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Manchin visits Marshall, discusses social issues with students

By CAITLIN KINDER-MUNDAY

THE PARTHENON Senator Joe Manchin visited Marshall University Tuesday to discuss multiple social issues that were on student’s minds.

At 4 p.m., around 70 students and faculty members gathered in Room 336 of Smith Hall to hear Manchin speak.

Manchin has been visiting multiple higher education institutions to learn what is going on with students and to discuss the issues they believe are of high importance.

Manchin stressed the importance of financial stability in his opening.

“You have got to have your finances in order; you’ve got to be able to pay for what you think is important,” Machin said.

Financial stability to Manchin relates directly to the way a person’s priorities are selected.

“What do you do when things get tight; how do you make ends meet?” Manchin said.

“Pick your priorities — what

you can eliminate and what you can’t eliminate.”

Manchin used the example of comparing individual students operating on a fixed income to the government as a whole. The government maintains a much larger budget, but accrues much more debt as well.

“We have about $17 trillion in debt, which is more debt than what I believe your generation can handle, and we can’t continue to accumulate four and five billion dollars a day of debt,” Manchin said. “The country wasn’t given to me by my parents that way, my grandparents didn’t give it to my parents that way and I don’t intend to turn it over to you that way.”

Manchin discussed how important it is for students to understand what is going on in the political arena.

“It’s the only game in town,” Manchin said. “You need to learn it and understand how to be involved and how to make change.”

In addition to the economic action going on in Washington,

Manchin discussed multiple social issues brought up by students in attendance.

Medicare was one issue brought up by a student in the room. Manchin discussed how quickly Medicare funds are going to run out if the government does not make requirement changes.

“Medicare will eat us alive,” Manchin said. “It goes totally, absolutely insolvent by 2024 — in a little over ten years.”

Manchin spoke to students about where they will be in 10 years and how Medicare will affect them at that time.

“Ten years from now, you guys will be in the prime of your lives, making good money, looking to make even more money,” Manchin said. “There’s going to be more and more pressure put on you to pay more, unless we change it today.”

Manchin discussed clauses being added to Medicare requests including a hardship clause depending upon the

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Senator Joe Manchin met with students, Tuesday, in Smith Hall, to discuss social issues.

Young Americans for Liberty have first interest meeting

By TAYLOR STUCK

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Groundsworkers preparing for spring temperatures THE PARTHENON Marshall University staff members are adding their touch of spring to the campus grounds as the cold weather begins to diminish.

The Physical Plant is beginning to lay down a fresh layer of mulch and fill the flowerbeds around campus.

Three hundred yards of mulch is needed to cover flowerbeds on and off campus and at other Marshall facilities.

The new mulch is placed over the old mulch and acts as a soil conditioner for coming flowers.

Physical Plant Director Mark Cutlip said recent cold weather delayed placing mulch around campus.

“The guys end up working a tremendous amount of

overtime for that. We get two large dump truck loads just in mulch,” Cutlip said. “We plan to have the campus looking very well for graduation.”

Laying mulch around campus and the planting of flowers is estimated to be a three to four week project.

After mulching, $6,000 worth of flowers from the campus greenhouse will be planted, filling the flowerbeds and hanging baskets around campus.

The flowers being planted include white petunias and dragon wings. The white petunias will be planted around the John Marshall statue, and the dragon wings will be planted across the rest of the campus.

The Physical Plant is also preparing to make additions to

the student garden at this time as well.

“We are looking into adding two more raised beds behind the recruitment center,” Cutlip said, referencing the Career Services building. “The students in the greenhouse are growing flowers for campus and the garden — the student garden. They have lots of plants over there for us right now.”

The cold weather put a damper on the mulching and planting of flowers, but also kept utility costs lower. The campus costs more to cool on warmer days than to heat on colder days.

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Public Relations Campaign’s Club helped plan the event.

“A lot of time and energy has been put into this fundraiser,” Megan Earls, “Questions” chair, said. “We have had an outpour of community support and are hoping to reach unprecedented success. These children are the future of our community and deserve the highest-quality of

childcare we can give them.”

The tickets are $25 a person, and guests receive one alcoholic beverage per meal, a soft drink and access to the trivia and ticket auction with every ticket purchased. Participants will also have the option to participate in various raffles.

Proceeds from “Questions” and the silent auction benefit

THE PARTHENON The Young Americans for Liberty hosted the chapter’s first interest meeting Tuesday in Corbly Hall.

Caitlin Grimes, the chapter’s founder and president, said Young Americans for Liberty, is a liberty based political activist group.

“Our main ideas are true liberty, freedom from interference from the government, small government and free markets,” Grimes said. “We aren’t here to push it in anyone’s face though. We want to educate people, do activist projects and get involved in local, state and federal government.”

Grimes said the group plans to be very active on campus, by hosting an activist event in the coming month, going to the national convention in Washington, D.C. and possibly starting a libertarian newspaper.

“We just finished ‘Generation of War,’ which was to educate students on how much the war has cost us because last week was the tenth

birthday of the War on Terror,” Grimes said. “We had ‘pin the drone on the war zone’ activity, basically just to show that it isn’t just Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan that have been affected. Almost every country in the Middle East that has a base has been invaded or bombed by the U.S.” Young Americans for Liberty is the continuation of Students for Ron Paul, which was a division of Ron Paul’s 2008 campaign for president.

The organization currently has over 380 chapters around the country. According to Grimes, she is the first woman to found a chapter.

Grimes said she wanted to start the group to educate students about politics.

“I think so many people in our generation believe you either have to be a Republican or a Democrat. They think it’s either black or white,” Grimes said. “Many of them don’t know that there is this middle road you can take that takes bits and pieces from each side.

I think that people need to know about that.”

Nick Chancey, YAL vice

president, said he joined the liberty movement after the 2008 election.

“I realized that President Obama was implementing the same policiss as George W. Bush, like foreign wars and invading people’s civil liberties in the name of counteracting terrorists,” Chancey said. “So, I lost my political ideology for a while, but I found it again through the liberty movement.

I felt Young Americans for Liberty embodied everything I believed in.”

Dustin Murphy, YAL secretary, said he became interested in the liberty movement because he realized he did not fit any specific political mold.

“I wasn’t quite a Democrat, but I wasn’t quite a Republican,” Murphy said. “I agreed with both sides. I started investigating Ron Paul and Gary Johnson — people who had different ideas from the norm. After that, I discovered I believed in liberty and I wanted to become more involved.”

Taylor Stuck can be contacted at stuck7@marshall. edu.

Public relations club planning trivia event THE PARTHENON River Valley Child Development Services is hosting its third annual “Questions” trivia night Friday at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena Ballroom. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the trivia starts at 7:40 p.m.

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River Valley Child Development Services’ Tuition Investment Program Support scholarship program.

“The first five years of a child’s life makes or breaks a child’s future,” Suzi Brodof, executive director said. “Our T.I.P.S. scholarship program aims to make sure all children can have a bright future. Our

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T.I.P.S. provides aid for families who fall short of eligibility for LINK (state-provided childcare financial aid).

“My personal hope for this is to raise at least $15,000,” Katie Wise, senior public relations major and member of Marshall University Public Relations

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Campaign’s Club, said. “I know, last year, they raised about $10,000, and we have a very strong ticket auction this year.

So, I think that can attract a lot of people to the event as well as raise a lot of funding.”

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Discussing Carter G. Woodson SPJ lecture focuses on black history, life of an African-American

By AMANDA REESMAN

THE PARTHENON Carter G. Woodson professor Burnis Morris said Tuesday, during a lecture in Smith Hall, that Woodson used modern pubic relations tactics to sell Black History Week to the black press. Morris’s lecture was the fourth in The Society of Professional Journalists Lecture Series.

“Public Relations was just beginning at the time Woodson started,” Morris said. “Modern PR probably began about the first World War, which is about the time Woodson created his association, and he used many of the tactic that pubic relations experts use today. It’s

remarkable that he would have such an understanding of PR that early because it was just developing as a profession.”

Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson was the son of former slaves and attended Douglass High School in Huntington.

“A couple years ago, on Martin Luther King’s birthday in 2011, I went to the underground rail road museum in Cincinnati, and on the way out I found one of Woodson’s books — the ‘Mis-education of a Negro,’” Morris said. “I had read it before, but I bought a copy and reread it, and that’s when I got inspired to examine Woodson in more detail.”

Morris said Woodson got his start in Huntington.

“He loved Huntington and West Virginia. His roots are here, and it’s important for people to see how you can come from such a humble beginning to an important place on the world stage that he created.”

Woodson attended Berea College. Berea College was

an integrated college before Kentucky laws made it illegal to school white and black students in the same place. Woodson was also the only offspring of former slaves to earn a Ph.D. in history.

Woodson founded Black History Week in 1926, and is known as the “Daddy of History week.”

Morris graduated from The University of Mississippi with a bachelor of arts in journalism, and received his masters of public administration from the University of Dayton. Morris started working at Marshall University in 2003 as the Carter G. Woodson professor of journalism and mass communications.

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‘Shave for a Cure’ raises awareness for Relay for Life MU students speak

By COURTNEY DOTSON

THE PARTHENON Members of the Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity and Alpha Chi Omega sorority hosted their third annual “Shave for a Cure,” Tuesday. The event was on the Marshall University Memorial Student Center Plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“Shave for a Cure” is an event where people can shave their heads, buy a bracelet or just get a cheap haircut. The bracelets were $1 and said “Shave for a Cure 13, Be Brave and Shave.” Head shaving was offered for free and a haircut by a licensed cosmetologist was $5. “Shave for a Cure” was focused on raising awareness and money for Relay for Life.

Casey Fitzwater, a junior and member of Sigma Tau Gamma, said this is the third year they have done “Shave for a Cure” and they have had success from the first time since they decided to start the event.

Fitzwater said they had already shaved around 15 to 20 heads, and by the end of the event he was hoping to have at least 30 to 40 heads shaven. Even though it was a little chilly from the wind, he was still happy about the support and involvement they had gotten from everyone and that the event was successful again this year.

“This is the second year we have done ‘Shave for a Cure’ with Alpha Chi, and they really helped us out last year. So, we asked them do it with us again this year, and they’ve been a really big help this year as well. We’re just trying to raise as much money and awareness as we can for Relay for Life,” Fitzwater said.

Relay for Life is a fundraiser the American Cancer Society hosts every year to raise money for the funding of cancer research, supporting cancer patients with wigs and other beauty techniques to improve their self-image during chemo-therapy, radiation treatments and “Road to Recovery,” which is a support system where volunteers drive cancer patients to get treatment.

“We have got a lot of community involvement so far, and it’s a pretty nice day out with pretty nice weather — just a little windy — and people are coming out and showing interest which is great.

A lot of people have actually sat down and got their heads shaved, so I’ve been very pleased with the event this year,” Ty Carlton, Sigma Tau Gamma member, said.

Courtney Dotson can be contacted at dotson72@marshall.edu.

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Casey Fitzwater, junior and Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity brother, gets his hair shaved at the “Shave for a Cure” event Tuesday at the Memorial Student Center.

Career Expo attracts more than 80 companies

By ANA WILKER

THE PARTHENON Marshall University hosted the 2013 Spring Career Expo, Tuesday, in the Memorial Student Center.

More than 80 different companies were in attendance. All Marshall students were encouraged to stop by with their resume in hand.

Marshall Career Services was available for students who needed any assistance.

They provided tips for students to make the most of their time at the expo.

Drew Tardy, representing Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, was in attendance and said he travels to campus career fairs within the state.

“Marshall students stand out because they are always well prepared in comparison to other schools. There are a lot of individual thinkers here, and we like that,” Tardy said. “We have hired several Marshall

alumni in past years for that very reason.”

Abby Tomas, from Dallas, is currently a senior and plans to graduate in May. “I came to the Career Expo for extra credit for my class, but I am really glad I did because I think it is a really good opportunity to network and see what the job market is all about.”

“I plan on going back to Texas after graduation. So, some of the employers here aren’t really suited for me, but I think it is still a really good experience to help me prepare for future interviews and networking opportunities,” Tomas said.

Some of the organizations in attendance were AFLAC, KVC Behavioral Healthcare, St. Mary’s Medical Center and the West Virginia State Police.

Career Services encourages Marshall students to create a Jobtrax account to help

with their job search.

They also provide complementary resume assistance, printouts and business cards to Marshall students.

Ana Wilker can be contacted at wilker@marshall.edu.

School of Music and Theatre presents faculty recital THE PARTHENON The Marshall University School of Music and Theatre will present “Faculty Recital: Julio Alves, Guitar,” Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Smith Recital Hall.

The recital will consist of solo music during the first half, and chamber music during the second half.

Julio Alves is a professor at Marshall who teaches guitar theory.

Alves said the first performance would be a guitar and tuba Brazilian piece. The second, “Letters from Brazil,” is a song by American composer Jonathan Grasse that consists of guitar and saxophone. The last is a song with guitar and flute by Marc Satterwhite titled “Nightless Night.”

In the first part of the recital, Alves will perform solo pieces.

“I will play a piece by Spanish composer Dionisio Aguado. The second piece is ‘Baden Jazz Suite,’ by Czech Republic’s J. Jirmal,” Alves said.

Alves will perform with fellow professors George Palton, who plays tuba, Ed Bingham, who plays saxophone and Wendell Dobbs, who plays flute.

“I just want people to relax and enjoy good music — sit and enjoy a little moment of quiet and peace,” Alves said.

Alves said he looks forward to performing with his colleagues.

“I think it will be great — a moment of interaction with my colleagues whom I respect.

One of the joys of a musician is sharing the stage with people whom I respect and consider to be great musicians,” Alves said.

Alves said the recital is free and open to everyone who wants to attend.

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THE PARTHENON The Marshall University Department of Housing and Residence Life gave students opportunities to see what students go through when being oppressed and how it affects them personally.

Tunnel of Oppression presented detailed, acted scripts about different aspects of oppression by students themselves.

Some of these included body images, lesbians and gays, ethnicities, ages, races and more.

Ashley Prichard, sophomore psychology major, said Tunnel of Oppression let her speak about her feelings and showed students how it really hurts those being oppressed.

“I have actually experienced oppression on campus in the past, and I actually got involved with Tunnel of Oppression because of it,” Prichard said.

“Many students look at me differently because of what I like and how I dress, but many don’t know that they are being oppressive at the same time.”

Prichard’s skit was about alterophobia, which involves members of alternative subcultures that listen to any type of alternative music including the familiar terms of goth, punk, emo and skaters. These ranges of groups are frequently faced with intolerance and even physical attacks all over the world.

Danielle Woods, sophomore psychology major, said her skit was about the oppression of body issues and how the media affects people today.

“I honestly feel like a ton of pressure and obstacles are put on students today, and Tunnel of Oppression addresses that within my skit about a girl looking in the mirror that is happy and comfortable within her body and her image, but then her ‘thinspiration’ makes her question whether she is even pretty or good enough,” Woods said. “It really opens up the light to many students who don’t realize how easy it is to use oppressive language and how big of an issue it is.”

Tunnel of Oppression is a campus diversity program that originated at Western Illinois University in 1993.

It continues to give students a way to experience oppression in a hands-on way and engage in emotions during the programs.

The event offered two sessions where students came and watched nine different oppressive skits and then talked about oppression and their experiences with it.

Stephanie Hurley, assistant director for Housing and Residence Life, said she was happy with the turn out of the event.

“There were over 50 students that attended the first session and that was great,” Hurley said. “The staff was happy with the number of students who came out and want to thank them.”

At the end of Tunnel of Oppression t-shirts were given to students who came out to the event.

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

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Shockers Wiggins says brother still undecided

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New Offensive Line Coach Alex Mirabal talks to his group during spring practice at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

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Mirabal brings unique style to offensive line

By KYLE GIBSON

The Parthenon The Marshall University football team has seen plenty of coaching changes this off-season. One such change was the addition of Alex Mirabal as the new offensive line coach.

Mirabal replaced former offensive line coach Geep Wade, who left in February for Middle Tennessee State University.

Mirabal previously served for six years at Florida International University and also coached in Miami area high schools.

Since the beginning of spring practice last week, Mirabal has been very noticeable on the sidelines, running around and individually coaching each lineman. Mirabal said this is a part of his coaching philosophy.

“I pride myself on being a teacher., so I’m very enthusiastic, and I try to be more of a positive enthusiasm than a negative enthusiasm,” Mirabal said. “I’ll criticize their technique and footwork, but not them as human beings, because that’s not what it’s

about. When they see you do that, they’re going to earn a little more respect for you, and they’re going to let them push you to where they don’t think they can go.”

Chris Jasperse, a member of Mirabal’s offensive line, said the way Mirabal delivers messages to his squad is a positive.

“Normally, coaches stand back and just yell and he’s just a little guy and in shape, so he comes up and talks to you,” Jasperse said. “He’s not a big screamer, and he has a lot of positive reinforcement, and I think that helps the morale of the offensive line.”

Another reason Mirabal is noticeable at practice is his size. He stands at 5 feet 4 inches and coaches a unit of players over 6 feet tall and sometimes over 300 pounds. Mirabal said his size just makes up who he is.

“I don’t know any better, I’ve been that way for 42 years,” Mirabal said, who turned 43 yesterday, “I’m comfortable with who I am, and at the end of the day after you open your mouth and start teaching and they see the stuff you’re teaching work on the field, you reel

them in. I tell people all the time that I’ve seen a lot of men deliver babies, but I’ve never seen a man have a child. So, just because you don’t play in the NFL or play larger college football, that doesn’t mean that you can’t teach and you can’t coach.”

As practice has unfolded, Mirabal has stressed the importance of technique and skill over physicality. Jasperse said this philosophy helps in terms of team learning.

“We need to take that stuff we learn and just be able to put it together as a team, and then we will be a lot more successful,” Jasperse said.

Mirabal also strongly believes in the power of communication. He said istening skills, along with physical skills, could take the offensive line to where it needs to be.

“I think listening is a skill, and they do a good job of putting what they are told into action, and they work hard,” Mirabal said.

“We are by no means perfect, but the effort is perfect, and that’s what matters most.”

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has also introduced drills to keep their feet moving.

Johnannon has been moved from the defensive side of the ball to left guard and he has fit in quickly. However, the Sweden native is used to moving around and has played many positions in football.

“It is like a fresh breath of air,” Johnannon said. “We have a lot of new drills. We are doing a lot of side-to-side movement and a lot of quick feet. You have to have good footwork to be on this offense.”

Johnannon also said it has been an easy adjustment for him and that he just has to sit down and read the information given to him.

Mirabal said the offensive linemen’s motto has been “five men, one mind.” By

this, he means all five players on the field need to act as one. He is coaching the players on communication and knowing how one another will react in all situations.

The motto has caught on quickly among the players. When asked, Johnannon said it meant everything for him.

“Everyone needs to be on the same page, everyone needs to be accountable and everyone needs to trust each other,” Johnannon said.

To get a glimpse at the 2013 offensive line in the making the football team will scrimmage Saturday at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium at 10 a.m.

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

Confidence growing along offensive front

By COURTNEY SEALEY

The Parthenon After Marshall University’s 2013 offensive line coach announced he was leaving the team for a position at Middle Tennessee State University, many fans held their breaths in worry. However, it is apparent that fans can all take a deep breath with spring practice now in full swing.

Offensive Coordinator Alex Mirabal is the news offensive line coach and has taken over from where Geep Wade left off.

The offensive linemen are excited about it.

It seems like there would be a lot of pressure on the offensive line coming off a record setting season, however redshirt junior Chris Jasperse does not feel any.

“Even though we were good last year, there’s still a lot more room to improve. We didn’t finish a lot of games last year, and we need to improve on it for the next season,” Jasperse said.

Mirabal believes consistency is the secret to having an even better offensive line this upcoming season. Mirabal believes injuries last year really affected the outcome of the season because the players did not have time to master their positions due to being constantly shuffled around. He hopes to improve on that this upcoming season.

At Tuesday’s practice, 2012 starting center Jasperse was set in between senior guard Alex Schooler and sophomore guard Sebastian “Swede” Johnannon, and on the outside of them, Garret Scott and Gage Niemeyer at tackle.

This spring, Mirabal, has been focusing on the linesmen’s hands and feet. In a new drill, he introduced two players stand on either side of a wooden rod, keeping their hands parallel to the ground, representing what it should be in a real game. He

The Wichita Eagle (MCT) Wichita State junior guard Nick Wiggins tweeted about his younger brother, who happens to be ESPN’s No. 1 high school player, on Sunday.

Anything that involves the recruiting of Andrew Wiggins, a 6-foot-7 forward, is going to attract attention.

The message read: “The WORLD is going to be SHOCKED when my bro @22wiggins makes his decision in the next couple weeks lol just saying ! #SHOCKTHEWORLD BRO.” If you are a Wichita State fan, the prominent use of the word “shock” might conjure up visions of Andrew joining Nick in Koch Arena. That is not what Nick Wiggins said he meant.

He addressed fans who think they are certain about his brother’s future. ESPN lists North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas and Florida State as his top choices. None of those schools should consider Andrew Wiggins locked up, his brother said.

“I didn’t mean it to get anybody out of their seats or try tease anybody,” Wiggins said.

“I just wrote the tweet to say ‘People, don’t get your hopes up. He’s going to make the

best decision for himself. Me and my family... we’re going to help him try to make the best decision for him. I went through the recruiting process before and I know how it is.”

Andrew Wiggins will try to attend the Final Four to watch his brother. He plays in Wednesday’s McDonald’s All-American Game in Chicago. He is one of two players in the game who have not announced their college choice.

“I’m not saying he said he’s considering (Wichita State) or anything,” Nick Wiggins said.

“He mentioned that he loves watching (Shocker) games and he loves that we play up and down. He’s very excited for what’s going on with the program and what’s going on for me, being in the Final Four.”

Nick Wiggins said it’s not his place to make a recruiting pitch for WSU. Andrew Wiggins plays at Huntington Prep in West Virginia and is considered a candidate to play one college season before entering the NBA Draft.

“I just try to help him, try to keep him level-headed,” Nick Wiggins said. “I don’t really try to pressure him. If he wants to come here, he’ll make that decision.”

Yankees say there is no date for Derek Jeter’s return

By JIM BAUMBACH

Newsday (MCT) Derek Jeter will not be ready to come off the disabled list when he's first eligible Saturday, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday.

"That ain't happening," Cashman said.

Now that Jeter's original goal of playing on Opening Day has come and gone, the Yankees are intent on taking their time with Jeter's rehab from October surgery on his left ankle.

"He's not taking ground balls or batting. He's just doing physical therapy," Cashman said. "It's not batting practice, it's not ground balls.

He's not doing anything on the field."

Which means it might still be a while before Jeter is back on the field. "He'll be ready when he's ready," Cashman said. "I can't tell you when that's going to be."

Jeter's rehab was slowed considerably last month by soreness. The last time the 38-year-old shortstop played

in a game situation was March 23 in a minor-league exhibition. He planned to play nine innings in another minorleague exhibition the next day but instead was shut down for the second time in a week.

At the time, Cashman said "the more realistic goal" was for Jeter to be ready April 6, not Opening Day. But now that projection has come and gone, and the Yankees are done with the speculation game.

"We don't have a date," Cashman said. "There's no date."

Jeter said last week that he was done putting "dates" on his goals.

During Monday's Opening Day at the Stadium in the Bronx, Jeter was at the team's minor-league complex in Tampa, Fla. It was the first Opening Day Jeter had missed in 12 years. Jeter threw with other players in the outfield for eight minutes, then went inside the complex for two hours before leaving without speaking to reporters.

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Secret chemical tests deserve more scrutiny

By LEWIS W. DIUGUID

THE KANSAS CITY STAR MCT They went block by block, covering a lot of territory. My mother told us it was the government spraying for mosquitoes and to stay away from the mist.

Other kids in the mostly black community ran behind the slowmoving vehicles having a good time trying to keep up. It seemed harmless, like chasing an ice cream truck in the crowded low-income neighborhood.

Where the government was involved with poor blacks then, little was "innocent" or "good." The Tuskegee syphilis experiment is an example of untreated black men being studied for decades to chart the progression of the disease.

Another involved Henrietta Lacks, a black woman, who was diagnosed in 1951 with cervical cancer. Without telling her, doctors took a piece of her tumor to study with cells growing long after she'd died. The infinite growth aided medical research, but the family didn't know anything about it for decades.

Last year The Associated Press and other news media reported that in the 1950s and 1960s the Army did secret chemical testing in impoverished black St. Louis neighborhoods. The Army used motorized blowers atop low-income high-rise housing, on schools and mounted on station wagons.

They sprayed a chemical substance called zinc cadmium sulfide, a fine fluorescent powder, into the air of the unsuspecting black community. It's no April Fool's Day joke. African Americans were unaware they were targeted for a biological Cold War weapons program.

St. Louis, where I was born and raised, was chosen because it seemed similar to cities in the former Soviet Union. At the time, the U.S. military wanted to be prepared to attack if the longstanding Cold War erupted into actual fighting. It wasn't preposterous thought.

The United States came close to going to war with the Russians during the 1962 Cuban

missile crisis. Kids of the baby boom were mostly clueless.

But we went through the endless civil defense drills. We did useless "duck and cover" exercises and went into school hallways for greater "protection" against a nuclear blast. We didn't know.

The black community also sheltered us from discrimination's bombardment. We learned later that unlike the Cold War threat, racism was real and deadly.

The Tuskegee experiment and Lacks' case showed that blacks were exploited in medical testing often without their knowledge.

It's not surprising that St. Louis professor Lisa Martino-Taylor has raised concerns about the Army's testing on unsuspecting black St. Louis residents.

The tests occurred as the civil rights movement was occurring. The Supreme Court in 1954 outlawed legal segregation. But its legacy persists today with inferior schools, unsafe housing, poor health care, low-paying or no jobs, and few opportunities to go to college.

During the Great Migration thousands of blacks left the oppressive South for opportunities and freedom in cities like St. Louis and Kansas City in the North. But that also exposed more people to abuse, as occurred in St. Louis.

Military officials said repeated tests showed the Cold War chemical program posed no health risks to residents. However, Sens. Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt are right to seek more information.

The Cold War became an excuse for U.S. political and military leaders to make bad decisions. But it does not excuse our government from exposing thousands of black people to some chemical element that could have created a biological time bomb doing harm to folks right now.

It makes me wonder what else might have been done to poor black people in the name of protecting the rest of America. I hope the truth surfaces instead of folks shrugging it off to history

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Recent death sheds light on CO poisoning The recent death of “BUCKWILD” star Shain Gandee, although tragic, should serve as a wakeup call to those who are unknowledgeable regarding the severity of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Gandee and two others were found dead Monday in a wooded area in Sissonville, W.Va. The three men were inside Gandee’s 1984 Ford Bronco, and the vehicle was partially submerged in mud.

With mud lodged in the exhaust pipe, the combustion fumes had nowhere to escape, therefore flowing back into the contained cabin of the truck.

Ventilation was poor as no windows were rolled down and the

three men began breathing in carbon monoxide within a matter of seconds.

Carbon monoxide is a deadly gas that is colorless, odorless and tasteless in nature. In fact, no one knows they are breathing in deadly chemicals until the damage is done. According to the Mayo Clinic, too much carbon monoxide in the air can greatly diminish the ability to absorb oxygen, leading to serious tissue damage. The presence of carbon monoxide in a contained place leads to the depletion of oxygen within that space — oxygen is an element needed for life to exist.

Carbon monoxide is produced by appliances and other

devices that generate combustion fumes or devices that burn gasoline or other petroleum products.

Older motor vehicles, such as the one Gandee drove, are also carbon monoxide producing machines. Gasoline-powered tools, heaters and cooking equipment are additional devices that produce high-level amounts of carbon monoxide. Exposure at a high level can be dangerous to human health.

Although people cannot always prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, there are steps one could take to prevent it. For instance, purchasing several carbon monoxide detectors

for the home is step number one. The detectors typically cost between $10 and $50 and could save a life. In 2012, five adults in Maryland were killed as carbon monoxide seeped through the ventilation unit of their house — a detector could have saved their lives. Frequent checks of the exhaust pipe on one’s vehicle could also save a life.

According to the Center for Disease Control, nearly 500 Americans die from unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning each year. By taking necessary precautionary measures, people could increase their chances of avoiding being part of that statistic.

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The perks of being a college student

By HOLLY MAYER

UWIRE For many of us, the reality of being a college students appears bleak as far as our finances are concerned. We are stuck in a kind of quasi-limbo where we are not completely financially independent.

But for most of us, it’s the most money independence we have ever had to deal with.

Whether you’re working while in school, living off of loans or getting help from your parents, we aren’t exactly rolling around in riches.

But in a way we kind of are.

What I mean by that is that while we are not making a six figure salary, as students at CSU we have access to a lot of things that are low-cost or free.

Student Legal Services is an example. Never again will we ever be able to talk to a lawyer

about our legal concerns for free. Lawyers charge by the hour, and you’d be looking at about $200 or more for some of the same services that SLS does for free.

Or how about public transportation? As CSU students we can ride on the bus with no charge. For some of us who cannot afford a car — or are like me and too scared to ride a bike — this is a vital necessity that is provided for us.

Sure, one could argue that in the end we are really paying for this through our tuition and student fees, but if you do the math you are actually only paying for a couple months’ worth of these services through your fees. The rest is because CSU does want our college experience to be enjoyable and they realize that sometimes enjoyment is costly.

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I know it is hard to see how easy we have it on a day to day basis with all the stresses that come along with being in school and, let’s face it, life in general. But it is important for us to understand that some of the services and discounts provided for us are precious, and we should not take it for granted.

When we graduate and are facing the world on our own, I think all of us will look back at some aspect of college and think to ourselves “Man I wish I had _____ now.” Think about those tiny coupon books that we so carelessly throw down somewhere in our apartment.

Those savings really add up, and if you are one of those students that try to find savings anywhere you can those savings allow you to do something perhaps you would of not been

able to afford otherwise.

If you have read this far, you are either thinking I’m on my moral high horse or you may be agreeing with me just a little. But don’t assume that I’ve forgotten about reality.

Tuition is going to go up next year, and that means more debt and more penny pinching for a lot of us. Colorado is number 50 out of 50 for higher education funding, and with that statistic comes some bad news for us Colorado college students.

So do yourself a favor. Take advantage of the things offered to us at CSU and around Fort Collins while you still can.

The college experience is one of the best and most challenging experiences we will have, but with a little creativity and resourcing it can be both plentiful and enjoyable.

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Education is high on the priority list in Washington according to Manchin. There has recently been around an 8.9 percent reduction across higher education.

According to Manchin, primary and secondary education is mandated by the constitution to be funded by the state. There is not a word in the constitution that says the state must fund higher education.

As Manchin continued, he found the majority of the room had accumulated student loan debt. He then discussed the various methods the government was looking into, hoping to educate on use of educational loans and to relieve or remove at least a portion of debt that successful college graduates have accrued during school.

Manchin discussed the gun bill issue he is working on. The bill focuses on possible requirements being put in place when purchasing a gun, such as a background check to see if a person has a criminal history or has ever been in a mental institution.

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When asked about the possibility of concealed carry on campus regarding the recent debate at Marshall, Manchin responded with the idea that anyone already holding a concealed weapons permit has undergone intensive educational training and is responsible enough to carry a gun.

“This is a debate that should be kept on a local level as a campus decision,” Manchin said. “People think if guns are kept off campus, there wouldn’t be any crime, only the people that want to commit a crime will still have the guns.”

Manchin left a lasting impression on students, challenging them to focus on three things

to be successful by reminding them to always ask themselves how they could make themselves better, what their value is and how they can serve the job market.

Manchin pressed in on the students’ importance of communicating their ideas and opinions in the discussion.

“The thing that we’re having a hard time with in Washington is communicating,” Manchin said. “No one sits down. No one talks. Messages are all muddled, either by design or it’s not well articulated, and you’ve got to make sure people understand what you’re trying to do.”

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Chris Hardwick's 'Talking Dead' walks off with its own zombie fans

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LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) As the latest installment of AMC's zombie apocalypse, "The Walking Dead," airs on a recent Sunday night, Chris Hardwick calmly sits in a slightly tacky living room set in a small studio at CBS Television City. He silently reviews his notes on his iPhone and strategically positions his interview cards as the crew bustles around him and a (human) audience waits quietly in nearby bleachers.

The episode ends with a major character in dire straits — Andrea (Laurie Holden) is shackled and bound in a torture chamber devised by her exlover, the evil Governor (David Morrissey). As the final credits roll, the lights come up in the studio and Hardwick's somewhat incredulous expression is beamed live to the legions of "Walking Dead" viewers.

As the camera zooms in, Hardwick, wearing tennis shoes, a kaleidoscopic tie and a black jacket that looks a half-size too small, turns into "Dead" man, talking.

"Are you kidding me with that?" exclaims the 41-year-old comedian, host of AMC's surprise hit zombie chat-fest "The

Talking Dead." "Andrea is being held captive in the chamber of horrors? What happens now?"

Broadcast directly after the phenomenally successful "The Walking Dead," "The Talking Dead" took on a life of its own this season, evolving from a half-hour companion show into a full-fledged, hour-long monster mash whose ratings in the coveted 18-49 demographic surpass a host of prime-time shows on the major networks.

Armed with an unabashed geek love for the series, Hardwick gleefully dissects every bite and slice from each episode while also juggling a panel of celebrity guests — all either associated with or just fans of the mother show. Led by Hardwick, who also hosts BBC America's cult favorite "The Nerdist," the panel dives into "Walking Dead" trivia, behindthe-scenes featurettes, and fields questions from viewers both in-studio and via email and phone calls.

"It's like a post-game show for the Super Bowl," said Brad Adgate, an analyst for New York-based ad firm Horizon Media. "This show has really capitalized on the power of social media. 'The Walking

Dead' is one of the most popular shows on Twitter and Facebook, and this devoted following has always elevated 'The Talking Dead.'"

The March 24 episode of "The Talking Dead" averaged 4.5 million viewers, an increase of its weekly average of 3 million viewers. The midway point of the third season in February drew in 4.1 million viewers.

Executives say about half of the audience for "The Walking Dead," which just concluded its third season, stays tuned for "The Talking Dead."

Joel Stillerman, AMC's head of original programming, said he thought "The Talking Dead" would find its audience when it launched in the second season, "but I would be lying if I said I thought we would get these kinds of numbers. To see how it's grown is really a testament to the show, and to Chris.

There's just this incredible energy surrounding the show in social media."

Even more significantly, "The Talking Dead" is one of the least expensive series on AMC's prime-time slate — the set is spare, there's no band and the production is low-frills. While declining to say how much the

show costs, Stillerman said "it's a good business model. We get a nice return on our investment."

Although rumors have circulated that AMC may take a companion-show approach to its other series such as "Breaking Bad" or "Mad Men," Stillerman said nothing immediate is in the works.

The foundation of "The Talking Dead," of course, is conversation, which flows from a loose talk-show format. It isn't hard to book popular guests — in addition to Holden, other visitors include Robert Kirkman, who created the comic book series on which the show is based, and other writers, rocker Dave Navarro, writerdirector Kevin Smith and comedian Patton Oswalt.

The only requirement for guests is that they be genuine fans of the graphic novel or the show — "The Talking Dead" is not the place for celebrities to hype their latest project. For instance, Aisha Tyler, who cohosts the daily syndicated "The Talk" and is one of the voices on FX's animated comedy "Archer," did not mention those shows on her recent appearance (but Hardwick did plug her "Girl on Guy" pod cast).

Stanton, who directed the 2003 hit-cum-animated-Oscar winner, is returning behind the camera.

The sequel will bring back other favorites, including clownfish Marlin and son Nemo, and will be set about a year after the end of the first movie, according to Disney. Part of it will be set on the California coast. The original, which featured Marlin searching for kidnapped son Nemo, culminated on the Australia coast.

Executives no doubt hope the "Nemo" franchise returns some

of Pixar's box-office luster.

Though its recent movies have been successes, they haven't matched the muscle of some of its earlier films. The 2012 Pixar pic, "Brave," and 2011 entry, "Cars 2," come in as the last two of 13 movies on the domestic box-office chart when adjusting for inflation.

The new "Nemo" movie will mark the latest sequel for Pixar, which after eschewing them for years has lately dabbled in them; "Monsters, Inc.' followup 'Monsters University" is next up in June.

Since "Nemo" hit, DeGeneres has focused on her TV talk-show career — she hasn't starred in a feature or voiced an animated character since "2003." Stanton had a rocky transition to live-action films when his sci-fi adventure "John Carter" bombed last year.

DeGeneres offered a quip to accompany the news. "I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long time," she said. "I'm not mad it took this long. I know the people at Pixar were busy creating 'Toy Story 16.'"

Ellen DeGeneres' 'Nemo' sequel, 'Finding Dory,' set for 2015

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LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) Disney is plunging back into familiar waters, announcing a November 2015 sequel to "Finding Nemo" titled "Finding Dory."

Enthusiasts of the 2003 finned favorite will recall Dory as the friendly, slightly amnesiac tang voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, who'll return to voice the title character. News of a sequel had been known for some time, but the announcement Tuesday clarifies the focus, title and release date (exact day, Nov. 25). Andrew

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The trouble started March 19 when the Yankees made Jeter a last-minute scratch before a game against the Phillies in Clearwater because of "stiffness" in his surgically repaired ankle. Jeter was given a

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The program was developed in 1971, and has continued to grow with the help of the TriState community.

“I’m really happy to be a part of this team,” Wise said. “A team that, in the past, has been successful and I think it just keeps getting better and better

know more than what they just read on Facebook and have a deeper understanding of where society has been and where its headed,” Morris said.

“If you don’t do a lot of reading and if you don’t study or analyze our problems with a historical prospective, you’re not going to get very far — you’re not going to do well.”

Amanda Reesman can be contacted at reesman@marshall.edu. cortisone shot the next day.

Jeter played in a game with the Triple-A team March 23. He was in the lineup as the designated hitter and grounded out four times. Jeter, however, seemed to run better each time out of the batter's box.

When the Yankees came north to start the regular season, Jeter stayed behind in Tampa and has done little baseball work since.

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THE PARTHENON Karen Spurlock, 27, a local artist from Kenova, W.Va., has recently released a radio single called “Love is Calling,” and has released an extended play called “Hearts Desire,” on iTunes.

Spurlock currently has seven songs on iTunes. Six of them are under her EP titled “Hearts Desire,” and the other song is a single called “Little Things.”

Spurlock said her song “Love is Calling,” was a song she wrote because love is essential to what she does.

“I feel like that’s the reason for everything I do — reaching out to people, encouraging people to keep going, to get back on their feet, to offer hope to them,” Spurlock said.

Spurlock writes her own music, which she started doing when she was 18.

She also plays guitar and is

currently learning the mandolin because she said she really enjoys the folk sound.

“I’ve matured in my writing when I first started wring songs,” Spurlock said. “I guess I didn’t even realize to even the past couple of years how much I’ve needed to learn just about song writing and piecing a song together to make it make sense and make it marketable.”

She has written nearly 35 songs in her nine years of performing. Spurlock has not released all of those songs and said there are some songs that she holds on to and some that she lets go.

“I try to keep my music very real with the season of life I’m in. It’s really important to me to be genuine,” Spurlock said. “A huge part of my writing is my faith in God and just realistic moments in my life, whether it’s about a relationship or

people I meet that inspire me, people that are in need of hope — just anything really. But to me, it has to be realistic; it has to be about reality.”

Spurlock released “Little Things” on iTunes on Valentine’s Day, and said it is written from her current personal experiences in life. “‘Little Things’ is inspired by the relationship I’m in right now. I just got engaged, which is really cool,” Spurlock said. “I really believe in waiting, and with my fiancé, I’ve had the opportunity to do that. And in that, I’ve learned you appreciate the little things about that person that your with.”

Spurlock and her band pray before every performance. She said she just laughs off little mistakes she makes during a performance and that she feels like she has matured in her

stage presences over the last few years even though she still gets nervous.

“Not as much as I use to,” Spurlock said. “I definitely feel like if you’re not nervous anymore, it’s time to switch something up. Make yourself nervous because without that, you kind of lose your vision of what you’re doing.”

Spurlock will preform at Lincoln County High School in Hamlin, W.Va., on May 5.

She will also travel to preform at the England Hill Free Will Baptist Church in Catlettsburg, Ky., on May 11, and to Faith Fest in Beckley, W.Va., on June 6.

“Being on the road, you meet so many people, you make so many friends and you really just learn a lot about being in the music industry,” Spurlock said.

She has also been on local radio stations including WMUL-FM, Marshall University’s student radio

station, Walk FM in Ashland, WEMM FM in Huntington, and Ignite FM in Louisa, Ky. “Everything that happens in music is a new step,” Spurlock said. “So, anytime a new door opens, like having a radio single or having your music on iTunes, it just encourages you too keep going to reach that next goal.”

Spurlock has only had one vocal lesson throughout her career. She started singing at her church when she was about 16 years old.

“It kind of fell into my lap because when I was in youth group, going to Trinity Church of God in Huntington, they needed a worship leader for the youth group, and no one else was really doing it, so I said I would,” Spurlock said.

Spurlock said she admires artists like Brit Nichole because of their passion for what they do.

“It’s encouraging to see artists like Brit Nichole just

have a vision and a reason to keep going,” Spurlock said.

Spurlock said her goal as an artist is to get her music out there and to let people know there is hope. She hopes to get signed by a record label in the future and plans to keep playing music and writing songs.

Chelsey Brooke Brumfield, a freshman communications major at Davis and Elkins College, is a fan of Spurlock and said she finds her music to be genuine and honest. Brumfield said she relates to each one of Spurlock’s songs.

“She’s not afraid to write about real events that have happened or are happening in her life to encourage others,” Brumfield said.

Spurlock can be found on iTunes, Facebook, Twitter or on her website.

Amanda Reesman can be contacted at reesman@marshall.edu.

Alpha Xi Delta to host 62nd annual Strawberry Breakfast THE PARTHENON Members of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority are having their 62nd annual Strawberry Breakfast Thursday. The Strawberry Breakfast will be hosted at the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., and the house is located across the street from Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center.

“This is my third strawberry breakfast, and in the past it has always been very busy and crowded in the house. I expect the same things this year,” Ashlyn Hinshaw, Al pha Xi Delta member, said. “Our chapter life vice president, Victoria Perri, has been doing an awesome job organizing it and getting everyone prepared for Thursday. The Strawberry Breakfast is something I always look forward to and I’m excited for the actual event.”

Tickets for the Strawberry Breakfast for Marshall students are $4 and $5 for the public. Tubs

of strawberry butter can also be purchased for $5. Tickets can be purchased from any Alpha Xi Delta member or at the Alpha Xi Delta house on the day of the breakfast.

The Strawberry Breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits, a chocolate covered strawberry and Alpha Xi Delta’s homemade strawberry butter.

The breakfast will be served at the Alpha Xi Delta house and the breakfast can be eaten at the house or be delivered.

“I am so excited for out 62nd annual Strawberry Breakfast. In the past, it has been very successful, and I plan for it to be the same this year.” Perri said. “It’s something that we look forward to every year, and it brings the entire community together.”

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