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� e West Virginia Sen-ate passed a ban on texting while driving Wednesday but will have to reconsider its revisions.

According to the Leg-islature’s website, the bill passed the Senate 29-4 but was amended to include the failure to wear a seat belt as a primary o� ense. A er passing, it was then sent to the House for con-currence, but the House refused.

Without the amendment, House Bill 2555 calls for a ban on texting, e-mailing, instant messaging or ac-cessing the World Wide Web from any electronic device and doubles � nes for each subsequent o� ense. � e � ne starts at $100, ac-cording to the bill.

Lt. Brenda Wamsley of the Huntington Police De-partment said she supports the idea of a ban because she believes it is a bad enough problem to merit a tra� c law.

“I think it’s getting to be a very bad problem,” Wamsley said. “If you’ll notice when you pull up beside somebody, or pass somebody, its obvious what they’re doing. You can see a phone in their hand and them looking down at the phone.”

She also speculated that Huntington has been ex-periencing an abundance of rear end collisions, more than likely as a result of texting.

“It’s bad enough be-ing distracted by the cell phones in a conversation, which has been shown to be as bad as a 0.10 driver DUI, but you’re more in-volved when you’re texting than you would be in a conversation,” she said. “It’s just too distracting for the driver. � e driver needs to be concentrating on the task at hand.”

Senate passes texting ban

BY JOANIE BORDERSTHE PARTHENON

Lent is a season celebrated by Catholic and Prot-estants that includes the 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday, starting with Ash Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday is the � rst day of the Lenten sea-son and is o en observed by church services or a special Mass in the Catholic Church. Worshipers receive blessed ashes on their foreheads to signify that they came from ashes and will return to ashes.

“� e purpose of Lent is to see our neighbor and embrace them with love, charity, compassion and to rediscover our best self,” said Brother Dennis Klemash, Franscian friar and Catholic priest at St. Anthony Catholic Church.

According to Klemash, the 40 days are supposed to be used to strengthen the worshipers’ faith and their relationship with Christ.

“It’s all about Jesus Christ,” Klemash said.During the 40 days of Lent, worshipers focus on

three target points: Prayer, fasting and almsgiving, all of which are qualities of living a vivid Christian life. In the Catholic Church, the prayer comes not only through personal communication with God but also by more frequent Masses and reading of the scriptures through local parishes.

Fasting, the second key factor in Lenten ob-servance is only required on Ash Wednesday and Fridays, though many chose to fast all sea-son. Fasting days include refraining from eating meat and only eating two small meals through-out the day.

� e third key factor in the observance of Lent in the Catholic Church is almsgiving, which can be done in a variety of ways, such as parish collections for the poor.

“Almsgiving is simply � nding the poor and caring

for them,” Klemash said. To some students, the Lenten season means mak-

ing sacri� ces.“Lent is good preparation for the Easter sea-

son. It’s humbling,” said Natalie Rohan, director of campus and community outreach at the Catholic Newman Center.

Kassie Moore, senior accounting major from Knoxville, Tenn., attended an Ash Wednesday ser-vice at Our Lady of Fatima.

“It’s a good way to prepare yourself for Lent, Eas-ter and the celebration of Jesus’ life,” Moore said.

During the Lenten season, Moore said she tries to concentrate her actions and give something up that she will be reminded of on a daily basis to remem-ber the season and the sacri� ces Christ made. � e Mass she chose to attend was a normal Mass where

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lenten season

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Presidential profi le:Joe Stefanov and Ashley QuarantaBY TREVAN J. HANNAHSTHE PARTHENON

SGA Presidential candidate Joe Ste-fanov and vice presidential candidate Ashley Quaranta said, if elected, they want to help improve student involve-ment this spring.

� ey said they want to work with Sodexo and reach a compromise with student organization. Stefanov said, during student events, Sodexo cater-ing expenses are high.

“You really don’t get your money’s worth,” Stefanov said.

He said he wants to change the current contract with Sodexo and use inexpensive avenues for food at events.

“We want to make it easier for stu-dent organizations to have cookouts on campus or whatever it may be to try to help create a friendly atmo-sphere here at Marshall,” Stefanov said.

Quaranta said she would form a council consisting of all student or-ganization presidents at Marshall. She said this would develop ways for the organizations to work with one an-other and not create confusion.

“Right now, there are di� erent groups running into each other on di� erent events,” Quaranta said. “Last night, I talked with a group and they set up a bake sale at the same time as three other groups.”

Stefanov said he wants to focus on the social aspect of the college experi-ence. He said he would implement a discount card during his presidency as well. Stefanov said the card would be available for those involved in

organizations.“What we want to do is use this as

an incentive for students to get in-volved and give them discounts to local restaurants and local businesses that students use pretty frequently,” Stefanov said.

Stefanov said he believes the card will attract incoming freshmen and reward upperclassmen for the years they have been involved.

� ree problems facing the SGA this semester are freshmen retention, Rec Center fees for part-time students and how the senate will work together

to pass several resolutions if the stu-dents decide to give them full power this spring.

Stefanov and Quaranta said a men-toring program would help freshmen retention. She said students interested in being on freshmen council could work with a member of SGA to learn more about the organization and its operations.

“A resolution was just passed,” Ste-fanov said. “� e whole idea is to give them an idea of how the whole system

SAMANTHA TURLEY | THE PARTHENON

Joe Stefanov, left, and Ashley Quaranta are seeking election for the offi ces of student body president and vice president, respectively.

See STEFANOV I 5

BY TREVAN J. HANNAHSTHE PARTHENON

� e � nal presidential and vice-presi-dential debates were held Wednesday in the Memorial Student Center.

Presidential candidate Ray Harrell and vice presidential candidate Kelly Kutzavitch said they believe Marshall and Huntington depend on each other. Harrell said he believes it isn’t about Marshall or Huntington but a reciprocating relationship between

the two. “I think it’s vital to Huntington for

Marshall to maintain a strong student body because they make up approxi-mately 15,000 residents for the city for at least nine months during the year, but Marshall also needs Hun-tington to keep providing all available resources to maintain the roads and general areas around campus,” Har-rell said.

Presidential candidate Joe Ste-fanov and vice presidential candidate

Ashley Quaranta said they believe if Marshall wasn’t in Huntington, the city wouldn’t be as popular in West Virginia.

“� e Huntington community re-volves around Marshall because Marshall students provide the lo-cal businesses with income and the Huntington area is a completely dif-ferent atmosphere when school is not in session,” Stefanov said. “It is the

SGA candidates debate Tuesday

See DEBATE I 5

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Greeks unite

MARCUS CONSTANTINO | THE PARTHENON

More than 400 Marshall students, including members of various fraternities and sororities, listened to TJ Sullivan speak on the myth of apathy in student organizations Wednesday night at the Memorial Student Center. Sullivan’s speech targeted what leaders in organizations have been doing wrong and explained how leaders can motivate the unmotivated. The Greek councils as well as the Student Activities Programming Board and the Student Government Association sponsored the speaker.

BY ASHLEY GROHOSKITHE PARTHENON

Marshall University’s Graduate College is o ering graduates

more � nancial assistance with a scholarship tuition waiver. � e waiver is available to students who are enrolling in courses in summer 2011. Faculty and sta employee bene� t waivers are also available and will count for three-credit hours of course work.

Although this waiver does not cover online courses, it will cover up to the maximum value of $750 to any three-credit hours for the semester.

� e current rate of a three-credit hour course for graduate students on the Huntington campus is $929.25, and the student will only need to pay the additional fees that may accrue for the class. For students who are enrolled at the South Charleston campus, the full rate of the three-credit hour courses will be covered entirely.

� e graduate scholarship award is competitive and based on the academic achievement of the student. Preference may be given to students who did not receive the award from previous semesters.

Dean of Graduate College Donna Spindel said summer 2010 recipients received an estimate of 150 applications, and ap-proximately 60 to 70 students were awarded the scholarship.

“When selecting the applicants, we look at their GPA and how many hours they have taken,” Spindel said.

Tabitha Walters, political science graduate student from Beckley, W.Va, said the only � nancial aid she receives is from tuition waivers from graduate assistantships.

Last semester, Walters worked for the International Pro-grams o� ce. She received the Burks and Rollins scholarship and is currently interning at the Capitol.

“I would consider applying for the tuition waiver in the case I could not receive a graduate assistantship,” Walter said. “� ose positions are � lled pretty quickly, so it is a nice backup plan.”

Xiao Xu, communications graduate student from China, has received her tuition waiver for both the fall and spring semes-ters of graduate school. Xu said it has really helped further her education as an international student.

� e waiver is available for spring, summer and fall semesters. � e deadline to register for summer courses and still receive the award is May 2. � e Marshall University Graduate College encourages students to make sure to submit their waiver before the April 8 deadline.

Students can pick up their application in the graduate college o� ce in Old Main, on the South Charleston campus or online. � e application deadline is April 8.

Ashley Grohoski can be contacted at [email protected].

Graduate tuition waiver assists students furthering education

CORRECTION

A reporting error occured in

yesterday’s “This Week in Marshall

History” article. Lekesha Glover

was misquoted as saying “dorms”

when the correct reference was

“residence halls.”

BY CHERIE DAVISTHE PARTHENON

Marshall’s international study abroad program has of-fered students the opportunity to study around the world. This year, studying at the United Arab Emirates is now an option.

Kristen Bobuk, junior civil engineering major from Belle Vernon, Pa., is the first Marshall student to study at The American University of Sharjah in the UAE.

Bobuk is studying through ISEP, the International Stu-dent Exchange Program. This is the first year that studying in the UAE is offered through ISEP.

Bobuk became interested in studying at AUS because one of her professors had taught there and shared some of his experiences with her.

“I thought why not go somewhere where my teachers taught and I could get a feel for it,” Bobuk said. “I was a lit-tle nervous, not so much in the beginning, but just a couple weeks before I left. It started with everything happening in Egypt. I got a little scared.”

“Just like any study abroad program, students should al-ways be aware of any social or political conflict in a host institution’s country,” said Ryan Warner, study abroad adviser. “Specifically, the United Arab Emirates, where Kristen is studying, is a very safe and structured country to study in. There tend to be many pre-misconceptions or stereotypes about certain areas of the world.”

“People here are incredibly nice and so open to meeting new people,” Bobuk said. “I haven’t met any people who are like ‘you’re American; I don’t want to talk to you.’’’

Bobuk said she loves her school and the cases are very similar to classes taught at Marshall. She is taking engineer-ing courses at AUS.

“We have had a few faculty members from Marshall visit

the American University of Sharjah and have concluded that AUS is a wonderful university located in a very safe re-gion of the Middle East,” Warned said. “We are very proud that Kristen has chosen to be the first student to attend this university from Marshall, and we hope many students fol-low her path.”

Bobuk plans to take advantage of her study abroad by traveling to Abu Dhabi and Turkey for her spring break. She is also meeting people from all over the Middle East.

To communicate with people in the United States, Bobuk started a blog about her travel experiences.

“We are nine hours ahead of the Unites States and I wanted to keep in contact with everyone. Instead of sharing the same stories five times, I thought I would start a blog,” Bobuk said.

Students interested in studying abroad should contact Ryan Warner in the international study abroad o� ce located in Old Main.

“I can provide students with all the information they need on Marshall exchange schools, faculty-led programs and exchange programs like ISEP, and advise them on what country and host institution best fits their academic path,” Warner said.

Cherie Davis can be contacted at [email protected].

Marshall student studies abroad in United Arab Emirates

PHOTO COURTESY OF KRISTEN BOBUK

Kristen Bobuk poses for a photo on a beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Bobuk is the fi rst Marshall University student to study abroad in the UAE.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KRISTEN BOBUK

Kristen Bobuk is studying abroad at The American University of Sharjah.

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“That’s what I do: make shots.My teammates did a great job screening for me, and I just do what I do to help my team out.Dago Pano, Junior guard

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Two Marshall men’s basketball players were granted an extension to their court dates for misdemeanor battery charges to allow their participation in the Conference USA tourna-ment this week.

Shaquille Johnson, 20, of Jacksonville, Fla., and DeAndre Kane, 21, of Pittsburgh, Pa., received an extension Wednesday to their separate mis-demeanor charges from an incident Jan. 30. � e two players were scheduled to appear in court Wednesday, but their appearance date was reset for 9 a.m. April 27, according to Cabell County Magistrate Court records.

Kane’s attorney, Andrew Courtney Craig said the date was requested to allow Johnson’s and Kane’s appearance in this week’s Confer-ence USA tournament.

Johnson’s attorney, Michael Bailey, was not available for comment.

Sports information director, Randy Burn-side had no comment other than to con� rm that the date had been changed.

� e charges refer to an incident reported Feb. 8, when the complainant reported two players attacked him Jan. 30 outside the � irsty Whale, a Fourth Avenue bar, while he was

waiting to get in. � e owner of � irsty Whale, Mackie Robertson, told a Parthenon reporter in February that all he had seen was a male with a bloody nose trying to enter the restau-rant through the exit door. Robertson refused to let the man inside because of concerns for the health and safety of other patrons.

Kane was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year on Tuesday; this will mark the second straight year Marshall Uni-versity has had a player to receive the award. Last year’s winner, Hassan Whiteside, 21, of Gastonia, N.C., and Kane are alumni of the same private school in North Carolina. � e Sacramento Kings dra� ed Whiteside in the second round of the 2010 NBA dra� .

Kane, redshirt freshman, averaged 15.1 points per game, second on the team to Dam-ier Pitts, junior point guard, of Charlotte N.C., who averaged 15.8.

Johnson, junior guard, scored an average of 8.7 points per game placing him at sixth for the Herd.

� e Herd’s men’s team � ew to Houston, Texas on Monday, where they will play in the Conference USA tournament for the remain-der of the week.

Tyler Wolfe can be contacted at [email protected].

Johnson, Kane summons extended

Men claim fi rst C-USA tournament win since 2007BY JAKE SNYDERTHE PARTHENON

� e � undering Herd men’s basketball team recovered from a rough start to beat Houston 97-87 in the opening round of the 2011 Con-ference USA Championships.

“We played with very little energy to start the game,” Marshall head coach Tom Herrion said. “I was very disappointed with our energy level, obviously defensively.”

Marshall began the game 0-5 shooting while Houston rushed out to a 7-0 lead. � e Herd did not get on the board until just under the 16-minute mark when freshman guard DeAndre Kane hit a mid-range jumper.

Senior guard Damier Pitts led the scoring charge for the Herd, � nishing with a game high 28 points on the night. Half of Pitts’ points came from the free throw line where he � nished 14-18.

Marshall heading to the free throw line be-came a common theme in the second half. � e team stepped to the stripe 48 times in the game, hitting 66.7 percent.

“When you get to the foul line 48 times, you give yourself a chance to win most nights,” Herrion said.

Marshall trailed 36-33 at the end of the � rst half in a session that featured six ties and four lead changes. � e Herd tied the game 10 sec-onds into the second half a� er junior forward Johnny � omas made a layup while being fouled. � e free throw was pure to tie it at 36.

� e game remained tight for the next eleven minutes. � e Herd never led in that span. � e � rst lead for Marshall came at the 8:09 mark with a three-pointer by junior forward Dago Pena.

� ree-pointers became a trend for the � undering Herd over the next � ve minutes as they used � ve of them to take o£ on an 18-2

run. Pena hit three of the � ve, � nishing with nine points.

“� at’s what I do: make shots,” Pena said. “My teammates did a great job screening for me, and I just do what I do to help my team out. � ank God my shots went in and helped us out.”

Houston senior forward Maurice McNeil dominated the interior for the Cougars in the � rst half. He � nished the half with 11 points, � ve rebounds and only two fouls. McNeil grabbed his third and fourth fouls before the 11 minute mark in the second half and was forced to the bench. When he returned to play a� er the � nal media timeout, the Cougars trailed 79-64.

Foul trouble plagued the Cougars all night, as they � nished with 34 team fouls. Four play-ers ended the night with four fouls and two more, senior guard Adam Brown and sopho-more forward Kendrick Washington, fouled out.

� e Cougars fouled on each possession but the � undering Herd hit 12 of 17 free throws down the stretch, including junior guard Sha-quille Johnson hitting seven of eight.

Houston guard Zamal Nixon led the Cou-gars in scoring with 21 points. Marshall took the edge in rebounding 34 to 33 with Kane grabbing a team high 10.

Marshall takes on the host-school UTEP 7 p.m. EST. tonight.

“I think our kids are excited about the chal-lenge and the opportunity to play a terri� c UTEP team,” Herrion said of the upcoming match-up. “I expect us to be ready and focused and obviously we have to play a lot better than we did tonight to give ourselves a chance.”

� e Herd was beat on March 2 by the Min-ers 82-74 in the � nal road game of the season for Marshall.

Jake Snyder can be contacted at [email protected].

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Senior forward Tirrell Baines, jumps over Houston defense to score a layup. The Herd defeated Houston 97-87 and takes on UTEP 7:30 p.m. EST tonight.

Women’s basketball falls to UABBY AARON PAYNETHE PARTHENON

Marshall’s women’s basketball team was out-rebounded 43-30 by UAB as the Blazers went on to win the � rst round of the C-USA tourna-ment in El Paso, Texas, 56-45.

In the third meeting this season between Marshall (9-21, 8-9 C-USA) and UAB (16-14, 8-9 C-USA), the Herd set two goals for themselves.

“We knew we had to keep UAB o£ of the boards and not allow them to get to the free-throw line,” Marshall women’s head coach Royce Chadwick said. “Unfortunately we were unable to accomplish either of those goals.”

� e Blazers out rebounded Marshall on the o£ ensive glass 17-9, and went 14-25 from the free-throw line.

UAB went to the charity stripes so many times mostly due to their pre-game strategy as the Blazers’ leading scorer sophomore guard Amber Jones. “Coach told us to drive to the hoops so I focused on driving and kicking the ball out to the open shooters.”

Jones � nished with a game-high 23 points

and was tied for second on the team with three o£ ensive rebounds.

Marshall struggled defensively in regards to containing the all-time leader in three-point shots made at UAB, senior guard Amanda Peterson. While the Herd was able to keep Pe-terson in the � rst half with three points, she hit three timely shots from the three-point line to � nish with the second highest total on the team, 12 points.

As for Marshall’s o£ ense, the charge was led by its senior leader, forward Tynikki

Crook. While being double and even tri-ple-teamed by the Blazers’ defense, Crook still � nished the contest with a team-high 18 points.

However, UAB women’s head coach Audra Smith said that she told her team to not worry about the star forward. “She’s a good player, we knew she was going to get her points. But I told my team to not get de� ated when she got hot because we needed to shut every other player down.”

� e Blazers were mostly successful in that

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EDITORIAL

House Bill 2159 has passed the West Virginia House and is pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

A shield law, or reporter’s privilege, is legislation designed to provide a news reporter with the right to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information obtained during the newsgathering and dissemina-tion process. However, this bill wouldn’t give college media this protection.

This bill would be detrimental and unfair to college media. Un-paid college journalists would be excluded from reporter’s privilege because they do not meet the act’s defi nition of a journalist who earns a substantial fi nancial livelihood.

“This would be a real mistake and would make West Virginia’s shield law one of the less inclusive ones in the country,” said Frank LoMonte, the executive director of Student Press Law Center.

College media participates in

investigative reporting just like professional journalists do, even without the big pay. It seems hypo-critical to draw this line based on how big the paycheck is protection should be based on function rather than compensation.

The biggest concern we have with this shield law is losing the right to withhold information. Ear-lier this semester, an alleged rape victim contacted The Parthenon to tell us what happened to her, only if she could remain anonymous.

If this law were to go into effect, it could be possible for us to be forced to release her name and information or else we could face a lawsuit.

Not only does it effect college newspapers, but other types of media. Many people receive the news from many other sources of information rather than traditional sources. These outlets will feel the impact of the law as well, such as blogs, Twitter and Facebook, that now may be liable to give up their

information based on the law. “It’s great they have started this

conversation. Their intentions are good, but it’s going to be incom-plete protection,” LoMonte said. “It creates a second class in jour-nalism, those who are protected and those who are not, which doesn’t make any sense given the level of journalism college stu-dents are doing today.”

The Parthenon believes in re-porter privilege and hopes this bill doesn’t go far.

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‘Rango’ is inspired genre subversion

A fan of Herrion

BISHOP NASHCHICKEN SOUP

One of my least favorite subjects to write about is sports. Unless it’s discussing my beloved Reds or sounding like a veteran telling washed-up stories about the good ol’ days of high school football, I’m not a big fan of talking about it.

But Friday night, because I was one of the lucky kids who snagged a ticket before they ran out, I saw something more than sports taking place in the Henderson Center.

What I saw happens mostly in Baptist tent revivals and bayo-net charges. I saw wild, fulfilling excitement out of a community silenced by over a decade of medio-cre basketball.

The Cam was a green-and-white orchestra of screams and glow sticks, and the conductor was coach Tom Herrion.

Most of Herrion’s arrival in the offseason was overshadowed by the anticipation of Doc Holliday’s first football season as a head coach, and for good reason. It was a homecoming for the native of Hur-ricane, and Huntington residents love nothing more than local peo-ple and Marshall. Doc’s a fantastic coach; he and Herrion have a lot in common, but of course football is going to get the number one spot in this town.

But now, Herrion and his boys are in the spotlight making a run at March Madness, we can see what kind of coach he is.

And this school, this town, and this columnist loves it.

Why? He’s got an old-school fire in his

heart. One we never saw in previ-ous coaches. One this town and community can relate to and crave. A fire so hot that he needs to take off his jacket within the first 30 seconds of every game.

He’s a throwback to the days when college basketball coaches didn’t slick their hair back and pace on the sidelines with quiet acceptance. Red-faced and foam-ing in the mouth like a Southern preacher, he’s got the enlightened rage I’ve seen in all great coaches.

Oh, and not to mention he’s had a successful inaugural year with the Herd. Any season you can post up 20 plus wins, including one over WVU, and shoot down thoughts that last year was a fluke carried only by a superstar like Whiteside, wins you a gold medal in my book.

Just like most of Huntington, I’m addicted to Herrion. Pun totally intended.

Contact Bishop Nash at [email protected].

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“� ere’s no place for the gun-slinger anymore. We’re civilized now.” � ese words are spoken by the mayor of the town of Dirt to Rango, the town’s sheri� and � lm’s namesake (voiced by Johnny Depp). While it may be true that Westerns are a genre of the past, there’s certainly still a place for them in Hollywood, as demon-strated by recent successes like “No Country For Old Men” and “True Grit.” “Rango,” directed by Gore Verbinski, is a parody of this genre that seems intent on dimin-ishing the value of the Western and its cinematic traditions—complete with a melodramatic mariachi band, incompetent ban-dits and silly square dance rituals. But despite all of its mockery and self-deprecation, “Rango” is a charming � lm that re� ects only positively on the genre that gave it birth.

� e movie’s opening introduces an as-of-yet unnamed protago-nist—a pet lizard in a � sh tank with a � air for the theatric. In a most amusing vocal performance by Johnny Depp, the lizard acts out imagined dramas alongside a dead insect and wind-up gold� sh, with Depp providing all the voices and personalities. But the lizard soon � nds himself embroiled in a real-life adventure when he is acci-dentally abandoned by his owners in the desert, and le� to fend for himself with only the Hawaiian tee on his back.

With a motley crew of com-panions, newly christened Sheri� Rango embarks on a quest for some desperately needed wa-ter for the town. What follows is delightful parody of the Western canon, ably executed by Depp, and the ensuing comic mischief and genre impiety are strongly evocative of another convention-busting comedy collaboration of Depp and Verbinski—“Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.”

When “Rango” begins to drag, as it does toward story’s end, it makes up for its narrative short-coming with its crisp, gorgeous visuals. Indeed, the � lm’s meticu-lous attention to detail—from rotating shards of broken glass bottles hanging outside saloons to the gentle sliding of the desert sand—is a tribute to its CG art-ists at Industrial Light and Magic, for whom “Rango” is the � rst fully animated feature.

With its persistent self-dep-recation and swipes at its own seriousness, “Rango” has the feel of a � lm with simple, unoriginal intentions. But the � lm’s gags and charms end up being more than the ostensible sum of the parts.

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� e executive director for a nonpro� t organization that helps dress disadvantaged women for the workplace visited the Me-morial Student Center yesterday.

Jessica Graham told students and faculty about Dress for Success River Cities and how it can provide business clothing for women preparing to interview or intern in a professional setting.

“Women get referred by outside agencies,” Graham said. “One of those agencies is Marshall University Career Services.”

Dress for Success River Cities can aid any woman who is seeking work but may not look the part.

“� ere are lots of students who struggle to pay the bills to go to school and perhaps are taking care of children as well,” Graham said. “If you need work and have to interview for it, then you may not have the spare funds lying around to look appropriate.”

Michelle Reddington, reading education graduate student from Hurricane, W. Va., has donated clothes to Dress for Success River Cities.

“Marshall students can utilize Dress for Success River Cities for an internship or even student teaching,” Reddington said. “Marshall has strict dress codes for student teachers and it is an important resource for someone on a tight budget.”

Graham said when she lived in Toronto, Canada, an a� liate of Dress for Success helped her in her new job search a� er she

had taken a medical leave from her former job. “I had been in the hospital and then at home in my pajamas

and was referred to Dress for Success by my job counselor,” Graham said. “My body was di� erent post-surgery and none of my old clothes � t.”

Graham said they put her in clothes that � t her new body and she probably wouldn’t have been able to be a temp at her new job without Dress for Success.

“It’s important for women to know you don’t have to be from low income to be referred there,” Reddington said.

Dress for Success River Cities is launching a professional women’s group later this year. � e group will have monthly meetings to help working women network and develop career skills. Fi� y Dress for Success a� liates already have a group like this in place.

“It’s hard to hold on to a job once you have it if there is a lack of support,” Graham said. “It’s good to talk to peers sharing the same experiences.”

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. did a study that found 40 percent of Americans retained their jobs past the � rst year of employment if they were enrolled in some type of support program.

“� e professional women’s group had a 75 percent retention rate,” Graham said.

Graham said the group will help women keep their jobs once they have it and teach them unwritten rules and accepted be-haviors at the workplace.

Kelley Bugler can be contacted at [email protected].

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works, as well as showing them who to go to if they want to address any issues that students might want to bring up to them,” Stefanov said.

He said he feels the main problem with retention is what campus o� ers during the weekends. He said he believes the majority of Marshall’s students are com-muters. Stefanov said he wants to give students more venues to choose from on campus, as opposed to what Huntington currently o� ers.

“Really, your only options are to either go home on the weekends or go out to the clubs and bars,” Stefanov said.

He said working with Sodexo would give students better opportunities to get out of their dorms and come on cam-pus. Stefanov said he believes combining student activities and food betters the chances of students staying on campus during the weekends.

� e SGA recently worked with the Rec Center to reach a compromise for part-time fees to use the facility. Stefanov said he believes although compromises were made, a greater outcome can still be reached.

“� e solutions and compromises that were implemented were never run past the students to see if they agreed,” Ste-fanov said. “� e Rec. Center basically just said ‘if you a problem, then here is our solution.’”

He said he still wants to work with the Rec Center and make the issue fair.

“I don’t think it’s out of the question to have a punch card for the part-time stu-dents and, each time you visit, you will

get a punch taken o� and it will equal the amount you have paid,” Stefanov said.

In the spring, students will vote on an issue about whether to give the Sen-ate full power for one term to update the current bylaws. Stefanov and Quaranta said with the many di� erent resolutions facing SGA, their main focus is two.

“Basically, now any second semester freshmen could serve in the senate if there are open seats and the reappor-tionment of senate seats to where every college would have two, are the big ones,” Quaranta said.

� ey said they feel the budget is � ne at its current state. Stefanov said he believes the SGA could change ways of money distribution.

“Probably salaries could get cut. We can take that money and put it toward allocation to student organizations,” Ste-fanov said.

Stefanov said he feels he is more quali-� ed than the other candidates because of his experience in SGA. He said the positions he has held has given him an advantage.

“� is is my third year in the Senate,” Stefanov said. “I am President Pro Tem-pore, which means I handle a lot of paper work. Anyone who has questions about funding and how student government works is directed to me.”

He said being involved with SAPB also gives him a better perspective. If elected, he said he wants to have SGA and SAPB collaborate to work on certain activities and functions.

“We can get a lot done for the stu-dents,” Stefanov said. “We won’t have to worry about old feuds that existed be-tween SGA and SAPB.”

He said being a part of both organiza-tions allows himself to give both sides to di� erent issues facing students.

Quaranta said growing up in the area and being a� liated with Marshall is why she believes she is more quali� ed than the other candidates.

“I am a commuter student, unlike some of the other candidates, and I think that gives me an advantage because a lot of Marshalls campus consists of commuter students and I would be able to help work for them as well,” Quaranta said.

She said she is also a member of SAPB, along with Stefanov, and feels she can help bridge the gap as well.

Stefanov is a 2008 graduate of St. Fran-cis Desales High School in Columbus, Ohio. He participated in football for four years and track for two years. While at Marshall, he has been a member of SGA for three years and SAPB for two years. Stefanov has been a member of LAE and the College Republicans as well. He ran for student body president during his sophomore year.

Ashley Quaranta is a 2008 graduate of Spring Valley High School in Kenova, W.Va. In high school, she participated in cheerleading for four years. She has been involved in SGA for one year at Marshall. She is a member of Golden Key National Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha and Mar-shall Maniacs. She is a current employee of Eves’ law � rm in Huntington. She worked with Senator Evan Jenkins dur-ing the Frasure-Singleton Internship.

Students can vote in the Memorial Stu-dent Center and Rec Center on March 15 and 16.

Trevan J. Hannahs can be contacted at [email protected].

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the ashes were blessed af-ter the priest’s sermon and crosses were placed on fore-heads with the ashes. � e ashes being used are the re-mains of the palms that are used at Palm Sunday.

Moore said the one thing

that really made sense to her throughout the service was the theme that there isn’t anything as ‘designer ashes.’ � e ashes placed on wor-shipers’ foreheads are not meant as fashion statement or the popular thing to do — they represent a sacri� ce.

Joanie Borders can be contacted at [email protected].

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Marshall Community that helps take Huntington from a good city to a great one.”

Stefanov and Quaranta said they have enjoyed the interaction between com-muter students and veterans’ organizations during their campaigns. � ey said the two organizations have o� ered the best feedback and are willing to work with them to accom-plish their goals.

Harrell and Kutzavitch said they believe the inter-action between them and the College of Fine Arts has been the most interesting. Harrell said he feels the Fine Arts Program at Marshall is the most under-represented on campus. He said he is willing to work with Depart-ment Chair Je� rey Pappas on educating students about the program.

“I think it’s important for other students to recognize this because we have already reached out to them to o� er help in marketing their events and provide any other help they need. Also with that, we have decided to implement a Faculty SGA Advisory Coun-cil,” Harrell said.

� e annual ceremony remembering the 1971 football team is one of the respected ceremonies at Marshall. Harrell said help-ing plan the event with the SGA was one of the most re-warding experiences he had.

“Being able to help ob-serve this event in a manner becoming of such a sacred part of our university’s his-tory makes being a part of SGA completely worth it,” Harrell said.

Stefanov said how the university has handled the situation and went from

sorrow to happiness, speak-ing volumes for Marshall.

Because of the large im-pact that the plane crash had on our University and the community and how it showed that Marshall would go from tragedy to triumph it is important that we re-member and honor those that died as well as respect-ing those that lost a loved one in that terrible accident. � is has shaped who we are and it is important that we remember where we came from so we can continue building in the present and the future,” Stefanov said.

Harrell and Kutzavitch said the changes they would make to SGA would be an instruc-tion of the constitutional bylaws and more documen-tation. Kutzavitch said as Parliamentarian of the SGA she takes notes during student government meetings and plans to continue her notetak-ing if elected.

Harrell and Stefanov both want to increase student debate participation for fu-ture vice presidential and presidential candidates. Harrell said he would like the debates to be advertised to students by speaking in di� erent classes on campus. He said he would like to see the debates at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse a� er evening classes and have professors implement extra credit opportunities to stu-dents who attend.

Presidential candidate Da-kota Nelson and his running mate Rocco Muriale did not attend the debate.

� e elections will be held next Tuesday and Wednes-day in the Memorial Student Center and Rec Center.

Trevan J. Hannahs can be contacted at [email protected].

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task. � e next highest scorer for the Herd was sophomore forward Veronica who � nished with 13 points. � e next highest total for Marshall would be seven points put up by junior point guard Lateidra El-liott, all in the second half.

Crook � nished the contest with 18 points and 13 rebounds, giving her a double-double in every tournament

game she participated in.� e loss to the Blazers marked the last

game Crook suited up for Marshall, as she will graduate in August.

Chadwick said he wished the outcome could have been di� erent for the sake of the senior forward.

“I’m dissapointed for Ty, we wanted to get this win for her,” he said.

Chadwick went on to say that next season, the impact the senior had will be missed. “Well be a di� erent team without her.”

While the season is done for Marshall, UAB’s post-season lives on.

A� er a rough � rst-round game, Smith said her team built its con� dence with the win.

“It was good for our team to get this one under our belt and get comfortable,” she said.

� e Blazers will take on the UCF Knights in the second round.

Aaron Payne can be contacted at [email protected].

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The life of a researcher at Marshall University

BY CHRYSTAL PHILLIPSTHE PARTHENON

Elaine Hardman was at Cabell Huntington Hospital one day picking up blood samples to test while carrying a bag of toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste.

“What are you doing with that?” asked � eo-dore Witte, Hardman’s research assistant and part-time doctoral student in the biological med-ical sciences program at Marshall University.

Witte said she saved them from all the hotels she has stayed at and gives them to the women’s shelter.

“How many people do you see doing that?” Witte said. “She doesn’t even consider herself de-cent; she just is.”

Hardman is the associate professor for the de-partment of biochemistry and microbiology at Marshall and has been at Marshall for � ve years.

“We were very fortunate to recruit her to Mar-shall,” said Richard Niles, senior associate dean for research and graduate programs.

Niles met Hardman when they � rst worked together a couple years ago in the same study section for the American Institutes for Can-cer Research. A� er working with Hardman, he encouraged her to apply for the open position available at Marshall.

“I knew what I was getting myself into before I applied for the job,” Hardman said.

Philippe Georgel, associate professor for bio-logical sciences, said he met Hardman at her interview. He said she was very professional, but his � rst impression was that she was very quiet.

“I realized there is a lot of energy under that calm surface,” Georgel said. “She is extremely en-ergetic and I think she is one of those researchers who thinks if there is something that can help and bene� t others, she will do her best to include other people in her research and in her success.”

Hardman has been researching the subjects of nutrition and cancer for the past 20 years.

Hardman served six years as a member of the National Institutes of Health study section and spent � ve years on the Susan G. Komen Breast

Cancer Foundation study section. Some of her earlier research was on the ef-

fects of dietary � ber on colon cancer. Now she is studying the e� ects of omega-3 fatty acids on various cancers, including lung, prostate, breast and colon.

Hardman said her passion for science began in junior high school. She grew up in a small town in the backwoods area of Dicey County, Fla., and always found some interest in science.

She said she asked her mom and dad for a chemistry set, but instead she received a microscope.

However, there was a dilemma. “At the time I was growing up, what did a girl

who liked science do?” Hardman said. “Maybe I could be a nurse or a science teacher, but I � nally realized I wanted to be a researcher and I didn’t have a clue how to get there.”

Hardman said the only thing she thought of was to take all the science she could in high school.

By her junior year, she had taken all the sci-ence and math courses her high school provided. She decided to go to junior college and ended up graduating a year early from high school.

Within 15 months at junior college in Florida, Hardman completed her two years and went to the University of Florida. � en, seven months later, she � nished her junior year at the univer-sity and was 18 years old.

She then married and had a family. “I always knew I was still going to � nish col-

lege,” Hardman said. Hardman said she believes her marriage came

at the right time. “It worked for me,” Hardman said. “It enabled

me to focus on raising my children when I was young and had more energy. It has also given me enough time at a later time in my life to get back into science and focus on it.”

� e family moved to Montgomery, Ala., at the time her youngest of two children, Don, entered preschool. Hardman said then was the perfect time to go back to school and � nish her degree.

Auburn University had just started a

clinical laboratory, medical technology course, and Hardman said she was interested in it. She went to the department chair and asked what she should do in the � eld of science. He suggested she enroll in the new technology course.

She said she realized that, even though it was a delightful experience, she could not stand the idea of doing the same type of work every day for the rest of her career.

Her family moved again to San Antonio, Texas, where Hardman found a part-time job at the Cancer Research � erapy Center as a medi-cal technologist.

“I was working with cancer patients,” Hard-man said. “I was reading their blood smears, learning about their cancers and learning about their treatment.”

At the time her oldest child, Sharon, entered college, Hardman said she heard about a full-time position as a research assistant available at the University of Texas Science Center.

Hardman said she was ready for a full-time job and started working hard at it. Two years into the position, she said she practically ran the project the center was working on.

Again, however, Hardman made the decision to go back to school and further her education. � is time she applied for graduate school at the University of Texas and � nished her doctoral degree in cell biology in two years and three months.

“Most students work at it for � ve to six years,” Hardman said. “But I had already been working on it in the lab for two years.”

As a graduate student, she received her � rst grant funded by the American Institute for Can-cer Research and a pre-doctoral grant. She has also received funding from the Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health for her research throughout the years.

“� ings have fallen into place for me,” Hard-man said. “Partly because I was ready for the next step and the next step would come at the time I was ready for it.”

Out of the lab, Hardman can be found cross-country skiing, around campus or in the park,

according to some of her students. “Whenever there is enough snow, she will go

do that,” said Annie Silvis, a doctoral candidate for cancer biology from Hurricane, W.Va. “She is very adventurous and she is going to do what-ever she wants to do and she really doesn’t care what people are going to think. She really enjoys life.”

Hardman said she was once a Girl Scout and likes to help with teaching young girls how to white water ra� . She also said she likes to stay active, and her students seem to be a little jealous of that.

“Well despite her age, she is perhaps the most ac-tive person I know and would probably put me to shame in terms of physical health, and I consider myself in pretty good shape,” said Johannes Fah-rmann, a pre-doctoral candidate from Dresden, Germany.

Hardman even plans surprise trips for her stu-dents. Witte said Hardman would take her lab members on a boat ride for lab meetings.

“Unbelievably, you think that you’re going into a scary lab meeting and you � nd that you’re go-ing on a boat ride and she is making upside-down cake,” Witte said. “� e trick is that she grandmoth-ers us into performing, so you can’t let her down.”

Many of the students interviewed said she was a wonderful role model to them. Silvis said she is in-spired by Hardman’s success in the � eld of science as a woman who has a family.

“She is very important to me having a family myself,” Silvis said. “It’s very comforting. And I think for women to see that, even though she has a family and kids in graduate school, they can ac-complish as much as she has in her professional life and still have a family life.”

Hardman said she hopes she is always directing her students in the right direction but may not think she is necessarily the right leader for the job.

“I have always thought of myself as fairly shy, but other people say that I’m a pretty strong leader,” Hardman said. “I don’t quite see that.”

Chrystal Phillips can be contacted at [email protected].

“Things have fallen into place for me; partly because I was ready for the next step and the next step would come at the time I was ready for it.”

-Elaine Hardman

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY ELAINE HARDMAN

Professor and researcher Elaine Hardman portrays her adventurous side. Hardman was once a a Girl Scout and currently enjoys teaching white water rafting.


Elaine Hardman served six years as a member of the National Institutes of Health study section.


Hardman directed a lot of her focus on both studies and her family. After moving to Montgomery, Ala., Hardman decided to go back to school and fi nish her degree.

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