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Happy April Fool’s, everything here is still real! Today on East to West we cover the increase in BU housing prices, the rejection of renaming Myles Standish Hall, and Boston Conservation Corps updates. Click here to stream this episode of “East to West” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or the streaming platform of your choice. FEATURING: WRITTEN BY: Taylor Hawthorne, Jit Ping Lee EDITED BY: Jit Ping Lee BASED ON DFP PIECES BY: Artemis Huang, Fiona Broadie, Sydney Topf, Ava Berger, Emilia Wisniewski MUSIC: Acid Trumpet by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3340-acid-trumpet License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3408-backbay-lounge License: […]

Only one day after the leading scorer Sara Scalia entered the transfer portal, sophomore guard Alexia Smith joined her, becoming the sixth Gophers player to do so this season.

Smith, a Columbus, Ohio native came to Minnesota as a five-star prospect and was ranked by ESPN as the No. 46 player in the class of 2020.

As a freshman last season, Smith was thrust into a major role averaging 4.8 points and 2.7 rebounds in 12 total starts. This season, she was a reserve averaging 3.4 points in only 16.2 minutes per game.

With Smith’s departure, the Gophers only have three players expected to return next season. Katie Borowicz, Alanna Micheaux and Magie Czinano will join the No. 10 ranked recruiting class in the country according to ESPN.

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The pandemic has allowed many employees to work from home but with restrictions lifted, many employers are requiring workers to return back to the office. While some may want this, a lot of people still prefer to work from home. Employers should let their employees decide whether they want to continue working from home or not. 

Students like political science freshman Sophia Wilson work for a law firm, having spent a year from home and six months in person. 

“I prefer working in person,” Wilson said. “I have found it much easier to make connections and build relationships in person. As a college student, acquiring references for my resume and meeting people who might be able to connect me with future jobs is incredibly important. I find this much more seamless to do in person.”

Wilson is one of the many people who found that the pandemic limited their ability to connect with others, stunting their professional, personal and academic growth. 

On the other hand, remote work has benefited others through lower travel costs, less stress and a better work-life balance. In fact, 70 percent of employees who worked from home considered video calls to be less stressful and were able to save about $4,000 per year because of remote work.

With this in mind, the decision of whether to go back to work in person or continue remotely should be decided by the employee, not the employer. 

Not every employee is the same according to a recent report. While 40 percent saw an increase in productivity in working from home, 15 percent saw the opposite. 

Some may prefer to work in person but see the benefits of remote work for other people. 

“While I prefer face-to-face interactions, other people found working from home to suit their lifestyle way more than going in person,” digital media junior Jeeda Bitar said. “Some people have kids or can’t drive or can simply get the work done in the comfort of their home.”

The employee is the only one who fully knows their strengths and limits, so they should be able to have the ability to choose how they would like to work. While some people thrive on connecting with others in person, like Wilson, others prefer zoom calls from the comfort of their home just like Bitar mentioned. 

The way in which employees and employers adapt to the ever-changing work culture is vital if not absolutely critical to America’s economy. 

“I work with numerous adults in their 50s and 60s who are pushing themselves to learn technology that used to be foreign to them,” Wilson said.  “In general, people are finding more creative solutions to problems and I love that.” 

With that in mind, employers should have more faith in their employees to do the job right whether it be remote or in person. Employees should be the ones to decide.

Cindy Rivas Alfaro is a journalism freshman who can be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com

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Divorcing Eve: Nasty surprises abound in episodes 4-6 of ‘Killing Eve’ season 4

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My oh my, Eve. You are full of surprises. 

Characters in “Killing Eve” — Villanelle (Jodie Comer), Carolyn (Fiona Shaw), or maybe even her late husband Niko (Owen McDonnell) — have long had cause to say that. There always seems to come a point when Eve (Sandra Oh) makes her way even further down the rabbit hole — down what, over four seasons, has marked a steep descent for the former MI6 agent. But, episode six brings her worst digression from morality yet.

Eve killed Lars Meier (Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson), a founding member of the Twelve. There’s not a way around it. The specifics, which the camera does not save viewers from, are a shot through the shoulder, then, with a moment’s hesitation, the head. Perhaps she has done worse. She endangered her husband. That was bad. She left a man on the floor to die. That was also quite bad. 

But this stain on her reputation is a color she hasn’t encountered before. Episodes four through six of season four of “Killing Eve” follow a number of characters tracking down Lars, each on their own complicated path. Carolyn, however, got there first, on the hunt for the name of whoever killed her son, Kenny (Sean Delaney). This is why Carolyn was in the room when Eve stormed in and shot Lars, who had not given up the name. 

Carolyn had a bit of a headstart on Eve, as she always seems to have. Why is that? Why is it that Carolyn’s everywhere? She seems to know every new character to be abreast of every development. In episode four, she knew — to Villanelle’s surprise — that Villanelle was getting chummy with a group of  Christians at the start of this season, which she reveals when she and Villanelle strike up a game of Truth or Dare in a Havana bar. This is the opposite of what Villanelle should be doing: killing Carolyn, on assignment from Helene (Camille Cottin). That’s also where Carolyn discovers Lars is, contrary to what she believed, alive and well. 

The two of them have history. That’s revealed in episode five’s sepia-toned flashbacks to Carolyn’s past in Berlin — one of those spill-all episodes. She got her start there, infiltrating a young, nameless group of anarchists for MI6. It was Carolyn who coined the name “The Twelve,” an homage to Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 3.” It was also Carolyn who pushed Lars into a lake, then beat him over the head with a canoe oar until he stopped coming up for air. Though, it was her mistake not to make sure he didn’t slink away in the deep.

In actuality, she didn’t do that last bit by herself, and she wasn’t the only spy infiltrating the newly minted Twelve. A young, dashing Konstantin (Kim Bodnia) was there that day to sink Lars, who had walked in on the two spies arguing about spycraft, and which he mistook for a love affair.

The three of them — Carolyn, Konstantin and Lars — all have a target on their back from Helene, who has been trying to discover and destroy, the members of the Twelve. Carolyn tells Lars he’s on the chopping block to bargain for the name of Kenny’s killer. Helene, however, does not make it to Lars. She’s killed by Villanelle, who was nearly murdered at the end of episode five by bow and arrow, at Helene’s orders. 

For a time, the players were all under Helene’s thumb. With episode six, that’s all changed. Helene is, of course, no more, but she delivered a particularly devastating line to Eve in episode five: Eve, she explained, was a bird-watcher who wanted to fly. Does Lars’ murder mean Eve has joined the swans? She’s long maintained that she doesn’t want to play the game; she’s here, for some nebulous reason, for Villanelle. She’s here to bring down the Twelve, who inflicted so much pain on her. But to do that, she has to play the game, and as “Killing Eve” nears its finale, it seems like she’s playing it too well — it may ruin her.

Dominic Marziali covers television. Contact him at dmarziali@dailycal.org.

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Detroit, Michigan, March 31, 2022 — Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc., (OTCPK:AITX), today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc. (RAD) has formally released RAD Light My Way™, the first of its kind facility and campus safety solution where users can control the lighting and security conditions of their environment. “With RAD […]

James Raper, the current assistant vice president for health and wellbeing at Wake Forest University (N.C.), has been appointed as Emory University’s first associate vice president for health, well-being, access and prevention, according to a March 30 University press release. 

The new Campus Life position was created to “enhance holistic health and well-being programs and services for Emory undergraduate, graduate, and professional students,” according to the press release. Raper will supervise Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), the Office of Health Promotion, the Office of Respect and Student Health Services once he assumes his role in June. 

Raper has worked in higher education for over 20 years. Prior to being the assistant vice president of health and wellbeing, he served as director of the Wake Forest counseling center between 2014-19. He also acted as the chief mental health officer at Wake Forest, where he counseled Wake Forest administration, faculty and staff on mental health support and strategic planning.

James Raper, the current assistant vice president for health and wellbeing at Wake Forest University (N.C.), has been appointed as Emory University’s first associate vice president for health, well-being, access and prevention. Photo courtesy of Emory University

Raper holds a doctorate in counselor education and supervision from Syracuse University (N.Y.), and a portion of his research dissertation focuses on suicide intervention skill, according to the press release. He also holds a master’s in community counseling from Wake Forest and bachelor’s in religion from Colgate University (N.Y.). 

The appointment comes in the wake of students calling on the University to provide more mental health services for students and to better address student deaths. 

“This initiative furthers our strategic priority to enhance integrated health and well-being services for our students,” Enku Gelaye, Emory’s senior vice president and dean of Campus Life, said in the press release. “The new role of associate vice president will enable the four areas primarily responsible for delivering those services to continue strengthening their partnership.”

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Follow the Daily Cal’s live coverage of the 2022 ASUC elections forum

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This evening at 5 p.m. candidates for ASUC executive offices and the transfer representative position will discuss their platforms and respond to questions at a forum hosted by The Daily Californian. The event will also welcome a representative of the Graduate Assembly Fee, which will appear on this year’s ballot. Daily Cal editors will update this feed live throughout the event.

For more information about the 2022 ASUC elections, read more coverage here.

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When a University of Minnesota bus crashed in Acadia Cafe — a restaurant located in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis — the accident made headlines in local newspapers, it was broadcasted on news stations and it became the topic of choice for memes and jokes on University social media feeds.

Between TikToks, memes and tweets, the accident on March 15 led to a slew of jokes made about the crash — most of which are pretty funny. From one meme fan to another, we’ve collected some of the best guilty-pleasure laughs from the event.

No one was harmed in the crash and Acadia has set up a GoFundMe to help raise money to compensate their workers. Donate here.

 

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Can we talk about how that Campus Circulator bus just casually drove into Acadia and continued in

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Members of the swim and dive teams count down to the start of the championships on March 19. (Courtesy of Taylor Leone)

The Emory University men’s swim and dive team placed first at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships from March 16 to 19, while the women’s team took second. The men’s team finished as the runner-up in the last two championships, but were crowned national champions for the first time since 2017. After winning ten consecutive championships, the women’s team finished second for the first time since 2009.

Members of the men’s swim and dive team celebrate after becoming national champions. (Courtesy of Lucas Bumgarner)

Men claim D-III Championship

Both the men and women’s teams set numerous national championship records this year. In the men’s 200 breaststroke, senior Jason Hamilton touched the wall to finish first with a personal best of 1:55.83. Hamilton defended his national title in the 200 breaststroke and became the second fastest man in Division III history behind fellow Eagle and 2020 Olympian Andrew Wilson (17C).

Hamilton reflected fondly on his accomplishment, especially sitting in the history books next to an athlete as accomplished as Wilson.

“Well, [defending my national title] feels good… It’s a weird way to defend something like three years apart,” Hamilton said. “It’s not really how you envision it. To be in a conversation around Andrew [Wilson] is an honor and a big deal.”

Adding to the Eagles’ hardware, the men’s 200 medley relay team of senior Colin LaFave, sophomore Jake Meyer, senior Hwa Min Sim and junior Ryan Soh came in first with a time of 1:27.08. The men’s 800 freestyle relay team had a spectacular swim, with sophomore Logan D’Amore, sophomore Nicholas Goudie, junior Pat Pema and Hamilton setting a new national record of 6:28.69 and taking first place. Individually, Hamilton and Meyer placed third and fifth, respectively, in the men’s 100 breaststroke. 

After watching his teammates perform well during the first two days of the championships, Goudie described his approach to the 800 freestyle relay as confident and prepared.

“I remember just thinking, ‘Alright, tomorrow I’m gonna get up and we’re winning the [800 freestyle] relay,’” Goudie said. “We knew we were going to be in a great position and I just wanted to make sure that we could finish off the race the same way we started it. And it worked out great. We all set it up perfectly, and I was glad I could close it out and see some huge smiles when we got to the wall.”

Junior diver Lucas Bumgarner turned out an admirable performance at the championships as well, placing second and third in the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions with 557.65 and 523.70 points, respectively. 

Members of the women’s swim and dive team celebrate with their runner-up trophy. (Courtesy of Sarah Grace Byers)

Women finish runner-up in championships

In the women’s meet, the 200 medley relay of senior Cailen Chinn, senior Taylor Leone, junior Caroline Maki and senior Zoe Walker earned second place and set a new Emory record by 0.23 seconds with a time of 1:39.89. In the 100 freestyle, Leone and Maki achieved times of 50.25 seconds and 50.45 seconds, placing third and fifth respectively.  

Leone said that after she won the 50 freestyle in 22.72 seconds, nothing could top that feeling. That was before she swam the 400 freestyle relay, the final event on the last day. Senior Edie Bates, sophomore Megan Jungers, Leone and Maki not only won the relay, but also broke the Emory record, clocking in at 3:38.38.

Winning the final relay not only cemented the work of the athletes training and preparing for the championships, but also put an exclamation point on an already unforgettable season for both the men and women. 

“When we touched the wall and saw the first place on the scoreboard, the entire Emory side of the stadium erupted,” Leone said. “I saw my teammates crying, our men’s team crying … seeing everyone happy and people coming up to us and saying ‘that race took guts,’ that was my favorite memory, just all of the love and support from that race.” 

Senior Clio Hancock, who placed second in the 200 fly and fourth in the 400 individual medley, was also a recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award, which recognizes student-athletes who have achieved success in both academia and athletics. 

“I was really proud of myself because so many times, especially the swim team, we [only] get the chance to showcase all of our hard work in the pool,” Hancock said. “This [award] is cool, because this is a chance for me to showcase my work out of the pool. I was just really proud of myself for it. I think it’s been a long time coming.”

Given that there had been a three-year hiatus since the team’s last NCAA championships appearance, the Eagles returned with built-up vigor and excitement. Leone said part of their motivation and a major factor in their success, particularly for the graduating seniors, came from the swim & dive alumni community. 

The week leading up to the championships, Emory swim and dive alumni wrote letters to the current team about the championships, sharing stories and offering encouraging words. For Leone, hearing and reading the words of those once in their shoes was “incredible.” 

“Our alumni are unbelievable,” said Leone. “They stay in contact with [the swim team] for years out of the sport. People who haven’t swam since the 1960s, alumni that graduated in the 70s … nothing makes me more ready to go than reading those letters.”  

Goudie, Hamilton and Hancock all attributed much of their success at the championships to the fearless mentality head coach Jon Howell, who was awarded the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America National Coach of the Year award for the eighth time. 

“I’ve never seen a good swim or good performance come from a fear of failing,” Howell said. “[Sometimes] the goal is not necessarily to thrive and be our best, but to not mess up … we need to focus less on winning that championship but [more on] putting together a perfect race to support that level of swimming.” 

Goudie said that although it was difficult to shake off nerves, Howell’s coaching philosophy helped quell his anxiety and keep him relaxed as he prepared for races.

“Jon gave us a lot of speeches about how we have been swimming fearlessly all year,” Goudie said. “He rallied us by saying, ‘All [you] need to do is go in there and be as fearless as [you’ve] been, and [you’ll] be fine … Don’t get too excited, and don’t get too sad. You just have to come out here and do what you know how to do and I promise everything else will come after.”

Howell’s pride for his team is evident. In his eyes, the championship win exemplifies all the hard work they have put in throughout the year.  

“I think [the award] is more a recognition of their outstanding work as opposed to a recognition of me,” Howell said. “It’s always nice to be recognized, but more than anything, I always like it when they get recognized … I never feel like they are recognized enough for who they are, how they do it and what they accomplish.”

The men’s team celebrates their championship win by jumping in the pool after the conclusion of the meet. (Courtesy of Eugene Soh)

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