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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 | VOL. 119 NO. 34 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com

INSIDE: Thundering Nerds + Kenova Pumpkin House = NEWS, 2 >ART COLLECTIVE NUMERICAL PUMPKINS >DRUG POLICY >SGA HALLOWEEN >FILM FESTIVAL >CARBON PLAN

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PHOTOS BY ROB ENGLE | THE PARTHENON TOP: Members of Marshall’s Math Club hollow out some of the 90 pumpkins that will be used in a math equation display at the Pumpkin House. BOTTOM LEFT: What started as a hobby for Ric Griffith and his daughters has become a worldwide attraction, featuring 3,000 unique pumpkins annually. BOTTOM RIGHT: “We actually decided that most of the equations are easy, but considering we’re all math nerds that might be a little bit relative,” said club member Kiersten Loony.

By ROB ENGLE about we make it a puzzle?’” a worldwide attraction that relies on article in Vietnamese and I could only THE PARTHENON The equations were developed by volunteers to churn out more than Members of Marshall University’s members of the club and will be dis- 3,000 unique pumpkins in one week. the middle of it, and was all about the Math Club, The Thundering Nerds, played on a feature wall to the side of Pumpkinread one things.House.” It said, ‘Ric Griffith’ in braved the rain Tuesday night to help the house. House visitors will have the carve some of the 3,000 pumpkins on opportunity to write their answers on “It’s like finals week when you favorite thing about the attraction is display at the world-famous Pumpkin a sheet of paper until 5 p.m. Saturday. thehaven’t Pumpkin begun toHouse study,” is Griffiththey have said. to itsDespite ability tothe bring acclaim, people Griffith together. said his House in Kenova, West Virginia. recreateGriffith everythingsaid the unique each thingyear aboutfrom “It’s wonderful because I don’t Started by Kenova resident Ric at 8 p.m. Saturday and award them scratch, from the shelving to the deliv- withGriffith prizes. plans to announce the winners ery to the design. said. “They just come into my yard Pumpkin House will feature 90 pump- Secondary education major Kiersten “I think that’s one reason many peo- andknow say, any ‘How of can these I help?’ people,” If it were Griffith not kinsGriffith carved more by than the 30club years that ago,will thebe Loony said helping make this contest for this hundreds, if not thousands, of arranged into math equations and dis- happen was an exciting opportunity recognize the level of work that goes volunteers that come every year, this played for the public to solve. for the brand new club. intople appreciatethis. I need it,” toGriffith get the said. Marshall “They would not be possible. If I ever get to Bonita Lawrence, professor of “We have 90 pumpkins that will the point where if one of these kind mathematics at Marshall, said she has be displayed for everyone to see, and hours that go into this.” people accidentally ruins a pumpkin wanted to volunteer at the Pumpkin that’s pretty big considering we just math students to figure out the man- and that bothers me, then I need to House for years. started this club this semester,” Loony caught the attention of Kenova com- quit, because that not the spirit of the “I’ve been at Marshall for 15 years said. “We actually decided that most of munityGriffith’s but also creation the attention has not of media only and have always brought students the equations are easy, but consider- across the globe, from Australia to Cal- The Pumpkin House will be on dis- to the see the Pumpkin House and I ing we’re all math nerds that might be ifornia to Vietnam. Pumpkin House,” Griffith said. always wanted to work with them,” a little bit relative.” him take everything down. Lawrence said. “I talked to Ric to see if What grew out of a hobby of carving “A friend of mine was traveling to Ho play,Rob Griffith Engle said, can beuntil contacted his wife makesat en- we could volunteer and he said, ‘How pumpkins with his daughters became Chi“I’m Minh a Vietnam City sent veteran,” me a Griffithnewspapers said. [email protected]. C M Y K 50 INCH

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Mayor’s drug International Film control plan Festival returns to praised after Marshall University By KALYN BORDMAN Jones said she finds value in the festival, along with oth- THE PARTHENON ers in the Marshall family. president vist The International Film Festival has returned to Marshall “The International Film Festival is an outstanding contri- University. bution to our university,” said Cortney Robateau, Marshall By JOHN COLE GLOVER should be brought to a The festival is weeklong with six films shown three times alumna. THE PARTHENON portal of recovery. Several each throughout the week. Robateau said the film festival is a wonderful way to City officals continue to recovery and treatment op- “It’s a really fun event. It’s more intellectual, but it’s still bring together students, staff and alumni for evenings of praise Huntington Mayor tions exist in Huntington, fun because the films have entertainment value,” said An- cultural diversity. Steve Williams’ drug con- such as the Cabell-Hunting- gela Jones, director of marketing and external affairs for Jones said she encourages students to visit the Artists trol policy following the ton Health Department’s the Marshall Artists Series. Series website and come to festival. Jones said students arrival of President Barack programs and Recovery Jones said the festival is a good way to experience other may be surprised at how interested in the films they may Obama, who highlighted Point. languages and cultures in an inexpensive and less time- become. the drug problem in West The Cabell-Huntington consuming manner. The films that will be shown for the fall International Virginia. Health Department imple- “You can just travel around the world in a week and visit Film Festival include “Citizenfour” in English, “Landfill- The three-pronged pol- mented a syringe exchange six different countries,” Jones said. harmonic” in English and Spanish, “Phoenix” in German, icy focuses on prevention, program this year to reduce Jones said some professors use the festival as a learning “Tangerines” in Estonian and Russian, “Two Days, One treatment and law enforce- the spread of communicable tool for their students. Some professors use the festival as Night” in French and “Wild Tales” in Spanish. ment, as opposed to the law diseases via needle sharing. part of their curriculum and require students to attend or Tickets do not need to be purchased in advance. Students enforcement-only approach The exchange allows offer extra credit for attendance. need to bring their student IDs to the door at the Keith Al- of the past. people struggling with ad- “Sometimes a student may come because a professor re- bee Theater for admittance. “We admitted we have diction to come into contact quired them to do so, but then they will come back because Kalyn Bordman can be contacted at bordman3@mar- problems,” said Jim John- with recovery coaches. The of how much they liked the film,” Jones said. shall.edu. son, director of the Office program exists to help ad- of Drug Control Policy. “But dicts access key resources. we are looking at innovative Johnson said help from Two Headed Dog Art Collective showcase solutions not tried before in Congressman Evan Jen- the state.” kins, Senator Joe Manchin By MATTHEW PRANDONI with the introduction of the Visual Arts aspects of the piece. Johnson said the city can- and Senator Shelley Moore THE PARTHENON Center downtown.” “I like to emulate beautiful things, not arrest its way out of the Capito helped to expand re- The Two Headed Dog Art Collective The art community has had a growing whether if that’s with pens or words or problem, but a strong law sources in the state, like the will showcase artwork from collective presence in Huntington in recent years. paints,” collective artist Daniel Hudson enforcement presence is drug court system. members and volunteers alike. In October 2014, Huntington was desig- said. Hudson graduated from Marshall still necessary. President Obama’s visit The showcase is from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. nated as a Certified Arts Community. in the winter of 2014. Johnson said demand for brought the problems West 3 on 801 3rd Ave. in Huntington. Shell said one of the goals of the “Even though [Huntington] is a small illegal drugs, such as heroin Virginians have been deal- The showcase starts with a meet-and- showcase is revitalization of art in the town in West Virginia, there is still a and other opiates, needs to ing with for years back into greet with guest speaker Joe Minicozzi, downtown area of Huntington. community of creative artistic people be reduced in order to stop the spotlight. the principal of Urban3 consulting The event will be multimedia focused. who want to not just see their own local widespread use. “Obama’s visit reaffirmed company. Minicozzi will speak on how Several different forms of art will be space be better, but want to see a better Bryan Chambers, direc- what we were already do- properties have different values and shown. Some of the mediums include collaboration of artists in Huntington,” tor of communications for ing,” Johnson said. what those properties can produce. photography, performing arts and Hudson said. the mayor’s office, said the West Virginia has the After the meet-and-greet, people may sculpture. Most of the artists participating in the city has been successful in highest overdose death rate spend the rest of the event browsing the Sarah Lane, member of Two Headed event are living in the area. bringing other groups to in the nation, at about twice artwork. Dog Collective, said the group wants to The Two Headed Dog Art Collective lend resources to deal with the national average. “I think it is a strength of our area,” show pop-up art to showcase local art- remains open to more volunteer artists. the issue. “Now is not the time to said Breanna Shell, planner for the de- ists. Pop-up art is 3-D art that allows The event is free to the public. “Several of the agencies celebrate,” Chambers said. partment of development and planning viewers to look around the piece from Matthew Prandoni can be contacted were already doing remark- “But we feel very confident.” in Huntington. “There are a lot of artists different angles and gather different at [email protected]. able work individually,” John Cole Glover can be Chambers said. contacted at glover39@ Chambers said addicts marshall.edu. West Virginia governor taking SGA visits nursing home for steps to submit carbon plan a Halloween surprise By JONATHAN MATTISE Summit at Stonewall Resort in ASSOCIATED PRESS Roanoke, West Virginia. By CADI DUPLAGA West Virginia Gov. Earl Tomblin and Roberts both THE PARTHENON Ray Tomblin said Tues- mentioned that if states don’t Marshall University’s Student Government Association day he is taking steps to submit their own plans, they will representatives dressed up in Halloween costumes and deliv- submit a plan to com- be stuck with a federal plan cre- ered cards to residents in the Woodland’s Retirement Home. ply with federal carbon ated by the EPA. SGA members made 85 cards and bought candy to take to emission standards on “In essence, they won’t care if the residents of the home following their Senate meeting we just say no or not,” Roberts Tuesday. Approximately 30 SGA members participated. echoing guidance from said. “They will still get what Members went to the main dining hall of the home and then thecoal-fired nation’s power largest plants, min- they want, and it may in fact be continued to visit each of the rooms and surprise residents. ers’ union earlier in the even worse for coal than if we Rachel Rohrbach, Campus Life and Service chairwoman, day. had developed a (state plan).” coordinated the event for SGA. Rohrbach said the experience The two parties staked An extension would give time was very rewarding and residents appreciated everything their position even as for a multistate legal challenge they brought. the state and the United against the carbon standards to “One woman had stayed in her room for two weeks,” Rohr- Mine Workers of Amer- wind through the courts, Roberts bach said. “But when she found out we were there, she finally ica challenge the federal said. came out of her room and was excited to see us. It was nice emissions requirements In West Virginia, the coal in- to put a smile on all of their faces and see how something as in court. dustry is struggling to persevere little as cards and candy meant so much to them.” In a news release amid cheaper natural gas energy Freshman dietetics major Emma Nelson is a new member Tuesday, the Democratic production, thinning coal seams of SGA. Nelson was sworn in during the meeting Tuesday and governor said until a JOHN RABY | AP PHOTO in the southern part of the state, said she thoroughly enjoyed her first SGA experience. legal decision is made, James Bennett holds a sign at a rally for coal industry jobs Oct. 21, next to competition from other coal “Going to the retirement home was a lot more fun than I had the state can’t afford producing regions, lousy coal expected,” Nelson said. “All of the residents were so happy to to ignore the U.S. Envi- the Coal Miner’s Statue at the state Capitol complex in Charleston, W.V. The markets, and regulations. see us and that made the experience that much more enjoy- ronmental Protection rally coincided with a day trip to Charleston from President Barack Obama Roberts said West Virginia able. I hope that we continue to do more things like this to Agency rule, which aims to talk about drug abuse. Speakers at the rally criticized Obama’s proposed should plan to build new power give us a little break from all of the stress and work of SGA.” to stem global warming. - SGA members stayed and visited the residences for almost The requirement has environmental rules that would limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power ral gas that can meet emissions two hours passing out candy and cards and taking the time to drawn opposition from plants. standards.plants co-fired He bysaid coal a andstate natu law listen to residents’ stories. many West Virginia poli- passed two decades ago allows Several SGA members are returning to the home Thursday ticians in both major parties, including Tomblin. for a Halloween party with the residents. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Re- build new power plants. Cadi Duplaga can be contacted at duplaga2@marshall. publican, has previously called on states to refuse to send in forTomblin’s public bond administration financing andsaid public-privatehe supports using partnerships the state’s to edu. plans to comply, with just a handful of governors making the coal and natural gas resources at home, and wants to hear how pledge. to pay for and operate the project. Any state plan that Tomblin’s administration crafts still must Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, said the Legislature is get the approval of the Republican-led Legislature. keeping “all options open” on how to react to whatever state “If we can demonstrate that we put a lot of time and effort into plan it is dealt. After last election, the GOP in West Virginia was developing a plan for West Virginia, we may have a better chance of lessening the harmful impacts these regulations could have decades largely by criticizing President Barack Obama and his on our miners, their families and communities,” Tomblin said. energyable to policies.flip the Legislature for the first time in more than eight Union President Cecil Roberts added that the state should “The Legislature will do everything it can to fully protect ask for a two-year extension to September 2018 to send in its the interests of our state and its coal miners,” Cole said in a plan. Robert’s remarks came Tuesday at the Governor’s Energy statement.

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Column: The overlooked evoltion Men’s soccer snaps winless streak of Tim Duncan By BRADLEY HELTZEL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The San Antonio Spurs will make its 2015-16 NBA season debut Wednesday night when it takes on the Oklahoma City Thunder at 8 p.m. on ESPN, alleviat- ing the basketball ecosphere of the previously denied pleasures of witnessing “Spurgasms.” “Spursgasms” represent basketball’s artistic novelty, a series of pinging passes working in syn- chronization which often result in an easy layup or a wide open 3-pointer for the team to which the term’s namesake is owed. The Spurs have long headed the NBA-franchise hierarchy and have been annual cham- pionship contenders structured upon the sustained malleability of head coach Gregg Popovich and future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan. The year-to-year success of the Spurs is what has made Duncan’s career transcendent, but it is also what has curiously and egregiously made Duncan’s career an ancillary topic of discussion to the sports landscape. Duncan and the Spurs were respected during the apex of Duncan’s career, which extended into the lat- ter half of the 2000s, but the continuity of the team’s winning percentage and playing style was dull in comparison to the combustible, yet brilliant Kobe Bryant-Los Angeles Lakers, the Steve Nash-engi- neered “Seven Seconds or Less” Phoenix Suns and even the loveable early-2000s Sacramento Kings. PARTHENON FILE PHOTO Even in the current era of NBA basketball, which Junior midfielder Daniel Jodah possesses the ball in a match against Liberty last season. pace-and-space style, San Antonio has been over- By IMANI SPRADLEY both teams,” Gray said. Senior Jack Hopkins, who scored “This is biggest game of the has been defined by the Spurs’ origination of the THE PARTHENON However, Gray said his team - year to me,” Hopkins said. “I play was able to execute despite the the best against UAB because I Stateshadowed, Warriors. first by the Miami Heat’s Big Three and weather. gethis firston the goal scoreboard. of the season for Mar grew up playing with a lot of their nowYet, by as thethe amplifiedNBA has versiontransitioned of itself–the from the Golden days University’sIn what was men’s a game soccer filled team with With the win, the Herd moves to shall,“I kind said heof wasdid anxiousa shot-fake to finally and players.” when brute post-ups and midrange isolation jump- defeatedconstant Shawnee rain showers, State University Marshall 5-8-1 (0-5-1 C-USA) and snaps its went around and scored,” Hopkins The Herd faces the Blazers at ers were the offensive norm to today’s version where 3-0 Tuesday at Hoops Family Field. - said. 7 p.m. Saturday on the team’s se- pick and rolls are warped within 3-point barrages, shall was 0-7-1 in its last eight Hopkins said he looks forward nior night at Hoops Family Field in Duncan has ensured the Spurs’ winning ways stand said the weather played a factor in games.eight-game winless streak. Mar to the Herd’s next game against Huntington. the test of time. theMarshall game. head coach Bob Gray “I’m happy to get the win,” Gray the University of Alabama at Bir- Imani Spradley can be con- Duncan’s adaptation to the NBA’s style of play has “The condition obviously said. “It’s been a while snice we mingham, which is his hometown tacted at spradley@marshall. long been an underappreciated component of his ca- changed the game a little bit for tasted a victory.” team. edu. reer, one that has seen his effectiveness plateau as opposed to steadily regress like so many of his peers who entered the league alongside him in the late ‘90s. Duncan once stood as the prime example of NBA Marshall football adds Boise State to big men along with players such as Shaquille O’Neal and Kevin Garnett. The low block was his offense- producing factory and the paint was his to protect, banging bodies with opposing bigs and turning back schedule in 2019 and 2020 shots of driving perimeter players. Duncan won two THE PARTHENON era. MVPs,However, four titlesthe days and threeof post-ups Finals MVPsand isolation during thisof- University foot- fenses were beginning to be shucked from NBA ballThe Marshallprogram playbooks in the late 2000s as the birth of analytics announced Tues- day it has agreed Suddenly the NBA became a league of little men, with to play a home- perimeterbegan to exposeplayers the darting inefficiencies around ofpicks, such needling strategy. and-home series pocket passes to rolling bigs and aligning upon the with Boise State 3-point arc for shots equating to two-thirds the value University. of those antiquated post-ups. Duncan was forced to adjust his game and his body travel to the Bron- to continue the winning traditions he helped imple- cos’Marshall Albertsons will ment in San Antonio. Duncan lost nearly 20 pounds Stadium in Boise, between the 2010-11 season and the 2011-12 sea- Idaho Sept. 21, son, evidenced by his clearly-visible stretch marks, 2019, while Boise as the offense had evolved away from Duncan post- State will come to ups and toward point guard Tony Parker operating in Joan C. Edwards pick and rolls with shooters abound. Stadium Oct. 3, The evolution of the NBA’s preferred style of gener- 2020. ating points through pick and rolls or pick and pops has coalesced with the percentage of big men’s buck- - ets that come via an assist. Duncan’s scoring methods rickMarshall tweeted athletic about showcases an adopted modern-day skillset of being thedirector announcement Mike Ham able to pop out for midrange jumpers, while also pos- Tuesday. The tweet sessing the spryness, nimbleness and coordination to read: “Our program In the 2009-10 season, 55.1 percent of Duncan’s has taken a huge catch and finish on rolls to the rim. step with our @ The Marshall University football team prepares to take the field for its Homecoming Game against the University PARTHENON FILE PHOTO his career for a single season. Since, Duncan’s per- BroncoSportsFB of North Texas Saturday. 2-point field goals were assisted the highest mark of series. We are a National brand and we won’t one of the New Year’s Six bowls last season thee of its four non-conference opponents each season (58.5, 61.5, 66.6, 66.9 and 73.9). take a backseat to anyone. #BEHERD” as the teams were ranked 23rd and 24th, set for 2019, while all four have been deter- centageDuncan’s of assistedevolution 2-point as a player field goalshas extended has risen his in Boise State is one of the more successful respectively in the committee’s rankings on mined in 2020. years of NBA championship contention as a key Group of Five programs in the country, and In 2019, the Herd will play the University cog to his team’s success. He has grappled the new earned a spot in last year’s Fiesta Bowl as University three days later dropped the Herd of Cincinnati and Ohio University at home skillset of big men required to thrive in today’s NBA the Group of Five representative in one of the outNov. of 25. contention Marshall’s for loss the to spot. Western Kentucky Sept. 14 and Sept. 28, respectively, and will offenses, and although his strength in the post has College Football Playoff’s six “access bowls” play at Boise State Sept. 21. deteriorated and his mangled left knee has made or New Year’s Six bowls. Boise State was also once in its respective histories, with the In 2020, the Herd will play the University his movements arduous, Duncan has maintained his the only of Group of Five team to finish in the BroncosBoise Statedefeating and Marshall the Herd have 28-24 played in justthe of Pittsburgh and Boise State at home Sept. defensive acumen, ranking as one of the better rim CFP top 25 last season. 1994 NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. 26 and Oct. 3, respectively, and will play at protectors in the league last season allowing just a 47 With the addition of Boise State to its East Carolina University and at Ohio Sept. 5 percent shooting clip. top competitors for the Group of Five spot in and Sept. 19, respectively. With the addition of former Trail Blazers power Boise State and Marshall were amongst the schedule in 2019 and 2020, Marshall has are primed to be amongst the lead competitors for theforward Larry LaMarcus O’Brien Championship Aldridge this offseason,trophy in June the Spursagain Marshall diver earns weekly conference honor - HERDZONE Friday. Cincinnati, defeating the Bearcats 126-117. ishing pick and rolls despite deteriorated athleticism, It was the first time Wolons earned the honor. snaringthis season. rebounds And Duncan with awill bum be anknee integral and piece,somehow fin Wolons has been named the Conference The junior won the 3-meter event with a - managing to block shots without jumping. USAMarshall Diver Universityof the Week, diving the league junior office Megan an- score of 260.70. She then finished runner- tionThe HerdFriday also and topped Saturday VMI in 125-20. Davidson, North nounced Tuesday. up in the 1-meter event, posting a score of CarolinaMarshall whereswimming it will and face diving Davidson is back College in ac Wednesday, remember that Tim Duncan made it all 241.35. and Old Dominion University. possibleSo when by you altering see that his firstgame “Spurgasm” and successfully of the season bridg- Herd’s victories against the University of The Thundering Herd opened its home sea- Friday’s event starts at 6 p.m. and Saturday’s ing the gap of two offensive eras of NBA basketball. Wolons was the key diver for Marshall in the son with an impressive upset victory over competition begins at 10 a.m.

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SCREEN SHOT | TWITTER Just because it’s pop doesn’t mean it’s about love.

By MEGAN OSBORNE Multiple publications, major ones at that, interpreted the song genre, for that matter) to writing about relationships. Do we have MANAGING EDITOR as a breakup song. chalked “” up as to revisit Sarah Bareilles? If you know anything about (Claire Boucher), you know “a blow-out pop song about getting over an ex” and But placing Grimes in that category is doing the artist a disser- she loves mainstream pop music, even though her own style is called it “a biting, punk-pop breakup jam.” vice. Though this track sounds like something that could more more alternative. Music media rejoiced Monday when her video - “Flesh without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream” debuted two tracks categorize the meaning behind the lyrics as cookie-cutter as well. off her upcoming that were true pop, atypical of her usual “RememberAt first listen, when the we lyrics used make to say it /easy ‘I love to seeyou’ where almost the every misinter day / readilyI’ve never fit into been a mainstream one to be decentaudience’s at poetry ears, that’sanalysis, not asa reason my Eng to- quirky style. Ipretation saw a light was. in youThe /first Going verse out certainly as I closed reads our likewindow a breakup / You neversong: lish teachers would just look at me blankly when I offered my “Flesh without Blood” is a wonderful track. Initially, the sound liked me anyway.” interpretations of Robert Frost poems and I won’t get into what screams pop, but the mechanics are anything but—there’s still But if we know anything about pop songs or lyrics in general, they thought of my E. E. Cummings analysis. But what I see hap- something edgy about the sound, something ethereal yet dark as we know everything is not what it initially reads to be. “Can’t Feel pening in “Flesh without Blood” is possibly some kind of internal is characteristic in Grimes’s production. But unless you’re familiar My Face,” for example, on the surface seems to be a love song, but struggle. Whatever the meaning could be, the video shows enough with Grimes’s work, it may be easy to miss her little touches at evidence against it being a love song, even without Boucher’s Switched On Pop). Twitter announcement. Although it is as true-to-genre as pop can get, the subject mat- it’sFew definitely of Grimes’s about songscocaine are (I explicitlyknow this love-oriented thanks to the and dudes those at Boucher also said these two tracks aren’t representative of any- terfirst. is not love-oriented as so many pop songs are and like some that are have feminist undertones, so making the blind assump- thing else on “Art Angels” which will be available Nov. 6th. Until publications were quick to assume, as Boucher voiced on her Twit- tion that “Flesh without Blood” is a breakup song just shows how then, I’ll be digging into the video, anxiously awaiting whatever ter account Tuesday, tweeting “Flesh without Blood isn’t about a quick we are to associate pop with love, because that’s what sells stylistic cocktail of an album Grimes has cooked up. breakup! I don’t write about love anymore,” followed by multiple and it’s what people understand. Megan Osborne can be contacted at osborne115@marshall. plate-of-spaghetti and skull emojis. edu.

And, it showspage howdesigned quickand edited weby MEGAN are OSBORNE to confine | [email protected] women of pop (or any