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The holiday season is a time for giving, but to some, it’s a time for taking advan-tage of unoccupied homes. While people are away this break, West Virginia Uni-versity police say there

are ways of reducing the chance of falling victim to a burglary.

Reports indicate it only takes 10 minutes for a bur-glar to break into a home and leave with someone’s valuables. Last year during Thanksgiving break, there were nearly 20 burglaries and larcenies committed,

according to the Morgan-town Police Department crime report.

“The bottom line is, you want to try to make sure things appear normal as if you never left,” said Bob Roberts, WVUPD chief.

To do so, Roberts advises people to park an extra car in the driveway from time

to time, stop the mail or newspaper from being de-livered and to make use of the auto-timers installed on lights.

“People are looking for those telltale signs that nobody is home,” Roberts said, “things like piles of mail or newspapers laying on the ground, and places

where the lights are off when they’re normally on.”

Most of the burglaries that occurred were off cam-pus, Roberts said.

For an extra sense of sta-bility, it helps to avoid leav-ing electronics around win-dows, and to have a trusted neighbor keep an eye on your home.

Items that are deemed valuable to a burglar or thief, Roberts said, include anything easily turned in for quick cash. That means electronics, money and prescription drugs are prime targets.

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by jordan millerstaff writer

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STEM field classes are hard enough without the added pressure of being the only woman in a classroom. In the United States, only 19 percent of engineering un-dergraduate students are female, according to the American Society for Engi-neering Education.

West Virginia Universi-ty’s Society of Women En-gineers is a chapter of an international organization devoted to outreach and professional development, creating a community for women in STEM fields.

“The hardest part of be-ing a woman in engineer-ing, at least for me, is being taken seriously,” said Ruth Williams, former SWE pres-ident, “because there’s no reason I shouldn’t be, but there are times when it’s like that.”

Williams, the current SWE leadership coach, said SWE offers her a commu-nity of like-minded people. A multitude of connections sprout from the networking and professional develop-ment opportunities mem-bers receive when traveling

to SWE conferences.“In this heavily male-

dominated field,” Williams said, “it’s great to have those friends that support you, who are going through the same things as you.”

Becca Cokeley, a me-chanical engineering stu-dent and current president of SWE, said it’s not un-common for female engi-neering students at WVU to experience the misog-yny and gender inequal-ity that comes with being a woman in a field primarily dominated by men.

“Women are actually much more likely to change out of engineering because they feel like they don’t fit in, even if they’re perform-ing comparably to their male peers,” Cokeley said. “There’s a lack of mentors and female role models in engineering.”

SWE has 125 members, and welcomes people of all genders and majors inter-ested in professional de-velopment and outreach in STEM fields.

Teaching K-12 girls about STEM fields is Coke-ley’s favorite part of SWE outreach.

by john mark Shaverstaff writer

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North-central West Vir-ginia’s economy is pro-jected to flourish over the next five years, according to the 2016 Outlook Report for the Greater Morgan-town Area.

Coinciding with the re-port, Monday’s Economic Outlook Conference gave West Virginia’s business and industry sectors a look at current economic trends, and how things are pre-dicted to go up until 2020.

“In terms of (industries) that expected to lead the way and in terms of the rate of growth, we see mostly service-providing sectors,” said Brian Lego, West Vir-ginia University assistant professor with the Bureau of Economic Business and Research.

Lego, who co-wrote the Outlook Report, said this sector includes engineers, architects and accoun-

tants. Lego also said edu-cation services are trend-ing upward, and the area’s health industry is set to be a ”hub” of health care for West Virginia.

The Outlook Report sug-gests that construction and “leisure and hospitality” services will grow in the coming years, as well.

Although the coal and natural gas and oil indus-tries are booming in the re-gion, they are predicted to remain stagnant in terms of growth.

“The oil and gas indus-tries are in a pretty big mar-ket slow down,” Lego said. “Prices are so low for nat-ural gas that it’s starting to slow down a lot of produc-tion… You don’t need as many people working.”

While the coal industry in the area has also taken a hit, it’s still in a much better position than those in other regions of the state, accord-ing to Lego.

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Seiaman named new ‘Interim Dean of Completion’by Corey mCdonald

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A new Interim Dean of Completion, the first posi-tion of its kind in the nation, according to West Virginia University President E. Gor-don Gee, will work toward rejuvenating the Universi-ty’s advising system and im-proving retention rates.

Joyce McConnell, WVU provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, an-nounced to the Board of Governors during its Sept. 25 meeting that Joe Seiaman would be heading the posi-tion as interim Executive Di-

rector of Advising and Stu-dent Success.

“He has had tremendous success in his program,” McConnell said in a previ-ous interview with The Daily Athenaeum. “We’ve moved him into this position that is overall undergraduates, and have asked him to re-ally transform advising and student success so that all undergraduates can benefit from it.”

Seiaman has advised for the College of Business and Economics for two decades, coming to the University in 1991. He began his tenure as a grants accountant in the Bureau of Business and

Economics Research, but decided to take an advising position shortly after.

“Governmental account-ing is not the most glamor-ous profession in the world, so I decided I would start working with students,” Seia-man said.

Working his way up the advising ladder, he became coordinator, director and eventually assistant dean.

“When you bring some-one in internally, they know all the players already so they don’t have to start from ground zero,” McCo-nnell said. “And that we are hoping will help us do this smoothly.”

The new position is a push by Academic Affairs to place a higher emphasis on stu-dents’ successful comple-tion of their degrees, as well as refreshing the advising system, which many con-sider to be lacking.

“One of the things I have to admit is that there are very good (advisors) here who want to help students succeed, but what (the ad-visors) need is leadership, some direction and a stra-tegic initiative to help them understand how it impacts the overall University,” Seia-man said. “It’s a critical job.”

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PariS (aP)—French in-vestigators tracked down the alleged ringleader of last week’s Paris bloodshed after receiving a startling tipoff: The Islamic militant wasn’t in Syria but in Europe, plot-ting yet another attack. A discarded cellphone found near a bloodied concert hall led them to his cousin, and then to a suburban Paris apartment where both died in a hail of bullets and explosions.

As a manhunt intensified Thursday for a fugitive con-nected to the carnage, de-tails emerged about the in-telligence operation that allowed authorities to zero in on Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian-Moroccan ex-tremist they say orches-trated the attacks in Paris and four plots thwarted ear-lier this year.

The narrative provided by French officials raised questions about how a wanted militant suspected of involvement in multiple plots could slip into Europe undetected.

Investigators quickly identified Abaaoud as the architect of the deadly at-tacks in Paris, but they be-lieved he had coordinated the assaults against a soc-cer stadium, cafes and a rock concert from the bat-tlefields of Syria.

That situation changed profoundly on Monday, when France received a tip from a non-European country that Abaaoud had slipped into Europe through Greece, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.

“It was a big surprise when the intelligence came in,” said a police of-ficial, speaking on condi-tion of anonymity because the information was sensi-tive. “There were many peo-ple who didn’t take it seri-ously, but effectively it was confirmed.”

As it turned out, not only was Abaaoud in Europe, but right in front of the noses of French investigators, a 15-minute walk from the Stade de France stadium

where three suicide bomb-ers had blown themselves up during the Nov. 13 at-tacks that killed 129 people and wounded hundreds.

“We have strong reason to believe that this cell was about to commit massive terror attacks in France,” Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Thursday, speak-ing on public broadcaster France 2.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Abaaoud was traced to the apartment in Saint-Denis through phone taps and surveillance.

Two police officials briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press that a cellphone dumped in a trash can outside the Bata-clan concert hall - where 89 people were killed - proved crucial. It contained a text message sent about 20 min-utes after the massacre be-gan that read: “We’re off, it’s started.”

The phone had contact information for Abaaoud’s 26-year-old cousin, Hasna Aitboulahcen, one of the police officials said, speak-ing on condition of ano-nymity because the infor-mation hasn’t been released by investigators.

Both she and Abaaoud were killed as heavily armed SWAT teams raided the apartment in Saint-Denis early Wednesday, prosecu-tors said.

Her final moments were marked by a brief, angry ex-change with police before she is believed to have det-onated a suicide vest - an explosion that hurled parts of her spine and other body parts onto a police car on the street below.

An audio recording, con-firmed by a police official, captured the exchange. As gunshots rang out, an of-ficer was heard shouting: “Where is your boyfriend?”

“He’s not my boyfriend!” Aitboulahcen responded angrily. Then a loud explo-sion was heard, which po-lice officials said was the bomb in her vest detonating.

Prosecutors said Thurs-

day that a fingerprint check had confirmed that an-other mangled body found inside the heavily dam-aged building was that of Abaaoud. Eight people were arrested in connection with the raids, including two who were pulled out of the rubble.

Authorities initially gave Abaaoud’s age as 27, but on Thursday, Paris prosecutors said he was 28.

“Abaaoud played a deci-sive role in these attacks,” Cazeneuve said. “The inves-tigation will establish pre-cisely how this Belgo-Mo-roccan was involved.”

Abaaoud was also be-lieved to be behind four of six attacks thwarted this year, including on a church in the Parisian suburb of Villejuif that was foiled when the would-be attacker shot himself in the foot. French authorities are in-vestigating if Abaaoud was involved in an attempted attack on a high-speed

train, where three young Americans tackled a heav-ily armed man, Cazeneuve said.

In addition, he was sus-pected of links to two jihadis returning to Europe from Turkey, and a “wannabe ji-hadi” who upon his arrest in August told French intel-ligence that he had been re-cruited by Abaaoud to carry out a “violent act” in France or another European coun-try, the interior minister said.

Abaaoud is believed to have gotten to know some of the attackers responsible for the Paris massacre in the Moleenbeek neighborhood of Brussels where he grew up, including Brahim Ab-deslam who blew himself up outside a cafe in one of Paris’ trendiest neighbor-hoods. Abdeslam’s brother, Salah, is still being sought as a suspected accomplice.

Authorities in Belgium on Thursday launched six raids in Molenbeek and other ar-

eas of Brussels linked to an-other of the suicide bomb-ers, Bilal Hadfi, a French citizen who blew himself up outside the soccer stadium. An official in the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said the raids targeted peo-ple in Hadfi’s “entourage.”

How and when Abaaoud entered France before his death remained unclear. He had bragged in the Is-lamic State group’s English-language magazine that he was able to slip in and out of Europe undetected.

Abaaoud was wanted in Belgium, where he was sen-tenced in absentia this year to 20 years’ imprisonment for serving as an IS recruiter and kidnapping his younger brother, Younes. Belgian authorities say Abaaoud brought the boy, then 13, to Syria last year to join him in IS-controlled territory.

News of Abaaoud’s death seemed to ease some ten-sion in a country deeply shocked by the attacks,

though officials said the af-termath was far from over.

“We now know that Abaaoud, the brain behind these attacks - one of the brains, because we must be particularly cautious, and we know what the threats are - was among the dead,” Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the lower house of the French Parliament.

He spoke as lawmak-ers voted to extend a state of emergency for three months. The measure now goes to the Senate, where it likely will be approved. The state of emergency expands police powers to carry out arrests and searches, and allows authorities to for-bid the movement of peo-ple and vehicles at specific times and places.

Valls had pressed for the extension, and warned Thursday that an attack us-ing “chemical or biologi-cal weapons” could not be ruled out, though he did not mention a specific threat.

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stolen after people have left their homes, according to Roberts. Sometimes be-longings are stolen during the process of loading up a vehicle.

“When people are pack-ing their car, sometimes they’ll park far away from their apartment or have to go up several flights of stairs while their car is unlocked,” he said. “This is almost like an invitation for someone to steal your stuff.”

Most mistakes students make when leaving cam-pus for break involve a lack of communication or mis-

communication among roommates, Roberts said. Communication can make the difference between ensuring that all doors and windows are securely locked or falling victim to burglary.

Double checking that a home is locked is impor-tant, and some people feel going the extra mile can be beneficial.

“When my roommates and I leave, we even lock our bedroom doors just in case someone were to break in,” said WVU student Kalea Gunderson. “And if that’s not enough, the valuables I couldn’t take with me I’ll put in a safe or an unknown location a burglar wouldn’t think of checking.”

The Morgantown Police Department offers the op-portunity for citizens to be placed on a patrol list. This ensures officers keep an eye on their homes, Rob-erts said.

Though protecting all valuables is important, making sure people ar-rive home safe from breaks is a higher priority. Some helpful tips involve prop-erly planning out a trip by watching the weather, get-ting plenty of rest before-hand and calling a parent, guardian or close friend to update them on the status of your trip.

For those driving, it’s also important not to text and drive or drink and drive, and to double check the tire quality and the amount of fuel left in your car.

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“The mines (in the Greater Morgantown Area) are generally more produc-tive,” he said. “The cost of ex-tracting the coal is a lot less. So it’s a little more favor-able here than say in south-ern West Virginia, where coal is a lot more expensive to mine.”

The Greater Morgan-town Area—Monongalia, Harrison, Marion and Pres-ton Counties—are doing much better than the rest of the state in just about ev-ery regard, however, a trend that’s predicted to continue into 2020, according to the report.

The Outlook Report pre-dicted the Greater Morgan-town Area, the population of which makes up 14 per-cent of the state, will see an increase in employment and population in addition to a steady drop in the ar-ea’s unemployment rate af-ter 2015.

Income growth in the area is “projected to in-crease at an average annual

rate of 2.1 percent through 2020,” surpassing that of the whole state, the report said.

Because of this, Lego said the Greater Morgan-town Area could stimulate the economy of the state as a whole.

“You have a fairly diverse economy in this part of the state,” he said. “…It stands to reason that (this area) would be able to essentially drive growth throughout the rest of the state.”

Morgantown itself can do a lot for West Virginia, said Jack Thompson, Morgan-town director of Business Development.

“As our area continues to grow, we contribute to the tax base,” he said. “There’s a lot that Morgantown can share and also impact around the state.”

Thompson said the ar-ea’s “top-tier” hospitals and companies help provide jobs and economic stimuli across the entire state.

To read the 2016 Greater Morgantown Economic Outlook Report, visit http://be.wvu.edu/bber/pdfs/BBER-2015-10.pdf.

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“I like it all, but I’m really passionate about STEM out-reach,” she said. “The reason I’m an engineer is because of a form of STEM outreach I had in school. So it pro-vides me a way to pay that forward.”

In the spring, SWE hosts an outreach event called Girl Scout Day, where more than 300 girl scouts and their par-ents come to the engineering campus, and learn through activities organized by SWE members.

For professional develop-ment of its members, SWE travels to regional and so-

cietal conferences where members are able to network with people in their field and present their research.

Williams said members of-ten leave these conferences with multiple internship and job interviews, as well as job offers on the spot.

“If you want to get a job, this is the club to join,” Wil-liams said. “People want to hire SWE members, not just because we’re engineers and we’re good at what we do, but we have a good repre-sentation of producing these strong technical leaders, and that’s what companies are looking for.”

WVU’s chapter of SWE also hosted a regional con-ference last February, which Williams said allows SWE to represent the University at a larger level.

The organization was awarded the Outstanding Collegiate Section Award - Silver Level and the WE 15 conference in October.

SWE is holding a fund-raiser on Dec. 5 at the Evans-dale Qdoba. For more infor-mation, contact [email protected].

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Seiaman is hiring an ef-fective team of advisors to the Center for Learning Ad-vising and Student Success. CLASS is engaging in differ-ent ways to change the ad-vising system to better fit student’s needs.

CLASS will employ a head advisor for the five different educational path-ways provided by the Uni-versity—behavioral sci-ences, business, STEM, health sciences and ex-ploratory. These lead ad-visers will work with other advisers from various col-leges, guiding students to the most successful career paths.

The University is contrib-uting new data technology to track and monitor such students’ progress, known as the Student Success Col-laborative. Seiaman said it’s both an analytics tool and a communications tool “that allows us to go out and look at the history in (students) courses, and determine what the predictors for suc-cess are in various degree programs.”

For example, if a student was going to major in busi-ness, but wasn’t doing well in the pre-requisite courses needed for admittance, the CLASS advisory team would aid the student in de-termining the classes they may have success in.

“If you are not doing well in those (pre-requi-site) courses, that is proba-bly an indication that’s not the right field for you,” Seia-man said.

Seiaman and his team are also providing programs, seminars and one-credit courses in partnership with the Career Services Center to show students other suit-able majors.

“It’s kind of like the pro-verbial question: which came first, the egg or the chicken. When you look at academics, particu-larly undergraduate pro-grams, that’s typically the case,” Seiaman said, “they have a career interest, but they don’t know what ma-jor complements it, or they have an interest in a major but they don’t what they can do with it career wise. That’s where career services comes into play.”

The first-year seminar course freshman students

are required to take is also being reinvented, Seiaman said. It is expected to be available by fall 2016.

“There’s a large task force that’s looking into blowing up the first-year seminar course and rebuilding it to make it more instrumental to help students transition from high school to college, and also help them identify success plans to get them on a trajectory towards graduation,” he said.

Seiaman will be heading the interim position until a permanent candidate is se-lected. A permanent posi-tion will be on staff by July 1, 2016 before the new fiscal year, Seiaman said.

While Seiaman heads the position, he intends on giv-ing students the best he has to offer.

“... We want to make sure every student who wants to be here has the oppor-tunity to be here and suc-ceed,” he said. “I’ve been in it for 24 years, and I can tell you from my own ex-perience that nothing gives me more satisfaction than helping a student figure out where the belong. It’s better than a paycheck.”

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Parking at the West virginia University Col-iseum is expected to be limited on Friday, according to a release from WvU.

because of the men’s basketball game at 7 p.m., and the wom-en’s soccer team host-ing two NCAA Tourna-ment games at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., students and community mem-bers are cautioned to plan accordingly.

“To offset this park-ing loss during the day,” WvU’s release read, “all are reminded that short-term park-ing is available at the Alumni Center, moun-taineer Station on van voorhis road, at a va-riety of short-term lots

on the evansdale cam-pus and in downtown parking garages and lots operated by the morgantown Parking Authority.”

Soccer fans can park in the Natatorium park-ing lot for free un-til 6 p.m., and will be charged a $10 fee after that.

WvU students and staff members can park in the Coliseum park-ing lot for free until 5 p.m., as usual, but will be charged $10 if re-maining in the lot any longer.

Alternative transpor-tation methods include the PrT and the moun-tain Line bus system, both of which

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apA girl takes a picture from the banks of the River Seine of the illuminated Eiffel Tower in the French national colors red, white and blue in honor of the victims of the terrorist attacks last Friday, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. A woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself up Wednesday as heavily armed police tried to storm a suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week’s attacks was believed to be holed up, police said.

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Communicating heartfelt messagesThe United States Postal

Service reported it lost $5.1 billion during the fis-cal year of 2015. This is likely due to a lack of peo-ple sending first-class mail and having to fund health care for retired postal work-ers. Though the USPS made an operating profit of $1.2 billion from services such as package delivery this year, it has consistently lost money over the past nine fiscal years.

With the rise of email and electronic bill state-ments, fewer people are sending physical letters to one another. While this is good for the environment, it is affecting the salaries and job security of cur-rent employees. The Hous-ton Chronicle reported the USPS employed close to 524,000 workers in 2010,

but is estimated to lose ap-proximately 138,000 jobs by 2020.

After Thanksgiving, the postal service typically sees

a surge in deliveries as peo-ple ship Christmas presents and cards to one another. However, the value of send-ing letters to friends and

family doesn’t disappear after the holiday season.

Letters are more thought-ful than a text or phone call because they require the

writer to write each word with the other person in mind. Texts are usually short and can be sent at any time of day without much thought or effort, but a let-ter requires dedicating time out of one’s day to create something the other per-son will enjoy reading.

Texts usually convey only one or two tidbits of information at a time, while a letter can give the recip-ient a description of ev-erything going on in their life at once. In this way, it can feel more genuine and wholesome to read a letter from a loved one.

Skype, FaceTime or phone calls typically re-quire both people to halt all activity in order to talk to one another, but a letter can be read on one’s own time. Letters can also con-

tain sentimental objects like photos, bracelets or stickers inside their enve-lopes. Though many of us have the technology to in-teract with friends and fam-ily around the globe at any moment, receiving a phys-ical picture or good luck charm will always feel more personal.

This holiday season, it can be easy to send a text wishing others a merry Christmas or happy Hanuk-kah, but taking the time to sit down and write a letter can be beneficial in more ways than one. At a time when being thankful and spreading goodwill is cel-ebrated, a letter can be a simple way to communi-cate these feelings in a gen-uine way.

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#OPPOSINgvOICeS Anonymity on Yik Yak:COMMUNICATION TOOL or FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY?

When a means of com-munication is used to spread bigotry, should we react by simply shutting it down?

This is a question for the many people who have been following the contro-versy surrounding Yik Yak. What the media avoids discussing, however, are the positive attributes of an app that both pro-motes and protects ano-nymity. After all, if the app was a purely toxic environ-ment, students would sim-ply stop using it.

First off, anonymity be-comes very important when dealing with highly sensitive issues. At the University of Michigan, for example, an anonymous student used the app to post what appeared to be a suicide note. Almost in-stantly, a flood of support filled the comment sec-tion of the post. Some stu-dents even took the initia-tive to hold a meet-up on campus to show their sup-port for the user, as well as for any others who might be struggling with suicidal thoughts at the university.

Yik Yak is also helpful when it comes to notify-ing students about what’s happening in the world around them. For exam-ple, during West Virginia University’s riots after the football game against Bay-lor University, the most up-to-date information could not be found from either officials from the University or the Morgan-town police. Rather, stu-dents were able to use Yik Yak to broadcast to others which areas to avoid.

Anecdotal evidence from the average user can sometimes be enough to show the positive support anyone could receive from Yik Yak at a moment’s no-tice. The app is a quick way to communicate with a large group of people by giving users the ability to vent about any topic at any time of day. Many posts have nothing to do with politics or bigotry; some-times people are just ask-ing for everyday advice, like how to cook dinner for friends or ask someone out on a date.

Unlike Facebook or Twitter, Yik Yak doesn’t re-quire any personal infor-mation. This gives many people the opportunity to express themselves with-out fear of backlash or per-

sonal attacks. While this does mean terrible com-ments are sometimes the most viewed or upvoted from time to time, it also gives the often-silenced minorities a platform to discuss their issues with-out requiring them to re-veal their identity.

Should we ban Yik Yak to silence the nation’s hate-mongers? I say no, because putting an end to the app does nothing to stop the true bigotry behind the posts. A per-son who wishes to spread these hateful messages can turn to any platform to do so, and in that sense, Yik Yak is no different than any other form of social media.

By banning Yik Yak, we are taking away a platform to interact with peers, ed-ucate others and hopefully create a more tolerant en-vironment without fear. The only way to fight igno-rance is to keep the con-versation going; not put an end to it. By keeping this channel open and allow-ing people to both start and monitor their own conversations, Yik Yak may one day be a place where opinions can be chal-lenged, but not silenced.

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When we share a Tweet, post a status update or up-load a photo to Instagram, many of us think about how that content will be perceived by followers. Be-cause every post is paired with our name and photo, our published content has the power to shape how our family, peers and even fu-ture employers see us.

After a lifetime of learn-ing about the lasting dam-age one bad post can have, we are trained to weigh our online actions with possi-ble consequences. But what happens if everything we post becomes anonymous? Yik Yak has made this sort of hypothetical anonymity not only a reality, but acces-sible every hour of the day in the palm of our hands.

Although Yik Yak’s devel-opers have put community regulations in place to dis-courage bullying and sug-gestive content, it has lit-tle ability to regulate posts on an individual basis. The most obvious conse-quence of this is cyberbul-lying, which can be even more hurtful and frustrat-ing when it happens anon-

ymously. This has become enough of a problem that most high schools have banned the app. Some have even taken it so far as to in-stall technology that dis-ables the app on school grounds. However, hurt-ful or suggestive remarks aren’t the worst damage that Yik Yak has caused.

Only a few weeks ago, the controversy on the Univer-sity of Missouri’s campus made headlines across the country. “I’m going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person I see,” one of the most alarm-ing Yik Yak posts read. Cam-pus officials questioned the legitimacy of nameless threats made on the app, but the resulting fear and tension that gripped the campus prevented many from leaving their homes to attend classes.

A 19-year-old computer science major was later ar-rested after officials suc-cessfully tracked the IP address used to make the posts, proving that what you say online, even in an anonymous setting, can still come back to haunt you. However, this story raises an even more impor-tant question: are we tak-ing this uncontrolled ano-nymity seriously enough? If a few posts can scare stu-

dents enough to prevent them from leaving their homes, what else can they do?

It has been argued that the anonymity within the app can be a good thing. The majority of Yik Yak us-ers exercise responsibility within the app. On West Virginia University’s feed, the most popular posts tend to be either sports-re-lated or jokes about cam-pus life. Instead of post-ing drunken status updates that can be forever linked to you on your personal Face-book page or Twitter feed, one can post them in Yik Yak with virtually no last-ing consequences.

All of these things are great, but are they really worth all the hurt and fear that can be spread by irre-sponsible users? Complete anonymity, while inter-esting in theory, probably hasn’t existed in this way until now for a good rea-son. Having to face up to our words is the most ef-fective means of preventing us from saying the wrong things, and it’s probably best we keep it that way. The trouble the app can potentially cause makes it more of a liability than an asset.

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Yik Yak, a popular social media application, is similar to Twitter in that users can post status updates to an ongoing feed. However, all posts are anonymous and are only shown to other app users within a 5-mile radius of the original poster. Posts can be “upvoted” or “downvoted” in order to either stay on the feed or be voted off permanently.

Yik Yak has recently fallen under scrutiny by allowing the publication of anonymous threats directed at African Americans on University of Missouri’s campus in Columbia, Missouri. After protests erupted in response to poorly handled racist incidents on campus, death threats targeting African American students were published on the app. The posts incited mass panic and many students stated they were afraid to come to class as a result.

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MUSIC TO YOUR EARS West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra brings to life powerful 21st Century works

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The West Virginia Uni-versity Symphony Orches-tra brought powerful works from the 21st century to life Thursday night.

The concert took place in the Lyell B. Clay Theatre in the Creative Arts Center. The night featured WVU’s premiere music ensemble under the conduction of Mitchell Arnold, Associate Professor of Music and Di-rector of Orchestral Studies at the University. Given the movement toward allowing

students to attend the event free with a valid student ID, many college-age students filled the audience.

“Playing under the di-rection of Dr. Arnold is re-ally fun. He tells a lot of jokes, has really interest-ing stories and definitely helps us musically. He has a ton of great instruction to help us sound our best,” said WVUSO member Em-ily Ilyes.

The WVUSO is composed primarily of students in the WVU School of Music, but also includes students from a variety of different ma-jors. Students audition at the beginning of the fall se-

mester to earn a spot in the ensemble, whether in the brass, wind, percussion or string sections.

“Being a part of the WVUSO is a great expe-rience. Playing with the other members is fun and I’ve really learned a lot from them,” Ilyes said. “My favor-ite part about performing is the energy that comes from playing music. It’s so great to play something that you’ve worked hard on as a group and it’s amazing to hear how it sounds in concert.”

Some of the pieces of the program included “Tibetan Swing” composed by Bright

Sheng, “The Firebird” com-posed by Igor Stravinsky and sensational finale “Ca-priccio Espagnol” com-posed by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

“We want to perform music that excites our au-diences; music that has en-ergy, passion and beauty, sometimes all three at once. It’s important for us to pick music that teaches our mu-sic students the challenges of playing with excellence in a large group. There is lit-tle that is more rewarding,” Arnold said.

All pieces immersed the audience in dynamic and diverse sounds. Given that

the pieces were derived from artists all over the world, students had the ability to learn new tech-niques and different styles of music. The orchestra had the power of changing the atmosphere of the theatre with a change in tempo and new rhythms.

“There is no real theme of the program, just great exciting music played with brilliance and passion,” Ar-nold said.

Arnold and students took part in vigorous rehearsals to prepare for the program.

“Rehearsals are work, but great work. The sense of accomplishment stu-

dents gain from overcom-ing the challenges in their own parts with the fur-ther challenges of playing in a large group, with one voice, is rewarding” Arnold said.

The WVUSO continues to bring an enlightening sound to the stage and en-tertain the local Morgan-town area.

“We perform music that engages our listeners. There is nothing in the world like a large orchestra with brass, drums, strings and wood-winds playing great music,” Arnold said.

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‘a Charlie Brown Christmas’ celebrates 50 yearsHannaH Harless

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“A Charl ie Brow n Christmas” will be hon-ored with a 50th anniver-sary television special, airing in late November to kick-off the holiday season.

Created by famous car-toon artist Charles Shulz and television producer Lee Mendelson, “A Char-lie Brown Christmas” first graced household televi-sions in the year 1965. The short film follows charac-ters Charlie Brown voiced by Peter Robbins, Linus van Pelt voiced by Chris-topher Shea, Lucy van Pelt voiced by Tracey Stratford, Schroeder voiced by Chris Doran, Violet voiced by Sally Dryer, Snoopy and their friends as they pre-pare for the Christmas season.

The plot unravels as the main character is over-come by feelings of de-pression, despite the wide-spread cheer that comes with the holiday season. In attempt to free Charlie from his inexplicable de-pression, Lucy advises him to direct the annual Christ-mas play. Throughout this experience, Brown discov-

ers the true meaning of Christmas, with the help of his best friend Linus. Linus recites the annunciation to the shepherds scene from the Bible’s Gospel of Luke.

“That’s what Christ-mas is all about, Char-lie Brown.” Linus said. “Christmas to me is spending it with family

and making simple tra-ditions like watching the Peanuts,” said West Vir-ginia student Megan Popp.

Some of the most mem-orable scenes of the film include an ice-skating scene, a pageant scene, a scene featuring Christmas carols sung around a not-so-full Christmas Tree,

contemporary jazz and the revelation of the miracle of Jesus’ birth.

“The frail and delicate Christmas tree reminds viewers that you can make something so beautiful out of something so small if you believe in it,” Popp said.

Shulz felt that it was important for the over-

all message to be cen-tralized around a reli-gious meaning since it was a monumental as-pect of his own Christmas experience.

“I feel that the under-lying theme of the film teaches viewers the true meaning of Christmas. It’s not about the material-istic view the holiday of-

tentimes brings about but the celebration of faith and gathering with the ones you love most,” Popp said.

The film has not only be-come famous for the sen-timental scenes, but also for the music performed by The Vince Guaraldi Trio. While the film pri-marily features Christ-mas music, the most no-table piece is the theme of the film, “Linus and Lucy.”

Since the short film aired, it became an in-stant hit. The film was seen in an estimated count of 15 million homes dur-ing its debut. Watching the film during its annual airing has become a tra-dition amongst families nationwide.

The 50th anniversary special, which will take place from 9 p.m. – 10 p.m., on Nov. 30, will be hosted by comedian Kristen Bell. The night will feature live performances of Guaral-di’s classics from some of the most prominent art-ists in today’s music in-dustry, as well as notable celebrities reminiscing on their experiences with the Christmas special.


Andrew SpellmAn/THe dAIlY ATHenAeUmThe West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra leads into an upbeat section of ‘Dance of the Firebird’.

peAnUTS.wIkIA.comThe loveable Peanuts gang has been a part of American holiday traditions for generations.

Fourth-wall breaking comedy ‘The Beaux’ Stratagem’ leaves crowd in tearsWestley tHompson

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One day, two dashing rapscallions, Archer and Aimwell, roll into a rural English town in the year 1707. Down to their last 200 pounds the two hatch a scheme: one will pose as a lord; the other, his servant. In this way they hope to woo a wealthy woman, claim her fortune and split it for themselves. The two quickly become tangled up in the schemes and deviances of the not-so-innocent townsfolk they are trying to swindle, to hilarious effect.

“The Beaux’ Stratagem” is a comedy through and through. Each character is a charmingly corrupt individual. From the lo-cal robbery ring run by the town priest Gloss, the inn keep Boniface and his lustful daughter Cherry, to the mad sci-entist-eque Lady Bounti-ful, a wealthy matriarch whose ill-informed pas-sion for medicine leaves more corpses upon her ta-

ble than healthy patients leaving her door.

While trying to dupe the Bountiful family of their money, Archer and Aim-well fall in love with the women they are trying to trick. Aimwell falls for Lady Bountiful’s daughter Dorinda, and Archer falls for Mrs. Sullen, the wife of Lady Bountiful’s alcoholic son. The two are initially kicked out of the Bounti-ful household when it is discovered they are faking their identities. However, the pair discovers a plot by other thieves to rob the Bountiful household and rush back to rescue the women they love; much to the delight of the randy ladies, marriage vows be damned.

The play’s humor is de-rived much from the char-acters themselves. Each character interacts with others in comical ways, from clever quips to slap-stick physical humor. The show is delightfully rife with innuendo.

Another cool feature is the breaking of the fourth wall. When the title of the

play is mentioned in di-alogue, a chime rings as a funny self-aware nod. Characters often stop and interact with the au-dience, involving them in their monologues.

One character, the French priest Foigard, takes this one step further by literally dragging him-self and his marriage cart through the aisles to take a seat in a huff after being slighted by the other char-acters. He exclaims “Par-don, excuse moi,” while shuffling past bent-kneed audience members. He is obnoxious, and the audi-ence can’t stop laughing.

This over-the-top, slap-stick, innuendo-laiden humor is exactly what makes “The Beaux’ Strat-agem” so entertaining. From the opening scene to the final bow the au-dience is laughing. The play isn’t serious and doesn’t take itself seri-ously and for that rea-son it does not cease to entertain.

To younger genera-tions theatre is synony-mous with boring drama,

the overplayed emotion of a bad cable show with-out any of the bloody spe-cial effects. If more plays were like “The Beaux’ Stratagem” that percep-tion would change. Live

comedy, when done right, is unlike any-thing else and “The Beaux’ Stratagem” proves that.

“The Beaux’ Stratagem” plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday

in the Creative Arts Cen-ter’s Gladys G. Davis The-atre and again Dec. 1-6. For more information visit http://theatre.wvu.edu.

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Barnes and Noble to host Vinyl Daybrittany osteen

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Recently, the popularity of vintage and retro technology has skyrocketed. Now, many people are opting for Polaroid cameras, typewriters and, more specifi-cally, vinyls and record players.

On Saturday, Barnes and No-ble is celebrating the reemer-gence of records with Vinyl Day.

“The industry is definitely moving back towards vinyl and the general public is definitely accepting vinyl as the acceptable format,” said Andrew Kapaldo, the community business devel-opment manager for Barnes and Noble. “Lots of people are mov-

ing back to vinyl. I know that I dug out my collection.”

Barnes and Noble offers spe-cial items and promotions, such as James Day autographed pho-tographs and autographed vinyls for sale. There will also be ex-clusive records that are not only generally exclusive to the store but also have exclusive colors. The store is offering some special sales and promotions on both re-cord players and certain vinyls. While there may be more items on sale, the only guaranteed pro-motion so far has been The Bea-tles vinyl.

“We probably sell more vinyl records than CDs at this point,” Kapaldo said.

“It seems like a lot of people

are moving away from digital and back to analog. We are sell-ing more vinyl records and less digital copies. People are mak-ing that move back to analog. They want to feel, they want to see, they want to hold it in their hands,” he said.

When they were first intro-duced in 1948, LPs or vinyl re-cords quickly became the new standard for music. The change from analog to digital was made in 1983.

Maybe it is the nostalgia or the increased sales of records and record players, but now you can find almost any album on vinyl. From the original records to new artists there is a vinyl for anyone and everyone. From artists like

Taylor Swift and One Direction to Sam Hunt or even Nirvana, there is every type of music available.

Even Adele’s new album “25” with her hit song “Hello” is being released as a record on Nov. 20; just in time for Vinyl Day.

Since 2002, the Vinyl Re-cord Day nonprofit organiza-tion has begun raising support and awareness for the preserva-tion of the cultural influences, recordings, and cover art for the records.

There are many vinyl sup-port days throughout the year. The organization has set Aug. 12 as Vinyl Day, and though Re-cord Store Day has changed, it is usually held the third Satur-

day in April. Record Store Day partners with small businesses to promote and celebrate indepen-dently owned record stores. Now even Barnes and Noble periodi-cally has Vinyl Day to help sup-port the sales of records.

“For me, vinyl day takes me back to my father’s collection,” Kapaldo said. “I now have my father’s vinyl collection and it takes me back. I get to kind of experience what he got to expe-rience back when vinyl was big and the bands that were big.”

For more information on Vi-nyl Day at Barnes and Noble, visit http://www.barnesandno-ble.com.


Pittsburgh marks holiday season with Light Up night hannah harLess

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The 55th Annual Light Up Night to illuminate Pitts-burgh kicks off the Holiday season on Friday Nov. 20.

Light Up Night was de-rived from two historical events that occurred in Pitts-burgh, the notable “Preview of Christmas” tradition and the celebration of the open-ing of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball season in 1959. On April 9, 1959, building lights were left on in Down-town Pittsburgh until mid-night to encourage locals to enter department stores to shop and attend city theater performances.

Since both events resulted

in large turnouts, it only made sense to combine the two to celebrate the city and the beginning of the Christ-mas season.

Light Up Night first came to life in the “steel city” in late fall of 1960. Beginning at 6 p.m., downtown lights illu-minate the city known for its gothic-style landscapes, and elaborate store displays are unveiled just like in the Big Apple.

Since then, the tradition has carried on in Pittsburgh for more than five decades, with the exception of a few years in the mid-1970s in re-sponse to the energy crisis of the time. Light Up Night con-tinues to grow in the extent of lights and activities as well as popularity.

The tradition brings an au-dience of hundreds of thou-sands people from around the world. What started out as event for the city’s locals has brought a diverse popula-tion into the downtown area. It stands as a true representa-tion of the love people have for city pride and the holiday season.

“It’s sentimental in a way that it’s been our tradition in the city for quite some time now. Many people born and raised in Pittsburgh keep that as a family tradition through the years and generations. It’s a chance to bring the family together for some fun,” said West Virginia University stu-dent Kelsey Plute.

People enjoy attending the special tree lighting cere-

monies. The first one begins at the City-County Building at 11:15 a.m. The largest is the lighting of the Highmark Unity Tree, which will occur at 7 p.m., with rooftop fire-works and Mr. Mcfeely.

“It’s like a winter wonder land, without the snow. The event is always full of excite-ment and neat attractions,” Plute said.

Some of the best views of the fireworks include popular overlook atop Mt. Washing-ton on Grandview Avenue, which allows viewers to get a landscape view of the down-town area. The North Shore and Station Square both pro-vide exceptional views of the fireworks also. They will be launched from the illumi-nated Andy Warhol Bridge.

“It never disappoints. I usually go with a big group of friends and we always have a blast,” said West Virginia University student Natalie Moody.

Aside from the fireworks and tree lighting ceremo-nies, there are many other activities for people to en-joy with their loved ones. The ice skating at the Rink at PPG Place, and attending one of the five stages of live entertainment set up across the downtown area are tra-ditional favorites. Attendees also have the chance to see the “Best of the Best,” an ice sculptures display, as well as gingerbread houses made by local school children and art-ists. The younger crowd can even score a visit with Santa

himself. “Daya and JoJo are set to

perform this year. It’s going to be a fun experience and not to mention an opportunity to get into the holiday spirit for free,” Moody said.

It’s no wonder why this celebration has been made a holiday tradition by fami-lies all across the world. The night has a particular senti-ment in the hearts of those that attend. Many West Vir-ginia Mountaineers flee to the city as the University lets out for Thanksgiving Break.

“My favorite part of the whole night would have to be the Zambelli fireworks that are synchronized with holi-day music,” Moody said.


Local Black Friday Deals include must-haves for college studentsCorey eLLiot

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Remember when Black Friday was actually on Friday and not on Thanksgiving? It has undoubtedly picked up steam each year, with an increasing amount of stores will-ing to welcome the zoo-like atmo-sphere of feisty patrons. Black Fri-day is hectic and overwhelming, yet a great springboard for holi-day shopping and the Christmas spirit. It’s the time to score ma-jor deals on big-ticket items, and catch a first glimpse at the season’s most sought after products. Here’s a sneak peak at the best Black Fri-day deals for college students on a budget.

Toshiba 49” 1080p LED HDTV: Best Buy for $150

This offer is only available in Best Buy stores, so you may want to plan ahead to snag this deal. Many de-cide to camp out at major retailers such as Best Buy to ensure they get their hands on the item they want. The TV, which is regularly priced at $429.99, will be offered at Best Buy for $150. This is a saving of roughly $280.

Beats By Dre Solo 2 over-the-ear headphones: Target for $96.99

Marked down from $199.99, Tar-get’s offer on Beats by Dre is an ab-solute steal. Beats by Dre are great

for anyone who loves listening to music on the go. Beats are especially ideal for college students on their commute to class or for studying. They also can make for a good gift at over half-off the MSRP. These head-phones are available in nine differ-ent colors. Target is also offering 25 percent off all Beats By Dre wireless headphones.

Westinghouse 55” 1080p LED HDTV: Target for $249.99

Though this is still pricey for most, customers will receive a sav-ings of $350 on this item. It comes equipped with three HDMI ports, as well as one USB port for view-ing various media files. Addition-ally, it offers a detachable base perfect for mounting it on your wall. Just like the smaller Toshiba, this deal will be tough to snag if you’re not a dedicated Black Friday shopper.

Apple Watch + $100 gift card: Target for $349

If you haven’t caught on yet, smart-watches are definitely some-thing worth looking into. They seamlessly sync with your mo-bile device to add one more level of convenience to your every-day endeavors. Apple Watches are able to access virtually everything from your iPhone without hav-ing your iPhone in hand. This deal gives you even more to look for-ward to with the addition of a $100

gift card with your Apple Watch purchase.

Fitbit Flex Wristband: Walmart for $59

Fitbits are on the rise, helping many change their whole lifestyle. If your New Year’s resolution in-volves a new workout plan, this item can help you nail the perfect rou-tine. For $40 off retail, the Fitbit can track steps, calories burned, active minutes and your quality of sleep. It also is able to wake you up with a silent alarm, which may be a help-ful feature for non-morning people. Who likes alarms anyway?

Bella Duel-Brew single serve coffee maker: Target for $29

Originally $49.99, this Bella Duel-Brew system is running for nearly 40 percent off retail. It conveniently brews k-cups and ground coffee, too. Single serve coffee makers are efficient for college students who don’t want to deal with the hassle of a big coffee pot or spend more than $100 on a Keurig.

There’s no question that elec-tronics are the most appealing and sought after items by shoppers on Black Friday. With Best Buy, Target and Walmart all located in Morgan-town, these six things will be avail-able in one congested area next Fri-day. May the odds be ever in your favor.


The Weeknd, Ariana Grande among nominees at American Music Awards CheLsea waLker

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It’s American music’s night to shine, as the American Music Awards celebrate the year’s most prominent and influen-tial artists.

Paying tribute to artists from an array of genres from country and hip-hop, to soul and rock, the American Music Awards al-lows fans to vote for their favorite collab-orations, albums and soundtracks of the year.

Hosted by Jennifer Lopez, the Ameri-can Music Awards will present fan-voted awards in categories such as “Artist of the Year,” “Song of the Year” and “Collabo-ration of the Year.” Since its inception in 1973, the American Music Awards grant nominations based on sales, airplay, ac-tivity on social networks and video view-ing. With votes being cast by fans and a poll of music buyers, the public ultimately chooses the winners.

This year’s large pool of nominees for “Artist of the Year” include country star Luke Bryan, Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor and The Weeknd.

With six American Music Award nomi-nations, pop star Taylor Swift is predicted to sweep a majority of the awards with mu-sic from her newest album, “1989.” Hits from T.Swift’s album, such as “Shake It Off,” “Bad Blood,” and “Blank Space,” all turned into mega radio hits.

Just a notch below Swift, with five nom-inations, The Weeknd will not be going home empty handed, as many are pre-dicting a big night for the “New Artist of the Year” nominee. This year, Abel Tes-faye’s album “Beauty Behind the Madness”

made a splash in the industry with hits such as “I Can’t Feel My Face” and “The Hills.” Not only did The Weeknd’s album feature smash hits, the artist also teamed up with top artists Lana Del Rey and Ed Sheeran for collaborated tunes “Prisoner” and “Dark Times.” This year’s American Music Awards mark the first time The Weeknd has been in this much pop-star limelight. Going from the alternative un-derground R&B scene, the artist admitted to Billboard Magazine in August that the change is an adjustment.

“The pop-star life is a new challenge,” Tesfaye said. “I still loosen up, but I have much more control. I can go overboard, but nobody can stop me but myself. Me and myself have a better relationship now than we did back then.”

The Weeknd will face up against fellow nominees Fetty Wap, famous for the catchy tune “Trap Queen,” alternative group Walk The Moon and Swedish singer Tove Lo.

This year’s American Music Awards will showcase onstage performances by art-ists Ariana Grande, One Direction, Car-rie Underwood, Nick Jonas and more. Just as the American Music Awards begin to roll out the red carpet for some of the in-dustry’s biggest stars, 21-year-old heart-throb Justin Bieber will also be performing on stage. The artist who has made recent headlines for acting out onstage will per-form hits from his newest album, “Pur-pose.” Predictions by Billboard Magazine report Bieber will most likely play hit tunes “Sorry” and “What Do You Mean.”

The 2015 American Music Awards premiere Sunday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. For more information on the American Mu-sic Awards, visit http://theamas.com/nominees/2015-nominees/.


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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Friday November 20, 20156 | CAMPUS CONNECTION

BY NANCY BLACK

ARIES (MARch 21-ApRIl 19) HH Long distance communications im-prove for about three weeks. Travel beckons, but could get complicated. You could struggle today, with Venus square Pluto. Take the shortest route. Charm someone.

TAURUS (ApRIl 20-MAy 20) HHH Saving money comes easier, with Mercury in Sagittarius. For about three weeks, set long-range finan-cial targets. Keep track. Don’t over-look family obligations. Don’t spend it all on a romantic whim. Love may seem far away. Nurture yourself.

GEMINI (MAy 21-JUNE 20) HHH Rely on your team. Over the next three weeks, the competition’s ex-traordinarily fierce. Support each other and work together. Get ex-pert coaching. Ignore petty griev-ances and pull together. Place above expectations.

cANcER (JUNE 21-JUly 22) HHHH Create and discover efficiencies. It’s easier to figure out professional so-lutions for the next few weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Your work gets more interesting. Organize your home office for comfort. .

lEO (JUly 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Share your passion for the game. It’s easier to express your love for

the next few weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius. You’re especially per-suasive, and lucky with words. Talk about beauty, truth and goodness.

V I R G O ( AU G. 23- S E p T. 22) HHHHH Fix up your place. Over the next three weeks, , focus on household renovation. Talk over op-tions with housemates and move things around. Resolve an issue that’s been bugging you. Commu-nication unlocks doors.

lIBRA (SEpT. 23-OcT. 22) HHHH Begin a three-week intensive study phase, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Your curiosity intensifies. Write re-ports and investigate assumptions. Consider ethics and consequences

before acting. Guard against dupli-cation of efforts. A potentially great idea needs work.

S cO R p I O ( O c T. 23- N O V. 21) HHHHH Money flows both in and out over the next three weeks, so take care. The more you do, the more you’re in demand. Keep fulfilling a vision, and your confidence inspires productivity. Give thanks.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEc. 21) HHH For the next three weeks, you have the mental advantage. Ask probing questions and discover. Lis-ten to improve your skills and tal-ents. Strengthen your communica-tions infrastructure. Allow yourself some poetic license.

c ApRIcORN (DEc. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Learn from your dreams. Enter a three-week philosophi-cal and spiritual phase. Ancient se-crets get revealed. A female offers a solution. Listening is more pow-erful than speaking. Focus on nur-turing health. Contemplate beauty.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Competition or romance? Enjoy a three-week social phase, with Mer-cury in Sagittarius. Group activi-ties go well. Confer with others and discover hidden truths. Show appreciation for the work of your friends. You have what others want.

pIScES (FEB. 19-MARch 20) HHHH Professional opportunities abound. Begin a three-week test-ing phase, with Mercury in Sagittar-ius. Let others know what you want. Communication impacts your career directly. A rise in status is possible. You’re already connected. Go ahead and ask.

BORN TODAY Friends empower your game farther and faster this year. Keep momentum and money flows with ease. Stash some aside. Fun and romance sparkle this spring-time, interrupting your peace. Com-munity efforts build steam next au-tumn, impacting your home life. Play together for your heart,

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

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Press Virginia is alive and well, but it’s the West Virginia offense that will be on display tonight.

The West Virginia Uni-versity men’s basketball team has a chance to produce some real fire-works tonight at the WVU Coliseum.

The Mountaineers face off against the team with the third-worst scoring defense in Division I, the Stetson Hatters, dur-ing the first game of the Continental Tire Las Ve-gas Invitational at 7 p.m.

The matchup certainly appears to be one that could result in a lot of points being put on the board.

After two games, the Mountaineers (2-0) rank in the top 20 in the nation in scoring offense, scor-ing 96.5 points per game. Meanwhile, Stetson (0-2) has allowed an aver-age 101 points in their two games.

With scoring talents like Devin Williams, Daxter Miles and Jevon Carter coming into their own, the stage is set for a productive night in Morgantown.

“We have guys who are capable,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins af-ter West Virginia’s 86-73 win over James Madison Monday. “They’re ath-letic. We get to the ball. We can run and jump.”

Williams, Carter and Miles are all averaging more than 15 points per game so far for West Vir-ginia. With their help the Mountaineers had little trouble putting points on the board in both victories over North-ern Kentucky and James Madison.

WVU’s starting back-court of Carter and Miles are averaging a com-bined 36.5 points. Mean-while, Williams and Jon-athan Holton have both started off averaging dou-ble-doubles – Williams is putting up 18.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game, while Holton’s stat sheet shows 13 points and 12 rebounds. Holton and Williams are the only pair of teammates in the nation to record double-doubles in their first two games.

West Virginia needed all its top players to show up as it outlasted James Madison 86-73 Mon-day night in Charles-ton, West Virginia. Wil-liams and Carter led the way with 19 points each, while Holton logged an-other double-double and Miles contributed 11 points and some strong play toward the end of the game.

“Devin was Devin,” Huggins said. “He went

and got it for us. I thought Jon rebounded for us, and I thought Dax played down the stretch. His ball security was pretty good, and he scored the ball.”

But while the final re-sults have been impres-sive enough, Huggins is still looking for improve-ment from his team dur-ing tonight’s tilt with Stetson, especially as it comes to his half-court offense.

“It’s hard to teach half-court offense,” Huggins said. “There’s a lot of stuff that goes on. I just put an out-of-bounds play in, and I’ve been looking for someone who knows how to play that can read what the defense is doing.”

If there’s any team West Virginia can find an offensive groove against, it should be Stetson.

The Hatters dropped their first two games of the season in a pair of high-scoring contests, losing road games to Richmond 108-85 last Sunday and to The Cita-del 94-93 on Tuesday.

Third-year head coach Corey Williams, a for-mer Chicago Bulls point guard, guided Stetson to a 9-22 record and a first round exit in the Atlan-tic Sun Tournament last year, and holds an over-all record of 16-46 as the Hatter head coach.

St e t s o n c u r re n t l y boasts five players av-eraging in double fig-ures this season, includ-ing 6-foot-7 swingman Brian Pegg, who comes into the game averag-ing 12.5 points and 13.5 rebounds.

Stetson will be the sec-ond Atlantic Sun team the Mountaineers have faced in the early go-ings of the season, after West Virginia dispatched Northern Kentucky 107-61 last week.

The all-time series be-tween WVU and Stetson is tied 1-1 – West Vir-ginia beat the Hatters in their first meeting in 1982 68-60, but dropped a rematch 76-69 the next year.

Friday’s game is the first of two Las Vegas In-vitational games to be held in Morgantown – West Virginia also takes on Bethune-Cookman Monday, before head-ing to Las Vegas to face Richmond and either Cal or San Diego State next week.

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Coming off two-straight conference wins, the West Virginia University football team is heading to Law-rence, Kansas to take on the Jayhawks. Kansas is on a 10-game losing streak and comes into the matchup af-ter hanging close with No. 18 TCU, which more than likely only happened be-cause Trevone Boykin left the game with an injury.

This game has seemed like a cakewalk since WVU joined the Big 12 in 2012, but one year later the Mountaineers lost to Kan-sas on the road. The last two times these teams met, West Virginia took a win at home, and this is the first time Kansas has hosted since 2013.

“We will probably men-tion what happened two

years ago at Kansas,” said head coach Dana Hol-gorsen. “I think we are a completely different team.They have a different team. We have 20 seniors that have been here for four years in the Big 12, for those who didn’t make that trip, a lot of the guys down in the locker room will ex-plain to them what it is go-ing to be like.”

Last time in Lawrence, the Mountaineers were held to 144 rushing yards, backup quarterback Paul Millard played in place of Clint Trickett because he was injured. Millard threw for 242 yards and was picked off twice, some-thing the Jayhawks capi-talized on, and the WVU defense never intercepted a pass from KU’s Montell Cozart.

While the obvious goal is to focus on the offense and scoring to take the win,

Holgorsen said creating turnovers is something the defense has worked on and will continue to utilize with the last three games ahead.

“We are still only third in the league in turnover mar-gin,” he said. “We have to focus on forcing turnover and thinking that good things will happen to you, that’s the key in getting turnovers.”

So far the defense has held true to that mentality, ranking fourth nationally in interceptions with 16, and is No. 8 in turnovers gained, with 22.

Junior defensive back Nana Kyeremeh said head-ing into this weekend’s game, with an early kick against a team with no wins this season, doesn’t mean the hype for the matchup is lower.

“Its easy to stay moti-vated,” Kyeremeh said. “This is the same Kansas

team that beat us two years ago, we were sleep walking through the season think-ing we would beat them. They took away our bowl hopes. Its easy to be moti-vated against Kansas.”

Tomorrow afternoon is the perfect opportunity for West Virginia to take its sixth win of the season and gain bowl eligibility. Most of the team seems to agree that reaching the goal of a bowl game is attainable, but winning in general is the dream on everyone’s mind.

“Its always good to get that sixth win, but we are just focused on winning right now,” said senior linebacker Jared Barber. “We’re focusing on day-to-day stuff and game-to-game stuff.”

Kick-off is at 11 a.m. in Memorial Stadium.

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Fresh off one of the big-gest wins of the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the West Virginia Univer-sity women’s soccer team will play host to North-western on Friday night. The No. 4 Mountaineers (17-1-2, 6-0-1) are eagerly awaiting the second round matchup.

“It’s crucial for us to win this weekend at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown in an interview with WVUS-ports.com. “Our team un-derstands that our field is sacred ground – we don’t want to lose at home. This team prides itself on win-ning at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. We want to take advantage of the familiarity of playing in Morgantown and in front of Mountain-eer Nation.”

The team opened the tournament with a much-needed 4-0 win over Duquesne following an early exit from the Big 12 Tournament. Carla Por-tillo’s fourth-minute goal was the deciding point as the Mountaineers tacked on three more before the final buzzer. The second round appearance is West Virginia’s first since 2013 and 10th in the program’s 20 years.

Northwestern required extra time to pull off a first round upset over No. 24 Washington last week. The lone goal of the game came in double overtime for a Wildcat victory.

The matchup is the first-ever meeting between WVU and Northwestern (14-5-2, 7-3-1). However, the Moun-taineers have had excellent success against the Big Ten Conference. West Virginia is 3-0 against Northwest-ern’s conference, including

wins over then No. 5 Penn State and No. 14 Ohio State.

With the shutout against Duquesne in the opening round, WVU tied its sin-gle-season program record with 14 shutouts. A shutout against the Wildcats would break the mark.

West Virginia boasts one of the most well balanced teams in the country. The defense, led by Big 12 De-fensive Player of the Year Kadeisha Buchanan, ranks second in the country. The offense has been just as impressive, ranking fifth in the country with nearly three goals per game.

While West Virginia has been known for the team’s postseason strug-gles, something is different this year. That’s been evi-dent all year, as the team opened the season with a loss against Virginia Tech and has since gone on to win 16 of 18 and post 13 shutouts.

Duquesne’s head coach Al Alvine has faced West Virginia four times now in his four years and made it very clear this is Nikki Izzo-Brown’s best squad to date. The Mountaineers defeated the Atlantic 10 champion by a combined 9-0 score in two matchups this season.

“We have played against them all four years since I have been here at Duquesne, and I think this is the best team that she has had,” Alvine said. “Con-gratulations to them, and I hope that they achieve all their goals this year. They deserve it.”

Dick Dlesk Soccer Sta-dium will also play host to the second round matchup between Minnesota and Loyola Marymount. The winners of the two games on Friday afternoon face off Sunday in Morgantown in the Sweet 16.

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On Nov. 21, the West Vir-ginia University Wrestling Team heads to St. Charles, Missouri, for the 5th Annual Joe Parisi Open.

The Open, hosted by Lin-denwood University begins

at 10 a.m. in Mountaineer head coach Sammie Hen-son’s hometown.

West Virginia is coming off a one win, two loss weekend. At the North East Duals on November 15th, the Moun-taineers defeated unranked Buffalo University, but lost against No. 3 Michigan and No. 20 Oregon State. Prior to

the matches, West Virginia was ranked No. 19 in the Na-tional Wrestling Coaches As-sociation (NWCA) poll. In this week’s poll, the Moun-taineers fell a few spots and will enter the Joe Parisi Open ranked No. 23 out of 25 teams.

In West Virginia’s first meet of the year they swept

the Mountaineer Quad against Campbell Univer-sity, Drexel University, and Arizona State University. All three of those teams are un-ranked, but the Mountain-eers collected impressive victories.

Even though the team has suffered two losses, one Mountaineer wrestler re-mains undefeated on the season. Junior Dylan Cottrell has impressed with six victo-ries to open 2015, including two major decision victories and forcing two falls.

Henson voiced his excite-ment for the 157 pound Cot-trell earlier this season, say-ing that Cottrell could “could do something special.”

Last season’s NCAA run-ner-up, sophomore Zeke Moisey has also started the season on a strong note. The 125 pound Moisey won his first five decisions, before falling to Oregon State’s Ron-nie Rios in a narrow 3-2 de-feat. However, Moisey has done a good job getting to his game plan this season. En-tering 2015-16, he said one of his biggest goals was to improve his top game. From the first event of the season, it was clear Moisey had al-ready improved in this area.

“People were (trying to) and slow me down a bit and not be offensive and that’s what happened, but I stuck to my game plan and got at least two takedowns every match and I controlled the pace of the match and didn’t

give up very many opportu-nities to score,” Moisey said after the Mountaineer Quad.

The Joe Parisi Open is the Mountaineers’ last match of November. After it, only two more events remain in the calendar year.

Following the Mountain-eer Quad, Henson said it was too early to set his goals for the season. Now that things are starting to take shape, Henson is beginning to have a better feel for the season.

“I’ll look at our team after

the smoke settles, after these next three,” Henson said. “We go to Northeast Duals, then we go to St. Louis and wres-tle there. So, that’s gonna let us know where we’re at going into Vegas.”

With 500 wrestlers at the event, West Virginia will have its hands full, but it will pro-vide an opportunity to turn things around and hope-fully get back to climbing the NWCA rankings.

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The West Virginia Uni-versity rifle team concludes the first half of the 2015-16 slate this weekend with a home match against Ohio State. The No. 1 Mountain-eers (6-0, 4-0) are looking to finish the fall semester undefeated.

After falling to No. 3 in the national polls two weeks ago following the Ak-ron Invitational, the Moun-taineers rebounded to de-feat Great American Rifle Conference foe No. 9 Army

4,709-4,653.The win was enough to

bump the Mountaineers back to the top spot, ahead of Kentucky. Despite de-feating Alaska-Fairbanks to remain undefeated, the Wildcats sit at No. 6 in this week’s poll while Alaska re-mains at No. 4.

Ohio State sits at No. 8, just ahead of Army, whom the Mountaineers handily defeated last weekend.

The Mountaineers hold the highest average team score in the country go-ing into the final weekend of the first semester. In ad-dition, several members

of the team have posted some of the highest aggre-gate scores of the season and boast average scores among the highest in the country.

The team’s smallbore performance last week-end against Army was one of the best in the pro-gram’s storied history. All eight team members shot above a 1,170. If the team can coordinate their stand-out smallbore performance with their usual near-per-fect air rifle performance, they could be unstoppable.

“The smallbore team score was one of the best

scores that we ever shot,” said head coach Jon Ham-mond in regard to last weekend’s performance. “I know we can shoot bet-ter air rifle, we just have to keep working and mak-ing improvements. Every-one maximized his and her performances across the board.”

Most impressive is the performance of West Vir-ginia newcomers Ginny Thrasher and Will Anti. Thrasher has consistently placed among the top for Mountaineers all sea-son, assisting the team in both disciplines. Anti, who

struggled early on, shot a career-best 583 in air ri-fle last week, putting him at fifth despite battling an illness.

The team’s freshmen, in addition to returning lead-ers in Garrett Spurgeon, Mi-chael Bamsey, and Meelis Kiisk, are the foundation of the nation’s top team, and surely will be again against a tough Buckeye squad this weekend in Morgantown.

A win this weekend against No. 8 Ohio State is essential to close out the first half, considering the Mountaineers will open up the spring semester with a

tough home match against No. 4 Alaska-Fairbanks. Alaska was the only team to defeat the reigning national champions last season.

Following that matchup, West Virginia will go on to face three more ranked teams, before conclud-ing the season in a match against Kentucky that will likely determine the regular season winner of the Great American Rifle Conference.

The No. 1 Mountaineers will take on No. 8 Ohio State on Saturday at the WVU Ri-fle Range.

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The West Virginia wom-en’s basketball team trav-els to Spokane, Washing-ton this weekend, looking to improve its 2-0 record as they take on the Gon-zaga Bulldogs in the Nai-smith Memorial Basket-ball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge.

“The good thing that we are going to be playing this weekend is a step up in talent and playing against some good teams,” said head coach Mike Carey to wvusports.com. “I’ll have their attention next week, after playing these games we play this weekend.”

The Mountaineers are coming off a win against Coppin State Monday night, but Gonzaga and USC, who are also in the Hall of Fame Challenge, will pose a higher level of competition. They are both more dynamic on the of-fensive end.

It will be the first-ever meeting between the Mountaineers and the Bulldogs.

Gonzaga heads into the weekend with a 1-1 re-cord after dropping its last game to Stanford on Sun-day. The Zags, led by top scorer Elle Tinkle, bring forth a more conservative style of play compared to the Mountaineers.

Tinkle leads Gonzaga

with an average of 11.5 points a game, giving the Zags a tough two-way player in the backcourt. She was named First Team All-West Coast Conference in her junior year. Tinkle and teammate Jill Barta are the only Bulldogs to aver-age double-digit points.

“They play very well to-gether,” Carey said. “They are going to spread you and shoot it.”

The Mountaineers, on the other hand, have three players scoring in double figures. Bria Holmes, Te-ana Muldrow and Alexis Brewer all average 10.5 points or higher so far this season.

It will be the old tale of offense versus defense

Sunday, as WVU averages 86.5 points per game while Gonzaga only allows 50 points per game.

For the Mountaineers, the question that arises is whether the team is capa-ble of improving the de-fense after a disappointing performance against Cop-pin State, where the shots were rushed and the focus wasn’t on defense.

After the game, Carey broke down the film com-ing into Thursday’s prac-tice, revealing that it was a story of two halves.

“In the first half, we played with great effort, played defense and got a running lane going,” Carey said. “(In the) second half, we didn’t do any of

the above and that’s what happened.”

While the defense has been in question so far, there is no doubt the emer-gence Brewer and Muld-row shows the rejuvena-tion of the Mountaineers’ bench this season.

“I feel better at the four and five position because I’m more versatile,” Muld-row said.

Being one of the “vet-erans” in Carey’s young squad, even though she is a sophomore, Muldrow realizes that she has to be a leader coming off the bench, and an an example for the newcomers.

“We just have to pick it up,” Muldrow said. “Some-times its hard to play

teams, you know, you’re playing a good team and you play better. I’m excited to see what’s coming.”

Earlier this week, Bria Holmes was named to the John R. Wooden Award Women’s Preseason Top 30 list. The list is made out of 30 student-athletes who are considered the front-runners for the award, which is the most presti-gious honor in college bas-ketball.

Holmes and the rest of the Mountaineers take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs at 5 p.m. Sunday. The game will be available to stream and the link will be available on wvusports.com.

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After stumbling to a 9-13 record so far this season, the West Virginia University hockey team will look to turn things around this weekend against Robert Morris (12-6) and rival Pittsburgh (7-10).

New head coach AJ Stur-ges is off to a rough start in his coaching career, after the Mountaineers dropped two games against Indiana Uni-versity of Pennsylvania and Duquesne last weekend. But Sturges remains opti-mistic and is confident the team can continue to grow and improve as the season progresses.

“I have very high expecta-tions for this team through the remainder of the season,” Sturges said. “We have experi-enced a lot of injuries this sea-son, but that has given a lot of players opportunities to step into new roles. From the play-ers, I am looking for a com-mitment to this team through hard work and being open to growth as a hockey player. I believe there is enormous po-tential with this group, and it is my job to help the team grow.”

Scoring goals hasn’t been much of a problem this sea-son for the Mountaineers; the defense allowing too many goals has been the issue.

Despite it only being his first season skating for the Mountaineers, right winger JP Sawyer leads the team with 21 points, including seven goals and 14 assists and looks to

build upon that total this weekend.

Robert Morris is led by a talented group of forwards in Justin Rehrer, Travis Re-ece, Dallas Savoy and Mason Krueger, each of whom are av-eraging more than a point per game. Rehrer leads the team with 16 goals, while Reece has been the Colonials’ facilitator, with an impressive 19 assists. The last time WVU and Rob-ert Morris met on Oct. 10, the Colonials came away with a 5-1 victory.

Pitt forward Daniel Merz has been hot lately, as he’s had three points each in two of the Panthers’ last three games. The Mountaineers’ defense will have to focus on shutting him down in order to be suc-cessful. The Panthers defeated the Mountaineers 6-3 the last time these two neighboring ri-vals faced off 17 days ago on Nov. 1. The Gold and Blue will be looking for payback.

“This will be my first expe-rience of the Pitt rivalry, and I know that the team will be excited for another chance to play them,” Sturges said. “(I am) expecting some very competitive games this week-end. I am looking for WVU to continue to make progress this weekend, and to finish strong as we approach the holiday break.”

The Mountaineers take the ice against Robert Morris to-night at 9:30 p.m. at the Mor-gantown Ice Center, and again against rival Pittsburgh to-morrow at 3:20 p.m. at Alpha Ice Complex in Pittsburgh.

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Millie Paladino will repre-sent the West Virginia Uni-versity women’s cross coun-try team at the NCAA Cross Country Championship in Louisville, Kentucky this Saturday.

Paladino, a sophomore, ran at the 2014 NCAA Cham-pionship and finished in 210th place with a time of 22:01.3. At last year’s race, West Virginia made it as an entire team and finished in eighth place. This year, the Mountaineers did not qual-ify, so the rest of the team is finished for 2015. Paladino will look to run a strong race to put a positive finish on an up and down season for her team.

Paladino raced in three races this year, but none un-til October. At the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Oct. 16, she placed 124th with a time of 21:13.5. Two weeks later at the Big 12 Championship Pal-adino finished 21st in 21:34.3.

In her final race, the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, Pala-dino took home 11th place in a time of 21:16.2. For finishing in the top 25, Paladino earned NCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Re-gion honors. On Nov. 22, the NCAA announced that Pala-dino would run at the Cross Country Championship for the second straight year.

“Millie had a great day at regionals. This is the sort of running that we’ve been wait-ing for this season,” said head

coach Sean Cleary in an in-terview with WVUsports.com after the race. “While Mil-lie is disappointed her team-mates won’t be running be-side her this weekend, she is well aware that she represents WVU at nationals.”

In last year’s NCAA Cham-pionship, Paladino said she ran despite an injury. How-ever, she was still glad that she chose to compete.

“I think (running despite being injured) was great be-cause I have the experience now,” Paladino said. “When you walk away from the course, you’re like, ‘I’d like to be back here and be better next year.’”

She’ll get that opportunity this Saturday. In all three of her races this season she has had a better time than her NCAA Championship score. For the first time this sea-son, Paladino will only have to worry about her individ-ual score instead of her en-tire team’s. Paladino is one of only four runners in the Mid-Atlantic region that is running only for an individual score.

West Virginia received five votes, but did not make an ap-pearance in the final United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches As-sociation Poll. The Mountain-eers began the season ranked No. 10.

The 2015 NCAA Cross Country Championship is held at EP Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The races begin at noon.

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