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Vol. 15 , No. 06
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2000 12:00 p.m.
Rev. James Lawson has been called the "teacher" of the Civil Rights Movement, and the "leading nonviolence theorist of the world" by Jessie Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr. respectively. While a student at Vanderbilt Divinity School, he became the chief organizer of the Nashville sit-in, an effort Martin Luther King Jr. called "the model for our movement" in non-violent efforts to promote desegregation of public facilities.
From 1957 until 1974, Lawson gave inspired leadership to movements for justice in the South. With Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. he co-founded the student non-violent Coordinating committee in 1960. He coordinated the Freedom Ride in 1961 and the Meredith March in Mississippi in 1966. From high school in Ohio, through his matriculation and expulsion from Vanderbilt Divinity School, to his pastorship and retirement from LA's Holman United Methodist Church, Rev. Lawson has worked for social justice through principled, nonviolent tactics. Minister of the gospel and prophet to the nation, James Lawson continues to bring hope and reconciliation to those whose lives he touches.
Reading from Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse
Les Murray is among the most powerful poets writing in English. His epic narrative Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse (1998), was described in The New York Times Book Review as "a haunting, loving, fiercely democratic epic by a master poet. Its formidable poetic brilliance is never used for show, but always serves an alert, spontaneous humanity. It is a book about racism, estrangement and survival, about carrying the whole world on your shoulders, in all its evil ... it is about forgiving God the unforgivable: this 'death and killing world.'"
Fredy Neptune is the story of Fred Boetcher, an Australian of German parentage. Fredy's journey takes him around the world and through the twentieth century including Australia in the impoverished 1920s, America during Prohibition and the Depression, Germany in the 1930s, the Far East in World War II, and home again. After witnessing genocide, Fredy develops a mysterious disease that deprives him of feeling. He calls this affliction "the Nothing." His journey is an epic of twentieth century mankind finding its way back to feeling and love after decades of cruelty. It is a work comparable in vision, intensity, and power to the best of Homer and written with wit and humor in a stunning vernacular.
Murray was born in 1938 in Nabiac, rural New South Wales, Australia and grew up on his father's dairy farm in Bunyah in a native wooded valley at the latitude where Dante Alighieri first beheld the Southern Cross constellation. By 1971, Murray had devoted himself entirely to writing. He returned from urban life to Bunyah and farming in 1986.
He has published numerous collections of poetry including The Rabbiter's Bounty: Collected Poems (1992), The Boy Who Stole the Funeral (1989), Dog Fox Field (1993), Translations from the Natural World: Poems (1994), and Subhuman Redneck Poems (1998), which won the T.S. Eliot Prize. His Learning Human: Selected Poems (2000), will be published this year. Murray's explorations of rural life and of the relations between poetry and religion place him in the great tradition of Hesiod, Wordsworth, Whitman, and Frost. His delicacy and craftsmanship have been recognized throughout the world. The late Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky wrote "it would be as myopic to regard Mr. Murray as an Australian poet as to call Yeats an Irishman. He is, quite simply, the one by whom the language lives."
This is the second in the series Homeric Visions: Ancient and Modern. Please join us for this reading by one of the world's great poets.
The Challenges of Equality in the 21st Century
Reverend Joseph Lowery has been an instrumental member of the struggle racial equality for over forty years. In 1957, Lowery cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helping to create and refine one of the most visible and effective organizations addressing civil rights issues. After serving as the Vice President of the organization for twenty years, Lowery succeeded to the position of President in 1977. At the time Lowery took over the organization, SCLC's membership had dwindled from over 11,000 to only 400, and the organization had run into a considerable amount of debt. Under Lowery's guidance, the SCLC refocused its mission, and returned to prominence as a powerful forum for addressing the political, social, and economic concerns of the African American community.
Joseph Lowery's accomplishments through the SCLC include extending the Voter Rights Act, increasing awareness of the threat of AIDS to the African-American community, and challenging urban youth to assume responsibility in their communities.
He has also served as a spiritual guide in the community of Mobile, Alabama for over forty years. Lowery was a founder of the Black Leadership Forum and served as a leader in the Coordinating Council of Black Farm Groups, helping to win justice for farmers who lost their land due to the discriminatory politics of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since leaving SCLC in 1997, Lowery has established himself as one of the nation's leading advocates for affirmative action.
The 13th annual Athenaeum lecture commemorating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is cosponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute as part of the series Grass Roots Leadership.
The Importance of Politics in a Democratic Society
Ernesto Cortes might be called the Johnny Appleseed of community organizing in America. Since 1972, when he joined the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), a nonprofit organization founded in Depression-era Chicago by Saul Alinsky, Cortes has been planting the seeds of revitalized local democracy in poor and moderate income communities from his native San Antonio to Los Angeles, Texas to Nebraska, Arizona to Iowa.
Today Cortes directs the Southwest IAF Network, whose 23 mostly faith-based organizations have helped over 25,000 people to lead their neighbors in identifying and finding realistic, politically viable solutions to local problems. The IAF pursues job training, indigent health care, and community partnerships to improve public education. Cortes was the prime mover behind the Texas Alliance Schools Initiative.
In a political environment driven by money and media and detached from most people's lives, Cortes is committed to building organizations in which "members" are not merely names on a computerized mailing list but flesh-and-blood associates who shape the strategy of the organization and hold it accountable.
Cortes has been widely honored for his work: in addition to being a MacArthur Foundation Fellow (1984), he has served on the National Commission on Civic Renewal and the Union Theological Seminary Board of Directors and been visiting professor at M.I.T. and at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
It is a pleasure to have Ernesto Cortes take part in the 1999-2000 William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitors Program. This program was generously endowed by CMC alumnus and trustee William F. Podlich '66, whose aim is to enrich the college intellectually by bringing preeminent figures in scholarship, business, and public affairs to campus for extended visits. Under these auspices, the CMC government department is hosting four renowned guests, of whom Cortes is the third.
Markets As Information-Gathering Tools
Markets are the basic unit of economic analysis and display an amazing ability to incorporate and reflect relevant information. Financial markets have been known to anticipate profit reports, court decisions, and political events. One study even found the price of orange juice futures to be a better predictor of frost in Florida than the National Weather Service forecast. Charles R. Plott will discuss the study of efficient markets and explanations of the phenomena. He will also explore how quasi-market systems can harness this ability and apply it to managerial problems.
Charles Plott is the Edward S. Harkness Professor of Economics and Political Science at the California Institute of Technology, where he has been teaching since 1971. He has also held teaching appointments at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and the University of Southern California Law School. Professor Plott earned his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and his master's and bachelor of science from Oklahoma State University, where he is a member of the College of Business Administration Hall of Fame.
Plott is best known for using laboratory methods to test economic and political theories which could not be tested with traditional data. His experimental economics uses real money as a motivator but allows for controls. It is conducted in a lab, yet can be used to demonstrate theories valid in a much more complicated context. By applying economic theory to politics, he has discovered phenomena like the equilibrium tendency of committees, the power of procedural and institutional features, and observable "free-riding." His work has been applied to real world problems such as the allocation of rights at major airports and the international space station, and the auctioning of FCC licenses.
Charles Plott's lecture is the first in a series of lectures by prominent economists hosted by the Athenaeum during the spring semester.
Swimming with the Sharks: Women in the World of Business
When I was 3 years old, I was playing next to the sea in New Jersey when a great wave knocked me tumbling into the surf. Rather than being scared, I was exhilarated, and dived in again. I fell in love, and I have been irresistibly drawn to the oceans ever since.
-Dr. Sylvia Earle
With only 14 of its depths explored, the ocean is the last great frontier on Earth. One of its most accomplished and celebrated explorers is Sylvia Earle. Called "Her Royal Deepness" by The New Yorker and The New York Times and "the Carl Sagan of our oceans" by USA Today, this aquanaut is the American Jacques Cousteau.
A marine biologist, oceanographer and deep sea diver, Earle serves as National Geographic's Explorer-in-Residence. In 1970, Earle captained the first team of women to live beneath the ocean's surface, spending two weeks in an underwater laboratory off the U.S. Virgin islands as part of NASA's aquanaut program Tektite II. She holds several records in deep-sea diving including a solo descent to 1000 meters. Earle's book Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1996) brought to the world's attention the crucial role the oceans play as the foundation of Earth's environmental and economic well-being. Her company Deep Ocean Exploration and Research designs advanced systems for submersibles, making it possible for scientists to maneuver at depths that defy existing technology as well as making diving machines more accessible to the public.
Sylvia has made her mark as a scientist, business person, author, and as the most important and active advocate for the protection of ocean issues-one of our most precious and largely unexplored frontiers. Her appearance at the Athenaeum is part of an ongoing series focusing on woman entrepreneurs, funded by a gift from the Henry E. and Lola Monroe Foundation.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
TUESDAY, February 1, 2000
The recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Award, Dr. Jared Diamond lives up to this honor by applying cutting-edge science to an understanding of how our world was created, and the forces that govern modern existence. Trained as a biochemist and physiologist, Diamond has used his insight into the science of ecology, genetics, and evolutionary biology to bring a new perspective to the fundamental questions of human existence.
In his books, Diamond makes science applicable to the public at large by demonstrating its permeation into all aspects of everyday human life. History, philosophy, psychology, and religion all take on a new life in his work, as Diamond challenges the reader to examine the biological, ecological, and physiological sources of human thought and human action. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning work Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (1999), Diamond looks at the question of why Europeans were ultimately able to conquer, colonize, and subjugate the indigenous peoples of the rest of the world. For Diamond, the answer lies in a combination of geographical factors, disease, climate, technology, weather, and luck. This conclusion serves as a thorough refutation of Eurocentric views of natural superiority over other races, and also questions our contemporary belief that it is the duty of the developed world to save developing countries from themselves through political, social, and economic intervention.
Diamond contributes regularly to Discover, Natural History, and Nature, discussing topics from genetics to physiology to ecology. He is also the author of The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (1992) and Why Sex is Fun: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (1998). He currently serves as professor of physiology at UCLA.
Jared Diamond will discuss his latest work and provide a comprehensive look at the entire history of the human race in less than one hour. This lecture is cosponsored by the David E. French Lectureship fund.
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story
What Elaine Brown writes is so astonishing, at times it is difficult to believe that she survived it. And yet she did, bringing us that amazing light of the black woman's magical resilience ...
-Alice Walker
In 1974, Elaine Brown became the chairman of the Black Panther Party, a national organization supported by millions of blacks as well as white liberals. The first woman to ever head a paramilitary organization in America, she fought for social programs such as food banks, schools, and medical assistance, bringing her into conflict with the hierarchy of a Party that had become obsessed with armed revolution.
Brown grew up in North Philadelphia, where her factory-worker mother raised her. She was educated, however, at prestigious and mostly white public schools and studied classical music for years, finishing at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. She recorded two albums of original songs for Motown and continues to write songs today. Her autobiographical memoir A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story (Pantheon, 1992) has been optioned for a film by Emmy Award-winning producer Suzanne de Passe.
Brown resides in Atlanta, where she is working on her next book, A New Age of Racism, to be published by Beacon Press. As a part of her continuing effort to improve the lives of black and other poor children, Brown has formed a nonprofit educational corporation, Field of Flowers, Inc., to create a massive education center in Atlanta, which could serve as a model for communities around the country.
The Athenaeum begins its recognition of African American history month with a presentation by a passionate and eloquent spokesperson for the realization of the vision of an inclusive and egalitarian society. Elaine Brown's story is more than a journey through a turbulent time in American history-it is also the story of a black woman's battle to define herself.
Double Jeopardy and the Nationalization of Criminal Law
Among the guarantees provided in the Bill of Rights of 1791 was the promise made in the Fifth Amendment that no person shall be "twice put in jeopardy ... for the same offense." In his lecture, Professor Van Alstyne will put forth the thesis that the enormous increase in national criminal law has put this clause itself in jeopardy. Much of the burgeoning body of national criminal law heavily overlaps the criminal law of the states. This has meant that a person already acquitted or convicted in a state criminal proceeding may be taken still again, to be tried a second time and virtually for the "same" offence despite the Fifth Amendment guarantee.
A native of California and graduate of the University of Southern California and of Stanford, Van Alstyne was admitted to the California Bar In 1958. Following brief service as Deputy Attorney General of California, he joined the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, handling voting rights cases in the South. Appointed to the Duke law faculty In 1965, he was named to the William R. & Thomas S. Perkins Chair of Law in 1974, a position he has held ever since. He is currently a visiting professor at the UCLA School of Law.
Professor Van Alstyne's professional writings have appeared during four decades in books and the principal law journals in the United States, with frequent republication in foreign journals. Addressing virtually every major subject in the field of constitutional law, they are quoted and cited in a wide array of judicial opinions including those of the Supreme Court. He has appeared in numerous Hearings before Senate and House Committees of Congress -on matters affecting the separation of powers, on the war powers, on constitutional amendments, on legislation affecting civil rights and civil liberties, on impeachment, and on nominations for the Supreme Court.
Past president of the American Association of University Professors, and formerly on the National Board of Directors of the ACLU, Professor Van Alstyne was elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994.
In 1987 Professor Van Alstyne was selected in a poll of federal judges, lawyers, and academics by the New York Law Journal as one of "the ten most qualified persons in the country for appointment to the Supreme Court"-a distinction repeated in a similar poll by The American Lawyer in 1991.
This lecture by distinguished legal scholar William Van Alstyne is part of the ongoing Athenaeum series on the U. S. Constitution.
Monday, February 7, 2000
Robert Rosenthal, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, "Covert Communications in Classrooms, Clinics, Courtrooms, and Corporations," 6:45 p.m.
Tuesday, February 8, 2000
Scott Sagan, associate professor of political science and codirector of the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, "The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Continued Debate," 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday February 9, 2000
Charles Calomiris, Paul M. Montrone Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, 6:45 p.m.
Thursday, February 10, 2000
Gregorio Luke, director, Museum of Latin American Art, "The Murals of Diego Rivera," 6:45 p.m.
Monday, February 14, 2000
The American Jazz Institute, Mark Masters, director, "A Tribute to Duke Ellington," 6:45 p.m.
Tuesday, February 15, 2000
Amiri Baraka (born Leroi Jones), poet, playwright, novelist, and essayist reads from his work, 6:45 p.m.
Thursday, February 17, 2000
John C. Yoo, professor of law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, "Globalism, the Constitution, and American Democracy: Why Do We Bomb Kosovo But Not Kill Sea Turtles?" 6:45 p.m.
Monday, February 21, 2000
Lisa Fernandez, pitcher for the 1996 Gold Medal U.S. Olympic Softball Team, "Never Be Satisfied," 6:45 p.m.
Tuesday, February 22, 2000
Professor Chang Wook Chung, professor of international relations, Ajou University, Korea, and former South Korean Ambassador to China, "Chinese Foreign Policy," 6:45 p.m.
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Mariner beats rival to remain in first place
Marauders sophomore Miguel Lopez scores game-winning goals in 2-1 win over Kamiak
The Marauders defeated Kamiak 2-1 on Tuesday night to remain the lone unbeaten team in the league.
The first half was a battle where both teams tried to assert their own style of play. Mariner tried to control the possession with short passes. The Knights on the other hand looked to create opportunities with long balls and crosses to catch the defense off guard.
Neither team had much luck establishing what they wanted do in the first 30 minutes as scoring opportunities proved to be scarce.
One of Kamiak's best opportunities came with just over 10 minutes to play in the half. The Knights had the ball near the Mariner goal with three chances to get the game's opening goal, but were unable to capitalize.
That opened the door for Mariner. The Marauders regained possession and pushed the ball down the field with a quick counter-attack. Senior Miguel Medina controlled the ball in the middle of the field sent a shot into the upper right corner of the goal out of the reach of Kamiak goalkeeper Roland Upenieks for the game's first goal in the 31st minute.
Mariner maintained the 1-0 lead for the remaining nine minutes of the first half.
The Marauders came out as the more aggressive team after halftime. In the first 10 minutes of the second half Mariner had three legitimate chances to create separation with a second goal but came up empty.
This time it was Kamiak that took advantage with the counter-attack. Senior Sammy Cho controlled a pass from almost the exact same spot that Medina had scored from in the first half and beat Mariner goalkeeper Silvan Katynskiy for the equalizer.
The momentum seemed to have shifted back to the Knights, though Mariner didn't seem flustered. Just over three minutes later, sophomore Miguel Lopez scored what ultimately proved to be the game-winning goal.
"The one thing about this year's team is all the kids that I have, pretty much the temper is relaxed," Marauders head coach Vince DeSimone said. "If someone scores on us, I'm not really worried because I know they are still going to play the same game and that's what we preach."
Lopez's goal might have been less of a case of skill as it was being in the right place at the right time. But after several missed opportunities earlier in the game, the Marauders took what they could get. The goal was set up on a corner kick by Medina that was handled by the Knights, but the ball came back to Medina who sent a cross back into dangerous territory for Kamiak. Junior Yaya Jammeh, who has been on the varsity squad for just over two weeks, headed the ball toward a teammate. Somewhere in the chaos, the ball got deflected right to Lopez, who put it away for the go-ahead goal.
Kamiak had numerous chances in the final 25 minutes to tie the game, including a well-placed cross with five seconds to play in the game, but came away empty-handed.
"It's always like that in a soccer game with a team leading 2-1," DeSimone said. "One minute or even a half of a minute left in the game the (losing) team is still going to try to push everybody into the box and try to cause chaos or whatever. I wasn't scared because I have some top players back there."
Kamiak junior co-captain Matt Simmons saw a few missed opportunities after the game.
"I think we didn't start out as hard as we could of and I guess we should have taken more opportunities when we had them," he said. "But otherwise I thought it was relatively even."
The game not only helped the Maruaders remain alone in first place and undefeated in league, but it was also a victory over their biggest rival.
"They are a rival," DeSimone said. "But I don't look at it anymore as a rivalry because Garfield Scott is pretty much a good friend of mine. He is a good coach. I love to coach against him because it's a game. He wants a soccer game, not a violent game and he wants to play soccer and I love that. That's the way I was raised and he was raised the same way."
Aaron Lommers covers prep sports for The Herald. Follow him on twitter @aaronlommers and contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
At Kamiak H.S.
Goals--Miguel Medina (M), Miguel Lopez (M), Sammy Cho (K). Assists--Jose Ramos (M), Medina (M). Goalkeeper--Mariner: Silvan Katynskiy. Kamiak: Roland Upenieks. Records--Mariner 5-0-0 league, 5-1-0 overall; Kamiak 3-2-0, 3-3-0.
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MT. SAN JACINTO – As the tram car jiggles past the first of five spindly towers that appear to defy physics while clinging to towering rock croppings, some inside squeal.
It's not a woo-hoo squeal. It's more like a what-have-we-gotten-ourselves into squeal.
Others hug their children or significant other. A few cling to something more solid. Many giggle nervously. But whatever the reactions, it's easy to pick out the rollercoaster fans.
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The trip also reminds of the majesty and might of the natural world.
Consider that the tallest man-made structure on this planet is only a quarter the height of the mountain we're ascending.
By the time we spill onto the deck at the Mountain Station at 8,516 feet, there is nothing but smiles.
And the fun has only begun.
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway of today is nothing like the tramway the last time I visited in the 1990s. Gone are the old-style ski gondolas. In their place are modern gleaming cars that the private operators say are the only ones of their kind in the Western Hemisphere.
What's so cool? The floors rotate. That means that no matter where you stand, the view is ever-changing.
The idea of a tram started in 1935 when a young electrical engineer named Francis Crocker broiled in the heat of Palm Springs. He looked up at snow on San Jacinto and dreamed of cooling off. But it took another quarter-century before the tram had the governmental approvals and financial backing to take shape.
Of the five towers, only the lowest is approachable by land vehicle. The remaining four were built in the early 1960s using helicopters. In all, the choppers flew 23,000 missions. And on Sept. 12, 1963 – yes, this year marks the 50th anniversary – Crocker was among the celebrities on the inaugural tram trip.
During the millennium, the old cars were replaced by the cars with rotating floors. Other upgrades included more family trails and today the Mountain Station at the tramway top offers a movie theater, a visitor's center, California cuisine at Peaks Restaurant and casual cafeteria dining at Pines Café. There also is a lounge as well as gift shops.
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A Tree which stands in a Lake District wood is the tallest in Cumbria and could be the largest in the North West.
The 57.8-metre giant grand fir in Skelghyll Wood, Ambleside, has also been recorded as the tallest of its species in England, breaking the previous Cumbrian record of 55 metres, which was held by a conifer at Thirlmere.
National Trust ranger John Pring got the idea to get the tree measured and recorded by the National Tree Register charity when driving through Ambleside.
He said: "I've driven on that main road (A591) in Ambleside for a long time and I just thought: 'That really is a very big tree, I wonder how big it is? We were surprised just how tall it was when we measured it. There are some very big trees in the area but we didn't realise how tall it actually was. This is just one of the thousands of big old trees the National Trust looks after in the area."
Mr Pring, who has covered Windermere and Ambleside for 20 years, is now encouraging nature lovers to go to Skelghyll Wood and see the true scale of how tall the trees are for themselves and the grand fir, which was planted in 1860, looks set to continue growing and could push the 60-metre mark unless there are any accidents such as a storm blowing it over.
The tree was measured by tree climbers Mark Sigrift and Mick Lupton of Aspen Tree Management in Witherslack by dropping a long tape measure and using a badminton pole to attach a tape measure. "It just shows that the tree is happy with the climate there," said Mr Pring. It's only 160 years old so it is still growing."
A BLAZE of colour filled the heavens above Kendal Castle as scores of unusually-shaped kites were flown during a two-day festival.
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The free event saw kites of all descriptions performing aerial acrobatics. There was a 16ft hippopotamus, flying dogs, super-sized fish and many more, all organised by SmileFactor10 and Kendal United Junior Football Club.
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A POPULAR visitor attraction in Bowness is in the running for a prestigious award for excellence.
Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House project by Lakeland Arts Trust – one of Britain's finest surviving arts and crafts house by M.H.Baillie Scott - has been shortlisted from hundreds of entries for an award at the national Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence.
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A member of the JROTC at KHS, Miles wasn't sure a military career was for her. She applied for acceptance at the Art Institute of New York. But an Air Force recruiter made a winning pitch to Miles, and she enlisted.
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In the middle of entrance processing, word came down from the Art Institute that she was accepted. At that point, still able to back out of her enlistment, Miles faced a dilemma.
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This year, she's been recognized as one of the "Capital Airmen" of the Air Force District of Washington, headquartered at Joint Base Andrews in
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In her capacity as senior airman, Miles handles a varied amount of administrative duties.
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USAID using childcare subsidy as another way to retain employees
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The U.S. Agency for International Development has joined more than 30 other agencies in offering a childcare subsidy for lower-income employees as part of a new benefits package designed to improve employee satisfaction and retention.
"In development, we're taking care of the world and we're not taking care of ourselves," said USAID Senior Advisor for Staff Care Bernadette Mitchell. "This is to try to get us to take care of ourselves so we can, in fact, be the support we need to be in the development community writ large worldwide."
USAID ranked fourth from the bottom in the Partnership for Public Service's most recent "list of best large agencies to work for, which indicates that employees are not satisfied with the status quo.
"We have a workforce that is operating increasingly in high-threat environments in very difficult places," Mitchell said. "And employees back here in headquarters are dealing with a range of pressures and issues."
"The agency's objective is to insure that it has a 21st-century work environment where staff feels valued and employees are resilient," she said.
The subsidy has been available to agencies for nearly a decade, but it isn't mandatory. Agencies may choose to offer it to lower-income employees using appropriated funds, including money otherwise available for salaries, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
Mitchell said she expects the new benefits to help USAID compete for employees with related agencies, like the State Department, which has offered the childcare subsidy for years.
"Their numbers are pretty good. They're in the top ten," she said. USAID also has a financial incentive to offering what may seem like a fringe benefit.
It spends up to $250,000 to recruit, hire and train a new professional, according to the Federal Employees Education and Assistance Fund, whose subsidiary FEEA Childcare Services is managing the program for USAID and nine other agencies. The subsidy program will cost the agency less than that, FEEA executive director Steve Bauer said in an interview with Federal News Radio.
"If that retains one professional employee that would end up being posted overseas, they've already saved money," Bauer said. "Retention of employees is number one right now."
USAID's program, which launched this month, is available only to employees in the United States. The agency plans to offer it to workers abroad after receiving further guidance from OPM on licensing childcare providers overseas and other outstanding issues, he said.
"USAID is committed to expanding this program worldwide. Employees overseas have a lot of family issues," he said. "They think this is going to go a long, long way to improving employee satisfaction for those posted overseas." If all goes well, he added, the State Department may follow suit. It also contracts with FEEA Childcare Services.
"In many cases, this is the only way that a single parent with two young children could afford to work for the federal government," said Bauer.
Federal human resources leaders are most concerned about retaining good employees in the face of lower budgets and pay freezes, according to a recent Federal News Radio survey. There's good reason for them to worry: Another station survey found that the pay freeze and threats to further cut benefits and programs had damaged federal employees' morale.
At the same time, more feds are grappling with financial problems. FEEA has experienced a doubling over the past two years in requests for its emergency small loans, Bauer said.
More applicants are seeking help paying for childcare costs, which have risen despite the poor economy, he said.
Nonetheless, Bauer said, FEEA has not been contacted by other agencies looking to offer the childcare subsidy.
"I think a lot of agencies are figuring out how they're going to survive and how many people they're going to lay off," he said. "They're not paying attention to this type of thing — what can we do to help improve employee's satisfaction, commitment to our agencies and our efficiencies." That's a mistake, he said.
Bauer cited results of a 2006 survey that the National Institutes of Health conducted on employees who used their childcare subsidy. The evaluation found that parents who used the subsidy had lower rates of absenteeism and higher rates of loyalty to the agency and morale.
"It made them love working for NIH. It made their commitment to their job so much greater to know that the agency cared and it made it possible for them to eat good meals because childcare is so expensive right now," he said.
USAID is also offering employees a new wellness program and a revamped assistance and resilience program that includes counseling, stress management and assistance for coping in high-pressure environments.
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Come to think of it, you will find still many areas in the submarine world that remains unexplored – and with the aid of assets that are subsea, it is now possible to get access to these new lands. We can envision subsea technology as a key that unlocks doors that are new to the ocean's depths. Through this, it really is not impossible to study more on the topic of the aquatic life in a sense that will not be harmful to the environment.
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According to news reports, Smithfield's new ownership is primarily intended to export pork products to China, which is prohibited from sending its pork and beef to the U.S due to food safety concerns for both humans and companion animals. Increasingly, American consumers are concerned with the conditions in which their food is produced. Smithfield is one of many companies phasing out gestation crates, horrendous metal-barred cages that keep breeding sows in spaces so tight they cannot even turn around. It had pledged to remove these archaic cages from its international operations by 2022, and we are encouraged to hear the company state that it plans to keep this commitment.
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What can consumers do when faced with difficult issues surrounding food safety and the welfare of animals? Animal health and consumer safety can be encouraged through expanded education. If meat is part of your diet, there are several product-labeling programs that require higher standards of care for farm animals. They include:
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Similarly, the government is increasingly responding to consumer demand for more transparency around the conditions in which our food is produced. Just last week, the US Department of Agriculture approved mandatory country-of-origin labeling on steaks, ribs and other cuts of meat that will indicate where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. This is a huge step in the right direction and will help consumers make informed choices when shopping for their families.
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Jessica Burgess
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Hometown: Hickory, NC
Previous School: St. Stephens HS
Eligibility: Jr. Major: Human Services
Jessica Burgess enters her junior season at Pfeiffer.
Personal: Daughter of Teresa & Alan Burgess ... Born January 22nd, 1994… Majoring in Human Services.
High School Swimming Highlights:
Jessica lettered all four years in high school and she was the team captain her sophomore-senior year. She currently holds the record for the 100m backstroke and she qualified for states all four years.
High School Awards and Honors:
Gold, silver, and bronze girl scout award
Statement from Jessica: "I am the daughter of three, my family is my rock and without them I wouldn't be where I am today."


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It's a tall order to eat fast food while sticking to a healthy diet.
The convenience of stopping by a burger joint and picking up dinner in a bag instead of heating up the stove on a summer evening can be appealing.
But if you're going to dine on fast food, approaching the menu with a different mindset could switch up your order, says a local nutritionist.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest recently named Long John Silver's Big Catch meal the "Worst meal in America."
The fish plate with hushpuppies and onion rings has 33 grams of trans fat, according to the nonprofit. The group says the chain's advertising describes the fish as lean haddock. Coating every 4.5 ounces of fish, however, is 3 ounces of decidedly high-fat batter.
Those findings don't surprise Tammy Barr, director of clinical nutrition services with CaroMont Regional Medical Center.
She said making good fast food choices depends on how much people eat, and if the meal includes extras like fries or a milk shake.
"I think no matter where you go, you can find a 'worst meal in the U.S.,'" she said. "They just happened to single out that restaurant and that meal."
The overall message is that Americans need to cut back on fast food consumption and plan healthier meals, she said.
Setting aside time to think about meals beforehand is the biggest challenge.
Her tips for dining at fast food restaurants:
- Eat grilled chicken instead of.
- Avoid putting cheese and bacon on sandwiches. Instead, go for lettuce and tomato.
- Choose mustard or ketchup as a condiment and hold the mayonnaise or ranch dressing.
- Instead of ordering fries, try a salad. But make sure the toppings don't add a lot of calories.
- Get a vinaigrette dressing.
"Another area that you really need to pay attention to is beverages," she said. "It's a lot easier to drink calories than eat calories."
Choosing water over soda, coffee or a milk shake is cheaper and healthier, she said.
Barr also recommends sharing your meal with someone else, and slowing down while eating.
And if you're ready to try a salad, eat it first so you fill up on the healthy stuff.
You can reach Wade Allen at 704-869-1828 or twitter.com/GazetteWade.
The Gazette asked, "When you get fast food, what's your go-to meal?"
Jonathan Houze, Gastonia
Chicken tenders at Zaxby's, with Zax Sauce for dipping
Barbara Collins, Gastonia
Strawberry milk shakes from Cook-Out Restaurant
Donald Norris, Gastonia
Quarter Pounder sandwich from McDonalds
Ann Brown, Gastonia
Chicken served on a plate from Zaxby's, with french fries, slaw, Texas toast and Zax Sauce
Lynn Collins, Gastonia
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Leatherman leads Arlington girls to 4A Bi-District title
Wait, that can't be right, can it?
Well, according to Leatherman, it's hard to follow a good week with another good week, hence her trepidation about this week's meet. Well, fortunately for Leatherman and the Eagles, she couldn't have been more wrong. After winning the javelin and discus on Wednesday, Leatherman made it another triple this week by breaking the meet record in the shot put with a throw of 41 feet, 3.5 inches.
"I didn't expect to get all three, because I won all three last week, so I was kind of expecting a bad week," she said. "But I pulled it out, so I was really happy about that.
"That's how track works, you have a good week, then you have a bad week. It's very inconsistent."
Leatherman, however, was anything but inconsistent, and her three wins played a big part in the Arlington girls winning the team title with 69 points, making the Eagles the only Wesco team in the top five. Leatherman was one of three Eagles in the top four in the shot put along with Marissa Swegle, who finished second, and Jayla Russ, who was fourth behind Cascade's Paris Flenoy.
And now that Leatherman has put two good weeks together, does that mean she's beyond worrying about a letdown heading into state? Well, not quite.
"I'm so nervous for next week, it's unbelievable," she said.
Nervous or not, Leatherman is not hiding the fact that she has big goals, particularly in the javelin, which figures to be a showdown between her and Monroe senior Ashley Alexander, who has the second-best throw in the state this year at the 4A level behind Leatherman.
"Javelin, I want first place," Leatherman said. "I want to beat Ashley Alexander, she's my top competitor."
Lynnwood's Jordyn Edwards won the 400-meter dash in convincing fashion, clocking a time of 57.01 seconds that was .83 better than the second-place finisher. Edwards also placed second in the 200 behind Edmonds-Woodway's Djenne Dickens, who won with a time of 25.08. Dickens placed second in the 100 with a time of 12.35
Other local winners were Snohomish's Kellianne Cavin, who won the high jump with a leap of 5-4, and Monroe's Emily Bland, who won the 300 hurdles in 44.82.
Girls Results
100 hurdles—4. Emily Bland (Mon) 15.47, 5. Anna Pischer (Jack) 15.63; 100—2. Djenne Dickens (EW) 12.35, 3. Madison Lichter (Sno) 12.39, 4. Diamond Martin (Arl) 12.44; 400 relay—2. Edmonds-Woodway (Djenne Dickens, Savanah VanCitters, Fatou Jatta, Claire Popke) 49.36, 4. Jackson (Mackenzie Monten, Michal Jones, Mackenzie Hanson, Chimoa Acholonu) 49.91; 400—1. Jordyn Edwards (Lynn) 57.01; 300 hurdles—1. Emily Bland (Mon) 44.82, 4. Anna Pischer (Jack) 46.24, 5. Hannah Lemm (Lynn) 46.60; 200—1. Djenne Dickens (EW) 25.08, 2. Jordyn Edwards (Lynn) 25.35, 3. Madison Lichter (Sno) 25.71; 800—3. Mikayla Pivec (Lynn) 3:13.88; High jump—1. Kellianne Cavin (Sno) 5-4; Triple jump—4. Anna Pischer (Jack) 35-11.5, 5. Jessica Ludwig (Arl) 35-11; Shot put—1. Lyndsay Leatherman (Arl) 41-3.5, 2. Marissa Swegle (Arl) 37-5, Paris Flenoy (Cas) 37-4, Jaylin Russ (Arl) 36-8, 5. Danielle Openiano (Mar) 35-5.5; Pole vault—3. Rebecca Carnevale (Jack) 10-6, 4. Emi Asuncion (Jack) 10-0.
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South Korean astronaut brings story down to earth
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Soyeon Yi, who is from South Korea, speaks with Sadi Clay, granddaughter of Rotary member Martin Cross, at a meeting Friday of the South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club. Yi talked about her experiences after she was chosen to be an astronaut and flew to the International Space Station.
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Yi, before a pre-fight examination at the Russian Space Training Center in Star City outside Moscow
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Members of the crew on for the next manned mission to the International Space Station (from left) South Korean astronaut Soyeon Yi, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, shake hands at the mock-up of a Soyuz TMA spacecraft before a prefight examination at the Russian Space Training Center in Star City outside Moscow.
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The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-12 spaceship blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on its way to the International Space Station.
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Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station.
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South Korea's first female astronaut Soyeon Yi (top) and Russian cosmonauts, Cmdr. Sergei Volkov (bottom) and flight engineer Oleg Kononenko, crew members of the 17th mission to the International Space Station, gesture before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket in Kazakhstan.
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Yi and Volkov speak before launch.
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Yi speaks to members of the South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club on Friday about her experiences.
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Yi speaks to members of the South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club on Friday about her experiences.
South Korea's first astronaut, Soyeon Yi, showed a 2008 video clip of herself, outside of her sleeping quarters at the International Space Station. With a smile on her face, and her long black hair tied back in a ponytail, Yi started singing several verses of "Fly Me to the Moon."
"I sang in space," said Yi, 34.
Yi told her story Friday to a small crowd at the Everett Golf and Country Club. On April 8, 2008, she and two Russian cosmonauts boarded Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-12 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 10-day space mission.
Yi is visiting friends in Seattle this week and was invited to be a guest speaker at an afternoon meeting of the South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club.
Yi said her experience began in September 2006 as one of more than 36,000 people who applied to the South Korean Astronaut Program to be the first South Korean to go into space. At the time, she had already earned bachelor and master of science degrees in mechanical engineering from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and was working toward earning her doctorate. Her goal was to register and qualify as one of 245 people who moved on to the second round in the selection process.
"They told me anyone who was at least 19 years old could apply," she said. "I told my friends, 'I know I will not make it, but when I am a grandma or a mom ... I might be able to tell my children I knew the first Korean astronaut."
Yi was excited when she was chosen to move on. A few months later, on Dec. 25, 2006, she was announced as one of the two finalists.
"There was my name and I was so shocked," Yi said.
She trained for the opportunity to be part of a space mission for about a year but wasn't surprised when in September 2007, the other finalist, Ko San, was selected to make the trip. Yi would be the alternate.
"It's a privilege for a woman to be in space," she said. "My mother prayed for me to be the backup rather than the primary because she didn't want me to fly. She didn't want to lose me. She told me, 'This is a man's job and not your job; you stay on the Earth.'"
A month before the launch, she was selected to make the journey instead of San, Yi said. She's unsure why.
"I felt so happy and honored," she said.
The actual mission went as planned until April 19, 2008, when Yi, American astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko, were traveling back to Earth in Soyuz TMA-11. The crew followed and executed a "ballistic re-entry" that caused severe gravitational forces during their descent. The space capsule landed 260 miles off its mark in northern Kazakhstan.
Yi and the others were lost for about 30 minutes, she said. They were eventually discovered unharmed by search helicopters.
"We just followed our training," Yi said. "I felt like I was in a movie. It was a really memorable kind of moment."
Yi moved to California earlier this year to begin studying for a master of business administration at the University of California, Berkeley. She also spoke in May at the Future of Flight Aviation Center in Mukilteo and visited Mariner and Kamiak high schools and Everett Community College.
Yi said she enjoys giving public presentations and inspiring others, especially Korean children, to follow their own dreams.
"I tell them, that if you make your dream come true then (your family) will be proud of you," she said.
Rotarians appreciated hearing Yi's story, said Julie Lienhard, club president.
"It was dazzling to me to have a woman astronaut here and from a country that we don't even know much about," she said.
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Dale Kooyenga
|Dale Kooyenga
|Candidate for
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|Certified Public Accountant, Legislator
|Campaign website
Kooyenga graduated with honors from Lakeland College in Sheboygan. He earned Masters in business Administration from Marquette University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
He serves as an Officer in the United States Army Reserve. [1]
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Kooyenga was unopposed in the November 2 general election. Kooyenga defeated Republicans David Coon, Dennis Kaun, Chris Maurer, Michael Olen, and Ryan Shulander in the primary election. [2]
Campaign themes
Kooyenga lists the following issues on his campaign website:
- Jobs and the Economy - Wants to lower the tax burden on small business.
- Human life - Supports the protection of the unborn.
- State Finances - Supports cutting wasteful spending and government debt.
- Right to Bear Arms - Supports keeping weapons away from violent criminals and felons.
- Taxes - Has signed a pledge not to raise taxes.
- Education - Supports school vouchers in order to encourage competition.
- Voter ID - Supports requiring photo ID for voting.
Committee assignments
Kooyenga was named to the following committees in 2009-2010 session:
- Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy
- Financial Institutions Vice-Chair
- Homeland Security and State Affairs
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- Biography on Project Vote Smart
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Lisa Fucito PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Program Director Smoking Cessation Service Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
Research Interests
Treatments for cigarette smoking and heavy drinking; Moderators of treatment response; Risk behavior mechanisms; Sleep disturbance and substance use; Multiple health behavior change; M-health; Health feedback
Current Projects
I am currently conducting research aimed at improving smoking cessation success among heavy-drinking smokers. I am also testing sleep interventions for heavy-drinking college students.
Research Summary
Both cigarette smoking and heavy alcohol consumption are among the leading preventable causes of death and disease in the United States. Despite these health risks, a substantial number of individuals are unable to successfully quit smoking or reduce their drinking. Moreover, current efficacious treatments have small to moderate effects on smoking and drinking. Thus, more research is needed on novel smoking and alcohol interventions as well as factors that optimize response to existing treatments.
My research focuses on:
- Developing novel treatments for smoking cessation and heavy alcohol consumption;
- Identifying factors that optimize the efficacy of existing smoking and alcohol interventions;
- Examining the mechanisms through which these treatments bring about clinical change.
I am particularly interested in designing and evaluating smoking and alcohol interventions for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use problems.
My goal is to design treatments and identify treatment targets that are practical across various healthcare settings. I also aim to develop interventions that promote multiple health behavior change given that cigarette smoking and heavy drinking frequently co-occur together and with other risk factors. Multiple health behavior change interventions have the potential to maximize health benefits and reduce health costs.
Selected Publications
- DeMartini, K. S. & Fucito, L. M. (2014). Variations in sleep characteristics and sleep-related impairment in at-risk college drinkers: A latent profile analysis. Health Psychology, 33, 1164-1173.
- Fucito, L. M., Bars, M. P., Forray, A., Rojewski, A. M., Shiffman, S., Selby, P., West, R., Foulds, J., Toll, B. A.; Writing Committee for the SRNT Policy and Treatment Networks. (2014). Addressing the evidence for FDA nicotine replacement therapy label changes: a policy statement of the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco use and Dependence and the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 16, 909-914.
- Fucito, L. M., DeMartini, K. S., Hanrahan, T. H., Whittemore, R., Yaggi, H. K., Redeker, N. S. (2014). Perceptions of Heavy-Drinking College Students About a Sleep and Alcohol Health Intervention. Behavioral Sleep Medicine [June 12:1-17 Epub ahead of print]
- Fucito, L. M., Redeker, N. S., Ball, S. A., Toll, B. A., Ikomi, J. T., Carroll, K. M. (2014). Integrating a behavioural sleep intervention into smoking cessation treatment for smokers with insomnia: results of a randomised pilot study. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 9, 31-38.
- Fucito, L. M., Park, A., Gulliver, S. B., Mattson, M. E., Gueorguieva, R.V., O'Malley, S.S. (2012). Cigarette smoking predicts differential benefit from naltrexone for alcohol dependence. Biological Psychiatry, 72, 832-838.
- Fucito, L. M., Toll, B. A., Wu, R., Romano, D. M., Tek, E., & O'Malley, S. S. (2011). A preliminary investigation of varenicline for heavy drinking smokers. Psychopharmacology, 215, 655-663.
- Fucito, L. M., Latimer, A., Salovey, P., & Toll, B. A. (2010). Nicotine dependence as a moderator of message framing effects on smoking cessation outcomes. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 311-317.
- Fucito, L. M. & Juliano. L. M. (2009). Depression moderates smoking behavior in response to a sad mood induction. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 546-551.
- Fucito, L. M., Toll, B. A., Salovey, P., & O'Malley, S. S. (2009). Beliefs and attitudes about bupropion: Implications for medication adherence and smoking cessation treatment. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 373-379.


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Cox Scores 1,000th Career Point for Lady Falcons During 73-67 Loss at Erskine
February 11, 2012
DUE WEST, S.C. - Erskine College's Porsha Morgan tallied 31 points while leading a 27-9 run to close out the first half as the Flying Fleet claimed a 73-67 victory over Pfeiffer University in Conference Carolinas women's basketball action on Saturday night. The Fleet improve to 11-12 overall, 8-7 in league play while the Lady Falcons, who saw Brittany Cox score her 1,000th career point, drop to 11-11, 6-7.
A Morgan jumper put Erskine up 13-12 with 11:38 remaining to play in the first that would end up sparking the big run. Lindsey Weidenaar and Rosa Powell got in on the action with three-pointers while free throws from Cox and a jumper by Haley Grimsley temporarily stopped the bleeding for Pfeiffer. Another basket by Morgan put the Fleet up 41-21 with 44 seconds left that carried into the half.
The second half became quite the opposite as after a pair of Morgan free throws, a bucket by Vontenea Williams would start the Lady Falcons' comeback attempt. Pfeiffer would chip away all half long as a Cox triple would get the visitors within 10 at 63-53 while a Kellie Rhoney triple and subsequent Cox three again, the Lady Falcons found themselves down just four, 63-59, with 4:32 showing on the clock.
With 2:18 remaining, Rhoney had erased the 20+ point deficit tying the contest at 67-67 on a jumper in the paint. Having to hold off Pfeiffer, Morgan converted two more points and pair of free throws in the final seconds to allow Erskine to hold on for the six-point win.
The Fleet shot 47% in the victory shooting 51% in the first half to just 39% in the second. Pfeiffer shot 38% overall bouncing back from 26% in the first 20 minutes to 49% in the second.
Morgan's 31 was one of three scorers in double-figures for the Fleet behind Elizabeth Tatum's 17 and Tara Potter's 11. Cox, who scored her 1,000th point in the contest, led the Lady Falcons with a 31-point, 12-rebound double-double to lead the Lady Falcons. Williams scored 14 going a perfect 7-for-7 from the field while Rhoney added 13.
Pfeiffer returns to action on Tuesday night hosting Queens inside the Merner Gym. The rivalry contest will tip at 5:30 p.m. with live stats and live video being available at http://www.gofalconsports.com.