Sept 22, 2014

48 - 17 4-0

RICHARD CRANK | THE PARTHENON

BRING ON BIG BLUE

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 | VOL. 118 NO. 26 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com

INSIDE: NEWS, 2

> GROUND ZERO > CONSTITUTION LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON

SGA, CAB team up to register voters

By EMILY RICE

SPORTS, 3

> FOOTBALL > RUGBY

RICHARD CRANK | THE PARTHENON

OPINION, 4 > HEFORSHE > ALIBABA

LIFE!, 6

THE PARTHENON With Election Day just over a month away, National Voter Registration Day aims to motivate voters.

As part of these efforts, Marshall University Student Government Association, in partnership with the Campus Activities Board, will present Registration Sensation, a non-partisan event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. The event’s purpose is to educate students on the voting process, and give them

the opportunity to register to vote in the upcoming election.

Cailtin Grimes, chief of staff for the SGA’s executive branch, said the event is important because many college students don’t tend to vote.

“College-aged voters are the largest untapped voter audience,” Grimes said “It is a huge deal, because they kind of live in a bubble, and all the issues kind of make their way into campus and people may not understand them or forget to register to vote because college life can happen like that.”

Grimes said that it is important for college-aged voters to not only get involved now, but also in future elections.

“Getting involved now will make them better prepared voters — and more well-rounded voters — when it comes to more important elections like the 2016 presidential campaign,” Grimes said.

While Registration Sensation will not be able to register non-West Virginia residents, Grimes said they will have information about receiving absentee

ballots and registering in surrounding states.

“I feel like there is a disconnect from leaving home, and becoming an adult, where college kids forget that they can do this now,” Grimes said. “They should do it, and it is within their power to have a voice in the next round of leaders that kind of make decisions for us.”

The month of September is National Voters Registration month. Local and national lawmakers are asking every individual to vote in the upcoming election, especially young people.

“Twenty percent of 20-year-olds turn out for elections, and 80 percent of 80-year-olds turn out for elections,” Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said in a conference call. “The stakes are enormously high for students with respect to the difference between the two parties.”

Natalie Tennant, West Virginia Secretary of State, asked voters to honor those who have served in the military to protect our right to vote.

“Brave men and women have fought

WALK A MILE IN THESE LOUBOUTINS

> VAC OPENING MEGAN OSBORNE | THE PARTHENON

TODAY’S WEATHER: HIGH 66° LOW 45°

Local men suit up in their high heels in support of Dress for Success River Cities Local men like auto salesman Chris Miller and Cabell County Sheriff T.W. McComas dash 50 yards in the Stiletto Stroll to support Dress for Success River Cities while wearing high heels Saturday in Ritter Park.

PHOTOS BY LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON

and even died to protect our right to go to the polls and cast our ballots because voting is the cornerstone of our democracy,” Tennant said in a press release.

“My dad served in the Korean War, and my husband served in Afghanistan. And I believe we owe it to everyone who has served to exercise the rights they fought to protect and make our voices heard.”

National efforts are being made as well to make sure America’s voters get to the polls.

“The DNC’s voter expansion project has created iwillvote.com to provide every voter the information they need to get to the polls in November,” said Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee Chair in a conference call. “With even more aggressive action, fighting restrictive voter laws in state capitals across the country will ensure that every voter, regardless of party, gets a chance to make their voice heard on Nov. 4.”

Emily Rice can be contacted at rice121@marshall.edu.

C M Y K 50 INCH

2

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

| MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM

|

Library spreads awareness of Constitution Day

By ANTHONY DAVIS

THE PARTHENON The James E. Morrow Library and the Department of Government Documents came together to create a display in the John Deaver Drinko Library to celebrate the adoption and signing of the U.S. Constitution.

The display is located on the third floor of Drinko Library and features an array of materials celebrating the federal observance of Constitution Day, including a replica of the U.S. Constitution. Some other materials featured in the display case include copies of the Bill of Rights, sheet music inspired by the Constitutional Convention and books that can be checked out from Drinko Library, such as “Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change.”

Majed Khader, director of the Morrow Library, explained how vital a role MU Libraries play in the education process with events like Constitution Week.

“The signing of the U.S. Constitution is one of the most

important and defining moments in U.S. history,” Khader said. “MU Libraries celebrate Constitution Day and Constitution Week to recognize and honor those who signed and defended the Constitution and our democratic principles. In addition, MU Libraries plays a vital role in the education process of our students. When resources and services on this topic are identified and pointed out to our students, we are alerting them to these valuable materials available in their library that may be used to fulfill class requirements and research projects.”

Sue Bell, library associate in Government Documents, said government action requires colleges to contribute to awareness of the Constitution by hosting events and providing material on the subject to students.

“When Senator Bird added the omnibus spending bill of 2004,” Bell said, “it stipulated that educational institutions receiving federal money had

to create awareness of Constitution Day by providing extra educational materials about the Constitution.”

The U.S. Constitution is a system of laws and principles that defines the rights of citizens of the United States and declares what the government can and cannot do; this includes the Bill of Rights and all of the other amendments to the Constitution. The U.S. Constitution was drafted and signed in 1787.

Many of the founding fathers were in attendance, including George Washington, who presided over the convention, and James Madison. Thirty-nine delegates signed the U.S. Constitution Sept. 17, 1787. It has been amended 27 times since.

The display was organized and created by Paris Webb and Chris Hodge of Drinko Library, Shelby House of the Graduate College and Crystal Stewart of Information Technology.

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

Drinko Library celebrates Constitution Week with an exhibit of historical documents on the third floor including copies of the Bill of Rights, sheet music inspired by the Constitutional Convention and books on the subject students can check out.

PHOTOS BY LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON

White House starts new public awareness drive to prevent sexual attacks on campus

By RENEE SCHOOF

MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU (MCT) President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Friday launched a new public awareness campaign at campuses across America to prevent sexual assaults.

Called “It’s on Us,” the new campaign will try to get students and others on college and university campuses to play a part in trying to stop sexual violence before it happens. A new public service announcement aired for the first time on Friday.

Advocates say many rapes are not reported, and that on campuses the assaults most often occur during women’s first two years at college by someone they know.

The new campaign will have a strong focus on engaging college-age men to take part in bystander intervention and raise awareness of the problem on campuses.

RAINN, an anti-sexual assault group, is one of the groups and companies that make up a partnership with the White House on the campaign.

“One of the most effective ways to prevent rape is to mobilize men and women on campus to join together in stopping perpetrators before they can commit a crime,” Scott Berkowitz, president and founder of RAINN, said in a statement. “RAINN has joined the ‘It’s On Us’ campaign as a partner to help bring attention to the important role that students play in keeping their friends safe and preventing rape on campus. We also need to make sure that if a friend is sexually assaulted, students know how to support him or her and ensure they have access to the help they deserve through the National Sexual Assault Hotline and local resources.”

Other partners include the NCAA; Electronic Arts, a video gaming company that will carry the message on its games; and Viacom, which will use it on MTV, VH1, BET and CMT. The new public awareness campaign is the latest in a series of steps the White House has been taking recently to reduce campus sexual violence. In 2011, the administration gave guidance to help schools understand their obligations under federal civil rights law to prevent and respond to sexual assaults on campus.

On Friday, the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, which was set up in January, also released three documents of best practices to help colleges and universities improve their responses to sexual assault. The documents will be posted on the website NotAlone.gov.

page designed and edited by JOCELYN GIBSON| gibson243@marshall.edu

The Occidental College campus, pictured Jan. 23, 2007, in Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, is one of many being sued by students who were suspended or expelled after being found responsible for sexual assaults and who contend the college hearing process was unfair.

BRIAN VANDER BRUG | LOS ANGELES TIMES | MCT

C M Y K 50 INCH

3

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

| MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM

|

We Are...

4-0

Herd improves after win over University of Akron WOWK

Versatile.

If the Marshall University offense needed a one-word description today, that's it.

Led by consistent signal caller Rakeem Cato, who's proven once again his ability to run or pass as

Marshall tight end Ryan Yurachek catches a pass at Saturday’s game against University of Akron.

needed, the Marshall Thundering Herd posted 284 yards of offense on the ground and 242 yards in the air. It was an offensive onslaught that left Terry Bowden's 58th ranked Zip defense, scrambling for answers.

Pre-season soothsayers have

been promoting this 2014 Marshall squad as a team of destiny, expected to run the table. If it's the same squad that showed up across the state border in Akron today, that could become an accurate prediction.

Marshall wins big 48-17.

Saturday’s captains take the field in Akron.

RICHARD CRANK | THE PARTHENON

vans PHOTOS BY RICHARD CRANK | THE PARTHENON

LEFT: Wide reciever Demetrius Evans leads the Herd onto ABOVE: Kicker Justin Haig punts the ball during the game against Akron Saturday.

Summa Field in Akron, Ohio Saturday.

Herd vs. Musketeer rugby duel ends 22-22

By SCOTT BOLDGER

THE PARTHENON The Marshall University Thundering Herd rugby team played Xavier University Saturday in a hard fought match, which ended in a tie.

In the first 40 minutes, Marshall jumped out to a 17-5 lead, utilizing its swift passing and breakaway speed. Thundering Herd head coach Justin Apgar was pleased with the team’s performance in the first half.

“We ran away with the first half and dominated on offense and defense,” Apgar said.

The second half was a different story.

After a quick opening score from the Herd, Xavier used its stamina to grind back into the game.

“They made a second-half comeback,” Apgar said. “Our offense was advancing, but they were stronger in fitness. We have to be fit.”

Though the finest rugby players at Marshall surrendered 17 unanswered points, the abilities of the Herd were undeniably evident during the 80-minute battle.

Apgar applauded the naturally-gifted athletes.

“We’ve got unbelievable athleticism and talent, and our guys are making leaps and bounds fundamentally,” Apgar said. “We did everything together, but they were fitter than us. We were better today.”

“We’ve got unbelievable athleticism and talent, and our guys are making leaps and bounds fundamentally. ” -Head

Coach Justin Apgar

page designed and edited by JESSICA STARKEY| starkey33@marshall.edu

Post-game, Marshall University senior and 5th-year veteran Darian Smith chimed in on the tie and what the team needs to do to come out on top next week against Cedarville University.

“We need to work on chemistry and out-muscling,” Smith said.

“We played with too much athleticism. Our back-line positioning needs to get staggered, and get deeper. We need to learn how to ruck. Ruck, ruck, ruck.”

Due to the season’s structure, Marshall will try to improve the score against Xavier in their favor later in the year, but the date has yet to be set.

Coach Apgar will take a more grueling approach to this week’s preparation.

“These guys are going to run until they puke,” Apgar said.

Marshall takes on Cedarville University Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. on the 29th street field in Huntington.

Scott Bolger can be contacted at bolger@marshall.edu.

C M Y K 50 INCH

Opinion

4

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for news and editorial content.

CODI MOHR EXECUTIVE EDITOR mohr13@marshall.edu

TAYLOR STUCK JOCELYN GIBSON MANAGING EDITOR stuck7@marshall.edu

NEWS EDITOR gibson243@marshall.edu

JESSICA STARKEY

MEGAN OSBORNE

SPORTS EDITOR starkey33@marshall.edu

LIFE! EDITOR osborne115@marshall.edu

JESSICA ROSS

GEOFFREY FOSTER

ASSIGNMENT EDITOR jessica.ross@marshall.edu

COPY EDITOR foster147@marshall.edu

ALEXANDRIA RAHAL

LEXI BROWNING

DIGITAL EDITOR rahal1@marshall.edu

SHANNON STOWERS ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR stowers44@marshall.edu

PHOTO EDITOR browning168@marshall.edu

SANDY YORK FACULTY ADVISOR sandy.york@marshall.edu

CONTACT US: 109 Communications Bldg.|Marshall University|One John Marshall Drive Huntington, West Virginia 25755|parthenon@marshall.edu|@MUParthenon

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.

National Editorial

Alibaba: Good ol’ Chinese knowhow helps the US CHICAGO TRIBUNE (MCT) The hottest company in the business world is a Chinese firm with an Arabic name going public on a U.S. stock market.

Oh, and one of the biggest beneficiaries of this development is … the American economy.

How can that be? Read on: Alibaba is one of the most successful companies to emerge from China’s three decades of rapid economic growth. It is often referred to as “the Amazon.com of China,” but that description fails to do Alibaba justice.

No, Alibaba is not another Sino knockoff of a pioneering U.S. firm. It’s different, and uniquely Chinese.

Unlike Amazon, Alibaba doesn’t stockpile the goods it sells in giant warehouses bustling with shipping clerks.

Instead, it connects buyers with sellers. It’s essentially an exchange. Its Web platforms enable shoppers to buy goods directly from businesses large and small. Its technology works especially well with the smartphones that are the most common way for Chinese citizens to connect with the Internet.

Alibaba makes money by charging commissions and fees, or selling ads and search placements. Its business model is a highly profitable hybrid that incorporates features from Amazon, Google, eBay and PayPal — a secure payment system is among Alibaba’s most important innovations.

Its founder, Jack Ma, created Alibaba step by methodical step. For years, he introduced small, pragmatic upgrades until Alibaba worked well enough to take China by storm. Today, it is the hottest e-commerce site in the world’s biggest country

— and therefore a desirable investment prospect. On Friday, it is expected to raise $25 billion in an initial public offering of its stock, valuing the company at nearly $200 billion.

This latest proof that China can innovate should come as a relief to Americans — some of whom are reflexively inclined to view any Chinese success as a threat to the U.S. True, China is a growing economic and military rival. But keep in mind that the world’s two largest economies are intertwined. America will do better if China does well too.

Making low-cost goods in smog-belching factories took China’s economy a long way, but that isn’t the future of this maturing powerhouse. Like any big, modern economy on the make, China’s needs innovation to keep growing.

How direct is the impact of China’s success on the U.S.? It doesn’t get much more direct than this upcoming IPO: Alibaba’s Ma is the biggest individual investor in the company, with a 9 percent stake — no small amount, to be sure.

But Western institutional investors collectively own a lot more than the founder does.

Thanks to a smart investment move years ago, Yahoo, the American Internet corporation based in Sunnyvale, Calif., owns 22.4 percent of Alibaba.

As a consequence, this Chinese IPO stands to shower a U.S. company that has had its share of struggles over the past decade with a multibillion-dollar windfall. Yahoo, in turn, can use the fresh capital to reward its shareholders, expand its business and — that’s right — pursue its own surge of innovation.

Sounds to us like a win all around.

| MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM

|

Editorial Gender equality is everybody’s problem Feminism. It’s a loaded word, with many people bringing their own definitions to the table.

Many celebrities try to stay away from the word, including Shailene Woodley and Katy Perry. Others, like Beyonce, who many are calling the new face of feminism, embrace the term for what it truly means: the belief men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.

Harry Potter star and United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson helped launch a new gender equality campaign, HeForShe, Saturday at the U.N. headquarters. Watson and the campaign call for the male population to join the cause.

No one can explain why this cause is so important like Watson can. Here is what she said: “Today, we are launching a campaign called HeForShe. I am reaching out to you before we need your help. We want to end gender inequality and to do this, we need everyone involved. This is the first campaign of its kind at the U.N. We want to try to galvanize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change and we don’t just want to talk about it. We want to try and make sure that it’s tangible.

I was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for U.N. Women six months ago and the more I’ve spoken about feminism, the more I have realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.

For the record, feminism, by definition, is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes. I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago.

When I was 8, I was confused about being called ‘bossy’ because I wanted to direct the plays that we would put on for our parents. But the boys were not. When at 14, I started to be sexualized by certain elements of the media, when at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of their beloved

sports teams, because they didn’t want to appear ‘muscley,’ when at 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings, I decided that I was a feminist. And this seems uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word.

Women are choosing not to identify as feminists. Apparently, I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too strong, ‘too aggressive,’ isolating and anti-men, unattractive, even.

Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one?

I am from Britain, and I think it is right that I am paid the same as my male counterparts.

I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body, I think [applause break] ... I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and the decisions that affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men.

But sadly, I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights.

No country in the world can yet say that they have achieved gender equality. These rights, I consider to be human rights but I am one of the lucky ones, my life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn’t love me less because I was born a daughter. My school did not limit me because I was a girl.

My mentors didn’t assume that I would go less far because I might give birth to a child one day. These influencers are the gender equality ambassadors that made me who I am today.

They may not know it, but they are the inadvertent feminists who are changing the

world today. We need more of those and if you still hate the word, it is not the word that is important. It’s the idea and the ambition behind it. Because not all women have received the same rights that I have. In fact, statistically, very few have been.

In 1997, Hillary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women’s rights.

Sadly, many of the things that she wanted to change are still true today.

But what stood out for me the most was that less than 30 percent of the audience were male.

How can we affect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?

Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation.” [Applause break] “Gender equality is your issue too. Because to date, I’ve seen my father’s role as a parent being valued less by society despite my needing his presence, as a child, as much as my mother’s. I’ve seen young men suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help, for fear it would make them less of a men—or less of a man. In fact, in the U.K., suicide is the biggest killer of men, between 20 to 49, eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart disease.

I’ve seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success.

Men don’t have the benefits of equality, either.

We don’t want to talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that they are. When they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence. If men don’t have to be aggressive, women won’t be compelled to be submissive.

“We don’t want to talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes, but I can see that they are. When they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence.” >Emma Watson

Gender Inequality *Only

1 in 5 parlimentarians is female

-Rwanda had the highest number of women parliamentarians worldwide. *If women were paid THE SAME RATE as men, the United States’ gross domestic product would be an estimated nine percent higher.

*Domestic violence cost the United States

*

$5.8 billion in 2003.

54 percent of all

adults living with HIV are WOMEN. *Source: unwomen.org page designed and edited by TAYLOR STUCK | stuck7@marshall.edu

If men don’t need to control, women won’t have to be controlled.

It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals. We should stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are. We can all be freer and this is what HeForShe is about. It’s about freedom. I want men to take up this mantle so their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too and, in doing so, be a more true and complete version of themselves.

You might think, ‘Who is this Harry Potter girl? What is she doing at the U.N.?’ And it’s a really good question — I’ve been asking myself the same thing. All I know is that I care about this problem and I want to make it better. And having seen what I’ve seen and given the chance, I feel my responsibility to say something.

Statesman Edmund Burke said all that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.

In my nervousness for this speech and my moments of doubt, I’ve told myself firmly, ‘If not me, who? If not now, when?’ If you have similar doubts when opportunities are presented to you, I hope that those words will be helpful because the reality is, if we do nothing, it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly 100, before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work — 15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children and, at current rates, it won’t be until 2086 before all rural African girls can have a secondary education.

If you believe in equality, you might be one of those inadvertent feminists that I spoke of earlier and for this, I applaud you. We are struggling for a uniting word but the good news is that we have a uniting movement. It is called HeForShe. I am inviting you to step forward to be seen and to ask yourself, ‘If not me, who? If not now, when?’ Thank you very, very much.

“Violence against women and girls is a global problem; it harms women, families, communities and societies. We can only stop it by working together.

Women and men.”

Ban Ki-Moon U.N. Secretary General

Life! *

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 22, 2014

|

|

5

MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM

Community explores Visual Arts Center PHOTOS BY MEGAN OSBORNE | THE PARTHENON

Community members observe prints in the printmaking room of the Visual Arts Center Friday.

Zach Hylton, senior printmaking major, demonstrates printmaking at the Visual Arts Center open house Friday.

Donald Van Horn, dean of the College of Arts and Media, speaks before the unveiling of the fiberglass buffalo Friday. Brianna Jarvis, right, won a contest and was granted the privilege of painting and naming "Nexus," the fiberglass bison.

A child makes his own piece of art at the Visual Arts Center open house Friday.

INTRODUCING

NEXUS

Huntington Mayor Steve Williams helps Brianna Jarvis unveil her creation, "Nexus," at Pullman Square Friday. page designed and edited by MEGAN OSBORNE | osborne115@marshall.edu

"Nexus" sits at Pullman Square and represents each of the disciplines within the School of Art and Design. Nexus was designed and painted by Brianna Jarvis, sophomore graphic design student.