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School of Medicine to increase research space

By SHANE BIAS

THE PARTHENON The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine is acquiring office space from the Huntington Area Development Council to expand its research and development operations.

John Maher, vice president for research at Marshall, said the facility was obtained though cooperation between HADCO, the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and the Marshall University Research Corporation.

“HADCO developed the space in the building that MURC owns to provide

a facility to foster technology-based economic development,” Maher said.

“The medical school’s proposal to use this space to apply new scientific discoveries to patient care led to the public-private partnership that made this possible.”

The research facility is expected to be ready this fall and is located on the corner of 14th Street and Charleston Avenue in Huntington.

Corey Whitmire, pharmacy major, said he thinks the acquisition of the facility is good for students and the community.

“Allowing students to use more research and development space, like in this new facility, will allow students to become used to that setting for future jobs,” Whitmire said. “Also allowing the medical school to use the space to take scientific discoveries and try to use them in patient care is great for the community.”

Maher said the facility will allow the faculty to apply basic science discoveries to produce advances in patient care.

“Marshall continues to grow and expand its research efforts, advance

its mission and foster economic development in Huntington and the entire region,” Maher said. “Having the physical facilities to support the hard work and creativity of our faculty and students is an important part of advancing Marshall’s research efforts.”

Whitmire said he is happy with the effort Marshall is putting forth for its students.

“I am really excited to see Marshall going after research space like this,” Whitmire said. “It just goes to show you that Marshall is always trying to provide better teaching facilities for its faculty and students.”

Maher said they are always looking for more facilities even though the research space was just acquired.

“Making sure that our facilities are enabling our research and teaching missions is a critical challenge for the university,” Maher said. “For example, the Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex under construction on Third Avenue has additional space that will be devoted to research when it is completed in a couple of years.”

Shane Bias can be contacted at bias117@marshall.edu.

Free Comic Book Day this Saturday

By CHRIS HODGE

THE PARTHENON Free Comic Book Day, an annual celebration promoted by the North American comic book industry, which seeks to bring new readers into independent comic book stores, will be Saturday.

Celebrating its 12th year, Free Comic Book Day is hosted each year during the first Saturday in May and is coordinated by the industry's single large distributor, Diamond Comic Distributors.

Free Comic Book Day allows participating comic book shops around the world to give away special edition comic books to anyone who comes into their shops.

Since being founded in 2002, more than 27 million comics have been given away during annual Free Comic Book Day events. Industry experts expect more than 4.6 million comic books will be given away during this year’s event.

Kathleen Miller, owner of Huntington’s Comic World, has celebrated Free Comic Book Day events for more than a decade.

“Comic books have propelled to the front ranks of pop culture,” Miller said. “The first week of May has been and will continue being a big day in the comic book world.”

Comic World, a local fixture in downtown Huntington, celebrated 33 years of being in business in April and will celebrate Free Comic Book Day by offering 20 percent off of all their comic books and graphic novels.

Comic World will also host a costume contest with prizes, trophies and a drawing for a $25 gift certificate.

However, the free comics are not free for everyone. Publishers take a substantial cut in their profits to help promote the event and individual comic shops have to pay anywhere from 12–50 cents per copy for the comic. For comic shop owners like Miller, the added attention and traffic is worth the cost.

The primary goal of Free Comic Book Day is to introduce new readers to the joys of reading comics, but the event also offers an opportunity for former readers to pick up comics again and also allows comic shops to thank their customers for the continued support of the medium.

Free Comic Book Day also gives the entire industry a chance to celebrate the industry and to spotlight comic book specialty retailers and their stores.

This year’s eight “gold” offerings will be available at all participating locations and includes special titles created especially for this year’s Free Comic Book Day. “Gold” sponsors include major comic book publishers like Dark Horse Comics, DC Entertainment, IDW Publishing, Image Comics and Marvel Comics.

The free books are designed to appeal to a broad range of tastes, ages and interests and include fan favorites such as a high flying super-hero adventure featuring DC Entertainment’s “Superman,” a science fiction story set in the “Star Wars” universe published

by Dark Horse Comics, a horrifying tale of survival in Image Comic’s “The Walking Dead,” as well as kid-friendly comics from popular franchise like “Sesame Street,” “The Smurfs” and “SpongeBob Square Pants.”

“The wide array of comic books being published today ensures that readers of all ages — children, teens and adults — can find something appropriate that will stir their imaginations,” Miller said. “Even if you have never picked up a comic book, stop into Comic World on Saturday because you never know what you will end up finding.”

Miller said quantities of the Free Comic Book Day titles are limited, and are given out on a first come, first serve basis. Comic World is located at 1204 Fourth Ave in downtown Huntington and will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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

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VOX: Students for Choice hosts No Pants Party

By MARLA NOWLIN

THE PARTHENON VOX: Students for Choice hosted a No Pants Party Thursday at 7p.m. at the Don Morris Room in the Memorial Student Center to emphasize the importance of equality and healthy lifestyles. Guests were encouraged to wear anything except pants as long as they kept it classy.

Josh Meredith, secretary and vice president of VOX, said the event has been planned for a while.

“VOX has been around for a year, and this is our end of year wrap-up,” Meredith said.

“We’re all equal without our pants, and it’s a fun, silly way to talk about serious matters.”

During the night, partygoers enjoyed live music, poetry, games, snacks and raffles. Every 10th guest through the door received a door prize, and one guest was chosen as the grand prize winner at the end of the night.

All guests were encouraged to bring a pair of pants and other clothing items to donate. All donations went to benefit Branches Domestic Violence Shelter. Attendees received a raffle ticket for each donation.

Pam Van Horn, a volunteer of Plan Parenthood out of Charleston, opened the event and talked about safe sex and healthy choices college students have.

“I think the most important thing that this event here has for students is the ability to know that they have choices,” Van Horn said. “Choices about sexual expression, reproduction, and they have choices about things they can do to keep themselves safe and to also plan for their parenthood in the future. This gives them a wide variety of information all in one place.”

The No Pants Party offered guests a variety of entertainment, which included spoken word poetry.

Alicia Torres, a Marshall graduate student, preformed her poetry about domestic violence and body image. Torres said the event was a great way

for students to talk about difficult subjects.

“They bring awareness to the community and to the university especially on topics that are kind of hard to swallow such as domestic violence and STIs, and parenthood and pregnancy,” Torres said.

VOX member Dakota Croy, a sophomore theater major, said she will be returning with the campus organization next year and hopes to get more students interested.

“Everyone deserves the same rights and equality,” Croy said. “Everyone has a choice, like talking about sex.

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WSSA provides yoga class for stressed students before finals

By JORDAN BEAN

THE PARTHENON The Women’s Studies Student Association is offering a free yoga class for Marshall University students as a stress reliever before finals week.

Gina Hart-Smith, yoga instructor from Studio 8 and the Recreation Center, will teach the class and gear it toward opening the heart and releasing stress. The class was chosen specifically for students at this time of year because of the unavoidable stress caused by preparing for final tests.

Brittany Bertolloti, WSSA president and senior English major, said she believes the event will be beneficial for students.

“It's a chance for students to take a break from the stress and overwhelming demands of finals and relax,” Bertolloti

said. “Hopefully, students will gain some relaxation and positivity going into the final week of the semester. Gina is a wonderful yoga instructor and designs her classes to fit any yoga level, so it doesn't matter if you are new to yoga or do it every day, the session will fit your level.”

Jocelyn Gibson, WSSA treasurer and freshman journalism major, said she emphasizes the importance of taking time to relax before finals week.

“The goal of the class is to help students release some stress and just feel better,” Gibson said. “The class is free to students, which I think is a really great aspect of it because I know many of the classes at the Rec Center have a fee even for members. It might also be an opportunity for students to try out a yoga class before they commit to enrolling.”

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Donations for Branches Domestic Violence Shelter will be taken at the yoga session. Gibson said she hopes the event will raise awareness about the WSSA and Branches on campus.

“Part of WSSA's goal as an organization is to provide a supportive environment for all students at Marshall, and also to bring awareness to similar organizations in the community,” Gibson said. “We want students to be more aware of WSSA as an organization on campus.”

The yoga class will be offered Friday in the Rec Center at 5:30 p.m. There is no charge, but an MU ID is required for entrance. Donations of lightly used clothes and hygiene products for Branches Domestic Violence Shelter are requested.

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Saturday 5K to support Forensic Science scholarships

By EBONY ROBINSON

THE PARTHENON “FoRUNsics,” a 5K race, will take place Saturday at 8 a.m. The race will begin at Pullman Square, and the proceeds will go to support a scholarship for Marshall University forensic science graduate students.

The event was created and is hosted by forensic honor society, Delta Delta Epsilon.

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Huntington police will have booths set up at the race.

Those wishing to participate can register for the event at www.tristateracer.com for $20. Participants can also register on the day of the event for the same price. Check-in and registration begin at 7 a.m.

Tabatha Greer, junior education major, said she believes it will be a great event and is looking forward to running her first 5k race.

“It seems like it will be a fun event, especially with the booths that will be there,” Greer said.

She said she found out about the event from seeing a flyer on her residence hall floor.

Ashleigh Lucio, graduate forensic science major, said the forensic science honor society was formed at the end of the last school year. This has been their first full year as an honor society.

“Part of the mission statement is to promote academic excellence within the program,” Lucio said. “We also spread awareness about forensic science in the community.”

Lucio said the idea for funding a scholarship came when a few of the group members were collectively brainstorming in a discussion. She said the details are still being discussed, but they would like for the scholarship to be awarded to a member of the honor society who has excelled

in class as well as actively participating in the organization.

“We figured through the 5k people in the community and Huntington community members could find out more about our program,” Lucio said.

Lucio said a large part of the community is not aware that Marshall’s forensic science program is ranked first in the country. She said there are students from all over the country who come to Marshall for the forensic program.

Lucio said she has come from Hawaii to attend the program.

“There is this huge accomplishment right here in Huntington and it is not largely known,” Lucio said.

She said the organization is already thinking of next year’s 5K and scheduling the race during crime victim awareness week.

Ebony Robinson can be contacted at robinson186@ marshall.edu.

From the far side of the world

Marshall student volunteers for summer in Peruvian orphanage

By KURT ANDRE PHOTOS COURTESY OF CAROL GOOD

Student adapts to Taiwanese life

By JESSICA RAMEY

THE PARTHENON Carol Good has spent the second half of the semester adjusting to a new way of living.

Good has been living in Taiwan the past couple months and has been studying business beside other exchange and local students.

While there are many differences between life in Taiwan and life in America, there are also similarities that have helped Good adjust to life in another country.

She said one similarity is the way students behave in Taiwan.

“I don’t really know there is that much difference,” Good said. “Students go to class, have dinner with friends, study for tests, procrastinate on assignments, go to work, participate in clubs and organizations, play sports and do whatever they want for fun on the nights and weekends.”

Good said the organized school sports are not as big a deal or as promoted in Taiwan as they are in America.

Being an exchange student, Good has not had to take all her classes in a foreign language.

Good said most of her classes are geared toward exchange students or are in English for

Taiwanese students who want to improve in speaking that language.

Being an exchange student can have other advantages too.

“Teachers really want the students to enjoy their time in Taiwan and explore more of the country and culture, so the classes are less demanding,” Good said.

The way the classes are set up is different than at Marshall.

“You only have class once a week for two to three hours with a 10 minute break every 50 minutes, except for my Chinese classes, which is two hours every day,” Good said.

Aside from the college aspect, there are other parts of Good’s daily life that are different.

While she still eats meals at the cafeterias and restaurants, she also has the option of eating at a vendor on the street near campus. Good said she has to have a friend go with her to restaurants because the menus are all in Chinese and she is not able to read what they say.

In her spare time, Good goes to night markets, which she said are popular in Taiwan and have different kinds of local food, crafts, clothes, pets and games.

“Some are simple and similar to the set up of a flea market or

arts and crafts fair, while others are much larger and more like Chinatown,” Good said.

“The prices are usually always the cheapest at night markets, although they may not always be the most sanitary places to buy food.”

Good said in order to get from place to place, she generally has to walk or ride the bus, which can also be a challenge because the schedules are not in English. Many Taiwanese people ride motorbikes everywhere.

Good has had to get used to different aspects of the culture in Taiwan as well.

“The biggest difference between the two cultures, for me, is definitely the language,” Good said. “Students here can speak a varying amount of English depending on their past education and how comfortable they feel with speaking it.”

Despite the differences in language, daily life, beliefs, customs and other parts of the culture, Good said there are a lot of similarities past the surface of people.

“We like to laugh, have fun, sing along to our favorite songs and spend time with family and friends,” Good said. “We also all face hardships and challenges in life, whether they be a difficult test, learning a new language, family issues, health problems or a national tragedy. The culture may be different here, but personally the surface differences of foods, languages and customs are not a problem at all because the deeper aspects of life, such as thoughts, desires and emotions, are the same.”

Jessica Ramey can be contacted at ramey95@marshall.edu.

content in cosmetics, said S. Katharine Hammond, the study's principal investigator and a UC Berkeley professor of environmental health sciences.

She noted that consumers have no way of knowing what the products contain because lipstick manufacturers are not required to list ingredients.

"I do not feel people should panic and throw all their lipsticks out, but I don't think that people should be cavalier about this (either)," Hammond said.

Environmental health advocates have long pushed manufacturers to eliminate lead in lipstick.

But this latest study identifies other metals in the products,

said Sharima Rasanayagam, director of science for the Breast Cancer Fund and a member of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.

"We definitely need more research to see what's in these lipsticks and at what levels," said Rasanayagam, who was not involved with the study. "Manufacturers should be looking at their supply chain and figuring out where the contamination is happening and then try to eliminate it."

The study will be published online Thursday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

An industry representative said lipsticks are safe and noted that the detected metals

occur naturally in air, soil and water.

"These are very low levels," said Linda Loretz, chief toxicologist for the Personal Care Products Council. "There is nothing in there that would raise a potential concern."

The researchers concluded that people who use an average amount of lipstick, perhaps applying it twice a day and ingesting up to 24 milligrams, could be exposed to hexavalent chromium at levels that exceed safety guidelines. It is a carcinogen linked to stomach tumors, but researchers said their tests could not distinguish between it and the metal's less toxic forms.

THE PARTHENON While many students will be busy relaxing, job hunting and pursuing internships during this upcoming summer, Toby Mackenson, a Marshall University senior, will volunteer at a children’s orphanage in Peru.

Mackenson said he is an able bodied volunteer for the people of unfortunate circumstances, and a student who loves to serve others when he can.

“My calling is in international volunteer work,” Mackenson said. “I have volunteered in the Peace Corps and that experience has only furthered my desire to help out where I can. This summer, I’ll be helping entertain and organize activities for the children of one of Peru’s orphanages.”

Mackenson said the Westfalia Orphanage provides refuge to children from abusive homes and those without family.

“I found out about this volunteering opportunity from my church’s pastor, who has been one of my biggest motivators in pursuing missions work,” Mackenson said.

“These are children who have not experienced the love and care of family that many of us take for granted. My goal is to make them feel loved and hopefully come up with some fun activities for them to do, as well as spreading the

word of Christ to them in the process.”

The orphanage is located in the mountains southeast of Lima, which is one of the poorest cities in Peru.

“Many people there live on only around $1.50 a day,” Mackenson said. “The orphanage offers shelter and food to children from these conditions. Trips to places like this really opened my eyes and helped me become more humble.”

Mackenson’s mother, April Mackenson, said she believes, as a mother, that children are some of life’s greatest blessings.”

“I’m overjoyed with Toby’s desire to help others, and I fully support his trip to Peru this summer,” April Mackenson said. “It will be great to know those children there will be getting the attention and love they deserve.”

Mackenson said his trip is a solo mission, but the orphanage has had other volunteers from his church visit before.

“They are very familiar with some of our members, and hopefully I can be another addition to that group,” Mackenson said. “I know it will be a positive experience, and that I’ll be fulfilling my calling to serve.”

Mackenson will leave for his three-week volunteer trip in June.

Kurt Andre can be contacted at andre5@live. marshall.edu

Lipsticks contain metals that could cause health problems, study finds

By SANDY KLEFFMAN

CONTRA COSTA TIMES (MCT) Lipsticks and lip glosses purchased in San Francisco Bay Area stores contained lead, chromium and other metals that could raise health concerns, a new study reveals.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health tested 32 products commonly found in drugstores and department stores. In addition to lead and chromium, they detected cadmium, aluminum and five other metals.

The study highlights a need to have more oversight from the Food and Drug Administration, especially since the United States has no standards for metal

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Tattoos offer way to express individuality

By ASHLEY HERRALD

THE PARTHENON Tattoos are a form of expression and a way to permanently show one’s individuality. For some, their bodies are like an empty canvas

that can be turned into a beautiful masterpiece. Tattoos have been around for 5,000 years and have grown in popularity over the last 20 years, but the reason why people get tattoos has been heavily debated. Tattoos can simply be a form of expression, and some can tell a story through art on the body.

Casey Hall, senior management major, said her tattoos express her individuality and every tattoo has a religious background to it.

“I have three tattoos, and each one has an uplifting, religious statement to it,” Hall said.

Hall said her tattoos tie into each other because all of her tattoos have a religious element to them. Hall has a tattoo on her foot that says, “I walk by faith.” On her side, there is a similar tattoo that has a cherry blossom branch, Japanese symbols and the Bible verse, “I can do all things through Christ.”

This past month, Hall decided to get a third tattoo on her shoulder, which has the same cherry blossoms and font that says, “She is clothed in strength and dignity.”

Kinsey Damron, junior communication disorders major, said she has two tattoos that have special meaning to her.

Her first tattoo, an anklet with a cross that extends down to the top of her foot looks like that of actress Nicole Ritchie’s.

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impatient and convinced my parents to take me to a popular tattoo shop in Panama on our last evening there,” Damron said.

Damron’s second tattoo is on her wrist, which she got because of her father.

“My dad was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy a few years ago and had been having complications during the fall semester of my sophomore year, so I decided to get our last name on my wrist,” Damron said.

Michael Mantell, psychologist, said in an interview with San Diego Magazine that people who get tattoos are simply trying to tell a story about themselves, which leads to good feelings and emotions.

Author of “Think Before You Ink,” Mantell said another reason people opt in to getting a tattoo is because of the “everyone’s doing it” syndrome.

Since 1991, tattoos have become a popular social event, whereas in previous years, tattoos were mostly found on criminals.

Mantell said the most popular reasons people get tattoos is to represent someone who has passed away, religious tattoos that provide uplifting emotions and military tattoos representing patriotism.

Matt Hayes, owner of New Hope Tattoos located on Route 60 in Barboursville, said he has been tattooing since 1999.

“To me, tattoos are a way of expressing your individuality,” Hayes said.

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tattoos a week because he typically does larger and more detailed tattoos that require more time.

For students considering getting a tattoo, Hayes said after care of tattoos is just as important as deciding where to get a tattoo.

“Once you’ve gotten a tattoo, it needs to be covered for at least two hours,” Hayes said. “A tattoo is basically an open wound and it needs protection from germs and bacteria.”

After bandage removal, Hayes said washing the tattoo is important too. Only lukewarm water and mild, antibacterial soap should be used.

“The most important thing to remember is to not soak your tattoo in water for three weeks, that also means no scrubbing in the shower,” Hayes said.

Another aftercare tip is to not tan or be in the direct sunlight for a month after getting a tattoo.

Hayes said the sun can potentially damage a new tattoo, and using sun block until a tattoo is healed is the best way to protect new ink.

Hayes said tattoo placement is also something people should consider.

“Pain tolerance varies between people, and different places on the body hurt more than others,” Hayes said, “But a tattoo is going to hurt regardless.”

Hall said people who are considering getting a tattoo should think about what they want and try to make their tattoo special.

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Editorial

Goodbye from The Parthenon staff This is the final regular edition of The Parthenon for the semester, and as we say goodbye to another semester, several of us here at The Parthenon are preparing to graduate and move on to the real world.

It is a scary thought not knowing what the future holds. Leaving a familiar area and friends we have made throughout college is not going to be easy, but it is the inevitable. The world is at our fingertips and at this point, literally anything can happen.

Being a part of The Parthenon is not an opportunity everyone gets, and we are all aware of how lucky we are to have

had a hand in the making of this daily publication.

With the stress of putting this newspaper together five nights a week on top of normal school work, all of the editors have become a family. Through good times and bad, a bond has been created that will be difficult to replicate with any other group of people.

This semester we have collectively spent hundreds of hours together, which has resulted in some crazy moments, both amongst ourselves and the news stories that have occurred on campus throughout the course of the semester.

Not all of us are leaving, so you will still see some familiar names in the fall. But, for now, we want to wish the student body good luck on your final exams, and have a fantastic summer.

Go on adventures, have the time of your life, take risks, do not have any regrets.

For those of you walking across the stage on May 11, congratulations. For everyone else, remember your time here will go by faster than you think, so enjoy it while you can.

It has been a joy providing the news of Marshall University for you, so, until next time — good night, and good luck.

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What <Mondo Beyondo> is not

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The other day I contributed a Special Guest Column titled <Mondo Beyondo> to the Parthenon. The Editors published the column but changed the title, ever so slightly, to: “What is Mondo Beyondo?”. Since the article itself was not an attempt at explaining the expression, the readers might have been as baffled as the Editors were at the idiosyncratic use of words. Since we are an educational establishment, I will try to explain the background to and the use of the expression.

There are three strands to an understandable explanation. After a concise introduction to the three strands, I will sum up with the hope that the expression <Mondo Beyondo> will become understandable.

Strand 1. From the age of 15, I grew up in Manchester, England, which was the home town of Manchester Guardian, one the most respected newspapers. One develops a love for the language through exposure to eloquently, humourously, and often pithily written stories (reflecting respect but not veneration for the subject).

Strand 2. Real world human experience is essentially based on the physical world, and the logical connectivity of material things around us. Aspects of human experience unexplainable by logic, where human experience is unobtainable, are often attributed to nature, the divine, or to God. This is the world of beliefs. Belief does not have logic – it is just a passion of/for acceptance of a credo.

Stand 3. Some time back the Nobel Laureate, V.S. Naipaul, published a book, “Beyond Belief”. I am a Muslim, but some of the practices Naipaul witnessed and some of the thoughts voiced to him, as he travelled among Muslim people were so wayward, and alien to me, that I started thinking that there might be three world: the logical world, the world of beliefs and then a world Beyond Belief.

-------There is a cartoon strip character called <Bizarro>. The world Bizarro inhabits is indeed bizarre: Right is wrong, wrong is right; Ugliness is beauty, beauty is ugliness; Legal is illegal and illegal is legal, Truth is false, and false is truth; Educated is illiterate and the illiterate is educated, etc. The hero Bizarro is the opposite of the other well-known cartoon hero: superman.

--------From Latin <Mondo> would translate to <World>. The English word <Beyond>, has been Latinised to <Boyondo>. (Computer Science students learn to write Pig-Latin). The expression <Mondo Beyondo> attempts to capture activities of humans which are so unreal, irrational, that they are not only beyond the pale of logic; but even belief pales when confronted with the convolutedness of their bizarreness.

--------Jamil Chaudri wishes all those who do not read this, an enjoyable Summer Recess, and those who do read it, a rewarding “finals” experience.

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I have spent much of the past year working within Student Government and the State Advisory Council of Students to fight against the Legislature’s cuts to Higher Education. During that time, we gave several speeches, attended numerous meetings, and collected thousands of signatures. Unfortunately for you and I, however, the efforts fell upon deaf ears, and Marshall alone received a $5.13 million cut.

The direct result of these legislative policies has attributed a great deal to the current budget fiasco at our beloved university, and I fear that the most harrowing effects will only be known after May 9th, when our Board of Governors will be forced to raise student tuition. More troubling, still, is the reality that this is only the beginning: I can promise my fellow students that. We have

been told by the Governor and the Legislature that FY ’15 and FY ’16 will likely see higher education on the chopping block yet again. For two more years, students and a quality education will take a backseat to political agendas.

I fully realize that recent events on campus have caused much distress and sent shock waves through our campus community. Faculty, Staff, and Students have been angered by dire financial straits and responses thereto. I’m all too aware of complex situation in which we now find ourselves.

But what I, and my colleagues in Student Government, have advocated over the past several weeks is for a renewed focus. As bad as things may be at this moment, and as upset as we may find ourselves now, a greater battle looms on the horizon.

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Both President Kopp and the Board of Governors have made clear that they are committed to fighting the Legislature on future cuts to higher education; future cuts that will send tuition ever higher. Student Body President E.J. Hassan has, from his inaugural address, committed Student Government and the State Advisory Council to the fight on the students’ behalf. But as this year has shown, they cannot do it alone. The time has come for all of us, Faculty, Staff, Student, Administrator, Parent, etc., to stand up and tell the Legislature “no more.”

Therefore, I earnestly call upon all of the campus constituencies to unite under one banner. I call upon my fellow students to once again rise up, at Marshall and across the state, to loudly protest the continued hacking of education

funds. I call upon Faculty and Staff to join in our efforts, putting bodies in the marble halls of Charleston’s Capitol and let our representatives know the true importance of Higher Education and its funding.

This past year, we laid the groundwork for the fight that is to come. But as Dr. Kopp has said, we will most certainly need an effort at least as large this year, as we mounted last year, and I certainly agree. So I implore the Marshall Community to join the fight, stand with and for the students, and let our voices be heard. As the Board of Governors, Dr. Kopp, and the Faculty have all stated, the students are the reason we’re all here. They certainly need you now.

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Softball Seniors eye sweep in home finale

By MIRANDA PEMBERTON

THE PARTHENON The Marshall University softball team is looking to send its seniors off with a weekend of softball. Coming off of a win against Morehead State and bringing their record to 30 wins, the seniors are expecting nothing short of wins in the series against UTEP. The games will begin Saturday at 1 p.m. on the Dot Hicks Field.

Along with Senior Day, there will be the Pink Zone game to promote Breast Cancer Awareness, said Cory Booker, marketing and promotions assistant.

“We will have Cold Stone Creamery coming to give out free ice cream during the series as well,” Booker said.

While the seniors look ahead to graduation and the conference championships, they are taking a moment to look back as well.

Jazmine Valle, a senior from California said her best memory was the game against UAB last year in the semi-finals of the Conference USA championship games.

“I can’t believe this is my last series,” Valle said.

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Senior third baseman Jazime Valle stands ready at the plate. Valle is batting .309 this season with 26 RBI and five home runs.

the field.”

Valle said she cannot believe how much she has grown on the field and how many memories she has made in the past years.

Valle said she is also looking ahead to what plans she has after college.

“I’ll be here for another two years,” Valle said. “I plan to get my masters in health care administration.”

Valle had many accomplishments throughout her years, but one thing she accomplished this year was being named pre-season all conference.

“It motivated me to keep working hard,” Valle said. “It really helped me strive to achieve some goals I have and to finish the season with a bang.

Alysia Hively, senior from Clay, W.Va., said she tried not to think about this being her last series on the Dot. “I tend to get really emotional [thinking about it],” Hively said. “We want to go out with a bang and show everybody that this is what we came here for.”

Hively and Valle said her best memory was beating UAB in the semi-finals last season.

Leading the team with six home runs, Hively said there is no pressure for her.

“There’s been ups and downs with all of us,” Hively said. “Somebody new steps up each and every week, so we don’t really have to rely on specific people because each and every person on the team is getting it done.”

Hively will stay around Huntington as well.

“I’ll be taking a year off of school because physical therapy school doesn’t start until next May,” Hively said.

Pitcher Andi Williamson, a senior from Harts, W.Va., said realizing this was her last series made her sad, but she knows that once she is done she will end up coaching if she does not get to play softball anywhere else.

Williamson also has had many accomplishments this season, but she wants to be remembered for

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Jessica Ferrick, UTL, Woodbridge, Va. Alysia Hively, 1B, Clay, W. Va. Bri Anna Hope, 2B, Round Rock, Texas something more than that.

“I would like to be remembered as the local girl who got the chance to play for her home school and state,” Williamson said. “It’s really been such a great opportunity.”

Williamson said keeping her tradition of family participating in Marshall sports was something she was happy to accomplish.

“I’ve grown up watching Marshall,” Williamson said. “My dad played basketball for Marshall, and I couldn’t imagine spending my years anywhere else.”

Williamson said she is looking into the near future and making memories instead of looking back.

“There’s been a lot of great memories with this team,” Williamson said. “But I know my greatest memory will be when we win the conference championship.”

Miranda Pemberton can be contacted at pemberton23@marshall.edu.

Former Penn State football hopeful has an eye for picking future thoroughbred winners

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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (MCT) Looking at unraced horses, hundreds of them, plucking out a thoroughbred with a future, maybe even in the Kentucky Derby _ it takes a certain confidence. Tom McGreevy had it even before he began picking horses out.

On his first day on Penn State’s campus as a transfer student in 1972, McGreevy knocked on the head football coach’s door. He wanted a tryout as a placekicker.

“I think we have enough kickers,” Joe Paterno told him.

McGreevy, who believed Penn State’s kickers had been lousy, persisted, explaining he’d been practicing for a couple of years before transferring over from

York College. He was an older guy, had been in the Army for a few years, had served in Vietnam. Maybe just to get him out of his office, Paterno agreed he could try out.

The lasting impact from his time in State College was not on the football field, McGreevy made clear, but from his experiences with Penn State’s livestock judging team. Figuring out the idiosyncrasies of animals became McGreevy’s life work.

Now 66 and based in Hollywood, Fla., McGreevy works behind the scenes but is a proven commodity in his field.

He works for one owner, Wilmington, Del.’s Rick Porter, who during the last decade has stabled a string of thoroughbred stars. The latest, Normandy

Invasion, is a strong contender in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.

“He has an eye for an athletic horse,” Porter said of McGreevy, who spent most of his teen years in Delta, York County. “He pays no attention to pedigree. He doesn’t even want to know the pedigree. I don’t think everyone has an eye like Tom McGreevy and can see the potential in an immature yearling.”

His confidence showed up as soon as McGreevy first began picking out horses. He had just moved to Florida, didn’t have any clients, didn’t really know any potential clients. So he took out an advertisement in the Blood-Horse, the leading trade paper, announcing his top 10

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Continued from Page 3 “I know a lot of people get tattoo ideas from sites like Pinterest, but they should not only get ideas from there,” Hall said. “I would never want the same tattoo as someone else.”

Damron said she did not have any future tattoos in mind, but she would probably

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Continued from Page 1 it’s something we should be able to talk about. Being involved with VOX gives you a great space to talk about these things and to be open.”

VOX: Students for Choice will start its second year on Marshall’s campus in the fall and is encouraging new members.

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ABOVE: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, right, and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, Thursday.

RIGHT: A resident participates in a protest of the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement in front of the headquarters of the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, Thursday.

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Obama praises Mexico president for ambitious economic poilcy

By ALFREDO CORCHADO

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS Amid an uncertain political climate, President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the ambitious economic agenda of his host and counterpart, Enrique Pena Nieto, although questions on security policy continued to cast a long shadow.

Obama faces a different country than the one he and his predecessors have dealt with over the past 12 years. The new government is still trying to define the future role of its northern neighbor on issues of security matters.

During a news conference following a private meeting and lunch, the two men faced sharp questions about the Pena Nieto's government's commitment to working with U.S. intelligence and drug enforcement personnel to fight Mexico's bruising drug violence. "'I agreed to continue our close cooperation on security, even as the nature of that cooperation will evolve,'' Obama said. ''It is obviously up to the Mexican people to determine their security structures and how it engages with other nations — including the United States.''

Pena Nieto, who took office in December, reiterated his campaign pledge to reduce violence and to centralize Mexico's intelligence work under the Interior Ministry — a step back from wider cooperative agreements dating back to the presidency of George W. Bush.

He said his government remains committed to taking down top kingpins along with reducing violence, and stressed, "There is no clash between the two goals."

Over the past 12 years, the United States enjoyed a close relationship with the Mexican government headed for the first time by

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“I hoped they did well,” McGreevy said.

“They did. I got a couple of owners.”

He had worked as an assistant trainer for his brother, then a pin-hooker, someone who buys for the purpose of selling. Eventually, he became a bloodstock agent, and the big connection that led him to Porter turned out to be John Servis, best known as the trainer of 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones.

McGreevy had gotten to know Servis when they both had different jobs, when McGreevy had been an assistant trainer at Penn National and Servis had been a jockey’s agent. But after Servis began training horses, Porter became one of his owners, a strong partnership for both. McGreevy had become a bloodstock agent, and Servis began using him to short-list horses before sales.

The arrangement led to Porter’s buying top thoroughbreds such as Rockport Harbor and Round Pond, who went on to win the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Distaff. (Porter passed on another McGreevy recommendation, a horse named Midnight Lute, the champion sprint horse of 2007.)

Other Porter-owned horses who came from a McGreevy short list include 2011 horse of the year Havre de Grace, who was purchased for $380,000 in 2007 at the Keeneland yearling sale, and 2008 Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles, who collapsed after the wire and had to be put down on the

the National Action Party, or PAN, which had ousted the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. With Pena Nieto's election, the PRI returned to power.

Pena Nieto's government announced this week that it would limit the access of U.S. security agencies to their Mexican counterparts, instead centralizing communication through its Interior Ministry.

On Thursday, both leaders tried to minimize any controversy, focusing instead on forging a closer economic relationship to improve their nations' competiveness. The two men announced a number of agreements on education, people-to-people connections and the economy. They announced a Cabinetlevel dialogue — to be headed on the U.S side

by Vice President Joe Biden — to explore ways to better tap the potential in their nation's economies.

The two countries share an inevitable interdependence, with nearly 2,000 miles of shared border, blood links and a close but conflicted history that includes a U.S. occupation, in 1847, of the National Palace, where Obama and Pena Nieto met Thursday.

The histories particularly resonate between Texas and Mexico.

As the two leaders met, radio and television commentators were struck by their "somber faces," as one radio host put it, and "rigid body language," in the words of a television analyst.

The trip comes as Obama is pressing Congress to pass a broad immigration overhaul that would provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally_many of them Mexicans.

Obama said Thursday that an overhaul of the U.S. immigration system was important for

U.S.-Mexican trade, which totaled half a trillion dollars last year.

Obama said he's optimistic that immigration reform will be passed in the United States. "If we're going to get that done, now is the time to do it," he said.

Obama will address students and business leaders Friday and then head to Costa Rica, where he will meet with Central American leaders. In Mexico and Costa Rica, Obama hoped to showcase economic and energy opportunities to make the region more competitive. But Central American leaders are also concerned about organized crime and migration.

Pena Nieto campaigned on the promise to return normalcy to communities that had fallen under the control of organized crime, and his government has reported that violent deaths fell by 14 percent between January and March compared with a year earlier.

Skeptics, including security expert Alejandro Hope, have disputed the figures, suggesting that the government may have changed the critieria for classifying homicides.

While the Pena Nieto government tries to steer away from the closer security cooperation with the United States, recent polling has shown that the majority of Mexicans, 74 percent, support U.S. training of Mexico's police and military, and 55 percent support the U.S. providing money and weapons to the police and military. Some analysts have suggested that not much will change.

"What might change is the emphasis on rhetoric, but not the high levels of cooperation," said Jesus Velasco, a veteran observer of U.S.-Mexico relations at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. "Security remains a top U.S. priority, so it will remain so for Mexico."

track. She was purchased for $375,000 in 2006 at the Keeneland yearling sale.

Normandy Vision, sired by Tapit, made the Kentucky Derby after a strong-finishing second in the Wood Memorial.

“At the eighth pole, I didn’t think we had a chance of going to the Derby,” Porter joked about his horse, trained by Chad Brown.

(Another local connection: Former 76ers coach Billy Cunningham, a friend of Porter’s, has a small ownership stake in Normandy Invasion.)

Porter usually buys his horses as yearlings, but Normandy Invasion was purchased for $230,000 last year as a 2-year-old in a sale at Keeneland.

“I know that I would not have gone to the 2-year-old sale, but Tom told me there were a couple he really liked,” Porter said.

‘Pick a Michael Jordan’ Porter and McGreevy both know that in the horse-buying business there are more misses than hits, no matter your bankroll.

“He’s never bought up one time, ‘Tom, why did you want to buy this horse? He can’t run,’ “ McGreevy said of Porter. “Never once.”

Like most bloodstock agents, McGreevy looks closely at a horse’s walk.

“He’s trying to pick a Michael Jordan out instead of a CPA,” Porter said.

McGreevy obviously knows the recent pedigree of horses he is looking at but leaves most of the research on that front to Porter, who will decide how much he is willing to pay for a horse.

“No matter what a horse does on the racetrack,” Porter said, the only way to get

a return on his investment is by eventually selling the horse. He isn’t in the breeding business. “You can’t get it back if they don’t have any pedigree,” Porter said.

Havre de Grace sold for $10 million in November, a record for a broodmare prospect sold at auction in this country. (She was the first reigning horse of the year to be sold at public auction since 1987.)

Porter is McGreevy’s only client. He is paid a salary, with a bonus structure on top of it. (“Horse of the year is top kicker,” Porter said without getting into figures.)

“She was the ideal horse,” McGreevy said of Havre de Grace, trained by Larry Jones out of Delaware Park. “Horses like that, they walk out of the stall, you don’t have to look at them again. They almost give you chills when you see a horse like that.”

Still, finding a great one is practically like finding a needle in a hay stack.

“People don’t realize, last year there were 5,000 yearlings at the sale,” McGreevy said.

“You better have a system. If you’re trying to sort through there and find a horse, it will eat you up. ... Everybody’s looking for the same thing. The competition is great.”

McGreevy said he loves “the hunt” for the right horse. He more or less leaves the bidding to Porter.

“Everyone is looking for the same thing as far as the neck and shoulder,” McGreevy said in a phone interview over the weekend as he was driving to Kentucky. “One of the big things, how those things fit together when they walk. To have that great walk, they have to have all the parts to go with it.”

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Those who use large amounts of lipstick — maybe reapplying 14 times a day and ingesting 87 milligrams of the cosmetic — could have excessive exposure to aluminum, cadmium and manganese, the study found. Exposure to high concentrations of manganese over time has been linked to toxicity in the nervous system, the researchers noted.

Industry representative Loretz said the manganese people often ingest from food is 1,000 times greater than the amount in lipsticks. Trace amounts of chromium and cadmium in lipsticks, she said, are less than 1 percent of what people would get from their diet.

The study detected lead in 24 lip products, but concluded the levels were within safety guidelines.

get another one eventually.

“They’re just so addictive, so it’s very possible that I’ll get another one,” Damron said.

Hall said she has plans to get another tattoo in the future.

“I love the tattoos I have now, and I do plan on getting more,” Hall said. “I have plenty of tattoo ideas.”

Ashley Herrald can be contacted at herrald4@ marshall.edu.

turn and people responded by giving donations. She said they hope to continue to grow even after several of the officers will graduate in May. If students want more information about the organization they can message the VOX: Students for Choice Facebook page.

Marla Nowlin can be contacted at nowlin7@marshall.edu.

Because children are more susceptible to metals, Hammond recommended that parents not let them play with lipsticks. Adults and teenagers can protect themselves by limiting how often they reapply lipstick, she said.

A consumer who wears lipstick occasionally said manufacturers should have to disclose ingredients.

"If you're making a product and you're not telling people what's in the product and it can be unhealthy, there should be a law against that," said Mary Lunning of Hayward, Calif.

Another Hayward resident, 39-year-old Hazellani Davis, predicted that women will continue to wear lipstick, although she believes the FDA should have greater oversight.

"It brings out the beauty in us women, so definitely we'll always wear it," she said.

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