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USI Softball cruises to two wins at Blue Bridge Battle
OWENSBORO, Ky.—University of Southern Indiana Softball racked up a combined 20 hits en route to a pair of wins Saturday at the Blue Bridge Battle. The Screaming Eagles opened the day with a 10-2, five-inning win over Ohio Dominican University before defeating Notre Dame College (Ohio), 7-3, in their nightcap.
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USI 10, Ohio Dominican 2 (5 inn.)
USI (10-4) scored five times in the bottom of the first inning to build a commanding five-run cushion.
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The Eagles got RBI-singles from freshman outfielder Kennedy Nalley (Huntingburg, Indiana), sophomore first baseman Lexi Fair (Greenwood, Indiana), sophomore catcher Sammie Kihega (Greenfield, Indiana) and senior designated player Katie Back (Indianapolis, Indiana) in the first inning, while senior third baseman Mary Bean (Schaumburg, Illinois) had a sacrifice fly to push across USI’s fifth run.
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Back had another RBI-single in the third inning, while freshman pitcher Hailey Gotshall (Lucerne, Indiana) helped her cause with an RBI-single to put USI up, 7-0.
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Ohio Dominican (4-6) cut into USI’s advantage with tallies in the fourth and fifth frames, but USI drew four straight free passes, including an RBI-walk by sophomore outfielder Mackenzie Bedrick (Brownsburg, Indiana). Nalley pushed across another run on a fielder’s choice, while junior second baseman Rachel Martinez (Chicago, Illinois) ended the game with a walk-off, RBI-single.
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Gotshall (4-0) earned the win in the circle after allowing two runs off four hits and a walk.
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USI 7, Notre Dame (OH) 3
The Eagles broke a scoreless tie when Back hit a pinch-hit, RBI-single in the top of the fourth inning to give USI a 1-0 lead. Nalley had a 2-run home run in the fifth inning and USI led 3-0 before the Falcons could get on the scoreboard.
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Notre Dame (0-4) scored a run in the bottom of the fifth, but USI answered with four runs in the sixth to extend its advantage to 7-1.
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Bean started the scoring with an RBI-triple, then scored on a passed ball to put USI up 5-1. Martinez put USI up 6-1 with an RBI-groundout, while junior shortstop Jordan Rager (Fishers, Indiana) pushed USI’s seventh run of the game across the plate thanks to a two-out error.
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The Falcons capitalized on a pair of USI errors in the bottom of the seventh to score a pair of runs, but it was too-little, too-late for Notre Dame as the Eagles held on for their sixth straight win.
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Freshman pitcher Josie Newman (Indianapolis, Indiana) earned the win in the circle after giving up just one run off three hits and a walk. Newman (2-2) racked up five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings of work before giving way to senior Maddie Duncan (Lynnville, Indiana), who continued her strong start in the circle.
Eagles stumble against Knights, 6-1
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Tennis (2-2, 0-1 GLVC) mustered just one win in a 6-1 loss against former conference foe, Bellarmine University (1-11), in a Saturday night clash at the Evansville Tennis Center. This marks the first loss for the Screaming Eagles this spring.
DOUBLES: The Eagles found success in one match against the Knights. Freshman Abby Myers (Evansville, Indiana)/senior Kylie Skepnek (Algonquin, Illinois) combination tallied the only win for USI in doubles competition (6-0).
SINGLES: Sophomore Lauren Rowe (Terre Haute, Indiana) scored the only point for the Eagles after her opponent withdrew from the match due to injury (3-0, WD). Sophomore Rachel McCorkle (Tulsa, Oklahoma) and junior Chloe McIsaac (Fairview Heights, Illinois) each won their first sets before stumbling in sets two and three to fall in their respective matches.
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Rediscover Civility and Discourse Â
Rediscover Civility and Discourse Â
by Marie Williams, PHD
Whatever happened to civility? In the early 1990s, M. Scott Peck wrote a book with the title, A World Waiting to be Born: Civility Rediscovered. I have read this book numerous times and can’t count the number of copies I have purchased and given to others. I have also never forgotten many of the lessons learned from this book.
In the first chapter, Peck takes the position that civility is more than politeness and good manners. He quotes Oliver Herford (1951) who once said, “A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.† In the first five chapters, he then develops a redefinition of civility as “consciously motivated organizational behavior that is ethical in submission to a Higher Power.â€Â He also takes the position that one must become somewhat contemplative to be civil. Quiet reflective time, sometimes taking the form of prayer, is needed for one to behave consciously.
If you read or listen to social media or any media today, I doubt you can find much evidence of civility at all. Consciously motivating ethical behavior? Submission to a Higher Power? These concepts are hardly recognizable. Impulsive and manipulative seem to have replaced conscious and ethical. It seems that greed for power and wealth has become our higher power.
Our democracy in the United States has been designed to “form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity…(Preamble to the United States Constitution). Leaders in our country have always engaged in civil discourse to make that happen. Surely, no one has all of the knowledge and truth needed to make the best decisions. By listening, sharing information and ideas, respecting differences, and working toward consensus, we can best deal with the challenges of the day and chart a course for the future. Â
I would like to suggest another book that was first published in 2002, but has a new 2022 edition, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Third Edition, by Grenny, Patterson, McMillan, Swizler, and Gregory. Research since its earliest publication has only emphasized the dramatic improvements in organizational behavior when these tools are implemented. I don’t believe the stakes have ever been higher in my lifetime!
Attorney General Todd Rokita Announces $26 Billion National Settlement With Drug Distributors And Johnson & Johnson
Indiana communities can receive up to $507 million if Indiana communities opt into a settlement under pending legislation
Attorney General Todd Rokita today announced the final approval of a $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors — Cardinal, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen — and Johnson & Johnson.
Indiana communities can receive up to $507 million if Indiana communities opt into the state’s settlement under pending legislation in the Indiana General Assembly that gives them until July to do so.
“We have worked exhaustively with other states and Indiana cities, counties, and towns to secure this settlement,†Attorney General Rokita said. “These funds will go toward helping Hoosier communities fight the drug crisis, helping bolster local law enforcement, drug task forces, regional treatment hubs, and other important programs. This is a huge win for Indiana.â€
The defendants will start releasing funds to a national administrator on April 2, 2022, and money will start flowing to state and local governments in the second quarter of 2022.
In Indiana, the current settlement structure splits the funds into several segments, amounting to a 50-50 split between the state and local communities.
First, 30 percent of the settlement funds can be used however local communities and the state want to use those funds. Of that amount, half goes to local communities, and half goes to the state.
Second, the other 70 percent is designated for opioid abatement efforts in local communities. State leaders decide how to allocate half that amount — or 35 percent of the total — and local governments decide how to allocate the other half of that total.
“I am pleased that 577 cities, counties, and towns, representing 89% of those eligible, have joined the settlement. I extend my thanks to them for their leadership on behalf of their communities,†Attorney General Rokita shared.
But there are large cities like Fort Wayne and Indianapolis and other communities like Shelbyville and Franklin who, on the advice of their outside attorneys, have created an unneeded risk to their residents by not joining the settlement. Those attorneys are attempting to secure bigger fees for themselves, while other similar communities across the nation have been losing in court.
“The few Indiana cities that refused to get into the settlement should get into the settlement immediately if a future opportunity presents itself, just as I have publicly advised them for over a year, despite being threatened by their attorneys for attempting to communicate directly with them.â€
The agreement marks the culmination of three years of negotiations to resolve more than 4,000 claims of state and local governments across the country. It is the second-largest multistate agreement in U.S. history, second only to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
Fifty-two states and territories have signed on to the agreement as well as thousands of local governments across the country.
In addition to the funds, Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen will:
- Establish a centralized independent clearinghouse to provide all three distributors and state regulators with aggregated data and analytics about where drugs are going and how often, eliminating blind spots in the current systems used by distributors.
- Use data-driven systems to detect suspicious opioid orders from customer pharmacies.
- Terminate customer pharmacies’ ability to receive shipments, and report those companies to state regulators, when they show certain signs of diversion.
- Prohibit shipping of and report suspicious opioid orders.
- Prohibit sales staff from influencing decisions related to identifying suspicious opioid orders.
- Require senior corporate officials to engage in regular oversight of anti-diversion efforts.
Johnson & Johnson is required to:
- Stop selling opioids.
- Not fund or provide grants to third parties for promoting opioids.
- Not lobby on activities related to opioids.
- Share clinical trial data under the Yale University Open Data Access Project.
Attorney General Rokita has prioritized the fight against the opioid epidemic. In February of 2021, he announced a $12.5 million settlement for Indiana with national consulting firm McKinsey & Co. — part of a $573 million multistate settlement stemming from the company’s role in working with opioid companies such as Purdue Pharma. Those funds are being used to support prevention, education and treatment efforts across Indiana.
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IDOI Announces PCF Surcharge Rates for Physicians and Hospitals Will Not Increase in 2022-2023
Indianapolis – On February 22, 2022, Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) Commissioner Amy L. Beard issued Bulletin 263 outlining the 2022-2023 annual surcharge rates for healthcare providers to pay into the Indiana Patient’s Compensation Fund (PCF) to be qualified under Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act. Â
For physicians and hospitals, the overall surcharge will not change from the current rates. Â The surcharge rates are effective for coverage beginning July 1, 2022.
The PCF is a dedicated fund administered by the IDOI as a component of the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act. It provides excess payments of damages to patients who have experienced medical malpractice and excess medical professional liability coverage to participating healthcare providers in Indiana. The PCF is funded by a surcharge paid as part of a health care provider’s liability insurance premium.
For more information about surcharge calculations, you can find the complete Bulletin 263 on the Indiana Department of Insurance website at www.in.gov/idoi on the Insurance Laws, Rules & Bulletins page.
Lady Aces Softball Splits Day Two In Hattiesburg
Aces pick up 8th win of 2022
 HATTIESBURG, Miss. – In the second day of the Hub City Challenge, the University of Evansville softball team split a pair of games, erupting for an 11-0 win over Alcorn State before dropping the second game of the day – a 7-2 decision to Southern Mississippi.
Game 1 – UE 11, Alcorn State 0 (5 innings)
UE scored four times in the first inning and pulled away to finish with an 11-0 win over the Braves to open the day. Alexa Davis walked to lead the game off and would score on a passed ball later in the inning. The big hit came off the bat of Marah Wood, who drilled a 3-run homer to center field to bring in Jessica Fehr and Sydney Weatherford.
Things remained 4-0 in favor of the Aces until the fourth when four more runs crossed the plate. Once again, it was Davis leading off and delivering a double. Weatherford followed with an RBI double to bring in the fifth run of the day. A bases-clearing double by Jenna Nink made it an 8-0 score. In the fifth, the Aces put the finishing touch on the game, extending the lead to 11-0.
Bella Coffey recorded an RBI double to score Elyse Hickey before Brooke McCorkle delivered a 2-run home run to score Coffey and make it an 11-0 game. Alcorn State had one reach base in the bottom of the fifth before Izzy Vetter shut the door and finished with the shutout. Vetter pitched 4 2/3 innings to earn the win. She struck out ten batters. Nink was a perfect 3-3 at the plate with three RBI while Wood matched her RBI total. Davis, Weatherford and Jessica Fehr each scored twice.
Game 2 – Southern Miss 7, UE 2
Southern Miss limited the Aces to two runs on four hits to finish with a 7-2 win. Hannah Hood scored a pair of runs in the contest. The Golden Eagles plated two runs in both the first and second innings before Evansville got on the board in the third. Hood reached on a walk and would score on a USM error.
Following another USM run in the fourth, the Aces got it right back in the fifth when Hood came home for the second time on a Sydney Weatherford single down the right-field line. UE threatened in the top of the sixth as Marah Wood hit a leadoff double, but was stranded at second.  Southern Miss took advantage, plating two more in the sixth to finish off the win. USM starter Morgan Leinstock pitched the complete game and struck out eight. Paige McAllister made the start for UE and allowed four runs, three earned, in three frames.  Weatherford threw the final three innings and gave up the final three runs.
USM and UE meet up again play in a noon contest.