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Valpo Law announces faculty buyouts, smaller future classes

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Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com

Valparaiso University School of Law announced Friday afternoon it will offer buyouts to tenured faculty and faculty members with multi-year contracts. The school said the decisions reflected a post-recession era in which law schools “are facing a sharp decline in student applications and enrollment.” The northwest Indiana school also indicated it expects fewer future students.

Dean Andrea Lyon said there are 21 tenured faculty members and six with multi-year contracts who would be eligible to request buyouts. She said she could not share details of the buyout terms.

Lyon said the school didn’t have a number of faculty reductions expected, but it did have a budget target that she was not at liberty to share. “We have to get smaller, like most law schools,” she said, acknowledging fewer jobs and law school applicants. “We have to right-size the faculty to respond to that.”

The law school made the announcement in a statement issued by Ogilvy Public Relations of Chicago.

According to Valpo Law’s website, the school has 36 full-time faculty members including Lyon, who assumed leadership of the law school in July 2014.

Valpo Law said in the statement the purpose of offering the buyouts “is to align the size of the faculty with the expected future law school enrollment,” though it offered no indication in the statement of what that will be. “Valparaiso University and its board are fully committed to the future of the law school and are taking this step to ensure its future success,” the statement said.

“To put the law school and our students in the best position to succeed, we are taking steps to meet the challenges facing legal education. Based on thorough due diligence, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to allow tenured faculty members and faculty members with multi-year contracts to request a buyout of their contracts based on certain terms and conditions.”

Valpo Law will retain its focus on diversity regarding race, age and other factors, and offering opportunities based on a holistic approach of evaluating students accepted that looks at factors beyond LSAT scores. “That’s not going to change,” Lyon said, “but we also have to recognize the market is what it is.

“We really respect and honor the faculty that has been here,” she said. “It’s not an easy thing to do.”

According to Valparaiso’s Standard 509 Information Report submitted to the American Bar Association, there were 472 total students enrolled in 2015, compared with 516 students enrolled in 2014 and 508 in 2013. Full-time tuition was $40,372 for the 2014-2015 academic year.

County Commissioners March 1, 2016 Meeting Agenda

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AGENDA

Vanderburgh County

Board of Commissioners

March 1, 2016

4:00 pm, Room 301

  1. Call to Order
  2. Attendance
  3. Pledge of Allegiance
  4. Invocation
  5. Action Items
    1. Grow Southwestern Indiana Workforce
    2. Drug Free Community Grant Funding
    3. Contracts, Agreements and Leases
      1. County Clerk: EViD Voting System License Rental Renewal Agreement with RBM Consulting and VR Systems
      2. Purchasing: Permission to Advertise the Request for Proposals for Vehicle Batteries REP-001-   003-16
  1. Department Head Reports
  2. New Business
  3. Old Business
  4. Public Comment
  5. Consent Items
    1. Approval of February 16, 2016 Meeting Minutes
    2. Employment Changes
    3. Weights and Measures: Monthly Report
    4. Treasurer:
      1. 2016 YTD Invest Form
      2. January 2016 Monthly Report
    5. Sheriff’s Office: Surplus Request Four Vehicles
    6. Auditor: Approval of February 2016 A/P Voucher
    7. Commissioners: Quitclaim Deed 916 W Tennessee St
    8. Engineering:
      1. Department Head Report
      2. Pay Request #12 for US 41 Expansion for the sum of $ 45,403.73
  6. Adjournment

Evansville earns another split while picking up 10th win

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Aces have just one more day left in Frost Classic

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The University of Evansville softball team picked up its 10th win of the season on Saturday, earning a 4-2 victory over Northern Kentucky in the second game of the day in the Frost Classic.  In the day’s first game, UE fell to Lipscomb, 9-1.

“I am proud of the fight you are seeing out of this softball team,” head coach Mat Mundell said.  “It is becoming a theme and a strength – the ability to respond to the adversity in the game.  I love the way these young ladies continue to battle”

Tomorrow, the Aces wrap up the Frost Classic with an 11 a.m. ET game versus Kentucky.

A late rally in the second game saw Evansville improve to 10-4 on the season with a 4-2 win over Northern Kentucky.  Evansville posted seven hits in the win as Courtney Land went 2-for-2.  Amanda Blankenship threw four innings of six-hit ball for the Aces before Morgan Florey pitched the final three frames, giving up just one hit.

Evansville picked up the first run of the game in the bottom of the second as Land notched her first hit of the day, an RBI double, which plated Bailee Bostic.  The Norse posted one run apiece in the top of the third and fourth to take a 2-1 advantage.

The score remained that way until the bottom of the sixth when the tenacious Aces saw four runs cross the plate.  With one out, the Aces did all of their damage.  Susan Norris had the big hit, a double to left, that cleared the bases.  Florey got the job done from there, picking up her fifth win of the season to improve to 5-0.

The first game of the day saw UE fall to Lipscomb by a final of 9-1.  The Aces were held to just one hit as Chandra Parr went 1-2 from the plate.  Tess Hupe scored the run in the fourth inning for UE.  Lipscomb broke a scoreless tie with five runs in the bottom of the third before tacking on four more in the bottom half of the fifth.

DROUGHT’S SELFIE STICK

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Aces comeback falls short at Wofford

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – A Boomer Synek two-run blast in the eighth put the University of Evansville baseball team firmly on the comeback trail, but Wofford proved able to weather the storm as the Purple Aces fell 7-5 at Russell C. King Field.

“It was a tough game to lose because we put ourselves in a good position to win it,” UE head coach Wes Carroll said. “We overcame some tough breaks during their big inning, but we just couldn’t get the big hit when it came down to winning time. We’re going to have to bounce back and try to win the weekend tomorrow.”

Alec Paradowski got things going quickly for the Terriers (6-0), leading off the first with a double. UE starter Brandon Gomer quickly dispatched the ensuing two hitters, but he wouldn’t get out of the frame unscathed as he hit Brett Hash and gave up a two-run triple to McClain Bradley on the following two pitches.

The Aces (1-4) battled back two innings later as an Eric McKibban single and Jeff Christen double put runners in scoring position. Synek would pick up the first of four runs batted in on the day with a groundout to short to cash in the first score, and a wild pitch from Terrier starter Adam Scott brought in the second.

Synek and McKibban were the only Aces to log multiple hits in the contest as each finished 2-for-4.

The deadlock wouldn’t last long as a big two-out rally in the bottom half of the third put Wofford back on top for good. Hash and Bradley put together back-to-back singles to get it going, and Mack Nathanson earned a walk to load the bases for Cody Miller, who delivered with a grand slam over the fence in left field.

Miller led all hitters on the day, ending 3-for-3 with four RBI, and Bradley also had a multi-hit outing, finishing 2-for 3 with a pair of runs.

The Aces and Terriers would swap scores in the fifth, with Synek doubling home McKibban in the top half and Bradley stealing home in the bottom half.

Following a Christen lead-off walk in the eighth, Synek pelted his second homer of the season to right field to pull the Aces within two. Trey Hair earned a walk to try and keep the rally going, but Terrier reliever Will Stillman jogged to the mound and retired the next six UE hitters in order to close out the contest and earn his fourth save of the season.

On the mound, Gomer (0-2) was pegged with the loss after allowing seven runs on eight hits over 5.1 innings, and Scott (2-0) picked up the victory with seven five-hit innings.

UE will be back in action again at Russell C. King Field on Sunday with an 11 a.m. (Central) first pitch against Monmouth.

 

Eagles Drop Match with Ranked Bulldogs

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Eagles Drop Match with Ranked Bulldogs
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- The University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team was defeated by Ferris State University, 8-1, Saturday morning in Big Rapids, Michigan. The 33rdranked Screaming Eagles move to 2-1 on the year in dual matches after the loss to the 32nd ranked Bulldogs.

USI freshman James Hardiman<http://gousieagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2629> (Backwell Bristol, United Kingdom) was the lone winner for the Eagles. At number three singles, Hardiman picked up a 7-5 victory in the first set. Ferris State’s Nur Adim Ramdami Iswan evened it up in the second set with a 6-3 before Hardiman took the pro set tiebreaker 10-2.

Senior Jack Joyce<http://gousieagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2437> (Bournemouth, England) finished two hard fought matches. Teaming with Aaron Barris<http://gousieagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2436> (Marietta, Georgia), the duo lost to the number one Ferris State doubles team in a close 9-7 decision. An even closer match at number four singles, Joyce dropped the first set 4-6 and rebounded with a 6-3 win to send it to a tiebreak, where Joyce fell 7-6 (7-5).

USI returns to action on Sunday taking on the Lakers of Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan starting at 8 a.m.

University of Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis
Southern Indiana vs Ferris State (Feb 27, 2016)
#32 Ferris State 8, #33 Southern Indiana 1
Feb 27, 2016 at Big Rapids, MI

Singles competition
1. Vasil Surduk (FSU) def. Ilia Karelin (USI) 6-2, 6-1
2. Till von Winning (FSU) def. Samuel Kiladejo (USI) 6-2, 6-2
3. James Hardiman (USI) def. Nur Adim Ramdani I. (FSU) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-2)
4. Steward Sell (FSU) def. Jack Joyce (USI) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
5. Daniil Tarantinov (FSU) def. Aaron Barris (USI) 6-2, 6-3
6. Simon Levy (FSU) def. Paul Forichon (USI) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Vasil Surduk/Nur Adim Ramdani I. (FSU) def. Jack Joyce/Aaron Barris (USI) 9-7
2. Till von Winning/Daniil Tarantinov (FSU) def. Paul Forichon/James Hardiman (USI) 8-5
3. Steward Sell/Alex Brown (FSU) def. Anthony Van Rompay/Joel Stern (USI) 8-3

Match Notes
Southern Indiana 2-1; National ranking #33
Ferris State 6-1; National ranking #32
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,2,3,4,5,6)

IceMen Cap Pink Weekend with OT Win over Atlanta

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Records:  Evansville: 20-25-6-2; Atlanta: 29-19-5-2

Goalies:   ATL – Patterson (OTL), 14-7-3-1, 31 saves

               EVN – Greenham (W), 7-5-1-1, 37 saves

Scoring:

1st Period: No Scoring

2nd Period:  1. ATL – Buzzeo 9 (Neiley, Higgs, 15:17)

3rd Period:  2. EVN – Moon 11 (Penny, Sims, 19:13)

Overtime: 3. EVN – Rumble 9 (Moon, Leveille, 4:09)

EVANSVILLE, IN – The 5,475 fans at the Ford Center for the finale of Pink the Rink Weekend had to wait patiently to stand up and roar, but the wait was well worth it. The Evansville IceMen scored the game-tying goal in the final minute of regulation, and defenseman Chris Rumble provided the heroics in overtime to defeat the Gladiators 2-1.

 The two teams combined for 18 shots in a scoreless first period, which was quite the contrast from Friday’s game that featured five goals in the opening frame. Evansville goalie Scott Greenham made 11 saves, while Atlanta goaltender Kent Patterson stopped all seven shots.

Atlanta broke the scoreless tie with 4:43 left in the second period, when Justin Buzzeo buried a rebound in front of the net. The Gladiators outshot the IceMen 16-13 in the frame, and held a 27-20 shots advantage through 40 minutes of play.

It took over 59 minutes for the IceMen to solve Patterson, but with Greenham pulled for an extra attacker, Nathan Moon put Evansville on the board when he rang a shot off the post and in to tie the game with 47 seconds left. In overtime, Rumble was the hero when he caught a pass in front of the Atlanta net and lifted a backhander over Patterson to win the game with 51 seconds left.

 Greenham stopped 37 of 38 shots in the win, while Patterson made 31 saves in the loss.

The IceMen continue their season-long six-game home stand next weekend with three games in three days at the Ford Center. Evansville hosts the Tulsa Oilers Friday and Saturday at 7:15pm, and welcomes the Wichita Thunder Sunday at 5:15pm.

Indiana State Police Participating in the ICJI March Enforcement Campaign.

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The Indiana State Police announced today they will join over 250 other Indiana law enforcement agencies to increase education and enforcement around dangerous and impaired driving. From March 4 through March 27, 2016, state troopers, county deputies and city police officers all across Indiana will conduct high-visibility patrols specifically designated to identify and intercept those driving aggressively and under the influence.

 

“I enjoy the month of March, with all the great basketball as well as the St. Patrick’s Day holiday, just as much as any other Hoosier,” said Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter. “But I caution anyone thinking of using this, or any other reason, as an excuse for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”  Carter concluded, “Speaking for the state police, nearly all of us, like most of you, have friends and loved ones that will be out on the road driving responsibly.  So if we see people who are driving dangerously; know that we will stop them and if they’re impaired, they will be arrested.”

 

Increased enforcement during March is a statewide effort supported by federal funding allocated to the Indiana State Police from the Traffic Safety division of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI).  Over the course of this enforcement campaign the state police will have more than 150 troopers working overtime looking for aggressive or impaired drivers.

 

According to ICJI, in March 2015 there were 529 alcohol-related crashes across Indiana, resulting in 214 injuries and five fatalities. Additionally, during the same period, crash reports indicate 1,606 collisions occurred due to dangerous driving, resulting in 332 injuries and four fatalities. Dangerous driving includes such factors as “speed too fast for weather conditions,” “driver distracted,” and “driver asleep or fatigued.”

 

“Keeping our roadways safe is a priority.” said ICJI Executive Director Dave Murtaugh. “Our dedicated officers who patrol our roadways all across the state are the first line of defense. Motorist need to do their part to ensure our roadways are safe by making responsible choices. From watching the basketball tournament action to taking part in St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, it’s up to you to be safe and responsible. If you are going to drink, do not drive. It’s that simple.”

 

Crashes resulting from dangerous and impaired driving are preventable. The ISP and ICJI would like to remind motorists safe driving is as simple as following these easy steps:

 

  • Before the celebration begins, plan a safe way home
  • Do not drive impaired
  • If you do drink, use a taxi, public transportation, ridesharing service or designate a sober friend or family member, and give them your keys
  • If you see a drunk driver on the road, call 911
  • If you know someone who is about to drive or ride impaired, take their keys and help make arrangements to get them home safely

 

THE CASE FOR JOE BIDEN TO ENTER THE RACE

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By Rick Jensen

Hillary has been crashing in polls over the past few months, with her “unfavorable” rankings climbing to 56 percent. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders’ approval ratings have grown dramatically.

This doesn’t necessarily mean Bernie will be the Democratic nominee for a couple of reasons.

NBC, Morning Consult and Ipsos polls have Hillary leading Sanders into the primary 50 to 40 percent, 46 to 39 percent and 55 to 43 percent, respectively.

This indicates that the candidate with more baggage than a Chinese Samsonite factory is still likely heading to the convention, which drinking age millennials will give little more than a furtive glance at their favorite craft brewpub video screens.

The Pew Research Center estimates 51 percent of millennials are Democrats, and while demographers define millennials as being born between 1978 and 2000, it seems fairly accurate that you’re looking at three out of ten Americans of voting age being millennials, of which approximately 21-22 percent voted in the last two elections.

They like Sanders.

Benefitting Hillary is the Democratic National Committee, run by Hillary supporter Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. They’ve already loaded Clinton with “Superdelegates” chosen to support “the Party” regardless of the winner of Democratic primaries, as demonstrated in New Hampshire.

This puts Hillary in the stronger position no matter how well Sanders does in the primaries, which will certainly disillusion millennials, as well as older Democrats, who see the rat swimming in the soup.

Already distrusted by most Americans and experiencing public pushback from young women offended by the claim that young women are required to vote for Hillary “because she’s a woman,” the Democratic Party has a real problem.

There is no voter enthusiasm for Hillary and it looks very much like the Democratic Party has little enthusiasm for Bernie. After all, the idea for “Superdelegates” was created after another far-left candidate won the Democratic nomination and got crushed by the Republican candidate, Richard Nixon, who beat George McGovern in every state except Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.

Meanwhile, polls over last few months have Vice President Joe Biden coming in around 47 to 51 percent favorability.

In Biden, Democrats see an authentic human being, unlike Hillary and much like Sanders without the scruffy, wild-haired, absent-minded professor demeanor.

They admire his foreign policy positions.

Joe agitates the base, scorching Republicans as evil overlords who want to “take you’re a— out” and “put you back in chains.”

With the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Democrats are looking to create excitement with their base by marketing the nomination process as a battle between good and evil. If the Republicans deny President Obama’s nominee, they will be portrayed as Darth Sidious.

If Obama can nominate an African-American woman with a Hispanic surname who desires eliminating the Second Amendment, it’s a huge publicity win as Democrats and their media allies will enjoy portraying the Republicans opposing her as misogynist racists.

Biden also knows the game of “Borking” Supreme Court nominees. He and the late Senator Ted Kennedy invented it.

Remember Kennedy’s historic nationally televised attack on Robert Bork:

“Robert Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of the Government, and the doors of the Federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens.”

Iconic liberal Supreme Court Justice Warren Berger was shocked. He called Bork the most qualified nominee he had seen in his lifetime.

Every word was a lie, but that doesn’t matter in political bloodsport. Biden and Kennedy won the fight and changed America.

Biden knows how to run this kind of campaign. He can energize the base and win the support of the DNC. No one would be better at anticipating Republican pushback and turning it into effective messaging.

Biden could win the nomination. He could bring out the Democratic vote. He’s not eccentric and his family’s foundation hasn’t been subpoenaed by the FBI.

This is Joe’s time.

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