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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013 | VOL. 116 NO. 73 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM
RESTRUCTURING ——< David Pittenger to leave dean’s post at the College of Liberal Arts and take over as Associate VP of Outreach and Continuing Studies and Dean of the Graduate College.
< Graduate School of Education and Professional Development and the existing College of Education consolidate into one college. Teresa Eagle, dean of GSEPD, to become dean of the new College of Education.
By JOHN GIBBEXECUTIVE EDITOR
Responding to a pull-back in state funding, Marshall University has begun reorganizing many of the programs that make up Academic Affairs and, in the pro-cess, is reconfiguring several of its best known schools and colleges.
Gayle Ormiston, provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs, disclosed plans for the reorganization this week dur-ing an interview with The Parthenon, which was attended by deans involved. Additional details were provided Thursday by Matt Turner, chief of staff.
The affected programs include the Col-lege of Liberal Arts, Graduate College, College of Education, Graduate School of Education, College of Fine Arts and W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Ormiston declined to disclose how much the reorganization would save the univer-sity. However, at Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting, President Steven Kopp said the state plans to reduce Marshall’s state ap-propriations by $11 million over two years. Kopp did not mention the reorganization of Academic Affairs.
Confronted with the state budget cuts, Ormiston said the university adopted a “streamlining” approach as it became ap-parent that several deans were retiring in 2013, presenting an opportunity to reduce administrative costs rather than make drastic cuts to programs affecting Marshall students.
“We want to continue to offer programs to students that will prepare them for fu-ture careers in the 21st century,” Ormiston said. “By streamlining administrative du-ties and reorganizing faculty positions, money will be saved and more opportuni-ties would come as part of this change as well.”
Among the retirements: Rudy Pauley, associate vice president of outreach and continuing studies, and Donna Spindel, dean of the Graduate College. Pauley’s re-tirement is effective June 1 and Spindel’s retirement becomes effective Aug. 16.
Upon Pauley’s retirement, David Pit-tenger, current dean of the College of Liberal Arts, will assume Pauley’s duties, as well as serve as the new dean of the Graduate College. Spindel will remain in a transitional role at the Graduate College until her retirement in mid-August. The roles will be combined into one upon her retirement.
On June 1, the Graduate School of Edu-cation and Professional Development and the College of Education will be combined into a new College of Education. Teresa Eagle, current dean of the GSEPD, will be-come the new dean of the COE and Robert Bookwalter, current dean of the COE, will become the interim dean of COLA, taking over Pittenger’s current job. This change will eliminate a dean’s position.
Eagle said, “Our new College of Educa-tion will continue to be centered on student success and providing the tools our stu-dents need to become highly sought-after
professionals who make a positive differ-ence in the lives of their students.”
“The roots of the GSEPD are rich in a phi-losophy and practice of outreach across the state and the region. We are bound by our mission and our history to build on those traditions through modern, effective in-struction and administration. I’m confident we can take that to the next level through this new organizational structure.”
Staff members in the Graduate College and College of Education will continue in their current roles. Administration of the university’s physical facilities in South Charleston, Point Pleasant, Beckley and Teays Valley, for which Pauley was respon-sible, will be provided through existing staff at the South Charleston campus.
Effective July 1, the School of Art and De-sign, the School of Music and Theatre and the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communication will join to form an entirely new college. Don Van Horn, cur-rent dean of the College of Fine Arts, will become dean of this new college. Janet Dooley, current interim dean of the SOJMC, will become the director of SOJMC and the associate dean of the new college.
Dooley became interim dean in 2012 when Corley Dennison was promoted to as-sociate vice president for academic affairs. Since the SOJMC dean position is currently open, this change would mean the position would not be filled, therefore eliminating another dean’s position.
Academic reorganization will streamline Marshall’s administrative structure
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< Robert Bookwater leaves dean’s post at the College of Education to become Interim Dean of COLA.
< The School of Art and Design, the School of Music and Theatre and the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications will join to form a new college. Don Van Horn, dean of COFA, will become dean of the new college.
< Janet Dooley, interim dean of SOJMC, to become director of SOJMC and associate dean of the new college.
< Donna Spindel Dean of Graduate CollegeRetires Aug. 16
< Rudy Pauley Associate VP of Outreach and Continuing StudiesRetires June 1
By SARAH DYKETHE PARTHENON
Marshall University’s Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence is a regional non-profit organiza-tion dedicated to serving legal, technical, public sector and business professionals for whom digital evidence is part and parcel of their work.
The club helps network administrations, digital forensics practitioners, law enforcement personnel and legal professionals survive and thrive in the ever-changing landscape where technology and law meet.
Thomas Kist, president of AIDE, said the club is open to all majors even though the majority of members are integrated science and technology, computer and information technology or crimi-nal justice majors.
AIDE aims to improve access to information, develop solutions to practical problems and narrow the gap between the accessing and use of digital evidence and traditional physical evi-dence in the law.
AIDE is comprised of three sub-groups: Digital Forensics, Information Security and Electronic Discovery.
The working groups are focused on their re-spective disciplines, looking for opportunities to provide training and research to practitioners in the field.
AIDE meets every other Thursday at 4 p.m. in Morrow Commons. The next meeting will be Feb. 7.
AIDE hosts meetings throughout the semes-ter and will highlight computer hacking and
cyber security.AIDE also brings in middle school students
and adults to teach them everything they have learned themselves.
Internships are available through AIDE. Kist said most Access Data employees are gen-
erally involved with AIDE first and that members are expected to take an active role in AIDE’s ac-tivities by consulting and sharing information with one another, participating in committee work relating to AIDE projects, attending or pre-senting at regional and annual conferences and commenting on drafts of position statements prepared by AIDE.
John Sammons, director of AIDE, said people are invited to join if digital evidence is a critical part of their profession or field of study.
Sarah Dyke can be contacted at [email protected].
AIDE urges students to joinBy CAITLIN KINDER-MUNDAYTHE PARTHENON
United Way, of River Cities’ Success by Six, will host its 13th annual Super Kids, Super Families, Super Saturday event Saturday, Feb. 2 at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington.
The event is open to all children, parents and caregivers from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Success by Six seeks to ensure that all children are physically, mentally, develop-mentally, emotionally and socially ready to begin kindergarten.
The event will launch the opening of the Imagination Library in Cabell County. The Imagination Library is a nonprofit organiza-tion that was started by Dolly Parton. The program goal is to raise literacy rates of young children by sending free age-appro-priate books to registered children up until their fifth birthday.
The West Virginia Department of Educa-tion Dropout Prevention Innovation Zone provided funding for Imagination Library.
Registration at the event is free for any parents who wish to sign their children up for Imagination Library. Children will receive his or her first free book at all times. Pro-gram books will only be available for Cabell County residents.
“We are really excited to have Imagination Library coming into Cabell County,” Lena
Burdette, United Way community initiatives coordinator, said. “This will build a child’s library with books that will encourage learn-ing and interaction. We encourage Cabell County residents to come and sign up their children at this event.”
There will be many organizations from the area with activities for children. Par-ents and caregivers can also take advantage of resources focused on the theme “12 Tips for Raising a Healthy Child.” Healthy snacks will be given out, free of charge, and will be provided by Cabell Huntington Children’s Hospital.
Hospital and health department repre-sentatives will be present, giving out health information. Hand washing seminars will take place with the goal of teaching young children proper cleanliness.
Exhibitors include the Huntington Museum of Art, Cabell County Library, Playmates Preschool and Child Development Centers, Cabell Huntington Health Department, WIC, Tri-State Library Council, Cabell County Schools and Pump Up the Fun.
There will be games and door prizes and activities include inflatables, music with singing and dancing, a reading room, crafts, face painting and more. Grand prizes and giveaways will also be available.
Caitlin Kinder-Munday can be contacted at [email protected].
Super Saturday event open to public
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By JOSIE LANDGRAVETHE PARTHENON
The Huntington Highway Safety Office offers the following winter driving safety tips for driving on ice and snow: • Always check weather reports and prepare to leave early if freezing temperatures are in the forecast.
• Drive at safe speeds and do not assume you can drive the posted speed limit. Remember to drive slow on ice and snow. • Light touches on brakes and steering are important. • Check antifreeze because inadequate levels can cause the engine to overheat or the freeze the radiator.
• Check tires and make sure they are properly inflated and that the tread is adequate for driving on snow and ice.
• Turn off windshield wipers upon reaching a destination. If the wipers freeze to the glass, they might become damaged when the vehicle is restarted.
• Stay hydrated. Dehydration is a major factor in cold weather. • Sandwiches, fruit or hot stew are better choices than snacks and high sugar drinks when traveling long distances.
• Plan a route in advance and tell friends or family members what routes will be taken so they can anticipate an arrival
time. • For longer trips, prepare an emergency pack for your vehicle. The pack should include: • A cell phone • An ice scraper and brush • A tow rope • Cat litter for a traction aid • Blankets • A flashlight • A portable weather radio • Lock de-icer • A candle with matches (for heat and melting snow)
• Make plenty of rest stops. Tired drivers often make poor driving decision. • Do not drive tired and coffee or caffeine will not counteract sleep deprivation. • Clean headlights and brake lights at every stop.
• If stranded, stay with the vehicle for warmth. Keep the exhaust clear of ice and snow so carbon monoxide does not build
up in the vehicle.
• Always wear a safety belt, whether moving or stationary.
• Do not drink alcohol. Not only does alcohol impair driving, alcohol and cold weather can be a deadly combination. Alcohol will increase skin temperatures—making one feel like they are warmer—but comes at the cost of lowering the tem-perature of vital organs.
Josie Landgrave can be contacted at [email protected].
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Chuck Hagel, Senate Republicans clash at confirmation hearing
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Former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Thursday, January 31, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
By MATTHEW SCHOFIELDMCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
The left came Thursday to praise former Sen. Chuck Ha-gel, a Nebraska Republican whom President Barack Obama nominated to be his next secre-tary of defense.
The right came to, if not bury him, keep him on the hot seat all day as it explored his views and past, sometimes controver-sial, statements on Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and nuclear weapons.
Hagel’s confirmation hear-ing before the Senate Armed Services Committee started out collegial enough. The com-mittee’s chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., noted that the twice-wounded and decorated
former Army sergeant in Viet-nam could be the first former enlisted man to rise to the top spot at the Pentagon.
That was followed by glowing tributes from former Sens. Sam Nunn, a conservative Georgia Democrat, and John Warner, a moderate Virginia Republican. Both are former chairmen of the Armed Services Committee.
Warner said that in Vietnam, Hagel had walked point _ “get out and lead in the face of the enemy” _ and would be well-suited to do so again at a time of serious global threats.
“If confirmed, Chuck Hagel will do it again, this time not before a platoon, but before ev-ery man and woman and their
families in the armed services,” Warner said.
Then Hagel started taking verbal fire.
“His record demonstrates what I view as a lack of sound judgment, and steadfast sup-port for policies that diminish U.S. power and influence throughout the world,” said Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., the committee’s ranking member.
Even Levin, while compli-mentary of Hagel, indicated that some of Hagel’s past state-ments troubled him.
The most contentious mo-ment was when Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., an old friend, colleague and fellow Vietnam veteran, called their differences “fundamental.”
A champion of the military “surge” in Iraq in 2007 that saw the addition of 20,000 troops, McCain pressed Hagel, with whom it’s been reported that he’s had a falling out, over whether the former senator was wrong to oppose the surge.
Hagel replied that time would tell eventually but that to answer would require a more detailed and nuanced response.
McCain insisted: “The com-mittee deserves your judgment as to whether you were right or wrong about the surge,” he said. “Are you going to answer the question, Sen. Hagel? The question is, were you right or wrong? That’s a pretty straight-forward question.”
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POLICE BLOTTERBy JOSIE LANDGRAVETHE PARTHENON
The following summaries were compiled from this week’s Marshall University police reports.
FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT CARD: DRINKO LIBRARYJan. 23, at 12:45 p.m., a victim reported a stolen Speedway
credit card. From Jan. 7 to Jan. 21, the card was used at multiple Speedways and Marathons in Huntington. The credit card has been deactivated but the investigation is ongoing.
LARCENY FROM A VEHICLEJan. 24, at 5:40 p.m., a wallet and loose coins was stolen from
a silver Toyota minivan. There were no signs of forced entry.
PURSE SNATCHING: MAPLE AVENUE AND 18TH ST.Jan. 27, at 12:41 a.m., a purse was snatched off a victim’s wrist
as she got out of her car. As the suspect ran away, they took $10 and discarded the purse. There is no description of the suspect. The Marshall University Police Department reviewed video and talked to one witness.
CAPIAS: MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTERJan 27, at 9:35 p.m., a man not affiliated with Marshall Uni-
versity, was found passed out in the Memorial Student Center. Officers ran his name and discovered he was wanted on a war-rant for failure to appear in court. The man was transported to Western Regional Jail on an $8,000 bond.
Josie Landgrave can be contacted at [email protected].
By LISA MASCAROTRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU
With agreement to lift the nation’s debt ceiling secured, Congress now turns to the next budget showdown: the deep automatic spending cuts that will start to hit the economy next month, which lawmakers appear unwilling _ or unable _ to stop.
The Senate sent legislation to temporarily suspend the $16.4 trillion debt limit to the White House on Thursday for President Barack Obama’s sig-nature. The vote was 64-34, with mostly Republicans and one Democrat opposed.
Now, Congress must decide whether to stop the $1.2 tril-lion in spending cuts that are scheduled to begin March 1. Those reductions were once considered so severe they would force lawmakers to the table to negotiate a more balanced deficit-reduction compromise.
With a month to go, both sides admit there is little hope they can reach agreement.
The cuts, called a seques-ter in Washington parlance, would slice equally across de-fense and domestic programs, drawing government spend-ing out of the already sluggish economy.
“I think it’s more likely to happen,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who is leading an increasingly lonely cam-paign to prevent Pentagon reductions. “In a body that’s known for doing pretty dumb things, this to me wins the prize.”
The prospect of allowing the cuts to take place has divided the Republican Party, as many conservatives have come to the conclusion that severe cuts are better than none, es-pecially as they continue to smart over the tax increases Obama achieved as part of the
year-end fiscal cliff deal.Ever since House Speaker
John A. Boehner engineered passage of the debt ceiling measure last week in the lower chamber, Republicans on and off Capitol Hill have complained that the party has now lost two opportunities to extract budget cuts from the White House.
“The sequester’s going to go into effect on March 1st unless there are cuts and re-forms that get us on a plan to balance a budget over the next 10 years,” the Ohio Republican said last week after the House approved the temporary debt ceiling legislation. “It’s as sim-ple as that.”
Boehner devised the bill as a way to punt this most risky of budget issues and move to others. He wanted to avoid the spectacle of a showdown with the White House that could lead to a default as his conservative troops pressed for spending reductions in exchange for raising the debt limit.
To attract conservative sup-port, the speaker tacked on a provision to withhold law-makers’ pay if the House or Senate fails to approve a bud-get for the next fiscal year.
Obama is expected to swiftly sign the measure.
Lawmakers and their aides have acknowledged that while many ideas are being floated to prevent the cuts, the critical differences that have blocked past deals remain: Democrats want tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations; Republicans want only cuts, particularly those that shift the burden from defense and to domestic programs.
Some expect the sequestra-tion would go into effect only temporarily, perhaps until March 27, when lawmakers
Debt ceiling bill clears Senate; Obama expected to sign
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By WILL VANCESPORTS EDITOR
There are 210 days until the beginning of the 2013 football season, but it’s never too early to get into the college football season. Marshalls 2013 football schedule, released by Marshall Athletics yesterday, features a challenging non-conference road schedule, a renewed rivalry and several games against new members of Conference USA.
Game 1 – vs. Miami (OH)Location: Oxford, OhioMascot: Red Hawks2012 record: 4-8, 3-5 in MAC Key players: Dayonne Nunley (CB), Nick Harwell (WR)The Red Hawks played a very difficult schedule last season,
particularly in the non-conference portion with away games at Ohio State, Boise State and Cincinnati, and finished fifth in the MAC East division.
Game 2 – vs. Gardner-Webb Location: Boiling Springs, N.C.Mascot: Runnin’ Bulldogs2012 record: 3-8, 2-4 in Big SouthKey players: Seth Cranfill (TE), Tanner Burch (LB)Gardner-Webb will begin the 2013 season with a new head
coach with Carroll McCray returning to his alma mater. The Thundering Herd is 12-1 against FCS opponents since moving to the FBS in 1997.
Game 3 – at OhioLocation: Athens, OhioMascot: Bobcats2012 record: 9-4, 4-4 in MACKey players: Tyler Tettleton (QB), Beau Blankenship (RB)This year’s meeting between these two rivals will be the 57th
Battle for the Bell. The Bobcats are 19-8 in the past two seasons, including two straight wins over the Thundering Herd.
Game 4 – at Virginia TechLocation: Blacksburg, Va. Mascot: Hokies2012 record: 7-6, 4-4 in ACCKey Players: Logan Thomas (QB), Jack Tyler (LB)Last season was a major disappointment by Virginia Techs
standards, but ended on a high note with a close bowl victory over Rutgers. Head Coach Frank Beamer is entering his 25th season in Blacksburg.
Game 5 – vs. UTSALocation: San Antonio, TexasMascot: Roadrunners2012 record: 8-4, 3-3 in WACKey Players: Triston Wade (DB), Steven Kurfehs (LB)UTSA has an up and coming football team that is joining C-
USA this season after spending just one season in the WAC after moving to the FBS as a transitional team. The Roadrunners is coached by former Miami (FL) head coach Larry Coker.
Game 6 – at Florida AtlanticLocation: Boca Raton, Fla. Mascot: Owls2012 record: 3-8, 2-5 in Sun BeltKey Players: Nexon Dorvilus (TE), William Dukes (WR)The Owls struggled under first year head coach Carl Pelini.
FAU is joining C-USA this season after spending the past seven in the Sun Belt.
Game 7 – at Middle Tennessee StateLocation: Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mascot: Blue Raiders2012 record: 8-4, 6-2 in Sun BeltKey Players: Reggie Whatley (KR), Kevin Byard (S)The Blue Raiders are coming off of a successful season, includ-
ing a big win over ACC member Georgia Tech. MTSU is joining C-USA this season after competing in the Sun Belt since 2000.
Game 8 – vs. Southern MissLocation: Hattiesburg, Miss. Mascot: Golden Eagles2012 record: 0-12, 0-8 in C-USAKey Players: Rakeem Nunez-Roches (T), Deron Wilson (CB)Southern Miss had a disastrous season in 2012, plummeting
from C-USA Champions in 2011 to being winless in 2012. Ellis Johnson was fired after only one season as head coach and was replaced by Todd Monken.
Game 9 – vs. UABLocation: Birmingham, Ala. Mascot: Blazers2012 record: 3-9, 3-5 in C-USAKey Players: Darrin Reaves (RB), Austin Brown (QB)The Blazers had a forgettable season last season but does have
plenty of young talent, including rising junior RB Darrin Reaves, who was a first team all-conference selection last season.
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EAST DIVISION C-USA Overall
W L W L SOUTHERN MISS 6 0 17 4 MEMPHIS 5 0 16 3 UCF 4 1 14 5 EAST CAROLINA 3 3 12 7MARSHALL 2 3 9 11UAB 0 5 8 12
MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS
WEST DIVISION C-USA Overall
W L W L UTEP 4 1 11 7TULSA 4 3 12 9 TULANE 2 3 14 6HOUSTON 2 4 13 6SMU 1 5 11 10RICE 0 5 4 14
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By KYLE GIBSONTHE PARTHENON
I did something I probably shouldn’t have done on Monday night; I watched the other team from West Virginia play basket-ball, or at least had them on as background noise.
Speaking of noise, the WVU student section was impres-sive, creating a strong and crazy environment for their team. Granted, the Mountaineers played against No. 1 ranked Kansas, but the students were still incredible.
As I watched this display, I started to wonder why Marshall’s student section seems incapable of doing the same.
This is my second year at Marshall and the student sup-porters have only impressed me once, at last year’s UCF men’s basketball game.
UCF heads to town on Saturday and the environment will probably be raucous, but can Marshall’s students really only act wild when Donnie Jones comes to town?
Where is the passion? Where is the fire from the student body? The only times that students show any flair are when they are elbowing for a free pizza or dancing to Korean hip-hop.
The rest of the crowd, the folks that actually pay to see these games, are great. The vast majority of noise comes from people not currently enrolled at the school.
Sounds like an issue to me. I thought that the crowd for the SMU game on Wednes-
day might be different, but I left the game disappointed again. There was a chance set out on a platter for the stu-dents in the second half, when “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes started to play. This song can usually fire up almost every student at every other school, but Marshall’s students barely moved. When Marshall started to mount a comeback, non-students led the charge from the stands yet again.
At women’s basketball games, a video intro plays in which head coach Matt Daniel implores the students to come to home games. The sound of Daniel’s request echoes off of empty seats.
Some may blame homework or classwork for lack of at-tendance, but games are only around two hours long and are free for students. Plus, I’m a student too; so citing “homework” doesn’t fool me.
To most of us, “homework” is streaming zombie dramas or time traveling alien shows and doing work at the last second. The television shows and movies will be there after the game.
In fairness, it can be said that the school’s athletic teams aren’t performing as well as many expected. How-ever, turning the Cam Henderson Center into a fortress, with fans that are widely known for being loud, would give the players a stronger sense of pride when they play at home.
The Henderson Center has the ability to become that for-tress; all it needs is a little help from the student body.
If the other school can do it, Marshall can too. Kyle Gibson can be contacted at gibson210@marshall.
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Marshall student section shows no passion, energy
By KAYLIN SEARLESTHE PARTHENON
The Super Bowl XLVII, no doubt the biggest football match up of the year, will feature four sons of Marshall. The San Francisco 49ers’ wide re-ceiver Randy Moss, and defensive back CJ Spillman, will go head to head with their Marshall brothers, Baltimore Ra-ven’s defensive back Omar Brown and offensive lineman Albert McClellan. Thundering Herd fans are excited for Sunday’s game. Josh Childers, a Marshall alumnus, says any posi-tive publicity is a good thing. “I think it’s great,” Childers said. “It’s good to see people that went to Mar-shall in big games like the Super Bowl.”
Edna Justice, program assis-tant for Marshall football, has been working for Marshall for 34 years and said she thinks of the players as sons. Justice has worked with all four sons of Marshall. “Albert McCllelan is an outstand-ing individual,” Justice said. Justice spent time with Randy Moss during his career at Marshall and said she remem-bers his love of talking to his Mom and the star like quality he brought to Marshall. “You could see how much talent he had, how superior he was,” Justice said. “When he was here, it was like a star was here.” The Rev. Steve Harvey, Marshall football chaplain, said the players going to the Su-per Bowl let you know that Marshall has some talent and has recruited good players.
“Albert McCllelan was just a fierce com-petitor,” Harvey said. “Brown was a great player, always smiling.”
Harvey said his most memorable mo-ment was with CJ Spillman the first player he had ever met at Marshall. “He was in the hall with his coach, Paul Nichols; he introduced himself and pro-ceeded to tell me that a family member had cancer. We prayed right there in the hall,” Harvey said. “Of all the Marshall guys I’ve been around, I have him on speed dial.” No matter the outcome of the game, Thun-dering Herd fans will have something to be proud of—two sons of Marshall will be Su-per Bowl champions.
Kaylin Searles can be contacted at [email protected].
Sons of Marshall Stampede into Super Bowl XLVII
By KELCIE COBURNTHE PARTHENON
The Baltimore Ravens will take on the San Francisco 49ers for Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday. This years’ Super Bowl is ex-traordinary to the city of Huntington, as well as Marshall University fans because the New Orleans Superdome will be host to four of Marshall’s alumni. Among them is Baltimore rookie safety, Omar Brown.
Brown graduated from Marshall in May 2012 and signed with Baltimore as an undrafted free agent. Despite his rookie status, Brown has managed to log some stats during his time spent on the field. Along with three tackles this season, Brown sacked New York Giants quarter-back, Eli Manning, in December 2012.
Brown said life in the NFL isn’t much dif-ferent from life as a college athlete.
“My life hasn’t really changed as much as I thought it would,” Brown said. “The big-gest change for me is being able to help my mom out in whatever way I can.”
Marshall University is tied with Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Texas and Utah with the third most players represented in the Su-per Bowl. Brown will be on the same field
as three other Marshall alumni and said it’s great to know they’ll be out there too.
“The other Marshall players had put in long, hard hours during their college ca-reer,” Brown said. “It just goes to show that no matter what size school you go to, if you work hard enough you’ll get where you want to be.”
Brown is following in the footsteps of his role model, Ed Reed, who is also a player for the Baltimore Ravens. Both Brown and Reed play the position of free safety. Brown said the proudest moment of his career was when Reed said he reminded Reed of himself at Brown’s age.
Junior biology major, Frankie Roman, is a native of Baltimore and has been a fan of the Ravens since she can remember.
“Seeing him in practices and pre-season games, I realized he deserved to be where he was,” Roman said. “When I attended the Ravens versus Giants game, and saw Omar sack Eli Manning, I realized he had the po-tential to be the Ravens next great safety. I’ll never forget the look of pride on his face after that game. He truly deserves this.”
Brown has made a name for himself despite the challenges of being a rookie. His accomplishments at Marshall have
contributed to his success during his first season with Baltimore.
“It feels great to have made it to the Su-per Bowl my first season being in the NFL,” Brown said. “It is a rare opportunity and it is truly a blessing.”
Kelcie Coburn can be contacted at [email protected].
Former Herd safety playing with role model in Baltimore
Previewing 2013 Thundering Herd football schedule
Herd Tennis host KentuckyBy MALCOLM IRVINGTHE PARTHENON
The Marshall University women’s tennis team will start the first of eight straight home games against Kentucky, Friday, at 12 p.m. in Barboursville, W.Va.
The Marshall Tennis team is off to a good start this season, with a record of 2-1. Kentucky has started th season with a perfect record of 2-0.
Marshall came off a disap-pointing loss five days ago to rival WVU and junior Karlyn Timko said the loss made her hungrier for this upcoming match against Kentucky.
“That loss defiantly put fire in my belly—got me a little angry,” Timko said. “It gave us more motivation in practice.”
Kentucky and Marshall have each won a game against each other the past two sea-sons. Marshall brought home a victory in 2011 and, in 2012 Kentucky took the win home.
“This is definitely our year to come out with a victory,” Senior Kara Kucin said.
Marshall’s Tennis team will face Huntington native Stepha-nie Fox, a sophomore Wildcat.
“She grew up playing on the courts of Barboursville and Marshall. We all hit with her before she went to UK, then she committed there,” Kucin said. “She left Huntington to be a wildcat, so we would really like
to beat them because of that, and show her what she missed out on.”
Kucin said the Herd wants to come into the match with con-fidence, and come away with a victory.
“We went hard this week,” Timko said. “We did some point play, a lot of consistence stuff and a lot of conditioning. We had a team meeting, and talked about all our goals before the season started and rehashed those, brought them back up to the surface to reminded each other and ourselves what we’re trying to focus on.”
Kucin said coming away with a win streak during its eight game home stretch would help the herd in their matches.
“When we played WVU, the courts were completely differ-ent than our home courts and that definitely threw us all off,” Kucin said. “We practice at our courts every day, so I think it’s a greater advantage for us then for them because they only have an hour to practice to get used to the courts, as we have the whole week to prepare.”
Kucin said playing at home makes a difference and she hopes the Herd’s home court advantage Friday will be enough to pull away with a victory.
Malcolm Irving can be con-tacted at [email protected].
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By HENRY CULVYHOUSE COLUMNIST
Any discussion about mod-ern western political power has to start with Niccolò Machiavelli.
Machiavelli was an Italian scholar and political advisor during the early 16th century French occupation of Italy. The invasion, caused by Ita-ly’s political divisions turned Machiavelli into an ardent nationalist. He wrote “The Prince” to provide a hand-book for the Duke of Urbino, to unite Italy and influence the duke.
“The Prince” is important for our discussion because it is the first secular work that deals with the gain and con-trol of political power and it does not propose a politi-cal system, like the Locke or Montesquieu a couple centu-ries later. Instead, it analyzes what works or doesn’t work in gaining and retaining power.
In order to approach “The Prince” keep in mind it is a primer filled with historical accounts and practical advice. Machiavelli uses contemporary events and ancient history to il-lustrate a single piece of advice in each chapter.
In the chapter “Concerning a Civil Principality” Machia-velli discusses two ways a prince can take over a city. A prince can win over the people, who want to be free from noble rule or he can side with the nobles, who want to rule the people. Machiavelli advocates championing the people, because the nobles will betray you at a moment’s notice.
In American politics, we see this all the time. In the case of elected officials, they must sway their voters, through campaign promises and leaf-lets showing their family of four dressed in sweaters.
However, in the case of high-level bureaucrats, such as Secretary of State, they must gain Senate approval. When the time is right and the ap-pointee flubs up, the other party will tear him or her to shreds in investigations and hearings, in order to oust them.
We encounter the classic proposition in chapter 17, “is it better to be feared than loved?” Machiavelli answers that fear is the best method, a conclusion he draws for his pessimistic view of human nature. People are driven by self-interest, ac-cording to Machiavelli; they will stab any prince in the back for power.
J. Edgar Hoover is a good example of this. Through black-mail and threats, Hoover ran the FBI without answering to presidents for nearly four de-cades. It finally took Richard Nixon’s crookedness to break him in.
It seems whether it is fear, love, support of the people or support of whoever’s in charge, power relies on people think-ing power is needed.
After all, there’s always more ruled than ruling. Some gov-ernments keep people in line by convincing them to think the government protects them from a perceived threat, such as hunger, poverty, communism, terrorism or another race. We see this in all western de-mocracies, including our own. Authoritarian governments, on the other hand, convince the people that if they even think they can live without their gov-ernment, they simple won’t live. Tyranny rewards those who play along and crushes those who fight back.
Next week, I want to look at power with no self-regard: rev-olutionary power.
Henry Culvyhouse can be contacted at [email protected].
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LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT)Cellphone users know that
when they sign a contract with a mobile phone company, they’re locked into that net-work for the duration of the deal. What they may not know is that their phone is digitally locked to that network forever. And as of this week, they may no longer have the legal right to unlock it, even after the con-tract has expired. It’s just the latest example of how compa-nies have stretched copyright law to deter competition and innovation, not protect the cre-ators of copyrighted works.
At issue is Section 1201 of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which bars people from circumventing a “technological measure” — e.g., a digital lock — that restricts access to a copy-righted work. Recognizing
how sweeping the prohibi-tion was, Congress instructed the Librarian of Congress to grant exemptions every three years for circumventions that enabled non-infringing uses of locked works. The govern-ment granted exemptions for mobile phone unlocking in 2006 and 2010 but not last year, ruling that consumers who wanted an unlocked phone could buy a new one or seek permission from their phone company.
The industry’s trade as-sociation contends that the locks help prevent people from taking heavily subsidized phones to rival networks before they’ve ful-filled their contracts and (presumably) repaid the sub-sidies. It also argues that the locks help stop middlemen from buying prepaid phones
in bulk, unlocking them and then reselling them overseas. But mobile phone compa-nies already charge hefty early termination fees for users who break their con-tracts, and they sell prepaid phones with considerably lower subsidies, if any. For example, Verizon gives away the HTC Rhyme smartphone with a two-year contract, but it charges $440 for a Rhyme without one.
More fundamentally, it’s hard to see the connection between the locks and the soft-ware creators that copyright law were supposed to pro-tect. Consumers were allowed to unlock phones before the smartphone market exploded, and yet Apple went on to de-velop the iPhone and Google developed the rival Android software. Clearly, the point of
the locks isn’t to protect Apple, Google and other creators of copyrighted phone software; it’s to protect the phone com-panies’ revenue streams.
That’s not what copyright law is for. Yet that’s how com-panies have repeatedly tried to use it in the digital era, when so many services and devices can claim copyright protection based on the soft-ware they rely on. The courts have turned back some of the more egregious efforts, such as the attempt by a printer manufacturer to use the anti-circumvention law to block a rival supplier of ink cartridges. But the government’s flub on the cellphone issue shows that it’s time for Congress to clarify that companies will have to find a more appropriate tool than copyright law to enforce their business model
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In case you missed it, Marshall University will be undergoing serious restructuring this summer, in direct relation to West Vir-ginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin recommended budget cuts that will go into effect when the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
Marshall’s budget will be slashed 7.5 percent, or about $11 million, and as a re-sult several colleges at Marshall will now be lumped together in cost-cutting efforts.
In his executive message in the 2013 fis-cal year budget report, Tomblin said “This is West Virginia, where we figured out in a realistic way to cut waste, balance the budget, reduce the tax burden when it is
responsible to do so, and commit to our cit-izens and our businesses that this is a great place to work, live, and play.”
While some citizens may have something to say about the validity of West Virginia being a great place to work, live and play, Marshall students should be upset that this school is once again losing money.
It is nice for politicians to talk about how much higher education means to the future, like Pres. Obama and Gov. Tomblin have previously done.
Of course, it really does not mean any-thing when you take money away from the so-called future of the country.
It is not like students have enough on their plate as it is, what with textbook prices and tuition being as high as they are, and that is taking into account the fact that Marshall is one of the more cost efficient state institutions in the country.
“If we are going to succeed, we must provide a world class education for our children and adults. We must start by re-focusing our education system on the best interest of the student,” Tomblin said.
It will be interesting to see how Gov. Tomblin expects to provide a world-class education system when at the same time he is taking away money on that scale.
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On several occasions, Re-publican critics asked Hagel to explain the phrase “Jewish lobby,” which he once used to describe the influential groups in Washington that promote a pro-Israel agenda, and whether he still thought that they had intimidated members of Con-gress into doing, as he once said, “dumb things.”
When pushed, Hagel said
he regretted the phrase and couldn’t name a lawmaker who might be described in that manner.
“I have always said I am a supporter of Israel,” Hagel said.
He was asked repeatedly to explain a report he had co-authored that called for reducing nuclear arms on a bilateral, verifiable basis. The other co-authors were two former top U.S. diplomats, a former vice chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff and a
former NATO supreme allied commander.
Hagel told Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., that the report, known as “Global Zero,” was never about unilateral disarmament. He also said his positions echoed those of former Presi-dent Ronald Reagan.
“Our nuclear deterrent has been at the core of keep-ing world peace and avoiding World War III,” he said.
He took more heat on his past opposition to using
economic sanctions against Iran. He has said he favors direct negotiations to re-solves issues with the Islamic Republic.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., tried to clarify Hagel’s posi-tions by asking whether he thought that all options should be on the table regarding Iran, whether he thought Iran was a state sponsor of terrorism and whether sanctions were appropriate. Hagel said he sub-scribed to all three views.
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David Castleberry, current interim director of the School of Music and Theatre, will re-turn to his previous role as associate dean on July 1. Byron Clercx will continue as director of the School of Art and Design.
The Marshall Artists Series will also reside in the new college.
The College of Fine Arts is losing their name after nearly
30 years. The names of the schools within the college will remain the same. For ex-ample, the SOJMC, the School of Music and Theatre and the School of Art and Design will stay as such. The only name change will apply to the college.
The name for the new school has yet to be decided and will be selected in the coming months by a committee and transition team appointed by Van Horn. The committee met
Thursday to discuss issues arising from the restructuring of the schools. Issues ad-dressed involved curriculum, governance structure, orga-nization and the potential for new programs, such as photo-journalism and digital arts.
“The chance to be part of something like this doesn’t come along often, and I find it very stimulating,” Van Horn said. “The bringing to-gether of the schools will offer unique opportunities for
collaboration and curriculum development leading to excit-ing new programs.
“We will continue our re-nowned tradition of training outstanding journalism and public relations professionals, visual and performing art-ists and arts scholars, while capitalizing in degree pro-grams that respond to rapidly evolving fields in digital communications.”
John Gibb can be contacted at [email protected].
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will need to reach agreement to continue funding the gov-ernment or risk a shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said this week he envisions a solution that would swap out some spending cuts for modest revenue increases. But that would probably not reach the $1.2 trillion threshold needed to completely offset the scheduled cuts.
Because the amount of the cuts stems from a 2011 agree-ment to raise the debt ceiling, Republicans say it cannot be
decreased. And they insist that all future debt limit increases will require more reductions as part of their commitment to a dollar-per-dollar ratio of cuts to debt.
The measure approved Thursday will suspend the legal limit on the nation’s bor-rowing authority until May 19, when $450 billion will have been added to the debt, push-ing it near $17 trillion.
Congress will again face the prospect of a default if no agreement is reached to allow more borrowing, although the Treasury Department could take measures to pay bills into summer.
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Game 10 – at TulsaLocation: Tulsa, Okla. Mascot: Golden Hurricane2012 record: 11-3Key Players: Keyarris Garrett (WR), Demarco Nelson (S)
Tulsa won the Conference USA championship next season and will probably be favored to defend the title. The Golden Hurri-cane has won four of its past five bowl games.
Game 11: - at Florida InternationalLocation: Miami, Fla. Mascot: Golden Panthers2012 record: 3-9. 2-6 in Sun BeltKey Players: Greg Hickman (DL)Florida International is the fourth and final new member of C-
USA the Herd has on its schedule in 2013. The Herd and Golden Panthers last met in the 2011 Beef-o-Brady’s bowl, in which the Herd was victorious 20-10
Game 12: - vs. East CarolinaLocation: Greenville, N.C. Mascot: Pirates2012 record: 8-5, 7-1 in C-USAKey Players: Vintavious Cooper (RB), Derrell Johnson (LB)East Carolina finished its season off with a loss to Louisiana
University in the R+L Carriers Bowl. 2013 will be the third straight season that the Herd and Pirates have played each other in the regular season finale.
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Blast kills at least 14 at oil conglomerate headquarters in MexicoBy TRACY WILIKINSON and CECILIA SANCHEZLOS ANGELES TIMES (MTC)
A powerful explosion Thursday rocked one of Mex-ico City's tallest skyscrapers, a tower that houses the state oil conglomerate, killing at least 14 employees and injur-ing dozens more, a top official said.
Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said the cause of the blast, which heav-ily damaged the first two floors of an administrative building adjacent to the 54-story tower, was under investigation. The
complex is headquarters of Petroleos de Mexico, or Pemex, the troubled but powerful state oil monopoly.
Osorio said 14 people were killed in the blast that appar-ently occurred in a basement garage, and more than 100 people were being treated in hospitals.
Rescue dogs were being used to search for victims trapped in the debris. A roof in the base-ment collapsed and may have buried an unknown number of employees, Osorio said.
Smoke wrapped around the tower as ambulances and
medevac helicopters arrived at the scene. Top federal and city government officials also hurried to the chaotic site. As darkness fell on the city, President Enrique Pena Nieto arrived on scene to "personally direct rescue operations," he said via Tweeter.
"I was working in my office and suddenly there was an ex-plosion and glass and pieces of concrete began falling," one unidentified employee told Milenio Television. "I hope my co-workers are OK."
"A really strong explosion and then the glass started raining
down," another employee said. "There were lots of screams."
Numerous people were re-ported trapped in elevators for long periods.
More than 3,500 people were reported evacuated from the complex, located west of down-town Mexico City. Employees were being wheeled out on everything from stretchers to office chairs. Streets in the area were closed.
Rescue workers included Mexico's famed "topos," hard-hatted teams of searchers trained in the country's many devastating earthquakes and
who also joined recovery op-erations at Ground Zero in New York following the 9/11 attacks.
Earlier, Eduardo Sanchez, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said the tower was not in danger of collapsing. Me-dia speculation on the causes of the blast focused on gas leaks or faulty mechanical equip-ment in the basement, but Osorio cautioned against pre-mature explanations.
"We cannot yet explain the motives," he said, adding that investigators would be focusing on the basement area.
He did not comment on whether violent drug traffick-ers who have been fighting authorities for more than six years might be involved. Some Pemex installations have been their target in the past.
Traffickers have intercepted and stolen large quantities of oil and gas that Pemex pumps out of fields in the Mexican gulf states of Tamaulipas and Vera-cruz. Cartel hitmen have also kidnapped Pemex workers in those areas. But a direct attack on the company's headquarters is unheard of.
Texas prosecutor gunned downLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INVESTIGATE AT THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING IN DOWNTOWN KAUFMAN, TEXAS ON THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 2013. THE KAUFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF HAS IDENTIFIED THE ASSISTANT DA SHOT AND KILLED BY MASKED GUNMEN THIS MORNING AS MARK HASSE, A ONETIME DALLAS COUNTY PROSECUTOR.
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By TANYA EISERER and RAY LESZCYNSKITHE DALLAS MORNING NEWS (MTC)
As police searched Thurs-day for the brazen killers of Kaufman County, Texas, pros-ecutor Mark Hasse, his former boss made them a bold promise.
"I hope that the people that did this are watching," Kaufman County District At-torney Mike McLelland said during a televised news confer-ence Thursday. "Because we're confident we're going to find you, pull you out of whatever hole you're in, bring you back and let the people of Kaufman County prosecute you to the full extent of the law."
Kaufman County officials said they are scouring hun-dreds of Hasse's current and former cases to help them find his killers, who shot him mul-tiple times Thursday morning as he got out of his car near the
county courthouse. Witnesses said they saw two people, both dressed in black, escape in a sil-ver Ford Taurus.
The Kaufman County dis-trict attorney's office, including Hasse, has been actively in-volved in the prosecution of several cases involving the vio-lent Aryan Brotherhood prison gang at some point.
While authorities acknowl-edged they are investigating the possibility of a link between the slaying and the group, they quickly added that to their knowledge, Hasse was not currently handling any cases involving Aryan Brotherhood members. They said that la-beling the organization as the focus of their probe would be premature.
And despite the slaying bear-ing the earmarks of a "hit," authorities stopped short of la-beling the killing as that.
"We're pursing all possible
cases that he's been working, but we can't be confident that's where it came from," Kaufman Police Chief Chris Aulbaugh said. "We can't say it was a hit. We're pursing all possibilities."
Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Alabama-based South-ern Poverty Law Center, said the Texas branch of the Aryan Brotherhood is known to be particularly violent and that he wouldn't be surprised if they are ultimately found to be involved.
"The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is one of the few organiza-tions in America I can imagine actually planning and carrying out a hit like this," Potok said. "They basically seem unwilling to stop at almost anything."
Officials are hoping that in-terviews with several people who heard the shots or were nearby Thursday when the shooting occurred will help them determine whoever is
responsible. They have re-viewed footage from a camera across the street on the roof of the county tax office, but it was of little help, they said.
"Kaufman County, the state of Texas and especially my of-fice suffered a devastating loss," McLelland said. "We lost a really good man. He was an ex-cellent friend and a spectacular prosecutor."
Hasse, 57, was gunned down just before 9 a.m. Thursday in a county parking lot near the tax assessors office that is routinely used by judges and prosecutors. He was walking from his car to his courthouse office when he came under what appears to have been a well-planned attack.
Witnesses said that after shooting Hasse, one of the gun-men fired in the air apparently to scare away bystanders. At least one of the suspects wore a mask and a tactical vest.
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By KAYLIN SEARLESTHE PARTHENON Super Bowl Sunday has become an unofficial holiday in the United States, and the revelry will be in full swing at restaurants and bars throughout Huntington.
One location for game watching is St. Marks, a long time neighborhood bar in downtown Huntington.
St. Marks, located on Fourth Avenue, will welcome football fans Sunday for the big game.
Dirks Harrison, owner of St. Marks, said free, homemade food will be the main attrac-tion Sunday.
“Everything is for free,” Harrison said. “Regulars will bring in their own dishes to add to our Super bowl selec-tion, it’s quite a spread.”
Along with free food, St. Marks will offer unique spe-cials to their partygoers.
“We have drink specials when your team scores, and also discounts if you have a jersey on,” Harrison said. “We have Super Bowl boards
open for opportunities to win money. To enter, just come in and buy a square before the game.”
T-shirts, hats and other prizes will be given away, courtesy of distributors working with St. Marks.
Justin Adkins, a bartender at St. Marks, has worked at the bar for two years and said St. Marks is a neighborhood bar where everyone is welcome.
“We have a very large regular crowd that consists of locals, business men, Marshall stu-dents and faculty, members of the athletic department and the occasional out-of-towner,” Ad-kins said. “We also have a very lively weekend crowd.”
Michael Borneisen, a Hun-tington resident, said he has been coming to St. Marks for seven years.
“It’s one of the few places in Huntington that you see a tre-mendous mix of people from different backgrounds,” Bor-neisen said.
Justin Finley, a server at Backyard Pizza and Raw Bar,
said he loves the friendly, laid back atmosphere.
“I appreciate the friendly ser-vice,” Finley said. “They always have the sports games on huge projectors where you can watch any main sporting event.”
St. Marks will open their doors at 1 p .m., and kick-off is at 6:30 p.m.
Kaylin Searles can be con-tacted at [email protected].
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BEYONCE: If only Ms. Carter-Knowles knew how to get atten-tion, right? While the world will seemingly be glued to her Super Bowl Halftime Show to see whether she is lip-synching or not, B will undoubtedly have already come up with some other surprise. Will Destiny’s Child reunite for a medley of their hits and their new single, “Nuclear”? Will hubby Jay-Z join her for their duet “Crazy in Love”? Will she unveil new music? Only Knowles knows.
ALICIA KEYS: The “Girl on Fire” will set a Super Bowl record when she performs at the NFL championship game for the third time, the most appearances by any singer. This will be the first time she tackles the national anthem at the Super Bowl, following recent high-profile appearances at the Presidential Inaugural Ball and the 12-12-12 Concert.
Glenn GamboaTHE ADS
Instead of looking for just one ad, I’m intrigued by three, and they all come under the heading of “cars.” Chrysler _ which has had a pair of memorable ads the last two Super Bowls (Clint Eastwood’s “Halftime in America”; Eminem’s “Imported From De-troit”) _ advertises again. No word on what, hence the intrigue.
Of even greater intrigue is a new 60-second ad for the rechris-tened Lincoln Motor Co., and the Lincoln MKZ, written _ or at least based on tweets collected by _ Jimmy Fallon. Ford (Lincoln’s par-ent company) has been a Super Bowl no-show for years, so this is a big (around $8 million) effort designed to launch (or relaunch) a classic, fading brand to a whole new group of consumers. Finally, there’s Toyota’s ad featuring Kaley Cuoco of “The Big Bang The-ory,” is expected to do something funny. What? We’ll find out, but the ad also will feature (at least) a picture of a Toyota customer who posted his or her picture on either Instagram or Twitter, with the hashtag “wishgranted.”
Verne GaySUPER BOWL FASHION
Plenty of female football fans wouldn’t be caught dead wearing a team jersey or sweatshirt for the Super Bowl.
Now, there’s a more glamorous choice. The NFL has licensed Meesh & Mia to create a collection celebrating the big event. Ac-cording to the company’s president, Elizabeth Turley, 90 million female fans watch college and professional sports, and 45 percent of Super Bowl watchers are _ you got it _ women.
Turley calls the Meesh & Mia NFL collection, with pieces like a faux fur vest featuring logos of the 49ers or the Ravens done in crystal, metallic logo T-shirts, even skinny leggings, “feminine, sophisticated, trend-appropriate and flattering.”
Rhiannon Madden, the NFL’s director of apparel, agrees. Wom-en’s products have been around for about 10 years, she says. But we wanted to “create products that women would wear ... clothes that reflect how women dress on a date or to work out.”Or, as Tur-ley puts it, these are clothes meant for women who love football but “don’t always love football fashion.”
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