By caroline PetersStaff Writer

It’s that time of year again.

The semester is ending, and students are flipping through their course text-books one final time.

Students are ready to sell their books back in the hopes of making back some of the money they spent in August.

Many students wait un-til Christmas break ends to

sell their textbooks.However, according to

some local bookstores, they could be doing things all wrong.

According to some lo-cal bookstores, selling text-books back during dead week could result in more money for students.

“The best time is from now until the end of fi-nals. We know what books we need to buy back at the highest price,” said Joey Arbuckle, manager of the

Book Exchange. “Everyone waits until they are back from break, and that’s not good because by then we have already bought what we needed.”

On the contrary, many students wait until their fi-nals are finished to return their books, which could also be a mistake.

“Peak demand for books is during the first few days of finals week, but custom-ers can always make money selling their books back any

day,” said Thomas Robert-son, Bookholders Mor-gantown store manager. “Due to the rapid turnover of editions in textbooks, holding on to a book that’s been used in a course for even over a semester can diminish the value of that text. Selling your books to other students through pro-grams such as the advan-tage can almost guarantee you money.”

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Alumni Assoc. to host luncheon

couch fires really a true

WVU tradition?

By jacoB BojessoncorreSpondent

The WVU Alumni Asso-ciation is hosting its annual celebration in Charleston to highlight the importance of West Virginia University and cheer the mountain-eers to victory in the Capi-tal Classic matchups.

The event started Tues-day with a reception be-fore the women’s basket-ball game against Marshall

in Charleston and contin-ues with a luncheon and re-ception today.

Hundreds of alumni in the Charleston area have been exclusively in-vited to take part in the celebrations.

“This is truly one of our Hallmark events and an opportunity to hold up the flagship institution for West Virginia,” said Kevin Berry, associate director and Chief Operating Of-

ficer of the WVU Alumni Association.

The two-day event is a celebration of the state of West Virginia and is a way for alumni in the Charles-ton area to get an update about what’s happening in and around the University.

Berry said the location in Charleston and the Cap-ital Classic doubleheader against Marshall creates a celebratory atmosphere for the state of West Virginia.

“It’s just a great way for us to go down there and talk to them about the things that are going on at West Vir-ginia University now and why it’s important for legis-lators, parents, prospective students (and) the alumni to be involved in the life cy-cle of West Virginia Univer-sity,” Berry said.

Tuesday’s reception at the Charleston Marriott al-lowed alumni an oppor-tunity to interact with one

another and get in a Moun-taineer state of mind be-fore they headed over to watch the women’s Capital Classic.

More than 600 alumni are expected at today’s lun-cheon in the Charleston Civic Center where Presi-dent James P. Clements will speak about the University and its impact on both the state and the nation.

“The president says all the time that West Virginia

University means more to West Virginia than any other school means to their state,” Berry said. “We think this is a good way to get in front of an audience of in-dividuals and talk about all the reasons why that is truly the case.”

Along with President Clements, the luncheon will feature players from the men’s basketball team

Local bookstores suggest students sell books early

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By eVelyn MeritHeWStaff Writer

West Virginia University’s Michael Paris is not the average college student.

Nearly five days out of the week, Paris dedicates his time to pro-wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Reaching the top and following his dreams hasn’t been easy, though.

His mom, a mail-order bride from the Philippines, was in her thirties when she arrived to the United States. Paris’ father was in his sixties at the time.

His dad worked in the horse racing industry as a

trainer and was frequently absent from the home traveling.

“I don’t have many memories of my dad because he would be gone sometimes for three months straight,” he said.

Paris said each time his father would return home after long periods of time he would bring he and his two siblings. Paris said the most memorable gifts his father gave him were professional wrestling ac-tion figures.

“That’s where I began to get bit by the wrestling bug. The only father-son thing I can remember is

submItteDWVU advertising student Michael Paris wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name Zema Ion.

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By Bryan BUMGardneraSSociate city editor

Couch burning has be-come a large part of West Virginia University’s na-tional identity, thanks in part to media attention about WVU’s switch to the Big 12 athletic conference.

But is the practice of burning couches really a tradition?

WVU’s students have maintained a reputa-tion for hard partying for more than four decades. The University has been consistently ranked a top party school nationally, most recently named the top party school in the U.S. by The Daily Beast.

But times have changed in Morgantown. Legis-lation by local lawmak-ers has made malicious burning a felony, and the University takes internal action against students charged with couch burn-ing. The University Police are cracking down on un-derage and public intoxi-cation, issuing more than 100 citations on WVU’s opening weekend of this year’s fall semester.

But it wasn’t always this way.

Newspapers dating as far back as the ‘70s tell tales of student celebra-tions. Following a mas-sive upset by the Moun-taineer basketball team in 1981, more than 600 fans stormed the streets of Sun-nyside, blocking streets and setting fires, accord-ing to an article in the Do-minion Post. According to the report, crowds roam-ing Sunnyside started new fires as soon as old ones were extinguished, despite numerous arrests. The

partying continued well into the morning, some-thing then-Morgantown City Police Chief Charles Wall found “natural.”

“The University has a responsibility to do some-thing for the students in this situation,” Wall said in a 1981 Daily Athenaeum interview. “It’s natural for students to want to blow off steam for something like this.”

And it’s not hard to find alumni who have memo-ries of WVU’s party scene.

“There was lots of par-tying; that’s for sure,” said Steve Urbanski, a WVU journalism professor who graduated from WVU in 1978. “Anybody who went here in the ‘70s will tell you that.”

Urbanski’s stories de-scribe a different type of college environment where the drinking age was 18, open container laws were flexible and re-straint was understood.

“I don’t remember doing anything I was ashamed of. I never got into any fights, and I had a good time. It was differ-ent,” he said. “It was like people knew when to call it quits and when to stop.”

Alumni Greg and Ma-ria Voreh attended WVU in the mid-’80s. Things may have been wild, but they said couch burning wasn’t a widely recog-nized activity.

“It was totally different,” Maria said. “A lot of the time, the only time people got rowdy was after a ball game we were never sup-posed to win. Even then, (couch burnings) were very rare.”

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and coach Bob Huggins, as well as West Virginia Senate President Jeff Kessler.

The two-day event will wrap up with a reception two hours before the men’s game against the Thundering Herd.

“It’s just an opportu-nity for individuals in the reunion-type for-mat to get together to congregate,” Berry said. “Cheerleaders will stop by, and we’ll have live entertainment.”

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watching Saturday morn-ing professional wrestling,” he said.

As his father became more successful in his ca-reer, he was transferred to the Mountaineer Racetrack in Chester, W. Va.

The family of five fol-lowed him father to Ches-ter while Paris was only young.

When Paris was five years old, his father passed away.

“Maybe subconsciously that is why I went on to be a wrestler – because it is the only thing that reminds me of my dad,” he said.

Paris said his family en-dured frequent hardships following his father’s death.

His mother didn’t know anyone, didn’t own or know how to drive a car, hardly spoke English and was not a United States citizen.

His mother became a cit-izen when Paris was seven, and she began working odd jobs.

After much time spent cleaning churches and houses, she eventually began working a job at Walmart.

Paris said his family had to make sacrifices that he felt most families never had to.

“Being the oldest, I took on the dad role and had to supervise my siblings at the age of 12. We had to learn how to take care of our-selves. We didn’t grow up as a normal American fam-ily,” Paris said. “My mom is the strongest person I know. Somehow she made it work. To this day, I have no idea how she did it.”

Paris said he was often left unsupervised and spent his time with free reign of the TV watching MTV mu-sic videos and pro-wres-tling – his two passions.

“When I was younger, I told myself that I either want to be a musician or pro wrestler. When I started to get older, I started think-ing about it more seri-ously. I was either going to be a wrestler or a rock star,” Paris said.

When Paris realized he didn’t have the voice for a music career, he began to do some basic research on wrestling programs.

When he was 15, he went to a wrestling show in Pitts-burgh. After the show, he stuck around to meet some of the wrestlers, including CM Punk.

When Paris met CM Punk, he was an unknown wrestler trying to make a name for himself.

CM Punk is currently the reigning WWE world champion.

“I asked CM Punk how I could become a pro wres-

tler, and he introduced me to a guy who had a wres-tling company near me in Pittsburgh, Norm Con-nors,” Paris said.

He began training at the International Wrestling Cartel when he was 16.

Though many doubted his abilities to pro-wrestle because of his short height, Paris knew that wrestling was what he was meant to do.

“Pro wrestling is one of those businesses where you get what you put into it, and I was eating, sleeping and breathing pro-wrestling. It took over my whole life.”

Paris did not enroll in college. Instead, a year later after seeing his broth-er’s success at WVU, Paris decided he wanted to fol-low his footsteps.

“My brother is very in-troverted but was having the time of his life at WVU. I started to realize that there is no guarantee in wrestling and that I would have noth-ing to fall back on without a degree so in 2007, I en-rolled in the journalism school as an advertising student,” Paris said.

Once Paris began his ac-ademic career at WVU, his wrestling career began to take off too.

Wrestling companies wanted him to start wres-tling all over the world. The IWC flew Paris to Japan and Mexico on multiple occa-sions to compete.

As a student he was un-able to do the typical things most young adults experi-ence during their college years.

Paris said he had to make a lot of sacrafices to get the best of both worlds.

“I had a strict set of meals I ate every day. I was on a strict schedule, I was always at the Rec Center. The whole time I’ve been at WVU, I’ve (drunk) beer three or four times,” he said.

Eventually, Paris was invited as one of only 60 pro-wrestlers to try out at an open casting call at the WWE.

Paris received the news he didn’t make the cut for WWE, and he began to feel like he was wasting his time.

He began to lose his pas-sion for wrestling and said he hit a rough patch.

In May 2011, Paris said his peers graduated col-lege, but he was forced to stay behind because of his hectic schedule.

“Juggling wrestling and college was frustrating, and I was so busy. Watch-ing all of my friends gradu-ate without me was hard,” he said.

Then in June 2011, he re-ceived a call from TNA say-ing they saw him on You-Tube and wanted to bring him in for a tryout match.

“I had my debut match

on SPIKE TV. Typically, they give you a warm-up match before a TV show, but for some reason my try-outs were broadcasted on live television. My Face-book blew up more than it did for my birthday,” Paris said.

Paris won his SPIKE try-out match but said the vic-tory didn’t guarantee him the contract. TNA gave him another tryout on pay-per-view, and signed a contract to continue wrestling fol-lowing the match

“It felt so good because it was the end of a journey that I started when I was 16 years old. So many good and bad memories, all of the money that I lost as a broke college kid, there was finally a light at the end of

the tunnel,” Paris said.Under the wrestling

name Zema Ion, Paris flies to Orlando, Fla. each Thurs-day morning and films the matches live on SPIKE that evening. Then, during the weekends he flies to vari-ous cities.

Paris admits that al-though he’s gotten a little better about it in the last year, he still gets nervous before his matches. He said the nerves derive from the pressure of being on live TV.

“When you go out there, you can’t mess up because there is no take-two. If I’m getting a specific set of minutes every week, that means my company is in-vesting thousands of dol-lars in me. That’s a ton of

pressure; I feel like I’d bet-ter not screw this up,” he said.

Paris had the biggest match of his life Oct. 14. He wrestled in Phoenix, Ariz. in front of tens of thousands – the biggest audience he’s ever had to endure.

Paris wrestled Ron Van Dam, an old WWE cham-pion and a champion whom he’d been watching since he was 12.

“I wasn’t nervous at all that night. I was just so ex-cited, and I couldn’t wait to get in front of the crowd and show them what I do,” Paris said.

Paris hopes to be wres-tling with TNA for a while and also hopes his DJ ca-reer may shoot off. If all else fails, he said will have

an advertising degree to fall back on.

“I don’t know if there is a ‘who’ that inspires me. I am more inspired by my fail-ures, shortcomings, pain and missed opportunities. Every time I miss a match, it inspires me to want to do better next time,. Every time I miss an opportunity, it inspires me to not miss it next time,” Paris said.

“I am now in a com-fortable place in life, and I never want to go back to how I was before this. I don’t want to be lacking di-rection in life. I’m trying my best.”

Paris’ live wrestling matches air on SPIKE TV Thursdays at 8 p.m.

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Some students are up-set after receiving close to nothing for their books.

As the time nears, store managers encourage stu-dents to consider their options.

Morgantown offers stu-dents the options of the WVU bookstore, Book-holders or the Book Exchange.

When professors decide to use newer editions, the value of the older editions decreases.

However, the Inter-net may allow those sell-

ing books to receive more money for their older editions.

Each bookstore has a different demand for books. Therefore, some bookstores might offer you more money for your book.

WVU student Grace Ejiba sold back her book to the WVU Bookstore and said she then realized she could have gotten more money elsewhere.

“I went to sell back my textbook, and first they wouldn’t take it because there was a new edi-tion coming out. They fi-nally decided to give me twenty dollars for a book I

spent over a hundred on. I checked online and saw that I could have gotten a lot more,” she said.

David Lang, manager of the WVU Bookstore, said the sooner students sell books back, the better.

“It’s all about supply and demand, and this is when the demand is high-est. Right about now is the best time to sell back,” he said. “This is when we know what professors are using the next term, and that’s how we determine what books we need. We will pay back 85 percent of the selling price.”

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Morgantown city council holds special session tuesday

Prior to the regular morgantown City Coun-cil meeting Tuesday, the council held a special ses-sion involving legislative priorities.

West Virginia senate members and delegates at-tended the meeting to dis-cuss issues concerning the council as well as possible solutions for the upcoming legislative session.

The issues of publish-ing tax records and airport safety were addressed.

During the regular coun-cil meeting, two morgan-town firefighters received promotions to the positions of captain and lieutenant.

The council also dis-cussed the financing terms for a capital lease purchas-ing project that will finance new fire trucks and other necessary items.

This purchase will be fi-nanced through bb&T and will not exceed $1 million. The council also discussed authorizing mayor Jim manilla to sign and allow execution of a Governor’s Community Participa-tion grant for members of Diversity.

Diversity is a group that provides career fairs and aims to educate morgan-town youth.

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submItteDMichael Paris, top, wrestles in front of thousands of fans each week.

Back then, post-victory parties were far from vio-lent riots.

“There was a lot more respect for the police back then. You didn’t want to get in that kind of trouble,” she said. “We were more or less self-policing. If you weren’t a public nuisance, you were left to your own devices.”

While the police were often present at the mas-sive parties that enveloped the Sunnyside neighbor-hood, Greg said they usu-ally didn’t intervene.

“The police would let it go if you weren’t being

too rowdy or causing trou-ble,” he said. “I think when it started becoming more frequent, the University and police started cracking down.”

Morgantown Fire Mar-shal Ken Tennant said the numbers show a different picture. The Morgantown Fire Department has been collecting decades of statis-tics for malicious burning, and he believes WVU’s col-orful couch burning history is completely unfounded.

“I think it’s almost like folklore,” he said. “People hear stories from their par-ents when they were here or from other fraternity members.”

An official report lists

yearly fire totals from 1986-2012. Before 1997, there were never more than 20 street fires a year. In 1997, there were 120.

The yearly average since ‘97 is 113 and peaked at 255 fires in 2003.

The report also includes a list of Morgantown’s worst nights for fires. One of the most notable was a game against Virginia Tech in 2003, when 120 fires were lit in one night.

The most recent date on the list is the night of the riot following WVU’s game against Texas.

“Our personnel and en-gines were basically at-tacked by people throw-ing debris,” Tennant said.

“If you’re celebrating a vic-tory, how does that turn into picking up a rock and throwing it at a firefighter or a police officer? I can’t make that connection.”

Legislation has increased the penalties for recre-ational arsonists in recent years, and couch burning is now a felony punishable with prison time and expul-sion from the University.

Natalie Shook, a pro-fessor of behavioral sci-ences at WVU, said mob mentality plays a factor in the increased number of incidents.

“It’s about the heat of the moment,” she said. “People don’t feel that they’re indi-vidually responsible be-

cause they’re not the only ones doing it,” she said.

Through a process called ‘de-individuation,’ crowd-goers can subconsciously absolve themselves of re-sponsibility for the be-havior of the group, even if those actions include throwing bottles at police officers or lighting street fires.

“People remove their personal identity when they get caught up in a group, and when you add alcohol, it becomes the perfect storm,” Shook said.

Although this is one ex-planation, Shook said she believes it isn’t a excuse for the riots.

“Even if you weren’t the

one throwing the beer bot-tle or the one lighting the couch fire, you being there and not calling people out is just encouraging it,” she said. “People don’t realize the damage they’ve caused or the impact they’ve had on the people around them.”

Graduating senior Chase Vasale said students will al-ways party, regardless of the consequences.

“Partying is normal,” he said. “Students, just like any organization, re-act to authority. If police are cracking down, they’ll just alter the way they have fun.”

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UNDERGROUND SOUND

‘We Wear White’e.D Sedgwick««««

esteemed modern rock guitarist mark Tremonti released his inner metalhead on his first solo project, “All I Was.”

For fans of Tremonti’s work with rock juggernauts creed and Alter bridge, his dive into heavy metal will come as no surprise. He has long been considered one of the premier guitarists in the modern rock scene, and his metal roots are ever-present thanks to his widespread use of tremolo picking, pinch harmonics and shred-tastic legato lines.

While “All I Was” is not entirely different than what we have al-ready heard from Tremonti in these other projects, it is definitely still excellent.

It’s clear the guitar virtuoso took his solo debut seriously, and the result is a polished and hard-hitting effort sure to keep you banging your head in approval for its 50-minute duration.

Tremonti’s guitar work is impressive as always, but the biggest sur-prise on this release is the guitarist’s vocal aptitude.

The dude can sing.We have heard him play key backup vocal roles in Alter bridge and

creed, but Tremonti seizes the role of frontman on “All I Was,” and the result is magnificent.

Passionate and harmonious melodies combine with gruffy rhythms to create a vocal range that is altogether pleasant and refined.

I knew Tremonti could sing – I just didn’t know he could sing quite this well, and that is the album’s biggest reward.

combine these pipes with Tremonti’s aggressive guitar stylings and drummer Garrett Whitlock’s driving rhythms, and the result is a remarkable display of musicianship.

If you’re a fan of the heavier outings of Alter bridge and creed, Tremonti’s debut release will satisfy your craving for some modern-rock goodness.

Pop it in, put up your horns and enjoy.

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Justin Verber now answers to his transgender alter-ego e.D. Sedgwick.

A far cry from purity that is nothing short of bizarre, the artist’s fourth full-length effort, “We Wear White,” defines the revamped Sedgwick persona.

Sedgwick, whose stage name was developed as a play on the late Andy Warhol muse, holds on to his signature scratchy and untamed approach, and he trades in lackluster lyricism for a dirtier disposition.

Dischord records, the Washington, D.c.-based independent la-bel cofounded by Fugazi’s Ian macKaye, focuses on Sedgwick’s do-it-yourself creativity, and Sedgwick continues to be one of the many artists on the label who serves as a contributing factor to the capi-tol’s post-punk scene.

Just one of Verber’s five musical outfits, this D.c. project attempts to produce a dirtier and more aggressive set list without overbear-ing flamboyance.

Disconnecting from Verber’s earlier concept projects, the curi-ous tempo changes layer the tracks to create a classic, yet capri-cious sound.

capturing bluesy guitar riffs on the suitable opening track, “Dirty,” the shift to “Hex of Sex” emphasizes in this influence and adds a deepening bass line and female vocalization.

The sporadic tune “rockin’ the boat” keeps up the uncanny rock and blues instrumentals and leads seamlessly into “Goddam” with-out reservation.

“mina” sets itself apart, staying quiet and timeless with only its dis-tant vocals, calm guitars and soft drums, just before blasting back into the erratic and punk-driven resonance that finishes up the al-bum in tracks “Ghost Dick” and “Weatherman.”

certainly a sound for the experimental ear, “We Wear White” serves up an impure batch of alternative and punk innovation.

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Sculptures, drawings on display inside Creative Arts Centerby alec berry

web editor

A collection of sculptures and drawings by Richard Rezac is now on exhibit in the Laura Mesaros Gallery at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center.

Opened Oct. 11, the gal-lery showcases an assort-ment of Rezac’s work pro-duced 2003-12.

Viewing is free and open to both students and Mor-gantown residents; all you must do is ask for the door to be unlocked.

Rezac is a world-re-nowned sculptor whose work has been featured in many galleries and showrooms.

Such places include the Portland Art Museum, the Hoffman Gallery of Chicago and the Kunstverein Reck-linghausen of Germany.

As part of his achieve-ments, he’s also been awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the Rome Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome and the Joan Mitchell Foun-dation Award, in addition to other acknowledgments.

He is also a professor of sculpture at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

The work at the CAC show-cases Rezac’s usual abstract style, but it doesn’t exactly leave the viewer hanging.

Through a consistent use of pink, white and chrome, Rezac creates a manufac-tured sensibility that riffs on

the Art Deco movement. In many ways, the work is

minimal. Rectangularity overpow-

ers the collection and in conjunction with the shape, most pieces incorporate a va-riety of materials – from alu-minum and bronze to cherry wood and polyurethane – to further conceive this notion

of the assembly line. The materials themselves

also play a part in Rezac’s big picture. His selection of ma-terials certainly shouldn’t be overlooked, as they all seem to speak to a certain concern.

Aside from the sculptures, a few drawings by Rezac line a gallery wall.

These pieces are also rect-

angular in nature, and they tend to resemble blueprints or even the compass rose.

The collection will be on display at the CAC until Dec. 6.

For more information on Richard Rezac, visit www.richardrezac.com.

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Alec Berry/THe DAIly ATHeNAeUMA collection of sculptures and drawings hangs inside the Creative Arts Center’s Laura Mesaros Gallery.

Alec Berry/THe DAIly ATHeNAeUMRezac’s style is marked by a copious use of rectangles, as shown by this sculpture.

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Twenty-six days. That’s the amount of time our government has to do the unthinkable. That is to say, that’s how much time our elected leaders have to come to an agreement be-fore our already fragile economy flies off the fis-cal cliff and plunges into an abyss of across-the-board spending cuts and an auto-matic tax increase for busi-nesses and the middle class.

It will certainly be an in-credible testament to the failure of our Congress if a deal is not met by midnight

of Dec 31. This wholly avoid-able catastrophe could re-verse any semblance of progress our economy has made in the past several years and would signal a new low for our historically ineffectual Congress.

All parties involved – in fact, all Americans – have everything to lose. Consid-ering the high stakes in-volved, an obvious ques-tion comes to mind : why are our leaders continu-ing to insist on playing po-litical football, rather than putting the best interests of

this country ahead of their petty political ambitions for once? The only possi-ble explanation is that their stubbornness and thirst for power prevent them from carrying out their funda-mental responsibilities and doing what’s best for the country.

It is inexplicable that our leadership has kicked the can this far down the road when they’ve had several years to deal with this prob-lem. But of course, time hasn’t run out yet. However, the clock is ticking.

With about three weeks to go, the Democrats and Republicans need to reach a compromise, and they need to do it now. Yes, that’s right. A compromise.

Divided government and the resultant political grid-lock have made this sta-ple of all legislative prog-ress a dirty word. But if we are going to avoid this self-inflicted economic ca-tastrophe, there must be a compromise.

That means both sides must make concessions. Republicans have to ac-

cept their defeat in the latest election and agree to some tax increases. Likewise, Democrats must agree to chart a path of fiscal responsi-bility, which means cut-ting some entitlement programs.

Compromise is the only way out of this mess and if our government can’t ac-complish this and avoid the oncoming disaster, the entire country will pay a hefty price.

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Time for a compromise

APPeople stand by a small shrine outside the Long Island home of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher Monday in West Babylon, N.Y.

Jovan Belcher, a 25-year-old linebacker for the Kan-sas City Chiefs, murdered Kasandra Perkins, his girl-friend and the mother of his three-month-old daughter, by shooting her in the chest several times Saturday morning. He then drove to the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice facility, where he shot himself in front of his coach and gen-eral manager.

It is hard to understand the motive or cause be-hind this tragic event. Re-ports have come in about

the fractious nature of the relationship between Belcher and Perkins, and some have even suggested that the toll football takes on the human brain was partially responsible for Belcher’s actions. Perhaps the guilt from killing Per-kins drove Belcher to com-mit suicide. The one thing Belcher’s suicide has in common with the majority of all suicides committed by men in America is that it was undertaken with a gun.

The National Institute of Mental Health reports that suicide is the seventh lead-ing cause of death for males in America, with a stagger-ing 56 percent of all sui-cides involving firearms. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin

has introduced suicide pre-vention as a key issue to be addressed during his term. Without addressing the role guns play, any attempt at reducing the suicide rate, at least among men, will fall short of its goal.

It is pretty clear from taking even a cursory look at the data that gun con-trol and suicide rates are linked. States with high lev-els of gun control, like New York, California and Mary-land, have among the low-est rates of suicide in the country. States with low levels of gun control, like Nevada, Montana and Wy-oming, are all among top five highest suicide rates in the country. West Virginia falls in the top half of states

at 17. So, it seems that imple-

menting stricter gun laws would help Governor Tom-blin in his quest to lower suicide rates. Unfortunately for Governor Tomblin, do-ing so would be politically disastrous in West Virginia.

Restricting gun owner-ship is an extremely sen-sitive subject, especially in West Virginia. It has the sixth highest rate of back-ground checks by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys-tem per 100,000 residents in the country, which in it-self suggests a high rate of gun ownership. Guns are an inextricable part of West Virginia’s culture, from the mascot of West Virginia

University’s famous ri-fle to the first day of hunt-ing season, when some schools offer a day off for the occasion.

Most West Virginian gun owners I’ve met are very adamant about protecting their Second Amendment rights and would not suf-fer any sort of real infringe-ment on that right.

The implementation of any effective screen-ing process for gun own-ership would be impracti-cal, as well. Even minimal psychiatric evaluations for prospective gun owners would take an overwhelm-ing amount of time and manpower and would be subject to all sorts of errors and subjectivity that would

not sit well with West Vir-ginians. Finding a method for keeping guns out of the hands of those who would harm themselves without widespread regulation and restrictions would be ideal, but as far as I know, there is no such thing.

Addressing suicide pre-vention while ignoring the role guns play in many sui-cides would be irresponsi-ble. Restricting gun own-ership in West Virginia is a tenuous proposition po-litically. It seems Tomblin has an unenviable choice to make. If it were up to me, I’d trade my rights to gun own-ership to lower the number of men lost to suicide. But then, I would make a terri-ble politician.

NFL murder-suicide highlights need for gun-control debatedavid perrycolumnist

Thursday, November 29, was a historic day. Pales-tine’s status in the United Nations was upgraded to a “non-member observer state,” implying that the UN now rec-ognizes the existence of a Pal-estinian state.

One hundred and fifty countries voted in favor of formally acknowledging that four million Palestinians can call the West Bank and the Gaza Strip their country, and only nine voted against. Is-rael, the United States, Can-ada, and a smattering of Pa-cific Island nations voluntarily wrote themselves into the his-tory books as villains to Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Is-rael needs to realize that using tactics of oppression to under-mine the possibility of a two-

state solution are outdated and must change to reflect recent developments. Mean-while, the United States must learn that it is alone in its uni-lateral support of Israel and should do more to support the Palestinian Authority in the face of Israeli belligerency.

UN recognition of Palestine should be an important step forward to finally establishing a secure state for the Palestin-ians. But Israel’s approach to the “Palestinian problem” is outdated and requires re-evaluation in light of the re-cent U.N. vote. For a long time, Israel has used brute force to agitate the Palestinian territo-ries and used the dysfunction caused by Israeli meddling as an excuse to not bring any re-alistic demands to the nego-tiating table. The Israeli em-bargo on the Gaza Strip, which prevents goods like construc-tion materials from passing in to the area, only convinces Palestinians that peaceful dip-

lomatic efforts are failing and that violence is the only way to defend Palestinian interests. The Israeli government has used the separation wall and Jewish settlements through-out the West Bank to prevent a geographically coherent po-tential Palestinian state. Israel does this under the guise of security. However, the Israeli government needs to under-stand that the best way to pro-mote its country’s security is to convince the rest of the world that they are no longer oppressing Palestinians and rather intend to live alongside them in peace.

Unfortunately, Israel’s ac-tions after the UN vote dem-onstrate that the hawkish Ne-tanyahu administration cares little for a two-state solution. In fact, Israel revealed on Fri-day that it would commence with construction plans for 3,000 settler homes in a highly contentious area known as E1 in the West Bank, a move that

was immediately condemned by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Israel then an-nounced that it would with-hold $120 million in tax reve-nues that it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.

These moves come on the heels of a bloody Israeli mil-itary operation on the Gaza Strip, which killed more than 150 Palestinians, including many women and children. This was an extreme response to a Hamas operation that killed only a few Israelis. The deaths of innocent Palestin-ians do nothing but increase support for Hamas’ terrorist activities in the West Bank, weakening the non-violent Palestinian Authority that cur-rently governs the West Bank. If Israel ever wants peace, it must stop antagonizing the Palestinians. The rest of the world has spoken, and over-whelming international sup-port for the creation of a Pal-estinian state is clear. It is time

for Israel to get on board, too.The United States, too, is on

the wrong side of history. Just a year ago, President Obama threatened to veto Palestine’s bid to achieve full member status of the United Nations. Recently, he pledged support for the recent occupation of the Gaza Strip, despite news of IDF soldiers killing entire Palestinian families in Gaza and shooting dead Palestin-ians protesting against the IDF in the West Bank. Israel has long been an important ally to the United States, but unwavering U.S. support for Israeli belligerency is unac-ceptable in light of the death of innocents. American sup-port for Israel has long been unpopular in the Middle East and has proven to be a major diplomatic obstacle between newly democratic Arab coun-tries such as Egypt. It is time for America to do the right thing and work toward es-tablishing a state of Palestine,

even if that means ignoring the more aggressive demands of Israel.

Palestinian President Mah-moud Abbas stated shortly after the UN vote, “The mo-ment has arrived for the world to say clearly: enough of ag-gression, settlements and oc-cupation…[and] issue a birth certificate of the reality of the State of Palestine.” I hope that we can continue to talk about the “State of Palestine” and “the Palestinian govern-ment” rather than “the occu-pied territories.”

But perhaps this is too hopeful: Today, Israel holds all the cards in its Likud-ruled hands and has Amer-ica’s indefatigable support as the ace up its sleeve. The history books have yet to be written, and I can only hope that the political tide in Is-rael will turn and future Is-raeli governments will show a gentler hand in the com-ing years.

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CATHOLICS ON CAMPUS meets at 8 p.m. at 1481 Uni-versity Ave. For more infor-mation, call 304-296-8231.

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AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Fit-ness Center. There are spe-cial rates for WVU students. For more information, email

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CHAMPION TRAINING ACADEMY offers free tum-bling and stunting from 8:30-9:30 p.m. for those in-terested in competing on a Coed Open International Level 5 Cheerleading Team. For more information, call 304-291-3547 or email CTA at ctainfo@comcast.net.

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THE WVU PLANETARIUM, now located on the PL floor of White Hall, will present its annual holiday show “Tis the Season” at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Fri-day. Please be 5-10 min-utes early for seating as it is started promptly at the hour. Admission is free, al-though reservations are re-quired. Call 304-293-4961.

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BORN TODAY This year you could experience an inordinate amount of pressure, as often what you feel could be in conflict with what you think or must do. People pick up on your mixed messages. You are better off explaining your internal battle to others, even though they likely will know about it anyway. If you are single, check out some-one you meet with care. This per-son might not be everything he or she portrays him- or herself to be. Take a full year to get to know each other. If you are attached, the two of you will learn to communicate far better, which allows you to open up more. Caring flows between you. VIRGO can be demanding.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Focus on a project that you must complete. A partner or an as-sociate could act like a taskmaster and frustrate you to no end. Under-stand your limits here, and tap into your ingenuity. You just might find a way to lighten up the situation. Tonight: To the wee hours.

TAU R U S ( A P R I L 20- M AY 20) HHHHH Your imagination knows no limits, and it opens you up to a new way of thinking. You could find that a friend wants more, which confuses you on some level, as you have kept romance and friendship separate. Be true to yourself. To-night: Let the fun begin.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You might decide to call it an early day and head home; on the other hand, some of you will decide to just enjoy a day off. Of all the signs, you have the least amount of toler-

ance for boredom. Take up a new hobby to invigorate your daily life. Tonight: Make it easy.

C A N C E R ( J U N E 21- J U LY 22) HHHHH Express yourself in a clear and succinct manner. Realize your limits within a discussion. No matter how creative you get, there are some things that are best left unsaid. Take time for a child or a new friend. Tonight: Catch up on a neighbor’s news.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You no longer can avoid taking a hard look at your budget. You might feel uncomfortable at first, but it is better than not having enough money for the holidays. You’ll come up with some good ideas that could make the next few weeks even more special. Tonight: Buy a gift on the way home.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Confusion surrounds a project, and possibly even a loved one. A misun-derstanding might not be all that bad, as perhaps you have not yet heard the whole story. You’ll feel happier when you do. Your creativ-ity surges as a result. Tonight: What-ever makes you smile.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OC T. 22) HH Know when you want to pull back. You could be taken aback by the assumptions someone close to you makes. You might not be sure what direction to head in. Do not worry so much. Try to think positively. To-night: Make an adjustment to your thinking.

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do. Meetings could be quite impor-tant. Use them for networking. To-night: Only where people are.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH Carefully rethink a situ-ation involving a boss or higher-up. You could feel quite restricted, as you sense this person’s negativity. The question remains: Is there really negativity here, or are you project-ing it onto the situation? Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

C APRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Listen to your sixth sense. You know when something is off. You need to honor those feelings, as they could prevent a problem be-fore it happens. Someone at a dis-tance or on a trip could rain on your parade. Tonight: Detach, and you will see more.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH A partner whispers in your ear and has a lot to share. You listen, though you might want more in-formation. A boss or an older friend could be challenging. Though you get feedback, your sixth sense tells you something different. Follow your instincts. Tonight: Be a team player.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH Think carefully about what is being proposed. The prob-lem lies in how much is being thrown on your plate. Not one person ap-proaches you to help, either. You have to choose with whom and on what project you want to be involved. To-night: Join friends.

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‘A Chorus Line’ to perform at CAC

submitted‘A Chorus Line’ brings its passionate, high-energy performance to WVU’s Creative Arts Center tonight at 7:30 p.m.

by hunter homisteka&e editor

The Tony Award-winning musical “A Chorus Line” is set to perform at West Vir-ginia University’s Creative Arts Center tonight at 7:30 p.m.

One of the most passion-ate and heartfelt musicals ever to grace the stage, “A Chorus Line” tells the story of 17 Broadway dancers who risk everything for a

chance at stardom. “It’s an inspiring per-

formance for anyone who has ever had a dream and fought hard for it,” said Da-vid Ryan, Arts & Entertain-ment public relations spe-cialist. “These characters really are looking at the chance of a lifetime, and they’re going to sing and dance their hearts out for it.”

The show has captured the hearts of critics and the-

ater fans alike since its in-ception in 1975, and it has a lavish trophy case to show for its success.

Thanks to this motivat-ing and heartening story-line, the musical has earned nine Tony Awards, includ-ing the prestigious distinc-tion of “Best Musical.”

In addition, it captured the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1976, a feat rarely won by musicals.

For these accolades

“A Chorus Line” remains the sixth longest-running Broadway show in the ven-ue’s history.

“‘A Chorus Line’ is an all-time classic,” Ryan said. “You can’t help but get taken away into the journey of these aspiring perform-ers putting it all on the line for their passion.”

With Christmas just around the corner, “A Cho-rus Line” is the perfect show to help you reflect on your

life and help you garner an appreciation for the ef-forts and sacrifices made by many on a day-to-day basis.

The nationally tour-ing production of “A Cho-rus Line” promises to provide exceptional story-telling, top-quality acting and world-class dance and song that will leave the au-dience breathless.

The show is nearing a sell-out, and Ryan urges prospective attendees

to act fast if they wish to catch a slice of Broadway in Morgantown.

“The response has been fantastic, and only a limited number of tickets remain, so if you’re thinking about it, get them now,” Ryan said. “This is one singular sensa-tion you don’t want to miss.”

For current ticket-ing availability, call 304-293-SHOW.

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Review: ‘The Hobbit’ suffers from story bloat(AP) — Judging part one of

Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” prelude “The Hob-bit” is a bit like reviewing a film after seeing only the first act.

Yet here goes: “The Hob-bit: An Unexpected Journey” is stuffed with Hollywood’s latest technology – 3-D, high-speed projection and Dolby’s Atmos surround sound sys-tem. The result is some eye candy that truly dazzles and some that utterly distracts, at least in its test-run of 48 frames a second, double the projection rate that has been standard since silent-film

days.It’s also overstuffed with,

well, stuff. Prologues and sidestepping backstory. Long, boring councils among dwarves, wizards and elves. A shallow blood feud extrap-olated from sketchy appen-dices to J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” to give the film a bad guy.

Remember the intermina-ble false endings of “The Re-turn of the King,” the Acad-emy Award-winning finale of Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings”? “An Unexpected Journey” has a similar bloat throughout its nearly three hours, in which

Tolkien’s brisk story of in-trepid little hobbit Bilbo Bag-gins is drawn out and diluted by dispensable trimmings better left for DVD extras.

Two more parts are com-ing, so we won’t know how the whole story comes to-gether until the finale arrives in summer 2014. Part one’s embellishments may pay off nicely, but right now, “An Un-expected Journey” looks like the start of an unnecessary trilogy better told in one film.

Split into three books, “The Lord of the Rings” was a natu-ral film trilogy, running nearly half a million words, five times

as long as “The Hobbit.”Jackson and his wife, Fran

Walsh, along with screenwrit-ing partners Philippa Boy-ens and Guillermo del Toro – who once was attached to direct “The Hobbit,” with Jack-son producing – have metic-ulously mined Tolkien ref-erences to events that never played out in any of the books (stuff the filmmakers call the “in-between bits”).

With that added material, they’re building a much big-ger epic than Tolkien’s book, the unexpected journey of homebody Bilbo (Martin Freeman, with Ian Holm re-

prising his “Lord of the Rings” role as older Bilbo).

Bilbo has no desire to hit the road after wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen, grandly repris-ing his own “Rings” role) and a company of dwarves turn up to enlist him on a quest to re-take a dwarf mountain king-dom from the dragon that decimated it.

Yet off he goes, encounter-ing trolls, goblins, savage orcs and a grisly guy named Gol-lum (Andy Serkis, re-creating the character that pioneered motion-capture performance in “The Lord of the Rings”). Improved by a decade of vi-sual-effects advances, Gollum solidifies his standing as one of the creepiest movie crea-tures ever. And as big-screen prologue moments go, Bilbo’s acquisition of Gollum’s pre-cious ring of power may be second only to Darth Vader’s first hissy breath at the end of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequels.

“An Unexpected Journey” resurrects other “Rings” fa-vorites, some who didn’t ap-pear in “The Hobbit” (Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, Cate Blanchett as elf queen Gal-adriel, Christopher Lee as wizard Saruman) and some who did (Hugo Weaving as elf lord Elrond).

Richard Armitage debuts as dwarf leader Thorin Oak-enshield, ennobled from a fairly comical figure in Tolk-ien’s text to a brooding war-rior king in the mold of Viggo Mortensen from the “Rings” trilogy.

The filmmakers also pluck orc bruiser Azog out of Tolk-ien’s footnotes and make him Thorin’s sworn enemy. Azog’s a bland antagonist, adding little more than one-dimen-sional bluster.

While there are plenty of orc skewerings and gob-lin beheadings, the action is lighter and more cartoon-ish than that of “The Lord of the Rings.” Still, much of it is silly fun, particularly a battle along a maze of footbridges suspended throughout a gob-lin cave.

The potential sea change with “The Hobbit” is Jackson’s 48-frame rate. Most theaters are not yet equipped for that speed, so the film largely will play at the standard 24 frames a second.

Proponents, including James Cameron, say higher frame rates provide more lifelike images, sharpen 3-D effects, and lessen or elimi-

nate a flickering effect known as “strobing” that comes with camera motion. I saw the movie first at 24 frames a second and then at 48, and they’re absolutely right that higher speeds clarify the pic-ture. Strobing noticeable at 24 frames is gone at 48, providing a continuity that greatly im-proves the action sequences. And the panoramas are like Middle-earth actually come to life, as though you’re stand-ing on a hill looking down at the hobbits’ Shire. If Camer-on’s “Avatar” was like looking through a window at a fan-tastical landscape, “An Unex-pected Journey” at 48 frames is like removing the glass so you can step on through.

But with great clarity comes greater vision. At 48 frames, the film is more true to life, sometimes feeling so intimate it’s like watching live theater. That close-up perspective also brings out the fakery of movies. Sets and props look like phony stage trappings at times, the crystal pictures bleaching away the painterly quality of traditional film.

This may be cinema’s fu-ture, and the results undoubt-edly will improve over time. It’ll be an adjustment for au-diences, though, and like the warmth of analog vinyl vs. the precision of digital music, the dreaminess of traditional film vs. the crispness of high-frame rates will be a matter of taste.

The technology may im-prove the story’s translation to the screen. There’s just not that much story to Tolk-ien’s “Hobbit,” though. Jack-son is stretching a breezy 300 pages to the length of a Dick-ens miniseries, and those in-between bits really stick out in part one.

“I do believe the worst is behind us,” Bilbo remarks as “An Unexpected Journey” ends.

From a hobbit’s lips to a filmmaker’s ears. Let’s hope Jackson has the goods to im-prove on a so-so start. Oth-erwise, “The Hobbit” – subti-tled “There and Back Again” by Tolkien – is going to feel like traveling the same road more than twice.

“The Hobbit: An Unex-pected Journey,” released by the Warner Bros. banner New Line Cinema and MGM, is rated PG-13 for extended se-quences of intense fantasy action violence, and frighten-ing images. Running time: 169 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

SPORTS7CONTACT US 304-293-5092 ext. 2 | DAsports@mail.wvu.eduWednesday December 5, 2012

WVU must correct

shooting woes

For any West Virginia sports team, defeating in-state rival Marshall is a de-fining moment.

For the No. 23 WVU wom-en’s basketball team, that was the game plan when it traveled to Charleston, W.Va., to face the Thunder-ing Herd in the Capital Clas-sic Tuesday night.

I felt that this game would be a strong indicator if the Mountaineers were going to be consistent through-out the season. Facing an in-state rival such as Mar-shall could motivate West Virginia, but a loss could certainly question how consistent the team would be in winning consecutive games.

After coming off an im-pressive win against a tough UVA team, Marshall would impose a different threat of wanting to defeat a ranked team in West Virginia in or-der to boost the program and for the obvious – the opportunity for bragging rights.

WVU opened the game with an 8-0 start and six points from senior center Ayana Dunning.

It seemed as though ev-erything would fall early for the Mountaineers. Mar-shall would soon answer and make the game com-petitive in the first half.

WVU’s arch rival often provided just as much pres-sure defensively as head coach Mike Carey’s squad. Offensively, the Mountain-eers would get good looks, but the inability to hit those shots paid dividends once again.

Yes, I understand WVU is a transitional team, but the shots need to go in more consistently than what’s been going on lately. Of-ten, there would be one too many passes as well.

In the first half, fresh-man Bria Holmes was the spark off the bench with 13 points and three rebounds. She gained the starting nod in the second half, while ju-nior guard Christal Caldwell sat out.

As a whole the Mountain-eers shot 33.3 percent from the field on 13-of-39 shoot-ing in the first half. Marshall did one step better with 41.7 percent from the field – even though it trailed WVU by 12 going into the half.

WVU did pull out the 64-48 victory at the end of the day, but there is reason of concern with the shoot-ing. If West Virginia can score merely off of transi-tion points, that is fine, but once conference play comes along, this may not cut it.

The Mountaineers have a lot of promise when they have a balanced attack. In the second half, West Vir-ginia was able to pull away from its arch rival, but it wasn’t always pretty.

Don’t get me wrong – this team is going to be very competitive, but not being able to knock down those open shots may be some-thing that could come back and haunt West Virginia when a perennial power such as Baylor faces WVU.

Until then, WVU should be able to improve. It’s still early in the season, and the team is 5-2. Without two hiccups in Orlando, Fla., this team could very well be ranked in the top 10 in the nation.

I see all the potential in this team even without cen-ter Asya Bussie. Carey still wasn’t satisfied with the team’s energy throughout the night.

“Give Marshall credit; they played hard,” Carey said. “We just didn’t play hard. We played hard the other night against Virginia. I told them (the players) I was embarrassed. We got a long way to go.

“We came here tonight and just didn’t play hard. I know what we can do. Give them (Marshall) credit.

Amit BAtrASportS writer CAPITAL PAIN

Matt Sunday/the daily athenaeuMWest Virginia head coach Mike Carey talks to his team in the huddle during Tuesday night’s Capital Classic matchup against Marshall.

Freshman Holmes scores 15, leads Mountaineers to win in Capital Classic

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WVU set for Capital Classic matchup with Herd

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see Batra on PAGE 7

By SHeA UliSneySportS writer

The West Virginia wom-en’s basketball defeated Marshall University last night at the Charleston Civic Center for an exciting in-state rivalry game in the Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic, 64-48.

The game was the 53rd meeting between the two teams, and the victory marked Marshall’s eighth consecutive loss to the Mountaineers. West Virginia advanced its win streak to two games to result in a re-cord of 5-2 on the season.

An injury during warm-

ups caused starting point guard Linda Stepney to sit out for the game. Junior Brooke Hampton started in her place.

The Mountaineers were the first to score with a jumper made by West Vir-ginia’s senior center Ayana Dunning.

Sophomore forward Averee Fields advanced WVU’s lead to 4-0, and Dunning added another four points before Marshall answered with a jumper made by forward Ezeigbo Chukwuka.

WVU true freshman guard Bria Holmes re-corded 13 of 15 total points

in the first half while Dun-ing chipped in another six points. The Mountaineers entered the half leading the Herd by 12, 35-23.

In the 25th minute, a steal by Holmes gave West Vir-ginia’s junior guard Taylor Palmer an opportunity for a layup to advance the Moun-taineers lead, 37-23.

A free throw made by sophomore forward Crys-tal Leary in the 79th min-ute gave West Virginia a 19-point lead, its largest in the game. Leary led the Mountaineers in scoring in the second half with eight of her 12 total points.

Head coach Mike Carey

was impressed with Leary’s performance.

“She plays hard every game,” Carey said. “I told her whether you do good or bad, as long as you play hard, and she does that every game.”

The Mountaineers were able to limit the Herd to only 25 points in the second half.

West Virginia shot 35.3 percent (24-68) from the field. The Herd shot 34.5 percent (19-55).

The Mountaineers out-rebounded the Herd 48-41. West Virginia forced 26 turnovers for 33 points off of turnovers, and they limited Marshall to 12 points off of 20 turnovers.

Holmes was named the Most Outstanding Player of the game.

“My game plan for tonight was to hustle, just play bas-ketball and not worry about the crowd,” Holmes said. “I think I executed it well. I came out and did what I had to do. We got the W, so I’m proud.”

Although the Mountain-eers pulled off a win, Carey was disappointed with the lack of intensity from his team and gave credit to Mar-shall’s work ethic during the game.

“We got a long way to

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By miCHAel CArVelliSportS editor

For years, the Capital Classic between West Vir-ginia and Marshall has been full of extremely close contests.

Prior to last year’s game, 11 of the last 13 meetings between the two in-state ri-vals had been decided by less than 10 points. But, led by seniors Kevin Jones and Truck Bryant, the Moun-taineers marched into the Charleston Civic Center and showed their domi-nance against the Thun-dering Herd en route to a 16-point victory.

But with a talented and experienced Marshall team hungry to avenge last sea-son’s loss, WVU knows it is going to have its work cut out for it in order to come away with its sixth win in the last seven meetings.

“We’ve been practicing hard; everybody knows this will be a good game,” said senior forward Deniz Kili-cli. “Marshall’s a good team.

“They always play really hard against us, and they al-ways have good players.”

If the Mountaineers want to have success against Marshall, Huggins under-stands that his team is go-ing to have to survive the battle on the glass. The Herd has been one of the nation’s best rebounding teams, outrebounding opponents by nearly seven rebounds per game.

And head coach Tom Herrion’s team features two of the best rebound-ers in the nation in seniors Dennis Tinnon and Nigel Spikes.

The frontcourt duo both average more than nine re-bounds per game, while WVU’s frontcourt tan-dem of Kilicli and junior Aaric Murray are averaging more than 13 rebounds per

game.The Mountaineers are

2-1 this season in games when they outrebound their opponents.

“They’re a terrific re-bounding team. I think, in their five wins, they’ve outrebounded their op-ponents by 12 per game,” Huggins said. “We haven’t outrebounded anybody. We don’t outrebound our-selves in practice.”

In addition to the tal-ented frontcourt, the Thundering Herd is led by junior guard DeAndre Kane, who is averaging 16 points per game and is No. 4 in the country with 8.4 assists per game.

West Virginia is looking to win back-to-back non-conference games for the first time since December 2011 and get back to .500 with a victory in what Hug-gins is sure will be a hostile environment at the Civic Center Wednesday night.

But for that to happen, the Mountaineers will look for Murray to continue to improve after a slow start to the season.

Murray and sophomore point guard Juwan Staten are the only Mountaineers to average double figures through the first five games.

The 6-foot-10 center has been limited to just 21 min-utes per game through the first five contests of the sea-son because of foul trou-ble and struggles with get-ting back into game shape after suffering a few set-backs along the way in the preseason.

He’s coming off his best game of the season, how-ever, as he finished with 13 points and nine rebounds against VMI Wednesday at the Coliseum.

“Aaric hasn’t scratched the surface of what he can do,” Huggins said. “It’s dif-ferent being out there in

practice and being out there in a game.”

The Mountaineers are preparing to start a diffi-cult stretch of four games against the Thunder-ing Herd, Virginia Tech, Duquesne and No. 3 Mich-igan. Huggins believes stretches like this will have his team ready to go to start Big 12 Conference play.

“I said when we came in here that we were going to upgrade the schedule and that we were going to play people, and I think if you look at this year’s sched-ule and you look at what we’re doing next year, it’s not any easier,” Huggins said. “The theory is it does make you better down the stretch. It makes you more prepared.

“Sometimes it can kind of screw with guys’ confi-dence a little bit and get in their heads a little bit, but you hope that doesn’t happen, and I don’t think it has.”

james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Wednesday December 5, 20128 | SPORTS

Woods quietly posting impressive career at WVUBy DoUg Walp

SportS Writer

It’s no secret West Virgin-ia’s receiving corps features the most productive combi-nation of receivers in the en-tire country in Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey.

But the duo’s rampant success has actually some-what overshadowed the growth and achievements of the Mountaineers’ third-most productive receiver this season.

Redshirt senior J.D. Woods’ numbers – 56 catches for 596 yards and four touchdowns – won’t necessarily jump off the page at you. But anyone that’s watched the Naples, Fla. native this season and throughout his career can confirm that Woods has de-veloped into a very solid and reliable player.

West Virginia offensive coordinator Shannon Daw-son, for example, recently remarked in an interview for WVUSports.com’s “Wear-ing the Jersey” that Woods, who has always been im-mensely talented, has just been a completely different player this season in regard to both his production and just his overall personality.

It wasn’t easy for Woods to get where he is today, though. After a decent sophomore season where he reigned in 18 catches for 205 yards and a touchdown in four starts, Woods sat out the first 11 games of the Dana Holgorsen era in 2011.

It could have been so easy for Woods to accept defeat at that point and leave the team like we’ve seen some

other WVU receivers do this season, but the then-red-shirt junior persevered, and in Week 12 of 2011, Woods earned a start against the University of South Florida in a game that was an abso-lute must-win for the Moun-taineers, in order to keep their dreams of a potential Big East championship and a possible BCS-berth alive.

Woods’ responded with season-highs of four catches for 38 yards, and West Vir-ginia did indeed go on to claim a share of the 2011 Big East title and eventually advance to what became known as one of the most historic Discover Orange Bowl in the game’s history – a game in which Woods also had a 15-yard reception.

Woods’ minor successes at the end of 2011 only en-couraged him to work harder this offseason, in or-der to become a bigger part of the offense this year.

Mission accomplished.Because Woods, although

the third most productive receiver on the team this year, has made his share of awe-inspiring plays this season, including an abso-lutely jaw-dropping one-handed catch in the clos-ing moments of WVU’s first-ever Big 12 Conference game against Baylor. The grab ultimately preserved the game and the Moun-taineers’ perfect season at the time, according to Geno Smith.

Smith admitted after-ward it was one of the worst throws of his life, and Woods essentially bailed him out along with the rest of the team, because if

Woods hadn’t been able to somehow reel in the errant pass from Smith, it could have been picked off and returned for a touchdown.

The remarkable play also had his coaches chirping af-ter the game, which ended 70-63, with the Mountain-eers still standing.

“The catch that he made at the end was phenome-nal,” Dawson said after the Baylor game. “I thought that was probably his best per-formance yet. His energy level, his attitude and ev-erything about that kid right now is unbelievable.”

Another unbelievable scene came Saturday, as Woods, who committed to West Virginia after his first-ever trip to the school, joined his fellow Moun-taineers’ seniors in a cel-ebration he said he would cherish forever, after WVU’s 59-10 rout of Kansas.

“It’s a very memorable moment,” Woods said af-ter his last game at Moun-taineer Field Saturday. “It’s always good when you can execute and celebrate about it.

“I probably won’t ever forget this moment.”

Woods, who began his career with a touchdown against Coastal Carolina in September of 2010, fittingly found the end zone again in his career finale at home Saturday afternoon.

Was that of any signifi-cance to Woods, though?

“It makes me want to get another touchdown in this bowl game. It’s just all mo-tivation,” he said.

dasports@mail.wvu.eduMatt sunday/the daily athenaeuM

West Virginia senior wide receiver J.D. Woods salutes the crowd during Saturday’s game against Kansas.

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Bret Bielema agrees to leave Wisconsin for arkansasFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP)

— Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema has agreed to be-come the new coach at Ar-kansas, taking over a pro-gram that stumbled from scandal into an awful sea-son that had begun with hopes of challenging for a national championship.

Bielema has agreed to a deal between 5-7 years with the Razorbacks, according to a person familiar with the situation, which was first re-ported by Yahoo Sports. The person, who spoke only on condition of anonymity be-cause the school had not announced the hire, said a news conference was planned for Wednesday.

The move was the sec-ond stunning hire at Arkan-sas, which brought in John L. Smith after firing Bobby Petrino this year after he hired his mistress to work in the football department. Arkansas went 4-8 this sea-son and athletic director Jeff Long announced after the season that Smith would not return.

Bielema is in his seventh season as Barry Alvarez’s hand-picked successor at Wisconsin. He’s 68-24 with the Badgers, with four dou-ble-digit win seasons, and he coached Wisconsin to a 17-14 win over Arkansas in his first season at the Capi-tal One Bowl.

“He’s the guy Jeff was af-ter all along,” the person said of Long. “It’s hard to get these coaches to sit still.”

The Badgers were down a bit this season, losing five close games. But they won the Big Ten championship game on Saturday in a 70-31 romp over Nebraska to se-cure their third straight trip to the Rose Bowl. They will play Stanford on Jan. 1.

The 42-year-old Bielema was the defensive coordi-nator at Wisconsin for two years before being pro-moted to head coach in 2006. He played for Iowa and started his coaching career there as an assistant under Hayden Fry and later Kirk Ferentz.

Bielema takes over an Ar-kansas program still reeling following the April scandal.

The Razorbacks had im-proved their win total in four straight seasons under Petrino, including a 21-5 mark in 2010-11, and fin-ished last season ranked No. 5. They had talked openly in the spring about compet-ing for the school’s first SEC championship and perhaps a national championship.

Then came the April 1 motorcycle accident that led to Petrino’s downfall. The former Atlanta Falcons’

coach initially lied about be-ing alone during the wreck, though the married father of four later admitted to riding with his mistress – a former Arkansas volleyball player he had hired to work in the athletic department.

Smith, who had been an assistant the last three seasons at Arkansas un-der Petrino, was chosen by Long to keep the same sys-tem intact for a team that returned first-team All-SEC quarterback Tyler Wilson and a host of other key play-makers. The decision was lauded by the Razorbacks, who welcomed the person-able Smith back with open arms.

The season hit the skids

with a stunning overtime loss to Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 8, starting a four-game losing streak that dropped Arkansas out of the rankings. The Razorbacks were unable to recover and finished with the school’s lowest win total since 2005 – missing a bowl game for the first time since Petrino’s first season in 2008.

“It’s very difficult for me to believe that is not a bowl-eligible team,” LSU coach Les Miles said following the Tigers’ win over the Razor-backs in the season finale. “Watching the talent there, (it’s) very capable.”

Arkansas has yet to win the SEC since joining the league in 1992, though it’s

played in the conference’s championship game three times. It lost to Florida in the title game in 1995 un-der then coach Danny Ford and lost twice (2002, 2006) there under Houston Nutt.

The school had struggled to find its identity in the SEC since leaving the for-mer Southwest Conference, but it appeared to have fi-nally found just that under Petrino, who was hired after leaving Atlanta during the season in 2007.

The Razorbacks turned into an offensive power-house under Petrino. Af-ter winning 10 games and reaching the school’s first BCS bowl game in 2010, losing to Ohio State, Arkan-

sas won 11 games in 2011, capped by a Cotton Bowl win over Kansas State.

While the country watched closely to see how Arkansas would react fol-lowing Petrino’s dismissal, Smith made headlines of his own throughout the season. The former Michigan State and Louisville coach told The Associated Press before the season that he would likely have to file for bank-ruptcy following land deals gone wrong in Kentucky. The 64-year-old filed in Sep-tember – eventually reveal-ing $40.7 million in debt – and came under fire from Arkansas fans for that and the mounting losses.

Bielema will look to end

the turmoil and compete in an SEC West loaded with national powers Alabama and LSU, along with up-and-comer Texas A&M.

Long said during the sea-son the new coach would be tasked with building on the recent success at the school, which is looking into expanding the 72,000-seat Razorback Stadium and is currently building an 80,000-square-foot football operations center.

“Our new coach will be an individual who shares the passion for success our fans do, and who is willing to work relentlessly to achieve our goals,” Long said fol-lowing the announcement of Smith’s departure.

aPWisconsin coach Bret Bielema holds up the trophy after Wisconsin defeated Nebraska 70-31 to win the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game Saturday in Indianapolis.

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mountaineers not perfect, take down HerdBy Cody SCHUler

Managing editor

West Virginia head coach Mike Carey didn’t get an ideal performance from his team, but the No. 23 Mountaineers did enough to win their eighth-consecutive game against in-state rival Marshall.

F r e s h m a n B r i a Holmes, playing in her first-ever Capital Classic, led all scorers with a ca-reer-high 15 points – an effort Carey said he was proud of.

“I thought the fresh-man came in, especially in the first half, Bria Holmes came in, hit some shots and did some good things,” he said.

Sophomore forward Crystal Leary turned in the game’s lone double-double, finishing with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Though her performance was a strong one on the stat sheet, it was her effort that Carey said was most criti-cal to her team.

“She played hard; she plays hard every game,” he said. “If I can get every-one to play as hard as her – whether you play good or bad, (just) play hard – and she does that.”

Leary played 32 minutes in the game – tied for most on the team. She said West Virginia had established momentum following the Mountaineers’ 54-47 road victory against Virginia Sunday, and they hoped to carry it forward the Mar-shall game – a task easier said than done.

“We came out a little bit slow, and that’s what Coach Carey didn’t want,” she said.

“We came off a good win (at) Virginia, so he wanted us to come out with that same energy.”

Carey said he never stopped to worry about what Marshall was doing, instead focusing his energy on motivating his team to play harder.

“I spent the whole time on timeouts telling them we’re not playing hard. That’s not fun as a coach, and that’s not fun as a team

either,” he said. “(Marshall) played

harder than we did, but I was concerned with us because it seems like we got that early lead and we started standing around.”

Holmes said her perfor-mance, which earned her ‘Most Outstanding Player” honors, was the result of doing what Carey asked of her – playing with a lot of energy.

“My gameplan tonight was just to hustle and play basketball and not worry about anything else – don’t worry about the crowd or anything else, just play basketball,” she said.

“I think I executed it ; I came out and did what I had to do and scored, and we got the win, so I’m proud.”

Holmes, one of five freshmen on West Virgin-ia’s roster, shared the expe-rience with her teammates of playing in her first Capi-tal Classic.

A crowd of 2,606 was in attendance for the annual matchup against the two teams in the Charelston Civic Center.

“It was crazy because I never experienced any-thing like that; it was a shock, but we came out (to play), and it was a good outcome,” she said.

Holmes said she knows the team has a lot of work to do but also reiterated that the season is still early, and Big 12 Conference play is still a month away.

“We just have to move forward; we’re not even in conference (play) yet, so we just have to move for-ward and focus in practice and get everything right and be ready for the next game,” she said.

It was a sentiment Carey echoed.

“I’m upset with our team, and we have a lot of talent, and we can play a lot better,” he said.

“It’s my job to get us bet-ter, and I didn’t have them ready for this game. We will be ready for the next game – you can bet on that.”

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I was concerned with us because we got that early lead and just started stand-ing around. We got great girls, great students, but you know what, they got to play hard. I’m embar-rassed; I don’t like being embarrassed.”

WVU had 36 points from its bench when sophomore guard Linda Stepney suf-fered an injury in warm-ups. West Virginia struggled from long range in the sec-ond half, shooting 1-of-8 for a 12.5 shooting percentage. For the game the Moun-taineers shot 23.8 percent from deep.

If the Thundering Herd didn’t miss 12 free throws on the night (5-of-17), this game could have been a lot closer.

While Marshall always steps up to the plate for this game , as Carey pointed out, the lack of energy and shooting woes hurt the Mountaineers all night.

The Capital Classic may just be the wake-up call West Virginia needed.

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Matt Sunday/the daily athenaeuMWest Virginia sophomore forward Crystal Leary goes up for a layup against Marshall Tuesday night.

go,” Carey said. “I’ll take the blame. I guess I didn’t have us ready. But you can bet we’ll be ready for the next game.”

The Mountaineers will re-turn to action for a non-con-ference game against St. Bo-naventure on Saturday, Dec 8.

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