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University libraries receive grant

By CHRIS HODGE

THE PARTHENON Marshall University is among 842 institutions nationwide to have been selected to receive the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf. The bookshelf is the first project from the National Endowment for the Humanities Bridging Cultures.

Jim Leach, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, said libraries have a key role in fostering conversations about diversity and brining humanities to the public.

“Libraries are centers of learning that offer a welcome space where members of the public can learn about the history we share and express

different points of view,” Leach said in a news release.

The new collection is currently displayed on the first floor of the John Deaver Drinko Library.

The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf includes 25 books that have been selected by Deborah Amos, NPR international correspondent, and prominent Islamic scholars Giancarlo Casale and Leila Golestaneh Austin.

The grants also include three DVDs with special public performance rights, which will allow Drinko Library to host free public screenings of films from the collection.

Koran by Heart, one of the films

from the collection, documents the world’s oldest Quran reciting contest where over a hundred children recite the Quran from memory.

The grant also includes a one-year subscription to the Oxford Islamic Studies Online database, which will give students and faculty access to the most comprehensive collection of research and scholarship on the history, beliefs and people of Islam.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online features interactive timelines, Englishlanguage interpretations of the Quran and a date converter that converts Western Gregorian calendar dates into Islamic Hijri calendar dates.

Majed Khader, director of the

Morrow Library, said he is excited about the opportunity the grant will offer students because it will give a better understanding of Islamic culture.

“By participating in the Muslim Journeys project we will set the occasion for a frank and forthright discussion of the culture, literature, art and profound beliefs of the Muslim tradition,” Khader said.

The grant represents a joint project between the University Libraries, the Office of Information Technology and the College of Liberal Arts and was spearheaded by Khader and College of Liberal Arts Dean, David Pittenger.

Library recipents of the the

Muslim Journeys bookshelf will be eligible for future grant oppurunites from National Endowment for the Humanities’s Bridging Cultures initative.

Funding for the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York, with additional support for the arts and media components from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. Events will be ongoing throughout the semester, with special events planned for International Islamic Awareness week in March.

Chris Hodge can be contacted at chris.hodge@marshall.edu.

Warm temperatures spring into Huntington

Red Cross club to sponsor blood drives

By SARAH DYKE

THE PARTHENON The Marshall University American Red Cross Club hopes to start off the semester with record setting donations at their upcoming events.

The club plans blood drives, fundraisers and bi-weekly meetings on campus.

Two blood drives will be hosted along with Circle K Club. The first blood drive will take place in the Campus Christian CenterFeb. 6, and the second will be in the Don Morris Room in the Memorial Student Center, Feb. 7. Both blood drives will start at 11 a.m. and will end at 5 p.m.

Another blood drive will take place in Marco’s basement in the Memorial Student Center, Tuesday, March 12, and Wednesday, March 13, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Marshall medical school students and Theta Tau will Chi Sigma Iota, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Delta Zeta will host a blood drive Thursday, March 28, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Marco’s basement in the Memorial Student Center.

Students are encouraged to make appointments because the donation process can take about one hour.

Appointments can be made at www.redcrossblood.org/ make-donation by typing in the sponsor code “MUHERD.” Information on the donation process is available as well.

To ensure a successful blood donation, organizers ask that all donors eat a full meal and

stay hydrated shortly before donating. Donors must have waited at least 56 days since their last whole blood donation and must bring government-issued identification or a Greater Alleghenies Region American Red Cross blood donor card.

Andrew Wong, president of Marshall University American Red Cross Club, said they are very interested in growing their membership.

“We wish more students to join who are into volunteering their time for a great cause,” Wong said. “We ask members for at least one hour of their time each week, for meetings in the evening or blood drives during the day or recruiting donors in the student center for an upcoming blood drive.”

Wong said the best part of being in the club is helping save lives and helping represent one of the nation’s most recognized, trusted and respected human services organizations.

“The club has been very successful in meetings and exceeding its collection goals of units of blood,” Wong said. “In the past, we have won against WVU in a blood donor challenge in the spring semesters of 2010 and 2011.”

This semester, the club’s meetings are in the Student Center lobby at 7 p.m. on every other Tuesday. Their next meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Sarah Dyke can be contacted at dyke6@marshall. edu.

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TOP: Marshall students take advantage of the warm weather at the Memorial Student Center, Tuesday.

Winter temperatures are slated to return by the end of the week. RIGHT: Marshall freshman, Cody Arnold of Tampa, Fla. skateboards at the Memorial Student Center, Tuesday.

Cabell County kindergarten teacher wins national award

By YEJIN JENNY HAN

THE PARTHENON The Milken Family Foundation honored Whitney Snead, a kindergarten teacher at Village of Barboursville Elementary School, for her exceptional contributions to quality education.

The Award, which provides public recognition and a financial award of $25,000, alternates each year between elementary and secondary educators. Recipients of this award are teachers, principals and specialists who are furthering excellence in education.

Unlike most teaching awards, the Milken Educator Award has no formal nomination or application process. Candidates for the Milken Educator Award are selected on the basis of exceptional educational talent, exemplary educational accomplishments, strong long-range potential for professional policy leadership and engaging and inspiring presence.

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“Teachers have the most important jobs in America,” Lowell Milken, chairman and co-founder of the Family, said. “We entrust them with the enormous responsibility of preparing our young people with the skills, knowledge and experiences needed to be successful in a most challenging 21st century. The Milken Educator Award says, in a very public way, that greatness

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Stead, who has been in education for more than seven years, tries to bring creativity into her lessons, which engages students and gets them excited about learning.

After receiving the award, Stead said her mother, who also teaches kindergarten, is her role model.

“If I am a good teacher, the only way I can accept this is to say I followed in my mom’s footsteps,” Stead said.

Stead said teaching kindergarten is like going to Disney World every day.

“It’s the most fun job in the world,” Stead said. “I try to give my best every single day, but this will push me so much more to help others.”

For more information about the Milken Educator Awards, visit www.mff.org.

Yejin Jenny Han can be contacted at han9@marshall.edu.

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Hundreds come to support TOMS One for One Movement

By HAYLEE ROBERTS

THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s Department of Housing and Residence Life partnered with Volunteer Services Tuesday to host a TOMS One for One event on campus.

The purpose of the event was to recruit students to join a TOMS club on campus and “start something that matters.”

Nearly 200 students attended the event, where they enjoyed time with friends, food and a documentary about TOMS. Erica McGuire, sophomore nursing major, said the best thing about the event was seeing fellow students who were passionate for the cause.

“The fact that so many students came together wanting to do something that matters for kids around the world, was just really cool,” McGuire said. “I can’t wait to see what this club does in the future for Marshall and the TOMS One for One movement.”

20 students responded by expressing their interest in starting a TOMS campus club.

Stephanie Hurley, Assistant Director of Residence Life, said she was pleased with the

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Amy Lorenz, Assistant Director of Housing and Residence Life talks with students interested in starting a TOMS campus club at Marshall. outcome of the event.

“I cannot believe how all of the hard work has paid off,” Hurley said. “It was definitely worth it to see so many students interested in taking a

part of the TOMS initiative.”

TOMS donated over 75 prizes to be given away to students who attended the event. Students put their name into a drawing and the winners were

announced at the end of the event.

“TOMS is great at supporting their campus clubs as they want to reach out to students to share their story and the purpose of the One for One movement,” Hurley said.

Students also signed postcards that asked them what they planned to do to help others. Students pinned their postcards to a large banner that will be hung to show Marshall’s support for the TOMS One for One movement.

Volunteer services, American Red Cross and United Way came to the event to speak to students about ways to get involved around the community and what people in Huntington are actually doing to help others.

“My main focus on this event was to show students that you can help out and give to others who don’t have the opportunities that we have, all while still being able to make a living yourself,” Hurley said.

Haylee Roberts can be contacted at roberts215@ marshall.edu.

Kerry wins 94-3 Senate vote to become Obama’s second-term secretary of state

POLICE BLOTTER

By JOSIE LANDGRAVE THE PARTHENON

The following summaries were compiled from this week’s Marshall University police reports.

LARCENY: WILLIS HALL On Jan. 15, at 8:43 a.m., a silver bicycle, with blue and purple stripes, was reported missing. A female said she left her bike tied up outside over Christmas break, which was Dec. 17 to Jan. 15. When the victim returned, her bicycle was gone.

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY: CORBLY HALL On Jan. 16, between 6 p.m. and 6:10 p.m., a Marshall University service worker reported seeing two male individuals flinging desks and damaging a custodial cart on the third floor.

Police said the males smelled of alcohol and were both arrested for destruction of property. They were later released to their parents.

BATTERY: TWIN TOWERS DORMITORY On Jan. 16, at 9:49 p.m., a female victim and three witnesses reported that an argument over Facebook had turned violent.

The victim suffered a bloodied lip from being punched in the face.

On Jan. 17, at 8:40 a.m., the first offender, age 19, was arrested. At 10:20 a.m., the second offender, age 19, was arrested.

Both were females. They are charged with misdemeanor battery.

GRAND LARCENY: CAMPUS CHRISTIAN CENTER On Jan. 16, at 11:20 p.m., a female student reported that her MacBook was stolen. The victim said she laid it down and went into another room. When she returned, the laptop was gone. The laptop was worth $1799.

UNDERAGE DRINKING: BUSKIRK HALL On Jan. 19, at 3:03 a.m., a female, age 20, passed out and was found lying in the first floor hallway. The suspect was a visiting guest from Charleston.

UNDERAGE DRINKING: SOUTH RESIDENCE HALL On Jan. 20, at 3:32 a.m., a female was issued a citation after her breath smelled of alcohol. She was 18 years old.

ASSAULT: ROBERT C. BYRD CLINIC On Jan. 21, at 10:23 a.m., an argument broke out in the parking lot. The suspect threatened to run over the victim with their car. The victim pressed charges.

POSSESSION: HAYMAKER HALL On Jan. 23, a 19-year-old male was charged with simple possession when he was spotted with a small bag of marijuana hanging out of his pocket.

Josie Landgrave can be contacted at landgrave2@marshall.edu.

BP pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2010 gulf oil spill

By MICHAEL Muskal

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Senator John Kerry testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, January 24, 2013, in Washington, D.C., for his nomination to be secretary of state.

By HANNAH ALLAM

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (MCT) With only three “no” votes, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed veteran lawmaker and former presidential candidate John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as the secretary of state for the Obama administration’s second term.

The Massachusetts Democrat, 69, glided through his confirmation process, with supporters noting his quarter-century in the Senate, across-the-aisle friendships with Republicans, nearly 100 overseas trips, family ties to the Foreign Service and status as a Vietnam veteran. Although no time for a swearing-in has been announced, Kerry was expected to deliver a speech on Wednesday; Clinton’s last day as secretary will be Friday, her office announced.

Not a single objection to Kerry’s candidacy was raised in either last week’s hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which Kerry had led before recusing

himself, or in the two-hour debate period before the full Senate vote Tuesday. Even so, there were “no” votes from three Republicans: John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas, and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma. Ninetyfour senators voted in favor of Kerry’s candidacy; one voted present _ and that was Kerry.

The overwhelming bipartisan support for Kerry “sends a very clear message to the world that this is America’s representative, this is our secretary of state, and I believe he’s earned the vote,” said Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who succeeded Kerry as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.

The confirmation might have been the easy part. Now, Kerry is poised to inherit a long list of worsening conflicts and humanitarian crises in which U.S. policy has waffled or remained opaque and heavily criticized.

In just the Middle East and North Africa, there are the civil war in Syria, the French-led fight to dislodge extremists from northern Mali and fresh

violence in U.S. partners Egypt, Libya and Iraq.

Kerry also will have delicate internal affairs to manage as Republicans pledge to continue their sharp questioning of the State Department’s conduct and security posture at the time of the deadly Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. posts in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. The debacle cost President Barack Obama his first choice for Clinton’s replacement, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice.

As if to underscore that they intended to revive the debate for a second term, three House Republicans - Ed Royce and Darrell Issa of California, and Jason Chaffetz of Utah _ wrote to the State Department on Monday demanding to see all Benghazi-related emails, cables and memoranda Clinton received.

The representatives also wanted explanations for an independent review board’s decision against interviewing Clinton and top deputies, and

about “the decision to maintain an isolated outpost in Benghazi even with evidence of increasing violence,” according to a joint statement from the congressmen. Considering that Clinton’s last day as secretary is Friday, it will most likely be Kerry making sure those requests are considered.

During the confirmation hearing, both Republicans and Democrats sought pledges from Kerry that he would continue implementing the recommendations of the review board, which found systemic managerial problems in the State Department offices that handled the Benghazi crisis.

Four managers were placed on administrative leave; one of them resigned. Kerry will be in charge of rebuilding those offices, keeping apace with the review board’s dozens of recommendations and conducting periodic security assessments on U.S. posts in all high-risk locations.

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LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) A federal judge in New Orleans accepted an agreement for BP to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record fine in connection with the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which ranks as one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters.

The agreement, announced in November, allowed a unit of the London-based oil giant to plead guilty Tuesday to 11 counts of seaman’s manslaughter in connection with the explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the gulf. The company also entered a guilty plea to one felony count of obstruction of Congress and two environmental misdemeanors.

The company was fined $4 billion in connection with the spill and was given five years’ probation.

Tuesday’s court action ends the company’s current criminal issues, but is just one step in the ongoing proceedings related to the disaster. Four current or former BP employees have been indicted on criminal charges. BP has separately agreed to a $7.8 billion settlement with lawyers representing Gulf Coast residents and businesses and could be assessed more than $17 billion under the Clean Water Act. “Today’s guilty plea and sentencing represent a significant step forward in the Justice Department’s ongoing efforts to

seek justice on behalf of those affected by one of the worst environmental disasters in American history,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a statement. “I’m pleased to note that more than half of this landmark resolution _ which totals $4 billion in penalties and fines and represents the single largest criminal resolution ever - will help to provide direct support to Gulf Coast residents as communities throughout the region continue to recover and rebuild.”

At the hearing, BP again apologized for the deaths and for the spill.

“We - and by that I mean the men and the women of the management of BP, its board of directors and its many employees _ are deeply sorry for the tragic loss of the 11 men who died and the others who were injured that day,” Luke Keller, a vice president of BP America Inc., said in a statement. “Our guilty plea makes clear BP understands and acknowledges its role in that tragedy, and we apologize _ BP apologizes _ to all those injured and especially to the families of the lost loved ones. BP is also sorry for the harm to the environment that resulted from the spill, and we apologize to the individuals and communities who were injured.”

U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance in New Orleans called

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Herd tangles with SMU Mustangs Marshall and SMU both look to break losing streaks

By KYLE GIBSON

THE PARTHENON Southern Methodist University will make its last trip to Huntington for a Conference USA matchup against the Marshall men’s basketball team Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Cam Henderson Center.

Both sides are currently in a losing skid. SMU is 11-10 overall, 1-5 in conference and has lost three games in a row. The Herd has a 9-11 record overall, with a 2-3 tally in conference and two straight losses.

Marshall head coach Tom Herrion said that controlling the pace will be important for his team on Wednesday.

“We’re going to try to spots and try to create some tempo,” Herrion said. “They’re good at what they do so you have to try to create tempo.

You have to score the ball to get into some sort of press if you can.”

The Herd has a sizeable advantage in rebounding average for this contest. The team averages 39.7 boards per game, while the Mustangs only average 33.2. Marshall also holds the advantage

in scoring average, posting 68.7 points per game, while SMU only scores 64.

The Herd’s leading scorer is guard DeAndre Kane, who averages 15 points and 5 assists per game. SMU’s guard Jalen Jones leads the team in scoring with 15 points per game and pulls down 8 rebounds per contest.

Marshall guard Chris Martin said that the losing slide the team has been on is just an unfortunate aspect of a long season.

“Every team is going to have a day where things just aren’t going right for them,” Martin said. “We just need to take it and learn from it and keep moving on.”

The legendary Larry Brown, who is in year 40 of his coaching career, leads SMU. Brown was enshrined in the basketball hall of fame in 2002 and has won both a national championship in college, with Kansas in 1988, and a title in the NBA with 2004’s Detroit Pistons. This is Brown’s fourth college head coaching job, with stops at Davidson, UCLA and Kansas.

Kyle Gibson can be contacted at Gibson210@marshall.edu

Legendary coach Larry Brown visits Huntington

By KYLE GIBSON

THE PARTHENON Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown and Southern Methodist will face the Thundering Herd Wednesday at the Cam Henderson Center as the Mustangs travel to Huntington for a conference tilt.

Brown, who is in his first season at SMU, was enshrined in the basketball hall of fame in 2002 and has been coaching since 1972.

Brown started his career as a player, attending the University of North Carolina from 1960-63, and later played in the American Basketball Association from 1963-72. In 1969, he won a championship with the Washington Caps.

Brown’s first head coaching job was at Davidson College in 1972. He has also made collegiate stops at UCLA and Kansas, and won coach of the year honors as he led the Jayhawks to a national title.

Brown has also excelled in the professional ranks and has made numerous stops in the ABA and NBA. Brown’s 2004 Detroit Pistons won the NBA championship, and he received the NBA coach of the year award in 2001 for his work with the Philadelphia 76ers. Before taking the job at SMU, Brown’s most recent stop was with the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats.

Marshall head coach Tom Herrion said he has

great respect for what Brown has done throughout the years.

“The sustained level of success at the college and NBA level and throughout his career is remarkable,” Herrion said. “Very few have done it at both levels. He’s had sustained success at every stop he’s had.”

Herrion said Brown’s longevity and success are not the only thing that he respects.

“The biggest thing he does is he’s a great teacher,” Herrion said.

“He really is a great teacher of the game and I think what I respect most about him is what he’s done for the game.”

Herd sophomore Chris Martin said it is good to play against top coaches, but that it won’t affect the team’s mindset.

“We’re not going to be star struck, but I think it’s a great opportunity to play against a coach like that,” Martin said. “I’m definitely excited about it and we are all excited about it.”

Wednesday’s tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at the Cam Henderson Center.

Kyle Gibson can be contacted at gibson210@marshall.edu.

Marshall football staff adds defensive coach

By COURTNEY SEALEY

THE PARTHENON Head football coach Doc Holliday announced this week that the football team has hired a new assistant coach to work alongside defensive coordinator Chuck Heater.

Thirty four year old Anthony Midget, a native of Clewiston, Fla., will leave his current position as Georgia State’s defensive coordinator to join the team. He has held a position with the Panthers coaching staff since 2008 and joined them for their inaugural season in 2010.

Before joining the Panthers’ staff he served as a Florida high school coach from 2002-07 and spent the 2007 season as a graduate assistant at Virginia Tech.

Doc Holliday said he was thrilled to add Midget to the team.

“Anthony is an excellent addition to our staff,” Holliday said. “He brings us a wealth of experience, not only as a coach, but also as a scholar-athlete who competed at the highest level.”

As a football player Anthony Midget played

at Virginia Tech as a defensive back. He started for the Hokies for three years and made an appearance in the 1999 Sugar Bowl for the BCS National Championship. He was a four-year letter winner. He was drafted in 2000 by the Atlanta Falcons.

Midget’s name is not unknown to Holliday and other members of the coaching staff.

“It’s an honor to be coaching at Marshall,” Midget said. “I was recruited out of high school by Coach Holliday and I have great relationships with fellow assistances J.C Price and JaJuan Seider, so it’s wonderful to have that familiarity.”

Price is another former Virginia Tech star.

When asked why he chose to make the move to Marshall, Midget cited that he was drawn to the connection the football team had with the Huntington community.

Midget graduated from Virginia Tech in 1999 with a sociology degree. He has one daughter, Anaiya.

Courtney Sealey can be contacted at sealey3@marshall.edu.

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Senior Forward Dennis Tinnon slam dunks against East Carolina January 25 in the Cam Henderson Center.

Tinnon averages 10.4 points and 8.8 rebounds a game.

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Herd shows fight, must maintain momentum

By WILL VANCE

SPORTS EDITOR Any coach will tell you there is no such thing as a moral victory; games are won or lost. While this is true, the Herd came up with something close to a moral victory last Saturday at FedEx Forum, losing a closely contested game against the Memphis Tigers, 73-72.

The Herd never led during the contest, but kept it close throughout the game. Head Coach Tom Herrion said “I’m proud of our kids’ tremendous fight today against a very good Memphis club in this environment; we just battled our brains out.”

Although it was a loss, the Herd must use the game as motivation for the rest of the season.

After losing to Southern Miss, by an embarrassing 56 points, just a few days earlier, the Herd showed fight and heart against a team that was expected to crush them. Coach Herrion made those proud remarks just days after he admitted that his team had “as disappointing and unacceptable of a performance” as he had ever

coached in his career. What’s more, they did it in the same arena that witnessed the Herd’s unlikely run through the Conference USA tournament to the finals last season.

So while the Herd allowed yet another game to fall into the loss column, it did so with its dignity. It showed that this team still has fight and is not down for the count, as it appeared to be after the debacle at Southern Miss.

The critical thing now is how the Herd will use that going forward. The Herd is currently fifth in the C-USA East Division and seventh overall in the twelve-team league. There is still time for the Herd to rebound from a disappointing start to conference play and earn a first-round bye in the C-USA tournament— given to the top four teams. But to do so, the Herd must show the resilience that it showed against the Tigers on the road and continue their solid play at home starting tonight against the SMU Mustangs.

Will Vance can be contacted at vance162@ marshall.edu.

Randy Moss says he’s best reciever ever

By MATTHEW BARROWS

THE SACRAMENTO BEE (MCT) Colin Kaepernick may be a recent phenomenon for the national media, but Randy Moss said the young quarterback caught his eye as far back as May. Moss on Tuesday said he watched Kaepernick work out one day in the spring and decided he was someone worth taking under his wing.

"I saw something in him," Moss said. "I pulled him to the side and shared a few words with him. I'm not going to share what we were talking about. I had just seen something in him."

Eight months later, it's Kaepernick, not Tom Brady or Randall Cunningham or any of the famous quarterbacks Moss has played alongside _ who is in position to give the receiver something he has yet to achieve in 14 seasons: a Super Bowl ring.

Moss, who had formally addressed the media only six times before Tuesday, spoke for more than 60 minutes on Media Day, covering topics from Kaepernick to his year away from football to his desire to play another season to whether he's ever had an imaginary, online girlfriend.

(Answer: no).

He made the biggest wave when he said, more than once, that he considered himself the greatest receiver of all time.

"I don't really live on numbers," Moss said. "I live on impact and what you're able to do out on that field. So I really believe that I'm the greatest receiver to ever play this game."

Jerry Rice, of course, hasn't even begun to relax his vise-grip on that best-ever title both in impact and in statistics.

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Education more important than money The Marshall University Student Government Association and the State Advisory Council of Students plans to petition Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to reconsider proposed budget cuts to the state’s higher education system.

Props to them!

Budget cuts are necessary if the state wants to cut down on their deficit but asking the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Community and Technical College System to incorporate a 7.5 percent budget cut in this year’s budget is outright shameful. Make cuts where cuts are needed – leave education alone!

If these cuts were to be implemented, tuition rates for students would skyrocket.

Wasn’t it Tomblin who said he wants to better West Virginia’s education system and wants college graduates to stay in the state and work? How are budget cuts the answer?

If rates go up, student population will decrease because a large percentage of students in this state find it difficult to fund their higher education as it is.

With higher tuition rates, students will accrue a significant amount of debt they have to pay off upon graduation. This could result in many

West Virginians leaving the state in search for high-paying jobs so they can pay down their debts.

We need to look toward the future, not just West Virginia but the entire nation as well, and pouring lots of money into education is crucial to students’ success.

West Virginia is dubbed as having one of the worst education systems in the U.S. Imagine the message this would send to the rest of the country if we cut funding to an already diminished education system.

Imposing budget cuts to higher education in West Virginia would create hardships to

many West Virginia students, especially those already utilizing loans as a way to pay for college.

These proposed cuts come at a time when the entire nation is demanding more college graduates. President Obama believes in the future of this country and by imposing budgetary cuts to the state’s higher education, West Virginia would essentially be taking a step back from other states’ efforts to better education.

Here’s a simple formula: Budget cuts = fewer college-educated students = a detrimental state economy.

Underappreciating our potential

By LORELEI YANG

THE DARTMOUTH, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE VIA UWIRE At a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg made a series of fiery comments on the gender stereotypes that she says prohibit women from advancing in the workplace.

Sandberg singled out T-shirts sold in the United States, with the boys’ version bearing the words “Smart Like Daddy” and the girls’ version the words “Pretty Like Mommy” and said, “I would love to say that [those T-shirts were from] 1951, but [they were from] last year. As a woman becomes more successful, she is less liked, and as a man becomes more successful, he is more liked, and that starts with those t-shirts.”

Sandberg also criticized managers whose performance reviews of women reflect stereotypes, such as “she’s great at her job but she’s just not as well liked by her peers,” or “she’s just a bit aggressive,” and suggested that the same observations would not be made of successful men.

Unfortunately, Sandberg’s observations are all too true.

For girls, much of the social conditioning that we go through via childrearing practices, literature and, indeed, others’ opinions of ourselves emphasizes likeability and sociability, rather than the assertiveness and outspokenness that are valued in boys as the ideals to which they should hew.

This leads to women being less assertive than men in the workplace, according to Sandberg. Specifically, she said that women “internalize the negative messages [they] get throughout [their] lives…[that] say it’s wrong to be outspoken, aggressive, more powerful than men,” and lower their expectations of what they can achieve, compromising their career goals “to make room for partners and children who may not even exist yet.”

All of this is unfortunately true and, in the case of women who buck these standards, many people make their disapproval all too evident. Marissa Mayer, who was announced as Yahoo’s new chief executive officer last July, can attest to this fact. Mayer, who was six months pregnant when her new job at Yahoo was announced, quickly became the center of an intense national discussion about the responsibility — or lack thereof — of her decision to take a high-pressure, high profile job at a time of personal transition. In an interview, Mayer explained that she only planned to take a few weeks of maternity leave and that she would be available throughout her leave — thus making it clear that, in her mind, her pregnancy would not and should not prevent her from being an effective leader.

In Sandberg’s remarks at Davos, she indicated that the solution to the problem of women constantly underselling and underappreciating their potential is for them to simply be more assertive. However, as Nicholas Kristof wrote in The New York Times, that may not be enough. As Kristof points out, there is a need for structural change — such as better childcare in offices and longer maternity and paternity leaves — to accommodate women and families in corporate environments as well.

Even with that said, however, both Sandberg and Kristof wind up missing what may be perhaps be the biggest point — aside from empowering women and changing institutional structures to accommodate them, the biggest obstacle to female ascent lies in how men view successful women. As long as men view traditional femininity, with its associated subservience, unassertiveness and assumption of secondary roles as an ideal, it will remain difficult to convince women that they can “have it all” as successful and desirable women and to fully embrace trailblazers like Sandberg and Mayer.

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The Oscars: good thing or bad thing?

By KULYER MCCOMAS

COLUMNIST The first two months of each year are a horrible time to go see a new movie. A quick look at the films on tonight at Marquee Cinema in Pullman Square shows a handful of films that barely managed a 5/10 stars on the Internet Movie Database alongside a few holdovers from last Christmas.

The Academy doesn’t want you to see any new movies this time of year. Not so close to The Academy Award ceremonies. It seems strange that the worst time of year to enjoy watching a movie is the best time of year to enjoy watching about a movie.

Movie releases adhere to a strict schedule designed to coerce you into watching them. Comedies begin to pop up in early March. Action blockbusters start the first few weeks of May running through most of the summer. As school starts, films aimed at older adults hit the theatres. Eventually a myriad of Halloween themed horror films debuts in the last weeks of October before a few weeks of down time. Then come the films that are destined for Academy Award nominations over the last six weeks of the year.

Since that Academy is made up of the same actors, directors, and executives that make the films destined for greatness, it’s no wonder that all the good movies stop coming out just in time for you to tune your television for every outing in the never-ending series of award shows. Especially for the Oscars. page designed and edited by TYLER KES | kes@marshall.edu

Living in perhaps the most prosperous Democracy in the world gives Americans a sense that our input is critically important in deciding important issues. Discounting The Peoples’ Choice Awards, however, the award shows are a glaring exception. Around this time every year I decide I am going to ignore the Oscars. This must be a childish whim or momentary impulse, because just like every other American (or at least the ones on Twitter), I end up glued to the television set for my annual dose of The Academy telling me what I should and shouldn’t like.

Despite feeling like I am being spoon-fed what is and isn’t worthy of watching or listening, I continue to tune in for The Oscars, The Grammys, and the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards because I feel like I would be a little less connected to the real world if I didn’t.

Exactly how The Academy wants it.

As you’re watching the award shows these next few weeks and admiring how awesome Jennifer Lawrence, “Lincoln”, and “Argo” are, remember that you are simply reflecting the choices that The Academy already made for you. Remember that Academy has already rewired what your brain finds acceptable with last year’s show. Take comfort in the fact that at least they seem to have made acceptable choices – maybe. And remember the words of Steve Jobs: “The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a depressing thought. … But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.”

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Obama proposes immigration overhaul, echoes bipartisan Senate group

By ANITA KUMAR and FRANCO ORDONEZ

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS LAS VEGAS — President Barack Obama proposed to rewrite U.S. immigration laws Tuesday, echoing a bipartisan group of influential U.S. senators in a one-two step that signaled a changing political landscape and the best chance in a generation to change the way the nation treats those who have arrived here illegally.

"The good news is that for the first time in many years, Republicans and Democrats seem ready to tackle this problem together," Obama told a diverse audience at a Las Vegas high school. "Members of both parties, in both chambers, are actively working on a solution. ... At this moment, it looks like there's a genuine desire to get this done soon, and that's very encouraging."

Many Republican leaders now support an immigration overhaul — even a pathway to citizenship — after a bruising election in which Latinos voted overwhelmingly for Obama over Republican Mitt Romney, though a battle remains in Congress.

The Senate will hold its first hearing Feb. 13. Legislation could be introduced by early March. If Congress is unable to move a timely proposal, Obama said, he will send his own and ask for a vote.

Some Republicans and Democrats agree on broad outlines of legislation that would allow the estimated 11 million who reside in the United States illegally to become citizens.

The president's package is similar to — but more aggressive than — a plan the eight senators unveiled Monday.

The senators are Democrats Richard Durbin of Illinois, Charles Schumer of New York, Robert

Menendez of New Jersey, Michael Bennet of Colorado and Republicans Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida.

The biggest disagreement is over what the nation's illegal immigrants would need to do to become citizens.

"How long until they can become legal permanent residents? How long until they can be on a concrete path to citizenship?" said Marshall Fitz, director of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress.

"That is where there is a difference of opinion."

Under Obama's plan, those granted work permits likely would be able to apply soon for their green cards and then start the process of citizenship, according to Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center.

The White House did not specify how soon.

Under the Senate plan, it could take a decade or more before immigrants could get in line for citizenship.

Another potential obstacle: Obama would allow citizens and residents to seek a visa for their same-sex partner — a provision some Republicans oppose.

Both proposals would create a nationwide system to verify the legal status of workers, punish businesses that hire illegal immigrants, allow more highly skilled immigrants to stay in the country and increase border security.

Obama, who did not push hard for an immigration overhaul in his first term, sounded hopeful Tuesday that the country and its politics are ready to embrace a sweeping change. Many Republicans signaled a willingness to consider a pathway to citizenship after Obama took 71 percent of the

Latino vote in 2012.

He drew the biggest applause from his invited audience when he spoke about illegal immigrants: "A lot of folks forget that most of us used to be them."

"Si se puede!" they chanted, roughly, "Yes, it can be done."

Another potential boon to the prospects is the support of organized labor. Several union leaders including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka attended Obama's speech, signaling their support. In past efforts to pass reforms, labor unions have been wary of comprehensive legislation that called for large expansions of guest-worker programs, which they called abuses of the programs and unfair competition to American laborers.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said it would be foolhardy to calculate the immigration proposals put forth by Obama and senators without seeing the plans in legislative form.

"I've got a good indication that there's a bipartisan desire to go forward," he said. However, McConnell said, "I think predicting how one is going to vote on this package before it gets out of committee is something I'm not prepared to do."

And there remains a question of how the House of Representatives will act.

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who has said he wants to tackle the issue this year, warned Obama to not get too partisan.

"There are a lot of ideas about how best to fix our broken immigration system," Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said. "Any solution should be a bipartisan one, and we hope the president is careful not to drag the debate to the left and ultimately disrupt the difficult work that is ahead in the House and Senate."

Wallenda overcomes gusty winds during Florida skywalk

By WADE TATANGELO

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Aerialist Nik Wallenda, travels from a crane to the Marina Tower on a wire 200 feet in the air in downtown Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday morning. Wallenda did not have a harness or net for the roughly 600 feet skywalk.

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Continued from Page 2 the agreement a reasonable disposition of the case. Before she ruled, she heard from relatives of some of the 11 workers who died on the Deepwater Horizon when the Macondo oil well blew out on April 20, 2010.

“I’ve heard and I truly understand your feelings and the losses you suffered,” she said.

Billy Anderson, whose 35-year-old son,

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Continued from Page 3 his vise-grip on that best-ever title both in impact and in statistics.

In his 14th season, Rice caught 82 passes for 1,157 yards and nine touchdowns for San Francisco, and he played another six seasons and caught another 33 touchdowns after that. Moss' regular-season tally for 2012: 28 catches, 434 yards and three touchdowns.

Moss acknowledged his "down year," and admitted he was frustrated at being a decoy, which is his role the majority of times he steps onto the field.

"I don't really like that, but it's something that I'm used to," he said. "I have to grow to understand and grow to like it. I've always been a team player. I've never been about self. Anything that is going to push our team to victory and hopefully win a Super

THE BRADENTON HERALD (MCT) SARASOTA, Fla. — Famed aerialist Nik Wallenda, a tiny blur against a clear blue sky, paused before completing his latest death-defying wire walk.

Gusts of wind bent the palm trees far below.

But the 34-year-old Wallenda, dressed in a form-fitting yellow shirt and blue jeans, took a knee toward the end of his skywalk merely for showmanship.

He had no trouble Tuesday with his stroll high above over U.S. 41 in downtown Sarasota.

Wallenda completed his stunt across the busy Sarasota street that closed a mere 15 minutes before the skywalk started.

Wallenda, clutching a balancing pole and wearing a gold cross around his neck, traversed about 600 feet of

open space at a height of 200 feet.

Lifted by a crane positioned by the Unconditional Surrender "kissing statue," he climbed out of the machine's metal basket and onto the wire, where he walked on a slight decline to the top of the Marina Tower building.

The high wire act, watched by hundreds of nervous attendees of all ages — including Wallenda's wife and fellow skywalker, Erendira, their three young children and his mom, Delilah Troffer — started shortly after 11 a.m.

The Sarasota native completed the skywalk, without a net or safety tether, in about seven minutes. Wallenda wore his standard tightrope shoes.

"It was pretty gusty up there," he said during a post-skywalk press conference. "I'd say 25-30 mph winds."

Jason, of Midfield, Texas, died in the blast, recalled the trauma of watching the disaster play out on television.

“These men suffered a horrendous death,” he said, according to The Associated Press. “They were basically cremated alive and not at their choice.”

According to the Justice Department, Vance found, “among other things, that the consequential fines imposed under the plea agreement far exceed any imposed in U.S. history, and are structured so that BP will feel the full brunt of the penalties. She

also noted that the agreement provides just punishment and significant deterrence, requiring detailed drilling safeguards, monitors and other stringent, special conditions of probation so that BP’s future conduct will be closely watched.”

About $2.4 billion is earmarked for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and will go for restoration and preservation of systems damaged by the spill. An additional $350 million will go to the National Academy of Sciences for research, the Justice Department said.

Bowl, I'm willing to do."

Moss may not be the best ever, but his teammates, especially the youngest ones, revere him like no one else on the team.

Michael Crabtree even noted that Moss' surname has been turned into a verb among NFL players.

"It's funny when you're at practice and you catch a ball over somebody and they say, 'You got Moss'd,'" Crabtree said. "You talk to the (defensive back) and you say, 'You got Moss'd,' and Moss is sitting right there next to you."

Kaepernick, meanwhile, remembered the spring encounter with Moss.

"Basically he told me, 'Just take a deep breath and play like yourself,'" Kaepernick said. "Coming from someone who's been in the league and is a future hall of famer, you've got to take his advice to heart and since then I've felt I've done that."

Kaepernick also recalled another instance

in which the veteran receiver helped him out of a funk. The 49ers had just fallen 4213 to the Seahawks, their most lopsided loss of the Jim Harbaugh era, and Moss found Kaepernick in the shower with his forehead pressed against the shower wall.

"I said, 'Man, get your head up. That was a team loss.'" Moss said. "He really beat himself up. I could see it on his face that he was really down that we didn't win the game. I think he probably put it on his shoulders."

But that's also one of the reasons why Moss called Kaepernick "the next-generation quarterback we're all looking for."

He can run, throw, has a powerful arm, is precise and intelligent and has a burning desire to win, Moss said. In fact, there's only one thing he wishes were different with Kaepernick.

"I wish he would take some of the heat of those balls sometimes," he said with a smile.

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Continued from Page 2 On top of the internal fallout from Benghazi, one of the most pressing matters Kerry will face is the blood-soaked Syrian uprising turned civil war.

On Tuesday, the administration announced a $155 million bump in humanitarian aid, putting the total U.S. aid to Syria at $365 million.

However, as Kerry reiterated at the hearing last week, there was no imminent shift in the longstanding U.S. policy of refusing to provide arms directly to the Syrian rebels. The

administration’s assistance is strictly “nonlethal,” such as communications equipment, food and medicine, and winter kits to keep warm the millions of displaced Syrians.

Kerry said it would be difficult to weigh a drastic policy shift now that extremists groups such as the al-Qaida-backed Nusra Front are the most formidable rebel forces. Even so, he acknowledged that the current policy is costing the United States allies among members of the Syrian opposition, many of whom accuse the Obama administration of abandoning their fight as it nears the two-year mark.

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By MAGAN HAMMOND

THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s 76th Artists Series will include four major productions and an International Film Festival.

The productions lined up for the Artists Series are, “Ed Asner as FDR” on Wednesday, Smokey Robinson Feb. 16, “Hair” March 7 and “The Addams Family” April 28.

A set number of tickets are held for Marshall students until the date they become available for purchase. On the day tickets become available to students, they also become available to the public. Students are encouraged to purchase tickets as soon as possible to ensure they are not sold out.

Ticket policy states that full-time Marshall students can obtain tickets for free, while part-time students can obtain tickets for half price. Faculty and staff may purchase two tickets for half price starting two weeks before each event.

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Tickets can be purchased at the box office on the right side of the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m.

Students must show their Marshall identification card in order to get tickets to events. Students are permitted to take one other identification card to the box office to pick up tickets for friends. However, they may not take more than one extra ticket.

All shows with the exception of “Ed Asner as FDR” will open at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center, in downtown Huntington. “Ed Asner as FDR” will open at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse.

Angela Jones, director of marketing and external affairs, said “Ed Asner as FDR” is a one-man performance and students can expect a compelling show.

Students are encouraged to pick up tickets as soon as possible because available tickets are limited.

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“Students will gain insight to who FDR was as a man, not just as a president,” Jones said.

The show is a Broadway adaptation, staring actor Ed Asner, who was performed in nearly 300 titles.

The International Film Festival will show a total of six films starting Feb. 22 to Feb. 28 at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center.

The films that will be shown are: “The Skin I Live In,” “Adrift,” “I Wish,” “Monsieur Lazhar,” “Where Do We Go Now?” and “The Deep Blue Sea.” Angela Jones said students can go to Facebook, Twitter and www.marshallartistsseries.org to learn about the films, view movie trailers and to access links that provide further information.

Magan Hammond can be contacted at hammond53@ marshall.edu.

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