The Massachusetts Daily Collegian: September 7th, 2016

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UMPD arrest man accused of assault and battery Suspect posed as an Uber driver

that the UMPD launched an investigation and revealed that Samuel Texidor, the person arrested, approached a female UMass By Stuart Foster student on Sept. 3, 2016 preCollegian Staff senting himself as an Uber The University of driver. Massachusetts Police “Texidor then offered Department arrested a the victim a free ride from Holyoke resident accused Townhouse Apartments to of indecent assault and bat- North Apartments, located tery against a UMass stu- on campus,” read the crime dent, according to a crime alert. “During this drive alert posted on their web- the victim was indecently site. assaulted by the suspect out The crime alert stated side of North Apartments.”

The victim then exited the vehicle, a black 2014 Dodge Charger, after demanding that Texidor stop driving it, according to the crime report. UMPD’s crime alert said they are continuing to investigate the case and that there are “indications the suspect may have approached others to offer free rides.” The bottom of the crime alert contained personal safety tips for students, which included verifying an

approaching Uber driver’s license number with the information provided by the app, avoiding walking alone at night and only using well-lit routes after dark. The alert encouraged people with information that could help move the case forward to contact UMPD or to submit an anonymous witness form. Stuart Foster can be reached at stuartfoster@umass.edu or followed on Twitter @Stuart_C_Foster.

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Suspect allegedly offered to drive UMass student to North Apartments.

Hampshire College to become entirely powered by solar 15,000 panels will be installed by Dec. By Hannah Depin Collegian Staff

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University of Massachusetts students exercise by Zumba dancing during the Wellness Night at the Hagis Mall on Tuesday.

Hampshire College will install 15,000 solar panels on its campus this fall in an effort to run entirely on solar energy, according to a statement released by the college on Aug. 5. The panels will be arranged throughout two solar arrays in fields on campus, comprising 19 acres in total. They will be built, owned and operated by the energy company SolarCity, and the college will purchase electricity from SolarCity at a fixed rate, according to the statement. The system is expected to eliminate 3,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions and cut $400,000 from the college’s electricity bill each year. The system will be connected into

the regional power grid, so that the college will be able to send excess energy to the community, and draw from it on cloudy days, said Hampshire College spokesman John Courtmanche. “Solar technology is so advanced that we don’t need to be concerned about being able to provide energy,” Courtmanche said. He estimated that the panels will turn on this coming winter or spring, after construction concludes in December. “Construction will not affect campus operations,” Cour tmanche added, though construction in one of the fields located at the corner of Route 116 and West Bay Road near Atkins Country Farm will be “highly visible” to the public. Hampshire is set to see

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Carlson and Ailes College of Nursing receives opioid settle lawsuit crisis intervention training grant

By Stephen Battaglio Los Angeles Times

Fox News and Roger Ailes have reached a settlement in the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by former anchor Gretchen Carlson. Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox also issued an apology to Carlson, who charged Ailes with sabotaging her career after she rebuffed sexual advances and complained about a hostile work environment. Her contract was not renewed in June after 11 years at Fox News Channel. At the same time the settlement was announced, Fox News also revealed that Greta Van Susteren is leaving the company. Van Susteren was an anchor for 14 years. A person close to the situation who is not authorized to comment said her abrupt exit was due to a "financial disagreement." Political commentator Brit Hume will take over Van Susteren's 7 p.m. ET hour starting Tuesday.

Van Susteren was a vocal defender of Ailes when sexual harassment charges were first filed against the former Fox News chairman. The settlement _ which will pay Carlson $20 million according to one person familiar with the terms of the deal _ was announced Tuesday in a statement from 21st Century Fox, which included a full apology. "21st Century Fox is pleased to announce that it has settled Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit," the company said in a statement. "During her tenure at Fox News, Gretchen exhibited the highest standards of journalism and professionalism. She developed a loyal audience and was a daily source of information for many Americans. We are proud that she was part of the Fox News team. We sincerely regret and apologize for the fact that Gretchen was not treated see

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500 UMass nurses going to be trained By Marie MacCune Collegian Staff

With the Commonwealth in an opioid “crisis” according to the state’s Department of Public Health, the University of Massachusetts’ College of Nursing is aiming to do something about it. A July press release from the University announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the College an $870,000 grant to train student nurses in screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT). This training, funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, is meant to target alcohol and substance abuse. “One of the reasons (UMass was) attractive is that we’re from a state, and in the proposal we made a point of underlining this, that has a serious problem with alcohol and substance abuse—we’re dealing

with a kind of crisis here,” said Donna Zucker, associate dean for academic affairs for the College of Nursing and principal investigator for the SBIRT program. “If we can educate providers (of care)... then that is a really great opportunity to meet a need in the Commonwealth.” According to Zucker, SBIRT will officially go live in September and will train students in skills that providers of care would use when they are taking a client’s history or conducting a follow-up meeting with a high-risk patient. She explained that “brief intervention” deals with how to interview someone about alcohol and substance use, adding that nurses “want to have a sense of collaboration” with clients. Nurses will be trained in a technique known as motivational interviewing. Zucker said this requires building a rapport with a client while also calling out dangerous or unhealthy behavior such as excessive drinking. Sally Linowski, associate dean for student affairs and campus life, is serving as the

program’s co-investigator and explained that in motivational interviewing, nurses “meet the person where they are.” She said student nurses will learn how to guide conversations about alcohol and substance abuse even when people seem resistant. Linowski described herself as a “health promotion person” who has always been interested in why people use drugs and alcohol and, more importantly, how to help them. She said lessons learned from her role in bringing the BASICs program, an alcohol screening and intervention system, to campus taught her that “with an evidence-based practice, you really have to stay with fidelity to the model.” The SBIRT program will rely on the curriculum already developed by SAMHSA. However, she added, you can tailor your conversations to your institution. Five hundred students will be trained through the program over the course of three years through the program, Zucker said. The nursing students will be working with patients through the

Western Massachusetts Public Health Training Center, the Center for Health Promotion, University Health Services and the Springfield Public Schools. No new classes have been developed as a result of the grant. Instead, the training will be incorporated into pre-existing courses already required by the nursing major. The program will be overseen by a panel of students called the Student Advisory Committee. According to Zucker, those students will receive appointments once the semester gets started. SBIRT’s Council of Directors will be composed of members of the community including mental health and substance abuse experts. Christina DiConza, a junior nursing student, said she looks forward to this new training she will undergo this year. “Prescription drug addiction and opioid abuse have become highly prevalent and problematic in today’s world. If I, as a future healthcare provider, can in any way work to minimize the epidemic, I am thrilled to be able to do so,” she see

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