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For more information, please contact [email protected]. page designed and edited by BISHOP NASH INSIDE: NEWS, 2 | SPORTS, 3 | OPINION, 4 | LIFE!, 6 HIGH 70° LOW 41° [email protected] MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013 | VOL. 117 NO. 35 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com Huntington City Mission seeks donations By KRISTA SHIFFLETT - THE PARTHENON - - Because the weather is get are homeless and hungry Sheppard said he has decided also need twin and full size sheets. planning on donating a few ting colder, people are in need- around here and the Hunting to accept donations until the Jamie McDonnell, junior things and I hope that others- The Office of Student Activi- of more assistance and the ton City Mission tries to help end of the semester. nursing major from Altoona, will as well.” ties is having a supply drive to Huntington City Mission is run them as much as possible by “I did not want to put a time- Pa., said she thinks donating- The Office of Student Activi help the Huntington City Mis ning low on supplies. giving them food and a place to limit on it because I thought it to help those in need is a good ties is accepting donations and sion provide materials for the- Stephen Sheppard, student stay because there are children- would be nice to leave the op thing to do and she is plan any donation can be brought homeless. organizations advisor, said involved.” tion open,” Sheppard said. - ning on donating some things to Room 2W31, upstairs in the The Huntington City Mis- they have received donations People have already do Towels, washcloths, feminine herself. MemorialKrista StudentShifflett Center can nextbe sion provides food and shelter already. nated some of the listed- hygiene products, shampoo, con “I think it is a great way to- contactedto the Student at shifflett7@marResource Center.- for the hungry and the home “I think it is a great chance products and because the ditioner, deodorant, toothpaste, give to those who are in need shall.edu. less that are in the Huntington to give back,” Sheppard said. Huntington City Mission can toothbrushes and soap are some and to help out the commu area. “There are a lot of people that not have too many supplies, of the items that are needed. They nity,” McDonnell said. “I am ANDREA STEELE | THE PARTHENON Jason Mraz performs as “Keith Albee Jr.” with Raining JASON MRAZ Jane at the Keith-Albee Theatre on Friday, Oct. 18. ROCKS THE KEITH-ALBEE By ANDREA STEELE THE PARTHENON At one point an audience member yelled out “Free Bird!” The Keith-Albee Performing To which Mraz jokingly replied Arts Center filled with Jason that this would be their own Mraz fans, both new and old, rendition of “Free Bird,” but they Friday night for his sold-out would be taking the liberty to performance. - change the words and the tune- According to Angela Jones, of the song. marketing manager for the Mar Alicia Kingery, senior commu- shall Artist series, the show has nications major from Ohio, said been sold-out for more than two- that her favorite part was the in weeks. teraction with the audience. Joining Mraz in his perfor “He kept everybody into it,”- mance was Raining Jane, an all Kingery said. “Even though we female electric-folk band from were sitting, I still felt really inter Los Angeles, Calif. acted with him. He made it fun.” The members of Raining The show was localized- Jane put their band together with Mraz promoting River in 2005 and met Mraz in 2006. and Rail Bakery, a local cof They have been working with fee shop at Heritage Station, as him ever since then playing at well as a member of Raining backyard shows as well as local Jane changing into a Marshall coffee shops. This is their first University sweatshirt for the time touring with Mraz. encore performance. According to Mraz, he and Victoria Freeman, senior at Raining Jane have written over Rose Hill Christian School, said 30 songs together. that this was her first time at a Raining Jane opened for Jason Mraz concert. - Mraz with three original songs Freeman said she has been a and joined him in performing Jason Mraz fan and enjoyed see throughout the concert. ing him live and his acoustic-set- Together they performed- performance. Mraz’s well-known song A variety of acoustic instru “Lucky” and incorporated har ments were used during the monies creating a new vibe with performance including a banjo, the song. a cello and even a sitar, a large, To open the night, Mraz came long-neck Indian lute with onto the stage wearing a button-- moveable frets. down shirt, suspenders, glasses The show concluded with the and a wig and introduced him audience requesting “I’m Yours,”- self as Keith Albee Jr. - following a standing ovation. Mraz kept the audience Mraz and the members Rain entertained throughout his per ing Jane took their final bows, formance with jokes as well as leavingAndrea the Steele audience can bewith con a- humorous songs. Mraz even had- tactednight to at remember. steele98@marshall. the audience take deep breaths edu. so that they could go away say ing the show was breathtaking. US hopes for Syria are Fall Fest brings life to gloomy Saturday at Heritage Station unrealistic, analysts say By COLTON JEFFRIES - - By HANNAH ALLAM THE PARTHENON MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON - on honey so we try to edu decorations made from recy The event, despite the not so- BUREAU (MCT) in Washington, where Obama cate people on how important cled materials. great weather, was very well administration officials cling Heritage Station in down honey is to the state of West There was live music being attended and the vendors at - to the dream that a moderate town Huntington was very Virginia and to the country in played by a local band under tending the event were very At a public talk this month, opposition can coalesce, beat lively Saturday for the shops at general,” Stiltner said. the gazebo in the middle of pleased with the business that a European Union official es back al-Qaida extremists and Heritage Station’s annual Fall All of the shops at Heritage- Heritage Station, playing past got. chewed the bland language of shape Syria into a pluralistic Fest, despite a few instances of Station had some kind of deal hits by bands and artists like “This is my first time here, diplomacy and told some hard democracy after Assad exits via rain and a fairly cold day. or discount for the festival. Mi- Eurhythmics, Bryan Adams I’m really enjoying being here. truths about Syria: that the a negotiated transition. The festival gives the shops- chelle Haddox, an employee of and Blondie. - Everybody’s been really nice- West had ignored Arab leaders’ None of the conditions for a chance to really show the Bottle and Wedge, helped de Some shops made sure that and really helpful,” Stiltner said. warnings that President Bashar such an outcome are in place, public their wares. Several lo scribe what kind of deals they the little kids were enter Located across from River Assad wouldn’t go easily, that- according to analysts who cal vendors were also on hand had for Fall Fest. tained as well. The Wild Ramp- front Park, Heritage Station is the opposition is in no shape monitor the country’s civil selling things like blankets and- “We are running specials- provided mini pumpkins home to not only a bunch of to negotiate and that humani war, which is in its third year artwork. like 10 percent off on our for the little ones to deco great locally owned shops, but tarian aid reaches few of the with a death toll of more than Some shops and vendors of cheeses, all the beers are indi rate while their guardians it’s also a great place to learn needy. - 115,000. And with al-Qaida fered demonstrations to show vidually priced, you can come shopped. about Huntington history. “Wishful thinking harms and other militant Islamists the public how they make in and make your own six- Finds and Designs had The shops at Heritage Station people,” said Kristalina Geor dominating the rebel side, it’s their products. - pack and Marshall students its vintage fashion show at have always liked to celebrate- gieva, the EU commissioner unclear whether there’s even According to Retta Stiltner, get a 10 percent discount on the festival, showing off the- the turning of the seasons by for international cooperation, the political will anymore to a vendor attending the festi anything in the store,” Haddox types of winter clothes they showing the people of Hun humanitarian aid and crisis see the opposition carry out val who specializes in honey said. had for sale. Also at the festi tington and visitors to the city- response, speaking at the New the stated U.S. policy goal of and honey-made products and Brand Yourself, a popular val was the Fall Fest Bake Off that it is as much of a popular America Foundation, a public toppling Assad.