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FASHION

CULTURE

Pullman Ashram hosts Diwali night

GIESORC holds inclusive fashion show Fluid Fashion Project created to promote gender-fluid clothing

By Joel Kemegue Evergreen reporter

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The Pullman Ashram prayer room is decorated with several idols in celebration of Diwali on Saturday night.

Only Indian Hindu temple in area decorates, worships in celebration of light

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By Jayce Carral Evergreen reporter

alouse Indian Family Association hosted a Diwali celebration Saturday night at the Pullman Ashram.

Sarangamat Gurusiddaiah, former WSU professor and founder of the Pullman Ashram, said he had been pre-

paring for the event since early Saturday morning. At around 1:30 p.m. he was still drilling nails into the walls so he could hang strings of lights.

Gurusiddaiah climbed on top of tables and chairs while he was decorating. He said he might be old, but he can still get things done.

He said he was unsure how many people would show up later that day for the event. He said there have been as little as 20 people and as many as 120 people attend in previous years.

The ashram is the only Indian Hindu temple in Pullman, Gurusiddaiah said.

The next nearest temple is in Tri-Cities, he said. He began building the ashram around the year 2007 after his retirement. He said he has put all his money into its construction. He said he is still building parts of the ashram.

After hanging the lights across the walls, Gurusiddaiah entered the worship room which was on the far side of the ashram.

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GIESORC will host Fashion & Drag Show: United We Are Stronger, a show promoting gender fluidity in fashion 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the CUB Senior Ballroom that is free to all students.

The show is a collaborative effort between GIESORC’s Fluid Fashion Project, with support from WSU’s Department of Apparel Merchandising Design and Textiles, as well as clothing brands such as AudioHelkuik, Babeland Seattle, Foxers, and Shapeshifters. The groups hope to host a fashion show promoting gender-fluid clothing and escaping restricted gender and sexual identity.

The show will also feature performances from drag queens and kings such as Aquasha DeLusty, Roderick Von Schlong and more.

“So far it’s pretty interesting, and it’s nice to see all sorts of different people accepting themselves differently,” said Samantha Villafuerte, freshman human development major and one of the models.

The project also included a photoshoot where models had their pictures taken with various articles of clothing from the GIESORC office by Mohsen Bchir, WSU grad student and See Fashion Page 8

ENVIRONMENT

Antibiotic resistance genes cause environmental problems Harmful genes get through wastewater treatment centers

By Cheryl Aarnio Evergreen reporter

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Courtney Gardner, assistant professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering, talks about how antibiotic resistance is an issue on Oct. 25.

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In this issue:

A study found that antibiotic resistance genes are not being treated fully in wastewater treatment plants, which could become an environmental problem.

Those genes can be released into the environment in many ways. This includes human ingestion and plant decomposition, said Courtney Gardner, assistant professor in the WSU department of civil and environmental engineering.

The organic matter that comes out of the wastewater treatment process is used in fertilizers. Antibiotic resistance genes could end up back in the environment, Gardner said.

A wastewater treatment

plant is a facility that treats sewage and converts it into clean water that can be released into surface water, said Claudia Gunsch, associate professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University.

The researchers wanted to find out if antibiotic-resistant genes are being released from genetically modified crops and increasing antibiotic resistance in the environment, Gardner said.

Many genetically modified crops have antibiotic resistance genes. In the 1980s, the simplest way for genetic engineers to determine if they had genetically modified a crop was to add antibiotic resistance genes, she said.

The solid parts found in water end up in a specific tank called a digester tank during the wastewater treatment process, she said. The solids See Antibiotic Page 8

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Community Calendar Tuesday 11/12 Free admission to two fashion shows on campus.

Starting at 7 p.m. GIESORC, GPSA and Gamma Iota Omicron are sponsoring the “Unity Week Fashion and Drag Show: United We Are Stronger.” Two fashion shows with looks from GIESORC’s Fluid Fashion Project and Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design students will be featured. This event is free and open to the public, and located in the CUB Senior Ballroom.

Wednesday 11/13 SEB hosts cookie decorating arts hour. Beginning at 5 p.m., the Student Entertainment Board will host its monthly arts hour. The theme for November is a cookie decorating contest. Cookies that are vegan and gluten free will be available. Mugs can be decorated as well. This event is free and located at the Chinook Student Center in room 150.

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Samantha Edgerton, doctoral graduate student in the deparment of history, gives a speech introducing “The Fallen Cougars” from WWII and acknowledges their accomplishments and the importance of their service on Monday evening at the Pullman Depot Heritage Center. sponsored by the Friends of The presentation given by mer she decided it would be Graduate student shares Heritage Center.

Ray Sun, associate profes- the World War II Memorial in Samantha Edgerton was the good to share their stories with biographies of students sor of history and creator of the Washington D.C. first time The Fallen Cougars the public. who served in military project, said the Fallen Cougars Friends of the World War II Project was shared outside of She said she began to work on Project began three years ago in Memorial required attendees WSU, he said. the biographies in June 2019 and

By Andrea Gonzalez to create a community service the summer of 2017.

The goal was to create a digital finished them around Aug. 2019.

Evergreen reporter project. Sun said he knew about Sun, along with Samantha exhibit of the soldiers’ biograIt was difficult to access inforarchives holding records of stuWSU faculty members and a Edgerton, graduate student of phies that were accessible to the mation about the soldiers’ lives to dent veterans, so he decided to graduate student collaborated to U.S. History, Trevor Bond, direc- make it into a project. public, Sun said. establish the details surrounding complete “The Fallen Cougars tor of Manuscripts, Archives Edgerton, spoke about the the battles, she said.

Before Samantha Edgerton Project,” which honors WSU stu- and Special Collections, worked was a part of the project Sun lives of Lt. Harry L Cole Jr., Egerton said her goal was to dents who served during World together to complete the project. said he had undergraduate vol- Sergeant L. Kenneth Christian, introduce the three individuals as Sun said he attended the unteers to put together around and Lt. Archie Buckley. She said more than a name on a memorial War II by sharing their stories Monday at the Pullman Depot National Teachers Conference 15 biographies. while researching in the sum- by telling their stories.

Partnership to increase WSU cannabis research Collaboration to ease access of marijuana for research purposes

By Shanel Haynes Evergreen reporter

WSU researchers partnered with the Biopharmaceutical Research Company in hopes of increasing access to cannabis for research.

Michael McDonell, chair of the WSU Collaborative for Cannabis Policy, Research and Outreach, said the partnership with the research company would allow WSU researchers to gain access to cannabis in a more efficient way while still complying with federal guidelines.

The WSU collaborative focuses on increasing cannabis research at the university while complying with federal guidelines, he said.

Currently, the University of Mississipp growing facility is the only legal source of cannabis for researchers who want to study the plant in the U.S., he said.

Many researchers are waitlisted.

McDonell said the BRC has applied to the DEA to become another cannabis grower for research purposes like that of the University of Mississippi.

Pending the approval by the DEA, the BRC would supply cannabis to WSU researchers, thus increasing the accessibility of cannabis research.

There are around 70 research-

ers in the WSU CCPRO who are involved in cannabis research at this time, he said. They conduct cannabis research on animals, the impact of cannabis use on brain development, and research on cannabis revenue, he said.

Ryan McLaughlin, assistant professor for the department of integrated physiology and neuroscience, said he believes that the partnership between the BRC and WSU is ideal to help increase the amount of research done on cannabis.

If a researcher wants to perform an experiment using cannabis or THC, the process would first involve getting university approval and creating a safe environment to smoke cannabis in that wouldn’t pollute the air, he said.

McDonell said that a researcher would need to obtain a Schedule 1 License. This license is the highest form of approval a researcher can get from the federal government. This allows for researchers to possess legal drugs from the DEA to use in an experiment on humans or animals.

He said examples of these drugs include cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and oxycodone.

He said several WSU researchers have a Schedule 1 License regardless of strict regulations.

After researchers have obtained their license, they must then get the cannabis needed to perform research, McDonell said.

McDonell said this current

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Michael McDonell, chair of the WSU Collaborative for Cannabis Policy, Research and Outreach, says the University of Mississippi is the only source of cannabis for researchers. process of gaining access to cannabis for research can have two main setbacks. First, researchers must get DEA approval to possess cannabis. This can sometimes be a long process depending on the demand of the cannabis needed, he said.

Second, there is only one source to get research cannabis, meaning resources are limited.

“We have seen the busi-

ness model the BRC has, and we believe if the DEA begins to approve other growers the BRC will be one of the first groups approved,” he said.

McLaughlin said as one of the first states to pioneer recreational cannabis legalization, new data is needed on the acute and longterm outcomes of cannabis use.

He said that this research can only be accomplished by using

products that replicate what is already available on the legal market. He said he believes the partnership between the BRC and WSU is an important first step in accomplishing this goal.

“We probably know less about cannabis than any other drug, so we really need to speed up the research we are doing because the cannabis industry is not going to wait for us,” McDonell said.

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SPORTS

Hristova, Subasic important in BYU victory Team has over a week to prepare for next game against Boise State

By Shayne Taylor Evergreen reporter

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The WSU soccer team gathers for the NCAA Tournament women’s soccer selection show on Monday afternoon in the Bohler Camp room.

Soccer hosts Memphis in NCAA tournament After Apple Cup loss, Cougars head into postseason at home

By Jaclyn Seifert Evergreen reporter

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o. 24 WSU soccer ended its regular season play with a 1-0 loss in the 29th Boeing Apple Cup Series at the University of Washington last Friday.

This was Washington State’s first loss in the Apple Cup (11-6-2, 7-4-0) since 2003.

Washington State ends it regular season play 12-6-1 overall and 5-5-1 in conference.

Despite the Huskies’ penalty kick goal in the 82th minute by sophomore forward Summer Yates, Washington State soccer will continue play in the postsea-

son. WSU will host the first round of the NCAA Tournament against the University of Memphis Tigers (17-2-1, 8-0-1).

During the Selection Show on Monday, WSU Athletics Director Patrick Chun said the women’s soccer team has earned the right to play one time together.

“I tell everyone who asks me, the biggest group of alphas we have on any team here at Washington State is the women’s soccer team,” Chun said. “When I look at you guys, I know what you are made of.”

Hope Solo attended the Apple Cup match last Friday, as she was an alumna to the Huskies retiring head coach Lesle Gallimore.

Gallimore celebrated 26 years of coaching at Washington in her last regular home game of the season.

Both the Cougars and Huskies gave the crowd an exciting game to watch as there were three yel-

low cards and 26 fouls distributed during the match.

In minute 81, Yates finished for the Huskies in a penalty kick just sweeping past WSU graduate student goalkeeper Ella Dederick’s fingers, even after Dederick dove the correct way.

Dederick said looking beyond the game against UW and is excited to play in one more home game on the Lower Soccer Field.

“I know it will actually be my last home game here, so I am just really excited and go out there and play my hardest and give it my all,” Dederick said.

Before the goal scored in the second half, Washington State had dominated offensively and defensively against Washington.

The Cougars had 17 fouls, 17 shots and 13 corners against the Huskies. Washington had nine fouls, 11 shots and three corners.

Graduate student midfielder Averie Collins said it was a tough loss, but she believes her team has what it takes for the next round in the NCAA tournament.

“I think soccer is just like that sometimes. It does not bounce your way,” Collins said. “I think we need to come back together and really put the ball in the back of the net. I think that will be our focus this week.”

Like Collins, sophomore defender Kelis Barton said despite the final score against UW the game did not represent her team’s regular season.

“Who knows, we might meet them again in the tournament if we both make it far,” Barton said. “I think it sucked that it happened, but it is kind of like here we go, here we have another chance to be great and finish off our season strong.”

Head coach Todd Shulenberger said the last time his team went to the sweet-sixteen in the NCAA tournament was after a tie against the Huskies in 2017.

“I think we have a little bit more fight, but we will see where it goes,” Shulenberger said. “Our schedule is definitely one that has had us tested. Memphis has one loss, but I don’t think they play the schedule we have…but they are a very good so we will have our work cut out for us.”

Washington State soccer will begin Dad’s Weekend against the Memphis Tigers at 5 p.m. on Friday on the Lower Soccer Field.

“Right now, there is one thing in our way getting two games and that’s Memphis,” Chun said.

“So, fight like crazy because this is a pretty special group. A special group of coaches and one amazing senior class.”

WSU women’s basketball held Brigham Young University to 1-13 shooting in the final quarter of play and moves to 2-0 on the new season after a 67-50 win.

Redshirt senior forward Borislava Hristova led the team in scoring with 23 points in her second straight game and her eight rebounds were tied for second on the team.

With a double-double consisting of 15 points and 11 rebounds, redshirt junior forward Jovana Subasic earned herself player of the game and had the most minutes amongst players coming off the bench.

She said the positivity in the stadium helps her feel comfortable.

Head coach Kamie Ethridge said Subasic playing the way she did is something Cougar fans can get used to.

“That was a big thing for us to be able to bring her in, not just to stretch the defense but also she just has a little bit better ballhan-

dling skills,” Ethridge said. “It is great to have some consistency and you know what you are going to get when you bring [Subasic] off the bench.”

Senior guard Chanelle Molina said that although the win was not pretty, a win feels great but there is still plenty to clean up offensively before they face off with Boise State.

“Keep that intensity in practice and hold each other accountable,” Molina said. “Do not get too comfortable with the two wins.”

Defensively, Molina was very pleased with the way the team played despite the size advantage they knew BYU had over them.

“Our game plan was to ice them and keep them on one side, and we did a really good job at that and plus the rebounding was amazing,” Molina said.

Ethridge said that praising the rebound play on the team is not something she is used to after frustrations in the past, but she is hoping it becomes the team’s DNA as they become more aggressive.

Also, Subasic said the rebounding was the key reason the Cougars were able to get the win and staying consistent in practice will be beneficial moving forward.

“We have to work on the

By Ryan Root Evergreen reporter

WSU men’s basketball will face the Santa Clara University Broncos at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Santa Clara, California.

The Cougars (1-0, 0-0) come off their first win of the season last Thursday against Seattle University, and Santa Clara (2-0, 0-0) looks to continue its current win streak.

Head coach Kyle Smith recorded his first win. Thursday’s 31-point differential is the largest in modern WSU coaching debut history. The only previous head coach in WSU history to have a higher margin of victory is Jack Friel. In Friel’s debut, WSU beat Lewiston State by 44 points with a final score of 62-18 in 1928.

“We love playing for him, and this is the coach we want to play for every night,” junior guard Isaac Bonton said, in a post-game press conference.

Bonton had 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the game against Seattle University.

Last Thursday against Seattle, sophomore forward CJ Elleby scored a career-high 27 points going 12 for 18 shooting. Elleby scored 19 points against Santa OLIVER MCKENNA | DAILY EVERGREEN FILE Clara in last year’s matchup in Junior guard Isaac Bonton jumps in an attempt to block a shot by Seattle University Spokane, Washington. redshirt junior guard Terrell Brown during the game Thursday night in Beasley Coliseum.

“We’re focused on the next

game right now,” Elleby said, in a post-game press conference. “[We celebrated], but now we’re just focused on the next game.”

Santa Clara won last year’s contest 79-71. WSU is 5-2 against Santa Clara all-time and 1-1 when playing in Santa Clara. Smith is 3-3 in regular-season matchups against Santa Clara when he coached at San Francisco from 2016 to 2019.

Santa Clara ranks in the top 50 in team field goal percentage and total assists.

“Their talent is really good,” Smith said, in a post-game press conference. “It’ll be a [good game].”

WSU recorded just three turnovers against Seattle, the lowest WSU total since 2015. This is the lowest turnover total in the nation after one game played, and two players on the team committed the turnovers.

The Cougars have fewer turnovers than No. 1 Kentucky, who has 28, No. 2 Duke, who has 25, and No. 3 Michigan State, who has 20.

Smith and the players said this is the game plan that the team will run on for the rest of the season.

“We talk about three things: defending, rebounding and taking care of the ball,” Smith said.

“You’ll never be out of any game if you take care of the ball.”

Tip-off will happen at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Santa Clara, California. The game is available to watch on the West Coast Conference network.

Freshman center Bella Murekatete goes up for a layup Saturday at Beasley Coliseum. rebounds and keep growing in that way because that is what gave us the win today,” Subasic said.

WSU will have over a week until the next game. Despite the tough schedule ahead, Ethridge

said the way her team has handled themselves in big moments has improved vastly from a year ago.

“One thing I have really loved about this team in the short season so far is we have responded

pretty well to some adversity,” Ethridge said.

WSU will travel for their next game to square off against the Boise State University Broncos at 4 p.m. on Nov. 20 in Boise, Idaho.

Golden Bears shine bright against Cougars Winston, Arconado each had over 100 receiving yards during game

By Kuria Pounds Evergreen reporter

The California Golden Bears defeated WSU 33-20 on Saturday in Berkeley, California, after the Cougars returned to action after their second bye week of the season.

WSU special teams blocked a field goal and extra point, but the lack of offensive production for WSU after led to another road loss for the Cougars (4-5, 1-5).

The Golden Bears (5-4, 2-4) finished with five offensive touchdowns in the game, which is as many offensive touchdowns in the last four games for California.

Redshirt senior quarterback Anthony Gordon finished com-

pleting 45 of 58 passes, with 407 passing yards, two touchdowns and one interception.

Both Easop Winston Jr., redshirt senior wide receiver, and graduate wide receiver Brandon Arconado finished with over 100 receiving yards, but the Cougars had 16 total rushing yards on offense.

After an early interception by Cal redshirt senior safety Jaylinn Hawkins, sophomore running back Christopher Brown Jr. ran it in for a 27-yard touchdown to give the Bears a 6-0 lead.

Junior cornerback George Hicks III recovered a blocked extra point and ran the ball back for a safety to give the Cougars their first points of the game.

After a forced fumble by Daniel Isom, redshirt junior defensive back, and recovery by redshirt junior safety Skyler Thomas, redshirt sophomore kicker Blake

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Mazza kicked a 30-yard field goal to shorten California’s lead to 6-5 in the first quarter.

To start the second quarter, Cal redshirt junior quarterback Devon Modster threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Gavin Reinwald, redshirt sophomore tight end, to extend the Bears’ lead to 13-5.

With 45 seconds left in the first half, Gordon threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Arconado to shorten the lead to 13-11 after failing on the two-

point conversion.

After a fumble by Winston, Modster threw a 13-yard touchdown to Brown Jr. to extend the lead to 20-11 with 10:14 left in the third quarter.

The Cougars responded with a 35-yard field goal by Mazza to make the Bears’ lead now 20-14 in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Modster threw a 52-yard touchdown to freshman wide receiver Makai Polk to extend the California lead to 26-14 after failing on the

2-point conversion.

The Golden Bears iced the game with a 13-yard rushing touchdown for Modster to give the Bears a 33-14 lead with 2:26 left in the game.

With five seconds left in the game, Gordon threw a one-yard touchdown to Renard Bell, redshirt junior wide receiver, to add six more points to the scoreboard.

The Cougars’ next game is against the Stanford Cardinal at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at Martin Stadium.

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If the university can make money off of an athlete's likeness, why shouldn't the athlete be able to do the same thing? "[The athletes] are slaves to the NCAA and the schools," Zach Miller, freshman political science major said. are slaves to the NCAA and the schools,” said Zach Miller, freshman political science major. “The colleges exploit these students.”

With student-athletes now being

By Bruce Mulmat Evergreen columnist able to profit off NIL, there is now a possibility for bigger schools to get better advertising deals.

“For anyone who has been paying attention, the rich are already rich,” said Scott Jedlicka, assistant professor of sport management. he NCAA decided to allow student-athletes to “The rules that are in place have not really done anything to prevent be able to make money a very small number of schools off of their names, images and from becoming quite dominant.” likenesses, or NIL. Mike Leach Mike Leach’s statement is a believes this would be an extreme simple argument that ignores blow to the WSU football prohow student-athletes are the gram, having the richer schools reason why some coaches can acquire more talented players make millions while their players while schools with smaller budbarely get anything. gets would struggle to recruit “Now we are talking not in terms of antitrust but really in terms of good players. individual rights, in terms of what “The NCAA basically use organizations like the NCAA are student-athletes; [the athletes]

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doing, in terms of limiting individual rights,” Jedlicka said.

With the NCAA allowing athletes to profit off their NIL, this means it will now be possible for college football or basketball video games to come back, or for schools to sell jerseys with specific player names and numbers. This just means there are more opportunities for both schools and players to make money. Yet with this new policy change, conferences need to adjust.

Thankfully for coaches and conferences, this ruling will not happen overnight, as the NCAA is requiring that each conference will have rules and regulations about student-athletes being compensated by 2021. Therefore, the Pac-12 will have plenty of time to create a system for how athletes can benefit from using their NIL. “Yeah, the term studentathlete was created so they could avoid paying people,” Miller

said. “If one person gets injured, they could lose their scholarship.”

The reason why the NCAA decided to make this change is that California’s legislature recently passed a law that allows studentathletes to negotiate endorsement deals and hire agents. The NCAA is staying hands-off because each state will start to have different rules concerning student-athletes.

“It’s much more an exercise in foot-dragging and trying to do as little as possible to prevent states like California from tying their hands,” Jedlicka said. “If some states have these laws, you can’t have a national collegiate sports system.”

Players have a right to profit from their NIL in a collegiate setting. Scholarships and stipends may seem like enough for the university, but it is not. A majority of college athletes will not make See Student-athletes Page 7

Self-driving cars may cause crime rates to rise AI vehicles have potentially positive or negative impact, requires attention

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The future is here. A few years back, AI was just another field of research, but today it is emerging as the most powerful tool with its latest revolution — the driverless car.

AI is a project that might change the perspective of the traffic rules, road sense and even travel. While driverless cars have many positive outcomes, we should acknowledge the negative aspects as well.

Driverless cars have the potential

to make life easier for many people, particularly those unable to drive because of health issues, age or disabilities.

“I can truly see a lot of benefits of the driverless cars,” said Krishnamoorthy Sivakumar, associate professor and associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. “If you have a long commute and there is fatigue or when you are in traffic, in those situations driverless cars can be beneficial that you can sit at the back and relax or do other important work. It can also be beneficial for people who are old or have any kind of disabilities like visual impairment.”

With the advancement of selfdriving cars, it is important for policymakers to consider making changes based on the advancements of new technologies. For example, it is difficult to launch driverless cars alongside manual cars on the same roads, so policies need to be adjusted

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“This is very important for researchers to be included in the policymaking because when you are implementing a technology, you need to be aware of how it is developed,” said Aryan Deshwal, Ph.D. student in computer science. “For machine learning, it is about data.

You need to provide enough data to learn all the things possible.”

Security must be kept in mind as well because they are just machines, working on wireless communication.

It is easy for any person with the wrong intentions to hack the machine and control it. Security cannot be neglected in any AI-based technology as it can be disastrous.

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you don’t have the control over the machine,” Sivakumar said.

For the smooth functioning of the system, it is important if the control for such technology is in the hands of government and less of private influence. If the government oversees the deployment of this technology, there would be fewer chances of criminal or terrorist activity taking place.

“What government is trying to do is that there is some kind of separation. Introducing a totally autonomous machine in the middle of humans, I don’t think it will work anyway,” said Syrine Belakaria, Ph.D. student in computer science. “Even ethically speaking you don’t know who to blame.”

Above all, this technology is so new that it should not be launched in the market without proper testing, proper security and other measures that may lead to the misuse of such advanced technology.

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Self-driving | Cont. from Page 6 “Always for a new technology that we talk about, there is a good side and a bad side,” said Janardhan Rao, professor in the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. “It’s like a knife, how do you want to use it? The machine learning people are aware that this technology is very powerful and if it goes in wrong hands, bad things can happen.”

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but it can also be prone to be used in the wrong way.

Rao said because the technology is not yet being deployed in the real world completely, we are not aware of all the backdrops that it may cause. This is why it is important to launch the technology in a controlled environment considering proper testing and robustness.

In this way, an attempt can be made to bring out the best of both humans and machines and the technology can be improved accordingly by training the machine as per the feedback of the human.

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While self-driving cars may seem like a benifit for transportation, there is a risk for it to be used for nefarious deeds. Many are concerned that self-driving cars are targets for highjacking because they are operated by artificial intelligence. This should be considered while the government is making legislation.

Student-athletes | Cont. from Page 6 it into professional play, therefore advertising deals and sponsorships during college could provide additional sources of income for players who could struggle after graduating.

However, not every college sports team would benefit from this change in NCAA policy. The more popular sports such as football or basketball would be the focus of larger endorsement deals, but it is important to remember that local businesses can do endorsement deals too.

Coaches that say this new ruling will adversely affect their team overestimate the impact of the NCAA’s choice. Schools still can’t give players money to entice them to sign for their team, it gives players the possibility to make money if their jerseys are sold or if they show up in a video game.

Endorsement deals could be a huge benefit for college athletes, giving many the possibility of financial security while at school. This means we may see player unions start to form

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Diwali | Continued from Page 1 The floor in the worship room was covered by four large carpets. There were four bells hanging from a horizontal beam in the ceiling. In the front of the room, there was a table covered in statues and unlit candles.

After entering, Gurusiddaiah rang a bell and began praying alongside a single, long note.

“The prayer is the sound of the light,” Gurusiddaiah said later.

He turned to the right and rang the next two bells before walking over a small gong near the right side of the room. He used a small mallet to hit the gong and continued his prayer and hit the gong a couple more times.

Gurusiddaiah walked over to a sink and counter where he pulled a stick of incense from a box and lit it, waving the stick above the table full of statues and candles.

“It’s just incense,” he said. “It has a calming effect on the mind.”

Gurusiddaiah placed the still burning stick of incense in a holder on the table and walked over to a small table which was in front of the larger tabled full of statues.

He scooped a spoonful of raisins and dried mango from a bowl on the small table into his palm. He covered the bowl again and walked over to the right side of the room where he sat in one of the chairs.

Diwali is the celebration of light, so before there was anything in the universe, there was light, he said. He said light is not philosophy or religion — it is a celebration.

“Light is the first thing in the formation of the universe,” he said.

Light is in everything and everything is made of light, Gurusiddaiah said. He said everyone should feel welcome to celebrate Diwali, regardless of their religion.

“God is one and God’s names are

many,” he said. “All of them are the same.

They all mean the same.”

The celebration began around 6 p.m.

All the lights across the walls were lit and three children in matching traditional wear where dancing and playing with a red balloon.

Deepika, an attendee at the event and mother of the three children in matching outfits, said the religious background behind celebrating Diwali involved a war between good and evil. She said the war lasted for around 14 years.

Anurag Srivastava, PIFA president, and Niraj Shah, PIFA vice president, said Diwali celebrates good’s victory over evil in the war.

Srivastava said Diwali is several days long, and the main celebration takes place on a day where the moon is not visible.

Shah said the number of days Diwali is celebrated by a family depends on which region of India the family comes from.

On a table placed across a wall, several women and children were separating grains into paper bowls and tearing petals off different colored flowers.

Nidhi, an attendee at the celebration, said the flowers and grains would be used to make rangoli, which are art pieces created of patterns and usually spread across the floor.

There were two rangolis made of sand already on each side of the room in the ashram. Those two had been there for a while, according to Gurusiddaiah.

A group of children were sitting at table painting small, brown mud bowls.

Nidhi said the bowls were called diya and were used as candles. She said oil will be poured in the diya and small pieces of cotton will be placed in the oil and lit on fire.

Around 7 p.m. the rangoli had been created, the diya were painted and drying and chairs were placed across the middle of the room.

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Several women create Rangoli from fresh flower petals and seeds at the Pullman Ashram in celebration of Diwali.

A keyboard piano was set up in front of the chairs and a very young child sat on a tall chair to perform a melody of songs. She recited the ABCs which she followed by singing Baa Baa Black Sheep and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

The child’s performance was followed by a young boy playing a violin. His act was then followed by a slighter older boy who performed some magic tricks.

The boy’s tricks involved making three yellow balls appear and disappear under three grey cups as well as reading the mind of an audience member to correctly guess the number the audience member was thinking of.

Another performance was given by a

girl who recited some poetry.

Each child received a prize at the end of the performances. Then, attendees lined up to serve themselves from the several dishes provided by different attendees. Participants moved the chairs around so it was easier to talk to each other while eating.

After dinner ended, a table was set up and several Bingo cards were passed out.

Across the room, the worship room was visible through a set of glass windows. The table full of statues was also covered in a couple of dried flowers that were laying between the statues and the flames of several candles flickered on and around the table.

Fashion | Continued from Page 1 photographer.

“I saw something about an event at the GIESORC office called ‘Fluid Fashion’, I didn’t really know what that entailed but I went anyway,” said International Student Advisor

and one of the models Nitivia Jones. “And it turned out we were trying some of the clothes from the GIESORC closet and a graduate student was taking our picture.”

Jones said the show aims to

represent fluid fashion, or fashion that is more non-binary and grants more freedom with gender and sexual identity.

“I feel like it’s expressing yourself and not constraining to male or female, regardless of if you

identify with either,” Villafuerte said. “ Kind of just seeing what you like, wearing it, and calling it your own.”

Jones said she has never modeled before.

“It was fun to have a semi-

professional take my picture and it’s just a fun and inclusive environment,” she said.

Villafuerte and said audiences can expect fashion, performances, and a night that “showcases what fluid fashion has to offer.”

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bacteria even in a really hostile environment like a digester sludge tank,” Gardner said.

She said researchers think the antibiotic resistance genes bound to the organic matter in the solids in the digester tank, which allowed the genes to be protected from heat degradation.

Once those genes are bound, there is not much that can be done to remove the genes from the solids; it would be necessary to unbind the genes, she said.

Genes that were bound to the solids could end up in fertilizers and in the environment.

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are exposed to heat where microbes, such as bacteria, will break them down.

In a wastewater treatment plant, the researchers added extracellular antibiotic resistance genes from genetically modified crops to the solids in a digester tank, Gardner said.

Over 30 days, which is the typical length of time that the solids are being treated in digester tanks in the U.S., the number of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes significantly decreased, she said.

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there is some treatment of these genes,” Gardner said.

The researchers left the solids in the digester tank for a total of 60 days, she said.

Gunsch said that wastewater treatment plants in Europe typically keep the solids in a digester tank for longer than 30 days, unlike the U.S. From 30 to 60 days, the researchers saw an increase in the number of antibiotic resistance genes in cells, Gardner said.

Gunsch said the genes were found in bacteria cells.

“If they’re present in high enough concentrations, these antibiotic resistance genes that are taken from genetically modified crops can be taken up by

There are increased rates in the spread of environmental antibiotic resistance, Gardner said.

WSU Regents professor Doug Call, who was not involved in the research, said antibiotics are widely used. People receiving chemotherapy need antibiotics because their immune systems have shut down. People take antibiotics during labor to prevent infections.

Many patients receive antibiotics in hospitals. It is routine, Call said.

Gardner said antibiotic resistance has significantly increased in the last several decades.

“It’s reaching a critical point now where a lot of our first and even sometimes our last resort antibiotics aren’t effective,” she said.