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Keeping students, schools safe and secure
Indiana has been recognized on the national level for our school safety measures, and through new legislation I authored, the Indiana General Assembly is working to further protect students and educators.
My proposed legislation would provide funding flexibility for school safety grants, increase partnerships with local law enforcement to put more resource officers in schools and implement new safety precautions. This bill would also ensure an active shooter drill is practiced at least once each semester. These additional safety partnerships and training resources would better prepare students and teachers if an incident were to occur.
These measures are based on recommendations from Gov. Eric Holcomb’s school safety report, which focus on improving statewide health and safety initiatives for students, educators, staff and schools.
USI’s annual Shaw Biology Lecture tackles evolution and climate change
Ann Reid, executive director at the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, California, will present the University of Southern Indiana’s eighth annual Shaw Biology Lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in Mitchell Auditorium, located in the Health Professions Center on USI’s campus. The presentation, titled “The Enduring Power of Evidence,†is free and open to the public.
As NCSE executive director, Reid leads an organization dedicated to expanding access to accurate, effective science education on topics at the center of cultural controversy—primarily evolution and climate change. NCSE works directly with teachers to provide them with the skills and confidence they need to cover these topics effectively. Reid is often the public face of the organization, giving talks at colleges and universities around the country, and writing commentaries that have appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times and EdWeek.
Reid’s talk will focus on evolution and climate change. She will explore how science uses the past to predict the future, as well as address her work on the genome of the virus causing the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.
In addition to her presentation on Wednesday, March 20, Reid will talk with classes on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19-20. She is particularly interested in talking with faculty and students in STEM and communication courses, as well as students preparing to teach these courses in public and private middle and high schools.
Reid previously served as a director at the American Academy of Microbiology in Washington, D.C., as the senior program officer on the Board of Life Sciences, on the National Research Council and as a research biologist at the Division of Molecular Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Rockville, Maryland.
The Marlene V. Shaw Annual Biology Lecture is underwritten by an endowment in the USI Foundation. For more information, contact Marlene Shaw at mshaw@usi.edu.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
 Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Carlos Lakeed Cabell: Operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator (Level 6 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), False informing (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Racheal M. Lynn: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Driving while suspended (A infraction)
Stephen Ray Sapp: Battery by bodily waste (Level 6 Felony)
Edward Layne Klueg: Auto theft (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Class A misdemeanor)
Jacklon Rena Mayes: Assisting a criminal (Level 6 Felony)
Mark Wayne Garrett: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
Samone Dejuan Steen: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Reckless driving (Class C misdemeanor)
Jason Michael Kiper: Battery resulting in moderate bodily injury (Level 6 Felony)
Elliot Corey Tokarski: Conspiracy Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 3 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Deanna Renee Dant: Auto theft (Level 6 Felony), Driving while suspended (Class A misdemeanor)
John Martin Jr.: Theft (Level 6 Felony), Criminal trespass (Class A misdemeanor)
McClellan Smith Jr.: Operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator (Level 6 Felony)
David Wayne Slaton: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 5 Felony)
Ahnalisa Barrique Carter: Operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator (Level 6 Felony), Operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility (Class C misdeme
Men’s Tennis Defeats Hawks 5-2
The Eagles took a loss at number two doubles before bouncing back with a win from the duo of freshman Marvin Kromer (Dogern, Germany) and freshman Parker Collignon (Owensboro, Kentucky) who won 6-1 at the number one spot.
Sophomore Kooper Falkenstein (Jeffersonville, Indiana) and senior Ilia Karelin (Ekaterinburg, Russia) then got the second win at number three doubles with a 6-4 victory over their opponent.
This is the first year that NCAA Division II will count doubles as one single point.
SINGLES:
Kromer kicked things off in the singles at the number four slot, finishing first in 6-0, 6-1. Karelin then followed at number one singles with a 6-0, 6-0 dominance. Collignon and sophomore Spencer Blandford (Louisville, Kentucky) then capped off the next two points for USI, defeating their respective opponents in 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3, 6-4.
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