So it Goes: A Taste of Spring at Bar Argos

The Cornell Daily Sun

As a 22-year-old living in Collegetown, I become tired of the limited options of bars. Each bar is known for its own distinct personality, but as the weekend approaches, the Collegetown standbys become packed with an overwhelming volume of students. Bar Argos provides a sophisticated, quieter and more comfortable escape than these other bars. Located on State Street, on the way down the hill to the Commons, the bar is within walking distance of Collegetown and is worth the trip. Bar Argos can be found on the first floor of the Argos Inn, a 10 room boutique hotel housed in a renovated historic mansion. The wide front staircase and expansive side porch with floor to ceiling windows creates a feeling of elegance from the moment the guest arrives.The bar area is decorated in lush colors and textures. The red walls bring warmth to the room, and the soft lighting creates an intimate, almost coffeehouse like vibe. Seating lines the bar, and there is a mix of two seat high top tables as well as groupings of armchairs and couches covered in mauve and green velvet. Across the lobby, the porch is available for overflow seating, simply decorated and showcasing a large, communal wooden table in the center of the room. Our group arrived around 8:45 on a Tuesday night, and the bar was pretty quiet. There were about eight people sitting and talking at the bar, but we chose a cozy grouping of chairs and couches to settle into.The bar ...

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How they reached the Final Four: the Gonzaga Bulldogs

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For the first time since ever, the Gonzaga Bulldogs are headed to the Final Four.

Let’s see how they did it.

NCAA tournament path

Defeated No. 16 South Dakota St., 66-46



Watch NowFirst Round: Gonzaga defeats South Dakota State


The Bulldogs overcame a slow start to overpower the Jackrabbits. Gonzaga held South Dakota State to 24 points in the second half.

Defeated No. 8 Northwestern, 79-73



Watch NowSecond Round: Gonzaga ousts Northwestern


Gonzaga got off to an early lead, but Northwestern threatened late. Nigel Williams-Goss led the way with 20 points.

Defeated No. 4 West Virginia, 61-58



Watch NowSweet 16: Gonzaga edges past West Virginia


The Bulldogs escaped in what was perhaps the ugliest game they played all year. Jordan Mathews knocked down a clutch 3 to give the Zags the lead for good.

Defeated No. 11 Xavier, 83-59



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Gonzaga dominated from start to finish. Johnathan Williams put the clamps on Trevon Bluiett while scoring 19 points of his own.

Key Players

PG Nigel Williams-Goss

The Washington transfer is an all-around stud. Williams-Goss is averaging 16.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists, but he struggled in the tournament up until the Elite Eight. The junior dropped 23 against Xavier.

C Przemek Karnowski

The 7-1, 300-pounder is the anchor of Gonzaga’s nation-leading defense. The fifth-year senior is an outstanding passing big man; Karnowski averages 1.9 assists.

G/F Jordan Mathews

Mathews is the most accomplished shooter on the team. He leads Gonzaga in 3-point makes (79) and takes (204). Mathews transferred in from Cal, where he started for the Golden Bears last season.

Coach: Mark Few

The Final Four monkey is finally off of his back:


You can take Mark Few off that list of best coaches never to reach a #FinalFour pic.twitter.com/J3cQMP8NsI
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 26, 2017

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How they reached the Final Four: the Oregon Ducks

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For the first time since 1939, the Oregon Ducks are headed to the Final Four.

Let’s see how they did it.

NCAA tournament path

Defeated No. 14 Iona, 93-77



Tyler Dorsey, Dillon Brooks and Jordan Bell combined to score 59 points. Oregon put up 55 in the first half.

Defeated No. 11 Rhode Island, 75-72



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Dorsey hit one of the most memorable shots of the tournament – a go-ahead 3 with less than a minute remaining. The sophomore was nearly perfect on the evening – he went 9-for-10 and scored 27 points.

Defeated No. 7 Michigan, 69-68



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The Ducks stifled what many believed was the hottest team in the country. Bell shut down star big man Moritz Wagner and posted a double-double.

Defeated No. 1 Kansas, 74-60



Bell was a monster, blocking eight Jayhawk shots and collecting 13 rebounds, while Dorsey delivered dagger after dagger en route to 27 points.

Key Players

C Jordan Bell



When Chris Boucher tore his ACL, Bell inherited a ton of responsibility. It’s safe to say he’s responded; at this point, he might be the most important player on the team. Bell has collected 12 rebounds or more in four tournament games, posting three double-doubles.

G Tyler Dorsey

How’s this for an NCAA tournament? Dorsey is averaging 24.5 points on 66.7 percent shooting in the Big Dance; he’s 17-of-26 from the 3. The guy has just been unconscious during this stretch.

F Dillon Brooks

The Pac-12 Player of the Year has been overshadowed a bit in the tournament by Bell and Dorsey, but he’s been steady as usual. Brooks is averaging 26 points per 40 minutes.

Coach: Dana Altman

Altman is in his seventh season in Eugene; this is the fifth straight year he’s reached the NCAA tournament. Altman had never reached the Final Four previously.

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Turgeon, Hronek benefit from player movement in Griffins' win over Rockford

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The idea that with absence comes opportunity constantly rings true in sports, and for Grand Rapids Griffins’ rookie forward, Dominic Turgeon, and recent call up from the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League, defenseman, Filip Hronek, player movement has given them an opportunity.











At the beginning of the season, the 21-year-old Montreal, Quebec native was on the fourth line, and even a healthy scratch at times. He’s worked his way up the depth chart, and on Friday’s win against the Rockford Icehogs, he was on the top line along side Evgeny Svechnikov and Griffins’ leading scorer Matt Lorito.








“Once I first got here, I think the biggest thing was taking as much as I could in and playing the best I could,” Turgeon said. “Players being called up makes our lineup change a bit and guys play in different situations. You just have to be ready for the call.”





One way to work your way up the lineup is to catch your coach’s eye, and the Griffins’ coaching staff has noticed Turgeon’s progress. “His progress has been great. He’s earned the right to be in the lineup on a nightly basis,” head coach Todd Nelson said. “He’s playing good hockey and we have the confidence to move him up with our top line guys.”





Hronek’s night got off to a bad start, as on his very first shift, a puck bounced off of him and got by Griffins’ goalie Jared Coreau, which gave Rockford an early 1-0 lead.





“Junior hockey is different, you play with a lot of younger guys,” Hronek said. “Players [in pro hockey] are so much better. My teammates are good and they help me a lot with my game.”





Hronek has been with the Griffins for less than two weeks, and Nelson noticed his progress throughout the game.





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Intangible investments — Nobel Prize winner Edward Prescott analyzes the current U.S. market

The Argonaut In the midst of Congress’ discussions on healthcare reform, Nobel Prize economist Edward Prescott spoke about America’s economic future at Washington State University’s Smith Center Undergraduate Education building Thursday.
“Over time, things have been getting better for the modern humans who are dominating the world, making the world a better place for our species,” Prescott said.
Prescott said economists can examine current economic constraints by reviewing past market turmoil and expansion. He said he sees a regime change reoccurring after the 2008 recession and recently in 2016.
“(Economics) is an exciting field. So much progress is being made over the last 18 years. We know much more now — well, the few of us,” Prescott said.
According to Investors’ Business Daily, the U.S. stock exchange has gradually risen since November 2016. However, Prescott said forecasting future investments can be a predicament, especially in retirement. He said baby boomers are retiring, often with a lack of savings to access, and Millennials may also suffer this fix as well.
“Our retirement is in grievous shape,” Prescott said. “My undergraduates … I make them do a present value (model) of their time endowment.”
This means that for Millennials to retire by age 67, Prescott said they have to start working at 22. He said another question is how much that person is worth, because the value might shrink over time.
Prescott said wars often cause dramatic fluctuations in the market and increase Gross Domestic Product (GDP), especially during the economic mayhem.
“Sometimes there are things like depression and there are sometimes (World War II) when we make and build a lot of guns and have 10 million people, young men, over in Europe,” Prescott said. “They weren’t making cars then — just jeeps and tanks.”
By the 1960s, a different paradigm ruled supreme — macroeconomics, Prescott said. The Great Depression proved economists knew so little about the market, and its ...


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Millennials are destined to change the world

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Few generations have as bad of a reputation as millennials do, and yet we hardly deserve it. Millennials are here to step up to the plate, fix wrongdoings and save the world—likely all documented through Snapchat.
It seems like every day at least one baby boomer wakes up with what they think is a brilliant new take on what it means to be a young adult trying to make it in today’s world. Few have much empathy for us—a struggling group of individuals often dubbed “the unluckiest generation.”
We’ve never known a world without the Internet, can hardly remember a New York skyline without the devastating void left in September 2001 and spent some of our most important developmental years drenched in the overwhelming anxiety of a shattering economic recession.
Pew Research Center defines members of the millennial generation as those born between the years 1981 and 1997. Most people currently in college are millennials, and a quick walk through the Quad can dispel most myths about who we are as a collective.
On any given day the Quad is filled with the spirit of a generation that, despite being brutally disillusioned with conventional avenues of change, cares deeply for each other. It is not rare to spot students at the Stallions standing in solidarity with their marginalized neighbors, fighting together against what they believe to be injustices. Likewise, it is almost impossible to make your way to class and not catch a glimpse of Greek organizations enthusiastically fundraising for their respective charities.
For such a self-obsessed generation, these actions seem pretty unselfish to me.
On the other hand, we really are the “selfie generation.” We spend a lot of time on platforms like Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter broadcasting parts of our lives with the rest of the world, but there is nothing wrong with that. A selfie a ...


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Sac State splits conference opening doubleheader against Weber State

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Weber State junior infielder McKinley Brinkerhoff safely reaches base against the Sacramento State softball team Saturday at Shea Stadium. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)
After Friday’s rainout, Sacramento State’s softball team got some extra work in, going 17 innings over two games against Weber State in Saturday’s doubleheader, which the two teams split 1-1.
The first game was a 10-inning 3-2 win for the Weber State Wildcats (17-11-1, 1-1 Big Sky Conference), and the second matchup was a 4-0 shutout win for the Hornets (11-14-1, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) at Shea Stadium.
Sac State batters hit a home run in each game, and the pitching staff limited Weber State to three runs on 11 hits in the first game and no runs on four hits in the second, which saw the Wildcats go 0-10 with runners in scoring position.
The Hornets’ right-handed senior Taylor Tessier pitched a full-game shutout, with nine strikeouts, four walks and four hits over seven innings.
Tessier — who was named Big Sky Pitcher of the Week Wednesday — was reluctant to speak about her individual performance, instead referring to being in her last year on the team as motivation in the pitcher’s circle.
“I’m just trying to make every day count, because I won’t get this back again,” Tessier said. “That’s the mindset I go out with every day — to do it for the team and make sure that I have a good time because it’s the last time I’ll ever do this.”
Freshman left-fielder Suzy Brookshire hit her eighth home run of the season in the fifth inning to tie the freshman record for home runs in a season. The single-season record for home runs in program history is 12.
“She goes up there with a great approach and she puts it all on her swing,” Sac State coach ...

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Elections Board Accepts Challenge Against Singh-Armstrong Campaign

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A College senior issued a formal challenge to the Elections Board via email March 25 at 12:24 a.m. against two candidates running for top student government positions.
David Joannides (17C), who said he does not know any of the Student Government Association (SGA) candidates, challenged “the legitimacy of the candidacy of Gurbani Singh and Natasha Armstrong on the basis of violation of the Honor Code and its prohibition of plagiarism,” according to the formal complaint. Singh (18B), who is the SGA executive vice president, and Armstrong (18B), who is SGA representative-at-large, are running on a party ticket for SGA president and executive vice president, respectively.
Joannides’ written complaint cited a March 23 Wheel article about Armstrong lifting verbatim 42 percent of her 2017 platform from her running mate Singh’s 2016 platform for SGA executive vice president.
During the election period, all candidates must follow the University, which mandates they follow University policy, Conduct Code and Honor Code guidelines, according to University Elections Code Part V, Article 3, Section 2 (J).
The Elections Board decided to accept the challenge early Saturday night, according to Elections Board Chair Betty Zhang (20C).
“It is imperative to me that people who violate the Honor Code not be entrusted with student money,” Joannides wrote.
SGA Vice President of Finance Jason Yu (17B) estimates that SGA’s total budget is about $1.43 million before it is disbursed to the divisional councils.
Zhang said that the Elections Board felt that Joannides’ complaint regarding the Honor Code violation merited the Board’s consideration and that the Board has decided to proceed with the challenge process. 
Any student who is eligible to vote in the election may challenge a candidate’s campaign, according to Part VII, Article 1 of the University Elections Code. Should the Elections Board determine a violation occurred, the Elections Board may issue a fine, disqualify a candidate from the election, call a new ...

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No. 6 Syracuse beats No. 11 Duke in overtime thriller, 12-11

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Sergio Salcido dodged down the left alley before spinning around, throwing the ball in Nick Mariano’s direction. Jamie Trimboli intercepted the pass. After a push from Duke’s Sean Cerrone, Trimboli corralled the pass and spun. He saw open space, wound up and fired.
“It was not for me, I don’t believe,” Trimboli said of Salcido’s feed.
“Luckily you thought it was,” SU head coach John Desko quipped.
In his first career start, Trimboli scored the Orange’s most important goal. In another one-goal game, No. 6 Syracuse (6-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast) beat conference rival No. 11 Duke (7-3, 0-1), 12-11, in an overtime thriller. This marks SU’s sixth straight one-goal game, a program record. SU’s freshman midfielder avenged his three turnovers with the game-winner.
“It was a one-on-one battle that he won,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “Cerrone got his hands on him, did a nice job, just couldn’t take the ball away.”
The script for Syracuse through seven games has been close games with one-goal outcomes. Besides a 19-6 victory over a still-winless Siena team, each of SU’s games has been decided by one goal. Syracuse has managed to come out on top in all but one. (Army won on a game-winning goal with one second left last month.)
Each game, a player steps up to deliver a final blow. Against Albany, it was Nick Mariano. Against Virginia, it was Sergio Salcido. Against Johns Hopkins last week, it was Brendan Bomberry. Against Duke, it was Trimboli.
“Everyone steps up differently,” Trimboli said, “and it was me today.”

Evan Jenkins | Staff Photographer
In Syracuse’s first six games, Trimboli played on the second midfield line. He had a pair of goals and assists to his name, including the game-tying dish to Mariano against Johns Hopkins with 34 seconds remaining.
He’s progressively factored more ...

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New climate-change-focused RSO hosts ‘Trump vs. Truth’ discussion

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The up-and-coming registered student organization Western Michigan University Change worked with other students, professors, and community leaders to host “The Climate Crisis: Trump vs. Truth” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22.











The discussion, which centered around science and the current administration’s dismissal of facts, was led by seven presenters in Room 157 of the Bernhard Center. The presenters included two professors, four students and Kalamazoo City Commissioner Shannon Sykes.






In addition to WMU Change, whose long-term goal is to get WMU to use 100 percent renewable energy, the event was sponsored by WMU Interdisciplinary Climate Change Working Group, WMU Humanities Center, Department of Biological Sciences and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.





David Karowe, WMU professor of biological sciences and founding member of the WMU Interdisciplinary Climate Change Working Group, kicked off the conversation.





“Climate change is happening, it has not stopped; it’s, if anything, accelerating,” Karowe said. “The bottom line is, undoubtedly, the primary cause of current climate change is human activities.”





The earth’s warming is happening about 10 times faster than any natural warming in past temperature records and 97.5 percent of climate scientists agree that humans are the cause of this rapid climate change, Karowe said.





Not only is human-induced climate change causing scientists and environmentalists to call for emissions reductions, but 95 percent of leading economists agree that the United States should commit to emission reductions now, Karowe said.





Ginny Creamer, WMU freshman and member of WMU Change, presented with Karowe, reading quotes from members of the current presidential administration as Karowe explained the implications of them.





“When talking about climate change and moving forward in combating climate change, we have to talk about the political players in this game,” Creamer said.





Nicholas Miller, WMU senior and primary organizer of Change, spoke about his experience traveling to the Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, which has receded ...


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Women’s basketball ends NCAA Tournament run with loss to No. 1 UConn

Daily Bruin BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Women’s college basketball is a different world in Connecticut.
During the No. 4-seeded Bruins’ (25-9, 13-5 Pac-12) 86-71 loss to the No. 1 overall seed UConn Huskies (35-0, 16-0 American Athletic Conference) in the Sweet 16, the team didn’t want the atmosphere and situation to affect them.
Regardless of UConn’s four consecutive national titles or its 109-game winning streak that would be extended to 110, UCLA wanted to play the same. It didn’t want to be intimidated.
“I thought we were prepared,” said coach Cori Close. “I thought we believed in what we were doing.”
[Related: Coach Cori Close studies basketball at every court she steps on]
Despite the size disadvantage at every position and the fact that the stadium was packed with people, the Bruins came out like they usually do.
Junior guard Jordin Canada scored a crafty layup around the basket. Redshirt senior Kari Korver hit a 3.
Less than three minutes into the game, the Bruins were up 9-2. Maybe this would be just another game of basketball.
But it wasn’t.
Uconn immediately went on a 35-9 run with forwards Gabby Williams and Napheesa Collier dominating the boards, combining for 44 points and 23 rebounds in the game.
“We had some mental lapses in the second quarter,” Canada said. “That’s when they got on their run. For a second we looked defeated, and that’s when they capitalize on their opportunities to score in transition and get offensive rebounds.”
It wasn’t the first first mental lapse the Bruins had this season, but the Huskies are a uniquely talented team, different than any team UCLA had seen before.
There is nothing normal about UConn’s guard Katie Lou Samuelson being able to dribble like a point guard, shoot like a 3-point specialist and still be as tall as any player on UCLA.
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Morning Madness: Sunday, March 26

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Half of the national semifinals are set, and we'll decide the other two teams today. Let's get into it.

We've got some Final Four fresh faces

Heading into Saturday, 42 schools had made it to the Final Four at least once since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Gonzaga and Oregon were not on that list.

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Before the 2017 NCAA tournament, the Bulldogs were 24-19 in 19 tournament appearances since 1985. The Zags had made it to the Elite Eight twice (in 1999 and 2015), but never the national semifinals.

Oregon had been to three Elite Eights since the expansion (2002, 2007, 2016), but came up short each time. Before 1985, Oregon had been to one final Four -- when the Ducks won the 1939 national championship.

This year, neither team was wasting another shot.

Against 11-seed Xavier, Gonzaga dispelled all lingering thoughts that it was overhyped, dismantling the Musketeers from tipoff to buzzer, eventually winning the matchup 83-59. In the second matchup of the night, Oregon jumped out to a double-digit lead at halftime over 1-seed Kansas, then fought off a late Jayhawks comeback attempt to win 74-60.

Elite Eight schedule, round two:

2:20 ET — (7) South Carolina vs. (4) Florida CBS WATCH LIVE
5:05 ET — (1) North Carolina vs. (2) Kentucky CBS WATCH LIVE

Previewing the rematch: UNC vs. Kentucky

What De’Aaron Fox means to the Wildcats

In case you’ve been sleeping for the past 48 hours, Kentucky freshman (that’s a little redundant, we know) De’Aaron Fox put up 39 points in the Sweet 16 against UCLA without hitting a three. That’s … very impressive.

Led by Fox, Kentucky showed how impressive (and scary) it can be. Will it be enough against top seed North Carolina?

The Tar Heels’ road to redemption

On Dec. 17, UNC and Kentucky played arguably the best game of the regular season. Malik Monk dropped 47 points, and Kentucky won 103-100. That ...

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Three Seniors Play Final Home Round Sunday

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Kent Lowe (@LSUkent)Communications Sr. Associate



BATON ROUGE – Three LSU seniors will play their final home round of their careers Sunday morning when the 2017 edition of the LSU Tiger Golf Classic resumes after a day off for weather.
The teams played 36 holes on Friday to avoid having the battle the elements on Saturday. The final shotgun round will tee off for the 15 teams and 15 individuals at 8:30 a.m.
LSU’s seniors are Carly Goldstein of Coral Springs, Florida; Lana Hodge of Monroe, Louisiana; and, Caroline Nistrup of Dragoer, Denmark. Goldstein and Nistrup area both in their fourth year in the program, while Hodge is in her second year with the program after transferring from ULM.
Nistrup, who shot a team best round of 1-under 71 on Friday, is an All-SEC and All-America after finishing T12 in the 2015 NCAA Championships. Nistrup has come back for her senior season after missing the majority of the 2016 season with a wrist injury that required surgery.
Hodge has played 21 rounds in her two years at LSU, while Goldstein competed in close to 60 rounds in her four years with the program.
The trio were honored at the team’s annual tournament banquet Saturday night at the University Club.
In the tournament, Duke has a 13-shot lead after two rounds, posting rounds of 285-286 for a 5-under 571. The 285 first round equaled the third lowest round at the U-Club by a women’s team since the 2010 renovation and equaled the final round that Duke shot in the 2016 NCAA Regional at the U-Club last May.
The 5-under 571 total is T2 only to the 567 that South Carolina shot in the 2016 Regional. Both individual leader Leona Maguire of Duke in the first round and T2 Virginia Elena Carta of Duke in the second round shot 5-under 67 and that is equal to the third lowest round shot on the U-Club course since the ...


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Joel Berry tasked with stopping De'Aaron Fox ahead of Elite Eight matchup with Kentucky

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North Carolina guard Joel Berry (2) drives in on a Butler defender during their Sweet 16 matchup on Friday.


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MEMPHIS — The checklist is lengthy, of everything the North Carolina men’s basketball team brings on its road trips: Kennedy Meeks’ favorite pair of UGG boots, for instance, or Nate Britt’s extra earrings.They’re frills, sure, but anything to make a hotel room feel more like home. It makes sense, then, that Joel Berry and Theo Pinson would bring their own piece of home whenever the team travels.A PlayStation 4.





Only, this weekend in Memphis, it hasn’t gotten much use. That isn’t surprising, not with the team so focused on reaching its second Final Four in as many years — there isn’t much time for video games when you think of it that way.










“We’d prefer to sleep instead,” Pinson said after practice Saturday. “Just hang out and watch movies.”And for good reason. On Sunday, those two will primarily be tasked with stopping Kentucky’s De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk, who scored a combined 71 points the first time these two teams met in December. Kentucky outlasted UNC, 103-100, in that game, the only time in school history the Tar Heels have scored 100 points and lost.Now, with another date in the Elite Eight against those two on the horizon? It only makes sense Pinson and Berry would rather rest and relax than toil their nights away with virtual basketball games.Berry especially needs that rest if he has any hope of slowing down Fox. Never mind the gimpy ankle he’s been dealing with since UNC’s first NCAA Tournament win over Texas Southern — Fox has turned into an almost unstoppable offensive threat in recent weeks. Nothing punctuated that more than his 39-point ...


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Notre Dame readies itself for rematch with Stanford in Elite Eight

The ObserverThe Observer Top Stories LEXINGTON, Ky. — Top-seeded Notre Dame proved it could win without star junior forward Brianna Turner with a 99-76 win over No. 5 seed Ohio State on Friday night, but Sunday’s Elite Eight matchup will bring a daunting challenge as the Irish face No. 2 seed Stanford — the same squad that eliminated Notre Dame from last year’s tournament.
However, senior guard Lindsay Allen said redemption is secondary in the minds of her teammates and herself.
Irish sophomore guard Arike Ogunbowale attempts a 3-pointer during Notre Dame’s 99-76 win over Ohio State on Friday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.
“I don’t see it as revenge, I don’t think, because, I mean, we beat them two years ago, and they beat us last year — I guess this game could technically be a tiebreaker-type of game,” Allen said. “I think the real motivation is to get to the Final Four and continue to play.”
At the same time, junior forward Kathryn Westbeld said she remembers the agony the Irish (33-3, 15-1 ACC) felt, especially the seniors, after the Cardinal (31-5, 15-3 Pac-12) eliminated them in the Sweet 16 with a 90-84 win in 2016. In 2017, every game could be the last for the dependable Allen, who passed the 4,000-minute mark and broke the Irish record for career assists earlier this season.
“Something that really sticks out to me is the feeling in the locker room afterwards,” Westbeld said of the 2016 defeat. “Our seniors were heartbroken. I think for me that just kind of stuck. It’s something I don’t want any of our seniors to have to go through, especially Sunday.”
Continuing onto the Final Four in Dallas will not be easy, even after a resounding 99-76 victory over the Buckeyes (28-7, 15-1 Big Ten) in which six different Notre Dame players reached double-digit points, led by sophomore guard Arike Ogunbowale’ ...


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With a group of familiar faces, Vanderbilt poised to shine offensively

Vanderbilt Hustler Kyle Shurmur as Vanderbilt defeated the MTSU Blue Raiders 47-24 at Vanderbilt Stadium September 10, 2016.
Four months ago, Vanderbilt was still figuring out its offensive identity. With just two games left, the Commodores needed to ignite their offense if they were going to get to a six-win season.
83 points and a bowl appearance later, the chemistry started to reveal itself, and Vanderbilt had a lot to look forward to heading into the offseason. Saturday’s spring game was the first time the offense played in a game situation since its last action at December’s Independence Bowl, and that level of familiarity was on full display.
Quarterback Kyle Shurmur looked sharp, completing seven of 13 passes for 90 yards and a touchdown in his time running the offense. Just a year removed from competing for the starting quarterback job, Shurmur has settled into the role and looks comfortable with the bevy of weapons he has at his disposal.
“We all as a group have really taken command of this offense,” the junior quarterback said. “It starts to slow down, and we’ve started to play with a lot of confidence because a lot of this stuff is second nature.”
Saturday’s scrimmage was by no means an all-out grind, but the offense shined, echoing the fact that with the reps it has gotten as a group over the past year, “second nature” sounds like an appropriate assessment. And why wouldn’t it? The Commodores return nearly every skill position player on the roster, including 92 percent of last year’s carries and 96 percent of last year’s receptions, an incredibly high retention rate for a bowl team.
Shurmur’s increased rapport with his wide receivers opens up the playbook for offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig. Last year’s offense showed signs of miscommunication throughout the season. In a late game drive to try to complete ...


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College baseball: Cory Abbott throws first perfect game in Loyola Marymount history

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Twenty-seven up, 27 down. Zero hits, zero walks. One perfect game.

That was Cory Abbott's stat line for Loyola Marymount on Saturday afternoon, as the pitcher recorded LMU's first-ever perfect game.


PERFECTION!!Cory Abbott fires the first PERFECT GAME in LMU baseball history!(via @LMLionsBaseball)pic.twitter.com/cFW5fwLOCB
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) March 25, 2017

The junior struck out 13 batters on 106 pitches in LMU's 2-0 win over BYU, improving to 13-10 on the season with the win. 

BYU had a pretty respectable day on the mound as well, as Hayden Rogers pitched a complete game and only allowed seven hits, but the Lions got on the board in the bottom of the sixth to give them the late margin. An insurance run came in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk, and Abbott finished the game with a full-count strikeout on the final at-bat of the day.


Was there any doubt what the Call of the Game would be?#PerfectGame #LIONSTRONG pic.twitter.com/kHf1O88ebL
— LMULions (@LMULions) March 25, 2017

Before today, there were two no-hitters in LMU history: One in 2013, and the first in 1980.

NCAA DIVISION I PERFECT GAMES (since 1957)
DATE
PLAYER
TEAM VS. OPPONENT
March 25, 2017
Cory Abbott
Loyola Marymount vs. BYU
March 11, 2016
Jesse Scholtens
Wright State vs. Dayton
March 21, 2015
Drew Rasmussen
Oregon State vs. Washington State
March 4, 2014
Javi Salas
Miami (Fla.) vs. Villanova
March 29, 2011
Will Roberts
Virginia vs. George Washington
April 9, 2003
Greg Prenger
Ohio State vs. Oakland (7 innings)
March 2, 2002
Eric Brandon
Auburn vs. Murray State
April 29, 2000
Chad Blackwell
Iowa vs. Northwestern (7 innings)
April 26, 1997
John Stewart
Western Mich. vs. Akron (7 innings)
April 13, 1996
Chris McConnell
St. Francis (NY) vs. Marist
April 30, 1991
Jason Johnson
Auburn vs. LaGrange (7 innings)
May 3, 1987
Mark Bowlan
Memphis vs. Louisville
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Late rally edges Frogs past Oklahoma State 7-5

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Print ArticleA four run eighth inning, consisting of two solo home runs and a two-run double, rallied TCU (15-5, 3-1) from behind to steal game one from the Oklahoma State Cowboys (15-7, 0-1) on Friday night at Lupton Stadium.
Down 5-3 headed to the bottom of the eighth, the Frogs were in familiar territory. Coming into Friday’s game, the Frogs had trailed in 14 of 19 outings, compiling a 9-5 record in those games.
Luken Baker led off the Frogs’ half of the eighth with his team-leading fifth homerun, pulling the Frogs within one. The homer was his first since March 3 against LSU in Houston, and it erased a 0-14 slump at the plate. Baker did not have a hit since game three against UC-Irivine, 12 days ago.
Josh Watson followed Baker and was retired for the first out on one pitch. Nolan Brown stepped in the box next and hit a no-doubt line drive well over the right field fence, tying the game at five. Brown’s round-tripper was his second of the year and the team’s third of the night, marking the fifth multi-homer game this season for the Frogs.
“[The homerun] helped a lot. It helped the team and it helped my confidence a lot,” Brown said. “Early on in the game I was missing fastballs a lot, so it helped a lot for my confidence of getting that off my chest.”
Elliott Barzilli came up with the game knotted at five and grounded out for the second out of the eighth. Ryan Merrill followed Barzilli with a strikeout, but reached on a costly third-strike passed ball.
With new life in the inning and a runner on first with two outs, Michael Landestoy pinch-hit for Connor Wanhanen and drew a walk. Austen Wade then batted with two runners on and smashed the first pitch to the left field ...


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Toenyes’ home run lifts Panthers to 3-1 win in game two

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Sean Hastings and JJ Bullock, Softball ReportersMarch 24, 2017Filed under Softball, Sports
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Eastern senior Amber Toenyes delivered what would be a game-deciding three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning in the Panthers’ 3-1  victory over Belmont in game two of a doubleheader at Williams Field Friday night.
The Panthers went into the sixth inning with just one hit, but strung together three hits with the fourth being Toeynyes’ game-winning home run to help the Panthers split the doubleheader with Belmont. Belmont won game one 4-3.
Toenyes’ home run gave her seven on the year and the team lead.
She said that after facing pitcher Lexi Rouse twice, she felt more comfortable going into the at bat, but laughed at the fact that she was  trying to hit a groundball and get on top of it, like coach Schuette wanted.
“I knew that she had some off speed stuff that I had to be ready for,” Toenyes said. “I was early on everything else she had pitched me so I was trying to take it to right field but ended up taking it to left, but hey it works. It felt good.”
Her home run was a line shot  that flew out of Williams Field quickly, differing from what is her usual home run, which is a towering shot, she said.
“It’s a big relief,” Toenyes said. “I know what I can do and it feels good to come through.”
For the Panthers, who only had one hit going into the sixth inning things were looking dreary and became even more dreary with two outs and down by one run, but they were able to come through.
“We had two hard groundballs and then it happened,” Schuette said. “Amber was trying to hit a groundball line (or) drive and I would call ...

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Students show their talents at UTEP Picks Talent

The Prospector

Musicians, singers, dancers and poets showed off their artistic talents at the third annual UTEP Picks Talent event on Friday, March 24, at the Magoffin Auditorium and was hosted by SGA.  The Voice contestant, Elia Esparza, was a guest judge and performed for the audience during intermission. Joel Garcia won first place singing a Mariachi song, Tania Wilk won second place performing one of her own songs and Alfonso Ramos won third place showcasing all of the instruments that he knows how to play.

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Blackman Collegiate Academy explores MTSU science options

MTSUNews.com Blackman Collegiate Academy juniors sampled science at MTSU and the University Honors College during a Friday (March 24) visit to campus.Geosciences, biology, physics and astronomy, Concrete Industry Management and the university’s Experimental Vehicles Program were areas the Blackman High School students discovered in the school’s second visit to MTSU this year.
MTSU biology chair Lynn Boyd addresses research and career opportunities in her field March 24 in the Science Building during the Blackman Collegiate Academy Day at MTSU. (MTSU photos by J. Intintoli)
The MTSU-Blackman partnership is one of several arranged each semester during the academic year. It allows freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors opportunities to spend time on the college campus, meeting MTSU students, faculty and administrators and learning about many of the university’s 140-plus programs.
As part of the partnership, which is designed to give them a competitive edge as they prepare for college, juniors and seniors in the academy who meet eligibility standards can take up to six hours of university courses taught by MTSU instructors at Blackman at no cost. The credits will count on high school and college transcripts.
Diamond Bradley, 17, was one of nearly 10 students taking in a 45-minute session on concrete. They even made concrete coasters.
“This has been a good experience,” Bradley said at the conclusion of the session. “I had trouble with mine, but I enjoyed the process. There’s a lot to learn off simple concrete. There’s a lot to the process.”
Classmate Gabrielle Brown, 16, liked the fact “a lot of job opportunities” can be found in the concrete industry.
Blackman High School junior Gabriele Brown makes a concrete coaster during a session led by Concrete Industry Management’s Nicole Green as part of the March 24 Blackman Collegiate Academy Day at MTSU.
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Experiencing the ‘After Break Effect’

North Texas Daily Welcome back, UNT students and faculty. I hope everyone had an amazing spring break. I don’t know about everyone else, but I definitely needed that week. It’s always nice to be able to take a week off from school and enjoy a bit of your own time.
Spring break was also a period for putting in some extra hours at work and saving up some extra spending money. Because we all know that life as a college student is not cheap. It was all good and fun, but now it’s time to get serious. With only a month and a half left of the spring semester, we need to put our thinking caps back on and put our fun on pause until summer.
The time has come to get our brains back in gear and start preparing ourselves for what remains of this semester. It’s hard to leave the comfort of your bed and Netflix binges and reopening those text books and getting back to your normal sleep schedule.
You might still have your sleep schedule set on vacation time, so getting up on Monday was probably difficult. It’s not easy to go from sleeping in until 12 p.m. one day, then getting up at 9 a.m. the next.
It’s fine, it’s a symptom you may attribute to something I like to call the “After Break Effect.” You may also experience drowsiness, headaches and excessive yawning. Some of the outcomes may involve some tardiness to class, or walking into the wrong classroom because you mixed up your Monday and Tuesday schedules. Have no fear, because you are not alone.
Now is the time to stay strong and have confidence in yourself so you get through the remainder of the semester. Our vacation may be over and perhaps a little harder to get back ...


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CCU’s ‘Words to Say It’ presents nonfiction writer Elena Passarello

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Writer Elena Passarello will read from her works on Thursday, March 30, at 5:30 p.m. in the James J. Johnson Auditorium at Coastal Carolina University. This “Words to Say It” event is free and open to the public, no ticket is required.
Passarello is an award-winning writer and actor from Charleston, S.C. She studied nonfiction at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Iowa. She has performed in several regional theaters in the East and Midwest, originating roles in the premieres of Christopher Durang’s “Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge” and David Turkel’s “Wild Signs and Holler.”
In 2011 she became the first female winner of the annual “Stella! Shout Out” screaming contest in New Orleans.
Passarello is a recipient of the 2015 Whiting Award in nonfiction. Her first essay collection, “Let Me Clear My Throat,” won the gold medal at the 2013 Independent Publisher Awards, and she was a finalist for the 2014 Oregon Book Award. Passarello’s latest collection is called “Animals Strike Curious Poses” and will be published this year. Her essays have been published in the Oxford American, Slate, Creative Nonfiction and The Iowa Review.
Passarello currently serves on the board of the NonfictionNow Conference, co-edits the West Virginia University Press’ “In Place” series and is a nonfiction editor of the Iron Horse Review. She resides in Corvalis, Ore., and teaches at Oregon State University.
“The Words to Say It” is CCU’s visiting writers series, that brings several critically acclaimed authors to campus each year for public presentations of readings. These authors are selected for their literary skill and their commitment to the socially transformative imagination. Previous participants have included Sonya Huber, biographer of Hillary Clinton, and poet Jonathan Fink.
The Johnson Auditorium is in Room 116 of the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration at 119 Chanticleer Drive E. on the Conway campus. For ...

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College basketball: Archie Miller named Indiana University men's basketball coach

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Bloomington, Ind. - Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass announced Saturday that Archie Miller has been named the head men's basketball coach for Indiana University. Widely regarded as one of the best young coaches in college basketball, Miller is a tireless recruiter of the Midwest, noted developer of talent, and a gifted tactician whose teams are known for their stout defense and efficient offense.

The 38-year-old Miller will be introduced on Monday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall at a time to be set this weekend. 


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Archie Miller, formerly the head coach at Dayton, will be taking over in the same position at Indiana.
"While there was great interest in this position, Archie Miller was on my short list from the very beginning," said Glass. "The more I learned about him, the more convinced I became that he is the coach we need to meet our high expectations for many years to come. First, he has the commitments to compliance, wellness, and academics that we require at Indiana. A coach's son with the headiness and toughness to flourish as a 5'9 major college point guard, Archie is a proven leader, proven winner, proven recruiter, and a proven player developer with a defense-first mentality that will help us win championships. Perhaps most importantly, he understands and embraces the special stature of Indiana University basketball and the critical relationship it must have with its former players, Indiana high school players and programs, and the entire State of Indiana."



A new era of Indiana Basketball begins now.Welcome @Archie_Miller!!! #iubb pic.twitter.com/Gf2UDEbZDr
— Indiana Basketball (@IndianaMBB) March 25, 2017


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Live Blog: Men’s Hockey vs. UMass Lowell in NCAAs

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For the first time since 2012, Cornell men’s hockey finds itself back in the NCAA tournament. This time, the No. 3 seeded Red was selected to play in the Northeast Region along with No. 1 Minnesota, No. 2 UMass Lowell and No. 4 Notre Dame.Preview the first round matchup against Lowell here, and get a scouting report of the entire region here. Follow below for live updates.Men’s Hockey NCAA 1st Rd – Curated tweets by DailySunSports

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March Madness 2017: Updated printable NCAA tournament bracket and live stream schedule

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The Madness has begun and we've got the official NCAA March Madness printable bracket and live stream schedule right here:

Print the official March Madness bracket here (.PDF)






And here's the complete live stream schedule for NCAA.com, where you can watch every game:

2017 March Madness Schedule


Regional Finals (Elite 8) Saturday, March 25

Regional Finals (Elite 8) Sunday, March 26


National Semifinals (Final Four) Saturday, April 1

Games (Final Four)
Date
Game Site
Time (ET)
Network
TBA vs. TBA
April 1
Phoenix, Arizona
6:00 p.m.
CBS
TBA vs. TBA
April 1
Phoenix, Arizona
8:30 p.m.
CBS
National Championship Game

Game (National Championship) 
Date
Game Site
Time (ET)
Network
TBA vs. TBA
April 3
Phoenix, Arizona
9:00 p.m.
CBS


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Theta Tau presents second annual Theta Talks

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The Kappa Beta chapter of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity at Mississippi State University, is partnering with The Bagley College of Engineering to host it’s second annual “Theta Talks” event from 6-8 p.m. on March 28 in the Dorman Hall auditorium. 











Beginning in October 2016, Theta Talks is a lecture series consisting of 10-15 minute presentations from multiple speakers.  However, attendance for this event is expected to rise from the audience of 250 people in October, to 300 people.














The theme, “Tomorrow Builders: The Future Starts Now,” gives presenters the opportunity to elaborate on a specific field of study where they have worked, one they are currently involved in, or one they show genuine interest in. Each speaker’s presentation will show a road map featuring where the engineering field is now, and where the speaker thinks it is, or could be, headed in the future. 





This year’s panel consists of Gates Cambridge Scholar Lucas Ferguson, who is a MSU microbiology and biochemistry student, MSU’s improvisational troupe, Labrats Comedy, Political Science and Public Administration Professor Dr. Jerry Emison, Jeffrey Rupp, director of outreach for MSU’s College of Business, and Dr. Lakiesha Claude Williams, a biomedical engineer. 





Similar to this year’s line-up, last semester’s Theta Talk also focused on speakers from MSU faculty, staff, alumni and students. However, in the future, speakers may be on a more national scale.  





Cristy Gerth, professional development head of Theta Tau, said the purpose of this event is to educate people on a diverse scale. 





“We have and will always feature speakers from all walks of life and all majors,” Gerth said. “Even though we are an engineering fraternity, business, entertainment, ethics, and philosophy are still very important topics to discuss.”





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Police Blotter for March 24

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CloseThe University of Illinois police on campus. Ryan FangRyan FangThe University of Illinois police on campus. ChampaignBurglary was reported on the 300 block of Springfield Ave around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. According to the report, an unknown subject forced entry into the victim’s residence, stole  electronic equipment and fled the area. Police did not apprehend the subject.Domestic battery was reported on the 1500 block of Springfield Ave around 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the report, the four subjects were involved in a domestic dispute.Criminal damage to property was reported on the 1300 block of Maplepark Dr around 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the report, an unknown suspect possibly broke the victim’s rear truck window with a BB.UniversityNothing to report.UrbanaA domestic dispute was reported on the 1000 block of Kerr Ave around 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday. According to the report, the 21-year-old male offender and the victim were formerly in a relationship and engaged in a verbal argument. A second unknown offender flattened the victim’s vehicle tire. Burglary was reported at Walmart, 100 S High Cross Rd. around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. According to the report, the arrestees entered the business, concealed several items and left without paying for the items. Officers located the arrestees on the roadway, and arrestees fled and later were located walking away from their vehicle. [email protected]






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Jeren Kendall powers Commodores to victory against Texas A&M

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The Commodores (15-8, 2-2) won just their second weekend opening series game by defeating No. 23 Texas A&M (15-8, 0-4) in their first SEC home game. A solid start by Kyle Wright, a strong bullpen and a grand slam by Jeren Kendall powered Vanderbilt to a 4-3 victory on Friday night.
Wright, who entered the game winless, finally earned his first of the season while allowing three runs over five innings. The Aggies got six hits off of Vanderbilt’s ace and drew four walks, as they struck early with three runs over the first two innings. However, Wright would allow just two hits over the next three innings, tallying six strikeouts during the game.
“For tonight, for us to scratch a few runs and get him a W for the first time this year is nice,” Jeren Kendall said.
Just before Wright settled down, Kendall gave him the much needed run support he was missing in his previous starts. A leadoff single by Stephen Scott against Aggie starter Brigham Hill and two later walks loaded the bases for Kendall in the second inning. After falling behind 0-2 in the count, Kendall saw two more pitches in the at-bat, including one that he launched for a grand slam over the right field wall.
“It’s hard to say I was really sitting on anything,” Kendall said. “With two strikes, bases loaded, you’ve just got to try to make some defense, play some defense, just to put it in play and make an aggressive run at it.”
The Commodores are no strangers to allowing their opponents to score first, as the Aggies’ first inning run marked the twelfth game an opponent scored before Vanderbilt. However, Vanderbilt improved to 9-3 in such games, compared to just 6-5 when scoring first.
As Wright maintained the lead through five innings and 110 pitches, the ...


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UCLA bows out of Sweet 16 after 86-75 loss to Kentucky

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Playground Pauley: a day on Dennis Koehne’s court



When you look at Pauley Pavilion - no matter the time of day - it's likely that a man named Dennis Koehne is somewhere inside
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Baseball and softball teams were busy over the spring break

Sports – The Signal Pitcher Wayne Wages warms up as teammates watch during a baseball game March 5, 2016.
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Panthers struggle going 1-3 over Spring Break
The Georgia State baseball team split its games this week going 1-3. Their game against Savannah State was canceled. Their first game was against the No.12 ranked Cowboys of Oklahoma State. The scored four runs, scattered on six hits over nine innings. Centerfielder Ryan Blanton and first baseman Jarret Hood had two hits each.
The  Panthers opened up Sun Belt Conference tournament with a three game set against the UT Arlington. UT-Arlington won the first game 10-7. Blanton, the leadoff hitter for the  Panthers had two hits, and four RBIs on the day. Left fielder Jaylen Woullard added two hits to go along three RBIs. The Panthers scored all seven of their runs in two innings.Blanton and Woullard bother homered in the game.
The Panthers snapped their mini two game losing skid in game two of the series. Freshman Pitcher Hunter Gaddis took a no-hit bid into the 8th inning, before it was ended by a UT-Arlington home run. Gaddis went 7.2 innings, giving up two hits and one earned run.
The Panthers dropped the final game of the weekend series, 7-1. They were only able to manage four hits in the game.
The Panthers will look to get back on the winning track on Mar. 21st against Furman at the GSU Baseball Complex.
All work, no play for the Panthers’ softball team
The Georgia State Panthers’ softball team began Sun Belt conference play March 11, and they seemed to handle their business, as they currently have a 4-2 record in the conference.
The Panthers weren’t able to enjoy their spring break on a beach, but they enjoyed a winning record over the break, and it all ...


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Baseball hosts an 18 strikeout dub against the Citadel

www.thegeorgeanne.com - RSS Results in sports* of type article After a quick road trip to Charleston on Tuesday night where the Eagles would pick up a win against the Citadel 7-3, the baseball team had to come home to complete the sweep of the Bulldogs 1-0.Freshman right-handed pitcher Seth Shuman pitched another gem, totaling 6 strikeouts in 5 innings. Shuman is now 3-0 on the season.
As a team, the Eagles would throw a three-hit, 18-strikeout game, and senior Landon Hughes picked up his second save of the young season.The offense was obviously not as hot as the defense, for they would only earn 4 hits. The lone run for Georgia Southern came in the fourth frame by way of a Cameron Hankins RBI, his first of the year. Hankins would plate his fellow freshman outfielder Mason McWhorter.
These two midweek wins over the Citadel were good for the team to get under its belt before traveling to UT-Arlington this weekend for a three-game series with the Mavericks.






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SGA passes four new legislations in last senate meeting

NEWS – The Signal Student Government Association (SGA) senators packed their last university-wide meeting with legislation.
The March 9 meeting started with a presentation from Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Douglass Covey, who gave a briefing on legislation passing through the Georgia House and Senate, as well as took questions from senators on commencement, confirming there is no way the location will change, and the Georgia State stadium — aka former-Turner Field.
The meeting closed with a moment of silence for DACA students who “don’t have a voice”, led by Sen. Sara Moreno Duque.
Getting down to business, the senators managed to pass three new bills and a resolution:
Attendance Clarification Act of 2017
The new bill, authored by Clarkston senator Jailyn Jackson would require senators from all campuses to be present in their respective campus’ meeting rooms so that they’d connect to university-wide meetings through WebEx. The legislation would take away senators’ current choice of connecting to the meetings from their homes or any other location, a change which some senators called “inconvenient.”  
Newton Executive Vice President Daniel Detflesen, said the bill poses even more requirements for Perimeter campus senators, instead of incentivizing them to tune in to university-wide meetings.
Detflesen gave examples of senators from Newton that leave campus, and would then, if this bill was enacted, have to drive back, leave work or home, to attend the meeting from their campus’ designated conference room. A requirement which, SGA president Fortune Onwuzuruike said, would add a “professional vibe” to university-wide meetings.
Despite Detflesen’s objections and other senators’ objections, the bill was passed. Atlanta Executive Vice President Shamari Southwell said getting to a campus shouldn’t be an inconvenience for Perimeter students, as they’re already required to have that time alloted for the meeting.
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Come Celebrate Carnaval Around the World

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Come Celebrate Carnaval Around the WorldMarch 24, 2017Are you ready for a party?! Come and celebrate Carnaval and all of it's rich traditions from around the world at the HLA Global Night Event.Hispanic Latino Alliance hosts free food, performances and Carnaval traditions from different countries at 6:00 p.m. March 25 in the Dede's. The first 150 students are admitted free of charge. All others pay $1 or one canned good at the door for admission.



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University comment on Spanier trial decision

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Penn State has issued a statement following a verdict in the trial of former University president, Graham Spanier.First and foremost, our thoughts remain with the victims of Jerry Sandusky.
Five years ago, as the crisis emerged, Penn State’s Board of Trustees took immediate action to change the leadership of the University, instructed the administration to institute new policies and procedures, and set in motion a process to ensure the University was doing everything it could to establish a model ethics and compliance culture meant to ensure the safety of the Penn State community. The University launched a series of new initiatives with the sense of urgency demanded by the Board, while at the same time waiting for the justice system to bring a measure of resolution to the criminal cases that emerged. With today’s decision, we have that closure. 
A jury today found former President Graham Spanier guilty of one count of endangering the welfare of a child. Recently, two former senior level administrators, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of a child, reportedly stating in part that, in the case of Curley: “I pleaded guilty because I felt like I should have done more,” and Schultz: “I felt I had been deficient in not reporting it myself.” The verdict, their words and pleas indicate a profound failure of leadership.  
Penn State has extraordinary expectations of our leaders, who must set and maintain the example for reporting, ethics and compliance that reflect best practices. In the view of the jury, with respect to Spanier, and by their own admission, as to Curley and Schultz, these former leaders fell short. And while we cannot undo the past, we have re-dedicated ourselves and our University to act always with the highest integrity, in affirming the shared values of our community.
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Five-Minute for charging enough for UMD’s Pionk?

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When there is a championship on the line, it’s safe to say emotions run high and the physicality increases with it.The NCHC championship game against the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs was a prime example of this. The Fighting Hawks visited the penalty box a total of 12 times, while the Bulldogs took 15 trips, including a five-minute major to sophomore defensemen, Neal Pionk.
The officials served Pionk the five-minute major for charging UND’s starting goaltender, Cam Johnson, while in the goaltender’s privileged area shortly after UND jumped on the board 1-0 early in the first period.
Johnson, who was in a vulnerable butterfly stance during the hit, still managed to stop the shot. Even though he was knocked over and disoriented momentarily, he played for the remainder of the game. The hit was deemed dirty by the television broadcast crew almost immediately and the recent lack of attention to player safety was brought into play.
“It was a heated battle out there with two rivals going at it,” head coach Brad Berry of the penalty-filled game said. “You control what you can control and that’s the way you play on the ice. I feel very strongly that our team plays the right way.”
The 2016-2017 NCAA Ice Hockey Rules and Interpretations, Rule 43 (Physical Contact-Charging) states:
“A player shall not charge or otherwise foul a goalkeeper while the goalkeeper is within the crease or privileged area.”
The penalty is served as a  minor or major at the discretion of the referees and a game misconduct or a disqualification can also be served at the discretion of the referees.
Pionk served his five-minute major and UMD killed off the penalty unscathed, but not without a loud eruption from the crowd of UND fans who thought five-minutes just wasn’t enough.
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WKAR partners with local credit union and the Greater Lansing Food Bank to provide meals

MSUToday - Featured stories As part of the WKAR Radio Spring Fundraiser, which kicked off today, donations made to WKAR Radio will help feed those in need the community.
The campaign is a partnership with LAFCU Credit Union and the Greater Lansing Food Bank.
“Every spring, our listeners step up with financial support to provide news that matters and music that inspires for their community,” said Rebecca Walz, WKAR director of annual giving. “In these times, when there is so much uncertainty for so many, we’re thankful that LAFCU and the food bank have joined in to extend that support to have even greater impact in mid-Michigan.”
For each donation made by WKAR Radio listeners and supporters through April 4, LAFCU will make a donation to GLFB that covers the cost of 12 meals.
GLFB is a non-profit organization that provides emergency food to individuals and families in need in Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Shiawassee, Clare, Isabella and Gratiot counties.
“We’re so glad WKAR and LAFCU reached out to us for this project,” said Joe Wald, GLFB executive director. “The food bank annually serves tens of thousands of people, many of them seniors and children. Our recipients also include the working poor — individuals who are employed but don’t earn enough to meet housing, health, transportation and food needs.”
LAFCU is a credit union serving the counties of Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Livingston, Montcalm and Shiawassee.
“LAFCU’s mission is to support the ideal of people helping people, and this partnership with WKAR and GLFB helps us fulfill that mission," said Kelli Ellsworth Etchison, LAFCU senior vice president of marketing.


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Eat Clean at Wild Living Foods

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Photo from Wild Living FoodsLos Angeles seems to be a mecca for healthy, clean foods, where everyone is up-to-date on the latest health trends. People will buy anything from cold-pressed juices to Kombucha to zucchini noodles if they see a nutritional benefit. There are countless places around the expansive city to find nutritional vegan or vegetarian meals: Cafe Gratitude, By Chloe and Zinc Cafe. However, some people think healthy food is inaccessible right in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Many of the current options are either too expensive or too far from Downtown. To fix this problem, husband and wife Richard Torres and Lizbeth Sanchez created Wild Living Foods. The vegan restaurant is situated on Main Street in the heart of Downtown. Wild Living Foods was created with the purpose of making clean, plant-based food more convenient to people in the Downtown community.  
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Many of my vegan friends raved about Wild Living Foods, so I decided to give it a try. The  restaurant’s name is in recognizable pink and blue neon lettering. Upon walking inside, I was first struck by vibrant designs and decorations. The restaurant is also spacious, with high walls and lots of seating. One wall is a giant, colorful mural, the floor is an assembly of patterned tiles and there are ceramic decorations on almost every surface.
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I was skeptical about the menu at first, because everything is completely raw and vegan. I decided to order the New God Flow smoothie with cashew butter, cold brew coffee, vanilla, dates and mucuna power. I also ordered a delicious guacamole served with hopi blue corn chips and a spicy tuna roll made with almond tuna. The sushi was excellent, and I am now a new fan of almond tuna. The roll was savory, and the fresh tuna ...

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Baylor too much for women’s basketball, Cards’ season ends in Sweet 16

The Louisville Cardinal By Dalton Ray–Playing in the Sweet 16 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, one seed Baylor thumped four seed women’s basketball 97–63. BU’s size dictated the game as U of L struggled to shoot in the lane, pull down rebounds and defend the Bears in the paint. Baylor out-rebounded U of L 52-36 and shot 50 percent to Louisville’s 30.In the first quarter, Baylor separated themselves early. Ripping off a 11-3 run halfway through the quarter, Baylor jumped up 19-9. The Cardinals shot 4-of-16 from the field and at one point missed 8-of-10 straight shots. After four free throws to end the quarter, Baylor led 25-9.Baylor’s Kalani Brown dominated early, recording eight points and eight rebounds in the first 15 minutes. The Bears extended their lead to 34-17 as their size started to play a significant role.Sophomore Asia Durr, Louisville’s leading scorer, started 0-for-10 and didn’t score until late in the second quarter. With their offensive star struggling, Louisville trailed 43-31 at the half.For the Bears, Brown and Nina Davis carried the offense. The two combined for 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting with 12 rebounds to give BU a  54-38 lead in the third quarter.Durr started to heat up in the third quarter, but Baylor showed poise by rolling with the punches and continuing to strike offensively.Baylor lost to Louisville in the previous two Sweet 16 match-ups, but the Bears got their revenge in OKC. Kim Mulkey’s squad kept their foot on Louisville’s throat, pushing their lead to as many as 27 points in the third.Nothing changed in the fourth quarter as Baylor swelled their lead to 34.Durr finished the game with 21 points on 6-for-21 shooting. Junior Myisha Hines-Allen toted the Louisville offense during Durr’s cold streak, walking away with 10 points and six rebounds. Coming off a hot game against Tennessee, junior Mariya Moore ...


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SGA VP Candidate Lifts Verbatim Portions of Singh’s 2016 Platform

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UPDATE (3/24 at 10:56 p.m.): Scroll down for the original article.
The Wheel confirmed via revision history on Google Docs that Student Government Association (SGA) executive vice presidential candidate Natasha Armstrong (18B) added the attribution to SGA presidential candidate Gurbani Singh (18B)’s 2016 platform March 23 at 5:25 p.m. following Armstrong’s 4:30 to 4:39 p.m. interview with the Wheel.
UPDATE (3/24 at 8:11 p.m.): Scroll down for the original article.
As of March 24 at 4:30 p.m., an attribution appeared on Student Government Association (SGA) executive vice presidential candidate Natasha Armstrong’s (18B) campaign platform stating that proposed initiatives for safety and transportation, dining and academics are continued from those that SGA presidential candidate Gurbani Singh (18B) proposed in 2016 in her 2016 candidate platform for SGA executive vice president.
 SGA executive vice presidential candidate Natasha Armstrong (18B) lifted verbatim approximately 42 percent — 459 words — of her 2017 campaign platform from SGA presidential candidate Gurbani Singh’s (18B) SGA executive vice presidential candidate platform last year.
Armstrong’s platform reads word-for-word the ideas and language of three major sections of Singh’s 2016 platform: safety and transportation, academics and dining. Despite the similarities between the platforms, both Singh and Armstrong denied that plagiarism occurred, stating they developed their platforms together.
According to Emory College’s Honor Code website, “Plagiarism is the use of someone else’s words, ideas or work without providing proper credit. Whether the act is intentional or not, the Honor Council considers any form of plagiarism to be a violation of the Honor Code.”
Armstrong did not attribute the copied portions from Singh’s 2016 platform to Singh.
The Wheel downloaded copies of Singh’s 2016 platform and Armstrong’s 2017 platform as of March 23 at 4:30 p.m. The highlighted portions appear verbatim in both documents.


Gurbani Singh's 2016 executive vice presidential candidate platform
Natasha Armstrong's 2017 executive vice presidential candidate platform


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Syracuse, Le Moyne to form academic partnership in information studies, law education

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Syracuse University and Le Moyne College will be forming an academic partnership enabling students, faculty and staff at both institutions to tap into resources offered at each school, SU announced on Friday.
The partnership will establish a collaborative relationship where Le Moyne’s Madden School of Business students have access to SU in the areas of data science and information security management, while SU students gain access to Le Moyne’s health information systems and enterprise systems resources, according to an SU News Release. It would also allow early admission into SU’s College of Law for “extraordinary” Le Moyne College students interested in legal education.
Le Moyne is a small private Jesuit college located about three miles east of SU.
“This new partnership will benefit students and faculty at both Syracuse University and Le Moyne College,” SU Chancellor Kent Syverud said in the release. “Both institutions share a strong commitment to teaching, academic excellence and research. I look forward to the successful partnership moving forward.”
The information management and information systems program expansion plan is currently being developed and will be available to graduate students soon, potentially as early as the fall 2017 semester, according to the release. The program would enable students to create and pursue their degrees through “plug-and-play modules” — including Certificates of Advanced Study.
The law program, or 3 +3 program, would enable Le Moyne undergraduates with outstanding academic achievement to finish their undergraduate degrees and their juris doctor degrees within six years, per the release.
“This partnership will allow Syracuse’s College of Law to attract undergraduate students whose academic excellence positions them for great success in law school,” said SU’s Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly in the release. “ … This partnership is a win-win for Syracuse and Le Moyne, but, more importantly, an excellent and rare opportunity for Le Moyne students to have a jump start ...

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WMU fifth annual business pitch competition

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This Friday, March 24, Western Michigan University will host its fifth annual business pitch competition. Students have submitted their business pitches and the organizers have narrowed the competition down to twenty-four semi-finalists who will present their ideas on Friday. For the semi-finals there will be six rooms and four 3-minute pitches will be presented, the winner from each room will move on to the finals which will be judged by a panel of local business owners.











The competition was inspired by and created to honor Dr. K.C. O'Shaughnessy, a professor of management in the Haworth College of Business and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, who passed away in 2011. According to the organizers of the event, O’Shaughnessy’s work at WMU to the entrepreneurship major and minor, and the business accelerator program Starting Gate.








The competition is designed to be jumping off point for students to start thinking about a business idea they might have and how to execute it, Laurel Ofstein, an Associate Professor of Management and one of the organizers of the event, explained.





“The idea is to give students a chance to practice a pitch for an idea that they [students] have for a business that isn’t developed yet, though it can be one that is developed that they’re currently running but for most students it’s just a starting point for thinking about a business idea,” Ofstein said, “And they get practice boiling all the ideas in their head down to a three-minute pitch.”





The majority of the twenty-four finalists are either business or engineering majors, however this year they’re also theater arts and biomedical science majors in the competition. According to Ofstein, the competition has always been open to students of any major and they’ve been working hard to advertise the event in as many places as possible ...


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Lonzo Ball enters NBA draft, expected to be a top-three pick

Daily Bruin MEMPHIS, Tenn. – UCLA freshman point guard Lonzo Ball announced Friday that he will enter the NBA draft.
“That was my final game for UCLA,” Ball said in the locker room after UCLA was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Kentucky. “I appreciate all the fans and all the support.”
Ball, the USA Today National Freshman of the Year, is expected to be a top-three pick in the draft after averaging 14.7 points, 7.6 assists and 6.1 rebounds this season.
He had 10 points, eight assists and four turnovers in the Bruins’ 86-75 loss to the Wildcats on Friday.
“I didn’t make enough plays for my team,” Ball said. “Put that one on me.”
Ball, whose father previously guaranteed UCLA would win the national championship, said he did not view the season as a disappointment and emphasized the personal relationships he developed.
“This is a family, we’ll be together for life,” Ball said of the team. “The relationships I built – you can’t touch that.”
Coach Steve Alford, who said throughout the season he expected Ball to leave at the end of the year, said Friday’s game did nothing to change his opinion that Ball should be drafted first overall.
“I’ve said it from day one – in my mind, he’s the No. 1 draft pick,” said Alford after the game. “The way he can orchestrate a team is just phenomenal, so one night where things didn’t click I don’t think is going to change anything.”
Alford praised Ball for his coachability.
“He was just the absolute perfect individual to coach and you don’t see that a lot in the one-and-done era,” Alford said. “Never had a bad practice, never showed up just to put in time. He worked, he worked on his game, he watched film with us, he took care of his body.”
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Professor of violin performs at the Noon Concert Series

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Tomas Cotik (right) is a professor of violin in the School of Music. Emma Josephson/PSU Vanguard
On March 16, Portland State’s School of Music featured Dr. Tomas Cotik, a professor of violin, for the Noon Concert Series in Lincoln Hall.
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Luke Maye's career night commands attention in UNC men's basketball's Sweet 16 win over Butler

State News PageOne MEN'S BASKETBALL: No. 1 North Carolina 92, No. 4 Butler 80





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North Carolina forward Luke Maye (32) points to the bench after draining a 3-pointer against Butler in the Sweet 16 on Friday.


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MEMPHIS — They announced his arrival in grandiose fashion, making a marvel of his entrance after his marvel of a performance.Or, something like that. Sort of.“Luke,” Brandon Robinson called out, making sure to drag out the name as long as he could. “Hurry it up — the people waiting on you!”And then he appeared, not in any spectacular fashion, but rather with a wet mop of hair stuck to his forehead and a goofy grin on his face. Robinson wasn’t wrong — it isn’t often that, on a North Carolina men’s basketball team with the ACC Player of the Year and other All-ACC-caliber players, Luke Maye commands a postgame media scrum.










Then again, it isn’t often that Maye plays the way he did Friday in UNC’s 92-80 win over Butler in the Sweet 16. Actually, he’s never played this way. Not once. But when you post your first career double-double in the NCAA Tournament — 16 points (a career best) and 12 rebounds in 25 minutes — maybe it warrants an introduction like this.So Maye grabbed a chocolate shake from one of the managers and shuffled his way through the throngs of reporters to his spot in the locker room, way back in the corner. He couldn’t hide his goofy grin. If anything, it grew, widening and widening with every new question or bit of attention.It didn’t help, of course, that his teammates taunted him the whole time.“Sixteen and 12?” Kennedy Meeks hollered from two lockers down. “Sheesh!”Some kept it more subtle, like Aaron Rohlman, who flicked his tongue back and forth at Maye whenever ...


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Coalition of Graduate Workers urges MU to consider becoming a ‘sanctuary campus’

The Maneater: Latest Stories The Coalition of Graduate Workers is composing a list of demands that would urge MU administrators to make the university a “sanctuary campus.”A sanctuary campus is often defined as a college or university campus that pledges not to refer students who are undocumented immigrants to federal authorities unless a warrant is issued, although the exact definition can vary. Cities, counties and states can also be designated “sanctuary” jurisdictions.
Missouri currently has a law that denies funding for cities that declare themselves to be sanctuaries. This means that Columbia cannot become a sanctuary city. MU, however, acts as a separate entity.
According to CGW spokesman Joseph Moore, the graduate rights union hopes to urge the university to adopt policies that would prevent the university from sharing students’ immigration statuses with organizations such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They also hope that the university would consider lobbying for Missouri Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students to receive financial aid, an ability they lost due to a state law passed in 2015.
After President Donald Trump’s first immigration restriction plan was released earlier this year, Moore and other CGW members decided to start discussing making MU a sanctuary campus.
“We’ve seen an uptick in deportations, we’ve seen instances of students being rounded up by ICE, including students who are DACA,” Moore said. “So we felt like now was the time to do something about it.”
According to reporting by the New York Times, two draft memos signed on Feb. 20 by Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly show an immigration plan with the intention to deport large numbers of undocumented immigrants by increasing ICE agents and ending the prioritization of convicted criminals.
There have also been multiple reported instances of people who fall under the DACA qualification being arrested by ICE agents, despite Trump’s assurances that DACA would still be ...


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London students share experiences of attack

The ObserverThe Observer Top Stories Following an attack on London’s Houses of Parliament, the University confirmed the safety of ND abroad students.
Students studying abroad in London this semester were put on lockdown in the midst of an attack Wednesday near the British Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge. The University confirmed the safety of all 167 students currently studying in London less than an hour after the incident, including nine students interning at Parliament at the time of the attack.
Junior and Parliament intern Jim English was at work when the attack occurred and said he had a view of some of the action from his office window.
“Outside my window on our ground floor office, there is a parking lot where a lot of [members of Parliament] park their cars,” he said in an email. “I was just chatting with my supervisor and another colleague when there was shouting out in the lot, and … [a] few seconds later, Prime Minister Theresa May was rushed through the parking lot and guided into a car where she was eventually taken away. We then learned that there was a shooting and the policemen were yelling for everyone to stay in their rooms.”
Junior Hadyn Pettersen is studying abroad at St. Andrew’s University in Scotland this semester, but he was in London for a brief visit with his dad and uncle. Pettersen said in an email that he saw the aftermath of the attack firsthand.
“I was on a tour bus with my dad and uncle, who had flown to St. Andrew’s earlier in the week to visit me,” he said. “… While on Westminster bridge, another passenger pointed across to the sidewalk and gasped. I looked and saw several people on the ground. A few had gruesome injuries. A few were motionless. I first thought a driver had lost control of his car, but looking ...


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Sizzle Reel (Ep. 20 – Iron Fist, Reboots and more)

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Join Hank Kilgore, Chris Garcia and Makenzie Stallo as they change things up on the new and improved TCU Sizzle Reel that covers everything TV, movie and streaming combined.
This week, we discuss the wave of announcements regarding franchise reboots, as well as our Iron Fist and Legion impressions. We also talk about recent developments regarding Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, Rogue One, Power Rangers and Netflix’s April releases.a









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Students’ pre-college academics meet gen. ed. requirements

The Louisville Cardinal By Megan Brewer —One of our professors once said that today’s generation, our generation, can’t focus. He said we “can’t be taught.” We can’t sit in a class room for an hour and focus on the class at hand.I hate to say it, but he’s right to some extent. We can’t sit for an hour and focus on a professor that lectures us about something we don’t really care about – anything we learned in high school.High school: five classes a day, one in each subject, for four years. We’ve spent years upon years learning the same things, and then we came to college in hopes of learning something new, but instead we get the wonderful list of classes we must take: general education requirements.Why should a student who wants to learn about cells and the human body have to be taught the history of Spain for a second or third time? Why should an English major have to do the same math that was done in high school? Why should an engineer be forced to take a theatre or art class?General education requirements are three words that every college student dreads. A whole year or more of your college career is spent fulfilling the course requirements the college feels everyone should take. Yet, we learned all of this, once, twice or maybe five times. So why must we learn it again?We pick classes that have nothing to do with our selected major, because we have no choice but to do so. We go to the classes, because we have to, but we don’t look forward to it. We’d rather become brilliant in our field of study by taking classes in our subject area.We enter college classrooms in hopes to gain an astonishing education from ...


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CCU’s visiting ethicist to discuss equality in politics

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Mark LeBar, a visiting ethicist and professor of philosophy at Florida State University, will give a talk at Coastal Carolina University about equality as a political ideal on Thursday, March 30, at 4:30 p.m. in the Wall Boardroom in the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration. The event is free and open to the public.
“Equality as an Ideal” explores how equality, or the lack of it, has played an outsized role in recent political discourse in the United States.
LeBar is the author of “Equality and Public Policy and “The Value of Living Well.” He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Arizona. His research interests include moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, and ancient Greek philosophy.
The Wall Boardroom is in Room 222 of the Wall College of Business, located at 119 Chanticleer Drive E. on the main Conway campus.
For more information on the event, contact Brian Edgerton, assistant director of the Jackson Family Center, at bjedgert@coastal.edu or 843-349-4149.

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HAGOPIAN | Third Time’s a Charm

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I have a job at a campus eatery called Temple of Zeus. “Zeus,” as it is colloquially known, closed early on Thursday because of an event in Klarman Hall. During my shift that morning, my boss informed me that the event was a send-off for Interim President Hunter Rawlings. Rawlings has been president of Cornell twice before; he first occupied the position from 1995 to 2003, stepping in again in 2005 after the resignation of Jeffrey Lehman. One mordant customer told me, “I won’t begrudge Hunter his retirement party… for the third time.”It does seem a bit, as the kids are saying these days, extra. While stocking the shelves of Zeus with coconut water and gluten-free Larabars, I heard a few notes of music from across the hall. Not a melody, but a distinctly inharmonious sequence of notes. Eventually I realized that a piano had been brought into the building, and that the piano was being tuned.
I’ve met President Rawlings briefly at Zeus; he seems like a nice guy. I’m sure he’s cognizant of the silliness of the situation. Maybe he’ll even make some jokes about it in his speech to the trustees — “Third time’s the charm, right gents?” Yet the event’s still happening while the graduate student union is being denounced, a student grocery store that was envisioned to combat food insecurity is kept from getting off the ground and a “mental health week” is paraded in front of architecture students that sleep ...

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