The Parthenon - April 6, 2016

NEWS, 2

SPORTS, 3

OPINION, 4

LIFE, 6

> PHI KAPPA PHI

> BASEBALL FALLS TO WVU

> HATE SPEECH

> PAT HARBISON

> VOTER REGISTRATION

> SOFTBALL V. RAIDERS

> XOXO MICHAEL BROWN

> SIGNALS PLAYS V-CLUB

> ISLAM BAKE SALE

> WOMEN’S GOLF

> TIGERS

> VOCATION AND CALLING

> EDITORS’ FAVE BOOKS

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 | VOL. 119 NO. 92 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com | SINGLE COPY FREE

THE CHALK STRIKES BACK

CAMPUS CHALK ARTISTS RESPOND TO MONDAY’S PRO-TRUMP #THECHALKENING

After Marshall student participation in a nationwide Donald Trump campaign to tag universities with pro-Trump slogans in chalk Monday, students took it upon themselves to respond to the results of the chalk Tuesday.

Some responded to the campus efforts to remove the chalk, while others wrote support for other presidential candidates.

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STUDENTS TAKE PLEDGE AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT THE PARTHENON Students took pledges against sexual assault Tuesday in the Memorial Student Center during the It’s On Us Campaign sponsored by CONTACT Rape Crisis Center.

It’s On Us focuses on sexual assault awareness and prevention on college campuses. The campaign identifies what sexual assault is and what students can do to prevent it.

Representatives from both the It’s On Us campaign and CONTACT explained why it is important to support programs that focus on sexual assault.

CONTACT campus advocate Jackie Wheeler said the campaign has helped her realize how much the program is needed.

Wheeler said this was her first time working with the It’s On Us campaign as the campus advocate, but she has been active with CONTACT for more than two years.

Wheeler said she was involved in a traumatic event and knows what it is like for the victims.

“It’s a very lonely place,” Wheeler said.

Wheeler said she gets resolution through helping other people break their silence and hopes more students will feel comfortable talking about sexual assault.

Sixteen other college campuses and nine other rape crisis centers in West Virginia also held events to encourage students to make the pledge.

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assigned to them.

“I looked at the calendar yesterday and it said we were in Shawkey,” O’Donnell said.

O’Donnell said a Healthy Steps instructor training program took place in the Shawkey room during SGA’s normally scheduled meeting.

O’Donnell said the business for this week’s meeting will be moved to next week’s meeting.

Jared Casto can be contacted at casto178@marshall.edu.

Weekly SGA meeting canceled

THE PARTHENON Marshall’s Student Government Association meeting scheduled for Tuesday was canceled due to a scheduling conflict with the Shawkey Room.

According to President pro tempore Alex O’Donnell, SGA was on the calendar for the Shawkey room Monday. However, on Tuesday, SGA was no longer scheduled for Shawkey and a new room had not been

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Interfaith discussion answers forgiveness questions

By LYDIA WAYBRIGHT

THE PARTHENON Representatives of Islam, Judaism and Christianity formed a panel discussion Tuesday as a part of Islam Awareness Week.

Dr. Ahmed Nusair, Rabbi Jean Eglinton and Pastor David Kephart answered the question: How do we find forgiveness from a holy God? Each speaker had 15 minutes to answer the discussion questions, then asked each other questions. The floor was then opened for audience questions.

Kephart said it is important for students to know how to have honest and respectful conversations about religion.

“I hope that they learn they can have these type of conversations with each other in a very respectful and genuine way, and they can feel open

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and honest with one another and have these conversations, not as a debate or as something like that but something that needs to take place,” Kephart said.

Eglington spoke first about seeking forgiveness from a holy God. Englington said ancient Jews used animal sacrifices to atone for their sins, but since the second temple was destroyed, no more animal sacrifices have taken place because they could only be done there.

Englington said there are three ways to approach God, which are prayer, study and good deeds.

“The thing that we all agree on is forgiveness is part of the makeup of the universe,” Englington said.

Kephart spoke second and used the Bible to give his

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answer.

“Being a Bible believer, I’m going to use the Bible,” Kephart said.

Kephart said there is a biblical theme of God providing a lamb as a sacrifice for sins and that Jesus fulfills that theme by becoming the sacrifice for all sins.

“It’s only because he lived the life that we couldn’t and he died the death that we deserved,” Kephart said.

Nusair said God is a true entity, but he is beyond what humans can understand.

Nusair said forgiveness comes from acknowledging mistakes and sincerely repenting. Nusair said everyone, religious or irreligious, has a conscience.

“If you do something wrong, you would feel something inside you that tells you it’s wrong,” Nusair said.

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The panel continued to ask each other questions about things like the justness of God, the afterlife and atheism.

Several students also asked questions in response to all the representatives said.

The discussion ended with closing statements from all three speakers.

Kephart said discussions like this are important in our changing society, as these topics come up in communities and politics.

“We’re already seeing that take place, so the best way to handle these type of things is to be informed about the different religions,” Kephart said. “As long as we can be informed about one another, respectful for one another, that’s a good place to start.”

Lydia Waybright can be contacted at waybright19@ marshall.edu.

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Phi Kappa Phi inducts new members into honor society

By AMANDA GIBSON

THE PARTHENON The Marshall University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi inducted new members into the honor society Tuesday in the Memorial Student Center.

The initiation ceremony began at 4 p.m. and opened with an introduction by chapter president Mary Beth Reynolds. The ceremony included a keynote address by Marshall University president Jerry Gilbert.

As a member of Phi Kappa Phi himself, Gilbert congratulated the students on their induction into the honor society.

“I think it’s fair to say that all of you are either leaders today or you will be leaders in the future,” Gilbert said. “We’ve recognized you as being excellent from the standpoint of academics.”

Office administrator for the Honors College and coordinator of the initiation ceremony Kate McComas said being inducted into Phi Kappa Phi is an honor. McComas said for the president of the university to come

and speak to the induction participants was important and special.

“I think the whole organization just goes a long way to recognize people’s accomplishments,” McComas said. “And maybe they don’t get enough of that, being recognized for working so hard.”

Elementary education major Stacy Murphy said she was excited for her Phi Kappa Phi induction.

“I think it’s something very good to be inducted into,” Murphy said.

Murphy said Phi Kappa Phi is also something that could be beneficial to have on a resume.

Nursing major Courtney Hayslett said she was excited for her initiation and said being in the honor society could look great on a resume, as well.

“I think it looks really awesome on a resume,” Hayslett said. “I’m really excited. I think it’s awesome.”

Music education major Joshua Stewart said he was honored to be inducted into Phi Kappa Phi. “I’ve been waiting to get my letter

in the mail for a while now,” Stewart said. “So I was happy that it came through.”

Stewart said to be in an honor society like Phi Kappa Phi means a lot if a student wants to be at the top of their class.

The Phi Kappa Phi initiation is held every spring for invited junior, senior and graduate students. To be invited, a junior must be in the top 7.5 percent of their class within their college and senior and graduate students must be in the top 10 percent of their class within their college.

McComas said Phi Kappa Phi also presents students with leadership opportunities in organizing Phi Kappa Phi events throughout the school year.

Amanda Gibson can be contacted at gibson269@marshall. edu.

Marshall University students were inducted into to Phi Kappa Phi honor society Tuesday at the Memorial Student Center.

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Cultural bake sale celebrates Islam Awareness Week

By LYDIA WAYBRIGHT

THE PARTHENON The Marshall University Muslim Student Association sponsored a cultural bake sale Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in celebration of Islam Awareness Week and to raise funds for its club.

“You don’t get baklava every day,” said graduate student Malak Khader.

MSA members Khader and Suzann Al-Qawasmi, both getting their master’s degree in public administration, said they want people to get a taste of their culture, but their main goal is to open dialogue with people on campus.

“We thought it would be an interesting twist on a bake sale, and it’s really ultimately to help us raise some money to host some more events so that people can get to know Islam through the students at Marshall,” Khader said.

Khader said the MSA had many goals for the bake sale, including raising funds, gaining members and spreading awareness about Islam.

“Our main goal is just to get people to talk to us,” Khader said.

Khader said she hopes Marshall students will spend time talking to Muslim students this week during all their events.

“Even if they don’t buy anything, if they just come and just talk to us, that is our ultimate goal,” Khader said.

The bake sale included an assortment of baked goods.

Al-Qawasmi said there were

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Graduate student Makak Khader helps vend culturally themed goods to students at the Muslim Student Association bake sale Tuesday outside the Memorial Student Center.

Syrian and Libyan desserts.

“We have Arabic apple pies,” Khader said. “And then we also have American, so if people aren’t risk-takers they can eat their brownies and cookies.”

Both Khader and Al-Qawasmi said baklava was their favorite dessert.

Khader said members of the MSA and women in the Muslim community made the treats for

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Professional life coach gives insight on career choosing

the bake sale.

Al-Qawasmi said they have a Viber group with Muslim women in the community, so they sent a message about the bake sale and several women said they would bake for it.

“The MSA is hosting the event, but it wouldn’t be possible without the support of the Muslim community in Huntington,” Al-Qawasmi said.

THE PARTHENON Marshall Ukirk hosted “Vocation and Calling” with certified professional life coach Dana Sutton Tuesday at the Campus Christian Center.

Sutton discussed how students could determine a career choice by discovering their passions and gifts.

“Vocation is a word that I think is overused a bit in some ways and not necessarily really thought about a lot,” Sutton said. “It usually may be thought about in just one way.”

Sutton said he believes the concept of vocation asks what one should do with their life.

“If you’re not familiar with the word vocation, it comes from a Latin word that means ‘to call,’” Sutton said. “Vocare—so that’s the root of the word.”

Attendees were asked to rank a list of values on a scale of one to 10 in a value assessment exercise.

“To me—it’s not so much about the doing, but the being,” Sutton said. “My focus

“They’re always there to support us with anything that we need.”

Al-Qawasmi said she hoped to meet new people as they approached the baked goods.

“Last semester we ended up making friends, people who I still keep in touch with now who were just interested in the religion at first, and now they have a better understanding

for tonight about vocation is how we want to be and that’s our values.”

Sutton said the exercise was meant to show how conflicting values can affect decision making.

“The more things you have as a ‘ten,’ the more possible it is for you to have conflicts in your values,” Sutton said.

“The reason I bring that up is a lot of times when we have trouble making decisions about things in our life is when we have two values we hold really high and have a hard time choosing between them.”

Sutton said his suggestion for resolving these conflicts are to decide what values are in conflict, recognize the importance of each and choose one to focus on.

“You’re not locked in—you’re not saying that one [value] is always going to be the most important to me in my life, now and forever more—no you can always change it, “Sutton said. “By picking one now you get to move forward.”

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of it and we’re friends now,” Al Qawasmi said.

“We want to show people we’re not a violent people that they see portrayed in the media,” Al-Qawasmi said.

“If they just talk to us, we hope that they can see that,” Khader said.

Lydia Waybright can be contacted at waybright19@ marshall.edu.

to have leaders in the community start a dialogue about these issues.

“Sometimes you need to focus on what kind of person you need to be instead of what you want to do,” Nuñez said. “If you focus on what you want to do instead of who you need to be it doesn’t really make you happy.”

Nuñez said she believes it’s healthy to discuss the mental aspects of these conflicts.

“They don’t hear that sort of thing in their classes,” Nuñez said. “You have to cater to a student’s emotional needs too.”

Nuñez said the discussion allowed her to think about the bigger picture of vocation. “[Vocation] is doing something in line with your values that also benefits the world, the intersection of your passion and what the world needs,” Nuñez said.

Ukirk will host another discussion 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Campus Christian Center.

Clara Maynard can be contacted at maynard294@marshall.edu.

County clerks refuse to accept online voter registrations ASSOCIATED PRESS Two county clerks in West Virginia are refusing to accept online voter registrations because they’re uncomfortable with security provisions in the state’s voter registration website.

Kanawha County Clerk Vera McCormick and Cabell County Clerk Karen Cole will not accept applications through the website until changes are made, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

Both clerks have objected to a process that requires registrants to answer a series of questions. During the application process, if the answer to any of the questions isn’t what it should be, the process stops.

Cole and McCormick said that they couldn’t process registrations because they didn’t have the answers to those questions.

The two are also concerned that the registration doesn’t require a physical signature.

“Until I know that it is truly accurate and it is truly nobody trying to change somebody else’s record, I’m just not comfortable with it,” Cole said.

To secure the identity of a person, the online process requires applications to enter the last four digits of their Social Security number and their driver’s license number.

Secretary of State of West Virginia Natalie Tennant said that about 1,300 potential voters have had their applications declined by Cole’s office. McCormick said that in Kanawha County, about 30 to 40 voters per day have been declined.

Cole and McCormick said that many of the online registrants that were declined have subsequently completed a paper form of the registration.

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Marshall falls to WVU in extra innings, 5-4

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Marshall University freshman Andrew Zban takes the plate earlier this season.

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THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s baseball team (15-12) fell to in-state rival West Virginia University (1511), 5-4, Tuesday in extra innings at Appalachian Power Park.

The Herd scored its first run in the first inning of the game off a wild pitch, which gave Marshall the 1-0 lead over the Mountaineers.

In the top of the sixth inning, West Virginia scored its first run of the game off a triple that scored a runner at second base.

Marshall responded quickly in the bottom of the sixth by adding two more runs to the board to put the Herd ahead, 3-1.

However, the Mountaineers fought back in the top of the eighth with a tworun double to tie it and another run off an error to put West Virginia up 4-3.

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again in the bottom of the eighth to tie the score up at four from a single up the middle by junior Tyler Ratliff that scored senior Aaron Bossi from second.

However, the Herd lost the game in extra innings after an error by the left fielder allowed a Mountaineer runner to score and gave West Virginia the lead, 5-4.

Despite the loss, Marshall freshman Josh Shapiro went 5.2 innings with zero hits, zero runs and nine strikeouts.

Shapiro had a careerhigh nine strikeouts in the game.

Marshall head coach Jeff Waggoner said he thought Shapiro pitched really well for the team.

“It all starts with your freshmen that did great,” Waggoner said. “He did a great job pitching and giving us an opportunity to win. We had every

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Marshall University head coach Shonda Stanton cheers on senior Kaelynn Greene during a game last season against Wright State University at Dot Hicks Field.

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THE PARTHENON The Marshall University softball team (20-15, 6-3) travels to Dayton, Ohio Wednesday to face Wright State University (18-15, 5-1) in a doubleheader.

After dropping two games to the University of Alabama at Birmingham this past weekend in a three-game series, Marshall now sits at second in the east side of Conference USA. The series loss against the Blazers was the Herd’s first in conference play this season.

Junior pitcher Jordan Dixon said the Herd took something away from its outing in Alabama, which saw the team lose the final game of the series, 8-1.

“I think it was a wakeup call for everyone,” Dixon said. “We realize that we all need to come together as a team.”

The Herd’s lone win against the Blazers came in the second game of the series. The game went into extra innings as Marshall pulled out a 4-3 victory at Mary Bowers Field.

The Herd was outscored 15-5 by

the Blazers.

Senior outfielder Raquel Escareno said the team has to perform better on the offensive end going forward.

“We will be focusing on our hitting, obviously” Escareno said.

“Because that is where we struggled a little bit against UAB.” Escareno said the Herd needs to concentrate on its upcoming game and not worry about its previous loss.

Dixon said the key to defeating Wright State lies in the team’s ability to get back to the basics.

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opportunity to win and we just didn’t get the job done.”

Senior JD Hammer said while the team is upset about the loss, it needs to continue to look forward.

“It was good to see Josh compete today,” Hammer said. “He did his job and gave us a chance to win.

We need to come out this weekend with an edge and take the series against UTSA.” Marshall’s next game is on the road against the University of Texas at San Antonio 7 p.m. Friday at Roadrunner Field for a three-game Conference USA series.

The Herd is 5-4 this season against conference opponents.

The Roadrunners are 1117 this season, including 2-7 in conference action.

Brittanie Fowler can be contacted at fowler85@ marshall.edu.

“I think we need to have fun and relax,” Dixon said.

Wright State heads into the contest after defeating Detroit College twice in a three-game series this past weekend.

The Raiders are led by sophomore outfielder Honnah Susor, who is batting .377 this season and has a team-high 40 hits this season.

First pitch for Wednesday’s game is set for 4 p.m. at the Wright State Softball Field.

Christian Hisman can be contacted at hisman@marshall.edu.

THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s golf team finished sixth Tuesday in the 11th annual Hoya Invitational in Beallsville, Maryland.

Princeton University won the 10-team tournament by 13 strokes at 939. Georgetown University, the tournament host, finished second at 952.

Freshman Joey Walz carded the best finish of her Marshall career, shooting a 239 to finish eighth in the tournament.

Marshall head coach Tiffany Prats said she was proud of the freshman’s performance.

“I’m happy that Joey got her first top-10 finish,” Prats said in a news release. “Today, the conditions were really rough, being cold and windy on a course that didn’t allow for many low scores.

She hit the ball well this week and also hit good shots around the greens.”

Prats said despite Walz’ individual performance, she feels her team needs to make adjustments before the Conference USA Championship, which begins April 18 in Fort Myers, Florida.

“As a team, we have some work that has to get done before conference,” Prats said. “These girl have the game. I just need them to be fully committed and willing to work.”

Prats said the team has to work on eliminating its big numbers.

“Every team makes bogeys,” Prats said. “But the top teams don’t make doubles. As I look at stats, that is where we have to improve. If we make a mistake we have to be willing to make bogey and not try to make something happen that isn’t there.

That is when you make big numbers. Over the next week, we will be working on taking what the course gives us.”

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Campus chalkings blur the line of free speech and hate speech What began as a nationwide trend of labeling Trump-supporting messages in chalk throughout college grounds has spiraled into a debate over free or hate speech on Marshall University’s campus.

Dan Scavino, social media director of the Trump campaign, posted a photo of a pro-Trump hashtag on the side of a Huntington student rental house—complete with a Marshall flag—and a brief praise for the students’ support. In chalk, the message read, “Trump 2016 #BuildTheWall,” in reference to Donald Trump’s desire to construct a physical barrier between the United States and Mexico to prevent illegal immigration.

Marshall president Jerry Gilbert responded to the situation immediately and Physical Plant employees were tasked with scrubbing writings from the walls and pouring water on the walkways to remove the chalk.

The workers, however, could not wash away the aftertaste left behind by the situation.

By Monday, Gilbert issued a statement acknowledging the political messages and each student’s free speech protections under the First Amendment, but warned that any discriminatory behavior would not be tolerated.

“At Marshall, we welcome and embrace all members of

our university and local community, regardless of their national origin, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, veteran status or disabilities,” Gilbert said. “We have no walls around our university and it is an open access campus.”

On Tuesday morning, the words, “Am I in your safe space?” were written along the exterior of Jenkins Hall; placed conveniently near the sidewalks lined with red flags placed to raise awareness for campus sexual assault.

Although no known connections can be made between the Trump chalk and “safe space” chalk, students quickly took to social media to express their discomfort.

“This is near the red flags set out for sexual assault awareness month, symbols for people who need safe spaces, especially on college campuses,” said senior Nathan Full. “For the record: Yes, you are in my safe space, jackasses.”

“In a school with a thriving study abroad program and with so many international students, that’s so distasteful,” junior, Alex Runyon posted.

“Advocate for your candidate, but don’t make people feel like they’re not wanted here.”

Marshall University may be home to a small herd of anonymous Trump-backing chalk-artists, but it is also home to a large community of

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Students use areas on campus to express their freedom of speech. international students, specifically groups of students of various religions and ethnicities Trump has threatened to deport, monitor or remove if he’s elected into the Oval Office.

A fine line exists between free speech and hate speech,

which is characterized by the American Bar Association as speech that “offends, threatens or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, disability or other traits.”

The difference? Human decency.

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ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The readers submitted some questions about life, love and everything in between. I answered them as honest as I knew possible. I’m here to keep it real with you when no one else is and to answer with no judgment because I don’t know you. I’m just a college junior who enjoys giving his opinion. Here are some of the questions I got this week: What is one food that you couldn’t live without?

Oh wow, picking only one is the hardest part. If I absolutely only had to pick one, I would pick chicken nuggets, snack cakes, or how could I forget fried fish? I’m sorry, I can’t just pick one. I literally love to eat. Eating brings me so much joy and seriously gets me through my day.

Who is your favorite artist?

This is an easy one. Hands down, Adele. She is my queen, and I am so in love with her.

If you were stranded on an island what are three things that you would take with you and why?

If I were stuck on an island, I would bring my Harry Potter books, a knife and a pack of matches. In no way, shape or form am I a hunter, but I don’t think I would have a choice in this situation.

Could you be with someone that has a lot of insecurities?

What is the breaking point?

No thank you. I need a strong, independent, confident black man please and thank you.

What would be a deal breaker for you in a relationship?

This depends how invested I am within the relationship and what the deal breaker is. If we’re talking cheating, I think I’d try and work things out if, and only if, I am already deeply invested.

I wouldn’t tell anyone that I had been cheated on because I don’t want to hear what other people have to say about it. I also need consistency. I need to know you’re really down for me. Honestly I think I’m hard to be with, I am kind of crazy, so anyone who can put up with me will get some sort of second chance before enough is enough.

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Trumpeter Pat Harbison joins final Jomie Jazz Guest Artist Series

By LEAH COOK

THE PARTHENON The Jomie Jazz Guest Artist Series wrapped up its season with a performance from trumpet professor, performer and composer Pat Harbison.

Harbison is a professor of jazz studies at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he joined the faculty in 1997.

Harbison has also been on the faculty of the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshops since 1976 and has a close relationship with one of Marshall’s own.

“He is a former teacher of mine and very important in my career and I’m glad to share him with everybody here,” Marshall jazz professor Jeffrey Wolfe said.

The concert also showcased some Marshall talent as Harbison was accompanied by guitarist Nick Vassar, bassist Lars Swanson and drummer Jesse Nolan.

“It’s really fun for me,

Harbison said. “I’ve known Jesse since he was a wee lad and it’s been great to meet and play with Nick and Lars.

Jomie Jazz is terrific and a lovely space and I just really feel welcome here.”

This small ensemble and its experienced leader demonstrated many aspects of jazz music and concepts during Thursday’s performance.

The group played pieces from blues, to Brazilian bossa nova to a piece from a composer of German language operetta’s.

“Jazz musicians will play anything and throw jazz into it,” Harbison said. “That’s the thing, the process of jazz can be applied to darn near any song and over the years jazz musicians have done that to almost every tune.”

Although the Jomie Jazz Guest Artist Series has drawn to a close, the Marshall Jazz department still has plenty in store for the duration of the semester.

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Trumpeter Pat Harbison performs Tuesday in the Jomie Jazz Center as the Jomie Jazz Guest Artist Series concludes.

The next performance will be by Jazz Combo III and IV Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Jomie Jazz Forum 103.

Leah Cook can be contacted at cook281@ marshall.edu.

Local instrumental group Signals opens Wednesday at The V-Club

By RYAN FISCHER

THE PARTHENON Local group Signals will open along with heavy rockers Mothership for Corrosion of Conformity’s metal set Wednesday at The V-Club.

Signals front man Tony Waller said his band was “trying to blend two forms of rock and metal” for a more distinct sound on the music scene.

“We dabble in [metal,]” Waller said. “It’s not necessarily that, but we try to touch on it.”

Waller said as an instrumental band it is establishing a versatile performance to work easily with a variety of other groups.

“We are a non denominational band in that we can play with anyone,” Waller said.

As Waller’s first music project, the group takes influence from nationally touring rock

acts like Rush, deciding to name its band after the Canadian group’s ninth album.

“This is really a merger as far as ideas between me and Caleb Adkins,” Waller said.

Waller said his tastes were much like Black Sabbath’s music, whereas Adkins, on guitar, is akin to the sounds of Metallica and Lamb of God. With locals Mike Parker on bass and Steve Barker on drums who form the band’s second half, Waller said the band had “two of the most seasoned musicians in town.”

Signals used open mic nights at Black Sheep Burritos & Brews to familiarize and establish its live performances.

After this, Waller said the band went on to play several venues before meeting success with a “good crowd” in Lexington during its performance with Cincinnati rock group Mad Anthony.

Although Signals is new on Huntington’s block since beginning live shows in November 2015, it has had the chance to play alongside other popular locals Ona and Sly Roosevelt.

“Ona was amazing,” Waller said.

Although Signals has yet to release any instrumental material physically or via the web, Waller said the band was looking foreword to completing an EP at an upcoming but unknown time.

Waller said that the expansion of Huntington’s music and arts scene has brought a “broader” array of styles close to home.

Looking forward locally, Signals has plans to make a return to the V-Club to open for Every Time I Die in June.

Ryan Fischer can be contacted at fischer39@ marshall.edu.

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US strengthens protections for captive tigers

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MATTHEW DALY

ASSOCIATED PRESS The Obama administration on Tuesday took steps to strengthen protections for captive tigers held in backyards and private breeding facilities.

The Fish and Wildlife Service is finalizing a rule declaring that privately-owned "generic" tigers are no longer exempt from permitting requirements under the Endangered Species Act that apply to purebred tigers at

large zoos. Generic tigers are animals of unknown genetic background or crosses between different subspecies of tigers.

Wildlife experts estimate that as many as 5,000 generic tigers are being held in backyards, private animal parks and breeding facilities across the country — 10 times as many as reside in accredited zoos and other large institutions.

The new rule requires that anyone selling tigers across state lines obtain a permit or register under a federal wildlife registration program.

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe said the rule should help reduce illegal trafficking in tigers and promote tiger conservation.

"Removing the loophole that enabled some tigers to be sold for purposes that do not benefit tigers in the wild will strengthen protections for these magnificent creatures and help reduce the trade in tigers that is so detrimental to wild populations," Ashe said, adding that the rule "will be a positive driver for tiger conservation."

Wild tigers are under severe threat from habitat loss and the demand for tiger bones and other body parts used in traditional Asian medicines.

Once abundant throughout Asia, today there are only 3,000 to 5,000 wild tigers in small fragmented groups.

Tigers are protected as endangered in the United States and internationally under the

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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

Most zoo tigers are pure subspecies such as Siberian or Bengal tigers, but thousands more are considered generic.

Some animals are featured in traveling zoos and animal parks or used for photo opportunities with tiger cubs.

The number of captive tigers in the United States likely exceeds those found in the wild, although exact totals are unknown.

While the new rule does not prevent individuals from owning generic tigers, extending the permitting or registration requirement to all tigers strengthens efforts to address illegal wildlife trade, both domestically and internationally,

Ashe said.

Leigh Henry, senior policy adviser for the World Wildlife Fund, called the new rule a critical first step toward ensuring that tigers bred in the U.S. don't fuel the illegal trade that drives poaching of wild tigers overseas.

"By tightening regulations around captive tigers, the U.S. is making it harder for captive-bred tigers to filter into and stimulate the black market that threatens wild tigers in Asia," Henry said. The new rule "is another sign that the Obama administration takes wildlife crime seriously," she added.

The final rule is set to be published in the Federal Register on Wednesday and take effect May 6.