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June 7, 2024

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What is The Fountainhead?

This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite…of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy…and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator.

As fresh today as it was then, Rand’s provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction—that man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress.

How It Works

Every three months there is a new seasonal entry round, with its own unique essay prompt. You may compete in any or all of these entry rounds.

The top three essays from each season will be awarded a cash prize. The first-place essay from each season will advance to compete for the annual grand prize.

The first-place essay from each season will be eligible to contend for the annual first-place title, with the opportunity to secure a grand prize of $25,000.

Challenging Essay Topics

Each entry round features a unique topic designed to provoke a deeper understanding of the book’s central themes and characters.

Essays must be written in English only and between 800 and 1,600 words in length, double-spaced.

Questions? Write to us at [email protected] .

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The essay prompt for our fall entry period has not yet been determined. We will post it here as soon it’s available.

The essay prompt for our winter entry period has not yet been determined. We will post it here as soon it’s available.

Grand Prize

Master our grading standards.

Essays are judged on whether the student is able to justify and argue for his or her view, not on whether the Institute agrees with the view the student expresses. 

Our graders look for writing that is clear, articulate, and logically organized.  Essays should stay on topic, address all parts of the selected prompt, and interrelate the ideas and events in the novel. 

Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of The Fountainhead .

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Understanding, contest timeline, discover the power of the fountainhead.

What motivates a creative thinker?

Is it a selfless desire to benefit mankind? A hunger for fame, fortune, and accolades? The need to prove superiority? Or is it a self-sufficient drive to pursue a creative vision, independent of others’ needs or opinions?

Ayn Rand addresses these questions through her portrayal of Howard Roark, an innovative architect who, as she puts it, “struggles for the integrity of his creative work against every form of social opposition.”

Learn more and request a free digital copy of the book today.

Learn from Past Winners

Curious to know what makes for a winning essay in The Fountainhead  contest? Check out some of the essays written by our most recent grand-prize winners. 

To varying degrees, they all display an excellent grasp of the philosophic meaning of The Fountainhead .

See the full list of winners from our most recent contest here .

Jada Manaloto

12th grade student

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

New York, New York

United States

John F. Kennedy High School

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Soo Yeon Chun

Deerfield Academy

Deerfield, Massachusetts

Cora Usurela

11th grade student

Thornhill Secondary School

Thornhill, Ontario

Shepherd International Edu.

Gangdong-gu, Seoul

South Korea

Lucas Pringle

Repton School

Repton, England

United Kingdom

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Legion Seeks Volunteers To Honor Veterans – Announces Essay Contest Winners

Posted By: Press Releases May 15, 2024

Ellwood City’s J. Wilbur Randolph American Legion Post 157 has a full slate leading up to Memorial Day on May 27th and can use your help.

The Ellwood City Area has a rich tradition of honoring men and women who have served our nation and Ellwood citizens have always made a special effort in recognizing Service members who have passed. The following are opportunities for you to help our Legion Post carry on this valuable tradition.

PLANTING FLOWERS IN LEGION PARK – The American Legion Park on Pittsburgh Circle and 4th Street regales each year in a cloak of flowers provided by D’Addio’s Family Nursery. Mr. Sam Pawlowski has refreshed the flower beds for planting and Legionnaires and volunteers will plant the flowers at 10:30 on Saturday, May 18th. This is a wonderful opportunity for families to interact with veterans in beautifying the Park for the post-Parade service on Memorial Day.

PLACING FLAGS ON VETERAN’S GRAVES – The Post will place American flags on veteran’s graves at Wurtemburg, Slippery Rock, Locust Grove, and Holy Redeemer Cemeteries. If you are interested in this opportunity, the Post will decorate Wurtemburg at 6:00 p.m. on Monday May 20th, Slippery Rock at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday May 21st, and Locust Grove and Holy Redeemer at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday May 22nd. Interested volunteers should meet at the respective cemeteries prior to 6:00 to get the flags and directions.

EIGHTH GRADE ESSAY WINNERS – the Post is also pleased to announce the winners of the annual 8th grade Essay Contest for Lincoln and Riverside students. This year’s topic was: “What Contributions did the Civilian Population of the Ellwood City Area Make Toward Our Victory in World War 2.” The winning essayists were: from Lincoln High School – Addison Minerd and William Elder; and from Riverside High School –

Emma Myer and Wyatt Herschell. These four writers are invited to ride in Ellsworth, the Ellwood City Area Historical Society Trolley during the Parade and to read their winning essays at the post-Parade ceremony in Legion Park. Each will also be presented with $100.00 cash award at the Legion Picnic in August.

Continuing the annual Memorial Day tradition In Ellwood, Legion and the Beaver –Lawrence County Veteran’s Honor Guard members will meet at Legion Park at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, May 27th to half-mast the flag and then proceed to 12 local cemeteries and one World War 2 dog’s gravesite to conduct Military Rites in honor of local deceased veterans. At each cemetery, the Honor Guard will say a prayer, conduct a three-volley rifle salute, and play taps. These veterans will also be in the Memorial Day parade in Ellwood City where they will conduct the ceremony for veterans buried at sea on the Lincoln High School/Veterans Bridge during the parade and an Honors Ceremony/Wreath Laying at Legion Park at the ceremony after the Parade.

The American Legion looks forward to seeing the many patriotic citizens of our area at these events.

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Charlottesville tomorrow wins four 2023 virginia press association awards, including two first place awards for feature writing.

At Charlottesville Tomorrow, we work hard to bring diverse communities closer together through journalism, especially in how we write. So we’re proud to announce that our team has won four awards in feature writing and investigative reporting at the 2023 Virginia Press Association News and Advertising Contest .

Tamica Jean-Charles won first place in online news for feature writing, for the “quality of writing and ability of the writer to hold reader interest” for her nuanced handling of the conversations we’ve had in central Virginia around renaming schools.

The great nephew of one of the Burnley-Moran Elementary School namesakes defends his aunt’s legacy

Sarepta Moran was a white elementary school principal during segregation and a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, but her nephew says that doesn’t mean she was racist.

Erin O’Hare won first place for feature stories among all Virginia news outlets from her writing of the story of a wrong made right, using “narrative and drama” to keep readers’ interest.

Lynching victim John Henry James receives ‘one little drop of justice’ 125 years after his death

Judge called posthumous rape indictment a “mockery of the judicial system. Not as an instrument of justice, but as cause to lynch a man simply because he was Black.”

O’Hare also won second place for online investigative work for her longtime reporting on a downtown Charlottesville apartment building that houses low-income seniors and people with disabilities. The judge wrote, “Reporting that makes a difference is always the goal of watchdog journalism… I particularly appreciate framing the hopefulness of residents with the portable toilet showing up on premises for workers’ use.”

In the year since Charlottesville’s public housing authority put up a $23 million bond to rebuild Midway Manor, the new owners have remained silent about their plans

The owners promised extensive renovations and long-term affordability for the building, which houses seniors and people with disabilities. But residents, city officials and local journalists have been unable to get answers from the company.

After dodging questions for more than a year, Midway Manor owners confirms affordability and that renovations are starting

The owners promised renovations would begin more than a year ago. They didn’t, and then the company stopped answering questions. 

O’Hare and managing editor Jessie Higgins together won second place in online feature series for their reports about unhoused communities — such asthe tent community that lived in Charlottesville’s Market Street Park in September — and the impact that reporting is having on the communities’ conversations about housing insecurity.

Who are the people camped at Market Street Park? What is the city’s plan?

We have answers to some of your most pressing questions about the downtown homeless camp.

Charlottesville had — and lost — a shelter that social workers say could have helped hundreds of unhoused people off the streets

Had the shelter continued, its homeless service workers are convinced they could move hundreds more people off the streets, including many of those now camped downtown.

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Aaron Boorstein (BSJ24) was named the 2024 winner of the Walter S. and Syrena M. Howell Essay Competition offered to Medill students. The annual contest challenges students to discuss “truth gone awry,” in the context of news gathering and dissemination. Boorstein will be awarded $4,000.

Boorstein’s submission, “Broken News, Breaking Trust: The Consequences of Unverified Reporting in the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital Coverage” reviews news reports from Oct. 17, 2023, about an explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Several news organizations initially identified cause as an Israeli airstrike and later had to revise the reporting when the cause could not be verified.

“I wrote about the initial coverage of the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion because it exemplifies the consequences of journalism institutions hastily breaking news at accuracy’s expense,” said Boorstein. “While this trend satisfies the economic and social demands of the competitive digital news cycle, it severely undermines journalistic integrity and media trust.”

The contest was judged by a panel of faculty members from the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

“The judges were impressed by Aaron’s thoughtful essay,” said one of the panelists. “As he wrote, ‘News outlets should use language that refrains from attributing specific actions or blame to parties involved in unfolding situations, ensuring transparency and preventing the presentation of unsubstantiated claims as facts.’

“…His show-don’t-tell’ examples and his concrete suggestions for the industry made him worthy of the 2024 prize.”

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Three students from Knights of Columbus Council #275 win essay contest

• May 13, 2024

PORT EWEN – Knights of Columbus Council #275, which represents the Knights of the area of Kingston, held an awards ceremony on Saturday, May 11 th for the winners of the council’s essay contest for children and youths on the theme of what the Catholic faith means to them.

The awards ceremony was hosted by Immaculate Conception parish, Kingston, whose pastor, Fr. Miroslaw Pawlaczyk, was present, and presided by Robert Santiago, Grand Knight of Council #275. The District Deputy, Matthew Susman, and Thomas Lonergan, Warden of the Council, were among the dignitaries present from the Knights of Columbus.

Of the seven winners of the essay contest, three came from Presentation-Sacred Heart Parish:  Darrenae Coq (fifth grade winner), William Coq (sixth grade winner), and Salvatore Marchese (third grade winner).

“The essays written by our parish winners as well by winners from other parishes prove what can happen when our parents and parishes work together to instill Catholic consciousness from an early age, both at in the family and in our churches,” said Pastor Arthur F. Rojas.

Rojas added his congratulations to the winners from other parishes such as Immaculate Conception (Kingston), St. Joseph’s (Kingston), and St. Mary-St. Andrew’s (Ellenville).

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Four Students Win Seventh Annual KBHF Essay Contest

Four high school students from across Kansas have won $500 each in the seventh annual Kansas Business Hall of Fame essay contest. The contest was open to students in Grades 9 through 12 in Kansas with entries from homeschooled students also accepted.

Original essays were based on research of a Kansas Business Hall of Fame honoree inducted into one of two categories: Historical or Contemporary. Inductees can be found at www.ksbhf.org . Students could read about the inductees and choose one that inspired them. They were encouraged to use their own personal thoughts and views that best pertained to the theme and themselves. Sixty-six entries from 14 Kansas high schools were judged by a panel of business professionals and business faculty.

Below are the four winning authors and the KBHF inductee they wrote about:

• Addilyn Bruns, freshman, homeschooled, Topeka, inductee Arthur Capper
• Aubryn Garriott, senior, Olpe High School, inductee Bill Kurtis
• Lucy Krebsbach, freshman, homeschooled, Meriden, inductee Charles Walker
• Benjamin Soyka, senior, Leavenworth High School, inductee Warren Augustine Bechtel

The prize money totaling $2,000 was graciously donated by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. Winning authors were mailed or presented their certificates.

Dr. James Leiker, KBHF Board Chair, said, “The Kansas Business Hall of Fame is proud to honor these students and their instructors, who, through these essays, help us better understand the rich tradition of entrepreneurship and innovation that our state has fostered.”

The winning students will be invited to the KBHF Induction Ceremony on Thursday, June 13, in Cremer Hall on the campus of Emporia State University, where they will receive their prizes.

The KBHF Board would like to thank the following judges: Susan Elliott, Beth Ginter, Paul Grimes, Sherriene Jones-Sontag, Connie Lindell, Jeff Muldoon, John Rich, Butch Sim, Ed Bashaw and Jim Shepherd.

About the Kansas Business Hall of Fame: Housed in Emporia State University’s School of Business Cremer Hall, the Kansas Business Hall of Fame recognizes business leaders who have added to the prestige and growth of Kansas. By identifying outstanding examples of business leadership, the Hall of Fame shares these stories of success and innovation through representative displays. The Hall of Fame creates an awareness and appreciation of Kansas' rich heritage of business leadership. The Board is made up of individuals from all over the state of Kansas with representatives from universities, community colleges, and private and public businesses. For more information, please go to www.ksbhf.org .

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Pueblo man found guilty of murdering Fountain Police Officer after his fatal fall from a bridge

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - A jury of 12 in El Paso County has decided the verdict in the murder trial of Fountain Police Officer Julian Becerra. That jury found Devon Bobian guilty of all five charges he's facing: 2nd-degree-murder, aggravated robbery, vehicular eluding, felony menacing, and car theft.

This comes after passionate closing arguments by the 4th Judicial District Attorney's office and the defense team for Devon Bobian, the man accused of murder.

Bobian faces 16-96 years in prison. He will be sentenced at a later date. Before sentencing, the district attorney's office will have to prove that Bobian is a habitual criminal, meaning someone with at least three felony convictions. If they prove that, Bobian could face the maximum penalty of 96 years in prison.

On Feb. 2, 2023, K9 Officer Becerra was one of many officers chasing three suspects in a stolen blue sedan. The chase took them from southeast Colorado Springs, into Fountain, onto both sides of I-25, and then onto South Academy Blvd. Investigators state the suspects were driving recklessly and drove the wrong way down lanes at several points during the pursuit.

RELATED: Fountain officer dies chasing man who spent six months in prison on court-ordered 3-year sentence

The chase eventually led officers to a Love's Travel Center in Fountain. According to the new arrest affidavit, the three suspects were seen near a silver Toyota 4Runner in the parking lot. The owner of the Toyota told investigators she was about to pump gas when one of the suspects approached her, flashed a gun at her, and demanded her keys and to empty her pockets.

RELATED: Affidavit details moment when Fountain Police Officer fell from bridge during pursuit

In court Friday, the prosecution was tasked with convincing the jury that Bobian is guilty of felony murder. That law states that someone is guilty of murder if someone dies while they are in the commission of another felony crime. In this case, the prosecution is alleging that Bobian is guilty of robbery for attempting to steal Palmer's 4Runner, and while he was fleeing from law enforcement, Officer Becerra died from injuries sustained while attempting to stop him.

They allege the evidence is clear, arguing to the jury "this is murder" during Friday's closing arguments. They also presented evidence that showed Bobian lunge toward Becerra moments before he fell from the bridge along South Academy Blvd.

Bobian's defense attorney, Beau Worthington, argued in his closing arguments that Becerra's death was a "tragedy," and said that Bobian being charged with murder was an "overreach" by the agency investigating Becerra's death, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.

Worthington told the jury the law enforcement officers investigating whether to charge Bobian with murder were likely clouded with "bias" because the person who died was also a law enforcement officer.

Monday, after the verdict was read, El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen commended the sacrifice of Officer Becerra.

"Women and men all across the United States get up every day, put on the uniform and badge and go to work. They don't know if today will be the last day they see their loved ones," Allen said.

In Bobian's case, he could have faced live in prison with no parole. However, in 2019, Colorado lawmakers changed the law around felony murder. Felony murder is when someone is committing another felony crime and someone dies in the commission, or while attempting to flee that crime.

Lawmakers converted felony murder from a class-1 felony to a class-2 felony. This means prosecutors must charge felony murder as 2nd-degree murder and not 1st-degree murder. As DA Allen explained, this means a person like Bobian, convicted of felony murder, will be allowed parole from prison at some point.

"As a result of that statutory change, they are now subject to 16 years to 48 years in prison with mandatory parole of 5 years. The impact of that, obviously, is that it takes away the highest level punishment that we have available to us in the state of Colorado," Allen said.

Allen says he testified against this change in law back in 2019 when it was being considered by lawmakers.

"In my mind, it's a disservice to victims of crime. We're talking about violent offenders who are engaging in violent criminal activity out in the community, like aggravated robbery, who in the course of that violent action, kill somebody else. And in my mind, those people should be sentenced to life in prison without parole," Allen said.

Bobian will be back in court for the aforementioned habitual criminal trial on July 3rd. He will be sentenced after that at a later date.

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Student Awards and Achievements

PhD student Furkan Kir 's research article “English-medium instruction (EMI) as the great (un)equaliser: experiences of former EMI students in Turkey” has been published in the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. Kir’s article explores the experiences of students who dropped out of an English-medium university in Turkey and postulates that strict English proficiency requirements at some Turkish universities pose a problem for many students.  Fine work Furkan.

Molly Porter 's article “’Damn the Empire!’: Imperial Excess, National Nostalgia, and Metaphysical Modernism in the Poetics of Parade’s End” has appeared in the special issue "Ford Madox Ford's War Writing" in the April 2024 publication of Humanities. Congratulations, Molly!

The Kennedy Center recently named graduate student Jack Wolfram 's play, Paradise Untapped , as a regional semi-finalist for the 2024 John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play. A portion of Wolfram’s play was staged alongside three other rising playwrights' works at the Region VII Festival in Spokane, WA. Paradise Untapped’s premise is proper clever:

Paradise Untapped , a one-act play rooted in critical fabulation, tells the story of Deborah Milton and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The two entered our world a lifetime apart in England to different world-renown intellectuals, tethered across time by a shared fiery intellect and creative compulsion. Both yearn to make a name for themselves and do right by their gifts, tell stories that will be remembered, but doing so proves diametrically opposed to their respective circumstances.

Congratulations Jack!

MFA student Simon Graham is one of the 2024 Association of Writers and Writing Programs' Intro Journals Project Winners, in the fiction category.

Jennie Baker, Abygail Gutierrez, and Jack Wolfram have each earned highly competitive Disability Travel Awards from the Conference on College Composition and Communication (4Cs), the largest conference in the field of writing studies. These awards recognize "scholarship dedicated to improving knowledge about the intersections of disability with composition and rhetoric, the value of disability as a source of diversity, inclusive practices and the promotion of access, and the value of disability as a critical lens" and provide funding to help cover the costs of attending the 2024 CCCC conference being held in Spokane.  Congratulations!

Also in the 4Cs category, PhD student Anselma Prihandita has been awarded a 2024 Scholars for the Dream Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. This prestigious award funds travel to the convention and confers an opportunity to connect with important mentors outside of our home institution.  Nice work Anselma!

Ph.D. student, Andreas Bassett was recently selected as the Bibliographical Society of America's Katharine F. Pantzer New Scholar and has been invited to speak at the upcoming 2024 Bibliographical Society of America annual meeting.  Quite the honor – good going Andreas!

Remember Rasheena Fountain , from about a page up, publishing award winning poetry? As a current Ph.D. student in English and MFA graduate (‘21), Rasheena will be a featured artist at the new Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx) on Oregon State’s campus in Fall 2024. Fountain’s “Dropped Down Blues” Black speculative and blues audio-visual project, set in Pipers Creek during salmon migration, will be featured in the exhibition How to Carry Water: Memory in Three Questions. The exhibition brings together contemporary visual artists and humanities scholars in shared observations and questions about watersheds. So interesting Rasheena, congrats!

And Tenzin Sangpo , a second year MFA student, was declared a “Dalai Lama Graduate Scholar – 2023" by the Ganden Phodrang Foundations of the Dalai Lama.  What an honor Tenzin!

E. J. Koh has been named a finalist for the 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award by The New York Public Library and Young Lions for her novel The Liberators.

Julia Park and undergraduate student Emily Tang have been selected to the Husky 100. Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 undergraduate and graduate students from the UW Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma campuses in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the University of Washington.

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Adam Ramer--Eilert Anderson Scholarship Frederick Lu--Edward Cox Scholarship Maizy Green--Argentina Daley Endowed Fund Lena "Ruby" Storey--Robert Heilman Scholarship Maizy Green--Roger Sale Scholarship Glika Mitro--Tia Vall-Spinosa Sullivan Scholarship Samuel Abraham--Lucky Budd Waller Scholarship Riley Hull--Peter Thorpe Scholarship Gabe Cortina--Gamma Phi Beta Scholarship Emmalee Heins--Kollar Scholarship Keira Murphy--Charles H. Krysieniel Jaime Stout--Dave and Joan Empfield Endowed Scholarship* Tristyn Struve--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship Adam Ramer--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship Frederick Lu--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship Mitro Glika--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship Samuel Abraham--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship Riley Hull--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship Gabe Cortina--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship Emmalee Heins--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship Keira Murphy--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship Lena "Ruby" Story--John Kimball Woolley Scholarship

Undergraduate Prizes    Riley Hull--Hilen Essay Prize Ari Snyder--Honors Thesis Prize

Creative Writing Prizes and Awards Sara Cline--Academy of American Poets Prize Binh Tang-- Bentley Prize (Prose)  Anne Duncan--Bentley Prize (Poetry)  Sydney Hwang--Joan Grayston Prize Simon Graham--David Guterson Prize Wen Eckelberg--Arthur Oberg Prize Justine Huggins--Charlotte Paul Reese Award Kathie Wu--Eugene Van Buren Award     Creative Writing Scholarships Nicole Pannucci--Edith K. Draham Scholarship Emma Reiss--Stephanie Dassel Barden Endowed Scholarship

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Knox County students honored for winning statewide contest

K NOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett honored two Knox County students for winning the statewide 2023 civics essay contest.

The contest was open to public, private, charter or homeschoolers in Grades K through 12. Two essays from each school and each grade level were submitted featuring the theme ‘Why Civility Matters.’

“Congratulations to Jasmine Smith and Nancy Claire Johnson on their first and third-place finishes in the 2023 Civics Essay Contest,” said Secretary Hargett. “They demonstrate the future of our great state is bright.”

Smith, a student from Knoxville Montessori School, placed first in the sixth to eighth grade category. Johnson, a student from Farragut Intermediate School, placed third in the third through fifth grade category.

The students visited the state capitol on March 21 to receive their awards. Both also earned TNStars 529 College Savings Program scholarships.

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Issue 155 (Sep - Oct 2023)

Editorial: Between Fear and Hope

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow

Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatment

Eco-friendly “Sorting-out-Your-Distractions” System

Unplugging the Mind: Reclaiming Focus in the Age of Distractions

The Place Where There Is No Math

Another Way of Journeying and Initiation (1)

Fear and Hope

Love and Service at Times of Hardships

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Against All Odds

Taking Action, Wisely

Science Square (Issue 155)

Most read in 2023.

Climate Change and Our Health

Physiological Effects of Music

What Happens After Death?

Dunning-Kruger Effect: Audacity Born Out of Ignorance

Imbalance in Bowel Movement

Most Magically Magical Magic Squares

You Are the Placebo

Our World of Faith or, Being Cool and Peaceful in the Fire

THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - May 10, 2024

• Happy Mother's Day

Repairing the Medicaid safety net

• Analyzing OIA's budget and programs

Insular data gaps report

Addressing FAFSA issues

Combating antisemitism in schools

• Kim repeats in Art Competition

$474k for Historic Preservation

$283k for wastewater infrastructure

$486k grant for PSS

• Mental health message
• Welcome, Jesse Deleon Guerrero
• Congratulations, Dr. Evangelista
• KILILI TIME CAPSULE
• OPPORTUNITIES

Medicaid was designed to provide health insurance coverage to our most vulnerable Americans. Congress, however, limits federal funding for Medicaid programs in the territories, greatly compromising our programs’ ability to sustain health insurance coverage during times of increased need. That is why I introduced the Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for the Insular Areas Act of 2024 ( H.R. 8327 ). My bipartisan legislation establishes a fail-safe for Medicaid in the territories by authorizing the redistribution of unused Medicaid block grant funding to address shortfalls in the Marianas, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Representatives Moylan of Guam and Radewagen of American Samoa are original cosponsors of my bill which Right to Democracy has also endorsed.

Analyzing OIA’s budget and programs

Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs, Carmen Cantor, testified at a hearing on the President’s FY 2025 budget request for the Office of Insular Affairs before the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs on Wednesday. As I thanked Interior Secretary Haaland last week , I thanked Assistant Secretary Cantor for maintaining or increasing funding for programs important to the Marianas. We discussed Governor Palacios’ request for 902 consultations seeking the Administration’s assistance to help our ailing economy. I also expressed my disappointment in the way OIA is administering the Energizing Insular Communities program created to help the insular areas develop energy strategies. Public Law 113-235 clearly states it is OIA’s responsibility to develop and implement energy plans and report to Congress on whether milestones are being met. OIA awards grants annually under the $15 million program, but they also must provide action plans and technical and financial expertise to help bring down energy costs and reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels. Unfortunately, we are all still waiting to learn about their progress. View our exchange here .

The Government Accountability Office published a report Thursday, U.S. Territories: Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Address Data Gaps , urging federal statistical agencies to address the data deficiencies in the U.S. insular areas. I requested the report in April 2022 along with Rep. Grijalva of Arizona and all insular area congressional delegates, highlighting the challenges the insular areas face with the absence of current population, economic, labor force, or agricultural data. Ultimately, GAO has recommended that the federal government develop a coordinated plan to examine the benefits of including the Marianas and other insular areas in statistical products on a regular basis. Timely and accurate data is crucial for informing decisions and achieving progress in our islands.

I questioned Dr. Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education, regarding his department’s botched implementation of the FAFSA Simplification Act during an Education and Workforce Committee hearing on Tuesday. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a form completed by students to help determine their eligibility for financial aid. However, students from the Marianas were unable to complete the form for many months since the updated FAFSA failed to include our islands as an option for required questions. While the Department of Education has created a workaround for the affected questions by having our students choose the selection for foreign students, this is unacceptable. I asked for Dr. Cardona’s commitment to remedy this issue. Watch our exchange here .

The Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing Wednesday on “Confronting Pervasive Antisemitism in K-12 Schools.” Without a safe learning environment, our students cannot achieve their full potential. I asked Mr. Emerson Sykes, Senior Staff Attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union, what public schools can do to make their campuses a welcome space to all students amidst rising incidents of hate speech. View our interaction here .

The Marianas Historic Preservation Office is receiving $474,241 in FY 2023 Historic Preservation Fund grants, the National Park Service announced Monday . Grant funds are awarded to local Historic Preservation Offices, like ours under DCCA, to support a variety of programs and projects to help preserve the cultural resources and history of the Marianas. This is an increase from the $432,577 received in FY 2022. Great work, HPO!

The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation is receiving $283,000 in Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant funds , the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday . Grant funds may be used for the planning, designing, and construction of combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, and stormwater management projects. Congratulations to CUC.

AmeriCorps announced Thursday a $486,316 grant to the Marianas’ Public School System AmeriCorps Program to support the provision of cross-age peer-to-peer tutoring services in reading to at-risk public school students. The program projects that approximately 480 student tutees will benefit from the support of AmeriCorps members. Congrats, PSS!

Medicaid equivalence bill intro'd

The Marianas Medicaid program would receive additional funding under legislation I introduced Thursday.

More money for students/schools

Title I-A schools grants go up $1 billion in the fiscal year 2020 education appropriation approved Wednesday in committee.

Resolution remembers the fallen, honors those who serve

I have introduced H.Res.578 , designating the week of May 11-17 as National Police Week, as a way to honor officers from the Northern Mariana Islands and throughout our nation, who have been killed or injured in the line of duty, and to recognize those who currently serve America's communities.

• Citizenship and Integration Grant Program
• Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrant
• CPD Promoting Policing Development
• CPD Accreditation Grant Program
• CPD Hiring Program
• School Violence Prevention Program 
• Nationwide Fishing Trap Removal, Assessment and Prevention Program
• Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program
• Senior Community Service Employment Program
• Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas and Agriculture & Food Sciences Facilities and Equipment

Jobs/Internships:

• Test Administrator
• Marriage and Family Therapist
• Psychologist
• Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
• Social Worker

Public Comments:

• File Emergency Response rule change
• Species status review
• Assistive Technology
• CMS changes
• Vets in Olympics & Paralympics
• Healthcare Safety Network data
• Coral Reef Program data

THIS WEEK

• H .R. 8289 – Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024, Part II (passed, 385-24)
• H.R. 2925 – Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024 (passed, 216-195)
• H.R. 6192 – Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act (passed, 212-195)
• H.R. 7109 – Equal Representation Act (passed, 206-202)
• H.J. Res. 109 – Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121. (passed, 228-182)

NEXT WEEK

• H.R. 7343 – Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act
• H.R. 8146 – Police Our Border Act
• H.R. 354 – LEOSA Reform Act
• H.R. 7530 – DC CRIMES Act of 2024
• H.R. 7581 – Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act of 2024
• H. Res. 1210 – Condemning the Biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens law enforcement officers face as a result.
• H. Res. 1213 – A resolution regarding violence against law enforcement officers.

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