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Marshall’s Student Government Associa-tion addressed recent developments for the proposed transportation system and new com-mittees during Tuesday’s meeting.

Student body president Duncan Waugaman discussed a meeting he and SGA vice president Izzy Rogner had with president Jerome Gilbert where the transportation system was a domi-nant topic. Waugaman said Gilbert was more

than receptive to the idea.“We went in with president Gilbert, gave him

our ideas and not only did he listen to us, but he gave his own ideas,” Waugaman said.

President pro tempore Alex O’Donnell read a message from Rogner concerning a meeting she and SGA adviser Carla Lapelle had with the Tri-State Transit Authority. Rogner said the TTA meeting addressed the transportation systems’ proposed bus stops, hours of opera-tion and days of operation.

“We are now waiting to hear back from them on what the pricing model will look like,” Rog-ner said. “We will then meet with the senior vice presidents and president Gilbert to pro-pose the idea.”

Senators were encouraged to sign up for the new Alcohol Sales Survey Committee, which aims to obtain the student opinion on allow-ing alcohol in the football stadium and Budget Committee, which will focus on recent budget cuts and innovative ways to use the existing budget.

Senator Nick Uliana talked to the senate about the goals of the Alcohol Sales Survey

Committee and what he hoped the committee would accomplish during its first meeting.

“We’re going to talk about contents of the survey, what we think the survey should be and we’re going to kind of get an idea of a date so we can start rolling on this,” Uliana said.

The Senate also passed a resolution to pub-lish an easily accessible list of SGA senators along with their contact information. Accord-ing to senator Sophia Mills who crafted the resolution, students should be able to look up and contact the senators who represent them.

“I think that, if we’re representing students, they need to know who their senators are,” Mills said. “I just think if we know who our congressmen and senators are, it should be the same for student government.”

O’Donnell used his executive report to thank the senate for the progress they have made in the first half of the semester.

“We’ve done so much stuff and I’m really happy with everyone discussing, debating things and being active,” O’Donnell said.

Jared Casto can be contacted at casto178@marshall.edu.

By JARED CASTOTHE PARTHENON

Students signed up for stu-dent government positions and kicked off their campaigns dur-ing the Student Government filing meeting Tuesday.

Matt Jarvis, Leif Olson and Nate Micklas are running for Stu-dent Body President, with Emily Kinner, Collin Stipetich and Amos Parlock as their respective Vice Presidents.

Student government filing al-lows students to identify what position they will be running for. Student Body president Duncan Waugaman said filing in person eliminates any possible error and allows each person running for the position to know who they are up against.

“It’s more of an equal playing ground because everyone is able to physically know at the same time who they’re up against and what’s going on,” Waugaman said.

Waugaman and vice presi-dent Isabelle Rogner opened the meeting with an informa-tion session.

Rogner said she encouraged those running to persuade their peers to vote in the election. Rogner said there is a strong likelihood of the ballot including a levy to gauge student opinion on the proposed transporta-tion system that would provide off-campus access for Marshall students.

“For you guys that are running, if that is something that you’re interested in, that’s pretty much going to be the fly or die if this is a continued project,” Rogner said.

Afterward, Waugaman and Rogner introduced election commissioners Gates Campbell

and Alicia Kingery. According to Gates and Kingery, the role of the election commissioner is to help those who are running for student government positions.

“We’re both kind of figuring it out as we go,” Kingery said. “But I think our goal is to make it kind of organized so that’s what we’re trying to do to keep everybody happy and professional.”

Kingery distributed and read from a flyer consisting of election

rules that all candidates must follow. These rules included the qualifications a candidate must meet, rules for campaigning and how to notify the election com-mission of a violation or file a complaint.

Afterwards, SGA advisor Mat-thew James spoke about the experience he had when running for student body president nine years ago. James said that those who compete in this election

and lose should try again in the future.

“I want to tell you, the major-ity of you in this room will lose,” James said. “But you’re only los-ers if you allow that to define who you are.”

Waugaman, who will graduate in May and finish his two years as student body president, said he hears this year’s student body president election will be highly competitive.

“Whoever does end up being victorious in two weeks, I’m very proud of them and it’s a great feeling,” Waugaman said.

Students who filed to run will have two weeks to convince the student body that they are the candidate for their specific job. Voting for the Student Body Election takes place March 15 in the Memorial Student Center.

Jared Casto can be contacted at casto178@marshall.edu.

Next SGA officers begin campaigns

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ABOVE: Student Body President Duncan Waugaman and Vice President Isabelle Rogner open the student government filing meeting with a brief informational session on running for office.

Student Body President Duncan Waugaman talks to the senate about recent developments with the proposed transportation system.

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By LOGAN PARKULOTHE PARTHENON

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine founding chair of the Depart-ment of Orthopedics and vice dean Ali Oliashirazi, M.D. and his wife Corrina Oliashirazi pledged to fund a new en-dowed scholarship for the school.

According to the press re-lease, dean of the School of Medicine Joseph I. Shapiro, M.D.said he is absolutely de-lighted to see this selfless act of generosity and leadership from one of their most promi-nent physicians.

Oliashirazi is a board-cer-tified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in total joint replacement. Oliashirazi graduated from George Wash-ington University School of Medicine where he was vale-dictorian and then went on to complete his residency in or-thopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.

Oliashirazi is a fellow of the American Academy of Ortho-pedic Surgeons and diplomat of the American Board of Or-thopedic Surgery. Oliashirazi often gives lectures on hip and knee replacement surgery both nationally and internationally.

The scholarship Oliashi-razi and his wife are funding will be known as the Oliashi-razi Family Scholarship. It was established through the school’s Adopt a Medical Stu-dent program. The scholarship is specifically designated for first-year medical students at Marshall who have overcome hardship in order to attend medical school. The Oliashirazi Family Scholarship is renew-able for three additional years, as long as the student(s) show normal academic progress.

Oliashirazi and his wife re-side in Huntington and have four children.

Logan Parkulo can be contacted at parkulo2@marshall.edu.

Joan C. Edwards Chair of Orthopedics establishes scholarship for medical students

By CARLI PLUTETHE PARTHENON

Marshall University soror-ity Sigma Sigma Sigma will sell tickets for its Annual Chili Fest.

The Chili Fest tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at any time from a Tri-Sigma member.

The event will take place March 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tri-Sigma house on Sixth Avenue.

“Last year the Dean of Stu-dent Affairs even stopped by the Sigma house,” said Tri-Sigma sister Elizabeth Finch. “This event lets the Marshall

community come together, socialize and eat chili.”

Proceeds will go towards Tri-Sigma’s philanthropy, “The Foundation,” which supports play therapy for ter-minally ill children.

Chili Fest tickets include unlimited chili, drinks and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Tri-Sigma members will also deliver chili around Hun-tington for those who cannot make it to the Sigma house but would like to participate.

Carli Plute can be con-tacted at plute@live.marshall.edu.

Tri-Sigma Annual Chili Fest to benefit charity

By REBECCA TURNBULLTHE PARTHENON

Tickets become available this week for the Chancel-lor’s STEM Speaker Series event at 7 p.m. April 21 in the Maier Foundation Per-formance Hall at the Clay Center on Charleston.

The event will feature Na-tional Geographic Magazine photographer and contribu-tor Joel Sartore.

Communications manager for the Higher Education Policy Commission’s Divi-sion of Science and Research

Amanda Ramey said Sartore specializes in document-ing endangered species and landscapes to inspire con-servation efforts.

Ramey said Sartore’s visit will provide a unique look at the possibilities of engaging in a STEM career to protect the environment.

“The Joel Sartore event is a little bit different be-cause he is a photographer, but attendees will have the opportunity to see how each of us can make a real difference in the world of

conservation,” Ramey said.Ramey said she particu-

larly encourages students to take advantage of the event and increase their knowl-edge of STEM opportunities.

“We hope that students who attend our speaker series events will see that there is no limit to what you can accomplish in the “STEM” fields,” Ramey said. “We also hope to solidify how important research is to society.”

Taylor Books will sell se-lect copies of Sartore’s books

before and after the event. Sartore will also be available for a short time following the lecture to sign books.

The event is organized by the Division of Science and Research and sponsored by a federal grant from the Na-tional Science Foundation.

Tickets are free but must be reserved with the Clay Center’s box office prior to the event. Tickets may be re-served on the Clay Center’s website.

Rebecca Turnbull can be contacted at turnbull4@

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By CHEYENNE DEBOLTTHE PARTHENON

Marshall University’s Lewis Col-lege of Business kicked off its second annual Professional Month. Tuesday

Director in stakeholder engage-ment at the college of business Glen Midkiff said the event went very well and said everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

“It was a good opportunity for

student and faculty engagement,” Midkiff said.

College of business professor Nancy Lankton said professors wanted their students to attend this event so they could know about the other events this month.

The purpose of Professional Month is to provide seminars and workshops for students to become more well-rounded and earn a cer-tificate in professionalism.

“In fact, one of the events has to be either the etiquette dinner, the career fair or the mocktails in order to get their professional certificate,” Lankton said. “They get the certifi-cate if they go to five of the events.”

Last year, Professional Month was just for college of business students. This year, the event is open to all Marshall students.

In the business world today, em-ployers are looking for more than

technical skills. Professional Month provides students the opportunity to work on their soft skills, such as how to dress, how to network and how to work with their community. These skills are not typically taught in a classroom environment.

“That’s what employers are look-ing for; they are looking for the soft skills and we want to prepare our students for the workforce and be ready for that first job when they

are finished,” Midkiff said. Professional Month has about fif-

teen events set up. Wednesday is the Etiquette Dinner from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Shawkey room and from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in MSC room BE5. There will be a program about ap-plying to graduate schools Thursday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Cheyenne DeBolt can be con-tacted at debolt2@marshall.edu.

College of Business offers professionalism classes to students

By AMANDA GIBSONTHE PARTHENON

The Marshall University College Student Asso-ciation Steering Committee will have a fundraiser at Max & Erma’s all day Thursday.

If customers show the Honors College fund-raiser flyer to their server, 15 percent of their bill will be donated to the Honors College.

Steering committee faculty advisor and associ-ate dean of the Honors College Susan Gilpin said the purpose of the fundraiser is to raise money for the college’s picnic April 21.

Gilpin said it will also raise money for the steering committee service event. Gilpin said the service event this semester will be a sock drive for children in the after school program at the St. John’s House Learning and Development Center.

Burgess said this is the first time the committee has done a fundraiser like this and she is excited to see how it works out for the committee.

Gilpin said she hopes word spreads about the fundraiser and people will come to Max & Erma’s

to support the project. Gilpin said the committee members will be go-

ing to Max & Erma’s at 5 p.m. “And if other students want to go early evening,

it would be fun to have a bunch of Honors College students there at the same time,” Gilpin said.

The fundraiser flyers may be shown to a server in electronic or print form. The flyer can be found at the Honors College website. The flyer will also be available on the college’s social media accounts.

Amanda Gibson can be contacted at gib-son269@marshall.edu.

Honors College to raise funds at Max & Erma’s Thursday

By JULIE PACE and JILL COLVINASSOCIATED PRESS

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton swept through the South on Super Tuesday, with the front-runners claiming victory in their parties’ primaries in del-egate-rich Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. Clinton also car-ried Texas, the night’s biggest prize.

On the Republican side, Ted Cruz won his home state

of Texas, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Demo-cratic race in his home state.

“What a Super Tuesday,” Clin-ton exclaimed during a victory rally.

The Democrat also picked up a win in Arkansas, while Trump carried the GOP contest in Massachusetts.

Super Tuesday marked the busiest day of the 2016 prima-ries, with the biggest single-day delegate haul up for grabs. With elections in every region of the

country, the contests put a spot-light on candidates’ strengths and weaknesses with a broad swath of American voters.

For Clinton and Trump, the voting provided an opportunity to begin pulling away from their rivals and charting a course to-ward the general election. Each entered Super Tuesday having won three of four early vot-ing contests, and more strong showings could start putting the nominations out of reach for other contenders.

As Trump’s victories piled up, he fired off “thank you” Twitter notes to the states that landed in his win column. The billion-aire businessman scheduled a nighttime news conference at his swanky Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, eschewing the tradi-tional election night rally.

Clinton was steadying herself after an unexpectedly strong challenge from Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator did carry his home state decisively on Tuesday, and told the crowd at a raucous victory party that he was “so proud to bring Vermont values all across this country.”

Early exit polls underscored Sanders’ continued weaknesses

with black voters, a core part of the Democratic constituency. Clinton led with African-Amer-icans, as well as both men and women, in Georgia and Virginia, according to surveys conducted by Edison Research for The As-sociated Press and television networks.

Sanders continued to show strength with young voters, carrying the majority of those under the age of 30.

Democrats were voting in 11 states and American Sa-moa, with 865 delegates up for grabs. Republicans were voting in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake.

The contests come at a tur-bulent time for the GOP, given Trump’s strengths in the face of opposition from many party leaders. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz launched furious verbal attacks on the billionaire businessman in recent days, but some in the party establishment fear the anti-Trump campaign has come too late.

Trump’s wins in the South were a blow to Cruz, who once saw the region as his oppor-tunity to stake a claim to the

nomination. Now Cruz’s future hinges on a victory in his home state of Texas, the biggest prize of the day.

Rubio’s goal was even more modest. He was seeking to stay competitive in the delegate count and hoping to pull off a win in his home state of Florida on March 15.

In a fundraising email to sup-porters, Rubio’s campaign said the senator “is not going to give up this fight — he’ll do what-ever it takes to stop Trump.”

However, Rubio was ex-pected to face quick calls from Trump to drop out of the race if he failed to pick up any wins.

“He has to get out,” Trump told Fox News earlier in the day. “He hasn’t won anything.”

Republicans spent months largely letting Trump go un-challenged, wrongly assuming that his populist appeal with voters would fizzle. Instead, he’s appeared to only grow stronger, winning states and drawing broad support for some of his most controversial proposals.

In six of the states on Tuesday, large majorities of Republican voters said they supported a

proposal to temporarily ban all non-citizen Muslims from entering the United States, an idea championed by Trump. Two-thirds of GOP voters in Texas, Virginia and Georgia, 7 in 10 in Tennessee, and nearly 8 in 10 in Alabama supported the proposal, according to the early exit polls.

Worries among Republicans appeared to grow after Trump briefly refused to disavow for-mer Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke during a television inter-view. Trump later said he had not understood the interviewer who first raised the question about Duke, and he did repudi-ate him.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that anyone who wants to be the Repub-lican presidential nominee must reject any racist group or individual.

“When I see something that runs counter to who we are as a party and a country I will speak up. So today I want to be very clear about something: If a per-son wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games,” Ryan said.

Clinton, Trump claim big Super Tuesday victories

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By JOHN FAUSSTHE PARTHENON

When it comes to the postseason for col-lege basketball, the powerhouse teams may be wise to heed the following warning: Be-ware the Ides of March.

Okay, so maybe college basketball doesn’t quite have the same parallels as Shake-speare, but the drama during March Madness certainly can share similarities with a multi-tude of his play writes.

In a season when many of the touted Cae-sarian teams have suffered losses at the hands of lesser talented teams, this year’s edition of March Madness should shape up to be one for the ages.

If a team has held a ranked position within the top-25 this year, it hasn’t meant much this season.

During the 2015-2016 season, a total of 181 ranked teams have lost this year with 68 of those teams being top-10 squads and seven No. 1 teams losing along the way as well.

Seeding will prove to be a minor factor in a field that could very well feature up to 25 potential champions out of a 68-team field. All it could take would be some timely hot play by a team late in the season to cut down the nets in April.

Last year, Kentucky was the clear-cut favorite and No. 1 overall seed, riding an undefeated streak into the postseason. Be-fore its loss to Wisconsin in the Final Four, Kentucky was picked to be the winners by multiple experts.

The bracketology experts still remain un-sure which teams will fill in the first and second seeds in the NCAA Tournament. As of Monday night, it seems that Kansas may have locked up the No. 1 overall seed for the tournament. Even though the Jayhawks have won an unprecedented 12 straight Big 12 regular season championships, its NCAA tournament performances as of late have been ugly, to put it bluntly.

The past two years have seen the Jay-hawks bounced after the second round when it was ranked as the No. 2 seed. Kansas’ name is synonymous with upsets within the tournament.

The next likely candidates for the remain-ing top three seeds will feature two teams from the same conference. Look for both Virginia and North Carolina to finish as No. 1 seeds coming out of the ACC.

If both teams finish the regular season strong and win a few games in the ACC tour-nament, both should be locks.

The last No. 1 seed seems like a toss-up for either the Big East Champion or Big Ten Champion.

The Big East is between two teams, Vil-lanova and Xavier, while the Big Ten’s only chance for a No. 1 seed would be for Michi-gan State to win out the regular season and to make a reasonable run in the conference tournament.

Aside from that happening, the Big Ten will have to settle with a No. 2 seed as its highest seeded member. The rest of the con-ference teams eligible will have to settle for No. 3-5 seeds, where many upsets surely await.

The No. 12-14 seeds are always the ones to look out for when determining if an upset is predictable. The past three tournaments have seen four No. 3 seeds and six No. 5 seeds lose in the first round.

Those No. 12-14 seeds make the tourna-ment the “madness” that it is.

For No. 15 and No. 16 seeds, it’s even more a colossal task to best a No. 1 or No. 2 seeded team. It’s so monumental a feat that no No. 16 seed has ever defeated a No. 1 seed team.

However, the way the season has played out this year, 2016 could be the year where a No. 1 seed could finally lose.

No. 2 seed teams have lost in the past, most recently in 2013 when Georgetown lost by 10 to No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast, who crashed the Big Dance with its high-flying acrobatics en route to a Sweet Sixteen appearance. For a bold prediction, look for a No. 2 seed to fall this year.

This March could wind up being one for the history books as top teams have dis-played inconsistent effort all season long, which could come back to bite them and send them home early.

For the small schools and lower seeded teams, they have one objective: To come, see and conquer the Goliaths in the tournament.

John Fauss can be contacted at fauss@marshall.edu.

Let the madness ensue

THE PARTHENONMarshall University’s men’s

golf team finished fifth in the Davidson College Invitational Tuesday in Davidson, North Carolina.

The University of North Caro-lina at Charlotte came in first place in the seven-team invita-tional with a score of 38-over 902. The 49ers’ Thomas Row-land was the individual medalist at an even 216.

Cleveland State University finished the two-day event in second place, eight strokes be-hind Charlotte with a 46-over 910.

Marshall hit a combined 925 over three rounds as sophomore Alex Weiss finished with his tournament-low score of 72 on the final 18 holes. Weiss tied for fourth in individuals with two other golfers at 9-over-par 225.

Marshall head coach Matt Grobe said he thought Weiss played well after getting off to a rough start in the earlier rounds.

Grobe said he was satisfied with his team’s overall per-formance in its first spring tournament.

“We got a lot of good work in this week,” Grobe said in a news release. “The scores weren’t as

good a what we wanted, but I think we gained some experi-ence. And I am looking forward to the Pinhurst Intercollegiate.”

The Herd will compete in the Pinehurst Intercollegiate in Pinehurst, North Carolina March 11-13.

Aside from Marshall, Aus-tin Peay State University, Ball State University, Belmont Uni-versity, Boston University, Eastern Kentucky University, Elon University, Morehead State University, Siena College, Wis-consin Lutheran College and Xavier University will compete in the tournament as well.

Men’s golf team finishes fifth in Davidson Invitational

By DANIELLE WRIGHTTHE PARTHENON

While Marshall University men’s basketball team is in a three-team tie for the second-best in-conference record (11-5), one stat the Herd is running away with this season is 3-point shots made.

In 29 games, the Herd has knocked down 290 3-pointers. After Marshall, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has made the sec-ond most with 236 in 29 games. The University of Southern Mississippi is third in the confer-ence with 232 in 27 games.

Junior guard Austin Loop leads the Herd with 72 made 3-pointers, which ranks fifth in C-USA.

Loop said while the team is not concerned about how many 3-pointers it knocks down, he

enjoys the idea of the team’s success being con-trolled by the players.

“I think it’s nice knowing that our faith is in our hands,” Loop said. “We are going to take care of business to seal the deal on the second seed.”

Loop said head coach Dan D’Antoni’s coaching tactic to help his players shoot better 3-point shots is to mimic shots the players would likely shoot in a game.

Junior guard Stevie Browning, who is tied with senior forward James Kelly for third on the team with 40 3-point shots made this season, said the team tries to only take high percentage 3-pointers.

“We just don’t stand around and shoot ran-dom 3s,” Browning said. “We shoot specific 3s. We get a lot in games. We know we get them a

lot because we watch film.” Aside from Loop and Browning, sophomore

guard Jon Elmore has made 57 3-pointers in 21 games this season. Redshirt freshman C.J. Burks is fifth on the team with 29 made 3-point shots.

Loop said while the 3-point shot may be his specialty, he is not a one-dimensional player.

“I think I have more to my game than I really show at times,” Loop said. “I can dribble better and get to the rim better than I usually show. I think that comes with me getting comfortable.”

The Herd looks to end its two game losing streak 7 p.m. Thursday against Louisiana Tech University at the Cam Henderson Center.

Danielle Wright can be contacted at Wright317@marshall.edu

3-point shot a major weapon in Marshall’s high-scoring offense

THE PARTHEON Marshall University’s men’s

soccer coach Bob Gray an-nounced the team’s 2016 recruiting class earlier this week.

The Herd welcomed eight players to its program.

“With a large group of se-niors that we graduated, we really wanted to try to find some experienced players,” Gray said. “We feel like we filled that void immediately by signing two outstanding junior college players and one other two-year trans-fer from an NCAA Division I program. We also have several impressive college freshmen coming into the

program as well. We’re ex-cited to get all of these guys here to build on the success of making it to the Confer-ence USA Tournament final last season.”

The signees are goal-keeper Trevor Clemens of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; de-fender Jascha Gluewckschal of Reichenbach, Germany; defender Thomas Hollis of Houston, Texas; defender Brendan Jones of Goshen, Ohio; striker Yannick Koffi of Lewisville, Texas; midfielder Bryan Lopez of Bloomfield, Minnesota; midfielder Devin Morgan of Covington, Ken-tucky; and midfielder Alex Reyes of Houston, Texas.

Herd soccer team announces 2016 recruiting class

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Marshall University redshirt freshman C.J. Burks pulls up for a 3-point shot against Florida International University earlier this season at the Cam Henderson Center.

Marshall University junior Daniel Jodah brings the ball up-field last season.

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The readers submitted some questions about life, love and everything in between. I answered them as honest as I knew pos-sible. I’m here to keep it real with you when no one else is and to answer with no judgment because I don’t know you! I’m just a college junior who enjoys giving his opinion. Here is some one the questions I got this week:

Spring break is coming up and I don’t have any plans. Is it too late to try and do something?

It is not too late to do something at all. Well that depends sweet-pea, do you have money? If you’re broke you have no busi-ness doing anything but working. If you have enough coin to make something hap-pen, what’s stopping you? All you need is that one good friend who also has some coin and you make something happen. Something is better than nothing. You can do something fun for a few bucks dur-ing break. Live it up while you have the chance, but don’t dig yourself in a hole you can’t get out of.

Some of my friends don’t vote and with the presidential election coming up this year, how do I get my friends to

register and vote?I think it’s important that we as young

people vote. It’s important that we as Americans vote. You need to let your friends know what the deal is. Haven’t you ever heard “a vote-less people is a hope-less people?” Don’t let that be your friends.

How do I let my significant other know that they’re doing something that makes me uncomfortable?

They’re your significant other. You re-ally should feel comfortable telling them stuff that is bothering you and if you don’t, then maybe it’s time to reevaluate your relationship.

Any tips on managing money?You’re asking the wrong one. I’m young

and broke myself. If I want something, I save for it. I pay my bills and from there I just treat myself with what I have left.

Why do I feel guilty for being in a well-off family?

I’m stumped on this one. Not a problem I have really ever had. Maybe you’re feel-ing guilty because of who you’re hanging around. Don’t let people throw your fam-ily’s money in your face.

My friend is acting out of the nor-mal. How do I let them know that I’m worried about them without offending

them? I would just sit them down with love

and ask them what’s going on. If it’s some-thing serious and you’re seeing signs of something else, maybe just go talk to someone who can give them the help they need. I would definitely go talk to them first because you may be other thinking the situation and then if you go to some-one else you’re just going to be upsetting and probably embarrassing your friend.

To have your question answered, drop them off in the labeled box in the Par-thenon lab for next week or email them at parthenon@marshall.edu, or tweet your questions @MUParthenon with #xoxomichaelbrown.

Marshall University President Jerry Gilbert poses for a photograph inside his office.THE PARTHENON | RYAN FISCHER

Country clubs over campus clubsOver the weekend, a Gazette-

Mail article resurfaced at a time when higher education and all facets of state government are facing drastic budget cuts amidst a projected $460 million budget shortfall in fiscal year 2016-2017.

The story, a November 2015 article, detailed Marshall presi-dent Jerry Gilbert’s starting salary. Prior to his arrival, it was determined that Gilbert would make $430,000 annually with a wide array of benefits incorpo-rated into the deal.

Gilbert, the former Missis-sippi State president, accepted the contract after an almost-year long search to replace Marshall’s president Stephen J. Kopp, who passed unexpectedly in Decem-ber 2014.

In addition to Gilbert’s sal-ary, advantages include monthly stipends for mobile phone and vehicular use, life and health in-surance, a state retirement plan and membership to the Guyan Golf and Country Club, the article stated.

In comparison, West Virginia University’s bow-tie-sporting leader president Gordon Gee, earns nearly double Gilbert’s salary. In the same report, the Gazette-Mail outlined Gee’s sal-ary at $775,000.

To put those numbers into perspective, both leaders are paid more than United States president Barack Obama, who brings in $400,000 annually.

It is not the intention of the Parthenon’s editors to target Gilbert personally with this

editorial. Rather, the issue at hand is not about the salaries themselves at all. Instead, we fear the luxurious assets tacked onto presidential contracts may entice the wrong candidates for the wrong reasons.

The membership fee is not enumerated on country club’s website, but it is safe to say it would’ve replenished more than a few student foundation schol-arships that have been recently cut due to a lack of funding.

Nationally, university leaders rake in more than a few pretty pennies each year—but are the additional benefits and stipends necessary? With no housing or utility fees, Gilbert’s vehicle

stipend and country club mem-bership could be funded directly from his salary.

Is a six or more digit salary not enough to attract candidates alone? Does the passion for higher education exist solely without a desire for extra benefits?

Another budget cut won’t help the case; certainly not one that, when combined with the exist-ing 4 percent cut, would exceed ten percent hypothetically.

Another Gazette-Mail measured the impact of the “hy-pothetical 6.5 percent upcoming cut” in an article published Feb. 18, addressing the possibility of community college branches

closing, indefinite cancelation of State Police cadet trainings, state employee layoffs and closures of various correctional facilities.

The article also conveyed the concerns of Higher Education Policy Commission chancellor Paul Hill from Hill’s letter to the Finance Committee in which he stated, “I am acutely concerned about our state’s continued ability to provide access to an affordable postsecondary educa-tion for our citizens.”

With tuition and fee increases projected for the fall semester, one has no choice but to ques-tion the financial integrity of the university and its luxurious expenditures. Where exactly do

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By RYAN FISCHERTHE PARTHENON

Matt Boggs was an average boy from Kentucky equipped with a sharp mind and broad goals.

“I was kind of your typi-cal all-american kid, played sports, student council, Fu-ture Business Leaders of America, involved in a lot of civic organizations and volun-teerism,” Boggs recalled.

Boggs had set his eyes on Marshall for his pursuit of the American dream, persistent in his hopes to study business.

But even before these in-terests were kindled, Boggs suggests something had been missing within him.

“The first time I picked up a drink I finally felt a part of everybody…I could stand in a room and no longer feel alone.” he said.

Over the years, Boggs began to turn to alcohol in order to fill the empty space within him more and more.

“It really triggered the un-derlying disease of addiction in me,” Boggs said. “I aways think of it as like a switch, that once you turn it on it’s hard to turn it off.”

Boggs said after discover-ing his need for drugs and falling into active addiction with various substances for many years, he met heroin.

“That began a downward spiral, and I made a lot of decisions during active ad-diction to heroin that I regret today,” he said.

Boggs was now strapped with a powerful addiction to opiates, but he also had to face the turning away of his family.

“I wound up homeless,

living in abandoned houses, family didn’t want much to do with me, rightfully so.” Boggs recalled. “I would steal, I would lie, manipulate. I would inflict harm, not physi-cal but emotional harm to all the folks that loved me the most.”

Boggs explained his fam-ily’s decisions were partly out of their own pain for his suffering.

“My mom had changed the locks and told me not to come around the house.” Boggs said. “She wanted to talk to me, but she didn’t want me coming on her property, she didn’t want me coming in the house. Not because she didn’t love me because she did love me, but she didn’t want to watch me kill myself.”

Boggs wound up in jail eventually, trying short term solutions and 28-day recovery programs between Florida, California, and Colorado be-fore “begging and begging” to return to the Tri-State area.

Trying to follow his word, his return was successful for some time before slipping back into his addictions again.

But then Boggs found a old friend, someone who had seemingly crawled away from his former years of addic-tion unscathed. This friend claimed he had changed his life, referring Boggs to “The Healing Place” recovery cen-ter, now known as “Recovery Point.”

Homeless again and unable to seek refuge with his es-tranged family, Boggs walked into The Healing Place in March 2012.

The all-male recovery pro-gram offered by the center focuses on peer interactions and monitored, non-medical detox.

Boggs says an incredibly important facet of Recovery Point’s brand of healing is the community sessions, where clients are able to interact with each other and share both haunting memories and hopeful advice amongst themselves, mentors, and graduates of the program.

“Looking back, that’s the

element of peer recovery,” Boggs said. “It’s somebody sharing their hope or giving their hope to somebody who wants help, who needs help.”

From day one at The Heal-ing Place, Boggs’ life began to change dramatically.

“I started talking to these guys who had been here for months, and they kept telling me ‘it gets better, you know, your life will change too if you stick around,’” Boggs said.

Boggs heeded the advice of his peers, staying the course and graduating from the pro-gram in October of 2012.

“While I was here I learned to become a man.” Boggs said. “Before I was a victim, and I was a child. It was here that I learned to become a man.”

He soon went to work full time at the Huntington City Mission, where he was able to work on the “front lines” with individuals suffering from severe mental handicaps and addiction.

Soon after a associate de-velopment position became available at Recovery Point, which he promptly applied for an received. While work-ing these two jobs, Boggs was finally able to turn his gaze back to his original plans at Marshall, obtaining his bach-elor’s degree from the College of Business.

“Fast forward, I just con-tinued to kind of work myself through [Recovery Point],” Boggs said. “I applied for the Executive Director at one point and didn’t get it, and recovery has taught me that there is always a plan. Even though a door might be closed there’s always another door that’s open.”

In October of 2015, Boggs was named Executive Direc-tor at Recovery Point and currently maintains this post, serving the individuals in the recovery community with a powerful sense of what he calls “brotherhood.”

“I hope that my story can give someone hope,” Boggs said. “And that they can over-come and persevere.”

Ryan Fischer can be contacted at fischer39@

RYAN FISCHER | THE PARTHENON

Matt Boggs poses for a photograph in his office at Recovery Point in Huntington on Tuesday. Boggs was recently selected as Executive Director of the facility in October of 2015.

Boggs finds hope, life at Healing Place

By SHEILA BURKEASSOCIATED PRESS

Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews testified Tues-day that her career has thrived since a stalker took nude vid-eos of her and posted them on the Internet, but she doesn't think she'll ever get over the emotional fallout.

Andrews has been on the

witness stand for two days, often giving tearful testimony about the fear and suffering she has gone through as a result of the stalking and the videos.

She has filed a $75 million lawsuit against her stalker and the owner and operator of the Nashville Marriott at Vander-bilt. The hotel is a franchise.

Jurors will have to deter-mine whether the companies share some of the blame after stalker Michael David Barrett altered a peephole in her ho-tel room in September 2008 to shoot the secret video footage. They also will have to determine how much An-drews suffered emotionally as a result.

A defense attorney for the companies told Andrews that they both agreed she was a victim of a crime. But during cross-examination, at-torney Marc Dedman asked her about her career success since she discovered in July 2009 that someone put the secretly shot videos of her online.

Andrews acknowledged that she has moved on to Fox Sports, making more money than she did at ESPN and is now host-ing the show "Dancing With the Stars."

Dedman noted that, in ad-dition, Andrews has endorsed Reebok, Degree antiperspi-rant, Florida orange juice and a slew of other companies, as well as appeared in a com-mercial for Victoria Secret — one where she was fully clothed — and worked the red carpet and hosted the CMT Awards.

"You have done very well in your career since 2009?" Dedman asked.

"Yes," Andrews replied.Andrews said she has

thrown herself into her career just to feel normal but re-mains anxious and depressed. She also said it ripped her apart when some in the media

thought the nude videos were part of a publicity stunt be-fore Barrett was arrested.

Barrett was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after he admitted to stalking Andrews in three different cities, alter-ing hotel room peepholes and shooting nude videos of her in Nashville and Columbus, Ohio.

Barrett testified Monday, in a videotaped deposition, that he removed the hotel door peepholes and altered them so he could pull them out eas-ily to place his cellphone up to the empty hole and shoot videos.

She also talked about her reluctance to date after the videos were posted and her relationship with boyfriend Jarret Stoll, a professional hockey player who plays for the Minnesota Wild.

"I feel sad because I think he would have loved the girl more who was there before this happened," Andrews said tearfully. "And I feel guilty about that."

She said to this day she re-mains on guard every time she stays in a hotel during her extensive business travels.

When she checks in, she immediately asks to change

rooms in the hotel, she said. She said she refuses to let anyone inside the room, and sweeps it for cameras and "booby traps."

She said she is taunted daily about the videos, which are still online. She also tes-tified that she fears that she will have children who will one day come home and say that other kids have seen the nude images.

The defense presented an ESPN executive, who testi-fied via video that he did not notice any problems with her work after the discovery of the nude videos. In fact, Pat-rick Donaher, who was senior director of talent, planning and development for the network while Andrews was there, said she did a good job covering games and im-proved before she left for Fox in 2012.

Jurors must decide how Barrett came to be placed next to her room in the hotel. She maintains that the hotel honored a request of his to be put in an adjacent or conjoin-ing room but never told her about it. The defense main-tains that Barrett schemed his way into getting into the room.

MARK HUMPHREY | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sportscaster and television host Erin Andrews, second from right, walks to the courtroom Tuesday.

TV host Erin Andrews says she'll never get over

By LEAH COOKTHE PARTHENON

Marshall University will welcome special guest Tony Zilincik, a Tubist and professor from Capitol University in Co-lumbus, Ohio on Wednesday.

Zilincik, who is known for presenting music in new and innovative ways, is a re-nowned composer.

His pieces have been per-formed around the United States and Europe as well as published by Cimarron music.

In 2012, he and 200 other musicians performed his piece “Tower Thunder” in an

80-foot-tall, 25-foot diameter concrete tower in California.

Zilincik’s resume also includes Broadway per-formances and tours with “Annie,” “The Lion King,” “Mary Poppins” and more.

Zilincik teaches tuba, com-position and theory at Capitol University, where he also di-rects the brass choir and tuba/euphonium ensemble, “Capi-tal Thunder.”

Zilincik’s performance will take place in Smith Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Renowned tubist Tony Zilincik to visit Marshall

ParthePicks>Malcolm: "She Needs Me" by Kendrick

Lamar & "Lost Ones" by J Cole.

>Kaitlyn: "In Your Atmosphere" -- John

Mayer & "Electric Feel" -- MGMT.

>Megan: "Townie" -- MITSKI & "Broken

Necks" -- Eskimeaux.

>Ashley: "Bad Moon Rising" -- Creedence

Clearwater Revival & "No Diggity" -- Chet Faker.

>Lexi: "Ophelia" -- The Lumineers & "Holy

Roller" -- Thao and the Get Down Stay Down.

>Mikaela: "Without You" -- Oh Wonder &

"New York" -- Ed Sheeran.