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Boise State News February 11, 2021 -By Kinzi Dorr Interdisciplinary research is all the rage. Now, more often than not, graduate scholarship seeks to transverse traditional disciplines to create new areas of academic study. But what research falls at the intersection of hydrologic sciences, materials science and engineering, communication, geophysics, and biomolecular sciences? Trick question; none currently. However, that unique compilation of research areas represents this year’...

Miss americas who demanded haskell and others step down, describing a toxic environment. something carlson says she experienced first-hand at fox news. >> you fear youre not going to be believed. youre going to lose your job. >> reporter: well before the #metoo movement, carlson famously went public about allegations of sexual harassment at fox news and settled a lawsuit for $20 million against then fox news ceo roger ailes. >> we have to make it a safer environment. >> reporter: also today, the...

Tom? >> david wright for us. david, thank you. moving on now, and the "me too" movement that began in 2017 reverberating in the new year. gretchen carlson, the former fox news host who shared her own story of sexual harassment, taking over as chair of the miss america pageant, after a sexism scandal rocked that organization. abcs linsey davis with the details. >> miss america is gretchen carlson! >> reporter: here she is, miss americas new chairman, former fox news anchor gretchen carlson. the...

Subway. miss america ceo and two top executives now calling it quits, this after sexist and degrading emails about former contests were made public. a majority of those emails written by ceo sam haskell, 2013 winner mallory hagan were among those who were criticized. she joined dozens of former miss americas in signing a petition asking the leadership to step down. first i turned california into a sanctuary state. now governor jerry brown has a christmas present for president trump, pardonin...

Welcome back. im david gurra. a major shakeup at the miss america organization where three top officials are out. sam haskell, president josh rascal, and lynn resigned after pressure. haskell and randall described miss america contestants in derogatory and vulgar terms. with me, miss america 2008 kristen hagland. great to have you with us. mallory hagan was another subject of a lot of this. after this came to light, these were things she heard whispered about. rumors while she was miss america. ...

And demeaning conversations. >> miss new york! >> reporter: 2013 miss america mallory hagan is the subject of derogatory comments about her weight and love life. >> having someone bully you, belittle you, demean you, degrade you in any way is not okay. stand up for yourself. because it does matter. >> reporter: shes now one of 49 former miss americas demanding haskell and others step down. describing a culture of abuse. former fox news anchor gretchen carlson who won the pageant in 1989 tweeted,...

Stepping down after leaked e-mails show he mocked past pageant contestants with crude and vulgar terms. haskells resignation is effective immediately. the president and chairman also resigned today. kelly: attorney general jeff is sessions launching a justice department review in response to a bombshell report claiming the obama administration took it easy on hezbollah drug traffickers as it pursued the iran nuclear deal. lets bring in ambassador dennis ross, former special middle east coordinat...

We just learned that the board voted to suspend ceo sam haskell and another board member stepped down today. and a member of the production staff who the organization made the most egregious comments was fieshd earlier. >> linsey davis with those major developments tonight. linsey, thank you. now to the growing outrage over the iphone slowdown. apple facing at least two lawsuits admitting it intentionally slows down older model iphones. the company insists its protecting phones from overloadin...

The bullets hit their cars. the only description is of the vehicle passing by quickly. a large, dark pickup truck with oversize wheels. no glimpse of the driver. >> if this keeps going, its going to be a matter of time before we have a murder investigation. >> reporter: tonight, police are flooding the area and offering a $7,000 reward. tom. >> ten cars hit so far. all right, jim, thanks so much. now to the firestorm erupting around the miss america pageant. at least 49 former winners demandin...

Miss america organization resign, this after e-mails disparaging pageant contestants were released. a huffing post report detailed a history of fat shaming and slut shaming within that organization. in some cases, ceo sam haskell appeared to condone the degrading comments even suggest they go were funny to him. he has been suspended. haskell has apologized for what he calls his mistake of words. one former miss america winner says this is just scratching the surface. >> you know, im not even sur...