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‘Beethoven meets Jerry Lee Lewis’ Composer Jason Farnham performs for Valentines Day Lauren Rader Reporter

Jason Farnham celebrated Valentine’s Day on campus Tuesday night, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m., with love songs from every generation.

He introduced his own music into the mix, and he added his own twist to playing the piano.

Farnham, a composer and record producer, was excited to be in Terre Haute and play the Valentine’s Day concert.

“I had a blast. I thought the audience was really good tonight. I’ve played places where the audience is so quiet, and you can’t hear anything.” Farnham said. “They’re nice and polite, but they’re just so quiet. It’s nice to come somewhere where people clap after a solo or when you move from one instrument to the other. I like that.”

Farnham started the concert on a baby grand piano, adding some comedy to the mix to get the crowd excited for the concert.

Sam Bryson, a guest percussionist, was up on stage to change the mood from jazz to oldies.

Farnham played songs like My Funny Valentine, Ain’t No Sunshine, and his own original mu-

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Introducing his own music to the audience created an avenue to his personality and personal life. He played a classical piece that he wrote for his wife called Lisa’s Song that warmed the hearts of the crowd. Farn-

ham continued to create a warm feeling in everyone’s hearts as he added his personal life and experiences into his music with each song that was introduced.

He explained his style as a performer.

“In concert, it’s a mix of things.

I try to put out a little something for everyone. It’s a mix of a lot of different things. I try to put a lot in there so maybe if you don’t like this song, you might like the next one. Beethoven meets Jerry Lee Lewis is how I would describe it.”

There was something for everyone at this concert with Farnham playing a wide range of genres. He didn’t just have a wide range of music, but styles as well.

He played the piano with his hands crossed, backwards, upside down, and standing on a stool.

“It’s awesome, I’m not going to lie,” Farnahm said. “In the beginning, I’m always a little bit nervous because it’s a new audience, and you’re just starting the concert. Once it starts, that’s the best time. You start to feel like you got to the top of the hill and then you going downhill and it’s the best.

Then you can play and you and the audience can enjoy it. It’s a thrill.”

The thrill didn’t stop until the concert ended, and it was consistent through each set.

Farnham does something unique in every song he plays.

He loves to perform, and share his experiences with each audience no matter how young or old. “This is my date night with you guys.” He said at the beginning of the show.

The night relayed this message well from the happiness that exuded from each audience member.

The health center on ISU’s campus clears up concerns from students about insurance Payton Jarrett Reporter

Students are uneasy after learning that the campus clinic fails to accept certain insurance plans, requiring that some must pay more to receive care for injuries and illnesses.

Susan Kearns, a Registered Nurse and manager of the Student Health Center, clears up some of the concerns students have.

“We work with the students who are expected to pay to make it feasible for them to get care,” said Kearns. “We will not turn anyone away.”

The Union Associated Physicians Clinic and ISU are in close partnership to provide high quality care to undergraduate and graduate students with at least one credit hour.

The clinic is staffed with highly advanced nurse practitioners, laboratory and

x-ray technicians, and other supporting positions. They specialize in services that include, but are not limited to, care for minor injuries or potentially broken bones, allergy shots, sports physicals, and treatment for cold and flu symptoms.

Fees for new patients are $20, $15 for established patients, and preventative visits for both new and established patients are $25.

There may also be additional charges if the patient has received any lab tests, physical therapy, medications, etc.

Darryl Black, a first-year track star discloses, “I have used my insurance coverage at the clinic to get my shots and a physical for track, but I didn’t really know that everybody doesn’t have the same access to [the clinic] as I do.”

Students are asked to bring their insurance card and as well as their University ID upon the day of service.

Most insurance plans are accepted.

However, ISU’s health facility lacks con-

tracts with a select few out-of-network insurance plans that do not cover additional expenses from the clinic.

This issue has been the case for a former ISU student, Caitlyn Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald was recommended some testing for what was ultimately a chest cold and sinus infection.

Even before her scheduled visit to the clinic, staff had mistakenly assured her that her insurance was accepted.

Fitzgerald later explains, “Because they were not an in-network office with my insurance, it only covered $15 of what would be a $450+ medical bill. Had I known that my insurance was out-of-network, I would have turned down the testing.”

Any balance that is not covered by the student’s insurance or lack thereof will be billed to them or their respective provider.

Accommodations may be negotiated for patients who are unable to pay their expense.

“We will connect them to the billing

Student Government Association informational sessions kickoff elections Taylor Fox Reporter

Student Government Association held informational meetings for students interested in running for President, Vice President, or Student Senate.

These meetings were held on Feb. 7 and Feb. 11 at 8:30 p.m. in the Hulman Memorial Student Union room 321.

In order to be eligible for election, students had to attend one meeting as well as submit the petition for candidacy packet that was handed out, within 48 hours of the meetings conclusion.

In addition to the candidacy packet, another packet including SGA’s election policy was handed out.

Undergraduates interested must meet all requirements to be a candidate, which includes being a full time student, being in good conduct standing with the

University, and a GPA of 2.5 for President or Vice President and a 2.25 GPA for Senate.

Within the Senate, there are a total of 45 seats.

14 of these seats are reserved for representatives of select student organizations with the remaining 31 seats elected as atlarge representatives.

There is a Board of Elections created for every SGA election.

This board includes five voting members with one serving as the chair of the board.

The board regulates the election process in order to ensure the integrity of each SGA election.

The Senate votes to choose the Board of Elections along with the advisement of the President who nominates five students to be on the board.

The Senate votes to approve or disapprove the President’s nominees individually or collectively.

After the board is chosen, the

Senate then votes on who will be the Chair of the board.

Members of this regulatory board may not participate in any race in the SGA election or publicly endorse any candidate.

Members of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of SGA along with candidates are not allowed to serve on the board.

The Board of Elections is disbanded as soon as all election results are certified.

Along with the election board, there is also an election commissioner who helps preside over the election.

The election commissioner’s duties include drafting a schedule of election events and deadlines, to plan and coordinate debates, to publicize the election and educate voters, and to enforce SGA election policies and regulations.

Campaigning starts Thursday, Feb. 14 and elections will be held March 4 and 5 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

department who will work with them to establish payment arrangements,” Kearns said.

With the clinic’s affiliation with Union Medical Group, patients are guaranteed access to reduced rates for those with little to no insurance coverage.

Dean of Students, Andy Morgan, investigates deeply into the root cause of students’ concerns.

Morgan agrees that “if ISU students are sick or need healthcare, the [Student Health Center] should be their first stop.

If a student needs help, the SHC is going to work with them to make sure they are taken care of.”

Open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., students can locate the Student Health Center just north of the Hulman Memorial Student Union at 567 N. Fifth St. To schedule an appointment, call (812) 237-3883.

Faculty-led short-term study abroad grant proposal competition launches Alyssa Bosse Reporter

Applications are now being accepted for the Annual Center for Global Engagement Faculty-Led Short Term Study Abroad Grant proposal competition.

Kristi Barley, Program Director of Education explained what the competition exactly is.

“The Annual Center for Global Engagement Faculty-Led Short-Term Study Abroad Grant Proposal competition is for ISU faculty that are interested in providing their students a global and cultural learning opportunity as a part of their educational experience at ISU,” said Barley.

Faculty-Led Short-Term Study Abroad are short-term custom programs where ISU students who are enrolled in the 3 credit hour course that is taught on campus, can travel with their

class and professor.

Student travel grants are available through the Center for Global Engagement-Education Abroad Office and are available to faculty for their students to offset travel expenses.

Bartley explained how the students are chosen for the funding.

“Faculty Directors recruit ISU students based on the three-credit course,” said Barley. “Faculty have students complete an application, students that are approved to travel receive grant support from CGE to help with the travel expenses.”

Applications are now open for 2020 proposals to faculty who are tenure-track, tenure-faculty, full-time teaching and are special purpose faculty.

Applications are available through the Center for Global

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For more information, call 812-237-3770 or visit www.hulmancenter.org.

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Thieves stole architectural gems from USC in a heist that remained hidden for years Harriet Ryan and Matt Hamilton Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The thieves seemed to know exactly what they were looking for.

They entered an unmarked warehouse on a South Los Angeles side street, moved through a warren of file cabinets, yellowing papers and jettisoned desks, and breached a small storage room.

Inside was a cache of furniture designed by two of the most celebrated American architects of the 20th century, Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph Schindler.

The thieves made off with two of Wright’s striking floor lamps and a cushioned chair believed to have been designed by Schindler — a haul with a potential value of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Six years after the heist at the USC warehouse, the identities of the perpetrators remain a mystery.

There is a second puzzle: Why didn’t the university report the theft to police at the time or seek the public’s help in recovering the irreplaceable pieces?

Detectives only learned of the larceny in recent weeks, after an anonymous letter to the Los Angeles Times revealed the crime.

Ninety years ago, the lamps illuminated one of the most breathtaking living rooms in L.A. The residence belonged to Samuel Freeman and his dancer wife, Harriet, an avant-garde couple who had commissioned Wright to turn a steep and narrow plot in the Hollywood Hills into a showplace.

The architect, already famous and enjoying a midlife sojourn in California, ringed the living room with tall windows that provided dramatic views down Highland Avenue and of the surrounding hills.

The furniture he fashioned for the room included the six-foot high cast iron

and glass lamps. His protege, Schindler, later worked on the house, adding his own unique furnishings.

For decades, the Freemans’ eclectic crowd of artists, scientists and leftists savored the home and its decor. “Casablanca” actor Claude Rains was a regular at the couple’s so-called “salons” and Harriet Freeman feted legendary choreographer Martha Graham at a dinner party in the living room.

Samuel Freeman died in the living room in 1981. Harriet suffered a stroke and spent her final months in a bed in the living room. She died in 1986. Childless, they left the home and furniture to USC, hoping the university would treasure the property as a site for meetings, classes and historic preservation.

Preservationists quickly learned that maintaining the Freemans’ home, like other Wright designs in L.A., would be a major challenge. The residence’s hallmark feature — patterned cement-block walls that recalled Mayan temples — proved uniquely unsuited for California’s seismic environment.

The Freeman house suffered severe structural damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Tiles tumbled from the house and broke. It took the university years to secure more than $1 million in restoration funding from FEMA and other sources.

Around 2000, in advance of the work, USC moved the contents of the home, including the Wright and Schindler furniture, to the architecture school’s rented warehouse. The brick facility on 24th Street, formerly a city power station, has a cavernous interior with at least one separate, locked room.

Some broken tiles were stored in the main room while the furniture was placed in the locked area, according to people familiar with the warehouse. For the next decade, the pieces that had delighted the

Freemans and their guests would sit in the dark, glimpsed only occasionally by USC faculty, staff and students.

——— A facilities staffer visiting the warehouse in September 2012 noticed items missing from the locked room.

There was no sign of a break in or vandalism, and nothing but the Wright and Schindler furniture seemed to have been taken.

Kenneth Breisch, an associate professor who oversaw the graduate program in historic preservation, said that as far as he knew, there was only one key to the room and it was maintained by the facilities department.

The staffer who had discovered the missing items contacted Breisch to see if he knew anything. Told no, the staffer said he planned to alert campus police, according to Breisch.

“I just assumed they were taking care of it,” said Breisch, who declined to name the staffer. “I just assumed, I think, that it probably didn’t consist of anything of value, (or) then, I would have heard more.”

In fact, the stolen floor lamps and chair had significant value. The lamps are particularly rare and coveted by collectors. A nearly identical piece Wright made in the same period for a Hollywood Boulevard residence sold at auction two years ago for $100,000.

Told of the lamps’ theft recently, architect and author Thomas A. Heinz, the foremost expert in Wright’s interiors, exclaimed, “Wow. Wow.” “Because these are so rare, I would say it’s a tremendous loss,” said Heinz, adding that Wright created about a dozen such lamps.

Schindler’s chairs are also in demand.

Last July, two of the architect’s redwood “sling” chairs were reported stolen from an Olympic Boulevard storage unit rented by the Friends of Schindler House, the

nonprofit that maintains the architect’s former West Hollywood residence.

Board member Robert Sweeney told the police the chairs were original to the Kings Road landmark and estimated their value at $25,000 each.

Despite the clear value of the items taken, no one at USC filed a report with campus police, LAPD or the university’s insurance carriers. Word of the theft circulated among some at the architecture school, but few, if any, outsiders were told.

It remained a secret until last summer when someone’s conscience appeared to have been prodded by a listing at a Chicago auction. The listing described the lot for sale as a “textile block from the Samuel Freeman House, Los Angeles” and identified the seller as a private collector in Chicago. It was a 16-inch square, the size of the original Freeman blocks, and had discolorations indicating decades in the elements. It sold for $5,000 in June.

Weeks after its sale, The Times received an anonymous email describing the warehouse theft. The author also included a link to the auction and wrote that even if the sale was not connected to the theft, it was troubling. How could the tile have fallen into private hands when its ownership had passed directly from the Freemans to USC, the writer asked.

The Times approached USC about the alleged theft in mid-January. A university spokeswoman expressed skepticism, saying that even the most minor infractions are documented by the campus police and shared with administrators. It strained credulity, she said, that a suspected felony involving priceless works of art had gone unreported.

A search of campus police databases and inquiries to a half-dozen employees turned up nothing about a theft, she said.

But further investigation by USC’s Office

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Men’s doctor at USC clinic faces sex abuse allegations from LGBTQ alumni Matt Hamilton and Harriet Ryan

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

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NASA’s Opportunity Rover looks back over its own tracks on Aug. 4, 2010.

Opportunity’s record-setting mission on Mars appears to have reached its end Deborah Netburn

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Halfway up the slope of a crater on Mars lies a small robotic geologist that won’t wake up.

The Smart car sized rover got caught in an epic dust storm that enveloped the Red Planet in June, and it hasn’t been heard from since.

For the last eight months, scientists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have desperately sent more than 800 commands across 35 millions miles of interplanetary space, imploring the explorer to reply with even the briefest “beep.”

In recent weeks they tried something new — asking the rover to reset its internal clock in the hopes that that would help it recharge and wake itself up.

But the robot remains silent.

“We have pretty much exhausted our recovery efforts,” said John Callas, project manager of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission. “There are a couple more things we might try, but I think you can pretty much read the tea leaves on this one.”

Engineers were set to issue a final series of recovery commands Tuesday night, NASA officials said.

But if there was no response

by Wednesday, the space agency was poised to announce that the rover’s record-setting mission was officially at an end.

Its name is Opportunity, and

for more than 15 years it has been traversing the Martian surface, driving more than 28 miles and sending back more than 17,000 images of our nearest planetary neighbor.

Together with its twin rover, Spirit, Opportunity used the techniques of geology to show that in its distant past, Mars could have been a habitable planet — much warmer, wetter and Earthlike than it is today.

“There was certainly compelling evidence from orbital images that water once flowed across the planet, but Spirit and Opportunity were the first to tackle that question from the ground,” said Steve Squyres, a planetary scientist at Cornell University and the principal investigator for the science payload on the Mars Exploration Rover Project.

Spirit and Opportunity blasted off from Earth on July of 2003, each equipped with the tools of a human geologist. They had high-resolution panoramic cameras that gave them the equivalent of 20-20 vision, and an arm with a shoulder, elbow and wrist that allowed them to reach out and grab any interesting rocks that caught their eye.

The rovers reached Mars in January 2004, touching down on opposite sides of the planet.

They were designed to last 90 days in the harsh Martian environment, and to travel a total distance of 1,000 yards.

Instead, Spirit covered nearly 5

miles of Martian territory over a period of five years, until it became stuck in the powdery soil of Gusev crater.

Opportunity continued its explorations for another decade.

Among its many achievements, it set an off-world driving record in 2014 when it overtook the title from the Russian rover Lunokhod 2, which drove 24.2 miles on the lunar surface. By June, Opportunity had traveled 28.05 miles on Mars.

But it’s the discoveries that scientists say they will remember.

It took only a few weeks for Opportunity to find strong evidence among the rocks on Meridiani Planum that Mars was once soaking wet. The rocks’ appearance and composition made clear to geologists that the dry and dusty planet used to have water on its surface.

Elsewhere on the Red Planet, it discovered veins of a mineral scientists believe to be gypsum.

The veins are an indication that water also flowed underground, through fractures in rocks.

The rover also happened upon a variety of meteorites, spotted a towering dust devil and even watched comet Siding Spring as it streaked through the Martian sky.

NASA officials are expected to announce the results of their final attempt to rouse Opportunity around 11 a.m. Wednesday at JPL in La Canada Flintridge.

In another blow to the University of Southern California’s student health clinic, six male graduates filed a lawsuit this week accusing a men’s health doctor of sexual battery and harassment during appointments.

The suit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that Dr. Dennis Kelly made demeaning remarks to defendants, all recent graduates who identify as gay or bisexual, about their sexual practices and performed unnecessary rectal exams designed to embarrass them or “to satisfy his own prurient sexual desires.”

Kelly, 72, retired last year after two decades at the campus clinic. He denied any inappropriate behavior toward patients and called allegations “terribly hurtful.”

“I can’t second-guess or question anything I’ve done,” Kelly said in a phone interview. “I know I did it all professionally and without any other motive.”

The men, who filed the suit anonymously, are seeking compensation from USC for negligent hiring and supervision, among other claims.

A university spokeswoman said USC was aware of the lawsuit and concerned by its allegations. “We’re working to understand the facts of this matter.

We care deeply about our entire Trojan family, including our LGBTQ-plus community, and take this matter very seriously,” the spokeswoman, Brenda Maceo, said.

Attorneys representing the men said that revelations last year about another student health center physician, Dr. George Tyndall, prompted the litigation.

Hundreds of female alumnae and students have accused Tyndall, the clinic’s longtime gynecologist, of sexual abuse, and the university agreed this fall to a $215-million settlement. Detectives have also presented 99 cases to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office for potential charges against Tyndall, although prosecutors have not

filed any criminal charges.

Kelly Van Aken, one of the attorneys representing Kelly’s former patients, said her firm was contacted by one of the plaintiffs, who in turn reached out to fellow alumni.

“They are all friends of friends who we spoke to. That’s how it all started,” Van Aken said.

The plaintiffs did not formally report Kelly’s alleged behavior to USC, nor did they contact police. One plaintiff said in court papers that he complained about Kelly to another doctor at the clinic, who responded that the rectal exam “shouldn’t have happened.”

Before filing the suit, the lawyers reviewed the plaintiffs’ medical records and contacted experts in men’s health. The experts opined “that the totality of the circumstances in the examination room was not within the standard of care,” said Mikayla Kellogg, another attorney representing Kelly’s former patients.

The suit describes a pattern of conduct by Kelly during appointments. After learning the patients had sex with other men, the suit charges, Kelly asked a series of intrusive questions, such as how much pornography they consumed and whether they “hooked up” with sexual partners online.

The suit alleges that Kelly demanded they disrobe in front of him and ordered them to get on their hands and knees while he performed rectal exams.

In the phone interview, Kelly said that when patients undressed, he either turned away or left the room. The doctor said the standard of practice was for a clinician to perform a rectal swab while also inspecting for anal warts.

One plaintiff, a 26-year-old man, said in an interview that he felt Kelly’s graphic questions were “judgmental” and that he was unnerved having to undress while the physician “just sat there staring.”

He said the doctor told him to get on the exam table, on hands and knees, without explaining why.

“All of a sudden I felt him in-

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Prominent journalist Maria Ressa, a Duterte critic, faces new charges in the Philippines David Pierson

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Maria Ressa, a veteran Philippine journalist and frequent target of the country’s president, was arrested Wednesday and charged with cyber libel.

Ressa, who garnered international recognition last year when she was among several reporters named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, was already facing charges of tax evasion in what critics said was an attempt to stifle critical reporting of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Ressa, the chief executive and executive editor of the news site Rappler, was arrested at the news outlet’s Manila headquarters by plainclothes officers from the National Bureau of Investigation, the news site reported.

Authorities also charged former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. The libel charge stems from a story published in May 2012, more than four months before the law Ressa and Santos are accused of violating was enacted.

The story, which was about an impeached chief justice, included details about businessman Wilfredo D. Keng, who filed the libel complaint for being described as having links to human trafficking and illicit drugs.

It was unclear late Wednesday whether Ressa would be permitted to post bail, as she did in December after being charged with

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Filipina journalist Maria Ressa, left, joins Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Project Journalist, during New Year’s Eve 2019 celebrations in Times Square, New York on December 31, 2018.

tax evasion. She did not respond to a request for comment.

The National Bureau of Investigation could not be reached for comment.

The crime of cyber libel was introduced as part of a controversial law aimed at primarily stamping out online fraud and child pornography, but which critics said was fashioned to

THIEVES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 of Professionalism and Ethics, a new unit set up in the wake of recent scandals, determined that the tip had merit.

On Jan. 22, campus police filed a report with the LAPD, identifying the three missing items. The university blamed the six-and-a-half year delay in contacting authorities on a miscommunication between employees, according to police.

“It’s quite alarming, frankly, that there’s a gap,” said Lt. Perry Griffith, of the LAPD’s Southwest station, who reviewed the report before handing it off to the department’s Art Theft Detail.

In a statement, USC said it was fully cooperating with the police probe and pursuing its own internal investigation.

“The university is reviewing its procedures and security measures related to the Freeman House and its assets,” the spokeswoman said in a statement. She added that the university “is working with its risk management team on the insurance claim process.”

LAPD Detective Don Hrycyk of the art theft unit said his investigation was at the preliminary stage.

“There was no forced entry, so it

control dissent against the government on the internet. Conviction of cyber libel can result in up to 12 years in prison.

Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said on national television that Ressa’s arrest was in accordance with the law.

“There’s nothing to do with freedom of expression or freedom of the press,” he said.

looks like someone who had access to a key,” Hrycyk said.

USC declined to identify those with access to the room and said in a statement, “It appears unlikely that there was only one key, however we expect that to be part of the investigation.”

The passage of time had made dusting for fingerprints and other forensic techniques all but impossible.

Memories have faded and witnesses are out of reach.

“A lot of these people are no longer at USC,” Hrycyk said.

The tile auctioned in Chicago is not part of the LAPD investigation, he said. USC said it had “no verification” as to whether it was stolen from the house.

Jeffrey Chusid, a Cornell University professor who is a leading authority on the Freeman House, said that the auctioned tile appeared to be an original. Chusid, who lived in the house when he taught at USC in the 1980s and 1990s, said it was unlikely to be one that fell from the home during the earthquake because those were largely broken. During the 1990s, a vandal pried a tile from the street-side of the house, he said, “and that might be floating around.”

Richard Wright, the president of the Chicago auction house, said

Still, the arrest drew immediate condemnation from free press advocates.

“The Philippine government’s legal harassment of Rappler and Ressa has now reached a critical and alarming juncture,” Shawn Crispin, the Committee to Project Journalists’ senior Southeast Asia representative, said in a statement. “We call on Filipino

the seller told him he obtained the piece several years ago from a dealer.

Wright said he believed the tile was originally from the Freeman House’s garage and that it was removed after the 1994 earthquake.

“It’s my understanding that there was some restoration done to the house,” Wright said. “Given the notgreat condition, it had been a tile that had been replaced.”

Wright said the collector who consigned the tile had attested to the legal title of the concrete block. Still, he said that in the world of art auctions, “it is not always perfectly clear how things get out.”

USC students training in historic preservation regularly visit the Freeman House, but it is not open to the public.

It is situated on a narrow, winding street that dead ends on a cliffside and has little parking. To the rare visitor, the home’s disrepair is obvious, with splintered wooden beams, peeling paint and gaps in the cement-tiled walls.

USC said it is examining “options to ensure there’s a promising future for the Freeman House.”

“It’s always been hard to make it a priority of the university,” Chusid said. “It’s just unfortunate.”

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authorities to immediately release Ressa, drop this spurious cyber libel charge, and cease and desist this campaign of intimidation aimed at silencing Rappler.”

Rappler is credited with dogged reporting on Duterte’s so-called war on drugs, which has resulted in the deaths of thousands of mostly poor Filipinos.

Ressa is the recipient of last year’s Knight International Journalism Award and the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award.

In the Philippines, however, her site is treated as a pariah by the Duterte administration and its supporters. Rappler’s reporters have been barred from covering presidential events and are the frequent subject of death threats.

The Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility says conditions have deteriorated for journalists under Duterte’s presidency, in which charges of spreading “fake news” have been leveled at independent reporting. Twelve reporters have been killed since Duterte took power in 2016, the group said.

“Everyone who values press freedom and free expression needs to call President Rodrigo Duterte to account for this latest and most brazen assault on the very values that make possible the building of a free society,” the center said in response to Ressa’s arrest.

USC DOCTOR FROM PAGE 1 sert something for about 30 seconds,” recalled the patient, who said he suspects Kelly was swabbing him for a sexually transmitted disease, but he is unsure. “There was no warning that anything was going to happen.”

The plaintiff said that he stopped seeing Kelly and began using an LGBTQ resource center in Hollywood for his sexual health appointments.

In an interview, Kelly said he was an openly gay physician and that he had devoted much of his career to counseling LGBTQ

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The course can be taught during Fall, Spring or Summer term with travel during Winter Recess, Spring Break or in May after graduation.

The application process and acceptance for students is up to the professor.

The deadline for the proposal submission is April 5th, applications will not be accepted after that date.

patients about ways to reduce the risks of their sexual behavior.

He said he never used the graphic terms described in the lawsuit or performed unnecessary genital exams. He said he suspected his stern warnings about behavior that put patients at risk for sexually transmitted diseases were misinterpreted as condemnation or deviance.

“It was something I was aware of as likely to happen, so I tried to take extra precautions that I didn’t come across as judgmental or shaming,” Kelly said.

Approved proposals will be announced in early May, funding awards will be based on the recommendations of the Faculty-Led Grant Committee and are subject to availability of the funds.

There is not a specific number for the amount of proposals accepted, but proposals are accepted based on academic information for the proposed program, logistical information, proposal location and budget cost.

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Meet your fellow ISU Sycamores

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019

Dossier by Cheyenne Fauquher Photos by Anna Bartley

Junior Name: Emily Pata Birthday: February 16, 1998 Hometown: Indianapolis Major: Criminology Favorite Candy: Twizzler’s Valentine: Boyfriend

Freshman Name: Wyatt Tucker Birthday: October 9, 1999 Hometown: Spencer, IN Major: English Favorite Candy: Starburst Valentine: Friends Sophomore Name: Destini Dunnivan Birthday: May 3, 1998 Hometown: Indianapolis Major: Human Resources Development Favorite Candy: Reese’s Valentine: Sisterhood of Gamma Phi Beta Senior Name: Garrett Short Birthday: April 18, 1997 Hometown: Beechar, IL Major: Communications Favorite Candy: Reese’s Valentine: Girlfriend

Conversations with different communities Nicole Nunez Reporter

To help celebrate Black History month, the Multicultural Services and Programs Office hosted Conversation Corner: Coming Out in the Black Community.

The event was hosted by Radasia Blaylock, graduate assistant of the LGBTQ Student Resource Center, this past Tuesday, and featured seven student panelists who are a part of the LGBTQ community.

There was a set of questions that the panelists were asked, which gave the audience a deeper understanding of how the LGBTQ community interacts with the black community along

with the rest of the world.

The first question was regarding each panelists’ coming out experience. Many families were supportive, but others were not.

“We are a very religious family... and I could tell my mom was trying so hard to get that ‘demon’ that she saw in me out. But it just didn’t happen,” said panelist Shakur Silas, “I was kicked out from the church. I was kicked out of my mom’s house at 17.”

The next question was regarding how coming out has affected the panelists’ peers. “My friends kind of gravitated towards me. It was all pretty cool when I came out in college,” said panelist, Andrea Morgan, “Of course, we had a few problematic friends that always tried to out me.”

Having supportive friends is

key, but one panelist mentioned that it is important to not only keep the good friends, but leave the ones who are not encouraging and protecting.

“My friends, they support me… but since I was the only out man in a black family on my mom’s side… I felt like I was in this box growing up and I was afraid to show those colors because no one in my family was used to it and I didn’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable… so now that I am myself, I don’t even care if you’re my family because I’m gonna be myself regardless,” said Silas.

Heaven-Alexis Brock says she has the same friends in college as she did in high school.

“I feel like I don’t have to come out like you either know or you

don’t. I don’t feel like I have to make it an announcement,” Brock said.A large topic discussed was how race correlates to coming out and how accepting the LGBTQ and black communities are.

Silas mentioned the idea of double consciousness which is “black people act a certain way when they’re being watched and so I feel like that is a big thing within any community, but within the black and gay community as well.”Another panelist said, “No matter shade, color, creed you are coming out is gonna be hard. To family to your friends, whatever… I thinks it’s more of how you’re raised.”

“You’re always told that you have to be two steps of everybody when you’re black, but then

you become gay, lesbian, trans, you’re set back. You have to be even better…,” said panelist, Keelan Morgan, “When you’re gay in the black community, to your black family, to your black peers you’re gay first instead of being black first.”

With these questions and many questions from the audience, the panelists were given a chance to express their thoughts and experiences with the LGBTQ community and how it relates to the black community.

The audience was able to get a view into some of the struggles that people not only in the black community, but the LGBTQ community face.

Are the Oscars telling us it doesn’t matter how movies actually LOOK? Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune

There’s a wonderful behindthe-scenes photograph, in blackand-white like the film itself, of a street scene from Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma.” It’s full of lighting equipment, illuminating what look like several genuine Mexico City blocks, set-dressed to look like 1971.

It’s not real. While much of “Roma,” up for 10 Academy Awards, was filmed on real streets and sidewalks, the scene in the photograph first published

by American Cinematographer magazine and then, later, the Chicago Tribune, is an illusion.

Cuaron and his designers poured cement, erected storefronts and created a life-size version of Cuaron’s memory of what the streets looked like in 1971. It was built from the ground up, in an industrial lot outside of Mexico City. Then, acting as his own cinematographer, he fussed with the lighting to get the raindrops on the cars to look a certain way, and the actors moving around the set to look another way.

And it all looks like magic.

Cuaron is up for a cinematography Oscar as well as awards for screenwriting, direction and best picture this year. This year, three of the five cinematography nominees come from foreign-language pictures. (The other two are “Cold War” and “Never Look Away.”)

So this is a particularly galling year to marginalize the art, craft

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and magic of cinematography — a huge contribution to how movies actually look, and feel —on Oscar night.

On Monday Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president John Bailey, himself a cinematographer, announced a long-rumored change in the ABC Oscars telecast. In the interests of keeping the show around the three-hour mark, the catego-

ries devoted to cinematography, editing, live action short film and makeup/hairstyling are getting an abbreviated moment in the spotlight.

Those four categories will be taped and edited and popped into a later spot in the program.

During the commercial breaks, viewers can live-stream those awards if they choose.

Who knows, maybe it’ll look

all right. If you’re tuning in to the Oscars Feb. 24 to see if ABC (owned by Disney) will pay sufficient, self-interested corporate tribute to “Avengers: Endgame,” the Marvel movie (also answering to Disney stockholders), then none of this stuff about cinematography, editing, makeup and live action shorts may matter to you. At all.

“I want to reiterate,” Bailey’s

letter to the Academy members said. “All 24 Academy Award-winning presentations will be included in the broadcast.

We believe we have come up with a great way to do this, and keep the show to three hours.” The Tony Awards do something like already. It’s not without precedent.

ABC is committed to the Oscars through 2028. Ratings hit a new low last year. ABC, among others, draws a direct correlation between the ratings and the lack of blockbusters up for Oscars, although this year’s crop includes “Black Panther” (huge hit, really good film), “Bohemian Rhapsody” (huge hit, not a good film) and “A Star is Born” (huge hit, good film, the awards season’s also-ran so far).

Next year, the Oscars move to Feb. 9, to curb awards-season fatigue. I like that change.

Next year, the Academy may well implement a plan, first floated in August 2018 before going back to the drawing board, to add a “best popular film” awards, aka “the popcorn Oscar.” It’ll be designed to recognize the biggest hit the Academy can live with, awards-wise, and potentially boost the ratings.

That, I don’t like. That sounds like a bad marriage between the People’s Choice Awards and the Oscars, not a revised Oscars.

And that’s not this year’s problem. This year’s problem is more about the perception of margin-

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Conversation Hearts dethroned as SweetHearts sit this one out Clair Robins

Candystore.com

Conversation hearts candies are the little hearts with cute sayings on them: Be Mine, Marry Me. They are the most popular candy for Valentine’s Day season – which is estimated to generate over $1.8 Billion in candy sales.

If the biggest brand vanished, would conversation hearts still be the most popular candy? Not even close.

Sweethearts were made by the New England Confectionery Company. Necco, for short. And despite the Great Necco Wafer Panic of 2018, the company was not able to be saved. Necco is dead, and so are SweetHearts for now.

There are competing brands, but SweetHearts is the original, most recognized and most favored. SweetHearts’ hold some level of sentimental value for most people in the US. Their nostalgia factor is strong.

Thus, when talking about conversation hearts, you’re pretty much talking about SweetHearts. With over 19 million pounds sold each year, we estimate that over 80% of the conversation hearts purchased are SweetHearts brand.

It’s not really possible to lose 80% and keep the throne.

So where does that leave overall conversation hearts sales this year. Down big time, we estimate.

Last year, we reported that, based on the number of pounds sold, conversation hearts were the new #1 Valentine’s candy in America. Heart shaped boxes of

chocolates had been overtaken after a slow and steady rise of the little sugar hearts with cute sayings on them.

Now that we have the full 2018 data, we can report that that trend increased slightly last year. As you can see in the chart above, we believe that trend will end sharply in 2019.

An 80% drop off in a sales category that is over 23 million pounds seems like a lot of wasted profit potential. Why would anyone allow those sales to slip away, you ask?

Let’s step back and take a look.

Why Are SweetHearts Missing SweetHearts were made by the oldest continually operating candy company, the New England Confectionery Company.

Necco, for short. They had been making SweetHearts since 1886.

Last year, Necco announced they needed to sell the company, and the fate of SweetHearts – as well as their other brands – was thrown into limbo. Would someone buy Necco, or buy the individual brands, or would Necco and SweetHearts just die?

On July 24, 2018 the factory was shut down. Factory workers were told not to show up to work the next day.

To give you an idea of why that matters to this year’s crop, here are a few numbers.

As you can see, unless the Necco factory was allowed to keep rolling, it was going to be tough to produce enough SweetHearts to meet demand come January. And if a new company was going to try and ramp up that kind of production that fast, it would be very difficult or very expensive.

In the end, Necco was bought in an

auction by Round Hill Investments. They turned around and sold the SweetHearts brand to Spangler Candy Company in late September 2018. While all that time ticked away it became less and less likely that SweetHearts would be available for 2019.

That’s where we are now. No SweetHearts this year, but next year is looking good.

The CEO of Spangler, Kirk Vashaw, confirmed that SweetHearts are set to return.

“We are looking forward to announcing the relaunch of Sweethearts for the 2020 Valentine’s Day season.”

So you’ll have to find another way to share sweet noncommittal innuendo this year. But only this year.

Any SweetHearts products you find online this year are leftover from previous years.

Spangler has removed a press release from their website that that was the source of the above quote from CEO Kirk Vashaw stating SweetHearts would return in 2020.

CandyStore.com has not been able to verify whether that means SweetHearts could possibly not be back for the 2020 Valentine’s season or if there was some other reason to pull the release from their site.

We do know that production on SweetHearts has not yet begun as of today, January 24, 2019. We also acknowledge that manufacturing is hard and takes time to get right.

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That’s a good sign, from our point of view. We have been getting a lot of emails from customers who really want to make sure their favorite candy comes back the way it was before: “When they changed the flavors several years ago, I emailed to complain. … I’m just hoping that they will please continue to make the original flavors of the conversation hearts when they bring them back.”

– Christine P As of now, we remain optimistic that Sweethearts will be ready for 2020. If Spangler were to need more time to get SweetHearts right, that would be understandable and ok with us too.

Spangler has sent a new statement to CandyStore.com spelled out in candy hearts: “Miss U”, “Wait 4 Me”, and “Back Soon.” The statement is in response to the our-pouring of affection for SweetHearts and disappointment at their absence in 2019. They sent it in the form of this image: The statement went on in full sentences as well: “We wish we could have Sweethearts out for the 2019 Valentine season, but it’s just not possible. We are committed to making sure these brands meet consumer expectations when they re-enter the market. Doing it right takes time.”

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OPINION Budgeting for budget haters

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Erin Bradshaw Opinions Editor

As college students, the last thing on our mind is to create a budget. We’re more worried about if we’re cooking beef or chicken Ramen for dinner. Although budgeting seems like a very “adult” thing to do, starting good money habits now can save us in the long run. It’s not as hard as you think! It can be as easy as buying one less drink from Starbucks a week.

The first step in budgeting is the acronym S.W.O.T. That stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. A strength could be your income, essentially, or the way you bring in money. You need to know about how much you make per month and if it fluctuates or not.

Weakness assesses how much you are spending on items you don’t really need. As college students, our needs are books and school supplies, but do we really need that new pair of Vans we saw in the window? As for opportunities, think about if your income could possibly increase in the future.

This could also just be looking ahead to cut your rent by finding a new roommate, or looking to car pool with some friends next semester. Lastly, threats could be the temptation to go out every weekend or maybe even the possibility of losing your job. It’s important to think about these ahead of time so that you’re prepared if something happens. If you’re really tight on money, look up different scholarships. There

are so many scholarships that no one applies for, so the free money doesn’t get used! You can literally get money for being a certain height or have a specific color of hair.

After going through these steps, it’s time to figure out how much money you absolutely have to spend in a month to get by.

No, this does not include Netflix. Once you’ve done that, you might have some left over...or you might not.

This should give you a good idea as to if you’re spending too much or if you have some leeway.

One way to insure you’re paying for the things you actually need first is to set up auto-accounts.

That way, it automatically takes your bill that month and you don’t have the option to decide between your car insurance and a new set of acrylics.

If you’re an older college student and want to maybe purchase a car or buy a house soon, get a credit card. I know, this sounds daunting, but in reality it’s very easy. There are numerous credit cards out there with little to no interest. For example, Wells Fargo Platinum Visa Card and U.S. Bank Visa Platinum Card have 0% interest for eighteen months on balance transfers and purchases.

However, you must pay your full balance on time every month.

The important thing is not to buy anything you can’t immediately pay back. Buy things low in price so that you can stay out of debt.

Most importantly, make goals!

Tell yourself that you need to cut spending by ten dollars a week.

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Look in places where you spend unneeded amounts of money.

Do you eat out too much? Can you start making your coffee at home?

Use the resources provided to you. If you’re an avid coffee drinker, find some on sale at Wal-Mart.

This will save you money on coffee runs in the future. On campus, we now have a student pantry located in the Rec Center.

You can take free food and drinks and they even provide recipes.

There are also more pantries located at various churches in the Terre Haute area. Also, take advantage of student discounts.

There are tons of companies that offer discounts for food, clothes, you name it, but you have to actually look for them. If you do end up having leftover money at the end of the month, don’t go blow it at the casino. Instead, put it in a rainy day fund or for emergencies only. This way, you’ll always have some backup money in case there’s a leak in the ceiling

or you need a new tire.

The stress of college and life can really get to you. So, after you finish budgeting, because I know you will, take time for yourself.

Put on your favorite show or movie, read a good book, use that new face mask that you’ve been waiting for the “right occasion” to use. If you don’t take time for yourself, everything else just goes down the drain. It’s important to have the right amount of energy it takes to be a college student.

How to design a Green New Deal that isn’t over the top Noah Smith

Bloomberg News

The planet is in grave danger from climate change. No reasonable person can doubt this fact.

Drastic and immediate action is needed to reduce global carbon emissions.

But that doesn’t mean that any sort of drastic action is a good one. The Green New Deal, proposed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has two big flaws. First, the plan overreaches in its desire to deliver a raft of expensive new entitlements — guaranteed jobs, benefits, health care, housing, education, income and more. If the large deficits required to pay for all of these things ended up harming the economy, it would actually hurt the cause of limiting climate change rather than help it.

Second, the plan focuses far too much on the U.S.’s own carbon emissions. The U.S. accounts for only about 14 percent of global carbon output, and that percent is falling every day. The climate change battle will be won or lost in developing countries such as China: So I propose an alternative Green New Deal, which would focus on actually defeating climate change. Some of the pro-

posals here are included in the Green New Deal resolution; some are not.

The first pillar of an alternative Green New Deal would be green technology. If the U.S. can discover cheap ways of manufacturing cement and concrete without carbon emissions, and of reducing emissions from agriculture, it will give developing countries a way to reduce carbon output without threatening their economic growth. To this end, the U.S. should pour money into research. The budget of ARPA-E, the agency charged with leading this research, should be increased from about $300 million to $30 billion per year.

The second way to move green technology forward is to encourage the scaling of these technologies. As companies build more solar power, batteries, smart grids, low-carbon building retrofit kits and other green technologies, the costs go down. To that end, the government should provide large subsidies to green-energy companies, including solar power, batteries and electric cars, as well as mandating the replacement of fossil-fuel plants with zero-carbon plants.

Infrastructure spending is also important. The original Green New Deal’s goal of building a smart electrical grid is a good

one, as is the idea to retrofit American buildings to have net zero emissions.

Technologies developed in the U.S. need to spread quickly to other countries. All ARPA-E breakthroughs should be freely transferred to other countries, through the offices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or other agencies. Subsidies should be increased for companies that export their emissions-reducing products. The plan should also include offers of favorable trade relations for countries that reduce their use of fossil fuels, as well as tariffs on the carbon content of imported goods.

An alternative Green New Deal should also provide incentives for higher density in urban areas, since sprawl contributes to emissions. It shouldn’t require the decommissioning of nuclear plants. It should also implement a carbon tax, something now missing from the plan. This would encourage factories to reduce carbon output, to encourage air and sea travel to search for lower-carbon alternatives and to address various other sources of emissions.

In addition, an alternative Green New Deal should include proposals to make sure as little as possible of the costs of the transi-

tion fall on the economically vulnerable. Government infrastructure and retrofitting projects will naturally create many green jobs.

The proceeds of a carbon tax can be rebated to low-income Americans, either as a carbon dividend, or through earned income tax credits, child tax credits, food stamps, housing vouchers and income support for the elderly and disabled. These policies combine the goals of fighting climate change and supporting the poor and working class.

In order to sweeten the deal politically, an Alternative Green New Deal should also include some economic policies that aren’t directly related to climate change — but make sure these are things that should be done anyway, and which won’t break the bank. Universal health insurance, which would free employees to move from job to job, as well as giving the government power to negotiate lower healthcare prices, should be included.

Increased spending on public universities and trade schools in exchange for tuition reductions, and grants to help lower-income students pay for these schools, would help increase educational attainment without being too costly.

Finally, an alternative Green New Deal should involve pro-

gressive taxes, both to raise revenue for the spending increases and to let the nation know that the well-off are shouldering more of the burden. Wealth taxes and inheritance taxes are good ideas. Income taxes should also go up, not just on the super rich, but on the affluent and the upper-middle class as well. And most importantly, capital gains and dividends should be treated as ordinary income, which would increase the tax rate actually paid by the wealthy.

This alternative Green New Deal has similarities to Ocasio-Cortez’s version, but also has key differences. By focusing on technological development and international assistance, it would tackle the all-important problem of global emissions. By avoiding huge open-ended commitments like a federal job guarantee or universal basic income, and by including progressive tax increases, it would avoid the threat of excessive budget deficits. Ultimately, this plan would represent the U.S.’s best shot at fighting the looming global menace of climate change while also making the country more egalitarian in a safe and sustainable way. It would be a worthy successor to the original New Deal.

The Twitter takeover of politics is just getting started Tyler Cowen

Bloomberg News

The latest political controversy involves Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeting and insinuating that American political support for Israel is driven by Jewish money and lobbying. Leaving aside her views for now, the general trend is striking: Social media is allowing individual politicians to further their own careers at the expense of their party’s reputation.

The result is that U.S. politics is quickly changing into a parade of celebrities.

Put yourself in Omar’s shoes.

You are a freshman representative in a group of 435. Most of your cohort will never receive national recognition, and as a Muslim woman, perhaps your hold on the seat is not entirely secure. You will probably never run for president, or even Senate, so your future is not tied very closely to that of the Democratic Party.

At some point you realize that if you tweet about Israel, you

will get attention. You probably believe in what you are saying, and you think your opinions will contribute to the dialogue. But the tweets will also make you a national celebrity. That may help your future ability to get a book contract, hit the lecture circuit, or join a lobbying or non-profit firm. Even if most Americans find your views objectionable, there will be a place for you in a country this large, wealthy and diverse.

I have found that when people perceive their self-interest and sense of morality to be in harmony, they are very likely to act in accordance with them.

And so it came to pass. Omar started tweeting about Israel, later tweeted a problematic remark about “Benjamins,” people were offended and accused her of anti-Semitism, and she has since apologized. But don’t be too distracted by the apology: She definitely got people talking about one of her preferred issues, and she raised her profile significantly. And she hasn’t withdrawn her main point.

Of course, it is the Democratic Party that ends up looking bad.

For one thing, most Americans are pro-Israel. Even if the tweets had been less controversial, the mere act of talking about Israel exposes more fissures in the Democratic coalition than among Republicans.

Or consider Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, arguably a genius on social media. She is attracting more attention than most (all?) of the Democratic presidential candidates, and now has over three million Twitter followers.

She has been setting the Democratic agenda on both tax and environmental policy, and spurring a general sense among primary voters that the party ought to be moving further to the political left.

But is this all good for the Democratic Party? The positive spin would be that she is revitalizing debate in the party and giving it greater appeal to the young. The negative spin is that she is pushing the primary candidates too far to the left, and making them look tired and stale compared to

her energy and innovativeness.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s response to the Green New Deal idea was striking: “It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive. The green dream, or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they’re for it, right?”

No matter what the final result may be, the upstarts have been empowered relative to the establishment.

The true innovator in all of this, of course, is President Donald Trump. He used Twitter to help himself get elected, at the expense of the traditional view of what the Republican Party should be.

This trend will almost certainly continue and intensify. Most politicians do not have excellent social media skills, but many will try to get noticed and have an impact (or at least hire staff members who will). As more politicians up their game on social media, more of these attempts will hit home. Ocasio-Cortez will have competition. The influence and reach of political celebrities

will grow stronger, and the parties will become weaker yet.

This may be a more important trend than what is sometimes called political polarization. But what does this new, more intense celebrity culture mean for actual outcomes? The more power and influence that individual communicators wield over public opinion, the harder it will be for a sitting president to get things done. (The best option, see above, will be to make your case and engage your adversaries on social media.) The harder it will be for an aspirant party to put forward a coherent, predictable and actionable political program.

Finally, the issues that are easier to express on social media will become the more important ones. Technocratic dreams will fade, and fiery rhetoric and identity politics will rule the day.

And if you think this is the political world we’re already living in, rest assured: It’s just barely gotten started.

indianastatesman.com OSCARS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 alizing the below-the-line artists whose work can help make or break a film’s success, box office figures aside.

Cinematographers and editors, particularly, set the tone and the rhythm of a film.

They respond to the director’s vision, and the footage, and complete the fresco. They directly affect what we see, and how we respond to a movie. Every single second of it.

The wrong editing can ruin a film, either

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 • Page 7 flagrantly or subconsciously. The right editor can salvage it. A routine cinematographer can pour the wrong, flat, inexpressive light on a scene and before you know it, you’re mentally checking out as a viewer, often without knowing precisely why.

And the right light, as Cuaron’s “Roma” asserts so beautifully, amplifies a singular achievement.

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Sycamores from their last home game in 2018. The opening of the baseball season for Indiana State Sycamores starts against the Jacksonville Dolphins in Florida on Friday, Feb. 15.

Sycamore baseball season opens this Friday Garret Short Reporter

With spring approaching, the 2019 Indiana State baseball season will be underway. ISU will head south to the Sunshine State to take on the Jacksonville Dolphins Friday.

The Sycamores went 31-24 last season with a Missouri Valley Conference record of 11-10. ISU finished off the season strong by winning seven of their last 10 regular season games. The conference tournament would be

too much to handle though. The trees came away with two tight wins over Southern Illinois in the postseason but was beaten by No. 1 Missouri State, twice to end their season.

The Sycamores bring back a steady flow of offense this season. Their returning talent was enough to be picked third in the MVC Preseason Poll.

Notable players returning to play in ISU uniforms are, senior pitcher Triston Polley and senior infielder Jarrod Watkins. Both were named to the Preseason All-MVC Team after a standout

seasons in 2018.

Polley finished the season with a 7-2 record to pair with a 3.53 ERA. Additionally, opposing batters hit for a .233 average when in the box against the lefty.

Behind Polley and the rest of the pitching staff for the Sycamores was Watkins, who recorded MVC All-Defensive Team honors last season at second base.

He hit for a .305 average and was the hardest player to strike out in the conference.

This year is a great opportunity for ISU as they bring back a heavy senior class with a load of

experience. Of their top 13 hitters in 2018, ISU brings back 11 of those players, nine of which are seniors. Notable on that list are Romero Harris who hit .312 last season and centerfielder Luke Fegen who hit .298 with a .409 on-base percentage.

With a bevy of offense coming back, ISU will be looking to their pitching staff early in the season to evaluate what they have. They lost about a hundred innings between Weston Rivers and Ethan Larrison. Rivers started eight games last year and Larrison was the anchor in the bullpen strik-

ing out 50 before being drafted in the 16th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Indiana State has their work cut out for them in their conference schedule.

The Sycamores have a road series against Missouri State and Dallas Baptist, the only two teams picked in front of them in the preseason poll.

ISU hosts Valparaiso on April 12 for their first conference series. That will begin their long journey to win their first MVC Tournament title since 1995.

Women’s basketball welcomes travelers, Loyola Chicago to play again Jordan Keogler Reporter

On the court for the second time this season, Indiana State will play Loyola Chicago Friday, Feb. 15 inside Hulman Center.

During Friday’s game, the number 22 Melanie Boeglin jersey will be retired. This game also marks an alumni weekend for former ISU players.

ISU has a current overall record of 10-12. For the Missouri Valley Conference the team is 4-7.

The exact same standings as Loyola, this Friday’s opponent.

It is anticipated that the game on Friday will be a close and highly competitive match between the two teams with identical season records.

Both teams will be on top of their game and prepared for tough competition.

The last time the two teams were on the court together was on Jan. 20 and it resulted in a loss for the Sycamores with a final score 56-54.

The trees will be eager to get back what they lost in the last game against the Ramblers.

Indiana State holds a 12-5 edge in the previous 17 meetings with

Loyola. When Loyola claimed victory over ISU in last month’s game it marked only the third win the Ramblers have ever had against the Sycamores.

Of the last seven visits to the Valley, the Ramblers have only won once.Last week Indiana State fell to Bradley 81-80 and Illinois State 78-70.

Ashli O’Neal had a high score for the Sycamores with 18 points and four assists throughout both games.

O’Neal was a 2017-18 AllMVC and leads the Trees in scoring, assists and steals. During the Ramblers game back in January, Loyola was able to keep her checked during the game. The team held her to 13 points.

Key players for the Ramblers include Janae Gonzales, who has a team-high of 19 points. Abby O’Connor is shaping up to be a top player, as she holds an averaging double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds during last week’s game.

This game will be Indiana States chance to get back what they lost during last month’s match with Loyola Chicago.

Tip off will begin at 7 p.m. in the Valley and can be watched on ESPN+ or listened to on WIBQ 1230 AM.

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Tamara Lee taking on UNI in the on January 27th. Next, they play Loyola Chicago on Friday, Feb. 15 in the Hulman Center.

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Tyreke Key facing off Evansville this past home game, the Sycamores take on the Sulukis on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Hulman Center.

Sycamores come home to face-off against Sulukis Emari Washington Reporter

The Sycamores are gearing up to face the Southern Illinois Sulukis Saturday, Feb.16 for the second time this year. On this day they are retiring Carl Nicks’ Jersey to give thanks to him and all his great efforts and accomplishments. He is a cherished part of the alumni and has demonstrated leadership skills that many ISU athletes and students can learn from.

The last time these two rivals met, SIU came out on top with a convincing 88-73 victory over the trees.

ISU looks to get over the .500 mark as they are residing at 12-12 and 4-8 in the MVC. The Sulkis, however, have had a three-game home streak defeating Evansville coming down to 78-73 favoring SIU. ISU is going to need a three three-point barrage from guard

Jordan Barnes and the rebound capability of Emondre Rickman to help propel them past the competition. This will not be an easy task going up against their leading scorers, Armon Fletcher and Sean Lloyd Jr. Considering the last time these two teams met, Fletcher had a career high 34 points against the Sycamores.

This will not be a walk in the park by any means, for the trees.

The Sulukis are a hard nose defensive team that are not afraid of contact, being that Lloyd Jr. (SIU’s top defensive player) made MVC defensive team and Most-Improved. The Sycamores have their work cut out for them.

It will be a battle between coach Lansing and coach Hinsin as both of these great coaching minds always put up a fight against one another. Though Coach Hinsin has more experience running the program, coach Lansing is no pushover by any means.

ISU started the season against Rose-Hulman with a blowout win and a record setting 17 three-pointers. That shows the sheer firepower of the Sycamores. It’s going to take a great effort for both teams and it should be a shoot-out like the last time these two faced one another.

Being that ISU has won the last 2-5 games it seems this could be a great opportunity to make a statement so close to the end of the season before going into post season.

But nevertheless, it will be a game of frontcourt play and consistent shooting down the stretch in order to be able to compete in crunch time. A couple three’s would have put them back in the game with the teams they have lost to in the last seven games.

Indiana State will remain at home Wednesday, Feb. 20 as they face-off against Illinois State.