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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]. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014 | VOL. 117 NO. 70 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com WEEKENDWEEKENDWEEKEND EDITION When I create art, others can see who I am; what I feel, think, and how I view the world. — KEELAN SHEPHERD, MARSHALL UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT AND ARTIST, CREATES COLORFUL PIECES WITH CHALK AND CHARCOAL. > more on page 2

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: University coaches Tom Faculty from Marshall University’s College Herrion and Pat Skerry come together of Arts and Media collaborates with the to bring autism awareness to their Huntington Museum of Art to present communities. “The Art of Teaching Art.” > more on page 3 > more on page 2

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By EKATERINA GUTSAN art, others can see who I am and THE PARTHENON how I view the world.” Marshall University graduate art Shepherd said his style is tra- student Keelan Shepherd enjoys es- ditional yet vibrant with subtle caping from reality with chalk and blending and hard dark lines. charcoal. He is a resident of Huntington and Shepherd graduated from Mar- has a website which was originally shall in 2004 with a degree in created to display his current and technical design. past artwork. At 5 years old, Shepherd started Shepherd recently opened an to draw sunrises and landscapes. He online store on his website so his said he always felt at home when he creations can be purchased and painted or drew. shipped worldwide. “It’s an escape from reality and it “At this moment my goal is to brings a sort of calming peace to my soul,” Shepherd said. “When I create art,” Shepherd said. “I am working onflood commissioned the city with murals my creations for a local of hospital children’s wing. Previously I had created portraits, pictures of the family’s favorite automobile, and typography.” His artwork and t-shirts can also be viewed at The Jug and Kilt in Bar- boursville or at Giovanni’s Pizza on Third Avenue across from the Joan C. Edwards Stadium. “I plan to let the world know about my talent, whether it is through special effects makeup

galleries, or illustrations for pub- lishingin film companies,” and theater, Shepherd art in national said. “The possibilities and passions are endless.” SUBMITTED PHOTOS Ekaterina Gutsan can be con- Above: “The Mind’s Eye” tacted at [email protected]. Top Left: “First Date” Botton Left: “Life is a Broken Road to Somewhere” Visual arts faculty art on display This ‘Labor Day’ is no holiday at the movies at Huntington Museum of Art By COLIN COVERT a Harlequin-level potboiler so hands. It’s there that Frank ap- STAR TRIBUNE (MINNEAPOLIS) shameless it would make Nicho- pears before Henry as in a vision, By JESSICA STARKEY see what their teachers are able to “Our faculty also displayed re- (MCT) las Sparks blush. quietly insisting that he and his THE PARTHENON produce. cently at the Clay Center along “Labor Day” is a generic slab of A dejected single mom named mom drive him somewhere so The visual arts faculty at Mar- “It shows the variety of art and with WVU faculty,” she said. escapist romantic Velveeta from, Adele (Kate Winslet) falls for he can tend a suspicious-looking shall University have put their media that the professors here at of all people, sharp-witted Jason a brawny, dangerous stranger stomach wound. Frank’s hushed artistry on display to the public Marshall use,” Grassell said. “It’s sculpture and ceramics, it’s all Reitman. named Frank (Josh Brolin). It’s persuasion, polite with under- at the Huntington Museum of Art. comforting for the students to there.“Photography, Art is alive fibers in West and Virginia, fabrics, This insipidly sentimental, 1987, and Adele’s son, Henry tones of threat, convinces her to The museum and the visual arts see our exhibits and know we are even contemporary art.” hopelessly hokey entry sits un- faculty from Marshall’s College of doing this, too. We are practicing A lot of time was spent decid- insights more apt for a mid- to take him to their home and Arts and Media came together to artists, and this is our latest work.” ing which pieces would go in “Thank You for Smoking,” “Juno,” dle-aged(Gattlin Griffith),lady novelist narrates than with a moreobey. orHe less gruffly takes directs them prisonerthe pair present “The Art of Teaching Art.” She said many people, unfor- the exhibit. The faculty planned “Upeasily in the beside Air” and his “Young earlier Adult” films. hormonal 13-year-old. “I don’t for the Labor Day weekend. The exhibit, which is on display tunately, do not know about the the exhibit along with the Hun- were sardonic dramas that made think losing my father broke my It’s not the usual meet-cute until Feb. 9, allows these profes- art department at Marshall Uni- tington Museum of Art to make uncompromising fun of modern mother’s heart, but rather losing where a couple bump heads in a sors to show off their work while versity. By displaying artwork in sure the presentation included life. Whether the subject was po- love itself,” he observes. He gives taxi they both think they hailed, also using it as a teaching tool for Huntington, the faculty can pro- a variety of art and media. The litical lobbying, teen pregnancy her homemade gift coupons for but thus are surrogate father and their students. The art represented mote their program and hopefully Huntington Museum of Art is lo- or corporate downsizing, Reit- his services as Husband-for-a- surrogate family introduced. A includes sculpture, prints, paint- recruit more art students. cated at 2033 McCoy Rd. General Day. As 13-year-old boys do. TV report reveals that Frank is an Grassell said places like the Hun- Admission is $5 and free to chil- Adele is so emotionally frag- escaped con. In fact, a murderer. ceramics. tington Museum of Art and The dren under 18. man’sAccuse films him were of what calculated you will, to ile she can scarcely put her car But a very hunky one, so per- ings, textiles, fibers and fabrics and ruffle orthodox feathers. Mary Grassell, program director Clay Center in Charleston allow the Jessica Starkey can be con- he’s been innocent of sentimen- in gear for their monthly supply haps it’s all a misunderstanding? and graphic design professor, said faculty to display their work out- tacted at starkey33@marshall. tality. Here, working from Joyce trip to the discount store. Cut it is important for the students to side of the university. edu. Maynard’s novel, he delivers to a close-up of her trembling See LABOR DAY| Page 5 Memories of Pete Seeger — and his boat

By DAVID O’REILLY people of the Hudson Valley, music, all in the name of cleaning recognizing me, he picked me up THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER where he made his home, to the up the Hudson. hitchhiking on a busy highway. (MCT) new cause of environmentalism. Seeger didn’t sail with us of- And when Toshi and I arrived one Like many Americans of my Seeger was not on board the ten. Instead, he’d stop by when day at the cabin at 1 a.m., Pete we were close by his home town emerged from the house in his through his music. I learned “This of her tarred rigging and hemp of Peekskill, N.Y., to drop off pajamas to open the car for her. Oldgeneration, Man” Iin first kindergarten. met Pete Seeger As morning I caught my first whiff homemade bread, wash dishes, He sang for little or no charge for a teenager, “If Had a Hammer” - any (liberal) worthy cause, drove played on my transistor radio. inropes the andtrip.) wood-fired But, as I wrotecookstove. in a wood. Often as not, he’d then pull drab cars, lived frugally, and an- And as the Vietnam War and Philadelphia(He came aboard Inquirer briefly Magazine later or spend an hour chopping fire swered all his mail — including civil-rights movement convulsed article years later, I had stepped — with the words “This Machine the letter my 10-year-old son, the nation, I marched in protest unwittingly that day into the Surroundsout his famous Hate five-stringand Forces banjo It to Chris, wrote to him years ago, to the verses of “We Shall Over- moral universe of Pete Seeger: Surrender” penned on the sound- telling him how much he liked his come” and “Where Have All the “a rustic, collective, optimistic, board — and start us singing. music. Flowers Gone?” - He was a private man, however, “I’m a lucky oldster to have Then I got to know him in a verse” reminiscent of the Shakers who often hid in public behind a friends like you,” Seeger wrote more personal way. On Oct. 15, andegalitarian, other 19th-century not-for-profit religious uni wall of words. As I got to know back. And under the hand-drawn communities. him better I sometimes drove him banjo he penned some subversive on Clearwater, the 106-foot tra- I became a part of her perma- to concerts or visited him and his advice: “Don’t let your schooling ditional1971, I setwooden foot for sailboat the first he timehad nent crew, and for the next few wife, Toshi, at the log cabin they interfere with your education.” helped to conceive and build, and years helped sail her from town to built overlooking the river. Still, Now 24, Chris works as a ship- which became a part of his lasting town for dockside folk concerts, his talk was often of billionaires wright and crew on Clearwater, PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE | MCT legacy. or taught visiting schoolchildren and their “corrupting ways,” and where he, too, has found much in Pete Seeger performs at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh Modeled on the great gaff- about the marine life struggling how the future of the planet de- the moral universe of Pete Seeger. rigged sloops that plied the to survive in the polluted Hud- From him, through Clearwater, in a September 1986 file image. Seeger died Monday at the age of 94, Hudson River in the 18th and son. These were the happiest small businesses and communes. we both discovered a sense of after a long career collecting and championing the folk songs of the 19th centuries, Seeger envisioned pendedCrucially, on littlethough, nonprofits Seeger and United States as well as writing his own, according to news reports. He Clearwater as a way to rally the with laughter and friendship and lived his values. Once, without See SEEGER| Page 5 died of natural causes in a New York hospital. days of my early adulthood, filled

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3 WEEKEND SPORTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Herd, Coach Herrion raise autism awareness By COURTNEY SEALEY show autism currently affects autism. Although their friend- fully support a child who has ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR one in 88 children. ship came before their sons been diagnosed with autism. In basketball, college coaches According to Autism Speaks, were born, the two coaches Herrion and Skerry wanted are rivals on the court. Lately, less than 1 percent of the Na- have became closer from their however, they have been tional Institutes of Health shared experience. awareness, so they purchased funding goes toward autism Robert Herrion, 6, is an only 200to find light a way blue to puzzle-piecepromote autism la- cause effecting children around research. child and is in the second grade pel pins from Autism Speaks. A thebrought world. together Tom Herrion to fight and a The coaches’ relationship at Village of Barboursville Ele- single puzzle-piece is the logo his close friend, Towson Uni- started as young coaches in mentary School. Leslie Herrion, for autism awareness. Autism New England. Skerry later coach Herrion’s wife, placed Speaks was founded in 2005 have teamed up to bring aware- worked under Herrion while Robert in autism treatment and has quickly grown into the nessversity about head coachautism Pat to Skerry,their he was the head coach for the programs early in his life. The world’s leading autism science communities. College of Charleston. Herrion two said that Robert’s progres- and advocacy organization. The Autism Spectrum Disorder even helped Skerry obtain a sion is something the family coaches plan on wearing the is the result of a neurological position with the University of hangs onto each day. pins Saturday. disorder that it impacts brain “We recognized somewhat After purchasing the pins, development in the areas of left the program for Marshall early on in Robert’s infancy that Herrion and Skerry contacted social interaction and com- University.Pittsburgh Panthers after he he was what doctors would say several nationally known bas- munication skills. Autism While coaching brought was ‘delayed’ in his speech,” ketball coaches and media to can be characterized in vary- them together, there is some- Tom Herrion said. “He was late join in the effort. Herrion and ing degrees based on social thing else bringing them even forming words, and obviously Skerry targeted more than 40 interaction, verbal and non- closer. The coaches have two we were concerned. college basketball teams who HERDZONE.COM verbal communication and children, Robert Herrion and Out-of-pocket, it can cost Special autism awareness shooting shirts the Marshall men’s basketball repetitive behaviors. Statistics Owen Skerry, who both have roughly $60,000 for a year to See AUTISM| Page 5 team will wear before its game against Florida Atlantic Saturday. Less is more for Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch on media day Making Denver

By SAM MELLINGER is a deeper meaning than what he showed Media day is a circus sideshow. The THE KANSAS CITY STAR (MCT) on the surface. Where’s Waldo guy showed up again. Same Peyton’s place My people like athletes honest and talk- “I’m just about that action, boss,” he told with the Mexican TV reporter whom every- ing and open and talking and introspective in a stupendous interview one notices. One guy wore a white wig and By JEFF ROBERTS But Manning was not look- and, above all else, talking. You see, I’m a on NFL Nework. hose underneath his trousers as he asked THE RECORD (HACKENSACK, ing for majestic views. He sportswriter. Lynch used the same line earlier with re- questions, like some sort of Colonial-era N.J.) (MCT) wanted a second ring. You do not need to be convinced of this. porters, maybe a hundred of us, in the kind Joe Buck. A legend was needed to And no one was better You saw what we did with Richard Sher- of incredibly silly context that is often pro- The players were asked about kids’ ce- close the deal. equipped to offer that op- man over the last week or two. You will not duced in a country with too much time on real and strippers and not wearing cups Nearly half the NFL was in portunity than 53-year-old need to search hard for what my people its hands. (“Don’t you want to protect the little Eric - Elway. will continue to do with him up to and be- Indoors, wearing big sunglasses and a Deckers?”) Someone asked Broncos line- ning two winters ago. And He’s equally driven. And yond kickoff of the Super Bowl on Sunday. hood pulled tight over a baseball hat, Lynch ithot would pursuit take of Peytona champion Man he’s carried the weight of Su- But facts are facts, and even if this out- walked to his designated spot on an arena must-win game. to land maybe the most per Bowl defeats, losing his casts me from the sportswriter community, manThe Shaun questions Phillips and if Lynch’s the Super brief Bowl answers is a sought-after free agent in it needs to be said: other football players sit behind micro- — sample: “My fans love me regardless” NFL history. — Elway’s Marshawn Lynch won Super Bowl media phonesfloor. People and paidsay things.money toMany watch fans him wore and — lasted 6 minutes and 21 seconds, at So the Denver Broncos’ re- teammatefirst three appearances.on two champi- day. jerseys. Some heckled. You have to guess least by my count. Some reporters had it cruiting pitch came down to onship teams and an NFL Lynch, the Seahawks , won the people who paid money to heckle foot- at 6:20. At least one had it at 6:22. Either not what they said, but who Network analyst — called him it by hardly saying anything at all and, ball players during media day on a weekday way, the Seahawks’ media session lasted 45 said it: , their exec- “the tipping point” in Man- - afternoon probably didn’t have to take off utive vice president of football ning’s decision. cause he hardly said anything at all. There work, if you know what I mean. See LYNCH | Page 5 operations. The Hall of Fame more specifically, he won media day be who led Denver sold on John being a guy that understood“I know what that Peytonit took to was be time Super Bowl winner. a champion and could identify to Thefive SuperManning Bowls. signing The two-was the beginning of the Elway- - engineered turnaround that tonwith as Peyton,” a player. he Few said. guys “Few can began in 2011 when he took say,guys ‘I’ve can been identify on your with level. Pey I over a 4-12 team. And to- know exactly what you’re go- gether, they have led Denver ing through.’ ” to Super Bowl XLVIII. But there’s more to Elway’s “I just tried to show him resume. what the Denver Broncos are The son of a college head all about,” said Elway, standing coach, he put his own imprint on the personnel department. Center tunnel Tuesday on The results included a 2011 Mediaat the Day mouth surrounded of a Prudential by re- that netted starters Von porters. “He was still in shock Miller, Rahim Moore, Orlando that he had gotten released Franklin and Julius Thomas. by Indianapolis, and it was a In 2012, Denver drafted tough situation there. Danny Trevathan in the sixth “But we tried to show him round. what the Denver Broncos are And before the season, the about ... the ability for us to be Broncos signed Wes Welker, able to blend our offense to Louis Vasquez, Dominique what he’s used to doing and Rodgers-Cromartie and Ter- been doing for a 14-year ca- rance Knighton among other reer, and also the young guys free agents. we had on the roster, but also “John is someone who can what the Rocky Mountain re- gion was all about.” See MANNING | Page 5

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FILE PHOTO WALLY SKALIJ | LOS ANGELES TIMES | MCT Hunter Hayes arrives for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Jazz Fest heads into weekend stretch Center in Los Angeles Sunday.

By RACHAEL ROBERSON The festivities will resume on trumpet, and Rick Tolbert and Woodrow Wilson High Country singer Hunter Hayes THE PARTHENON Friday with performances on the trombone. School. Marshall University’s 45th Miles is a must-see art- The Blue Wisp Big Band Annual Jazz Festival kicked and High School bands. Tak- ist who has played with round off the festival Satur- off Thursday for a three- ingby the West stage Virginia among Middle these music icons Frank Sinatra day night. The Blue Wisp Big to perform live in Huntington day festival which will bring morning and afternoon per- and Willy Nelson. He also Band has been recognized as middle school, high school, formances is the MU Jazz performed for Her Majesty one of the top Jazz orches- By ALEXANDRIA RAHAL college, and professional jazz Ensemble I at 12:15 p.m. Queen Elizabeth the II in tras in Cincinnati since the THE PARTHENON Danielle Bradberry, as well artists to the Joan C. Edwards The MU Alumni Band leads 1976 in a Royal Command 1980’s. Ladies of the tri-state asNBC’s country The duo Voice Dan + winner Shay. Performing Arts Center. off in Friday’s evening con- Performance according to Tickets are free and can be area, prepare to swoon. Tickets go on sale at 10 The opening concert be- certs at 7 p.m. The night Berit Bolt, in his biography picked up at the theater box Country star, and re- a.m. Saturday at the Big gins with a performance by will conclude with a second of Butch Miles. office during regular hours. cent Grammy Awards Sandy Superstore Arena Bridgeport High School’s performance by the MU Jazz The final day of the jazz The box office will also open performer, Hunter Hayes box office, at all Ticket- Honor Band. Followed by Ensemble I. This second per- festival will contain perfor- at 5:30 p.m. before the eve- will perform at the Big master outlets and on the Glenville State College formance by ensemble will mances from 10 a.m. to 2:50 ning concerts. Sandy Superstore Arena as ticketmaster.com. Jazz Combo at 7:45 p.m. and include special guests Butch Rachel Roberson can be part of his 2014 “We’re Not Ticket prices start at $35 the Marshall University Jazz Miles on the drums, John School, MU Jazz Ensem- contacted at roberson14@ Invisible” tour. and $49.50 for reserved Combo I at 8:30 p.m. Harner and Michael Hackett blep.m. I, by Lincoln Spring High Valley School, High marshall.edu. The tour kicks off March seating. General admission 20 with a show in Pikeville, tickets are $49.50. Ky., and stops in Huntington Alexandria Rahal can at 8 p.m. March 21. Spe- be contacted at rahal1@ Pot growers cial guests include former marshall.edu. ‘Beast Mode’ Cute animals go up strain packs punch against the Super Bowl By RICH HELDENFELS hallmarkchannel.com/kit- AKRON BEACON JOURNAL tenbowl) at noon Sunday. (MCT) The three-hour telecast The old bumper sticker promises “the greatest feline about braking for animals showdown in cable television has an entertainment equiva- history.” lent: I pause for animals on But the strangest (and po- video. tentially most watchable) I know this very well. As animal-themed Super Bowl my wife and I are relaxing Sunday telecast may be that at home, she will suddenly of the Fish Bowl, on National break into laughter, or offer Geographic Wild. Beginning a heartfelt “Awwww.” And I at 6 p.m. Sunday, the net- KEN LAMBERT | SEATTLE TIMES | MCT know, in that moment, that work promises four hours of Nate “Diggity” Johnson of the she has found yet another Queen Anne Cannabis Club in image of a cute animal online. And, as far as I can tell, just a Seattle shows off some “Beast While the Super Bowl a fish swimming in a bowl. Mode” OG Kush bud. on Sunday will draw a big more at http://channel.na- audience, an increasingly tionalgeographic.com/wild/fish swimming in a bowl. See widespread competing tactic is to appeal to animal lovers. It’s like a yule log for the Su- By BOB YOUNG Analytical 360, Johnson said. Seahawks-themed pot-laced “Since it’s for donation- Why? Because, as the Puppy perfish-bowl. Bowl. Or a tribute to Andy THE SEATTLE TIMES (MCT) The weed hits you like its cupcakes that quickly sold based medical cannabis, we Bowl is so often promoted, Warhol. And there’s a replay With bartenders nam- namesake, he added. “Mar- out. feel his compassion towards it critters are “really freaking at 10 p.m. ing cocktails after Seahawks shawn has gears when he’s According to the collec- will make it acceptable,” John- cute.” In fact, it seems impos- The irresistibility of ani- players, it’s no surprise a running and it’s kind of like tive’s menu, Beast Mode costs son said of the Beast Mode sible for Animal Planet to mals has been known since Seattle-area pot grower has that. It has a little bit of a slow $13 per gram or $150 for a marijuana. talk about the dogs running long before there was an Ani- come up with a strain called start and then kicks in.” half-ounce. Those are the “do- Lynch’s agent did not respond - mal Planet; one ‘90s sitcom “Beast Mode,” in tribute to The group of growers that nation” rates, Johnson said, as to a message. out assuring us of “excess Marshawn Lynch. produced Beast Mode call collectives are technically not Questions remain about cuteness”on a small footballor breaking field with out consisting of puppies play- “It’s extremely strong,” said themselves Zion Gardens. supposed to sell pot. whether a marijuana strain can the “cute cam.” (See more at ingincluded in a box. a At fictional the same TV time, hit Nate “Diggity” Johnson, owner Johnson explained the grow- Donations pay for em- be trademarked because of the www.animalplanet.com/tv- though, we’re a long way of the Queen Anne Cannabis ers came up with the name ployee salaries and the cost ongoing federal ban on all pot. shows/puppy-bowl or check from people giving up their Club, which carries the strain after cultivating a strain that of running the dispensary, he Seattle-based Canna Law Group, out the videos from previous mid-winter football-watching named after the burly Se- was supposed to be “Girl Scout said. which counsels pot entrepre- games on YouTube.) parties in favor of ones built ahawks running back. Cookies.” After harvesting, the Johnson said he and the neurs, advises clients that the But the Puppy Bowl, which around cavorting creatures. Most of the weed sold in growers realized it wasn’t. grower are aware Lynch has U.S. Patent and Trademark Of- will air its 10th version at But some of those animal Seattle medical-marijuana And when they tried some, ac- registered trademarks on the 3 p.m. Sunday on Animal telecasts are during the pre- dispensaries has a THC con- cording to Johnson, one said, term “Beast Mode.” According for pot-related products. Planet, is getting more and game blather. And if the game tent between 12 and 20 “It hit me like Beast Mode.” to ESPN, Lynch has trade- ficeIn will Colorado, not register growers trademarks have more competition. Where the itself is a blowout, or you hit percent. An indica-dominant Beast Mode is the only strain marks on clothing and hats named a strain for Denver Puppy Bowl has a halftime a long stretch of commercials strain of the OG Kush family, Johnson knows about named and has trademarks pending quarterback Peyton Manning. show featuring cats, Hall- you’ve already seen, won’t Beast Mode has a THC content after a Seahawk. He said his on sunglasses, headphones, It’s also derived from the OG mark Channel is cranking up you be wondering what the of 17.6, according to testing by collective also has carried bracelets and cleats. Kush strain. an entire Kitten Bowl (www.

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LYNCH the money is collected — along AUTISM Continued from Page 3 Continued from Page 3 minutes, -mandated defensivewith an additionalend Osi Umenyiora fine. Two will be televised Saturday. period for all coaches and players years ago, the league fined Giants Some big names include John to be available. session. Calipari, Bill Self, Dick Vitale But after those six minutes or $20,000So Lynch for is, missing in a matter a media of and Seth Davis. The College so, Lynch walked away. He went speaking, putting his money GameDay crew will join in by around a corner and sort of hid where his mouth isn’t with this wearing the pins as well. for a while, until a Seahawks of- reluctance to talk publicly. During Herrion said he could not his brief comments Tuesday and believe the feedback they came back to his little spot — he’s previously, Lynch has painted received. aficial star, foundbut asked him. not So to then, have Lynch a po- himself as a bit of a strong-and- “Every single coach we dium because podiums “ain’t my silent type in this way. asked, every one of them is HERRION thing” — and just . . . stood there. “I’m just about working and on board,” he said. “We have We are excited to advertise And dozens of reporters . . . doing my thing,” he says. autism and hopefully get fund- just stood there. And watched. In all likelihood, the real ing to go toward research. We Watched him not talk. The whole story is a bit different. Lynch them,no financial but the money backing. out We of are the right thing for people thing was absurd, even by the im- is a fabulously talented player. ourpaid pockets $5 for eachisn’t pin,a big 200 deal. of and impacting others through pressive standards of Super Bowl Really, we’d like to get to the playing basketball.” media day. Every once in a while, last season, and led the NFL in point where we could pro- On Saturday, along with the someone would shout a question. rushingHe was touchdowns a first-team this All-Pro sea- vide a pin to every coach in puzzle-piece pins, the Herd Marshawn, how are you son. His ridiculous 67-yard, the country, but right now, we will also wear a special shoot- feeling!?? seven-broken-tackles, one-glo- felt our best vehicle to get it ing shirt that will raise autism By all appearances, Marshawn rious-stiff arm run that sealed off the ground was to target it awareness. The jerseys will felt like a blank stare and detached a playoff win against the Saints to the national exposure. We read “We are… Listening” amusement, though once, he did three years ago is an all-time wanted to start somewhere.” below the block M logo. The chuckle when someone asked if postseason highlight. While redshirt freshman back will have multicolored he’d help out and interview his He is the kind of star who could Ryan Taylor hasn’t been di- puzzle-piece symbol and will teammates for us. have all the attention he wanted rectly affected by autism, he read “Autism speaks…. It’s Other times he responded to a — and endorsements, too, be- said he knows it could hap- Time to Listen”. question: yond the sort of organic deal he pen to anyone at any time, Herrion, Skerry and the Na- Marshawn, are you trying to recently signed with Skittles. and he just wants to help tional Association of Basketball But that is not his way, or, JOE BARRENTINE | TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE | MCT raise awareness while he is in Coaches hope to make Autism here)? Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch breaks free from 49ers the public eye. Awareness Day an annual event. avoidMarshawn a fine (by nods at yes.least standing his way to be motivated. Foot- Aldon Smith for a 40-yard touchdown in the third quarter of Courtney Sealey can be Marshawn, do you think ballmore is specifically,a brutal and thatunforgiving is not the NFC championship game at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Jan. 19. Taylor said. “We are happy to contact at sealey3@marshall. be“I apart think ofit willthis benefit movement. a lot, edu. talking)? a razor’s edge. Running backs, comfortable in isolation, just him you’llMarshawn get fined anywayshrugs (for nothis insport particular, played byare definition constantly on bravado. Some do it with religion. and his teammates and his fam- shoulders. beaten and hit and generally SomeSome, with like thoughts Sherman, of find friends it in ily — he shouts them out with a MANNING tough early.” Lynch is familiar with league pulverized, often by much big- and family, some with slights catchphrase of sorts, “Town Busi- Continued from Page 3 But it was that drive that ger men. This is a sport that both real and perceived. Others ness.” Maybe that’s why he wears attracted Manning. That and for not talking during the season. requires a great deal of inner bury their heads in video or oth- that dark visor on his helmet. identify talent,” Davis said. Elway’s winning pedigree. Hepolicy appealed here. He and was told fined the $50,000 league motivation and self-generated erwise obsess themselves with Or, maybe he’s pointing out “His dad was a coach. He was “I think that relationship purpose, which materializes in training. the fundamental silliness of this essentially a coach when he in abeyance though he was told different ways with different Maybe he feels strongest whole thing. was a quarterback because he - anotherhe’d comply, violation so the wouldfine was mean held players. and sharpest and the most Good for him, either way. had to deal with personnel on bodydefinitely that helped.had been I in would the a daily basis.” position(have) liked running to havean organi some- - zation when I was playing LABOR DAY and spoon-feeds her, tenderly SEEGER quarterback too that had the Continued from Page 2 blowing each bite cool first as disabled neighbor the best af- Continued from Page 2 Elway faced a difficult tran same mind-set,” he said. “I if she were an infant in a high- ternoonhe finds of time his tolife. give As aescaped young onsition the job. from the field to the have never really talked to chair. Let the trust-building and convicts do. community and worthy front“I’m office. getting But better he’s learned with him about exactly why he of the fateful day work their way heart-fluttering begin. But they can all leave to- purpose, for which I am enor- letting the control go and chose Denver, but I have a intoIllogically, Henry’s Frank’s telling own of the flashbacks story. Soon — absurdly soon — gether, traveling as a family to mously grateful. knowing that there’s noth- feeling that that was part of The film’s middle passage Adele is won over by Frank’s the Canadian border. As neigh- ing I can do,” he said. “It was the decision.” suggests a kinky divorcee’s take-charge machismo and Olym- bors drop by and plot tripwires memorial service for Toshi, “Beauty and the Beast” fan- pic-level housekeeping skills. As fire, questions of Frank’s inno- whoI last died saw in July.Pete HeOct. was 26 frail, at a tasy. While Frank’s slab-of-beef if he’d been dreaming of nothing cence are implausibly resolved and I wondered how long masculinity has a threatening, but chores in prison, Frank tack- en route to an ending more he would last without her. titillating edge — he ties his les a honey-do list that would sugar-sweet and gooey than Not long, as it turned out. half-willing accessory Adele exhaust Hercules. He cleans the Frank’s pie. But — as he reminded us so to a chair to “keep up appear- gutters, chops wood, re-mortars I recently saw a movie about a eloquently in his famous song ances” if the police arrive the home’s foundation, teaches man falling in love with his com- “Turn! Turn! Turn!” — there — his only desire is to heal Hank to throw a baseball, re- puter operating system. It was is a time to die, and his time this emotional basket case. He pairs the car and bakes breakfast more believable than this. is come. cooks her a blue-ribbon chili He was my hero.

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