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Several of ISU’s online bachelor classes are ranked among the nation’s best.

Indiana State’s online programs ranked by U.S. News and World Report Indiana State University’s online bachelor’s program and graduate nursing and education programs are ranked among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News and World Report.

“Indiana State Online continues to grow the number of programs we offer and the number of students we serve,” said Ken Brauchle, dean of extended learning. “As the state of Indiana strives to increase the number of Hoosiers with a post-secondary credential, reaching non-traditional students via high-quality online education is crucial. We are pleased that we are being recognized as a top online university.”

State’s online nursing master’s degree program is 111 on the organization’s 2018 list that is dominated by revered medi-

ISU hosts all star honor band festival Alexandria Truby

cal schools such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins University.

“The graduate nursing program being ranked by U.S. News and World Report is great evidence in support of the high quality online learning environment that Indiana State University has to offer,” said Caroline Mallory, dean of the College of Health and Human Services. “Clearly, our faculty and staff are dedicated to student success and that shows in the ranking.”

U.S. News and World report ranked Indiana State 202 among Best Online Bachelor’s Programs. The Graduate Education Program was ranked 224-291. For all three rankings, the publication noted all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience.

a number of factors, including student engagement, faculty credentials and student services and technology. Only degree-granting programs at regionally accredited institutions that are offered primarily online were considered.

U.S. News and World Report is a digital news and information company that empowers people to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives. Founded in 1933, U.S. News is headquartered in Washington, D.C. For more information about all of Indiana State’s online programs, go to indstate.edu/online.

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College students today are bigger perfectionists than their parents, study finds Anna Orso

Reporter

The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

The Indiana State University School of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. This title, along with the programs and opportunities offered by the university, draws young talent to ISU prior to enrolling.

Superb high school wind and percussion musicians from Indiana and Illinois will be visiting ISU this weekend for the AllStar Honor Band Festival.

This event will occur from Jan. 19th through the 21st. “[This is] our largest recruitment weekend of the year,” Dr. Roby G. George, an associate professor and director of bands at ISU, said.

The 130 some students will have a large band experience where they are able to meet other musicians, receive sectional instruction, and attend masterclasses held by the ISU Wind and Percussion faculty. They will also get to perform in concert at the end of the weekend.

Students wishing to further their music education and audition for acceptance into the School of Music at Indiana State are encouraged to make arrangements with ISU faculty.

A Faculty Chamber Concert will be held for the students and will also be open to the public on Saturday from 4:00-5:30

Alison Malmon was wrapping up the end of her freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000 when she got the news: Her older brother Brian, a student at Columbia University, had killed himself.

He’d struggled for years with mental illness, Malmon said, but concealed his symptoms. Determined to help, Malmon formed a group at Penn a year and a half later to empower students to talk openly about mental health. Her group, Active Minds, blossomed into a national organization that today has more than 450 campus chapters. Leaders with the organization spend their time planning programming and talking with college students about the now

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“We are pleased to be among those ranked by this esteemed publication,” said Janet Buckenmeyer, dean of the Bayh College of Education. “Our online programs offer flexibility for the diverse needs of today’s learner along with the quality of an Indiana State University degree.”

Indiana State Online offers more than 70 programs that can be completed entirely online or with minimal on-campus visits. Also available are a variety of online minors, doctoral and specialist programs and certificates and licensures to those requiring additional education and training in their degree programs.

U.S. News is the only organization to evaluate distance education programs at the program level rather than the school level. The methodologies are based on

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An aerial view of the Stanford University campus features the Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif. A recent study found that today’s college students want to be perfect, moreso than their parents did.

well-documented pressure today’s young people face.

“What you hear often is just a

need to be perfect,” said Malmon, now the group’s executive director, “and a need to present oneself

as perfect.”

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Penn State frat hit by judge’s statewide ban in hazing case Susan Snyder

The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

Another fraternity faces a shutdown at Pennsylvania State University, even though its members haven’t been in trouble.

In what appears to be an unprecedented legal ruling, a Monroe County judge on Monday banned the Pi Delta Psi fraternity from operating any chapters in Pennsylvania for 10 years. The ban came during the sentencing of the fraternity and four Pi Delta Psi members from Baruch College in New York, who were convicted in the death of a pledge during a hazing ritual on a trip to the Poconos in 2013.

Pi Delta Psi, an Asian American fraternity, has two chapters in Pennsylvania, one at Penn State

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Stacy Parks, Miller Centre County District Attorney, with James and Evelyn Piazza, parents of Timothy Piazza, 19, of Readington Township, N.J., during a news conference at the Bellefonte, Pa., courthouse.

and the other at Carnegie Mellon

in Pittsburgh, although that one

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Enrollment of first-time foreign students dips in the US Teresa Watanabe

Los Angeles Times TNS

After years of rapid growth, enrollment of first-time international students in U.S. colleges and universities dipped last year amid concerns about political uncertainty, tuition increases, visa delays and reductions in scholarship money, an annual survey found.

California remained the nation’s most popular destination for foreign students, with 157,000 coming to the state in 2016-17. They made up nearly 16 percent of more than 1 million international students in the United States that year, according to the survey of more than 2,000 institutions released Monday by the Institute of International Education.

Alyson L. Grunder, a deputy assistant secretary of State, said the U.S. ability to attract the world’s largest number of international students was “testament to the unmatched quality of American higher education.”

But the roughly 3 percent decline in new foreign students in California and nationally was the first drop the institute has recorded in the 12 years it has collected such data, and the decline appears to be deepening. The institute’s separate tally of data from about 500 colleges and universities found a 7 percent drop in enrollment of first-time students this fall — mostly at less-selective campuses.

Institute officials were diplomatic, and repeatedly declined to pinpoint President Donald Trump’s hard-edged attitudes toward immigration and foreign visitors from countries he considers sponsors of terrorism.

“It really is much too soon for us yet to tell what is the definitive factor,” said Allan E. Goodman, the institute’s president. He said U.S. institutions need to redouble efforts to recruit more foreign students because they enrich campuses and collectively contributed $39 billion to the U.S. economy this past year.

“It’s a very healthy … wake-up call,” Goodman said.

Overall, the number of international students in the United States went up by 3 percent, signaling a slowdown in what used to be double-digit growth. Institute officials said other countries, notably Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom, are recruiting foreign students more aggressively. Trump’s travel ban and fears of crime also appeared to be factors, they said. But only 20 percent of institutions surveyed in the smaller sample said international students had expressed a desire to leave the country because of the social and political climate.

California remained the most popular destination for foreign students, but new enrollment declined by 2.8 percent in 2016-17. The state’s share of first-time foreign students could decline further since the 10-campus University of California system limited its international and out-of-state students for the first time and raised tuition by 2.5 percent this year.

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Students make their way through the campus of USC in Los Angeles Wednesday September 23, 2015 three weeks before USC announced they have fired Trojans football coach Steve Sarkisian.

More than 200 countries sent students to the United States, a record high. China was the top country of origin in California and nationally — by far. Four-fifths of campuses surveyed in the smaller sample said they were working to integrate them better into campus life with language support and address issues of “academic integrity.” (There have been several reported incidents of cheating and plagiarism.) The number of students coming from Saudi Arabia and Brazil declined the most — which the institute attributed to major cutbacks in their governments’ scholarship programs. The biggest increases came from Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Nigeria.

The most popular majors were in science, technology, engineering and math, followed by business.

Once again, New York University was the No. 1 host of international students. But four California universities made the top 20 list — USC, UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Berkeley. USC and most of the UC campuses bucked national trends and increased their numbers of first-time international students in 2016-17. The number of undergraduate and graduate international students in the UC system rose to 38,908 in 2016-17 from 35,035 the previous year.

The number of American students studying abroad increased by 4 percent to 325,339 in 2015-16, according to the institute. The top destinations were the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France and Germany. Cuba saw a 58.6 percent increase in American students after the Obama administration eased travel restrictions, but officials said they expect the numbers to decline in the Trump era.

The number of U.S. students in China dropped by 8.6 percent, due in part to concerns about pollution and other health and safety issues, said the institute’s Peggy Blumenthal.

ISU Communications and Marketing

Garret Short, senior, currently works with the Indiana State Sports Network, WZIS, and the Indiana Statesman.

Student Media opportunities offer professional skills to students A passion for media has led Garrett Short to join multiple organizations within Student Media at Indiana State University.

“I currently work for Indiana State Sports Network, WZIS and the Statesman newspaper,” said Garrett Short, junior communication major from Beecher, Ill. “I decided my freshman year to get as involved as possible and I have been at it since.”

Short is the sports director at WZIS, a sports reporter at the Statesman and an announcer at ISSN. “Each job has its own rewards and challenges, but no matter what, my grades are the most important,” Short said. “The flexibility of Student Media allows me to keep a focus on my grades so I can balance school and media.”

Short chose to be so involved in Student Media so that he could grow in his sports media passion.

“I’ve always liked to write and read, but my passion for media is from my love of sports,” Short said. “I want to write about sports for a living because producing that kind of media doesn’t feel like work.”

While challenges arise, the rewards are worth the work, according to Short.

“Last year at the radio station, we went to Arch Madness,” Short said. “We were able to be up in the press box. To present in a professional way at a big tournament was amazing. It was worth the work it took to get there.”

Rich Green, general manager of WISU and WZIS, has worked with Short since the fall of 2015.

“Garrett is one of those students that

loves a challenge,” Green said. “He also challenges others to be better. He leads by example rather than telling someone what to do.”

While taking on three forms of media seems like a lot, Short’s motivation is passion in his work.

“My hardest challenge has been staying on top of everything,” Short said. “I have to make sure that my voices stay separate.

Things are done differently for announcing sports versus announcing radio. Writing for newspaper is different than writing for the radio station.”

Short’s mentor at State has been Seth Payne, the sports video manager for Indiana State’s sports network.

“We’ve gotten lucky with our students and their willingness to learn and be involved,” Payne said. “Garrett’s desire to learn, especially with his announcing, is what makes him stand out. He asks questions to learn as much about his work as possible and to make sure the quality of his work maintains a high standard.”

Short plans to continue in media after graduation.

“I plan to stick with sports media after college,” Short said. “Student Media allowed me to build a portfolio, create friendships and learn real skills. If you are considering joining, just do it. You won’t regret it.”

Contact: Morgan Gallas, strategic communication specialist, ISU Student Media, (219) 246-1805, mgallas@sycamores. indstate.edu Story courtesy of ISU Communications & Marketing

Chris Carter, a mentalist from Chicago visited ISU and performed a show that left the audience in awe.

He is recognized as one of the world’s greatest mindreaders and won the entertainer of the year in 2005.

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Samantha Bee has words for Aziz Ansari and ‘the inevitable’ #MeToo backlash Tracy Brown

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Peggy Webber with Dr.Curtis.

Meet & Greet with Dr. Curtis Left: Students Shakayla Whitley and Dmonique Whipple smile for a picture with Dr. Curits as they put up their sorority hand symbols. Bottom: Student, Cara Fowler with Dr. Curtis.

The event took place on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at dede II where students, faculty and staff were able to stop by and welcome Dr. Curtis and share thoughts about Indiana State. The students were able to get to know Dr. Curtis.

Danielle Guy | Indiana Statesman

“We know the difference between a rapist, a workplace harasser and an Aziz Ansari,” said Bee. “That doesn’t mean we have to be happy about any of them.”

Bee explained how people like her had to deal with a lot of terrible things in order “to build the world we now enjoy.”

“And part of enjoying that world is setting a higher standard for sex than just ‘not-rape.’ And women get to talk about it if men don’t

live up to those standards, especially if that man wrote a book about how to sex good,” she said, referring to Ansari’s book “Modern Romance.”

“Men, if you say you’re a feminist, then … like a feminist,” Bee continued. “And if you don’t want to do that, take off your … pin, because we are not your accessories.”

Samantha Bee has a message to the Aziz Ansaris of the world: If you say you’re a feminist, act like a feminist.

The “Full Frontal” host tackled the rising #MeToo backlash on her show Wednesday night and explained how the defense of Ansari against recent allegations of sexual misconduct fits into the narrative.

“Yes, the inevitable backlash to the #MeToo movement has arrived,” said Bee in her monologue. “Or as I like to call it, the #YouTooLoud movement.”

Bee pointed out that “all women have done throughout the four months of the #MeToo movement is try to protect other women,” but somehow people have taken that to be an attack against men. Because, as Bee sees it, men cannot understand that it isn’t actually about them.

She took particular offense to the #MeToo denouncers who have suggested women are somehow equating “rape and harassment and bad dates” — and yet, “literally nobody is saying they’re the same.”

“What many fail to understand is that it doesn’t have to be rape to ruin your life, and it doesn’t have to ruin your life to be worth speaking out about,” said Bee. “Any kind of sexual harassment or coercion is unacceptable.”

Bee then tore into those defending Ansari against the recent allegations made Buchan|Rex Shutterstock|Zuma Press|TNS against him by categorizing it Samantha Bee at the TBS’ “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” merely as “a bad date.”

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The good and bad of studying abroad Whitney Slaton Contributor

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Government shutdown looms in the distance

Joe Lippard

Opinions Editor

It isn’t exactly usual for the United States government to just shut down.

It’s not too often that Congress and the President fail to pass an appropriations bill to fund the government. Before the last shutdown in 2013, under President Obama, the last time the government shut down was twice in 1995 under President Clinton. Before that, the government shut down once under President Bush, Sr. in 1990 and three times under President Reagan. Unfortunately, as lawmakers in Washington scramble to try to avoid yet another one, the President doesn’t seem to be trying to help anything.

Speaking at the Pentagon on

Thursday, President Donald Trump said that a government shutdown “could happen.” When pressed for a comment by reporters, Trump added, “We’ll see what happens. It’s up to the Democrats.”

This was a sentiment Trump also voiced on Twitter. Earlier this week, he tweeted, “The Democrats want to shut down the Government over Amnesty for all and Border Security.

The biggest loser will be our rapidly rebuilding Military, at a time we need it more than ever. We need a merit based system of immigration, and we need it now! No more dangerous Lottery.”

Trump’s idea that the Democrats would cause the government to shut down is flawed on its face. Republicans have a majority in both the House and Senate. If anyone would cause a government shutdown in Congress, it would likely be a Republican breaking with their party.

Luckily, citizens don’t seem to be buying Trump’s deflection to the Democrats. According to a poll taken in “12 key Senate battleground states” by Hart Research Associates, 42% of battleground state voters

would blame Trump and the Republicans for the shutdown, compared to the 31% of voters who would blame the Democrats. This 11% difference grows larger when you look at independent voters (16% more people would blame Republicans) and at undecided voters (19% more would blame Republicans).

And of course, the President just couldn’t leave well enough alone making those comments. In addition to blaming Democrats on Thursday, Trump tweeted, “CHIP should be part of a long term solution, not a 30 Day, short term, extension!”

Now, I actually agree with this.

The Children’s Health Insurance Program claims 8.9 million enrolled children as of 2016. These children have parents that make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but don’t make enough to afford private insurance.

We shouldn’t be punishing children for their parents’ tough situations.

According to CNN, the issue of CHIP was a “key sweetener for Democrats,” so it looked like this tweet could be used by the Democrats to

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One year ago, I decided that I was going to study abroad. Six months later, I was saying goodbye to my friends and family for a semester abroad in Australia. Five months later, I had learned more about myself, life, culture and travel than I ever imagined I would. Over those five months, I experienced all the glories of study abroad: exploring a new city, traveling around a country and falling in love with a new place. However, what is not mentioned by many who study abroad are the hardships: getting lost in a foreign city, traveling alone and struggling with classes. Even with these hardships, I would never change my decision to study abroad. In fact, I highly encourage every student to take the leap and study abroad as soon as they get the chance.

The best part of studying abroad is the sightseeing, which began for me my first day in Australia. After a collective 27 hours of travel, I had settled into a hostel in Byron Bay, Australia, where I was staying for a few days with about 25 other study abroad students that were in the same program. Byron Bay is located along the Gold Coast, which contains some of the most popular surfing spots in the world; naturally, I was on the beach not too long after arriving. The only sad part of this story is the fact that Australia is in the middle of winter (lows of 40 degrees Fahrenheit, but still winter) in July which

meant the water was not warm enough to swim in.

However, I did get to give my best shot (and fail) at surfing just a couple days later. The few days in Byron Bay were over quickly, though, and I was headed to Sydney, where school was to start the next week.

My first week in Sydney was mainly spent sightseeing, learning the city and getting lost in the city. As someone who has never travelled alone or been in a big city, I was intimidated by everything city life had to offer at first; however, I quickly fell in love with not only Sydney, but also living in the city. Sydney offers many beautiful harbors, beaches, landmarks and buildings that allowed me to have something new to explore every week, which is exactly what I did.

While I would have loved to simply explore the city and travel around the country, I was in Sydney as student, not just a tourist.

As soon as I received my class schedule, I knew that student life in Australia is vastly different from student life in the States. University classes in Australia meet twice a week – once for lecture and once for group discussions. Classes are also weighted differently, which only allowed students to take four classes total. At first, I thought the semester was going to be a breeze; however, I was incredibly wrong.

As a mostly ‘B’ student, struggling in classes to the point of failing was something that I had never considered would happen to me, but it did. I had been

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Plastic straws an unacceptable waste Half a billion plastic straws are used and discarded every day Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Every day Americans use — and almost immediately discard — up to half a billion plastic beverage straws. At least, that’s the figure widely used by environmental activists to explain why people should embrace going straw-less.

It’s not clear where that number came from, but it seems credible considering how many takeout sodas, frappuccinos, smoothies, cold-press juices, boba teas and other beverages Americans buy every day, most of which are accompanied by a complimentary plastic straw. Lately, even some sit-down restaurants have taken to serving the obligatory glass of water with a straw already in place, as if humans haven’t been expertly consuming liquid from containers using only their lips for millennia.

The realization that disposable plastic waste is piling up in landfills and leaching into the environment has fueled a nascent straws-on-request movement around the country, and it’s gaining traction in California. Having won the battle to curb the

use of disposable plastic bags statewide, environmentalists are now pushing California cities to require restaurants and other food services to keep their plastic straws to themselves unless a customer asks for one. Davis and San Luis Obispo passed straw restrictions last year. Officials in the San Diego County beach town of Encinitas and in Berkeley are currently considering taking straw-reduction action as well. Other coastal cities will likely follow their lead.

Oh great, you may be thinking, another convenience that California wants to ban like plastic grocery bags and polystyrene takeout containers. And why pick on straws, which are so puny? Surely they aren’t as much of a problem as plastic bottles.

Actually, they are. More than three-quarters of the plastic water bottles used by Californians are recycled, thanks to a state law that puts a bounty on each container. There’s no similar payoff for turning over plastic straws, which are typically dumped in the trash along with the cup and lid they came with.

These diminutive sticks of hollow plastic that we use for a few minutes then

toss, maybe in a trash can and maybe in the street, are adding substantially to the tons of plastic waste discharged into the ocean and lakes every year. Plastic straws are commonly found during beach cleanups, which is a good indicator of their presence in the ocean. Why is that bad?

If you can stomach it, check out this video of marine biologists removing a plastic straw lodged deeply in the nose of an endangered sea turtle. Warning: it contains profanity. (Not from the turtle.) It’s horrifying to know that one errant straw can do such damage when you can enjoy that frosty cola just as easily without it. Even if a stray straw doesn’t find its way into the orifice of a sea animal, plastic doesn’t biodegrade like organic matter but breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces that clog the ocean and get consumed by marine life.

So yes, little straws are a big problem.

But getting a handle on them may not require something as drastic as a ban. A straws-on-request policy, which would be easy for restaurants to adopt, could make an immediate difference. Not only would it save food service providers a few bucks on overhead (bulk straws may be inex-

pensive, but they’re not free), it would convey a potent message to customers about the little plastic tube’s environmental cost they may not have previously considered.

Here’s another, potentially powerful argument in favor of straws-on-request policies: Some dermatologists believe repetitive sucking may cause or exacerbate wrinkles on the lips or around the mouth.

Environmentalists should add that to their talking points. Vanity can be a powerful motivator.

A number of California restaurants have already adopted straws-on-request policies, and good for them. Government-mandated bans and restrictions on consumer products ought to be a last resort, but they could and should be deployed when other conservation efforts have failed. It would be great if the food and beverage industry saw the wisdom in voluntarily curbing the use of single-use plastic straws rather than waiting for a government crackdown.

Then we can start talking about detachable plastic bottle caps and disposable plastic drink lids.

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push for such a measure. However, Republican Senator John Cornyn then tweeted, “The current house Continuing Resolution package has a six-year extension of CHIP, not a 30 day extension.”

House Majority leader Paul Ryan also said at a news conference Thursday that the tweet had caused no issues, but the Republican Party seems a little split on the appropriations bill.

The Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Representative Mark Meadows, said that he didn’t think the Republicans had enough votes to pass the bill “because of internal divisions,” according to CNN. All in all, I think that the votes for the bill are likely there. At least some Democrats will probably vote for it, and I wouldn’t blame them. I disagree that we need to do it for the “rebuilding military”, which is still the largest military in the world, beating out the next eight countries combined in 2014, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, but in the end, I feel like most politicians on Capitol Hill will come to their senses and pass something that will keep the government open for even just a little bit longer.

A government shutdown isn’t good, and just letting it happen is not how politicians should be posturing.

appears to be inactive.

Penn State officials Tuesday said the chapter is in “good standing” and they were looking into how to proceed.

“We are reviewing the ruling and seeking more insight about the effect of this sentence on the Penn State chapter,” said Lisa Powers, spokeswoman. “The university plans no immediate action.”

The chapter has about a dozen members and does not have a fraternity house. A message to the Penn State fraternity chapter’s current president was not returned.

Carnegie Mellon also did not respond to inquiries about its chapter, including how it became inactive.

Monroe County President Judge Margherita Patti-Worthington fined the fraternity — which was found guilty of aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter — more than

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The finale concert, performed by the students, will be held in Tirey Hall, Tilson Music Hall on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Conductors this year include Dr. George, Dr. Nikk Pilato, Director of Athletic Bands, and Dr. M Gregory Martin, Associate Director of Bands of West Chester University in West Chester, PA. This event is free and open to the public. Those interested in a musical evening can see the respective bands perform on Saturday and Sunday.

For full information, please read the All-Star Honor Band brochure.

ABROAD FROM PAGE 4 warned that classes were typically more difficult in other countries and that American students sometimes struggled with the course work, but I rationalized that I am a good student and will be able to study hard enough and make decent grades. This is a warning I should have taken more seriously; this is something any and all students studying abroad should be aware of and not take lightly.

Classes were difficult, but what made them even more difficult was the lack of a support sys-

$110,000 and instituted the state ban as a condition of its probation. She underscored the horrific nature of the case, calling it the “most troubling case to me in 19 years,” according to an account of the proceedings in The New York Times.

At a rented Poconos house, Chun Hsien Deng, 18, of Queens, was blindfolded and loaded down with a sand-filled backpack, then repeatedly shoved and tackled by fraternity members during a ritual known as the “glass ceiling,” meant to represent the plight of Asian Americans. Pledges had to pass through a gantlet of fraternity members during the ritual.

Deng became unconscious, and no one sought help for at least an hour.

In handing down her sentence, Patti-Worthington noted the case involving Penn State sophomore Tim Piazza. In February, Piazza, 19, drank copious amounts of alcohol during an alleged hazing ritual at the Beta

PEN STATE FROM PAGE 4 A new study out of the United Kingdom shows just that — today’s college students want to be perfect, and more so than their parents did. But the reasons behind that, the researchers say, are deeply ingrained in today’s culture.

Two British researchers studied more than 40,000 students from the United States, Canada and Britain in what they believe is the first study examining perfectionism across multiple generations. They found that what they called “socially prescribed perfectionism” increased by a third between 1989 (when Gen Xers attended college) and 2016 (with a mix of millennials and Gen Zers), and that culture could be driving up rates of mental-health disorders.

Lead researcher Thomas Curran said that while so many of today’s young people try to curate a perfect life on Instagram, social media’s grip isn’t the only reason for perfectionist tendencies. Instead, he said, it may be driven by competition percolating more into modern society, meaning young people can’t avoid being sorted and ranked in education and employment. That comes from new norms like greater numbers of college students, standardized testing, and parenting that increasingly emphasizes success in education.

“We now have forms of competition where it never used to be,” said Curran, of the University of Bath. “Forcing to compare, compete, and keep up with social comparisons in turn is forcing them to develop perfectionist tem. Back home, my friends and family were 16 hours behind; a time difference that makes it difficult to talk to each other. While I did eventually get used to not talking to anyone back home often, it made the first month quite difficult, which in turn affected negatively affected my course work and quickly set me behind in classes.

While these hardships may seem daunting, studying abroad also allowed me learn about Australia’s culture, what I consider the most important aspect of my semester.

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Theta Pi fraternity, fell down the stairs, and languished on a couch for nearly 12 hours before anyone called for help. He died the next day. Twenty-six fraternity members face a range of charges in his death.

In discussing the danger of hazing, Patti-Worthington said: “You only need to look at Penn State these days to understand,” according to The New York Times’ account.

Penn State has cracked down on fraternities in the wake of Piazza’s death. More than a dozen chapters are on suspension.

Piazza’s parents, Jim and Evelyn, applauded Patti-Worthington’s fraternity sentence, as well as sentences handed down Monday to four of its members, who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and hindering apprehension. Their sentences ranged from 342 days to 24 months.

“In order for there to be real and meaningful change and to eradicate this bad behavior that continues to be all too preva-

tendencies.”

Curran and co-author Andrew P. Hill, an associate professor at York St. John University, analyzed college students between 1989 and 2016 who completed the “Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale,” a survey that puts a figure on perfectionism. The survey asks respondents to agree or disagree on a scale with statements like: “When I am working on something, I cannot relax until it is perfect,” or “Anything that I do that is less than excellent will be seen as poor work by those around me.”

The study, published Dec. 28 in the journal Psychological Bulletin, concluded that three categories of perfectionism, which they define as “a combination of excessively high personal standards and overly critical self-evaluations,” increased since 1989: Self-oriented perfectionism — a self-imposed desire to be perfect — increased by 10 percent.

Other-oriented perfectionism, or the practice of holding others to irrationally high standards, increased by 16 percent.

Socially prescribed perfectionism, or the perception that there are unrealistically high expectations from others, increased by 33 percent.

It’s the latter dimension that gives researchers the most concern. Curran and Hill describe socially prescribed perfectionism as “the most debilitating” and said it’s a better predictor of depression and suicide than the other two.

So where’s that socially prescribed perfectionism come from? Curran said it would be

RIVALS FROM PAGE 6 again the Sycamores had the answer. Barnes found Murphy with a perfect dime in the paint and Murphy converted the dunk with just over eight minutes to go to stretch the ISU cushion out to 53-42.

Barnes grabbed a big defensive rebound as the clock ticked under the seven minute mark and then Tyreke Keywent deep into the paint to hit a lay-up and draw the foul. His 3-point play staked the Sycamores to a 58-46 lead. After two more free throws from the Purple Aces,

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“easy” to attribute the rise to social media, and while he admitted those platforms “put the problem on steroids,” he said there are other factors, like an increase in meritocracy among millennials.

The researchers say today’s hypercompetitive society tells young people: Have the highest grade point average, get into the best school, obtain the highest-paying job, and the perfect life can be yours.

For example, in 1976, half of high school seniors expected to get a college degree of some kind. By 2008, more than 80 percent expected the same, but actual degree attainment didn’t keep pace. The researchers say this suggests expectations are increasingly unrealistic. They also said changes in parenting style over the last two decades might have had an impact. Curran and Hill wrote that as parents feel increased pressure to raise successful children, they in turn pass their “achievement anxieties” onto their kids through “excessive involvement in their child’s routines, activities or emotions.”

Those in the mental health community like Malmon say they’re concerned about the impact the culture of perfectionism has on mental health on campuses. She’s comforted, she said, by students working to destigmatize the issue.

“Mental health has truly become this generation’s social justice issue,” she said. “It’s our job to equip them with the tools, to let people know that it’s not their fault, and that seeking help is a sign of strength and not weakness.”

Rickman scored on a thunderous dunk with 6:09 remaining, which pushed ISU ahead 60-48.

Quickly the Purple Aces scored on consecutive trips down the floor to whittle the ISU lead down to eight points.

Dru Smith led the way for the Purple Aces with 23 points.

Indiana State returns to action on Saturday, January 20 when they host Illinois State at 2 pm (ET). It is ISU Athletics Hall of Fame weekend as the Sycamores will honor John McNichols, Kylie Hutson, John Allman and Jim Cruse.

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lent,” the Piazzas said, “prosecutors and the court systems throughout the country need to take a tougher stance on these types of crimes.”

Doug Fierberg, who has represented many clients in lawsuits against fraternities and is representing the Dengs in multiple civil suits against Pi Delta Psi and its members, also was heartened by the rulings.

“It recognizes that chapters are agents and mere extensions of national fraternities and they are responsible for the injury and death caused across this country for decades,” he said.

He said he’s not aware of any other cases in which a judge banned a fraternity statewide for a specified number of years.

The North-American Interfraternity Conference, while calling the allegations against the fraternity “very disturbing,” questioned the fairness of punishing chapters at other universities in Pennsylvania.

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SPORTS Sycamores Secure Tough Road Victory

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Friday, Jan. 19, 2018

over In-State Rival Evansville

Ace Hunt

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It’s never easy to win on the road in the ultra-competitive Missouri Valley Conference, especially when the game is at your oldest rival. The Sycamores led for the better part of the game and held on late for a thrilling 71-66 win over Evansville in front of 3,601 fans inside Ford Center.

ISU won at Evansville for the first time since 2014 and improved to 9-10, 4-3 MVC. The Purple Aces, who were 10-1 at home heading into this game, fell to 12-8, 2-5 MVC. The win was the 90th all-time for the Sycamores over Evansville -- now tied with Eastern Illinois for the most victories against one opponent in the history of the program. There is now a three-way tie at 5-2 for the MVC lead between Drake, Loyola, and Missouri State. The Sycamores are just one game behind the pack, tied with Saturday’s opponent, Illinois State, at 4-3.

For head coach Greg Lansing, it was his 69th Missouri Valley Conference victory -- tying him with Royce Waltman for the most MVC wins by a head coach in the history of the program. It was also his 36th road victory in his career and the 129th of his career -- now just five behind Waltman for second on the ISU head coaching wins list.

Jordan Barnes continued his strong scoring streak by leading the way with 17 points. He hit a trio of 3-pointers as well as free throws down the stretch. Qiydar Davis returned after a two-game absence due to Illness to score 12 off the bench while Brenton

Scott added 14 and Tyreke Key posted 10. ISU owned a 4335 edge on the glass and were led by nine each from Key and Brandon Murphy. Murphy narrowly missed a double-double as he had nine points in the contest and did nothing to hurt his standing as the MVC’s top shot maker in league play by going 4-of-5 from the field.

It was a defensive struggle that resulted in 52 combined fouls and 67 trips to the free throw line by both teams. ISU hit 20-of-53 from the field (37.7 percent) and limited Evansville to 18-of52 shooting (34.6 percent). The Sycamores hit nine 3-pointers in the game -- eight of which came before the half. Of ISU’s 10 first half field goals, eight were from behind the arc and another was a Brandon Murphy 3-point play.

Despite the amount of success from outside in the first half, the Sycamores still held a 22-18 edge in the paint.

Evansville had taken the ISU lead down to eight points and were close to getting a big stop near the four minute mark but the ball was reversed at the end of the shot clock to Qiydar Davis who drilled his third 3-pointer of the game from the top of the key and the Sycamore lead grew back to 63-52.

A pair of Barnes free throws with 2:58 remaining stretched the Sycamores lead out to 67-54.

Evansville made it interesting from there by scoring nine in a row capped by a Dru Smith trifecta with 47 seconds to go to get the ISU lead down to 67-63.

Scott hit 1-of-2 free throws to push the lead back out to five, before a conventional 3-point play from Blake Simmons cut the Sycamore lead down to 68-

66 with 33 seconds remaining.

Brenton Scott hit a pair of free throws with 24 seconds on the clock to stretch the lead out to 70-66 and Key came down with a big defensive rebound to get a stop with 12 seconds remaining. The freshman was fouled for the 71-66 advantage and time ran out on the Purple Aces and gave the Sycamores their second MVC road victory of the season.

Indiana State’s first field goal didn’t come until the 14:47 mark of the first half -- but it was a 3-pointer off the hot hand of Brenton Scott , which cut an early Evansville lead down to 6-4.

Demonte Ojinnaka and Jordan Barnes added 3-pointers in the first eight minutes but Evansville did most of their damage at the charity stripe to take a 12-10 advantage.

Trailing 21-18, the Sycamores changed the course of the first half with a well timed 9-0 run which featured a Tyreke Key 3-pointer, followed by one by Barnes and then a conventional 3-point play from Brandon Murphy at the 3:53 mark to stake the Sycamores to the 27-21 lead. In fact, the Sycamores did not allow a single Evansville field goal in the final 8:02 of the opening stanza to take a 35-26 lead into the break.

All seven of ISU’s first field goals in the game came from 3-point distance and the first two-point field goal belonged to Murphy at the 3:53 mark but turned into a conventional 3-point play. A lay-up by Brenton Scott with 35 seconds remaining was the only Sycamore field goal in the first half that didn’t result in three points and it gave the Sycamores a ninepoint lead heading into the lock-

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Jordan Barnes (2), sophomore guard, led the sycamores with 17 points during the game including multiple three-pointer shots.

er room. Jordan Barnes hit a trio of 3-pointers to lead ISU with 11 points halfway through the game.

Indiana State picked up where they left off with a dunk from Murphy and then a Tyreke Key breakaway lay-up with 17:46 remaining for the 41-26 lead, which forced Evansville to call a quick timeout. The Purple Aces answered with six in a row to get the ISU lead back down to just nine points at 41-32 and ISU called a timeout at the 16:15 mark. It would prove to be an 8-0 run before Scott connected on a lay-up with 15:35 remaining to regain a nine-point advantage.

Tyreke Key missed a driving lay-up with just over 10 minutes remaining but went in amongst the Trees and put back his own shot to give ISU a 51-40 lead.

Evansville got the deficit down to single digits again, but once again the Sycamores had the answer. Barnes found Murphy with a perfect dime in the paint and Murphy converted the dunk with just over eight minutes to go to stretch the ISU cushion out to 53-42.

Barnes grabbed a big defensive rebound as the clock ticked

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Sycamore Softball Held First Practice of the 2018 Season Athletic Media Relations

Excitement abounded at the Indiana State Indoor Facility Tuesday evening as the Sycamore Softball program held its first organized team practice of the 2018 season.

The enthusiasm was palpable as the 18 members of the 2018 squad spent twoand-a-half hours in drills.

Offseason individual voluntary workouts put the team ahead of even head coach Mike Perniciaro’s expectations for the first day of drills.

“It was a really good first day,” Perniciaro said.

“You can tell all of our players worked hard over Christmas break and they came in today in shape and ready to get better. That is exciting to see. Obviously, we have to polish some things up but it was a very encouraging first day.”

Excitement can be a double-edged sword, however. Especially when it comes to a focused practice. Players eager to get the season underway at times let their enthusiasm for the start of the season overtake the focus of a practice tailored for a first day of drills. On the other hand, the team was able to advance to drills Perniciaro hadn’t expected to move on to on the first day.

“Well, the bad is everyone is trying too hard,” Perniciaro explained.

“They are trying to go from Step A to Step F. We are trying to go step-bystep and they are trying to just go too fast. That is the bad part, but it is also the good part because they understand where we are going and they want to get there quick. But there is a process and we have to stick to the process and our plan. We just have to go one day at a time.”

The team’s athleticism was notable in the first session of the spring as Coach

Pooch eyed his team’s advanced athleticism.

“Sometimes as a coach you are afraid of the Christmas break where the team doesn’t do what they are supposed to do,” Perniciaro said. “But to-

our fall and everyone buying into my vision of how we are going to be as a team. By having everyone buy into that, whether they are a freshman or a senior, they showed to me that they are all in,” said Perniciaro.

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Cassaundura Roper is one of the top 50 athletes for the Sycamores in the weight throw.

Sycamores Ready For Gladstein Invitational at IU Andrew Hile

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Head coach Mike Perniciaro has high expectations for the upcoming season for the women’s baseball team.

day’s practice and our conditioning was good. You could tell people got excited over break and worked hard. That is always evident the first day. You can always see who worked hard and who didn’t and I can tell you pretty much everybody on our team worked hard.”

That is very notable considering young teams, like the Sycamores with just four upperclassmen, don’t often get that kind of individual voluntary focus during down periods, like over breaks.

“That just reflects upon

The one day at a time plan, part of the process for Coach Pooch, as Perniciaro is commonly known by, is a focused process that witnessed notable progress over fall practices and has the goal of having the Sycamores ready to be competitive when first pitch arrives on Friday, Feb. 16. Indiana State will open the season at the Chattanooga Challenge and will face Sacred Heart to open the year.

For the third consecutive year, the Indiana State track and field teams will head to Indiana University for the Gladstein Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

The Sycamores are coming off of a narrow 154-148 loss against Illinois State at the Terre Haute Double Dual last Saturday. The men fell to the Redbirds by a score of 79-72, while the women were able to hold on for a 76-75 win.

Friday will feature three national top-50 athletes for the Sycamores, starting with Cassaundra Roper in the weight throw. Roper is coming of a lifetime-best performance at the Terre Haute Double Dual where she posted a mark of 18.77m (61-07.00), which sits at second in the Missouri Valley and 40th na-

tionally.

Taylor Austin and Brooke Moore will have the opportunity to compete in the fast section of the mile run on Friday night. Austin recorded a personal-best time last weekend in the mile of 4:51.08, good enough for third all-time at ISU, best in the Valley and 19th in the nation this year. This will be Moore’s first time running the mile this season, but she is the Indiana State record-holder with a time of 4:43.04.

The 60-meter hurdles on Friday will feature Ayanna Morgan who currently sits at 34th nationally. At the EIU Early Bird, she set a meet record and recorded a career-best time at 8.46. Her time is third in Indiana State history. Last weekend at the Terre Haute Double Dual she claimed second-place in the 60-meter hurdles,

crossing the line at 8.58, just .06 away from first.

On Saturday, one more top-50 Sycamore will hit the track with Brittany Neeley in the 600-meter run. This will be her first time running the event, but her teammate Imani Davis will join her and she recorded the sixth-best time in Indiana State history last year at 1:33.68.

Roper will also compete again on Saturday in the shot put where she claimed victory at the Terre Haute Double Dual and the EIU Friday Night Special.

The competition on Friday night will begin with the men’s weight throw at 3:30 p.m. ET, with action on the track beginning at 4:20 p.m. Saturday will begin at 10:45 a.m. with the men’s long jump and on the track at 10:50 a.m. with the women’s 200-meter dash.