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By LAUREN CHADWICK and CECILIA REYESCOLUMBIA U. VIA UWIRE

After months of debate, the New York City Board of Health voted on Thursday to limit the serving size of large sug-ary drinks to 16 ounces. The so-called “soda ban,” proposed by Mayor Mi-chael Bloomberg in May, aims to combat obesity and related diseases like diabe-tes—and could have a marked effect in northern Manhattan.

In Harlem, obesity has long been a widespread problem. A 2008 study by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found that four in 10 adults in East and Central Harlem drink four or more sugary drinks daily, com-pared with one in 10 on the Upper West Side. In addition, Harlem parents intro-duce sugary drinks to their children at around 3.5 years of age, ear-lier than parents on the Upper West Side.

Jeanine Genkinger, a professor of epi-demiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, called the board’s vote “a good first step in re-ducing the obesity epidemic in the United States.”

“Large amounts of in-dividuals are consuming large amounts of sugary drinks,” she said. “This is one step along the road in reducing calories.”

But Genkinger said that the question of whether the ban will reduce obesity

in Harlem will depend on environmen-tal factors independent of the policy.

“Some of those are cultural factors, safety factors, and education factors,” Genkinger said. “For individuals who come from more disadvantaged back-grounds, providing healthy foods is normally more expensive. People find it difficult to put healthy food on the table.”

This is an especially influential factor in Harlem, where income disparity is the highest in the city, said Carly Hutchinson, di-rector of communications and community relations at the Harlem Health Promotion Center. There is also a substantial difference in the number of supermarkets in Harlem compared to neighborhoods in the rest of the city, she noted.

“Unhealthy food is more

affordable and ubiquitous,” Hutchinson said. “In very poor areas, there is no ac-cess to healthy food, and it’s not safe to go out, so you can’t exercise as much.”

Bloomberg’s proposal was the sub-ject of much debate by politicians, the soda industry, small-business owners, and the general public. One of the main issues was whether improving nutri-tion education is a better solution.

Indeed, there is a long way to go in terms of nutrition education in northern Manhattan, Hutchinson said. “People don’t understand the differences between sugar-sweetened beverages and other beverages.”

Deb Lewison-Grant is the co-founder of FoodFight, an education nonprofit based in Manhattan Valley that empha-sizes food literacy curriculum in public schools. Lewison-Grant believes that

the attention the ban has brought to the issue will “get people

to think twice about buying the beverage.”

“As far as single-handedly reversing the

epidemic, it won’t do that because the problem

is too pervasive,” Lewison-Grant said. “But it helps to give a person pause at the point of purchase.”

At least two local politi-cians have come out against the ban. City Council mem-ber Melissa Mark-Viverito, who represents parts of East Harlem and the Upper West

Side, wrote in the Huffington Post in July that the health de-

partment should instead focus its efforts on better education.

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By KIM CHRISTENSEN and JASON FELCHLOS ANGELES TIMES VIA MCT

LOS ANGELES - Over two decades, the Boy Scouts of America failed to report hundreds of alleged child molesters to police and often hid the allegations from par-ents and the public.

A Los Angeles Times re-view of 1,600 confidential files dating from 1970 to 1991 has found that Scouting officials frequently urged ad-mitted offenders to quietly resign - and helped many cover their tracks.

Volunteers and employees suspected of abuse were al-lowed to leave citing bogus reasons such as business demands, “chronic brain dysfunction” and duties at a Shakespeare festival.

The details are contained in the organization’s confidential “perversion files,” a blacklist of alleged molesters, that the Scouts have used internally since 1919. Scouts’ lawyers around the country have been fighting in court to keep the files from public view.

As The Times reported in August, the blacklist often didn’t work: Men expelled for alleged abuses slipped back into the program, only to be accused of molesting again. Now, a more exten-sive review has shown that Scouts sometimes abetted molesters by keeping allega-tions under wraps.

In the majority of cases, the Scouts learned of alleged abuse after it had been re-ported to authorities. But in more than 500 instances, the Scouts learned about it from victims, parents, staff mem-bers or anonymous tips.

In about 400 of those cases - 80 percent - there is no record of Scouting officials report-ing the allegations to police. In more than 100 of the cases, officials actively sought to conceal the alleged abuse or allowed the suspects to hide it, The Times found.

In 1982, a Michigan Boy Scout camp director who learned of allegations of repeated abuse by a staff member told police he didn’t promptly report them because

his bosses wanted to protect the reputation of the Scouts and the accused staff member.

“He stated that he had been advised by his supervi-sors and legal counsel that he should neutralize the situation and keep it quiet,” according to a police report in the file.

That same year, the director of a Boy Scout camp in Vir-ginia wrote to the Scouts’ top lawyer, asking for help deal-ing with a veteran employee suspected of a “lifelong pat-tern” of abuse that had not been reported to police.

“When a problem has sur-faced, he has been asked to leave a position ‘of his own free will’ rather than risk further investigation,” the director wrote. “The time has come for someone to make a stand and prevent further occurrences.”

There is no indication the Scouts took the matter to law enforcement.

In 1976, five Boy Scouts wrote detailed complaints accusing a Pennsylvania scoutmaster of two rapes and other sex crimes, accord-ing to his file. He abruptly resigned in writing, saying he had to travel more for work.

“Good luck to you in your new position,” a top troop representative wrote back. He said he was accepting the resignation “with extreme regret.”

Scouting officials declined to be interviewed for this article. In a prepared state-ment, spokesman Deron Smith said, “We have always cooperated fully with any re-quest from law enforcement and today require our mem-bers to report even suspicion of abuse directly to their lo-cal authorities.”

Files show Boy Scouts helped child molestors cover tracks

By JEFF WADEJAMES MADISON U. VIA UWIRE

Set against a backdrop of crops in harvest and an American flag hanging from a crane, Vice Presidential candi-date Paul Ryan delivered a speech that echoed the Romney campaign’s focus on jobs, less government and a return to core American values.

At the Rockingham County Fairgrounds in Harrisonburg, Virginia on Friday, Ryan delivered a 20-minute speech to around a thousand spectators who warmly received his comments. Squeezed between a morn-ing event in Washington, D.C. and a private fundraiser in Roanoke later this evening, Ryan’s speech didn’t dwell on specifics or speak at length on any one topic.

Ryan immediately focused on the economy, claiming that President Obama’s policies halted recovery and growth.

“This is the 43rd month where un-employment is over 8 percent,” Ryan said. “That’s not what an economic re-covery looks like.”

Ryan emphasised that an increasing deficit is creating a “crushing burden of debt” that will harm future generations of

Americans and stifle economic recovery.Ryan cited policies designed to

support small business as key to com-bating the economic downturn. He said running mate Mitt Romney would be a president who knows that “if you have a small business, you built that,” a line that drew one of the biggest cheers of the afternoon.

The Romney campaign has run on a platform of decreasing government regulation, which can clearly be seen by calls for offshore drilling and de-creased dependence on foreign oil.

“We have a lot of energy in this country,” Ryan said. “Oil, natural gas, nuclear. Let’s use it all.”

Addressing the many farmers in the audience, Ryan asserted that govern-ment agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency make it harder for them to make a living. These com-ments tied into a larger calling for a revaluation of government’s role in daily life.

“The government works for us and not the other way around,” Ryan said.

One area where the candidate didn’t urge for reductions was in the military,

advocating for increased spending that would allow for “peace through strength.”

With Virginia as a crucial battle-ground state this November, Ryan stressed the importance of voting this election season.

“No matter what generation you belong to, this is the most important election of your generation,” Ryan said.

An avid outdoorsman, Ryan talked about canoeing the state’s rivers and gave a nod to the upcoming hunting season. But he had even more posi-tive words for the state’s role in the creation of the the country and the the values that shaped it.

“We’re not trying to replace our founding principles - we’re going to re-apply our founding principles,” Ryan said.

U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte introduced the potential vice president by noting their 14 years together in Congress and vouched for Ryan’s ability to balance a budget.

“Paul Ryan is someone who’s fis-cally responsible and knows the meaning of a dollar,” Goodlatte said.

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Vice Presidental candidate Paul Ryan addresses a crowd at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Friday. Ryan spoke of jobs, less government and a return to American values.

NYC soda ban passes in Board of Health vote

By DAVID ENDERSVIA MCT

ALEPPO, Syria - Two months into the battle for Syria’s second largest city, the airstrikes have become a part of daily life. Sometimes they are deadly accurate, taking out the rebels for whom they are intended. Just as often, they seem to miss.

A rebel headquarters in a former police station in the northeastern neighbor-hood of Hanano stands as testament to this. Though its windows are all broken, it has been missed at least four times, the intended strikes landing in a nearby park, an empty lot and destroying a five-story apartment build-ing a full block away.

The battle for Aleppo that began with a rebel offen-sive in mid-July has settled into a stalemate. The reb-els control largely the same

neighborhoods they took in the initial offensive. But there is something different _ a distinctly religious tone absent previously elsewhere in Syria’s rebellion.

“This is not a revolution, it’s a jihad,” shouted one man, angry, as he stood near the rubble of the apartment building mentioned above. Behind him, men worked with a bulldozer, trying to reach people they believed were still alive under the rubble.

The fight for Aleppo, much better planned and coordi-nated than perhaps any rebel offensive so far, offers a win-dow into what things might look like after the Syrian government falls. Liwa Taw-hid, one of the largest groups fighting here, had even made contingencies for policing

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By JAMES COLLIERAfter a heartbreaking

loss Saturday night in Hun-tington to Ohio University, Marshall Quarterback Ra-keem Cato was focused on one pass attempt he wished he could have back. A game ending interception will

overshadow this amazing accomplishment by Cato, as he broke a Marshall re-cord that had stood for over a decade.

Cato broke former Mar-shall Quarterback Byron Leftwich’s record for single game pass completions by tossing 44 completions in 65 attempts in a 27-24 loss in Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Leftwich’s former record of 41 completions was achieved during Marshall’s 2001 dou-ble overtime victory over East Carolina in the GMAC Bowl. Cato also leads all quarterbacks in the nation with 1,222 passing yards.

Cato was extremely dis-traught after the loss and said not coming away with the victory was more

important to him than the record. Cato did an excep-tional job spreading the ball around, tossing passes to 11 different receivers for 432 yards, including 13 passes for 121 yards to former Mi-ami Central High School teammate Tommy Shuler.

Cato said Ohio did not see Shuler last year and was unprepared for the skills of the Marshall wide receiver. While Ohio concentrated on locking down Aaron Dobson and Antavious Wilson, Cato took advantage and began targeting Shuler early.

Cato was overwhelmed by his emotions Saturday night, but was eager to get back to work on Sunday. While only a sophomore, Cato took re-sponsibility for not closing

the game out when Marshall had its chances. He is show-ing signs of being a leader of the Thundering Herd. It’s not surprising to see his name in the record books with names like Pennington, Leftwich and Moss. All of

these players experienced careers in the National Foot-ball League leaving reason to believe that Cato could do the same.

James Collier can be contacted at collier41@mar-shall.edu.

By ADAM ROGERSASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Marshall football seemed to be ready for a Saturday night showdown with Ohio University (3-0) in the 56th meet-ing between the two schools, but an interception with 20 seconds left in the game would send the Bell Trophy back to Athens and hand the Thundering Herd (1-2) a 27-24 defeat.

“The pass was intended for C.J. Crawford. I was trying to make sure the back side safety wasn’t over by him so he could pick the ball off,” sophomore quarterback Rakeem Cato said. “I threw it and I felt that I didn’t put enough arm strength into it. The defender made a spectacular play. If I would have hit C.J. with that one he turns and walks in the end zone.”

“I have to go back and look at it on tape. I know their kid made a great play and we didn’t,” Marshall head coach Doc Holliday said. “We’ll evalu-ate it and see what it was. The kid’s hurting and you just want to put your

arms around him. He’ll learn from it and he’ll be fine.”

But the interception was not the big-gest turning point in the game.

That would be a forced fumble by Bobcat defensive back Larenzo Fisher.

Fisher jarred the ball loose from Thundering Herd receiver Antavious Wilson after Wilson gained enough for a first down on third down and two.

Ohio nickel back Nathan Carpenter corralled the ball at his own 21-yard-line and carried it 48 yards to the Marshall 31.

The Bobcats would then use a series of run plays to take time off the clock and set themselves up for a 38-yard field goal attempt from the school’s all-time leading score, Matt Weller.

Unlike Ohio, who ran for 199 yards on 52 attempts, Marshall was unable to establish a rushing attack.

The Herd gained just 59 yards on 22 carries, but was able to find success in the air.

Bell rings in favor of Bobcats

By Jeremy JohnsonSPORTS EDITOR

Joan C. Edwards stadium was rocking Saturday night as 33,436 fans piled in to watch the Marshall Thun-dering Herd face off against the Ohio Bobcats.

The Herd picked up where they left off against Western Carolina in week two. Well, for three quarters the team did. Marshall fell 27-24 in the Battle for the Bell.

It was not the fourth quarter in which the Herd struggled, but rather the second quarter proved to be the downfall. Sure Rakeem Cato’s interception with 20 seconds left will be scruti-nized. No one is more upset with that pass than Cato himself, but that one pass did not lose Marshall the football game.

The Thundering Herd turned the ball over three times to Ohio’s one. Those stats will also be looked at as a reason why Marshall lost. The running attack of the Herd was non-existent. All of these points are valid but, let’s dive a little deeper and uncover the struggles of the second quarter.

Marshall ran 87 plays in the game as 25 came in the first quarter, 30 in the third quarter, 23 in the fourth quarter and only nine in the second quarter. Compare that to the Bobcats who also ran 87 plays, 14 in the first, 33 in the second, 30 in the third and 10 in the fourth.

In the second quarter Ohio ran 24 more plays than Marshall. Cato and the Herd offense executed com-ing out of the gates with two first quarter touch-downs on two possessions and held the 14-0 lead into the second quarter.

The tides turned as the Bobcats rallied of 17 unan-swered points to head into the locker room with a 17-14 lead. Ohio was able to keep the ball in the hands of the offense and that was evident in the time of possession. In the second quarter Ohio had the ball for 10:36 and Mar-shall a mere 4:24.

In three series the Herd managed to snap the ball nine times as the offense was un-able to stay on the field. Ohio continued to rush the ball down the throat of the Thun-dering Herd. The Bobcats ran the ball 18 times in the quar-ter for 100 yards and slowly began to wear down the Herd defense. Add in 104 yards passing and the Bobcats out-gained the Herd 204 to 33.

Marshall’s inability to move the ball on offense and the defense being unable to get Ohio’s offense off of the field in the second quarter drastically changed the flow of the game.

A more productive second quarter and the Herd may have been ringing the bell in Huntington.

Jeremy Johnson can be contacted at johnson783@marshall.edu.

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Tommy Shuler catches a pass from Rakeem Cato in Saturday nights loss to the Ohio Bobcats. Shuler recorded 13 receptions for 121 yards in the game.See RECAP | Page 5

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By SARAH HAGERTYTHE PARTHENON

The Marshall University Ath-letic Hall of Fame gained eight new members Friday night at the Hall of Fame Inductee Dinner. The din-ner took place in the Don Morris Room of the Memorial Student Cen-ter. Eight outstanding athletes and coaches were recognized for their athletic achievements during their

time at Marshall University.“It’s the highest honor that is be-

stowed by the athletic department,” said Linda Holmes, acting chair of the M Club committee. “The finest student athletes in school history are recognized at this dinner.”

The Marshall University Athletic Hall of Fame was founded in 1984 by former athlete and coach, Sam Clagg. It honors great athletes, coaches and

administrators from all decades of Marshall’s athletic program. An ath-lete is not eligible for the program until at least five years has passed since the end of their college athletic career.

“It’s an unbelievable thing to be hon-ored for such an award,” said Richard Watts, former cross country and track athlete for Marshall University. “What athlete wouldn’t want to be in the Hall of Fame? I love Marshall. I grew up in

Huntington and never thought about going anywhere else, so for me to be getting this award after all of these years is just something that you can’t put into words.”

The new inductees included a range of athletes and coaches from football, baseball, volleyball, cross country, track & field, swimming and basketball.

Cato breaks Herd record in emotional loss to Bobcats

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Marshall Athletic Director Mike Hammrick, center, introduces the eight new members of the 2012 Thundering Herd Hall of Fame before Saturday night’s game.

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During his speech before the Democratic National Convention last week, Barack Obama offered a gem to rival his pledge from his 2008 cam-paign “moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and the planet began to heal.” In his words: “We reinvented a dying auto industry that’s back on top of the world.”

His statement must come as news to investors, who have watched General Motors’s stock price fall steadily since its return to public trading in late 2010. It must come as a surprise to Ford, an Ameri-can car manufacturer who received no government bail-out and now has to compete against an Italian Chrysler that did. And it comes as shock to political observers such as myself, who never would have thought the presi-dent would run as pro-bailout, let alone lead off this strategy by taking ownership of a bail-out that failed.

I’ve written before about the inappropriateness of “bailout” as a term to

describe the government’s loans to the banking indus-try. A bailout implies a net transfer of funds from public to private hands — but the relief program was not about covering the losses of insol-vent businesses, it was about loaning money to illiquid fi-nancial institutions, made illiquid by a global financial crisis. In theory, the govern-ment should actually come out ahead on such interven-tions, and in practice this has been the case, with Troubled Asset Relief Program making its money back plus interest.

But in the case of automak-ers, bailout is the appropriate term. Neither GM nor Chrys-ler were merely illiquid; they were insolvent, bankrupt, made so primarily by their ruinous labor agreement with the United Auto Work-ers union. There was never any realistic hope of taxpay-er’s money being returned — even after the government forced tens of billions of dol-lars of losses on bondholders (the rightful owners of GM and Chrysler’s assets), and even after the administration

waived tens of billions of dollars of tax obligations, the bailout proper is still set to lose tens of billions of dol-lars. It’s a failure of cosmic proportions.

The claim made at the time by promoters of the bailout was that the loss of taxpayer money was a necessary evil to save the jobs of U.S. fac-tory workers. Even then, this was a shaky defense. If GM and Chrysler went through bankruptcy proceedings, their factories were unlikely to sit idle. Creditors, inter-ested in getting their money back, would quickly reopen the plants or sell them to someone who would. Today, with the benefit of hindsight, we can see that the perils of bankruptcy proceedings are moot. With the UAW’s ridic-ulous contracts still in place, the company’s inept manage-ment virtually untouched, and the “re-invention” of GM consisting solely of the Chevy Volt — a car that Re-uters estimates loses the company almost $50,000 per unit sold — it is clear that the massive infusion of taxpayer

and bondholder money into GM has only delayed the inevitable. Bankruptcy will come, and the time bought has been of little benefit to the American worker; GM has added only 4,500 jobs since the bailout.

The true reason behind Obama’s massive political favoritism toward these cor-porations is simple. Normal bankruptcy proceedings would have ended the UAW’s parasitic hold on its host companies. As elections ap-proached, with the very real possibility that Democratic losses would mean the end of the president’s push for healthcare reform, Obama decided that he needed the votes of union members more than the nation needed its tax dollars. So he gave the union a way to retain its status quo, in return for its money and manpower. He sweetened the deal by hand-ing the UAW a 20 percent ownership of the resurrected GM. Why not? If you’re going to commit a robbery, there’s no point in leaving money in the register.

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By MATTHEW BAILEYCOLUMNIST

Pulitzer Prize nominee Donna Britt recently visited Mar-shall University’s campus as part of the Visiting Writers Series. I was fortunate enough to attend the smaller, more intimate of the two sessions she gave during her visit, and something struck me about her: She didn’t try to be some-one. Through the whole session, she talked about trying to write “the truest truth” that she could find within herself. This was very evident when she responded to questions by some of the students and faculty. When she answered, she did not give the popular answer, the politically correct answer, not even an answer simply made to contradict people. What she gave was her answer.

This is something I think should be highly admired in a writer and human being in general. In today’s society there are always right and wrong answers, and I think that causes us to lose our individuality and the ability to form honest opinions. Donna Britt did not seem remotely af-fected by this though, and it was something truly inspiring to me. To truly be yourself is a feat not many people can accomplish in today’s society, even when pursuing some-thing creative like art, music or even writing. There is always the pressure of questioning,“Will people like this? Will they like me?”

To some degree, those questions will always be there. It is an unavoidable truth of life. What Donna has man-aged to do is write honest pieces in spite of it all. Pieces she thought people may not like at all. Isn’t it ironic that it landed her a job with The Washington Post and a Pulit-zer Prize nomination? People often say “be yourself,” but the implications of that go far beyond just not following someone else. It means having to find out who you truly are.

Despite how it may appear, this isn’t simply a column to praise Donna Britt. It is a column to suggest that she may have the right idea. In her session, she talked about how writers often shy away from topics because they are viewed as intimidating for one reason or another. Her advice was to write what you were most afraid to write. Easier said than done, right? True, but I believe that she may have truly discovered something with this lesson. In that spirit, please read the following carefully:

I am afraid of ridicule. I seek approval and validation in my everyday life for most of my work and actions. The fact that someone may think something I do is “stupid” or “wrong” terrifies me. This is my own personal fear and may or may not apply to anyone who is reading this. If it does apply to you though, let me share something I learned from Donna: It’s ok to be afraid. It’s ok not to know. It’s ok to screw up. It’s ok to disagree with other people. This is a life lesson that took me entirely too long to discover, and is truly something great. Things won’t change overnight and it’s ridiculous to expect them to, but if this revelation for me helps even one other person, then it is twice as impor-tant as it was before. Don’t be afraid to be wrong. Don’t be afraid of the truth. Don’t be afraid of you.

We’ve all heard people say it, or at least a version of it, especially if you are from around this area: “I’d be better off on the draw.”

Our country is in a major financial and economic crisis. There are many families fighting to get by each day and work-ing their butts off to do so. However, while these people are fighting to get by and to provide for their families, a portion of their income goes toward supporting those on welfare.

The welfare system was created to help those in need and is a fairly good system, though it certainly has its flaws. Many people would prefer to be labeled as “poor” as a means of getting government funds, rather than seeking an honest job. Something is wrong.

The bigger problem? Those who legitimately need as-sistance have difficulty getting the assistance they require. For instance, a single mom who works two jobs and goes to school to provide for her child, but still cannot make ends

meet. She cries out to the government for help until she is on her feet, but she is rejected. The next example is a divorced woman who was never allowed to work because her husband insisted upon her staying home. The government tells her to “enroll in school.” Does going to school put food on her table or clothes on her back?

However, a family with a man who is perfectly capable of working, yet refuses and instead gets high on a daily ba-sis, gets approved for significant government assistance. Welfare benefits the wrong people and, honestly, too many people.

Those “on the draw” cry out in disgust at the idea of drug testing welfare recipients. Why? The only logical answer is because many of them are abusing the system. The real cry for help should be from those who are working them-selves to the bone to support those who are less deserving of assistance.

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rebel controlled neighbor-hoods and laid out plans to set up schools. Their plan for schooling includes religious instruction, and their council for making decisions about the fate of prisoners includes an expert in Islamic law.

At a mosque being used as a base for fighters in another neighborhood, a sign warning civilians against entering was another sign of the religious drift. The sign referred to the men inside as “mujahideen,” which translates as holy war-riors, as opposed to “thowar,” which means revolutionaries.

Last Tuesday, at another rebel base, members of Ahrar al Sham, a group whose members describe themselves as Salafis, followers of a conservative strain of Islam some of whose followers also are thought be-hind last week’s attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere, handed out leaflets delineating the dif-ference between mujahids and other rebels. It used the per-jorative term “shabiha” _ a Syrian word that usually refers to pro-government militiamen accused of carrying out some of the war’s worst atrocities _ to refer to non-mujahids.

The leaflet had multiple aims, including criticizing rebels who might loot or use their weapons carelessly. But it also explained

that a mujahid prays, and “Knows very well that God will give us victory if we apply his law by studying it and spread it between people nicely.”

In Aleppo, Jabhat al Nusra, a Salafi group that has been known primarily for claiming bombings against govern-ment targets, is a fighting force here, with an identifiable base of operations from which it carries out guerrilla strikes. Members of the group de-clined to be interviewed.

“We are fighting only for God,” one of them said,

refusing to be identified. “Not to be in the press.”

But they know what their im-age is outside Syria. “They say in the West we are al-Qaida,” one Jabhat fighter scoffed, meaning it as a denial.

Other fighters assert that the strength of the religious fight-ing groups here has more to do with the fact they appear to be better financed than other groups. “Many people join Ah-rar al Sham and Jabhat al Nusra because they have money and weapons,” said a fighter with Suqqor al Sham, another rebel

group fighting here.He said he believed the

religious conservatives will lose their fervor once the fighting was done.

In the meantime, however, jihadis and non-Syrian Mus-lims and Arabs coming to Syria to join the fight, bring-ing with them various levels of expertise and religious fervor, are welcomed here, though there numbers are small; during a reporting trip, none was encountered. But the general sentiment is that no one else is coming to help.

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Syrian men and boys stand in line for bread Wednesday in the Hanano neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Shortages of supplies in rebel-held areas of the country in particular mean people sometimes wait for hours to buy bread. The bakeries themselves have also become targets, and a number of them have been shelled or attacked by Syrian government aircraft in recent months.

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ABOVE, BELOW: Marshall University fans cheer on their team as the Herd takes on the Ohio University Bobcats at Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Saturday in Huntington. The Herd lost to the Bobcats 27-24.

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Marshall University’s Antavious Wilson, senior wide receiver, stiff arms Ohio University’s Ian Wells in an attempt to gain yards after receiving a pass from Rakeem Cato at Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Saturday in Huntington.

Cato threw for 432 yards on 44 of 65 passing and Holliday said the lack of a ground game was the prod-uct of the defense.

“Well we had a lot of runs called and he ended up throw-ing it,” Holliday said. “We’re going to take what that de-fense gives us. They were giving us some slants, bubbles and we were taking them. As long as we continue to move the ball I don’t care if we run it or throw it. Cato did a good job at getting us in the right

call at the right time.”The Bobcats now own a

31-19-6 record over the Herd all-time and won for the first time in Huntington since 1988.

Next up on the schedule for Marshall is a road game against the Rice Owls, and the Thundering Herd is 0-8 all-time games played in the Lone Star State.

Marshall opened last sea-son’s Conference USA slate with a 26-20 win over South-ern Miss in the Herd’s home opener.

Adam Rogers can be contacted at rogers112@marshall.edu.

“It was an awesome experience playing for Marshall,” said Jermaine Swafford, 1990’s football and track & field athlete. “It was the best time of my life. Playing and being a part of the community was an ex-perience that I will be with me for the rest of my life.”

“It was an incredible feel-ing getting such an honored award,” Swafford said. “This success is something you dream of as a little kid and to share that with my closest friends and family tonight is incredible.”

Two inductees, Jill O’Brien and Tamar Slay, were un-able to attend Friday night and will be honored at next

year’s Hall of Fame dinner.The 2012 Hall of Fame

class includes:Greg Kappas – Baseball

1974-1977Charlie Kautz – Football

1946-1947, Coach and Ath-letic Director 1961-1970

William King – Football 1990-1993

Tim Martin – Football 1992-1996

Jim Sheridan – Swim-ming 1973-1977

Arlene Stooke – Track & Field Head Coach 1976- 1985

Jermaine Swafford – Football and Track & Field 1992-1996

Richard Watts – Cross Country and Track 1973-1977

Sarah Hagerty can be contacted at hagerty5@marshall.edu.

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Herd fans continue cheering despite lossBY SARAH HAGERTYTHE PARTHENON

Marshall fans continued a long-standing tradition Saturday as they gathered in the parking lot of Joan C. Ed-wards Stadium to show their school spirit for the Thun-dering Herd football team.

“My family has been coming to these games for years,” said Skyler Hunt, a sophomore at Marshall. “I grew up knowing ev-erything about Marshall and now I’m following in my family’s footsteps and keeping the tradition alive by coming to these games.”

The crowd was hyped up for the game to start and went wild during the kick off.

“I love when all of the players run out of the tun-nel and the fans are going wild,” said Julie Hoover, a sophomore at Marshall. “It’s one of my favorite things about going to the games.”

“It gives me the chills when the fans scream ‘We Are….Marshall!’” Hunt said. “It makes me really proud to be a part of such a spirited school that has pride in their athletic team no matter if we win or lose.”

The Thundering Herd welcomed Ohio University onto the field ready to bat-tle. The Herd put up a fight throughout the whole game leading 14-0 during the first quarter. Ohio came back with a touchdown pass in the end of the second quarter making it 14-0. The Bobcats took the lead right before half-time, leaving the score at 17-14.

“I like when the score of the game is really close,” said Hoover. “It makes the game more interesting and our fans get even crazier.”

The Herd fought hard but fell short with a minute and half left in the game. Ohio scored a touchdown and left with a victory of 27-24.

“Win or lose I will always cheer for my school,” Hunt said. “I love coming to the games with my friends and being a part of the best stu-dent fan section in college.”

Marshall’s next home game will be Oct. 6 against Tulsa. Just like any other game, Herd fans will be out tailgating and cheering on their team.

Sarah Hagerty can be contacted by hagerty5@marshall.edu.

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ChiliFest heats up downtown Huntington

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TOP: Ronald McDonald attended ChiliFest and took pictures with children. MIDDLE: Over 60 vendors prepared chili at this year’s ChiliFest. BOTTOM: Dave Grubesky welcomes visitors to Coal Fired Chili booth.

By DWIGHT JORGETHE PARTHENON

Visitors from all over the Tri-State added a little spice to their lives during the 29th annual Chil-iFest on Saturday at Pullman Square in downtown Huntington.

The charity cook-off event, which featured more than 60 vendors and unique chili recipes this year, ben-efits the Ronald McDonald House of the Tri-State.

Marshall University students showed up to eat chili, with some volunteering for the Ronald Mc-Donald House by selling chili tickets to visitors.

“Chili Fest is definitely big for the city of Huntington. It’s good to see everyone come together and to have a diverse group of people to show off their talent,” said Raymond Cousins, healthcare administration and hu-man resource management graduate student. “They make different types of chili no one usually thinks about making. I just think it’s a good event for everyone from the community of Huntington, as well as the surround-ing area to come together.”

Rainer Robinson, Marshall senior, said he has been in Hun-tington for five years and never heard about ChiliFest before this year.

“So I decided to show up and have some chili. You can’t beat that,” Robinson said.

The event also received custom-ers in town for Marshall’s football game against the Ohio Univer-sity Bobcats. Patrick Thompson, grandfather of an Ohio University football player attended ChiliFest as part of a pre-game tailgate party.

“There is enough tailgating in the street here, that we don’t have to do anything at the stadium,” Thomp-son said.

The event also featured live music and entertainment, as well as a Kid’s Zone in which Ronald McDonald himself was taking photos.

ChiliFest serves as the West Vir-ginia State Chili Championship and is sanctioned by the International Chili Society.

Dwight Jorge can be contacted at jorge@marshall.edu.

The world of extras can be both tedious, excitingBy RODNEY HOTHE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION (MCT)

ATLANTA - Extra. Just the name of the job suggests its superfluous, throw-away nature.

But for the business of filming movies and TV se-ries in metro Atlanta, extras are crucial to scenes shot in restaurants, at parties and on busy sidewalks. Or, in the case of AMC’s popular drama “The Walking Dead,” a field of vacant-eyed zombies.

The job draws a mix of actor wannabes, and the ranks of unemployed seek-ing income to tide them over between regular jobs. The wages are fast-food mod-est: usually $8 to $10 an hour. Many extras catch the Hol-lywood bug and start taking acting classes, auditioning for roles and hiring agents in hopes of becoming “real” actors, however unlikely that may be.

Bob Susko, a 64-year-old local personal injury law-yer from Marietta, Ga., will sacrifice actual law-related income on occasion to play a fake attorney on “Drop Dead Diva,” a Life-time drama shot mostly in Peachtree City. The series concluded its fourth season Sept. 9 with a wedding scene

shot at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

“Obviously, I don’t need the money. It’s just a relief to get away from the office and the stress.” But he’s also looking to get into the business more seriously and perhaps nab a speaking role.

Hunter Hughes, 50, was in mortgage banking until the economic collapse and is us-ing extras work to bridge the time and make a little cash very little cash. Hughes tries to look on the bright side: The food is free.

The downside: Hours can be long and waits tedious.

For “Drop Dead Diva,” Susko says he’d often have to get up at 4:30 a.m. for an hour commute, then work a 12-hour day. On shows such as the CW’s “The Vampire Dia-ries” or MTV’s “Teen Wolf,” which require plenty of night shoots, staying up all night isn’t unusual.

During breaks, extras are usually corralled into a room or a cordoned-off area. For regulars, it’s a mini-social club where they gossip and trade jokes.

Sometimes, they rub shoulders with A-listers such as Clint Eastwood and Vince Vaughn (though it’s recommended an extra speak to them only if they

speak to you first).Tripp West, a radio DJ

between gigs, recently did some extras work on “Dev-il’s Knot,” an upcoming film starring Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth.

“Colin was very approach-able. Reese was heavily protected. I got to talk to Rex Linn for awhile. Not a deep conversation. But we talked football. He’s a University of Texas guy.”

Clyde Cauthen, a 50-year-old accountant who does extra work on the side, spent time on the new East-wood film “Trouble With the Curve.”

“I sat right beside him on the set playing a bar patron,” he says. “He was super nice. He showed respect for every-one around him and made us all feel comfortable.”

West says it’s fun to see if he actually ends up in the fi-nal product, however fleeting. When he watched the 2010 ABC Family film “Christmas Cupid,” he scanned for his face at a party scene and was able to catch himself for all of three seconds.

For a bit more money, some extras become stand-ins for big-name actors.

For three seasons, Jenni-fer Eden has shown up every day during production to be a

regular fill-in for “Drop Dead Diva” lead actress Brooke El-liott while the staff sets up a scene. The time she has spent on set has inspired her to get into the production side of things.

“We’ve all become one big family,” she says. “Brooke takes care of me, always checks on me.”

Among local shoots, the coolest gig for many extras is to be a zombie. Maya Santan-drea says the minute she saw “The Walking Dead” when it debuted in 2010, she was hooked and told friends she wanted to be a zombie.

So this spring, she attended a special audition for zom-bies where she impressed co-executive producer Greg Nicotero with her extra-scary facial expressions and aggressively pantomimed at-tacking a fake victim.

“When I think of zombies, I have an image of a ferocious dog. I’m going to eat you!”

Santandrea has since been cast in three “Walk-ing Dead” episodes and was rewarded with a “hero” zom-bie role, which means getting whacked by one of the main actors.

“If you’re a hero zombie, you get prosthetics put on in-stead of just paint. You also get a little bump in pay.”