Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The aP rthenon University Archives 2-20-2012 The aP rthenon, February 20, 2012 Crystal Myers [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Myers, Crystal, "The aP rthenon, February 20, 2012" (2012). The Parthenon. Paper 121. http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/121 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aP rthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. C M Y K 50 INCH MONDAY February 20, 2012 VOL. 115 NO. 87 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITYʼS STUDENT NEWSPAPER | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Diverse dining MARCUS CONSTANTINO | THE PARTHENON TOP: Guests join hands in prayer at the annual Diversity Breakfast in the Don Morris Room of Marshall Universityʼs Memorial Student Center on Friday. BOTTOM: Maurice Cooley, director of the Center for African- American Students, welcomes guests to the breakfast. Marshall students, faculty gather to celebrate diversity BY TRAVIS EASTER the planning committee Tooten’s message dealt “One thing we must real- THE PARTHENON for the breakfast, Maurice with the importance of giv- ize, is that when we come Cooley, gave the opening ing and receiving love to together, the impact that has More than 300 members remarks. and from one’s community. is special, we must not focus of the Marshall community “Our primary mission at “I know we all want to be as much on what we can do came together to celebrate Marshall is to prepare our serious, we all want to be individually, but focus on their differences Friday. students to be knowledge- hard, we all want to make how to succeed by working Many departments on able, well-rounded adults,” sure that we’re not too together,” Myers said campus presented the 2012 Cooley said. “Adults well kind. But when someone Tooten graduated from Annual Diversity Breakfast rounded enough to perform comes to you and shows Florida State University, in the Don Morris Room in a diverse, ever-changing you love, you can’t help but but he claims to be a Mar- of the Memorial Student society.” respond.” said Tooten shall graduate at heart. He Center. Three students began To end that program, began his career in jour- “I believe we need to the meal by presiding over graduate student Alicia nalism at WSAZ-TV in reflect on the global diver- an Islamic, a Jewish and a Torres recited some origi- Huntington. He has spent sity that is all around us, Christian prayer. Marshall’s nal poetry, and engineering the last 27 years working for here in Huntington, and at Jazz Combo II provided mu- student Charles Meyers WBAL-TV Baltimore. On top Marshall University,” said sic for the event. gave the closing remarks of of his work with the station, Stephen J. Kopp, Marshall’s Tim Tooten Sr., the se- the breakfast. He spoke of he is an affi liate profes- president. Director of the nior education reporter the importance of working sor of journalism at Loyola Center for African-Ameri- at WBAL-TV Baltimore, together as a diverse com- can Students, and chair of gave the keynote address. munity to improve society. See BREAKFAST I Page 5 THIS WEEK AT MARSHALL NCHA to begin this week THE PARTHENON tries to conduct the sur- programs use the data MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY vey every two years. to look at problems that Marshall University’s “We get Marshall data students may be expe- Student Health Education that is unique to our riencing and develop Program will be conduct- students but also get effective strategies to GREEN ing the American College statewide data about work on those issues. Health Association Na- university students, and “It is also helpful for us WHITE tional College Health we can compare our in- to look at how Marshall Assessment this week . formation to that data students might be doing DAY The research survey is and to the National Col- compared to other stu- 7 p.m. Vs. Houston recognized nationally in lege Health Assessment dents in our state –– or & collecting particular data data,” Saunders said. nationally –– with some about students’ health “The survey looks at of the health behaviors,” THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY habits, behaviors and health behaviors and is- Saunders said. perceptions. sues of our students, All students who par- Students will be including drug and al- ticipate will be entered randomly selected to par- cohol use, nutrition, into a statewide drawing ticipate in the study. All safety issues, sleeping for a chance to win one information obtained problems, exercise hab- of three Apple ipads. will be kept confidential. its and mental issues,” Students can con- Coordinator of Mar- Saunders said. “The in- tact Marshall’s Student shall’s Student Health formation is extremely Health Education 4 p.m. Vs. Memphis Education Program, Amy important, and stu- Program for more PEDALS FOR PUSH Saunders, said Marshall dent health education information. page designed and edited by CRYSTAL MYERS INSIDE > NEWS, 2 |SPORTS, 3 |OPINION, 4 |LIFE!, 6 46° 30° [email protected] C M Y K 50 INCH 2 MONday, FeBrUARY 20, 2012 | | MarshallParThenon.coM ‘sacred earth’ played at Keith-albee saturday BY CHELSIE SCHULDIES The ParThenon Bharatanatyam dancer Ranee Ramaswamy, was able to bring a little piece of India to the Clay Center in Charleston as she per- formed “Sacred Earth” with her dancers from Ragamala Dance on Saturday. Ramaswamy, co-artistic director and founder of Ragamala Dance, choreo- graphed “Sacred Earth” with her daughter and co-artistic director of “Raga- mala,” Aparna Ramaswamy. Ranee Ramaswamy’s youngest daughter, Ashwini Ramaswamy, also danced in the production alongside her mother and sister. Ad- ditional dancers included Bria Borcherding, Amanda Dlouhy, Jessica Fiala and Ta- mara Nadel. “Sacred Earth” is inspired by two traditions: Kolam floor drawings and Warli wall paintings. “Every morning in south India, we would make the kolam rice flour drawings,” Ranee Ramaswamy said. “We welcomed the goddess of prosperity to bless our home. It is also an act of re- turning to the earth. It gives back to nature by feeding the birds and insects through the rice.” The Warli wall paintings CHELSIe SCHUldIes|The ParTHENON reflect everyday life. The Dancers from Ragamala Dance perform “Sacred Earth” Saturday at the Clay Center in Charleston. Warli people live off the land in mud huts and do not use gas. you dance Bharatanatyam,” Ramaswamy said. about Ragamala Dance com- of several Warli paintings a 17 minute piece to percus- “It is a beautiful commu- Ramaswamy said. In the “It shows all of the dif- ing to the Clay Center in the by Anil Chaitya Vangard sion and a Warli painting of a nity,” Ranee Ramaswamy United States, young girls ferent feelings of love,” newspaper, and wanted to see projected on the wall in the tree in the background. said. “They are considered learn ballet while I learned Ramaswamy said. “Love is a performance that showed background. Gloria Taggart, 48, of one with nature. We went and Bharatanatyam. It is the art the most dominant feeling in diversity. The dance began with the Beckley is a season ticket visited them and had an art- form of where I was born and our dance.” “My interest in dance made dancers making kolams on holder at the Clay Center ist in Minneapolis paint the raised.” Ragamala’s performance me want to come tonight, and stage. They moved slow, yet de- and said this was her first wall paintings for us.” “Sacred Earth” shows the of “Sacred Earth” is the first just the ethnic aspect of it,” liberately, taking care to create time seeing the Ragamala Ranee Ramaswamy said mindset and inner feelings of show of the Spring 2012 Per- Stivason said. “I wanted to the kolams and showing how dancers. Bharatanatyam is a form of five different women through formance Season at the Clay see something more diverse.” this is not a ritual that can be “I thought the show went dance taught in India where the landscapes of deserts, Center. Ragamala started the eve- rushed. The dance transitions very well,” Taggart said. “I she was raised. mountains, farmland, sea- Kelcey Stivason, 41, of ning with vocals from Lalit among various landscapes. “Growing up in India, side and forest, Ranee Huntington said she heard Subramanian and the first The performance ends with See DANCE I Page 5 Weekend of Welcome format to change own sense of comfort students came, and they responsible for lead- BY ZACHARY MORRIS without the upperclass- were divided into four ing their group through The ParThenon men on campus. groups of 450,” said the different aspects During the two days Steve Hensley, dean of of WOW and meet with The fall semester of of the weekend, stu- Student Affairs. “They them in their small 2012 will see a change dents will go through attended dif ferent group as well. in the structure of the a variety of sessions sessions on careers, ac- After WOW is over, Week of Welcome – one geared toward be- ademics, diversity and the same group of 25 that will provide fresh- coming acclimated to involvement. Each stu- students will meet one man students with a university lifestyle. dent met with his or her hour a week for the more one-on-one ex- They will learn how to college, and it was very first seven weeks of perience with the protect themselves, the impersonal. So this the semester with their university. rules of the residence year, we’re using the mentors.