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The Georgia Southern women's basketball team is coming off a 63-62 road loss to Georgia State on Saturday in which Georgia State junior guard Makeba Ponder made a 3-pointer with 5 seconds left in the game.
Despite the loss, the Eagles will retain a higher seed than the Panthers in this week's Sun Belt Championship tournament in New Orleans. Georgia Southern enters the tournament as the no. 6 seed while State will be the no. 7 seed.
The first opponent for the Eagles will be the no. 11 seed Arkansas State Red Wolves on Tuesday, March 7 at 8:30 p.m. The Eagles recently beat Arkansas State 84-76 on February 25. Awaiting the winner of GS against ASU will be the no. 3 seed Troy Trojans, who have beaten Georgia Southern twice this season.
Top-seeded Little Rock will face the winner of Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State. No. 7 seed Georgia State will matchup on Tuesday at 6 p.m. with no. 10 seed South Alabama for the right to play no. 2 seed UT-Arlington.
Players to watch
GS senior forward Patrice Butler and senior guard Angel McGowan are in the home stretches of their storied careers in Statesboro. Both Butler and McGowan were recently named to this season's Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team. Butler is averaging 7.4 rebounds per game, while McGowan is averaging 16.7 point per game. Alexis Brown, freshman guard, is leading the conference with a 52.2 percent from three.
Jaylyn Gordon, Lousiana-Lafayette junior guard, and Sharde' Collins, Little-Rock junior guard, lead the Sun Belt with 17.5 and 17.4 points per game, respectively. Caitlyn Ramirez, Troy senior forward, is leading the conference with 11.4 rebounds per game.
Rebekah VanDijk, UT-Arlington junior center, is second in the conference in shooting percentage with 58.7 percent. While South Alabama has the leading blocker in Chyna Ellis, junior forward, who is averaging 3.4 blocks per game.
Collins, Gordon, VanDijk and Ramirez were all named First Team All-Conference along with Kaitlyn Pratt, ...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Women's Basketball Opens Sun Belt Tournament Play on Tuesday
Police Tips — 2/20-3/2
The Argonaut Feb. 20
700 block Elm Street, 1:08 a.m.
Six people contacted in two different vehicles in front of a fraternity. Everyone was cited for either frequenting of drugs or consumption (marijuana).
Feb. 21
Stadium Drive; Hartung Theatre, 11:25 p.m.
Seven people cited for either frequenting of drugs or consumption (marijuana) outside the building.
Feb. 22
East 5th Street; Moscow High School, 1:38 p.m.
Two students were smoking marijuana off grounds and were referred to the juvenile coordinator.
Feb. 27
Walenta Drive, 7:24 a.m.
High school female ran away from guardian’s house. Investigation is still ongoing and alerts have been sent out.
Warbonnet Drive; Deranleau’s, 8:56 a.m.
Attempted break into Deranleau’s delivery truck using a crow bar. The bar remained wedged between the locked door.
March 1
East 5th Street; Moscow Food Co-op, 12:49 a.m.
Male arrested for DUI after he was seen driving erratically and beeping his horn in the parking lot.
400 block South Roosevelt Street, 9:01 a.m.
Report of household items that were moved around, but nothing stolen. Likely a prank or miscommunication with someone else who had house access.
1400 block Northwood Drive, 3:57 p.m.
Resident locked out of their own apartment was trying to climb in through their own window, and was reported for suspicious activity.
March 2
West 6th Street; Wallace, 2:06 p.m.
Controlled buy on a drug transaction in Wallace.
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Cajuns to face 10th-seeded Little Rock in SBC tournament opener
Sports – The Vermilion Bryce Washington (32) fights for a rebound against Nicholls on Dec. 1. Photo by Karley Nugent/The Vermilion
The 2016-17 Sun Belt Conference regular season came to an end on Saturday, solidifying each team’s seed in the conference tournament and the bracket.
The SBC men’s basketball tournament will begin on March 8 with Louisiana as the seventh seed. The Cajuns finished the regular season with an overall record of 20-11, 10-8 SBC.
The tournament could not come at a better time for the Cajuns, who have won six straight after a concerning four-game losing streak. Louisiana rolled off eight straight victories in the beginning of the season, but any coach will tell you that a team should be playing with momentum entering the the tournament.
After questions of their defense began to grow, the men’s basketball team has responded by holding opposing teams to 74.8 points per game during their winning streak. This is an improvement after allowing a stretch of 100-point games to their opponents. The Cajuns have kept their offense on track with an average of 84.1 points per game.
The Cajuns have shown they can win in dominant fashion with nine wins on the season by at least a 15-point margin of victory. More importantly, Louisiana is able to execute down the stretch to win close games. They have won five games by six points or less, in addition to an overtime victory against Texas State in their penultimate game of the regular season. Their final game of the season ended in a 83-81 win over the defending SBC men’s champions and this year’s number-one seeded UT-Arlington Mavericks .
The Cajuns are scheduled to play the tenth-seeded Little Rock Trojans in their first game of the tournament. These two teams have met twice this season and Louisiana was able to win both games. The Cajuns won 69-52 on ...
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Georgia State shuttle drivers apply pressure for more pay
NEWS – The Signal Organizing Director for Teamsters 728 Ben Speight believes that President Becker could be the one to grant the requests of the Panther Express operators, however if no change is seen a protest could be the next step.Photo by Tarilyn Johnson | The SignalPanther Express shuttle drivers are requesting higher wages and said they are likely to protest unless negotiations bring the desired increases.
The driver’s union contract – the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) – expires in April and covers wages and benefits. The CBA is under negotiation between MV Transportation, the company subcontracting drivers to Georgia State, and Teamsters 728, the union representing those drivers.
Panther Express operators currently make $12 per hour after training and have a commission cap set at $15.20 an hour.
In his seven years of driving Panther Express shuttles, Raymond Agard has driven every campus route and has gotten to know many of the students on campus. He makes the maximum salary amount, but the 72-year-old said his pay is not a livable wage.
“We would like to have an increase because the cost of living is going up and, as operators, we don’t think that we’re being paid at the right rate,” Agard said. “The cost of living keeps rising, but our salary is stagnant.”
Agard said his co-workers have gradually been leaving the job, because they cannot live on the salary. Many of them, he said, became bus operators for Marta. According to glassdoor.com, Marta bus operators make an average of $16.96 per hour.
“The other bus companies start at much more and you don’t have to go around the route as often,” Agard said. “Our shuttles are constantly going around with only a few minutes break to go to the bathroom. It’s hard. A lot of the drivers here are going to MARTA because they can make $4 more and that’s a lot ...
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Hoops in the Heartland
ISU News ISU Today
Hoops in the HeartlandMarch 7, 2017Event DetailsWhen: March 9, 2017Starts at: 2:00 pmEnds at: 4:00 pmWhere: The Barrel House (1321 5th Ave., Moline, IL)Contact:Ben Kappes812-237-6140ben.kappes@indstate.eduSycamore Women's Basketball will begin tournament action on Thursday, March 9! Join us for a pre-game event at The Barrel House two hours prior to tip-off. Appetizers will be provided and a cash bar will be available.The Women's Basketball team will arrive at The Barrel Houseat approximately 2:15 p.m. CT for a spirited rally.Sycamore Women's Basketball GameiWireless Center1201 River Dr | Moline, ILTip-off | 4 p.m. CTFor questions about the pregame event, please contact Ben Kappes at ben.kappes@indstate.edu or 812-237-6140.
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GENDER, EDUCATION AND HEALTH IN THE POST-COLONIAL WORLD
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“The world we live in today, whether we like it or not, has been transformed, affected by colonial rule.” This remark, spoken by Karni Bhati, set the tone for the 46th annual Frank Church Symposium at ISU March 2 and 3.
The ISU International Affairs Council organizes and hosts the event every spring in order to help increase awareness of international issues and open dialogue with students by having experts from all over the world come to campus.
The event is named after Idaho Senator Frank Church, who held the position chair position of the U.S. Committee on Foreign Relations throughout the Vietnam War.
Every year the event has a general topic of discussion selected by the IAC members. The 2017 symposium carried the topic of “The Post-Colonial State.”
Presenters for this year included Bhati, an Associate Professor at Furman University, Saad Omer of the Emory Vaccine Center and Bonny Ibhawoh, a professor at McMaster University.
Ibhawoh presented the keynote address Thursday night at the Stephen’s Performing Arts Center.
Throughout the event, panels were hosted on various sub-topics of post-colonialism. Such panels included gender, intervention in the Middle East, interregional issues, conflict and global health.
Each panel consisted of three guests who a gave presentation, after which the floor was opened to the audience for a question-and-answer period.
Each day was supplemented with lecture by one of the visiting panelists.
Roger Kangas, a professor at Georgetown University, gave the Joseph Hearst Memorial Lecture on March 2 and Omer presented the Richard H. Foster Lecture on Friday.
Kangas spoke on Central Asia and Afghanistan while Omer discussed global health.
The panel on colonialism itself was presented by Ogechi Anyanwu, professor at Eastern Kentucky University, Bhati and Adam Warren, a professor at University of Washington.
All three presenters chose to speak on education within post-colonial states, and the similarities they ...
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Discovery rewriting the evolutionary history of the nervous system
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A component of vertebrate neurons – known as the axon initial segment (AIS) – that is responsible for regulating the nerve cell’s output has long been thought by scientists to have evolved relatively recently, and specifically in vertebrates, in order to enable rapid, precise signaling in the complex circuitry of the vertebrate nervous system.But a discovery made by the labs of Penn State researchers Melissa Rolls and Tim Jegla is bringing about a rewriting of a fundamental aspect of that story.
“One of the things I’ve been doing for a very long time,” said Jegla, “is studying nervous system evolution, and in general what we find is that most fundamental features of neurons – from the molecules that control the signaling to various cellular structures – tend to be old and conserved and shared between many extant species, like all the bilaterians, and the signaling molecules are even in very early nervous systems in cnidarians.”
“But one of the exceptions to this in the literature – coincidentally, the story we’re rewriting,” he said, “is that this very special area of a neuron called the axon initial segment, which is the beginning of the output end of the neuron, is a unique vertebrate adaptation for rapid signaling. The axon initial segment provides a barrier to separate the membrane of the cell body and the input end – the dendrites – from the axon, which is critical because this membrane has a different role, which is to initiate and then carry the action potential – the output of the neuron. You’ve got all these inputs coming in from the cell body and the dendrites, and it’s at the axon initial segment where the decision is made whether all those inputs warrant signaling the next cell, or not. So it’s the decision point for neurons.”
Jegla further explains that the structure and function of ...
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Men’s Basketball; Big Sky Champions
Sports – Dakota Student
Nick NelsonUND men’s basketball coach Brian Jones (center) coaches his players during Saturday’s game against Portland State. Nick Nelson/ Dakota Student
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UW students hold vigil for Ben Keita in Red Square
www.dailyuw.com - RSS Results in news,news/* of type article On Tuesday, around 30 students gathered in Red Square to hold a vigil for Ben Keita, a Seattle-area black, Muslim teenager who was found dead in January after being missing since late November.Keita’s body was found hanging from a tree in the woods near his home in Lake Stevens. His death was originally determined to be a suicide by a medical examiner, but the manner of death was later changed to “undetermined” because of the height the rope was tied.Student organizers from the Black Student Union (BSU) and Somali Student Association (SSA) organized the event to honor Keita and call upon the community to recognize his death.
BSU and SSA organizers opened the event by explaining the background of Keita’s death. They specifically noted that Lake Stevens High School and Everett Community College, which Keita attended as a running start student, had yet to release a statement about his death.“Too many times where violence has been committed against black people, the media tries to desensitize us to the loss of black lives,” one BSU organizer said. Many organizers of the event requested anonymity for their safety.The brief introduction was followed by one minute of silence and prayer to honor Keita.“His black life mattered,” an SSA organizer said.Following the opening remarks, Arsalan Bukhari, executive director of the Washington Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), took the microphone to discuss his organization’s involvement with the case. He stated that CAIR has been in contact with the family and recently drafted a letter to the FBI calling on them to investigate Keita’s death further.“We are here to make sure Muslim rights are defended,” Bukhari said.Bukhari requested everyone to follow CAIR’s lead and publicly call for FBI involvement and mention why their community is affected by this, whether they are a Muslim or ...
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Spring practice rolls on for Ole Miss football
The Daily Mississippian Spring practice churned on for an Ole Miss football team with many new faces coaching the team as it prepares for the 2017 season.
The offseason saw major changes among Hugh Freeze’s staff, including new offensive and defensive coordinators, as well as a new wide-receivers coach, defensive line coach and linebackers coach. The coaching staff seemed optimistic about what it’s seen so far through three practices, even with a new philosophy on both sides of the ball.
“Obviously with day three of a new install, you’re going to have your hiccups, so obviously there’s some things we’ve got to improve on and get cleaned up,” wide receivers coach Jacob Peeler said. “But the enthusiasm, the desire to be great, I think is something that this group really wants.”
Ole Miss has had one of the best receiving corps in the SEC over Freeze’s tenure as head coach. The upcoming season is no different, with returning players such as DeMarkus Lodge, Markell Pack, D.K. Metcalf and A.J. Brown.
“We’re not close to where we need to be, but we’ve got a great skill set at that position, some very highly recruited kids,” Peeler said. “I’m really excited. Once the whole group gets on the same page, I think it’ll be a really fun offense to watch.”
Ole Miss has self-imposed a one year bowl ban on the program, with the possibility of more punishment in the future. When asked about how he addresses recruits when it comes to the NCAA investigation, Peeler pointed out honesty as the key.
“I was just honest with them,” Peeler said. “At the end of the day, when you walk into a kid’s home, you always present the truth. The biggest thing is I think they see it in your face as a coach; ...
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Classifieds – March 8, 2017
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Sac State draws with Seton Hall 2-2 after 10-inning pitching duel
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Sacramento State senior pitcher Taylor Tessier winds up for the first pitch of the game against Seton Hall Tuesday at Shea Stadium. (Photo by Cassie Dickman)
Despite going into extra innings, the Sacramento State softball team and Seton Hall only scored two runs a piece which led to a 2-2 tie at Shea Stadium due to the lack of sunlight.
Sac State coach Lori Perez was forced to use a younger lineup that did not include everyday starters: sophomore shortstop Sydney Rasmussen, junior second baseman Zamari Hinton, sophomore outfielder Nene Alas and senior catcher Nikki Gialketsis.
“I thought our team did a good job filling in for our injured and sick starters,” Perez said after the Hornets’ third draw in Division I program history. “We had our chances to win — we just didn’t execute.”
In the top of the first inning, Seton Hall jumped out to a 1-0 lead after pitcher Lauren Fischer’s single scored teammate Alexis Walkden from second. Sac State responded with a run of its own in the bottom frame after freshman outfielder Suzy Brookshire got on board with a double and sophomore third baseman Mo Spieth drove her in on the next at-bat.
After the first inning, both team’s pitching staffs settled into a groove with four scoreless innings before the Hornets posted their second run by way of an RBI single from Spieth.
“We weren’t playing defensive today — we were really aggressive offensively,” Brookshire said. “Even though it resulted in a tie, I felt like we played a great game and built some momentum.”
Sacramento State senior outfielder Shelby Johnston makes contact with the ball against Seton Hall Tuesday at Shea Stadium. (Photo by Cassie Dickman)Seton Hall answered in the top of the sixth inning by loading the bases, which led to a score by second baseman Sara Foster off ...
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State senator tells College Republicans they have to be ‘tough’
News – The Badger Herald
Amid elections for Associated Students of Madison representatives, state Sen. Patrick Testin, R-Stevens Point, visited College Republicans at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to discuss hot-button issues and drive home the importance of fighting for conservative values. Before the senator took the stage at Science Hall Tuesday, CR members were first reminded to vote in the 2017 spring ASM election. Leaders of the group placed an emphasis on putting conservative members in office, and reiterated that “it only took two minutes to make a difference.”
Testin, an UW- Stevens Point graduate, kicked off the meeting by stating College Republicans are “tough.” Describing his own experience as a College Republican during the 2008 election, he said he understands the difficulty of standing up for controversial beliefs, but emphasized the importance of not staying silent in the face of opposition.
Conservative students say pressure from predominantly liberal peers, faculty can be stiflingSpeaking up in the classroom can sometimes be daunting, but for conservative students like Kennedy Borman, social pressures from predominantly Read…
The Madison native praised the role of the student organization in today’s political environment. He said their efforts — not just top political leaders — are influential in today’s political changes.
“You guys get elected officials coming here all the time, right? They tell you ‘you guys are the future of the party’ . . . well, I’m here to tell you that you guys aren’t the future of the Republican Party. You know why? You guys are the Republican Party,” Testin said.
In terms of education, Testin said Wisconsin needs to focus on training workers and should fit the needs of employers. As the world has become more high-tech, the need for workers has increased exponentially, he added.
Testin also brought up was agricultural sustainability in Wisconsin. He recently who co-authored a bill to legalize hemp, which is found in paper and food ...
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Cold War from the African American perspective
Stanford News
March 8, 2017Stanford scholar tells history of Cold War from African American perspective Stanford literary scholar Vaughn Rasberry illuminates a body of work by black writers who spotlighted cultural contradictions during the Cold War.
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By Raymond L. Rigoglioso
In the American imagination, Soviet totalitarianism conjures thoughts of repression, violence and deprivation.
W.E.B. Du Bois is among African American writers whose Cold War views are explored in a new book by Stanford Assistant Professor Vaughn Rasberry. (Image credit: Cornelius Marion Battey / Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons)
During the Cold War, black writers and activists took a different view, challenging the United States to reconcile its message of liberty abroad while upholding Jim Crow laws at home.
This provocation lies at the heart of research by Vaughn Rasberry, assistant professor of English at Stanford, that tells the story of how African Americans challenged policy in the United States during the Cold War – with race at its core.
An intersection of two phenomena
Rasberry’s research focuses on the rise and fall of two 20th-century phenomena: the color line – domestically in the form of segregation and globally in the form of colonialism – and totalitarianism, including fascism, Japanese imperialism and communism.
Sifting through novels, essays, films, newspaper articles, propaganda and government documents, Rasberry examines how African Americans navigated the political waters of the mid-20th century living under segregation.
These findings appear in his book, Race and the Totalitarian Century: Geopolitics in the Black Literary Imagination, which highlights the cosmopolitan spirit African Americans had at the time and the commonality between struggles at home and those abroad.
Rasberry cites the Suez Canal crisis as a case in point. In 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Zone, wresting control from the British and French. This act of defiance against colonial powers became a flashpoint for African Americans, who ...
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No. 21 men's basketball opens up ACC Tournament play Wednesday
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SPORTSCavaliers will play winner of Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh as No. 6 seed
by Alec Dougherty
| Mar 07 2017 | 11 hours ago
It has been a roller coaster of season for the Virginia men’s basketball team (21-9, 11-7 ACC). Through multiple mid-season struggles, the team struggled to find its identity. Despite these ups and downs, though, the Cavaliers finished their regular season on a three-game win streak and enter the ACC Tournament as one of the most dangerous teams in the field at the No. 6 seed.“We need everything we can get,” senior guard London Perrantes said. “Having momentum keeps us positive and gets our mind right since that slump kind of messed with us.”Getting some wins before the ACC Tournament was undoubtedly huge for the Cavaliers’ psyche going forward. Before the win streak, the Cavaliers lost four-straight games — two at home — in a brutal stretch during February. However, with key wins, Virginia now finds itself as a contender, and it will open up play Wednesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.Coach Tony Bennett knows this year’s tournament will be more of an uphill battle for his team than in previous years. During the Cavaliers’ tune-up practice at the Barclay’s Center Monday night, the team got a visit from former Virginia star and current Brooklyn Nets’ player Joe Harris, who won the 2014 ACC Tournament with the Cavaliers. Bennett said he was reminded of when Virginia won the tournament with Harris.“Just seeing Joe Harris come to the shoot around gave me a great memory of the group that won it — it was a ventured group,” Bennett said. “I’m excited for this group because we had that hard stretch. We got a few wins and we want to take that high level quality into our play.”Virginia’s renewed momentum is largely due to its discipline on ...
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Syracuse approaches bullpen usage with different philosphy
The Daily Orange – The Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse, New York
Sydney O’Hara is no longer the starting pitcher she once was. After starting nearly 70 percent of her 54 appearances as a freshman and sophomore, she has only thrown the first pitch for Syracuse twice in the past two seasons. Yet O’Hara recently got her name in the Syracuse softball history books.
On Feb. 17 against St. John’s, she became SU’s all-time leader in saves, with nine.
“I have one job when I get into the game,” O’Hara said. “Whether we are up, or we are tied: Stop the bleeding. Make sure they don’t score.”
Syracuse (12-6) makes use of its crowded rotation by allowing pitchers to split games. This has increased save numbers and given an added importance to the role of a closer. Using relievers is all part of SU head coach Mike Bosch’s different philosophy.
“Softball has been predominately in the past where pitchers threw full games. They could throw seven innings, eight, nine, 10, 11,” Bosch said. “We’ve kind of taken a little bit of a baseball approach.”
O’Hara is first in the Atlantic Coast Conference in saves (4), games finished (12) and games in relief (12). With these numbers, she’s separated herself as the top relief pitcher on the Orange and someone that Bosch trusts to use at the end of games. She also posts a .182 opposing team batting average and a 1.12 earned run average. Those marks are good for second and third in the ACC, respectively.
But a relief role is not something that SU is limiting to one player. The team has expectations that all of the pitchers on the staff will be able to throw in relief at one point of the season.
“It’s just a matter of identifying who we are playing and what their strengths are,” Bosch said.
All five pitchers who have made appearances for the ...
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UHD professor goes beyond community service, lives ‘social work in action’
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By Traynor Swanson March 8, 2017
“When you do this type of work, when you’re engaged personally with someone and it’s your work trying to help relieve their suffering in any way that you can, you see how connected we are in ways that you wouldn’t in a more sort of professional setting,” said Dawn McCarty, the director of the social work program at UH-Downtown. | Ajani Stewart/The Cougar
Tucked away off Washington Avenue behind Velvet Taco is an unassuming set of buildings and converted garage apartments where a dedicated professor spends half her week helping, serving and even living with immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and the poor.
As an associate professor and director of the social work program at the University of Houston-Downtown, Dawn McCarty has a natural intellectual curiosity toward less-privileged communities. But from Monday to Thursday, McCarty goes one step further in immersing herself by living at Casa Juan Diego, a Catholic Worker House of Hospitality.
“It’s what I do,” McCarty said. “It’s my life. It’s not like I’m making some great sacrifice — I’m not. People ask me that, but I’m not. I’m the person who benefits here. Sometimes people will surprise me. It’s such a part of my life that it’s not like, ‘Oh, I’m going to do my service now.’”
McCarty is tasked with running the food distribution at the shelter. Every Tuesday morning, she leads a crew of volunteers and full-time workers at 5:30 a.m. to prepare the morning’s food and open the doors by 6:15 a.m. McCarty said the meal serves about 300 people.
“We give out food all the time, but we do it in sort of a concentrated frame for people (on Tuesdays), and that’s open to anyone,” McCarty said. “We have such a food insecurity issue in ...
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Read-through and discussion of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s novel
Western Herald - news
A read-through of a chapter from retired NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s novel is coming to Western Michigan University’s campus.
The event, led by Kalamazoo City Commissioner Erin Knott and political science professor Dr. Paul Clements, is open to the public and will focus around the first chapter of Abdul-Jabbar’s novel, Writing’s On the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White. After reading through the chapter, Knott and Clements will lead the group in a discussion. The reading and talk will take place Monday, March 13th in the Heritage Hall, from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
The head of the library’s technical services, Miranda Howard, worked extensively on making the event happen. In conjunction with the Kalamazoo Public Library, Howard helped put together a team to organize it.
“I’m a big believer in the concept of community reads, as I think it will help the general public become more educated” Howard said.
The first chapter of Abdul-Jabbar’s novel is very politically focused. The chapter, entitled “American Politics,” is a detailed look at the political system in the United States. Howard believes attending the event could help anyone who is seeking guidance or is feeling disoriented by the current political climate.
“It will be a very positive experience,” Howard said. “If anyone has a certain opinion about what’s going on right now, they can come and share it.”
Howard clarified that this is not the last of the planned read-through events. According to Howard, the library plans to have an event throughout the month of March for each chapter of the book, which has a total of ten chapters, and an accompanying discussion for each. They have copies available to be checked out by any Western student.
Abdul-Jabbar will visit the Miller Auditorium himself the following day, March 14th, to discuss the book ...
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
ERA is a must-pass for Nevada Assembly
Opinion – The Nevada Sagebrush Last Wednesday, Nevada’s state senate voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in a 13-8 vote largely — though not totally — defined by party lines. It was a historic vote on an amendment to the constitution that’s been nearly 100 years in the making.
We believe this is long overdue. Despite claims by critics, gender discrimination remains alive and well in America and the ERA would go leaps and bounds further than any current statute in defending the rights of women to be equal citizens under the law. More than that, we believe the Nevada Assembly should vote to ratify the ERA when it comes to a floor vote.
Specifically, the ERA states that equal rights under the law won’t be “denied or abridged” by the government, be it state or federal. This would widely expand the net of constitutional protections for women and would even the playing field for women in the workplace, a place where women are still routinely discriminated against.
Critics of the measure were hollow with their criticism, retreading tired and worn arguments from the 1970s. Echoing conservative firebrand Phyllis Schlafly, Sen. Becky Harris, R-Las Vegas, expressed concern that the measure would tear families apart by making women eligible for the draft. Sen. Michael Roberson, R-Henderson, said that the measure would encourage partial-birth abortions and mandate taxpayer funded abortions.
The latter point is patently absurd considering the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the federal funding of abortions. More than that, considering the state of national-level American politics, to think that abortions could be federally funded anytime soon is farce, at best.
The former point is slightly more valid, but speculative at best. There’s no way to know how the ERA might impact the way a draft might interact with families, but to think that the federal government would allow families to be broken up by ...
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Citizens march for transgender rights
News – The Branding Iron Online A march for transgender rights started in UWs simpson plaza on Sunday. The march moved down Grand Ave. to 3rd St. and circled back to the unversity. (Photo by Thomas Garvie)
UW students and Laramie citizens marched for transgendered rights on Sunday covering UW’s campus and the downtown Laramie area.
The March began in UW’s Simpson Plaza where two speeches were given prior to the march.
“People forget our real concerns all the time, that our recourses can be limited, that our support networks can be small, that we are already so tired from defending our very existence,” Jude Hair said.
Hair said the transgender community has been asked to be more active than ever and to foster empathy by speaking with people who hate them. Hair responded to this request.
“No, I will not be asked to foster empathy in others, I am not a Jesus come to save bigots from their sins,” Hair said.
Hair concluded the speech with a message to the transgender community.
“Everyone here has survived, all those bad days and all those things you’ve read and all those things that people have said to you,” Hair said. “You are valid, you are cared for and I am genuinely rooting for you”
Jason Manning delivered the second speech discussing a trans person’s struggle with identity.
“We need acceptance from family, we need a social transition, we also need a mental transition of ourselves,” Manning said. “To get people aware is the best thing ever.”
After Manning’s speech, those gathered for the event began the march. The participants left Simpson Plaza walking south to Grand Avenue. The march carried down Grand to Third Street and back up to campus.
Upon returning to the plaza, the participants heard one final speech.
“Last month the Trump administration decided to turn its back on ...
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Photojournalist presents photographs at MSU’s Visual Arts Center
The Reflector - life
“Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
After viewing Sebastián Suki Beláustegui’s photography collection, this quote by Elliot Erwitt made much more sense to me. Choice pieces of his photography are currently on display at the Mississippi State University Visual Arts Center.
Beláustegui, who goes by Suki, is a self-taught photographer from Argentina who has dedicated his life to learning about indigenous cultures across the world. He has traveled through countries and lived in 25 indigenous communities. His photographs don’t just show people these environments, they tell a story.
Lori Neuenfeldt, the gallery director, said Suki’s latest body of work is titled “Africa in the Americas” and he has been documenting American people with African heritage and learning about the variety of cultures across the Americas. She said his work shows the individuality of the people in these communities and offers a unique opportunity for students to learn about them.
“Photography is a means to access and understand the world,” Neuenfeldt said, “and Suki’s pieces lend students the opportunity to access cultures that have been overlooked or lost in translation.”
One of the photographs in the gallery is of a man on a boat with a large bag of colorful flowers. While this photo is striking in and of itself, it is also a testament to the intimacy Suki has and the trust he gains from the people he photographs. Suki does not even bring out his camera on his first day in an area– he spends time with the people.
Karina Zelaya, a professor at MSU, has been helping plan Suki’s visit since this fall. She said she has been looking forward to Suki visiting and said she is very hopeful that students will take this ...
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Bright Flight scholars receive less money than originally awarded by state
The Maneater: Latest Stories When freshman Reed Wilson’s father opened up her tuition bill from MU late last semester, he was surprised to find that it was $400 higher than he was expecting. Wilson, a Bright Flight scholar, said she was not aware that a state funding issue left her short almost 27 percent of her guaranteed $1,500 semesterly scholarship until it was reflected in her tuition.
Wilson is one of the 6,685 students in the state of Missouri and one of the 1,964 MU students who receives the Bright Flight scholarship — a $3,000 annual scholarship for in-state students who scored a 30 or greater on their ACT.
Because of a larger-than-anticipated increase of students who qualified for the scholarship for the 2016-2017 academic year, the original appropriation from the state for the program did not cover the cost of providing each student with the maximum scholarship award of $1,500 per semester.
Bright Flight scholars received $1,500 last semester and $1,100 for this semester so far. Liz Coleman, Missouri Department of Higher Education spokeswoman, said the department has requested an additional $1.5 million to cover the rest of the semesterly amount that the students were originally promised.
However, neither the department — nor the students — will find out if they will receive that money until April or May. Coleman said in an email that they will not know until the state legislature votes on the 2018 fiscal year budget toward the end of their session.
Kate Daino, another Bright Flight scholar, said that while one semester will not significantly affect her ability to pay tuition, further cuts would.
“If they just cut it back this semester and bring it back I’ll be fine, but if it’s over all four years I am going to have to come up with some extra money to cover that,” she said.
For the students who qualify for the scholarship, Bright Flight can be a central part of why ...
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Director discusses efforts to increase diversity among faculty and graduate students
The ObserverThe Observer Top Stories Pamela Young, the University’s first director for academic diversity and inclusion, shared some of Notre Dame’s efforts to recruit more diverse faculty, staff and graduate students in a lecture Monday night in DeBartolo Hall.
“I think there are some things you have to think about that are inherent to the University,” Young said. “I remind myself of those factors on a daily basis. We’re a faith-based institution in a faith that is white, male and has a very strong hierarchy. That’s the context for the things that can get done.”
Young said some of the “beginning efforts” of the University included having all academic units complete diversity and inclusion plans and designate a diversity and inclusion representative.
Part of Young’s efforts include conducting workshops on a variety of topics related to diversity and inclusion, including cultural competency and issues related to race, class and gender.
“If there’s any area of my responsibility that I would say that’s working very well, it’s in that area,” she said. “I get a request to do a workshop, I put it together and I deliver it.”
Along with director of staff diversity and inclusion Eric Love, Young said one initiative over the past year to address issues surrounding diversity and inclusion was to create a “practitioner’s group.”
“I like the word ‘practitioner’ because I don’t see myself as an expert,” she said. “I don’t really believe anyone is an expert in this because you’re constantly learning and improving.
“We gather monthly — faculty and staff — to talk about issues of concern. In February, we talked about [University President Fr. John Jenkin’s] decision not to make Notre Dame a sanctuary campus.”
While Notre Dame staff members receive information about diversity and inclusion regarding recruiting as part of their training program in a module ...
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PIKE to host annual Cycle for Life
The Herald - news
The Delta Theta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity at Arkansas State University will host its annual Taylor Trudeau Cycle for Life event on April 24.
Arkansas State’s PIKE chapter will be joined by 126 other PIKE chapters. The Cycle for Life was established by Pi Kappa Alphas at the University of New Hampshire in 2008 after their brother, Taylor Trudeau, died of leukemia.
The events have raised over $400,000 for blood cancer research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where Trudeau was treated.
The Cycle is currently funding the phase that treats patients in which chemotherapy alone has failed. This event will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Arkansas State University Red Wolf Center, 2505 Aggie Road.
The Cycle is open to the public and the cost is $5. The first 50 participants will receive free wristbands and gym towels. T-shirts also will be available for sale.
For more information contact Darrin Addison at addisondarrin@gmail.com or (870) 335- 0157.
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Rock-It Coffee shuts its doors
The George-Anne - news
The 1960s and '70s rock-themed coffee shop Rock-It Coffee will officially close its doors Wednesday March 10 after it first opened its doors in the fall of 2016.
Rock-It Coffee is currently having a huge “farewell tour” sale with all of its t-shirts, tumblers and magic espresso beans 50 percent off while supplies last.
Rock-It Coffee initially announced their closure with a Facebook post on February 25 that sited circumstances out of the owner’s control as the reason for the store’s closure.
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Seniors surrender final game to Bobcats, 70-65
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Senior week for the ULM Men’s Basketball team didn’t go quite as planned for the Warhawks as they dropped the last two home games to UT Arlington 72-57 and Texas State University 70-65.
Through the first half of the game vs UT Arlington, the Warhawks gave the Mavericks everything they had. There were 12 lead changes in the first half. Thirteen points was the result for ULM from UTA turnovers.
Meanwhile, the Warhawks had great ball security, only allowing three turnovers. Going into halftime, ULM would find themselves down by only one point with a 31-30 score.
The second half of the game was not kind to the Warhawks. The offense could not find any baskets while the Mavericks were not missing. UTA started the second half with a 13-5 run on the Warhawks to increase their lead to 44-35. But the Warhawks are fighters, and they attempted to surge back. ULM pulled the game back to within five points, but the Maverick offense proved to be too powerful for the Warhawks as they steadily pulled away in the last five minutes of the game.
Game number two was Saturday at Fant-Ewing and was an emotional senior day for three of your Warhawks. Guards Nick Coppola, Marcus Washington and Prince Cooper played in their last game here at home. Although wanting to go out with a win, their stories are not yet over as they look to upset another team at the Sun Belt Tournament.
“We haven’t been able to close well…” said head coach Richard, “it’s been in the last five or six minutes, and it’s been at the buzzer.”
Saturday, the Warhawks faced off against Texas State in an exciting final game. In the first half of the ...
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Sebastian Saiz wins C Spire Howell Trophy
The Daily Mississippian Ole Miss senior forward Sebastian Saiz won the C Spire Howell Trophy, an award recognizing the best college basketball player in the state of Mississippi, on Monday.
Saiz has averaged 15.1 points per game this season and leads the Southeastern Conference with 10.9 rebounds per game. At 6-foot-9, he has 19 double-doubles on the season and has been a leader for the 19-12 Rebels who return to the court in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday night in the SEC basketball tournament.
He recorded his 19th and most recent double-double of the season in a 75-70 win against South Carolina on Saturday. He had 21 points and 15 rebounds.
As a native from Madrid, Saiz traveled a long way from home to play college basketball, which brought its own unique set of challenges and adjustments. That hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the best players to ever play for Ole Miss.
Saiz joined former Rebel Murphy Holloway as the only players in the 1,000-point, 900-rebound club in program history. Currently, he ranks seventh in the nation in rebounding. He is also to the first player in program history and just the 16th player in SEC history to record 1,000 points, 900 rebounds and 100 blocked shots.
With Saiz earning this honor, it is now the fifth straight year an Ole Miss basketball player has received the Howell Trophy. Other players who received it include Stefan Moody (2015 and 2016), Jarvis Summers (2014) and Marshall Henderson (2013).
“I’m proud of him,” Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy said. “He deserves this.”
Other Howell Trophy finalists included Mississippi State guard Quinndary Weatherspoon and Delta State guard Devin Schmidt. The winner of the award was selected based off votes from a state-wide media panel and fan voting conducted by C Spire.
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Basketball tournament affects parking
News – UNLV Free Press
Basketball tournament affects parking The Mountain West Conference Basketball Tournament is taking place at the Thomas & Mack from March 6 through March 11, and parking will be impacted. The
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Lady Rebels win final regular season game against Fresno State
Sports – UNLV Free Press
The Lady Rebels had one of their best defensive games of the 2016-17 season, beating the Fresno State Bulldogs by 16 points with a 54-38 win in the final game of the regular season on Friday night at the Cox Pavilion.
With the win, the Lady Rebels finish with a 21-9 overall and 12-6 conference record.
UNLV finished third place in the Mountain West, winning the tiebreaker against Boise State. With the 12 conference wins, the Lady Rebels set a new school record.
UNLV stomped the Bulldogs defensively from start to finish, holding the largest lead of the game in the fourth quarter at 41-25 with nine minutes left to play.
The Bulldogs were able to score, cutting the lead to nine points twice, but it still was not enough to get them back in the game. The Lady Rebels’ Paris Strawther shot a jumper which led to an 11-4 run. They maintained the lead and ultimately sealed their 16-point victory.
UNLV’s center Katie Powell led the scoring with 16 points and nine rebounds. She was assisted by forwards Strawther and Dylan Gonzalez, with 12 points and seven rebounds a piece. The Bulldogs’ leading scorer, Candice White, had 13 points and three rebounds.
The Lady Rebels also had the advantage by out-rebounding the Bulldogs 40-31. Their victory was also contributed by getting 12 steals and forcing the Bulldogs to 20 total turnovers.
UNLV will return to the court to play the winner of Monday’s first round game which is between Air Force, an 11th seed, and Utah State, a sixth seed. The game will be held on March 7 at 8:30 p.m.
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Card Towne’s best restaurants to visit
The Louisville Cardinal By Briana Williams–Cardinal Towne is home to hundreds of students and plenty of restaurants. The area is surrounded by good food options which students can easily walk to when they’re tired of on-campus eateries.Most of the restaurants are kind to our wallets and provide a lot of food for the price.But some rise above the rest, and if you’re going to spend all of your money on food, why not spend it on the good stuff? Here are Card Towne’s best restaurants to eat:Griff’s:Griff’s is one of the more expensive options in Card Towne, but it won’t put a hole in your wallet.The restaurant offers a bar-style menu and atmosphere. Going here and watching U of L games is a fun experience, and you may be lucky enough to see Darrell Griffith, the restaurant owner and former U of L basketball star. The overall environment is chill and the staff is nice. Go to Griff’s when your family comes to visit or when you want to watch a game with friends.As for the food, it’s definitely worth the slightly higher price. The sweet potato waffle fries with praline sauce are one of the best sides the restaurant has to offer. Upgrading to this from the regular fries is highly recommended. Pair those with some of Griff’s signature wings or sandwiches, like the fried chicken sandwich, and you’ve got a great meal.Jimmy John’s:Everyone knows Jimmy John’s for their fast service, but their sandwiches are also great. If you have no desire for Subway anymore, Jimmy John’s is a worthy upgrade.The Turkey Tom and the Big John are classic options anyone can love. If you’re more adventurous, try the Italian Night Club or the Hunter’s club. Both ...
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Cowboys defeat SJSU on Senior Day
Sports – The Branding Iron Online Redshirt Senior Jason McManamen. (Photo by Morgan Roppe)
The Cowboys forced 21 San Jose State turnovers en route to a 74-62 victory over the Spartans on Senior Night.
Before the game, Jason McManamen and Morris Marshall were honored for their contributions to UW, with Marshall making his first career start.
Sophomore guard, and Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year, Justin James led the Pokes with 15 points on 7-8 free throw shooting. Junior Al Herndon added 13 points as Wyoming (18-13 overall, 8-10 Mountain West) clinched the seventh seed for the MW Tournament that starts March 8 in Las Vegas.
“One of the things we talked to our guys about entering this game was looking at today as the start of the Mountain West Conference Tournament,” head coach Allen Edwards said. “This game was a must win in terms of positioning ourselves for the tournament either as the seven seed, with a win, or the nine seed.”
McManamen finished the game with nine points off of three triples, which has given the all-time leader in three-point shots 197 for his career. The Pokes shot 50 percent from the field and 52 percent from behind the arc.
San Jose State’s 21 turnovers were the most the Pokes have forced all season, and the Spartans finished the game shooting 44 percent from the field after shooting 57 percent in the first half. SJSU outrebounded the Cowboys 36-25 on the afternoon.
UW used an 8-0 run to take a 23-17 lead with 9:05 left in the first half, but SJSU used a 9-2 run to take the lead right back. The Pokes responded with a 9-3 run that gave UW the 36-31 lead they took into half.
The Pokes built a 46-40 lead with just under 15 minutes left in the game, but San Jose State continued to battle and brought the score to 56-53 with three minutes left. Threes by McManamen, Hayden ...
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Disappoints Warrants Dismissal of Responsibility?
The Arkansas Traveler - opinion,opinion/
I would like to be the first to state that I have absolutely no problem with protesting. It is our right as Americans to assemble and protest if we agree or disagree with a certain action or lack of action that is taking place, but protesting itself isn’t the real problem here.
Recently a lot of people participated in a protest called “A Day Without Immigrants.” Mothers, fathers, singles and even students didn’t show up to their respective workplaces or schools. Instead they chose to make a statement, that statement being that America would not run the way it would without immigrants and to a certain extent they are right. America is an incredibly diverse place and our diversity makes us stronger. Immigrants have changed this country and there are few examples of people that display the American dream better than immigrants.
Locally, we saw the effects of A Day Without Immigrants in Springdale. Certain businesses closed their doors and declared the day a non-work day while some people simply decided not to show up for work and believed their decisions would make a statement.
This day was intended to make an impact, but it is far more probable that customers drove up to the closed shops in question, peered at the darkened windows and said casually, “Huh. Must be closed,” then continued on their way to another shop that would provide service.
While some adults were participating, so were children. At George Junior High School there was a significant decline in attendance. Hallways were almost quiet and it seemed as if the diverse population was scarce. While I understand that the children were also trying to make a statement, their lack of presence was concerning at best and while their goal may have been to cause concern, it was a misguided one. Many children in the school ...
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Broncos comeback falls short, split with Bulldogs in regular season finale
Western Herald - sports
On senior night, the Western Michigan University Bronco hockey team finished the regular season with a 6-3 loss to the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. Before the game the Broncos honored senior goaltender Collin Olson, senior forwards Mike McKee, Michael Rebry, Aaron Hadley, and Sheldon Dries, as well as senior defensemen Chris Dienes and Taylor Fleming.
However, after pre-game ceremonies were over and the game had started, the Broncos found themselves in trouble. Head coach Andy Murray says the rocky start wasn’t what the team was looking for.
“We didn’t get out of the box at the start of the game like we wanted” Murray said.
The Bulldogs would take advantage of two Bronco penalties in the first to grab a 2-0 lead. Junior forward Jared Thomas would net his first goal of the season on a power play. With two minutes left in the first and on another power play sophomore forward Adam Johnson found the back of the net to put the Bulldogs up 2-0.
The Broncos would cut the lead in half after sophomore forward Matheson Iacopelli netted his 20th goal of the season. Iacopelli becomes the first Bronco to collect 20 goals in a season since Mark Letestu had 26 in the 2006-07 season. Freshman forward Lawton Courtnall would continue his productive weekend when he tied the game midway through the second. Yet the Bulldogs would cause chaos in front of the net and stray freshman goaltender Ben Blacker out of his net which allowed Johnson to push in his second goal of the game with 4.4 seconds left in the period to take a 3-2 lead.
The Bulldogs would add two more goals in the first seven minutes of the third period. Junior forward Avery Peterson would collect his seventh goal of the season giving the Bulldogs a 4-2 lead. Minutes later freshman forward Joey Anderson ...
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Upcoming Pac-12 games to test women’s tennis’ doubles play
Daily Bruin The real test for UCLA women’s tennis starts this weekend.
After dropping three straight matches, the No. 21 Bruins (6-4) will only face Pac-12 opponents for the rest of the season, starting with the No. 16 Stanford Cardinal (7-1) on Friday.
“We don’t really have much time to think about (the past),” said junior Terri Fleming. “We have two really tough matches coming up this weekend, back to back.”
[Related: Women’s tennis grapples with maintaining late-game momentum]
The Bruins were fifth in the Pac-12 last year, their lowest finish since 2005, after posting a 6-3 conference record. The four teams that finished above UCLA, No. 7 California, Stanford, Arizona State and USC along with No. 25 Washington will be the Bruins’ main challengers for the Pac-12 title this season.
One of the keys for UCLA will be to capture the doubles point – the Bruins have dropped the point in all but one of their losses, but won it in each of their six victories this year. Last season, UCLA failed to win the doubles point in two of its three conference losses, the exception being a 5-1 decision at Stanford where the teams didn’t play doubles.
Before last weekend, the Bruins had tried four different doubles combinations this season, but only went 7-6 at courts two and three. Against Baylor, the team decided to switch all three of their pairings, putting Fleming and redshirt freshman Jada Hart at court one, sophomores Gabby Andrews and Alaina Miller at court two and freshman Ena Shibahara and junior Kristin Wiley at court three.
The decision worked, as the Bruins received wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to secure the point.
[Related: Women’s tennis falls to Baylor 4-3 despite fruitful doubles lineup change]
While the element of surprise was on UCLA’s side, the players also practice often with different doubles partners, which helped ...
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Thrill of the hunt
The Argonaut “Horizon: Zero Dawn” is a massive adventure
Despite being populated with menacing robotic dinosaurs, the post apocalyptic world depicted in “Horizon: Zero Dawn,” the latest PlayStation exclusive game from developer Guerilla is beautiful.
The game brags on its graphics: ruins of buildings and cars among massive jungles, hidden bunkers that hide advanced armor sets and numerous opportunities to take in the scenic views omnipresent in this colossal open world.
Thousands of years into the future, Earth is infested with robotic machines of unknown origin, who roam the lands while mankind has reverted to their primitive ways.
The game’s story unfolds when Aloy, a determined young woman cast out from her tribe, sets out to conquer the Proving, a ritual to grant her the privilege to rejoin the tribe. But when tragedy strikes the ritual, Aloy must set out on a dangerous mission to find answers and seek revenge.
“Horizon: Zero Dawn” goes the extra mile to make sure players are never bored. The open world is absolutely massive with an abundance of quests for the player to craft their own adventure — if they can stop staring at the gorgeous graphics.
The activities in the game present a wide range of choices for the player with multiple ways to approach missions. There’s genuine strategy involved with every encounter, resembling a hunt where preparation is half the battle.
“Horizon” presents a great deal of challenges to the player. This game takes serious skill. For players who aren’t used to these types of games, it’ll be a culture shock when they die. Adding to the challenge is the lack of autosave.
Gamers must manually save their game at campfires spread throughout the world, forcing them to think carefully about when they want to stop and save. And fast travel throughout the game’s land costs in game currency, so ...
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Weekly News Briefs: March 6
NEWS – The Signal Local
KKK making their way to Georgia for protest
Members of the Mississippi Ku Klux Klan planned to travel to Douglas County to protest the sentencing of a couple who terrorized a birthday party for an 8-year-old black child. According to WSB-TV, Jose Torres and Kayla Norton were sentenced to 13 years and 6 years respectively for driving past the party while waving Confederate flags and guns. The Mississippi Klan’s imperial wizard, Steve Howard, claimed that Torres and Norton were only making a flag run and that the court’s decision was unfair. The KKK were set to march to the Douglas County Courthouse on March 5 at noon but never arrived. In their place, supporters with Confederate flags and protesters of the KKK engaged in a heated exchange.
National
Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping without proof
President Trump posted a series tweets on the morning of March 4 claiming that his predecessor had been tapping his phones inside Trump Tower for some time, before the election without any proof of this. In his words, Trump said the alleged wiretapping was similar to the Watergate scandal under the Nixon administration. According to CNN, several parties have come forward claiming the accusations to be false. Two former US officials called the claims “just nonsense” and “wrong”. A senior administration official in Washington said that the words of the president were a surprise to many in the White House, believing it to be in response to “how the Russia storyline is playing out.”
Global
United States engages in Secret Cyberwar with North Korea
North Korea’s missile program is under attack by cyber and electronic attacks conducted by the United States government. According to the New York Times, former President Barack Obama made this an order to the Pentagon three years ago in hope of sabotaging any of North Korea’s missile test launches. Interviews ...
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The new student body president must represent the entire
Opinions – The University Star
After a torrid campaign rivaling the likes of last year’s national election, Connor Clegg and Colton Duncan will be the student body president and vice president for the 2017-18 school year. Hopefully, the pair will uphold campaign promises and tackle the diversity and communication issues our university is facing.
Voter turnout for Student Government positions is typically pretty low. Students are concerned with classes, family and their day-to-day life and don’t spend much time concerned with Student Government’s affairs and elections. However, this campaign cycle captured the attention of student’s far and wide because of the intrigue of alleged early-campaigning and the popularity of Black Lives Movement San Marcos leader Russell Boyd.
Boyd was disqualified early in the campaign season after a complaint was filed by Clegg. The Clegg-Duncan team claimed Boyd had participated in early campaigning, citing a tweet he made referring to how Boyd believed he would be a good president. In keeping with the fact that most students saw through this political ploy, the student Supreme Court overturned the decision and Boyd was allowed to run.
Throughout the campaigns both candidates offered appealing campaign promises with Boyd offering solutions to bridge the diversity gaps on campus and Clegg declaring that he would improve campus security. Some students felt that both candidates’ campaign promises fell flat after witnessing the petty bickering and jabs about outfits and tweets that the contenders made on the night of the debate. We hope that Clegg will be a student body president that is able to put aside trivial differences and comments in an effort to work towards a greater good—a unified student body.
Students deserve a president and vice president that will fight for their issues, listen to their struggles and enact legislation to improve the lives of all Bobcats. Hopefully Clegg and Duncan will come through ...
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LUKE’S BEAT: BIG SKY TOURNAMENT BREAKDOWN
Opinion – The Bengal
Lucas Gebhart
Sports Editor
It’s a possibility that by the time this article prints, both Idaho State teams will already be eliminated from the Big Sky Tournament in Reno.
Because of this possibility and the fact that this story has to be written no later than Saturday because of deadlines, here is a breakdown heading into the conference tournament even though the first round has already concluded.
The top four seeds get first round buys and do not play until the quarterfinals, meaning that the Bengals could pick up a win in the opening round before having to play a conference juggernaut.
The Bengals grabbed the 6th seed on the women’s side. The women’s team will have already played Montana, and despite losing to the Grizzlies on Friday night, will hopefully be playing Northern Colorado Wednesday night.
The men finished the regular season in 11th place after being picked to finish 5th in the preseason polls and will have already played Sacramento State Tuesday night with the winner playing Eastern Washington.
WHO WILL WIN?
Northern Colorado and Weber State.
The key to winning in March is defense and free throw shooting. As of Feb. 28., the Idaho State women make up the best defensive scoring team in the tournament. The Bengals are giving up an average of 60.9 points per game, but injuries make me hesitant to pick the Bengals.
I think ISU will beat Montana on Monday but I don’t think they can get past Northern Colorado on Wednesday.
The Bengals split with the Bears during the regular season, but injuries have plagued the Bengals this season and I think that will play a factor in the tournament.
I like Northern Colorado because it has the second highest scoring defense in the conference heading into the tournament.
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Vardaman Hall to be renamed, other buildings to be contextualized, committee says
The Daily Mississippian The name of Vardaman Hall will be changed and seven other sites on campus will be altered or contextualized, the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context said Monday.
The committee is currently taking recommendations for the contextualization of Lamar Hall, Barnard Observatory, Longstreet Hall and George Hall, with a deadline of the semester’s end to submit their final recommendations.
Antebellum sites such as the Lyceum, Barnard Hall, Croft and Hilgard Cut are also being considered for contextualizing because they were each built by enslaved people. These sites were determined during phase one of the committee’s charge, which took recommendations through their website starting in August. The committee received 45 buildings or places recommended for change. In phase one, members of the committee gathered these recommendations and researched each of them in order to form an opinion on whether it needed contextualization. The committee met eight times last semester.
The committee was met with many questions from the the 50 or so students, faculty and community members in the listening session.
Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter speaks at the CAHC Listening Session on Monday at the Inn. (Photo by: Cameron Brooks)
Several students posed questions to Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter who, after opening up the meeting and hearing the introductions led by members of the committee, left.
“This is something that would be more appropriately directed to Chancellor Vitter, but … I think in the future the chancellor should consider that it’s not always about who has the most pull in the community but who has the most knowledge to commit to the project,” said Tysiana Marino, a senior public policy leadership major and president of the university chapter of the NAACP. “To reach more people should not be that big of a pull for him (Vitter).”
Jackson Lovelady, freshman business management major who asked several questions at the meeting, said he ...
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Classifieds – March 7, 2017
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