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Volume 124, Issue 17

A kick start to Hispanic Heritage Month Chelsea Chapman Reporter

Indiana State University’s La Casita Resource Center has been hard at work planning events for Hispanic Heritage Month. These events help make students who are away from their families feel at home at ISU, and educate them about Hispanic heritage. La Casita hosted its first event on Tuesday to kick off a month’s worth of celebration of ISU’s Hispanic students and their history with guest speakers and traditional food.

Adejoke Yusuf, a graduate student studying Occupational Safety Management joined the La Casita Resource halfway through August and jumped straight into the role of coordinating the Hispanic Heritage Month Opening Day Reception. “…On average, most students are away from their home, be it their family or their home country,” said Yusuf. “So, for those away from their home country, we want them to feel at home even away from home. Helping them on an avenue to express and enjoy their culture is to help them feel welcome in the United States, and to also let them know everyone has a place here. We are Anna Bartley | Indiana Statesman inclusive, we are diverse, and we welcome everybody.” President Curtis (left) enjoys the kickoff on Tuesday. Andy Morgan (right) speaks at the ceremony on Tuesday.

Yusuf encourages everyone to attend these events celebrating Hispanic Heritage and stresses the importance country, El Salvador, and is excited that a whole month Sept. 20 Loteria Mexican Bingo, 6-7:30 p.m. Dede II of learning about different cultures. dedicated to celebrate her culture.

Sept. 26 Frases de Latino America: Explaining A Few “There is a value to everyone in every culture. We are “As a Hispanic American, a lot of people don’t under- Things (A Poetry Makerspace,) Cunningham Memorial celebrating the diversity of the student population here stand why we are so proud of our culture, said Monge. Library 6-7:30 p.m. at ISU. We believe that every population should be rep- “It’s a month that we get to express how proud we really Sept. 27, Crea Tu Cara (Create Your Face,) 1-3 p.m. resented, celebrated, and appreciated.” are to be from our roots. Coming here to a different cul- Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center Katherine Munoz, a freshman studying Elementary ture… it’s a chance for [others] to understand why we Food Fiesta Series – Chile, 6-8 p.m. Charles E. Brown Education and a recipient of the Hispanic/Latino Book are so proud.”

African American Cultural Center Scholarship Award, attended the event because she was A variety of events will be held by the La Casita ReOct. 2 Para Reir El Chavo Del, 6-7:30 p.m. HMSU 718 interested to hear what the speakers had to say and she source center through Oct. 15 to celebrate Hispanic HerOct. 4 Pista: Latin Club, 6-7:30 p.m. HMSU floor 7 was excited to taste the traditional foods provided. itage Month. These events include the Food Fiesta Series, Oct. 9 Pick & Play Movie Night, 6-7:30 p.m. HMSU “I think it is important to shine some light on a group which will feature foods from Peru, Chile and El Salva- 718 of people that not a lot of people know about,” said Mu- dor, a Ted Talk on The Latino Movement, and Loteria Oct. 11 Food Fiesta Series – El Salvador, 6-8 p.m. noz. “Some will take a group of people and put them Mexican Bingo.

Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center under one big stereotype, so they don’t know about all Oct. 17 Para Reir Latino Comedy – La Familia Peof the different cultures that make up the Hispanic popFull Schedule of Events: luche, 6-7:30 p.m. HMSU 718 ulation. I think it’s very important that they look at that Sept. 13 Food Fiesta Series – Peru, 6-8 p.m. Charles E. Sept. 15 - Oct. 15 in a country like America because we have so many mi- Brown African American Cultural Center Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964, norities and different cultures.”

Sept. 18 Hispanic Ted Talk – The Latino Movement, Cunningham Memorial Library Sandy Monge, a junior studying Physical Therapy, is 6-8 p.m. Charles E. Brown African American Cultural hosting her own event featuring food from her home Center

Cunningham to host extravaganza again on Thursday Lauren Rader Reporter

The 16 annual Extravaganza at Cunningham Memorial Library is taking place today, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This is a campus-wide event that connects students to library resources and other campus resources.

“It’s always great to see people come into the library!” said Dara Middleton, Library Events Coordinator.

When the library extravaganza was first introduced, only library resources were presented to students, but now campus exhibitors are notified about the application for table and booth space to create a broad exposition of resources.

“We have limited space, so we choose re-

sources which have campus-wide appeal,” said Middleton when explaining the setup process for the event.

The library staff began planning for the event in January, over half a year in advance.

When students walk in the library doors, they will be welcomed by the Dean and Associate Dean of Library Services handing out bags to put prizes in.

Every exhibit table a student visits earns them a punch on their punch card.

After their cards have been punched, students have a chance to win prizes like a Rylo 360 camera and waterproof, wireless Beats by Dre headphones. Students have a chance to win every 30 minutes.

“We hope that many people will return to Communications and Marketing use the library because of the fun they had and the information they receive,” Middle- Students painted at a past extravaganza outside the Cunningham Memorial Library doors ton said.

Michael B. Jordan teams with Warner Bros. to launch policy on studio diversity and inclusion Tre’vell Anderson Los Angeles Times (TNS) WarnerMedia, the parent company of Hollywood studio Warner Bros., announced Wednesday a companywide policy aimed at increasing diversity and inclusion in front of and behind the camera. The initiative, established in partnership with actor Michael B. Jordan, is to apply to all productions going forward, beginning with Jordan’s “Just Mercy.”

“The WarnerMedia family has introduced an approach that accomplishes our shared objectives, and I applaud them for taking this enormous step forward,” Jordan said in a statement. “I’m proud that our film, ‘Just Mercy,’ will be the first to formally represent the future we have been working toward, together. This is a legacy-bearing moment.”

Since April Reign and #OscarsSoWhite took over headlines beginning in 2014, the entertainment industry has openly grappled with calls for more accurate and representative portrayals of more communities.

But it was, for many, Frances McDormand’s fiery speech at the 2018 Academy Awards ceremony (she won an Oscar for her lead role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”) highlighting the concept of inclusion riders that drove some people to action.

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Michael B. Jordan arrives at the 86th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

(First coined by Stacy Smith, director of USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, an inclusion rider is a provision that can be placed in stars’ contracts to mandate equity in casting and beyond.)

“Inclusivity has always been

a no-brainer for me, especially as a black man in this business,” Jordan said. “[But] it wasn’t until Frances McDormand spoke the two words that set the industry on fire — inclusion rider — that I realized we could standardize this practice. It allowed me to formally pledge my production company, Outlier Society, to a way of doing business.”

WarnerMedia’s policy, which will also apply to HBO and Turner, focuses on having women, people of color, members of LGBTQ communities, folks with disabilities and other underrepresented groups in greater numbers in front of and behind the camera.

Along with the help of his agent, Phillip Sun at WME, Jordan worked with WarnerMedia to launch the policy with “Just Mercy.” Jordan is also an executive producer on the film, which is set to begin production in Atlanta this week.

“I’m proud that Warner Bros., and our sister companies HBO and Turner, are willing to state unequivocally that this is where we stand on diversity and inclusion,” Kevin Tsujihara, Warner Bros.’ chairman and CEO, said in a statement.

“Our policy commits us to taking concrete action to further our goals, to measure the outcomes and to share the results publicly,” he added. “I’m also thrilled that we were able to work with Mi-

chael B. Jordan to craft a meaningful policy and framework that will apply to all of our productions, across all of our divisions, going forward.”

Though the policy as written does not include specifics, the company does commit to “in the early stages of the production process, [engaging] with our writers, producers and directors to create a plan for implementing this commitment to diversity and inclusion on our projects, with the goal of providing opportunities for individuals from under-represented groups at all levels.”

“And, we will issue an annual report on our progress,” it said.

“Just Mercy” is a legal drama about a gifted young lawyer’s defense of the most vulnerable in this country and his fight for equal justice in a flawed legal system. It’s based on the book “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson.

WarnerMedia’s full policy statement is below: WarnerMedia companies, Warner Bros., HBO and Turner, have long been committed to diversity and inclusion as moral and business imperatives. It is essential that our content and creative partners reflect the diversity of our society and the world around us. Together with other production companies, networks, guilds, unions, talent agencies and others in the in-

dustry, we all must ensure there is greater inclusion of women, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, those with disabilities and other underrepresented groups in greater numbers both in front of and behind the camera.

For our part, WarnerMedia pledges to use our best efforts to ensure that diverse actors and crew members are considered for film, television and other projects, and to work with directors and producers who also seek to promote greater diversity and inclusion in our industry. To that end, in the early stages of the production process, we will engage with our writers, producers and directors to create a plan for implementing this commitment to diversity and inclusion on our projects, with the goal of providing opportunities for individuals from under-represented groups at all levels. And, we will issue an annual report on our progress.

The companies of WarnerMedia have a historic and proven commitment to diversity and inclusion. But there is much more we can do, and we believe real progress can be made in the industry. We will work with our partners in the entertainment community to make this commitment a reality.

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Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018

Trump administration backs Gulf Coast under Asian-Americans suing Harvard hurricane warning over its affirmative action as Tropical Storm admissions policy Gordon nears Jaweed Kaleem and Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times (TNS) In a major boost for a group of Asian-Americans suing Harvard University over its affirmative action admissions policy, the Trump administration on Thursday signaled its support of a federal lawsuit against the university and contended that it illegally discriminates against Asian applicants in favor of whites.

The move by the Justice Department is the latest sign in what many civil rights groups contend is the administration’s mounting attack on long-standing practices in which Harvard and other universities have used race as a factor in choosing who attends elite public and private schools.

The suit, filed by Students for Fair Admissions on behalf of Asian-Americans who have been rejected from Harvard, is seen as a bellwether case that could reach the Supreme Court and potentially reshape affirmative action at America’s universities and colleges.

Students for Fair Admissions unsuccessfully fought the University of Texas in an affirmation action case two years ago that was ultimately decided in the Supreme Court.

In a filing Thursday in a Massachusetts federal court, Justice Department lawyers said Harvard illegally tries to “racially

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An aerial view of Harvard University campus in 2013.

balance” its students, including using subjective personality ratings that give Asian-Americans with otherwise stellar applications lower scores.

Though the filing does not mean the department is joining the lawsuit, it does give greater weight to the case.

Harvard, which has asked the court to dismiss the case, has denied discriminating against Asian-Americans. Students for Fair Admissions in June released an analysis of Harvard admissions data criticizing its use of considering traits such as “likability” and “kindness” in compiling personality scores. Harvard said the study was flawed and did not fully account for its

complicated admissions process.

“Harvard does not discriminate against applicants from any group, and will continue to vigorously defend the legal right of every college and university to consider race as one factor among many in college admissions, which the Supreme Court has consistently upheld for more than 40 years,” the university said in a statement.

In a statement outlining Thursday’s court filing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the department was stepping in to “protect the civil rights of the American people.”

“No American should be de-

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Nuclear has to use climate crisis to justify high cost, MIT says Johnathan Tirone Bloomberg News (TNS) Nuclear energy can’t compete on cost with cheap natural gas or renewables and therefore needs the help of policy makers who are willing to promote its low-emission power generation as a way to fight climate change, according to a landmark new study.

To stave off runaway global warming by midcentury, the world’s current crop of leaders need to institute policies that dial down greenhouse gases emitted by power producers more than 90 percent, according to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The clearest way to get there may be by putting a price on carbon emissions and supporting clean technologies.

“As of today and for decades to

come, the main value of nuclear energy lies in its potential contribution to de-carbonizing the power sector,” reads the 246-page report published Monday. “Cost is the main barrier to realizing this value. Without cost reductions, nuclear energy will not play a significant role.”

The study casts doubt on whether President Donald Trump’s attempts to rescue money-losing U.S. reactors while undoing climate policies can succeed. A more straightforward path to supporting the nuclear industry would be to follow the lead of other countries that have put a price on emissions, either through direct taxation or carbon-trading markets. That would give atomic operators more room to compete against cheap gas, wind and solar.

In order to stabilize climate change and keep temperature

rises well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2050, utilities need to cut carbon dioxide emissions to an average of about 10 grams from 500 grams a kilowatt-hour, according to the study. Failure to deploy nuclear could mean missing enormous costs savings, especially in emerging markets like China, that still rely heavily on burning coal for electricity.

“The role of government will be critical,” John Parsons, the MIT study’s co-chair, said in a statement. “Government officials must create new de-carbonization policies that put all low-carbon energy technologies on equal footing, while also exploring options that spur private investments.”

Feeding into the report were more than 30 researchers with

Tropical Storm Gordon barreled toward the north-central Gulf Coast late Tuesday, unleashing torrential rain and gusty winds as it threatened to pick up enough power to become the first hurricane to strike the mainland United States in 2018.

By Tuesday evening, Gordon was about 75 miles southeast of Biloxi, Miss., moving northwest at about 14 mph with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph — just 4 mph short of hurricane strength.

A roughly 150-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast — from the mouth of the Pearl River near the Louisiana-Mississippi border to Alabama’s border with Florida — was under a hurricane warning as the center of Gordon was forecast to make landfall Tuesday night before moving inland over the lower Mississippi Valley on Wednesday.

“Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion,” the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.

In addition to the hurricane warning, a storm surge warning is in effect from Shell Beach, La., to Dauphin Island, Ala. Stretches on both sides of that area are under a less serious storm surge watch.

The governors of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi have declared states of emergency as the storm lurched toward their coasts.

“This storm will produce 70-80 mph winds and 3-6 feet of surge,” Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant warned residents on Twitter. “Be prepared.”

Although the center of Gordon is on track to reach the Mississippi coast, large bands of rainfall are spanning out to the east, National Hurricane Center director Ken Graham said in a video presentation.

Gordon is expected to drop about 4 to 8 inches of rain over the western Florida Panhandle, southwest Alabama, southern and central Mississippi, northeastern Louisiana, and southern Arkansas, the Hurricane Center said. Officials warned of flash flooding, with some coastal areas potentially seeing up to 12 inches of rain through late Thursday.

Florida is not under a hurricane warning, but tropical storm warnings were in effect for Escambia County and coastal portions of Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. With heavy rainfall and isolated tornadoes expected in the western Florida Panhandle, Florida Gov. Rick Scott urged coastal residents to be prepared.

“It is critical for everyone to listen to local news reports and weather alerts,” Scott said in a statement. “We are now in the peak of hurricane season. It is time to get a disaster plan in place. Stay vigilant and stay safe.”

This year’s hurricane season is expected to be less active than the one in 2017, when Harvey, Irma and Maria caused widespread destruction in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center recently downgraded its May forecast, saying conditions in the ocean and atmosphere had changed. The center lowered its forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season, saying it expected nine to 13 named storms and zero to two major hurricanes for the year.

The Gulf Coast experienced its last hurricane in October, when Hurricane Nate, a Category 1 storm, made landfall at the mouth of the Mississippi River. A combination of winds, storm surge, flooding and tornadoes caused about $225 million in damage to property and agriculture, mostly in southwest Alabama.

Many schools along the Gulf Coast were shuttered Tuesday and prepared to remain closed on Wednesday.

In New Orleans, Mayor LaToya Cantrell ordered City Hall and city government offices to close Wednesday morning for nonessential personnel, and urged residents to stay off the roads and shelter in place in their homes.

In August last year, storms overwhelmed New Orleans’ drainage system and caused widespread flooding. But the low-lying city’s Sewerage and Water Board said this week that 116 out of 120 pumps were available and that it had more power than it needed to run the city’s entire drainage system.

“We are all in this together,” Cantrell said in a statement, urging residents to check on neighbors, family and friends. “I’m asking all residents to do their part in getting ready for this storm. The city’s absolute, No. 1 priority is to ensure the safety of our residents. We’ve worked all weekend to ensure that we’re prepared. Together, we’re ready for Gordon.”

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Tesla stock falls as Mercedes unveils an all-electric SUV and Goldman Sachs says ‘sell’ Russ Mitchell Los Angeles Times (TNS) With everything else bearing down on Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. — a production mess, cash crunch and Twitter-induced drama — you can add looming competition in the luxury e-car market.

Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday unveiled the EQC, its first entry into the all-electric luxury vehicle market. It joins Jaguar’s new I-Pace all-electric SUV, due in U.S. showrooms this fall. Audi and Porsche will begin selling luxury all-electrics in 2019.

Rising competition was one reason Goldman Sachs stock analyst David Tamberrino downgraded Tesla’s stock Tuesday morning; the other is the pending end of tax credits on its vehicles.

In a note to investors, Tamberrino put a “sell” rating on Tesla stock with a target price of $210 a share — 30 percent below Friday’s closing price of $301.66.

At the close of trading Tuesday, Tesla stock was down 4 percent to $288.95.

Goldman had a sell rating on Tesla stock in August before the firm switched to a “not rated”

label when it was hired to advise Tesla on a short-lived plan to take the company private.

That plan was aborted by Tesla Chief Executive Musk after he told the board of directors he had changed his mind. On Aug. 7, Musk announced on Twitter that he had “funding secured” for a deal at $420 a share. Neither Musk nor Tesla has produced any evidence that funding was secured, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating Musk’s claim.

Tamberrino focused on the looming end of federal tax subsidies for buyers of Tesla vehicles, along with increasing competition. “Tesla is losing the U.S. tax credit ahead of competition, posing further challenges to affordability at a time when competition is intensifying,” he said.

Tesla has benefited from a $7,500 customer tax credit on its Model S, Model X and Model 3 cars, which range in price from $50,000 to well over $100,000, depending on options. The tax-credit program begins to run out after a manufacturer sells 200,000 cars in the United States, which Tesla has surpassed. The credit amount will drop to $3,750 in January 2019 and to $1,875 in

July, then will disappear in January 2020.

The Mercedes-Benz EQC, shown in Stockholm, is due to hit U.S. showrooms in 2020 and would qualify for the full $7,500 credit if the program remains intact.

The company didn’t reveal the price tag, but said the car will have a range of 200 miles — well below that of most Tesla vehicles — with an 80-kWh battery and a motor on each axle capable of 402 horsepower.

The car is the first in a line of all-electric Mercedes passenger vehicles. Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said the company is investing about $12 billion on an expanding EQ line.

Two more Tesla competitors will be unveiled soon, both in San Francisco. On Sept. 11, BMW will reveal the iNext, which aims to take on Tesla’s Model 3. BMW has offered little detail on the car so far. BMW also plans to export an all-electric SUV from China, the iX3, under a joint venture with China’s Brilliance Auto.

More is known about the Audi E-tron, a high-end all-electric SUV already in production and set for U.S. showrooms sometime in 2019. Its range has not been

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The Mercedes-Benz EQC will be the German carmaker’s first entry into the all-electric luxury market.

announced, but its 95-kWh battery puts it in the 250-mile zone.

Porsche has already announced its all-electric sports car, the Taycan, which will be available in the United States sometime next year. Horsepower is expected to exceed 600.

More lower-priced vehicles are expected soon, including a higher-range version of the Nissan Leaf and an all-electric version of the Hyundai Kona compact SUV,

expected to go on sale this fall.

Dozens of other all-electric models are in the works.

“In a couple years, there will be competition up and down (Tesla’s) model line from brands with serious weight,” said Akshay Anand, an analyst at Kelley Blue Book. “Ultimately, Tesla has maybe a year or two to knock it out of the park.”

indianastatesman.com TRUMP FROM PAGE 2 nied admission to school because of their race,” Sessions said. “As a recipient of taxpayer dollars, Harvard has a responsibility to conduct its admissions policy without racial discrimination by using meaningful admissions criteria that meet lawful requirements. … The admissions policies at our colleges and universities are important and must be conducted lawfully.”

The issue has sharply divided Asian-Americans — particularly between Chinese-Americans and other Asian groups. Support for race-based preferences has plummeted among Chinese Americans, from 78 percent in 2012 to 41 percent in 2016, according to surveys by AAPI Data, a program based at the University of California, Riverside that collects demographic data and conducts policy research on Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Support for affirmative action remained unchanged at 73 percent among other Asian-American groups during that same period, the surveys found.

Nicole Ochi, an attorney with Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, said Chinese language social media platforms such as WeChat have stirred opposition against affirmative action. She said “flat-out lies” have

NUCLEAR FROM PAGE 2 backgrounds from science, government and finance. Advisers to the project include William Magwood, head of the Paris-based Nuclear Energy Agency; former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Richard Meserve; and former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. managing director James Del Favero.

MIT’s assessment of the nuclear industry first appeared in 2003 and was updated in 2009. Previous versions also touted nuclear power as an answer to combating global warming.

The report criticized the European and U.S. nuclear industries

Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 • Page 3 been posted, such as assertions that half of Asian-Americans will get expelled from universities if affirmation action is brought back in such states as California, which banned public institutions from discriminating on the basis of race, sex or ethnicity with the passage of Proposition 209 in 1996.

Ochi said her organization supports Harvard’s claim that it is not intentionally discriminating against Asian-Americans and believes that race-based admissions policies are legal. Although her nonprofit does not support racial quotas, it believes race should be one of many factors allowed in an admissions process that takes a broad and holistic view of an applicant’s background.

“The reality is that racism and segregation continues to limit educational opportunities … for students of color,” Ochi said.

“Asian-Americans need to work with counterparts in the African-American and Latino communities to increase diversity and reduce bias in schools and workplaces.”

Since California’s ban on affirmative action took effect, the proportion of Asian-Americans among admitted freshmen has slightly declined overall at University of California schools. The percentage of Asian-Americans among UC Berkeley’s admitted

freshmen grew from 33.6 percent in fall 1996 to 40.5 percent in fall 2017. But it declined at UCLA and UC San Diego to about 35 percent last fall after surpassing 40 percent in 2009.

UCLA has increased its proportion of African-Americans and other underrepresented minorities despite Proposition 209 using aggressive outreach and recruitment. Under UC’s “holistic” admissions process, applicants are evaluated on 14 factors including grades, standardized test scores, high school coursework, special talents and academic achievement despite low income and other hardships.

The Justice Department’s move follows several developments on affirmative action under Sessions that have taken it in the opposite direction of his predecessors in the Obama administration.

Last month, the department rescinded Obama-era guidelines encouraging the use of race to determine admission to educational institutions and suggested race-neutral policies were better.

The removal of the guidelines, which the department said was part of a wider effort to cut down government regulations, reinstated ones used under President George W. Bush.

Last year, the department also opened a separate investigation into allegations against Harvard’s affirmative action policies that

for promoting “completely unrealistic” cost estimates throughout the 2000s, which contributed to the shift in investment toward new markets in Asia, Russia and the Middle East. Elevated safety concerns following the 2011 meltdowns at Japan’s Fukushima plant have also hindered development.

A new generation of small, modular reactors that can be built with standardized designs and safety features could spell relief for the industry in America and Europe, according to the study, which advised regulators to earmark locations for investors to test prototype technologies.

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were raised in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Asian-American groups in 2015. That investigation is pending.

“This is a Justice Department that has fully abandoned its mission and is now waging an allout assault on efforts to promote diversity,” said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, in a statement Thursday. Although the case focuses on allegations of discrimination against a minority group, it could establish precedent affecting affirmative action practices across the board.

“At the heart of this case is the unjustified presumption that test scores alone entitle a student admission to Harvard, and the unsupported allegation that race drives admission decisions,” Clarke added.

Edward Blum, president of Students for Fair Admissions, said he welcomed the Justice Department’s support.

“Students for Fair Admissions is gratified that, after careful analysis of the evidence submitted in this case, the U.S. Department of Justice has concluded Harvard’s admissions policies are in violation of our nation’s civil rights laws,” he said in a statement.

For years, affirmation action has been one of the most contentious issues in education in this country. The Supreme Court has

upheld it several times, most recently in 2016, but the Harvard case — if it advances to the high court — could test it once again.

Supporters often point to studies showing that diverse schools lead to better outcomes for students of all races. Opponents frequently say students should be judged on merit alone and that affirmative action is a form of discrimination.

The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has left civil rights groups worried about the fate of affirmative action. Kennedy wrote the 4-3 majority opinion upholding the University of Texas admissions program’s support of affirmative action in a 2016 case in which a white woman said she was not admitted in part because the school accepted members of minority groups.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Kennedy, federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh, has not weighed in explicitly on affirmative action in previous cases. Yet, groups that oppose his nomination, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, have raised concerns over how he would rule on a variety of issues, including admissions practices that consider race.

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Auriga String Quartet visits ISU on Thursday Lauren Rader Reporter

The Indiana State University School of Music is hosting the Auriga String Quartet on September 6 at 7:30 p.m. for a night of classical music and musical surprises. It will take place at the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts.

The recital will include three pieces with different styles and influences.

The first piece is traditional and classical, and many people may recognize it.

The next piece is short and was written by an American composer.

The last piece was composed in 2016 and includes jazz influences that give a contemporary feel to the audience.

Assistant Professor of the School of Music, Dr. Erik Rohde, said, “it’s a unique recital because it is in prepa-

ration to record.”

The Auriga String Quartet is planning to record the new, contemporary piece in Boston later this year.

“It gives the students the opportunity to hear really great musicians,” Rohde said.

The quartet members are from different states but will be in town for a few days before the performance, to bring something unique to music students at ISU. The school of music looks for performers who can teach guest classes and provide more for the music students while also entertaining campus.

“It gives a unique draw to all students, not just music majors,” Rohde said, “I encourage students to check out what’s going on in the School of Music.”

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Anthem post launch content Anthony Goelz Reporter

Post-launch content and microtransactions have become a large part of the video game industry.

Many studios use these to supplement income between titles, but developer Bioware is looking to buck this trend.

For its upcoming release “Anthem,” Bioware has announced that they will release story-based content for free.

“Bioware hasn’t given any further details about what Anthem’s post-launch content will look like, but given that the announcement has specifically mentioned that there will be no charge for story content it’s likely there will be some sort of paid DLC on the horizon,” Matt Davidson said in an article for IGN. Bioware has stated previously that they are avoiding a “pay to win” model and opting for giving paid cosmetic options for

players.

Bioware is not the first developer to be offering free postlaunch content next year. At this year’s E3, Ubisoft announced that “The Division 2” will also feature free content after its launch next March.

It is not entirely surprising to see these games utilizing similar post-launch models. “Anthem” and “The Division 2” are similar games in terms of genre.

While their settings differ wildly, both games are live service games that act like pseudo MMOs. While players can play solo, the longevity of the game relies on the community and concurrent users.

Offering free expansions could be a hook that will bring in players, and hopefully keep them playing.

“Anthem” launches on Feb. 22, 2019, and a demo for preorders and EA access and Origin members will begin on Feb. 1.

Toronto International Film Festival 2018 looks to read the moment and move it forward Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

If you are feeling particularly anxious, concerned or upset by the cultural and political moment, the Toronto International Film Festival is here for you. Though perhaps not exactly to mellow any troubled minds.

This year’s festival, which runs Sept.

6-16 and has a longstanding reputation as an awards season launching pad, brims over with movies that reflect a charged sense of unease and uncertainty. These films may not provide easy answers, but they do give voice to questions that audiences are already asking themselves.

And as the first edition of the festival to convene since the revelations of the #MeToo/TimesUp era began, the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival feels mobilized and making the effort to properly read the moment.

Among the most anticipated world premieres at Toronto is “Widows,” director Steve McQueen’s first film since the Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave,” adapted from a 1980s British TV drama by McQueen and “Sharp Objects” author Gillian Flynn.

With a deep cast that includes Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Kaluuya, Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson, the film manages to be both a sharp, sleek crime thriller and a deeply nuanced take on the intersections of gender, race and class in modern life. Few films are likely to hit the target of feeling more exactingly 2018.

“We very much wanted to keep things very current, we wanted to make a film about our times,” said producer Iain Canning.

“Every detail in there is about being set in 2018,” Canning added, noting the work of production designer Adam Stockhausen. “I think the film does feel very contemporary, and that’s a real special aspect of it.”

The sense of social engagement and political awareness pulses through numerous other world premieres across the festival, including the special presentation of Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk.” The film, about an African American woman fighting to free her falsely accused husband from prison, serves as Jenkins’ follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Moonlight.”

Also among the special presentations are “Gloria Bell,” Sebastián Lelio’s English-language remake of his own Chilean film about a mature woman’s path to self-discovery, starring Julianne Moore, and Amma Asante’s World War II coming-of-age interracial romance “Where Hands Touch.”

Nicole Holofcener’s piercing comic-tragic examination of class privilege, “The Land of Steady Habits,” starring Ben Mendelsohn, will play as a gala, as will “Green Book,” directed by Peter Farrelly, the story of an African American concert pianist (Mahershala Ali) being driven on tour through the 1960s American South by a white chauffeur (Viggo Mortensen).

The discovery-oriented Platform section opens with Tim Sutton’s “Donnybrook,” a brawling thriller starring Jamie Bell, Margaret Qualley and Frank Grillo that explores the devastating effect of drugs and poverty on a rural community.

Even the genre-oriented Midnight Madness section will include films such as Peter Strickland’s macabre take on loneliness and consumerism, “In Fabric,” and David Gordon Green’s new sequel to “Halloween,” with Jamie Lee Curtis returning to the franchise for what has been billed as a story about grappling with the aftermath of trauma and abuse.

Michael Moore’s much-hyped “Fahrenheit 11/9,” about the buildup to and fallout from the 2016 presidential election, is only one of the charged movies debuting in the documentary section, along with Alexis Bloom’s “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes.” Errol Morris’ “American Dharma,” based on an extended interview with controversial former Trump advisor Stephen K. Bannon, will come to Toronto after premiering in Venice.

Playing as a gala presentation, “The Hate U Give” is directed by George Tillman Jr. and adapted by Audrey Wells from the popular young adult novel by Angie Thomas, involving an African American high school girl named Starr (Amandla Stenberg) who finds her life turned upside down when she witnesses the shooting death of a friend at the hands of a police officer.

“I always felt like it’s so great to tell a story that has something to do with what’s happening now,” Tillman said, “but finding the way that you can still do what you expect when you go to the theater, to be entertained and to laugh and to find emotion in the material.

“We just don’t really see it from an African American teenage girl’s perspective, dealing with these kind of things that you see on the news every day,” said Tillman.

“And as a filmmaker, that’s what you love, to be in the now.”

TIFF has also long been a key stop for foreign-language films looking to make their way to theaters across North America, and this year’s themes of social awareness and political awakening have crossed borders all around the globe.

There will be a world premiere of a new, combined version of Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino’s two-part “Loro,” in which “The Great Beauty” star Toni Servillo plays controversial Italian politician

Silvio Berlusconi. (Parallel connections to any current American elected officials are likely invited.)

Another world premiere is “Maya,” from French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve, the story of a war correspondent (Roman Kolinka) who was held hostage in Syria. After his release he heads to India, where he rebuilds his spirit with the help of a young woman (Aarshi Banerjee).

Hansen-Løve has attended Toronto multiple times and has come to appreciate the encouragement from audiences who know and support her work.

“It’s not the same as when you are somewhere and it just feels like people don’t know about anything you’ve been doing before,” Hansen-Løve said. “When I’m there I started feeling some kind of link between my films and the audience in Toronto. Even though I don’t know who these people are exactly or where they come from, I feel some kind of connection to the audience there.”

In a year when the festival’s selections feel particularly aware of their social and political aspects, organizers also have acknowledged the ways in which the press corps and industry attendees have a role to play in how those films are received, discussed and disseminated to the world.

Ahead of the festival, TIFF launched an initiative to increase diversity in its press corps, with a goal of accrediting 200 new journalists from underrepresented groups. The festival also has signed a pledge for 50 percent gender parity and inclusion by 2020. (This year 122 films in the festival are directed or co-directed by women, making up 36 percent of the program.)

There will be an official women’s rally on Sept. 8, featuring Asante, Geena Davis, Stacy L. Smith, Keri Putnam and other prominent industry figures as speakers and guests.

“I think it was a number of things happening in fairly close sequence,” said

Cameron Bailey, artistic director and cohead of the festival, of Toronto’s more activist stance this year.

Bailey said that he and other TIFF organizers had begun to notice a disconnect between the way films were being discussed by the select press attending festivals and the way those same titles were being talked about and received once they reached a more diverse general audience upon wider release.

“And the more you notice that disconnect,” Bailey said, “the more you notice that what happens at festivals maybe needs to shift and get a little bit closer to the general reaction to movies.

“So we thought, ‘Let’s try to bring these things together more,’ ” Bailey noted. “We like when there are a real range of opinions and conflicting opinions on movies.

We think that debate is really healthy. But let’s have it be one debate as much as possible, not one that happens at festivals and then a different one that happens afterwards.”

And just as TIFF itself is changing, a slate of films that does not shy from downbeat reflection, angered realizations and flashpoints of friction also reveals a desire to move forward to something else, something better.

When asked if movies can actually make a difference in the world, “American Dharma” director Morris pointed toward his own earlier “The Thin Blue Line,” which screened at TIFF in 1988 and eventually resulted in its subject being released from prison.

“I made a movie that overturned the conviction of an innocent man from murder. Clearly, movies can make an enormous difference,” Morris said. “Some movies are investigations into the real world and, hopefully, we can learn something — something that can help us think about what’s going on in the world. And if we don’t like it, what we could do about it.”

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Movie review: ‘The Nun’ is a total, screaming blast Katie Walsh

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Step aside, “Halloween.” Forget it, “Paranormal Activity.” Nice try, “Scream.”

“The Conjuring” franchise (or the “Conjuring Cinematic Universe,” the “CCU”) has steadily become the most dependable horror film franchise of late, conquering the box office with good old-fashioned and flawlessly executed spooks and scares, with a few interesting ideas to boot.

Spinning off James Wan’s 2013 “The Conjuring,” about real-life married ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren, the franchise started with true tales of hauntings, possessions and spectral invasions. But there were so many side stories and creepy characters that both “The Conjuring” and “The Conjuring 2” well, conjured up, that more movies were necessary. There have been two films about Annabelle, the creepiest porcelain doll ever. And now “The Nun” takes on the backstory of the imposing demon in a habit that terrorized Lorraine’s visions.

In this spinoff, director Corin Hardy delivers a ’70s throwback gothic horror epic.

Written by “Annabelle” screenwriter Gary Dauberman and James Wan, it’s lush, operatic, hardcore Catholic horror from the depths of “The Omen” and “The Exorcist,” with hints of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s “Black Narcissus,” washed with medieval overtones. And it’s a total, screaming blast.

Demián Bichir is perfectly cast as Father Burke, a reluctant priest tasked by the Vatican to investigate unusual religious phenomena, or as they call it, “miracle hunting” (he exudes shades of Jason Miller in

“The Exorcist”). After young deliveryman Frenchie (Jonas Bloquet) discovers the hanged body of a nun at a cloistered Romanian abbey, Burke is sent to investigate the suicide. He is asked to bring along a young novitiate, Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga), for her familiarity with “the territory” (she’s never been to Romania).

The people of the village claim the abbey is cursed, bringing a plague upon their houses, and the woods are littered with protective crosses. Once the trio arrives, they discover it’s not as bad as they expect — it’s worse. The place is a mouth to hell, guarded by terrified nuns who participate in perpetual adoration and prayer to keep the demons at bay, though they aren’t doing all that great a job of it.

Burke must rely on his deep religious historical knowledge, while Irene puts her psychic abilities and visions to use in combatting the ancient evil. Frenchie is the audience surrogate, agape at the surreal horrors unfolding within the abbey’s walls, using good old-fashioned firepower as his protection.

French horror cinematographer Maxime Alexandre is well-versed in the visual language of the CCU — the slow camera movements, pushes and pulls that build tension, and slow pans that mimic human vision, looking away then back to reveal some demon lurking in the shadows. The camera chases and circles elusive creatures, catching glimpses but never quite finding anything before some hellish doom looms out of the dark.

Despite the sumptuous imagery and sound design enhanced with Gregorian chants and despite the excellent performances (particularly Farmiga as the steely

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Ingrid Bisu as Sister Oana in the film “The Nun.”

but vulnerable little nun), “The Nun” fails to execute one element: the question of faith. The franchise, with its point-of-view camera work and themes of psychic visions, has always pushed the boundaries on “seeing is believing,” and having a little faith in the things you can see that others can’t. In a religious setting, where prayer keeps demons at bay, there’s an opportunity to explore the idea further, but “The Nun” stays on the surface. The surface may be ominous, richly textured and morbidly fascinating, but storywise, it remains shallow.

‘THE NUN’ 2.5 stars

Cast: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Bonnie Aarons, Ingrid Bisu, Charlotte Hope.

Directed by Corin Hardy.

Running time: 1 hour, 36 minutes.

Rated R for terror, violence, and disturbing/bloody images.

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Sorority recruitment presents great new opportunities Rachel Modi Columnist

Trump is still losing his war with Jeff Sessions Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg News

President Donald Trump’s most recent attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions may soon be forgotten. The hearings over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s elevation to the Supreme Court could obscure it. So could some new Trump controversy – which Trump could spark, for all we know, with an even more scorching attack on Sessions.

The president clearly believes in the power of repetition.

During the minutes we devote attention to this story, the focus is going to be on whether what Trump is saying is corrupt or even impeachable. Trump criticized “the Jeff Sessions Justice Department” for bringing charges against two Republican congressmen and thus putting their seats at risk of being won

by Democrats in November.

According to Trump, who has previously complained that Sessions “never took control of the Justice Department,” the investigations were “long running, Obama-era” operations. One of them, the investigation over Republican Representative Chris Collins of New York, actually concerns insider trading that allegedly took place during the Trump administration.

But it’s worth taking an additional minute to appreciate the sheer weirdness of the Trump-Sessions feud. Trump appointed Sessions. He has the power to fire him at any time.

Yet Trump has chosen instead to

vent about him for month after month.

The longer you look, the more bizarre the situation Trump has created in his administration appears. Sessions fired off his own press release boasting that he took control of his department the day he took office. He is certainly in greater control of it than Trump is of his administration. Exhibit A for that contention: Trump’s angry labeling of “the Jeff Sessions Justice Department.”

Commenting on Trump and Sessions, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said, “Every president deserves an attorney general they have confidence in.”

Again: If the president has lost confidence in an attorney general, he can fire him and nominate a new one. (Even if that nominee does not get confirmed, the acting attorney general would be another Trump appointee – Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, to whom Trump has reportedly warmed.) Rather than fire Sessions, Trump took the decisive executive action of tweeting Graham’s quote.

What Graham said is correct as a generalization: The president and the attorney general should have a strong working relationship. Even today, though, Trump and Sessions appear to be in sync on almost all policy issues, from dealing with the opioid crisis to separating asylum seekers from their children.

They may also line up together against a criminal-justice reform bill that influential congressional Republicans support.

Or maybe they don’t. It’s hard to tell, given Trump’s failure to make the minimal efforts needed to impose order on his administration. Trump has been lobbying senators to turn against Sessions (again, his own appointee, whom he can fire).

According to Politico, Graham and Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley are mad at Sessions for opposing the criminal-justice bill. The president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is annoyed over the same thing.

This, too, is peculiar. Sessions’s opposition hardly matters except insofar as he persuades Trump to share it. Does he? Proponents of the bill say that Sessions is mischaracterizing Trump as an opponent. You know who could clear up President Trump’s position? President Trump.

If Graham means that every president deserves to have confidence that his attorney general will prosecute his political opponents and go easy on his allies — which everything Trump has said indicates is his view of what Sessions should be doing — then the South Carolina senator is, of course, gravely mistaken.

Trump’s commentary tramples over norms that govern how presidents should interact with the Justice Department, norms that exist for reasons that appear to be lost on him.

Because Trump is asserting a higher degree of direct presidential control over law enforcement than we have had, there is a temptation to view him as an authoritarian strongman. But

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Sorority recruitment is here, which enforces a common stereotype: that all sorority women are glittery, pink, judgmental models.

Recruitment is when all these women get to pick specifically who is allowed into their cult.

Oh, and don’t forget about the hazing.

Let me hit everyone with some reality: this is not what exactly what happens during sorority recruitment.

First, let me make it absolutely clear: hazing is the act of humiliating new members as a way to show dedication to the sorority, but – here is the thing – hazing is not accepted.

We active members will get in serious trouble for just calling them “little” or accidently hugging new members too tight and falling. The Panhellenic sororities do not tolerate the slightest bit of hazing.

Second, we all can be a bit glittery and pink, but we’re all different. Each sorority contains a variety of different sisters, but there are true differences between each sorority.

Thus, recruitment is designed for Potential New Members to determine which will be their new ISU family. As a PNM, your job is to discover where you fit in.

Find which sorority you see yourself being 100 percent the true you. But if you are feeling the nervous jitters, let me help you.

Rounds started Wednesday, September 5. Panhellenic has around almost 200 women going through sorority recruitment this year.

Let me give you a run-down of how the nights are going to PAN out (haha, a little Panhellenic humor to lighten the mood).

There are four rounds; informational, sisterhood, philanthropy, and preference).

Round one is the informational round which is when all the PNMs will visit all nine social sororities: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Sigma Kappa, and Zeta Tau Alpha.

You visit each house for a short amount of time and talk to a couple actives on a one-on-one basis. Personally, this round felt the longest and most repetitive, but as an optimist, you got to visit each house and meet so many new faces.

However, round one is also when each PNM must drop two sororities. Thus, you will not return to them during the next round.

Round two is the sisterhood round which is when each sorority will go in depth about what sisterhood means to them and how their sorority resembles it.

Sisterhood is the relationship between each sister. This round expands on values. Here is a tip before going through recruitment: determine what your morals are.

Whether they are financial stability, academics, or loyalty, evaluate your choices and see which sorority also holds your values.

Narrowing down your choices to share your values helps with dropping the next three sororities.

Then, you will most likely be left with four sororities remaining for round three.

Round three is dedicated to philanthropy, charitable endeavors supported by the sororities.

Each sorority has their own philanthropy such as breast cancer awareness, Girls on the Run, domestic violence awareness, and more.

This night tends to get a couple tears rushing down cheeks and creates bonds through our hearts. This night is important to determine which philanthropy you would relate or connect to.

This philanthropy should connect to you, because you will be dedicating your time to the case.

This will also help you drop two more sororities, so you will most likely have only two left.

During this last round, preference night, PNMs will be picking their home. This is the final round when most PNMs will get to choose between two remaining sororities.

This may be the most difficult or the easiest night. This is also be the longest time you spend at the houses.

Just remember, this is when you will pick the community where you feel truly at home.

Be serious.

After all, you will pay dues, spend nearly every day together, and dedicate a lot of time and effort.

Yes, this sounds like a long, almost dreadful process, but it really isn’t.

It may be the most fun-filled, exciting nights.

Sorority recruitment is a special time to find the sisters, best friends, and brides mates you will have for the rest of your life.

Take it seriously and really put your time into meeting new people and finding yourself.

Justice Thurgood Marshall’s answer to the originialists Michael Long

Los Angeles Times

Whenever a Supreme Court seat must be filled, we’re confronted with a fundamental battle over the meaning of the Constitution: Is it a living document, or can it only be plumbed for the founders’ “original intent”?

The so-called originalists have loudly praised President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Their cheers, of course, signal a nominee they expect to tip the court in favor of their ideology.

It’s instructive to hear from one of the most effective and articulate warriors on the other side: Justice Thurgood Marshall, legendary civil rights attorney and the first black justice on the high court.

In Marshall’s opinion, the Founding Fathers weren’t all that astute, and neither was the Con-

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stitution they penned in 1787.

Marshall delivered that opinion, controversial in its time, during the nation’s bicentennial celebration of the historic document at a conference of attorneys on Maui, Hawaii, in May 1987. His less than laudatory words stood in contrast to the praise for the Constitution offered earlier that year by President Reagan and retired Chief Justice Warren E. Burger.

Reagan had used his State of the Union speech to laud the Constitution as “the impassioned and inspired vehicle by which we travel through history,” and Burger, chair of the constitutional bicentennial commission, had described the document as “the best thing of its kind that was ever put together.”

Marshall’s words were also at odds with those expressed by conservative jurists such as Atty.

Gen. Edwin Meese III, for whom “original intent” was sacrosanct.

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“I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever ‘fixed’ at the Philadelphia Convention,” Marshall told the lawyers in Hawaii. “Nor do I find the wisdom, foresight and sense of justice exhibited by the framers particularly profound.”

Marshall was critical of the men who wrote the Constitution because he saw their original intent as favoring a government that advanced slavery and prevented blacks and women from exercising the right to vote. The Constitution was thus “defective from the start,” he said, “requiring several amendments, a civil war, and momentous social transformation to attain the system of constitutional government, and its respect for the individual freedoms and human rights, we hold as fundamental today.”

Two hundred years after its writing, Marshall saw America’s founding document as obsolete.

“While the union survived the

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Civil War, the Constitution did not,” he said. “In its place arose a new, more promising basis for justice, the 14th Amendment, ensuring protection of the life, liberty and property of all persons against deprivations without due process, and guaranteeing equal protection of the laws.”

The 14th Amendment gave rise to a form of justice that the Founding Fathers had never envisioned, never intended. The framers “could not have imagined, nor would they have accepted, that the document they were drafting would one day be construed by a Supreme Court to which had been appointed a woman and the descendant of an African slave.”

Marshall left no doubt about his belief that originalists were wrongheaded in their insistence on a purely textual interpretation of the Constitution and strict adherence to the motives at play in the late 18th century.

Calling for a “sensitive understanding of the Constitution’s inherent defects,” Marshall invited his audience on Maui to “see that the true miracle was not the birth of the Constitution, but its life, a life nurtured through two turbulent centuries of our own making, and a life embodying much good fortune that was not.”

Marshall was targeting anyone who would make gods of the Founding Fathers. That group has proliferated in the years since he delivered his bicentennial address, and they are celebrating Kavanaugh’s nomination.

If Kavanaugh is confirmed, as expected, those who consider originalism an extreme view will have a battle on their hands to ensure that the Constitution lives and evolves in a way that advances rights never imagined by its framers. Let’s call it honoring Marshall’s original intent.

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indianastatesman.com TRUMP FROM PAGE 6 what Trump is displaying is the opposite of strength.

At best, he is trying to cajole members of his own party into being willing to confirm a new nominee to a top Cabinet post. At worst, he is trying to get them to pressure Sessions to resign because, “The Apprentice” aside, he shies

SOCCER FROM PAGE 8 Engineers will play two games this weekend as well. After hosting Trine on Friday night, they will end the weekend by playing our Sycamores Sunday.

The Fightin’ Engineers are sitting at a solid 2-0 start to their season. Even though they just started their year, the Fightin’ Engineers are bringing high confidence to Sunday’s match.

Part of Rose-Hulman’s early success has been from how many goals they have put up each match. In just two games, they have been able to put the ball in the net 11 times while holding their opponents to zero goals in two games.

The Fightin’ Engineers also put a great amount of shots on goal each game, as their current average is 21.5 shots ppg. However, their shot percentage is sitting at just 0.256.

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away from actually firing people who work for him.

Either way, the president’s lashing out at Sessions is a sign of his weakness. For the attorney general, who did more than almost anyone to put Trump in the White House, working for him may be a condign punishment.

For Indiana State, senior forward Katie Wells will keep leading the team throughout the season.

Currently, Wells leads the team in goals (two), points (six), and shots (nine).

Wells is also tied for the team lead in assists with junior midfielder Katie Sidloski. Junior goalkeeper Hannah Sullivan leads the team in minutes so far on the season with 670 minutes played. Sullivan also has a team-high 26 saves on the season.

While the Sycamores are currently 3-2-2 and are coming off a 2-0 win against the Wright State Raiders in Dayton, Ohio, they should be ready to go with both games this upcoming weekend.

The Indiana State Sycamores Soccer team will face off against the Eastern Illinois Panthers this Friday at 4 p.m. in Charleston, Illinois.

Indiana State welcomes highestperforming freshman class Indiana State University is kicking off its fall semester with an incoming freshman class that boasts the highest average SAT and GPA scores in the university’s recorded history -- while still serving a diverse population and maintaining a commitment to access to higher education.

“In addition to our ever-growing population of high-performing students, Indiana State is proud to have a history of serving every learner.

We’re also continuing to be proactive and serve every learner through every avenue possible,” said Mike Licari, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Indiana State. “The continued growth of our online students and programs is a great example of that effort. We’re also working with strengthening our partnerships with community colleges, such as with Ivy Tech, to boost our transfer population.”

This fall also marks the first for the newly formed Honors College. The Board of Trustees voted in December to elevate the decade-strong and highly respected University Honors Program. Enrollment in the Honors College is at an all-time high of 1,059 students (331 freshmen).

The official fifth-day count for total enrollment is 13,045 Sycamores. The incoming freshman class is 2,402. In January, President Deborah Curtis announced the Division of Enrollment Management, Marketing and

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“We’re excited about the conversations and planning already underway as we align our academic resources and efforts with enrollment marketing and recruitment. We are also taking a more long-term approach to enrollment, focusing on four-to-five year trends instead of an annual target headcount,” Curtis said. “These changes will further build upon the success Indiana State has had the past decade and ensure a future of prosperity for both our campus and the Wabash Valley community.”

Other highlights of the 2018-19 student body include the following: • 2,580 online students (1,709 undergraduate, 871 graduate).

• 815 students who transferred from another college or university.

• 2,094 students pursuing a graduate degree.

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Sycamores Soccer to take on Eastern Illinois Panthers Jay Adkins Reporter

This upcoming weekend, the Sycamores will play two games before they head into the following week. On Friday, the Indiana State University women’s soccer team will travel to Charleston, Illinois to compete against the Eastern Illinois Panthers. On Saturday, the Sycamores will travel back home to take on Terre Haute rival, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

The Panthers are currently 1-22 on the season and are coming off a 2-0 win against the Chicago State University Cougars.

EIU has not had the best start to their season, though it is still early in the season. After finally getting their first win of the year, the Panthers are looking to keep winning.

Even though the team has only played five games thus far, not every opponent has blown them out. Their worst loss came from Milwaukee two weeks ago where they lost to a score of 0-3.

For the Panthers, sophomore midfielder Haylee Renick leads the team in goals and game winning goals with two and one, respectively. Renick is also tied for the team-lead in assists with

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junior midfielder Lexi Ketterhagen, senior defensive midfielder Kate Olson, Junior midfielder Henar Urteaga, junior midfielder Lindsey Carlton and senior midfielder/forward Elisabeth Held with one assist each. While they each have one assist, Renick is

a key player. Consequently, the Sycamores will have to play with great defense and shot-blocking if they want to win the first game of the weekend.

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ISU football faces Louisville after big week 1 win Garrett Short Reporter The Indiana State football team travels to Louisville on Saturday after obliterating Quincy 49-0 in their first game of 2018.

The Sycamores look to carry momentum into the matchup with the Cardinals after Louisville lost to Alabama in week one 51-14.

ISU’s performance against Quincy was utterly dominant.

ISU used a balance running game to pound the Hawks into submission. Four different Sycamores recorded a rushing touchdown in the win with senior running back Ja’Quan Keys and freshman running back Christian Covington scoring twice.

The eye-popping number last Thursday was the 49 points by ISU, but the defense flexed its muscles against Quincy as well.

Redshirt junior Inoke Moala stood out with 1.5 sacks and 5 total tackles. Quincy gained just 159 yards while being shutout.

This was a huge win for ISU, but this week will be a challenge.

Louisville may have been routed

by Alabama, but the Cardinals are a regular sight in the top 25 and a yearly contender in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Taking a look at Louisville shows a lot of holes left by departing players. Lamar Jackson, a 2016 Heisman Trophy winner, is the most notable player. Now on the Baltimore Ravens, Jackson has been replaced by Jawon Pass.

Pass wasn’t necessarily the

issue in Louisville’s loss to Alabama. He threw for 13 first downs while the running game moved the chains just once. Louisville rushed 26 times against the Crimson Tide and gained an abysmal 16 yards. Indiana State is hoping to have the same success against Louisville’s run game this weekend.

Besides Jackson, three other Cardinals were selected in the 2018 NLF Draft including first rounder Jaire Alexander who starred as a cornerback last season.

Louisville is a different team than they were a few years ago, but ISU will still have to bring everything they have Saturday.

ISU only threw the ball 13 times against Quincy. Going against a team with a bigger and faster defense, the Sycamores will likely have to mix things up more on the offensive side of the ball come Saturday.

Saturday will be Jalil Kilpatrick’s first true test in a Sycamore uniform. The transfer quarterback had his way with the Quincy defense whether it was using his feet or his arm. His second Division I game will be on the big stage in a stadium that can hold over 60,000 people.

ISU and Louisville clash Saturday for the first time since 2009.

The Cardinals lead the all-time series 3-6-1. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Volleyball takes on Sycamore Invitational This upcoming weekend, the Indiana State Women’s Volleyball team will compete at the Sycamore Invitational. The event will be held at the ISU Arena from September 7th to September 8th. During this two-day tournament, the Sycamores will compete in three matches.

The Sycamores will match up against the University of Green Bay Phoenix, the Central Michigan Chippewas, and the Saint Louis Billikens.

Even though the Sycamores will be playing a lot during this two-day span, they should be able to pull through a couple wins by Saturday when it the tournament ends.

On Friday, Indiana State will first be in action against the Phoenix. So far this year, Green Bay has had about the opposite of a start as the Sycamores. The Phoenix are sitting at a whopping 3-4, coming off their only wins from SIUe and South Dakota State. Their big shutout performance against South Dakota State should bring the confidence they need to well in this invitational over the weekend.

While the Sycamores begin play against a small school like Green Bay, they will need to put all gears in full force as they go up against the Chippewas, who out of Central Michigan University.

The Chippewas have not had a good start to their season as well.

Being that they are just 2-4 on the year, does not mean Indiana State should go-through-the-

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motions during play. CMU has been known in the past to be a great volleyball program and always give the Sycamores a tough battle all the way to the last point of the match.

As they do have a tougher schedule than Indiana State, CMU is used to putting on a great matches and not giving up till the last point has been given. The tough losses they have conquered this season include matches against UIC and DePaul University.

Finally, on Saturday night, the Sycamores will play in their last match of the season against the Billikens, who are out of Saint Louis. So far this year, The Billikens seam to be off their game as they have a current record of 1-6.

Even though they do not have the best record, the Sycamores still need to come out with full force hopefully get their last win of the weekend.

The Sycamores are coming off a 3-0 loss to the 6-1 University of

Tennessee Volunteers.

Indiana State has been lead by senior outside hitter Laura Gross leads the Sycamores in kills on the season with 68. Junior defensive specialist/libero Jade York leads the team in digs on the season with 90. Freshman setter/ right side Makayla Knoblauch leads the team in assists on the season with 240. Junior middle blocker Damadj Johnson leads the team in blocks on the season with 29.0. Freshman defensive specialist/libero Devynn Merriman is tied with Jade York for

the team lead in service aces with four each.

The Indiana State Sycamores’ first matchup against the Green Bay Phoenix will begin this Friday, the team’s second matchup against the Central Michigan Chippewas will start at noon on Saturday, and the Sycamore’s final matchup against the Saint Louis Billikens will begin at 7 PM on Saturday. All matchups this weekend will be shown on ESPN+.

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