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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]. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 | VOL. 117 NO. 121 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com Children’s Art “The good man is the friend of all living things.” Festival takes to — Mahatma Gandhi Heritage Station Marshall University celebrates Saturday

By ALEXANDRIA RAHAL THE PARTHENON Huntington’s Regional Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Mar- shall University School of Art and Design and the Hun- tington Museum of Art are welcoming children ages EARTH DAY 2014 3-12 to participate in the seventh annual Children’s Art Festival Extravaganza. CAFE will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Station. It is free and open to the public. This year’s theme for the festival, chosen by the Marshall School of Art and Design, is Land, Sea and Sky. CAFE will consist of 10 booths, each featuring a different art project sur- rounding the theme. Marshall, the Huntington Museum of Art and Latta’s School Supply have donated all supplies for the projects. Downtown Live, a com- mittee created by the Chamber of Commerce, is a partnership between the County Commission and the city of Huntington es- tablished to attract more - town Huntington business district.foot traffic to the down Along with CAFE, Downtown Live is also responsible for the Hun- tington Christmas Parade and other events like activi- ties surrounding National Train Day May 3. A children’s yoga class, taught by Brown Dog Yoga, PHOTOS BY MEGAN OSBORNE | THE PARTHENON balloon animal making, mu- (TOP) A bald eagle from the Three Rivers Avian Center in Brooks, W.Va., visits campus outside the James E. Morrow Library. (ABOVE) Students check out plants provided by the Marshall sic and the ice cream bicycle University Parks and Recreation Organization for Students on the Memorial Student Center plaza Tuesday. from Heritage Station will accompany the art projects By MEGAN OSBORNE environment that they are in- a lot from other people and be Organization for Students also means to save the planet. OGRE, Saturday. THE PARTHENON volved in,” Robin Blakemen of able to work within the com- handed out plants. based out of Logan County, deals Suzanne Brady, Down- Marshall University’s cam- Ohio Valley Environmental Co- munity on it, and when you MU PROS also had a camp- with recycling electronics so town Live coordinator for pus was greener than usual alition said. “Without a healthy start that young, now you can ing set up to teach people about the Huntington Chamber of Tuesday as students, faculty environment, no job will last really learn a lot of habits that leave no trace policies and had potentially pollute the soil and Commerce, said she hopes and staff came together with for long.” help you once you get older.” an activity for children to create waterways.they don’t end Three up in Rivers landfills Avian and members of the community Marshall students are no To William Fulknier, junior animal tracks. Center rehabilitates birds of prey and local organizations to cel- strangers to environmental psychology major, Earth Day The West Virginia Beekeepers that cannot fend for themselves in morethe benefit ways than of one. CAFE will ebrate Earth Day. efforts. Abigail Amor, senior means just that. Association brought a live hive to the wild due to injury, and tours benefit“Our number the community one goal inis Birds of prey, tie-dye shirts, advertising major and active “It’s about being involved educate the community about the the state for education purposes. to expose young children yoga and plants of all kinds member of Marshall’s Students in your community and pro- declining honeybee population “People need to know what to the world of art,” Brady could be seen around campus for Environmental Action Co- tecting the environment and and what to do in order to stop they can do to save the planet,” said. “The next is to increase in an effort to educate the Mar- alition, said it is important for making sure it’s still there the decline. Angela Kargul, garden assistant shall community about health environmental actions to take for all of us at some point,” Other organizations that made at the Sustainability Depart- to see people and families of the planet and what individ- place on campus because col- Fulknier said. appearances include the West ment, said. “We only have one. youtraffic wouldn’t downtown. normally We hope see uals can do to take care of the lege is a place where people can The Sustainability Depart- Virginia Native Plant Society, Four It takes care of us and we need downtown on a Saturday environment. readily interact and talk to one ment, hub of all things green at Pole Creek Watershed and the to take care of it. As long as we morning.” “College students are study- another. Marshall, provided event goers OVEC. have an Earth Day, that’s what’s Alexandria Rahal can be ing a lot of things, and I think “You don’t really get that op- the opportunity to take home Organizations like Operation important.” contacted at rahal1@mar- what’s going to be critical to portunity in the real world as plants in biodegradable pots Green Recycling Electronics and Megan Osborne can be shall.edu. any subject that they study is much as you do on campus,” made out of Parthenon newspa- Three Rivers Avian Center teach contacted at osborne115@ the health of the planet and the Amor said. “You can really learn pers. MU Parks and Recreation the more serious side of what it marshall.edu.

CONTACT raises red flags for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By KYLEE McMULLEN behaviors that show emotional hopefully we can see these Deal said that they will THE PARTHENON abuse, jealousy, stalking, sexual things early on and keep our- take the red flags and put CONTACT Rape Crisis Cen- assault, victim blaming, isola- selves safe.” them outside on the lawn of ter and Marshall University’s tion and coercion. CONTACT says that Presi- the Memorial Student Cen- Women’s Center teamed up for Liz Deal, victim advocate for dent Barack Obama had ter Thursday as part of their April, which is Sexual Assault CONTACT, said it had this event commissioned a survey that main awareness event for Awareness month. to have people realize the showed that one in every four sexual assault awareness Sexual Assault Awareness warning signs for a dangerous college women will be a victim month. month occurs nationally to relationship. to sexual violence by the time Thursday’s event will take raise awareness and promote “We all can enter a rela- they graduate. place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the prevention of sexual vio- tionship with a person and “We often assume that the Student Judicials, Branches lence through use of special sometimes we get into them perpetrator is a stranger or a Domestic Violence Center events and public education. too deeply and emotionally creepy guy hiding in an alley,” and FBI are few agencies that Monday and Tuesday the invested,” Deal said. “At some Deal said. “Unfortunately, most will be in support Thursday. two organization were in the point we realize that some- people are sexually assaulted by “It will be a little bit of fun Memorial Student Center thing is wrong and we don’t someone they know and that’s and hopefully a lot of aware- sponsoring their Flag It! Cam- know what is wrong. This type why looking for these behaviors ness,” Deal said. paign, which invited students of violence tends to repeat it- can help us to be more aware of Kylee McMullen can be KYLEE MCMULLEN | THE PARTHENON self and tends to escalate into what the possibilities are and contacted at mcmullen11@ Lindsey Harper, senior psychology major, signs a red flag at the CONTACT by writing down words or something much worse. So when you are in danger.” marshall.edu. table Tuesday in the Memorial Student Center. to create their own red flags

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Acceptance rates at Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s ban on affirmative action elite US colleges decline By DAVID JESSE of alternative approaches.’ DETROIT FREE PRESS (MCT) The decision by Michigan The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a ban on using race in national dialogue about such admissions to Michigan’s pub- practices.”voters reflects the ongoing lic universities. The court was Chief Justice John Roberts, divided on the case, which Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice overturns a U.S. 6th Circuit Stephen Breyer and Justice Court of Appeals decision. The opinion, written by concurring opinions. Justice Justice Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas all filed- says the case is not about senting opinion joined by race admissions policies JusticeSonia SotomayorRuth Bader filed Ginsburg. a dis but about whether voters Justice Elena Kagan recused in a state can choose to pro- herself from the case. hibit consideration of racial The case centers on Pro- preferences. posal 2, called the Michigan “The plurality opinion Civil Rights Initiative. stresses that the case is not The appeals court said the about the constitutionality or the merits of race-conscious admission policies in higher clausestate ban of onthe affirmative U.S. Constitution action - violated the equal protection CHERYL A. GUERRERO | LOS ANGELES TIMES | MCT tion concerns whether, and for a minority student to get Wilson High School senior student Madeline Anderson fills out forms for students who want to join the California Scholarship Federation and the ineducation. what manner, Rather, thevoters ques in aby university making itto moreadopt difficulta race- National Honors Society during after school hours in Long Beach, Calif., April 10. Anderson is finishing up her senior year at Wilson High School. a state may choose to pro- conscious admissions policy hibit consideration of such than for a white student to She will be deciding on accepting her admission to either Chapman University or the University of Richmond. racial preferences,” Kennedy get a university to adopt an wrote. “Where states have admissions policy that con- By LARRY GORDON year, aided by the ease of the online Com- heightened competition “certainly does prohibited race-conscious ad- siders family and alumni LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) mon Application adopted by more than add to the hysteria that surrounds this pro- missions policies, universities connections. Throughout the college application pro- 500 campuses. cess,” Brunold said. have responded by experi- cess, Brown University was on the top of Competition for a prestigious diploma Katy Murphy, president of the National menting ‘with a wide variety See MICHIGAN | Page 5 Madeline Anderson’s wish list. So when was most dramatically evident this year Association for College Admission Coun- the Long Beach, Calif., high school senior at Stanford University, which accepted seling, said too many American and foreign received a rejection from the Ivy League only 5 percent of its 42,167 applicants, the students try to get into very elite schools campus, she was disappointed but also smallest share in the school’s history and for which they don’t have a chance. Some knew she had tons of company. thought to be the lowest in the nation. parents see a child’s acceptance at a pres- Police can stop vehicles based on The Rhode Island campus accepted just Stanford’s Richard Shaw, dean of admis- tigious campus as “a validation” and don’t 8.6 percent of the 30,432 students who had applied for freshman admission, a historic not trying for such a low acceptance rate. “I child, said Murphy, who is director of col- anonymous 911 tips, justices rule low and down from 9.2 percent last year. don’tsion and want financial anyone aid, to think said hiswe arecampus boasting was legeconsider counseling whether at that Bellarmine school fits College their Many other elite colleges across the about this,” he said. Preparatory high school in San Jose, Calif. By DAVID G. SAVAGE Responding to the call, an country also reported dips in their accep- Stanford’s rate has steadily declined She and other experts urge students to TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU tance rates, fueled by a rise in applications from 20 percent over the last two decades look beyond the hottest names. The aver- (MCT) the description. After stop- from overseas, particularly Asia, and by as application counts tripled. This year, age acceptance rate was 64 percent among The Supreme Court has up- pingofficer it, sawhe found a truck 30 which pounds fit a trend among high school seniors to try applications from foreign countries rose - held the authority of police of marijuana in the truck bed. their luck at more schools, experts say. faster than those from the U.S., according cording to 2012 federal data compiled by - Two men, Lorenzo and Jose to Shaw, who declined to release statistics Murphy’s1,239 four-year, group. This nonprofit year, those colleges, included ac tion their drivers based on an Navarette, were arrested and was not meant as a personal blow, but at on those groups. Boston University, 34 percent; Santa Clara anonymousofficers to stop tip carsto a hotand line. ques the“It same did maketime itme was upset my atdream first. schoolI knew ofit Other prestigious schools also reached University, 48 percent; Loyola Marymount, In a 5-4 decision written marijuana. sorts and it didn’t work out,” said Mad- new lows in acceptance rates. Those in- 52 percent; Purdue University, 57.6 per- by Justice Clarence Thomas, laterThey convicted appealed of and trafficking argued eline, 17, who has strong test scores and cluded Yale, 6.3 percent; University of cent; and the University of Arizona, 70 the justices ruled that such grades from Woodrow Wilson Classical Pennsylvania, 9.9 percent; and Pomona percent. stops do not amount to an un- search had violated their High School. Yet she understands that top- College, 12.1 percent. However, Harvard’s Only about a dozen colleges accepted reasonable search or seizure, rightsthe stop under and the 4th subsequent Amend- tier colleges “have so many applications to acceptance rate rose from 5.8 percent to 10 percent or less of their applicants and ment, which prohibits choose from, it almost seems random.” 5.9 percent because of a slightly smaller about 40 took 20 percent or below in 2012. did not observe the vehicle “unreasonable” searches and applicant pool. Columbia, Dartmouth and speedingeven if the or arrestingswaying officerwhile seizures. schools she applied to, Madeline is trying the University of Chicago were among oth- close to those this year. driving down the highway. In the past, the court had to Afterchoose being between accepted Chapman at five University of the eight in ers that saw declines in applicants. OfficialsStudents think and those families numbers should are not probably assume - Orange, Calif., and the University of Rich- The University of Southern California ac- that being admitted to the most exclusive ing of the California courts. rely on an anonymous tip to mond in Virginia, possibly to double major cepted 17.8 percent of 51,800 applicants, 40 colleges guarantees success in life or InThe August decision 2008, affirmed a 911 a ruldis- stopsaid and police search officers a pedestrian. may not in art history and business. compared with 19.8 percent of 47,400 last that being rejected means failure, said Hec- patch team in Mendocino In that case, the justices had A demographic decline in the number year. Timothy Brunold, dean of admissions, tor Martinez, college guidance director County received a report that worried that anonymous of high school graduates nationwide is attributed the jump in applications to the at the Webb Schools in Claremont, Calif. a pickup truck had run another callers could unfairly tar- expected to make it a bit easier to gain ad- trend of students applying to more colleges Hundreds of good colleges can be excellent vehicle off the road. The caller get people for embarrassing mission to many respectable colleges this and being increasingly willing to enroll far launching pads, he said. did not identify himself, but the searches. year, especially those without wide inter- from home. About 17 percent of the appli- “Ultimately, it’s what you do in college, report included a detailed de- But in Tuesday’s decision national name cachet. cants and of those accepted, are from other and how well you do it, that will count in scription of the truck, including But the hunger to land at the most brag- countries, he said. the long run, not just the name or ranking its license plate number. See TIPS | Page 5 worthy campuses continued to grow this While colleges like being popular, of the institution,” he said. Teen stowaway to be sent back to Supreme Court hears arguments in Aereo online TV case San Jose after jet ride to Hawaii By VERA BERGENGRUEN including ABC, NBC, CBS and MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON Fox claim that Aereo’s service By JOSEPH SERNA said, and climbed aboard the FBI spokesman Tom Simon D-Calif., a member of the House BUREAU (MCT) illegally steals their copy- and KATE MATHER jet without knowing where it said the boy apparently had Homeland Security Committee, Supreme Court justices righted content. If the court LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) was going. Though he could be been unconscious for the “li- said he wanted more answers, seemed torn Tuesday as they rules in favor of the startup, - arrested on suspicion of tres- adding that the incident “dem- listened to the arguments in it could threaten the lucra- ing to send a Santa Clara teenager passing at the airport in San Such ordeals do not usually onstrates vulnerabilities that a complex technological case tive fees the networks receive homeOfficials after inhe Hawaii reportedly are preparstowed endon’s well.share Those of the who flight.” do not fall need to be addressed.” involving copyright law, the from cable companies to away in the wheel well of a jet- aren’t planning on doing so. to their death can be crushed Federal Transportation Se- rights of TV broadcasters and transmit their content. Broad- liner departing San Jose. Jose,Instead, officials authorities there sayare busy they by landing gear or succumb to a video startup called Aereo casters want Aereo to either Mineta San Jose Interna- cold and lack of oxygen. Fed- said they planned to meet with that is upending how viewers pay similar fees or shut down. teen so easily gained access to eral Aviation Administration lawcurity enforcement Administration and officialsairport access television. “Your technological model 15-year-old managed to enter thetrying jet toand figure how he out survived how the a records show that of the 105 authorities to review security While skeptical of Aereo’s is based solely on circumvent- thetional airport, Airport trek officials across saidthe tarthe- perilous, 5 1/2-hour odyssey people who have stowed away after the incident, which ex- service, which is based on ing legal prohibitions that you mac and climb into the Boeing — enduring frigid tempera- perts noted could have been a technological loophole to don’t want to comply with,” 767’s rear left wheel well unde- tures, oxygen deprivation and a over the last 67 years, 25 lived catastrophic had the stowaway get around copyright laws, Chief Justice John Roberts tected and “under the cover of throughon flights the around ordeal, thea survival world been armed with explosives. the justices worried that sid- Jr. told Aereo’s lawyer, David darkness” sometime Saturday habitation — with so little ap- rate of 23.8 percent. ing with broadcasters could Frederick. night or Sunday morning. parentcompartment trauma. unfit for human “He must have had the apparently had no malicious endanger the same Internet “There’s no reason for you Authorities said the tem- four-leaf clover in his hand or Officials said the teenager cloud services that millions of to have 10,000 dime-sized on a security camera video, did perature at the jet’s cruising something,” said Jeff Price, an 212 passengers and 10 crew people use to access and store antennas except to get around notThe appear slight teenager,again until first laterseen altitude of 38,000 feet could aviation security expert at Met- members,intent. The took flight, off at 7:55 carrying a.m. the Copyright Act,” Roberts Sunday morning, when airline have dropped to 50 de- ropolitan State University in Sunday. Aereo lets users in 11 cities said. workers spotted him 2,350 grees below zero or lower. Denver. Soon after the plane landed streamall kinds local of digital broadcast files. TV to The entire case hinges miles to the west, walking on Oxygen would have also been Aviation security experts at 10:31 a.m., airline workers their computers, phones and on whether Aereo is engag- the tarmac at Kahului Airport in painfully short supply at said it was troubling that the spotted the stowaway and re- tablets by renting them a tiny ing in a “public” or “private” on the island of Maui. that altitude, about 9,000 feet teen was able to bypass se- ported him to airport security. antenna and cloud storage The boy had run away from higher than the summit of curity and get to the plane for a small fee. 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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Green and White preview - Offense Herd softball High-octane Herd offense takes on ready to shine in spring game rival Ohio in doubleheader By GABI WARWICK THE PARTHENON Marshall University softball -

will play its final nonconfer ence games as a doubleheader against Ohio University Wednesday. This will be the 19th annual meeting between the teams, for a total of 49 games. Marshall leads the series 31-18. - Last season, the Herd swept the Owls. Senior Savanah Web ster from Las Vegas, Nev., said the two teams have a tendency to get competitive on the field. “I wouldn’t say it’s a rivalry,” Webster said, “but we definitely don’t like to lose to them. It’s going to be a fiery game this week.” Webster also said playing- against Ohio before puts her in a positive mindset for this dou ble header. “We really pulled together last year when we played them,” Webster said. “I had a homerun against their starting pitcher and felt that I played ANDREA STEELE | THE PARTHENON pretty well against them.” Senior receiver Tommy Shuler takes off on a route while senior Webster batted .833 over the quarterback Rakeem Cato (red jersey) drops back to pass and weekend with two doubles, a redshirt junior tackle Clint Van Horn (78) drops back in pass home run, three runs scored coverage Friday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. and three RBIs, and was named Conference USA Hitter of the By WILL VANCE - Week March 31. - SPORTS EDITOR - Head coach Shauna Stanton - realize how big a thing experi line that may have three new said having outstanding offen ence was, but it’s such a huge starters in the fall. The other re sive players such as Webster is Marshall University Thun thing. It’s awareness of what’s turning starter on the offensive encouraging for the team. dering Herd football fans- going on around you and better line is redshirt junior Sebastian “It’s a lot of fun to see the have become accustomed to reaction.” Johansson, who started at left records that we can break,”- seeing a high-powered of- The veterans make up a- guard last season but is moving Stanton said. “Savanah had fense that routinely scores 40 core, but the development of to left tackle. - really been tearing it up, espe or 50 points a game. Satur younger, inexperienced play This season’s Green and cially in C-USA play.” day’s annual Green and White ers is a key issue for the Herd- White scrimmage will fea However, Stanton said Ohio scrimmage will provide an coaching staff. Outside receiver ture Thundering Herd legends has a good team and Marshall opportunity for that offense in particular needs improve Chad Pennington and Byron needs to be prepared for a to show that more of the same ment to provide help for Shuler. Leftwich as coaches of the two tough matchup. - is coming in the fall. Legg said what he has seen this teams that they also drafted “We played them in the fall In 2013 the Marshall offense spring is encouraging. themselves. Cato said having and they were a bit of a differ finished the season ranked No. “I’m really pleased with the the former Herd greats on the ent team because they didn’t 8 in the nation, averaging just development at the receiving- field will give motivation to the have their ace,” Stanton said. over 500 yards of offense a corps,” Legg said. “Tommy entire offense. “They’re a much improved game. The offense also found [Shuler] is back, but every- “It’s always motivation when team and a really good team, the balance that every team body is going to double-team you have these guys here,” Cato having played some really good strives for, ranking in the top Tommy if we don’t have any said. “They played on this field, MAC games.” 20 nationally in both passing where else to go with the ball. they lit it up, they broke records The Bobcats are 25-19 so far and rushing. asOur well goal as rightwe have now in isthe to past be and threw touchdown after in the season after starting 13- Several key pieces from last able to attack on the outside- touchdown on this field. It’s 0. Ohio has won six of its last season’s offense, such as 1,000- great knowing we’ve got two eight games, but is coming off yard rusher Essray Taliaferro on the inside, and we’re get legends on the field, I can’t even of two losses at Ball State over- and both starting offensive ting close.” - express it enough.” the weekend. Stanton said the tackles, are gone. The core,- Six-foot-two redshirt junior The draft put Cato on Team- team can’t let itself be intimi however, is still intact starting Davonte Allen, 6-foot sopho Pennington and Shuler on dated by Ohio’s record. with senior quarterback Ra- more Justin Hunt and six-foot Team Leftwich. Cato said split “Ohio had a stretch where keem Cato, who ranks in the redshirt freshman Angelo Jean- ting the two up makes sense they struggled a bit,” Stanton topCato five alsoof most has passing his favorite statis Louis have shown the most and shows something the said, “but now they’re back tics in Marshall history. potential to contribute on the Herd’s opponents have learned on track. We know they’re a outside during spring practice. the hard way. team that can put up runs, so target back in senior receiver- Cato said the group has worked “I wouldn’t put us on the there’s going to be some great Tommy Shuler and a four-year hard. same team,” Cato said. “It would competition.” - ADAM ROGERS | FOR THE PARTHENON starter at center in redshirt se “Those guys did a hell of a- be cheating.” Marshall football head coach Doc Holliday (front) and offensive In order to win these games, nior Chris Jasperse. Other key job from day one,” Cato said. Entrenched starters usu Stanton said the team needs to contributors, such as junior “As long as those guys keep do ally do not play much in spring coordinator Bill Legg confer during practice March 29 at Joan C. limit the number of errors it - Edwards Stadium. running backs Stewart Butler ing that, the sky is the limit for games, but Cato said he wants makes. See SOFTBALL | Page 5 and Kevin Grooms and tight- them.” - to have a scrimmage like reign end Eric Frohnapfel, give the The running back group is ing Heisman Trophy winner Herd a wealth of game experi largely intact from 2013, re- Jameis Winston, who threw the ence on offense. - turning Butler, Grooms and ball 56 times in Florida State’s Thundering Herd offensive senior Remi Watson, who com spring game. coordinator Bill Legg said hav bined for 1,388 yards and 14- “If he threw the ball 56 times, ing a veteran team is important, touchdowns last season. The I’m trying to throw the ball 57- especially in the spring. - team also added redshirt ju times.” “We’ve got a veteran team nior Assani Mudimbi, a transfer The Green and White scrim that has a better understand from Rhode Island. mageWill isVance scheduled can be forcontacted 2 p.m. 279579 ing of what’s going on,” Legg Jasperse, who has made 38 atSaturday. [email protected]. said. “Experience is such a huge starts in his Thundering Herd SHOBES STAINED GLASS thing. As a young guy I didn’t career, anchors an offensive MU PARKING 3 x 4.0

page designed and edited by WILL VANCE | [email protected] C M Y K 50 INCH 4 Opinion WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM EDITORIAL Online Polls Prescription drug use not the answer YOU CAN BE HERD students at a university in the southeast- types of drugs to stay on top of his or her Are you going to the Green and What is your favorite springtime millions of college students. Stress levels ern United States for a year. The study work. There are short-term side effects White Game Saturday? activity? areAcross higher the than country, usual, finals which are is near under for- found that 81 percent of these students - standable, but studies show that some thought illicit use of ADHD medication pression and irritability that arguably Yes Playing frisbee 11% students are using “study drugs” to cope was “not dangerous at all” or “slightly such as sleep difficulties, headaches, de No Going to the park 67% with the extra stress. dangerous.” these medications. Long-term use can I can’t. I have other obligations. Bike riding 22% According to a CNN article, students are However, the fact of the matter is these leadoutweigh to abuse the so-calledand dependency, benefits ofas takingnoted taking medications used to treat ADHD, by the DEA, and this certainly is not a road Voice your opinion. It is your right. Answer our poll at such as Adderall, Ritalin and Vyvanse, Drug Enforcement Administration as www.marshallparthenon.com or tweet us your answer at @MUParthenon. to help them focus on their studies. The ScheduleADHD medications II substances, are which defined means by they the Beyond the health risks of this drug are at high potential for abuse and rank use,anyone students wants oftento find ignore themselves the fact on. it is il- COLUMN drugs, and the students take them for the among other drugs such as cocaine, meth legal to use these medications without rightjustification reasons. being that they are not real and morphine. prescriptions. The article states the usage varies by Adderall, Ritalin and Vyvanse are pre- Overall, the dangers of such drug use far school, but researchers have found that scription medications, and using them outweigh the few hours of focus a student Students leading the fight the highest usage comes from students at without a prescription can be dangerous - private and Ivy League institutions. to one’s health. A 2008 article in The Journal of Ameri- aremay manageable. receive to study Drastic or finishmeasures a paper. such Fi as By LIZ SHULER than half a trillion dollars. The can College Health studied 1,811 college a student feels it necessary to take these thesenals are are difficultnever the for answer. everyone, but they GUEST COLUMNIST universities, too, are major Crunch time for finals should not mean The headlines are Northwest- institutions. They’re not push- ern University and unionized overs. No one has to worry college sports, but the storyline about their interests. No cor- is universal and highlights an poration or institution of that opportunity for us all. size will change easily or over- Forget the fretting pundits night – and the effects won’t who conjure up endless what be isolated to Northwestern or ifs. The truth is, the football football players. players at Northwestern under- Think of the era, not long stand the power of collective ago, when universities out- action and the meaning of a fair deal. We’d all be better off un- developing world where textile derstanding the same. companiessourced official forced apparel workers to theto You see, one player stand- labor in dangerous conditions ing alone against institutions for rock-bottom wages. as powerful as Northwestern Students organized them- or the NCAA faces some pretty selves and founded United tough odds. But when a major- Students Against Sweatshops, ity of players come together, which has built a powerful that’s a game changer. That’s presence on over 150 campuses how collective bargaining lifts over the past two decades and up whole groups of people – won ground-breaking cam- from individual workplaces to paigns for fair labor practices the community at large. for the men and women who Students, and universities make college gear. in general, could do with more Last week, Sen. Tom Har- than a little lifting up. kin of Iowa highlighted the big That’s why it’s so disap- problem of student debt, which pointing to hear university has topped $1 trillion, and he representatives echo the kinds pointed out the increasingly of comments we hear from - MCT CAMPUS anti-worker politicians and cation, where a low-performing, CEOs, who cajole and bully high-incomestratified world high of higherschool edustu- NATIONAL EDITORIAL workers with lies and scare tac- dent has an 80 percent chance tics. We deal with this kind of of going to college, compared to stuff every day. a high-performing, low-income America has been playing student with only a 20 percent Drone use will heighten privacy issues college football for more than chance of going college. 100 years and we’ve cheered That’s wrong. America’s SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS (MCT) information is being used. And now come users, imagine what drones equipped with for our school teams every sea- post-secondary education sys- It’s simple to explain Google’s and Face- drones, which the Obama administration son. But college football is no tem should be a defender of book’s sudden, intense interest in drone uses to kill people. above cities around the clock. longer just an extracurricular meritocracy, not the opposite. technology: An estimated 65 percent of the Silicon Valley’s future hinges largely on transmissionGoogle needs gear to abandoncan do, flying its assertion 50,000 thatfeet activity or a booster for alumni. That’s why earlier this year world’s population today lacks Internet ac- whether it can rebuild the trust that smart- data transmitted over unencrypted Wi-Fi It’s big business. The truth is students and organizations phone, laptop and tablet users have in the networks is fair game. Instead it should be the NCAA makes a lot of money like the AFL-CIO launched the those 4.5 billion potential users to the rest of privacy of tech products. If it can’t, then the leading the charge to make emails, photos from college sports, and so do Higher Ed Not Debt campaign us.cess, and flying robots probably can connect potential of the Internet will be limited. and data more secure as the age of drones universities. Both also exert to tackle the crippling and ever- Talk about expanding markets. Even the Drones just up the ante. People won’t want approaches. control over pretty much every growing issue of student loan Silicon Valley mind boggles. them buzzing their once-private backyards, Back in 2012, Obama set a 2015 deadline aspect of the student-athletes’ debt in America. Engineers think they can mount light- cameras rolling, or tracking their movements for the Federal Aviation Administration to lives, and the pressure on play- And the growing movement weight broadband equipment on drones and based on smartphone signals. come up with regulations for domestic use of ers to produce is at an all-time doesn’t stop there. When ad- keep them aloft for days, weeks or months President Barack Obama’s use of drones to drones. It will be none too soon; drones are high. But that’s just it – no one junct professors at Duquesne to make connections from the remotest and spy on and kill military targets doesn’t make expected to emerge as a $6 billion market in has sat down to seriously ad- University were being denied least advanced regions of the world. the job any easier. The sinister element goes the next 10 years. dress the impact of this new - It’s exciting. It’s also another reminder that beyond privacy concerns to physical safety But the FAA’s purview is safety. It is not regime on the players. And ganized in collective action. privacy concerns are reaching new highs, likely to deal with privacy. that’s why the Northwestern Whenfair benefits food service and pay, workers they orat and drones can only drive them higher. Google elevated snooping concerns in 2013 So we’re back to our recurring theme: To players stopped waiting for Pomona College were being The valley already is struggling with world- when— and it setting admitted limits intercepting will be difficult. data transmit- protect its own industry, Silicon Valley needs someone else to come up with a treated poorly, they organized ted over household Wi-Fi networks while its to formulate privacy principles that reassure solution and have stood up for in collective action. Security Agency is hacking into systems car-mounted cameras were snapping street- a legitimately worried public and keep the themselves, collectively. The atrocities of sweatshops. willy-nilly,wide consumer while tech confidence. companies The themselves National view photos. If Google’s cars were acquiring focus on the positive aspects of technology, - resist telling consumers how their personal hundreds of gigabytes of information from including the latest drone advancements. erhouse with assets of more See AFL-CIO | Page 5 The NCAA is a financial pow

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Dave Haider looks over a tank of tilapia that is used to help fertilize the crops (left) and at swiss chard seedlings (right) at the Urban Organics aquaponic farm in Minneapolis. PHOTOS BY RICHARD SENNOTT | MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE | MCT

Aquaponic company produces organic vegetables year-round

By JEFF STRICKLER that. By using a closed-loop water system that Swiss chard, parsley and cilantro. As the opera- STAR TRIBUNE (MINNEAPOLIS) (MCT) was developed by Twin Cities-based Pentair, the tion expands, so will the variety. The land of sky blue waters has become the process uses only 2 percent of the water needed butThe I’m produce on a committee is certified asthat’s organic. working “There on is it,”no “We’re looking at putting walleye or trout into land of bright green vegetables. for conventional agriculture. The company’s part- Haiderorganic said.certification “Hopefully, for fishwe’ll in have the Unitedsomething States, in The former Hamm’s brewery in St. Paul, built ners hope that others will follow their lead and writing by next year.” crops that can handle the cooler water of the over artesian wells that led to the company’s bring organic gardening into areas where it’s “There’s a lot more that goes into organic cer- the second floor,” Haider said. “Then we’d go with iconic motto, has been repurposed as an aqua- overlooked now. Although Haider and Haberman worked to- “This is our legacy,” Haberman said. “We want to gethercoldwater before fish.” in launching the U.S. Pond Hockey vegetables. As harvesting ramps up, it’s only the inspire food systems for people by people. We want “Ittification includes than what just you not clean using the pesticides equipment or GMOs with, Championships, their partnership in Urban Or- secondponic facility aquaponic that uses operation the water in the to growcountry fish to and be people to learn more about where their food comes (genetically modified organisms),” Haider said. ganics involved a bit of happenstance. Both men from and learn more about the food they eat.” clean the trucks that haul the produce. It’s very have been interested in organic food for decades “This is a new way of farming,” said Dave If that makes it seem that the company is put- complicated.”what you clean the floor with, even how you and, unbeknownst to each other, they were Haider,certified one as 100 of thepercent founders organic. of Urban Organics. ting lot of pressure on itself, Haberman would separately researching the idea of launching “I’ve become extremely passionate about this — agree. of the former brewery on the city’s East Side. you could even say borderline obsessed.” “There is a societal element to this,” he said. Urban Organics owns all six floors in one part “We both conferred with Will Allen, the guru of The company’s goal is to have its produce in su- “This is an experiment. As far as we know, nobody theaquaponic good food projects. movement,” Haberman said of the permarkets, co-ops and restaurants the same day has made money at this. But over time, I believe Production is in full force on one floor, with the former professional basketball player who lives it’s harvested. And because the growing is done that we can prove that this model works. This has notequipment ready yet, being but installedwill be harvested on the second every floor.nine in Milwaukee and was the recipient of a “genius inside, the process will continue year-round. to work. We’re going to will it to work.” Each floor will produce 5,000 fish (which are- grant” from the MacArthur Foundation for his “To have freshly picked produce on the shelves Aquaponics is the term for combining hy- work in urban farming and sustainable agriculture. in February is very unusual in Minnesota,” said droponic gardening — growing plants in water months)“It’s a controlled and 20,000 environment, plants (which so we can can be take har Once they discovered that they were contem- Fred Haberman, another founder. “We’re in- allvested the everyvariables 50 days).out of the equation,” Haberman plating the same thing, “it was obvious that we troducing a new growing season in Minnesota raised in tanks. The wastewater is pumped from said. “We don’t have to worry about the vagaries should do it together,” Haider added. — winter. the— withtanks aquaculture to the growing — beds, fish farming. where the Fish plants are of the weather, about how wet the spring is or Haider sold his construction company and “Even if there are 50 days below zero in a row, absorb the nutrients, cleaning the water so it can how dry the summer is.” now oversees the day-to-day operations. Haber- we can still provide fresh greens.” - man, who runs the Haberman public relations But aspirations for the company go far beyond ter loss comes from evaporation. be pumped back into the fish tanks. The only wa The company’s first harvest consists of tilapia and fivepolicies. kinds The of high produce: court greenup- kale, red kale, firm with his wife, Sarah, takes care of marketing. AEREO packed courtroom. MICHIGAN held the U-M Law School’s TIPS Stephen Breyer, usually part Continued from Page 2 Just as disturbing to some of Continued from Page 2 use of race as a consid- Continued from Page 2 ofsignificant the court’s switches. liberal minority, Justice performance when it transmits The ballot initiative was eration in admissions, as in Navarette v. California, the - content. Aereo has a data center unintended and far-reaching im- pushed by Jennifer Gratz, long as there were no quo- - tice Antonin Scalia, who sides in each city where it operate thou- plicationsthe justices, an Aereo however, loss could are have the who was denied admission tas attached, but threw out lice have “reasonable suspicion” withjoined Thomas Thomas’ in majority.the vast maJus- sands of dime-size antennas. When on the cloud services industry. to the University of Michi- the undergraduate admis- tocourt stop majority a vehicle agreed if they that receive po a subscriber wants to watch a “Are we somehow catching other gan and sued, and by Ward sions system that awarded a report that it was speeding, That same lineup in show live or record it, the company things that really will change life Connerly, a former Univer- extra points to African- swerving, or, as in this case, forc- summerjority of cases,2013 dissented. decided an temporarily assigns the customer but shouldn’t, such as the cloud?” sity of California regent American, Hispanic and ing another car off the road. important case about DNA an antenna and transmits the asked Justice Stephen Breyer. who backed a similar voter American Indian students. The case split the court testing of arrestees, with programming to the subscriber’s The “cloud” storage Aereo pro- initiative in that state. It was considered a win along the usual ideologi- tablet, phone or Internet TV. vides lets users record and store Michigan voters ap- for U-M, despite the rul- cal lines, but with two Scalia in dissent. Since the potential audience is programs on a remote server in- proved the ban, 58 percent ing on undergraduate Breyer in the majority and only one person, it should be con- stead of directly on their computer, to 42 percent. admissions. sidered a private performance, where they can access their shows More than 10 years ago, Proposal 2 erased U-M’s not a public performance regu- anytime, from anywhere. U-M was involved in a court victory by banning lated by the Copyright Act, Aereo Technology groups have ex- landmark Supreme Court the state’s universities and argued. pressed their concern that a ruling ruling governing race and other public institutions Lawyers on both sides used anal- - universities in two com- from considering an appli- ogies ranging from valet parking to tion and endanger popular apps cant’s minority status or coat checks to clarify the complex suchagainst as AereoGoogle would Drive, stifle iCloud innova and by Gratz and others over gender in their admissions technological issues at hand. The Dropbox. Since those services undergraduatepanion lawsuits, admissions one filed or hiring processes. broadcasters’ counsel explained are also used to remotely access that Aereo’s users aren’t accessing copyrighted content, like legally and showing no obvious the service to watch something on- purchased songs or movies, they STOWAWAY signs of his ordeal. He line that they have already bought could end up in murky legal ter- Continued from Page 2 wore a sweat shirt with — they are using it to get that con- ritory if Aereo loses, some groups an orange hood. say. There isn’t any fresh copyright A Maui News photo Airport personnel in “I show up at the car dealership law regarding the new cloud ser- showed him some time Hawaii said they had withouttent in the a car,first I’m place. going to be able vices that are springing up. later sitting upright on a turned the boy over to to get a car. If I show up at the va- “The cloud industry is freaked gurney, attended by para- Hawaii’s child protection let parking service and I don’t own out about this case,” said Frederick, medics, apparently alert a car, it’s not going to end well for the lawyer for Aereo. me,” the broadcasters’ counsel, The Supreme Court is expected office. Paul Clement, a former U.S. solici- to reach a decision by early SOFTBALL “I don’t think we have CL042314 tor general, said to laughter in the summer. Continued from Page 3 individualout on the field.players that need to step up as much CLASSIFIED “When you mess up as our defensive unit,” COLUMN routine plays you end up Stanton said. “If we can be CLASSIFIED facing players more than big like we were this past AFL-CIO you need to in the lineup,” weekend, then we’ll have 2 x 8.0 Continued from Page 4 Stanton said. “However, some good games.” Growing student debt. Low pay action. And it’s being led by the this past weekend, we The Herd will hit the - people who know it best, who live had two errorless games, road again to resume ment of food service workers. it and work it every day. These and that’s why we were conference play Saturday, Thesefor adjunct issues professors. needed rebalancMistreat- are the kinds of movements that successful.” traveling to Charlotte, N.C., ing in the modern era. Certainly, give us all hope and that helps to She also said individu- for a three game match up. most people recognize the need lift us all. als don’t need to step Gabi Warwick can be for a similar rebalancing when it Liz Shuler is the AFL-CIO Sec- up as much as the team contacted at warwick@ comes to the NCAA. Who better retary-Treasurer, the second needs to work together marshall.edu. to provide that balance than the highest ranking officer in the student-athletes themselves? labor movement and the high- What’s happening in college est ranked women in labor sports is another movement of history. Liz is a former college people understanding what’s journalist from the University possible through collective of Oregon.

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WEDNESDAY, APRILLife! 23, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Neon Trees performs a concert sponsored by Rock the Vote, at Mizner Park in Boca OPENING New from Future Raton, Fla., October 22, 2012. ALLEN EYESTONE | PALM BEACH POST | MCT THIS and Neon Trees WEEK By GLENN GAMBOA | NEWSDAY (MCT) "The Other Woman" "The Quiet Ones" FUTURE: “Honest” | grade: B-plus "Brick Mansions" "Locke" Things move fast in the striking because so many "Young & Beautiful" music business, especially in others have taken it up again. hip-hop. Future proves to be far "Blue Ruin" So when Future’s follow- more adaptable on “Hon- "The German Doctor" up to the game-changing "For No Good Reason" “Pluto” got pushed back four his style to his collabora- months or so from its origi- tors.est,” He bending sounds his giddy flow to and be "Walking with the nal November placement, playing around with An- Enemy" it raised a lot of questions. dre 3000 on “Benz Friendz The album “Honest” (Epic) (Whatchutola)” on a very answers some, but raises OutKasty track. He sounds kimye spoof live? others. ready to join a Dirty South Kanye, who raved What happened to the crew on “Move That Dope” to James Franco and with Pharrell, Pusha T and Ca- which featured Miley sino, though he does quickly Seth Rogen about the Cyrusfirst single on vocals?“Real and It’s True,” not slip into the background. pair's spoof of the rap- here. Where is the antici- And the minimalism of “My per's "Bound 2" video, Momma,” produced by Mike supposedly asked the Nicki Minaj? Also missing, WiLL Made It, owes more to actors to perform the pated “Rockstar” featuring reportedly because of sam- collaborator Wiz Khalifa. NEON TREES: “Pop Psychology” | grade: A-minus song at his wedding to ple-clearing issues. Future holds his own with The bigger question, Kanye West on “I Won,” sure Neon Trees conquered the re-creation of the buzz and energy of ‘80s new wave years ago, Kim Kardashian. Fran- though, is what is Future’s to be an upcoming single with their smash singles “Animal” and “Everybody Talks.” But on the Provo, Utah, quartet’s co's response? "I think future? With “Pluto,” he and a good sign of his pop- third album, “Pop Psychology” (Island), singer Tyler Glenn and friends graduate to channeling it would be awesome brought back the use of Au- crossover potential. And it the angst of the time as well. On the current hit “Sleeping With a Friend,” and for much of the for about 10 seconds, toTune in hip-hop, twisting raises yet another question: album, there is deeper emotional subtext as well as candy-coated catchiness. Neon Trees also but then there would it to create a more space- Why doesn’t more of “Hon- branch out into other retro areas, updating The Strokes in the jumpy “Text Me in the Morning” be Seth with his shirt age sound. He still uses it est” sound like this? Like, and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in the lovely “Voices in the Halls.” on “Honest,” but it’s not as you know, Future? off in front of all the Kardashians."

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