-enter.
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‘Hotel Transylvania’ checks in with $43M debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Sandler’s monster mash-up “Hotel Transylva-nia” has brought the week-end box office back to life after a late-summer slump.
The animated comedy from Sony Pictures de-buted at No. 1 with $43 million, one of the stron-gest starts ever for a movie opening in September, ac-cording to studio estimates Sunday.
“Hotel Transylvania” set a new high for September debuts in terms of actual dollars, beating the previ-ous record of $35.7 million for 2002’s “Sweet Home Alabama.” But factoring in today’s higher admission prices, “Sweet Home Ala-bama” sold more tickets.
This weekend’s box of-fice was further strength-ened by a solid No. 2 debut for another Sony release,
Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt ’s time-travel thriller “Looper,” which took in $21.2 million.
Hollywood’s overall grosses rose for the first time in a month compared to the same weekend last year.
Revenues totaled $120 million, up 21 percent from the same weekend a year ago, when “Dolphin Tale” led with $13.9 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.
“Sony really kind of saved the day here, turning things around after a full month of less-than-stel-lar box office,” said Holly-wood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “The post-summer period didn’t ex-actly set the world on fire.”
It’s rare for one studio to open two wide releases
over the same weekend, but Sony had two movies that complemented each other well without overlap-ping their audiences.
Locking up the family crowds, the PG-rated “Ho-tel Transylvania” features Sandler providing the voice of Count Dracula as pro-prietor of a resort catering to Frankenstein, the Wolf-man and other monsters.
The R-rated “Looper” pulled in male action fans. Set in 2044, the film stars Gordon-Levitt as a hit man assigned to kill victims sent back in time – including his future self (Bruce Willis).
The previous weekend’s No. 1 movie, Open Road Films’ police story “End of Watch,” fell to No. 3 with $8 million, raising its domes-tic total to $26.2 million.
In narrower release, Universal Pictures’ music
tale “Pitch Perfect” opened strongly at No. 6 with $5.2 million.
The movie stars Anna Kendrick as a college fresh-man who joins an a cap-pella singing team and livens up the group’s con-servative style.
Playing in 335 theaters, “Pitch Perfect” averaged an impressive $15,560 a cin-ema. That compared to an average of $12,840 in 3,349 theaters for “Hotel Transyl-vania” and $7,086 in 2,992 cinemas for “Looper.”
The weekend’s other new wide release, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Da-vis’ school drama “Won’t Back Down,” flopped at No. 10 with $2.7 million, aver-aging just $1,074 in 2,515 theaters.
The movie centers on two mothers who organize a campaign to save a failing
elementary school.For Sandler, “Hotel
“Transylvania” was a re-turn to hit status after his summer dud “That’s My Boy” and so-so results on last year’s comedy “Jack and Jill.”
Sandler’s audience of young males generally has waned as he ages.
But Sony, which has re-leased most of his movies, remains eager to stay in the Sandler business.
“I have said that many times, and it still holds in a big way,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian the-aters, according to Holly-wood.com.
Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final do-
mestic figures will be re-leased Monday.
1. “Hotel Transylvania,” $43 million ($8.1 million international).
2. “Looper,” $21.2 million ($8.5 million international).
3. “End of Watch,” $8 million.
4. “Trouble with the Curve,” $7.5 million.
5. “House at the End of the Street,” $7.2 mil-l i o n ( $ 1 . 5 m i l l i o n international).
6. “Pitch Perfect,” $5.2 million.
7. “Finding Nemo,” $4.1 million ($1.1 million international).
8. “Resident Evil: Retri-bution,” $3 million ($20.7 million international).
9. “The Master,” $2.75 million.
10. “Won’t Back Down,” $2.7 million.
filmofilia.comProduced by Sony Pictures Animations, ‘Hotel Transylvania’ pulled an impressive $43 million opening weekend.
Russian church: rock band deserves mercy if they repent MOSCOW (AP) — The
Russian Orthodox Church on Sunday asked for clem-ency for three jailed mem-bers of the rock band Pussy Riot if they repent for their “punk prayer” for deliver-ance from President Vlad-imir Putin at Moscow’s main cathedral, a state-ment that came a day be-fore an appeal hearing and appeared to reflect a de-sire to put an end to the case that has caused an in-ternational outrage.
But it was unclear whether the women, who were sentenced to two years last month, would offer a penitence sought by the church and how much leniency a court may show. Putin has always been re-luctant to avoid leaving an impression that he could bow to public pressure and has taken an increasingly tough line on dissent since his inauguration in May.
Monday’s appeal hear-ing has caught their fam-ily members between hope and despair as they attempt to gauge from the words and actions of gov-ernment and church offi-cials whether the political tide will turn in their favor.
In Sunday’s statement, the church reaffirmed its condemnation of the wom-en’s raucous stunt, saying such actions “can’t be left unpunished.” But it added that if the women show “penitence and reconsid-eration of their action,” their words “shouldn’t be left unnoticed.”
Earlier this month, Rus-sian Prime Minister Dmi-try Medvedev said that keeping them in prison any longer would be “un-productive” – a statement that encouraged hopes the appeals court could set them free. But skep-tics said that ahead of the
band members’ convic-tion on charges of “hooli-ganism driven by religious hatred,” Putin himself said the women should not be judged too harshly, raising similar hopes for their re-lease that proved vain.
Nadezhda Tolokon-nikova, 22, Maria Alekh-ina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, were arrested in March after dancing and high-kick-ing at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral as they pleaded with the Virgin Mary to save Russia from Putin, who was elected to a third presidential term two weeks later. They said during their trial in Au-gust that they were pro-testing the Russian Ortho-dox Church’s support for Putin and didn’t intend to offend religious believers.
Both the government and the church may have a strong interest in put-ting the Pussy Riot case behind them to avoid fur-ther damage at home and abroad.
The band members’ imprisonment has come to symbolize intolerance of dissent in Putin’s Rus-sia and caused a strong international condemna-tion. Their cause has been taken up by celebrities and musicians, including Ma-donna and Paul McCart-ney, and protests have
been held around the world.
Even some govern-ment loyalists criticized the harsh sentence, voic-ing concern about the church’s interference in secular affairs and a grow-ing repressive streak in the Kremlin’s policies.
Since his inauguration in May, Putin has taken an increasingly tough stance against dissent in response to a series of massive win-ter protests against his 13-year rule.
Opposition activists have faced interrogations and searches, and the Kremlin-controlled par-liament quickly stamped a slew of draconian bills, in-cluding the one that raised fines 150-fold for taking part in unsanctioned pro-tests and another obliging those non-government or-ganizations that receive foreign funds to register as “foreign agents.”
In a clear nod to the Pussy Riot stunt, pro-Kremlin lawmakers last week discussed a new bill that would make “offend-ing religious feelings” a crime punishable by up to five years in prison.
Actions like these have left the friends, families, and lawyers of the Pussy Riot women pessimistic about the possibility of a successful appeal.
Violetta Volkova, one of the three lawyers for the women, said Friday af-ter visiting a prison where they are being held that she had little hope for a fair sentence in a country where courts bow to the authorities.
“There is always at least some minimal hope for common sense and that the court will act in accor-dance with the law,” she said. “But given the po-litical situation in Russia, we can’t depend on a legal sentence.”
Stanislav Samutsevich, the father of one of the women, said he also had little hope, saying that he believed the government would use the appeals pro-
cess to “in some way jus-tify the severe sentence imposed.”
Friends and family say they have tried to keep the women busy with books and letters to try to lighten their mood.
Olga Vinogradova, a children’s librarian, book reviewer, and longtime friend of the convicted Maria Alekhina, sent her philosophy books to read. She said she received mes-sages from Alekhina once or twice a week.
Like Tolokonnikova, Alekhina is the mother of a young child, a 5-year-old boy, a fact which has drawn particular sympa-thy from supporters of the women, who have been
behind bars since their ar-rest in March.
“One thing that she wrote to me in a letter is that . she couldn’t pay a higher price than such a long separation from her child,” said Vinogradova. “For her freedom to speak her mind that is the great-est price.”
Vinogradova said that in her exchanges with Alekhina her friend had expressed little hope of leaving with an effective appeal.
“She’s scared about what’s happening now, with the new laws,” said Vinogradova, “I think she may have expected more from the protest movement.”
Good job, WVU fans
Mountaineer fans should be applauded for their ef-forts on Saturday at West Virginia University’s first Big 12 Conference football game.
Not only did WVU fans create a rowdy environ-ment and flawlessly exe-cute Stripe the Stadium, they also welcomed Baylor fans to Morgantown with open arms.
West Virginia fans have been known to show up late and leave early – especially for noon kickoffs – but Sat-urday’s game was different. The stadium was almost completely full following
the Mountaineers’ 70-63 win against Baylor for the singing of Country Roads.
The Stripe the Stadium received national recogni-tion for its success.
But without a doubt, West Virginia fans should be proud of the way they welcomed Baylor fans.
One Baylor fan posted on a message board about the hospitality she and her family received in Morgantown.
“It was the best game day experience that I have ever been a part of. It sur-passed even game day at Nebraska,” the fan wrote. “I
can’t even recall the num-ber of people that came up to us and said, ‘welcome to Morgantown, we’re glad you are here.’”
The fan also said she was offered so much food and beverages in the Blue lot she was mad she bought her own.
“So, I will definitely be back. And, next time, I am coming straight to the stadium parking lot and bringing an appetite,” she finished.
A staff member of The Daily Athenaeum also saw a group of West Virginia fans give up their seats on
the bus to a group of Baylor fans from out of town.
It’s that kind of hospital-ity West Virginia fans need to embrace when any op-ponents come to Morgan-town this season, and for many seasons to come.
With our growing stature and the attention we will be getting on the national level, it is as important as it has ever been to main-tain this positivity and rep-resent the University well.
Fans were hospitable while creating one of the best gameday environ-ments Morgantown has ever seen.
In 2010, there was nega-tive attention surrounding WVU fans, which overshad-owed the basketball team’s historic success on a num-ber of occasions.
It is important we avoid that this year. It is impor-tant West Virginia fans help create a positive image for the University.
So, when Kansas State comes to town Oct. 20, let’s be sure to remember how we behaved Saturday.
Be loud. Be proud. But don’t forget to be respectful.
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Damning diction: Why curse words shouldn’t be offensive
OPINION4CONTACT US 304-293-5092 ext. 4 | [email protected] OctOber 1, 2012
It was the first time I brought a boyfriend home to meet my parents. At first, he was doing great – he said please and thank you, talked about his accom-plishments, and he took my father’s jokes with ease. Be-ing a generally decent and likable guy, the first meet-ing seemed to go well – that is, until he dropped the H-bomb at the dinner table.
Profanity is typically frowned upon. Although
we all use it in certain sce-narios like anger or pain, the general consensus is that certain words should not be used in polite com-pany. But in reality, pro-fanity has been around for centuries.
The ancient Greeks’ no-no words included uttering their gods’ names in vain, and by Jupiter would you be in trouble if you did so in front of the VIPs of the time. Even Shakespeare pushed the limits by using words like “zounds”, a con-traction of “God’s wounds”, and “blood,” which refers to the blood spilled by Christ on the cross.
The British catchphrase “bloody hell” was once considered the height of impropriety and only the most indecent individual would ever be caught ex-claiming “gadzooks!” in the streets of London. Varia-tions of the word “sl--” have been around since the fif-teenth century, and the “s-word” was first used in a de-rogatory way five hundred years ago.
These days, curse words have been used in mu-sic, television, movies and books galore, though their shock value still hasn’t diminished.
But bad words, at their
basis, are just that – words. They are structures of let-ters and syllables, just like every other word you read in this article. No matter the background, how it is used, or whom they are used against, profanity is just a part of our language and culture. And if that’s the case, it’s not the words themselves that are the is-sue – it’s the people.
The power these words have is entirely dependent on the person who takes af-front to their usage.
For instance, if someone was never offended by the word bitch, it would still mean a female dog. And if
someone had just brushed off a racial slur instead of becoming angry or upset, the popularity and vulgarity of certain terms wouldn’t be so prevalent today. When we exaggerate the in-fluence profanity has over us, it becomes more power-ful and more hateful.
But if we ignore the venom behind these ex-pressions and see them for what they are, suddenly these words don’t seem so audacious. And if these words don’t have such an influence over us, they sud-denly stop having much of an influence at all – much like “gadzooks,” “zounds”
and “by Jupiter,” these terms simply fall by the wayside and are forgotten.
While I don’t expect the “f-word” to have a place in polite conversation any-time soon, understanding the manipulative aspect of certain words is impera-tive to decreasing their sig-nificance. So the next time someone calls you this or that or uses a curse word, don’t get offended; they’re just words, and they are only offensive if you take offense from them. Lucky for me, my parents share my view – and my boy-friend and I are still to-gether today.
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In the United States there are 65 running nu-clear power plants. There have been no new facili-ties built since construc-tion of the final reactor be-gan in 1977. That means the youngest of these fa-cilities is approaching its 30th birthday. Sounds like it’s time for an upgrade.
Only recently have plans for new nuclear fa-cilities been drawn up, but these projects are still only in the preliminary stages of planning. Nuclear power provides about 20 percent of our nation’s electrical energy, and it is my firm opinion our goal should be to increase this
number. I’m sure many of you are sitting over lunch shaking your head in dis-agreement. You may be thinking of the disasters at Fukushima or Chernobyl as proof nuclear energy is not safe, when in fact the meltdown of these fa-cilities can be attributed to poor design. Just look online and you will find plenty of reliable sources outlining the causes of these meltdowns. How-ever, I’m not here to change your mind about nuclear energy. Instead, I am here to introduce you to the up and coming nu-clear reactor: The tho-rium-powered molten-salt reactor (MSR).
In an MSR, liquid tho-rium, a radioactive ele-ment, replaces uranium as the main fuel source of
the reactor. The benefits of this are
immeasurable. Thorium is four times more abundant than uranium, and the mining of this fuel is min-imized by the large stock-piles. In fact, Thorium is plentiful enough to satisfy the energy demands of the U.S. for thousands of years. One pound of tho-rium can produce as much power as 300 pounds of uranium or nearly 3.5 mil-lion pounds of coal.
This means less waste than current nuclear facil-ities, and since this waste is less radioactive it will only remain hazardous for a few hundred years com-pared to the tens of thou-sands of years uranium waste remains radioac-tive. For those of you con-cerned with nuclear weap-
ons, you can breathe easy. Thorium is even harder to weaponize than uranium, which is pretty difficult to do in the first place.
Thorium plants can be much smaller than cur-rent nuclear facilities in both size and power pro-duction. Currently, nu-clear facilities are gen-erally built further away from large cities to min-imize the potential dam-age of a worst case sce-nario meltdown. Since thorium is already in a molten state, the chance of a meltdown occurring is slim to none. Because of this, smaller facilities can be built closer to cit-ies, eliminating a large portion of the energy lost due to transmission and bringing us cleaner, more affordable energy.
With the combination of safety features, new designs and the physical properties of thorium, nu-clear power plants of the future will become even safer. If this quells the fear of reactor failure, wide-spread use of these plants could usher in a new era of energy production. With no greenhouse gas emissions, safe produc-tion and disposal methods and cheap, reliable power, there can be a significant reduction in the amount of coal-burning plants and other less-clean forms of energy production, thus helping the environment.
If you’re thinking, ‘Yeah, that’s great, but this is all theoretical,’ then think again my friend. In the 1960s, a thorium-pow-ered MSR was built in Ten-
nessee and ran for a to-tal of 22,000 hours. We’re talking about a live reac-tor built and run by engi-neers. That’s some prom-ising evidence MSRs could be the next best thing.
Now that I’ve got you anticipating the arrival of the first commercial MSR, I have some bad news: These facilities probably won’t be around in the near future. The amount of funding and planning for such a nuclear facil-ity is at a minimum. Don’t expect to see one of these plants until after 2030. That being said, there is only room for improve-ment. Thorium MSRs may be the (theoretical) energy of the future to-day, but the sky is still the limit for energy produc-tion possibilities.
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Introducing the new, safer, more efficient wave of nuclear power
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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH You alternate between optimism and a trancelike state. Some of you might feel beaten down or confused. This ambivalence will even out, given time. Honor your feelings, and understand that they are real when they occur. To-night: Consider a budget revision.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH You could have many ideas, yet iso-lating the correct path might be more important than you realize. Know that you need to listen to your instincts. You will find the answer quickly and will act accordingly. Unless a project is practi-cal, nix it. Tonight: Your beaming smile draws in many people.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Where you are is where you want to be, for now. Surround yourself with friends and/or associates who offer different perspectives. A meeting could be more important than you realize. You might be worrying a little too much about the outcome of a situation. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Accept your role as nurturer and leader.
You might feel undermined in a cre-ative venture or by a loved one. Mixed messages could be at the core of the problem. Wait until later today or even tomorrow before exploring the issue at hand. Tonight: Find your friends.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Your broad perspective is needed. First, make sure you are not reacting to a personal attack. You could be con-cerned that miscommunication could throw plans up in the air. Do what you need in order to detach from the sit-uation. Your actions will change the game. Tonight: Burn the candle at both ends.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH You tend to interact rather intensely with others. Discussions revolve around a partnership as well as a sep-arate issue involving travel and possi-bly education. This period favors brain-storming over taking action. Trust your judgment. Tonight: Go for some light-ness and good music.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You might decide to start counting how many complicated people are in your life. Dealing with these individu-als is a handful, and you will encounter some of them today. These interactions might have you feeling off-kilter. Honor your feelings, and use your intellect in order to respond effectively. Tonight: A close conversation.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Recognize your own bias when dealing with someone you generally look up to. You might have mixed feelings, pres-ently. Separate your energy from the immediate issue at hand. Fundamen-tally, you are not speaking the same language, and this creates a misunder-standing. Tonight: Try dinner and a talk.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH Tap into your creativity rather than absorb someone’s nega-tivity and/or fear. You know what the possibilities are, and you’ll start to see even more. Dare to make a dream a re-ality, especially if it involves a domestic issue. Your imagination flows through nearly everything you touch. Tonight: Add in a little friendly warmth.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You might want to understand what a family member expects from you. Real estate and domestic matters could weave together. You might be un-der more pressure than you realize to maintain a strong presence and deal with a situation at home. Tap into your vision of what you want to happen. To-night: Let your hair down.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You express yourself with clarity when addressing a misunderstanding or a difference in viewpoints with an im-portant person in your daily life. Good feelings will prevail between you and a loved one. You consider this person to be part of your family, even if he or she is not. Tonight: Hunker down at your pad.
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Mountaineer Idol honors classics
Matt Sunday/tHE daILy atHEnaEuMMountaineer Idol contestant Capri Salas is one of seven singers to advance to round four of the competition.
by nick wesdocka&e writer
Round three of West Virginia Universi ty’s Mountaineer Idol took place Friday night in the Mountainlair Ballroom.
The theme for this round of the competition was “Oldies,” songs from 1970 or earlier. Ten contestants sang oldies this week, but only seven advanced.
Steven Staffileno and Chelsea Malone co-hosted the event, and the show flowed smoothly under their direction.
“My favorite part of hosting the event is lis-tening to all the awesome song choices and getting to know each of the sing-ers. Everyone is very tal-ented and is certainly a star – both on and off the stage,” Staffileno said. “It is anyone’s title for the taking at this point. Mountaineer Idol is a phenomenal op-portunity to discover the talent of WVU students, and it will continue to do so in the years to come.”
Taking the microphone first was sophomore com-munications student Chris-topher Bonavita. Clearly one of the fan favorites, Bo-navita chose to honor The Beatles by singing “Let It Be.”
During his performance, he entertained the crowd by adding a short com-mentary into the middle of the song. When he was finished he announced, “I think I forgot some of my lyrics but … I just gotta let it be!”
Bonavita wasn’t the only contestant to commemo-rate the legendary British outfit, as pre-journalism student Jessica Kuna chose to sing The Beatles’ classic “Yesterday.”
Adding another dimen-sion to the night’s perfor-mances, two contestants were accompanied on
stage by live music. Paris Winfrey and Capri Salas both sang to the music of guitars rather than pre-re-corded material, and this made their performances stick out from the pack.
Winfrey sang the Stevie Wonder hit “Superstition,” which really got the crowd
going, and Salas did an amazing rendition of “Kill-ing Me Softly” by Roberta Flack.
This week also marked the inclusion of Facebook and Twitter to determine the fate of one competi-tor. Anyone could vote by “liking” the contestants
on the Mountaineer Idol Facebook page or retweet-ing the names of the con-testants on the official twitter account of Moun-taineer Idol (@Mountain-eerIdol). Each “like” or re-tweet counted as one point for the singers. The singer with the most points at the
contest’s end was granted immunity from elimination for this week.
Alexa Gonzalez, who sang “Your Song” by Elton John, won this competition and secured her spot in the fourth round of action.
At the end of the show, it was announced that Gon-
zalez received 803 votes.After all the contes-
tants sang, the audience was treated to a special performance by celebrity judge Ellis Lambert. Last year, Lambert competed in Mountaineer Idol and fin-ished second. He is a se-nior business management student and even started his own music recording business.
Lambert gave the crowd chills with his perfor-mance of “Ordinary Peo-ple” by John Legend. He complemented his singing by showing off his skills on the piano.
“It’s a lot easier to be a judge. As a former con-testant, you take into con-sideration how it feels (on stage),” Lambert said.
Among the other judges were two former mayors of Morgantown, Bill Byrne and Charlene Marshall, as well as Chris Northrup, di-rector of the Mountaineer Maniacs.
“Just keep doing what you’re doing … I am abso-lutely blown away by your willingness to do what you’re doing,” Byrne said to the contestants.
Northrup, a senior sports and exercise psychology student, was in attendance on behalf of the Maniacs and presented a donation of $100 to Mountaineer Idol. Mountaineer Idol will give the donation to the Make-a-Wish Foundation
The seven contestants who remain are Bonavita, Gonzalez, Salas, Winfrey, Scott Link, Patrick Garcia and Paige Madden.
Round four takes place this Friday at 8 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballroom. The theme will be “coun-try,” and the competition will also feature Idol Gives Back, a silent auction to raise money for WVU Chil-dren’s Hospital.
The Ultimatums deliver awe-inspiring set at 123
MaRK StaLnaKERFairmont, W. Va., based group The Ultimatums delivers a stunning performance at 123 Pleasant Street Saturday night.
MaRK StaLnaKERWith a soulful, emotive performance, The Ultimatums were able to win over the Morgantown crowd.
by jeremiah yatesa&e editor
123 Pleasant Street hosted the pinnacle of local music Saturday night, as Fairmont, W. Va., outfit The Ultimatums delivered one of the best per-formances I have seen at the historic venue.
Local acts the Stalnaker Brothers and Freudian Slap also performed to the delight of the crowd in attendance.
None of the three bands had a sound similar to any other. It was a night of indie rock, folk and soul.
The night was opened by Freudian Slap, a local indie rock band. While the three-piece band wasn’t on The Ultimatums’ level, they had their small following of fans dancing and eager to hear more.
After Freudian Slap, The Stalnaker Brothers took the stage and began to show the audience what good, old-fashioned folk music is all about. The band includes Matt Stalnaker, lead singer/guitar player, and Mark Stal-naker on bass guitar and percussion.
Matt sang into his har-monica microphone for most
of the set, which actually cre-ated a unique sound that fit their simple style well. The most notable song of their set was their original “I Found God in Doddridge County.”
“We always have a good time at 123 Pleasant Street, and we enjoyed seeing our friends in Freudian Slap and The Ultimatums,” Stalnaker said. “The Ultimatums al-ways seem to bring a good crowd, and it was nice to see a lot of people out supporting local music.”
After about 45 minutes of The Stalnaker Brothers, all nine members of The Ultima-tums grabbed their instru-ments and filled the stage.
Lead singer/guitarist Mi-chael Stewart was all over the stage and full emotion in ev-ery song.
The band’s style is soulful but diverse. Even for Stew-art, it is difficult to pinpoint an exact influence for The Ultimatums.
“It’s hard to single it out, because you go through dif-ferent stages in your life – different kinds of music. I lis-tened to Ben Folds when I was in college; that was a big influence. Anything I ever lis-ten to, if I listen to pop radio
for a half an hour, whether I like it or not, it’s going to in-fluence what comes out of my head,” Stewart said.
Every member in the band pulled their own weight dur-ing the show. While many horn players are stuck in the back or to the side of the stage, The Ultimatums’ horns made sure the audi-ence knows who they are and their talents.
It’s difficult to believe they are an unsigned band from down the road and not a ma-jor, touring band. The Ul-timatums are the most tal-ented undiscovered band I have ever seen. Stewart sang every song with passion and worked with the entire band to ensure the audience en-joyed the show.
“My whole body is sore from dancing,” Stewart said after the show.
The Ultimatums have been working on a new al-bum, which is due to release on vinyl in the next couple months.
To hear more from The Ultimatums, visit h t t p : / / m y s p a c e . c o m /losultimatums.
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Defense disappointed with performance in winby michael carvelli
sports editor
Although the Mountaineers walked off of the field with a win Saturday, the defense couldn’t help but feel it should have done more.
On a day when the West Virginia offense was setting records left and right, the Mountaineer defense was rewriting the record books, as well.
They just weren’t the kind of records it would like to set every week.
In the Mountaineers’ 70-63 win against the Bears, West Virginia al-lowed the most points in school history.
“You have to give credit to Bay-lor. They made a lot of plays,” said West Virginia co-defensive coordi-nator Joe DeForest. “I did a poor job of preparing them, I did a poor job of calling the game, and ulti-mately, it falls on me.”
It was the first time West Virginia allowed more than 60 points in a game since it suffered a 62-14 loss to Penn State in 1973.
As the Mountaineers expected coming into the game, Baylor did most of its damage through the air. Senior quarterback Nick Flor-ence completed 29 of his 47 pass attempts for 581 yards and five touchdowns, while wide receiver Terrance Williams caught 17 passes
for 314 yards and two scores.The Bears had two other receiv-
ers finish with more than 100 yards.“That was bad. We’ve got to get
better,” said redshirt junior Dar-win Cook.
“We weren’t clicking. We weren’t doing what we were sup-posed to do. Coach put us in posi-tion to make plays. It’s our fault as a defense; we’ve got to get better.”
Another thing the Mountain-eers had trouble doing most of the game was getting the defense off the field in the later downs. Baylor converted 11 of its 16 third downs Saturday and was 1 for 1 on fourth down.
“It’s very frustrating. It’s our job to get off the field,” DeForest said. “We’ve got to go back and look at the film, make some personnel changes, make better calls. They ran the same plays we practiced. They never really tempoed us; we were never really out of position.
“They executed better than we did. That’s the bottom line.”
It was especially frustrating for Mountaineers who have been around for the last few years. Play-ers like Cook and junior linebacker Doug Rigg were among the handful of current West Virginia defensive players who played on the 2010 de-fense that finished third nationally in total defense.
“I don’t even want to talk to the
old guys that I played with two years ago, because they would get on us about how unacceptable that was,” Rigg said. “We saw how they worked and how they got af-ter people. No matter how talented the people were, they still got af-ter them.
“Just because they’ve got great receivers and they move fast, it’s not an excuse to give up that many points and yards.”
While a lot of people might point fingers at the secondary for allow-ing so many yards through the air against the Bears, Rigg said it falls on everyone’s shoulders.
“People will try to go at our cor-ners and our safeties, saying it’s their fault, but that’s not the truth at all,” he said.
“I don’t think we did our job of getting to the quarterback. It was a collective group effort of not doing our jobs today.”
But when it was all over, West Virginia was still able to walk away with a victory. And to DeForest and the rest of the defense, that’s all that matters.
“We won the game,” DeForest said. “Am I happy about it? Abso-lutely not, but we won.
“It’s very hard to take, as a de-fensive coach, but maybe this will make us better.”
men’s soccer
No. 17 mountaineers tie with Western michigan
by amit batrasports Writer
The No. 17 West Virginia men’s soccer team faced its first road test after a four-game homestand in a Mid-American Conference game against Western Michigan Saturday afternoon.
The Mountaineers played to a 1-1 tie against the Bron-cos at the WMU Soccer Complex. WVU trailed early in the game and was down 1-0 at the half.
West Virginia was able to tie the match after a corner kick led to a goal by fresh-man forward Ryan Cain in the 53rd minute of play. It was his second goal of the season.
In the overtime period, the Mountaineers’ lone op-portunity came in the 97th minute, when sophomore forward Andy Bevin worked the ball toward the WMU goal line and took a shot. Broncos goalkeeper Sean Lewis made the save for Western Michigan to keep the match tied.
“An early mistake cost us a goal, but we came back
and found numerous op-portunities to win it,” said West Virginia head coach Marlon LeBlanc. “We’ll take the result on the road, and we are now unbeaten in our last six.”
With the tie, West Virginia goes to 6-2-2 on the season. It still has yet to win on the road, but the level of com-petition has not been easy. The two losses have come against ranked opponents in Wake Forest and North Carolina, and the two ties are against Western Michi-gan and Penn State.
The Broncos took the early 1-0 lead after Shane Lyons earned his fourth goal of the season in the 11th minute. He was able to find a weakness in the WVU defense and get a shot past WVU goalkeeper Pat Eavenson.
Western Michigan got an-other opportunity after Yil-son Asani nearly scored a goal in the 22nd minute of play. Eavenson halted his header.
WVU finished with two more shots in the game (14-12), while the Broncos
had the corner kick advan-tage 6-5.
WVU had one of its best chances to score in the 72nd minute of regulation when senior midfielder Uwem Etuk got the ball past the Western Michigan de-fender and took a shot from 10 yards out. It sailed over the crossbar.
The most promising as-pect of the short road trip was that the Mountain-eers continued to get scor-ing opportunities. West Vir-ginia held the advantage in shots; albeit it wasn’t to the caliber of the last few games.
Senior midfielder Travis Pittman led the Mountain-eers with three shots and two shots on goal.
The Mountaineers return home Tuesday night to face Elon to begin a three-game homestand.
volleyball
WVU continues road struggles with losses to K-State, Oklahoma
by austiN seiDelsports Writer
West Virginia volleyball head coach Jill Kramer and the Mountaineers took to the road for their first Big 12 Conference road trip of the season.
The Mountaineers were unable to stop their struggles on the road as they began the trip Thursday with a game at No. 15 Kansas State’s Ahearn Field House for their second match against a ranked op-ponent this season.
During the match, West Virginia was held to just 24 kills in the match and a .062 hit percentage that left them in a tough position to slow down the Wildcat assault.
Kansas State recorded 45 kills on a .368 hit percentage and was able to contain West Virginia’s Nikki Attea, who had recorded six straight double-digit kill games en-tering Thursday’s match.
“It’s going to be tougher (in the Big 12),” Attea said prior to entering the Big 12 portion of WVU’s sched-ule. “We’re going to work harder and be ready for what comes.”
Attea’s streak of consecu-tive double-digit kills would end Thursday against the Wildcats, but she started a new one Saturday in Norman, Okla., when the Mountaineers faced Oklahoma.
West Virginia came out
strong against the Sooners as it gained some momentum early by taking the opening set, their first against a Big 12 opponent on the road, but would be overpowered throughout the next three sets to lose the match in four sets.
Attea managed to re-es-tablish her consistency, as the freshman hitter swung her way to 11 kills and a .176 hit percentage against the Sooners.
Defensively, Attea was aided by fellow freshman Anna Panagiotakopoulos, who has firmly established her role as libero after re-cording 30 digs throughout the course of the road trip. Panagiotakopoulos leads the team in digs with 215 for the season so far.
Freshman setter Brittany Sample recorded her 600th assist for her college career (she recorded 49 during the road trip) to make for an-other notable performance by the young Lewisville, Texas, native.
“Brittany’s great – she does a great job,” Attea said. “We’re definitely used to her and just how she plays, and it’s such a help out there. We’re all getting better as
a team, and we feel better around each other.”
Sample has come a long way this season, as her woes at the serving line have sig-nificantly reduced, along with her ability rise the ball up for her 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-4 hitters.
“We’ve worked with Brit-tany throughout the season and have been teaching her some things,” Kramer said. “We’ve been working a lot on serving every day in prac-tice and passing as well. It’s just part of what we do ev-ery day.”
The Mountaineers are 0-2 against ranked oppo-nents this season and have been outscored 150-93 by ranked opponents. As they move forward, Kramer’s girls will face four more matches against ranked opponents and two matches against Kansas, who have hovered close to the top 25 all season and may break through prior to their match against West Virginia.
West Virginia will return home briefly to face Kansas and Duquesne before hitting the road again to face No. 19 Iowa State in Ames, Iowa.
matt sunday/the daily athenaeumThe West Virginia defense allowed the most points in a game in school history Saturday against Baylor.
matt sunday/the daily athenaeumThe WVU volleyball team lost to Kansas State and Oklahoma this weekend.
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Mountaineers place first in Greater Louisville Classic
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The long summer work-outs, practices on the track and traveling all around the country create a tire-some pace to keep up with for the West Virginia cross country team.
But when the Mountain-eers have a weekend like the one they just had in the Greater Louisville Clas-sic, suddenly it all seems worth it. WVU placed all five runners in the top 12, and took first place.
Redshirt junior Jordan Hamric placed highest on the team, with a third-place finish. Redshirt ju-nior Sarah Martinelli finished sixth, and soph-omore Savanna Plombon finished ninth.
Hamric attributes her success to the shape she is in and her familiarity with the course.
“A lot of the progres-sions we do helps with that,” Hamric said. “Where my shape is this year is an-other level up from where it was last year. It also helps being familiar with the course; running it last year got me to get to know it pretty well.”
The 11th Annual Greater Louisville Classic was a 5k race, but the Pre-Nation-als in two weeks will be a 6k. This event gave Ham-ric and the other runners who competed in the race a firsthand look at what is to come. Hamric used her previous knowledge of the course to finish in third and plans to build her game plan as she contin-ues the rest of the season.
Hamric finished the course in 17:57.60, to lead all Mountaineer runners.
“This course is really flat. I just try and do some visu-alization and take myself through the race before we go out there,” Hamric said.
“I know where I can turn it on and try to make a move. Having your teammates running alongside you is always helpful.”
The cross country team won’t compete in another meet for two weeks, but that gives them the oppor-tunity to get into the best shape possible for Pre-Na-tionals, which will be on the same course the Moun-
taineers ran this weekend.“We are going to train
pretty hard through the next two weeks. The big races are coming up, and we are going to train really hard in every practice and every meet,” Hamric said. “The closer we get to Re-gionals is when we will try to peak.”
Women’s soCCer
no. 21 WVU squeaks by TCU in first big 12 road game 2-1
by shea ULisneysports writer
The No. 21 West Virginia women’s soccer team con-tinued its success in Big 12 Conference play this week-end when it defeated TCU 2-1 Friday night on the road in front of a crowd of 2,057 fans at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.
With the win, the Moun-taineers are still undefeated in conference play, moving to 3-0 on the season.
“It was a great crowd with a lot of energy,” said West Virginia head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “Being on the road is never easy, and there was such a big crowd. There were a lot of elements to overcome.”
At the 40:33 mark, after sophomore Kate Schwin-del was taken down on the left side by a hard tackle that resulted in a free kick, senior defender Mallory Smith sent a header that was cleared off the line, and freshman midfielder Amanda Hill shot the ball into the far corner of the box to tie the game 1-1.
Hill’s goal marked only the second first-half goal allowed by TCU this sea-
son, and she became the sixth Mountaineer to re-cord her first career goal this season.
In the 52nd minute, se-nior defender Bry McCar-thy pushed the ball into the left corner, sent the ball into the and box to senior for-ward Bri Rodriguez, who scored her first goal of the season – the game-winner for West Virginia.
“I think her goal is some-thing that’s long overdue,” Izzo-Brown said. “She’s been working hard. It was a great finish for her.”
TCU midfielder Maken-zie Koch took a rebound shot from five yards out, and scored for the Horned Frogs after an attempt from defender Kelly Johnson that was saved by WVU goal-keeper Sara Keane.
Izzo-Brown was pleased with the sophomore goal-keeper’s performance.
“Keane secured the win for us, and that’s what is im-portant,” she said.
Keane finished with five saves to pick up her seventh win of the season, while TCU goalkeeper Vittori Ar-nold made four saves.
In the 67th minute, TCU junior defender Kelly John-
son had a shot on goal that was blocked by West Vir-ginia midfielder Ali Con-nelly before TCU midfielder Monica Alvarado took the rebound shot. However, she couldn’t get it past Keane.
Freshman forward Kai-ley Utley had two attempt shots in the 77th and 79th minutes – both saved by Arnold.
The Mountaineer de-fense held the Horned Frogs to nine shots on goal, four in the second half. West Vir-ginia finished with 23 shots. Sophomore forward Kate Schwindel had the team-best four attempts.
TCU allowed 10 Moun-taineer corner kicks – a sea-son high for its opponents.
The Mountaineers ex-tended their winning streak to five matches.
“We’re taking it one game at a time,” Izzo-Brown said. “We’re setting the goals very high, and the team wants to make an impact on the Big 12.”
WVU will return to action in the Big 12 with road trips to Kansas Friday and Iowa State Sunday.
WVU SPOrtS InfOJunior runner Jordan Hamric placed first among WVU runners to help lead the Mountaineers to a first-place finish during the weekend.
PatrIck GOrrell/the DaIly athenaeUmSenior midfielder Bri Rodriguez scored her first goal of the season to help propel WVU past TCU Friday night.
Brady leads Pats to 52-28 rout of BillsORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP)
— Once Tom Brady started connecting with his favor-ite receivers, there was nothing wrong with the New England Patriots.
Brady led six straight touchdown drives in the second half to lead New England to a 52-28 rout of the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. The Patriots (2-2) over-came a sloppy first half and a 21-7 third-quarter defi-cit to avoid their first three-game skid in 10 years.
Brady finished 22 of 36 for 340 yards and three touchdowns, plus one rushing.
Cornerback Devin Mc-Courty had two intercep-tions in keying a defense that forced six turnovers and had three sacks.
Two familiar star receiv-ers – Wes Welker and tight end Rob Gronkowski – played key roles in helping the Patriots finish with 580 yards offense, 358 coming in the second half.
Welker had nine catches for 129 yards, and Gronkowski had five for 104 yards and a touch-
down as both players bounced back from first-half fumbles.
Brady tied the game at 21 with a 4-yard run, during a drive in which Welker had three catches – all for first downs. He then needed only five plays to cover 63 yards, capping the next drive with a 28-yard touch-down pass to Gronkowski for the go-ahead score on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Gronkowski, who grew up just outside of Buffalo, has now scored eight times in five games against the Bills.
And the Patriots’ domi-nance of their AFC East ri-vals goes well beyond that.
New England improved to 17-1 in its past 18 meet-ings against Buffalo, and 22-2 dating to the 2000 sea-son. The Patriots lost their last trip to Orchard Park, 34-31 after blowing a 21-0 lead.
This time it was the Bills turn to unravel after build-ing a 21-7 lead on their first possession of the third quarter, when Ryan Fitz-patrick hit Donald Jones for a 68-yard catch and run.
Nothing else went right. Buffalo combined for just two first downs and 31 yards on its next four drives, two of which ended with turnovers.
Fitzpatrick finished 22 of 39 for 350 yards and four scores – including two to Scott Chandler.
The Bills high-priced and revamped defense produced a significant dud. Defensive end Mario Wil-liams – who signed a six-year, $100 million contract in March– and company managed one sack and al-lowed the most points Buf-falo’s given up since a 56-
10 loss to New England on Nov. 18, 2007.
More embarrassing, the 580 yards allowed were the second most in team his-tory, just short of the 598 Buffalo allowed 34-31 win at San Francisco in 1992.
The Bills offense sagged despite the return of its two top running backs. Fred Jackson had 13 carries for 29 yards and three catches for 50 yards, but lost a fum-ble in his first game back since spraining his right knee in a season-opening loss at the New York Jets.
C.J. Spiller didn’t fare much better. He had 33 yards on eight carries, and also lost a fumble at the goal line late in the second half that prevented Buffalo from building a 21-7 lead. Spiller played a week after hurting his left shoulder in a 24-14 win at Cleveland.
The win was the 194th of Patriots coach Bill Belich-ick’s career, moving him into eighth place on the NFL list, one ahead of Chuck Knox.
The Patriots comeback began with their second possession of the second half, when Brady hit Danny Woodhead for a 17-yard touchdown pass.
With game tied at 21, the Patriots go-ahead scoring drive came as a result of a Bills rookie punter Shawn Powell’s wobbly 28-yard punt. New England got the ball back at its own 37, and needed only five plays to score.
Powell was making his NFL debut days after re-placing veteran Brian Moorman last week.
Brandon Lloyd scored on a 25-yard catch and Brandon Bolden scored on a 7-yard run for New England.
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No. 7 WVU, Baylor combine for most touchdowns in FBS history in 70-63 winBy Nick Arthur
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Oddly enough, 70 points used to be a rarity in Morgantown.
It is now a common occurrence.
No. 7 West Virginia racked up 807 yards of total offense, breaking the previous sin-gle-game record of 655, and held off a late push from Baylor to defeat the Bears 70-63 in front of 60,012 fans at Milan Puskar Stadium Saturday afternoon.
The Mountaineers (4-0, 1-0) outscored the Bears (3-
1, 0-1) 21-7 in the third quar-ter and didn’t trail again.
“You witnessed the same thing I did,” said West Vir-ginia head coach Dana Hol-gorsen. “I commend Bay-lor for playing the way they played. They played well of-fensively and had an oppor-tunity to shut it down three or four times and didn’t.”
Baylor senior quarterback Nick Florence’s 581 passing yards were overshadowed by West Virginia quarter-back Geno Smith’s 656-yard and eight-touchdown per-formance. Both are single-game school records.
His head coach said he would almost consider this performance perfect.
“Can you please tell me how you can improve on that?” Holgorsen said. “He played well. Nick Florence played well, too.”
Smith was able to find wide receivers Tavon Aus-tin, Stedman Bailey and J.D. Woods consistently throughout the game.
The three combined for 40 receptions for 632 yards and eight touchdowns.
Bailey set school records for receiving yards and re-ceiving touchdowns in a
game, while Austin set the school record for receptions in a game.
The two also rank No. 1 and No. 2 in career receiv-ing touchdowns at West Vir-ginia University.
“Not every game is go-ing to be like this,” Hol-gorsen said. “It was a situ-ation where both offenses were playing at a pretty high level … It will be different next week.”
The game was the Moun-taineers’ inaugural Big 12 Conference outing, and they didn’t disappoint.
Despite all of the mind-
boggling statistics, perhaps the most impressive is the fact West Virginia hasn’t had a turnover since the season opener against Marshall.
“We haven’t turned the ball over in three games, and you’re going to win if you do that,” Holgorsen said. “It’s a very up-tempo league, and we understand it is going to be a very up-tempo league. We have to get better defen-sively and playing at a high-tempo level.”
As the second year head coach alluded, the Moun-taineers struggled mightily in slowing down the Bears’
offensive attack.Baylor came into the
game averaging more than 50 points per outing, but WVU defensive coordinator Joe DeForest wasn’t pleased with the result.
“I did a poor job of pre-paring them. I did a poor job of calling the game,” DeFor-est said. “Ultimately, it’s on me.”
Baylor was able to convert 11 of 16 on third down, while the Mountaineers converted on 12 of 15. The game only had four punts.
Trying to make sense of a special Saturday
A striped stadium, 19 touchdowns and what seemed like more broken records than points; in its first ever game as a mem-ber of the Big 12 Conference, West Virginia sent Morgan-town and the rest of the na-tion into a tizzy after its 70-63 win against visiting Baylor Saturday.
For the West Virginia fans wearing gold and blue in al-ternating sections, this day was a long time coming. The members of Mountain-eer Nation showed up loud and proud, joining together for packed parking lots full of pregame tailgating to offi-cially welcome Baylor – and the rest of the Big 12 – into its
home.West Virginia was finally in
its rightful place; the wait was over, and all eyes in the Big 12 were turned to its newest and proudest member.
The trio of victories it achieved prior to Saturday had West Virginia primed to be a focal point of the Big 12. Yet, the events that transpired on a picture-perfect home-coming weekend at Milan Puskar Stadium proved per-haps the epicenter of the Big 12 is too small a scale on which to view this team.
From the first firing of the musket, it was apparent West Virginia senior quarterback Geno Smith was on a mis-sion to do something special.
In the present era of high-tempo, fast-paced football, it’s no longer a shock to see scores of 40, 50 or even 60 points. Even West Virginia’s final score of 70 was only one
more than the 69 points it scored in its season-opening victory against Marshall.
Smith, who now sits un-questionably atop the race for the Heisman Trophy, twisted the Baylor secondary to his liking, spinning magic each and every time he dropped back in the pocket to pass.
His eight touchdown passes and 656 yards pass-ing are not from a folk tale or some other form of collo-quial sensationalism – they were real, and they unfolded in front of a stunned crowd that was simply too amazed to truly process what was happening before its eyes.
What will make this day one of the truly special days in West Virginia history wasn’t the number of points or the newly set records, but instead, the feelings Smith and the Mountaineers of-fense created each and ev-
ery time they touched the football.
Sure, Baylor’s offense was equally potent, shredding the Mountaineers’ second-ary and falling just one score short of West Virginia in the touchdown race, but that didn’t matter.
Every person in atten-dance and those marvel-ing on television from afar – knew when Smith got the ball back in his hands, he would not be denied.
After the game, West Vir-ginia head coach Dana Hol-gorsen said every game the Mountaineers play in their new conference won’t end up the way the Baylor game did.
“Not every Big 12 game is like this,” he said. “Not every Big 12 offense is like this, and not every game is going to be like this.”
I have but one question for Holgorsen: What other game
will ever be like this? For any team, anywhere?
West Virginia scored 70 points and still needed a crit-ical third-down conversion late in the fourth quarter to lock up the win.
Senior inside receiver Ta-von Austin and redshirt ju-nior wide receiver Stedman Bailey caught two and five touchdowns, respectively, which pushed their career touchdown receptions total past the previous record.
Before Saturday, the school record for receiv-ing yards in a game was 209. Austin (215) and Bailey (303) both eclipsed that record – in the same game.
LeBron James tweeted that Geno Smith was putting up “#videogamestatistics.”
Tell me when a game like this is going to happen again?
There’s a fresh level of op-timism layered into the bud-
ding hopes of Mountaineer fans. This season has already proven special, and after this victory, it’s clear West Virginia has the potential to perform in a way no team before it has ever done.
If the Mountaineers con-tinue leaving fans speech-less, they may find them-selves in the spotlight of not just the Big 12, but of all col-lege football.
Right now, though, in the immediate aftermath of per-haps the most memorable game in school history, it’s important to remember one thing: what happened Satur-day may never, ever happen again – and this once-in-a-generation ride could be de-railed at any moment. Let’s have fun while it lasts and ap-preciate just how special this team, and this moment, is.
cody schulermAnAging editor
matt sunday/the daily athenaeumSenior quarterback Geno Smith threw for 656 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 45 of his 51 pass attempts in West Virginia’s 70-63 win against Baylor.