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On a Tuesday night in February, 15 to 20 students were sitting in a circle in a College of Arts & Sciences classroom. They were there for a panel discussion titled What I Wish I Knew as a Freshman, hosted by Umoja, Boston University’s black student union.
The student panelists, Jordan Carter (CFA’17), Kirby Page (CAS’18), Daniel Wiley (ENG’17), and Sherifat Bakare (CAS’16, SPH’18), were leading a conversation about the culture shock that black students often experience when they arrive at BU as freshmen. The discussion was part of the club’s Unity Week, a series of events commemorating Umoja’s 50th anniversary.
The panelists stressed the importance of building rapport with professors inside and outside of class, meeting new people, and getting involved in activities you’re passionate about. Bakare shared her struggle to fit in. “I just didn’t feel comfortable,” she recalled of her first months at BU. “I hadn’t found my group of people.” But when she began working at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, she found a home base and was able “to really put my feet down on the ground here.”
Many of the students at the discussion said that Umoja itself had been instrumental in helping them find community at BU. The organization was founded in 1967, at a time when African Americans all over the country were gaining traction and mobilizing around civil rights. In its early years, members fought against racial injustice on campus and in the larger community. They protested the University’s lack of African American faculty in 1969 and created a legal defense fund the next year in support of activist Angela Davis, prosecuted for conspiracy involving the armed takeover of a Marin County, Calif., courtroom that left four people dead, and later acquitted in a federal trial.
Today, the club’s mission is to support and represent black ...
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Thursday, April 6, 2017
Umoja Turns 50
Mānoa: Shidler College of Business announces free Banking Lecture Series in April
UH News
University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 4, 2017Gary TidwelThe UH Shidler College of Business presents a free, public Banking Lecture Series starting with its first lecture on "Banking Regulation and Compliance" on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The series is led by Gary Tidwell, senior advisor in education, training and regulatory capacity building at the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The series will provide an overview of the global capital markets with an emphasis on the regulatory/legal oversight of the markets. The lecture will examine recent national and international litigated banking cases using court documents.The series runs every Tuesday and Thursday, from April 4-20, 2017. Topics include: The Current State of Compliance in Financial Service; Criminal Liability; Banking Criminal Liability for Actions of the Employees and Controlling Persons Liability; Handling Retail Customer Disputes; and Regulatory Inquiries, Conducting Internal Investigations & The Future of Compliance.Date: Every Tuesday and Thursday, April 4-20, 2017 Time: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Location: UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business, 2404 Maile Way, Room C-101 No cost: Free and open to UH students, alumni and the general publicTo learn more, view the Banking Lecture Series flyer. For questions, contact Professor Jiakai Chen at jiakai@hawaii.edu or (808) 956-7610, or Professor Rosita Chang at rositac@hawaii.edu or (808) 956-7592.For more information, visit: http://shidler.hawaii.edu/
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JHL Lecture Series featuring Verda M. Colvin
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Please join the College of Education for The John H. Lounsbury Distinguished Lecture Series on American Education featuring the Honorable Verda M. Colvin, superior court judge, Macon Circuit on Tuesday, April 18 at 6 p.m. in the College of Arts and Sciences Auditorium. Reception to follow.
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CCMST Weekly News, September 17 2010
Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology
1. Announcements2. Statistics3. Tip of the Week
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Physical Chemistry Seminar Series
September 21, 2010 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM MS&E 3201AProf. Ralph Jimenez, University of Colorado at BoulderUltrafast spectroscopy and microfluidics-based methods for investigating protein dynamics
STATISTICS
FGATE
Uptime: 37 days/home directory usage: 73% (1.6 TB available)/backups directory usage: 84%
LSF usage for Week 36 (9/6-9/12) (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPU Avg WaitAvg Trnr.
Bredas
59
117612
6%
1993
595
4190
Hernandez
1875
477036
25%
254
50
305
Sherrill
183
378039
20%
2066
10502
12573
Other
3
25307
1%
8436
144
8011
Total
2120
997989
52%
471
967
1483
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: kennedy 378005.
EGATE
Uptime: 292 days/theoryfs/common directory usage: 36% (428GB available)/theoryfs/ccmst directory usage: 85% (136 GB available)
LSF usage for Week 36 (9/6-9/12) (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.
Hernandez
225
60190
4%
268
1
276
Sherrill
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417861
28%
435
42
436
Other
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34967
2%
1345
0
1351
Total
1211
513018
34%
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Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: sahan 233638.
TIP OF THE WEEK
By Massimo
Cluster-fork
Cluster-fork is an utility that can be used to execute commands on the compute nodes of a cluster managed by Rocks (i.e. egate and fgate). For example, to list all your processes on the compute nodes of the cluster type:
cluster-fork ps -U$USER
Cluster-fork uses ssh to launch the chosen task serially on each compute node, ignoring the nodes that are down. By default the job is blocking: cluster-fork will wait for the command on one node to be executed before starting the job on another node. This behavior can be altered with the --bg option. This will start the jobs in the background:
cluster-fork --bg hostname
To select the cluster nodes on which to execute the command, use the --nodes option followed by the list of compute nodes where to run the command. A range of nodes can be specified with a shorhand notation:
Continuous range: --nodes=compute-0-%d:0-2 --> compute-0-0 compute-0-1 compute-0-2
Discontinuous range: compute-0-%d0,2-3 --> ...
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Students Get Wasteless With Sustainability Challenge
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Students Get Wasteless With Sustainability Challenge
April 6, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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SGA Wasteless Challenge
For those who have mastered the challenge of getting travel toiletries into a quart-sized bag, it’s time to take on the Student Government Association (SGA) Sustainability Committee’s Wasteless Challenge.
From April 17–21, students will try to fit a week’s worth of waste into a single gallon-sized bag. Participants will put anything they can’t reuse, compost, or recycle into a provided bag. The challenge is focused on the “five R’s”: Refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, recycle.
The first 200 students to sign up will be given a zero-waste starter kit with eco-friendly essentials. The winning team will receive a $1,000 donation toward a charity of choice, with points awarded based on participation throughout the week.
Sign up by Wednesday, April 12, at tinyurl.com/LSTV47N and share your progress on social media with #GetWasteless.
For more information, visit the Facebook event page or the SGA Sustainability Committee’s page.
The competition leads up to Tech’s 20th annual Earth Day celebration on April 21. Learn more about the festival at earthday.gatech.edu and plan to attend.
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Thursday, April 6, 2017
OSU Today
Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
Compound function of medication may help slow aging (UPI)
Researchers at Oregon State University have found that the compound rapamycin has properties that may help treat neurologic damage in diseases like Alzheimer’s. (see also KTVZ, Science Daily, EMaxHealth)
The scientist who stumbled upon a tick filled with 20-million-year-old blood (The Atlantic)
Poinar, now a retired professor at Oregon State University, has studied hundreds insects caught in amber. His research that caught Crichton’s attention was on a fossilized fly, so well-preserved that its muscle fibers and sub-cellular structures were visible. Crichton conjectured dinosaur blood ingested by a bug in amber might still contain viable DNA, and so the plot of Jurassic Park, and so on.
The Curious Case of Urban Homesteading (Jacobin Magazine)
A piece by Marisa Chappell, associate professor of history at Oregon State University and the author of The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America.
Little pot of magic! Marmite boosts brain power (Daily Mail)
You can have too much of a good thing. Scientists from Oregon State University have urged people not to consume Marmite, or the niacin (vitamin B3) it contains, in high doses without medical supervision. Excessive niacin — above 35mg daily — can cause skin flushes and liver damage. Six Marmite servings could put you over the safe limit.
Breeding problems another cost of wild cattle (Beef Magazine)
Early studies in Florida showed Brahman-cross cattle with excitable temperaments had lower pregnancy rates than their calmer herd mates. Ongoing studies at Oregon State University are looking at effect of temperament on reproductive performance in ...
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Beaver Nation assembles in Salem for ‘OSU Day at the Capitol’
SALEM, Ore. – Salem will take on a decidedly orange hue Thursday, April 20, for OSU Day at the Capitol as Beaver Nation assembles to meet with legislators on matters important to OSU and higher education in Oregon.
Those who plan to participate in the day’s activities should register by April 12.
The event will allow OSU students, alumni, faculty and staff to highlight the impact that OSU has on the economy and people of the state. OSU has more than 164,000 alumni; serves the state through campuses in Corvallis, Bend and Newport; and maintains a presence in all 36 counties through the OSU Extension Service, Agricultural Experiment Station, and Forest Research Laboratory.
OSU supporters are invited to join students, alumni, faculty, staff and state government officials for a reception from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Galleria of the Oregon State Capitol building. As part of the reception, Benny Beaver will be on hand to pose for photos.
Earlier in the day, displays on OSU educational programs and research projects will be set up in the Galleria starting at 8 a.m. The OSU Meistersingers and String Quartet will offer an invocation on the House and Senate Floors, respectively.
The OSU ROTC Color Guard will post the colors in both chambers. OSU’s College of Pharmacy will offer a Health Fair with blood pressure and blood glucose screenings with Pharm.D. students. The Café at the Capitol will offer a 10 percent discount for those wearing orange and black.
For more information about OSU Day at the Capitol, visit government.oregonstate.edu/osu-day-capitol.
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Nduati Named to NMQF 40-Under-40 List
UCR Today
List recognizes next generation of thought leaders in reducing health disparities
By Ross French on April 6, 2017
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Dr. Michael N. Nduati
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) has named Michael N. Nduati, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H. of the UCR School of Medicine as one of the 2017 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health.
Nduati, the senior associate dean for clinical affairs and CEO of UCR Health, will receive his award at the 2017 NMQF Leadership Summit on Health Disparities and Congressional Black Caucus Spring Health Braintrust Gala Dinner on April 25, 2017.
“It is a tremendous honor to receive this award and be recognized with peers who are making an extremely important positive impact on minority health,” Nduati said. “It is humbling to be identified as a role model for the next generation of minority health leaders, and I am thankful to all of my amazing mentors for pushing me to be my best and get to this point in my life and career.”
Founded in 1998, the NMQF’s goal is to assist health-care providers, professionals, administrators, researchers, policy makers, and community and faith-based organizations in delivering appropriate health care to minority communities to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities and other special populations.
“Here at the NMQF, we are truly excited about this next class of honorees and recognizing them at our annual leadership summit,” NMQF President & CEO Dr. Gary Puckrein said in a press release. “The 2017 winners are doing amazing things that both better and diversify the healthcare marketplace. They serve as positive role models for our next generation of leaders in minority health.”
Nduati attended UC Riverside as an undergraduate, where he co-founded the student-run African Americans United in Science at UCR, and was a member of the UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider ...
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Prof. Gopalan on sale of Panera
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As a European-based conglomerate prepares to buy U.S. restaurant chain Panera Bread, a finance professor at Washington University in St. Louis says the move points to the growth of the private equity industry as a viable alternative to the public market.
Gopalan
“Panera is selling when it is doing fabulously well under current management,” said Radhakrishnan Gopalan, professor of finance at Olin Business School. “In terms of why now, I cannot think of any reason other than Chief Executive and founder Ron Shaich wanting to exit and possibly do something else.”
In the deal, announced late April 4, investment firm JAB is set to pay $7.5 billion, including debt, for the bakery-cafe chain. JAB owns other coffee brands, including Peet’s and Keurig. JAB also plans to turn the publically-traded Panera into a private company. Panera, headquartered in the suburban St. Louis town of Sunset Hills, Mo., has 2,000 locations throughout the United States and Canada.
“As far as the buyer is concerned, while there are potential synergies with the existing portfolio of JAB such as Krispy Kreme and even Keurig, one cannot but imagine the timing as not being all that great, as Panera’s stock has performed very well lately,” Gopalan said. “This also is reflected in a premium that is on the lower end of the typical 20 percent-30 percent that one observes in such deals.”
Panera joins a list of St. Louis companies bought out in recent years, including Solutia, Savvis, Sigma-Aldrich, Ralcorp, Isle of Capri and Monsanto.
“Not only is St Louis losing another firm, but another public firm is going private. This increases the urgency for everyone concerned to look at the costs and benefits of being a public company and, if possible, increase its attractiveness by reducing the regulatory burden.
“The final piece of the puzzle is that the acquirer is European, and so one cannot ...
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Obituary: Paul Whiteman, Retired Physical Plant Worker
UMass Amherst: News Archive
Paul W. Whiteman, 93, of Turners Falls, a longtime Physical Plant employee, died March 11.A World War II Veteran, he joined the Physical Plant as a janitor in 1955. He retired as a staff associate in 1990.
He leaves his wife of 70 years, Regina; his daughter, Paula Hayes and her husband Don; his sister, Theresa Boron; and his sister-in-law, Mathilda Boulanger.
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Graduate Student Develops Novel Way to Analyze Algae, Improve Marine System
Headlines – Tennessee Today
Zachary Ogburn, a second year chemistry graduate student, has developed a novel approach to monitor how microscopic algae adapt—a step that could help improve the marine environment.Ogburn, using spectroscopy experiments, devised a way to monitor how different chemical conditions prompt changes in microscopic algae. Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation.
His research was published recently in Analytica Chimica Acta, a leading journal in analytical chemistry. The paper was featured on the journal’s cover.
Microalgae are an important component in marine ecosystems because of their ability to transform large quantities of inorganic compounds into biomass that could potentially be used for fuel. The study examined how phytoplankton takes in and changes atmospheric CO2, a greenhouse gas, and nitrate, one cause of harmful algae blooms.
Continue reading on the Department of Chemistry website.
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Kane Community Hospital Will Become UPMC Kane, Finalizing Affiliation Agreement with UPMC Hamot
Kane Community Hospital Becomes UPMC Kane, Finalizing Affiliation Agreement with UPMC Hamot
KANE, Pa., April 6, 2017 – Kane Community Hospital (KCH) and UPMC Hamot today announced a formal affiliation agreement to integrate KCH into the UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) network to expand access to quality health care services in the region. The hospital now will be officially known as UPMC Kane.The affiliation agreement, effective April 1, has been approved by board members and leaders from the two health systems. It enables UPMC Kane to provide the community with the specialty expertise and resources of UPMC, a world-class academic medical center and integrated health care delivery and finance system currently ranked No. 12 on the prestigious U.S. News & World Report annual Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals.KCH and UPMC Hamot, located in Erie, integrated in 2010 after a decade-long partnership that involved the extension of UPMC Hamot’s cardiology services, shared education and staffing, after-hours pharmacy coverage and a sophisticated telemedicine program. “Affiliating with UPMC Hamot enables us to advance health care in our community,” J. Gary Rhodes, UPMC Kane president, said. “Our board members support a partnership that more fully integrates Kane into the UPMC system, by more closely aligning the governance, management and operations of Kane and UPMC Hamot.”As part of the affiliation, UPMC Kane will function as a direct subsidiary of UPMC Hamot. UPMC Hamot has committed to invest up to $1 million annually over the next five years to fund capital projects at UPMC Kane. UPMC Hamot also will support Kane’s construction of a proposed $6 million physician office building. UPMC Hamot and UPMC Kane will be operated by a single management team and will work to grow outpatient services in the Kane service area. “We welcome Kane into the UPMC network,” said David Gibbons, president of UPMC Hamot. “UPMC has a long track record of ...
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Homenatge a Ricardo Panero
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Moment de l'homenatge.
06/04/2017
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El Paranimf de l’Edifici Històric va acollir el dimecres 5 d’abril un acte d’homenatge al catedràtic emèrit de la UB Ricardo Panero, mort el 25 de febrer de l’any passat. Catedràtic de Dret Romà, Ricardo Panero va exercir de docent a la Universitat de Barcelona durant quaranta-cinc anys. Durant l’acte van intervenir, entre d’altres, la seva filla i professora de la UB Patricia Panero, la secretària general de la Universitat de Barcelona, Belén Noguera, l’exconseller de la Generalitat de Catalunya Josep Guàrdia, el president de l’Associació Iberoamericana de Dret Romà, Alfonso Murillo, el degà de la Facultat de Dret, Xavier Pons, i l’antic rector de la UB Joan Tugores. L’homenatge va tenir lloc en el marc del XIX Congrés Internacional i XXII Congrés Iberoamericà de Dret Romà.
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Researchers work on carbon dioxide capture systems
Missouri S&T professor Fateme Rezaei, left, and student Harshul Thakkar demonstrate their work to develop technology to help keep astronauts safe from carbon dioxide buildup.Sam O’Keefe/Missouri S&TA Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher and her team are developing technology that could help keep astronauts safe from carbon dioxide buildup during flight and aboard the International Space Station.
Dr. Fateme Rezaei, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at Missouri S&T, and the team have developed “robust structures” in mechanically strong configurations that are comparable to powders in adsorbing CO2. Their findings were reported in the American Chemical Society’s Applied Materials & Interfaces publications in September 2016 and February 2017.
Besides keeping astronauts safe, the technology can improve the reliability and efficiency of current CO2 removal systems. The work also could lead to the development of cost-effective and energy-efficient adsorbent systems for purification of other gas streams. Industrial gas separation processes include natural gas purification, olefin/paraffin separation and hydrogen gas separation.
In the study published in September, Rezaei’s team made 3-D printed 13X and 5A zeolite monoliths with novel structures — honeycombs in crosshatch patterns — to capture CO2 from the air. (“13X” and “5A” are commercial names of two types of zeolite materials.)
Results indicated that 3-D printed monoliths with high zeolite loadings show adsorption capabilities comparable to that of powder sorbents, she says. The adsorption capacities of 5A and 13X monoliths were 1.59 and 1.60 millimol per gram, respectively, using 5,000 ppm (0.5 percent) CO2 in nitrogen at room temperature.
The experiments show relatively fast dynamics for monolithic structures, Rezaei says. The printed zeolite monoliths show good mechanical stability that eventually can prevent attrition and dusting issues that are encountered in traditional pellets and beads packing systems.
“The 3-D printing technique offers an alternative, cost-effective and facile approach to fabricate structured adsorbents with tunable structural, chemical and mechanical ...
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UMSL students spearhead family-focused STEM Night, draw 700 to local elementary school
UMSL Daily
UMSL College of Education students (from left) Brooke Elsner, Amy Husenica, Danielle Mueller, Ashtyn Boedy (in front), Megan Tate, Kara Sneeringer and Adam Vinson wore their white lab coats throughout the day leading up to Zitzman Elementary’s STEM Night to help get their students excited about the evening’s activities. (Photos courtesy of Danielle Mueller and Megan Tate)
What do a great horned owl, a bee keeper and a scientist from Monsanto all have in common?
They were each special guests at Zitzman Elementary in Pacific, Missouri, on March 30 – along with over 700 local children, parents, teachers and community members.
The festivities – a STEM Night brought to fruition with the help of seven College of Education students from the University of Missouri–St. Louis – also featured food trucks, other science and nature experts and a plethora of kid- and family-friendly activities aimed at fostering curiosity and knowledge around all things science, technology, engineering and math.
Avian experts from the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri, introduced several owl friends to the curious students at Zitzman.
Student teachers Ashtyn Boedy, Brooke Elsner, Amy Husenica, Danielle Mueller, Kara Sneeringer, Megan Tate and Adam Vinson designed the STEM night – with help from principal Ketina Armstrong – as their senior project. They have each been pursuing their bachelor’s degree in elementary education with a certification in special education through UMSL’s off-campus program in Wildwood, Missouri, and will graduate this May.
“We thought long and hard about what we were going to do,” said Tate, noting that she and her peers really wanted to come up with something that would not only be fun for the elementary students but also make a long-lasting difference at Zitzman and in the community at large. “We came up with the idea to do a fun family night to encourage families to come to the school and ...
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Seminar – Laurie Racca
San Diego State University Department of Geological Sciences
Building Your Career: The California Professional Geologist License
Laurie Racca, PGHost: Rob Hawk
Wednesday, April 12, 2017CSL 422 – 1 pm
Abstract
The California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG or the Board) is charged with safeguarding the life, health, property, and public welfare by regulating the practices of professional engineering, land surveying, geology, and geophysics. The BPELSG provides this public service by qualifying and licensing individuals, establishing regulations, enforcing laws and regulations, and providing information so that consumers can make informed decisions.
Get Your CertificateThe Board invites you to learn about certification as a Geologist-In-Training (GIT). The GIT is the first step toward licensure as a Professional Geologist. Learn about the laws and regulations that govern the practice of geology in California and why being licensed is important to your future success. Gain an understanding of important definitions in the Geologist and Geophysicist Act (Law), and how to get on the job experience in order to qualify for a geology license. Finding a job once you’ve got your degree can be a daunting prospect. Here’s your chance to get the perspective of a licensed geologist on the entire career process (resume, interviews, job experience, licensure), and to learn how the GIT can give you credibility when applying for jobs in both private industry and with the State of California.
BioLaurie Racca, PG, is the Senior Registrar for Geology and Geophysics at BPELSG. Her 25+ years of experience includes working in private environmental and geotechnical consulting, providing regulatory agency oversight of large military and civilian environmental cleanups for the Department of Toxic Substances Control, and investigating fraud, waste and abuse as part of the Office of Enforcement at the State Water Resources Control Board.
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Sunday, March 26, 2017
So it Goes: A Taste of Spring at Bar Argos
The Cornell Daily Sun
As a 22-year-old living in Collegetown, I become tired of the limited options of bars. Each bar is known for its own distinct personality, but as the weekend approaches, the Collegetown standbys become packed with an overwhelming volume of students. Bar Argos provides a sophisticated, quieter and more comfortable escape than these other bars. Located on State Street, on the way down the hill to the Commons, the bar is within walking distance of Collegetown and is worth the trip. Bar Argos can be found on the first floor of the Argos Inn, a 10 room boutique hotel housed in a renovated historic mansion. The wide front staircase and expansive side porch with floor to ceiling windows creates a feeling of elegance from the moment the guest arrives.The bar area is decorated in lush colors and textures. The red walls bring warmth to the room, and the soft lighting creates an intimate, almost coffeehouse like vibe. Seating lines the bar, and there is a mix of two seat high top tables as well as groupings of armchairs and couches covered in mauve and green velvet. Across the lobby, the porch is available for overflow seating, simply decorated and showcasing a large, communal wooden table in the center of the room. Our group arrived around 8:45 on a Tuesday night, and the bar was pretty quiet. There were about eight people sitting and talking at the bar, but we chose a cozy grouping of chairs and couches to settle into.The bar ...
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How they reached the Final Four: the Gonzaga Bulldogs
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For the first time since ever, the Gonzaga Bulldogs are headed to the Final Four.
Let’s see how they did it.
NCAA tournament path
Defeated No. 16 South Dakota St., 66-46
Watch NowFirst Round: Gonzaga defeats South Dakota State
The Bulldogs overcame a slow start to overpower the Jackrabbits. Gonzaga held South Dakota State to 24 points in the second half.
Defeated No. 8 Northwestern, 79-73
Watch NowSecond Round: Gonzaga ousts Northwestern
Gonzaga got off to an early lead, but Northwestern threatened late. Nigel Williams-Goss led the way with 20 points.
Defeated No. 4 West Virginia, 61-58
Watch NowSweet 16: Gonzaga edges past West Virginia
The Bulldogs escaped in what was perhaps the ugliest game they played all year. Jordan Mathews knocked down a clutch 3 to give the Zags the lead for good.
Defeated No. 11 Xavier, 83-59
Watch NowElite Eight: Gonzaga shoots down Xavier
Gonzaga dominated from start to finish. Johnathan Williams put the clamps on Trevon Bluiett while scoring 19 points of his own.
Key Players
PG Nigel Williams-Goss
The Washington transfer is an all-around stud. Williams-Goss is averaging 16.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists, but he struggled in the tournament up until the Elite Eight. The junior dropped 23 against Xavier.
C Przemek Karnowski
The 7-1, 300-pounder is the anchor of Gonzaga’s nation-leading defense. The fifth-year senior is an outstanding passing big man; Karnowski averages 1.9 assists.
G/F Jordan Mathews
Mathews is the most accomplished shooter on the team. He leads Gonzaga in 3-point makes (79) and takes (204). Mathews transferred in from Cal, where he started for the Golden Bears last season.
Coach: Mark Few
The Final Four monkey is finally off of his back:
You can take Mark Few off that list of best coaches never to reach a #FinalFour pic.twitter.com/J3cQMP8NsI
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 26, 2017
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How they reached the Final Four: the Oregon Ducks
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For the first time since 1939, the Oregon Ducks are headed to the Final Four.
Let’s see how they did it.
NCAA tournament path
Defeated No. 14 Iona, 93-77
Tyler Dorsey, Dillon Brooks and Jordan Bell combined to score 59 points. Oregon put up 55 in the first half.
Defeated No. 11 Rhode Island, 75-72
Watch NowSecond Round: Oregon advances to the Sweet 16
Dorsey hit one of the most memorable shots of the tournament – a go-ahead 3 with less than a minute remaining. The sophomore was nearly perfect on the evening – he went 9-for-10 and scored 27 points.
Defeated No. 7 Michigan, 69-68
Watch NowSweet 16: Oregon survives against Michigan
The Ducks stifled what many believed was the hottest team in the country. Bell shut down star big man Moritz Wagner and posted a double-double.
Defeated No. 1 Kansas, 74-60
Bell was a monster, blocking eight Jayhawk shots and collecting 13 rebounds, while Dorsey delivered dagger after dagger en route to 27 points.
Key Players
C Jordan Bell
When Chris Boucher tore his ACL, Bell inherited a ton of responsibility. It’s safe to say he’s responded; at this point, he might be the most important player on the team. Bell has collected 12 rebounds or more in four tournament games, posting three double-doubles.
G Tyler Dorsey
How’s this for an NCAA tournament? Dorsey is averaging 24.5 points on 66.7 percent shooting in the Big Dance; he’s 17-of-26 from the 3. The guy has just been unconscious during this stretch.
F Dillon Brooks
The Pac-12 Player of the Year has been overshadowed a bit in the tournament by Bell and Dorsey, but he’s been steady as usual. Brooks is averaging 26 points per 40 minutes.
Coach: Dana Altman
Altman is in his seventh season in Eugene; this is the fifth straight year he’s reached the NCAA tournament. Altman had never reached the Final Four previously.
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Turgeon, Hronek benefit from player movement in Griffins' win over Rockford
Western Herald - sports
The idea that with absence comes opportunity constantly rings true in sports, and for Grand Rapids Griffins’ rookie forward, Dominic Turgeon, and recent call up from the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League, defenseman, Filip Hronek, player movement has given them an opportunity.
At the beginning of the season, the 21-year-old Montreal, Quebec native was on the fourth line, and even a healthy scratch at times. He’s worked his way up the depth chart, and on Friday’s win against the Rockford Icehogs, he was on the top line along side Evgeny Svechnikov and Griffins’ leading scorer Matt Lorito.
“Once I first got here, I think the biggest thing was taking as much as I could in and playing the best I could,” Turgeon said. “Players being called up makes our lineup change a bit and guys play in different situations. You just have to be ready for the call.”
One way to work your way up the lineup is to catch your coach’s eye, and the Griffins’ coaching staff has noticed Turgeon’s progress. “His progress has been great. He’s earned the right to be in the lineup on a nightly basis,” head coach Todd Nelson said. “He’s playing good hockey and we have the confidence to move him up with our top line guys.”
Hronek’s night got off to a bad start, as on his very first shift, a puck bounced off of him and got by Griffins’ goalie Jared Coreau, which gave Rockford an early 1-0 lead.
“Junior hockey is different, you play with a lot of younger guys,” Hronek said. “Players [in pro hockey] are so much better. My teammates are good and they help me a lot with my game.”
Hronek has been with the Griffins for less than two weeks, and Nelson noticed his progress throughout the game.
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Intangible investments — Nobel Prize winner Edward Prescott analyzes the current U.S. market
The Argonaut In the midst of Congress’ discussions on healthcare reform, Nobel Prize economist Edward Prescott spoke about America’s economic future at Washington State University’s Smith Center Undergraduate Education building Thursday.
“Over time, things have been getting better for the modern humans who are dominating the world, making the world a better place for our species,” Prescott said.
Prescott said economists can examine current economic constraints by reviewing past market turmoil and expansion. He said he sees a regime change reoccurring after the 2008 recession and recently in 2016.
“(Economics) is an exciting field. So much progress is being made over the last 18 years. We know much more now — well, the few of us,” Prescott said.
According to Investors’ Business Daily, the U.S. stock exchange has gradually risen since November 2016. However, Prescott said forecasting future investments can be a predicament, especially in retirement. He said baby boomers are retiring, often with a lack of savings to access, and Millennials may also suffer this fix as well.
“Our retirement is in grievous shape,” Prescott said. “My undergraduates … I make them do a present value (model) of their time endowment.”
This means that for Millennials to retire by age 67, Prescott said they have to start working at 22. He said another question is how much that person is worth, because the value might shrink over time.
Prescott said wars often cause dramatic fluctuations in the market and increase Gross Domestic Product (GDP), especially during the economic mayhem.
“Sometimes there are things like depression and there are sometimes (World War II) when we make and build a lot of guns and have 10 million people, young men, over in Europe,” Prescott said. “They weren’t making cars then — just jeeps and tanks.”
By the 1960s, a different paradigm ruled supreme — macroeconomics, Prescott said. The Great Depression proved economists knew so little about the market, and its ...
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Millennials are destined to change the world
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Few generations have as bad of a reputation as millennials do, and yet we hardly deserve it. Millennials are here to step up to the plate, fix wrongdoings and save the world—likely all documented through Snapchat.
It seems like every day at least one baby boomer wakes up with what they think is a brilliant new take on what it means to be a young adult trying to make it in today’s world. Few have much empathy for us—a struggling group of individuals often dubbed “the unluckiest generation.”
We’ve never known a world without the Internet, can hardly remember a New York skyline without the devastating void left in September 2001 and spent some of our most important developmental years drenched in the overwhelming anxiety of a shattering economic recession.
Pew Research Center defines members of the millennial generation as those born between the years 1981 and 1997. Most people currently in college are millennials, and a quick walk through the Quad can dispel most myths about who we are as a collective.
On any given day the Quad is filled with the spirit of a generation that, despite being brutally disillusioned with conventional avenues of change, cares deeply for each other. It is not rare to spot students at the Stallions standing in solidarity with their marginalized neighbors, fighting together against what they believe to be injustices. Likewise, it is almost impossible to make your way to class and not catch a glimpse of Greek organizations enthusiastically fundraising for their respective charities.
For such a self-obsessed generation, these actions seem pretty unselfish to me.
On the other hand, we really are the “selfie generation.” We spend a lot of time on platforms like Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter broadcasting parts of our lives with the rest of the world, but there is nothing wrong with that. A selfie a ...
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Sac State splits conference opening doubleheader against Weber State
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Weber State junior infielder McKinley Brinkerhoff safely reaches base against the Sacramento State softball team Saturday at Shea Stadium. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)
After Friday’s rainout, Sacramento State’s softball team got some extra work in, going 17 innings over two games against Weber State in Saturday’s doubleheader, which the two teams split 1-1.
The first game was a 10-inning 3-2 win for the Weber State Wildcats (17-11-1, 1-1 Big Sky Conference), and the second matchup was a 4-0 shutout win for the Hornets (11-14-1, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) at Shea Stadium.
Sac State batters hit a home run in each game, and the pitching staff limited Weber State to three runs on 11 hits in the first game and no runs on four hits in the second, which saw the Wildcats go 0-10 with runners in scoring position.
The Hornets’ right-handed senior Taylor Tessier pitched a full-game shutout, with nine strikeouts, four walks and four hits over seven innings.
Tessier — who was named Big Sky Pitcher of the Week Wednesday — was reluctant to speak about her individual performance, instead referring to being in her last year on the team as motivation in the pitcher’s circle.
“I’m just trying to make every day count, because I won’t get this back again,” Tessier said. “That’s the mindset I go out with every day — to do it for the team and make sure that I have a good time because it’s the last time I’ll ever do this.”
Freshman left-fielder Suzy Brookshire hit her eighth home run of the season in the fifth inning to tie the freshman record for home runs in a season. The single-season record for home runs in program history is 12.
“She goes up there with a great approach and she puts it all on her swing,” Sac State coach ...
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Elections Board Accepts Challenge Against Singh-Armstrong Campaign
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A College senior issued a formal challenge to the Elections Board via email March 25 at 12:24 a.m. against two candidates running for top student government positions.
David Joannides (17C), who said he does not know any of the Student Government Association (SGA) candidates, challenged “the legitimacy of the candidacy of Gurbani Singh and Natasha Armstrong on the basis of violation of the Honor Code and its prohibition of plagiarism,” according to the formal complaint. Singh (18B), who is the SGA executive vice president, and Armstrong (18B), who is SGA representative-at-large, are running on a party ticket for SGA president and executive vice president, respectively.
Joannides’ written complaint cited a March 23 Wheel article about Armstrong lifting verbatim 42 percent of her 2017 platform from her running mate Singh’s 2016 platform for SGA executive vice president.
During the election period, all candidates must follow the University, which mandates they follow University policy, Conduct Code and Honor Code guidelines, according to University Elections Code Part V, Article 3, Section 2 (J).
The Elections Board decided to accept the challenge early Saturday night, according to Elections Board Chair Betty Zhang (20C).
“It is imperative to me that people who violate the Honor Code not be entrusted with student money,” Joannides wrote.
SGA Vice President of Finance Jason Yu (17B) estimates that SGA’s total budget is about $1.43 million before it is disbursed to the divisional councils.
Zhang said that the Elections Board felt that Joannides’ complaint regarding the Honor Code violation merited the Board’s consideration and that the Board has decided to proceed with the challenge process.
Any student who is eligible to vote in the election may challenge a candidate’s campaign, according to Part VII, Article 1 of the University Elections Code. Should the Elections Board determine a violation occurred, the Elections Board may issue a fine, disqualify a candidate from the election, call a new ...
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No. 6 Syracuse beats No. 11 Duke in overtime thriller, 12-11
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Sergio Salcido dodged down the left alley before spinning around, throwing the ball in Nick Mariano’s direction. Jamie Trimboli intercepted the pass. After a push from Duke’s Sean Cerrone, Trimboli corralled the pass and spun. He saw open space, wound up and fired.
“It was not for me, I don’t believe,” Trimboli said of Salcido’s feed.
“Luckily you thought it was,” SU head coach John Desko quipped.
In his first career start, Trimboli scored the Orange’s most important goal. In another one-goal game, No. 6 Syracuse (6-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast) beat conference rival No. 11 Duke (7-3, 0-1), 12-11, in an overtime thriller. This marks SU’s sixth straight one-goal game, a program record. SU’s freshman midfielder avenged his three turnovers with the game-winner.
“It was a one-on-one battle that he won,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “Cerrone got his hands on him, did a nice job, just couldn’t take the ball away.”
The script for Syracuse through seven games has been close games with one-goal outcomes. Besides a 19-6 victory over a still-winless Siena team, each of SU’s games has been decided by one goal. Syracuse has managed to come out on top in all but one. (Army won on a game-winning goal with one second left last month.)
Each game, a player steps up to deliver a final blow. Against Albany, it was Nick Mariano. Against Virginia, it was Sergio Salcido. Against Johns Hopkins last week, it was Brendan Bomberry. Against Duke, it was Trimboli.
“Everyone steps up differently,” Trimboli said, “and it was me today.”
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In Syracuse’s first six games, Trimboli played on the second midfield line. He had a pair of goals and assists to his name, including the game-tying dish to Mariano against Johns Hopkins with 34 seconds remaining.
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New climate-change-focused RSO hosts ‘Trump vs. Truth’ discussion
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The up-and-coming registered student organization Western Michigan University Change worked with other students, professors, and community leaders to host “The Climate Crisis: Trump vs. Truth” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22.
The discussion, which centered around science and the current administration’s dismissal of facts, was led by seven presenters in Room 157 of the Bernhard Center. The presenters included two professors, four students and Kalamazoo City Commissioner Shannon Sykes.
In addition to WMU Change, whose long-term goal is to get WMU to use 100 percent renewable energy, the event was sponsored by WMU Interdisciplinary Climate Change Working Group, WMU Humanities Center, Department of Biological Sciences and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
David Karowe, WMU professor of biological sciences and founding member of the WMU Interdisciplinary Climate Change Working Group, kicked off the conversation.
“Climate change is happening, it has not stopped; it’s, if anything, accelerating,” Karowe said. “The bottom line is, undoubtedly, the primary cause of current climate change is human activities.”
The earth’s warming is happening about 10 times faster than any natural warming in past temperature records and 97.5 percent of climate scientists agree that humans are the cause of this rapid climate change, Karowe said.
Not only is human-induced climate change causing scientists and environmentalists to call for emissions reductions, but 95 percent of leading economists agree that the United States should commit to emission reductions now, Karowe said.
Ginny Creamer, WMU freshman and member of WMU Change, presented with Karowe, reading quotes from members of the current presidential administration as Karowe explained the implications of them.
“When talking about climate change and moving forward in combating climate change, we have to talk about the political players in this game,” Creamer said.
Nicholas Miller, WMU senior and primary organizer of Change, spoke about his experience traveling to the Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, which has receded ...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
Women’s basketball ends NCAA Tournament run with loss to No. 1 UConn
Daily Bruin BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Women’s college basketball is a different world in Connecticut.
During the No. 4-seeded Bruins’ (25-9, 13-5 Pac-12) 86-71 loss to the No. 1 overall seed UConn Huskies (35-0, 16-0 American Athletic Conference) in the Sweet 16, the team didn’t want the atmosphere and situation to affect them.
Regardless of UConn’s four consecutive national titles or its 109-game winning streak that would be extended to 110, UCLA wanted to play the same. It didn’t want to be intimidated.
“I thought we were prepared,” said coach Cori Close. “I thought we believed in what we were doing.”
[Related: Coach Cori Close studies basketball at every court she steps on]
Despite the size disadvantage at every position and the fact that the stadium was packed with people, the Bruins came out like they usually do.
Junior guard Jordin Canada scored a crafty layup around the basket. Redshirt senior Kari Korver hit a 3.
Less than three minutes into the game, the Bruins were up 9-2. Maybe this would be just another game of basketball.
But it wasn’t.
Uconn immediately went on a 35-9 run with forwards Gabby Williams and Napheesa Collier dominating the boards, combining for 44 points and 23 rebounds in the game.
“We had some mental lapses in the second quarter,” Canada said. “That’s when they got on their run. For a second we looked defeated, and that’s when they capitalize on their opportunities to score in transition and get offensive rebounds.”
It wasn’t the first first mental lapse the Bruins had this season, but the Huskies are a uniquely talented team, different than any team UCLA had seen before.
There is nothing normal about UConn’s guard Katie Lou Samuelson being able to dribble like a point guard, shoot like a 3-point specialist and still be as tall as any player on UCLA.
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Morning Madness: Sunday, March 26
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Half of the national semifinals are set, and we'll decide the other two teams today. Let's get into it.
We've got some Final Four fresh faces
Heading into Saturday, 42 schools had made it to the Final Four at least once since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Gonzaga and Oregon were not on that list.
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Before the 2017 NCAA tournament, the Bulldogs were 24-19 in 19 tournament appearances since 1985. The Zags had made it to the Elite Eight twice (in 1999 and 2015), but never the national semifinals.
Oregon had been to three Elite Eights since the expansion (2002, 2007, 2016), but came up short each time. Before 1985, Oregon had been to one final Four -- when the Ducks won the 1939 national championship.
This year, neither team was wasting another shot.
Against 11-seed Xavier, Gonzaga dispelled all lingering thoughts that it was overhyped, dismantling the Musketeers from tipoff to buzzer, eventually winning the matchup 83-59. In the second matchup of the night, Oregon jumped out to a double-digit lead at halftime over 1-seed Kansas, then fought off a late Jayhawks comeback attempt to win 74-60.
Elite Eight schedule, round two:
2:20 ET — (7) South Carolina vs. (4) Florida CBS WATCH LIVE
5:05 ET — (1) North Carolina vs. (2) Kentucky CBS WATCH LIVE
Previewing the rematch: UNC vs. Kentucky
What De’Aaron Fox means to the Wildcats
In case you’ve been sleeping for the past 48 hours, Kentucky freshman (that’s a little redundant, we know) De’Aaron Fox put up 39 points in the Sweet 16 against UCLA without hitting a three. That’s … very impressive.
Led by Fox, Kentucky showed how impressive (and scary) it can be. Will it be enough against top seed North Carolina?
The Tar Heels’ road to redemption
On Dec. 17, UNC and Kentucky played arguably the best game of the regular season. Malik Monk dropped 47 points, and Kentucky won 103-100. That ...
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Three Seniors Play Final Home Round Sunday
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Kent Lowe (@LSUkent)Communications Sr. Associate
BATON ROUGE – Three LSU seniors will play their final home round of their careers Sunday morning when the 2017 edition of the LSU Tiger Golf Classic resumes after a day off for weather.
The teams played 36 holes on Friday to avoid having the battle the elements on Saturday. The final shotgun round will tee off for the 15 teams and 15 individuals at 8:30 a.m.
LSU’s seniors are Carly Goldstein of Coral Springs, Florida; Lana Hodge of Monroe, Louisiana; and, Caroline Nistrup of Dragoer, Denmark. Goldstein and Nistrup area both in their fourth year in the program, while Hodge is in her second year with the program after transferring from ULM.
Nistrup, who shot a team best round of 1-under 71 on Friday, is an All-SEC and All-America after finishing T12 in the 2015 NCAA Championships. Nistrup has come back for her senior season after missing the majority of the 2016 season with a wrist injury that required surgery.
Hodge has played 21 rounds in her two years at LSU, while Goldstein competed in close to 60 rounds in her four years with the program.
The trio were honored at the team’s annual tournament banquet Saturday night at the University Club.
In the tournament, Duke has a 13-shot lead after two rounds, posting rounds of 285-286 for a 5-under 571. The 285 first round equaled the third lowest round at the U-Club by a women’s team since the 2010 renovation and equaled the final round that Duke shot in the 2016 NCAA Regional at the U-Club last May.
The 5-under 571 total is T2 only to the 567 that South Carolina shot in the 2016 Regional. Both individual leader Leona Maguire of Duke in the first round and T2 Virginia Elena Carta of Duke in the second round shot 5-under 67 and that is equal to the third lowest round shot on the U-Club course since the ...
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Joel Berry tasked with stopping De'Aaron Fox ahead of Elite Eight matchup with Kentucky
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North Carolina guard Joel Berry (2) drives in on a Butler defender during their Sweet 16 matchup on Friday.
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MEMPHIS — The checklist is lengthy, of everything the North Carolina men’s basketball team brings on its road trips: Kennedy Meeks’ favorite pair of UGG boots, for instance, or Nate Britt’s extra earrings.They’re frills, sure, but anything to make a hotel room feel more like home. It makes sense, then, that Joel Berry and Theo Pinson would bring their own piece of home whenever the team travels.A PlayStation 4.
Only, this weekend in Memphis, it hasn’t gotten much use. That isn’t surprising, not with the team so focused on reaching its second Final Four in as many years — there isn’t much time for video games when you think of it that way.
“We’d prefer to sleep instead,” Pinson said after practice Saturday. “Just hang out and watch movies.”And for good reason. On Sunday, those two will primarily be tasked with stopping Kentucky’s De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk, who scored a combined 71 points the first time these two teams met in December. Kentucky outlasted UNC, 103-100, in that game, the only time in school history the Tar Heels have scored 100 points and lost.Now, with another date in the Elite Eight against those two on the horizon? It only makes sense Pinson and Berry would rather rest and relax than toil their nights away with virtual basketball games.Berry especially needs that rest if he has any hope of slowing down Fox. Never mind the gimpy ankle he’s been dealing with since UNC’s first NCAA Tournament win over Texas Southern — Fox has turned into an almost unstoppable offensive threat in recent weeks. Nothing punctuated that more than his 39-point ...
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Notre Dame readies itself for rematch with Stanford in Elite Eight
The ObserverThe Observer Top Stories LEXINGTON, Ky. — Top-seeded Notre Dame proved it could win without star junior forward Brianna Turner with a 99-76 win over No. 5 seed Ohio State on Friday night, but Sunday’s Elite Eight matchup will bring a daunting challenge as the Irish face No. 2 seed Stanford — the same squad that eliminated Notre Dame from last year’s tournament.
However, senior guard Lindsay Allen said redemption is secondary in the minds of her teammates and herself.
Irish sophomore guard Arike Ogunbowale attempts a 3-pointer during Notre Dame’s 99-76 win over Ohio State on Friday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.
“I don’t see it as revenge, I don’t think, because, I mean, we beat them two years ago, and they beat us last year — I guess this game could technically be a tiebreaker-type of game,” Allen said. “I think the real motivation is to get to the Final Four and continue to play.”
At the same time, junior forward Kathryn Westbeld said she remembers the agony the Irish (33-3, 15-1 ACC) felt, especially the seniors, after the Cardinal (31-5, 15-3 Pac-12) eliminated them in the Sweet 16 with a 90-84 win in 2016. In 2017, every game could be the last for the dependable Allen, who passed the 4,000-minute mark and broke the Irish record for career assists earlier this season.
“Something that really sticks out to me is the feeling in the locker room afterwards,” Westbeld said of the 2016 defeat. “Our seniors were heartbroken. I think for me that just kind of stuck. It’s something I don’t want any of our seniors to have to go through, especially Sunday.”
Continuing onto the Final Four in Dallas will not be easy, even after a resounding 99-76 victory over the Buckeyes (28-7, 15-1 Big Ten) in which six different Notre Dame players reached double-digit points, led by sophomore guard Arike Ogunbowale’ ...
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With a group of familiar faces, Vanderbilt poised to shine offensively
Vanderbilt Hustler Kyle Shurmur as Vanderbilt defeated the MTSU Blue Raiders 47-24 at Vanderbilt Stadium September 10, 2016.
Four months ago, Vanderbilt was still figuring out its offensive identity. With just two games left, the Commodores needed to ignite their offense if they were going to get to a six-win season.
83 points and a bowl appearance later, the chemistry started to reveal itself, and Vanderbilt had a lot to look forward to heading into the offseason. Saturday’s spring game was the first time the offense played in a game situation since its last action at December’s Independence Bowl, and that level of familiarity was on full display.
Quarterback Kyle Shurmur looked sharp, completing seven of 13 passes for 90 yards and a touchdown in his time running the offense. Just a year removed from competing for the starting quarterback job, Shurmur has settled into the role and looks comfortable with the bevy of weapons he has at his disposal.
“We all as a group have really taken command of this offense,” the junior quarterback said. “It starts to slow down, and we’ve started to play with a lot of confidence because a lot of this stuff is second nature.”
Saturday’s scrimmage was by no means an all-out grind, but the offense shined, echoing the fact that with the reps it has gotten as a group over the past year, “second nature” sounds like an appropriate assessment. And why wouldn’t it? The Commodores return nearly every skill position player on the roster, including 92 percent of last year’s carries and 96 percent of last year’s receptions, an incredibly high retention rate for a bowl team.
Shurmur’s increased rapport with his wide receivers opens up the playbook for offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig. Last year’s offense showed signs of miscommunication throughout the season. In a late game drive to try to complete ...
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College baseball: Cory Abbott throws first perfect game in Loyola Marymount history
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Twenty-seven up, 27 down. Zero hits, zero walks. One perfect game.
That was Cory Abbott's stat line for Loyola Marymount on Saturday afternoon, as the pitcher recorded LMU's first-ever perfect game.
PERFECTION!!Cory Abbott fires the first PERFECT GAME in LMU baseball history!(via @LMLionsBaseball)pic.twitter.com/cFW5fwLOCB
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) March 25, 2017
The junior struck out 13 batters on 106 pitches in LMU's 2-0 win over BYU, improving to 13-10 on the season with the win.
BYU had a pretty respectable day on the mound as well, as Hayden Rogers pitched a complete game and only allowed seven hits, but the Lions got on the board in the bottom of the sixth to give them the late margin. An insurance run came in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk, and Abbott finished the game with a full-count strikeout on the final at-bat of the day.
Was there any doubt what the Call of the Game would be?#PerfectGame #LIONSTRONG pic.twitter.com/kHf1O88ebL
— LMULions (@LMULions) March 25, 2017
Before today, there were two no-hitters in LMU history: One in 2013, and the first in 1980.
NCAA DIVISION I PERFECT GAMES (since 1957)
DATE
PLAYER
TEAM VS. OPPONENT
March 25, 2017
Cory Abbott
Loyola Marymount vs. BYU
March 11, 2016
Jesse Scholtens
Wright State vs. Dayton
March 21, 2015
Drew Rasmussen
Oregon State vs. Washington State
March 4, 2014
Javi Salas
Miami (Fla.) vs. Villanova
March 29, 2011
Will Roberts
Virginia vs. George Washington
April 9, 2003
Greg Prenger
Ohio State vs. Oakland (7 innings)
March 2, 2002
Eric Brandon
Auburn vs. Murray State
April 29, 2000
Chad Blackwell
Iowa vs. Northwestern (7 innings)
April 26, 1997
John Stewart
Western Mich. vs. Akron (7 innings)
April 13, 1996
Chris McConnell
St. Francis (NY) vs. Marist
April 30, 1991
Jason Johnson
Auburn vs. LaGrange (7 innings)
May 3, 1987
Mark Bowlan
Memphis vs. Louisville
March 14, 1987
Kevin Sheary
Miami (Fla.) vs. Southern Illinois
May 3, 1980
Cliff Faust
Nebraska vs. Kansas (7 innings)
April 19, 1980
Joe Housey
New Orleans vs. Southeastern La. (7 innings)
March 10, 1973
Joe McIntosh
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Late rally edges Frogs past Oklahoma State 7-5
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Print ArticleA four run eighth inning, consisting of two solo home runs and a two-run double, rallied TCU (15-5, 3-1) from behind to steal game one from the Oklahoma State Cowboys (15-7, 0-1) on Friday night at Lupton Stadium.
Down 5-3 headed to the bottom of the eighth, the Frogs were in familiar territory. Coming into Friday’s game, the Frogs had trailed in 14 of 19 outings, compiling a 9-5 record in those games.
Luken Baker led off the Frogs’ half of the eighth with his team-leading fifth homerun, pulling the Frogs within one. The homer was his first since March 3 against LSU in Houston, and it erased a 0-14 slump at the plate. Baker did not have a hit since game three against UC-Irivine, 12 days ago.
Josh Watson followed Baker and was retired for the first out on one pitch. Nolan Brown stepped in the box next and hit a no-doubt line drive well over the right field fence, tying the game at five. Brown’s round-tripper was his second of the year and the team’s third of the night, marking the fifth multi-homer game this season for the Frogs.
“[The homerun] helped a lot. It helped the team and it helped my confidence a lot,” Brown said. “Early on in the game I was missing fastballs a lot, so it helped a lot for my confidence of getting that off my chest.”
Elliott Barzilli came up with the game knotted at five and grounded out for the second out of the eighth. Ryan Merrill followed Barzilli with a strikeout, but reached on a costly third-strike passed ball.
With new life in the inning and a runner on first with two outs, Michael Landestoy pinch-hit for Connor Wanhanen and drew a walk. Austen Wade then batted with two runners on and smashed the first pitch to the left field ...
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Toenyes’ home run lifts Panthers to 3-1 win in game two
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Sean Hastings and JJ Bullock, Softball ReportersMarch 24, 2017Filed under Softball, Sports
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Eastern senior Amber Toenyes delivered what would be a game-deciding three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning in the Panthers’ 3-1 victory over Belmont in game two of a doubleheader at Williams Field Friday night.
The Panthers went into the sixth inning with just one hit, but strung together three hits with the fourth being Toeynyes’ game-winning home run to help the Panthers split the doubleheader with Belmont. Belmont won game one 4-3.
Toenyes’ home run gave her seven on the year and the team lead.
She said that after facing pitcher Lexi Rouse twice, she felt more comfortable going into the at bat, but laughed at the fact that she was trying to hit a groundball and get on top of it, like coach Schuette wanted.
“I knew that she had some off speed stuff that I had to be ready for,” Toenyes said. “I was early on everything else she had pitched me so I was trying to take it to right field but ended up taking it to left, but hey it works. It felt good.”
Her home run was a line shot that flew out of Williams Field quickly, differing from what is her usual home run, which is a towering shot, she said.
“It’s a big relief,” Toenyes said. “I know what I can do and it feels good to come through.”
For the Panthers, who only had one hit going into the sixth inning things were looking dreary and became even more dreary with two outs and down by one run, but they were able to come through.
“We had two hard groundballs and then it happened,” Schuette said. “Amber was trying to hit a groundball line (or) drive and I would call ...
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Students show their talents at UTEP Picks Talent
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Musicians, singers, dancers and poets showed off their artistic talents at the third annual UTEP Picks Talent event on Friday, March 24, at the Magoffin Auditorium and was hosted by SGA. The Voice contestant, Elia Esparza, was a guest judge and performed for the audience during intermission. Joel Garcia won first place singing a Mariachi song, Tania Wilk won second place performing one of her own songs and Alfonso Ramos won third place showcasing all of the instruments that he knows how to play.
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Blackman Collegiate Academy explores MTSU science options
MTSUNews.com Blackman Collegiate Academy juniors sampled science at MTSU and the University Honors College during a Friday (March 24) visit to campus.Geosciences, biology, physics and astronomy, Concrete Industry Management and the university’s Experimental Vehicles Program were areas the Blackman High School students discovered in the school’s second visit to MTSU this year.
MTSU biology chair Lynn Boyd addresses research and career opportunities in her field March 24 in the Science Building during the Blackman Collegiate Academy Day at MTSU. (MTSU photos by J. Intintoli)
The MTSU-Blackman partnership is one of several arranged each semester during the academic year. It allows freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors opportunities to spend time on the college campus, meeting MTSU students, faculty and administrators and learning about many of the university’s 140-plus programs.
As part of the partnership, which is designed to give them a competitive edge as they prepare for college, juniors and seniors in the academy who meet eligibility standards can take up to six hours of university courses taught by MTSU instructors at Blackman at no cost. The credits will count on high school and college transcripts.
Diamond Bradley, 17, was one of nearly 10 students taking in a 45-minute session on concrete. They even made concrete coasters.
“This has been a good experience,” Bradley said at the conclusion of the session. “I had trouble with mine, but I enjoyed the process. There’s a lot to learn off simple concrete. There’s a lot to the process.”
Classmate Gabrielle Brown, 16, liked the fact “a lot of job opportunities” can be found in the concrete industry.
Blackman High School junior Gabriele Brown makes a concrete coaster during a session led by Concrete Industry Management’s Nicole Green as part of the March 24 Blackman Collegiate Academy Day at MTSU.
Zach Rachidi, 16, was with a group in Wiser-Patten Science Hall witnessing “cool” things happening in ...
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Experiencing the ‘After Break Effect’
North Texas Daily Welcome back, UNT students and faculty. I hope everyone had an amazing spring break. I don’t know about everyone else, but I definitely needed that week. It’s always nice to be able to take a week off from school and enjoy a bit of your own time.
Spring break was also a period for putting in some extra hours at work and saving up some extra spending money. Because we all know that life as a college student is not cheap. It was all good and fun, but now it’s time to get serious. With only a month and a half left of the spring semester, we need to put our thinking caps back on and put our fun on pause until summer.
The time has come to get our brains back in gear and start preparing ourselves for what remains of this semester. It’s hard to leave the comfort of your bed and Netflix binges and reopening those text books and getting back to your normal sleep schedule.
You might still have your sleep schedule set on vacation time, so getting up on Monday was probably difficult. It’s not easy to go from sleeping in until 12 p.m. one day, then getting up at 9 a.m. the next.
It’s fine, it’s a symptom you may attribute to something I like to call the “After Break Effect.” You may also experience drowsiness, headaches and excessive yawning. Some of the outcomes may involve some tardiness to class, or walking into the wrong classroom because you mixed up your Monday and Tuesday schedules. Have no fear, because you are not alone.
Now is the time to stay strong and have confidence in yourself so you get through the remainder of the semester. Our vacation may be over and perhaps a little harder to get back ...
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CCU’s ‘Words to Say It’ presents nonfiction writer Elena Passarello
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Writer Elena Passarello will read from her works on Thursday, March 30, at 5:30 p.m. in the James J. Johnson Auditorium at Coastal Carolina University. This “Words to Say It” event is free and open to the public, no ticket is required.
Passarello is an award-winning writer and actor from Charleston, S.C. She studied nonfiction at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Iowa. She has performed in several regional theaters in the East and Midwest, originating roles in the premieres of Christopher Durang’s “Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge” and David Turkel’s “Wild Signs and Holler.”
In 2011 she became the first female winner of the annual “Stella! Shout Out” screaming contest in New Orleans.
Passarello is a recipient of the 2015 Whiting Award in nonfiction. Her first essay collection, “Let Me Clear My Throat,” won the gold medal at the 2013 Independent Publisher Awards, and she was a finalist for the 2014 Oregon Book Award. Passarello’s latest collection is called “Animals Strike Curious Poses” and will be published this year. Her essays have been published in the Oxford American, Slate, Creative Nonfiction and The Iowa Review.
Passarello currently serves on the board of the NonfictionNow Conference, co-edits the West Virginia University Press’ “In Place” series and is a nonfiction editor of the Iron Horse Review. She resides in Corvalis, Ore., and teaches at Oregon State University.
“The Words to Say It” is CCU’s visiting writers series, that brings several critically acclaimed authors to campus each year for public presentations of readings. These authors are selected for their literary skill and their commitment to the socially transformative imagination. Previous participants have included Sonya Huber, biographer of Hillary Clinton, and poet Jonathan Fink.
The Johnson Auditorium is in Room 116 of the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration at 119 Chanticleer Drive E. on the Conway campus. For ...
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College basketball: Archie Miller named Indiana University men's basketball coach
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Bloomington, Ind. - Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass announced Saturday that Archie Miller has been named the head men's basketball coach for Indiana University. Widely regarded as one of the best young coaches in college basketball, Miller is a tireless recruiter of the Midwest, noted developer of talent, and a gifted tactician whose teams are known for their stout defense and efficient offense.
The 38-year-old Miller will be introduced on Monday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall at a time to be set this weekend.
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Archie Miller, formerly the head coach at Dayton, will be taking over in the same position at Indiana.
"While there was great interest in this position, Archie Miller was on my short list from the very beginning," said Glass. "The more I learned about him, the more convinced I became that he is the coach we need to meet our high expectations for many years to come. First, he has the commitments to compliance, wellness, and academics that we require at Indiana. A coach's son with the headiness and toughness to flourish as a 5'9 major college point guard, Archie is a proven leader, proven winner, proven recruiter, and a proven player developer with a defense-first mentality that will help us win championships. Perhaps most importantly, he understands and embraces the special stature of Indiana University basketball and the critical relationship it must have with its former players, Indiana high school players and programs, and the entire State of Indiana."
A new era of Indiana Basketball begins now.Welcome @Archie_Miller!!! #iubb pic.twitter.com/Gf2UDEbZDr
— Indiana Basketball (@IndianaMBB) March 25, 2017
Miller's teams have won back-to-back Atlantic 10 Championships and have reached four straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time in the history of Dayton men's basketball, including a trip to the Elite Eight ...
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