On Tuesday, April 30, University of Evansville alumna Amber D. Gowen, archivist for Vanderburgh County, will present her research on the service of Evansville nurses during World War I, on the home front and on the frontlines in France. The presentation begins at 6:00 p.m. in Room 100 in the Koch Center for Engineering and Science on UE’s campus. This is free and open to the public.
This presentation is sponsored by Gender and Women’s Studies at UE.
For more information, please email ap3@evansville.edu or call 812-488-2963.
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BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MEETING
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APRIL 28TH, 2019 
AMANDA DECKER INDIANA
Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana has died.
The 87-year old longtime Senator passed away at the Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute in Virginia.
Lugar was a foreign policy expert and Rhodes Scholar who spent 8 years as mayor of Indianapolis before being elected to the U.S. Senate. He served in the Senate from 1977-2013, after losing his reelection bid to Richard Murdock in the primary. Murdock went on to lose to Sen. Joe Donnelly in the general election that year.
Many political pundits believe Lugar’s reputation for working with Democrats likely caused him to lose that election.
He collaborated with Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn on a program under which the U.S. paid to dismantle and secure thousands of nuclear warheads and missiles in the former Soviet states after the Cold War ended.
Lugar was also a supporter of gun control, and has supported gun legislation and weapons bans and even received an F rating from the National Rifle Association of America.
To read more about Sen. Lugar and his legacy, click here:
CBS News takes a look back at the life and legacy of Sen. Lugar
University of Southern Indiana Baseball swept a doubleheader from University of Missouri-St. Louis, 4-3 and 15-4, Saturday at the USI Baseball Field. USI moves its record to 25-18 overall and 17-12 GLVC, while UMSL goes to 9-35, 8-21 GLVC.
The victories keep USI in the hunt for a GLVC Tournament berth. The Screaming Eagles end today’s action tied for sixth in the conference standings, tied with the University of Indianapolis and a game ahead of Bellarmine University and Lewis University. USI earned the tie-breakers with Bellarmine and Lewis earlier in the season.
Evansville also saw significant success in the field. Improving on his own program record, Justus Donaldson tallied a throw of 46 meters in the men’s javelin, placing Donaldson in 12th.
Matching Donaldson’s feat, Ryan Freeman broke his program record in the men’s hammer throw with a toss of 40.66 meters as Freeman finished in 14th.
The impressive performances in the javelin continued with Nikki Hutchcraft, who set a new program record with a throw of 26.29 meters putting Hutchcraft in 22nd place.
Adding to a strong showing for the Aces’ throwers, Michael Boots tallied the best throw by an Evansville student-athlete since 1981 in the men’s shot put competition. Boots finished in seventh in the event on the meet’s opening night with a throw of 13.71 meters.
Freshman Taiza Alexander was featured in a pair of season best performances. Alexander bettered her program record in the women’s long jump competition, jumping a distance of 5.24 meters.  Along with Alexander’s record-breaking jump, Alexander also set a season-best in the 100 meters, finishing in a time of 13.04 in 32nd place.
The Aces again saw their team-best men’s 100 meter time lowered as Greg King ran a 10.86 in the prelims, marking the fastest 100 meter time by an Evansville student-athlete this season.
Tying a personal record, Stanley Chepchieng earned a sixth-place finish in the triple jump. Chepchieng’s jump of 14.07 meters tied his previous career best and placed him third among competitors from the MVC.
Besting it’s own program mark, the women’s 4×100 meter relay team of Taiza Alexander, Skylar Tucker, Monica Watkins, and McKenna Sapp secured a top 10 finish with a time of 49.86, finishing ahead of MVC foe Valparaiso.
The women’s 1500 meters featured a pair of PRs for Evansville. Anna Lowry added to her program record with a time of 4:42.02 as Lowry finished 11th. Joining Lowry with a pr in the race was Savanna Mills, who crossed the line in 44th with a personal-best time of 5:22.64.
On the men’s side, Ricky Hendrix ran to a new pr in the 1500 meters, breaking 4:10 for the first time in his career, finishing in 31st with a time of 4:09.36.
In the women’s 400 meters, Skylar Tucker led Evansville with a run of 1:02.57 and finishing in 35th. Recording a collegiate-best time, Sam Weldon crossed the line in 1:07.30 in the women’s 400 meters with a 38th-place finish.
Evansville will take a weekend away from action before competing in the 2019 MVC Championships on May 10-12 in Terre Haute, Ind.
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