Volume 67 Number 2

Volume 67 Number 02WVSU Yellow Jacket

September 26, 2008

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Inside this issue:Carter State of theUniversity Address

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Another September is closing,meaning that we are almost through ourfirst month of school. It also means thatthe President of West Virginia State Uni-versity, Dr. Hazo W. Carter, gives hisannual State of the University address,also known as State of State.

Carter has served as Presidentof West Virginia State since 1987 and hasoverseen two of the most importantevents in the history of the institution.

First, Carter battled for 12 years torestore the Land-Grant Status to then-West Virginia State College, which wasreturned in 1999. Secondly, Carter over-

saw the big change in 2004, when WestVirginia State College obtained univer-sity status and became West VirginiaState University.

In Dr. Carter’s opening state-ment, he said that the state of West Vir-ginia State University for the year of 2008was, “Dynamic, aggressive and compre-hensive. And I am very optimistic aboutour future.”

While nobody on this campuscan deny the great history that our uni-versity has or what great accomplish-ments have been made under the watch-ful eye of Carter, the main point of his

speech seemed to regard both the past andthe present of West Virginia State Univer-sity.

Which brings me to my question:What does the future hold for West Vir-ginia State University?

Call me crazy, but maybe the stu-dents of this university would like to knowwhere we as a school are going. Some ofus might like to have an answer to ques-tions, such as: What is our universitydoing to compete with the other collegesin this state for the best students around?

In these uncertain economic times,will our university spend money profusely

or save it for the rainiest of days?What, if any, changes are on the

horizon for West Virginia State Univer-sity?

Again, I do not intend to be criticalof the President of our university. But Ido believe that when he makes his mostimportant speech of the year, the Stateof State, there is an obligation to addressthe immediate future of the university.

The picture of WVSU’s futurepainted by Carter in the State of Stateaddress lies somewhere between a blankcanvas and a murky attempt of a Jack-son Pollock.

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EditorialState must be prepared for worst case scenarioby Bethany Simmons

Editor-in-Chief reacts to State of State by Dave Miller

August 28, 2008 was a beautiful,warm night. It was one of the first days ofclass at West Virginia State University forthe fall semester. That night, some weretuned in to Senator Barack Obama’s ac-ceptance speech for the DemocraticParty’s nomination for President, whileothers were tucked in bed for the night.

But it was not beautiful or quiet forlong. An explosion rocked homes, shat-tered windows and caused people to runoutside to see what the ruckus was. Inlight of the explosion at Bayer Crop Sci-ence that claimed one man’s life and seri-ously injured another, now the surround-ing community along with West VirginiaState University students, staff and fac-ulty are more concerned than ever abouttheir safety.

Shannon Robinson, a resident ofGore Hall said he was asleep when theexplosion occurred, but his RA called hiscell phone and explained that there wasan emergency. Soon after, Robinson re-ceived another call.

“It was security,” Robinson said.“He said all students were to go to thelounge for a shelter in place.”

Robinson confirmed that the win-dows and doors were taped as is proto-col in a shelter in place. Robinson said

that another resident of Gore Hall has afamily member who is employed at Bayerand he was a great help.

“He knew a lot of what was goingon before any of us did. He made surethe air conditioner was cut off.”

Still, students were worried. “Some freshmen were nervous. A

lot of students were trying to call home.”People who have lived in the area

for years appear nervous too. Althoughthey have heard the repeated warningsabout what their fate could ultimately beif the worst happened, it tends to taketragedy to make most of us wake up andpay attention to what exactly is going onaround us.

Thankfully, it appears that Statewas prepared to take care of the stu-dents who live on campus. With the largenumber of International students that at-tend the university, there must be a bet-ter plan of action for all of the university’sstudents and employees.

What plans are set if an explosionor leak would happen during the daywhen most commuter students are oncampus and most employees arepresent? Where do the students, staff,and faculty go? How protected will theybe?

No calls were returned from theAdministration of the university in regardsto this matter.

Bayer Crop Science has been underfire for the way the event was handled,especially in regards to their lack of com-munication with Metro 911. What aboutthe lack of response from the university?Think about it. We go to school and workright beside a chemical plant. True, theKanawha Valley is known as a “ChemicalValley,” but what does that mean for theresidents of the community?

To put it bluntly, the explosion thathappened could have been much moredeadly and who is to say that the next onewill not be worse?

In a meeting that was held for com-munity members to present their concernsabout the Plant, people rallied togetheragainst Bayer Crop Science. West VirginiaPublic Radio aired that no one from theuniversity was in attendance for that meet-ing. No one from the university would con-firm whether or not an administrator waspresent at that meeting.

It will take much more than commu-nity members to stop the production at thePlant. After all, Bayer Crop Science bringsin jobs, it distributes worldwide, and it is apresence that has been and will more than

likely always be in Institute, West Vir-ginia.

What could happen, when anotherexplosion occurs, will not be pretty. Wecould walk around not thinking about it,like many of us have done in the past.While in reality, the ramifications of thenext mistake could kill us. There areenough chemicals at the plant to wipe outthe residents of West Virginia. While thereis talk of another meeting to be held oncampus, there are no specifics as of yet.

While we wait, this university needsto be proactive in preparing its students,staff, and faculty for the worst case sce-nario. There needs to be mandatory drillsand practice using the evacuation routethat is intended for that very purpose.

Maggie Starcher, a graduate stu-dent in Media Studies, decided to testout the evacuation route along the backof campus. Her efforts were to no avail.

“The gate was locked. I had toback up to turn around,” said Starcher.“If there is an emergency, I don’t care,I’ll bust through the gate to get out.”

Perhaps if that day does come,someone will finally hear this “ChemicalValley’s” desperate cries for help.Although by then it may be too late tolisten.

2008-09 SGA/SOC budget meeting heldby Mary Casto

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Campus News

When Nadir Mirza graduates fromWVSU with a Bachelor of Science in Bi-ology next year, he hopes that he will haveleft a sense of family. This small townboy grew up in Pratt, WV, a little townon the Kanawha River near Montgom-ery. He graduated from East Bank HighSchool in 1985 and earned a B.S. inChemistry from Marshall University in1996.

A couple of years ago, Nadir de-cided to change careers. He saw thatthe computer support services field wasdwindling and exited just before the com-pany he was working for collapsed. Hedecided to return to school to earn apharmacy degree, but soon learned that

Meet Nadir Mirza, SGA Presidentby Mary Casto

At this year’s annual budget meet-ing there were many topics of discus-sion. First, every registered organiza-tion will automatically receive $175 persemester. The money will be disbursedwhen the appropriate paperwork is filed.Please note that you need to submit allpapers two-weeks in advance. If youneed to spend money before the 2-weekperiod, then you can submit paperworkto be reimbursed.

Also note that it may take 4-6weeks to process those requests. Youwill also need to submit paperwork forreserving tables and space on campusto hold an event. Treasurer DonMcClain requested that all of the re-quired forms be handed in on time sothat everyone could get their money whenthey needed it. If you plan to sell any-thing on campus, you will also need avendor’s license. Active status forms forthe SOC are due October 3.

Every student serving in the orga-nizations applying for money from SGAfunds must complete a minimum numberof community service hours. Docu-mented volunteer sheets listing the namesof the participants, as well as, the nameof the location and total hours will be

his more than 10 year old college creditswould have to be repeated in order to beaccepted. He went to WVSU’s admis-sion and records office, for more infor-mation, where he was overheard by Dr.Donald Anderson, a now retired Chem-istry professor. Dr. Anderson invitedNadir to be his teaching assistant. Thatis how he decided to attend WVSU. Hereally enjoys the “very special relation-ship here with the professors and the stu-dents.” “With class sizes smaller…ourprofessors are more willing to take peopleunder their wing.”

To further invoke the feeling of fam-ily, the SGA has started a scrapbook ofstudents and faculty participating in vari-

ous activities. Anyone can post a photowith comments on the bulletin board out-side of the SGA office on the second floorof the student union.

Nadir said, “We really want to knowwhat you’re doing… that’s what makes[college] so fun.”

Your president invites you to stophim on campus to talk. He is also inter-ested in starting a program for single moth-ers. Plan details are in the works. Oneidea is to have a “movie-night” on cam-pus for the mothers and their children.

I can personally gauge his level ofcommitment toward making WVSU morefamily oriented, as my 9 year old son sitsclose by while I conduct this interview.

Nadir asked him questions in a sinceremanner and was interested in any ideas Ihad to further his goals. He is alreadyproving himself to be a great leader.

Nadir is hoping to attend a localschool of pharmacy such as UC orWVU. He is not interested in leavingWest Virginia but adds, that he may at-tend an out of state school, graduate andthen follow the country roads back home.

When you see Nadir on cam-pus – introduce yourself – and shake hishand. He hopes that every student en-joys their college years and leaves witha real sense of family.

expected to be completed. The SGA hasnot decided exactly how many hours willbe required, as of this publication. TheSGA would also like to begin a commu-nity service commitment to clean up thedorms. Homecoming is coming up soonand there are many projects that still needvolunteers. They are asking for campusorganizations to help and every hourearned would count toward the total re-quired.

Please remember that all new mem-bers of every organization must have aminimum GPA of 2.3 (with the exceptionof first semester freshman – who have notaccumulated enough hours to calculate).All returning members must maintain aminimum GPA of 2.0.

Chief Hearing Examiner DavidShaffer, who is in charge of interpretingthe constitution in “The Buzz,” said, “Ilook forward to working with the Stu-dent Government Association.” He alsostated that the deadline to participate inthe SGA Senate was September 19,2008.

When Barbara Cary, Director ofTRIO, spoke, she asked, “Do you knowthat you are standing on the shoulders ofgiants?” She reminded those listening that

many WVSC and WVSU graduates havegone on to do great things like: work forNASA, play in the NBA, and work forthe Washington Post. “I challenge you toget involved, she exclaimed.” “You needto say…in this historical moment, I’mgoing to make my mark.” “Rememberthat busy people get things done…and beproud of where you come from.” Lead-ership Director, Coston Davis, remindedeveryone that “Leadership does not comeeasy.” “It’s easy to be a leader when ev-erything is going right.” “Get up, learnfrom your mistakes and keep pressingforward.” “Each of us has a gift…take amoment and find out what it is.”

Before closing, SGA President Na-dir Mizra, asked the audience, “What arewe to be known for?” He also mentioned,encouraging all students to register to votein this year’s historic election. He is plan-ning to provide shuttles for students to rideto polling places and to get as manypeople as possible to vote early. “I wantto get the campus involved more.” “Iwant everyone here to love this place…Ifound a family here.”

Mizra also hopes that we can allwork together to foster teamwork in afamily atmosphere.

SGA OfficerContact Information:

Nadir Mirza, [email protected]: 3584

LaRonda Woods, Vice [email protected]: 5133

Ashley Osborne, [email protected]: 3584

Don McClain, [email protected]: 3122

Tina Pasquale,Social Activities [email protected]: 3122

David Shaffer,Chief Hearing [email protected]: 3588

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Campus NewsWVSU joins the National Broadcasting Societyby Mary Casto

NBS President, Holly Hamilton, discusses plans for homecoming activities photo by Mary Casto

The West Virginia State UniversityNational Broadcasting Society (WVSU-NBS) has established a constitution andelected officers for the 2008-09 schoolyear. The election for president on Sep-tember 11, 2008, first ended in a tie.Then, during the second vote another stu-dent joined the group and then, by justone vote, Holly Hamilton won the officeof Presidency, while Ashley Mitchell willserve as this year’s Vice President.

This is just one example of the dif-ference that one person can make in anygiven situation. With the new NBSChapter on campus, students now havea wonderful new opportunity to make adifference.

Every student with a GPA of 2.0 orbetter is welcome to join. Meetings willbe held every first and third Tuesday of

every month from 12:30 – 1:30 pm inroom 202 in the Student Union.

Remember, that as a member of acampus social organization you will beexpected to complete a fair number ofcommunity service hours to help raisemoney for your group. Annual member-ship dues of $40.00 will be due withintwo weeks of joining.

President, Holly Hamilton is look-ing forward to leading this chapter of NBSto a national victory this spring whenWVSU competes with a visually excitingform of electronic media that will be cre-ated throughout the school year. Groupsmay submit a portfolio, scrapbook, CDor DVD, etc.

The objective of WVSU-NBS is toexpose students to relevant material out-side of the campus setting. Students will

be able to network and compete on anational level, as well as, be eligible toparticipate in nationwide job fairs.

Members will be invited to attendconferences, enter contests, and meetprofessionals within their chosen careerfields.

There are four types of member-ship within the society:

Student Membership – is offeredto currently enrolled undergraduate andgraduate students.

Privileges include the ability to par-ticipate in organization functionsfundraising, travel, seminars, competitionand the right to purchase and display theofficial Chapter insignia. Privileges alsoinclude the right to vote for or hold officeor serve on a committee.

Professional and Alumni Mem-bership –is available to professionalswho work in a media related field (includ-ing professors).

Alpha Epsilon Rho Membership– is an honor society within NBS for stu-dents pursuing degrees in electronic me-dia and who are nominated into member-ship based on scholastic as well as per-sonal achievement.

Honorary Membership – shall begranted by majority vote of the Chapter.This membership carries no dues or otherobligations on part of the recipient.

To join NBS or for more informa-tion, e-mail Holly Hamilton [email protected].

WVSU now offers book initiative

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Campus NewsIn the Spring Semester of 2008 at West Virginia State University, the Student Government Association Presidents, Addison Hamilton and Austin Moore, began a

quest that would benefit students long after their term was over.As many students have realized, text books have proven to be quit expensive, especially when taking a full course load. After many concerns were expressed by

students of WVSU, Hamilton and Moore decided to make a plan to help them. They looked at the budget, the spring semester was about to end, they had been carefulin their spending through out the year, thus leaving funds still available for such things as this. They started a Book Initiative that would help students that could not affordto buy books get the help they needed in purchasing them. Each academic department at WVSU was given $1,000 to put towards purchasing books for students inneed.

Carrie Vince a second year student, received one of the books purchased on behalf of the SGA and stated, “Before I had to go to each class and try to decidewhich book I could go without…”

Bryce Casto, Vice President of Student Affairs stated, “This is an outstanding initiative for the benefit of our students. I look forward to the seeing this concept cometo full fruition.” For more information about being a recipient of the initiative, contact your academic department.

by Holly Hamilton

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On September 18, the StudentGovernment Association hosted a blooddrive from at the Wilson Student Unionat West Virginia State University. Cur-rently the Red Cross in West Virginia hasdeclared a state of emergency, as theyare dangerously low on their supply ofblood.

Imagine this; you are on your waydriving to the store on any normal day.When the car in the opposite lane swervesand hits you head on. You wake up andcan’t remember barely anything. “It allhappened so fast,” you tell yourself. Youlook down and see that your leg istrapped and bleeding profusely. Help isalready on scene and making their besteffort to get you out of the crumpled messas fast as they can. With all your bleed-ing, it just doesn’t seem fast enough. Youare eventually removed from the car andrushed to the nearest hospital. You arefeeling faint and can barely understand thepeople around you, as you fade in andout of consciousness. From what youcan understand the people taking care ofyou are saying “I think we are losinghim…he needs blood fast! Check hisblood type…Hurry!” When you wakeup you look around and there are yourloved ones crying, they were so worriedabout you, and then you look up and therehanging next to your bed is a bag of bloodset up like an IV. Your mother looks atyou and says “You had lost too muchblood and they had to give you a transfu-sion to save your life.”

Now imagine the outcome if thatblood would not have been available tosave your life. What if no one would havedonated the blood that you needed? Thatis what the Red Cross works to prevent

Red Cross needs bloodby Holly Hamilton

by holding blood drives. Here are somestartling facts that everyone should thinkabout the next time they say they don’twant to donate blood. (These facts arebased on the information from the RedCross’s research.) One of every ten hos-pital patients requires a blood transfusion.O negative is the universal blood and canbe given to all blood types but is limitedbecause only 7% of the world populationhas this blood type. Your body will re-place the lost body fluid from donatingblood within 24 hours, the replacementof your red blood cells will start immedi-ately, however will take four to six weeksfor completion. After donating blood, itis possible to be available to local hospi-tals as early as 24 hours after donation.

Just one blood donation can help saveup to 3 lives. Only 5% of the eligible USpopulation donates blood. Every twoseconds someone in America needsblood. Less than 30% of the people whogive blood once will ever give blood again.Donated blood only lasts for 42 days. Youcan donate blood as many as 6 times ayear.

Here are the Red Crosses top tenreasons to donate blood:

10.) You will get free juice andcookies.

9.) You will weigh less — one pintless when you leave than when you camein.

8.) It’s easy and convenient — itonly takes about an hour

7.) It’s something you can spare— most people have blood to spare...yet, there is still not enough to go around.

6.) Nobody can ask you to doany heavy lifting as long as you have thebandage on. You can wear it for as longas you like. It’s your badge of honor.

5.) You will walk a little taller af-terwards — you will feel good aboutyourself.

4.) You will be helping to ensurethat blood is there when you or some-one close to you may need it. Mostpeople don’t think they’ll ever needblood, but many do.

3.) It’s something you can do onequal footing with the rich and famous— blood is something money can’t buy.Only something one person can give toanother.

2.) You will be someone’s hero— you may give a newborn, a child, amother or a father, a brother, or a sisteranother chance at life. In fact, you mayhelp save up to three lives with just onedonation.

1.) It is the right thing to do.

With all this said, how can eligiblepeople not donate blood? The mostcommon excuse is that they don’t havetime or they will never need blood them-selves. Could they look a dying personin the eyes and tell them “No, I won’tsave your life.” When people make ex-cuses like those listed above that is prettymuch what you are saying to people whoneed a blood transfusion. And keep inmind, someday it might be your friend,parents, siblings, your newborn baby, oreven you who need blood, and will it bethere?

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Campus EventsOn September 20, faculty, staff and

alumni laced up their walking shoes andhit the road and not just to burn calories.The Students Matter Most Walk-A-Thon, a fresh and innovative way for theschool to raise money for the students,brought together the West Virginia Statecommunity. The purpose of the walk wasto raise money for students, to help thempay for tuition and other school expenses.There are many students who receive fi-nancial aid, but there is still a gap wheremoney is needed. This walk was to helpfill that financial gap.

Each sponsor who walked donateda minimum of $100. At registration, thewalkers were able to view a list of spon-sors that they could get to sponsor them.

Students matter most: and walk-a-thon proves itby Fallon Pierson

Those who were willing to seek their ownsponsors had no registration fee. Forpeople who were simply interested in theadvancement of our school, they wereto pay a $10 fee and students $4. Ev-eryone was given a T-shirt who walkedin the event.

Early birds were registering at 8:00a.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center. Itbegan an hour later and was five mileslong. Participants walked from theErickson Alumni Center to the 12th streetin Dunbar, and back to the Alumni Cen-ter. A free meal was the reward to all thewalkers, and a cook-out was held at theend so people could also tail-gate for thefollowing football game.

WVSU President Hazo W. Carter,

Jr., initiated the idea. Others who madethis event possible were Carl Lee, WalterGreenhowe, Chief Joseph Saunders,Basra Fakhir, Betty Spencer, Mark Fuller,The Gus R. Douglas Institution,Kisstaman Epps and one student, Jes-sica Staley.

Staley worked registration but alsohelped put the event together by attend-ing meetings over the summer. Staley’sjob with Planning and Advancement ofWV State University provided her withthe perfect opportunity to get involvedwith this event. She is also involved withthe Ambassadors Club, Student Activi-ties, Student Support Services, Pre-Alumni, and works in Residence Life.

When asked how she handles all the

responsibilities, she responded,” I’m apeople person, and I like to get out andsee what others are doing. I feel my timeis much better spent when I’m involvedin campus activities than when I’m justsitting in my room. The greater good ofthe university takes second place only tomy studies. I feel a need to give back tothe school that’s given so much to me.”

For those of you curious about howthe money is to be distributed, Staley says“First, you have to be recommended bya staff or faculty member. Then you willhave to fill out an application. The thirdstep is to go in front of a committee tosee if you will award some of the moneyfrom the walk-a-thon fund.”

On Tuesday September 23, in the P.A. Williams Auditorium located in FerrellHall at West Virginia State University the annual Fall Convocation “State of TheUniversity” was held. Giving a warm welcome to all that attended was the Presidentof the Student Government Association, Nadir Mirza.

After everyone was settled in the auditorium, Mirza spoke of his longing to hearthe voices of the students; of their concerns and comments that they might have.“Please visit our office located on the second floor of the Student Union.” Mirzapleaded. Another issued he addressed was that he wants to make everyone atWVSU feel like family while on campus.

With the upcoming Presidential election Mirza also added that the SGA will beleading a campaign to “Rock the Vote.”

Dr. R. Charles Byers was responsible for the introduction of the President ofWVSU, Dr. Hazo W. Carter, Jr. Dr. Byers spoke of the many accomplishments ofDr. Carter. “He led a 12 year quest to regain land-grant institution stasis.” Dr. Byersstated.

Dr. Carter began his 22nd State of “State” address with a vast and lengthyhistory of WVSU. “Those of you who are new to West Virginia State University willsoon notice how special it is.” Dr. Carter stated. Many issues were addressed suchas updates on current projects WVSU has in progress, academic excellence, re-search, community service, and alumni.

Some facts that were mentioned that from a modest beginning with only fortystudents WVSU has grown to over 4,000 students, haling from over 43 states aswell as the District of Columbia, and eight countries, including the United States.However over 93 percent of the students at WVSU are natives of West Virginia withover 80 percent from Kanawha county alone.

President Dr. Carter closed with this, “The love of knowledge and a commit-ment to the educational process is our common bond.” Music following the closingwas provided by the WVSU Marching Band as they played “Papa Was a Rollin’Stone” and closed with the West Virginia State Alma Mater.

Carter delivers State of Stateby Holly Hamilton

photo by Megan Gothard

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Sports

The West Virginia State UniversityYellow Jackets left Fairmont State with acouple of firsts. The Yellow Jackets wonat Fairmont for the first time in sixteen years.Secondly, it was the first game this seasonthe Yellow Jacket offense did not pick upat least 500 yards.

The final score was 21-20 as WVSUjust barely clipped the wings of the Fal-cons. WVSU trailed Fairmont State at thestart of the fourth quarter, 20-7. But bigplays from Brian Mitchell, Kevin O’Brien,and the defense kept the Yellow Jacketsalive.

State’s offense racked up a total of299 yards; 126 on the ground and 173yards through the air. Most notably, BrianMitchell carried the ball twenty-five timesand finished with 104 yards, scored onetouchdown and also caught three passes

Football moves to 4-0by Ben Grady

The West Virginia State Lady Yellow Jacket Volleyball team swept Ohio Valleythree games to none at Fleming Hall, when the two met September 16th. The LadyJackets defeated the Lady Scots, three games to none, by scores of 25-6, 25-10and 25-6. The big name in the game for WVSU was Amanda Strong, wholanded 17 kills. Strong had all kinds of help as Kerri Kraus added 9 kills, andJennifer Paswaters set up for 33 assists.

The Lady Jackets followed up with a 3-0 road victory over Seton Hill, beatingthe Lady Griffins by scores of 25-22, 25-17 and 25-20.

Lady Jackets serveOVU, Seton Hillby Ben Grady

for 32 yards. Kevin O’Brien threw theball 25 times and completed 14 of hispasses. O’Brien claimed all passing statsfor the Yellow Jackets, and put two inthe end zone for a total of 173 yards.

Defensively, the Jackets heldFairmont State to 274 yards of total of-fense. DeMichael Nesbitt led in tack-les, being in on thirteen stops, with onetackle for loss. Valentine Bon and Will-iam Jackson followed Nesbitt with nineand seven, respectively, including twotackles for loss by Jackson. West Vir-ginia State’s Joe Clark picked off the onlyinterception in the game in the third quar-ter.

The Yellow Jackets improved to 4-0 after beating the University of Charles-ton Golden Eagles.

This was the game that definitely

gave WVSU bragging rights, and evenmore respect in the WVIAC. It was aclose one, with a final score of 24-21,when UC scored their last touchdown astime expired to fall by three points, in-stead of 10.

WVSU for the second consecu-tive week did not rack up 500 yards ofoffense, but came close, totaling 436.Kevin O’Brien passed for 293, going 25-for-36 with a touchdown toss to JermainKing. King racked up 114 yards receiv-ing on 6 receptions, while Deonta Landisand Landon Johnson each had 5 catchesfor 44 yards. Brian Mitchell again ran forover 100 yards on the ground, pickingup 130 yards on 21 carries, and a touch-down. Kevin O’Brien matched Mitchell,also rushing for a score.

No team can beat their rival with-

out help from the defense. DemichaelNesbitt led the charge against the GoldenEagles with a total of 12 tackles, includ-ing 4 tackles for loss and one sack. Val-entine Bon and Andrew Eggleton werenot too far behind; each getting in on ninetackles. Eggleton had three tackles forloss, and even forced a fumble thatWVSU recovered.

The Yellow Jackets were rewardedby breaking into the top 25 poll for thefirst time since the school moved into Di-vision II of the NCAA. WVSU were24th in the d2football.com poll, whileranking at 25th in the AFCA CoachesPoll.

The Yellow Jackets next game willbe their Homecoming Game, when theyhost Concord on October 4 at LakinField.

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West Virginia State University’s Extension Service has been chosen as one ofthirteen historically black colleges to receive funds. After preparing a grant, theywere awarded a total amount of $700,000. The funds come from the U.S. Depart-ment of Housing and Urban Development.

The money will be used to build a commercial kitchen at the Extension’s Eco-nomic Development Center which is located on the west side of Charleston, alongKanawha Boulevard. The building’s 5,000 square foot basement will now be con-verted into two full size commercial kitchens as well as a start up facility.

All of this comes in an effort to provide startup specialty foods business with aplace to work on their production. This is something that is not currently offered inthe area.

“Our business development programs have been progressing along these linesfor some time,” said extension agent John Harper. “With research showing an in-crease in microenterprise development nationwide, the addition of a full commercialkitchen facility will greatly impact the ability of food entrepreneurs to launch theirown business and will generate additional community revitalization.”

Construction is set to begin sometime in October, while implementation willtake until 2009. The funds granted will be put to use for operational costs, programimplementation, personnel, construction, and renovation. Once the facility is com-plete, the space will also be used to house the West Virginia Recipe Challenge. Thisannual competition is one where food entrepreneurs compete for the opportunity toland their recipe on the market.

“The addition of a commercial kitchen is an important new asset in making foodproduction accessible for first-time producers,” said Harper.

While the kitchen will be used for commercial applications, the university alsohas plans to hire a food scientist, in order to help clients test and essentially modifytheir recipes before they are actually produced.

West Virginia State University is getting assistance from state agencies, includ-ing West Virginia State Community and Technical College, the West Virginia Depart-ment of Agriculture, West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources,Workforce West Virginia, St. Albans High ProStart, and Charleston-Kanawha Hous-ing.

“We hope that our affiliations with these other great organizations will help usimplement a full-circle program, working with youth in high school who will thenmove into the college arena, and eventually launch their own food businesses righthere in West Virginia,” said Harper.

For more information about the commercial kitchen project, contact extensionagent John Harper at (304) 720-1401.

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EntertainmentInterview with Dustin Matthews: Illusionistby Devon Nuckles

By the time you read this, it will mostlikely be October. But that will not stopme from telling you, my beloved readers,about the new movies I must see in Oc-tober.

The first on my list has to beReligulous. The controversial documen-tary is directed by Larry Charles, whopreviously made both fans and foes withBorat. Hosted by Bill Maher, this comiclooks at organized belief systems aroundthe world. Yes, I’ll be there.

The next on the list is Nick andNorah’s Infinite Playlist. It is a comedyabout two people thrust together for onehilarious, sleepless night of adventure in aworld of mix tapes, late-night living andlive, loud music. I’ll be honest, this mostlikely won’t be one of the best moviesout, but there is a nice simple low keyvibe I get from it. Besides, I have a se-cret crush on Kat Dennings.

If anybody is a fan of Shaun of

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The Dead or Hot Fuzz, then this moviemay be right up your ally. How to LoseFriends & Alienate People is a comedyabout adapts Toby Young’s biting mem-oir about his struggles as a Vanity Fairemployee. Simon Pegg (HOT FUZZ)stars as Young’s alter ego, while JeffBridges is a Graydon Carter-esquemagazine editor.

Westerns are making a come-back and who can complain (if you arecomplaining, stop it). Appaloosa is adrama from actor-director Ed Harris.Based on Robert B. Parker’s novel, fol-lows a pair of lawmen (played by Harrisand Viggo Mortensen) who must uniteover their town’s crisis as they’re dividedover their mutual love of a woman.Sounds classic to me and you just can’tgo wrong with Viggo Mortensen.

Well, there you have it folks. Themovies to look forward to in October,and I know movies.

Igor is an animated movie about ageneric hunchback who longs to be anevil scientist just like the one he serves.Everything after that does not matter atall. This movie was mediocre at bestand it hurts me to say that. I wantedthis movie to be good. I wanted it to befunny. I wanted it to be original. How-ever, it was none of the above.

Yes, John Cusack did a greatjob doing voiceover. And yes, as un-original as the script was, it seemed tobe solid. But the visuals looked like adime store, Tim Burton. Is it just me, ordid the king look like the mayor in TheNightmare Before Christmas? Yeah, itwas that bad.

If you are thinking about takingyour kids to see this movie, don’t! Notbecause it may be a bit to dark for them,or because there are dialogue jokesabout ax murder (they won’t get them).But don’t take them to see this moviebecause they deserve much more than

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this. Take them to Fly Me to the Moon.That’s in 3-D and they mare learn aboutthe history of NASA. Yes, Igor does havea message and the message is you have achoice to be evil or not. I just wish I madethe choice to see another movie.

Q: What illusions do you perform?A: I perform slight of hand, card,

rubber band and coin manipulations. Ialso do contact juggling (creates the illu-sion the ball is floating) and I’m also a firejuggler

Q: What else do you do?A: Geek Magic.

Q: What is Geek Magic?A: Geek Magic is the more obscure

magic. I like to snort rubber bands andhammer a nail up my nose.

Q: How did you become interestedin magic and when did you start perform-ing?

A: Started in kindergarten withToys-R-Us kits. I did my first real showin a 3rd grade talent show. My grandfa-ther (who was also a magic fan) had afriend named Bill Wyatt. He taught me

enough for the show then later introducedme to Evert Chapman, who taught meslight of hand.

Q: What happened after that?A: Evert Chapman introduced me

to the International Brotherhood of Ma-gicians (IBM) in New York where I gotto study under great the magicians suchas Frances Tadbury and Michael Ammar,who is from Bluefield, West Virginia andis quite famous now.

Q: Who would you say is a big in-fluence on you?

A: Guy Hollingsworth (card expertslight of hand).

Q: And what brings you, a man ofthe universe, to WVSU?

A: I’m a recovered drug addict soI’m here studying to be a drug counselorthrough Community Behavioral HealthTechnology (C.B.H.T.) On October 17

at noon I’m doing a show for HealingThrough Creativity in the conferenceroom in the Cole Complex.

Q: What would you say to any-one struggling with their own battles of

addiction?A: There is hope just don’t put off get-

ting it another minute. It also takes time aswell as honesty, open mindedness, and will-ingness. There is no magic pill.