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A representative from the West Virginia Office of the Attorney General visited West Virginia University yesterday to educate students and other consumers on how to protect themselves from scams, fraud, identity theft and landlord-tenant issues.

The booth, located in the Mountainlair, offered students information regarding how to stay safe and secure in an era when digital fraud and identity theft are common. Information about renter’s rights and student loans was also available.

Dozens of students at WVU have fallen victim to various money-draining scams and have sent complaints to the Office of the Attorney General, according to Pam Krushanksy, the consumer representative and compliance specialist for the Office of the Attorney General.

“We thought it was important to have a presence on campus to help educate the students on the red flags they’ll see when (using their devices) and that they don’t fall prey to the scams,” Krushanksy said.

WVU students were targeted through email, Twitter, phone, text and other electronic means.

IRS scams, fake lottery or sweepstakes scams, employment scams and false student loans are among some of the many fraudulent schemes affecting WVU students.

WVU Student Legal Services regularly collaborates with the WV Attorney General’s Office to assist students who have been victims of financial scams and identity theft.

“A lot of students have some financial issues and (become enticed by) $4,000, or job offers making so much an hour and think it’s a good deal,” said Carrie Showalter, the managing attorney at WVU’s Student Legal Services. “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”

Showalter, who worked the booth alongside Krushanksy, stressed that students should always consult Student Legal Services before accepting any random offers, especially when money is involved.

“When people are aware and educated (on consumer rights), we have less issues,” Showalter said. “So, if people are aware this is going on, it hopefully raises more red flags.”

Krushanksy’s visit is part of National Consumer Protection Week— a campaign designed to educate consumers nationwide about their consumer rights and how they prevent getting trapped by fraudulent schemes.

For NCPW, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is sending field representatives to do educational outreach about consumer protection throughout the state.

To prevent identify theft and fraud, Krushansky and Showalter urge students to act responsibly and ask questions before engaging in any financial activity.

“Don’t give any personal, identifiable information to anybody, not even your friends,” Krushansky said. “Go to Legal Services, go any-

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Students from the University of Richmond visited West Virginia University to hear a lecture from WVU associate professor Hal Gorby about West Virginia’s Uneven Ground pertaining to education and economics.

The students were from the Students Engaging and Enacting a Dialogue on Service project with a goal to provide support for marginalized communities and engage students in discussion and reflection on social injustice.

SEEDS provides alternative spring break trips where students can spend break doing service work.

The group stopped at WVU on Wednesday to get more context for their work site in McDowell County later this week.

“It’s the Watts Museum’s hope this lecture can familiarize these students with the issues facing West Virginia today and provide everyone else here historical context for assessing social and economic issues in our region,” said Eliza Newland, collections and program manager at the Watts Museum.

Gorby said events in West Virginia’s history have contributed to the current state of education and the economy. In 1948, post-World War II, there were 126,000 coal mining jobs and 125,000 factory jobs in the state.

In 1950, the population was the highest it’s ever been, at about 2 million.

However, at that time, there were also improvements in technology that could replace human workers.

“The massive changes brought after World War II came from mechanization.

It didn’t just affect coal, it affected all major industry,” Gorby said. “This re-

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Students attending the “West Virginia’s Uneven Ground” presentation take a break at the Watts Museum which showcases the history of West Virginia’s coal and petroleum industries.

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Dr. William Gorby, the presenter of the “West Virginia’s Uneven Grounds” talk, shows statistics on employment in West Virginia through the years. ally made it more efficient to mine more amounts of coal, but not with all the vast numbers of hand and pick loaders who had been used in the years prior.”

The mechanization caused large numbers of residents to leave West Virginia and relocate further north, many of whom found themselves relocated to low income neighborhoods.

During the 1900s, state legislation to help residents keep their land lowered property taxes, which meant less funding for

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Govenor William Cassey Ma r yla n d , w h o wa s elected in 1952, and Senator Robert C. Byrd made attempts to improve the economic and education situation in West Virginia, but there are still issues.

The SEEDS students were interested by the histor y of West Virginia and how it explained parts of what they saw in their mission work.

“I think it was really cool… I think each year, the trip leaders like to

have different perspectives of pro-coal people, but we had never heard a historical perspective.

Usually, we go to Charleston on this part of the trip, but this year, we decided to go to Morgantown to get more of an academic perspective on these issues,” said Taylor Marlorana, cochair of the trip and a senior leadership studies student at the University of Richmond. “I think it was really cool to have our participants hear the history of what we were seeing, rather than just hearing it from people who are really deeply involved in it.”

Gorby gave students a history of the issues, so they could better understand them.

“I always like to say when I talk about this subject,” he said. “This comes from a place of love being a 31-year resident of the state and somebody who’s really interested in letting people think of sort of the longer term issues that have contributed to where we find ourselves.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Who’s best for Hispanics? Clinton, Sanders debate MIAMI (AP)—Fighting for Florida and beyond, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled in an intense debate Wednesday night over who’s the true friend of American Hispanics, trading accusations over guest worker programs “akin to slavery” and the embracing of “vigilantes” against immigrants.

They had even worse things to say about Republican front-runner Donald Trump.

Facing off just six days before Florida gives its verdict on the presidential race, Clinton faulted Sanders for repeatedly voting against a 2007 comprehensive immigration reform bill; he faulted her for opposing a 2007 effort to let people who were in the country illegally obtain driver’s licenses.

Had the immigration package passed back then, Clinton said, “a lot of the issues we are still discussing today would be in the rearview mirror.”

Sanders retorted that he opposed the legislation because it included a guest worker program “akin to slavery.”

The debate opened with a question that appeared to startle Clinton.

Univision’s Jorge Ramos asked her if she would drop out of the race if indicted over the handling of her email while secretary of state.

“Oh for goodness, that is not going to happen,” Clinton declared. “I’m not even answering that question.”

The FBI is investigating the possibility of mishandling of sensitive information that passed through Clinton’s private email server.

Sanders, as he has in the past, declined to bite on the issue, saying, “The process will take its course.” He said he’d rather talk about the issues of wealth and income inequality.

Both candidates were bidding for momentum after Sanders surprised Clinton with an upset victory in Michigan on Tuesday.

Clinton stressed that she has a strong lead in the delegates, declaring, “This is a marathon, and it is a marathon that can only be car-

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Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, speaks at the Univision, Washington Post Democratic presidential debate at Miami-Dade College, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, in Miami. ried by the kind of campaign their votes to about one- dates was considerably less There were any number the auto industry, among I am running.” third for Sanders. The Ver- tense than their Sunday fa- of areas of agreement, in- others. Sanders said he opSanders said his Mich- mont senator stresses that ceoff. Sanders even paused cluding the need to reduce posed the bill because it igan surprise was evi- he’s making progress on at one point to make fun of student loan debt. Sanders also bailed out big banks dence that his message is winning over younger his own pronunciation of said he’d come up with a that had fueled the recesresonating.

Hispanics. “huge” as “yuge.” plan “many months before sion to begin with. Clinton “We are going to continue Clinton at one point acBoth found agreement she did.” stressed she’d made a difto do extremely well,” he cused Sanders of supporting in pointing to GOP front“Thanks for copying a ferent judgment to side with said, adding that he expects legislation that would have runner Trump as markedly very good idea,” he said. the automakers.

The candidates squared Overall, 691 delegates are to convince superdelegates led to indefinite detention of worse on immigration than off soon after a testy debate at stake on Tuesday, includwho are backing Clinton to people facing deportation, either of them. and for standing with Minswitch to his column.

Clinton mocked Trump’s in Michigan on Sunday in ing 99 in Florida, which be Immigration com- utemen vigilantes. He called plan for a wall on the Mexi- which they argued about awarded proportionally by manded considerable atten- that notion “ridiculous” and can border, saying he’d build trade and economic issues Democrats. tion for good reason: Flor- “absurd,” and accused Clin- “the most beautiful tall wall, of particular interest in the Clinton has won 762 ida is home to nearly 1.8 ton of picking small pieces better than the great wall of industrial Midwest. pledged delegates comWith Missouri, Illinois, pared to 549 for Sanders, million Hispanics, includ- out of big legislative pack- China” to be “magically” ing about 15 percent of the ages to distort his voting paid for by Mexico. That, she Ohio among the states that with 10 delegates from rerecord. said, is a fantasy. will be voting on Tuesday, cent primaries still to be alstate’s Democrats.

Hispanic voters have Sanders said that in the the candidates returned to located. When superdele“No, I do not support vigmade up about 10 percent ilantes and that is a horrific immigration debate “we do a pointed matter they’d al- gates are included, Clinton of voters in the Democratic statement and an unfair not, as Donald Trump and ready argued about three leads 1,223 to 574, more primaries so far this year, statement to make,” he said. others have done, resort to days earlier, scuffling over than halfway to the 2,383 For all the disagreements, racism and xenophobia and Sanders’ vote against 2009 needed to win the Demoand Clinton has been getlegislation that bailed out cratic nomination. ting about two-thirds of the overall tone of the candi- bigotry.”

Tampon tax: Does being female in the U.S. carry unfair costs NEW YORK (AP)—Margo Seibert and Natalie Brasington don’t think women should have to pay a “period tax,” and like a growing number of other women, they are publicly questioning whether being female in the U.S. carries unfair costs.

The pair are among five New York City women who filed a lawsuit last week arguing that it was unconstitutional for the state to levy sales tax on tampons and sanitary napkins while offering medical product exemptions to many other items used by both genders, like lip balm, foot powder and dandruff shampoo.

The case, they say, is about more than the few cents in tax levied on each pack.

Sick of the social taboo, and frustrated by a lack of access for some to a staple, these women and others are talking very publicly about menstruation and gaining political traction that would have been impossible a generation ago.

A national push to abolish sales tax on tampons is gathering steam, led by social media campaigns like #periodswithoutshame. At least seven states are now considering legislation. Illinois lawmakers were holding a hearing on the latest proposal Wednesday. Connecticut legislators discussed the issue Monday.

Cosmopolitan magazine launched an online petition, and even President Barack Obama has questioned why the items are taxed.

“I tend to talk about my period quite a bit, to anyone who will listen,” said Seibert, a 31-year-old actress and founder of an online campaign that promotes a “shame-free” period.

Brasington, a 31-yearold photographer, said the tax affects women disproportionately and is a genuine burden for poorer women.

“Being a woman is so ex-

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This Monday, March 7, 2016 photo shows attorney Zoe Salzman, left, and plaintiff Natalie Brasington, who have brought a class action lawsuit to end New York sales tax on feminine hygiene products, in New York. The lawsuit filed on Thursday, March 3, 2016 argues that it is unconstitutional for the state to levy sales tax on tampons and sanitary napkins while offering medical product exemptions to many other items used by both genders, like lip balm, foot powder and dandruff shampoo. pensive,” she said.

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, a vice president at the NYU School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice, said she began writing articles and op-eds on “menstrual equity” when she discovered food pantries were desperate for sanitary napkins and tampons because poor women can’t afford them.

The tax campaign reflects a broader debate over “gender pricing,” or charging women and men different rates for similar products and services, from haircuts to razors to T-shirts.

New York City’s consumer protection agency studied the cost of 800 common household items last year and found that products marketed to women cost, on average, 7 percent more than similar products for men.

“Women’s outcry over this issue isn’t just about the tax on tampons. It’s a reflection of the routine unfairness that seeps into our everyday lives,” said Sonia Ossorio, president of the National Organization for Women in New York. “At the end of the day, the tam-

pon tax movement is one small way to challenge the broader sexism that still persists. Because that’s the real taboo here.”

While women’s advocates have long lamented that many women’s products cost more, their providers say there can be legitimate reasons - a more decorative product or more complicated haircut, for instance. And some have noted that women sometimes pay less: for life and auto insurance, for example.

Nationwide, 40 states

tax feminine hygiene products, deeming them nonnecessities or even “luxury items,” while making exceptions for products as similar as adult incontinence pads.

Currently, five U.S. states exempt tampons and other feminine hygiene products from their sales tax, which varies around the country from about 2.9 percent to as high as 7.5 percent. Another five states have no sales tax.

New York taxes tampons and sanitary napkins as tools “to control a normal bodily function and to maintain personal cleanliness.”

The 4 percent state sales tax on the products costs New York women millions of dollars a year; estimates range from about $7 million to twice that, a minute fraction of the state’s $142 billion budget.

Advocates say the cost, however small it may seem, is burdensome for poor women, who also can’t purchase the products with food stamps.

“Having one’s period is not a luxury,” state Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Democrat who has proposed abolishing the tax. “Because of our biology, we bear this extra cost, and the state should not compound it.”

The state Department of Taxation and Finance declined to comment, citing the lawsuit. Two major manufacturers of feminine hygiene products, P&G, the maker of the Tampax brand, and Edgewell Personal Care Co., the maker of the Playtex brand, didn’t respond to inquiries this week about the tax issue.

Zoe Salzman, the attorney on the New York case, said they’d push to get a judge to rule the tax unlawful.

“If men had to use these products every month, they would already be tax-exempt,” she said.

Meanwhile, the legislative proposal has yet to get

a hearing, though supporters are hopeful about its prospects, especially since Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently said the tax should be abolished.

That wasn’t the sense in Utah, where a legislative committee last month nixed a proposal to taxexempt the items. While some members of the allmale committee supported the idea, others questioned where the state would draw the line on what to tax in the future.

The Los Angeles Times, in an editorial last week, expressed similar concerns in opposing a tax exemption that California lawmakers are considering.

Overseas, Canada removed taxes on the items last year, and British leaders, who have set the tax at the lowest possible level, have considered doing away with it altogether.

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Continued from page 1 where to ask questions before you act on an email, text message or something you saw on Twitter.”

An estimated 17.6 million people in the United States were victims of identity theft in 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics. Almost 1.5 million of the victims were 18-24-year-old, college-aged students.

For more information about the Attorney General’s Office, visit http:// wvago.gov. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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North Korea is yet again posturing on the global stage. Over the last few days, the hermit state declared it succeeded in miniaturizing nuclear weapons and is once again threatening the United States and South Korea with an atomic strike.

The country that cannot feed its own people, whose leader is so “biologically efficient” that he does not need to defecate, has amazingly jumped years ahead in nuclear research and went from supposedly detonating its first hydrogen bomb a few months ago to miniaturizing the destructive weapon enough to fit on a ballistic missile.

Obviously, this claim is most likely false. However, North Korea is getting just what it wants: Global attention. No matter what its leaders may claim, North Korea is a backwards, economically depressed coun-

try. They cannot field a military strong enough to contend with the United States, China and Russia, and they know that. Every time North Korea makes an outrageous claim, all it seeks is media attention, and every time, that is just what it gets.

Behavioral psychology is grounded in one basic truth. When the behavior of an entity is wanted, it is reinforced either by adding a desired outcome (positive reinforcement) or by removing an undesired outcome (negative reinforcement). The reverse holds true as well. When a behavior is unwanted, it can be corrected by either adding an undesired outcome (positive punishment) or by removing a desired outcome (negative punishment).

The United Nations has tried positive punishment on North Korea again and

again. Every time the country boisterously declares it possesses the ability to threaten the world due to some great, and often unproven, military milestone, the U.N. responds by adding sanctions on the country. According to the BBC, North Korea has currently been sanctioned in terms of luxury goods, trade and financing. However, this has clearly not worked long-term.

It is time the world tries a different tactic with North Korea. Instead of meeting its illfounded threats with negative punishment, we should simply deny it what its leaders want: attention.

If the global community ignores North Korea’s next few outlandish claims, it will deny the oppressive regime exactly what it wants.

Once North Korea realizes its threats don’t deliver what it desires any longer, it will most likely stop.

North Korea claims to have created technology well beyond its capabilities.

Maybe once North Korea ends its posturing, it will become open to what will help its people the most: Foreign aid, economic ad-

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Webcam capabilities break down communication barriers thomas mcquain columnist @thomasmcquainda

In the Internet age, we communicate with more people more frequently than ever before. Millions of family members, friends and acquaintances are able to interact with one another every day between screens. However, with so many people available, is it even possible to have a meaningful relationship with only one person through the use of technology?

As it becomes a more instrumental part of our lives, technology radically alters the way in which we communicate. While arguably not as intimate as an in-person relationship, the individuals we meet online certainly have the potential to impact our lives in many of the same ways.

Similar to in-person relationships, the level of connection two people have online is correlated with how much they each want to put into that connection. The more trust two individuals are willing to invest in each other, the more they will contribute to maintaining a growing relationship.

With the help of one-onone communication apps like Skype which allow for face-to-face conversation, users even oceans apart are able to forge social bonds with one another that can hold just as much value as a “real life”

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Through the use of videochat, Brazilian teenagers and American senior citizens are able to connect with one another. friendship.

One adorable example comes from a recent program hosted by FCB Brasil and the CNA language school network, which consists of Brazilian students who want to learn American English. The Huffington Post writes of the program, “Brazilian teens are able to practice their English skills through a speaking exchange— with senior citizens living in Chicago retirement

homes.”

The teens practice their English by having casual conversations about their lives with senior citizens through a video feed, who in turn share their life stories with them. The results for the teens are not only improved fluency in English, but also a mutual bond transcending the distance between the users’ two home countries.

For many in college who may succumb to shyness,

the massive social scene on campus can be daunting and even terrifying. There are thousands of people who each belong to different and complex social circles, and trying to find one’s place among these can be difficult. Forming meaningful relationships can therefore be incredibly challenging without the skill of being able to readily jump into conversations with strange, new people. For this rea-

son, many introverts feel more comfortable letting their social circles blossom online.

A study at New York University found introverts are often more capable of building strong relationships online, reasoning that, “There are aspects of the Internet that enable partners to get past the usual obstacles that, in traditional interaction settings, often prevent potentially rewarding relation-

ships from getting off the ground.”

Being bashful or unaware others may agree with our likes and dislikes often puts up barriers difficult for introverts to break down. However, the Internet allows all people to find common ground before ever becoming physically acquainted, which greatly reduces the stress of reaching out to others. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Cashing out on cash: Weighing the pros and cons of a cashless society trent cunningham guest columnist @dailyathenaeum

Recently, former United States Treasury Secretary Larry Summers joined the growing ranks of academics and economists advocating the placing of limitations on physical cash.

In a Washington Post column from February, Summers called for a ban on the circulation of $100 notes, citing how the note is a major asset in the underground world of criminal activity.

Due to the logistical issues surrounding having to discretely move five times as many notes in denominations of $20 or twice as many in denominations of $50, Summers suggests banning $100 dollar bills would make it extremely difficult for criminals, including terrorists, to finance their activities.

Though Summers’ reasoning for limiting the size of dollar denominations is sound and well-meaning, whether it justifies tak-

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Some small businesses use iPad applications to accomodate the transactions of cashless customers. ing away the ability of good law-abiding people to hold and exchange $100 dollar bills is another issue altogether.

That being said, Summers’ proposed limitations on cash are relatively modest and nowhere near as ambitious and controversial as those of his peers.

Jim Leaviss, a former Bank of England economist, is a proponent of eliminating the use of cash entirely. He argues its utilization dampens the ability of governments around the world to stimulate their currently stagnant economies.

In a London Telegraph article, he proposes people

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should essentially be forced to keep all their money in digital accounts.

“Once all money exists only in bank accounts— monitored, or even directly controlled by the government—the authorities will be able to encourage us to spend more when the economy slows, or spend less

when the when it is overheating,” Leaviss said.

“Having everyone’s account at a single, central institution allows the authorities to either encourage or discourage people to spend. To boost spending, the bank imposes a negative interest rate on the money in everyone’s account – in effect, a tax on saving,” he continued.

What Leaviss advocates is pregnant with a wide array of potentially negative implications for the economic sovereignty and liberty of people, particularly as it pertains to property and privacy rights. If a person cannot take physical possession of money and use it in commerce, is it really their money? Would one want a digital record of every purchase he or she makes?

There is also the issue of the power this would give governments. Leaviss alludes to taxing or subsidizing the proposed mandatory digital accounts to manipulate people’s economic behavior, but what is the guarantee it ends there and does not delve into po-

litical realms?

For example, if someone is deemed politically incorrect by the government, the inescapable interest rate on their digital account may just find itself 100 basis points deeper in negative territory.

Granted, that degree of speculation is conspiratorial in nature, but with distrust in the United States government as elevated as it is today, those types of concerns are reflective of why it will be difficult for a cashless society to gain traction in the United States.

To be clear, I am not against the general use of digital money, primarily debit cards. It’s a convenient way to spend money, and with the size of the global economy and the costs of large-scale goods, it just isn’t feasible for every commercial transaction to be settled in cash.

However, convenience should never be the only consideration in issues such as these. Personal autonomy should be weighed as well. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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John Michael Barone presents his work, “New Wave Holograms.” at the “For the Love of David Bowie” art exhibit at the Monongalia Arts Center.

Visual collection honoring the late David Bowie debuts at the Monongalia Arts Center by woody pond A&e writer @dailyathenaeum

The legacy and impact of David Bowie’s spectacular career as a performer will ring for years to come. His influence on the arts of music and film has been discussed and shown many times since his passing in January. But his artistic shadow was cast far beyond these mediums of creative expression.

The Monongalia Arts Center has brought together a collection of artwork, ranging from spontaneous sculptures to oil paintings on canvas, all focusing on and inspired by Bowie. There are more than 25 artists’ work in the gallery, and though they all share something in common, they all depict a different touch of Ziggy Stardust. The exhibit was organized by John Michael Barone and presented by The Artist Collective in collaboration with The Retro-tique, Alien Gold and MAC. The entire Davis Gallery, which is on the second floor of the MAC, is filled with this art. At the top of the stairs the lights focus on a large print of Bowie’s face. It is repeatedly imprinted over a sea of stars, surrounded by the words “For the love of David Bowie,” the name of the exhibit. As one would expect, the gallery’s rooms are full of vibrant colors and glittering textures. Many of the pieces are portraits of Bowie from different stages in his career and in his self-exploration. There are also inspired pieces showing chaotic elements and figures connecting in imaginative ways as only a Bowie album could produce.

Some of these items are for sale or have already been sold, while others are not for sale because of their meaning to the artist. There are mixed media creations, masks, sculptures, paintings varying in size and shape

and more to be seen adorning the walls.

The first piece that really stuck out is “Stardust,” painted by Robert Summers. It was done in a narrow, horizontal canvas drawing your eyes to the middle of the image. Bowie’s facial outline is visible, along with his nose and piercing green eyes, as it slowly fades into pure white as it gets closer to the edge of the frame. On Bowie’s right eye is the trademark red and blue lightning bolt signifying his alter-ego, Ziggy Stardust. The slow transition into the white could symbolize his ascent to some sort of heavenly being after his death, or from another perspective, it could depict Stardust coming into this world from a pure, unbelievable place.

Barone had some of his art on display in “For the Love of David Bowie” as well.

Askar Salikhov/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM His style is very eclectic and psyche- Different paintings and sketches inspired by David Bowie are at dislpay in the Davis Gallery of the Monongalia Arts Center. delic, as if he designed art schemes for Adult Swim programming. But this artist’s attention to detail, even the wackiest ones, is what makes his art so fascinating. He had paintings at the exhibit, but he also had a found object sculpture hanging up called “The Secular Ethics of Ziggy Stardust.” The dynamic color contrast is what catches the eye with his pieces, but up close the detail is what mystifies the viewer. The sculpture contained Jesus poking his head out of a bright pink pot with the lightning bolt across his eye, seagulls flying overhead, and a black and gold striped cherub using all its might to keep the pot lifted. The randomness of it seems to dissolve the longer you look at it.

There are so many more amazing works of art on display in the Davis Gallery commemorating David Bowie. The exhibit is on display through April 2 at the MAC. For more information please Askar Salikhov/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM visit, http://monartscenter.com/.

Malissa Goff Baker’s oil painting, “David Bowie”, hangs in the Davis Gallery of the Monongalia Arts Center as part of the “For the Love of David Bowie” art exhibit. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Ben contemplates his final rose, ladies tell-all by chelsea walker a&E writer @dailyathenaeum

In its 20 seasons, “The Bachelor” has always been known for its dramatic scenes and emotional love triangles.

Looking for love this season, bachelor Ben Higgins has seemingly found himself intertwined with both lovely and loony ladies.

After missing out on love with former season 11 bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe, Higgins was offered the chance to meet 25 beautiful contestants.

This season, viewers have swooned over the charisma and charm of the software salesman from Warsaw, Indiana.

Season 20 has been one for the books from the start; women greeted Higgins in unconventional fashion and showcased their love in bizarre ways. From unicorn masks to mini horses, participants such as Jojo Fletcher and Meagan Miller pulled out all stops introducing

themselves to Higgins.

As one of the finalists biding for Higgins’ love, Fletcher caught the bachelor’s attention from the start. With instant chemistry, the two have managed to keep a genuinely cohesive relationship while on the show. Sharing multiple intimate moments and one-on-ones, the two’s relationship seemed untouchable until heading to their hometowns.

Greeting Higgins were Fletcher’s mother, father and two concerned brothers. In one of the most intense and awkward hometown episodes, Higgins squirmed and shuffled after every tough question tossed. Fletcher’s brothers, clearly worried about the future of their younger sister, accused the young bachelor of brainwashing the women and leading them on.

Since the awkward encounter, the two have hardly discussed the serious issues surrounding the brother’s concern. With looming family tension and little conversation, the two have to tackle a solemn

subject before running to “The Bachelor” altar.

Fellow finalist, Lauren Bushnell, has appeared to carry the competition from the start. Impressing Higgins from the moment she stepped from the limo, Bushnell has intimidated the other competitors. With multiple one-on-ones and standing out on group dates, Bushnell and Higgins seem like a natural fit.

While Bushnell and Higgins both have impressed the in-laws as well, Higgins has made it apparent from the start he feels Bushnell is too good for a bachelor like himself.

Leading up to the finale, Higgins experienced fantasy suite dates with both Bushnell and Fletcher. The overnight dates were more dramatic than ever, with Higgins confessing his love for both Fletcher and Bushnell.

Bushnell, who revealed her feelings for the bachelor first, was showered in “I love yous” from Higgins. Little did Bushnell know, Higgins was admitting

the same feelings for fellow contestant, Fletcher.

Fleeing to a tropical and exotic waterfall in Jamaica, Fletcher confessed her love while Higgins, without a flinch, expressed the same feelings. With a double “I love you” revelation, speculation has started to circulate around which bachelorette will leave with an engagement and who will leave emptyhanded.

Showcasing highlights, ABC has shared sneak peeks into “The Bachelor” season finale. Hearing a trembling and confused Fletcher, the sneak peek shows a clip where the two are hidden in a bathroom as Higgins can be heard expressing to Fletcher his already confessed feelings for Bushnell.

Clearly, the finale is set to be one full of emotions, drama and uncertainty.

“The Bachelor” finale will air Monday night at 8 p.m. on ABC. daa&e@mailwvu.edu

123 Pleasant St. gears up for funk night, Litz and BIG Something perform by rayla claypool A&E correspondent @a&e writer

Friday is funk night at 123 Pleasant Street this weekend. Two funky, jam bands are paying a visit to Morgantown to play the town’s troubles away.

LITZ is a psychedelic funk band on a self-proclaimed mission to transport its listeners to a new world without struggles or stress. The six-piece band hails from Gaithersburg, Maryland and writes fast-paced, upbeat jams with a weird blend of guitars, synth, drums and horns.

Its first release was a two-song EP in 2013 called “From the Basement Bar.” Following that, the band dropped a self-titled EP in 2014 along with a live album entitled “LITZ Live at the Hometown Get Down – 10.4.2014.” Since then, LITZ has released four more live albums and another short EP called ‘MysterEP.’ The second act, BIG Something, is another funk machine, producing smooth, rhythmic songs with the help of John Custer, a Grammy-nominated producer.

Their sound blends funk with rock, synth and electronic styles to produce something completely their own.

“I definitely think we have a unique sound,” said Nick MacDaniels, BIG Something’s lead vocalist and guitarist. “We have a sound that’s recognizable as BIG Something. We do a lot of different styles of music.”

The band came together over the span of five years, according to MacDaniels, with some of the members having played together for nearly a decade.

“It just kind of happened,” MacDaniels said.

The BIG Something dropped its first album, “Stories from the Middle of Nowhere,” in 2010. Following “Stories,” BIG Something released a self-titled album in 2013, and almost a year later, the band came out with their most recent album, “Truth Serum.” The band has gone on tour after tour ever since its musical debut, and they have played a ton of festivals along the way.

Originally, BIG Something was supposed to play at 123 Pleasant Street in January, but the band got stuck in Charleston, West Virginia. when winter storm Jonas came through. Jonas dropped 30 inches of snow, pre-

venting them from making the haul to Morgantown.

MacDaniels said they rescheduled as soon as they could to make up for the cancelation.

Neither band is a stranger to Morgantown, as they’ve both played in town before. LJ Guliani, the owner of 123 Pleasant Street, thinks the combination of funk is just right.

“Both band’s music compliment each other,” Giuliani said. “It’s an opportunity for college kids to come see bands playing real music.”

Guliani added both bands are up-and-coming and he appreciates the chance to watch them grow and develop. He said LITZ in particular, is really beginning to leave their mark on the music scene.

MacDaniels is also looking forward to playing at 123.

“We put on a super high-energy show,” MacDaniels said. “We like to make people dance.”

The show begins at 10 p.m. this Friday at 123 Pleasant Street. For more information on the upcoming show, please visit http://123pleasantstreet.com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Kendrick Lamar drops successful, hasty new album by woody pond A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Lebron James wanted to hear some more of that untitled Kendrick Lamar, so Top Dawg Entertainment raced to get the project online. It was uploaded so fast they didn’t even have time to give it an album cover besides a dull green gradient or give the songs titles, but rather numbers and dates.

For example, the opening track is listed as “untitled 01| 08.19.2014.” These dates most likely refer to when the song first began recording, or was first conceptualized.

Some of the songs are recognizable from Lamar’s

recent live performances on talk shows and at the Grammys, where he choose to perform previously unheard verses and songs as a way to grow creatively. The extended play consists of eight songs running a little over a half an hour, with a couple of unmentioned features and an eerily similar sound structure to the acclaimed “To Pimp a Butterfly.” This is because Kendrick’s new “untitled unmastered.” is a collection of B-sides from the Compton rapper’s sophomore effort.

The jazzy, funky roots that blossomed into the giving tree that was “To Pimp a Butterfly” are also what grew this new piece of music. The

rhythmic basslines are back, as are the chaotic samplings of piano, guitar and brass.

Of course that’s not all, as some of the beats bring us back to a big beat California sound, which Kendrick uses in a way no one else seems to know how to do. In eight songs we hear every facet of Kendrick’s voice—the rough force, the high-pitched conscience musing, the passionate wail and a few other stops along the way.

He returns to the same subjects as before, tending to think forward politically while simultaneously playing the ignorant braggadocios rapper in satirical form.

He revisits power, race, modern love and greed. On

“untitled 03|05.28.2013.”

Kendrick raps from the points of view of different races. Asian, Indian, African-American and white, Lamar rhymes about what they want and how that stereotype is perpetuated by society. He ends the song repeating the lines “What the black man say? Tell ‘em we don’t die, we multiply.”

His stance in the song parallels breaking free from slavery with breaking free from modern racism.

One of the best songs from “untitled unmastered.” is “untitled 05|09.21.2014.” featuring Punch, Anna Wise and Jay Rock. It kicks off very up-tempo, with a fastpaced bassline and drum

pattern that sounds more like a jam band or Red Hot Chili Peppers than a hiphop instrumental.

Anna Wise is the first to contribute vocals, singing a jazzy chorus, “Somebody said you bumped your head and bled the floor, jumped into a pit of flames and burned to coal,” after a minute of instrumental. All of the vocalists’ lyrics focus on social inequality and losing sight of one’s place in the world. Punch lays a vocabulary-rich verse that competes with the beat poet Kendrick before TDE labelmate Jay Rock and Lamar trade off every four bars in the third and final verse.

The crashing cymbals and

the hints of strange melodies weaving in and out of the forefront of the track help the song ride out for the entire five and half minutes. “untitled 05” concludes with Jay Rock asking, “Before I blink do I see me before them pearly gates?

Or this is just a mirage or a façade—wait.”

Lebron got what he asked for and more with this record. Kendrick Lamar has proven the album that won him the Grammy for Best Rap Album had a couple other gems that did not make the cut, but still excel in the 2016 hip-hop environment. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Sally Fields plays woman still coming of age in ‘Hello, My Name is Doris’ NEW YORK (AP) ‑ It sounds like a misprint, but it’s not: Sally Field has headlined just one movie in the last two decades.

The reasons why are many. Hollywood doesn’t exactly churn out good parts for middle-aged or older actresses, even for beloved two-time Oscar winners. Field has also been drawn elsewhere, back to television, where she got her start in the 1960s on “Gidget” and “The Flying Nun.” And then there’s the fact that Field isn’t much inclined to play, as she says, “the traditional mother thing.”

“I’m certainly at a point in my life where I don’t do anything that I don’t want to do,” Field says. “There are things that come to me,

maybe the script is good but you don’t really need me in this movie to stand at the door and say, ‘Drive carefully.’”

“Hello, My Name Is Doris” is a reminder of what the movies have been missing out on. In the film, directed and co-written by Michael Showalter, Field stars as a spinsterish, daydreaming New York accountant who, after her mother dies, cautiously begins seeking out new experiences and pursuing - comically, awkwardly, sweetly - a much younger man: an art director at her Manhattan office played by Max Greenfield.

The film, which opens Friday, is a blend of tones - broadly funny, dramatically tender - and populated by veteran perform-

ers like Tyne Daly, Stephen Root and Peter Gallagher.

Holding it all together is the ever-plucky Field, outfitted with two pairs of eyeglasses around her neck and a nest of hair, Field’s intentionally messy version of a Brigitte Bardot doo.

Made for only about $1 million and shot in three weeks, it’s an unusually indie project for Field, who jumped at the chance to play Doris. The hunt for such characters in a maledominated industry, Field says, has been the story of her career.

“It’s always been a struggle. It’s not a new struggle to me,” she said in a recent interview. “But certainly as I’ve gotten older, put it this way, it doesn’t get easier.”

Field has followed the

rising outrage over gender equality in the movie industry with a mix of optimism and wariness. She’s spent years watching women filmmakers fail to land big movies and female-led films be passed over by studios.

“Certainly you can’t say that nothing has happened.

There has been a lot of movement,” says Field. “But it has been SO gradual. I’ve been here for going on 53 years. It’s been so incredibly, incrementally gradual.”

In person, Field, aside from looking stunning for a woman nearing 70, is disarmingly direct. Those who work with her say that straightforward matterof-factness is how she approaches making a movie, too.

“As soon as you say any-

thing to her that has to do with her status or stature, she’ll just say ‘Oh shut up!’” says Greenfield. “She doesn’t let you treat her that way for more than half a second.”

“Hello, My Name Is Doris” began as an eight-minute short by Laura Terruso, then a film student at New York University. Her teacher, Showalter, thought it was worth developing and the two stretched the story into a feature screenplay.

Showalter, an alum of the sketch comedy troupe “The State,” considered Field the “pie-in-the-sky” casting option, and was flabbergasted when she agreed. Her presence and focus, he says, led the cast and crew to “raise their game to meet her.”

“She walked into a sit-

uation - a tiny little indie movie with a bunch of young people wet behind the ears - and she came in so funny, so crisp and so brilliant,” says Showalter.

“She hasn’t lost it one bit.”

Field would seem to have little in common with the timid Doris, but she acknowledges having “terrible social anxiety.” ‘’I am incredibly shy and I am sort of a notorious hermit,” she says. “My sons push me, and I have a few friends that say, ‘OK, time’s up. We’re coming to get you.’”

Field, who has three sons, splits her time between Los Angeles and New York, where she’s expected to return to Broadway this fall in a production of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie.”

Watson and Whitaker kick off Heforshe Arts Week

NEW YORK (AP) ‑ Emma Watson said Tuesday she wants people to understand the importance of gender equality not only on a rational level but also on a visceral one, and books, movies and other art forms are important vehicles for accomplishing that.

“It’s also about making them feel it in their bones,” said Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” film series.

Watson, the UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, and Forest Whitaker, a UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace, joined UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on International Women’s Day at The Public Theater in Manhattan. They were there to announce a week of arts events aimed at initiating a dialogue about gender equality.

Arts venues around New York City, including ballets, Broadway theaters, museums and galleries, are taking part in the first HeForShe Arts Week to spotlight the work of UN Women, especially the idea that men and boys can become agents of change in reaching gender equality goals.

The 45-nation U.N. Commission on the Status of Women adopted a political declaration calling for accelerated implementation of 12 areas affecting women, ranging from impoverishment to economic and political participation

and the difficulties facing girls.

The declaration commits the commission “to strive for the full realization of gender equality and the empowerment of women by 2030.” Watson, 25, said she wants to build momentum to reach that goal.

UN Women chief Mlambo-Ngcuka, who is South African, said the arts can bring about social change and recalled the influence of the 1984 protest song “Free Nelson Mandela” on the movement to release Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned at the time.

“Through art we can challenge norms peacefully,” she said.

Whitaker, who has starred in such films as “Bird,” ‘’Platoon” and “The Butler,” said there has been some progress among men becoming more openminded about acceptable gender roles.

He recalled his days as a college football player when he was mocked and badgered by teammates for being feminine because he danced in a musical theater production. “I think a lot of that has changed now,” he said.

Chirlane McCray, whose husband is Mayor Bill de Blasio, noted that UN Women is headquartered in New York, where International Women’s Day was first celebrated decades ago. “New York is still a pioneer for women’s rights,” she Emma Watson and Forrest Whitaker support Heforshe Arts Week in NYC. said.

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Review: In ‘Eye in the Sky’ drone warfare gets its close-up Omniscient high-definition views from above have done nothing to penetrate the fog of war in Gavin Hood’s drone drama “Eye in the Sky.” It’s a lean, Lumet-like thriller that puts the moral calculus of drone warfare in its crosshairs.

Playing out compellingly in real time, a strike against Somali terrorists in Nairobi is plotted by the hawkish, U.K.-based Col. Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren), whose operation involves pilots, politicians and military command in various digitally linked remote locations, from the boardroom to the toilet.

Drones have begun to reshape the war movie, and will doubtless continue to proliferate on our screens just as they have over Middle Eastern skies. “Eye in the Sky” follows last year’s very solid “Good Kill,” starring Ethan Hawke as a drone pilot based in Las Vegas. Director Andrew Niccol’s aim was principally about the psychological toll such disconnected battles take on its farremoved soldiers.

Hood more thoroughly utilizes the new perspectives drones afford to filmmakers. While much of the it is composed of faces in front of computer screens, some of the film’s most remarkable images come from the view of a hovering drone or - most impressively - a remote-controlled beetle that flutters right into the suspects’ lair, alighting on the rafters to provide a staggering close-up, whether Mr. DeMille is ready or

not.

With such supreme powers of surveillance, Powell and her colleagues (including the ever-droll Alan Rickman, in one of his last performances, as a British general) have become accustomed to a previously unmatched level of certainty - or so they would like to think.

The mission is to apprehend a handful of highly ranked terrorists, but when the trio - two radicalized British nationals and an American - are seen preparing vests for a suicide attack, the plan is ratcheted up from “capture” to “kill.”

The clash of “Eye in the Sky” isn’t on the battlefield but in the chain-of-command debate over the rules of engagement that pingpongs around politicians and lawyers who are pressured by Powell and Rickman’s general to give their OK. The collateral damage calculations and emotional stakes are changed significantly when a young girl sits outside the walls of the target to sell bread.

An American pilot (Aaron Paul), tasked to bring “hellfire” on the target, lays off the trigger, and numerous levels of nervous government officials “refer up” the decision to their superiors while an agent on the ground (Barkhad Abdi, of “Captain Phillips”) attempts to chase the girl away.

The plotting in Guy Hibbert’s screenplay, along with the quick cutting of Hood (the South African filmmaker of “Tsotsi” and a “X-Men,” who previously dove

Helen Mirren stars in the new thriller ’Eye in the Sky.’ into the subject of CIA interrogation in 2007’s “Rendition”), push the movie’s intensity, making “Eye in the Sky” more riveting than preachy.

The film might have hit home more if the tick-tock of its plot allowed us to better know its characters, who sometimes come off as mere mouthpieces of differ-

ent philosophies of modern warfare. But “Eye in the Sky” is nevertheless a compelling case of how moral precision doesn’t necessarily match technical accuracy.

The debate that rages in “Eye in the Sky” is perhaps more than is always spent over the fate of a single civilian casualty. But it could hardly seem more topical.

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On Monday, more than 150 Shabab militants were killed in Somali in a strike partially carried out by drones.

“Eye in the Sky,” a Bleecker Street release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “some violent images and language.” Running time: 102 minutes. Three stars out of four.

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This year’s WVU team has potential for a Big 12 title run In 2015-16, the West Virginia University men’s basketball team recorded its best regular season record since 2009-10. That alone means something–that team was one of West Virginia’s greatest ever.

The 2009-10 season was Bob Huggins’ finest hour in Morgantown, as the Mountaineers conquered the Big East Tournament for the only time, as a preface to the team’s second Final Four run in history.

There’s little doubt that lifting the conference trophy can boost a team further in the NCAA Tournament. It happened back then, and it can happen again this weekend in Kansas City, as the Mountaineers have their best chance ever at capturing the Big 12 Tournament title–even though it will be a much tougher road than Huggins faced in 2010.

Back then, the Big East Tournament was a 16team bonanza, and as the 3-seed, the 2010 Mountaineers had a double-bye and the chance to sit back and watch the lesser teams fight it out.

Then, a series of fortunate upsets broke WVU’s way. One-seed Syracuse and two-seed Pittsburgh were knocked out early, as was four-seed Villanova– that allowed WVU to go all the way without having to face one of three possible opponents in the national top 10.

West Virginia won the Big East title by beating 11-seed Cincinnati, sevenseed Notre Dame and eight-seed Georgetown, requiring two Da’Sean Butler game-winners along the way.

But in a 10-team Big 12 Tournament, there doesn’t look to be any way through without having to face at least one team currently ranked in the top five. No. 5 Oklahoma–who beat West Virginia twice this season –looms in the semifinals, and No. 1 Kansas is the pick to win the whole thing.

None of those teams have Press Virginia, however, and although the Mountaineers are still looking for their first-ever Big 12 Tournament win, they believe that the press can still overwhelm Big 12 opponents that have seen it before.

“They have a frame of reference but they don’t have time to work on it,” Huggins said. “It’s kind of like you play Syracuse twice and you have one day to get ready. Guys forget.”

The blueprint is there: West Virginia already knocked Kansas off the No. 1 perch once this season behind one of the greatest press performances of the last two years.

But there are any number of teams that can pop up and take West Virginia out, including Texas who beat WVU twice this season, along with dangerous Iowa State and Baylor teams.

By Huggins’ own admission, this is the toughest league he has ever coached in, including the Big East that he won in 2010. But this West Virginia team is built for tournament play with its depth and tenacity, and they have as good a chance as any to take home the trophy.

And if West Virginia can get it done in Kansas City, history has shown that could propel it to bigger and better things. djstatman@mix.wvu.edu

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No. 2 seed WVU begins Big 12 Tournament tonight

By Chris Jackson

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Riding a four-game winning streak into the postseason, the No. 9 West Virginia Mountaineers are poised to advance past the first round since joining the Big 12 in 2012.

Last year was a quarterfinals defeat to Baylor, who they fell to all three times last year. It was a 17-point loss to Texas in the 2014 opening round, and in 2013 it was a 71-69 loss to No. 9 seed Texas Tech.

“We’re very excited,” said WVU sophomore guard Jevon Carter. “Hopefully this can be the first time since West Virginia’s been in the Big 12 that we could win a game in the Big 12 Tournament.”

WVU is a No. 2 seed in this year’s Big 12 Tournament, the program’s highest conference seeding since taking the No. 1 seed in the 1989 Atlantic 10 Tournament. It faces either the winner of Texas Tech and TCU in the Quarterfinals Thursday evening,

teams it went 4-0 against this season.

Four different Mountaineers scored in double-figures when they defeated Texas Tech, 90-68, on Senior Night a week ago. Jaysean Paige and Daxter Miles Jr. each had 15 points, with the team also forcing 19 turnovers and holding a 4023 rebounding advantage.

They also cruised past TCU in 73-42 fashion during the second meeting, following a 95-87 victory at TCU to begin the conference slate. They forced 26 turnovers and finished with a 17-5 advantage on the offensive glass, highlighting Jonathan Holton’s return from a four-game suspension.

“Every game is different,” Carter said. “You never know what they’re going to come out and do. They could change their whole gameplan so you can’t just look at a game. You can’t go by the last two times you played them. You’ve just got to look at every game differently.”

WVU players believe this is the time to make

their first deep conference run since the 2010 Big East Champion team did, who also advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 1959.

A victory in the first round leads to a semifinals matchup against the winner of Oklahoma/Iowa State.

WVU went 2-2 against the duo, getting swept by Oklahoma and completing the season sweep of Iowa State.

Winning the conference tournament would put the Mountaineers into discussion for receiving a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

However, the 2010 Final Four team was also a twoseed despite seizing the program’s first and only Big East title.

“We won the Big East and we were the last 2-seed, so we ended up being really the eighth best team according to the committee,” Huggins said. “I thought we beat some pretty good teams on the way to winning the Big East Tournament too. I thought we were pushing to get a one then and it ends up we weren’t

even close. We were way closer to a three than to it.”

But a Big 12 conference title is a beginning.

It’s arguably college basketball’s top conference, facing ranked opponents nearly every night during the rough and rugged schedule.

One would have to get past top five opponents Kansas and Oklahoma, with Kansas rated as the nation’s top team. There’s Iowa State’s experienced and talented starting five, but a lack of depth cost it against the Mountaineers.

Then there’s Baylor with Rico Gathers, Lester Medford and Taurean Prince, who WVU also swept this year. There’s Shaka Smart and Texas, who defeated WVU both times in convincing fashion.

“I haven’t had a chance to do it, but I feel like it’s going to be a big key for the (NCAA) tournament,” Paige said. “It means a lot to get a win whether it’s in the regular season. Any win is a big win. But you win the Tournament, it gets you a step closer to the goal.”

Except there’s a confidence the Mountaineers have exuded since day one.

They have shirts that read “Houston,” the site of this year’s Final Four.

“We really feel like this year is our year,” Carter said. “We really feel like we could get it done this year.”

Although the Final Four is weeks away, the Big 12 Tournament awaits this weekend. Anything less than a title in Kansas City would disappoint WVU, who already wasn’t satisfied despite a second place finish.

WVU was projected to finish sixth in the preseason polls, defying the odds for a second-straight season. Although it finished two games behind Kansas for the regular season title, it hopes to sit atop the conference come Saturday evening.

“With this team we have high goals and high expectations,” Carter said. “Anything less than a Big 12 championship is a downfall for us.” cgjackson@mail.wvu.edu

Swim and Dive

Trio of Mountaineers advance to finals in Qualifiers

By Roger Turner Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

On the second day of competition at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships in Annapolis, Maryland, three West Virginia divers placed in the finals as the men’s and women’s teams’ head into the final day of the NCAA qualifying meet.

Sophomore divers for the West Virginia men’s team stole the show for the Mountaineers, as two underclassmen advanced to the finals in the one-meter event. Alex Obendorf and Michael Proietto stepped up their performances from the first day of competition, which saw only Proietto in the finals for the three-meter. Although both divers placed in the top 20 in the preliminary round, Proietto was the only West Virginia diver to earn a spot in the finals of the 3-meter event on Monday. Tuesday was a different story with three underclassmen making it to the finals.

“Today was a great day for the men and women,” said WVU diving coach Michael Grapner. “Alex (Obendorf ) and Michael (Proietto) really stepped up and were fighting for the top-eight and top10 spots with many former NCAA qualifiers. The growth and development from last year to this year has been significant.”

Last season, Proietto and Obendorf qualified for a trip to the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships but placed just outside of the top-six

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WVU swimmers dive into the pool in a meet against Iowa State and Villanova. qualifiers eligible to compete in the NCAA Diving Championships. The shortcomings of last season and the first day of competition for Obendorf and Proietto seemed to fuel their top 15 finishes in the preliminary round of the one-meter on Tuesday.

Proietto highlighted the day for the Mountaineers, compiling a total score of 598.10 in the one-meter event, which earned the sophomore from Aston, Pennsylvania eighth place.

Obendorf was not far off from also qualifying for the NCAA Swimming and Div-

ing Championships in Atlanta after placing 10th overall in the one-meter with a score of 595.30. For the men’s, the top four in the one-meter qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, while the women advance the top six on the three-meter and high platform events.

Freshman Julia Calcut made her way to the finals in the three-meter for the WVU women’s team, scoring a 253.95 in the preliminary round to finish 16th.

Calcut would hold her place at 16 in the finals, completing the three-meter with a

combined score of 505.30.

“Julia made it back for finals on three-meter,” Grapner said. “Her prelim was consistent and strong. She was right up there with some of the seniors and kept her cool the whole time.”

Another WVU freshman making an appearance in the women’s three-meter and debuting in the regional championship meet was Madelyn Woods. The freshman from Centerville, Ohio recorded an overall score of 217.90, which placed Woods 37th overall, as she did not qualify for the finals of the 3-meter.

“Maddy (Woods) was strong on several dives, but she just didn’t hit the ones she needed, and that kept her out of the finals,” Grapner said.

This year’s NCAA Zone-A Diving Championships conclude beginning at 11 a.m. on Wednesday with both the men and women competing in the high platform event.

“Tomorrow’s tower day is always a dreaded yet a fun day for the divers,” Grapner said. “Since they don’t have a tower for training, we just go out and have fun.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Gymnastics

Freshmen stars have been big part of Mountaineers success

By Carter Sokolowski Sports Correspondent @DailyAthenaeum

When freshmen athletes begin their collegiate careers, not much is expected from them initially.

Freshmen are typically groomed by their coaches and older teammates to become better competitors in the long term. For the West Virginia University gymnastics team this season, this could not be any further from the truth.

The No. 25 ranked Mountaineers have heavily relied on the performances of their youngest gymnasts, and their results have been a crucial key to the team’s success thus far. Kirah Koshinski, Tiara Wright, Jaquie Tun and Carly Galpin have all been expected to deliver in pressure situations on a frequent basis this season.

Being a freshman in college is a challenge for everyone at first. Moving away from home and leaving everything you know to go to a completely new and strange place is no easy task. The stressful nature of being a freshman and all the responsibilities that come with it is only magnified for student-athletes.

“I definitely felt a fish out of water initially, I had gone to the same school since kindergarten and hadn’t really experienced being in a new place.” Tun said.

For these gymnasts, academics weren’t the only things that were drastically different between high school and college. Every gymnast from high school down competed on a club team, which is much different from being on a college gymnastics team in a variety of ways.

“Club was very different in the sense that it was very individualistic,” Wright said. “Yes, you wanted to win for the team, but you wanted to perform well for yourself, and the team often came second. Here, it is all about the team and far less about yourself, which is what I love about it.”

Coming in, many of the freshmen gymnasts were unsure of what their roles on the team would be once the season kicked off. The majority were expecting to have a much more limited impact on the team than they do now.

“I had no idea what to expect when coming here,” Tun said. “I’ve had the chance to regularly compete in three events which is two more than I expected. I thought I’d only be doing bars, which is my main event.”

On the other hand, some gymnasts came in with the mindset that they would try their hardest to have an immediate impact on the team’s success.

“Personally, my goal was to help contribute to the team right away, the fact that I could be such a big help to the team this year is awesome,” Koshinski said. “I’ve been waiting to compete in college forever now. At this point you just gotta give it what you got and go for it. I’m really happy to be competing in three out of four events and will hopefully be in competing in four when I’m fully healthy.”

The Mountaineer team as a whole has been on fire in recent weeks, earning wins against its last six opponents. In its previous two meets, it recorded scores of 196.225 and an incredible 196.8, eighth-

WVU freshman Kirah Koshinski competes on the Dance Mat in a February meet against Kentucky. highest team score in program history. It had not hit above 196.0 in any of its previous meets.

While every member on the team has made improvements throughout the season, the freshmen have looked more poised and confident each and every week. Many of them credit their coaches and veteran teammates for their continuous growth as gymnasts.

“I noticed recently that hearing the help and support of my teammates while I’m on the beam has really boosted my confidence and helped me perform at a higher level,” Galpin said.

Koshinski sits at No. 20 nationally and No. 4 in the Big 12 on vault with an RQS of 9.875. She owns

six victories this season that include four on vault and two on floor. On floor, she holds a team-best 9.86 RQS and comes in at No. 10 in the conference. She has managed a 9.8 or better in 18 out of 25 career routines.

Koshinski ranks third on the team with 245.4 points overall from routinely competing in three events. If not for a hand injury, Koshinski would likely be competing on bars and hold a higher rank as a result. She is also the first Mountaineer in program history to win four Big-12 weekly honors in one season (Newcomer of the Week).

Wright, Tun and Koshinski have all been Swiss Army Knives for the team this season.

Wright’s main event is the uneven bars and currently has a 9.795 RQS, tied for 2nd highest on the team. She also had competed on the beam and floor several times this season. She earned her first win of the season last week when she put up a 9.9 on the bars against Ohio State and Bowling Green.

Tun has also been a fixture on the bars this season, ranking just behind Wright for third on the team with an RQS of 9.74.

She has made frequent appearances on the floor and three appearances on vault. She owns four scores of 9.8 or better, most coming in the past two weeks.

Galpin has been a specialist on the balance beam for the Mountain-

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eers. She has won the event once and has placed in the top five on three separate occasions. She currently holds the highest average score on the beam with 9.795, narrowly edging out senior Melissa Idell.

With all the young talent this West Virginia roster holds, many of the freshmen are optimistic about the future.

“I’m really excited, each year I feel as if this team is getting better,” Koshinski said. “Each and every freshman class that comes in seems like it’s better than the one before it, and if things keep going in that direction then this program has a chance to be special.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Golf

WVU excited to receive new and improved practice facility

By Neel Madhavan Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Last week, the West Virginia University athletic department announced a major Coliseum Complex renovation project that will begin soon. While the most significant part of the renovations involve expanding and modernizing the Coliseum concourse for basketball games and other athletic events and overhauling the Shell Building for track and field, the men’s golf team also expects to get some major

facilities upgrades as well.

As a small part of this $25 million renovation project, the Mountaineer golf team is going to get a new 1,400 square foot area to house its indoor golf simulator and practice facility. In addition to the new indoor practice area, the team will be able to take full advantage of the soon-to-beexpanded Olympic sport athletic training room, which will expand from 2,000 to 5,000 square feet.

The team will finally have a suitable weight training facility to use, rather than having to use the football

team’s weight training facility in the Puskar Center at Mountaineer Field, like they have been.

“It will be exactly the same as the old indoor facility we had, just in a different location, with a TrackMan indoor simulator and putting/chipping turf,” said WVU head coach Sean Covich.

The team’s indoor practice facility is currently located inside the Coliseum with a flat indoor putting surface and a swing simulator. But according to Covich that facility will be removed while the Coliseum

undergoes its transformation and the golf team will be without its indoor practice facility until the fall.

“We had an indoor facility that was built inside an old dance studio in the Coliseum back in June,” Covich said. “That has been removed because of the Coliseum renovations.

We will be without an indoor facility until next fall, maybe October. Once we get the ‘new’ facility, it will be just like what we had just in a different location.”

One of the biggest obstacles a golf program like WVU has to overcome is

the weather and climate.

The wintry months are not conducive to playing golf, meaning the Mountaineers need an alternative so that they can still continue to practice in some way. That’s the advantage of having an indoor practice facility.

“Some sort of indoor facility is vital to a program in our geographic location,” Covich said.

Like in any college sport, recruiting is a major part of building a successful program, especially for a WVU golf program that is in the midst of its first competi-

tive season in more than 30 years.

“This will be huge in student recruiting,” said WVU athletic director Shane Lyons in an interview with WVUSports.com. “A lot of people refer to these things as an ‘arms race,’ and I don’t see it that way. Facilities don’t win championships, but I do think they are part of the formula to help recruit the type of student-athletes we need to win championships. It also helps retain high-quality coaches.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Track

Mountaineers conclude indoor season, prepare for outdoor slate

By Joel Norman Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Just as winter becomes spring, the sports seasons also change.

The West Virginia University women’s track and field season runs from December into July. However, there are two types of track and field: indoor and outdoor.

The outdoor season is finished. The Mountaineers competed in five events prior to the Big 12 Indoor Championship on Feb. 26-27. West Virginia finished ninth out of 10 teams and did not qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championship this weekend.

But that doesn’t mean that the team didn’t have its fair share of success, with multiple athletes earning postseason honors.

Senior Hannah Stone, junior Amy Cashin, sophomores Shamoya McNeil, Rebecca Wendt, Millie Paladino and Jillian Forsey and freshman Faith Penny all earned All Big 12 honors for finishing in the top eight of their respective categories.

McNeil moved up to No. 2 on WVU’s records list in the Big 12 Championship, marking a career-best 12.82 meter jump in the triple jump.

“We had some very good moments this weekend,” said WVU head coach Sean Cleary in an interview with WVUsports.com. “Our pole vaulters were competing at their

career-high heights. We had two All-Big 12 performers in the high jump. The triple jump saw another All-Big 12 performance. Meghan (JeanBaptiste) competed hard in the multi events and will return in a year with the experience required to contend for All-Big 12 honors. Our distance runners did a nice job earning honors in the 1,000 meters, 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters.”

Despite the abrupt end of the indoor season, the team is not finished. Seventy degree weather means that it’s time to race outside.

The outdoor season has 10 events before the NCAA Outdoor Championship begins on May 26.

The Mountaineers begin the outdoor season in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with a two-day meet against Wake Forest on Friday, March 18.

There are more differences between the two seasons than the length of regular season events. The postseason is longer for the outdoor season as well. The NCAA Outdoor Championship lasts seven days, not all consecutive.

A three day preliminary round starts May 26, then the four day championship round begins on June 8.

Similar to the indoor season, West Virginia will not host any home outdoor events. The indoor team was scheduled to host the Marty Pushkin Classic on Jan. 23, but it was

cancelled because of Winter Storm Jonas.

However, West Virginia anticipates hosting events in the future. In the fall of 2017, a $25 million aquatic and track and field center in Mylan Park will be ready for recreational use.

The university plans to use it to host swimming and track and field events.

“When our new facilities become a reality, we will be very excited to host a wide variety of home contests,” said Cleary said. “This team is a perennial national class team.

Our fans will enjoy being able to watch it at home. This facility will be an incredible boost to the entire community.”

So as Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend, the Mountaineers also switch seasons. They look to build off of a solid indoor season with an even better outdoor season.

The outdoor season is almost upon us, and it should be another exciting season for the Mountaineers. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Spieth looking to dial back the expectations placed upon him PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Spieth feels his game is in about the same spot as last year going into the Valspar Championship, which turned out to be the start of big run that carried him all the way to a green jacket.

The difference is that eight-shot victory to start the year in Hawaii, and the expectations that came along with it.

Spieth knew he was going to be a target this year.

He is No. 1 in the world, the Masters and U.S. Open champion who made a bold pursuit of the Grand Slam. And then he blew away the winners-only field at Kapalua in his first start of 2016, and winning felt easy.

Maybe too easy.

“You want to set highend, borderline unrealistic expectations for yourself because if you get anywhere close to it you’re going to be there,” Spieth said Wednesday. “But there’s a

balance that I needed to find. It’s been a learning experience this year.”

A year ago, Spieth had three top 10s, a missed cut at Torrey Pines and a tie for 17th at Doral, a course that doesn’t seem to suit him or anyone else who doesn’t hammer tee shots 300 yards in the air.

Throw out the eight-shot win at Kapalua this year, and Spieth has a pair of top 10s, a missed cut and another tie for 17th at Doral.

Spieth is the defending champion at the Valspar Championship, which gets lost among the Florida Swing on the PGA Tour but still manages to attract a strong field because of the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook. Henrik Stenson, Patrick Reed, Danny Willett and Branden Grace give the tournament five of the top 12 in the world.

Spieth finished with three tough par saves last year to get into a threeman playoff, and he beat

Reed and Sean O’Hair with a 30-foot birdie on the third extra hole. He followed with runner-up finishes in San Antonio and Houston, and then he went wire-to-wire at the Masters and tied Tiger Woods’ record score.

Repeating is never easy at any tournament, let alone a stretch of four of them.

“I’ve actually been off to a better start in 2016 than I was in 2015,” Spieth said.

“I feel like I’m in a better place. ... Really need to get my putter going. Hasn’t really slicked yet. Feels fine.

Haven’t quite gone in yet.

But they will.”

Even so, it seems as though his game hasn’t been as sharp. In his last three tournaments, he finished 10 shots behind at Pebble Beach, missed the cut at Riviera after the worst opening round (79) of his young PGA Tour career, and then finished 11 shots behind at Doral.

Jordan Spieth thanks the crowd during the Masters last year.

It was last week at Doral that Spieth learned to temper his expectations, and the Blue Monster at Trump National Doral was the perfect place for that.

“That course is going to make you ... it’s really bad for player-caddie relationships, as well as playergolf club relationships,” Spieth said with a laugh.

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“You don’t like your caddie or your clubs after that week. But I set lower expectations given I don’t think the course is a good fit for me.”

Sharapova guilty of “willful negligence” in recently failed drug test LONDON (AP) — Maria Sharapova was guilty of “willful negligence” for using meldonium, and international tennis officials were aware that many players were taking the drug before it was banned this year, former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound said Wednesday.

Pound told The Associated Press that Sharapova could face a ban of up to four years unless she can prove mitigating circumstances to explain her positive test for meldonium at the Australian Open in January.

Meldonium, a Latvianmanufactured drug designed to treat heart conditions, was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banned list on Jan. 1 after authorities noticed widespread use of the substance among athletes.

In announcing her positive test at a news confer-

ence in Los Angeles on Monday, Sharapova said she had been using the drug for 10 years for various medical issues. The five-time Grand Slam champion and world’s highest-earning female athlete said she hadn’t realized meldonium had been prohibited this year, taking full responsibility for her mistake.

“An athlete at that level has to know that there will be tests, has to know that whatever she or he is taking is not on the list, and it was willful negligence to miss that,” Pound said. “She was warned in advance I gather. The WADA publication is out there. She didn’t pay any attention to it. The tennis association issued several warnings, none of which she apparently read.”

“I am sorry, if you are running a $30 million a year sole enterprise you better make sure the basis for that commercial success, if

nothing else, remains unassailable,” Pound added in the interview with the AP on the sidelines of the Tackling Doping in Sport conference at Twickenham Stadium.

Current WADA president Craig Reedie questioned why Sharapova was prescribed meldonium.

“If the reports are true and this was happening when she was a teenager, then you begin to wonder why a drug that is basically to help heart problems was administered,” he said.

Pound disclosed that international tennis officials had flagged up the use of meldonium to the WADA committee that monitors the use of various drugs and recommends whether to put them on the banned list.

“Clearly, within the tennis circle at least, they were aware that a lot of the players were using it (meldonium) and said that there must be something to this,

so they referred it to the WADA list committee,” Pound said.

So far, Sharapova is the only tennis player with a known positive test for meldonium.

Meldonium, which is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was banned by WADA because it aids oxygen uptake and endurance. Several other athletes in various international sports have already been caught using it since it was banned Jan. 1.

A study published Wednesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that up to 490 athletes may have been taking meldonium during last year’s inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The drug was not banned at that time.

The study found that 13 winners or medalists were taking meldonium, 66 athletes tested positive for it,

and the drug was detected in athletes in 15 of the 21 sports on the program. The research contributed to WADA’s decision to add meldonium to the banned list.

Sharapova is being provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Federation, which will hold hearings on the case and decide on any long-term ban.

“She faces up to four years sanction for this,” Pound said. “There will have to be a review of whatever mitigating factors there may be, and not many leap to mind.”

Pound said he did not understand why Sharapova would have been taking the drug for so long.

The player said Monday that she had taken meldonium for a decade following various health problems including regular sicknesses, early signs of diabetes and “irregular” results from echocardiography exams.

“Looking at it from 10,000

feet and from outside, you say, ‘I am sorry but that doesn’t hold together,’” Pound said. “You’re in the United States, this is a product that is not available in the United States, and so there has got to be more to this than meets the eye.”

Grindeks, the Latvian company that manufactures meldonium, said the normal course of treatment with meldonium is four to six weeks.

“One of the issues that will have to be dealt with is that the use of this product for therapeutic purposes is not a long term,” Pound said. “You use it for a single intervention for weeks or months maybe, but not for 10 years in a row.”

Sharapova’s lawyer, John J. Haggerty, said Tuesday that he wanted “to disabuse the concept that Maria took mildronate every day for 10 years because that’s simply not the case.”