Nov 12, 2014

“Different things bring up different memories. I still remember them like they used to be. I have some good memories.” >Former assistant football coach Red Dawson

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INSIDE: NEWS, 2

> ROSENBERG TRIALS > ELF THE MUSICAL > FINANCIAL AID >HIGHER ED FORUM

LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON

SPORTS, 3

> RED DAWSON Q&A

JESSI STARKEY | THE PARTHENON

OPINION, 4

> COLLEGE IS STUPID >CIVIL FORFEITURE > BUSY WORK “College is an opportunity and a privilege, and just because you are tight on time doesn’t mean you can give it up so easily.”

LIFE!, 6

> INTO-MU VIEWS “People are very friendly and help you when you need something. So, I think I’ve adapted well here.”

JARED CASTO | THE PARTHENON

Quilts of Valor cloak veterans with honor

By KELLY PATE

THE PARTHENON The West Virginia chapter of the Quilts of Valor foundation awarded 30 military veterans with handmade quilts. Tuesday on the Memorial Student Center plaza.

Quilts of Valor was founded in 2003, according to the organization website. The mission of the foundation is to cover service members and veterans with comforting and healing quilts. The son of founder Catherine Reynolds suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) upon returning from Iraq, so she made him a quilt to calm his mind. Reynolds said the quilt helped “ward off his war demons,” so well, in fact, that she decided to provide his entire unit with quilts.

Each quilt given out Tuesday was handmade by volunteers.

The ceremony included war veterans and soldiers from the Korean War, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. Each person recognized came forward as the quilters placed them over the veteran’s shoulders.

Combat veteran Tommy Reynolds, director of military and veterans affairs, received the final quilt of the ceremony and said he did not even know if he felt worthy to receive the honor alongside the other veterans.

“Each and every one of these veterans who got a quilt today really deserved it for their service,” Reynolds said. “Hopefully,

we can make Marshall’s campus the most military-friendly campus in the nation.”

David Moske, a Marshall University student who served in the Army six years, said the ceremony really showed how this area honors its veterans.

“This was a good step for Marshall,” Moske said. “It’s an even better step for veterans.

The acceptance of the community of veterans here is great.

A lot of other places, you do not get that.”

Volunteer with Quilts of Valor and president of Home of the Brave quilting project Maribeth Shreve helped make the quilts.

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Out of this world lecture coming to campus

By ANTHONY DAVIS

THE PARTHENON Esteemed Hubble astrophysicist and author, Mario Livio, will lecture on Marshall University’s campus at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Student Center.

Livio, an astrophysicist with the Space Telescope Science Institute, will lecture on the topic of his latest book, “Brilliant Blunders.” The best-selling book discusses major mistakes that well-known forefathers of modern science made while making significant discoveries, according to Livio’s website.

The Society of Yeager Scholars and the Marshall Honors College sponsored the lecture, which will take place in Room BE5 of the student center at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

The event, which is open to the public, will include a book signing and a reception after the lecture.

All of the blunders discussed are related to the evolution of life, the earth and of the universe as a whole, according to Livio’s website.

Livio said in a press release he will

Honor Guard member James McCloud receives his Quilt of Valor Tuesday on the Memorial Student Center plaza.

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Six year Army veteran and Marshall University student David Moske receives his Quilt of Valor Tuesday on the Memorial Student Center plaza.

describe the blunders and their importance to science.

“I will also scrutinize the various types of blunders and attempt to identify their causes,” Livio said. “Most importantly, however, I’ll argue that blunders are not only inevitable, but rather part and parcel of progress in science and other creative enterprises.”

Nicki LoCascio, interim dean of the Honors College, said in a press release she encourages people of all interests to attend the lecture.

“Dr. Livio’s lecture should be an eyeopener for many,” LoCascio said. “Science is often taught as a controlled, step-wise and logical progression toward the truth. In fact, his described blunders account for some of the greatest scientific advancement. ‘Brilliant Blunders’ is a fascinating read for everyone.”

Mario Livio has worked at the Space Telescope Science Institute since 1991, according to the STSI. The STSI is the institute that conducts the program of the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as the James Webb Space Telescope that will be launched in 2018.

Livio has done fundamental research that looks into topics such as extrasolar planets, the emergence of intelligent life in the universe, supernova explosions and cosmology, according to STSI. Livio also published more that 400 scientific publications and was featured on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”

Copies of “Brilliant Blunders” are available at the Marshall University Bookstore.

Anthony Davis can be contacted at davis669@marshall.edu.

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MUPD investigating Twin Towers East break-ins

By TIM CARRICO

THE PARTHENON Thieves are targeting student dormitories for electronic devices and Marshall University Police are urging students to use caution. MUPD is investigating a string of break-ins in the Twin Towers East dormitory. Police said the thieves are stealing electronic devices, such as headphones and laptops, from unlocked dorm rooms. Within a week’s time, three robberies occurred in TTE. Marshall Police Chief Jim Terry said the incidents appear to be related.

“We have reason to believe that each one of these robberies is connected, because they all are happening within the same area,” Terry said. “The thieves are targeting high dollar electronic devices, and we’re continuing to investigate this matter.”

One of the robberies occurred at 2:19 p.m. Oct. 31.

Terry said the thieves walked into a student’s room and stole a pair of Beats Solo headphones.

“The victim in this crime said in his statement that he thought he heard the door being opened while he was sleeping,” Terry said. “The victim thought he was dreaming and went back to bed. However, when he woke up, he realized his headphones were missing from his desk.”

Another robbery occurred between the hours of 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Oct. 23 on the eighth floor of TTE. Terry said the victim left her door unlocked, which allowed the thieves to walk away with a Toshiba laptop.

“When you leave your room door unlocked, you’re leaving yourself vulnerable to falling the victim to a crime,” Terry said.

All of the cases connected to the string of burglaries remain open and no arrests have been made.

Terry said there are ways to prevent these types of crimes from happening.

“Just use common sense,” Terry said. “Make sure your

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Robert Meeropol shares the Rosenberg’s story

By J’LEIGHA LONG

THE PARTHENON Robert Meeropol, one of the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, shared his parents story with Marshall University students and the Huntington community during a Rosenberg trial seminar sponsored

by Marshall’s Department of Social Work and the College of Health Professions.

In his speech, Meeropol told the story of his parents’ trial and eventual execution for crimes they never actually commited.

“In July, 1950, Julius Rosenberg was arrested, after that,

just a few weeks later, the Korean War began,” Meeropol said. “Rosenberg and his wife, Ethel, were executed on June 19, 1953, before the Korean War ended.”

The Rosenberg’s were charged with conspiracy to commit espionage. They were tried and sentenced for giving the secret of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.

“The Rosenberg’s trial was appealed to the Supreme Court nine times, but the court refused to even review the record,” Meeropol said. “At that

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ABOVE AND LEFT: Students listen as Robert Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, speaks Tuesday in Drinko Library Room 402.

The Rosenbergs were accused and executed for sharing information about the United States’ atomic bomb with the Soviet Union in 1953.

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INSERT: This image shows the bomb notes Julius Rosenburg was accused of sharing. Meeropol passed around the document during his talk Tuesday in Drinko Library Room 402.

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Higher education costs, challenge for students

By HALEY WADE

THE PARTHENON For some students, finding a way to pay for higher education can be the one of the most challenging parts of earning a degree.

While student loans offer a way to pay for the costs of college before graduation, a study done in 2009 for collegefactual.com reports that Marshall University’s student loan default rates reached more than 13 percent, while the national average for the year was more than 8 percent.

For students, this means Marshall has been shown to have graduates fail to pay back student loans at nearly twice the rate of the average college in the United States.

It is estimated that more than $46 billion is offered to higher education students in scholarships and grants each year, according to debt.org.

A study done for edvisors.com states the average amount of debt for the undergraduate class of 2014 was estimated to be more than $33 thousand in the United States.

Assistance in paying for school can be given to students for a variety of reasons, from athletic scholarships, to scholarships based on test grades.

Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of edvisor.com, said although help is available, many students aren’t utilizing it.

“Student’s don’t file for

FAFSA out of the fear that they won’t receive scholarship money, or because they aren’t certain what help is offered,” Kantrowitz said. “Some students think they will have to pay the money back, and other’s aren’t sure how to navigate the website and forms.”

Senior Courtney Law said while she knows the opportunities are available, she has yet to reach out.

“I don’t have a scholarship, and I guess I just haven’t really looked for one,” Law said.

“I’m graduating this spring, so I just haven’t thought to look into it too much.”

Senior Amanda Dunbar said she was able to acquire her scholarship after taking a test colleges use to determine

which students meet grading criteria.

“I got the PROMISE Scholarship because the scores on my ACT met the requirements,” Dunbar said. “It helps to not have to pay for every last dollar I owe. I didn’t apply for anything else, but I’m glad I got a scholarship that’s followed me until senior year.”

Dunbar said she thinks students should apply for scholarships, regardless of their standing in college.

“I don’t think it’s ever too late to apply,” Dunbar said.

“Every little bit helps, so students should try to see what they can get.”

Haley Wade can be contacted at wade68@marshall.edu.

First of three higher education forums coming to campus Thursday night

By HANNAH SAYRE

THE PARTHENON A higher education forum that will allow students and faculty a Q & A with legislators will occur 6 p.m. Thursday in the John Deaver Drinko Library Atrium.

Marshall University student body president Duncan Waugaman said this is a time for our students, our staff and faculty to ask legislators the important questions.

“I encourage everyone to come out and ask any questions they may have concerning Huntington and our university,” Waugaman said.

This forum is the first of three Marshall will host during

the next week. This event is intended to give attendees a chance to learn about budget cuts and the impact they will have on the university as a whole.

The event is sponsored by the Office of the President and Marshall University’s Faculty Senate.

The panel for the forums will consist of legislators and elected officials in the Huntington area.

The second forum will be Nov. 18 on Marshall’s South Charleston campus, and the third forum will be Nov. 20 at Marshall’s Mid-Ohio Valley Center. All events will begin at 6 p.m.

Hannah Sayre can be contacted at sayre81@marshall. edu.

Elf dances to Huntington

By SHALEE ROGNEY

THE PARTHENON “Elf: The Musical” is dancing its way to the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center as part of the Marshall Artists Series.

The musical comes to Huntington at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17.

The performance is an ensemble musical, which means the cast members play several roles throughout the performance. It is very similar to the movie, but not an exact replica.

The director added large musical numbers throughout the production.

Ashtia Jewell said she joined the chaos of an ensemble performance after playing lead roles in “The Chirstmas Carol” and “The Jungle Book.” The Dayton native is excited about the opportunity to join such an extensive cast.

“We are all so excited for the

performance and to tour the different cities,” Jewell said.

Jewell plays Santa’s Favorite Helper in the North Pole, an elf at Macy’s, Walter’s wife, Emily and a young lady at the end of the performance.

“Elf: The Musical” opened Nov. 10 in Utica, New York. The cast started rehearsing Oct. 14 in in the New York studio where Bradley Cooper is also preparing for his Broadway debut.

Jewell said she was awestruck to be working in the same studio as a renowned actor such as Cooper.

To accomplish a full dress rehearsal, the entire cast moved its location to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where it was able to use a local theater. The cast and stage crew had a week to perfect the show before opening night.

Aside from their multiple

roles, the actors must also perform large Broadway dance numbers.

Jewell said she and her fellow cast members spend their spare time working out to maintain their physique for the show.

“We have travel days, but as soon as we are off the bus, most of us are in the hotel gym as soon as the bus is in park,” Jewell said.

Jewell also said she believes the musical will become a modern day classic that people will talk about for years in the future.

“The movie has this huge following,” Jewell said. “I think it’s really going to be the new modern Christmas classic that people will be talking about 10 years from now.”

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Daniel Patrick Smith portrays Buddy in “Elf: The Musical.”

The performance is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center as part of the Marshall Artists Series. The performance is an ensemble musical, which means the cast members play several roles throughout the performace. Aside from their multiple roles, the actors must also perform large Broadway dance numbers.

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Remembering the 75 “Over the years your wounds heal, but they are still wounds.” - Red Dawson Former assistant coach for Marshall University football William “Red” Dawson spoke to The Parthenon about what this time of year is like for him. Dawson was one of the few members that did not board the plane that went down November 14, 1970. The plane carried 75 members of Marshall’s football team and the Huntington community He stayed at Marshall to coach for a year after the tragedy. forty-four years later, Dawson still honors those 75 individuals.

By JESSICA STARKEY SPORTS EDITOR

Q: What were those first few years like after the tragedy for you?

A: I couldn’t talk about it, and I didn’t want to talk about it. The fountain was put in place in 1972, and that’s when they started having the service every year. I used to park my car off campus and walk around behind a tree where no one could see me and listen to the service. I felt comfortable there. After I learned to talk about it I was able to sit out in the crowd.

Q: How did the tragedy affect you personally?

A: I didn’t watch any football games for a long time. I didn’t want to open up my wounds. I dedicated myself to helping as much as I could that first year after the crash, and that was a hard year. It was time for me to separate myself.

Q: What gave you the strength to stay and coach for a year after the tragedy?

A: I coached for a year because of the families. I wanted to see the football program continue. There had been some talk after the crash that Marshall would drop the football program. Dr. Dedmon talked to the remaining players and assured them that the program would continue, and that gave me something to get out of bed for.

Q: Would you say that time has helped you heal after the tragedy?

A: Over the years your wounds heal, but they are still wounds. Though time does help, I don’t think there is any question about that. It’s gotten easier over the years.

Q: Where did you go after that year?

A: I worked for a construction company. I started working for 12 hours a day. That started to help me sleep at night. If you get that tired you can’t think too much. It took my mind off of what had occurred.

Q: Do you find yourself remembering the 75 around this time of year?

A: Different things bring up different memories. I still remember them like they used to be. I have some good memories. I had a really hard time understanding how a tragedy like that could happen, and I still don’t get it. forty-four years later.

Q: Do you remember when you started coming around to watch Marshall football again?

A: I never went back into Fairfield Stadium for a game.

By the time the new stadium, The Joan opened up; Jim Donnan reached out to me and let me know I was welcome around the program. Then coach Bob Pruett did the same thing, and I started coming around to watch some games. I still don’t watch football the way I used to though.

Q: How do you feel about the success of this season?

A: It’s a really good year so far. I hope they don’t have a let down Saturday night, but I don’t think they will.

Coach Doc Holliday is doing a good job, and he’s got some fine assistant coaches. I get along with everybody over there.

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Don’t waste our time, we won’t waste yours

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THE FIRST AMENDMENT

The Constitution of the United States of America

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably assemble; and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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It seems to be a common misconception that college students have flexible time and commitments, and that we can adjust our schedules at the last minute or that we just have time to waste.

College students are strapped for time.

It is just the nature of the college life. We have classes most of the day, and then when classes are over, we have homework. Many of us also have part-time jobs, which makes it even more difficult to accomplish all of the things we need to in a day.

Believe it or not, college students are adults whose time is valuable. If you ask a college student to do anything that wastes his or her precious time, chances are they aren’t going to feel favorably about it.

Professors, if you are going to give an assignment make it worth our time — have a reason behind it. College students are often given the “slacker” title because we don’t do assignments that aren’t for a grade.

But, look at it from our perspective: if we have class from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. then work from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. that only leaves three hours for homework if we go to bed by midnight. If we have four assignments due the next day and only two of them are for a grade, it is logical to spend the extra time on an assignment you are getting something out of.

Because college students don’t have all

College is an opportunity and a privilege, and just because you are tight on time doesn’t mean you can give it up so easily.

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The EVIL of civil forfeiture They are setting the illogical precedent that inanimate objects can be guilty of crimes, which if they make the standard, could even be used to take guns away from the public.

By CAITLIN GRIMES

THE PARTHENON There is a threat to personal property rights occurring every day in this country. This threat to individual’s property is of course, civil forfeiture.

This practice is a process by which the government can take and do what they want with your property without even seeking a conviction of a crime.

You heard me right, the government can take your property and dispose of it by any means it deems fit, all without even charging and finding you guilty of a crime. What makes it even worse is the police departments seizing this property can sell it and then pocket all of the money, incentivizing these departments to actively practice civil forfeiture.

the time in the world, we have to prioritize our assignments and if we know the professor isn’t going to take it up, that time might be better applied elsewhere.

The argument comes up: if college students don’t have time to spend equally on all of their classes and assignments, why bother coming to college at all? Well, it just isn’t that simple.

College is an opportunity and a privilege, and just because you are tight on time doesn’t mean you can give it up so easily.

Many of us are here on scholarships and government grants, and we don’t have money to live on so we have to work, and we can’t afford to drop out and lose the opportunity we have been afforded.

It’s a sad situation, but sometimes that means you work with the time you do have and make the best of it, so when professors are writing up their syllabi, perhaps they should consider eliminating assignments that require out of class time but aren’t for a grade.

Some of us are just getting by in college, and while professors shouldn’t have to accommodate slacker students, it would be nice to give those who are trying their best a break. Mostly, it is respect, professors don’t appreciate it when students waste their time, and we don’t appreciate it when you waste ours either.

How can this gross infraction be occurring right under the nose of everyday citizens? Civil forfeiture cases are processed under the basis that the property, may it be cash, homes, cars or even jewelry can be found “guilty” of a crime. In the eyes of our government, inanimate objects with no subconscious can be found guilty of crimes.

Recently The New York Times listened in on a few recordings of civil forfeiture seminars being conducted in police departments throughout the country. It found that not only were these seminars teaching seminars on how to obtain these “little goodies,” but also teaching officers how to be picky about the property they sought. The “experts” focused on cash and cars, because it was too difficult to dispose of jewelry.

The practice of civil forfeiture originally started as a way to tackle drug offenses, but now is being done for offenses such as drunk driving, shoplifting, solicitation and even statutory rape.

My issue is not that these crimes are horrible and need to be addressed but how the government seems to be tackling the problem. They are setting the illogical precedent that inanimate objects can be guilty of crimes, which if they make the standard, could even be used to take guns away from the public.

Objects do not have consciousness, personalities or any system by which to make decisions.

They are simply the tools individuals use to meet and end, may it be illegal or legal in nature. The government should focus more on convicting and punishing criminals instead of stealing their tools of business, which can be easily replaced.

The biggest issue with civil forfeiture is that it encourages “policing for profit,” encouraging officers of the law to search for crimes to put against objects that they simply desire. One statistic that I came across stated 80 percent of people who had their property seized for forfeiture, were never charged with a crime.

Civil forfeiture is an evil practice being used in this country to fill rainy day funds used by police departments, some departments even allow for the officers to drive cars that have been seized.

It is an infraction on individuals property rights and completely undermines are justice system.

It is a crime being perpetrated by those who are supposed to protect against theft and it should be addressed as such.

Caitlin Grimes can be contacted at grimes26@marshall.edu.

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Column COLLEGE IS STUPID,BUT COLLEGE IS BEAUTIFUL Take the struggle one step at a time, and don’t wish it away.

Because it will be gone before you know it.

By CODI MOHR

EXECUTIVE EDITOR It’s that time of the semester when we all—from seniors down to freshmen—come to the same conclusion: college is stupid.

All the assignments start to pile up and are due in the same week. You spend hours and hours in the library, sometimes until 4 a.m., just to come back the next morning. Your eyes burn from all the reading, your head is pounding from staring at a computer screen and your body is so confused about when to be hungry.

Everything piles up, and everyone begins to look a little zombified—more leggings, more messy buns, more naked face days, etc.

But as I recently registered for my final semester at Marshall University, even in the midst of all of this, I had an epiphany: college is beautiful.

No, not all of these seemingly monotonous assignments are going to have significance in your future professional life.

But the beauty of ridiculous assignments, something I’m not sure I even can admit after reflection, is subtle. You can find it in the sense of satisfaction you get from finally hitting submit, in the knowledge that most of the people around you are also trying to stay afloat in sinking lifeboats just like you, in the dedication you put into these projects. It doesn’t seem like it’s worth it at the time, but then you really think about how different your life is going to be post-graduation. A few rough assignments don’t seem so bad in comparison to life in the real world.

It’s stressful, and it genuinely sucks sometimes, but that’s life.

Don’t look at it as pointless work that will have no effect on your future, look at it as an experience.

It’s a chance to learn—whether the lesson is learning how not to procrastinate, how to effectively organize your schedule or just a way to appreciate the slow days.

Soon you’ll be out in the real world, fighting for a job or fighting to prove yourself to your employers as a recent graduate.

For now, you’re just a student.

Embrace these four (or more) short years as a phase in your life.

That means finding the beauty in the all-nighters and the last second homework you forgot about and the chapters of reading and the hours of studying.

Take the struggle one step at a time, and don’t wish it away. Because it will be gone before you know it.

Codi Mohr can be contacted at mohr13@marshall.edu.

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QUILTS

Continued from page 1 “We starting cutting out the fabric in February 2014,” Shreve said. “We have been working all year, through numerous setbacks, to complete all the quilts on time. Everything just seemed to work out through God’s help that we could finish every single quilt and pray over them before giving them out today.”

Shreve also said a child drew each quilt square, and they sewed them together to form complete quilts.

“Some of the things that the children wrote were just unreal,” Shreve said. “They wrote encouraging words to the veterans and really blew us away.

They made the entire project a success.”

Kelly Pate can be contacted at pate20@marshall.edu.

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Continued from page 2 time, the presidents were Presidents Truman and then President Eisenhower—and both denied their request for clemency.”

During this time, the courts didn’t require tangible evidence to charge them for conspiracy.

All the government needed was witnesses, all of whom were charged with the same conspiracy and received favorable treatment for testifying that the Rosenbergs were guilty.

“The Rosenbergs' brother and sister-in-law, Ruth Greenglass and David Greenglass, testified that Julius, with the help of Ethel, helped recruit David into an atomic spy ring in the year of 1944,” Meeropol said.

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Los Alamos in New Mexico as an Army sergeant. This is where the first atomic bomb was constructed. There was one set of sketches with a description of the bomb that David provided for attendees of the lecture to view. In September 1945, David Greenglass swore during the trial Julius Rosenberg had done one of the sketches. He also said Ethel typed up David’s notes and she helped steal what the prosecution considered “the most important scientific secret ever known to mankind.”

“In the 1970s, the FBI documents were first made public,” Meeropol said. “The Rosenbergs denied all charges while they testified in their own defense. They refused to answer repeated questions during the prosecution. They invoked their Fifth Amendment rights.

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feel that they were guilty of being members of the Communist Party and also that they were spies for the Soviet Union.”

On the day of their sentencing, Judge Kaufman sentenced the Rosenbergs to death for conspiracy. During the sentencing, he said he considered their crimes worse than murder.

“I believe your conduct in putting into the hands of the Russians the A-bomb, years before our best scientists predicted Russia would perfect the bomb,” Kaufman said, “has already caused, in my opinion, the Communist aggression in Korea, with the resultant casualties exceeding fifty thousand, and who knows how many millions more of innocent people may pay the price of your treason.”

Meeropol said after the sentencing, two scientists, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Harold Urey,

stated there was no secret of the atomic bomb. After other scientists agreed with the assessments of these scientists, they found out the Greenglass’ material was incorrect and incomplete. The material the Greenglass’ brought forth didn’t serve any value to the Russians.

In 2008, the transcripts of 43 out of the 46 witnesses who testified before the grand jury that indicted the Rosenbergs were released to the public.

In these transcripts, including the late Ruth Greenglass’ testimony, it didn’t mention anything about the meeting that David Greenglass said occurred. It didn’t mention the atomic bomb sketch or Ethel Rosenberg typing notes for Julius Rosenburg. It didn’t even mention any hand-written notes or Ethel’s presence during the meeting.

On the same day, Morton Sobell came forward and said Julius Rosenburg passed nonatomic, military-industrial information to the USSR to help them defeat the Nazis during WWII. The United States government knew all along Ethel Rosenberg was not a spy agent, and Julius Rosenberg wasn’t an atomic spy, but executed them anyway.

“During the 1940’s, Julius Rosenberg engaged in nonatomic espionage,” Meeropol said. “The Greenglass’ delivered the atomic information to the Soviet Union. Neither Ethel Rosenberg nor Julius Rosenberg were a member of the atomic spy ring that had stolen the secret of the atomic bomb.”

J’Leigha Long can be contacted at long160@marshall.edu.

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To contact Marshall University’s Police Department call (304) 696-6406.

Tim Carrico can be contacted at carrico26@ marshall.edu.

Robert Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, speaks to students Tuesday in John Deaver Drinko Library. The Rosenbergs were accused and executed for sharing information about the United States’ atomic bomb with the Soviet Union in 1953.

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Marilyn Monroe's lost love letters to be auctioned JOHN ROGERS

ASSOCIATED PRESS It's no secret Joe DiMaggio loved Marilyn Monroe. The baseball great cried at her funeral and for 20 years had flowers placed at her crypt several times a week.

The public displays were unusual for the famously stoic and private DiMaggio. Now, his heartbreak over the breakup of their marriage will get a rare public airing when "Marilyn Monroe's Lost Archives" goes up for bid at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills next month.

"I love you and want to be with you," DiMaggio said in one pained letter to Monroe from the collection, written when she announced she was filing for divorce after a matter of months in 1954. "There is nothing I would like better than to restore your confidence in me."

The 300 items also include love letters from Monroe's third and final husband, playwright Arthur Miller. There's also a handwritten letter from Monroe to Miller in which the woman who was arguably Hollywood's greatest sex symbol muses about her many insecurities.

DiMaggio wrote in his letter that he learned Monroe was

leaving him when he saw her make the announcement on television.

"My heart split even wider seeing you cry in front of all these people," he wrote in the letter addressed to "Mrs. Joe DiMaggio" and mailed special delivery.

Other letters in the collection come from such friends as Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Jane Russell, the latter imploring Monroe in 10 neatly handwritten pages to give her marriage to DiMaggio another chance.

"It really gives you the chills when you read some of the stuff and see the intimacy and the personal nature of it," said auction curator Martin Nolan, who spent nine months organizing and cataloging the collection.

Auction owner Darren Julien estimates the pieces could fetch $1 million or more, noting a watercolor Monroe painted and planned to give to President John Kennedy went for $80,000 at an estate auction nine years ago. Monroe's "collectability" has skyrocketed in recent years, driven in part by deep-pocketed Asian and European collectors with a fondness for American pop-culture artifacts, he said.

The fact that the centerpiece of this collection is not just celebrity tchotchkes but deeply personal artifacts is also expected to fuel interest.

"We anticipate a lot of fans will be here. They'll fly in from all over the world," said Julien, who will put the items on display to the public at his Beverly Hills gallery for four days before they go on the block Dec. 5-6.

Monroe, who died of a drug overdose at age 36 in 1962, willed "The Lost Archives" to her mentor, the legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg. He gave it to a friend he trusted would take proper care.

That friend's family, which Julien said wants to remain anonymous, obviously met Strasberg's expectations. Many of the letters look as pristine as the day their authors wrote them.

"Please, if I've ever made you cry or made you even more sadder, ever for a second, please forgive me, my perfect girl. I love you," Miller wrote in a pencil-scribbled P.S. at the bottom of a typewritten letter.

In a reply to one of his missives, Monroe takes issue with what the author of "Death of a Salesman" had called her

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nobility in handling a difficult childhood followed by public adulation that nearly crushed her.

"In other words, there was no choice to make, the same road was always before me," she wrote. "So for you to speak of my nobility, it really wasn't so noble."

She went on to say: "It's doubly difficult to understand that you, the most different, most beautiful human being, chose me to love."

Other items in the collection include a 19-minute reel of a movie made for Monroe after her final picture, 1961's "The Misfits," wrapped. It shows her frolicking happily at the beach with co-star Gable and others.

Notably, there's also a framed letter she kept on her coffee table from costume designer Cecil Beaton, who assured her she really was a fine actress.

"It's fantastic to see how loved she was," Nolan said.

"Like you thought she was vulnerable and not loved and she craved love and she needed that reassurance. But she had it. She had it with Joe DiMaggio.

She had it with Arthur Miller."

And, so it seems, she still has it with much of the rest of the world.

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Meet an INTO Marshall Student

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By JARED CASTO

Anabel Fernandez Ortiz is an INTO Marshall University student from Spain who came to America in August. She studied business and tourism in Spain before moving to West Virginia. She now attends Marshall University due to recommendations from her boyfriend and friend. She is currently a Marshall freshman English major. After graduating, Ortiz plans to get her master’s degree, though she’s not sure if she’ll get it from Marshall or somewhere else. In Spain, Ortiz was a fan of American movies, so having even easier access to them in America has been one of her favorite parts of living here. In her free time, Ortiz likes playing tennis for fun, watching soccer, listening to music and traveling with friends.

Jared Casto can be contacted at casto173@marshall.edu.

How long have you lived in America?

Just two months.

I arrived here in August.

How do you think you have adapted to America?

It’s so difficult to adapt here because there are so many differences between here and my country. People are very friendly and help you when you need something. So, I think I’ve adapted well here.

How does Marshall University compare to the university you attended in Spain?

I think here the university is really good. In Spain it’s only 'go to class.' You don’t have a cafeteria.

Here it’s like a family. People go together, there are a lot of activities, there are a lot of sports. In Spain, it’s nothing. It’s only go to a class and go back.

Why did you choose to come to Marshall?

Well, my boyfriend came to West Virginia Tech with a scholarship, so I wanted to come [to West Virginia] to study. And my friend, like two years ago, went [to Marshall] to study. And she told me 'It’s really nice. You have to go there!' So I came here.

What are your plans after you graduate?

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I want to study for my master’s degree, but I don’t know if here or somewhere else. I want to stay [in America], but I don’t know if at Marshall because I want to know more places.

How do you keep in touch with your family in Spain?

I talk with them over the phone, texting or over Skype. In Spain, it’s six hours more. When it’s 5 p.m. here, in Spain it’s 11 p.m., so it’s difficult.

What are some of your hobbies?

I like sports, but I’m not in any sports or clubs. I like to play tennis, but I like to watch soccer.

I don’t like to play soccer. I have normal hobbies like listening to music, traveling with friends— just normal hobbies.

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What has been your favorite experience in America so far?

In Spain, we watched a lot of American movies. So when I arrived here, all I see are American movies.