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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 | VOL. 118 NO. 118 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com INSIDE: NEWS, 2 > NURU WATER WALK TALE AS OLD AS TIME > SENIOR CONCERT > GREEK WEEK BANNERS > EARTH DAY

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HERDZONE By MIKAELA KEENER adaptation. The Beast, who did not sing in the THE PARTHENON movie, was given three songs in the Broadway The Marshall Artists Series presented Dis- version. OPINION, 4 ney’s “Beauty and the Beast” Tuesday at the “I think it’s pretty creative actually,” said Dan- Keith Albee Performing Arts Center. iel Parlock, sophomore at Marshall University. > DEFINING FEMINISM Angela Jones, director of marketing and exter- “I was in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in high school, nal affairs for the Marshall Artists Series, said and a lot of the stuff they put in was not written > JUSTICE REFORM the musical is a different kind of show compared into the play. I think it’s more modernized, so it to other shows in the Artists Series. actually grabs younger attention, but it’s pretty “I really think each show is different,” Jones creative. I just love how they incorporate things said. “This is a big Broadway show, and it’s going and make things move smoothly.” to be larger in scale than a piano soloist, like the Jones said there was excitement for the mu- BBC Orchestra concert. It’s going to be large too, sical to come to Huntington since the Artists but it’s going to be different. It’s just an orches- Series season was released. tra doing orchestra music with a conductor. This “From the very beginning when we an- is more of a visual and audio. I think it appeals nounced our season, people have been very to different people and typically in every season, excited about it,” Jones said. “People wanted Audience members, top, watch as “Beauty & The Beast” SCREENSHOT we have shows that appeal to different people to see Jay Leno, people wanted to see Frankie throughout, so this is no exception.” Valli and people wanted to see ‘Beauty and the is performed live at the Keith Albee Performing Arts The musical tells the classic tale of a beast, a Beast.’ I think people are just excited to get the Center Tuesday. PHOTOS BY ANDREA STEELE | THE PARTHENON LIFE, 5 chance to see it in the Keith Albee, which is so love or he will be stuck under the curse forever. amazing to see Broadway shows at the big pro- > ALE HOUSE princeAdditions under were a curse made and to how the Broadway he must find version true scenium theatre.” Mikaela Keener can be contacted at > CODINUNDRUM New songs were added to the musical [email protected]. of the classic film.

By HANNAH HARMAN “I’m very excited for this lecture,” THE PARTHENON Proctor said. “I think he is going to be a Lincoln scholar Lucas Morel is the fea- terrific speaker, and I think this lecture tured speaker at the next Amicus Curiae will be thought provoking.” AMICUS Lecture 7 p.m. Thursday in the Marshall Morel is a professor of ethics and poli- University Foundation Hall. tics and head of the politics department at Washington and Lee University. Lecture Series, “War and Remembrance in Morel is the author of “Lincoln's Sa- TODAY’S AbrahamThe final Lincoln's lecture Second of the AmicusInaugural Curiae Ad- cred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in dress,” is sponsored by the Simon Perry American Self-Government” and is the WEATHER: CURIAE Center for Constitutional Democracy at editor of “Ralph Ellison and the Raft of PROVIDED BY MARSHALL UNIVERSITY METEOROLOGY STUDENTS Marshall. Hope: A Political Companion to Invis- March marked the 150th anniversary ible Man.” of Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Southern Illinois University Press as Address. part of its Concise Lincoln Library Series RETURNS Patricia Proctor, director of the Simon will publish Morel’s newest book, “Lincoln and the American Founders.” Morel when she did research on an event The event is free and open to the public. Lincoln scholar to inPerry Gettysburg Center, said related she firstthe learnedstudy and of Lucascom- Hannah Harman can be contacted at feature in series memoration of the Gettysburg Address. [email protected]. 298564 MARSHALL CAREER SERVICES PARTHENON FRONT PAGE C M Y K 50 INCH

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Nuru Water Walk to benefit organization fighting third world poverty By CAITLIN FOWLKES them better seeds, etc.” Holland said. in developing countries cannot attend school According to Holland, Nuru International is THE PARTHENON “They also help with education initia- because they must spend their days collecting finishing a project in Kenya where they drilled The Nuru Water Walk will begin at the Mar- tives, healthcare initiatives, water and water. wells and helped with sanitation efforts such shall University Memorial Fountain at 2:30 sanitation issues, and also small businesses The purpose of the event is to walk in soli- as building latrines. p.m. April 26. and entrepreneurs.” darity of the girls who carry water every day Alpha XI Delta, WMUL, Women’s Studies, Participants of the Nuru Water Walk will Participants can register the day of the event and cannot attend school. Society of Black Scholars, MedLife and other walk a mile around Marshall’s campus with a or pre-register online. “This event is unique in the sense of you student groups on campus have partnered bucket of water on their heads. Holland said this fundraiser will focus are going to experience something,” Holland with the Nuru Organization to help the event The entry fee is $5, and the Nuru organiza- on the specific difficulty of collecting clean said. A lot of times experience is a great link take place. tion will sell t-shirts, bracelets and scarves. water. In the developing world, the task of to empathy. As you walk you will feel the burn Kristan Davis, volunteer on the planning Kati Holland, volunteer personnel, said all collecting water usually falls on women and in your shoulders, but it’s something that so committee of the event, said this is her fourth the proceeds go to Nuru International, a non- young girls. many people in the developing world experi- year participating and planning for the event. profit organization that works holistically to “They can walk anywhere from one mile ence every single day.” “I walk because I believe that we are all in end extreme poverty. to six miles and sometimes spend between There will be a rally on the Memorial Stu- this together and that we can end extreme pov- “They fund a lot of things, including agricul- three to six hours collecting water that some- dent Center Plaza after the walk. erty,” Davis said. ture, helping loans with small farmers, helping times isn’t even clean,” Holland said. The funds from this event will go to a current Caitlin Fowlkes can be contacted at fowl- them with better farming techniques, giving Holland said the majority of the time girls project in Ethiopia and other projects. [email protected].

GREEK WEEK CONTINUES WITH BANNER WCONTEST S Now in its second day, Greek Week continues its calendar of events with the Greek Week Banner Contest. Contestants hung their banners along the second floor balcony for judgement Tuesday in the Memorial Student Center.

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Marshall Sustainability Grandstaff performs at sax recital Tuesday By KAITLYN CLAY THE PARTHENON Department to celebrate Senior saxophone player at Marshall University Jarohn Grandstaff performed Tuesday at the Jomie Jazz Center. Earth Day with campus event Grandstaff’s recital presented a collec- tion of tunes in a variety of styles. By PATRICK BREEDEN green roof that was installed on the Arthur An Afro-Latin tune, “Mahjong” by Wayne THE PARTHENON Weisberg Engineering Complex. Shorter started the show and was followed The Marshall University Sustainability De- Billings said there will be arts and crafts by songs of jazz, bebop and the waltz styles. partment is celebrating Earth Day 10 a.m. to 2 events involving non-toxic, washable paints and Grandstaff performed another original p.m. April 22 on campus. recycled materials collected on campus such as piece, “Three by Four.” Organizations and businesses such as 20 ounce and two liter bottles. Grandstaff said “Three by Four” re- the Huntington Museum of Art, the Greater A campus-wide geocaching event is planned minded him of something more than music. Huntington Parks and Recreation District, for the event. Geocaching is an outdoor activity “It reminds me of taking a walk in the Huntington Cycle & Sport, the Ohio Valley Envi- in which participants use a global positioning park on a Sunday morning,” Grandstaff said ronmental Coalition, the Four Pole Watershed “It even has the feel of a Christmas carol Association, Healthy Life Market and Chipotle Billings said she hopes local grade school stu- during some portions.” are coming to campus to provide environmen- system to find hidden containers called “caches.” Grandstaff and two of his best friends tal education. “We would really love to get the kids over here,” performed an original tune near the end of Local car dealership Dutch Miller will also Billingsdents are said. able “Especially to attend the because event asa alot field of thesetrip. the show. showcase an electric car. Grandstaff was joined by fellow mu- Sustainability Education Assistant Capri things like that. This is something that is inex- sicians Gabe Muncy on trumpet, Bobby Billings said she wanted to showcase some- pensive.schools You are come losing out funding here, you for get field [the trips kids] and on Galloway on saxophone, Colten Settle on thing students could relate to. campus. Not only are they learning about what’s guitar, Jordan Trent on bass, Tyler Stewart Local herpetologist Larry Cartmill will bring going on in the world, but maybe we can spark on drums and singers Josh Steinle and Jus- a collection of snakes, and Lucas Farms will some passion about wanting to go to college.” tin Hesson. bring baby goats. Patrick Breeden can be contacted at Kaitlyn Clay can be contacted at JAROHN GRANDSTAFF Billings said attendees will take a tour of the [email protected]. [email protected]. KAITLYN CLAY | THE PARTHENON

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By MALCOLM WALTON The Herd’s Rachel Morales said she THE PARTHENON Marshall University’s tennis team re- - believes if the team stays focused it bye in the C-USA Women’s Tennis will come away from the 14-team tour Championships.ceived the No. 2 seed and a first-round nament with the championship. “We have so much talent on the team,” Morales said. “Everyone works- The first round of the tournament hard and gives everything they have starts Thursday. for every match. We just need to fo Kai Broomfield, the lone senior on cusMorales on one saidmatch head at a coachtime and John not Mer get- competition.the Herd’s roster, said the team plans ahead of ourselves.” to make the most of its day away from - cer prepared the team for this moment- “It’s definitely great that we got it,” throughout the entire season. Broomfield said. “I think the main ben “Coach Mercer has told us that any efit is that we now have an extra day to thing can happen in the tournament,” prepare and practice. Every team in our Morales said. “He just keeps telling us- conference is pretty good. So, we really to stay positive no matter what and to need to be prepared for each match we control the things we can while not let play.” ting the things we can’t control bother Despite the Herd’s recent wins against- us.” nationally-ranked DePaul University and Marshall will face the winner of the the College of William & Mary, Broom opening-round match between No. 7 field said she realizes the conference- UTEP and No. 10 University of Texas at tournament is another ball game. San Antonio in the quarterfinals. “It’s a lot different than regular sea The quarterfinals match is set for 11 theson matchmatches,” is overBroomfield once a said.team “There’sreaches a.m. Friday at Rice University’s George more pressure to win each point because R. Malcolm Brown Tennis Walton Center can be in contacted Houston, atTexas. [email protected]. four total points. That’s a big difference for the players.”

“With his concerned teammates gathered around him, Carrasco stayed on the ground for several minutes.” Indians’ pitcher -TOM WITHERS hit in the face with line drive By TOM WITHERS AP SPORTS WRITER condition. A team spokesman said Carrasco was - being evaluated. Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco was carted Zach McAllister replaced Carrasco, who off the field in the first inning Tuesday night af signed a four-year, $22 million contract last- ter being struck in the face by a line drive hit by week. He was one of the AL’s best pitchers in Chicago’s Melky Cabrera. deal.the second half last season and the Indians re Carrasco was flattened by the sharp liner that warded the 28-year-old him with a long-term appeared to glance off his glove and right hand before smacking him on the right side of the Carrasco’s injury is another early season face. The right-hander crumpled to the ground blow to the Indians. On Sunday, catcher Yan in front of the mound with his legs spread Gomes was placed on the disabled list with a wide as manager Terry Francona and a trainer sprained knee and could miss two months. Also, quickly raced out to check on him. All-Star left fielder Michael Brantley missed his- With his concerned teammates gathered fifth straight game with a bad back. around him, Carrasco stayed on the ground for Carrasco had a breakout season in 2014, go Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Carlos Carrasco falls to the ground after being hit with a line drive by several minutes. Cabrera, holding his batting ing 8-7 with a 2.55 ERA in 40 games. He started- Chicago White Sox’s Melky Cabrera during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, in Cleveland. helmet, came out to the side of the mound to- the season in Cleveland’s rotation but struggled AP PHOTO|MARK DUNCAN ondcheck base on Carrascoin prayer. as well and White Sox center and was moved to the bullpen. The Indians de- fielder Adam Eaton dropped to one knee at sec- cided to return him to the rotation late in the year, and he went 5-3 with a 1.30 ERA in his fi- Carrasco was helped to his feet by two Indi nal 10 starts. ans trainers before walking slowly to the cart Carrasco revealed after signing his new con holding the left side of his face. As he was driven tract that he underwent a heart procedure at off, he was given a warm ovation by Cleveland the Cleveland Clinic following last season. He fans following the scary moment. experienced heart palpitations and the surgery The Indians had no immediate word on his was done to increase blood flow.

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page designed and edited by JESSICA STARKEY| [email protected] C M Y K 50 INCH 4 Opinion WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM EDITORIAL The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for news and editorial content. CODI MOHR EXECUTIVE EDITOR [email protected]

JOCELYN GIBSON GEOFFREY FOSTER Not a feminist? Fine. MANAGING EDITOR NEWS EDITOR [email protected] [email protected]

JESSICA STARKEY MEGAN OSBORNE SPORTS EDITOR LIFE! EDITOR [email protected] [email protected]

DONYELLE MURRAY KRISTA SHIFFLETT SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER COPY EDITOR Don’t put them down. [email protected] [email protected] A video by The Rebel contributor how to identify himself, herself or It’s no secret that this publication’s Lauren Southern went viral last week themselves? editorial content tends to lean quite SHANNON STOWERS ANDREA STEELE as she explained all the reasons she It’s not okay to point fingers at heavily toward a feminist perspec- ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR claims she’s not a feminist. feminists, especially when the things tive, and almost every member of [email protected] [email protected] Despite the somewhat faulty statis- being classified as characteristics of our staff identifies as such. We have tics (most of which ignore any and all feminism don’t apply to most who developed a newsroom culture of SANDY YORK societal factors) there is a deeper is- identify with that term. like-minded people who share simi- FACULTY ADVISER sue to the video Southern is directing Southern claims “I’m not a feminist lar views. [email protected] at feminists. because…,” and she lists her vari- But maybe that’s the problem. The issue is not that Southern does ous reasons. But Southern is not a We sit in a room discussing why CONTACT US: 109 Communications Bldg.|Marshall University|One John Marshall Drive not identify as a feminist, and though feminist simply because she does not such a video is a problem for femi- Huntington, West Virginia 25755|[email protected]|@MUParthenon tragic, her inability to recognize how identify as a feminist. Simple as that. nism, while Southern and those who well her argument actually describes No one should be forced to assume share her choice to not identify as THE FIRST The Constitution of the a feminist is irrelevant compared to a label he or she doesn’t want or that feminist have a similar conversation AMENDMENT United States of America the truly damaging idea that she tells makes him or her uncomfortable, but elsewhere. viewers their identification is wrong if we go around pointing fingers at If these groups could find a way to Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of or less than her own. certain groups based on labels, all it communicate with each other beyond religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the Where did the human race get does is create tension between peo- Facebook comments or a video re- freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to the idea that a person or group ple who could potentially be working sponse, maybe they would find how peaceably assemble; and to petition the Government for a redress can tell another person or group together to reach a common goal. much they truly have in common. of grievances.

This screenshot taken from BE HERD: GUIDELINES FOR SENDING LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Southern’s video shows her statement, “Third wave Please keep letters to the letters that are posted on The feminism is not a movement editor at 300 words or fewer. Parthenon website, www. They must be saved in Mi- marshallparthenon.com, can for equaltiy.” She goes on to crosoft Word and sent as be printed at the discretion of give several statistics including an attachment. Longer let- the editors. that more males are raped ters may be used as guest The opinions expressed annually in the U.S. than columns at the editor’s discre- in the columns and letters females, “yet feminists remain tion. Guest column status will do not necessarily rep- not be given at the author’s resent the views of The silent,” she says. request. All letters must be Parthenon staff. SCREENSHOT | YOUTUBE signed and include an ad- Please send news releases dress or phone number for to the editors at parthe- [email protected]. Please edited for grammar, libelous keep in mind, letters are statements,confirmation. available Letters mayspace be printed based on timeliness, or factual errors. Compelling newsworthiness and space. STATE EDITORIAL Juvenile justice reform legislation approved by W. Va. governor

CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL families get caught in the the taxpayer, and that money Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin last - could be better spent on “Thanks to Tomblin’s actions, the state also will receive training and technical week signed legislation aimed ing an ill child to miss school community-based services assistance from the Center for Coordinated Assistance to States.” at curbing the number of withoutcrossfire a doctor’s for simply note. allow or educational programs that youth offenders in West Vir- Both bills provide for so- help at-risk youth. ginia’s judicial system. called “wraparound” services, Thanks to Tomblin’s actions, This is a step in the right di- those that work to address the state also will receive train- rection for multiple reasons. multiple problems in the ing and technical assistance It reduces the number home and community in an ef- from the Center for Coordi- of status offenders — kids fort to keep kids in school or nated Assistance to States, a convicted of acts deemed il- from being referred to the ju- newly formed partnership be- legal only because of their venile justice system. tween the Center for Juvenile age — keeping them out of the As Sen. Chris Walters, R- Justice Reform at Georgetown expensive, sometimes harsh Putnam, told the Daily Mail, University, the American In- juvenile justice system and in those services include invest- stitutes for Research and the their own homes and commu- ing in local Boys and Girls Council of Juvenile Correc- nities. This also allows truly Clubs and placing doctors in tional Administrators. troubled children in the sys- rural communities so children The U.S. Department of Jus- tem better access to treatment and families can receive pre- and already limited resources. ventative health care, among and Delinquency Prevention Tomblin also signed legisla- other things. istice’s funding Office the of Juvenileprogram. Justice West tion increasing the number of Not only are these measures - days children are allowed to good for children and fami- plicants selected to receive miss school without an excuse thisVirginia inaugural is one roundof only of five fund ap- a whole. According to Walters, can’t receive an education wholies, theysat on benefit the West the Virginia state as participants in the state’s ju- iffrom they’re five daysnot toin 10.school, Children but Intergovernmental Task Force venileing, which justice will system. benefit key illnesses, family issues and on Juvenile Justice, it costs The state is already seeing other problems arise, neces- sitating days away from the child in the juvenile justice critical reform legislation, and classroom. $100,000 each year for every- children,the benefits families of passingand taxpay this- This Jan. 13, 2014 file photo shows West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, as he gestures during a press While the current law aims dren placed in out-of-state ers will likely continue to see conference concerning the chemical spill at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Tomblin has some decisions to system, and $109,000 for chil to keep kids in school, good, facilities. positive outcomes well into make after the first Republican-led legislative session in more than eight decades. upstanding students and Those costs are borne by the future. AP PHOTO | STEVE HELBER

page designed and edited by JOCELYN GIBSON | [email protected] 5 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM With legalization possible, pot growers become lobbyists "The growers' coalition says it's worth the risk to ensure their interests are represented."

By LISA LEFF the growers' association put on slacks and ASSOCIATED PRESS dresses for a meeting in their lobbyist's 25th California's marijuana farmers have existed floor office within blocks of the Capitol to plot in a legal gray area during the 18 years since strategy and messaging. the state became the first to allow residents They decided to highlight their community to use the drug for medical purposes. as consisting largely of responsible farmers Now, veteran cannabis growers are emerg- who are good environmentalists and em- ing from the shadows to make their voices ployers but have been forced to operate as heard at the Capitol as the groundwork is be- outlaws and unfairly lumped in with unscru- ing laid to legalize pot for recreational use in pulous drug gangs that steal water for illegal the state. pot grows on public lands. Marijuana producers from Northern Cali- "The more consistent we can be in remind- fornia's infamous Emerald Triangle are hiring ing people that unregulated agriculture is the veteran lobbyists, forming political action problem and for all of the problems the so- committees and taking elected officials on lution is regulation, the better off we'll be," fact-finding tours — even though large-scale said Emerald Growers Association Executive pot farms remain illegal under federal law and Director Hezekiah Allen, a third-generation growers risk being raided and prosecuted. pot farmer. The growers' coalition says it's worth the In Oregon, Colorado and Washington state, risk to ensure their interests are represented where marijuana already has been legalized as lawmakers, and ultimately voters, consider for recreational use by adults, pot growers regulations that could allow them to do busi- have engaged in political advocacy in concert ness aboveboard. with and in opposition to consumer and busi- "This is democracy in action," said Casey ness groups that fought for full legalization. O'Neill, who grows flowers, vegetables and Ongoing issues include price differences be- marijuana in Mendocino County and serves as tween legal and recreational pot and whether secretary of the 750-member Emerald Grow- longtime growers are getting locked out of a ers Association. "Every other industry sends more tightly regulated environment. lobbyists to tell government how to think, so California's growers want to avoid such sce- finally as an industry we are realizing if this is narios. Association members say the state's how it works in America, we are going to have medical marijuana laws are too loose to offer to play ball." guidance or protection, so they have been col- Their first at-bat is a Wednesday hearing laborating with the drug reform groups that for a bill that would require medical mari- are crafting ballot language for a 2016 legal- juana growers to obtain permits and subject ization campaign. them to environmental inspections. The as- The growers' organization says pot farms sociation is bringing members to Sacramento should be overseen by the state agriculture for advocacy training and to support the leg- department like vineyards and that any licens- islation with visits to legislators' offices and ing system should employ a tiered approach T-shirts reading, "I am a farmer." that leaves room for small "craft cultivators." The author of the bill is Assemblyman Jim One sign that the growers are being heard Wood, a Democrat whose sprawling, 300-mile- was a two-day field trip that California Can- long district encompasses the prime, nabis Voice Humboldt, an advocacy group, sun-grown marijuana territory of Mendocino, organized last week for two members of the Humboldt and Trinity counties. Wood said he state tax board, which is providing input for doesn't know how his constituents will be re- the drafters of the legalization initiative on ceived, but he hopes his colleagues will keep how recreational weed could be taxed. The open minds. elected officials toured a seedling nursery, "It's one of those things that here in Sacra- a pair of specialty farms, and a horticulture mento, when you start talking about it, some supply company, posing after the outing for a Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the Emerald Growers Association leads a discussion on the group's people, if you don't live in the world where group photo with their hosts. upcoming efforts to lobby lawmakers on proposed legislation effecting the industry, in Sacramento, Calif., this comes from, they are uncomfortable," "A farmer made that happen," said group Tuesday. The trade association for marijuana growers is supporting a measure by Assemblyman Jim Wood, Wood said. Treasurer Luke Bruner, who organized the To prepare for the hearing of the Assem- visit. "The weed fairy doesn't bring this stuff D-Healdsburg, requiring medical pot growers to obtain permits and subject them to environmental inspections bly Agriculture Committee, nine members of to the dispensary." that will be heard before the Assembly Agriculture Committee, Wednesday. AP PHOTO | RICH PEDRONCELLI

STATE BRIEFS 2 brothers recovering after falling off New River cliff ASSOCIATED PRESS Fayette County Rope and Res- W.Va. veterans clinic closes Two teenage brothers are cue Team used a litter to lift recovering after they fell off a the 13-year-old off the cliff and cliff while hiking in the New carry him to the trailhead. again due to air quality issues River Gorge National River. Rescuers found the 19-year- The National Park Ser- old several hundred yards ASSOCIATED PRESS McGraw said in a hospital vice says the 13-year-old and away. He was able to walk with A clinic that serves vet- news release. 19-year-old siblings were at them down to the Kaymoor erans in West Virginia and Eligible veterans who re- an overlook at the end of Long Trail and then to Fayette Sta- Virginia has closed again ceived reimbursement for Point Trail when the younger tion Road. because of air quality issues. mileage to and from the brother fell around 7:35 p.m. The park service says The Beckley VA Medi- clinic will be reimbursed Sunday. The 19-year-old then both brothers were taken to cal Center announced the for mileage to and from the fell while trying to reach his Charleston Area Medical Cen- hospital. brother. ter. Their injuries weren't Greenbrier County Commu- The U.S. Department of The park service says the known. nityindefinite Based Outpatient closure of Clinic the Veterans Affairs initially in Maxwelton on Monday, closed the clinic in June media outlets reported. Vet- 2014 after several employ- erans served by the clinic ees became ill. The clinic CL041515 will have to travel to the later reopened but closed Murray Energy lays off 200 hospital in Beckley, about 53 again in October 2014 after CLASSIFIED miles west of Maxwelton, for similar problems were re- health care services. ported. The VA clinic began CLASSIFIED workers at West Virginia mines Hospital director Karin operations in 2011. McGraw said air quality tests The building is owned 2 x 8.0 ASSOCIATED PRESS Fifty-nine hourly employ- found formaldehyde levels by the Greenbrier Valley A Murray Energy subsidiary ees were idled at the Ohio above the recommended ex- Economic Development says it has laid off 200 work- County mine, leaving 451 posure limit in several parts Corporation. Beckley VA ers at three underground hourly employees. of the clinic. Several employ- Medical Center spokes- coal mines in northern West Twenty-seven workers ees have continued to report woman Debbie Voloski said Virginia. faced layoffs at the Harrison air quality issues. the development group In a news release Tuesday, County mine, dropping em- "The safety and health - St. Clairsville, Ohio-based ployment to 422. of the Veterans, their fami- lation and air conditioning Murray American Energy And 128 contractors lies, and our staff remain systemmodified to the achieve heating, accept venti- announced the layoffs in were laid off at the Marshall our foremost concern. The Harrison, Ohio and Marshall County mine, which employs Beckley VAMC is commit- and temperature and hu- counties. 814 hourly workers. ted to the Veterans served at midityable air levels. flow, pressurization, The company blamed the The company said its the Greenbrier County CBOC The clinic serves about layoffs on the Obama admin- West Virginia employment and will explore all options 2,400 veterans in Green- istration's energy policies, is still up 400 people since available to determine a vi- brier, Monroe, Pocahontas increased use of natural gas it acquired the mines from able and speedy resolution. and Summers counties in for electricity production and CONSOL Energy in December Information will be shared West Virginia, and in Allegh- West Virginia's severance tax. 2013. as the process unfolds," any County, Virginia.

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Proving there's "more to beer" By KARIMA NEGHMOUCHE “The food is good, the beer selection is great and the service has THE PARTHENON always been incredible,” Mays said. “It’s a good place to go when The Huntington Ale House, near Marshall University, is a locally owned business open late hours with beer, food and live music. - signatureyou need adrink, late night the Huntington snack, like aAle filet.” House sangria. tender at the Ale House for almost 10 months, and she said she Sutfin recommends those who eat at the restaurant to try her lovesMarshall her job. student Elizabeth Sutfin has been a waitress and a bar a customer they always have to order another one because they’re “I love working at The Ale House because it’s a job where I get just“It’s so mygood.” favorite to make,” Sutfin said. “And anytime I make it for

really become a family. I get paid to work with my friend, serve brandy, blackberry schnapps, orange juice, pineapple juice, and goodto have customers fun,” Sutfin and said. socialize “It’s awith local all business sorts of interestingwhere the staffpeople.” has cranberrySutfin said juice, the and sangria poured is madeinto a withglass thewith house a sugared sangria rim wine, and - garnished with fresh fruits. rant, and many fail to separate that from the previous reputation of Sutfina bar. said most people don’t realize the Ale House is a restau The Ale House is known to have one of the largest venues in the “It’s literally the best thing you will ever drink,” Sutfin said. children 12 and under.” - The“Any menuage is welcome,”at the Ale Sutfin House said. has “We a variety even have of items a kids includingmenu for dentsarea with because a stage, it’s dancefun, affordable floor, pool-table and can and even three be educational. bars. Sutfin said the Ale House is a good experience for college stu kinds of macaroni and cheese. have 17 beers on tap at all times, and these craft beers are drinks chicken,“My personal fish, steak, favorite burgers entrée and would a page be designatedthe Cajun salmon to different with “The experience can be an educational one, too,” Sutfin said. “We- broccoli, but we are well known for our burgers and our gourmet lege students who are of the drinking age to try different beers - andyou learncan’t justabout get them. anywhere. There’s I thinka lot more it’s a togood beer experience than most forpeople col ers ranging from the bacon and egg burger to the peanut butter know, beer brewing is an art.” andmac jellyand cheese,”burger. Our Sutfin mac said. and “We cheese have is all great different too, and kinds I go of in burg and The Ale House is open 11 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. Tuesday through Sat- get the stuffed mushrooms during happy hour all the time.” urday, and every Thursday is open mic night. - SCREENSHOTS | INSTAGRAM Karima Neghmouche can be contacted at neghmouche2@ ton all the time to grab a bite to eat at the Ale House. marshall.edu. Wayne county resident Mack Mays said he ventures to Hunting CODINUNDRUM A column about random pop-culture stuff, mostly Beyoncé STOP THE TRACK, LET ME STATE THE FACTS 7 ALBUMS THAT PROVE 2015 IS A YEAR OF HIP-HOP

By CODI MOHR weightless production and 3. Earl Sweatshirt | I Don’t Like what Paper Magazine called “the EXECUTIVE EDITOR - Sh*t, I Don’t Go Outside musical equivalent of a teenage 1 It’s barely April, but 2015 has ing This” is not single driven Slowed down, stripped down boy whispering sweet nothings been an undeniably great year orangsty even lyrics. single “If friendly You’re as Read he to the disintegrating magazine is likely saving the major hits previous album “Doris,” “I Don’t underneath his mattress,” the headlining most of the major for the upcoming “Views from Likeand simplifiedSh*t” takes compared its listener to into his Atlanta rapper never actually re- festivals,for hip-hop albums music. droppingWith rappers out the 6.” But as he headlines the Earl Sweatshirt’s psyche. It veals who gets… well, you know. of nowhere and an incredibly Coachella, Governor’s Ball and still manages the Odd Future SremmLife popular television show based several other festivals, Drake aesthetic of jazz chords and on the hip-hop scene, the work is playing a major role in label- messy, wandering beats while say6. theRae duo’sSremmurd name | or you just of some of this generation’s best ling 2015 as a year for hip-hop. Earl really lets his listeners hear ignoreWhether it while you jamming know how to “No to poets and producers can only Here’s hoping Madonna didn’t his true self come to life. get better. suck too much of his soul at 4. Tyler, The Creator | Cherry As Jordan Sargent said in a week one of Coachella for him Bomb debutFlex Zone” album: or infectious. “No Type,” Swae one 2 3 Pitchfork review of Action Bron- to continue his reign. “Look, get 12 bucks, go to word describes Rae Sremmurd’s 2. Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A - track with undeniable energy count on one hand the rappers Butterfly chase a $10 iTunes gift card, go andLee anda young-minded Slim Jimmy fillhype. every A- whoson’s can“Mr. accomplish Wonderful:” the “You follow can- onRalph’s iTunes, or look a grocery for Cherry store, Bomb. pur list guest appearances from Big ing two feats: getting a label to nominee in my book, nothing de- release an album, and having Already an Album of the Year Tyler. Another reminder of Odd Thug round out the brothers’ that album be good enough that important time for hip-hop like Future’sPuppies won’tforce diein [sic].”the hip-hopYes, sir, spotSean, on Nicki delivery, Minaj proving and Youngtheir fans aren’t imagining the ways fines the beginning of 2015 as an world, “Cherry Bomb” features career is only just starting. in which it could have been raw, honest, drunk, rude, pained So Help Me God more like the artist’s previous— and“To Pimp making A Butterfly.” a name forKendrick himself is some of their best work on Of course, this album has yet usually more unfettered and in the history books. I honestly “Smuckers,”Kanye West as and well Lil as Wayne School in- to 7.grace Kanye our West ears, | but there’s no pure—work.” cannot write enough about this doubt it will be one of the best 4 5 Here are the major players so album or its importance within other tracks. Tyler’s production of the year. How do I know? Be- far in 2015 who have made this the music industry. Its intricacies isboy nothing Q and Pharrellshort of Williamssickeningly on cause Kanye can do no wrong. the year for hip-hop music: weave in and out of topics like his brilliant with pounding, inces- 1. Drake | If You’re Reading This It’s struggles with the devil (Lucy) sant drum beats, loud, speaker great albums and some insane Too Late and police brutality backed by buzzing drones, guitar riffs and a productionLook at his credits. track Not record: to men six- In the midst of label drama a full jazz ensemble, complete melodic piano. There is never a and out of nowhere in the mid- with a continuous poem on each dull second on the entire LP. dle of the night, Aubrey woke track in succession and one-on- 5. Father | Who’s Gonna Get F***ed Theophilustion Ye’s recentLondon, features Big Sean on the world up to what hip-hop one Tupac interview. “To Pimp First andtracks so withmany Rihanna, others. “So Vic Help Mensa, Me music was going to do this Another drop out of nowhere, God” will be as big as Drake and - life better each day because you Kendrick, no doubt about it. 6 7 tape. Drake revisits his roots neverA Butterfly” know iswhen a warning it will beto livecut almost uncomfortable to listen Codi Mohr can be contacted withyear witheasy-listening his commercial tracks with mix short. toFather’s but in themixtape best possibleis raunchy way. and In at [email protected].

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