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BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR Amidst the humming of the needles of more than 100 tattoo artists, tattooed and non-tattooed people alike flocked to the Morgantown Events Center to attend the sixth annual West Virginia Tattoo Expo. This first of its kind in West Virginia, the tattoo expo was started in line with the mainstream expansion of tattoos in recent years as a way to promote good tattooing. The expo was held from Friday, Aug. 17 through Sunday, Aug. 19. With an estimated 160 to 180 artists in attendance, it is on the small side of modern-day tattoo conventions, but event promoter Rick Cherry said that is what gives this expo a different feel to it. “With the expansion of tattooing and promoters and all this other stuff, all of a sudden you have people that are putting on tattoo conventions [and are] leasing convention halls. They’re putting in two, three, four hundred booths, bringing in five, six hundred tattoo artists, and it’s a shame because there’s not a good feeling,” Cherry, a tattoo artist since 1969, said of larger conventions. “[The artists are] fighting for everybody who’s coming through the door because there aren’t enough people coming through the door for everyone to make money.” Cherry said that Morgantown’s smaller convention is more like a “family reunion” because all the artists know and like one another and almost all of them have been participating for all six years. Event emcee Cheeze Mcquatters described the relationship all the venders have as more like a circus because they all travel together and have gotten to know one another. Held on the first weekend when students are back in Morgantown,
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Artist Matti Brown lost in concentration while working on a piece of art. a number of attendees were college students. Cherry said that the timing of the convention is not an accident each year. “It’s usually on a military payday weekend, the students are just getting back to school so they’re not really tied down yet and there’s no home football game,” Cherry said. Mcquatters said that holding a tattoo convention in a college town like Morgantown is a great way to get more people into tattooing and, as a result, help to end the stigma against tattoos. “For some of these students this might be their first year in college, they might have been super sheltered and they might not have ever seen this side of the world,” Mcquatters said. “Now that we have the West Virginia Tattoo Expo, they’re probably like ‘I’ve never seen art like
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Miss Tattoo 2017 after handing over her crown to Miss Tattoo 2018. this’ or ‘man, how are they tattooing that,’ so it’s opening their eyes to things that they’ve never seen.”
The atmosphere attracted enough people that nearly every artist was tattooing seemingly nonstop.
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Aug. 16 12:08 A.M. | CLOSED Mountaineer Station Suspicious person - Report of a male subject sleeping in a restroom. Subject was old to leave the premises. Aug. 16 12:26 A.M. | CLOSED Seneca Hall Welfare check - Report of concern for the welfare of a student.
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GPA requirement raised, stricter event requirements implemented for Greek life BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR The WVU Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life has raised the minimum chapter GPA and has put more restrictions on invitation-only events for Greek life, according to a report published Thursday. After WVU placed a moratorium on Greek life last February, a working group was created to recommend changes to the University. The group was made up of 14 people, including WVU students, faculty and staff. In recommendations made in May, the group suspended Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) and Pi Kappa Alpha indefinitely, and Phi Sigma Kappa and Sigma Alpha Mu were suspended until Fall 2020. The minimum chapter GPA is being raised to 2.75, up from the 2.5 minimum requirement last year. In the report, called Reaching the Summit, WVU fraternities and sororities were investigated for 96 total policy violations during the 20172018 academic year: • 29 reports: drug/alcohol abuse • 18 reports: physical altercation • 13 reports: nuisance/loud citation
• 12 reports: unregistered event with alcohol • Seven reports: over occupancy • Six reports: hazing • Four reports: disorderly conduct • Four reports: sexual misconduct • Two reports: multiple alcohol • One report: open party The group also recommended changes to the social event policy, including restricting invitation-only events to just three per organization per semester. The invitation-only events can only be held Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and events held on Thursdays must end by 11 p.m. These events can only last four hours unless permission is granted in writing by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. Last year, chapters could hold these events on Wednesday evenings. There must now be one sober event monitor for every 15 guests, and restricted events cannot be held during Welcome Week or finals week. Some training programs, including sexual misconduct prevention and hazing eradication, will now be required programs instead of elective programs. The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life will now publish
INFORMATION VIA WVU GREEK LIFE, GRAPHIC BY HALEIGH HOLDEN
community “scorecards” for chapters based on community engagement and conduct records, among other factors. If a chapter fails to meet
Welcome Week crime rate similar to previous years
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the minimum requirements for three straight years, its recognition will be evaluated and possibly be removed. Chapters must complete
nine programming requirements each year, including education in anti-hazing, sexual assault, diversity and inclusion, leadership skills and
philanthropy. WVU Interfraternity Council President Calvin Komiske did not respond to a request for comment by publication.
WVU Welcome Week Reported Offenses
BY PENELOPE DE LA CRUZ STAFF WRITER There were 182 reported criminal offenses from Aug. 10 to Aug. 15, according to the WVU Police Department’s crime log. During WVU’s Welcome Week, 53 of the reported offenses were alcohol related, 18 were drug related, 11 were situations in which EMS was called to the scene and six were considered violent crimes. This year’s Welcome Week took place between Aug. 10 and Aug. 14. “This is not a total number of calls for service nor does it cover everything our officers did during this period,” said University Police Maj. Philip Scott. “It’s a total number of reportable criminal offenses.”
# of crimes committed
55 Scott said compared to past years, this year’s Welcome Week had similar total crime numbers but the number of different individual crimes has varied. For example, there were more alcohol related incidents than in 2017, but less drug incidents. He said a strategy of the University to lower these numbers overall is to host different activities for students to attend instead of going out. “We believe that adding more alternative activities that don’t have alcohol involved really helps overall,” Scott said. “For example, FallFest is just that; a festival with food and music that’s alcohol free.”
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WVU women outnumber men for the first time in 20 years BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR Women now outnumber men on WVU’s Morgantown campus for the first time since 1998, according to new and old enrollment records. WVU’s student population, including both graduate and undergraduate students, in Morgantown currently sits at 26,921, according to records from the WVU enrollment office. These numbers are subject to change before the University’s withdrawal date on Dec. 4. There are 13,521 female students and 13,400 male students, according to an email from Stephen Lee, WVU associate vice president of enrollment management. Asian students doubled their population from 513 in 2017 to 1,156 this year, according to records from WVU’s planning office. Black enrollment slightly increased by 37 students,
reaching 1,232 total. Hispanic enrollment is also at an all-time high. With 1,090 students, this is the first time there has been more than 1,000 Hispanic students on campus. White enrollment decreased slightly to 22,012, which is 179 less than 2017. White student population has steadily decreased since 2010, when the total population sat at 24,717. 2018 is also the first year out-of-state students outnumbered students from West Virginia, according to the email and student records. There are 14,005 non-residents compared to 12,916 resident students. WVU brought 4,801 firsttime freshmen to Morgantown this year, a decrease from the 5,241 reported by WVU at the beginning of the 2017 academic year. This is the smallest first-time freshmen class since 2015, according to records.
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CULTURE
New marching band director mixes tradition and variety for 2018 season BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR Stephen Lytle, The Pride of West Virginia Mountaineer Marching Band’s new director, said he ultimately decided to come to WVU because of the unique relationship the University has with both the state and the rest of the country. “The University really has a special place, not just in Morgantown and not just in the little region of the area here but throughout the entire state. I think that’s something that’s just really unique in the country and something that’s really special for West Virginia,” Lytle said. “Because of that, I think The Pride has a special place and a special relationship in that mix.” Lytle was announced as the Pride of West Virginia Mountaineer Marching Band’s 12th director back in March, and his appointment became effective on Aug. 1. Lytle said that the transition thus far has been easy. “It’s been a really good transition,” Lytle said. “We’ve had a great start to the season, the students have had a tremendous amount of energy.” Lytle taught public school in his home state of North Carolina before receiving his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Lytle was the associate director of bands at Miami University in Ohio for nine years. Lytle said he wanted to come to WVU and not really change too much. Instead, he wanted to learn what makes The Pride so special. “I went in and I said, ‘I want to know about you and I want to know about the traditions and the culture of the group,’” he said. “I certainly didn’t want to come in and give the impression that I have a whole new way of doing things.” Along those lines, Lytle said fans can expect to see and hear many of the regu-
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Queen of Soul dies at 76 BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR
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Band director Stephen Lytle overlooking practice.
The music world suffered a great blow this past week when R&B legend Aretha Franklin passed away due to pancreatic cancer on Thursday the 16th. Born in 1942, Franklin began professional singing at age 18 in 1960 and achieved commercial success after signing with Atlantic Records in 1966. By the end of the 1960s, she had earned the moniker the Queen of Soul and by 1975 she had won each of the first eight Grammy awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. She also won 10 other Grammy awards as well as recording 20 number-one R&B singles, 112 charted Billboard singles overall and she sold over 75 million records worldwide. Spotify’s “This Is Aretha Franklin” playlist includes hits such as “Respect” (1967), “A Rose is Still a Rose” (1998), “Chain of Fools” (1968), and several of her covers of other songs. Franklin died on the same day as both Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth, reuniting and forever connecting the Queen of Soul, the King of Rock and Roll and the Sultan of Swat.
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The band lines up in formation to prepare to play music. lar pregame traditions of The Pride while still seeing exciting halftime shows. Included in this season’s shows will be
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Should one textbook cost as much as your rent? BY JEFFREY MCCULLOUGH STAFF WRITER It’s a pretty uncontroversial opinion among college students that textbooks are too expensive, with the prices of books in some subjects (particularly the hard sciences) roughly equal to a car payment or a month’s rent. The fact it can cost $300 for a few hundred bound pieces of paper with a few equations scribbled on them sounds ludicrous, but it’s for the same reason most unreasonably priced things cost too much; there’s a market that will pay for it. Textbook manufacturers know two things about college students; one, that they are already used to paying outrageous costs in relation to college, and two, most of them have the means to do so, whether it be through parents or (more likely) a student loan. In comparison to the great cost of a college education, textbooks might seem like a drop in the bucket; when students are routinely taking on six figures in debt, $300 doesn’t seem like very much in comparison. Of course $300 is a lot of money, and certainly far too much for a single book. Many students at this point will simply not purchase books; the wonderful joys of
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Access codes are required in some classes, upping the prices of textbooks. the internet have made finding assigned essays, texts and whatever else you have easier than ever. While not a perfect solution, it was a least a more cost-effective one. And of course, there’s always the opportunity to buy used books; a discount of sometimes over $100 is wellworth it for the cost of a torn page or two.
And yet, textbook manufacturers retaliated with the advent of online passes, onetime passcodes required to access internet sites required for classwork, and those of course are only sold with new copies of the textbooks. You want a used copy? Well then expect to shell out more than $100 for a passcode online. It’s an altogether ridicu-
lous situation fueled if not by greed, than at least by gullibility and opportunity. Students need books, companies want students’ money; the cycle perpetuates. Buying used whenever possible is probably the best strategy, but it’s still an imperfect one. Until major changes come to the whole system, it is the only one we have.
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-Ally Yoho (left), a freshman nursing student from Moundsville, West Virginia. Yoho coached her friend, Andrea Potter.
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SPORTS
Fall Sports Preview: A look into 2018 BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR FOOTBALL: If West Virginia can stay healthy, it can have a legitimate chance at making a New Year’s Six bowl this season. WVU is led by a Heisman Trophy contender, quarterback Will Grier, who has plenty of weapons around him. Wide receivers David Sills, Gary Jennings and Marcus Simms will help Grier in his second season in Morgantown. The running back group is deep and there is plenty of NFL-caliber level talent on the offensive line. David Long will lead the charge on defense with Dravon Askew- Henry in what could be one of the more underrated units in the nation. The last month of the season will be challenging with the last four games being against Texas, TCU, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma, but there should be no reason the Mountaineers do not make the Big 12 Championship Game. MEN’S SOCCER: After a 9-6-4 overall and losing conference record in 2017, Marlon LeBlanc’s team looks to improve this fall. The Mountaineers have matchups against No. 4 Akron and No. 14 Western Michigan, along with Maryland, who could be ranked at some point throughout the season. WVU will have plenty of opportunities to show that they can play with some of the best teams in the country. Defender Albert Andres-Llop and goalkeeper Stephen Banick are both back for West Virginia and look to build on strong 2017 campaigns. Andres-Llop was the Mountaineers leading scorer and Banick recorded five shutouts. Joey Piatczyc is coming off of a missed season, as he sustained a knee injury and did not play last year. The redshirt senior Piatczyc is second in program history with 25 assists. VOLLEYBALL: Fourth-year head coach Reed Sunahara has 10 letter winners and two starters coming back to Morgantown in 2018. After a successful season, hopes should be high for WVU. Last season was the team’s first 21 win season since 1991 and only the second time in program history a postseason appearance was made. The Mountaineers finished up last season by upsetting No. 14 Kansas on the road to clinch a bid to the Na-
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Will Grier and Jake Spavital on Aug.12, 2018.
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Natania Levak during West Virginia’s win over Syracuse on Dec. 4, 2017.
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Albert Andres-Llop tries to outwork a defender against Akron on Oct. 27, 2017. tional Invitational Volleyball Championship, where they lost in the semifinals. Junior Erin Slinde led WVU in assists last season with 941. Natania Levak and Katelyn Evans were third and fourth in kills last season, respectively. Levak and Evans will look to have big seasons this year with some Mountaineers having graduated. CROSS COUNTRY: The WVU women’s cross
country will have a tall task in 2018 season. Replacing seniors Amy Cashin and Maggie Drazba will not be an easy thing to do for the Mountaineers. There are a few runners who showed some encouraging signs last year for head coach Sean Cleary. Redshirt sophomore and Morgantown-native Sarah Willis is one of those. In the first meet of the season, Wills ran a 6K in a time of 22:34.4 in her WVU debut helping the
team to an overall first place finish at the Lehigh Invitational. In the Big 12 Championships, she placed 40th by running a 21:33.3. Sophomore Hayley Jackson took 25th at the Big 12 Championships as she ran a 21:07.1 6K. Much like Willis, Candace Jones played a role in WVU winning the first meet of the season, as she placed fourth with a time of 21:55.0.
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When will WVU stop scheduling FCS schools? BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR On Sept. 9, 2015, WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen made a statement about football scheduling that initially sent minor shockwaves throughout the college football landscape. That message was for Power Five teams to stop scheduling FCS programs. “If we are scheduling two Power 5 schools and a nonPower 5 school, then I wish everyone else would too, as opposed to what some of the other schools are doing by scheduling an FCS school or two FCS schools and two other non-Power 5 schools,” Holgorsen said. “You can figure out who I’m talking about.” Who Holgorsen was talking about could have been Baylor, who at the time had a non-conference schedule comprised of SMU, Lamar and Rice. Lamar is an FCS program, while SMU and Rice are non-Power 5 schools. At the time, WVU had two remaining obligations with FCS schools, a game against Liberty (who has since been promoted to FBS status) later that week and a game against Youngstown State in 2016. Furthermore, WVU had scheduled multiple series against Power 5 schools including Virginia Tech, Penn
State, Maryland, Tennessee, NC State and Missouri. The day after Holgorsen made his statement, both WVU and Pitt announced that the Backyard Brawl would be renewed. "Don't get me wrong," Holgorsen said. "I can't blame our schedule-makers for doing what everyone else in the country does – and I know these matchups are huge paydays for these little schools – but these games count as wins for the FBS schools." All in all, everyone just kind of assumed that the Mountaineers would stop scheduling FCS teams. Everyone who assumed couldn’t have been more wrong. In June 2016, the Mountaineers added a 2017 game with FCS cellar-dweller Delaware State. Three months later, the Charleston Gazette-Mail broke the news that the Mountaineers will add another game against Youngstown State in 2018 and a game against James Madison in 2019. “Youngstown State is a good football team now,” Holgorsen said the week of the news, which coincided with the Mountaineers’ 2016 meeting with Youngstown State. “Everyone understands just be-
ing in this part of the country what Youngstown has done. It’s a winning tradition. They’ve won four national championships. They’ve had lots and lots of good players and lots of wins. Their players walk by their national championship trophies and conference championship trophies every single day.” In January 2017, WVU added another FCS game against Indiana State for the 2021 season. Over a year later, the Mountaineers postponed a 2020 road game with traditional rival East Carolina to add a home game against FCS team Eastern Kentucky. Just last week, a FOIA request by FBSchedules.com revealed that WVU will host Duquesne in 2023. Duquesne hasn’t played a Power 5 team since 1950. Since Holgorsen said that Power 5 teams should stop scheduling FCS programs, the Mountaineers have added six more FCS games to their schedules. While the Mountaineers have never lost to an FCS team, having to pay another school just to play a game seems like a big price to pay for a notch in the win column.
WVU FUTURE NONCONFERENCE OPPONENTS (FCS programs in Italics): 2018: Tennessee (at Charlotte, NC), Youngstown State, at NC State 2019: James Madison, at Missouri, NC State 2020: Florida State (at Atlanta, GA), Eastern Kentucky, Maryland 2021: at Maryland, Indiana State, Virginia Tech 2022: at Pitt, at Virginia Tech 2023: at Penn State, Duquesne, Pitt 2024: Penn State, at Pitt 2025: Pitt 2026: at East Carolina
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