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Next SGA officers begin campaigns

By JARED CASTO

THE PARTHENON Students signed up for student government positions and kicked off their campaigns during the Student Government filing meeting Tuesday.

Matt Jarvis, Leif Olson and Nate Micklas are running for Student Body President, with Emily Kinner, Collin Stipetich and Amos Parlock as their respective Vice Presidents.

Student government filing allows students to identify what position they will be running for.

Student Body president Duncan Waugaman said filing in person eliminates any possible error and allows each person running for the position to know who they are up against.

“It’s more of an equal playing ground because everyone is able to physically know at the same time who they’re up against and what’s going on,” Waugaman said.

Waugaman and vice president Isabelle Rogner opened the meeting with an information session.

Rogner said she encouraged those running to persuade their peers to vote in the election.

Rogner said there is a strong likelihood of the ballot including a levy to gauge student opinion on the proposed transportation system that would provide off-campus access for Marshall students.

“For you guys that are running, if that is something that you’re interested in, that’s pretty much going to be the fly or die if this is a continued project,” Rogner said.

Afterward, Waugaman and Rogner introduced election commissioners Gates Campbell

and Alicia Kingery. According to Gates and Kingery, the role of the election commissioner is to help those who are running for student government positions.

“We’re both kind of figuring it out as we go,” Kingery said. “But I think our goal is to make it kind of organized so that’s what we’re trying to do to keep everybody happy and professional.”

Kingery distributed and read from a flyer consisting of election

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rules that all candidates must follow. These rules included the qualifications a candidate must meet, rules for campaigning and how to notify the election commission of a violation or file a complaint.

Afterwards, SGA advisor Matthew James spoke about the experience he had when running for student body president nine years ago. James said that those who compete in this election

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Student Body President Duncan Waugaman talks to the senate about recent developments with the proposed transportation system.

By JARED CASTO

THE PARTHENON Marshall’s Student Government Association addressed recent developments for the proposed transportation system and new committees during Tuesday’s meeting.

Student body president Duncan Waugaman discussed a meeting he and SGA vice president Izzy Rogner had with president Jerome Gilbert where the transportation system was a dominant topic. Waugaman said Gilbert was more

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and lose should try again in the future.

“I want to tell you, the majority of you in this room will lose,” James said. “But you’re only losers if you allow that to define who you are.”

Waugaman, who will graduate in May and finish his two years as student body president, said he hears this year’s student body president election will be highly competitive.

“Whoever does end up being victorious in two weeks, I’m very proud of them and it’s a great feeling,” Waugaman said.

Students who filed to run will have two weeks to convince the student body that they are the candidate for their specific job.

Voting for the Student Body Election takes place March 15 in the Memorial Student Center.

Jared Casto can be contacted at casto178@marshall.edu.

than receptive to the idea.

“We went in with president Gilbert, gave him our ideas and not only did he listen to us, but he gave his own ideas,” Waugaman said.

President pro tempore Alex O’Donnell read a message from Rogner concerning a meeting she and SGA adviser Carla Lapelle had with the Tri-State Transit Authority. Rogner said the TTA meeting addressed the transportation systems’ proposed bus stops, hours of operation and days of operation.

“We are now waiting to hear back from them on what the pricing model will look like,” Rogner said. “We will then meet with the senior vice presidents and president Gilbert to propose the idea.”

Senators were encouraged to sign up for the new Alcohol Sales Survey Committee, which aims to obtain the student opinion on allowing alcohol in the football stadium and Budget Committee, which will focus on recent budget cuts and innovative ways to use the existing budget.

Senator Nick Uliana talked to the senate about the goals of the Alcohol Sales Survey

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ABOVE: Student Body President Duncan Waugaman and Vice President Isabelle Rogner open the student government filing meeting with a brief informational session on running for office.

Committee and what he hoped the committee would accomplish during its first meeting.

“We’re going to talk about contents of the survey, what we think the survey should be and we’re going to kind of get an idea of a date so we can start rolling on this,” Uliana said.

The Senate also passed a resolution to publish an easily accessible list of SGA senators along with their contact information. According to senator Sophia Mills who crafted the resolution, students should be able to look up and contact the senators who represent them.

“I think that, if we’re representing students, they need to know who their senators are,” Mills said. “I just think if we know who our congressmen and senators are, it should be the same for student government.”

O’Donnell used his executive report to thank the senate for the progress they have made in the first half of the semester.

“We’ve done so much stuff and I’m really happy with everyone discussing, debating things and being active,” O’Donnell said.

Jared Casto can be contacted at casto178@ marshall.edu.

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College of Business offers professionalism classes to students

By CHEYENNE DEBOLT

THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business kicked off its second annual Professional Month.

Tuesday Director in stakeholder engagement at the college of business Glen Midkiff said the event went very well and said everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

“It was a good opportunity for

student and faculty engagement,” Midkiff said.

College of business professor Nancy Lankton said professors wanted their students to attend this event so they could know about the other events this month.

The purpose of Professional Month is to provide seminars and workshops for students to become more well-rounded and earn a certificate in professionalism.

“In fact, one of the events has to be either the etiquette dinner, the career fair or the mocktails in order to get their professional certificate,” Lankton said. “They get the certificate if they go to five of the events.”

Last year, Professional Month was just for college of business students.

This year, the event is open to all Marshall students.

In the business world today, employers are looking for more than

technical skills. Professional Month provides students the opportunity to work on their soft skills, such as how to dress, how to network and how to work with their community.

These skills are not typically taught in a classroom environment.

“That’s what employers are looking for; they are looking for the soft skills and we want to prepare our students for the workforce and be ready for that first job when they

are finished,” Midkiff said.

Professional Month has about fifteen events set up. Wednesday is the Etiquette Dinner from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Shawkey room and from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in MSC room BE5.

There will be a program about applying to graduate schools Thursday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Cheyenne DeBolt can be contacted at debolt2@marshall.edu.

Tri-Sigma Annual Chili Fest to benefit charity National Geographic photographer to speak in Charleston

By CARLI PLUTE

THE PARTHENON Marshall University sorority Sigma Sigma Sigma will sell tickets for its Annual Chili Fest.

The Chili Fest tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at any time from a Tri-Sigma member.

The event will take place March 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tri-Sigma house on Sixth Avenue.

“Last year the Dean of Student Affairs even stopped by the Sigma house,” said TriSigma sister Elizabeth Finch.

“This event lets the Marshall

community come together, socialize and eat chili.”

Proceeds will go towards Tri-Sigma’s philanthropy, “The Foundation,” which supports play therapy for terminally ill children.

Chili Fest tickets include unlimited chili, drinks and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Tri-Sigma members will also deliver chili around Huntington for those who cannot make it to the Sigma house but would like to participate.

Carli Plute can be contacted at plute@live. marshall.edu.

By REBECCA TURNBULL

THE PARTHENON Tickets become available this week for the Chancellor’s STEM Speaker Series event at 7 p.m. April 21 in the Maier Foundation Performance Hall at the Clay Center on Charleston.

The event will feature National Geographic Magazine photographer and contributor Joel Sartore.

Communications manager for the Higher Education Policy Commission’s Division of Science and Research

Amanda Ramey said Sartore specializes in documenting endangered species and landscapes to inspire conservation efforts.

Ramey said Sartore’s visit will provide a unique look at the possibilities of engaging in a STEM career to protect the environment.

“The Joel Sartore event is a little bit different because he is a photographer, but attendees will have the opportunity to see how each of us can make a real difference in the world of

conservation,” Ramey said.

Ramey said she particularly encourages students to take advantage of the event and increase their knowledge of STEM opportunities.

“We hope that students who attend our speaker series events will see that there is no limit to what you can accomplish in the “STEM” fields,” Ramey said.

“We also hope to solidify how important research is to society.”

Taylor Books will sell select copies of Sartore’s books

before and after the event.

Sartore will also be available for a short time following the lecture to sign books.

The event is organized by the Division of Science and Research and sponsored by a federal grant from the National Science Foundation.

Tickets are free but must be reserved with the Clay Center’s box office prior to the event. Tickets may be reserved on the Clay Center’s website.

Rebecca Turnbull can be contacted at turnbull4@

Clinton, Trump claim big Super Tuesday victories

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a campaign stop at at the Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis on Super Tuesday.

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of Texas, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Democratic race in his home state.

“What a Super Tuesday,” Clinton exclaimed during a victory rally.

The Democrat also picked up a win in Arkansas, while Trump carried the GOP contest in Massachusetts.

Super Tuesday marked the busiest day of the 2016 primaries, with the biggest single-day delegate haul up for grabs. With elections in every region of the

Joan C. Edwards Chair of Orthopedics establishes scholarship for medical students

By LOGAN PARKULO

ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton swept through the South on Super Tuesday, with the frontrunners claiming victory in their parties’ primaries in delegate-rich Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. Clinton also carried Texas, the night’s biggest prize.

On the Republican side, Ted Cruz won his home state

THE PARTHENON Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine founding chair of the Department of Orthopedics and vice dean Ali Oliashirazi, M.D. and his wife Corrina Oliashirazi pledged to fund a new endowed scholarship for the school.

According to the press release, dean of the School of Medicine Joseph I. Shapiro, M.D.said he is absolutely delighted to see this selfless act of generosity and leadership from one of their most prominent physicians.

Oliashirazi is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in total joint replacement.

Oliashirazi graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine where he was valedictorian and then went on to complete his residency in orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.

country, the contests put a spotlight on candidates’ strengths and weaknesses with a broad swath of American voters.

For Clinton and Trump, the voting provided an opportunity to begin pulling away from their rivals and charting a course toward the general election. Each entered Super Tuesday having won three of four early voting contests, and more strong showings could start putting the nominations out of reach for other contenders.

As Trump’s victories piled up, he fired off “thank you” Twitter notes to the states that landed in his win column. The billionaire businessman scheduled a nighttime news conference at his swanky Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, eschewing the traditional election night rally.

Clinton was steadying herself after an unexpectedly strong challenge from Bernie Sanders.

The Vermont senator did carry his home state decisively on Tuesday, and told the crowd at a raucous victory party that he was “so proud to bring Vermont values all across this country.”

Early exit polls underscored Sanders’ continued weaknesses Oliashirazi is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and diplomat of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. Oliashirazi often gives lectures on hip and knee replacement surgery both nationally and internationally.

The scholarship Oliashirazi and his wife are funding will be known as the Oliashirazi Family Scholarship. It was established through the school’s Adopt a Medical Student program. The scholarship is specifically designated for first-year medical students at Marshall who have overcome hardship in order to attend medical school. The Oliashirazi Family Scholarship is renewable for three additional years, as long as the student(s) show normal academic progress.

Oliashirazi and his wife reside in Huntington and have four children.

Logan Parkulo can be contacted at parkulo2@ marshall.edu.

with black voters, a core part of the Democratic constituency.

Clinton led with African-Americans, as well as both men and women, in Georgia and Virginia, according to surveys conducted

by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks.

Sanders continued to show strength with young voters, carrying the majority of those under the age of 30.

Democrats were voting in 11 states and American Samoa, with 865 delegates up for grabs. Republicans were voting in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake.

The contests come at a turbulent time for the GOP, given Trump’s strengths in the face of opposition from many party leaders. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz launched furious verbal attacks on the billionaire businessman in recent days, but some in the party establishment fear the anti-Trump campaign has come too late.

Trump’s wins in the South were a blow to Cruz, who once saw the region as his opportunity to stake a claim to the

nomination. Now Cruz’s future hinges on a victory in his home state of Texas, the biggest prize of the day.

Rubio’s goal was even more modest. He was seeking to stay competitive in the delegate count and hoping to pull off a win in his home state of Florida on March 15.

In a fundraising email to supporters, Rubio’s campaign said the senator “is not going to give up this fight — he’ll do whatever it takes to stop Trump.”

However, Rubio was expected to face quick calls from Trump to drop out of the race if he failed to pick up any wins.

“He has to get out,” Trump told Fox News earlier in the day.

“He hasn’t won anything.”

Republicans spent months largely letting Trump go unchallenged, wrongly assuming that his populist appeal with voters would fizzle. Instead, he’s appeared to only grow stronger, winning states and drawing broad support for some of his most controversial proposals.

In six of the states on Tuesday, large majorities of Republican voters said they supported a

proposal to temporarily ban all non-citizen Muslims from entering the United States, an idea championed by Trump.

Two-thirds of GOP voters in Texas, Virginia and Georgia, 7 in 10 in Tennessee, and nearly 8 in 10 in Alabama supported the proposal, according to the early exit polls.

Worries among Republicans appeared to grow after Trump briefly refused to disavow former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke during a television interview. Trump later said he had not understood the interviewer who first raised the question about Duke, and he did repudiate him.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that anyone who wants to be the Republican presidential nominee must reject any racist group or individual.

“When I see something that runs counter to who we are as a party and a country I will speak up. So today I want to be very clear about something: If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games,” Ryan said.

Honors College to raise funds at Max & Erma’s Thursday

By AMANDA GIBSON

THE PARTHENON The Marshall University College Student Association Steering Committee will have a fundraiser at Max & Erma’s all day Thursday.

If customers show the Honors College fundraiser flyer to their server, 15 percent of their bill will be donated to the Honors College.

Steering committee faculty advisor and associate dean of the Honors College Susan Gilpin said the purpose of the fundraiser is to raise money for the college’s picnic April 21.

Gilpin said it will also raise money for the steering committee service event. Gilpin said the service event this semester will be a sock drive for children in the after school program at the St. John’s House Learning and Development Center.

Burgess said this is the first time the committee has done a fundraiser like this and she is excited to see how it works out for the committee.

Gilpin said she hopes word spreads about the fundraiser and people will come to Max & Erma’s

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to support the project.

Gilpin said the committee members will be going to Max & Erma’s at 5 p.m.

“And if other students want to go early evening, it would be fun to have a bunch of Honors College students there at the same time,” Gilpin said.

The fundraiser flyers may be shown to a server in electronic or print form. The flyer can be found at the Honors College website. The flyer will also be available on the college’s social media accounts.

Amanda Gibson can be contacted at gibson269@marshall.edu.

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3-point shot a major weapon in Let the madness Marshall’s high-scoring offense ensue --Column--

By JOHN FAUSS

THE PARTHENON When it comes to the postseason for college basketball, the powerhouse teams may be wise to heed the following warning: Beware the Ides of March.

Okay, so maybe college basketball doesn’t quite have the same parallels as Shakespeare, but the drama during March Madness certainly can share similarities with a multitude of his play writes.

In a season when many of the touted Caesarian teams have suffered losses at the hands of lesser talented teams, this year’s edition of March Madness should shape up to be one for the ages.

If a team has held a ranked position within the top-25 this year, it hasn’t meant much this season.

During the 2015-2016 season, a total of 181 ranked teams have lost this year with 68 of those teams being top-10 squads and seven No. 1 teams losing along the way as well.

Seeding will prove to be a minor factor in a field that could very well feature up to 25 potential champions out of a 68-team field.

All it could take would be some timely hot play by a team late in the season to cut down the nets in April.

Last year, Kentucky was the clear-cut favorite and No. 1 overall seed, riding an undefeated streak into the postseason. Before its loss to Wisconsin in the Final Four, Kentucky was picked to be the winners by multiple experts.

The bracketology experts still remain unsure which teams will fill in the first and second seeds in the NCAA Tournament.

As of Monday night, it seems that Kansas may have locked up the No. 1 overall seed for the tournament. Even though the Jayhawks have won an unprecedented 12 straight Big 12 regular season championships, its NCAA tournament performances as of late have been ugly, to put it bluntly.

The past two years have seen the Jayhawks bounced after the second round when it was ranked as the No. 2 seed. Kansas’ name is synonymous with upsets within the tournament.

The next likely candidates for the remaining top three seeds will feature two teams from the same conference. Look for both Virginia and North Carolina to finish as No. 1 seeds coming out of the ACC. If both teams finish the regular season strong and win a few games in the ACC tournament, both should be locks.

The last No. 1 seed seems like a toss-up for either the Big East Champion or Big Ten Champion.

The Big East is between two teams, Villanova and Xavier, while the Big Ten’s only chance for a No. 1 seed would be for Michigan State to win out the regular season and to make a reasonable run in the conference tournament.

Aside from that happening, the Big Ten will have to settle with a No. 2 seed as its highest seeded member. The rest of the conference teams eligible will have to settle for No. 3-5 seeds, where many upsets surely await.

The No. 12-14 seeds are always the ones to look out for when determining if an upset is predictable. The past three tournaments have seen four No. 3 seeds and six No. 5 seeds lose in the first round.

Those No. 12-14 seeds make the tournament the “madness” that it is.

For No. 15 and No. 16 seeds, it’s even more a colossal task to best a No. 1 or No. 2 seeded team. It’s so monumental a feat that no No. 16 seed has ever defeated a No. 1 seed team.

However, the way the season has played out this year, 2016 could be the year where a No. 1 seed could finally lose.

No. 2 seed teams have lost in the past, most recently in 2013 when Georgetown lost by 10 to No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast, who crashed the Big Dance with its high-flying acrobatics en route to a Sweet Sixteen appearance. For a bold prediction, look for a No. 2 seed to fall this year.

This March could wind up being one for the history books as top teams have displayed inconsistent effort all season long, which could come back to bite them and send them home early.

For the small schools and lower seeded teams, they have one objective: To come, see and conquer the Goliaths in the tournament.

John Fauss can be contacted at fauss@ marshall.edu.

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Marshall University redshirt freshman C.J. Burks pulls up for a 3-point shot against Florida International University earlier this season at the Cam Henderson Center.

By DANIELLE WRIGHT

THE PARTHENON While Marshall University men’s basketball team is in a three-team tie for the second-best in-conference record (11-5), one stat the Herd is running away with this season is 3-point shots made.

In 29 games, the Herd has knocked down 290 3-pointers. After Marshall, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has made the second most with 236 in 29 games. The University of Southern Mississippi is third in the conference with 232 in 27 games.

Junior guard Austin Loop leads the Herd with 72 made 3-pointers, which ranks fifth in C-USA. Loop said while the team is not concerned about how many 3-pointers it knocks down, he

enjoys the idea of the team’s success being controlled by the players.

“I think it’s nice knowing that our faith is in our hands,” Loop said. “We are going to take care of business to seal the deal on the second seed.”

Loop said head coach Dan D’Antoni’s coaching tactic to help his players shoot better 3-point shots is to mimic shots the players would likely shoot in a game.

Junior guard Stevie Browning, who is tied with senior forward James Kelly for third on the team with 40 3-point shots made this season, said the team tries to only take high percentage 3-pointers.

“We just don’t stand around and shoot random 3s,” Browning said. “We shoot specific 3s.

We get a lot in games. We know we get them a

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lot because we watch film.”

Aside from Loop and Browning, sophomore guard Jon Elmore has made 57 3-pointers in 21 games this season. Redshirt freshman C.J. Burks is fifth on the team with 29 made 3-point shots.

Loop said while the 3-point shot may be his specialty, he is not a one-dimensional player.

“I think I have more to my game than I really show at times,” Loop said. “I can dribble better and get to the rim better than I usually show. I think that comes with me getting comfortable.”

The Herd looks to end its two game losing streak 7 p.m. Thursday against Louisiana Tech University at the Cam Henderson Center.

Danielle Wright can be contacted at Wright317@marshall.edu

THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s men’s golf team finished fifth in the Davidson College Invitational Tuesday in Davidson, North Carolina.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte came in first place in the seven-team invitational with a score of 38-over 902. The 49ers’ Thomas Rowland was the individual medalist at an even 216.

Cleveland State University finished the two-day event in second place, eight strokes behind Charlotte with a 46-over 910.

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THE PARTHEON Marshall University’s men’s soccer coach Bob Gray announced the team’s 2016 recruiting class earlier this week.

The Herd welcomed eight players to its program.

“With a large group of seniors that we graduated, we really wanted to try to find some experienced players,” Gray said. “We feel like we filled that void immediately by signing two outstanding junior college players and one other two-year transfer from an NCAA Division I program. We also have several impressive college freshmen coming into the

Marshall hit a combined 925 over three rounds as sophomore Alex Weiss finished with his tournament-low score of 72 on the final 18 holes. Weiss tied for fourth in individuals with two other golfers at 9-over-par 225.

Marshall head coach Matt Grobe said he thought Weiss played well after getting off to a rough start in the earlier rounds.

Grobe said he was satisfied with his team’s overall performance in its first spring tournament.

“We got a lot of good work in this week,” Grobe said in a news release. “The scores weren’t as

program as well. We’re excited to get all of these guys here to build on the success of making it to the Conference USA Tournament final last season.”

The signees are goalkeeper Trevor Clemens of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; defender Jascha Gluewckschal of Reichenbach, Germany; defender Thomas Hollis of Houston, Texas; defender Brendan Jones of Goshen, Ohio; striker Yannick Koffi of Lewisville, Texas; midfielder Bryan Lopez of Bloomfield, Minnesota; midfielder Devin Morgan of Covington, Kentucky; and midfielder Alex Reyes of Houston, Texas.

good a what we wanted, but I think we gained some experience. And I am looking forward to the Pinhurst Intercollegiate.”

The Herd will compete in the Pinehurst Intercollegiate in Pinehurst, North Carolina March 11-13.

Aside from Marshall, Austin Peay State University, Ball State University, Belmont University, Boston University, Eastern Kentucky University, Elon University, Morehead State University, Siena College, Wisconsin Lutheran College and Xavier University will compete in the tournament as well.

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Country clubs over campus clubs Over the weekend, a GazetteMail article resurfaced at a time when higher education and all facets of state government are facing drastic budget cuts amidst a projected $460 million budget shortfall in fiscal year 2016-2017.

The story, a November 2015 article, detailed Marshall president Jerry Gilbert’s starting salary. Prior to his arrival, it was determined that Gilbert would make $430,000 annually with a wide array of benefits incorporated into the deal.

Gilbert, the former Mississippi State president, accepted the contract after an almost-year long search to replace Marshall’s president Stephen J. Kopp, who passed unexpectedly in December 2014.

In addition to Gilbert’s salary, advantages include monthly stipends for mobile phone and vehicular use, life and health insurance, a state retirement plan and membership to the Guyan Golf and Country Club, the article stated.

In comparison, West Virginia University’s bow-tie-sporting leader president Gordon Gee, earns nearly double Gilbert’s salary. In the same report, the Gazette-Mail outlined Gee’s salary at $775,000.

To put those numbers into perspective, both leaders are paid more than United States president Barack Obama, who brings in $400,000 annually.

It is not the intention of the Parthenon’s editors to target Gilbert personally with this

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Marshall University President Jerry Gilbert poses for a photograph inside his office. editorial. Rather, the issue at hand is not about the salaries themselves at all. Instead, we fear the luxurious assets tacked onto presidential contracts may entice the wrong candidates for the wrong reasons.

The membership fee is not enumerated on country club’s website, but it is safe to say it would’ve replenished more than a few student foundation scholarships that have been recently cut due to a lack of funding.

Nationally, university leaders rake in more than a few pretty pennies each year—but are the additional benefits and stipends necessary? With no housing or utility fees, Gilbert’s vehicle

stipend and country club membership could be funded directly from his salary.

Is a six or more digit salary not enough to attract candidates alone? Does the passion for higher education exist solely without a desire for extra benefits?

Another budget cut won’t help the case; certainly not one that, when combined with the existing 4 percent cut, would exceed ten percent hypothetically.

Another Gazette-Mail measured the impact of the “hypothetical 6.5 percent upcoming cut” in an article published Feb. 18, addressing the possibility of community college branches

closing, indefinite cancelation of State Police cadet trainings, state employee layoffs and closures of various correctional facilities.

The article also conveyed the concerns of Higher Education Policy Commission chancellor Paul Hill from Hill’s letter to the Finance Committee in which he stated, “I am acutely concerned about our state’s continued ability to provide access to an affordable postsecondary education for our citizens.”

With tuition and fee increases projected for the fall semester, one has no choice but to question the financial integrity of the university and its luxurious expenditures. Where exactly do

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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 junior who enjoys giving his opinion. Here is some one the questions I got this week: Spring break is coming up and I don’t have any plans. Is it too late to try and do something?

It is not too late to do something at all.

Well that depends sweet-pea, do you have money? If you’re broke you have no business doing anything but working. If you have enough coin to make something happen, what’s stopping you? All you need is that one good friend who also has some coin and you make something happen.

Something is better than nothing. You can do something fun for a few bucks during break. Live it up while you have the chance, but don’t dig yourself in a hole you can’t get out of.

Some of my friends don’t vote and with the presidential election coming up this year, how do I get my friends to

register and vote?

I think it’s important that we as young people vote. It’s important that we as Americans vote. You need to let your friends know what the deal is. Haven’t you ever heard “a vote-less people is a hopeless people?” Don’t let that be your friends.

How do I let my significant other know that they’re doing something that makes me uncomfortable?

They’re your significant other. You really should feel comfortable telling them stuff that is bothering you and if you don’t, then maybe it’s time to reevaluate your relationship.

Any tips on managing money?

You’re asking the wrong one. I’m young and broke myself. If I want something, I save for it. I pay my bills and from there I just treat myself with what I have left.

Why do I feel guilty for being in a well-off family?

I’m stumped on this one. Not a problem I have really ever had. Maybe you’re feeling guilty because of who you’re hanging around. Don’t let people throw your family’s money in your face.

My friend is acting out of the normal. How do I let them know that I’m worried about them without offending

them?

I would just sit them down with love and ask them what’s going on. If it’s something serious and you’re seeing signs of something else, maybe just go talk to someone who can give them the help they need. I would definitely go talk to them first because you may be other thinking the situation and then if you go to someone else you’re just going to be upsetting and probably embarrassing your friend.

To have your question answered, drop them off in the labeled box in the Parthenon lab for next week or email them at parthenon@marshall.edu, or tweet your questions @MUParthenon with #xoxomichaelbrown.

This column is not intended to replace or substitute professional advice of any kind. This column, its author, The Parthenon and its publisher are not responsible for the outcome or results of following any advice in any given situation.

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Boggs finds hope, life at Healing Place

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Matt Boggs poses for a photograph in his office at Recovery Point in Huntington on Tuesday. Boggs was recently selected as Executive Director of the facility in October of 2015.

By RYAN FISCHER

THE PARTHENON Matt Boggs was an average boy from Kentucky equipped with a sharp mind and broad goals.

“I was kind of your typical all-american kid, played sports, student council, Future Business Leaders of America, involved in a lot of civic organizations and volunteerism,” Boggs recalled.

Boggs had set his eyes on Marshall for his pursuit of the American dream, persistent in his hopes to study business.

But even before these interests were kindled, Boggs suggests something had been missing within him.

“The first time I picked up a drink I finally felt a part of everybody…I could stand in a room and no longer feel alone.” he said.

Over the years, Boggs began to turn to alcohol in order to fill the empty space within him more and more.

“It really triggered the underlying disease of addiction in me,” Boggs said. “I aways think of it as like a switch, that once you turn it on it’s hard to turn it off.”

Boggs said after discovering his need for drugs and falling into active addiction with various substances for many years, he met heroin.

“That began a downward spiral, and I made a lot of decisions during active addiction to heroin that I regret today,” he said.

Boggs was now strapped with a powerful addiction to opiates, but he also had to face the turning away of his family.

“I wound up homeless,

living in abandoned houses, family didn’t want much to do with me, rightfully so.”

Boggs recalled. “I would steal, I would lie, manipulate. I would inflict harm, not physical but emotional harm to all the folks that loved me the most.”

Boggs explained his family’s decisions were partly out of their own pain for his suffering.

“My mom had changed the locks and told me not to come around the house.” Boggs said. “She wanted to talk to me, but she didn’t want me coming on her property, she didn’t want me coming in the house. Not because she didn’t love me because she did love me, but she didn’t want to watch me kill myself.”

Boggs wound up in jail eventually, trying short term solutions and 28-day recovery programs between Florida, California, and Colorado before “begging and begging” to return to the Tri-State area.

Trying to follow his word, his return was successful for some time before slipping back into his addictions again.

But then Boggs found a old friend, someone who had seemingly crawled away from his former years of addiction unscathed. This friend claimed he had changed his life, referring Boggs to “The Healing Place” recovery center, now known as “Recovery Point.”

Homeless again and unable to seek refuge with his estranged family, Boggs walked into The Healing Place in March 2012.

The all-male recovery program offered by the center focuses on peer interactions and monitored, non-medical detox.

Boggs says an incredibly important facet of Recovery Point’s brand of healing is the community sessions, where clients are able to interact with each other and share both haunting memories and hopeful advice amongst themselves, mentors, and graduates of the program.

“Looking back, that’s the

element of peer recovery,” Boggs said. “It’s somebody sharing their hope or giving their hope to somebody who wants help, who needs help.”

From day one at The Healing Place, Boggs’ life began to change dramatically.

“I started talking to these guys who had been here for months, and they kept telling me ‘it gets better, you know, your life will change too if you stick around,’” Boggs said.

Boggs heeded the advice of his peers, staying the course and graduating from the program in October of 2012.

“While I was here I learned to become a man.” Boggs said.

“Before I was a victim, and I was a child. It was here that I learned to become a man.”

He soon went to work full time at the Huntington City Mission, where he was able to work on the “front lines” with individuals suffering from severe mental handicaps and addiction.

Soon after a associate development position became available at Recovery Point, which he promptly applied for an received. While working these two jobs, Boggs was finally able to turn his gaze back to his original plans at Marshall, obtaining his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business.

“Fast forward, I just continued to kind of work myself through [Recovery Point],” Boggs said. “I applied for the Executive Director at one point and didn’t get it, and recovery has taught me that there is always a plan. Even though a door might be closed there’s always another door that’s open.”

In October of 2015, Boggs was named Executive Director at Recovery Point and currently maintains this post, serving the individuals in the recovery community with a powerful sense of what he calls “brotherhood.”

“I hope that my story can give someone hope,” Boggs said. “And that they can overcome and persevere.”

Ryan Fischer can be contacted at fischer39@

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Renowned tubist Tony Zilincik to visit Marshall

By LEAH COOK

THE PARTHENON Marshall University will welcome special guest Tony Zilincik, a Tubist and professor from Capitol University in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday.

Zilincik, who is known for presenting music in new and innovative ways, is a renowned composer.

His pieces have been performed around the United States and Europe as well as published by Cimarron music.

In 2012, he and 200 other musicians performed his piece “Tower Thunder” in an

80-foot-tall, 25-foot diameter concrete tower in California.

Zilincik’s resume also includes Broadway performances and tours with “Annie,” “The Lion King,” “Mary Poppins” and more.

Zilincik teaches tuba, composition and theory at Capitol University, where he also directs the brass choir and tuba/ euphonium ensemble, “Capital Thunder.”

Zilincik’s performance will take place in Smith Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

TV host Erin Andrews says she'll never get over

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Sportscaster and television host Erin Andrews, second from right, walks to the courtroom Tuesday.

By SHEILA BURKE

ASSOCIATED PRESS Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews testified Tuesday that her career has thrived since a stalker took nude videos of her and posted them on the Internet, but she doesn't think she'll ever get over the emotional fallout.

Andrews has been on the

witness stand for two days, often giving tearful testimony about the fear and suffering she has gone through as a result of the stalking and the videos.

She has filed a $75 million lawsuit against her stalker and the owner and operator of the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt. The hotel is a franchise.

Jurors will have to determine whether the companies share some of the blame after stalker Michael David Barrett altered a peephole in her hotel room in September 2008 to shoot the secret video footage. They also will have to determine how much Andrews suffered emotionally as a result.

A defense attorney for the companies told Andrews that they both agreed she was a victim of a crime. But during cross-examination, attorney Marc Dedman asked her about her career success since she discovered in July 2009 that someone put the secretly shot videos of her online.

Andrews acknowledged that she has moved on to Fox Sports, making more money than she did at ESPN and is now hosting the show "Dancing With the Stars."

Dedman noted that, in addition, Andrews has endorsed Reebok, Degree antiperspirant, Florida orange juice and a slew of other companies, as well as appeared in a commercial for Victoria Secret — one where she was fully clothed — and worked the red carpet and hosted the CMT Awards.

"You have done very well in your career since 2009?"

Dedman asked.

"Yes," Andrews replied.

Andrews said she has thrown herself into her career just to feel normal but remains anxious and depressed.

She also said it ripped her apart when some in the media

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thought the nude videos were part of a publicity stunt before Barrett was arrested.

Barrett was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after he admitted to stalking Andrews in three different cities, altering hotel room peepholes and shooting nude videos of her in Nashville and Columbus, Ohio.

Barrett testified Monday, in a videotaped deposition, that he removed the hotel door peepholes and altered them so he could pull them out easily to place his cellphone up to the empty hole and shoot videos.

She also talked about her reluctance to date after the videos were posted and her relationship with boyfriend Jarret Stoll, a professional hockey player who plays for the Minnesota Wild.

"I feel sad because I think he would have loved the girl more who was there before this happened," Andrews said tearfully. "And I feel guilty about that."

She said to this day she remains on guard every time she stays in a hotel during her extensive business travels.

When she checks in, she immediately asks to change

rooms in the hotel, she said.

She said she refuses to let anyone inside the room, and sweeps it for cameras and "booby traps."

She said she is taunted daily about the videos, which are still online. She also testified that she fears that she will have children who will one day come home and say that other kids have seen the nude images.

The defense presented an ESPN executive, who testified via video that he did not notice any problems with her work after the discovery of the nude videos. In fact, Patrick Donaher, who was senior director of talent, planning and development for the network while Andrews was there, said she did a good job covering games and improved before she left for Fox in 2012.

Jurors must decide how Barrett came to be placed next to her room in the hotel.

She maintains that the hotel honored a request of his to be put in an adjacent or conjoining room but never told her about it. The defense maintains that Barrett schemed his way into getting into the room.