Vanderbilt Hustler
In December, students approached Vanderbilt’s Project Safe with a complaint about the security swiping system in Warren and Moore College. Non-residential visitors could not exit the building without residential card access. Non-residents can ride the elevator down to the first floor, but they cannot exit through the main exit.
“The concern was that if someone had had an uncomfortable or non-consensual encounter and wanted to quickly exit the residence hall for safety that they may be deterred,” said Cara Tuttle Bell, the director of Project Safe.
Moore College’s entrance is on its first floor, which is a residential floor, and the elevators are inside that security perimeter. Non-residents, therefore, can only exit on the non-residential floor at the garage level, where an emergency exit is located. Project Safe presented this problem to Vanderbilt Residential Education, and after evaluating the complaint, the office has decided not to change the swiping system in Moore College.
“The leadership of the Office of Housing and Residential Education have discussed this situation and agree that there is no need to change access privileges for non-residents,” Jim Kramka, the director of housing operations, said. “Visitors who are frustrated at not being able to take the elevators or stairs to the first floor should have their host escort them to the first floor, in compliance with the policies of the Student Handbook.”
This case is a double-sided safety issue because providing residential floor access to non-residents poses a possible threat to the security of that floor.
“Safety and security in our residence halls if one of our foremost concerns,” Kamka said. “If students are not safe in their homes, we are not doing our jobs. To secure our residence halls from unauthorized entry from ill-intentioned strangers, faculty, staff, and students, Vanderbilt has committed itself to building access controls the restrict entry to buildings and to ...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Administration decides Warren and Moore swiping system will not change
UCLA women’s basketball routs Texas A&M 75-43, heads to Sweet 16
Daily Bruin Kari Korver looked excited after hitting her second three of the game.
Texas A&M (22-12, 9-7 SEC) called a timeout and the redshirt senior guard pumped her fist and shouted as she headed into the UCLA (25-8, 13-5 Pac-12) huddle up at 9-2 less than two minutes into the game.
“I usually try not to showboat; I was just too excited,” Korver said. “It’s good to play in the Sweet 16. It’s my last game in Pauley.”
It was unclear what the Aggies discussed in that timeout during what would become a 75-43 Bruin victory. Maybe they thought Korver would cool down. She didn’t. Maybe they thought they could close out on her faster than they did earlier in the game. That didn’t happen either.
Korver kept getting open and kept making 3-pointers.
At halftime, the Aggies had 21 points and Korver had 18 of the Bruins’ 42 points.
Texas A&M was never able to get back into the game.
“I think Cleveland might have the wrong Korver, because that Korver is pretty damn good,” said Texas A&M coach Gary Blair, alluding to Korver’s cousin Kyle. “If I’m LeBron, I’m asking for that one, too.”
Korver, playing for the final time in Pauley Pavilion, described it as probably her hottest college game.
“In high school I had some games where I was hot, and I’ve had a few in college, but that was a lot of fun right there,” Korver said.
Junior guard Jordin Canada assisted on four of Korver’s 3-pointers in the first half and on her only 3-pointer of the third quarter.
Canada would finish with a statline of 12 points, 11 assists and five rebounds, while sitting the entire fourth quarter.
“My teammates were confident and they were knocking down shots,” Canada said. “You saw Kari was 7 for 10 … I thought we ...
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A-State to name Mike Balado as men’s basketball coach
The Herald - sports
A-State is slated to announce a men’s basketball head coach replacement on Monday.
According to Jerry Scott, Director of Sports Information, Louisville assistant Mike Balado will be announced at a 10 a.m. press conference Monday.
The press conference will be held at the Convocation Center and is open to the public.
Balado’s appointment comes nearly a week after Grant McCasland announced his decision to step down. McCasland is set to serve as of head basketball coach, Vice President and director of athletics at the University of North Texas.
Including the 2016-17 campaign, Balado most recently spent the last four seasons on the Louisville men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. During Balado's four seasons working with head coach Rick Pitino at Louisville, the Cardinals have posted a 106-31 overall record for a .774 winning percentage.
The Herald will provide updates as more details are made available.
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Women's Basketball ends season 13-17 overall
The George-Anne - sports
After exiting the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in the first round, Georgia Southern ends the regular season at 13-17 overall.
The fifth-seeded Eagles fell to eleventh-seeded Arkansas State (7-24, 5-15) 61-54. The loss to the Red Wolves was unexpected, as the Red Wolves entered the game next to last in the Sun Belt.
Georgia Southern made drastic improvements during head coach Kip Drown’s second year at the helm. During Drown’s first year at Georgia Southern, the Eagles finished last in the conference standings, notching just four conference wins.
After a slow 4-10 start, it looked as if the bad fortunes of last season would carry over into the new season. However, Drown’s team finished in the top half of the Sun Belt standings after finishing the regular season 9-9 in conference.
The women’s basketball program says goodbye to two seniors who were integral parts to the team within the past few years. Both Angel McGowan and Patrice Butler were named to the Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team.
This year’s selection was the second consecutive year of making All-Conference Second Team for McGowan. McGowan was the conference’s third leading scorer with 15.7 points per game.
Butler was fourth in scoring and eighth in rebounding in the Sun Belt. Starting point guard Alexis Sams also graduates along with forward Jessica Marcus.
The leadership and contributions that Sams, McGowan, and Butler provided as starters will be challenging for Kip Drown and the Eagles to manage.
The large freshman class of five players who joined Georgia Southern in 2016 and the rest of the team will embrace larger roles in the 2017-2018. One player cannot replace the production of any of the three starting seniors alone.
Drown has spoken highly of the freshman class and on the difficulty of finding playing time for all of them in the past. With ...
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For the love of performing — UI senior reflects on lessons learned as a dance major
The Argonaut Lisa Nikssarian, a senior in the dance program at the University of Idaho, transferred from California and has since advanced her knowledge and passion for dance in Moscow.
Nikssarian said she has been dancing since she was four years old and it has been something she has always loved.
She chose to come to the University of Idaho because of the dance program and its emphasis on the science side of dance.
“I knew I wanted to be a dance major,” Nikssarian said. “What’s awesome about the dance program here is that it’s a bachelor of science, so it’s more kinesiology-based and focuses more on your body and technique.”
While the science is helpful and important, Nikssarian said it was the most difficult part of the major.
“The hardest part would definitely be all the science classes we have to take,” she said. “It’s a blessing and a curse, its hard but so helpful.”
Nikssarian said she considered following in her mother’s footsteps as a fashion major, but picked dance because she loved moving.
“Picking a degree and deciding what I want to do with my future, I could never see myself sitting in a cubicle in an office on a computer,” she said.
Nikssarian said the UI dance program is helpful not only because of the scientific aspect but also because of the opportunity to learn many genres of dance.
“I’ve grown as a dancer knowing the science behind it and focusing on the anatomy,” she said. “But I have also grown just by trying the different genres of dance.”
Since she came to UI, Nikssarian has been active in the Dancers Drummers Dreamers (DDD) concert held by the dance and music programs.
“I ended up transferring here halfway through my sophomore year and I didn’t know anyone but my teachers told ...
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Morning Madness: Tuesday, March 21
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We’re in the midst of three of the longest days in the college basketball season. The Sweet 16 is set, but we won’t see another NCAA tournament game until Thursday night.
We broke down every team that made it to the Sweet 16
The first weekend of the NCAA tournament may have been without replayable-for-eternity highlights -- no buzzer-beaters, no overtimes yet -- but there are still plenty of storylines. Michigan’s miraculous March, South Carolina’s upset win, the ACC’s disappearing act.
NCAA.com’s Mike Lopresti breaks down the opening weekend and future prospects of each of the 16 teams remaining, from A(rizona) to X(avier).
Here's the weekend's Upset Journal.
Here's the Sweet 16 schedule
East Regional
Friday, 7:29 — (3) Baylor vs. (7) South CarolinaFriday, 9:59 — (4) Florida vs. (8) Wisconsin
Midwest Regional
Thursday, 7:09 ET — (3) Oregon vs. (7) MichiganThursday, 9:39 ET — (1) Kansas vs. (4) Purdue
South Regional
Friday, 7:09 ET — (1) North Carolina vs. (4) Butler
Friday, 9:39 ET — (2) Kentucky vs. (3) UCLAWest Regional
Thursday, 7:39 ET — (1) Gonzaga vs. (4) West Virginia
Thursday, 10:09 ET — (2) Arizona vs. (11) Xavier
Over in the NIT, the quarterfinals are set
No. 4 seed Central Florida climbed out of a 13-point halftime hole Monday night to beat top-seeded Illinois State on Tuesday, putting the Knights into the NIT quarterfinals. They'll meet Illinois. The other quarterfinal games pit Texas-Arlington against CSU-Bakersfield,Georgia Tech against Ole Miss and TCU against Richmond.
See the full NIT schedule and scores here.
Mark your calendar
Sweet 16 begins: Thursday
Elite Eight begins: Saturday
Final Four in Phoenix: April 1-3
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Executive Vice President Candidates
NEWS – The Signal Questions:
What is your platform?
What do you consider the biggest concerns of the students at GSU and how would you address them?
What do you plan to accomplish in your term?
What makes you stand out from the other candidates?
What does GSU mean to you?
GABRIEL TY KUECHER
Platform
My platform can be encapsulated into one word: engagement. The student government association here at the Georgia State Atlanta campus is the representative of all students, but let me ask, what is representation without participation? Last year less than 5% of the student body at Georgia State voted in the SGA elections. Students would greatly benefit from student government that engages them, speaks to them, and works for them.
My main areas of focus are student involvement, inter-organizational involvement, and taking advantage of the possibilities SGA fosters.
Hot issues to address?
Since my start at Georgia State I have met a few people who’ve become great friends, as well as experienced professors who helped guide me in my endeavors. I’ve been a commuter student all three years, and the last two years I’ve been much closer to campus than before after moving into the Summerhill neighborhood next to Turner Field. My experience at Georgia State isn’t the same as all students, so my concerns may differ from others. I do believe, however, that our differing experiences at Georgia State are as valuable as our similarities, and incorporating these variations is my greatest concern.
What do you plan to accomplish?
Approaching my senior year, I plan to enjoy what fun I have left in and outside the classroom, and I believe I can accomplish a number of goals in the process.
First, I want to work to create a student life app which would center around everything students. For example, there would be a platform for a ...
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Texas should not support Trump’s travel ban
Opinions – The University Star Illustration by: Flor Barajas | Staff Illustrator
By Rachael Shah
Texas has become the first state to show support toward President Trump’s travel ban and it is extremely disheartening that our home state would partake in such blatant Islamophobia.
For those of you who have not been paying attention, Trump decided to halt travel and immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Anyone arriving from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen face a 90-day visa suspension. There is also an indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
“This is not about religion. This is about terror and keeping our country safe,” President Donald Trump said via Facebook.
As much as I would love to believe Trump’s ban is not a demeaning and derogatory course of action, I cannot be so naïve.
If you look at the most recent terror attacks in the United States, many were carried out by U.S. nationals or citizens from countries not included in the ban.
According to BBC.com, the following were responsible for recent terrorist attacks:
Knowing this information, I am confused as to why Trump decided to ban countries that have posed little to no threat to the United States. If Trump truly wanted to protect the American people, wouldn’t he at the very least include countries where terrorists have stemmed from?
Trump cited 9/11 as one of the events to inspire the travel ban. However, this claim makes no sense.
According BBC, “none of the 19 hijackers who committed the attacks came from countries included in the suspension. They were from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon.”
It is astounding Trump did not include those countries in the ban. It is also extremely unsettling Trump has business ties in the countries where the hijackers responsible for 9/11 stemmed from.
America’s safety is important, but banning countries that ...
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Registration for Summer Science Camp
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Registration for Summer Science CampMarch 7, 2017The ISU Center for Science Education is accepting registrations for Summer Science Camp 2017. The camp will be taught by pre-service teachers (junior and senior elementary education majors) enrolled in our science teaching/methods course. Experienced licensed teachers will also be on hand to help with camp supervision.The camp is open to children who are enrolled in kindergarten through seventh grades during the 2017-2018 academic year. The camp is designed to teach children basic science concepts, using fun hands-on activities.Camp begins July 24 and ends Aug. 4. During this time, the camp will meet Monday - Friday. The camp will meet most days from 8 a.m.- noon. Some field trips may take children off campus and on these days, the camp may have different start and end times. The cost of this year's camp is $120 per child.For more details, please visit our website at http://www.indstate.edu! /cas/SciEd/summer-science-campFeel free to call the Science Education Office at 812-237-3010 or email Destiney Hughes at dhughes22@sycamores.indstate.edu if you have questions or would like to request an application form.
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Public workshop on financial literacy for women offered April 13
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A public workshop on financial literacy for women, sponsored by AAUW State College and the Penn State Literacy Center, will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 13, in 119 Outreach Building, Innovation Park, University Park campus.
The workshop is open to the public but registration is required. This interactive session is for all women seeking the ability to use skills and knowledge in financial literacy to manage financial resources effectively for financial freedom and security.
Despite the remarkable strides women have made over time in being the most powerful consumers and gaining professional positions, they still experience too many demands on their time and money, says Daad Rizk, financial literacy director for the Penn State Literacy Center and the program’s facilitator. They are constantly juggling priorities at home, work, and other commitments. They often pay little attention to combating their personal financial challenges through life and into retirement.
The workshop will discuss the overall financial status and life cycle of women, explore the proper approach to budgeting to eliminate debt, and stimulate strategies for saving and investing.
Rizk has extensive higher education experience in financial aid, business management, and as a university bursar. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and business management from Warren Wilson College and an MBA and doctorate of education from Georgia Southern University. This spring she was named Financial Literacy Education–Educator of the Year, a prestigious national award from the Institute of Financial Literacy.
Free parking is available at unmetered spaces only, behind the building after 5 p.m. The door to the building from the parking lot will remain open until 7 p.m. RSVPs are required and are due to mailto:cbishop@ccysb.com by Monday, April 10.
Last Updated March 20, 2017
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Altering pH bumps prions out of danger zone
MSUToday - Featured stories Prion diseases are scary, incurable and fatal. They first gained notoriety when cows became infected by prion proteins and, in turn, infected people. Fervor surrounding mad cow disease resulted in the U.S. banning imports of beef from the European Union for 15 years.
New research led by Michigan State University and published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers hope by showing how we might prevent prions from aggregating or growing into deadly diseases. The results also show that an antihistamine, astemizole, proved effective in reducing prion aggregation.
Lisa Lapidus, MSU professor of physics and astronomy, has pioneered a laser technique to advance her medical discoveries. The two-laser approach measures the speed at which proteins rearrange before beginning to clump, or aggregate – the critical beginning of many neurodegenerative diseases.
“While prion’s transmission method is quite unusual, the process of protein clumping is quite common in a number of diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease,” said Lapidus, who published the paper with Kinshuk Raj Srivastava, former postdoctoral fellow at MSU. “We’ve discovered that there is a ‘dangerous middle range,’ a speed that individual proteins rearrange in which clumping happens fastest. We were also able to find a way to bump the proteins out of the danger zone and reduce the chances of clumping from happening.”
Bumping proteins out of the danger zone could help advance research on prion diseases, such as fatal familial insomnia and kuru in humans, mad cow disease, and chronic wasting disease in deer.
What these prion diseases have in common, the team discovered, is the key speed changer of pH. Using the protein from a hamster, a mammal with a history of suffering from prion diseases, the team found that prion-related protein chains reconfigure slowly at neutral pH, thus avoiding the sticky middle speeds.
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Classifieds – March 21, 2017
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OPINION: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ – Are we sure it isn’t ‘Friends’?
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There are multiple ways college students can spend their spring breaks. For some, it’s all about living up to their “life is a beach” attitude and hitting up Cabo, Mexico, Hawaii or any nearby beaches. For others, like myself, it is all about hibernation, rejuvenating after midterms and gearing up for those brain-stirring finals.
Same, Corinne. Same. (Courtesy of ABC / GIPHY)
So this spring, I decided to spend five out of my nine-day break watching the first season of one new TV show (which I haven’t already binged) a day.
At the end of each day, I will do a quick review-slash-recap (like this one) about my day and the show I’ve just watched.
Today’s show: How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014)
(Photo courtesy of FAN THE FIRE Magazine / Flickr)For those who haven’t seen it, the show revolved around a group of friends navigating through their late-20s in New York City. Sounds familiar doesn’t it?
How I Met Your Mother did not star Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Karen Green or Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani. But it did have Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby, who started the show off by telling his children (played by Lyndsy Fonseca and a pre-Wizards of Waverly Place David Henrie) in the year 2030 about how he met their mother — beginning in 2005.
Josh lived with his best friend Marshall (Jason Segel) and Marshall’s fiancé Lily (Alyson Hannigan) in NYC. Josh is basically in love with news reporter Robin (Cobie Smulders) throughout the entire first season, which during the finale episode — SPOILERS — they ended up together.
Oh, did I mention the show also starred Neil Patrick Harris as Barney “the playboy” Stinson?
I started my binging journey in the morning, thinking that How I Met Your Mother will live up to its hype. (It ...
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Trump rally draws supporters and protesters
The Louisville Cardinal By Shelby Brown–President Donald Trump promoted his replacement healthcare plan at a rally March 20. Trump’s speech echoed those of his 2016 campaign. Trump reiterated that the House of Representatives will vote on the new healthcare plan March 23.“It’s time for Democrats in Washington to take responsibility for the disaster that they, and they alone, created,” Trump said. “Thursday is our chance to end Obamacare and the Obamacare catastrophe.”Trump touched on reducing taxes, keeping trade deals and border security. Trump’s original travel ban was blocked by several Federal judges. Most recently, Trump revised the ban and it was blocked by U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii.“We are fighting on the side of our great American heritage,” Trump said.Supporters began lining up this morning with doors set to open at 4:30 p.m. and Trump scheduled to speak at 7:30 p.m. Ticket holder restrictions kept most protesters outside. Organizations like Indivisible Kentucky, Planned Parenthood, Black Lives Matter Louisville and Students for Reproductive Justice were present. U of L’s Bree Perry said intersectional representation was her main goal for the day. “I had to make sure that black trans lives are represented, disabled lives are represented, and every part of me that sometimes gets pushed to the side,” she said.Perry also expressed concerns about education under the Trump administration.“I know a lot of people who were going to go get their PhDs and then Trump won,” Perry said. “They just aren’t comfortable being stuck in school and they don’t know how their financial lives are going to change under this administration because it’s so unpredictable. He’s so anti-lower working class people and that’s who a lot of my friends are in academia. If we don’t have a safety plan for our finances how are we supposed ...
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Mace & Crown Now Accepting Applications for Editor-in-Chief
Adam Flores | Editor-in-ChiefThe Mace & Crown is now accepting applications for the position of editor-in-chief for the Fall 2017 semester. Applicants can submit a résumé to: editorinchief@maceandcrown.comThe Mace & Crown will be published in a monthly magazine format beginning September 2017. Its focus will be on student life and culture with feature stories and articles on social issues, music and arts, student, staff and faculty profiles, fashion, creative writing, satire, food, tech, and much more.The journalism / breaking news component of The Mace & Crown will still be a vital part of our daily newsroom operations and will publish directly to our website.The position of EiC is responsible for the overall operations of the newsroom and organization. Duties may include, but are not limited to:
Serving as liaison to the contracted publishing company, organizations, and offices on campus
Serve as the official representative of the organization to administrators
Overseeing production of the publications – taking responsibility for all content and accuracy
As requested by Editorial Board members, file FOIA requests with the Office of Community Engagement
Prior to sending, giving the print edition a final review and approval, looking for mistakes, errors and technical problems
Laying out and editing of the Op-Ed / Creative Enclave sections
Leading staff and Editorial Board meetings
Coordinating with Advertising and Business Manager to submit budget for approval and present yearly budget to Editorial Board
Being present at all production meetings
Responsible for ordering office supplies when they run out
Responsible for booking university space (as needed) through the space reservation system
Ensure all Editorial Board members are completing four (4) weekly office hours
Ensuring all Editorial Board members are working to recruit new members, for a minimum of four (4) hours per month
Application deadline is noon on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Interviews will be conducted on Thursday, March 30 starting at 12:30 p.m., Mace & Crown newsroom, which is located in Webb University ...
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Heavy California rains par for the course for climate change
Stanford News
March 21, 2017Heavy California rains par for the course for climate change Stanford climatologist Noah Diffenbaugh explains why heavy rains during a drought are to be expected for a state in the throes of climate change.
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Here’s a question that Stanford climatologist Noah Diffenbaugh gets asked a lot lately: “Why did California receive so much rain lately if we’re supposed to be in the middle of a record-setting drought?”
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Stanford Professor Noah Diffenbaugh warns that heavy California rains like those experienced this past winter are here to stay.
When answering, he will often refer the questioner to a Discover magazine story published in 1988, when Diffenbaugh was still in middle school.
The article, written by veteran science writer Andrew Revkin, detailed how a persistent rise in global temperatures would affect California’s water system. It predicted that as California warmed, more precipitation would fall as rain rather than snow, and more of the snow that did fall would melt earlier in the season. This in turn would cause reservoirs to fill up earlier, increasing the odds of both winter flooding and summer droughts.
“It is amazing how the state of knowledge in 1988 about how climate change would affect California’s water system has played out in reality over the last three decades,” said Diffenbaugh, a professor of Earth System Science at Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.
Diffenbaugh, who specializes in using historical observations and mathematical models to study how climate change affects water resources, agriculture, and human health, sees no contradiction in California experiencing one of its wettest years on record right on the heels of a record-setting extended drought.
“When you look back at the historical record of climate in California, you see this pattern of intense ...
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FELICE: The problem with student self-governance
Cavalier Daily
OPINIONU.Va. crowning jewel is mistreated, unrepresentative and negatively affects our image
by Mark Felice
| Mar 21 2017 | 3 hours ago
Leadership and responsibility are qualities every student should be allowed to learn and express while at the University. However, these philosophies have been misused most by the free reign bestowed upon us by the administration. Organizations like the Honor Committee, student Class Councils and the University Guide Service prompt underlying faults which hinder action. Self-governance pits student against student, allows an elite class to govern and underrepresents many groups. All of these complications will continue to divide students unless fundamental administrative intervention is taken to change the way our system works. The way student leadership works right now is not true self-governance, but an aristocracy. Competitiveness in joining student organizations and academics is quite contradictory to what the University strives for in the idea of student self-governance. The University states the culture of self-governance gives graduates “a lasting sense of initiative, decisiveness and self-confidence.” Self-confidence is crushed when a new student can’t get into any clubs because they don’t quite fit the mold. Those who say this prepares us for the workplace are looking at the outside world from a pessimistic angle. The focus should be on easing students into the process of adulthood. Many of the aspects surrounding our college life are far from adulthood. The assumptions that weekends start on Thursdays, work only lasts in increments of 50 minutes and the way we act in college would be sufficient in the workplace are all examples of where students still need administrative guidance. Student competitiveness is perpetuated by the administration through student self-governance and hurts students who are introverted or otherwise unique in some alienating way. It creates a social aspect which is unwelcoming, cliquish and elitist. Saying we have a unique group of student leaders on Grounds is far ...
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Evangelista discusses purpose of Student Legal Services, Inc. board
The Daily Orange – The Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse, New York
Student Association President Eric Evangelista on Monday discussed his discovery of a board consisting partially of SA members that is supposed to advise Student Legal Services, Inc.
During SA’s assembly meeting Monday night in Maxwell Auditorium, Evangelista said the board is supposed to be comprised of SA’s president and comptroller and Graduate Student Organization’s president and comptroller. The SA bylaws state the SLS board should include SA’s president, comptroller and three at-large members. SLS provides free legal services to students of Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, according to its website.
The board was meant to meet regularly with SLS, but Evangelista said he only learned about the existence of the board three weeks ago. He gave an update Monday on SLS’s budget, though some of the discussion was kept private.
Evangelista said that it was his understanding that the board’s only restriction was to pass SLS’s budget. SLS requested $300,000 in funding from SA to cover its operating costs, which included $80,000 to pay the salaries of attorneys to help students navigate legal services, he said.
But Evangelista said SLS does not collect billable hours. Most lawyers keep billable hours, a time sheet that details the amount of work a lawyer does for a client, he said.
Because SLS does not collect billable hours, it is difficult to know exactly what services SLS provides, he added.
Evangelista said there was pushback from other members of the board when he requested that SLS impose billable hours. He said the sense he got from other members of the board was that they didn’t believe it was their responsibility to ask SLS to take billable hours.
“The fact that they didn’t provide billable hours to myself or other individuals who were present at this meeting was ...
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Cullen fountain quietly filled over Spring Break
News – The Daily Cougar By Traynor Swanson March 20, 2017
The Cullen Family Plaza Fountain and Reflection Pool first closed for repairs in December 2014. | Isabel Pen/The Cougar
Students were treated to an unexpected surprise when they returned to campus from Spring Break as the Cullen Family Plaza Fountain and Reflection Pool was filled with water. It was first drained in December 2014, and has been intermittently filled and drained several times since.
The iconic University of Houston fountain was put back into service on March 14 to test pumps and lighting systems before being drained for minor repairs, said David Oliver, the associate vice president for Facilities and Construction Management.
It was drained again for minor repairs and put back into testing on March 16. It will remain in testing mode with ongoing monitoring and adjustments to the pumping and lighting systems for the near future, Oliver said.
“At this time, it is planned to stay in operation unless further repairs are required,” Oliver said.
The 300,000-gallon fountain, dedicated in 1972 with a donation from the Cullen family, was taken out of service more than two years ago to repair extensive leaks and failing mechanical systems, Oliver said. During that time, the University sought the most efficient way to correct the problems.
“There was a substantial diagnostic period in which the subsurface piping and mechanical systems were analyzed, and the causes of the failures and leaks were identified by third party consultants,” Oliver said. “Once the cause of the problems was identified, different repair options were evaluated to develop a cost effective plan that would not only repair the fountain and bring it up to current code requirements but also upgrade the lighting systems to newer, controllable LED lights.”
The fountain will continue to be monitored for adjustments in the next month.
“Short outages may be necessary to adjust or repair the fountain systems at various times over the ...
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Monday, March 20, 2017
Video: In search of the area’s best cold pizza, an experiment
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In preparation for late night studying, Daily Bruin Video had students taste test pizza from different UCLA and Westwood restaurants to determine the best cold pizza. Good luck with finals, Bruins!
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Watch ‘Beauty and the Beast’ before the last petal falls
A+E – UNLV Free Press
Disney invites audiences to be their guest for the much-anticipated live action remake of “Beauty and the Beast,” which began showing in theaters March 17.
After seeing the live action adaptations of “Alice in Wonderland,” “Cinderella,” “Maleficent” and “The Jungle Book,” Disney fans were excited to see Emma Watson (“Harry Potter,” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”) and Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey,” “Legion”) bring Belle and the Beast to life.
Director Bill Condon doesn’t disappoint with his adaptation of the classic 1991 animated film. While there are noteworthy differences between the live action version and the animation, he stays true to the fairytale that many people have come to love.
Belle, a beautiful, independent and intelligent young woman, takes her father’s place in prison after he unknowingly stole a rose from the Beast’s castle. The Beast, a hairy, bison-like creature with large horns, is actually a prince under a curse.
The prince refused to help an old woman because of her less-than appealing looks, but it turned out that the old woman was actually a beautiful enchantress. She cursed him into becoming a beast and turned all of his castle workers into household items. The Beast has until the last rose petal falls to get someone to love him despite his looks in order to break the curse.
The screenplay, written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, adds a richer layer to Belle and the Beast’s characterizations by including more backstory. Audiences will learn more about Belle’s mother and the reason why the Beast was as spoiled and unpleasant as he was.
It’s hard to picture any other actress play Belle besides Watson. This movie is her singing debut, and it didn’t disappoint. Watson, who is known for being a fierce feminist, portrays Belle perfectly in the movie.
Stevens depicts the Beast with ferocity, but the tenderness he brings to the character compels the audience to feel compassion for him. Their chemistry breathes life into the love story.
The movie also owes a lot of its success to the realistic CGI effects and the voices that bring the servants-turned-household objects to life: Lumière, the candelabra (Ewan McGregor), Cogsworth, the clock (Ian McKellen), Mrs. Potts, the teapot (Emma Thompson), Chip, the teacup (Nathan Mack), Madam Garderobe, the wardrobe (Audra McDonald), Plumette, the feather duster (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and Maestro Cadenza, the harpsichord, a piano-like musical instrument (Stanley Tucci).
McGregor does an outstanding job portraying Lumière with his convincing French accent, and really brings spirit to the character. The same can be said of Luke Evans (“The Hobbit”) and Josh Gad’s (“Frozen”) portrayal of Gaston and LeFou.
Weeks before the premiere of the movie, controversy was stirred about Condon’s choice to make LeFou the first openly gay Disney character. Many people were pleased at the LGBTQ+ community’s inclusion in the movie, but some also took to social media to boycott the movie because they believed the portrayal went against their fundamental Christian views. An Alabama drive-in movie theater even refuses to show the movie.
LeFou’s sexuality, however, isn’t given that much weight. It touches upon it in a modest, unforceful way, and some viewers may see that as either a good thing or a bad thing.
This movie has it all: romance, action, comedy, drama and music. This live action remake is the best one Disney has done yet, and audiences won’t want the enchantment to end.
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Will Wade Named Men's Basketball Coach
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Finding a private space: UNC student groups have to work for their own spaces
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The Black Student Movement calls the Upendo Lounge their home. The UNC Muslim Students Association calls the prayer room in the Student Union their home. Latinx students call Craige North residence hall a meeting place, but not a home.“A center would really allow a majority of Latinx students on campus to feel welcome and represented,” Harold Landerer, co-director of Alumni for the Carolina Hispanic Association, said. “They would have a home.”The Latinx Unity Council, which includes CHispA and Carolina Latinx Collaborative, uses the seminar wing of Craige North as a meeting place, but Landerer said it’s more of a place to collaborate and less of a place for Latinx students to just hang out.
“They’ve finally given us keys to most of the rooms so we have more autonomy over it,” Landerer said. “They’ve upgraded a bunch of conditions in that part of campus, but it’s not a significant stride toward creating an actual center.”
Landerer said the council understands that acquiring a space on campus is a long process, but the process seems delayed.“It seems like a lack of respect and consideration of our issues and what we mean to the University,” he said.University Historian Cecelia Moore said there is no one process for student groups to acquire space on campus.“There is no consistency. It just sort of happens as requests come up,” she said. “The request of the Latinx students reflects that process that began back in the 1960s when the Black Student Movement was created and they requested a space on campus that was theirs.”Tre Shockley, BSM president, said BSM has first priority to book the Upendo Lounge in SASB North to hold their meetings. He said the space serves as a general gathering ...
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Notre Dame hangs on to beat Purdue in overtime, loses Brianna Turner to injury
The ObserverThe Observer Top Stories In the second quarter of No. 1 seed Notre Dame’s NCAA tournament clash with No. 9 seed Purdue at Purcell Pavilion on Sunday, almost everything went right for the Irish.
Almost everything.
The only problem was that the one thing that went wrong was the worst thing Irish head coach Muffet McGraw could have to deal with.
Junior forward Brianna Turner suffered a knee injury that put the game, and her team’s championship hopes, in doubt.
Irish junior forward Brianna Turner goes up for the layup during Notre Dame’s 88-82 win over Purdue on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion.
The Irish escaped with an 88-82 victory over Purdue and advanced to the Sweet 16, but now their star player’s status is now in question for the remainder of the tournament.
Although Turner got to the free throw line in the game’s opening seconds, it was the Boilermakers (23-13, 10-6 Big Ten) who opened the scoring, giving the Irish (32-3, 15-1 ACC) their first deficit of this year’s tournament. Purdue continued to hold the advantage through the first quarter, leading 17-13 at the end of the period. Senior forward Bridget Perry and freshman guard Dominique Oden led the Boilermakers offense early, combining for 15 of those 17 points.
In the second quarter, however, the Irish proved why they were given a No. 1 seed. First, it was freshman guard Jackie Young and freshman forward Erin Boley who took over, scoring the first 12 Irish points of the quarter to give Notre Dame the lead. Young said she was determined to make a difference after having a limited impact against Robert Morris on Friday.
“I just knew I had to come out and produce today,” Young said. “I didn’t have a great game last game, so I knew I had to do some things to help my team. I knew that started with ...
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Undergraduate research ranging from science to performing arts on public display at MSU
MSUToday - Business Ranging from agriculture and science to performing arts to business and entrepreneurship, 928 MSU undergraduate students from 14 colleges will present their research at the annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 7 at the MSU Union.
More than 740 undergraduate student research projects will be presented on a wide variety of topics including: impact of human presence on bird diversity and abundance; comparative state redistricting plans; the Americanization of immigrant cuisine; and faces of Flint. The event is free and open to the public.
The annual UURAF, co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and the Honors College, provides MSU undergraduate students with an opportunity to showcase their scholarship and creative activity with faculty, peers and external audiences. Students can choose how they present their work, in the form of a poster or oral presentation.
Monetary prizes are awarded to recognize exemplary achievement. One first place award of $100 will be given in each section. First place award recipients are eligible to submit their work for the grand prize awards. Two grand prizes of $500 each will be awarded to one program from the science and engineering categories and one program from the humanities, social sciences and communication arts and sciences categories.
More information about the 2017 forum can be found online.
As part of the University Research Corridor, MSU, along with its partners, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, drew $1.1 billion in federal research dollars into Michigan in 2016.
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Reality Frog (Ep. 4 – Bachelor Finale and Aftermath)
TCU 360 Megan Guter
Megan Guter is a sophomore journalism major from New Orleans, Louisiana. Megan is an aspiring fashion icon and pop culture enthusiast. She loves reality television, boybands, and New Orleans to an extreme level. She is also a co-host at TCU's one and only celebrity entertainment podcast, Celebrity Dish. Geaux Frogs!
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Broncos fall against Bulldogs in second round of conference tournament
Western Herald - sports
The Western Michigan University Broncos hockey team fell to the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 5-2 Friday night in the second round of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference tournament.
“This was a battle. It was a 5-2 game, but it was a battle,” head coach Andy Murray told reporters in the post-game press conference.
The Bulldogs would strike first on the power play. Senior forward Dominic Toninato found the back of the net to give his team a 1-0 lead. Senior defenseman Taylor Fleming would tie the game up after causing a turnover in front of the Bulldogs net and going top shelf against freshman goaltender Hunter Miska. The Bulldogs battled back and took the lead late in the period. Freshman defenseman Jarod Hilderman fired a shot from the point which would find its way to the stick of senior forward Kyle Osterberg who poked the puck passed freshman goaltender Ben Blacker to go up 2-1.
Together the two teams combined for six penalties in the first, something sophomore forward Griffen Molino says is tough but as a team you must get through.
“It’s tough with all the penalties, but it is still a hockey game, you have to adjust and take things in stride,” Molino told CBS Sports Network’s Shireen Saski during the first intermission.
In the second period the Broncos thought they had taken the 3-2 lead after junior forward Frederik Tiffels caught Miska out of his crease for an easy goal. However, goalie interference was called on sophomore forward Matheson Iacopelli and the goal was waived off.
The Broncos wouldn’t stop pressuring their opponent. A shot from Fleming would bounce off Miska and sophomore forward Colt Conrad would push the puck in and tying the game. Yet, senior forward Alex Iafallo would rocket a shot from the top of the circle past Blacker to ...
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Horth and LeDuc lead Illinois women’s gymnastics at Big Ten Championships
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CloseIllinois' Mary Jane Horth performs a routine on the uneven parallel bars during a meet against Minnesota at Huff Hall on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. The Daily Illini file photoThe Daily Illini file photoIllinois' Mary Jane Horth performs a routine on the uneven parallel bars during a meet against Minnesota at Huff Hall on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. The Illinois women’s gymnastics team took second place at the Big Ten Championship Meet. The Illini scored a 196.875, good for the fifth-highest team score in program history.
Michigan took home its fourth consecutive win with 197.300 points. Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio State followed with a 196.725, 196.475 and 195.525, respectively.
Illinois started its meet on bye, and head coach Kim Landrus said her team used that time to mentally prepare itself to perform the best.
“I can’t even put into words what a great feeling this was tonight,” Landrus said. “As I said, this week’s word was purpose. We came in here with a purpose from the very start. They called it ‘our house’ and they acted like it was our house tonight.”
Illinois earned a 49.375 on the floor rotation, the team’s eighth-highest score on floor in program history. Lizzy LeDuc and Bridget Hodan led the Illini with 9.90 tallies. Freshman Karen Howell followed with a career-high 9.875, while Erin Buchanan and Brielle Nguyen scored 9.85s.On the vault rotation, the Illini garnered their season-best score of 49.000. With a career-high 9.85, Jordyn Givens led the Illini in the third rotation. Mary Jane Horth and LeDuc each recorded a 9.80 with the help of seniors Sarah Lyons and Buchanan collecting season-high marks of 9.775. This rotation placed Illinois .15 points behind Big Ten champion Michigan.The Illini moved on to the bars to match their season-best score of 49.225. Horth led the Illini with a 9.925, enough to take home the Big Ten bars title. Howell matched her career-high of 9.875, while Lyons helped the Illini ...
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Five on five: Looking back on Vanderbilt’s season
Vanderbilt Hustler Vanderbilt head coach Bryce Drew and his staff look on during the Commodores' 68-66 NCAA tournament first-round loss to Northwestern on March 16, 2017.
The 2016-17 season was a strange one for Vanderbilt.
In his first year as head coach, Bryce Drew led the Commodores to their second straight NCAA tournament appearance. Vanderbilt even managed to earn a better seed than a year ago, despite its 8-10 start to the regular season.
What were the most significant aspects of the season? Where does Vanderbilt go from here? Our staff writers go five on five.
1. How will you remember this season? Was it a success?
Robbie Weinstein, Sports Editor: I’ll remember this season for the Commodores’ shocking turnaround, the great basketball they played at the end and possible how the year turned into a springboard for continued success under Drew. Vanderbilt had some excellent wins in the second half of the year, even though the players could have mailed in the season back in January. Instead, they came together and produced one of the most remarkable runs in program history. That’s certainly something the more talented 2015-16 team can’t say.
Cutler Klein, Assistant Sports Editor: This season was most definitely a success. Nobody had any expectations for this team going into the season, and once it got its confidence and developed some chemistry, it looked strong. Going to the NCAA tournament was icing on the cake. At that point, they were playing with house money. An NIT bid would have been a success for this team. Drew deserves a lot of credit for getting these Kevin Stallings recruits to buy in.
Josh Hamburger, Editor in Chief: I’m going to remember this season as a success, as should any Commodore basketball fan. This team was exciting, but undermanned; talented, but streaky. As a fan base, we were frustrated by the ...
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Professor remembered for passion for education, computer graphics
Daily Bruin John Staudhammer, a UCLA professor emeritus and renowned computer graphics educator, died of heart failure Feb. 28. He was 84.
Throughout the course of Staudhammer’s 50-year career, he taught electrical engineering at UCLA, North Carolina State University and the University of Florida.
Staudhammer’s daughter, Anne Nickerson, said Staudhammer’s passion for education developed at UCLA, where he obtained his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in engineering in 1954, 1956 and 1963, respectively.
Nickerson said her father’s love of teaching was central to his personality.
“He took really complex problems and boiled them down to something very simple,” Nickerson said. “He was good at breaking down concepts and thinking about his audience.”
His younger brother Fred Staudhammer, who also attended UCLA, credits the university with teaching John Staudhammer the value of an education.
“He was always ready to help someone who expressed interest in learning, because we basically had a free education and he recognized the value of that,” Fred Staudhammer said.
Staudhammer was born in 1932 in Budapest, Hungary, but immigrated to Los Angeles after World War II in 1949.
His sister, Josephine Laue, said the family’s experience fleeing Hungary and struggling to make ends meet during their first few years in the U.S. made the bonds between the siblings strong.
“He taught me to be patient, loving and responsible,” Laue said. “In some ways he was more or less like a parent to his siblings.”
Staudhammer also worked for the National Science Foundation, first as program director of design automation and then as program director of graphics, symbolic and geometric computations. In the late 1970s, Staudhammer worked on updating the Pentagon’s technology and computing methods in Washington, D.C.
Laue said the numerous trips their father took to China to assist the country in incorporating computer technology into Chinese companies also defined Staudhammer’s career.
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Winter weather aftermath — Latah County Commissioners declare a disaster after recent flooding and other winter weather damage
The Argonaut After the worst winter for Moscow and Latah County in about 20 years, Latah County Commissioners have officially declared a disaster.
The commissioners held a meeting March 13 to discuss the issue and get reports from the county’s Disaster Services and Highway Commissioners regarding the damages.
As a result of the declaration, the commissioners ultimately hope to receive state or federal aid in the form of supplies and equipment or financial support for the damage repairs.
“Possible relief is available if we first take this step of making a disaster declaration,” said Tom Lamar, chair of the Latah County Commission.
As chair, Lamar is the only official, besides a mayor within proper jurisdiction, who has the authority to make the declaration.
Lamar and the other County Commissioners, Richard Walser and Dave McGraw were supportive of the declaration and the possibility of providing assistance to the county.
“I am very much supportive of trying to figure out how to provide relief to all the districts that have been damaged,” Lamar said.
He said it is important to make sure the commissioners and the county go through the process correctly in order to ensure the results are beneficial.
“I am very interested in seeing what we can do to help, I just want to make sure we do it in the right order and make sure we are doing it in a way that is going to produce the right results,” Lamar said.
In order to receive funding, Latah County must meet its specified FEMA Public Assistance Threshold of $134,451 needed for repairs and service during the disaster.
Kevin Renfrow, a chairman from the South Latah Highway District, said the district has paid for twice the usual amount of hours for snow removal.
“We’ve logged around $22,000 in overtime that we’ve paid for snow removal,” Renfrow said. “It’s a big hit to ...
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Georgia State has begun to invest in virtual reality to expand its research efforts
NEWS – The Signal Georgia State student Michael Gaither testing out the virtual reality system located in Library North room 275.Photo by Tarilyn Johnson | The SignalGeorgia State is utilizing a new medium to further its advances in research: Virtual Reality (VR). Harsha Goli, Chief Financial Officer of the Panther Hackers, said that VR is a way to “trick” the user into a different perception of reality.
“What virtual reality means is a complete replacement of our current reality. Currently this is done in the simplest way possible, by placing a display with a separate window on each eye to replicate different angles,” Goli said. “This tricks the user into having depth perception, which is what makes it ‘real’ to him or her. So effectively, it replaces your vision and hearing with it’s alternate reality.”
VR’s research upsides
Georgia State psychology professor Page Anderson conducted research using VR to reduce the stress of people suffering from Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD).
“It’s not necessarily that virtual reality is a cure to social anxiety or probably anything. It’s what the technology can do for you,” Anderson said.
The VR system can simulate social environments to get those suffering from SAD accustomed through a more controlled immersion technique.
“It’s based on a very similar principle that in order to overcome your fears you have to face your fears. Most people can not tolerate that type of treatment for their anxiety so the idea of virtual reality is if you can take first step in a virtual world then you will be able to do so in the real world,” Anderson said.
Anderson clarified that VR is not about the “real” experience, but preparing the user for the social environment and practicing cognitive processes.
“It does not make it a more real of an experience, but it allows you to practice ways of thinking ...
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Thursday, March 16, 2017
Georgia State offers Georgia’s first B.I.S. degree in social entrepreneurship
NEWS – The Signal As of this spring semester, Georgia State began offering a degree in social entrepreneurship under the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (AYSPS).
Georgia State’s B.I.S. interdisciplinary undergraduate degree in social entrepreneurship is the first in the state, aiming to aid students in creating social change in communities around them through innovative start-ups or businesses.
Chris Markl, director of the program, said the purpose behind social entrepreneurship is to make lives “longer” and “better”, and to “solve a social problem.”
“The main goal isn’t to make as much money as possible. The main goal is to build something that improves the world. What it means to improve the world is to improve lives,” he said.
Markl said the concept sometimes mean starting off simple.
“Social entrepreneurship is about augmenting the government’s ability to solve these problems with some unique, innovative solutions,” Markl said. “Some of these things can be simple – an app that sends a text to someone to remind them to take their medication. That could save thousands or millions of lives.”
Georgia State began work on the program in fall 2014, a process that lasted for two years.
According to Denise Jenkins, Andrew Young School financial officer, the program is funded by the AYSPS and the Provost’s Office. Entrepreneurship alone is available as a minor under the J. Mack Robinson College of Business (RCB), but not as a full degree, compared to social entrepreneurship.
“The business school decided to start a minor to create demand for entrepreneurship on campus and provide core courses to the majors being developed in other colleges, like social entrepreneurship,” Dr. Cynthia Searcy, assistant dean for academic programs, said. “RCB is planning to offer a major in entrepreneurship very soon.”
The social entrepreneurship degree pulls courses from both the RCB and the AYSPS with a collection of courses offered ...
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Sycamore Trail detour
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Sycamore Trail detourMarch 15, 2017The renovation of the One Sycamore Place apartments, formerly known as ICON building near the Gibson Track and Field Complex, will close the Sycamore pedestrian/bike trail along the Wabash River starting this week through summer 2018.Please use the First Street sidewalk as an alternate route.
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Women’s basketball drops two key road games in SBC play
Sports – The Tropolitan (PHOTO/ Patrick Linzy)After losing at UT-Arlington and Texas State, the Troy women's basketball team is now tied for third place in the latest conference standings.
Scott Watkins
Staff Writer
The Troy women’s basketball team made a trip through Texas last week and returned home with a pair of losses.
The Trojans dropped a pivotal matchup with Texas-Arlington before losing late at Texas State. Troy had not lost back-to-back conference games since February of last season. The team’s conference seeding hopes took a hit as well, falling to third in the latest conference standings.
Against Texas-Arlington, the two teams traded points during the first quarter, with the greatest lead being a six point lead by Arlington. That lead was quickly erased, and Troy took a one-point lead into the second quarter following a three from senior guard Jayla Chills.
The Trojans increased their lead to four in the second quarter before the Mavericks took control with a 13-0 run. Senior Caitlyn Ramirez, who had nearly 40 relatives in attendance, scored six points in a one-minute span to keep the deficit in single digits.
Arlington kept the Trojans at arm’s length for much of the third quarter. With under a minute left in the quarter, Troy guard Amanda Mendoza hit back-to-back three pointers to pull the Trojans to within one at the end of the quarter.
Down 51-50, Troy was unable to take a lead in the fourth quarter, as Arlington shot 77 percent from the floor in the final 10 minutes to sink the Trojans 78-72. Ramirez, Arjae’ Saunders and Claresa Banks combined for 42 of Troy’s total points.
Two days later, the turnover bug bit the Trojans in their contest with Texas State. Troy committed 27 turnovers in the 74-72 loss.
The first quarter was sloppy for both teams. Troy coughed up the basketball six times and shot just 18 percent. ...
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Student artwork inspired by dreams, illuminated by light
Lizz Robb
Copy Editor
Malone Gallery is currently housing two student projects, designed to capitalize on the participating students’ strengths, while also pushing them past their comfort level.
From now until Tuesday, Feb. 14, Malone Hall will be exhibiting student artwork from classes taught by Larry Percy, associate professor of art and design.
Currently housed are two separate projects: “Dreams, Paths, Threats” and “Samurai Helmets.”
At first glance, the gallery exhibits many beautiful colors and designs that have unique, eye-catching qualities.
On the left side of the room, the “Dreams, Paths, Threats” project grabs attention with its use of light, color and various mediums. In this project, students were asked to create an assemblage based on how they felt about three words of the project title.
Percy’s reasoning behind this is that “we all have dreams, we all have paths and we all face threats.”
Percy explained the project as a high-end, problem-solving project where students had an abundance of freedom in its creation. Students were able to use diverse mediums to fabricate in 3-D what they saw in their minds, including glass, paint, plastic and whatever else they could find to bring their dreams into reality.
“This project was incredibly complex in that I was pushing some of these students into uncharted waters,” Percy said. “In the end, I was amazed with the way the pieces reflect and inform their makers and each other’s thoughts on the premise of the show.”
Victor SanakaiPapi, senior art major from Columbus, Georgia, and one of the students who took part in the “Dreams, Paths, Threats” project, said, “It is a beautiful thing to draw inspiration from yourself and what you feel like or what you are thinking. . . and documenting it ...
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HEALTH FAIR EDUCATES COMMUNITY
News – The Bengal
Staff Writer
Community members and ISU students are invited to attend the ISU Health Fair in the Ballroom and Wood River Room of the Pond Student Union Building March 16 and 17 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Students will be able to receive free services such as hearing, dental and foot screenings while being introduced to community vendors that provide a wide range of health and nutrition services.
“It’s a nice opportunity for students to see what our clinics have to offer,” said Stephen Wright, the grants and sponsor project specialist for the ISU Office of Research. “Money is tight, and there’s a lot of services that students should know about.”
Bengal Lab will be offering a discounted blood draw service that can test many things including a complete blood count, coronary risk profile and thyroid function until March 31.
Kathleen Spiegel, biology professor and Bengal Lab manager, explains that the lab is not charging for the blood draw itself, just for the tests which are ordered by the participant. Many of the offered tests can only be legally performed on Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, CLIA, equipment or in a CLIA-certified lab.
“By having the Bengal Lab do the work, our students gain a valuable real experience,” Spiegel said. “Because of the quality, the participants can take the results to their physicians.”
A health fair blood draw sheet can be found at www.isu.edu/healthfair.
People are encouraged to participate because the fair gives students in different health profession studies a chance to gain practical experience.
This year, there is an estimated 30 ISU-sponsored booths and 60 community-sponsored booths, one of which is the Idaho Relay, hailing from Boise, Idaho.
Idaho Relay, also known as Hamilton Relay, participates in the fair every year, exposing the community to a 24-hour communication service for people that are deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind or ...
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WONDERINGS OF A WALLFLOWER: LIFE’S A DANCE CLASS
Opinion – The Bengal
Editor-in-Chief
I will be the first person to admit that I am not a relatively coordinated individual. I trip on flat sidewalks, run into low-hanging tree branches and fall down the stairs at the gym after leg day. I once went to sit down in a perfectly stationary chair and ended up on the ground with the chair flipped over my head. I’m absolutely the last person on earth you’d expect to find in a ballroom dancing class, yet here I am anyway…taking intro to ballroom dance with my fiancé.
Despite being undisputably one of the slowest to catch on to any dance we learn, I’m thankful I decided to get so far out of my comfort zone. It’s taught me a lot about myself, other people and, of course, ballroom dancing.
I’m a person to whom a lot of things come naturally. As a result, I used to steer clear of anything that didn’t. I’m easily embarrassed, and I absolutely despise not being good at things. I registered for this class fearing it would be my worst nightmare. It wasn’t.
The more I think about it the more I feel like life is a lot like dance class. Sometimes you lead, other times you follow. Sometimes you follow even when your partner is going the complete opposite direction you’re supposed to be going. Sometimes neither of you know where you’re going, so you just stop and stare at everyone else is doing until you figure it out.
Dancing comes naturally to some people, and others will suffer a few slips and stepped-on toes before figuring it out. Some partners won’t be compatible. You’ll find your favorite partner isn’t the one who knows all the steps, but the one willing to laugh with you ...
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Men’s Basketball wins back to back home games
Sports – The MSU Exponent
Freshman Harald Frey played 39 total minutes during the matchup against Portland State University and drives to the basket to score two of his total 18 points.Head Coach Brian Fish prepares the Montana State University Men’s Basketball team for the rest of the game during a timeout during overtime.Senior Quinton Everett maneuvers between two defensive Portland State University basketball players.Sophomore Devonte Kliness celebrates the overtime win against competitor Portland State University.Sophomore Devonte Kliness creates contact with a Portland State University defender as he attacks the basket.Sophomore Devonte Kliness dunks for two of his 17 total points against Portland State University.Sophomore Devonte Kliness guards a Portland State University ball handler to prevent the opponent from scoring.Sophomore Tyler Hall (left) and Freshman Harald Frey (right) turn to each to other in celebration after the final buzzer beater announces their win.
Photos by Megan FenwickThe men’s basketball team faced off against Big Sky rivals Portland State and Sacramento State last week at home on Feb. 16 and Feb. 18. The Bobcats continued to defend Worthington Arena, defeating both opponents.
The Bobcats tipped off against the Portland State Vikings on Thursday, Feb. 16. The game started out as a back-and-forth affair, with neither team establishing more than a 12-point lead throughout the game. Nearing the end of regulation, the Bobcats had an 11-point lead, 77-66, but PSU wouldn’t go down quietly, however, and took advantage of four straight Bobcat turnovers to whittle the lead down to 82-81 within the final seconds. With 0.2 seconds left on the clock, Portland State’s De’Sean Parsons drew an offensive foul and went to the line to decide the game. Parsons hit the first free throw but missed the second, sending the game into overtime.
The score went back and forth, but it was sophomore guard Tyler Hall who sunk the last shot, driving ...
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The bright lights of Reno
Sports – Dakota Student
This year, UND’s first playoff match is Wednesday, March 8 at 5:35 p.m. (7:35 p.m. CST) at the Reno Events Center. Their opponent will be decided on Monday, March 6, when No. 7 seed Portland State takes on No. 10 seed Northern Arizona in game three of the first playoff round.
While the Women’s basketball team accomplished winning records both last year and the year before, this year’s season has been strikingly similar to their triumphant 2013 – 2014 season.
In the spring of 2014, UND finished tied with Southern Utah with the best regular season conference record. They went on to beat Montana in the final round of the Big Sky playoffs to become conference champions.
This season, under the same head coach, Travis Brewster, the Fighting Hawks are once again tied for first with the best regular season conference record. Currently, there are three remaining players on the team who were also on the 2013 – 2014 Big Sky Championship team.
Entering playoffs, these upperclassmen find themselves in a similar situation as when they were freshmen, only this time they’re the ones leading the younger girls to a hopeful championship win.
One of the remaining 2013-2014 freshman, senior forward Samantha Roscoe, stated that, “I didn’t play [in 2014] that much, but seeing the older girls and how they went through all the wins and then going into the ...
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