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New Cunningham Memorial Library hours for Fall 2019 Alyssa Bosse Reporter

Starting fall 2019, the Cunningham Memorial Library will have new hours of operation.

The new hours will be 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.

Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Fridays, noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and noon to 1 a.m. on Sundays.

After evaluating gate counts, the library noticed after 1 a.m. the amount of people in the library dropped significantly.

The decision was made with the help and support from SGA. “The big exit from the library seems to

be around 1a.m. We didn’t know why but after talking to some of our student employees we realized that many papers for classes are due at midnight,” Greg Youngen, Associate Library Dean says, “Many people around that time seem to leave and after that there is only a handful of people left in the library.”

“We will now be able to concentrate our services of our peak hours when people are in the building,” Robin Crumrin, Dean of the Library says.

The busiest time the library is used is during study week and finals.

In order to meet the needs of students the library will be open 24 hours during

study week and final week like it is now.

During regular hours next year there will be announcements starting 45 minutes before the library closes.

Along with the new hours, the library has added new security gates, new book drops, new white boards and made more study rooms.

“We are really looking at how the space is being used at the library and figuring out what we can do to make the library a beneficial space for studying,” said Crumrin.

“We like seeing flexibility in the building.”

The library is always open to suggestions, which can be made at the circulation desk.

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State increases Indiana State’s funding, OK’s Dreiser Hall renovations

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From left are Provost Mike Licari, Esther L. Acree, President Deborah Curtis and College of Health and Human Services Dean Caroline Mallory. Acree is presented with the President’s Medal at the faculty awards banquet Thursday evening.

Acree receives President’s Medal

Indiana State University honored five educators during its annual Faculty Recognition Banquet Thursday evening.

Indiana State President Deborah Curtis presented the President’s Medal, the university’s highest award for faculty, to Esther L. Acree, associate professor and program director of the licensed practical nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

“I am so humbled by this honor. I never expected to ever receive this award,” Acree said.

“This medal is a part of my love for ISU. My first ISU memories were of my parents taking me to ISU when alumni activities were happening and would affect the Clay County alumni.”

Those formative experiences nurtured a strong desire in Acree to attend Indiana State, but nursing wasn’t a degree program offered at that time. “When I was about 10 or 11 years old, I wrote a letter to then ISU President Raleigh Holmstedt that I want-

ed a nursing program at ISU,” she said. “He wrote back that he would work on that for me. He did, and I was part of the third class to enter the ISU School of Nursing in 1965.”

After she graduated in 1969, Acree joined ISU’s clinical faculty from 1970 to 1977 while working part-time at Clay County Hospital.

“I wanted to teach at ISU,” she added. “After earning my Master’s of Nursing and specialist degree in primary care nursing from Indiana University, Dr. Maryanne Roehm, dean of the School of Nursing, asked me to apply in 1980. From then until now, I have been part of ISU and its many changes in the university, college and School of Nursing.”

As LPN-to-BSN program director, Acree has been involved in placing students in every state.

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The Indiana General Assembly approved Wednesday a 6.1 percent increase in operating allocations for Indiana State University and a proposed renovation of its Dreiser Hall.

“This final budget is a very good outcome for Indiana State University. We are extremely grateful for the support of higher education, especially the support of our local legislators. They are great advocates for ISU,” said Deborah J. Curtis, president.

“The increase in operating appropriation is a direct result of the improvements Indiana State has made in Hoosier student success and degree completion over the past few years.”

The 2019-21 final budget bill includes $71,009,278 (2019-20) and $72,063,968 (2020-21) in operating appropriations.

Over the two-year period, this allocation is a $4.1 million (6.1 percent) increase in funding, with $3.1 million of the amount for 2019-20.

The $2,350,000 Student Success appropriation allocated in the 2017-19 biennium is included.

Funding for the $18.4 million fee replacement appropriation for the Dreiser Hall renovation will be available in 2020-21.

The project will replace obsolete mechanical and electrical systems, improve accessibility in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, repair exterior building components and enhance learning.

Dreiser Hall was built in 1950 as the Mathematics and Communications Classroom Building. It provides space for College of Arts and Science programs

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Dreiser Hall has been given more money for renovation in 2021.

including communication classes and services, Student Media including the award-winning WZIS student-run radio station, and a 255-seat theater.

The building also serves as the epicenter for Indiana State’s distance education programs.

The state funded the following line items for each year of the biennium: Dual Credit, $176,257; Nursing Program, $204,000; Indiana Principal Leadership Institute, $600,000; Degree Link, $446,438.

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Students go see Endgame with Union Board Lauren Rader Reporter

Union Board offered students tickets to see “Avengers: Endgame” and it was a big hit. Students swiped their student IDs at the table where tickets were being sold and had to pick them up by Friday the 26 in HMSU 515.

Almos 200 students bought tickets. The Union Board had to go out and get more because of the high demand.

They were not able to get students transportation, but it was a big hit through the student body.

“Originally we were going to take students to an escape room in Terre Haute, but while we were doing sign ups we were getting feedback from students that they were going to go to the movie instead,” Courtney Hughes, Union Board Committee Chairman said.

“We were quick to notice this trend and decided to switch our event to the movie because it better fit the students’ interests,” Hughes said.

Since “Endgame” came out on Friday, everyone is shielding themselves from social media to avoid the spoilers.

Union Board offering this event allowed students to avoid the spoilers and see the movie on time.

“On the first day of sign-ups we had over 130 students sign up in the two hours we had the table,” Hughes said. “We also had quite a few students come up for tickets throughout the week.”

There was not a lot of advertising because the event was so last minute.

No spoilers in this article !

Union Board’s Programs All Weekend advertised on their Instagram and word spread fast through student interest.

Students were excited to get involved with an off-campus event, especially seeing a big movie they have been excited to see.

“It was very successful and the students seemed to like it a lot. We are all about creating and putting on events that the students want to see, so it’s definitely a possibility,” Hughes said. “Union Board has plans to get more interactive with the student body and put on new events that they wish to see.

So if they want something like this again, I wouldn’t doubt we would hesitate to do it.”

There is already a demand for a similar event.

“I would definitely attend an event like this again. The fact that it was free was definitely a big bonus, as money for college students is a big struggle, especially towards the end of the semester,” ISU student Michael Marling said.

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Fly in or cruise in with the College of Technology Marisa Combs Reporter

In part of celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of being a part of Indiana State, the college of technology hosted a Fly in or Cruise event Saturday, April 27. The event took place at the Terre Haute Regional Airport from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Fly in or Cruise in event is a part of the year-long events that have been taking place celebrating the college’s milestone.

“This event is the first time the college has done this,” said Dr. Kristina Lawyer Associate Professor in the department of Applied Engineering and Technology and a part of planning this event.

Lawyer is one of the many people who was a part of the planning of the event.

“There is a committee within the college working together,” said Lawyer. “We all from different departments working together to put the event together.”

Lawyer described that anyone who has

ISU VP Willie Banks hired as vice chancellor at UCI

Willie L. Banks Jr., vice president for student affairs at Indiana State University, has been named vice chancellor of student affairs at the University of California, Irvine.

Banks has led his division at Indiana State since 2015. During that time, he instituted a number of initiatives aimed at improving and transforming Sycamores’ lives. Those programs include Sycamores Care, Sycamore Pantry, the creation of the Multicultural Services and Programs Office, the LGBTQ Resource Center, La Casita and the International Student Resource Center.

“First and foremost, Willie Banks has demonstrated the very best in thoughtful, student-centered leadership. He has done an incredible job of expanding services and programming and constantly looks for ways to better serve our students,” said Deborah J. Curtis, president of Indiana State University. “He also has partnered with other areas of the university to advance our goals related to inclusive excellence and student success.

We will miss his leadership and appreciate all that he has done.”

In his new role, Banks will oversee the Office of Student Affairs and its mission of enriching the student experience for UCI’s nearly 30,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students. His last day at Indiana State will be

a plane or a car was free to show up to the event to show off his or her mode of transportation.

“The event is anyone with a plane or car can just show up and show off their car or plane for a few hours, get some food then go home,” said Lawyer.

Lawyer then mentioned how fly in and cruises usually don’t happen together, so this event is unique.

“Cruise ins happen all the time but fly ins usually don’t occur often.” said Lawyer.

Amid measles fears, more than 300 students and staff at LA universities are quarantined Soumya Karlamangla Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Banks.

June 3.

“I have loved my experience at Indiana State University. My success here is a direct result of the hardworking staff members of the Division of Student Affairs,” Banks said. “I have been blessed and so fortunate to work with a campus community that is truly dedicated to changing the lives of students. While it is bittersweet to leave Indiana State, I am thrilled with this phenomenal new opportunity at the University of California, Irvine.

Indiana State will always have a special place in my heart.”

Andy Morgan, current dean of students, will serve as interim vice president of student affairs through June 30, 2020, while a national search is conducted.

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“The attraction is people who are into cars and planes and want to come look at them,” said Lawyer. “We have come across a lot of mother/daughter, father/ son, who will fly their planes or drive their cars in.”

Lawyer then discussed some history of the college.

“It is interesting that the college has been around for 50 years,” said Lawyer.

“This event and the other events we have held are all about celebrating the unique history of this college.”

Amid a measles outbreak in Los Angeles, health officials announced Thursday that more than 300 students and staff members at UCLA and Cal State L.A. who have been exposed to measles will be quarantined for at least a day.

A University of California, Los Angeles student diagnosed with measles possibly exposed 500 people to the infection while going to class in early April.

Of those people, 119 students and eight faculty members have not yet provided medical records showing that they are immune to measles, according to a statement from the university.

Around the same time, a person who visited Cal State L.A.’s library while infected with measles possibly encountered hundreds of employees, some of whom are students.

One hundred ninety-eight of them could not provide their immunization records, according to a statement from the university.

L.A. County public health officials decided to quarantine those 325 people for 24 to 48 hours until their proof of immunity is established, the UCLA statement

said.

Some may need to be quarantined for up to a week.

“I know there is concern about measles, particularly among the very small percentage of our community who have not been vaccinated,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block in the statement.

“Please be assured that we have the resources we need for prevention and treatment, and that we are working very closely with local public health officials on the matter,” said Block.

In 2015, the UC system approved a regulation requiring that students be fully vaccinated before enrolling at any campus.

At California universities in the last decade, there have been outbreaks of mumps, meningitis and norovirus.

But amid pushback, UC officials did not begin enforcing the regulation until fall 2018, the beginning of the current school year. Therefore, most students at UCLA enrolled before the requirement took effect.

California implemented one of the country’s strictest immunization laws in 2016 to try to increase vaccination rates, but high school students and young adults who had already finished their schooling when the law

took effect were not required to comply.

That has left a large pool of young people especially vulnerable to infections, experts say.

This group in their early 20s is part of what’s known as the “Wakefield generation,” because they were infants in 1998 when British scientist Andrew Wakefield published a now-discredited paper claiming that vaccines cause autism.

Scared of the side effects of vaccination, many parents chose to opt out.

The news comes on the same day California health officials announced that 38 people had been infected with measles so far this year in the state, an increase of 15 from the previous week.

Nationwide, 695 cases in 22 states this year had been reported as of Wednesday evening, the most in the U.S. since 2000.

Overall, California’s high vaccination rates seem to have prevented small outbreaks from mushrooming the way they have elsewhere, experts say.

California’s largest outbreak, in Butte County, has spread to 16 people.

By contrast, an outbreak in New York City has infected more than 320.

USC vows new scrutiny of athletics in wake of college admissions scandal Matthew Ormseth

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Last month, the scheme was laid bare: USC, and at least half a dozen top universities, had been breached by a multiyear conspiracy that used bribes, rigged tests and at least a few Photoshopped applications to slip the children of wealthy and influential families past admissions processes that grow more selective every year.

USC promised to put new safeguards in place. The university’s interim president, Wanda Austin, laid out some of those changes this week in a letter to the school community.

Before an application is forwarded to the admissions staff, each prospective recruit for a particular team would be scrutinized by the head coach, the senior sports administrator overseeing the team and the school’s Office of Athletics Compliance, Austin said.

Austin also promised an audit of athletic rosters at the beginning and end of every academic year, and to crosscheck rosters with lists of admitted students.

In a recruiting scheme, as described in charging documents filed in federal court, Newport Beach college consultant William “Rick” Singer paid coaches and an administrator to present the children of his clients to a USC admissions committee as student athletes.

After being admitted as recruited athletes, the children dropped off their teams’ rosters by the time they matriculated, or soon after.

Donna Heinel, formerly the third-ranking official in USC’s athletics department, is accused of accepting $1.3 million in bribes between 2014 and 2018. Heinel was indicted on a racketeering charge and fired by the university. She has pleaded not guilty.

The children of Singer’s clients were purportedly recruited to USC to compete in basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, track and field, water polo, lacrosse and crew.

Prosecutors say the applicants had never played the sports competitively.

USC is reviewing the cases of students tied to the scandal, and Austin said Wednesday that most of those students had sat for initial interviews. The outcomes of those reviews could range from no action to revocation of a student’s admission, depending on the facts of each case, Austin said.

Two students implicated in the scheme include the daughters of actress Lori Loughlin and fashion designer J. Mossimo Giannulli. Their daughters were admitted to USC as rowing recruits, but in truth, prosecutors say, the girls had never rowed competitively and simply posed on a rowing machine for photographs that accompanied their bogus recruiting profiles.

Loughlin and Giannulli have been charged with fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. They have pleaded not guilty.

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Something special and sweet in Terre Haute Nicole Nunez Reporter

The Terre Haute community got a sweet treat this past Sunday, April 28 from Tiers of Elegance. This local cake shop hosted their CakeShake event from 12 to 4 p.m.

On a normal day, Tiers of Elegance Cakery sells delicious cupcakes, cakes and brownies, but this past Sunday they had something special- Cake Shakes!

“It was a delectable treat on this fine Sunday,” said ISU student Elise Jerrels.

People from all over Terre Haute came for this special event and to get a taste of one of three delicious flavors: Orange Dream, Birthday Cake, and Red Velvet.

The long line out the door to the dainty shop turned heads and caught the attention of many.

“I had the birthday cake shake and it was very dense but very airy all at the same time,” said Jerrels. “All three flavors were thick, creamy and hand dipped. The shakes were also complemented by a large slice of cake on top of the lid.”

The local Terre Haute shop was also very aesthetically pleasing, according to visitors.

“The shop was very cute, very welcom-

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Keleigh Chambers, Jenny Runge, Elise Jerrels, Heather Buckles, Taylor Hooton enjoy some cake-shakes

ing, and the treat was very good,” said Jerrels. “The décor was very charming.”

“It was an adorable setting with good friends and good food,” said ISU student Taylor Hooton.

Jerrels claims she is “most definitely” coming back to Tiers of Elegance Cakery,

whether it be for another shake event, or simply a cupcake or a Carmelita bar. She also recommends it for anyone in the mood for a sweet treat.

Tiers of Elegance provided not only a great opportunity for the Terre Haute community, but one for ISU students as well.

“I think it is important for [students] to get out into the community and see what Terre Haute has to offer,” said Jerrels.

Hooton said students should, “experience Terre Haute and realize college is more than just studying, it’s also enjoying stuff with friends.”

Sycamore Karaoke takes a bow for the year Brea Haller News Editor

Sycamore Karaoke has come to a close for the year.

The karaoke events have been put on by the Student Union Board and the Sycamore Karaoke Committee.

The last event took place April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Hulman Center. The past event had around 15 to 20 performances of a variety of different music genres.

A raffle was put together for all of the singing participants.

Every time they performed, they were given a ticket to put into the raffle as a chance to win prizes.

The prizes included a Polaroid camera, a Bluetooth microphone and a JBL speaker.

“I had a lot of fun tonight. It’s like a college dream. I love it because my family used to have a karaoke night

once a week. It reminds me so much of home,” said student Secoya Williams.

Williams helped to host the event and said that she always tries to get involved with the Student Union Board. She also performed several times throughout the event.

Two active members of campus were working the front table of the karaoke session.

Assistant Director of Campus Life, Shantice Bradley, and Mikala Poe, Graduate Assistant to the Union Board, helped to make the event run smoothly.

“Karaoke was good, we had about 50 students in total show up, which was a little less than usual, but it was good because it gave everyone a chance to get up and sing multiple times. I also personally believe that our students really enjoyed this one and we went out with a bang! The

students always put a smile on my face and I get to see them grow and develop professionally and personally throughout the school year,” said Poe. The Union Board was also signing students up for their last event of the school year.

Free tickets were given to students to go and watch the new Avengers movie.

The tickets were given out both at the karaoke event as well as being tabled for the past week.

The Union Board puts on many events throughout the school year to get students to come out and consider being a part of the team.

“I have an amazing team to work with and we have a strong family dynamic. Union board as a whole just has a positive and family feeling that welcomes anyone and everyone with open arms,” said Poe.

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Why Don’t We Care?

Seth Ymker Columnist

Why don’t we care? The reason I ask this question is that I have seen too many people not care about the world around them.

Specifically, the natural world, although the implications of this question extend much farther.

Whatever you believe about the environmental impact of fracking, the effect or reality of climate change, or the result of littering, humanity has had a negative impact on the world we rely on for our survival.

We have been so selfish about our own lives and convenience that we have ignored the consequences of our actions.

Why, then, have we done this?

Why have we destroyed that which gives us life? Is it too late to change the course our selfish actions have led us on?

Ending humanity’s predilection for self-destructive behavior may be beyond the realm of possibility. We have an unfortunate tendency to look after ourselves first.

We also have a generally limited perspective of our actions and are largely unable to see how we are changing the world through our collective actions.

Of course, in a cosmic sense, your actions and, in fact, your entire life is meaningless and has no measurable positive or negative effect on the world, but that is no reason to not change your behavior.

One person will not change the world, but millions can. We are simply too narrow-minded to see how our collective actions can do what our individual actions cannot.

Is it already too late to change the course of our world that is rapidly reaching the brink of destruction? Even if it is not too late, will anyone care enough to change how he or she have always lived before there is no return?

I hope not, but I fear the path to this necessary action may be far longer and harder than necessary, and many needless sacrifices will be made. However, I am hopeful that we will not change our actions too late, and that we will be able to save our world before it is gone.

Nearly everyone I know can do more through their personal

actions to add to the global effort to save our planet. Your actions do matter.

You are part of a greater whole, a group that is growing daily, made up of people who see how their actions as part of a greater whole can change the world before it is too late. A group of people who are unselfish in their actions and put the greater good ahead of their own personal convenience.

I believe myself to be one of these people, and I encourage you to become one of them too.

What are some of the things that you can do that will help to save our world?

Undoubtedly, you have heard of the Pledge Against Plastic Straws, which is certainly a worthy cause here on campus. Students may throw their trash into the many recycling bins around campus.

In many ways, you will have to change your entire lifestyle in order to become as effective as possible in your mission, changes that can certainly make your life a little harder, and perhaps slightly more expensive, but not by much.

In general, all that is necessary is a simple awareness of your actions.

It is possible for all of us to become more efficient, and sustainable in our everyday lives through simple actions like using reusable water bottles, not taking more than you will eat at the cafeteria, and biking or walking to nearby locations rather than driving.

Most changes that you will make will not lower your quality of life, but will only make it marginally less convenient or more expensive.

It is important to maintain constant awareness of how your actions and how those actions, combined with the actions of billions of others, affect our world in a positive or negative manner.

Not only do some people fail to act, but believe that the world will not change, and choose to ignore the signs around them, but very little can be done on them, and less breath should be wasted on giving them attention.

It is only our actions that matter, not others who choose not to act.

Some people choose to rationalize away inaction, as massive changes in coal and oil would take away jobs from those who need them.

To be honest, this doesn’t really matter, the world is constantly changing, always in flux, and there is no way to stop it.

Sacrifices must be made in order to achieve a better world, and I firmly believe that they are worth making.

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A nurse at Coventry Court Health Center in Anaheim, Calif., wheels Neva Shinkle to her room to be bathed with a special soap to help fight infections.

What it Takes to be a Nurse

Erin Bradshaw Columnist

Within the past week, over 1,700 decks of cards have been sent to Senator Maureen Walsh.

Republican Senator Maureen Walsh of Washington said, “They probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day,” referring to nurses.

Since then, of course, she has profusely apologized with promises to shadow a nurse’s 12-hour shift, which we all know will not happen. The remark was made during a debate of House Bill 1155 which would allow nurses uninterrupted meal and rest breaks and require overtime (Fox2now).

Senator Walsh insisted that the nurses get plenty of break time already and they don’t even need the time they are allotted because there are many patients in need.

According to Fox, the Senator even notes that her mother was a registered nurse, making this comment a bash at her hardworking mother.

As a former nursing student, friend of many nursing students, and niece of a former nurse, I can assure that nurses don’t sit around and play cards all day.

Nurses generally work three 12-hour shifts a week and can work more than that if they wish.

They spend their long and busy days frantically charting, deliver-

ing babies, tending to ER trauma patients and many more tasking jobs we are not aware of.

Nursing is arguably one of the hardest jobs in the world. Not only are you awake and on your feet for 12 hours, you are missing time away from your family.

Most people work a nine to five job where they drop off their child at school before they leave for work and arrive back home an hour or two after they get home.

For nurses, it is a completely different ball game. Not only are the days long, but nurses witness events that say an accountant, or any other average person wouldn’t.

My roommate is currently a nursing student, but also a certified nursing assistant (CNA) at a local nursing home. She usually works once a week and every other weekend on top of having clinic and nursing classes.

She tells me that she hardly ever gets time to sit and relax and only gets food if they have leftovers, which is seldom. She has been doing this job for quite a while now, but recently a traumatic event happened at work.

She was tending to the patients of her hallway, one in particular.

She noted that the elderly woman was asleep, so she walked away to check on some other patients. Shortly after, she came back to check on the woman again and noticed that the woman had stopped breathing.

My roommate is a short 5’1” tiny woman. She had to perform CPR on the elderly woman while they waited for the ambulance and luckily, a family member visiting another resident next door was CPR certified.

Unfortunately, the elderly woman did not survive. My roommate isn’t even a nurse yet and she has already had to dea with a death on her shift. I remember her coming home that night and we didn’t even talk, I took her to get ice cream.

To even become a registered nurse is an unbelievable task all on its own. You have to take many science classes including anatomy, pharmacology microbiology and plenty of other challenging sciences.

After taking a full year of the required classes, you then have to pass a test to get into the actua nursing program.

At ISU, the program only takes 50 applicants per semester; some schools take less than that. After getting into the program, the classes intensify as well as having to start clinics.

If you manage to bear the weight of clinics, classes, and having a job at the same time you then have to take a licensure exam called NCLEX. Taking this test validates your licensure as an RN and you can then go out into the world to fulfill your dream of helping people.

This route wasn’t for me. Initially, I thought it was. I wanted to be a delivery nurse and work on the OBGYN floor. I figured out after my first year that it wasn’t my path.

I only wanted to work with babies, but in the nursing program you are taught many other trades and types of nursing even if they do not apply to what you want to do.

Nursing definitely isn’t for everyone and it takes a strong mind and heart to get through all the work it requires.

Nixon got pushed out by Republicans. Trump might, too Jonathan Bernestein Bloomberg News (TNS)

The confrontation between Donald Trump and the House of Representatives — in which Trump is doing everything he can to block the House’s normal oversight powers — has me thinking about impoundment.

That’s an old Nixon-era controversy, in which President Richard Nixon tried to not spend – “to impound” – money that Congress had appropriated for some programs Nixon opposed.

He wasn’t the first president to do it, but the scope and scale of what he tried to do were beyond anything that his predecessors had attempted.

Eventually, Congress made it clear it wouldn’t stand for this, in part by passing a new budget law in 1974. That same Congress also passed the War Powers Act after Nixon had bypassed Congress in

expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Again, other presidents had done similar things, but Nixon took it a step further.

All this is relevant now because it gets to why impeaching Trump might be necessary. Nixon didn’t just commit crimes.

Many presidents have done that.

The real breaking point was that Nixon simply refused to play by the rules set forth in the Constitution. And Trump appears to be on the same course.

Of course, Nixon had done a lot of things that were plainly illegal, both in the constellation of activities lumped together under “Watergate” and in the obstruction of justice in covering up those acts. And there was the realization among Nixon diehards, when the “smoking gun” tape demonstrated the president had directly lied to them, that he just couldn’t be trusted at all and was willing to make his sup-

porters look foolish when they vouched for him.

But Congress’s decision to push ahead with impeachment was also motivated by Nixon’s fundamental rejection of Congress’s own legitimacy. I’ve quoted the late political scientist Nelson W. Polsby on this point before: “In (Nixon’s) view, his election conferred not only an extraordinary measure of legitimacy upon him, but also a kind of illegitimacy upon many of the very people with whom a President ordinarily does business: the bureaucrats, interest group leaders, journalists, Congressmen, and party leaders of official Washington … To most of these groups in the course of his Presidency Nixon gave intentional offense, and in each case it was offense of a character that carried with it a clear threat of a very basic kind … Nixon’s policies … consisted of a systematic trampling of his

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political fences, a direct assertion that the legitimacy of the Presidency entailed the illegitimacy of those other political elites to whom a President normally is accountable.”

Every president since at least Woodrow Wilson has shown some inclination to believe that the election conferred almost mystical connections between the president and the nation. And Trump, to be sure, hasn’t seemed to need the (sort-of) validation of the electorate to feel that he alone is the voice of authority on pretty much every topic and that no one else has any legitimacy whatsoever. Nixon took this to an extreme.

Now Trump appears determined to follow more intently in his footsteps. It’s normal for presidents to fight back against congressional oversight; it’s not normal for the president to declare that “we’re fighting all the

subpoenas.” On what grounds?

Trump says it’s because “These aren’t, like, impartial people.”

This is simply an argument that Congress as a whole is an illegitimate part of the government, given that Congress is never “impartial” and was never intended to be.

Greg Sargent in the Washington Post has made the interesting argument that Trump, by also arguing in part that he doesn’t have to comply with congressional subpoenas not directly related to legislation, makes impeachment more likely given that impeachment and removal (and investigations to support it) are obviously a part of Congress’s business.

But I think it goes a lot further than that. By insisting he is above the law – by insisting that the presidency cannot be checked by the other branches of govern-

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For the House, that makes impeachment a much more serious consideration. It also means that Congress should carefully consider the weapons available for fighting back other than impeachment, including aggressive use of the spending power,

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 • Page 5 whether it’s to micromanage appropriations so the executive branch doesn’t have its usual discretion, or even to retaliate by cutting off funding for salaries to specific officials or to the White House generally.

For Republicans in Congress, and for judges and justices who might otherwise tend to take a Republican president’s side, it forces the question: If push comes to shove, will they be loyal to their institution and the constitutional order, or to their par-

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In this polarized era, it’s not unusual for people from both parties to put partisan advantage over preserving the interests of their institution. For Republicans, however, it appears that Trump may put the question of party or institution to the test.

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The final matchup would end in a 10-2 blowout win for the Braves. The Sycamores struck first blood when they scored on a Kristen Kelly run from a Mallory Marsicek single in the second inning to build a lead. The teams went back and forth without any scoring until the fourth inning when Bradley junior, Kealia Wysocki hit a solo home run to put the Braves on the board. The Braves would continue to put points on the board after junior infielder Alison Apke hit a grand slam in the fifth inning to give the Braves a 5-1 lead. The Sycamores would score again after Bella Peterson hit an RBI single in the fifth to send junior

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The Braves would keep the scoring going in the sixth after senior outfielder Gabby Stoner scored off an Allison Apke RBI single to push the Braves lead to 7-2. Taise Thompson would finish the Sycamores off after a walk off home run to make the final score 10-2. Sycamore pitcher Gabbi Schnaiter was charged with a loss after allowing 10 runs on 10 hits.

With the three losses to the Braves this weekend, The Sycamores’ record drops to 16-32. The Sycamores’ all time record against Bradley drops to 34-66, with a 14-32 mark in Peoria. The Sycamores will travel back home to compete against the Missouri State University Friday at noon.

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from Congress. We may soon find out whether they’re willing to defy him over Congress’s basic oversight responsibilities. If they don’t, they may find they no longer have those responsibilities, including when Democrats are in the White House.

And Vice President Mike Pence is still sitting right there, ready and able to be a normal Republican president if and when congressional Republicans decide they’ve had enough of the freak show.

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The Sycamores now have 5 straight wins, after this weekends series against Southern Illinois University Salukis.

Baseball earns seventh weekend sweep, and fifth straight victory, against SIU Salukis

Emari Washington and Jordan Koegler

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In this past weekend, the ISU baseball team went up against the Southern Illinois Salukis in a weekend three game series. The Sycamores came out on top overall with a series clean sweep. To start off on Friday the Sycamores’ Triston Polley struck out a personal best, 11 batters. This improved Polley to 6-0 on the season. The Salukis were only able to manage only chalk up hits in the

first and the fifth innings to start the game. Though the Sycamores were holding SIU to limited hits they were still able to chalk up a couple runs in the third inning to be able to withstand the hitting drought that ISU was inducing.

This was not enough to hold off the offensive barrage that the Sycamores were putting on. This started in the first inning with Clay Dungan, Romero Harris, and Jarrod Watkins each getting base hits to start the inning. They were soon brought home by Watkins to put them at 5-1 in the first

game.

Saturday’s game marked alumni day for the Sycamores as they brought home the series victory with a 7-2 victory that pushed their record to be 31-9 on the season. This is now the Sycamores ninth weekend series win and this is putting them at the top of the conference.

To tag along with Polley, Collin Liberatore set a new career high with 10 strikeouts and held the Salukis to two hits over eight innings on the mound. This improved his record to 8-0 on the

season, ISU ended up outhitting SIU 15-3 on the day. Senior Romero Harris had a productive day as he hit three for five at the plate. CJ Huntley and Chris Ayers joined the three-hit club for the Sycamores.

Jarrod Watkins was also on fire this weekend with a total on six hits, nine times at bat. Sunday ISU obtained its seventh weekend sweep of the season after beating SIU 7-4 to close the weekend series in very convincing fashion.

In the last game on Sunday,

resulted in a win to close out Alumni weekend for the Sycamores. This win improved the Sycamores conference win record to 9-3. Even though SIU outhit the Sycamores 9-6 on the day the Trees’ great fielding was able to hold the Salukis to only two runs. With adding another convincing weekend series under ISU’s belt, the Sycamores are now the best team in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Sycamores now begin to gear up to go against Illinois this Wednesday.

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Shaye Barton throws the ball this past weekend softball as Sycamores took on the Braves.

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Joshua Perry ran as a part of the Drake Relays. The season for track and field continues to wind down as the year ends.

Sycamores split, score at Drake Relays and Ohio State Garrett Short Reporter

The Indiana State track teams split this weekend traveling to Des Moines, Iowa and Columbus, Ohio to compete against some of the best teams in the country. The Sycamores brought back two titles to Terre Haute.

The Drake Relays is one of the most prominent, historic track meets in the country. Dating back to 1910, it has grown from a local track meet to a renowned athletic event. It now includes both collegiate as well as professional athletes, including some that compete in the Olympics.

ISU showed up and showed out at the relays including a title in the men’s shuttle hurdle relay team. Avery Taylor, Matthew Lewis-Banks, Tremaine Gonzalez and Daryl Black proved that seniority isn’t needed to beat the

best. Between the four athletes, three of them are freshman. Avery Taylor is the oldest and he is only a redshirt sophomore.

The team put together a time of 1:00.86 beating Oklahoma Baptist by under half of a second.

The women’s team also took part in the success of the shuttle hurdle relay. Ayanna Morgan, McKendra Hout, Caitlyn Redmon and Emily Robertson took second in the event behind Iowa State.

Also finding her way a place at the podium on the women’s side in Des Moines was DeAndra Greer. The Georgia native finished third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.89.

East of Terre Haute, a different team of Sycamores took part in the Jesse Owens Relay on the campus of Ohio State. Redshirt senior Erin Reese stole the show being the lone Sycamore to capture a title in the Buckeye State.

Reese not only topped Gabrielle Bailey from Kent State and Rachel Tanczos from Notre Dame, but did so in convincing fashion.

She bested Bailey who finished second by 12 meters.

Joining Reese in the field was Cassaundra Roper, who holds the top mark in the shot put in the Missouri Valley Conference this season. She finished fourth over the weekend with a distance of 16.24 meters. Roper and Reese are both seniors and form a formidable duo in the field events for ISU. The season is winding down for seniors like Roper and Reese.

This weekend ISU has one last opportunity to make any tweaks.

Just a week and a half separate ISU and the MVC Championships held in Terre Haute. Starting next Friday, the Sycamores will be fighting for a chance to lengthen their season.

Sycamores fall in series against Braves Jay Adkins Reporter

This past weekend, the Indiana State Sycamores softball team traveled to Peoria, Illinois to compete against the Bradley University Braves as part of a three-game series. The Sycamores came into the series with a record of 16-29 on the season and were coming off a 3-2 win against the University of Evansville Purple Aces. The Bradley University Braves came into the series with a 24-18 record.

In the first matchup of the series Saturday, Indiana State and Bradley went back and forth in a very fast paced matchup. Senior infielder Shaye Barton went 2-for-4 at bat with an extra base hit each, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Braves as the Sycamores lost with a final score of 8-6. The Braves posted a three-run inning in the third as sophomore Taise Thompson hit two home runs and pushed the Braves ahead 4-3.

A single run in the fourth of a RBI double extended their lead to 5-3, but the Sycamores came roaring back after three runs in the fifth to give them a 6-5 lead, thanks to Shaye Barton’s two-run triple and Bella Peterson’s RBI single. The

Sycamores relinquished their lead when Bradley’s Jillian Navarro drove in two runs with a single in the fifth to make the score 7-6 and once again give Bradley the lead.

The Braves would finish the game off with a bases loaded hit pitch in the sixth to send another runner across the plate and make the final score 8-6. Sophomore pitcher Arielle Blankenship was charged with a loss after three runs on three hits in 1.2 innings.

In the second game, the Sycamores blew a 6-1 lead midway through the fourth. Bradley’s Stacia Seeton led the comeback with a 2-for-3 performance at the plate with three runs and three RBIs. Shaye Barton had a leadoff single in the fifth, but she was tagged out before she could reach home base.

Bella Peterson hit a double, but she also couldn’t make it home because the game ended with a final score of 8-7 Braves after two more outs. Arielle Blankenship was once again charged with a loss after allowing two runs on three hits in the final inning. Senior catcher Brooke Mann threw out her 16th runner this season, which is a new single season Sycamore record and the top mark in

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