Sept. 13, 2008
Quoits Tournament Among Features of Annual Constitution Week at Marshall
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Huntington, WV (HNN) -– Marshall University will continue a tradition that began in 2005 by observing Constitution Week 2008 with several special activities on the Huntington campus, including a quoits tournament, celebration of John Marshall’s 253rd birthday and guest lecture.
Constitution Week is designed to recognize the signing of the United States Constitution and the birthday of Marshall University’s namesake, John Marshall. Constitution Week officially runs from Wednesday, Sept. 17 (Constitution Day) through Wednesday, Sept. 24, which was John Marshall’s birthday. The Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787.
Constitution Week activities at Marshall actually begin at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15 with an introduction to the game of quoits on Buskirk Field. Quoits is an ancient and little-known sport related to horseshoe pitching that dates back to the early days of Olympic discus throwers. Quoits are donut shaped and as literature from Marshall’s John Deaver Drinko Academy relates, “If you can play horseshoes, you can play quoits.”
“Quoits was John Marshall’s favorite game,” said Dr. Alan Gould, executive director of the Drinko Academy. “He played quoits every Saturday and was an expert member of the Richmond Quoits Club.”
Teams are forming now to play in a quoits tournament that begins Tuesday, Sept. 16 and concludes Thursday, Sept. 18. Faculty, staff and students may participate, and the deadline for team registration is 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15. For more information, go to www.marshall.edu/recsport.
“A Game of Quoits” Presidential Press Challenge, featuring MU President Stephen J. Kopp and members of the media, will take place at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18.
At 11 a.m. that same day, preceding the Press Challenge, President Kopp will cut a giant birthday cake on the Memorial Student Center plaza.
Constitution Week activities conclude at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, when Gerry Ashdown, James H. (Buck) and June M. Harless Professor of Law at the West Virginia University College of Law, lectures on the topic, “John Marshall and Judicial Review.” The lecture will take place in Drinko Library room 402 and is open to the public.
“Gerry is an excellent speaker and has great knowledge of the subject,” said Cory Dennison, Director of Development for Marshall’s College of Science and a former student of Ashdown’s at WVU. “The courts would not be as strong as they are without judicial review.”
The case of Marbury v. Madison formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States. John Marshall wrote the landmark decision which established the power of the court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
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Quoits Tournament Among Features of Annual Constitution Week at Marshall
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Huntington, WV (HNN) -– Marshall University will continue a tradition that began in 2005 by observing Constitution Week 2008 with several special activities on the Huntington campus, including a quoits tournament, celebration of John Marshall’s 253rd birthday and guest lecture.
Constitution Week is designed to recognize the signing of the United States Constitution and the birthday of Marshall University’s namesake, John Marshall. Constitution Week officially runs from Wednesday, Sept. 17 (Constitution Day) through Wednesday, Sept. 24, which was John Marshall’s birthday. The Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787.
Constitution Week activities at Marshall actually begin at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15 with an introduction to the game of quoits on Buskirk Field. Quoits is an ancient and little-known sport related to horseshoe pitching that dates back to the early days of Olympic discus throwers. Quoits are donut shaped and as literature from Marshall’s John Deaver Drinko Academy relates, “If you can play horseshoes, you can play quoits.”
“Quoits was John Marshall’s favorite game,” said Dr. Alan Gould, executive director of the Drinko Academy. “He played quoits every Saturday and was an expert member of the Richmond Quoits Club.”
Teams are forming now to play in a quoits tournament that begins Tuesday, Sept. 16 and concludes Thursday, Sept. 18. Faculty, staff and students may participate, and the deadline for team registration is 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15. For more information, go to www.marshall.edu/recsport.
“A Game of Quoits” Presidential Press Challenge, featuring MU President Stephen J. Kopp and members of the media, will take place at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18.
At 11 a.m. that same day, preceding the Press Challenge, President Kopp will cut a giant birthday cake on the Memorial Student Center plaza.
Constitution Week activities conclude at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, when Gerry Ashdown, James H. (Buck) and June M. Harless Professor of Law at the West Virginia University College of Law, lectures on the topic, “John Marshall and Judicial Review.” The lecture will take place in Drinko Library room 402 and is open to the public.
“Gerry is an excellent speaker and has great knowledge of the subject,” said Cory Dennison, Director of Development for Marshall’s College of Science and a former student of Ashdown’s at WVU. “The courts would not be as strong as they are without judicial review.”
The case of Marbury v. Madison formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States. John Marshall wrote the landmark decision which established the power of the court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
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