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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]. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 | VOL. 117 NO. 93 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com Ukrainian students weigh in on crisis

By EKATERINA GUTSAN While this issue is unfolding and had completely peaceful through because he grew up “Ukrainian political system in the communistic USSR, and THE PARTHENON an ocean away, it is a personal protests. But I realized that there and saw this situation needs global changes and im- have modern points of view,” Ukraine and Russia have been situation for Marshall University peaceful protests are over, so- himself. provements,” Gordiienko said. Gordiienko said. in strong brotherhood connec- students who are also citizens of ciety has a low life satisfaction “It is hard to say whether it is “Although I doubt if you can change Gordiienko hopes Ukraine tions for long time. For many Ukraine. and ready to use physical force.” good or bad, but it is good that people’s world outlook so quickly, will keep the strategy of glo- years they were thinking, work- “At the beginning I did not Vadym Gorchakov, graduate people wanted to show their prevent corruption and maintain balization and transparency ing and living in the same places. pay much attention to this student, said he sympathizes opinion and way of thinking,” transparency on all levels.” maintained in all areas, includ- This all changed in November situation,” Stanislav Gordi- with the people who are getting Gorchakov said. Gorchakov said the best way ing news, politics, education and when the Ukrainian govern- ienko, graduate student, said. hurt or killed but he is proud of Political concerns are getting business. “Ukraine had one revolution, their courage. harder for civil people who end have a dialog. Ekaterina Gutsan can be the Association Agreement with called ‘Orange’, which was Gorchakov said he under- to “Ukraine find a goodneeds solution young ispoli to- contacted at gutsan@mar- Europeanment officially Union. rejected to sign based on a Ghandi’s philosophy, stands what people went country. ticians, who have never lived shall.edu. up in a difficult situation for the ‘Coffee with WAR the Mayor’ OF THE scheduled ROSES for Thursday

THE PARTHENON Students and faculty will meet with Huntington Mayor Steve Williams over coffee from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thursday in the Me- morial Student Center for the monthly Coffee with the Mayor. This monthly event is an opportunity for students, faculty and anyone in the Huntington community to interact with and voice problems and concerns to Williams in a casual setting. Student Government Asso- ciation Chief of Staff Jordan Wooldridge said last month’s turnout was the largest since the event was implemented in the spring of 2013. ANDREA STEELE | THE PARTHENON “I’m hopeful that as more Sorority members weave through a group obstacle course challenge students learn of this event, Tuesday inside the Don Morris Room in the Memorial Student Center. they will make an effort to come out and voice their concerns,” Wooldridge said. Last month, more than 35 people attended Coffee with the Mayor to voice issues and concerns, including under- Sororities compete in disabilities challenge age drinking in Huntington, off-campus student hous- By MALAK KHADER activities that highlighted “You go everyday of your The participating sororities fraternity to own and operate ing, pedestrian safety, road THE PARTHENON wheelchair agility, vision life and you never really included Delta Zeta, Sigma this own philanthropy. conditions, street lighting Pi Kappa Phi sponsored a impairment, nonverbal com- stop and think, ‘What if I Sigma Sigma, Alpha Xi Delta, “This year it’s our inaugural conditions and storm water philanthropic event Tuesday munication and cognitive didn’t have an arm? Or my and Alpha Chi Omega. War of the Roses, we wanted to buildup. in the Don Morris Room at disabilities. vision?’ Any disability from Tyler Marcum, junior nurs- have more of a focus on aware- As an added bonus, those the Memorial Student Center. Tyler Holtzclaw, junior color blindness to dyslexia,” ing major from Wayne, said ness instead of fundraising.” who tweet photos of the Tuesday’s series of ac- accounting major from Cin- Holtzclaw said. “We just War of the Roses is essen- War of Roses is expected to event will be entered into a tivities included an obstacle cinnati and philanthropy take everything for granted. tially dedicated to raising wrap up Friday with a pag- drawing to win a Keurig cof- course that was meant to chairman for Pi Kappa Phi, The point of this event was awareness for people with eant for the participating fee maker. Participants can challenge sororities by help- said this is something that to help people try to keep disabilities and for Push sororities. do so by tweeting at the Mar- ing them empathize with his fraternity does nation- things in perspective and re- America, which is Pi Kappa Malak Khader can be con- shall University SGA or by people with disabilities. The wide to get the Greeks alize that everything can be Phi’s national philanthropy. tacted at khader4@marshall. using “#coffeechats.” obstacle course included together. so much worse.” Pi Kappa Phi is the only edu. Geocaching craze coming to Huntington area

By ALEXANDRIA RAHAL trail more than a year ago. class as well as receive instruc- be distributed at noon and the receive a Cabell County track- 2002, CITO has been an ongo- THE PARTHENON It began when local resident tions for the trail. cachers can begin their explo- able geocoin. ing environmental initiative The Huntington area’s new- Steve Adkins engaged with the “If you know nothing about ration of the area. So far the CHCVB has ap- supported by the worldwide est tourist attraction will allow CHCVB through an online com- geocaching or would like to geocaching community. They tourists and local residents munication portal. bring a muggle, we will happily guests to the kickoff event. sponsor event focused on litter to experience Huntington, “This project has really teach you about our outdoor “It started as a simple idea Theproximately geocaching 200 trail confirmed is not clean-up, removal of invasive Barboursville and Milton in a gained a life of its own,” Jake GPS addiction and help you set and has snowballed into just designed to attract tour- species, revegetation efforts or different way. Sharp, sales manager for the up a free account,” Adkins said something bigger than I ists. Creators hope it will also building trails. In the Hunting- The Cabell-Huntington Con- CHCVB, said. “It started as a in a press release. ever imagined.” inspire people of the area to ton area, the CITO initiative vention and Visitors Bureau simple idea and has snow- Friday evening will conclude get involved. Several of the will begin at 9:45 a.m. March announced the formation of the balled into something bigger with the release of one cache -Jake Sharp, sites are of special interest 15 and focus on trash removal than I ever imagined.” with a code word for those who to local residents, including from the Harris Riverfront Geocaching is an outdoor The launch of the trail begins would like to get a head start on CHCVB sales manager one that features the Marshall Park. recreationalarea’s first geocaching activity, in trail. which with several events centered in the trail. Memorial. “We want folks to feel good the participants use coordi- Huntington’s downtown area. The actual kick off of the The trail is composed of 15 “Not only do we hope that about where they live and en- nates, GPS receiver or mobile trail takes place 11 a.m. March sites throughout Huntington, the geocaching trail will bring joy showcasing their home,” device such as a smart phone, 14 at the Pullman Plaza Hotel. 15 at the visitors center of Milton and Barboursville. Each new people to Huntington, we Sharp said. “Plus, learning a and other navigational tech- ThisThe firstevent event is free is 7 and p.m. open March to Heritage Station. During this site will have a code word to also hope it will inspire local healthful, life-long activity niques to hide and seek the public. It will also allow ex- event, participants can register pride and allow the public to with the entire family which containers, called “geocaches” perienced cachers to visit with while enjoying free music, food When cachers turn in their see the CHCVB as a valuable is enjoyed around the world is or “caches” anywhere in the one another, take pictures and and other entertainment. The scorecardscollect to fill to in the on CHCVBa scorecard. they resource,” Sharp said. hard to beat.” world. get acquainted with the area. CHCVB will be giving out door Another component of Alexandria Rahal can be The CHCVB started working Those new to geocaching can prizes to attendees through- the weekend is the Cache in contacted at rahal1@mar- on the area’ take part in a newbie/muggle out the event. Handouts will 200will beparticipants asked to fillto doout this a short will Trash Out initiative. Since shall.edu. information card. The first s first geocaching page designed and edited by BISHOP NASH INSIDE: NEWS, 2 | SPORTS, 3 | OPINION, 4 | LIFE!, 6 HIGH 43° LOW 18° [email protected] C M Y K 50 INCH

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM UNI 102 helps students succeed in college

By TANNER FAW The topics covered include said. “It’s a very convenient “The most important thing to assess students’ individual and study times and utilizing THE PARTHENON studying skills, critical read- class by that nature, and will for students to walk away learning styles and help them the resources of the Marshall - ing strategies, note-taking, certainly help students both in with upon completion of apply it to classroom situa- library system for a variety of demic Success is an 8-week listening, time management, the classroom and out.” this course is the ability to tions, as well as helping them assignments. courseUNI 102instructed Strategies by for Acathe academic stress management identify how they process “I enjoy getting to know the Student Resource Center’s Re- hour and counts as a free elec- resources necessary to ensure information. students and helping them to source Specialist Samantha tiveUNI hour. 102 is worth one credit theirmaximize academic all of success,”the skills Barand- Other course objectives in- better understand their own courseand exam for preparation. incoming freshmen It’s designed to be an aca- bour said. clude developing and tracking personal learning styles and The class takes place in Laid- because“UNI they 102 are is taught an essential all academic enrichment course that The class will prepare fresh- progress toward personal and making use of them in the leyFox. Hall and content focuses on demic success strategies and provides students with strate- men to succeed academically, academic goals, formulating classroom,” Barbour said. a culmination of all the SRC’s techniques in one class,” Career personally and socially. a time management system Tanner Faw can be con- workshops. Counselor Michelle Barbour for academic success. A primary course objective is that incorporates planning tacted at [email protected]. gies and practical experience Now open: The Hillary Student body president, vice president stepping down after successful term Clinton (campaign?) store

action committee that hopes to lay the groundwork for a second presidential run, already has hawked 25,000 pieces of campaignlike paraphernalia — three years before Election Day — for someone who may not even run. Kiki McLean, a senior ad- viser to Clinton’s campaign in 2008 who works for a Wash-

said the latest generation in- volvedington in public politics relations had shown firm, that it wouldn’t wait to be in- PHOTOS BY ASTRID RIECKEN | MCT vited to participate. “People are Hundreds of Hillary Clinton campaign buttons are ready to be shipped channeling their energy and to Clinton supporters by Ready For Hillary, a PAC urging Hillary Clinton enthusiasm,” she said. to run for president in 2016 from its headquarters in Rosslyn, VA. The so-called Hillary store is

By ANITA KUMAR tucked on the fifth floor of the FILE PHOTO MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON and long-sleeved I love Hillary Student Body President E.J. Hassan and Vice President Ashley Lyons BUREAU (MCT) T-shirtswith 2016 with for red New hearts Year’s for Val Eve- walls,group’s while offices. dozens White of shelves ship- In a concrete high-rise across entine’s Day, naturally. mentsfilled withready productsto be transported line the By TYLER PRALLEY “We’ve accomplished everything that we set out the river from the nation’s capi- And every day, there are THE PARTHENON to and more.” tal, the Hillary Clinton store is iPhone covers, tote bags, lan- table. Occasionally, a customer Student Body President E.J. Hassan and Some of the constituency based projects that open for business. yards, even Born Ready for willto the wander nearby in post to tryoffice on sita shirt on a Student Body Vice President Ashley Lyons an- the Hassan-Lyons administration undertook in- There are aluminum orna- Hillary onesies for the young- nounced this week they will be stepping down cluded new lighting on fraternity row, the use of ments — each adorned with est family member. Dog leashes purchases are made online. from their positions in Student Government As- Joan C. Edwards Stadium for club sports teams’ a giant H — for Christmas, are coming soon. or make an exchange, but most sociation at the end of the semester and will not matches and new hallway benches in Corbly Ready for Hillary, the political See HILLARY | Page 5 be running for reelection. Hall. They also undertook the planning of the The Hassan-Lyons administration began in - champagne flutes engraved - ous goals and initiatives it saw as the vision for 2013 Memorial Fountain Ceremony, coordi theirthe fall administration. of 2013 and Hassan set to worksaid their on thegoal vari was nated the 2013 Homecoming Parade and were- to break the mold of SGA so it could be an orga- leticsinvolved and with the citythe newof Huntington. Marshall INTO program, MU takes sophomores to the theater nization that made positive changes on campus The“I amPresident’s proud that Office, my administrationthe Department was of Athable THE PARTHENON - to take the initiative and seek true action on Marshall University will sponsor a trip Sunday enced love before and was not able to control his its constituents. conversations that, in previous years, were held to Columbus for sophomores to see a perfor- emotions.deformed mentorHe eventually to Christine, falls madly had never in love experi with and“Real improved action theis morecampus important experience than for recog all of- behind closed doors,” Hassan said. “We were mance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” her and becomes obsessed and jealous, kidnap- nition,” Hassan said. “That’s why our goal was able to see the various projects through until Tickets were made available in the Memorial ping her multiple times. He forces her to choose to involve any and all areas of our community the end, as a result, true change can be seen.” Student Center Tuesday. Tickets are limited and between him and Raoul, but he ultimately de- so that we, together, could make an impact on Hassan and Lyons said their time in SGA cides to let her go so she can live a happy life. those we serve.” taught them many valuable skills, which they There is a $25 reservation fee for students but Students will be placed in the orchestra Lyons said from the beginning they had two will take into the workforce someday. they willare onbe areimbursed first come, atfirst the serve time basis.of departure. section. initiatives set in stone. They wanted to establish “At the end of the day, our most important Students will need to provide money for is eating Lee Tabor, the interim coordinator of student constituency-based projects, which were based accomplishment is we were able to leave an im- and shopping while in Columbus. on the needs of constituents, and the Syllabi Re- pact on our campus,” Hassan said. “Recognition The opera is based on a novel written by Residence Life to make this trip happen. pository, a central location where students can aside, I look forward to coming back here some- activities,“A lot of worked times retention with the efforts,Office of such Housing as activi and- access syllabi from professors on campus. Both day and seeing the lasting changes we made for is a romantic drama that follows three main ties, are focused solely on freshman,” Tabor said. of these initiatives, according to Lyons, were ac- the betterment of Marshall University, changes characters,French writer Erik, Gaston Christine Leroux and in Raoul, 1911. who The arestory in “This gives us the chance to bring programming complished over the past seven months. a love triangle. more directed to keeping our sophomores in- “Our work is truly a testament to this year’s Tyler Pralley can be contacted at pralley@ During the course of the story, Erik, the volved in campus life.” administration under E.J. and me,” Lyons said. marshall.edu.that students will experience for years to come.” MU professor discusses a mother’s role on protagonists in upcoming lecture

THE PARTHENON motherless but no mention is The Women’s Studies Program made of that character ever has an abundance of events lined having had a mother one can 276940 up to help students celebrate wonder whether or not a viewer Women’s History Month includ- is supposed to believe that the RETAIL ADVERTISING THEME/HOUSE ing a women’s studies faculty character was created by a father colloquium lecture noon Friday alone,” Squire said. ALEX PARTHENON PROMO in Drinko Library Room 402. Squire earned his doctorate The lecture, Sky Gods, Mad Sci- in English from the University 4 x 6.0 entists, and Impossible Genetics: of Tennessee where he special- Frankenstein Fathers in Chil- ized in American literature and dren’s Film and Television, will critical theory. His research and be delivered by Walter Squire, teaching concerns are children’s assistant professor in the English - department. pecially “The Wizard of Oz,” Squire’s research is based pri- and fantasy literature film, es- ality studies. the motherless protagonists proletarianSquire’s lecture literature is andfree sexuand ofmarily several in films animated and will children’s explore open to the public and a recep- shows. tion with refreshments will “When a character is follow the lecture.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Mbao closes book on Marshall career By BRAXTON CRISP - in a family where I knew THE PARTHENON able to the team as a leader. everything was going to A journey that has taken Herrion“Mbao saidand Mbaomyself is maybe valu - Marshall University men’s - ing my dad was about to basketball center Yous Mbao retirebe tough, and especiallynobody else know had a grand total of 8,482 miles career,wish he but had it’s abeen more marred pro graduated college so I had from his hometown of Ru- byductive a ton statistical of injuries playing and -

- to step up and take the re fisque, Senegal, is wrapping other variables,” Herrion mysponsibility family,” Mbao of my said. dad and“So up, as he will play his final said. “Our program is in bet that’sbe able what to I helpdid when out I withwas game at 7 p.m. on Thursday- becauseter shape he’shaving such had ahim tre in- young. I left the country to inside the Cam Henderson mendousthe program young for man. four years,I’m a CenterMbao assaid part the of thoughtthe Thun of young brother getting an dering Herd. education.”help out my parents and my for the last time is some- himbetter the person last four for years.”having had Mbao said he graduated last thingputting he on does his not No. like. 34 jersey theMbao opportunity said he took to the coach role “It’s going to be real of being a leader from the a second degree this coming tough,” Mbao said. “It’s May and is about to complete something I really don’t family and friends could not want to do, but I don’t have first“When time heI first stepped arrived foot onto May, an accomplishment his Marshall’s campus. “Where I’m from, out of could be wearing that jersey find a way to assert myself maybebe more 20proud friends, of. maybe any other option. I wish I campus, I knew I had to- three or four of them gradu- this floor every day.” ing young guys around me, ated from college,” Mbao every day and playing on- soon Ithe learned team howespecially to be ahav big gan with moving to Simi Valley, brother to them on the court to see I graduated from col- The trek to Huntington be- and off the court,” Mbao legesaid. not “They only were one surprisedtime, but said. twice, with two different FromCalif., tothere, play he high went school to basMil- degrees.” ketball for Stonebridge Prep. Mbao said he does not have season under head coach Buzz Herrion said one aspect - Williamswaukee, Wis.,before and transferring played one to thatof life Mbao that setshas Mbaobeen thou apart- Marshall ahead of the 2010-11 sandsfrom the of milesrest of from the homeHerd inis any current plans for his fu season. the United States on his own celebrateture, besides his wrappingsenior night up for six years since he went byhis taking second on degree. the Charlotte He will 49ers alongside the rest of his afterMbao missing has appeared numerous in 65 Mbao said he took on the gamestotal gamesthroughout for the his Herd ca- roleto Stonebridge of being a Prep. leader even for one last time inside the reer due to knee, wrist and before he came to the United Thundering Herd teammates head injuries. While his 25 States. Braxton Crisp can be RICHARD CRANK | THE PARTHENON “I was always a soldier of contactedHenderson Center.at crisp23@ Senior center Yous Mbao slams in a dunk during the Marshall men’s basketball scrimmage Oct. 17, 2013 like much, head coach Tom marshall.edu. in the Cam Henderson Center. career points do not sound my own because I grew up Lakers’ Nash wants to be back next season

By MIKE BRESNAHN LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) There was a gust of certainty Monday, a rarity in one of the most uneasy seasons in Los Angeles Lakers history. Steve Nash clearly wants to return next season. “I want to come back for sure,” he said Monday. It’s a longshot he’ll even be back this season from recurring back soreness, but he’s already looking to the future, where he’s scheduled to three-year, $28 million contract. earn $9.7 million in 2014-15 as the final part of a whether they want to waive Nash via the “stretch The Lakers have until Sept. 1 to determine the next three years. Or they can bring him back provision,” in which his salary is spread out over 277333 forThere’s one more also season a small and chance try to Nashplay himobtains while a medicalpaying him. retirement from the NBA during the off- COLONIAL LANES/REBELS-REDCOATS PERSONAL ADOPTION AD season,Nash inhas which recurring case thenerve Lakers damage still havein his to back pay thathim butsidelined his salary him does almost not countthree towardmonths the earlier cap. LAWRENCE K. HO | LOS ANGELES TIMES | MCT 3 x 10.5 this season. The nerve irritation starts in the The Los Angeles Lakers' Steve Nash drives against - the Utah Jazz's Trey Burke in the first half at Staples Center in Los Angeles Feb. 11. backNash, and who presents turned itself 40 inon his Feb. hamstrings, 7, was enlight making it feel as if they’re strained or pulled. If he returned this season, he didn’t mind be- ened when he had 19 points and five assists- sistsagainst in 10Philadelphia games. on his birthday. games.ing a backup, he said. Kendall Marshall and Jordan “WhenBut he’s you averaging look at anonly 18-year 7.6 points career, and and 4.7 like, as Farmar have split time at point guard in recent one game against Philly?” he said. Nash said. “But it meant so much to me just to say, ‘OK, ———“I’m totally up for whatever they want to do,” I showed I can do it still. Can I sustain it?’ And I - “On one hand, it was extremely rewarding be- HENRY RETURNS haven’t been able to prove that yet. NBAXavier action Henry since was missing 0 for 228 Monday games inbecause the Lak of head against the wall. ... But then on the other aers’ bone 107-106 bruise victoryand cartilage against abnormalities Portland, his in first his hand,cause itit waswas (after) frustrating 10 months because of poundingit was right my right knee. there and you take a knee on that old fracture and nerve root ... it shows how tenuous it all is.” Nash reinjured his back in the Lakers’ next Henry’s first two shots were blocked out of- bounds and he played five minutes. game after that but left at halftime and hasn’t re- He spent two games with the Lakers’ De turnedgame after since Philadelphia.then. He played one more velopment League affiliate last week and still needed to get in game shape after not playing beforesince Dec. Monday. 29. He did some light shooting the last few days He was averaging 10.1 points and 21.8 minutes but ruled out practicing withpage designedthe team and this edited week. by WILL VANCE | [email protected] C M Y K 50 INCH 4 Opinion WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM EDITORIAL Online Polls Mental health of soldiers should be a priority YOU CAN BE HERD Do you think the university should Which film will win the Academy A study released Monday in the monthly and 2009. This study found an increase preexisting ones. reevaluate its school closing policy? Award for Best Picture? medical journal, JAMA Psychiatry, reveals in the rates of suicide among soldiers Given the severity of this information, startling information about the mental who had been deployed to Afghanistan the Army needs to do more to ensure the Yes, it’s difficult for commuters. “12 Years A Slave” 56% health of American soldiers. or Iraq. health of its soldiers. No, the current policy is fine. “Gravity” 26% The study, which according to CNN was However, it also found an increase in It is true that part of this relies on the I wouldn’t come to class anyway. “American Hustle” 19% the largest study of mental health con- suicide rates among soldiers who had not honesty of the enlistees. If they think ducted among the U.S. military, found 1 in been deployed during that time. they’ll be turned away, chances of them Voice your opinion. It is your right. Answer our poll at 5 soldiers had a common mental illness, The Army does screen recruits, and in disclosing history of a past mental illness www.marshallparthenon.com or tweet us your answer at @MUParthenon. such as ADHD, depression or panic disor- the past has been psychologically health- are greatly diminished. der before enlisting. ier than the rest of society because of However, more should be done on the COLUMN It was noted that pre-enlistment rates - Army’s part to screen for these illnesses of conditions such as depression, anxiety cess, but as this study found, there has and provide proper treatment for the sol- and bipolar disorder were matched with the fitness standards and healthcare ac diers who need it. How to strike at Putin where it hurts those of civilians, but during service the ignored. rates were higher. beenIt wasa significant reported increase that many that cannotmen and be deal for the country, and it is up to the By GLENN GARVIN through fracking, and stop block- Another study tracked the suicide rates women admitted to developing new con- ArmyThese to makemen and sure women it does sacrificeall it can ato great help THE MIAMI HERALD (MCT) ing construction of the Keystone of nearly 1 million soldiers between 2004 ditions while in the service on top of their them. Future historians may recall XL oil pipeline. Barack Obama’s foreign policy Fracking — short for hydraulic as the Clash of the Cliches: Every fracturing, a process that frees time the president draws a red natural gas by injecting pressur- line, he winds up painting himself ized liquids into the ground — has into the corner. been around since the 1940s. But He did it with Syria, making new technologies introduced bellicose threats he couldn’t back over the past 15 years have made up, and now he’s done it with it cheaper and more effective. The Ukraine. After Obama warned result is a production boom that Russia to back off — “there will has cut natural-gas prices by as be consequences if people step much as 75 percent. over the line” — Vladimir Putin The boom has already taken a snorted in disdain and invaded the country anyway. Russia’s natural-gas exports. And So what are the consequences? ithuge could bite do out more of theif Obama profits would from None in sight. Neither the United tell the Department of Interior to States nor anyone else is going to quit monkeying around with the get into a war over who controls regulations on fracking on the Crimea. And if Obama proposes one-third of America’s natural- gas well located on federal land. himself pretty much going it The Keystone XL pipeline alone.economic sanctions, he’ll find would move 830,000 of barrels Russia, as the world’s third- of crude oil a day from Canada largest producer of both oil and natural gas, is just too important would head outward onto world for most countries to play eco- markets,to Texas refineries,offering anotherfrom where (and it nomic hardball with. The Western more politically stable) source of European nations who are most petroleum. When oil supplies go dismayed by Putin’s adventuring up, prices go down, and the Rus- in Ukraine are also the least able sians take a hit. MCT CAMPUS to do anything about it: More than But Obama has been dragging a third of their natural gas is sup- his feet for years on approval of NATIONAL EDITORIAL plied by Russia. the pipeline, even after the latest Fortunately, Obama has some of the hoops he set for approval options that won’t require him — a State Department report to ask Congress for a supplemen- on the pipeline’s environmental Time for talks with Venezuela tal appropriation for red-paint impact — gave it a clean bill of thinner. Without risking a life or health. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS (MCT) instigating violent confrontations. Oppo- meeting” with the Obama administration spending a penny, he can bring This is pointless pandering Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sition leader Leopoldo Lopez is in prison. aimed at reducing diplomatic tensions. crushing pressure to bear on Pu- to the Democratic Party’s Lud- inherited all his socialist predecessor’s Between 13 and 50 people have died in Washington, having been burned in the tin. All he’s got to do is borrow a dite left, which opposes anything disastrous economic baggage but none violence. past by Chavez, might instinctively recoil page from Ronald Reagan’s for- more mechanized than sunshine. of the charisma that helped Hugo Chavez The United States can ill afford to stand at the thought of engagement. But this is eign-policy playbook. The Canadians are not going to escape popular blame for skyrocketing by and watch as Venezuela careens to- Reagan’s military confron- leave the oil in the ground to grat- ward economic collapse and bloodshed Venezuelans need only look at the tations with Putin’s Soviet ify American hippies; they’ll just goods shortages. Oil-rich Venezuela, once on the streets. This isn’t the Arab world or experiencethe time for of dialogue, their war-torn not flame-throwing. neighbor, Co- predecessors — the contras, the build a pipeline to their own west Latininflation, America’s exploding economic crime and powerhouse, consumer Eastern Europe. This is our neighborhood. lombia, to recognize the dangers ahead. mujahedeen, Star Wars — are coast — or, maybe, ship the oil via now lacks the ability to provide its citi- Washington has worked too hard, for Like nascent democracies such as Iraq or well-known. But his most effec- rail, a far more risky proposition. zens with basics such as toilet paper, and decades, to quell civil wars, forge free Egypt, the Chavez-Maduro governments tive policy is less remembered: But that will take years. Why not people are understandably furious. trade accords and strengthen democratic have confused victory at the polls with a Reagan relentlessly jawboned leverage the pipeline’s foreign- Maduro is in deep trouble, and he knows structures to allow a return of the in- winner-take-all mandate to sweep the op- Saudi Arabia to boost its oil policy value now? it. With minimal ability to rally the masses stability wrought by military coups and position into obscurity. production. Oil and gas grew to be 70 to his defense the way Chavez did master- socialist dictatorships. That’s not how pluralist democracy That increased supply and de- percent of Russia’s exports and fully until his death last year, Maduro is Maduro, in what seems a desperate at- works. The opposition needs a seat at the creased prices, ripping the heart out funded 7 percent annual eco- confronting increasingly violent protests tempt to distract Venezuelans from their leadership table and true representation of Moscow’s oil-export business, nomic growth. The burgeoning across the country. Barricaded streets and real problems, recently expelled three in Venezuela’s legislature and judiciary. sent its already shaky economy into Russian middle class, in return, U.S. diplomats, prompting Washington to Chavez’s Soviet-style command economy a tailspin. Less than a decade later, was willing to overlook Putin’s look of chaotic Cairo or Kiev. retaliate with the expulsion of three Vene- must be loosened to allow greater eco- the Soviet Union collapsed. antidemocratic quirks. If the bonfiresVenezuela give majormight Venezuelanbe South America’scities the zuelan diplomats. The two countries have nomic freedom. Obama can do the same thing good times end, so will his sup- oldest democracy, but it’s behaving not exchanged resident ambassadors If Maduro is averse to U.S. lecturing to Putin, without even asking for port. Ronald Reagan would have more like a totalitarian state, with news since 2010. on the subject, President Barack Obama help from Saudi Arabia. All he media blackouts, mass arrests, torture Despite those tensions, Maduro now should consider bringing other lead- has to do is stop interfering with Putin where it hurts allegations and police-backed vigilantes says he wants to have a “high-level ers into the discussion, such as Mexican the U.S. production of natural gas figuredWill Obama? that out. How to strike at

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Ellen DeGeneres takes a selfie with attendees during the 86th annual Academy Awards Sunday at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles. ROBERT GAUTHIER | LOS ANGELES TIMES | MCT

Social media thanked for helping Oscars achieve audience gold

By SCOTT COLLINS But it was in the world of Twitter and social- more than $270 million in North America alone. as hilarious as many people clearly thought LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) media sharing where these Oscars — beamed The promise of celebrities such as Sandra Bull- it would be.” The Hollywood Reporter’s Tim The TV ratings were up, but some people live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood — ock, Brad Pitt and Jolie striding through the Goodman was scathing, calling the three- wondered if Ellen DeGeneres #overdidit with really shone. During the telecast 11.2 million aisles at the Dolby didn’t hurt the tune-in either. hour-plus show boring and saying that by all the #socialmedia at the #Oscars2014. tweets poured forth from 2.8 million unique us- the end, DeGeneres “seemed to have given up Sunday’s 86th Academy Awards telecast on ers, according to Social Guide — a 75 percent entirely.” ABC broke with tradition and reverse-engi- increase from last year’s activity. “OurThe Oscarexperiences producers with soundedproducing satisfied the Oscars on Whether an event counts as great TV, however, neered itself for the Twitter generation, with - Monday. may matter less and less these days. Increas- host DeGeneres returning after a seven-year hi- ers, DeGeneres invited viewers to retweet the December showed us the impact of social media ingly, the big ratings go to live shows that know atus to order in pizza as a joke for the attendees In taking her selfie with Streep and the oth andlast yearreal-time and then viewership ‘The Sound on ratings,”of Music producLive’ in- how to capitalize on stunts and heighten sus- and, in the night’s most familiar image, tweeting pense on social media — exactly the playbook microbloggingimage. It became platform. the first After image such to be a retweetedstunt, the statement. “Fortunately for us, not only is Ellen DeGeneres and the Oscar producers used on Streep, Angelina Jolie and other stars. ultimatemore than best 2 million picture times, win for briefly the historical crashing epic the aers fantastic Neil Meron entertainer, and Craig she Zadan is extremely wrote in adept a joint at Sunday. outThe a selfiegambit posed appears with to Bradleyhave worked: Cooper, An Meryl aver- “12 Years a Slave” seemed almost anticlimactic. using her social media platforms to expand and This year’s Golden Globes was the most- age of 43 million total viewers tuned in to TV’s “That was really gold, that was beautiful,” engage her fans ... It seems our plan worked out watched in a decade, with 20.9 million tuning biggest awards show, according to Nielsen. That very well indeed!” in to see the tweet-worthy antics of co-hosts was up 6 percent compared with last year’s - Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The Super Bowl set much-criticized ceremony hosted by “Family Steve Minichini, chief innovation and growth ties in trying to appeal to audiences on multiple a record of 112 million total viewers. And the officer“It was at a ad great firm example TargetCast, of how said social of the media star- mediaBut inplatforms a paradox these that days, points the out Twitter the difficul stunts just-concluded Sochi Olympics on NBC drew that nearly 72 million viewers overall watched canstudded be incorporated selfie. into a live telecast, encour- may not have necessarily made for great TV, more than 21 million viewers for 17 straight atGuy” least overseer six minutes Seth ofMacFarlane. the program. ABC estimated aging viewers to tune into the show and take nights. In the key demographic of adults ages 18 to part in it,” said Brad Adgate, an analyst for Hori- “From a social media standpoint, it was a The Oscars now seem to have ridden the same 49 that largely determines the rates advertisers hugeMinichini win,” added. he said. “But it was really geared for wave. And that means there will likely be more pay for commercial time, the Oscars earned a Of course, it’s hardly certain that social me- social media. It made for a boring live telecast.” diazon deservesMedia in theNew credit York. for Sunday’s viewership That point was echoed by many TV crit- - Among men under age 35, the ceremony climbed gain. “Gravity,” one of the best-picture nomi- proachto come, for Minichini hosts and said. drive what kind of stunts 412.9 percent rating, and essentially it was up flat 8 percent with last in teens.year’s 13.0. found DeGeneres’ desultory hosting style “not theySunday’s pull” in selfies the future, may “be he said.a good formulaic ap ics. The Los Angeles Times’ Mary McNamara nees, was a bona fide box office hit, grossing HILLARY said Adam Parkhomenko, a former Continued from Page 2 Clinton campaign staffer who’s the executive director of Ready for It’s a little like Amazon, except Hillary. Whiskerless hipsters shipping is always free and, of Candidates have long handed course, every product promotes out bumper stickers and buttons Clinton. to supporters at rallies to try to Dick Harpootlian, a longtime create enthusiasm and promote getting facial hair Democratic activist in South Caro- their campaigns. In more recent lina who’s an ardent supporter of years, businesses got into the act another potential candidate, Vice and began selling knickknacks with President Joe Biden, dismissed candidates’ logos as money-making transplants Ready for Hillary’s efforts, arguing ventures. By LISA GUTIERREZ that it’s way too early for organi- In 2008, Obama’s campaign up- THE KANSAS CITY STAR zations such as this, when Clinton ended the system, selling its own Heads up, hipsters: Your brethren in Brooklyn merchandise as a way to build are getting facial hair transplants to fill in the bald a fan club is appropriate for a passion, raise money and recruit spots on their trendy beards. Yes, it can be done. boyhasn’t band even butdecided not tocandidate run. “Maybe for volunteers. New York media report that men are paying as president of the United States,” he “It was a total turnaround,” said much as $8,500 to have plastic surgeons add hair mocked. Peter Fenn, a professor at George to their faces. Clinton, 66, says she hasn’t made Washington University’s Gradu- Apparently patchy whiskers just won’t do in the up her mind about running and hipster world. expects to decide later this year. who owns a Democratic political (The trend is also popular with female-to-male - ate School of Political Management transgenders, Hasidic Jews, and baby-faced dudes.) tor from New York and secretary The book “Game Change: Obama The procedure is straightforward: A plastic sur- CL030514 ofBut state the former is already first lady,the presumedU.S. sena firm. geons removes hair from another part of the body front-runner for her party’s nomi- — head, chest, wherever — and implants it in the CLASSIFIED nation in 2016, dominating the theand theexact Clintons, moment McCain when and Clinton Palin, face. realizesand the thatRace Obama of a Lifetime” has surpassed recalls A website that follows neighborhood news in CLASSIFIED huge margins. her in fundraising in part because New York — www.dnainfo.com/new-york/ — ap- potentialFormer Clinton field of advisers candidates formed by of a plethora of low-dollar do- pears to have spotted the trend. The procedures 2 x 8.0 Ready for Hillary last year — just nors, many of whom bought his range from filling in bare patches to whole beard after she stepped down as the na- merchandise. “Why don’t we have construction. tion’s top diplomat — as a way to merchandise being sold out back?” “Brooklyn is probably the nucleus of the trend, recruit volunteers from across the Clinton angrily said to her national it’s the hipster ‘look’ guys want. If you have a spotty nation for a potential campaign. beard, and you let it grow out, it looks sloppy,” Jef- The group claims to have nearly 2 fundraiser. million supporters lined up. financeReady for director Hillary at took a that Hamptons lesson The New York Post. Ready for Hillary set up the store and expanded on it. Two store em- freyHe’s Epstein, performing a Midtown-based two or three plastic beard surgeon, transplants told after witnessing the success of ployees sell 40 different items that a week, he said. A couple of years ago he did maybe Barack Obama, who was then a ri- go way beyond your typical T-shirts, a handful. val for the Democratic nomination posters and mugs: water bottles Sometimes, patients bring in pictures of celebri- for $20.16; neon Ready for Hillary ties and male models they want to look like. George sell merchandise as a way to lure Sharpies in yellow, turquoise, pink, Clooney, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt are most pop- low-dollarand the first donors national and candidateattract sup to- lime green and orange; and cock- ular. Some guys want the Tom Selleck moustache, porters. The group consulted those tail napkins imprinted with Clinton too. who ran the Obama store in 2008. quotes. Says one: “I really do hope One transplant patient told the Post that he was “There are a lot of great lessons that we have a woman president in happy that he didn’t have to fill in his scrawny that came out of 2008 and 2012,” my lifetime.” beard with an eyebrow pencil anymore.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCHLife! 5, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Edgar Martirosyan delivers pizza to the TODAY IN Dolby Theatre at THE LIFE! A pizza delivery Edgar Martirosyan will never forget Hollywood & Highland Center during the By AMY KAUFMAN “They told me it was going to be for the In fact, Martirosyan said, he 86th annual Academy opening LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) writers,” he said. started out even lower on the food Awards. When Edgar Martirosyan showed up at chain at Big Mama’s — handing this week the Dolby Theatre on Sunday with a stack told to wait, and suddenly DeGeneres ap- - of pizza boxes in hand, he thought he was peared.When Shehe finally introduced got backstage, herself tohe him,was half of the business. "300: Rise of an delivering a few pies to some hardwork- and then the host told Martirosyan to fol- out“I fliersalways on lovedthe street to cook on be Empire" ing Oscar staffers. low her, without saying where they were and had a real interest in But Martirosyan, co-owner of Big going. She didn’t give him any instruc- learning to make pizzas,” "Mr. Peabody & Mama’s and Papa’s Pizzeria on Sunset tions on how to behave or what to say, he recalled. “So I became Sherman" Boulevard, soon found himself being led and before he knew it he was in front of a cook, and then a man- onto the Oscar stage by host Ellen DeGe- the Hollywood elite. ager, and then an owner. "The Grand Budapest neres. With 43 million viewers watching at Born in Armenia, Martirosyan moved Business wasn’t that Hotel" home, he was instructed to hand out slices to Moscow at age 10; there, he grew up good — it wasn’t to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, in- - that clean when "Jodorowsky's Dune" cluding Julia Roberts and Jared Leto. ing Roberts’ “Pretty Woman.” Needless we came, and I’m “I was shocked,” Martirosyan said in towatching say, he somewas star Hollywood struck when films, he includ found really picky. So "Journey to the a phone interview Monday afternoon. himself handing her a slice of cheese I started to West: Conquering the “When I realized I was onstage, I didn’t pizza. “She was actually more beautiful in clean ev- understand what was going on. Like, person,” he said with a laugh. erything Demons" ‘What am I doing here?’” And then, just as quickly as he’d found up and "Grand Piano" The 30-year-old’s journey to Holly- himself in the spotlight, he was back at grow the wood & Highland began Saturday, he said, work. When he walked into the pizza business.” NEVER 'LET IT GO' when he received a call from an Oscar shop, his employees greeted him with As for The "Frozen" anthem and staffer asking whether he would be able screams. Reporters from local news out- how all the Oscar-winning song "Let to handle a delivery to the Dolby the fol- lets and paparazzi had also gathered attention it Go" has been covered, lowing day. He was told he’d be getting outside the restaurant. from the Os- revamped and performed the order after 5 p.m. Sunday. On Monday morning, Martirosyan cars would on countless platforms. Star When Sunday evening rolled around, affect sales, of the film, Idina Menzel, Martirosyan was slammed. He doesn’t her talk show in Burbank, while his Face- Martirosyan filmed an interview with DeGeneres for joined "The Tonight Show" usually deliver pizzas himself — that book page was covered with comments said he was host Jimmy Fallon Monday to from friends congratulating him on the trying not to add one more jam session from an employee to co-owner of the Oscars appearance. get ahead of stopped five years ago, when he went to YouTube. Singing with Hollywood outpost of the pizzeria. But Elsewhere on Facebook, Big Mama’s himself. Fallon and the Roots backing because of how busy it was, he decided & Papa’s — which has 20 locations in “Of course, extra her up with toy instrument to help out and drive over to the Dolby California — was touting the accomplish- orders are very good,” including blocks, bongos himself. ments of the franchise owner. he said. “But I’m very and Casio keyboards, Even though he had to pass through Referring to his journey as the “Ameri- calm. I’m not going crazy Menzel happily belted the a number of security barriers, he never can Dream Come True!,” a post described now. I’m really chill. This is imagined that he would end up as part of how Martirosyan went from delivery just another, regular busy song, triangle in hand. ROBERT GAUTHIER | LOS ANGELES TIMES | MCT the telecast. driver to franchise owner. day.”

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