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Wednesday March 2, 2016

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Council passes 2016-17 budget by jake jarvis staff writer @newsroomjake

It’s budget season for every level of government, and the Morgantown City Council approved an ordinance adopting the budget for the 2016-17 year that City Manager Jeff Mikorski suggested.

The $33.7 million budget narrowly passed 4-3 Tuesday evening, with councilmen Ron Bane, Jay

Redmond and Bill Kawecki voting in the minority.

“When I do my budget at work, you must make sure that this is a plan that is a guideline,” Bane said.

“It’s not going to happen exactly like that, you know that, because we just made a budget adjustment.”

The budget went over without many complaints, except for how much money the city would allocate to the police department and a line item in the

capital escrow fund.

Under the new budget, the police department would receive about $8.7 million, which would account for about 26 percent of the city’s total expenditures. This is the largest expenditure in the budget, surpassing fire by more than $3 million.

Bane, who said he has always been skeptical of how much the city allocates to overtime, questioned how much money

the police department was given for overtime.

“If none of us ask the question, then shame on us,” he said.

Mikorski said that, along with overtime, the police department was allocated enough money to add four new officer positions.

The police department is short four officers, so there will actually be eight new officers on the force soon—but not immediately. Mikorski said it takes

about eight month from finding a potential officer until they’re able to patrol by themselves.

Because the department is short staffed, and because officers are still required to guard special events in the city, police often work overtime.

“I think we do not want to sacrifice safety or the extra activities in our communities,” said Councilwoman Nancy Ganz.

“These special events are

essential to the health and well-being of our communities.”

For the line item in the capital escrow fund, the city will contribute $25,000 to a safe communities collaborative program.

West Virginia University, Monongalia county and Morgantown are all contributing to this collaborative to improve safety.

“I would just say that if

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University looks to renovate Mountainlair

STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY

by corey mcdonald

President E. Gordon Gee praises research accomplishments at State of the University

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West Virginia University’s expansion in recent years has provided the Evansdale Campus and Sunnyside area with modern facilities and innovative technology. Now, administration is looking to renovate parts of the Downtown Campus, as well.

In January, a request to solicit proposals from firms or individuals interested in heading a study to determine the feasibility of renovating the Mountainlair was published.

A proposal is expected to be received March 4.

“I think (WVU President E. Gordon Gee) and others recognize that the Lair is kind of tired looking,” said Bill Schafer, vice president of Student Life.

“This will hopefully be a very energetic conversation for the campus.”

Schafer wants to have a company signed to conduct the study before summer break so the administration can include students in conversations about the project.

That will be the first step in an ongoing conversation and operation to transform not only the Mountainlair, but other older, outdated housing facilities on the downtown campus such as Boreman South and Arnold Hall.

“What we want to look at, besides giving it that fresh look, is, ‘Are there things that we can do to

by jake jarvis staff writer @newsroomjake

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lmost exactly two years after E. Gordon Gee was named West Virginia University’s permanent president, the Mountaineer community he serves looks strikingly different.

At his annual State of the University address, he celebrated the accomplishments of researchers who, as of late, have garnered national media attention for WVU and were part of its classification as one of the top research institutions in the country.

WVU was one of only 115 institutions to receive the R-1 designation.

“While this accomplishment is worth celebrating, it does not even mark a plateau where we can stop and catch our breath,” Gee said.

Instead, the veteran of higher education looks to the University’s future. He laid out three focus areas where WVU, as the landgrant, flagship institution of West Virginia, can help the state succeed: “education, healthcare and broad-based prosperity.”

Gee focused on how the ACCESS program, which allows high school students to take WVU classes online, has expanded. He also heralded a 30 percent increase in applicants from last year, and efforts made to change the way faculty and staff members are rewarded.

“You are this University’s rock stars,” he said. “We want to keep you here.”

Along with improving education, Gee looked forward to a future freshman

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the building to make it a better place for students and the campus community?’” Schafer said.

The Mountainlair will first be analyzed structurally to ensure the building is in sound condition. For example, the floor in the Mountainlair ballrooms needs repaired, but the piping of the building will be checked to ensure it is in proper use. And then, the question of feasibility will come into play.

“What we want to do is an in-depth analysis of the space and student satisfaction levels; we need to think as we grow enrollment which the President would like us to do (but) how does (student growth) affect it,” Schafer said. “You have to do the budgetary analysis on all of this to help us understand what it would cost, and how we would pay for it. How does this remodel impact other things that we’re looking at for a master plan for the Downtown campus? We do want to get a comparison to other universities.”

If the study finds that construction would be possible, the renovations would not happen immediately. University officials have estimated the project will take about one to three years, according to Schafer.

“I think we’re moving this phase along pretty good here,” Schafer said.

“I know students will be pleased when this is completed. We just don’t know

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WVU professor sheds light on W.Va. drug epidemic by jamie mason staff writer @news_with_jamie

John Temple, a West Virginia University associate professor, brought more to the table than a normal lecture on narrative nonfiction writing Tuesday evening.

Temple, who teaches reporting and writing courses at the WVU Reed College of Media, spoke on his recently published book, ‘American Pain,’ as a part of the David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas.

His book was published in September 2015 and is a crime book that focuses on how two young criminals built the largest painkiller distribution ring in the United States.

“I’ve just seen the (opiate abuse) problem devel-

oping around me, people I know, students of mine and lots of people telling me they have opiate addiction problems, and I never knew how it came about or where it came from,” Temple said. “So when I read about American Pain, this crazy clinic where the guys had no medical education, had criminal records, but they were still able to construct their own pain clinic and make millions and millions of dollars, I thought ‘this is a great story to tell.’”

His book is not solely about the distribution ring, though. Temple took this an as opportunity to inform his readers about the rise in use and abuse of narcotic painkillers over the last 20 years.

In 2015, West Virginia had the highest rate of pre-

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scription drug overdose deaths, at 33.5 deaths per 100,000 people, according to the CDC, which is more than double the national average.

“American Pain,” which has been named a New York Post “Favorite Book of 2015,” and is a 2016 Edgar Allen Poe Award nominee, is a popular book among West Virginia citizens who recognize that prescription drug abuse is a problem in this state.

“A really good friend of mine, her daughter and her boyfriend were involved in drugs, and they lost two of their kids. I’m blessed to have one of them,” said Kim Calhoun, a West Virginia citizen.

“I’m amazingly happy that there was a great turnout (at the event.) I think WVU should delve more into

this and become involved to help fix the problem even more… each little place, each person, each community can do something to help out.”

Also present at the conversation was Sam Quinones, former LA Times reporter and author of three books, including “Dreamland”, a book that focuses on opiate and heroin addiction across the country.

To learn how drug abuse was affecting the nation, he tracked two instances of drug marketing in big cities and rural towns across America.

“Basically this is a supply-oriented story,” Quinones said.

Due to the fact that it has become more difficult to obtain prescription drugs over the last few

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Sam Quinones and John Temple host a panel discussion with the audience about America’s opiate epidemic. years, abusers were forced can Pain’.)” said Chris Gorto find a new alternative. ski, a scientist from West The CDC reports that three Virginia. “It’s hard to unout of every four heroin us- derstand from where I’m ers were previously taking at in my life why people would (abuse drugs.)” prescription painkillers.

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Wednesday March 2, 2016

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FBI Director James Comey is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, prior to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on ‘The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy.’

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FBI, Apple clash before Congress as encryption fight simmers WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. government calls it a “vicious guard dog” that hurts national security. Apple says it’s critical to protecting consumer privacy against increasingly sophisticated hackers.

As the debate over built-in iPhone encryption has deadlocked in the courts, law enforcement and the world’s second-largest cellphone maker agreed on one point Tuesday: It’s now up to Congress to set boundaries in a long-simmering fight over who can legally access your digital life.

“We’re asking Apple to take the vicious guard dog away and let us pick the lock,” FBI Director James Comey told a House judiciary panel Tuesday, referring to a locked iPhone tied to the deadly December

shooting in San Bernardino, California.

“The FBI is asking Apple to weaken the security of our products,” Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell countered.

Tuesday’s hearing shifted attention from the courts - where judges in the last month have issued significant but conflicting opinions - to Congress, where both sides say the broader policy debate belongs.

It also provided an extraordinary public forum for the Obama administration and Apple Inc. to stake out competing positions that could have sweeping ramifications. Apple’s recent opposition to bypassing security features for the government has pushed that dispute from tech circles into the mainstream.

The strong positions articulated Tuesday make clear the deep divide between Silicon Valley and the government, even as the Obama administration advocates open dialogue and resolution.

“Is it the right thing to make our society overall less safe in order to solve crime?”

Sewell asked. “That’s the issue that we’re wrestling with.”

On Monday, a federal judge in Brooklyn said the Obama administration couldn’t force Apple to help it gain access to the phone in a drug case. U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein said Justice Department attorneys were relying on the centuries-old All Writs Act “to produce impermissibly absurd results.”

But two weeks ago, a different magistrate judge in

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California, Sheri Pym, directed the company to help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone used by one of the shooters in the December attack in San Bernardino, which killed 14 people.

With those two conflicting rulings in mind, Congress needs to get involved to address the broader collision between privacy and public safety, Comey said.

The Obama administration last year decided against a legislative fix.

Now, though, “Congress must decide this issue,” said Sewell, while also criticizing the U.S. government for simultaneously supporting encryption used by activists and journalists in countries with fewer free-speech rights.

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founded the “West Virginia Uncovered” project, allowing students to find and report on untold stories of the people of West Virginia.

Temple has been a professor at WVU for 13 years and has made an impact on many students in and out of the classroom, said R.J. Jacobs, a second year pharmacy student at WVU. “I think it’s incredible that WVU has amazing faculty that not only excel at teaching, but they also excel at scholarship and research,” Jacobs said. “I’m really glad that I came out tonight because I’m still learning more about this topic, and as a future pharmacist, I want to know as much as I can to help my future patients.”

what that looks like at this point in time.”

Construction would have to be efficient enough to keep day-to-day operations of the University moving smoothly.

For future renovations to residence halls, Chris McDonald, the University’s new director of housing and residence life, is looking to create a new master plan for student housing.

“We want to take a fresh look at (housing) now that (McDonald) is here, and we’re kind of in the spirt of looking at the Downtown Campus, all the older stock on campus, and to look at

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America’s Opiate Epidemic’s audience overflowed the auditorium as Sam Quinones discussed and answered questions about his book, “Dream Land”.

There were about 200 people in attendance, and all audience members had an open floor to ask Quinones and Temple specific questions.

“One of the key points that both of the authors brought up (as well as) members of the audience, is there is no magic bullet solution to this terrible

problem and terrible epidemic that we have,” Jacobs said. “It’s going to require people from all different areas… to come up for solutions. Our nation has to devote basically money, time, effort and peoples talents in order to address this issue.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 welcome week that lasts longer and keeps students more involved. One way to do that, he said, is to get students involved with community service.

In the fall semester, WVU students logged more than 4,000 hours of community service.

Gee also touted efforts to help West Virginia’s opioid drug addiction. The problem made national headlines when President Barack Obama visited Charleston last year to discuss the epidemic.

WVU recently partnered with local law enforcement to develop a way to administer naloxone, a non-controlled substance which

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Continued from page 1 anyone has any concerns,” said Councilwoman Jenny Selin, “Let’s get them up on the table.”

The ordinance that City Council approved only covered funds that will

owned by San Bernardino County and used by Syed Farook, who was a health inspector there. He and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, later died in a gun battle with police. The FBI wants specialized software that would bypass security protocols on the encrypted phone so investigators can test random passcode combinations in rapid sequence to access its data.

Should Apple create the specialized software to allow the FBI to hack the iPhone, Comey said it would take 26 minutes to do what’s known as a brute force attack - testing multiple passcodes in quick succession.

The FBI director also acknowledged there “was a mistake made” shortly after the San Bernardino attack, when the FBI asked

the county - which owned the phone - to reset the password for Farook’s iCloud account.

That data, stored on Apple servers, kept backups of his phone. Had the password not been reset, the phone may have made a fresh backup available to investigators for further examination. Still, Comey said, “the experts tell me there’s no way we would have gotten everything off the phone from a backup.”

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California, a critic of the administration’s domestic surveillance practices, asked Comey whether the FBI had first asked Apple for the underlying iPhone software - called source code by developers - before trying to force the company to create its own digital workaround.

what needs to be renovated and how to move forward with those spaces,” Schafer said.

Towers will also be considered for renovation.

However, there could potentially be future questions concerning funding for renovations since upcoming state budget cuts and the effect of those on the University are currently unknown. Schafer assured that restoration and modernization will never be completely off the table, however, even in times of economic instability.

“This happened in Georgia, where I was for 11 years. We were in six to eight years of economic decline, we lost $100 million at Georgia Tech in six years, but we were building like crazy. It was a

great time to build,” Schafer said. “So not everything starts shutting down.

You’re reprioritizing, and you’re looking for creative ways to make new things happen. If you keep shutting down, you can lose your momentum and the interest of future students to come to school.”

The final decision will be up to the financial division of the University and its assessment of the feasibility of these ideas.

“There are a couple ways that this can be looked at,” Schafer said. “And (those in the financial division) are the ones who are going to decide if it is the right time to do something or not. But you clearly don’t shut everything down.”

reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.

“What could be more powerful than fulfilling our land-grant mission to defeat problems that cut lives short?” Gee asked.

One member of the audience, Kyle Haugh, a third-year law student and resident assistant, asked Gee why more places at WVU are selling alcohol.

On the top floor of the new Evansdale Crossing building, students can purchase wine or beer after 5 p.m.

“How does that fit into the campus culture change?” Haugh asked.

Gee, a Mormon who said he has never had a drink of alcohol in his life, gave a strong response.

“If I were king for a day, I would move the drinking age to 18,” he said. “The reason I would do that is

because we have created a climate where we drive people to darkness.”

WVU Students who aren’t 21 years old often drink illegally. Others have made the argument that, if the drinking age were lowered, young adults wouldn’t have to sneak around to drink.

In a recent meeting with The Daily Athenaeum’s editorial board, Gee condemned trigger warnings and demands for safe spaces—across the country and here at WVU—as a threat to the freedom of speech and academic advancements.

“A University’s role is not to make students feel comfortable,” Gee said. “It is to make them think.”

go in general areas of the budget, but didn’t address line items. The council will hold a special workshop meeting to discuss line items.

Also Tuesday evening, City Council unanimously condemned the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act the legislature is considering.

The Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce previously condemned the bill, and asked the council to do the same.

City Clerk Linda Tucker will send the ordinance condemning to the bill to the legislature Wednesday morning.

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OPINION

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The impact of negative campaigning The beginning of this year’s campaign season will undoubtedly lead to the introduction of negative campaign advertisements on television. The ads, which attempt to bash other candidates in the running instead of promoting a candidate’s own policies, often use dirty tactics to dissuade potential voters from backing a certain candidate.

Negative campaigning has been a practice since the founding of America. A person’s past, beliefs and even their relationships with others aren’t safe from being attacked in political ads. However, many sources claim negative campaigning decreases public interest in voting and may be contributing to low voter turnout.

Candidates on the Republican front are already aiming where it hurts. Pres-

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Marco Rubio meets fan approval for his comments against Donald Trump. idential candidate Marco Rubio has made statements about fellow candidate Donald Trump’s small hand size, which have been interpreted to refer to the size of his genitals. He also

claimed Trump lost control of his bladder during last week’s debate as a result of being intimidated by Rubio.

These literal below-thebelt attacks attempt to

bring Trump’s ego down to size, which aligns with common doubts concerning Trump winning the presidency from Republicans. Rubio may feel he’s getting the upper hand

with these public jabs; however, belittling a candidate on such petty terms is not beneficial to this country’s democratic system.

The number of negative campaign ads during presidential election years has been steadily increasing since 2000. In 2012, more than 60 percent of the political advertisements were negative. As a result of their growing influence, a survey by the Project on Campaign Conduct attempted to illustrate voters’ views on their presence in the media.

It was revealed that 59 percent of viewers believe candidates deliberately twist the truth in ads against their competition, and 87 percent are “concerned” about the level of personal attacks in ads. A negative ad was said to go too far when it addressed a candidate’s family, past drug use or family prob-

lems and lack of military service.

A study from Rutgers University reiterates the idea that there is no substantial evidence to support the effectiveness of negative campaigning during election seasons. If this is the case, then why are candidates spending millions of donated dollars on advertisements berating one another when negative campaigning is already known to strike a sour chord with potential voters?

Negative campaign ads only work to further decrease public interest in both candidates and the election process as a whole.

There are much better ways for politicians to spend campaign money than on 30 seconds of broadcasted grade-school insults. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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U.S. arms trade at odds with global human rights robby ralston columnist @robbyralstonda

Despite being commander-in-chief of the most powerful and costly military on Earth, President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at the end of 2009. While accepting the honor, he argued that violence can be constructive in working toward a peaceful global community, claiming, “I understand why war is not popular, but I also know this: The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice.”

Certainly, peace requires “responsibility” and “sacrifice.” However, we should seriously examine what sorts of responsibility and sacrifice would be necessary to substantially limit violence around the globe.

Last week, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, an internationally-respected body, released a new report detailing international arms transfers. According to SIPRI, from 2011-15 the United States led the global arms trade and contributed one-third of weapons exports worldwide. This is up from 29 percent during 2006-10. The report also states our top three beneficiaries have been Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, though we have also transferred arms extensively to India, Australia, Pakistan, South Korea and Iraq.

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Under Obama’s presidency, the American global weapons trade increased substantially.

This means that under our Nobel-laureate President, America has actually increased its share of global arms exports and is now contributing more than China, France, Germany, the U.K., Spain, Italy and the Ukraine—seven of the top 10 arms exporters— combined. It seems America is taking on quite a lot of “responsibility” in the attempt to bring about peace.

But what effects do our actions really have abroad?

Take the case of our largest client, Saudi Arabia. The 2015 Human Rights Watch World report details a litany of human rights violations against the country, including imprisoning and physically abusing several

peaceful political activists on charges including “breaking allegiance with the ruler” and “contacting foreign news organizations.”

Moreover, Human Rights Watch claims “authorities subjected hundreds of people to unfair trials and arbitrary detentions” and condemned what they call “systematic discrimination against women and religious minorities.”

Amnesty International reported last week that weapons sold to Saudi Arabia are being used “for gross violations of human rights and possible war crimes during aerial and ground attacks in Yemen.” According to the organization, Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the Yemeni

Civil War has caused nearly 35,000 deaths and injuries and destroyed the homes of 2.5 million people. These actions have not gone unnoticed, as the European Parliament recently passed a non-binding resolution to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia in hopes to reduce the toll of this intervention.

Thus, a reasonable case could be made that the arms we export to our largest client are being used to enshrine the power of a regime which makes egregious human rights violations, kills thousands of people in another country and destroys the homes of millions. But why would the United States be exporting so many weapons to such a regime?

The words of David Cameron, the current British Prime Minister, can help us begin to answer this question. Hours after the European Parliament condemned arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Cameron delivered a speech to employees of BAE Systems, a major defense company headquartered in London, and said, “I think it is absolutely right to get behind companies like this…to safeguard jobs and skills and investment by making sure we can sell these things around the world.”

Our reasoning is, in part, quite similar. Our third largest export as a country is aircraft and spacecraft, an industry developed with huge

military subsidy and application. To take one example, Boeing, one of the companies “most successful at obtaining subsidies from all levels of government” according to a 2015 Good Jobs First report, has converted billions of dollars in subsidies to almost 160,000 jobs alone. It turns out that arms sales, even to human rights violators, are a good creator of jobs.

However, we must also acknowledge the issue is much more complicated on a geopolitical scale. Since Saudi Arabia and Iran are political enemies, both are attempting to use regional conflicts to gain power over the other, often regardless of how many civilians stand in the way. Our long-standing alliance with Saudi Arabia seems at odds with the Obama administration’s attempt to normalize relations with Iran, yet Saudi Arabia is still a key U.S. ally.

Therefore, if we want to use our foreign policy to advocate for human rights, it seems that “sacrifice” is in order - at least in this case.

If we accept that our arms sales to Saudi Arabia, our top client, contribute to violence and rights violations, then we must stop arming them. This is true despite the fact that the global arms trade benefits our economy and helps preserve our geopolitical alliances, affecting our oil supplies. We must ask what is more important: Our comfort and economic success or global human rights? Indeed, peace does require “responsibility.” daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Youth must turn out to vote this election, will determine future of nation emily torbett columnist @emilytorbsda

The upcoming 2016 presidential election is a topic you probably hear about at least once per day. With the primary elections in full swing, chances are you’ve formed an opinion that leans toward the stance of one candidate or another.

You might have watched some of the televised debates, or even debated your personal views with family and friends. You know that the 2016 presidential election has the power to be a historic one based on the outcome. However, you might not know that it has the power to be historic based solely on the voting itself.

For the first time in history, millenials have the power to overtake baby boomers as the most influential voting block in the country. For the first time in history, the votes of the youth could overpower the

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Young people gather to support Obama during last year’s election season. votes of their parents and grandparents. Should they turn out to the polls, the power is in the hands of 18- to 24-year-olds to elect a president who best represents their interests as a whole in 2016.

This idea is obviously empowering to a youth that is not only the most educated in American history, but characteristically knows nothing but frustra-

tion with a political establishment that is often gridlocked. Unfotunately, the reality is that this age group boasts the lowest voter turnout of all age demographics.

While approximately one-third of eligible Americans voted in the last federal election in 2014, only about one-fifth of eligible 18- to 24-year-olds cast ballots.

According to Civic Youth, this was the lowest youth

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turnout rate ever recorded in a national election. By comparison, approximately 45 percent of eligible youth voters cast ballots in the 2012 presidential election.

The majority of youth voters favored the Democratic Party, and their participation was key in reelecting Barack Obama.

Despite the youth’s low voter turnout, the issues that have become the fo-

cus of the upcoming election directly impact their everyday lives and futures.

The state of the economy, specifically concerning income inequality, job creation, student loan debt, big banks and Wall Street, have become key issues for every candidate. Healthcare, foreign policy, gun control, environmental policy and immigration have also taken precedence on each candidate’s agenda.

Every one of these issues has a direct or indirect impact on every American, and every vote for a candidate that represents a voter’s ideals matters. In a country where money seems to scream louder than truth, the only equalizer we have is the voting booth. No matter what economic status, race, religion or age a person belongs to, their vote is counted with the same weight as every other. On the ballot, every person’s voice is heard.

The deadline to register to vote in the 2016 presidential election is fast-approaching in most states.

Getting registered and taking the time to vote is even easier than you may think.

While each state maintains its own set of regulations with regards to voter registration, the majority, including West Virginia, allow the option to apply online. Voting can take as little as a few minutes at your designated polling place thanks to the wide utilization of computerized voting booths. Even if you intend to be away from your polling place on Election Day because of school or work, mail-in absentee ballots will be made available and are as simple as a short questionnaire to complete.

Although voting is not only arguably the most important civic duty we as Americans have the ability to take part in, it is crucial to deciding the direction we wish to take as a country in the very near future. Youths must turn out to vote in the 2016 presidential election if they, as a generation, wish to have a say in their future. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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DANCINGWITH OUR MOUNTAINEER STARS Editor’s Note: WVU’s annual dance competition returns this Saturday. The Daily Athenaeum brings you a first look at this year’s competitors all week long.

Ankur Kumar & Erin Heeter

Michael Garcia & Kallie Nealis

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Ankur Kumar and Erin Heeter are the perfect dynamic duo. With witty senses of humor and great attitudes, they plan to steal the floor during Dancing with our Mountaineer Stars.

Kumar, a Charleston, West Virginia native, is a second year industrial engineering student at West Virginia University. He now works as the Student Event Coordinator for WVU Student Life. Kumar became interested in Dancing with our Mountaineer Stars his freshman year. As a worker in Student Life, Kumar heard they were looking for extra dancers and was excited to fill in.

Partnered with Erin Heeter, Kumar plans to steal the dance floor with his newlyfound dance moves. Luckily for Kumar, he and his dance partner already had some chemistry beforehand that shows in their performance.

“Erin and I are absolutely best friends. Because of that, we are able to put a lot of character and personality into our routine,” Kumar said. “We know that I may not be the best dancer, so we keep our performance very fun and light-hearted.”

Heeter is a sophomore international relations student at WVU. Unlike Kumar, Heeter was asked directly by the Dancing with our Moun-

West Virginia University’s mascot, Michael Garcia, is used to leading his fellow Mountaineers in the beloved “Let’s Go” chant, but he is new to the world of dance.

Garcia, a graduate public administration student, is paired with dancer Kallie Nealis, a WVU junior strategic communications student.

Although he is constantly taking pictures with the student body, the Mountaineer remains extremely humble about his well-known persona.

“I don’t think of myself as a ‘celebrity,’” Garcia said. “But I am the only person on campus who consistently wears buckskins, so if that makes me a celebrity, then I guess I am.”

With absolutely no dancing experience, Garcia is relying on the expertise of Nealis to win the Dancing With our Mountaineer Stars title. Nealis has been dancing since she was in first grade.

“Kallie is on the dance team, so I’m totally expecting her to carry us to victory,” Garcia said. “The biggest challenge for us has been trying to find the time to dance.”

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Kumar and Heeter are banking on their friendship outside of the competition to translate to chemistry on the dance floor. taineer Stars coordinator to pher, AJ Small, Kumar quickly show off her infamous dance became a dancing professional. This new experience moves.

“I was asked by the coor- has proven to be fun and endinator to participate and lightening to both Kumar and agreed to participate, as long Heeter.

“I’ve enjoyed watchas I was the star,” Heeter said.

“Ankur was not too pleased ing Ankur and I learn our with that.” dance and work together as Although they are both a team. Ankur is one of my beginners to dance, Kumar best friends, and dancing tofaced his biggest obstacle gether has been an amazing when it came to keeping up experience,” Heeter said. “I with Heeter’s natural hustle. have enjoyed goofing off in “The biggest challenge the dance studio with Anfor me is going to be staying kur and AJ, and I hope that in sync with Erin during the the fun we had while learndance,” Kumar said. “She’s ing our dance is apparent in definitely got the flow.” our performance.”

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Garcia and Nealis bring previous performance experience to the competition.

These past couple weeks, Nealis has dealt with a back injury.

“I was actually out of commission this past week, as ordered by my doctor,” Nealis said. “However, Michael has been incredibly patient, and I am looking forward to nailing everything down this week.”

Garcia and Nealis are quite the duo. Even though dancing with a partner is something Nealis is not entirely familiar with, she said her experience with a partner Foxtrot and performing in musicals like

“Footloose” and “West Side Story” will help them in the competition.

“Michael has a natural, gift-given knack for performing in front of an audience, which makes him such a joy to work with and for others to watch,” Nealis said. “Just as he does when he’s our Mountaineer, he makes others smile and will definitely do the same on the dance floor. I couldn’t be more happy and excited that he chose me as a partner, and I’m excited to light up the dance floor Saturday.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Sophia Enriquez & Daniel Gibson by ally litten A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Sophia Enriquez and her partner, Daniel Gibson, are ready to take on Dancing with our Mountaineer Stars.

Enriquez is a 21-yearold senior music education student. Originally from Batavia, Ohio, Enriquez now works as a student ambassador for the College of Creative Arts and as a Mountaineer Week Committee member. Enriquez became interested in Dancing with our Mountaineer Stars while working with Sonja Wilson, senior programming administrator at the Mountainlair.

Enriquez and Gibson are very excited for the performance, but also to try something new and fun.The pair will mix up the competition by bringing a Latino tradition on

stage.

“I think we do a good job of portraying a traditional Latin ballroom dance, but I’m most excited to just go out there, have fun and try something new,” Enriquez said.

Enriquez and Gibson were strangers from the start. However, through the highs and lows of this new experience, they have gotten to know and enjoy each other.

“It’s been really interesting to be exposed to the world of dancing, but it hasn’t been easy,” Enriquez said. “Getting to know my partner has been so fun and has made our crazy rehearsal times more enjoyable.”

Although she is a new dancer, this is not the first time Enriquez has taken the stage. As a student of the College of Creative Arts, she has performed in the WVU Wind Symphony, Symphony Orches-

tra, Choirs, Bluegrass Band and Basketball Pep Band.

Despite all her stage skills, she does not have a background in dance. Overcoming many nerves and memorizing the steps has been a challenge, but Enriquez has used this as a learning experience and has drawn many parallels from her music.

“As a musician, I’m used to performing all the time,” Enriquez said. But it’s so different when it comes to dancing because you’re not performing on an instrument, but with your body. It’s been fun to learn all the different moves and how dancing has a lot of aspects that are surprisingly similar to performing music.”

Watch Enriquez and Gibson take the stage Saturday evening at Dancing with our Mountaineer Stars. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Enriquez and Gibson will bring a traditional Latino dance style to the stage.

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Mon Hills Records to celebrate success at release party by corey elliot A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Tonight, Mon Hills will gather local West Virginia musicians to showcase their talent.

Mon Hills Records is a music label program associated with West Virginia University. More importantly, it is run exclusively by WVU students in conjunction with the WVU College of Creative Arts and the School of Music.

It has been around since November of 2014. Approaching two years since Mon Hills Records began its label, it is looking to display some of its artists.

Initially slated as a release party, it was recently changed to a showcase.

“It will be showcasing Steve Smith, Rachel Eddy, The High Street Jazz Band and John Posey from the

WVU Bluegrass Band,” said Clay McCloskey, co-general manager of Mon Hills Records. “We want everyone to get involved with Mon Hills and have a great time with us for our first official show for the label. We are preserving the roots of West Virginia music, so this is a great way to show off what we have been doing.”

This non-traditional style of music is what West Virginia is known for. The genres of music at the showcase include country, bluegrass, American traditional and jazz. Having the ability to offer these unique talents locally is something McCloskey is excited about.

“It will help put Mon Hills Records on the map and show what the students of West Virginia University are capable of,” McCloskey said. “The guests will also be able to enjoy the great mu-

sic performed by our acts as well as have the opportunity to purchase their CDs, pick up some free pins and buy a Mon Hills Records T-shirt to support the label.”

The cost of the event is $5, and all profit earned will be put toward the label for future projects and events.

High expectations is an understatement as Mon Hills Records and its team have worked tirelessly to put this in motion. It is its first major event and its first real opportunity to expand to new audiences in Morgantown and, more specifically, the WVU student body.

Mon Hills Records is still coming together and setting goals as it moves forward. It would like to see the roots of West Virginia music preserved but also to expand to many different genres of music. There are so many different genres of music with cre-

ativity floating around WVU, so broadening its musical horizons is surely a part of the team’s goals.

“We want to have the students get that hands-on experience that most college kids will never get. We want to have a major impact on West Virginia University and prepare students for their future careers in the music industry.”

The opportunity Mon Hills Records gives students is a real-life feel to what running a music label is like.

Though it’s a hobby for those involved, it has the priorities and experience of a career.

The Mon Hills Records showcase will take place from 8-11 p.m. tonight at 123 Pleasant Street.

For more information, visit the Mon Hill Records Facebook page. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Mon Hills Records is showcasing local musicians tonight.

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WVU Lab Theater undertakes epic drama, ‘Waving Goodbye’ debuts by mel smith

A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Despite having only a few weeks to produce, students successfully showcased their acting skills last weekend in the free student run play, “Waving Goodbye.”

“Waving Goodbye” debuted last Friday as a part of The Lab Theatre Spring Season.

This was the second show of its season that was completely directed and produced by students. “Waving Goodbye” encompasses a story of triumph and emotion as 17-yearold, Lily Blue, lives with her absent mother during her last year as a minor after her father suddenly passed away.

Junior acting student, Megan Peters portrayed Blue as she struggles through this emotional chapter of transitioning to

adulthood. Blue’s father passed away in a mountain climbing accident, and she finds ways to deal with her grief through art and self-expression. Her mother, Amber, played by freshman musical theatre student Jordan Crow, was absent throughout Blue’s life and struggles with accepting the loss of Jonathan Blue, played by senior theatre student Max Gould. Amber’s best friend, Perry Marshall, played by sophomore acting student, Brittany Awaldt is a spunky addition to the play as she consoles Amber through her life struggles. The last character, H. Bogsworth Barry, played by junior acting student Allen Ludwick, helps Blue as her new friend and only support system.

The passionate and touching story written by Jamie Pachino showcases Blue as she finds individuality and positive ways

to deal with her grief. This play expresses the real truth of facing the death of a loved one in a poetic, unique way with words.

The director of the show, Kayla Lutz, is a senior theatre student. Lutz said the show is unique for a number of reasons.

“First, it is told as a mixture of present-day scenes and flashbacks, which tells the story in a very interesting way,” Lutz said. “Also, an art piece is created every night during the show by Megan Peter, the actor who plays Lily.”

Lutz said that although the show was put together in only a mere few weeks, she has enjoyed the memories made through the production of the show.

“I really loved just laughing with my cast and getting to know them all better as they got to know their characters,” Lutz said.

“We really got to play around and try a lot of different things for each scene, which resulted in lots of laughs and memories.”

Sophomore musical theatre student, Elisabeth Schiffbauer attended the play on Sunday afternoon to see her best friend play Perry. Schiffbauer said how the small staff worked hard with the rest of the crew to perfect this play in only a matter of weeks. “(The cast) has put in a lot of work for this because they only had about four weeks to put the show together,” Shiffbauer said. “It was a really fast turnaround, so they have been working really hard for this.”

For more information on The Lab Theatre, visit http://theatre.wvu.edu/ our-season/lab. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

student poll

Students of WVU, do you feel Student Government is relevant to you?

It’s midway through the spring semester, and Student Government Association elections are upon us again.

The candidates have campigned for the last few weeks, collecting signatures in the Mountainlair, handing out Tshirts and talking with students about their platforms.

Today SGA elections are being held, and students have three convenient locations across West Virginia University to vote.

An interesting facet of this year’s election is that only one party, the Forward Movement ticket, is running.

Yesterday, 100 students in the Mountainlair were asked if they felt that SGA was relevant to them.

The majority of the students polled, 64 percent, said they did not feel like SGA was relevant to their lives.

Reasons for feeling SGA is

irrelevant varied, but a few reasons kept coming up.

Some students said they did not feel SGA any power.

The president of SGA resides on the WVU Board of Governors but does not have the ability to vote. The SGA president only represents the student body. This equates to one voice out of 17.

Other students said they did not know what SGA actually did. They were familiar with the candidates campaigning every spring, but were not sure what power they actually held.

A few students polled were not aware that SGA was an entity on campus.

Thirty-six percent of the students polled said they did believe that SGA was relevant in their lives.

The most commonly cited cause was Panera, as well as other local busineses, accepting Mountie Bounty.

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Art Up Close lecture discusses details of ‘Empress of the Blues’ portrait

by Brittany Osteen A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Tuesday evening at was a lecture from the “Art Up Close” series, Christopher Wilkinson spoke about Margaret Taylor Burrough’s work on Bessie Smith. The portrait has been named “Empress of the Blues.”

“What do you see?”

Wilkinson said to the audience.

The audience began popping in with different ideas.

A portrait of a woman with strong features, a house and a road were all answers that came from the audience.

Wilkinson began the lecture by talking about the painting. With the audience participation, the conversation moved toward the analysis of the painting and possible reasons for details within it. The conversation proceeded to the history of the character in the portrait, Bessie Smith.

Burrough began drawing at the age of four. This portrait was created through the form of linocut print.

Harvey and Jennifer Pey-

ton gave the Art Museum “Bessie Smith: The Queen of the Blues” as a gift in 2015.

“The linocut was part of a series portraying leading figures in African American history, including, among others, Marian Anderson, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X and Sojourner Truth,” Wilkinson said in the Art Up Close press release. “A print, by definition, is easily reproduced. Burroughs wished to make inexpensive copies available to members of the black community as a way to encourage their sense of worth in the face of white cultural oppression.”

Bessie Smith was born in Tennessee, and she was the youngest of seven. Her parents died when she was young, so she began singing to help support her family.

She created a specific character, which separated her from the other singers at the time. She always had good style and wore sophisticated outfits that attracted a wide fanbase.

One of her records sold 780,000 copies. She was one of the biggest singers at

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Professor Emeritus of Music History, Christopher Wilkinson, picks apart ‘Two Strong Women: Margaret Taylor Borough and Bessie Smith’ and discusses the piece with the audience at the West Virginia University Art Museum. the time to cross the color boundaries.

“I bought me a coffee grinder, the best that I could find. So that he could grind my coffee,” Smith said.

“A work of distinguished art creates multiple interpretations from the same viewer over time,” Wilkinson said.

“I liked the broad scope of this presentation. It

wasn’t just about the art, but it was really about the person and the history and the music behind the singer,” said Carol Rotruck, a Rotruck is a member of the Friends of the Art Museum.

“I belong to the Friends of the Art Museum. I am thrilled that we have focused so much attention on the visual arts with the

arts museum,” said Linda Jacknowitz, who is also a member of the Friends of the Art Museum. “We have so many opportunities to look at the works that have been collected over the years. The University has been collecting art for many, many years. So much of it has been hidden away for so long. Now we have many opportunities to ap-

preciate these works.”

The next event with the Friends of the Art Museum is the Preview of the Appalachian Self-Taught Artists Exhibit on April 15.

For more information on Art Up Close and other events at the Art Museum, visit http:// artmuseum. wvu.edu/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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‘Zootopia’ entertains with witty writing and spot-on casting LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just when it was looking like animated animal movies had run out of anything original to say, along comes the smartly amusing, crisply relevant “Zootopia” to handily demonstrate there’s still plenty of bite left in the anthropomorphic CG menagerie.

Boasting a pitch perfect voice cast led by a terrific Ginnifer Goodwin as a righteous rural rabbit who becomes the first cotton-tailed police recruit in the mammal-centric city of “Zootopia,” the 3-D caper expertly combines keen wit with a gentle, and very timely, message of inclusivity and empowerment.

The engaging result should easily appeal to all creatures great and small, giving this premium Walt Disney Animation Studios effort a paw up on spring break entertainment, not to mention the summer arrival of Universal’s animated “The Secret Life of Pets.”

As the Zootopia Police

Department’s sole bunny officer, idealistic Judy Hopps (Goodwin) discovers that breaking barriers can be an uphill climb, especially when the other cops in the force are mainly of the more imposing elephant/rhino/hippo ilk.

Although intrepid Judy can’t wait to collar her first perp, Bogo (Idris Elba), Precinct 1’s gruff cape buffalo police chief, has other plans, assigning her to parking duty, where she proves her worth by writing 200 tickets before noon on her first day.

But when a number of “Zootopia’s” residents abruptly go missing, Bogo gives Judy the green light to do some big time police work and she finds herself partnering up with Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), a sly, world-weary scam artist of a fox, in a 48-hour bid to crack the case.

Nimbly directed by Byron Howard (“Tangled,” ‘’Bolt”) and Rich Moore (“WreckIt Ralph”), along with codirector Jared Bush, who

shares screenplay credit with Phil Johnston, the romp serves up plenty of sharply observed satire (a DMV manned entirely by sloths is played to hilariously protracted effect) wrapped up in judicious life lessons that never feel preachy or shoehorned-in.

While Goodwin and Bateman are a voice-casting dream team come true as a dysfunctional duo who learn to follow their instincts over preconceived notions, they’re joined by a nicely diverse supporting ensemble that also includes J.K. Simmons, Tommy Chong, Octavia Spencer and Shakira as a gazelle pop star who performs the film’s original song, “Try Everything,” cowritten by hit-makers Sia and Stargate.

Also making their lines count are Jenny Slate as a not-so-sheepish sheep who serves as “Zootopia’s” predator-averse assistant mayor and Maurice LaMarsh as an arctic shrew version of Don Corleone named Mr. Big.

Ginnifer Goodwin expertly lends her voice to the plucky rabbit-turned cop in Disney’s ‘Zootopia.’

Visually, the “Zootopia” canvas pops - with or without the 3-D glasses - thanks to a gorgeously vibrant color palette and whimsical architectural scales orchestrated by production designer David Goetz. His

work is in keeping with an all-mammal parallel universe comprised of distinct microclimates like sunny Bunnyburrow, icy Tundratown and self-explanatory Little Rodentia.

Composer Michael Gi-

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acchino, meanwhile, in his first non-Pixar animated feature assignment, delivers a typically buoyant score, playfully tossing in music cues that pay affectionate homage to Bernard Herrmann and Nino Rota.

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Game 30 March 2, 2016 7:00PM VS #0 DEVAUGNTAH WILLIAMS Senior, G 6-4 205 215lbs Said after playing WVU last year “I got a little nervous under the press”...from Canton, Ohio...twitter cover photo used to be Juwan Staten, is now Gucci Mane eating spaghetti...calls himself “XII GOD”...favorite dance is the Shmurda Dance...superpower of choice would be to breathe underwater...big fan of Future’s new mixtape...nickname is D-Will...TODAY IS HIS 22nd BIRTHDAY– what better birthday gift than a loss?

BOO HIM EVERY TIME HE TOUCHES THE BALL! @DWilliams_0

Well Maniacs, it’s Senior Night. The last homegame of the season is here, and it’s been a fun one. Jaysean Paige and Jonathan Holton will play their last game in the Coliseum in a WVU uniform, so make sure you get here early for the pregame festivities. A sneaky TTU comes into this game off a tough loss at Phog Allen Fieldhouse and would love nothing more than to upset the Mountaineers on their home court. WVU, now up to #9 in the coaches poll, needs a victory tonight to help wrap up an impressive Big XII finish that could be as high as 2nd place, so let’s help send these guys out and into March with a victory tonight!

LET’S GO MOUNTAINEERS!

#11 SMITH, ZACH

@SuperDuperZach

So. F 6-8 215 Snapchat is zach32smith...originally from Plano, TX...Tubby Smith says he’s the most athletic person he’s ever coached...likes to tweet about how single he is...says he has a big sweet tooth......brother played St. Bonaventure...had 5 turnovers against WVU in January.

#20 GOTCHER, TODDRICK #12 EVANS, KEENAN

@LeagueME20

Sr. G 6-4 205 Originally from Garland, Texas...leads TTU in scoring this season at 11.2 ppg...currently working on his masters degree in sports management...Steeler fan...father played football at Baylor...plays golf for leisure...4 time Big XII academic AllAmerican...CHANT GOT-CHER

@K3VANS12

So. G 6-3 180 From Richardson, Texas...snapchat is Keenanevs...huge fan of the Walking Dead...father Kenny Evans was a high jump finalist for the USA at Sydney Olympics...chose TTU over an offer from WVU...bandwagon Carolina Panthers fan.

#34 TEMPLE, MATT

@matthewmtemple

Jr. F 6-10 235 Brother of TTU Delta Tau Delta...not even an important enough member of TTU basketball to have a bio on the team page...major is Petroleum Engineering...Florida Gators fan...dog’s name is Toby.

HEAD COACH: TUBBY SMITH

BENCHWARMERS

AARON ROSS #15 F: Majoring in General Studies...averages 22 minutes per game.

JUSTIN GRAY #5 F: from Tampa, Florida...brother played at Cornell...turned down an offer from Harvard and Stanford.

NORENSE ODIASE #32 C: Cowboys fan...favorite car is a Bentley...skydiving is on his bucket list.

Has never defeated Bob Huggins while at Texas Tech...Former coach of the Kentucky Wildcats where he worked under Rick Pitino...won a national championship as a head coach at UK

VISITOR INTRODUCTIONS: Turn around and read the paper while the opposing lineup is announced, then rip the paper up and throw it up like confetti when WVU makes its first basket JUMP: Just jump up and down and go nuts after a made 3-pointer or dunk!

SHOT CLOCK: Alternate countdown methods, first when the opponent has the ball and the shot clock reaches thirteen, countdown beginning from 10. For the next countdown begin when the shot clock reaches 7, but countdown beginning from 10. Switching the countdown every time can really screw up timing.

OPPONENT FOULING OUT: As the player steps, chant: “Left, Right, Left, Right” until the player sits down then yell “SIT DOWN!”

WEST VIRGINIA NO NAME 0 TEYVON MYERS 1 JONATHAN HOLTON 2 JEVON CARTER 3 JAMES BOLDEN 4 DAXTER MILES JR. 5 JAYSEAN PAIGE 11 NATHAN ADRIAN 12 TARIK PHILLIP

POS G F G G G G F G

HT 6-2 6-7 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-9 6-3

WT 170 220 195 160 195 210 240 200

RK JR. SR. SO. FR. SO. SR. JR. JR.

NO 13 15 20 21 23 30 41 45

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NAME POS JAMES LONG G LAMONT WEST F BRANDON WATKINS F LOGAN ROUTT F ESA AHMAD F RICHARD ROMEO III G DEVIN WILLIAMS F ELIJAH MACON F

HT 5-11 6-8 6-9 6-11 6-8 6-0 6-9 6-9

WT 190 215 245 250 225 185 255 235

RK JR. FR. JR. FR. FR. SR. JR. SO.

HT 6-8 6-4 6-11 6-3 6-3 6-9 6-10

WT RK 225 RS JR 205 RS SR 235 RS SO 180 FR 170 FR 260 SO 235 JR

TEXAS TECH NO 0 2 3 4 5 11 12

NAME POS DEVAUGNTAHWILLIAMS G DEVON THOMAS G C.J. WILLIAMSON G DONOVAN HAM G JUSTIN GRAY F ZACH SMITH F KEENAN EVANS G

HT 6-4 6-0 6-6 6-2 6-6 6-8 6-3

WT 205 170 200 200 210 215 180

RK SR JR FR FR SO SO SO

NO 15 20 21 22 30 32 34

NAME POS AARON ROSS F TODDRICK GOTCHER G ROKAS ULVYDAS F JORDAN JACKSON G ANDREW SORRELLS G NORENSE ODIASE C MATTHEW TEMPLE F

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S U D O k U

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Wednesday March 2, 2016

WVU takes down Iowa State in regular season finale

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

If there is anything certain over the final stretch of the season, it’s that containing the West Virginia University women’s basketball team’s offense is no easy task. The Iowa State Cyclones learned that lesson as the Mountaineers (23-8, 12-6) took them down in the regular season finale, 82-57.

It marked the thirdstraight game where West Virginia exceeded the 80-point plateau, earning a victory in all three matchups. With the victory, the Mountaineers have officially clinched the third seed in the Big 12 Championship.

Five different Mountaineers registered double digit scoring, the most the team had in a game this season. Lanay Montgomery, Teana Muldrow and freshman Katrina Pardee finished with 14 points; Bria Holmes and Tynice Martin finished with 13.

Iowa State had a lessthan-ideal start from tipoff as the Cyclones started off shooting 0-8, half of those shots, from three-point range, attempted to gain a quick advantage. As a result of the Cyclones mishap, West Virginia leaped to a 12-0 start.

Muldrow finished the quarter recording the last eight Mountaineer points.

WVU ended the first quarter shooting 42 percent, giving the Mountaineers a 20-8 lead at the end of the first.

Iowa State’s Seanna Johnson started to somewhat bring the Cyclones back into the game. Johnson, who had 19 points in the two teams last meeting, recorded 13 points by halftime and was responsible for 48 percent of her team’s output on the scoreboard.

West Virginia held Johnson without a single point in the fourth quarter as she finished the game with 21 points and 14 rebounds. It was Johnson’s 14th double-double of the season.

While the game pro-

gressed, the Mountaineers kept building its lead. Just a minute into the third quarter, West Virginia had a 20-point lead, its then-largest lead of the night, due to an Arielle Roberson layup.

As the third quarter dwindled down, Jessica Morton converted the jumper and virtually sealed the victory for the Mountaineers. At that point, WVU was leading 66-44.

A last effort charge in the latter stage of the fourth quarter didn’t make a drastic difference as Iowa State found it difficult to come back after WVU’s early leads. Pardee essentially ended the game with a jumper with just over a minute left in regulation.

The Mountaineers seemed to control every aspect from the scoring to the rebounding, where WVU held a 40-26 advantage. Roberson led West Virginia in rebounds with 11, followed by Montgomery and Muldrow with eight.

ISU’s Jadda Buckley shot 3 for 11, but was 8-8 at the line, ending the night with 14 points.

WVU’s offensive success comes in part of its three-point efficiency. For the second straight game, WVU made 13 three-point shots, compared to ISU’s six. Pardee recorded a season-high four three pointers while Muldrow shot 80 percent from the mark.

While WVU dominated much of the game, it didn’t stop the Mountaineers from nearly falling into foul trouble. Five different Mountaineers registered at least three fouls; it showed, as the Cyclones were perfect from the line, making 13 of 13.

The Mountaineers will have a few days off before heading to Oklahoma City for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. With the Mountaineers claiming the third seed in the conference, WVU will face the six-seed, Kansas State, at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday on the Fox Sports Network. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Jonathan Holton and Jaysean Paige leave the court after beating TCU last month.

WVU prepares for hot Tech team in Holton, Paige’s final home game

BY CHRIS JACKSON

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @CJACKSONWVU

Following two straight victories over then-No. 17 Iowa State and Oklahoma State, the No. 10 West Virginia Mountaineers are poised to extend the winning streak.

But as they prepare to honor senior stars Jonathan Holton and Jaysean Paige on Senior Night, there will be no easy out.

The Mountaineers are playing host to one of the nation’s hottest teams.

Texas Tech has won five of its last six games and is now 8-8 in the Big 12, with one more win likely solidifying its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2007.

Toddrick Gotcher scored 20 points in Saturday’s 6758 loss at now-No. 1 Kansas, which clinched its 12th straight Big 12 championship. Gotcher’s recent efforts have been key in the team’s latest run, scoring 20-plus points in two of the last three contests.

“They’re going to get in,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “They’ll get in at 8-10 (in conference play)

if they end up 8-10, and if they’re 9-9 they’re a mortal lock.”

And the last matchup between the two nearly ended in an upset. Tarik Phillip scored the game’s last eight points during the final moments, leading the Mountaineers to an 80-76 victory in Lubbock.

Phillip’s production off the bench might key the Mountaineers to their fourth straight season sweep of the Red Raiders.

He’s a part of a bench that’s emerging into arguably one of the country’s best, and the results showed last week.

He and senior Jaysean Paige combined for 56 of the bench’s 69 points in last Monday’s victory over Iowa State. Paige finished with a career-high 34 points, breaking a program record for scoring off the bench.

Paige also delivered a 17-point display in Saturday’s 70-56 victory over an injury-riddled Oklahoma State team, earning Big 12 Player of the Week honors and guiding WVU to a spot in the AP Top 10.

“He’s been terrific in a lot of ways,” Huggins said.

“I think he’s really helped our young guys when they’ve watched his work ethic and, consequently, the success he’s had because of it. That alone helps your program. He’s been really, really good. He’s not just scored points, but scored points at very key times for us.”

During the last matchup between the two, WVU’s bench held just a 43-42 advantage (Paige and Phillip scored 42 of those points).

They allowed Justin Gray and Aaron Ross to 11 points each off the bench, including 18 points from sophomore starter Zach Smith.

Legendary head coach Tubby Smith is in his second season in Lubbock, doubling the team’s Big 12 win total this year. They were picked to finish last in the conference this year, but they’re one game back of No. 21 Iowa State for sixth place.

Texas Tech has lost just four games since the previous meeting, with three of those losses to ranked foes.

It’s emerged into one of the country’s hottest teams, receiving votes in the latest AP Poll.

“I didn’t pick them last, for the record,” Huggins said. “Anybody that knows Tubby (Smith), and Tubby and I go back a long, long way, knew he was going to get it going. It was a matter of those guys he recruited to mature a little bit and understand what he wanted done. They do a terrific job defensively, and they continue to get better. They’re playing really, really well as a team.

Am I surprised? No. Not a little bit.”

With two games left, a two seed in the conference tournament awaits the Mountaineers if they’re able to defeat both Texas Tech and Baylor. A three seed sits in the rearview mirror if they struggle during the final stretch, and Paige and WVU know what a 2-0 record this week can do for the team heading into the postseason.

“It’s getting to the point in the season where it’s time to let up and get ready to win some games and go on a run,” Paige said.

“There’s no better time than now.” cgjackson@mail.wvu.edu

MEN’S BASKETBALL

WVU’s Paige has performed amazing scoring feats in senior season

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

He took an unusual road to get to West Virginia, but Mountaineer guard Jaysean Paige has had a senior season to remember.

A bit player last season, Paige has been the Mountaineers’ go-to guy, a three-time Big 12 Player of the Week who leads West Virginia in scoring despite playing only the sixth-most minutes on the team.

Not too bad for a guy who played at two different junior colleges before he made his Division I debut.

“I learned a lot of lessons here,” Paige said. “I grew up on and off the court. I’ve matured a lot with my work ethic, and I take everything a lot more seriously.”

Paige’s senior season has been a memorable one for a lot of reasons, but none bigger than the stunning improvements he’s made in his game. After spending last year mostly as a 3-point shooter, Paige has displayed fantastic driving skills and stepped comfortably into the vacancy left by departed star Juwan Staten.

“I had a different role last year,” Paige said. “We had a primary ballhandler (Staten) who had the ball in his hands, so I played on the catch-and-shoot a little more. This year, I have the ball in my hands more, so I have the chance to attack and do different things.”

Paige ended up in the record books with his

Jaysean Paige is guarded in the corner against Oklahoma last month.

34-point outburst off the Oklahoma State and into bench last week against sole possession of secIowa State, setting the ond place in the Big 12.

WVU single-game scoring It was Paige’s 14th game record for a reserve. Paige this season scoring 15 or combined with frequent more points, and Paige backcourt-mate Tarik Phil- was named Big 12 Player of lip to score 56 of WVU’s 69 the Week for the third time bench points that night, soon afterward.

Paige is a frontrunner for two away from the WVU program record for most the Big 12 Sixth Man of the bench points as a team.

Year Award, and he still has It was business as usual an outside shot at All-Big for Paige. He scored a lei- 12 honors as well – his 14.3 surely 17 a few nights later points per game are sixthto steer his squad past best in the Big 12, and he’s

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averaged 16.5 per contest in conference play.

“He’s been terrific in a lot of ways,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins.

“I think he’s really helped our young guys when they’ve watched his work ethic and, consequently, the success he’s had because of it. That alone helps your program.”

Although often limited by foul trouble, it hasn’t really mattered for Paige, who is the only WVU player

in the 21st century to average 14 or more points in 22 or fewer minutes a game.

Despite his limited minutes, Paige’s scoring exploits this season are up there with some of the best players in recent Mountaineer history. Paige is scoring .65 points per minute this season, miles ahead of any other Mountaineer scorer in the past 15 years – only the long-forgotten Drew Schifino (.587 points per minute) comes

somewhat close, when he averaged 20.1 points per game in 34.2 minutes during the 2002-03 season.

Paige has achieved things that Mountaineer fans haven’t seen in decades, and there’s only one opportunity left to watch him play at the WVU Coliseum: Tonight when Paige and the Mountaineers take the floor against Texas Tech. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday March 2, 2016

Rifle

Mountaineer shooters succeed inside and outside of program

By Connor Hicks Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

While the West Virginia University rifle team was busy capturing a conference-record seventh consecutive Great American Rifle Conference title, two of the team’s top shooters competed in other places.

The No. 1 Mountaineers (120, 8-0 GARC) were in Oxford, Mississippi this weekend, competing against some of the top teams in the nation to defend the GARC title.

While the nation’s top team was in Mississippi proving it is the top team in America, seniors Meelis Kiisk and Michael Bamsey were 5,201 miles away in Gyor, Hungary, attempting to prove they belong among the top shooters in Europe. Kiisk and Bamsey, along with former Mountaineer Ziva Dvorsak, shot at the 2016 Rifle/Pistol/ Running Target European Championship.

Kiisk, a native of Paide, Estonia, shot a 617.9 in the 10-meter air rifle open relay to place 46th overall.

Like many of the West Virginia shooters, the senior has former experience on the world stage, representing the Estonian national team in high school. Kiisk was named the Best Youth Shooter in Estonia in 2009 and was a three-time Estonian Air Rifle Champion, placing sixth in 2009 in the European prone junior championship.

Bamsey followed Kiisk, shooting a 614.6 to place 60th in the same competition. The score qualified the Wales native for a spot on the Great Britain 10-meter air rifle national team.

Bamsey has previously represented both Wales and Great Britain. As a shooter for the University of South Wales, Bamsey shot at the ISSF World Cup, placing 33rd. He met Mountaineer coach Jon Hammond at a national competition in

2013 and decided to transfer to West Virginia for his junior year.

Former Mountaineer Ziva Dvorsak shot a 416.6 in the women’s 10-meter air rifle open relay to qualify for the finals. She shot a 79.9 in the final round to finish eighth and qualify for a spot on the Slovenian national team. The Ljubljana, Slovenia native was an All-American for the Mountaineers in 2014, leading the team to a national championship.

Freshman Elizabeth Gratz was recently named the GARC Scholar Athlete of the Year. The award shows the extent to which the Mountaineer shooters work on not only their athletic performance, but exemplify the ideal mentality of a student-athlete.

The fact that the Mountaineers were able to win both disciplines in the most difficult conference in the country without two of the team’s top shooters is impressive. It only makes ex-

Michael Bamsey aims at his target during a Jan. 30 match against NC State. pectations that much higher as the team attempts to capture a fourth-consecutive national title in less than two weeks.

Until then, the team has

plenty of time to prepare.

Coach Hammond has made it clear that the two upcoming practice weeks will be the most intense training cycle the team has gone

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through this season. The 2016 National Championship is in Akron, Ohio from March 11-12. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Wrestling

WVU wrestlers hoping to become one of NCAA’s 36 NCAA qualifiers

Bubba Scheffel wrestles an Oklahoma State opponent during a January match.

BY JOEL NORMAN

Thirty-six total qualifiers were awarded to the Big 12. The results of the Big 12 Championship will deAt the end of last week, termine who will have the the NCAA Championship privelege of filling these qualifier allocations were highly coveted spots. The announced. battle for qualification SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

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takes place this weekend at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Later, all 36 qualifying wrestlers will travel to the NCAA Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, on March 17-19.

Six Big 12 wrestlers are taken from the 125-pound weight class, and four qualify from the 133, 174, and 197-pound weight classes.

Finally, three qualifiers are taken the 141, 149, 157, 165, 184 and 285-pound categories.

West Virginia is likely to have four qualifiers from its team. However, each of them still needs to have a strong performance at the Big 12 Championship this weekend.

With six wrestlers at 125 pounds qualifying for the NCAA Championship, sophomore Zeke Moisey appears to be a shoo-in to travel to Madison Square Garden. This season, Moisey is 26-9 overall with an 11-5 record in duals. Moisey is ranked in three different wrestling polls. In the RPI and Coaches polls, Moisey is ranked No. 14. In-

terMat wrestling ranks last season’s 125-pound runner-up at No. 12.

The second Mountaineer who has a good chance at qualifying for the NCAA Championship is junior Dylan Cottrell. This season, Cottrell went 25-8 with a 12-4 dual record. He led the team with 50 takedowns, 57 points and nine major decisions. As for the rankings, Cottrell is No. 16 in the RPI and InterMat rankings and No. 14 in the Coaches poll.

Senior Bubba Scheffel faces the toughest chances at qualifying for the NCAA Championship of the four players. His 17-12 overall record is not flattering, nor is his 8-8 dual record.

However, Scheffel came on late in the season, winning four of his final six 184-pound bouts. Scheffel is not ranked by InterMat, but the Coaches rankings

have him No. 31, and RPI placed him at No. 23.

The best Mountaineer of the 2015-16 season, Jacob A. Smith, has great potential to continue his impressive season by qualifying for the NCAA Championship at 197 pounds. Smith led West Virginia with 26 overall wins, 14 dual wins and five wins against ranked opponents. InterMat has Smith ranked No. 9, and the Coaches have Smith at No. 10. Additionally, RPI has Smith the highest of them all at No. 4.

In 2015, Smith and Moisey were the two Mountaineer NCAA Championship qualifiers. In 2016, West Virginia looks to equal, or better, that mark. Once the Big 12 Championship concludes, the qualifiers will be revealed. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Doubles play a focal point for WVU going forward

Carolina Lewis returns a shot in a doubles match against Buffalo.

By Neel Madhavan a situation where we have Sports Writer won so many of the dou@DailyAthenaeum bles points in our matches this year, which is much imThroughout the sea- proved from where we were son, West Virginia Univer- last year in that regard. But sity women’s tennis coach there’s still a lot of room to Miha Lisac has continued grow and improve. There’s to preach to his team that still a lot of areas that we success in doubles matches have to get better in.” can be the difference beIn college tennis, three tween winning and losing doubles matches are any given match. played before singles, and “Doubles continues to whichever team wins two be an area of focus for us,” of those three matches Lisac said. “The girls have wins the doubles point for continued to respond bet- the overall match that’s ter in doubles as the sea- counted toward the overall son has gone on. We’re in team score.

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“Even though it’s only one point out of the seven total points available in any match, it’s probably the most important point,” Lisac said.

Other than the losses to Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech, the Mountaineers (63) have won the doubles point in every other match.

Winning the doubles point will also be key when Big 12 Conference play begins in two weeks. The Mountaineers are much improved and more experienced from a year ago but are still searching for the program’s

first win in the tough, talented, highly ranked Big 12 Conference.

“That’s one major difference this year as compared to last year - we’re doing much better in doubles,” Lisac said. “We’re doing better when it comes to knowing how to handle certain situations in doubles, knowing how to adapt to situations and how to handle different opponents.”

Lisac feels that doubles success will lead to singles success. Doubles requires aggressive play and the ability to put balls away and end points quickly.

He wants that aggressiveness to translate into the singles matches. Also, because doubles matches are played before singles matches, nabbing the doubles point is a confidence booster for when the singles matches begin.

“We focus on both singles and doubles, but there has been more emphasis this season on being successful in doubles,” Lisac said. “That confidence and success that we’re building in doubles play can also trickle into singles. It allows us to play from ahead going into the singles matches. I can say as a former player

myself that your confidence level is very different going into singles with a lead, rather than knowing that you have to fight back from behind. Not only that, but in doubles you have to play aggressive, and that aggressive mindset carries over to singles as well and allows you to be successful.”

The doubles pairing of

senior captain Hailey Barrett and sophomore Habiba Shaker has been solid throughout the season, but there have been some mixand-matching at the Nos. 2 and 3 positions, while Lisac tries to find the best combinations for doubles success. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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IOC to remove self from Rio doping cases LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ­­– In a major change in the handling of positive drug tests at the Olympics, the IOC agreed Tuesday to remove itself from the process and have a group of independent sports arbitrators rule on doping cases during the games in Rio de Janeiro.

The change, approved by the International Olympic Committee’s executive board, is designed to make the prosecution of doping cases more independent by taking it away from the IOC and putting it in the hands of a special panel of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

“Athletes should be pleased,” CAS President John Coates said. “Suddenly they will appear before a hearing where the prosecutor and the judge are different people.”

Until now, doping cases during the Olympics have been dealt with by a special IOC disciplinary panel appointed by the IOC president. The panel scheduled hearings with athletes who tested positive and decided on sanctions. Most athletes who test positive during the Olympics are disqualified, expelled from the games

and stripped of any medals.

Under the new system, positive cases will go directly to a new CAS doping division on site. From a pool of five to six arbitrators, CAS will select a panel of one to three members to hear the cases and issue rulings without IOC involvement.

“This is taking the IOC out of results management and out of hearings,” Coates said. “Athletes will now have an independent body determining her or her fate.”

CAS will also provide probono lawyers to defend athletes if needed, he said.

Any appeal against the panel’s decision during the games will be heard by a separate CAS division, which already handles eligibility and other disputes at the Olympics.

Coates said the two panels would be completely separate, with no members serving on both.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the new CAS division would also decide on subsequent retesting of samples, which was also previously handled by the IOC. Samples are stored for 10 years to allow for retesting with improved techniques.

CAS is a Swiss-based

body created by the IOC that is considered the highest court in dealing with sports disputes.

The change is part of IOC President Thomas Bach’s efforts to make drug-testing and sanctioning more credible by removing any potential conflicts of interest.

Bach has also recommended that, in the future, all doping sanctions be handed down by CAS, rather than by individual sports bodies.

Olympic leaders agreed last year that drug-testing in general - not just at the games - should be taken out of the hands of sports bodies. Bach has proposed that an independent testing agency under WADA control be put into place before the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

WADA is still studying the proposal and how to fund it.

Also Tuesday, World Anti-Doping Agency president Craig Reedie reported to the IOC board on efforts

by Russia and Kenya to comply with global rules at a time when track and field athletes from both countries risk missing the Olympics in August.

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“The ball is in Russia’s court,” Reedie said. “They are aware of the agreements we have on progress that needs to be made. They are very well aware of IAAF criteria for track and field athletes. Work literally goes on every day.”

Asked whether he was confident that Russian athletes would be reinstated in time for Rio, Reedie said: “I am certainly going to try.”

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N.Y. Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman accepts MLB’s 30-game suspension

Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman trhows during a 2016 Spring Training workout.

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman agreed to accept a 30-game suspension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy, a penalty stemming from an incident with his girlfriend last October.

Under the discipline announced Tuesday, Chapman will serve the penalty from the start of the season in April. He will lose 30 days of pay - $1,856,557 of his $11,325,000 salary - and 30 days of major league service, which will allow him to reach six years of service time after this season, enough to become eligible for free agency.

“I found Mr. Chapman’s acknowledged conduct on that day to be inappropriate ... particularly his use of a firearm and the impact of that behavior on his partner,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “I am gratified that Mr. Chapman has taken responsibility for his conduct.”

Chapman became the first player penalized a finite number of games under the policy, which MLB and the players’ association agreed to in August following several high-profile incidents among NFL players. Colorado shortstop Jose Reyes was given an indefinite paid suspension last week, pending a trial scheduled for April 4, following an

alleged altercation with him wife in October.

Baseball’s investigation of Chapman stemmed from Oct. 30. Chapman’s girlfriend, 22-year-old Cristina Barnea, told police he pushed and choked her.

Chapman said there was an argument but that he was pushed down by Barnea’s brother, eventually getting a handgun and firing eight shots into a wall and window while locked in his garage.

The Davie Police Department and Broward Assistant State Attorney Stefanie Newman declined to file charges, saying conflicting accounts and insufficient evidence made a conviction unlikely.

Under MLB’s domestic violence policy, discipline does not have to be predicated on a conviction.

Chapman, the hardest-throwing pitcher in the major leagues, was traded from payroll-paring Cincinnati Reds to the Yankees in December. He had said he would contest any suspension, but a deal was reached following negotiations with MLB. “I want to be clear, I did not in any way harm my girlfriend that evening,” Chapman said in a statement.

“However, I should have exercised better judgment with respect to certain actions, and for that I am sorry.

The decision to accept a suspension, as opposed to appealing one, was made af-

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ter careful consideration. I made this decision in an effort to minimize the distractions that an appeal would cause the Yankees, my new teammates and most importantly, my family.”

The players’ association said it supported Chapman’s decision to accept the penalty and said “its members do not condone the mistreatment of others by playing or non-playing personnel.”

With the Yankees, Chapman forms a powerful back end of the bullpen along with former closer Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances.

Chapman can continue to participate in all spring training activities. The penalty starts when the Yankees open the season April 4 at home against Houston. Barring rainouts, he would eligible to start his season May 9 when the Yankees host Kansas City.

“We need him,” teammate Alex Rodriguez said Tuesday before the suspension was announced. “He’s a big part of our team, and I think the key in New York is you have to focus on the game, focus on your teammates, and I think he has a lot of support in that clubhouse.”

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig is under investigation by MLB for a fight with a bouncer at a Miami bar in November following an argument with his sister.