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Arboretum blooms into spring WVU Department of Biology hosts annual Spring Wildflower Walks as Spring season begins by tessa iglesias staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia Arboretum takes wild and wonderful to a new level. The arboretum is home to a number of ephemeral wildflower species, naturally grown and preserved within the 91 acres of forest and floodplain filled with trees, plants and birds.

Each spring, these wild-

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flowers are only in bloom for about a month, so in order to celebrate their beauty the WVU Department of Biology hosts the annual Spring Wildflower Walks, traditionally held the last three Sundays in April. The first walk was yesterday, and the next two will take place at 2 p.m. on April 17 and 24 starting in the Core Arboretum parking lot.

“You have to be out here

during that month to witness it so we try to draw people out to see the amazing display and also to learn something about it,” said Zach Fowler, director of the WVU Core Arboretum. “So we talk about not just what the flowers are, but how they’ve been used historically by people and where they got their name and just some lore and history surrounding the flowers, how they got their

ecology and what they grow with and threats and various things like that.”

Wildflowers such as the dwarf larkspur, a bright violet-blue flower that can grow in clusters from six to 36 inches high; the wild blue phlox, one of the most common species of the genus and the mayapple, a plant with umbrella shaped leaves, are just a few of the wildflower species that can be seen at the arboretum.

Each of these species is naturally grown in the arboretum, according to Fowler.

Even though it looks like

some of them have been gardened and manicured, none of them were planted.

“We’re here visiting our daughter who is a medical student, and when we visit her, we look for things to do especially connected with the University,” said Mary Jo Corsetti, a wildflower walk participant. “I love to be outdoors and love plants and flowers and nature, so this really appealed to me.

I didn’t know that this was here, but it’s clearly a special place and a wonderful jewel of the University.”

Corsetti said her favorite

NO SILL-INGS Once a QB prodigy, David Sills has taken a wild ride to role at WVU

by rachel mcbride staff writer @rachelgmcb

Saturday afternoon, West Virginia University’s Society of Women Engineers hosted a Girl Scout Day on the Evansdale engineering campus to introduce adolescent women to the many career opportunities in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

The SWE hosts many outreach events throughout the year, but the GSD is by far its biggest event.

More than 200 girls, 100 troop leaders and parents attended the event this year.

The theme of the event was “Who Rules the World? GIRLS!”. Sixteen hands-on activities based on women, such as Sally Ride, who built rockets, and Rachel Carson, who made terrariums, were present at the event. Activities centered on women who have made incredible strides in the STEM fields were created for each group of Girl Scouts.

Each age group, the Daisies, Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes first learned about each influential woman and how she impacted the world. Then, an age appropriate activity was taught to each group of participants.

This year, a new program was added to the event, which taught parents how to encourage their daughters to think about STEM careers.

“It’s so important to introduce girls at this age to STEM,” said Sabrina Ridenour, Co-Chair for WVU SWE and junior mechanical engineering student.

“It’s a growing field, but women are still a minority in it.”

Taylor Davis, a junior industrial engineering student and member of SWE said hosting this event is important because it forms the next generation of female leaders.

“GSD teaches girls to live up to their full potential, which is exactly what SWE aims to promote,” Davis said.

Davis herself was a Girl Scout and said the organization allowed her to meet many inspirational women who encouraged her to become a leader in the STEM fields. Davis

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avid Sills was 13 years old when his life changed

forever.

The then-middle school student was sitting in study hall after class one day when his father pulled him out of the room. He had gotten word from USC—one of the most storied football programs in college football—wanted to offer the seventh grader a scholarship to play quarterback.

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it in a 1.000 years. When I got offered to USC, I wasn’t even athletic. I wasn’t fast, I couldn’t jump. I grew into my body and got a little bit stronger and faster. It just continued to carry over from there.”

The story that flung Sills from unknown youth football player, to child prodigy, to Mountaineer wide receiver is one of the oddest in recent memory.

From an early age, David Sills was groomed to be a great quarterback.

When he was as young as nine, his father, David Sills IV, had him working with

Steve Clarkson, a California quarterback whisperer who has mentored multiple college and pro passers.

By 12, Sills was already receiving interest from college programs. At that time, USC was reeling from the departure of celebrated head coach Pete Carroll – his replacement, Lane Kiffin, was a widely derided hire coming off unsuccessful stints as head coach with Tennessee and the NFL’s Oakland Raiders.

What better way for a new head coach, in Los

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LEFT: Runners take off as the Ryan’s Rally 5K begins. TOP RIGHT: Second place runner Clayton Irvine crosses the finish line during the Ryan’s Rally 5K on Saturday. MIDDLE RIGHT: Participants of the Ryan’s Rally 5K braved snowy conditions on Saturday morning. BOTTOM RIGHT: Runners of the Ryan’s Rally 5K hug each other to celebrate completing the race.

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“I was like, ‘Is this even possible? Can you do that?’

I had never heard of anything like it,” Sills said. “It happens in basketball and lacrosse sometimes, but I had never heard of it in football.”

Six years later, Sills scored his first touchdown as a college football player.

But it wasn’t as a quarterback for the USC Trojans – it was as a wide receiver for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

“I never imagined it at all,” Sills said. “It’s weird how this all happened, I never would have pictured

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West Virginia wide receiver David Sills breaks a tackle during the West Virginia-TCU game on Oct. 29, 2015.

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part about the wildflower walk was learning about the history and different uses for the flowers, as well as how they’re named and who they’re named for.

“Maybe I’ll think twice before I pull a weed next time,” she said.

The Wildflower Walks are free and open to the public.

No reservation is required.

“I’ve never seen such a display of spring ephemeral wildflowers anywhere but here,” Fowler said. “This is truly special.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Now sober, Martinsburg vet helps others kick drug habits MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP)—James Boyd has a hard time turning off his thoughts — especially late at night when he can’t help but worry about heroin addicts, and how many of them are shooting up yet again.

He also worries about convenience store employees working the graveyard shift, and the problems they may face in the wee hours when things can quickly get out of hand.

“Sometimes I toss and turn so much that my wife will actually tell me to go out and check on them,” Boyd said with a shy smile, pausing for a moment before beginning to talk about the many people — including many addicts — he’s met while making these early-morning rounds on a regular basis.

No stranger to heroin, Boyd first got addicted when he was a curious teenager in Newark, New Jersey — an opioid problem that escalated while serving in the Army in Vietnam, because it was a way of coping after having been thrust into a war zone.

“I started using heroin when I was 14, and that continued when I went into the military three years later. I was in a place I didn’t want to be, and didn’t know if I would live long enough to leave. It was a matter of having to kill someone, or they would kill you,” he said.

Heroin soon took over his life, and it didn’t stop after returning home.

“Once I used, I couldn’t stop,” he said, recalling various unsuccessful attempts to kick his heroin habit.

Now, however, that’s all in the past.

And he’s making a concentrated effort to share his experiences — more than 30 years of using heroin, followed by 21 years of sobriety — with others.

Boyd — who quit using heroin when he was 44 years old — credits God for his transformation, and is determined to help others change their lives — a role that he never thought possible during his active addiction and failed stays at various VA rehab facilities.

“I’ve been there, and I’ve done it all, so I know how that man standing outside a store feels and what he’s going through. At one point, I lived in a refrigerator box — it was a couple

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Supreme Court nominee moderate who can go hard left or right President Barack Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, has been characterized as a moderate who, if confirmed, would nudge his divided colleagues slightly to the left because he would replace conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia.

But Garland will not necessarily come down with the more liberal justices in every area, particularly on criminal justice issues.

An Associated Press review of Garland’s record on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit - more than 5,000 rulings and 17,000 pages since 1997 - suggests he is a judge who only rarely, and perhaps reluctantly, has found himself at odds with the government agencies that appear

before him.

On the Supreme Court, Garland probably would frustrate the political left and right on alternate days.

He is apt to infuriate conservatives as a champion of union rights, his court record indicates, and, as a believer in public access to government records, to annoy those who defend government secrecy.

He is likely to offend liberals with a readiness to turn back constitutional challenges to criminal prosecutions and perhaps claims of workplace discrimination.

He probably would frustrate partisans on both sides, regardless of which party controls the White House, with steadfast deference to the rules and interpretations of government bureaucrats,

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said she hopes other girl scouts can gain the same type of experience by having attended GSD. “We are trying to break the stereotype that only men can make significant strides in STEM fields,” Davis said.

After the day’s events, Girl Scouts in attendance of GSD were able to earn a patch for their vests. Future GSD events are expected to be planned.

Savannah Lusk, WVU’s new back-up Mountaineer, and Colleen Layman, Societal President of SWE, made appearances at the event and engaged with the Girl Scouts during their many activities.

SWE is an international organization focused on motivating women to achieve their full potential in their careers as engineers and leaders. WVU’s section of SWE is dedicated to K-12 STEM outreach, professional development and promoting women in engineering.

For more information on SWE and future events they will be hosting, visit: http://swe.orgs.wvu.edu/.

of times, actually, and that was after rehab. But I don’t give my power away to heroin anymore,” he said.

Today, he’s a well-known local activist and volunteers with several nonprofit organizations.

He often talks — and posts on social media, including the Berkeley County Heroin Epidemic and Awareness Facebook page — about the local opioid problem, as well as the thousands of days he’s been clean -part of his motivational message to take things one day at a time.

“My hashtag #staystopped is a way of encouraging folks to live a clean and sober life. I want them to know it is possible to replace unhealthy decisions with healthy ones. For example, one decision was to stop smoking. I’ve also made a conscious decision to reconnect with society. I want to be present with the people I am bonding with now - my family, my church and in everyday life His sobriety, coupled with his work with the area drug court program, has not gone unnoticed at the state level — and it’s the reason he was asked to appear in a campaign ad for Supreme

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Continued from page 1 Angeles of all places, to grab the headlines than to offer a scholarship to a preternaturally talented middle schooler? Kiffin had developed a friendship with Clarkson during his years coaching in California, and during one conversation, Sills’ name popped up. Kiffin took a look at his film and decided to pull the trigger.

But even after the initial flurry of press attention –

did USC really offer a scholarship to a seventh grader?

– Sills still needed to have a high school career, let alone a collegiate one.

Sills wound up the starting quarterback at Eastern Christian Academy, a football factory located in Elkton, Maryland, and while he had a fine high school career, he saw other quarterbacks from his class pass him by. Sills was dominant as a middle schooler and a star in high school, but other quarterbacks grew to be bigger, stronger, more athletic.

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whatever their impact.

Summaries of Garland’s decisions on critical issues: CRIMINAL JUSTICE Many of Garland’s rulings in criminal cases reflect his 12 years as a federal prosecutor or a senior official in the Justice Department’s criminal division.

In dozens of decisions, he upheld lower court rulings that denied defendants’ attempts to suppress evidence because of alleged illegal search and seizure by police. He typically upheld prison sentences imposed by lower courts.

In a 1999 decision, for example, Garland wrote for the court’s majority that police in Washington, D.C., were within their rights to search a car after spotting a 6-inch dagger next to a front seat.

Court Justice Brent Benjamin, who is seeking re-election in the May 10 primary.

Additionally, Boyd was recently invited to speak at a VA meeting in Washington.

Even though this kind of recognition is flattering, Boyd still spends plenty of time on local streets — and is more concerned than ever about the continuing lack of treatment facilities.

“An addict is a person who’s not well, and we either ignore their needs — or we put them in a place that causes their illness to worsen. And then we punish them for not getting well, so that this problem is only being compounded,” he said.

Social stigma is a big part of the problem locally, he said.

“We’ve been looking at addiction as an individual disconnect, but the reality is that there is also a social disconnect — and we have to work on addressing that too,” he said.

Now is the time to change the future.

“I don’t want the kid who is using today to have to wait 30 years to get better, but right now that’s the way things are heading. There’s no magic bullet, but I’d like to see there be some more healthy options available in Martinsburg,” he said with a sigh.

Meanwhile, the Kiffin regime unraveled in Los Angeles, and with West Virginia always around – Sills counts former WVU star running back Wendell Smallwood and current Mountaineer receiver Daikiel Shorts among his high school teammates – Sills started to reconsider.

“When (USC) made the coaching change, that was when I knew I didn’t want to go there,” Sills said. “West Virginia has always been close to home for me. Coach Holgorsen was always at the school and Coach (Lonnie) Galloway, Coach (Shannon) Dawson, all of them.

They were recruiting me when I was still committed there, and after I decided I didn’t want to go there. I fell in love with this place.”

After the furor that surrounded Sills’ commitment to USC, his subsequent decommittal and signing with West Virginia was performed in relative obscurity. Sills arrived in Morgantown last year expecting

They then found a loaded .45-caliber handgun. Defendant Morris Christian’s lawyers contended the search was unjustified.

“First, as appellate judges we do not second-guess a street officer’s assessment about the order in which he should secure potential threats,” Garland wrote. “To the contrary, we must defer to his quick decision as to how to protect himself and others from possible danger.”

Garland also found that U.S. Park Police were correct to have searched Warren Turner’s car trunk after they found a pot-filled “blunt” in the passenger compartment.

Cocaine base was found in the trunk, leading to Turner’s conviction on drug distribution charges.

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In this photo taken March 16, 2016, Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland arrives with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to be introduced as Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. Garland, has been characterized as a moderate who, if confirmed, would nudge his divided colleagues slightly to the left because he would replace conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia.

Rifles on Campus: college police forces add firepower BOSTON (AP)—Once a rarity on campuses, semiautomatic rifles are becoming a standard part of the arsenal for college police forces - firepower they say could make a difference the next time a gunman goes on a rampage.

The weapons are rarely seen in public and often stashed away in cruisers or at department headquarters, and many schools won’t talk about them. But federal data and Associated Press interviews and requests for records reveal that over the past decade, at least 100 U.S. college police agencies, and probably many more, have introduced rifles or acquired more of them.

The arms buildup has raised tensions on campuses, with debates over the need for such weaponry flaring at schools like Boston’s Northeastern University, the University of Maryland and Florida State. A similar outcry over police use of military-style gear erupted in 2014 after the violence that broke out in Fer-

guson, Missouri.

Police say rifles offer more firepower, longer range and greater accuracy than handguns.

“A bad shot with a rifle is better than a good shot with a handgun,” said Skip Frost, who until February was deputy chief of police at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which offers a semi-automatic rifle to every officer.

Some colleges have made the weapons available to SWAT-type units of officers who respond to risky situations; some have issued the guns to patrol officers. Either way, police are authorized to take up their rifles only in extreme cases, such as a shooting or reports of an armed person.

Most states also require police officers to undergo weapons-proficiency training at least once a year.

Many campuses receive training from the FBI and U.S. Justice Department, which teach officers how to move quickly through buildings to take down a shooter.

“The reality is that these are not always handgun situations,” said FBI agent Katherine Schweit, the bureau’s senior executive in charge of active-shooter matters. “We can’t tell a university realistically what’s acceptable in their community - that’s up to them - but we recognize the struggle that every community faces because many of these shooters come to the scene with a long gun.”

Bill Taylor, president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, said he hasn’t heard of any case in which a campus officer fired a rifle on the job.

But police have broken out the weapons several times.

In December, for example, police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill responded with rifles after a false report of a gunman on campus. At least one Florida State officer responded to a 2014 shooting with a rifle but didn’t shoot the gunman because other officers were in the way. Police killed the shooter with handguns.

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Wide receiver David Sills walks off the field during West Virginia’s game against Baylor on Oct. 17, 2015. to redshirt before jumping jump ball and I’d go up and full-time one. into a crowded quarter- catch it, and the offensive The next week, Sills back race in 2016, featur- coaches would tease me shocked onlookers by not ing incumbent starter Sky- and say ‘Come down here only burning his redshirt ler Howard and established and run a route.’ I built on and taking the field at thenbackups William Crest and it. For Oklahoma State I was No. 2 Baylor, but hauling in asked if I wanted to play re- a 35-yard touchdown pass Chris Chugunov.

Sills kept himself busy on ceiver, and I had just been midway through the third the offensive scout team, focusing on redshirting, get- quarter. Sills remained a big emulating upcoming oppo- ting better at quarterback player in the offense for the nents’ offenses to help edu- and going through the year rest of the season, finishcate and prepare the WVU like that.” ing with seven catches, 131 defense. With ranks low at The Mountaine ers yards and two touchdowns, receiver, Sills was asked to needed extra weapons, and including the game-winner fill in there on scout team, after Sills sat down with in the Cactus Bowl. and coaches quickly real- Dana Holgorsen and reGoing into his second ized they had something. ceived assurance that he season, the way forward is “I was just having fun could continue to play quar- much clearer for Sills at redoing whatever,” Sills said. terback in the future, he ceiver than it is at quarter“They would throw me a made the position switch: a back. Howard is entrenched as the starter for another season, while heralded transfer Will Grier looks to have the inside track for the starting spot for the two years after that.

Sills is still in the quarterback room, he’s still listed as a quarterback, and he still thinks of himself as a quarterback. Come Fall, he will play wide receiver. Sills doesn’t really mind – he’ll do whatever it takes, so long as when his playing days are done, he’s known as more than David Sills, the kid who committed to USC when he was 13.

“I feel like people sometimes still look at it like that, but that’s not what I want to be known as,” Sills said. “I work as hard as I can to be the best player I can and help the team as much as possible. Hopefully, it’ll pay off in the end.” djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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Monday April 11, 2016

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Requiring honesty in cellphone tracking People have been cautious of new technology since the Industrial Revolution, when the invention of more efficient machinery began taking the jobs of farm and factory workers. Though younger generations typically don’t share as many fears about technology as their older counterparts, there may be more cause for concern in this area than previously thought.

A recent NBC News article, “Baltimore Case on Cellphone Tracking Echoes Broader Concerns,” brings a court case to the public eye that could have many choosing to leave their cellphones at home from now on.

Kerron Andrews, a Baltimore resident and murder suspect, reported he heard “funny sounds” coming from his cellphone before police arrested him at an acquaintance’s house. Though the police report did not in-

dicate the force had used any sort of cellphone tracking to locate Andrews, there was no statement explaining how they’d been able to locate him, either.

Andrews’ lawyer brought these concerns to court, and it was revealed police had tracked Andrews through his cellphone without first obtaining a warrant, leaving that detail out of their report. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals deemed such tracking unconstitutional shortly after, but police forces in other states continue to use tracking technology to locate suspects. The same article states that at least nine states have tracking devices at both the state and local levels of their police forces.

People use cellphones primarily to communicate with others, whether through phone calls, text messaging or social media applications. However, purchasing and using a cell-

phone may be the same as consenting to being tracked if other states don’t create legislation to curb tracking without warrants.

Though tracking technology is useful in missing person cases and locating wanted criminals who may be a danger to society, being forced into giving consent to being located by police should not become something one must simply live with if one wishes to continue using one’s phone. It violates the Fourth Amendment and calls into question the true extent of a person’s right to privacy in this country.

It’s widely known that most smartphones automatically enable Google location services in order to make a user’s Google experience more suited to their needs, such as being able to quickly locate restaurants near their location or finding the quickest route to a hotel or gas station. How-

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Many police at both local and state levels are capable of tracking a person’s location through their cellphone without a warrant. ever, these features are able to be turned off by the user if they don’t wish to use them. In the case of police tracking, one can’t simply “opt out” of being located without consent by police in states where warrants aren’t yet required.

Warrants should be issued in all cases where cellphone tracking is used, and cellphone users should be made aware of what information their phones are capable of revealing. Regulating the extent of police tracking and encourag-

ing transparency between police forces and the public will be crucial in moving forward as this nation navigates the complex realm of technology in the modern age. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Recent spill shows Keystone Pipeline may be unsafe Robby ralston columnist @robbyralstonda

Last week, the Keystone Pipeline sprung a leak near Freeman, South Dakota.

This and other comparable events indicate we should be more skeptical of safety claims made by TransCanada and similar companies. We cannot allow them to take advantage of our ignorance.

The Keystone Pipeline System is a group of oil pipelines operated by TransCanada, a multinational corporation, which spans from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada all the way to the Gulf Coast.

Soon after the incident began, Keloland News, a local station in Freeman, reported in a story titled “TransCanada Crews Looking At Potential Pipeline Leak Near Freeman” that the leak was found when local residents spotted a strange, black substance on their properties. TransCanada quickly sent a crew to the site to find and repair the broken pipe.

According to a more recent article, “Keystone pipeline poised to reopen after leak found” from CNN, the leak was originally described as spilling less than 200 gallons of oil into the rural community. However, TransCanada later increased its original estimate

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Residents of Freeman, South Dakota discovered a major oil leak from the Keystone Pipeline onto their land. to almost 17,000 gallons of oil. They have since stated the leak poses no serious health or environmental hazard and believe to have repaired the pipe.

This is beginning to look bad for TransCanada, a company whose website claims they “aim to be on the industry’s leading edge of corporate social responsibility and sustainable practices.” Accordingly, sometime between Sept. 2015 and April 4 of this year, the day the spill was first reported, they deleted the content from the “Safe Operations” page of their Keystone XL website.

Using Way Back Machine,

an online service which archives webpages, one can see that this page of their website used to extoll the virtues of their high-tech monitoring system, saying, “We use satellite technology that sends data to our monitoring centre every five seconds. If a drop in pressure is detected, we can isolate any section of our pipeline within minutes by remotely closing valves on the system.”

If one visited the page after April 4, however, no content was present. Unfortunately, due to limitations of the service, we cannot know exactly when in this interval the content was deleted.

Perhaps this is just a coincidence. However, it is a rather odd coincidence at best since local residents were the first to spot the spill and not the company’s automatic detection system. This casts doubt upon claims that TransCanada has sufficient safety precautions in place to protect against spills in the future.

This is also not the first major accident to come from the pipeline. In 2011, a pump station in North Dakota spilled about 20,000 gallons of oil on TransCanada property. In “TransCanada Pipeline Spills Oil in North Dakota,” the Wall Street Journal reports this

was the 11th spill to result from the pipeline system.

However, the article said company officials attributed such leaks to the equipment at pump stations and not to the integrity of the pipeline itself, which was supposed to be sound. The recent leak also calls such assurances into question.

This spill comes in the wake of intense debate about the Keystone XL pipeline. After years of deliberation, the Obama administration denied a proposal to allow the project last November, which was a proposed extension to TransCanada’s current system.

According to the Keystone

XL website, the project was meant to provide a shorter transport route from Alberta to Nebraska and allow for a larger volume of oil to pass through the region.

The current pipeline takes a longer route through this area.

One of the groups most outspoken against the construction of Keystone XL is the community of Native Americans in the area, since the pipeline was supposed to go through lands currently occupied by many different tribes. For instance, Dallas Goldtooth, an organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network who wrote for the Guardian, said in 2015, “As the original caretakers, we know what it will take to ensure these lands are available for generations to come. This pipeline will leak, it will contaminate the water.”

Leaks have continued to occur even on the body of the pipeline itself, and safety measures currently in place do not seem adequate enough to prevent or target such events. Moreover, these smaller events along the pipeline have a chance to occur on indigenous people’s land, endangering an already heavily marginalized group.

Even if the Keystone system is able to prevent largescale disasters, we can see it is not foolproof. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Breaking down language barriers by producing more bilingual students micah beachy columnist @DailyAthenaeum

West Virginia University strives to create a curriculum that allows students to receive the most from their education. Required classes at WVU give Mountaineers the ability to broaden their interests by exposing them to a multitude of subjects through current general education requirements.

However, as the United States grows more multicultural, there is something in which WVU is falling behind: Breaking the language barrier.

If WVU wants to produce students who are wellequipped to survive in a more globalized professional world, all students should be required to take four semesters of a foreign language, regardless of their major.

The University’s current General Education Curriculum requires all students to complete basic courses before graduation in subjects such as English, science, history and math. Though the GEC system will transition to the General Education Foundations system in the

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Learning another language can open up many different career opportunities after college.

2016-17 academic year, the current GEC 4 (“Contemporary Society”) has class options that allow students to learn a second language by taking elementary or intermediate classes in languages like Chinese, French, Italian or Japanese. However, there are a handful of other classes students may take in place of a foreign language to also fulfill the requirement. The GEC 4 simply does not offer enough exposure to learning a second language, and the GEF equivalent only gives students even more course

options to choose instead of a foreign language. By being aware of the struggles that come with learning the grammar rules and pronunciations of different global tongues, students would likely become more thoughtful and have more respect for their foreign English-speaking peers.

According to WVU’s International Students website, more than 2,000 international students attend WVU from more than 110 countries. These individuals arrive knowing that in order to

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flourish and succeed in their classes, they need to communicate primarily in English. WVU should not expect this from international students while allowing primary English-speaking students to breeze by in their education without undergoing the same trials of learning a new language. Not all solely English-speaking students understand how much effort communicating in an unfamiliar language can take, and requiring all students to take a language course would mean slowly

breaking down language barriers and creating more cultured students.

In Europe especially, learning a second language is as necessary as learning mathematics. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center study about which countries make learning second languages mandatory, countries such as Portugal, Italy, Finland, Austria and Poland require all students to learn a foreign language to mastery. Why is the United States seemingly the only country not concerned with creating more worldly scholars?

It’s widely known that learning a second language is much easier for younger children than adolescents and young adults, so why do American schools save teaching a foreign language until middle or high school? As a kindergartener in West Virginia, I remember learning how to count to 10 in Spanish. However, that was the extent of my Spanish education in elementary school. It would have been very beneficial for me to have received lessons in conversational Spanish or another language throughout grade school. The United States should reach the same level of education as other

countries in this area, as being fluent in another language means being able to communicate with a larger number of people in more effective ways.

Being bilingual also helps individuals when applying for jobs. Research performed

by Rosetta Stone, the developers of language-learning software, shows that people who speak a second language have an income of at least $10,000 more than a person who only speaks English. Another survey from Los Angeles-based recruiter Korn/Ferry International found that nearly nine out of 10 headhunters reported that speaking a second language is critical for success in today’s business environment.

WVU should be the frontrunner of a change in foreign language education. It is not too late to develop a graduating class full of worldly, cultured, well-rounded individuals. As a member of the Mountaineer family, I not only want this for myself, but for all future Mountaineers as well. It is time we catch up with the rest of the world and start breaking down the language barrier at WVU, one bilingual student at a time. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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An eclectic mix of releases changes up the charts, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros nail it by chelsea walker A&E wrtier @dailyathenaeum

This week, veteran releases will grace the charts with returning artists, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and Santana IV and Boosie Badazz, dropping albums Friday.

Lead singer Albert Ebert of indie-rock band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros has found his band amongst modern-day folk marvels such as Mumford and Sons and The Lumineers. The road to success wasn’t easy for Ebert; the artist struggled with a serious drug addiction before becoming an indie band frontman.

It was in rehab where Ebert wrote of fictional character Edward Sharpe, whose name went on to be used in the title of his band.

This Friday, Ebert, alongside band members Mark Noseworthy, Orpheo McCord, Josh Collazo, Christian Letts, Nico Aglietti, Seth Ford-Young, Mitchell Yoshida Christopher Richard and Stewart Cole, will drop their fourth studio album, “PersonA.” Released earlier this year, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros dropped the album’s single “No Love Like Yours” with the band’s classic folky guitar and orchestra-like aesthetic.

This track also features a serious piano solo that dominates the track. “PersonA,” is set to be an album with instru-

mental depth and meaningful ballads.

Also dropping his latest album after a recent release from prison, Boosie Badazz will drop “Penitentiary Changes” Friday. Formerly known as Lil Boosie, Boosie Badazz has changed not only his rapper persona, but his hip-hop style as well. Reigning from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Torrance Hatch has been featured in the media for legal troubles since his first run-in with the law in 2008. From murder to drug charges, Boosie Badazz has juggled a rap career with a serious jail record and time in the hospital. Just last year, Boosie Badazz endured a serious, but successful, kidney surgery where a cancerous tumor was removed.

Now back on his feet, Boosie has spent a majority of his time in the studio where tracks for “Penitentiary Changes” have been recorded. As a collaborative album with rapper C-Murder, Boosie Badazz’s “Penitentary Changes” will also feature hip-hop moguls Snoop Dogg and Calliope Bub. Reuniting his band’s original lineup, Carlos Santana will combine Santana’s Woodstock music lineup to release the group’s 23rd studio album this Friday as well.

The American Latin rock band formed in San Francisco in 1967, which inspired its signature sound of classic guitar sounds infused with Latin flare.

Conceptualized by Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana, the blues-rock band

caught public attention in the late ‘60s with the release of their debut album simply titled “Santana.” Since then, the group has released multiple hit albums, as well as accepted an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Dropping Friday, “Santana IV,” will reunite the classic 1970s lineup of Santana on vocals and guitar, Rolie on keyboards and vocals, Schon on guitar, Carabello on percussion and Shrieve on drums. “Santana IV” will feature 16 tracks all written and produced by the band, including the single “Anywhere You Want To Go,” released in February 2016.

Coming out with hip-hop’s most exciting news and a fresh new track this week, rap icon Drake spoke out about his upcoming album “Views from the 6,” dropping at the end of April. With the release of “Summer Sixteen” in January 2016, fans knew the rapper would soon be dropping new tracks, however, he never alluded to a specific date.

With his new track “One Dance,” featuring Kyla and WizKid, and “Pop Style” with Kayne West and Jay-Z, Drake finally spilled the official release date. While the full album will not be available until April 29, hip-hop fans can rejoice over the soon-to-be hits “Once Dance” and “Pop Style.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Carlos Santana will release ‘Santana IV’ on Friday, April 15.

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on display and prove firsthand the hard work and diligence the students put into creating the masterpieces.

Allison Helm, the director of the School of Art & Design at West Virginia University, awarded students with scholarships from the university. Later in the evening, the South Middle School Jazz Band performed as live entertainment.

The lobby manger, Daniel Gibbons exerted positive energy and enthusiasm as he recalls the excitement of the reception. “(The reception) was really fun and everyone was having a good time,” Gibbons said. “The children were proud to show their artwork and their parents were happy to see it. The teachers served as greeters and met people as they came in.”

During the reception, Helm awarded a loyal visitor of the Monongalia Arts Center, Selina Weiman of University High School, a WVU scholarship. Weiman is a student of grade 12. Her submission this year and from

three years prior are hanging side by side in the Benedum Gallery. The Monongalia Arts Center provides art lessons for students, resulting in Weiman receiving her skills through her practice and dedication. Ivy Yost of University High School won a WVU scholarship as well, with one of her submissions being a portrait of the late David Bowie.

Gibbons said placing the art pieces within the galleries is difficult but still possible.

“Our curator, Marsha Goss, puts it all together,” Gibbons said. “It was a great undertaking but Marsha did a wonderful job. She was a little intimidated because every year we receive a lot of artwork, but everything went well and it is really hanging well upstairs.”

The Monongalia County Schools Visual Arts Exhibition will be on display until April 30. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit http://monartscenter.com.

While walking through the Benedum and Robert M. Davis Galleries, splashes of color jumped off the walls and lit up the room.

The Monongalia Arts Center is hosting the annual Monongalia County Schools Visual Arts Exhibition, which debuted on Friday. The exhibition, held anually, allows students across the county to display the work they produce during the academic year. The opportunity for students to display their artwork in a professional gallery is a yearly goal to work toward.

This year, the Monongalia Arts Center will exhibit Kindergarten through grade 12.

The artwork is showcased for family members, friends and the general public to view at their leisure. Teachers select the finest pieces of art from their classes to appear in the art show. The exhibition has Kristen Uppercue/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM become a community favorChildren’s artwork from all ages were showcased at the Monongalia Arts Center as part of the Monongalia County Art ite as it brings traffic through daa&e@mail.wvu.edu Exhibition. the MAC. The variety of art produced and showcased is immense and vast. Distinctive art types presented include portraits, watercolor paintings, vases, ceramics, masks, sculptures, photographs, 3-D paintings, paper mache, penciled drawings and detailed colored pencil drawings. The projects are dispersed between the two galleries, creating a balance of variety within each room.

No piece of art looks similar, and each piece’s details makes it stand out amongst the rest.

A specific piece of art, titled “The Pen is Mightier than the Sword”, was collaborated by a group of middle school students from St. Francis Central Catholic.

The piece features quotes from figures like John Lennon, promoting a theme of Kristen Uppercue/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Kristen Uppercue/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM peace and solidarity. Power- Derika Nestor shows her family her work of art at the Monongalia Arts Center.

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Spring marks much anticipated sneaker releases by corey elliott A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

As we patiently await the arrival of warm weather, preparing the spring and summer fleet of kicks is a necessity for any sneaker lover. It’s about time to replace your boots with new shoe styles to properly accommodate your wardrobe haul.

Before the list kicks off, I’d be remiss to not mention the Adidas NMD. The NMD has taken off with its popularity, selling out as soon as it’s become available on retailers’ sites. The next NMD releasing we’re aware of is the “Camo Pack,” which drops sometime this summer, so keep an eye out for the specific release date on those.

Without further ado, here are some clean models to try:

urday, April 16 for $170 a piece.

3. Nike Air Griffey Max 1 “Freshwater” It’s only right for Nike to finally bring back the Air Griffey Max 1 with baseball season now underway. The Seattle Mariners-inspired colorway is nicely broken up with white rope laces and subtle red hints to represent the seams of a baseball.

A “24” is featured on the rubberized strap of this iconic turf shoe. The kid wore these during the 1996 season, and they are being retro’d again after being last seen on shelves in 2011. The Nike Air Max Griffey 1 “Freshwater” can be scooped in stores Thursday, April 21 for $150.

4. Nike Kobe 11 “Draft Day”

To alleviate the pain of Kobe’s depar1. Nike Free Huarache Carnivore “Obsidian” ture from the NBA after a 20-year career, Nike created an awesome design for fans NikeLab is dropping this model for the to commemorate his memorable draft second straight summer, as it released a day in 1996. The all-white base is comple- Nike will debut the ‘Huarache Carnivore’ shoe in obsidian blue. pair last summer in all black and all white mented with Charlotte Hornet colors: teal colorways. This year, Nike designed an ob- and purple, as that’s where he was drafted sidian tone with a white midsole. The shoe before the infamous trade to the Lakers. combines the Nike Free sole, Huarache Maybe the coolest detail of this Kobe 11 is sock liner and the retro Carnivore style the “6.26.96” date displayed on the right of the laceless strap system to create one heel. The Nike Kobe 11 “Draft Day” will unique hybrid. The removable sock liner be available Thursday, April 28 for $160. is perfect for hot summer days, making it 5. Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG “David suitable to wear these without socks. The Nike Free Huarache Carnivore drops this Letterman” Thursday with an undisclosed price tag.

This late-April release has a predominately red upper with navy hits and a 2. Adidas Tubular Doom Tonal Pack white midsole. The name comes from For everyone who continues to miss MJ being a guest on David Letterman’s out on the opportunity with Yeezys, the show on NBC. He wore an all red jumpTubular Dooms aren’t a bad alternative. suit, which seems to have been the inAdidas has been killing it lately. You may spiration for this design. One feature on have seen Bieber rocking these in a tri- the shoe is in an area people will rarely ple white colorway on Instagram a couple see: the insole. Each insole dons a microweeks ago. The Tonal Pack will include a phone graphic with “On Air” printed in all black on black colorway, as well as a dual- caps. Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG’s aren’t shade pink colorway. One thing about this released as often as sneakerheads would model is it definitely attracts attention. like, so expect these to be a hot commodThe extended sock liner and thick elastic ity. It drops Saturday, April 30 for $160.

Adidas will debut the new ‘Tubular Doom Tonal Pack’ in styles for men and women. strap provides supreme comfort. Look for daa&e@mail.wvu.edu the Adidas Tubular Doom Tonal Pack Sat-

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‘The Force Awakens’ wins big at MTV Movie Awards BURBANK, Calif. (AP) ‑ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” took the top prize at the 25th annual MTV Movie Awards.

The audience at Warner Bros. Studios waved what looked like red and blue lightsabers as star Daisy Ridley and director J.J. Abrams accepted the final golden popcorn trophy at Saturday night’s ceremony.

The prize capped off the irreverent awards show, which presents fanvoted film awards and touts upcoming releases.

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart hosted the show, opening it “Mad Max” style by riding through Warner Bros. Studios strapped to the front of a tricked-out truck. Later, they performed a rap song about the year’s films that repeated the refrain “Leo got (expletive) by a bear” in reference to “The Revenant.”

Will Smith and Melissa McCarthy each received special honors, and their heartfelt speeches were respites of sincerity in an expletive-laden show that featured more F-bombs than awards.

Smith told the audience that he is “dedicated to being a light in this world” when he accepted the show’s highest honor, the Generation Award.

“I want to help people,” Smith said after being introduced by Queen Latifah and Halle Berry. “I want to be a light. I want to display love. I want to play roles that have dignity. I want to help in this world.”

McCarthy, who crowd-surfed her way to the stage to claim the Comedic Genius Award, said that while she is the first woman to receive the recognition, “I am certainly, certainly not the first one to deserve it.”

She thanked everyone who buys tickets to her movies or watches her shows. “You are absolutely the single reason I get to keep doing what I love doing so much,” she said.

Charlize Theron won the first award of the night: best female performance for “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

She thanked the film’s director, her son, Jackson, and daughter, August.

“The story of ‘Fury Road’ is in part a story of the power of women and the power to create our own destinies,” Theron said as she accepted the award in her daughter’s name.

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The cast of ‘Star Wars’ took home top honors at the MTV Movie Awards.

Wilson and Adam Devine created an intimate destiny for themselves as they claimed the prize for best kiss, pretending to be overcome with passion and collapsing in an embrace on the stage.

Other winners included Chris Pratt (action performance for “Jurassic World”), Amy Poehler (“virtual performance” as Joy in “Inside Out”) and “Straight Outta Compton,” which won for true story. Ryan Reynolds won two prizes for “Deadpool”: comedic performance and best fight, which he shared with Ed Skein.

Reynolds said he worked for 10 years to get “Deadpool” made, but he added that “it was not all unicorns and cocaine” during production.

The MTV Movie Awards serves as a marketing platform for summer movies. Most presenters were principals from upcoming films, including Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of “Keanu,” out later this month.

Theron took the stage with Jessica Chastain and Chris Hemsworth, her co-stars from “The Huntsman: Win-

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Other presenters included Seth Rogen, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Common, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid. Ariana Grande, Halsey and Salt-N-Pepa provided musical performances.

The show also included neverbefore-seen footage from “Suicide Squad” and “Captain America: Civil War.” Eddie Redmayne unveiled the world premiere of the trailer for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

Ridley and Abrams accepted the night’s top prize from Samuel L. Jackson and Alexander Skarsgard, who co-star in the forthcoming “The Legend of Tarzan.” Skarsgard came onstage wearing a tuxedo jacket and no pants, saying: “You got to give the fans a little skin.”

The MTV Movie Awards are set to air Sunday on MTV, Comedy Central and other Viacom channels.

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She joins Sesame Street’s multi-cultural line-up, which includes Muppets in Bangladesh, Egypt and India who each do separate segments on their own national programs.

Zari, too, will have two segments in each show, one on her own and another in which she interviews people from a wide range of backgrounds aiming to educate her young audience about such things as the importance of study, exercise and health.

While many of the show’s characters are non-gender specific, the Kabul producers said they felt it was important to make the Afghan character a girl to help overcome the endemic misogyny that is often excused as part of the country’s cultural and religious heritage.

The goal in bringing Sesame Street to Afghanistan had always been to eventually have an indigenous character, said Clemence Quint, program manager for Lapis Communications, the Afghan partner of the Sesame Street Workshop, which has produced Sesame Street in New York since 1969.

The two production houses worked together with Afghanistan’s Education

Ministry to develop a Muppet that fit into every Afghan’s vision of their nation, while still conforming to the values that have made Sesame Street one of the world’s most successful children’s television programs, she said.

Zari was made in New York. Her costumes incorporate fabrics and designs from all Afghanistan’s ethnic groups - predominantly Pashtoon, Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara.

Her skin and hair were also designed to ensure that Zari cannot be identified with any specific ethnicity, but rather with all of them, Quint said.

“Every Afghan can relate to Zari,” she said.

“Zari is a female because in Afghanistan we thought it was really important to emphasize the fact that a little girl could do as much as everybody else,” Quint said.

Each Sesame Street season has at least one theme, decided by the New York producers. This season’s themes are cultural identity and girl’s empowerment. “So that is why a girl was a key factor in promoting girl’s empowerment and girl’s education in Afghanistan,” Quint said.

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Zari, new female puppet, joins Afghan Sesame Street KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ‑ There’s a new face on Sesame Street - a sassy, fun 6-year-old Afghan puppet girl called Zari, with purple skin, an orange nose and multi-colored hair, an infectious giggle and outfits to please Afghanistan’s broad kaleidoscope of ethnicities and cultures.

Zari will wear a headscarf with her school uniform, which unlike that for girls across Afghanistan will not be black - Sesame Street characters do not wear black - but pale blue. Otherwise the eternal pre-teen will be mostly bare-headed.

She is a “universal character,” according to the team in Kabul that helped create Zari as the first Afghan character on the long-running children’s show, already the most popular in Afghanistan where children have taken Grover and the Cookie Monster to their hearts.

Zari - whose name means “shimmering” in Afghanistan’s two official languages, Dari and Pashtu - made her debut on Thursday on the fifth season of Afghanistan’s local production of the show called Baghch-e-Simsim, which translates as Sesame Garden.

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The Why of moveWell

By David Buch There is no question that physical activity is critical to sustained wellbeing.

Physicians at the Mayo Clinic recommend adults set aside at least thirty minutes a day for exercise as an absolute minimum to fend off health concerns associated with sedentary lifestyles. Students especially are susceptible to falling short of this guideline on account of their demanding and often unpredictable schedules. But students in particular may also have the most to gain from upholding regular exercise schedules.

The outward physical benefits of exercise are well known. Exercise is known to reduce cortisol levels in the body, the stress hormone that when released in excess can lead to anxiety, depression and changes to brain function.

Allowing you to meet new people and create a network of like-minded individuals who value moving as an integral part of their wellbeing. And, we know finding a sense of shared experience with others is a strong driver of intrinsic motivation (which means you are more likely to continue exercising as something you love to do, rather than you have to do).To find out more about group fitness options, just stop by the Student Rec Center.

But while those physiological benefits may be compelling reason to exercise in their own right, as students we field an added benefit from daily exertion – improved brain function. Correlations have been found between exercise and memory, focus and holistic learning ability. According to a column on the website of James Madison University, brain activity is greater during studying and test-taking for students who have just engaged in physical activity.

breaking your movement into 3, 10 minute segments provides many of the same health benefits. So, the next time you are sitting for longer than 30 minutes (or between classes), get up and move for 10 minutes… it adds up!

And, taking the stairs…

Additionally, while spring continues to blossom around us (despite last week’s incongruous chills) there will be more and more opportunities around campus for students to get active. Consider attending one or more of these events, which will be taking place this month.

-Out of the Darkness Walk: A walk around campus to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The walk will be held April 15 at 7:00 p.m. To learn more, contact Tristan Toman at email TristinToman@ gmail.com or cell 304.266.6311, or visit ‘http://afsp.donordrive.com/index. cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=3958’.

-Yards for Yeardly: A 5K Twilight/Glow Walk/Run held at the WVU Rec Center on April 22 at 6:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the WVU Women’s Lacrosse Team to raise awareness about relationship violence and commemorate Yeardley Love. The 5K is free for students and will be followed by a post-race event that will feature yoga, food, raffles and t-shirts. For more information, see www.RunSignUp.com or contact CABrunett@mix.wvu.edu.

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Police: Ex-Saint Will Smith gunned down in case of road rage NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was shot and killed in a case of road rage by a man who had rearended his car, police said Sunday.

Smith was beloved by fans for his role in bringing a Super Bowl championship to New Orleans in 2009, though the defensive captain also found himself at the center of the NFL’s bounty probe in 2012.

Smith’s slaying rippled across the sports world, with figures from NBA star LeBron James to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell offering their condolences.

James said on Twitter: “So sad man. Good dude he was man!”

There was no indication Smith, 34, knew 28-yearold Cordell Hayes before the deadly confrontation, or that anything except the car wreck led to the shooting.

Hayes waited for police to arrive after the shooting and was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder. Police Superintendent Michael Harrison would not say whether Hayes claimed

self-defense, citing the ongoing investigation.

Harrison said the former defensive end had dined just hours before the Saturday night crash with a police officer who had once been sued by Hayes, whose father was shot and killed by police in 2005. However, it was not clear if that played any role in the confrontation.

Hayes’ Humvee H2 rearended Smith’s Mercedes G63 about 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the upscale Lower Garden District, pushing it into a Chevrolet Impala driven by two of Smith’s acquaintances. The two argued, and Hayes shot both Smith and Smith’s wife, Racquel, police said. She was wounded in the leg and taken to a hospital.

The Smith family said in a statement that they were thankful for the outpouring of support but requested privacy as the family grieves for a “devoted husband, father and friend.” Will and Racquel Smith have three children.

The couple had been at the French Quarter festival, an event that features lo-

cal music and food, in the hours before the shooting.

He posted a photo of himself and his wife on Twitter and Instagram with the caption: “Having a blast at the #fqf2016 @ French Quarter Fest.”

Online court records show Hayes pleaded guilty in 2014 to one count each of possessing an illegal weapon and possessing drug paraphernalia.

He sued the New Orleans Police Department and six officers after police killed his father in 2005. The former officer who dined with Smith, William Ceravolo, was not present at the time of the crash, police spokesman Tyler Gamble said.

Police settled the lawsuit in 2011. The settlement is confidential, said attorney Ike Spears, who represented Hayes in that suit.

Smith, a native of Queens, New York, played for Ohio State’s 2002 national championship team and graduated in 2005 with a degree in criminology.

Ohio State athletics has “lost one of its best” - someone who led a defensive line

that powered the team to the championship, the school said in a statement.

Smith was a first-round draft choice by New Orleans in 2004. He led the Saints with a career-high 13 sacks in 2009, when the club won its only Super Bowl. Smith’s 67 ½ career sacks rank fourth in Saints history.

He last played in an NFL regular season game in 2012. During the 2013 preseason, a knee injury forced him onto injured reserve. He was signed in the 2014 offseason by New England but did not make the Patriots’ regular season roster.

Smith was defensive captain for much of his career, but it was also that leadership role that landed him at the center of the NFL’s bounty probe in 2012. The league concluded that Smith and fellow defensive captain Jonathan Vilma helped run a locker-room pool that paid cash bonuses for heavy and even injurious hits.

Smith was initially suspended four games but, with three other players, successfully appealed their suspensions and were never com-

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Will Smith celebrates a 2010 victory against the Atlanta Falcons. pelled to miss games, even as Saints coach Sean Payton was suspended the entire 2012 season.

A year earlier, however, Smith served a two-game suspension that stemmed from findings in 2008 that he and several other NFL players used a weight-loss product called StarCaps, which contained a diuretic banned by the league because it was known to mask steroid use.

That suspension was enforced after legal challenges

spanning several seasons.

Off the field, Smith took an active role in trying to improve children’s lives, establishing a foundation called, Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way. Its stated mission is “to motivate, educate and provide opportunities for women and children.”

“The Saints family is hurting and devastated as it has lost a member too young and too soon,” Saints owner Tom Benson said in a statement.

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WVU head coach Randy Mazey removes starting pitcher Ross Vance from the game Sunday against Furman.

Bats carry WVU to doubleheader split but can’t win series against Furman

By Chris Jackson

Associate Sports Editor @CJacksonWVU

After dropping consecutive contests to begin the nonconference series against Furman, the Mountaineers’ offense came through to avoid its first three-game sweep since falling at TCU three weeks ago.

West Virginia (17-13) totaled 16 hits as it avoided the sweep, defeating Furman (13-18) 8-5 on Sunday afternoon behind a revamped starting lineup to notch the team’s first victory since Wednesday.

“I had a lot of fun watch-

ing team two play,” said WVU head coach Randy Mazey. “They went out there and got 16 hits, and they earned the right to take the field against Pitt on Tuesday night. Congratulations to team two.

They took advantage of an opportunity.”

Eight freshmen found their way into the starting lineup for game two, with Mazey looking for more energy and effort to muster out at least one victory. That’s exactly what he found, with the young group tallying 14 of the team’s 16 hits.

“It was just energy,” Mazey said. “You’ve got to

get guys in there that really want to compete. Freshmen that don’t get many opportunities to play, one thing they do when they get in there is compete. That’s what I needed to see out of this team in the second game.”

Freshman second baseman Andrew Zitel broke the game open with a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the fifth inning, plating two runs as WVU took a 6-2 lead. In just his second collegiate start, he went three-forfour with two RBI’s and a pair of doubles.

It was the performance coaches were looking for.

Teammates who impressed in start of preseason include All-American Kyle Davis, despite a miscue at first base that resulted in a pickoff.

“He did really well today,” said WVU freshman outfielder Kyle Gray. “He had really good at-bats. Really exciting to watch.”

Ray Guerrini made the start at catcher as the only non-freshmen following a weak start in game one of Sunday’s doubleheader, tagging alongside another strong offensive effort from freshman Ivan Vera – who started in his place during game one.

Guerrini’s home run to

left in the fourth gave WVU the lead for good, making it 3-2 before a three-run surge in the sixth inning to secure the victory. The duo of him and Vera at catcher has aided the offense numerous times, with Vera also raising his average to .459 following a two-hit effort.

BJ Myers’ outing helped the Mountaineers develop a much-needed cushion they missed in Sunday’s first game down the stretch. Following pitching struggles earlier in the day during game one, Myers finished with five strikeouts in 6.2 innings, allowing three runs (one earned)

and five hits.

Freshman reliever Jacob Brewer eliminated any Furman comeback hopes in the ninth after it scored three runs in the previous two innings, forcing a crucial 6-4-3 double play to clear the bases and record a victory heading into Tuesday’s Backyard Brawl against Pittsburgh.

“You always want to come out of the series with a win, but I felt like I needed to carry the team a little bit,” Myers said. “We’ve got Pitt on Tuesday and we’re pretty excited to go Backyard Brawl with them.” cgjackson@mail.wvu.edu

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Kaleiohi scores twice, lifts WVU to first spring win over Georgetown

BY CONNOR HICKS SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia women’s soccer team notched the first win of its spring exhibition slate on Sunday afternoon, dropping perennial soccer powerhouse Georgetown by a 2-0 score.

Both of the team’s goals came from the foot of sophomore Heather Kaleiohi, who had only two career goals coming into the game.

Although the offense was only able to finish two opportunities, the Mountaineers dominated the Hoyas in scoring chances.

“We finished. I think the big difference today obviously was Heather was able to finish two of the big goals that we weren’t able to in the past games,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

The game began in the Mountaineers’ favor, with three shots coming in the first eight minutes. The first came from Amandine Pierre-Louis with a shot from the top of the box that went wide right. Six minutes later, Carla Portillo’s pass, placed perfectly between two Hoya defenders, found Nia Gordon, but an approaching defender rushed Gordon’s shot, forcing it high. A turnover on the clearing attempt would give the Mountaineers possession again, with Hannah Abraham finding a shot that just missed the top cross bar.

Two more shots came from Gordon and PierreLouis in the 13th minute and were saved by Georgetown goaltender Emma Ne-

wins. It seemed the lack of finishing chances that plagued the Mountaineers through their first two spring games was again evident, until Pierre-Louis carried a ball up the left side of the net and found Kaleoihi uncovered in front of the net in the 22nd minute.

With Newins approaching, Kaleoihi chipped the ball over Newins’ outstretched hands, hitting the top crossbar and deflecting into the net for the Mountaineers’ first goal of the spring.

A sloppy clearing attempt

by West Virginia in the 25th minute led to a Georgetown possession. A pass for forward Caitlin Farrell looked as if it would leave her able to score, but before she could attempt her third shot of the half, she was signaled for offside.

West Virginia nearly doubled the score on the ensuing possession when Michaela Abam headed a pass into the box to find Gordon, but Newins came out of the net to cut off the angle, forcing Gordon’s shot wide left.

In the 29th minute, Patricia Fernandez carried the ball up the right side, crossing it to Kaleoihi on the opposite side of the box. After a beautiful spin move through two defenders, Kaleoihi took a shot initially saved by Newins but dribbled across the line for her second score of the game.

Fernandez, who was credited with the assist, is filling in for Kadeisha Buchanan, who is practicing for the 2016 Summer Olympics with team Canada alongside fellow Mountain-

WVU’s Heather Kaleiohi battles for the ball last season against Villanova. eer Ashley Lawrence.

Carolan saw three promisKaleoihi would get two ing opportunities in the next more opportunities in the several minutes, but the first half, the second coming freshman backstop made from an intercepted clear- beautiful saves each time to ing attempt by Kayla Saager thwart the play before a shot who then crossed it to Ka- could be attempted. leoihi, but her shot was dePlay slowed down midflected out of bounds by a way through the second half, defender in front of the net. with no scoring chances The Mountaineers out- coming again until Kaleiohi shot the Hoyas 11-3 going carried a ball through two in to the half, with 5 of West defenders in the 70th minVirginia’s shots being on ute and took a shot from goal compared to just two outside the box, but it just for Georgetown. missed the left post. KaWVU opened up the sec- leiohi received another opond half with three con- portunity from Abam four secutive corner kicks in the minutes later, but again put 47th minute. The third was it wide left. It was very clear directly on goal but was in the second half Kaleiohi saved by Newins. was set on finding the final Georgetown’s Amanda goal to cap a hat trick, tak-

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ing almost half of the team’s 16 shots.

“I was getting frustrated,” Kaleiohi said. “I had two really good chances that I just couldn’t finish today.”

It seemed as though she would finally get her third goal as the game concluded, when Portillo weaved past a defender to find Kaleiohi in front of the net, but Newins was again able to make the save.

Georgetown’s Rachel Corboz took a shot in the final minute requiring a beautiful save by WVU goalkeeper Michelle Newhouse.

The defense, in the absence of Buchanan, had given up six goals through the first two games but was

able to post a shutout on Sunday against a strong Hoya attack.

“The good news is we’re applying concepts that are causing us to (give up) goals,” Izzo-Brown said. “I thought Michelle (Newhouse) had a really good game today. She kept us in the game. Bianca (St. Georges) and Easther (Mayi Kith) kept us organized… and we’ve just learned from the mistakes from those six goals.”

West Virginia is now 1-2 this spring and will face Maryland and American at George Mason University next weekend. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Golf

WVU battles during tough conditions at weekend tournament

By Neel Madhavan Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Amidst challenging weather conditions, the West Virginia University men’s golf team managed a 15th place finish with a 50-over 618 in the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate at Ohio State.

“Our guys battled hard today in some pretty adverse conditions,” said WVU head coach Sean Covich in an interview with WVUSports.com.

“Avery and Tristan played some very impressive golf on a difficult course. Overall, every one of the guys had a positive attitude and embraced the conditions.”

With the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic experiencing snow showers over the weekend, the tournament had a delayed start on both days. A look at Covich’s Twitter page shows a pictures and clips of the wintry conditions braved by the Mountaineers and the other competitors.

At the end of the first day of play, the Mountaineers were in a strong position, sitting in eighth position on the leaderboard with two players in contention. Sophomore and central Ohio-native Avery Schneider carded one of

his best rounds of the season, a one-over 72, putting him in fourth position.

Freshman Tristan Nicholls was in ninth position after shooting a 2-over 73. However, the rest of the squad struggled. The usually surehanded freshman Max Sear shot a 7-over 78 in the first round, leaving him in a tie for 53rd. While senior Mason Short put together an 8-over 79, and freshman Cole Hand shot a 13-over 84.

The course and the conditions got the better of the Mountaineers during the final round. A poor second round dropped West Virginia seven spots down the leaderboard.

At the end of the day, two freshmen led the Mountaineers. Nicholls shot an 8-over 79 to finish with a 10-over 152, finishing tied for 44th. Sear managed to improve from the first to the final round, eliminating two strokes from his first round score to climb into a tie for 51st with an overall 12over 154.

After such a promising start, Schneider capitulated in the final round. Seven bogeys on the front nine and two double bogeys on the back nine resulted in a 12-over 83 dropping him into a tie for 59th with a 13-over 154.

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Tristan Nicholls swings during a round earlier this season.

Hand also managed to cut some strokes from his final score. A five-stroke improvement gave him an eight-over 79 in the final round, for an overall 21-over 163 and tie for 80th. A triple bogey on the final hole soured what could have been a humdrum final round score for Short. Over-

all, the senior shot a 19-over 161 allowing him to finish in a tie for 77th place.

A combination of the weather, an excess of bogeys and a lack of birdies proved to be the Mountaineers’ undoing.

UNLV took home the team title with an 18-over 586, fend-

ing off last-ditch efforts from UAB and Michigan State. A four-hole playoff was necessary to decide the individual medalist, after three golfers finished at 2-over par. Shintaro Ban of UNLV triumphed over Maryland’s Tom Harris and Michigan State’s Josh Heinze.

The Mountaineers have one tournament remaining before the Big 12 Championships at the end of April. A trip to Penn State for the Rutherford Intercollegiate next weekend will wrap up the regular season for West Virginia. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Track

Mountaineers show positives, place 9th at Mason Spring Invitational

By Joel Norman Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

As frigid winter weather struck the east coast, West Virginia braved the temperatures.

The Mountaineer track and field team traveled to Fairfax, Virginia, for the Mason Spring Invitational on April 9.

After failing to post any victories despite competing in two different events last weekend, senior Tori Bertrand leaped a careerbest 3.91 meters to win the pole vault Saturday.

As a whole, the Mountaineers finished ninth out of 15 teams. Head coach Sean Cleary felt his team performed well despite unfavorable weather conditions.

“This was an interesting day,” Cleary said. “Temperatures in the 30s with winds up to 25-30 miles per hour at times. One of these weekends we are bound to get good track weather. I was pleased for the most part with

those who stayed mentally strong throughout the day.”

“Our pole vaulters had a very good competition after having last week’s meet cancelled due to hazardous weather. Tori (Bertrand) earns our performance of the week, after jumping her lifetime best.”

West Virginia dominated competition at the pole vault. Two other Mountaineer sophomores joined Bertrand in the top five. Sophomores Madelin Gardner and Sara Finfrock finished in third and fifth place, respectively. Gardner jumped 3.81 meters and Finfrock leaped 3.55 meters.

Pole vaulters were not the only ones to have success in Fairfax; West Virginia captured three top five finishes in three other events.

In the 1,500 meter run, junior Megan Yuan finished in third place thanks to her time of 4:40.31.

Freshman Faith Penny jumped 1.65 meters in the high jump to earn fifth

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Willett wins Masters after Spieth collapse AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Danny Willett in a green jacket was hard to believe considering he wasn’t even sure he could play the Masters two weeks ago.

Jordan Spieth was even more stunned.

Nine holes away from history, the defending Masters champion threw it all away in a collapse around Amen Corner that was shocking even

by Augusta National standards. He played the opening three holes of the back nine in 6 over par, including a quadruple bogey at the 12th.

Willet, five shots behind with six holes left to play, birdied three of his last six holes to polish off a round that might not get its due because of Spieth’s meltdown.

He closed with a 5-under 67, with no bogeys on his card, to match the best score of the weekend.

The 28-year-old Englishman wasn’t even planning to play. His wife was due with their first child on this very day. Their son, Zachariah James, was born on March 30, clearing Willett to a most unlikely path to becoming a major champion.

Willett won in his second Masters, ending Europe’s 17year drought at Augusta National, and he became the first player from England to win the green jacket since Nick Faldo in 1996.

How fitting. Faldo also shot 67 that day in a final round remembered more for Greg Norman throwing away a six-shot lead.

Spieth, trying to become the first player in history to

win wire-to-wire in a major in successive years, ran off four straight birdies to end the front nine and build a five-shot lead.

And then it all fell apart.

A bogey from the bunker on No. 10. A tee shot into the trees on No. 11 that led to another bogey. Willett made birdie on the 14th to get within one shot. Spieth only needed to get past the dangerous par-3 12th hole to settle himself, especially with two par 5s in front of him.

Instead, his tee shot bounced off the slope and into the water. From the drop zone, his wedge was fat and Spieth turned his head. He didn’t even look as it plopped into the water again. He made a quadruplebogey 7.

On the 10th tee, Spieth was five shots ahead. On the 13th tee, he was three shots behind.

Spieth still had a chance when he birdied both par 5s to get within two shots with three to play. But he missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the 16th, and his bogey from the bunker ended all hope.

place.

The team of senior Kelly Williams, junior Brianna Kerekes and sophomores Bria Welker and Rebecca Wendt finished fourth in the 4x400 relay with a time of 4:10.18.

Not only did Welker compete in the 4x400, she also participated in the 400 meter dash and completed it in 59.53 to earn seventh place.

Four other Mountaineers competed on Saturday in addition to the aforementione d nine athletes. Senior Hannah Stone and sophomore Meghan Jean-Baptiste joined Penny in the high jump.

Stone finished in sixth place, right after Penny, with a 1.60 meter mark.

Jean-Baptiste finished after Penny and Stone in seventh place with a leap of 1.60 meters as well.

With six top five finishers at the Mason Spring Invitational, West Virginia has taken a big step forward after only one tip five finish a week ago.

Pole vaulters Gardner, Bertrand, and Finrock did not compete last weekend because of inclement weather at the Miami Duals in Oxford, Ohio. A week later, all three were

in action and earned three of West Virginia’s top five finishes.

With only five more regular season events left in the schedule, the Mountaineers will spend this

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Tori Bertrand competes in the Pole Vault during a meet this season.

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TENNIS

Mountaineers drop two, still searching for elusive first Big 12 victory

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University women’s tennis team continues to struggle to get over the Big 12 hump, as the Mountaineers dropped two home matches this weekend to No. 34 Kansas (13-5, 3-2 Big 12) and Kansas State (910, 1-5 Big 12), 4-1 and 4-2, respectively.

“Like before, we had some individual performances that were good, and I’m happy with how they competed,” said head coach Miha Lisac in an interview with WVUSports. com. “Overall, it’s not a whole picture that we’re

putting together, and not everyone is putting it together at the same time. I know I sound like a broken record, but overall, that’s still where we are.”

Against the Jayhawks, the Mountaineers (6-10, 0-5 Big 12) were seemingly overmatched. Kansas blew through the doubles matches with relative ease, winning 6-2 at the No. 1 position and 6-3 at the No. 2 position to secure the doubles point.

In singles, sophomore Habiba Shaker dropped her second match of the season, falling 6-3, 7-5 to KU’s No. 95 Anastasiya Rychagova.

Sophomore Lyn Yuen Choo also fell in straight sets, 6-1,

6-2 to Kansas freshman Nina Khmelnitckaia.

In the closest match of the day, sophomore Carolina Lewis managed to take the first set to a tiebreaker against KU’s Smith Hinton, before losing a long 20-point tiebreak and falling in the second set. The Mountaineers lone point of the day came from Kansas’ Summer Collins having to forfeit her match to sophomore Yvon Martinez at the No. 6 position due to injury.

Despite the loss, West Virginia put together a muchimproved performance against Kansas State. Things started well with Choo and freshman Paula Goetz prevailing at No. 2 doubles,

6-2. But when Mrgole and Shaker dropped their match at No. 1 doubles, it all came down to Lewis and Martinez at No. 3. Both teams struggled to hold serve at No. 3, but K-State’s Palma Juhasz and Sara Castellano eventually came out on top, 7-5, to secure the doubles point for the Wildcats.

“The doubles point, again, was very important today,” Lisac said. “We didn’t play well enough at the end to close it out at No. 3 doubles. We’re doing better than what we were doing before, but just doing better is not the goal, we’re trying to get over that hump at some point so that we can be successful.”

The Mountaineers were again forced to try to make up the deficit in singles play.

Like Roger Federer wields his forehand, Shaker utilized her powerful forehand to a tough, three-set win over K-State’s Ana Garcia Navas, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4. Lewis was locked in a back-and-forth match, but her opponent’s consistency proved be too much as she fell in straight sets.

Goetz played one of her better matches of the season. The freshman painted the court with winners, as she managed a 6-4, 6-3 victory over K-State’s Carolina Costamagna. Mrgole continued her struggle for match fitness coming back

from her injury as she fell in straight sets. K-State’s Millie Stretton used a number of tactics in her straight sets victory over Choo, including backhand slices, to negate Choo’s flat groundstroke game.

“Habiba overcame a couple of problems that she had in her match in a good way today, and so did Paula, so that was encouraging to see,” Lisac said.

After back-to-back home matches, the Mountaineers head back on the road next weekend for two matches at Texas and Baylor, as they continue to look for their first Big 12 win. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Pacquiao says he’s retiring after Bradley fight, but it may not last LAS VEGAS (AP) — Like any good entertainer, Manny Pacquiao was good enough against Timothy Bradley to leave his fans wanting a little more.

Whether they get it depends on how serious Pacquiao is about walking away from the sport he loves and the spotlight that will be hard to leave behind.

Even the fighter himself doesn’t seem totally convinced that this is the end.

“I can still give a good fight,” Pacquiao said. “I’m still OK.” Bradley will certainly attest to that, after being dropped by Pacquiao and then dropping a unanimous 12-round decision Saturday night in their welterweight showdown at the MGM Grand arena. The third fight between the two men showed evidence that even at the age of 37, Pacquiao still resembles the fighter who thrilled so many with his romp to titles in eight different weight classes.

“He’s the best fighter I ever fought,” Bradley said.

“I fought the best I could tonight. It just seemed like Manny was always in the right spot, always a step

ahead of me.”

What Pacquiao says was likely his last fight wasn’t his best, though it had moments where he seemed to still be at his best. He put Bradley down twice, the second with a left hand in the ninth round that flashed some of the power that used to be a signature of his fights.

When the scores were totaled - all three judges had it 116-110 - Pacquiao had a win in his first fight since he disappointed his fans with a lackluster performance against Floyd Mayweather Jr. last May. If this was the end, it ended with his hand held high in a victory that took some of the sting out of his loss in boxing’s richest fight ever.

In a way, though, Pacquiao may have looked too good. Despite the urging of his family to retire, the lure of even more big money fights ahead might be too much to resist.

“When I see Manny Pacquiao like that, this is the best Manny Pacquiao,” trainer Freddie Roach said.

“He hasn’t missed a beat. I would like to see him fight again.”