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The big news for Virginia Tech spring football practice was that two key players from this spring were going to be changing posi-tions. Running back Joel Caleb will be playing wide receiver and defensive lineman Yosuah Nijman will be moving to offensive line.

Joel Caleb, now a redshirt junior, previously played as a wide receiver for his redshirt year before making a move to running back. He has had 30 carries for 137 yards and one touchdown at that position.

“I still remember a lot of the terminology and routes,” Caleb said. “I just got to get the rust off with route running and I’ll be okay.”

Looking at the depth chart, running back seems to be a position of strength for the Hokies offense, providing a combination of speed, size and, perhaps most importantly, depth at a position that is often affected by the attrition of the long season. This is something that coaches believe cannot be said about wide receiver.

“We’re thin at receiver,” Coach Shane Beamer said. “After Cam (Phillips) and Isiah (Ford), it got really thin. It’s an opportunity for us to add some depth there. Joel is a guy that catches the ball really well.”

Caleb still offers Virginia Tech plenty of versatility on offense and can move around as needed throughout the season.

“I talked with Coach Burden. He wanted me to learn all the receiver positions,” Caleb said. “I just go out there and do what I can do. I’m able to do whatever

coaches need me to do, whether it’s running back or receiver.”

Another interesting change this spring is the switch of early enrollee Yosuah Nijman from defensive line to its offensive counterpart. Nijman has size

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2015 marks the start of a new four-year competition for the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team at Virginia Tech, which has taken on the challenge of converting a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro into a sleek and effective hybrid vehicle.

The announcement of the car to be converted remains a hot topic, since the 2016 model’s design will not be released to the public until May 24, giving teams several months to drool over highly secret blueprints.

“It’s a truly fun experience that you simply can’t get in a classroom setting,” said HEVT communication head and senior Leah Johnson.

HEVT is a design program composed mostly of undergraduate students in the school of mechanical engineering. The team was assembled in 1994 to compete in

international multi-year hybrid automotive competitions and has since won first place in four of 14 events.

The program has a huge draw from senior engineering students but is open to all students sophomore year and older from every college at Virginia Tech. It’s a chance to apply classroom learning in a tangible and meaningful way, something that draws in a team of about 100 students, including volunteers, each year.

“This is also something great to put on your resume, and GM really does love to recruit from Virginia Tech,” Johnson said.

The competition is split by year into four distinct phases, with a competition at the end of each phase to assess each team’s progress. The first year is the design phase and consists mainly of design and idea presentation. The second year is the first build year, where initial parts and structure will start to take shape, with still a decent bit of computer-assisted design. The third

year is primarily a build year, while the fourth is the “refine year,” dedicated to finalizing and touching up the car, ending in final presentation, rigorous testing and final judging at GM’s proving ground in Milford, Michigan.

This year is the design phase, when the teams determine their end goals and plan each component on a Computer Assisted Design program (CAD). HEVT meets weekly to discuss new ideas and talk through obstacles faced in that week’s design. Teams must take care to constantly synchronize their progress, as a major challenge in design and building is fitting dimensions without obstructing the work of other sub-teams within HEVT. Meeting weight requirements and set dimensions is another difficulty, as design and execution rarely meet smoothly.

The design phase will culminate in a trade show in Seattle, where the team will man a booth and present their initial design

and direction to judges and sponsors.HEVT has a secret weapon in the form

of mechanical engineering professor Doug Nelson. Nelson has led the team since its inception and lends a long career’s worth of alternative energy work to the team’s efforts. It only takes a brief mention of Nelson to make one member of his loyal team explode into praise, as senior and team leader Lucas Shoults did.

According to Shoults, the primary reason they are as successful and motivated as they are is because of the unwavering and unparalleled support and guidance of the 21-year faculty advisor.

“He, sometimes through unconven-tional ways, instills his passion for auto-motive engineering in the minds of 30-plus seniors every year,” Shoults said. “From all of the students on HEVT, thank you Dr. Nelson - let’s take first again this year

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The students on the Hybrid Electrical Vehicle Team have re-engineered this vehicle to reduce its environmental footprint.

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Agriculture column: Dairy Team tryouts

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Joel Caleb moves back to the wide receiver position in spring practice.

Caleb, Nijman switch to different positions early in spring practice

Virginia Tech is home to many successful teams, ranging from varsity sports to debate clubs. One of the university’s little-known but successful groups is currently holding tryouts for its upcoming season. Boasting four national cham-pionship titles in the last nine years alone, the dairy judging team is a force to be reckoned with, yet much of the campus community is unaware of its existence.

Livestock judging has long been a competitive tradition for all age groups, from young Future Farmers of America

members to college students. At contests, participants are required to judge and place up to 12 groups of cows. They then give reasons – an individual oral presentation on the justifi-cation for placements – in front of a panel of judges who critique their accuracy and perfor-mance. To succeed, contes-tants must balance a precise and confident evaluation of the livestock with an engaging and artistic presentation.

Virginia Tech has both an “A” and “B” team, each with four members. In their fall season, they attend many high-profile events such as the Pennsylvania All-American Contest and the World Dairy Exposition. Led by their two experienced coaches, Katharine Knowlton and Michael Barns, the teams have a consistent record of success, dependably placing high both as individual compet-itors and as a team.

According to Knowlton, the team owes its accomplishments to the dedication and passion of the students.

“They work really hard and are willing to make sacrifices,” she said.

She states that when it comes

The Dairy Team prepares to contend in another year of

farm competitions and add to its national trophies.

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M-K JONESagriculture columnist

“They work really hard

and are willing to make

sacrifi ces.”Katharine Knowlton

Dairy Team Coach

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This past week, after much debate and pressure, Rolling Stone retracted its inflammatory story on gang rape at the University of Virginia. In addition, an individual investigation, conducted by the School of Journalism at Columbia University, found numerous and devas-tating flaws within the story.

According to the investigation, the article “may have spread the idea that many women invent rape allegations.”

In the past several months, this particular piece of journalism has created an absolute firestorm of debate and controversy over the topic of rape on college campuses. The article’s author had a genuine motivation in publishing her story by bringing a rape allegation to light; however, now that has proved to be false, the story has hurt more victims than it has helped.

The long-term effects of this story will unfortunately continue to injure victims for a long time. Those who have been assaulted will now face even more adversity when it comes to reporting their assault. After this story, people may doubt and have a hard time believing a victim was actually assaulted, making reporting it all the more challenging.

Not every rape claim will be doubted and dismissed; however, this story will plant a seed of doubt in most peoples’ minds. Many might think that if it was that easy for “Jackie” to make up her story, what’s to say more women wouldn’t

do the same thing?According to the Rape, Abuse and

Incest National Network, out of every 100 rapes, only 32 are reported. Every year, an average of 293,066 men and women over the age of 12 are sexually assaulted. In the past five years only 32 percent of sexual assaults in the United States were reported, meaning that 68 percent of assaults were not. In addition, according to a Stanford University research group: Men Against Abuse Now, only about 2 percent of rapes reported are false.

While this 2 percent is an extremely small number considering the sheer number of those who are raped every year, that 2 percent may be perceived to be a lot bigger because of the negative publicity surrounding the article. This story may perpetuate and even establish a precedent that a large number of women falsify rape claims. This perception will only create an undeserved and cruel stigma for victims of sexual assault.

Sexual assault on college campuses is something that should be discussed thor-oughly, as well as accurately addressed, and I truly hope this instance will not add to the pain of those who have suffered.

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After hiking for hours, when you’ve finally reached your destination, you’re exhausted-but the view is incredible. Before you can even catch your breath, you reach for your iPhone and take a quick picture, decide which filter is the best and wonder how many likes you’re going to get.

This scenario occurs way too often nowadays. It’s gotten to the point that we are so obsessed with posting our life to social media that we forget to live it.

There is nothing wrong with taking numerous pictures and videos. The saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” is completely true. Pictures are moments. Frozen spaces in time. Frozen spaces that have the capability to recall 20 memories at once.

What it comes down to is not the act of taking pictures; it’s the idea that we have to show the world what we’re doing or where we are right here, right now, instead of just doing it or experiencing it. I remember my friend jokingly said to me over spring break, “If you don’t post pictures from your Spring Break vacation, did it even happen?”

I will admit that I, at one point, believed I was way too involved with social media outlets. I used to post pictures every single week: just hanging out at a friends’ apartment - same pictures but a different outfit. I still post photos regularly, but as I’ve gotten older, I find myself taking fewer, uploading fewer and keeping them to myself.

Maybe this is just a part of growing up, and I’m just caring less about showing the world what I’m doing with

my life. I think it is more likely that I’ve realized that I wasted too much time trying to impress the Facebook world. Was I more excited for the event or to upload pictures/videos from the event?

Documenting experiences with the intention of posting them to social media not only can hinder the expe-rience, but I think it can add extra unnecessary anxiety to our lives.

Sometimes it’s hard not to feel like we’re missing out or that we’re not having as much fun as others when we see pictures of them at parties or touring foreign countries. We try to top that with our own documented experi-ences. It can becomes a never-ending cycle of “Who has the coolest life?”

This doesn’t mean that social media is a bad thing or that it’s not okay to post photographs of places traveled to or experiences had. And it also doesn’t mean that everyone posting pictures to Facebook or Instagram is doing so with the sole purpose of garnering likes.

But, I do think there’s a time and place for documenting experiences. Currently, a good portion of our youth documents experiences with the intention of posting it on social media. There’s nothing wrong with that, but don’t let it hinder the experience itself.

Social media detracts from precious moments

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The United States is in the middle of two crises, and it is likely that the majority of the population knows little about them. Where are these crises? Well, currently one of them is resting in the hands of the federal court system. And the other resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.

Let’s begin with the first, currently awaiting its fate in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. But before we go any further, let’s go back a few months to late November of 2014 to understand how we got here; President Obama implemented executive actions that delayed the depor-tation of a now-estimated 5 million illegal immigrants and provided access for these individuals to obtain work permits within the United States.

These actions arose after continued frustration from the President regarding Congress’ inability to come up with new plans for immigration reform. What makes matters interesting is that until November 2014, the United States had a divided Congress with the Senate having a majority comprised of Democrats and the House with a majority of Republicans.

This all changed the month that these actions were implemented, when the Republican Party took a majority in the Senate in the mid-term elections. This puts the United States in a situation of “divided government,” where one party has control over the executive and the other has control over the legislative.

With Congress being divided between the Republicans and the Democrats until these midterms, it is safe to say that compromise was not an easy thing to achieve; but why with Congress now being in the hands of one party could the President not wait and see if he could compromise with the Republicans and get immigration reform in the form of a bill for him to sign?

Sure, the president and the Republicans have not had the greatest relationship, but to bypass Congress with executive actions just a few weeks after a new majority in Congress is elected shows that he had no intent to compromise or work with this new legislative body.

In February 2015, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen issued a preliminary injunction on the executive actions so that the courts could determine their constitutionality.

Along with this injunction comes a coalition of 26 states that are challenging the President’s actions on the basis that they are not only unconstitutional, but that they will do a great deal of harm.

Now, let’s look at the present. The Justice Department and the White House are unsatisfied with this hold on the exec-utive actions, so they are seeking salvation in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Though it appears that the appeal court may not be the end of the road for the legal battle in which the president and his Justice Department are involved, many are projecting the United States Supreme Court to be the final decision-maker regarding the constitutionality of the presi-dent’s plan.

These events have laid the groundwork for what I consider to be the first crisis, which is simply a failure of the federal government to appropriately handle the mass numbers of illegal immigrants that are slipping through our nation’s borders.

While the White House has full capacity to implement and enforce immigration laws, the granting of work permits to illegal immigrants seems like an implementation of immigration policy, which the President

has no authority to do.The sheltering of those not deported and

the issuance of work permits leads up to an estimated 5 million illegal immigrants still remaining in the U.S. This is a reckless and flawed action, and states have to pay the ultimate price.

While immigration reform and enhancements in border security are two things that urgently need to be dealt with, it is not the place of the President to make these decisions on his own. That is not how things work in America. We have a system, and just because it does not coincide with the President’s agenda it does not give him permission to act single-handedly.

This is where I will introduce the second crisis, one that is simply a president that has no regard for the fundamentals, principles and laws of this nation.

Immigrants do have a place in our nation, but this place needs to be found through the correct means. America is a nation that has developed and grown tremendously through immigration, but for this trend to continue, it needs to happen through proper and legal means.

Becoming a United States citizen is not like “capture the flag,” where once you touch base you’re “safe.” We have a legal process for immigrants to go through to become citizens.

Immigration reform is something that should be taken incredibly seriously, and it is something that the Republicans in Congress should consider a matter of high priority, but it has to be done the right way, to protect the integrity and importance of law and order in our nation.

A president is not elected to simply govern the nation as he or she pleases; the president is elected to serve as the chief executive of the nation, with the responsi-bility of being the enforcer of laws created by Congress, not the creator of his or her own laws through executive action. The U.S. Constitution gives only Congress the power to make laws.

There is absolutely no excuse for him to refuse Congress a chance to try to work with him on immigration reform, consid-ering the new members were not even sworn in until January 2015, two months after he had already implemented his exec-utive actions.

Sadly, there is no compromising for President Obama; it’s either his way, or his way through executive action.

(Update: The 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upholds dismissal of lawsuit against the President’s Executive Action on Immigration on 4/7/2015.)

President Obama has forced two major crises

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HALEY ADDENBROOK• regular columnist

• senior/English

The United States is in the middle of two crises, and it is likely that the

majority of the population knows little about them. One of them rests

with the courts, while the other resides in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

“A president is not elected to

simply govern the nation as he

or she pleases; the president

is elected to serve as the chief

executive of the nation, with

the responsibility of being the

enforcer of laws created by

Congress, not the creator.”

COREY SCOTT• member of Virginia Tech College Republicans

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Last year the team competed in the final stage of General Motor’s EcoCAR 2 Competition. 15 teams from colleges across the United States and Canada competed to modify a Chevrolet Malibu into an operating, efficient and consumer-acceptable hybrid vehicle. The team was slated to compete for the top spot, but a failure of the conventional fuel drive system led to a large deduction of points, ending with a still-respectable sixth place finish.

“In EcoCAR 2 we undertook an extremely difficult challenge on inte-grating a custom motor/generator between

the motor and generator,” Shoults said, “which inevitably failed due to lack of time to successfully test the system outside of the vehicle and solve unresolved issues.”

The competition faced criticism across the board for the three-year duration of EcoCAR 2, not just from the Virginia Tech team, as many teams felt they did not have time to show their full potential and avoid technical difficulties, which could be easily ironed out on a larger time frame. The VT team did not focus on moping about the previous competition and instead redefined its approach to timing the build.

“There is no guarantee in this compe-titions that similar situations won’t arise again. However, with a revised project timing plan, from the help of our project manager William Dvorkin, HEVT will be better able to track our progress and ensure that there is ample time for engine stand testing with all necessary components,” Shoults said. “We are constantly evalu-ating the risk of our designs, and that is what led us to the new design, taking into account the pitfalls of last competition.”

Governors in nearly a half-dozen states want to cut state spending on colleges and universities to help close budget shortfalls, often sparking vehement opposition among state lawmakers of both parties.

Republican governors in Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana and Wisconsin and Connecticut’s Democratic governor have proposed higher education cuts for the coming fiscal year. Higher education spending traditionally is a juicy target for budget cutters because schools can make up the lost revenue by raising tuition.

But students and their families already are being squeezed by steadily rising college costs. In fiscal year 2013, schools got about 47 percent of their revenue from tuition, up from about 24 percent in fiscal year 1988, according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut has suggested a tuition hike to compensate for the cuts, but the Republican governors are urging the schools in their states to find the necessary savings by trimming bureaucracy and consolidating campuses.

University officials argue that past budget cuts have pushed them to the breaking point, forcing them, for example, to rely heavily on adjunct professors and teaching assistants instead of full professors. During the recession, 48 states cut higher education spending. Alaska and North Dakota didn’t. They are the only two states spending as much or more on higher education than they did before the recession, when the numbers are adjusted for inflation, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a Washington, D.C.-based research group.

Some critics have urged the Republican governors to roll back recent tax cuts to spare the colleges and universities. But so far the governors have balked, arguing that lower taxes have helped working families and attracted businesses.

Nowhere is the controversy greater than in Louisiana, which has a complicated higher education system and a Republican governor who is considering running for president.

Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed a budget that would reduce higher education spending by $141 million in fiscal 2016. In recent weeks, he has proposed offsetting some of the cuts by getting rid of some refundable business tax credits, which have a total value of $526 million. But the business community is strongly opposing that idea. That leaves the Republican-dominated legislature in a bind, forcing members to choose between education and low taxes, two priorities they generally support.

State Sen. Conrad Appel, a Republican, said in an interview that if the higher education cuts Jindal proposed all go into effect “it would be really serious” and a big blow to colleges and universities. He said he wants to scale back the proposed cuts, but wasn’t prepared to say exactly how.

“If we vote to replenish, some of the cuts will be mitigated to some extent,” he said. But, he noted that the Louisiana public university system has “structural inefficiencies” that will mean more budget cuts in the future. He said he told college administrators last week that they should take steps to cut their budgets, whether that means consolidation of campuses or other methods.

“What I don’t recommend is for higher education to ignore the opportunity to fix the problem,” he said. “Either they are going to fix it or we are going to fix it for them and they

won’t like it.”Robert Scott, president of the Public Affairs

Research Council of Louisiana, said that since Jindal became governor in 2008, the number of full-time employees at state colleges and universities has decreased 23 percent due to budget cuts, and that schools have been raising tuition along the way. But now, he said, “they are about to price themselves out of the market.” He said the flagship school, Louisiana State University, “still has some headroom” to continue tuition increases, but most of the small schools in the state system don’t have that luxury.

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a potential presidential candidate who has cut state income and property taxes by $541 million during his tenure, has proposed cutting $300 million from the University of Wisconsin system.

According to Walker, that amounts to a 2.5 percent cut, but other analysts have put the figure as high as 13 percent. The fact-checking service PolitiFact split the difference, assessing the reduction at about 6 percent. The cut would be exacerbated by the fact that there is a tuition freeze in place.

In Illinois, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner recommended a reduction of nearly 6 percent in direct spending on state colleges and univer-sities. Despite the cut, Rauner argues that “this budget proposal continues to offer state support to our public universities” through contributions to the universities’ retirement system and insurance benefits for university employees.

But Rauner faces strong opposition from the Democratic-controlled legislature and from the state’s universities.

Senate President John Cullerton said on his Facebook page that the governor’s budget cuts will “undermine access to health services, child care, affordable college and retirement security for working- and middle-class families” and vowed that the legislature will amend it. While Rauner has proposed cuts in a range of areas, the education chunk is drawing the most attention.

In Arizona, the Republican-led legislature went further than Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in cutting higher education, agreeing to a $99 million cut, down from an earlier legislative proposal of $104 million. Ducey had proposed a $75 million reduction as a way to pay for business tax cuts. Universities and proponents of higher education fought the governor’s cuts so doggedly that they prompted a backlash in the legislature, which upped them.

Arizona State University President Michael Crow called the action a “drastic remedy to the state’s budget troubles” and one that will come back to haunt the state when it has fewer college graduates contributing to the state’s economy.

In Connecticut, Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy proposed cutting $10.6 million from the University of Connecticut system and an additional $20.6 million from the state’s regional universities. Malloy has expressed support for tuition hikes, after several years of urging that tuition merely keep pace with inflation.

In Kansas, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback since 2011 has pushed through a 25 percent reduction in the state’s top income tax rate, lowered sales taxes and eliminated a tax on small-business income. As a result, state revenue has declined by $685 million. Brownback now is looking to make cuts in education and elsewhere in an effort to balance the books.

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“In EcoCAR 2 we undertook an

extremely diffi cult challenge

on integrating a custom motor/

generator between the motor and

generator.”Lucas ShoultsTeam Leader

time to perform, “hard work and determination pays off.” The students train rigorously, spending weekends touring farms and giving practice reasons in preparation for contests. Senior Emma Reeves agrees that although the schedule is demanding, “it’s very rewarding to work so hard at judging prac-tices and then succeed in a contest.”

The diverse backgrounds and motivation of the members are as impressive as their performance.

“We have kids from the commercial side of the industry, kids that have been judging all their lives, and some that, until a few years ago, had never even touched a cow,” Knowlton said.

This diversity provides a unique pool of talent. Juniors Elizabeth Davis and Joy Nystrom highlight the

extremes of this spectrum. Both competed for Virginia Tech last season – Davis is a life-long judging cont e s t a nt , whe r ea s Nystrom comes from an urban background and joined the team because she enjoys challenging herself.

Even more rewarding than the trophies and titles are the extensive effects of participation for the members and Virginia Tech as a whole. The judging team teaches many valuable lessons beyond the

conformation of cows.“The big benefit, the

reason I encourage kids to judge, is that I really feel it is the best way to learn to make decisions,” Knowlton said. “Judging toughens you up. You have to make deci-sions and defend them.”

Knowlton also said that the judging program is high-profile, allowing the team to serve as a valuable recruitment tool for the university while providing networking and exposure oppor tunit ies for its members.

As a land grant university, one of Virginia Tech’s founding purposes shared with the team is the promotion of agriculture. As the team gears up for the upcoming season, Davis said she likes to win and hopes to live up to this VT legacy.

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Today’s Birthday Horoscope: Expansion and fortune

shine on romance, hobbies and diversions this year.

Jupiter launches the fun by going direct on your

birthday. Realize a dream with someone dreamy.

Partnership profi ts, especially over springtime. Explore

a subject of your passion after mid-June. Travel

and study. Mid-October shakeups at work lead to

improvements. Discover new personal power this

winter. Pursue love.

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Several critics are complaining that “Get Hard,” the new film starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, does not properly address racial injustice in America. They state that its humor relies too much on stereotypes of marginalized individuals, and that there are too many prison-related jokes that seem homophobic.

However, I honestly have no idea what these critics were expecting, considering this was heavily advertised as a hard R-rated comedy starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart. Did they want these two comedy superstars to tone down their usual political incorrectness to make something boring and unfunny? Last time I checked, tame humor is not what we love about these guys, and “Get Hard” delivers in terms of driving home rude, crude and lewd material.

The film’s primary appeal is the co-star pair; these two are hilarious enough on their own, with Ferrell’s brand of absurdist humor creating cult classics such as “Anchorman” and “Talladega Nights,” and Hart’s side-splitting stand-up performances turning him into a box-office behemoth. On the surface, this seems like the comedy team-up of the decade, so I was looking forward to this film, albeit cautiously.

I love almost everything Will Ferrell does, yet Hart has been rather underwhelming outside of stand-up; his films, such as “Ride Along” and “The Wedding Ringer,” have not been all that great. However, he is likeable, and his undeniable talent shines through even when the movie surrounding that talent does not live up to it.

The basic plot is as follows: Ferrell plays an uber-rich member of the upper class who is framed for a white collar crime he did not commit, so he goes to Hart’s character, a working class car wash owner, in order to learn how to “get hard” and survive in prison.

Ferrell’s character offers a lot of cash for prison lessons, assuming that Hart’s character has been to prison solely based on the fact that he is black and on a lower end of the socioeco-nomic chain. Although Hart’s character has never been to prison before, he takes the money in order to fund an expansion of his car wash business, using information he learns from his gangster cousin (played by a surprisingly excellent Tip “T.I.” Harris) who has actually been to jail in order to give Ferrell’s character solid information.

The story goes in every single direction you would expect, but the real selling point is whether or not “Get Hard” is funny. While it’s no comedy classic, the film delivers in the laughs department, more so than several other recent R-rated comedies such as “Unfinished Business” and “Hot Tub Time Machine 2.”

Ferrell and Hart work well together, as is apparent through their great repertoire and improvisation. Ferrell’s big-loud-idiot routine is a perfect match for Hart’s fast-talking little man act. However, the movie is rated R for a reason; if you are not into gross-out, politi-cally incorrect humor, this is not for you. During one particularly disgusting (but funny) bathroom scene, I noticed a couple walk out of the screening I was in. Therefore, know what you are getting into before you fork over the 10 bucks for admission. This is not “Big Hero 6” by any stretch of the imagination.

Overall, the film is an excellent pairing of two of our greatest comedians. “Get Hard” is definitely Kevin Hart’s best film to date, although it does not quite reach the transcendent heights of most of Will Ferrell’s other produc-tions. While the movie is funny for the most part, there were a few stretches without laughs, and much of the comedy is of the “hit-or-miss” variety. Fans of Ferrell and Hart will not be disappointed, though. I give “Get Hard” three-and-a-half out of five stars.

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Pastor Lee Jong-rak, 57, of Jusarang Community Church in Seoul, South Korea, is no stranger to late-night callers. When he hears the bell ring, his heart drops and he rushes to the door.

Lee didn’t ask for visitors and he didn’t expect them either; they just started coming. They started coming on all days of the week and at all times of day. These visitors were babies left in Lee’s baby box, a warm bin lodged in the wall that allows mothers to deposit their children while maintaining anonymity, installed with a motion sensor and alarm. A sign above the box reads, “This is a facility for the protection of life. If you can’t take care of your disabled babies, don’t throw them away or leave them on the street. Bring them here.”

Since the inception of the box in 2009, more than 600 children have been rescued. The idea of the box was born out of Lee’s son, Eun-man, meaning “full of God’s grace.” Eun-man, 28, lives with Lee and his wife, Lee Chun-ja. Given months to live, he lives with severe cerebral palsy, requires 24/7 attention and is completely dependent on the care of his parents.

Lee developed a reputation as “lover of the unlovable” within the hospital, known for his unceasing love for the “boy on his back.” He and his wife continued to care for Eun-man while their older daughter pursued medical school.

Later, a woman asked Lee to adopt her own disabled daughter, Sang-hee, and he did. Eventually, he ended up adopting other orphans from the hospital. Then on a cold

night, he found a disabled baby girl left on his doorstep in a cardboard box.

“The prejudice against disabled people is severe,” Lee said. “People neglect them. They find them repugnant. They don’t treat them with respect; they don’t treat them as human beings. If these children would have gone elsewhere, they would have died.”

Though the box has drawn criticism from people who believe that it encourages mothers to abandon their children, Kindred Image, a registered 501c3 nonprofit orga-nization born from Lee Jong-rak’s cause, explains its goal.

“We exist to end child abandonment in South Korea and create a culture of life around the world,” its website states. “We must work towards a day when (baby boxes) are no longer necessary; when all human

life is embraced for its inherent value and purpose.”

Lee prays that there will be a day that baby boxes are no longer needed and remains committed to his mission, despite disapproval by the South Korean government.

“I’m glad they’ve come here. I’m so

thankful I can help them,” Lee said. “They aren’t the unnecessary ones. God sent them here for a purpose.”

Brian Ivie is the founder of Kindred Image and the filmmaker who produced the “The Drop Box,” the film that brought Lee’s story to the big screen. In early March, over a quarter million saw the film’s theat-rical release, as it was shown in 728 theaters in the United States and in 68 theaters in Canada, March 3-5. The documentary won

10 awards and will be available on DVD soon.

Ivie, who converted to Christianity during filming, explained the movie as a story of hope and a reminder that “every human life is sacred and worthy of love.”

Following the film, Kindred Image, with its model of prevention, intervention and restoration, partnered with Christian orga-nizations, including Focus on the Family, Lee’s official ministry partner, and inter-national family and orphan care founda-tions, including the Global Orphan Care Fund.

South Korea is not alone in its baby boxes. Boxes like these exist elsewhere, with more than 150 million orphans worldwide. As a company, Kindred Image focuses on story-based awareness to change cultural consciousness and works towards long-term, holistic solutions, including counseling, care packages and adoption support. It strives to “restore the image of a God-given ‘kindred image,’” according to its mission statement.

“I can’t be here and not do anything about it, so we installed the baby box with God’s heart,” Lee said. “I made a vow to God: I will die for these babies.”

Currently, Lee is now the father and caretaker of Eun-man and several other disabled children. Due to the high rate of “drop-offs,” though, he is no longer adopting. Instead, the babies left with him are taken to childcare centers. All monthly donations to the cause, up to $40,000, are being matched by Kindred Image.

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(6-foot-7 inches and 277 pounds) and athleticism that coaches on both sides of the ball are optimistic about.

Nijman was recruited by offensive line coach Stacy Searels and running backs coach Shane Beamer, so the switch to offense may not have been as unexpected as some believe.

“When Stacy and our offensive staff first saw him, I think they thought offensive tackle,” Beamer said. “I think Stacy Searels is really high on his potential as an offensive lineman.”

Young players moving to offensive line is not a rare occurrence. Former Hokie Duane Brown is a prime example of someone who made the switch and excelled on offensive line.

“Duane Brown was a tight end,” Searels

said. “Now he’s an offensive tackle for the Houston Texans, and he’s making $54 million. That sells for me.”

While switching positions may be tough for players just coming into a program, Nijman has handled it very well.

“I think he’s a very talented, athletic, big guy,” Searels said. “He’s a team player, and I think he understands how he can get on the field quickest and help the team the most. You got to have guys that can move

their feet and are athletic, and I think (Nijman) has that.

“Josh wants to do what’s best for the team,” Beamer said. “He wants what can get him on the field quickest, and I think that’s on offense right now.”

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Duke holds off Wisconsin, wins fi fth NCAA title

So much for crafty veterans, experience and upperclassmen better handling pressure in crunch time.

Duke’s diaper dandy array of freshmen outplayed longer-toothed Wisconsin on Monday night to earn a 68-63 win and the school’s fifth NCAA championship.

Whoever said youth was wasted on the young should have been among the crowd of 71,149 at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Every single one of Duke’s 37 second-half points was scored by freshmen. That’s right, teenagers. They scored 60 of Duke’s 68 points.

“They’re amazing,” said senior guard Quinn Cook. “They came in so humble, it was all about the team.”

The kids were up to the challenge and oblivious to the magnitude of the stage.

Freshman guard Tyus Jones led the team with 23 points, including the knockout three-pointer in the final 90 seconds.

Freshman guard Grayson Allen, who entered the game averaging four points a game, came off the bench to save his team from what seemed its darkest hour.

Freshman Justice Winslow scored 11 points in 32 minutes and freshman Jahlil Okafor added 10.

Duke’s kids were able to stare down a nine-point deficit with 13:17 left and deliver a magnan-imous comeback for coach Mike Krzyzewski.

It might have seemed like pooling together a gift for grandpa if not for the fact the 68-year-old Krzyzewski coached a magnificent game.

Duke probably wishes every title game were played in Indianapolis. This was the school’s third NCAA title in the city.

Krzyzewski keeps eclipsing milestones as he chases the ghosts of basketball past. His fifth title pushes him past Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp for solo second on the all-time list.

Krzyzewski is now halfway to John Wooden’s hallowed record of 10 championships. Wooden was well into retirement at Krzyzewski’s age, but Duke’s venerable coach shows few signs of slowing down.

He said he should not be compared with Wooden.

“He should be separate from everybody,” Krzyzewski said.

He doesn’t like to rank his titles, but says of the most recent one, “you can feel it the best.”

Wisconsin, for years, will scratch its whiskers and wonder how it happened.

The Badgers had a nine-point lead after Frank Kaminsky scored off an in-bounds pass with 13:17 left.

It seemed improbable that a veteran team led by seniors Kaminsky, Traevon Jackson, Duje Dukan and junior Sam Dekker would allow victory to slip away.

Wisconsin had every thing working in its favor to earn its first NCAA title win since 1941.

Duke’s two best inside players, Okafor and Winslow, were saddled with foul trouble.

When Kaminsky put Wisconsin up by nine, though, Krzyzewski immediately called time out to stem the momentum.

He turned first to freshman backup guard Allen, a seemingly unlikely player to pull his team out of a rut.

Allen, though, scored Duke’s next eight points to keep the Blue Devils in the game.

“Grayson put us on his back,” Krzyzewski said. “We went to him exclusively because of his ability to drive and penetrate.”

Allen said playing against his talented team-mates allowed him to step up in an important moment.

“They’ve been supporting me all year,” he said.

Allen delivered a burst of energy to Duke’s lineup and quickly started beating Wisconsin’s guards off the dribble.

“I saw some openings to drive,” he said.Krzyzewski said, with two stars on the bench,

he just kept throwing lineups out on the court.“I got some gritty guys in there, in combina-

tions,” he said.Duke bought time and got foul-plagued

Okafor and Winslow back in the game for the closing minutes.

Okafor scored two key baskets late to bump a one-point lead to five, at 63-58, with 2:10 left.

Jones then hit a three-pointer with 1:22 left that seemed to put the game out of reach.

Wisconsin rallied in the final minute but couldn’t complete the mission. The Badgers missed five of their last 19 shots.

Dekker, who has been Wisconsin’s hottest-shooting player in the tournament, had one of those nights. He finished with 12 points but missed all six of his three-point attempts.

Dekker was still a factor inside, contributing three putback baskets in the first half. One was a beautiful reverse layup off a teammate’s missed shot.

“I’m disappointed in myself for my

performance tonight,” Dekker said. “I’ve never been closer to a group of guys, and this one hurts.”

The magic of last week’s West Regional win in Los Angeles, and Saturday’s win over Kentucky, went missing. Also missing was some of the swagger.

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said afterward he never felt comfortable Monday night, even with a nine-point lead.

“Teams make runs, it happens all the time,” he said.

It seemed for a while that sophomore guard Bronson Koenig, one of Wisconsin’s unsung players, might end up the king of Madison’s county.

Koenig, who did not have a first-half field goal, opened the second half with a corner three and then hit two more baskets to help push Wisconsin’s lead to nine.

It was Allen of Duke, though, who pushed Koenig off the front page.

Kaminsky had 21 points to lead Wisconsin, which finished the year 36-4. The Badgers wanted so badly for it to be 37-3.

In the end, though, last year’s experience in the Final Four meant nothing. Duke’s stars of Monday night watched as high school students.

What could a senior say?“They were tough,” Wisconsin’s Jackson said.

“They played great.”It might not seem fair that four Duke freshman

could come together so quickly.“I’ve never had a group that’s had this chem-

istry,” Krzyzewski said.It helped, of course, to have a good chemistry

teacher.

CHARLES DUFRESNELos Angeles Times