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What campus carry could look like on WVU’s campus BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR After years of being able to successfully defend against various campus carry bills from going into law, WVU is now preparing for the very real possibility of guns being allowed on campus. House Bill 2519, or the “Campus Carry” bill, if passed, would allow anyone who has a concealed carry permit to carry a gun on campus. At a Campus Conversation held on Friday, WVU Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Rob Alsop said this campus carry bill, unlike others in the past, has seen strong support in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature. “If I had to guess, I think this legislation would pass,” he said. The bill currently sits in the House Judiciary Committee, the same committee last year’s campus carry bill died in. But this year, Alsop said the House will likely advance the bill to the state Senate if it does pass committee. “I think there’s a lot of support in the Senate for the legislation as well,” Alsop said in an interview following the discussion. When asked about the bill being signed into law by Gov. Jim Justice, Alsop said he isn’t sure of Justice’ position at the moment. “I haven’t directly spoken with the governor’s office about it, but I think it’s got strong support in both the House and the Senate,” Alsop said. The Details of the Bill The bill, as it currently is written, would only prohibit concealed carry in: • Venues or arenas with a capacity of more than 1,500 spectators • Day care facilities
“If I had to guess, I think this legislation would pass. I haven’t directly spoken with the governor’s office about it, but I think it’s got strong support in both the House and the Senate.” -Rob Alsop, WVU Vice President for Strategic Initiatives S
• Areas used exclusively by K-12 or private entities • Areas where the University has implemented adequate security measures The University would have to specify where “adequate security measures” would be implemented on campus, Alsop said, which the WVU Board of Governors would vote on in the future. The bill allows anyone who is 21 years old or older who has a concealed carry permit from West Virginia, or one of the 34 states whose permits West Virginia recognizes, to carry a concealed weapon on campus. It allows anyone from 18 to 20 years old who has a provisional permit in West Virginia to carry a concealed weapon. WVU does not recognize provisional permits from any other state than West Virginia. If someone is 18 to 20 years old and is from out of state, the only way they could receive a permit is by obtaining a West Virginia provisional permit, but Alsop said provisional permits are only offered to those who can prove West
Virginia residency. No international concealed carry permits will be recognized, WVU Police Chief W.P. Chedester said at the discussion. WVU will not track weapons or make permit users register with the University, Alsop said in response to a crowd question. “We don’t plan on tracking,” he said. “I don’t think that’s something any other state has done.” The bill only permits concealed carry, which means WVU would have the full authority to make individuals who publicly display a weapon or someone who does not have a valid permit leave campus. Exemptions When it began looking like this bill could soon become law, Alsop said the University’s only saving grace was that it could lobby for certain exemptions to the bill. As the bill is currently written, the exemptions listed above are the only ones so far.
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Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Rob Alsop spoke to a crowd Friday afternoon about the details of House Bill 2519 in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. Alsop said the reality of the situation is the bill that’s currently written could probably pass the legislature fairly easily. He said WVU could have sent an arsenal to Charleston to try and defeat the bill entirely, but now it’s more important to lobby legislators for certain exemptions like additional funding or more firearm-restricted areas. He gave an example number of 18 exemptions, and said WVU would try as hard as it could to get 14 of those. He said fighting the bill entirely at this point could anger legislators enough to not give WVU any exemptions at all. “We don’t want to jeopardize losing those,” he said. “I don’t want to call it an agreement, but [the legislature will] keep these 14 exemptions, and we’ll tell people not to try to amend this bill, and it’ll go in this form.”
Guns in Residence Halls, Stadiums and Campus Buildings The bill would restrict campus carry at venues with more than 1,500 spectators, which on WVU’s campus are Milan Puskar Field, the Coliseum, Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, Monongalia County Ballpark and the Creative Arts Center. A classroom or building on campus would not be exempted under the current bill, but Alsop said the BOG could mark an area like the Mountainlair ballrooms as a restricted area due to its seating capacity, but the downstairs of the Mountainlair wouldn’t be exempt.
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Incident that caused Alpha Phi suspension still not disclosed STAFF REPORTS Despite multiple requests, the University did not provide information by publication time about what caused WVU’s chapter of Alpha Phi to be suspended and put under investigation. “We are aware of a concerning incident that did not involve physical harm to any individual at Alpha Phi sorority and we are conducting an investigation into the events,”
WVU spokesperson John Bolt wrote in an email on Wednesday. “The sorority has been placed on interim suspension pending the outcome of the investigation.” That incident was not specified further. “I double checked and nothing new at this point on Alpha Phi,” April Kaull, a WVU spokesperson, said in an email Sunday evening. The national headquarters of Alpha Phi has not responded to requests for comment.
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Anti-hazing bill passes Senate unanimously, heads to House STAFF REPORTS An anti-hazing bill aimed at protecting students involved in organizations outside of University control unanimously passed the Senate last week. The bill now sits in the House Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 440 amends the state’s current anti-hazing law, which only applies to organizations affiliated with a public or private higher edu-
cation institution. The current anti-hazing law allows institutions to create and enforce their own rules and penalties if any instances of hazing happens to a student in an affiliated group. The bill, if passed by both the state Senate and House of Delegates and is signed by the governor, will now apply to any student enrolled in a public or private higher education institute and involved with an unaffiliated organization. There are currently five Greek organizations unaffil-
iated with WVU: Kappa Alpha, Sigma Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi and Alpha Sigma Phi. WVU Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Rob Alsop told the Daily Athenaeum in December that this bill would be a goal for the University this legislative session. “There’s an anti-hazing statute for inappropriate hazing, but it’s only applicable to fraternities that are associated with the University,” Alsop said. “So we think it needs to be applicable to all students
Carry cont. from p.1 “If the board decided to, it could declare [the Mountainlair ballrooms] a place where even if you have a concealed weapon, you cannot carry here, but you’d be able to carry to go through the Mountainlair to get a sandwich,” he said. As for a place like the Rec Center, Alsop said the BOG would have to make a decision after the bill is passed. The Rec Center has a day care facility in it, which is off limits under the bill, but the rest of the complex, Alsop said, is “something we’ll have to work through.’’ If the CAC were to hold an event with K-12 children involved in production, then the area would become off limits to concealed carry, Alsop said. Alsop said if a student wants to keep a weapon overnight in a residence hall, they would have to check it into a storage unit in one of two unspecified residence halls, where WVU plans on installing some type of unit. Guns would not be allowed in labs or wherever other hazardous materials are present, Alsop said. And if a high school student were to be taking classes at WVU, Alsop said the classroom the student is in would not be exempted under the bill. Additional Police Presence If there’s anything that’s given about the campus carry
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From left to right, W.P. Chedester, Rob Alsop and Sharon Martin on Friday. bill, it’s that WVU Police will be seeing personnel and equipment upgrades because of it. “We will need an additional police presence here on campus,” Alsop said. Chedester said he won’t know what specific upgrades WVU Police will get until the bill is passed. He said more officers and more training will probably be a given. When asked about if active shooter training may be required of all students, Chedester said it could happen. “It’s actually a possibility that it could be mandatory,” he said Chedester said WVU Police will heavily push student and faculty training and education. WVU holds public training sessions at least two days a month, and these sessions can be set up by students on request. At the discussion, a person in the crowd asked that since passing the law will cost
the University money for upgraded equipment and further staffing, will the state legislature kick in any funding? “We have asked for it,” Alsop replied. “We put in a request for around $700,000, $350 [thousand] one time and $350 [thousand] ongoing. Whether they’ll grant that; I don’t know.” “Do I think they’ll set aside money directly for this? I don’t think so,” he added later. Faculty The way the bill is currently drafted, faculty members would not be allowed to block guns from their classrooms. Faculty, however, can choose to either allow or not allow guns in their office, if it’s a single person office. “If you’re a faculty or a staff member and you have an office, and you want it to be a no-gun area, then you can tell students, ‘If you’re concealed carrying, and you want an ap-
who would do that with the University and not just those who are associated with it.” The bill defines hazing as “any brutality of a physical nature, such as whipping, beating, branding, forced consumption of any food, liquor, drug, or other substance, or any other forced physical activity which could adversely affect the physical health and safety of the individual or individuals, and includes any activity which would subject the individual or individuals to extreme mental stress, such
as sleep deprivation, forced exclusion from social contact, forced conduct which could result in extreme embarrassment, or any other forced activity which could adversely affect the mental health or dignity of the individual or individuals, or any willful destruction or removal of public or private property.” The bill’s lead sponsor is Sen. Roman Prezioso, D-Marion. Sen. Bob Beach, D-Monongalia, is a co-sponsor on the bill.
pointment with me, leave it at home, because you’re not coming in my office,’” Alsop said. One faculty member said she is worried that due to the bill, heated classroom discussions could turn violent if guns are now allowed in the classroom. Alsop said, speaking personally, he doesn’t believe those legally carrying guns on campus would even think about using a weapon in class over an argument. “I will say, I grew up in North Central West Virginia; I’ve heard from a lot of folks who are law-abiding citizens who want to carry for their own safety, and so just because someone is concealing on our campus does not mean that they want to do harm to you or others,” Alsop said. “We’re going to have a culture with our students and our faculty as to where everybody is as comfortable as they can be,” he added.
would go through committee in the Senate, then to the Senate floor, and if no amendments are added it will head to Justice’s desk. As for when the law would be implemented, Alsop said it will depend on the legislature, but WVU has asked for an 18-month grace period. “Normal effective date for a bill is 90 days,” he said. “We have asked for, I think it’ll be in the legislation, either way, for an effective date of July 1, 2020.”
When the bill could go into effect Under West Virginia law, a bill must be passed out of the house of origin (the House Judiciary, in this case) by Day 50 of the Legislative session. Monday will mark Day 40 of the session. Alsop said he expects House Judiciary to vote on the bill sometime this week. The bill, if passed in House Judiciary, would then go to the floor for a full vote. Assuming it passes the entire House, it
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SGA Passes Proclamation Against Bill At last Wednesday’s meeting, SGA passed a proclamation urging Justice and the legislature to oppose the bill. President Isaac Obioma spoke to the legislature during a public hearing Feb. 11 and said that WVU Police has already made the campus safe. He said guns should not be in dorms and classrooms, and that the bill doesn’t reflect what life is like on campus. Students Who Support the Bill Taylor Giles, a junior political science and strategic communication major from Charleston, said at the discussion Friday that under Supreme Court precedent and the West Virginia and United States constitutions, students have the right to exercise their second amendment rights on campus. In 1965, SCOTUS ruled in
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Tinker v. Des Moines that a school could not prohibit students from wearing black armbands in support for a truce in Vietnam. “They ruled that your rights don’t stop at the schoolhouse door, which has been applicable to every other right in the Bill of Rights, and that doesn’t really stop whenever you go up in age,” he said. SGA Senator Lyndsey Moran, a senior strategic communication student from Grafton, West Virginia, wrote in a blog post on her Twitter page that she believes students have a constitutional right to carry a concealed weapon on campus. “As someone who believes in individual freedom, personal autonomy and the importance of constitutional rights, I support the Campus Carry legislation,” she wrote. “If you’re a law abiding gun owner, your constitutional rights do not end simply because you decided to get an education.” Moran was one of the three no votes against SGA’s proclamation. She wrote in the post that she didn’t think SGA’s proclamation was written with enough student input. “However, political bias should be separated from the Student Government Association,” she wrote. “It does not matter if you place your opinion on a piece of paper littered with SGA logos – those in SGA should be the voice of the students, not for the students.”
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WVU billed nearly $480K for 2018 FallFest costs
• 2018: $479,610
Labor services for the event
BY ALAYNA FULLER
cost the University a total of
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
• 2017: $497,549
$36,844.97 and security costs
West Virginia University spent a total of $479,610 on costs related to the 2018 FallFest event held on the Evansdale campus on Aug. 14. The costs are attributed to entertainment, staging equipment, labor services, security and food. In 2018, most of the expense went into entertainment and staging equipment, totaling $305,000, according to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request detailing the FallFest costs.
• 2016: $390,423
totaled $6,800.88. Food and drink costs to-
• 2015: $381,067
taled $1,091.98.
• 2014: $704,163
The remaining $129,872.36 went into delivery, rent-
• 2013: $791,069
als, environmental, genera-
• 2012: $729,379
tors and other miscellaneous requirements. In
2017,
WVU
• 2011: $526,316
spent
• 2010: $626,702
$497,549 on FallFest costs, PHOTO BY TEMITAYO ADESOKAN
$17,939 more than what was
FallFest 2018 featured rapper Lil Yachty, Brett Osborne and MisterWives. The cost of FallFest was the third lowest this decade.
spent in 2018.
Costs of FallFest since 2010:
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The Final Four Mountaineer Contestants
Connor Capron Freshman
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Four prideful WV natives compete for Mountaineer title BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSITANT CULTURE EDITOR The coveted Mountaineer rifle will have a new owner come next year, and four WVU students are closer than ever to having it. Brooke Ashby, Connor Capron, Thaiddeus Dillie and Timothy Eads were recently named finalists in WVU’s search for a new Mountaineer mascot. Ashby, a junior pre-occupational therapy student minoring in psychology, has wanted to be the Mountaineer since she was 15 and became the mascot for her high school. “I want to be the Moun-
taineer because I believe I have the enthusiasm, dedication, pride and the heart for the position,” Ashby, a Mannington, West Virginia, native, said. Ashby said she has always admired the first female Mountaineer, Natalie Tennant, especially since Tennant graduated from North Marion High School, just like Ashby. Hard work, pride and heart are the things Ashby thinks the Mountaineer should stand for. “The Mountaineer not only stands for an energetic symbol for the football team but a representative for every athletic team, academic department, student organi-
zation, faculty, staff, student and person who calls West Virginia their home,” Ashby said. Just like many other students at the University, Ashby calls WVU home. “I could name a million reasons as to why I love West Virginia University – from the diversity it brings, eating the flying WV cookies or to singing Country Roads in Mountaineer stadium. The main reason is that WVU is home – and it is a home for all true Mountaineers,” Ashby said. Capron, a freshman music therapy student from Sutton, grew up loving West Virginia and all things Appalachia. “Throughout my life, I’ve been given so many opportu-
nities living in West Virginia, and to give back to the state by being the Mountaineer Mascot would be an amazing honor to uphold,” Capron said. Capron said he has what it takes to be the Mountaineer. He feels that “the Mountaineer should stand for the values of service, curiosity, respect, accountability, appreciation and connection.” “I’ve grown up exploring the outdoors and appreciating all of Appalachian culture and would love to use my knowledge of WV to help inspire others to seek out opportunities while showing why West Virginians are so proud of their home among the Hills,” Capron said.
Dillie, a junior biochemistry student minoring in business administration from Weirton told WVU Today, “My love for WVU and my state has driven everything that I have done for as long as I remember, and being chosen as the next Mountaineer Mascot would be the greatest honor that I could ever receive.” Eads, a sophomore public relations student minoring in political science from Buffalo, currently serves as the alternate Mountaineer. “My favorite part is without a doubt the feeling of home. There is a sense of familiarity at WVU, and a lot of that has to do with the people. The people make the
campus so special,” Eads said. Eads decided to run after seeing a picture of Jonathan Kimble and realizing that he, too, could be the Mountaineer. “I want to be the Mountaineer because I have a passion for WVU and for our state. I want to give back to the University and state [that] have given me countless opportunities over the years,” Eads said. The Mountaineer cheeroff will take place Feb. 18 at the Kansas State game, and the winner will be announced Feb 26 at the TCU game.
Potomac State College teaches students the basics of fly-fishing BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR Set in one of the most beautiful parts of Appalachia, WVU is not shy about encouraging its students to embrace the outdoors. WVU offers things such as Adventure trips and outdoor education through the outdoor rec center. Its junior
college, Potomac State, is no slouch either. For the third year in a row, Potomac State will be offering a community outreach class this summer to teach the basics of fly-fishing. Taught by professor Tom Sydow and local guide Charlie Laffey, the class, called introduction to fly-fishing, will teach up to 20 students the basics of fly-fishing in five
lessons. Sydow, who developed the class, said the Mid-Atlantic is a “spectacular” location for fly-fishing and wanted the chance to introduce more people to the sport he enjoys. “We’re in a region that’s got a beautiful outdoor environment,” Sydow said. “Fly-fishing is not really popular, but a lot of people know about it. You need a bit of
guidance at the start.” Sydow is an associated professor at Potomac State and is the co-chair of the liberal arts division. While he does most of his teaching in a classroom, he said he really enjoys being able to get outside and teach this class. “My time as a teacher is mostly spent in a classroom teaching writing comprehension or creative writing,” Sy-
dow said. “But as a guy who likes to get out in the woods, I like teaching a class like this.” The class goes over just the basics of the sport, with the first four lessons going over what fly-fishing is, what equipment to use, where to fly-fish and how to actually catch fish. It is not until the fifth and final lesson that students will actually be able to get out and do some actual
fishing, but that is by design, Sydow said. “Fly-fishing is difficult to get good at,” Sydow said. “In five sessions no one will become an expert.” The class begins on March 7 and lessons are every other Thursday. Registration will be going live online at potomacstatecollege.edu.
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High Street becomes an art gallery during Morgantown’s Art Crawl BY HANNAH MORGAN STAFF WRITER The Morgantown Art Crawl had its opening event on Feb. 9 on High Street and created a sense of community that Morgantown needed. One law student from West Virginia University had his glass artwork set up at a local business. His pieces lined multiple tables and rested in glass cases for all to see. Though the art was for sale, there was another reason he found himself at the Art Crawl. “It’s just something I love to do, so if I can get out there and sell like a piece or two, that would be great,” said law student Marc Dunbar. “But it’s nice just getting out there and talking. It’s nice just to show all the stuff I’ve been working on.” High Street was booming with businesses that were welcoming the local artists to dis-
play their art in their shop. Balloons swayed in the wind and signs lined the streets, showing the people of Morgantown where all the art stops were. Not only were artists out, but families and college students were crowding the businesses, too. “It gives people a chance to meet people in the community they didn’t know even existed,” Dunbar said. “And you find other people who like the same thing as you.” Though the Art Crawl may have seemed like a community art show, Dunbar said there is something else about these events that makes it even more special. “Art is always personal, so it’s nice to go and show stuff,” Dunbar said. “It’s a little less personal in a way that’s more about the community instead.” The idea for the event was created over Christmas break in hopes of bringing the com-
munity together. It was then that Danielle Rudash and her friends from Indigo Visions had the dream of crafting an event that would knit Morgantown as one. “We sort of experienced similar things in Pittsburgh and places we visited,” Rudash said. “It had a close-knit community vibe all because everybody gets together. So, we really wanted to bring that to Morgantown.” Even though this was the first Art Crawl for Morgantown, the group plans to have it continue. “We’re going to try to have it every second Saturday of the month,” Rudash said. “We’re really hoping that more people come out each time and it keeps growing. I think that community is important anywhere, and you almost have to create it if it doesn’t exist.”
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Connie Rhinehart displaying the pottery she had for sale during the Art Crawl.
Glass pieces by Marc Dunbar that he had for sale on display during the Art Crawl.
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Paintings by Dominique A Barlow on display during the Morgantown Art Crawl.
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Danielle Rudash posing with her art.
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“The Factory” painted by Dino Teff on display during the Morgantown Art Crawl on Feb. 9, 2019.
Exhibits in the Evansdale library go beyond fashion BY KRISTEN MOHAMMADI FASHION WRITER As the fashion industry begins trying to produce more creative and sustainable apparel, WVU fashion students are already on the pulse of sustainable design. Fashion students created an array of apparel — which is shown at the Evansdale Library - utilizing sustainable design and inspiration from art. “Almost all the garments [in the exhibit] are sustainable garments,” said Damilola Fasinu, a graduate student from Nigeria. Fasinu’s design, currently in the exhibit, is a “transformable garment” and can be worn as a long gown or a shortened bulbstyle dress. The dress contains prints of her baby’s face and African symbols using contrasting blue and yellow colors to
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This shortened bulb-style dress is transformable and showcases the designer’s personality and values. symbolize her personality and values. “I got my inspiration from my baby when I was pregnant; that was when I was designing this,” Fasinu said.
Fasinu’s design was made using organic cotton so that it would be more sustainable. Her transformable gown represents more than just style, as it was designed with a powerful
message in mind. “I addressed one issue of longevity in clothing,” she said. “Now, we have fast fashion and people buy clothes and trash it. So what I did was, since you have a garment that is something so dear to you, you would not want to throw that garment away. You want to share it, cherish the garment and make it so dear to you.” Senior Mary Hale designed a beige jacket that is also on display in the library. The jacket is made entirely out of hemp and donated fabric and has a multi-colored fringe hood. “My design was zero waste, so the whole 2 yards of fabric that I bought, I used it all within the design,” said the New Manchester, West Virginia, native. “My hood was woven out of recycled, donated fabric.” SustainU, a sustainable design company whose head-
quarters reign in West Virginia, donated some materials for Hale’s garment. The company sources to four states, but it has been recognized nationally by news outlets like The New York Times and Entrepreneur Magazine for it’s sustainable innovation. “Fashion is the No. 2 polluter on Earth right now,” Hale said. “I think bringing quality back to our clothing is a big thing because there’s just such a throwaway trend, and there’s really no quality or stuff I’d want to keep for my grandchildren.” Other designs conjured inspiration from classic and contemporary art after some fashion students traveled to New York City to visit the “Heavenly Bodies” exhibit shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and “Unravel” from The Fashion Institute of Technology. “It was just embracing the
beauty of unfinished garments and the imperfections of clothing,” Riley Plant, a senior from Frederick, Maryland, said of the exhibits. Plant designed an oversized black duster coat for her project, shown on display in the library. The garment was designed out of triangles using hook-and-eyes to attach it together. “My inspiration was architecture, like the windows in churches and stuff like that,” Plant said. “The shirt that I have under is like bright orange; it’s a piece from a famous painting that I pulled and then edited in photoshop. You can see it through the holes in the coat, so it’s kind of like stained glass windows.” This exhibit, showcasing nearly a semester’s worth of work by fashion students, will be on display until May 15.
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OPINION Staff Shorts are tidbit writings by our editorial board. They’re mostly meant to be light-hearted, but we sometimes touch on more serious, important topics. They aim to express the many student voices of the University.
U up, downtown library? You have a huge project due tomorrow. Like always, you can’t understand why you waited so long to do it. Nevertheless, the clock’s ticking, and you have to get to work. If you live downtown, the WVU library is likely the place to go in this situation. Unfortunately, unlike the Evansdale library, which is open 24/7 Monday through Thursday, the downtown library closes at 2 a.m. on those days. This means you’re working against two deadlines: the one when your assignment is due and the one when you’re booted out of the library, maybe even forced to return to a place that is loud and not sensitive to your needs for concentration. Maybe that home doesn’t have the
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It would be wise for the Wise Library to be up later. same resources offered at the library. But return home you must — unless you want to take an Uber to Evansdale. For the night owls out
there, the downtown and Evansdale library should be open for students no matter the hour. Academics can’t always wait until the morning.
Morgantown needs to plug its holes As the ice melts, Morgantown potholes pop up like acne on a teen’s face. Sometimes seeming big enough to improvise as a kiddie pool, these potholes— when large enough — force drivers to swerve into an opposing lane of traffic to avoid impact. Whether the potholes lie on city roads, county roads or state roads, they should be filled in as quickly as possible. Instead, it seems they’re left to fester and grow and further endanger drivers. There should be better ways to encourage city residents to walk instead of drive. Need further proof it’s a problem? Type in “Morgantown potholes” on Twitter.
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Letter from Morgantown city councilman: ‘Bigotry out in the open’ SUBMITTED BY BARRY WENDELL MORGANTOWN CITY COUNCILMAN Back in 2012, when my husband, Rabbi Joe Hample, was looking for a congregational job, I had to convince him to apply for the job at Tree of Life here in Morgantown. “West Virginia is unfriendly to gays,” he said. “They won’t hire me.” I told him to calm down. “Morgantown is a college town with two large hospitals. The congregation will be mostly Ph.D. doctors and M.D. doctors from all over the country. And, of the four delegates who voted against the bill to declare marriage as ‘between one man and one woman,’ two of them were from Morgantown.” The two were Charlene Marshall and Barbara Evans Fleischauer. And we have had it good here. Not everyone likes us, but after seven years, Tree of Life is negotiating a new contract with Joe, and I am running for reelection to Morgantown City Council. I get that certain people are uncomfortable with gays, or feel that two men or two women marrying is somehow against God. In our religious sect, Reform Judaism, being gay is fine, if you’re really gay and not just fooling around (you shouldn’t be “fooling around” in any case). It’s worse
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Barry Wendell to be unhappily married or alone. And one should find a way to have children, which we did not do. What about our religious freedom? My own parents expressed their unhappiness that I was gay, and I left Baltimore, where I grew up, partly to get away from them, in 1978. I moved a few times, and lost a job because I was gay, in 1985, when I had no recourse to do anything about it. My parents became more accepting after a time. Eric Porterfield’s sin, as far as the Republicans are concerned, is that his bigotry is out in the open, and not considering his blindness, he is a singularly unattractive and uncouth guy. That he hates gays is not really their issue. He didn’t introduce the amendment to ban cities from granting rights to those not covered by state law (meaning LGBT people) and nine other Republican
men voted with him for the amendment. They are arguably better dressed and better looking than Porterfield and not so uncouth. Delegate Tom Bibby of Berkeley County even said it wasn’t about discrimination, just about making the law the same throughout the state. Well, then, what if we made it the state policy to ban discrimination against LGBT people? No, we can’t do that. The ordinance we passed on Morgantown City Council, which was brought to us by our Human Rights Commission, passed unanimously in 2017 with widespread local support. The Republicans in the Legislature, who like to talk about “local control,” only mean that they should control what everyone else does (see the debate about allowing guns on campus). Here in Morgantown, we support equal opportunity, WVU has an LGBTQ+ Center, and the hospitals and University can recruit the best qualified people, without regard to their sexual orientation or gender identity. I don’t want to stress the economic benefits of anti-discrimination laws, because the moral issue is more important. Joe and I made the right decision to come here seven years ago. We have made a difference, and the political climate, at least locally, is much better than it was seven years ago.
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Morgantown nightlife through the camera lens BY SAMATHANA KALINOSKI Friday and Saturday nights in Morgantown are nights when students like to unwind and relax after a week full of exams, studying, projects and work. To unwind, students venture to downtown Morgantown, specifically High Street, where music, dancing, food and fun call their names. High Street is home to many different bars and clubs for those who are at least 18 years old, including the town’s newest addition, Code, found a block over on Chestnut Street. Also on High Street are many restaurants and a few food vendors where residents are able to go before or after a night out. If you get to High Street early, you can also catch the High Street Jazz Band as they put on a little show while marching up and down the street. For those who don’t want to spend money going out on High Street but still want to go out and have fun with their friends, they are able to go to WVUp All Night where they can do crafts, watch movies, bowl, play games and eat food. There’s always something going on, so check out Twitter, Facebook or Instagram before heading downtown to figure out where you want to be.
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People line up outside Morgantown’s newest club, Code, that replaced Bent Willey’s at the start of the new year. Next door to Code is the Starport Bar and Arcade with a chill atmosphere for those who want to go out and have fun.
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Students can also play with up to three friends on a console like Xbox and PlayStation and play games like “Fifa”, “Mario Kart” and many more.
The crafts they have lined up for next weekend.
New to WVUp All Night this year is the gaming room where students can hop on a computer and play games like “World of Warcraft,”“Fortnite” and others.
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When out on High Street, stop by the Fresh Deli for a Kabob, located next to Casa D’ Amici. Check out the other food options as well, like Lotsa, Subway and Jimmy Johns.
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Residents brave the cold at one of Morgantown’s newer clubs. Blaze has a line formed outside every weekend that can reach the corner of High Street and Walnut Street.
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MONDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2018 Editor: John Lowe jvlowe@mix.wvu.edu
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WVU returns home hoping to end losing streak BY COLE MCCLANAHAN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
MEN’S BASKETBALL After another disappointing loss on the road, the West Virginia men’s basketball team gets to return to Morgantown for a one-game respite on Monday night. The Mountaineers (1015, 2-10 Big 12) are coming off three-straight losses, but even though they are playing at home, it gets no easier as they’re facing their third ranked opponent in their last four games. WVU is facing the 18thranked Kansas State Wildcats, who were on a nine-game win streak in Big 12 play before they lost to 23rd-ranked Iowa State on Saturday night. The Wildcats’ (19-6, 9-3) win streak began on Jan. 9 in their first meeting against the Mountaineers, which Kansas State won 71-69, and was part of a five-game losing streak for WVU. Although West Virginia
continues to lose games, with a staple of the losses due to poor effort, according to WVU head coach Bob Huggins, Huggins still has hope that his team can change their season. But it will require a change in effort. “We haven’t competed, and I want them to compete,” Huggins said. “If we compete, we are going to win our share.” Even if WVU does compete better, it will be difficult for the Mountaineers to get past Kansas State unless they can tighten up their defense that has allowed 75.4 points per game this season—the most for WVU in a season during the Huggins era. “We haven’t defended all year; we’re horrible,” Huggins said. “This is the worst defensive team I think I’ve ever had. We don’t put any pressure on the ball. We don’t get to the ball. We don’t handle screens very well. We don’t do much right, to be honest with you.” It’s the worst defensive team Huggins has ever had, and it’s the worst defensive team in the Big 12 this season as WVU is last in the league in
scoring defense, scoring margin, opponent field goal percentage and opponent threepoint field goal percentage. The only glimmer of hope for the Mountaineers against the Wildcats is that Kansas State is equally bad on offense, ranking last in the Big 12 in scoring offense and in the bottom half of the league in field goal percentage and threepoint field goal percentage. Despite the Wildcats’ offensive struggles, they were able to score above their season average with 71 points in the Jan. 9 meeting with West Virginia. Kansas State is balanced on offense with four players in double-digit scoring, being led by senior guard Barry Brown Jr.’s 15.7 points per game on the season. The four players in double-digit scoring figures for the Wildcats are heavily relied upon, with each of them being a starter and averaging more than 30 minutes per game. WVU, in comparison, does not have a player on the roster averaging more than 25 minutes per game. Senior forward Dean Wade
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WVU’s Knapper, Harler and West team up to block Oklahoma’s Rashard Odomes from making a shot. is second on the team in scoring at 13.6 points per game and is first in rebounding with 6.6 rebounds per game. The Wildcats are led in assists by senior guard Kamau Stokes’ 3.3 per game.
The 9 p.m. Monday tip off will be decided by the Mountaineers’ defense, which has forced just 13.6 opponent turnovers per game this season with Kansas State ranking second in the Big 12 in turn-
over margin. “We have just a whole bunch of guys that stand around and watch,” Huggins said. “You can’t stand around and watch, it’s not that kind of game.”
West Virginia drops a couple of heartbreakers in Atlanta Challenge BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR
BASEBALL The Mountaineer baseball team had some high moments, but could only conjure up one win in the Atlanta Challenge against Kennesaw State, Georgia State and Georgia Tech. Kennesaw State 5, West Virginia 3 The 2019 baseball season got off to an interesting start as WVU opened up the year northwest of Atlanta to take on Kennesaw State on Friday afternoon. West Virginia opened up the scoring early as Darius Hill hit a one-out triple and came home two at-bats later on a Paul
McIntosh ground out to go up 1-0 in the first inning. The star of the day ended up being Alek Manoah, who would have 1-2-3 innings over three of the ensuing four innings. He would strikeout 13 before coming out after the sixth inning. The Owls would score an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth to tie things up, but the Mountaineers would respond with two runs of their own off an Ivan Gonzalez 2 RBI single, scoring Marques Inman and Tyler Doanes. Kennesaw State would score four unanswered runs to close out the game, one on an RBI single in the sixth and three runs in the seventh Once KSU took the lead, the Mountaineers would not reach scoring position again. Relief pitcher Nick Snyder (0-1) took
the loss for WVU. West Virginia 8, Georgia State 2 WVU drove across town to Southeast Atlanta to take on Georgia State, where they were able to manage some redemption from the earlier evening’s disappointment. The Mountaineers capitalized on some Panther mistakes early in the first inning, with Doanes scoring on a McIntosh walk with the bases loaded, and Tristen Hudson hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Hill. WVU would hold the 2-0 lead all the way through the fifth inning. Georgia State would cut the deficit in half, 2-1, in the bottom of the fifth on a home run to left field by Brandon Bell. West Virginia responded with a four-run sixth inning
from which the Panthers could not recover. The Mountaineers would tack on two more runs in the ninth and allow Georgia State an RBI double to close out the win. Jackson Wolf would pick up the win for WVU, pitching 5 innings, allowing only one run on four hits. Georgia Tech 5, West Virginia 4 (11 innings) Call it superstition, but through three games, evenings have not been kind to the Mountaineers. In a rescheduled matchup due to weather, WVU struggled to capitalize on scoring opportunities throughout the first six innings. Meanwhile, the Yellow Jackets rattled off three runs in the first two innings, two on a Kyle McCann two-run homer in the
first and one on an RBI single in the second. Georgia Tech would score again on a double play in the sixth inning to take a 4-0 lead late. In the top of the seventh, the Mountaineers started to rally. With Andrew Zitel and TJ Lake on base, Kevin Brophy hit what should have been an easy 5-3 ground out, but the Yellow Jacket third baseman would make an error, scoring Zitel and Lake. Doanes would double in the next at-bat, scoring Brophy and quickly cutting the Georgia Tech lead to 4-3 at the stretch. In the first at-bat of the eighth, Inman hit a home run to left center field to tie it up. After both teams went 1-2-3 in the ninth, they went into extra innings. Both WVU and Georgia
Tech would go 1-2-3 again in the tenth. West Virginia had a real shot at taking the lead in the top of the eleventh, with Hudson and Gonzalez in scoring position after a couple of throwing errors. Nothing would come of it, as Brandon White and Lake would strikeout to end the top of the frame for WVU. In the bottom of the eleventh, Nick Wilhite hit an RBI single with the bases loaded to give the Yellow Jackets the walk-off win. Beau Lowry (0-1) took the loss for WVU after only spending the eleventh inning on the mound. The Mountaineers will continue the Peach State portion of their schedule as they have a road series with Georgia Southern starting at 6 p.m. on Friday.
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Mountaineers looking to extend win streak at Oklahoma State
Smith, other freshmen playing solid role under Carey
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After knocking off TCU on Saturday, the WVU women’s basketball team is looking for its third straight win. The Mountaineers will travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to take on the Oklahoma State Cowgirls (13-11, 4-9 Big 12) on Wednesday and will tip at 7 p.m. Both teams previously met on Jan. 9 in Morgantown. West Virginia came out on top, 67-58. Oklahoma State comes in to the matchup having lost their last three games, as well as six of their last seven. The Cowgirls are led by Vivian Gray, a sophomore forward who is first on the team in points, averaging 19.6 points per game. On the boards, senior forward LaTashia Jones leads the team with an average of 8.2 rebounds per game. “G o o d team. We l l coached,” WVU head coach Mike Carey said about Oklahoma State. “They have some good guards [and] some shooters. They have a returning post [player] from last year — they have a post [player] we recruited that’s playing from them. We’ll have our hands full. “It’s tough [to play] on the road. This is a great league and it’s well coached,” Carey later added. “I’m sure they’ll put some wrinkles in.” In order to come out on top, the Mountaineers will look for a big game out of freshman guard Madisen Smith. In her last three games, she has averaged just over 20 points while also playing in 119 of a possible
In pursuit of a NCAA Tournament berth, Mike Carey has had to be creative. Due to various injuries, the roster of the veteran head coach of the WVU women’s basketball program has slowly dwindled. Currently, the team only has eight active and healthy players. Of those eight, just more than half of them have had any sort of collegiate basketball experience prior to this season. The rest are firstyear freshmen. “I really liked our freshmen coming in, I really did,” WVU head coach Mike Carey said. “I didn’t think they’d play as many minutes and have the roles they have on this team right now, but that’s great for them and great for our future.” While all of the team’s three freshmen have seen playing time, perhaps the most important to the team’s success has been guard Madisen Smith. The Greeneville, South Carolina-native leads all freshmen in minutes, averaging 30.7 per game. Most recently, Smith helped lead the Mountaineers to a victory over TCU on Saturday, finishing the afternoon with 17 points and eight assists. In her last three games, she is averaging just more than 20 points per game over an average of just under 40 minutes per game. Outside of Smith, who has seen most of her playing time in the starting rotation, forward Kari Niblack has proven to be an effective defensive role player off of
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West Virginia’s Lucky Rudd looks downcourt while being guarded by TCU’s Adeola Akomolafe.
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WVU’s Madisen Smith calls out a play while playing TCU Saturday. 120 game minutes. Defensively, freshman forward Kari Niblack and senior center Theresa Ekhelar lead the team with an average of
1.2 blocks per game. With a win over Oklahoma State, the Mountaineers would secure their 10th win all-time against the Cowgirls.
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West Virginia’s Tynice Martin drives to the basket against a TCU defender. the bench. Averaging 20.6 minutes per in her 24 games played, Niblack has averaged 6.6 rebounds per game — second on the team. She is also tied with senior Theresa Ekhelar in blocks, averaging just more than one per game. Despite being the only player on the team averaging single digit minutes, forward Jala Jordan has been averaging two points and just more
than one rebound per game in her limited playing time. “They continue to get better,” Carey said about the freshmen group. “They continue to understand — they continue to understand what we want offensively and defensively. That just gives them a leg up, in my opinion, for the next three years.”
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West Virginia finishes second in quad meet BY SHYLA PARSON STAFF WRITER The West Virginia gymnastics team fell to second place in the Heart Health Meet held at the Coliseum in Morgantown on Sunday. West Virginia (13-5) finished second behind Utah State’s 196.075 score with a team score of 195.575. Pitt came in third with a team score of 195.025, followed by Cornell with 193.075. The Mountaineers went home with several career-highs this afternoon, with junior Abby Kaufman taking three of them and finishing second all-around with a score of 39.225. “I wasn’t going in with the mindset, ‘Oh, I need to conquer this, I need to get that career-high,’” Kaufman said. “I was just doing my gymnastics, going with the flow, thinking of technique, and it just kinda happened. All the hard work I’ve been trying to put into the gym just got me to where I am today.” West Virginia started the meet on vault. Senior Kirah Koshinski led the Mountaineers with a score of 9.825. Kaufman followed behind her with a career-high of 9.8, along with freshman Rachel
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Rachel Hornung during her beam routine. Hornung’s 9.8. Sophomore Michelle Waldron earned a score of 9.775 on vault. While senior Jaquie Tun earned a 9.725, behind her was junior Julia Merwin with a score of 9.625. The Mountaineers ended their first event, vault, with a team score of 48.925. The team kept their energy
going during their second event on bars. Tun earned the highest score for the Mountaineers and the event overall with a season-high of 9.875. Freshman Esperanza Abarca started it off for West Virginia, earning a career-high 9.825. Up next was freshman Kendra Combs, earning another career-high with 9.85.
Kaufman earned her second career-high of the night with 9.85. Sophomore Sydney Marler earned a 9.7, along with Merwin with the 9.775. The Mountaineers ended bars with a team score of 49.175, leaving them in the lead with a total score of 98.1. Unfortunately, WVU struggled when it came to beam.
Earning only one career-high for freshman Taylor Sell, with a score of 9.65. Sophomore McKenna Linnen and Abarca led the Mountaineers with a score of 9.75 each. Following behind them was Kaufman with a 9.7. A fall from Hornung earned her a score of 9.1. Junior Erica Fontaine, with another fall, gave
her a score of 9.125. West Virginia was then pushed down to third place after the third rotation with a team score of 146.075. The Mountaineers were able to make an outstanding comeback after beam, earning their fifth-best floor score in program history. Linnen started the final rotation off earning a career-high of 9.875. Following was Kaufman with her third career-high of the day, with 9.875. The Mountaineers earned three consecutive career-highs when Fontaine scored her career-high of 9.85. Koshinski capped it off with a career-high and top score for the Mountaineers, earning a 9.975. Hornung earned a score of 9.825. Tun took another career-high, for the second consecutive week with 9.925. West Virginia finished with a score of 195.575, enough to beat rival Pitt and Cornell, but not enough to defeat Utah State who finished with 196.075. The Mountaineers will travel to the University of Pittsburgh to compete against Pitt and Ball State this Friday at 7 p.m.
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UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS NOW RENTING 1, 2, 3, 4, 5BR Apartments on Prospect and Spruce for 2019-2020. Contact Nick: 304-2921792 2BR SOUTH PARK. W/D, renovated bathroom and new carpet throughout. $1,100/mth. Utilities included. 304-292-5714
♦ 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance ♦ Night Watchman on Duty Our convenient locations put you exactly where you want to be…
Call Today 304-598-3300 M-Th 8am-7pm Friday 8am-5pm Sat 10am-4pm Sum 12pm-4pm
METRO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LARGEST & FINEST SELECTION OF APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES! 1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM FURNISHED & UNFURNISHED STUDENT 304-413-0900
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NON-STUDENT 304-598-9001
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FURNISHED HOUSES A MUST SEE 4 BEDROOM FURNISHED HOUSE WITH PORCH 8 min. walk to main campus. Quiet residential area. 2 Full baths. Quality Furnishings, D/W, W/D, Off Street Lighted Parking. Year Lease No Pets 304-296-7476 www.perilliapartments.com
ROOMMATES
ALL PHOTOS BY PARKER SHEPPARD
Near Arnold Hall, 5 min to Mountainlair. W/D, utilities included. $400/ mth. 9mth lease. 304-292-5714
304-293-4141
UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS
SMITH RENTALS, LLC
304-676-0930 • Houses • 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments
$500 - $900 per month
Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com
217, 225 & 227 JONES AVENUE. APARTMENTS/HOUSE’S. 1-4BR. $325-$395/each + utilities. Large rooms, decks, W/D, free off-street parking. NO PETS. 304-685-3457 WILLEY STREET. $800/Utilities extra. Off-street parking. Available August. 304-290-7368 or 304-377-1570 400 FOREST AVE. NEWER CONSTRUCTION. 2&3 BD apt. 5 min. walk to downtown/campus, DW, W/D, Deck, Parking. Available May. 304-292-7171 Advertise your apartment or house with us. Call today 304-2934141 or e-mail your ad to us at da-classifieds@mail.wvu.edu. Your ad will appear in print and online at thedaonline.com.
♦ Free Off Street Parking ♦ Garages and Carports Available at some Units
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1BR EFFICIENCY. $520 includes all utilities. Newly renovated. Short walk to campus. Private off-street parking. Westover. No pets, no smoking. Call 681-285-0687
Renting for 2019 Eff. 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms One Bedroom as low as $450 Two Bedrooms as low as $375 per person Three Bedrooms as low as $350 per person * Pets Welcome * 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance * Next to Football Stadium & Hospital * State of the Art Fitness Center * Mountain Line Bus Every 15 Minutes
Office Hours
NOW LEASING FOR 2019!
Stewart Street & Glenn Street Apartments
Mon. - Thur. 8am - 7pm Friday 8am - 5pm Saturday 10am - 4pm Sunday 12pm - 4pm *Appointments Available*
Walking distance to downtown campus
304-599-7474
1 & 2 Bedroom D/W, WD, Microwave, Free WiFi, Free Parking, No Application Fee No Pets Call for Tour: 304-435-7071 or 304-692-9296
Morgantown’s Most Luxurious Living Community www.chateauroyale apartments.com
UNFURNISHED HOUSES BATTELLE AVENUE. 5min walk to Mountainlair. W/D, free parking. All utilities included except elect and cable. 3-4BR $400/each. 1BR $500. May lease. 304-825-5497
DON’T BE LEFT OUT! PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED HERE!
Call: 304-293-4141 or
DA-Classifieds@mail.wvu.edu
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