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Pizza and Politics crowd gathers for election Grace Harrah Features Editor
Pizza and Politics, an event hosted by the American Democracy Project, brought an enormous crowd as students gathered to watch the final results for this year’s election. Students lined up to enter the events area, and filled the room quickly for the night ahead. The American Democracy Project has hosted six previous Pizza and Politics events, leading up to the night of the election. The election night brought the biggest crowd yet, creating an exciting night full of mystery, socializing and cheering for the candidates. As the electoral votes for each of the states were revealed, students cheered while others mourned to see the results. The event showed CNN live report throughout the night. Some of the states that revealed the results during the event included Virginia, Ohio and South Carolina. The American Democracy Project made the night extra eventful for students by adding in a photo both, media outlets, mock voting, raffle tickets for prizes to win and pizza for the students to enjoy. The room was filled with colorful decorations and brought the energy of the night together. “There has been so much engagement from the students, for them to give up their Tuesday night and come celebrate this election is a great feeling and is the goal for the American democratic project,” Allison Ramsey, ISU grad student and the event coordinator of the Pizza and Politics said. The election night of Pizza and Politics brought the most crowd out of all of the previous events that they have hosted. “I’m surprised by the amount of attention and the student engagement we have tonight. This is such an educational moment for all of us and a celebration of democracy. I am very happy to see the students care about this historical moment happening tonight and I hope that they continue to care about democracy in the future,” Ramsey said.
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Above: A sizable crowd gathered in the library events area to watch the results of the election Tuesday night. Below: Line of students snaking out of the doors waiting for Pizza and Politics.
Students from many different backgrounds showed their support of the election night at Pizza and Politics. International students also showed their interest by attending the event. “I decided to come to this event because this election concerns the whole world. I am looking for a disastrous outcome,” Oussama Hajoui, an exchange student from Morocco said. The students seemed eager to find the outcome results of states such as Florida, Washington and California. “I’m looking to see how people are going to react to the overall results. It matters to everyone, also there is food here so that is always good,” Hajoui said. A few of unexpected guests that attended Pizza and Politics included BBC journalists and President Bradley. BBC was at Pizza and Politics to catch the excitement and to record the crowd of the Bellwether town. President Bradley also showed his support and to see the engagement of students and this election.
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Electoral college process and voting explained Brittney Williams Reporter
The 2016 Presidential Election marked the first time many students were able to cast their ballot. While some students voted over the past weeks via absentee ballots or by going home over the weekend to vote early, many made long drives or voted locally. “I voted for the first time and I’m actually super proud. Last time I missed the election by three months because I wasn’t old enough,” senior human development and family studies major Vanessa Shelton said. “I had to wait like 20 minutes to vote but it was definitely worth it!” There were eight places to vote in Terre Haute during the 12 hours the polls were open including the West Vigo Community Center, Old State Police Post, Baesler’s Market and Kroger North. The president was not the only thing on the ballot during this election. 12 states, including Indiana, voted in new governors. The US Senate and House of Representatives also had elections on the ballot and amendments to
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Richard Slay of Biloxi, Miss., checks into vote in the presidential election at the Donal Snyder Community Center in Biloxi on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, just before poll workers told him he had to remove his pro-Donald Trump buttons and hat and cover his shirt.
many state constitutions were up for the public to decide. “This was my first election and it kinda sucked because the line was really long but that’s just part of it,” freshman human and environmental systems major Jenna Ogborn said. “I was both nervous and excited about it.” But the popular vote is only
one part of the election process. More goes into the process once the ballot is cast. “When looking at the election process in terms of winning and losing the Electoral College has to be part of the conversation,” politic science assistant professor Matthew Bergbower said. The electoral college comes
Terre Haute holds bellwether reputation for elections Rileigh McCoy Reporter
Terre Haute holds a reputation for being a “Bellwether city” with recent and past election predictions because its residents have been predicting the victory of presidential election candidates correctly for many years. A Bellwether is described as an indicator or predictor of something. In this case, Terre Haute is known as a Bellwether due to the predicting of which presidential election candidates will be victorious. It is wondered among residents if Terre Haute will predict victory again this election date. Many factors play a role in how Vigo County voters will cast their vote. According to the official Bellwether 2016 website, “Since 1888, Terre Haute and surrounding Vigo County have voted for the winning candidate in every presidential election except two—30 out of 32 elections. They haven’t missed in 60 years. No other place in America comes close.” This presidential election may end up differently due to several reasons as explained by Michael Chambers, a professor of political science. Chambers explained that Terre Haute has an interesting mix of residents that lean in different ways in regards to political views. The different areas of Terre Haute are involved with how conservative, democratic, or libertarian a resident may favor in politics. Terre Haute is also home to five higher educational institutes that bring in other points of views in politics and affect how Terre Haute may lean politically. Terre Haute also has a higher level of child poverty rates, so there is a greater need for
government support which attributes to how a teacher or parent may vote. “We have these conservative instincts to some extent, but we also have this affinity for the Democratic Party, which I believe links back to the old Chicago political machine,” Chambers said. “For example, if you look at our city council there are very few Republicans on it, and it’s mostly from the east side of town that elects Republicans to city council. Often times, though, it’s democrats who we see elected, but they may be fairly conservative democrats compared to liberal democrats.” Based on this year’s presidential candidates, it is unclear for sure who Terre Haute has predicted will win the election. Chambers helps to clear up some uncertainties. “Based on the number of signs I see in front of homes, I think we’re going to predict Trump, but nationally and with the electoral college, it sounds like (the victory) will go to Clinton,” Chambers said. “I couldn’t put an exact figure on it, but I think there’s a small possibility at least that we’re going to miss this time.” Terre Haute cemented this reputation after predicting correctly for so long. It has allowed for a lot of attention for Terre Haute and this election has been a close race. Chambers explains what may happen to Terre Haute if the County predicts incorrectly. “We’ll see what happens after this one. If we swing really wide to Trump and completely miss, it may do some damage to our reputation,” Chambers said. “If Vigo County is closely for Trump over Clinton and Clinton wins narrowly, nationally, then we may be in better shape.”
from the United States Constitution in Article II, Section I, Clause II. This process has been used since Thomas Jefferson’s election. Today in the electoral process we see a race to 270 electoral votes. This comes from the 538 electors that are divided between the states and the District of Co-
lombia based on their populations. 435 representatives, 100 senators and three electors from the District of Colombia. “Each party has a state wide system that works together with the national campaign, for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, to decide who, mostly party elites within the state, a member of the state senate or the state general assembly or county chairman, that is very involved within the party and they get designated as an elector,” Bergbower said. Since the ballots during the election contained more than just the presidency it is still important to vote and the electoral college does respect the popular vote. “Although it is an indirect election and not a popular vote for president each state honors the plurality of its citizens, citizens should have a confidence in the system,” Bergbower said. “And know that there are not little men and women behind the scenes deciding who should be president, the electors are actually people and they are honoring their states citizens.”
First-time voters prove crucial in 2016 election Erica Garnes Reporter
The 2016 election has by far been one of the most entertaining elections the nation has seen. With Hilary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s views being from two completely opposite spectrums, the drama and arguing that comes out of it has been a long journey. Whichever candidate wins, this election will be one to remember and hopefully not one to regret. Kaila Barnes, a freshman, is a first time voter from Gary, Indiana who voted on Tuesday. “This election is extremely important. I never realized just how many people are misguided and do not understand their surroundings.” “People should vote to use their voice and opinions,” Barnes said. Aniyah Ross, a senior, made her voice heard by voting early. “My voice is very important in casting my vote because it determines who I want to represent my family, the world I live in and myself,” Ross said. Ross explained how this election process has been an eye-opening experience for her. “I never would have thought that my life would be at risk because of someone who is being put on a high pedestal. I never knew that there was so much hatred in the world against my race until the debates began. It showed me that I have to stand up and let my voice be heard, or I will never receive what is best for me.” Another first time voter at ISU is sophomore Lauren Jones. “I am honestly only going to vote be-
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cause my parents are voting for Trump and want to make sure I put my opinion in. I am not a big fan of this election, just because I am not huge in politics at all,” Jones said. She explained that each candidate has their flaws, and she doesn’t think the candidates are reliable. It is important that every opinion is heard by going to the polls and voting. Although this election has been quite the ride, the experience that many students gained will count towards a new chapter to American history.
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SGA provides shuttles for students to vote Tyler Davis News Editor
SGA is doing its part to encourage student voting this week at Indiana State University. On Nov. 7 SGA President Andy Velazquez sent out a statement which detailed voting registration information, as well as reminding students of the importance of voting. “We highly encourage you to exercise your right to vote. It is our civic duty,” Velazquez said in the release. “Regardless of who wins or loses this presidential election, it is important that we demonstrate civility and respect towards others, even when they supported the other candidate.” On Nov. 8, SGA provided a shuttle in front of Dede Plaza from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to transport students who wished to vote. “If students want to vote, and they’re registered here in Terre Haute, they can come here where we have a bus pick them up every hour,” Ashton Meares, ISU student and SGA director of public relations, said. “The bus will transport them to the annex in order to vote.” In the weeks leading up to the election, SGA has made an effort to spread their message across campus. “We’ve been posting flyers and sending out emails encouraging students to vote, but most importantly encouraging them to stay civil and respect others’ right to vote,” Meares said. “We have something called the Sycamore Standard, which also encourages civility among students.” Velazquez also mentioned the Sycamore Standard in his statement released to the ISU com-
SGA provided a free shuttle to transport students to and from campus on Election Day for those who wanted to vote.
munity. “’All members of Indiana State University will learn and apply essential life lessons related to: self-awareness, communication, civility and respect, integrity, forgiveness, patience and trust,’” Velazquez said, referencing the student code of conduct. SGA has made it known that students hold a responsibility and civic duty when it comes to voting. “If we want to complain, and we expect changes to be made the way we want them to be
done, we should research the candidates on vote according to our own ideals,” Mariangel Morales, ISU student and director of inclusive excellence for SGA, said. “You should vote simply because you have the right to. It’s your country so if you want the right person leading it, you need to go out and do your part.” Morales also mentioned efforts put forth by Velazquez to ensure that students were aware of their duty. “He’s done a lot to try to prepare students, by emailing them
specific information about the (shuttle) event and helping out with it personally,” Morales said. “He wants students to respect each other’s votes as well.” Civility seemed to be the reoccurring theme that SGA promoted in regards to the election, as they hope to see students participate while simultaneously being courteous of each other. “We want to promote a calm atmosphere, where I respect what you think, and you respect what I think,” Morales said. “We all think differently, but we share
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this country with others.” Morales explained how her role in SGA deals with the same type of thinking. “One of the main things I do as inclusive excellence director is have separate organizations try to find a common ground. I have them try to find one thing that they have in common, in order to try to unite them as a collective,” Morales said. “Diversity is great, but if you don’t include everyone then nothing really changes.”
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College of Republicans gear up for election Cal Hart Reporter
The College Republicans, an ISU organization, have been hard at work to help candidates during election season. The organization has also been doing events to allow students to interact with candidates such as Todd Young and more — just to educate students on who is running and allow the students to have the ability to network. The Chief Executive Officer of the College Republicans group, Gabrielle Noel, went into detail about the certain things that they would do for the election. “Basically (the ways) that we have gotten involved with this election is that wave have people go door knocking for republican candidates around here and as well as making phone calls for republican campaigns just to speed awareness about the candidates,” Noel said. “(We) are currently making phone calls for the Eric Holcomb campaign, as well as (arranging) meet and greets for the students. We have met with people like Todd Young just for the students to get top know who they are voting for and discuss current issues with them.” One of the many events that the College of Republicans has done is have a Todd Young Campaign Kick Off. The
PROBLEMS FROM PAGE 6 of zombies voting all over town,” District Attorney R. Seth Williams said at a news conference. “We’re seeing various kinds of complaints, from police officers being too close to the polls to overzealous partisans,” said Myrna Perez, a lawyer from the New York-based Brennan Center for Justice who joined an Election Protection legal aid project that involved dozens of civil rights groups. Perez reported scattered complaints of attempted voter intimidation but no sign of a “concerted” campaign.
org sync page located on the ISU website declared that the main purpose of the event was to allow students to meet Todd Young, who is running for Indiana of the U.S. Senate, and to network with others. The event was held in Indianapolis in June. “The purpose of the College Republicans is to get involved with as much as we can with republican campaigns as much as we can by attending events they would go to or set up meet and greets, just to get involved with the general election,” Noel said. “I don’t know much about the Todd Young Kick Off, but I know that we met with him at the end of the school year and during the summer to discuss student loans and stuff like that. We also met with Senator Dan Coats who wanted to help out with things in Indiana as he is retiring and just met with us to talk about Indiana State, and we just wanted to help out with the republicans in any way we could.” Noel continued to discuss how the College Republicans group is essientially a group of students who just want to learn about the different republican candidates. “We are definitely looking forward to the elections to see who gets put into office,” Noel said.
Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said Election Protection lawyers logged a “substantial” number of complaints from Florida, including an “aggressively assembled” group outside a polling site in Hollywood, north of Miami. In Palm Beach County, Fla., some students at Florida Atlantic University were told they could not vote because their dorms didn’t count as legal addresses; they were given provisional ballots, Clarke said. “We’re going to dig into all these reports more closely and carefully,” Clarke said. “But most importantly, we want to en-
Local Democratic Party holds election viewing in local restaurant Claire Silcox Reporter
As the voting and polls came to a close and the long awaited results came in, the Vigo County Democratic Party hosted a community watch of the results. The audience was buzzing while awaiting the results and hoping for celebration. Hosted at the Terre Haute Brewing Company, the event brought in quite the crowd of democrats, old and young. They joined in, socialized with one another and watched the results on the big TV with snacks, sandwiches and a cash bar. Many guests talked with local politicians and came to support family members and friends, most wearing t-shirt created for publicity. Some of which were James Mann, Stacee Todd, Nancy Allsup and John Roach. The attendees had the opportunity to meet and chat with the local politicians. Brandon Reed, a recent graduate of Indiana State University, said he thought the viewing party was a great way to ring out a “weird, turbulent and just plain odd” election. The spectators watched the television seeing the percentages scroll by but they were hopeful all the same. Local offices and the higher up of presidential was be-
sure that voters are able to cast a ballot free from intimidation or harassment, which requires making sure that unauthorized people are not inside our polls today.” Homeland Security Department officials reported no sign that computer hackers had attacked polling systems at the nation’s 9,000 voting districts. That fear had grown after a campaign in which, U.S. intelligence officials say, Russian-backed hackers stole and leaked thousands of emails from Democratic officials, including Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, in an attempt to interfere with the election.
ing discussed at almost every table. “Just in general, no matter who wins, I want them to push for an equally distributed economic recovery for the country,” Reed said. Reed also stated his personal opinion on the Trump and Clinton rivalry that has been going on throughout this election. He told of his wishes of both candidates, if they win, and his worries on both accounts. With Trump he hopes that he can bring the economy to a stable point and even maybe into an upswing. With Clinton he hopes that she can continue some of Barack Obama’s policies on climate change and green energy and possibly bring a liberal congress. Reed also joked of Terre Haute Brewing Company being a great place to host such a party considering the cash bar would probably earn a lot of money. The news of Trump winning the state of Indiana was no surprise to the democratic audience, but they held on hope for the polls, especially for the local offices some of which were won by unopposed democrats. The democratic party of Vigo County came to support one another and have a good evening watching the results roll in.
Long lines and voting machine glitches were common, a regular problem in a nation with old election machinery. Broken or balky machines were reported in Utah, New York, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas, Virginia, Ohio, Connecticut and especially North Carolina. Electionland, a voting monitoring project, reported glitches with optical scanners in seven counties in North Carolina. The state elections board instructed Durham County officials to use paper ballots instead and extended closing time at several polling places. Officials in Dover, N.H., also extended voting hours after
an email sent the wrong polling place information to voters there. Civil rights groups reported confusion in Alabama and other Southern states with new voter ID requirements since the 2012 presidential election. In some cases, voters did not realize their polling locations had changed since 2014. “Voters were confused because of changes to their polling places and a lack of accurate information provided to them by their state officials,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. (c)2016 Tribune Co.
indianastatesman.com BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 8 on as the year progresses. “Not a lot of people got to see Q (Laquarious Page) do much last season but he’s going to be a big key for us,” Lansing added of his sophomore along with his other underclassmen. “We’re trying to show these guys on a day in, day out basis in practice just how difficult this level is at all times. We have a lot of new faces that we’re going to be asking to be ready to go.” The frontcourt also gets a slight makeover with the comeback of senior T.J. Bell who sat out in 2015-16 with a foot injury suffered in the preseason. Bell played in 31 games and started five of those in 2014-15. He gives the Sycamores another element down in the post alongside returning guys Brandon Murphy, Niels Bunschoten and Emondre Rickman, all of whom contribut-
T.J. BELL FROM PAGE 8 growing pains for the young men and would often get taken advantage of against more experienced big men in the conference. Bell will be able to step in with the
Wednesday, Nov. 9 2016 • Page 5 ed at different times last season in Bell’s absence. Redshirt freshman Bronson Kessinger also will look to make an impact after stepping out onto the floor for the first time since a gruesome leg injury suffered two years ago during his senior season at Corydon Central High School. “T.J. would have been a starter last year,” Lansing noted. “Brandon (Murphy) would have probably been a backup, and we could have redshirted Emondre, but it didn’t happen. We were very inexperienced and very young at the center position last year, but T.J.’s worked so hard on his rehab. Now we’ve got three guys that we can rotate in and out. Whoever is practicing the best is going to get the most minutes and that’ll probably be pretty fluent throughout the year.” Indiana State opens up on
the road Friday night against Northern Illinois, kicking off a non-conference schedule highlighted by home games against Butler and Western Kentucky. Away games feature opponents Utah State and Valparaiso, alongside the Thanksgiving week Advocare Invitational in Orlando, Florida that features a first round matchup against Iowa State and potential later round games against Stanford, Miami (Fla.), Florida and Gonzaga. “It’s a tough schedule,” Lansing said of the gauntlet, which includes an always-tough MVC slate that kicks off on Dec. 28 against Wichita State at home. “We have great venues on the road against very good teams, and we’re in a great tournament. We have some really exciting home games for our fans too, and I’m sure this schedule will help us prepare for the Valley.”
physical tools and the know-how to defend and rebound properly and is sharing that wisdom already. Murphy looks to be more mobile this year as well as having more control in the post on both ends of the floor. Having three
big men who can rebound and protect the paint compared to the small-ball approach the Sycamores often employed last season could mean the difference in challenging for a top seed in the Missouri Valley Conference.
VOTERS FROM PAGE 6 California had two competing measures on its ballot, one of which would repeal the death penalty, while the other would speed up appeals so sentences can be carried out more quickly. Minimum wage The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour hasn’t changed in seven years. But four states were deciding whether to push their own minimums higher _ and one voted on whether to reduce it for some workers. Arizona, Colorado and Maine voted on whether to phase in an increase to $12 an hour by 2020. Washington was deciding whether to raise its minimum wage to $13.50. And in South Dakota, voters were considering reducing the minimum wage for workers
under 18 to $7.25 an hour from $8.55. Other issues In Colorado, voters were deciding whether to join California and Oregon in allowing terminally ill people to get help from a doctor to die. Colorado was also deciding whether to set up a universal health care system funded by payroll taxes that would replace the one based on private insurers. Maine was deciding whether its elected officials can be selected through a system allowing voters to rank their choices of candidates. And voters in four states _ California, Colorado, Missouri and North Dakota _ were deciding whether to raise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
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On Election Day, WikiLeaks’ Assange says voters benefited from email leaks Tim Johnson
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WASHINGTON — With the U.S. election campaign at an end, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied Tuesday that his group has “a nefarious allegiance with Russia” and said he had come under “enormous pressure” to halt publication of a trove of emails pirated from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. In a statement published on the group’s website, Assange said efforts to discredit him by linking him to Russian President Vladimir Putin were reminiscent of the “red scare” tactics used in the 1950s to hunt down communists. He did not explain, however, how he obtained the emails. U.S. officials have accused Russia of the hack that captured the emails and have said their publication by WikiLeaks was
part of a plot to influence the U.S. election. WikiLeaks has published tens of thousands of emails in the past month taken from the Gmail account of John Podesta, the Clinton campaign’s chairman. So far, WikiLeaks has released 35 batches of the emails. “The real victor is the US public which is better informed as a result of our work,” Assange wrote. “No one disputes the public importance of these publications. It would be unconscionable for WikiLeaks to withhold such an archive from the public during an election.” The ultimate impact of WikiLeaks on the election appears to have been muted. But there is little debate that the leaks pulled the veil from a range of election issues. It was a leaked email that finally disclosed the contents of Clinton’s paid speeches to Wall Street, speeches whose secrecy had figured prominently in her
primary battle with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders but had lost most of their political relevance when they were revealed a month before Election Day in her battle with Donald Trump. The leaked emails revealed the bad blood between one of former President Bill Clinton’s confidants and his daughter, Chelsea, and underscored the depth of the personal relationships that tied top Clinton campaign figures to members of the media as well as sitting executive branch officials. Two top Democratic Party figures lost their jobs because of WikiLeaks: Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was forced out on the eve of the party’s national convention after leaked emails showed her staff had plotted to undercut the Sanders campaign. Her interim replacement as chair, Donna Brazile, was fired as a commentator by
CNN after emails showed she’d leaked a debate question to Clinton. None of which appeared to have altered the course of the campaign, however, though journalists and historians are likely to consult the leaked emails for many months, if not years, in search of insights into the skein of relationships and personalities they reveal. Assange also came under attack. Ecuador, in whose London embassy he has sought asylum for the past four years, cut off his internet access out of concern he was interfering in the U.S. election, and he became the target of a bizarre multi-continent smear campaign that has never been explained. On Tuesday, he rebutted criticism that he was seeking to thwart Clinton’s election by releasing only emails related to her Democratic nomination. “We cannot publish what we
do not have,” Assange wrote, saying WikiLeaks had not received leaks from the campaigns of Trump or lesser candidates that meet “our stated editorial criteria.” He asserted that traditional media, “with its corporate advertisers and dependencies on incumbent power factions,” did not measure up to “WikiLeaks’ model of scientific journalism or an individual’s decision to inform their friends on social media.” As far as allegations that Russian state hackers had obtained the emails, Assange said such charges were untrue. “The campaign was unable to invoke evidence about our publications — because none exists,” Assange wrote. WikiLeaks also claimed that the organization had been under “unrelenting” denial of service attacks that stretched into Election Day.
In Nevada, some Native Americans have to travel 270 miles to vote David Montero Los Angeles Times
DUCKWATER, Nev. — Highway 379 turns to gravel here, white and dusty, narrowing until it disappears into the craggy mountains off in the distance. Hang a right before the pavement ends and a skinny road veers toward the center of this tiny town. They’re used to remoteness here on the Duckwater Shoshone reservation in Nye County. Its residents recently got a laundromat with seven washing machines. They are still searching for a doctor, but they finally filled two vacant police positions. There’s no restaurants, banks or supermarkets, but there is a gas station — four large tanks propped high on skinny metal legs with a naked nozzle padlocked to the side.
But there is another glaring need in Duckwater and at several other reservations: a reasonably close site for residents to cast ballots. So the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada sued in October and got two sites added to the state’s approximately 435 polling locations. They wrote a letter to the Nevada secretary of state shortly afterward to ask for more but were rejected. Duckwater was one of those places that didn’t get a site, even though its residents have the longest trek to cast ballots in Nevada — about 270 miles round trip to vote on Election Day. “I would vote, but it’s such a long drive: about two hours each way,” Alissa Thompson said. “I’d have to leave at 8 a.m.” Thompson, 61, has lived in Duckwater her whole life. She said it’s not simply a long drive, either. It’s a sojourn on a two-
lane highway fraught with peril. A collision with deer, elk or wild horses that wander onto the highway can destroy a car and injure or kill a driver, not to mention the animals. Distance drives many of her decisions. If she was picked for jury duty — a distinct possibility if she’d registered as a voter — she would have to make that drive for a trial. To her, it wasn’t worth the risk, which is why she didn’t register to vote by mail, either. Which means, Thompson said, that Hillary Clinton will miss out on at least one vote here. Bret Healy, a consultant for the Native American advocacy group Four Directions, was part of the lawsuit that sought to increase polling sites on tribal lands in rural areas. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du ruled in
Voters decide on key state ballot measures Alexandra Zavis Los Angeles Times
(TNS) Voters in Florida on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes as millions of voters across America weighed in on some of the most contentious issues facing the nation. Florida became the first state in the South to approve a medical marijuana initiative. It was one of nine states considering measures to expand legal access to the drug, which is still prohibited by the federal government. Proposals on gun control, the death penalty and raising the minimum wage were also among more than 150 measures under consideration on state ballots across the country. In California alone, voters were deciding on 17 ballot questions, including whether to allow the recreational use of pot and to require actors in adult films to wear condoms when filming sex scenes. Supporters of legalizing marijuana hope votes like the one in Florida will help change the conversation in Washington. “This is a major tipping point,” said Tom Angell, chairman of the Marijuana Majority group. “With Florida’s decision, a majority of states in the U.S. now have laws allowing patients to find relief with medical marijuana, and these protections and programs are no longer concentrated in certain regions of the country like the West and Northeast.” Opponents have likened the legalization effort to “Big Tobacco,” accusing the campaign of prioritizing corporate profits over public health. Arkansas and North Dakota were also deciding whether to allow medical marijuana.
California was among five states _ including Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada _ deciding whether to allow the recreational use of the drug. And Montana was deciding whether to ease restrictions contained in an existing medical marijuana law. If all the measures pass, the drug will be legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in 29 states. Here is a look at some of the other issues at stake in this election. Guns Four states were deciding on whether to increase restrictions on the sale of guns and ammunition. Nevada and Maine had proposals on the ballot to expand federal background checks on firearm sales between private parties, closing a loophole that supporters say has allowed convicted felons, domestic abusers and the mentally ill to buy firearms at gun shows and online. Washington was weighing whether to allow families or authorities to get a court order to temporarily seize guns from individuals who are deemed a threat to themselves or others. California, which already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, was deciding whether to strengthen the state’s regulation of ammunition sales, with a ballot measure requiring background checks for ammunition purchases as well as a ban on large ammo clips. Death penalty The death penalty made it onto ballots in three states. Nebraska voted on whether to reinstate capital punishment after state lawmakers repealed it last year. Oklahoma, meanwhile, decided to enshrine the death penalty in the state constitution.
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a vote-by-mail precinct if there aren’t more than 200 registered voters living there. That’s the case for the Duckwater Shoshone reservation. He said a lack of nearby polling places is an issue for rural people across the state. “Nevada is a very large state geographically with many communities in rural locations, and it is simply not possible to have a polling location close to every community in the state. This is one of the reasons why Nevada is a no-excuse absentee state and why voters in some of the most remote areas are automatically sent an absentee/mail ballot,” Thorley said in a statement. “The secretary of state’s office is always open to discussing voting issues with any group, including Native American groups, in an effort to provide better information and access for future elections.”
Few problems reported at polling places
Almost no problems were reported at the polls.
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(TNS) PHILADELPHIA _ After a dark presidential campaign, roiled by warnings of widespread voting fraud and intimidation, hundreds of Justice Department and other lawyers stood ready Tuesday for a stormy Election Day. For the most part, they didn’t get it. With tensions high, more than 30,000 calls about malfunctioning machines, alleged voter intimidation and other problems poured into a hotline set up by a coalition of civil rights and legal-aid groups. Callers complained of signs put up to scare black voters in Ohio, of faulty voting machines in North Carolina and other states, of arguments and snubbed voters in Florida, and of late-opening polling places and other problems in Philadelphia.
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October that sites for in-person early voting had to be placed in Nixon and Schurz. Now for the first time, the Pyramid Lake Paiutes will have close access — just a few miles from their homes — to a place to vote on Election Day. The Justice Department also announced Monday that the Nixon site would be a part of its 28-state poll monitoring effort to enforce voting rights laws. Healy said participation in early voting at the Nixon site had already born fruit, with a 10 percent increase in turnout. He expects more on Election Day. “This is what happens when you remove hurdles,” Healy said. “You remove the distance — in this case a 95-mile round trip — you achieve participation.” Nevada Deputy Secretary of State Wayne Thorley said county clerks can designate an area as
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But as the day wore on, there was little out of the ordinary. In Broward County, Fla., police were called after a scuffle broke out between two election clerks, and they were fired. One person was killed in a shooting near a polling place in Azusa, Calif. The county registrar told voters to avoid the area and go to alternative polling stations. In Fort Bend County, Texas, the sheriff ’s office said it arrested a man who tried to vote twice. “Claimed he worked for Trump and was testing the system,” the sheriff ’s office posted on Twitter. In African-American neighborhoods in overwhelmingly Democratic Philadelphia, a city Donald Trump had repeatedly called a nest of voting fraud, there was no army of his rural supporters outside polling places, as local officials had feared. “We have no founded complaints of intimidation, no founded complaints of voter fraud, and we have no apocalypse
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Sycamores bring big games to Hulman Center RaShaun Jones Reporter
The Sycamores are off to a hot start for the season as the Sycamores men’s basketball team shot 54.2 percent as they topped Rose-Hulman in the first ever Jim Shaw classic last Thursday inside the Hulman Center. The Sycamores get ready to move on to non-conference and invitational tournament play. The Sycamores have a variety of opponents who either won their conference tournament, played in the NCAA tournament, or a normal conference foe. Here we are going to highlight five games from the least to the most intriguing. 1. Battle of the states Indiana State at Ball State Nov. 15 7:00 p.m. Last year’s Indiana State men’s basketball team hosted Ball State inside the Hulman Center, and behind Brenton Scott 19 points three rebounds and three assists the Sycamores gained their third win in a row that season. Not to mention Matt Van Scyoc who chipped in 15 points. On the other hand, that win also gave coach Greg Lansing his 100th career win as the Sycamores’ Coach. The Sycamores have won three straight over the Cardinals, and even won four of the last five in the series. The
Cardinals will be led in the front court by senior forward Franko House as last year House averaged 12.2 ppg and 5.8 rpg, was named All-Mac 2nd Team, and MAC all-defensive team. Also, for the Cardinals look out for fifth year senior Ryan Weber who shot 40 percent form 3-point range last year. Sycamores will look to start the year 1-0 against Indiana teams this season. 2. Bulldogs come to town Butler at Indiana State Dec. 7 7:00 p.m. Coming off a 22-11 record and a second-round appearance in the NCAA tournament, the Bulldogs will be coming in with hopes to return to the dance. Butler leads the series record over the Sycamores 70-56 with the Bulldogs becoming victorious last year in an 85-71 victory. Leading the charge this season for the Bulldogs will be junior forward Kelan Martin who averaged 15.7 ppg coupled with 6.8 rpg. Martin tallied eight double-doubles last season, and was named Second Team All-Big East. Martin will be joined by senior forward Andrew Chrabacz who was fourth on the team in both scoring and rebounding. The Sycamores will look to protect homecourt and let the three’s fall where they may. The Sycamores have the guards and the stretch big men to make this game a good one until the end. 3. Battle of the ISU’s Indiana State vs Iowa State Nov. 24 12:30 p.m. In the opening round of the Advocare
Invitational the Sycamores will take on the Cyclones of Iowa State University. The Cyclones were one of the teams to make it to the Sweet 16 where they failed at the hands of a tough Virginia team. The Cyclones will be led by senior guard Monté Morris who was voted to be the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year. Morris was also named on the Associated Press Preseason All-American team. Morris led all players last year in scoring, assists and minutes played. He will be joined in the back court by seniors Nazereth Mitrou-Long and Matt Thomas. While they have a combined shot a 39.7 percent from three-point land, they all have averaged double figures at least once while playing at Iowa State. The backcourt is something people should keep an eye on in this game, as the Cyclones will test the back court of the Sycamores. 4. Shocking the Shockers Indiana State vs Wichita State Dec. 28 7:00 p.m. The Shockers left the NCAA tournament saying goodbye to one of the best backcourts in the history of Shocker Basketball. As Ron Baker and Fred VanFleet move onto the NBA, the Shockers are hoping to reload over the off season to make a run at their fourth consecutive regular season conference crown. Behind the likes of sophomore Markis McDuffie who last year as a freshman averaged 7.4 points and earned Missouri Valley Conference AllBench team and All-Newcomers Honors.
Not to overlook Shaquille Morris who has shown the ability to control the paint and glass as he totaled 6.8 ppg, and 3.6 ppgs for the Shockers last season. The big man and guards should look to attack this new Shockers team as they are in clear rebuilding mode. The Shockers won both meetings last year against the Sycamores. 5. Dethrone the Champs Northern Iowa vs Indiana State Feb. 28 7:00 p.m. After an impressive win in the Conference Championship game over Illinois State last season, and a trip that gave them a ticket to the big dance, the Panthers will return two starters from last year’s team, and will have 11 new players. After splitting the season series with the Sycamores, you hope the Sycamores can take them both home against last year’s conference tournament champions. Senior guard Jeremy Morgan is the top scorer for the Panthers, after averaging 11.3 ppg for the team last year. Morgan’s play also gained him All-MVC honors last season. Junior Bennett Koch is another name that the Panthers will lean on throughout the course of the season. Koch earned a spot on the MVC’s Most Improved Team after he averaged 7.6 ppgs and 3.5 rpg. Northern Iowa trails Indiana State in the Head to Head matchups 25-27. The teams will meet late in the season, but it will be a pivotal game as teams jockey for position in the conference tournament.
Indiana State men’s basketball is back Brice Bement Reporter
Indiana State University men’s basketball plays the University of Northern Illinois at DeKalb, Illinois on Friday, Nov. 11 at 8:00 p.m. The Sycamores recently faced Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in an exhibition game at the Hulman Center on Thursday, Nov. 3. ISU beat Rose-Hulman 95-36. Senior forward Matt Van Scyoc went 7-of-10 in shots, leading the Sycamores with a total of 18 points in the game. Behind him, junior guard Brenton Scott had 13 total points while shooting five for 11. Scott was selected on the preseason all-conference team this year. Scott is very excited about the upcoming season.
“We’re going to have a good team. We have good chemistry,” Scott said. “We’re looking forward to a good season.” Scott thinks the team is meshing together well and are ready to start their season. The Sycamores only have a few new faces this year making it easy for the team to keep up their chemistry. “We’re ready to play right now. New guys came to help our program and are fitting in well,” Scott said. Since their win against Rose-Hulman, the Sycamores are moving forward and looking to prepare for their next game against Northern Illinois. “We’re practicing, watching film. We take little stuff from it,” Scott said. Scott wants the team to win a lot of games this year and to
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win the Missouri Valley Conference. “Personally, I want to lead this team the best way I can,” Scott said. “I want to have a player of the year type of season.” Scott wants to work his hardest and for his team to continue to grow and build throughout the season and get better every day. Scott is also looking forward to three certain games this year. Scott is excited to play Valparaiso University, along with Butler University and Wichita State University. The Sycamores had a close game with all three schools but fell short each game. Valparaiso beat ISU 63-69. Butler won 71-85 and then Wichita State beat the Sycamores 6282. The Sycamores will play
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2016-17 Indiana State men’s basketball preview Sky is the limit for Sycamore T. J Bell adds depth, experience men’s basketball in 2016 to Sycamore frontcourt Rob Lafary Reporter
“Potential” is a word thrown around often in the wide world of sports. A lot of teams have it. Some fulfill it, others don’t. But when it comes to describing this year’s Indiana State men’s basketball team, “potential” is the only word that comes to mind when thinking about the make-up of this 2016-17 squad. The Sycamores have plenty of it; it’s now up to them to decide whether they’ll fulfill it or not. Coming off of a mediocre 15-17 season a year ago including an 8-10 mark in Missouri Valley Conference play, Indiana State is primed and ready for a fresh slate and will do so with a unique blend of old and new faces that makes this group a rather intriguing one going forward. Paired with the experience of now seventh year head coach Greg Lansing, the Sycamores have it in their heads that this year could be a special one, but at the same time know the road to success won’t be an easy on “We don’t have any time to sit back and learn some lessons,” Coach Lansing said following practice on Monday night. “We play some really good teams on the road right out of the gate. We have high expectations, and we always do here. I want this to be a special season for our seniors, but we’ve also got a lot of new faces that are going to play key roles for us. So these veterans have to show these young guys the ropes, but we have a lot of improving to do in a lot of different areas.” Gone are key players and mainstays Devonte Brown, Khristian Smith and Brandon Burnett via graduation, but there is some consolation in knowing that the Sycamores do return one of the most dynamic players in mid-major basketball in junior guard Brenton Scott
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who returns after being named an AllMVC selection during his sophomore campaign. Scott averaged 14.9 points per game last season and ranked in the Top 10 in several statistical categories within the conference. Expect that production to increase as he takes over the reins as the leader of the blue and white. “Brenton’s a really hard worker and very competitive,” Lansing said of the Fort Wayne native. “His expectations are always to be a really good player. He’s worked awfully hard in the offseason to improve in all aspects of his game. He wants to be a better leader. But he’s not always going to be able to create shots for himself all the time. He’s going to have to create shots for his teammates because of how much attention he’s getting on the offensive end.” That chance to create shots and plays for others is made easier with Scott’s supporting cast in the backcourt. Senior Everett Clemons, who flashed his abilities as a leader and jack-of-all-trades guard, will assume point guard duties this season while fellow classmate Matt Van Scyoc is a sharpshooter on the outside and gives the Sycamores a 6-foot-6inch presence on the perimeter capable of burying any opponent on any given night. At just 6 feet 1 inch, Clemons became the second ISU player since 2001 to grab 15 rebounds or more in a game, according to GoSycamores.com, while Van Scyoc now has over 1000 career points in his combined time at The Citadel and Indiana State. A slew of backcourt backups will give the trio a breather without any real letdown in the rotation. Youngsters like Laquarious Page, Tre Knight III, freshman Jordan Barnes and junior college
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Many people have to deal with adversity in everyday life, some physically, others mentally. But Indiana State forward T.J. Bell had to go through both at the same time. After the 2014-15 season that saw both Sycamore big men Jake Kitchell and Justin Gant graduate, there was a spot open for Bell, who had shown impressive flashes that season, to become a starter. But during summer workouts, Bell ruptured his Achilles tendon, causing him to miss all of the 2015-16 season. “My first thought was to call my mom,” Bell said upon hearing the news. “She told me to stay positive and more importantly keep God first, and that would help keep me positive.” Without Bell, the Sycamores were forced to start and play inexperienced big man Brandon Murphy with fellow freshman Emondre Rickman and junior Niels Bunschoten getting in the mix as well, none of whom were on the team the year prior. While for some it would be tough to watch the team play without them, Bell thinks that’s one thing that helped him the most. “Seeing the guys play, hugging my teammates, being at practice, talking to my family were things that really helped me stay positive through a tough time,” Bell explained. “It was painful at first watching practices and not being able to run, but in the end it was reassuring that I would get to play again.” In Bell’s last healthy season, the 6-foot-8inch center averaged 13 minutes per game, often coming in for Gant or Kitchell as the first big man off the bench. Bell shot 50 percent from the field while finishing the season third on the team in both offensive rebounds and blocks. While Murphy stepped up in a big way last season, leading the team in offensive rebounds, Bell is ea-
ger to show that he’s physically where he was before the injury. “I’m not necessarily worried about starting,” Bell said. “I think Murph does a good job of what they ask him to do; I think ‘Dre does a good job. I think we all do. It’s just a matter of playing hard whenever I get my chance and just showing that I’m still capable of being a starter.” One person who has been close to Bell and truly sees the hard work he has been putting in is Head Coach Greg Lansing. “He’s been so selfless,” coach Lansing commented. “The injury he had — not even many professional athletes come back at a high level, and T.J. has worked so hard with Shawn Rogers, our trainer, and T.J. graduated. He didn’t have to come back and go through the tough times and the pain and the long days and aches of rehabilitation, but he wanted to come back and have a great year.” With Murphy and Rickman both being sophomores, Lansing likes what Bell brings to the mix of young big men. “He definitely fits,” Lansing explained. “We gotta be careful with him. It’s a tough injury and we would have to be able to rest him some. Where he’s been the best is his leadership and talking to the younger guys and trying to get them to understand a certain way of doing things. Murph will probably be the starter, but that could be fluid depending on who’s practicing better and who’s playing better. It’s fluid game-togame and day-to-day.” Throughout all of the hard work, Bell will have completed his comeback when he takes the court against Northern Illinois next Friday, but has one main goal for this season. “I’m just going to leave it all out there,” Bell said. “It’s my last year. I’m not that worried about starting, just giving it my all and having no regrets.”
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