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In a Friday, April 28, 2017 photo, Olivia Chase and Savannah Christensen perform "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys during Rodstock at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Wyo. Rodstock is an all-day music festival for Make-A-Wish Wyoming that has raised tens of thousands of dollars for sick children. (Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this March 2, 2017, photo, Monica Gilmore, a student in the welding program at Northwest College, practices in the class in Powell, Wyoming. Despite layoffs in the oil field, welders are still in high demand, and enrollment in the college's welding program is increasing, said Bill Johnson, coordinator of the program. (Ilene Olson/The Powell Tribune via AP)
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In a Friday, April 28, 2017 photo, students fill the gym for the Rodstock music festival and fundraiser at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Wyo. Rodstock is an all-day music festival for Make-A-Wish Wyoming that has raised tens of thousands of dollars for sick children. (Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this March 2, 2017, photo, students learn skills in the welding program at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. Despite layoffs in the oil field, welders are still in high demand, and enrollment in the college's welding program is increasing, said Bill Johnson, coordinator of the program. (Ilene Olson/The Powell Tribune via AP)
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University of California President Janet Napolitano, right, responds to a question, as Monica Lozano, chair of the UC Board of Regents,left, looks on while appearing before a Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers questioned Napolitano about an audit, conducted by the State Auditor, that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Sen. Jim Beal, D-San Jose, left, and Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park, look over documents concerning a state audit of the UC Presidents office, during a hearing of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Tuesday, May 2, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers where looking into the audit, conducted by the office of State Auditor Elaine Howle, that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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University of California President Janet Napolitano responds to a question while appearing before a Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers questioned Napolitano about an audit, conducted by the State Auditor, that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Auditor Elaine Howle discuss the findings of an audit her office conducted on the office of the University of California President during a Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Tuesday, May 2, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif. That audit found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Auditor Elaine Howle discuss the findings of an audit her office conducted on the office of the University of California President during a Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. That audit found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Monica Lozano, left, chair o fthe University of California Board of Regents, discusses the findings of a state audit concerning the office of UC President Janet Napolitano, second from left, during a hearing of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee Tuesday, May 2, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers where looking into the audit, conducted by the office of State Auditor Elaine Howle, right, that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Parker Spadaro, right, a student from the University of California, Davis, joined others attending a legislative hearing looking into a state audit of the UC Presidents office, Tuesday, May 2, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers where looking into the audit, conducted by the office of State Auditor Elaine Howle, that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Auditor Elaine Howle, right, looks over at University of California President Jane Napolitano reads her statement concerning the audit conducted by Howle's office, during a hearing of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers questioned Napolitano about the audit that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Monica Lozano, left, chair of the University of California Board of Regents, and UC President Janet Napolitano, sit in the audience before appearing before the Joint Legislative Audit Committee Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers where looking into an audit, conducted by the office of State Auditor Elaine Howle, that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Middle school teacher Michelle Chavez, 48, of Santa Fe, N.M., right, casts her ballot with a poll worker at Sweeney Elementary School in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in a citywide referendum. Voters in New Mexico's capital city were deciding whether to add a tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened beverages that would follow the examples of several cities across the country. The proposed tax in Santa Fe would pay to expand early childhood education. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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Pre-kindergarten teacher Shanel Rosetta, 23, of Albuquerque (left, foreground), makes calls to registered voters from a union hall in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, urging them to vote in favor of a tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened beverages. Voters in New Mexico's capital city were deciding whether to add a tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened beverages that would follow the examples of several cities across the country. The proposed tax in Santa Fe would pay to expand early childhood education. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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A line of more than 50 voters snakes though a balloting center in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as voters decide whether to add a tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened beverages. The tax would follow the examples of several cities across the country. Under Santa Fe's approach, the tax would pay to expand early childhood education.(AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, The Memory Project founder and director Ben Schumaker views portraits made by high school art students for the project during a shipping effort at the home of his aunt and uncle, Steve and Ellen Broeckert, in Middleton, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, Middleton High School sophomore Megan Graham works on a portrait of a young boy from the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of The Memory Project in Middleton, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, Middleton High School student Elora Becker peruses portraits of Bolivian children made by art students at the school for The Memory Project, including her work at lower right, at the high school in Middleton, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, portraits made by high school students as part of The Memory Project are photographed and packaged at the home of Steve and Ellen Broeckert, pictured at top, in Middleton, Wis. Also working on the effort are Greg and Betty Brault of Stoughton. The couples' nephew, Ben Schumaker, is the director and founder of The Memory Project. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
