The Parthenon, July 31, 2014

Marshall Digital Scholar The aP rthenon University Archives 7-31-2014 The aP rthenon, July 31, 2014 Taylor Stuck [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Stuck, Taylor, "The aP rthenon, July 31, 2014" (2014). The Parthenon. Paper 374. http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/374 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]. C M Y K 50 INCH Huntington goes to the dogs SHHHHH..... with the West Virginia Hot dog Local band Qiet opens for Old Crow Festival’s 10th anniversary Medicine Show in Charleston >Page 5 >Page 2 THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014 | VOL. 118 NO. 7 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com How to Help Snapchat value Donate to the employees who work could hit $10 Time to rebuild at Backyard Pizza and Fire at historic downtown Morris Building displaces Raw Bar/The Peddler at billion with residents and beloved Huntington restaurants http://www. gofundme.com/ possible Alibaba Donate to the tenants of the Morris Building at investment http://www. By ANDREA CHANGE gofundme.com/c7ijbk LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) & Last year, Snapchat decided fundraising concert at the V-Club Friday Facebook’s $3-billion offer wasn’t cool. You know what’s featuring Downton iscool? reportedly $10 billion. in talks with King, Deadbeats and investors,The Venice, including Calif., Chinese start-up e- Bakers, and AC30. commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holdings, for a round Donation of $10 to enter. Must be 18 or of financing that would value older. The discussions are ongo- ingSnapchat and termsat $10 billion.could change, according to a Bloomberg re- Donate to both port, which cited unnamed Saturday at Rio sources with knowledge of the Grande on Fourth Avenue. The restaurant If a deal happens, it would be will donate 20 percent vindicationsituation. for Snapchat, which of profits, as well as spurned a $3-billion takeover match that donation offer from Facebook last year to the bewilderment of tech PHOTOS BY LEXI BROWNING | FOR THE PARTHENON by 20 percent. acquire the company, which ABOVE: Drew Hetzer, left, owner of Backyard Pizza and Raw Bar and The Peddler, sits beside his insurance agent Zach enableswatchers. users Google, to send too, messages tried to Keller as they assess the damage of his businesses following the Morris Building fire Sunday morning. that disappear seconds after BELOW: A supporting sign reading, “We support the Morris Building. Do your part,” as it stands The Village Collection following the devastating fire Sunday morning. But Snapchat executives in- sistedthey’re then viewed. that they were in it By LEXI BROWNING to rebuild and return his businesses to the same loca- for the long run and were not FOR THE PARTHENON content to sell out and turn over - was due to the thousands of gallons of water pumped tions. The majority of the damage on the lower floors Snapchat Chief Executive smokeA fire engulfed broke out the earlysix-story Sunday Morris morning— Building wreakon the - Evanthe reins Spiegel of the and young spokeswoman company. intersectioning havoc in Huntington’sof Fourth Avenue own and backyard. Ninth Street, Flames caus and- onto the building to extinguish the flames. Mary Ritti did not return an ing tenants in apartments above Backyard Pizza and “We’re going to try to salvage the building,” Het zer said. “But our first priority is making sure our A spokesman for Alibaba de- employeesThe Morris are Building, taken care constructed of. When inwe 1919 reopen, as a we’rehotel, almost $15,000 out of a target $20,000 goal offering email and a call for comment. Raw Bar and The Peddler on the ground floor to flee hasgoing housed to come several on full-force.” businesses, including Foard-Har- proceeds to the owner of Backyard Pizza and The Alibaba is preparing to go Rawfrom Bartheir employee residences. reported an explosion similar to publicclined tolater comment. this year in what thatAt ofapproximately a transformer 8:40 blast a.m., and a alertedBackyard residents Pizza and in The community-wide response has also prompted could be the biggest initial pub- wood Shoes. Hetzer opened his first restaurant on the aPeddler, fundraising Hetzer concert and his at crew. the V-Club Friday with pro- firstBefore floor itin can July be of 2012.reopened Due forto its use, older Huntington structure, Fire the the apartments on the upper floors. All tenants exited- Chiefbuilding Carl had Eastham no sprinklers is requiring or smoke that thedetectors Morris inside. Build- The show, consisting of Downton King, Deadbeats & lic offering ever. This month, in torthe buildingshaft of thesafely. Morris Building and was eventually Barkersceeds funding and AC30 the Morris is scheduled Building’s to displaced begin around citizens. 10 Analystsa regulatory estimate filing, the Alibaba company, said The fire was contained to the roofing and eleva- - whichits valuation is bigger was than $130 Amazon billion. ing and all other buildings that exceed three floors and eBay combined, could raise extinguishedDrew Hetzer, by owner efforts of of the multiple two restaurants, volunteer saidfire thede frommust installthe downtown sprinkler systemscommunity—signs, by 2017. tip dona- p.m.Lexi and Browning is open to anyonecan be 18 contacted and over withat browna dona- $15 billion to $20 billion in its buildingpartments is planningoutside the to placebuilding a temporary around 1:15 roof p.m. in order tions,The anddevastating a GoFundMe fire sparked campaign a massive that has response raised [email protected] of $10. IPO. Revitalizing the Classic Regatta The Huntington Classic Regatta draws large crowd to riverfront over the weekend By GEOFFREY FOSTER regatta not seen in Huntington NEWS EDITOR Although the Huntington “I was involved in Summer- sponsors is spent on the event. Classic Boat Race has occurred festfor 14 in years.the late 80s and 90s in We’re happy to say that we annually since 2011, last don’t charge admission, which weekend saw the event take wemeans want it’s attendees free to tothe support public an impressive step forward to endedHuntington,” in 1999 Fergusonand now wesaid. are and it won’t cost anything, but trying“That wasto create a ten somethingday regatta. like It Ferguson said the return of from its core event, the power aour Huntington vendors.” regatta was or- boata full-fledged races, the regatta. Huntington Aside year for boat racing, but this is ganized at the behest of Mayor Classic Regatta also featured a that again. This is the fourth- Steve Williams when he took wide array of food vendors, a ing the event for 3 days with petting zoo, a waterways expo, extrathe first attractions—boat year that we are racing, hold “Mayor Williams is very ag- carnival rides, auto shows, a the carnival, the petting zoo, a gressiveoffice in 2013.with promoting events pizza eating contest and live car show, a motorcycle show, Lee Daniel, No. 2, participates in the qualifing race the waterways expo—so, we “When he became mayor, he before winning the SST-120/F2 race for the region Dan Ferguson, the chair- are really raising the bar this calledin Huntington,” me into aFerguson meeting said.and music. 4 title Sunday. BRADLEY WELLS | FOR THE PARTHENON man of the event, said this year marks the return of an annual The money we raise through See REGATTA | Page 2 year. It’s all relative to money. Edited and designed by Taylor Follow The Parthenon on Twitter! @MUParthenon INSIDE: NEWS, 2 | LIFE!, 3 | OPINION, 4 | SPORTS, 5 | Stuck|[email protected] | C M Y K 50 INCH 2 THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM West Virginia Hot Dog Festival celebrates its 10th year PHOTO BY BRADLEY WELLS | FOR THE PARTHENON Festival-goers attend the 10th Annual West Virginia Hot Dog Festival Saturday, July 26 at Pullman Square in downtown Huntington. The festival featured 78 vendors/exhibitors, live music, dog races and several contests. By GEOFFREY FOSTER lost two children in the sixties, my - PHOTO BY BRADLEY WELLS | FOR THE PARTHENON NEWS EDITOR brother had a brain tumor and my sis- thing we sell—comic books, buttons, With the exception of the hamburger, ter also died at a young age, so I chose patches—go“Seventy-five straight percent to the charity.of every The and possibly apple pie, there is nothing to support what has now become The remaining 25 percent goes back into more American than the hot dog. It is getting merchandise made, so we can have raised over $130,000 to date.” make more money for the charity. We hot dog vendors on every street corner HoopsAnother Family vendor Children's present atHospital. the festival We don't use the money for any of our per- inemblematic Manhattan of and our everyculture. ballpark You can in find the sonal stuff, we just aim to make sure our country. If there is one food that is very charities are taken care of.” was Midway Drive-In, a 76-year-old hot The festival also featured dog races, dog. For John Mandt Jr., owner of Stew- ofdog Midway, restaurant said locatedhe is glad in Huntington'sto be part of a dog parade, wrestling matches, car easy to find in Huntington, it is the hot awest festival end. that Cory raises Hutchinson, money forco-owner such a shows, a hot dog eating contest, a root worthy cause. beer chugging contest, a 5k race, a 10k hotart's dogs Original have Hot been Dogs a familyand the tradition creator “This is our sixth year at the festival,” race and a charity walk.

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