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This Day in WV History Until October 20, 1938, CCC Company 3532 occupied Camp Anthony Wayne at what is now Cabwaylingo State Forest. In 1938, Company 1558V made up of World War I veterans, moved in and stayed until April 11, 1939. The CCC surveyed timer and game, fought forest fires, cut weeds and brush, cleared trails, and constructed log cabins, which are still used. Most of the land purchased to create Cabwaylingo was made up of small farms which were allowed to revert back to woodland after the purchases. Due ot the land’s history of farming, and numerous forest fires from arson and moonshining, Cabwaylingo State Forest is a mosaic of trees in different stages of maturity.
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NEWS The undead visit Morgantown; 10th annual Zombie Walk BY MEGAN BSHARAH STAFF WRITER
The Halloween spirit was in the air for the 10th annual Zombie Walk in Morgantown. Hundreds of community members doused themselves in fake blood, wore tattered clothing and donned scary masks to walk around Downtown on Saturday night. The Morgantown Public Library partnered up with several small businesses in the area to sponsor this year’s event. Its director, Sarah Palfrey, was happy to get involved for a good cause. “The goal is to have fun, but to also collect canned food to stock up the Salvation Army’s pantry in time for the holiday season,” Palfrey said. The undead gathered at the Farmer’s Market on Spruce Street for some live entertainment from the
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A hoard of zombies walk down High Street for the annual Zombie Walk. band, Haggard Wulf. Palfrey said the event was a great way to bring the com-
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City Council rasies fee for residents who litter, violate the city’s codes BY DOUGLAS SOULE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Morgantown has raised fees for littering and other city violations. On Oct. 17, the Morgantown City Council voted 6-1 for the an ordinance that increases penalties on city residents who violate the city’s health and sanitation code and building code. These violations include leaving trash cans out for more than 24 hours and letting “noxious weeds” grow in a lawn. Cole Sims, a WVU environmental geoscience student from Bigbend, West Virginia, lives in a house in South Park. “I think it’s a little bit excessive,” Sims said. “What’s the harm?” “If it’s going to sit there for a week, maybe, but I think 24 hours is a little bit ridiculous,” Sims said. City Manager Paul Brake, who began working for Morgantown in January, said, “Since I’ve been with the city, we’ve seen a number of complaints, individuals who don’t remove their empty receptacles, you know they take them out to the curb and when Republic [trash service] picks up the trash, they leave the empty receptacle for days on end.” Initially, citizens were fined anywhere between $25 and $500 for each violation. Now, this applies only to the first offense.
“Since I’ve been with the city, we’ve seen a number of complaints, individuals who don’t remove their empty receptacles, you know they take them out to the curve and when Republic [trash service] picks up the trash, they leave the empty receptacle for days on end.” - Paul Brake, City Manager According to the ordinance, the new fee rules are: • Each person guilty of a second offense in violation of this Article based on the same conditions as an initial violation shall be fined a minimum of $200 and not more than $500. • Each person guilty of a third or subsequent offense in violation of this Article based on the same conditions as an initial and second violation shall be fined a minimum of $500. Brake said the fee process was complaint driven. “It doesn’t mean it’s automatically imposed on every single person that violates that,” Brake said. “However, if a neighbor were to call and complain that a neighbor isn’t properly securing a trash receptacle after trash pickup, then we would investigate.” One city councilor disagreed with these fines.
During the Oct. 17 meeting, city councilor Rachel Fetty voted no for the ordinance. “I think the fines are excessive,” Fetty said. “I understand the city’s concerns with habitual offenders, but a second or third offense in one’s lifetime of leaving a trashcan on the curb or having noxious weeds does not seem habitual.” Fetty said she was “concerned about overzealous enforcement.” Brake said the compliance of city code was more important than the fees. “The problem is if we have them too low, then someone would willingly say, ‘you know, I’ll just pay the fines and just ignore what the city wants me to do,’” Brake said. Brake said the fees would be monitored to make sure “it’s not overly burdensome.”
we’re having a great time.” Before the walk began, two Morgantown residents,
Allison Bennett and Alexandra Crawford, performed a song from the Halloween classic, “A Nightmare Before Christmas.” The two friends were dressed as the main characters Jack Skellington and Sally, and wowed the crowd as they danced to “This is Halloween.” Morgantown resident, Gwen Nurkiewicz lives for the Halloween season. She sees it as an opportunity to express herself through special effects makeup. “It’s one of those few reasons that I can actually go out in public,” Nurkiewicz said. Morgantown resident, Loaren McFarland, said it’s fun to dress up. “Halloween is probably my favorite holiday,” McFarland said. The Neely family of Morgantown won best family costume. Kayla Neely said she loves recreating looks
from one of her favorite shows. “I love The Walking Dead,” Neely said. “I love doing the makeup for it.” Matt Marino, Morgantown resident, came dressed as a scarecrow for his seventh Zombie Walk. He was celebrating his birthday. He enjoyed yelling, “Brains!” at innocent bystanders. Christine Spangler and Fred Balsley are new to Morgantown. They moved here from Somerset, Pennsylvania a year and a half ago. “We thought this would be a good, smaller event to come out to,” Balsley said. Balsley credited Spangler for their detailed costumes. “Her special effects skills are amazing,” Balsley said. The large Salvation Army truck left with hundreds of cans to help those in need.
Making connections with virtual reality: using VR headsets in class BY ASKAR SALIKHOV CORRESPONDENT
WVU classes experience a whole new life with the help of virtual reality. This semester, Professor Clarissa Estep, the director of the international studies program, has turned to virtual reality, or VR, as a learning tool for her classroom. “I saw a student using it at an elementary social studies fair project, and I thought it was an interesting way for the judges to experience the phenomenon he was talking about,” Estep said. Currently, many international organizations are beginning to publish VR videos that invite viewers to visually immerse themselves in experiences they would not normally be exposed to. A documentary short produced by the United Nations Children’s Fund, titled “Clouds over Sidra,” was selected by Dr. Estep as the course’s first VR video. It’s about a young Syrian girl named Sidra, narrating her everyday life as a refugee at a Jordanian camp. Erick Ndungutse, an international studies student, holds six years of military experience as an United States infantryman in Kuwait and Qatar. “I can definitely relate to that [video],” Ndungutse said. “Refugee camps hav-
en’t changed all that much.” Thirteen years ago, he immigrated to the United States as a Rwandan refugee. Having spent time in a refugee camp, Ndungutse saw a similarity between himself and the children in the VR video. “Children in refugee camps are not as unhappy as the adults because child[ren] tend to not know what is going on,” Ndungutse said. “And on the adults, you can see the misery on their faces a lot more.” The next few VR sessions were led by Dr. Estep’s graduate assistant, Eric Myers, who is in his fifth year of his doctorate studies on American Politics and Policy at WVU. Myers is working on his dissertation relating to the use of VR technology; more specifically, he is looking at different forms of educational experiences and the development of social capital. “It’s hard in West Virginia to talk about international relations and international problems being here and so we can put students into those places as best as possible without actually sending them there,” Myers said. In one of these sessions, Myers “sent” his students to Iraq via The New York Times short titled “Fight for Fallujah” where the Iraqi military was driving away Islamic State forces from the city of Fallujah. Students witnessed the
conflict from the point of view of the Iraqi soldiers. The class explored concepts such as international and intrastate conflicts during lecture. Brittany Doyle, an international studies and Russian language student from Hedgesville, West Virginia, made her own connections between the theoretical concepts and the VR shorts. “They’re really touching,” Doyle said. “We were talking about different kinds of warfare, so that really ties in because you can see how devastated the town [of Fallujah] is.” The class discussion that followed the viewing echoed similar sentiments and established other connections, particularly with depictions of refugee camps in Iraq and Syria. Drawing from past experiences, Ndungutse chimed in to the discussion by associating the methods of the Iraqi soldiers in the video. Ultimately, these connections and discussions are the intentions of Dr. Estep’s use of VR in class and Myers’s dissertation. “Bridging social capital is what we are focused on, where you go in-between your group and the out-group,” Myers said. “So the thought is if they use VR goggles, they’ll be able to develop higher social capital and higher empathy.”
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CULTURE
Review: “Assassins,” a historical fantasy BY DOUGLAS SOULE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
West Virginia University took a shot at “Assassins,” and hit the target. From Abraham Lincoln to Ronald Reagan, the musical “Assassins” uses attempted and successful presidential assassinations to shine a spotlight on modern issues. “It’s a great way to show history in a play that’s really fun,” said audience member Emily Goad, a sophomore business student from Maplewood, New Jersey With music written by Stephen Sondheim and book written by John Weidman, production of “Assassins” began in 1990. When the musical hit Broadway in 2004, it received 11 nominations for Tony Awards, and won five. The years since then have not wrinkled the script; the relevance remains. “It’s remarkable that a musical piece written 25 years ago speaks about issues that we are dealing with today,” said Lee Blair, the director. According to Blair, the musical’s relevance is in the issues discussed. “Sondheim is using the assassins as a catalyst to talk about racism, immigration, and mental illness and pol-
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Cast of “Assassins” strikes a pose at the end of a number. itics,” Blair said. “[He] uses them to comment, to satirize, to discuss, to argue about those issues.” Satire is strong throughout the musical. Not only are the assassins ridiculed, but so are political parties, social stigmas and presidents and their followers. All of the assassinations are set up to seem like a carnival game, giving the murders undertones of comedy.
The audience laughed at characters who committed crimes that haunt history books. Infamous assassins were interchangeably horrible and humorous. “It’s a tragic piece as a whole, but even in tragic moments there are moments of laughter,” Blair said. Joseph Gay, a graduate acting student who portrayed John Wilkes Booth, said he en-
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joyed playing a hated person. “It’s one of my favorite things, actually,” Gay said. “I get to connect with somebody who is so hated. I get to put a character on stage and try to get the audience on my side.” Throughout “Assassins,” as music mixed with murder, the energy of the actors remained high. Audience member Samantha Huffman, no stranger to
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Pieces of West Virginia history are be stitched together for to remember the state’s past during the West Virginia Quilt Documentation Project’s “documentation days”. “The goal of this project is to gather information on pre1970 quilts that were made orreside in West Virginia,” said Sonja Wilson, senior programming advisor for Mountaineer Week. The documentation days will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 21-22 in the Mountainlair as part of the 70th Annual Mountaineer Week festivities. The West Virginia Quilt Documentation Project is an organization focused on the preservation of West Virginia’s culture, history and quilt making tradition. The organization, in conjunction with the West Virginia Division of Cul-
ture and History in Charleston, keeps a quilt index to preserve information about each quilt and the history behind it. Currently the organization has more than 50,000 quilts on file and continues to seek more through documentation days. Quilts of all condition are welcome to be preserved at the event. “Sometimes people think they need to clean their quilts first, or mend them, because they have been stored away in an attic or are well-used,” Kordek said. “This is not something we encourage, as it could alter the quilt in some way or even harm the fabrics if they are fragile. We are interested in having the quilts photographed and examined, and to record any history or documentation related to the quilts.” Individuals who are interested in having their quilt documented are encouraged to bring in any additional pho-
tos of the quilt from their personal history and details about the quiltmaker. Additional details about why the quilt was created and if it was entered in any competitions are also welcomed. However, if no information is available the organization still encourages individuals to come out and have their quilt photographed and entered into the index. Information gathered about the quilts will be stored in the West Virginia Culture Center Archives and will be uploaded to “The Quilt Index”, found at www.quiltindex.org. All information about quilt’s owner will remain confidential. Documentation days are run entirely run by volunteers and quilts documentations must be made by appointment. To volunteer, or schedule an appointment, contact Jane Larke at (304) 370- 3239 or visit https://wvquilters.org/ Documentation.html.
the stage, is a member of The Rustic Mechanicals, a West Virginia acting group focusing on Shakespearean plays. “I am very impressed with the amount of energy,” Huffman said. “I think in a show that doesn’t necessarily have a narrative, when you’re telling more episodic stories, the intention and what the actors are trying to do in a scene is very important.”
“Assassins” does not have a storyline that flows from point A to point B. Instead, scenes flit through stories of certain assassins, thus requiring the actors to be compelling enough for their individual stories to feed kindle to the audience’s attention. The WVU actors accomplished this. “I was very impressed with how strong the choices were and how strong the intent was,” Huffman said. “There wasn’t really a question of what the [actors] were doing, or how they were trying to affect the people they were on stage with.” “Assassins” is not a documentary. While the characters are rooted in reality, their traits and actions are exaggerated for comedic and dramatic effect. Blair called the play a “historical fantasy.” “The play has some rough language, profanity, derogatory terms and names, sexual situations that are extreme; it’s real life,” Blair said. Though, the show’s creators “have taken artistic license to augment the story,” Blair said. “Assassins” will be performed at Morgantown’s Metropolitan Theatre until Oct. 22.
A packed PRT is definitely one of a WVU student’s worst nightmares. However, during Mountaineer Week, being squished against your peers is the ideal PRT situation. Each year during Mountaineer Week, eager students arrive outside the Mountainlair for the famous PRT Cram. This year, the cram takes place 4 - 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23, in celebration of WVU’s 150th birthday. “The PRT Cram started in 1975 when the PRT came to WVU,” said Sonja Wilson, the Mountainlair’s senior programming advisor. “It’s just a way for students to have fun and build school spirit.” For the event, a PRT cart is taken off the tracks for teams of students to try and set a University record for the most students inside of a cart. The current record holders are Chi Omega Sorority, who have held the title for 17
“This year will mark the first ever faculty/staff cram.” - Sonja Wilson, Mountainlair’s Senior Programming Advisor years. “The most that have ever crammed into a PRT car was 97 students in the year 2000,” Wilson said. On a good day, the PRT can comfortably fit around 16 students. During Mountaineer Week, students not-so-comfortably fit, or cram, many more than that. This year’s event, however, is going to be a little different from those in previous years. “This year will mark the first ever faculty/staff cram,” Wilson said. “We are having a DJ, hot cider bar and blue and gold cupcakes.” The competition is typically held on the downtown campus, however, beginning last year, students on the Health Sciences campus will be able to participate in their own event with Mountaineer Week EXTENDED, bringing the celebration across all
campuses. “The winner will get $150 donated to the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Fund in their name on behalf of Mountaineer Week,” Wilson said. Fourteen teams are expected to participate in this years event, although registration is still open. Teams interested in participating in the historic event can register at https:// wvuseb.wufoo.com/forms/ prt-cram-registration/, or email Sonja.Wilson@mail. wvu.edu for a timeslot. The PRT Cram will take place on Oct. 23 on the downtown campus and Oct. 26 for Mountaineer Week EXTENDED on HSC campus. For more information about Mountaineer Week visit https://mountaineerweek.wvu.edu.
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OPINION
Mountainlair bomb threat: how is WVU keeping students safe? BY JOCELIN LEON CORRESPONDENT
On Oct. 13 at around 8:30 p.m. the Mountainlair Burger King began receiving anonymous phone calls. Two other calls happened before the threat of a bomb inside theLair was made. Fortunately, the threat was just a prank. Local police informed students that after a thorough inspection, no danger was found. When police traced back the calls they found out it had been made by a minor. Threat of Mass Violence can be a fine up to $10,000 and up to 10 years in prison. As for telephone misuse it can get you a fine up to $500 and three years in prison. “I believe school police took good protocol and were able to maintain everyone calm and safe.” said Ian Schmidt, a biology student from Parkersburg, West Virginia. Luckily, no one was hurt during the evacuation, and no
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The Mountainlair has been the main hub for WVU students since its modern renovation in 1968. havoc was caused. The only events to be disrupted were Up All Night and Mountaineer Idol. West Virginia University has always provided a safe
campus for its student body. It offers plenty of resources in case students didn’t feel safe or in case of an emergency such as this one. The University has an ac-
tive presence on social media and informs its students and faculty of dangers on campus in several ways. Students are encouraged to sign up for campus alerts in order to stay
on top of potential threats to their safety in the area. With all the issues going on in the world we must be cautious with our youth and in-
form them with what is going on in current events. If more of an emphasis was put on educating students and young people on the events that go on around them, they may have more of a grasp on their importance. Seeing how something seemingly harmless as a prank on the Mountainlair can make people fearful will make it less likely to happen again. It teaches them to be sensitive with topics such as this. We are in a day and age where, due to recent mass shootings and bombings, threats like this can’t be taken lightly. When we become insensitive and ignorant to these kinds of delicate problems, we become part of the problem. According to Education World “Studying current events helps students understand the importance of people, events, and issues in the news; it stimulates students to explore and learn more about the news, and to pay attention to the news they see and hear outside of school.”
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“I think I have had a good view as to what the apocalypse will be like… A weird colored haze, no sun, you can’t go outside, and if you do you feel nauseous,” said Brenda Johns, a resident of Napa, California. “And that’s if you are lucky enough that your home wasn’t destroyed.” According to Wildfire Today, the recent disasters in northern California in Oct. alone make up 20 percent of the state’s most damaging wildfires. The Tubbs fire started Oct. 8 and is labeled the most severe, with the highest statistics for structures destroyed and second highest for deaths. The fire is still being investigated. “[My wife] made me go outside our building at 1 a.m. to see if it was on fire because of the smoke,” said Dave Moretz, whose family lives in San Francisco. Moretz described the sky in San Francisco as hazy, and was able to look straight at the sun because it was just an orange “blob”. “Recess was cancelled, we couldn’t go outside,” said Moretz’s son, Ben. Along with current wildfire hazard warnings in southern Nevada and north-western Arizona, Utah is faced with
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California residents are forced to rebuild in the aftermath of the series of wildfires. the same possibility of danger, while the aftermath of their own fires continues. Google Maps tags 23 separate fires in Utah from 2017, 16 of which happened in the sole month of June. A junior public health student at Brigham Young University, Matt Carlson said they were very fortunate the fires were contained “how and when they were.” “People were really working together to give aid and to help their friends, neighbors, and
workers who truly needed it,” Carlson said. Between Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida’s hurricanes, and wildfires plaguing the west, the havoc wreaked by recent disasters may seem overwhelming, but offers a strong platform for unity. People from all walks of life have been able to come together in support of their fellow man. The empathy shown by people all across the country has been a positive sign in times that have been otherwise marked by turmoil. Several millions of dol-
lars have been raised to help with these disasters, and the amount of money pledged in support will only increase with time. The people affected by these wildfires are mothers, fathers, children and relatives. They are our friends, co-workers, teammates and neighbors. Their problems are our problems, regardless of proximity to the ruin. We all need to spread awareness and lend helping hands whenever and wherever we can.
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BY CHLOE COURTADE OUTDOORS COLUMNIST
New River Gorge’s Bridge Day returned this weekend Hundreds of people jumped and rappelled 876 feet off of the New River Gorge Bridge this weekend. Oct. 21 marked Bridge Day, a day in which seasoned BASE jumpers, rappellers and skydivers can jump off the New River Gorge Bridge. This event has paved the way for a celebration of the New and Gauley Rivers. What is BASE jumping? BASE jumping stands for building, antenna, span and earth. Essentially, this means that a BASE jumper will jump off any of these fixtures with special equipment. BASE jumpers have specialized suits with parachutes that are designed so they can move at a rapid pace once they are airborne. The New River Gorge Bridge was first open to BASE jumpers in 1979. Since then, the BASE jumping event in West Virginia has grown. Jumpers can make as many jumps as possible within a
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Each year, adrenaline junkies make the journey to the New River Gorge for Bridge Day. six-hour window. According to the WV State Tourism Office, 800 jumps were made on Bridge Day 2016. Eighty thousand spectators were expected this year.
BASE jumpers must have a certain number of completed jumps to qualify for Bridge Day. However, the public can register to rappel off the ‘Highline,’ a 700-foot
ride down the bridge. According to the New River Gorge Bridge Day Commission, people have been rappelling off the bridge since 1992. Austin Griffith, a sopho-
more mechanical engineering student, from Parkersburg, West Virginia, is the community coordinator for the Outdoor Adventure Club. He spoke about how he got his club involved in Bridge Day. “This is the first year we have tried to involve our club with Bridge Day in recent years,” Griffith said. “I felt it would be an awesome way for our club to give back to the tourism industry as well as explore an awesome part of the great state of West Virginia and see some rad people doing crazy stuff.” “The community service I have offered up to the club was being a ‘bicycle valet’ through the Active Southern West Virginia organization,” Griffith said. “They have organized this service in an effort to reduce traffic into the event by promoting the use of bicycles as transportation from nearby towns and parking areas.” Bridge Day has turned into
a sort of state festival. There is food, vendors, music and more. One event that has started in partnership with Bridge Day is the Bridge Jam Festival, which took place Oct. 20 and 21. According to Bridge Jam, “The music is a mix of bluegrass, country and classic rock. Friday’s headliner is nationally known bluegrass band The Seldom Scene. Saturday night will feature classic rock band The Georgia Satellites. Other bands include Native Howl, Step Into the Blue, Hillbenders and Matt Mullins and the Bringdowns.” Bridge Jam also featured a WVU Alumni Tailgate Trailer. The Tailgate showed the Baylor Game and had more than 15 local craft beers on tap from Bridge Brew Works, New Belgium, Lagunitas and Foothills Breweries. Make sure to attend Bridge Day next year and take part in local food, music, sights and extreme sports.
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Big 12 Power Rankings: Iowa State trends up BY PATRICK KOTNIK
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR 1. TCU (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) Last week: No. 1 TCU remained undefeated with a 43-0 win over Kansas on the road. The Horned Frogs again showcased their talents on all sides of the ball, racking up 475 total yards and holding Kansas to just 21 yards. A pivotal matchup against a hot Iowa State team on the road lies ahead for TCU. Next matchup: @ Iowa State 2. Oklahoma (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) Last week: No. 2 For the second straight week, the Sooners escaped with a narrow road win against a conference opponent, scoring 22 fourth quarter points to defeat Kansas State, 42-35. Oklahoma has now won a national-best 14 consecutive true road games. The Sooners will return home for a matchup
against Texas Tech, a team that hasn’t won in Norman since 2011. Next matchup: Texas Tech 3. Oklahoma State (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) Last week: No. 3 Oklahoma State is another Big 12 team that narrowly escaped with a win over the weekend. The Cowboys defeated Texas, 13-10, in overtime on the road thanks to a strong defensive effort that held the Longhorns to just 42 rushing yards. Oklahoma State now enters a tough three-game stretch that starts with a road matchup against WVU this weekend, followed by a home matchup against Oklahoma and a road game against Iowa State. Next matchup: @ West Virginia 4. Iowa State (5-2, 3-1 Big 12) Last week: No. 5 Next to TCU, the Cyclones are one of hottest teams in the Big 12. Iowa State got a boost with a win over No. 3
Oklahoma two weeks ago and hasn’t let up since. The Cyclones have followed that upset win with two straight victories in which they outscored their opponents by a combined score of 76-13. Iowa State will have another chance to prove its worth as the team welcomes No. 4 TCU on Saturday. Next matchup: TCU 5. West Virginia (5-2, 3-1 Big 12) Last week: No. 4 One week after overcoming an 18-point deficit, WVU nearly became victims of its own success as the team allowed 23 unanswered points to a winless Baylor team on the road. With the Big 12 still wide open, the Mountaineers still have the possibility of a Big 12 Championship Game berth right in front of them, but will have to show that they can play a complete game first. Next matchup: Oklahoma State 6. Texas Tech (4-3, 1-3 Big
12) Last week: No. 6 After blowing an 18-point lead in a loss to WVU last week, the Red Raiders followed it up with a 31-13 home loss to Iowa State. Following a promising start to the year, Texas Tech’s season seems to be spiraling downward since its loss to WVU. The Red Raiders have a chance to get back on track on the road against an Oklahoma team that has won its past two games by a combined 11 points. Next matchup: @ Oklahoma 7. Texas (3-4, 2-2 Big 12) Last week: No. 7 Despite a 13-10 loss on Saturday, Texas’ defense rose to the occasion this past weekend against a high potent Oklahoma State offense that was averaging 611 yards per game. The Longhorns held the Cowboys to 428 total yards and their fewest points in a game since 2014. Texas will have another opportunity to get back into the win
column this Saturday against a winless Baylor team on the road. Next matchup: @ Baylor 8. Kansas State (3-4, 1-3 Big 12) Last week: No. 8 The Wildcats seemed to be in good shape to pull off an upset win over Oklahoma at home, but that was before Baker Mayfield and the Sooners stormed back from an 11-point deficit and scored 22 fourth quarter points to deny Kansas State its fourth win of the season. Kansas State has a great opportunity to end its threegame losing streak this weekend against a Kansas team that has been outscored 88-0 in its past two games. Next matchup: @ Kansas 9. Baylor (0-7, 0-4 Big 12) Last week: No. 9 Baylor showcased its talent and proved once again that its record isn’t a direct reflection of the team’s progress. The Bears scored 23 unanswered points in
the fourth quarter against WVU, but a two-point conversion denied the Baylor’s chances of extending the game into overtime. Baylor has shown to play its best football at home and if the team plays with the same effort and determination it did against WVU, the Bears have a chance to earn their first victory of the season against Texas this weekend. Next matchup: Texas 10. Kansas (1-6, 0-4 Big 12) Last week: No. 10 One week after Kansas turned in a weak offensive performance against Iowa State, the Jayhawks followed that with an even worse offensive performance against TCU, gaining just 21 total yards and getting shutout for the second straight week. The Jayhawks don’t seem to stand much of a chance this weekend against a Kansas State team that has suffered narrow and gritty losses to Texas and Oklahoma. Next matchup: Kansas State
Seniors lead WVU to 2-0 win over TCU BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER
Behind goals from seniors Alli Magaletta and Michaela Abam, the WVU women’s soccer team defeated TCU, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Senior Day is often a day of reflection. While the Mountaineers (13-3-1, 6-1-1 Big 12) honored Magaletta, Abam, Amadine PierreLouis, Heather Kaleiohi and Carla Portillo before the match, they also reflected a game from a few days prior. Thursday, WVU and Texas Tech played to a 1-1 draw in Morgantown, and the tie dropped the Mountaineers to third in the Big 12. Sunday’s victory propelled WVU back up the standings and into second place. “This was so important,” WVU Head Coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said. “We got one (goal) against Texas Tech, but we didn’t finish that game off. It was so important for this team to come out and finish them (TCU) off.” After the teams traded stretches of controlling possession, the Mountaineers struck first. On their fourth of 10 corner kicks, Magaletta tallied her third goal of the
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Seniors Carla Portillo and Michaela Abam celebrate together after scoring a goal against Duquesne. season. Magaletta headed Bianca St. Georges’ corner into the top right post, past goalkeeper Emily Alvardo
at the 30:02 mark of the first half. In the second half, the Mountaineers again used a
corner kick to set up a scoring opportunity. As Abam prepared to receive a corner kick from Portillo, she
was taken down in the box by TCU midfielder Ariana Owens and awarded a penalty kick. Abam’s shot to the
right post was soft and low, but it was enough to beat Alvardo for her sixth goal of the season. WVU entered knowing that TCU (11-5-1, 5-2-1) was stout defensively, having shut out eight opponents this season for the fourth time in school history. However, it was the Mountaineers who recorded their 10th clean sheet by shutting out the Horned Frogs. “We knew that they were very dynamic,” Izzo-Brown said, “and that they definitely played inside that midfield very well with their passes. I’ve got to credit our midfield and how they just kept things tight and closed off any kind of passing angles.” WVU has won the Big 12 regular season conference title every season since joining the conference in 2012. Without a win on Sunday, their hopes of continuing that trend would have died. Now, the Mountaineers are alive. WVU holds the tiebreaker over Oklahoma State because of a 1-0 win over the Cowgirls on Oct. 6. The Mountaineers must win their regular season finale at Kansas and will need a loss or tie by Oklahoma State at Texas. Both of those matches will take place on Friday night.
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WVU seeks improvement in run game BY PATRICK KOTNIK
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One of West Virginia’s signature offensive styles seems to be hitting a rough patch. Over the past few years, WVU’s offense has gained a reputation for taking a heavy approach to the run game. That approach has changed this season with the emergence of a dynamic passing game, led by redshirt junior quarterback Will Grier. But that rushing attack has still served as an important and stable part of the offense up until WVU’s past two games as the Mountaineers rushed for just 162 yards combined. “I still think we’re working through things,” said WVU Offensive Coordinator Jake Spavital. “We’ve got to be able to find a way to run the ball more effectively.” Part of the reason for WVU’s struggles in the run game has been Texas Tech’s and Baylor’s abilities to load up the box, which takes away the run game and forces the offense to pass. Another reason for the recent decrease in production is the health of senior running back Justin Crawford. Since transferring to WVU from Northwest Mississippi Community College as a junior, Crawford has carried the
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Running back Justin Crawford glances at the scoreboard in Mclane Stadium at Baylor University majority of the load in the offense’s rushing attack, rushing for 1,823 yards on 267 carries and 11 touchdowns, but had his streak of five consecutive games with 100-plus rushing yards snapped against Texas Tech last week. This season, Crawford has been used as WVU’s primary running back and is averaging around 15 carries per game. The offense’s heavy use of Crawford
in the run game seems to have taken a toll on him in the past couple of weeks. “He’s a little banged up,” said WVU Head Coach Dana Holgorsen. “It was really good for five games and then took a step back a week ago and wasn’t quite ready and wasn’t quite himself tonight.” Crawford’s setback has led to sophomore running backs Kennedy McKoy and Martell Pett-
away receiving more carries and seeing more playing in the offensive backfield. Both running backs received playing time last season and made the most of their opportunities. McKoy rushed for a combined 90 yards on 14 carries in the past two games combined, and after not receiving a single carry against Texas Tech, Pettaway rushed for 16 yards and four carries against Baylor.
With Crawford shaken up, both McKoy and Pettaway will be looked upon to carry a larger role in WVU’s rushing attack and offense as a whole. “I think that Crawford’s not an every down back,” Spavital said. “Those guys got to step up and elevate their play. I thought both of them at times showed a spark for us out there on certain drives which we need to just keep them coming along, get their touches, and see if they can change the game for us.” As far as what the running game will look like in the coming weeks, the Mountaineers are not concerned about where the running game is at and feel confident that the recent struggles will be resolved. “That’s going to take care of itself,” Grier said. “It’s going to get rolling. Our running backs are too good to not get a lot off yards...We’re going to need the run game in a game here soon and it’s going to come.” Despite the recent issues in the running game, the WVU offense has proven its worth, ranking fifth in the nation in total offense. But the unit knows that the best has still yet to come. “I like how this group works together to try to find solutions,” Spavital said. “We’re far from even playing our best ball right now, which is somethingg that our offense knows.”
WILL TO SILLS Will Grier and David Sills have been taking the nation by storm, while flying under the radar compared to other college football duos. Grier leads the nation with 26 touchdown passes. His favorite target Sills also leads the nation with 15 receiving touchdowns.
Thrasher leads the way for WVU rifle BY MATT GOLD SPORTS WRITER
The West Virginia rifle team is off to another impressive start this season, boasting a 4-0 overall record overall, a 3-0 record in GARC play and a No. 2 national ranking. A big part of WVU’s early success has been in part because of junior Ginny Thrasher. This past weekend against Ole Miss, Thrasher won both individual events. She shot a 599 in air rifle (which matches her career-high) and shot a season-best 590 in smallbore. Head Coach Jon Hammond has liked what he has seen out of Thrasher so far this season. “Ginny has been working really hard… she is in a better groove,” Hammond said. “The previous matches haven’t gone the way she hoped, but today was smoother.” Ginny has been one of the five Mountaineers in all four
matches this season to help make up the team’s aggregate score. Against Ohio State, when WVU shot an NCAA air rifle record, Thrasher and Milica Babic both shot a 598 and tied for first place. In the match against Nebraska, Thrasher shot a WVU record 200 from the prone position in smallbore, which helped her score a 575. She again matched that same 200 prone mark this past week against Ole Miss en route to sweeping the individual events. She has been a big part of the Mountaineers’ success this season along with the last two seasons, as well. Thrasher has contributed in every match so far this season and has helped make WVU rifle history. In order for WVU to keep winning matches and for them to have another chance at a national championship, Thrasher has to keep contributing at the rate she is. Thrasher and WVU return to action Nov. 4 against TCU.
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What happened in the fourth quarter? BY CHRIS JACKSON MANAGING EDITOR
West Virginia seemed to have the victory in hand. The Mountaineers boasted a sizeable 38-13 lead over Baylor through three quarters, who entered without any wins on the season as it sat at a 0-6 record and was starting down at a 0-7 mark. But something changed. Baylor seized momentum. WVU started struggling. And the Bears were within two points of sending the game into overtime. WVU did win, 38-36, thanks to a sack from senior linebacker Xavier Preston on the two-point conversion attempt to improve to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big 12, while keeping Baylor at a winless 0-7 this season. Although it was a win, there was disappointment and a feeling that the team should have done more in the end. What exactly led to Baylor’s nearly successful comeback attempt? The WVU offense sputtered in the fourth quarter and did not score. The defense struggled to contain an athletic quarterback, and there was an onside kick that Baylor recovered.
Redshirt junior quarterback Will Grier admitted the team got complacent. We’ve seen WVU letting off the gas pedal before this season. Just look at what happened at Kansas. It led 35-10 before the Jayhawks got within a score on two different occasions before pulling away for the 56-34 victory. Or East Carolina, where the team pointed to not playing with the same energy in the second half despite cruising to a 56-20 win in the home opener. “At the end we weren’t being us,” Grier said. A big part, though, appeared to be Baylor’s quarterback change. Sophomore Zach Smith was an impressive (statistically) 16-of-27 passing for 261 yards, but the offense was having a difficult time moving the ball against WVU’s defense. Baylor turned to true freshman Charlie Brewer, a dual-threat quarterback that brought a new energy to the team right from the moment he entered the field. Brewer was a former 3-star recruit from powerhouse Lake Travis where he was the AP State Player of the Year as a senior while helping lead the team to a state championship. Brewer threw for 109 yards
and two touchdowns in the final quarter, alongside 48 yards on the ground to help the Bears score 23 unanswered points before being sacked by Preston on the two-point conversion attempt with 17 seconds left. “He did a great job coming in and lighting a spark behind those guys and getting those guys to play and run for him and making plays with his legs. He’s a pretty good player,” said WVU senior linebacker Al-Rasheed Benton. “He got in and just changed the complexity of the game.” A win is still a win, and WVU is thrilled it finally recorded its first victory in Waco after being outscored by a combined 55 points during its trips there in 2013 and 2015. It is just one game out of first place and in the thick of the Big 12 title race. But the Mountaineers knew they could have finished better, especially since nearly everything clicked through the first three quarters. “You need to finish strong,” said WVU sophomore defensive lineman Reese Donahue. “It’s kind of hard to believe that you play so good all game long and just a couple plays in the fourth quarter and you’re right back in the game.”
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