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ISU freshman dies at fraternity event Sigma Chi suspended pending university investigation; police inquiry continues Alex Modesitt Reporter
An Indiana State University student died Saturday night near Marshall, Illinois, during a Sigma Chi fraternity overnight social event, according to a statement released by ISU Sunday evening. Yiorgo Karnezis, a freshman from Munster, Indiana, died in what police said appeared to be a water-related death. The incident prompted ISU to suspend all operations of the Sigma Chi fraternity while university staff investigates. “The Indiana State University community is deeply saddened by the death of Yiorgo Karnezis. The death of a student
affects the entire Sycamore family, and we as a community extend our deepest and sincerest condolences to his family and friends during this difficult time,” said Willie L. Banks Jr., vice president for student affairs. Grief counseling is available at the Indiana State Student Counseling Center, according to the ISU release. To make an appointment, call 812-237-3939 or visit the center on the second floor of Gillum Hall. University officials were told of Karnezis’ death by the Clark County Sheriff ’s Office who responded to the call and conducted the on-scene investigation of the incident, the ISU press release said. The sheriff ’s office stated on their Face-
book page that they responded early Sunday morning to a report of a person who had fallen from a small boat into a pond in rural Dennison, Illinois. The Marshall Fire Protection District reports on their Facebook page that Marshall Rescue along with Marshall Ambulance were dispatched at 1:58 a.m. The Paris, Illinois, Fire Department and Dive Team also responded. A short time later a 19-year-old male was recovered from the pond, transported to Regional Hospital in Terre Haute where he was pronounced dead, the Facebook post said. The Indiana Statesman contacted the Clark County Sheriff ’s Office Sunday
night. The officer who answered the phone said that it is still an open investigation and that all they could confirm was the information in the Facebook post. The suspension of fraternity operations is consistent with university protocol and will remain in effect while ISU staff investigate in accord with the ISU Student Code of Conduct, the university statement said. The ISU chapter of Sigma Chi was recently awarded the Peterson Significant Chapter Award, which is the highest honor the national fraternity bestows upon an undergraduate chapter, the ISU Fraternity and Sorority Life Facebook page reported Aug. 9.
Bucshon tours new program at ISU Tyler Davis News Editor
It is not every day that a congressman, and former openheart surgeon, can be found on the grounds of Indiana State University. Larry Bucshon, currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Indiana’s 8th Congressional District, visited ISU’s Science Building on Oct. 19 to catch a glimpse of the Genetics Counseling Program and its students. The two-year multidisciplinary program, certified by the Accreditation Council of Genetic Counseling, offers “…training in all aspects of medical genetics and basic psychological counseling,” as stated on the official ISU website. Currently, ISU provides one of the two available Genetics Counseling programs in Indiana, — the other being IUPUI — according to first year graduate student of the program’s inaugural class, Adam Stucky. Before engaging in discussion with graduate students, Bucshon was introduced to the program’s technology and capabilities by Rusty Gonser, director of the Center for Genomic Advocacy. “They (students) have the capability to scan for 400 different types of cancer, and 700 genetic disorders within four hours of sequencing a genome,” Gonser said. “The way this technology is different from the competitor is that we use repurposed com-
Monthly poetry competition available to ISU students Michaela Harrison Reporter
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Larry Bucshon tours the genetics counseling program in the science building Wednesday, Oct. 19.
puter chips.” Gonser explained that students currently have ability to conduct genetic research thanks to advances made by ISU. “We were one of the first universities of our size to have genome sequencers; we got one of the first 100 ever made,” Gonser said. Through the inherent uniqueness of the operations carried out in the Genetics Counseling Program, ISU is able to set itself apart from other universities in
the state. “You can’t do this at IU… you wouldn’t even get into the IU laboratory because you could contaminate it,” Gonser said. “Our mission is for teaching, so we have all of our students do this for themselves.” Graduate students from the program were able to interact with Bucshon throughout his visit, explaining the research they were conducting. “This guy came in and now we’re behind,” Bucshon joked
with the students, mentioning that he would be sure not to “touch” their project. Bucshon, while discussing the genomic testing process, brought up the practical applications for testing. “I have a friend who had two brothers with cystic fibrosis; she made a decision to never have biological children because both of her brothers died from the disease,” Bucshon said. “With
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It is said that poetry and scholars go hand in hand. For as long as there has been poetry, there have been scholarly people to read, learn, analyze and write poetry. Poetry is universally loved literature and is read, studied and written by people of all varieties of backgrounds and placements in society, not just scholars. Indiana State Sycamores are keeping the poetic tradition alive, just as others have for thousands of years. Each month, thanks to the International Student Resource Center, students at Indiana State University have the opportunity to submit one of their poems online for a chance to become the Poet of the Month. After students submit their poem, they will fill out a short informational section that asks for the student’s name, if they would like to use their real name or a pseudonym, their Sycamore email and if they are interested in performing their piece at one of the designated Poetry Nights. Then they simply attach a word document and send it in and as easy as that, they are now in the running to be Indiana State University’s Poet of the Month. Poetry Nights are for students who have agreed to read their
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Indian Global Night brings community together Adrienne Morris Reporter
This weekend, an event was hosted by the Indian Student Association that allowed students to share their own culture from their home country. Students from India were able to share their culture with the ISU community Saturday with the event known as Indian Global Night, which was held in the Dedes from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Indian Global Night was an event that displayed multiple aspects of Indian culture including fashion, dances, food and music. The purpose of Indian Global Night was to encourage others to learn about the Indian culture. It is also an event in which students are able to show their culture in a way that is true to who they are. Cultural events, such as Indian Global Night, are deemed as important within the ISU community because they give outsiders an opportunity to learn about cultures that they might
not have known anything about. They are also an opportunity for international students to be able to share a part of who they are and what makes them unique. Indian Global Night began with a few words from the event’s host. President of Indiana State University, Dan Bradley, then quickly followed the opening words. President Bradley and First Lady Cheri were asked to demonstrate the “lighting of the lamp.” Indian Global Night focused much on dances inspired by the Indian film industry known as Bollywood. The dances captured the essence of Indian culture, making the audience react with whistles, screams, and applause. Music students of ISU were also featured in Indian Global Night by performing songs that paid tribute to Saint Mother Teresa and the Freedom Fighters of India. Fashion was also a large staple within the event. Many people
in the audience were dressed in traditional Indian attire. Indian Global Night featured a fashion show in which women’s and men’s clothing were displayed for all attendees to view. International students from all over the world, not just India, walked in the fashion show in an effort to focus on the inclusion of the Indian Student Association. The event’s hosts highlighted Indian Global Night with jokes, facts and stories. The laughs that erupted from the audience in response to the actions from the hosts kept the energy high and moving. Toward the ending of the event there were more performances and gift giveaways. Groups from various sports teams and students of ISU received gifts. The conclusion of the event was marked by traditional Indian food with many of the people who attended the performance aspect of Indian Global Night in attendance.
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The Indian orchestra played at Indian Global Night in HMSU on Saturday, Oct. 22
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Nearly Naked Mile raises awareness Calvin Hart Reporter
The annual Nearly Naked Mile run was held at Wolf Field Friday, Oct. 21 at Indiana State University to raise awareness for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of America. The organization supplies children with a “big” who is a mentor to the child until they reach adulthood. The event co-
Hispanic Heritage month celebrated by Sycamores
ordinator, Justin Ottino, a sophomore criminology major, put the three-year-old event together with the goal of raising awareness for the organization. “We partner locally with Big Brothers Big Sisters in Vigo county, and all the money we raise goes to them through t-shirt sales and fundraising nights; we intend to give one check to them,” Ottino said.
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Celebrations for Hispanic Heritage month recently took place at ISU, with special events that started Sept. 15. The month long celebration was sponsored by the La Casita Student Resource Center, a division of the Multicultural Services and Programs, and the Hispanic Latino Association. During the month long celebration, La Casita hosted activities such as a film discussion, sorority and fraternity information sessions, a film fest and other related activities. Creshawn Cole, a graduate student with the La Casita Student Resource Center, explained that the main event was a date auction. The auction raised money to give book scholarships to Latino students. “I had, I think, 15 participants, and then we called some people out of the crowd who wanted to participate. It was a real fun event, just to raise some money for the book scholarships,” Cole said. Cole mentioned that the auction raised $250, and the office of MSP matched it, allowing for two $250 book scholarships. These scholarships will be rewarded over the next semester. TGI Fridays, Cheddars, Fud-
This fall a new organization will be formed in Terre Haute called The Minority Professionals Connection. The group will have the goal of bringing together minorities from the community, as well as Indiana State University students, to help them form connections and enhance their professional careers. The group launched with an event that occurred during September, which had about 50 people in attendance. Organizational committee member Josh Powers, also vice president and provost of Academic Affairs at ISU, said that planning is underway for more events in hopes that more people will attend. Powers shared the main objective that serves as the group’s motivation. “The goal of the group is to create an opportunity to bring together minority professionals from the community as an opportunity for social and professional engagement,” Powers said. “Feeling part of a community is important to a person moving to a new place. Our faculty and professional staff of color that move here from other places often want to connect with other professionals like them from
Jeremy Kohler
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — More than a month after conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly died, the battle for control over the interest group she founded continues to rage between its management and its board members, who disagreed with the group’s direction — and support for Donald Trump — in the last year of her life. At stake is who has the right to use Schlafly’s name and image, the name or logos of Eagle Forum, and the group’s donor lists. Schlafly died Sept. 5 at 92. Six members of the forum’s board of directors in April asked a judge in Madison County to intervene in the power struggle, which has divided Schlafly’s family and the group she founded 44 years ago. The board members, including Anne Cori, Schlafly’s daughter, sought injunctions against Schlafly’s son, John F. Schlafly, and Ed Martin, a longtime fixture in conservative Missouri politics who has been the group’s director and Phyllis Schlafly’s right-hand man since January 2015. The judge issued a temporary restraining order to keep the group’s management intact until a ruling on the lawsuit’s merits. Judge John B. Barberis Jr. ruled Thursday that the board of directors was to retake control of the forum — and Martin was to be suspended as president and restrained from conducting Eagle Forum business. Barberis said Martin and John Schlafly had used their positions to make changes to the organization, such as changing the group’s website, contrary to the board members’ interests. The judge’s order was to be in place until his final ruling on the
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“I did it for the kids,” he said. Ottino said the event not only raises money, but also awareness. “The whole event is to raise awareness for the children on the wait list who need a missing figure in their life like an old sibling because they might be an only child or need a mentor,” Ottino said. Other participants included sophomore Sam Bassemire and
senior Ashton Meares who participated in previous years, and wanted to show their support again for Vigo county as they did in years past. “Turnout could have been better but had tons of sales,” Ottino said after the race was over. The event helped Ottino push forward towards his goal of raising awareness for kids who are in need.
Terre Haute community forming organization to bring together minority professionals
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Phyllis Schlafly’s conservative group roiled by internal dispute
Those who wished to run paid ten dollars for a t-shirt, which automatically signed them up for the race. The runners jogged around the ISU campus wearing many different types of attire, based upon their own interpretation of “nearly naked.” Freshman exercise science major Kaine Stone won the race. Stone said he was exhausted from the mile run.
the community, and it is not especially easy to find out how to do that even though there are a number of professionals of color who work and live in this area.” Since Powers is also a part of the ISU community, he had some insight on how the development of the MPC would help minority students to make connections with the professional community. “The benefit to ISU through this organization is both an aid to recruitment of new faculty and staff of color but also to their retention. That ultimately benefits our students,” Powers said. “As it grows we envision the involvement of organizations and businesses in town, particularly the larger employers, to want to get on board and actively support what ISU has seed funded to get off the ground.” Powers explained that people who were interested in getting involved with the MPC were encouraged to contact the two committee members who had taken up leadership roles, Jeff Lorick or Camille Wallace. Wallace is a member of the organizational committee, as well as the training and development manager at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She said that the group has a great chance to create value for its members and reflect on the
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Camille Wallace (left) and Josh Powers (right) are heading up a project in hopes to bring more minority professionals to the Wabash Valley.
Terre Haute area. “The Minority Professionals Connection will be a visible, positive, professional atmosphere, both professionally and socially, which reflects and enhances the greater Terre Haute area,” Wallace said. Wallace mentioned that the MPC plans to meet its goals by developing an all-inclusive network as well as encouraging connectivity and sharing information that will benefit their members. The MPC is looking to have a positive impact on the community by bringing people together.
“MPC will also encourage unity, engagement, retention and philanthropy among minority professionals of the greater Terre Haute area, and serve as a mentoring resource to minority individuals interested in professional career development,” Wallace said. The Minority Professionals Connection plans to host more events in the future in order to gain more members who are looking to enhance their professional development by connecting with other minority professionals in the community.
Trump dogged by weakness in Milwaukee Craig Gilbert
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MILWAUKEE — The political divide in Wisconsin between big and small communities has widened significantly in 2016, and that trend has hobbled Donald Trump’s efforts to put this battleground state into play. It’s Trump’s “Milwaukee problem.” His strength in Wisconsin’s smaller counties, rural areas and blue-collar communities has failed to erase a statewide gap between him and Hillary Clinton. The reason is quite simple in geographic terms: Trump’s weakness in the Milwaukee media market, which has persisted throughout the summer and fall. Trump is performing much worse than fellow Republican Mitt Romney four years ago in both the red and blue parts of southeastern Wisconsin, the state’s most populous and polarized region. He’s losing the very Democratic city of Milwaukee by more lopsided margins than Romney. And he’s winning the very Republican counties outside Milwaukee by much smaller margins than Romney. In fact, the Milwaukee media market is the only major region of the state where Trump is doing worse than Romney at this stage of the presidential race, a polling analysis shows. Unfortunately for Trump, it is the state’s biggest region, home to 40 percent of Wisconsin’s voters. Trump’s candidacy has accentuated a problem that was dogging his party before he came along: an erosion of support in the country’s most densely populated places. Democrats won the nation’s top 50 metro areas by a margin of more than 10 million votes in 2012, a number that seems likely to grow in 2016.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016.
That’s partly because of longstanding trends; large metros are younger and more racially diverse, which makes them more Democratic. But it also has to do with the particular nature of this race, including the large education gap that has emerged between voters who support Trump and those who support Clinton. Trump is doing much worse with white college grads than white non-college voters. And those more educated voters are more highly concentrated in big cities and their suburbs. That’s one reason for Trump’s lingering weakness in the ultra-Republican counties outside Milwaukee, which have among the highest rates of college education in Wisconsin. Trump lost those counties
badly in the state’s April primary, and he’s still falling well short of the support a Republican nominee typically draws in the region. To compare the geography of the 2012 and 2016 races in Wisconsin, we analyzed polling data provided by Charles Franklin of the Marquette University Law School (using Marquette’s three most recent polls this year and three polls from a similar time period four years ago). We compared the regional patterns in the two races. And we also compared metro counties to non-metro counties, to gauge the divide between urban and rural voters. The differences between 2012 and 2016 are striking. The political gap between big and small places has grown much larger. And populous southeast Wis-
consin has moved in the opposite direction from the rest of the state. Here is a look at the shifts by region: Milwaukee media market: Clinton is winning the city of Milwaukee by a bigger margin than Obama in 2012 (56 points compared with 42 points). And she is losing the rest of the Milwaukee media market — which leans Republican — by a smaller margin than Obama (a 4-point deficit compared with a 16-point deficit). When you include the city of Milwaukee with the rest of the 10-county Milwaukee media market, the region has gone from a 3-point GOP edge in the fall of 2012 to a 9-point Democratic edge in 2016.
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Sustainability Day brings new light to recycling Brittney Williams Reporter
The Institute for Community Sustainability will host their third Campus Sustainability Day from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 25 around campus. The day will focus on events to teach students about food waste and recycling. “This is a chance for students on campus to learn more about sustainability,” said Alexandra Hendrix, events coordinator at the Institute for Community Sustainability at ISU. “There are various events that go into different aspects of sustainability such as recycling, careers in sustainability, and many more.” The event, which is open to the public, is co-sponsored by Sodexo, Sycamore Environmental Action Club, ISU Recycle Center, ISU Career Center, Tragedy ‘n Time, Center for Global Engagement, Office of Campus Life and Cunningham Memorial Library. “We recognize that we have a tremendous responsibility and a unique opportunity to protect our environment so that future generations can enjoy the same quality of life we have today,” Sodexo Director of Operations Barbara DeGrandchamp said.
BUCSHON FROM PAGE 1 this type of testing, ultimately, she could find out if her children would be at risk.” Kyra Firestone, first year grad student of the program, explained to Bucshon that with the available technology, the students could be certain if his friend was a carrier. “Now we can know for sure if she was a carrier,” Firestone said. “She could have had a kid that had the disease, depending on whether or not she was a carrier of the disease.” Gonser, while leading a tour of the facilities, mentioned to Bucshon the other opportunities made available to students by
DISPUTE FROM PAGE 2 case. A representative of the board members could not be reached. Martin said he was unavailable for an interview but said in an email that the temporary ruling “does not affect our work in any way. Courts do not properly pick leaders of political organizations. The court ruled without hearing any testimony, and mistakes happen that way. I’m confident this unprecedented ruling will be overturned on appeal.” The power struggle is also being waged in the federal courts. Schlafly’s estate, which is controlled by her sons John and Bruce Schlafly, filed a lawsuit this past week in U.S. District Court in St. Louis against six board members, including Cori. The suit seeks to prevent the board members from using the forum’s data, Phyllis Schlafly’s name or image, or the Eagle Forum name or logo. Schlafly’s estate is the sole owner of the forum’s intellectual property, the lawsuit says. The suit said Eagle Forum’s mailing lists were Phyllis Schla-
Sodexo’s sustainability initiative has been focusing on the key areas of reducing waste, water and energy use at all of their locations and working to increase our DeGrandchamp purchases of local, seasonal and sustainable ingredients and supplies. “We would like students to understand the amount of food that gets wasted due to over portioning or perhaps the student didn’t like the item,” DeGrandchamp said. “It’s best to try a sample of a new dish if you are unsure if you will like the taste.” Sodexo is just one of the hosts for the day’s events. Their event Weigh in the Waste will take place in the Sycamore Dining Hall. Sodexo will be hosting events all week to bring awareness to environmental issues. Food waste is more environmental than simply the discarded food going to a landfill. There is additional water, energy, chemicals and manpower that must be used to produce the wasted food.
ISU’s program. “We have ISU alumni that are actually working at the San Diego Zoo as part of the stem cell project to bring back the Northern White Rhino,” Gonser said. Gonser went on to explain that he was excited to “show off ISU” to Bucshon, since a lot of effort has been placed on providing the facilities necessary for the program. “When President Bradley and the university appropriates this much money in investing in faculty and space, I feel that it is my responsibility to take as many people as I can, and show them what we’ve been working so hard on,” Gonser said. fly’s “most closely guarded asset” and belonged to her heirs, not the board members who went against her. Fault lines opened up when Phyllis Schlafly refused to endorse U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz for the Republican nomination for president in late 2015, the suit said. In February, Cori used the Schlafly database to orchestrate a robocall for Cruz before he won Iowa’s Republican caucus. Phyllis Schlafly and Martin alleged that their dispute with the board started in part because Schlafly endorsed Trump. Martin said that although he was suspended from Eagle Forum, he would remain active with a group called Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund. He said he was also leading a group called Phyllis Schlafly’s American Eagles, “to address the issue of American sovereignty.” But the legitimacy of that group is also being challenged. The board members sued Aug. 24 in U.S. District Court in Southern Illinois, calling it a ploy to mislead Eagle Forum’s membership and donor base.
Sodexo is not trying to restrict the amount of food that students are allowed through these initiatives. “I would encourage students to use the comment cards that are available in the dining halls,” DeGrandchamp said. “Let the managers know their preferences and desires. We are able to accommodate special request; we’re here to serve the ISU student and faculty body.” Events for the day will include: • 8 a.m.-7 p.m. – Weigh in the Waste in Sycamore Dining Hall • 9-10 a.m. – Institute for Community Sustainability and Indiana State University Comcommodate special request; we’re here to serve the ISU student and faculty body.” Events for the day will include: • 8 a.m.-7 p.m. – Weigh in the Waste in Sycamore Dining Hall • 9-10 a.m. – Institute for Community Sustainability and Indiana State University Community Garden tours at Institute for Community Sustainability house, located at 219 N. 11th St. • 10 a.m.-noon – Let’s Talk about Sustainability table in the Commons • 11 a.m.-1 p.m. – Recycle Center table set up in Cunningham Memorial Library lobby
POETS FROM PAGE 1 poems aloud and get together to perform their poetry for other students and staff that attend. Students do not have to write a poem to attend; they are more than welcome to just come and enjoy hearing the different poetry, just as it is not mandatory to read a poem if they entered the contest. The next Spoken Word date is on Nov. 17, located in the HMSU 714 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Not only does the Poet of the Month get bragging rights, but they also receive a $30 gift card, and will have their poem displayed on their website and the seventh floor of HMSU. Even if you
• 1-2 p.m. – Careers in sustainability workshop in Hulman Memorial Student Union, room 307 • 2-3 p.m. – Tragedy ‘n Time performance in Hulman Memorial Student Union, room 307 • 3-4 p.m. – Let’s Talk about Food Waste table in the Commons Area • 5-7 p.m. – Movie night in Cunningham Memorial Library Events Area featuring “This Changes Everything” “My hope is that this event brings more awareness and helps students get to know what sustainability is all about,” Hendrix said. “I know while planning this event I learned a lot about sustainability, and I hope others can as well.” She would like to give a special thanks to all of the sponsors that have made this event possible. A schedule of the events including times and locations can also be found at http://www2.indstate.edu/news/news. php?newsid=4770. Sodexo is currently looking for volunteers from Residential life, student organizations, Eco-Rep and others to help with the event. If you are interested, please contact Terri Gardiner at Teresa. gardiner@sodexo.com.
do not win this month, you can still keep submitting every month. Also, every student that submits a poem is also entered into a raffle to win a $10 gift card. The International Student Resource Center, the group responsible for putting together this poetry opportunity for students at Indiana State University, is focused on supporting and promoting the “success and personal growth of international students through intercultural programming and advocacy,” according to its website. The International Student Resource Center is designed to be a welcoming environment that respects all different types
of cultural diversity. The Office of Multicultural Services and Programs also works alongside the International Student Leadership Council in order to make it a more successful program for students at Indiana State University. The International Student Leadership Council is a student organization composed of different representatives from various international student populations that are here at Indiana State University. The ISLC focuses on bringing together the many talents and visions of the student leaders that come from the United States and from all around the world.
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Miss ISU 2016
Tiarra Taylor takes the crown Adrienne Morris Reporter
Indiana State University freshman Tiarra Taylor, a human development and family studies major, was named Miss ISU Sunday afternoon in Tilson Auditorium. Taylor won a $1,000 ISU Foundation scholarship and a $500 Barnes and Noble scholarship. She received her crown from Miss ISU 2015 Madisson Brower. Allison Barker was named first runner-up and received a $500 scholarship from the ISU Foundation. Allie Pell was second runner-up and won a $250 Barnes and Noble Scholarship. Third runner-up Brittany Danko,
won $100 from the ISU Credit Union, and Michelle White was named fourth runner-up and received $50 from the Miss ISU pageant. The Miss Indiana State University Scholarship Program Pageant is a preliminary for the Miss Indiana Scholarship Program and the Miss America Scholarship Program. The pageant allows students to participate and show off their talents and knowledge. “It’s a program for women who want to compete in a pageant setting and it’s also a scholarship program. We provide over $3,000 worth of scholarships that day to the runners up and the preliminary talent winner, interview winner, as well as the Miss Indiana State University,” Co-Direc-
Barker is a sophomore vocal music education major from Danville, Indiana.
Allison Barker
Alli Pell
Second Runner-up
the aspect of beauty, it also focuses on different attributes that the contestants have. “The tradition is a part of it and having the students have the opportunity to showcase their talent, their physical fitness and their interview skills. That’s really, to me, important as well,” Luers said. The winner of the pageant will be able to perform in the Miss Indiana Pageant in 2017. “It’s a preliminary to Miss Indiana and Miss America. So our representative will go in June 2017 to Miss Indiana and compete as Miss ISU. If she wins there then she’ll go to Miss America next September,” Luers said.
Danko is double majoring in professional aviation flight technology and aviation management and is from Corydon, Indiana.
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Pell is a senior elementary education major from Terre Haute. First Runner-up
tor Freda Luers said. The Miss ISU pageant is also a way for students to accrue scholarship money through the other pageants that are linked to the Miss Indiana State University Scholarship Program Pageant. The year of 2016 is a year of milestones for the Miss ISU pageant. It marked the 35th anniversary of the event. During the ceremony, past winners were in attendance to celebrate the anniversary as newcomers graced the stage. “This is the 35th crowning anniversary for ISU. It started in 1958 and lasted several years. It was dormant for a few years, but it came back in 2002 so it’s been happening every year since 2002,” Luers said. Although a beauty pageant focuses on
White is a junior operations and supply chain management major from Swansea, Illinois.
Brittany Danko
Third Runner-up
Michelle White
Fourth Runner-up
Covered Bridge Festival has something for everyone Claire Silcox Reporter
The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is an annual event that shows off the local covered bridges. Starting every year on the second Friday of October, Indiana’s largest festival stretches for 10 days. Food vendors and shops are open for the full 10 days from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. With over 30 covered bridges, Parke County is known as the Covered Bridge capital of the world, and they are even incorporated into the county’s slogan. Along with plenty of food and craft vendors, the history of the area is wrapped into this festival. Some of the bridges date back to 1867 and show the history of the county in many ways. Each covered bridge has a unique history and presence in the festival today. There are some very popular spots in-
cluding Bridgeton, Mansfield, Montezuma, Mecca and the Florida Civic Center in Rosedale. Bridgeton is known for its craft shops and vendors, along with a gristmill and Case Log Cabin. The location in Mansfield is the reigning champion of shopping and fun to many visitors. Hundreds of crafters and vendors are open daily during the festival. There is even a play area for kids with a couple bounce castles and houses for kids and families to enjoy. Home to the “Hog Roast,” Montezuma had many activities scheduled for every day of the 10-day festival. One of the popular events this year was the haunted bridge in Montezuma. The Sim Smith Bridge is known as one of the most haunted places in Indiana. According to the legend, a young woman was walking home in the dark with her infant baby in 1890. As they approached the bridge, a horse and a buggy coming
from the opposite direction did not see them or have time to stop. The buggy hit and tragically killed both of them, and now the ghosts of the mother and the infant are said to haunt the bridge. Some people say that they’ve heard the horse hooves come but never show up while others tell that they have seen the woman and the infant in the shadows of the bridge. The 84-foot long covered bridge is located six miles west of Rockville, and stretches over Leatherwood Creek. It was built in 1883. It’s a spot to possibly get spooked as Halloween comes up. Rosedale, also home to the Strawberry Festival in the summer, hosts a variety of vendors in the Florida Civic Center. On the way to most of the festivals, State Road 59 is lined with cars and people. Garage sales spike in popularity for the 10 days of the festival, and there are many food stands along the road as well. The small towns that visitors pass through
to get to the covered bridges receive a lot of business in their own little flea markets, and they are a great way to support local businesses and communities. People from all over Indiana and even Illinois come to visit the historic bridges and Indiana’s largest festival. For some, it’s a family tradition, and for others, it is a daylong activity that brings friends and family together. The festival has been around since 1957 and has become a symbol for a popular fall event. Many of Indiana’s covered bridges have been newly built since then but some have been around for much longer. The Covered Bridge Festival is a way to get away from campus and see Parke County, shop, try great food and even get a little spooked. The scenery and the activities at the Covered Bridge Festival is one way to celebrate the history and the season in Indiana.
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Top: Contestants for Miss ISU gather on stage in their formal gowns. Above left: Michelle White, named forth runner up, danced for the talent portion of the pageant. Above right: Several generations of Miss ISU pose on stage. Right: Alli Pell, named second runner up, showed off her moves as her talent for the pageant. Below: Katie Newton holds her flowers as she faces toward the audience in Tilson Auditorium. Bottom: Allison Barker, first runner up, sang for the crowd as her talent.
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At the final presidential debate, the presidential candidates were finally asked a question about abortion. When being asked about the Supreme Court appointment, Donald Trump was asked if he wanted to see Roe v. Wade overturned. Trump first attempted to skirt around the question, then said that “it would happen automatically” and “go back to the states” because he plans to appoint pro-life justices to the Supreme Court. The question was then posed to Hillary Clinton, who responded by defending Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood and speaking against the extreme laws being passed around the country in states like Texas and Indiana. At this point the question was narrowed, and the two candidates were asked more specifically about “late-term partial-birth abortions,” which are banned in many states and occur later within the pregnancy. Clinton came out even stronger for Roe v. Wade, stating that it “very clearly sets out that there can be regulations on abortion so long as the life and the health of the mother are taken into account.” The text of Roe v. Wade, passed in 1973, does very clearly state that within the first trimester, it is up to the woman’s physician, and after that, the mother’s health and life must both be taken into account. This is an important distinction, as many laws banning lateterm abortions only account for the mother’s life, not also her health. When given the opportunity to respond, Donald Trump said, “If you go with what Hillary is saying, in the ninth month you can take baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother just prior to the birth of the baby.” Clinton described Trump’s comment as “scare rhetoric,” and she is absolutely right. Abortions
of any kind do not occur the way Trump describes. In order for a late-term abortion to occur at all, there must first be a doctor who has agreed to perform the procedure. No doctor will perform an unnecessary abortion. It is possible for women to have their baby early through a caesarian section or an induction, but it would not be an abortion, and there is usually a reason the woman isn’t having a normal delivery. There are many reasons a woman might either need or choose an abortion, including financial instability, abusive partners, failed birth control, extreme fetal abnormalities, her health or life, genetic disorders or diseases they fear passing on; they may have been raped, or they may just not be ready yet. All of the reasons should be valid, but that shouldn’t even matter because it is a decision between a woman, her doctor, and whomever she chooses to include. It is, quite simply, not anyone else’s business, and women don’t need to even share, let alone validate, their reasons. Nobody likes abortion, and few women make the decision lightly. When it is a late-term abortion, typically something has gone horribly wrong with the pregnancy, and it didn’t become apparent until farther along in the pregnancy. If Trump had his way, women who go through this unfortunate scenario would be required to carry a fetus to term, regardless of its health and viability, or her health and viability. While Trump may not have used any religious rhetoric this time, many pro-life groups use a religious reasoning, which is problematic since American citizens are not required to adhere to any particular religious tenets or religion. Rights work as a blanket. Just because I can have a gun does not mean I have to own one. This thought process can be applied to most of our rights, including marriage, religion and, yes, abortions. If you have a reason to be against abortion, just don’t get one. You don’t have the right to tell another woman that she can’t because of your beliefs, religious or otherwise. Trump called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” at the debate, but forcing women to go through this kind of trauma is truly nasty.
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Final showdown: Presidential candidates go head to head in final debate
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump squared off on the debate stage for the last time on Oct. 19. The final presidential debate of the 2016 election was hosted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and it was hosted by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace. The night started off with a question from Wallace about the Constitution. Since the next president is likely to appoint at least one, if not two or three, Supreme Court Justices, he asked the candidates the direction they would like the court to take the country, as well as whether or not each candidate thought that the Constitution was a living document that should change in its interpretation at the time. Clinton said that she wants Supreme Court justices who support gay marriage and the Roe v. Wade decision, and who are against Citizens United. Clinton said that “the Supreme Court should represent all of us.”
She did not answer the question about her views on how the Constitution should be interpreted. Trump’s answer was a little more rambling. He started by attacking Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg over making comments about him for which she apologized, then moved on to basically say that the judges he wants are pro-life and conservative, and he emphasized the fact that they’re going to be “protecting” the Second Amendment. He then ended his answer with some word salad. “I don’t think we should have justices appointed that decide what they want to hear,” Trump said. “It is all about the Constitution of, and it is so important. The Constitution the way it was meant to be. And those are the people that I will appoint.” Those words don’t even make sense together. And not only that, but we do want justices that hear what cases they want to hear; the Supreme Court receives 7,000-8,000 potential cases every year, according to their website, but they only actually hear about 80 cases during the term. They literally have to choose what they want to hear or they’d never get done. I disagree with both candidates on the makeup of the Court. I believe very strongly in a neutral Supreme Court. I think that’s the
only way we can truly represent all Americans. With Scalia on the bench, the decisions would often be 5-4 with only Justice Anthony Kennedy providing the crucial swing vote. Not every American supports gay marriage or abortion, and while I believe both of those things are human rights, other people have different opinions than me, and the Supreme Court should not be stacked in a way that makes it impossible for those Americans to be heard. Another highlight from the debate was when Donald Trump denied ever even meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin. The question had been about Clinton calling for “open borders” in a paid speech after her stint as Secretary of State, which she said was referring to energy specifically, not just open borders. Clinton pivoted the question toward Putin, and Trump asked how they got on the topic of Putin before talking about him more. “Now we can talk about Putin,” Trump said. “I don’t know Putin. He said nice things about me. If we got along well, that would be good.” The problem is what it always is for Trump: his own words. In a November 2013 interview with Thomas Roberts from MSNBC,
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Remembering the late Muhammad Ali, New York Times reporter Robert Lipsyte described how the boxer stood for civil rights and social justice as a brash young champion and was gradually morphed by the media and his admirers into “something of a secular saint, a legend in soft focus” by the time of his death. It’s also an apt description of what the scholar Cornel West has described as the “Santa Clausification” of another “legend in soft focus,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Reduced to a collection of sound bites, King
stands today a caricature of the movement he helped define, disconnected from the struggle and sacrifice that was needed to carry it forward. Lost in the hagiography surrounding figures such as King and Ali is the radical call to action they made. This is what makes the ongoing flap over San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick so interesting. Kaepernick continues to face a torrent of criticism for his decision not to stand during the national anthem in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg earlier this month retracted as “inappropri-
ately dismissive and harsh” her recent comments that athletes including Kaepernick have the right to protest, “if they want to be stupid.” Ginsburg’s remarks would not have been as stinging if they only applied to professional athletes who were demonstrating, or if the issue so many athletes are protesting were not so important. In fact, Kaepernick and the larger Black Lives Matter movement have inspired many students in colleges and high schools all over the nation. In September, Seattle’s Garfield High School football team made national headlines when the entire team and cheerleaders
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took a knee during the national anthem. The Minneapolis South High School girl’s volleyball team in Minnesota soon followed suit. Media coverage in outlets including The New York Times earned the students both praise and condemnation. These student actions have raised awareness about Black Lives Matter and inspired teachers to act in solidarity with their students, by providing age-appropriate lessons on racial and social justice. While these actions have been described as divisive, the teachers should be applauded for their courage. They have taken to heart the real lessons of the civil-rights movement.
The actions of these teachers recognize the humanity of black and brown people, signaling to students that the people who teach them genuinely care about the issues they face. They also provide a powerful model of civic engagement. Their protest moves civil rights out of the history books and models the type of peaceful civic engagement that has helped to produce change and expand our democracy. All of this helps drive home that one person can make a difference, and that many people acting in concert can change the course of history — even if their actions are not fully appreciated in the present moment.
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indianastatesman.com FINAL FROM PAGE 6 Roberts asked Trump, specifically, “Do you have a relationship with Vladimir Putin? A conversational relationship or anything that you feel you have sway or influence over his government?” Trump responded, “I do have a relationship, and I can tell you that he’s very interested in what we’re doing here today.” In May 2014, when talking about how much better for the country he would be than
Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 • Page 7 Obama, he said, “ … I own Miss Universe; I was in Russia; I was in Moscow recently and I spoke, indirectly and directly, with President Putin, who could not have been nicer, and we had a tremendous success.” And as recently as the Republican primary debate on Fox News just last November, Trump said, “As far as the Ukraine is concerned … if Putin wants to go in — and I got to know him very well because we were both on 60 Minutes. We were stable-
mates, and we did very well that night.” The final nail in the coffin for Trump’s campaign for me was when Trump implied that he may not accept the results of the election if they’re not in his favor. Wallace pointed out that Trump’s vice presidential pick Mike Pence had already agreed to accept the election results and said Trump would as well, as had Trump’s daughter Ivanka. Wallace asked Trump if he would
also accept the results. Trump answered, “I will look at it at the time.” He then went on to somehow attack Clinton for dead people being registered to vote, even though that’s not how the voter registration system works. Sometimes, people register to vote, then they die, and the registration isn’t updated. Just because someone who is dead is registered to vote does not necessarily indicate fraud, and there’s no proof to link Clinton
to those deceased voters or their registrations. Wallace pointed out that there is almost always a “peaceful transition of power” during a presidential election. This is how our political system has worked since the Founding Fathers. He then asked Trump whether or not Trump was committed to such a transition. Trump’s answer? “I will keep you in suspense, okay?”
VB FROM PAGE 8 after hitting .615 on their way to a 25-13 win. That would be all the Sycamores would muster as they dropped the fourth set and the match as the Braves (7-15, 2-9 MVC) rallied to overcome an early deficit to pick up their second Missouri Valley Conference win of the season. The Braves were led by a quartet of players with 10+ kills. Erica Haslag led all BU players with 14 kills while Rachel Jones went for 12. The Sycamores were overwhelming at the net, recording 15 team blocks to the Braves’ eight. Indiana State also recorded five service aces with one coming from five different players. Indiana State returns to Terre Haute Friday as they play host to Illinois State beginning at 7 p.m. (ET).
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Swimming and diving performs well at intercollegiate meet The Indiana State swimming and diving team competed in their second event of 2016 Saturday at 12 p.m. The Sycamores traveled to West Lafayette, Indiana to participate in the Indiana Intercollegiate meet against seven other programs from around the state. “I think that we started off solid, but it wasn’t until the 100 butterfly that our technique and progression from previous meets and practices was really evident,” said coach Matt Leach.
Johnson’s career night short as volleyball loses to Bradley
Damadj Johnson cemented her name into the Sycamore record book Saturday night at Bradley with 10 blocks, but it wasn’t enough as Indiana State fell to the Braves, 3-1 (26-24, 25-19, 13-25, 25-18), at Renaissance Coliseum. The freshman middle blocker out of East St. Louis, Illinois was all over the net Saturday as she was a thorn in the Braves attacking front, helping the Sycamores back into the match after the squad dropped the first two sets. It marked the second time this season that Johnson recorded more than nine blocks. She also recorded 11 kills on the night for her first double-double of the season. Kynedi Nalls (14) and Cassie Kawa (10) also paced the Sycamores with double-digit kills, marking the second consecutive match the ISU has had three players’ record 10+ kills. Rachel Griffin led the Sycamores with 26 assists while Halle Lueck went for 18 on the evening. Shannon Murphy came into the match needing just six digs to become the 11th member of the 1,000 Dig Club. She would join the Club after picking up 15 on the night. The Chicago, Illinois native is the third member of the 2016 Sycamore squad to reach the 1,000-dig mark this season. The Sycamores (9-13, 3-7 MVC) could not overcome early errors as they Braves took advantage of the miscues to take the first set easily after holding ISU hitters to .065 with seven errors. Indiana State didn’t see any improvement on the offensive side of the ball until the third set; the only set that the Sycamores would come away with
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Jacquie Price posted an impressive fifth place finish in the 100 butterfly with a time of 58.78. Courtney Skelley also placed high in the event finishing eighth with a time of 59.42. The Sycamores continued to post impressive finishes. Another notable performance came from Kendall Hansen in the 100 yard backstroke. Hansen finished sixth with a time of 59.50. “Being a young program, consistency is going to be something that we work on, and I think also
something that we can improve on. However, for the most part our girls raced well, and we are continuing to try and develop our team culture, team dynamic, and working together and providing assurance to one another all of the time,” Leach said. The all freshmen squad continues to grow and take strides forward as student-athletes for the first year ISU program. Price also posted a fourth place finish in the 500 yard freestyle. However, the Sycamores
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highest finish on the day came in the 200 yard freestyle relay. The freestyle team of Alex Malmborg, Courtney Skelley, Kendall Hansen, and Emily Boomershine pulled out a time of 1:40.15 coming in second place. Indiana State placed fourth overall in today’s meet with a score of 160.5. “We look forward to competing at home next weekend and swimming against Illinois State Friday night. I feel like it will be a fun and energized environ-
ment for our program and an opportunity for us to progress and continue to work on getting better each day. All in all I feel that our finish today competing against some bigger programs was a strong performance and obviously the staff and team members know that there is more to come,” Leach said. The Sycamores will host their first meet at the Vigo County Aquatic Center on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. vs. Illinois State. ISU Athletic Media Relations
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Indiana State rode an impressive aerial performance to a close 22-14 victory over Southern Illinois at Saluki Stadium on Saturday afternoon, marking the third time in as many trips to Carbondale that the Sycamores have spoiled Homecoming for the Salukis. Indiana State (4-4, 2-3 MVFC) lit up Southern (2-5, 0-4 MVFC) for 438 yards of total offense — 336 of which came through the air thanks to another spectacular day out of QB Isaac Harker (23-of-39, 336 yards, 3 TD) and two extraordinary outputs from receivers Miles Thompson (five catches, 147 yards, 1 TD) and Robert Tonyan Jr. (eight catches, 131 yards, 2 TD). “It’s great to get a win,” said ISU head coach Mike Sanford. “During the course of the year we’ve had two games early that were close games, and we found a way to win them, and then we’ve had two close games the last two weeks that we didn’t find a way to win for whatever reason. It’s great to get over the hump and find a way to get it done. It wasn’t perfect; we had to overcome a lot of adversity, but I’m very proud of our team that we found a way to win today.” Things started out disastrously for the Sycamores though as Harker lost a bad snap deep in the ISU red zone barely three minutes into the game. Southern ended up scoring on the drive, but the Sycamore defense helped right the ship from that moment onward, allowing only one more Saluki score the remainder of the
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A Sycamore football player breaks a tackle from a Missouri State University player at the Oct. 1 game.
game. Coupled with that was a 22-0 run by the Sycamore offense that found holes in the Saluki defense at the most opportune times. Senior WR Robert Tonyan Jr. proved invaluable downfield with big catch after big catch, ending his day with 131 yards on eight receptions and two touchdowns. Today, Tonyan broke the all-time single-season receiving touchdown record of eight set by Steve Schmid in 1968 and tied by Gary Owens in 2015, hauling in his eighth and ninth touchdowns of the season. Today proved a historic one for Indiana State’s all-time leader in career receiving touchdowns, as he also moved up to third alltime in career receiving yards (1,986) and second all-time in career receptions (141). Tonyan has a way to go to break Sam Logan’s all-time record of 196 career receptions, but he isn’t far
off from Logan (2,385) and Terry Bell (2,048) on the yards list. Tonyan also helped make more history with fellow WR Miles Thompson. Combined the duo recorded 13 catches for 278 and three touchdowns, and in the process became the first duo of 100-yard receivers in the entirety of Indiana State Football history. Much of Thompson’s 147 yards came off a monstrous 85-yard TD pass from Harker with 12:34 left to play, the longest play from scrimmage for the Sycamores since LeMonte Booker’s 87-yard run vs. Missouri State in 2014. This is Thompson’s second consecutive game with 100-yards receiving or more, the first time a Sycamore has done that since Gary Owens in 2014. Behind all this was sophomore QB Isaac Harker, who posted yet another 300-yard game with 336 yards and three touchdowns.
Harker has thrown for 300 yards or more in four of eight games this season, following a season in which no Sycamore threw for 300 yards. Offense wasn’t the only name of the game though, as two Sycamore linebackers caused plenty of problems for the Salukis on the defensive side of the ball. JUCO transfer Justin Hornsby had an insanely productive day, with 4.0 TFL for a loss of 22 yards and 2.5 sacks for a loss of 18 — on only five total tackles. Senior Jameer Thurman was again ISU’s leading tackler with 13 total stops. At 4-4 overall and 2-3 in the conference, Indiana State’s final three games of the season have now become crucial to remaining in the playoff hunt: at Youngstown State on Oct. 29, vs. Northern Iowa on Nov. 5 and at North Dakota State on Nov. 12.
Soccer team earns second MVC win defeating Loyola Kate Johnson
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The Indiana State Sycamores earned their second Missouri Valley Conference win Sunday by defeating the Loyola Ramblers 1-0. ISU and Loyola were neck and neck for the entire game. In the first half of play the Sycamores
took six shots with the Ramblers posting seven, but despite the offensive attacks of both teams the game was scoreless entering halftime. The momentum shifted into Indiana State’s favor right from the start in the second half of play. The Sycamores put up five shots and added two more corner kicks.
In the 62nd minute Katie Wells intercepted a pass from a Loyola defender and took off down the left flank. Wells put a cross into the box where Maddie Orf met it with her head for a goal. Orf now has 17 points for the Sycamores with six goals and four assists. All six of Orf ’s goals have been
scored with her head. Wells continues to lead the Sycamores in points now holding 19 with five goals and an impressive nine assists. Defensively the Sycamores were solid and unwavering. Freshman goalkeeper Brianna Riscossa made four saves while the Indiana State backline held Loyola to 14 shots with only four
of those on goal. Maddie Schaak and Orf led Indiana State with three shots a piece and Gaelen Stejbach and Wells added two more each with Sydney Hamker tallying one. The Sycamores enter a bye week and will then travel to compete in the Missouri Valley Quarterfinals at a location that is TBD.