February 28, 2017

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Justice proposes education legislation

By KYLEE HURLEY

THE PARTHENON Gov. Jim Justice’s plans for the public education system of West Virginia are now being discussed as his sponsored bills enter the legislature.

According to a news release on the governor’s website, Justice has outlined his plan for public education reform in Senate Bill 420.

The text of SB 420 can be found on the West Virginia Legislature website, where it states its purpose would be to “promote an efficient and effective public education system by reducing state bureaucracy, restoring local control through increased flexibility in regulations for county school systems.”

According to the rest of the bill’s purpose on the West Virginia Legislature website, the bill would also work to “provide supports for classroom teachers throughout the state.”

The bill was introduced in the Senate Thursday, Feb. 23 and was referred to the Senate Education Committee for consideration.

“My plan will transform our public schools into a worldclass education system that gives all of our students a shot at success and allows our teachers the freedom to teach,” Justice said in his press release.

The press release on the governor’s website also details what specifically will be included in the bill.

One change the governor

intends to make in his new education plan is to “reduce high stakes testing,” according to the press release.

The press release noted that under this idea, Justice plans to “End the A to F grading of public schools by amending school accreditation, accountability and school performance to include multiple measures.”

According to the press release, the other main education ideas include Justice’s plans to “shatter the bureaucracy in Charleston,” “reduce regulation and restore local control,” “reduce high stakes testing” and “raise classroom teacher pay by $808 (2 percent average).”

Most of the plans found in Senate Bill 420 were many of the main ideas Justice emphasized during his campaign on education reform.

The West Virginia Legislature website shows Senate Bill 420 is related to House Bill 2711.

House Bill 2711 would serve to “(abolish) regional educational service agencies and (provide) for the transfer of property and records,” according to the West Virginia Legislature website.

The West Virginia Legislature website states HB 2711 was introduced in the House on Monday and will be referred to the House Education Committee.

Kylee Hurley can be contacted at hurley40@marshall.edu.

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Governor Jim Justice addressed education, infrastructure and budget issues at the State of the State Address Wednesday, Feb. 8.

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NSSLHA to host mock baby shower Democrats elect Perez national chairman to collect items for Lily’s Place

By BILL BARROW

“Volunteering is an important part of our organization because it connects the university with the community around us. Through NSSLHA volunteering, students are exposed to different organizations in the community that we may work with in the future.”

- Jessica Sayre, junior communication disorders major THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s chapter of National Student Speech Language Hearing Association is currently collecting items for Lily’s Place, a recovery center for babies born with drug exposure.

NSSLHA will be hosting a mock baby shower for its members Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Smith Hall room 108 to gather last minute donations for Lily’s Place.

“Volunteering is an important part of our organization because it connects the university with the community around us,” junior communication disorders major Jessica Sayre said.

“Through NSSLHA volunteering, students are exposed to different organizations in the community that we may work with in the future.”

NSSLHA is an organization for students who are going into the field of communication sciences or disorders. The group completes one community service project each month and it is typically decided in their monthly meetings.

“We chose Lily's Place for our volunteer activity this month because we have previously done volunteer work with them,” Sayre said. “Many students are interested in one day working with newborn infants and this is a good way to connect our organizations while gathering donations for Lily's Place.”

Donations such as diaper wipes, diapers, paper towels, gloves, etc. will continue to be collected through Tuesday evening and can be placed in the donation box in Smith Hall room 108.

Heather Barker can be contacted at barker193@marshall.edu.

Perez said, calling on Democrats to fight "the worst president in the history of the United States."

Ellison, who had backing from many liberals, including 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, added his own call for unity and noted that he and Perez both want to rebuild state and local Democratic parties across the country.

"We don't have the luxury of walking out of this room divided," Ellison said, as the erstwhile rivals stood together on stage as some young Ellison supporters jeered from the gallery.

Trump chimed in via Twitter: "Congratulations to Thomas Perez, who has just been named Chairman of the DNC. I could not be happier for him, or for the Republican Party!"

Republicans control the White House, Congress and 33 governorships, while the GOP is one Senate confirmation from a conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Despite President Barack Obama's

personal electoral successes, the party suffered crushing defeats, losing the House majority in 2010 and the Senate in 2014.

Perez told party activists earlier in the day that Democrats face a "crisis of confidence" and "a crisis of relevance."

The new chairman first entered the race upon urging from Obama and his inner circle. The former president released a statement praising both men after the vote.

"I know that Tom Perez will unite us under that banner of opportunity," Obama said, "and lay the groundwork for a new generation of Democratic leadership for this big, bold, inclusive, dynamic America we love so much."

Former Vice President Joe Biden endorsed him; one of Obama's closest aides, Valerie Jarrett, made calls to DNC members on Perez's behalf as late as Friday night.

Perez will not be the undisputed "leader of the party," even with Democrats out of power.

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Perez, the first Latino to hold the post, edged Rep. Keith Ellison in the second round of voting by Democratic National Committee members gathered in Atlanta. The new chairman must rebuild a party that in the last decade has lost about 1,000 elected posts from the White House to Congress to the 50 statehouses, a power deficit Democrats have not seen nationally in 90 years.

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Marshall offers class to teach students about drug addiction

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Dr. Charles C.K. Babcock, teaching students and staff about how to react in a crisis scenerio, and how to administer Naloxone (an anti-opiate).

Naloxone training saving lives, keeping Marshall safe

By HEATHER BARKER

THE PARTHENON The fact that opioid abuse is prevalent in Huntington is not new to it citizens, but according to Dr. Charles Babcock from Marshall’s Pharmacy School, at least 410 people have been saved through the distribution of the drug Naloxone in the Huntington area.

Naloxone is a drug that blocks or reverses the effects of an opioid overdose in an emergency situation in which the user has become unconscious. Students and community members were trained on Feb. 22 in the use of Naloxone and given two doses of the nasal spray free of charge to take home with them.

This was possible through several grants that Cabell-Huntington Health Department received from the companies that create Naloxone, Kaléo and Adapt.

Babcock has been helping educate people on the drug and distribute it through the health department weekly on Wednesdays.

“There are so many misconceptions out there about opioid abuse, so it’s my goal by doing this training to hopefully give people an appreciation for what a patient in addiction is going

through and walk away feeling knowledgeable about it,” Babcock said.

The health department began handing out doses through the needle exchange program on Feb. 3, 2016 and other trainings, which has amounted to over 2,000 doses being distributed.

Throughout the training, Babcock continued to remind the audience of the two main steps to saving someone from an overdose: breathe for them and give them Naloxone. Since the drug only has a temporary affect, Babcock said that it is important to call 911 and to stay with the user for at least two hours to see how they are doing when the Naloxone wears off.

“The faster we get it to somebody, the better it works,” Babcock said. “The goal of this drug is to get them breathing.”

Babcock has taught this state training several times, but has only had to use Naloxone once, in an instance where a man overdosed at the health department about two months ago in which they gave him five doses.

“He came out of it, EMS came and got him and walked him out to the ambulance,” Babcock said. “He survived, did well, came back and took

my class and took some home with him. He told me that day he was going to start looking for some recovery.”

Last summer, Marshall University Police Department went through the training and now carries an auto-injection device, Evzio. According to Police Chief Jim Terry, the department has not had to use Naloxone on any students.

“Up to this point, we’ve had no student over doses,” Terry said. “Even with EMS response time being fantastic, it’s an epidemic and we’re the first responders there, so it’s the proper thing to do for our community.”

A similar event to Feb. 22’s will be held on March 13 at 7 p.m. in the student center room BE5. Registration is required to attend and those interested can register by emailing herman17@live.marshall.edu.

Anyone can attend the training at the health department on Wednesdays.

The session is about one hour long and attendees will receive Naloxone to take home. Those interested can contact the Cabell-Huntington Health Department for more information.

Heather Barker can be contacted at barker193@ marshall.edu.

THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s Victoria’s Secret campus representatives will be hosting Spring Into Break Thursday, March 2 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Don Morris Room of the Memorial Student Center.

“We have lots of fun stuff to give away, like all new swimwear and crop tank tops — essentials that students already love to bring on break,” VS PINK campus

representative Clara Maynard said.

“Girls typically look forward to winning our PINK freebies the most,” Maynard said. “This time we are switching it up and playing spring break themed games, like a pineapple ring toss, to give away the prizes.”

Marshall’s VS PINK campus representatives have held other events in the past.

“We usually have at least 100 girls at our events and

most of the time have girls waiting in a line before we even get to the venue,” Maynard said. “This has been Marshall’s second semester in the campus representative program, so all of our events have been highly attended.”

There will be a philanthropy event in April and students may follow @VSPINKMarshall on social media for upcoming details.

The event is free, but only to Marshall students.

“Students need a chance to sit back and relax,” Tyson said.

“I personally love jazz music because the flow of the instruments are so smooth and the lyrical portion can make you feel so many emotions.”

Before the event, Black Out Day essay contest winner Nigel Wallace will read his paper.

Wrapping up Black History Month, Tyson said the celebratory events this year have been the best so far since

she’s been at Marshall.

“There has been an event every week, often several times a week in honor of Black History Month,” Tyson said. “Each event has been intentional and entertaining at the same time. I have really enjoyed planning and seeing the events be successful.”

Groove Heavy plays at multiple night clubs in the Charleston area and Tyson said they “set it off” every time.

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“A Night of Soul” at Joan C. Edwards Playhouse

The Parthenon Marshall University is hosting “A Night for Soul” Tuesday in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse experimental theater.

The bands featured are the Marshall Jazz Band and Groove Heavy from Charleston, West Virginia.

Alexis Tyson, double major in finance and economics, said this event will provide much needed entertainment for the students around midterms.

“I was interested in U.S. and Latin America relations and the relationship between the U.S. and Latin America after the Cold War was kind of guided by the drug war — so fighting against cartels and the flow of the drugs that are actually not as dangerous as pharmaceuticals, but focusing military efforts down there was interesting to me, especially just getting out of the Marine Corps.”

-Dr. Chris White, Marshall University History Professor

By WILL IZZO

LIFE EDITOR Marshall University students will have the opportunity in fall 2017 to learn about the history and psychology of drug addiction.

The special topics course will be co-taught by Dr. Chris White from the history department and Dr. Jonathan Day-Brown in the psychology department. Both White and Day-Brown have been studying drugs and drug addiction for multiple years.

“Well, I started as an undergraduate student,” Day-Brown said. “Probably back in 2002 or 2003, somewhere in that range.

I worked in a lab as an undergrad; we gave different drugs to rodents and then we measured their locomotive behavior and their social interactions — rats are very social — so we would give them drugs and measure that behavior.”

“I got started as an undergrad too, around 1998,” White said. “That’s when I started to read more and more about it because I was interested in U.S. and Latin America relations and the relationship between the U.S. and Latin America after the Cold War was kind of guided by the drug war — so fighting against cartels and the flow of the drugs that are actually not as dangerous as pharmaceuticals, but focusing military efforts down there was interesting to me, especially just getting out of the Marine Corps.”

Day-Brown said his undergraduate research focused on neurotransmitter systems and how various drugs affect the brain via various chemical receptors.

“We were trying to block those different receptors to see if we could get different effects of drugs on their [rodents’] social and locomotive behaviors — two very measurable outcomes,” Day-Brown said.

White and Day-Brown said they met by chance, but very quickly had conversations about drugs and addiction, learning they shared some of the same views.

“We realized that the two of us together, and bringing in some other folks as well that we thought really offered something for students across the university, not just working with our isolated disciplines,” Day-Brown said. “This is such a complicated, complex problem that it requires people from all disciplines to be working on this — people who are in the college of business could be working on this because they can talk to us about the economics of drug use. We’re not

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just thinking about therapeutic interventions, we want to think about what happens before that.”

In part, the class serves to clear up some misconceptions people have about the psychology of drug addiction.

Day-Brown said oftentimes people look at drugs and how they interact with the brain in the wrong way.

“I think students think of all drugs as the same,” Day-Brown said. “They put all drugs in these categories and they think ‘well, all of these drugs must do the same thing and they’re all equally damaging or bad, and they all have the same effects on the brain,’ but they’re very, very complicated effects on the brain. Drugs like LSD, a lot of the plants that are used in what you might call traditional societies for some of their religious rituals and so forth — these carry no addictive potential and yet a lot of those are still classified and grouped with a lot of the other drugs that have high addictive potentials.”

White has taught a class on the history and effect of the drug wars at Marshall for 10 years. He said his philosophy in that class and this special topics course are very much one in the same.

“When I first started teaching the class, I wanted to inform people about the drug cartels and gangs and how they’ve been formed in the United States and how the response to it has actually caused more violence and drug addiction itself,” White said. “The deaths are getting worse as you criminalize more and more — that’s what all the historians who look at this say. But as I taught, I realized more and more people are dying of drugs, and some of those people are even Marshall students and that’s what people wanted to think more about. My philosophy is trying to combine looking at the drug war, as well as the psychology and history of addiction, too.”

The class’ learning outcomes and lesson plans are still being constructed, but students can expect to learn about the long history of humans and animals alike seeking out substances to alter their consciousness, the link between neurotransmitters and when they’re released in the brain and more information in order to make evidence-based deductions or statements about drug addiction.

White said to increase the number of critical thinkers in the course, it will be available to everyone. He also said part of the course will rely on materials and knowledge gained from

sources outside of the history and psychology departments.

“We’ve looked at other programs around the country that are called addiction studies, whether they are majors, minors or just certificates, and what I’ve seen uniformly is that they’re trying to train counselors — so our counseling department, social work department, psychology, they’ve got that track already, producing professionals in that area,” White said. “What we’re trying to do here is really produce new thinkers and also to get people thinking differently. Maybe it’s not all about treatment — treatment is good, but wouldn’t it be great if people in that area, who are interested into going into treatment could also learn the history of it. I thought we’ve got to get as many people that are interested in this as we can. For example, I reached out to Gary McIlvain in kinesiology because I have read research that shows how some people use exercise to get over addiction.”

Considering West Virginia’s drug crises, Day-Brown said he thinks the class will ultimately be more interesting to people, seeing as they will most likely have personal experience with addiction.

“I think we all know someone who has been affected by drug addiction, or addiction in general,” Day-Brown said.

“I think we all know someone who has been affected by that negatively and we all probably know someone who has been addicted to a substance and come out from that in a positive light. Both endpoints have happened, so I think it’s a very personal story for people. Hearing from multiple perspectives, hearing how different folks are approaching this gives people tools so they can go out and solve problems, and think about their world and they can really maybe start to make a positive change and really help people.

I think the whole point of this, and this sounds big and flowery, but the point is to make the world better. You have to start with where you are and we’re here right now, and we have a lot of folks who are really studying this from different perspectives.”

White and Day-Brown’s special topics course is part of a future Addiction Studies minor at Marshall. Undergraduate students will find the course under “HST 481/PSY 481.”

Graduate students can also register for the course under “HST 581/PSY 581.” The course will be taught once a week, Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6:20 p.m.

Will Izzo can be contacted at izzo@marshall.edu.

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30 Years Later -- A Trip to the Dance

@HerdBaseball The Thundering Herd hits five home runs in its 10-6 win over Western Carolina.

Players recall Asheville, $2 bills and a berth into the NCAA tournament

Herd tennis beat Penn St. Marshall tennis defeated another Power Five team last week, upending the Nittany Lions in straight sets. The Herd has now taken down three programs from the Big Ten conference this season.

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This screenshot from ESPN’s broadcast of the 1987 Southern Confernce Championship games shows Marshall defeating Davidsoon 6664 in regulation. Marshall recieved an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with the win, the last time the Herd has made it to the ‘Big Dance’.

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HERDZONE The game is over! Marshall has won it! Their third Southern Conference championship, 66-to-64 the final ... From the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina, Marshall wins the Southern Conference final.

That’s how Jim Thacker finished his ESPN telecast on March 1, 1987, as the video showed Thundering Herd fans rushing the court in celebration -- fans whose $2 bills are remembered to this day even by those who, 30 years later, might struggle to recall that Davidson was the team the Herd beat in the championship game.

Coach Rick Huckabay’s Herd was 22-5 on the season and went into the tournament as the No. 1 seed thanks to a 15-1 league record, one game ahead of Tennessee-Chattanooga, the only team to have beaten Marshall. The Herd Faithful, disappointed by a first-round

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tourney loss to ETSU the previous spring, felt their team had a good chance to repeat the tournament titles of 1984 and ‘85.

Marshall athletic director Dave Braine hatched the idea for Herd fans to flood Asheville with those $2 bills, to make sure their impact was noticed by the locals. In the days leading up to the tournament, Huntington banks dealt out an estimated $32,000 worth of deuces.

As Friday’s first round games played out, one restaurant already had a stash of $1,200 worth of the unusual bills in its tills after Herd fans celebrated a 76-71 first-round win over Appalachian State in the day’s first game. They partied even more when Western Carolina upset Murray Arnold’s Moccasins in overtime, and when Davidson knocked off always-dangerous VMI and league Player of the Year Gay Elmore.

“There was a lot of pressure

on us in Asheville,” said Brian Fish, then one of the Herd’s top reserves and now in his third season as the head coach at Montana State. “We had great talent -- Skip Henderson was as good as anyone in the league. Tom Curry was a dominant force inside. Rodney

“We knew we wouldn’t get [a bid] unless we went there and won three games.”

- Brian Fish

Holden could go get rebounds with anybody.

“We had all that and we knew we deserved an NCAA bid, but we knew that we wouldn’t get one unless we went there and won three games.”

So there was pressure to win,

but Marshall felt at home in the Asheville Civic Center. Holden, a first-team All-Conference selection along with Henderson that season, remembers the tournament as practically home games.

“The Civic Center was the Henderson Center away from home for us,” Holden said.

“Thousands of fans just made that a part of their season and we packed it out down there.”

All five Marshall starters scored in double figures during Saturday’s 77-64 semifinal win over Furman, with forward Dwayne Lewis topping the team with 18 points.

Davidson beat Western Carolina in the nightcap, 85-76, behind 34 points from guard Derek Rucker, and Sunday afternoon’s championship game was set.

Even more Herd fans made the trek down U.S. 23 to Asheville for the battle, while it’s said that one of those already

in the city settled his hotel bill by counting out 75 of the Thomas Jefferson notes to the desk clerk.

Former WSAZ-TV sports director and radio “Voice of the Herd” (1954-67) Jim Thacker was at the television microphone, while the studio host was an ESPN rookie named John Saunders.

Both of Marshall’s regular season wins over Davidson had been hard-fought -- a 9-point win in Huntington and a 6-point victory on the Wildcats’ court just a week earlier.

It was more of the same in the title game. Marshall held the lead late in regulation, but Henderson uncharacteristically missed three one-plus-one free throw opportunities and Davidson’s Chris Heineman hit a layup with four seconds left to send the game to overtime.

...the number of records broken by the Marshall swim and dive team this past week at the Conference USA championships in Atlanta. The Herd finished third at the meet, setting a school record in points with 724 total points.

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Marshall women’s golf hits the links for Edwin Watts Spring Classic

By PATRICK O’LEARY

THE PARTHENON The Marshall University women’s golf team is back in action at the Edwin Watts Spring Classic in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The three-day tournament is the first of the spring half of the 2016-17 season, and is hosted by the College of Charleston.

The tournament is the largest collegiate golf tournament in the country, as 43 teams from across the United States are participating in the competition. The 54hole competition began on Sunday in South Carolina. Following day one, Marshall as a team sat in 13th place. The top-22 teams after Monday advance to the championship competition on Tuesday.

The team is back in action for the first time since Oct. 25, 2016 at the Florida International University’s Pat Bradley Invitational. In that tournament, freshman Shelby Brauckmuller’s 3-under score of 69 set a Marshall par-72 school record. Brauckmuller, like the rest of the team, is ready to begin the second half of the season on the Osprey Point course at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort.

“I’m very excited about this tournament because it’s the first one of the season and

everyone is really pumped to be able to play on such an amazing course,” Brauckmuller said. “I feel like we have really prepared ourselves for this upcoming season. We have an amazing opportunity to perform really well in this tournament and I feel like the team has stepped up their game recently, so it should be exciting to watch.”

Another point of excitement for the team is the large field of competition. With 42 other schools to compete against, the team is excited to “make the school proud,” according to sophomore Joey Walz.

“I am so excited to be going to such a large tournament,” Walz said. “There are 43 teams and our goal is to be top 10 at least. We are super excited to be starting our spring season at such an awesome course.”

Brauckmuller and Walz are two of

six golfers on the team. Senior Pimrawee Huang, junior Leigha Holt, and sophomores Ylva Forslund and Sarfina Seretharan comprise the team. Seretharan had the lowest score for Marshall on day one of the competition, as she posted a 1-over-par-73. Huntington native Brooke Burkhammer is in her first tournament as the team’s head coach.

She was the interim coach during the fall season, but was named the permanent head coach in November.

The team will be back in action over spring break in Sorrento, Florida for the Morehead State University Citrus Challengw. The competition begins on March 19.

Patrick O’Leary can be contacted at oleary7@marshall.edu.

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White House, U.S. must take stand COMMON against rising anti-semitism MISCONCEPTIONS

By TAKUYA ENDO

JAPANESE MARSHALL STUDENT In Osaka, which is the biggest city in Japan, my life began, and today, my life is in West Virginia. My major is sports management and my dream is to work in the sports industry in the United States. Since I came here, I have been asked about Japan by many people, and found out that many Americans share three common misconceptions: Japanese, anime and tattoos.

First, many people misunderstand Japanese. The first misconception about Japanese is that most Americans believe that Japanese consists of only “Kanji.” The system of Japanese written language is very unique. In addition to “Kanji,” “Hiragana,” “Katakana” and “Romaji” are used in Japanese, with each having approximately 50 alphabets. Moreover, only few foreigners are aware that Japanese and Chinese are different, since Japanese “Kanji” is derived from Chinese, which is totally different.

Second, all Japanese are considered to like anime in the U.S., but this wrong impression is spread out over the world. For instance, finding out that I am

from Japan, most Americans always ask me and try to talk about anime, and after I explain that I am not interested, they say that all Japanese enjoy watching anime. It does not happen only in the U.S., almost all Japanese might be confronted with this experience.

Finally, tattoos are related to a “yakuza,” which is a gang.

To have a successful career, some people might refrain from getting a tattoo in the U.S. However, Japan is stricter with tattoos than many countries; in many places, such as a beach, hot spring or public place, no one is allowed to show a tattoo.

This fact is unknown among many foreigners.

In conclusion, there are many cultural differences that exist between Japan and foreign countries, especially, language, anime and tattoo misconceptions about Japan. Therefore, it is very important to teach accurate information about Japanese culture..

This column was submitted as an assignment for an INTO Marshall writing class.

The instructor, Saba Gebrehiwot, can be contacted at gebrehiwot1@marshall.edu.

“Common Misconceptions” is a weekly column series that gives students, faculty and staff the opportunity to address common misconceptions and misunderstandings of and about their culture, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender identiy.

Columns may be submitted to parthenon@marshall.edu.

Submission does not guarantee publication.

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Is anti-Semitism rising in America? This is a question that is slowly becoming a real issue that many Americans continue to ponder.

With the rise of the “AltRight” and the movement taking on the “White Nationalist” mentality, does that mean anti-Semitism is truly going to become an issue across the country?

NBC released a story Monday stating bomb threats across the country in 11 states forced evacuations of Jewish community centers.

Just last week, there had been a reported 48 anti-Semitic bomb threats already in 2017. The attacks were aimed at synagogues and Jewish communities. These threats included the vandalizing of Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia and in St. Louis.

Now, because of this, many in the U.S. worry that since President Donald Trump has taken office that he has given the “Alt-Right” the power to be more open about their movement.

Recently at a Trump pressconference, Trump was asked by a Hasidic Jew reporter if the president was at all concerned about the spike in anti-Semitism in the U.S. Trump told the reporter to “sit down,” and that he understood the rest of the question.

“So, here’s the story, folks.

Number one, I am the least antiSemitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life. Number two, racism, the least racist person,” Trump said.

Trump’s son-in-law and advisor, Jared Kushner, is Jewish and his daughter, Ivanka Trump, converted to Judaism when she married Kushner. Trump has reiterated that he is not anti-Semitic and cannot be because of his family.

This doesn’t mean, though, that Trump hasn’t attracted anti-Semites along the destructive, war path of a campaign he ran. Trump didn’t necessarily encourage anti-Semitism, but he did encourage to break down the politically correct rules our society has.

Many Trump supporters and conservatives in general have encouraged the sort of idea to “toughen up” or “it’s a joke.” This has also been the main platform of the “Alt-Right” movement, with leaders like Milo Yiannopoulos preaching for equal free speech and writing what at times bordered hate speech. Yiannopoulos backed his comments by saying “it’s his British humor.” (Not very fair to say Great Britain shares his humor.)

When reading Yiannopoulos before his resignation from Breitbart.com last week, he often commended the “Alt-right” for “saying the unsayable.”

“Earlier, we mentioned the pressure to self-censor,” Yiannopolous wrote. “But whenever such pressure arises in a society, there will always be a young, rebellious contingent who feel a mischievous urge to blaspheme, break all the rules, and say the unsayable. Why? Because it’s funny!”

Leave Twitter logic on Twitter

By KABREA JAMES

ASSIGNMENT EDITOR We’ve all come across tweets that made us eye roll our way into a state of pure frustration. Too many people are basing their lives and the way they approach relationships off of memes and the need for social approval.

It seems as though Twitter users will say just about anything for some sort of reaction or, in this case, retweets.

I’ll admit Twwwwwwwwwitter is a great way to access news while also keeping up with friends, but the site also has a dark side. Twitter is the culprit behind a lot of unhealthy “social norms” that are widely accepted by today’s generation.

I never thought it was cool to brag about being unfriendly and having a bad attitude until I logged into Twitter. What’s even more saddening is the fact that countless others are able to relate and retweet these sentiments onto their own pages.

There is a real problem here. No one is born with a wall up towards others. This disdain is something that is developed and I feel that negativity on Twitter certainly aids in this development.

Can we get into the “petty war” that’s been playing out on Twitter for years now? Why

is it a “thing” to see who is pettier and congratulate others on their pettiness? Why is being unpleasant celebrated? Why do we as a society enjoy watching others inflict pain or turmoil on someone?

All too often have I come across screenshots of personal conversations meant to expose someone on my timeline. Tweets like these receive an ungodly amount of attention, while tweets promoting any form of positivity go unnoticed. Why are we drawn to the dark and not the light? Why are we more interested in doing the wrong thing instead of what’s right?

Instead of retweeting a video of the Instagram model fanning herself with money and putting others down, why not tweet about something that made you happy that day?

It’s okay to be pleasant and embrace the love of others. It’s okay to take a different route. It’s okay to be you without anyone else’s input. Free yourself and seek out every ounce of light that the real world has to offer.

I urge us all to not only seek out the light, but to be the light. Think positive and spread love always. On and off Twitter.

Kabrea James can be contacted at james147@marshall.edu.

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Well, clearly even he had a line that he crossed. But still, these ideas are out there and now with the “Alt-Right” at least believing they’re in power, it’s subscribers have found a way to give reasoning to their movement.

The president did come out and publicly condemn the idea and actions of anti-Semitism, but just like during the campaign, it came out too late and as though it was painful for him to say.

Trump is probably not an anti-Semitic, but what he is, is a campaigner and his biggest fear is losing votes. That was made clear when he had his first rally for the 2020 reelection within less than a month of being in office.

So, like when he took too long to openly condemn David

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Duke, the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, he has taken too long to condemn anti-Semitism.

Many people, such as Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League, have told news outlets such as NBC that he wants to see a real plan from the Trump administration to combat these threats.

The issue with allowing these threats to just linger is that sooner or later something could happen. It’s not like antiSemitism hasn’t been a problem in America before. During the 1920s, the KKK saw a resurgence in it’s membership after the death of Leo Frank, a Jewish business man.

The White House and the U.S. need to take a stand now that religious persecution will not be condoned.

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Did you know it took three times the number of miners in 1959 to produce the same amount of coal in West Virginia in 2014.

That’s right. In 1959, it took 52,352 miners to produce 117,770,002 million tons of coal. In 2014, it took 18,159 miners to produce 116,900,040 million tons.

Today, the state’s coal industry finds itself seven years into a downturn in production. Direct coal mining employment has also fallen from nearly 23,000 miners in 2008 to just 16,000 in 2015.

Clearly, the decline of the coal industry extends further than direct jobs and production.

Using one accepted economic multiplier some 35,000 other jobs have also disappeared.

That’s a world of bad news, especially if you insist on ignoring this canary, that’s still counting, but stopped singing

the praises of coal long ago.

So, what do we do? If you’re a member of our congressional delegation you keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.

But it doesn’t take an Einstein to realize that despite the political promises, the rollback of regulations and the gutting of environmental agencies, that markets and technology will still have the last word.

If we could put hydro-fracking back in the bottle, stop research and development in alternative energy, fatten coal seams and provide easier access to them, and stop alienating international buyers that would help.

It would also help if we could convince state coal-fired power plants to buy more than half of their coal from West Virginia.

Also, since every little bit helps, if more than 30 percent of us would heat our homes with electricity from those

coal-fired plants that would help, too.

The point is resuscitating our state’s coal industry will take a miracle.

One idea though that might just give us a jolt recently arose in Gov. Jim Justice’s State of the State Address: Raise revenue to pay for road bonds.

We know, taxes, fees and tolls are a job killer and no one can afford them.

Maybe, but we suspect the burden and lack of adequate infrastructure costs us a lot more.

Measures to allow the state to invest $1 billion in our roads and bridges is smart.

Not to mention it spreads out the cost of those bonds and would create 25,000 jobs.

The coal industry once served as this state’s road map.

But if we insist on staying on this route it’s as good as taking a wrong turn and to keep going.

It’s time to change the road we’re on.

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Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse Monday in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

By MARTHA BELLISLE A jury from outside the Philadelphia suburbs will be brought in to decide the case against Cosby, a judge ruled Monday.

Sequestered jury from outside area to decide Bill Cosby case "Unless you've been living under a rock, the message that has been promoted, in insidious fashion, is that Bill Cosby is guilty, and that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist."

- Brian McMonagle, Bill Cosby's lawyer

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ASSOCIATED PRESS A sequestered jury from an outside county will decide the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, a suburban Philadelphia judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defense request to move the trial itself because of worldwide media reports that the actor's lawyers say brand him a "serial rapist."

Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill will oversee a June 5 trial over charges that Cosby drugged and molested a former Temple University employee in 2004.

O'Neill's ruling came after lawyers for the 79-year-old TV star argued that his trial should be moved to Philadelphia or the Pittsburgh area. The larger, more diverse population would make it easier to find unbiased jurors, lawyer Brian McMonagle argued, but even then, he said, there was no guarantee that Cosby could get a fair hearing.

"Unless you've been living under a rock, the message that has been promoted, in insidious fashion, is that Bill Cosby is guilty, and that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist," McMonagle said. "I do not believe that there's a place anywhere in this country now where he can receive a fair trial. Not here, not anywhere. I hope I'm wrong."

Prosecutors accused the defense of trying to shop for a jury.

In a court filing, District Attorney Kevin Steele called the pretrial publicity argument "a red herring." He said Cosby couldn't expect to find a jury anywhere that is "oblivious" to the dozens of sex assault accusations lodged against him by Andrea Constand and other accusers.

"He's not entitled to a jury that is ignorant of the facts surrounding his case," Steele wrote. "The publicity that necessarily follows the rich and famous cannot insulate them from prosecution."

Prosecutors did not object to bringing an outside jury to the courthouse in Norristown, but fought the bid to move the trial.

They told O'Neill they could surely find a dozen unbiased jurors

in counties with fewer than 1 million people, the size sought by the defense.

"It's not just short on the law, but short on logic," Assistant District Attorney M. Stewart Ryan argued Monday.

Cosby has pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home. The Associated Press doesn't typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they have come forward publicly, as Constand has done.

With O'Neill's decision to import an out-of-county jury, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court must now decide where in Pennsylvania the jurors will be selected.

Monday's hearing came after the judge dealt a blow to the prosecution by limiting the number of accusers who can testify at the trial. Prosecutors wanted to put 13 more women on the stand to bolster charges that Cosby had drugged and molested women before the 2004 encounter with Constand.

O'Neill ruled Friday that only one of those accusers may testify.

She worked for Cosby's agent at the William Morris agency and said Cosby drugged and molested her during a lunch meeting in Los Angeles in 1996.

In a setback for the defense, O'Neill has previously ruled that Cosby's damaging deposition from Constand's 2005 lawsuit can be aired in court. Cosby, over four days, described a string of extramarital affairs and liaisons with young women, often after he gave them drugs or alcohol. He called them consensual.

Cosby, once known as "America's Dad" for his top-rated family sitcom, "The Cosby Show," which ran from 1984 to 1992, appeared relaxed in his latest court appearance Monday, laughing with aides during breaks.

He has been married to his wife, Camille, for more than 50 years, and has four surviving children. Their only son, Ennis, was killed in an attempted robbery in 1997.

Beth Kohn holds a sign outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 7. President Donald Trump's travel ban faced its biggest legal test yet Tuesday as a panel of federal judges prepared to hear arguments from the administration and its opponents.

ASSOCIATED PRESS A federal appeals court on Monday denied a request from the U.S. Justice Department to put President Donald Trump's travel ban case on hold until he issues a new executive order.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not give an explanation for its ruling but said it would extend until next week the deadline for the government's opening brief in its appeal.

A lower court temporarily blocked Trump's order that banned travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries and paused the U.S. refugee program after Washington state and Minnesota sued to stop it.

Trump tweeted "SEE YOU IN COURT" after the 9th Circuit refused to reinstate the ban, but he also has said repeatedly that his administration is working on a new travel ban that addresses some of the constitutional concerns that critics have raised.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was asked during a briefing Monday why the administration wants to defend the ban in court if it's writing a new one. He said the government would defend the appeals case "because we were right the first time."

"While the new executive order attempts to address the court's concerns that they made, the goal is obviously to maintain the way that we did it the first time because we believe that the law is very clear about giving the president the authority that he needs to protect the country," Spicer said.

Nicole Navas, a Justice Department spokeswoman, declined to comment on why the agency sought to put the case on hold while the administration is publicly saying it wants to fight it.

The states objected to pausing the appeal, saying in a motion late Friday that it appears the White House and Justice Department are not communicating.

"Despite the Trump administration's repeated requests for delay, the courts agree with my office that this case should move forward," Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Monday in an email.

The states said "the president has not rescinded the executive order and has not issued a new executive order." Because Trump has not rescinded the current order, court briefings on the preliminary injunction should proceed, the states said.

The appeals court said the government's brief is due March 10 instead of Friday.

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The Wildcats’ Mike Gynn scored to tie the game 64-64 with 30 seconds remaining in the extra session. After a Marshall timeout, the Herd’s Lewis missed a turnaround jumper with the clock winding down, but Henderson atoned for his missed free throws by tipping in the rebound to give Marshall the league crown and NCAA tournament bid.

“Of all things, what I remember when we won the game was the John Marshall character leading everyone onto the court,” Holden said. “It was a Huntington attorney who dressed up as John Marshall - black robes, wig, gavel - and he’s on the court leading this giant celebration.”

Davidson’s Rucker was named the tournament MVP, but he was held to 14 points in the championship game when Marshall singled him out for box-and-one defensive coverage from John Humphrey. Henderson, Curry, Holden and Lewis each received AllTournament honors.

One week later, on Selection Sunday, Marshall learned that it was returning to North Carolina for an NCAA tourney date with No. 19 Texas Christian University. The Horned Frogs, led by the high scoring backcourt duo of Carven Holcombe and (current TCU head coach) Jamie Dixon closed Marshall’s season with a 78-60 win in the Charlotte Coliseum - and a final record of 25-6 after what remains Marshall’s last NCAA tournament appearance. “(Jamie Dixon) and I have become friends over the years and still talk about that game

when we see each other,” Fish said. “That’s a special time in your life, and even though I haven’t been back to Huntington in probably 25 years, Marshall is still my school. I think about things there and people there all the time.

“Now I’m here at Montana State in the Big Sky Conference and every time we go to Pocatello to play Idaho State I think about Coach Chaump and the football team playing there for the national championship in ‘87.”

Holden on the other hand - an Atlanta native - never left the Tri-State after marrying a classmate from Wheelersburg, Ohio, Tamala Conley.

“Marshall prepared me well for my life after basketball, wherever I went, but I met my wife in class at Marshall and went into the family business in her father’s trucking company,” Holden said. “So I’ve been able to spend all these years close to Marshall, a great place to raise my family and keep up with the Herd.”

Fish also considers Marshall the place that made his career possible, even if he didn’t fully appreciate it at the time.

“When you’re there in the middle of it you sometimes don’t realize what’s happening to you and for you,” he said. “I remember at one point in my senior year sitting down with an academic counselor and them telling me I had just these few classes to take, a few hours to graduate. I just laughed because I didn’t even realize that.

“It hit me that I had all these people taking care of me as a student-athlete and how

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fortunate I was. Then Coach (Dana) Altman came in and he and (athletic director) Lee Moon gave me the chance to start my coaching career and that’s the path I took.

“I’m always appreciative of what Marshall did for me as a student and in getting me ready for what I’ve done since then.”’

Holden, too, remains involved in basketball. He is the head junior varsity head coach and an assistant for the varsity team at Wheelersburg High School.

“The staff at Marshall instilled in us to give back to our community, especially to kids,” he said. “So I’ve always tried to do that, and one way has been through coaching.

“This community has supported my family and me and coaching is a way to repay their support, to show them how to use the gifts God has given them to grow and do great things, through sports or however they do it.”

When his teams’ schedules allow, Holden still makes his way to the Henderson Center to cheer on his alma mater, and like other Herd fans he dreams of another championship celebration.

“I had Coach Huckabay and my teammates sign one of those $2 bills and I still have it today,” Holden said. “Those are great memories.

“Coach D’Antoni is doing all the right things to prepare us to get back there again in the near future. It won’t be Asheville or the Southern Conference these days, but I can feel the fan base getting excited for those same things again.”

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UMS offer alternative plans for students’ Spring Break

By KARENANN FLOUHOUSE

THE PARTHENON Benjamin Wells, the United Methodist Students campus pastor, is preparing for Alternative Spring Break. This program flips the idea of the traditional spring break of relaxing on a beach, and brings students on a mission trip to help rebuild communities.

This year, UMS members are planning on driving to Fayetteville, North Carolina, to help rebuild houses destroyed in 2016 by Hurricane Matthew.

Wells said the communities effected by natural disasters take years to recover. He said people are always willing to help out at first, but after a while the desire fades away when the disaster is no longer on peoples’

minds and the help stops.

The way this project works is one organization comes and works for a week, then another group comes and picks up where they left off, and the cycle continues.

The project is a collective effort.

Last year’s effort involved Wells and Jacob Thomas, a senior history major and active UMS member. They went to Crisfield, Maryland to build a ramp to help the family of Susan Marshall.

Wells and Thomas were joined

by UMS members from Potomac State in building the ramp for Marshall, who was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer and could no longer use the stairs. The ramp was completed in four days.

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Wells, Thomas and two Potomac State students stand with Marshall on the site of the ramp, built in part of UMS’ program.

“It was really cool because the first day we started off with a pile of wood and by the end of the first day we had sticks in the ground,” Thomas said. “It was really cool to see your work progress throughout the week.”

The students work on average eight hours a day for four days, with some days off to rest and relax. The hours of work can change according to the work site, Thomas said. Last year, the group was determined to finish the ramp by the end of the week.

“We worked hard,”

Thomas said. “We pushed ourselves to get up earlier than everybody else, leave before everybody else and stay longer than everybody else.”

This upcoming Alternative Spring Break will mark Thomas’ fifth service trip.

“Its open to anyone who wants to put lives back together by building houses,” Wells said.

The trip costs $75 and the students will leave on Saturday, March 18, and return the following Saturday on March 25. Workers will receive on-the-job training, making no prior experience necessary.

Students may register by texting Wells at 901-441-0557.

Karenann Flouhouse can be reached at flouhouse@marshall.edu.

Oscars mishap causes confusion; musical ‘La La Land’ loses to drama ‘Moonlight’

By MATTHEW GROVES

THE PARTHENON As the 89th Academy Awards began to wrap up, actor and actress Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway took to the stage to announce the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Beatty, with a confused look on his face, handed the envelope to Dunaway, where she announced this year’s winner as the film “La La Land.” After the “La La Land” cast and crew had taken the stage and began delivering acceptance speeches, it was revealed that the true winner of Best Picture was the film “Moonlight.”

“Moonlight,” a film written and directed

by Barry Jenkins, finished out the evening with three Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Writing, Adapted

Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.

“There was a time when I thought this movie was impossible, because I couldn’t bring it to fruition, I couldn’t bring myself to tell another story,” Jenkins said.

In the midst of the acceptance speeches, “La La Land” producer, Jordan Horowitz, approached the microphone saying, “I’m sorry, no, there’s a mistake. ‘Moonlight,’ you guys won Best Picture. This is not a joke, come up here. This is not a joke, ‘Moonlight’ has won Best Picture.”

The “La La Land” cast and crew then proceeded to leave the stage which was soon filled with the cast and crew of “Moonlight.”

“Moonlight” chronicles the life of a young gay African American male, growing up in Miami. Originally based on the play, “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue,”

“Moonlight’s” win for Best Picture is monumental as it is the first film to win Best Picture featuring a non-straight character in the leading role. “Moonlight” currently sits with a 98 percent critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Around the Marshall University campus, students have differing opinions on the circumstances that occurred at the Academy Awards. Junior Maggie Westfall, said she didn’t think it should have happened.

“It’s like the big finale, you know, why would that happen?” Westfall said.

Marshall University Junior Haley Hall said she was very confused by the events that had happened, but was happy for “Moonlight.”

“It’s confusing because they just get

a piece of paper with who won it, so I don’t really know how it’s a mix-up unless things weren’t counted, but I mean, I guess it happens. I’m excited for the ‘Moonlight’ cast because it’s like the first all black cast to win that award, so that’s exciting,” Hall said.

Even students who did not spectate the event heard word of it due to its spread on social media. Junior Sara Tennant is one of these students.

“It was funny to see it all on Twitter, like all the memes and stuff. I didn’t really watch it, so I just saw people’s reactions to it. Some people seemed upset about it because ‘La La Land’ lost,” Tennant said.

Matthew Groves can be contacted at groves56@live.marshall.edu.

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