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NEWS, 2 SPORTS, 3 OPINION, 4 LIFE, 6 > OBAMA > EMILEIGH COOPER > HB 4012 OPPOSITION > STEP TEST > CRU WOMEN’S RETREAT > WOMENS BASKETBALL > RIGHT-TO-WORK > PARTHEPETS > VISITING WRITERS > SWIMMING > CLIO > WRITERS CAN READ > MEN’S BASKETBALL CLARA MAYNARD | THE PARTHENON FILE PHOT | THE PARTHENON SUBMITTED ELAYNA CONARD | THE PARTHENON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016 | VOL. 119 NO. 56 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com | SINGLE COPY FREE THEATER DEPARTMENT BRINGS MAURITIUS ABOVE: (From right) Jackie, portrayed by Story Moosa, faces Dennis, played by Remy Sylvain, TO THE STAGE and Sterling, played by Ethan Lyvers, during the dress rehearsal for Mauritius, Monday. RIGHT: Jackie, portrayed by Story Moosa, lights her cigarette during the dress rehearsal for Mauritius, Monday. By RYAN FISCHER Perrone said that the writer of the play Theresa Rebeck, produces mate- THE PARTHENON rial for television shows, relating this to the futuristic tone of the play. The Marshall University School of Music and Theater will open this se- Costume coordinator Julie Jackson, along with student Stephanie Frasher, mester’s program Wednesday with “Mauritius,” a drama about the cutthroat worked to build a grassroots character design to build more personal and business of post stamp collecting. unique clothing. The play is directed by associate professor Nicole Perrone, who said the “I would say a hundred percent of the inspiration came from watching the story may not be just about stamps. movement exercises that Nicole made,” Jackson said. “It’s so much about these relationships, particularly between the sisters,” Jackson said the costume designs include a little “damage,” including Perrone said. “The value that they place on those items versus the value they some scarring on Ethan Lyvers’ character Sterling and the seemingly mature place on each other and their relationships. I think that it’s interesting to watch that unfold as the play goes on. “ The play features the semi-casual use of vulgar language, which Perrone whatfigure is of current Mandy andHarper’s contemporary character in Mary. the American theatre,” Perrone said. said was to build on the sense of modern reality the play tries to paint. “Mauritius”“Every once willin a runwhile until I think Saturday, it is important picking back to choose up from plays Feb. that 25 toreflect Feb. ‘okay, be warned, there’s profanity, there’s adult language,’” Perrone said. The actors will take center stage at 7:30 p.m. for all performances in the “We have disclaimers all over the box office and everything telling people Francis-Booth27 for a final run. Experimental Theater in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse. HBO, or Showtime you can turn on something far more profane than this Marshall students may access the event for free with their ID cards, with any“But day honestly, of the week.if anybody I think who’s that watchingthis is, culturally, this play where subscribed our entertainment to Netflix, or general admission ranging from $15 to $20. PHOTOS BY RYAN FISCHER | THE PARTHENON has gone.” Ryan Fischer can be contacted at [email protected]. WINTER STORM OLYMPIA CAUSES CAMPUS DELAY Marshall University officials envoked a delay Monday morning, causing classes and offices to begin and open at noon. The notification was sent out via MU Alert at approximately 6 a.m. The National Weather Service expects the moderate to heavy rainfall and snow mix to continue throughout Tuesday and has issued a flood watch until 10 a.m. Tuesday. RYAN FISCHER | THE PARTHENON Students walk across campus through rainy, snowy weather Monday after campus closed until noon. INKED LINKED TUESDAY + FRIDAY EVERY DAY @MUParthenon C M Y K 50 INCH 2 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2016 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Obama faces political puzzle in naming Scalia successor By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY “The Supreme Court has not likely to appeal to Republican general. Obama will also be mindful Judge Sri Srinivasan is consid- and MARK SHERMAN senators. In those instances, and in his of the clock. He has said there ered a leading option. people have been on issues,” But if Republicans object to appointments to lower courts, is “plenty of time” for Republi- Born in India and raised in ASSOCIATED PRESS saidreflected Gregory where Craig, the who American served Obama has shown a desire to cans to consider his choice. The Kansas, Srinivasan, 48, would For most presidents, choos- as White House counsel early post — and remain united in expand ethnic and racial di- more time he gives them before ing a Supreme Court nominee is thatObama position even trying—the topresident fill the versity and to elevate more them — particularly before the on the court. He joined the ap- a puzzle. For President Barack may see little point in bend- women. height of campaign season — pealsbe the court first inIndian-American Washington in Obama, the chance to pick a manyin Obama’s years firstto bring term. the “This court is ing too far to appease the other His nominee would almost the stronger his argument. 2013, meaning he has been successor to Justice Antonin morethe first in line opportunity with the Americanin many, party. He may feel the pull to fo- certainly support abortion The time crunch may lean in recently scrubbed. The Senate Scalia is more like a Gordian people.” cus more on ginning up his own rights, consideration of race in favor of candidates who’ve Knot. For Obama, the clock is tick- party’s base. Then key question college admissions and other already been vetted for admin- Srinivasan, however, may As the White House carries ing. The sooner he picks a becomes: What are the chances areas of public life, limits on istration jobs or recent court confirmed him by a 97-0 vote. out a rare election-year search name, the longer he has to try of getting a vote? campaign contributions and appointments. Democrats might want to en- for a nominee, the president’s to force the Republican-led stronger rights of labor unions It’s standard practice to keep not fire up the interest groups lawyers and top advisers are Senate to hold a vote. time Republicans have come — all issues that have divided faced relatively muted op- sorting through a tangled web At the heart of Obama’s di- outThis with wouldn’t a lot of bebluster “the onlyfirst the court’s liberal and conser- assign a staff member in the positiongage in thefrom fight. liberal He initiallygroups of political, legal and personal lemma is how to manage the to have reality sink in,” White vative justices on a 5-4 margin. files on possible nominees and because of his work in private factors. House spokesman Eric Schultz In all likelihood, those cases to manage and update the list. practice defending business A smart pick and nomina- to his decision to name a nomi- said Monday. where the conservatives ThatWhite list House has long Counsel’s included office Mer- interests against claims of hu- tion strategy could determine nee.fierce Within Republican hours oppositionof Scalia’s Refusing to allow a vote has prevailed, with Scalia in the rick Garland, chief judge for the man rights abuses in foreign whether Obama gets to re- death on Saturday, Republicans consequences for the court, majority, would come out the D.C. circuit. He has a reputation countries. shape the highest court for the began arguing Obama should Shultz said, pointing to the other way if Obama gets to pick as a moderate, in part because Other judges under pos- next generation. The wrong prospects for tie votes that Scalia’s successor. he ran the Justice Department’s sible consideration are Paul pick could cede that opportu- seat. would allow lower court deci- Obama also has prioritized criminal division in the Clinton Watford, a 48-year-old former nity to his successor. letObama his successor brushed fill the openthat sions to stand. young candidates — people administration. If Obama is go- federal prosecutor appointed Democrats view this as a mo- argument aside, but it is un- Schultz said the president likely to hold the seat for de- ing to reach out to Republicans, by Obama to the federal ap- ment decades in the making. doubtedly weighing on his will use the same criteria he cades. He’s aimed for relatively Garland might be the tool. peals court based in San Recent Republican presidents decision. Given the election- used when he nominated So- uncontroversial personalities, But as a 63-year-old, white Francisco. Watford would be have gotten more chances to year timing, Obama would nia Sotomayor, who became people with views that fall into male Garland doesn’t check the only the third African-Amer- likely have been inclined the category of mainstream lib- diversity or youth boxes. ican to serve on the Supreme the right. fill seats, tilting the court in to to name the nominee most and Elena Kagan, then-solicitor eral jurisprudence. For a more historic choice, Court. the first Hispanic on the court, Writers Can Read Night features Marshall professors, sons By CLARA MAYNARD “I think every writer wants Parker said.