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This Day in WV History October 4, 1867: Athlete and sportsman Robert Lee “Sam” Huff is born near Morgantown. Huff was recruited as a football star from Farmington High School by West Virginia University head coach Art “Pappy” Lewis. Huff and Bruce Bosley bolstered a fearsome defense that led WVU to a 38-7 record between 1952 and 1955, including three consecutive wins over rival Penn State.
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Reed College of Media hosts panel on diversity in media BY ALI BARRETT NEWS EDITOR
The WVU Reed College of Media moderated a panel on diversity in the media featuring four panelists from diverse backgrounds in print and broadcast journalism. Alison Bass, assistant professor of journalism, moderted the panel. Mizell Stewart III, vice president of news operations at Gennett and USA Today Network, started in journalism 30 years ago during a time there was a push for the industry to diversify newsrooms. “The reason that diversity was important then in newsrooms, and is still important now, is because our country is becoming more and more diverse,” Stewart said. Stewart said it is easy for anyone to create a universe of their own with the help of technology. “If you don’t like media coming from POLITICO or USA Today, you can whip up a website and create your own,” Stewart said. Stewart touched on the topic of the decline in trust in journalism and how journalists are working to engage
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A panel of journalists speaks on the topic of diversity in media today. the audiences and rebuild that trust. “When you have the ability through social media to pick and choose news from [a] wide variety of news sources and not all of which are equally creditable,” Stewart said, “it’s very easy to see the challenges practicing journalists face in trying to shift truth from those who would try to influence the news one way or another.” Sudeep Reddy, managing editor at POLITICO, said the
ability to take control of information and share it publicly and widely changes everything journalists do. “The fact that we [have] these [cell phones] that are transforming how we consume media, how we engage with the world around us, is forcing us as more mainstream publishers to rethink what we’re covering and how we’re covering it,” Reddy said. Reddy said there was a point 15 years ago where mainstream media was the voice in the com-
munity, but now there are millions of voices that are being expressed all at the same time. “It really puts it [pressure] on us to think differently about what are the voices coming across, how they are coming across and how we are using our special position as the press to go out and amplify those voices in a different way,” Reddy said. Malena Cunningham Anderson, founder of Newslady Productions and former TV anchor for NBC 13, said she
started in public relations and ended up in television news. Anderson said when she grew up in the 1960s everyone had to not only wait for the news, but everyone looked the same. “I never thought that I would have an opportunity to have a career in television news because I never saw a woman, and I never saw an African American,” Anderson said. Anderson said that when there is only one voice, too many people get left out.
“My concern now though is how many women are actually being journalists and how many minorities are actually being real journalists on the air and not trying to be celebrities in this age of social media,” Anderson said. Anderson said students shouldn’t be afraid to be different and should speak up on topics important to them. Justin Neal, media critic, intern and co-coordinator for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, said he is a big cheerleader for journalism. Neal has been in journalism for 25 years and has noticed two areas where journalism has shot itself in the foot as a profession. “The one that’s been addressed is journalism’s slow adaptation to digital. The other area that we haven’t done nearly as good a job at is diversity,” Neal said. Neal said the diversity conversation has been going on for as long as he’s been in the profession. “Those conversations went by the wayside when we reached economic problems and because people felt that diversity was the right thing to do,” Neal said.
Diversity week: a look into the Seneca Village to provide lives of international students housing for senior citizens BY MEGAN BSHARAH CORRESPONDENT
Leading up to Diversity Week, The Daily Athenaeum will be talking with international students who attend WVU. Nearly 4,000 miles separates 18-year-old international student, Maria Admella, from her home in Madrid, Spain. Pursuing degrees in translating, interpretation and applied languages, Admella attends Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Madrid. For her degree, Admella was required to study abroad for a semester during her second year. Admella narrowed her selections to English-speaking universities. She chose WVU instead of universities in Canada and England. “When I was considering all the possibilities I could go, I studied all the international programs of all the universities,” Admella said. “WVU was one of my favorites.” Admella said she has already become well-acquainted with the WVU
“All of my friends with whom I hang out every day are international people.” -Maria Admella, international student lifestyle, attending home football games and taking weekend trips to Cheat Lake and Washington, D.C. with her friends. Admella said making friends was easy. She was introduced to new people through her orientation with the International Students program. “All of my friends with whom I hang out every day are international people,” Admella said. She documents her adventures on her Instagram page where her bio reads, “Live every day” in French. Below that is an American flag emoji with “WVU” written beside it. Admella lives in Oakland Hall on the Evansdale Campus. She said dorm-life is a new experience for her. “I like it because it gives you a lot of social life,” Admella said. “You meet new people every day.”
Admella said some of her most challenging moments at WVU are when she misses her family. “My family, my friends, my people,” Admella said. “Sometimes I would like to be with them, but it’s not that hard. Now I already have my friends and people I really like.” Next week is Diversity Week, where WVU promotes that we are “ONE Mountaineer Family.” The annual, week-long event was created to showcase the large spectrum of diversity on campus. With more than 40 events, there are ample opportunities to experience WVU’s diversity from Oct. 7-14. On Oct. 7, the annual Diversity Cup soccer tournament will kick off the week’s festivities. Visit diversity.wvu.edu for more details.
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Senior residents in Morgantown can take advantage of more housing opportunities come next autumn courtesy of a $7 million housing project underway at Seneca Center. The in-progress apartment complex, dubbed Seneca Village, will house citizens older than the age of 55. This is a black sheep among the city’s present real estate, which mostly accommodates students, according to Seneca Center co-owner Barton Loar. “Seniors usually just live all over the city in apartments — some of which are not very nice,” Loar said. “They cannot afford luxuries.” The Village was planned with both affordability and accessibility in mind. According to Loar, the 32-apartment project is being financed through the West Virginia Housing Development fund, which allows for the leasing of apartments at less than the market rate.
While not really walking distance to most of downtown, plans to build a bus stop at the corner of 8th Street, right across from the Village, are also in the works. Bike storage will adorn the Rail Trail behind the building itself and each unit will be handicap-accessible. Interest in the project came from Pisoncat LLC, a Charleston-headquartered investment group, not from the center itself. And while the city plays no direct role in the construction, Loar said there is some level of local incentive for the project. “As far as the city’s concerned, it addresses a number of initiatives,” Loar said. “It repurposes inner city property into housing that is not student housing. It tends to bring residents back into the inner city.’ “It’s a revitalization of the inner city,” Loar said. The Seneca Center is rich in Morgantown glass production history. Seneca Glass Company moved to the property in 1895 and churned out widely recognized hand blown, hand-cut lead crystal
until 1983. Products were displayed at World’s Fairs and used in upscale hotels and stores. Seneca Glass also made a home for itself on the White House table for multiple administrations, both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson’s. The center cites itself as being “important architecturally as an example of a small industrial complex.” There are five buildings on the Seneca Center property. Three of them are on the national historical register, meaning they cannot be destroyed. Two of the buildings were not on the national historical register. One of those buildings has been removed to make way for the Village. Loar said Seneca Village will strive to preserve some of that history, maintaining a bit of the center’s architectural elements while still introducing a new design. “I don’t know that there is anything quite like it in the market,” Loar said. The project will be ongoing for the next year.
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Richardson takes role as Director of Greek Life BY EMILY ZEKONIS CULTURE EDITOR
After years of being a Mountaineer fan, Matthew Richardson brings a fresh perspective as Director of Greek Life to the community that inspired his career. “I learned about Greek Life at WVU even though I didn’t go here,” Richardson said. “I’ve considered myself a Mountaineer since 2002 when my sister came here.” For four years Richardson served as the coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Point Park University, after a short period of working in the school’s residence life. He is now taking on a different environment in Morgantown. “Greek Life at Pitt and WVU are alike in a lot of way,” Richardson said. “There are about 2,300 students involved at Pitt, there are about 2,300 students involved here. There were 40 chapters about Pitt, there are 31 here.” Despite the similarity in
PHOTO VIA MATTHEW RICHARDSON Richardson studied diversity at the University of Pittsburgh and aims to bring diversity to WVU Greek Life.
size, Richardson does note one defining factor of WVU students that separates them from any other school. “There is an energy here, a sense of true school spirit that is just so high,” Richardson said. “I won’t say that it wasn’t at Pitt, but it is very obvious that this is Morgantown. The students have an attachment to not just the institution, but the city itself.” Richardson is extremely enthusiastic about working with the WVU Greek Life sys-
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tem from its heart. In his first five weeks, he has been able to connect directly with students and the local community, taking part in game day, walking around campus to observe and talking with students about their experiences. “Greek Life here really isn’t the organized chaos that people think it is,” Richardson said. “It’s a group of students who genuinely care about their organization, this place and each other. I knew that I had made the right decision coming here within the first day.” Richardson spent two years studying diversity and inclusive excellence in Greek Life during his doctoral studies at University of Pittsburgh and is enthusiastic about bringing his findings to WVU campus. “One of the stereotypes about Greek Life is that they are not very diverse,” Richardson said. “Greek organizations were founded to be exclusive. Looking at how you promote inclusion in groups that are comfortable saying not everyone can be one of them was a
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West Virginia Botanic Gardens to host Fall Children’s Festival CORRESPONDENT
The West Virginia Botanic Gardens will be hosting its annual Fall Children’s Festival this Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The popular fall family event returns to offer a variety of free activities and treats. Events this year include pumpkin painting take-home bulb planting and the fan favorite fairy house building session. Special guests will also attend the event from a number of community organizations including the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia, MedExpress Urgent Care, the Spark! Imagination and Science Center and the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council. The festival will be held at West Virginia Botanic Gardens, which was founded in
2000. The 82-acre gardens, previously known as Tibbs Run Reservoir, is located off Tyrone Road in Monongalia County. Tibbs Run supplied fresh water to Morgantown from 1912 until about 1969 when the reservoir was closed and eventually drained. The event was created by Dr. Ellen Hrabovsky, a former board member of nine years and active member of the gardens. Hrabovsky came up with the idea for making fairy gardens when a friend visited a botanic garden in Maine. After learning about the fairy gardens, Hrabovsky thought about having an entire day dedicated to fun fall activities that families could participate in to immerse themselves into nature. “I wanted to see something for kids and wanted to see families working together,” Hrabovsky said.
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huge interest of mine.” Richardson is using this feedback from undergraduate Greek Life leaders, along with alumni and chapter advisor thoughts, to develop policies that work for and with students, but keep them safe. The “WVU for life” philosophy is another idea that Richard is avid about making Greek Life a part of. He is developing a Greek Life alumni counsel, striving to hold networking events with undergraduates and alumni, developing funds for scholarships and other opportunities to use alumni’s chapter as their reason to continue to be proud of their school. Richardson also plans to address two large initiatives with Greek Life, diversity and inclusion and health. He has already added diversity and inclusion in to the values of the WVU Greek Life office and is planning initiatives for mental health advocacy. “The eradication of acts of sexual misconduct is also really important to me,” Richardson said. “I truly believe
“Our two main goals are to get families outside enjoying nature, and to introduce people to the gardens,” Hrabovsky said. She hopes to see each child sporting a grin on the day of the event. The events’ success depends on the support of volunteers and donors. This year many WVU students are stepping up to give back. Freshmen Iraj Hasan, Jeevan Murthy and Nick Penix are all volunteering on Sunday. “I volunteered because I want to start to help make a difference in this new community of mine,” Murthy, a student volunteer from Charleston, West Virginia, said. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees should keep in mind that parking is limited, and pets will not be allowed at the festival. To volunteer or learn more
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the safest place on campus should be a fraternity or sorority house and if it’s not, that is a problem. I want to focus on how to encourage positive decision making when it comes to positive health.” Along with bringing his own values to the Greek Life community, Richardson will be continuing previously established Greek Life initiatives, such as deferred membership to freshman. “I think what I love most about deferred member is that it acknowledges that Greek Life is unlike joining any other organization on campus,” Richardson said. “What makes us different is that we have these incitation rituals that are very powerful, that were written back hundreds of years ago and they have remained virtually unchanged.” Richardson believes that there is a connection under these rituals that bands people together, not only for their college experience, but for a lifetime. “When you think about what it means to be a Chi
Omega, or a Pi Kappa Alpha, it’s fascinating that only they know what values they share based on what their rituals say,” Richardson said “We accept and understand each other because we have had this shared experience.” Richardson believes that deferred membership gives students the opportunity to truly find which organizations’ values they align with. Having time to interact with members and do research allows for students to find an organization that compliments their individuality, rather than changes it. “You don’t go Greek because you need Greek Life to complete you, you go Greek because you want your organization to compliment you,” Richardson said. “I have become a better leader, a better person, a better son, a better brother, a better uncle, a better everything because of Delta Chi.” Director of Greek Life West Virginia University (Aug. 2017-Present)
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Mountaineer Day of Play event gets Morgantown kids moving BY MARINA FERGUSON CORRESPONDENT
On Monday, local children gathered at The Shack Neighborhood House for a Day of Play event, aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles. The event was organized by Once a Mountaineer, Always a Mountaineer, a nonprofit organization that brings WVU alumni athletes back to Morgantown to help promote a healthy lifestyle for children. “Once a Mountaineer, Always a Mountaineer pairs with other nonprofits as well as WVU’s athletes to teach kids around the area how to be healthy,” said Claire Hemme, sophomore public relations student and student event manager. Current WVU football players, cheerleaders and the Mountaineer mascot him-
self were present and ready to play. All children in attendance received a healthy snack and a T-shirt autographed by WVU football players. “We do a Day of Play at The Shack because it’s just an afterschool program and the kids love it when we come in,” Hemme said. “They see all the football players and the cheerleaders, and they just get so excited.” The Shack is a nonprofit agency located in the Scott’s Run community just outside of Morgantown. It offers numerous programs to the children and families of the area with the goal of promoting health and wellness. The upbeat, positive environment reflects how Once a Mountaineer, Always a Mountaineer is truly run by the hearts of its members. Hemme, who became involved with the organiza-
tion this year, said that the lack of information about healthy lifestyles when she was growing up inspired her to get involved. “I think it’s really important that people learn how to be healthy when they’re younger,” Hemme said. “It stays with you your whole life.” The larger Day of Play event will take place on Mar. 3, 2018, at the WVU Football Indoor Practice Facility. Until then, the organization is always looking for donors in order to provide the best programs possible to Morgantown’s children. Those interested in donating or simply learning more about the organization can visit the Once a Mountaineer, Always a Mountaineer website at umountaineers.com.
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A reflection following the Las Vegas shooting BY MAURA FLYNN CORRESPONDENT
A deadly shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night resulted in more than 59 reported deaths and at least 527 injuries. The Las Vegas shooting is now the most deadly shooting in modern American history. This is the second such shooting to receive this designation in the last 16 months, with the previous one being the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. The mass shootings continue: Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Orlando. Now Las Vegas is added to that list. Brianna Skaff, a junior Biology student from Charleston, West Virginia, and president of WVU’s American Red Cross Club, addresses the difference between the inevitable and the avoidable. “It is bad enough that there are natural disasters that destroy lives,” Skaff said. “But then things like this happen.” As a country, we need to reflect on how an individual’s right to go hunting on the weekends could possibly outweigh the ability for another individual to devastate so many lives and so many families. We need to reflect on how
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A woman stands next to a sidewalk vigil for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting. the protection to own guns is ensured by the Constitution, and yet the protection from guns is controversial. We also need to reflect on why our country is divided on weapons.
However, our country is not divided on murder. There is a clear, visible and tragic link between the two. What will it take to stop that connection? “We must have a serious conversation in the United
States about why these mass shootings happen so frequently and what our next steps should be,” said Justice Hudson a representative from Inspire WVU, and a junior history and political pcience stu-
dent from Saint Albans, West Virginia. Hudson describes her initial response as simply, “horror.” Horror cannot be the norm. Execution-style murders of dozens cannot be the
new norm. We cannot sit back and let these terrible circumstances become just another part of American life. WVU’s Violence Research Awareness Association collectively shared their stance. “Mass shootings are tragic forms of interpersonal violence that regularly arise when conditions are suitable…. As long as conditions remain unchanged, the same level of violence will occur next year and the next with only slight variation.” Not only is Las Vegas now the deadliest shooting in modern American history, it is also the second deadliest act of terror in this country as a whole since 9/11. 9/11 ignited change and sparked a national conversation. For years, measures were taken to ensure that Americans were safer and more secure while flying. We can only hope that the same will be done regarding gun violence after the unspeakable events in Las Vegas. Perhaps, above all else, 9/11 unified our country. How many more deaths must we grieve before we demand prevention, demand a solution and demand peace for America?
Academics and the party scene: is WVU really that “lit?” BY PAYTON OTTERMAN CORRESPONDENT
Are you sick and tired of hearing about West Virginia University’s party reputation? According to the Princeton Review, WVU is the no. 2 party school in the country. However, WVU is also thriving in other, more positive areas. According to U.S. News & World Report, WVU is no. 99 in the top public schools in the United States, and is ranked no. 187 in the top national universities. Although only 57 percent of students graduate from WVU on time, according to College Board, many who have graduated from WVU have done tremendously well for themselves. Katherine Johnson, featured in both the “Hidden Figures” book and movie, was one of three students to desegregate WVU’s graduate school, according to Biography.com. Although she didn’t graduate from WVU’s graduate program, she eventually landed a job as a human com-
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The beauty of WVU’s campus is shown from behind the Mountaineer statue looking toward Woodburn Circle. puter for NASA and helped to launch the moon landing. In 2015, she won the Presidential Medal of Freedom. According to the WVU Alumni Association, there
are more than 200,000 WVU alumni, and the teachers here are some of the best in the country. According to About WVU, 19 teachers have been named Carnegie Foun-
dation Professors of the Year, and 251 students have won prestigious scholarships. Meredith Dawson, a freshman criminology student from Morgantown, is sick
of hearing about WVU’s socalled party reputation. “There are so many WVU programs that are wellknown around the nation, and I feel that I’m getting
an extraordinary education here,” Dawson said. “When I’m at job interviews, employers will see WVU as an accredited school.” Garrett Spikes, a freshman journalism student from Dayton, Ohio, believes that students here have far more notable hobbies than partying. “I think that the party scene is a bit over-hyped, and that WVU is actually a pretty well-rounded campus,” Spikes said. “People here have other hobbies, such as involvement in student clubs and organizations, and the party environment is not their number one priority. Some of us are extremely focused on doing well academically.” WVU’s “party school” reputation is well documented, and has been for some time. It is true that students at this University enjoy having a good time. However, it should also be equally as evident that students also take their studies very seriously, and that WVU has some of the best educators and minds in the country.
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Survival horror genre gives gamers a safe trip to terrifying worlds The zombie is stumbling towards you, scabby hands outstretched, rotten teeth gnashing aimlessly. You take a shot with one of your last remaining bullets. Your pistol goes off with a bang, but the shot goes wide. Before you get the chance to reload the zombie is on top of you, those rotten teeth find your neck and a broken scream lets loose from your lips as two words flash on screen: GAME OVER. Death is a constant presence in many video games, but few get as creative as survival horror. A genre that is exactly what it sounds like, survival horror plops you into a terrifying scenario, hands you a weapon (if you’re lucky) and tasks you to make it out alive. Threats can come from a variety of angles in survival horror. Monsters range from the classic zombie featured in games like “Resident Evil” and “Left 4 Dead,” to more abstract creations like the knife-wielding demon Pyramid Head in “Silent Hill.” The one thing all these games have in common is the desire to scare players. John Lepper, a 30-yearold gamer and former owner of the horror news site theblood-shed.com, has fond memories of sleepovers with friends and scary video games. “I watched my friend play [survival horror games] when I was probably 12 or so,” Lepper said. “‘Resident Evil’ in particular scared the hell out of me.” “Resident Evil” is a popular survival horror franchise with seven main titles over 21 years, the most recent of which launched in January of 2017. Featuring many of the tropes that would later define the genre such as limited resources and brutal violence, the original “Resident Evil” helped showcase video games as a great way to experience real terror — from the comfort of your couch, of course. While movies and literature have their own tools to terrify fans, the interactivity of video games adds a layer of fear other mediums struggle to convey. When Freddy Kruger or Count Dracula kill a victim on screen or on page, there’s a sense of detachment. But when it’s you who missed that shot, your character who the
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zombies now munch on, the fear feels more real. It’s you that got that poor character gobbled up. But of course, the fear is not truly real. Nobody is truly in danger, and all those terrifying monsters are just data in a machine. That’s a good thing, of course. There are probably a few people out there who would be down for an actual zombie apocalypse, but most people don’t want to have to headshot undead ghouls every time they step outside to grab the paper. Survival horror works as a great way for fans to live out those fears without actually endangering themselves. If things get too scary, you can always just switch off the television. That does still leave
the question of why anyone would want to scare themselves in the first place, simulated or not. It’s a question that film director Bob Ferreria, 34, of Point and Shoot films in Maine, thinks he knows the answer to. “I think that being scared when you know it’s not real, when nothing is actually going to hurt you — like playing a game, watching a movie, or walking through a haunted house — is one of the most insane feelings ever, really,” Ferreria said. “Because your anticipation is at an all-time high. Regardless of the fact that you know you’re going to be fine, you’re waiting for, well, something to happen.” Having a mundane or bor-
ing life isn’t always a bad thing. It’s only in recent history that humans obtained the privilege of sitting at an office 40 hours a week, rather than spending their entire existence hunting for food and struggling to survive. Still, it’s perhaps not so surprising that when these folks look for escapism, it’s of a more vicious kind. Lepper, who works for an insurance company, agrees. “If you have a crappy life, are you going to seek escape in a pleasant fantasy world that will make you feel like crap when you return to reality,” Lepper said. “Or, are you going to go to a world of horror and death that far surpasses your own misfortunes. Kind of puts everything in perspective nicely.”
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Food
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2017
BY TIMOTHY MALLOY
FOOD COLUMNIST
Saigon Pho Kitchen brings Southeast Asian cuisine to Morgantown The history behind the popular Vietnamese dish “Pho” is highly debatable in much of Southeast Asia. While most believe the name comes from a French adaptation of “feu,” meaning fire, some argue that the name was bestowed upon the dish long before the French claimed the territory as their own. Pho can be described, in the simplest of terms, as Vietnamese soup and noodles. The different types of Pho, however, can be more complex because a wide array of ingredients can be added to give the dish all sorts of different tastes. Originally considered a street food, Pho has become a staple in Southeast Asian cuisine. Saigon Pho Kitchen has brought this staple to West Virginia, giving many the chance to try the salty, spicy and sour combination for the first time. Located at 3109 University Avenue, Saigon Pho Kitchen, as the name suggests, specializes in all things Pho. Home to a wide variety of both protein and vegetarian based pho bowls, there is a bowl for everyone to try regardless of palette or food restriction. The beloved noodle dish is served in a large bowl filled to the brim with broth and saturated with a mix of rice noodles and — depending on the bowl ordered — meat or vegetables. The table has a mix of sauces and spices laid out in advance to use as needed in order to get the bowl to the patron’s desired heat level. The dish also comes with a plate of lime, cilantro, mint and bean sprouts, which are meant to be mixed in periodically as the meal is eaten. The broth is salty with a slightly sweet taste from the rice noodles. Alone, this combination is delicious, but adding in the herbs and spices truly tie the
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Saigon Pho Kitchen also offers Bahn Xeo, a Vietnamese Crepe made of rice flour and turmeric and stuffed with pork or shrimp.
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Shrimp Pho is one of the many versions of Pho offered at Saigon Pho Kitchen. PHOTO VIA FACEBOOK
All Pho dishes typically come with a side plate of fresh herbs that diners can mix into the soup at their discretion. meal together. During my visit, there was a large group enjoying the traditional Vietnamese cuisine who were speaking about the restaurant’s pros and cons. The consensus of the group seemed to be similar: the food
was very good, but Pho alone may not be enough to quench a typical American appetite. Jon Visted, a sophomore advertising student from Ashburn, Virginia, said he truly enjoyed the dish and was very happy to hear about their 5
percent student discount; the only negative was the amount of food served. He would recommend ordering a side with the meal in order to “fill yourself up after the Pho is gone.” Chase Heffle, a sophomore
political science student from Martinsburg, West Virginia, agreed with Visted and added that “although there’s a lot of broth in [the dish,] I definitely needed a side of rice to turn this into a dinner.” The Pho bowls start at about $9 at Saigon Pho Kitchen, which is a decent price regarding the freshness and quality of the food. The quantity, how-
ever, may not satisfy all appetites due to the immense amount of broth in the dish. The 5 percent student discount makes this an attractive offer for students who would like a nice, fresh, traditional lunch. As a dinner, order a side with your Pho in order to ensure you won’t be dipping your hand into the cookie jar later. that night.
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Currat looks to add to her swimming resume BY AARON HOST SPORTS WRITER
West Virginia senior finance student Amelie Currat is in her final season at WVU and has worked hard both in the pool and in the classroom. Coming from the town of Dunkerque, France, and going to high school at Saint-Pierre Chanel, Currat learned to swim at a very young age. A coach noticed Currat’s talent and encouraged her to swim more. This led to the start of her swimming career. “I am still learning something everyday,” Currat said. “People are really nice with international students.” Currat was recruited from France, and once she saw pictures of the campus, she knew that WVU would be the right fit. Since being at WVU, Currat has become the Big 12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of
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Amelie Currant takes a breath between strokes. the Year. Currat says her biggest role model while at WVU was Courtney Miller, who was a junior when Currat was a freshman.
“She just really helped me when I came here,” Currat said. “She was my training partner and just really smart and nice.” Since coming to WVU,
Currat has done a lot for the program. When she was a freshman, she placed second in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 56.08 seconds at the Big 12 Cham-
pionship. As a sophomore, she advanced to the A Final in the 100-meter backstroke, finishing in fourth place with an NCAA B time of 54.92 at the Big 12 Championship.
When Currat was in France, she competed for the France U18 and U20 teams in 2013 and placed second in the 100-meter butterfly with the France U18 team. While swimming for WVU, Currat has made many memories. “Last year against TCU, it was senior night here, and we all swam really fast,” Currat said. In Currat’s junior year, she was a member of the All-Big 12 Second Team. She finished fifth in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 54.54 and 200 meter backstroke with a time of 1:57.66 at the Big 12 Championship, while also placing seventh in the 100-meter fly. For Currat, being a Mountaineer gives her a sense of pride as she looks to leave her imprint on the swimming program in her senior year. “When you wear the West Virginia t-shirt, you are really proud of where you are from,” Currat said.
Gibson’s defensive scheme offers unique edge BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER
West Virginia defensive coordinator Tony Gibson’s defensive scheme is perfectly suited for facing the fast paced, high scoring offenses that exist in the Big 12 Conference. Gibson utilizes the 3-3-5 defense, meaning that it lines up with three defensive linemen, three linebackers and five defensive backs. In the Big 12, teams like TCU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech spread opposing defenses out and use speed and tempo to get oneon-one matchups that they can exploit in the open field. The 3-3-5 allows WVU to put its best athletes and fastest defenders on the field to defend the athletes that the opposing offenses line up with. “I think we match up,” Gibson said. “We can match speed with speed. Now, does it always mean we’re going to be able to stop them? No, but it gives us a better chance than trying to get a linebacker matched up on slot receivers and that kind of thing.” Also, the 3-3-5 is not a commonly used defensive scheme across the college football landscape. The combination of these factors makes it a tough out for any opposing offense. “It’s a scheme that a lot of
people aren’t using, so you don’t have a lot of film on it,” said WVU senior linebacker Al-Rasheed Benton. “You don’t have a lot of film to critique and kind of figure out your game plan.” “On the other end, it allows us to put the fastest players on the field and fly around and make plays,” Benton said. “That’s one of the hardest things to do, to figure out where we’ll be on any given play because we’re doing so much moving, extending and things like that. So, it just allows us the freedom to move around a lot more.” Over the past couple seasons, Gibson’s defense has been notorious for its aggressive, “all-or-nothing” mentality; for example, bringing zero blitzes in third down situations. However, as this season has shown, the 3-3-5 defense does have some weaknesses, which were exploited by Kansas a little over a week ago. The Jayhawks accumulated 367 rushing yards against the Mountaineers, with KU sophomore Khalil Herbert tallying 291 yards on the ground by himself. “If you look at last week, there were two runs that went for over 120 yards,” Gibson said. “We misfilled a gap and then on the other one we had about eight guys miss a tackle. So that’s the biggest problem right now with run defense.
Guys need to play with better effort and we need to wrap up. Tackling is all about want-to. It looked like our guys didn’t want to last week.” This season, the WVU defense has experience some issues acclimating to the personnel losses that it incurred from last year’s veteran group, especially along the defensive line. “It isn’t the scheme because we’ve been pretty good against the run over the last two years,” said WVU Head Coach Dana Holgorsen. In the 3-3-5 setup, the three defensive linemen are tasked with occupying the opposing offensive linemen in order to create gaps for the three linebackers to shoot through and make tackles. But this year, WVU had to replace all three of its starting defensive linemen from a season ago. That inexperience along the defensive line has created issues for the Mountaineers. Currently, WVU is allowing 451 total yards per game, which is ranked No. 108 in the country out of 130 FBS teams. But WVU’s pass defense has been respectable, allowing 225 yards per game through the air, ranking No. 62 in the country. The issue is the whopping 226 yards per game that the Mountaineers are giving up on the ground, which ranks No. 115 nationally.
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Defensive Coordinator Tony Gibson leads drills during a practice on July 30. “We’ve got to do a better job up front of holding gaps,” Holgorsen said. “We got depth, but we need guys to step up
and be real dudes. I think (freshman Lamonte) McDougle took a step in the right direction, and I’m anxious to
see if he can continue to play that way. We just need other guys to step up and play Big 12 football.”
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WVU trending in the right direction BY JOSEPH SEVERINO CORRESPONDENT
West Virginia cross country Head Coach Sean Cleary believes his team is starting to hit its stride just 25 days ahead of the Big 12 Championship. The Mountaineers are coming off an eighth-place finish at the Greater Louisville Classic and have just one regular season meet left before the postseason begins. “I think we ran a good race over the weekend at Louisville, and we’re just looking to keep that momentum going,” Cleary said. Cleary gives a lot of credit to his senior captains, Amy Cashin and Maggie Drazba, for the leadership roles they’ve played this season, especially with a youthful roster. “I think the attitude of the program, the leadership of the program, within our team captains, has been exceptional this fall,” Cleary said. Drazba has one individual victory this season and Cashin owns two top-15 finishes, but Cleary is confident the duo can still improve. “They (Drazba and Cashin) are running well, but I think their best races are in front of them,” Cleary said. The final regular season meet WVU will compete in is the Penn State National Open
in State College, Pennsylvania, where the Mountaineers took fourth place as a team in 2016. Drazba and fellow senior Jill Forsey finished 10th and 11th overall, respectively, at the National Open a season ago. Forsey, who was set to be one of WVU’s best — if not the No. 1 runner — this season, unfortunately has been battling injuries all year and has yet to make her 2017 debut. Cleary says that Forsey is fighting every day to get back and could be ready to go for the National Open. “The big thing for us is we are hoping to get Jill back into action over the next month,” Cleary said. “Jill is our All-American, and we’re hoping to get her involved here soon.” Even if Forsey is unable to compete at Penn State, Cleary said she will be ready for the Big 12 Championships. WVU as a team has finished in the top three at each of the last four Big 12 Championships, and Cleary says to continue that success — or maybe win the title — the team will need improve their average times. “We’re going to need Jill in there, and we’re going to need (our runners) to improve about 15 seconds; and then we’ll put ourselves to where we can have a shot at it,” Cleary said.
The Mountaineers are also relying on youth coming down the stretch. At least two of the young runners will be counted on to round out the top-5 of the postseason squad. Cleary hopes that sophomores Olivia Hill and Candace Jones, along with freshmen Hayley Jackson and Sarah Wills, can continue their early-season success into the final months of the season. “We’re looking at four of our top six or seven that are just young kids and quite honestly are exceeding many people’s expectations in college,” Cleary said. The NCAA regionals, which takes place on Nov. 10 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a course where WVU finished first as a team in a meet earlier this season, will be the Mountaineers’ stiffest competition. Cleary said that WVU will need to knock off at least one, but most likely two, of the top programs in the Mid-Atlantic Region to earn a team bid to the NCAA Championships. “The pecking order looks like Villanova, Georgetown and Penn State,” Cleary said. Cleary seems very optimistic about his program right now, and he hopes that optimism will eventually turn into results and make it back to the NCAA Championships as a team for the first time since 2014.
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Maggie Drazba runs in a cross country meet.
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Jad Arslan attempts to gain control of the ball during a matchup against Buffalo.
Men’s soccer struggles to continue success BY JACK TOLMAN SPORTS WRITER
The West Virginia University men’s soccer team looked like a top team throughout the first part of the season, but the team has shown an all-too-familiar sign since: the struggles to close out a season. Last season, the Mountaineers started the season with a 6-1-1 record, piecing together six wins and a tie after a season opening loss. This season, the tale was very similar. Through the first nine games, the squad boasted a 6-1-2 record. The storyline of the first half of last season was almost identical to this season: it was all about the defense. WVU’s defense posted seven consecutive clean sheets last season, and while the offense was not very potent, it did enough to win most of those matches. This season, with the defense mostly comprised of returning players, it was much of the same. The unit put together six clean sheets in the team’s first nine games, catapulting them to their impressive record and being ranked as high as No.
15 in the country at one point. After the team’s impressive 6-1-1 start last season, they proceeded to go 2-6-0 over the second half of the season. While they did play two ranked teams in the second half, they had proven their ability to defeat ranked teams with a win over No. 7 Georgetown early on last season. In fact, one of the team’s two late wins was against No. 22 Akron. In the latter half of the 2016 season, the defense allowed 11 goals compared to their two goals allowed in the first half. This season, the team’s collapse was far more dramatic. After only allowing six goals in the first half of the season, the team allowed seven goals against archrival Pitt. They allowed more goals in one game than they had all season. “We just looked tired, exhausted,” said WVU Head Coach Marlon LeBlanc. “As much as I was disappointed in us, we looked a step slow. It made it hard for us. Getting into a proper period where we get three to four days between games is going to help us.” The team followed a 7-0
loss to Pitt with a 2-0 loss against Pacific. While the defense’s sudden inadequacy has been concerning, the offense has also been very unproductive. “We have possession and then get hurried at times,” LeBlanc said. “But we are having to learn and develop it and that’s what we are doing right now. That said, we are dangerous. We are creating chances and getting into the right spots. Now it becomes about who will finish.” The team’s shot accuracy has struggled this season. The team outshot Pacific 124, but only landed a third of their shots on goal. Still boasting a 6-3-2 record, the team shouldn’t be in total panic mode. With almost a full week off, the team has time to recuperate. If the defense can return to its first half form and the offense can capitalize on their plethora of opportunities, the season can still be salvaged. The Mountaineers will get their first chance to salvage the season on Saturday night as they open up Mid-American Conference play against Northern Illinois. With the Huskies, West Virginia trails their series 3-2-1.
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