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Social justice messages, election COVID-19 a curveball for the life- Freshman Dombrowski thriving thoughts written in chalk on steps style of student-athletes in adjustment to college game of Mountainlair p. 5 p. 10 p. 3 @DailyAthenaeum Th e Daily Athenaeum dailyathenaeum [email protected] WVU’s Independent Student Newspaper THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2020 www.thedaonline.com Mon County trends left in voting for statewide offi ce BY GABRIELLA BROWN NEWS EDITOR Several Republican nominees in West Virginia received a majority of the vote in their respective races statewide, but in Monongalia County, votes often trended in a diff erent direction. cording to unoffi cial results. According to unofficial results For comparison, in 2016, from the West Virginia Secretary of then-Democrat Jim Justice defeated State’s offi ce, the majority of Monon- Republican nominee Bill Cole by galia County voters supported Dem- 1,673 votes in the county. ocratic candidates Natalie Tennant Votes for the presidential candi- for Secretary of State, Sam Brown Pet- dates showed similar results, with sonk for Attorney General, Bob Beach Republican nominee Donald Trump for Commissioner of Agriculture and beating the Democratic nominee Joe John Perdue for Treasurer. Biden by 592 votes, according to un- Despite Monongalia County’s ef- offi cial results. forts, results show all of these candi- The Republican Party did hold dates lost their races to their Repub- a hefty advantage in one statewide lican opponents. race. In the auditor’s race, incum- PHOTO BY DUNCAN SLADE Even in races where Republicans bent J.B. McCuskey earned just un- Ben Salango was one of many Democratic candidates who saw increased vote totals in Monongalia County. He ultimately lost the governor’s race. held the advantage, diff erentials were der 1,500 votes more than Demo- County Democratic Executive Com- contribute to making the area more tives in the Senate and the House of close. cratic challenger Mary Ann Claytor mittee. “Plus you have the student left-leaning. Delegates. In the gubernatorial election, Re- — slightly more than 3%. vote, and younger voters tend to be Abate said the contrast between “Th ey’ve done a wonderful job for publican nominee and incumbent “Th ere are a number of white, ed- more liberal.” Monongalia County and other parts people, and they are accessible to Gov. Jim Justice defeated Democratic ucated liberals that tend to gravitate Within the county’s population, of West Virginia can be explained their constituents,” Abate said. “Th at nominee Ben Salango by fewer than towards college towns,” said Kathleen Abate said there are many progres- not only by the county’s population, tends to drive the demographic to the 500 votes in Monongalia County, ac- Abate, a member of the Monongalia sive activists in the area who also but also its Democratic representa- left of center.” Students feel uneasy about 2020 election outcome each side is also alarming students. democracy is going to look like after “Th ere are a lot of stubborn people on weight of this election, all it stands for BY DANIELLE REEVES “Unfortunately, this country has all this is over and done, but I know both sides in this country, and I don’t and everything it may lead to. How- CORRESPONDENT been separated into very polarized patience is key and the results will envision either side playing it cool af- ever, the presidential election is not factions: red team and blue team,” soon be here,” said Shawn Jones, a ter the results are offi cial.” all there is to watch. Votes for the As the nation awaits confi rmed re- Eddy said. “We have created a cul- freshman computer science student. Groups and individuals have U.S. Congress as well as state offi cials sults, WVU students have expressed ture which makes voting similar to an Students are also fearful of the re- posted on social media discussing were also on the ballot. many concerns over the 2020 presi- athletic spectacle where a large por- action to the results. Cities have been the possible actions they may take State and Congressional elections dential election. tion of voters and non-voters alike are responding to talks of unrest follow- depending on the outcome, adding can be overshadowed by the presi- “I’m uneasy about the election re- more concerned about the victory of ing the announcement of the next to the stress. dential election, but many still worry sults,” said Sydney Eddy, a junior me- their team rather than the real issues president, bringing anxiety up even “I am concerned about the online about their outcome. chanical and aerospace engineering that aff ect real people.” more for those seeing stores boarded posts I’ve been seeing about West “Th e presidential election is im- student. “Election anxiety is high this One student voiced concerns over up and preparing for the worst. Virginians forming posses to hunt portant, but not as important to me election because a lot of things seem the magnitude of the election as they “No matter the outcome of the people of color if Biden wins,” said as the Congress and state elections,” to be on the line for a lot of people.” feel it has been portrayed as the most election, people will be calling the Tavares Richards, a senior premed- Richards said. Th e tension between voters on important in their lifetime. election fraudulent and will refuse ical biology and psychology student. “I am scared what the state of our to believe in the results,” Jones said. Students, like many, are feeling the Halloween Costume Contest IT IS TIME TO VOTE To VOTE use #DAHalloween2020 when voting on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram Contest rules at thedaonline.com\contests 2 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2020 WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST SOCIAL MEDIA MOMENTS dailyathenaeum FRIDAY 11/6 SUNNY Staff HIGH 70° LOW 42° WVU’s INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER Tyler Taylor NEWS Jared Serre SATURDAY 11/7 Editor-in-Chief SUNNY United States of Anxiety Cole McClanahan HIGH 73° LOW 46° Managing Editor Patrick Orsagos Digital Managing Editor Caroline Murphy Layout Design Chief SUNDAY 11/8 Annika Godwin Layout Designer MOSTLY SUNNY Gabriella Brown HIGH 74° LOW 54° News Editor Hannah Hebel Assistant News Editor Matthew Digby Sports Editor Vannah Lusk Charles Montgomery Assistant Sports Editor CRIME REPORT Raeanne Beckner Culture Editor I love WV. I used to toxically think if you didn’t stay, you Craig Weimer NOV. 1 WVU Honors Hall didn’t love WV or want to fi ght for it. 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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2020 3 Editor: Assistant Editor: Gabriella Brown NEWS Hannah Hebel [email protected] [email protected] Social justice messages, election thoughts written in chalk on steps of Mountainlair BY DUNCAN SLADE were untouched. from Woodburn Hall had the PHOTO EDITOR At some point later in the phrase “F*ck Trump” writ- night, the anti-abortion mes- ten on it. Another writing said sages were written over and “Down W (sic) Th e Orange.” On Election Day 2020, mes- many Black Lives Matter and Near the Downtown cam- sages in support of a variety pro-abortion rights messages pus bookstore, messages on of causes were drawn on the were added. In addition, there the ground read “BLM” and front steps of the Mountainlair. were messages written against “Donald Trump is a white su- Earlier in the night, the mes- President Donald Trump.