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BY ASHLEY GROHOSKITHE PARTHENON
A newly revised GRE has completed revision and will be launched in fall 2011.
� e GRE is an assessment used by graduate and business schools. � e test provides schools with a way to evaluate the applicant by using a common set of measurements of the student. � e revised GRE features a change in all three sections, including verbal and quantitative reasoning and the written portion.
“In making these changes, we have a number of goals in mind to achieve,” said David Payne, vice president and chief operating o� cer for ETS’s Col-lege and Graduate Program. “One goal was that we wanted to make sure that the skills that are measured are aligned with skills of graduate and business programs.”
“We want to make sure the questions address the type of skills that students will need for them to suc-ceed everyday in graduate and professional careers.”
Payne described three di� erent rules the adminis-trators had in mind when reconstructing the GRE. � e newly revised test would closely align with the way the students demonstrate during each question. It was designed to avoid additional burden on the student during the test taking. � e third rule was to make sure the reported scores are easier for the faculty to understand.
According to Payne, the motivating factor for the revision originated from the graduate school com-munity, test-takers and faculty.
� e revised GRE has been fundamentally re-searched for various options since 2003. According to Payne, the last three years have been focused on the speci� c design.
“� e current test is doing an excellent job, and a lot of research has been done to predict accuracy for
graduates’ success,” Payne said.� e revised GRE score scale will also be changing
from the current 200-800 point scale. � e scores of the verbal reasoning and quantitative will change, but the writing section will not. � e new scale will range from 120 to 170 in one-point increments op-posed to the ten-point increments the current test o� ers.
“� is will help the faculty appropriately interpret the scores. � e small scores are sometimes mistaken for larger score di� erences, and this will minimize that,” Payne said.
� e administrators designed the new GRE to have more test taker-friendly components.
It is computer-adaptive and is based on an in-dividual’s ability level. � ere is a program that presents questions based on the pattern of the can-didate’s pro� ciency. � is removes the time wasted
Higher education program provides insight on revised GRE
BY ASHLEY MANNONTHE PARTHENON
In the third year of its � ve-year grant, Huntington’s Weed and Seed Program is taking on new challenges to help better the community.
� e Drug Market Interven-tion Program began in October 2010 and is focused on giving drug dealers a chance to better their lives.
“We have identi� ed six drug dealers in our community that we have ironclad cases against,” said Tim White, Weed and Seed program coordinator. “All we need is a signature on their arrest warrant and they could go to jail for a long, long time. But the community feels like there’s still a redeeming value in their lives, and if given a chance to walk away from that lifestyle, they would.”
White said the program co-ordinators met with those six individuals and o� ered the option of joining the program for a chance to change their lives. Two of the drug dealers declined the o� er. White said these two are now on the run and federal warrants have been issued for their arrests.
� e four drug dealers who took the opportunity to be-gin a new life have now each acquired their GED’s and are now attending college, ac-cording to White. He said the program makes sure they stay on track by giving them ran-dom drug tests between three to � ve times a week. So far, all of those test results have come back clean.
White said giving individu-als who have taken a dangerous path in life a chance to begin again is a better way to combat the drug problem than putting them in jail with no chance to start over.
“We realize locking people up isn’t going to � x the prob-lem. Sometimes all it does is delay the problem,” White said. “If you lock them up for 10 years, 10 years later they come back with the same problem. It’s a matter of giving them the tools they need and the help they need to break the addiction and to become good parents, good husbands and wives, good citizens and good employees.”
White said he has been con-tacted by other communities across West Virginia and some
Weed and Seed Program starting new initiatives
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U.S President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House Thursday in Washington, D.C.
BY MARGARET TALEVMCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERSMCT
WASHINGTON — For the � rst time, President Barack Obama called publicly and personally � ursday for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadha� to go, said he had authorized U.S. mili-tary aircra� to help evacuate refugees at the Libyan border and said the U.S. might need to intervene more there to get food to starving civilians.
� e president’s remarks came dur-ing a news conference at the White House, where he stood with visiting Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Obama also touched on relations with Mexico and the National Football League’s looming labor showdown.
On Libya, when he was asked whether he has a broad doctrine for military intervention, Obama said his doctrine was “no violence against citi-zens” and “we stand for freedom and democracy.”
“I don’t want us hamstrung,” the president said. But he stopped short of calling for a no-� y zone to prevent
Gadha� from using airstrikes against those who are seeking his overthrow, or calling for military assistance to them. He said that while he was “look-ing at every option that’s out there” he also was mindful that doing more could raise geopolitical problems.
Obama’s discussion of Libya up-staged a major announcement that he and Calderon had reached an agree-ment to end a nearly two-decade impasse and open U.S. highways to Mexican trucks. � e proposal could go before Congress this spring for approval.
Obama called for Gadha� to leave power � ve days ago, but he did so indirectly, through a printed White House statement that described a private conversation he’d had with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Even so, Obama hinted that the United States, spread thin by two long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have in� amed Muslim resentment of America, may not be ready or willing to take sustained unilateral action. He repeated his desire to coordinate any action with other nations.
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Police blotter...BY TYLER WOLFETHE PARTHENON
All information provided by the Marshall University Police Department.
Rock n’ Roll life
Marshall police encountered a severely in-toxicated female on Feb. 23 at 11:54 p.m., who was agging down vehicles at the 17 Street and 5th Avenue intersection. When o� cers arrived, the woman began yelling and scream-ing. O� cers identi� ed the woman as Amy Lynn Browning, 38, of Logan W.Va. Browning refused to calm down and, a� er several warn-ings, she was transported to Western Regional Jail. Browning was arrested for disorderly con-duct and public intoxication.
Bag nabbing
On Feb. 25, MUPD o� cers received a com-plaint that several items had been stolen from an o� ce in Smith Hall. Items included several important papers, textbooks and a Marshall book bag. According to the complainant, mul-tiple people have access to the o� ce. MUPD estimates the value at $66 and have no sus-pects at this time.
Magazine � end
MUPD o� cers received a complaint from Drinko library that a male was attempting to leave the library with several magazines.
Complainant said the male attempted to leave and the alarm went o� on the library doors and he dropped the several books and maga-zines from inside his jacket. When o� cers arrived they identi� ed Steven Scott Grimes, 21, as the suspect. Grimes became belligerent and was arrested for petit larceny and disor-derly conduct. Grimes’ hometown was not available in the report.
Drunk days in the dorms
On Feb. 26, MUPD o� cers responded to a complaint regarding an intoxicated male in the north building of the First-Year Residence Halls at 2:23 a.m. O� cers arrived and identi-� ed Petel J. Keertan, 18, of Mamisburg, Ohio, as the subject. Keertan was issued a citation for consumption of alcoholic beverage under the age of 21.
Holed out in Holderby
On Feb. 26, MUPD officers received a complaint about an alcohol-related vio-lation inside Holderby residence hall at 9:46 p.m. Officers arrived to find nine in-dividuals inside a resident’s room, five admitted to drinking alcohol and were is-sued citations for consumption of alcoholic beverage under the age of 21. Those cited include Meghan Elizabeth DeLaney, 20, from Columbia, Va., Erin Leah Dennis, 19, from Wytheville, Va., Ann Melissa Kovatch, 19, from Patton, Pa., Ann Marie Mull, 20, from Wheeling, W.Va., and Jennifer Renae
Trogdon, 20, from Centreville, Va. Marshall University Chief of Police James Terry said the report was labeled as incomplete and was returned to the officer to finish filing out the report.
‘Grand am’ samaritan
A complaint was filed with Marshall University Police Department on Feb. at p.m. that a green XT3 Jaguar was struck by a gold Pontiac Grandam in the student parking lot across 5 avenue from Towers east. According to the report, the com-plainant said that she had witnessed the hit and run. The owner of the jaguar has been contacted and MUPD reported the case as still being open.
O� ensive bathroom reading
A complaint was � led with MUPD on Feb. 28 regarding an o� ensive message that had been written in a bathroom inside the Me-morial Student Center. ¥ e gra� ti included a swastika emblem and a two-word phrase writ-ten inside one of the stalls. MUPD contacted the physical plant, who removed the gra� ti. MUPD has no suspects at this time.
Speedy sleight of hand
A Dell computer monitor, wireless key-board and mouse were reported stolen between 2:25 p.m. and 2:28 p.m. on Mar. 1 from a room on the first floor of the
Marshall Medical Center. MUPD reported having no suspects at this time.
Poetic shopli� erAt approximately 5 p.m. on Mar. 1, MUPD re-
ceived a complaint from the Marshall University Book Store that a female had attempted to steal merchandise. O� cers arrived and identi� ed An-drea Don Poe, 26, as the suspect. A� er viewing video footage, the o� cer observed Poe placing merchandise into her bag. O� cers also found that Poe had an outstanding state-issued warrant for shopli� ing. Poe was searched and o� cers found narcotics wrapped in a cellophane ciga-rette wrapper. Poe was arraigned and transported to Western Regional Jail. She was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, shopli� ing and obstruction.
Showdown in south
MUPD o� cers responded to the south build-ing of the First-Year Residence Hall at 10:17 p.m. on Mar. 1 regarding a � ght in progress on the third oor. ¥ e complainant told o� cers that two females had physically assaulted her. ¥ e complainant identi� ed the individuals and said the incident started with a verbal altercation out-side the residence hall, which led to the physical confrontation on the third oor. O� cers took statements and reviewed the video surveillance taken by the cameras in the hallway of the resi-dence hall. Marshall Chief of Police James Terry said the incident is still under investigation and no names were released.
Tyler Wolfe can be contacted at [email protected].
BY ERIN MILLERTHE PARTHENON
¥ is week in Marshall his-tory: ¥ e year is 1980 and Old Main is burglarized, world issues become big talk and Marshall’s intramurals pro-gram faces big problems.
e� at Old Main
Valuables totaling $370 were discovered missing in the university accounting of-� ces in Old Main.
Larry Barnhill, assistant di-rector of accounting in 1980, reported the break-in a� er discovering his o� ce door unlocked and his desk drawer had been pried open. Con-necting o� ces had also been ransacked, according to Mar-shall’s security report.
Pry marks were also found
on a safe in the o� ce of ac-countant William T. Bradley, Jr., but the attempt at entry was unsuccessful. Accord-ing to the security report, the break-in occurred between 1 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m. on Sunday.
David Scrites, assistant di-rector of security at the time, said the building is usually locked on weekends.
¥ e missing items, worth $951 today a� er in ation, included: Four radios, a back-gammon set, a three pound can of co� ee, $44 in cash and tools worth about $25.
Egypt and Israel in e Parthenon
Egypt and Israel established full diplomatic relations for the � rst time in 1980. ¥ e day was hailed as a major moment
in the history of peace in Cairo and Jerusalem, but it faced a harsh criticism from some Arabian countries.
¥ is peace treaty served as a historic milestone to the region and a bright moment in the Arab-Israeli Con ict. ¥ is was the � rst time an Arab nation had abandoned the longtime struggle against Israel, and had recognized Is-rael’s possible right to secure and recognized borders.
Seen as a day of peace to some and a day of betrayal to others, Muslims and Arabs staged strikes and protests as ambassadors of the long-standing enemies presented their credentials in the two capitals.
Palestinians protested by closing down their businesses and schools in Israeli occupied territories as Muslims staged
similar strikes in parts of Leba-non. All of tra� c came to stop in Syria for � ve minutes at mid-day in protest to the diplomatic relations and protesters in Su-dan clashed with riot police over the new relationship.
¥ e newly appointed Egyp-tian ambassador to Israel, Saad Murtada, said the ex-change of Diplomats was a step towards insuring “a just and lasting peace” in the re-gion, but the Syrian state radio called it a day of “over-whelming disgrace.”
Marshall Program lacks funds
As Marshall’s campus pre-pares to take part in its own democracy and cast its votes for student government in 2011, the same thing was happening in 1980. Several issues were up
to play during the election. One of these issues was the lack of funds given to the intramural program.
A consultant hired by the university reported to student senate during its meeting at the Memorial Student Center the reasons for this issue.
Lack of student participation and communication were cited as the main reasons for the lack of funds by the consultant.
“People are a little hesitant to join in the intramural pro-gram, especially on women’s teams,” said Alex Boyer, of the presen-day intramural pro-gram at Marshall’s recreation center. “We just do not get that much participation.”
However, as elections came closer, other programs were doing better than the intramu-ral program. ¥ e international a� airs o� ce was hosting a
multicultural festival to help diversity grow on campus and � nancial aid was thriving at the university.
“I have worked at Marshall several years,” said Kathy Balk, about the � nancial aid o� ce at Marshall University. “And in my opinion, Marshall does an excellent job with its resources. We are continually striving to improve and to accommo-date the growing number of students.”
Erin Miller can be reached at [email protected].
T h i s w e e k i n
Marshall h istory
THE PARTHENON
An iPhone application is available for Marshall stu-dents who want quick access to up-to-date news and infor-mation about campus events.
¥ e MU Mobile app has been around for about two years and has been down-loaded by 1,700 students. It provides access to all kinds of campus information through various modules. Created by Information Technology, the app was developed as a way to keep students connected and to make the Marshall experi-ence mobile.
“There is a wealth of knowledge in this one app,” said Johnny Bradley,
supervisor of the Drinko Library Circulation Desk. “You can go from being lost on campus to finding an ar-ticle that your instructor is making you read.”
¥ e current list of mod-ules is large and continues to grow as the app becomes available on more phone car-riers. As of November 2010, the app can be downloaded on the iPhone, Android and Blackberry and will soon be available on webOS, the HP operating system including Palm phones.
“I used it to double check a bonus question on an exam about how many buildings on campus are named a� er Rob-ert Byrd,” said Karah Markins,
senior biology major from Barboursville, W.Va.
Currently, a new module is being developed for the app that would give students access to their course infor-mation. ¥ e module would take e-mails, updates and news from MUOnline and make it available for students on their phone.
“I think we have areas where we need to expand,” said John Cummings, univer-sity portal administrator. “It would be nice if we could give you the abilities from MUOn-line on the mobile app.”
As of now, the available modules include news, scores and schedules from the MU athletic teams,
a map of campus with building lookup and GPS location, videos and pho-tos from around campus, a mobile reproduction of the electronic phonebook, MU-related news and an-nouncements, a listing of current courses available along with location and instructor, an event calen-dar with the ability to add events to your own personal calendar, one-click dial-ing to important campus numbers, the MU Libraries mobile website, and the Be-Herd feedback module.
For more information and to download the MU Mobile app, visit http://www.mar-shall.edu/mumobile/.The MU Mobile app available for iPhone.
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Crook celebrates senior night with Herd winBY AARON PAYNETHE PARTHENON
Marshall had four players score in double digits Thursday night inside the Cam Henderson Center en route to a 70-57 vic-tory over Southern Miss.
The first half was a tight con-test as visiting Southern Miss (10-19, C-USA 5-11) matched Marshall (9-20, C-USA 5-11) step for step. The largest run either team could put together was a 7-0 run by the Herd in the last five minutes of the half.
The two team’s star senior for-wards also matched one another in the first half. Marshall’s se-nior Tynikki Crook and Southern
Miss’ senior Tanehsa Washing-ton both put up a game high 11 points.
However, the Herd defense was able to silence Washington for a solid 20 minutes after she reached 11 points.
Our experience came though,” head coach Royce Chadwick said. “It was a situation where we knew they were going to her and we had people helping and double teaming. Our players did a really good job of adjusting to Washington after 10 minutes and we got it done.”
Washington finished the con-test with a team-high 17 points. Freshman guard Jamierra Faulkner contributed 16 points,
14 in the second half, but turned the ball over seven times. Fresh-man guard Niesha Pierce added 13 points and a team-high three steals.
Marshall came out of the locker room to start the second half with a four-point lead. Six min-utes later, the Herd had used an 11-0 run to balloon the lead to 10. Later in the half, Marshall went on a 5-0 run and a 7-0 run near the end of the contest to give Marshall the eventual 13 point victory.
While the first half was Crook’s time to shine, the second half be-longed to Marshall’s two newest
Marshall men’s golf program is prepared for spring
JOHN YEINGST | THE PARTHENON
Senior Tynikki Crook, joined by parents Taryn and Everin Crook with head coach Royce Chadwick during Marshall’s senior night celebration Thursday after Marshall defeated Southern Miss.
BY COREY OXLEYTHE PARTHENON
Marshall’s men’s golf team packs a right amount of youth and experience to take on Conference USA.
“We have one of the best teams we have had in recent years,” said head coach Joe Feaganes. “Conference USA is a really tough golf conference, but I think we did pretty well in our fall tournaments.”
Marshall finished no worse than 12th in any of their fall tournaments. Their best finish was third at the Cardinal In-tercollegiate in Louisville, Ky. Feaganes said having a tough conference like C-USA lets them find out how good they really are. He said they always go out and try to play the toughest schedule they can.
“I think we have a really good team this year,” said co-captain Christian Brand, senior advertising major from Charleston, W.Va. “All of the guys on our team are really good.”
Brand said he thinks they can win C-USA this year if they play well.
“We had an opportunity to win a couple of tournaments this past fall,” Feaganes said. “At Louisville (Cardinal Intercollegiate) Ky., we were leading through 36 holes. We just didn’t get the job done coming down the stretch.”
Marshall’s overall record takes into account all teams they’ve defeated and lost to. In the fall, Marshall finished with an overall record of 42-26-3.
“We had four guys average 72.00 or better,” Feaganes said. “All nine guys on our roster are capable of playing in our starting five. It’s really nice because if one of the guys is in a slump, then we
have one of the other guys that can take their place. It also doesn’t let anyone feel like they are in a comfort zone.”
Of the most consistent players, Bosten Miller, junior from Charleston, W.Va., lead the team with an average of 73.27 in the fall. Aaron Boggs, redshirt sopho-more from Madison, W.Va., and Nathan Kerns, sophomore from Ironton, Ohio, tied for the lowest round of the fall sea-son with a 68.
“As far as our preparation for the spring season, the weather hasn’t been that great but it’s been a lot better than it was last year at this time,” Feaganes said. “Last year, we only got nine holes of practice before our first tournament. This year we have been on the golf course as much as we haven’t been on it.”
Feaganes said that sometimes play-ers have to go out and play even on days
when there is bad weather. “As long as there is green grass and a golf course open, we are going to be out there prac-ticing,” he said.
Feaganes said the tournament field is always filled with pretty good competi-tion; Marshall will have to play its best possible game to win.
Marshall’s first tournament is March 11 at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst N.C. Feaganes said the weather in Pinehu-rst varies each year. He said they have played there when it’s 75 degrees and have played when it’s 40 degrees. He said every year they generally play the same tournaments, but sometimes they change the lineup due to invites. He said they are really fortunate to have a competitive schedule every year.
Corey Oxley can be contacted at [email protected]
Baines looks back on his Marshall careerBY JAKE SNYDERTHE PARTHENON
Saturday night is Senior Night for the Marshall University men’s basket-ball team one fourth-year senior will be taking the court for the Herd.
Tirrell Baines, senior from Laurens, S.C., will lace up for his final reg-ular season home game at the Cam Henderson Center.
Baines said he would like to be remembered as a player that gave his all every game.
“I want to leave every-body with the memory that I gave my hardest,” Baines said. “I always gave it 100 percent. I al-ways go hard.”
Baines enters his final regular season averaging 12.8 points and 6.8 re-bounds per game. Both of these numbers are career highs.
After battling inju-ries his junior season and missing six games, Baines has remained healthy throughout this year, playing all 30 of the Herd’s games.
Baines says his fans and friends have meant the most to him over his four years at Marshall.
“After four years, I appreciated the fans,” Baines said. “The fans, and the people I’ve been around, and the people I’ve been with every day.”
Wednesday against UTEP, Baines scored a team high 22 points in an 82-74 loss. Baines scored a career and game high 26 points Feb. 23 in a 79-61 win over Tulsa.
Herd head coach Tom Herrion said senior lead-ership plays a big role in
the success of the team.“Experience means a
lot, especially this time of the season,” said Herrion, about the Tom Herrion Radio show Thursday night.
Baines has played in over 100 career games for Marshall during his four-year career. He is one of only four current play-ers to have played under both Herrion and former coach Donnie Jones.
Baines said the tran-sition between the two coaches provided an ad-justment, but it didn’t take long.
“It was two different styles of coaching and two different personalities, so I had to get used to that,” Baines said. “After being
with Coach Herrion over the summer, I just got used to him over that pe-riod of time.”
Baines will celebrate Senior Night with fel-low senior Orlando Allen. Allen transferred to Mar-shall this season after two seasons at the University of Oklahoma.
Baines said he has no intentions of ending his career quickly come post-season time for the Herd.
“My goal is to make this post season as long as possible, keep playing for Marshall as long as I can,” Baines said. “That’s all I hope. We just need to stay focused. That’s all it takes.”
Contact Jake Snyder at [email protected].
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Marshall senior Tirrell Baines says goodbye to the Cam Henderson center this Saturday.
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Like many functions of the state, authoritative traffic precautions were implemented for the purpose of collecting a revenue stream un-der the guise of safety. The most outrageous measure has been an effort to squelch driving violations through the use of automated ticketing machines (ATMs). If a motorist runs a red light, a camera takes a picture of the vehicle then sends a ticket through the mail — in an effort to crack down on running red lights.
Besides the creepy, Big Brother implications of these measures, the machines come with a number of reasons to be prohibited. As men-tioned, they provide a source of revenue from citizens who are pay-ing enough already. The cameras ignore the basic function of due process by automatically ticketing drivers, relinquishing their ability to immediately contest violations. Most importantly, though, studies show the cameras actually lead to an increase in intersection acci-dents in complete opposition of the program’s hopes.
There are a number of ways the state can collect revenue in order to function. Taxes are the most plausible, but raising money while keeping citizens safer sounds win-win. In line with the profit motive, numerous cities have been caught shortening the duration of yellow lights, in a “dangerous fundraising initiative,” according to the Huff-ington Post.
Motorists across the nation have been in legislative battles with the ATMs for years now, but the issue is quickly becoming a bigger debate in Washington. A new bill is moving forward with a third of the state Legislature to elimi-nate the cameras while requiring a citizenry vote to use them in particular cities. In Wenatchee, more than 700 people a month are receiving $124 tickets in the mail, according to the Seattle Times.
The state always claims it holds the intent of safety and concern for the citizenry, but this is no solution to traffic control. While creating a rise in accidents and ignoring due process, the government is doing what it does best — using scare tactics to usurp a pool of revenue. State legislation should be for-warded and supported for all the above reasons before the cameras become entrenched and part of our daily lives.
EDITORIAL
Saturday is a big day for Orlan-do Allen and Tirrell Baines. They will walk across the Henderson Center and play a home game for the last time Saturday.
Orlando Allen, redshirt senior from Cincinnati, Ohio, came to Marshall in 2009 after transferring from Oklahoma State University. Allen played in nine games for the 2009-2010 season, shot .500
from the fi eld and averaged 1.2 points with 1.9 rebounds.
Tirrell Baines, senior forward from Laurens, S.C., has made an impact on the roster since he stepped on Marshall’s campus three years ago. In his freshman year, he started 29 of 30 games and was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. This year, Baines has had a successful
season leading the team to a 20-10 record. Wednesday against UTEP, he scored a team-high 22 points in an 82-74 loss. Baines scored a ca-reer and game-high 26 points Feb. 23 in a 79-61 win over Tulsa.
Not only is the game important to Baines and Allen, but it’s also important for bragging rights. The Herd will take on Central Florida, meaning former head basketball coach Donnie Jones will be in the Cam Henderson Center for the fi rst time not coaching for the
green and white. Flooding the sta-dium with support not only helps teams but is also intimidating for the away team.
Students should realize the signifi cance of a senior day for any sport. Having to juggle four years of school and playing a sport is not an easy task.
Not only will it be their last time playing at the collegiate level, but after the last game and the confer-ence tournament many will not play on the professional level.
Many student-athletes having been playing a sport for the majority of the lives, and for it to fi nally end is at times tough to handle.
Take the time to attend all sports senior day to show the ath-letes the appreciation of spending countless hours practicing and playing events.
We congratulate all student-athletes who have played on a collegiate level.
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Dear Fellow Students,
First, I want to thank you for all of your support during the past four years of my life. You all have been tremendous and I am proud to call all of you friends. Your support on and o� the court has made my time here as a Mar-shall University student-athlete unforgettable. Every student has many ups and downs during their collegiate journey and I am no di� erent. � e one thing that I have always been able to depend on is the bellows of your voices cheering me on when I am on the court. � e great memories I have of Huntington and Marshall will stay with me for the rest of my life. Win or lose, my teammates and I leave everything we have on
the � oor. I take the court every night to make all of you proud to be a part of Marshall University; I have accepted that as my duty. I plan to ful� ll this commitment at least one more time at home and I expect all of you to be present to hold me to this promise.
� is coming Saturday will be my last regular season game in the Cam Henderson Center and I need each one of you all to be there. My teammates and I will be taking on UCF at 7 p.m. in the Cam Henderson Center and we need the place to be rocking. � e environment in the building this year has been absolutely electric, but I expect all of you to take it up a couple more notches for this � -nale. I will make sure the troops and I bring our intensity, but we need you to match us and be our sixth man. � ere are some seri-ous postseason implications on
the line and I don’t plan on being cut short my senior year.
I promise I am leaving the Mar-shall Basketball program in great hands. Coach Herrion is one of the best in the business and we are very fortunate to have him. Shaq, Pitts, Dre, Dago, Nigel and the rest of the guys will make you very proud. � e only thing I ask is that you continue to support them like you have me during my career here. � is place is very special and the best is yet to come. � anks again for some of the best years of my life. � undering Herd fans are the best. Keep up the good work, see you Saturday. Sincerely#30Tirrell BainesSenior forward basketball player from Laurens, S.C.
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Republican governors’ eyes are on Wisconsin and Ohio. If anti-union measures are successful in these two states, there is the strong possibil-ity that similar policies will spread to other Republican led states. Our own Gov. Chris Christie is licking his chops in anticipation of a roast of public employee unions in these states. His � nger-pointing rhetoric at union bene� ts and pension ob-ligations during his recent annual budget speech gives some insight into his desire to bring an anti-union battle here to New Jersey. Luckily, we have a legislature that is less eager to blame others for our current budget crisis and instead focus on reasonable solutions and a way forward.
However, other states across the nation are not as insulated as we are from this new Republican strategy of blame-for-gain. It has already been more than two weeks of protests since the newly elected Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker threatened to re-move the rights of public employees to engage in collective bargaining through their union representatives. Even a� er o� ers of bene� t reduc-tions and pay cuts, Walker is still not willing to halt his anti-union threats. In Ohio, the senate has just passed a bill through committee that would eliminate the rights of thousands of public workers to protest and limit their rights to negotiate details of their state contracts. Knowing what is at stake, workers in these two states and across the U.S. have been showing their support for public employees and their rights to col-lectively bargain and protest. � e movement ultimately culminated into the passing of the National La-bor Relations Act of 1935. Under this act, workers were given the right to form unions, collectively bargain and take part in strikes. As a result, the American workforce saw drastic improvements in pay, retirement se-curity and working conditions.
� e fact of this issue is that newly empowered Republican governors are waging a war motivated by par-tisan politics and discrimination. It is an assault on hard-working Americans by greedy sociopathic top-down dimwits in an attempt to try and wiggle out of � nancial ob-ligations on which they blame their current state budget crises. � e mo-tivation is based on a deplorable, but win-win strategy for Republicans. It is a strategy that weakens traditional democratic supports and strength-ens traditional republican supports.
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� e University College at Mar-shall is currently seeking a new sta� member to serve as a coun-selor a� er a recent departure le� them without a third counselor.
Sherri Stepp, director of the University College at Marshall, said the position was not an addi-tion to the sta� .
“It is a replacement position,” Stepp said. “We had a woman de-part in January to pursue another position.”
Stepp said the woman who lled the role initially le� to take a teaching position at Mount West Community College.
Stepp said the University Col-lege usually functions with three counselors to serve their classes; it can range from 150 to 300 stu-dents, depending on the semester.
“We have been working with only two main advisers for this semester,” Stepp said. “Usually we function with three.”
Stepp said during the absence of the third adviser she has had to
take on a teaching load that she had not expected to have.
“With the departure we were le� with two classes that didn’t have a teacher,” Stepp said. “I had taught the courses before, but was not scheduled to teach them for this semester.”
Stepp said that with the ad-dition of a new counselor the original structure of advising and teaching should fall back onto the advisers and not involve her.
Stepp said all applicants will be reviewed by a three-person committee, which includes: Pa-tricia Gallagher, adviser at the University College; Jacob Bolen, adviser at the University College and coordinator of the National Student Exchange; and Bonnie Bailey, who works at student sup-port services at Marshall. She also said that, as director, she has the nal say of who is hired for the position.
Patricia Gallagher said they are seeking someone who is able to advise nontraditional students.
“We are looking for some-one who can advise our at-risk
students who is well-educated and has had experience in uni-versity settings,” Gallagher said.
Gallagher said the pressure with lacking an additional ad-viser has been at times apparent and she is looking forward to hir-ing a new counselor.
The position was posted on Marshall’s human resources page Feb. 15 with a deadline for applications on March 1. The position is full-time with a salary of $30,767 annually. An M.A. degree is required for all applicants, along with more than one year of student ser-vices in a university setting. The position is for 12 months and is exempt from receiving overtime, according to Mar-shall’s Human Resource page.
Human resources are in the process of reviewing all submit-ted applications. � e committee will then receive the applications and begin hosting interviews be-fore the end of March. William Lineberry can be contacted at [email protected].
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in other states about how to help duplicate the program in their areas. The Huntington chapter of Weed and Seed got the idea for the Drug Market Initiative Pro-gram from a community in High Point, N.C., where the initial program began about 10 years ago. White said about a year was spent on research, along with many trips to High Point to see the program firsthand.
The Weed and Seed Pro-gram is a national program developed out of the U.S. De-partment of Justice, according to a brochure from the Hun-tington Police Department. Initiated in 1991, the program is an effort to revitalize com-munities with the help of both law enforcement and commu-nity members.
The three main objec-tives of the Weed and Seed Program, according to the brochure, are to control vio-lent and drug-related crime and drug trafficking in tar-get neighborhoods; introduce new initiatives to prevent violent crime, drug traffick-ing and gang activity ; and to encourage community
members to help law enforce-ment identify and remove offenders and find other ways to meet human service needs of these areas. Accord-ing to the brochure, more than 150 communities across the United States have imple-mented the program.
The target area for Hun-tington’s chapter of the Weed and Seed Program covers 1.24 square miles. The west bound-ary is 8th Street, the east boundary is 28th Street, the north boundary is 2nd Avenue and the south boundary is 13th Avenue and Roby Road, ac-cording to the brochure.
Huntington City Council member Steve Williams thinks the efforts of the Weed and Seed Program have benefited the community in a few differ-ent ways.
“I think the greatest bene-fits of this effort are, one, that you’re able to start showing a very aggressive stance that we’re taking our streets back,” Williams said. “Secondly, you create the confidence within the community that they don’t feel helpless any longer, that it’s an active partnership between members in the community and law enforcement standing arm-in-arm together and being
active rather than passive in combating the drug market.”
The Weed and Seed Pro-gram, located in the Barnett Center on 10th Avenue, is also working to better the com-munity while also combating the drug market. White said the goal for the “seed” initia-tive is to create things such as after-school programs, home ownership programs and any other programs to help bet-ter the lives of community members.
According to White, the “seed” part of the program’s goals has been in effect in the area surrounding the program. The building that houses the program also of-fers meetings and classes such as Alcoholics Anony-mous, free computer classes and many others. White said four new businesses have started and about 15 homes have been purchased in the area in the past year.
“Our focus is to go from this being the worst part of our community for drugs and crime to really make it condu-cive for folks to live and work here,” White said.
Ashley Mannon can be contacted at [email protected].
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It is computer-adaptive and is based on an individual’s ability level. There is a program that pres-ents questions based on the pattern of the candidate’s proficiency. This removes the time wasted for students being asked questions be-yond their ability.
During the first section, the students will be permitted to not only skip questions, but can revisit them later when needed. This al-lows the questions to be answered in any order the test taker chooses. Most importantly, students have the opportunity to change their answers before submitting.
The test has also added a virtual calculator.
“If a student is sitting at their desk at school or work and comes across a quantitative problem, they aren’t going to use a pencil, but instead will use a computer or nearby calculator,” Payne said.
The first administration of the test will occur on Aug. 1. The re-vised test will have a 50-percent reduced fee.
“The discount is there because
we need students to represent the revision,” Payne said. “It’s normal for test takers to be apprehensive. We want to minimize the fear by offering a financial incentive. It’s more important that students be-come more familiar with the test and can recruit more students.”
Currently, students have the op-tion to take practice tests of both the current and new GRE. The last administrating of the current test will be July 1.
Students are encouraged to pay attention to application dead-lines to programs they may be applying to.
“We will be reporting scores early in November,” Payne said. “If a candidate is applying for spring 2012 and the admission deadline is Oct. 15, then they need to take the current test. If deadline is after early November, then the students should definitely consider taking the revised.”
According to Higher Education reporter for USA Today, Mary Beth Marklein, 675,000 students take the GRE every year in over 200 countries.
Ashley Grohoski can be con-tacted at [email protected].
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belonged to Marshall’s two newest guards.
Freshman guard Dorina Barrett put up 11 points in the second half to finish the game with 13. The fresh-man guard has made great strides as a player since joining the team in the second semester and filling in for in-jured transfer junior guard Lateidra Elliott.
Chadwick said that while the cir-cumstances have been difficult for Barrett, she has become a useful asset for the team.
“To ask Dorina Barrett to do what she’s done this season has been a lit-tle unfair,” Chadwick said. “Dorina’s working on her eighth week of being a college basketball player but she’s really accomplished a great deal in the short time she’s been here.”
As for the previously mentioned Elliott, she made quite a bit of noise in the second half putting up 16 points to finish the contest with a game-high 21 points.
Elliot said that her early offen-sive success lead to her continued success for the remainder of the contest. “It helps when you make shot early to get your game going.”
The junior guard was clutch in the final two minutes at the free-throw line. When the Golden
Eagles had the lead down to 6, El-liot went seven for eight from the charity stripe to keep Southern Miss at bay.
Overall, the night belonged to the lone senior for the Herd. In her last game inside the Cam Hender-son Center, Crook took a moment after the game to reflect on her four-year career at Marshall. “I’m glad to have made the impact that I have.”
The senior forward also thanked the fans for all the memories. “The fans have been great and I won’t forget any of their faces,” Crook said. “It’s been the best four years of my life.”
Crook will have at least one more chance to make an impact for her team as Marshall travels to El Paso, Texas for the C-USA tourna-ment. By defeating Southern Miss, the Herd earned the 10th seed and, depending on late Thursday night games, potentially faces UAB in the first round on Wednesday.
The team is staying loose and, as Elliot says, going to have fun. “March is the biggest part of the season. To send somebody home for good, who wouldn’t want to do that.”
During the regular season, Mar-shall split the series with UAB winning at home and falling on the road.
Aaron Payne can be contacted at [email protected].
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Marshall’s sorority, Alpha Xi Delta presented a competition that created an entertaining en-vironment for guests while raising money for autism.
Eight men competed in two di� erent tasks to take home the title of “Mr. Xi Man”, along with a gi� basket and 10 percent of the night’s earnings to donate to the philanthropy of their choice.
Over 200 people attended Wednesday eve-ning’s event in the basement of the Memorial Student Center, where lights were turned down low and music was playing loudly. � is crowd held the contestant’s fate in their hands.
“I love that the crowd’s donations are what determined the winner because it seemed much more fair,” said Sarah Morgan, junior communications disorder major from Mann, W.Va.. “It was more about who was the most entertaining, not who had the most friends on the judging panel.”
� e event began when each contestant was asked a series of � ve questions which were used as a way to inform the crowd about Al-pha Xi Delta and Autism. Although Morgan said she had already known most of the facts
on autism because of her major, she said it was a unique way to inform the crowd of things they may not be aware of.
� e eight men then took the stage one at a time and each preformed a di� erent musical number while impersonating a celebrity.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon representative Eric Davis, Delta Zeta representative Patrick Cox and Delta Chi representative Chris Duplaga each lip-synced to a di� erent song while dis-playing their best dance moves.
LAMBDA representative, Jo Troller took the staged dressed in heels and a bra as he danced and stripped down to just his jeans while lip-syncing Lady Gaga’s “Born � is Way.”
“Jo de� nitely put on a good show, he re-ally put himself out there and did something unique,” Morgan said.
Tau Kappa Epsilon representative Seth Bar-trug and Alpha Tau Omega representative Doug Harvey both sang songs to the tune of acoustic guitars.
� e talent show wrapped up with Pi Kappa Alpha representative Nathaniel Fawley rap-ping a song he had learned from YouTube.com by Yung Humma and Flynt Flossy.
� e crowd was then given some extra time to vote for which contestant they would like to win. For the Xi Man competition, a vote was
equivalent to one dollar. At the end of the night, junior civil engi-
neering junior Nathaniel Fawley claimed the title of Mr. Xi man.
“Mainly we did the competition because we got 10% towards our philanthropy JDRF, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation,” Faw-ley said. “I’m glad I could do this because the money will be going towards them.”
� ose votes combined with a $40 entry fee per contestant, Alpha Xi Delta raised a total of $1,039 for their philanthropy, Autism Speaks.
Members of Alpha Xi Delta said they thought the talent show was a huge success and they were happy with the turnout.
Autism Speaks was adopted by the soror-ity in 2009 as their philanthropy. Since then, the girls have been active to help with autism. � ey currently visit Huntington High School twice a week to work with kids who have au-tism. PR vice president for Alpha Xi, Amanda Locke said she thinks their work at Hunting-ton High is bene� cial for both them and the teenagers.
“It’s refreshing to be able to donate our time, not just our money,” said Locke, sports mar-keting junior from Spring� eld, Va.
Crystal Myers can be contacted at [email protected].
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During the talent competition, each contestant was asked fi ve questions that informed the crowd about the philanthropy, Autism Speaks.
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Feeling sluggish lately? Are you tired, unmotivated, crabby or perhaps short-tempered? While, admittedly, some (OK, probably most) of those feel-ings may stem from 12 hours of homework, classes and work you do every day, there is a good chance that what you’re eating may contribute as well.
As college students, we un-derstandably go for the foods that are the easiest on our wallets, which usually means processed, conventional foods.
Most fruits and vegetables that show up at your local gro-cery store have been grown under the protection of chemi-cal cocktails, which guard crops from insects and diseases and also help the grower produce higher yields. In the same fash-ion, much of the meat we eat comes from animals fed with hay or grains containing the same chemicals. � ese animals are also commonly injected with hormones or vaccines. � ose chemicals are, in turn, passed on to us as consumers.
Now, I understand that there are bene� ts of produc-ing chemically altered food. In a world where population is booming and we are facing global food shortages, it may not be possible to feed entire populations with organic food.
However, our bodies were not made to process many of the chemicals that show up in conventionally produced foods.
Studies have linked these chemicals to diseases such as obesity and cancer. � ey also contribute to behavioral prob-lems in children, sleep loss and a decline in overall well-being.
Organically grown produce is typically better for both the body and mind.
In a 10-year study conducted by the University of California-Davis, researchers found that organically grown tomatoes produced large amounts of the antioxidants quercetin and kaempferol, which are good for your health and help prevent heart disease. � e quantities of antioxidants in organic toma-toes were more than 95 percent higher than in those grown conventionally.
Ever had raw, organic milk? Squeam all you want, but milk from grass-fed, organic cows is not only delicious: It has more antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins than nonor-ganic milk.
Additionally, going organic is a great choice if you are trying to be environmentally friendly. If a farmer isn’t using chemicals and pesticides on the crop, they can’t get into the soil, water or air.
As far as I’m concerned, the best part about going organic
is that the food actually tastes better. Try it for yourself. Get to your local co-op and buy some USDA-certi� ed organic bananas: You will be able to tell the di� erence, I give you my word.
� e biggest issue for college students trying to go organic is cost.
Since famers simply cannot produce as large of a yield of organic foods as they would conventional, prices are higher.
And, on a college budget, it is nearly impossible to eat only organic foods.
However, college is a good time to start thinking about in-fusing organic food into your diet and perhaps making the full switch later on in life.
I’ll admit it: � e apples and oranges in my fridge now are conventionally grown. How-ever, the bananas are not. While it is expensive, students may � nd comfort in the fact that they are essentially making an investment in their health for the long run when they eat organic food.
Even if the idea of raw milk makes you nauseous, or the thought of paying twice as much for a pound of grass-fed beef hurts your bottom line, the idea of ª ooding your body with chemicals and pesticides can’t be much better. Start small — try a few di� erent things. And trust me, you can’t go wrong with the bananas.
Go organic, invest in your health
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