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A dancer from the Tom Maior samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 photo, John Cooper walks through his neighborhood in Chapel Hill, N.C. Cooper, who spent a few years working as a teacher's aide in Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley’s class, said she encouraged the violence meant to beat out devils and warned students not to say anything to their parents. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-This photo provided by John Cooper shows him at the age of 12 at a public park near Spindale, N.C., during a court-mandated visitation with his cousins. Cooper, who spent a few years working as a teacher’s aide in Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley’s class, said she encouraged the violence meant to beat out devils and warned students not to say anything to their parents. (Courtesy John Cooper via AP)
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Wake Forest University forward John Collins (20) dunks over University of Pittsburgh guard Cameron Johnson (23) during an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday Feb. 22, 2017. (Bruce Chapman/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
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In this Thursday, Feb 22, 2017 photo, as piles of snow melt in the foreground, Williams College students take advantage of the unseasonably warm weather by dressing in shorts and tank tops as they hang out and study outside Chapin Hall on the school's campus in Williamstown, Mass., as temperatures soared in the 70's. (Gillian Jones /The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 photo, dressed in a Johnstown Chiefs jersey, Robert Tetkoski, of Ligonier, poses for a portrait at the Diamond, in Ligonier. Tetkoski was a senior in high school when the movie Slap Shot was filmed, and came down to the diamond to participate in the crowd during the filming of a scene. (Dan Speicher /Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2016, file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (3) speaks to the media following a win over the Seattle Seahawks in an NFL football game in Tampa, Fla. Winston, who was accused of raping another student when he was in college, says he made a “poor word choice” in comments about women in a recent talk to students at a Florida elementary school. The Tampa Bay Times reports Winston spoke to third- through fifth-grade students at Melrose Elementary in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, telling them about his three rules of life. When the kids got fidgety, Winston told the boys to stand up, reminding them that they’re “strong.” Then, he said the “ladies” are “supposed to be silent, polite, gentle.”(AP Photo/Jason Behnken, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2015, file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Winston, who was accused of raping another student when he was in college, says he made a “poor word choice” in comments about women in a recent talk to students at a Florida elementary school. The Tampa Bay Times reports Winston spoke to third- through fifth-grade students at Melrose Elementary in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, telling them about his three rules of life. When the kids got fidgety, Winston told the boys to stand up, reminding them that they’re “strong.” Then, he said the “ladies” are “supposed to be silent, polite, gentle.”(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2017, file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, his younger brother Jonah Winston, and his girlfriend Breion Allen, all ride in a car during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in St. Petersburg, Fla. Winston, who was accused of raping another student when he was in college, says he made a “poor word choice” in comments about women in a recent talk to students at a Florida elementary school. The Tampa Bay Times reports Winston spoke to third- through fifth-grade students at Melrose Elementary in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, telling them about his three rules of life. When the kids got fidgety, Winston told the boys to stand up, reminding them that they’re “strong.” Then, he said the “ladies” are “supposed to be silent, polite, gentle.” (Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2016, file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Jameis Winston participates in a news conference after an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. Winston, who was accused of raping another student when he was in college, says he made a “poor word choice” in comments about women in a recent talk to students at a Florida elementary school. The Tampa Bay Times reports Winston spoke to third- through fifth-grade students at Melrose Elementary in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, telling them about his three rules of life. When the kids got fidgety, Winston told the boys to stand up, reminding them that they’re “strong.” Then, he said the “ladies” are “supposed to be silent, polite, gentle.” (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth, File)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, Nina Sandberg plays violin at Judson Park for residents, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In a research project, graduate-level students from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Art live among residents of the Judson Manor retirement home. The study looks at the impact of isolation and loneliness, aging and stereotypes of retirees by students and vice versa. Sandberg is an artist-in-residence at Judson Park. She is a Cleveland Institute of Music graduate student studying music. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, Nina Sandberg plays violin at Judson Park, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In a research project, graduate-level students from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Art live among residents of the Judson Manor retirement home. The study looks at the impact of isolation and loneliness, aging and stereotypes of retirees by students and vice versa. Sandberg is an artist-in-residence at Judson Park. She is a Cleveland Institute of Music graduate student studying music. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, residents watch Nina Sandberg play violin at Judson Park, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In a research project, graduate-level students from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Art live among residents of the Judson Manor retirement home. The study looks at the impact of isolation and loneliness, aging and stereotypes of retirees by students and vice versa. Sandberg is an artist-in-residence at Judson Park. She is a Cleveland Institute of Music graduate student studying music. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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In this Jan. 18, 2017 image made from a video, Colette Chapp plays poker at the Clark on Keller Lake retirement facility in Grand Rapids, Mich. Chapp and two other Western Michigan University graduate students are about a third of the way through the 19 months they will spend alongside 80 senior citizens at Clark on Keller Lake as part of what is believed to be one of the first such research projects of its kind in the U.S. Chapp says the first time she started really relating to the senior residents was while playing poker (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
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In this Jan. 18, 2017, image made from a video, David Burkholder looks at his cards during a poker game at the Clark on Keller Lake retirement home in Grand Rapids, Mich. Sitting next to Burkholder is Colette Chapp, who, along with two other Western Michigan University graduate students, are about a third of the way through the 19 months they will spend alongside 80 senior citizens at Clark on Keller Lake as part of what is believed to be one of the first such research projects of its kind in the U.S. Burkholder and Chapp have become friends. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
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In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 photo, Rixiang "Ricky" Huang, right, and Ilona Engel Travis play ping-pong at Judson Manor, in Cleveland. In a research project, graduate-level students from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Art live among residents of the Judson Manor retirement home. The study looks at the impact of isolation and loneliness, aging and stereotypes of retirees by students and vice versa. Huang is an artist-in-residence at Judson Manor. He is a Cleveland Institute of Music undergraduate student studying music. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 photo, Rixiang "Ricky" Huang, right, and Ilona Engel Travis play ping-pong at Judson Manor, in Cleveland. In a research project, graduate-level students from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Art live among residents of the Judson Manor retirement home. The study looks at the impact of isolation and loneliness, aging and stereotypes of retirees by students and vice versa. Huang is an artist-in-residence at Judson Manor. He is a Cleveland Institute of Music undergraduate student studying music. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 photo, Laura Berick, left, a retired art dealer, has lunch with Justine Myers at Berick's home at Judson Manor, in Cleveland. In a research project, graduate-level students live among residents of the Judson Manor retirement home. The study looks at the impact of isolation and loneliness, aging and stereotypes of retirees by students and vice versa. Myers is an artist-in-residence at Judson Park. She is an Oberlin College graduate student studying music. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
