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Ball State’s incoming freshman class is shaping up to be larger than last years, following a trend of increasing enrollment over the past five years. The university received more than 170,000 applications, said Tom Taylor, vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications. Although orientation is only about halfway over, he expects there will be about 100 to 150 more students in the new class compared to last year. The 2012-13 academic year’s total enrollment was 21,053, with an undergraduate enrollment of 16,652. “I think that shows how well people THE NUMBERS think of Ball State,” Taylor said. More applicants can applications sent to Ball help keep tuition low State this year since enrollment projections and revenues are taken into account when the university undergraduates enrolled decides how much for the 2012-13 money is needed to academic year operate, he said. Randy Howard, vice president of business increase in tuition, the affairs and treasurlowest rate since 1976 er, said enrollment growth along with a boost in state funding allowed the university to increase tuition by 2 percent, its lowest rate since 1976. A high number of interested students also helps Ball State to be more selective with their admissions standards. “We are being very aggressive in the recruiting we are doing, including visiting high schools, in terms of getting materials out to perspective students,” Taylor said. “I think it’s also a reflection of the growing reputation of the institution.” Taylor attributes some of the success in attracting more potential students to successful alumni, students and faculty spreading the word. With the increase in overall students, Taylor said he anticipates slightly more out-of-state students coming to Ball State in the fall, which is a goal listed in the university’s strategic plan. “We will always be a predominately Indiana institution, but we believe that, just as ethnic diversity is important, geographic diversity is important,” he said. “I think it helps students to meet and work with students from other backgrounds.”
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A senior architecture major spent part of her summer blueprinting an orphanage for Hatians SAM HOYT CHIEF REPORTER | sthoyt@bsu.edu
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he seemingly simple question “How was Haiti?” is harder to answer than expected for an architecture student who went there to help make plans to build an orphanage. Casey Poe, a senior architecture major, traveled to Croix des Bouquets from May 30 to June 9 with Engineering Ministries International, a Christian nonprofit organization that provides engineering and architectural assistance to developing countries. Poe said she heard about EMI from other architecture students. “What do you say to a simple question in passing?” Poe said. “It’s a lot to sit down and unpack, so it’s a hard question to really fully get out.” Poe and her team developed plans for an orphanage and a guest house for a church there.
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MIDDLE: Casey Poe works on the computer in the garage that she was staying in on a recent trip to Haiti. Poe was part of a group that went to design an orphanage and adjacent guest house. BOTTOM: Members of EMI work together to help design structures for an orphanage in Haiti.
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U.S. TRIES SAVING TALIBAN NEGOTIATIONS Karzai suspends talks aimed at peace after Taliban coup reference | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan — Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants. What provoked the mercurial Karzai and infuriated many other Afghans was a move by the Taliban to cast their new office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as a rival embassy.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former student at the University of Central Missouri will spend three years in federal prison for taking part in a conspiracy to hack into the school’s computer network. The U.S. Attorney’s office said 29-year-old Joseph A. Camp, of Kansas City, must also pay more than $61,000 in restitution under the sentence he received Wednesday. Camp pleaded guilty in April to scheming with another student to hack the computer system at the Warrensburg school from March 2009 to March 2010. The conspiracy involved downloading large amounts of data containing faculty, alumni and student information. Prosecutors said Camp and co-defendant Daniel Fowler also attempted to change grades and transferred money to their student accounts. Fowler, also of Kansas City, pleaded guilty in June 2011 and is awaiting sentencing.
The Taliban hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday in which they hoisted their flag and a banner with the name they used while in power more than a decade ago: “Political Office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with Karzai on the phone, telling him that his concerns were justified and that he would work to resolve the issue. An American official, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to disclose the information, said he still expects to have the first public meeting with Taliban representatives in the next few days in Qatar but that no exact meeting date has been set. Nevertheless, the militants’ attempt at a publicity coup clearly played to Karzai’s longstanding
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Karzai suspended the negotiation after the Taliban hosted a ribboncutting ceremony and raised their decade-old flag and banner, which they used while in power. SOURCE: Associated Press
distrust of both the Taliban and the United States, who had announced Tuesday that they would pursue negotiations in the Qatari capital of Doha — at least initially without the Afghan government. It may have also given Karzai an excuse to try to head off the Doha talks, which he probably agreed to support only reluctantly and under
U.S. pressure. Karzai has for years opposed talks outside Afghanistan and dominated or directed by the U.S. The Taliban, on the other hand, have never really wanted to negotiate with Karzai, preferring to talk directly with the U.S.
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“To have this whole ceremony, televised worldwide, without a single mention of the Afghan government having a role in whatever process is going to happen ... they [Karzai and his peace delegation] suddenly realized, basically they weren’t out in front, they didn’t feature at all,” said Kabul-based analyst Martine van Bijlert. In a statement released by his office, Karzai lashed out at the U.S., using his leverage with Washington by suspending negotiations over what presence the United States will keep in Afghanistan after 2014. He said his High Peace Council would not enter talks with the Taliban until the negotiations were “completely Afghan.” He also criticized the Taliban and insisted that they halt their attacks on the ground before negotiations can begin. But the Taliban appeared in no mood to lay down their arms. They claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on Bagram Air Base outside Kabul that killed
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After playing a critical role in the Ball State baseball team’s 2013 turnaround, Scott Baker is setting his goals higher than ever. Winner of the inaugural Gregg Olson award in 2013, he was recognized as Division I baseball’s “breakout player of the year.” “This Gregg Olson award was kind of a shocker,” Baker said. “Because I didn’t even know if I would make the finals, and then I end up winning it, so it was definitely a big surprise.” He was also named to the Louisville Slugger All-American Third Team, and to complete the trifecta, he was the Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Year. It was the Gregg Olson award that stood out the most to the right-hander. Even though he didn’t know it was coming, he certainly deserved it. “I’ve had the privilege of coaching a lot of great players through the years, and a lot of great pitchers, but I’ve never had one win 12 games,” head coach Rich Maloney
said. “What he accomplished this year was Head coach Rich Maloney said Baker and pretty special. Pretty difficult to do, near- pitching coach Todd Linklater were very ly impossible really. To win almost every “in sync” last season, adding that Baker fed game is amazing.” off of what his coach called in games. Baker won a program-record 12 games That relationship was important to Baker, last season, but did not play who said he has to thank even one complete game in both Linklater and Malo2011. His earned-run averney for how they were able STANDINGS age was 6.15 as a freshman, to help him perform at a SCOTT BAKER, as he allowed 34 hits in just high level. JUNIOR PITCHER 33.2 innings pitched. He is not an especially 2013 2012 The junior-to-be said the strong pitcher and has to 2.18 ERA 6.15 time between freshman and work with what advantag12-2 W-L 0-1 sophomore season allowed es he can. 17-16 APP-GS 15-3 him to mature as a player. “He’s not overpowering, 111.2 IP 33.2 “The biggest part was but he’s a pitcher,” Malo88 SO 30 mental, and then just havney said. “He’s throwing 82 .227 B/AVG .266 ing another year,” Baker to 86 miles per hour, which said. “Freshman year was is really nothing to write getting into things, learning about. On the flipside of about how college baseball works pretty that, not many guys can throw four pitches much. And this year we worked a lot on the per strike like Scott can.” mental side of the game, and that helped Baker’s 2.18 earned-run average, and me out a lot.” team-high 88 strike outs, played a big part Baker posted a much-improved ERA of in his 12-win season. And for Ball State, his 2.18 last season. He led the team with 88 pitching helped to put together one of the strike outs, and even pitched a complete most successful seasons in recent history. shutout game. “The year he had was spectacular, and it
James looking forward to challenge in Finals’ Game 7 James, Duncan set for pivotal clincher with title in balance | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — LeBron James could not sleep after Game 6. Imagine, then, how frayed his emotions will be going into Game 7. So much is at stake. Legacies, for so many players, James included. The NBA championship. Whether the season was a success or a bust. How he will be portrayed over the next few months. How history will judge a Miami Heat team that won 27 straight games in one stretch, 66 games in the regular season and now 81 games overall. Although the Heat will insist otherwise, the common belief is that it all hinges on James’ shoulders. And the four-time NBA MVP wouldn’t have it any other way when his Heat take on the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. “I want to go down as one of the greatest. I want our team to go down as one of the greatest teams. And we have an opportunity to do that,” James said. “Hasn’t been many teams to win back-to-back championships. It’s so hard. It’s the hardest thing. I said last year it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, winning my first. Last year don’t even come close to
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what we’ve gone through in this postseason and in these Finals.” His second ring is 48 minutes away. If it comes, it will be earned. “First of all, I’m blessed, man. I don’t even know how I got here,” James said. “I wasn’t supposed to be in the NBA, if you go by statistics and things of me growing up where I grew up. Every time I go into my locker room and see the ‘James’ on the back of an NBA jersey, I’m like, ‘Wow.’ No criticism can deter me from playing this game because of that. I’m not supposed to be here.” In James’ lifetime, only four franchises — Chicago, the Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit and Houston — have won consecutive championships. Miami can be the fifth, and even though Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is cautioning his team to not think about the potential prize, James said “human nature” dictates that he has to at least daydream a little bit about what might be looming. James has kept his phones off during the playoffs. He’s stayed
certainly couldn’t have happened to a nicer young man,” Maloney said. “He’s very humble and really gave our team a big lift to make the turnaround that we did this year.” The Cardinals’ 31 wins in 2012-13 were more than in the previous two seasons combined. They capped the season with an impressive run in the MAC Tournament. A loss to Bowling Green in the championship game kept Ball State from its first MAC Title since 2006. “Next year I want to go out and try and win for our team,” Baker said. “As a team, we definitely want to go back to that MAC Championship game and try to win it.” He has personal goals, too. Baker said he will hit the weight room this summer with hopes of becoming a draft prospect in the future. Maloney has already challenged the rising star to keep working in the offseason. “What I’m going to challenge him with now is to get in better shape,” Maloney said. “To get his arm strength up so he can be a draft pick. He needs to be able to throw 90 miles per hour, and with the current repertoire that he has if he is able to do that, then he’ll be a draft pick.”
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The Miami Heat’s LeBron James scores in the fourth quarter against the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday in Miami, Fla. Miami won 103-100 in overtime to force a Game 7.
away from social media. He has tried to limit how much he hears of what the Heat call the noise, all the constant analysis of a team that has alternated wins and losses for the last month — and now needs one last two-game winning streak to wrap up their second title. It could be a great deal of fun for James on Thursday night. If Miami pulls this off, a second straight Finals MVP award will likely be his, to go with the four regular-season MVPs. He’ll be a two-time champion, to
go along with his two Olympic gold medals. Others have won more titles and more MVPs, but poking holes in James’ resume will become a considerably tougher task, even for his biggest naysayers. “We can’t worry about what the history books say. That’s why it’s history,” James said. “We have to live in the present. We have to live in the moment. And we have to do whatever it takes to bring that trophy — or to keep that trophy — here in Miami.”
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. — State police returned to the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Wednesday, two days after a body was found about a mile away. Two troopers knocked on the door of Hernandez’s sprawling house in an upscale subdivision Wednesday morning, but no one answered. The night before, police spent hours there as another group of officers searched an industrial park where the body was found Monday. No more details about the body have been released. Sports Illustrated, citing an unidentified source, reported that Hernandez was not believed to be a suspect in what was being treated as a possible homicide. The magazine said police had spoken with Hernandez. Sports Illustrated reported that the link between Hernandez and the case was a rented Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island plates that police had been searching for. The Associated Press could not independently confirm the report. “It has been widely re-
ported in the media that the state police have searched the home of our client, Aaron Hernandez, as part of an ongoing investigation,” Hernandez attorney Michael Fee said in a statement. “Out of respect for that process, neither we nor Aaron will have any comment about the substance of that investigation until it has come to a conclusion.” Later Wednesday, at least seven state troopers searched both sides of a road just off the street where Hernandez lives. The officers used thin poles to pull back plants and search through undergrowth along the road. Hernandez is represented by the Athletes First agency, which said it has no comment “on the Aaron Hernandez situation.” His mother said by phone from Connecticut on Tuesday she had no knowledge of a case involving him. On Tuesday night, some police officers stood on the front steps of Hernandez’s home and others could be seen inside. Some walked around the driveway and in the garage with flashlights. Before wrapping up their work for the night, one officer took a box out of the massive house.
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HAITI: Student focuses on individual project to design guest house | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “They had ideas and they could see it, but our team was able to go down there and make it something they could actually really see and show people,” she said. Poe said her favorite part of the trip was showing the pastor that the church’s plans were really beginning for the first time. “He’s a quieter, more reserved man, but the girl that works alongside him was there,” she said. “I couldn’t really see the pastor’s face, but I could see her face. You could just tell in her face that she was really happy to see him happy. She even cried a bit. Afterwards, he said he was so excited. They had a few questions, but they said it was perfect.” Greg Young, executive director of the Calgary branch of EMI, worked with Poe throughout the trip. He said she, like most college students that go on the trips, started off assisting everyone else, but moved up to doing projects on her own. “Casey would initially sit in on programming meetings, walk the site, just discussing master planning issues,” he said. “The students would be there to be a part of all of that
master planning process. “I was able to hand her one of the buildings to work on. In this case we were doing an orphanage and a guest house, and so Casey was working on the guest house. I oversaw her production of that, but I gave her a chance to work on it and develop the idea, and let her go.” Young said he’s worked with another Ball State student in the past — Meredith Nash, who went to Niamey, Niger, in 2011 to help design a school. “I think that most of the students that we get are excellent students,” Young said. “Most of the time, they’re young people who have a desire to get out of their context and be able to experience something that’s challenging. I think Casey and Meredith both showed a lot of keen desire to learn and be good listeners.” Poe said other members of her group had been to Haiti in past years, including immediately after the 2010 earthquake. “A lot of them that had been before said it was remarkably better than it had been a year ago, and it was way better than when the earthquake first hit,” Poe said. “There’s been a ton of improvement, but it’s definitely still in effect there.” Young said he thinks a lot of
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people have preconceived notions about the places and people they’re going to help, but going can change their views. “[Poe] was able to go there and meet them face-to-face, learn a bit of Creole and hear their stories and come back with a fresh perspective,” he said. “I think that’s very similar for Meredith. When she came,
Backstage Muncie Civic Theatre’s ‘Legally Blonde’ EMMA KATE FITTES NEWS EDITOR | news@bsudailynews.coom
Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities graduate Matlyn Rybak chose to spend her summer in MATLYN RYBAK Muncie in order be a part Ensemble of Muncie Civic singer Theatre’s “Legally Blonde.” The ensemble member is getting comfortable with her singing while preparing for her future career in theater.
Q: Can you tell me about the play?
A: ‘Legally Blonde’ is the story about a young woman who is an outgoing sorority girl, kind of a ditz and she follows her one true love, Warner Hunnington III to Harvard Law School because she believes so strongly in how much she loves him. But, along the way, she realizes she can help people and do things for herself other than be a beautiful woman.
Q: Are you guys basically following the plot that everyone knows and loves in the movie?
A: The movie is a little bit different than the play because in the play Emmett is a much more interesting character and he puts so much more out there for Elle. Also, the ending is a really big difference, and it’s pretty important.
Q: Why did you decide to audition? A: I actually want to go into theater and be an actress, so it is important to me to use my summer wisely and get all the experience I can. And I also wanted to do this because I really, really love this play. I wanted to be in it, no matter what.
Q: Why do you love the play so much?
A: I know it because when I was really young my friend and I used to listen to the music on the bus on the way to school together and the music was just really fun and so I kind of fell in love with the music. When I watched the musical it was really lovely and lively.
Q: How has the show been going so far? A: Our opening night went really well and I was actually told by some of the other cast members that it was the best opening night that they had ever been a part of, so that is pretty encouraging and the audience has been pretty good so far.
Q: Was there anything crazy that you guys have had to deal with?
A: T here’s this really quick outfit, costume change and it’s actually my responsibility to get the main girl a new dress on stage and the first night my fingers were shaking so hard I almost messed it up. But really, it’s been really solid.
Q: What is it like being up on stage?
A: Before you go up on stage there’s always like every actor has these nervous tendencies, for me it’s always I forget my first line and I have this gut-wrenching feeling. You know that when you get up on stage you’re going to be fine. For me being on stage is really important for me, I really just love the feeling. That nervous feeling is actually what a lot of actors like about being up on stage.
Q: Since you are looking at doing this as a career, what are you hoping you take away from this experience?
A: I’ve already learned so much... I have learned just from listening from the other actors and from my director. I’ve learned what positioning on a stage means and how
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$15 for adults $12 for groups of 10 or more $10 for students and children to fight on a stage, there are right ways and wrong ways to fight on a stage. The most important thing I have taken away is actually knowing how to sing because I was not very confident in my singing voice before this musical.
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An assistant professor of physics and astronomy and one of his students invented a new laser that could be used for optical technology, industry and medicine. In 2010 Muhammad Maqbool and Kyle Main, now alumnus, started working on semiconductor ring laser and succeeded in inventing the first one in pure titanium.
Maqbool said his laser is the smallest semiconductor ring laser ever created. It got its name because it was created in a ring shape with a titanium material and was deposited around a very small optical fiber and it goes round like a ring. “This laser can work to diagnose any tumor or cancer cell deep inside the body, kill the tumor locally without damaging other cells,” he said. He said he thought of creating the laser even before coming to Ball State, but here he finally succeeded in his goal. “I spent days and night, didn’t sleep to pour continuously liquid nitrogen to keep the temperature down and keep the material
she had a chance to go to the poorest country in Africa. “I think in both cases, they not only learned a new appreciation for home, but they also learned that people are pretty cool everywhere they go and that if they look for it, they can make a connection with different people, too.” In addition to the personal
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development these trips can give, Young said they can give students a better perspective of what their careers will be like. “A job isn’t just having a career and earning a paycheck,” he said. “There’s a chance even for architectural engineers to go out and be a part of something way bigger than they’re normally a part of.”
BALL STATE TO HOST 3RD ANNUAL ‘MUSIC FOR ALL’ MUSIC SYMPOSIUM Next week Ball State will host music lovers nationwide for the third annual “Music for All” symposium. The event welcomes thousands of high school band students and directors to a series of nightly concerts that allow participants to learn from nationally renowned musicians. High school students will have the chance to work with the nation’s top music instructors in concert, marching and jazz bands, as well as orchestra, percussion, color guard and drum majors. Professional educators are going to be available to network and share strategies with high school and middle school band directors. Ball State students and Muncie residents can get involved by attending the events throughout the week. Monday through Thursday bands will perform at 8 p.m. in John R. Emen’s Auditorium. Drum Corps International takes the stage at 7 p.m. in Scheumann Stadium on Friday, where eight of their top corps will showcase their works for the 2013 season. The final day of the event will be June 29 when all student tracks will have their final performances at various locations around campus.
DIRECTOR Marc Forster CAST Brad Pitt Mireille Enos Daniella Kertesz RUNTIME 116 minutes
United Nations employee and father Gerry Lane, Brad Pitt, battles against time in a worldwide search for a way to stop the zombie pandemic that has the world at its feet, threatening to destroy humanity itself. He’ll have to make the choice between saving his family and saving the human race.
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Q: You don’t live in Muncie right now?
A: My brother actually was a Ball State student and so I live with him because I just really wanted to be a part of this, and I’m glad that I was. I’m really excited because my family is coming down. They always come to my plays and they don’t have to. Sunday they are coming down for the matinee, Sunday is also my birthday. I’m so excited, I haven’t seen them in weeks.
DIRECTOR Dan Scanlon CAST Billy Crystal John Goodman Steve Buscemi
Q: What do you think they are going to say? A: Actually I think they are going to be really surprised by the caliber of the other actors. I think they will be surprised about how well they can sing and dance. I hope that they will be impressed by that, I think so.
Q: What about you, do you think they will be impressed by you?
A: O h, maybe. I get to play a snob in the play so they may be impressed that I get to be just horribly mean to other people. I’ve been told by other cast members that they just hate my character even though she doesn’t even really have a big part.
BSU PROFESSOR, ALUMNUS INVENT POTENTIAL LASER Invention waiting for patent approval, could kill cancer cells
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amorphous,” Maqbool said. Main said they haven’t begun the biological phase of their experiment yet. “The reason behind not doing any biological experiment is because we are still waiting for the last stage of the patent,” Maqbool said. “Once the last stage of the patent is approved we will go and experiment it or give it to other companies to try it out.” The laser is still just in its beginning stages, and it will to go through a few more steps before completion. “We need to do more work,” Main said. “People need to investigate, change the dimensions of this laser.”
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A Lafayette-area Cub Scout pack was forced to find a new home after the Scouts made the choice to allow openly gay members. Another church in the area quickly picked up the pack.
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CHURCH PULLS SPONSORSHIP FROM LAFAYETTE-BASED CUB SCOUT GROUP DAYTON, Ind. (AP) — A Lafayette-area Cub Scout pack has found a new charter home days after a church severed ties with it over the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to extend membership to openly gay youth. Pack 3316 has found a new charter home at Memorial Presbyterian Church in Dayton. The Lafayette Journal and Courier reports the church’s board voted unanimously Tuesday to become the new charter organization for the scouts. The administrative council of Dayton United Methodist Church voted to sever its ties with the pack on June 11. An Assemblies of God church in Whiteland, south of Indianapolis, also recently stopped its sponsorship of a Cub Scout pack following the national Boy Scouts decision to allow openly gay youths to join.
INDIANA TEACHERS REQUEST RITZ TO SUPPORT NATIONAL STANDARDS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A group of Indiana teachers said requiring teachers to use two sets of education standards will disrupt learning for students. Members of the group Stand for Children delivered a letter Tuesday to Indiana School Superintendent Glenda Ritz asking her to support the national Common Core education standards. The state has halted implementation of the Common Core standards pending a review this summer by Indiana lawmakers. Some conservatives said Common Core interferes with local control of education. Ritz recently sent a memo to schools saying both Common Core and the old Indiana Academic Standards should be used next school year. She wasn’t in her office when the teachers delivered the letter. Teacher Seria Walton said the Indiana Standards require too much rote memorization while Common Core teaches students to actually think.
Mike Wazowski, Billy Crystal, and James P. Sullivan, John Goodman, are back, but this time around they’re attending Monsters University, where they aren’t yet the best of friends. While battling to learn what it takes to become a scarer at Monsters, Inc., they’ll also learn what it takes to become true friends. Several characters will reprise their roles, including Steve Buscemi as the sinister Randal.
MUSIC JOHN LEGEND “LOVE IN THE FUTURE”
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Politicians question proposed abortion bill House Health and Aging Committee argues loophole | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio — A measure that would force women seeking an abortion to submit to an ultrasound faced strong scrutiny from lawmakers Wednesday as it was presented before a legislative committee that vets health regulations in Ohio. Members of the House Health and Aging Committee raised several questions about the GOPbacked bill, which would also require abortion providers to tell women that the procedure increases their risk of RON HOOD Republican in breast cancer. The sponsor Ohio’s house of represen- of the measure, Rep. Ron tatives Hood, said his bill’s ultrasound mandate is aimed at closing a loophole in existing law that requires abortion providers to show pregDAN RAMOS nant women Democrat serving as an ultrasound Ohio’s rep should one be for the 56th conducted. district The loop-
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During his testimony, Hood defended the provision stating that “ultrasounds not only make visible life inside the womb, but unveil the truth of the unborn child’s humanity.� At least 21 states regulate the provision of ultrasounds by abortion providers in the United States, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which tracks abortion laws across the country. Under the proposed legislation, Ohio would join Louisiana and Texas in requiring an ultrasound and listen to a doctor describe the image. Lawmakers also questioned the validity of the bill’s provision that would force doctors to tell women that an abortion would increase their risk of developing breast cancer. Experts disagree with this argument. A group of scientists convened by the National Cancer Institute in 2003 concluded abortion did not raise the risk of breast cancer. The latest abortion-curbing proposal in Ohio comes after the so-called heartbeat
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bill fizzled in the Legislature last year. The measure sought to ban most abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat, as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Ohio anti-abortion activists were fiercely divided over the bill, with some fearing a court challenge could undo other abortion restrictions already in place. Among other provisions, the newest proposal would require abortion providers to notify patients about the providers’ monetary profits or losses resulting from practicing abortions. Doctors in contempt of the legislation could be charged with a first-degree felony and fined up to $1 million.
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ACTOR JAMES GANDOLFINI FROM ‘THE SOPRANOS’ DIES IN ITALY AT AGE 51 LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO and James Gandolfini’s managers said the actor famous for his role in “The Sopranos� has died in Italy. The cable channel, and managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, said the 51-year-old Gandolfini died Wednesday while on holiday in Rome. In a statement, HBO called the actor a great talent and a gentle and loving person. Gandolfini played conflicted mob boss Tony Soprano in the groundbreaking HBO series that aired from 1999 to 2007. His film credits included “Zero Dark Thirty� and “Killing Them Softly,� and he appeared in the Broadway production “God of Carnage.�
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ACLU SUES FOR 2ND TIME OVER IND. GAY YOUTH SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana LICENSE PLATES filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday WHO American Civil Liberties against the Indiana Bureau of Motor The Union of Indiana Vehicles, seeking the reinstatement of specialty auto license plates for a WHAT Filed a federal lawsuit group that counsels gay and lesbian Wednesday against the youth. Indiana Bureau of Motor The ACLU claims BMV Commission- Vehicles er Scott Waddell violated due process WHY by asserting himself as the final author- To seek the reinstatement of ity in an independent review that ap- specialty auto license plates a group that counsels gay proved specialty plates for the Indiana for and lesbian youth. Youth Group, according to a copy of the suit obtained by The Associated Press. Administrative Law Judge Melissa Reynolds issued a ruling in May that directed the BMV to reinstate the plates, but Waddell stepped in last week, continuing the suspension while getting more answers on whether the Indiana Youth Group violated its contract with the state. “The actions of the Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, in acting as the appellate and final authority over a decision that he, in effect, issued, violates the right to have an impartial decision maker in administrative adjudications and therefore violates due process,� the ACLU wrote in its filing. The lawsuit continues more than three years of judicial and legislative battles over the specialty plates. Conservative state lawmakers attempted to ban the organization’s plates in 2012 without success. A group of state senators later wrote to the BMV alleging the youth group violated its contract by auctioning low-number plates to supporters. The BMV suspended the group’s participation in the new program in March 2012 and the two have fought through an administrative review battle since then.
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How good is Kanye’s ‘Yeezus’?
West explodes with his most sonically ambitious album to date falling just short of his last effort
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From the opening of Kanye West’s sixth studio album “Yeezus” one thing is obvious; it’s the rawest, most experimental version of West that we’ve heard. And it’s exactly what he needed in the follow up to 2011’s near-perfect “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” What helps make “Yeezus” so bold and successful is that he’s not grasping for the same sound and material, trying to replicate what made his last album so successful. The boastful name, the sound and tracks like “I Am A God” ensure that the album will be remembered, for better or worse. The first half of the album bursts open with West’s typical outstanding production. It uses some industrial sounds and synths rather creatively while also tackling some more serious lyrical content. “New Slaves,” perhaps the best track on the album, tackles racism in a multi-faceted way including corporate control, materialism and the United States prison system. West’s best songs lyrically and sonically come from the first half, but from there it gets a bit hit or miss or controversial. “I’m In It” compares to some of the most vulgar songs I’ve heard. Its beat is solid, but lines like “Put my fist in her like a civil rights sign” are a bit too much shock value for the track. One of the most controversial tracks, “Blood On The Leaves,” samples Nina Simone’s “Strange Fruit,” a disturbing song about lynching. Carrying the weight of such serious material is a difficult task and West isn’t able to live up to the sample, instead rapping about divorces and women looking to have a baby with a wealthy rapper like himself. It’s a little disturbing to see the source material treated like this, but I don’t hate this song. I like it because the high-pitched sample of Simone is mixed perfectly into the song, and the beat that awakens in the second verse is one of the best moments in the album. And as much as I would have preferred some more serious material from West with this sample, there are still plenty of metaphors with West’s life and “Strange Fruit.” The album certainly has its flaws. It’s only 40 minutes long, which is a bit short for an album that does so much sonically, where it lacks lyrically. It’s also a little uneven for me, with the first half of the album raw and angry; it just loses a little momentum as it turns to the second half. Lyrically, it’s a subpar output for West and probably has something to do with how hastily this project was thrown together, but it doesn’t distract me too much from what I like about the album. But “Yeezus” is unquestionably a risky move by West. One that is successful partly because of his stature as a hip-hop star to take such underSTEVEN WILLIAMS ground, experimental sounds and bring them to a EDITOR-IN-CHIEF mainstream audience. West makes these sounds STEVEN WILLIAMS IS SENIOR his own as he’s always done and it’s an album I’ll TELECOMMUNICATIONS NEWS MAJOR AND be enjoying for a long time, if only for the impecWRITES FOR THE DAILY NEWS. HIS VIEWS DO cable production. NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THOSE OF THE Rating: HHHHI NEWSPAPER. TWEET AT @SBWILLIAMS15
West’s latest attempt is worst in his discography, lacking lyrical substance, too experimental at times
You will be nodding your head, and not because you’re tired either. Beat after beat will have you on the edge of your seat. Kanye West’s “Yeezus” opens with the bass-heavy track “On Sight.” The hook fits in as well as any in the entire album, which is not very well at all. Some have called the album fresh, cutting edge, genius even. I think of said compliments to be covering up West’s blundering of an attempt to be all of those things. Most every track has the essence of, at some point, two songs within one. Several hooks are extended to sound like short verses that just don’t jive. Perhaps you’ll like it, but it wasn’t for me. With the exception of two songs on the entire album, “Blood on the Leaves” and “Bound 2” West’s personal style went out the window. West’s auto-tuned voice works extremely well with the sampling of Nina Simone’s “Strange Fruit.” “Blood on the Leaves,” which mirrors the title of Jeff Stetson’s 2004 novel about racial injustice in 1960s Mississippi, implies that some deep message would lie within. Instead, it merely addresses West’s past relationships. It does, however, speak to the fact that West has to deal with at least one of his exes in public. Such emotional stuff. The feel that fans, myself included, had come to love throughout West’s career is gone. “College Dropout,” “Late Registration,” “808’s” and “Heartbreak,” and his most recent album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” all delivered content with actual context. Lyrical substance is almost completely absent from this album. Most every track runs out of steam and climaxes with some group of one-liners about West’s sex life. Which, although I was concerned about, was not what I wanted the focus of this album to be. Especially once I knew that tracks like “Black Skinhead” and “New Slaves” would be featured. That reminds me, “New Slaves” is great. I have to give credit where it’s due. The bass line is probably the fiercest on the album, and with the fourth song, listeners get some actual lyrics. The first line of the song, “My momma was raised in the era when clean water was only served to the fairer skin,” sets the tone for a track packed with controversial lyrics. West speaks to the racism he encountered before getting rich, “Don’t touch anything in the store,” and then the racism he encounters now, “come in, please buy more. What you want, a Bentley? A fur Coat? A diamond chain? All you blacks want all the same things.” I was glad to hear West attack some real issues, and on top of solid beat, too. West closes the album with a series of slow beats, with softer bass lines that leave a hunger for more of the edgy music that was featured in the first half. The album’s finale is nearly a 180 degree turnaround from “New Slaves.” An acoustic sample dominates the song, and DAKOTA CRAWFORD shallow lyrics just escalate the confusions that surround SPORTS EDITOR West’s relationship with Kim Kardashian. DAKOTA CRAWFORD IS A JUNIOR He teases the potential for the two getting married with TELECOMMUNICATIONS NEWS MAJOR AND the lines “Maybe we could still make it to the church steps. WRITES FOR THE DAILY NEWS. HIS VIEWS DO But first, you gon’ remember how to forget.” NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THOSE OF THE To close the song, and the album West says “Jesus wept.” NEWSPAPER. So did I, Kanye. So did I. TWEET AT @DAKOTACRAWFORD_ Rating: HHHII
DNSWITCHBOARD MICROSOFT ANNOUNCED IT HAS GOTTEN RID OF ITS CONTROVERSIAL FEATURES FOR THE XBOX ONE, INCLUDING REQUIRING A INTERNET CONNECTION DAILY. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DECISION? STEVEN WILLIAMS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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prepared to flock to Sony and the PS4. The decision won’t change my mind on my next console decision, but it certainly allows gamers who really weren’t sure a better competitive decision. Hopefully this allows Sony to pull more exclusive titles after the changes.
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« Is there an ‘Avatar’ based bending game for the Kinect yet? ... No? ... Yeah, then I really don’t care. »
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« I don’t really think about that decision because I don’t own an Xbox One nor do I plan to. So, insert a clever or thoughtful response here.
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jumped the fence, and set my mind on purchasing a PS4 after hearing about Microsoft’s initial features. Having to ‘check in’ once a day is outrageous. Glad to see the change, and glad to be back on board, Bill.
Xbox One were pretty dumb and ultimately I think they would have suffered if they did not decide to drop some of the controversial ones. I’m still getting a PS4.
guy, so Xbox wasn’t going to change my mind anyway. I wasn’t paying much attention to the Xbox One in the first place.
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