The Parthenon, October 16, 2012

Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The aP rthenon University Archives 10-16-2012 The aP rthenon, October 16, 2012 Shane Arrington [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Arrington, Shane, "The aP rthenon, October 16, 2012" (2012). The Parthenon. Paper 9. http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/9 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aP rthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. C M Y K 50 INCH TUESDAY October 16, 2012 VOL. 116 NO. 31 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM MU student elected to national position - - Nathan O’Kane named - complex has generated ex O’Kane said he took on the across the nation so they are natural and manmade disasters.- “It speaks volumes about Na president of student citement and support for the position for personal fulfill getting everything they can out- Taking on the presidential than and the caliber of students engineering community, one ment, rather than career or of the program.” role of S.A.M.E National Stu- and engineering programs Marshall student has gained monetary advancement. S.A.M.E. is the premier pro dent Council gave O’Kane the at Marshall University,” Matt engineering society recognition for Marshall’s “I do not really get any real fessional military engineering opportunity to represent Mar Turner, Marshall’s chief of staff By KATIE WISE quickly advancing engineering benefit from doing this, I am association in the United- shall University in the S.A.M.E. said. THE PARTHENON program. not paid for it and I am not States that encompasses conference in St. Louis over the- O’Kane has true passion- Senior engineering major, looking for any recognition,”- architecture, engineering, con weekend. for the engineering field and Nathan O’Kane, was recently- O’Kane said. “It is an honor struction, facility management The conference allowed en stresses its significance in ev The engineering program at elected the national president more than something I am go and environmental entities gineering students from across eryday life. Marshall University has been of the National Student Coun ing to benefit from. S.A.M.E and as well as public and private the United States to discuss “You will start to think about steadily gaining esteem and cil for the Society of American- engineering here at Marshall sector engineers and related- goals and objectives of the how everything you do today recognition in the engineering Military Engineers, or S.A.M.E. has given me a huge amount of professionals. S.A.M.E organization student- was done by engineers, the community both at home and O’Kane was chosen for the po satisfaction and fulfillment as The association aims to pro chapters and heavily focused house or apartment you live in, abroad. sition out of roughly 100 student far as education and personal mote and facilitate engineering on developing future engi the street youSee drive O’KANE on, | thePage car 5 While groundbreaking for candidates from 45 S.A.M.E. fulfillment. My idea is to give support for national security neers through outreach and the new applied engineering chapters across the nation. that back to student chapters and aids in the preparation for mentoring. Election 2012 All sides U.S. agency: optimistic No help for for Tuesday debate restructuring By BISHOP NASH THE PARTHENON student loans With the countdown to By RENEE SCHOOF election day drawing shorter, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (MCT) President Obama and Mitt Romney must daily claw for the - attention and affection of the WASHINGTON — College American public. On no stage students who took out private stu can this be done with greater- dent loans before the recession hit efficiency than during the three are telling the government they’re presidential debates, and ap- getting a runaround from lenders pearing on top at Tuesday as they struggle to pay them back.- night’s meeting means a differ In a report to be released ent prize for each man. Tuesday, the federal Consumer Fi For Barack Obama, this is nancial Protection Bureau found- a chance for redemption. The that student borrowers, like famously articulate president homeowners with troubled mort appears often manhandled by gages, are upset about how hard Romney during the previous- it can be to get help with their debate Oct. 3 in Denver, Colo. payment problems, and how long To appear as a weak incum it can take for lenders to fix their THE PARTHENON bent for a second consecutive own errors. Romney supporters gather to hear the Republican nominee for president speak at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, on Saturday. debate could breathe more life “Student loan borrower stories into a Republican ticket the of detours and dead ends with- president would rather see left their servicers bear an uncanny in the dust. - resemblance to problematic prac Romney makes campaign stop in Ohio Ana Ramirez, freshman tices uncovered in the mortgage THE PARTHENON biochemistry major from Chi- servicing business,” said Rohit clayo, Peru, supports President Chopra, the bureau’s ombudsman Davis, communications co-chair for the for what he calls “research.” - Obama but noted that the pre for student loans. In the final stretch of his campaign, Scioto County Republican Party, said his “I’ve always been an independent vious debate was far from his His report was based on nearly- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt county is highly important in the 2012 voter for years,” Burchett said. “I’m curi greatest. She’s said confident, 2,900 complaints to his office Romney hit the key swing state of Ohio- presidential race due to a overwhelming ous to see what Mr. Romney has to say.” however, he will bounce back since March, when it set up a web to win over voters and ignite his base. number of undecided voters. Burchett walked into the rally with and rise to the occasion. site to inquire about problems Romney made a stop Saturday after “There are 40,000 independents in an open mind, but said after the speech “I think he’s had ample time that borrowers were having with noon at Shawnee State University in this county alone,” Davis said. “This his vote definitely swung towards- to review what his critics are the private student loan market. Portsmouth. - area is very important in this race.” - Romney. saying that he’s lacking in his The consumer protection Betty Bellsesser lives in Scioto County Southern Ohio is a key battleground “I felt like he was talking to me,” Bur- responses to Mitt Romney’s agency, established under a Wall and waited for hours to hear the nomi- in the race. In September, Vice-Presi- chett said. “Right now, I think I’ll vote statements,” Ramirez said, “I Street regulation law, worked with nee speak. dent Joe Biden made a campaign stop in for him, I’m still going to watch the de think his biggest failure was the Department of Education on “I am here for the hope of our salva Portsmouth. Also, on Wednesday, Presi bates.” “He talked about education and that he lacked confidence and the project. tion,” Bellsesser said. “I’ve got to be dent Obama, and First-lady Michelle, that’s really important to me, I have two it showed.” - The federal government took here, I’ve got to tell him with my body will make a stop in Athens. kids.” As much as Tuesday’s debate over the student loan business and my voice.” Jeff Burchett was an undecided voter TheOne Parthenonmore decided can voter,be contacted one more at means for the Obama cam under President Barack Obama. While many voters, such as Bellsesser when he came to listen to Romney’s [email protected] vote for the Romney campaign. paign, it maySee mean DEBATE even | Page more 5 The administration said doing have already decided who to vote for, speech on Saturday. He voted for Obama so saved billions of dollars in many in Scioto County have not. Bryan in 2008, and wanted to listen to Romney middleman costs. Unlike federal student loans, private loans don’t have a system of income-based Secretary of State Clinton takes responsibility for deadly attack in Libya repayment. Outstanding student loan debt By PAUL RICHTER is more than $1 trillion. Private TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU (MCT) loans account for more than $150 U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens Embassy in Tripoli, several hundred Congress and on the campaign trail have billion of that total, the report said. and three other Americans were killed miles away from Benghazi, but that raised few questions about her role. They About $8 billion of those loans are WASHINGTON — As criticism mounted- Sept. 11 when dozens of heavily armed mid-level State Department officers in have charged instead that the failure to in default. - on the Obama administration, Secretary of men drove up in a convoy and attacked and Washington had rejected the request. - protect the diplomatic mission reflects Chopra said the report was not State Hillary Rodham Clinton acted Mon- burned the thinly protected U.S. diplomatic- In addition to the congressional a broader failure of foreign policy by an attempt to measure how com day to shield the president from blame for mission and a nearby annex in Benghazi. probe, the State Department has con Obama as he runs for re-election. mon the problems were, but “an the deadly September attack on a U.S.

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