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Night Of The Where Wolf

Beverly Avenue. 9:50 PM. March 28th. The sound of crashing drums streams out through my neighbor’s garage as the nursing student working the doors marks my hand. I proceed through the garage into the smallest basement venue I have ever been in.

“We’re not playing yet, we’re just f****** around,” I hear. Two dozen or so people fill the basement looking eagerly at a group of people, one behind a drum kit, two with stringed instruments, and one with …  a saxophone? This wasn’t going to be an ordinary punk show. This was Auric Echoes, a Morgantown band that had long been on my radar but I had yet to check out. I was excited for them– but the real treat would come later in the evening.

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DJ Matt's Album Review: Of Robert Smith, Legacy, and Disintegration

Imagine for a brief moment that you are approaching your 13th birthday. You may have experienced some success in your life before, but now you are worried about what you will be leaving behind in the world. What would you do? Would you give more to charity or volunteer more? If you’re Robert Smith, lead vocalist of The Cure, you go down a different route. Instead, you make Disintegration. The eighth studio album by The Cure is slowly nearing its 35th anniversary on May 2nd, and it is about time that we look back on it and see just how well this gothic album really holds up.

When it comes to the history of this album, we need to go way back. We need to go all the way back to 1987, fresh off the tail of Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me, The Cure’s previous album. It was an absolute smash hit, but the idea of being a pop star wasn’t sitting right with Robert. As part of a coping mechanism with this stress, he soon turned to psychedelics to hopefully alleviate the stress. Then there was the fact of Rober Smith’s age. He was swiftly realizing that in a year he would be 30, a sort of unstated deadline for artists to make their most iconic pieces. Eventually, partially due to said substances, Smith had finally decided on what this album would be. Stepping away from the more pop-based trappings of the last album, the band decided to return to its more gothic roots. The hope was that this darker album would show the listeners just how misunderstood the band really was! Smith’s dismay over his age leaked into the composition and form of the album. After a year of recording and 32 tracks recorded, even though 12 would actually make the final cut, Disintegration was finally finished.

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Mountaineers set to take on the top seeded Iowa Hawkeyes in the Second Round of 32 of the NCAA tournament

The West Virginia Mountaineers took down the Princeton Tigers 63-53 to advance to the second round of 32 in the NCAA tournament. 

West Virginia used its best field goal shooting performance in an NCAA Tournament game at 52.5% and a dominant third quarter to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2021. 

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WVU Will Host Ohio State for a Three Game Series

On March 15th, the West Virginia Mountaineers will begin a three game series against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the newly named Kendrick Family Ballpark in Granville, West Virginia. 

The Mountaineers currently hold a 10-7 overall record with a series split against Western Kentucky, a series win against BIG 12 opponent BYU and a 11-2 win against in-state rival Marshall. 

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WVU to play Cincinnati at Big 12 Tournament

The West Virginia Men’s Basketball team will be looking for their Prince Charming this March as they will need to pull off a Cinderella run in the Big 12 Tournament to save the season. 

In what has been statistically one of the Mountaineer’s worst seasons, they still have life as they take on Cincinnati at 3:00 to kick off their 2024 Big 12 Tournament. 

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WVU Women's Basketball Set to Face Off Against Cincinnati in the 2nd Round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament.

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The West Virginia Mountaineers will take on the Cincinnati Bearcats in the second round of the Big 12 Women's conference tournament on Friday, March 8, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City Mo. 

Mark Kellogg and the Mountaineers came into the tournament with a first round bye and awaited the results of Thursday night's matchup between the UCF Knights and the Cincinnati Bearcats. The Bearcats would rally from behind in a 67-62 win to advance into the second round.

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U92 Crushes Pledge Drive Goal

On February 13-14, U92 held their second annual pledge drive fundraising event to raise donations for upgrades to the station and studio equipment. Donators more than doubled the goal of $5,000 by donating $10,715 for our students.

The 36-hour event consisted of 27 different programs with over 40 students and personalities on air including bands: If Kansas Had Trees, Dust Ball and Porch Couch. 

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