January 16, 2015

Indiana Statesman For ISU students. About ISU students. By ISU students.

Volume 122, Issue 43

MLK birthday dinner set for Friday evening

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MARIAH LEE Reporter Indiana State University will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Commemoration Dinner Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Sycamore Banquet Center. The dinner will be a celebration of Dr. King’s legacy on the Indiana State University campus.

Valerie Craig, the assistant to the African American Cultural Center, called the dinner a “formal community event that celebrates the life and birth of Martin Luther King Jr.” The cost of the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Commemoration Dinner is $30 per person or $240 per table of eight.

As the dinner is one of the largest Martin Luther King Jr. memorial events in the city of Terre Haute, all of the tables are already sold out.

Ambassador Cynthia S. Perry will provide a keynote speech following the dinner.

Perry is a Terre Haute native and ISU alumni who served under both former president Ronald Reagan in the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Africa Bureau from 1982-86 and former president George H.W. Bush. Bush then named Perry ambassador to Sierra Leone, where she served until 1989. From 1989-93, Perry was ambassador to Burundi and served from 2001-7 as U.S. executive director of the African Development bank.

Many student organizations will also be present at the dinner on Friday.

If students are interested in hearing Perry speak but are unable to make the dinner, Perry will also be speaking with students from noon to 12:50 p.m. Friday in the Cunningham Memorial Library.

Senior forward Justin Gant and two Illinois State defenders watch as junior guard Tre Bennett slashes to the rim for the game-winning layup at the end of overtime on Wednesday night in the Hulman Center (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing). See story on Page 8

Student-run clinic provides care, work experience MYESHA GARNER Reporter

While in college, getting proper health care without insurance can be a tenuous process. However, Terre Haute has recently come up with a solution by providing the Molly R. Wheat clinic.

The clinic opened in August 2014 and serves those in the Vigo County area as well as Indiana State University students who have little or no insurance.

The clinic also provides health students firsthand experience working with patients, offering a variety of services to those who can’t afford it.

Dr. Kathryn Berlin, an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Health Sciences, believes the clinic is a great opportunity for students.

“The clinic is student-initiated, -established and -run; so it is IU medical students and Indiana State University students from the health field running the clinic,” Berlin said.

Indiana University medical students are allowed the chance to volunteer their services to patients in need of care.

Indiana State University students going into the health field are also allowed the chance to use things they have learned to provide services to individuals.

Students get the opportunity to work in an clinical setting while getting the chance to meet others who are going into the medical field as well.

Haleigh Laughlin, the chair of the Applied Health Sciences committee, volunteers her services to the clinic every second and fourth

Saturday.

“From my own experience, I work two weekends of the month so I’m there quite often and I enjoy getting to meet people and talk to the medical students there [who] are future doctors,” Laughlin said.

“We also get to use what we are taught in the classroom at the clinic.”

For those going into the health field, this is a way to not only get experience but to learn from those around them.

“Not only do patients receive the care that they need, students gain invaluable professional experience that they will take with them after graduation,” said Elise Lima, a Media Relations Assistant, in an ISU press release.

By working one-on-one with patients, students learn things that

will help them in their careers.

The clinic not only provides general services such as physicals, they also provide testing for things such as diabetes and glucose.

Not only are there students in the medical field, but there are students who focus on the nutritional aspect as well.

Individuals are also offered the chance to meet with students who are becoming dietitians to establish proper eating habits.

This service can come in handy to those who are diabetic and cannot afford to regularly see a dietitian.

Those who work for the clinic choose to volunteer their services, and Laughlin says it can sometimes be difficult to find a physician.

The clinic has already treated 60 patients.

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NEWS

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Faculty, staff see jump in insurance rates

JOHNATHON BAKER Reporter

The new year brought along changes to Indiana State’s faculty and staff health care plans. These changes include an overall 6.3 percent increase in insurance premiums, higher copays and higher deductibles.

Candice Barton, Director of Staff

Benefits for Indiana State University, discussed these changes and how the program works.

“We are self-insured, that means ISU pays all of the claims through vendors [third-party administrators such as Delta Dental and Cigna],” Barton said.

Barton explains that this allows ISU to be able to control costs to make sure the employee is getting the best plan for the best price. Part of being a selfinsured university, ISU has to monitor claim costs, and that is where Barton comes in.

Every week, Barton and her team calculate the total claims for every covered individual for that week and compare that number to previous years’ costs.

“In April of 2014, I noticed that the claims increase went to double digits. That’s pretty early in the year to see the claims experience for 2014 be that much higher than the same time period in 2013 … and each month after April, we continued with double digit increases.”

Indiana State took great

pride in the fact that the insurance plan offered to employees had not seen a change in years. Yet, because of the dramatic rise in health care costs, the university would not be able to sustain its former insurance plan.

Just last year, ISU spent approximately $21 million on the around 3,000 people covered under their insurance.

“We were due for a change,” Barton said.

Barton then explains how the current changes were determined.

“We have a benefits consultant who does a study every year to see what the largest insurance companies in the U.S. predict will be the inflation factor, or trend, on medical charges,” Barton said.

“We look at the estimates of what they expected all of the savings to be and then we looked at what we would have to pay, so we came up with the 6.3 percent increase and the plan design changes.”

Dr. Tamara Arrington, a communication professor at ISU as well as a married mother of three, spoke about the new changes.

“I think I still have great access and choice in who we see and how we go,” Arrington said. “I believe we are fortu-

nate as state government employees to have the kind of policies we have, and the relatively low deductibles. We are in such better positions than those [who] have to buy their own insurance.”

Along with the changes to the plan, ISU is increasing efforts to promote the overall health of its employees. ISU offers a discount to the insurance plan if you or your spouse is a non-smoker, also if you or your spouse participate in a free wellness screening.

“We take advantage of the wellness screening,” Arrington said.

The wellness screening looks for different risk factors, such as cholesterol and high blood pressure, and provides the individual with an action plan to improve one’s health. This program does hope to help control claim costs in the future, but more importantly it hopes to improve the lives of the people part of ISU’s healthcare program.

Indiana State’s faculty and staff are like one big family. Yes, families may not always get along, but families take care of one another; and that is what ISU’s health care plan is continuing to do. Indiana State is still committed to offering its family the best care for the best price.

Standard housing rates, tuition fees to increase next fall MAKYLA THOMPSON Reporter Indiana State will increase housing and meal plan prices next school year by less than three percent to cover food and utility costs.

The 2.9 percent increase will affect standard residence hall rooms and meal plans.

Students can choose to pay more money for housing that has more to offer, including the new apartments in downtown Terre Haute that will be ready by next fall for the upperclassmen and graduate students. Last Friday the university trustees approved for a new fee structure for this school year.

Dianne McKee, the vice president of Business Affairs at Indiana State,

explained that increases in residence hall costs led to the increase in tuition.

“Increases in food cost as well as utilities and maintenance necessitated an increase in room and board costs for 2015-16,” McKee said.

Crystal Baker, the Director of Student Financial Aid, explained the tuition changes that will be happening soon, though they’re not yet taking effect. “[The] 2015-2016 fees won’t be final until the May board of trustees meeting,” Baker said, “as our biannual state appropriates will dictate the amount needed for tuition. In previous years, tuition charges have increased from 1-3 percent on average. ISU is committed to keeping costs affordable for our students.”

The tuition changes should not affect enrollment or students’ financial aid, but Indiana State is allowing students to plan their budgets and choose to expand their living options for this fall.

“It is not anticipated to have an impact on enrollment,” McKee said.

Vanessa Gutierrez, a sophomore Spanish and speech language pathology major, believes that the changes will have a big effect for her because she lives out of state.

“Since I’m out of state that is crazy, but that is one of the reasons why I came here is because of the tuition,” said Gutierrez. “It is a lot lower than the tuition in Illinois.”

Gutierrez also is planning to go to graduate school, which she believes will

be hard because she will have more to pay when she has to pay back her loans.

“Since I am a SLP major I am going to have to go to grad school so that’s a lot of money,” said Gutierrez, “and then to have a big loan from my four years is just really overwhelming.”

Kiera Comax, a freshman elementary education major, thinks that the tuition increase is caused by growing student enrollment.

“The population is growing so they probably want to make more money and maybe even do renovations around here because the campus is pretty outdated,” Comax said. “[The increase] will take me longer to pay off my student loans, but it is also more motivation to find offcampus housing.”

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OPINION

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GOP grandeur is platform-reliant Soul search key to finding party identity

Since the election of President Obama in 2008, pundits have consistently referred to the Republican Party’s lack of a central identity, or “soul-searching.” “Soulsearching” refers to how the party would form a platform in the absence of a Republican president as a leader.

Following the 2012 Political Politico colColumnist election, umnist Jonathan Martin asked if the GOP was ‘too old, too white, too male?’ in a country of shifting demographics. The GOP identity and purpose was chronicled as a battle between “establishment Republicans” and the party’s newly formed faction the Tea Party.

Sail Kapur at Talking Points Memo insightfully notes that with the Republican Party’s move to the right, Democrats were able to remain united and “play defense” against their initiatives.

With a new Republican majority in Congress, it is not apparent if the schism in the party is mending or remains, however as the Senate minority Democrats seem to be approaching the same sort of division.

On one end we have Massachusetts

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Senator Elizabeth Warren who has been gathering the attention and fervent support of liberals and has also quickly risen to prominence within the Democratic Party.

A talented fundraiser, Warren has been painted as championing Populist philosophy with her deeply critical comments on Wall Street banks and the necessity of reform, raising the minimum wage, and her unswerving support for strong labor unions.

Warren’s brand of Democratic politics is exactly what the party needs according to Adam Green, cofounder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee who said that Democrats lost in 2014 because their “brand” did not carry “big, bold ideas” that were “game-changing for peoples’ lives.”

Other progressives such as Jim Dean, chairman of Democracy for America, is actually suggesting that Democrats go against the Obama administration and centrist Democrats on key issues such as

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free trade agreements.

Dean believes the party is at its “best when we’re competing for the best ideas” even though people “on the inside” don’t like that.

Though progressive Warren-like Democrats obviously share much in common with centrist Democrats, with a Republican Senate majority, many liberals do not want to see compromises on issues of inequality and reform.

However, such comprises might have already happened with thirteen Democratic Senators opposing Warren’s amendment to Dodd Frank, the large consumer protection and Wall Street reform law; Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly was among the thirteen.

Opposition to Warren’s amendment certainly drew ideological divisions that are certainly evident in the House as well. According to Politico, as House Democrats determined the party’s stance toward Wall Street financial institutions, tensions were present with Massachu-

With a new Republican majority in Congress, it is not apparent if the schism in the party is mending or remains, however as the Senate minority Democrats seem to be approaching the same sort of division.

Editorial Board

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Alex Modesitt Editor-in-Chief statesmaneditor@isustudentmedia.com Kristi Ashby News Editor statesmannews@isustudentmedia.com Kylie Adkins Opinions Editor statesmanopinions@isustudentedia.com Tyler Sanders Features Editor statesmanfeatures@isustudentmedia.com Rob Lafary Sports Editor statesmansports@isustudentmedia.com Kira Clouse Photo Editor statesmanphotos@isustudentmedia.com Carey Ford Chief Copy Editor The Indiana Statesman is the student newspaper of Indiana State University. It is published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the academic school year. Two special issues are published during the summer. The paper is printed by the Tribune Star in Terre Haute, Ind.

setts Rep. Mike Capuano saying that if Democrats want to weaken Dodd Frank they “might as well be a Republican.” Capuano’s remark directly called out members who sided with Republicans on rolling back provisions of Dodd Frank. Moderate House Democrats formed the New Democrat Coalition which is a pro-business faction of the caucus.

According to Politico, members of the coalition expressed that the liberal faction of the party engaged in name-calling and dismissed their point of view.

Additionally, the members explained that there was a lack of “pro-business messaging” in the midterm elections, which contributed to their defeat.

Though moderate Democrats feel that their integrity is called into question by Warren-like House Democrats, Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer insists that the diversity of opinions in the party is a strength and that Democrats are united “on the vast majority of issues.”

Currently, any divisions within the party appear to be small and spirited debate within the House Caucus may bring more unity.

However, as the 2016 election draws near, those divisions may become more obvious as Democrats prepare to nominate a presidential candidate and form a national policy platform.

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A Young Man’s Guide to College

The power of choice will set you free

Choice is an interesting thing. I find it even more interesting that we feel like we have lost the ability to make a decision. Instead, we often let our surroundings or environment dictate our choices. If you didn’t have a New Year’s resolution, I propose for you to join me in taking Columnist the idea of choice a little more seriously and take command over your life.

So many times I have heard guys, including myself, complaining about a particular situation in life or just meekly settling with what is in front of them.

Do you think that type of attitude will grant you serenity in life or a passionfilled career? I know it’s difficult in college where our environment is very hectic and touts itself to be uncontrollable, but it can be controlled. The power of choice can help with almost every aspect of life.

What is the power of choice? I’m sure a better writer than me has already written a book about this. Malcolm Gladwell has most likely already given an eloquently delivered lecture, but for the purposes of this writing I believe that choice is the

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ability to change perspective in times of trial with the aim of improving your life to be a more positive one.

When most people think about the idea of choice they will most likely think of obvious things such as going with the number six or five at Wendy’s or which major to choose. Indeed, those are choices you have to make, but what is the type of choice am I talking about?

When you don’t work out, that’s your choice. When you get stressed out looking at your syllabus, you choose to be stressed. When you don’t ask for that girl’s number, you choose not to get it.

When you feel sorry for yourself and wonder why you’re feeling so down, guess what?

That’s right, you’re undoubtedly the only one in that equation, so you chose to be in down in the doldrums.

Yet, we use excuse after excuse to justify odd self-pity parties. You didn’t exercise at all this week because you think you didn’t have enough time. Really?

There are 168 hours in a week and approximately 49 of those are seven hours of sleep per day. How many additional hours did you spend on Netflix? Yet we wonder why we don’t have the body we want.

The professor in one of your classes has a semester-long project sprinkled

in with other projects throughout the semester, so you begin to panic. Here’s a reminder: we’re in college and that kind of thing happens — to everyone. You choose to place this as a stressor in your mind, creating anxiety instead of relieving it.

The really cute girl in your class was at the party you were at the other night but you didn’t approach her — of course you’re not going to get her number.

You’ll never know if you don’t give it a shot. You ultimately have the choice to take or not take physical steps towards her, talk with her and ask for her number.

I don’t care if you think she’s too hot for you or you think she goes for a certain type of guy; those excuses were invented by sheep for sheep. If a girl denies giving you her number and it ruins your life, then you’ve got some bigger issues to handle.

After something doesn’t go in someone’s favor a trending phrase has been birthed: “This is my life.” I understand its humorous purpose in some circumstances, but that’s another way of submitting to the burdens that come with your privilege of living. You say, “This is my life,” while shrugging your shoulders and carelessly flop your arms up with an air of expected disappointment and

exhaustion because the girl doesn’t like you, you stubbed your toe or you didn’t get the job.

Does your life consist of you submitting so readily and only moving when life decides to push you around?

You will have trials in your life no matter what — accept that. When those inevitable trials arrive in your life you can mope around or you can choose to take advantage of them. “Trials aren’t to be taken advantage of, Ben,” you say, “They are formidable forces meant for my destruction.” Trials are tough, but if that is your thinking, then you are missing a wonderful opportunity to choose to improve yourself as an individual.

This progressive action is not natural for us humans. It’s incredibly easy to throw a pity party, which is why it is a difficult, cognitive effort to resist such an instinctive deadfall.

Why does this mean anything to a guy? Well, do you think a woman wants to marry a guy who thinks the world is against him and believes that’s normal for him? Do you think your little brother or nephew can look up to a guy like that?

Choosing to take command of your life is an admirable and respectable trait that can be owned by all men. You have far more command over your life than you think and it all starts with choice.

Settling down: Does society ask women to settle for less?

Kylie Adkins

Opinions Editor

For the first time, I have actually been thinking about the choice to have kids.

What startled me, and I think many other young women may agree, was the realization that I had honestly never thought about the choice.

I just always assumed I would grow up, get married and have a few kids, even though I don’t get along with kids and have

never wanted to settle down in life.

Motherhood is complicated, but so is not having children. Women face stigma whichever path they choose.

If you choose to have kids you will forever be criticized on how you choose to parent them.

You will be criticized if you want to stay home with your child, you will be criticized if you want to go out and work.

You will be criticized for not taking care of their shrieking, but the second you go to feed them in public, you are criticized anyway.

You will be criticized for being a single

mom, but you would be just as criticized for not having the child.

If you choose not to have children, you will be criticized for not having a maternal bone in your body, you will be called selfish and cold for not giving your husband the gift of children. People may assume that you just haven’t met the right guy yet.

Why is it so selfish to want a life or a career of your own, not held down by children? Children are a wonderful thing, don’t get me wrong, but we are long past the era of the nuclear family and we need to stop romanticizing this

outdated concept.

We know that you don’t need one dad, one mom and two children to be happy, but we still act like that is the main ideal for most Americans — like that is the only way to live.

There are many happy single mothers and fathers, people without children and people with a ton of kids. Living our lives by this formula is just harmful in the end.

Women should be free to make this choice by themselves without being guilt-tripped by their peers, society or parents.

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Features

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Game night Film screening jump starts semester Action-comedy “22 Jump Street” entertains students to transform Dedes Friday Gen Zatkoff Reporter

Adler Ingalsbe Reporter Indiana State University students will have the chance to bring out their inner child by playing mini-golf and laser tag on Friday in the Hulman Memorial Student Union from 7 to 10 p.m.

Kevon Christian, Associate Director of Campus Life, said students get the opportunity to enjoy these classic games.

“Students will play the classic games of laser tag and mini glow golf. Laser tag will consist of two teams of five students competing against one another. Students can come alone and join a team when they get there or come with friends,” Christian said.

The Dedes in the Hulman Memorial Student Union are going to be transformed into a laser tag stadium and a 9-hole blacklight miniature golf course.

Ellen Malito, Associate Director of Weekend Programming for Campus Life, said the games will give Sycamore students a chance to enjoy a night of free entertainment that is not typically available to college students.

“The event is open to all undergraduate and graduate students. All they need to do is bring their student ID to get in,” Malito said.

Laser tag and mini glow golf will take place in Dede I, II and III. “Students need to bring their student ID to Dede I for laser tag or Dede II and III for mini glow golf in the Hulman Memorial Student Union between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Friday,” Christian said.

“We are expecting that our students come and enjoy themselves for the evening. Laser tag and mini-golf are different events that we do not bring to campus very often but are enjoyed by many students. It is our hope that it provides a safe and fun evening for many,” Malito said.

Christian emphasized that the regular university policies and expectations will be enforced at the event and are to be respected by all who attend.

Equipment will be provided to all ISU students with their IDs.

Students at Indiana State University were given the opportunity to attend a screening of the 2014 box-office hit “22 Jump Street” Wednesday in the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

The film picks up with Jenko and Schmidt, played by Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill respectively, after they’ve graduated from Jump Street.

Jess Garcia, sophomore criminal justice and psychology major, liked this one better than “21 Jump Street.”

“Compared to the first one, I liked it more. Hill and Tatum make a good team.

It seems more real now that we’re in college and I understood more of the adult humor in it. I was especially fond of Jil-

lian Bell, who plays Maya’s roommate,” Garcia said.

“21 Jump Street” is a remake of the 1987 television series of the same name.

In the sequel, best friends and undercover cops Jenko and Schmidt are assigned a new project after their first high school drug bust in “21 Jump Street.”

Along with their newfound pride comes a new project.

Morgan Howe, a freshman business major, thinks they tried too hard.

“Overall I liked it, but some parts just seemed like they were trying too hard to be funny,” Howe said.

This time their assignment is to go undercover as college students and locate the supplier of a drug known as “WHYPHY” — Work Hard Yes Play

Hard Yes — that killed a student photographed buying it on campus.

Diamond Coleman, a freshman majoring in languages, was disappointed in “22 Jump Street.”

“The first one was good, but the second one was just ‘eh.’ The funniest part is how realistic the college lectures seem now that I’m in college and can relate,” Coleman said.

“21 Jump Street” made $201.6 million and “22 Jump Street,” a box-office hit, made $331.3 million.

Students will have opportunities to see movies like “22 Jump Street” played in the Dedes a few times every month throughout the spring semester.

Keep an eye out for show times.

it offers a fun and entertaining evening for students.

“We are looking to provide an evening of entertainment different than what is typically offered. It will give students an opportunity to do something fun, in a safe environment without having to leave campus,” Malito said.

Students should show up early in order to skip the line.

“This event will be popular, there may be a wait time for you to be able to skate, so getting there early will be good. No matter what time you get there, there could still be a wait,” Christian said. “On the flip side, there may be a time limit on the amount of time you get to skate. We want to make sure as many people as possible get to enjoy the event, without having to wait an extreme amount of time.”

Christian also asked

that students who come to the event actually skate when they get out on the floor.

“We ask all students … actually skate and not sit. We want to make sure we get as many students as possible the chance to skate and have fun,” Christian said.

Skate night rolls into Rec Center Saturday

Adler Ingalsbe Reporter

The men of National Pan-Hellenic Council are hosting Roller Skate Night for Indiana State University students on Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center.

“We’re doing a roller skate night for ISU students. Music will be played as students enjoy a night of skating,” Kevon Christian, Associate Director of Campus Life, said.

Ellen Malito, Associate Director of Weekend Programming for Campus Life, wants everyone to participate, whether they own their own skates or not.

“We are going to provide roller skates and lay down a large rink that is double the size it was last year and provide an opportunity for students to skate,” Malito said.

“The only thing students need to do is bring their student ID and come to the Student Recreation Center between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Saturday night,” Christian said.

While the event is originally scheduled to end at 10 p.m., it has the possibility to last longer.

The annual event has been very successful in the past and organizers are hoping this year will be as well, because

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SYCAMORES! The ISU Alumni Association wishes you all the best this spring semester.

Be inspired. Stay connected. Get involved.

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SPORTS

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Sycamores answer the bell in win over Redbirds

ROB LAFARY Sports Editor

Junior Tre Bennet, ISU men’s basketball guard, scored the game-winning bucket against the Redbirds, bringing home the victory (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

Indiana State University head coach Greg Lansing admitted in his postgame press conference that his team certainly wasn’t the prettiest team in college basketball in terms of execution, but he guaranteed that their fight made up for it.

Despite being outrebounded by 18, giving up 32 points in the paint and blowing a 1 0 - p o i nt lead in the second half, the Sycamores defied the odds again in Missouri Valley Conference play, defeating Illinois State 71-70 in overtime at the Hulman Center in downtown Terre Haute.

The win gives Indiana State its first series sweep of the Redbirds since the 2010-2011 season and marks the second straight year that the Sycamores have started MVC play with a 5-0 mark, who currently remains unbeaten in conference play alongside perennial favorite Wichita State.

“We’re very fortunate to win that game obviously,” Lansing said after the victory. “We just fought like crazy and we made mistakes.

We’re a team that wins ugly and makes mistakes, but we have guys who play unselfishly and work really hard. We did enough right things to win tonight.”

A game that featured 23 lead changes and 12 ties, it appeared as if the Sycamores were bound for cruise control with 8:23 left in the game and leading 51-41 as Tre Bennett, Brenton Scott and Alex Etherington combined for a 9-0 run to help stretch the game out.

Illinois State [10-7, 2-3 MVC] however made a comeback and the Redbirds used a 7-0 run to pull within three points, eventually taking the lead soon after at 56-52 on five points from DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell and a three-pointer from Bobby Hunter at the 4:23 mark.

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We did enough right things to win tonight.”

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The two teams traded shots the rest of the way until Khristian Smith was fouled with five seconds remaining in regulation.

Smith calmly drilled two free throw attempts, tying the game at 62-all heading into the overtime period.

Neither team led by more than a single point in overtime and it became a matter of who could grab a lead closest to the time that the buzzer sounded. The team that did that was Indiana State.

Trailing 70-69 with 21 seconds to go, the Sycamores had the basketball but were forced to call a timeout after a loose ball nearly cost them the possession.

The home team was able to regroup following its own timeout along with an Illinois State timeout in response.

On the ensuing play, a wild inbounds pass sent the Sycamore offense in a scramble.

Smith somehow managed to corral the broken play and found Bennett weaving his way through the interior, receiving the pass in a good enough spot to throw up a

layup in the right lane that easily fell through the net to give Indiana State the 71-70 advantage.

A desperation heave-ho from midcourt by the Redbirds on the other end was a no-go at the horn, giving Indiana State a physically draining one-point win.

“He saved us in the end,” Lansing said of Bennett’s game winner — the second consecutive game where the Sycamores have won on last-second heroics. “I thought we were in a bit of a scramble on that last possession and I burned a timeout and then we ran the out-of-bounds play.

You can’t throw a bounce pass to a guy going away from somebody but luckily Tre was able to get it and score.”

“I had no idea the ball was going to come to me,” Bennett added of the final play. “The ball got tipped around and I was just trying to be aggressive and make sure we didn’t lose the game.”

Bennett was one of three players to finish with double figures on the night for Indiana State with 12 points.

Jake Kitchell led the Sycamores with 15 points and seven rebounds, including 10 points in a stellar first half that saw the Sycamores with a 31-30 lead at halftime.

Scott finished with 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting including a pair of 3-pointers that proved pivotal in crucial situation.

Illinois State’s Daishon Knight led all scorers with 21 points.

Akoon-Purcell was the only other player to reach double figures on the evening for the Redbirds, who were just 23-of-63 from the field for 36 percent.

Indiana State [9-8, 5-0 MVC] makes its way to Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday for a conference showdown at Drake. Tipoff is scheduled for 3:05 p.m.

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Sycamores set to stomp Salukis in midseason matchup The Indiana Statesman

Jeremy Beaver Reporter

With a phenomenal 12-3 start to the season, the Indiana State University women’s basketball team travels to face off against its Missouri Valley Conference rival Southern Illinois in the first matchup of the season between the two teams.

The Sycamores’ winning ways have continued early on in the conference portion of the schedule, however two defeats inside the MVC have suppressed some early momentum ISU once carried during the non-conference slate.

Currently 2-2 in conference play, Indiana State is sitting at fifth place. Southern Illinois sits right behind them in sixth.

The Salukis are coming off a blowout loss, an 81-66 loss to MVC leader Drake this past Sunday to move their conference record to 1-2. Forward Azia Washington was a key player for the Salukis going 7-for-11 from the field en route to 14 points. Guard Cartaesha Macklin led the way with 21 points on 10-of-19 shooting and added 11 rebounds to record a double-double.

Overall, the Salukis went 28-68 from the field for 41.2 percent, including just a 7-for-24 performance from beyond the arc.

Through 14 games, Southern Illinois is led by guards Rishonda Napier and

Dyana Pierre, who are averaging 17.5 and 13.9 points per game respectively. Pierre, who averages a double-double, also leads the team with a 10.1 rebounds per game average.

On the season, Southern Illinois has played a challenging schedule, including a non-conference season that featured an 86-42 loss at home to Big Ten power Illinois and a 71-55 defeat at the hands of No. 14 Oregon State in the New Orleans Shootout on Dec. 19. The Salukis lone conference win to date was back on Jan. 4, a 65-56 victory on the road at Illinois State.

The Sycamores have a lot of energy after dominating Loyola this past Sunday 6437. Forward Chelsea Small contributed to the Sycamores, hitting 4-of-9 field goal attempts for 10 points. Jasmine Grier also played a big part in the win by pouring in a team-high 15 points. ISU ended the game hitting 20-of- 55 field goal attempts and 7-of-22 three-point attempts.

The Sycamores also had 38 total rebounds with a game-high seven from Racheal Mahan and another six from Chelsea Small. 25 of ISU’s 64 points in that game came off of Loyola turnovers.

Tipoff against the Salukis Friday is scheduled for 7:05 and can be heard locally on WIBQ 1230 AM.

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Sycamores host Redbirds in Terre Haute Double Dual Kevin Jenison

ISU Media Athletic Relations Indiana State University’s track and field athletes return to competition Friday as they join the Rose-Hulman Fighting Engineers in hosting the Terre Haute Double Dual at the Rose-Hulman Sports and Rec Center. This is the only “home” indoor meet for the Sycamores who will be taking on Missouri Valley Conference rival Illinois State in the 11th renewal of the Coughlan-Malloy Cup. The Engineers will be competing against Manchester College.

The Coughlan-Malloy Cup, an annual competition between Indiana State and Illinois State, was named for two legendary coaches — Bill Malloy at Indiana State and John Coughlan at Illinois State. The winner is determined by the combined score of the men’s and women’s competitions.

The Sycamores have won the last eight “Cups” and nine of the 10 previous competitions. The only setback for Indiana State came in 2006 when the Redbirds took a four-point victory.

Indiana State won last year’s competition 182-108 with the Sycamore men winning 93-52 and the Indiana State women 8956.

“We have had almost two weeks of training since coming back from break,” John McNichols, Indiana State men’s track & field head coach, said. “As a team I feel that we are ready to step back into competition.”

Both teams will field full teams for the meet, which begins a seven-week process of building performances for the

The Sycamores return to competition at Rose-Hulman in the Terre Haute Double Dual on Friday (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

2015 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships.

“We have 40 women competing on Friday including a couple that did not compete at Indiana in December,” Angie Martin, Indiana State women’s track & field head coach, said. “Illinois State has some good young athletes but I think that we do too. It is going to be a very good meet to compete in, to coach and for the fans to come watch.”

McNichols has always liked this meet because of the nature of the event.

“It is a nice, clean dual meet in front of friends and family here in Terre Haute,” McNichols said. “And it is held in a great facility at Rose-Hulman who is also competing in a dual meet against Manchester. It is a great way for the programs at both institutions in town to be showcased.”

Illinois State will be a challenge on the

track for the Sycamores as the Redbirds have good middle-distance and distance runners. Indiana State will also be challenged in the field events as Illinois State has one of the top pole-vaulters in the conference and has a strong tradition in the throws.

The field events will open the competition at 6 p.m. starting with the men’s shot put, women’s weight throw, men’s long jump, women’s high jump and men’s pole vault. Competition on the track opens at 6:15 p.m. with the semifinals of the 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles. The event is expected to conclude at 9:30 p.m. with men’s and women’s 4x400 meter relay.

“Until we open our outdoor track this spring, this will be the only opportunity for area residents to come watch our teams compete,” McNichols said.

Junior Katie Wise will be seeking her third-straight Coughlan-Malloy Cup title in the women’s 60-meter. Wise has set the meet record in each of her first two seasons. Sophomore Alethia Marrero will be defending her Cup title in the 400-meter as will senior Carmelia Stewart in the 60-meter hurdles and triple jump, and junior Kimyana Rudolph in the pole vault.

On the men’s side, senior Arqeil Shaw returns to defend his title in the 200-meter, sophomore David Timlin in the mile, junior John Mascari in the 3,000-meter and sophomore Devyn Mikell in the long jump and triple jump.

Indiana State will be on the road for the rest of the indoor season beginning on Jan. 24 when they compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.

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Sycamores start the semester studying

Left: Stephen Ray, a junior packaging engineering major, begins his semester looking for his textbooks at Indiana State University’s Barnes and Noble bookstore. Above: Senior psychology major, Kristina Munez, has already kicked off her classes with studying and working on homework at the Cunningham Memorial Library. Below: Ali Habib M. AlKhuwildi (left), a graduate communication major and Hani Alabadi (right), also a graduate communication major collaborate on their coursework (Photos by Gary Macadaeg).