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Lakes named OVC Newcomer of the Week Eagles open OVC action this week

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball graduate forward Trevor Lakes (Lebanon, Indiana) was named the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week for his efforts in the Screaming Eagles’ split at the Indiana Classic at Purdue University Ft. Wayne last week. The weekly honor is the second for Lakes this season.
 
The graduate forward started his week with a collegiate career-best 30-point performance in the 87-74 win over Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis. He tied a USI and Ohio Valley Conference record with 10 three-point field goals in the victory.
 
Lakes finished the week with a double-double, posting 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, in USI’s loss to Ft. Wayne, 83-59. The double-double was Lakes’ second of the season with all 10 rebounds coming on the defensive end.
 
For the week, Lakes averaged 20.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game. He also shot 43.3 percent from the field (13-30) and 54.2 percent from long range (13-24).
 
USI (7-6) starts OVC action this weekend when it hosts Southeast Missouri State University Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Screaming Eagles Arena and when it goes on the road to visit Eastern Illinois University Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. tip in Charleston, Illinois.
 
The Eagles, who have won four of their last five games, have four players averaging in double-digits and led by senior guard Jelani Simmons (Columbus, Ohio), who is posting 14.3 points per game. Lakes follows Simmons in the scoring column with 12.9 points per outing.
 
Sophomore guard Isaiah Swope (Newburgh, Indiana) and senior forward Jacob Polakovich (Grand Rapids, Michigan) round out the double-digit scorers with 10.9 points and 10.4 points per game, respectively. Polakovich also leads the team on the glass with 9.8 rebounds per contest.
 
SEMO comes to visit Screaming Eagles Arena amid a seven-game losing streak and a 5-8 record after non-conference action. Sophomore guard Phillip Russell leads the Redhawks with 16.2 points per game, while senior guard Israel Barnes and senior guard Chris Harris round out the double-digit scorers with 14.8 points and 12.4 points per contest, respectively. 
 
USI trails the all-time series with SEMO, 3-2. SEMO has taken games one, four, and five of the series, while USI took the middle two. The Redhawks have won the last two, including the meeting in the NCAA II Central Regional in 1990 at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The Eagles are 1-1 in games with SEMO played in Evansville.
 
EIU finished non-conference action with a 4-9 mark and back-to-back wins, including a road victory at the University of Iowa. The Panthers are led by junior guard Kinyon Hodges, who is posting 13.3 points per game, and graduate guard Yaakema Rose, who is averaging 10.5 points per outing.
 
USI is 2-1 all-time against EIU and won the last meeting, an exhibition game 95-92, in 2017. The Eagles have won the last two regular season contests, defeating the Panthers on the road, 72-70, in 1980-81, and at home, 81-78, in the 1982-83 season. EIU took the first ever meeting, 79-67 in the 1978 NCAA II Great Lakes Regional.  

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In Case You Missed It: Why’s Everyone Talking About TikTok?

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In case you missed it: Why’s everyone talking about TikTok?

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TikTok had more than 86 million American users last year, most of them skewing young—80% of them were 16 to 34. So that’s a lot of people likely alarmed by politicians’ recent interest in the popular video-sharing platform.

Attorney General Todd Rokita has launched two lawsuits against TikTok. One alleges that “TikTok has lured children onto the platform through a variety of misleading representations indicating that the app contains only ‘infrequent/mild’ sexual content, profanity, or drug references—when in reality the app is rife with extreme examples of such material,” according to the AG’s press release.

The other lawsuit claims that “TikTok has reams of highly sensitive data and personal information about Indiana consumers and has deceived those consumers to believe that this information is protected from the Chinese government and Communist Party.”

A Chinese company called ByteDance owns TikTok.

“The TikTok app is a malicious and menacing threat unleashed on unsuspecting Indiana consumers by a Chinese company that knows full well the harms it inflicts on users,” Rokita said in the release. “With this pair of lawsuits, we hope to force TikTok to stop its false, deceptive and misleading practices, which violate Indiana law.”

Since bringing the suits, Rokita has also asked Apple and Google to change their ratings of the app, raising the suggested minimum age and labeling it “mature” rather than “teen.”

“Sexual content, profanity and drug reference run rampant in TikTok videos,” Rokita said. “This kind of material threatens the mental and physical health of young Hoosiers.”

Rokita’s actions come as 14 states have prohibited government employees from using TikTok on their work devices and Congress considers a similar federal rule. “A separate bipartisan bill, which was introduced in Congress last week, would ban the app for everyone in the United States,” The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Interestingly, a third of political candidates vying for office in the 2022 election used a TikTok account, and Democrats have seemed to embrace the platform more readily than Republicans. The Statehouse File recently focused on the account run by the Indiana House Democratic Caucus.

New Harmony Gazette January 2023

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Hoosier History Highlights

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December 25 – December 31

The Week in Indiana History
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1848     Paris Dunning became the ninth governor of Indiana when James Whitcomb resigned the office to go to the United States Senate.  Dunning is the only person in state history to hold the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, state senator, president pro-tempore of the senate, and state representative.

1861     John Wilkes Booth opened a six-day engagement at the Metropolitan Theater in Indianapolis.  Called the “celebrated tragedian,” he played six roles in a Shakespeare festival that included Macbeth, Hamlet, and Richard III.  Considered the first professional theater in the city, the Metropolitan stood on the northeast corner of Washington and Tennessee (now Capitol) Streets.

Walker1927     The Walker Theater opened in Indianapolis.  Designed by the architectural firm of Rubush and Hunter, the building had a pipe organ, ballroom, and offices for the Madam C. J. Walker Cosmetics Company.  A fine example of African Art Deco, the theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a cultural center for the city.

1930      The Purdue University Research Foundation was established.  It was the invention of David E. Ross, who was from Brookston.  He had become interested in machinery when he visited the engine room while on a steamboat ride.  He graduated from Purdue in 1893 as a mechanical engineer.  Ross and Josiah K. Lilly each gave $25,000 in starter money to the foundation.

Helms1957     Singer Bobby Helms from Martinsville ended a highly successful year in his career with the release of “Jingle Bell Rock.” The song became an instant hit, along with “My Special Angel,” another big song for Helms in a year he also appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show.

1977     Starting in the final three days of December, Indiana weather turned dramatically cold.   Temperatures would stay below freezing for over 880 hours or 35 days.  During this time, a historic blizzard paralyzed the state in January of 1978.

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     From The Indianapolis News on December 25, 1922:

     A beautiful Christmas for all steam and electric railroads radiating from Indianapolis was reported by officials of the lines today. The weekend traffic, in fact, the volume for all of the Christmas shopping season, has been far greater than any previous year in the history of local steam and railway traffic.  Although hourly schedules were preserved, each train was enlarged from one to three and four cars and every train, going or coming, was filled to capacity. It was said that no estimate could be made as to the number of Christmas travelers passing through Union Station in the last several days.

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Statement By Administrator Regan On Bipartisan Funding Bill

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WASHINGTON   — In response to Congress passing a bipartisan funding bill, which includes $10.135 billion for EPA’s annual budget, an increase of $576 million above EPA’s previous year’s funding, provides $1 billion in much-needed relief for communities impacted by the recent Hurricanes, and invests $600 million in Jackson, Mississippi’s water system, EPA Administrator Michael S. Reganissued the following statement:

“Our work at the EPA is first and foremost about protecting the wellbeing of all communities. It’s about creating jobs and economic opportunity in every corner of the country. And it’s about safeguarding the right – the freedom – that belongs to all people by virtue of living in the United States to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and lead a healthy life. But we can only accomplish EPA’s vital mission when the agency is equipped with the necessary resources. With the bipartisan funding bill, President Biden and our partners in Congress recognize EPA’s essential role in American life.

The bipartisan funding bill includes the largest annual investment in environmental justice in the agency’s history. Combined with historic investments from the Inflation Reduction Act, EPA is poised to tackle many of our nation’s toughest environmental justice challenges and ensure that all people share in the benefits of a cleaner environment.

The bipartisan funding bill sustains support for our state and Tribal partners through key programs that address legacy pollution, reduce harmful diesel emissions, and fund storm water, wastewater, and drinking water systems. It increases funding for EPA’s Geographic Programs, which help protect and restore our nation’s precious waters – from the Great Lakes to the Puget Sound. The bipartisan funding bill also boosts funding for EPA’s enforcement and compliance work, which is critical to keeping our communities safe and holding polluters accountable.

I’m especially proud that the bipartisan funding bill provides $1 billion in much-needed relief for communities devastated by recent hurricanes and invests $600 million to respond to the drinking water emergency in Jackson, Mississippi.

This summer, the crisis of aging water infrastructure in America rose to the national conscience when more than 150,000 people in a capital city were left without clean drinking water for weeks. The people of Jackson – like all people in this country – deserve access to clean, safe, and reliable water. EPA worked diligently alongside state and local partners to secure an agreement that will help deliver a sustainable water system for Jackson for the long-term. I am grateful to our partners in Congress for sharing this commitment and recognizing the urgency of addressing this longstanding challenge.”

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