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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Tuesday OctOber 29, 2013 VOlume 126, Issue 50www.THedaONLINe.comda
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Professor talks ‘party school culture’
WVU students to ‘Light the World’
By Meghan BonoMoStaff Writer
@dailyathenaeum
Students at West Vir-ginia University are work-ing to improve the lives of an Ethiopian village as a part of the Light the World Campaign.
Chris Haddox, instruc-tor for Designing for En-ergy Efficiency in the Da-vis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, is leading a fun-draising team to help im-plement clean water and artificial lighting in the home village of a WVU student.
Haddox and a team of others created sustainable light kits for an orphanage in Kenya last year.
WVU mechanical engi-neering Ph.D. student, Be-lachew Amare said he read about the project and de-cided to contact Haddox about doing a similar proj-ect in his home village.
“Our project centers on improving the health of residents of a small farm-ing village in Ethiopia by providing each of the 10 families in the village with a safe, non-polluting so-lar powered light for their
homes and a high-capac-ity, cleanable, long-life wa-ter filter,” Haddox said.
Haddox has already raised 45 percent of the money needed to reach the goal.
Before the project, the village had no electricity, and the only source of light was kerosene lanterns. The water in the village is not treated or filtered in any way, leaving it susceptible to contamination.
“The families of Be-lachew’s village are part of the nearly two billion peo-ple who do not have ac-cess to safe night-time il-lumination,” Haddox said. “Many of those people burn kerosene lanterns for light – a practice that is costly, creates fire hazards and (is) associated with se-vere respiratory and visual problems from the fumes and smoke.”
Solar lighting has been recognized by the United Nations as an effective source of lighting that will resolve the issues associ-ated with kerosene lamps.
“Our team will raise $2,000 for the light and wa-ter filter kits, (which is) 10
Career Services, SGA offer new mentorship program
‘oWnIng CULTURe’
By aLexIs RandoLphStaff Writer
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Most students attend college in the hope of building a better future and securing their dream career.
The Student Govern-ment Association is work-ing with the West Virginia University Career Services Center to assist in building students’ dreams through a mentorship.
Unlike other programs currently available in cer-tain colleges on the WVU campus, this new program will be open to all under-graduate students from ev-ery area of study, no matter their class rank.
Board of Governors member Joy Wang is spear-heading this new mentor-ship program. During her campaign for office, Wang ran on this mentorship platform.
Wang said she feels the goal of the mentorship program must be to help students attain success be-yond their years at WVU.
“We want to ensure stu-dents not only succeed here at WVU but make sure they hit the ground run-ning after they graduate,” Wang said.
The first step in devel-oping the program has al-ready begun. Many under-graduate students were sent an email from Wang last week, containing a sur-vey to gauge interest from the student body.
Sophomore philoso-phy and psychology stu-dent Zach Paitsel com-pleted the survey and said she feels the program will be a promising outlet for students.
“I think it is a decent idea; I filled out the survey to see where it went from
Kyle mOnrOe/tHe DAIly AtHenAeumLinda Martin helps Leah Hornbeck, a sophomore advertising student, purchase a handmade purse in front of the Mountainlair Monday.
Kyle mOnrOe/tHe DAIly AtHenAeumA variety of winter coats were available for purchase.
By hILaRy kInneyStaff Writer
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For the second time this year, West Vir-ginia University students have the op-portunity to own a small piece of another culture.
Outside of the Mountainlair, students and locals can find a tent housing sweaters, hats, mittens, purses and scarves, all with a unique story.
The tent, sponsored by the Sierra Student Coalition, is run by Matt and Linda Martin.
The couple has spent many years traveling, and their trips around the world led them to begin to design cloth-ing to be manufactured in countries such as Nepal and Brazil.
Linda described how she and her husband design and produce the pieces they offer. Their annual jour-ney will begin right after the new year, when the couple will make their trip to Nepal to visit people they have worked with before.
“After we show them our designs, we’ll wait around for a month or so, go trekking or exploring or some-thing like that,” Linda said. “Then we’ll come back, get our stuff, put it on a slow boat and then wait until spring for it to arrive.”
Their unique lifestyle and job is partially a result of Matt’s childhood as part of a military family, and liv-ing in many different places. After the couple met, their journey began when they decided to drive to Mexico and Guatemala.
“We didn’t really intend to make it a business, but we went back and our friends liked them,” Linda said. “Then, we bought some weavings with the intention to sell them, and we’ve been traveling ever since.”
The pieces available for sale are a variety of designs and inspirations from the places they see and peo-ple they meet.
“We go places that use a lot of different tech-niques, like Ikat weaving, dyeing and different types of cultural things,” Matt said. “We see those and we think,
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By saM BosseRMancorreSpondent
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Extreme alcohol con-sumption, high lev-els of property dam-age and drugs were some of the topics cov-ered at last night’s meet-ing of the Social Science Cafe at the Black Bear Evansdale.
The group, which reg-ularly comes together to discuss social science is-
sues, played host to West Virginia University associ-ate professor Karen Weiss.
Weiss recently pub-lished “Party School: Campus, Crime and Community,” which looks at a case example of a school similar to WVU, that experiences rela-tively high levels of par-tying and party-related crime.
Weiss said a major fo-cus of the book was to explain why otherwise
deviant behavior is con-sidered normal at cer-tain “party schools.” These schools tend to be larger institutions with deep-rooted com-mitments to sports and Greek life, according to Weiss.
“Partying behavior is not unique to these ‘party schools’…. However, stu-dents at these schools take partying to a level where it becomes excessive and begins to define a part
of the school’s culture,” Weiss said. “This partying culture becomes so perva-sive that partying-related deviant behaviors become normalized.”
These party cultures tend to lead to situa-tions where many stu-dents may become un-comfortable with their environment.
“Even those who do not party at all can feel the ripple effects… such as people vomiting on the
streets and urinating in public,” Weiss said. “For the book, I talked to one non-student resident who described a feeling of be-ing held hostage in their own town by students who feel they are entitled to party.”
Weiss said her research suggested many ‘heavy partiers’ make light of their habits.
“Certain ‘heavy par-tiers’ hold positive views of their crazy nights out,
even when they come back home with injuries,” Weiss said. “In the par-tying culture, these sto-ries make the individual something of a hero.”
After giving a speech about the book, Weiss turned the floor to the au-dience. During that dis-cussion, Weiss told the audience that some crit-ics suggest the partying culture is tolerated by
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there,” Paitsel said. “I was thinking about what would happen if they institution-alized the process of find-ing a mentor.
“Many students already have a teacher or professor who is their go to mentor, but maybe some kids need someone outside of that.”
With more than 370 stu-dents expressing interest in the mentorship program thus far, Wang said she was excited and surprised by the responses they have received.
Now that Wang’s team has gauged interest, Wang said they will begin work-ing on the next phase of the program by finding mentors for students who have responded to the survey.
When matching stu-dents with a mentor, the program takes into account the student’s area of study as well as what each stu-dent stated their goals for the future are.
Due to the response from the survey, the pro-gram is set to begin operat-ing on a rolling basis; once all of the students in one group are matched, the next group will start.
Students who have re-
sponded to the survey but are not a part of the first group should not be dis-couraged, according to Wang. The program will continue to work and match each student who has responded.
After finding a match, the student will be able to gain networking experi-ence as well as first-hand advice from someone who is in the position they one day hopeto be in. It is also a goal of the program for the student to network in their field.
Wang said she has worked with individuals such as Sarah Glenn and Rachel Conrad within the Career Services Center to find positive role models in all fields of study to serve as mentors to the students of WVU.
“A mentor has been in our shoes, and now they are active professionals with hands on experience,” Wang said. “They know what to do (and) what to expect; it’s kind of like hav-ing an older sibling to guide you.”
Students who are inter-ested in the program can stop by the Career Service Center in the Mountainlair or contact Joy Wang at [email protected].
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kits at $200 delivered cost,” Haddox said. “Of course, any additional funds raised will supply more kits to other families in the area.”
Artificial lighting is needed to increase safety and productivity. Accord-ing to the campaign’s web-site, without artificial light, children cannot do their homework, businesses cannot stay open and med-ical clinics must close at sunset.
Family members in the village risk their lives walk-ing in the dark due to falls, predatory animals and personal assaults. Women and children are the most vulnerable to these dangers.
To donate to the Light the World campaign or to learn more about the project, visit http://www.ministrysync.com/event/website/?m=1522489#0, or contact Haddox at [email protected].
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Kyle mOnrOe/tHe DAIly AtHenAeumGraduate student Jian Cheng tries on a winter hat front of the Mountainlair.
Kyle mOnrOe/tHe DAIly AtHenAeumThe sale of unique clothing and accessories in front of the Mountainlair is spon-sored by the Sierra Student Coalition.
‘How can we adapt those forms to the kinds of things that people in the states like to buy?’
“It’s more of a mixture things – a hybrid – that is so inspiring.”
Abdullah Alsharari, a soph-omore computer engineer-ing student at WVU, said he was drawn to the tent by the diverse colors and styles of clothing offered. He said he purchased a sweater for his mother.
“It looks more like clothes we use in my country,” Alsharari said.
“The clothes have more cul-tural colors, and they’re made and feel differently.”
It’s not too late to purchase a piece of wearable artwork from the Martins and support the Sierra Club Coalition. The tent will be set up until at least Wednesday, depending on the weather.
For more information about supporting the Sierra Club Coalition, visit http://si-erra.studentorgs.wvu.edu.
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Kyle mOnrOe/tHe DAIly AtHenAeumAmong the items for sale to students were wool headbands in many different colors and designs.
institutions and cities be-cause it fuels an important industry surrounding the sale of alcohol.
Allie Ojjeh, a soci-olog y graduate stu-dent, said she felt Weiss’ r e s e a r c h w a s v e r y intriguing.
“I agree that exces-sive partying has a lot to do with the culture of the school,” Ojjeh said. “These schools do have a certain stigma around partying, negative or positive, and it leads to a situation that is self-perpetuating.”
Weiss ended the ses-sion by saying there is l ittle external forces, such as the city govern-ment or university ad-ministration, can do to change students’ partying behavior.
We i s s s a i d a n y change would have to come from within the s t u d e n t p o p u l a t i o n itself.
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Italian vintners look abroad as home sales slump
TORaNO NuOVO, Italy (aP) — It’s harvest season at the family-run vintner Emidio Pepe in central Italy and work-ers are wading into the vine-yards, hand-picking grapes and pressing them under their boots in giant wooden vats.
The seasonal ritual has brought together generations of rural communities. But the final product, the highly-rated Pecorino white, is now more likely to be enjoyed in New York or Beijing than in the local village of Torano Nu-ovo, in the Abruzzo region. That’s because wine-drinking in Italy, one of the world’s big-gest producers, is hitting re-cord lows, forcing many vint-ners to seek buyers abroad.
Consumption is at its weak-est since Italy was unified as a country in 1861, according to Coldiretti, the main farmers’ association. The most imme-diate cause has been the eco-nomic downturn, which has pinched incomes. But that has just accelerated what has been a decades-long slide in consumption.
Italians are expected to drink 40 liters (10.6 gallons) a head this year, down from 45 liters (11.9 gallons) before the financial crisis began in 2007 and just about a third of
the 110 liters (29 gallons) seen in the 1970s, according to As-soenologi, the main enolo-gists’ association.
In the past 25 years, wine “has become a hedonistic product, which is not part of Italians’ basic diet anymore,” said Michele Fino, law profes-sor and wine expert from the University of Gastronomic Studies in Pollenzo.
That leaves it more ex-posed to short-term fluc-tuations in economic con-ditions. The two-year recession was like “the flu that arrives when one’s de-fenses are already low,” Fino said.
Italians’ change of atti-tude is going hand in hand with the increasing popular-ity of other, more casual al-coholic drinks — above all, beer, particularly among the young. While the average Ital-ian’s consumption of wine is only a third of what it was in the 1970s, beer drinking has doubled.
“We like beer because it’s more refreshing, lively, soft and lighter,” said Fran-cesco Rizzo, a 30-year-old hanging out with friends one night in Campo de’ Fiori, one of Rome’s nightlife hotspots where beer is a top choice.
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There are few bands out there whose sound can’t be nailed down by describing a few of their most prominent influences. One of these se-lect few is a stellar band from north of the border called Protest the Hero. The group will release their fourth studio album, “Volition,” today.
Ever since 2008’s critically heralded “Fortress,” these guys have been steadily as-cending the ranks. All met-alheads, radio rock stalwarts and pop-punk aficionados need to hear this five-piece outfit, if not just to know that these types of records exist.
“Volition” is a thick, incred-ibly dense listening experi-ence that may take a few lis-tens to completely wrap your mind around. It’s an album of constant movement and res-olution. Not only is it com-plex, but it’s as fast as your fa-vorite thrash album and as epic in scope as an orchestral symphony.
In simplest terms, they’ve taken a hardcore-punk back-drop and abstractly painted it with an expansive pal-ate of progressive colors and shaded in the rest with dark-ened metal tendencies.
It’s the kind of album that’s chock full of those moments that make you start drum-ming on the steering wheel or putting on a sold out concert for no one in your room.
Their progressive forces light up speakers with white hot swirling guitar lines that resolve in all the right places and groove at all the right times. This isn’t your mother and father’s funky groove, mind you, as they’re on a palm mute and solo plas-tered Rage Against the Ma-chine level of bounciness that refuses to be denied even by the dullest stick in the mud.
Despite all this, the most impressive thing about the group may not even be their musical prowess, but rather their demeanor.
Many bands with this level of talent are self-absorbed, or kidding themselves. This is not the case with Protest the Hero, who are constantly making hilariously themed videos and even poke fun at themselves in a few of their songs. Their singer, Roddy Walker, goes by Chody – enough said.
Vocally, the album is a big
step up from their previous releases in terms of versatil-ity. Never shy about showing his high register range, Walker sings like a banshee who has a vendetta against house-hold glass products. This al-bum also sees him grow as a heavy music front man with the addition of many more throaty low growls that are fairly surprising when they are slotted in next to one of Walker’s soaring clean vocal lines.
But for those who are not fans of that type of thing, don’t write them off just yet.
Ever since Walker took over lyrical duties from bass-ist Arif Mirabdolbaghi, there has been a major shift in lyr-ical content. Now the lyr-ics are much more lit-eral in nature and easier to comprehend.
There’s even a song, “A Life Embossed”, that is quite liter-ally about standing against pit bull legislation rather than your standard brooding metal fare. Also, “Mist” is pretty much about a Canadian lov-
ing his homeland.Undoubtedly, Roddy’s vo-
cals, which are vaguely rem-iniscent of mid 2000’s pop punk in terms of texture, will turn some metal heads off and yet still hold others’ attention.
However, those same metal fans will be glad to hear the al-bum benefits greatly from the presence of studio drummer Chris Adler of Lamb of God renown, who gives the album a decided metallic hardcore edge. This edge is more prom-inent on “Volition” than on anything they’ve previously released. However, Adler mercifully seems to know he’s not playing with Lamb of God and varies his dynamics adequately.
For people who want to check out the band, I recom-mend listening to this one or their masterpiece, “For-tress,” which is a concept al-bum about Genghis Khan. Seriously.
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Johnny Knoxville’s ‘Bad Grandpa’ meets ‘Jackass’ fans’ expectations
If you were a fan of the “Jackass” movies, then you’ve had your calendar’s marked for Johnny Knox-ville’s next creation, “Bad Grandpa,” for months.
Released on Friday, it did not come as a sur-prise that this movie was funnier than the previews and lived up to the expec-tations provided by his previous prankster films.
“Bad Grandpa” is differ-ent from Knoxville’s other work because it has actual characters.
Most of Knoxville’s fans were unsure how you could compare to the in-sanity already brought by his previous works, but the
hilarity has continued to another level.
The 86-year-old Ir-ving Zisman (Knoxville) is the crazy and raunchy grandfather of the 8-year-old Billy (Jackson Nich-oll). Irving is left to take care of the child after his wife passes away and Bil-ly’s mom tosses him to his grandfather. Comi-cal within the first min-utes, “Bad Grandpa,” is laughing when his wife dies because he’s finally free.
“I died laughing. He was so happy that his wife had passed away,” said occu-pational therapy student Marlee Stout. “It was re-ally dark but at the same time you couldn’t help but laugh along with it.”
Irving’s only concern
is how the kid is going to cramp his style, which is crazy and crude. The rest of the movie continues as Irving takes Billy back to his dad.
“Irving was saying the most crazy things. He was doing whatever he wanted the whole time,” Stout said. “My friends and I were laughing so much just at the things he was saying more than most of the pranks.”
The true comedy was with the young Nicholl. He has already been in a few movies including “The Fighter,” “Fun Size” and “Arthur.” He makes one of the most unforgettable parts of the film when he pretends to be a girl and participates in a beauty pageant. You will never lis-ten to “Cherry Pie” and not
think of the movie.“When that little kid got
on stage I already started laughing. He was dressed ridiculously,” Stout said. “I don’t know how they thought he was a girl and then he started dancing. I lost it.”
Knoxville keeps to his original makes-you-gag jokes and hilarious pranks. The end explains the she-nanigans, and they tell all of the people involved at the funeral homes, strip clubs, restaurants, stores and beauty pageants.
Everyone is fine with it because they know they will be a part of Knoxville’s movie. Even if it is embar-rassing, everyone loves that they get 15 minutes of fame.
wearemoviegeeks.comGrandpa Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville) drinks a few beers while Billy (Jackson Nicoll) pushes him in a shopping cart.
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Album ReviewsKaty Perry’s ‘Prism’ expected to top charts Protest the Hero releases fourth album
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Katy Perry released her third album with Capital Records, “PRISM,” this past week. The new al-bum’s star is the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single “Roar.” The song has been on the top of the list for two weeks and has been downloaded 3.24 mil-lion times. If this is any indication of how the rest of the album will do, she has another winner approaching.
“PRISM” shows a dif-ferent side of Perry fans haven’t seen. She’s step-ping away from the child-ish “teenage dreams” and moving on to a more serious and adult-like role in the music industry.
Perry’s new album fol-lows her already chart-topping, award-winning albums “One of the Boys” and “Teenage Dream.”
“One of the Boys” was Perry‘s first album after she tried a gospel career. It gained success thanks to the songs “I Kissed A Girl” and “Hot ‘N’ Cold.”
Her album “Teenage Dream” is famous for be-ing the first album by a female artist to have five No. 1 singles, including “Teenage Dream,” “Cali-fornia Gurls,” “Firework,” “E.T.” and “Last Friday Night.”
“Teenage Dream” debuted at No. 1 with 192,000 sales after its re-lease and went 57 weeks in the top 40 of the Bill-board charts. The album has sold 2.8 million cop-ies in the U.S., and sales of “PRISM” look to ex-ceed that number.
Perry was recently fea-tured on the cover of Bill-board magazine and was said to be “roaring” back to the top. She is known for being the only singer to have 69 back-to-back weeks in the top 10 of the Hot 100 charts.
“PRISM’s” first released single, “Roar,” has taken over YouTube, the Bill-board charts and iTunes top downloads. The song lyrics are made to em-power its listeners. It’s an uplifting, powerful pop song.
The second single, “Unconditionally,” dis-cusses loving something without conditions. The
song shows the extent of the register of Perry’s voice and is the album’s only ballad. The sincerity in her voice conveys the idea of her no longer liv-ing in a “teenage dream” and understanding real love.
“Walking on Air” is a song about having a great night with someone. It’s about being in a place of euphoria. Her lyrics, “This is pure paradise/Even heaven is jealous of our love/Yes, we make an-gels cry/Raining down on earth from up above,” says it all.
Another track on the al-bum, “Dark Horse,” fea-tures former Three 6 Ma-fia member, Juicy J. Even with sub-par rapping, Perry makes the entire song with her hard-hit-ting final chorus.
“PRISM” is another al-bum from the fun-lov-ing pop singer that shows her graduating into adulthood. She’s still fun but with a more serious twist. The first listing of how many copies sold this week will be an in-dication of its upcoming success.
Tiffany Bensoncorrespondent @dailyathenaeum
gotceleb.comKaty Perry, who is seen on set of the ‘Roar’ music video above, released her third album this week.
‘Vengeance Falls’ on its face: Trivium’s newest album displeases fans
Oh, Trivium. What happened?
Once considered one of metal’s most promising young outfits on the strength of crit-ically acclaimed releases like “Ascendency” and “Shogun,” Trivium has since churned out two absolute duds, show-ing a dramatic devolution of the group’s sound and overall musicianship.
Their latest effort (or lack thereof), “Vengeance Falls,” sees the Florida metalheads slip into a hole of mediocrity atop the backs of poppy vocal melodies and uninspired gui-tar riffs – a huge disappoint-
ment from the group known for producing works of metal perfection like “Rain” and “Throes of Perdition.”
For fans of chugging, trip-let-laden, undeniably metal licks, “Vengeance Falls” will leave you unsatisfied. There are certainly moments of greatness, which remind us of Trivium’s potential, but these moments are brief, and they are diluted in the sea of nothingness which surrounds them.
Most notably, Matt Heafy’s vocals have become more poppy than ever. His choruses are clearly constructed for ra-dio play, and he loses some of his aggressive grit that sepa-rated him from other modern vocalists in doing so.
On a positive note, his
screams are as fantastically brutal as ever. While “Ven-geance Falls” does con-tain a fair amount of heavy, screamed verses and bridges, they are overshadowed by the awkward transitions into the Nickelback-esque choruses that plague the album at ev-ery turn.
The songwriting on “Ven-geance Falls” is particularly disappointing because, if not for the horrendous song structure, the album would sound amazing. The bass is punchy and clear; the guitars are crunchy and searing, and Heafy’s vocals sit perfectly in the mix.
From a production stand-point, “Vengeance Falls” is ev-erything one would want in a metal album.
Unfortunately, music is not all logic and protocols (despite what some dubstep artists may have you think), and Heafy and company for-got the most important as-pect of a fully developed al-bum: good songs.
If you are typically drawn to heavier audio-rock bands like Avenged Sevenfold and Five Finger Death Punch, by all means, go buy “Ven-geance Falls” right now. You will love it.
However, if you consider yourself a Trivium fan from the “good old days,” prepare to be disappointed.
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Over the course of my on-and-off again relation-ship with Morgantown, I’ve seen a lot of changes. Peo-ple come and go; profes-sors retire, move away or are promoted; businesses open, close and change locations.
One of the few constants are the students who say “There is nothing to do in Morgantown except drink.”
I not only disagree, but I’ll prove it.
Last week I wrote about the fun activities provided by WVUp All Night. I at-tended again and was as pleased with this visit as I was with the first week. I
still strongly recommend students check out Up All Night, but school spon-sored events are not the only form of entertainment.
High Street alone offers an array of shops, from crafting to outdoor sports. In case you didn’t notice them, they’re the busi-nesses tucked between the clubs and bars.
The outlying areas, like the mystical Sabraton or far-away Westover, even have fun things to do. Of course, the people who most complain about Mor-gantown often don’t even know these areas exist, let alone the more remote places like Cooper’s Rock or Blue Hole, both of which are free apart from the ex-pense of getting there.
In addition to the nor-
mal city things like movies, the mall, parks scattered around the community and the odd festival or two, Morgantown offers some things not found in many of our hometowns.
There is an ice skat-ing rink, several commu-nity theater groups – not to mention performances, both professional and am-ateur, at the CAC – commu-nity sports organizations, bowling and a variety of historical sites. Just a week ago there was a zombie walk along High Street and a tattoo expo.
Of course, some things do cost money, to which the eternal pessimist will reply, “Oh, but I’m broke.” The solution is simple: get a job or be more frugal. Ca-ble TV isn’t a requirement,
Internet is free at the li-brary and spending a little bit of cash going out is eter-nally more fun that having heat in the apartment.
My issue with the “I’m so bored” mentality is this mindset doesn’t actually do anything to make the area better. The 24/7 on-line gaming, online shop-ping and whatnot doesn’t advance the local area.
Sure, you may pay a few more dollars for some-thing at a local shop, but you’re simultaneously ben-efitting local business and creating an atmosphere that says, “We’re here, and we’re ready to patronize, so bring more activities.” An atmosphere of inter-est in local business will strengthen and increase local attractions.
What it really seems to come down to is those who say there is nothing to do are often the people who aren’t actively look-ing for excitement or those who manage their time so poorly they are unable to get out to do anything.
So, try something for me. Spend an hour a day with the phone off, work-ing on homework. If you don’t have anything for a class this week, get an early start on next week’s assign-ment. Last minute work of-ten takes more time than doing it long before it must be submitted. If you have a job, plan to have nothing due on your next day off. Then gather a few friends, and hit the streets.
Patronize a few stores, even if you’re just brows-
ing; they’ll appreciate the interest. Maybe even take some pictures around town.
Morgantown gets a lot of bad press, but if we, as res-idents, become more ac-tive and involved in the lo-cal community, we’ll have more of a chance to clean up its image.
Locals use the term “per-manent resident” and “stu-dents” to describe those in the area, often using “stu-dent” to mean someone with no ties to the com-munity. That’s simply inaccurate.
As students, we’re part of the lifeblood of Morgan-town. Let’s keep her clean, thriving and, as always, classy.
Growing up in the mostly rural state of West Virginia, I saw my fair share of ATVs.
Although I have never actually driven one, as per my parents’ orders, I have several friends who own ATVs and use them recre-ationally on a regular basis.
Many of them don’t give a second thought to hop-ping on one without put-ting on a helmet or buck-ling their safety belt. I’ve recently realized just how dangerous this neglect of safety can truly be.
Last weekend, while visiting a family mem-ber in the hospital, a team of emergency medical technicians and nurses brought another patient into the room’s empty bed. As they wheeled her in on a stretcher, I caught a glimpse of her and realized she must have been my age. She looked to be in serious condition, and I immedi-ately sympathized with her.
Later, after the doc-tors and nurses attending to her had gotten her set-tled in, I spoke to her fam-ily. I learned that she was a 19-year-old college student who had been in an ATV ac-cident around this time last year.
She had been driving a vehicle known as a side-by-side, which I later found out looks similar to a car and has two seats, a steering wheel and “roll cage” on top. While driving on a hill, the vehicle rolled suddenly and violently, ejecting her
through the front of the cage. The large vehicle had then rolled over her, crush-ing her pelvis and legs.
After the initial injuries were sustained, she suf-fered many complications. She was always in pain and unable to walk or lift any-thing. Her prescribed pain medication had caused ul-cers to develop in her stom-ach, making her sick most of the time. She had been admitted on this particular evening for what appeared to be renal failure. Since the accident, she has not been
able to return to college and will likely not be able to for a long time.
Although her story was saddening, the most shock-ing part came at the end when her father happened to mention that his daugh-ter’s friend had been in the passenger seat of the vehi-cle, but because she was wearing her safety belt, she escaped the incident with only bumps and bruises.
Injuries resulting from ATV accidents account for more than 100,000 emer-gency room visits ever year
in the U.S. It is estimated that as many as 1,000 ATV accidents result in fatalities each year. These numbers are expected to increase in future reports.
Although the use of ATVs for recreation can be enjoy-able, safety must be para-mount. The ATV Safety In-stitute recommends the following simple tips that can help make your expe-rience safer:
1. Always wear a DOT-compliant helmet, goggles, long sleeves, long pants, over-the-ankle boots and
gloves.2. Never ride on paved
roads except to cross safely and permitted by law – an-other vehicle could hit you. ATVs are designed to be op-erated off-highway.
3. Never ride under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
4. Never carry a passen-ger on a single-rider ATV, and no more than one pas-senger on an ATV spe-cifically designed for two people.
5. Ride an ATV that’s right for your age.
6. Supervise riders younger than 16.
7. Ride only on desig-nated trails and at a safe speed.
Complying with recom-mended safety rules while riding an ATV may seem trivial, but if you ever expe-rience an accident, you will thank yourself for doing so. What it comes down to is enjoying the activity while also taking the steps neces-sary to help preserve your quality of life.
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With the recent lists and car tipping that has landed West Virginia University in the headlines across the nation, it’s no wonder our party reputation still holds strong.
Many students claim they come to WVU for the parties, with some prospective students us-ing “I’m Shmacked,” as a basis for their decision, some undergrads are be-ginning to feel a little in-secure in their choice of a party school to get the degree that will hopefully land them the job of their dreams.
The acceptance of this party school mentality was recently brought to light when Karen Weiss, author of “Party School: Campus, Crime and Community” paid a visit to the Social Science Cafe to discuss the repercussions of perpetu-ating this stereotype WVU can’t seem to shake.
Maintaining that many larger, party-hearty schools tend to have a heavy hand in Greek life and sports, WVU seems to fit well into the mold of the stereotypi-cal party school. Although WVU has been defined by this reputation for decades
now, in recent years a fear has begun to surface that our legitimacy as a Univer-sity is in question.
In response, and to give students an option to keep off the streets during week-ends, WVU does its part to provide plenty of other op-portunities on a given Fri-day night.
Beyond WVUp All Night, there are plenty of ca-fes, restaurants and, yes, bars that offer more than a drink and some greasy pizza. Often there are lo-cal bands to check out, ka-raoke and poetry readings to pass the time away.
Even the Creative Arts Center routinely show-cases students in musical and theatrical majors, as well as plays host to a va-riety of famous comedians and musicians, not to men-tion the plays and musicals performed there through-out the school year.
Many athletic events, even beyond football, play their games on week-ends and weeknights, as well. Often clubs will host events in the Mountainlair throughout the week, and beyond learning a thing or two about a certain sub-ject they offer a great op-
portunity to scope out the variety of extracurricular options afforded by the University. Plus, there’s of-ten food.
Drinking can often seem like the tried and true way to have fun on a weekend, but that doesn’t mean our school’s reputation has to be reflective of this. It’s not that WVU doesn’t of-fer other activities to en-tertain us – just check out the Arts and Entertain-ment section for day-to-day information on activ-ities around campus. It’s certain antics, like burn-ing couches and riots, that
have placed us squarely in a negative light that the University has trouble dig-ging itself out of.
Although our school’s reputation may not seem like a concern, at the end of your four (or more) years here you will walk away with a degree. Whether you partied hard or hit the books in your spare time, the goal is to walk away with the resources and connections you need to form your career. And, party school or not, WVU does a great job of that.
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Picture19 Early 11th-century date20 Bunny gait21 Important bee22 Runs easily23 Throw for a loop25 __ acid27 Suffix with neat or beat28 One who’s not on the honor roll31 Tee off34 Gets moving35 Stick around36 Pal of Piglet37 Stress, as a key point40 DSL offerer41 Banjo ridge43 WWII females44 Like Stallone’s persona46 “Yes, ma’am,” in Madrid48 “Fresh Air” airer49 Colgate rival50 Bench or Berra54 Manager who managed the Mets,
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BORN TODAY This year you often come up with unusual ideas that seem creative and workable to oth-ers. Realize that you are more sol-emn than you might think you are. Be aware that this attitude could be why others often react strangely to you. If you are single, there is no question that you will attract many people. Look to the person who is interested in getting to know the real you. If you are attached, your sweetie will try his or her best to help you get through life’s bumps and keep you smiling. You sometimes act like newlyweds, which delights those around you.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You will want to meld with others in order to accomplish a particular task. Sometimes this type of interpersonal
cooperation can be difficult, as you are a very independent sign. You still manage to project a leadership pro-file, even when being docile. Tonight: Work off some tension.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH Open up to a more dynamic ap-proach to a situation in your life. You might like the idea of this change, but to manifest it will prove to be more difficult. Thinking is important, but you will get nowhere unless you act. You have little to lose. Tonight: So what if it is only Tuesday?
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You have a desire not to be the town crier. You might be up for playing the role of recluse for a few days. Excuse yourself from commitments, and know where you are heading. Be smart, and refrain from speaking until you are sure of yourself. Tonight: All smiles.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Make the first move. You will get far more done than you thought was even possible, once you feel unbur-dened and free from a personal issue. A call could make all the difference in the outcome of your day. Tonight: Accept an invitation to join someone for munchies.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Be aware of the problems around you, and be direct in how you approach a situation, especially if it involves your finances. You can’t be too careful in how you approach this matter. Rec-ognize that someone could be an-gry. Work this through with him or her. Tonight: Your treat.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HH As-sess whether it is a good idea to pro-ceed as you have been. Listen to someone’s opinion, but know that
you might need some more time to reflect on the main issue. Postpone signing off on agreements, at least for today. Tonight: Act as if you do not have a care in your world.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH Your words make more of an im-pression than you might realize. At the same time, withholding your thoughts will have a similar effect. Others question themselves, espe-cially when you become quiet. Use caution with any money arrange-ments. Tonight: Not to be found.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH Meetings take high priority, whether you like it or not. They also might help you initiate a new or differ-ent plan of action. Recognize where someone else’s anger is coming from, even if he or she can’t. Say very little about your perceptions for now. To-
night: Where your friends are.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HH You respond positively to pressure, especially if you feel as if you will be acknowledged for your efforts. An in-tense conflict exists within you be-tween work and a domestic matter. You will need to channel your high energy and use it more positively. To-night: Happy at home.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Allow greater give-and-take between you and others. A friend could have difficulty open-ing up. Know that his or her attitude could have little to do with you. Your willingness to adapt to various situa-tions points you to the winners’ circle. Tonight: Tap into your imagination.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Deal with a specific fam-
ily member directly. You could feel pushed to your limit by a loved one whom you care a lot about. How you view situations could change radi-cally as a result of an experience sur-rounding today’s events. Tonight: Chat and visit with a close friend.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH You could be inspired by one other person to tackle a new goal or to move to a new level of accomplish-ment. You sometimes get confused by this person, yet at other times his or her influence gives you more confi-dence. Tonight: Whatever you do, just don’t be alone.
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Program to celebrate culture of Kuwaitby nicole curtin
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West Virginia Universi-ty’s Cultural Attache Pro-gram will be celebrating the culture of Kuwait in the Mountainlair tonight. Students and faculty will have an opportunity to learn about the Kuwaiti culture.
Special guests will in-clude Dr. AbdulAzeez S. Al-Omar, cultural coun-
selor and director of the Cultural Office of the Em-bassy of State of Kuwait; Dr. Parichehr Navai, di-rector of the Graduate Department; and Noida Ashton, director of the Department of Placement and Authentication.
The Cultural Attache Program brings repre-sentatives from around the world to inform and educate others about their native culture. They will discuss intercul-
tural awareness and pro-mote understanding of other cultures during the forum.
Debbi Pariser, program specialist for the Office of Multicultural Programs, said students have a lot to gain from the event.
“It’s our goal to serve diverse students on cam-pus and to educate the University community about multiculturalism, diversity and tolerance,” Pariser said. “By attending
these programs, students will gain an understand-ing of different cultures, their customs, history and traditions.
“All 50 states and more than 100 countries around the world are represented on the WVU campus.”
The event will begin in the Gluck Theatre in the Mountainlair at 7:30 p.m. and will include a presen-tation from Dr. Al-Omar, short films about Kuwaiti culture and traditional
clothing, food, music and artifacts.
The WVU Kuwaiti Stu-dent Union will also be present with an exhibit.
There are approxi-mately 100 students from Kuwait who are attend-ing WVU in the Intensive English Program at the un-dergraduate and graduate levels.
Attendees will be able to meet these students and learn about their respec-tive cultures.
The celebration of Ku-wait is the only Cultural Attache Program for this semester, and the program is hoping to have two next semester for China and Saudi Arabia.
The event is free and will last for approximately two hours.
For more information about this event, contact Debbi Pariser at [email protected].
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It’s that time of year again for Halloween mov-ies to be shown on tele-vision. What better way to spend your down time than relaxing in front of the TV watching classic Hal-loween films?
Movies, such as “Hal-loween,” “Jeepers Creep-ers” and “Hocus Pocus,” have remained popular throughout the years. If you haven’t seen the fol-lowing movies, curl up with a blanket, and give these classic films a try.
“Halloween: The Night He Came Home,” with Mi-chael Myers came out in October 1978. This is the first in a series about a psy-chotic murderer who kills his older sister at the age of six.
He continues to find trouble throughout the movie, even after he at-tempts to cure him-self from his murderous desires.
Myers murders his fam-ily and anyone close to them, with the exception of his baby sister, with the oh-so popular white mask that we can all recognize today.
Later, in “Halloween:
Resurrection,” Myers fi-nally gets the chance to cut ties with his baby sister.
Tune in this holiday week to catch up on the 9-part series of Michael Myers’“Halloween” saga. This terrifying film has re-mained popular from its beginnings with its well-known climactic music, thrilling scenes and build-ing character plot.
Another classic film that has made its way to to-day’s popular list of Hal-loween movies is “Jeepers Creepers.”
Though these mov-ies are a little less scary for the older audience, it is definitely one that will
have you feeling a little creeped out from the very beginning.
The first part of the “Jeepers Creepers” series starts out with siblings on spring break whose cu-riosity gets them into a terrifying situation with a creature that collects body parts. They soon find themselves as the next pos-sible victims of the serial killer.
This movie has re-mained popular because of its original story line, catchy “Jeepers Creepers” music and terror scenes full of gore.
“‘Jeepers Creepers’ is one of my favorite Hallow-
een movies,” said junior journalism student Me-gan Barnes. “Although it’s scary, I can’t help but to watch it every year.”
In 1993, “Hocus Pocus” became a film our gener-ation will never forget. Its comical characters, histor-ical story line and dash of magic all come together to make for the perfect Hal-loween movie.
The Sanderson sisters are brought back to life 300 years after being hanged for practicing witchcraft and are out to acquire eter-nal youth. It is up to Max, his younger sister Dani and their friend Allison, with the help of Binx, a black
cat, to stop the sisters.This family-style movie
is perfect for a light-hearted Halloween film and full of good laughs.
“‘Hocus Pocus’ is my fa-vorite Halloween movie that I watch probably 10 times leading up to Hal-loween,” said junior ele-mentary education student Laiken Paugh. “It’s a clas-sic movie that just never gets old.”
Make sure to get in the spirit of Halloween by find-ing some time during this scary holiday season to en-joy some good Halloween movies.
Catch the classics: Halloween movies that stand the test of time
blogspot.comThe cast of ‘Hocus Pocus’ features Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy.
What are your favorite Halloween movies?“Best Halloween movie is ‘Halloween’ – it plays into everything fun and creepy about the holiday. The sequels are also great.” —@GeraldWV
“‘Halloweentown’ – it should have won like eight Oscars.”
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WVU running
out of time to reach
bowl gameWith four games remain-
ing games on its schedule, the West Virginia football team is quickly running out of time to reach bowl eligibility.
At 3-5 (1-4 in Big 12 Con-ference play), the Moun-taineers need three more wins to qualify for a post-season bowl game and bring their record to 6-6. West Virginia hasn’t failed to make a bowl game since 2001, when the team fin-ished 3-8 under Rich Rodriguez.
Head coach Dana Hol-gorsen and the Mountain-eers are in very unfamil-iar territory, as Holgorsen himself has never coached a team that failed to reach a bowl game as an assis-tant, offensive coordinator or head coach.
The Mountaineers won the Orange Bowl in 2011 and lost in the Pinstripe Bowl to Syracuse in 2012.
“We’re not doing a good job offensively. We’re not scoring, we’re not finish-ing drives, we’re miss-ing blocks, we’re not mak-ing people miss in the open (field) and we’re not catching the ball down the field,” Holgorsen said. “I mean, (the fans) see it, (and) it keeps me up at night.
“We’re not playing win-ning offensive football ... does it look better at times? Yes. Is it good enough to win a Big 12 football game? Absolutely not.”
While Holgorsen said he and staff realize the team’s flaws, the clock is ticking to fix those issues.
Winning three of the next four games will be tough, especially considering ev-ery opponent is from the Big 12. But two of those games are against Kan-sas and Iowa State, both of whom rank dead last in conference play at 0-4.
From there – assuming those games can bring their win total to five – it becomes tougher to figure out.
For most of this sea-son, it’s been pretty obvi-ous that Baylor, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Texas Tech have been in the up-per echelon of the Big 12. Behind them are West Vir-ginia, Kansas State, Texas, TCU, Iowa State and Kan-sas – teams that have shown flashes of promise at times but lack consistent tal-ent to compete with the four aforementioned teams.
A win against Kansas State could’ve been a huge confidence boost, espe-cially on the road. While the Mountaineers hung around for a while, Kansas State eventually chipped away before going for the kill with a late score that put WVU away.
That pretty much sums up the season; this young, inexperienced and uncer-tain team hasn’t shown the ability to finish games in the Big 12, and it’s closing their small window of opportu-nity for postseason success.
The same questions at the beginning of the sea-son remain unanswered in week 9. The Mountaineers have no identity at quar-terback, lack a playmaker at wide receiver, and their defense, while improving consistently, has problems getting other teams off the field on third downs.
The Mountaineers take on TCU in Fort Worth, Texas Saturday. West Vir-ginia is 4-6 in their last 10 road games and 2-5 in Big 12 road games. The Horned Frogs are 3-5 on the season and 3-2 at home.
From there, the Texas Longhorns come to Mor-gantown the weekend of Nov. 9 before the Moun-taineers finish the sea-son with their two most winnable games.
It’s do or die time for the Mountaineers.
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Throughout his career, whether as a coordinator or head coach, Dana Hol-gorsen has never had an unsuccessful offense. He has coached quarterbacks like Case Keenum, Gra-ham Harrell and Brandon Weeden, who all rewrote their school record books. The offensive genius has had teams that led the na-tion in scoring, yards and more.
But this year has been different. With inexperi-ence across the field, Hol-gorsen has dealt with a circus at the quarterback position between playing and starting Clint Trick-ett, Paul Millard and Ford Childress throughout the season.
Additionally, Holgorsen is faced with relying on players who didn’t wear the West Virginia uniform in 2012. Dreamius Smith, Ronald Carswell, Kevin White and Mario Alford
played in junior college, while both Daikiel Shorts and Wendell Smallwood were still in high school. The two potential leaders of this team, Trickett and Charles Sims, played for Florida State and Hous-ton, respectively, a year ago. This puts the third-year head coach in a situ-ation he has never been in before.
“It’s been challenging. I’ve never dealt with it be-fore,” said Holgorsen dur-ing Monday’s Big 12 Tele-conference. “I’ve never dealt with this many guys that are new. You got new people at every single spot.”
But the inexperience doesn’t stop just at Hol-gorsen’s players. He is try-ing to teach his coaches about his offense, as well.
New offensive line coach Ron Crook was at Stan-ford last year, while re-ceivers coach Lonnie Gal-loway was at Wake Forest and running backs coach JaJuan Seider was at Mar-shall. Furthermore, offen-
sive coordinator Shannon Dawson, who was the re-ceivers coach in 2012, is now coaching the quarter-backs with the absence of Jake Spavital.
“You got a coaching staff that continues to learn how to coach together and game plan together,” Holgorsen added. “It’s still a lot of un-knowns. Three guys on the offense haven’t coached this offense before.”
So, there are reasons why West Virginia has struggled offensively in 2013, but Holgorsen isn’t using that as an excuse to give up.
“Is it winning offensive football? No, it is not win-ning offensive football. It hasn’t been all year,” he said. “I take full responsi-bility for that. We need to continue to coach them hard, which they are. Our players need to continue to allow themselves to be coached, which they are. We need to continue to de-velop young guys and re-cruit guys that can come in and play winning football
out there on the field.”Also during Monday’s
teleconference, Holgorsen was asked about WVU’s move to the Big 12. As ev-eryone can see, the tran-sition period hasn’t been easy for the Mountaineer football program.
“We knew it was going to be challenging,” Hol-
gorsen said. “The Big 12 obviously has some of the best football that’s going to be played across the coun-try. There are top teams with facilities, with recruit-ing and players – all of that stuff needs to improve on our end.”
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Adversity strengthening West VirginiaBY MEGHAN CARR
SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM
The amount of adversity the No. 6 West Virginia Uni-versity women’s soccer team has faced this season would likely make other teams give up, but for the Mountaineers, it’s given them the spark they needed.
After the Mountaineers won their fourth straight conference title Friday night against Oklahoma, head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said this conference champion-ship really sticks out for her.
“To win four straight con-ference championships says a lot, not only about the alumni but also the charac-ter of this program and this team,” Izzo-Brown said. “It’s a great feeling to witness this team play again and see how much they have battled for another championship. I’m so excited we get to bring this home because this is a great one.”
Senior forward Frances Silva and the other seniors now hold four conference championship rings.
“I think it shows the hard work and resiliency of the seniors. Sara had her red-shirt year; Caroline has gone through a lot. Every single one of us has kind of gone through something and I think that continuing to be able to contribute to this team in one way or another has helped this team be as successful as it has been,” Silva said.
“It says something about Frances and our seniors that have four. It reflects how hard they grind and how focused they are collectively. It re-flects that they are here to win championships,” Izzo-Brown said.
The Mountaineers set
high hopes for their team at the beginning of the season, and it never wavered.
The Mountaineers opened their season against Penn State where they played to a 2-2 draw in overtime. They didn’t record a loss until their sixth game of the sea-son against then No. 1 North Carolina in the Duke Nike Classic. They lost 4-2 against the Tar Heels.
The Mountaineers lost twice more, once against Kentucky (4-2) and once against No. 7 Texas Tech (2-1).
During their 4-0 win over Eastern Kentucky, the Moun-taineers lost one of their most experienced players.
Senior midfielder Kara Blosser injured anterior cru-ciate ligament (ACL) and missed the rest of the season. She was the third player to go down in three weeks for the Mountaineers.
On Aug. 30, freshman midfielder Bryce Banuelos also injured her ACL dur-ing a match against Cen-tral Michigan, causing her to miss the remainder of the season, and on Sept. 6 the Mountaineers lost junior midfielder Ali Connelly after she injured her ACL against Duke.
The midfield could have become a weakness for the Mountaineers, but many young players stepped up and filled the roles when they were needed. The un-fortunate loss could have many different effects on a team’s chemistry and men-tal psyche, but Izzo-Brown said she’s proud of the way her team responded to adversity.
After the loss of Blosser, the Mountaineers went on a nine-game win streak that lasted until their last game of the season, where they lost
to No. 7 Texas Tech in Lub-bock, Texas.
“We are carrying those jerseys on our back and just playing as a team. I give a lot of credit to our younger play-ers who have stepped up and are playing at levels that are unexpected for their experi-ence,” Izzo-Brown said.
This season the Moun-taineers earned their first top-10 ranking in four years.
The win against Okla-homa Friday night as-sured the Mountaineers the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Championship.
The bracket for the Big 12 will be released Friday.
MEL MORES/THEDAILY ATHENAEUMMembers of the WVU women’s soccer team celebrate a win over TCU with fans.
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Johnson’s big day lifts Lions over Bryant, CowboysDETROIT (AP) — Cal-
vin Johnson and the De-troit Lions made the most of a few extra seconds.
Johnson caught 14 passes for 329 yards, but like almost everyone else at Ford Field, he was a mere bystander when teammate Matthew Staf-ford lunged for a 1-yard touchdown with 12 sec-onds left to give the Lions a 31-30 victory over the Dal-las Cowboys on Sunday.
“Our team has been re-silient through a lot of things and we needed to be today,” Detroit coach Jim Schwartz said. “We certainly didn’t make it easy on ourselves.”
Detroit’s final drive was aided by a Dallas penalty. The Cowboys had the ball and were trying to run down the clock when they were called for holding. Although the Lions de-clined the penalty, bring-ing up fourth down, the clock stopped because of the flag with just over a minute remaining.
Dallas kicked a field goal to take a six-point lead, but the Lions drove 80 yards with no timeouts left.
“Even our fans didn’t think we could pull this one out,” Johnson said.
“They were leaving, but we knew we could do it.”
Stafford caught seem-ingly everyone off guard when he scored the win-ning touchdown on a quarterback sneak. It looked like he was ready to spike the ball and set up another play.
“I was just as fooled as the defense was,” Lions of-fensive guard Larry War-ford said.
Johnson nearly set an NFL record, falling just short of Flipper Ander-son’s mark of 336 yards receiving in a 1989 game. Anderson, who played for the Los Angeles Rams, needed overtime to reach that total.
Johnson’s spectacular day became even more meaningful when the Li-ons won.
Here are five reasons Detroit came away with a victory in this down-to-the-wire thriller:
CALVIN’S CATCHES: Johnson was all but un-stoppable from start to finish. His 87-yard catch-and-run in the first quar-ter set up the game’s first touchdown, which he caught himself on fourth-and-goal from the 2.
He later added a 54-yard catch in the fourth quar-
ter, and his 22-yard catch on the final drive gave the Lions the ball at the 1 be-fore Stafford’s touchdown.
Johnson tied Hall of Famer Lance Alworth’s ca-reer record with his fifth 200-yard receiving game.
STAFFORD’S POISE: Johns on’s stagger ing numbers made this game memorable, but Stafford’s final play shouldn’t be overlooked.
The Lions were out of timeouts, so if Stafford had been stopped, they would have been in a rush to line up again and spike the ball before the clock ran out. It was a reasonably risky decision by the Detroit quarterback, but he took advantage of an unsettled situation to score the deci-sive touchdown.
Stafford threw for 488 yards and overcame two interceptions.
COSTLY MISTAKE: The Cowboys had the game just about wrapped up, leading 27-24 with just over a minute left. The Li-ons were out of timeouts when Dallas’ Phillip Tan-ner ran for a 9-yard gain on third-and-14.
The clock would have kept running, but offen-sive lineman Tyron Smith was called for holding. De-
troit declined the penalty, setting up fourth down, but the clock was stopped at 1:07.
Dan Bailey’s third field goal of the day put the Cowboys ahead 30-24, but the Lions still had about a minute to do something.
“If we don’t get called for a penalty, I think they probably had 20 or so sec-onds left,” quarterback Tony Romo said.
BRYANT OVERSHAD-
OWED: It was an eventful day for Dallas receiver Dez Bryant, who caught two touchdown passes and was also seen screaming at teammates on the sideline.
Of course, his perfor-mance was nothing com-pared to Johnson’s. Bryant and Romo could never es-tablish a consistent con-nection in this one.
“Dez is a very passion-ate player, very competi-tive player,” Dallas coach
Jason Garrett said. “He gets a lot of attention from the opposing defenses, and he just wanted the football, and we want guys that want the football.”
OFFENSIVE STRUG-GLES: Dallas did very little on offense until the fourth quarter. The Cowboys al-most won thanks to four Detroit turnovers, but they were outgained 623-268 and allowed the Lions to control the ball for 35:11.
APCalvin Johnson hauls in a touchdown against the Bears Sept. 29.
Bengals roll over Jets, Dalton throws five touchdownsC I N C I N NAT I ( A P )
— Marvin Jones usually tosses his receiver gloves into the stands on his way to the locker room, a way of letting fans share in the moment.
This pair – and this mo-ment – was all his.
Jones caught four of Andy Dalton’s career-high five touchdown passes on Sunday as the Cincinnati Bengals drubbed the New York Jets 49-9, a domi-nant performance that will turns heads around the NFL.
As Jones ran off the field, he turned down the fans who wanted a keepsake glove.
“I’m keeping those,” said Jones, who had career highs with eight catches for 122 yards. “I’ll frame ‘em or whatever. I usually dish them out. Not this game.”
The second-year re-ceiver and third-year quarterback went into the
club’s record book as its top touchdown combina-tion. Jones set a Bengals re-cord for touchdown recep-tions, scoring on catches of 9, 6, 17 and 6 yards. He’s the first NFL receiver with four touchdown catches in a game since Randy Moss and Terrell Owens did it in 2007.
Dalton’s five touchdown passes gave him 11 in his last three games, his best such span. He’s the first quarterback to throw for five TDs against the Jets since Dan Marino in 1988.
“This is where I want to be,” said Dalton, who was 19 of 30 for 325 yards in lit-tle more than three quar-ters. “This is how I want to be playing. It’s tough to do.”
The Bengals (6-2) won their fourth in a row and padded their AFC North lead by taking advantage of New York’s step-slow pass defense and its rookie
quarterback, who had his worst day yet. Geno Smith threw two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns before head-ing to the bench early in the fourth quarter.
It was Cincinnati’s most lopsided victory during coach Marvin Lewis’ 11 seasons. The Bengals are 2½ games ahead of sec-ond-place Baltimore, which had its bye week.
“It is a statement,” de-fensive end Carlos Dun-lap said. “This is one of the first games we were able to finish because we jumped on them early. This was just a statement game.”
New York (4-4) couldn’t break its pattern of win-one, lose-one. The Jets took their most lopsided loss since a 45-3 loss to New England in 2010.
“It’s been up-down, up-down all year,” said Smith, who was 20 of 30 for 159 yards. “That’s the way it’s
been so far. Sometimes we do it, other times we don’t. That’s a part of developing consistency.”
This one slipped away fast.
The Bengals got touch-downs on their first two possessions while the Jets managed only 1 net yard in the first quarter – their fewest for a quarter since 2009.
The Bengals figured they could take advantage of New York’s man-to-man coverage by throwing deep. Dalton’s line gave him plenty of time and he was on target most of the time, setting up a lot of big plays.
The biggest came from Jones, a fifth-round draft pick with a lot of speed. In his breakout game, he showed a good pair of hands and a few nifty moves, too. His 30-yard catch set up Dal-ton’s 4-yard touchdown
pass to tight end Jermaine Gresham, who was uncov-ered in the back of the end zone.
A.J. Green also had two catches that went for more than 50 yards each as Dal-ton showed he can com-plete the long throw – one of his biggest deficiencies in his first two seasons.
“I would say that abso-lutely surprised me,” coach Rex Ryan said of his de-fense’s collapse. “We got beat in every coverage known to man. Five touch-down passes? I don’t know how many times that’s happened in my lifetime. Not very often.”
Smith showed he’s still got an awful lot to learn. With the Jets trailing 28-6 coming out of halftime, Smith made two more glar-ing mistakes.
Chris Crocker returned his first pass of the second half 32 yards for a touch-down. Early in the fourth
quarter, Adam “Pacman” Jones ran another back 60 yards for a score, sidestep-ping the diving Smith to reach the end zone.
Smith has had three in-terceptions returned for touchdowns in the last two games. New England’s Lo-gan Ryan ran one back 79 yards for a score during the Jets’ 30-27 overtime victory last week.
Notes: Bengals MLB Rey Maualuga was taken off the field on a cart in the first half after hurting his left knee and apparently suf-fering a concussion while trying to make a tackle. Coach Marvin Lewis said Maualuga wasn’t seriously injured. ... It was the first time the Bengals returned two interceptions for a touchdown since Dec. 16, 1984, against Buffalo. ... Ryan said he benched cor-nerback Dee Milliner dur-ing the game because “he wasn’t getting it done.”
Steelers forced to re-evaluate after crushing lossPITTSBURGH (AP) —
Two weeks of momentum vanished in 19 seconds. More than three hours later, the competitive portion of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ sea-son likely followed suit.
Stung on the first play from scrimmage and stum-bling on the last, Pittsburgh’s 21-18 loss to the Oakland Raiders thwarted any prog-ress the Steelers (2-5) made during a brief two-game winning streak that sug-gested perhaps there was a chance they could somehow dig out of an 0-4 start.
Turns out, probably not. The same mistakes that dogged Pittsburgh during a winless September re-emerged in the Black Hole.
The defense surrendered a record-setting run by Oak-land quarterback Terrelle Pryor. The offense limped to a miserable start, only reviv-ing itself when things nearly
got out of hand. The running game was abysmal and the special teams even worse.
Bad clock management. Questionable decision mak-ing. A game plan that dared not stretch the field. Even if the Steelers had somehow found a way to escape with a win, coach Mike Tomlin isn’t sure he would evaluate things any differently.
“Had we pulled the game out, I still would have been disappointed in the quality of play in the first half,” he said.
Because the Steelers lost, now Tomlin can feel free to lump in the second half too.
“I liked the effort, but it’s not effort oriented,” Tomlin said. “It’s result-oriented.”
And the results are re-peating a well-established pattern, one Pittsburgh has been unable to shake for nearly a year.
The Steelers are 4-10
since quarterback Ben Ro-ethlisberger left a 16-13 win over the Kansas City Chiefs with a dislocated rib last November. Nearing the season’s midway point, the only team Pittsburgh is ahead of in the AFC stand-ings are the winless and ap-parently hopeless Jackson-ville Jaguars.
“We felt like we were do-ing some good things, and that we were getting better,” Roethlisberger said. “(Sun-day) we just weren’t there in all phases. We didn’t block well enough, we didn’t pass well enough, we didn’t catch well enough, we just weren’t good enough.”
Something that’s hap-pening with regularity when forced to change their rou-tine. Pittsburgh has lost eight straight games when playing outside the Eastern Time Zone. Nearly every loss has looked like Sunday’s de-
bacle in Oakland. The Steel-ers have a tendency to fall behind early, which leads to them abandoning the run-ning game and forces Ro-ethlisberger to try and go it alone behind an offensive line that can’t stay healthy or effective.
Pittsburgh dressed eight linemen against the Raid-ers and needed every one of them. Guards Ramon Fos-ter (concussion) and David DeCastro (right ankle) left early. So did backup Guy Whimper (knee). The inju-ries pushed struggling Mike Adams and little used Cody Wallace onto the field, fur-ther complicating a come-back attempt.
Roethlisberger absorbed five sacks in all and is on pace to be dropped more than 60 times, if he lasts that long.
The line, however, is only a portion of the prob-
lem. The defense spent the days leading up to the game praising Pryor and insist-ing they would be wary of the quarterback’s blazing speed. Then on the game’s opening snap, Pryor faked a handoff to Darren McFad-den, tucked the ball under his arm and headed right. One block from wide re-ceiver Rod Streater is all Pryor needed to race 93 yards to the end zone, the longest run by a quarterback in NFL history.
Pryor’s fake was so con-vincing free safety Ryan Clark didn’t even real-ize Pryor had the ball until Clark was getting ready to jump on a pile he believed included McFadden. In-stead, Clark ended up look-ing to his left just before as-sisting on what he thought would be a tackle. By then Pryor was already in the clear and the Steelers were
already in serious trouble.“Obviously we were
fooled on the first play,” Clark said. “Everybody floats to McFadden, Terrelle pulls the ball. After that I felt like we settled down.”
By then, however, it was too late.
A botched punt by strug-gling Zoltan Mesko, two missed chip-shot field goals by normally reliable Shaun Suisham and a pair of costly drops on what would have been difficult catches by An-tonio Brown didn’t help.
It led to a long plane ride and the prospect of having to do it again this weekend when the Steelers play at New England (6-2), a place where Pittsburgh has yet to beat Tom Brady.
Brady might be the last of the Steelers’ prob-lems. At the moment, they can’t seem to stop beating themselves.
Broncos’ defense bails out Manning, stops RedskinsDENVER (AP) — In an un-
expected twist, Peyton Man-ning was the one who needed some bailing out.
On a day when the Denver Broncos quarterback threw three interceptions and lost a fumble, Von Miller and the defense stepped up in a 45-21 win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday.
The much-maligned de-fensive unit – last in the league against the pass – ha-rassed Robert Griffin III all afternoon. The Broncos (7-1) forced five turnovers and showed signs of rounding back into form, with Miller recording his first sack since coming back from his six-game suspension a week ago.
As they head into their bye week, Manning and his high-flying offense are having
some issues. Hard to believe for an offense averaging 42.8 points – the most through eight games in NFL history.
After the contest, Man-ning said he felt bad for put-ting his defense in a bind time after time against Washington (2-5).
“We really put our team in a tough spot,” said Manning, who threw for 354 yards and four TDs. “I don’t think frus-trated is the word. I think de-termined is the word, to over-come those mistakes.”
The Redskins had a 21-7 lead early in the third quar-ter. Then, the fun was over for Denver’s ex-coach.
“They kind of took control,” Shanahan said. “So, credit Denver for finding a way to play well after they were down 21-7. It’s disappointing
we couldn’t get that rhythm going ourselves.”
As the Broncos head into their off week, and the Red-skins try to get back on track next week against San Diego, here are five things to keep in mind:
PEYTON’S RECORD RUN: Manning is on pace to throw for 5,838 yards and 58 touchdowns, both of which would shatter NFL records. Not bad for a 37-year-old quarterback who missed his first regular-season practice as a Bronco last week with an injured ankle. He didn’t offer much about that ankle after Sunday’s game, other than to say he knows there’s always a lot of speculation when he’s injured. “I’m going to go on the injured report start-ing now under ‘body,’ and
keep me there all season,” he quipped.
RG3 STILL LEARNING: A week after leading the Red-skins on a game-winning touchdown drive against Chicago, Griffin showed he’s far from a finished product. He missed open receivers, made poor decisions, threw two interceptions and, finally, left after tweaking his knee, though he said it wasn’t se-rious. His worst sequence came after Denver tied the game at 21 when he threw three straight incompletions, including one ball thrown behind an open receiver and another that flew about 70 yards in the air – showing off his prodigious arm but com-ing nowhere close to being complete.
VON’S A FACTOR: After
being shut down for the better part of his first seven quarters back from suspension, Miller made a big play. He beat his man and got behind Grif-fin, getting the sack and forc-ing a fumble that teammate Derek Wolfe recovered. It led to a short field and the Bron-cos got a field goal to take a 31-21 lead.
‘D’ SHOWS UP: The Bron-cos’ defense has been ma-ligned for giving up lots of yards. On Sunday, it changed things around. Only 266 yards allowed, and only 154 pass-ing. This was the league’s last-ranked pass defense com-ing in, but that will probably change. It also debunks the idea, advanced by many in the Denver locker room this season, that teams that score a lot and take big leads are
destined to always give up lots of garbage points and yards.
REDSKINS CAN RUN: While the Redskins were tak-ing their two-touchdown lead, they controlled time of possession and field posi-tion with the help of running backs Alfred Morris and Roy Helu. Those two combined for 104 yards on 22 carries, proving the Redskins can be productive on the ground without depending on Grif-fin’s legs. But after the Bron-cos tied the game at 21, the Redskins called passes on five of the next six plays for a total of eight yards and a sack and lost fumble. When that stretch was over, the Redskins were down 10 and had to pretty much abandon the ground game.
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Mountaineers need strong finish to make postseason
WYTHE WOODS/THE DAILY ATHENAEUMFreshman defender Alex Ochoa strikes the ball during West Virginia’s win over Georgia State Oct. 19.
BY JOE MITCHINSPORTS WRITER
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The clock is ticking on head coach Marlon LeB-lanc and the West Virginia men’s soccer team to make a move that will send them
into postseason play. The Mountaineers
squandered an opportunity to move up the Mid-Amer-ican Conference standings Saturday night but were held to a 0-0 draw against Western Michigan.
WVU’s record sits at 6-6-4
on the season and 1-2-1 in the MAC with two matches to go. The team sits in fifth place in the league and needs to jump into at least fourth to qualify for the con-ference tournament. West Virginia has two games re-maining in the season, both
of which are conference matchups. The Mountain-eers will travel to Buffalo, N.Y., Friday night before ending the season at home against Bowling Green Nov. 8.
As expected, Akron is on top of the MAC standings. The Zips defeated WVU 1-0 in Morgantown Sept. 29. Western Michigan, Bowling Green and Hartwick round out the top four ahead of West Virginia.
Saturday’s game against Western Michigan came as the latest disappointment in an ever-growing list of tough games the Moun-taineers just couldn’t finish. Despite being outshot 11-5, the Broncos held WVU scoreless for all 110 minutes of the contest. West Virginia has scored just two goals in the last five matches. The team is 1-1-3 during that time and have secured three consecutive shutouts.
To date, five of WVU’s six losses have come by just one goal, and all four of the team’s draws for games the team believed they’ve
had a shot to win. Perhaps the most damaging loss of the season came on Oct. 15 when the Mountaineers were defeated 1-0 by Hart-wick. The Hawks were se-lected to finish last in the conference in the preseason and accumulated just two shots on WVU during the game.
The Mountaineers now know they cannot afford an-other slip-up in their final two games of the season. The team already carries two in-conference losses, and another could end their season.
“It’s basically a do or die,” said senior midfielder Craig Stephens. “(It’s a) must-win now.”
The good news for WVU is that Buffalo and Bowling Green are both beatable. In fact, West Virginia took down both schools last sea-son by a combined score of 3-0. Two victories should be good enough to get the Mountaineers into the con-ference tournament.
“We’re not in terri-ble shape,” LeBlanc said.
“There’s still six points out there for us to grab, and I think if there’s anyone ca-pable of doing it, it’s this group.”
The Mountaineers’ only real chances of getting back into the NCAA tour-nament is to win the con-ference tournament and earn an automatic bid into the big dance. The focus for the club right now is to take care of business for the next two Fridays.
West Virginia and Buffalo will kick off Friday at 7:30 p.m in Buffalo. The Moun-taineers will close out the season at Dick Dlesk Soc-cer Stadium Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. against Bowling Green.
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WVU looks to bounce back against rival MarshallBY JON FEHRENS
SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM
Former Olympic silver medalist Stacy Sykora took some time to address the West Virginia volleyball team before their Big 12 Conference match against No. 1 Texas. Sykora talked to the young team about moving on from past matches and focus on the team right in front them.
Even though the Moun-taineers dropped the match to the Longhorns, Sykora’s words still stick with the team, especially with sophomore libero Anna Panagiotakopoulos.
“She reminded us that it doesn’t matter who is on the other side of the net,” Panagiotakopoulos said. “She told us stories about being ranked re-
ally low and taking down number one seeds, and (she) talked about the here and now. It got us re-ally pumped to play, and it’s absolutely something that will stay with me.”
Panagiotakopoulos and the rest of the team will now have their focus set on in-state rival Marshall. The Mountaineers will look to end a three-game skid and reclaim the cov-eted golden volleyball as they welcome the Herd to the WVU Coliseum Tues-day at 6:30 p.m.
WVU is a perfect 8-0 when facing a non-con-ference opponent at home this season and will look to extend that streak by stringing a complete game together.
“We need to play ev-ery single point, and we have to play good, consis-
tent team volleyball,” said head coach Jill Kramer. “It’s nice to be back into the Coliseum for a couple of home matches.
Our team absolutely loved the environment against Texas. Our fans did a great job of engag-ing in the match, getting on their feet at the end of the match when it counted and really rallying around our team.”
West Virginia comes into the match after suf-fering a three-set loss to Oklahoma, who Kramer said is the best defensive team they have played all season. The Sooners were able to contain the WVU offense to only a total of 27 team kills. Freshman out-side hitter Jordan Ander-son led the way for Moun-taineers with 16 kills, and sophomore Nikki At-
tea finished her night with four kills, which was good for second.
Tonight’s match against Marshall ends a tough streak for West Virginia. In the last three matches, WVU has played three straight opponents in the RPI top 15.
The Herd will travel into Morgantown on a season-high four-match streak. Marshall has found suc-cess behind the play of se-nior outside hitter Laura Der, who has recorded 231 kills, averaging 3.4 per set.
Marshall’s junior set-ter Sammie Bane has also played a major part in the success of this year’s team by recording 939 assists. Bane has been named Conference USA Player of the Week two times already this season for her efforts.
Head coach Mitch Ja-cobs holds a 9-1 record all-time against the Moun-taineers, including a 3-1 victory for the golden ball in 2011.
Apart from the battle for the golden ball, to-night’s match will also serve as a food drive. The
food drive, sponsored by Sodexo, will benefit the Mountaineer Food Bank, and fans who donate non-perishable items will re-ceive free popcorn and a complimentary ticket for an upcoming match.
MICK POSEY/THE DAILY ATHENAEUMSophomore Hannah Sackett prepares to spike the ball during WVU’s loss to Texas.
New York back in NFC East playoff race
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Two wins do not make a playoff con-tender, unless you’re in the NFC East.
Despite opening the sea-son with six straight losses, the New York Giants (2-6) remarkably are still in the playoff hunt heading into their bye week.
The Giants won their sec-ond straight game Sunday with a 15-7 decision over the Eagles in Philadelphia. Things only got better af-ter the game when Detroit staged a furious last-min-ute rally to knock off the di-vision-leading Dallas Cow-boys (4-4).
The math is simple: New York is two games behind with eight to play. It’s not the best position and the chances that the Giants will make the playoffs are not good unless they run the table.
“We won our last couple of games, which is a great thing. Are we back?” safety Antrel Rolle asked Monday, and then answered, “We’ll be back once we reach that postseason. That’s when I’ll say that we’re back. Right now we’re grinding. We’re grinding, we’re fighting extremely hard and, you know, being 0-6, like I said several times before, can do a lot of things to you. I’ve had to dig extremely deep, had to be so mentally tough to overcome it because I’ve
never been in that stage in my life either.
“Right now, as a team, we’re grinding. We’re grinding and we’re push-ing ahead and more im-portantly we’re staying together.”
The Giants still have a chance because they have corrected some of the errors that led to their worst start since coming out of the gate with a franchise-worst nine straight losses in 1976.
In the past two games, Eli Manning and the of-fense have not turned over the ball. The defense, which has improved since getting middle linebacker Jon Bea-son in a trade with Carolina, has not allowed a point. The only major mistakes have been by special teams that gave up a punt return for a touchdown against Minne-sota – the third one this sea-son – and handed the Ea-gles a recovery for a TD late in the fourth quarter with a bad snap on a punt. The only turnover in the past two games was a lost fum-ble on a punt return.
If they can avoid the turn-overs, get the offense a little more in gear and continue to play good defense, the Giants will be competitive.
The problem is the Gi-ants have not been a good team in the second half of the season in recent years, and the schedule is tough even with five home games,
including three straight out of the bye – Oakland (3-4), Green Bay (5-2) and Dallas. They also have games with the Chargers (4-3), Lions (5-3), Seahawks (6-1 head-ing into Monday night) and two with Robert Griffin III and the Redskins (2-5).
“We haven’t done noth-ing yet,” said cornerback Terrell Thomas, who made his biggest stride returning from two ACL surgeries by playing every down against Philadelphia. “We’re 2-6. It feels great to have two wins. There are smiles around here and everyone is confident. This team has a makeup to make a run. We’ve been in this position before and we are better when our backs are against the wall.”
Coach Tom Coughlin plans to self-scout his team over the bye week and he expects running back An-dre Brown, who broke a leg in the preseason, to be ready to return from in-jured reserve after the bye.
“I think there’s some excitement,” said Cough-lin, who did an outstand-ing job keeping his team together after the horrible start. “We’re certainly not blind to the issues that we do have, but by the same token we’re excited about having an opportunity to improve on those areas and excited about the sec-ond half of the year.”
APNew York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin stands on the sidelines during his team’s win over the Vikings Oct. 21.