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Transfer students lack resources on State’s campus Elora Thomas Contributor

Transfer students have different concerns than regular students and need more resources to make transferring to Indiana State University easier.

These questions might include how credits transfer, how the credit evaluation process occurs, and so on.

John Gettemeyer, Program Coordinator of New Student Transition Programs at Indiana State University, discussed how ISU’s resources can be used by all students and encouraged everyone to do so.

“A lot of the resources that I would tell any student on campus are available for transfers

as well,” Gettemeyer said. “Encourage them to use things like the math and writing center, the tutors that are in the Office of Student Success.”

One resource all students use is their advisor, and Gettemeyer talked about the different colleges and advisors offered.

“It really depends from college to college, some colleges do have a specific advisor that is meant to help out all transfer students,” Gettemeyer said.

Along with incoming freshmen, transfer students also have an orientation to get acquainted with ISU. “We do have the transfer orientation programs,” Gettemeyer said. “Granted that it’s a one day process so there is only so much stuff we can cram into one day.”

Chloe Woodrow, a transfer student at ISU, reveals some changes she would like for the transfer process.

“During my transfer orientation, we were supposed to have a tour of campus,” Woodrow said.

“They showed us the library, the rec, and Reeve [Hall]. I felt really unsure of where my classes were or even where the buildings were on campus. I would definitely have a more in-depth tour.”Transfer students have questions that differ from freshmen, and having a specific advisor would be useful, explained Woodrow.

“I think it would useful because they would be focused on only transfer students and would know what to expect question-wise,” Woodrow said.

long run.

Knowing which credits would transfer as electives would help a transfer student decide on which classes to take.

“If I could’ve seen how many of my credits were going to transfer I could have saved so much wasted time,” Woodrow said.

ISU has resources for all students to use, but Woodrow claims transfer students could use a bit more help at the beginning.

“All in all ISU is a great school, but I think the transfer process Gettemeyer could use some help,” said Wood“It would definitely be useful to row. “It felt very rushed and was have a set office or person to go confusing for the most part. But to with questions like that.” after finally getting everything Woodrow claimed that know- settled, it’s been smooth sailing.” ing how her credits would transfer would have helped her in the

‘This should never have happened’: Univ of Maryland freshman dies from adenovirus Sarah Meehan

The Baltimore Sun (TNS)

BALTIMORE — A freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, died Sunday of complications from adenovirus, and her family is questioning whether the university — which has seen several cases of the illness — could have done more to prevent her death and whether it was related to a mold outbreak in some dorms.

Olivia Paregol, an 18-year-old from Glenwood in Howard County, had been sick since early in the semester, when she first developed a cough. Her condition worsened and she contracted pneumonia. After leaving school, she was taken to the emergency room multiple times before she died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, said her father, Ian Paregol.

In a letter to the campus community acknowledging the death of a student, the university said that six cases of “adenovirus-associated illness” have been confirmed on the College Park campus.

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Adele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland, College Park on Oct. 25, 2018

“We offer our condolences during this difficult time,” the university’s health director, Dr. David McBride, wrote. “While we are normally prohibited from sharing medical information publicly, we have been authorized by a family member to share this news and urge others to take seriously this strain of a common virus.”

The virus, which has more than 50 strains, can cause illnesses ranging from common colds to pneumonia.

Fever, diarrhea, intestinal infections and neurological diseases are also possible, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Serious conditions stemming from adenovirus are rare, but they are more common in people with compromised immune systems, according to the CDC. Olivia Paregol was at risk because medication she was

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taking to combat Crohn’s disease weakened her immune system, her father said.

The CDC, the Maryland Department of Health and the Prince George’s County Health Department are investigating the outbreak on campus. Brian Bachus, chief of the state health department’s division of outbreak investigations, said the state health department first became aware of the campus outbreak Nov. 12, after the Prince George’s County Health Department reported it to his team.

It’s not unusual for a university to experience an adenovirus outbreak around this time of year, he said.

“It’s not always known when there’s an outbreak on campus because people are going to different physicians,” Bachus said. “It probably happens more frequently than we’re aware.”

The CDC and Prince George’s County Health Department did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

To stem the spread of adenovirus, the university health center, residential buildings, transportation services, recreation centers and student union are increasing cleaning of “high-touch surfaces” and restrooms, according to the health center. And the school’s dining services are changing self-service utensils every 15 minutes.

Ian Paregol said his daughter came down with a cough several weeks into the semester, her first at the College Park campus, where she was studying criminology. She visited the University Health Center several times as her condition worsened, he said.

Ian Paregol said he’s trying to understand whether her condition was exacerbated by a mold outbreak on the campus this fall. Olivia lived in Elkton Hall, one of the dorms that students were evacuated from so crews could treat the buildings for mold.

“Every kid in that dorm is sick,” Ian Paregol said.

McBride’s letter says the university learned of the first adenovirus case Nov. 1, and since then five additional cases have been reported. On Monday, the university learned the CDC identified one case as adenovirus 7, a strain that can cause more severe illness, the letter says.

“Vigilance is extremely important for those with chronic medical problems like asthma, diabetes or illnesses that lower your immune system or if you take medicine that lowers your immune system,” McBride wrote in the letter. “It is vitally important not to ignore these symptoms and visit a physician within 48 hours of developing symptoms.”

He was not available for further comment.

In an FAQ about adenovirus on the University Health Center’s website, the center said there was not a clear link between mold found in dorms and adenovirus.

“While it is true that mold can cause irritation of the

FORT WORTH, Texas — Two hazing charges have been filed against a former Texas Christian University student who is accused of forcing pledges to take 15 drinks of vodka and eat expired guacamole, according to Tarrant County court records.

Christopher Thorne Barksdale of Memphis, Tenn., and an ex-member of Kappa Sigma was charged last month with hazing and hazing causing serious bodily injury. He was arrested in September after paramedics and TCU police were alerted that a freshman student had blacked out after drinking alcohol, according to an arrest warrant.

In the same case, fellow TCU classmate Andrew Peter Walker, a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon also was arrested in September and faced similar hazing charges but he committed suicide Oct. 25 when he jumped from the fourth floor of a parking garage on the university campus, police said.

Barksdale was free Wednesday on $2,000 bail.

Barksdale or his attorney Regan Wynn of Fort Worth could not be reached Wednesday for comment.

If convicted, Barksdale, 19, faces a maximum of a year in jail on the Class A misdemeanor charge of hazing causing serious bodily injury. The hazing charge is a Class B misdemeanor and the maximum with conviction is 180 days in jail.

In September, Barksdale lived at the TCU Kappa Sigma chapter house, according to an arrest warrant.

He is no longer a student, according to TCU officials.

Initially, Kappa Sigma was suspended on campus, TCU officials said.

“The fraternity has been returned to limited operations while they complete an educational development plan,” said Holly Ellman, a spokeswoman for TCU in an email.

Barksdale is accused of forcing pledges to take 10 to 15 drinks of vodka and eat expired guacamole during a hazing incident at TCU, according to the arrest warrant.

One pledge ultimately blacked out, while the second was left intoxicated in his dorm room, according to the warrant.

The pledges were ordered to the Kappa Sigma fraternity house on Sept. 3 and told to bring a “handle” of Tito’s vodka. A “handle” refers to a 1.75 liter bottle of vodka. The order was sent by a text message from a cell phone owned by Barksdale.

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All-female writing team gives ‘She-Ra’ a modern makeover for Netflix reboot Tracy Brown

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

In the fall of 1985, television audiences watched a young woman named Adora raise up a magical sword and transform into She-Ra for the first time. A fearless warrior princess committed to ridding her adopted world of evil, She-Ra was a natural leader. She was powerful, loyal and confident that she was doing the right thing.

She was also the rare female character leading her own cartoon, “She-Ra: Princess of Power.” But as groundbreaking as she was, the original She-Ra was shaped predominantly by men.

Co-created by two male writers as a spinoff of “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” in an effort to reach young female audiences, She-Ra was He-Man’s twin sister, and her story and identity were always connected with his.

Last week, a reimagined Adora made her debut on DreamWorks and Netflix’s new animated series “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power,” and this time women are leading the charge.

“I think that there are stories on this show that are specifically very feminine, so I definitely wanted women to have a large presence in the room,” said showrunner Noelle Stevenson.

“It’s not to say anyone of any gender

couldn’t have been an integral part of that room,” she added. “Ultimately for everyone in our crew of any gender [the question was]: Do you love, respect and are interested in the stories of women?”

Though She-Ra still raises a special sword to become a fierce fighter, this new version is more than just a mythical hero. The character has been fleshed out with additional details and dimensions inspired by the all-female writing staff’s own experiences.

“We talk a lot about like what we went through as teens,” “She-Ra” staff writer Katherine Nolfi said. “What are the stories we want to show? What have we wished we had seen when we were growing up that would have helped us feel like we belonged?”

A show that ran for just two seasons in syndication, the original “She-Ra” holds a special place in the hearts of fans because it showed girls that they too could stand up against evil and fight to make the world a better place.

But despite everything that was empowering about the original show, the nearly perfect heroine and her homogeneous group of friends have become a relic of the era.

Committed to putting women’s storytelling first, the new “She-Ra” is revolutionary because it doesn’t shy away from the fact that Adora and the majority of

Image of Netflix’s re-imagined She-Ra.

her friends (and enemies) are girls. That’s a dramatic shift from the thinking behind the original character’s creation.

“I think that the way you make things girl-friendly is you don’t worry about the fact that she’s a girl,” said “She-Ra” co-creator and staff writer Larry DiTillio in “The Stories of She-Ra,” a documentary feature included in the series’ DVD set. “You just let her do what everybody else does and do it the best she can. Then you’re girl-friendly.”

In addition to Stevenson and Nolfi, the

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new series’ writing staff includes story editor Josie Campbell, script coordinator Shane Lynch and writers M. Willis and Laura Sreebny. Stevenson, who has an Eisner Award-winning background in comics, knew she wanted to raise up female voices whenever it was possible on the show, but she explained that she was not necessarily looking to hire only women.

Her focus as a young executive produc-

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Betsy DeVos moves to strengthen the rights of the accused in campus sexual misconduct cases Teresa Watanabe

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unveiled sweeping changes Friday to campus sexual misconduct rules that would bolster the rights of the accused and give colleges more flexibility in how they handle Title IX cases.

The long-awaited rules make key changes to former guidelines from the Obama administration, including a tighter definition of sexual misconduct, reduced responsibility for colleges to investigate complaints, and the right for advisers on all sides to cross-examine those involved.

DeVos said her aim was to restore fairness and rebalance the rights of the accuser and accused in the contentious arena of campus sexual assault.

As more victims step forward to report cases, emboldened by a more supportive national environment, hundreds of alleged offenders across the nation have fought back with lawsuits saying that colleges violated their due process rights by rushing to unfair judgments.

“Throughout this process, my focus was, is, and always will be on ensuring that every student can learn in a safe and nurturing environment,” DeVos said in a statement. “That starts with having clear policies and fair processes that every student can rely on.

“Every survivor of sexual violence must be taken seriously, and every student accused of sexual misconduct must know that guilt is not predetermined,” she said. “We can, and must, condemn sexual violence and punish those who perpetrate it, while ensuring a fair grievance process. Those are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are the very essence of how Americans understand justice to function.”

Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in education

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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

by schools that receive federal funding. It is mainly relevant to higher education but also covers K-12 schools, although DeVos made distinctions between them in her proposed rules.

The rules drew immediate, sharply divided reaction. Some hailed the changes as long overdue. Others condemned them as a rollback of protections that would make it more difficult for students to report sexual assault and easier for colleges to ignore them.

Jess Davidson, interim executive director of End Rape on Campus, said the proposed rules were “worse than we thought.”

“It will return schools to a time where rape, assault and harassment were swept under the rug,” Davidson said in a statement.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein expressed fears that the rules would silence victims and endanger students. “We refuse to let this administration drown out the voices of victims in favor of their accusers,” the California

For all your weed needs, there’s now a pot superstore in Las Vegas David Montero

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The employee in the red shirt counseled the two men on what — or what not — to buy.

“Now, if you start thinking dolphins are talking to you, that might be too much,” she explained. The two young men nodded their heads slowly. One stroked his beard. Neither had ever talked to dolphins before.

Or even yelled at them on Sundays when they play against the New England Patriots.

Above them, the continuous light show on the ceiling was like an electric lava lamp — orbs expanding and dividing in an endless trip. Then it was gone and replaced by flowers and a Saturn-like planet floating in the sky.

Not many in Planet 13 — dubbed the marijuana superstore — were looking up, however.

Most fixed their gaze downward at the rows of flat cases with glass tops. In them were small, clear containers that held dozens of different marijuana bud strains.

Each container was topped with magnified glass that revealed details of the buds’ shapes and hues. It was reminiscent of seeing an ant leg under a microscope — spikier-than-expected edges and a maybe a little intimidating.

Outside, a steady stream of taxis dropped people off in front of a giant red orb marking the entrance that had water cascading over it while fog curled beneath. Staring at it long enough gave one the feeling the entire world might spin off its axis.

The orb is visible from the top of the closest hotel — the one owned by President Donald Trump — and from windows of several other Las Vegas Strip casinos as well. Planet 13’s exterior is modern, with areas of black metal walls and 13

LED lotus flowers 15 feet tall on the roof. A quote from Buddha about the lotus is inscribed on a plaque beside the orb. Mood matters, too, apparently.

The store is also within walking distance of a massive strip club, which is next door to the Erotica Museum and was recently remodeled to look something like a South Orange County retail outlet, with a sleek steel and stone exterior. The museum, however, has retained its old-school Vegas architecture.

Perhaps it’s the gentrification of vice.

Planet 13 calls itself the world’s largest cannabis dispensary. It comes in at 40,000 square feet and features more than 40 cash registers. “Size matters when you’re the biggest,” read branded T-shirts that are for sale.

David Farris, marketing director for Planet 13, said that’s only the beginning for the store that opened up at the beginning of the month. There is still 72,000 square feet that the company plans to expand into, which means the place could eventually be the size of a typical Costco.

Walking over the LED floor at the entrance, an electronic pond with lily pads and fish, the sensors detected Farris’ footsteps and created ripple effects where he walked. The electronic Koi fish darted away when he stepped near one gliding below.

There is an irony here. The store is huge, with wide-open and airy space all designed for the purpose of selling something that can only be purchased legally an ounce at a time. No need for giant shopping carts here.

The easy comparison is to an Apple store, with clean lines, lots of glass and electronic screens.

Techno-style music plays loud enough to stir the senses, but

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Democrat said in a statement.

Suzanne Taylor, the University of California’s interim systemwide Title IX coordinator, said in a statement that the “proposed changes will reverse decades of well-established, hard-won progress toward equity in our nation’s schools, unravel critical protections for individuals who experience sexual harassment, and undermine the very procedures designed to ensure fairness and justice.”

Supporters said the rules would better ensure fairness in proceedings they believe have become too skewed against the accused.

“Finally they’re issuing rules to reinforce the rights that already are well established and should be uniformly applied,” said Mark Hathaway, a Los Angeles attorney who has represented more than 150 students accused of sexual misconduct. “It’s been a long time coming.”

The proposed new federal rules would for the first time require colleges and universities

to allow cross-examination during mandatory live hearings in misconduct cases, though parties would not question each other directly. Both sides would have equal opportunity to present witnesses and access evidence. And the person who makes the ultimate finding could not be the same person who investigated the complaint, addressing widespread criticism that Title IX coordinators often act as prosecutor, judge and jury.

Hathaway said California courts already have begun ordering colleges to restore due process rights to accused students. In recent cases against Claremont McKenna College and University of California, Santa Barbara, he said, the state appeals court said that respondents had the right to question their accusers.

Taylor, however, said in an interview that the prospect of cross-examination, probably by an attorney, would intimidate victims and witnesses and discourage them from speaking up.

The new rules also would adopt the U.S. Supreme Court’s definition of sexual harassment, which requires conduct to be so severe, pervasive and “objectively offensive” that it effectively denies a person equal access to the school’s education program or activity. Obamaera guidelines defined sexual harassment only as “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” that was so severe or pervasive that it denied or limited access to education. They did not require the conduct to be objectively offensive or deny access.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which promotes free speech on campuses, welcomed the narrower definition. It would eliminate the “confusion that has led institutions nationwide to adopt overly broad definitions of sexual harassment that threaten student and faculty speech,” said Samantha Harris, a foundation vice president.

But Taylor said the change would sharply reduce victims’ ability to win justice.

She said she also was concerned that the regulations reduce colleges’ responsibility to respond to complaints, requiring it only if authorities had “actual knowledge” of misconduct within their programs or activities. Currently, colleges are held responsible for investigating misconduct they know or should know about even if it occurs off campus — if the assault affects the victim’s education.

Colleges also would have the option under the rules to choose to adopt a higher burden of proof — clear and convincing evidence — to reach a finding of sexual misconduct. They could continue to use the current lower standard of a “preponderance of evidence” only if they also used it in other campus misconduct cases. The 10-campus UC system will continue to use the current standard, Taylor said.

Supreme Court debates whether Apple can be sued for monopoly over sales of iPhone apps David G. Savage

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The Supreme Court heard a potentially significant antitrust case Monday to decide whether Apple can be sued for using its monopoly power over its iPhones to profit from the sale of apps.

Lawyers for the Trump administration joined with Apple in urging the high court to throw out the case, but they ran into skeptical questions from most of the justices.

“This is a closed loop,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a lawyer for Apple. Users of the iPhone have to buy apps through Apple, she said, and that at least looks like a monopoly arrangement.

“Consumers are harmed too,” added Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, since they allegedly pay higher prices because Apple takes a 30 percent commission on the sale of apps.

The outcome in Apple v.

Pepper is being closely watched — not only by developers who make apps for Apple but by online vendors who sell products on other platforms like Amazon.

The justices will not decide whether Apple must pay damages for using its monopoly power. At

issue now is only whether the antitrust suit against Apple can proceed to further hearings and a trial on whether Apple wields monopoly power.

But much of corporate America has joined in support of Apple and argued that such broad antitrust claims should be blocked at the starting gate.

Apple’s lawyers rely on a longstanding court doctrine that holds only “direct purchasers” may bring an antitrust claim.

They describe the iPhone as akin to a shopping mall where consumers can freely shop for apps and buy what they choose.

Under this “shopping mall” theory, a shopper cannot sue the owner of the mall by asserting he or she paid too much for a product at a store.

In Apple’s view, the antitrust laws would allow a suit only from the victims of this alleged monopoly, which could be the developers of the apps, not consumers who buy the apps.

But the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the antitrust suit to proceed on the theory that Apple acts as a distributor with monopoly power over certain products — in this instance, apps on the iPhone.

The four liberal justices suggested they were inclined to permit the suit to go forward.

Justice Elena Kagan said she believed she was buying directly from Apple when she used her credit card on an iPhone to buy an app. “I’ve engaged in a onestep transaction with Apple,” she said. If so, the consumer is a direct purchaser and should therefore be permitted to bring an antitrust claim.

At points during the argument, Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh appeared to agree.

Both said they were skeptical of the 1970s-era rule that bars antitrust suits against manufacturers if consumers bought their products through middlemen, not directly from the maker.

Kavanaugh pointed to the words of the key antitrust law, which says “any person injured” may bring a claim. And the complaint in this case was brought on behalf of purchasers of apps who alleged they pay too much because of Apple’s control of the app store.

It will be several months before the justices hand down a ruling in the case.

ISU Public Safety police blotter Nov. 17

9:08 AM Confiscated item reported off campus 2:35 PM Possession of drugs/ paraphernalia reported in Lincoln Quads

Nov. 19

7:44 AM Vehicle crash, property damage reported in 400 Block of

N. 8th St. 1:11 PM Theft, trespassing reported in Science Building 1:59 PM Theft reported in University Hall

Nov. 22

Nov. 21

6:22 PM Suspicious activity reported in Pickerl Hall 7:07 PM Vehicle crash, property damage reported in North Pay Lot

12:13 AM Arrest made with outstanding warrants reported off campus

2:14 AM Arrest made for OVWI reported off campus

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indianastatesman.com MARYLAND FROM PAGE 1 respiratory tract and make individuals more susceptible to viral infections in general, the cases of adenovirus-associated illness on campus have been seen both in students living on and off campus and among students in residence halls affected by mold and not,” the FAQ says. “As such, it appears that there is no consistent connection between mold exposure and the incidents of adenovirus infection affecting UMD students.”

Besides the mold, Paregol said he’s more concerned about whether the university knew there were students on campus with adenovirus before his daughter contracted the virus, particularly because she visited the health center frequently, and the medication she took for Crohn’s suppressed her immune system. Paregol said the health center should have known Olivia was at risk because the center received and dispensed her medication.

When Olivia came down with a fever, Paregol became more concerned. She left school to rest for a day at home Oct. 31 and later saw her home physician Nov. 5. She was diagnosed with pneumonia during a Nov. 6 emergency room visit, and returned to the emergency room Nov. 9, Paregol said.

“Her left lung was completely whited out with pneumonia,” Paregol said.

“From there if just got worse.”

On Nov. 12, she was admitted to the intensive care unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Paregol said.

Paregol said he called the university seeking information about the mold on campus to find out whether that might affect Olivia’s condition. Eventually, he

CHARGES FROM PAGE 1 The pledges arrived shortly after 4 p.m. on Sept. 3 with a bottle of vodka.

The freshmen were introduced to Walker and a sorority member, and directed to Barksdale’s room on the second floor Barksdale called one pledge into a bathroom, handed him a beer and told him to drink the beer as fast as possible.

After that, Barksdale emptied a bottle of decorative sprinkles, and the pledges were ordered to sort them. If they failed to complete the task in a timely manner, they were forced to drink vodka. Barksdale and Walker yelled at the pledges as they tried to sort the sprinkles and ordered them to drink vodka.

The pledges were ordered to drink from the bottle of vodka between 10 to 15 times. Walker and Barksdale made them

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It also appears to be one of the final moves toward making marijuana truly mainstream. When the product being sold is legal in a plurality of states, its stigma is diluted to the point that mainstream Hollywood stars openly use it with pride and a pot superstore can take

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 • Page 3 said, he spoke with McBride, and the university ultimately relayed information about adenovirus cases on campus to Hopkins doctors. She then tested positive for adenovirus.

“If they would have known a week earlier, I think there would have been a different result,” Paregol said. “This should never have happened.”

Paregol said his daughter was “just the sweetest kid” — the type who, from elementary school through college, took newcomers and outsiders under her wing.

“She made friends with everyone,” Paregol said. “If there were any new kids, she would sort of bring that kid into the fold and make it so that kid didn’t have a lonely experience.”

The youngest of three siblings, Olivia was a free spirit with a penchant for prompting laughter, Paregol said.

“She was a typical freshman girl, enjoying the freedom that college presented while maintaining her grades,” he said.

Paregol said his family is going to try to get through the next few weeks before having deeper conversations with the university. But he said he’s already encouraged the school’s health center to urge students to get examined by their home physicians during their Thanksgiving break. He hopes it will prevent other families from going through the same pain, he said.

Paregol said he’s been going through photos of Olivia as the family has been preparing for her services.

“It’s just killing me,” he said. “But in every picture she’s just looking up to her brother and sister. She’s just goofy, alive and fun-loving.”

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drink as long as they were counting, according to the warrant.

Both pledges were forced to eat expired guacamole.

One pledge was later found unconscious in Barksdale’s room and another Kappa Sigma member believed that pledge had died. Members called an ambulance and the pledge was taken to a hospital. The second pledge was walked to his room and left intoxicated.

The September incident was at least the third reported hazing incident at the university since 2016. In December 2017, the Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter at TCU was suspended for hazing, according to the fraternity’s national office.

In 2016, the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity at TCU was shut down after reports of drug dealing and possession of guns surfaced.

er was finding people who were qualified, devoted to the story and would be able to thrive in the show’s creative environment.

During a visit to the series’ Glendale offices earlier this month the entire team vibrated with energy as they discussed “She-Ra,” so excited to be creating the female-centric stories they themselves had craved to see on screen for a new generation of kids.

Its writers room particularly stands out at a time when there is increased awareness about the lack of diversity and behind-the-scenes parity in the entertainment industry.

“Animation is still a male-dominated industry, especially the action-adventure side,” said Campbell, who had never been on staff with a single other female writer prior to working on “She-Ra.” According to the most recent figures from the Animation Guild, women make up slightly more than 25 percent of creatives working in animation studios in and around Los Angeles. That’s a small improvement in the numbers from a 2015 study that found only 17 percent of animation writers at these L.A.-based studios were women.

“It’s so weird to me that [‘She-Ra’] is the exception,” said Lynch. “Because this is wonderful.”

“She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” follows the adventures of Adora, an orphan raised by a group of ruthless conquerors known as the Evil Horde to believe princesses are villains. Her promising future within the Horde is disrupted when she discovers a sword that transforms her into the magical warrior known as She-Ra. Adora switches sides and joins the Rebellion after learning that everything she thought she knew about the world was a lie thanks to her new friends Glimmer and Bow. The show is thoughtful, inclusive and nuanced, with characters who sometimes struggle to do the right thing.

The new Adora is just as fearless and skilled in combat as her predecessor, but now she deals with issues reflective of our times. She struggles with anxiety and self-doubt as she navigates her newfound powers, friendships and apparent destiny.

“Adora is just always so afraid that she’s [messing] up,” said Stevenson. “She’s just so anxious all the time that she’s doing the wrong thing.”

These insecurities add a level of emotional authenticity that was missing in her original incarnation. It’s one of the subtleties woven into the story by the creative team that sets the reboot apart from

its place among dozens of retail outlets, perhaps it is simply the dawning of the new age of weed.

Farris thinks so. He said the company has more plans. He opened up a door to reveal a large open space — about 2,000 square feet — that he imagines will be a coffee shop where people can come and hang out, work on laptops and have a Starbucks-like experience while also buying their marijuana.

He opened another door and revealed what the building used to be: a massive beer distribution warehouse. He said when his company obtained the site, it came with several safes that were used by the mob back when vice was virtually the only economic engine in Vegas.

But the open space, with large bay doors and docking sites, could someday become places for pot to be consumed on site in a lounge. That’s still a ways off, however,

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its ‘80s iteration. Even She-Ra’s wardrobe is different this time around, still fashionable but more functional for a warrior princess (now she wears shorts).

That’s a testament to the power of having more than a lone female creative voice in the mix.

“My role on so many other shows as the only woman in the room was always to latch onto the one or two female characters and defend them with my life,” said Stevenson. “It hobbles you. You’re not fully unleashed. So I guess this show is us fully unleashed, in one way or another.”

Nolfi echoed that sentiment, noting that the “She-Ra” writers room did not come with the additional stress born from “that sense of responsibility you have for the few characters you feel like you need to advocate for their representation.”

Their new “She-Ra’s” Etheria is home to princesses of all shapes, sizes and temperaments. And although some residents of the mystical planet might be a bit skeptical about things like technology, nobody bats an eye if a princess is butch or queer or stubborn or powerful.

Most of the show’s villains are also women, and the writers admittedly have a soft spot for them. “[‘She-Ra’] has so many strong female characters who support each other and aren’t knocking each other down,” said Nolfi. “Even if they confront each other about conflicts, they’re always supporting each other. They can be flawed and make mistakes and come back together and be stronger together, and for me, I always feel empowered seeing that.”

The creative process on “She-Ra” is collaborative, organic and character-driven.

The team meets to figure out the story of an episode, and the freewheeling discussions can range from the structural elements to personal anecdotes.

Adora and her friends tackle a variety of everyday teenage challenges, including dealing with bumps in friendships, living up to parental expectations, accepting new responsibilities and even going to prom.

But the series also touches on more complicated themes, such as colonialism, isolationism and terrorism, as well as the nature of redemption.

And a show about how different young women step into leadership roles feels incredibly timely in the current political climate — as if it’s a direct repudiation of those who challenge both the veracity and validity of women’s stories.

“I hope that this show is something that can help people not only heal in some ways but is also a call to action,” said Stevenson. “I think that that’s sort of the rallying cry of the show: Be brave.” as pot can only be ingested legally in a private residence. Like other states that have legalized recreational marijuana use, Nevada is in the midst of trying to solve a dilemma — how to market pot to tourists who have no legal place to actually consume it.

“That’s the big question,” Farris said.

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Video game review: ‘The Quiet Man’ AJ Goelz Reporter

After gaining a little buzz with its unique premise, “The Quiet Man” released as a disappointing mess of a game.

Square Enix debuted “The Quiet Man” earlier this year at E3. Featuring live-action cut scenes and a silent world, players control deaf protagonist Dane.

“The Quiet Man,” at least on the first play through, is a silent game. There is little to no sound, save for mild impact sounds and indis-

cernible dialogue. It is as if the player is watching everything occur through a pane of glass or underwater.

Players must complete the game once before having a chance to play the game with sound. On the silent play through, players are supposed to experience the world as Dane would. The first time through, players can interoperate the events of the game based on what little context clues are given. Sadly, there are not many.

“The Quiet Man” has no subtitles. Players are left in the dark unless they can read lips, a skill

Dane has. There are times that Dane responds to characters after being spoken or signed to. These moments should have had some sort of subtitle to give the player the information that Dane is receiving, or at least subtitles for what Dane himself is saying.

Things are not fixed when sound returns on the second time through. This time players know what is being said, but the story itself is subpar at best.

It tries to be this twisty-turny mystery narrative that gets lost within itself. There are plot holes and things that don’t make sense

throughout the entire game. It was as if Square was just trying to throw as many twists into the game as they could, and it ends up ruining any semblance of a coherent narrative.

A poor narrative could be excused if the gameplay was any good, but “The Quiet Man” fails in this aspect as well. “The Quiet Man” is an unremarkable brawler. The player goes from area to area, fighting the same three guys over and over.

Sometimes, just pressing the attack button repeatedly with zero strategy can defeat “The Quiet Man”. There is no satisfaction

Fashion Forward Kasia Nelson

Lauren Rader Kasia Nelson is a senior at Indiana State majoring in Textiles and Apparel Merchandising, and minoring in Business Administration. She is also a beauty vlogger on YouTube (KasiaMae Beauty). She enjoys running her beauty channel and doing different looks and tutorials. Kasia is also a hairstylist, specializing in weaves and braid. She also sews in her spare time.

Q: Does fashion and what you wear influence your mood, and the way you conduct yourself?A: “Also mentioned before, fashion is my mood. It is how I express myself. So I wouldn’t say that what I wear influences my mood or how I conduct myself but that my mood and how I conduct myself influences what I wear.”

Q: What does your style say about who you are? A: “My style is a reflection of how I want to feel. I dress up every day as if I’m going somewhere special because I think that when you look good you feel good. My positivity is my best asset so I think it’s important to feel and exude good energy.”

Q: How do you choose your clothes on a day-to-day basis, and what factors do you consider when getting ready?

A: “I have a very mixed sense of style. I change up my hair a lot and I have a large variety of wigs; my hair normally inspires my outfits so my

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style changes up every day, you just never know what I’ll be wearing or what my hair will be like from day to day. Some days I may feel school girlish, some days I may feel biker-ish, and some days I may feel pink or yellow. I just dress based off of how I am feeling.”

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or sense of accomplishment for fighting in this game, with some sequences dragging on for tens of minutes for no particular reason. There is no tutorial or explanation of mechanics - it just drops the player into the game, expecting them to figure it out.

“The Quiet Man” is a bad game that tried to get by on its unique premise. There was potential here, but the game fails to impress on any level. It is a short cheap experience that is not even worth its low monetary cost.

Score: 4/10

Q: Do you consider yourself a creative person? If so, explain how fashion makes its way into your everyday creative life.A: “I consider myself extremely creative, because I do hair, makeup, sew and much more. Everything that I do and am interested in is full of creation. I’m always thinking about what I’m going to wear, online shopping, watching fashion bloggers, or sewing something. Being creative is my life, it’s literally what I do.”

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Meet Inspector 63. Her job: evaluating hotels for AAA. Her expertise: extensive. Her gift to you: what she looks for in a hotel that can enhance your stay _ or give you the willies.

Those diamonds you see in AAA reviews are the result of what she and many other inspectors do.

In an interview and in a follow-up email, 63 _ who does not announce her visit beforehand and is identified only by number to ensure her anonymity _ shared her 16 years of inspection experience and a decade of working for hotels.

Here’s how 63 operates: She arrives at the hotel with a ratings format in hand and presents a business card.

She is escorted to different areas _ guest rooms, of course, but also common areas such as the hotel lobby and lounge. The exterior of the hotel also comes in for scrutiny.

Sometimes, the initial reception is one of alarm. The receptionist “is thinking we are the health inspector (and that) something is in violation,” she said. “The last thing we want to do is (have them) be fearful of us.”

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Jane Lynch gets tuneful for the holiday season, as if she didn’t do her part to bring enough ‘Glee’ Allison Stewart

Chicago Tribune (TNS)

Long before she played Sue Sylvester on “Glee,” actress Jane Lynch was a kid growing up in the South Side village of Dolton who really, really loved Christmas.

Mrs. Maisel,” and hosting the series “Hollywood Game Night” (she was nominated for Emmys for the latter two). “I really enjoy the immersion in a project,” Lynch says in a phone interview, at home on a break from her Christmas tour. “Every part of me being used.”

Disney | TNS The following is an edited verKristen Bell, Mandy Moore, Sarah Silverman, and Auli’i Cravalho in “Ralph Breaks the Internet” sion of that conversation: Q: Are you a big Christmas (2018) in theaters Nov. 21, 2018. person?

A: Yes. I grew up in Chicago, and nobody does Christmas like Chicago. We would play the same albums over and over every Christmas. They were those beautiful late fifties, early sixties ($35.3 million Friday-Sunday), earning a B rating on CinemaSonaiya Kelley arrangements that Bing Crosby the largest Thanksgiving open- Score and a 12 percent “rotten” Los Angeles Times (TNS) and Rosemary Clooney and the ing for a live-action film. rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Andrews Sisters would do. Our A follow-up to 2015’s “Creed,” After expanding into wide reSequels and revivals domalbum and our show is right in inated the box office over the the sequel cost at least $40 mil- lease, Universal Pictures’ “Green the pocket in terms of style of holiday weekend as the top four lion to make. It also earned pos- Book” landed at No. 9, taking in music. It’s reminiscent of those spots went to follow-ups of pop- itive reviews from audiences $7.4 million for five days ($5.4 sentimental Christmas songs. ular franchises that contributed and critics, with an A rating on million Friday-Sunday) for a cuQ: You and Kate Flannery met to the biggest overall Thanks- CinemaScore and an 82 percent mulative $7.8 million. in Chicago, when you were both “fresh” rating on Rotten TomaIn limited release, Fox Searchgiving weekend ever. starting out. light opened “The Favourite” on In first place, Walt Disney An- toes.

A: We were at Second City Universal’s “The Grinch” Friday with $420,000 in four imation Studios’ “Ralph Breaks at about the same time, but we the Internet” premiered with an came in third in its third week- theaters for an impressive perreally cemented our friendship impressive $84.5 million for five end, adding $42 million ($30.2 screen average of $105,000. The and our working relationship days, with $55.7 million of that million Friday-Sunday) for a cu- period drama, which stars Rawhen we were at the Annoyance chel Weisz and Emma Stone, coming Friday through Sunday, mulative $180.4 million.

Theatre. We got to know each Warner Bros.’ “Fantastic was well-received by critics, according to figures from meaother a little better there, and Beasts: The Crimes of Grindel- with a 95 percent “fresh” rating surement firm Comscore. started singing together there.

The $175 million film easily wald” earned $42.9 million over on Rotten Tomatoes.

We both moved to L.A. with (the Sony’s “The Front Runner” surpassed analysts’ projections five days but slipped to fourth stage show) “The Real Live Brady place with $29.7 million for Fri- expanded into 807 locations of $65 million to $75 million.

Bunch,” and continued doing The sequel to 2012’s “Wreck- day-Sunday in its second week- in its third weekend, earning sketch comedy together, and It Ralph,” which opened with end (a 52 percent drop) for a cu- $630,000 for a cumulative $1 Kate and I would always find a million. $49 million before earning $471 mulative $117.1 million. way to do a song. Around 2014, Rounding out the top five, Netflix’s Oscar hopeful million worldwide, sees arcade when I was offered four nights game characters Wreck-It Ralph Fox’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” “Roma” debuted in three theat (a cabaret space), I called her (John C. Reilly) and Vanellope earned $19.2 million ($13.8 mil- aters in New York and Los Anand said, “We have to do this tovon Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) lion Friday-Sunday) in its fourth geles several weeks before the gether.” traveling through cyberspace weekend for a cumulative $152 acclaimed movie becomes availQ: When you’re on tour and able for streaming. The picture in a send-up of internet culture million. hanging out in a city together, do New over the weekend, Lions- is scheduled to expand into adand Disney’s own franchises. people go, “Wait, that’s Sue SylIt went over well with audienc- gate’s “Robin Hood” opened at ditional theaters Dec. 5 before it vester from ‘Glee,’ and Meredith es and critics, with an A-minus $14.2 million ($9.1 million Fri- streams online Dec. 14. Netflix from ‘The Office’”? rating on CinemaScore and an day-Sunday), below analysts’ does not report box office reA: It happens all the time, 86 percent “fresh” rating on re- predictions of $17 million. The turns. absolutely, because our shows This week, Sony’s Screen view aggregation site Rotten To- big-budget revival, which cost were popular at the same time, an estimated $100 million to Gems premieres the horror matoes.

At No. 2, MGM’s “Creed II” make, was well-received by au- film “The Possession of Hanna LYNCH CONT ON PAGE 5 debuted with $55.8 million diences but fell flat with critics, Grace.”

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ and ‘Creed II’ lead record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend

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Jane Lynch attending Discovery’s Manhunt: Unabomber world premiere.

Lynch went on to land career-changing roles in films like “Best in Show” and the “40-YearOld Virgin” before “Glee” came along in 2009. It wasn’t until 2016 that Lynch teamed with longtime friend Kate Flannery (who played Meredith on “The Office”), a quintet led by jazz trumpeter Tony Guerrero, and Tim Davis, the vocal arranger on “Glee,” to record “A Swingin’ Little Christmas,” a retro collection of new and classic holiday songs inspired by Lynch’s longtime affection for Christmas music.

Much to everyone’s surprise, it landed in Billboard’s Top 10, and has spawned an annual tour.

Post-”Glee,” Lynch has worked without pause, doing voiceovers for animated films like “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” singing in cabaret shows, guest-starring on Amazon’s “The Marvelous

indianastatesman.com TRAVEL FROM PAGE 4 But wouldn’t you be nervous if someone were eyeballing your property by shining a light into dark corners? Maybe. We also spoke with a hotel manager to find out how _ or whether _ what an inspector finds makes a difference.

AN INSPECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE Room cleanliness: Based on what inspectors look for, 63 said, here are good indicators (stuff you can look for too) that cleaning hasn’t been thorough: _Dust on picture frames _Smudges on TV remote controls _Fingerprints on light switches

LYNCH CONT FROM PAGE 4 people recognize us a lot. We have fun in airports, that’s for sure. ...

I get recognized all the time. “Glee” was a pretty popular show when it was on, and it’s only been off a couple years.

Q: Are there still are lot of people who’ll say, “I didn’t know she could sing”?

A: It’s funny, when you get up in front of people

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_Gunk on telephone ear and mouthpieces. (Makeup can rub off.) _A microwave with rust or an odor. _Anything under the bed, if it’s accessible (You might not want to look, depending on your bravery, but they do.) _Lint in a hair dryer (Yes, it does accumulate, and you might want to check yours at home to be sure you’re getting maximum airflow.) _Vacuuming that falls short. Inspector 63 suggested looking in the corners where the vacuum has been. If the brush strokes don’t extend all the way into the corner where the carpeting meets the walls, you may wonder whether

other shortcuts have been taken. _Why carpeting isn’t as prevalent as it once was: More often nowadays, you’ll see laminate woodlook flooring, “luxury” vinyl tile or ceramic, porcelain or stone. “These finishes are easier to clean and maintain,” she said. (I noticed this trend recently at a couple of beachfront hotels where I stayed _ both had wood-look vinyl flooring on which sand showed up _ and so did an earring I thought I had lost. Thumbs up on the flooring trend, at least in warm-weather climates.) _How mattresses and sheets are assessed without sleeping in the bed: Inspectors ask about the

turning and replacement schedule of mattresses.

They also strip guestroom beds to their bare bones to see for themselves. At the same time, they’re looking at the linens to assess thread count, which can be an indicator of softness. _Trending tech: IPads and, yes, Alexa. Yes, that Alexa, your BFF who’s always listening. But she may not be your BFF when it comes to service, 63 said.

“Technology may not be as reliable while great hospitality and human interaction still very much go hand-in-hand,” Inspector 63 said.

THE HOTEL’S PERSPECTIVE “There’s always a role for inspectors like AAA,” said

Janine Chicourrat, general manager of the Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey.

“I think sometimes their standards are unrealistic because of the design of the property, but by and large, I have always used their standards” as a suggestion for improvement.

For instance, if an inspection recommends that a room have a full-length mirror, this general manager, who has two decades of experience, pays attention and will try to find a way to incorporate that. “Ninety-nine percent of what they say makes sense,” she said.

Will social media or review sites render inspections obsolete?

Chicourrat, who does

pay attention to social media and review sites, doesn’t think so.

“Reviews on social media can be skewed, and they’re always opinion-based on likes and dislikes, whereas AAA is more fact-based.”

Time has not changed the value of facts.

In arguing a court case in 1770, about a quarter-century before he became president, John Adams said: “Facts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

Stubborn, yes, and useful, definitely, to help travelers make good choices.

and you do what you do, they just accept it right away. Nobody says, “Oh, I didn’t know you could sing.”

Q: There haven’t been any new classic Christmas songs in such a long time.

Why do you think that is?

A: I think it’s the whole idea of Christmas, and the whole feeling of Christmas summed up in those songs that were recorded in the ‘50s and ‘60s. That cement-

ed Christmas sentiment in our heart. Some new songs have come along, but rock ‘n’ roll never really lent itself to Christmas music.

We really do like those lush orchestral arrangements of Christmas carols.

That whole idea of Christmas albums and playing Christmas music didn’t even start ‘til the fifties and sixties, and it kind of stopped there, too.

Q: It must be constant

good vibes to go out there and do Christmas songs every night. Everybody’s feeling sentimental, and happy to see you.

A: That’s exactly what it is. Everybody comes in their Christmas sweaters, so happy to be celebrating the season. We started last week, and it’s not even Thanksgiving and people were showing in up in their Christmas sweaters.

Everybody comes ready to

bask in the glow.

Q: In LA, is there a fraternity of actors from Chicago who gravitate towards each other?

A: Yeah, especially when you first move out here. I hung out with nobody but Chicago people, we lived in the same neighborhood, we performed together (doing sketch comedy).

I started to meet people from the Groundlings _ Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan,

Molly Shannon joined us _ so we stretched our tentacles out and started hanging out with other people.

We started out together, and we still get together from time to time, but everybody’s married now and has kids, except for Kate and I, being two barren women. We thought that might be the name for our next show, but we decided to call it “Two Lost Souls” instead.

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Editorial: New rules let too many employers deny birth control coverage The Seattle Times TNS

Access to birth control is crucial to ensuring women can control their lives, plan their families and, in many cases, manage ongoing medical conditions.

Yet by pushing to let more employers deny insurance coverage for contraceptives, the Trump administration is treating birth control as some kind of novelty, rather than the medical necessity it is for millions of women.

Final rules issued by the federal government this month will let many more employers claim religious or moral exemptions from providing birth-control coverage. And, unlike in many cases before, a third party such as an insurance company will no longer be required to step in and provide that coverage when employers refuse to do so.

To preserve women’s access to birth control, the Trump administration should retract these rules, which are set to take effect Jan. 14. If the administration fails to reconsider its approach, Congress should vote to override the new rules.

The Affordable Care Act generally requires employers to cover preventive health care services, which the government says includes birth control for women.

But under the new rules released this month, a religious exemption that was previously available mainly to churches and houses of worship will be opened to nonprofits and for-profit companies as well, said Mara Gandal-Powers, director of birth-control access and senior counsel for the National Women’s Law Center. Nonprofits and companies that are not publicly traded will also be able to claim a new exemption allowing them to decline birth-control coverage based on their moral convictions, even if they wouldn’t qualify for an exemption based on religious beliefs.

These new rules not only mean that women may have to once

again pay copays for birth control, which can be a financial barrier for many. Rather, the rules mean many women may lose access to birth-control coverage entirely, Gandal-Powers said.

“What this does is make more unintended pregnancies likely across the country, because it reduces access to the preventive care women need to space and plan their families,” said Jennifer Allen, CEO of Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, the regional political arm of Planned Parenthood.

While the Trump administration estimates that only 127,000 women will be affected, Gandal-Powers said that is likely an underestimate. “We do think it will be hundreds of thousands of women who will be impacted,” she said.

A separate proposal by the Trump administration would allow women whose employers claim a religious or moral exemption to access Title X family-planning services, which are meant for low-income people.

But this plan is woefully insufficient, given that the federal Title X program is already underfunded and unable to meet current levels of demand. Federal officials didn’t respond to a question this week about whether the administration would also try to increase funding for the Title X program.

The Trump administration is already on shaky legal ground with the final birth-control rules, which are substantially similar to interim regulations it released in late 2017. In response to lawsuits filed by the states of California and Pennsylvania, two federal judges already have issued preliminary injunctions blocking the interim rules from being enforced nationwide.

Rather than continuing what promises to be a prolonged legal battle, federal officials should swiftly reverse course.

If they do not, members of Congress should not hesitate to pass legislation protecting women’s contraceptive coverage long into the future.

Group from Migrant Caravan stopped, tear-gassed at border Joe Lippard

Opinions Editor

For decades, immigration law in the United States has allowed asylum-seekers to apply for asylum regardless of how they entered the country. However, apparently people running for their lives are now enemies of some sort, according to the current presidential administration.

At least, that’s how they seem to be treating them.

A group from a caravan of thousands of migrants seeking asylum from Central and South America reached the United States’ southern border on Sunday. They came to the busiest border crossing in the area, San Ysidro, which Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen decided to close that day. The group of asylum-seekers had gathered at the crossing to protest the U.S. government’s slow processing of asylum documents.

According to the Washington Post, some protestors threw rocks and bottles, after which the crossing was closed. Customs and Border Protection officers then shot tear gas over the border into Mexico at the gathering of protestors, which included

several children. A photo taken of the event shows a young girl under ten screaming and crying, after having to flee the tear gas fired by border officers.

Trump seems to be unfazed by the absurdly militaristic stance his border agents are showing towards people seeking asylum legally, in fact actively encouraging it through his Twitter account. “Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries,” he tweeted. “Do it by plane, do it by bus, do it anyway you want, but they are not coming into the U.S.A. We will close the Border permanently if need be. Congress, fund the wall!”

Trump has already tried limiting these asylum rights earlier in the month. At the beginning of November, before leaving for his trip to Paris, he issued a proclamation, saying, “The continuing and threatened mass migration of aliens with no basis for admission into the United States through our southern border has precipitated a crisis and undermines the integrity of our borders.”

U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar, who issued a restraining order on the proclamation a week

and a half after its issuance, halted this proclamation. Trump is still pushing for the policy, even though for now, his administration has the legal responsibility to process any asylum claims from any immigrant, regardless of where they crossed the border.

Now there is talk among experts that Trump may make use of an exception to the asylum application policy called “safe third country,” wherein a third country -- outside of the asylum-seeker’s home or destination countries -- would harbor these refugees for the time needed to process asylum applications. However, according to American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Lee Gelernt, if such a provision is invoked, “there needs to be an assurance that individuals waiting on the Mexican side are safe, not just from the Mexican government but from gangs.”

Gelernt then added that the ACLU didn’t believe the United States could make such an assurance.

This is simply ridiculous.

Seeking asylum is not a crime, regardless of where the asylum-seeker enters the country.

It’s in our laws, and upheld by

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Rebuild Paradise? California has to reconsider putting homes in the path of more dangerous fires Editorial Board

The Los Angeles Times

As the fast-moving Camp fire closed in on the Sierra foothill city of Paradise and the few roads out of town clogged with cars, residents literally had to run for their lives, the soles of their sneakers melting on the asphalt. The escape from Paradise was terrifying, deadly — and predictable.

The entire town is in a highrisk fire zone. Residents have had to evacuate regularly in recent years. During a fire in 2008 that destroyed more than 80 homes on the edge of Paradise, residents were stuck in traffic jams as flames burned on both sides of the road. A grand jury report following that fire said the city and county needed more evacuation routes and should consider halting new home construction in fire-prone areas until thorough emergency plans were in place.

Paradise developed a plan for staggered evacuations of its estimated 27,000 residents. But the plan proved inadequate in the face of the Camp fire, which

was so fast and so intense that it leveled the town. At least 81 people died and more than 17,000 homes and commercial buildings were destroyed in the deadliest fire in California history.

To rebuild Paradise as it was would be land-use malpractice.

With thousands of newly homeless Paradise evacuees bivouacking in parks and parking lots, officials are already discussing how to get people home and back to normal quickly. But there’s no more normal. California is facing the new abnormal, with climate change expected to fuel more frequent, more destructive fires.

To rebuild Paradise as it was would be land-use malpractice.

The question facing state and local authorities is whether Paradise — and other towns that have burned — can be rebuilt to withstand the next, inevitable wildfire. If not, how does California relocate communities and restrict new construction while respecting property rights and not worsening the state’s affordable housing crisis?

At a minimum, cities should remap fire-prone areas and fo-

cus reconstruction in areas with lower risk. They should design fire breaks and buffer zones between open space and developed properties. Rebuilt communities must have sufficient evacuation routes and the most stringent, fire-resistant construction. Structures that didn’t burn should be retrofitted, replacing wood roofs and flammable vegetation. Cities need to enforce requirements that residents empty leaf-clogged rain gutters and clear a 100-foot perimeter of defensible space around their homes to reduce the chance that an ember will set their home on fire.

All of this work comes with significant upfront costs, which is why so few local governments do it. The state should consider providing grants or loans to help local communities cover the costs of fire prevention and resilience. After all, the cost of inaction is far greater.

But are there some areas of the state that are just too dangerous to build or rebuild in? In 1993, after fires raged through Malibu, Joseph T. Edmiston, the head of the Santa Monica Mountains

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Conservancy, called for a “threestrikes” rule to limit the number of times recovery funds could be spent to help rebuild a home destroyed by wildfire.

Lawmakers can’t necessarily stop people from rebuilding, given the 5th Amendment’s protections for property owners.

But Edmiston suggested that California could offer to buy out property owners to prevent them from rebuilding in high-risk areas and use the land for park space. The federal government already has a program that buys out homes that have repeatedly flooded. Participation is voluntary, and it’s a humane way to compensate property owners and deter them from rebuilding again in harm’s way. Policymakers should develop a similar effort for wildfire ravaged communities in California.

Other experts have suggested the creation of a state commission, much like the California Coastal Commission, that would have authority over new development in hazardous fire zones.

Local control over land-use has been sacrosanct in California, but it’s clear that a patchwork,

parochial approach to approving development in high-risk fire areas has failed protect the public.

Indeed, California cities and counties — motivated in part by the state’s housing crisis — continue to approve new housing developments deeper into high-risk fire areas, as the suburbs march into rural foothills and high property values force people farther and farther away from urban centers. The Los Angeles County Planning Commission recently OK’d the 19,000-home Centennial project on Tejon Ranch. Developing in the wildland urban interface, where homes and offices abut foothills, forests or other open land, increases both the risk of starting fires and the number of people and structures in harm’s way when there is a fire. The vast majority of wildfires are caused by humans or their tools of modern living, including sparks from vehicles and power lines. Utility companies certainly have to do more to prevent fires from their equipment, but stringing new power lines to serve customers

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America is poorer than it thinks

Noah Smith

Bloomberg News

What does it mean to be poor? Currently there are two basic ways to define poverty. To get a better measure of who needs help — and a better sense of how to provide it — society needs a third definition.

The first definition is absolute poverty — essentially, material destitution.

Human beings need food, water and shelter, and if we can’t afford these things, life is pretty miserable.

In the U.S., the federal government has poverty guidelines that are based on food consumption: If you make less than about three times the minimum amount people need to spend on food each year, you’re poor.

By this measure, a single adult living on $12,140 or less is considered poor as of 2018. For a family of

FIRE FROM PAGE 1 in far-flung wildland areas only increases the potential for disaster.

There are good reasons why so many people

four, the figure is $25,100.

There is also a Supplemental Poverty Measure that includes not just food but clothing, shelter and utilities. Thanks in part to increased government assistance, U.S. poverty according to this measure has fallen, especially for children.

Critics of the federal poverty guidelines argue that these numbers are too low, thanks to growing inequality — in the 1960s, the federal poverty level was about half of the median income, but is now well below that. Moreover, as a country grows richer, hunger becomes less common, so using it as measure of poverty becomes less useful. When the middle class is defined by having “a chicken in every pot and a car in every backyard” (a campaign slogan from 1928), then simply having a chicken would seem to indicate that you’re not poor. But when your mid-

dle-class neighbors have several cars, several televisions and spacious homes, you might feel poor.

This is where the second measure — relative poverty — comes in. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development defines poverty this way: If you earn less than half of the median income, you’re poor. By this measure, the U.S. is doing a bit worse than other rich countries: But this, too, feels unsatisfying. Imagine a future U.S. in which the median American is fabulously wealthy — with flying cars, robot servants, and multiple overseas vacations every year. Should someone with half as many flying cars, robot servants and overseas vacations be considered poor? That seems like a stretch.

Intuitively, then, it seems that a third definition of poverty is necessary — one that measures more than

just material well-being but also takes into account economic growth.

Luckily, there is just such a concept: It’s called material security. Psychologist Abraham Maslow believed that safety ranked second only to food and shelter as a basic human need. Someone who has food and a roof over their head today, but doesn’t know whether they will tomorrow, should be considered poor.

Imagine a 55-year-old single woman with diabetes working a part-time job making close to minimum wage. Thanks to government assistance, her total income is $15,000 a year. But if she loses her job or has a medical emergency — both of which, as Matthew Desmond’s book “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” illustrates, are sadly common — she will probably become homeless.

That in turn will make

it very hard to get a new job, or to pay for her future health-care needs. In short, her situation is very precarious.

As Maslow would predict, this kind of insecurity causes extreme stress. And this precariousness exists along several dimensions — housing, health care, income, the risk of violence — which makes it hard to capture in a single measure. Still, there are some existing measures that could be used to help create a composite picture of security-based poverty.

For example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture tracks food insecurity, a survey-based measure of how worried people are that their food will run out.

Economists track income volatility, which measures swings in earnings from year to year. This kind of risk has been on the rise in the U.S.: The risk of eviction, meanwhile, can be roughly

measured by the percentage of people’s incomes that they spend on shelter each month. As of 2015, 17 percent of Americans spent half or more of their incomes on rent.

A reasonable, common-sense definition of poverty should include not just an absolute measure of material deprivation and a relative gauge of a person’s situation compared to the rest of society. It should also strive to measure how secure people feel — in their homes, their health, and their jobs.

This new measure might well show that poverty in the U.S. is worse than the current statistics say. But an accurate view of a problem is the first step toward addressing it. And eliminating poverty should be a priority of any wealthy society.

flock to urban fringe and foothill communities. It’s beautiful living on the edge of nature, and housing is often much cheaper there than in California’s coastal regions. Yet the

death and destruction of the last year should be a wake-up call that California can’t continue to sprawl into increasingly dangerous wildfire terrain.

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to apply for asylum? This is just the latest in a long string of Trump openly flouting established legislation and legal conventions. I understand wanting immigrants to enter the country through safe,

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Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018

Sycamores grind out tough victory over Western Kentucky, Hilltoppers Ace Hunt

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Basketball runs are not always born on the offensive end, although buckets obviously have to be shot to string together points. But it was the Sycamores who embraced the grind on the defensive end -- including drawing a trio of charges inside of the final two minutes -- to gut out a big 63-54 non-conference victory over Western Kentucky inside Hulman Center on Saturday afternoon.

Emotions ran high as the Sycamores won their third consecutive game to improve to 3-1 on the season while Western Kentucky fell to 3-3.

It snapped a three-game losing skid to the Hilltoppers and was the Sycamores’ first win against WKU since 2009 and its first in Terre Haute since 1941.

ISU did it on the defensive end as they improved to 87-10 under ninth-year head coach Greg Lansing when holding teams to 63 points or less. The Sycamores limited Western Kentucky to just 36.8 percent shooting, including only 8-of-28 (28.6 percent) after halftime. Indiana State meanwhile hit 23-of-56 shots (41.1 percent) and dished out 13 assists on 23 made field goals. The Sycamores connected on nine attempts from long range, including three each from Jordan Barnes and Tyreke Key. Barnes led the way with 17 points scored and added a teambest seven rebounds to go with three assists. Key was right there with him as he scored 16 points, hitting 5-of-7 shots from the

field and was a perfect 3-of-3 from 3-point range. He added six rebounds and two assists with two steals. Emondre Rickman had two big plays in the second half and finished with eight points and four rebounds.

But the story of the game may have been the final two minutes when the Sycamores drew three Western Kentucky offensive fouls -- a pair of from Clayton Hughes who has become known around the Wabash Valley for making all kinds of hustle plays, including charges taken. The other was from graduate transfer Allante Holston who took one with with the Sycamores up eight. Hughes’ charges taken came at pivotal moments with ISU up 59-54 with 57 seconds left and up 61-54 with 28 seconds to go to steal the victory.

Barnes and De’Avion Washington did the rest as they went a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line in the final 41 seconds to salt away with the 6454 win.

Western Kentucky scored the first five points of the game, but Barnes hit a runner at the 17:46 mark to make it 5-2. Murray scored inside for the Hilltoppers before Hughes connected on the first 3-pointer of the game to get ISU within 7-5. The Sycamores would fall behind by four points but scored the game’s next nine points, including a fast break bucket by Barnes and then one his three 3-pointers for the 14-9 cushion with 12:21 to go.

Hollingsworth cut the Sycamore lead down to 22-21 with a jumper at the 6:30 mark, but Bronson Kessinger came

ISU scored a victory over Western Kentucky

back with a lay-up of his own off the feed from Washington as ISU led 24-21. Bassey tied the game up at 25-25 with 2:35 remaining, but ISU scored five in a row off a trey from Barnes and then a Key steal and fast break for the 30-25 lead with just under two minutes remaining.

Key then scored again in the paint with 39 seconds to go and Murray answered at the 17 mark before Barnes had a jumper at the buzzer dance around the rim but ISU led 32-30 at the break.

WKU scored first to tie the game up before Rickman scored inside, Key followed with a 3-pointer and then Thomas

went one from distance as well to make it an 8-0 run and give ISU the 40-32 lead. A free throw at the 15:09 mark stretched the Sycamore lead out to 4233. Hughes connected on a fast break bucket at the 9:52 mark before WKU answered with seven in a row as Banton drew the Tops within 48-46 with 7:33 to go.

Rickman scored inside but missed the free throw and then Holston hit a free throw as ISU led 51-46 with 6:34 on the clock.

Holston grabbed a defensive rebound and Kessinger scored inside with just under six minutes to go as ISU led it 53-46.

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Key hit a 3-pointer with 4:49 to go which put ISU ahead 56-49 and after the Hilltoppers scored the next two, Barnes buried them with a 3-point dagger at the 2:23 mark for the 59-51 advantage.

From there, the Sycamores stood tall on defense and hit their free throws to earn the victory.

Charles Bassey led three Hilltoppers in double figures scoring with 16 points.

Indiana State hits the road on Wednesday, November 28 as they travel to San Jose State for the Missouri Valley / Mountain West Challenge. Tip-off is set for 10 pm (ET) and can be heard live in the Wabash Valley on 97.9 FM

Indiana State football brings home individual accolades Garrett Short

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While the Indiana State football team was snubbed as a whole being left out of the FCS playoffs, a group of individuals won some awards out of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In what was probably the least surprising result of all the individual awards, ISU Head Coach Curt Mallory was named the MVFC Coach of the Year. After a winless season in his first year as head coach in 2017, Mallory made one of the most dramatic turnarounds college football has seen in awhile. Mallory led his team to a 7-4 record in his second year and ended the season on a five-game winning streak.

Mallory’s squad boasted two of the best linebackers in the nation over the course of the season. Junior Jonas Griffith led the MVFC in total tackles with 132, while senior Katrell Moss was second with 119. This led to Griffith’s First Team All-MVFC nod while Moss earned a spot on the Second Team All-MVFC. Cornerback Rondell Green joined his fellow senior Katrell Moss on the Second Team AllMVFC squad. Green finished the season with an impressive 50 tackles, two forced fumbles and eight passes broken up.

Offensively, ISU was led by the ground game this year. Senior running back Ja’Quan Keys took home First Team All-MVFC honors while rushing for 948 yards in seven games. Despite missing the last four games of the season with an injury, Keys still managed to pace the conference in rushing touchdowns.

After the injuries that sidelined backfield weapons Keys and Christian Covington, the Sycamores adapted thanks to transfer quarterback Ryan Boyle. Boyle shouldered more of a load and helped the Sycamores win their last five games of the season. His performance earned him a Second Team All-MVFC nod. Boyle also took home the MVFC’s Newcomer of the Year award.

ISU’s offensive line also got some love with Wyatt Wozniak being named to the Second Team.

Wozniak was a key part of Indiana State’s lethal rushing attack. As the center for every game this season, Wozniak helped open holes for an offense that surpassed well over 2,000 yards on the ground.

Finally, kicker Jerry Nunez rounded out the group of Sycamores on the Second team. He went 40-41 on extra points this season and was 15-19 on field goals with a long of 48 yards. Nunez was second in the MVFC making 79 percent of his field

Tamera Lee

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Tamara Lee named MVC Newcomer of the Week

Curt Mallory

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goals. His resume was strengthened by a gamewinning field goal against Western Illinois to complete the come-from-behind victory.

Receiving votes and earning Honorable Mention for ISU were offensive linemen Isaiah Edwards and Tate Leavitt. The two behemoths dominated the left side of the line and kept Boyle upright and comfortable.

Redshirt freshman wide receiver Dante Hendrix also received an Honorable Mention. With a plethora of weapons hurt on offense, Hendrix stepped up and played lights out down the stretch.

He led the team with 47 catches and 681 receiving yards.

What’s exciting for ISU is that seven of the 10 players listed above will be back on the field next year. The conference saw what ISU did from year one to year two under Coach Mallory. With key players returning for next season, the step from year two to year three might scare some MVFC teams.

ST. LOUIS – Indiana State guard Tamara Lee was named the Missouri Valley Conference’s Newcomer of the Week Monday following Indiana State’s showing at the Grand Canyon Thanksgiving Classic.

Lee, a graduate transfer from Wichita State, averaged 15.0 points per game and shot 45 percent from the field as the Sycamores rallied from a nine-point deficit for a doubleovertime win at Grand Canyon.

She tied a career-best 20 points in that win as Lee shot 37.5 percent from three-point range

and hit all nine free throws over the weekend.

The double overtime win – the first trip to double overtime for ISU since 2006, notched a 3-0 start for the Sycamores for the first time since the 2009-10 season and brought the team just one road win shy of matching last year’s road win total (4).

Indiana State returns to action Thursday, Nov. 29 when the Sycamores play at Southeast Missouri. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+

Madeline Williams Named to MVC All-Freshman Team Athletic Media Relations

ST. LOUIS – Indiana State outside hitter and middle blocker Madeline Williams was recognized by the Missouri Valley Conference on Thursday as she was named to the league’s All-Freshman Team.

The Chesterfield, Missouri native finished her inaugural

collegiate campaign with 75 total blocks and 0.93 blocks per set, a mark that ranked sixth in the Valley. She also posted 157 kills overall and 1.94 kills per set.

Williams is the eighth Sycamore to claim All-Freshman honors in the Missouri Valley Conference and the first since Damadj Johnson received the honor in 2016.

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