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Wes Bush, President of Northrop Grumman Cor-poration, spoke to aspiring businessmen and women Wednesday afternoon at the Erickson Alumni Center on what it takes to be success-ful in the modern business world.

Northrop Grumman Cor-poration is currently one of the top global security sys-tems in the world. The com-pany specializes in develop-ing high-end technologies to provide to the govern-ment, as well as numerous other consumers worldwide. Bush, originally from Mor-gantown, noted that being a leader of a company that has such great responsibili-ties, or any company for that matter, takes a particular set of characteristics. Some of these traits Bush referenced throughout the course of the seminar were passion and an overall interest in one’s work.

“Most successful lead-ers genuinely enjoy what they do. They have a posi-tive view of their work and they can remember the ex-citing time in their life when they first began acquiring it,” Bush said. “Many of us, most of us in fact, through some set of experiences be-come absolutely hooked on what we choose to do over the course of a career. I be-lieve that you kind of have

to be oriented that way if you expect to lead, because it is this passion that enables you to excite a team to really pull an organization together and set the standards, set the bar, at a level of excellence to achieve. You get there with your passion.”

Although being passion-ate about your work is im-portant to Bush, there are

other core values that need to be within an employee to achieve success, in his opin-ion. One of these values be-ing integrity, and never los-ing sight on what is ethical and what is not.

“Now passion, knowl-edge and expertise are fun-damentals, but even that mixed, put together, is not enough to achieve long-

term success. To stay strong and successful, companies need to have a culture of in-tegrity in relationships and in performance,” Bush said. “The company’s leadership team must epitomize this complete integrity.”

In the question and an-swer portion of the semi-nar, one student raised his hand and asked if Bush had ever gone over a supervisor’s head, and if so, did he regret it? Bush stated how there was a time when he felt his employer was being uneth-ical and dishonest. Since his supervisor was acting in such a manner, Bush took it upon himself to handle the problem so the company could operate on a level that was fair and honest to all.

“I think basically, if you’re not comfortable with where you are at your job or any-thing, you are not at the right place and you have to change that,” said sopho-more Shelby Bell.

Bush said he believes an overall understanding of business and the specific job you hold, passion and interest in your career, and a strong sense of integrity and ethics are all keys to achiev-ing success in the workplace and life.

“I see a bright future for our world, and I know that many of you will have a real opportunity to make that impact through the deci-sions that you make.”

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by emily lesliestaff writer

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University Park develop-ers have filed a lawsuit against the Monongalia County As-sessor to appeal property as-sessment. With the building scheduled to open for occu-pancy in the fall semester, University Park is already tak-ing leases.

Mark J. Nesselroad, an offi-cer of University Park Evans-dale LLC, informed The Daily Athenaeum that University

Park directors are appealing to circuit court to get property assessment set to zero, not $9 million, as was upheld at the Board of Equalization review hearing.

“The commissioner de-cided that they did not have jurisdiction in our review and therefore upheld the asses-sor’s evaluation, so we have appealed it to circuit court where we do expect it to have a leasehold interest value of zero. Essentially at the Board of Equalization review hear-ing, they agreed with us but

the county commissioners, who are in charge of the hear-ing, decided that they didn’t have jurisdiction to rule in the case. So even though the as-sessor agreed with us at the hearing that the property should hold an interest value of zero, we still have to appeal now,” Nesselroad said.

Nesselroad commented that there is no concern the appeal with circuit court will be a problem.

“College Park was a few days later and they ended up having their assessment

taken to zero. We expect the same thing. Instead of the county commissioners do-ing it, the circuit court (is) do-ing it. We feel confident that it’s going to be resolved and won’t be an issue,” Nessel-road said.

Mark Musick, the Monon-galia County Assessor, de-clined to comment as the University Park lawsuit is a pending litigation.

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Even with a few large steps forward, there is still a long journey ahead for full recognition of civil rights for the LGBT community.

Yesterday, Beth Littrell, a senior attorney for Lambda Legal, held a discussion at the West Virginia Uni-versity College of Law as a guest speaker for OUTlaw, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student advo-cacy organization. Her pro-gram titled “What a Moment For a Movement” discussed the legal accomplishments already made for the LGBT community and what they are currently fighting for on their journey to equality.

Lambda Legal is the old-est and largest law office devoted to fighting for civil rights for the LGBT commu-nity. During Littrell’s career, she has won many cases leading to changed laws and more representation for those affected. She has up-held a second-parent adop-tion in Florida, removed vis-

itation restrictions from a gay father’s divorce decree, and recently helped to win marriage equality in West Virginia.

“Beth Littrell is someone who understands the intri-cacies of these issues. She has seen first-hand how these legal inadequacies and injustices can so det-rimentally affect LGBT in-dividuals, their families and their children,” said Brown Holston, President of OUTLaw.

In Littrell’s presentation, she discussed two pressing issues that she sees caus-ing the biggest problems in these debates.

“These two issues are at the forefront: marriage and religion,” Littrell said. “They are fueling and dueling with each other and they are turning out to be the main issues of the day, in terms of where we are going.”

One of the first things people think about when it comes to LGBT rights is the right to marry. Lit-trell talked about her legal

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Doyle mAurer/THe DAily ATHeNAeumJared Leggett, a fifth-year senior at WVU, asks Wes Bush a question at the end of the event on Wednesday afternoon.

‘There is actually no such thing as same-sex marriage’Lambda Legal attorney talks of challenges still facing LGBT movement

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At the final West Virginia University Festival of Ideas lecture for the 2015 season, Holocaust survivor Marcel Drimer took his audience on a journey through his child-hood struggle in the Polish ghetto.

The hardships began for Drimer and his family when Russia began occupying his hometown of Drohobycz, Poland, in September 1939.

“When we were under Russian occupation, we knew what was going on in the (West),” Drimer said. “There was no television, and radios didn’t tell the truth, but there were peo-ple who managed to escape from Poland and even from Germany and they came to us... We knew about the ghet-tos and the camps and the executions.”

Drohobycz’s occupation changed from the Soviet Union to Germany in 1941.

“Right after the Germans came to Drohobycz, they an-nounced their rules of exis-tence,” Drimer said. “The Jews had to wear the Star of David. There was no school for Jewish kids. They started confiscating fur coats for the German soldiers. Radios, telephones, arms. Whatever we had. They took whatever they wanted.”

Under German occupa-tion, the Drimer family, along with the rest of Drohobycz, was under a strict food ra-tion with each person only allowed 300 calories per day.

The Drimer family hid in numerous secret hiding places to avoid deportation to the Belzec death camp. Drimer recalled hiding in a ditch with his sister and mother while mass murder was going on in the city, the sounds of which Drimer and his sister would later dub the “Concert of Death”.

The Drimer family knew they had to escape their ghetto. Upon their attempt, they were stopped by a guard.

“My father bribed him. He took his jacket from his back and gave it to the guy,” Drimer said.

Holocaust survivor reminds students to never forget

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ANDrew spellmAN/THe DAMarcel Drimer, a Holocaust survivor from Poland, was the distinguished speaks at West Virginia University Wednesday night.

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and will be ready to open for the fall 2015 semester. Al-though University Place in Sunnyside was not ready for occupancy at its scheduled fall 2014 opening, Nessel-road said he is not worried that University Park will face a similar situation.

“The construction is right on schedule. We are sched-uled for substantial comple-tion in June and it will be ready for occupancy with the fall semester in August. We are way ahead of what University Place was at this similar time point last year,” Nesselroad said. “There’s cer-tainly a stigma, for lack of a better term, in regards to this project because of the simi-larities, but it is definitely on schedule.”

Nathan Barkley, WVU real estate property manager, reit-erated what Nesselroad said, saying he isn’t worried “one slightest bit.”

However, Caitlin Forsyth, a junior multidisciplinary stud-ies student at WVU, said she is skeptical and would not trust signing a lease with Univer-sity Park after the experience she had with University Place.

“With my personal expe-rience with University Place, they confirmed with us that there was no doubt that they would be ready in time and that we would be able to move in. That clearly did not happen. They did not keep us informed at all,” Forsyth said. “In fact, they didn’t notify us until July 14th, which was just a month before the semester was supposed to start, that our housing was not going to be complete.”

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The family escaped to a small village called Mlynki Szkolnikowe, where a Ukra-nian family hid the Drimers in their stable. Although temporarily safe from the Nazis, the Drimer family still had their hardships.

“The situation there was quite bad,” Drimer said. “We bathed once a month.”

When he and his family were liberated by the Soviets in 1944, Drimer’s physical condition was so bad he had to relearn how to walk. He was affected not only phys-ically, but psychologically.

“I did not have a child-hood,” Drimer said. “My childhood was stolen from me. I was a scared, unhappy little child. I was always hun-gry and scared.”

Mariah Allen, a fresh-man psychology student who attended the lecture, said, “I think it would be re-ally hard to fathom, that ex-treme sense of fear he had to go through at such a young age.”

Thankfully, Drimer sur-vived his time in Nazi-occu-pied Poland, along with his sister, mother and father.

Drimer said he and his family hid in nearly 20 differ-ent spots in their five years of internment.

Drimer and his sister both

studied engineering in col-lege, and Drimer moved to the U.S. in 1961.

He currently volunteers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, both by translating first-hand memoirs from the era and spreading the truth through his nationwide lectures.

“There are people and or-ganizations who claim that the Holocaust is a hoax,” Drimer said. “That it never happened. That the Jews made it up to get money from the Germans. I am a witness that it did happen. By listening to the stories, you become witnesses to it also.”

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ANDrew spellmAN/THe DAily ATHeNAeumThe Festival of Ideas hosted Marcel Drimer, a Holocaust survivor from Drohobycz, Poland. The Drimers spent the winter of 1943 in a hole in the ground to survive the last year of the war in Europe.

battles pertaining to this topic and explained one very important aspect she noticed with these issues.

“There’s actually no such thing as same-sex mar-riage,” Littrell said. “That matters and not everybody knows that. There is only marriage. No one in West Virginia has gotten a same-sex marriage license, to my knowledge. If they do, they need to call me because I’m suing someone. They get marriage licenses. They are married, they’re not same-sex married.”

Littrell explained that calling this marriage pro-cess “same-sex marriage” makes it seem inherently different than the tradi-

tional marriage process. She said the gender of the couple doesn’t change what marriage is; it is the same for everyone.

The other major issue dis-cussed by Littrell is the re-ligiously based legislative bills that have recently been proposed.

The two types of bills pro-posed are religious refusals and religious freedom resto-ration acts, much like the re-cent law passed in Indiana.

While Littrell agrees re-ligious freedom is a funda-mental aspect of the U.S., the bills that are being proposed are not for that reason.

“This is an intentional legislative effort to counter-balance, based on religious reasons,” Littrell said.

Lately, bills have been proposed that would pro-vide cover for individuals

and organizations to refuse to serve or even discrim-inate LGBT coworkers or other LGBT people based on the individuals’ religious beliefs.

Altough Littrell admits there is still a lot to fight for in terms of legal equal-ity, she assumes a decision from the Supreme Court on the ability for LGBT mem-bers to legally marry is a matter of time. While it is hard to tell what the final decision will be, she has her own prediction that would certainly resonate well for people who have been fight-ing for so long.

“I think they’re going to rule that there is no right to same-sex marriage,” Lit-trell said. “There is a right to marriage, that includes same-sex marriage.”

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EChO LaKE, Calif. (aP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednes-day to impose statewide mandatory water restric-tions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping.

Standing in dry, brown grass at a site that normally would be snow-covered this time of year, Brown an-nounced he had signed an executive order requiring the State Water Resources Control Board to imple-ment measures in cities and towns to cut the state’s overall water usage by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels.

The move will affect res-idents, businesses, farmers and other users.

“We’re in a historic drought and that demands unprecedented action,” Brown said at a news con-ference at Echo Summit in the Sierra Nevada, where state water officials found no snow on the ground for the first time in their April manual survey of the snow-pack. “We have to pull to-gether and save water in ev-ery way we can.”

After declaring a drought emergency in January 2014, Brown urged all Califor-nians to cut water use by 20 percent from the previ-ous year.

Despite increasingly stringent regulations im-posed on local water agen-cies by the state, overall water use has fallen by just half that amount, prompt-ing Brown to order the stronger action by the wa-ter board.

“We’re in a new era; the idea of your nice little green grass getting water ev-

ery day, that’s going to be a thing of the past,” Brown said.

Brown asked for a 25 percent cut in water use in 1977 during his first term as governor. Since then, cities have developed local stor-age and supplies to soften the blow of future dry years, making it harder to get resi-dents to cut back in the cur-rent drought.

For many Californians, water still flows from taps without any extra hit to their wallets.

The order issued Wednesday will require campuses, golf courses, cemeteries and other large landscapes to significantly cut water use; direct local governments to replace 50 million square feet of lawns with drought-tolerant land-scaping; and create a tem-porary rebate program for consumers who replace old water-sucking appliances with more efficient ones.

Outside an office build-ing in Tustin, Gary Whit-lock questioned whether Brown’s order would make a difference.

“You know, this has been going on for years and ev-erybody that I talk to says, ‘Oh, well, you know, it’s go-ing to rain, El Nino’s com-ing,’” Whitlock said as he watched sprinklers run and a gardener washing the underside of a lawnmower with a gushing hose.

The order calls on local water agencies to imple-ment tiered water pricing that charges higher rates as more water is used and requires agricultural us-ers to report more water use information to state regulators.

Brown’s office said that will boost the state’s ability

to enforce laws against il-legal water diversions and waste. Officials previously approved fines of up to $500 a day for water wast-ers, but few agencies have opted to issue them.

The order also prohibits new homes and develop-ments from using drinkable water for irrigation if the structures lack water-effi-cient drip systems. In ad-dition, the watering of dec-orative grasses on public street medians is banned.

The snow survey on Wednesday showed the statewide snowpack is equivalent to just 5 percent of the historical average for April 1 and the lowest for that date since the state be-gan record-keeping in 1950.

Snow supplies about a third of the state’s wa-ter, and a lower snowpack means less water in Califor-nia reservoirs to meet de-mand in summer and fall.

“It is such an unprece-dented lack of snow, it is way, way below records,” Frank Gehrke, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Re-sources, said at the snow survey site about 90 miles east of Sacramento.

Critics of the Demo-cratic governor said his or-der does not go far enough to address agriculture — the biggest water user in California.

“In the midst of a se-vere drought, the governor continues to allow corpo-rate farms and oil interests to deplete and pollute our precious groundwater re-sources that are crucial for saving water,” Adam Scow, California director of the group Food & Wa-ter Watch, said in a written statement.

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new FoiA law: good, not enough

Wednesday was a great day for journalism in the state of West Vir-ginia, but it comes at a price.

Governor Earl Ray Tom-blin signed House Bill 2636 into law, to clarify and ex-pand the state’s Freedom of Information Act laws. There are basically three good things that come from this:

1. Public bodies can-not charge fees for search-ing for public documents, whereas they could pre-viously charge anywhere from $20-200 per hour to search.

2. The Secretary of State will now be re-quired to keep a data-base of all FOIA requests readily available on the Internet.

3. The law now consid-ers all information “re-ceived or prepared” by a government agency to be public information, not just information prepared by it.

Here’s the thing: This bill doesn’t just affect journalists.

The public should be celebrating just as much as the media. Your newspa-pers, television and radio

stations will now have bet-ter access to information and will be able to provide better news coverage.

Perhaps we should be rejoicing with the passage of this bill. After all, we journalists did win a huge victory. But why should we have to compromise what is right? Why should we have to sacrifice our right to public information at the expense of more pri-vacy on an extremely im-portant issue?

To be frank, we’re a little ticked off and we think you should be too.

We see no good reason to keep gun permits “con-fidential” as they will soon be thanks to this law, but we see plenty of reasons to make this information public.

What if one’s next-door neighbor has a concealed weapon? This might im-pact the way one would interact with that individ-ual. Would you argue over them blocking your park-ing spot? Would you invite them over for dinner?

If you had children, would you let them baby-sit them?

Let us be clear: We

fully support the sec-ond amendment and st i l l bel ieve people have the right to carry guns.

We do not support the idea that you have the right to exercise your right privately.

Take free speech, for ex-ample. The first amend-ment is powerful in part because a person has the right to stand on the street corner and loudly pro-claim that Barack Obama is a terrible president.

Sure, one might take to the Internet to say the same thing, which, de-

pending on where it’s posted, might be private.

There’s nothing coura-geous or inspiring about anonymously posting things online. There’s nothing brave or Amer-ican about having a gun and not having the guts to be open about it.

We recognize that cur-rent lawmakers proba-bly won’t reconsider the decision, but we urge fu-ture ones to repeal the confidentiality.

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Reality TV’s ‘Little Women: LA’:HUMANIZING EFFECT or EXPLOITATION?

Reality television shows are an inherent part of modern american society. In 2015, an individual would be hard pressed not to find a reality show centered around some sub-culture of life. From gypsies and the amish to the filthy rich, we love these people just living their “normal” lives. However, there are many people who feel these shows attempt to exploit these groups in order to improve their ratings and dominate the market.Now in its second season on lifetime, “little women: la” does exactly as the title suggests—follow the lives of six little women in los angeles. The women face and discuss many of the challenges that face them due to their dwarfism, all in front of the camera for america to see. while many feel this gives viewers the chance to relate to and be educated about the women’s condition, others feel the show further enhances the differences and alienates those afflicted.

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“Little Women: LA” is the latest reality show aiming to provide audiences with a dif-ferent point of view; in this case, the view is at about three and a half feet.

The show, which is in its second season on Lifetime, centers around the daily lives of six friends from Los Ange-les. I don’t think the stars of the show, who happen to have dwarfism, are being ex-ploited in any way; rather, I think the show not only hu-manizes them but also ed-ucates viewers at the same time. The show answers many questions that the aver-age-size person might won-der, but would not ask about living life as a dwarf.

It is clear from the first epi-sode the stars of this show do not want your sympathy.

It’s hard not to gain im-mense respect for these women watching them over-come obstacles every single day most of us would never even consider “obstacles” at all. Simply rearranging the furniture is a hassle for these ladies, but it’s the kind of thing they deal with daily, seldom complain about and look upon with frequent bursts of humor.

While the women have a

generally accepting attitude about being “little” and at times make jokes, they also touch on not-so-light topics stemming from being several feet shorter than the general population. One episode fea-tures a candid lunch with the women reflecting on being shoved, pushed and bullied because of their size. Elena reveals she was strapped to a hospital bed in Russia for two years in an obviously unsuc-cessful attempt to “cure” her.

Hearing the women’s sto-ries, which vary but contain similar themes of pain, shows viewers the struggles of how being different hurts some-times, enforcing the mes-sage they wish to be treated no differently than anyone else. It also shows the incred-ible strength of these women, who have all created suc-cessful, rich lives despite the obstacles they have faced. “Little Women: LA” offers a unique glimpse into their lives, showing how smart, beautiful, confident and very real they are.

The issue that is undoubt-edly touched upon most fre-quently in the show is baby fever. Some women already have children; the other women wish fervently for a child, which is something so many people can relate to. However, these women face more roadblocks in the fer-

tility realm than the average sized person.

There is a 50 percent chance of the baby being born with dwarfism, ac-cording to the Little People of America website. There is also a 25 percent chance the child will die at birth or shortly thereafter if the child inherits both dwarf-ism genes. While many fe-males relate to having issues conceiving, the show can also remind viewers to be grateful they don’t face the many issues that plague lit-tle people who wish to have a family just like everyone else.

Another issue tackled by the show revolves the label-ing of the women’s condition. Just like with any word label-ing a group of people, there is controversy among not only the rest of the population but within the demographic. Elena, a performer whose job title is “Midget Lady Gaga,” is not offended by the use of the “M” word. The rest of the women, especially Terra, take offense, angry at the word’s roots in freak shows.

After watching just one episode of these spirited and strong women, it is clear the correct way to address them is by simply calling them by their name, like anybody else.

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Humanizing effect is educating for viewers, eye-opening

I have to admit, when my girlfriend Val first turned on the show “Little Women: LA” for us to watch, I thought she’d lost her mind.

Upon first glance, it seemed like yet an-other ridiculous reality show along the lines of “The Real Housewives” or “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” ex-cept with the added bo-nus of little people. I’ve never been a fan of those sorts of shows and ini-tially, I was less than interested—to say the least.

However, upon her insistance and in an at-tempt to be agreeable, I gave the show a chance. Before I knew it, I was hooked.

Throughout the show’s first season, I looked for-ward to tuning in every single week and seeing what the little women of LA were up to. A group of women connected by their disabilities rather than their money, but still featuring the same reality-style drama made

for what I believed to be a fresh and interesting premise.

At first, I saw the show as humanizing to the group of dwarf stars. We watched them take on challenges many of us can relate to personally.

We saw them raise their children, form re-lationships and succeed in their careers. We also watched them struggle through unique chal-lenges brought on by their physical limita-tions, undertaking every-thing from high counters at the deli to dangerous pregnancies.

In this sense, I cannot argue the show’s human-izing qualities. When watching, Val and I took their struggles just as se-riously as we would take anyone else’s. We were given a glimpse into the life of a little person and came to understand many of the challenges they face in their attempt to live normally.

However, at the heart of the show are less than noble intentions.

It is important to un-derstand the motive be-hind anything being broadcast on television.

The majority of the

time, it is less about showcasing a group of people’s unique struggles and increasing the view-er’s empathy for them, and more about making money off of something different and interesting to watch.

Rather than focus-ing on the physical lim-itations of a group of dwarf women, the show chooses to place the primary focus on their drama. They highlight the cast members’ catty behavior and childish fights, with the added twist that the women happen to be little people.

“Little Women: LA” is yet another show in which the disabled are put on television for the entertainment value.

In this sense, while very entertaining, it is ac-tually quite exploitative at its core.

As much as I have en-joyed the show, I can-not deny feeling guilty for watching something of this nature, and I will not be tuning in to see what the little women of LA are up to next season.

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The Mountain People’s Co-op, located on the busy street of University Avenue, is packed with organic and natural food selections - lit-erally packed. It’s so packed they need to change build-ings to accommodate for the increasing demand for a larger selection of these types of foods.

“We’re moving because we’ve outgrown our loca-tion,” said Cher Lindquist, the assistant manager of The Mountain People’s Co-op. “Customers were asking for more space to bring in more products.”

The Co-op has been searching far and wide for the past few years for the perfect location, and the search led them to a location not too far away.

“The building is old, and there’s not enough room here,” said Tia Johnson, a worker at The Co-op. “The new place can bring in more products for customers and cater to more people’s needs.”

The new location is on Pleasant Street, which is just a quick jaunt from the Wal-nut PRT station.

“We’re still able to have a downtown location,” Lindquist said, adding this was a goal of The Co-op, so more people could access the store.

Accessibility has actually been a big issue. People have trouble getting in and out of the parking lot, according to Lindquist, citing how busy the intersection is right near the shop.

“It’ll work better down there (on Pleasant Street) because we can cross-pro-mote with those businesses, and they can cross-pro-mote with us,” she said.

Plus, the in-crease of retail space will a c c o m - mo-date for more l o c a l a r t s p a c e . I n the cur-rent Co-op, there is a

small selection of local artists’ work in a boutique area, but the new location can accom-modate more of those artists.

“We have a boutique area here, so we’ll have a room with more local artist fea-tures,” Lindquist said. “It’s important for us to be repre-sentative of local community and local artists, and a lot of the people are members of the Co-op.”

The members are essen-tially owners, according to a pamphlet distributed by the Co-op. They have a say in the products sold and who can represent them on the Board of Directors.

The Co-op also represents the community by buying lo-cal when possible. It all de-pends on the growing sea-son, according to Lindquist.

“We try to deal with the lo-cal farmers directly as pos-sible because it’s better to know their farming prac-tices,” Lindquist said. “It keeps prices lower when di-rectly dealing with farmers.”

The Co-op stresses the im-portance of the community aspect of the store.

“There are a lot of

places like Cheat Lake that don’t have access to fresh products, and customers have been asking for more loca-tions so there’s a greater ac-cess,” Lindquist said.

The current location is only meant to be a satellite store. This move is the best possible way for The Co-op to spread its wings around the Morgan-town community, which is its ultimate goal.

“It’s going to be a lot of work and a gradual move while this is still open,” Lindquist said. “It’s something that for years we’ve been trying to find, and it’s finally becoming a reality.”

As for opening dates, there will be an Art Day at the new location on April 10, but The Co-Op will not be open again until June 15. Since all of the details for the hard opening are still being planned, it will be sometime in the fall when new students arrive.

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There was some major havoc wreaked this week for many teenage girls. Zayn Malik ditched his role in the quintet One Direction, moving for-ward with a solo career in

the industry. Something even more ridiculous than some of the wardrobe malfunctions daunted at Ultra this weekend? The recent invention donned “selfie” shoes. So, while we’re all adjusting to the climate change from sit-ting shoreside to sitting in a lecture hall, here is your recap.

5. Taylor Swift is off the market.Pop singer and infamous dam-

sel in distress, Taylor Swift has copped a new boyfriend. DJ Cal-vin Harris, known for his hit song “Summer” that you undoubt-edly sang in your car the entire month of June, has recently been confirmed as Swift’s boy toy. Stay tuned to your radio; surely you’ll hear of this news in a T.Swift song soon.

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4. Hurricane Ultra strikes Miami.In its 17th year, one of America’s largest EDM festivals

took place in Miami this past weekend. DJ heavyweights Skrillex, Bassnectar and Steve Aoki all took the stage, and even Usher made an appearance. This year’s Ultra marked the return of Avicii, who had to cancel last year’s set in Miami due to an emergency illness. Ultra’s rowdy crowd didn’t stop raving, not even for the downpours that took place during the festivities.

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3. Move over Selfie Stick.Just when you thought the selfie couldn’t get any more

ridiculous, there’s the invention of the Selfie Shoe. This shoe comes equipped with an open toe, which allows con-sumers to have both hands free when taking a selfie. It’s simple; slide your phone in the slit of the shoe, and raise your leg to snap! The only missing link is how to reach that little pesky button at the bottom of your phone screen. Un-fortunately gents, this shoe only comes as a high heel in a lovely cherry shade. I guess dudes will just have to resort to having only one hand in selfies. What a shame.

2. One Direction minus one.The British boy band has lost a member. Zayn Malik,

One Direction vocalist, announced he would no longer be touring or performing alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson. Malik has al-ready started pursuing his solo career as a musician with the release of his track, “I Won’t Mind,” produced by UK producer Naughty Boy, which debuted Tuesday of this week. The UK producer was also responsible for dropping some seriously loaded tweets on Twitter, sparking a feud with Tomlinson earlier this week.

1. Justin Bieber hits the hot seat.Hey, he asked for it. Justin Bieber’s

Comedy Central Roast premiered Monday night, after the hoodlum had requested to partake in the classic and special televised event. Celebrities from Martha Stewart, whose candid lines were quoted as “sav-age,” to Snoop Dogg and Shaquille O’Neal got to toss their harshest and crudest com-ments at the young socialite. Did we all like to watch the Biebs squirm? You bet-ter “beliebe” it.

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At West Virginia University, every occasion is a reason to party. With Easter coming up, it is time to start planning. Here are our top three ways to have a successful Easter party.

1. PeepsThere are so many cute ideas

and recipes involving every-one’s favorite sugary marsh-mallows. One of the most pop-ular, easiest Peep recipes is the Easter Bunny Race-cars. Cut a small rectangle in the middle of the top of a Twinkie. Horizon-tally cut the Peep in half. Use ic-ing glue to the Peep to the car. Next, take the icing and place

a small wagon wheel pretzel in front of the Peep to act as the steering wheel. Finally, take the icing and adhere four lit-tle marshmallows on the sides of the Twinkie to represent the wheels. This is a simple, easy way to brighten up a party. For an easier recipe, make cupcakes and ice them with green icing. Take a Peep and cut it horizon-tally in half and place it on top of the cupcake.

2. Easter Egg Jell-O ShotsMost people like alcohol

and enjoy a nice colorful piece of Jell-O. Combine the two to make Jell-O shots in the shape of Easter Eggs. Find an Easter egg shaped cookie cutter. This should be an easy find at any store. Buy a packet of brightly colored Jell-O at the store.

Cherry, lime, strawberry and lemon are all bright colors that will look great. Next, buy a bot-tle of alcohol. Most people pre-fer vodka, but it is really up to the person making it. Making the Jell-O shots is quite easy. Follow the directions on the box except for every cup of water, add a cup of alcohol. Pour the Jell-O mixture into a tray and let it sit. When the Jell-O hard-ens, take the cookie cutter and cut out the eggs. Put the eggs on a platter and enjoy.

3. Adult Easter Egg HuntEaster is not just about eating

and drinking, it is about hav-ing fun too. The easiest Easter game is an Easter egg hunt. One can buy plastic Easter eggs at any store. Take the hollow eggs and fill them with things your

friends like. Many remember Easter egg hunts from their childhood. The Easter eggs can be filled with things such as wrapped candy or small toys. To make the game more adult, one can buy the larger plastic eggs and put shot bottles in them. Other adult items such as bottle openers, small shot glasses and miniature breathalyzers can be placed in the eggs as well. This is a fun way to bond with your friends while still having a fes-tive time.

The most important part of an Easter party is to have fun. Put on your brightest sundress or bow tie and enjoy the time you get to spend with your friends and/or family.


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The first permanent the-ater opened on this day in 1902. Thomas L. Tally, a Los Angeles resident and businessman, set his es-tablishment to view mov-ing pictures exclusively. Tally’s Electric Theater in-spired John D. Williams of

West Virginia to join forces with Tally. The exhibitors named their first company First National Exhibitors Circuit. I guess we have Tally to thank for all that extra butter we drizzle over our popcorn.

Throwing it back to a time where anything went. April 2, 1972, marks when actor, director and producer Burt Reynolds posed nude for Cosmo-

politan magazine. Reyn-olds’ centerfold sparked awareness toward the ta-boo that men couldn’t pose nude in tabloids and “only women could be na-ked in magazines.” Cosmo-politan editor Helen Gur-ley Brown stated the photo was a “victory” for women. The stunt did increase Cos-mopolitan circulation and transformed its image from magazine to “sex” maga-

zine. The infamous image of Reynolds even sparked the creation of Playgirl. Reynolds was not the only handsome Hollywood lo-cal to grace the magazine. Actor Arnold Schwar-zenegger and Massachu-setts Senator Scott Brown also flaunted on its pages.

Members of Fleetwood Mac began stunning the charts with their album “Rumours” in 1977. On

April 2, one of Fleetwood Mac’s most noted records hit No. 1 on the charts and remained at that spot for 31 weeks. The 11-track al-bum contained hits such as “Dreams” and “Gold Dust Woman.” The music scene continues to buzz about this Fleetwood Mac album in particular. In 2003, Roll-ing Stone ranked it No. 40 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” and

it was also noted in USA Today’s Top 40 Albums at No. 23. The disc was reis-sued in 2013 as a triple CD. The first CD contained all 11 tunes, including an ex-tra track, “Silver Springs.” The second and third discs contained live sets from the group’s 1977 tour and early instrumentals and demos of the tracks.


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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (MARch 21-ApRIl 19) HHH

Your intuition will guide you through the day. You’ll sense when plans are going to fall apart or when there is a need for a change. Your unpredictabil-ity could take over, resulting in an un-expected event or happening. Tonight: Get as much done as possible.

TAURUS (ApRIl 20-MAy 20) HHHH

The thought that you might be on the verge of completing a long-term goal could have your mind running on overdrive. Be careful not to make a last-minute error. A call from someone you care about is likely to present you with a different perspective. Tonight: Get a

little naughty.

GEMINI (MAy 21-JUNE 20) HHH Tension could be building. You need to slow down rather than race around and try to accomplish everything on your to-do list; otherwise, you’re likely to make an error. Keep an even pace, and don’t give in to the need to be a lit-tle crazy. Tonight: Happily head home.

cANcER (JUNE 21-JUly 22) HHHH You will tell it like it is. Pressure builds as a call comes in requesting that you han-dle a certain matter. Trying to accom-plish everything you want to do could be difficult. Relax between each errand, and your effectiveness will increase. Tonight: Catch up on friends’ news.

lEO (JUly 23-AUG. 22) HHH Hold off on making any big purchases right now, even if they are work-related or necessary for some other reason. Within days, you will see a better of-fer. A loved one suddenly might act up or try to get past a barrier. You will en-joy the change of pace. Tonight: Think “weekend.”

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEpT. 22) HHHH You could be involved in a situation that is difficult or testy. Tap into your in-genuity, and you will discover that you have few problems and a good solu-tion. Listen to your inner voice – it will prove to useful. Tonight: Out & about.

lIBRA (SEpT. 23-OcT. 22) HHHH You can count on someone else com-

ing through for you. You might have put some distance between you and this person in the past, but it would be wise to reach out to him or her now. You will gain a new perspective as a result. Tonight: Where the crowds are.

ScORpIO (OcT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH A friend who has a lot to offer will be available to support you. Communica-tion could become intense, with more meaning involved than usual. Think about what is being said. Be aware of how many people really care about you. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEc. 21) HHHH You have been unusually quiet as of late; however, news will fly in from a distance that allows you to

become more carefree. Use caution with your funds, as you easily could make an error. Your image might need to be updated. Tonight: A must appearance.

cApRIcORN (DEc. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Be willing to take a less emotional stance with a problem. Detach and try to walk in someone else’s shoes. Once you grasp where this person might be coming from, a resolution will appear & you’ll understand the importance of empathy. Tonight: Consider taking off.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You can’t avoid dealing with an impor-tant associate. Make a point of work-ing with the situation and the peo-ple involved; you will be far more

comfortable as a result. A friend who has been distant might be in a better mood. Make the most of the moment. Tonight: All smiles.

pIScES (FEB. 19-MARch 20) HHHH Defer to others, as it might be too exhausting and time-consum-ing to get others to agree with you right now. Simply make your sug-gestion and let go. If matters be-come chaotic, trust that your words will ring a bell. What could be better? Tonight: don’t be alone.

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KEEPING THE STREAK ALIVE

file photoShortstop Taylor Munden connects with a pitch during a game against Maryland in 2014.

by connor murraysports writer

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With the 2015 season in full swing, the West Vir-ginia baseball team has kicked things into high gear.

After an up-and-down start to the year, the Mountaineers have ripped off seven-straight victories and have seen their record balloon to 16-10.

The most recent con-quest in West Virgin-ia’s win streak came at the expense of an old ri-

val : The Pittsburgh Panthers.

Led by catcher Ray Guerrini, the Moun-taineers took dow n the Panthers, 4-1, at Charles L. Cost Field in Pittsburgh.

Guerrini drove in all four of West Virginia’s runs on the day, includ-ing a three-run homer in the top of the fourth in-ning to open the scoring, and showed off his versa-tility with a squeeze bunt for another RBI in the sixth inning.

His efforts weren’t just appreciated on the of-

fensive end of the spec-trum; he caught nine in-nings of one-run baseball and made some heady plays from behind the plate.

“He (Guerrini) had a three-run homer, that’s my favorite play,” said head coach Randy Mazey in an interview with WVUsports.com. “Then he goes with the squeeze bunt, that’s my second favorite play. Then he picks a guy off third base with the bases loaded and two outs, and that’s my favorite defen-sive play. He did every-thing that he needed to do

(Monday).”The Mountaineers got

a strong effort from their pitching staff, namely the bullpen, on their way to the win. Junior Jeff Hardy pitched five innings of one-run ball out of the bull-pen, limiting the Panthers to three hits and striking out six of the 22 batters he faced.

“Hardy went out there and was just attacking the strike zone. That’s the best he has thrown since he’s been a Mountaineer, and it couldn’t have come at a better time than up here at Pitt,” Mazey said.

“That’s super encourag-ing for the rest of the sea-son because the last three weeks we have been wait-ing for a guy to come out of the bullpen and step up and do something like that.”

Now West Virginia will look to keep its hot streak going as they head out on the road for another Big 12 series, this time against the Kansas State Wildcats.

While the Mountaineers have gotten their heads above water in terms of their overall record, they still have work to do when

it comes to improving their 2-4 conference re-cord. After all, the sledding is toughest when you’re facing an opponent who knows your tendencies.

The Wildcats may pro-vide WVU with a decent chance to get closer to or clear the conference .500 mark this weekend. Kan-sas State comes in to this series having lost five of its last six games, and its conference record sits at 1-5. The three-game se-ries begins tonight at 7:30.

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WVU reaches WNIT Championshipby david statman

sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia Uni-versity women’s basketball team will play for the first-ever postseason title in pro-gram history. The Moun-taineers are moving on to the finals of the Women’s National Invitation Tour-nament, after coming from behind to beat the Temple Owls in overtime, 66-58, last night at the WVU Coliseum.

Sophomore center Lanay Montgomery turned in one of the most dominant inte-rior performances in West Virginia history, pulling down a career-high 24 re-bounds and blocking eight shots – never has a Moun-taineer player combined that many rebounds with that many blocks in a sin-gle game.

Meanwhile, West Virgin-ia’s top two scorers both came up big. Junior guard Bria Holmes scored 22 points and senior forward Averee Fields scored 20, as the Mountaineers came away with the victory in an ugly game that saw neither team shoot over 35 percent from the field.

“Really, I didn’t feel we played well,” Mountain-eer head coach Mike Carey said after the game. “Offen-sively we were not smooth at all. There just wasn’t enough movement on offense. De-fensively at times, I thought we did a good job. Lanay, what can you say? 24 re-bounds, eight blocks. To me

she was the difference.”The Mountaineers trailed

31-26 after a first half that was marked by the interior dominance of Montgomery, who had 10 rebounds and three blocks after 10 min-utes, and finished the first frame with 14 rebounds.

Although Holmes caused havoc on both ends of the court, West Virginia shot just 32.4 percent from the field – meanwhile, Temple bombed their way into the lead, hitting five of their 12 3-pointers attempted.

Although Temple went ice-cold from the field af-ter halftime and briefly sur-rendered the lead, West Vir-ginia found itself down three with just over a minute re-maining. It was familiar ter-ritory for the Mountaineers, who trailed by four with 30 seconds left in the quarter-finals against Villanova be-fore forcing overtime.

A Linda Stepney free throw made it a 2-point game, and senior Crys-tal Leary’s critical steal off a late inbound pass led to Bria Holmes tying the game at the line with 12 seconds left. Temple quickly went the length of the floor, but their last-gasp final posses-sion ended in a missed three and a put-back attempt blocked by Montgomery.

Holmes hit a turnaround runner in the lane on the first possession of overtime to give the Mountaineers a lead they wouldn’t relin-quish, and Fields stuck Tem-ple with a dagger and-one jumper with a minute left to

more or less put the game away.

Montgomery nearly matched her career high in rebounds in the first half, and her final total of 24 re-bounds was just two off the WNIT record set by Mar-quette’s Katherine Plouffe last year.

“That was amazing,” Fields said. “We needed Lanay big-time tonight. We needed her blocks, we needed her rebounds and she stepped up huge. A lot of those rebounds that we couldn’t get to, she would just snatch them. It just helps us so much because that helps with our running game and it helps us get de-fensive stops too. I was very proud of her effort.”

The Owls saw their chance at victory evaporate at the free throw line, where they missed nine of 12 at-tempts in the second half and overtime. Guard Ty-onna Williams led Temple with 15 points, while guard Tanaya Atkinson had a dou-ble-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

The final between West Virginia and UCLA is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, and al-though the Mountaineers hold home court advantage, the game will be played at the Charleston Civic Cen-ter rather than the WVU Coliseum, due to the NCAA Gymnastics Championship Morgantown Regional. The game will air on the CBS Sports Network.

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track & field

Andrew SpellmAn/the dAily AthenAeumSara Finfrock takes flight doing the pole vault event during the indoor season.

WVU travels to California and Ohio by dj deskins

sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia Univer-sity women’s track and field team will travel to Stanford, Calif., and Athens, Ohio, to compete in the Stan-ford Invitational and the Ohio Cherry Blossom In-vitational, respectively, in its second week of outdoor action.

The Mountaineers are coming off a road trip to Jacksonville, Fla., where they saw their first out-door competition of the spring at the University of North Florida Spring Break Invitational.

In Jacksonville, the Mountaineers were led on day one by Tori Bertrand, who posted an outdoor-best mark of 3.65 meters, good enough for second place in the pole vault. Sara Finfrock was able to place

fifth with a vault of 3.50 me-ters, a career-best number for her.

In the 400-meter dash, WVU saw three of its ath-letes finish in the top 40. Marsielle McBeam and Hannah Stone, whose main event is the high jump, placed 30th and 31st, re-spectively, while Shamoya McNeil finished 35th.

On day two, the Moun-taineers had only one group compete. The 4x800-meter relay team, featuring Kelly Williams, Millie Paladino, Amy Cashin and Brianna Kerekes, won with a time of 9:02.81, besting every other team by at least 13 seconds.

This coming week, head coach Sean Cleary will de-cide how to split his team between the two events when WVU competes on opposite sides of the coun-try Saturday.

“The group that will be traveling to Stanford this

weekend is comprised of our true distance runners,” Cleary said. “Their special-ties fall in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter events on the track. Stanford has cor-nered the market on these events with this incredible opportunity.”

Those who competed in Jacksonville last weekend will comprise the group traveling to Ohio for this coming event. The Ohio Cherry Blossom Invita-tional is made up of a simi-lar level of competition the Mountaineers faced during the indoor season.

“The team traveling to Ohio competed in Flor-ida last week,” Cleary said. “Those traveling there will have the chance to sleep in their own beds and travel on the day of the competi-tion to a meet, which will allow us to work on cer-tain variables without hav-ing sacrificed training this

past week. Those going west stayed home from Florida to prepare for Stanford.”

The portion of the team heading to Stanford con-tains the Mountaineers’ top runners with the best chance of qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Cham-pionships. Cleary believes it could provide a huge reward if they’re able to execute.

“The bottom line for this group is to run a career-best race,” Cleary said. “The competition, weather and atmosphere allows for op-timal running conditions. We would like to take home a few NCAA qualifying marks as well as expose our young girls to this level of competition.”

WVU will begin competi-tion at 9 a.m. Friday in Stan-ford and continue at 9 a.m. Saturday in Ohio.

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The West Virginia wom-en’s rowing team will head to Bloomington, Ind., for its second competition of the spring slate this Saturday. The Mountaineers spent March 21-27 training on Lake Lure in North Caro-lina in preparation for the next few races. From there, they traveled to Wash-ington, D.C., where the Georgetown Hoyas hosted West Virginia and North Carolina.

The Mountaine ers proved strong in D.C. af-ter the competition ended with one victory, two third-place finishes and a run-ner-up finish. West Vir-ginia will confidently head

into its next matchup with Big 10 rowing powerhouse, Indiana.

The Indiana Hoosiers are currently ranked 13th in the latest CRCA Coach’s Poll. They hosted the Uni-versity of Dayton last week for a scrimmage where no score was kept. The Moun-taineers will be traveling to compete on the Hoosiers’ home body of water, Lake Lemon.

“We’re all very excited to finally race,” said head coach Jimmy King prior to the Mountaineers’ first spring race against George-town and North Carolina. “Although we’ve been on the water for two weeks, we’re eager to put our hard winter’s work to the test.”

King is excited to con-tinue the 2014-15 season

with a talented group of rowers.

In Washington, D.C., the first Varsity 8+ team fin-ished on the Potomac River in 6:20.5. That squad con-sisted of Brittany James at coxswain, Susannah Hart-love, Colleen Giesbrecht, Lisa Deklau, Emma Pres-ton, Elizabeth Kantak, Ra-chel Cokeley, Melinda Sharon and Louisa Mor-gan. The second Varsity 8+ team finished in 7:47.7 and consisted of Abigail Harris at coxswain, Emily Stasi, Aria Asselta, Anna Coke-ley, Rebecca Gehring, Ali-sha Brownfield, Madison James, Sadie Kalathunkal and Addie Dulaney.

Last year in April, the squad faced Indiana on the same body of water and finished with four second-

place finishes, and the first Varsity 8+ crew completed the course on Lake Lemon with a time of 7:10.2. The second Varsity 8+ crew fin-ished in 7:19.2. Coach King was disappointed with last season’s performance against the Hoosiers and expects improved times on Saturday.

The upcoming sched-ule for WVU Rowing fol-lowing the Indiana compe-tition includes the Knecht Cup Regatta at West Wind-sor Township in N.J., April 11-12; a home matchup with Duquesne on April 19; and the EAWRC Sprints in Cherry Hill, N.J., on May 3. The Big 12 Championships will end the season begin-ning May 16 in Tennessee.

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Kansas’ Kelly Oubre Jr. headed for NBA DraftLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP)—

Kansas swingman Kelly Oubre Jr. announced Wednesday he is leaving for the NBA draft, skipping his final three seasons of eligibility after an up-and-down freshman year.

Oubre revealed his in-tentions in a statement re-leased by the school.

“It’s always been a dream to play in the NBA,” he said. “This is an oppor-tunity to play against the best in the world and ex-pand my game.”

The 6-foot-7 Oubre started 27 games this past season, helping the Jay-hawks win their 11th straight Big 12 title. He averaged 9.3 points and five rebounds, and show-cased his potential when he poured in 25 points in a victory over TCU in the Big 12 Tournament.

His decision to leave for the NBA is based more on potential than productiv-ity. He scored three points

on 1-for-3 shooting in a loss to Iowa State in the Big 12 title game, then had just nine points in in a loss to Wichita State in the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament.

But with impressive ath-leticism, stifling defense and a deft outside touch, Oubre left a strong impres-sion with NBA scouts who came through Lawrence last season.

“This should come as really no surprise to any-body that has followed us,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “Kelly came in being well thought of by NBA person-nel and certainly, nothing has changed in that regard. In the time he was here he’s been a great ambassa-dor, a great teammate and obviously a very talented player.”

Oubre, who is expected to be among the first 20 players chosen in the June draft, said he spoke with several former Kansas

players before making his decision. Among them was Joel Embiid, who was cho-sen third overall last year - two spots behind Jay-hawks teammate Andrew Wiggins.

“JoJo said he knows what I am going through and he told me his process and some of the things he went through,” Oubre said. “It’s definitely been a hard and tough decision.”

Oubre is the first player

to announce he is leaving Kansas, but he may not be the last.

Fellow freshman Cliff Alexander’s future re-mains in question after he was forced to miss the fi-nal few weeks of the sea-son due to an investigation into improper benefits. Leading scorer Perry Ellis could also opt to skip his senior season, though few mock drafts have him rated highly.

foxSportS.comKelly Oubre Jr. and Kansas head coach Bill Self converse during a game this year.

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