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Kane scores 40, Herd escapes from Golden Hurricane in triple overtime thriller

BY JARROD CLAY The Parthenon

Three overtimes and five Conference USA Tournament records later, the Marshall University men’s basketball team defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Thursday.

The Herd defeated the Golden Hurricane 105-100 in three overtimes during a game that saw 71 personal fouls with a combined 101 free throws and nine players foul out.

“I’ve been fortunate to be a part of some great games historically throughout my career at a lot of different stops, and this was obviously one of the top classic games I’ve been a part of,” said Tom Herrion Marshall head coach.

After the first half, the Herd trailed Tulsa by just two points, 32-30. In the second half The Herd pulled out to a six-point lead with as little as 2:59 left in the second half.

Marshall closed the second half on a 6-0 run, with Shaquille Johnson tying the game at 64, with one minute remaining.

“We give them (Tulsa) a lot of credit,” Herrion said. “I reference boxing quite a bit, and that’s as good as it gets –– that game was the old days. That’s Ali and Frazier and

those cats when they used to go at it.”

In the first overtime, the Herd trailed Tulsa by two ­— with less than a minute remaining — before Johnson once again tied the game with 34 seconds remaining.

“I couldn’t be more proud of a bunch of kids than I am with that group in the locker room,” Herrion said. “I talked about it all season.

We’re going to need every guy on our team at some point and tonight was the night we needed everybody. We had guys come in who hadn’t played a lot lately make some big plays, and our older guys carried us.”

In the third overtime, Marshall trailed 95-94 when senior Dago Pena knocked down a three point shot and got fouled making it a four-point lead and giving the Herd a 98-95 lead it would not relinquish.

“You can go back to a lot of plays in a triple overtime game like that, but that may have been the biggest play in any of the overtimes,” Herrion said.

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Senior guard Damier Pitts and junior forward Dennis Tinnon celebrate following the final buzzer in triple overtime.

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Coach caught smoking marijuana

Marshall scholarly output available digitally

By Allyson Warner

BY REBECCA STEPHENS

The Parthenon

The Marshall University swimming and diving coach resigned from his position March 1, amid reports that he was caught smoking marijuana on campus.

Russell Hunt (LEFT) had been coach for a total of two complete seasons for the Thundering Herd.

A Marshall University Police DepartHERDZONE.com ment report states Hunt was caught smoking marijuana in Gullickson Hall on March 1 in the lower stairwell of the building.

The report states Hunt was smoking the substance from a small plastic pipe.

In addition, Hunt had a

homemade filtered device made from cardboard and dryer sheets and a bag of marijuana weighing less than 15 grams. He was transported to the Cabell County Courthouse where he was released.

“We wish him the best of luck moving forward and will start the search for his successor in the near future,” said Mike Hamrick, director of athletics, in a statement. “I would like to thank Russell for his contributions to our program.”

Jason Corriher, assistant athletic director for media relations, said the department is dealing with this as a personnel matter and will have no further comments at this time.

Allyson Warner can be contacted at warer65@ marshall.edu.

The Parthenon

Marshall University has its own institutional repository, Marshall Digital Scholar, which allows for Marshall research and publications to be available in a single, digital location.

“Institutional repositories are really part of academic library futures,” said Thomas Walker, music and digital services librarian. “It’s a way to collect all of the scholarly output of a university, specifically faculty and graduate students. You want to be able to have it all accessible in one place.”

Jingping Zhang, university librarian and director of library operations, began researching other universities in the nation a few years ago

and discovered that having an institutional repository was common, she said.

“We need this to support and to promote faculty research,” Zhang said. “That is our unique, intellectual collection for Marshall University.”

In March 2011 Zhang formed a committee made up of other Marshall librarians, including Walker and Gretchen Beach, catalog and digital services librarian, in order to continue research and to determine what was needed for the institutional repository, she said.

The committee submitted a report to Information Technology in May 2011 and presented the idea for MDS to them in June 2011. They received a three-year grant for the project, Zhang said.

MDS can be accessed at

mds.marshall.edu, as well as through Marshall’s library page.

Faculty publications will largely make up MDS, but electronic theses and dissertations, as well as capstone projects, will also be available, Walker said.

MDS can be accessed by anyone, not just Marshall students and faculty. However, there will be some restricted sections, such as faculty publications only permitted to be shown to the university campus, which will require Marshall IDs, Walker said.

Berkeley Electronic Press, or BePress, provides the virtual space needed for MDS. The BePress community consists of more than 170 academic institutions that Marshall has access to search, and they have access to search Marshall, Walker

said.

Zhang said MDS has been presented to several departments on campus and has received very positive responses.

Beach said the Graduate College is very excited about MDS and that she has already received several CVs to be entered into the repository.

MDS also offers access to music recordings and programs, along with faculty research from the music department, Walker said.

“We’re proudly one of the first schools to use it for a department of music,” Walker said. “We’re the only university that BePress has to use it in this capacity.”

In April, MDS will offer selected works from faculty members, Beach said.

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DegreeWorks will inform students of academic progress

BY BRITTANEE BARTON The Parthenon

The DegreeWorks program at Marshall University is in its final developmental stages. The degree audit program, which will be visible online, is to be released in the fall semester.

Registrar representive Roberta Ferguson said she is

very optimistic about the information DegreeWorks will provide to both students and academic advisers.

“DegreeWorks is very user-friendly,” Ferguson said. “It’s very intuitive.

We really think people will be able to use it instantly without a great deal of training.”

Sunguard, manufacturer

of DegreeWorks, began programming the course catalog during Fall 2010, which means current sophomores will be the first class to have access to the service.

Ferguson said the Fall 2010 semester was an ideal starting place because the new curriculum was introduced at that point.

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William Biggs said the DegreeWorks profile will monitor the student’s progress. With DegreeWorks, students will always know where they stand as far as what courses are required for graduation.

“It’s somewhat color coded,” Biggs said. “It will be a shade of red if you still have to do that course,

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a shade of green means you’ve met that requirement and a shade of blue means you’re in progress.

It’ll help students have a better understanding.”

The implementation of DegreeWorks is a response to the Higher Education Policy Commission’s recommendation to state schools.

Ferguson said DegreeWorks will initially only cater to undergraduate students and will later be expanded to the Graduate College. The benefits lie in long-range planning, as students will be able to access all prerequisite requirements, use a grade point average calculator and check See DEGREEWORKS I Page 5

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West Virginia author reads at Visiting Writers Series

BY HENRY CULVYHOUSE THE PARTHENON

More than 100 students and faculty braved the rain and an overtime basketball game to attend a reading by a West Virginia author Thursday night.

Author Jayne Anne Phillips read selections out of her latest book “Lark and Termite” at the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre. Her reading is the second installment of the Marshall University Visiting Writers Series.

Phillips, from Buckhannon, W.Va., centered her book on the lives of a soldier in the Korean War, a mentally disabled child, his 17-year-old sister and their aunt.

Phillips said her inspiration to write comes from her childhood in the Mountain State.

“I think people forget that their lives are part of the narrative of not only history, but literature,” Phillips said. “A lot of my

work is connected to West Virginia and is set here in some way.”

Phillips said she hoped the reading resonated with aspiring authors at Marshall.

“Seeing writers and hearing them read can really save lives both physically and spiritually,” Phillips said. “I hope that comes clear.”

Sophomore creative writing major Kaitlin Sturgill, of Hurricane, W.Va., said Phillips’ reading impressed her.

“She’s a fantastic writer and she has a very poetic way with words,” Sturgill said. “Her characters were particularly fascinating, and I thought they were very convincing.”

English professor John Young is using “Lark and Termite” in his literary criticism course. Young said he thinks Thursday night’s reading will be a valuable teaching tool.

“I hope they mention which parts of the novel she

chose to read and her parts about the back story behind the composition of the novel,” Young said. “We can talk about that in class and see how that changes the interpretation of the novel.”

Series coordinator, Art Stringer, said the reading was a success.

“We had quite a bit of competition, especially from a presentation going on in the student center for women’s studies,” Stringer said. “We’re very pleased a lot of students, community people, Marshall professionals and staff came out.”

The next Marshall University Visiting Writers Series reading will feature poet Kathryn Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick is the author of four collections and teaches at Appalachian State University. She will read at 8 p.m. on April 5 in the Shawkey Room at the Memorial Student Center.

Henry Culvyhouse can be contacted at culvyhouse@ marshall.edu.

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TOP: More than 100 students and faculty attend the Visiting Writers Series.

BOTTOM: Jayne Anne Phillips reads selections from her latest book, “Lark and Termite.”

Honors class to help students register to vote

BY KAYLA MARCUM The Parthenon

Professor Mary Todd’s Honors 200 Leaders in Ethic and Civic Engagement class will be waiting today in the Memorial Student Center to help anyone interested in registering to vote.

A student will fill out a short form with his or her information. The class mails them in and the student will receive his or her voter registration card three weeks later in the

mail and is then eligible to vote in the upcoming election.

“I suggested to my class that we do voter registration because it’s an election year and it’s on people’s minds, and college students should be registered to vote,” Todd said.

Although Todd suggested the idea, she told the class she would not be the one to organize it.

So the students came together and organized the project in a short amount

of time.

Todd said after an in-class meeting, the students decided they would meet with their peers in the student center, in front of Smith Hall and in front of the Rec Center.

“They’re all taking shifts with clipboards and voter registration forms to see if they can register Marshall students who haven’t already registered, whether they’re from West Virginia or other states,” Todd said.

Sophomore Larissa

Newsome said the class chose this project because it’s something all college students can get involved in.

“We really wanted something that would apply to ever yone across the board and would have a big ef fect on the community,” Newsome said.

“This is something really important for kids our age to get into. It’s really important to have our voice heard now for decisions that will af fect us for the rest of our lives.”

Sexual studies students, MTR discussion faculties to meet and greet set for Monday THE PARTHENON The Marshall University sexuality studies program will play host to a meet-and-greet Friday at the John Deaver Drinko Librar y atrium.

Students and faculty in the prog ram w i l l m e e t a t 1 2 p. m . t o d i s c u s s the program’s progress since last semester. Chair of sexuality studies, Eric Chrol said the gathering would establish a space for all the students and f a c u l t y t o s h a r e wh a t t h ey h ave ex p e r i e n c e d i n t h e mu l t i d i s c i p l i n a r y m i n o r.

“We have a lot of

interesting, diver se people who are taking lots of dif ferent classes under the umbrella of the sexuality studies minor but don’t ever get a chance to see each other,” Chrol said.

Chrol said the meeta n d - g r e e t i s open to p e o p l e i n t e r e s ted in the m i n o r.

“It’s a chance for people who have never taken a sexuality studies course, or are curious as to what we’re all about or want to hear what the future of the program is, to come and get exposed to that infor mation,” Chrol said.

The Parthenon The Student Environmental Action Coalition continues the mountaintop removal theme Monday with a panel discussion featuring Marshall University English professor Chris Green, Occupy the Machine representatives and community members from Blair Mountain.

The discussion will meet at 7 p.m. on March 12 in the Shawkey Room of the Memorial Student Center to discuss both the academic concepts and activist maneuvers

related to the mountain. “(Green) will focus on Blair Mountain’s role in Appalachian histor y, specifically the class str uggle of unionization,” Kemp said.

Green will explain the histor y of Blair Mountain including the origins of the ter ms “red necks” and “rebels.”

O c c u py t h e M a c h i n e, a radical resistance g roup, will explain resistance tactics, such as tree sits and roadblocks, and why those protest tactics succeed in stopping or delaying work.

Campus outreaches gather to worship in unity

BY SHAUN FRENCH The Parthenon

Several campus outreaches will be gathering to worship in unity Friday.

MU Cru, Baptist Campus Ministries, Marshall Community Fellowship and Revolution will be gathering for a worship service at 7 p.m. in the Campus Christian Center.

Jef f Johnson, 2010 Marshall alumnus from Charleston, said the campus outreaches are having the service to worship God as a whole.

“It’s not about what groups are there, how many people from BCM are there or how many people from Cru,” Johnson said. “It’s about people coming to

experience and worship God. We want people to take away from that night that God is huge. He doesn’t just work among these individual campus groups, but he’s working among all of them and all around campus.”

Adam Goodwin, director of BCM from Crown Hill, W.Va., said the worship service can be a good

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experience for the campus outreaches to demonstrate unity.

“My desire is that all of the students would realize that Jesus is far bigger than any one ministr y,” Goodwin said.

The worship service is open to the public.

Shaun French can be contacted at french25@ marshall.edu.

Freshman biomedical sciences major, Adam Daniels, said he registered to vote Wednesday in the student center.

He said the procedure was easy, and he is excited about the upcoming election.

“I’m ver y eager to vote,” Daniels said.

Todd’s class will be registering students to vote for the last time this month today. The students will be prepared with clipboards and registration forms again the first week

of April.

Todd said she encourages all those who have not yet registered to do so soon because it is an honor to be able to vote for political leaders.

“It’s the highest privilege of a citizen of this country to be able to vote,” Todd said.

Students can register to vote in the student center, in front of Smith Hall and in front of the Rec Center.

Kayla Marcum can be contacted at marcum139@ marshall.edu.

POLICE BLOTTER

BY ALLYSON WARNER The Parthenon

The following information was provided by the Marshall University Police Department.

iSTOLEN Four individuals reported to campus police that their money and an iPod was stolen from the Shewey locker room March 2. A total of $219 was taken from the room along with a $200 iPod. There are no suspects at this time.

BUZZ KILL Two male students were issued a citation for underage drinking March 3 in First-Year Residence Hall South. Police received a complaint around 10 p.m. that they were drinking in their room. When police arrived, they found the individuals with the possession of liquor inside the room.

HAL GREER HOOLIGANS Police witnessed three males walking from Hal Greer across university property around 3:55 a.m. on March 4. The men were seen kicking light poles, parked cars and turning over cigarette ashtrays.

Suspects were arrested for destruction of property, underage consumption and public intoxication.

Allyson Warner can be contacted at warner65@ marshall.edu.

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WORK TO DO Thursday’s victory leaves the

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Herd one win away from finals

Jubilation.

Junior forward Dennis Tinnon jumps in celebration following the final buzzer of the Thundering Herd’s triple overtime victory over Tulsa.

Tinnon finished the contest with a double-double — tallying 14 points and 12 rebounds, including six points in the final overtime.

The junior played 50 minutes, taking a seat for just five throughout the game.

Tinnon was named to the C-USA AllDefensive Team prior to the start of the C-USA Tournament.

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ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Thursday afternoon turned into evening, as Marshall men’s basketball and Tulsa (17-14) went to triple overtime inside FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.

The Thundering Herd (20-12) advanced to the

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semifinals of the 2012 Conference USA Tournament with the 105-100 win in three overtimes to face the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (25-7).

Friday’s semifinal action will be the second time the Herd and Golden Eagles have played one another in under a week’s time and the third time this season.

Friday will mark just the

Teamwork. The Thundering Herd exits the floor after the conclusion of the second overtime — greeting teammate Yous Mbao on the sidelines. Mbao fouled out late in the second half.

first time Marshall has played both Southern Miss in the C-USA Tournament and reached the semifinal round.

Southern Miss knocked off Marshall on Jan. 21 to hand the Herd its first conference loss of the season, 67-63, and Marshall handed Southern Miss its most recent loss, in the final game of the regular season, on March 3, 79-75.

“Southern Miss is a good team,” said redshirt-sophomore guard DeAndre Kane after his 40-point performance against Tulsa. “We played them tough down there, and it probably came down to the last shot that we didn’t execute on the defensive end. We beat them in our house on senior night, and they know what we run, and we know what they run so it should be a battle tomorrow.”

“Things didn’t go our way down the stretch down there,” said senior guard Shaquille Johnson.

“We came out, fought and guarded them (well). We just know that it’s going to be a dogfight tomorrow.”

“We’ve got preparation in the morning,” junior

forward Dennis Tinnon said in the locker room following his tenth double-double performance of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds. “And if we take preparation serious, focus and stay hungry, we’ll get this done.”

Fatigue could come into effect during the game against Southern Miss, as the two teams played a combined total of four overtimes.

The Marshall players are shaking off thoughts of fatigue, however.

“We should be good tomorrow,” Kane said. “We’re going to ice up and do whatever we need to do to be ready tomorrow. We won’t be tired, and we’ll be ready to go tomorrow at 3 p.m.”

“No (I’m not tired), I can go out there and play again,” Tinnon said. “If I had to, I’d go out there and play Southern Miss.”

Tinnon and the rest of the Herd will just have to wait until 4 p.m. for their rematch with the Golden Eagles, as series in which Marshall holds a slim 7-6 lead.

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

MEN’S MATCHUPS: SEMIFINALS vs.

4 p.m. (CBSSN) Team: Marshall Record: 20-12 (9-7) Coach: Tom Herrion Key Players: DeAndre Kane, G, All-C-USA Second Team; Dennis Tinnon, F, C-USA AllDefensive Team Bottom Line: The Herd will no doubt be exhausted after playing 55 minutes Thursday.

It will be imperative for Marshall to find the energy to continue to survive and advance.

This one is on the seniors to step up and lead.

Team: Southern Miss Record: 25-7 (11-5) Coach: Larry Eustachy Key Players: Neil Watson, G, All-C-USA Second Team; Jonathan Mills, F, All-C-USA Third Team Bottom Line: The Golden Eagles will aslo be tired — following an overtime contest, as well. Southern Miss must find a way to stop DeAndre Kane and control the glass if they want to end the Herd’s tournament run.

Parthenon prediction: Marshall- 64 Southern Miss- 63

vs.

6:30 p.m. (CBSSN) Team: Memphis Team: UCF Record: 23-8 (13-3) Record: 22-9 (10-6) Coach: Josh Pastner Coach: Donnie Jones Key Players: Will Barton, G, All-C-USA Key Players: Keith Clanton, F, All-C-USA First Team; Tarik Black, F, All-C-USA Second First Team, C-USA All Defensive Team; Marcus Team Jordan, G, Junior Bottom Line: Memphis ran away from Bottom Line: The Knights struggled to find UTEP in the second half Tuesday. The Tigers the basket in the second half of their win over have a clear shot to the finals if they can UAB. A letdown like that will be devastating to continue to use home-court advantage to their even the thought of an upset over Memphis.

— well, advantage.

Clanton must find a way to score often.

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EDITORIAL

GOP candidates focus too much on social issues Is it really a surprise to see conservatives derailing public discourse for the sake of discussing social issues that have been discussed for hundreds of years? In the current race for the Republican nomination, it seems not to be about issues that are pertinent to the United States at this point in time, but rather it seems to be about issues that shouldn’t even be a matter of discussion. These include, but are not limited to contraception, same-sex marriage, health care and separation of church and state. The public is being distracted by these conservatives who would choose to talk about social issues that are more topical in their nature and thus, easier to comprehend.

Rush Limbaugh called a woman a “slut” because she defended women’s right to birth control. Rick Santorum said he will outlaw abortion because it is an abomination of his religious beliefs. Mitt Romney has an infatuation with the ability to hire and fire workers. He also would choose to bomb first, talk later when dealing with Iran.

The rhetoric of the right is extreme and bellicose. Why are

these candidates not addressing the economy? Has anyone proposed an actual solution other than a smaller government and lower taxes? The social issues these candidates, notably Santorum, discuss should not even be an issue. The real issues such as the national debt, war with Iran, a still ongoing war with Afghanistan and the outsourcing of jobs by American corporations are, if discussed, only with concise brevity.

The social issues being talked about are older than all the candidates. They are trite at this point. Women have a right to contraception; this is not 1845. Gay couples have a right to be married. There is a separation of church and state. Thank you Thomas Jefferson. Women have the right to have an abortion. These are all issues that concern individual rights. Let us talk about issues that have a direct political and economic effect on all of us rather than moral codes certain people abide by. Conservatives should spend more time looking at hard numbers rather than trying to enforce their morality on a country that has a provision against such measures.

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COLUMN

Students should only have to to stay in dorms for one year

BY SYDNEY RANSON THE PARTHENON

As a sophomore here at Marshall University, I am still living in the dorms –– not because I want to –– but because it is required of noncommuting students to live on campus for their first two years. Don’t get me wrong, not everything about dorm life is awful, but it would be nice to already have my own place with my own bathroom and kitchen.

I know there are certain dorms on campus that give residents their own bathroom and access to a kitchen –– but it’s one or the other, never both.

I wouldn’t necessarily call walking across the hall to the community restrooms to take a shower every day a task, but it would be much more convenient if I could do that in the comfort of my own home, while still living close to campus. While I also appreciate all of the hard work that the cooks at the dining halls put into preparing meals for students every day, sometimes I’d like to be able to make something

other than microwaveable meals for myself.

Now, I don’t mean to sound like I’m taking the entirety of my column to complain, so I will mention a few things I find positive about living in the dorms.

For instance, the programs that the resident advisers around the buildings hold each month make it easy to get involved on campus and with the other members of your floor and building. Also, since I live in a building that has community restrooms on each floor, I don’t have a bathroom to clean (thanks to the wonderful housing staff) like I will in the fall at my new apartment.

My point here is that I am an almost 20 years old, and I see myself as an adult that should be able to live in her own apartment.

Although dorm life has its upsides, I strongly believe mandatory living in the dorms should only be enforced for one year. It would allow first-year freshmen to become acquainted with the campus and other students, but would also allow students like myself, who have already adjusted, to have more freedom and fly the coop.

Sydney Ranson can b e c on t ac t e d at ran s on 17@ m ars h all.edu.

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‘Kony 2012’ raises questions in US

BY BISHOP NASH THE PARTHENON

I’m willing to bet a great deal that the vast majority of young American adults had no idea who Joseph Kony, or the Lord’s Resistance, Army was until roughly a week ago. Unless you’ve got a background understanding of the internal struggles of central Africa, it’s just not something people discussed with any discernable amount of voracity.

Call me a realist, a pessimist or whatever, but something here does not seem as it should.

I’ve seen tons upon tons of videos and call-to-arms over every issue under the sun, and most as virtuous and noble as the proposed disposal of Joseph Kony and the LRA. So when I finally watched the now famous “Kony 2012” video after it was relentlessly tossed around Facebook and Twitter, I began to wonder what in particular got the masses so excited about this movement when similar causes have fell by the wayside.

For one, Kony is literally the manifestation of the Boogeyman right down to

kidnapping children. That’s what I feel is the keyword to this movement’s popularity: Children. Whenever kids are involved in human tragedy, people tend to run to help with warmer hearts. The use of child soldiers is among the greatest of sins. War is the greatest perversion of humanity; literal Hell on Earth.

To rape away the innocence of a child through the horrors of warfare is disgusting to the point of making me want to physically puke my guts out.

For years, been a hallmark of idealistic American youths to want to reach out and help African nations in need; the epitome of targets for aid being Uganda.

Just say it: yew-GAHN-duh.

The name itself sounds like it fits its own stereotype the tumultuously exotic central African nation that middleclass American kids would love to reach out and rescue.

This whole situation fits the bill of what young, energetic Americans want to step into for a humanitarian cause.

Liberals, conservatives, Christians, Muslims, non-religious folk everyone can agree that this issue needs to be dutifully resolved. It’s a power-hungry and all-around evil African warlord and his roving band of thugs scooping up helpless children by the thousands in a distant and

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exotic land. You couldn’t have handcrafted a situation that would better light the fire inside thousands of American teens and young adults looking to change the world for good.

But here’s where I start to think.

As mentioned in the famous “Kony 2012” video which ignited most of the momentum, the anti-LRA movement’s the great victory thus far was President Barack Obama’s signing of the LRA’s Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009. This piece of legislature “crystallizes the commitment of the United States to help bring an end to the brutality and the hallmark of the LRA,” according to President Obama. As a result, the U.S. has sent 100 special forces members to act in advisory and technical roles in central Africa as the Ugandan Army pursues Kony and the LRA. A hundred troops without a permission to fire is nothing. It’s literally not even a crumb falling off the table of the U.S. annual foreign aid budget. If I was an activist seeking U.S. support against Kony and saw this as the final response given, I’d be furious. A hundred troops training Ugandans isn’t U.S. intervention, it’s a public relations move. This is nothing. I’d want a team of SEALS tracking Kony down

and kicking in his door bin Laden-style.

And now skepticism is starting to fly around in my head.

A part of me doesn’t believe the U.S. government would send troops into a country because it’s the will of a grass roots organization full of college students. As far as U.S. involvement in central Africa goes, there is no precedent for this type of operation. We’ve never seen the government behave like this, and they’re seemingly letting grassroots operations dictate foreign policy. What I’m wondering is whether or not U.S. officials have any ulterior motives for establishing a presence in central Africa. Uganda has a copious amount of resources, including literally underground lakes of oil. That untamed area of the world also has the potential to become a bastion for terrorist organizations that would seek to harm the U.S., as we’ve seen with Boko Haram in Nigeria and alShaabab in Somalia.

Whatever the case, I really, really hope killing Kony and dismantling the LRA is all we want in Uganda, or else the fervency of thousands of young Americans could be hijacked for not-so-noble causes.

Bishop Nash can be contacted at nash 24@ marshall.edu.

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Students learn how to manage college expenses

BY ANDREW FROBEL The Parthenon

Students were given the opportunity to attend a presentation based on their finances, budgeting and their expenses on and of f campus.

The Memorial Student Center played host to a presentation in the Student Resource Center to talk with students interested in managing their

college expenses.

Brian Rice, criminal justice sophomore from Huntington, W.Va., attended the event after he received an email regarding the infor mation.

“The main reason why I came today is because I believe I need a budget plan,” Rice said. “Paying bills and car payments sometimes have to be late because of my lack of budgeting money.”

The event had faculty members who teach in the college of business to answer any questions students might have had.

Matthew Lawless, a junior in the College of Business from Bluefield, W.Va., attended this event to help students with a budgeting plan.

Lawless said any student who attends can get all of the infor mation they need to know i n

o rd e r t o ge t c o n t r o l o f t h e i r f i n a n c e s. “ S t u d e n t s, m a i n ly freshman students can b e ve r y r e c k l e s s w i t h t h e i r m o n ey, ” L aw l e s s s a i d . “ C o l l ege i s a b i g transition for students t o c o n q u e r, a n d t h e i r m o n ey c a n f a l l shor t quickly.”

L aw l e s s s a i d a b i g r e a s on why he was there, was to help students stay out of a hole they

couldn’t get out of.

Rich Klieger, exercise science sophomore from Trenton, N.J., said he has a problem with the constant spending he does.

“I always feel the need to go out to eat when my parents pay for a meal plan for me,” Klieger said. “I go to the bar too often, too.”

Klieger said he has many dif ferent excuses as to why he has such

bad spending habits.

After attending this presentation and learning all that he did, he said he must change his habits ver y soon.

The faculty members in attendance said the best way to watch the spending and to save money is to have a budget you can work with.

Andrew Frobel can be contacted at frobel@marshall. edu.

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LEFT: Thundering Herd mascot Marco does a victory dance after Thursday’s win against Tulsa. RIGHT: Junior forward Nigel Spikes, freshman center JP Kambola and junior forward Robert Goff cheer on teammates from the sideline. Marshall won the second round matchup with the Golden Hurricane, 105-100 in triple overtime. The Herd will take on Southern Miss at 3:30 p.m. Friday.

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Continued from Page 1 Marshall has recorded a total 95 minutes of game time the past two days, and that total will continue to climb when the Herd takes on Southern Miss on Friday.

“Fatigue wasn’t a factor,” said Marshall sophomore guard DeAndre Kane “We should be good tomorrow. We just got to ice up and drink up and do whatever we’ve got to do to be ready. We won’t be tired.”

Tulsa finished the game with five players in double figures, led by Eric McClellan’s

25. The freshman guard said he’s proud of his team and the Herd deserved the victory.

“Credit Marshall – they’re a great program, a hard-fighting team,” McClellan said. “The better team won today.”

The quarterfinal game broke four C-USA tournament records, including the highest scoring game – with 205 combined points.

Tulsa set an all-time C-USA Tournament high with 58 free throws attempted and with 40 free throws made.

Individually, DeAndre Kane was a one-man record breaker, posting all-time C-USA Tournament highs in points (40), field goals attempted (32) and

field goals made (15).

“I just kept going to the basket and got some calls,” Kane said. “But it wasn’t just me.

Our bench stepped up. Everybody was great. It was a team effort today,” Kane said.

Not only did Kane break three tournament records, he also became Marshall’s 49th 1000-point scorer, tying Marshall with UCLA for eighth most in school history.

“He had the ball in his hands, we ran some clock, he drove that thing (to the basket) and he obviously played with great purpose down the stretch,” Herrion said. “He had great command of the game late.”

Fourteen of Kane’s 40 points came in the overtime periods, including five in the third overtime.

“That was an unbelievable basketball game and give Marshall credit, particularly DeAndre Kane,” said Doug Wojcik Tulane head coach.

With five players disqualified from five fouls each, the Herd used all but one player on its bench and got solid production from everyone who saw playing time.

After missing a pair of free throws, freshman Jamir Hanner chased down his own rebound, drove the baseline and threw down a two handed slam that put

Marshall up 76-74 in the second overtime.

When senior guard Damier Pitts fouled out, freshman Chris Martin entered the game and quickly stroked a three-pointer that gave the Herd a 94-93 lead in the third overtime period.

We had some guys step up and make great plays. We had to. We had some guys carry us down the stretch. I thought DeAndre was great, tremendous with the ball in his hands late in the game,” Herrion said.

With the victory, Marshall advances to its first C-USA semifinal game in school history. The Herd will be

taking on Southern Miss for the second time in less than a week, but for the first time ever in the Conference USA Tournament.

“Southern Miss is a good team,” Kane said. “We played them tough down there. We beat them at our house on senior night, but like I said they’re a good team. It should be a battle tomorrow.”

The Thundering Herd and Southern Miss are scheduled to tip off at 4 p.m. Friday in the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament.

Jarrod Clay can be contacted at clay105@marshall. edu.

Bridal fair to be held at Huntington Mall The Parthenon In preparation for the upcoming wedding season, Huntington Mall is preparing for its annual Spring Bridal Fair.

The 2012 Spring Bridal Fair will take place Sunday at center court in the Huntington Mall.

Vendors will be set up

by 12:30, and a fashion show by Lara’s Bridal and Formal will began at 1 p.m., followed by The Rosetree Boutique Wedding Day fashion show at 2 p.m..

The first 100 brides to register for the bridal fair will receive a gift from the Huntington Mall. Additional prizes will be given away during the Rosetree

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clothing and drinking water. Distribution efforts for this week will occur Friday and Monday. These items will be distributed through the Disaster and Emergency Management agencies in the counties that have the greatest need.

For a full list of items needed or more information, contact Scott Frasure with Huntington Area Food Bank at 304-523-6029 or visit www.hafb.org.

Ashley Foster can be contacted at foster108@marshall. edu.

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requirements when considering a possible change of major.

Students will be able to check where they stand on their own at all times, which allows advisers to spend advising appointment

Boutique Wedding Day fashion show.

Nancy Conrad, marketing administrator for the Huntington Mall, said there will be 10–14 vendors at the event.

“The bridal fair has been done each spring for years,” Conrad said. “We usually have at least 200– 300 people attend the fair.”

Conrad said there will be a vendor for grooms where they can choose their tuxedoes.

In addition to tuxedos, the grooms-to-be will have a chance to meet Julian Miller, 2012 Orange Bowl champion and West Virginia University player in front of Collectible, etc., from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

students the opportunity to get to know professors through their work without ever meeting them face-toface, Walker said.

“This way, they can find out about them,” Walker said. “They can read what their interests are they can read their scholarship they can get to know that professor just like a face-to-face

student would.”

MDS provides an exciting new service that makes the library service better and stronger, and because it is available to anyone in the world, it greatly increases Marshall’s visibility, Zhang said.

Rebecca Stephens can be contacted at stephens107@ marshall.edu.

discussing other student issues, such as internships and job placements.

Ferguson said the end goal is to move students through college scheduling more efficiently.

“It just has tremendous advantages for students and advisers,” Ferguson said. “It’ll be much easier

to determine eligibility for graduation. It’ll eliminate a lot of issues in terms of misinformation for graduation.”

Sunguard will train faculty in April. Students will be able to view DegreeWorks from their MyMU pages.

Brittanee Barton can be contacted at barton35@ marshall.edu.

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Local charity aims to aid tornado victims

BY ASHLEY FOSTER THE PARTHENON

The Huntington Area Food Bank will partner with Huntington businesses to conduct a massive food collection to help the victims in surrounding areas affected by the tornadoes last Friday.

The tornadoes affected many families in the surrounding areas. Ohio and Kentucky reported a total of 30 tornadoes, causing 15 fatalities and many communities destroyed.

This collection effort is focused on non-perishable foods, water and supplies to help those whose homes were affected by the tornadoes in eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia.

Scott Frasure, director of development for Huntington Area Food Bank, will head the collection and distribution of items.

“This storm was very unexpected,” Frasure said.

“These supplies will be a huge help to families whose homes and lives were adversely affected.”

Businesses assisting with the collection efforts include: Wal-Mart, Kroger, Clear Channel Radio, Kellogg’s, Abbott, Feeding America, 7-UP, PepsiCo, Kroger and River Cities Harvest.

“All donations dropped off at Big Sandy Superstore will be doubled,” Frasure

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Heather Bailey and her 12-year-old daughter Emily, carry out toys as they clean up tornado damage from their home in Chapman, Ky., last Thursday. Ohio and Kentucky reported a total of 30 tornadoes causing 15 fatalities last week. said. “We are very thankful for the businesses helping us on this.”

Donation drop-off sites can be found at all Big Sandy Superstores and Community

Trust Bank locations. Other donation sites include WalMart on U.S. Route 60 and the Huntington Area Food Bank at 1327 Seventh Ave. Monetary donations will

also be collected from those who wish to give. Donations can be made by visiting the Huntington Area Food Bank website and clicking the donation tab.

This week, the Huntington Area Food Bank has distributed more than 50,000 pounds to people in Lawrence and Morgan Counties in Kentucky and

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Marshall to participate in Concrete Canoe Competition THE PARTHENON Taking watercraft out onto rivers might be a favorite pastime in the Appalachians, but it’s not often small water sailors brave the murky waterways with canoes made of concrete.

That’s what a group of Marshall University engineering students plan on doing.

Part of the 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers Virginias Conference at Virginia Tech taking place March 29-31, the Concrete Canoe Competition showcases student-built concrete canoes from 10 teams in colleges and universities across Virginia and West Virginia.

The first leg of the competition takes place on March 30, with the second and final leg happening March 31.

The competition will take place approximately 30 minutes from Virginia Tech’s campus at Claytor

Lake State Park.

According to the ASCE official website, this competition is a qualifying round for the ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition, which takes place each year in mid-June.

“Teams qualify for the NCC by placing first in one of the 18 conference competitions held throughout the United States during the spring,” according to the ASCE. “Teams placing second in a conference competition behind a university that finished in the top five at the previous year’s national competition are also invited.

To be eligible to compete, the entrant school must be a recognized ASCE Student Chapter or ASCE International Student Group.”

The conference competitions follow all rules and guidelines set by the ASCE.

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