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Jeannie "Folksy" Harrison, Nitro native, is in the process of building a community garden and education center in which West Virginia residents struggling with substance abuse may find a safe haven and develop hobbies alongside others affected by addiction. The Gro Huntington site will be developed in January 2017.

Helping Huntington 'Gro' Fighting substance abuse with mindful gardening, yoga

By TOM JENKINS

THE PARTHENON Jeannie Harrison had big dreams for a girl from Nitro, West Virginia. The Marshall alumni dreamt of doing something big after she left West Virginia and she studied psychology and political science while at Marshall, and eventually went to Georgetown for graduate school.

“I believed that for years, that I was too big for Huntington, West Virginia.”

Her story began in the basement of the Huntington City Hall, where Harrison helped lead “West Virginia SADD” (Students Against Destructive Decisions) for nearly five years.

She got involved with SADD in high school and was eventually put in charge when she became a Marshall student.

“They basically put me in the basement, gave me $50,000 and said ‘run our state program,’” Harrison said. “For an 18-year-old that would usually be intimidating, but, for me, I learned a lot.”

She then moved to Washington D.C., where she earned her graduate degree studying government and non-profit outreach.

Then she spent a few years working as a consultant in marketing and public

“It’s hard to live in this state and not be effected just because addiction is such an issue, and frankly we live in an addictive culture.”

— Jeannie Harrison, Gro Huntington founder relations for non-profits.

Along the way, Harrison picked up the nickname of “Folksy,” referring to her West Virginia heritage and pride.

She eventually returned to Huntington with her husband for a temporary visit.

“Originally it was just supposed to be for three months, my husband and I were just stopping over,” Harrison said.

“He was off to grad school in the fall and he was going to Denver, [Colorado]. I was so excited about moving to Denver and then, when the time came … I couldn’t do it.”

Harrison said she “just had this feeling” about Huntington; that something was keeping her here, but she didn’t know why at the time.

“I told him, ‘I love you, but I can’t go to Denver and … I don’t know why,’” Harrison said.

Harrison stayed in Huntington, where she tried to

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find a way to not only better the city, but also the people of West Virginia.

“I was at dinner with a friend who was also a SADD kid, and it came to me all at once,” Harrison said. “I am going to start an urban farm and we’re going to help people with addiction.”

While in D.C., Jeannie fell in love with growing medicinal and edible spices and herbs.

“It’s the culmination of all the things I love in life,” Harrison said. “I love growing things, yoga and prevention.

Gro is me.”

In 2016, it’s hard to avoid the overwhelming issue that is the heroin and opium crisis in America. This fall, CNN named Huntington “America’s drug death capital,” in an expose piece that featured the small Jewel City.

With Harrison’s previous work in SADD, she said it

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was clear that this was her next chapter.

“It’s hard to live in this state and not be effected just because addiction is such an issue, and frankly we live in an addictive culture,” Harrison said. “I have lost a couple family members to addiction, and that was what initially started me on the path. I shortly became a SADD kid after my grandfather passed away.”

Harrison struggled with her own demons throughout her life, dealing with issues like depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but she said what truly helped her was her discovery of yoga. Yoga will be a constant practice at “Gro Huntington,” an actvity Harrison said she believes to be a huge factor in recovery.

Harrison uses her own experiences and methods of healing to help those in need.

“I only know how to heal people the way I have healed,” Harrison said.

She believes that addiction recovery needs to be innovated and needs to change so that addicts aren’t looked down upon and so they can assimilate into their lives after addiction, thus her idea for the farm. see GRO | page 5

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A person looks out over the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline as the sun rises in Cannon Ball, N.D., Monday

Trump stays silent about Dakota Access pipeline

By JAMES MacPHERSON and BLAKE NICHOLSON

ASSOCIATED PRESS Industry leaders are urging President-elect Donald Trump to make approval of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline a "top priority" when he takes office next month, while opponents who have protested the project for months are vowing to stay put on their sprawling North Dakota encampment despite harsh winter weather and a tribal leaders' call to leave.

The moves come after the Army Corps of Engineers declined to issue a permit for the $3.8 billion pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

While the Corps' decision doesn't end the debate over the pipeline, industry analysts and the chairman of the Native American tribe that's led the protests said Monday they don't expect any developments for months.

Standing Rock Chairman Dave Archambault lauded the Corps' decision as taking "tremendous courage," and National Congress of American Indians President Brian Cladoosby said it showed "respect for tribal sovereignty."

The Standing Rock tribe believes the 1,200-mile pipeline to transport North

Dakota oil through the Dakotas and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois threatens drinking water and cultural sites. Dallas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners has denied that and said the pipeline will be safe.

The segment under Lake Oahe is the only remaining big chunk of construction.

"I am hopeful President-elect Trump will reject the Obama administration's shameful actions to deny this vital energy project," American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard said in a statement late Sunday.

The institute represents the U.S. oil and natural gas industry.

Trump supports construction of the pipeline, spokesman Jason Miller told The Associated Press on Monday, but Miller wouldn't say whether Trump would reverse the Corps' decision.

"We will review the full situation when we're in the White House and make the appropriate determination at that time," Miller said.

The MAIN Coalition, made up of agriculture, business and labor entities that benefit from Midwest infrastructure projects, also hopes Trump will pave the way for completion of the project. see PIPELINE | page 5

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INTO students take a break with hot cocoa THE PARTHENON INTO, in an attempt to help students deal with stress during finals week, had a hot cocoa break Monday.

Event coordinator Kenny Jones said he hosts the event every fall semester around dead week. The students generally come in and make their hot chocolate and decorate it right before going to class.

“Hot chocolate is always interesting because it isn’t a common drink in other countries and it’s an experience for the students who have never seen it before,” Jones said.

Other students came to the event as well because they were invited by INTO student friends.

“It seems like a good idea to have,” said freshman

Japanese major Caralee Casto. “Especially this week because everyone is stressed out right now and it gives them a chance to just take a break and sit down with friends who understand that kind of stress.”

INTO does not have coordinated events during finals week because Jones said he wants the students to focus on studying. This means the last INTO event for the semester will be the Christmas party Friday.

The party will offer stocking decorating for the first 80 students to arrive and will also feature a gingerbread house decorating contest for teams of two, where the top two teams will win prizes. The party is open to everyone in the Marshall community.

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The Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III, with the National Action Network, speaks during a prayer vigil in front of the Charleston County Courthouse as the jury deliberates in the Michael Slager trial Dec. 5 in Charleston, South Carolina. Slager, the former North Charleston police officer is charged with murder in the shooting death last year of Walter Scott.

World Council ‘Campus Judge declares mistrial Tea and Talk’ Thursday in Walter Scott shooting

By NOAH GILLISPIE

THE PARTHENON Campus Tea and Talk: A Black and White Affair will take place Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Marshall University Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall.

The motivation behind Campus Tea and Talk is to allow people to make new connections and promote an inclusive campus community.

This formal tea will have a variety of international teas, including some from China and India, and salty and sweet snacks. Iced tea will also be an option. Some of the teas will be on display as well.

“Even though we may look different, we may talk different, we are from different places and have different backgrounds, we are all kind of the same,” Hayley Cornwell, a graduate assistant and program developer for World Council, said. “My goal is for people to leave with at least two or three new relationships with people.”

In case there becomes a lull in conversation, there will be table topics to help those who may be nervous about meeting new people, with lighthearted topics like what TV shows people like.

Although RSVPs were due

by Dec. 2, all are still welcome to come. Cornwell said

they wouldn’t turn anyone away and that the purpose of the RSVP was so that they could be sure people would be seated with people of different cultural backgrounds.

Cornwell said although business casual attire is encouraged, it is not required and that she doesn’t want the attire to keep people from coming. People are also encouraged to wear black and white in order to show that Marshall’s campus is unified despite our differences.

“A lot of people have asked, ‘With the political climate, how do you think this event will take?’ Well, we planned it before the election was over, but I think it is a good time for it,” Cornwell said.

The event is free and being hosted by World Council, a new initiative coming out of the Office of Intercultural Affairs. Marshall Students from over 12 different countries serve on World Council, which serves as a think tank where they get together at least twice a month to discuss ways in order to make Marshall a more inclusive campus.

All Marshall students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.

Noah Gillispie can be contacted at gillispie51@ marshall.edu.

By BRUCE SMITH and SEANNA ADCOX

ASSOCIATED PRESS A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white, former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist.

A panel of one black and 11 white jurors — who had seemed close to a verdict to convict on Friday, with apparently only one holdout — said Monday they were unable to reach a unanimous decision after deliberating more than 22 hours over four days.

"We as a jury regret to inform the court that despite the best efforts of all parties we are unable to come to a unanimous decision," said Circuit Judge Clifton Newman, reading a note from the jury before declaring a mistrial.

Former patrolman Michael Slager was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015 shooting death of 50-yearold Walter Scott. The judge had said the jury could also consider a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Cellphone video taken by a bystander that showed Scott being shot in the back five times was shown widely in the media and on the internet and shocked the country, inflaming the national debate about

how blacks are treated by law enforcement officers.

After the video went public, Slager was fired by the police department and charged with murder. Scott's family called for peace in the North Charleston community. Their calls for calm are believed to have helped prevent the kind of violence that erupted elsewhere when black men were killed in encounters with law enforcement.

It's the second time in recent weeks a jury has deadlocked in an officer-involved shooting. A mistrial was declared Nov. 12 when a jury in Cincinnati couldn't reach a verdict in the case of a former campus police officer who was also charged with shooting a black motorist.

The video in the Scott slaying renewed debate over how blacks are treated by white law officers. There have been similar debates over race and policing in places from New York to Ferguson, Missouri and from Tulsa, Oklahoma to North Carolina.

Slager's wife, Jamie, cried after the jurors were dismissed and briefly put her head on the bench in front of her. She said "thank you for everything" to the defense lawyers as they left the courtroom. She did not respond when reporters asked if she wanted to comment.

One female juror wiped

away tears with her hands and a tissue as the attorneys addressed them and thanked them for their hours of work.

There were no outbursts in the courtroom. Savage did not comment.

Scott's mother and brother said outside the courthouse that justice will eventually prevail.

"I'm not sad because I know justice will be served," Judy Scott said.

Scott's family also called for peaceful protests.

"We're not going to tear up this city," said Scott's brother, Anthony. "We're not happy.

But we're not sad."

Asked whether he could forgive Slager, Anthony Scott said he could eventually "find the peace" to forgive the exofficer but not before justice is served.

"He gets to spend Christmas with his family," he said of Slager.

Wilson praised Scott's family for their patience and understanding.

"They have not received the credit they deserve in their calm leadership for the community," she said in a statement. "The Scotts have been a sterling example of dignity and grace in extraordinary circumstances."

Slager also faces trial next year in federal court on

charges of depriving Scott of his civil rights.

While Slager is white and Scott was black, the video, not the races of the men, dominated the trial.

Scott was pulled in North Charleston for having a broken taillight on his 1990 Mercedes and then fled the car, running into a vacant lot.

Family members have said he may have run because he was worried about going to jail because he was $18,000 behind on child support.

The prosecution argued that the 35-year-old Slager let his sense of authority get the better of him.

The defense maintained that the two men wrestled on the ground, that Scott got control of Slager's stun gun and then pointed the weapon at the 35-year-old officer before the shooting. The defense also contended there was no way the officer could tell if Scott was unarmed.

Last year, the city of North Charleston reached a $6.5 million civil settlement with Scott's family. In the wake of the shooting, the city also asked that the U.S. Justice Department conduct a review of its police department policies with an eye toward how the department can improve its relationship with residents.

‘Thank a Donor’ holiday Performance brings holiday season to Keith-Albee Thurs. cards available to students THE PARTHENON Students can stop by the Memorial Student Center Wednesday to fill out holiday cards for scholarship donors.

Representatives from the Marshall University Foundation will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cards will be provided by the foundation.

If a scholarship recipient is

not available during the times listed above, they can visit the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Students can get a card from Krystle Davis.

Students can also email a message to Davis to be included in a holiday card to their donor.

THE PARTHENON The Big Band Holidays performance with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis will be at the Keith-Albee Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for a celebration of “the most wonderful time of the year.”

In 1988, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra was formed as Lincoln Center’s resident orchestra. Comprised of 15 of today’s finest jazz soloists and ensemble players, the

orchestra spends over a third of the year on tour and can be heard through its weekly national radio programs, global television broadcasts and numerous recordings.

The orchestra will be performing brand new arrangements of songs both sacred and secular from Billie Holiday’s “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” to seasonal favorites like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

Wynton Marsalis is a Pulitzer

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Prize-winning composer and trumpeter that came from a talent-filled family. Wynton is the son of jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis, Jr., grandson of Ellis Marsalis, Sr., and brother of saxophonist Branford, trombonist Delfeayo, and drummer Jason.

Along with being a nine-time Grammy Award winner, Wynton is the only artist to ever receive Grammy Awards for both classical and jazz records.

Guest vocalist Catherine Russell will also be

performing in the holiday show. Russell comes from a family of jazz royalty herself, and is an audience favorite at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Tickets for the performance are free for full time Marshall students and half off for part time students. Tickets are available in the box office located in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse on the Marshall University campus. Box office hours are Monday through Friday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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Herd swimming & diving defeats Ohio

By RICK FARLOW

THE PARTHENON The Marshall University swim and dive team defeated the Ohio Bobcats on Friday at the Fitch Natatorium in Huntington.

At the end of the meet’s 16 events, the Herd came out on top by a score of 173 to 127.

Marshall is undefeated at home this season and improves its overall win-loss record to 6-3.

Marshall had only defeated Ohio once before this meet.

“It’s great to beat Ohio,” head swim coach Bill Tramel said.

“They got us pretty good last year up there, so it’s certainly nice to the win here. It was a team win and every point counted down the stretch.

The events included the 200-meter medley relay, 1000-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, 100-meter backstroke, 100-meter breast stroke, 200-meter fly, 50-meter free, 3-meter diving, 100-meter free, 200-meter back and 200-meter breast stroke, 500-meter free, 100-meter fly, 1-meter diving, 400-meter individual medley and the 200-meter freestyle relay. Marshall placed first in 11 of the 16 events.

Though Marshall won the majority of events, Ohio dominated in the freestyle events, as they accounted for four of its five wins. Ohio won the 1000,

500, 200 and 50-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke.

Marshall swimmers Sirena Rowe, Chloe Parsemain, Catherine Bendziewicz and Gloriya Mavrova teamed up in the first event to win the 200-yard medley relay with a final time of 1:45.75, beating Ohio by almost two seconds.

Rowe, a freshman, continued her breakout season with wins in the 100-yard breaststroke, the 100-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle relay.

She placed final times of 57.31 and 53.00 respectively in her individual events while contributing to the winning final time of 1:35.94 in the relay.

Benziewicz went on to win the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke with times 1:06.51 and 2:21.49 respectively. Parsemain won the 100-yard butterfly with a final time of 56.81.

Marshall freshman Caroline Wanner also achieved a first place finish in the 400-yard individual medley. She posted a final time of 4:27.52.

The meet included multiple photo finishes for first place.

Six of Friday’s first place wins were decided by less than half a second. Marshall won every event that was decided in less than a second. Marshall’s Catherine Bendziewicz and Ohio’s Claire Mikesell battled it out for first place in the

100-yard breaststroke. Bendziewicz won by less than a tenth of a second.

Marshall diving produced a stellar night, as well, winning both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. The highlight of the divers’ night, however, was Marshall senior Megan Wolons. Wolons placed first in both events by a large margin and qualified for zone competition in the 1-meter dive.

Qualifying for zone competition means Wolons will have the opportunity to compete in a regional diving tournament in Blacksburg, Virginia this spring.

She will compete for a chance to go to the NCAA national diving tournament. Wolons almost qualified for zone competition in the 3-meter dive, as well, but was a fourth of a point shy of qualifying (Wolons needed at least a 280.00 to qualify, she scored a 279.75).

“She looked at me and said ‘Don’t worry I’m going to do it on one meter, watch this,’” head diving coach Tony Cortright said. “Megan is one of those athletes. When she’s here, she’s here to dive.”

Marshall will not compete again until Jan. 20 when they travel to Harrisonburg, Virginia to take on James Madison and the Virginia Military Institute.

Rick Farlow can be contacted at farlow@marshall.edu.

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College Football Playoff committee gets it right

By JAKE GRIFFITH

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Every year at this time, sports fans always have the same debate when it comes to college football.

“Did they get it right?”

They referring to, in this case, the College Football Playoff committee. This weekend that very same committee selected what they thought of as the four best college football teams in America.

Undefeated Southeastern Conference champion Alabama claimed the top spot, followed

by Atlantic Coast Conference champ Clemson, then oneloss Ohio State and, finally, Pac-12 champion Washington rounded out the field at four.

Sounds like a solid list, right?

Well,itdependsonwhoyouask.

People are always going to have heartache when their team gets left out in the cold.

But, this time around, you could make a legitimate argument that the committee may not have gotten it right.

At the heart of the issue are two schools, both from the same conference: Penn State and Michigan. One of those schools, Penn State, won the Big Ten championship on Saturday, coming from behind to knock off Wisconsin. Oh, and they beat Ohio State, the same OSU team who made it in the playoff over them. The other, Michigan, beat those very same Nittany

Lions by 39 points in their only meeting of the season.

One problem people seem to have, though, is that the committee inexplicably decided that head-to-head meetings go out the window and Penn State’s conference title was meaningless, at least in regards to the playoff. The other problem is Michigan. The Wolverines are a two-loss team, yes, but their resume speaks for itself. The ninth toughest schedule in America, with a win over the eventual conference champs is impressive.

All that taken into account, I hate to break it to you Penn State and Michigan, but the committee got it right. Not just right, they nailed it.

Sure, Ohio State did lose to Penn State. But, think about this. Not only was that the Buckeyes lone loss on the year, it was to the eventual conference champions, making the loss feel not as bad as we first thought it was. Plus, the Big Ten was top-to-bottom a better conference this season than it has been in years, making it that much harder to navigate the second toughest schedule in FBS with just a singular loss.

After all, the conference has six teams in bowls this postseason.

I agree, it’s a bad look to have one of your supposed four best teams idle on championship weekend while a team that

beat them is off winning their conference’s championship game. But, it’s about the full body of work. No matter how hard you try, you can’t convince me that a two-loss team, conference champion or not, is more deserving of a chance to play for a title than a oneloss school. Especially since no team in the past decade has played for a national title and lost by more than 10 points that season (remember, Penn State lost by 39 to Michigan).

Overall, Ohio State is in fact one of the four best teams in America.

Penn State may be a hotter team right now, but the Buckeyes deserve to play for a National Championship, not the Nittany Lions and not the Wolverines.

So, if you’re a fan of those teams, I hate to break it to you, but your team just wasn’t good enough to make the cut this season. But, don’t be mad at the committee; they’re just doing their job, which is to pick the four best teams in FBS. If you want someone to be mad at, pick on those who decided a four team playoff would suffice. We all see through the façade; it’s simply a plus-one model, not a true playoff.

Now more than ever, we need an eight team playoff.

And this season proved it.

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Editorial: Do not turn a blind eye to violence Many in this nation have become more and more frightseemingly become immune ened by law enforcement to violence. It is showcased officers with every new report in our television shows, of a shooting? movies, video games and, Police brutality is not the unfortunately, our news only issue at hand here. broadcasts. Another bombRight in our own backyard, ing is reported in a country an unarmed African Amerimost have never heard of, can teenager was shot by a another robbery is reported 62-year-old man after the in a big city with millions of teen allegedly bumped into nameless faces and another him outside of a store. The unarmed African American shooter’s response? is gunned down in the street.

“The way I look at it, that’s Walter Scott. It’s a name another piece of trash off that most probably saw in the street,” William Ronpassing when his shooting ald Pulliam allegedly told made national headlines. police, according to a criminal There were people who complaint. cared for him. He mattered.

The era for viewing people His life mattered. as lesser human beings beMichael T. Slager, a forcause of the color of their skin mer police officer in North was beginning to look like a Carolina, killed Scott during thing of the past. However, reMIC SMITH | ASSOCIATED PRESS a routine traffic stop. The cent events have brought this shooting was caught on film Judy Scott, center, Walter Scott’s mother, is comforted by her into question. We should not and instantly hit the main- son Rodney Scott after the mistrial was declared for the Michael need the “Black Lives Matter” stream media. There was Slager trial Monday Dec. 5, in Charleston, South Carolina. Former movement. We should already outrage for a brief moment, patrolman, Slager, is charged with murder in the shooting death know that their lives matter. and then silence. The isAmerica has become numb sue resurfaced Dec. 5, when of Walter Scott last year. to violence. We see and hear Judge Clifton Newman declared a mistrial in the case after the about it every single day. Instead of silently sitting by and jury remained gridlocked for three days. watching it happen, we need to come together to make a real Where is the cry for justice? Where is the peace of mind difference. Change cannot be made unless someone takes a for Scott’s family? Where is the hope for the individuals who stand. In the end, all lives should matter.

Editorial: The power of protest displayed first hand in Standing Rock The Dakota Access Pipeline has been delayed by the Army Corps of Engineers after President Obama and his administration made the decision not to allow Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. to construct the potentially faulty pipeline over a water source that the Standing Rock Sioux depend on for all their needs.

In response, representatives from Energy Transfer Partners issued the following statement: “The White House’s directive today to the Corps for further delay is just the latest in a series of overt and transparent political actions by an administration which has abandoned the rule of law in favor of currying favor with a narrow and extreme political constituency.”

The above statement immediately shows everyone where large corporations’ loyalty has always been — money.

The pockets of the corporate executives are far from dry, but there is an unquenchable thirst that is ever present in these execs, regardless of the company.

Standing Rock is probably one of the largest success stories in recent protest history; albeit the Occupy Wall Street protests were huge in numbers, there wasn’t a drastic change in American dependence on Wall Street money, or a shift in big wigs’ morals.

There is no doubt that the men and women camping out in solidarity had a huge effect on the Obama administration’s choice. Recently, up to 2,000 United States veterans joined with protestors young and old in North Dakota, in a move that, whether intentional or not, immediately shook up the portrayal of the protestors; instead of lazy, young liberals, squatting on Native American land,

the viewpoint very much aligned with a melting pot. These protests weren’t limited to just anyone; people all across the United States realized the importance of not only keeping federally promised lands as untouched as possible, but of keeping our water sources as clean as we possibly can, even though most U.S. water sources have been the victims of dumping or pollution.

The pipeline might have been rerouted, but it is not canceled. In fact, it’s almost finished. Some Natives have likened the pipeline to a black snake, lurking through the tall grass, waiting for its next prey. It is time Americans cut that metaphorical grass, and tread over the snake, regardless of the venom it may possess; bullies aren’t welcome here, and the Standing Rock protests, and ones before it, prove that again and again.

Column: xoxo, Michael Brown

By MICHAEL BROWN

ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The readers submitted some questions about life, love and everything in between. I answered them as honest as I knew possible. I’m here to keep it real with you when no one else is and to answer with no judgment because I don’t know you! I’m just a college senior who enjoys giving his opinion. Here are some of the questions I got this week: What do you believe this semester has taught you that others haven’t?

This semester has been unlike any semester before. I’m in my last year here at Marshall — I graduate in May — and yet I’ve never been so focused. This semester has taught me the importance of time management. I finally realized that it is okay to miss the fun things that are going on around town and campus. There will always be something fun going on, but that fun night isn’t helping me get my degree. I have to stay focused.

There have been plenty of nights this semester when I thought, “Oh I’ll just turn this in late,” but then I remember the bigger picture and I push through and do each assignment to the best of my ability. I have just found this semester that my head is in a different place, I wish I could have always been like this.

I’m a freshman and I don’t think I like what I’m majoring in anymore, what would you do if you were me?

I would find what I like and go after it. Don’t do what your parents or friends are doing. Do what it is going to make you happy. I’ve found myself changing my mind a million and one times just this year about what I’m going to do after graduating. I’m going to do whatever it is that is going to keep me happy, I advise you to do the same.

What is something you’ve accomplished that you’re most proud of ?

I am most proud of myself for just where I am today, and not giving up, especially when I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer at the age of 18. It was during this time that I may have been more determined than ever to make it through and go away to college. I’m here now and I am so proud of myself for not giving up on Michael. Life isn’t going to be easy in any way shape or form. Push through and remember the storm won’t last forever.

I need a new book to read. Do you have any recommendations?

I was just asked this recently, and I would highly recommend “Rubyfruit Jungle.” It is an amazing coming of age story. I read it in one evening and it made me laugh and cry in a matter of hours.

To have your question answered you can submit them on ask.fm/mikeyyybx.

This column is not intended to replace or substitute professional advice of any kind. This column, its author, the newspaper and its publisher are not responsible for the outcome or results of following any advice in any given situation. page designed and edited by SARA RYAN| ryan57@marshall.edu

5 GRO cont. from page 1 On a half an acre of land donated by Mayor Steve Williams and the city of Huntington, Harrison has begun to plan out her urban farm and what Gro Huntington will begin to offer.

At Gro Huntington, people will not only be growing plants and herbs, but they will take classes on how to change their health, job skills and much more.

Harrison said Gro will offer classes in life skills, parenting classes and nutrition classes. She said this is important so that all of their clients can already be living

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 2016 a healthy lifestyle when they leave the program.

The farm and Gro Huntington will begin their programs and development at the end of January, and the farm will be around the corner from Recovery Point in Huntington, a rehabilitation center for men struggling with addiction.

For Jeannie “Folksy” Harrison, coming back to Huntington seemed like a detour from what she had planned. But if there is anything to be learned from the country roads, it is that they always lead to home.

Tom Jenkins can be contacted at jenkins194@ marshall.edu.

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PIPELINE cont. from page 1 The industry group said the Corps' decision is "arrogance that working class Americans soundly rejected" when they elected Trump.

Energy Transfer Partners slammed the Corps' decision, issued Sunday, as politically motivated and alleged that President Barack Obama's administration was determined to delay the matter until he leaves office. The company is awaiting a decision from a federal judge it asked earlier to give it permission to drill under the lake.

Hundreds of people describing themselves as "water protectors" have been staying

| MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM in the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires, protest encampment along the pipeline route in southern North Dakota. Archambault, anticipating no changes for months, on Monday urged them to go home as dangerous wintry weather sets in.

"Their purpose has been served," he said. "I'm thankful for all the people who have come, all the people who have stood by us, but there's no need ... to put people's lives at risk."

Monday was a federal government-set deadline for the people to leave the camp that's on federal land, though authorities have said they won't forcibly remove anyone. Gov.

Jack Dalrymple last week also issued a "mandatory evacuation" but said no one would be removed by force.

A storm on Monday was bringing snow, strong winds and bitter cold temperatures to the area, but people in camp were busy shoring up housing and stockpiling firewood rather than getting in their vehicles and leaving.

"I plan on staying until it's over," said Andy Shute, 30, of St. Louis.

The Corps' announcement likely delays the pipeline by at least several months but does not kill it, energy analysts said.

While the company had hoped to begin piping oil next spring,

the project is now likely to be delayed until summer or fall at the earliest, said Christi Tezak, managing director of ClearView Energy Partners, a Washingtonbased research firm.

The announcement by Assistant Army Secretary Jo-Ellen Darcy does not actually deny an easement for the project, but says that additional review is needed. That means the pipeline company cannot file an appeal because the project was not formally rejected.

A full environmental review, including alternate routes and spill risks, could take as long as a year, though that is considered unlikely under the Trump administration.

Republican success opens door to amending US Constitution

By DAVID A. LIEB

ASSOCIATED PRESS The November election put Republicans in full control of a record number of state legislatures around the country, a level of power that gives the party an unprecedented opportunity: change the U.S. Constitution.

Republicans already control Congress, the White House and more governors' offices than they have in nearly a century. But it's the state legislatures that hold perhaps the greatest promise for lasting change.

The GOP now holds numerical majorities in 33 legislatures, one shy of the two-thirds required to initiate a convention on constitutional amendments.

There is no credible talk of using that power for amendments on hot-button social issues, such as banning abortion or gay marriage. But conservatives have a list of bread-and-butter governing issues they would like to see enshrined in the Constitution.

One, to require a balanced federal budget, is already approaching the level of support that would trigger a convention.

Beyond that, a major state-level push is planned during 2017 for a constitutional convention that could also consider amendments to impose term limits on members of Congress and rein in various federal powers.

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged support for an amendment on congressional term limits.

"The possibility of constitutional change is in the air," said law professor Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, a nonprofit museum that is hosting academic debates and symposiums about the efforts to amend the Constitution.

The U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times since it was ratified in 1788, and its Article V spells out two ways to propose amendments. By a two-thirds vote of each chamber, the U.S. House and Senate can refer an amendment to the states. Or twothirds of the state legislatures can request that Congress call a convention of the states.

Both scenarios require threefourths of the states — or 38 — to ratify an amendment before it takes effect.

If the supporters of a balanced budget amendment succeed, it would be the first time in the nation's history that states initiated the process. That scenario has become more likely as a result of the November election.

It takes 34 states to trigger a convention for constitutional amendments, meaning a unified Republican push would need the help of only a few Democrats in a single state to reach the mark.

"The overwhelming success of one political party at the state level is something of real constitutional significance," said Akhil Reed Amar, a constitutional law professor at Yale University.

Every state except Vermont has some sort of balanced budget requirement, according to the National Conference of State

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In this June 12, 2014, file photo, Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore David Long welcomes delegates meeting to set up the framework for states to amend the U.S. Constitution, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. The 2016 November election put Republicans in full control of a record number of state legislatures around the country, a level of power that gives the party an unprecedented opportunity: change the U.S. Constitution.

Legislatures. The U.S. government does not, but not everyone agrees that's a problem. During recessions, for example, federal government spending can help drive the economy even if it means spending at a deficit.

Twenty-eight state legislatures already have approved measures calling for a convention to propose a federal balanced budget requirement, although they use a variety of terms that could raise legal questions about whether they all count toward the threshold.

OrganizersatthenonprofitBalanced Budget Amendment Task Force have lined up sponsors in nine additional Republican-led legislatures — Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming — with the goal of reaching the two-thirds threshold in 2017.

But Republican control is no guarantee of success.

A Wyoming measure calling for a convention on a balanced budget amendment was shelved in 2015 after the state Senate altered it to make it contingent on assurances that Wyoming would not see a reduction in federal revenue.

Montana's Republican-led House overwhelmingly defeated a resolution calling for a convention on a balanced budget amendment when it last met in 2015. Opponents expressed fears of a "runaway convention" during which delegates might propose all types of possible amendments.

Similar fears have thwarted

past attempts at passing a balanced budget amendment. The movement peaked at 32 states when Missouri passed a resolution calling for a convention in 1983, then dipped to about half that as numerous states rescinded their resolutions. The tally began growing again after Republicans swept into control of many capitols in 2010.

The possibility of a convention dominated by delegates from a single party is "alarming," said Carolyn Fiddler, a spokeswoman for the national Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.

"There are no rules. They can just throw out the whole Constitution if they want to," Fiddler said. "It's the wildest of Wild West situations."

Supporters of a balanced budgetamendmenthopetoallaysuch fears by convening this coming summer in Nashville, Tennessee, to propose rules and procedures for a future convention on constitutional amendments. They contend a convention is unlikely to veer off into contentious issues such as abortion and gun rights because amendments ultimately will need bipartisan appeal to win ratification from 38 states.

The mere possibility of a stateinitiated convention has been enough to prompt Congress to action in the past. With states just shy of the two-thirds mark in 1912, Congress instead wrote its own amendment requiring senators to be elected by a vote of the people rather than through state legislatures. The states then ratified the amendment.

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But Congress has repeatedly fallen short of the two-thirds vote needed to refer a balanced budget amendment to the states. The last time both chambers tried was in 2011.

During the past three years, eight states have passed resolutions calling for a convention that would go beyond a balanced budget amendment to include other fiscal restraints, term limits for Congress and federal officials, and unspecified restrictions on federal power. Though still far from the two-thirds threshold, supporters of those causes believe the Republican rise to power could help their movement grow rapidly.

"With the election and things that have happened, it provides really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to restore critical structural checks in our constitutional system," said Utah state Rep. Ken Ivory, a Republican attorney.

Ivory was elected in September as the presiding officer of a simulated convention of the states designed to demonstrate that the method of proposing constitutional amendments actually can work. Among those present at the event was law professor Randy Barnett, director of the Center for the Constitution at Georgetown University.

"Amending the Constitution is always a longshot, no matter how you go about it," Barnett said. But if 34 states — including 33 Republican ones — call for such a convention, "it would be very difficult for the Congress to stop that."

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From Osaka to Huntington ‘Awaken My Love!’: An Informal Album Review

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effort to go out and socialize.”

Endo said he had always liked playing soccer and it was also one of the ways for him to make friends.

He also said his journey so far at Marshall and being in the United States by himself has taught him a lot of lessons.

“I learned how to build relationships and conquer my fear. If I stay in my room, I feel a sense KESSYL LIM | THE PARTHENON of comfort and Takuya Endo, Marshall University freshman. relief, but I know

By KESSYL LIM the people are friendlier.” that I needed to go out and THE PARTHENON Growing up in Osaka, the socialize,” Endo said. “I think I An international student third largest city in Japan, became a stronger person after from Osaka, Japan finds Mar- Endo said there are times coming to the States.”

Endo also noticed there shall University to be a place when he couldn’t do the things that embraces diversity and a he likes, for example, climbing were a lot of differences between the Japanese and place of acceptance. and hiking.

“Over here I can do some- American cultures.

Takuya Endo is a freshman at “Some people get mad if I do Marshall University looking to thing I can’t do in Osaka,” Endo said. “I’m tired of the city life, something here that I can do in major in sports management.

“I think they don’t care where I can’t go hiking in Osaka, but Japan,” he said.

Endo said he is looking to you are from, they welcome ev- over here I can go hiking whengain some experience in the eryone no matter the origin of ever I feel like it.”

Endo, who was initiated last States before going to Japan for your country,” Endo said.

Endo said he was given the month in Kappa Sigma frater- good, probably pursuing a maschoice of going to universities nity, said one of the reasons he ter’s degree as well.

“I miss everything about in Oregon and Florida, but he chose Marshall was because decided to come to West Vir- there aren’t a lot of interna- home; family, friends and food, but I will be going home soon,” tional students. ginia instead.

“I like small towns where “I just want to stay out of my Endo said.

I can focus on my studies,” comfort zone,” Endo said. “Of Kessyl Lim can be conEndo said. “Being here is course, when I first came here tacted at lim12@marshall. pretty good because I think I had no friends, but I took the edu.

LIFE! EDITOR Childish Gambino’s latest “Awaken My Love!” is out, and I have to say, I was really surprised at first.

Gambino, or Donald Glover, depending on what he’s doing at the time, hasn’t been super vocal about the album’s release, aside from releasing singles like “Redbone,” so I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect.

I’ve been blown away with what I’ve heard. Most critics are going to probably go the route of “well, Gambino is supposed to be a rapper, why isn’t he rapping,” I’m going to completely avoid that and say this record solidifies Gambino as more than just a guy who raps over some beats every now and then; “Awaken My Love!” is Glover stretching his bones, cutting his teeth on the world of funk and soul music.

Right off the bat, listeners are subjected to a spacey journey with the opening track “Me and Your Mama.” It’s a journey of love into a fuzzy dimension of uncertainty; to me, this entire album is a love letter, written by Glover, to his girlfriend, with whom he just has his first child (queue “Baby Boy,” the world’s introduction to baby ‘Bino.)

Gambino channels some stars of the funk and soul world throughout “Awaken.”

I got very nostalgic vibes the

The album artwork for ‘Awaken My Love!’ entire time, listening to vocals that are akin to George Clinton, Al Green, Prince, and Rick James. The instrumentation fully backs up this switch too.

Booming bass, great synth leads; it’s really incredible to think that this is the same artist who just released “Because The Internet” in 2013.

Some noteworthy tracks include “Zombies,” in which Gambino makes a statement against what I believe is the music industry (see “We’re eating you for profit/There is no way to stop it”) in a package, enveloped with a funky wrapping paper. “California” makes me want to dance

Look for “The Book Nook” in Thursday’s edition.

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immediately, and honestly if you don’t feel the same thing, you may want to get yourself checked. “Riot” is bombastic, energetic; Gambino displays some incredible range, not only on this track, but the entirety of the album.

Don’t discredit this album without listening to it more than once, despite what your homie on Twitter might have said about it; don’t listen to him, he’s an idiot. Give Childish Gambino the respect he deserves as he takes you on a musical voyage into places you may have never been.

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

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