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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aP rthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 | VOL. 118 NO. 63 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com INSIDE: NEWS, 2 44 years later... > ‘BRILLIANT’ MISTAKES > ‘INTERTWINED’ > DAKABOOM CEREMONY “... Every now and then TO REMEMBER, people are going to make a mistake, and sometimes they’re HONOR 75 brilliant.” By HANNAH SAYRE THE PARTHENON - Mario Livio Marshall University students and members of the community will remember the lives lost in the 1970 plane crash at the 44th annual Memorial Fountain Ceremony at noon Friday on the Memo- rial Student Center plaza. Members of the football team, Mr. and Miss Mar- shall, Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity and members of SGA will lay roses in honor of the 75 players, coaches, staff and supporters who died Nov. 14, 1970. The keynote speaker for this year’s ceremony LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON is Tom Shoebridge, brother of Thundering Herd quarterback Ted Shoebridge, who was on the plane when it went down. SPORTS, 3 “He would be unbelievably proud of how Marshall has grown, both athletically and academ- > BASEBALL ically,” Tom Shoebridge said. > MEN’S SOCCER Lila Mangus, student body vice president, said > FOOTBALL SGA hopes students, faculty, staff, Huntington resi- dents and anyone else affected by the crash will be in attendance at the ceremony. “I hope everyone that can attend, will attend,” Mangus said. “This is what brings everyone to- gether. Even though they are gone, we will honor them.” Hannah Sayre can be contacted at sayre81@ marshall.edu. PHOTOS BY ANDREA STEELE | THE PARTHENON

PHOTOS BY LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON OPINION, 4 > WE STAND TOGETHER > WHY WE ARE... MARSHALL “When I made the decision to be a daughter of Marshall, I took on that history as my own. ”

FROM THE NOV. 18, 1970 EDITION OF THE PARTHENON LIFE!, 6 > #PARTHEPETS > A H.E.L.P.ING HAND

JOHN FAUSS | THE PARTHENON ‘The Three Sisters’ brings drama to Playhouse By SHALEE ROGNEY “I’m going to miss the actors,” Banovez said. “They throughout the rest of the performances. THE PARTHENON are like my buddies now. I’m going to miss them a “There are always things you can do to better Marshall University Theatre Program opened up lot. They’ve come a long way since the beginning. I’m prepare yourself for the next show emotionally, the production “The Three Sisters” Wednesday to a going to miss seeing how it ends as it grows.” mentally, even physically,” DeBarros said. “Some of full house. Lenny Banovez, director, guided Marshall Tyler Smith played Kulygin, a schoolteacher and the girls have really long trains and have to learn theater students through the tough production writ- Masha’s husband. His script was full of Latin and how to work with them.” ten by Anton Chekhov. Russian phrases and pronunciations that had to Erika Toderic played the youngest of the three sis- Banovez said he was extremely pleased with the be executed with perfection. In order to achieve ters, Masha. this perfection, he sought out help from Marshall “I mean, I’ll be honest, in live theater things that professors. get thrown at you, there are like a million things that keepingfinal production true to theput originalon by the playwright, students of but Marshall’s putting “At the beginning of our rehearsal process we happen back stage, like costumes and props, and histheatre own modern program. twist Banovez on the fulfilledproduction. his vision of brought in a wonderful Marshall faculty member,” you have to roll with the punches, but I feel good. I TODAY’S “I think it went great, I think they did great,” Smith said. “Dr. [Victor] Fet came in and helped us with all of our Russian pronunciations and I person- good job was ‘yes we did it,’” Toderic said. “It’s cool WEATHER: funny and depressing and as fast paced as Chekhov ally with all my Latin went to one of my friends in the becausefeel confident now we and get again to grow hearing like beingLenny present say we in did the a couldBanovex be withoutsaid. “The losing final tooproduct much.” is something that is Classics department and they helped me go through moment and listening instead of worrying about my HIGH: 39 Banovez has to return to his theater group in New it all.” next line, just being in the moment.” York as it starts its production of “A Christmas Carol.” Cheyanne DeBarros played the oldest sister Olga. The production of “The Three Sisters” continues LOW: 25 Banovez said he will miss the student actors who put Debarros said she felt very strong in her perfor- Thursday at 7:30 in the Joan C. Booth Experimental so much into their work, and he is disappointed he Theatre. won’t get to watch them as they grow through each many responsibilities of her character. She said she Shalee Rogney can be contacted at rogney@ showing of the play. ismance, excited but about exhausted growing after stronger finishing in the her show character for the marshall.edu

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By ANTHONY DAVIS unconventional way and you mistakes he made in an at- THE PARTHENON want people to take some cal- tempt to satisfy the theory to Hubble scientist and best- culated risks, then every now coincide with other theories selling author Mario Livio and then people are going to in physics. spoke on campus Wednes- make a mistake, and some- Livio described a brilliant day about the importance of times they’re brilliant.” blunder, not included in the thinking outside the box and Livio said while mistakes lecture, made by the astro- making brilliant mistakes. are important, they should not physicist . The Society of Yeager Schol- be made out of carelessness. “He came up with this model ars Symposium featured a “There are mistakes that for the that was lecture in which Livio, a theo- are made because people are called the Steady State model,” retical astrophysicist, spoke sloppy, or inexperienced, or Livio said. “The idea was that about the significance of great not thoughtful enough,” Livio the universe is, and always mistakes in the history of said. “This is why my book is will be, in a steady state with science. called “Brilliant Blunders.” It’s basically nothing changing. Livio said his lecture is those mistakes that are made Hoyle did know that the uni- heavily concentrated on his because people were trying verse is expanding, so for it most recent book, “Brilliant to think outside the box in not to change, new matter had Blunders.” thoughtful ways. Those are to appear in the universe. So “In this book, I discuss ma- the mistakes that I want to he wrote some equations that jor blunders made by five encourage.” included a term in them that giant scientists,” Livio said. During the lecture, Livio was creating new matter in “In my lecture, I am only dis- discussed the blunders of universe. The idea itself was cussing three of the scientists, Charles Darwin. He said Dar- brilliant, only it turned out to Astrophysicist and best-selling their blunders and what they win did not realize his theory be wrong.” author Mario Livio speaks to a were. Also, I want to correct of natural selection would not Livio is a astrophysicist full audience Wednesday in the the impression that progress work with the idea of blend- at the Space Telescope Sci- Memorial Student Center Room in science is sort of a direct ing inheritance, which Darwin ence Institute, which is the BE5. Livio, featured speaker of path from A to B, which re- believed to be true. Later, institute that operates the ally isn’t correct. Basically, after Mendel’s research sur- and the Soceity of Yeager Scholars big mistakes and false starts faced, Darwin then accepted will launch the upcoming Symposium, focused the lecture are part of the process, and blending inheritance was not James Webb Space Telescope on his most recent book, “Brilliant I want to convey that to en- viable. in 2018. He also writes the Blunders,” in which he addresses courage more outside the box Livio said another scientist, blog for the Space Telescope mistakes made by five of the thinking.” chemist , could Science Institute, which is world’s most accomplished Livio said while mistakes not accurately theorize the regularly published by the scientists. “Basically, if you are not essential to science, structure of DNA because he Huffington Post. they are definitely a part of it. did not follow Erwin Char- Livio said he was a theo- want people to think in an “The word ‘essential’ seems gaff’s rule. Pauling did not retical astrophysicist and unconventional way and you want to imply that you absolutely follow Chargaff’s rules be- professor of physics in people to take some calculated have to make mistakes in sci- cause he hated Chargaff and at the Isreal Institute of Tech- risks, then every now and then ence,” Livio said. “That, of fell victim to his own previous nology before joining the STSI. people are going to make a course, is not the case. But it success. “At some point, shortly after mistake, and sometimes they’re is certainly a part of all cre- Einstein’s theory of relativ- the launch of the Hubble, the brilliant,” Livo said. ative thinking and not just ity, according to Livio, was institute asked me if I would in science. Basically, if you changed and rearranged and want people to think in an Einstein did not realize the See ASTROPHYSICS | Page 5 PHOTOS BY LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON VAC’s first Capstone Exhibition scheduled to open Sunday

By HALEY WADE whole title is that we are kind has allowed her to expand her THE PARTHENON of intertwined through our in- Marshall University’s Visual spirations,” Kappes said. “There Marshall. Arts Center has had several are students focusing on music, abilities“I’ll be during showing her afinal collection year at on abstract work and texture of work with my classmates,” opening in September, but Sun- and those focused on fantasy, Gallimore said. “It’s highlighted dayexhibitions will mark since the opening its official of an so we all have very different in- my abilities and allowed me to exhibit people have yet to see. tersecting aspects of our work.” explore a facet of design that - Senior Erica Gallimore said I hadn’t been able to pursue hibition showcasing capstone she is happy to see the center’s before.” work“Intertwined” from seniors is in the the first School ex - Kappes said working on “In- of Art and Design, which will ing work she has produced this tertwined” has brought her display work from students of year.first capstone exhibit showcas closer to other forms and medi- different artistic backgrounds. “I’m really nervous and ex- ums of art. Senior Megan Kappes said “I’m doing a video cover of the name of the exhibition at the new building because we, a song by Alex Clare,” Kappes comes from the variety of stu- incited a sense, to be theset firstthe marksenior for show fu- said, “and it’s a lot more than dents working on it. ture shows,” Gallimore said. “The meaning behind our Gallimore said the exhibition See EXHIBITION | Page 5

289389 Post-modern vaudeville comes RIVER CITY FORD/BULLDOG CREATI QTR PAGE RC FORD to Joan C. Edwards Playhouse 3 x 10.5

By CECE ROSATA Activities Board adviser at Mile High Vocal Jam in Colo- THE PARTHENON Marshall University, said the Dakaboom, a post-modern show is hysterical and will not across California, according to vaudeville show, is a two-man disappoint. therado Dakaboom and at AIDS-benefit website. events musical act that will take the “Students will not regret at- Lee Tabor, coordinator for stage Thursday at the Joan C. tending this event,” Dyke said. student activities, said he Edwards Playhouse. “These two guys are hilarious thinks students should plan on Ben McLain, a member of and push the boundaries of attending the distinctive show. SONOS featured on NBC’s “The comedy.” “It is a very different and Sing Off,” and Paul Peglar, the There are various genres of unique, lively show that I feel original piano player on FOX’s music in the show, including very much students would en- “Glee,” are the inventors behind musical theater, hip-hop, opera, joy,” Tabor said. “They should the vaudeville show. a cappella, electronica and pop. come see it.” McLain also made appear- Last year, Dakaboom released Tickets are free with a stu- ances on “General Hospital” - dent ID. Also, 50 students will and played with electronic some,” and began a college tour be entered in a drawing to re- vocal band ARORA. Peglar thatits first has studio expanded album, to more “Get Awe than ceive tickets to the opening works with Internet stars, and 100 performances this year. night of “The Hunger Games: served as the musical direc- The team has performed at the Mockingjay, Part 1.” tor at The American School in Los Angeles A Capella Festival Cece Rosata can be con- Switzerland. at University of Southern Cali- tacted at rosata@marshall. Sarah Dyke, Campus fornia, Chicago’s A CapellaFest, edu.

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HERDZONE the end of the match. Marshall After a hard fought match, did provide a scare, however, the No. 6 Marshall University as Ryan Forde forced the UAB Herd falls men’s soccer team concluded keeper into a great save to its 2014 season with a 1-0 keep the score level. loss to the No. 3 seed and No. Marshall finishes its season 22 ranked UAB Blazers at the at 7-9-3, able to rally from 1-0 in first Conference USA tournament being 0-3-2 to start its first in Norfolk, Va. five games. Additionally, the Even though it managed to Herd went 3-4-1 in Confer- hold strong for much of the ence USA, defeating No. 15 round of first half, Marshall was unable New Mexico and tying No. 4 to get much possession going Charlotte. offensively. In the 34th min- “I told the boys after the ute, the Blazers were able to game that we have just about find the back of the net from everyone back next year, so C-USA Rami Dajani. Dajani nodded there is no reason we can’t down a header past keeper get back in and make some Bijan Gloston for the opening noise. We can be proud, be- goal. cause when we were 0-3-2 I tournament The Blazers went on to hold wondered if we would win a the lead for the rest of the game, but then we came back Marshall University’s Matt Freeman tosses the ball into play as the Herd men’s soccer team match, with the Blazers hold- and played well this season ing on strong to its lead as the and we were in just about ev- LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON takes on Concord University Nov. 8 at the Veterans Memorial Complex. Herd found its attack towards ery game we played.” COLUMN: CFP rankings are like a rigged game show By JAMES COLLIER out of the latest ranking. So again, the question is which team had three losses in the SEC and a narrow 21-16 win over Uni- WMUL-FM SPORTS DIRECTOR is in the lead for that coveted “Golden Ticket” which provides versity of Louisiana-Monroe. Let’s not forget about Minnesota After seeing this week’s latest College Football Playoff rankings, the highest ranked G5 team a spot in a New Year’s Eve College that darkened the doorstep at No. 25 after a 51-14 win over one could be left with a sense of how certain teams got in while Access Bowl against an At-Large Power 5 team. Iowa. others are on the outside looking in. I think I have the answer. This is the agony for teams such as Marshall University (9- Certainly seems that something was forgotten by the commit- Remember the game show “Press Your Luck” with host Peter 0), Colorado State University (9-1) and Boise State University tee, the Gophers’ two losses to Texas Christian University and a Tomarken? The game where players take big risks for big bucks. (7-2) as they are left in the dark wondering what waits in the 4-5 University of Illinois two weeks ago. What happened to the Welcome to the modern day game show where college football future for their programs, while every week they must play at entire body of work? rankings are the prize, the committee of 12 as the players, commit- near perfection for any hope of cracking into the rankings. At this point, I don’t think the committee cares about the tee chair Jeff Long as the host and any loss to a Group of Five school Unfortunately, the committee slammed the stopper safely to body of work just as long as no one stops on a “Whammy,” ev- will take any form of credibility from the Power Five program. avoid that dreaded “Whammy” from stealing away all the goods. eryone at the country club will be uber happy while enjoying I cannot get past the image of hearing the members of the the view from inside. within the P5 conferences while avoiding the G5 teams known as committee saying “Power 5, Power 5 and no G5, I mean Wham- Unfortunately for the G5 schools, the committee knows the theThe “Whammy” object of which the game could iscrumble to stop the the foundation flashing boxof the on football teams mies…STOP!,” followed by Jeff Long saying stop on Southeastern pattern of the flashing box. Although the “Whammy” was en- powerhouse country club. Conference Texas A&M University Aggies and it will be our No. tertaining on the television show as it danced across the screen Paints an interesting picture doesn’t it. 24 team in the ranking. This process is once again followed with while taking all the players money, there will be no dancing After seeing the latest Top 25 rankings released Tuesday eve- the flashing box stopping on University of Minnesota at No. 25. Whammies anytime soon by the G5, only Jeff Long saying stop ning, this was the picture that came to mind. Especially for teams Comical huh? So are the latest rankings. on another P5 school that joins this week’s ranking. ranked from 21-25. Fresh off a 41-38 upset over No. 3 Auburn University, the James Collier can be contacted at collier41@marshall. For the second week in a row, teams from the G5 were left committee felt compelled to include the Aggies even though it edu. Herd baseball announces @MUPnonSports 2015 schedule

HERDZONE Rattlers were .500 in 2014, The Charlotte series will Marshall University going 26-26 and 14-10 in also be played in Beckley, baseball revealed its 2015 league play. while FIU, Middle Tennes- schedule Wednesday, which Marshall will travel to see, and WKU will be played includes a preseason sched- Starkville, Miss., for its in Charleston, W.Va., at Ap- ule facing SEC powerhouse second weekend, taking palachian Power Park. Mississippi State University, on Mississippi State in two The team will start its who finished last season at games, a 2014 NCAA Re- conference road schedule No. 28 in the National Col- gional selection. The Herd in Birmingham, Ala., against legiate Baseball Writers will also face Alabama A&M University of Alabama Bir- Association poll. University in two games mingham (March 20-22) and The Thundering Herd will while in Starkville. will also take Marshall to also face ACC foe Wake For- After a weekend in Boca Raton, Fla., for a series est University and 2013 Win- ston- at Florida Atlantic Univer- NCAA Regional selection sity (April 3-5), Norfolk, Towson University, of the Va., for a three-game dip Colonial Conference, to with Old Dominion Uni- highlight its pre-season versity (April 17-19), slate. “We have a challenging Hattiesburg, Miss., Conference USA pre-season schedule, and to face Southern has once again un- that should help prepare our Miss issippi Uni- derwent a shuffle, players for a testing conference versity (May 1-3), losing traditionally and Ruston, La., to good programs in schedule.” conclude its regu- 288408 East Carolina Uni- lar season with versity and Tulane Louisiana Tech Uni- WELLS FARGO ADVISORS University, but gain- - Head coach Jeff Waggoner versity (May 14-16). ing Western Kentucky Marshall’s mid- SUPERSIZED SOLUTIONS University to bring the week schedule includes league total to 11 teams. border rivals Morehead 3 x 10.5 Marshall will play 10 con- State University (March 18) ference weekends, facing and Ohio University (March every team except Rice Uni- Salem facing 25 and April 8), and two versity, who won its sixth Wake Forest and Towson, games apiece with Miami C-USA tournament in the Marshall will host its first (OH) University (April 1 last nine years last spring. home series of the year, and April 7), University of “We’re very excited about welcoming the Rams of the Akron (March 10 and April the schedule this year,” head University of Rhode Island 14), and Eastern Kentucky coach Jeff Waggoner said. to Huntington. University (March 17 and “We have a challenging pre- The Herd begins confer- May 12). season schedule, and that ence play against 2014 The Herd will also face should help prepare our C-USA Tournament run- the aforementioned WVU players for a testing confer- ner up University of Texas twice: once in Morgantown, ence schedule. We also get at San Antonio (March W.Va., on April 21 and again to play in-state rivals West 13-15), playing at Epling the following week at Ap- Virginia again this coming Stadium in Beckley, W.Va., palachian Power Park on season, and that’s always for Marshall’s home league April 28. Marshall and the a great opportunity for the opener. The Herd will also Mountaineers played to an state.” host Florida International 11-inning, 8-8 tie in an exhi- The Herd’s campaign is University (March 27-29), bition game earlier this fall. set to begin on Friday, Feb. University of North Carolina All of the Herd’s home 13, with a three-game se- at Charlotte (April 10-12), non-conference games will ries against MEAC program Middle Tennessee State Uni- be played at the Kennedy Florida A&M University versity (April 24-26), and Center along Route 2 in in Tallahassee, Fla. The WKU (May 8-10). Huntington.

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THE FIRST The Constitution of the AMENDMENT United States of America ANDREA STEELE | THE PARTHENON Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to It was once declared, upon the ears of roses line the edge of the memorial every after the crash, “The best way for us to pay peaceably assemble; and to petition the Government for a redress Chief Justice John Marshall, the namesake, Nov. 14. tribute is to combine our memorials with of grievances. of course, of this very university, in refer- The stillness, the silence, the sense of a personal commitment, a determination ence to Dartmouth College, “It is a small community, each is part of what makes for each of us to carry on the work for BE HERD: GUIDELINES FOR SENDING LETTERS TO THE EDITOR college, and yet there are those who love it.” this university so loved. We stand to- which they gave their lives.” Though the statement was not made gether, year after year, and remember a - Please keep letters to the letters that are posted on The about Marshall University, we are spe- football team, its staff, doctors, politicians, ber 75 on the helmets of every member editor at 300 words or fewer. Parthenon website, www. family members, journalists and so many ourWith undefeated, the ceremony, nationally the rankedfilm, the football num They must be saved in Mi- marshallparthenon.com, can November every year as to why it is per- others. team, we are doing just that. crosoft Word and sent as be printed at the discretion of fectlycifically applicable. reminded around this time in It’s not, however, a moment of sadness or If you’ve been in the Marshall com- an attachment. Longer let- the editors. Very few of us today have any memory of grief, but it is one of honor and of tribute. munity for an extended period of time ters may be used as guest The opinions expressed of Nov. 14, 1970. We do not know what the It is no longer just our tragic story, but and haven’t been to the annual Fountain columns at the editor’s discre- in the columns and letters families felt, see the broadcasts or hear the story of our community. Time did not Ceremony, let’s be real, you’re probably tion. Guest column status will do not necessarily rep- the sobs that wrecked this school and heal the wounds, family did. The ability not reading this editorial. But if by some not be given at the author’s resent the views of The this town. We were not, in most cases, the of this community to come together and chance you are, you owe it to this commu- request. All letters must be Parthenon staff. ones who experienced the unspeakable honor the men and women lost 44 years nity—one that means so much to every signed and include an ad- Please send news releases later is what has made this week a time of one of its members—to stand with us dress or phone number for to the editors at parthe- But we all still feel the unexplainable solemn celebration rather than a painful Friday in commemoration and then again [email protected]. Please sensetragedy of first-hand. community as the fountain drips time of loss. Saturday as our record-breaking foot- edited for grammar, libelous keep in mind, letters are As Denise Gibson, editor for The Par- ball team defends its undefeated record statements,confirmation. available Letters mayspace be printed based on timeliness, the 75 names ring in our ears and the thenon in 1971, said in response a year against Rice University. or factual errors. Compelling newsworthiness and space. its final commemorative drops of water, Column By TAYLOR STUCK able to come back four days later and MANAGING EDITOR produce a 20-page newspaper after I’m not from Huntington. losing one of their own. There was I didn’t grow up hearing stories more than an empty seat – Jeff Na- This is why about that tragic night in 1970. No than was missing. one in my family knew someone who “It was unusual to walk into The died. I didn’t even know about the plane Nathan pounding away at his type- crash until I saw the movie my soph- writer,Parthenon always office energetic,” and not seeWayne Jeff omore year of high school when they Faulkner, editor-in-chief, wrote in showed it one day in gym class. his memorial editorial. “It was un- we are... Marshall You have to understand something; usual to see always cheerful friends I grew up in the Northern Panhandle with tears in their eyes. And at that of West Virginia. Mountaineer Coun- time I joined and cried too – not try. It wasn’t that my family hated in sobs, but in tearful shock, tears Marshall (my dad got his master’s which force themselves out even degree here); it just wasn’t feasible. when sounds do not.” We don’t get Marshall games on TV. I hope it’s something I never truly Our local news doesn’t cover Mar- feel, but it’s not hard to imagine what shall sports, let alone anything else. it would be like. A football player How many of us have a similar can look at his teammate and think, story? “What if I lost my best friend?” What drew me to Marshall Uni- We can all think that. We can all versity was the history. Walking on have that connection. We can all feel campus, I felt right at home next to a tiny sliver of how that must have Old Main. It was an immediate feel- felt. ing of “this is right.” The Marshall That is why we are Marshall. - It’s why I still get choked up when ton restaurant I ate at, told a story the whole stadium chants that in aboutHall of the Fame town. Café, The the highlight first Hunting of that unison. I may not be a Huntington native. middle of the plaza on a beautiful I may not have been alive when the summerfirst tour? day, The servingfountain. as Sitting a constant in the tragedy took place. But when I made reminder there was something big- the decision to be a daughter of Mar- ger, something more motivating us. shall, I took on that history as my I loved every bit of this campus own. and city. “As life goes on the tears will fade The tragedy is a huge part of that and grief will fade­ — history. An empty green will echo cheers Because of that history, we are all again — connected. I may not have a personal But memories of those who connection to the victims, but it is watched and played — not hard to sit back and think, “What For the Sons of Marshall ever will if I lost my sports editor?” remain.” Looking at the Nov. 18, 1970, me- Leslie Flowers morial edition of The Parthenon, it’s News editor, ‘70 PHOTOS FROM THE NOV. 18, 1970, hard to not be moved to tears. It is in- Taylor Stuck can be contacted at EDITION OF THE PARTHENON comprehensible to me the staff was [email protected]

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ASTROPHYSICIST and was able to contact Dr. Continued from page 2 Livio,” Legg said. “Whenever we started talking, he presented Woman gets be interested in a position to me the idea of talking about there, and I thought if you are 'Brilliant Blunders,' which he Dangling workers rescued an astrophysicist, then that is said was a very appropriate the place to be once Hubble was and approachable topic. I was 5 years for launched in 1990,” Livio said. pretty surprised that I was actu- Sarah Legg, senior biology ally able to contact him because major and Yeager Scholar, said he is such a well-renowned she was able to contact Livio scientist.” from World Trade Center Yellowstone and get him to speak for the So- Anthony Davis can be ciety of Yeager Scholars. contacted at davis669@mar- By JAKE PEARSON carefully pulled the broken working the window wash- “I actually got on to a site shall.edu. ASSOCIATED PRESS pieces into the building. ing scaffolds, which went Two window washers into service in June. pot trafficking were trapped on a dangling inching another scaffold The window washers scaffold nearly 70 stories downFirefighters the building also beganas a were working for Upgrade up the new 1 World Trade backup rescue plan, but they Services Window Cleaning, ASSOCIATED PRESS Center tower for nearly two were able to bring the work- which services other promi- A federal judge sentenced hours on Wednesday before ers to safety through the nent New York skyscrapers, a West Virginia woman to roughly 4-by-8-foot window including 4 World Trade five years in prison for traf- a thick double-layered win- hole. Center. ficking nearly 300 pounds of dowfirefighters to reach sawed them. through "It was a fairly straight- The scaffold supplier, the marijuana in a recreational The dramatic rescue, com- forward operation," said vehicle through Yellowstone ing a little more than a week Battalion Chief Joseph $21,000 in 2008 after a scaf- National Park on the last of after the nation's tallest Jardin, who oversees the foldTractel it had Group, repaired was the finedyear several trips she said she before gave way with two made between California and was followed by throngs of operations. window washers aboard West Virginia. Newbuilding Yorkers officially on the opened,ground fire department's special while they worked on the Daphne Watkins, 53, and many more around the - pleaded guilty to one felony World renowned astrophysicist Mario Livio speaks to a full audience world watching on live TV. variousOfficials emergencies stressed at thatthe hattan building; one worker count. U.S. District Judge Wednesday in the Memorial Student Center Room BE5. Livio was a The window washers, tower,firefighters the centerpiece had trained of the for died.47th floorTractel of an also upper built Man a Scott Skavdahl on Friday rec- special speaker invited by the Soceity of Yeager Scholars. Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez, rebuilt World Trade Center. scaffold that snapped 500 ommended imprisonment at PHOTOS BY LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON were working on the lower feet above the ground last a minimum-security facility Manhattan building's south seek to cut out windows to June in midtown Manhat- in West Virginia. side when one of the plat- makeFirefighters such rescues, generally but Ni- tan, leaving two workers He ordered Watkins to for- EXHIBITION “Every exhibition we have form's four cables abruptly gro noted the trade center's dangling; they were rescued feit the RV, a 2003 Monarch Continued from page 2 is a great opportunity to see developed slack, Fire Com- thick glass: a double-paned Monaco, and $3,500 in cash what other people are doing missioner Daniel Nigro said. inner layer and an outer glass. found inside. I’ve necessarily taken classes in art,” Gallimore said. “This The open-topped platform pane. afterDuring firefighters Wednesday's cut through res- Yellowstone rangers earlier on in graphic design, but I’ve show is an example of re- tilted sharply and swayed "And, of course, they were cue, people on the ground this year approached Wat- actually learned a lot through search into multiple fields.” slightly between the 68th 68 stories up," he said. "That were moved back in case kins' RV while it was parked doing this. I’m kind of explor- Kappes said the exhibit has presented a little bit more of after dark, with the generator ing the relationship between helped the class to explore "It suddenly went from a challenge." workers and construction running, at Grants Village Ma- visual and oral art.” beyond the spectrum of work horizontaland 69th floors, to nearly he said. verti- Lizama and Lopez were workersglass began streamed flying. onto Office a rina, a place where overnight Gallimore said she has on which they usually focus. cal," he said. checked out at a hospital and nearby street, their necks camping was not allowed. been excited to see how the “We’ve learned about differ- were released. Their union, craning to watch the scaffold Rangers said they smelled theme behind the exhibit has ent aspects and elements of shot from inside the building Service Employees Interna- as it waved in the wind. marijuana. Watkins admitted brought different varieties of design,” Kappes said. “There showsA fire the department scaffold platform photo tional Union Local 32BJ, said Window washer Ramon she and a traveling compan- art together. are all kinds of art, such as hanging precipitously, with it makes sure workers follow Castro, who stood with the ion had smoked pot a few “There are six talented se- visual art, oral art and physi- the Statue of Liberty appear- rigorous safety protocols. onlookers before the rescue, hours earlier and that she niors in this capstone show, cal art. We’re exploring the ing tiny in the distance. The building's owner, the said he hoped the workers had several hundred pounds all from different back- relationships between many Port Authority of New York were able to stay calm. of marijuana hidden inside grounds,” Gallimore said. forms.” rushed to the skyscraper, and New Jersey, said it was "When you start panick- the RV, the Jackson Hole News “There are three graphic de- The first capstone exhibi- someAbout of them 100 lowering firefighters ropes suspending window clean- ing, it makes things worse," & Guide reports (http://bit. sign students, one painter, tion is open 2 p.m. to 4p.m. from the roof so the work- ing there while investigating he said, adding that he had ly/1xhuJLy ).The marijuana one ceramist and one fibers Sunday and will remain open ers could secure themselves what happened. The win- encountered dangerous was destined for West Vir- student.” through Thursday. and a two-way radio for dow washing company and situations on the 22nd and ginia, she said. She admitted The mixed-media used in Haley Wade can be them to communicate, Ni- the rig's supplier, which - making several drug runs the exhibit is something Gal- contacted at wade68@mar- gro said. The workers, who built and repaired scaffolds ings. "You have to say your between California and West limore said she is glad to see. shall.edu. have more than 20 years of involved in two other high- prayers."25th floors of other build Virginia over the previous experience between them, The silvery $3.9 billion four years. also were harnessed to the years, didn't immediately re- skyscraper, which rose from Watkins filed a motion platform, and the building's turnprofile calls accidents seeking comment. in recent the ashes of the Sept. 11, protesting the basis for the owner said they had all the - 2001, terror attack, opened contact, calling it a violation requisite safety gear and mined what caused the cable last week to 175 employ- of her Fourth Amendment Doctor: Girl, training. problemOfficials Wednesday. haven't deterThe ees of magazine publisher rights. She reached a plea cables are controlled from Conde Nast. Steps away are agreement with federal cutters to saw through part two memorial fountains prosecutors before the legal of Firefightersa two-layered, used inch-thick diamond commissioner said. built on the footprints of the question went before a judge. 12, competent glass window on the 68th theIt scaffoldwas unclear vehicle, whether the fire decimated twin towers, a Felony drug charges anything about the design reminder of the more than against Watkins' traveling construction. They shat- of the 1,776-foot, 104-story 2,700 people who died in companion were dropped in in Slender teredfloor, the which glass is in stillplace, under then skyscraper complicates the attack. August. W.Va. Senate coalfields Man case initiative to continue Court documents allege the two girls plotted ASSOCIATED PRESS January legislative session. Democratic Senate Presi- Early ideas range from for months to kill their classmate in an effort dent Jeff Kessler says an workforce retraining to coal to curry favor with Slender Man... initiative to revitalize the bed methane development. struggling southern coal- A day earlier, Democratic fields will continue. Sen. Mike Green had said the By M.L. JOHNSON The girl appeared more alert In a news release Wednes- initiative was on hold until ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, sitting calmly in day, Kessler said a second Republicans decided its fate. A state doctor believes the street clothes with her hair listening tour stop is set for Republicans won Senate con- “mental condition of one of two brushed and pushed back from the evening of Nov. 18 in trol after last week's election girls accused of repeatedly her face. During previous hear- Oak Hill. and one Democratic defection stabbing a classmate to please ings, she often wore jail clothes, The Southern Coalfields to the GOP. looked disheveled and some- Organizing and Revitaliz- Green is SCORE's Slender Man has improved, and times rocked back and forth in ing the Economy initiative, co-chairman. the fictional horror character her chair with her hair covering or SCORE, aims to diversify Republicans also won the trial, a Wisconsin judge said her face. southern West Virginia. The House of Delegates majority. CL111314 Wednesday.the 12-year-old is fit to stand Court documents allege the panel plans to make rec- Democrats won't relinquish Judge Michael Bohren sum- two girls plotted for months ommendations before the majorities until January. CLASSIFIED marized the doctor's report to kill their classmate in an ef- during a brief hearing, but he fort to curry favor with Slender CLASSIFIED didn't act on it after defense at- Man, then attacked the victim torney Anthony Cotton said he during a walk in the woods af- Charleston man pleads 2 x 8.0 hadn't had a chance to discuss ter a May 30 sleepover. All three it with his client. Bohren told girls were 12 at the time. guilty to impersonation Cotton to talk to the girl and Cotton's client told investi- come back to court Tuesday. gators she stabbed the victim ASSOCIATED PRESS while a passenger in his The judge had ordered the multiple times, according to a A Charleston man has car waved a badge that ap- girl to undergo mental health criminal complaint. The other pleaded guilty to impersonat- peared to belong to a United treatment in August, after a girl, who has a competency ing a federal law enforcement States marshal. The Explorer hearing next month, advised was driven by an undercover claimed to see and hear things the victim to lie quietly so she Kanawha County detective, otherspsychologist could testified not, including that she would lose less blood. But the saysofficer. 52-year-old John E. Swain who pulled over. After Swain unicorns, Slender Man and an other girl told investigators she II Theentered U.S. attorney'shis guilty officeplea sped away, detective followed antagonist in the Harry Potter really just wanted the victim to Wednesday in federal court in and stopped him. series, Voldemort. be silent so she wouldn't draw Charleston. Swain faces up to Swain claimed to be a U.S. Cotton, who declined com- attention to them. three years in prison when he marshal from Richmond. The ment after the hearing, Once her attackers left, the is sentenced on Feb. 23. detective checked out the expressed concern previously victim crawled to a path, where Authorities say that in story and found it wasn't true. about the girl's mental health a bicyclist found her and called April, Swain chased a Ford Swain bought the fake badge and advocated for treatment. 911. Explorer on Interstate 77 online.

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By JOHN FAUSS said. “They then begin to hang out with students THE PARTHENON who aren’t doing as well either and that leads to The H.E.L.P. Center has played a pivotal role trouble.” in the development of students with learning Guyer said there are different explanations disabilities since its founding in 1981. This is as to why students are not performing up to all thanks in part to the woman who founded it, expectations. It could be reading is not taught Barbara P. Guyer. to particular students in a way they can un- Guyer worked with students her entire life, derstand. Other reasons may include they including grades 2-6, remedial reading in a wom- homelessness or divorce in their families, which en’s prison and as a principal of several schools, can cause distractions and loss of focus. one of which was the Learning Disability Cen- Guyer said there are still teaching methods to ters in Richmond, Virginia, which she organized. help increase a student’s self-esteem. She arrived at Marshall University in 1975 as a “A couple ideas we preach is to try helping coordinator of the Learning Disability Program students to think positively, instead of thinking in graduate school before founding the H.E.L.P. ‘I’ll never pass this test’ and thinking ‘I am go- Center. ing to pass this test,’” Guyer said. “We want them - to see themselves as a success and the person uate students and three employees, but has since they want to be rather than where they are right grownThe H.E.L.P.to 200 students,Center first 10 startedfull-time with staff two employ grad- now.” ees and 50 part-time employees. Guyer uses past experiences with students Along with her contributions to the founding as examples in her books to demonstrate what of the H.E.L.P. Center, Guyer has also published students may deem impossible or futile at the four books focused on different learning dis- moment is just a state of mind which can be abilities. Her most recent book, “Reading and overcome by perseverance. Self-Esteem,” discusses the correlation of stu- Jim Deacon, who came to college, had teachers dents' success in school based on their own who told him not to bother attending college. At performances. the time, Deacon had an above average IQ, but “When I was teaching public school,” Guyer was on a second grade reading and writing level. said, “I noticed that as early as kindergarten that Deacon was determined to attend graduate col- GUYER JOHN FAUSS | THE PARTHENON students began to become turned off by school lege, and that inspired Guyer to help him achieve when they weren’t learning to read as well as the his goal. Guyer is also the author of “How to Maximize disabilities for much of her career and was al- other students.” Deacon graduated with a degree in broad- Your College Potential,” "Achieving Success in ways willing to stay extra hours with a student Guyer said not being able to sing or draw well cast journalism and has since built a successful School and in Life," and “The Pretenders,” which who needed extra assistance. is not too detrimental to a person’s image and career. He lives in Pittsburgh and works for a sat- is about eight Marshall students and their stories Guyer is married to Kenneth E. Guyer and has mental state. She added that not being able to ellite company, where he is in charge of all the of hope. two adult daughters, both of whom have ADHD. read makes a person appear unintelligent, and as satellites east of the Rocky Mountains. Guyer retired as director of the H.E.L.P. Center They have gone on to become a lawyer and a phy- a result, people begin to shun the idea of school “I thought he would never make it, never,” Guyer Aug. 1, 2005, but is still a valuable asset to the sician, proving it is always possible to achieve and learning completely. said. “But I didn’t know Jim, and didn’t know that program. She retired from being a coordinator in your goals if you put forth the effort. “These students begin to come to their own re- he didn’t know the meaning of giving up.” the Learning Disability Program in 2011. John Fauss can be contacted at fauss@mar- alization that the good life is not for them,” Guyer In addition to “Reading and Self-Esteem,” Guyer has helped students with learning shall.edu. Pet of the Week

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