Bit by the travel bug: a one-man ‘Rent’ star talks about life, the Travel distance tough on musician on the road show before taking to WVU stage Mountaineers p. 4 p. 5 p. 8 @DailyAthenaeum Th e Daily Athenaeum dailyathenaeum [email protected] WVU’s Independent Student Newspaper MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020 www.thedaonline.com Bell-ringing ceremony held for three Mountaineers BY ALAYNA FULLER, Robertson said her sister had been COLE MCCLANAHAN robbed of life because somebody got AND SETH SEEBAUGH behind the wheel of a car when they NEWS EDITOR, CULTURE EDITOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER were drunk. “It was a conscious disregard for On Friday, WVU held a bell ring- Chloe’s life, and she’s not here as a re- ing ceremony to honor the memory of sult of it,” Robertson said. “Remem- three students. ber that life is fragile, and I would tell Kim Mosby, senior associate dean of anybody that was going to the bar that the WVU Care Team, spoke about the no Uber is too expensive. Th ose keys memory of the students to a crowd of should never go in the ignition in the around 50 gathered at Oglebay Plaza. “On behalf of West Virginia Univer- fi rst place.” sity, President E. Gordon Gee and the Robertson said she wants her sister Offi ce of Campus and Community Life, to be remembered for her infectious I would like to express our condolences, smile, goofy sense of humor, caring [and] our sympathies to the family and personality and love for WVU. “Chloe’s friends, the roommates, the classmates favorite place on earth was West Vir- and instructors of Noah Shaff er, Sierra ginia University,” Robertson said. “She Mattson and Chloe Robertson.” was destined to be here, and she loved Robertson, 21, a criminology stu- it before she even stepped on cam- dent, died after her car was struck by pus, so the fact that the school got to- a drunk driver on Jan. 25 in the Phila- gether and did something like this for delphia area. A vigil was recently held Anita Robertson (white coat), mother of Chloe Robertson, hugs a ceremony-goer. her not only felt like she was a part of in her honor. the West Virginia family, but she was Mattson, 25, a professional devel- the High School ACCESS Early College easy not knowing where she is,” said only of a little sister, but robbed on be- truly loved.” opment student, died Nov. 23 in a car Program, died Nov. 28. Lauren Robertson, older sister of Chloe half of her for knowing that she was so See Ceremony page 3 accident, and Shaff er, 16, a student in “I’m heartbroken, numb [and] un- Robertson. “I feel robbed. Robbed not excited for the next year of her life.” Campus carry, tax credit among WV bills on University’s radar BY GABRIELLA BROWN campus carry. Of these, only one new bill was in- year was the "parking lot bill," which “UPD also has a policy that if folks ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Travis Mollohan, WVU director of troduced by one senator. Mollohan allows students, faculty and staff are under imminent threat or are be- State and Local Relations, said this said when only one senator sponsors members parking in a University lot ing stalked, they can work with them topic has continued to come up. Last a bill, typically it does not lead to any- to be able to have a gun in their car. to make sure they are protected while Several bills that could impact the year, campus carry passed the House thing beyond that. Th e gun is not permitted to leave the on campus,” Mollohan said. “A bill University continue to be on the WVU of Delegates but sputtered out on the “We continue to talk to folks in car and must remain in the glove box, like this would take local control from Government Relation Team’s radar, state's Senate side. Charleston about it, [and] we con- console or somewhere locked inside us, and we think that it is important many of which carried over from the Mollohan said most of the bills tinue to monitor it,” Mollohan said. the car. for the Morgantown community and 2019 session. that deal with campus carry are car- “This year we do believe campus Mollohan said alongside this pol- for WVU to decide whether or not Campus Carry ry-over bills, meaning they are re- carry will not run and will not be con- icy, those on campus who may feel guns are permitted on campus.” One of the bills introduced in the introduced by legislators or did not sidered by the Legislature.” unsafe or in need of protection can fi rst few weeks of the new year was on complete legislative action last year. However, a bill that did pass last contact the University Police. 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