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Women’s Equality Day March celebrates women’s rights
Rileigh McCoy News Editor
The Women’s Equality Day March took place Monday to celebrate women’s rights since women gained the right to vote in 1920. The event began at 5:15 p.m. while people gathered to receive living history badges, voter registration information, and create posters or banners to hold during the march. Various resource tables were set up for guests to browse and gain information from. These resource tables included the American Democracy Project, League of Women Voters, NAACP, Student NAACP, NOW, Feminist Majority, Women’s Resource Center, Gender Studies Program, AAUW, Terre Haute Teens for Action, and Historical displays. At 6 p.m. select speakers spoke on issues related to women’s rights. Marsha Miller, who played a key role in organizing this event spoke along with Mayor Duke Bennett, Clara Walton, and reading some select poetry, Martha Crossen. The march itself began after the guest speakers finished. “The League of Women Voters created a group in 2012 to better recognize the Women’s Equality Day on August 26th when the 19th Amendment was ratified,” said Marsha Miller, a member of the League of Women Voter. “In February, the League of Women Voters was formed out of the suffrage movement to get ready to educate 20 million women on how to be good voters. They thought they’d only be for six months, everybody would be trained and they would be done and of course here we are, almost 100 years later. The march is symbolic of the efforts of the women and the men who literally did march for suffrage all those years.” Miller also further explained why it is so important to celebrate Women’s Equality Day with this march. “Because nobody really knows what Women’s Equality Day really is,” said Miller. “We have people that are sort of commemorating the past but also looking
forward to the present.” Miller additionally explained the special focus of this year’s march. Lanyards with important women in history biographies printed on them were passed around to those in attendance so that guests could carry a bit of history with them during the march. These lanyards played a key role in the focus of the march. “This year we are doing a special focus because African Americans have additional challenges when it comes to voting, it also happens to be the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Terre Haute NAACP,” said Miller. “We created these living history badges starting a couple of years ago with Hoosier suffragists. This year we added National African American suffragists. Again, trying to connect the past to the present.” Alex Mayer, graduate assistant for the Women’s Resource Center, explained their role for the march. “I think it’s important for the WomDanielle Guy | Indiana Statesman en’s Resource Center to be here because Alex Mayer (left) and Marsha Miller (right) pose for photos before the march on Monday, I think it’s important for current students August 28. and prospective students to see like “hey, there’s a space for you on our campus and our campus recognizes you exist, you’re valid, and we have things for you if you need them,” said Mayer. “It’s important for people both in and out of the ISU community to see there’s a space for any ISU student who has questions, who needs resources available and that it is not just a place for you to come and watch TV during your lunch hour.” The Women’s Resource Center has many amenities available to students like free condoms or menstrual products explained Mayer. The march plays an important role to provide information to students who may not know about these resources that are offered. “It is cool to see so many different people, different race, different identities, different ages; I mean, there’s little girls here and older women here,” said Mayer. Danielle Guy | Indiana Statesman “I think it’s cool to see this diverse group Alpha Phi sisters, Dharshini Manikandan (left) and Paige Harker (right) decorate signs prior of people come out in support of women.” to the march on Monday.
University Advancement professional to be honored INDIANAPOLIS -- Fundraising professionals throughout the state will be celebrating the spirit of giving in November by recognizing philanthropists and the impact of Hoosier philanthropy at the 36th annual Indiana Philanthropy Awards celebration, presented by Aly Sterling Philanthropy. Since 1983, Indiana Philanthropy Awards have honored individuals and organizations who have enhanced philanthropy, the community, and the world through their dedicated efforts, time, leadership, passion, and generosity in Indiana. Past honorees have included some of the foremost philanthropists, leaders, organizations, and corporations in Indiana who have left an indelible mark on communities across the state and beyond.
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The following individuals, corporations, and organizations will be honored: 2018 Indiana Philanthropy Award Honorees Lifetime Achievement: Edgar and Dorothy (posthumously) Fehnel (Indianapolis) Nominated by Indiana University Foundation, Herron School of Art and Design, and Newfields Outstanding Philanthropist: Charlene and Joe Barnette (Carmel) Nominated by Eskenazi Health Foundation Outstanding Fundraising Professional: John Heintz (Terre Haute) Nominated by Indiana State University Foundation Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser: Mark and Marabeth Levett (Columbus) Nominated by Hanover College Outstanding Youth Achievement: Sophia Pruitt (Indianapolis) Nominated by IndyHumane Outstanding Foundation: R. B. Annis Educational Foundation (Indianapolis) Nominated by University of Indianapolis Outstanding Foundation: Sherman & Marjorie Zeigler Foundation (Muncie) Nominated by The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County, Inc. Outstanding Philanthropy Group: Impact 100 of Greater Indianapolis (Indianapolis) Nominated by Roberta Jaggers Outstanding Corporation: Sun King Brewing Company (Indianapolis) Nominated by American Red Cross of Indiana The Association of Fundraising Professionals-Indiana Chapter (AFP-IC) is a network of 375 professional fundraisers and service providers in central Indiana, all working on behalf of important nonprofit causes in our community. The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) is the leading organization for professionalism in fundraising and has helped thousands of fundraisers to efficiently and ethically raise philanthropic dollars by increasing their fundraising skills and knowledge. Since 1960, AFP has inspired global change and supported efforts that generated over $1 trillion. AFP’s nearly 30,000 individual and organizational members raise over $100 billion annually, equivalent to one-third of all charitable giving in North America and millions more around the world.
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UMN Enrollment plan calls for Twin Cities rejects to help fill outstate campuses Josh Verges Pioneer Press
how the campuses have worked together in any area.”
The Minnesota State system is taking a similar, cooperative approach with its 30 public colleges and seven universities. They’re developing new degree pathways between their two- and four-year schools, guaranteeing credits will transfer within the system and enabling students to earn fourThe Twin Cities campus ac- year degrees on the two-year colcounts for 71 percent of the sys- lege campuses. tem’s 44,544 degree-seeking unBesides cooperative marketing dergraduates. and information sharing, McBut the campuses in Duluth, Master said, the University of Crookston, Morris and Roches- Minnesota campuses must ramp ter must bear 69 percent of the up recruitment efforts for stuenrollment growth in order for dents of color and work with the the system to meet its 2024 tar- high schools to ensure students are prepared for college. get. Among other strategies, uniOther enrollment strategies versity officials say they will craft for the U will be building up its application materials and rejec- online course offerings, fundraistion letters that promote all five ing for student scholarships and campuses. The schools already paying closer attention to what have begun sharing their rejec- employers want from their gradtion lists with the other campuses uates. earlier in the process and will do Officials also see opportunithe same with wait lists. ty in the adjoining states, whose “We must remind students that four-year public universities in there is one University of Min- 2016 enrolled nearly 5,000 more nesota diploma, not five,” vice new freshmen from Minnesota provost and undergraduate dean than they sent to the state. Bob McMaster told the Board of Keinath said North Dakota Regents this month. State University is a particularly The U’s flagship turns away big draw for students who might more than 20,000 undergraduate consider Crookston. applicants a year — about one “We’re behind their game now,” and a half times the number of she said. students attending the four outstate campuses. But historically, Regent Richard Beeson sugMcMaster said, the campuses gested a major tuition cut would have viewed each other as com- help Crookston compete. At the petitors. same time, he said, some of the That’s changing as the univer- U’s in-demand colleges in the sity works to develop a compre- Twin Cities could afford to raise tuition. hensive strategic plan. “I think we need to take a more Barbara Keinath, interim chanradical approach to pricing,” he cellor at Crookston, said the joint said. enrollment planning is, in her experience, “the best example of The University of Minnesota says students who can’t get into its increasingly selective Twin Cities flagship will be steered to the four coordinate campuses as the system looks to grow by 3,000 undergraduates over the next six years.
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Student Rec Center Floor Renovation Rileigh McCoy Reporter The Student Rec Center floor is currently undergoing repairs from a frozen pipe rupture last winter. The repairs will begin on Sept. 4 and take approximately six weeks to complete. John Lentz, Campus Recreation Director, explains some of the details of the repairs. “Of course we were not prepared for the resulting damage from our frozen pipe rupture last winter break,” said Lentz. “We regret that the project’s timeline has coincided with the start of classes. We would have loved to have finished the project over the course of the summer. However, the university had to take time to see if the floor might dry out without too much permanent damage thereby resulting in a less expensive repair. Unfortunately, the floor did not respond well.” The repairs are taking longer than planned and are interfering with students who may need to use the Rec Center Gym. The cost of the repair is one reason
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The Student Recreation Center on Indiana State University’s campus will be renovated this fall.
why it is taking longer than expected. “One consideration was to saw cut and removed the damaged court and a half and replace that portion,” said Lentz. “However, by the time a contractor would
have to blend in each old board with new boards, including sanding, repainting, and resealing the entire floor so that it all matched, the cost of the repair was going to be too close to the deductible amount. So it was more cost ef-
Jacksonville shooting victim Elijah Clayton was a skilled football player on the field and Online Alejandra Reyes-Velarde and Javier Panzar Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Elijah Clayton, a 22-year-old who grew up in the West Hills neighborhood of L.A., was remembered as someone who excelled at football — both on the field and online. In his short life, Clayton was able to make a career out of playing the Madden NFL video game at high-level tournaments. He was at one such tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday when he was shot by David Katz, a fellow gamer who had been eliminated from the competition, authorities said. In a video that was livestreamed by the network Twitch, Clayton can be seen playing with a smile on his face. A red laser dot appears on Clayton’s sweater. He scores a touchdown. Then the video feed switches to a kickoff return — and 11 gunshots can be heard. “Those were his last actions: a touchdown and a smile,” said Damon Kirk, one of Clayton’s gaming friends. “Then the guy started shooting.” Clayton died of his wounds, as did another competitor. Katz then killed himself, according to witnesses. It only took a few years for Clayton — better known by the handle Trueboy — to make himself known to fans of the Madden NFL game, thanks to his creativity and warm personality. “If you knew the competitive Madden scene, you knew him,” said Dayne Downey, a fan of Clayton’s and an NBA 2K League player. Before Clayton rose to the heights of the competitive Madden scene, he played football at Chaminade College Preparatory in West Hills in 2012 before transferring to Calabasas High
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Students arrive To Calabasas High School Monday morning, August 27, 2018, to hear a former student, Elijah Clayton, died after a shooting at Florida video game tournament in Jacksonville.
School in 2013. Teammates said even then they could tell he had a great football mind. Brad Kaaya, a quarterback who is on injured reserve for the Indianapolis Colts and who played with Clayton at Chaminade, said Clayton could mimic other teams’ defensive squads so well, he thought Clayton could have become a defensive coordinator. But playing the Madden video game was always in Clayton’s future. “For as long as I could remember, he’d play Madden every day and even during class when we weren’t supposed to,” Kaaya said. “A lot of us had Madden on our school computers and would still play. Eli was always the best. “He’d always be playing somebody else in class on the laptop. Anytime any of us got caught, they’d take the laptop to the computer lab and wipe it away, but we’d always find a way to get back on. He found a way to make a career out of it, which not many
people get to do.” Clayton’s football mind seemed destined for a bigger stage. “He was always good at games and he felt like he could go somewhere with it,” said Jojo McInthosh, who also played football with Clayton at Chaminade. “I know he was at the top of what he was doing.” Clayton was a creative Madden player who made swift progress, Kirk, a fellow gamer, said. He placed second at a recent Madden tournament called Muthead, earning a share of the $20,000 prize. “He really was the best Madden player this year,” Kirk said. “He probably would have walked away with a half a million dollars.” The Florida Times-Union even profiled Clayton in 2017 after he took the local team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, to the Madden finals. Clayton told the newspaper
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fective to replace the entire floor.” Lentz explained that replacing all three courts will be the best option. He further explained the total cost of the repairs. “The floor is being paid for by an insurance claim minus
$100,000 deductible paid by ISU,” said Lentz. “The actual cost of the floor is in the neighborhood of $240,000.” Lentz further explained the details on gyms that are available for student use. “For those students who typically use the gymnasium courts it will be a little more inconvenient in that they will not have a gym to use during the academic part of the day,” said Lentz. “In addition, it will be inconvenient in that students who like to use other portions of the SRC before or after using the courts will have to make their way to and from the HHS Building and SRC. The only ‘backup plan’ is that we will continue to use the HHS Building’s North Gym as we are now. We routinely use that facility every year but we would have some extended hours as we do now.” Lentz explained the bright side of the floor replacement in the SRC. “The good thing is that we will be getting a great looking floor from Kiefer Specialty Floors, a leader in sports flooring,” said Lentz.
USC physician who supervised George Tyndall sues university for defamation Matt Hamilton Los Angeles Times (TNS) A longtime doctor at the University of Southern California student health clinic has sued the university, accusing administrators of falsely suggesting that he ignored or covered up misconduct complaints when he supervised gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall. In his lawsuit filed this week, Dr. William A. Leavitt, the former lead physician at USC’s Engemann Student Health Center, said public statements by administrators about his supposed role in the Tyndall scandal destroyed his reputation and amounted to defamation. Leavitt also accused USC of wrongly targeting him for dismissal. USC said in a statement that it believes “the lawsuit is without merit.” Leavitt is the first employee to sue USC in connection to the scandal, in which Tyndall is accused of sexually harassing and abusing women during nearly three decades at the campus health center. More than 340 students and alumnae are suing the university, alleging that the school did not protect them from the gynecologist. Tyndall, 71, has denied wrongdoing and his attorneys have maintained that his medical exams always met the standard of care. The history of complaints against Tyndall was brought to light by a Los Angeles Times investigation published in May. Days after the report, Leavitt was called to a meeting with USC administrators, including the dean of the Keck School of Medicine. According to the lawsuit, Leavitt learned that USC was ousting him from his position in the clinic “because of his role as Dr. Tyndall’s supervisor.” He was also told that USC
“would aggressively pursue his dismissal” from his academic post, which requires a lengthy process, according to the lawsuit. The Times reported on USC’s decision to force out Leavitt and a nursing supervisor from the clinic; at the time, Leavitt said in an interview that he was “basically the scapegoat.” Administrator Todd Dickey, however, issued a statement that said the university removed “Tyndall’s direct supervisor” after receiving new complaints against the gynecologist. Provost Michael Quick issued a public letter highlighting how the university was preventing future misconduct. He noted that administrators “let go two people who had responsibility to oversee the quality of health care our students receive.” Leavitt’s lawsuit said such comments “insinuate that (he) was somehow concealing Dr. Tyndall’s alleged behavior and activities, which is untrue.” He referred to the 2016 investigation into Tyndall, which was partly triggered by the discovery of Polaroid images of patients in the gynecologist’s office, according to the suit. During the investigation, USC found several complaints in Tyndall’s personnel file, and Leavitt said the university “was well aware of the allegations” against the gynecologist. Leavitt, who joined the university in 1991, said in the suit that he remains on leave but has not been fired as a professor. The lawsuit says USC wants to reassign him to another department. Tyndall remains under criminal investigation by the L.A. Police Department, and detectives have presented dozens of sexcrime cases to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office for potential criminal charges. As of Friday, no charges had been filed against Tyndall.
Highest graded charges again dismissed against former Penn State frat brothers Bret Pallotto Centre Daily Times (State College, Pa.) (TNS) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The Office of the Attorney General got the preliminary hearing it asked for, but a third district judge delivered a ruling similar to the two before him. District Judge Carmine Prestia dismissed all involuntary manslaughter and recklessly endangering another person charges against former Beta Theta Pi fraternity brothers who were
charged after the investigation into Timothy Piazza’s February 2017 death. Six of the seven former brothers entered the hearing already bound over for trial on a plethora of other charges. Former house manager Braxton Becker was the exception. In May, District Judge Steven Lachman dismissed the three charges stemming from the allegation that Becker intentionally deleted video from the fraternity’s basement. Jim and Evelyn Piazza’s attorney Tom Kline previously said Lachman’s decision
left the family “dismayed.” Prestia doubled down on Lachman’s ruling and again dismissed all charges against Becker. “The evidence is insufficient to point directly to the defendant as having been the person who initiated any erasure of data. The systems were known to have problems, some cameras were not working and the LAN indication on the log indicates possible remote access to the devices,” Prestia said. Former fraternity president Brendan Young and pledgemaster Daniel Casey were the two
highest ranking members of the fraternity involved in the fourth overall preliminary hearing. Prestia dismissed the involuntary manslaughter and recklessly endangering another person charges, but bound each of them over for trial on 30 counts of hazing. “The evidence is clear that defendant planned with others and participated in hazing rituals both in 2016 and 2017,” Prestia said. Michael Bonatucci, Nicholas Kubera, Jonah Neuman and Joshua Kurczewski were the remaining
former brothers in the preliminary hearing. Bonatucci, Kubera, Neuman and Kurczewski each had one count of hazing bound over for trial. Their remaining charges were dismissed. One of Kubera’s four charges was unlawful acts relative to liquor, which Prestia said he dismissed because it is “better dealt with as part of the hazing charge.” Prestia announced his ruling Friday after presiding over two days of testimony and reviewing information from previous hearings on Thursday.
indianastatesman.com VICTIM FROM PAGE 2 he first started playing Madden when he was 5 and started playing competitively about two years ago. “It’s about fighting through adversity, just like real football,” Clayton told the newspaper. For some fans, it didn’t take much for Clayton to make an impression. He was quick to reach out to fellow online gamers with a kind word of encouragement. Downey said it was a single message on Twitter that left him with a sense of Clayton’s genuine personality. After Downey, who is relatively new to the gaming world, won prizes for playing in the NBA 2K League, Clayton left a simple congratulatory message that included the words “never change.” “He was one of the first people to reach out to me,” said Downey, whose gaming handle is One Wild Walnut. He took time out of his life to do that.” Kirk described Clayton as “super funny, super cool, always joking, always laughing. … He was just a carefree person.” When one gamer tweeted that he was having a “bad mental breakdown” one day, Clayton tweeted: “It happens to all of us at some point. Keep ya head up g. You’ll get through it.” Catherine Jo Foss, the principal at Calabasas High School, said Clayton had a kind heart. She recalled once he walked into her office to help a friend who had gotten in trouble, promising to talk to his friend and keep him in line.
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“He was a leader,” she said. “He stuck up for other people.” Tom Fahy, principal of Chaminade College Preparatory, remembered Clayton as a respectful, mild-mannered young man. “He was a dedicated student, doing his best in the classroom while being a great teammate to his football family,” Fahy said in a statement. Clayton kept in touch with his teammates after leaving high school, and they watched online as his gaming career took off. Days before flying to Jacksonville, Clayton indicated in a tweet that he was unsure whether he would attend this year’s Madden NFL competition. But he had a change of heart. The competition seemed to have been going well. On Saturday, he tweeted: “Won every game by max no one crossed the 50 or scored a point. Waiting for singles for tomorrow.” Garret Scarpace, one of his Chaminade teammates, said he spent much of Sunday refreshing his screen over and over again, hoping to learn that the news was not true. “The hardest part for me is he was a young guy,” Scarpace said. “His family … will never get to see him grow old, get his first house, get married, have kids. For that to be taken from him over a video game — it leaves me speechless.” ——— (Los Angeles Times staff writers Melissa Etehad, Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Eric Sondheimer contributed to this report.)
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New study of high school athletes, parents and coaches finds that 1 in 3 knew that a concussion is a brain injury Mayo Clinic News Network
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Most high school athletes, their parents and coaches can identify the possible effects of concussion, but only about one-third know that it is a brain injury. Those findings are outlined in a new Mayo Clinic study. Athletes were more likely than parents and coaches to correctly identify a concussion as a brain injury. Identifying trends and gaps in knowledge can guide help educate athletes and others about concussions, the authors say. The findings appear in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. For this study, athletes, coaches and parents from three Rochester-area high schools completed a questionnaire that assessed their concussion knowledge and history. Earlier studies have focused on a single
sport, a single subset of sports, a single population, or a single gender. The Mayo study is one of the few to examine concussion knowledge across several categories. Of the 262 responders, 115 were athletes, 15 were coaches and 132 were parents. Fifty-five percent were female. They took the questionnaire before the 20152016 fall, winter and spring sports seasons. These contact and noncontact sports were included: football, soccer, volleyball, hockey, basketball, wrestling, dance, gymnastics, lacrosse, baseball and softball. Among the findings: Of the three groups, coaches had the strongest knowledge about how a concussion occurs, when to remove an athlete from play, and the potential effects of repeated head injuries. Working in a health care setting did not appear to translate into higher knowledge scores. However, parents who did were more likely to know the long-term effects of concussion.
Athletes were good at identifying typical symptoms of concussion but weaker on how a concussion can occur and the criteria for returning to play. “We will use this data to guide us in our concussion education efforts,” says senior author Edward Laskowski M.D., a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist and co-director of Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine in Rochester. “By targeting and tailoring the messages to coaches, parents and athletes, our hope is that it leads to a better understanding for all of this significant injury.”Researchers involved in this study were: Katherine Nanos, M.D., Emory University John Franco, M.D., Mayo Clinic Dirk Larson, Mayo Clinic Kristin Mara, Mayo Clinic The Department of Sports Medicine at Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campus funded this research. None of the authors report any conflicts of interest.
About Mayo Clinic Proceedings Mayo Clinic Proceedings is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal that publishes original articles and reviews dealing with clinical and laboratory medicine, clinical research, basic science research and clinical epidemiology. Mayo Clinic Proceedings is sponsored by the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research as part of its commitment to physician education. It publishes submissions from authors worldwide. The journal has been published for more than 80 years and has a circulation of 130,000. Articles are online at mayoclinicproceedings.org.About Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization committed to clinical practice, education and research, providing expert, comprehensive care to everyone who needs healing. For more information, visit mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic or newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org.
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Travel dilemmas: Is Cuba worth this price? Catharine Hamm Los Angeles Times
Cuba sings a siren song for those who long to see it before it’s spoiled. These days, it’s easier to travel there than it was in, say, 2014. The Treasury Department regulations you must comply with today are less onerous than in times past, but these days, you still can’t go to Cuba for the fun of it. At least, not legally. You couldn’t spend your days lolling on the beach in 2014, either, unless you decided to skip the legalities and fly to Cuba without the license the Treasury Department required. Some Americans did that, flying through Mexico or other nations to reach the communist country in the Caribbean. Some made sure their passport wasn’t stamped, and if they didn’t get caught — some did and paid a steep price, but many did not — they could cross Cuba off their travel bucket list. But at least one couple recently paid the price, thanks to the law of unintended consequences. This couple, who fly in and out of the U.S. fairly often, decided to apply for Global Entry, the Trusted Traveler program from Customs and Border Protection. Global Entry allows you to speed through customs when you return from abroad. As a bonus, you also get PreCheck, the Transportation Security Administration’s fast-through-airport-security program that lets you keep on your belt, shoes and jacket. Global Entry costs $100 for five years. You must apply, which means you’ll undergo “a thorough background check against criminal, law enforcement, Customs, Immigration, Agriculture, and terrorist indices to include biometric fingerprint checks, and a personal interview with a CBP officer,” CBP said in an email. The couple in question made it to the interview process. She had asked Cuban authorities not to stamp her passport, but her husband’s passport got stamped. At the joint interview, the officer asked whether they had been to any other countries besides the ones they had listed, and the husband, whom she described as relentlessly honest, said that yes, they had been to Cuba. The interview, the wife said, was immediately “terminated.” Would they ever be able to get
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A car manufactured almost a century ago drives on a street in Havana, Cuba on Aug. 1, 2018.
Global Entry? Customs and Border Protection did say this in an email: You may not get Global Entry if you “provide false or incomplete information on the application; have been convicted of any criminal offense or have pending criminal charges to include outstanding warrants; have been found in violation of any Customs, Immigration or Agriculture regulations or laws in any country; are subjects of an investigation by any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency; are inadmissible to the United States under immigration regulation, including applicants with approved waivers of inadmissibility or parole documentation; or (they) cannot satisfy CBP of their low-risk status or meet other program requirements.” We don’t know for sure which of these tripped up this couple. CBP said it would look it up if the couple would provide their names and dates of birth. They declined. If I were a betting woman, I’d put my money on “incomplete information.” It’s unclear whether CBP knew the husband had been to Cuba and was just waiting for him to come clean or whether it was a lucky guess, but whatever it was, the agency got a twofer: He outed himself and took his wife down with him. Since the ill-starred interview, the wife said she had failed to get PreCheck, and she wondered during our interview whether she is now on a list
of some sort. Maybe, maybe not. Her husband flew a few days later and he did get it. We won’t know whether the agencies share that kind of information, because TSA did not respond to requests for comment on the matter. Besides the annoyance of not knowing whether the government is whispering about you behind your back, if Global Entry rejects you, you don’t get back your $100 application fee. You’re 0 for 2 on this — no Trusted Traveler, no refund. We might suggest Mobile Passport. The app’s home page says you will “breeze through Customs” at 25 airports (Los Angeles International Airport is one of them) and two cruise ports. It’s available for iOS and on Google Play. When you set up your profile, it notes, “Your information will be encrypted and shared only with CBP.” The upside: The app is free. You won’t lose your money, although if you’re rejected, your pride may take a hit. The bottom line is this: The federal government takes a dim view of those who skirt its regulations. Not getting Global Entry is a small punishment. As CBP said, “Note that being denied Global Entry membership does not prohibit individuals from being able to travel.” Now that would be real punishment.
Dear Mayo Clinic: Can melatonin supplements help insomnia? What are the side effects of melatonin supplements? A: Melatonin supplements may help treat sleep problems in some adults. Melatonin is a natural hormone produced by your brain’s pineal gland. It’s normally synced with the rising and setting of the sun (circadian rhythm). Production increases as darkness approaches, peaks during the night and decreases as dawn arrives. Light exposure at night or when you normally would be sleeping — such as being in a different time zone or doing shift work — can throw off your circadian rhythm and melatonin production. Melatonin supplements may help people whose melatonin levels are low. Multiple clinical trials suggest that melatonin can reduce the time it takes to fall asleep, increase total sleep time and improve quality of sleep. One study found that a relatively low dose of melatonin (0.3 milligrams) — one of the strengths available over the counter — was enough to improve nighttime sleep in older adults without drowsiness the next day. Melatonin supplements generally have fewer side effects than do many prescription sleep drugs. For example, they don’t produce dependence. Among older adults, the risks of prescription sleep medications often outweigh the benefits. Side effects of
melatonin are few but may include daytime sleepiness and tiredness on waking. Headaches and dizziness also can occur when taking melatonin supplements. Less common side effects can include abdominal pain, mild anxiety, irritability, confusion and feelings of depression. In general, however, melatonin supplements are considered fairly safe in the short term. More research is needed on the safety and effectiveness of long-term use. If you’re considering taking a melatonin supplement to help you sleep, talk with your health care provider first. Melatonin can interact with certain drugs, including those taken for blood clotting disorders, high blood pressure and diabetes. Your health care provider may recommend adjusting medication or supplement dosages for the best effects on your overall health. If you do decide to take melatonin, choose commercial supplements produced in a lab. Melatonin supplements made from animal sources may contain contaminants. In addition, avoid activities that require alertness, such as driving, for four to five hours after taking melatonin.
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ description of college students as “sanctimonious, sensitive, supercilious snowflakes” might just be the best example of alliteration from a government official since Vice President Spiro Agnew called the news media “nattering nabobs of negativism.” But the clever use of words doesn’t necessarily reveal the truth. Students who will return to college campuses in the coming weeks are from a generation that has experienced an extraordinary course of events over their short lifetimes. Their childhoods were shaped by the Sept. 11 attacks and the greatest economic challenge this country has known since the Great Depression. They are also the first cohort to grow up with social media. The odds of a generation emerging from those circumstances fragile and pompous, as Sessions portrays them, are low. Of course, how today’s college students will think and behave when they reach midlife is beyond the capabilities of our crystal ball. But from our vantage point as longtime educators, we can offer an alliteration of our own about who they are now: caring, complex, committed and clear-eyed. Witness how comfortable they are with difference. Fears and hatreds that have plagued this nation from its founding are unacceptable to today’s college students. They have trouble understanding prior generations’ obsession with differences in sexuality and sexual expression, in race and ethnicity, and in gender. Gay or straight? Black or white? Male or female? They reject labels and dichotomies and how they’re used to oversimplify and do harm. Do we know students so arrogant and hypersensitive that they resemble popular stereotypes of their generation? Sure we do; they typically come from doting parents and school administrators who celebrated them ceaselessly and, as the cliche goes, gave them the same size trophy
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for coming in last as for coming in first. (But who’s to blame for low standards? Obviously the people who set those standards, not their children.) Strikingly, though, even the worst of today’s college students tend to be more caring and respectful of others than were their egotistical counterparts of an earlier generation, who put advancing their careers above everything. Which is not to say that we see nothing that concerns us in present-day college students. Their clear-eyed, accepting outlook, while a model for the rest of us in some domains, leaves them disturbingly passive in others. During a recent class session, one of us suggested that we have given up our privacy rights in order to protect our safety. The government, with good intentions or bad, has stepped up surveillance in the name of security. In the past, this argument has sparked some spirited discussion. Not this time. One student said that the very notion of privacy was an illusion cherished by technologically naive adults. “Don’t you know,” he said, “that not just the government, but companies are monitoring our every move?” It is impossible, he concluded, to protect something that doesn’t even exist. In a follow-up discussion, the poor old professor posited that after the students experience the harsh reality of having their digital footprints evaluated by potential employers, they will rethink their attitudes about keeping some things private. But a student replied that they all have embarrassing things online, so who are employers going to hire? We’re dubious about those claims and will continue to implore students not to give up on protecting their own and others’ privacy. But this generation of college students is far from the caricature posited by the attorney general. They came of age in a time of challenges, and they already recognize what today’s world is about and embody much of what is best in it. Maybe it’s us elders who are the sanctimonious snowflakes. We’ll close with a reference from Sessions’ college years: As the Who put it in “My Generation,” we ought to stop trying to put them down.
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The whirlwind of the Trump White House Joe Lippard
Opinions Editor
So summer is over. I had a pretty nice break, spending a lot of time unwinding from the stress of school. The one thing I couldn’t unwind from, however, is the mess that is the current presidential administration. Between early morning Twitter tirades and more golf trips than President Obama, it certainly seemed like the president had his hands full; however, Trump did find the time to actually do his job at some points the summer. For example, in June, Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the first summit between the United States and North Korea. During the summit, Trump supposedly received assurances from Un that North Korea would begin the denuclearization process. This was huge, and Trump, rightfully so, touted it as a victory. He also wondered at Un’s leadership. After the summit, Trump said, “Hey, he’s the head of a country. And I mean he is the strong head. Don’t let anyone think anything different. He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.” However, according to the BBC, a United Nations report found that North Korea had
not moved to denuclearize, and that they had been trying to sell weapons illegally. So it seems that the North Korea summit wasn’t as much of a victory as Trump made it out to be, and it looks like Un lied to him when making the assurances. And speaking of dictators that Trump likes, he also attended a summit with Vladimir Putin of Russia over the summer. After speaking alone with Putin for hours on end in Helsinki, Trump came out with Putin at his side and basically betrayed the entire US intelligence community, selling his country out to kowtow to a foreign dictator. When asked if he believed that Russia interfered with the 2016 US election, he said that “we have two thoughts” about it. He then vocally doubted the FBI before saying, “I have President Putin. He just said it’s not Russia. I will say this. I don’t see any reason why it would be, but I really do want to see the server. But I have confidence in both parties.” This caused all manner of chaos in the United States. As it should, since it’s an instance of the President of the United States straight up saying he believes one Russian dictator over his own intelligence agencies (that’s plural). Trump tried walking his claims back once he got home, saying that he misspoke. “I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t,’” Trump tried to say. “The sentence should have been, ‘I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be Russia.’” Except he ignored the entire rest of the 45-minute press conference where he explicitly said
he believed Putin. And on top of that, it didn’t even matter by the time he clarified his words. Trump had one shot to hold Russia accountable in public, and Helsinki was it. Instead of holding a foreign dictator accountable for illegally subverting in our democratic process, Trump decided to go to Putin and suck up to him by choosing to believe the word of the accused over his own experts. Finally, probably the biggest, and one of my favorite, stories of the summer was the indictment and sentencing of Trump associates Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen. I didn’t really pay much attention to Manafort’s trial, to be honest. After Gates implicated him under oath in Gates’ own trial, I kind of let that one go. It was very interesting to see what crazy stuff Manafort bought with all his tax-dodged money, though, like ostrich jackets and M-shaped hedges. However, Cohen’s trial had me interested. For one thing, this guy was Trump’s personal lawyer and “fixer”. He handled settlements and payments from Trump, among other things. He knew everything about Trump’s personal affairs for years before the election. For another thing, Cohen had tapes. Cohen had secretly recorded Trump and himself discussing paying off porn star Stormy Daniels and others to stay quiet about damaging stories before the election. Since New York is a one party consent
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Editorial: The rule that could threaten your green card The Editors
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As Congress and the courts have blocked some of President Donald Trump’s most aggressive attacks on immigration, the White House has chosen to wage the war through federal regulation. A proposed rule change under review by the Office of Management and Budget would have far-reaching effects on legal immigrants already living in the U.S. and on others seeking to come. The rule, early versions of which have been leaked, would greatly expand the definition of who is likely to become a “public charge.” Currently, an immigrant applying for residence through a family or diversity visa is de-
nied if he or she appears likely to become dependent on cash assistance from the government, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or to require long-term health care at public expense. Now, the Trump administration is considering making it more difficult for immigrants to obtain a green card for residency or a temporary visa extension if they — or their dependents — use any of a wide range of noncash public benefits, including food stamps, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program or public assistance for housing or home heating. The rule would apply even if the dependents are children who are American citizens. The rule stands to increase
by a factor of more than 15 the share of noncitizens who could be deemed “likely to become a public charge” — to nearly half of the noncitizen population, according to the Migration Policy Institute. From 2014 to 2016, almost 18 million noncitizens and naturalized citizens lived in families in which at least one member used a major means-tested public benefit program. The policy appears to assume that immigrants who receive public benefits, which are often temporary, represent a net loss to the nation. But this is false. Many of the immigrants who would be blocked by Trump’s new test qualify for public benefits because they work for low wages or are sometimes in need of assistance between jobs. Such a restrictive rule could easily
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pressure immigrants in crisis — even short-term crisis — to go without help for themselves or their dependents for fear of jeopardizing their status. The purpose of the pending regulation change seems clear. Trump wants to end both diversity visas and what he calls “chain migration” — the reunification of immigrant families. Having failed to move relevant legislation through Congress, he is seeking to achieve a similar end through unilateral executive action. At the same time, his administration is turning away refugees and asylum seekers. Legal immigrants come to the U.S. under a wide array of circumstances — some in comfort, others in desperation. But time and again, even the poorest
and least-educated among them manage to work their way out of hardship and realize their American dream. Making that process more difficult, by punishing striving immigrants for arriving without ample means, runs counter to American history and values. It also represents a threat to U.S. prosperity, which depends on the ingenuity and labor of immigrants to power the economy and pay the taxes that sustain social services. The president should stop freelancing on immigration restriction and instead work with Congress to achieve an immigration compromise that serves American interests and upholds American values.
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Video Game Review: Vampyr AJ Goelz Reporter
From the studio that brought us the time bending slice of life teen drama that was “Life is Strange,” DONTNOD Entertainment has returned with the bleak and dreary “Vampyr.” Taking players all the way back to 1918 London, “Vampyr” tells the story of Dr. Jonathan Reid. Reid, a famous doctor and veteran, returns to his city only to awake in a mass of bodies a vampire. Stumbling from the mass grave, Reid submits to his newfound hunger and kills his sister, Mary. After the death of his sister, Reid is confronted by the Guard of Priwen, an order with the sole goal of protecting society by eradicating all vampires. Reid finds refuge at the Pembroke Hospital, where players are given their first moral choice of the game. Upon arriving at the hospital, Reid comes across a ruffian who had just killed another man. Reid discovers his ability to manipulate the human mind as well as rediscovering his need to feed. Players hold the life of this man, along with the rest of the city, in their hands. Reid can either drain the man in an act of primal hedonism or spare the man. London is a breathing city in “Vampyr”. Actions have consequences is the phrase so often used in the industry. As Jonathan Reid, players can explore DONTNOD’s version of London while meeting and helping or eating its citizens. Every citizen is marked on an interface within the game. From here, players can track the person’s health, see the information that Reid has gathered on them, and most importantly, their blood quality. Speaking to others is how players increase the character’s blood quality. The higher the blood quality, the more experience players receive after “embracing” the character. Players can level up whenever they take a rest in the game. Before Reid lies down for a nap, players can allocate experience points to pick up skills or increases to Reid’s stats. “Vampyr” does not feature the widest
variety of skills, but there is plenty of variety for players to establish their own playstyle. When combined with different weapons, players can focus on attacking quickly and conserve stamina, attack like a wild beast and slash through enemies, stand back and eliminate enemies from a distance with the different blood powers (spears, claws, etc.) or even combine all these aspects for a well-rounded approach to deal with any opposition. Piking the proper skills is an extra layer that appears in no kill playthroughs of the game. When avoiding embracing the citizens of London, players will find themselves under-leveled for many engagements. Intelligent distribution of experience can be the difference between victory and defeat. Embracing the citizens of London is the easiest way to level up Reid and make him a formidable vampire, but things are never that easy. Players who walk the streets and indiscriminately embrace the citizens will get stronger, but in doing so it kills the character. By doing this, players not only miss out on the chance to get to know the character, but also miss out on any mission that the character would have provided further on in the game. This gives each NPC character weight and is easily the most interesting addition to this game. Health of the citizens is something else to take into consideration. Not only does it affect blood quality, each of the game’s four districts have an overall health that needs to be maintained. This is simple enough to do. All players need to do is craft medicine for the specified illness plaguing the citizens. It becomes extremely tedious, however, when it comes to administering the medicine. Players need to navigate the spaces between safe zones that are littered with enemies to then run through a few lines of dialogue with the characters to administer the medicine. The map while not labyrinthine, it is narrow and clogged with enemies that are easier to fight than avoid. When mixed, the time spent speaking with the citizens and the process of dolling
out mediation takes more time than some would be willing to give. Combat is a feature of “Vampyr” that has been of some dispute. Many finding the combat segments clunky, and they are not completely wrong. “Vampyr” features an action combat system that has similarities to the “Dark Souls” franchise. Players need to manage a stamina, health and blood (mana used for vampire abilities) bar while in combat. As mentioned, combat can be clunky, but there is a rhythm to it. When players get into the flow of combat, like in boss fights for instance, combat can actually stand out as one of the better parts of the game despite its quirks. “Vampyr” fails significantly in two key areas: its lore and presentation. Vampire lore has a deep history that the game borrows from, while adding its own bits and pieces to. The problem is that “Vampyr” gets lost within its lore and creates contradictions within the wider narrative. Things end up half-explained and make no sense in the end or are never clearly laid out, leaving the player with questions and little answers. This confusion will leave a funny after taste when the game is done. The game’s narrative structure does not do much to relieve these problems. “Vampyr” concludes its main conflict in two to two and a half acts, leaving everything else to be concluded in its excessively drawn out epilogue. The game fails to keep its place all the way through and can be rather jarring at times. “Vampyr” is also plagued with technical problems. Stiff characters models, massive textural pop and extremely low draw distance. This all compounds with bugs and other general glitches. “Vampyr” has plenty of solid ideas that it executes on with varying levels of success. Sadly, this inconsistency and the sad state of the game’s overall narrative structure drags down what would otherwise be a game. “Vampyr” has plenty of potential that it fails to live up to. It seems to have big budget ideas that were constrained by a small budget. Score: 6/10
Tomato juice is a myth. Here’s what you need to do if your pet gets skunked Lisa Boone
Los Angeles Times
Veterinarian Gary Ryder says it’s one of the most common phone calls he receives at his emergency room practice: What do you do when your pet gets sprayed by a skunk? Before offering advice, Ryder first wants to dispel the myth that tomato juice will remove the awful smell. “They don’t work very well,” Ryder said of the cans of cocktail juice. “And then you end up with a dog that smells like skunks and tomato soup.” Instead of tomato juice, Ryder recommends mixing a batch of the following solution and rubbing it into your pet’s fur as soon as possible: 1 quart hydrogen peroxide \ cup baking soda 1 tablespoon dish soap; he recommends using Dawn This can be a messy process, so wear clothes that you don’t mind staining, and protective gloves are helpful. If possible, try to let the mixture stay on your pet for about 10 to 15 minutes before rinsing it off. Although your pet is likely to be distressed during the process, the longer it is on, the more it will help break down the components of skunk gland secretions. The dish soap is especially important, as it will break down the skunk’s oil-based spray, which is composed mostly of compounds called thiols. If an animal has been sprayed in the face, it will often rub its eyes against
the ground to try to remove the painful irritations. Ryder, who fields pet questions on the Q&A website JustAnswers, recommends rinsing the eyes with a saline solution _ either contact solution, artificial tears or eye wash. Make sure to wash your pet’s mouth with cool water too. When to see an expert “If you notice severe lethargy, pale gums or labored breathing, then get to a vet right away,” Ryder said. “While rare, anaphylactic reactions to being skunked is possible. These can potentially be fatal.” Some of Ryder’s fellow vets at JustAnswer also offered this advice: What about commercial products? Veterinarian Michael Salkin recommends Skunk Off Shampoo and Nature’s Miracle Skunk Odor Remover. (If you have skunks in your neighborhood, you might want to stock up now before the worst happens.) Any advice for keeping skunks at bay? Veterinarian Roy Cruzen says “skunks operate in twilight, dusk and dawn, inconveniently when we are most likely to be out walking our dogs,” so you might want to consider changing your walking schedule or when you allow your pets outside. He said you can also discourage skunks from coming around by never leaving out dog or cat food and minimizing the amount of seed spilled from your bird feeders _ these are like skunk buffets.
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Women’s soccer looks to have successful 2018 season Garrett Short Sports Reporter The Indiana State women’s soccer team is currently 1-2-1 in the 2018 season after accumulating a 6-10-1 record last year. The Sycamores lost a few key players from last year’s squad, but Head Coach Julie Hanley has been excited for the season since the players returned for preseason practices Aug. 1. “They came in really fit, and I think from previous years that’s something that’s kind of been an area that we struggle with,” said Hanley, who is in her third year leading ISU’s soccer program. “We’re a young group, but I think the freshman have done a good job integrating themselves into the mix and then the veterans are doing a nice job of including them and making sure they’re comfortable and it’s showing on the field.” The incoming freshman class has Hanley excited, and for good reason too. ISU is currently starting three freshmen: Sidney Ewing, Sarah Clancy, and Alise Emser. “Sidney Ewing is someone that just from an attacking standpoint that will stand out just because she is a big kid (5’9”) and she is a forward,” said Hanley. “She is someone we’re excited about, but the entire freshman class is a good group.” Ewing, an offensive-minded player from Liberty, Mo., gets to learn the ropes from Katie Wells who is returning for her senior season. Wells led ISU with 6 goals last season and has already scored once in 2018. Wells was
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Makayla Knoblauch Named MVC Freshman of the Week Athletic Media Relations
ST. LOUIS – Capping off a notable first weekend of collegiate play in her career, Indiana State setter Makayla Knoblauch was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Week. Knoblauch (pronounced: kuhKNOB-LOW) tallied 129 assists and 10.75 assists per set as she helped lead the Sycamores to a runner-up finish at the Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational last weekend. Both marks ranked second in the Valley among all players.
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Second-Team All-MVC last year and is someone that Hanley will lean on both on and off the field. “Katie Wells is the face of the program,” said Hanley. “She has always been someone we can count on and off the field in terms of just competing and communicating and being that voice, especially for a lot of those younger players.” While the offense returns key pieces like Wells and Caitlyn Eddy, the defense will have a whole new look in 2018. Hanley loses vital, experienced defenders in Kasey Wallace and Katie Sullivan. Taking over in the middle of the defense will be sophomores Danielle Varner and Alexis Harte. “The combination of the two of them works really well together. They’re both really good in the
air— they both battle and compete really hard. We’ve been really happy with those two so far,” said Hanley. The Sycamores have a while before they get to test out the new turf at Memorial. ISU’s first home game this season isn’t until Sept. 9. In fact, the team only has six home games this year. Despite the long road trips, the coaching staff has been encouraged by the team’s work ethic. “They’ve worked hard and had good attitudes,” said new assistant coach Rachel Fulkerson. “They’ve really stuck to what we’ve worked on in practice and that’s really coming together.” ISU plays Illinois-Chicago Wednesday before they head to Ohio to compete with Akron and Wright State this weekend.
A native of Leo, Indiana, Knoblauch guided ISU to a 2-1 mark while hitting .364 with 10 kills to her credit. She also added 25 digs, five total blocks and two aces in a well-rounded effort.
In the first collegiate match of her career, Knoblauch recorded a double-double with 47 assists and 14 digs in a 3-1 win over Liberty.
Knoblauch and the Sycamores head to Knoxville, Tennessee this weekend for the Rocky Top Invitational. Indiana State’s first match will begin at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31 against North Florida.
Kickoff For A Cause Provides Support For Local Community Center Athletic Media Relations TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The 2018 edition of the Kickoff for a Cause Cookout was held Aug. 25 at Baesler’s Market with complimentary hot dogs grilled by Indiana State coaches and athletic administrators. Fans who visited on Saturday received a free hot dog and met coaches at Baesler’s Market for three hours. Coaches and student-athletes accepted donations to benefit 14th and Chestnut Community Center. With the help of the food donated by Baesler’s Market and the drinks by Pepsi, the Sycamores raised $337 to benefit the local community center.
Local DJ Party Marty was in the house and interviewed several head coaches on both HI-99 and WBOW-FM.
Kickoff for a Cause was Indiana State’s annual meet-and-greet with coaches and student-athletes, but with a new twist – the Sycamores worked to better the community by raising funds for the 14th and Chestnut Community Center.
This event followed an opportunity to meet coaches and select student-athletes when the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales visited Memorial Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 16.