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Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The aP rthenon University Archives 9-25-2015 The aP rthenon, September 25, 2015 Sara Ryan [email protected] Bradley Heltzel [email protected] Megan Osborne [email protected] Shalee Rogney [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Ryan, Sara; Heltzel, Bradley; Osborne, Megan; and Rogney, Shalee, "The aP rthenon, September 25, 2015" (2015). The Parthenon. Paper 521. http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/521 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]. INKED LINKED TUESDAY + FRIDAY EVERY DAY @MUParthenon FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 | VOL. 119 NO. 17 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com Greek Festival returns to Huntington for 33rd year PARTHENON FILE PHOTO By MACKENZI KYLE continues through Sunday. Greek meatballs, lamb and chicken dinners and kourambiethe, a powdered sugar coated butter THE PARTHENON Guests have a variety of options to choose grape leaves stuffed with meat, rice and hummus. cookie. St. George Greek Orthodox Church is set to from, but typically the food is the festival’s main Desserts are a large part of the festival and Soft drinks will be available for purchase at celebrate heritage through food, dance and fel- attraction. include treats like almond biscotti, pecan blos- the festival. For those who wish to stay with the lowship with its annual festival Friday, Saturday There will be many different dishes to pur- soms and nut rolls. Fan favorites baklava and Grecian theme, Greek iced tea, Greek hot coffee, and Sunday. chase including the traditional gyro. A gyro is a baklava sundaes will also be available. red and white wine and Mythos Grecian beer will Each September, St. George Orthodox Church sandwich typically made with lamb served on A dessert variety box is also available for those also be available. invites the Huntington community to the church pita bread with vegetables and a cucumber and who want to take a piece of Greek Fest home. for the annual Greek Festival. yogurt sauce known as tzatziki. The box includes several different Greek pas- The festival begins at 11 a.m. Friday and Other dishes include Greek seasoned fries, tries from feniki, a honey and walnut cookie, to See FEST | Page 2 WEEKEND EDITION See more >>> SPORTS, page 3 RICHARD CRANK | THE PARTHENON SHANNON STOWERS | THE PARTHENON See more >>> WEEKEND, page 4 ORIGINAL ART BY TREY COBB ROB ENGLE | THE PARTHENON SUBMITTED PHOTO See more >>> LIFE!, page 5 WEEKENDSUBMITTED PHOTO EDITION C M Y K 50 INCH 2 WEEKEND NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM United Way presents Levels: Joel Ward A River Cities Rendezvous By KELSIE LIVELY chance to showcase their work and support a wonderful com- presented THE PARTHENON munity cause at the same time. Student and community artists had the opportunity to be A River Cities Rendezvous, will be held Saturday at the Marshall involved in the event by submitting project proposals that en- UniversityUnited Way Visual of theArts River Center. Cities’ first fundraising Gala, Levels: students Director of Resource Development Will Holland has helped to health and safety net. compassed“From the the academic United Way’sorientation, four initiatives: the most education,important thingincome, to contributions to the community. talk about is the commissioned competition that United Way create“The Levelsevent isin the order United to raise Way ofmoney the River for United Cities bigWay’s fundrais many- ran for students to propose installations throughout the Visual with magic Arts Center on the four service themes of United Way,” Reed ever had but we intend for it to be an annual event.” said. “So this summer United Way developed a competition with ing“The event thing of the it’s year,” most Holland closely relatedsaid. “It’s to the is a first gala one but that it doesn’t we’ve $200 per selected commission to pay for supplies.” follow that format. It is a nicer, fancier event, but ultimately Students were able to meet with United Way event directors show what we wanted to do was bring something to the Huntington as well as MU staff to generate and narrow installation ideas By DESMOND GROVES college shows this year. Area that didn’t already exist here. There’s already a few great prior to submitting their proposals. Five student installations THE PARTHENON “It’s been great,” he galas in town so we wanted something entirely different. One of - Magician Joel Ward pre- said. “I have performed the goals was to make it really accessible, what I mean by that tured for the event. sented his audience with at 30 colleges this year, was creating an atmosphere that was still premiere, elegant, ex- were commissioned by the United Way, specifically to be fea tricks at his Thursday mainly in the Mid-West citing and fun, but make it a little bit more affordable and also center was turned into a reading room with a handmade lamp, night magic show. region, but its been super make it to where you don’t have to rent a tux or buy a gown. So wallFor mounted one of the book five shelf installations, and a chair a small made nook out of of cardboard the visual thatarts Ward, who has ap- fun.” it’s semi-formal.” resembles a stack of books with the top book opened up to be peared on the Comedy When asked about his Each level of the VAC will create a unique and different expe- Central program Tosh.O, connection with Dan- rience during the event. Six well-known restaurants and bars with dozens of antique children’s books. performed in the Don iel Tosh, Ward shared a theFor seat another and the installation, back of the chair.two students The reading created nook a is wall also sizedfilled Morris Room of the Me- story about one of the bars will feature various craft beers paired with food; one beer - morial Student Center. first times he opened for ishave from created the West signature Virginia drinks area andespecially the other for isLevels. from aroundTwo of the ward movement resembles moving out of addiction or toward Ward started practic- the comedian. country. recovery.recovery tree surrounded by floating butterflies. The up ing magic at age 6 after “One time I was open- “We wanted to make this awesome event accessable to as “I’m really proud that United Way has had so much inter- volunteering for a magi- ing for him and I didn’t many people as possible and so that’s why we have the really action with our students and that our students, as citizens of cian who performed at know who he was, so I friendly prices on the tickets,” Holland said. “We don’t have as Huntington, have learned a great deal about United Way and his school. Ward opened wrote his name on my strict of a dress code and the more people that come in and what it does within the communities it serves,” Reed said. his own business at age hand with a Sharpie. I purchase tickets they will be providing support for all of United The pieces were installed Sept. 17 and will remain in the 10 and started perform- said ‘This next guy has Ways works. So 100 percent of the ticket sales go right directly building until Oct. 16, with multiple viewing events scheduled ing at children’s birthday his own show on Comedy to the causes we represent. Anything we do at United Way is in between. parties. By age 15, Ward Central please welcome...’ always to give back to the community.” became a world cham- and I looked down on my Marshall University School of Art and Design director Sandra $125 for couples and $75 for individuals. pion teen magician after hand, but I couldn’t see it Reed said it is important for the students involved to have this KelsieLevels beginsLively canat 7 be p.m. contacted Tickets willat [email protected]. be available at the door, placing first at the Inter- well because I was sweat- national Brotherhood of ing and so I said ‘please Magicians annual com- welcome Danny Tash’ petition, which is the and the whole audience world’s largest magic erupted when he came organization. out and he ripped on me Tri Sigma Sorority Ward said he was very for like 20 minutes, so he excited to be at Marshall remembered me.” University. Sophomore biology “This is my first time to major Jason Truman was raises awareness West Virginia and it feels one of the attendees of good,” Ward said. “I flew the show and had nothing into Columbus last night but positive things to say and I rented a car, drove about the magician. about hazing down this morning. It was “He was awesome,” a beautiful drive. There Truman said. “I’ve never By RILEY MAHONEY “Even if you’re not Greek, hazing could still be happening is a drought in California been to a magic show THE PARTHENON on a sports team or in a club,” Rowe said. “Hazing can happen right now, so just seeing and this guy just blew This week Marshall University’s sorority Sigma Sigma Sigma, anywhere.” grass and all these green my mind. As soon as I get participated in National Hazing Prevention Week by educating Nine out of 10 students who have experienced hazing do not trees excites me.” home I’m going to look students on hazing prevention.