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Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The aP rthenon University Archives 3-8-2016 The aP rthenon, March 8, 2016 Megan Osborne [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Osborne, Megan, "The aP rthenon, March 8, 2016" (2016). The Parthenon. Paper 584. http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/584 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]. NEWS, 2 SPORTS, 3 OPINION, 4 LIFE, 6 > DANCE THUNDER > WOMENS BASKETBALL > FREE TUITION > SYPMPHONY > REAGAN > MEN’S BASKETBALL > STATE EDITORIAL > PARTHEPETS > CHEEZY DZ > BASEBALL > RCIA > TURN IT OFF > SOFTBALL AP PHOTO RYAN FISCHER | THE PARTHENON FILE PHOTO NANCY PEYTON | THE PARTHENON TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 | VOL. 119 NO. 79 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com | SINGLE COPY FREE MAYOR NAMED TO NATIONAL OPIOID ABUSE TASK FORCE By CLARA MAYNARD THE PARTHENON Huntington Mayor Steve Wil- liams was invited to a joint task force created by the National League of Cities (NLC) and Na- tional Association of Counties (NACo) to address the nation’s heroin abuse epidemic. According to a press release from the city, the City-County Task Force Addressing Heroin and Opioid Abuse aims to en- hance awareness, facilitate peer exchange and identify sound policy and partnership solutions. The task force is com- prised of city and county leaders from across the country. “I’m pleased that the efforts of our community to collabora- tively and aggressively address the problem of opiate addic- tion are being acknowledged RYAN FISCHER | THE PARTHENON nationally,” Williams said in the Huntington Mayor Steve Williams addresses City Council January 25. release. “I am looking forward to sharing our story with other municipal and county leaders across the nation and learning from their experiences to bol- ster what we already have in SGA STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, VP place in Huntington.” The NLC and NACo elected leaders will explore practices for community prevention and overdose response, effective CANDIDATES TO SQUARE OFF IN DEBATE treatment options and public safety enforcement and supply reduction. In 2015, there were 944 over- doses in Cabell County, 70 of which were fatal. Fifty-eight of those fatal overdoses occurred within Huntington city limits. JARVIS OLSON MICKLAS Williams focused on the opi- KINNER STIPETICH PARLOCK oid epidemic and efforts within the city to change the dialogue about addiction during the State of the City address Feb. 16. These efforts include a partnership with the Cabell- Huntington Health Department - ringe exchange program, which launchedfor West September Virginia’s 2015. first sy According to the release, the By JARED CASTO what these teams identify and maybe a few areas of From that point, candidates will have two minutes THE PARTHENON improvement“We’re going for to student try to focusgovernment,” this first James debate said. on tofrom respond a hat to to decide questions who andis asked one minutethe first for question. rebut- Policy was created November Candidates for student body president and vice James said the pivotal changes in both the univer- tals. The debate will conclude with a 10 minute 2014Mayor’s and Office has partnered of Drug withControl ap- president will debate Tuesday at 9 p.m. in Smith sity administration and student government will student question and answer session. proximately 50 partner agencies Hall room 154. yield essential questions for the candidates in this In the past, three debates were held, one for stu- to acquire $3 million in grants Matt Jarvis, Nate Micklas and Leif Olson are vy- debate and the following debate next week. dent body president candidates, another for vice and in-kind assistance. ing for the student body president position, while “We want to kind of get past the general ques- presidential candidates and a third joint debate. In-kind assistance includes Emily Kinner, Amos Parlock and Collin Stipetich are tions that we’ve talked about in the past,” James James said the intention of two joint debates this a donation of 2,200 doses of competing as their respective vice presidents. said. “We want to get right down to business and year is to emphasize the collaboration that must Naloxone, which is being sup- The debate will be moderated by Student Gov- talk about who really has the ideas that are going exist between student body president and vice plied to family members of drug ernment Association advisors Matthew James to work the best with our new administrators on president. and Michelle Barbour. James said the debate will behalf of the students.” “These two really work very closely together all schools in Cabell County. primarily be focused on the teams introducing James said the rules of the debate are relatively addicts,Clara Maynardfirst responders can be conand- themselves and their ideas to the student body. standard. The candidates’ names will be drawn See DEBATE | page 5 tacted at maynard294@ marshall.edu. INKED LINKED TUESDAY + FRIDAY EVERY DAY @MUParthenon C M Y K 50 INCH 2 TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM By BAILY TURNER conditions, pediatric cancer the song that played the longest Alpha Sigma Phi fundraising THE PARTHENON research and the betterment was ‘Call Me Maybe,’” Palmer chair Naquan Gardner said the Marshall University frater- of the Hoops Family Children’s said. 12 hours of dancing is validated Alpha nity Alpha Sigma Phi hosted Hospital at Cabell Huntington Palmer said participating when participants meet the Delta Zeta a “Turn it Off” fundraiser Hospital. in the Thunder Dance mara- kids of Hoops Family Children’s Monday. Senior public health major thon was well worth the effort. Hospital. Fraternity members played fundraiser Sigma Phi there’s no better reward than one song continuously until “It benefits the kids and there’s no better someone donated $1 to change reward than being able to go there and see being“It ablebenefits to go the there kids and andsee the song or $3 to pick a new that despite the pain they’re going through...” that despite the pain their go- encourages song. ing through that they have to benefit Proceeds assisted the - Naquan Gardner something to look forward to funding of the fraternity’s with the things we raise the participation in the Thunder Reid Palmer and fellow Alpha “We did it for last year for 24 money for,” Gardner said Dance students to Dance marathon, which costs Sigma Phi members were on hours, it was one of the great- The Thunder Dance mara- $125 per dancer. the Memorial Student Center est events we’ve ever attended thon is April 1 at the Cam Thunder Dance marathon is plaza playing music. because we literally saw where Henderson Center. - “our money went and who it af- Baily Turner can be con- Thunder “Turn it Off” fects,” Palmer said. tacted at turner206@ dren battling chronic medical By CARLI PLUTE 12 hours long and benefits chil “In the first 30 minutes we THE PARTHENON had like five songs changes and Marshall University sorority Delta Zeta will sell tickets for Cheesy Deezee. GOP candidates claim Reagan Cheesy Deezee tickets can be purchased for $5 at any time from a Delta Zeta member. Cheesy Deezee will take mantle, but forget his words place March 8 from 12 p.m. to Bush, now out of the campaign, 6 p.m. at the Delta Zeta house called his tax-cut plan “Rea- 1695 6th Avenue. gan-inspired.” And Trump has “This is something new alluded to Reagan’s political that we are starting this year,” shift — the former actor was said member and former vice once a Hollywood Democrat — president Meena Elango. “Our to defend his own conservative annual events are usually spa- makeover. Reagan’s depiction on the We are hoping to make this ghetti dinners and wing fling. presidential campaign trail something we do annually.” can often be at odds with the Cheesy Deezee tickets in- record. clude a loaded nacho bar or Reagan is seen as an apostle loaded cheese fries, served of lower taxes, but during his with a cookie and a drink. Pro- years as governor, from 1967 ceeds go towards the Thunder to 1975, he supported what Dance Fundraiser. was then the largest tax in- Carli Plute can be contacted crease in California history. at [email protected]. Cutting deals with Democratic leaders in Congress, he slashed and raised taxes during his CAB raises White House days. Reagan never presented a balanced budget to Congress. A funds for 1986 law he signed established a one-year amnesty program Dance for people who entered the U.S. illegally and had been in Thunder the country at least four years. In recent days, the Repub- participation AP PHOTO | SCOTT STEWART lican presidential campaign has become increasingly foul- By BAILY TURNER President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, wave from windows of his hospital room at the Navy Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. July toned, as candidates and the THE PARTHENON 18, 1985. The former first lady has died at 94, The Associated Press confirmed Sunday. Republican establishment The Marshall University look for ways to slow Trump’s Campus Activities Board is By MICHAEL R. BLOOD in America” theme Reagan American Life,” Reagan wrote for campaigns to have certain momentum. hosting a fundraiser at Chipo- ASSOCIATED PRESS employed as a candidate a gen- of his campaign for governor: standards which should never Former nominee Mitt Rom- tle in Barboursville Wednesday Nancy Reagan spent decades eration ago. “It’s a rule I followed ..