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Wednesday February 6, 2013 | VOL. 116 NO. 76 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com PRAXIS I practice workshops continue By YEJIN JENNY HAN students pass the PRAXIS I the requirements, they cannot be participants with a presenta- write a cohesive response how many students have trouble THE PARTHENON admitted into teacher educa- tion illustrating the types of using Power Writing. Partici- with the PRAXIS I, and she asked The Marshall University any parts they did not pass and tion core professional courses.” problems they will encoun- pants will be given grammar if she could help,” Backus said. College of Education started mustfirst time retake. or to help them pass The COE offers three work- ter on the math section of the practice and a writing prompt “She does this totally for free PRAXIS I practice workshops “The PRAXIS I is an entry shops, one for each section of PRAXIS I. Participants are given to take home to practice. The and out of the goodness of her last Wednesday and will con- exam to teacher education. the PRAXIS I. One session of- practice problems to take home event was scheduled for Feb. heart. She simply wants to help tinue through Friday. The When students enter Marshall fers help on the reading section and it will be on Wednesday, at 1, but was cancelled due to students and help the College of workshops are available for stu- University and declare educa- of the PRAXIS I. Participants 1 p.m. weather. It will now be Friday Education retention record.” dents who have not taken the tion as a major, they have to were provided with a presen- A third workshop will cover at 11 a.m. Students can register for PRAXIS I or have taken it and satisfy three requirements tation illustrating the types of the writing section of the Once students have practiced professional core classes after need to retake a section or two. before being admitted into comprehension questions they PRAXIS I. In the workshop, at home with the packets the passing all three sections. Stu- Melinda Backus, a professor teacher education,” Backus will encounter on the exam. participants will be given COE provides, they can con- dents who have not taken the in the COE and the director of said. “First, they must have Then students are given prac- practice sentences with gram- tact Angela Boggs, a student the workshop, said many stu- a 2.7 GPA. Second, they must tice paragraphs and questions mar mistakes similar to those who helps with the workshops. for proceeding their academic dents struggle with passing all have passed EDF 218/270 with to practice at home. The work- on the writing section of the Boggs will provide free hour- worksPRAXIS through I can getthis qualificationopportunity. three parts of the PRAXIS I on a C or above. Third, they have to shop was last Wednesday and PRAXIS I. Then, participants long tutoring sessions. Yejin Jenny Han can be pass all three parts of PRAXIS lasted for an hour. will be given a practice prompt “They were actually her idea. contacted at han9@mar- to have the workshops to help I. Without all of those three Another workshop provides and will be shown how to We were talking one day about shall.edu. the first attempt. Backus tried Website gives tips on beating “Freshman 15”

By MARLA NOWLIN Hovland said striving to be THE PARTHENON healthier is all about choices. The “Freshman 15” is a the- “Even the make-your-own ory that most freshmen will pizza bar at Harless can be healthy. They always have fresh year of college. peppers, olives, mushrooms gain 15 pounds in their first and tomatoes,” Hovland said. college can be stressful, colleg- “The stir-fry station over at eparents.orgWhile the said first the yearaverage of freshman will gain between vegetables as well. There are four and seven pounds. The site skimTowers milk is anda great low-fat place dairy to find op- also gives tips on how to stay tions as well as whole grain. We healthy during this transition could see a little more whole time. grain in the dining halls but stu- Jana Hovland, Marshall Uni- versity Assistant Professor of For the on-the-go student, Dietetics, said it is possible to Hovlanddents can recommendsfind some.” mixing eat and be healthy despite the dried fruits, nuts and whole- obstacles college students face. grain cereal as a trail mix option - to keep full and energized. Cheryl King, general man- healthy“You options,” can find Hovland healthy said. op ager of Sodexo Campus “Theretions, and are you lots can of also fruits find lessand Services, said it is important vegetables available at either for students to utilize the tools DENNIS BRACK|BLACK STAR VIA ABACA PRESS|MCT of the dining halls or even the President Barack Obama makes an announcement on sequestration in the White House Press Briefing Room on Tuesday. The President will ask student center.” See FRESHMAN | Page 5 Congress to come up with tens of billions of dollars in short-term spending cuts and tax revenue to put off the automatic across the board cuts that are scheduled to kick in March 1. Thundering Word teaches Obama urges short-term solution students communications skills By JORDAN BEAN Thundering Word team mem- to prevent steep budget cuts THE PARTHENON ber, said the team teaches The Thundering Word, Mar- students skills that are neces- By CHRISTI PARSONS together to eliminate a few the pending across-the-board to balancing the budget in 10 shall University’s speech and sary for success in life. and LISA MASCARO special-interest tax loopholes cuts for tax revenue generated years,” Boehner said. debate team, is off to a great “Professional interaction and TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU or government programs that in part by ending tax breaks for Speaking to reporters, start this semester. social skills, solid work ethic (MCT) we agreed need some reform,” oil and gas companies. Obama said he believes “mod- The team placed sixth out of and critical thinking are heav- WASHINGTON — President he said. Republicans, meanwhile, est reforms” in social insurance 31 schools at a tournament in ily emphasized,” Adams said. Barack Obama on Tuesday The president said he still see the looming sequester programs would eventually Indianapolis, Ind., and fourth “Being on the speech and de- called on Congress to come up as one of their best chances have to be paired with tax out of 48 schools at a tour- bate team here at Marshall has with short-term spending cuts the longer term, but that he to exact steep spending cuts. reform. nament in St. Louis, Mo. The taught me more about commu- and revenue increases that doesn’twants to want deal withto see deficits workers over They want to steer away from For the moment, he said, it team’s success has created an nication than I could have ever would stave off more drastic laid off and critical programs reductions at the Pentagon appears a full budget “may not interest for forensic arts among learned in the classroom.” cuts set to take effect in March. lapse while Congress works and toward Medicare, food - students on campus. Victoria Ledford, sophomore In a brief appearance in the its way to a more broad-based stamps and other domestic matic cuts kick in. Congress Danny Ray, founder of the chemistry student and team budget solution. programs. can’tbe finished” let that happen, before thehe said. auto team, said there are many ways member, said the team does Obama asked lawmakers to When the automatic cuts Sen. Mitch McConnell of “If Congress can’t act imme- nothing but good for students. White House briefing room, Kentucky, the Republican diately on a bigger package,” “It really encourages inter- would postpone the automatic $1.2 trillion in so-called se- minority leader, calls the Dem- he said, “they should at least primary,”the team benefitsRay said. students. “Also in- actions with divers people,” cutscome and up their with “devastating” a quick fix that ef- questerwere first cuts devised were intentionally in 2011, the ocrats’ ideas “gimmicks.” House pass a smaller package of creasing“Gaining critical self confidencethinking skill. is Ledford said. “Everyone has dif- fects on the economy. designed to be severe. Law- Speaker John A. Boehner, R- spending cuts and tax reforms Members of the speech and ferent interests and opinions, The economy is in recovery, makers on all sides believed Ohio, argues that the public that would delay the eco- debate team develop the nec- but the speech team creates Obama said, but that won’t they would force Congress to doesn’t support the idea of nomically damaging effects of essary skills to be successful an environment where these continue if there are “self- come up with a better alterna- raising taxes in place of cutting the sequester for a few more in their professional lives like differences are accepted and spending. months.” communication, professional- embraced.” But the deadline is drawing “The president’s seques- After that, he said, the two ism and writing.” Jordan Bean can be con- inflictedThe economy wounds” shouldn’t caused bybe closetive for and deficit the sides reduction. are nowhere ter should be replaced with sides can work together to Christian Adams, sophomore tacted at bean19@marshall. atelected risk officials.“just because folks in near a permanent solution. spending cuts and reforms replace cuts with a “smarter biomedical science major and edu. Washington couldn’t come Democrats want to exchange that will start us on the path solution.”

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRURARY 6, 2013 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM British Parliament approves gay marriage despite Conservative foes By HENRY CHU with many others abstaining. needs to deal with. This is an LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) Its passage relied on the sup- irrelevance.” British lawmakers voted port of lawmakers from the Some opponents of the bill Tuesday to allow gay and les- opposition Labor Party and cited their religious convic- bian couples to wed, siding the Liberal Democrats, the ju- tions, while others noted that with majority opinion in the nior party in the government Britain already offers civil country but exposing major coalition. partnerships for same-sex cou- divisions within the ruling The result is a blow to Cam- ples, which confer the same Conservative Party. eron’s authority as head of the rights as marriage. Nearly seven hours of de- Conservatives at a time when But that is no longer enough, bate in Parliament culminated said Maria Miller, the govern- in a 400-175 vote in favor of a already nervous about his ad- ment minister who introduced bill that authorizes same-sex ministration’sthe party’s rank ability and to file turn are the legislation. marriages but also exempts around Britain’s sputtering “A legal partnership is not religious organizations from economy. In a rare move, Cam- perceived in the same way having to perform them. The eron showed up in the House and does not have the same measure puts Britain on track of Commons to cast a vote promises of responsibility and to join other European nations, Tuesday evening. commitment as marriage,” including Spain, Denmark and “I think it’s right that gay Miller said. “All couples who the Netherlands, in opening people should be able to enter a lifelong commitment up marriage to homosexual get married too,” the British together should be able to call couples. leader said in a last-minute it marriage.” The bill now goes to commit- televised interview. “This Polls here show a clear ma- tee and then to the House of is, yes, about equality, but jority of Britons to be in favor Lords. But its approval in the it’s also about making our of equal marriage rights for House of Commons makes it society stronger. ... It’s an im- gays and lesbians. Despite the highly likely that it will eventu- portant step forward for our revolt by his backbenchers and ally become law. country.” vociferous opposition by some RICARDO DEARATANHA | LOS ANGELES TIMES The vote handed Prime Aware of the sensitivity of religious groups, Cameron is Farm workers bring in buckets full of red bell peppers to a packing tent at a farm in the Bakersfield area. Minister David Cameron, the issue, Cameron permitted hoping that the brouhaha will whose administration spon- a vote according to personal quickly fade and that voters sored the legislation, both a conscience instead of order- will be left with the impression political victory and a politi- ing Conservative lawmakers of his government as a mod- Farmers eager for immigration reform cal defeat. Approval of the bill to toe the government line. But ernizing force. allows him to portray him- that resulted in the spectacle “We live in a society now By RICARDO LOPEZ their chronic labor problems, roughly half of all hired crop self and his government as in of Tory backbenchers standing where most people are per- LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) which have been exacerbated farm workers are in the coun- tune with public opinion and up in the house, one after the fectly happy with gay people At Chandler Farms, just out- by deportations and a stronger try illegally. Of all workers, 7 of modern values, but it came other, to denounce their own and gay relationships, and side of Selma, Calif., in the San Mexican economy. 10 are from Mexico, a country at the cost of an angry mu- leadership during the debate. it seems the right moment Joaquin Valley, about three Last week, a group of Repub- that has provided a steady sup- tiny by his own Conservative “Where does (the govern- to acknowledge that gay re- dozen workers are needed each lican and Democratic senators ply of farm laborers since the backbenchers, who said he lationships are every bit as season to pick acres of delicate unveiled a blueprint that aims middle of the last century. had no mandate to press for this massive social, cultural loving, stable and rich as peaches, plums, nectarines and to grant legal status to an With immigration reform such a change. change?ment) have It was a mandate not in ourto inflict par- straight relationships,” said citrus. estimated 11 million illegal im- back on the table this year, farm An early count showed that ty’s manifesto,” Conservative Andy Wasley of the gay rights In recent years, however, migrants in the country. as many, if not more, Con- lawmaker Gerald Howarth group Stonewall. “It really owners Carol and Bill Chandler President Barack Obama also make sure proposed legislation servatives lawmakers voted thundered. “There are many reflects 21st-century British joined the fray, urging Con- includesgroups are provisions fiercely lobbying for their to against the measure as for it, major issues this country values.” as immigration from Mexico gress to move legislation along workers. hashave slowed struggled to a tonear-standstill. find laborers quickly this year. There have been false starts “When the crops are ripe, we Immigration reform has in the past, including efforts need a reliable labor force,” she been a rallying cry among farm by former President George US suit against Standard & Poor’s said. “That’s what we’re wor- groups for years. Farmers have W. Bush, who sought to create ried about going forward.” long reported chronic labor a guest worker program and The Chandlers are among shortages that predate the re- overhaul immigration laws raises stakes for Wall Street farmers who welcomed a move cession. During the housing during his administration. last week by Congress to make boom, for instance, contractors But the latest push to tackle By MICHAEL DOYLE, GREG Credit-rating agencies executives took steps to immigration reform a legisla- persuaded farm workers to the highly politicized issue is GORDON and KEVIN HALL serve as a crucial backstop to withhold the truth from the tive priority this year. work in construction. “one of the best signs we’ve MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (MCT) public while helping Wall But the promised changes According to data from the The Justice Department’s provide investors, large and See FARMERS | Page 5 may not be enough to solve U.S. Department of Agriculture, - small,the U.S. a financialsignpost system. in assessing They losses by unloading billions lar fraud lawsuit against the the likelihood of default by a ofStreet dollars firms more avoid in dicey massive loans, Standardfiling of a & multi-billion-dol Poor’s rating bond issuer, be it a foreign or the suit alleges. agency this week culminates local government, or a Wall Under the current ratings Torture expert testifies at a massive, multi-year federal Street bank offering a sophis- model, Wall Street banks, investigation code-named “Al- ticated engineered product. rather than investors, pay chemy,” but it’s only the start The federal suit alleges that for the ratings. But in the Guantanamo war court of a more public legal battle this backstop function by S&P case of the complex bonds in joined by at least 16 state at- which touted its gold-plated question, the rating agencies By CAROL ROSENBURG His lawyers have long ar- Donald Rumsfeld. torneys general. AAA ratings on mortgage also were paid to help pool THE MIAMI HERALD (MCT) gued the man suffers from In a since overturned order The outcome could make securities as signaling that the mortgages that would A doctor with expertise in post-traumatic stress disorder to set Slahi free, U.S. District or break the reputation of they could withstand another underpin the bonds sold to torture was testifying at the as a result of his CIA interroga- Court Judge James Robertson the world’s largest credit- Great Depression _ crumbled investors. war court Tuesday, advising tions. CIA agents waterboarded said the Mauritanian was so rating agency. It will shed They essentially were paid the chief Guantanamo judge al-Nashiri, threatened to rape abused at Guantanamo from additional light on how market share and higher to rate the very instruments on how to conduct a no-harm his mother and held a revving mid-June to September 2003 credit-rating agencies con- as the firm pushed for greater they were paid to help create. medical examination on an al- drill to his hooded head among that his case was “so tainted tributed to the nation’s Justice Department attor- In a statement, Standard & leged al-Qaida deputy who was other “enhanced interrogation by coercion and mistreatment, financial near-meltdown in neysprofits. spelled out their case in Poor’s called the federal case waterboarded by the CIA. techniques” to break him after 2008. It also might test the a painstakingly detailed 119- “without legal merit” and his capture in the United Arab support a successful criminal limits of free speech. At the - remotely, and mostly theoreti- Emirates in November 2002. prosecution.”or so classified, that it cannot very least, it will keep law- Angeles, replete with seem- pany has some track record cally,Dr. Vincentfrom a Iacopinomilitary testifiedbase in Iacopino, a Georgetown According to the judge, yers busy for a long time. inglypage complaintincriminating filed inemail Los in“unjustified,” fending off and legal the actions com the western United States in Medical School trained inter- “Put simply, this alleged quotations and references to because of First Amendment the case of Abd al-Rahim al- nist, is an adjunct professor of information Slahi gave his conduct is egregious, and it individuals such as “senior protections for its credit- Nashiri, accused of war crimes. medicine at the University of interrogatorsIacopino testified was likely that unre any- goes to the very heart of the executive G” and “senior ana- rating pronouncements. The The doctor said he had never Minnesota Medical School and liable, because of his abuse at - lyst B,” codes that apparently company says such protec- examined or met al-Nashiri, leading member of Physicians Guantanamo, drawing an unfa- torney General Eric Holder shield the identities of more tions apply because it simply 48, the waterboarded detainee, for Human Rights, an ethics vorable critique from the judge declaredrecent financial Tuesday. crisis,” At than a dozen executives who offers opinions. but that mental health exams group. He is also an author of in a footnote: “Dr. Iacopino was are now cooperating with “A number of court rulings of victims of torture need to be the Istanbul Protocol, which earnest and well-meaning, but investigators. have dismissed challenges culturally sensitive and follow lays out how to conduct a medi- he can hardly be described knownThe federalas Standard lawsuit & Poor’s filed The department served made with 20/20 hindsight to protocols. cal examination of someone as independent. I found his Financialagainst theServices, firm along formally with “hundreds of subpoenas” and a credit rating agency’s opin- Defense lawyers got the who has been tortured. testimony to be biased and un- its parent company, McGraw- analyzed “millions of pages ions of creditworthiness,” the judge, Army Col. James L. Pohl, Although testifying remotely, persuasive, particularly as the of documents,” according to company noted in a lengthy to agree to hear from Iacopino Iacopino has experience at subject of his testimony was defrauded investors by issu- Stuart F. Delery, the head of statement. before the judge crafts an or- Guantanamo. He has reviewed not the subject of his profes- Hill, alleges that the firm the Justice Department’s civil der for a secret three-member - sional training.” mortgage-backed securities division. said Standard & Poor’s had military board to examine This time, Iacopino was not thating inflatedmisrepresented ratings forthe riskytrue The suit, which seeks dam- givenJustice the Department highest, AAA officials credit al-Nashiri to determine his ofmedical those filescases, of atand least met 10 with de testifying on the reliability of credit risks. ages of $5 billion or more, ratings to many complex se- competence to stand trial. onetainees, detainee testified face-to-face in a number in a evidence from someone who The suit further alleges alleges that S&P executives curities, based largely on Al-Nashiri is accused of or- habeas case, according to Ste- was tortured but on how to that S&P falsely told inves- repeatedly manipulated and bundles of mortgages, even chestrating the October 2000 phen Greene of Physicians for conduct a medical examination tors that its credit ratings refused to update computer though the company knew by suicide bombing of the USS Cole Human Rights. of people who may have been - models so that they under- 2006 that the housing sector warship off the coast of Yemen, That detainee was Moham- tortured. played the perils of subprime was crashing. killing 17 American sailors. edou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian Captives should be ex- ofwere interest, objective namely and not that influ it and similar brands of risky “S&P misled investors, Prosecutors are seeking the man who was one of two Guan- amined without security hadenced compromised by potential its conflicts ratings mortgage securities. Then including many federally in- death penalty at the trial before tanamo detainees approved personnel in the room, unless to accommodate Wall Street in 2006 and 2007, when de- a military jury, which is at least for special interrogation tech- banks. fault rates soared, company a year away. niques by Defense Secretary See EXPERT | Page 5 sured financial See institutions, SUIT | Page 5

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013| | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Herd travels to Big Easy to take on Green Wave

By KYLE GIBSON THE PARTHENON The Thundering Herd men’s basketball team will hit the dreaded

in New Orleans against Tulane. roadMarshall’s again for well-chronicled a two game swing road Wednesday. woes have The continued first stop over will rebe- cent weeks, with the overall record stretching to 0-7. The total team record away from the Cam Henderson Center is 1-9. Marshall Head Coach Tom Herrion said a win against Ed Con- roy’s Tulane will not come easy. - rion said. “That’s the way Ed has always played his teams. They are “They play a unique style in terms of their spread offense,” Her Tulane has a 14-8 overall record and are 2-5 in Conference USA, whilegoing toMarshall space the is stillfloor below really .500well.” at 10-12, with a 3-4 record in C-USA.

said. “They’ve got good weapons and good pieces. They have ex- perience“Josh Davis and have is playing played at a an tough all conference schedule in type the conferenceof pace,” Herrion so far.

Despite the disparity in record, Marshall ranks ahead of Tulane inThey a few create vital their statistical own unique categories, set of including challenges, points, to say rebounds the least.” and assists per game. Josh Davis, a junior forward, leads Tulane in scoring with 17.1 points per game and leads the team in rebounding with 9.9 per game. A trio of scorers leads the Herd — Elijah Pittman, DeAndre Kane and D.D. Scarver are all averaging over 13 points per game. Herd senior center Nigel Spikes said the road can be frustrating, but that it can ultimately make the team stronger. “It’s tough with school and classwork, but it’s good for the team

because we get to bond a little bit,” Spikes said. “We are already home.good friends and this will help us to play better on the court.” “ItSpikes takes said everybody he is still just confident being on thethe Herdsame canpage. win We away can really from get this road win and I think we are desperate for one, so I think BRANDON HATTON | THE PARTHENON Marshall players DeAndre Kane and Nigel Spikes play tight defense against a UCF player last Saturday in the Cam Henderson Center. The Herd will Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. at Devlin Filedhouse in New Orleans. play its next two games away from home. weKyle can Gibsonget it,” Spikes can be said. contacted at [email protected]. Baltimore celebrates Super Bowl victory with parade By MATT VENSEL "When You Wish Upon a Star." THE BALTIMORE SUN (MCT) and high-tech military vehicles. Toward "Baltimore, we did it," Flacco later said. - thearrived end atof the stadiumparade, with via handmade quarterback floats Joe "Super Bowl champs, baby. Hey, this is for side M&T Bank Stadium after the Ravens' you guys. Hey, we've been through a lot this championshipThe Lombardi parade Trophy snaked finally through made it thein and Ed Reed walking down the street with year, a lot of highs, a couple lows. And you streets of Baltimore. Tens of thousands trophy,Flacco filming fans began the madness to disregard with his barriers phone guys stood there through it all. Just like you of fans lined the streets of Baltimore, and and joined Ray Lewis and the Ravens on always do. You're a special group and we M&T Bank Stadium is at full capacity. Police the street. Soon, the players entered M&T love you. Hey man, it doesn't get any better Bank Stadium and were soon introduced to than this. We appreciate you coming out. down other fans at the doors on Tuesday. a packed house. This is awesome." andDowntown stadium officialswas so packed, had to starteven turningthe Ra- First, it was the special teams unit, then vens were a little late for their own parade. the defense and the offense. Then Flacco, After stopping off at City Hall, the Ravens the Super Bowl MVP, was introduced to The last onto the fieldSee was RAVENS Ray | Page Lewis, 5 KIM HAIRSTON | BALTIMORE SUN (MCT) Men’s basketball team Right, wrong blurred by sports culture looking to build confidence By KYLE GIBSON By DAN LE BATARD "Oh my God. So excruciating. They yank it their blood spun in Germany, but Lance THE PARTHENON THE MIAMI HERALD (MCT) out all at once. Horrible. Horrible. The doc- Armstrong blood doping for endurance After ending a three game losing streak Saturday, with a Our blissful ignorance was on peacock tor had pliers and counted to three and just is a historic fraud. There is an ethical line 75-71 victory against rival UCF, the Thundering Herd men’s display again last week with the comical yanked. They put a towel in my mouth (for between those two things, healing and - "scandal" involving Ray Lewis. We'll get the screaming). Oh my God." cheating, banned and not banned, but it is ward this season. basketball team may have found confidence for moving for We want our athletes to care so very, blurrier than ever because of advances in Despite surrendering 21 offensive rebounds to the Knights and games and stakes grow as if on human very deeply. medicine, about as thin as the one letter and losing the rebounding battle 41-29 — a battle that Head growthto that inhormone, a moment. let's But, rewind first, 15 as years athletes for But we don't want them to care too of difference between "immortality" and Coach Tom Herrion always expects to win — the Herd was able proper perspective _ arriving at that uto- much? "immorality." Ephedrine, you remember, to record 14 total blocks and hold on late for the victory. pian, pure football time when the old guy It is a symbol of echoing strength in the was perfectly legal in baseball right up un- Herrion said a win should help his team get the ball rolling. trying to block a young Ray Lewis had ... a gladiator arena for legend Ronnie Lott to til Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler “Success begets more success. We needed a win badly. Obvi- catheter in his penis. Lomas Brown, an offensive lineman a football game so he could keep playing. The climate complicates things more. “Now, you’ve got to turn the page quickly. We’ve got to get bet- ously it was a terrific win against a good club,” Herrion said. for 18 years, once played an NFL game Butdemand it is a his Super pinkie Bowl finger "scandal" be cut for off Lewis during to Fansdied onand a springmedia training want to field. believe the un- with pooped uniform pants because there rush back to punctuate a 17-year career by believable so badly, it is as if we are all Despite the win, the Herd face a tough task with the remainder ter to give ourselves more opportunity moving forward.” wasn't time for the politeness of a bath- maybe _ maybe! _ using a deer antler spray drugged, too. We love pure miracles, so foot- of the season. The eight teams the Herd will face to close out the room break. Another time, in search of any of us can buy at a local supplement ball's MVP award went to Adrian Peterson season — UAB twice — have a combined record of 106-68. soothing, he slathered himself in a cream store to speed healing. The judgments we after an unprecedented comeback when it Five of the remaining Herd games will take place on the road, intended for horses, the awful stench ooz- rain down upon these athlete-entertainers should probably just go to science instead. where Marshall’s overall record is 0-7. Any attempt at righting the ing from his mouth and every pore for And we'll howl with betrayal if he hastened season will require a few wins on the road. days. Each game his last seven seasons, in - his recovery with something banned. We a sport we are seeing is not meant for the tencyare filled more with absurd selective than that moralities, one, though but want our make-believe to be real, damn it, winning a road game. Senior forward Dennis Tinnon said the team is close to finally human body, he took a pre game injection modernyou'll have medicine a hard time keeps finding giving an inconsisus more even though this is all just entertainment, in the butt that burned so much for 60 sec- from which to choose. and the entire from-standing-ovation-to- just really got to focus on trying to get a road win. That’s where “A win does give us great confidence,” Tinnon said. “We’ve onds that this giant man would close his We are OK with Kirk Gibson hitting one our downfall is. We haven’t got a road win. We need to get one eyes whenever that big needle approached of the most famous home runs ever on one Disney movie stopped mid-reel to have one _ and that was the remedy . But nothing steroid (cortisone), but we slam the Hall of offinger-wagging the cartoons pee journey in a cup. is like watching a of those road wins and I tell you, after we get the first one, that compared to what he endured while try- Fame door on the face of everybody else Hurts, too, that we in the media often The team will have a chance to win on the road this week, will lead to us going on a roll with wins.” ing to pass a kidney stone during that game who might have used the anabolic kind. have no idea what the hell we are clucking with a game Wednesday against 14-8 Tulane and a game Satur- against Lewis. Granted, cortisone is not a banned perfor- about, reporting on things with the seri- day against 9-13 UAB. mance enhancer, but it certainly enhanced ousness of politics while standing outside Kyle Gibson can be contacted at [email protected]. Kidney stones are about the worst physi- Gibson's performance, which wouldn't a circus tent. It was uproarious to watch cal"I pain had ato human crawl onbody the can field," feel he (aside says. from have been possible without it. Lost in the this deer antler controversy blow up dur- labor), but that wasn't the worst part of shouting of "Cheater!" and "Fraud!" from a ing a wacky Super Bowl Media Day usually Brown's day. Throughout the game, he felt pill-popping America is how often athletes reserved for reporters dressed as bumble like he had to urinate every 15 seconds. have to go through the pharmacy for the bees. You had ESPN somberly breaking the 259966 Teammates would gather around him with healing properties of hormones _ not just news, and Sports Illustrated lending its towels on the sideline, shielding him as he to hit home runs but because what they do credibility to a former male stripper/ac- GINO’S tried to pass the stone in public. But that for a daily living really hurts. cuser, while reporters asked Lewis about wasn't the worst part. We don't seem to have an issue with his Madden video-game commercials and PARTHENON FOR 2/4. 2 "The most painful part was them taking Kobe Bryant and Peyton Manning turning the catheter out afterward," Brown says. in age-defying performances after having See CULTURE | Page 5 2 x 2.0

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Column Facebook app makes sex even easier By GABRIEL STOFFA talkative about constant sexual IOWA STATE DAILY, IOWA STATE desire. As the app matures, U. VIA UWIRE maybe it will come to encom- Ever wonder if that “poke” pass homosexuality and alter you got from a friend on Face- its marketing to target more book was really more of an than the Y chromosome or just invitation for sex rather than a heterosexuals. friendly “hello”? There is also the possibility Well, now you can get around for someone to just click all of the awkward wondering with their friends as would-be part- ners just to see who is going to friends if the two of you want to click them for some intimate “bang.”a new app that notifies other times without actually hav- Here is the breakdown: A ing any intention of following person installs the “Bang With through with it. Friends” app. That person That could result in some se- clicks any friends they might rious embarrassment for those want to sleep with. The friends using the app. However, why they might want to sleep with would people want to have a - friend who was enough of a jerk sire should that same friend to do something of that sort? alsowill onlyhave beclicked notified the of desire the de to sleep with that person. people to stop accepting every Long and the short is, people randomMaybe this person app willthey finally meet helpas a don’t have to worry about if the “friend.” other person is going to feel Complaints about the death awkward about their advances. of personal communication will Now, there are some obvious be stirred fully by this new way problems with the whole plan, to circumvent actual in-real-life namely the whole friends hav- getting-to-know-you conversa- ing sex thing. Sex is already an tion. Those fears will be around MCT DIRECT awkward situation for some as long as technology and the folks, and then, adding that to a Internet continue to offer peo- Column friendship can quickly destroy ple new means to do things. the relationship. So cast them aside. It isn’t as if Those worries aside, this app this is any worse than spend- appears to be a marvelous bit of ing hours in a bar trying to get West Virginia full of ghost towns technological advancement for enough liquid and regular cour- all those out there that are not age together to hit on, with the By KUYLER MCCOMAS the slow return growth in the town, or at least a fading of afraid of “no strings” sex and likely intent of sleeping with, If you get in your car and head east on the highway past the desolation and devastation most of the towns in the Ohio see it as healthy. that certain someone. a vari- River Valley faced in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Oddly enough, most Yes, the app goes against It could be said the app is ety of desperation, hopelessness and joblessness. If you try to get of these developments have come despite economic decline many religious teachings and hardly different from dating outCharleston of your andcar intoand thetriumphantly heart of West announce Virginia, that you’ll the findDow Jones on a national level rather than some improving national some more traditional outlooks sites currently available, and Industrial average is as high as it’s ever been (+/- 1%), the re- condition. toward relationships and for- those people would be right. sponse would be less than cheerful. Unfortunately, many of the less conveniently located citizens of nication, but those folks that Really, all the app does is cut - the Mountain State have not faired as well. Small towns continue dislike it won’t know about out some of the time people cession used in reference to the U.S. economy. My mom and to die around the state. I have been to county seats in this state what does or does not go on as might spend cruising the I wereI distinctly driving remember through the the same first timekind Iof heard place theI mentioned word re that don’t have so much as a proper grocery store. The reces- “one night stand” preferences earlier when the radio DJ mentioned that the latest numbers sion hit these towns generations ago, and it must have seemed to the way the program is set but with one big difference: from “the economy” showed that we may be entering a reces- to them that nothing could make their situation any worse. Why up.they will never be notified due The app cuts out most of the sion soon. Even at 16 years old, that kind of news can only be care? A big fear with the program creepy folks that someone taken ironically. After all, how could things possibly get worse The reality of the situation is that many of these places — though is when those under looking just for a hookup is for places like Iager, Welch or West Union, West Virginia where and even our (slightly) growing community on the Ohio River 18 start using it as there are bombarded by. the economy has largely ceased to exist, leaving on a handful — will soon begin to feel the hurt that the rest of the US felt always ways around any age Yes, this app is likely go- of desperate people with little alternative but taking state gov- - restrictions involved in using ing to be a headache for some ernment assistance just to survive. fect on a state level, many of these places that already barely the app. But then, problems like women as they discover that In our corner of the state, circumstances are not usually as existthe last will five totally years. implode. With budget Already,w cuts therebeginning are counties to come ininto West ef that already exist when using almost every male friend they dire. Even though Huntington is a fraction of the town it was in Virginia that no longer meet the state constitution’s population Facebook anyways, and with have wants to get in their its 1950s heyday, we still hold claim to being the largest inland requirements to exist as a separate county. What will happen time, the program should have pants, but a little honesty can port in America. Although many of The Jewel City’s jobs are to these places when their courthouses close, the corner Exxon a lot of those problems covered. go a long way. less than glamorous, they do exist. packs up shop, and whatever is left of their population slowly As of now, the app appears Obviously, this app isn’t for In 2011, the City of Huntington’s population grew for the trickles away? to be more centered around everyone, but for those who first time since the early 1950s. Although the growth was I don’t have a solution for this problem. West Virginia is a beau- men and their desire to get enjoy sex as a fun and health small, the return of any life into this town is a drastic im- tiful state full of amazing people. But if something doesn’t change down, which makes sense activity, it is something to look provement of the conditions we have faced my entire life. on a state level soon, there may not be much of a state left. given men tend to be a bit more into. Since I was kid in the West End of Huntington, I have seen At least we still have Buckwild.

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football in Baltimore. We're close the thing off. We're on the Ravens going to continue to play foot- parade coming down here, and Continued from Page 3 every cranny, every sidewalk who walked out with the tro- 'Repeat.' Here we go. So from is full. Every opening where it - Cutting it Close - phy to "Hot in Here" by Nelly. Newball Orleans in Baltimore. to Baltimore, Joe said,who opens up, every grassy knoll It took a little bit of encourage- dat said is going to beat them is packed with Ravens fans. ment from the fans, but yes, he Ravens." They broke down the barriers busted out his signature dance. Reed then led the M&T Bank behind Ray Lewis and mobbed "Baltimore! There is noth- Stadium crowd in a rendition ing in the world, there is no of the "Seven Nation Army" the streets. The city's going place on this earth, that is chant, before wrapping up his crazy!the streets, For the right? Ravens! They filledThe better than Baltimore," Lewis speech. world champion Baltimore said. "This city, this city, we "From my team, Baltimore, Ravens! We had a visit from believed in each other from God bless," Reed said. "We love the greatest of all time, Mu- Day One, from 1996 to now. you all. We represent you all. hammad Ali, at the start of the We believed in each other, This is how we do it, baby. The stadium. And he used to say, Baltimore. If I had to describe football city." 'What's my name?' We're going our team in one phrase or one paragraph, you all know what also thanked Baltimore for its our whole stadium declar- it is: 'No weapon, no weapon, supportRavens during coach theJohn Ravens' Harbaugh Su- ingto finish to the it footballoff right world, here, withloud no weapon formed against us per Bowl run. and clear who we are. Three shall prosper.' This team was "Thank you for today," he times. Are you ready? What's destined to go on and win the said. "Thank you for every sin- our name? (crowd answers Super Bowl. I said this was my gle day. We talk about the team. "Ravens") What's our name? last ride, and every moment, Look around. This is the team. (crowd answers "Ravens") every time ever time I stepped This whole stadium is packed What's our name? (crowd an- in this stadium, what I received with the Baltimore Raven team swers "Ravens") Yeah! Thank was pure love. The only way on together. When we were leav- you!" my last ride to pay Baltimore ing, we had a little rally down Added Ravens owner Steve back for everything you did there at the Inner Harbor and - for me and all the support you many of you were there. And ter the team was introduced: gave to me, was to bring back we said we were going to carry "Wow,Bisciotti, on the our first way to back speak from af the Lombardi Trophy to Balti- every single one of you in our New Orleans yesterday, Kevin more one more time. I love you, hearts down to New Orleans Byrne told me that we might Baltimore. Baltimore! Forever and walk into that stadium, have 30,000 people in this sta- my city. I love you." that Superdome stadium, with dium tomorrow. I said, 'What Ed Reed took the stage next you in our hearts and play like happens if it gets bigger than after Flacco and Lewis, hoist- the Ravens. And you were there that?' He said, 'We're going ing his young son up on his with us and you did it. Thank to have to open up the upper shoulders and belting out Ed- you very much for being here. deck.' I'm glad we did. First of Olagaray said that if immigration isn’t re- die Money's "Two Tickets to Our team, I'm talking about all all, I want you to know that Farmers Paradise." of us, one of the keys was our I'm honored to represent you, Continued from Page 2 solved soon, labor shortages will become more pronounced. Last spring, he said he had trouble "Baltimore! Hey, Baltimore, determination. We played with the fans. I'm so very sorry that seen in a long time,” said Ken Barbic, senior the best team, the best team in incredible determination and we're late and thank you for director of government affairs for Western and other growers saw ripe crops languish in the world, is right here. Right resolve. waiting as long as you did. I Growers in Irvine, Calif., a trade group that rep- filling his usual crew to work on his vineyard, here," Reed said. "No better "And judging by how hard it don't know how many more resents farmers in California and Arizona. Still, any policy effort may do little to solve team right now, this year, can was to get into this stadium, I times we can do this, bringing If Congress passes legislation, “the folks the fields.labor shortage, said Edward Taylor, a pro- beat these boys. Not us. Not would say that's true about our championships home before who are currently working here with false fessor of agriculture and resource economics at in the world. Yeah. Who said fans, too. Incredible determina- Baltimore loses that chip on its documents, it takes them out of the shadows,” the University of California-Davis. what? Who's got it better than tion to get to this stadium. This shoulder. I hope it doesn't ever Barbic said. Such shortages predate the recession. During who? Baltimore. Yeah, we play place is packed. They had to happen. Thank you very much." Barbic added that immigration reform boom times, contractors persuaded many work- would remove legal liabilities for employ- ers who hire illegal immigrants. according to farmers and Taylor, who recently Suit skirted questions Tuesday about Diego Olagaray, 51, who grows 750 acres of co-wroteers in the a fieldsstudy tothat work examined in construction the decline jobs, in Continued from Page 2 why they’d brought civil, instead expert and partner in the New wine grapes in Lodi, Calif., said that granting the number of farm workers from Mexico. of criminal, charges. Delery noted Mark Rifkin, a securities litigation legal status to the state’s agricultural workers causing them to lose billions of that the 1989 Financial Insti- Adler Freeman & Herz. ensures that both farmhands and employers immigrants were staying home to work on dollars,” Holder said. “In reality, tutions Reform, Recovery and YorkAs lawto firmwhy of Wolfthe governmentHaldenstein would be able to breathe a little easier. Mexico’sA key finding farms. inThey Taylor’s were study taking was advantage that more of the ratings were affected by sig- Enforcement Act, under which opted against criminal charges, “Some of these workers go back to Mexico a strengthening Mexican economy and a grow- the federal lawsuit was brought, - on a regular basis,” Olagaray said. When they ing middle class that ramped up agricultural S&P was driven by its desire to requires only proof “by a pre- partment “has tried to keep the travel, “they’re fearful of something happen- production. nificant conflicts of interest, and ponderance of the evidence,” burdenRifkin thoughtof proof theaway Justice from Dethe ing to them. With amnesty, it’ll make them feel share to favor the interests of in- rather than the higher standard criminal burden of proof of ‘be- more comfortable. They’ll also feel that they’re competing for a dwindling supply of workers. surersincrease over its investors.” profits and market required for criminal cases. yond a reasonable doubt.’ It just part of society. ... And it will make it easier for “ImmigrationNow, American policy farmers stops being find a themselves solution if Sixteen states including Idaho, Holder declined to discuss makes it easier for the govern- employers as well.” North Carolina and Washington whether the other two main rat- ment’s case.” - ings agencies Moody’s Investors While rating agencies have you can’t find workers,” Taylor said. suits against the credit-rating Service and Fitch Ratings might been remarkably accurate over Culture the consequences have fallen it is wrong to text and drive, agency,now have making filed many their of own the same law be facing similar suits. their long history, their recent Continued from Page 3 on your head, Armstrong say- right? But we don't know just allegations but basing their cases “I would think that this should problems began around 2000, ing, "I know it a thousand how wrong it can be until around alleged violations of state when Wall Street began pooling his dance moves. Later in the times more now." But back we've harmed or killed some- law. imagine, and don’t believe, that debt instruments such as mort- week, as the sale of deer ant- when steroids were medicine one. You'd have to guess that Holder and acting Associ- S&Pbe the was first the ofonly several. rating agency I can’t gages, car loans and credit card ler spray exploded, the former saving baseball, Mark McG- football is slathered in human ate Attorney General Tony West to be looking the other way,” said debt into complex bonds. male stripper showed up at wire and Sammy Sosa didn't growth hormone, given the radio row in a sleeveless shirt run around the bases thinking size of the athletes, but there is to change his story. He did they were raging frauds fool- no testing, so the guys using it Expert this while holding actual deer ing all of America. They were probably don't think they are Continued from Page 2 antlers. just using advanced medicine cheating the same way base- It isn't hard to under- as a supplement, trying to gain ball's steroid users did. There Captives should be examined stand why athletes skirt the an edge as athletes always is too much money and glory without security personnel in rules. With just two syllables, do, healing the aches and not and competitiveness in sports the room, unless the person Armstrong gave voice to having any earthly idea of the for athletes to not have the being examined had a history the modern athlete's conun- size of the consequences in world's best doctors looking of violence, Iacopino said. If drum during his televised the distance because conse- for all the healing loopholes in - confessional. quences had not yet befallen the gray areas that surround amination, Iacopino said, it Did blood doping feel anyone in their sport for doing the bans. shouldofficers be are noted present in the at medical the ex wrong? what everyone else was do- But you have to admit we've record as a potentially dis- No. ing. Ten years from now, blood arrived in a barbaric, confus- qualifying factor. Did you feel bad about it? spinning or human growth ing place when the following He also urged the judge No. hormone or the modern-day is true: Destroying your body to appoint specially skilled This isn't because he was ephedrine equivalent might medical personnel with ex- consciously immoral. He was feel more like steroids — obvi- playing with a catheter in your perience treating torture literally just trying to keep ous and overt — than they do penisby cutting is not off against your the finger rules, or victims. “Psychiatrists and up, his doctors against the to the athletes "cheating" with but using some kind of deer psychologists, though famil- other guy's doctors, the cy- them today. antler spray to speed up heal- iar with diagnoses of anxiety CL020613 clist taking an ambiguous The mind can do a lot of ing is, and we spend a lot more or depression, rarely have moral stand literally trail- rationalizing. We don't often time questioning the morality knowledge or experience CLASSIFIED ing by miles the ones who see the size of consequences of athletes than we do the mo- interviewing people who al- weren't. It becomes so much until we or someone else ex- rality of the athletic culture or lege torture or documenting CLASSIFIED clearer with hindsight, after perience them. We all know its rules. PTSD,” he said. 2 x 8.0 Freshman such as vegetarian, vegan or well Continued from Page 1 balanced. Students who live off campus on the dining website to under- can choose to ride bikes over driv- stand their healthy options and ing to campus, which would be menu options. King said students more cost effective for the budget- have access to great advice on liv- ing college student. ing a healthier lifestyle by visiting To save calories and money, the marshalldining.com and clicking site also suggests substituting wa- on the “For Your Health Tab.” ter for energy drinks and soda. King also said fresh fruits One thing available to Marshall and vegetables are made avail- students is the recreation center able for every meal. 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5. “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars 10. “Love Me” by Lil Wayne Makeup artist is a go-to guy for TV gore By RICHARD VERRIER “He’s good, he’s fast ... and he makes these creatures look very LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) real,” said David Greenwalt, creator and executive producer of Hunched over half a naked body, Barney Burman uses a hand rake to The shelves of Burman’s studio are lined with heads of various shave chunks of molten clay from the human-monster“Grimm” with Jim hybrids Kouf. including a pigman and a wolfman be- skull, while a co-worker scrapes air bub- side a stack of freshly painted eyeballs, along with an assortment bles from a severed hand. of aliens. The company employs as many as a dozen mostly free- On a separate table, two men are working on the lance artists, each of whom has specialties, such as sculpting hands other half, sawing through the foam legs of a victim who or attaching hair. has been cut in two for an upcoming episode of the NBC series Burman’s job is often a race against the clock. First, an actor “Grimm.” sits for about an hour, as Burman and his crew create a cast of his Burman, an Oscar-winning, third-generation makeup head and body. From the cast, the crew sculpts a clay model of the effects artist, had just a few days to create the severed cadaver, which he personally delivered this week to Port- compound. land, Ore., where the supernatural series shoots. body,“I would which like is usedto do tothis form in three a mold weeks,” that ishe filled said ofwith his alatest silicone ca- “We get the best of both words,” said Burman, owner daver, a mold of actor Quinn Franzen. “Instead, I have just seven to eight days.” and dead people on a weekly basis it’s fantastic.” - of B2FXThanks in Northto a plethora Hollywood. of crime“We get dramas to make and monsters super- ily of makeup artists. His grandfather Ellis Burman worked with natural shows such as “Grimm,” as well as a continued A 46-year-old Los Angeles native, Burman comes from a fam appetite for physical effects as opposed to those cre- ated on a computer screen makeup artists like Burman the renowned makeup effects artist Jack Pierce on classic monster remain very much in demand in Hollywood. They use old- effectsfilms, including artist depicted 1941’s in “The the Oscar-nominatedWolf Man” with Lon movie Chaney. “Argo” in cre- school techniques and materials to fashion monsters from atingHis the father, groundbreaking Tom Burman, makeup joined for John “Planet Chambers of the Apes.” the makeup clay, foam, paint and silicone. Burman is self-taught, having learned the business as a child, Burman has designed and created all manner of dead bodies and visiting sets with his father, who often used him to test makeup or creatures for “Grimm,” a popular series inspired by classic try out masks. He once modeled for a small alien in “Close Encoun- Grimm’s fairy tales that is now in its second season. “Grimm” stars David Giuntoli as a detective, “I would test things on him. He was always game,” recalled Tom descended from an elite line of criminal pro- Burman.ters of the “He Third had Kind.” a real propensity for it. I’m really proud of him.” - evils and mythic monsters. filers,Although who faces the off drama against uses various some ancient com- operatingAfter flirting out of with his garagea career in asVan an Nuys, actor, Calif. the younger Burman en puter generated effects, it equally relies teredIt was the partlyfamily atrade practical and opened decision. his Acting first studio jobs werein 2004, scarce, initially but on Burman and his team to design and Burman could make decent money as a makeup effects artist create as many as three dead bodies and PHOTO COURTEST OF MCT DIRECT four creatures per episode. makeup artists union. once his father got him his first job, which allowed him to join the CAAS celebrates Black History Month Why ‘Ho Hey’ won’t go away By RANDALL ROBERTS on and off since May, and it’s hit me as hard as By JESSICA RAMEY and a great way to socialize.” rendition of the song “We Are LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) THE PARTHENON Cooley said. the World.” One of the underreported music health sto- The Center for African Ameri- The second event, the annual - ries of last year was the trouble brought on by the killer “Poker Face” outbreak in 2009 and,- can Students will host three Soul Food Feast, will be Sunday at nus and current chief executive iesbefore a brand that, theof rustic “Tubthumping” folk rock thatplague suggests of ‘97. a events in February to honor Joseph Slash, a Marshall alum- a three-headed body from Denver released to Relentlessly hummable, the song embod Black History Month. of the Student Center. Anyone in dianapolis, Ind., will be the guest the worldLumineers a thing virus. called At “Hothe beginningHey,” and it of spread 2012, over the last few years Edward Sharpe & the the2 p.m. area in is the welcome John Marshall to attend. Room speaker.officer of the Urban League in In through ears and into heads and hearts until it Magneticlost John Zeros’ Denver whistle-torture hit. Like its kindred song “Home,” spirits events in history year-round, “There will be foods like mac- “Many people say this is the had strengthened into a particularly virulent, if “American Idol” winner’s Phillip Phillips’ song but“We it is good recognize to also have significant a par- aroni and cheese, fried chicken most enjoyable event they at- ultimately harmless, strain of ear worm. of the same name, the deep, echoed folk of the ticular time set aside for them,” and collared greens. There is tend each year,” Cooley said. “It It soundtracked ads for Microsoft’s Bing - Maurice Cooley, director for the nowhere in Huntington that is a relaxing, enjoyable environ- search engine and Blue Moon beer, scored a nee Mumford & Sons’ “The Cave” and “I Will CAAS, said. ment that encourages thinking Wait.”Civil Wars “Ho Hey” and six-timedeftly channels 2013 Grammy timeless nomirural foods together,” Cooley said. and helps people to realize the Playbook,” bombarded adult alternative radio authenticity without getting its hands too dirty. show about African American his- “Weyou canwant go itand to findhave all the of thesesame global community we live in.” andubiquitous ruled YouTube. movie trailerThe band for trod “Silver hard all Linings year, tory,The will first be Thursday event, a triviaat 7 p.m. game feel as when you gather with Attendance to the break- gigging late-night shows Ferguson, O’Brien, the Head & the Heart, and a pattern starts to The game show will take place your family to have dinner and fast will require reservations - emerge.Toss in the Low Anthem, the Avett Bros. and in the basement of the Marshall enjoy each other’s company.” and the cost will be $150 for a University Memorial Student The meal will be $6 for stu- - forLetterman, Dave Matthews Leno and, Band in mid-January, and embarking “Satur on of the “handcrafted” Etsy-folk sound are the Center and will be set up like a son. Discounts are available for aday headlining Night Live” tour. to Atperform each stop, “Ho theirHey,” dittyopening hi- yinIn to 2013, dance-pop’s the most yang, pop-friendly part of a crafty purveyors mu- Hollywood game show set, com- adults. Marshalltable of eight,faculty or and $20 students. per per jacked psyches until a big chunk of America sical movement that appeals in equal parts to plete with a host. The questions dentsThe andthird youth event and the $12 CAAS for “There are hundreds of signif- had at some point sung to themselves the collegians, suburbanites, weekend warriors, are set up in categories, and the will host for Black History icant events that have happened words, “Ho! Hey! / Ho Hey! / I belong with you edgy-ish indie high-schoolers, middle-of-the- teams will enter their answer Month is the Diversity Break- in black history that are vital to / You belong with me / you’re my sweetheart!” road country fans and a host of beer-drinking from multiple choices. fast, which will take place Feb. our society,” Cooley said. “A few It has hovered in the iTunes Top 10 for the chant-along souls barking out big-emotion To play, students can set up a 15, at 7:30 a.m. in the Don that stick out are the Emanci- last six months and is currently at No. 4. And 33 choruses. It’s rural enough to appeal to the mu- team of three to eight members. pation Proclamation, the court sical center but doesn’t risk alienating city-folk It is free for a team to join, and the event will be “We are the case of Brown versus Board and 100, it rests comfortably at No. 3. On Feb. 10, by feigning a twang. cash prizes are given out to the World.”Morris Room. The theme of the victory of President Barack “Howeeks Hey” after will it arrivefirst charted on a bigger on Billboard’s stage, where Hot Along with the similarly unthreatening if top three teams. $300 will go to To make it an integrated Obama in the elections.” it has hitched a ride all the way to the Gram- stylistically divergent sounds of Maroon 5, event, 44 sectors of Marshall The events are a way for mys. The young trio guitarist Wesley Schultz, Imagine Dragons and indie rock breakout band and $100 to third place. will be represented. members of the Huntington - first“The place, set $200 makes to yousecond feel place like community to come together and calist Neyla Pekarek has been nominated for rock band in the Top 40 right now. No wonder you are on a television show as people arrive, there will be celebrate these historic events. twopercussionist awards, including Jeremiah the Fraites prestigious and cellist-vo best new festeringfun., the Lumineersyoung indie are punks the closestlike Metz, thing Fidlar to a like ‘Hollywood Squares,’” prayerJazz musicfrom willthree be different playing Jessica Ramey can be con- artist, where they appear alongside a varied Cooley said. “We all have denominations and a Marshall tacted at ramey95@marshall. roster that includes Frank Ocean, fun., the Ala- most abrasive underground punk in decades. so much fun and it is a blast choral group will perform a edu. bama Shakes and Hunter Hayes. andOne Pissed would Jeans think are that churning our computer out some worldof the would have rendered such smaller folk tunes after becoming frustrated with the New York - The Lumineers formed in New Jersey, but- ward Sharpe prove otherwise. As techno, disco, Send a message to your loved loaded a clip of the band playing “Ho Hey” at house,obsolete. hip-hop But Mumford, and beat the music Lumineers have collapsed and Ed ones for Valentine's Day! ascene Denver moved house to party. Colorado. That Inone 2010, amateur a fan video up into one big mess of EDM beats thumping led them to their Seattle management com- through nightclubs, Top 40 radio and more, the pany, online buzz from a few choice Americana rustic-acoustics have planted themselves in The Parthenon will publish the best in our the alley outside, busking and serenading the Mumford & Sons’ American publicist and a few ecstatic masses with something singalong-sim- Valentine’s edition on Feb. 14! well-placedmusic blogs, fansa label among signing, late-night an affiliation talk show with ple, as if to say, “After all that pounding, here’s bookers. It’s the ditty that just won’t die; I’ve a dose of whistling and some call-and-response SEND SUBMISSIONS TO [email protected]. DEADLINE IS FEB. 13. been struggling with an ear worm infestation glee to tuck you in as you’re coming down.”

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