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NEW AQUATIC CENTER Aquatic and track center construction to begin this spring at Mylan Park

By John Mark Shaver Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

A new aquatic and track center is set to be built at Mylan Park, opening doors for West Virginia University athletic teams, as well as creating a new recreational hub for Morgantown residents.

Construction begins this spring, and officials hope for completion by late fall 2017, according to Greg Morris, president and CEO of PACE Enterprises, one of the companies involved in the project.

“It’s very much been a community endeavor,” Morris said. “It’s been contemplated for quite a while.”

A recent community

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survey found that a new WVU and cities within the aquatic center is high on county like Morgantown, the list of Morgantown Westover and Star City, accommunity needs, Morris cording to Morris. said.

“The use of the facility is Some of the center’s at- going to be going toward tractions will include a paying back the investment to build c o m mu nity pool, “It just takes the whole it,” Morw a l k ris said. program to a new level, for The faing pad, cility will w a t e r recruiting purposes as well as park, sun competition purposes” mark big decks, nges -Shane Lyons cforh aWVU’s fitness WVU Athletic Director athletic rooms wet classteams, rooms for the community too. to use, according to the fa“It just takes the whole program to a new level, for cility’s press release.

While the total cost is es- recruiting purposes as well timated between $25 and as competition purposes,” $30 million, most of that said Shane Lyons, WVU diwill be privately funded rector of athletics and assoby Mylan Park, as well as ciate vice president.

For the WVU swim team, other entities, including

this comes in the form of a regulation-sized 50-meter pool, whereas currently, the swim team only has a 25-meter pool. This upgrade in size makes the facility eligible to host Big 12 and NCAA Championships for swimming.

WVU’s diving team will also use a new diving tower that’s planned to be in the facility.

“It’s going to help us out a lot,” said Austin Smith, a freshman computer science student. “Right now, we’re kind of cramped in our facility… (The new facility) is going to extend us to a 5, a 7 and a 10-meter platform, which is unavailable to us right now.”

Smith said despite not

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‘MOVEMENT OF PEOPLES’

Victim’s name released in police shooting case David Michael Romanoski, 48, was shot and killed by a Monongalia County Sheriff Department deputy on Thursday, Nov. 5, according to a press release from MPD. Deputies arrived at 1043 Charles Ave. to serve a search and arrest warrant for Justin Knisell, who was wanted for firstdegree armed robbery in connection with an armed robbery at West Run apartments earlier in the day.

Occupants of the home immediately opened the door for deputies and tried to keep the police from entering the residence.

“Deputies confronted (Romanoski) armed with a shotgun who was subsequently shot,” an earlier press release read.

Upon further investigation, deputies found Romanoski had a handgun on him, as well.

Emergency medical

personnel were already in the surrounding area due to the “serious nature of the crimes involved,” and immediately began treatment for the gunshot wound.

Romanoski died due to his injuries after being transported to Ruby Memorial Hospital, according to the press release.

Following the incident, Knissell turned himself over to authorities, however Isaac Barker, who is also wanted for the armed robbery, is currently wanted.

Barker is considered armed and dangerous, and anyone with any information about him is urged to call 911 immediately.

Due to the “complexity of this investigation,” no new details or updates are expected until after the investigation is completed and reviewed by the Monongalia County Prosecutor’s Office.

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G. Daniel Cohen, an associate professor of History and the keynote speaker, describes the refugee crisis during the Second World War as it relates to the current world issues today.

Panel discusses different aspects of the European refugee crisis

By Madeleine Hall Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

West Virginia University’s Department of History, along with the College of Law shed light on the complexities of the European refugee crisis through a panel called “Movement of Peoples: Past, Present and Future,” presented on Monday night.

The multidisciplinary panel was one event in a yearlong series of celebrations, marking the 50th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Department of History’s theme for the celebration is “History in Motion.”

“We wanted to emphasize the fact that history is constantly being made and remade,” said Dr. Joseph M. Hodge, chair of WVU’s Department of History, in his opening remarks. “It is dynamic. It is in motion.”

An associate professor of history at Rice University, Dr. Daniel Cohen was the panel’s keynote speaker and emphasized the connections and dissimilarities between the refugee crisis unfolding today and the refugee crisis that took place more than 50 years ago after World War II. Cohen specifically drew

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West Virginia University faculty mmbers and students listen to a speaker at the “Movement of Peoples: Past, Present and Future” panel discussion on Monday evening. upon the United Nations, by deploying of tear gas and finding that world wide hu- armed forces at the border. man displacement, which “The fear that Muslim refreached 59.2 million in 2014, ugees with their different culis at its largest since the Sec- ture will overrun the local population and its Christian ond World War. “Does history provide culture is totally unfounded,” some sort of a guide or arse- Demzky said. nal of solutions that can be Other panelists included used to think about solving two professors of law, profesthe current crisis?” Cohen sors from the geography and said. political science departments Gabor Demzky, former and a professor from WVU’s mayor of Budapest, Hun- Center for Women’s and Gengary, was also a member of der Studies. the panel.

Professors of Law Michael Demzky spoke about Hun- Blumenthal and Jim Friedgary’s internationally con- berg focused on issues of asydemned xenophobia, or fear lum, the legal definition of of what is foreign, especially refugees versus migrants and strangers from different coun- how legal procedure has imtries, and recent violence in pacted European policy durrejecting an influx of refugees ing the crisis.

Dr. Cynthia Gorman of the Department of Geography and Center for Women’s and Gender Studies discussed the use of threatening language, such as “flood” and “swell,” in describing refugee movements and the need to humanize refugees.

Also attempting to put a human face on the refugee crisis was Dr. Karen Culcasi, who discussed her work with Syrian refugees in the Zaatari Refugee Camp of Jordan.

Erik Herron, Professor of political science at WVU, focused on issues of internally displaced persons and their ability to freely and securely participate in elections.

“I was impressed by the multidisplinary nature of the panel,” Hodge said. “We were able to mix the historical context with the legal context and (incorporate) the social and geographic issues, as well. It was a great event.”

A lively question and answer session followed the panel’s presentation.

“The refugee crisis is such a complex issue,” Gorman said. “The panel was important in bringing about all the aspects of the conflict and understanding why European states are responding the way they are.”

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The adventures of London-street orphan Oliver Twist have stolen the spotlight, becoming one of the most popular musicals in the world.

Victorian England will take over Downtown Morgantown starting Thursday at the Metropolitan Theatre.

The showtimes for “Oliver!” are 7 p.m. on Nov. 12, Nov. 13 and Nov. 14 and 3 p.m. Nov. 15.

Bringing Charles Dickens’ beloved novel, “Oliver Twist,” to life, Lionel Bart’s award-winning musical adaptation first hit the stage in 1960 and has been a staple in Broadway box offices.

The musical follows Oliver, a young orphan caught in the rapid industrialization of the 19th century. Tired of his life of deprivation and heartache, the workhouse boy escapes to London’s underworld.

Oliver is picked up on the street by a boy named the Artful Dodger and is welcomed into a gang of child pickpockets led by the conniving yet charismatic Fagin. The life of a thief is bestowed upon Oliver quickly after meeting the gang, who are all encouraged to commit crime.

This particular musical is unique, presenting a youthful cast consisting of only children and teens.

The role of Oliver is played by two elementary students, Vivek Yang and Annie Hickman.

Hickman, a 9-year-old from Morgantown, was cast to

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Jonathan Butler addresses a crowd following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at the university in Columbia, Mo. Butler has ended his hunger strike as a result of the resignation.

U. of Missouri president, chancellor leave over race tension COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP)— The president of the University of Missouri system and the head of its flagship campus resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over what they saw as indifference to racial tensions at the school.

President Tim Wolfe, a former business executive with no previous experience in academic leadership, took “full responsibility for the frustration” students expressed and said their complaints were “clear” and “real.”

For months, black student groups had complained that Wolfe was unresponsive to racial slurs and other slights on the overwhelmingly white main campus of the state’s four-college system. The complaints came to a head two days ago, when at least 30 black football players announced they would not play until the president left.

A graduate student went on a weeklong hunger strike.

Wolfe’s announcement came at the start of what had been expected to be a lengthy closed-door meeting of the school’s governing board.

“This is not the way change comes about,” he said, alluding to recent protests, in a halting statement that was simultaneously

apologetic, clumsy and defiant. “We stopped listening to each other.”

He urged students, faculty and staff to use the resignation “to heal and start talking again to make the changes necessary.”

Hours later, the top administrator of the Columbia campus, Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, announced he would step down at the end of the year and shift to leading research efforts.

The school’s undergraduate population is 79 percent white and 8 percent black. The state is about 83 percent white and nearly 12 percent black. The Columbia campus is about 120 miles west of Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown was killed last year in a shooting that helped spawn the national “Black Lives Matter” movement rebuking police treatment of minorities.

In response to the race complaints, Wolfe had taken little public action and made few statements.

As students leveled more grievances this fall, he was increasingly seen as aloof, out of touch and insensitive to their concerns. He soon became the protesters’ main target.

In a statement issued Sunday, Wolfe acknowledged that “change is needed” and said the uni-

versity was working to draw up a plan by April to promote diversity and tolerance. But by the end of that day, a campus sit-in had grown in size, graduate student groups planned walkouts and politicians began to weigh in.

Sophomore Katelyn Brown said she wasn’t necessarily aware of chronic racism at the school, but she applauded the efforts of black student groups.

“I personally don’t see it a lot, but I’m a middle-class white girl,” she said. “I stand with the people experiencing this.” She credited social media with propelling the protests, saying it offered “a platform to unite.”

At a news conference Monday, head football coach Gary Pinkel said his players were concerned with the health of Jonathan Butler, who had not eaten for a week as part of protests against Wolfe.

“During those discussions,” athletic director Mack Rhoades said, “there was never any talk about anybody losing their job. It was simply and primarily about a young man’s life.”

After Wolfe’s announcement, Butler ended his strike. He appeared weak and unsteady as two people helped him into a sea of celebrants on campus. Many broke into dance upon see-

ing him.

Football practice was to resume Tuesday ahead of Saturday’s game against Brigham Young University at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. Canceling the game could have cost the school more than $1 million.

Shaun Harper, executive director for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania, said the black football players “understood that they have the power.”

“That is so rare,” said Harper, who authored a 2013 study on black male student-athletes and racial inequities in NCAA Division I sports. “Not in our modern history have we seen black students collectively flex their muscle in this way.”

The protests began after Payton Head, the president of the student government at the Columbia campus, said in September that people in a passing pickup truck shouted racial slurs at him. Head is black.

In early October, members of a black student organization said slurs were hurled at them by an apparently drunken white student.

Frustrations flared again during a homecoming parade, when black protesters

blocked Wolfe’s car, and he did not get out and talk to them. They were removed by police. Also, a swastika drawn in feces was found recently in a dormitory bathroom.

The university did take some steps to ease tensions. At Loftin’s request, the school announced plans to offer diversity training to all new students starting in January, as well as faculty and staff. On Friday, the chancellor issued an open letter decrying racism after the swastika was found.

The governing board said an interim system president would be named soon, and board members vowed Monday to work toward a “culture of respect.”

The board planned to appoint an officer to oversee diversity and equality at all four campuses. It also promised a full review of other policies, more support for victims of discrimination and a more diverse faculty.

Head, the Missouri Students Association president, called those changes a step “in the right direction.”

“It’s great to see that from the UM system. It’s something that I honestly I didn’t expect but had been hoping for, for a long time,” he said.

Many of the protests have been led by an organization

called Concerned Student 1950, which gets its name from the year the university accepted its first black student. Group members besieged Wolfe’s car at the parade, and they conducted a weeklong sit-in on a campus plaza.

On Monday night, a group of about 100 people gathered at that plaza to pray and sing.

The group demanded that Wolfe resign and “acknowledge his white male privilege.” It also sought a 10-year plan to retain more marginalized students and the hiring of more minorities at the university’s counseling center.

On Sunday, the Missouri Students Association said in a letter to the board that there had been “an increase in tension and inequality with no systemic support” since Brown’s death.

Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was fatally shot by a white police officer during a struggle. The Justice Department later cleared officer Darren Wilson, concluding evidence backed his claim that he shot Brown in selfdefense after Brown tried to grab the officer’s gun.

Wolfe, 57, a former software executive and Missouri business school graduate, was hired as president in 2011.

Lawyer: Body cam showed no threats as police killed boy MARKSVILLE, La. (AP)— A police body camera recorded the father of a 6-year-old autistic boy with his hands up and posing no threat as police fired into his car, severely wounding the motorist and killing his son, the man’s lawyer said Monday.

“This was not a threatening situation for the police,” said Mark Jeansonne, an attorney for Chris Few, who remained hospitalized and could not attend Monday’s funeral of his son, Jeremy Mardis.

Derrick Stafford, 32, of Mansura, and Norris Greenhouse Jr., 23, of Marksville, were ordered held on $1

million bonds Monday on second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges, Jeansonne said.

The lawyer said he hasn’t seen the video himself, but its contents were described during the hearing. Louisiana’s state police chief, Col. Mike Edmonson, said Friday that “it’s the most disturbing thing I’ve seen - and I will leave it at that.”

Few’s condition was improving Monday, but he had not been told as of midday that his son is dead, Jeansonne said. His stepfather, Morris German, said last week that Few had bullet fragments in his brain

and lung.

Greenhouse is the son of a top assistant prosecutor for District Attorney Charles A. Riddle, who recused himself from the case on Monday, calling it “not good for any of us.”

Judge William Bennett set the officers’ bond during a hearing he held inside the jail after refusing media requests to open the proceedings. No transcripts were made available, and the judge later issued a sweeping gag order prohibiting anyone involved in the case, including potential witnesses and victims, from providing any information to the media.

Investigators have been reviewing forensics evidence, 911 calls and body camera recordings, but said little about them even before the gag order.

The official silence leaves many questions unanswered, including what prompted the fatal confrontation, and whether anyone else is being investigated for any crimes. At least two other officers were involved, authorities said, but their roles remain unclear.

Investigators have not suggested that race is a factor in the shooting, which may not fit neatly into a national debate about race and policing. Booking records

describe the officers as African-American; no available records describe the race of the father and son.

Few, a boat pilot on the Red River, was on probation at the time of the shooting after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in February, according to court records.

Stafford is a Marksville Police lieutenant; Greenhouse is a city marshal. Both were on marshal duty Tuesday night. Initial reports suggested they were trying to serve Few with a warrant when he fled onto a deadend road and then reversed his car in their direction at about 9:30 p.m.

But Edmonson said there was no evidence of a warrant, nor any gun at the scene.

The officers were moved from the jail in Marksville to a lockup in the central Louisiana city of Alexandria after Monday’s bond hearing, for reasons no one would explain, citing the gag order.

The possibility that they could post bond and remain free during the investigation didn’t sit well with some townspeople who gathered outside the jail.

“The same day the boy is being buried,” said Barbara Scott. “Shame, shame, shame.”

AQUATIC

right before their meets.

The new tower will allow them to train throughout the year.

The outside portion of the facility will further feature a nine-lane, 4,000-meter track that will be used by the WVU track team.

WVU’s Athletics De-

partment has not yet determined a transportation method to the facility for student athletes, but Lyons said they will certainly find a way for students to get to practices and meets.

Lyons also said the idea for the project came from a similar facility built by Vir-

ginia Tech and Christiansburg, Virginia.

“Before I got here, (WVU) had visited that facility and looked at how it was built,” Lyons said. “It’s kind of the same thing (that) you have a competition side, but you also have the community side.”

Lyons said though it’s still too early to determine what will be done with the school’s old aquatic and track centers, their fates will be discussed at a later date.

The facility is at least two years away from completion, but Morris is excited

for the coming changes.

“We think it’s going to be a terrific community asset,” Morris said. “One that visitors and residents of the area are going to be able to enjoy for many years to come.”

have fun with all of the cast members. It’s an amazing experience.”

Playing the role of Oliver requires a lot of rehearsing and singing; however, Hickman was up for the challenge.

“I have to speak in a British accent the whole time,” Hickman said. “I took all the ‘h’s’ out of my lines to

sound British, and it was really hard. I love acting.”

Hickman hopes to become a singer when she grows up.

“Oliver!” is not an easy show to direct. Many roles are often double cast or switched out throughout the musical, and everything from the set to the character’s costumes must be his-

torically accurate.

Dozens of children busily ran through the Metropolitan Theatre during a dress rehearsal last night, as volunteers rushed to fix their makeup and wigs.

Some of the costumes include canes and top hats, while others require fake dirt smudged over the actor’s tattered clothing and

faces.

The show is expected to draw in a big audience.

“The kids put on a great show every time,” said Christian DeLeon a marketing director for Morgantown Theatre Company. “They perform in the highest quality, with professional lighting and sounds. The kids really feel

like they’re on Broadway, putting their all into the production.”

Tickets for “Oliver!” are $9 for children ages 12 and under and $11 for adults. Visit morgantowntheatrecompany.org to purchase tickets for the show.

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“I like playing Oliver because it’s really fun, and I get to experience what it’s like to be a boy,” Hickman said. “I get to hang out and

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Looking at systemic racism on campuses Racism still exists. Society has evolved, but equality ideology across the U.S., specifically on college campuses, has not.

Yesterday, University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe resigned as a result of ongoing student protests on the Columbia campus.

Since the beginning of the fall semester, MU has seen a significant amount of racism, and Wolfe did not take strides large enough to satisfy complaints from students. In the last few months, MU students have endured myriad racial slurs and instances of hate vandalism, and despite student protests and cries to be heard, university administration made mild attempts to resolve a widespread problem.

On Nov. 2, MU student Jonathan Butler went on a hunger strike, and the movement snowballed from there, according to the Missourian, MU’s student newspaper. But-

ler’s strike was met with over- ing morning, citing his love for whelming support from stu- the university and for the state dents as some set up camp as his motivation for the deon the campus and boycotted cision. Chancellor of the MU university services until Wolfe Columbia campus R. Bowen was removed.

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University of Missouri students demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the university’s president.

In the midst of the muchdiscussed culture change at WVU, University administration has pushed for a campus-wide shift from the negative “party school” image to a more positive academic im-

age. The focus on this culture change has had a seemingly positive effect on campus and has increased diversity and tolerance.

Is there racism on WVU’s campus? What are

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Exercising alleviates stress, promotes mental health Jenna gilbert columnist @j3nn_1f3r

Stress is something all too common among college students, myself included. Between course costs, deciding where to live and keeping grades up, some situations can easily become very overwhelming to deal with.

During the summer I spent a lot of time obsessing over how I was going to pay for college. Just thinking about it today still makes my blood pressure spike. I could not comprehend how people pay for college because I didn’t have enough money at the time to cover the cost mentioned in my MIX account.

This would sometimes send me spiraling into a vortex of stress with a feeling of no way out. However, I learned an easy coping technique that made this time in my life easier to handle.

Exercise. Yes, physical stress helps combat mental stress. For me, running was my stress-reliever. I usually hate working out and can think of 100 other things I would rather do than hit the gym, but, for me, running is “easy” exercise that can be done whenever: Inside or outside, morning or night. I went running at least three times eacj week, sometimes more depending on how stressed I was.

According to research from professors at Harvard University, exercising helps with stress in two ways: It releases endorphins and increases selfesteem. Endorphins are the body’s natural painkillers and can improve your mood, which leads to feel-

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Running is a great way to clear one’s head after a stressful event. ing better about oneself.

Exercise also expels adrenaline and cortisol from the body, which are the hormones that cause physical feelings of stress.

If starting the exercising process seems difficult, there are thousands of phone applications able to provide motivation. I found the app Running for Weight Loss early on that helped me push myself. It works by designating times for running and times for walking so working up toward continuously running becomes easier over time.

The intensity of the workout increased as I progressed, but I never found myself falling behind. The app also gives the option to share your workout on

Facebook, where I was able to receive encouragement from my friends and family. Support can really help when trying something new.

After a while, running became something I looked forward to and truly enjoyed. However, fighting stress with exercise doesn’t have to involve just running; it can involve any type of exercise you may enjoy.

Aerobic exercise is recommended most by experts when trying to clear your head, but if you are more into lifting, it will work as well. The point of using exercise in this way is to clear your head and focus on yourself, not what’s going on in your life. Running was “me time,” where

I only focused on pushing myself and not on my other problems.

After making a habit of running regularly, I started to feel much better about myself. My stress level was at an all-time low, and I began to see positive changes in my physical appearance as well.

I also noticed running helped me organize my days better. I made sure to plan out time to run, which in turn forced me to plan out the rest of my responsibilities for the day.

When people become stressed, it’s possible their sleep schedule can get disrupted. Stress, anxiety and depression all have the ability to create negative changes in our sleep-

ing habits. I have always been aware of the struggle to get up in the mornings, but I always assumed it was simply due to waking up at different times. I love sleeping in, but the longer I sleep, the less motivated I am to start my day. Exercise is a great way to start the day and makes you feel tired by bedtime, which can help regulate sleep cycles.

Given all of the hills in Morgantown, I have struggled to get back into running. To continue exercising, I have started supplementing with yoga instead. I find it helps just as much, and I’m able to practice in my room with videos I find online instead of attempting to run up and down incred-

ibly steep hills. When I finish, I always feel very relaxed.

If you’re new to exercising or to a specific exercise in general, it’s best to start small and slowly advance from there. Many health professionals will say the best way to burn yourself out and begin to hate exercising is to start off at an advanced level before being physically ready. Exercise should be strenuous but still relaxing, and going beyond your physical limits at the time can lead to negative results.

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THE BREAST KIND OF ART

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An up-close look at Jamie Lester’s first-place painting in the Bare Form exhibit at the Monongalia Arts Center.

Monongalia Arts Center’s Bare Form exhibit celebrates the beauty of the human body Ally Litten

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The human body is a beautiful thing. The gift of life is shown in every wrinkle and crevice of the body, no matter what age you are. However, these are not imperfections but rather an intimate glimpse into the life of whoever you’re looking at. This month, the Monongalia Arts Center is celebrating all forms of the body with its Bare Form exhibit.

The exhibit opened Friday and Artists from the local community submitted pieces that captured not only the naked body but also the emotion that comes with such an intimate subject. All of the submitted artwork was judged, and the top three pieces were marked with ribbons.

There are so many colorful and unique works of art on display in the Ben-

edum Gallery that it takes a minute to digest each one. “Naiad” by Sara Ward and Vern Thompson immediately caught my eye.

A series of multiple photographs, the work of art portrays a naked woman by a stream. The nature in the background and the realness of the woman’s body create a very organic theme. The photographs truly capture the body as a natural work of art, just like a beautiful stream that runs naturally through a forest.

My favorite piece was “Repose,” the painting that won first place. Painted on canvas by Jamie Lester, the painting portrays a beautiful woman lying naked with her eyes closed in the midst of suburbia.

The neighborhood she was lying in looked like the grand, historic streets of South Park lined with trees and Victorian-era houses.

The painting immediately reminded me of the tele-

vision show Desperate Housewives. Not only did the neighborhood look a lot like Wisteria Lane, but the woman reminded me of a mother who probably lived in one of these houses.

Another painting I enjoyed was “Tattoo Girl” by Amber Ryan. The picture portrays a real woman’s body complete with curves and imperfections. The most unique thing about this picture is the tattoo on the woman’s arm and her lip piercing.

It represents what the human body really looks like. A lot of times the media portrays an average body as someone who is stick thin and “perfect.”

However, that body type isn’t perfect. The body Ryan painted, however, seems real and perfect in every way. It was enlightening that someone could portray a different body type than what is usually seen.

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A look at the installation pieces in the Bare Form exhibit featuring the middle piece by Ben Kolb.

“Touch Them, Own Them, Love Them” by Michelle Furlong was another favorite of mine. The mixed media piece portrays a woman’s nude torso which was covered in lace or tattoos of some kind. Across the woman’s body was the

saying, “Touch them. Own them. Love them. Don’t compare them.” As soon as I read it, I fell in love with the piece. In a room filled with naked bodies, it is really hard not to compare them. Furlong not only did a great job, but she also

left a powerful message for anyone viewing the gallery.

The MAC did an incredible job putting a collection of artwork together that truly captured the human body and spirit. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Students in the WVU Dance Program will shimmy, shake and sway their way across the stage this week as the school hosts “A Celebration of Dance” in the Creative Arts Center.

Taking place each semester, students in the WVU Dance Program devote weeks of choreography and practice to craft the pieces that are showcased in the annual event.

WVU’s Director of the Dance Program, Dr. Yoav Kaddar, worked with dance students since he first came to WVU about six years ago.

Making its debut five years ago in E. Moore Hall, “A Celebration of Dance” first began as an informal, low-production concert where students were able to showcase their works.

“Like all of our productions, this is an extension of the work we do in the studio,” Kaddar said. “It’s part of the dance education curriculum, to perform, choreograph and create and to put on a dance concert. That’s why we dance and work hard and put time in the studio to design. These concerts are important and very much a part of what we do here and what we train our students for.”

Dance students spend eight weeks perfecting the moves of 12 original works to be debuted at the event.

These pieces feature an array of different dance styles from hip-hop and ballet, to jazz and contemporary pieces. Kaddar and other faculty members of the WVU Dance Program mentor stu-

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The WVU Dance Program puts on ‘A Celebration of Dance’ annually. dents over the eight-week period to share their skills and knowledge. This semester, 11 students were selected to choreograph the pieces that will be performed. While only 11 students craft the moves through choreography, up to 40 students will be dancing their way across the stage to showcase their skills.

Kaddar said it’s important that the students learn how to choreograph their own pieces because design is one of the most basic fundamentals of dance.

“Without choreographers, we don’t have dance,” Kaddar said. “For some students, creating a dance is like writing a story, putting a play on.

It’s a way of expressing and getting a message across. It takes good communication to choreograph a dance, and it’s important for us to teach that and have that as an outlet for our students.”

As well as performing works from popular American dance styles, exchange students visiting WVU from the Universidad Nacional de Asuncion in San Lorenzo, Paraguay will also showcase a folk piece from Paraguay, featuring traditional dress and music. Kaddar said this is the first year “A Celebra-

tion of Dance” will feature this exchange agreement.

Kaddar hopes this agreement will continue in the future and will possibly allow not only for exchange students to share staples of their culture with us, but for WVU students to swap their traditions, as well.

The student work being performed will go through a selection and feedback process, where the top pieces will then be selected for the annual “Dance Now!” concert in February.

“Diversity is the headline of any dance concert,” Kaddar said.

“Anytime you see dance it’s a celebration, a celebration of the human body. People love to move to music. I truly believe our motto that everyone is a dancer. Even when you sit in your chair and watch the dancers move, everyone secretly wants to get up and dance to them.”

The WVU Dance Program’s “A Celebration of Dance” will take place at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12 and 13 in the Antoinette Falbo Theatre in the Creative Arts Center. For more information, visit http://theatre. wvu.edu/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Dungeons & Dragons might be making a comeback thanks to WVU Lab Theatre’s upcoming production of “She Kills Monsters” in the Vivian Davis Michael Theatre at the Creative Arts Center.

The first production of the Lab season, “She Kills Monsters” is a quirky fantasy play written by Qui Nguyen in 2011. The play takes place in the ‘90s, as the pop culture, clothing styles and attitudes were much different than that of today. The ideas of geeky role-playing games and ‘90s subculture are pretty humorous to contemporary audiences, so the Lab Committee agreed that the show was the ideal experimental expression to kick off its season.

The play centers around Agnes Evans, a schoolteacher who is mourning the loss of her younger sister, Tilly. Agnes stumbles across a D&D quest that was written and designed

by Tilly, so she decides to jump headfirst into a world of treasure, swordfighting and elves to get to really know how her sister’s brain worked. Once inside the game, Agnes meets Tillius the Paladin the alter-ego of her sister when she would take part in the role-playing game and several other heroic representations of her friends at school. The play is full of action, with lots of slaying and dance battles to keep audiences either laughing or on the edge of their seats. More than that, it

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‘She Kills Monsters’ thrusts the audience into the mystical world of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. pushes a strong message: People may seem different on the outside but are still just as human on the inside.

Monica Hanigan, one of the show’s leading ladies, plays the role of Tilly.

She feels this message is the whole reason this play exists.

“On the outside, yes it’s nerdy, but you get into it… it’s more than that. It’s not about it being nerdy, it’s about the people and getting past that outer shell,” Hanigan said.

The play is directed by Max Gould, who was most recently seen desensitizing Morgantown with his outrageous performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show.” When he directs, Gould loves to push boundaries and approach issues of humanity while also having fun with very clever texts. So it was no surprise that he chose a play with the scope

of an entire medieval quest for his next big project. He has changed the size and shape of the room’s stage to accommodate combat sequences and multiple people being on stage simultaneously.

With Lab Theatre, students have the ability to create a production from the ground up by collaborating with other student designers, actors and stage managers. This challenge and need for camaraderie is what makes Lab Theatre so appealing to growing artists as well as audience members.

“She Kills Monsters” opens at 7:30 p.m. on Friday Nov. 13 in the Vivian Davis Michael Theatre at WVU. The show continues its run with a performance Saturday night at the same time and a matinee show at 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Debate puts Fox Business moderators in the spotlight NEW YORK (AP) ‑ Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, one of the moderators for Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, says that while she wants to help viewers understand the differences between candidates, she’s not looking to start brawls.

The fourth GOP debate - and first since a CNBC session left candidates grumbling about the journalists asking questions - takes place Tuesday night in Milwaukee. Bartiromo, FBN’s Neil Cavuto and Wall Street Journal editor-inchief Gerard Baker will guide the twohour discussion starting at 9 p.m. EDT. It’s also an opportunity for the relatively little-noticed business network, which will try to push its coverage in front of as many viewers as possible.

“You want to draw out the differences, but I don’t think you need to draw (them) out taking somebody’s head off and having a fight,” Bartiromo said on Monday.

“That does make good television but it’s not really helping the viewer.”

A tone was set from the beginning of the CNBC debate, when candidates were asked to reveal their greatest weakness and moderator John Harwood asked Donald Trump if he was running “a comic-book version of a presidential campaign.”

The Republican National Committee reacted by pulling its sponsorship for an upcoming NBC News debate and some campaigns tried to wrest control of the debate process from the committee. There was a backlash, with President Obama wondering how the candidates

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Maria Bartiromo will moderate the next GOP debate. would be able to face the nation’s adversaries if they thought debate moderators were too tough.

Bartiromo said she believed that her former employers at CNBC exhibited a hostility toward and disdain for the candidates. She said it was a useful reminder

that the purpose of debates is to educate voters.

She said she wants to talk about the economy and believes the biggest issue for voters on this topic is how to create new jobs.

The debate is designed to focus on

economic issues, but Bartiromo said potential presidents must prove themselves adept at addressing a wide range of issues. Questions surrounding Ben Carson’s claims of past incidents in his life have been front and center the past few days - leading Carson to strike back at the media - and Bartiromo said Fox won’t be reluctant to bring the topic up.

She talked to Carson about it on her daily show Monday.

She helped moderate a GOP candidates’ debate in 2012, when she was one of CNBC’s biggest stars. She expects it will be valuable experience for Tuesday night.

“It helps you to remember that anything can happen,” she said. “You have to be able to think on your feet. You have to be able to react to unforeseen comments, unforeseen events.”

The previous GOP debates set viewership records for Fox News Channel, CNN and CNBC. That’s a virtual certainty Tuesday for FBN, although it would be a surprise if it reached the 14 million who tuned in to CNBC last month.

FBN is available in some 82 million homes in the United States, or a little more than three-quarters of the TV households. FBN will stream the debate online, and is trying to put the debate before a few million more TV viewers by “unbundling” the network. Some service providers, most notably DirecTV, place Fox Business Network on a more expensive programming tier, and FBN is urging those companies to let everyone with basic service see it.

Caitlyn Jenner, Reese Witherspoon honored at Glamour Awards NEW YORK (AP) ‑ Caitlyn Jenner, undoubtedly one of the most talked-about women in the world, is being honored as one of Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year on Monday in a glittery ceremony along with fellow honorees like actress Reese Witherspoon, dancer Misty Copeland and designer Victoria Beckham.

The annual ceremony at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan mixes high-wattage celebrities with lesser known names, and this year, the award winners include five women touched by the South Carolina church massacre Alana Simmons, Nadine Collier, Bethane Middleton-Brown, Felicia Sanders and Polly Sheppard - and lauded in the aftermath as “The Peacemakers of Charleston.” Also to be honored: Entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, Planned Parenthoood’s Cecile Richards and the victorious U.S. women’s soccer team.

This year is the 25th an-

niversary of the awards, and former honorees Madeleine Albright, Serena Williams and Billie Jean King were among those scheduled to be on hand for the festivities.

Amy Schumer was scheduled to open the ceremony, and Jennifer Hudson and Ellie Goulding to perform.

Jenner is not the first transgender woman to be a Glamour Woman of the Year; last year, actress Laverne Cox was honored.

Still, Jenner’s inclusion sparked some backlash on social media. “We prefer to focus on the positive,” Jenner said through a spokesman ahead of the announcement.

Cindi Leive, Glamour’s editor-in-chief, told The Associated Press that criticism of Jenner’s inclusion “certainly gives you an appreciation for the hostility to the trans community that still exists out there.”

Among the achievements of some of this year’s honorees: Witherspoon co-

founded a production company, Pacific Standard, which aims to make films featuring strong female lead roles as way to fight the gender gap in Hollywood. The company’s “Wild” and “Gone Girl” earned Oscar nominations for Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Rosamund Pike.

Copeland became the first female African-American principal at American Ballet Theatre in June.

Jenner, a former Olympic hero and KardashianJenner family reality star, came out as a trans woman earlier this year.

Her docuseries, “I Am Cait,” was just picked up by E! for a second season.

Beckham gained fame as a Spice Girl, but has since become a highly respected fashion designer.

The U.S. women’s soccer team handily defeated Japan to win the 2015 World Cup in July, and was recently welcomed at the White House by President Caitlyn Jenner was honored as one of Glamour’s ‘Women of the Year.’

Barack Obama.

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Teen Fashionistas on ‘Project Runway Junior’ make it work NEW YORK (AP) ‑ Tim Gunn said he was apprehensive about participating in a bite-size version of “Project Runway” featuring teen designers as young as 13.

“I thought,” he recalled in a recent interview, “will I have to soft-pedal my critiques? Is it all going to be watered down? Are they going to be emotional wrecks and very fragile?”

Gunn was pleasantly surprised by the freshman class on “Project Runway Junior,” which premieres Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on Lifetime. And yes, he DOES employ his signature catchphrase: “Make it work!”

The mentor, former educator at the Parsons design school and adult wrangler on the long-running “Project Runway” called the new show’s young contestants lovable, sweet to each other and respectful of the process swirling around them.

That’s saying a lot, considering the age range - 13 to 17 - among the 12 contestants from around the country.

Gunn saw bits of his younger self in them all, as did his co-host, model Hannah Davis, and two of the three judges, Christian Siriano and Kelly Osbourne. Aya Kanai, the executive fashion editor at Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazines, rounds out the judges’ crew.

“These young people ... are all loners. There’s no one like them who comes home from school and plays with a sewing machine,” Osbourne said.

“They’ve been put in a room of their peers, with kids just like them, for the first time in their life.”

Gunn agreed.

“For the boys on the show, you know they were the picked upon, bullied, odd people out in their schools, and yeah, I was that kid,” he said.

The 62-year-old Gunn recalled his own miserable childhood. Growing up in Washington, D.C., he had a debilitating stutter that went untreated until he was 19. It was a time in his life when he was “coming to terms with the importance of being a responsible citizen of the world and not fleeing it, which is what I spent almost the first 20 years of my life doing.”

He saw none of that in the kids on the show.

“Compared to the designers on a regular season of ‘Runway,’ these teens ... accept responsibility for their actions,” Gunn said. “There’s never any factor that comes into their interaction with the judges or with me about why this isn’t going as well as they had wanted it to go, versus regular ‘Runway’ when there’s nothing but excuses.”

The entire cast got a high-level treat. The Dec. 10 episode will feature a video appearance by first lady Michelle Obama to announce a challenge supporting education for girls.

Bella Thorne is a guest judge for the final challenge.

Siriano, Osbourne and Davis didn’t put in the work room time with the kids like Gunn did and were shocked to learn they, like adult ‘Runway’ contestants, had no help, did the work themselves and produced designs quickly, over a tight span of 10 hours for some challenges.

“It’s almost cooler working with kids than adults because they were figuring it all out along the way,” Davis said.

Siriano added: “We were told to give them real criticism like they would get if they were presenting to an editor or to anyone else in the industry.”

Food TV and other networks have spun off adult competitions into kid versions with mixed results.

“I think kids could just be a big flop,” Gunn said.

“There has to be some substance.”

They saw an abundance of that in the youngest contestant, 13-year-old Maya from Maumee, Ohio. Tim Gunn will host new teen fashion show.

“She’s amazing,” Siriano said. “Everything she makes on the show is unreal.”

Cast through open auditions, the contestants competed for a full scholarship to one of the country’s top design schools, the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, and other prizes.

Getting to a winner was gut-wrenching for the judges, considering children are involved. When they got down to the final six, emotions ran extra high, Gunn said.

“The judges and I didn’t want to eliminate anyone at that point and said, ‘Can we just send all six of them forward to the finale? Please? Please!’”

Producers nixed that idea, as they did Gunn’s Plan B of trimming the final six to four by letting the two kids cut leave together, hand in hand.

“With the grown-ups on ‘Runway,’” Gunn said, “it’s like, ‘Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!’”

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Morgantown native Paladino strives for success

BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM

Underclassmen tend to be criticized for a lack of experience, but West Virginia’s Millie Paladino does not fall into that category.

As a freshman last fall, Paladino and the West Virginia University women’s cross country team competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championship. The Mountaineers finished in eighth place, and Paladino gained valuable experience.

Despite a minor injury, Paladino decided to run and placed 210th with a time of 22:01.3.

“I think (running despite being injured) was great because I have the experience now,” Paladino said. “When

you walk away from the course, you’re like, ‘I’d like to be back here and be better next year.’”

West Virginia is not a lock to return to the NCAA Championship this season.

After starting the season ranked No. 10 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Poll, the Mountaineers ended the regular season looking up at the 30 ranked teams.

Paladino has done her part to try to return to the NCAA Championship. In both of her races this season, she’s had better times (21:13.5 and 21:34.3) than what she earned at last year’s NCAA Championship.

“I’m really excited that I’m going be back a second time, hopefully. It definitely

is a motivator to get back there because you know what it’s going be like and you know, hopefully, what you can do there.”

While the Morgantown native is anxious to return to the NCAA Championship, she would prefer to travel to Louisville, Kentucky, with her entire team.

“I think our whole team at this point is hoping for a big jump. We have so much potential, and we just want to see that on the course,” Paladino said. “I obviously am an intrinsic runner, so I always look at how I do, but our goal is to make it to nationals. You can obviously do that as an individual, but we want to get there as a team.”

While still attending University High School in Mor-

gantown, Paladino couldn’t have foreseen what she’s accomplished in so little time as a Mountaineer runner. In fact, she didn’t even plan on attending West Virginia University for some time.

“I wasn’t keen on the idea of coming here for a really long time because everyone from here comes here.

My sister left, my brother left because there wasn’t really anything here for them,” Paladino said.

With a GPA over 4.0 in high school, Paladino wanted a college with an impressive engineering program, but also where she could continue running cross country.

“I met some of the professors (at West Virginia) and I liked what I saw, but I came mainly for the team

and the coach,” Paladino said. “I wanted to run with them, and I wanted this to be the place where I became the best runner I could be. I visited a lot of schools, and it came down to feeling.”

That feeling convinced her to stay in her hometown. It’s a decision she is proud of.

“My heart was here. I’ve never once looked back and regretted my decision and I think that’s how you know you’re in the right place,” Paladino said.

While she doesn’t know if running is a part of her postcollege life, Paladino is soaking up every moment of it while she’s still competing.

That love of running motivates her every race.

“My major is civil engineering; I’d love to get a

job with a sustainable construction company,” Paladino said. “I like what I do like in terms of school, but I want to see what I can do with running, too. I’d like to run professionally one day, but that’s a big dream.”

Paladino nearly didn’t attend West Virginia University, but so far, so good, and she doesn’t want her days of running to end any time soon.

“I take it day-to-day. You have to be on your game today if you want to be something big in the future. You just don’t know what’s going to happen,” Paladino said. “I have big dreams, but I never thought I’d be here a couple years ago. You have to be open and hope for the best.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Oklahoma State knocked TCU from the ranks of the unbeaten over the weekend and almost certainly knocked the Horned Frogs out of the College Football Playoff picture, too.

Now, it is Oklahoma’s turn to try to do the same thing to Baylor.

The No. 12 Sooners, who have been rolling since a stunning loss to Texas a month ago, visit fourthranked Baylor on Saturday in the Big 12’s marquee matchup. Oklahoma still has conference title aspirations, even if its loss in the Red River Rivalry crippled its own national championship hopes, while the Bears are trying to

ensure they don’t miss out like they did a year ago.

“Every game you play is a big game, and the biggest game you always have after you finish this one is the next one,” Baylor coach Art Briles said on Monday’s coaches teleconference.

“We’ve got to be good every week,” Briles said. “We’ve got to be mentally sound, physically ready to go. If you’re not, you’re not going to like the outcome.”

The Bears (8-0, 5-0, No. 6 CFP) may have learned that lesson last Thursday night.

In their first game with freshman Jarrett Stidham under center, the Bears got everything they could handle from Kansas State in a 31-24

victory. In fact, the Wildcats - winless in league play - had the ball with 44 seconds left needing a touchdown to force overtime.

The Bears came up with an interception to seal the win.

“You can say what you want, but when you look up in November, we are still around,” Briles said. “When you play us, it is going to be a tough out regardless of the location and nature of the game. We are going to stave, we are going to fight and we are going to find a way to win.”

The Sooners (8-1, 5-1, No. 15) always figured to give the Bears a tough test in their road to perfection, but it was the Horned Frogs - Big 12 co-

champs a year ago - that everyone pointed to as the big late-season matchup. The two Texas schools meet on Nov. 27.

That story line changed when fifth-ranked Oklahoma State (9-0, 6-0, No. 14) rolled to a 49-29 win over No. 13 TCU (8-1, 5-1, No. 8) last weekend, vaulting the Cowboys into the national title conversation and sending the Horned Frogs searching for answers.

In some ways, the month of November is shaping up to be an elimination game in the Big 12 title race. But all of those tough matchups could ultimately be a bad thing for the Big 12, leaving the league once again with-

out one national championship contender.

In other Big 12 news Monday: — The Cowboys swept the league’s weekly awards with quarterback Mason Rudolph the top player on offense, linebacker Chad Whitener on defense and punter Zach Sinor on special teams.

Rudolph threw for 352 yards and five touchdowns without an interception against the Horned Frogs, while Whitener had 12 tackles and two interceptions, one he returned for a score.

Sinor had nine punts, six of which were downed inside the 20-yard line.

— There was more good news for Oklahoma State:

Wide receiver James Washington was added to the Biletnikoff Award watch list, giving the Big 12 seven players on the list. Already on the list are Baylor teammates Corey Coleman and KD Cannon, Oklahoma star Sterling Shepard, Texas Tech’s Jakeem Grant, West Virginia’s Shelton Gibson and Josh Doctson of TCU. — Speaking of Doctson, coach Gary Patterson said “no update” when asked about the status of his star wide receiver. Doctson appeared to have his wrist rolled over late in the first half and did not return against Oklahoma State. Doctson has 78 catches for 1,315 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Skill or chance? New Jersey could have influence on fantasy sports TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Making a case they hope will resonate with states across the nation, representatives of the fantasy sports industry told New Jersey lawmakers Monday that regulators should not treat them the same way as casinos because success in their industry relies more on skill than on chance.

Their testimony to an Assembly committee was clearly aimed beyond the confines of the state: New Jersey’s gambling regulations are considered the strictest in the nation, and a favorable determination could clear the way for daily fantasy sports in much of the rest of the country as regulators look to New Jersey for guidance.

Last month, Nevada required fantasy sports companies to obtain a gambling license, and states including Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York and Georgia have considered enacting their own rules.

New Jersey officials, backed by a Monmouth

University legal expert, said at the hearing they may have to change the state’s Constitution if the state deems daily fantasy sports to be gambling, legally defined as games of chance. Such a determination would expand gambling beyond Atlantic City, requiring a Constitutional amendment.

For the fantasy companies, the crucial issue is getting states to agree that their operations are games of skill, and therefore not subject to costly gambling regulations that apply to casinos.

“It’s a form of entertainment, not gambling,” said Jeremy Kudon, who represents DraftKings, FanDuel and the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. “Fantasy sports is a game of skill, not a game of chance.

You need to understand the skills of different players.

It depends almost entirely on the amount of time, research and talent — otherwise known as skill. Chance is not a material effect in the contest.”

Several lawmakers were

clearly skeptical of such claims.

“It is clear that chance is a material factor into the outcome,” said Assemblyman Troy Singleton. “I know a ton of people who are skilled in drafting. But at the end of the day, if Tom Brady breaks his leg, it doesn’t matter how skillful you were in drafting Tom Brady.

“I’ve lost to my wife a number of times in daily fantasy sports, and I know she doesn’t have as much skill.”

Daily fantasy sports allows people to deposit money in accounts, create fantasy rosters of sports teams by selecting real players and then compete against other contestants based on their players’ statistical performances to win money.

Representatives of the companies said they welcome consumer protection legislation that unequivocally establishes the legality of such contests and ensures fairness and transparency. But several said

they object to the costs associated with casino licensure.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate, said during the last GOP debate that regulating daily fantasy sports is a frivolous pursuit while terrorists are on the march overseas and while

the country suffers from financial concerns.

“They shouldn’t regulate fantasy football,” Christie said. “It’s a stupid idea.”

But a state senator and former Atlantic City mayor said after the debate he would introduce a bill to regulate them after confer-

ring with the state Division of Gaming Enforcement.

Sen. James Whelan’s bill would classify daily fantasy sports as games of skill.

Assemblyman Ralph Caputo said no decisions on whether or how to regulate them will be made immediately.

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GENEVA (AP) — Russia’s status as a sports superpower and its participation in track and field events at next year’s Olympics came under threat Monday after a report accused the Russians of widespread, statesupported doping reminiscent of the darkest days of cheating by the former East Germany.

The findings by a commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency were far more damaging than expected. It means that two of the world’s most popular sports - soccer and track and field - are now mired in scandals that could destroy their reputations.

The WADA investigation’s findings that Russian government officials must have known about doping and cover-ups, with even its intelligence service, the FSB, allegedly involved, threatened to severely tarnish President Vladimir Putin’s use of sports to improve his country’s global standing. Russia hosted the last Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 and will hold the next World Cup in 2018.

“It’s worse than we thought,” said Dick Pound, an International Olympic Committee veteran who chaired the WADA probe. “It may be a residue of the old Soviet Union system.”

The 323-page report said that in Russia, “acceptance of cheating at all levels is widespread.” Among its findings: - Moscow testing laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov ordered the “intentional and malicious destruction” of 1,417 doping control samples to deny evidence for the investigation.

- FSB agents regularly visited the lab, routinely questioned its staff and told some of them not to cooperate with WADA as part of “direct intimidation and interference by the Russian state” with the lab’s work. Staff at the lab believed their offices were bugged by the FSB. - FSB agents even infiltrated Russia’s anti-doping work at the Sochi Olympics.

One witness told the inquiry that “in Sochi, we had some guys pretending to be engineers in the lab, but actually they were from the Federal Security Service.”

- “Widespread inaction” by track and field’s governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations, and Russian authorities allowed athletes suspected of doping to continue competing.

“The Olympic Games in London were, in a sense, sabotaged by the admission of athletes who should have not been competing,” the report said.

The WADA commission, set up after a German TV documentary last year alleged widespread Russian doping and cover-ups, recommended that WADA declare the Russian athletics federation “noncompliant” with the global anti-doping code, and that the IAAF suspend the federation from competition.

The IAAF responded by saying it will consider sanctions against Russia, including a possible suspension that would ban Russian track and field athletes from international competition, including the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

IAAF President Sebastian Coe gave the Russian federation until the end of the week to respond.

“If they are suspended and it sounds like the IAAF is moving in that direction already - and they are still suspended, at the time of Rio, there will be no Russian track and field athletes there,” Pound said in an interview with The Associated Press after the release of the findings.

He said Russia’s doping could be called state-sponsored. The commission said its months-long probe found no written evidence of government involvement, but it added: “It would be naive in the extreme to conclude that activities on the scale discovered could have occurred without the explicit or tacit approval of Russian governmental authorities.”

“They would certainly have known,” Pound said.

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West Virginia’s Esa Ahmad fights for a rebound Friday against Glenville State.

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West Virginia’s Bria Holmes on the attack last season against Texas.

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West Virginia’s main forwards are WVU needs Holmes to lead an hoping for breakout seasons offensive turnaround in 2015-16

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Following an inconsistent 2015 campaign for the West Virginia University men’s basketball team’s forwards, they’re prepared to take the next step on the court.

Jonathan Holton returns for his final season in Morgantown. Highly-touted freshman Esa Ahmad begins his days as a Mountaineer. Nathan Adrian returns from injury.

Now, it’s time to replenish and add to a team budding with talent.

Holton’s junior season was marred by foul trouble and an inability to convert from long range, one of the most prominent features of his game. He converted just 20 percent of his three pointers and averaged 7.5 points per game.

But Holton made his mark near the rim, leading the team in offensive rebounds (105) and blocked shots (29). His 5.9 rebounds per game were second-best on the team, only behind center Devin Williams.

On Friday’s exhibition tilt with Glenville State, Holton’s four steals and 10 rebounds were teamhighs, adding to an impressive 14-point display during his 17 minutes of action.

Now he’s primed to become a bigger name, a bigger piece to help guide a team that’s ready to take the next step come March.

“I’m just hungry to tell

you the truth,” Holton said. “I was waiting to play. We’ve been practicing against each other.

Going against new players and the season beginning again, I’m just happy to play. I’m busting my tail to get 10 rebounds every game.”

Holton is set to split time with Morgantown native Adrian, another returner poised for a breakout season. The junior’s injuryplagued sophomore season a year ago dramatically affected his scoring.

Battling a wrist injury, Adrian managed to make just 11 of his 62 attempts from long range. His 2.8 points per game and 30 percent field goal percentage were the lowest totals of the 10 usual contributors on the roster.

However, his 13 points and perfect night from the field was one of the top efforts from Friday’s 114-76 rout of Glenville State.

“I thought (Nathan Adrian) was great today,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “Those two guys (Holton and Adrian) are probably going to share time. Whichever guy plays best is the one that’s going to play more.”

Despite the competitive nature, the duo has built a bond on and off the court that continues to speak volumes about the team’s chemistry, which was another key part of last year’s Sweet 16 run.

“That’s my guy,” Holton said. “Me and Nate make each other better every day. When he does good

and I’m doing bad, I’m still happy for him.”

Freshman Ahmad enters as the program’s highest-rated recruit since Devin Ebanks in 2008. He was rated the 46th overall player in the ESPN 100 and the sixth-highest incoming freshman in the Big 12.

Before becoming a Mountaineer, Ahmad was named the Ohio Player of the Year as a senior after guiding Shaker Heights High School to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. He’s already begub to make a name for himself through his first two games in a WVU uniform.

Ahmad’s 21 points against Temple and 11 against Glenville State in the preseason showcased his do-it-all ability on the court, living up to the billing that’s been placed upon him.

In the rout of Glenville State, he also contributed six assists and four rebounds and went 3-4 from the free throw line, quickly becoming one of Huggins’ top athletes.

Versatility has become the central trademark for Ahmad, adding another dimension to WVU’s pressure defense. His ability to shoot from long-range, rebound, pass and defend has earned him an early starting spot. “(Ahmad) is going to get better and better because he wants to,” said Huggins. “He has got an aptitude to learn the game of basketball.” dasports@mail.wvu,edu

BY ROGER TURNER SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University women’s basketball team is gearing up for its season-opener Saturday in the Coliseum, with athletes at the forward position eager to showcase their talents.

WVU women’s basketball coach Mike Carey returns only four players to begin the season, three of whom saw action at the forward position for the Mountaineers last season. Coming off a 23-15 record last season, the inexperience of this year’s team will rely heavily on Carey’s tutelage and leadership returning at forward.

“People know we’ll play hard,” Carey said. “We’re young, and people don’t know what to expect.”

High expectations may be a bit of a stretch for the West Virginia women’s team dressing 11 new players on the 15-person roster, but they certainly exist for unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection Bria Holmes.

As a junior, Holmes scored a WVU junior record of 716 points, averaging 18.8 points per game. Holmes also earned invitations to the USA Basketball World University Games and PanAmerican Team trials at the end of last season.

“She’s really taken over a leadership position,” said Carey. “In the offseason she worked on her mid-range shot, and I think this year she’ll make people around her better.”

A team captain a year ago, Holmes will resume that role

again in 2015-16. Holmes’ biggest asset for this year’s Mountaineer team, other than her experience, is the versatility the senior brings to the table. Opponents had trouble defending the 6-foot-1 Holmes when she played the guard and forward positions, especially in last season’s Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Holmes was named to the Postseason WNIT AllTournament team, leading WVU to the tournament final.

With all the inexperience on this year’s roster, Holmes may have to contribute more than she did a season ago.

Although Holmes carried the team her junior season, scoring nearly 30 percent of the team’s points, leading the Big 12 conference in scoring may come easier than expected in Holmes’ senior campaign with the departure of do-it-all forward Averee Fields.

However, even with Holmes returning to provide production on the offensive side of the ball, WVU will still need to improve on the offensive inefficiency that plagued the Mountaineers a season ago. WVU finished eighth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (.395) and last in 3-point percentage (.294).

With that in mind, senior forward Arielle Roberson holds a vital role for the depleted Mountaineer women’s team.

Roberson transferred to WVU from Colorado after earning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors in 201112. The San Antonio, native

has cruised under the national radar since, after suffering injuries that plagued her even in Morgantown.

Roberson missed all of last year’s regular season with a torn ACL suffered in the preseason.

Even though Roberson has endured her share of injuries during her collegiate career, Carey knows her skillset and leadership will be crucial on the floor for this year’s team.

“She can score inside and out, and she knows the game, which will help us, especially early on,” Carey said.

In her final season playing at Colorado, Roberson led the Buffaloes in scoring with 12 points per game and in rebounding with 8.3 rebounds per game.

Alongside Roberson at the forward position is sophomore Teana Muldrow, who led the Mountaineers in scoring last week with 17 points in the team’s debut exhibition matchup against Shepherd University. Muldrow provided a spark for the Mountaineers off the bench last season, and the sophomore from East Orange, New Jersey will be counted on this season to relieve Roberson and Holmes.

WVU is receiving votes from major preseason polls even with the roster’s inexperience, but the hype will be short-lived if West Virginia cannot improve its shooting percentages from a year ago, and contributors fail to emerge from the slew of newcomers featured on this year’s roster. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

WOMEN’S SOCCER

West Virginia earns No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament by connor hicks sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The 2015 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament bracket was announced Monday afternoon. West Virginia was ranked No. 2 at the end of the season and projected to be a regional host before an early exit from the Big 12 tournament. The Mountaineers will take on Duquesne in the first round.

The Mountaineers (162-1) had their 16-game unbeaten streak, dating back to an early 2-1 loss to Virginia, end in a loss to No. 18 Texas Tech in the semifinal round of the conference tournament. Following the loss, West Virginia dropped four spots in the latest national poll to No. 6.

While the Mountaineers lost their hopes for a top seed, they still received a No. 2 regional seed. Penn State, who the Mountaineers upset 1-0 earlier in the season, holds the top seed in the region.

The Nittany Lions claimed WVU’s No. 2 spot and sit just behind Florida State for the top position in the coun-

try. The draw is favorable for West Virginia, who had no problem putting down the Dukes (12-9-1) in a 5-0 win at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium early this season.

The Mountaineers, who currently possess an 18-game unbeaten streak at home, will again play host to Duquesne on Friday. The last time WVU lost in Morgantown was in August 2014 against Duke.

Assuming they aren’t upset, the Mountaineers will play host through the Sweet 1, and would before traveling to No. 2 Penn State for a rematch in State College.

Along with Penn State, the top regional seeds went to No. 1 Florida State, No. 4 Stanford and No. 5 Virginia.

No. 3 Rutgers, which ranks above Stanford and Virginia in the latest poll, did not receive a No. 1 seed because of its weak schedule. The Scarlet Knights are, however, the only team in the country to rank above the Mountaineers in defensive categories.

The second-best defense in the country will surely be the base of a title run for the Mountaineers. While the team has depth and tal-

West Virginia women’s soccer players high-five fans after a win over Villanova earlier this season. ent at offense, its early sea- narrow wins. A pair of shots on the winner of Washingson success came to a halt that deflected off posts ul- ton State (13-5-2) and Northwhen West Virginia reached timately led to the team’s western (14-5-0). Both teams Big 12 play. The offense, led downfall in the conference have played a strong year and by senior Kailey Utley, has tournament last week. could easily have the abilIf West Virginia is to ad- ity to force WVU to make an been extremely unlucky with a multitude of chances vance out of the first round, early exit from the tournathroughout games, but cross- something the team hasn’t ment for a fifth straight year. bars and lucky saves lead to done since 2013, it will take If West Virginia wins the

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region, the 2015 Final Four will take place Dec. 4-6 in Cary, North Carolina.

The Mountaineers will face the Dukes at 6 p.m. on Friday at the Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia’s Zak Leedom pushes the ball up the wing earlier this season against San Francisco.

WVU’s LeBlanc forges special bond with players past and present

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

In August 2006, the West Virginia men’s soccer team needed to fill its head coach vacancy left by the departure of Mike Seabolt. It found its man in Marlon LeBlanc, who was hired a few weeks from the start of the season.

Ten seasons later, LeBlanc is the second-winningest head coach in WVU program history, behind John McGrath and is one of the longest-tenured active coaches at WVU. LeBlanc earned his 100th career win on Oct. 13 against Penn State, his alma mater, and is three wins away from 100 victories with West Virginia.

“I think it’s ironic that it (came) against my alma mater and the place where I got started,” LeBlanc said.

“I hope 100 wins isn’t the pinnacle of my career. I am pleased I got to do it with this group of guys.”

While LeBlanc has had success on the field, it is his coaching ability that has allowed him to build a special relationship with his players. In his tenure, the New Jersey native developed six All-Americans, including current Major League Soccer star Ray Gaddis.

LeBlanc and Gaddis, who broke out and became one of the program’s most dynamic players, have a special relationship even after Gaddis was drafted by the Philadelphia Union in 2012.

“I consider Coach LeBlanc (part of my) family,” Gaddis said. “Coach LeBlanc and I have a good relationship, even after I graduated from West Virginia.

Anytime there is a close game, I make sure to get out and see the team.”

In Gaddis’ time with WVU, LeBlanc led the team to a 34-30-14 record, including LeBlanc’s third and fourth trips to the NCAA Tournament.

However, those postseason runs weren’t Gaddis’ fa-

vorite memory at WVU with LeBlanc.

“My favorite memory here was beating number one UConn my senior year,” Gaddis said. “Knowing that we stepped up to play big (against) UConn at Dick Dlesk Stadium.”

While Gaddis recently wrapped up his fourth season in professional soccer, where he led all MLS outfield players in minutes played with 3,060 in 2014, he is appreciative of the role LeBlanc played in his stilldeveloping soccer career.

“As a coach, for me, he was on me very tough. He pushed me to get ready for the next level,” Gaddis said.

“Everything that he is doing on the field will prepare you for the next level. He was always tough on me, and I will always appreciate that because he motivated me and got me prepared for the next level.”

Senior Zak Leedom had similar praise for his coach as he approaches the final stretch of his WVU career.

“I think he has made me a better player and a better man,” Leedom said.

“At times, I think I’ve challenged him to make him a better coach.”

Leedom came to WVU in 2012, where he slowly developed into a vital piece of WVU’s two-way game.

“It’s been a rollercoaster ride. I was definitely an interesting player to have and coach; I made it tough on him at times, and I think we had a lot of laughs at the same time,” Leedom said. “I came here to grow and become a better man, and I think (LeBlanc) helped me do that.”

It can be argued that LeBlanc was the man best suited to take the reins of this program. LeBlanc was named to The Dominion Post’s top 100 influential people in 2007, only his second year in Morgantown.

Throughout his tenure at WVU, one of LeBlanc’s main focuses at the University was to help create an academic culture, espe-

cially around his team.

The men’s soccer team had never received the NSCAA Academic Award until LeBlanc was hired; from then, the team has earned the honor for eightstraight seasons dating back to 2008. He strives for his athletes to reach their potential in the classroom, and that led senior Jamie Merriam and junior Jack Elliott to earn academic honors this season.

While LeBlanc focuses on his team, he also focuses on promoting racial diversity at WVU. He was a pioneer in the creation of the “oneWVU” campaign.

However, questions rose as to who would replace Penn State’s legendary coach, Barry Gorman, after he resigned in 2010.

One of the immediate thoughts was that LeBlanc would go back to where he got his start. He had other intentions.

“I am committed to the West Virginia University men’s soccer program, and

there are things we need to accomplish here in Morgantown,” LeBlanc told the Times-West Virginian in 2010. “ I look forward to continuing the tradition that we are building here in Morgantown. “ While LeBlanc has been building his tradition, he has been implementing a special message that his past players take with them even after their days at WVU. Gaddis said that WVU is special in his heart, even after traveling with the Union, mainly because the way that the people have treated him.

Even as he continues to strive at the professional level, he considers everyone involved in his development, especially LeBlanc, family.

LeBlanc looks to lead his team to victory this Friday, as it takes on Akron to open up Mid-American Conference tournament play. dasports@mail.wvu.edu