January 22, 2019 KSU Sentinel

JAN. 22

2019

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TWO PROVOST FINALISTS NAMED

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DRINKING AGE SHOULD BE 18 KSU hosted the 2019 Trumpet Festival of the Southeast this past weekend on Jan.18-20, welcoming featured trumpet artists such as Joe Gransden and Rex Richardson. On both Friday and Saturday evening, the university hosted a live concert as part of the festival’s activities, but during the last day, students had the opportunity to have a discussion with artists visiting from other parts of the region.

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ARTS AND LIVING

ALUMNA OPENS THERAPY CENTER

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SPORTS

COACHES LEAVE THE NEST

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICERS RESIGN, OTHERS TO BE IMPEACHED Peyton Elliott | Staff Writer

Four executive officers of KSU’s Student Government Association resigned this week before the first general body meeting of the semester which took place on Jan. 16.

According to Ron Lunk, advisor for the SGA, he and now former SGA President Matthew Hunnicutt received the resignations via email on Jan. 13 before Hunnicutt resigned the following day at 1 p.m.

Several members of SGA said Hunnicutt issued a public statement mentioning the toll the position had taken on his grades. Hunnicutt concluded this statement by saying it was in his best interest to focus on being a student and resign from presidency.

The entire SGA senate was not made aware of all four resignations until their most recent meeting on Jan. 16, according to Lunk.

“I think there’s a lot of question[s] and a lot of speculation about what happened and why,” Lunk said.

“The only public statement that was issued was by our president and he said it was an honor to serve, however his grades did suffer a little bit last semester, and it was in his own best interest that he was not planning on continuing SGA

next year,” said Helen Smith, senator for Humanities and Social Science. “Anything else is pure speculation and [I] cannot confirm.”

The SGA’s Jan. 16 meeting was led by acting President Masood Salaam following Hunnicutt’s resignation.

“Things may have gone wrong, but none of that matters right now,” Salaam said. “I would ask you all to be calm.”

“The stuff that was up on the executive board resolution — [names] were on that list as well. And they found out previously and decided it would be better off to resolve it before,” Director of External Affairs Matthew Weese said.

Vincent Coakley, senator for the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering & Engineering Technology, presented a resolution during the meeting which, if approved, would remove acting President and former Vice President Salaam, Treasurer Stephen Harr and Senate Lead for the Marietta campus, Soham Bapat, from the executive board of SGA. The presented resolution provided the SGA senators with evidence that these three executive officers did not uphold the constitution during the 2018 Fall semester.

After a motion to change the wording

in the original document, so as to make it more clear, the general body of SGA approved Coakley’s resolution.

Salaam, Harr and Bapat will soon face impeachment hearings which will dictate whether they remain in their current positions in SGA. According to Coakley, the resolution was made to right the wrongs ignored by the prior director of process operations by calling for disciplinary action against Salaam, Harr and Bapat.

Matthew Weese, director of external affairs of SGA, said the previous officers who resigned, NAMES, had been informed of Coakley’s proposed resolution at the beginning of the semester and planned to resign before their inevitable impeachment from SGA. According to the SGA website, the goals of SGA are to represent students, serve as a median between students and members of the university, enhance student success, foster an environment of campus engagement and advocate on behalf of the students’ welfare.

According to the SGA, any student at KSU can apply for the vacant officer and senator positions.

Former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal to hold lectures at USG universities Kendall Chamberlain | Contributor

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Former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal was recently voted on and appointed to be a Regents Professor by the Georgia Board of Regents beginning on March 1.

Before Deal completed his second and final term in office on the week of Jan. 13, he was appointed to his new title of professor. Deal will give lectures on political science and law at schools in the University System of Georgia for a duration of at least three years.

Deal has been confirmed to teach at the University of Georgia among other public institutions and will focus his occasional lectures on topics pertaining to the fields of political science and law. Other

institutions and specifics as to classes and dates have yet to be announced.

The Board of Regents saw potential for great benefit to Georgia’s students from Deal’s knowledge gained through his years in the political and legal arena. By appointing him a Regents professor, the board is offering this unique experience to students across the state.

Kennesaw State professors and those in leadership have expressed positive reactions to this announcement and see great value in a former governor contributing to the education of those that hope to be the future of American politics.

Dr. Andrew Pieper, an associate professor of political science at KSU, commented on the benefit of this arrangement on behalf of the students.

“Nathan Deal would have invaluable insights to share with students who are studying government and policymaking,” Pieper said.

While he also commented on the uncertainty of the specifics in action at the current time, Pieper expressed a lack of surprise at the arrangement as a whole, as it is not unusual in nature for an experienced individual in a field to engage in such an arrangement.

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The Sentinel’s unused papers are donated each week to the Lifeline Animal Project, a nonprofit organization that uses them to meet the hygiene, cushion and insulation needs of the animals they house.

The organization, founded in 2002, is dedicated to stopping the euthanization of treatable and healthy animals in the Atlanta area. In 2013, the project assumed control of managing the DeKalb and Fulton County Animal Services Shelters. Since that date, Lifeline has raised the live-release rates of these shelters to nearly no-kill levels.

“We want to ensure that Atlanta can reach and sustain its status as a no-kill community by keeping more animals from being surrendered to shelters ... and allowing every adoptable animal that does to find a forever home,” Lifeline Public Relations Director Karen Hirsch said.

If a shelter is able to save 90 percent of all of its animals, it is considered to be achieving a no-kill level. According to Hirsch, the remaining 10 percent accounts for animals too sick or injured to mount a recovery, animals too aggressive for adoption and those ordered by the court to be put down.

In 2012, before Lifeline got involved, the save rate of DeKalb County Animal Services was 61 percent. As of 2018, the save rate has increased to 87 percent. Even more drastically, the save rate of Fulton County Animal Services jumped from 39 percent in 2012 to 86 percent in 2018, according to Hirsch, who added that the adoption numbers at both shelters have also increased by 300 percent.

Lifeline’s success can be largely attributed to their multiple community outreach events.

“We’ve brought innovative programs to the shelter … Lifeline on the Beltline walks, pajama parties, putting adoption profiles on Tinder and Bumble and [creating] goat yoga classes,” Hirsch said.

Other outreach opportunities for Lifeline include “bringing kittens to corporate offices, bringing shelter long-timers and elderly animals to employee appreciation days, holding regular adoptions in local businesses — pet stores, brewpubs, restaurants, coffee shops, and more — going on TV with shelter pets, [and hosting] kitty discos and pet birthday parties,” Hirsch said.

Lifeline has programs in place to prevent animals from the need to shelter. Healthy Pets DeKalb and Healthy Pets Fulton are animal care events hosted by Lifeline that give spaying and neutering vouchers, free vaccinations, food, microchips, county registration, collars and leashes to as many residents as possible.

In May, Lifeline plans to open a 25,000 square-foot community animal center. This will grant the program space to give up to 20,000 animals per year access to affordable veterinary care. The new center is expected to save time and money by allowing Lifeline to provide dental work, x-rays, minor surgeries and diagnostics without any outside veterinary intervention, according to Hirsch, who explained that all of this work was previously outsourced.

Students who wish to donate to Lifeline can do so at lifelineanimal.org/how-tohelp/ways-to-give/our-wish-list, where community members are encouraged to donate items such as old towels, sheets and blankets that could make a difference to animals in need.

Those interested in volunteering with Lifeline can visit lifelineanimal.org/ how-to-help/volunteer and fill out the volunteer form.

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A 2017 crime report revealed that African Americans made up half of all arrests made within the campus jurisdiction.

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KSU POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH CAMPUS DEMOGRAPHICS Luke Gardner | A&L Editor African-Americans made up half of all arrests for marijuana possession in 2017 and nearly half of all nonreportable arrests in Kennesaw State Police Department’s jurisdiction, while they only accounted for a quarter of KSU’s overall population.

According to demographic information available from KSU’s website, in the fall semester of 2017, 21 percent of undergraduate students were black. According to the same document, 25 percent of KSU’s graduate students in the fall 2017 semester were black.

Despite the campus demographics, half of the arrests made by KSUPD for possession of marijuana in 2017 were black individuals, according to demographic information provided

by KSUPD. For 2017 arrests deemed “nonreportable,” nearly half of the individuals arrested were also black.

KSU President Pamela Whitten has not responded to requests for comment.

Possession of marijuana made up 32 percent of arrests in 2017, while non-reportable events made up 33 percent. These two categories are the most common reasons for arrest, with the next biggest arrest category, labeled “All Other Offenses (Except

Traffic),” making up under nine percent of all 2017 arrests. In the Uniform Crime Reporting Program handbook, possession of drug paraphernalia falls under this offense.

“The Uniform Crime Report does not focus solely on student incidents,” Chief of Police Edward Stephens said. “Rather it is a report of arrests, both custodial and citations, within the KSUPD jurisdiction, and includes those incidents that involve nonstudents and off-campus, nonUniversity owned property. UCR reportable incidents are dictated by guidelines in the UCR handbook set forth by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.”

Pages seven and eight of the UCR handbook list 29 offenses that are reportable, meaning all offenses not listed are deemed non-reportable, according to KSUPD. While KSUPD does not log if an arrest is made on or off campus, KSUPD told the Sentinel that their jurisdiction extends 500 feet from campus.

According to KSU’s 2018 Annual Security and Fire Saftey Report, 34 of the 39 drug arrests made

by KSUPD in Kennesaw in 2017 occurred on the Kennesaw campus.

The report also shows that 29 of the 33 arrests made by KSUPD in Marietta in 2017 took place on the Marietta campus.

These findings are synonymous with a national trend often referred to as mass incarceration.

“Though African-Americans comprise only about 12 [percent] of the total [U.S.] population, they represent 33 percent of the federal and state prison population,” according to CNN’s Drew Kann.

“That’s compared to whites, who constitute 64 [percent] of American adults but just 30 [percent] of those behind bars, according to a Pew Research analysis of Bureau of Justice Statistics data.”

Prion Policy’s profile of Georgia uses data from the 2010 U.S. census to determine that for every 100,000 black Georgians, slightly over 2,000 are incarcerated. For Hispanic Georgians, that number is about 1,100, and for white Georgians, it’s 640.

According to the same profile, France, Canada, Portugal and the U.K. incarcerate around 100 citizens out of every 100,000. In the U.S., 698 out of every 100,000 citizens are incarcerated. For Georgians, 970 out of every 100,000 are incarcerated.

Mary Frances Early honors MLK Camille Hobbs | Contributor Kennesaw State University’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted an opening luncheon and keynote address to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 17.

Two days after what would have been Dr. King’s 90th birthday, a buffet style luncheon was held at the Convocation Center in his honor. In attendance as the keynote speaker was the first African-American graduate from the University of Georgia, Mary Frances Early.

Early, 82, presented an account of her life story as an opponent to Jim Crow in the South amidst the Civil Rights Movement. Early cited Dr. King as one of her main sources of inspiration to, as she herself put it, “do something” to end the struggle of racial injustice in the United States during the early 1960s.

Born during a time when all people were not seen as equal, Dr. King believed a world that separated black from white should not exist beyond literature. He believed every boy and girl should be able to learn in a classroom of their peers despite their outward appearances.

Early heeded his message

and carried it forward. As the daughter of a school teacher, Early emphasized the importance of education throughout her address, as her mother had emphasized to her many years before.

Early would be named valedictorian twice in her academic career. Admittedly shy and mildmannered, Early confessed that she was never bold enough to march alongside protestors, but she could go to school.

For nearly two centuries in the small college town of Athens, UGA had been exclusive to white students. On Jan. 9, 1961, a federal court ruling ordered the immediate admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA, ending 160 years of segregation at the school.

Following this shift in legislation, Early applied to the graduate program at UGA and was reluctantly accepted. Though she was not the catalyst for the institution undergoing change, she is recognized as the very first black graduate of UGA. To her delight, this achievement hadn’t gone unnoticed by civil rights

leaders. In 1962, Early received a letter from Dr. King himself, congratulating her for persevering through hardship and serving as proof in the potential of a country free from oppression.

Early cited Dr. King as one of her main sources of inspiration to, as she put it herself, “do something” to end the struggle of racial injustice in the United States during the early 1960s.

As part of its celebratory MLK Week, KSU offered students the opportunity to participate in a sip and paint, poetry slam, community service project and a viewing of the 2018 blockbuster film, Black Panther, with a postdiscussion panel.

Simin Nasseri shows off the device she and a team of students developed to help those with finger deformaties.

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KSU engineering professor develops device to help those suffering from finger deformities Sasha Avchukov | Staff Writer A Kennesaw State engineering professor and her team of students recently developed a new finger support device that could help those suffering from finger deformities.

Dr. Simin Nasseri, a professor of mechanical engineering at KSU, recruited undergraduate students to assist her in improving upon the limited capabilities of traditional finger supports.

Nasseri worked with a team of seven of her engineering students: Vitale Kyle Castellano, Mushfequr Kotwal, Levi Brindle, Shanice White, Tammy Ong, Barrett Tallant and Anthony DeDiego Jr. The students helped design the product and assisted with literature reviews, computer programming, simulations, mechanical testing and selecting materials.

Several of Nasseri’s family members and friends have suffered from finger deformities caused by arthritis and other ailments.

Nasseri said the supports that people currently use are not strong, comfortable or resizable.

Nasseri said this inspired her to design a new support made of soft polymer with inserted sheets of aluminum, steel or carbon-fiber which is more durable, soft and resizable. Her device is also the first composite support in which a soft polymer shell is used together with the inserted sheets.

“The support is so thin and soft that it can be used at functional positions, meaning that you are able to slip it over your finger and perform normal, everyday tasks with your hands without difficulty,” Nasseri said.

Additionally, Nasseri and her students worked on designing a foot support device to help people suffering from painful bunions or swelling on the joint of the big toe.

“My students enjoyed these research projects a lot,” Nasseri said.

“They found out how biomedical engineering can be useful for people and how designing and manufacturing a device can help them with all the pain and suffering they go through.”

Mushfequr Kotwal, a student from Nasseri’s team, attended the Southeast’s Preeminent Regional Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavored Conference in October 2017 to discuss the research methods that were used in the project.

“Over the course of the project, I felt like I obtained a great deal of critical thinking skills,” Kotwal said. “My biggest takeaway, however, was learning how to conduct highquality research and publish papers.”

Kyle Castellano, an alumnus of the mechanical engineering technology program, was the leader of the student team. Castellano and Nasseri published several journal papers together which led to Castellano receiving a research assistantship at Auburn University.

“I’m always grateful that she was able to take me under her wing and introduce me to engineering research,” Castellano said, according to the KSU website. “My goal always has been to attend grad school, and I don’t think I could have made it without Dr. Nasseri’s guidance.”

KSU doctoral student wins “Best Paper” at national conference Arielle Robinson | Staff Writer KSU doctoral student Taylor Downs was recently awarded with best paper at the 2018 Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Conference held in Austin, Texas.

Kennesaw State doctoral student Taylor Downs was recently awarded with Best Paper at the 2018 Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Conference held in Austin, Texas.

Downs, studying International Conflict Management, said that his paper, “Understanding Internal Social Movement Differences and Framing in the Movement Against the Dakota Access Pipeline,” examines how indigenous organizations were impacted by the increased presence of environmental organizations in the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline back in 2016-17.

In 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux and environmentalists gathered at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in parts of North and South Dakota to protest the construction of a 1,172 mile long pipeline, of which the Sioux tribe and environmentalists were opposed to because of the pipeline being built on sacred Sioux burial grounds and the potential of water becoming contaminated.

The movement was often referred to as #NoDAPL and the slogan was “Water is life.” Downs studied both the indigenous and environmentalist

sides of the conflict and analyzed what he calls the “master frame of the movement.”

Downs came to the conclusion that between the indigenous and environmentalist protesters, the overarching theme came down to water. He studied the impact of one social group on another, looking to see if indigenous organizations were influenced by the environmentalists’ increasing presence at Standing Rock.

What made covering this topic stand out to Downs was the level of support the movement received.

National and international groups allied themselves with the struggle at Standing Rock, compared to past differences in indigenous-initiated protests, as those movements received little to no support.

Downs was able to hold interviews with a few who were involved in #NoDAPL, although it was just to gather context of the movement. Downs said that this paper was a precursor to his dissertation, which will be a more in-depth study of the movement and will include interviews with indigenous and environmental activists.

Downs drew his inspiration for this paper on past experiences.

His father is a professor whose specialties include the history of American Indians. Growing up, Downs would attend pow-wows, and he was able to see Lakota activist Russell Means speak at

Georgia Southern.

About winning Best Paper, Downs said, “it was a very welcoming surprise. This was my first national conference and I was a little nervous about presenting my paper to an audience that was a lot more knowledgeable about my topic than any I’d spoken in front of before.”

He appreciated that accomplished scholars viewed his paper as valuable.

What made covering this topic stand out to Downs was the level of support the movement received.

When asked about what he hopes to accomplish in the future, he noted that he hopes his future research will be used by organizations both large and small “to better understand how to navigate different dynamics and structures within social movements, especially when it comes to indigenous and environmental groups.”

“I hope indigenous groups can utilize the same research to maximize their messaging and support in future movements, bringing more attention to indigenous issues that are sometimes overlooked,” Downs said.

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OUTSIDE THE NEST Car bomb kills 21 at a Bogotá police academy Sasha Avchukov | Staff Writer

What Happened?

A Chemistry 1212 classroom receives a lecture from SI leader, Parth Patel.

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KSU RECOGNIZED AMONG NATION’S BEST IN NUMEROUS DEGREE PROGRAMS Cameron Loi | Staff Writer

Kennesaw State topped the national college rankings once again after receiving admiration for its online programs, acclaimed colleges and known affordability.

KSU has been named No. 4 in the South and No. 2 in Georgia in the 2019 Illustration Schools

by Animation Career Review.

According to KSU’s website, the School of Art and Design is the largest unit in the College of the Arts.

KSU was the only public university to be named No. 4 nationally for the Best Master’s in Negotiation and Conflict Management by College Choice.

According to its website, CollegeChoice uses information from educational scholars, employers and students at the university to get an honest opinion.

KSU earned the No. 10 spot for Best Master’s in Mechanical

Engineering Programs for 2019 by OnlineMasters.com. According to OnlineMasters, this course was not only preparing graduates for a successful career, but also meeting professional licensing requirements.

KSU also ranked in the No. 10 spot for Best Technology Degree Programs by MastersProgramsGuide.com. The online information technology program was only one of 35 university programs on the list.

MastersProgramsGuide also named KSU’s mechanical engineering program at 47 out of 50 Best Online Major Degrees.

In 2018, KSU was named fourth best university for an online geography degree program by BestColleges.com. By the end of the year, KSU ranked second for Best Online Bachelor’s in Geography

by BestColleges.

According to U.S. News & World

Report, which is a multi-platform publisher of news and information responsible for publishing authoritative rankings including colleges, the Master of Business Administration in the Michael J. Coles College of Business for online MBA programs ranked 21st in the entire country.

and Software Engineering was also recognized by U.S. News, ranking 38 in the nation for Best Online Programs.

Besides all of the accolades for specific degrees, as a university, KSU was named among the most affordable online master’s and bachelor’s degree programs by GreatValueColleges.net. According to the KSU news website, the graduate and undergraduate programs were ranked at number 30 and 27 respectively.

“As an educational leader in Georgia, we are driving economic growth by providing academic degree programs that ensure an educated and talented workforce,” KSU President Dr. Pamela Whitten said. “We are tenacious in our commitment to serve students’ needs in the state.”

“As an educational leader in Georgia, we are driving economic growth by providing academic degree programs that ensure an educated and talented workforce.”

The Master of Science in Information Technology program in the College of Computing

A car filled with explosives detonated at a Bogotá police academy in Colombia Thursday, killing 21 and injuring at least 68 people.

The vehicle entered the premises of the General Santander Police Academy and when guards stopped the car at a checkpoint, it quickly accelerated and crashed into

a wall, causing the explosion, BBC News reported.

The driver, 57-year-old José Aldemar Rojas Rodríguez, died in the explosion.

Authorities identified Rodríguez as a member of Columbia’s largest remaining rebel group, the National Liberation Army, according to the New York Times.

The National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying the attack was a response to the government bombing its camps, CNN reported Monday.

“Terrorists are looking to intimidate us as a society and

attack the state,” Duque said.

Duque declared three days of mourning and said Colombia would “demonstrate that it is a strong state, united and won’t break in the face of the dementia of these aggressions.”

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In Context ELN increased their number of attacks against the government since their rival group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, signed a peace treaty with the government in 2016.

ELN Members of the National Liberation Army bombed a police station in January of last year, killing five police officers and injuring more than 40 people in Barranquilla.

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Kathy Schwaig (left) and Jonathan Tubman (right) are the two new candidates being considered for the provost position.

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Two new provost finalists announced, campus presentations to follow Raphael Fonge | Staff Writer Two finalists were announced for the position of provost and vice president of academic affairs on Jan. 17.

Dr. Kathy Schwaig and Dr. Jonathon Tubman were announced as the new finalists in the search for a provost and vice president of academic affairs. This announcement was made weeks after Drs. Larry Singell, Melanie Perreault, Mike Ferrara and Teresa Dahlberg were no

Deal Deal is a graduate of Mercer College for both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. Upon graduating, Deal went on the serve in the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of Captain, before serving as an assistant district attorney, juvenile

longer considered for the position.

Each finalist will be giving presentations during the week of Jan. 20 on the Kennesaw and Marietta campuses. The search committee is looking for someone with successful academic administrative experience and a good leadership style.

Presentations will be held on both Jan. 22 and Jan. 24 at the Kennesaw Convocation Center from 10:15-

11:15 a.m. and the Marietta campus Engineering Technology Center room Q202 from 3:30-4:30 p.m., according to the KSU website.

These presentations are open to all KSU faculty, staff and students. The search is done by Kennesaw State’s Provost Search Committee.

Dr. Lynn Disbrow is currently listed as the chair of the provost search committee. She said that throughout the search process,

the search committee interviewed candidates and provided finalist recommendations to the President Pamela Whitten.

“The president will make her decision following next week’s visit to the campuses and a review of the feedback from the campus community,” Dr. Lynn Disbrow said.

“An announcement will be made to campus community as soon as everything is finalized.”

Continued from pg. 1 court judge, and Hall County private practice attorney.

Following his legl career, Deal entered the field of politics as a senator in the Georgia General Assembly. During his tenure of office, he served as president pro-

tempore, before running for and being elected as a representative to the One Hundred Third Congress and serving as deputy whip for the House of Representatives for a time.

Deal was then elected as the 82nd Governor of Georgia in November

of 2010 and was reelected in 2014, serving a full two terms before swearing in his successor Brian Kemp in January of 2019.

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Lowering drinking age encourages responsibility Autumn Edmonston | Staff Writer

The Gillette ad serves as a call to action for men to be better people.

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GILLETTE’S COMMERCIAL CALLS FOR ACTION, POSITIVE MASCULINITY Elizabeth Nouryeh | Opinion Editor

Gillette released an advertisement on Jan. 13, that encouraged male viewers to revisit their manhood.

This commercial was not an attack on masculinity, but instead a call to action among men of all ages.

The commercial opens with different moments in television, marketing and everyday life that almost praises sexual harassment and bullying. Gillette shows one of its older ads and questions their tagline, “The Best a Man Can Get.” Audiences are shown a young boy getting bullied both online and after school, a man talking over women in the workplace and an unnerving chant of “boys will be boys.”

Unfortunately, the ad has garnered a large amount of criticism, with people saying the ad is attacking masculinity. As a result, some viewers have taken to Twitter to #BoycottGillette.

However, the ad is not meant to attack masculinity overall, but rather to question toxic, dangerous masculinity — the kind of behavior and actions that lead to sexual harassment and violence.

“We’re not saying all guys are bad,” Vice President of Global Communications and Advocacy at Procter and Gamble Damon Jones said. “We’re not trying to misrepresent any one individual. What we’re saying is, as a collective group let’s have a little less bad behavior and more good. That’s the big message behind it.”

According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, 90 percent of adult rape victims are female, and every 98 seconds an American is sexually assaulted. RAINN also states that one out of every 10 rape victims is male.

“We are really saying, ‘You know what? It’s not okay to harass women. It’s not okay to catcall,’” Jones told Forbes. “It’s not okay to bully others.”

Rape is known to be the most underreported crime — 63 percent of sexual assaults are not reported to police, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource

Center. Bullying is also on the rise, with nearly 30 percent of U.S. students grades 6-12 experiencing bullying.

The ad should be viewed as a call to action as Gillette is aware that not all men are bad, just like not all women are bad. They simply desire a change and for men to take notice of their actions.

The commercial is not saying that society should raise boys to be “feminine,” but to remember that our boys will one day become men who will treat women with respect and dignity.

“I think [the commercial] takes more of an approach not to attack masculinity in general, but to speak out against dangerous masculinity,” junior English major Abygayle Gibson said.

As stated in the ad, young boys are observant and are watching what their fathers and role models do. The ad is not about men being “lectured” or “preached” to, but instead highlighting the need for men to set the best example for their boys. It is time for men reflect on what masculinity means to them and proceed with respect, accountability and maturity.

Police officers are humans, too Anderson John | Staff Writer

Despite the politics and criticism that law enforcement as a whole receives, it’s important to remember that the men and women of law enforcement are people, too.

On Jan. 10, Officer Natalie Corona of the Davis Police Department in California was conducting an investigation on a motor vehicle collision when an individual unrelated to the call approached her and opened fire without warning. The gunman killed himself shortly after killing Officer Corona.

Officer Corona’s death is a reminder that there are people who target law enforcement officers simply because they wake up every day and choose to don a police uniform.

Despite being only a few weeks into the new year, eight officers have already died in the line of duty. In 2018, 148 officers died in the line of duty. Of those deaths, 26 were killed in motor vehicle collisions, while

an astonishing 52 were killed by gunfire.

This recent trend is alarming, as previously officers were more likely to die in the line of duty from a traffic accident.

Many people try to make the case that law enforcement is not even among the top ten most dangerous jobs. While this is technically true, law enforcement is one of the select few jobs where people actively seek to take their lives because of the uniform that they wear.

Despite naysayers that choose to view law enforcement in a negative light, police officers are people-oriented and motivated to serve their communities. Officers have an affinity for adventure that gives them the courage to protect others, regardless of the dangers they may face.

While there are certain common traits among law enforcement officers that are necessary for them to be successful in that line of work, it is crucial to remember that they are individuals, too. Officers may have backgrounds in unique fields and interests such as economics, professional sports and even music. Despite the illusion of conformity and similitude that a uniform provides, officers are a remarkably diverse

set of people with different experiences and paths in life that led them to their chosen profession.

Officer Corona was no exception. She was much like many of us on campus — 22 years old, a recent graduate holding three associate degrees and waiting until her first year on the job was complete to finish her bachelor’s degree. She was described

by Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel as being “the perfect cop,” hard-working and enthusiastic about the job and the community she served.

In many ways, officers like Officer Corona embody the best that our generation of Americans has to offer. She and others are what many of us aspire to be — educated, athletic, motivated and hard-working.

Police officers have a deep sense of purpose and are determined to make a true and lasting impact on the world. Like most other citizens, officers wake up, say goodbye to their families and head to work.

Americans must remember that the men and women in uniform are just as human as the rest of us.

Turning 18 is one of the most pivotal moments in our lives; high school is over and graduates have the freedom to decide on the next chapter.

With this freedom comes a new responsibility of adulthood, yet 18-year-olds still cannot drink. The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 so that all stages of adulthood have an equal balance of responsibility and privilege.

The current drinking age in the United States is 21 years old — an unrealistically long time to wait to legally pour yourself a glass of wine. Most college students do not turn 21 until their junior year, meaning three years of restraining against that alcoholic punch bowl at every college party.

However, it’s common knowledge that underage people, especially college students, drink anyways. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 11 percent of all alcohol consumed in the U.S. is done so by 12 to 20-year-olds. A similar survey for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System found that 30 percent of all high school students openly admit to drinking alcohol.

Starting at age 18, people are legally considered adults and therefore have adult responsibilities on their shoulders.

According to the National Conference of State Legislators, 18-year-olds have been tried as an adult in court beginning at 16.

At 18, Georgia law allows one to purchase a rifle and get married without the permission of parents. 18-year-olds can even enlist in the U.S. military and risk their lives, but cannot have a drink.

Statistically speaking, enrolling in the military is almost two times deadlier than drinking alcohol, according to the National Youth Rights Organization.

Because of these statistics, there is a severe imbalance of responsibility and privilege for young people.

Instead, underage people drink in secrecy, away from the prying eyes of the law.

Even then, only two in every 1,000 instances of underage drinking results in an arrest, according to Choose Responsibility. A law so strict is ironically not so strictly enforced.

The fact that drinking is illegal for them also poses a real danger to young people when seeking help for alcohol poisoning.

According to Newport Academy, more than 200 underage people die every year from alcohol poisoning and other injuries involving alcohol. Their lack of treatment is rooted in the fear of going to a hospital and admitting to committing the crime of underage drinking, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of young people. If the drinking age was 18, rather than 21, that number could drop significantly because people would feel safe pursuing the medical help that they need.

The idea of legal drinking at 18 is not a new one — 61 percent of all countries have a drinking age of 18, including Australia, France, Italy and Mexico, according to the Pro-Con Organization. Twenty more countries have an even lower drinking age of 16, including Denmark and Germany.

“The U.S. is the only country I can think of that has a drinking age so high,” sophomore nursing major Kelly Kozusku said. “You can shoot a gun, but you can’t drink? That makes no sense.”

The U.S. should consider jumping on board with 61 percent of the world and lowering the drinking age to 18. Then, 18-year-olds can at least enjoy a drink while holding all of the responsibilities of adulthood on their shoulders.

Lowering drinking age increases health risks Sharonjeet Kaur | Staff Writer While young people may call for the legal drinking age to drop from 21 to 18, lowering the drinking age would have would have detrimental effects on our community health, especially in adolescent health.

As stated in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology, “alcohol is the most commonly used substance during adolescence.”

Lowering the current legal drinking age would specifically create issues in adolescent brain development and even increase the number of traffic fatalities among younger drivers.

An article published in the Journal for Safety Research states that “almost all studies designed specifically to gauge the effects of drinking age changes show [the minimum legal drinking age] of 21 reduce drinking, problematic drinking, drinking and driving, and alcohol-related crashes among young people.”

A figure in the Handbook for Clinical Neurology reflects the findings of a research study that investigated the effects of alcohol on adolescent brain development.

It specifically shows the brains of 18-yearolds and how areas of the brain that would normally be inactive due to maturation are actually abnormally active in the brains of 18-year-olds consuming alcohol.

John McCardell, the former president of Middlebury College in Vermont, argues that the legal age of 21 caused an increase in binge drinking on campus. However, he did not have evidence to draw this conclusion. Although media may portray that the majority of the students take part in unhealthy drinking habits, including

binge drinking or driving while under the influence, most students actually do not take part in these unhealthy drinking habits.

These findings are based on data collected by the American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment.

Eighteen-year-olds may think that since they have legally reached adulthood, they should have the ability to make all of their own decisions. However, at 18, many still have the mentality of adolescents and are not mature enough to make certain decisions on their own.

Alcohol consumption would only increase their risk for making danger decisions.

William DeJong wrote in BU Today, that “it’s important to remember that there is no single cutoff point at which a person assumes all of the rights and privileges of adulthood.” This means that one cannot justify bringing the legal drinking age down to 18 just because 18 is when one would legally become an adult. There is no starting point for all of the adulthood to hit someone at once.

Lowering the minimum drinking age to 18 would have detrimental health risks. The CDC reports that the minimum drinking age of 21 is supported and recommended by various health professionals, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The amount of research supporting the legal drinking age of 21 is overwhelming. The drinking age should remain at 21 to protect students and their health.

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ACROSS

Kim Duff opened her own counseling center to aid those who are blind through the use of psychoeducation.

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ALUMNA OVERCOMES ILLNESS, OPENS COUNSELING PRACTICE Candace Mitchell | Staff Writer After receiving a predicted life expectancy of six months as a pre-teen, one Kennesaw State alumna has transformed her trials into healing by opening her own counseling practice.

At the age of 12, Kimberly Duff was diagnosed with brain cancer and given a prognosis of six months to live. After enduring multiple rounds of chemo and radiation, Duff completed her bout with brain cancer.

Shortly after, however, she became blind at the age of 16.

Although many might have given up, Duff propelled forward, graduating from high school a year early and earning her bachelor’s degree from KSU. “A big part of getting through all of the chemo and radiation was ... [my] strong motivation to get back in school every time something happened,” Duff said.

Duff’s persistent deposition led her to obtain a bachelor’s in psychology and a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling. Along with her degrees, Duff obtained a certification allowing her to open a private practice and another

certification allowing her to counsel clients without supervision.

Throughout her working life, Duff said she has had to learn how to use technology while newly blind and how to navigate social climates when coworkers were rude or discriminatory.

“The working world, in general, is not nice and I always thought that since I was very successful in school and I made good grades ... the working world would be the same, but it’s really not,” Duff said.

Still, Duff persisted, and now she’s able to help others do the same. Duff currently counsels an average of three to four people a day. She rehabilitates people who are newly blind through the use of psychoeducation, which is the process of educating people about their mental state so that they can better cope with and better understand their mental illnesses and conditions, according to Good Therapy.

Her rehabilitation through psychoeducation motivates her clients to approach situations in new and positive ways by reassuring them that life does not end after the

loss of sight.

A typical treatment process for Duff’s clients starts with her receiving background information to identify problems and decide which modality — or therapeutic method — to utilize. After the method is chosen, the healing truly begins.

Duff practices a variety of therapeutic modalities, including art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, humanistic therapy, interpersonal therapy, solutionfocused brief therapy, online counseling and many more, according to her Psychology Today profile.

“I think what makes me successful is that I don’t stop,” Duff said. “If I get knocked down, I get back up, and if I fail at one thing and if it’s something that I really want to accomplish, I keep trying it over and over again. I think being successful comes from persevering and being persistent — I can’t stop when something goes wrong.”

To learn more about Duff’s work or to schedule an appointment, visit counselingbykimberly.com.

ARTS AND LIVING

1. Bird hangout 6. Loquacious person’s gift?

9. Columbus launcher 13. Nebraska’s largest city 14. Not a thing 15. Hispaniola republic 16. Shmear holder 17. Brouhaha 18. Court call 19. *Gaga and Cooper hit 21. *The Recording ____ 23. *Drake’s “Nice ____ What” 24. Doe’s mate 25. *Best New Artist, 1983: ____ at Work 28. Aquarium show star 30. *”Why don’t you just meet me in the ____” 35. Line of symmetry 37. Itty-bitty bit 39. Unwelcome message on computer screen 40. Roll call call 41. *”Reputation” artist 43. “The Bridges of Madison County” state 44. Implant 46. Delhi wrap 47. Politicians, for short 48. Isaac of science fiction fame 50. *Grammy Hall of Fame’s “Sixteen ____” 52. Sodium solution 53. French Riviera city 55. Trigonometry abbr.

57. Danced to Miami Sound Machine in 1985 61. *____ Center 65. Bay window 66. Poor man’s caviar 68. Home to BYU 69. Dished out 70. Three strikes 71. Like yesterday’s meal 72. ‘80s sitcom “Who’s the ____?”

73. *”____ Robinson,” 1968 74. Giving up the ghost

CROSSWORD:

Grammy Awards

DOWN 1. Ugly crowds 2. Wet nurse 3. Indian music 4. Elf ’s perch 5. Inciting call to a hunting hound 6. Bite like a beaver 7. A hand 8. Swell up 9. Persian backgammon 10. Adjutant 11. Type of cell 12. Well-ventilated 15. Deli offering 20. Florentine iris 22. Tucker of “Modern Family” 24. Fill to satisfaction 25. *Fall Out boy’s album 26. End-of-semester events 27. Nimbus, pl.

29. Hang out till these come home? classes and study abroad programs.

31. Type of coffee maker “It used to be that we live 32. Salivate in a world with six degrees of 33. Humble separation,” Sinha said. “Now it’s 34. Make blank probably little or none. This is 36. Appear to be especially true in marketing, and KSU’s efforts towards building 38. Bushy do this global awareness will be very 42. Color lightly valuable to students in their careers.” 45. *Childish Gambino’s name Sinha encourages students to 49. *What nominees do make use of the opportunities 51. Like lathered hands that professors can offer and to 54. Read-only memory device experience the world from the 56. Aerosol can emanation comfort of home by following current events, trying new foods and 57. Toothy groomer 58. Three-ply dunker even watching shows from 59. Lice eggs other countries.

60. *Bee ____, multiple awards winner 61. Series of reps, pl.

62. “Laughing on the inside” text 63. Fifty-fifty 64. *____ of the Year 67. Partaker’s pronoun

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Shannon Mayembe | Staff Writer By combining years of experience and unique teaching styles, a KSU professor introduces students to international marketing.

Lectures can bore many students to sleep, which is why professors now utilize teaching techniques that directly engage students and offer real-world experiences.

Dr. Mona Sinha, an associate professor of marketing and a doctoral program coordinator for the Michael J. Coles College of Business, uses her experience in international marketing to offer students hands-on learning.

Teaching courses such as Principles of Marketing, Services Marketing, Consumer Behavior, International Marketing and Marketing Research to undergraduate students, Sinha also teaches Qualitative Research Methods to doctoral students.

“I am especially passionate about International Marketing, a subject I can weigh in on in unique ways given my life experiences, travel and research, and I have been fortunate to be able to teach it since 2015,” Sinha said.

In her International Marketing undergraduate class, each student signs up for one unique topic every semester that they research and present to the class.

“This way, it’s not just me but also the students bringing in new information to share with the class, and I learn something new in each

class too,” Sinha said.

Sinha has worked in sales and marketing in India for the consumer products and entertainment industry. She has also published many case studies at the Harvard Business School and India Research Center.

“I did parts of my elementary school in Bangkok, Thailand, middle school in Nairobi, Kenya, undergrad and MBA in Mumbai, India, and then Ph.D. and post-doctorate in the USA.” After receiving her postdoctoral degree in marketing from Emory University, Sinha joined the Southern Polytechnic State University marketing faculty in 2013 and became part of Kennesaw State’s Department of Marketing and Professional Sales after the merger with SPSU. Sinha said that KSU is an excellent place for students to study marketing because of the faculty and diverse opportunities available to students at the university.

“We have a supportive ecosystem where we create experiences for students that transcend the classroom and help students connect the dots between what is in the textbook and their future corporate life,” Sinha said.

Speaking on the importance of global initiatives, Sinha said that she appreciates KSU’s “Year of” program that highlights a new country every year for educational seminars,

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QUARTET OF FOOTBALL COACHES LEAVE

Rio White | Sports Editor

Four defensive coaches from Kennesaw State’s football team left for positions at new schools last week, as confirmed by their prospective programs.

The Naval Academy confirmed on Saturday, Jan. 12, that they acquired the services of three KSU football coaches, and Elon University confirmed one.

Longtime KSU defensive coordinator Brian Newberry is leaving for a position for Navy and is the highest positioned coach to vacate his spot with the Owls.

Newberry led KSU’s defense to be the best overall in the Big South Conference last season and secondbest in the nation, yielding an average of 263 total yards per game.

Additionally, the Owls were the top scoring defense in the

conference, giving up just 15 points per game and forcing 21 turnovers during the season.

All-Big South selections Dante Blackmon and Taylor Henkle found their footing under Newberry, as Blackmon became the first KSU player to be invited to a training camp with an NFL team.

“I am super excited to have Brian Newberry join our program,” Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo said.

“He brings an edge and style of defense that will get us back to where we belong.”

Linebackers coach P.J. Volker is also leaving Kennesaw for a position in Annapolis, Maryland at the Naval Academy. Volker worked with standout players at KSU such as Bryson Armstrong, Anthony Gore, Jr. and Izzy Sam, who were

instrumental in holding up a strong rush defense.

2018 KSU Defense: 15.4 points per game 263.7 yards per game 21 turnovers 3.3 yards per rush

While Armstrong won the Jerry Rice Award as the best freshman in the FCS in 2017, Gore Jr. led the Owls in tackles and sacks in 2018. Sam finished fourth in the conference in tackles during his senior season.

Defensive ends coach Keith Downing is the third coach leaving KSU for Navy. Conference stars

Desmond Johnson Jr. and Tonarius Portress thrived under Downing, as they helped improve the defensive line each season.

The two defensive ends earned All-Conference honors, as Portress had 13 tackles for loss in 2016 while Johnson, Jr. recorded six sacks that same year.

Lastly, defensive backs coach Chris Bland recently left KSU to return to his alma mater, Elon University. In addition to coaching Blackmon and Henkle, Bland helped progress Jace White, Derrick Farrow and Dorian Walker’s productive careers.

Replacements for the vacant positions have not been confirmed at this time.

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Alexis Poole makes a free throw during the game against Liberty last Tuesday.

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Owls drop two conference games at home, Poole shines against Flames and Eagles Kate Norum | Contributor and Rio White | Sports Editor Sophomore Alexis Poole continued to perform at a high level as the women’s basketball team lost twice last week to Atlantic Sun Conference opponents Liberty and Florida Gulf Coast.

Poole came away with 27 points and 15 rebounds for the Kennesaw State women’s basketball team in a 67-61 home loss to Liberty on Tuesday, Jan. 15.

Coming into the game, the Owls had sealed a 75-55 victory over Jacksonville a week earlier, maintaining an undefeated record in the Convocation Center.

Against Liberty, Poole turned in her fifth consecutive game with at least 10 points.

Sophomore Kamiyah Street ended the night with 16 points to help bring the game close.

The career game for Poole came with many of the features she had been exhibiting all season, but everything seemed to work well against the Flames. Poole shot 11 of 16 from the field and helped the Owls keep the score close with her consistent rebounding. Both her points and rebounds combined were career highs.

The Owls led as late as the four-minute mark in the fourth quarter and tied the game with just over a minute left, but the Flames broke away late to secure the victory.

All four quarters of the game were close with the game tied 36-36 at halftime, but the Owls began to fall behind in the second half before coming back late.

The game intensified towards the end of the fourth quarter when the game was within a field goal. With less than two minutes left, the action went back and forth as a fade away from Street tied the score at 61 points each.

The last 10 seconds saw multiple turnovers from the Owls, but the comeback was out of reach as time expired.

“We’re a team that’s building and [still] learning how to win, ” head coach Agnus Berenato said.

“Our main focus is to get over the hurdles and produce a win.”

Freshman Amani Johnson ended the game with six assists along with 10 points. Senior Simina Avram finished with 9 overall rebounds.

The Owls have more conference games to look forward to coming off the close loss to Liberty, and Poole will be particularly ready.

“This game gave me the chance to really step out and show my potential in conference play,” Poole said. “Looking ahead to Florida Gulf Coast, we’ll be ready to prove ourselves in this conference.”

KSU continued their homestand against FGCU on Saturday, Jan. 19, falling 69-46 to the Eagles.

A difficult stretch for the Owls in the third quarter held them back, but the team showed positive signs against the Eagles who have won five of the last seven conference championships.

Poole continued to play well with 16 points and had four rebounds in the first quarter alone.

Street contributed to the game with 12 points and helped spark a late surge by the Owls in the fourth quarter when they scored 19 points.

Throughout the game, KSU was lacking on shot percentage and rebounding. The Owls made less than 30 percent of their shots and were at a height disadvantage, resulting in being outrebounded 43-28.

KSU came as close as six points behind the Eagles, whose slimmest lead was 28-22 late in the second quarter. Just before halftime, FGCU scored eight quick points to widen a lead that would last.

The third quarter proved to be decisive, as the Owls were held to just five points and could not overcome the pressure of the Eagles’ offense.

Trailing by as many as 33 points, KSU managed to show improvements in the fourth quarter as multiple players helped put together a 13-0 run to build confidence heading into the next game.

Despite the offensive struggles, the Owls defense held its own in the second half against a team that had previously come off of a 105-point performance against North Florida.

“The number one threat [FGCU] has is their three-point shooting,” Berenato said. “They average 12 three-point shots, and they only made seven today. What we wanted to do is take away their three and force them to floor the ball.”

Up next, the women’s basketball team is set to play at North Alabama on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m.

The Kennesaw State men’s basketball team played two home games last week, falling both to Liberty and Florida Gulf Coast as junior Tyler Hooker and freshman Danny Lewis highlighted the games.

Hooker had another productive performance as the Owls fell to Liberty 62-41 on Wednesday, Jan. 16.

Top scorers Hooker and Bryson Lockley gave Liberty a good run in the first half, but were ultimately defeated. The Owls trailed by just one point at halftime before allowing the Flames to expand their lead.

Hooker scored over one-third of the team’s points with 16, as poor shooting by the team left him as the only viable scoring option for most of the game, mostly from the free throw line.

In the first half, the defenses were pushing hard from both sides. The lead went back and forth as Hooker scored 11 points and Lockley contributed six, while the Owls’ defense held Liberty to a 32 percent shooting mark.

Down 25-24, the Owls began the second half fatigued as the Flames went on a 19-4 run.

KSU scored only 17 points in the second half to Liberty’s 37, widening the gap between the two teams.

“Obviously that second 20 minutes has been a problem for us,” head coach Al Skinner said. “It’s something that we have to correct.

Defensively, as a team, we need to be more alert.”

KSU’s losing streak extended to six games as they fell short against Florida Gulf Coast 72-59 on Saturday, Jan. 19.

Lewis had one of his best games of the season, contributing 16 points, six rebounds, and seven assists for the Owls. The transfer from Central Florida fell just a point short of his career high.

Hooker and Bobby Parker also added double figures to the board, scoring 13 and 12 points respectively.

Saturday’s game began with an early run by the Eagles, as they jumped out to a 21-6 lead six minutes into the first half. Hooker broke the run with a jump shot that sparked a comeback.

FGCU opened up the second half by increasing their lead until a three-point shot

by Hooker sparked a 13-0 run and cut the lead to eight with four minutes in the game.

Lewis scored 12 of his 16 points during this run, and Hooker’s contributions confirmed his 13th consecutive game scoring in double digits.

Inconsistencies on the defense and offense contributed to the Owls having to play from behind for most of the game.

“I thought we were a little inconsistent with our offense, so hopefully as we get a better feel moving forward we will handle the ball better,” Skinner said. “The defensive end is going to be really important for us ... we played well defensively for a period of time, then we gave up a couple of easy opportunities. Those things have to improve.”

The Owls will continue to seek their first conference win this Thursday, Jan. 24, against North Alabama.

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