Jan. 26 2018

NEWS, 2

OPINION, 4

SPORTS, 3

• Marshall becomes the first Purple Heart University in W.Va.

• Editorial: ‘This Place Sucks.’

• Column: ‘Rosie the Riveter.’

• Herd Tennis heads to Sunshine state to kick-off season.

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WV Senate passes first sexual assault bill

By KYRA BISCARNER

Sen. Mike Woelfel sponsored Senate Bill 39 to help sexual assault victims in West Virginia.

THE PARTHENON As more sexual assault victims have come forward in Hollywood and now in the sporting world with the conviction of Dr. Larry Nassar, the state of West Virginia is looking to help victims closer to home.

Sen. Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, sponsors Senate Bill 39, which looks to help sexual assault victims by making their rights clearer.

“It’s a step toward modernizing the way we treat rape victims,” Woelfel said. “As the law has been, we treat them rather shabbily and unfairly.”

Woelfel said the bill is in tandem with Senate Bill 36, which helps to ensure the procedure of rape kits and addresses rape kit testing. Woelfel said he hopes this forces rape and sexual assault cases to be treated as a high priority.

“Priorities haven’t really been in line with the fact that rape is a violent offense that is life changing,” Woelfel said. “I’ve represented over

100 women who have been sexually abused in the jails in West Virginia by guards, so I’ve seen firsthand how rape victims have been treated in a very caviler fashion in this state.”

Woelfel said first and foremost his concern is for the victims of sexual assault, and he hopes this bill will encourage victims to come forward and seek justice.

“Sexual assault occurs everywhere, in all facets of society,” Woelfel said. “No one is immune from being victimized by sexual abuse. It’s the most underreported crime there is. This bill is intended to make the process more victimfriendly and with the hope that more people who are rape victims will come forward and seek justice.”

The bill has passed the West Virginia Senate unanimously and now moves on to the House of Delegates.

Kyra Biscarner can be contacted at Biscarner@marshall.edu.

Huntington Police Chief dies after battle with cancer

By ZACHARY STEPHENS

THE PARTHENON Joseph I. Ciccarelli served as the city of Huntington’s police chief from September 2014 until Monday when he died of a long-term illness. Ciccarelli formerly served as a Community Service Officer, an EMT and in the FBI’s Northeast Region Child Abduction Rapid Response Team, among other positions.

Ciccarelli dedicated his life and work to making the city of Huntington a safer, happier place, and his leadership and friendly demeanor is fondly remembered amongst his colleagues. As chief of police, he often worked alongside Jan Rader, the city of Huntington’s fire chief.

“He was a true gentleman and a true servant,” Rader said. “He was always thinking of others. If we had a bad fire in Huntington, he would show up, he would come to me and he would immediately ask me, ‘What can I do for you?’”

As police chief, Ciccarelli worked alongside many other city officials in Huntington. He made an impact on the city through both his work ethic and his approach to his position as chief of police.

“I think he viewed himself as a police officer first and a police chief second,” Huntington’s Director of

Communications Bryan Chambers said. “If there was ever any assignment or task in the police department, it was never below him.”

Chambers recalled a time when he was on a date and he saw Ciccarelli and his girlfriend.

“He said, ‘I just got a call, we’re going down to see a bad accident,’” Chambers said. “And I looked at his girlfriend and I said, ‘Do you do this a lot?’ and she said, ‘Oh yea.’ That’s just the kind of man he was.”

Williams named Captain Hank Dial as Huntington’s interim chief of police in Ciccarelli’s place. Williams has 120 days to assign a permanent replacement, according to the city charter.

“Joe Ciccarelli spent a lifetime in law enforcement leadership with an emphasis on Huntington,” Dial said. “He had a positive leadership style. He was very effective, he was very driven, but he was pleasant to be around at the same time.”

Ciccarelli received several notable awards throughout his career, including the 2016 Excellence in Victim Advocacy, the U.S. Attorney’s Career Achievement Award and he is a six-time recipient of the U.S. Attorney’s Outstanding Law Officer Enforcement Award.

Zach Stevens can be contacted at stevens184@ marshall.edu.

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Huntington Chief of Police Joe Ciccarelli, who lost his battle with cancer Monday.

Marshall University showcases women-centric art

By MICHAELA CRITTENDEN

THE PARTHENON Women from the Marshall University community showcased their women-centric art Thursday in the “Nevertheless, She Persisted” exhibition at Drinko Library.

“This was a collaboration with all the women’s groups on campus and the School of Art and Design to showcase Marshall women’s artwork,” Sabrina Thomas, instruction and research services librarian, said.

Over 90 pieces of artwork by 32 different artists were scattered around three floors of Drinko Library. The exhibition conquered any available wall space to celebrate female artists.

“There is inequality even in places you wouldn’t expect, like the arts,” Thomas said. “You think women would be close to equal to men but that’s not the case.”

Students, faculty and alumni work alike was displayed in the exhibition.

“I have a piece displayed next to one of my art education professors’, which is amazing and empowering as an artist,” Kaitlin Donnally senior art education major said.

Every artists’ work told an individual story, while it also portrayed the central theme: empowering female artists.

“When you look at each piece separately they have their own

message, but the joint message is powerful women,” Victoria Stingo, senior graphic design major, said.

The women who participated in the exhibition said they wanted to spread a message about women in the art world. They used this as a statement and said they hoped the message would live on.

“They say when you’re not invited to the table you create your own, and that’s what I’m helping to do here today,” Thomas said.

All the artwork from this exhibition will be displayed for the duration of the 2018 spring semester and a few pictures will be displayed permanently.

Michaela Crittenden can be contacted at crittenden2@marshall.edu.

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Sexual assault support program aims to help students cope

By HANNA PENNINGTON

THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s Counseling Center is providing an eight-week program for sexual assault victims to assist them with coping mechanisms and dealing with possible triggers. The program, Sexual Assault Survivor Skills, also known as SASS, was introduced last fall to a select group of female students.

“I know what that journey was like, and there aren’t a lot of groups out there,” Kocak said. “There’s not a lot of skill set groups. There’s not even a lot of trauma counseling out there.”

Kocak said the participants are given a fitness tracker at the beginning of the program, which helps them reconnect with their own bodies and gives them the ability to see how triggers impact them physically.

Although the program previously used fitness trackers as a research component as well as a way for the women to take back control, Kocak said she still believes using the technology is the right direction for the group.

“They’re learning,” Kocak said.

“They say, ‘I can control my heartrate by using my breath. I can get better sleep by walking.’”

Kocak said getting acclimated to the device is one of the most difficult parts of the program for

most women.

“It’s a constant reminder that you’re dealing with your assault,” Kocak said. “Building up that tolerance to those emotions is all part of the process.”

Kocak said the program consists of many layers, including group counseling and individual meetings.

Sydnee Baker, Kocak’s field supervisor and counselor at Marshall University, said it is important for members of the program to receive help individually to discuss trauma.

“Counseling really does help; it’s that open, unbiased space where you can talk about whatever you need to talk about,” Baker said. “We separate the trauma (from the group) so that we’re not re-triggering other students. You have to be in individual counseling so you can talk about that trauma.”

Kocak said one of the most important aspects of the program is discovering what triggers the participant and figuring out how to manage it. Kocak said triggers can variate anywhere from certain colors or smells to a stranger greeting them on the street.

“It’s not always directly related in a way that you can see immediately,” Kocak said.

Kocak said the group meetings will consist of activities like journaling, coloring, yoga techniques and other art forms. Kocak said

all of these methods work very specifically with mindfulness, cognitive behavior therapy and makes the participants more aware of their senses.

Kocak said it is very important for those affected by sexual assault to seek help.

“Most of the feedback that we get is that people stop living to some degree,” Kocak said. “Post-traumatic stress happens to everyone after a trauma. Whether it becomes posttraumatic stress disorder or post traumatic growth depends on how you process that trauma.”

Kocak and Baker said they are very excited for the eight-week program to begin after receiving wonderful feedback from last semester’s participants.

“One person told me this week that it changed their life, and I hope that’s true,” Kocak said. “That’s why we do this.”

This is Kocak’s final semester at Marshall University, but she said she hopes to see the program continue next fall.

The SASS group will meet Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 7-April 4 in Room 317 of Prichard Hall.

Those interested are required to contact the Counseling Center by Jan. 29 in order to be considered for the program.

Hanna Pennington can be contacted at penningto131@ marshall.edu.

Police Blotter

By SARAH INGRAM THE PARTHENON

Indecent Exposure

Jan. 20 at 12:17 p.m., MUPD received a call from a female who claimed a male exposed himself on the second floor of Drinko Library. The caller gave a description of the man and MUPD was able to look at a rough photo of the man through security footage. Officers searched the building and were then made aware that the suspect had left the library and fled west down 4th Avenue. A suspect was stopped at 13th Street and 4th Avenue. The male originally claimed he hadn’t been in Drinko but confessed he had when asked again. Officers brought the victim down to identify the suspect, but she was not able to give a positive identification.

The suspect was released.

Unlawful Drinking Under 21

Officers responded to a call Jan. 21 at 4:01 a.m., reporting a highly intoxicated male in the freshman residence halls. He was identified despite not being a student and not carrying any identification. The male was arrested for drinking under 21 and obstructing an officer. He was later transported to Western Regional Jail.

Stalking

A woman filed a report Jan. 21 that she had been stalked since Dec. 2. The victim claimed a man had come into Holderby and masturbated in the lobby on Dec. 2 and Jan. 13. The victim reported the suspect followed her to Towers East on Jan. 19. The complainant went to MUPD on Jan. 19.

The man was identified as a former Marshall student who said he wants to return to school. Officers are waiting on video footage for evidence. The suspect was given a trespass warning and released.

Petit Larceny

A 29-inch Nishiki mountain bike was stolen from the south side of Freshman North Residence Hall. The bike was taken sometime between 10 p.m. Jan.19 and 8 a.m. Jan. 22. The cable lock had been cut.

Petit Larceny

Jan. 22, a student reported his bike was stolen from outside Freshman North Residence Hall. The 26-inch green Huffy mountain bike was parked outside the building around 7 p.m. Jan. 21. The victim returned to the bike rack at approximately 3 p.m. Jan. 22 to find the master padlock had been cut off.

Public Intoxication

At 10:35 a.m. Jan. 23, officers were dispatched to the bus stop at 18th Street and 5th Avenue. An unidentified male was caught drinking on the bus bench. When asked for his name and date of birth, the man repeatedly yelled profanities to the officers. When asked to stop, the male made fists as if he were prepared to fight.

A bottle of vodka was found next to him.

The officers reported the male smelled of alcohol and his speech was slurred. The man was later identified. He was transported to Western Regional Jail on public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Sarah Ingram can be contacted at ingram51@marshall.edu.

Marshall receives Purple Heart accreditation

By BRIANA MURPHY

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(LEFT) Jonathan McCormick, director of Marshall University’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs; Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert; and Bryan Chambers, communications director for the office of Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, unveil the signage for a dedicated parking space for Purple Heart recipients near Gullickson Hall on campus. (RIGHT) Gullickson Hall adds Purple Heart signage to its building, alongside the Veterans Affairs signing.

THE PARTHENON Outside of Gullickson Hall Thursday morning, Marshall University was designated by the Military of the Purple Heart Order as a Purple Heart University. Marshall University is the first university in the state of West Virginia to receive this title.

The Purple Heart award is received by military veterans who have been wounded or killed while in battle. The award is strictly for veterans of combat and is the only award that is strictly for combat veterans.

MS4 Senior Cadet Joseph Clark of ROTC said, “It shows good moral support of our Nation’s fighting men and women.”

On Monday, Mayor Steve Williams announced that the city of Huntington is now a Purple Heart City. Being a Purple Heart City encourages businesses and institutions to become supporters of the Purple Heart Organization.

On Thursday, Marshall University President Jerry Gilbert read and signed a proclamation making the designation official for the university.

“This designation further solidifies Marshall’s commitment to be a university which is military friendly and one where we want to encourage veterans and active service personnel to feel at home,” Gilbert said in a press release. “I am proud of our Office of Military and Veterans Affairs, our ROTC program and the services they provide. As the first designated Purple Heart University in West Virginia, this has been a very special day for Marshall University.”

Marshall University joins West Virginia University-Parkersburg, the first community and technical college in the state to hold this designation.

Briana Murphy can be contacted at murphy282@marshall.edu

WMUL-FM racks up multiple International AVA Digital Awards

By GINNY BLAKE

THE PARTHENON Students from Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, received 12 awards in the International AVA Digital Awards 2018 Competition. This year is WMUL-FM’s sixth time competing in the International AVA Digital Awards. Students received three Platinum Awards, six Gold awards and three Honorable Mention awards.

“Better than Excalibur,” an in-house promotional announcement, was written and produced

by Brian Leonard, recent graduate, and voiced by Seth Payne, senior radio and television production management major and social media coordinator for WMUL-FM. In the promotional, King Arthur is looking for a weapon that is mightier than Excalibur.

“That just so happens to be WMUL,” Payne said.

“Brian did all the heavy lifting, and I was just the voice. So, I think that shows that Brian took a lot of effort into making that, and he definitely deserves the award.”

The station’s “Huntington the Opioid Center” in-house public service announcement received

a Platinum Award and was written and produced

by Adam Rogers, graduate student and executive director of WMUL-FM. Production assistants were Franklin Norton, junior public relations major and managing editor of The Parthenon; Lilly Dyer, junior photography major and photo editor for The Parthenon; and Sadie Helmick, senior public relations major and life editor for The Parthenon. The PSA lasts for 60 seconds and focuses on the issues Huntington is facing.

“It’s meant to draw attention to the issue instead of letting it get swept under the rug,” Rogers said. “The purpose is to show people how they can help instead of sitting back idly, people just sitting back and going ‘Well, that’s a shame.’”

WMUL-FM’s broadcast of Marshall football verses University of Pittsburgh was also awarded the Platinum Award. Rogers was the play-by-play announcer. The color commentator was James Collier, recent graduate. Luke Creasy, senior sports journalism major and sports director for WMUL-FM, was the statistician; Dylan Stone, senior sports broadcasting major and production director for WMUL-FM; and the engineer was Sage Shavers, recent graduate.

“WMUL does a great job at giving students experience at being able to achieve awards at the regional and national level,” Creasy said. “It’s really cool to be in contention for that.”

WMUL’s FM 88 Sports Twitter, @WMUL_ Sports, received the Gold Award for its coverage of Marshall sports events. The Twitter account is overseen by all staff members of FM 88 sports.

The radio newscast “Feel the Bern” written and produced by Rebecca Turnbull, senior broadcast journalism and public relation double major, also received a Gold Award.

Radio Sports Broadcast “Vedvik Named Player of the Week,” written and produced by Creasy, received a Gold Award. Likewise, “McKenzie Akers Returns,” written and produced by Rogers, received one as well.

WMUL-FM’s play-by-play broadcast of the Marshall University versus Ohio State University college men’s basketball game received a Gold Award. The play-by-play announcer was Rogers, the color commentators were Creasy and Stone and the engineer was James Collier, recent graduate.

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Communications sports journalism program promotional announcements,” an advertising campaign written and produced by Charles G. Bailey, WMUL-FM’s faculty manager. The campaign was composted of four scripts focused on general information concerning the state of sports journalism, the existence of Marshall’s sports journalism program, what is available at Marshall for students majoring in sports journalism and what hands-on experiences students may have as a sports journalist at Marshall University.

The following received the Honorable Award: WML-FM’s Instagram, “West Virginia Makes Festival” written and produced by Turnbull, the 5:00 p.m. Edition of Newscenter 88 broadcast Nov. 14, 2016 on WMUL-FM. Bailey said he is grateful for the honors.

“These AVA Awards are a tribute to the continual quality and commitment to the news and sports coverage, creative programming, station promotion, public service and having an online presence that our broadcast students exhibit in competition with professional practitioners,” Bailey said.

Ginny Blake can be contacted at blake185@ marshall.edu.

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Herd hoops healthy for the Hilltoppers, hostile environment

By LUKE CREASY

THE PARTHENON After defeating Middle Tennessee State and UAB at home last week, the Marshall men’s basketball team has its sight set on the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Marshall (14-6, 5-2 C-USA) will take to the road for a Saturday night rematch with the Hilltoppers (14-6, 6-1 C-USA)—but this time in a sold-out Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

“You’ve got to prepare,” Marshall head coach Dan D’Antoni said after an 86-78 win over UAB in the Herd’s latest game. “If things take away from your preparation, a day or two, and you’re not quite right, you might beat some teams, but you won’t beat these high-caliber

teams.” This was a very good team.”

Marshall (14-6, 5-2 C-USA) last saw the Hilltoppers in the Cam Henderson Center Jan. 6, as WKU handed the Herd its first home loss of the season, 112-87.

In that meeting, the Herd was riddled with injuries. Already down freshman guard Darius George, junior forward Ajdin Penava played just four minutes before attempting to pull down a rebound and injuring his ankle. Because of injury, Penava and George were inactive on the Herd’s first Conference USA road trip this year.

Marshall also battled illness as conference play onset. In its C-USA opener against Southern Miss, the Herd dressed just eight, as it was without C.J. Burks, Christian Thieneman, Darius George

and Ot Elmore.

Penava has been a staple in Marshall’s effort this season. On offense, he accounts for 16.7 points per game, pulling down 9.1 rebounds to go with it.

Perhaps the most eye-popping number for the Herd junior, though, are his 4.9 blocks per game, which leads the entire NCAA Division I. Junior guard Jon Elmore said the team is healing up.

“We’ve struggled with injury and sickness, everybody knows it,” Elmore said. “We’ve got everybody back together now and we’re getting back to 100 percent.”

George missed six games with a stress fracture in his foot, including the first matchup with WKU. The freshman is averaging 4.6 points per game

and 3.8 rebounds per game, a valuable spark off the bench for the Herd. After shaking off some rust against MTSU, Head Coach Dan D’Antoni said George got back in rhythm Saturday in the win over UAB. “It gives us the depth we haven’t had,” D’Antoni said. “If you came to our practices this last week, we had players stretching from end-line to end-line.

Three weeks ago, I was asking [Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach] Corny to practice because we didn’t have enough.”

Luke Creasy can be contacted at creasy4@marshall.edu.

Darius George dunks against UAB. George returned to action last week after missing six games with an injury.

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Herd tennis heads to Sunshine State to open spring

By KIERAN INTEMANN

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Marshall tennis opens its spring season this weekend when it heads to Gainesville, Florida for the regional round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Kick-Off Weekend.

The Herd opens regional play with a match against defending Sun Belt Conference champion Louisiana-Monroe Saturday at noon before facing either No. 3 Florida or Cal State Fullerton Sunday.

“This is a big deal,” head coach John Mercer said. “This is a harder tournament to get into than the NCAA Tournament. Instead of granting all conference champions a spot in the field, only the top 60 teams at the end-of-season rankings earn spots in the tournament. It’s a great honor that recognizes all the achievements that we had as a team last year.”

The Herd finished the

season ranked 56th of the 60 teams in the field and, rather than taking the fourth seed in one of the other regional brackets, Mercer elected to challenge his team by taking the third seed in a regional with the defending national champion Florida Gators.

The Gators, who are currently ranked third in the national poll, returned four players from a 2017 team that finished the season 29-3, won the Southeastern Conference regular season title and the NCAA Championship.

Before Florida, though, Marshall faces 2017 Sun Belt winner, Louisiana-Monroe, which finished last season with a 16-2 record. The Warhawks return their top players at the No. 1 and 2 positions, but lost four players to transfers to various Division I schools—including first team all-conference performer Tiffany Mylonas.

Marshall dealt with various

departures from its 2017 team, as well. Derya Turhan, Anna Pomyatinskaya and Rachael Morales, three seniors who combined to earn 18 all-conference honors (singles and doubles), graduated. Nikola Novackova elected to not return to school and Daniela Dankanych was recently dismissed from the program for a violation of university policies.

If Marshall defeats ULM, it will play in the regional championship game Sunday at 8 a.m.

If the Herd loses, it will play at 10 a.m.

The winners of the 15 regionals will advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Madison, Wisconsin February 9-12. The University of Wisconsin will serve as the host institution for the championships, which Florida won in 2017.

Kieran Intemann can be contacted at intemann@marshall.edu.

Maddie Silver returns a shot against UTEP in the 2017 Conference USA tournament.

Silver is expected to play a big role for the Herd in 2018.

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‘This place sucks,’ America agrees

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, walks past reporters as he heads to the Senate for a procedural vote to reopen the government on Monday, day three of the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington.

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) On Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin, the democrat representing West Virginia in the U.S. Senate officially announced his intention to defend his seat in the upcoming midterm election. Certainly, this announcement eased the anxious minds of the democratic party scrambling to retain and gain

congressional seats this year. However, according to the New York Times, Manchin’s announcement came with a rebuke for his fellow party members.

Before Manchin officially declared his candidacy, he allegedly said to Sen. minority leader Chuck Schumer and other democrats, “this place sucks.”

This frustrated sentiment came in the midst of a government shutdown, in which the West Virginia democrat was among the very few in his party to vote with Republicans to keep it open.

Manchin explained the context in which he lamented the senate on CNN’s ‘New Day’ Wed. morning, explaining, “We’ve got to come back to regular order and where other senators have input and our voices are heard, we’re able to move the dialogue ... I said the place sucks when it doesn’t work. I get a little frustrated at times.”

The moderate senator often chides the polarization of party politics, even tweeting out on Friday that, “governing this way is dangerous to our national security and embarrassing for both political parties.”

Manchin isn’t the only one who is frustrated with the current situation in Washington, with an incredibly large majority of American people disapproving of the legislative branch, according to Gallup Polls. In 2017, only 19 percent of the public was satisfied with congress, the eighth consecutive year the average approval rating was under 20 percent.

“The public’s frustration with government and its leaders has been festering for much of the past decade,” Gallup’s Megan Brenan writes, “and low congressional approval is just one of many manifestations of the public’s dissatisfaction with Washington.”

In fact, in the past several years, when asked what the top problem facing the nation is, another Gallup report indicates that government has been consistently at the top of this list. Also, the polls show that the majority of Americans (54 percent), echoing Manchin’s sentiments, prefer that politicians would simply compromise rather than stick to their principles, versus approximately 18 percent preferring the latter.

Although Manchin was seemingly reluctant to stay in a toxic Washington environment, he

expressed his hope to help bridge the political divide on capitol hill in a statement about his reelection on Wednesday.

“I’m running again because I know I can bridge the political divide and put the days of division behind us,” the senator said.

According to the N.Y. Times, Manchin, arguably the most conservative democrat in the senate, told his colleagues that if he can’t win his home state, a state that overwhelmingly voted for Trump in the 2016 election, then the democratic party will remain caught in the minority for a very long time.

“I’ve said this point blank: If people like me can’t win from red states, you’ll be in the minority the rest of your life,” said Manchin to a reporter.

The West Virginia senate race will certainly be one to watch, with Manchin being the clear front runner for the democrats, but his republican opposition comes in the form of current U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, current W.V. attorney general Patrick Morrisey, and Don Blankenship, former Massey Energy Company CEO, who was just recently released from prison for conspiring to willfully violate mine safety and health standards, resulting in one of the deadliest mining disasters in U.S. history.

Manchin is right. If he can’t win in a red state, then no democrat can win a red state. This election will be an indicator of the public opinion of the democratic party, and democrats are well aware of this. With a republican majority in congress, and republican white house, democrats have a lot riding on the public’s decision in 2018, and the more they are seen as obstructionists, it seems the worse their fate will be. In a time where politics are increasingly polarized and divided, America seems to come to a consensus on one thing: the United States Congress, in its current state, sucks.

Rosie the Riveter a timeless example that strength is beautiful

LILLY DYER

PHOTO EDITOR With a polka dotted red headband and a blue work shirt perfectly rolled to expose a flex Rosie The Riveter, a feminist icon, has taught me and so many others that ‘we can do it.’

The first time I saw Rosie The Riveter, I was in 5th grade when my older sister came home from a day of learning about World War II. Her papers scattered across a table, my gaze locked into Rosie’s. Living in a strict, conservative family, seeing a woman portrayed as a strong figure was abnormal, yet, completely natural to me. As a kid, I had always steered away from the dainty, “pretty” side of being a female. When my sister was straightening her hair, I was outside climbing trees, watching my dad fix a car or playing in mud. It was frowned upon for a girl like me to want to do what the boys were doing. But seeing this woman, with her curved eyebrow and flexed muscle, was telling me that I could do what the boys were doing. The guilt of not wanting to be ‘girly’ was gone and my 10-yearold eyes were inspired.

On Jan. 22, the original inspiration for this icon, Naomi Parker Fraley, passed away at the age of

96. For some reason, I had never thought of Rosie as a real person. To me, she was a fictional character that an artist created to inspire, but to have found a woman who was already in that mind set made everything I have felt and believe in more tangible. While researching her death, it hit me that this poster was created only 74 years ago.

Women who were alive during World War II and present day are probably more exhausted than ever. We are still fighting, marching, and shouting in 2018 and have been for the past 200 years. Her death has pushed my young, feminist heart to do greater things; not only for myself, but for the 10-year-old girls, who are still being taught that their role in this lifetime is strictly limited to house chores and motherhood.

Naomi, a grandmother in this family of strong women helped create a cornerstone in womanhood. Rosie The Riveter, taught me that I can do it—and Naomi, I will do it. Your legacy will live on and I will tell all of the little girls in my life of the first woman who taught me that being strong is pretty and that anything boys can do, I can do, too.

Lilly Dyer can be contacted at dyer67@ marshall.edu.

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File - In this Oct. 31, 2007 file photo, a poster showing signatures of former Rosie the Riveter’s is seen at the offices of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, C.A. A woman identified by a scholar as the inspiration for Rosie the Riveter, the iconic female World War II factory worker, has died in Washington state. The New York Times reports that Naomi Parker Fraley died Saturday in Longview. She was 96. Multiple women have been identified over the years as possible models for Rosie, but a Seton Hall University professor in 2016 focused on Fraley as the true inspiration.

(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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compete against fourteen other schools,� said Megan Bates, junior electrical engineering major and Marshall University SAME-ASCE chapter president.

The chapter has been competing at the Virginia Conference since 2012 and have brought home several awards each year.

The conference also provides chapter members with networking opportunities. Members leave their resumes out on the tables for conference participants to look through. “They can leaf through them, and if anything stands out, they can contact us, and on breaks we can go out and talk to them and network ourselves,� said Kyra Meadows, sophomore electrical engineering major and Marshall University SAME-ASCE chapter member. “If you’re looking for an internship, Co-Op, actual job, trying to get into grad school- it’s good for all that.�

THE PARTHENON Marshall’s SAME-ASCE student chapter held its annual winter technical conference providing engineering students with project funds, job opportunities, and current information about their future field.

Engineering professionals and Marshall University engineering students learned about advancements in the field and made connections at the 10th Annual Richard F. McCormick Technical Conference Thursday, which was conducted by the Marshall University Society of American Military Engineers – American Society of Civil Engineers (SAME-ASCE) student chapter. “[The Richard F. McCormick Technical Conference] is a fundraiser for SAME-ASCE here at Marshall, and we use the money to fund the Virginia Conference where we take a steel bridge and concrete canoe and

While providing students with project funds and potential job opportunities, the conference also serves to educate engineers as to what is happening in their field. “(The Richard F. McCormick Technical Conference) helps educate our engineers of the state so that we can maintain our infrastructure,� said Caleb Mitchell, senior civil engineering major and Marshall University SAME-ASCE chapter vice-president. “There’s been a lot of news about its degrading and there’s been a lot of news about wanting to improve that infrastructure with our current administration. This event is fundamental to our engineering understanding of our infrastructure.�

The Marshall University SAME-ASCE chapter will compete in the 2018 ASCE Student Conference in Virginia March 22-24.

Ginny Blake can be contacted at blake185@marshall.edu.

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