Lee statue should not be removed

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OPINIONRelocation of Confederate statue would set dangerous precedent



by Editorial Board
| Mar 23 2017 | 3 hours ago

















Charlottesville City Council voted on Feb. 6 to remove and subsequently relocate the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Lee Park. Last Monday, two organizations and 11 community members filed a lawsuit against the City of Charlottesville over the decision. While the Council's decision to move the statue is justified, it also sets a dangerous precedent for erasing darker aspects of Charlottesville’s history.The removal and relocation of the Lee statue seems to go directly against Virginia state law, which states: “If such [memorials for war veterans] are erected it shall be unlawful for the authorities of the locality, or any other person or persons, to disturb or interfere with any monuments or memorials so erected.” Precedent for the application of this law was set in June 2015, when Loudoun County officials determined they could not remove a statue of Confederate soldiers. Removing and relocating Confederate memorials constitutes the type of disturbance and interference referenced in the statute. At a news conference, Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy mentioned that African Americans had been spat upon for simply being in the park. Additionally, Confederate sympathizers and white nationalists have made the statue a symbol of their views and beliefs. The statue’s glorification of the Confederacy has inflicted clear harm on our community. However, given both the statue’s historical value and the high costs associated with relentless litigation and relocation, removing the monument from the park inefficiently addresses the issue. Historical context is important for monuments. Given that the Lee statue only tells one side of the story, it is inappropriate to have it serve as one of the few reminders of our community’s Civil War history. Instead of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegally interfering with the statue, City Council should invest resources ...

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POWER MOVE: Inside Mike Hopkins’ departure from the only school he ever knew

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Hopkins called Boeheim early Saturday afternoon and asked if he could come over. Boeheim obliged, but Hopkins needed to be quick. Jamie Boeheim, a Jamesville-DeWitt (New York) High School junior, had a basketball game that night in Troy for the state playoffs and the Boeheims were leaving soon. The two families live in the same Fayetteville neighborhood, but the cold forced Hopkins to drive a few houses down.
Hopkins entered the house, turned left and joined the 72-year-old in a side room. Boeheim closed the doors, which surprised his wife, Juli. Sitting on a couch, Hopkins told his boss. The two grown men at the top of their profession were made vulnerable.
“You know I’m a big crier,” Hopkins said. “You know that.”
The night before, lying in bed with his wife, Tricia, Hopkins couldn’t fall asleep. Tricia pestered her husband about his back-and-forth with his soon-to-be new boss after the two spoke earlier Friday. First-year UW Director of Athletics Jennifer Cohen had called Bret Just, Hopkins’ agent, notifying him of the Huskies’ interest in his client. When Just relayed the message to Hopkins, it piqued his interest more than any other inquiry had. His restlessness brought back memories of waking up at 2 a.m. as a California kid to write alternating scenes of a screenplay with his friend.
Hopkins’ name has been on the Huskies’ radar for “a long time,” Cohen told The Daily Orange. (UW fired Lorenzo Romar, its coach of 15 years, on March 15.) Still, the AD didn’t know if Hopkins would bite considering his pending takeover, and the mutual interest surprised her.
“He had started to allow himself to dream,” Cohen said, “about maybe something different than what he’s always known.”
On Wednesday, tucked away in a team room below court level in Alaska Airlines Arena, Hopkins recited an excerpt from his favorite ...

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Blackburn strikes judicial council ruling

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Read documents related to this decision here.
On Feb. 13, Dean of Students Sean Blackburn ordered the ASUW Judicial Council (JC) to strike from the record a decision handed down during the 2015-2016 academic year, concerning former ASUW President Brian Schueler and Former Vice President Emily Kath.
In a letter addressed to Schueler and Kath, Blackburn cites Article III, section four, subsection c of the ASUW bylaws.
“Each party to a dispute or charge shall be afforded an opportunity to speak on their own behalf, present rebuttal, have an opportunity to question any witness; and present summary testimony,” Blackburn said, referencing Article III of the ASUW bylaws.
Blackburn said that requirement had not been met, and that Schueler and Kath had not been provided with due process.
“I have found that notice and opportunity to be heard was not provided to [Schueler and Kath] in relevant matters of this decision,” Blackburn said. “ Therefore I order the judicial council decision be permanently struck form the ASUW record. “
Blackburn recently struck down an ASUW Judicial Council decisionHowever, former members of the judicial council disagree.
“As I recall, President Schueler and VP Kath responded to the charges against them in written form, foregoing the opportunity to do so,” Former ASUW Judicial Council Chief Justice Casey Terrell said.
Terrell was the Chief Justice at the time the decision was handed down, and said that his views on the matter are only his own as a former Chief Justice and are in no way reflective of ASUW or any other individual.
Terrell is not the only one who disagrees with Blackburn’s assessment.
“Dean Blackburn has claimed that there was no testimony and so he overrode the decision,” former member of the ASUW Judicial Council Chris Ryan said. “The JC ruled last year that written testimony would be used.”
Ryan said the ...


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Clarksville senator eyed for position in Trump administration

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Sen. Mark Green is under serious consideration by President Donald Trump to be appointed the new secretary of the Army, according to The Tennessean. Green launched his bid for Governor of Tennessee Jan. 5.
Trump’s previous nomination for the position, Vincent Viola, withdrew his nomination citing numerous conflicts of interest.
Green is a former Army flight surgeon who interviewed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after his capture in 2003. Green served 20 years in the Army receiving numerous medals, before being elected to the Tennessee Senate in 2012. He graduated from West Point in 1986, and currently resides in Clarksville, TN. Green retired from the military in 2006.
If nominated, Green will need to be confirmed by the Senate after proper hearings, interviews and background checks. Secretary of the Army is the top civilian position in the Department of Defense. The secretary oversees many different aspects of operation for the Army including finances, communication and personnel.
Trump traveled to Nashville on Wednesday, March 15, for a rally and to commemorate the 250th birthday of the seventh president of the U.S., Andrew Jackson. Politico reported Trump and Green met during the president’s trip and “solidified the deal,” but the White House has not made the nomination official.
The president filled out the Municipal auditorium for the Nashville rally and was met with incredible support as well as seemingly equal resistance in the form of 2,500 protesters according to The Tennessean.
Trump touched on several different topics during his campaign-style rally in Nashville, including an attack on a judge that halted his second attempt at a travel ban. Trump did not spend much time talking about healthcare, instead attacking Obamacare and promoting the Republican healthcare law recently introduced to Congress. It was expected that Trump would name Green as his pick for secretary of the Army during the rally, but no such announcement came
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Jami Cox and Ryan Connor elected as VSG president, vice president

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At around 12:30 p.m., Vanderbilt Student Government announced that Jami Cox and Ryan Connor won the majority vote and will become the school’s next student body president and vice president, respectively. They garnered 62 percent of the student vote against their competitors, Will Braithwaite and Samuel Jenson, according to the announcement.
This story will be updated as The Hustler gets more information.





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TCU has multiple programs to help international students

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Print ArticleTCU offers many programs to help international students adjust to culture in the U.S.
TCU now has students from 78 countries as of Fall 2016. For the International Student Services, this means adding programs to help those students adapt to life at TCU.
TCU’s International Programs
According to Project Atlas, there are roughly 1 million international students in the U.S. as of 2016. There were only 560,000 students in 2006.
Business and engineering are the most popular fields of choice, as they make up 40 percent of what international students are studying.
TCU has more than 600 international students from 78 countries. International advisor James English said TCU has plenty of programs to help these students adjust to the U.S.
English said that he is primarily an immigration advisor, and he helps international students with their visas and immigration documents.
In addition to helping students with their documents, the TCU International Student Services works on something they call the Quality Enhancement Plan.
“The university chooses discovering global citizenship with the idea of increasing the university’s engagement with the world and with developing nations,” English said. This is because not every student is able to travel to other countries.
“We recognize that not every TCU student can travel extensively, especially internationally, and it’s a way to bring the world to TCU,” he said.
Orientation
International students are required to attend two orientations. One being Orientation, the one every first-year student goes to, and the other being designed by the International Student Services.
English said that their orientation covers immigration, culture shock and the U.S. academic system. For a lot of the international students, classes back home consisted of sitting through lectures and then taking one exam at the end of the year.
“In many ways, our international students are not having trouble so much with the U.S. culture because it’s ...


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New CSUN elections to take place this Wednesday, Thursday

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Students will be able to vote again for the CSUN executive board this Wednesday and Thursday after the CSUN Judicial Council invalidated the original elections last week.   In an

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23 vehicle windows smashed and robbed in Lincoln Garage

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Brett Rodgers, courtesy Ada County Sheriff’s Office
23 vehicles were found with smashed windows on the third and fourth floor of the Lincoln Avenue Parking Garage on the night of Saturday, March 18.
The suspect of the crime is 23-year-old Brett Rodgers, who was caught outside of the garage with multiple stolen items. He has been arrested and charged with 23 counts of vehicle burglary, according to Officer Mark Abercrombie from the Boise Police Department. Abercrombie filled out the police report for this crime.
“He’s not the brightest bulb, I can tell you that. He does not live around here. Basically, he was drunk and probably high on something and admitted that he did something dumb,” Abercrombie said.
According to Abercrombie, some skateboarders outside of Lincoln Avenue Parking Garage heard several car alarms going off and the sound of glass breaking, which prompted them to  alerted the police.
Abercrombie also said Rodgers used a knife to break open the cars’ windows in an attempt to steal items inside. The stolen items included change, sunglasses, cell phones, charging cords and GPS units.
Rodgers is not a student at Boise State, according to Abercrombie.
“Going forward, I know students are probably concerned about parking and having more burglaries and stuff like that,” Abercrombie said. “I can say with almost 100 percent certainty that there are no other suspects. He was the only one.”
Abercrombie also said those who had their vehicles damaged need to call their insurance company and file claims with the report number. Prosecutors will try to seek restitution for the all the victims.



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Pokes win CBI quarterfinal

Sports – The Branding Iron Online Redshirt Junior Alan Herndon jumps in attempt to dunk the basketball. (Photo by Morgan Roppe)
The Cowboys basketball team picked up their 20th win of the season on Monday night in the Arena-Auditorium over the University of Missouri Kansas City, 72-61.
The Kangaroo’s came out of the gates in a full court press, but UW was able to take advantage of the pressure, starting off with a 11-0 run.
“I thought we handled it well,” guard Jason McManamen said. “We were able to take advantage of the press early on and got some easy transition points.”
McManamen finished the night with 11 points, leaving him 11 shy of 1,000 for his career. It was also his 100th straight game he has made an appearance in.
UMKC was able to weather the storm and battled back to finish the first half. UW would go into halftime leading 38-32.
“That was a good opponent and they play very hard,” head coach Allen Edwards said. “They have the ability to comeback no matter how much they are down, and that’s something I talked about with the guys.”
Guard Justin James lead UW scorers in the first half with 12 points and finished with 21 total. The key to the game was holding UMKC’s leading scorer, LaVell Boyd, to only 2 points and no field goals in the first half. Boyd came into the game averaging just over 18 points a game.
“It’s always a team effort on defense, but I took it personal tonight,” guard Jeremy Lieberman said. “Coach set out to put me on him to cause havoc and make it difficult on him and I felt like I did that pretty well.”
The rest of the game would fare the same for Boyd, who would finish with only five points and one made field goal.
“I gave kudos to Jeremy (Lieberman) in the locker ...


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Broncos' Thomas Wilder declares for 2017 NBA Draft

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On Tuesday at noon, Western Michigan University junior guard Thomas Wilder announced that he was entering his name into the 2017 National Basketball Association Draft during a press conference held at University Arena.











       “After talking it over with coach Hawkins and my family, I’ve decided to enter my name into the 2017 NBA Draft,” Wilder said.






       However, there was an added caveat to his declaration.





       “I will not be hiring an agent. I’ve spoken with Mr. DeVries, our compliance officer. He has explained to me the do’s and don’t’s through this process. So whatever I do, I will not jeopardize my eligibility to come back for my senior season of play, if that’s the decision I decide to make,” Wilder said.





       The decision not to hire an agent, so as not to lose his eligibility to return to collegiate play should this not be the right time for him to go to the NBA, is pivotal in this announcement. In January of 2016, the National Collegiate Athletic Association initiated a new rule where college athletes will be able to declare for the NBA draft, workout with teams and assess their skill set and draft stock. If it seems unlikely that they won’t be drafted, they can return to collegiate play, now with a better idea of where they stand and what they need to work on to increase their draft stock, so long as they don’t hire an agent.





       “I’ve put myself in the position to graduate, in December of next season, so I view this as a win-win opportunity for me. Again, I lean heavily on coach Hawkins and my family, and with their help, I know I’ll make the right decision,” Wilder said.





       Wilder is taking the cautious, pragmatic route, accepting advice from his head coach Steve Hawkins, his family and ...


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TEDxUIUC to bring “prominent” speakers to University

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CloseEsteban Gast, comedian and social entrepreneur, gives a presentation at the I Hotel and Conference Center during Saturday’s TEDxUIUC 2015: At Crossroads event. The next TEDxUIUC event will be on April 23, with the theme "Creative Chaos." Esteban Gast, comedian and social entrepreneur, gives a presentation at the I Hotel and Conference Center during Saturday’s TEDxUIUC 2015: At Crossroads event. The next TEDxUIUC event will be on April 23, with the theme "Creative Chaos." Daily Illini Staff ReportMarch 22, 2017Filed under NewsTEDxUIUC is holding its annual TED talk at the Krannert Art Center on April 23. Several speakers, including Robert High and Donna Cox, are expected to headline. Tanmay Adya, a TEDxUIUC director, said in an email that these speakers were chosen based on this year’s theme, Creative Chaos. “Whether they are entrepreneurs, artists, politicians, or leaders in other senses of their lives, we felt their experiences would shed light on how we can embrace the chaos in our lives to find a creative spirit,” Adya said. Adya expressed the desire of TEDxUIUC board members to expand on the breadth of experiences, industries and backgrounds of this year’s speakers by bringing in more prominent guest speakers.  High, Chief Technology Officer at IBM, worked on Watson, IBM’s “visionary artificial intelligence system.” Robert’s TEDxUIUC talk will focus on what it takes to become a leader in a multibillion-dollar company, according to TEDxUIUC’s Facebook page. Cox, University professor, has been described as a pioneer in scientific visualization and computer art. She will tell her life story and its influence on her becoming an innovator in the field of entertainment.Having worked on the films “A Beautiful Planet” and “Hubble,” Cox has been honored at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry as one of the “40 Modern-Day Leonardo da Vinci’s.”Justine Musk, author of “BloodAngel” and “Lord of the Bones,” will also ...

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Hustler Classic Reviews: “The Godfather”

Vanderbilt Hustler Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972) depicts the bloody power struggles within the Italian mafia in 1940s New York. When the revered yet aging Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is gunned down, his youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) comes to reluctantly take his father’s place as the ‘godfather,’ that is, the head of the powerful gang. Like any good classic film, The Godfather has lodged itself in the backdrop of my memory, but not so much for its plot or its phenomenal acting, but for the shadowy lighting, the suits, the unexpected bursts of blood—all of which exude an air of dark glamor. However, there’s more to the film than a gloss of sophistication; otherwise, it wouldn’t have become the iconic work that it is today. Indeed, the film triumphs by virtue of its powerful subtleties; each scene contains minute details that, like the interweaved strands of a fabric, invisibly contribute to the pleasing whole.
Before teasing out the individual strands, one must get an idea of the fabric in its entirety. One of the main tropes of The Godfather is Michael Corleone’s development from a pure, low-key Dartmouth student just released from the Marines, to a ruthless Don. However, rather than being transformed by external factors, Michael appears to have had the brutality and cunning in him all along, albeit in a dormant side of himself. As the movie progresses, this latent side slowly amplifies and unfurls, until he becomes hardly recognizable.
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Now for the strands. The Godfather is brilliant in part because it manages to encapsulate Michael’s entire transformation in a two-minute scene. Early on the film, Clemenza (Richard Castellano), a member of Vito’s gang, gives Michael a gun for his first murder. The scene opens with a zoomed-in shot of the gun. “Cold as they ...


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Men’s basketball postseason ends early

Sports – The Signal Georgia State men's basketball team looks from the bench near the end of the second half .

Photo By: Rashad Milligan | The Signal
Georgia State men’s basketball ended the season with back-to-back losses over spring break.
The Panthers began the Sun Belt Tournament with an 86-76 victory over Louisiana. Senior forward Jeremy Hollowell led the effort for the Panthers, with a double-double that consisted of 16 points and 14 rebounds.
“As a senior, I just want to go out and do all the little things I can do to help the team win,” Hollowell said.
Freshman guard D’Marcus Simonds led the Panthers with 17 points and eight rebounds of his own in the winning effort.
“I was a little shaky at first, shaky the whole game honestly,” Simonds said of his first collegiate post regular season game. “I felt like this was a good experience for me and I’ll be better moving forward.”
There were four total technical fouls during the game, which Head Coach Ron Hunter said was in large part due to the conference rivalry developed between the two teams these last few years.
Georgia State expected to win the tournament as overwhelming favorites after the Louisiana win, with UT Arlington losing its star player and being eliminated by No. 4 Texas State in the semifinals.
Then there was heartbreak. Smiles were all over the faces of the Panthers when members of the team watched UT Arlington loss before their matchup against Troy. The Panthers lost to the eventual Sun Belt champion Trojans, 74-63 after Georgia State built a lead as large as 15 late in the first half.
“We’ve been down like this before and came back and got wins,” Troy guard Wesley Person said after the Trojans upset victory. “We just stayed together and believed in each other that we were going to make our run to get ...


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Baseball team finishes up home and home series with the Citadel

www.thegeorgeanne.com - RSS Results in sports* of type article The Georgia Southern University baseball team returns to Statesboro on Wednesday to complete a home and home series with the Citadel after playing in Charleston on Tuesday. The Eagles are preparing to regroup for this weekend when Sun Belt play continues. The team dropped their opening series to South Alabama this past weekend, and they travel to UT Arlington to face the Mavericks this weekend.Freshman Seth Shuman gets the start on the mound for the Eagles Wednesday. Shuman comes off of his last midweek start against Campbell, where he was brilliant, giving up only two runs on three hits in the win. The Eagles come into this midweek series with a 3-1 record in midweek games, only losing to Georgia Tech.Another bright spot for the Eagles in midweek games has been the offense. They have exploded for as many as 14 runs in these games, and have gotten at least eight runs in their past three midweek games. Senior Ryan Cleveland also comes into the start of this series with a three game home run streak in midweek games, including a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning of a 9-8 win over Campbell.Wednesday night’s game at J.I. Clements will be Military Appreciation Night, where all active duty and veterans receive free admission to the game and will be recognized on the field before the game. To add on to the appreciation, all food and drinks will also be free to military personnel at the game.





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Morning Madness: Wednesday, March 22

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With just one more day until the NCAA tournament revs up again with the Sweet 16, let's look at how this field compares to Sweet 16s of the past. (Very nicely, thank you.)

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How the 2017 Sweet 16 stacks up

This year's Sweet 16 has three 1 seeds and an 11 seed, an average seed of 4.06. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, only six years have had lower average seeds. The lowest ever was 2009, when every 1, 2, and 3 seed made it, along with two 4 seeds, a 5 seed and a 12 seed, averaging 3.06.

Having three No. 1 seeds still kicking into the Sweet 16 is about average, when you break it down. Since '85, we've had an average of 3.4 1s per tournament.

The seed with the highest number ever to make the Sweet 16? Florida Gulf Coast, a 15-seed, in 2013. This year, it's 11-seed Xavier. An 11-seed has reached the Sweet 16 just 19 times.

Seven schools are in the Sweet 16 for the 10th time or more: UNC is in its 22nd Sweet 16, Kansas its 21st, Kentucky its 20th, Arizona its 17th, UCLA its 14th, Florida its 11th and Wisconsin its 10th. On the flip side, South Carolina is in its first.

Finally, over the past 32 years, the average margin of a Sweet 16 game has been 9.9 points. Some 49 games have been decided by three points or fewer. But the Sweet 16 has had its blowouts, too. Kentucky and Louisville hold the record for the biggest wipeouts, when the 1-seed Wildcats beat 5-seed West Virginia 78-39 in 2015, and the 1-seed Cardinals took down 12-seed Arizona 103-64 in 2009.

Looking back at "The Shot," 25 years later

Twenty-five years after Duke's Christian Laettner hit a turnaround that would be immortalized forever -- it's now known simply as “The Shot” -- NCAA.com’s Mike Lopresti revisits the game and how it has touched the lives of those on the losing side. ...

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Presidential Candidates

NEWS – The Signal Questions:
1.Describe your platform.
2.What are some hot issues on campus you’d address first as president of SGA?
3.SGA senate meetings have often urged senators to attend more events, and become more involved, what are some ways you’d push for senator attendance/involvement?
4.What about student attendance? SGA events often peak at a student attendance of 5-6, how do you plan to increase that number?
5.Why do you think you’re the best candidate for this position?
BRIANA STANLEY

Platform
I chose Student Government because as I progress in life I see all that it’s done for me, not only academically but mentally. Being a servant leader is something I aspire to be. It’s imperative that we as SGA, continue to be the voice of the students. My college career started with SGA and I hope that I can continue to progress and make a difference for the students.
My platform is simple and complex at the same, I find that most Atlanta and Perimeter students are commuters, making it difficult for campus involvement. I want to target what the students actually came here for, which is to better themselves. Increasing career services and making it more accessible to all campus can encourage their growth and development. Building and networking is so imperative for the student’s success that I feel we should stress it on all campuses. The safety of students will always be the first priority, increasing campus safety on all campus and offering self- defense and safety education will further the progress we are moving toward.
A problem on many Perimeter campuses is technology, a lot of the basic necessities we need are not met when it comes technology. Whether we need to look into new equipment or just improve upkeep it’s something that needs to be taken care of. And finally, ...


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Community School of the Arts summer camps' early bird deadline extended

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Community School of the Arts summer camps' early bird deadline extendedMarch 21, 2017Registration for the Community School of the Arts summer camp offerings has an extended the early bird deadline to May 1. To view the class offerings visit http://unboundedpossibilities.com/community-school-of-the-arts/about.aspx



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Faculty, staff asked to submit questions for April 5 Town Hall with HR focus

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State leaders are continuing their series of Town Hall meetings for faculty and staff. The next event is scheduled for 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. April 5 in the Freeman Auditorium of the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus. The meeting, which will have a focus on human resources issues, will be live-streamed to campuses across the Commonwealth for their participation.
Faculty and staff are invited to ask questions at the meeting, or can send their questions in advance to questions@psu.edu or through Twitter using the hashtag #PSUstrong. Members of the audience also can submit questions anonymously on site at the HUB auditorium as the event unfolds. The names of people submitting questions through email, on site or via Twitter will not be shared.
Penn State Executive Vice President and Provost Nicholas Jones and Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Susan Basso will answer questions from the audience, both in person and online, during the Town Hall.
The Town Hall meetings, which began in 2015, are opportunities for members of the Penn State community to receive informational updates on University initiatives, hear from administrative leaders about key issues, discover how decisions are made, ask questions and provide feedback. Town Halls are sponsored by Penn State Today and the University Staff Advisory Council.
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2016 Philanthropists of the Year

MSUToday - Featured stories The Philanthropist of the Year award is given every fall at the MSU Alumni Association Grand Awards Gala. The award honors those who have demonstrated outstanding philanthropic responsibility toward MSU and whose generosity inspires others.
For Craig and Vicki Brown, the seeds of their devotion to MSU blossomed with a proposal on April 19, 1973.
That day, Craig got down on his knee on the banks of the Red Cedar and asked for Vicki’s hand in marriage. Today, the Craig and Vicki Brown Plazas — part of the North End Zone expansion of Spartan Stadium — overlook that memorable place and represent the Browns’ most recent commitment to MSU.
Craig graduated from the Eli Broad College of Business in 1973, and Vicki earned her degree from the College of Education in 1975.
During Craig’s 23-year career in advertising, he helped shape the future of the industry through the leadership role he played in the first, the largest, and one of the final global advertising agency mega-mergers.
Self-avowed “sports nuts,” Craig and Vicki own several sports properties, among them the Greenville Drive, the Class A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. In addition to serving on the President’s Campaign Cabinet for Empower Extraordinary, the Campaign for MSU, Craig and Vicki have been steadfast in their support for Spartan Athletics and the Eli Broad College of Business. Craig serves on the Athletics Director’s Advisory Council, is the former chairperson of the MSU Foundation, and is the current chairperson of Spartan Innovations, the entity charged with the commercialization of MSU’s intellectual properties. He was also an early donor and supporter of MSU’s entrepreneurship programs in the Broad College of Business. Craig and Vicki also devote significant time and resources toward raising awareness and research monies for the Hydrocephalus Association.
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Rebels fall to Georgia Tech 74-66 in NIT semi-finals

The Daily Mississippian Tuesday night’s quarterfinal matchup with Georgia Tech was microcosmic of the 2016-17 campaign for the Rebels. Coming into the game, Ole Miss had built considerable momentum with upset victories over Monmouth and Syracuse, beating both on their respective home courts. With an opportunity to capitalize on that momentum, in a nationally televised game, the Rebels faltered, once again.The atmosphere Tuesday night was electric; the Pavilion was filled to near capacity, rivaling only the arena’s inaugural night January 2016. Because the contest was part of postseason play, student ID tickets weren’t available. Perhaps understanding the disruptive impact an engaged crowd can have, head coach Andy Kennedy purchased tickets for the first 1,300 students that showed up for the game.
“What a great crowd, what great energy. Props to the fans for showing out,” Kennedy said. “People that say Ole Miss doesn’t care about basketball are crazy.”
Ole Miss came out of the gate sloppy, committing turnovers indicative of a team that wasn’t ready to play. Georgia Tech opened in a suffocating 1-3-1 three quarter court defense, stymieing the Rebels offense. The Yellow Jackets defense is among the stingiest in the nation, only giving up 66 points a night on average.
At the 11 minute media timeout, Georgia Tech led 26-13, largely because of an 11-0 advantage in fast break opportunity. The first half lead ballooned briefly to 15, but a quick 7-0 run narrowed the gap, as Georgia Tech took a 39-30 lead into intermission.
“I thought it was one of the worst execution games we’ve had all season,” Kennedy said. “We don’t have any ball getters—we just don’t get the ball.”
Kennedy cited the 13-6 deficit on lose balls as a potential reason for defeat.
Defensively, the Rebels hodgepodge of schemes manifested themselves on the court Tuesday night. Kennedy’s tendency to switch defenses ...


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Classifieds – March 22, 2017

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Television touchdown: ‘Friday Night Lights’ shines

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For the longest time, I hesitated to start watching Friday Night Lights because of its football-heavy storyline, despite knowing of the show’s numerous accolades and praises during its five-season run.
Now that I’m 15 episodes into the first season, I finally understand the mega-hype from both fans and non-fans of football.
Friday Night Lights, which debuted on NBC in 2006 and ended in 2011, takes place at a clannish community in Dillon, Texas where its high school football players are essentially the town’s celebrities.

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Coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and “Mrs. Coach” Tami Taylor (Connie Britton) grounded the show’s oversized cast as they deal with trials and tribulations of characters like the football players, led by Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) and Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch); the team’s paralyzed former quarterback Jason Street (Scott Porter); his on-and-off girlfriend Lyla Garrity (Minka Kelly) and their family members — who I think know way too much about one another.
If you’ve seen the show — at least its first season — then we can agree on how we all love-hate almost every character in it. But real talk, you just can’t hate Coach Taylor and Mrs. Coach, because their marriage was so believably depicted.

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Matt and Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) — the coach’s daughter — had the kind of relationship you’ve probably seen a million times on TV: almost innocent, shaky but real. Yet, it was still entertaining to watch them trying to make it as a couple.
The love triangle between Jason, Tim and Lyla was also a bit predictable but you can’t help but invest in it, even if you aren’t even sure which two to root for.
My favorite character is Tyra Collette (Adrianne Palicki). She’s rough around the edges, but still charming enough to win ...

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Tempers flare in first budget forum

The Louisville Cardinal By Kyeland Jackson —Interim President Greg Postel faced hard questions in a March 3 budget forum.The first of two forums, students, faculty, staff and constituents packed U of L’s Floyd theater Monday to discuss impending changes to university spending. Tempers flared as discussion turned towards budget cuts for a $48 million budget shortfall.“We have nothing to do with the screw up of the central administration,” Communication Department Chair Al Futrell said. “If we cut arts and sciences … we’re going to cut everything about this university that’s important.”Futrell and Pan-African Studies Chair Ricky Jones asked Postel reevaluate budget allocations for distanced education. Distanced education allows departments to teach classes online, often employing professors across the nation to teach U of L classes.Futrell said around 43 percent of money earned from distanced education goes to the communication department. The rest is allocated to Arts and Sciences Dean Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, the library, Delphi center and provost’s office. Extra money from that budget is sent to the central administration, who sends the money back months later. Futrell said the central administration returned less than the full amount of that carryover for years, and they returned none of it to the departments this year.“We got screwed last year. Well, they’re setting us up to do the same thing this year,” Futrell said in an interview after the forum. “We put this carpet in, we painted these walls, we bought these chairs. We do all this stuff mostly that’s supposed to be done by central administration, but they don’t do that so we do it. But, we do it with distanced education money.”Postel said the central administration’s money was spent beforehand, leaving no carryover to return to departments.“You should have what you earned,” Postel said, referring to teaching revenues.The $48 million deficit revelation sent ...


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Top Student Government Positions Go Uncontested

News – The Emory Wheel

Five top student government positions are uncontested this election cycle, with a single candidate running for Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) president, Student Government Association (SGA) vice president, College Council (CC) president, CC vice president and RHA president. The SGA president race is a run-off between SGA outsider Nilang Shah (18C) and current SGA Executive Vice President Gurbani Singh (18B). Candidates Jim Kwon (20G) and Vineet Tiruvadi (19M), both of whom have never served on GSGA, are competing head-to-head for GSGA vice president.
The campaign period for SGA, CC, RHA and BBA began March 21 at midnight, and the voting period begins March 28 at 8 p.m. and closes March 31 at 8 p.m. The GSGA campaign period began March 21 at 11:59 p.m., and voting will start March 22 at 8 a.m. and finish March 24 at 8 p.m.
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This election cycle marks the first time candidates for SGA president and SGA executive vice president will campaign together on a party ticket. SGA amended the Code of Elections in 2015, allowing presidential and vice presidential candidates to share campaign materials and run on the same ticket starting in 2016. The two-year-old provision has not been utilized until this year.
Singh and Natasha Armstrong (18B) are campaigning together for SGA president and SGA executive vice president, respectively. The two have served on SGA since their freshman year.  Singh served most recently as SGA executive vice president and Armstrong as representative-at-large.
Singh hopes to establish a “bottom-up” student culture to give undergraduate divisional councils and students more autonomy, according to her platform. Armstrong’s platform emphasizes supporting voices of underrepresented students.
Singh said she and Armstrong decided to campaign together after working closely on SGA, especially this past year during the split bill when they would “bounce” ideas off each other.
“I’m confident that we work well together … she really challenges me,” Singh said. “I don’t ...

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Man arrested for shooting WKOW photojournalist with pellet gun

News – The Badger Herald

A photojournalist from WKOW caught himself in the crossfire Sunday after being shot by a pellet gun.The employee of the ABC affiliate, 40-year-old Matthew Anderson, was covering a fire in the Town of Burke when 51-year-old Jeffery Lovick came out and shot him with a pellet gun.
According to a Dane County Sheriff’s Office news release, Lovick said he felt as if the photojournalist was “too close” to his property. Lovick was arrested Monday and charged with  endangering safety with the use of a dangerous weapon.
Anderson sustained minor injuries.


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Introductory freshman seminar publishes paper on Zika

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March 22, 2017Introductory freshman seminar publishes paper on Zika Students in an infectious disease seminar quickly become Zika experts thanks to the epidemic’s sparse, rapidly changing history. In an unusual twist, their coursework culminated in a journal publication.





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By Taylor Kubota

While teaching her first class at Stanford last spring, Erin Mordecai wasn’t afraid to set the bar high. She challenged her students to tackle the emergence of Zika as the epidemic continued to grab headlines. She also made it known that, even though most of them were freshmen, they had a real shot at getting their research published.

Sixteen Stanford students in an introductory seminar explored the Zika epidemic and are now co-authors of a journal publication. (Image credit: R. Max Segnitz)

“I thought, ‘That would be so cool. I want to be published!’” said Sofia Ali, who was a freshman when she took the class. “I didn’t really know if we would follow through with it. It was just an idea.”
Nearly a year later, that extraordinary idea paid off. The 16 students in the seminar, plus Mordecai and a graduate student in the Peay lab, published their findings Feb. 9 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Ali was lead author on the paper. See video here.
The classroom experiment was unusual in a field where most published scientific papers come from graduate students and faculty in established research labs. It was so extraordinary that in an online forum about the work, questions about how a class could publish a paper were as popular as those about the paper’s findings.
“I was really pleasantly surprised by the level of student buy-in and focus,” said Mordecai, who is an assistant professor of biology. “It was never a struggle to generate discussion or get people to participate. In fact, a couple of students did additional projects to ...


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Syracuse faced top ranked offenses and fell flat due to poor defense

The Daily Orange – The Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse, New York

Virginia head coach Julie Myers used her postgame press conference on March 5 to offer Syracuse some advice: Before facing heavyweights Maryland and Florida, tighten up the middle of the defense.
Though SU defeated UVA 16-15, the Cavaliers exposed cracks in the Orange’s leaky defense. Syracuse needed to overcome a nine-goal first-half deficit to maintain its then-perfect record. SU head coach Gary Gait had attributed falling behind early to a lack of energy, but opponents exploiting the Orange’s weakness up the middle has become commonplace this season.
“It was a great lesson for us,” Gait said. “You have to show up to every game mentally prepared and focused.”
In the following three contests, the cracks widened and the goals poured in. No. 8 Syracuse (8-2, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) allowed 17 goals to No. 1 Maryland, 19 to No. 3 Florida, and 16 to unranked Harvard and finished 1-2 in that span. SU has dropped each of the past two weeks in the rankings as a result of the losses caused by a porous defense.
The Orange employs a zone defense meant to suffocate opposing attacks that excelled in its first four games of the season. SU easily dispatched unranked Boston College, Canisius, Binghamton and Massachusetts.
“Historically, we like to play high pressure defense,” senior defender Haley McDonnell said. “We want to get you off your tilt.”
Crisp slides and constant communication are normal indicators of Syracuse’s defense success. Recently, those signs are absent. Against Maryland on March 11, SU’s zone broke just 26 seconds into the match. Terrapin’s midfielder Jen Giles sidestepped Natalie Wallon and drew in three defenders. Kali Hartshorn backed down SU’s Kelsey Youmell, and beat Asa Goldstock to give Maryland a lead it never gave up.
Goldstock has struggled this season, and SU’s lacking defense has not made it easier on the freshman. Opposing attack penetrate so far ...

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Senior’s hologram software could be used to augment reality

News – The Daily Cougar By Isabel Pen March 22, 2017

James can manipulate the size and position of a hologram — in this case, a three-dimensional topographic map. |  Courtesy of Evan James
Wearing a bulky version of La Forge’s visor from “Star Trek,” a man pinches and pulls the air in front of him; behind the lens of his futuristic goggles, reality is altered.
University of Houston mechanical engineering senior Evan James is developing software for a device that creates an immersive augmented reality experience. The Microsoft HoloLens can be used to aid engineers in visualizing and interacting with their ideas in three-dimensional space.
“HoloLens is the true and most superior first-generation mixed-reality device that projects for a user a layer of relevant information on top of the physical objects or environment,” said computer science research assistant professor Chang H. Yun.
The technology enables the wearer to see holographic versions of objects or people and view them from all angles as if they were in the same room.
“As a mechanical engineer, it’s all about developing technology that can help our work process,” James said. “So, what I’ve built is a holographic topographical map of the Gulf of Mexico to visualize where the oil pockets are.”
James is no stranger to getting creative with technology; his creative insights were recognized after making it to the finals in the U.S. Microsoft Imagine Cup 2015. Windows Insiders, a select group of developers given the first opportunity to experiment with new Microsoft technology, invited James to be a member.
Once approved, James received a developer edition of the Microsoft HoloLens in order to begin designing applications to see the technological world in a whole new dimension.
Though James uses the wearable computer to generate three-dimensional models of the ocean floor, he says the applications of this technology are limitless.
“Right now, the field is taking off,” said ...


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Masked man sexually assault woman in apartment near campus

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A masked man sexual assaulted a woman after entering an apartment near Western Michigan University’s campus Tuesday morning, police say.











Kalamazoo Public Safety officers responded to the call at an apartment in the 700 block of South Howard Street around noon March 21.








A weapon was used in the assault, according a press release. No information has been released about the type of weapon used or whether or not it was used to injure the victim.





“This appears to be an isolated incident at this time,” the press release said. “The weapon used in the incident was recovered at the scene.”





The suspect in the assault is described as a black male with brown eyes, 6’0 tall, muscular build. He was seen wearing a camouflage mask, black pullover sweatshirt and khaki pants, according to the press release.





The Kalamazoo Department of Public safety encourages anyone who may have information regarding this investigation is to call Kalamazoo Public Safety at 337-8994 or Silent Observer at 343-2100.






















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Injuries prevent football standouts from participating in Pro Day

Daily Bruin Neither of UCLA’s potential first-round picks performed on-field drills at the Bruins’ Pro Day Tuesday.
Defensive end Takkarist McKinley walked around with a sling on his right arm, still recovering from a March 6 shoulder surgery, and cornerback Fabian Moreau injured his chest during bench-press testing early in the day.
McKinley said he is on track to return to the field in about four months, and coach Jim Mora said he did not think Moreau’s injury was serious, though it was still being evaluated.
“Anything that happened to him, I believe, is minor and nothing to worry about,” Mora said of Moreau. “His numbers were good enough at the (NFL) Combine that for him to come out here and work out today isn’t that important.”
Moreau was one of the most impressive performers at the Combine in early March, running a 4.35-second 40-yard dash to vault himself into first-round consideration. He finished in the top-10 among cornerbacks in the 40-yard dash, the vertical jump, the broad jump and the three-cone shuttle.
“It’s fun to see people start to recognize what a good player Fabian is,” Mora said. “I’ve gotten a ton of calls about Fabian – I think at the Combine, he really opened some eyes. All the measurables were there, and teams are looking for cover corners, and he can do that. He can line up and play bump-and-run and cover.”
Since the Combine, Moreau has been projected by many mock drafts as a late first-round pick. NFL.com’s Bucky Brooks slotted him as the 26th pick in a mock draft released Monday.
McKinley, whose surgery was to repair a torn labrum he said he unknowingly played with for the past two seasons, has been considered a first-round pick for longer. A 10-sack performance in his first year operating as an edge rusher has garnered ...


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Baffling, bloated ASUN ballots

Opinion – The Nevada Sagebrush I’m just going to get this out of the way: who in their right mind thought it would be a good idea to have a 14 question ASUN ballot, with only three questions related to actual voting? For at least the second year in a row, the online ballot contains more questions about ASUN programs and how they heard about the elections rather than actual elections of candidates or ballot initiatives.
What is ASUN’s goal in putting excessive non-election questions on the ballot? Negative turnout? More candidates than voters? In 2015, the turnout was at 19.7 percent, still offensively pitiful, but a then- high point this millennium. 2016, when I first remembered seeing a bloated ballot, the turnout dropped to a Chris Christie pathetic level of 13.4 percent. In that year, with an overreaching ballot, less than 1 in 7 students voted. Now, we’re at a record 22.4 percent, still numbingly grotesque when we can’t get one in four to vote.
Now, I’m not here to say why someone should vote. After all the student engagement campaigns ASUN puts on, as well as general civic classes and lessons, the reasons why you should vote should already be evident. If not, then your head is so far up your rear that you have become a half-man/half-doughnut hybrid in need of serious extraction. This editorial is about how ASUN should restrain themselves from having an excessive ballot.
The state and local government gets it right, they only put questions on a ballot that elects someone, enacts policy, or amends the constitution.Their ballots don’t have space for people to write about their favorite representative, like ASUN does with its Professor of the Year questions. Their ballot doesn’t ask about how you hear about the Government, like ASUN does. Their ballot doesn’t ask about what services you use, like ASUN does. Their ...


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UNLV SODA exemplifies both campus greatness and lack of student involvement

Opinion – UNLV Free Press What’s always crisp and refreshing? Soda, of course.
We’re not just talking about any old Coca-Cola or Pepsi soda, though—we’re talking about UNLV Students Organizing Diversity Activities (SODA).
SODA consistently puts out programming for the benefit of the UNLV community and for the improvement of their cultural awareness. This organization stands out above a lot of others on campus due to the volume of programs they host and support.
Last month, SODA put on a Hear Our Voices: Black Lives Matter event featuring a gallery, memorial, dinner, panel discussion and live performance. Not only was the event well curated, but it also gave a platform for voices of different backgrounds from the UNLV community to speak on the Black Lives Matter movement.
This is the type of programming UNLV students need to capitalize on more often. SODA’s event was engaging and educational, and while the room was well-populated, attendance could have been way higher.
The lack of proper audience was not in any way the fault of SODA.
Attendance of on-campus events in general is dismal if the event doesn’t have anything to do with Delta Chai Latte or Lambchop My Alfalfa.
For members of other on-campus registered student organizations (RSO), it’s rather disheartening that people are so disengaged with the enriching events we have at UNLV.
Events put on by groups like SODA are educational, fun and exciting.
They also don’t involve paying to make friends or obligatory philanthropy. Anybody can take part in service group activities like those put on by Delivering and Serving Hope, and they don’t include vainglorious photo shoots that flood Instagram and Snapchat during the service event.
If people at UNLV paid closer attention to the programs put on by RSO’s, maybe our school wouldn’t feel like the commuter campus that so many ...


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Organization brings women to government

News – The Branding Iron Online Encouraging women to run for city council positions is one of the ways Wyoming Women Rise hopes to get more women into public office. The organization also will increase activism for young women in politics. (Photo by Katy Grogan)
A future nonprofit is being set up to encourage Wyoming women to run for public office.
Wyoming Women Rise, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created to encourage more women to run for public office. The organization was founded by Samantha Case, a former UW Genders and Women Studies.
“The hope is that the organization will focus on increasing female representation and participation in our state’s politics,” Case said.
In order to provide the resources a candidate might need in order to run for office, Wyoming Women Rise will hold campaign trainings.
“Specifically, the organization will focus on providing campaign training to women who are interested in running for office,” Case said. “Those trainings will teach them essential components on how to run a campaign.”
Case said the lack of women in public office may be an issue of recruitment.
“I think a big reason why there aren’t more women in those offices is because they’re not being recruited,” Case said. “So they’re not being trained. They don’t know how to run for office, they don’t have those resources available.”
Only 11% of the Wyoming Legislature is made up of women. According to the Wyoming Women Rise website, that number is the lowest in the nation. In 2008, 23% of Wyoming Legislators were women.
“When you consider that we’re the equality state and that early on we made significant gains for women, it’s a big problem that women have been losing those seats,” Case said.
Case said the organization will focus on future generations as well.
“Another important part of the organization will be focusing on getting ...


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Springfield Walk-Off Seals 3-2 Softball Win

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BATON ROUGE, La. – A Sydney Springfield infield single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh lifted the No. 12 LSU softball team to a gritty, 3-2 walk-off win over the Nicholls Colonels Tuesday night at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge.
Tied at 2-2 in a game that looked destined for extra innings, Springfield’s hit ricocheted off of the tip of the defender at second base’s glove allowing Aliyah Andrews to score from second to seal the victory in thrilling fashion.
LSU (24-7) produced eight hits on the night from seven different players, none bigger than Springfield’s who earned her first of the night on the final play. Bailey Landry was the only player to earn multiple hits, going 2-for-4. Taylor Satchell and Andrews each drove in runs in a two-run second inning that gave LSU the lead at 2-0.
Each team used two pitchers, and when it came down to it in the end junior Carley Hoover (7-4) was masterful as she struck out five and walked just one in 2.2 innings of relief. She came on for Sydney Smith who was perfect in the first three innings before running into trouble after as she allowed both Nicholls (19-11) runs on four hits with two strikeouts in 4.1 innings in the circle to eventually tie the game in the fifth.
Suffering the loss in the end was Nicholls’ Jackie Johnson (7-6), only allowing a single run on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts in the final two innings of the contest. She came on for starter Megan Landry, who allowed six hits, two to her cousin Bailey for the Tigers, in 4.2 innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on 59 total pitches.
 
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First Mizzou Giving Day attracted over 3,000 donors and $8 million in donations

The Maneater: Latest Stories The various schools, colleges and other areas at MU raised $8,295,842 from 3,590 donors on Wednesday and Thursday during the first annual Mizzou Giving Day. The campus-wide initiative was a part of the Mizzou: Our Time to Lead campaign, which hopes to raise $1.3 billion by June 2020. Before Mizzou Giving Day, the campaign had raised around $850 million since 2015, Vice Chancellor for Advancement Tom Hiles said.
The campaign is a response to decreasing state support for MU.
“Over the last couple of decades there’s been a real erosion of state support for state public institutions, and it doesn’t matter what state you’re in; you pretty much have that news story happening,” said Todd McCubbin, Executive Director of the MU Alumni Association. “As that’s occurred, tuition and fees have become a bigger part of our budget here at Mizzou. But also private fundraising has become a bigger part of what we do at Mizzou to help support the university.”
The fundraiser allowed participants to choose which area of the university they wanted their donations to go to. As such, distribution of the money raised during the event is not equal.
The College of Veterinary Medicine received over $2 million, the largest amount received by any area on campus. The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, the College of Engineering and the College of Education also raised over $1 million each.
“There are areas that are more interesting probably for donors in general, but really the effort is to highlight giving to Mizzou,” Hiles said. “We have a laundry list of things that different donors might have an interest in that end up helping Mizzou and helping advance society as well.”
Student Affairs received $119,925 from 733 donors, by far the largest number of donors supporting any area on campus. The School of Journalism had the next largest number of donors, 283, who contributed a total ...


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Brianna Turner out for rest of season with torn ACL

The ObserverThe Observer Top Stories Junior forward Brianna Turner, who leads Notre Dame with 15.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, will miss the remainder of the 2016-17 season due to a torn ACL in her left knee, the team announced in a press release Tuesday.
Irish junior forward Brianna Turner walks off the court and heads toward the locker room with assistance from team trainers during Notre Dame’s 88-82 win over Purdue on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion.
Turner, who is on the Wooden Award national ballot and received her second consecutive ACC Defensive Player of the Year award earlier this season, suffered the noncontact injury during the final minute of the first half of Sunday’s NCAA tournament second-round clash with ninth-seeded Purdue. The top-seeded Irish, leading by 14 points at the time of the injury, eventually won the game in overtime. Turner had scored eight points in the two minutes prior to the injury and was attempting to catch a lob pass when she sustained it. After walking off the court with assistance from the team’s trainers, Turner did not return to the game.
Turner looked set to complete her first fully healthy season for the Irish in 2016-17, as she missed time with a shoulder injury in each of the two previous seasons before undergoing surgery in the offseason.
The Irish will play No. 5 seed Ohio State in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament Friday. Tipoff is at 7 p.m.
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Women’s lacrosse hammers Duquesne

The Louisville Cardinal By Dalton Ray–Moving to 9-3, women’s lacrosse rolls past visiting Duquesne 15-6 as nine different players netted goals for the Cardinal.Coach Kellie Young has mixed emotions after the big win.“We go on these runs and we start to underestimate (our opponents) and have silly mistakes. That can’t happen in the ACC,” Young said. “We were just sloppy at times. We could have won this game 8-2 and I would have been happy, but we need to stick to the gameplan. We need to stay invested in the game for 60 minutes at a time.”Early on it was all Louisville as the Cards jumped up 4-0 with goals from juniors Jillian Balog and Taylor Webster and sophomores Meghan Siverson and McKayla Conti.Sarah Kollhoff answered with back-to-back goals for the Dukes. The Cardinals scored three unanswered goals to push their lead up to five before the half ended.Leading 7-2 at the half, Louisville out-shot the Dukes 21-6 and forced Duquesne into 11 turnovers.Starting the second half, Koloski scored her 44th goal of the season followed by freshman Ashley Lynch’s fourth. Louisville scored another three goals before the Dukes got on the scoreboard again.Duquesne showed a sign of life midway through the half, scoring three goals to make the Louisville lead 12-5.The Cardinals pulled away with Koloski and Webster’s second goals. Freshman Julia Schmukler scored her first goal of the season to finish the match.The Cards travel to face rival No. 17 Northwestern March 26. U of L is back at home at April 8 to face second-ranked North Carolina.Photo by Dalton Ray / The Louisville Cardinal


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New study calls for U.S. solar policy reform

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March 21, 2017Stanford researchers recommend changes to U.S. solar policies, encourage collaboration with China Stanford researchers suggest reforming U.S. solar policies and encourage closer collaboration between the United States and China on solar energy in a new report.





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The rapidly expanding solar energy industry could meaningfully contribute to curbing climate change only if governments and the private sector approach it more economically and efficiently, according to a new Stanford study.

Stanford solar energy researchers recommend that the United States and China work more closely together, with each country capitalizing on its particular strengths. (Image credit: Alessandro28021 / Getty Images)

Researchers from Stanford’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance encourage the United States to reconsider a wide variety of its solar energy policies in order to maximize the industry’s long-term benefits to the global climate and to the U.S. economy. Their research is scheduled to be unveiled Tuesday during an event at the Brookings Institution.
A key recommendation is that China, which is the major driver of the global solar industry, and the United States work more closely together with each country capitalizing on its particular strengths.
“The Chinese are not only leading the world in terms of the manufacturing of solar equipment, but they are also the largest deployer of solar energy,” said Dan Reicher, a co-author of the report, The New Solar System, and executive director of the Steyer-Taylor Center, which is a joint research center involving Stanford Law School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. “And they are getting increasingly competitive in the research and development area, which the U.S. has historically been dominating. With a new federal administration and a new Congress, this is the time to be thinking about what we want the U.S. role in solar industry to look like five, 10 years ...


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Western Michigan hockey to be No. 2 seed in Providence Region after loss to Denver

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After Saturday evening’s 3-1 loss to the No. 1 ranked Denver University Pioneers in the consolation game of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff, the Western Michigan University hockey team still had Sunday too look forward to. Sunday at noon the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament bracket was selected live on ESPNU.











The Broncos, who are ranked sixth in the PairWise rankings, have been slotted as the No. 2 seed in the East Regional, which will be held at Dunkin' Doughnuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. This is the same arena that former Bronco standout Colton Hargrove plays his home games with the American Hockey League's Providence Bruins. The Broncos are only one of 16 teams to advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Broncos were one of four NCHC teams chosen for the national tournament. The others include Denver, the University of Minnesota-Duluth and the University of North Dakota






The Broncos will face Air Force Academy in the first round. The winner of that game will play the winner of Harvard University and Providence University, both of which have won the national tournament once before.





This good news was needed after an off weekend where the Broncos dropped two consecutive games, Friday night’s to Minnesota-Duluth and Saturday’s to Denver.





Friday saw a 5-2 match in Duluth’s favor, although the game was close going into the final minutes of the third. This game saw a different lineup than usual, missing senior forward and captain Sheldon Dries as well as freshman forward Wade Allison after his heavy collision into the boards last Sunday, where he was carted off the ice on a stretcher.





Saturday the Broncos dropped another close game 3-1. The Broncos outshot Denver 29-21 and managed 17 blocked shots to Denver’s eight. The lone Bronco goal came off the stick of senior forward and Detroit Red Wings draft ...


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University set to archive years of professor’s work

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CloseThe work of University professor Fred Kummerow is set to be archived by the Main Library. TNSTNSThe work of University professor Fred Kummerow is set to be archived by the Main Library. Kevin Delgado, Staff WriterMarch 21, 2017Filed under Campus, NewsThe work of 102-year-old Fred Kummerow, Comparative Bio-sciences professor at the University, is expected to be archived by the Main Library in attempt to preserve years of his research.Kummerow’s research on heart-clogging trans fats gained controversial worldwide recognition during his journey to remove trans fats from the human diet.“By showing that heart disease is not caused by cholesterol and getting the FDA to remove artificial trans fat from the GRAS list, I feel I have helped humanity and saved many lives,” Kummerow said in an email.Kummerow’s family donated his collection of files to the school after Kummerow’s on campus lab was closed due to lack of funds.While working to archive Kummerow’s years of work, the Main Library has uncovered letters to and from Kummerow that reflect the country’s history.
“I feel good about my papers being archived because it shows that my life work is doing something useful,” he said.He said that when it comes to research, one advice he would give researchers  is to “remain true to their ideals, to believe in their work and to continue to work on their beliefs even when there is opposition against them.”Among the 110 file boxes of work authored by Kummerow were letters addressed to five U.S. presidents and members of Congress on topics such as the national debt, the Vietnam War, nuclear weapons and energy.Though the papers will not be digitized, there will be an online description of the work that is currently kept in acid-free files and boxes so it can be utilized for future research.Susanne Belovari, archivist ...

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