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New Morgantown organization to support LGBTQ community BY DOUGLAS SOULE EDITORINCHIEF When his daughter came out four years ago, Chris Mullett said he didn’t have anyone to talk to about how to support her. Now, he is part of an organization to help those in similar situations. “We want to educate, we want to advocate, we want to create a community where people are free to be who they are,” Mullett, the president of PFLAG Morgantown, said. “Without judgement, without stigma, without fear of violence.” On Tuesday evening at the Morgantown Church of the Brethren, PFLAG Morgantown held its first meeting since becoming an official organization. The organization “provides support and education to all parents, family, friends, and allies of LGBTQ+ people in the Morgantown, West Virginia area,” according to its Facebook page. “I want people to know that PFLAG is a safe place where gay and straight can come together and be community,” Mullett said. Two Democratic state delegates rep-
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Morgantown City Councilor Barry Wendell, Del. Barbara Fleischauer and Del. Danielle Walker sit at a table during the Tuesday PFLAG Morgantown event. resenting Monongalia County were at the meeting. Delegate Danielle Walker said because she’s the mother of someone who is gay, it’s personal. “We have to learn to change,” Walker
said. “The hate can only go if we’re allowed to educate our community, educate our own families.” Walker said she believed West Virginia was moving with the times. “Look at the people in this room,”
Walker said. “They are not hiding at home. They are not chatting amongst themselves through email. They are out in the community, in a church setting, saying, ‘This is who I am, take me as I am, and love me.’”
Delegate Barbara Fleischauer said this was her first time attending a PFLAG meeting. “For a lot of parents, it’s something that’s surprising that your child has changed from the way you thought they were,” Fleischauer, who has a daughter who is lesbian, said. “I want to have help in making sure that I’m there for my daughter when she needs me.” Fleischauer also felt that the state was moving forward on LGBTQ acceptance, but added, “I think we have a long ways to go, and it’s a learning process.”
WVU Board of Governors to vote on tuition Friday BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR
The WVU Board of Governors will vote Friday morning on an unspecified tuition increase for the next academic year. First reported by the Charleston Gazette-Mail, the WVU BOG will vote in its regular meeting whether or not to raise tuition for the 20th consecutive year. WVU spokesman John Bolt, along with a few board members,
did not provide the proposed rates to the newspaper Monday or Tuesday. The DA reached out to the University on Wednesday for any additional information, but it did not provide further comment. In an interview with the DA in March, WVU President E. Gordon Gee said because the state legislature did not make cuts to higher education funding this year, he thinks if there are any tuition hikes at all, he expects the increases to be “very moderate” ones.
“I think with the stability of our budget, I think the expectation would be that if there is any, it will be very, very modest,” Gee said. Last year, WVU upped in-state tuition 5.7% after cuts were made to the state’s total higher education funding. Average tuition for West Virginia residents this year was $4,428 per semester and $12,475 per semester for out-ofstate students. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Erickson Alumni Center.
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‘Love your uniqueness,’ WVU professor says BY ALAYNA FULLER ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Six panelists discussed society’s perception of perfection, the impact of social media on body image, the importance of body neutrality and body empowerment at the WVU “Welcoming EveryBODY” event in the Mountainlair on Tuesday. Panelists included: • WVU undergraduate student Sidney Anderson • WVU Collegiate Recovery Program member Ali Deem • Carruth Center Psychologist Ashley Kasardo • Assistant Professor at the Department of Emergency Medicine Brent McMillion • Transgender Visibility Organizer for Fairness WV Natasha Stone • Assistant Professor of Sports and Exercise Psychology Dana Voelker. The event was moderated by Communications Director for the WVU Office of Health Promotion and Wellness Olivia Pape. “When I have those days of ‘it’s not okay and I don’t feel comfortable in my own skin,’ it’s taking a moment and pausing and honoring my body for what it’s done for me and say that my body has allowed me to go to class, and I have fed my brain so that I can study and be-
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Assistant Professor of Sports and Exercise Psychology Dana Voelker. come a counselor one day and that’s amazing,” Deem said. Cultural standards of beauty and how society visualizes the perfect body were among the first points of discussion amongst the panelists. “There’s no one specific ideal of what we should be,” Voelker said. Kasardo said in society, there are great pieces to the body positivity movement, however she asked the question: “What bodies do we see?” “Very often it’s a young person. It’s a woman. It’s somebody who is heterosexual or cisgender who is able bodied and that leaves out a lot of bodies,” Kasardo said. “I want to know where the fat bodies are. I want to now where the trans bodies are. Where are the bodies of
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Six panelists spoke to a room of students about body positivity, the stigma around eating disorders and other common body image issues at the Mountainlair Tuesday. people of color? Where are the disabled bodies, because that’s the representation of diversity.” Social media is another factor that contributes to a certain perfection standard of beauty, and it’s one that can lead people to view themselves in a negative way, panelists said. The images that people take in from social media can sometimes create negative-self body perceptions, and one solution McMillion suggested was to delete accounts that negatively affect the way one’s own body is viewed. Stone also mentioned how society’s image of perfection
WVU holds panel addressing stigma around drugs, opioids BY IRELEND VISCOUNT STAFF WRITER Erin Winstanley talked a lot during Monday’s panel addressing the stigma around drugs and opioids, but she put emphasis on one message. “The most important message I have today is to not give up on your patients,” Winstanley, an associate professor at WVU School of Pharmacy, said. Winstanley kicked off the event at the WVU Health Sciences Center with a short presentation about drug and opioid issues in West Virginia. “We believe one third of West Virginians use illegal drugs,” Winstanley said. She said that in the United States, statistics show there are 192 drug overdose deaths per day. Laura Jones, who started a syringe exchange program in West Virginia in 2015, talked about how this program was created for people to come into a professional setting and
get help. Syringe or needle exchange programs are when drug users can trade their used needles for clean syringes through a county health office or other clinic. Some counties and municipalities in West Virginia implement these programs in hope of driving down diseases and overdoses associated with dirty needles. Jones also talked about the difficulties of getting pharmacies in the area to give people naloxone, or Narcan, the lifesaving medication used to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. These pharmacies were saying ‘we don’t want these folks in our pharmacy,’” she said. Former drug and opioid users who have now been sober for many years were also on the panel. They shared their stories about the way they were treated in the past. Ryan Feldman, who was in the Netflix documentary “Recovery boys,” a story about recovering opioid users in Preston County, said that
many of his encounters with nurses were very unpleasant experiences. David Morgan talked about how he doesn’t want to carry naloxone for himself, but rather for his friends and acquaintances to help them when they need it. During this event, the D.A.R.E. was mentioned and how this program may have been effective if it was properly executed, including educating students on drug use throughout their early lives. Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston said “D.A.R.E was not designed for just fifth graders, but for kindergarten through 12th grade.” Preston talked about how in our area, there is not a sobering center to take users who just overdosed or are struggling to stay sober. He said it would be extremely helpful to implement one so that the hospitals aren’t getting filled up with patients.
impacts the transgender community as well. She said that sometimes porn is the first way transgender individuals identify how they should look. “Porn gives you a really extreme idea of what an ideal body is, and also if you’re 12 and you discover transgender porn on the internet, and that’s how you discover that you’re trans, that’s not fun because you immediately think that’s what you should look like,” Stone said. “You set yourself up for disappointment pretty quickly.” From those negative feelings associated with the “perfect body image,” eating dis-
orders may arise. Many of the panelists said they themselves struggled with eating disorders in their lives. Voelker said it’s important to erase the stigma around eating disorders and body image concerns because society is constantly blaming the victim by saying eating disorders are a choice, and that it’s no one else’s problem but the person’s, but that mentality is wrong. The panel also gave suggestions on how to experience body neutrality and body empowerment by talking back to the negative feelings, honoring a body that provides so much
life no matter what it may look like and embracing childlike happiness. “I’m more of a body-neutral person, and so I think that for me I live in a very black and white world where things are either good or bad or I’m succeeding or failing and so [with] self love, you either pass off love or you pass off hatred and so I need to learn to exist and be okay living in that middle,” Deem said. “For me, that’s where the body neutrality was.” Deem also said embracing childlike happiness had been the biggest motivator to her own recovery. “Body positivity to me was realizing that my body wasn’t a defining part of my character,” Anderson said. Kasardo also said instead of receiving compliments that come off as minimizing, she’d much rather sit down and talk about her feelings with the person and what she’s going through; a way of empowerment is to give people a voice. “Looking at it from not what I haven’t accomplished but what I have accomplished so far is huge,” Stone said about body empowerment. “Love your uniqueness and love what makes you, you,” McMillion said.
Morgantown Pride to host its first-ever block party in South Park BY ALAYNA FULLER ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR The first-ever Morgantown Pride block party event will be held on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Arch Street in South Park. While this is the first year putting on the Pride block party, an organizer of the event said it has been growing quickly. “The amount of community support that we’ve seen and the amount of people that are interested not only small term but also tabling the event has turned out to be pretty huge,” said JoeMichael Fusco, vice president of Morgantown Pride. The free event first started at two blocks, but Fusco said it’s already grown to three blocks full of vendors. “The format of the block
“The format of the block party will be, come hang out bring a chair, there will be live music the entire time and we’re up to about 15 vendors right now.” - JoeMichael Fusco, vice president of Morgantown Pride party will be, come hang out bring a chair, there will be live music the entire time and we’re up to about 15 vendors right now,” he said. Fusco said there will be food, live music and a special area for schoolchildren to participate. Local advocacy groups, local businesses and restaurants will be coming in to support and sponsor the event. “I do think it’s going to be an awesome event, not only because of the turnout we have but also you know, not everyone has the means to travel to Pittsburgh or Columbus or to
these bigger cities to experience these events, so it’s going to be kind of nice to be able to bring that to a smaller town and give people the opportunity to experience something they haven’t before,” he said. A grassroots group of individuals came together and thought this would be a good thing to kind of boost moral and bring like-minded people together and give people the chance to experience something that they may not have previously, he said. Free parking will be available at Morgantown High School.
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Historic house offering volunteer hours for spring clean up STAFF REPORTS A spring cleanup for a historic house in Preston County will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Students can sign up for the event on iServe in order to receive community service hours, according to a press release from the Old Hemlock foundation. The foundation, located about 25 miles east of Morgantown, is asking for volunteers to clean up trails and take down the deer fence on the foundation’s property. The foundation was built
in 1815 and is on the National Registry for Historic Places, according to the release. Funds donated to the foundation go directly toward maintaining the property, and additional funds are given to the WVU Medical School, Bruceton Mills-area school students, the Preston County Humane Society and for cultural and literacy support for Bruceton School. For more information about the Foundation, you may visit www.oldhemlock.org, follow @OldHemlockFoundation on Facebook, or call (304) 379-7505.
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Wild and wonderful women in STEM BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR The STEM field has historically been male-dominated, but that isn’t stopping the woman scientists at WVU. According to The Society of Women Engineers website, “Women have increased their numbers in many professions previously dominated by men, including law, business, medicine, and other STEM fields in the U.S.; however, the number of women in engineering in the U.S. has not increased since the early 2000s.” Teresa Hoang will be next year’s vice president for WVU’s chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Hoang is a junior from Hurricane, West Virginia, studying computer science with an emphasis in cybersecurity. Hoang said she enjoys doing outreach with young girls interested in STEM, which is one of the goals of SWE. “It really shows them that it is a field that they can be successful in,” Hoang said. Hoang explored many types of engineering before deciding to pursue computer science. “I’ve always been drawn
to technology,” Hoang said. “It is just making our lives more convenient. It is allowing people to network in a way that they haven’t been able to before.” Hoang said that in 2014 7.9% of women had intentions to major in STEM fields as compared to 26.9% of men intending to major in STEM fields. Hoang said being in a male-dominated field was discouraging at first, but through her time at WVU, she has seen an increase of women in her courses. Hoang said it is important for women to work in the STEM field because a diversity of views is important in any field. Olivia Young, a junior from Short Gap, West Virginia, is majoring in physics and astronomy with a minor in mathematics. Young said she was inspired to pursue astronomy after visiting the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. Young says she plans to obtain her doctorates degree in astrophysics. “My end goal would be to end up where I started, I would love to be a staff scientist at Green Bank,” Young
said. “It is the most incredible place on Earth.” Young is the president of the Society of Physics Students and said she is one of three females within her undergraduate major. “We’re definitely a minority in that sense and it can definitely be difficult to form relationships outside of the department sometimes because of that,” Young said. Young highlighted the amazing group of female astronomers at WVU. “There are a lot more female astronomers than there are female physicists,” Young said. Young said being a minority within the department has motivated her to work harder. This is a sentiment shared by Mikel Holcomb. Holcomb is an associate professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department. Or iginally, Holcomb thought she wanted to teach math but decided that she enjoyed the concept of applying math to something. Holcomb said the field is more male-dominated but she didn’t really notice it until she became a professor. “I had a lot of outstanding role models who went out
their way to encourage me, so I didn’t really notice it early on,” Holcomb said. Holcomb said she understands that because of the implicit bias people have, she understands her work has to be better. She makes it a point to heed critiques from her colleagues. “Most people are actually very encouraging, but then you have a few people who aren’t so, then you worry about that unconscious bias,” Holcomb said. Holcomb said she really enjoys talking with students about their plans for the future, not just within the realm of STEM. The STEM field is quite diverse, with disciplines ranging from physics to the forest. Brooke Eastman from Aurora Ohio, a third-year Ph.D. biology student is studying forest ecology. Eastman is the president of the biology graduate student association. Eastman said that growing up, she loved playing in the woods. “I didn’t realize at the time that the questions I had about how trees grow and how all the living things in the forest interact with each other was a field of study or a potential
career path until I was older,” Eastman said. Eastman said she is interested in how human actions impact the environment. “I really love research. I love asking questions. Just the feeling of discovering something new is a really awesome feeling,” Eastman said. Eastman said while there are more young women in the ecology field now than there were a few decades ago, it is still predominately male. “In a lot of different STEM disciplines, there is a very male-dominated culture that can alienate women. A lot of success in ecology comes from being able to network with other scientists and it is sometimes harder for women to build those tight networks,” Eastman said. Eastman said she has tried to not let anything stop her. “I have tried really hard to reach out to those women that I know in the field, and I think it’s actually really empowering to see all the women that are there discovering amazing things and making huge changes and impacts to the society and the planet,” Eastman said. Shivani Karlapati also hopes to help society through
studying STEM. Karlapati, a senior majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Virginia, is the president of Alpha Omega Epsilon, a professional and social sorority that promotes the advancement of female engineers and technical scientists. Karlapati said she is pursuing her major because she has always loved problem-solving. “I also love rockets, planes and spacecraft. Putting these two interests together, I dream of watching physical parts that I design, build and test be used on flights and launches,” Karlapati said. “I hope that my efforts will contribute to advancing technology in a more efficient and environmentally friendly manner.” Karlapati said mechanical and aerospace engineering is more male-dominated. “Being a female in a male-dominated environment has only motivated me more to work hard and succeed. It has also piqued my interest and involvement in STEM outreach for females,” Karlapati said. All of these women represent the diversity that is displayed prominently throughout the STEM field.
WVU’s student radio station is looking to expand its creative side BY PARIS RUSSELL CORRESPONDENT
U92, WVU’s college radio station, is looking to make moves in order to further spread awareness of its mission. While the news and sports branches of U92 bring you coverage of the daily happenings around
WVU, the head of the DJ branch of the station, Joseph Bellamy, said the station aims to expose the Morgantown area to alternative, or underground music, and broadcast that music to people who have generally not heard it before. The U92 music director receives new music on a weekly basis, which is re-
viewed and added to their playlists. The DJs also work around the clock, creating a playlist every hour to accomplish this feat. One component to the U92 radio station that makes it special to Bellamy is the do-it-yourself mentality and acceptance of the organization which is student-run. “When I previously came
[to WVU], it was just the average college with the partying and the going to frats or whatever, but then I come in here, and I see a person decked out in tattoos listening to my favorite albums. And I thought, ‘Yeah, I wanna work here,’” Bellamy said. “I think it’s a great place, and I think more people should know about it.”
This kind of impact is the one Bellamy wishes to spread amongst campus. To do so, Bellamy and his team have devised a new strategy to further their reach around campus. “We're working on a ‘zine,’ which is a small magazine that will include articles and artwork,” Bellamy said. These zines will focus
to shine a light on WVU’s creative side. It will provide a platform for students to showcase their talents while showing the vibrant culture of WVU’s student population. In the meantime, U92 streams audio 24/7, and students can tune in anytime at https://wwvu-fm.com/ listen.
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SUBMITTED BY JOHN DOWLING, RECRUITING OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR WVU ARMY ROTC The U.S. Army is looking for the best and brightest college students in the country to lead America’s Soldiers as they conduct operations around the world including humanitarian relief efforts and full combat operations. The Army understands that many college students do not know what they will do after their collegiate career is over and is offering a limited opportunity to current college sophomores who have the physical stamina and mental agility to lead America’s Army into the future. A newly established $5,000 bonus will be awarded to current college sophomores who can pass the challenge of attending cadet basic training and accept the mission to lead the finest Soldiers in the world. Army ROTC is looking for high quality college sophomores to join ROTC and attend Basic Camp at Fort Knox this summer. The 30-day training event covers basic soldiers skills including drill & ceremony (marching), customs and courtesies in uniform, first aid, patrolling techniques, physical training and more. Cadets who successfully complete Basic Camp, contract in the Fall of 2019, and are on track to graduate in four semesters will be eligible for the $5,000 bonus. They will also make about $1,000 for the month-long training experience and all travel expenses are paid. Upon graduation cadets who have successfully completed the military science requirements will receive a commission as an officer in the U.S. Army. The cadet may elect to be part of the Regular Army, Army Reserve or Army National Guard. Students can also earn additional tuition assistance through the Simulta-
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Sophomore students who enroll in military science and complete basic camp in summer 2018 can earn a $5,000 bonus if they contract in the Fall and graduate in May or August 2021.
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Students interested in enrolling in military science can call (304) 293-7546 for more information. neous Membership Program. The West Virginia Army National Guard will pay up to $7,000 annually in tuition assistance to cadets who complete ROTC Basic Camp at Fort Knox who then access into the National Guard. Those students who access into the Guard will receive the WVU in-state tuition rate. National Guard duty requires one weekend of military drill responsibilities and two weeks of annual training, which usually takes place over the summer. The wide range of jobs and occupations within the Army requires it to recruit officers from all degree fields. The Army also realizes the need for a di-
verse talent pool to lead Soldiers and defend our national interests. Prospective students must have a minimum college grade point average (GPA) of 2.0, be able to pass the Army Physical Fitness Test, be able to pass a basic medical physical and meet other moral-legal requirements. Interested college sophomores should contact John Dowling at (304) 293-7546 or john.dowling@mail.wvu.edu for further details. They can also go to www.goarmy.com/ rotc or text “ROTCBONUS” to 462769 on their smart device.
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THREADS THROUGH TIME As the Mountaineers head into the Neal Brown era, they will receive a new look. West Virginia’s new set of uniforms will be released on Saturday in conjunction with the Gold-Blue spring game. While WVU looks ahead to a new look, we’ve taken a moment to look back at some of the looks that have
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Mountaineers looking to ‘show out’ during Gold-Blue Game BY COLE MCCLANAHAN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
FOOTBALL The first spring for new West Virginia head coach Neal Brown concludes on Saturday with the annual GoldBlue Game. It will be the first opportunity of 2019 for fans to see the Mountaineers at Milan Puskar Stadium under the direction of Brown, and the last chance for WVU to practice before heading into the summer when there is little contact between the coaching staff and players. “It’s huge,” said WVU inside linebackers coach Blake Seiler. “This is the last week of spring ball. After this week, you can’t put the pads on anymore. We’ll do a lot of lifting and running and some drill work in the summer, but you can’t have balls, and you can’t have pads on, and we all know that’s real football.” West Virginia enters its spring game with questions throughout the depth chart as inexperience and newcomers are found at nearly every position, with a herd of Mountaineers now graduated and off to the NFL. All four quarterbacks on the roster will continue to get reps on Saturday to help establish a starter, and they will look to build a connection with the multiple freshman wide receivers who will see the field next season. The receiving corps will be anchored during the GoldBlue Game by veteran T.J. Simmons, but also by now-starting redshirt freshman Sam James, who will attempt to fill the hole left by the four graduated seniors from last season’s team. In addition to quarterback and wide receiver, much of the defense — especially defensive line and linebacker — is
still shifting as the Mountaineers have implemented a new 4-2-5 defensive formation for next season. Moving from the 3-3-5 to the 4-2-5 has restructured many of the defensive positions for WVU, including creating new ones, and forced a learning curve upon many of the players early in the spring. One of the new positions in the WVU defense is the bandit linebacker, which is manned by redshirt sophomore VanDarius Cowan, who is now eligible after transferring from Alabama. Cowan began the spring at mike linebacker, but the defense has seemingly run smoother and more effective in the new scheme with Cowan’s position change. “We are coming along,” said redshirt junior safety Jake Long. “It is different for all of us. We have to get used to the new scheme, but we play with energy. You can tell we just like to play, and that’s going to help us a lot in the long run.” The team learning and growing is the result — and goal — of spring practices and the Gold-Blue Game, but the spring’s final scrimmage will also be a chance for Mountaineer fans to see the competition that continues as players are fighting for starting positions and playing time, according to cornerbacks coach Jahmile Addae. West Virginia is slated to take the field at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium, looking to showcase its talent to fans, and to hopefully impress one last time before next season. “We’ve had quite a few [scrimmages] this spring, and any time you can go out there and put the pads on in front of the fans, especially at Mountaineer Field, it’s a great experience, and you just have to show out,” said redshirt senior cornerback Keith Washington, Jr.
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