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ISU Speaker Series: Carl Hiaasen Tuesday, March 19, well known author and Miami Herald reporter/columnist Carl Hiaasen was the concluding speaker before the university closes during spring break for the ISU Speaker Series. Hiaasen had the audience laughing hysterically while he spoke about his experiences of life events and writing about some of them. Before his talk, Hiaasen met with a group of English Majors and Creative Writing Minor students to answer questions about his writing and publishing career. The next Speaker Series is David Ignatius, Washington Post Columnist, on April 2.
Work hard, play hard and stay smart The importance of health over spring break Nicole Nunez Reporter
On Monday, March 18, the Division of Student Affairs held their Spring Break Survival Guide event. The event featured over five tables spread throughout DEDE I in the Hulman Memorial Student Union from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. “The event had resources talking about different issues that students could face while on spring break. The tables covered drinking and drug education, sun safety and hydration, sexual assault and resources, among others,” said Danielle Smar, Student Health Promotion Graduate Assistant. “Learning the consequences of tobacco and alcohol are of utmost importance, especially during spring break- which for many students can be a week filled with beaches, parties and peer pressure.” The tables were from the UAP Health Center, Tobacco Free Blue,
Office of Opportunity and Student Conduct & Integrity. Many tables had games to help engage and educate students. Each table had representatives from the different departments with pamphlets and information for students. Many students “go wild” during spring break and this can often lead to choices with unsafe outcomes. The more students know about the risks of their activities, the more likely they are to make safer choices. “We are looking at harm reduction techniques. We cannot prevent every student from engaging in risky behaviors, but we can give them information to try to minimize the harm of those behaviors,” said Smar. The topics discussed are not only applicable to spring break, but to everyday life choices. “Students should attend beSamantha Layug | Indiana Statesman cause, although we are relating Student Affairs hosted a Spring Break Survival Guide event for student to learn about the importance the information to spring break, it is applicable for students all year of health over spring break this year in correlation with the Indiana State University Health Center and Union Health. long,” said Smar.
Missed flight, costly lesson Catherine Hamm
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
We have no control over some of the misfortunes of air travel. The flight is late or, worse, canceled, because of weather, mechanical or crew problems, sending a ripple through your travel plans. That is annoying, but there’s a category of travel problems that’s even worse because you didn’t know you’d agreed to certain rules. Welcome to the self-inflicted travel wound. An L.A. area colleague needed to get to a close-enough-to-drive destination, then fly back to attend to matters in L.A., then fly back to the destination, from which he would drive home. For your scorecard, he was sandwiching a return to L.A. between the bookends of his out-of-town trip. Plans changed, and instead of flying back to L.A. to attend to the matter at hand, he drove. But he forgot to cancel the flight he was supposed to take. He didn’t just lose the first part of his fare; he lost the whole thing. He was angry at the airline, but the finger-wagging should have been directed at himself. “If someone simply opts not to take a flight in the itinerary and it’s not due to an airline-related issue, then they are generally out of luck,” Brett Snyder, formerly an airline employee and now president of CrankyFlier.com, which deals with airline questions, and CrankyConcierge.com, which offers air travel assistance, said in an email. Insert sputtering here, along with an outraged, “How is that even possible?” It’s possible because that’s what he agreed to when he bought the ticket. And it’s not
just him; it’s all of us. The rules for occasions like this and many others are in the terms and conditions, sometimes called the contract of carriage or the conditions of carriage, that every major airline has. You agree to them when you buy your ticket. If you don’t abide by them, you pay the price, especially on nonrefundable tickets. Here’s what Southwest, the airline on which this happened, says in its terms and conditions: Its least-expensive fare, the Wanna Get Away, must be canceled at least 10 minutes before departure. “If the customer does not travel, all segments associated with the reservation are canceled and funds associated with...the fare are forfeited.” With the pricier business-select fare, all reservations are canceled, but you get a travel credit. If it’s a ticket that has a mix of fares, the corresponding rules will be applied. Part of the reason is financial: A no-show means the seat you would have occupied cannot be re-sold. The airline will act as though you’re there and keep your money. But why cancel the entire ticket and keep that money too? American Airlines’ contract holds the answer: “Reservations made to exploit or circumvent fare and ticket rules are strictly prohibited.” It goes on to say that you may not “purchase a ticket without intending to fly all the flights (in order to) gain lower fares (hidden cities).” Exploit? Circumvent? Hidden cities? Yes. Here’s how this scheme works. Let’s say you want to go to Cincinnati, but the fares are high. You find a roundtrip fare to a primary city (that is, a city that has plenty of air service and cheaper fares, even though it’s geographically far-
ther away) that includes a stop in Cincinnati. You leave the plane there and applaud your cleverness. Trust us when we say the airline is not applauding you. If it finds out, it may kick you out of its frequent-flier program and confiscate your miles. If it’s like Lufthansa, it may sue you. The airline recently went after a passenger who, it said, used a hidden-city scheme to get a better fare. The case was thrown out, but Lufthansa is appealing, CNN reported. Why is the hidden cities practice wrong in the airline’s eyes? Here’s what Lufthansa’s contract says: “A service charge may be payable by any passenger who...fails to arrive for departure at the airport or any other point of departure by the time we have specified and, as a consequence, does not use the seat for which a reservation has been made.” American Airlines is unequivocal about its thoughts on this practice. Its contract has a category called “Exploiting fare rules,” and if you engage in this behavior, it can cancel the part of your ticket you didn’t use, decline to let you fly, keep your money, and my favorite, “Charge you for what the ticket would have cost if you hadn’t booked it fraudulently.” My colleague wasn’t trying to be unscrupulous; he was just overwhelmed and didn’t know the rules. It’s an expensive lesson to learn. To avoid being a student of that lesson, here’s what you need to do: If you are going to miss your flight, you overslept, there was a wreck on the freeway and snarled traffic, you misread the time call and explain what has happened/is happening. Ask for help in rebooking if you still intend to go. Even if it’s not your fault (you miss a
connecting flight because your first flight was late), you also should call. “If the traveler misses a flight due to an airline-related issue, then it is always best to talk to someone at the airline to make sure that the return isn’t canceled,” Snyder said. “The systems are automated so that if that flight is missed, the rest of the itinerary cancels. Usually in a situation where the airline knows it’s a missed connection, there are other automated systems that will rebook the passenger on the next flight.” I didn’t need to be on the next flight when I missed a connection in Dallas. I needed to be where I was going but there was no airline that could get me there. I rented a car and drove the last 300 miles. As the wipers slap-slapped against the windshield and I wondered why I had been foolish enough to book the last flight of the day, I still remembered to call the airline and ask the agent to cancel whatever flight was rebooked but to preserve the return ticket, which she did. The return flight was intact when I flew home the next day. Three more important takeaways: Make sure you have the airline’s customer service number saved in your phone. Call. Don’t leave it to chance. Be nice. If you’ve made a mistake, throw yourself on the airline’s mercy. Be humble. The worst that can happen: People will accuse you of being polite. There are worse things you can be called including called into court. Just ask that Lufthansa passenger.
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USC selects Carol Folt as new president as it tries to move past scandals Harriet Ryan
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Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Carol L. Folt, the recently departed chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will be the next president of the University of Southern California, a choice underscoring the university’s desire to turn the page on myriad scandals that have defined it in recent years. Folt, whose appointment was approved by the Board of Trustees on Wednesday morning, will become the first female president in USC’s 139-year history. She is taking the helm at a time when USC has been buffeted by a succession of controversies, including the unfolding college admissions scandal, which saw USC employees and parents charged; drug use by the former dean of its prestigious medical school; and the sexual assault allegations against a campus gynecologist. It was the accusations against the gynecologist, Dr. George Tyndall, last year that cut short the tenure of university President C.L. Max Nikias. His eightyear term saw USC skyrocket in academic rankings and prestige, and the fundraising campaign he spearheaded brought more than $6 billion to USC. Critics, however, said the university lost its way ethically in the Nikias era, and hundreds of faculty called on him to resign last summer. He turned over his office to a trustee, retired aerospace executive Wanda Austin, who has served as interim presi-
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Former UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt, left, talks with UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham during a news conference at UNC on Oct. 22, 2014. The University of Southern California has chosen Folt as its next president.
dent since August. Folt has considerable experience with high-profile campus controversies. She arrived at UNC in 2013 shortly after revelations of a long-running and vast academic fraud involving Tar Heel athletes and “no-show” classes. As chancellor, she implemented reforms and dealt with an NCAA investigation. Much of her final years at Chapel Hill were consumed with a conflict over a Confederate monument that many students deemed racist and wanted removed. State law protects such monuments, and in January, after Folt ordered the monument
moved to storage, she was forced from the chancellor’s post. The USC job is a return trip to California for Folt. An environmental scientist, she received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a doctorate from UC Davis. She joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1983 and rose to become provost and interim president before leaving for North Carolina. In USC, Folt is returning to a private institution governed not by political appointees, but by some of the Pacific Rim’s most wealthy and powerful people. USC’s board members include
real estate moguls, Hollywood insiders and industrial titans from China and India. With its 47,000 students, USC is significantly larger than UNC, which has an enrollment of about 30,000, according to U.S. News and World Report. Folt’s appointment comes as USC is grappling with the latest in a series of scandals: the federal charges of college admissions cheating in which the university played a central role. Of the 32 parents named in the FBI affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, more than half stand accused of conspiring to bribe their way into USC. Other
universities, including Georgetown, Stanford, the University of San Diego and Yale, were also ensnared in the criminal enterprise run by consultant William “Rick” Singer, but the misconduct involving USC dwarfs all other schools. The NCAA previously slammed the school for violations involving gifts and benefits given by agents to star football player Reggie Bush and basketball player O.J. Mayo. The head coach of its vaunted football team was fired in 2015 after slurring his words and shouting a profanity at a booster event. Two years ago, the Los Angeles Times reported that former medical school Dean Carmen Puliafito used drugs and partied with a circle of criminals, and his successor resigned after the Times revealed that the university had paid a financial settlement to a medical school fellow who accused him of sexual harassment. Over the last year, the campus has been roiled by allegations, also brought to light by the Times, that Tyndall — who spent 27 years at the student health clinic — abused and harassed hundreds of students over nearly three decades. The administration reached a secret deal with the gynecologist that allowed him to leave the university with a financial payout and a clean record with the state medical board. The university recently brokered an initial $215 million settlement with former patients, and experts say the final price tag will be much higher.
Dolphins poisoned by algae also showed signs of Alzheimer’s-like brain disease Jenny Staletovich Miami Herald (TNS)
Toxins produced by blue-green algae that have increasingly polluted Florida waters have been found in dead dolphins that also showed signs of Alzheimer’s-like brain disease, according to a new study led by University of Miami researchers. The study, published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One, is the first to show detectable levels of the toxin, commonly called BMAA, in dolphin brains that also displayed degenerative damage similar to Alzheimer’s, Lou Gehrig’s disease and Parkinson’s in humans. While more work needs to be done to determine whether the toxins cause the disease, the study concludes dolphins and their complex brains could provide a key sentinel for the potential threat from toxic algae blooms to humans. “Not to be too political, but it goes to show the health of marine animals and water quality,” said David Davis, lead author and a University of Miami Miller School of Medicine neuropathologist. “Everything’s directly related.” The findings add to a growing body of research that focuses on the health threat from harmful algae blooms, which climate scientists warn could worsen as the planet warms. South Florida is particularly vulnerable with miles of coast, a lake
that is a third of the size of Rhode Island, rivers and estuaries and an agricultural industry and swelling population that continue to feed blooms with pollution from fertilizer and sewage. This past year, nearly 150 dead dolphins turned up in Florida waters after a widespread red tide along the Gulf Coast coincided with freshwater blue-green algae washing down the Caloosahatchee River. The carnage prompted the state’s new governor to order a task force assembled to tackle damaging blue-green algae blooms just after he took office. The task force is expected to be created after a chief science officer, another position DeSantis created, is selected, Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Dee Ann Miller said in an email. The science officer should be named in the next few weeks, she said. The connection between the toxin and brain disease is still relatively new and not without controversy. Scientists first discovered the link after a botanist visiting Guam to research cancer took another look at a decades-old mystery surrounding a degenerative brain disease, Discover Magazine reported in 2011. The disease hit nearly every household in a small village, leading researchers to focus on the seed from cycads, a plant often confused with palms and a staple of villagers’ diet. The seeds contain BMAA, but research-
ers concluded villagers could never consume enough to make them sick. The botanist, Paul Cox, found the connection when he discovered the villagers also ate fruit bats, which feasted on the seeds and had a much higher concentration of BMAA because it accumulated in their bodies over time, according to a 2012 Environmental Health Perspectives account. A decade later, UM’s Miami Brain Bank repeated Cox’s brain study found BMAA in the brains of people suffering from the degenerative diseases. She also showed the toxic can enter the brains of rats, EHP reported. “BMAA is more of a long-term toxin,” Davis said. “It integrates and causes proteins for misfold and that’s when you get chronic inflammation and that leads to degenerations.” Since then, more studies have looked at higher incidences of Lou Gehrig’s disease in people who live near lakes with frequent blooms, Wednesday’s study noted. For this study, researchers looked at brains from 14 dead dolphins, including seven Florida bottlenose dolphins that beached themselves in 2005 along the Atlantic, the Indian River Lagoon, the Banana River and Gulf of Mexico where algae blooms frequently occur. They also looked at seven common dolphins that were found dead in Cape Cod Bay off Massachusetts in 2012.
All but one dolphin, which died from a boat strike, had BMAA in their brains as well as signs of degenerative disease. Notably, the Florida dolphins had three times the amount of toxins. That’s likely because they swim closer to shore and into estuaries where blooms occur, Davis said, and eat smaller marine life, like shrimp, crabs and prey fish, that consume the algae. Researchers also focused on the part of the dolphin brain used for acoustic navigation because they believed problems would be more apparent. “It’s one of those regions where if you want to find something wrong with a dolphin, you would look there,” Davis said. “We thought it would be highly sensitive and vulnerable to a toxin.” Looking at dolphins in the wild also gives scientists a more realistic model of how the toxin accumulates and may cause damage, he said. “This isn’t animals being fed a certain dose over a certain amount of time. It’s naturalistic exposure,” he said. “If you have these … dolphins feeding in the same marine food web as humans, potentially eating the same things as humans, that’s why we say it serves as a sentinel.” Because this study involved such a small number of dolphins, the team was
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Freshman Name: Caitlin Lanning Birthday: January 9, 2000 Hometown: Angola, IN Major: English Something that makes you happy: friends and family If you could only eat one food the rest of your life, what would it be: chicken Sophomore Name: Lexie Parrott Birthday: January 27, 1999 Hometown: Kokomo, IN Major: Recreation Sports Management Something that makes you happy: blowing bubbles If you could only eat one food the rest of your life, what would it be: ice cream Junior Name: Evan Bockover Birthday: January 27, 1998 Hometown: Greensburg, IN Major: Exercise Science Something that makes you happy: Delta Chi Fraternity If you could only eat one food the rest of your life, what would it be: fried chicken Senior Name: Chalen Chambers Birthday: June 6, 1996 Hometown: Terre Haute Major: Chemistry and Science Education Something that makes you happy: food If you could only eat one food the rest of your life, what would it be: pizza
Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ is expected to have a bigger opening weekend than ‘Get Out’ Ryan Faughnder
Los Angeles Times
a woman who returns to her beachside childhood home with her husband played by Winston Duke (“Black Panther”). One thing to watch is how well “Us,” which is not as political as “Get Out,” holds up after its opening weekend. Driven by word-of-mouth praise, “Get Out” continued to play strongly at theaters for weeks, whereas as most horror-thrillers come and go quickly. STILL MARVEL-OUS No other film is expected to take on “Captain Marvel” this weekend, which has surpassed all expectations at the box office. The Marvel Studios film, starring Brie Larson, has grossed $779 million worldwide so far, including $270 million in the U.S. and Canada and $134 million in China. The movie is on track to eventually cross the $1 billion milestone, according to analysts. In the U.S. and Canada, “Captain Marvel” should add an additional $30 million or so Friday through Sunday. “Captain Marvel” has been a boon to North American theater owners, whose grosses were down 26 percent
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Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Evan Alex, and Shahadi Wright Joseph in ‘Us.’
from a year ago before the superhero film opened. Cinemas are looking for a bigger boost from the upcoming summer season. Movies have generated $2 billion in revenue in the U.S. and Canada as of Monday, according to Comscore, down 19 percent from the same period in 2018. The film came in second place in China last week with about $43 million in sales, behind the Taiwanese romantic drama “More Than Blue,” according to Artisan Gateway, a consulting firm for the Asian film industry.
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Two years after the runaway success of “Get Out” turned Jordan Peele into one of the hottest writer-directors in the entertainment business, Hollywood is seeing double. Peele’s follow-up effort, “Us,” about a family terrorized by freaky doppelgangers, is poised to become another box office hit for the Oscar-winning filmmaker. The highly anticipated “Us” is expected to gross $35 million to $45 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada Friday through Sunday, according to people who’ve read prerelease audience surveys. A debut in that range would exceed the $33-million launch of “Get Out” in February 2017, and could be enough to unseat Walt Disney Co.’s blockbuster “Captain Marvel” from its perch at No. 1 on the domestic charts. MIRROR IMAGE? Normally, inviting comparisons to a film like “Get Out” would be a movie’s worst nightmare. That earlier film became
a cultural and commercial sensation by combining Peele’s humor and love of horror cinema to tap into American racial tensions. It grossed $255 million worldwide, scored a best picture Oscar nomination and introduced “the sunken place” into the lexicon (Peele won the Oscar for original screenplay). But there are strong signs that Peele, armed with an estimated $20-million production budget (compared with “Get Out’s” $4.5 million in costs), won’t suffer a sophomore slump. “Us” debuted to a rapturous response at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, this month and holds a strong 98 percent “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. As with “Get Out,” “Us” is distributed by Comcast Corp.’s Universal Pictures, which has waged a robust marketing campaign for the film, targeting a broad horror audience, as well as African American influencers with early screenings in Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York. “Get Out” producers Jason Blum and Sean McKittrick rejoined Peele to produce “Us,” which stars Lupita Nyong’o as
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Time is of the essence Seth Ymker Columnist
One of the most important things to me is how I use my time. Someday I will die and my time will be up. I have a limited quantity of time to make a difference and find joy before finding out what comes after. Time is nontransferable, limited edition and our most valuable possession. Therefore, I attempt to use every moment the best way possible. The future is coming no matter what I do and the only way I can change that future for the better, for others and myself is through the use of the present. I have no control over my past, which has defined much of my life, for good and bad, but the present is something that I can control. Most of you who are reading this are living this principle out, whether you know it or not. You came here to college to get an education that will hopefully get you a better job after you attain your degree. You are attempting to manipulate your future through your actions in the present. But are you here because you chose to be here, or is it because your past and the past of your ancestors brought you here whether you wanted to or not? As a child, most of my major life decisions were made for me: my parents taught me and trained me, told me what to fear and what to believe and pushed me to enroll in a university to get a degree. Maybe I would have chosen a similar path on my own, but that is not what concerns me, what truly concerns me is where I am going in the future. Most of us have already stepped into a hamster wheel we will not get out of until we retire. Once we graduate we will have to get a job to pay off our college loans and support our lifestyle. We will probably get married and have kids and hopefully, raise them to the best of our ability. Eventually, we will retire, followed soon by inevitable death. But how much of this was truly your choice? Where you really
happy? These are questions that you will likely only think about once it is too late to change the answer. Therefore, I implore each of my readers to think about this question: Where am I going, and is it where I want to go? I do not deny that there are certain things that you will have no control over and that these things must be worked with. However, leverage the parts of your life that you do have control over to find joy in your life. Not in the future, but right now. Whenever there is something that is giving me pain, I eliminate it; I changed my major because of this philosophy. These sorts of decisions should not be made lightly or without a great deal of consideration and consultation, but life is too short to do something you do not love. No matter how others see you or feel about you, do what you want. Am I saying you should be selfish? Yes, I am, try not to be a jerk, but don’t worry about what others think or how they will feel so much that you do not feel as if you are able to do what you want. Seize every moment you have and wring out every bit of joy there is to be had from it, don’t waste your time on things that don’t truly matter. Long ago, I realized that I spent too much time on YouTube idly wasting my time. Since then I have done my best to make sure that I am doing things that actually make me happy. People are not often told this, but make sure you put yourself first and then give to others joy out of your surplus. Time is precious and the present matters. Your life is too short to care about what others think, too short to harbor hate and resentment, and far too short to be living a life that is not truly your own but the creation of others. You only live once, I have every intention of making my only shot count. I hope that some of you have come to understand my appreciation for time and will attempt to follow through with some of my advice because words are nothing without actions there is someone I need to ask on a date.
Gun law reformation Erin Bradshaw Columnist
On Friday, March 15th, 50 people were shot between two different mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The attacker, Brenton Tarrant, allegedly used five guns, two of which were semi-automatic according to Prime Minister Ardern. Immediately after the terrorist attack, the Prime Minister issued a response stating, “our gun laws will change” according to CNN. Currently in New Zealand, gun owners are required to obtain a license, but are not required to register their guns. Many New Zealanders are coming forth to voluntarily hand over their guns because of the circumstance. The citizens actively want a gun reform. The same cannot be said for the United States. In the past year, New Zealand has only experienced one mass shooting. In the United States, there has been over 15. Immediately after the shooting in New Zealand, a call for gun reform was made and is in action. However, in the U.S., the climb to gun reform is slow and steady. In Indiana, a citizen does not need permit to purchase, registration of firearms, or licensing of owners for handguns and rifles/shotguns. According to the NRA, a permit to carry is only required for a handgun in Indiana. On February 14th of this year, it was
the one-year anniversary of the Parkland Shooting. A gun-man opened fire at a high school in Parkland, Florida which killed seventeen students and staff members, and injured more. Since then, nothing has been done to try to reform the gun laws in place. On one side of the spectrum, people in support of the second amendment feel that gun laws would be an infringement of their rights, and they should have the right granted to them by the Constitution to bear arms. On the other side, people believe that the Second Amendment is strictly for militia. If not just for militia, the gun laws should require stricter background checks and mental health screenings. According to Cornell Law, the “collective rights theory” explains that the language of the Second Amendment can be interpreted many ways. One of which, is that the Framers wanted this Amendment so that Congress would not take away a state’s rights to protect themselves; hence the word “militia” used. Each state could then have their own militia to protect themselves from other states. This was during the time when the Framers were disputing anti-federalism versus federalism. Anti-federalists believed
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Outlawing free speech Tessa Shepard Collumnist
Not many Americans are aware all of our First Amendment rights, but bet your bottom dollar that we know we have free speech under that Amendment. To begin, let me tell you all your rights protected under the First Amendment: Freedom of religion, Freedom of speech, Freedom of press, The right to peaceably assemble, The right to petition the Government. Thank you Communication Law. From this list we are going to focus on the freedom of religion and freedom of speech. When the Amendment states freedom of religion, this means that you are free to not practice religion at all. Freedom of speech is not just verbal speech; this can mean print media like books, flyers and advertisements. We are a country lucky enough to not have an assigned religion we demand that all citizens MUST follow, even though it does not feel that way all the time. Christianity is the dominant religion in America, but we, as the citizens, have the right to practice any religion (or on at all) that we please. What happens when a person thinks that these rights need to be restricted? What if it is a whole state that is wanting this to happen? What if this state is the
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third largest state in America and this state leads the way in new LGBTQ+ laws nationwide? California is in the process of passing a law that will ban Bibles in a bill called, “Assembly Bill 2943.” According to CBN News, it would be “illegal to distribute resources, sell books, offer counselling services, or direct someone to a biblically based model for getting help with gender confusion and homosexuality.” Reading the rest of this article, you may become a tad bit outraged. In this CNN article, the author explains that this bill is bad news because if someone wants to not be identified as gay, they will not be able to seek the “therapy” that will help them do this. I just want to say this first; coming out to the world that you identify within the LGBTQ+ community can incredibly scary and daunting. Not to mention, if you identify within the LGBTQ+ and being raised in an environment forcing you to feel as if you need to be “fixed,” maybe, then it may influence individuals to seek therapy that would in turn help you come to peace with your mind and body. With that being said, love yourself and be proud of who you are. Also know that you are not the first, nor will you be the last person who was raised religious and are apart of the LGBTQ+ community. This bill is scary, but not scary in the
way this article makes it out to be. The bill is seen as a direct hit to Christians only, but it is just the small section to a larger picture. If this bill is to pass we, as American people, must allow the government to take away our freedom to speak and our freedom to practice (or not) whatever religion we please. We would have lost the upward battle with the “man” on keeping our basic rights as a society. If we give this up this is just the beginning of the local or federal government rushing to place laws and restrictions on our freedoms. Not to mention that as of right now we read that people think this is aimed directly to Christians because it is most prevalent in the United States, but what about all the other religions that are already looked down on? We would be naïve to think that this law will not spread and taint the rest of our basic rights. What would we do as a country if we get the right to petition the Government taken away? I do not agree with the anger focused on the fact that people cannot get the resources that lead to homophobia, anti-trans and the myth of fixing someone who is gay. This is just a cultural and educational injury to those who are LGBTQ+, there is nothing wrong with these people and that is that.
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Millets and their uses Jhansi Chagalakonda Columnist
The most common staple food of India is believed to be rice. But truly the most common staple food of ancient India was millets. It is a healthy nutritious grain that is high in protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals. Millets are rain fed crops, which eliminates the need for chemicals or pesticides for increasing its productivity. The types of millets that are commonly available are jowar (sorghum), ragi (finger millet), kora (kodo millet), samalu (little millet), bajra (pearl millet), variga (proso millet) and there are few other forms of millets. The health benefits of millets are astonishing. They come in a flour form, which creates a substitute all-purpose flour from our meal. Millet flour can commensurate the purpose of all-purpose flour and it is unbelievably healthy. We cannot find a better trade than this! One of the main reasons for health issues and diseases are due to the food we consume. We all claim to be well educated and we all know the pros and cons of healthy eating. However, we are so enslaved to easy food habits that we ignore the ramifications of our actions. There were many epidemics that surfaced in recent years
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due to some virus that spread through chickens, pigs or cows. As a result, we killed all the animals exposed to the virus, although, we also failed to restrict ourselves from consuming those animals. There is threat of food poisoning contamination because of the chemicals utilized during cultivation. We are all well aware of the kind of steroids being used to make our food voluminous and pretty from outside. This is a naked fact that all are aware of but very few will admit or acknowledge. This whole game or the system of food is completely spoiled and corrupt for self-benefits of huge companies; however, society is not ready to address it, not even the doctors, politicians, or the system. This is how companies make money and we, as consumers, are their bait. Limited newspapers and media outlets publicize work towards eradicating this habit because all are trying to churn profits out of it. There are continuous incidents when people die due to excessive usage of pesticides on crops and intermittent outburst and slogans for healthy habits and for need of organic crops respond; however, these irregular outburst results in irregular outputs. We, as humans, want everything to be easy and quick. Nobody wants to cut their own
vegetables; therefore they opt for frozen cut vegetables. No one wants to cook or find ways to make healthy food and as a result, they purchase frozen cooked food. This laziness and lethargy has been a great boon for the business people. If looked at these unhealthy habits in a deeper way, the food companies have made us lazy as they provide everything ready for us. Later, they made it seem like a status symbol to have frozen food at home and now it has become a necessity. We as consumers need to stop accepting crops that are not natural and that are not healthy. Millets on the other hand are rain fed crops. With a little amount of water the crop sustains and gives the farmer the required amount of cultivations. Even with the increase of water provision to crops, it still gives you the same amount of crop making it clear that, being a farmer, you don’t have to look for an excessive amount of water or chemicals. International Crops Research Institute for Semi- Arid(ICRISAT) certifies that one crop of rice requires 2.5 times more than one millet crop of most types. S.K Gupta, principal scientist at pearl millet breeding program at ICRISAT, says that rice can-
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not able to definitively link a cause and effect. For that, the researchers have begun a second study using dolphins that died during last year’s prolonged algae blooms. Nearly 150 were found in Gulf waters, which prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to launch an investigation. So far nothing suggests the toxin poisoning caused the beachings, which can be a complex event. But Davis said the larger sample will allow researchers to look at more brains. They also plan to examine more parts of the dolphins’ brains.
in a weak central government, trying to go in the opposite direction of previous British tyranny. Federalists believed in a stronger central government, wanting less power for states. Since then, the United States has adopted a federalist form of government post-Civil War; meaning more power has been allocated to the federal government instead of states. Currently, someone can purchase an unregistered fire arm at a gun show, without a permit. According to the Daily Progress, troopers arrested 91 people in Virginia in regards to gun shows in the year of 2015. The popular argument for pro-gun people is, if you take away guns from the “good” people, the “bad” people will still get them. That is true, considering there are many legal ways to acquire firearms where you do not need any form of licenser or background check. No one is claiming to take away guns from everyone, the idea is
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just to make the country safer. Instead of being responsive, many are asking to be pro-active. Once someone is dead, you cannot bring them back, but you can enact gun laws to try and prevent the incident from happening in the first place. Other countries like United Kingdom and Australia have responded immediately when shootings happened in their countries. According to CNN, in 1996 there was a mass shooting in Scotland which ended up with the United Kingdom banning all handguns and .22 caliber guns in England Scotland, and Wales. In Australia, the same year as England’s mass shooting, a man went on a shooting spree in Tasmania that killed 35 people with the use of a semi-automatic rifle. The country responded to the attack by compensating for guns turned over by its citizens, hefty background checks, and a ban on automatic and semi-automatic rifles. It is only a matter of time until another mass shooting occurs in the United States again.
MILLETS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 not sustain in more than 36 degree Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) whereas millet can survive till 46 degree Celsius (115 Fahrenheit). Millets don’t just adapt to any kind of soil from very poor to highly fertile, they increase the fertility of that soil. They ameliorate the quality of soil for next crop. This enables the farmer to change the crop and avoid the usage of pesticide for lack of good soil. To be frank usage of excessive amount of pesticides is the biggest reason behind loss of fertile lands. As diabetes becomes increasingly prevalent, society must begin to pay attention to the food consumption. As millets are gluten free, it is highly recommended for diabetic patients. Millets are high in magnesium, so it helps to stimulate the level of insulin further helping in balancing the sugar level in your body. Not only are there benefits for people with diabetes, it is believed that millet can and have, cured many diseases. Millets are high in fiber, which helps to improve the digestion process. There are a number of benefits that can be cited of millets. Small changes in your dietary can bring immense amount of change in your health. There is only one home for your soul to live in, your body and it is your duty to take care of it.
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Sycamore baseball falls to IU second time this season Jordan Keogler & Emari Washington
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A nine-game streak ended for Indiana State baseball Tuesday afternoon in a 15-14 loss against Indiana University. It was not until the ninth-inning when Indiana took the lead with a home run. Sycamores fell to a 16-2 record, while Hoosiers moved to a 12-8 record. This will be the fifth win in a row for the Hoosiers. The game was significantly based on the firepower of both teams, which resulted in a rotation of six ISU pitchers throughout the course of the game. By the third inning the score between the Sycamores and the Hoosiers was 8-1. Following Dungan yard in the bottom of the third inning was an RBI double from senior Roby Enriquez that brought senior Jake Means to home plate who hit a double prior, Sycamores were bringing a strong offensive team to the end of the third inning. Evan Giles stepped up strong to the plate for Indiana in the top of the fourth inning. Sycamores
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This past Tuesday afternoon the Sycamores took a 15-14 loss against Indiana University.
offense was staying strong with a five-run inning. ISU continued to battle. IU struggled with fielding errors for the first run in the fourth inning before Enriquez singled to home plate Chris Ayers to make the score 8-7. Sycamores junior, Tyler Ward, pitched the fifth and sixth inning. He kept six batters at bay.
Dungan brought in another run for the Sycamores during the sixth inning when he had a solo home run over the wall in center, leading 11-8. Elijah Dunham hit a grand slam off the top of the centerfield fence to help the Hoosiers lead 12-11. Following Dunham, Cole Barr and Logan Kaletha each had
a run after a double. Both teams combined had 27 base hits and 10 home runs. Each team held five home runs. Romero Harris an Clay Dungan each had home runs for the Sycamores. In the seventh-inning Max Wright tied the game when he hit a two-run explosion to right field for ISU.
Clay Dungan sparked the first effort towards a comeback, scoring four ties and making it on base. Harris had six RBI on three base hits off the Hoosiers. A home run in the bottom of the seventh inning by Wright brought the game to a tie. Bouncing back IU, Drew Ashley stepped up to the plate and blasted a home run in the eighth inning. Branden Scott was given honors for the Hoosiers taking the victory after throwing one inning and allowing three hits. Matt Lloyed earned his third save of the season after closing the game for IU. The game was full of excitement and energy with anticipation on how the game was going to turn out, in ISU favor or IU favor. Fans were on edge during each inning. Free jerseys were handed out at the beginning of the game to lucky Sycamore fans. The Sycamores will be back in action when the team travels to the sunshine state, Fort Myers, Florida this weekend for a threegame series with Rutgers at the City of Palms Park.
Sycamores begin outdoor track season in Nashville Garrett Short Reporter
After a successful indoor track season that saw the women place second in the Missouri Valley Conference and the men in third, ISU begins the outdoor season this weekend at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invite. The Sycamores finished out their indoor season strong with their showing at conference and even boasted an All-American in senior Erin Reese, who finished fourth in the weight throw at Nationals. ISU’s outdoor opener will mark their second meet in Nashville, Tenn. this year. The team previously competed in the Music City Challenge at Vanderbilt in early February. ISU will be looking for some repeat performances in the outdoor meet. Brooke Moore set the school record for the 3,000-meter run at the Music City Challenge. Moore will be looking to continue her dominance in the 1,500-meter run this outdoor season. Two years ago she took home the conference crown in the race and during the 2018 season she finished as the runner-up. The women’s field events will be led by senior throwers Reese and Cassandra Roper. Reese has already established herself as a world-class athlete in the weight throw this spring. But Roper has been a threat in her time as a Syc-
amore. Last year she came away with the title at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the shot put. She has finished in the top four in the shot put every outdoor season. The men’s side may be less veteran, but they feature a healthy dose of young talent. JaVaughn Moore was named the MVC Male Freshman of the Year after he finished seventh in the 200-meter and second in the 60-meter dash. He missed out winning the 60-meter by .006 seconds. The start of the outdoor season is an opportunity to compete against elite talent from across the country. The Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invite will feature an array of high-profile schools with NCAA Championship caliber-talent. At Vanderbilt’s indoor meet, Ole Miss and North Carolina as well as Big 10 teams Michigan and Michigan State competed against ISU. ISU will compete in the MVC Outdoor Championships held at the Gibson Track and Field Complex across Third Street in the coming weeks. Every weekend until then will be filled with meets. ISU travels this weekend and next weekend before hosting the Gibson Invitation on April 5 and 6. The Sycamores host three different meets during the outdoor season, including the MVC Outdoor Championships.
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Angels center fielder Mike Trout rounds the bases after hitting a two-run homer against the Astros in the seventh inning Sunday, July 22, 2018, at Angels Stadum in Anaheim.
Mike Trout to be highest paid athlete ever
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The Angels and star center fielder Mike Trout on Tuesday morning were finalizing a 10year, $360-million extension that would keep him under contract over the next 12 years for $426.5 million, according to a source familiar with the negotiations but unauthorized to comment publicly. The deal, which has no optouts, would be the largest in professional sports history. It would net the two-time American League MVP more money than even Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper, who earlier in March signed a 13-year, $330-million contract _ a deal that was then the most lucrative in baseball history. And it would keep Trout, who is still searching for his first playoff victory in Anaheim, in an Angels uniform through 2030. His annual salary will rise to
$36 million for the 10 years that follow, unless the Angels and Trout decide to shift a small part of the new $360-million extension to the final two years of his current contract. The Angels have reached the playoffs only once since Trout, a first-round pick in 2009, was called up to the big leagues in the summer of 2011, getting swept by the Kansas City Royals in the 2014 American League division series after winning 98 games and the American League West title. As the Angels flopped, Trout continued to produce. Since his debut, his .307 batting average is tied for fourth highest, his .416 on-base percentage ranks second and his .573 slugging percentage is the best in baseball. Trout thought the Angels made enough moves before 2018 _ convincing two-way star Shohei Ohtani to play in Anaheim, signing left fielder Justin Upton to a five-year extension, acquiring veteran infielders Zack Cozart and Ian Kinsler and catcher Mar-
tin Maldonado _ to contend for a playoff spot. Injuries ravaged the rotation and the lineup, and the Angels finished 80-82, far out of the playoff picture for a third consecutive season. They made incremental moves to upgrade the pitching staff and lineup last winter, but they’re hardly a lock to make the playoffs in 2019 despite Moreno green lighting the highest opening-day payroll in team history. Trout’s new contract will add about $11.4 million to the Angels’ luxury tax payroll this year. They will still be about $24 million under the threshold, which provides enough wiggle room for the Angels to take on another salary during the season if they have the opportunity to chase a spot in the playoffs. Trout said in February upon arriving at Angels spring training that all he cared about was getting the opportunity to win. It seems he now might have enough time to meet that goal.
Sherard Clinkscales named to the prestigious NCAA division Athletic Media Relations
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Sherrarad Clinkscales and Mitch Hannahs chat on the baseball field.
The Indiana State Department of Athletics along with the Missouri Valley Conference are proud to announce that Sherard Clinkscales has been named to the prestigious NCAA Division I Nominating Committee to a four-year term which will conclude in 2023. The Nominating Committee facilitates the process to appoint representatives to all Division I Council Committees (non-Council positions), all Division I committees (e.g., sport committees) and
Division I vacancies on Association-wide committees. The NCAA Nominating Committee consists of 12 persons including four members from the Football Subdivision, four members from the Football Championship Subdivision and four members from the Division I Subdivision. Clinkscales will be one of three new members on the committee when they group forms for their first meetings in September. “I am grateful the Missouri Valley Conference nominated me to be on this committee,” Clinkscales said.
“I look forward to serving the membership in this important role.” Clinkscales has a long history working with the NCAA National Office as well as serving on various committees. He served as the chair of the NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct for two years. Clinkscales previously worked for two years for the NCAA at its main headquarters in Indianapolis. With the NCAA, he served as an assistant director of championships.