Cicada Bookstore Expands

4 Cicada Books and Coffee Expands Bookclub

By ALYSSA WOOD REPORTER

Cicada Books and Coffee, located on 14th St. in Huntington, has garnered a reputation for their coffee, books, and now, two book clubs. Offering an array of espressos, tea and hot chocolate, Cicada Books encourages a book along with their menu. On their website you can find a “top 50” set of books recommended by their barista, Dawn Nolan. For those wanting a friendlier, in-person experience, the shop offers two different clubs for patrons to join.

Run by mother and daughter Dawn Hylbert and Katie Norman, Cicada Books created their first book club in January 2019. The first club created at Cicada Books is called Tasty Reads. Tasty Reads focuses on books about cooking, what to cook and even a few biographical books by famous chefs. Nolan, barista and head of marketing, said around a dozen show up to the meetings, but around 100 people from around the area are in their Facebook group, and follow along with posts, even if they’re not able to make it in person.

Nolan said because people have been binging T.V. shows over the past several months, the book club wanted to discuss shows based on books. Thus, the Based on Books Club was founded. Meetings take place the third Thursday of every month and focus on books that have recently hit the screen. The first book being read by the book club is “The Queen’s Gambit” by Walter Tevis. As they had their first meeting Thursday, community members can join on their Facebook group, bearing the same name of the club, or in person. Social distancing measures are in place and masks are required for the in-person meetings, so patrons can still feel safe while participating. “The Queen’s Gambit” is available for purchase at Cicada, but the quantity is limited.

Cicada Books and Coffee also offers board game nights, knitting groups and student movie nights to encourage members from the community to come together. According to Nolan, the Bookstore and Coffee Shop is, “not just a bookstore, not just a café, but a community space.”

Alyssa Woods, woods161@ Marshall.edu.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF DAWN NOLAN

Marshall to Unveil Statue of Hal Greer

ASSOCIATED PRESS

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall University will dedicate a statue of Hall of Fame guard Hal Greer next month.

The university said an outdoor ceremony will be held Oct. 9 near Marshall’s Cam Henderson Center.

The nearly 8-foot-tall bronze statue was created by Huntington native Frederick Hightower Sr. Hightower also created a statue of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson at West Virginia State in Institute.

Greer died in 2018 at age 81.

He grew up in Huntington, starred at Marshall and became the Philadelphia 76ers’ career leading scorer. Greer was named to 10 straight NBA All-Star games and earned All-Star Game MVP honors in 1968.

He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982.

ZACHARY HISER | GRAPHICS EDITOR

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM

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University Shows Anti - Hazing Film

By KATLYN WORSTELL REPORTER

Students gathered at the Student Memorial Center at 11 a.m. on Tuesday to discuss the importance of hazing while watching a movie.

“The event is centered around raising awareness to the trauma and damage hazing can bring,” said Mel Thomas, organizer of this event. “A film will be shown that depicts a scenario where hazing is taking place in an extreme manner and shows the effects it has on everyone involved.”

Counselors and Marshall advisors joined this event to bring more awareness and discussion to the topic.

“The showing of the film will also be supplemented with discussion from Marshall advisors and counselors to help digest and process things witnessed in the film and how to reach out to them when in need of assistance,” said Mel Thomas.

This event was also lined up with National Hazing Prevention Week, which brings awareness to these problems and to promote prevention.

Fraternity and Sorority Life has also received Title IX, bystander intervention, and emotional intelligence training.

Students said they want more events like this around campus.

Kittanna Mitchell, an alumni said, “I would definitely love more events like this to happen around campus. If it would bring to light on these difficult topics, then I would love to see people get together and talk about them.”

Elizabeth Fleace, a senior, said, “I think hazing prevention is something that should be talked about more on campus. There are countless stories every year about tragedies that resulted from hazing. Events like this would help, let students become aware of it and help prevent it from happening.”

Katlyn Worstell, worstell3@marshall.edu

Mid-Autumn Festival to Celebrate International Holidays on Campus

By ALAINA LASTER REPORTER

Photo by Alaina Laster

Lanterns and snacks were free to students on Tuesday’s Mid-Autumn Festival celebration in East Hall. The event was planned through International Student affairs to celebrate holidays that are celebrated around the world.

“The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very large holiday that is celebrated in a lot of Asian Countries. It’s probably the second largest holiday second, to the Lunar New Year,” said Jim Clagg, intercultural and international affairs coordinator.

The celebration marks the end of the fall harvest and creates a beautiful event to give thanks to the gods. It has many traditions, according to sophomore student Jin Ling.

“It is a time for our country to celebrate through activities, and eat dinner with our family,” said Jin Ling.

The event on campus featured a build your own lantern activity and snacks. The decorations included fall leaves, stickers representing the end of the harvest and markers and paper for personal designs. Each student could create their own lantern and take it home with them to celebrate a new holiday and learn about a different culture.

“What we wanted to do this because of all of the pandemic issues and all that our international students have been through for the past year. We wanted to bring something from home to them,” said Clagg.

Many students heard about the event on Herd-link and came to learn about a new holiday. Shaz Been, a sophomore student, said she appreciates the effort the university is putting into hosting more events since the pandemic began last year.

“It has been really hard for international students over the past year. They come here to study and make friends with the domestic students and have an American college experience, and no one has had an American college experience for the past year,” said Clagg.

The office plans to host more events celebrating American and international holidays to increase students’ knowledge and appreciation for other cultures and give the international students a little piece of home while they are here.

“It is a great opportunity to help all the domestic students on campus globalize their views and learn about other holidays in their culture as well,” said Clagg.

Alaina Laster, laster3@marshall.edu