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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 | VOL. 117 NO. 18 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com Polls open for Miss, Mr. Marshall voting

By MORGAN WRIGHT Julia Galloway, sponsored by Sigma Phi, Zachary Morris, on campus, having no viola- interview score and application activities. When voting for Mr. THE PARTHENON the Pre-American Medical Stu- tions of the code of conduct, score to determine who would and Miss Marshall, Caul said Voting for Mr. and Miss Mar- dent Association Club, Caitlin Recruitment, Brian Kauff- having academic and athletic be on ballot. to consider people who exude shall winners will take place Grimes, sponsored by INTO, man,sponsored sponsored by theby Pi Office Kappa of scholarships, leadership roles Each candidate has a plat- behavior that represents the Thursday in the Memorial Jaclyn Hackett, sponsored by Alpha and Johnathan Austin, throughout campus and having form that they are to implement Student Center and Marshall Sigma Sigma Sigma, Carissa sponsored by the Center for jobs. The students who scored if awarded title of Mr. and Miss “Mr. and Miss Marshall should be Recreation Center, from 8 a.m. Janczweski, sponsored by the African-American Studies. above a set number of points Marshall. These platforms give someoneuniversity who in ahas dignified character, way. some- to 6 p.m. College of Arts and Media and The students were chosen to got invited to the interview the winners an opportunity to one who is loyal, someone who Candidates for Miss Mar- Ashley Roberts, sponsored by be candidates for Mr. and Miss portion. rally their peers behind a com- students feel like they can trust,” Caul shall are McKenzie Cooley, Delta Zeta. Marshall due to their applica- The interview took place munity service or organization said. “It should be someone who stu- sponsored by the Center for Af- Candidates for Mr. Marshall tions, resumes and interview before a panel of judges made that is important to them. dents have established a friendship rican-American Studies, Laura are Kyle Wilson, sponsored scores. Students received up of students and faculty Coordinator of Student In- prior to the election time.” Der, sponsored by the Fel- by the Honors College, Derek points for grade point average, members. Based on their inter- volvement, Christina Caul, is in lowship of Christian Athletes, Ramsey, sponsored by Alpha campus involvement, positions view answers, judges took the charge of Mr. and Miss Marshall See VOTING | Page 5 Browning recalls life in Alpha Tau Omega goes public with pledge ceremony the civil rights movement

By ALISON WICKLINE member stab one of her fel- THE PARTHENON low supporters. To celebrate Constitution “We walked outside and Week, Marshall University the Klansmen tried to stab invited Joan C. Browning, an a boy who was with us, but early Freedom Rider in the our leader jumped in front 1960s and a strong proponent and caught the knife in his of the civil rights movement, ribs,” Browning said. “A po- to present two lectures as part of The Robert C. Byrd Fo- over to the bleeding man on rum on Civic Responsibility. thelice street,officer butsaw only it and to walkedget the Browning, who has seen man’s name so he could write - him a ticket for carrying a ple and the price of freedom, concealed weapon…the knife firsthand the power of peo will speak Thursday on her in his ribs.” PHOTOS BY ANDREA STEELE | THE PARTHENON personal experiences as a Browning is most known white woman in the civil for being one of nine people (ABOVE) Fourteen pledgees line up for initiation while chaplin Michael rights movement and on the that rode the Central Georgia Van Pelt, left, and president Jack Stonesifer (RIGHT) oversee the relationship between the Con- Railroad as part of a Freedom ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 25 in the Memorial Student Center. stitution and civil rights. Ride from Atlanta, Ga., to Al- Browning’s past is an inter- bany, Ga., and was arrested. By ANDREA STEELE Marshall University that they esting one full of surprises, Between May and December THE PARTHENON have had an open pledge roadblocks and a lifelong 1961, 436 Freedom Riders on A knock on the door ceremony. quest for virtue. Born in 1942 Wednesday was followed by The ceremony does not di- in rural South Georgia, she in the South for integrating the request of pledges to en- vulge any secret information spent her days on her family’s trains60 different and buses Rides and filled taking jails ter into the brotherhood of or go into what the letters small farm, mostly isolated down the “white” and “col- Alpha Tau Omega. stand for, Stonesifer said. from the outside world. ored” signs they encountered. In the basement of the Me- “Everyone seems to think From an early age, Brown- Four of the 436 Freedom morial Student Center, 14 it’s secret because it’s a cer- ing was unaffected by the Riders were white southern young men pledged with the emony,” he said. “It shouldn’t political and social expecta- females, Browning being one fraternity. be a secret ceremony, it tions in the South at that time. of them. This pledge ceremony was should be something to break After attending Georgia State At that point, many peo- unlike others. Alpha Tau down the walls between College for Women for a short ple would have given up the Omega nationally opened the independents and the time, Browning was forced to its pledging ceremony to Greeks.” leave because she had wor- After her arrest, she worked the public to display to the Stonesifer said the purpose shipped at a predominantly infight, human but relations Browning and refused. anti- community what it expects is to show the high ideals African–American church. poverty programs and was an of the pledges as well as ex- of the fraternity and what This moment was pivotal in organizer of the Federation of plain the high standards that they strive for to not only Southern Cooperatives. She they themselves hold as a the Greek community but to rights movement. Browning worked on grant-funded proj- fraternity. all members of the Marshall saidher personalshe was fightsimply in thelooking civil ects for the Southern Regional “We stress the development and Huntington communi- Goes Homeless it raised organization as well as their for answers. Council, American Civil Liber- of good character, attainment ties as well to help make $1,300 and accounted for acts of community service. “I could not wrap my head ties Union and the American of high scholarship and active sure their members strive for over 850 service hours. Their “I hadn’t seen anything like around what was wrong with Friends Service Committee. participation in the broth- perfection. goal for the semester is 1300 this before,” Roberts said. “It was worshipping at a church that I Today, Browning resides in erhood of our chapter,” Jack Marshall’s chapter is the service hours. a wakeup call to see that people felt comfortable in,” Browning Greenbrier County, W.Va., and Stonesifer, President of Alpha number one service or- James Roberts, freshman go through this every day.” Tau Omega, said. ganization for the third biology major, is pledging be- that answer that I happened world. She supports quality of This is the second time at semester in a row. With ATO cause of the brotherhood of the See PLEDGE | Page 5 uponsaid. “Itstudents was in tryingwho towere find lifecontinues initiatives, to fight children’s for a better pro- grams and domestic violence In 1961, she moved to At- prevention programs, and is lantafighting and for thediscovered cause.” the instrumental in her commu- Dress Up for Down Syndrome 5k set for Saturday Student Nonviolent Coor- nity, even advising the mayor dinating Committee, where of Rainelle, a small town in By KATY LEWIS acceptance of individuals with The Buddy Walk, established The National Down Syndrome she began volunteering with Greenbrier County, regu- THE PARTHENON Down syndrome. in 1995 by the National Down Society states that Down syn- numerous civil rights proj- larly. She lectures at colleges The third annual Dress Up for Brad Pelfrey, race organizer, Syndrome Society, is a one-mile drome is the most commonly ects in Georgia and Alabama. and universities across the Down Syndrome 5k will take said that last year Dress Up walk held to celebrate Down occurring chromosomal condi- Browning attended a Dr. country using her personal place Saturday at Barboursville for Down Syndrome had 104 Syndrome Awareness Month in tion. One in every 691 babies in Martin Luther King, Jr. lec- experiences to discuss race, Park. The race begins at 10 a.m. runners participate in the October. Participants of the walk the United States is born with ture in October 1961, which class, gender and the history of The cost to participate in the race and raised approximately decorate signs, wagons, stroll- Down syndrome. she said opened her eyes to the South and of the civil rights race is $25. Runners are en- $3,000. Pelfrey explained that ers, make buttons and wear Pelfrey said his son, who has the thoughts behind the civil movement. Her next endeavor couraged to wear Halloween he wants to have at least 105 shirts to recognize their buddy. Down syndrome, has been a rights movement. is a biography of Reverend Jo- costumes during the race. runners participate in the 5k During the event there will be blessing to him and his wife “King spoke about ‘agape,’ All proceeds of the race will this year. - since the day he was born. which means loving everyone from McRae Baptist Church “As for how much I would ables, clowns, facing painting, “Until you have a child or on this earth even if you don’t inseph 1947 A. Rabun, for his who preaching was fired of Network of West Virginia Inc., a like to raise for the DSNWV, craftsa Family and Fundancing. Area All with proceeds inflat loved one with Down syndrome, agree with them or like them,” racial brotherhood in her benefit the Down Syndrome I am more concerned with from the Buddy Walk will ben- you don’t fully understand how Browning said. “It made per- childhood home of Telfair to enhancing the lives of indi- raising awareness than I am awesome and loving these chil- fect sense and was something County, Ga., and a pictorial his- vidualsnonprofit with organization Down syndrome devoted money,” Pelfrey said. “Any Down syndrome is a con- dren are,” Pelfrey said. “The I needed to hear.” tory of African-American life in through programs and services ditionefit the DSNWV.in which a person is DSNWV was great to give us sup- Browning said her scari- the Greenbrier Valley of West provided at no charge. bonus.” born with an extra copy of port, resources and activities to est memory of the civil rights Virginia. DSNWV provides informa- profitPelfrey we havesaid isthat just the an addedBuddy chromosome 21, accord- meet other families that had movement was during a Alison Wickline can be tion, resources and support Walk, sponsored by DSNWV, is ing to the National Institute children with Down syndrome.” sit-in at a dime store where contacted at wickline19@ to families and professionals Oct. 12 at 10 a.m. in Charleston at of Child Health and Human Katy Lewis can be contacted she watched a Ku Klux Klan live.marshall.edu. by promoting awareness and the West Virginia Capitol Complex. Development. at [email protected].

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Fight over frozen embryos taken to court Police Blotter By BONNIE MILLER RUBIN and ANGIE LEVENTIS By MAGGIE SMITH When police reviewed video, LOURGOS THE PARTHENON they found that a charter bus CHICAGO TRIBUNE (MCT) All incidents were reported had caused the damage. The He was a charming nurse in by the Marshall University charter bus has been con- a northwest suburb. She was Police Department. tacted and is going to make an attractive emergency room SEPT. 19 full restitution. physician at a local hospital. Invasion of privacy: A SEPT. 21 For nine years, their work lives person made a complaint Intoxicated resident: overlapped until, eventually, to MUPD that another per- Around 1:09 a.m., police their friendship evolved into son had taken video of her reported to Holderby Hall something more. in the shower without her where an intoxicated student permission last February. was allegedly harassing other romantic relationship, in The incident was reported people. The intoxicated stu- MarchBut five2010, months Karla intoDunston their to have happened in one of dent, who was a resident of was broadsided by a devastat- the residence halls. The al- the hall, was handed over to ing diagnosis: non-Hodgkin’s leged victim claimed that the a sober student who took him lymphoma. The window alleged suspect posted the back to the room. was already closing on the video to her Facebook Sept. SEPT. 23 39-year-old’s fertility, and 19. The alleged victim wants An A-1 Security worker, chemotherapy would slam it STACEY WESCOTT | CHICAGO TRIBUNE | MCT to press criminal charges. who was stationed at the shut for good. She asked her Jacob Szafranski poses for a portrait at his Petit larceny: MUPD re- Byrd Center, made a com- boyfriend, Jacob Szafranski, if home in Elgin, Ill., Sept. 11. Szafranski is in a ceived complaints that a plaint to police that a vehicle he would provide his sperm, legal dispute about the use of embryos which person’s bike was stolen be- struck him at 1321 16th St. which would be combined with he and his former girlfriend, Karla Dunston tween Sept. 18 and Sept. 19. He stated that he went to the her eggs to create embryos, al- had fertilized in 2010. The Cannondale bike, which Health Information Center to lowing her to one day have a was $513, was reported miss- secure the parking lot behind biological child, according to ing Sept. 19. The police have the building and asked the court documents. on Szafranski v. Dunston — and was a wonderful person and I to the embryos. But Szafranski no suspects at this time. workers to move their ve- One week later, the couple the fate of three embryos cryo- trusted.” appealed and the higher court Harassment: A Marshall hicles. A white male came out found themselves at Northwest- preserved at Northwestern Dunston is not seeking any sent the case back, clarifying student came into the depart- of a restaurant and report- ern Hospital’s fertility clinic, — later this month. that the case centers on prior ment to report that she was edly hit the alleged victim depositing genetic material to Looking back on his decision from Szafranski and wants only agreements rather than the being harassed on Twitter. with his car’s side mirror. The be frozen and later retrieved to participate, Szafranski, 32, thesupport, opportunity financial orto otherwise,have her interests of either potential She reported that another alleged victim’s watch was for in-vitro fertilization. told the Tribune: “It was a very biological child, her attorney parent. person had been harassing broken and wrist left with a But the relationship unrav- emotional time and I was just said. Now legal experts are asking her on Twitter and had cre- red mark. The alleged suspect eled two months after their trying to support Karla the best Not long ago, the idea that what constitutes those earlier ated a fake craigslist add. She did stop to render aid. His car trip to the clinic, and now their way I could.” a couple could combine their pacts. Is it the medical consent also claimed that other peo- is a light blue Toyota Camry break-up could have repercus- The decision was made un- sperm and eggs in a test tube form the couple signed requir- ple had been contacting her or Corolla with possible WV sions that reach far beyond der duress, Szafranski said. to create embryos, then freeze, ing joint consent for any use on Twitter because of the fake registration. The alleged vic- one couple. In a case before thaw and implant them and of the embryos? Is it that Szaf- ad. The alleged victim gave tim declined EMS, and does the Illinois Supreme Court, way to give Dunston control end up with a healthy baby ranski provided his genetic police the name of a potential not wish to press charges at the Elgin man argues that he ofLater, the heembryos was willing as long to as find the a material and wrote to Dunston suspect, as well as a written this time. never agreed to give up a say child could never be traced 1985, 260 babies were born that he “wanted to help her report and copies of the texts Petit larceny: A Sub Con- in whether he becomes a par- back to him. More recently, he throughseemed likeassisted science reproductive fiction. In have a baby?” from the suspect. The alleged nection worker reported her ent, that forced procreation concluded there were no guar- technology; in 2010, the num- Or is it a co-parenting agree- victim is a student living on smart phone and $25 stolen would violate his constitutional antees of anonymity, and he ber topped 61,000, according ment drawn up by an attorney campus, and the alleged sus- from her purse while she was rights. His ex-girlfriend insists decided he didn’t want to pro- to the American Society for Re- giving Dunston control over the pect is a student living off working the 3-7 p.m. shift. that she has the right to have create at all. productive Medicine. embryos even without Szafran- campus. The investigation is her biological child, and she Dunston, in a court deposi- Yet, only about six state ski’s consent — a document still open at this time. MUPD has no suspects at this should control the destiny of tion, remembered those same higher courts have addressed, that the couple never signed? SEPT. 20 time.She notified her supervisors. the embryos. initial, overwhelming days: “I with mixed results, what to do “What sets this case apart is Petit larceny: Marshall of- Illegal drug activ- As reproductive technol- thought about my different op- with frozen embryos once a that the existence and scope ity: MUPD responded to ogy outpaces the law, the case tions, of using a sperm donor or couple has separated. of the contract is less certain claimed that his bike was sto- complaints of illegal drug ac- is being watched by physi- someone that I knew for many So, now people are watching than in all other cases,” said lenficers from met the with Willis a person Hall whobike tivity in one of the residence cians and attorneys across the years and that was a wonder- to see how Illinois handles the Judith Daar, a professor at rack sometime between Sept. halls. They were granted en- country. The Illinois Supreme ful person. So I decided to go issue. A Cook County trial court 13 and Sept. 19. trance into the room by the Court is expected to weigh in with someone that I thought had awarded Dunston rights See EMBRYO| Page 5 Petit larceny: A person re- resident. After a thorough ported a potential bike theft. search, the police found the The alleged victim stated that suspect to be in possession he left his bike at the Gibson of a baggy containing a leafy, Professor specializes Minn. sets goals for Hall bike rack on Sept. 20, and green substance, nine cigars when he came back the next containing green, leafy sub- day he found it missing. stances and digital scales. in American history fixing dead zone Destruction of property: The suspect was given an A person reported that his arrest citation for posses- By JUSTIN DePAMPHILIS turn out the way they did in- By JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY growth, and, eventually, not car had sustained damage sion of marijuana less than THE PARTHENON evitably and things could have STAR TRIBUNE (MCT) enough oxygen in the water to while parked in the Joan C. 15 grams. Michael Woods, new assis- ended up differently as they Minnesota’s top pollution Edward’s Stadium parking lot Maggie Smith can be tant professor in the history did. In terms of career prepara- life. Many cities throughout sometime between 8 a.m. and contacted at smith1769@ department at Marshall Univer- tion it teaches you to read and goals — primarily for farmers Minnesotasupport fish and and otherthe Midwest aquatic 4 p.m. while he was at work. marshall.edu. sity, specializes in the Civil War write very carefully and think —officials to cut are back setting on the ambitious millions spend millions annually to re- The car sustained damage and Reconstruction periods of very clearly.” of tons of pollution that each move nitrogen from drinking to the driver’s side mirror. American history. water because at high levels it “More generally I teach 19th book, titled “Irrepressible Pas- down the Mississippi River to poses a serious health risk to century U.S. history, the history sions:Woods Emotion is working and on Sectional his first theyear Gulf flow of out Mexico, of the statewhere and it infants. of the American South, and I do adds to a dead zone incapable About 78 percent of the some work on the comparative United States.” of supporting sea life. nitrogen and 40 percent of history of slavery, or rather slav- Conflict“Basically in what the I’m Antebellum interested Within 12 years, according the phosphorus in the state’s ery in the new world,” Woods to a plan that will be publicly major rivers can be traced to said. political behavior, how people released next week, the state fertilizers used on crops, ac- This semester Woods is teach- makein is decisions how emotion about influences voting or hopes to reduce nitrogen lost cording to state researchers, ing History 230, a survey of about joining a political move- even though farmers use far U.S. history from the colonial ment,” Woods said. “This project and water treatment plants by less per acre than they did a period to 1877. He is also teach- focuses on emotion and politics 20from percent. farm fields, Phosphorus, urban streets an- few decades ago. But overall, ing History 414, which is about in the 1850s. It’s going to be other nutrient that primarily the amount applied to the the American Civil War and published by Cambridge Univer- comes from agricultural fertil- land has increased along with Reconstruction. sity Press.” izers and soil runoff, would be the number of acres devoted Woods is originally from Se- Woods said Marshall is a reduced by 35 percent, said to corn. attle, Wash., and majored in good place for him to pursue his Rebecca Flood, assistant com- Minnesota is one of 12 history as an undergraduate at research, in part because of the missioner at the Minnesota states along the Mississippi Whitman College in Walla Walla, Rosanna Blake collection in the Pollution Control Agency. that has agreed to devise a Wash. He earned a master’s de- James E. Morrow Library, which She laid out the plan Tues- cleanup plan for the nutrients. gree and doctorate from the focuses on the Confederacy. day before a group federal Ultimately, the goal set by the University of South Carolina. “The material inside this col- and state environmental Environmental Protection “I taught there for one year lection is something I plan to regulators meeting to assess Agency and other states is a before I was hired here,” he said. incorporate into my classes 45 percent reduction by 2045. “I applied for a lot of jobs and here at Marshall and that will 6,000-square-mile dead zone. Mark Hammerlink, com- 270169 Marshall offered me the posi- give students a chance to do ar- progress“Minnesota on fixingtakes theits role gulf’s as munications director for the tion. It’s a very tough market for chival research that they might a headwaters state very seri- Minnesota Corn Growers As- ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CH. getting jobs teaching at the col- not otherwise get to do,” he said. ously,” she said, pointing out sociation, said he could not lege level and I was very pleased “They’ll have a chance to do that almost all the water that comment on the state’s plan GREEKFEST 2013 (PART to join the history department.” hands on historical research.” falls on the state in the form of until the group’s scientists The study of history can ben- In the spring, Woods will be rain and snow ends up in the had a chance to review it. 2 x 4.0 teaching History 415, the his- Red and Mississippi rivers. Environmental groups say major, Woods said. tory of the American South But by the time it leaves the they applaud the goals but the efit“I anythink student, it allows regardless you to bet of- since 1877. state, it is contaminated with not the strategies designed to ter understand the world that Justin DePamphilis can be nitrogen and phosphorus. achieve them. we live in now,” he said. “It contacted at depamphilis@ High concentrations lead teaches you that things did not marshall.edu. to excessive plant and algae See GULF| Page 5

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM No ‘Simm’-ering Down for Erin Simmons Simmons has been playing soccer since the age By ANDREW HARRISON of three. THE PARTHENON Sophomore forward Erin Simmons has “I had a lot of energy when I was little, so I emerged as a focal point in the offense of the think my parents wanted me to run that en- Thundering Herd women’s soccer team this season. Simmons is from Gahanna, Ohio. In high school ergySimmons off,” Simmons originally said.was unsure “I’ve lovedabout itattend ever- she was a four-year starter for Columbus Acad- ingsince.” Marshall, even though both her parents are PHOTO COURTESY OF emy. In 2011 she was named player of the year Marshall alumni, and her grandmother lives in HERDZONE in Ohio. She scored 39 goals adding 26 assists in Huntington. Sophomore Erin that season. “Coach Kevin Long contacted me, but I had Simmons fights off a Her freshman year at Marshall, she played convinced myself and told my parents I was defender during the game against Campbell Simmons had six goals and two assists for 14 been here several times and wanted something University on Aug. 23. points.in 19 games She added and started 22 shots 18. on In goal. her first season, not coming to Marshall,” Simmons said. “I had Simmons is emerging She has improved in several areas in her soc- What changed her mind was some advice as one of the top cer game as a sophomore. fromdifferent.” her mother to at least go for a visit and offensive weapons of Simmons noted improvement in the speed of check out the school. After meeting Coach Long the Herd this season. play, playing quicker and knowing what she is and the team she really liked Marshall. In the Simmons had six goals going to do with the ball before it gets to her, she end it all worked out for her and the Marshall in the 2012 season and said. program. already has three in the Simmons has felt pressure from some teams This season has three forwards who present 2013 campaign. this season to stop her offensive talents, but that threats for Marshall on the offensive half of the would leave other threats for Marshall open. pitch for the Herd. The combination of Simmons, “There was one game, it might have been Ak- senior Kristine Culicerto and junior Myka De- ron, where I felt I was being man marked for Marco has allowed the Herd to have depth this the majority of the game, making it a lot more season. Andrew Harrison can be contacted at har- said. [email protected]. difficult to get in and receive the ball,” Simmons

COLUMN CONFERENCE PLAY BEGINS FOR SOCCER Tennis heads into second women’s soccer? That’s be- By BRAXTON CRISP between postseason and no- cause of the level of talent in FOR THE PARTHENON postseason is a very real one. tournament in good spirits C-USA soccer. Conference play is right The Herd will have a tough By WILL VANCE I know what I need to do to The small size of the around the corner for more “They’re traditionally a test even before UAB comes to SPORTS EDITOR get better, there’s always Herd is due to two incom- than one athletic team on town, when Tulsa makes the Coming off of its first something you can improve ing freshmen’s arrival being campus. While the football country and that will be our trip into Huntington on Oct. 26. tournament of the 2013 fall delayed until January for team is off this weekend top 10, top five school in the- What is fortunate is season, the Marshall tennis Teams from across the various reasons. Mercer before opening up its Con- shall men’s soccer head coach Marshall is the only team team will hit the road again countryon even ifparticipated you’re winning.” in the said there are pros and cons ference USA schedule versus Bobfirst conferenceGray said of game,” the MarNew in Conference USA who this weekend for the Hokie Tribe Invitational, including to having a small group of UTSA, the men’s and women’s Mexico Lobos, who currently will play all three of the Harvard, Utah, Oklahoma players. soccer teams will open con- sit at 25th in the most recent toughest opponents in the Tech in Blacksburg, Va. and South Carolina. Head “The five that are here are ference action in the next four NSCAA Coaches Poll. conference at home. Gray FallLast Invitational week’s tournament at Virginia at coach John Mercer said getting a lot of attention, days. New Mexico isn’t the only definitely can’t complain William & Mary University this type of event allows - team on the men’s schedule in about that. saw the Herd go a combined his team to play some of Mercer said. “The draw- other soccer doubleheader at C-USA to be in the top 25 in the The Marshall women’s 8-4 with the combination the best competition in the backso that is that is anwe’re advantage,” covering theIt Veteransall starts Memorial Friday with Soccer an latest rankings, which were soccer squad got a favorable of senior Karlyn Timko and nation. a lot of little details you Complex, when the 2-4-2 Mar- released on Monday. UAB and conference schedule as well, freshman Rachael Morales “You really see a bunch learn playing these matches shall men will wrap up their being that perennial C-USA going 3-0 in doubles play. of different schools from and tournaments as far as non-conference slate with a 14th and 15th respectively powerhouse Colorado Col- “It was our first tourna- - making better tennis play- 5 p.m. match against Bowling thisTulsa week. find Asthemselves the Herd rankedmoves lege is not on the schedule at ment and first time we got cer said. “A lot of BCS-type ers and they aren’t here to Green. on through the season, its all. to see any kind of match schoolsaround theand country,”we really Merlike experience that, so come scheduled date with UAB on With the Herd’s strong to challenge our players by January we will be a little women will welcome C-USA Nov. 8 could prove to be a non-conference performance, said. “So it was a good op- playing that level of com- newcomerFollowing Old that Dominion game, theto very important matchup at Marshall’s women are sitting portunityplay since lastto goyear,” out Timko and petition. That’s one of the - open the conference sched- the Veterans Memorial Soccer at number 49 in the NCAA’s work on what we’ve been reasons they came here bit on the fly on that.” ule. The women, who sit at Complex. latest women’s soccer rat- doing in practice and get was for that experience and runsThe through Hokie Sunday. Fall Invita - The two will meet on the ings percentage index (RPI) a good feel for how we are playing the best, so we’re tionalWill Vance begins can Friday be con and- day against UAB, and the last day of regular season standings. The only C-USA just trying to give them that tacted at vance162@ men5-2-1, will will kick play off at league 1p.m. play Fri play, and that game could have team higher than the Herd is Morales was particularly opportunity and see how marshall.edu. against nationally ranked postseason implications, as Colorado College at number impressivedoing.” in her first ever New Mexico, who is an af- the Herd tries to qualify for 36. college play, winning all Coming off of a sub-par the C-USA Tournament. While Being that Marshall and three of her singles matches seasonsuccessful by itswe owncan be.”standard soccer. every coach and player will say Colorado College will not along with the three dou- and only fielding five play- filiateEvery member sport toplaces C-USA spe for- they want to be locked into the meet in the regular sea- bles wins with Timko. ers, the Herd has embraced cial emphasis on playing tournament before that match son, that gives the Herd a its underdog role in tourna- well within its own confer- prime opportunity to head I was just hoping to play ment play. ence, but why is it so much the premise that a win against “For me being a freshman, “John [Mercer] has been more special for men’s and UABand notcould have mean to thefight difference to be in, See COLUMN| Page 5 telling us that we don’t re- well,”“I was Morales a little said. “Inervous didn’t ally have anything we’re goingreally knowin but what after to a expect.” couple 270320 doubles matches I was able said. GINO’S to calm down and after the defending“We’re the right underdog now,” Timko no TEAM TRIVIA PARTHENO Marshall volleyball begins first day everything was matter where we go, regard- 1 x 4.0 less of whether it’s a big conference play on win streak Even with the early suc- tournament like William & cess,fine,” playersshe said. know there is Mary with all these ranked By MONTY GREEN “Ally is way beyond where I expected her to be always room to improve. teams or a tournament like THE PARTHENON “Rachael [Morales] won Virginia Tech with all the Marshall University’s volleyball team all her matches but still at Kiekoverthis point,” makes Jacobs the said. Herd “We’re a major looking threat to to her she’ll have things she can said. “We’re a young team, at the big moments.” ateams small in team our region,”and we’re Timko the heads into its first conference match Friday major player. lost one of my matches and improve on,” Timko said. “I against Marshall Florida goes Atlantic into in Boca FAU Arena,Raton, better every“Our team third because and fourth she isn’t option a first can option, win but a known as “The Burrow.” clear underdog.” history, coming off a major win against Jacobs said. UniversityFla., for the of second Maryland time on in Saturday Marshall at gamesDefense making is another the entire major team part a threat,”of the the Michigan Invitational in Michigan in Herd’s game plan, making them a tough Ann Arbor, Mich. opponent for every match. “We beat Maryland they were bigger than “We have to defend at the net on a regular basis, and we become a major threat they coach Mitch Jacobs said. us,The and Herd more played athletic; its it game was aand good forced win,” head play hard. Teams are high quality and we Maryland to change its game plan leading to have to respect,” Jacobs said. “We have to 270312 mistakes. The Herd’s major victory over Maryland has “We forced Maryland to use second and boostedhave to battle.”the team’s confidence to new heights RETAIL ADVERTISING THEME/HOUSE for the season, and the Herd will look for two said. CAMERON ROSS _PRE P third options, which caused mistakes,” Jacobs Atlantic. usually more experienced players, according to road“Every victories single in wina row you as getit travels on the to road Florida is a 3 x 4.0 Jacobs.In volleyball, the first or second options are steal, and every team is a challenge. Young The Herd is using its depth to pull wins out players have to play the best they can all

Kiekover leads the team in kills, blocks, points Monty Green can be contacted at of tough games. Freshman middle back Ally and attacks by kill. [email protected] time, and keep it tight,” Jacobs said.

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COLUMN accomplish? health care law, wouldn’t it be much more He’sSenate, really he’s not ruffled doing a lothimself of feathers any favors – both if When the Senate voted Wednesday, productivefilibuster how to come we needup with to an defund alternate the there are members of his own party that the decision was to move forward with solution? If Cruz and other senators think are unhappy with his devices. the House bill to fund federal agencies that the health care law is the downfall - Your clutter or your life through Dec. 15, but defund the health of this nation, then they need to take the position to the health care law, Cruz held care law. Congress must approve some time to develop another method for health Cruz didn’t filibuster because of his op By HOWARD MANSFIELD about an hour of each day. And type of funding by Oct. 1, and it’s expected make himself a household name. LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) the time spent watching televi- that the Democrat-controlled Senate will So, what was the point of Cruz’s theElection floor for 2016, 21 hours he’s looking and 19 at minutes you. to There are 2.3 billion square sion — 72 days out of each year care instead of fighting the inevitable. feet of self-storage space in Amer- — continues to increase, along- ica, or more than 7 square feet side the rapid rise of watching for every, man, woman and child online videos. in the country. Texas, Florida and Somewhere in there, between California lead the country with the physical and virtual clutter, the most storage space. It’s now we are losing the ordinary qual- “physically possible that every ities of home — the solitude to American could stand — all at recollect, the time for families the same time — under the total to talk. (Yet another study has clocked only 14.5 minutes a day boasts the Self Storage Asso- of actual conversation between ciation.canopy There of self-storage are about roofing,” 51,000 parents and children.) We are storage facilities in the country — more than four times the number is home. The room for tumult of McDonald’s. andlosing quiet, the “nothingfor passing much” the time that The storage shed is a symptom with friends, for the ordinary of our cluttered lives. Clutter is the pleasures of a day well lived. cholesterol of the home; it’s clog- A happy home, said the phi- losopher Gaston Bachelard, team from the television show frees us to daydream. It allows ofging that the namehearth. usually The “Clean hauls Sweep” away about half a ton of trash from each enlarge our imagination. house that it rescues from clutter. usIf to we “dream believe well,” the he gospel said, andac- “We have too much. We’re cording to decluttering gurus, over-housed, over-clothed, an awakening awaits those who clean house. Somewhere under Don Aslett said, getting right to all the junk is what we think theoverfed point. and Aslett over-entertained,” would know; we’ve lost — ourselves, our he’s been poking around houses home, our family, our sanity, our for 50 years. In college, Aslett soul. started what has become one But the decluttering gurus of the country’s largest clean- can only provide a material so- MCT CAMPUS ing companies, and his books lution to a spiritual problem. on clutter helped to establish They are confusing symptoms the genre. People call Aslett, and causes. A cluttered house NATIONAL EDITORIAL saying, “We don’t know how all with a never-used piano or fam- ily dinner table buried under a whodunit. He solves the mys- junk is a symptom of material- Antibiotic use needs regulation before terythis stuffand gentlygot here.” interrogates Think of it the as ism run amok. It’s not the cause. guilty. Ask yourself: “Does this Cleanliness is good, but is it re- resistant bacteria make them useless ally next to godliness? You may get rid of it. be no more happy or wise in a LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) and dollars. It should serve as a wake-up industry, not regulations, and experience itemWe’re enhance crowding your life?”ourselves If not, cleaner house. Beware of magical discoveries: They call to the medical profession, and espe- has shown that the industry does not re- out of our houses. And it’s This mess is us. Forget the lists generally require careful use lest the magic cially to Congress, to move more swiftly spond to voluntary restrictions. Congress, not just stuff. Work has come of seven simple steps that morph wear off. Even the genie’s lamp gave only and decisively to preserve the usefulness of which has rejected more stringent rules on into hundreds of steps, forget the three wishes. antibiotics. antibiotic use for more than a decade, must small, overwhelmed rail yards, Antibiotics, which at one point were The livestock industry alone consumes act while most antibiotics still retain their heapedhome. Homewith paper offices and are tangled like with the California Closets or- viewed as miracle drugs providing cures some 80 percent of the antibiotics in this power to cure. Medical associations should with cords for all the devices ganizer.“in-home The design lesson consultation”that the lists for previously fatal illnesses, are among country — not to treat illness in the ani- be convening to draw up new protocols for associated with a computer. seldom arrive at is this: Our lives the discoveries that have been used too mals but to promote growth and prevent antibiotic use. The computer or desk is of- carelessly, giving rise to an era of resistant infections from sweeping through crowded The National Institutes of Health should never want to hear. infections. Scientists have been concerned be looking beyond the antibiotic era to Notes in an attempt to remem- areIgnore finite. the That’s decluttering the lesson gurus we about these resistant bacteria — methi- fund research and development of non- berten taggedobscure in computer a flurry ofprompts. Post-it who pile step upon step. Don’t cillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or drugspens. The as it agriculture wants, for lobby whatever has been purposes. fierce antibiotic treatments. Though MRSA gets The computer itself presents a clutter your life with prepa- MRSA, is probably the most familiar — for It’sin its true fight that to antibioticskeep using help as much produce of these food virtual heap of emails and text, ration and endless lists. Take many years. But doctors have continued more cheaply. But society as a whole is named in the CDC report as the bacterium this advice from the declut- to prescribe antibiotics unnecessarily for picking up the large and growing tab in the responsiblethe headlines, for the Clostridium majority of difficile U.S. deaths was Entertainment has come tering coach who calls herself illnesses such as colds that are caused by form of resistant bacteria. The tally accord- - homesound, too. photo There and videoare more files. TVs viruses, not bacteria. ing to the CDC report: 2 million Americans ing that a technique called fecal transplant than people in the average home. remove them. Repeat. What’s So the report on resistant infections re- sickened each year, 23,000 deaths, $23 bil- from resistant bacteria. Research is find Adults are looking at screens keeping“FlyLady”: you Grab from 27 living? things Throw and leased last week by the national Centers lion a year in added medical costs and $35 — televisions, computers, it all away, step over it, push it for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t billion in lost productivity. And the num- — has transferring a remarkably gut high bacteria success that rate. fight The C. cellphones, even GPS devices — into a corner, into the garage, reveal startling new information as much bers are expected to worsen. keydifficile to keeping from a antibioticshealthy person useful to for a patient a long about 8.5 hours a day, according barn, storage shed. Mice, rats, The Food and Drug Administration is of- time is, contradictorily, to avoid using them to a study by the Council for Re- mold, mildew will have their taken by these infections in illness, death fering only guidelines for the agriculture as much as possible. search Excellence. TV ads claim way. 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PLEDGE VOTING more limited, so, no campaign- Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 Eating disorders plague boys too minimizes the chaos that some- Roberts was involved with Caul said students should timesing levels comes the withplaying the field. process It also of ATO Goes Homeless and is elect winners who are all around people violating the policy, not a secretary on the board for involved in organizations and Students Optimistic for Cur- have a campus presence. or posting them in restricted ing Kids, an organization Mr. and Miss Marshall win- areas.”taking down their flyers in time focused on childhood cancer ners have duties they have to Starting at 11 a.m. there will awareness. carry out through the upcoming be pulled pork and chicken Roberts said he didn’t think year. Duties include a univer- sandwiches at the plaza for he would join a fraternity be- sity communications promo, those who vote. Students must cause of all the negative things alumni weekends, capital clas- have their MUID to vote. he had heard in the past. How- AL SEIB | LOS ANGELES TIMES | MCT sic, other homecoming events, Caul hopes that this year’s ever, once he got to know Bryan Piperno, 25, suffered with an implementing their platforms, competition will be a smooth members of Alpha Tau Omega eating disorder from around nine the diversity breakfast and and fair process. and saw how much they did for years old and has struggled to recently other to be announced duties. The top three candidates for the community he realized he overcome it. Studies show a growing both Mr. and Miss Marshall will wanted to be a part of it. number of teenage boys are experience where the campaign policy is be announced at the Diversity Each pledge received a pin eating disorders. explicit.This yearCaul isand the her first commit year- Walk Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. at the plaza. to wear during the entirety of tee looked at other universities The top candidates will be rec- pledging period. policies to make sure campaign- ognized during halftime of the The ceremony consisted of By EMILY ALPERT Angeles are twice as likely to latest data, from 2011, showed ing was fair for all candidates. homecoming football game and explaining what is expected LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) induce vomiting or use laxa- that Los Angeles boys were “We understand that students the winners will be announced. as a brother, the Alpha Tau Bryan Piperno was just 9 tives to control their weight nearly as likely as girls to purge come from various socioeco- Morgan Wright can be years old when he began keep- as the national average, with through vomiting or laxatives. nomic backgrounds,” Caul said. contacted at wright 265@ with the pledge brothers be- ing his secret. 5.2 percent of those surveyed They were also as likely as girls “Some people’s resources can be marshall.edu. ingOmega prayed creed over and before finished they The Simi Valley, Calif., young- saying they had recently done to use diet pills, powders or turned to greet those who ster tossed out lunches or so, according to the most re- liquids without the advice of a attended. claimed he ate elsewhere. As he cent survey data gathered by doctor. GULF In the next 12 years, she said, Stonesifer said there are grew older, he started purging the Centers for Disease Con- Continued from Page 2 nitrogen from agriculture will about 20 pledges in total. Not after eating. trol and Prevention and the the boys’ cases “tend to be es- be reduced by 19 percent if all were present due to classes Piperno, now 25, slowly fended peciallyWhen severe,” they finally said get clinical help, The EPA, Minnesota and other farmers choose to use the most and a private ceremony will be off his eating disorder with time District. psychologist Jennifer Henretty, states say they will rely on edu- effective management tech- held next Thursday for those and care, including a stay in a LosThe Angeles numbers Unified challenge School old who directs intensive outpa- cation and voluntary actions by niques and technologies. For who were unable to attend this residential treatment facility. But assumptions that boys are tient programs at the Center farmers and other landowners. example, increasing fertilizer one. surveys show a rising number of immune to a problem bet- for Discovery, a national system Environmental groups say that Andrea Steele can be teenage boys now struggle with of eating disorder programs. without laws and enforcement, acres will reduce nitrogen lost contacted at steele98@mar- similar problems. girls. Girls still exceed boys in “People don’t look until it’s re- that strategy is likely to fail. use efficiency on 13.2 million- shall.edu. High school boys in Los fastingter known to lose to weight, afflict teenagebut the ally out of hand.” The disagreement has ing cover crops on an additional landed in a federal court, 800,000to water acresby 13 will percent. reduce Grow it by which last week ruled partly in favor of the Gulf Restora- Nitrogen levels in the Missis- COLUMN tion Network and the Natural sippi3 percent. have remained unchanged Continued from Page 3 Visiting artist to speak at HMA Resources Defense Council, since 2000. The state has taken environmental groups that in strides in reducing phosphorus, into the conference tourna- By JOSH LYCANS Institute of Chicago, the Los they want to do with their fu- 2008 petitioned the EPA to primarily by improving waste- ment with a favorable seed THE PARTHENON Angeles County Museum of ture,” Chris Huffman, junior take stronger action. A New water treatment facilities, she toward not having to play The Huntington Museum of Art, the Museum of Contempo- graphic design major, said. Orleans federal judge gave said. But future reductions will the Tigers from Colorado Art this week will host work- rary Art Chicago, the Corcoran “They should see what profes- the EPA six months to decide have to come primarily from Springs until late in the C-USA shops along with the opening of Gallery of Art in Washington, sionals currently working are whether to use the federal farmers, she said. Tournament. a new exhibit by visiting artist D.C., the Mattress Factory in producing.” Clean Water Act to set limits Trevor Russel, program In addition to not having to Buzz Spector. Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Luigi Spector, in addition to for nitrogen and phosphorous director for Friends of the Mis- play Colorado College in the Spector, who has a bachelor’s Pecci Center for Contemporary having work shown all over in all U.S. waterways or ex- sissippi River, said the goals regular season, the Marshall degree in art and a master’s of Art in Prato, Italy,” Spector the world, has also been plain why they’re not needed. are laudatory, but changing women will not play 74th RPI - said. awarded several honors in- Such agricultural pollu- land management practices ranked Tulsa until Oct. 27 at tionally acclaimed artist and Spector will be welcomed as cluding Artist's Fellowship tion is becoming increasingly across millions of acres will the Veterans Memorial Soccer writer,fine arts with degree, works is anvarying interna in a Walter Gropius Master Artist, from the New York Foun- contentious nationwide. This be a staggering task without Complex. sculpture, installation, photogra- and will speak on his artwork dation for the Arts, a Louis month, a federal judge in funding for farmers or regula- No Marshall football this phy, printmaking and book arts. at 7 p.m. Thursday, and will Comfort Tiffany Foundation Virginia upheld pollution lim- tory requirements, he said. week? Wrong. There will be He is also the dean of the Col- present a three-day workshop, Award, a Visual Artist's Fel- its designed to improve the “It seems highly unlikely,” he plenty of competitive Mar- lege and Graduate School of Art The Book Under (De-) con- lowship from the Illinois health of Chesapeake Bay by said. shall fútbol this weekend and and a professor of the Sam Fox struction, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Arts Council and three fel- more tightly regulating waste- Hammerlink said voluntary for days to come as the men’s School of Design and Visual Arts Friday through Sunday. Some lowship awards from the water treatment, construction measures are a far better choice and women’s soccer seasons at Washington University in St. students embrace these types National Endowment for the and agricultural runoff. Simi- than imposing regulations on continue. Louis, Mo. of events. Arts. lar concerns are rising around farmers. But more importantly, Braxton Crisp can be con- “I’ve had my work shown “I think it is very impor- Josh Lycans can be con- massive algae blooms in Lake he said, research is needed to tacted at crisp23@marshall. in numerous museums and tant for future artists to go tacted at lycans13@live. Erie that have been tied to ag- edu. galleries, among them the Art and see exhibits if that’s what marshall.edu. ricultural pollution in Ohio. sure to reduce the pollution Flood, however, said that find the methods that will be Minnesota will continue to rely worth a farmer’s investment. EMBRYO very seriously and feel very me for the rest of my life,” he birth over the objection of her on research, demonstration from“You fields, have andto wait that for will the be Continued from Page 2 strongly about.” ex-husband, who wanted the projects and persuasion to re- science to catch up with the As predicted, Dunston’s who I’m ready to love and have embryos destroyed. Like Dun- duce nitrogen and phosphorus. intent,” he said. Whittier Law School in Costa chemotherapy caused her to awrote. family “Once with, Ithey do findwill rejectsomeone me ston, the ex-wife was believed Mesa, Calif., and author of a text- lose her fertility, according on the basis that I could poten- to be infertile due to cancer book on assisted reproductive to court documents. But the tially have a child of my own ... treatments. The decision up- technology law. “The court can now 41-year-old Chicago resi- with another women (sic) that I held the trial court ruling that look to the medical forms, the un- dent has been cancer-free for know nothing about and neither the ex-wife’s desire to have signed co-parenting agreement a year, her attorney said. Her of which have I ever loved.” biological children outweighed or the parties conduct to deter- cancer would not compromise His attorney, Brian Schro- the ex-husband’s disinterest in mine the terms of any contract.” her ability to carry a baby now, eder, argued that this is a becoming a father. No doubt that when Dunston medical experts said. matter of “reproductive auton- But high courts in other approached Szafranski, neither Court records show she omy.” Couples routinely change states have determined that could have imagined such a wrote to Szafranski in a Sep- their minds about child-bear- parenthood cannot be thrust complex legal quagmire. Given tember 2010 email: “I had a ing — when to have kids, how on an unwilling party. The the urgency of starting can- chance to use a random sperm many — and the courts should Tennessee Supreme Court, for cer treatment, events moved donor and you took that away not be involved, he said. example, decided in 1992 that quickly and on March 25, from me by agreeing to help. I Moreover, Schroeder cited fatherhood would be a greater 2010 — one week after Dun- trusted you and now you are Illinois’ 72-hour “cooling-off” burden for the ex-husband than ston’s diagnosis — Szafranski trying to take away my chance period for adoption, which destroying the embryos would was handing over a sample at of having a biological child. ... gives a birth mother three days be for his ex-wife. Northwestern. Those embryos mean every- to retract her decision to give Now all eyes are on Illinois, The couple also signed a up her baby. “If you have the document stating “no use can to the bitter end.” right to revoke consent for a reproductive futures. The Su- be made of these embryos thingDunston, to me, andthrough I will fight thisher child who is already born, why premeas two Court people will fight decide for theirlater CL092613 without the consent of both attorney, declined to be in- not at the time of creation? This this month whether to hear the partners.” They met with the terviewed. About a year later, is not like other contracts — it’s case and if a constitutional is- CLASSIFIED clinic’s attorney, Nidhi Desai, Szafranski appeared ready to not a car or a house — and for sue is at play, experts say. - relinquish the embryos, but the appellate court to say that But no one expects the case CLASSIFIED tions of in vitro fertilization. - this is a matter of contract law to put an end to all the legal Ato co-parent discuss the agreement legal ramifica would cluding the destruction of all is to dismiss the difference wrangling over preserving fer- 2 x 8.0 give Dunston sole control of records.only under The specific hospital terms, refused in entirely.” tility. Despite the vigilance of the fertilized eggs but was to sign off on such an agree- But Dunston’s attorney coun- the courts and no matter how never signed. ment, and the negotiations ters that Szafranski had the air-tight the laws and contracts, Szafranski said that initially between the two former lovers opportunity to change his mind these types of dilemmas are he was honored by the request ground to a halt. before he gave his sperm and bound to arise, explained Daar, to help his girlfriend. But later “He promised her repeatedly promised Dunston she could use who also sits on the American he had deep reservations, said — both verbally and in writ- the resulting embryos to have Society for Reproductive Medi- Szafranski, who broke up with ing — that she could use the children. cine’s ethics committee. Dunston in May 2010, ending pre-embryos to have children, “At this point, that sperm no “Inevitably, there will be the relationship after about and then he changed his mind,” longer exists. It has fertilized an scenarios that we didn’t con- seven months. said Dunston’s attorney Abram egg and become something en- template, especially when you “This experience has Moore. tirely different: a pre-embryo,” take into account the divorce been personally and emo- The reversal came after much Moore said. “It is now too late for rate, the number of IVF cycles tionally damaging to me. It soul-searching, Szafranski said. him to back out of his promises.” performed annually and the has profound implications In a June 2010 email — three In a similar case, a Pennsyl- fact that an embryo can remain for my life ...and I have the months after the Northwestern vania appeals court last year in frozen storage for 20 years,” right not to be a father,” he visit — he feared providing his awarded frozen embryos to Daar said. “We will continue said. “It’s something I take genetic material could “haunt a woman who hoped to give to battle these matters on the

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