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Winter weather returns for the week

By MEGAN OSBORNE

THE PARTHENON Warm weather will not grace Huntington with an appearance this week, with snowy mixes expected in the middle of the week and possibly freezing conditions, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Sunday’s conditions were

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wet with a chance of snow at night, but no accumulation was expected.

NOAA issued a special weather statement for Sunday concerning the Ohio River. A broad crest was expected all day Sunday and may still be present Monday. It is advised that extra caution be taken along the banks of the Ohio and

its feeder streams as the banks could be slippery or unstable.

The crest was expected to reach from 4-9 feet below flood stage in some areas between Point Pleasant, W. Va. and Greenup, Ky. Monday will be sunny with a high of 41 degrees and winds up to 11 mph. Winds will become calmer in the evening at

5 mph and a low of 27 degrees is expected.

Tuesday may have a chance of snow early in the day, mixing with rain after 11 a.m. and tapering off into the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Skies will be mostly cloudy, temperatures may reach a high of 42 degrees, and winds will come in from the west at 5-9 mph. At

night, the temperature may get down to 20 degrees, and a 30 percent chance of snow is expected between midnight and 4 a.m.

Wednesday is expected to be partly cloudy with a high of 26 degrees during the day, dropping to around 16 degrees at night under a mostly clear sky.

Sunny skies are expected

Thursday with a high near 36 degrees and a low near 21 degrees at night with a chance of clouds.

Friday will be partly sunny during the day with a high near 39 degrees and a low near 23 degrees at night, with mostly cloudy skies expected.

Megan Osborne can be contacted at osborne115@ marshall.edu.

Higher Education Day at the West Virginia Capitol

By MORGAN M. SWITZER

THE PARTHENON Huntington City council will vote Tuesday to approve or deny a $266,000 state grant given by the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety for the purchase of an armored vehicle.

If the grant is approved, the money will go toward the purchase of the $279,000 state of the art armored vehicle, which would leave the payment responsibility of approximately $13,000 to the Huntington Police Department.

Bryan Chambers, the communications director for the city of Huntington, said the vehicle would be of great use to the local community members if the city council votes to accept the grant.

“We know that the budget has been tight, but that’s not an excuse to avoid getting what is needed,” said Chambers.

“The Huntington Police Department has been extremely proactive in getting outside funding in order to keep the community, and themselves, safe.”

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A representative of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin reads a proclamation to the presidents of West Virginia’s colleges and universities during a ceremony at Higher Education Day Friday in the West Virginia Capitol building in Charleston.

State legislators honor the value of a college degree

By MALAK KHADER

THE PARTHENON Twenty-five different universities and colleges around the state gathered Friday at the West Virginia Capitol building for Higher Education Day at the Legislature to showcase what higher education has to offer to its citizens.

Marshall University’s Director of Recruitment, Beth Wolfe, said so many people are in some way tied to Marshall, and she enjoyed talking to them and hearing their stories. She said that it is also important to

show lawmakers what the universities have to offer to West Virginians.

“Higher education is important to the current and future success of West Virginia,” Wolfe said. “It’s important for the lawmakers to visually be able to see what our university has to offer. There’s a lot of pride for Marshall here, and it shows.”

Representative from West Virginia University were also in attendance at the event.

Project Coordinator Senior of WVU, Lisa Martin, said they always like to make a presence

Marshall cheerleaders teach next generation at cheer clinic

By GABI WARWICK

THE PARTHENON Marshall University sponsored the eighth annual Junior Thundering Herd Cheer Clinic Saturday at Gullickson Hall.

This event allowed girls in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade to spend the day with Marshall cheerleaders.

They learned the basics of being a cheerleader and then performed with the team before the Marshall basketball game against Middle Tennessee.

Brittanee Barton, senior from Dublin, Ohio, and captain of the squad, said the event benefits both the cheerleaders and the participants.

“Community outreach is important for the

cheerleaders,” Barton said, “and it’s great that we get to build a program where little girls want to aspire to be you.”

The clinic had 110 girls register, making this year the most successful so far.

The clinic began at 9 a.m. with registration and an opportunity for a picture with Marco. Then participants rotated through the six stations, which taught techniques and skills required for cheerleading, including flexibility, cheering and dancing. After lunch the participants got ready for their pregame show.

“Although all of the stations teach the girls aspects of cheerleading,” Barton said, “I love dance and cheer

the most. These are the two things that the girls actually do when they perform the pregame show, which is really exciting.”

Kelsey Waybright, head coach of the cheerleaders, said that she loves having the clinic.

“This is the largest clinic we’ve ever had,” Waybright said. “This is my first full year as a head coach after cheering for Marshall, so I’ve been here with this clinic all the way through. It’s exciting to see it so successful.”

The cheer clinic is also a fundraising event for the cheerleaders. This money will go toward helping the squad with travel expenses.

Gabi Warwick can be contacted at warwick@ marshall.edu.

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on Higher Education Day at the Legislature because it is important for future public funding for the universities.

“There’s a lot of pride for Marshall here, and it shows.”

-Beth Wolfe, Director of Recruitment Wolfe shared Martin’s opinions and said it is especially important to represent the universities because of the many bills

that the lawmakers are trying to pass.

With less than two weeks left of the legislative session, higher education and funding for it has become a hot button topic.

Jessica Tice, communications director for the Higher Education Policy Commission, said they understands that it is a tight-budget year, but they also firmly believe that investments in higher education are important to move West Virginia forward.

“Higher Education Day is

really a day to just highlight all of the post-secondary opportunities across West Virginia,” said Tice. “The affordable options for postsecondary opportunities, opportunities that we want to keep affordable and part of that certainly includes strong investments in higher education.”

Cuts in funding will not be apparent until the end of the current legislative session.

Malak Khader can be contacted at khader4@ marshall.edu.

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Cheerleaders of all sizes learn for the Marshall cheerleading team Saturday during the Junior Thundering Herd Cheer Clinic in Gullickson Hall.

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‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ reaches High school a wide audience with humor students get opportunity to work with professional musicians

By BRECKIN WELLS

THE PARTHENON The technical device that runs our society, the gadget you turn off in a theater performance, or at church on Sunday morning becomes a powerful connection between a middle-aged woman and a dead man and the fight to keep his spirit alive.

The riveting comedy, “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” had a successful weekend of performances at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center in the FrancisBooth Experimental Theater.

Kameron Stambaugh, the other woman and stranger in “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” said she was satisfied with the turnout of people who came to see the show over the weekend.

“When you are working in rehearsals with very little to no audience, you don’t know how certain things will go over until you actually perform in front of an audience,” Stambaugh said. “That being said, I think the audiences were great. We told them a story and they went along on the journey with us.”

Amber Cunningham, sophomore elementary education major, attended the show opening night and said she was surprised with the overall performance.

“Going into the play I didn’t expect it to be funny like it was, I never thought that I would catch myself laughing,” Cunningham said.

“Dead Man’s Cell Phone” covers a range of audience members.

“A thing that stood out to me was that

this performance wasn’t meant just for an older audience,” Cunningham said.

“A lot of students were there that could understand the play just as well as someone older.”

The preparation for a show like this one consists of many months of rehearsals, and a stressful week of auditions for the cast and crew.

“We actually held auditions for this particular show last semester, right before Thanksgiving break,” Stambaugh said. “The cast list came out right before Christmas break and then as soon as we got back for the current semester, we started rehearsals. So we had about six weeks of rehearsals for this show.”

Even though the rehearsals are over the production will be ending soon as

well and for many cast and crew members this is their last performance with the Marshall theatre department.

“Dead Man’s Cell Phone is very special to me, and not only is it the last show of my college career, but it’s also my senior capstone project,” Stambaugh said.

“I have been lucky to have been a part of some fantastic productions at Marshall, but I have to say that ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ is my favorite and it will always hold a special place in my heart.”

“Dead Man’s Cell Phone” will continue its performances for a live audience Thursday through March 1. Students have free admission when they present their student ID. Breckin Wells can be contacted at wells134@marhall.edu.

Upward Russia takes a victory lap, earns praise Bound for delivering ‘all it had promised’ looking for summer advisers

By JESSICA ROSS

THE PARTHENON Upward Bound is taking applications through Monday at its office in Prichard Hall for residential advisers to work during its summer program.

Upward Bound is one of the five TRiO Programs at Marshall University, which are federally funded programs that help students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds become the first to attend and graduate college.

Upward Bound serves high school students from Cabell, Wayne and Lincoln Counties.

The students are provided assistance during the school year with things like counseling and tutoring.

During the summer, the students are brought to Marshall’s campus to help prepare them for college.

Some of the classes the students are offered include math, science, literature and communications. Students are also offered cultural enrichment classes, such as sign language, fitness, life skills and etiquette.

Applicants must be a student at Marshall and junior by the summer of 2014, have a driver’s license and want to work with adolescents. Those with at least a 2.5 GPA will be given preference, and summer classes cannot be taken during this time.

Advisers will live in the residence halls with the high school students and offer advising in addition to supervision.

Each year, a statewide Upward Bound Day Competition takes place at different state institutions, and advisers will be required to accompany the students to the event.

The job may also require the supervision of evening activities or assistance with planning and teaching during educational or leisure programs.

In the past, some of the evening activities have included bowling, swimming and going to the movies.

Those selected will work from June 8 to July 16, and the salary offered is $1,820. Room and board will also be included.

Jessica Ross can be contacted at jessica.ross@ marshall.edu.

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ABOVE: Russia’s team enters Fisht Stadium during the parade of athletes at the closing ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Sunday.

RIGHT: Julie Chu carried the USA flag during the Closing Ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Sunday.

By WILLIAM DOUGLAS

MCCLATCHY FOREIGN STAFF (MCT) Russia concluded the 2014 Winter Olympic Sunday with a lavish, theatrical victory lap celebrating not only successfully hosting the games, but also showcasing a Russia transformed from the grainy black-and-white images of the old Soviet Union.

“Russia delivered on its promise,” Dmitry Chernyshenko, president of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee said to thunderous applause inside Fisht Stadium. “This is the new face of Russia, our Russia.”

Then, borrowing the line from the late International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, Cheryshenko added: “And for us these are the best games ever.”

IOC President Thomas Bach, presiding over his first Olympics, broke with tradition and refrained from rating the Sochi games. Instead, he noted that Russia “promised excellent sports venues, outstanding Olympic villages and an impeccable organization.”

“Tonight we can say: Russia delivered all what it had

promised,” he said.

With Russian President Vladimir Putin looking on, Sunday’s two hour-plus extravaganza was a celebration for accomplishing what many critics thought couldn’t be done: successfully hosting a Winter Games amid political, security, and weather concerns in subtropical Sochi.

The 40,000 who packed Fisht Stadium were transfixed by the lavish spectacle of chief creative director Konstantin Ernst’s show, which included nods to Bolshoi and Mariinsky’s ballet, Rachmaninoff’s piano, and the works of Chekhov, Solzhenitsyn and other Russian authors.

Faded to black, at least for a night, was the bad publicity surrounding the games’ record $50 billion cost, the alleged corruption that bloated it, unfinished and or substandard lodging facilities, the culling of stray dogs, Russia’s anti-gay laws, and the reported heavy-handed treatment by authorities of the few who dared to protest.

Not that the Russian organizers didn’t acknowledge some shortcomings. In the ceremony’s opening number,

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a horde of silver-clad dancers formed four Olympic rings before a separate group of dancers slowly positioned themselves into the shape of the fifth ring.

The routine paid humorous homage to the opening ceremony’s technical faux pax in which one of five giant Olympic rings failed to illuminate — a scene that was edited on Russian television to look like all five rings lit.

Afterwards, the athletes who participated in the games took one more curtain call at Fisht, marching (some dancing) jubilantly as pop and techno music blared over the stadium’s sound system.

All the while, Putin sat in a box in the chilly stadium and occasionally flashing a slight smile — a visage that became the face of the games.

“He was visible throughout the Games, he spent time with the (IOC) executive board and he spent half an hour at USA House,” United States Olympic Committee Chairman

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Larry Probst said. “He has really owned the games and I would compliment him and his team.”

Russia’s athletes did their part. After winning just 15 medals in Vancouver in 2010, the Russians finished with 33, best at the Winter Games.

Team USA, which had 37 medals in Vancouver, was second here with 28.

Probst’s remarks were echoed by other U.S. officials who were part of the country’s official delegation to the closing ceremonies.

“We want to congratulate all Russians for the success of these Olympics,” Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said.

Burns was accompanied

by Michael McFaul, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, gold medal speed skaters Eric Heiden and Bonnie Blair, and tennis legend Billie Jean King, who is gay.

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By JESSICA ROSS

THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony performed to a packed audience Friday in Smith Recital Hall, as part of the High School Festival Band Weekend.

Shirelle Yuhase, recruiting coordinator and assistant to the director of bands, conducted the symphonic band’s performance, which opened the show.

Yuhase said the events during the festival give high school students a broader perspective, because they experience working with and hearing professional musicians, which is an experience they are not used to.

Steve Barnett, the director of bands at Marshall, conducted the wind symphony. The performance featured an oboe solo

by Richard Kravchak, the director of the School of Music and Theater.

“The wind symphony and Steven Barnett are exceptional and I feel so privileged to be able to perform and actually headline with them,” Kravchak said.

Barnett said it was important for the faculty to perform for the high school students and directors, and the performances allowed Marshall students to see faculty members as more than just teachers.

“Kravchak is a world-class oboist,” Barnett said. “He’s performed all over and he’s as good as you’re going to hear anywhere, so it’s a real treat.”

The wind symphony also performed the world premiere of “Purple Whispers,” which was written by Richard L. Saucedo.

“He’s one of the top, probably in the top five of wind band composers of today in the world, and he’s got I don’t know how many publications, hundreds of publications for bands,” Barnett said.

When the wind symphony received the piece of music, Saucedo came to Marshall to attend a wind symphony rehearsal and run through the music with the band.

Jordan Carinelli, junior saxophonist, said he was excited to have the opportunity to work with Saucedo in person on the piece.

“We learned it the day before, and worked on it for three hours with him,” Carinelli said.

“With his insight and the insight Barnett has of the piece, it’s exciting to be able to play it for everyone.”

The wind symphony received two standing ovations during Friday’s performance. “Purple Whispers” was the first to receive praises from the audience for a beautiful performance, followed by Kravchak’s breathtaking performance in “Prelude and Variations on The Carnival of Venice,” which received a thunderous applause in addition to the ovation.

Jessica Ross can be contacted at jessica.ross@ marshall.edu.

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History continues to repeat itself for Herd men

By BRAXTON CRISP

THE PARTHENON For the third time in five games, the Marshall Univesity Thundering Herd Men’s basketball lost via a last minute three-pointer, extending the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders winning streak to nine games Saturday inside the Cam Henderson Center.

After a jump shot by Herd point guard Kareem Canty tied the ball game up at 53 with 54 seconds to play, the Herd went back on defense and forced the Blue Raiders to having just three seconds on the shot clock before deflecting out of bounds.

Middle Tennessee’s Tweety Knight inbounded the ball from the sideline near the right corner of the floor to the top of the key to Jaqawn Raymond, who took one dribble and a step to the three-point line before knocking down the game winning basket as the shot clock expired.

The prior two times the Herd lost in that way came in backto-back games at Southern Miss and at Tulane. Marshall head coach Tom Herrion said the situation of being so close and losing at the last moment has worn out its welcome.

“The song is getting old,”

Herrion said. “Lost by the three, again.”

Marshall had time on the clock to possibly tie the game, but after a timeout by Herrion with 13 seconds left, Herrion said the play he drew up in the huddle never panned out and Canty’s desperate three-point attempt from the left wing fell short, sealing the win for the Conference USA leading Blue Raiders.

“It was bad execution,” Herrion said. “My fault I guess. I didn’t explain it well enough. I wanted to get Ryan Taylor off the screen and use Canty as a decoy. It was horrible execution and I’ll take the responsibility on that.”

Throughout the contest, Marshall was able to stay close with the Blue Raiders, in large part by making leading-scorer Shawn Jones a non-factor offensively.

Jones made his presence felt though, by recording five blocks in the contest, four of them coming in the first half. Herrion said one area of improvement that could have led to a different outcome in the game was finishing around the hoop.

“We gave up so many points in the paint early in the game,” Herrion said. “We had good drives and they were either

HERDZONE.COM Marshall tennis continued its win streak, improving to a 7-2 record after a 5-2 win over Minnesota on Sunday.

The German team of Dana Oppinger and Derya Turhan fell in doubles, but wins from duos Kai Broomfield and Rachael Morales and Karli Timko and Anna Pomyatinskaya secured the doubles point for the Herd.

In singles play, freshman Pomyatinskaya was the first to finish, losing in a 6-2, 6-0 match to even the score at one all.

Broomfield gave the Herd the advantage back after a 6-2, 6-2 victory over UM’s Jessika Mozia.

Turhan, playing at second singles, faced one of two ITA Central region ranked players in No. 20 Natalia Pintusava, and dominated with a 6-3, 6-1 performance.

With a 3-1 lead, freshman

Morales battled in the sixth position, falling 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 to shrink the Herd lead to 3-2.

Oppinger battled back from a 2-6 set to defeat the Gophers’ other ranked player in No.8 Teresa Brichacova 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.Timko, the lone senior on the Herd roster, solidified the Marshall win with a 6-1, 4-6 (10-8).

“It feels great to be on the road and keep getting wins like this,” Timko said of the team’s success. “I’m proud of the energy and the will to win that each of us brings to the court.

It’s a lot of fun to being out there with six teammates who want to fight and win just as much as I do.”

Marshall will return to the road next weekend, heading to Bloomington, Ind. to face No.37 Indiana on Saturday, March 1 and traveling to Ohio to face Miami of Ohio on Sunday.

blocked or missed. You have to put the ball in basket.”

The Blue Raiders led 27-25 after half time, a lead Middle Tennessee held from the 18:07 mark of the first half to 17:05 to go in the second half, but never led by more than eight points in that span. In the final 17:05 of the contest, there were five lead changes and five ties as the game was a back-and-forth matchup for much of the final 20 minutes.

Middle Tennessee head coach Kermit Davis said the Blue Raiders were lucky to escape from the Henderson Center with a victory.

“That was as lucky as we’ve been all year long to win a game,” Davis said. “We were outplayed, I thought, for about the entire game.”

With the loss, Marshall’s record slipped to 9-19 and 3-10 in C-USA, which puts the Herd at 15 in the league standings heading into the final week and a half before the conference tournament. The Blue Raiders improved to 21-7 and 11-2 in C-USA, giving Middle Tennessee sole possession of first place in the league.

Braxton Crisp can be contacted at crisp23@marshall. edu.

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Redshirt freshman point guard Kareem Canty moves the ball up court against UAB Thursday in the Cam Henderson Center.

Herd tennis extends winning streak to four Herd sweeps Cyclones Herd downs Gophers HERDZONE.COM Marshall tennis returned to the court Saturday to face Iowa State in a dual match.

The Herd, coming off its first ITA ranking of the season, swept the match 7-0.

Marshall experimented with a change in its doubles lineup, placing Dana Oppinger with freshman Anna Pomyatinskaya.

Their normal counterparts, Derya Turhan and Karli Timko then teamed up together.

Oppinger and Pomyatinskaya lost, but the Herd still took

the doubles point with wins from Turhan and Timko and duo Kai Broomfield and Rachael Morales.

In singles play, Oppinger continued to play in the first position, winning her match in a 10-7 tiebreaker after losing the first set 4-6 but winning her second 6-4.

Turhan played second singles, winning in a 6-1, 6-2 score. Broomfield played third and recorded a 6-4, 6-4 victory.

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LEFT: Marshall No. 1 singles Dana Oppinger winds up a forehand in a match against Virginia Tech Jan. 31 at the Huntington Tennis Club.

Baseball unable to finish off weekend series HERDZONE.COM On the warmest and sunniest of the Herd’s three day stint in Greensboro, N.C., Marshall baseball tried to take the series with North Carolina A&T after splitting the first two games.

Things started quickly for A&T- the leadoff and second batter ripped singles off Herd starter Michael Taylor. Taylor then gave up a walk to load the bases with no outs, and the Aggies plated a run across to take the early lead.

The Herd offense started slow, sitting down in order the first two innings. In the 3rd, freshman Spencer Iacovone was walked, and singles from outfielder Corey Bird and designated hitter Chase Vogelbach sent Iacovone home.

The Aggies responded in the fourth, when Taylor gave up a home run to Cam Jergens to put A&T up 2-1.

The score remained 2-1 for the duration of the game, both defenses working quickly and diligently throughout the game.

Taylor went seven innings, scattering six hits and two walks in the contest and fell to a 1-1 record.

Marshall’s four hits came from Bird, Vogelbach, Andrew Dundon and Cory Garrastazu.

Vogelbach and Garrastazu are on a four-game hitting streak.

Marshall will head back to the Carolinas next weekend when the Herd faces James Madison, Duke, Coastal Carolina, and Rhode Island in the Caravelle Resort Tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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Reports won’t change North Korea policy Since snippets of information began to leak from behind the airtight North Korean border, the picture of medieval, iron gray dictatorship has been painted on the American psyche. Through the reports of defectors and slivers of video gathered by a handful of enterprising journalists, the picture has grown only bleaker. North Korea’s persona has grown to one of legendary horrors found only in myths and fiction.

Roving death squads. A massive prison population. Mothers forced to murder their own children. Avoidable, yet disregarded starvation.

All this and more was confirmed Tuesday by a report from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The report outlines everything it can painfully pull from under the grips of North

Korean Supreme Leader Kim-Jong Un, the United Nations and the world finally have a standardized and complete inquiry into the human rights horrors inside North Korea.

As gut-wrenching as it is to admit, we must come to grips with the fact these reports, ever so verified, will not lead to any profound action to reverse them.

Let’s compare our invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan to a potential invasion of North Korea. When attempting to sell action in Iraq (both in 1990 and 2003, ironically used by both George H. W. and George W. Bush) the powers that be pointed holy fingers at Saddam Hussein, tacking on domestic chemical weapons use and ethnical cleansing onto his wanted poster. While proven to be true, Hussein did eventually pay for his human right abuses with

his life, we had ulterior motives to be in Iraq. Whether for oil, destroying WMDs (that were never found) or a combination, America had some self-interest in invading Iraq. In Afghanistan, while the Taliban pushed a brutal and violent brand of fanaticism, America still had to think of what they would get out of it. Destroying a safe-haven for terrorism or for a cause shadier and left uncertain, we were never in either country because of what was best for the native population.

No part of our policy will change in regard to how we handle North Korea. We’ll jump onboard with UN sanctions and know in our heart that people are starving over there, but America will not take any hard steps toward ending it unless we can get something out of it.

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Thirteen things ‘House’ taught me

By LACHEL HOUSE

COLUMNIST “House” is my favorite show, ever. Not because it is my last name, but because it is one of the only shows that has kept my attention for more than three seasons.

I love the show so much, I do not even mind watching re-runs, which is rare for me with any other show on television.

Over the course of the series, there have been numerous episode themes that have stuck with me. Believe it or not, I truly believe watching “House” can teach you a few things about different aspects of life.

So, here is a list of 13 things “House” has taught me over the years.

1. There is a solution to nearly every problem that you will face, especially in college. With a little brain power and outside of the box thinking, you can work your way out of any tight space.

2. Not everyone is going to like you, but pay those people no mind. Live your life, regardless of how people feel about you.

Trust me, they do not matter. And, it is not detrimental to your health if you do not

have too many friends.

3. Speaking of friends, you are completely fine having a few folks in your circle who truly have your back at the end of the day. Three real friends are better than an army of fake ones.

4. Do not be that person who is always too concerned with the thoughts or feelings of the people around you. Sometimes in life, you have to go with your gut instinct, no matter what someone else believes is right. Advice is not always necessary.

5. However, there is nothing wrong with swallowing your pride and asking for assistance, even when you do not want to. We will all need someone to lean on throughout our life. It does not make you weak or needy.

6. Team work can come in handy. If you do not understand something, someone, somewhere will.

7. The thin line between love and hate truly exist. It is not a cliche. It is a real life issue that you may find yourself in one day.

Ask Dr. Cuddy.

8. There is no rhyme or reason to who

you find yourself attracted to. Sometimes, no matter how hard you fight it, someone will spark your interest for reasons unknown.

9. In life, you may find yourself in an outrageously ridiculous predicament. No worries, though. It is not the end of the world. You will be just fine.

10. It is always best to get verification on everything. You may believe something is the truth, but it can be a total lie. You will not know unless you investigate.

11. Creeping is OK as long as it is done for the right reasons. Sometimes, you have got to dig deep to get the answers. And, in order to get those answers, you have to become a temporary FBI agent.

12. Throughout life, you will run across people who are rude, crude and completely unacceptable. Do not interrupt their barbaric view point of life. Simply let them dwell in their habitat in peace. It will keep them happy and you out of harm’s way.

13. It is not Lupus. It is never Lupus.

LaChel House can be contacted at house13@marshall.edu.

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Hollywood, save small town cinema

By JORDAN STANCIL

LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) My great-grandfather founded the Rialto Theater in tiny Grayling, Mich., in 1915. His handbills advertised an opening-day screening of “The Twenty-Million-Dollar Mystery” on “two good single reels.”

I run the same theater today, almost 99 years later. But two good single reels aren’t what they used to be. Our theater is threatened now because Hollywood movie studios are phasing out 35mm film and beginning to distribute new movies only in digital format. In December, Paramount Pictures announced that “Anchorman 2” would be its final movie printed on film, and other studios are expected to quickly follow suit. Unless we convert to digital projection — an undertaking that will cost upward of $60,000 (or four times as much as our last new film projector) — our theater will have to close.

Thousands of other smalltown theaters are similarly at risk. According to the National Association of Theatre Owners, as of July there were 4,126 screens in the United States still projecting film — many of them in small towns and many that will likely close in the coming year because they cannot afford the digital transition.

When I consider what the Rialto means to this town of 1,884, I sense what a blow to rural America this loss of movie houses will be. The independent movie theater retains an outsize role in these communities that is quite unlike that of a city or suburban multiplex. In Grayling, our Art Deco theater (rebuilt in 1930 after a fire) is the architectural landmark on the main street of town. It is the only venue that draws large crowds to downtown year in and year out. Quite apart from any historical importance, closing this theater would irreparably deform the center of our town.

There is more at stake than just the fate of a speck on the map of northern Michigan. Small-town movie theaters still have a national purpose: the integration of far-flung places into our national culture. Every time we show a blockbuster on opening night,

every time we screen a documentary or a foreign film, every time our audience feels empathy for a character the likes of whom they might never encounter in real life, we are issuing a reminder: yes, this little town is part of the wider world.

Television and the Internet notwithstanding, the movie theater plays a special role in cultural inclusion. In a small town, the movie theater is a quasi-public institution that can lend significance to a film that streaming it on Netflix never will. But a movie theater doesn’t just connect the members of a small community to the world, it also connects them to one another. A busy night at this theater, with excited kids running all over the place and the laughter of a couple hundred people in the auditorium, is a collective experience that is simply irreplaceable.

The people in our community understand this and have never questioned the continued relevance of a movie theater to their common life. Rather than close the place, we launched an online fundraising campaign that is well on its way to paying not just for a digital projector but a restoration of the 1930s-era interior.

So the Rialto has a shot at making it over the digital hurdle. Still, the movie industry itself could do more to help other independent theaters stay open. Studios could offer, for example, a small rebate on the film rental fees paid in recent years to be applied to making the digital transition.

That would link any assistance to the theater’s actual contribution to the studios’ bottom line, and enable small markets to continue generating revenue. Surely this would serve the studios’ interests better than simply allowing theaters to close.

If studios and small theater owners do not find a creative and cooperative solution to this problem, many viable and culturally significant businesses will be pointlessly destroyed in the coming months. At stake is a piece of our heritage as well as the richness of our communal life.

If there’s one thing we should have learned in this country by now, it’s that.

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Alpha Sigma Phi and Delta Zeta spike out cancer

By ERIKA RITTENHOUSE

THE PARTHENON Alpha Sigma Phi and Delta Zeta sponsored Spike for a Cure Saturday from at Huntington High School.

Fifteen teams participated in a volleyball competition to help raise money for Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society.

Kyle Rheude, Olivia Sommerville and Tyler Bradley, who worked together to make the event a success, planned the event. This second annual event raised more money and gained more participants than last year, helping both chapters meet their goal of raising over $1,000.

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Betty, a female red wolf, roams in a fenced area at the Red Wolf Coalition, Feb. 10 in Creswell, N.C. The wolf is part of a captive breeding program at the coalition.

By JOSH SHAFFER

THE NEWS & OBSERVER (MCT) The wolves look ghostly at night, ears pricked up, eyes like highbeams in the dark.

In a single evening, Jett Ferebee might see five or six of them — reddish-brown, sniffing at the camera mounted on his Washington County farm.

They build dens in his tractor shelter. They feed on his rabbits. They drag deer carcasses into the woods. They eat the animals his family used to hunt.

Ferebee’s land lies at the western edge of the Red Wolf Recovery Program, a 27-year federal project aimed at restoring to the far-eastern edge of North Carolina one of nature’s most fragile species. For the last decade, he has waged constant battle over the private land he describes as ruined by wolves, coyotes and the “super-coyotes” they breed.

He has watched the government try to frighten wolves off his property with air horns.

They come back.

He has allowed it to set leg traps on his land to capture and relocate wandering wolves. They come back.

He has repeatedly sought a permit to shoot the wolves that pester him, as the law instructs him to do. He hasn’t gotten one.

“It used to be cool to hear a wolf howl,” said Ferebee, 55.

“Too much of a good thing.”

Ferebee’s fight exposes a deep cultural clash between those who would artificially restore a predator species on mostly private land and the landowners who live in the middle of the government science’s project. Hunters feel their way of life stripped away to make room for a wolf that chases the same prey; conservationists feel undermined by a small group of landowners who put private property over public good.

And then there are the coyotes, a species that complicates the human-canine mix.

Smaller, almost impossible to distinguish from their red wolf cousins, coyotes have flooded into wolf territory, prompting the federal government to sterilize them and limit wolf-coyote breeding.

But Ferebee sees coyotes running with wolves on his farm, some of them wearing government tracking collars, others wearing plain fur. He’s showed pictures to wildlife officials who shrug their shoulders over which animal is which.

originally named King to a lowlevel delegation for the opening ceremony, a contingent that included Olympic gold medalist figure skater Brian Boitano and hockey player Caitlin Cahow, who are gay.

King missed the opening ceremony because of the death of her mother. But her presence in Sochi, along with Boitano’s and Cahow’s two weeks ago, was the White House’s way to register opposition to a so-called “anti-propaganda” law that Putin signed last June.

The law prohibits individuals from promoting “homosexual behavior” and

The confusion has grown into the dense thicket. so tangled that conservation Back then, the red wolf tergroups filed a federal lawsuit ritory spanned only 259,000 last fall, aiming to stop all coy- acres, half the size of Wake ote hunting in the five-county County. area where wolves thrive.

But the government had the The red wolf “is more in stated goal of expanding both peril in the wild than most en- the wolf population and the dangered species,” said Sierra land it covered. Before long, Weaver, senior attorney with wolf land expanded into Dare, the Southern Environmental Hyde, Beaufort, Tyrrell and Law Center, arguing before U.S. Washington counties — a 1.7 District Judge Terrence Boyle million-acre red wolf habitat, Continued from Page 3 in a recent hearing. the vast majority of it private The Herd again experiBut to Ferebee, it’s time to land. mented with its lineup, call off the experiment. Over Wildlife officials chose farswitching Timko and Pomyatfive days in January, a trap- eastern North Carolina largely inskaya in singles play. Playing per caught three wolves with because it lacked coyotes to in the fourth spot, Timko won tracking collars and two wolf mix with wolves and absorb 6-0, 6-1, and playing at fifth hybrids on his farm. On the their tiny number. Also, they singles, Pomyatinskaya battled sixth day, Ferebee photo- argued, the sparse human back from a 5-7 score to defeat graphed three more collared population would minimize her opponent 6-1, 6-4. canines. any damage or inconvenience Morales was also victorious, “Hey guys,” he said. “It — even to hunters competing posting a 6-2, 6-1 result. was a just cause. But it’s not for prey. working.”

“Red wolves and sportsmen ——— can coexist,” the U.S. Fish and hybrids. As of February, 61 About 10 miles from Fere- Wildlife Service said in its first sterilized coyotes were wearbee’s farm, Kim Wheeler of the five-year report, published in ing tracking collars. nonprofit Red Wolf Coalition 1992.

Rabon, coordinator of the shows off a pair of ambassaBut by 1999, the coyote government’s red wolf prodor wolves, a sleek male and population had spread so thick gram, described placeholders female raised in captivity. across the five counties that as highly effective against “This is Betty,” she says, mo- the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serinterbreeding and having minitioning to the den made of dirt, vice listed them as the greatest mized the threats pointed out rubble and corrugated pipe. threat to wolf survival, citing in 1999.

“This is Hank.” the potential for coyotes and “I don’t know about suRed wolves contribute to the wolves to interbreed. per-coyotes,” Rabon said, region as a top predator, said Proposals for dealing with dismissing the local nickname David Rabon, coordinator of the coyote threat ranged from for hybrids. “They don’t asthe program for the U.S. Fish killing them to fencing in refsume super powers, though. and Wildlife Service. Farmers uge land.

They don’t take down deer in a praise wolves for feeding on The government took a difsingle bite.” nutria, large rodents that bore ferent path: the “placeholder” Ferebee and other landowninto their dikes, and for keep- strategy now used to comers are skeptical and say the ing raccoons at bay. bat coyote populations. Male wolf program has spiraled danHer vision marks the slow and female coyotes found gerously out of control. How, growth of the government’s with wolves are trapped and they ask, can the government wolf incubator, a program with sterilized through vasectomy patrol the coyote population an annual budget of roughly or tubal ligation, using local ranging over 1.7 million acres? $1.1 million. veterinarians.

Based on the animals he finds In 1987, red wolves had alThose sterile coyotes then on his farm, he believes the most completely vanished, hold a place within wolf populations of both animals their breed hunted and chased packs, keeping away fertile are larger than the government almost to extinction. wolves who might invade terknows.

Federal wildlife officials ritory and create wolf-coyote pinned down the last of their kind along the Louisiana-Texas border, and they whittled that group down to 14 deemed genetically pure red wolves — no coyote blood in their veins.

They planted a hopeful seed in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, not far Betty and Hank, both captured red wolves, roam in a from Hank and fenced area at the Red Wolf Coalition, Feb. 10 in Creswell, Betty’s pen, reN.C. The wolf is part of a captive breeding program at the leasing just four JILL KNIGHT | RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER | MCT coalition. pairs of wolves

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“Because this was our second time hosting this event, we had a lot better of an idea of what to expect, how to get people involved and how to plan,” Rheude, Relay for Life president, said. “We talked to so many different organizations about the event and the cause and it’s amazing how many people we were able to have participate.”

Getting sponsors and organizing teams was a large part of the planning process. Members of Alpha Sigma Phi and Delta Zeta served as referees ran concessions and hosted a raffle.

Members of Alpha Sigma Phi from the University of

Cincinnati and Capitol University came into town for the event for a second year in a row.

“This is just so important to our chapter because we set aside an entire day to work together and raise money for this great organization,” Rheude said. “This is also a great event because almost the entire Greek community comes out to participate, which promotes Greek unity.”

Next year Alpha Sigma Phi and Delta Zeta set a goal to raise $1,500.

Erika Rittenhouse can be contacted at rittenhouse4@ marshall.edu.

spreading “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” among minors.

Obama and several other world leaders view the measure as an anti-gay law and skipped the Winter Games’ opening and closing ceremonies.

IOC and Russian officials worried that the law would prompt protest — from groups or athletes — that would shift the spotlight from the games. But protests were almost nonexistent beyond a transgender former member of Italy’s parliament being detained twice and having her Olympic spectator pass yanked after she displayed a blanket that said being gay is OK, and

uttering the slogan later in Olympic Park.

“There was a lot of focus on the anti-gay law before we got here but it was a nonfactor,” said Judy Chu, a U.S. hockey player who carried the U.S. flag in the closing ceremony. “Everyone has been respected.”

Not everyone. Russian had to quell a media firestorm after Russian Cossacks — who were part of the security force protecting the games — horsewhipped and pepper-sprayed members of the Russian antiPutin punk band Pussy Riot in Sochi last week.

Still, the incident did little to dampen the mood of Sunday’s party atmosphere.

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Continued from Page 1 Chambers said that the primary function of the vehicle would be to execute search warrants that have the potential for violence or conflict, but it could also be used in many other dangerous situations.

“The vehicle holds up to 10 people,” said Chambers. “It could be used under certain

rescue situations to help hostages. The vehicle could pull right up to someone’s doorstep and trapped victims could escape into the vehicle.”

Chamber said the armored vehicle could also be used in patrol situations and as a reactionary tool in order to keep law enforcement officers and community members safe.

Morgan M. Switzer can be contacted by switzer12@ marshall.edu.

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Brett Tucker, junior sculpture student, makes a clay bowl Saturday as part of the Empty Bowls fundraiser. Bowls, such as Tucker's, made by Marshall students and Huntington community members will be sold April 11 in support of the Huntington Area Food Bank.

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

1. "The Lego Movie" $31.4M 2. "3 Days to Kill" $12.3M 3. "Pompeii" $10M 4. "RoboCop" $9.4M 5. "The Monuments Men" $8.1M 6. "About Last Night" $7.4M 7. "Ride Along" $4.7M 8. "Frozen" $4.4M 9. "Endless Love" $4.3M 10. "Winter's Tale" $2.1M

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OSCARS COUNTDOWN BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES:

Christian Bale "American Hustle" Bruce Dern "Nebraska"

Leonardo DiCaprio "The Wolf of Wall Street" Chiwetel Ejiofor "12 Years a Slave" Matthew McConaughey "Dallas Buyers Club"

WHAT TO EXPECT ON 'LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS'

By VERNE GAY

NEWSDAY (MCT) So what to expect with Seth Meyers’ new “Late Night,” which arrives Monday night (12:35 a.m. EST on NBC)?

There are some givens. It will be amusing — Meyers is one of TV’s most gifted comedy writers — and it will be after midnight. Beyond that, however, we’re all just going to have to find out together. Here are “Five Things (We Think We Definitely Know) About the New ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers.””

1. Even as Meyers becomes the fourth host in franchise history, some elements never change. The difference here, however, lies with the ringmaster: Former head writer of “Saturday Night Live” and coanchor of “Weekend Update,” Meyers brings both his style of humor and, for good measure, his top “Update” writer, Alex Baze. Therein lie important clues.

2. “Late Night” will be newsier, more topical. Jimmy Fallon, as “Late Night” host, was (and very much remains) a standout performer, but you rarely got the sense he had a whole lot of interest in current affairs (even when he was “Weekend Update” anchor). That will change with Meyers. In a recent lunch with reporters, he promised a show that will play heavily off the day’s news.

3. Satire is in again. “Late Night” under Fallon was whimsical and musical — departures from both the David Letterman and Conan O’Brien years.

They were plenty whimsical, too, but their whimsy came

with a sharp, ironic edge. With “Weekend Update” and Baze as evidence, satire should return to “Late Night” with a vengeance, making this newcomer much more aligned with latenighters like “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.”

4. There will be a band — the 8G Band. Welcome to the most intriguing new element of all: Fred Armisen is band leader, and if his musical past is the musical prologue, then get ready for something wild and crazy. Armisen was an accomplished musician before he was a comedian (“SNL,” “Portlandia”). He was the drummer for the Chicago-based punk band Trenchmouth, which sounded like a cross between the Jesus Lizard (a ‘90s band that’s still rocking) and the unclassifiable Captain Beefheart.

Armisen also has his comical/ musical alter-egos from “SNL,” including The Blue Jean Committee and Ian Rubbish. Who knows what 8G will sound like?

Other members include Seth Jabour (guitar) and Syd Butler (bass) from the indie rock band Les Savy Fav, Kimberly Thompson (drums) and Eli Janney (keyboards).

5. There will be guests!

Monday night, Meyers will interview former “SNL” colleague Amy Poehler, Vice President Joe Biden and will have A Great Big World (“Say Something”) as musical guest. Tuesday, it’s Kanye West; Wednesday, Kelly Ripa (Meyers was once rumored to be her next on-air partner on “Live!”); Thursday, Lena Dunham; and Friday, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.

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Community fills 'Empty Bowls'

By WILL VANCE

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SPORTS EDITOR Marshall University students and Huntington community members came together around pottery wheels Saturday at the Marshall ceramics studio to make, or throw, clay bowls as a part of the Empty Bowls project.

The event, which is now in its 11th year, is a fundraiser where clay bowls that are made by Marshall students and Huntington community members are sold at the Empty Bowls dinner with the proceeds going to the Huntington Food Bank, which aids the hungry across the tri-state.

Brett Tucker, junior sculpture student who has been involved with the past two Empty Bowls events, said the make-up of this years bowl throwers was different than last year.

“Last time there were a lot of professors and people who had thrown before, people who taught pottery and that kind of thing,” Tucker said. “This time there are a lot of people I don’t recognize, which is cool to see.”

The Empty Bowls event gives students a chance to help the Huntington community in a unique way, something junior biology major Alexis D’Amato said is appealing.

“It’s really great, and it shows that every little thing helps,” D’Amato said. “It’s something fun and interesting to do, and it’s beneficial to the community. It’s great that you can marry those two things.”

Assistant sculpture professor Frederick Bartolovic said the community participation shows that the Empty Bowls event goes beyond Marshall.

“There are a lot of Marshall students here, but what I’m really excited to see that it’s not just

"...It's not just a Marshall thing, it's a community thing." ­—Frederick Bartolovic a Marshall thing, it’s a community thing,” Bartolovic said. “We have a number of people who are not necessarily affiliated with Marshall in any way.”

Many of the students involved were not affiliated with the art of sculpture department, which Bartolovic said shows promise for the future of Empty Bowls.

“It’s great to see this younger generation of students come in and show this amount of interest,” Bartolovic said. “I think it’s exceptional to see them want to help and devise ways to volunteer their time and help the community.”

Bartolovic said that the increased turnout will help the Empty Bowls event be even more successful than it has been in recent years.

“Over the past three years of the event we’ve had a sort of glass ceiling at $20,000 that we couldn’t quite break,” Bartolovic said. “If the other parts of the event come together, with the amount of bowls we have made I think we can break that mark.”

The bowls will be sold at a dinner at First Presbyterian Church April 11. The dinner also includes a silent auction that benefits the Huntington Food Bank.

Will Vance can be contacted at vance162@ marshall.edu.

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