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Brief descriptions of newsworthy events occuring at USD, in San Diego, in the U.S., and around the world. New director Institute
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Everard Meade will take over as the director of the Trans-Border Institute at USD from former Director David Shirk. Meade previously served as a professor at UCSD, where he taught history. He specializes in 20th century Mexican history and human rights issues.
cross country team by showing up to practices and races.
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City council president and USD alumnus Todd Gloria recently proposed an initiative that would raise minimum wage in San Diego to a little over $13 per hour over the next three years. The state already plans to raise the minimum wage from $8 per hour to $10 per hour in the next two years, according to KPBS. However, Gloria says that
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proposal is set to go to committee in the City Council on Wednesday, April 30. White House releases guidelines to combat rape at colleges The White House is set to release new guidelines for colleges to follow rape on campuses. According to The New York Times, the guidelines are likely to put pressure on colleges to be more proactive and to change their thinking regarding sexual assault. The guidelines emphasize that universities need to make sure reported sexual assaults remain anonymous. They also strongly encourage bystander intervention to prevent the assaults
EPA wins court battle over pollution The Supreme Court on Tuesday stated that 28 states would have to work to lower their coal emissions. The problems came about from pollution that crosses state lines to “downwind states,” according to Al Jazeera. Pollution in these states was making it emissions since they were originating across their borders. The changes will come as a part of the Clean Air Act, a law that requires the Environmental lowering of emissions. New sanctions against Russia The US and the EU announced new sanctions against Russia in the midst of Russian troops being stationed on the Ukrainian border and Ukrainian separatists rioting in towns in the eastern part of the country. The sanctions have mainly targeted monetary and travel restrictions.
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Left: San Diegan Meb Keflezighi was the first American to win the Boston Marathon in 31 years. Right top: Keflezighi poses with freshman Ashley Mitchell and senior Victoria Hambley of the Cross Country team after a practice. Right bottom: Keflezghi and senior Jessica McCarthy snap a photo after a cross country practice.
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“Everyday is Earth Day,” said Hollywood actor and director Adrian Grenier as one of the guest speakers for Earth Month at USD. Earth month is celebrated every April to remind community members of their duties to maintain a healthy planet. Grenier was on campus April 22th at Shiley Theatre giving a speech called “The Environmental-ish- How to Express Your Earth Values Without Neurotic Obsession Nor Abject Apathy.” Grenier is known for a variety of
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most importantly the television series “Entourage.” He expressed that although he knew that people showed up to his speech partly because of “Entourage,” Grenier was there to talk about the more serious matter of saving the planet. Even though he is known mostly for playing Vincent Chase in Entourage, Grenier has invested time into the planet. Peter Glatzer joined forces to create a series on Discovery called “Alter Eco.” The series was created to show the changes that can be implemented to “express your earthly values.” It is a series to demonstrate people how casual Grenier stressed one point in particular throughout his speech, the fact that saving the planet is not going to be immediate. There are some environmentalists like they can do everything themselves, Obsession.” On the other hand, there are people that just ignore the planet and the harm that is being done, which he called “abject apathy.” Considering that society today relies on technology and social media, Grenier said that he had to embrace the new technology. He called method to take towards making the planet healthier “SHFT.” Shft.com is a
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Adrian Grenier, the star of HBO’s “Entourage,” gave a speech about conservation during Earth Month at USD.
webpage Grenier and independent “[It is] a more sustainable approach art and food” Glatzer and Grenier wrote. The idea behind the word “SHFT,” or “shift,” is to lean towards helping the environment. Grenier said that taking a step can be a big deal, and he suggested that as long as members of the community “SHFT” for a better lifestyle, things will start to change. Recommendations that he offered were as simple as taking a cold shower.
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Another important factor is to be informed community members about the situation the planet is in and what can be done to help. Grenier said that making a “SHFT” does not have to start worldwide, it can start in small communities and grow as the changes are becoming apparent. Grenier mentioned that it is easier to ignore the planet, but that ignorance is not going to make the changes. The goals have to be realistic in order for people to be drawn to help. As human beings, there are ways to help; it is a matter of motivation and determination.
Mens’ tennis wins WCC championship The tennis team beat Pepperdine to secure the chanpionship and clinch an NCAA playoff berth. PAGE 16
As a writer and editor of National Geographic, Don Belt spent the past three decades of his life exploring the world. His travels brought him to 70 countries and on April 23 he shared his stories, experiences and lessons learned with the USD community at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre. He gave a lecture titled “Crossing Invisible Borders: Lessons in Guerilla Diplomacy from 25 Years on the Road for National Geographic.” Belt launched his tenure with National Geographic as a freelance writer in 1981. Since then he has authored articles ranging in topics from Lake Baikal in Russia to Marsh Arabs in Southern Iraq and from the ancient city of Petra in Jordan to the efforts of Bangladesh to manage and contend with global climate change. The lecture focused on the impact of invisible borders around the world and how those borders shape and career he came into direct contact with the invisible borders that have been drawn all across the world and the material consequences they create. Geographic allowed him to travel across the world and witness the Primarily, Belt noted that the borders
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