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West Virginia players huddle on the court during a practice session for the Final Four Friday in Indianapolis. West Virginia faced Duke the next day in a semifinal game and lost the Blue Devils, 78-57, to end the Mountaineers’ season. It was the second-ever Final Four finish for West Virginia.

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Check out the complete recap of the Mountaineers’ game from the DA Sports staff that was in Indianapolis last week. In addition, read why Tony Dobies feels WVU head coach Bob Huggins’ negative national perception needs to stop and the extent of Da’Sean Butler’s injury he suffered during the game is more serious than originally thought.

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West Virginia players Kevin Jones, left, and Wellington Smith, center, hug WVU head coach Bob Huggins after subbing out of the game.

Duke forward Miles Plumlee dunks the ball over West Virginia’s John Flowers in the second half of the Mountaineers’ loss to the Blue Devils.

West Virginia senior forward Da’Sean Butler, center, is picked up off the court after suffering what was originally thought as a knee sprain during the game.

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West Virginia freshman forward Deniz Kilicli high fives some of the hundreds of fans in attendance as the Mountaineers returned from the Final Four.

Team returns to Morgantown to mass of fans

BY TONY DOBIES MANAGING EDITOR

Hundreds of fans stood outside the West Virginia University Coliseum Monday as the men’s basketball team arrived back from its Final Four trip to Indianapolis.

As the buses rolled up, the horn blared and cheers erupted from the fans in attendance.

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Out walked what many believe is one of the best teams the University has ever seen.

Chants of “Let’s go Mountaineers!” filled the air as Wellington Smith, Kevin Jones, Devin Ebanks and company stepped off the bus and walked through the sea of fans.

“I’m just happy that all of our fans are here,” Smith said, who played his final game at WVU.

“It’s a great way to end it all.”

The announcer shouted, “Please welcome your Final Four-finish West Virginia Mountaineers,” as players signed autographs and took photos with gold-clad fans before heading into the building.

As point guard Truck Bryant walked through the Coliseum doors, the Mountaineers and their fans closed the door on

one of the most significant runs in school history.

It ended Saturday with a 78-57 defeat by the way of the Duke Blue Devils.

“It just feels good to know that I was a part of it,” Smith said. “The season was going to end in either a loss or a win. You can’t complain about the things

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With 8:59 remaining in West Virginia’s 78-57 loss to Duke in the Final Four, WVU senior forward Da’Sean Butler charged into Duke’s 7-foot-1 center Brian Zoubek and immediately hit the floor and yelled in pain.

Butler tore the ACL in his left knee. An MRI also revealed a sprain of the medial cruciate ligament and two bone bruises. After the game, it was initially thought to be a knee sprain.

“Right now everything is fine.

I’m just getting ready to go for surgery and get everything taken care of and just rehab,” Butler said in an interview with CBS during halftime of Monday’s national title game. “Next year, I’m definitely going to be in the NBA somewhere, regardless of what round it may be, but I will be there,” he said.

Butler’s injury silenced the 71,298 fans in attendance at Lu-

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cas Oil Stadium.

Huggins rushed onto the court to console him, cradling his head and stroking his face in one of the most poignant moments of the tournament.

“When I went out there, it was more he felt like he let his team down than it was about the injury,” Huggins said.

“And that’s Da’Sean. That’s the way he is. He’s got such a great heart.”

Butler was not on the team bus when the team returned to Morgantown Monday. Butler finished his college career as the thirdleading scorer in WVU history with 2,095 points behind Jerry West and “Hot Rod” Hundley.

Butler is ranked the 21stbest prospect in the 2010 NBA Draft, according to NBADraft.net and the 44th-best according to DraftExpress.com.

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BASEBALL LOSES THREE The West Virginia baseball team was swept over the weekend by Connecticut and starts the Big East on the wrong foot with a below .500 record.

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Morgantown mayor loses bet to Durham, N.C., mayor Bill Byrne must now endorse Durham, N.C., for Google Internet

BY TRAVIS CRUM STAFF WRITER

Morgantown Mayor Bill Byrne will follow through with the conditions of a bet he made with the mayor of Durham, N.C., regarding the NCAA Basketball Championship.

Byrne contacted Durham’s Mayor, Bill Bell, to make a bet based on the outcome of the West Virginia University vs.

Duke University game before the national semifinals of the Final Four games.

As a condition of the bet, Byrne will write a letter endorsing the Duke University town’s application for Google’s experimental ultra high-speed Internet network.

“I’m working on keeping my promise, and I’ve drafted the letter,” Byrne said. “It will high-

light what Durham is known for and show Mayor Bell’s leadership as a worthy candidate to receive the Google nod.”

The bet was a “good natured” wager to bring publicity to the two cities in ways other than college basketball, Bell said.

“I indicated that had Duke lost I would have been willing to write a letter for him,” Bell said.

“It’s a double victory – (Duke) University won the game, and we get the benefit and the support from Morgantown.”

Bell said he wants Durham to

receive the Broadband network because the city is a high-technology area and could offer research and development.

The wager was different than those made in the past because bets between mayors usually involve food or beer, Byrne said, noting that receiving the high-speed Internet is important to both cities.

Morgantown’s City Council submitted an application April 1 to receive a test broadband network Google is making available to a small number

of locations across the United States.

The Council also endorsed the “We Want a Gig” campaign, a Web site founded to promote Morgantown to Google executives, Byrne said.

Endorsing another state will not hurt Morgantown’s application because Google will evaluate the city on various levels such as current technologies in place, not just endorsements, Byrne said.

“The biggest challenge is to get noticed with over 11,000

applications out there,” Byrne said. “Anything you can do to get attention of Google is a good thing.”

If Morgantown receives the network, Byrne promised to raise money to give every school child in Monongalia County a computer, he said.

So far about $20,000 to $30,000 has been spent on the campaign, Byrne said, with costs split between the University and the city. travis.crum@mail.wvu.edu

Students urged to look B&E students blog from South Africa on Spring Break into health care reform

BY MELISSA CANDOLFI STAFF WRITER

BY SHAY MAUNZ

ASSOCIATE CITY EDITOR

Congress passed the health care reform plan March 21, but its ramifications are still coming to light.

Chris Plein, a specialist in public policy and its implementation, said implementing the new law will require a great deal of action by federal and state agencies in coming months.

Plein also serves as chair of the Division of Public Administration and assistant dean for West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts & Sciences.

He urged students to begin considering the effect the health care reform plan will have on them.

“While all of the pieces will affect all of us as citizens and taxpayers, there are certain parts of the law that will be more relevant to students than others,” he said.

He cited a provision that lets students stay on their parents’ insurance plan until they turn 26, as well as a future obligation to seek insurance.

Though trying to understand the new law can be intimidating, Plein said it is important to do so.

“Today’s WVU students should be thinking about how the law

will affect them in the years to come,” he said. “I think we all should try to look beyond the rhetoric and watch closely how the laws are implemented in the near future.”

Erin Beck, president of the WVU Young Democrats, hopes the public interest sparked by the new law will help spark young people’s interest and involvement in politics.

“The people that are angry are being featured (by the media),” she said. “Young people should be motivated to speak up so the country knows tea party activists aren’t the only ones who have strong feelings.”

Beck cited a number of the law’s provisions that benefit students and said it is especially helpful for young people in the midst of a struggling economy.

“The economy is making it really hard to find jobs right now, so they should be happy they don’t have to automatically have to think about finding a job with insurance attached,” she said.

Chris Walters, a WVU student and Republican candidate for West Virginia’s House of Delegates, used the state of the economy as evidence that the bill should not have been passed.

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Four West Virginia University students in the College of Business and Economics bypassed traditional Spring Break trips to go to South Africa.

They spent nine days helping agencies dealing with the HIV and AIDS epidemic and posted comments and photos on a blog about their experiences at http://wvusouthafrica.blogspot.com/.

Elizabeth Slack, a graduate student in the Master of Public Accountancy program, said seeing children affected by the disease and poverty changes your viewpoint.

“They are no longer just a statistic,” Slack said. “You realize that these children are basically the same as children all around the world are the same – they wanted to play with us when we met them at the playground, and they wanted us to take their pictures so they could look at themselves on our cameras.

“Then you realize that these kids are dealing with so much more in their lives than any of us will probably ever have to deal with.”

Tristan Gartin, a senior accounting major, said while students did not do a lot hands on to help while in South Africa, they learned how to help once they returned to the United

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West Virginia University graduate accounting student Elizabeth Slack at Won Life in Africa.

States.

“We asked what we can do in marketing and accounting for them,” Gartin said.

“What other aspects we can do over here, how they go it started, their philosophies on what works and what doesn’t work.”

Gartin said everyone sees videos and pictures on HIV and AIDS, but experiencing the epidemic firsthand underscores the severity of the problem.

“I always wondered how I could give back as a business

major,” Gartin said. “It’s different if you’re in a major like a nurse that can help people.

“But, as a business person there’s always a bad reputation that you’re out there for yourself and the money, and this was just a great way for me to give back.”

Slack said the students saw that donations and government funding are not helping, and South African organizations are helping people learn to be selfsustaining.

“The organizations that we

visited while in South Africa have marketing and finance projects that they need help with. I plan on starting out by helping out with some of these, and then I’ll see how I can continue to stay involved with some of these organizations,” Slack said.

Mac Festa, a senior finance major, said many of the nonprofits the students visited focused on preventative care and counseling.

Since a lot of the places have been so successful with the implications of their models, they can now move to a preventative care system so they can educate people on protection from getting aids, bringing in primary care physicians, regular physicals, doctors and dentists, Festa said.

Festa and Presha Neidermeyer, who organized the trip, are starting a “micro lending” project in South Africa.

Micro lending offers small loans to people who cannot get the money from a bank or an outside institution, Festa said.

It is not a “one for one” deal and provides multiple loans for multiple purposes.

“If one person over there can start a company, and they need five employees, that’s five people who aren’t looking for work and can start providing for their families,” Festa said. melissa.candolfi@mail.wvu.edu

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Clements: New Athletic Director search speeds up following NCAA Tourney run West Virginia University President James P. Clements said the search for a new athletic director is starting to pick up pace following the men’s basketball team’s Final Four appearance last weekend.

Clements said he will have discussions to finalize a screening committee, which will look through applications and review resumes of potential candidates, over the next few days.

“This is one of the best sporting jobs in the country, whether

you’re talking college or pro,” Clements said. “We’re getting good candidates.”

Clements said he expects a stronger pool of candidates because of the NCAA Tournament run the team made and the national exposure the University had throughout March.

“When you make a run to the Final Four, it’s only going to enhance the pool,” Clements said.

Clements said he announced the national search for athletic di-

rector prior to the Big East Conference and NCAA Tournament for a strategic reason.

“There are a lot of athletic directors and deputy athletic directors that go to these,” Clements said.

“My goal was, that when we were finished going through our run we would start looking through the resumes.

“Now that the season is over, we are moving forward. We wouldn’t have done it any other way.”

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Eberly College dean finalists announced Two finalists for the dean of West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences have been selected and will visit campus this week. Each candidate will spend two days on campus and participate in three open forums geared toward different constituencies of the University community.

The finalists are Thomas DiLorenzo, chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Delaware and Robert Jones,

head of the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech.

DiLorenzo will be at WVU Tuesday and Wednesday. He will participate in open sessions Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in Room 130 of Colson Hall for staff and noon to 1 p.m. in Hatfield’s in the Mountainlair for students. Wednesday he will be in Ming Hsieh Hall Room 126 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. for faculty.

Jones will be on campus Wednes-

day and Thursday and will participate in open sessions on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in Room 130 of Colson Hall for staff and noon to 1 p.m. in the Mountaineer Room in the Mountainlair for students. Jones will be at WVU Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in Ming Hsieh Hall Room G20.

The faculty meetings will be webcast live at www.eberly.wvu.edu/ faculty_staff/deansearch.

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School of Medicine dean finalists announced Three finalists have been selected for the dean of West Virginia University’s School of Medicine.

Each of the finalists will be on campus next week to participate in open forums with the University community.

Pope L. Moseley, Regents’ professor and chair of the Depart-

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ment of Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, will be on campus April 12.

Vincent D. Pellegrini, Jr., James Lawrence Kernan professor and chair of the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Maryland Medical Center, will visit April

20.

Arthur J. Ross, III, vice president for medical affairs and dean at Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, will visit April 27.

Each forum will be held at 5 p.m. in the Okey Patteson Auditorium.

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DOH hopes for 7 to 10 years out of new Patteson Drive pavement

BY JOSH COOPER STAFF WRITER

While West Virginia University students were on Spring Break, Patteson Drive was fully repaved over seven work days by the West Virginia Department of Highways.

Patteson Drive was originally contracted to be repaved last year, but due to construction problems and inclement weather, repairs were postponed until spring, according to Bryan Radabaugh, District Four design engineer.

The West Virginia Department of Highways coordinated the repair with contractors at WVU so it could be completed over Spring Break due to the reduced traffic, Radabaugh said.

Some work remains to be done, including the replacement of traffic loops, which detect cars for the efficiency of traffic lights,

MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) — Seven miners were killed, two injured and at least 19 unaccounted for Monday in an explosion at an underground coal mine, the state mining director said.

Ron Wooten said the blast was reported around 3 p.m. at Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County, about 30 miles south of Charleston. The company did not provide details on the extent of the damage or if other miners had been rescued.

A Boone County ambulance dispatcher also said he has the same number of fatalities and missing miners.

The mine is operated by Massey subsidiary Performance Coal Co.

Continued from PAGE 2 “On top of all the debt it will cause, add the fact we’re in a recession, and we’re raising taxes,” he said. “It was not responsible to pass that legislation.”

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RETURN Continued from PAGE 1 that happen.

“They call us a basketball school now.”

It was just the second time in school history the men’s basketball team has made it to the Final Four. The last time was in 1959 with Jerry West in a West Virginia jersey. In that year, WVU lost to California in the championship game.

“You don’t really get to appreciate it at the moment, but for us to look back at everything we did, it was definitely a special season for us,” said WVU sophomore forward Kevin Jones.

Smith said the Mountaineers could be set up to have a banner season offensively next season despite the departure of himself and fellow senior Da’Sean Butler.

“It’s going to be a great year next year and for years to come,” Smith said. “They’ll be back.”

Jones agreed.

“Look out for us next year,” he added with a laugh.

Two people not in attendance were head coach Bob Huggins and Butler.

Butler suffered an ACL tear, MCL sprain and two bone bruises with 8:59 remaining in the loss to Duke, which ended his WVU basketball career. The

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injury was initially thought to be a knee sprain, but after an MRI Sunday it was found out to be worse than originally thought.

“Da’Sean was walking on crutches, but he’s fine,” Jones said. “He’s a pretty resilient guy.

He bounces back. This will set him back a little bit, but it won’t stop him.”

Freshman point guard Truck Bryant, who was injured during the NCAA Tournament as well, said he may not need surgery on his broken foot after all.

“I’ll probably be back on the court in a month or two,” Bryant said. “I guess me and Da’Sean will be in (the training room) together.”

Ebanks did not give any word on whether he will enter CHELSI BAKER/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM the NBA draft this year. The dec- West Virginia forward Kevin Jones signs a baslaration date is May 8. ketball for a young fan at the WVU Coliseum Monday afternoon after the men’s basketball anthony.dobies@mail.wvu.edu team’s return from the Final Four.

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Other projects will also begin within the next week around the Morgantown area, including repairs on the Mon/Fayette Expressway, the Cheat Lake Bridge and the Westover Bridge, said department of highways Construction Engineer Danny Donlin Jr. The majority of major roads in Morgantown are maintained by the West Virginia Division of Highways, while most secondary roads are the responsibility of the Morgantown Public Works Department, according to the Department Web site. Major roads include Beechurst Avenue, Patteson Drive, Willey Street and parts of High Street.

The Department of Highways hopes to get “seven to 10 years life” out of the newly paved road, Donlin said. joshua.cooper@mail.wvu.edu

7 dead, 19 missing in W.Va. coal mine blast

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West Virginia sophomore Cam Payne, left, junior Cam Thoroughman, center, and senior Wellington Smith accept a Thank You card signed by the fans at the WVU Coliseum Monday afternoon. There were hundreds of fans in attendance to see the return of the Final Four finishers.

and turning arrows, he said. Construction will begin sometime this week.

“The majority of the remaining work will be done at night time,” Radabaugh said.

The project was part of the department of highway’s efforts to repair potholes in the Morgantown area. It was state funded and cost approximately $450,000, Radabaugh said.

District Four of the Department of Transportation, which includes Monongalia County, has been given approximately $1.45 million for roadway repairs.

The department plans to have the majority of pot holes permanently repaired by June or July, said Jeff Pifer, West Virginia Department of Highways engineer.

The department is working on a priority basis.

“Patteson (Drive) is considered one of our primary roads,” Radabaugh said. “It has a high

It has caches of extra oxygen along emergency escape routes and airtight refuge chambers designed to provide enough air to keep miners alive for four days if they can’t make their way out, according to Randy Harris, an engineering consultant who oversees installation of high-tech gear.

Five highly trained mine rescue teams from Conso Energy and Massey were on the scene as well as part of the state Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training team, MSHA spokeswoman Amy Louviere said.

The large mine produced 1.2 million tons of coal in 2009, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and has

about 200 employees, most of whom work underground. They would not have all been working the same shift.

Gov. Joe Manchin was out of town, but working to get back, according to his office. Chief of Staff Jim Spears was headed to the mine.

At least three fatalities have happened at the mine in the past dozen years.

In 1998, a worker was killed when a support beam collapsed, dumping bags of cement mix and other materials onto the man, according to a report from the federal Mine Safety & Health Administration. Federal investigators blamed poor welding and construction.

Walters noted students are “in control of the ballot boxes” and urged them to vote against those politicians who made decisions they did not approve of during the last session.

Plein said the new law is an interesting exercise in politics for students.

“This is an important change in law. It does have many moving parts and will take time to implement,” he said. “Apart from a change in policy it’s also a case study in how politics operate and take effect in our country.” shay.maunz@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU team will leave lasting impression “You have very few times in your life to be special. Very few people have that opportunity to be special. Particularly in a place like West Virginia.”

Those were the words uttered by coach Huggins on the MSN postgame radio show following his teams’ defeat at UConn Feb. 22. It was an ugly, uninspired loss at the hands of an inferior opponent.

Huggins sensed his players were forgetting the unique opportunity they had to play major college basketball for the flagship University of a small, but

proud state.

He urged them rise to the occasion, fulfill their potential and seize a chance at glory. ‘To accomplish something very few teams – or people, for that matter – ever accomplish. To be respected. To be remembered. To be special.

This team did that.

From the depths of that loss in Storrs, the team went on to win 10 consecutive games.

Along the way, the team won a Big East Conference Tournament Championship and an NCAA Tournament East Regional

Championship, culminating in a trip to the sport’s greatest stage – the Final Four in Indianapolis.

Though the team lost in the National Semifinal to a hotshooting Duke squad, it was still a wonderful experience for all involved. The staff of The Daily Athenaeum congratulates the Mountaineers on their historic postseason campaign.

It was a ride we will forever remember, and we will always be proud to say that our team – our classmates – won the Big East Championship and made the Final Four while we attended this

University.

When the Big East Championship and Final Four banners are hung in the Coliseum next season, the tears will flow.

While the team may not have given this state and this school its first national championship in a major sport, they will always have our hearts.

They brought our school positive publicity and put showed the nation what it means to be a Mountaineer.

Selfishly, we hope current stars on the team with eligibility remaining to consider returning

next season. For Truck Bryant, we hope his foot heals and is able to return to the game he loves.

For injured senior all-American Da’Sean Butler, we wish a speedy recovery and a successful professional career.

We would like to thank Butler and fellow senior Wellington Smith for their tireless dedication to this program and all the success and excitement we, as fans, got to enjoy due to their four years of hard work.

It was a wonderful ride.

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Summer school a good chance to get into the cooler classes DENITA JONES

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Summer is a great opportunity to take advantage of smaller, more personal classes as well as classes that tend to be difficult.

Many departments actually offer online classes during the summer that aren’t normally offered during the regular school year.

The University is offering new classes this summer that sound very tempting.

The Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design will offer “Barley to Beer,” an eight week class centered around the history and complex-

ities of beer and brewing.

Starting June 15, the lecturebased class will take you off-campus to the Morgantown Brewing Company, and according to associate professor of horticulture, Sven Verlinden, will cover things from alcohol and its effects on the body to the impact and influence of the beer industry on United States society.

The College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences is offering a new class that will put you side by side with the University’s nationally ranked rifle team coaching staff.

“Learn to Shoot with Rifle Team Coach” is a one-hour course that will offer insight into marksmanship and the sport of rifle. Anyone from beginners

to expert hunters can take the class.

I encourage you to take advantage of these classes in the summer, because if the classes are offered during the regular school year, odds are, you won’t get in.

Summer classes don’t tend to be as difficult as those in the fall and spring when it comes to registration because they aren’t traditional semesters.

Keep in mind, though, that even before the seniors registered many others – including Honors students and athletes – have already had their chance.

At the moment, these classes still have open seats. However, if in the future they are offered during the regular school year,

those students who don’t have priority pre-registration don’t stand a chance.

Unless you have priority registration, don’t expect to get into popular classes. It won’t happen.

This particular problem was brought to the forefront in November when the Student Government Association was advocating the inclusion of Resident Assistants among those to receive priority registration.

The debate was heated and for good reason.

As it stands, graduate students, professional students, Honors students, student athletes and students with disabilities are on the priority list.

Even before the addition of

LETTER TO THE EDITOR These Mountaineers will always be remembered Like all Mountaineer fans, we were so disappointed Saturday night in our loss.

It was a fantastic run. Let the blues dissolve and rejoice in the day. We can all remember disappointments and losses in our own lives, but if we consider those losses, each shaped or made us

better in some way.

West Virginians have perseverance. We are scrappy. We are positive. What I liked about this team was they really did have the hope, determination and belief they could accomplish this.

We rode that wave with them.

To some, the Easter message is about being a sinner and repenting. I would rather take the philosophy of this team for this year’s Easter message of hope, determination and belief.

I hope Da’Sean and Truck heal soon.

Rehab is hard work, but they know that.

Even though they have adopted West Virginia as their state, they showed such a positive view of our work ethic and people. I know you have all been somewhere and people ask if we live near Richmond, and they are surprised we speak in complete sentences.

I remember one time coming back on the train to O’Hare in Chicago from the National College Bowl meeting.

This guy from a SUNY college in Long Island said that he had

RA’s, students presently have problems registering for the classes they want or need to take.

RA’s do an important job on campus. On the other hand, including them among those who receive priority pre-registration means upperclassmen will never get the chance to take the kind of classes mentioned above, unless they perform some kind of miracle and get signed into the class or take it during the summer.

The argument that RA’s have a heavy schedule is hardly fair.

If that is the case, why don’t we include commuter students who have to travel to campus every day, students with workstudy schedules or nontraditional students who have to find

day care for their children?

If “Barley to Beer” or “Learn to Shoot with Rifle Team Coach” sound like classes you don’t want to pass up, take advantage of the summer availability.

Before juniors even had the chance to register this week, popular classes like “Non-Major Ceramics” and “Caving Basics” were already full.

It is a wonderful idea and an even better sales pitch for the University to offer classes that might give students a chance to have new life experiences without paying thousands of dollars to do it overseas.

Although, I would just consider it a tease when the classes are full before registration for the general ranks even begins.

Send your letters to DAPerspectives@mail.wvu.edu never met anyone from West Virginia before he met me. I said so what do you think?

His response was that every mention of this state on the national news was something sad or negative like a tornado destroying a trailer park or a coal mine disaster or even couch burning in Morgantown.

He had no perception that we were just like people everywhere – intelligent, caring, hardworking and funny.

Sports is one way we have been noticed in a positive way. Look

how Jerry West and Rod Hundley are remembered and revered.

If this opens doors for us, then great! We will never forget this team!

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Congratulations to the b-ball team Thanks so much to the West Virginia University basketball

players, coaches and staff for such an exciting season. You brought us out of the doldrums of winter to a level of excitement appreciated by so many.

The University, community and state are very proud of your efforts. The dignity and sportsmanship of the team are exemplary. Congratulations on a thrilling season and thank you again for hard work and diligence.

You make us proud.

Ruth Kershner School of Medicine

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Technically is the best kind of correct: the difference between rights and liberties JEREMY KINS

COLUMNIST

If you can tell me the difference between civil liberties and civil rights, you win 100 points.

If you can’t, that’s OK. You may have lost 100 points, but what was it going to get you anyway?

It seems to be a concept not only lost to a lot of the student population, but to a good number of state and city legislators as well.

Civil liberties are quite simply an individual’s rights against the government.

Th ese liberties mostly concern the basic rights and freedoms that are guaranteed to us

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either through the Bill of Rights or the Constitution.

Some of these liberties include things like freedom of speech, the right to privacy, right to a fair court trial, the right to marry and the right to vote.

Ironically, while our civil liberties are meant to be our protection against the government, only the government can violate them. Now, you may be saying, “Yes, I understand all of this, thanks for the lesson in politics.

What is your point?”

It’s important because most do not understand the difference between these, which are civil liberties, and those that are defined as civil rights.

In modern politics the terms are used interchangeably, which is probably due to a misunderstanding by the politicians

themselves.

Civil rights are most commonly defined as the legal area which grants the right to be free from discrimination and unequal treatment based on what are considered “protected” characteristics (race, gender, etc).

This protection from discrimination usually applies to areas such as employment or housing.

According to FindLaw.com, one way to consider the difference between “civil rights” and “civil liberties” is to look at what right is affected and whose right is affected.

The site uses an example that I think provides an easily understandable distinction.

As an employee, you do not have the right to a promotion, because a promotion is not a

guaranteed “civil liberty.” But, as a female, you do have the legal right to be free from the discrimination that would prevent you from being considered for that promotion.

If gender would be used against you on those grounds, it would be a civil rights violation.

One area where these ideas are often confused is on the subject of same-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage is usually decried as a violation of civil rights.

As Americans, it’s true that heterosexuals and homosexuals have the same rights when it comes to education, buying a home, or pursuing a career, among other things.

Gay activists, however, feel their civil rights are violated be-

cause they can’t marry whoever they want.

That argument is flawed, because a straight man cannot marry whoever he wants, either – someone like his sister or cousin.

This delves into the realm of moral laws.

Same-sex marriage, then, isn’t a violation of civil rights. It ultimately boils down to the approval of the state.

But, does it violate civil liberties of gays? I think so.

If we look at the Fourteenth Amendment and remember rights granted by the Constitution are “liberties” and not “rights,” it states that the government may not “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

It would seem then that laws

against same-sex marriage, such as the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, violate the grounds of this amendment.

Laws such as that are said to be written to “protect the sanctity of marriage.”

The problem is that the federal government has no place defining sanctity, which is prohibited under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

This widespread confusion between civil liberties and civil rights has allowed this debate to continue on.

Our civil liberties, or “inalienable rights,” and our civil rights are threatened by our own negligence to know the difference.

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TONY DOBIES

MANAGING EDITOR

Duke ends national title hopes

Huggins deserves better national perception I like Bob Huggins. I like his “don’t give a crap what you think” attitude. I like his tough-nosed style of coaching. I like that he gets the most out of his players.

On March 30, ESPN columnist Rick Reilly wrote the words “I don’t like Bob Huggins.” He gave 913 words as to why he has such disdain for West Virginia’s head coach.

If Reilly spent just five minutes around the Mountaineer program since Huggins walked into the WVU Coliseum to take over the program from John Beilein, he would’ve eaten those words he so eloquently dished to America prior to the Final Four.

Those like Reilly know Huggins for his past – the DUI, the fiery nature he had earlier in his coaching career, the nasty departure from Cincinnati, the heart attack. Sadly, that is what much of the common fan sees as well.

But there’s a reason he’s affectionately called Huggy Bear. He’s not a coaching villain. He doesn’t stand there in a suit with his tie tied tight like a phony. He wears his black windbreaker because that’s just who he is.

A lot of national media types tried to get a sneak peek into Huggins’ coaching style while the Mountaineers made their NCAA Tournament run, which ended Saturday in the loss to Duke. Players and Huggins himself were asked time and time again what Huggins is like outside of the limelight.

“The people who know me know what I’m about. My kids know what I’m about. That’s what’s important to me,” Huggins said.

In true Huggins style, though, he could care less what people think.

But his team doesn’t.

His team – which lovingly calls itself a family – doesn’t like when something negative is said toward one of its members.

“For people to expose him when they don’t know him, it hurts a family ... It hurts us as much as it does him,” said WVU point guard Joe Mazzulla.

Anyone with a decent pair of eyes, a television set and CBS should know what type of guy Huggins is now.

With 8:59 to go in the Mountaineers’ loss to Duke, Huggins’ senior leader Da’Sean Butler fell to the ground after charging into Duke’s 7-foot-1 center Brian Zoubek. He hit the ground, but before that he started crying out in pain. When he landed, he started rolling on his back for nearly two minutes.

Trainers and players rushed to his side. After nearly 30 seconds with the trainers, Huggins strolled over to his player’s side.

He knelt down beside Butler and started to talk to him. He wrapped his arms around Butler’s head to console him and locked his eyes with Butler’s.

Huggins told Butler he loved him. “I told coach if I could get

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Butler tears ACL, sprains MCL and suffers bone bruises in final game

BY BRIAN GAWTHROP

out there,” Butler said. “Honestly, I believed in my heart that if I was out there too, we would’ve INDIANAPOLIS — With 8:59 had the opportunity to win the remaining in the second half of game.”

Butler finished with 10 points, Saturday’s NCAA Semifinal contest against Duke, Da’Sean But- although six of those scores came ler’s left knee buckled, sending on free throws. While WVU’s leadthe senior to the floor screaming ing scorer was limited throughand grabbing his left knee. out the game, three Duke players The Mounfinished with at taineers’ sealeast 19 points. son, and the Kyle Singler, college basNolan Smith “ That’s when it was over. ketball career and Jon Scheyer To see our leader and a of their third combined for 63 guy who works so hard all-time leadof the team’s 78 ing scorer, points includas he has, to lose it all in ing 33 of the was over. that second, it was just team’s 39 firstThe Blue painful to watch.”

Devils conhalf points. The tinued with team shot 52.7 Joe Mazzulla their hot hand percent from the On Butler’s injury from the field field in the game to cruise a along with end78-57 win, ing 13-for-25 earning them from beyond the a spot in the championship con- 3-point line. test with Butler.

“They came out and made ev“That’s when it was over,” said ery shot,” Butler said. “We had opWest Virginia’s Joe Mazzulla of portunities when we got a couple Butler’s injury. “To see our leader stops. We had opportunities to and a guy who works as hard as make shots, but we didn’t make he has, to lose it all in that second, any.” it was just painful to watch.”

The Mountaineers’ only lead of A crying Butler was calmed by the game came 2:11 into the game Mountaineer head coach Bob after a Devin Ebanks shot. After Huggins. The senior was later one of two John Flowers’ 3-pointhelped off the court to the chants ers tied the game shortly thereafof “Da’Sean Butler” by both the ter, the hot shooting of the Blue West Virginia and Duke crowd, Devils took over. a chant that returned after the Singler led the attack, scoring game’s completion. seven of his 14 first-half points The injury was first believed within a span of 1:25 to extend to be a sprain in Butler’s knee al- Duke’s lead to 18-11. After the though further tests revealed an Mountaineers began to limit SinACL tear, an MCL sprain and two gler, Smith took over. bone bruises. see DUKE on PAGE 7 “It sucked to leave my team SPORTS EDITOR

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Duke’s Brian Zoubek reacts to a made basket in the second half of Saturday’s game against the Mountaineers.

Duke trio punish West Virginia

BY GREG CAREY SPORTS WRITER

WVU Student Summer Special:

INDIANAPOLIS — On the biggest stage in college basketball, Duke’s Nolan Smith, Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler proved why they are referred to as the “Big Three.”

The trio consistently got clean looks and cashed in with a combined 63 points to lead the Blue Devils to a 78-57 win over West Virginia and a national championship berth.

“We wanted to play with confidence,” Singler said. “This is the type of game where you can’t hold anything back. We did a great job of playing (confident) and freely.”

Thirty-six of Smith, Scheyer and Singler’s points came from 3-pointers, as the Blue Devils often penetrated into the lane and dished the ball out for clean looks.

“Coach wanted us to keep them out of the middle of the floor and we didn’t do a good job of doing that,” said West Virginia forward Kevin Jones. “As soon as they got to the middle, they found open shooters.”

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FEATURE OF THE DAY THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVER SITY BASEBALL TEAM will play

Towson at 4 p.m. at Hawley Field.

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Because of space limitations, announcements will only run one day unless otherwise requested. All nonUniversity related events must have free admission to be included in the calendar.

If a group has regularly scheduled meetings, it should submit all

THE CONDOM CARAVAN, a project of WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion, will be in the Mountainlair from noon to 2 p.m. The Caravan sells condoms for 25 cents or five for $1.

PI SIGMA SIMGA PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES HONORARY will meet at 5:15 p.m. at Woodburn Hall.

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THE CONDOM CARAVAN will be GOLF CLUB meets regularly. Golfoutside of Honors Hall from 4 p.m. ers of any skill level are invited to join. to 6 p.m. Condoms cost 25 cents each Club activities include competitions or 5 for a $1. with other schools and intraclub golf outings. For more information, e-mail April 8 wvugolfclub@gmail.com.

THE MOUNTAINEER HOT WHEELS MOTOWNPOETS is looking for poCOLLECTORS CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. ets who are interested in practicing in the Moose Lodge in Fairmont. All and sharing poetry with others on an are invited to attend. For more infor- online forum. For more information, mation, call 304-363-3777 or e-mail visit www.groups.yahoo.com/group/ mountaineerhwc@hotmail.com. motownpoetry.

MON GENERAL HOSPITAL needs April 9 volunteers for the information desk, TOMCHIN PLANETARIUM will show pre-admission testing, hospitalImpact Earth at 8 p.m. and IBEX at 9 ity cart, mail delivery and gift shop. p.m. in Room 425 of Hodges Hall. For more information, call Christina Admission is free but reservations are Brown at 304-598-1324. required and can be made by calling WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics 304-293-3422, ext. 1443. Tomchin such as nutrition, sexual health and Observatory will be open at 8:30 p.m. healthy living are provided for interfor public viewing on the same night ested student groups, organizations but requires no reservations. or classes by WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion. For Every Tuesday more information, visit www.well.

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, wvu.edu/wellness. a student Christian organization, WELL WVU STUDENT HEALTH is hosts free supper and Bible study at paid for by tuition and fees and is its Christian Student Center. Supper confidential. For appointments or is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins more information, call 304-293-2311 at 9 p.m. All students are welcome. or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical.

For more information, call 304-599CHRISTIAN HELP needs volunteers 6151 or visit www.mountaineers- to help with the daily operations of forchrist.org. six programs: a free clothing store, WVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets food pantry, emergency financial asat 8:45 p.m. in Multipurpose Room sistance, Women’s Career Clothing A of the Student Recreation Center. Closet, Working Man’s Closet and the No partner needed. Advanced and Furniture Exchange. For more inforbeginners are welcome. For more in- mation or to volunteer, contact Jesformation, e-mail wvuswingdance@ sica at 304-296-0221 or chi_vc@adelgmail.com. phia.net.

SIERRA STUDENT COALITION NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets meets at 7 p.m. in the Mountain nightly in the Morgantown and FairRoom of the Mountainlair. The group mont areas. For more information, is a grassroots environmental orga- call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or nization striving for tangible change visit www.mrscna.org. in our campus and community. For ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets more information, contact Kayla at daily. For help or a schedule, call 304kmedina2@mix.wvu.edu.

291-7918. For more information, visit THE CHEMISTRY LEARNING CEN www.aawv.org.

TER is open from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit Room 408 of Clark Hall. The lab will organization serving West Virginians not be open on University holidays or with HIV/AIDS, needs donations of during the last week of classes. food and personal care items and volECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND unteers to support all aspects of the CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is organization’s activities. For more inheld at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar of formation, call John Sonnenday at Newman Hall. All are welcome. For 304-985-0021. more information, call 304-288-0817 CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SER or 304-879-5752.

VICES are provided for free by the MCM is hosted at 7:37 p.m. in the Carruth Center for Psychological Campus Ministry Center at 293 Willey and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 St. All are welcome.

BCM meets at 8:30 p.m. at the First a.m. to 4 p.m. Services include eduBaptist Church on High Street. cational, career, individual, couples THE CARRUTH CENTER offers a and group counseling. Please visit grief support group for students www.well.wvu.edu to find out more struggling from a significant per- information. sonal loss from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.

SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, on the third floor of the Student Ser- a local outreach organization, needs vices Building. volunteers for daily programs and AMIZADE has representatives in special events. For more informathe common area of the Mountainlair tion or to volunteer, contact Adrifrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer ques- enne Hines at vc_srsh@hotmail.com tions for those interested in study- or 304-599-5020. ing abroad.

ANIMAL FRIENDS needs foster WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE families for abandoned animals bemeets from 10 p.m. to midnight at fore they find their permanent famthe Shell Building. No experience is ilies. If you or anyone you know can necessary. For more information, e- help, call 304-290-4PET. mail Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanLUTHERAN STUDENT MOVEMENT ski@yahoo.com. meets regularly at the Lutheran Cam-

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The editors reserve the right to edit or delete any submission. There is no charge for publication. Questions should be directed to Campus Calendar Editor James Carbone at 304293-5092.

pus Chapel directly across the street from the Downtown Library Complex. Anyone is welcome to attend the events. For more information, email Rebecca at lsm@lutheranmountaineer.org or visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org and follow the links to the LSM Web site.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under 5 years of age.

This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements.

For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is available on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential.

To make an appointment, call 304293-4117. For more information, visit www.caritashouse.net.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. Community-based mentors pick up a child at his or her home and do activities the two of them choose together on a weekly basis. School-based mentors meet with a child at an area elementary school during the after-school program for one hour, one day per week for homework help and hanging out.

To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304983-2383, ext. 104 or e-mail bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. Although the hospital cafeteria is only steps away, guests enjoy a home-cooked or restaurantdonated meal. People may, individually or as a group, provide the food, serve and clean up on a regular basis or as a one-time event. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year, and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or e-mail MCLV2@ comcast.net.

CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER AS SISTANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the number of unwanted cats and dogs by encouraging and supporting spay/neuter.

They are looking for new members and friends to help by donating their time, talents and fundraising skills.

For more information, contact MSNAP at 304-985-0123.

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FEL LOWSHIP is an interdenominational student-led organization that meets weekly on campus. Everyone is welcome to attend events. For more information, e-mail Daniel at ivcfwvu@ yahoo.com or visit the IVCF Web site at www.wvuiv.org.ed

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, assess what is happening in your professional environment and your feelings about these issues. In some manner, your community and work ties are changing. They may not work anymore. Be willing to support yourself in a needed change. No matter what happens in your life this year, you’ll land on your feet like a cat. If you are single, you could meet someone extremely caring, though you might not really know this person for a long time. Give yourself a year before you make any commitments. If you are attached, the two of you benefit from some romantic getaways ... why not? CAPRICORN can be pushy.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) ★★★★ You might see another side of a key person or situation that sets you back.

Do think about what you are observing. Communication could be intense and incisive.

Use your instincts. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) ★★★★★ Your perception could change radically.

Necessary adjustments need to be made, and you have insight into which direction

to head. An opportunity to travel or learn more opens up. Tonight: Let your mind wander.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) ★★★★★ You innately choose the right words to approach a partner with. A talk needs to be private in order to help both parties open up. You see someone transforming in front of your very eyes. Tonight: Go along with a suggestion.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) ★★★★★ Investigate what is occurring at the moment, behind the scenes. If you listen to news that is forthcoming and understand what is happening, you might want to make an adjustment. A meeting provides even more insight as to direction. Tonight: Say “yes.”

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) ★★★★ Your impressions help. A boss also can add a lot of insight. A change in the lay of the land promises a lot of possibilities. Be willing to make a major adjustment to your work and/or daily life.

Tonight: Make it easy.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) ★★★★★ Your ability to intuit someone’s transforma-

tion or changing needs adds to the promise of continuity in the relationship. How you deal with someone and the choices you make also could change radically, as you are dealing with someone different. Tonight: Do only what you love.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) ★★★ You see inevitable changes on the home front.

You, too, might be transforming and not even realize it.

Adopting a stick-in-the-mud stance simply won’t work.

Let go and understand what is happening behind the scenes. Accept what you cannot change. Tonight: Order in.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) ★★★★ Choose your words with care. Someone easily could misread you. If you feel that you cannot get through to this person, try another approach. Use care with purchases involving communication in the next few months.

Tonight: Visit with a pal.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) ★★★ What might feel like a setback could toss you into limbo at first. Settle and center. You’ll find answers before you know it. Feedback from someone you ad-

mire reinforces your spirit, if not your self-image. Tonight: Stop and get out of the rat race.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) ★★★★★ How others see you and the way you present yourself could be very different from in the past. Also, if you stop and notice, you will see that others’ responses are far more positive. Tonight: Choose something new.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) ★★★ Much might be going on in your mind or behind closed doors. Maintain a low profile, and you will see the end results. Communication could be stilted, as someone could be pushing very hard.

Tonight: Take some muchneeded personal time.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) ★★★★★ Others relax and think when they notice how optimistic and positive you are. As you melt down barriers, note how someone is under extreme tension.

Go forward. Tonight: On the phone with a friend.

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The West Virginia baseball team struggled to find ways to score runs as Connecticut completed a three-game sweep of the Mountaineers Saturday afternoon at Hawley Field.

West Virginia (13-14) entered the series against the Huskies as winner of four of its last five games.

West Virginia fell to the Huskies 9-5 in game one and then were defeated 9-2 in game two of the series.

In its first game, West Virginia had a 2-1 lead after the fourth inning, but Connecticut went off for a five-run fifth inning to put the game out of reach.

An early deficit doomed the Mountaineers in the second game as Connecticut scored seven of the game’s first eight runs.

An early deficit also hurt West Virginia in the final game of the series.

The Mountaineers held Connecticut scoreless in six of the nine innings, but they could not avoid a big third inning by the Huskies in which the Huskies scored six runs that propelled them to a 14-3 win.

Connecticut designated hitter Kevin Vance led the Huskies with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate.

He tallied four RBI and two runs, including his second home run of the season.

Starter Eric Hinkle pitched 5.2 innings and surrendered 11 runs

DUKE Continued from PAGE 5 The guard needed just 2:34 late in the first half for all of his 11 points in the opening half. Smith finished with 19 points while Singler ended with 19.

Jon Scheyer hit 5-of-9 shots from beyond the arc to finish with a game-high 23 points.

The Blue Devils outrebounded WVU 17-10 in the first half and outscored West Virginia 12-0 in second-chance opportunities.

“That’s not us,” said WVU forward Devin Ebanks. “We didn’t play our game today.

“We knew what they were going to do – we’ve been scouting them for a week and a half – but they just perfected it.”

Ebanks and Wellington Smith led the team with 11 and 12 points, respectively.

West Virginia cut the lead to five points, 43-38, with 16:35 remaining in the game following two Butler free throws. But the Blue Devils answered with 3-pointers on their next two possessions to end the threat.

The loss, which ends the Mountaineers’ season at 31-7, was the worst of the year for West Virginia. brian.gawthrop@mail.wvu.edu

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on nine hits. He only struck out two Connecticut batters.

Connecticut starter Matt Barnes held the West Virginia offense in check pitching seven innings, giving up just one run on four hits.

He had five strikeouts.

In the fourth inning, WVU managed to put together a string of hits but only got one run out of it.

Junior shortstop Jedd Gyorko led off the inning with a line drive double to right center, placing him in a tie for fifth place on the school’s extra base hits list with 82.

Junior Dom Hayes then hit an opposite field single to left and freshman catcher Matt Malloy followed up with a hit on a fullcount pitch right up the middle for an RBI single to score the team’s first run of the game.

WVU’s two other runs came in the eighth inning when Gyorko singled to bring in center fielder Mark Dvoroznak.

With the bases loaded, freshman Chris Rasky drew a walk to bring in the team’s final run of the game.

West Virginia was just ninefor-37 in the game, compared to Connecticut’s 13-for-41 performance.

The Mountaineers were outscored by a total of 32-10 in the series.

West Virginia will try to reverse its fortunes as it hosts Towson at Hawley Field today. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

The West Virginia baseball team will try to end its threegame losing streak against Towson today at Hawley Field.

First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Towson (8-20) is coming off a streak of its own, sweeping a three-game series against Georgia State this past weekend and scoring no less than 14 runs in each game.

“I think Towson is a pretty good ball club,” said West Virginia head coach Greg Van Zant.

“They lost some games to some really top teams, where if they would have scheduled easier, they would probably be above .500 right now.

“They are going to be a good ball club.”

The Tigers had a rough start to the season, playing two fourgame series against some of the top teams in college baseball in Tulane and Arizona State.

“They’ve been putting a lot of runs up and swept Georgia State,” Van Zant said. “They’ve played some really difficult people on the road. I think Towson is a real good team. They are very well coached.”

The Mountaineers and Tigers do not compete against each other often, but when they do, the games are always tight. The all-time series is currently even at 2-2-1.

“Their record is deceiving. They are going to be a way better team than 8-20,” Van Zant said.

Scoring runs has been a problem for the Mountaineers this season. Connecticut outscored the Mountaineers 32-10 in a threegame series last weekend.

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West Virginia pitcher Eric Hinkle pitches in Saturday’s 14-3 loss to Connecicut. WVU lost three games to the Huskies over the weekend.

“Our message to players on a daily basis is keep working hard and keep trying to get better,” Van Zant said.

“You have to constantly try to improve your game in every aspect. We talk about hard work and perseverance, and usually the hard work will pay off.”

The Mountaineers have another struggle to get through, as junior outfielder Grant Buckner injured his right ankle on a base hit to right center field on Friday against Connecticut.

Buckner rolled his ankle and is going to be out for three weeks,

according to Van Zant.

Dan DiBartolomeo and freshman T.J. Kuban are also out with injuries.

“We just have to keep working and do what we do.

“Right now, we’ve got three of our nine starters out. So, hopefully we can get Buckner and the other guys back in as soon as possible,” Van Zant said.

The Mountaineers only had one starter from last year’s team (Jedd Gyorko) playing in the game against Connecticut Saturday.

As the season progresses, Van

Zant said he is hoping his younger players will continue to improve in this rebuilding year and work to achieve more goals for next season.

“Hopefully, as the season progresses, our young guys will continue to improve, and next year you’ll see all the guys coming back,” Van Zant said.

“We’re just having trouble scoring runs. Our pitchers are doing well. We have five or six pitchers who aren’t doing bad. It’s just hard to score runs right now.” ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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TUESDAY APRIL 6, 2010

Tennis falls in two matches over weekend in Chicago

BY MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS WRITER

The West Virginia women’s tennis team has fallen into some rough times after a nine-match win streak earlier this season.

The Mountaineers have lost three of their last four, including two matches over the weekend.

On Friday, Chicago State beat the Mountaineers 5-2. The team stayed in Chicago where it suffered its first Big East loss of the season to No. 21 DePaul, 6-1,

Saturday.

“We played much differently at key points of those matches than we have up to this point in the season,” said West Virginia head coach Marc Walters.

“We were competitive, but they both played a little steadier than we did.”

The loss to the Cougars Friday in the Windy City was played with a steady 25-mph wind throughout the entire match, an environment that Walters said nobody can be prepared for.

“It was really nothing like ten-

nis,” Walters said. “Nobody practices in those kind of conditions.

There’s no way to be ready for that.”

Chicago State grabbed the lead from the beginning, winning the doubles point, but WVU captured the first two points in singles competition to take a 2-1 lead.

Junior Ashley Pilsbury won by forfeit from the No. 6 spot, and sophomore Katie Haught dominated CSU’s Peggy Moore 6-1, 6-1.

“Katie’s been very comfortable playing in her spot this

More alcohol agents in Florida town where ND recruit died PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Even before a Notre Dame football recruit died in a drunken fall from a hotel balcony, extra alcohol enforcement agents were on duty in this Panhandle town, just as they are every year for spring break, officials said Monday.

Matt James, 17, of Cincinnati, was the second teenager in two weeks to die. Police say the 6-foot-6, 290-pound offensive lineman was drunk and acting belligerent when he fell Friday night as he leaned over a fifthfloor railing to shake his finger at people in an adjoining room.

Brandon Kohler, a 19-year-old from Winder, Ga., died March 24 when he also fell from a fifthfloor balcony at another Panama City hotel.

The Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco said it sends 18 agents - up from five the rest of the year - to Panama City during spring break because of the high school and college students who go there.

Between March 11 and March 28, agents arrested 985 people in Panama City for underage possession of an alcoholic beverage, spokeswoman Jennifer

Meale said.

An autopsy showed James died of brain injuries. Whit Majors, an examiner with the medical examiner’s office, said Monday it would take up to three months to get toxicology tests completed that would show James’ bloodalcohol content.

Police said James was in Panama City with six adults and 40 fellow students from St. Xavier High School.

Panama City police officials did not return calls to The Associated Press on Monday, but Maj. David Humphreys told ABC’s Good Morning America that witnesses said James had broken items in the hotel room before he fell.

He said investigators have not determined where James got the alcohol or if someone bought it for him. Humphreys had said previously that criminal charges are possible if police learn who bought the alcohol.

Steve Specht, St. Xavier’s head coach, said James and the others were not on a school-sponsored trip.

“It was completely individual decisions,” he said, adding that

there also was a “mix of kids,” not all football players.

Specht said there were no official chaperones, disputing the term that police used to describe the adults.

“I think 99 percent of the kids that go down there are completely alone, and I think there were some parents that were vacationing down there, but to say they were chaperones is just, is incredulous, and I’m sorry but that’s just ignorant,” Specht said. “A chaperone implies that kids are staying under the roof of someone who is constantly watching over them. I don’t understand that.”

Specht declined to discuss James’ alcohol use, saying “I think you trivialize the situation if you start focusing on that. A young man, a 17-year-old young man, lost his life.”

James originally planned to go to the University of Cincinnati, where Brian Kelly coached the last three years.

When Kelly left for Notre Dame after the season, James reconsidered and chose the Fighting Irish over Cincinnati and Ohio State.

year,” Walters said. “Nothing’s been able to get her off tilt, and it’s nice to have at least one player who won’t be coming off of a loss in the Duquesne match (on Thursday).”

The Cougars picked up the final four points of the match, three coming off third-set tiebreakers.

“If you told me that we were going to get into three three-set matches, and we weren’t going to win any of them at this point of the year, I’d be very surprised,” Walters said. “It was just a day

where we weren’t able to get up over the hump.”

The next day, the Mountaineers came across a top-25 ranked Blue Demons team, which has already defeated five nationally ranked opponents this year.

DePaul (13-3, 2-1 Big East) won all three doubles matches to pick up the doubles point before picking up all but one singles match to get its fourth-straight win.

Haught picked up her second win of the weekend in singles competition, defeating Kirsten Gambrell 7-6, 4-6 (8).

The Mountaineers will continue play at home Thursday when they take on Duquesne.

Walters said the team hopes to get back on the winning track.

“Our team needs to continue to be resilient like it has all season,” Walters said.

“It’d be nice to see us come away with a 4-3 win and head back into conference play with some confidence. We can’t let what happened this weekend affect us on Thursday.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

TRIO Continued from PAGE 5 with 20 assists and only six turnovers. Smith and Scheyer combined for 12 assists without a turnover.

While the Blue Devils protected the ball, West Virginia point guard Joe Mazzulla thought it was an all-around poor defensive showing from his team.

“We just didn’t execute defensively like we have recently,” he said. “They were hitting wide open shots. We didn’t get to contest too many.”

Singler set the tone early and showed he wouldn’t endure another poor night from the field after going 0-for-10 in the Blue Devils’ South Regional Championship victory over Baylor.

The junior scored on a layup 2:30 into the contest and hit five more first-half baskets to lead all scorers with 14 points at the break.

While the Medford, Ore., product did a bulk of the Blue Devils’ damage, he was not alone in leading Duke to a 39-31 halftime lead.

Smith battled through three first-half fouls to score 11 points while Scheyer contributed eight.

The second half was Scheyer’s turn to shine. He scored 15 points after intermission to lead all scorers with 23 while Singler and Smith finished with 21 and 19, respectively.

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Duke’s Nolan Smith shoots under pressure from Joe Mazzulla and Kevin Jones Saturday.

“They’re three really good players. Every time we tried to make a run they hit a shot that pushed us back,” Jones said. “We were just never able to fully recover from that.”

The big three combined to shoot 22-for-45 from the field, including a more proficient 12for-23 effort on 3-pointers.

The Mountaineers primarily played man-to-man defense but changed to a 1-3-1 for several

possessions throughout the contest. Neither was capable of slowing down a trio that entered the contest averaging over 53 points.

“We had a game plan if they did go to the zone, and the couple times they did, we attacked it pretty well,” Scheyer said. “We were really well prepared, and we felt comfortable no matter what they did.” gregory.carey@mail.wvu.edu

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Bob Huggins talks with junior Jonnie West in West Virginia’s practice session Friday at Lucas Oil Stadium.

DOBIES Continued from PAGE 5 back out there, I would,” Butler said. “But he told me not to worry about it and just to make sure I was fine.”

As the conversation went, Butler went from pounding his right fist into the floor to hugging his coach with the arm.

After the conversation, Huggins got back up and watched as Butler was carried off. Huggins, however, did his best to keep his emotions in check as the game

was still going on.

Later in the game, when senior Wellington Smith and sophomore Kevin Jones were subbed out of the game – Smith for the final time of his career – Huggins met the two as they walked to the bench and the three embraced.

Again, Huggins kept everything in check despite the emotion.

But when Huggins and his team met in the locker room after the game, the emotions overflowed for everyone.

“He cried with everyone else in the locker room,” Mazzulla said.

After the game, a reader of The

Seattle Times sent an e-mail that called the actions of Huggins to Butler “deeply inappropriate,” and “(Butler) deserved better than Huggins was capable of giving to him.” The last sentence said, “This spectacle Huggins couldn’t help himself from perpetrating was invasive and simply not called for.”

It’s people like this who need to get a clue.

In a moment like that, when nearly all 71,298 in attendance had lost their breath, what was a man in Huggins’ position supposed to do?

He was supposed to do exactly what he did. Huggins did what he said Butler did during his career: “He did everything right.”

There’s a reason why nearly all of Huggins’ players keep in contact with him after they leave the

program. There’s a reason he’s been so successful in his career.

There’s a reason why he does everything he does.

It’s because he’s a great coach – and an equally great human being.

If you don’t believe that, you’re about as bad as the negative perceptions of Huggins, himself.

The perceptions of Huggins as a bad guy couldn’t be more wrong. His zero-graduation rate gets knocked out of the water by the players who have graduated at WVU – like Mazzulla, who graduated in less than three years.

Huggins is perfect for West Virginia. He gets it – and so does the state.

I just wish the other 49 states would realize it, too. anthony.dobies@mail.wvu.edu

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Jones’ 2 home runs lead Pirates past Dodgers 11-5 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Garrett Jones endured 12 patience-trying seasons in organized baseball waiting to play on a major league opening day. The Dodgers only wish he had waited one more year.

Jones homered in his first two at-bats, pinch-hitter Ryan Church doubled home three runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates started the new season the way they wound down 2009 by roughing up Los Angeles 11-5 on Monday.

On a day when the weather was more like a typical Southern California day in early April than one in Pittsburgh - sunshine, temperatures in the mid 70s - the Pirates played more like the twotime defending NL West champion Dodgers and vice versa.

The Pirates, coming off a record-setting 17th consecutive losing season with the majors’ lowest payroll, won on opening day for the fourth season in a row as Ryan Doumit added a three-run homer in the eighth off George Sherrill. Doumit also doubled and scored twice.

Jones, the second major leaguer to hit 20-plus homers after not hitting one until at least July 1, is constantly asked if his 21 homers over half the 2009 season as a 28-year-old rookie were an anomaly.

His first two at-bats suggest

they weren’t.

“It was awesome,” said Jones, who couldn’t play his way onto the Twins’ or Braves’ roster before signing with Pittsburgh as a minor league free agent.

Jones’ two-run drive estimated at 456 feet bounced into the Allegheny River beyond the rightfield stands following Akinori Iwamura’s leadoff walk in the first.

Jones followed that with an opposite-field shot off Vicente Padilla that found the front row of left-field stands, putting Pittsburgh up 3-2.

“It’s only one game, but it feels good,” Jones said. “It’s a long season and there’s a lot of games left, but I’m going to try to keep the same approach.”

The Pirates were forced to yank starter Zach Duke in the fifth after only 79 pitches because they are batting the pitcher eighth, and Duke was due up with a run in and the bases loaded.

Duke (1-0) gave up two runs on seven hits.

Church, in his first at-bat with Pittsburgh, made the strategy pay off by hitting a bases-clearing double to right off reliever Ramon Ortiz.

Ronny Cedeno, batting ninth, finished off the five-run inning with an RBI single.

Church hinted that the Pi-

rates are motivated by talk that this could be one of their worst teams in years - their payroll is about $34 million, or nearly the same as their 1992 team.

“We had a team dinner and got a chance to air some things out, we’re focused and not paying too much attention to all that stuff that’s outside and we can’t control,” Church said. “I think a lot of guys on this team have heart and a lot of pride in what we’re doing, and you don’t want to embarrass yourself, so give it everything you got.”

The Dodgers are 24-11 in Pittsburgh since PNC Park opened in 2001, but have lost four of five there. They dropped three of four and failed on successive days to clinch the NL West there during the final 10 days of last season, when the Pirates had lost 23 of 26 and were en route to losing 99 games.

“It’s the first game,” Ortiz said.

“Everybody will be fine.”

They drew closer with a threerun seventh that included Manny Ramirez’s two-run single, but Brendan Donnelly struck out Russell Martin and Andre Ethier in his Pirates debut to end the eighth with runners on first and third and Los Angeles trailing 8-5.

“There’s not much positive to take out of this,” manager Joe

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Garrett Jones follows the flight path of his first home run in the first inning of Monday’s win over the Dodgers.

Torre said.

Padilla (0-1), who came to camp expecting to be the No. 4 starter and pitched like one, gave up seven runs and six hits in 4 1-3 innings for his first loss with

Los Angeles. He went 4-0 down the stretch last season after being picked up from Texas.

“We’re not going to have a losing season, we’re not going to lose this season because of this

one game,” Padilla said.

Padilla tried keeping his sense of humor, suggesting the fan in a small boat who grabbed Jones’ first homer “maybe got a fish with the ball.”

Tiger says he’s coming back to win Halladay starts strong for Phillies AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — While acknowledging he made some “incredibly poor decisions” in his personal life, Tiger Woods still thinks he can win the Masters - even coming back from a five-month layoff.

“Nothing’s changed,” Woods said Monday during an extraordinary 35-minute news conference at Augusta National. “I’m going to go out there and try to win this thing.”

In his first full-fledged session with the media since his life fell apart, Woods entered the interview room with a smile on his face and stopped to hug one of the green-jacketed club members, Ron Townsend.

Woods again took full blame for his personal failings, but stopped short of providing many new details.

He wouldn’t say why he entered rehab for 45 days nor would he go into specifics about his infamous Thanksgiving night car crash, other than to say it took five stitches to close a lip wound.

“All I know is I acted just terribly,” said Woods, sporting the makings of a goatee. “I just made some incredibly bad decisions, decisions that hurt so many people close to me.”

He said his wife, Elin, would not be at Augusta. The couple’s marriage has been in limbo since revelations that he had multiple extramarital affairs during their 5½-year marriage.

Woods thanked his fellow golfers for the support he’s received since announcing his return to the PGA Tour and said he was pleasantly surprised how well the fans treated him during a practice round Monday. The outing was his first before a gallery since the sex scandal made him a tawdry tabloid fixture.

He even flashed a bit of uncharacteristic charm, stopping to sign autographs - something he rarely does - while heading to the practice range to get in a few extra swings.

“The encouragement I got, it blew me away,” he said. “It really did. The people here over the years, I know they’ve been extremely respectful. But today is just something that touched my heart pretty good.”

During the news conference, Woods said: - He never used human growth hormone to recover from knee surgery, never took any illegal drug and hasn’t undergone treatment for addiction to prescription drugs.

- He plans to tone down his reactions - good and bad - on the course, and hopes to interact more with his fans during practice rounds.

- He “followed the letter of the law” after slamming his car into a fire hydrant and a tree outside his home, including not talking to police investigators.

In New York, adult film star Joslyn James, one of more than a dozen women who claims to have had an affair with Woods, watched the golfer’s news conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, and a room full of reporters and television cameras at the Friar’s Club.

James has asked for an apology from Woods, saying he had not been truthful to her during their three-year relationship.

“I think he’s still a big, fat liar,” she said.

As for Woods’ assertion that he gained perspective after the birth of his two children, James claimed the golfer was with her 10 days after his daughter was born.

To his insistence that the last few years of deception were no fun, she said, “He was having a good time from what he told me.”

Woods has won 82 times around the world, including 14 major titles, but he speculated that he might have been even more successful if he had shown more control in his personal life.

“I would like to say yes,” Woods said. “I would be more centered, more balanced, and that’s where I’m headed towards. That’s what I’m working towards each and every day.”

Woods acknowledged reports that he was prescribed two drugs: the sleep aid Ambien and the painkiller Vicodin, the latter to deal with four knee operations and an Achilles’ injury.

“Most of the time I was on the Ambien was when my dad was sick and when my dad died. That was a tough time in my life,” he said. “I was still taking some of those things to help me sleep.”

Woods said he’s never received treatment for either drug, but

wasn’t forthcoming when asked if Ambien played a role in his car crash.

“The police investigated the accident and they cited me 166 bucks and it’s a closed case,” he said.

Woods also addressed his dealings with Dr. Anthony Galea, a Canadian sports medicine physician who’s been linked to performance-enhancing drugs and a disputed recovery treatment known as “blood spinning.”

“He’s worked with so many athletes,” Woods said. “There’s a certain comfort level to that when a person has worked with athletes.”

During his practice round, Woods heard shouts such as “Welcome back, Tiger!” and “Go get ‘em, Tiger!” There were no boos, though the applause when he approached each green was a bit more tepid than he received in previous appearances at Augusta National.

Still, it was a solid start in the process of restoring his image with fans and sponsors. Woods clearly was intent on mingling more with the fans than he did before the scandal.

First, he putted a couple of balls to some kids watching alongside the 18th green.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s first pitch was way high and wide.

Pretty much all of Roy Halladay’s were spot-on as he struck out nine in his National League debut to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 11-1 Monday.

Placido Polanco hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, and Ryan Howard also homered for the Phillies, who got their push for a third straight World Series appearance off to a strong start.

“We definitely got started off on a good note today,” Jayson Werth said. “Roy was magnificent. He was exactly what we

expected.”

Halladay (1-0) allowed one run and six hits in seven innings and settled down to dominate after the Nationals scored in the first.

Ivan Rodriguez doubled to lead off the second, but Halladay then faced the minimum number of batters - with help from a pair of double plays - until the seventh, when he worked out of a two-on, one-out jam.

“It was a lot different,” said Halladay, whose seven previous opening day starts came with the Toronto Blue Jays before being traded to the Phillies. “It’s been fun for me. Nothing against Toronto, but it kind of gives you re-

newed energy coming over here.

It’s a team that wants to win and can win.”

Halladay even helped himself at the plate with his second career RBI, albeit on a dribbler that traveled all of about 30 feet in Philadelphia’s five-run fourth inning.

He had plenty of support from a sellout crowd whose support was about evenly split.

“That was impressive. It felt like all of right field was only Phillies fans,” Werth said. “This is starting to be our home away from home a little bit.”

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After 35 years of making music, Pat Metheny has decided to embark on an uncharted adventure in the world of jazz.

Metheny is bringing this project, “Orchestrion,” to the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre tonight.

Metheny is a 17-time Grammy winner, composer, performer and collaborator with the likes of Ornette Coleman, Jaco Pastorius and Steve Reich.

“Orchestrion” was inspired by Metheny’s grandfather’s player piano, which he was fascinated with as a child, in addition to the era in which instruments like the player piano flourished.

These instruments, which take cues to play from signals other than human touch, have been classified as “orchestrionics” by the composer.

“I don’t really compare this album to anything else. It isn’t better, or worse – it is different,” Metheny said. “And with everything, musical or otherwise, listening and being able to listen

well is key to success.”

Metheny has enjoyed a long career working under the baton of orchestral conductors, off-Broadway productions and as a leader of his own projects including the Pat Metheny Trio, the Pat Metheny Group and this solo project under which he has released five albums.

Upon high school graduation, Metheny enrolled in the University of Miami to study guitar with instructor Chuck Lorre, who, after hearing Metheny play, quit his teaching position.

Later, Metheny accepted a teaching assistantship at the Berklee College of Music and released his debut album, “Bright Size Life.”

Approximately 65 albums into his career and inspired by his grandfather’s player piano so many years later, Metheny gives us “Orchestrion.”

Even among the multitude of instruments Metheny uses on the project, he has not forgotten the power of the player piano.

“Yes, there are actually two (player pianos). Both are Yamaha

Disklaviers,” Metheny said.

These pianos play back what has been played on the instrument, stores it in a hard drive and then reproduces the music as it was played via LEDs and electromechanical devices.

Other instruments Metheny uses include a battery of percussion instruments custom built for this project and a collection of pre-programmed bass guitars and other harmonic instruments.

For Metheny, the future of this project seems bright.

“This project feels like version 1.0 of this for me,” Metheny said.

“And now I have heard from a lot of other instrument builders who are doing other interesting things, so I can imagine expanding the ensemble quite a bit.”

The concert begins at 7:30 tonight. Tickets can be purchased in the Mountainlair or CAC box offices, or by calling 304-2937469. Prices are between $38 and $48 for the general public and $25 for WVU students.

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Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny will perform pieces from his latest album, ‘Orchestrion’ tonight at the CAC.

Metheny’s latest a sophisticated and imaginative album AARON DAWSON

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Ornette Coleman, Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis.

Arguably, these are the names of jazz’s most significant pioneers, composers, performers, educators and innovators.

Considering Pat Metheny’s contribution to jazz and the unprecedented way in which he has composed and recorded his new album, “Orchestrion,” I elect to elevate Metheny’s already legendary status to dwell among the former triumvirate of jazz greats.

On “Orchestrion,” Metheny has abandoned playing with a combo, Pat Metheny Trio, and plays with an ensemble, the Pat Metheny Group, performing Metheny’s own work.

Metheny has instead turned to the mechanics of literally walls and walls of instruments waiting for his signal to perform their prescribed functions by way of solenoids and pneumatics.

The tracks featured on “Orchestrion” are recordings of Metheny’s playing on top of the body of mechanized instruments, which perform much like a player piano, the instrument that inspired the project.

Featured above the backdrop

of mallet instruments, glass bottles, synthesizers and instruments too numerous to list, is Metheny’s guitar work, simultaneously conducting and performing with the ensemble.

Often Metheny’s guitar, performing most of the composition’s melodies, holds sway over the composition’s direction.

“Orchestrion’s” self-titled track begins the album with light percussion and a stirring melody played on guitar harmonized by a xylophone and piano, building up and eventually developing into a section of the piece in which the whole ensemble plays.

This piece and the album’s last track, “Spirit of the Air,” are the

highlights of “Orchestrion.”

The other two tracks, particularly “Soul Search,” use a more traditional jazz instrumentation and lyrical melody, which are reminiscent of Metheny’s work on his 2003 album “One Quiet Night.”

The album’s five tracks provide a nice contrast of infectious melodies and clashing dissonances to sustain the listener’s interest.

If listeners had to find a handful of words to label this kind of endeavor, calling this project the work of a one-man band would be widely misguided.

It is so much more involved and complex than one performer nursing a main instrument and chaperoning other instruments to in-

adequately recreate the effect of a full band.

Calling this project a onemanned acousto-mechanized musical collective doesn’t work either, even if the jargony rhetoric makes it uncomfortably fun to say.

There aren’t a handful of words that can define this type of project – yet.

Given the innovation of this project, its significance as a harbinger of mechanized music and the sheer quality of its music, I feel comfortable giving it the best grade I can.

Grade: A+

Pat Metheny Metheny produces a sophisticated CD that draws influences from player pianos.

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Book sale at Morgantown library today Weekly Morgantown

BY ASHLIE WALTER A&E WRITER

The Morgantown Public Library is holding its weekly book sale today from noon to 3 p.m. The book sale is held in the library’s basement.

The book sale is run by the Friends of the Morgantown Public Library, which collects books that cannot be used in the collections at the library and sells them.

Money raised by the book sale goes back to the library.

“We are very grateful to the

friends of the library who volunteer their time,” said Sharon Turner, director of the Morgantown Public Library. “They collect, sort and organize all of the materials.”

There is a wide range of books being sold at the sale. There are also a variety of magazines, VHS tapes, audio books, children’s books and popular novels being sold.

“There is a little bit of everything for everybody,” said Bonnie Dwire, a member of the Friends of the Morgantown Public Library.

“We also have new material being sold that is quite current.”

Books are sold based on the cover; hardbacks are sold for 10 percent of the original price and paperbacks are 50 cents.

Book sales are regularly held Tuesdays from noon to 3 p.m. and on the first and third Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The first Saturday of the month sale is also a half-price sale.

The Friends of the Morgantown Public Library is an organization that does fundraisers, primarily book sales, to benefit the

Morgantown Public Library. It has currently raised almost $100,000 from several years of book sales that goes directly to the Morgantown Public Library.

In addition, the library is holding a larger book sale April 13, which will have more materials than usual.

For more information, contact the Morgantown Public Library at (304) 291-7425 or check out their Web site at www.morgantown.lib. wv.us. ashlie.walter@mail.wvu.edu

Usher returns to relevance with latest release JORDAN PACK

A&E WRITER

Usher is back to the music scene with new CD “Raymond v. Raymond.”

This new release contains numerous sexual references and is the musician’s most seductive release yet.

The first single, “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home),” is a typical R&B track that highlights Usher’s strong sexual appeal as well as his great vocals. It isn’t anything new for him and doesn’t necessarily stand out on the album as a whole. However, it does prepare for what is to be heard on the rest of the record.

“Lil Freak” is arguably one of Usher’s most controversial

songs to date and features female rapper Nicki Minaj. While the song is derogative and could be considered crude, it has its own original swagger and beat that though raunchy, comes across as enjoyable.

“OMG” is the album’s most radio-friendly track that could see a lot of mainstream success.

It features rapper will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas, who has helped Usher create an incredibly catchy song with a great hook yet simple beat.

It isn’t the best thing Usher has done artistically, but in today’s music world, songs like these see lots of success and radio play. He probably has another hit on his hands with “OMG.” Don’t forget about his amazing R&B vocal chops that he has in songs like “Mars vs. Venus”

and “Pro Lover.”

“Pro Lover” in particular has a pretty cool beat that goes hand in hand with his smooth and effortless voice.

“Papers” is yet another classic R&B Usher tune that should be well-received, especially considering that the song is roughly about the divorce papers that he had to deal with when leaving ex-wife Tameka Foster.

“Foolin’ Around” and “Raymond v. Raymond” “Guilty” featuring rapper T.I. Usher are two mid-tempo R&B tracks that don’t show any originality While Usher doesn’t give fans anyas far as Usher the artist goes. thing too different from previous However, many of his fans will releases, this is still a good CD. be very pleased with these records regardless.

“Raymond v. Raymond” is a pleasing record that is sure to solid return to the music scene make Usher relevant again. for Usher. It doesn’t top his best Grade: Bwork on the hugely successful “Confessions,” but it’s a fanjordan.pack@mail.wvu.edu

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Director Tom DiCillo compiles old footage of The Doors in his new documentary, ‘When You’re Strange.’

Doors documentary won’t light your fire AP — Tom DiCillo’s “When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors” means to answer the more loony flights of fancy taken

by Oliver Stone in his 1991 Doors biopic, but, in the process, creates a formal exercise in redundancy, offering no new insights into the much mythologized rock band.

The documentary does boast unseen archival footage of Doors band members Jim Morrison, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore rehearsing, performing, hanging out backstage and, in the case of singer Morrison, defining, for better and worse, the rock-star template that some musicians still follow to this day.

Die-hard fans will also revel in seeing several scenes from “HWY,” an experimental film Morrison made with friends in 1969 out in the Southern California desert. We watch The Lizard King driving and crashing a ‘66 Mustang fastback, covering a dying coyote with a blanket and lending his camera-ready charisma to the role of aimless drifter.

That home movie footage is more revelatory than anything else in DiCillo’s film, which rehashes the band’s well-chronicled, boom-to-bust history in rote fashion.

DiCillo (“Living in Oblivion”) inserts the same ‘60s news clips that we’ve seen a million times – JFK, MLK and RFK shot, Vietnam, civil-rights marches – to let us know that, yes, the decade was tumultuous. DiCillo constantly fudges with the timeline, though, in a pointless effort to have The Doors’ music directly comment on the major news events.

Instead of “The Wonder Years” montages, the movie would have benefited enormously from new interviews with the surviving band members. Perhaps legal entanglements prevented that from happening. Densmore has successfully sued Krieger and Manzarek over the years for using the band’s name and logo in new incarnations.

Undoubtedly, the trio would have had some interesting (and conflicting) things to say about The Doors’ legacy, but their thoughts might not have jibed

with the kind of reductive mythmaking that DiCillo seeks with his movie.

Johnny Depp provides the narration, dutifully reading the bland script and trying to lend a measure of soulfulness to the textbook-quality words.

But, with all due respect to Depp’s trademark cool, the movie’s mojo rises only when the music takes over. In this regard, DiCillo does succeed in explaining why The Doors’ timeless blend of classical, blues, Eastern music and pop continues to resonate with new generations of listeners.

The personality cult that has grown around Morrison’s selfstyled Dionysus image has played a part in maintaining interest. As

the movie notes, toward the end, fans came to the band’s infrequent concerts not for the music, but for the “spectacle.”

“It didn’t seem like actual entertainment,” complains one paying customer, following The Doors’ infamous 1969 Miami concert, after which Morrison was charged with a felony count of lewd and lascivious behavior.

As bogus as the charge might have been, there’s little disputing the concertgoer’s point.

“When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors,” a Wolf Films/ Strange Pictures release, is rated R for some sexual content including references, nudity, drug material and language. Running time: 85 minutes. Two stars out of four.

concert lineup

123 Pleasant Street SOJA performs tonight, and tickets are $20. Pittsburgh-based band The Clarks perform Wednesday, tickets are $20.

Librarians, Lohio and The Overcoats take the stage Thursday, and there is a $5 cover charge.

Vern’s Pot O’ Chili is scheduled to play Friday, and there is a $7 cover charge.

The Hackensaw Boys will perform Saturday, and tickets are $15.

The Six Gallery and Pat Pat take the stage Sunday. Shows at 123 Pleasant Street start at 10 p.m.

Vince Farsetta and Soup Camel will play Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Music at Black Bear starts at 6:30 p.m. and is free.

The Blue Moose Folk-inspired group The Weathered Road comes to town Friday and will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Boston Beanery The Whiskey Bent River Boys will perform at the Boston Beanery on the Evansdale Campus Thursday, and Locust Grove will play the downtown Beanery Thursday.

The bands play from 9 p.m. to Black Bear Burritos Holly Spears performs tonight, midnight, and there is no cover. and Eric Levy is scheduled for — mwa Thursday.

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County music legend Willie Nelson will perform at WVU April 30.

Willie Nelson to come to WVU Willie Nelson, an icon of Americana music, will perform at West Virginia University’s Creative Arts Center at 8:30 p.m. April 30.

Since getting his start in the music industry with the album “And Then I Wrote” in 1962, Nelson has released more than 40 studio albums and numerous live, compilation and collaborative albums.

Nelson achieved his greatest fame as a member of the outlaw country movement in the ’70s.

Throughout his career Nelson has recorded music in sev-

eral different genres, including country, folk, blues, reggae and jazz.

Tickets go on sale today and can be purchased at the Mountainlair Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling either 304-293-7469 or 800-7453000.

Ticket prices are between $42 and $82, and WVU students receive a $10 discount on all tickets.

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304-296-4998 CLEAN, SECURE APTS. 1/BR $675 util. incl. 2/BR 2/BA $450/person. Walk to town/campus. A/C W/D No pets.

May-May. 304-685-4826.

: Brand New 3 Bedroom 2 1/2 Bath Townhomes : Granite Countertops : Stainless Steel Appliances : Central Air Conditioning : Garage : Club House, Exercise Room, Pool www.grayclifftownhomes.com www.rystanplacetownhomes.com www.lewislandingtownhomes.com

3/BR. 779 SNIDER. REFURBISHED. Extra bedroom. 2/full baths. Free WD facilities. DW. Parking. $450/mo. All utilities included. 304-288-3308.

3/BR CONVENIENTLY LOCATED NEAR stadium & hospitals at 251 McCullough, 24 hr maintenance, central air, hardwood floors, washer/dryer, off-street parking.

No pets! $475/person, includes utilities, cable and internet.

For appt. call: 304-599-0200.

4/BR. REDUCED LEASE- SOUTH PARK. Rent includes utilities. Free W/D, Nice courtyard, Off-street parking. Much more. 304-292-5714.

ACROSS RUBY/STADIUM, University Park Apartment on Inglewood Blvd. 1-2/BR Available May & August 2010. Parking.

W/D in building. Call 304-276-5233.

ALONG HIGH STREET AND END SOUTH Park.1,2,3,4BR Apartments.

304-296-5931.

APARTMENTS & HOUSES FOR RENT 1-2-3 Bedrooms W/D, Parking, Porches.

Locations: Grant Ave. Spruce St. Price St. College Ave. Willey St. Please call 304-365-2787. M-F 9-5. www.geellc.com AVAILABLE AUGUST 1, 929 UNION AVE. Duplex, 2/BR, large rec room, living room and full-kitchen.

Off-street-parking. $900+utils. 304-319-1673 or 304-594-1673 AVAILABLE MAY 15. 925 UNION AVE. 2/BR duplex, garage, off-street-parking, spacious living room & kitchen. $850+utils.

304-319-1673 or 304-594-1673 BEVERLY AVE. APARTMENT. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. 2-3-4/BR. Well-maintained. Off-street parking. W/D. DW. A/C. NO PETS. Available 5/16/10. 304-241-4607. If no answer:282-0136.

JONES AVE. 1/BR, W/D, PARKING. $375/mo + electric. 304-319-1498.

304-225-7777 Office Open Monday-Saturday 2 miles to Hospital and Schools

JUST RELISTED- 4/BR, 2/BA WILLEY STREET, W/D, large rooms. Utilities included in lease. 3 minutes to campus.

304-292-5714.

LARGE, UNFURNISHED 3/BR DUPLEX apartment. Available Now. Close to campus/hospitals. Deck, appliances, WD hook-up, off-street parking. No pets. $750/mo+utilities. 304-594-2225 MON. RIVER CONDOS. NEW 4/BR, 4/BA. WD. Pool. University Commons. $300/mo+ utilities per-bedroom. One condo available May/2010. One available Aug/2010.

814-404-2333.

MULTIPLE 1&2 BEDROOM APTS. PETS considered. $375-$575. Lease deposit.

Leave message if no answer. Walk to campus.

NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

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TERRACE HEIGHTS APARTMENTS 1&2BR Apartments available May 16, June 1 & July 1. Please call 304-292-8888. No Pets permitted.

TWO 2/BRs. AVAILABLE 5/15/10. WD. DW. Big porch. NO PETS. $350/mo each plus water/electric. Westover. Lease/dep.

304-290-9321.

3/BR. GARAGE, OFF-STREET PARKING. Really nice. 740 Union Ave. $500/mo each plus utilities. Lease/dep. Walking distance campus. Some furniture. 304-282-7871

EXCITING SUMMER JOBS— Outgoing men and women wanted to train for whitewater raft guides. No experience necessary. Retail positions available.

1-800-472-3846 or apply at www.laurelhighlands.com

3/BR. OFF OF SPRUCE ST. PARKING,utilities, internet/cable included. $525/mo. per person. 304-543-4106 & 724-263-5766 3BR/1 1/2 BATH. ONLY 2 YEARS OLD! WD. DW. Central air. Two car garage plus parking. Deck. bckrentals.com. Call 304-594-1200.

AVAILABLE MAY, 3 AND 4 BR HOUSES, downtown on Stewart Street. WD, DW, off-street parking. Pets considered.

304-296-8943. www.rentalswv.com EDGE OF SOUTH PARK, 3/BR, All Appliances, with W/D, Parking, Fenced yard. $900/mo + utilities. Charming. Can Furnish.

304-216-8676 NEW TOWNHOMES- LEASE STARTING May or August. Garage/Laundry/All Appliances included. $400/person/month, including utilities. 304-639-6193 or 3 0 4 - 4 9 4 - 2 4 0 0 www.chesstownhomes.net NEW TOWNHOUSE 3/BR, 2½-BA Den. Hot tub. $1200/mo. Available May. Utilities included except electric. Deposit.

Near Ruby Hospital. 304-216-2632 786-412-5952

EVANSDALE * A MUST SEE 4 BEDROOM HOUSE, 2 full baths, new furnishings, Built-in kitchen, New W/W carpet, Washer/Dryer, Porch, 8 min walk to main campus. Off-street Parking. NO PETS. 304-296-7476 1 ROOMMATE NEEDED FOR 4BR, 2Bath brick house. Free WD, DW, deck, hardwood floors, parking. M/F. Beverly Ave. $475/month includes utilities. 304-673-6506 or bwilli40@mix.wvu.edu.

3- Bedroom Appliances, D/W, W/D, New Carpet, Off Street Parking, Large Yard, Quiet Location Call Matt for Appointment 692-0 0990 304-6

AVAILABLE 3/BR UTILITIES INCLUDED. Walking Distance to downtown campus.

304-291-2548.

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AVAILABLE 6/1/10. 4/BR, 2/BA. 1/MILE from hospital. $350/mo per bedroom plus utilities. Lease and deposit. NO PETS. 304-594-1501

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AVAILABLE 6/1/10. 4/BR, 2/BA. 1/MILE from hospital. $350/mo per bedroom plus utilities. Lease and deposit. NO PETS. 304-594-1501

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!!BARTENDERS WANTED. $300 A DAY potential. No experience necessary. Training provided. Age: 18 plus. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285

AVAILABLE MAY, 3 AND 4 BR HOUSES, downtown on Stewart Street. WD, DW, off-street parking. 304-296-8943.

Great Downtown Location

UNFURNISHED HOUSES 2 PERSON HOUSE. WHARF AREA. Very large. W/D, carpeted, extra room, big porch. 5 minute walk. $350/person incl. gas. 304-923-2941.

3 or 4/BR HOUSE. 2/FULL BATHS. WD. Parking. Large yard, deck, porch.

Minutes from ‘Lair. $425/mo. All utilities included. 304-288-3308.

3- Bedroom Appliances, D/W, W/D, New Carpet, Off Street Parking, Large Yard, Quiet Location Call Matt for Appointment 692-0 0990 304-6 www.richwoodproperties.net WHARF AREA. 5 MINUTES TO CLASS. 3 person, extra large 4/BR homes. Carpeted, excellent condition. $365/each includes gas. Also 2/BR and single available.

304-284-9280.

3 PERSON 4/BR. WHARF AREA. Office, boot room, porch, off-street parking.

5/min walk to town. Carpeted, new kitchen, W/D. $350/person incl. gas. 304-216-1184.

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5 or 6/BR HOUSE. SNIDER STREET. Utilites paid. 2/BA. Two kitchens. Off-street parking. $400/mo each. 304-292-9600.

49 FALLING RUN ROAD. ROOMMATE needed in a 2/BR apartment. Close walk to campus. Roommate can be Male or Female. 304-296-2787.

617 NORTH ST. EXCELLENT CONDITION. Big 4/BR 2/Full BA, W/D,Deck, Covered Porch. Off-street Parking for 5 and single car garage. $1300/mo., $325/each plus utilities, Can be semi-furnished. NO PETS. 304-685-3457.

3/BR HOUSE OFF MILEGROUND. No pets. $850/mo, includes water & sewer.

Private drive. Available to see 4/1/10.

304-296-0103 3/BR HOUSE. CLOSE TO TOWN. 1½ -BA. $900/mo plus utilities. Deposit required. NO PETS. 296-3410. Available May 1st.

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3/BR, 2/BA RANCH ON 1 ACRE. CAC. 10 minutes from both hospitals. $900/mo.

NO PETS. Call 304-282-8769.

5/BR 438 GRANT AVENUE. 2/BA, W/D. Free parking, utilities included. $450/person. 304-903-4646.

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3/BR, 1½/BA FOR RENT New appliances.

Central air. Large yard. Pets allowed with deposit. $900/mo Call Ryan 304-290-9802

4/BR TOWNHOME, steps from downtown campus. On Cornell Ave. W/D, Off-street parking. Newly remodeled. $450/mo+ utilities. Available 5/10. No Pets.

304-692-6549

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3/BR HOUSE. WD. 2/BATHS. PETS allowed. 524 McLane Ave. 304-322-0046.

4/BR LARGE, FREE W/D, SOUTH PARK. Short walk to town/campus.

Parking. NO PETS. $350/mo person, Available 5/16/10. Call 304-290-3347.

Next To Football Stadium

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3BR/2BATH. CLOSE TO SUNNYSIDE. Extra rooms! Yard. WD. bckrentals.com.

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MALE ROOMMATE TO SHARE 3/BR house near Towers. Grad-student preferred $375/mo plus 1/3-utilities 304-329-1280.

PETS FOR SALE ROTTWEILER PUPPIES. MALES AND FEMALES. Father’s German,Mother’s AKC. 1st shots/wormed. Tails docked. $400 each. 304-434-2934. 304-257-3051.

304-851-2175.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY expanding in this area. Earn income gathering data. For details contact publicdatainfo@gmail.com.

JERSEY SUBS NOW HIRING DAYTIME cashiers (11am to 2pm), and delivery drivers. Experienced Preferred. Apply: 1756 MILEGROUND ROAD. MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING cooks and servers for year-round and summer only. Apply within at 704 Richwood Ave. NOVICHENK’S IN CHEAT LAKE Bartenders servers, and cooks wanted.

Great opportunity. Must be 21 years old, apply in person. 304-594-9821

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HELP WANTED SALES POSITION. LOOKING FOR F/T and P/T HELP. Retail, sales experience needed. Apply at THE SHOE STORY. Suburban Lanes Plaza.

THE LAKEHOUSE NOW HIRING FOR summer jobs. Busy lake front restaurant.

Great summer atmosphere! Hiring servers, cooks, hosts.

Apply in person Wednesday-Sunday. 304-594-0088.

TWO TECHNICIANS NEEDED! Tired of being underpaid and/or under appreciated?? Come Join Morgantown’s fastest growing Car Dealership. FREEDOM KIA is the #1 KIA Dealership in West Virginia and we need TWO Trained Automotive Technician’s that are skilled and want to make more than an average living. Pay Scale up to $20/hour with Bonuses, Vacation, Uniforms, Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, 401K and more!! Mail your resume to: Freedom KIA , 696 Fairmont Road, Westover, WV 26501. OR: E-mail resume to: wvfreedomkia@yahoo.com

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The Great Emancipator hunts vampires in new novel MATT ARMSTRONG

A&E EDITOR

Abraham Lincoln and Edgar Allan Poe walk into a New Orleans bar and talk about vampires.

That’s not the setup to some

terribly bad joke, but instead one of dozens of outlandish scenarios presented in Seth Grahame-Smith’s “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”

Grahame-Smith, who also wrote “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” writes his latest book as a Lincoln biography and bases it on a secret diary Lincoln kept that a vampire, Henry

Sturges, gives Grahame-Smith.

The secret diaries tell a part of Lincoln’s story not found in any history books, and they claim vampires played a part in almost every important event in Lincoln’s life.

After a young Lincoln learns a vampire killed his mother, he decides to attempt to kill every vampire in America.

In his second encounter with a vampire, Lincoln almost dies, but is saved by Sturges, who then teaches Lincoln about vampires and how to find and kill them.

The novel’s middle section tells the story of Lincoln’s rise to prominence, both as a politician and vampire hunter. Lincoln receives letters from Sturges with names of vampires for him to

hunt and kill, but begins to question why Sturges is so willing to help.

Sturges’ reasons and Lincoln’s importance, are revealed toward the end of the novel, preceding the Civil War. Throughout most of the novel, Grahame-Smith’s prose flows smoothly, despite the outlandish subject matter.

The author also does a good job writing the book’s action scenes. Like in “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” the action prose is descriptive enough to convey a sense of dread and horror while Lincoln fights vampires, but there’s never too much text to bog down readers.

The novel’s biggest downside is the first few chapters, which tell Lincoln’s story before he learned of vampires. These chapters had to be included because the book was written as a biography, but they might turn off readers expecting cover to cover vampire mayhem.

Fans of historical fiction, vampires or offbeat subjects might find something to like with “Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter,” but anyone without a sense of humor regarding history should probably abstain.

For anyone who doesn’t like to read, fear not: Tim Burton is working on a live action adaptation, and Grahame-Smith is writing the screenplay, so fans might get to see Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and other Burton regulars hunting vampires in the near future.

Grade: B+ matthew.armstrong@mail.wvu.edu

“Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter” Seth Grahame-Smith Grade: B+

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