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The largest lead of the Sycamores’ Saturday Pink-Out game was 40 points after the men’s team took advantage of a few of Illinois State’s offensive errors.
Sycamores demolish Illinois State by 30 Garret Short Reporter
Last time the Indiana State men’s basketball team played Illinois State they lost in overtime 84-81 and the Redbirds were without one of their best players. This time around, the Sycamores utilized home-court advantage and walked all over Illinois State en route to a huge 8454 win. The start to the game wasn’t ideal for the Sycamores as they didn’t score in the first four minutes. However, two threes from senior guard Brenton Scott and seven points from freshman guard Tyreke Key led the Trees to a 17-0 run. The threes by Scott kick-started a bar-
rage from behind the arc. In Indiana State’s first game against Illinois State this season they only made four shots from three-point land. Saturday afternoon’s game was a much different story. The team finished the game with 12 makes from beyond the arc. Scott and Barnes combined to drain nine three-pointers by the end of the game. Scott led all scorers with a 23-point outburst. Illinois State came into Saturday’s game with three players combining for 50 points per game: junior guard Keyshawn Evans, junior forward Phil Fayne, and junior forward Milik Yarbrough. However, Indiana State learned from their last loss to Illinois State, a game in which Yarbrough dropped 29 points, and locked things down on defense. Heading into
halftime the Redbirds scored a measly 27 points. Illinois State coach Dan Muller hoped that a change to zone defense would stop the bleeding but the Sycamores continued to pour it in the hoop. The Sycamores used defense to create offense in the blowout win by forcing 16 turnovers, Indiana State finished the game with 22 points off of the miscues by the Redbirds. Indiana State used several big runs in the game to extend their lead. A 20-2 run in the second half all but finished the game for the Sycamores. After three straight breakaway dunks including an electrifying 360˚ slam from graduate student Qiydar Davis, the Hulman Center roared with approval as Indiana State cruised the rest of the way. The largest
lead of the game was 40 points after the Sycamores capitalized on a few of Illinois State’s offensive mistakes. Fayne was the only double-digit scorer for Illinois State while the Sycamores finished with four players passing the 10-point mark. Davis dropped 15, Barnes added 14 and Key tallied 13 points and led the way with eight rebounds in the win. Indiana State’s 84 points are tied for their most scored in regulation in a conference game in the last two seasons. The win pushes Indiana State to 10-10 overall with a 5-3 record in MVC play while Illinois State falls to 10-10 with a 4-4 conference record. Indiana State visits Southern Illinois Wednesday evening. Indiana State hasn’t defeated Southern Illinois since 2015.
Presidential symposium on racism, recovery and racial justice to be held on Mon. Alexandria Truby Reporter
Indiana State University may be located in Terre Haute, Indiana, but its connection to the rest of the nation gives its students a greater understanding of the issues that affect the United States and other college and university campuses. Residential Life, Student Affairs, University College, and the Equal Opportunity Office are co-organizing a live-streaming event to target the full-time professional staff and graduate students in the Student Affairs and Higher Education master’s program. This symposium will be in the lower level of Pickerl Hall on Jan. 22 from 1 to 5 p.m. and will focus on racism, recovery, and racial justice in higher education. “We try to provide as many opportunities as possible for our teams to understand issues of social justice and develop skills to create a more inclusive campus
community for all students, staff, and faculty,” Amanda Knerr, Executive Director of Residential Life, said. Each year, the American College Personnel Association President hosts an event around a pressing topic in higher education. This year’s speakers at the symposium include College Student Educators International President Stephen John Quaye, Association for the Study of Higher Education President Lori Patton Davis, and past ASHE president Shaun R. Harper. Quaye is to focus on “healing and self-care, as we work to take care of ourselves and heal in the midst of so much pain and oppression in the world stream,” according to the ISU Events Page. Guests are asked to enter Pickerl Hall via the 6th Street entrance next to the campus police station. Admission will be free and refreshments will be provided for the afternoon.
Hayne Palmour IV | San Diego Union-Tribune | TNS
The university is debating its policy on mascots, and may scrap some Aztec iconography, including human representation.
SDSU’s task force to review Aztec mascot Kirk Kenny
The San Diego Union-Tribune TNS
San Diego State University once again will consider the appropriateness and future of the school’s Aztecs nickname and Aztec Warrior mascot. Sally Roush, SDSU’s interim president, announced the creation of a 17-member task force to review the mascot and moniker. According to the university, the task force will be comprised
of five student, five staff/faculty members and five alumni representatives as well as two at-large community members appointed by Roush. Nominations for task force representatives will be taken through Jan. 26 and the task force members will be announced Feb. 2. “All viewpoints regarding SDSU’s identity have a right to be respectfully heard and carefully considered,” Roush said in a school news release. “This task force will provide an opportu-
nity for dialogue to continue among stakeholders in the SDSU community and will provide information on how to represent university traditions, build communal spirit and honor specific facets of our campus culture.” The task force will be given an April 30 deadline to present its information and recommendation to Roush, who, according to the release, “said she intends to make a final decision about the
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Government Shutdown National parks close though some remain open
Kurtis Lee Los Angeles Times (TNS) On Saturday, hours after the start of the partial government shutdown, dozens of national parks nationwide closed their gates and turned visitors away. Others have partial services with limited staff as part of a plan worked out in recent days by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. The National Parks Conservation Association, a nonpartisan group that works to strengthen and protect federal parks, estimated that about a third of the more than 400 national park sites across the country are completely closed. In addition, the group projects about 21,000 park service employees are being furloughed with the shutdown, leaving about 3,200 “essential staff ” to
manage 80 million acres of national park lands. “Keeping parks open with virtually no staff is a risky situation, and the guidance park staff is being given is vague at best,” Theresa Pierno, the group’s president, said in a statement. “The only way to fix this situation is for Congress to come together, do its job and fund the federal government — including our national parks and all who work in them.” In New York, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island were completely closed. Visitors were met with the same message on signs at the entrance to the parks and on social media: “Effective immediately and until further notice, the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island are closed due to a lapse in appropriations.” Nearly 4.5 million tourists
visited Liberty and Ellis islands in 2016, according to Statue Cruises, the excursion company that ferries visitors to the sites. In southwest Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park remained open on Saturday, and so too did other parks in the state, such as Rocky Mountain National Park and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. But while the gates were open, all visitor facilities were shuttered. And in Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, which in 2016 saw a record 6 million visitors, remained fully open — with the state’s parks and tourism departments stepping in to provide services. The closure and partial closure of national parks due to the government shutdown ignited bipartisan anger from governors in some of these states.
“If Washington, DC won’t function. Arizona WILL. Don’t change your travel plans. Count on it,” Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey said on social media. Colorado’s Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper said it’s “unnecessary political drama.” “It used to be unimaginable that we would even consider shutting down our federal government. Coloradans know that our state government doesn’t shut down,” he said. In 2013, during the federal government shutdown that lasted 16 days, all of the roughly 400 national park sites were completely closed. On Saturday, Zinke tweeted several photos with National Park Services employees on the National Mall in Washington. “Not all parks are fully
Duke revokes Charlie Rose’s prestige journalism award Camila Molina The News & Observer (TNS) Duke University has rescinded a prestigious journalism award it gave to Charlie Rose almost two decades ago, the university announced Monday, amid reports of sexual harassment by Rose. Duke’s DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy had given Rose the Futrell Award, bestowed every year to recognize outstanding Duke graduates working in journalism. This is the first time it has rescinded such an award, director Bill Adair said in a news release. The center gave Rose the award 17 years ago. “I have consulted with students, faculty and staff and found an overwhelming consensus that we should take this action and emphasize that the DeWitt Wallace Center does not tolerate sexual harassment in any form,” Adair said. At least eight women have accused Rose, who hosted a show on PBS and co-hosted “CBS This Morning,” of sexual harassment. PBS has stopped distributing Rose’s program, and
CBS fired him after the allegations were reported. Rose, a North Carolina native, is accused of unwanted sexual advances toward female co-workers, including walking around naked in their presence, groping their breasts, buttocks or genital areas, and making lewd phone calls, The Washington Post reported. Rose apologized to the women in a statement last month, although he said not all of the allegations were accurate. “It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior,” Rose said. “The Post story is a reminder about the important role that journalists play in holding people in power accountable — including people in their own industry,” Adair said. “Rescinding Rose’s Futrell Award is one way we can make clear that this conduct is not acceptable in any way. We do this as much in sadness as anger given his long relationship with the university.” The center will removed Rose’s name from the plaque that lists the names of all the Futrell Award honorees.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.
open but we are all working hard to make as many areas as accessible to the
public as possible,” he said.
Aly Raisman’s powerful speech has people cheering Don Sweeney The Sacramento Bee(TNS)
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Charlie Rose on Nov. 7 at the NYPL Library Lions Gala in New York, New York.
The Futrell Award for Outstanding Achievement in Communications and Journalism was established in 1999 by Ashley B. Futrell Jr. It is a tribute to his father, Ashley B. Futrell, for his contributions to Duke University and the profession of journal-
ism, according to the center’s website. Rose has been honored by other universities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was inducted in the N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame in 1999.
A fiery speech Friday by Olympian Aly Raisman at the sexual assault trial of sports doctor Larry Nassar has sparked widespread admiration online. “The tables have turned. You now have to listen to me,” Raisman, now 23, told Nassar in a Michigan courtroom, reported Michigan Live. She called him a “monster” and exorciated USA Gymnastics as an organization “rotting from the inside out” for failing to protect young athletes. “You took away our passion and our dreams,” Raisman told Nassar, who is facing sentencing for sexually abusing her and many other gymnasts. “I didn’t think I would be here today,” Raisman told the court. “I was scared and nervous. It wasn’t until I listened to the other brave survivors that I realized I needed to be here.” “Larry, we are a force and you are nothing,” Raisman also told Nassar, according to The Daily Mail. Her scorching commentary has the internet cheering. Raisman followed fellow Olympian Jordyn Wieber, who told the court, “Even though I am a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one. I’m an Olympian,” reported The Dayton Daily News. Nassar was a doctor at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. He has admitted that he sexually molested girls who sought treatment for hip and back injuries. The 54-year-old faces a minimum sentence of 25 to 40 years in prison. Nassar already has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for federal child pornography crimes. He faces a third sentence later this month for sexual assault at a gymnastics club in Eaton County. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Facebook helps turn Seattle into hub for virtual, augmented reality Matt Day The Seattle Times(TNS) When Facebook set up shop in Seattle in 2010, CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn’t have a particular type of work planned for the outpost. What exactly the social-media giant would do in the Northwest would depend on the kind of engineers the company could recruit. Eight years and a couple thousand hires later, an answer has emerged: The office is handling a little bit of everything, from networking and systems software to messaging apps and online marketplaces. And, after a fruitful couple of years poaching from the area’s technology heavyweights, a growing cluster of specialists is working at the cutting edge of virtual and augmented reality. That work is part of Facebook’s big bet that social interaction and computer use will increasingly include links between the physical and digital world. In practice, this allows you to put party hats on a photo of your dog in the Facebook app, or strap on a headset and interact in a virtual world with an avatar of a friend or co-worker. The company is investing heavily in bringing these links into its social networks, and, in
Erika Schultz|Seattle Times|TNS
A visitor tries on a virtual-reality headset at Facebook’s Seattle offices in 2017. The company is investing heavily in bringing virtual and augmented reality into its social network.
the process, is helping turn the Seattle area into a hub for virtual and augmented reality development and research. Facebook earlier this month was among the companies contributing to a new, $6 million virtual and augmented reality center at the University of Washington, the latest sign of the social network’s growing presence in the region’s technology circles. The aim, said Michael Abrash,
the Redmond-based chief scientist at Facebook-owned virtual-reality-headset developer Oculus, is to help develop the next generation of virtual-reality engineers. “I’ve hired a good chunk of the current generation,” he said. Abrash joined Oculus from game maker Valve in 2014, following a former colleague to help set up what was then a new office in Redmond for Menlo
Park, California-based Oculus. Today the Redmond office employs hundreds of people, a spokeswoman said, declining to get more specific. (A search of professional networking site LinkedIn brings up more than 300 people in the Seattle area who list Oculus as their workplace). In 2015, corporate parent Facebook scooped up three prominent Microsoft research-
ers with expertise in computer vision to start what the social network called a Computational Photography team, today based at Facebook’s new South Lake Union building. “The real pitch was having 2 billion eyeballs,” Michael Cohen, director of the team said of the decision to join Facebook, referring to the company’s base of active users. In contrast to some of his time at Microsoft Research, a well-respected unit famous for advanced research that might or might not make it into consumer technology, Cohen said that at Facebook, “we have a very short timeline going from research to product and putting it out to Facebook’s customers.” Those products include Facebook’s support for 360-degree videos, software that stabilizes and cleans up errors in those videos, and augmented-reality technology that inserts masks and animations into images captured by a smartphone camera. “We’re looking at kind of the low-hanging-fruit opportunities,” Cohen said. “Things that we can do now.” In Redmond, meanwhile, Abrash’s teams are looking farther out, with five- and 10-year plans aimed at building a new
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Diet Coke introduces four new flavors for the millenials Daniel Wilson
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The Coca-Cola Company | TNS
The Coca-Cola Company is introducing the first major change to its popular Diet Coke brand since its launch 35 years ago with the addition of four new flavors and a new look as well. The flavors include Ginger Lime, Feisty Cherry, Zesty Blood Orange and Twisted Mango, the company announced Wednesday. According to a press release, Coca-Cola gathered feedback and ideas for the new flavors from more than 10,000 people across the United States. In addition to regular Diet Coke’s currently offered sizes and packages,
the new flavors will be offered in a tall and slim 12-ounce can and in packs of eight. The new cans will be similar to the company’s Dasani Sparking product. “Millennials are now thirstier than ever for adventures and new experiences, and we want to be right by their side,” Rafael Acevedo, Coca-Cola North America’s group director for Diet Coke, said in the release. “We know Diet Coke has all kinds of fans — from people who have loved its great taste since it launched in 1982 to millennial men and women who are always looking to try new things.” Diet Coke’s new look and flavors will launch later this month.
The Coca-Cola Company is introducing four new flavors of Diet Coke, with a new look as well.
AZTEC FROM PAGE 1 Aztec identity and mascot no later than May 31.” The university also indicated a survey will be sent out early next month to SDSU alumni to get their input on the issue. “There are thousands of alumni locally and around the world who care passionately about the university’s past and its future,” Dan Montonya, associate vice president of SDSU Alumni, said in the release. “Those voices are an important part of the conversation about honoring and celebrating our shared experiences as members of the SDSU community.” San Diego State University’s Senate voted overwhelmingly to retire the Aztec mascot in November, just seven months after student leaders voted to keep it.
The resolution was a nonbinding advisory to the university president, calling for SDSU to retire the human representation of an Aztec and the use of spears or “weapons that connote barbaric representations of the Aztec culture.” It also called for creating a task force to investigate and make recommendations about the appropriateness of the continued usage of the Aztec moniker. The university Senate — composed of professors, lecturers, a coach, four staff members and administrators — voted 52-15 in favor of the resolution. The Daily Aztec, SDSU’s student news organization, quoted Senate Chair Marcie Bober-Michel, a professor in the School of Journalism and Media Studies, saying at the time
that she was confident the resolution would not be approved by Roush, but still would send a message and begin a discussion. Many schools and teams in recent years have dropped mascots that depict different cultures following objections that they are insensitive and/or racist. The Aztec mascot has been controversial for years, and the school has responded by making some changes to the image, including dropping the old Monty Montezuma mascot in favor of an Ambassador Montezuma in 2002. The ambassador was not received well, however, and the school adopted a modified Aztec Warrior two years later. While seen as more authentic than Monty Montezuma, some still found
the image of a person dressed in the adornments of another culture offensive. In April 2017, the SDSU Associated Students council rejected a resolution to phase out the Aztec logo and mascot in a 14-12 vote. The resolution had been proposed by the Native American Student Alliance. SDSU teams have been known as the Aztecs for more than 90 years. According to the The Daily Aztec, the origin of a mascot dressed as ancient Aztec ruler Montezuma II has been traced to halftime of a 1941 football game.
SEATTLE FROM PAGE 2 generation of fully immersive virtual-reality products, as well as augmented-reality technology that places computer-generated images into the environment around a person. Oculus’ first commercial products, in 2016, were part of a wave of high-end virtual- reality headsets that, while technologically impressive, has yet to find resounding commercial success. “What we’re working on (is) getting VR to the next level,” Abrash said. His goals, he said, include broadening the field of view in headsets, adding depth to the view, and building out social experiences that let you interact with others in virtual reality. “There are compelling experiences, but what is
going to make it be used by a million people? There are a lot of ways we can make it better, and we’re working on that.” Combined with Valve’s work in Bellevue, and Microsoft’s efforts on its augmented reality HoloLens in Redmond, Abrash said, the area is building a foundation to become a hub for technology that links the physical and digital world. “Seattle to me now feels like Silicon Valley did in 1986,” said Abrash, who originally came to the Seattle area for a job at Microsoft. “It’s got this critical mass of various types of tech talent. That transformation has been a big one.” “I would be unsurprised if you looked up 10 years from now and Seattle was the artificial reality capital,” he added.
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Indiana Statesman Staff The Indiana Statesman will be hosting a call out meeting on Thursday, January 25 as a way to reach out to perspective students who may be interested in writing for the student newspaper. Indiana Statesman is a student run newspaper that focuses on bringing the news, features, athletics, and opinions of the community of ISU. It is a great way for students to get involved and learn more about the campus hot topics. “Indiana Statesman is a great way to get to know the campus more. When I first started as a reporter, I would go to campus events and meet other students, staff, officials and faculty that I am still in touch with. It is an experience that will expand your opportunities on and off campus.” Grace Harrah, Editor in Chief of Indiana Statesman said. The Statesman is mainly in need of students who are interested in reporting for News or Features. “News is a fairly widespread area of coverage that we try to focus in on campus news happenings,” said Rileigh McCoy, News Editor for the Statesman. “It varies from various topics and occurrences that opens up opportunities to talk to students and faculty on campus.” Not only can you write for The Statesman, you can also take photos! “If you have ever been interested in Photography then this is definitely the spot for you”. “Along with news, the features section is a large variety of coverage. We have everything from game reviews to student features to campus event coverage. If students are interested in writing about events that they go to or whatnot, features is a good spot for them,” Claire Silcox, Features Editor for the Statesman, said. “The Statesman has to offer multiple different stories that can be covered on and off of campus. If you are interested in sports and love to write, writing for the Statesman is a place for you. It is a great way to get more involved on campus and to meet other students and staff of the university as well as coaches and players that generate the great Sycamore pride” Andrew Doran, Sports Editor for the Statesman said.
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative dinner
From Top clockwise: Members of Phi Beta Sigma Featernity and Zeta Phi Beta sorority pose at the dinner. Dr.Curtis also attended the dinner. The commamorative dinner took place atthe Sycamore Banquet Center honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tawanna Miles and Janaye Cooper smile as they attend the event.
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Flu may be spread just by breathing, study finds Tracy Seipel
spaces could make a difference in the spread of the influenza virus.” The study was done at the UniUntil now, most people thought versity of Maryland during the flu you could catch the flu after being season of December 2012 through exposed to droplets from an infect- March 2013. Researchers there ed person’s coughs or sneezes, or by recruited 178 volunteers, mostly touching contaminated surfaces. students, who were within the first But a new study released Thursthree days of the flu’s onset. day in the Proceedings of the NaOver four months, researchers tional Academy of Sciences reveals captured and characterized the flu that we may pass the flu to others virus in exhaled breath from 142 of just by breathing. the volunteers who had confirmed The study — which included cases of the flu, as the volunteers researchers from San Jose State breathed naturally, talked, coughed University and UC Berkeley — pro- or sneezed. vides new evidence for the potential The researchers then assessed the importance of the flu’s airborne infectivity of naturally occurring flu transmission because of the large aerosols, tiny droplets that stay susquantities of infectious virus pended in the air for a long time. researchers found in the exhaled The study said participants probreath from people suffering from vided 218 swabs from the upper flu. part of their throats that lies just “The study findings suggest that behind the nose, and the same keeping surfaces clean, washing our number of 30-minute samples hands all the time, and avoiding of exhaled breath, spontaneous people who are coughing does not coughing, and sneezing on the first, provide complete protection from second, and third days after the getting the flu,” Sheryl Ehrman, onset of flu symptoms. dean of the College of Engineering The analysis of the infectious at San Jose State University, said in virus recovered from these samples a statement. showed that a significant number of “Staying home and out of public flu patients routinely shed infecThe Mercury News (TNS)
tious virus, not merely detectable ribonucleic acid, or RNA, into aerosol particles small enough to present a risk for airborne transmission. Surprisingly, the study said, 11 of the 23 fine aerosol samples acquired in the absence of coughing had detectable viral RNA, and 8 of these 11 contained infectious virus, suggesting that coughing was not necessary for infectious aerosol generation in the fine aerosol droplets. In addition, the researchers said, the few sneezes observed were not associated with greater viral RNA copy numbers in either coarse or fine aerosols, suggesting that sneezing does not make an important contribution to influenza virus shedding in aerosols. “We found that flu cases contaminated the air around them with infectious virus just by breathing, without coughing or sneezing,” Dr. Donald Milton, professor of environmental health in the University of Maryland School of Public Health, said in a statement. “People with flu generate infectious aerosols even when they are not coughing, and especially during
the first days of illness,” he said. “So when someone is coming down with influenza, they should go home and not remain in the workplace and infect others.” The researchers believe that their findings could be used to improve mathematical models of the risk of airborne flu transmission from people with flu symptoms. The results could help develop more effective public health interventions and to control and reduce the impact of influenza epidemics and pandemics. Improvements also could be made to ventilation systems to reduce transmission risk in offices, school classrooms and subway cars, for example, the study said. For now, the researchers — and public health experts — say everyone should heed the advice to stay home, if possible, when they’re starting to come down with the flu to prevent the virus from spreading. And while getting a flu vaccine isn’t a guarantee that you won’t get the flu, experts say it provides some protection and helps reduce the chances of someone becoming seriously ill from the flu.
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Democrats aiming for big November win — just like in 2016 Andrew Malcolm
Special to McClatchy (TNS)
Every other winter, about 10 months before the next congressional elections, a batch of members decides they’ve had enough. They retire or move on to more lucrative, family-friendly jobs. Often, these departures involve members of the minority party, who have a frustrating, unpleasant Capitol Hill life lacking any real control over the legislative agenda. Sure enough, that’s happening again in the winter of 2018. But this time is quite different. This time it’s the members of the controlling majority Republicans who are packing it in — and in large numbers. So far, a record 31 Republicans are quitting the House. That’s 13 percent of the entire caucus — and it’s only January. Perhaps they sense a Democrat wave in November. Some are term-limited as committee chairs. Some simply tired of the hassle, the bitter partisan environment and perhaps this president. The last time so many exits occurred was 1994, President Clinton’s first midterm, when 28 Democrats left, followed by the wave election of Newt Gingrich’s Republican Revolution. The reasons for the latest exodus are varied and revealing, from burnout and the likelihood of defeat to ambition for higher office. More importantly, this burst of individual departures taken together demolishes most political expectations for next No-
vember’s midterm elections. Voters in modern times have preferred divided D.C. government, the White House held by one party, and at least one congressional chamber held by the other. This would create, however, the environment for likely gridlock during the second half of President Trump’s term with political bloodletting on an epic scale. It also would allow voters to grumble about nothing getting done in Washington. If you thought 2017 was full of political turmoil with an unorthodox president who isn’t really a Republican feuding with factions in the House and Senate that seem like several GOP parties, wait until Democrats get control of congressional committees with the power of subpoenas, investigations and even possible impeachment. Historical patterns suggest Democratic gains on Nov. 6 that will hand the over-sized speaker’s gavel back to a confused Nancy Pelosi and her aged team, all of which are over three-quarters of a century old. They’ve coasted these last 12 months largely free of alternate positive policies, save to embarrass and obstruct this White House and its Oval Office usurper. In this era of hyper-partisanship, Democrats might even retake the U.S. Senate and stymie, for instance, all of Trump’s judicial appointments, including expected Supreme Court nominees. The GOP has only a one-
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A notice for visitors is left at an information booth near the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, after a shortterm spending bill vote failed Friday night, sending the government into a shutdown on the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration, in Washington, D.C.
Government Shuts Down – What a Mess
Joe Lippard
Opinions Editor
On Friday night, the Republican-controlled Congress failed to pass a spending bill to prevent a government shutdown. This was the first government shutdown in history where the same party has controlled both chambers of Congress and the White House. Falling ten votes short of the required 60, the bill did not fail strictly along party lines. Five Democrats voted in favor of the spending bill, while four Republicans voted against it. Quickly after the shutdown, a campaign to lay the blame solely on the Democrats began. At 6:30 a.m., President Donald Trump tweeted, “This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats
wanted to give me a nice present.” This was followed by the hashtag “#DemocratShutdown.” In addition to tweeting about the shutdown, the outgoing message on the White House comment line was changed, now blaming Democrats for the shutdown. “Thank you for calling the White House,” the message begins. “Unfortunately, we cannot answer your call today, because Congressional Democrats are holding government funding, including funding for our troops and other national security priorities, hostage to an unrelated immigration debate. Due to this obstruction, the government is shut down.” However, according to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, the blame lies instead on the President. In a press conference, Schumer said, “I told the president we Democrats were willing to fund the military at the highest levels in history, far above even his budget request.” Schumer also said that he also offered to seriously discuss Trump’s proposed border wall in a meeting on Friday. According to Schumer, Trump
had agreed to these terms in exchange for a very temporary spending plan (only a few days), just long enough for Congress to come up with a long-term plan. A few hours after that meeting, however, Schumer says that Trump called him. “He said, ‘So, I hear we have a three-week deal,’” Schumer claimed. “I said, ‘No, Mr. President, no one is even talking about a three-week deal.’” I actually think that Trump was talking about the House spending plan here. According to Paul Ryan on Face The Nation, the House did pass a spending plan to keep the government open until Feb. 16, making it a “three-week deal,” as he called it. Regardless, the Senate had rejected the Feb. 16 plan anyway, meaning that that deal was already off the table when Trump called Schumer. Schumer then said that Trump called him back again a few hours later, making brand new demands for a spending deal. “Things they knew were far, far right and off the table,” he clarified. In actuality, this is nothing more than a White House trying to avoid
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From Trump to the Golden Globes – A Butterfly Effect Emma Osowski Columnist
I believe there has only been one good thing that has happened since Trump has stepped into office. Don’t freak out on me. I know that was pretty unexpected to find the words “good” and “Trump” in the same statement, but it’s true. Crazy enough, one good thing has happened with him as President, and it’s the butterfly effect that has taken place after numerous women have come forward to speak on his disturbing habit of sexual harassment. This spark soon caught fire, bringing awareness to the #MeToo movement, which became plastered on every single person’s Facebook feed. No longer is it a butterfly effect, but now has also become a trend known as the “Weinstein Effect,” bringing numerous celebrities and others who work in the entertainment industry out of the shadows, using their platforms to voice their own experiences.
This, now a raging storm, eventually formed the Time’s Up movement which showcased a blackout at this year’s Golden Globes on Jan 7th. That night men and women wore black on behalf of the movement making one unified, loud, and clear statement on the overwhelming amount of sexual harassment not only in their industry, but everywhere. In fact, all of the women who attended the awards show took part in the blackout, except German model Barbara Meier, actress Blanca Blanco and the President of Hollywood’s Foreign Press Association Meher Tatna. When I became aware of this I was slightly taken aback. I first thought, “Oh, so you’re too good to wear black? Then why don’t you want to support this obviously needed cause?” One thought, or rather, one judgement after the other I couldn’t understand why they weren’t using their platforms to personally take a stand against this immoral epidemic. Then I heard their reasoning behind their straying away from the suggested attire
and in my opinion they are all pretty fair arguments. Meher Tatna, as I understand, made her decision based off cultural differences, which I can respect. Especially since she wore a Time’s Up pin as well as made a statement agreeing with everyone who did wear black. The strongest argument was by Blanca Blanco. She tweeted that “shaming is part of the issue,” as well as that “the issue is bigger than my dress color #TIMESUP.” After reading this, I realized I had to take a big step back, look in the mirror and understand that she’s right. Shaming is a huge part of the problem, whether it is aimed at the person who is claiming to be harassed or at the person who chooses to advocate for the problem in other ways than the color of her dress, shaming cannot be the response. However, moving to Barbara Meier’s reasoning, I was left a little disheartened. Meier’s translated statement said that “we were fighting a long time for the freedom
to wear what we want to and that it is also OK, to dress a little more sexy.” While this is very true, women have fought tirelessly long and hard on our freedoms, equal rights and more. That certainly does not mean we should stop fighting or have nothing to fight for. If we stop fighting or at least stop using our own means to bring awareness to the still present problem, then we will stay unheard, undervalued and we could also possibly regress in the fight. Obviously I don’t know what Meier, Blanco or Tatna do on a day-to-day basis. I don’t know if they actually do contribute to this movement and use their platforms to speak on this topic, or other topic close to their heart, or if they are the silent types and decided to just rebel because they can. And although I feel that, for the event, the three of them could have easily followed suit and worn black for the cause, I respect their right to make their own choices as well as their reasons behind those choices.
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Forever My Girl’ review: Country singer romance hits a sour note Rafer Guzmán Newsday (TNS)
“Forever My Girl” tells the story of Liam Page (Alex Roe), a budding country singer who leaves his Louisiana hometown to pursue his dreams. He also leaves behind his high-school sweetheart, Josie Preston (Jessica Rothe), who was waiting at a church in a wedding dress. Eight years later, a world-famous Liam returns to town and finds that Josie is still single. Can Liam make amends and win back the love he threw away? The movie spins a fantasy that seems to me distinctly male: the ex-girlfriend who never got over you. That’s all Josie is — an old flame, frozen in time, waiting patiently for her man’s return. Just about anyone with a level head would see “Forever My Girl” as the story of a narcissist manipulating a naive doormat. But the film’s creators — Heidi McLaughlin, who wrote the source novel, and writer-director Bethany Ashton Wolf — see it as the stuff of romance. The movie asks us to pity Liam, a brooding rock star (the slick songs are by Brett Boyett and Jackson Odell) who sates
GOVERNMENT FROM PAGE 6 ttaking their part of the blame for the shutdown of the government. The White House had a deal on the table, according to Schumer, yet President “Art of the Deal” Trump started to make new demands. The circumstances leading up to the vote were already bad enough. Shortly before the vote on the Senate spending plan, Senator Mitch McConnell tweeted, “Senate Democrats have a choice to make. This should be a no-brainer…” The tweet was accompanied by a graphic showing how many children are helped by the Children’s Health Insur-
DEMOCRATS FROM PAGE 6 however, Democrats must also defend 25 of the 33 seats up this time, a tall order even in normal political times, which these aren’t. A president is never on any midterm ballot. But any chief executive’s first midterm elections are usually a referendum on the president’s party and policies. The party controlling the White House typically loses around 30 House seats. Democrats need only gain 24 to oust Paul Ryan. But midterm elections also
himself with groupies but wallows in regret over Josie. Can she ever forgive him? Luckily, God gave Liam two sparkly blue eyes, which is about all it takes to soften Josie’s heart. What’s more, Josie has a present for him: their daughter, Billy (Abby Ryder Fortson). No diaper changing necessary, because Billy is already an adorable mini-adult, ready for mentoring (she has her daddy’s gift for music, natch). It hardly matters that Roe’s Liam is a photogenic bore, or that Rothe’s girl-next-door beauty makes Josie’s low self-esteem all the more exasperating. There’s no getting around the story, which embraces some of the most warped ideas about love since “Fifty Shades of Grey.” One reason Josie can’t resist Liam, by the way, is because he’s rich. When Josie asks to be taken on a fancy date and paraded in front of the paparazzi, we know she’s a goner. Spoiler alert: In the end, Josie gets a wealthy husband and Billy gets a famous father. As for Liam, he gets eight years of world travel and casual sex, then returns home to take his place as the head of an adoring family. I guess everybody wins. ance Program and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. An official elected to help his constituents tried to make members of Congress choose which group of children deserve help from the government. A Senator was trying to use children as a bargaining chip. It’s worth noting that both Republicans and Democrats have expressed support for both programs in the past, and that the plan was to keep both programs funded for now. I agree with McConnell. This should be a no-brainer. Keep both programs open instead of shutting down the government.
Help all the children in the country; because it’s not their fault they’re here. Why should we punish children just because their parents might be in rough situations? All in all, this government shutdown business is a mess. It’s not necessarily the fault of any one particular political party, but it says something that Republican Senators couldn’t even get their whole party to vote for a spending bill at such a crucial moment. Of course, it would help if the President would stop ruining negotiations for reasons apparently only known to him.
typically have lower turnouts. Trump intends to campaign. Will that help or hurt? Will his hardcore core of supporters turn out and turn back an anticipated Democratic wave relying on unreliable turnouts by younger voters and minorities? Will a stronger economy — now perking along at three-plus percent growth before tax cuts and employer bonuses kick in — ameliorate voter anger? And given all the disagreements Trump has had with congressional Republicans, will voters even see the New Yorker as a Republican
Party leader to be punished? Democrats are behind in money and have no leader or celebrity, save Barack Obama, to help rake in funds. During 2017, the Republican National Committee took in more than $130 million, twice what its Democratic counterpart raised. And most of the GOP haul came via small donations from first-time contributors. The money is going to reinforce the RNC’s ambitious national ground game. Democrats are preparing, too. They can rely on widespread Trump animus. But their
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Illinois State 79-72 at the Terre Haute Double Dual. The team returns two of their best sprinters in seniors Jaynard Keys and Tristan Parmley. Martin believes that on any given day either Keys or Parmley could finish first in the 200 meter. Martin is happy to have the senior class competing one last time as Keys and Parmley, as well as Scott Schreiber and Daley Carter, a graduate student, are passing the torch down to the next group of ISU track and field athletes. Younger athletes like freshman Stephen Griffith and red-
shirt freshman Avery Taylor get to learn from their predecessors about training and competing. Martin is especially excited about Taylor’s future because of his athleticism. “We jokingly call him ‘prototype’ because he is extremely athletic and can do a little bit of everything,” said Martin. Taylor has trained in high jump, pole vault, and various sprints this season. Martin and the team will be extremely busy this upcoming month with six meets in the next five weeks. ISU travels to Northern Iowa this weekend to participate in the Mark Messersmith Invitational.
state-level political farm teams have been decimated by Republican successes; the GOP now controls 33 governor’s offices, 67 of 98 state legislative chambers and both houses in 26 states. So, Democrats have launched an aggressive candidate recruiting drive focused especially on veterans and small business owners. This has several advantages: One, such fresh-faced candidates are outsiders, as Trump was, unassociated with the reviled Washington political class and, importantly, with no previ-
ous policy positions or votes for opponents to assail. Veterans can also help address Democrats’ perceived weaknesses on national security and the military. Democrats are particularly aiming at the 23 House seats captured by Republicans but that are in congressional districts won by Hillary Clinton. Of course, a lot can happen in the next 42 weeks. But at the moment Democrats are as supremely confident of election victory come November as Clinton was on Election Day 2016. Oh, wait.
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Taylor Austin topped her personal best again this weekend and a great time for the invitational.
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The Indiana State indoor track season is back underway after having a month off between their first and second meets of the season. Just three meets into the season and it seems that the Sycamores will have yet another successful season in their storied program. First on the agenda for ISU before the season started was to solidify the coaching staff. After a season as the interim head coach last year, Athletic Direc-
Bound for another great season
tor Sherard Clinkscales named Angela Martin the director of the track and field program. “I think last year was a huge transition for myself and for our whole staff,” said Martin. Martin was thrust into the director job after the sudden death of renowned coach John McNichols. Even after the tragedy, Martin was able to continue the success and tradition that McNichols had started more than 30 years ago. This season looks promising for Indiana State. Three meets into the indoor season and the
women’s track and field team looks tough to beat. The team was ranked second overall in the preseason poll and earned one first-place vote. The only team in front of the women was Illinois State, who the Sycamores took on in their first meet of 2018. The Sycamores proved their worth at the Terre Haute Double Dual on Jan. 12 by edging out the Illinois State women’s team 76-75. The women were led by two returning stars from last year: senior Taylor Austin and redshirt junior Cassaundra Roper.
Austin led all runners in the mile by obliterating the meet record by four seconds with a time of 4:51:08. Austin then topped her personal best again this weekend by running a 4:48:29 which was good for second at the Gladstein Invitational. It also pushes her past current senior associate Athletic Director Angie Lansing for the second best time ever at ISU. Dominating the throwing events again this year is Roper who won an indoor MVC championship last year in the shot put. She picked up right
where she left off last year by placing first in the shot put at both the EIU meet in December and the Terre Haute Double Dual. Martin is excited about Roper’s performance as well as her leadership that she provides. “She’s a true competitor and I think she shares that with everybody and hopefully it’s motivating everybody,” said Martin. On the men’s side of things, the team won their first meet of the season at EIU but lost to
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Sycamores pick up six runner-up finishes at day two of Gladstein Invite Andrew Hile
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It was a strong final day for the Indiana State track and field teams at the Gladstein Invite with numerous Sycamores earning personal-bests and six runner-up finishes. “Our team made some progress this weekend,” head coach Angela Martin said. “We really had some people step up and show that they want to be considered top competitors. It will be great to head to UNI next
week for another team battle.” Leading the way for the Sycamore women on the track was Brittany Neeley, who continued her superb indoor season in the 600-meter run. Neeley crossed the line at 1:32.60, a new career-best and sixth in ISU history. Right behind her was Imani Davis who finished third at 1:33.46, improved from her last personal-record of 1:33.68 and she is now seventh all-time in school history. In the field, freshman
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Brittany Neeley, set a new career best and sixth in ISU history for her time for her 600-meter run.
Janea Bell performed well in the high jump. She can now claim a new personal-best of 1.63m (504.25), which earned her thirdplace in the event and pushed her into fourth in the MVC. The women’s 4X400-meter relay team comprised ran their way to a second-place finish with a time of 3:48.44, now second in the Valley.CJ Anyaebunam led the way for the men on the track in the 600-meter run fast section, finishing in second while crossing the line at 1:21.64. In the 200-meter dash, Jaynard Keys earned the runner-up position while finishing with a time of 22.22, just .06 behind the first-place finisher. The Sycamore men strung together several impressive performances in the field on Friday. Vince Laconi finished second in the shot put for ISU, recording a mark of 16.68m (5408.75).The high jump yielded good results for ISU, as Avery Taylor and Jaime Murtagh finished second and third in the event. Taylor and Murtagh both recorded marks of 2.03m (607.75) which puts them in fifth in the MVC. The mark tied a career-best for Taylor. Two underclassmen put on impressive performances in the long jump. Freshman Corey DuPriest earned a new personal-record of 6.91m (22-08.00) en route to a third place finish. That gives him the seventh-best mark in the conference. Sophomore Noah Rogers also recorded a new personal-best at 6.87m (2206.50) to go along with a fifthplace finish. He currently sits in eighth in the Valley. The Sycamores now have five athletes holding number one positions in the Missouri Valley. Taylor Austin (mile),Kim Jackson (pole vault), Ayanna Morgan (60-meter hurdles), Brittany Neeley (800-meter run) and Caitlyn Redmon(high jump) all sit atop the conference in their events.
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Taylor Austin topped her personal best again this weekend and a great time for the invitational.
Indiana State defeats Ball State 160-135 Kate Johnson
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Indiana State defeated the Ball State Cardinals 160 to 135 on Saturday, Jan. 20, as they traveled to Muncie. The Sycamores added yet another win to their outstanding season as they brought home the victory over Ball State. “Today we dominated. We continued to win event after event and the team was strong throughout the entire meet. I’ve seen this team continue to get better in practice since New Year’s and today their hard work showed through,” said head coach Matt Leach. Indiana State set the precedent immediately as the 400 medley relay team of Kendall Hansen, Blanca Saez-Illobre,Jacquie Price and Alex Malmborg finished in first place with a time of 4:01.21. After this opening result the Sycamores continued to rattle off first place finishes, some of which were extra special as Vivian Kritikou and Pavlu Lewin posted their first collegiate career wins. Kritikou followed up with a first place finish in the 1000 freestyle and a time of 10:35.81, as Cierra Campbell finished closely behind with a 10:42.72. Saez-Illobre and Marlene Pavlu Lewin added first and second
place finishes in the 200 yard freestyle as Saez-Illobre posted a 1:56.29. Hansen added yet another first place finish for the Sycamores in the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.34. She would add another win later in the meet finishing first in the 200 backstroke with a 2:05.65. Megan Schade, Price and Malmborg added the next three wins for ISU in the 100 breast, 200 butterfly and 50 freestyle. Pavlu Lewin added the next big win for the Sycamores as she finished first in the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.19. Campbell then added a strong win in the 500 freestyle with a 5:15.79. Mykenzie Kostka added the next impressive result for the Sycamores as she broke one minute in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.86. Laura Fulton added a fourth place finishes in both the one and three meter springboard. ISU finished off the day with a win in the 200 freestyle relay. “Our culture is growing and I’m so excited and proud of the team as everyone did a great job today,” said Leach. Indiana State will be back in action for their final regular season matchup as they travel to face off with the Southern Illinois Salukis on Jan. 27 at 12 p.m.