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Indiana State University celebrates Veterans Day Alyssa Bosse Reporter

On Friday Nov. 9, ISU held their Annual Veterans Day Program in honor of all the veterans who fought for our freedom.

This program was held in HMSU Dede I and was open to the ISU campus and local veterans.

Prior to the program starting everyone was handed a yellow ribbon attached to a piece of paper with a short summary of the history of Veterans Day printed on it.

The paper read “The holiday was originally named Armistice Day but in 1954 after the US involvement in World War II and the Korean War, the holiday was renamed Veterans day, in honor of the veterans of all the wars.”

John M. Pedro II, Captain, United States Airforce began the program with “all Americans should never forget the brave men and women who answered our nations call, to serve and serve the calls of freedom in a special way.”

Captain Pedro pointed out a white, round table on the side in the room. Pedro explained that it was reserved to honor the missing loved ones from the five services (army, marine core, navy, air force, and coast guard.)

Pedro went in depth of some of the items on the table and what they represented.

He proceeded to explain the yellow ribbon that was wrapped around the vase that was on the table.

“The yellow ribbon is a symbol of the continued determination to account for our missing,” he said.

Colonel Christopher H. Colbert, Indiana Air National Guard spoke about the intent of what Veterans Day truly is and how we can do our part to contribute to the holiday.

“This day is a day to thank veterans, we do know that some have paid the ultimate price and have given their life for our country,” said Colbert. “We need to remember the true intent of what Veterans Day is and that is to thank veterans for their service.

Those that are living and those that we know that are still walking amongst us, and certainly for a reverence the ones who have passed and gone on their way.

This day is a day to thank a veteran and appreciate the sacrifices they have made.”

Colonel Colbert also aimed his direction to the veterans and cadets in the room and reminded them of the oath that they made or will make. He reminded them about what it truly means to “solemnly swear to bear true faith in

ISU President Curtis poses with three Veterans at the Veterans Day event on Nov. 9.

allegiance to the same.”

Colbert emphasized some of the words in the oath and explained what the oath really means.

“I thought this program went very well, it was a moment for me to reflect on what Veterans Day means and what they did for our country,” said freshman, Caleb

Mashushire. “Also it was a great way to recognize some of the remaining solders. After learning what the yellow ribbon symbolized I am proud to wear it in the month of November to remind me of the ones still missing.”

Charlie Battle, who served in the army for eight years as a Military Intelligence Tech, was one

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of the veterans in the audience of the program. He shared that he was moved and honored to be able to attend the program.

At the conclusion of the event, everyone was given a green lightbulb that they were asked to put in a visible area and to watch it glow as a symbol of support and appreciation to our veterans.

Art so real you can take a bite out of it The Hub’s Kimball baby Art gallery exhibits works from ISU students grand piano, gifted to ISU Lauren Rader Reporter

Art so real you can take a bite out of it. That’s how Kinsey Norman, a graduate student of graphic design, discovered her art was one of a kind. Indiana State University opened the student art gallery to showcase the MFA Thesis Exhibition work from students such as Stephen Lucas, Rajesh Naidu, Kinsey Norman and Ginny Payne.

This will be showcased until Nov. 16, 2018. This art is one of a kind, and individualized to each student. Norman was astonished when she found out the realness of her artwork.

“For my committee meeting, we met in my room and we were talking. One of my committee members looked at my display doughnuts and said ‘Oh! Someone took a bite out of that!’, and I thought he was kidding, but he was serious. There was a bite out of my stale, acrylic painted doughnut. I took a picture and we laughed about it,” Norman said.

“Then, two hours later, Jodi, the gallery director sent a picture and said ‘it’s gone!’, and someone came back and stole my doughnut. We were just laughing, because it was so funny. Everyone keeps saying it’s such a compli-

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A piece of art hangs on the wall in the art gallery.

ment because it looks so real. I wasn’t angry at all, because it’s so hilarious.”

She created her own coffee shop and bakery as her thesis work, and also made coffee and cookies for guests on opening

night of the exhibition. Ginny Payne, a graduate student, was very excited to see her work displayed.

“My theme is love, inclusion, and recreation,” Payne said. “Every piece in there has a story, and every piece in there uses something old and recreates it to become something new.”

Each collection of artwork had a different theme and title. The graduate students had to come together and create a show for their thesis, and each included a unique twist on modern life.

Getting to host a show and feature the artwork in it is a big task, and Pane and the other graduate students were more than excited to take on this task.

“As a graduate, since you’ve met all your committee meetings and you’re graduating, now it’s your turn to go set up a show,” Payne said.

“They let us go at it. They let us do the lighting, they let us design the display of things, and as a group let us discuss who will get what parts of the gallery. It really worked out beautifully this time.”

The artwork was displayed by artist, but ultimately came together in the end.

“It’s really exciting to be one of the people creating art, and having a place to display it,” Payne said.

by Larry Bird, is for sale Lauren Rader Reporter

The Hub has been a center for student engagement and relaxation among the students, and the centerpiece of this common room is a baby grand piano.

The piano is up for bid because of the condition it is in.

Pianos have to be tuned, and Indiana State University tunes the baby grand every three months.

Mark Adkins, Director of Hulman Memorial Student Union, was open to the students’ concerns about getting a new piano.

“We’re not getting rid of pianos and I think that’s one of the main concerns of the students.

We have a plan in place with the department of music. They are redoing the fine arts building and they’ve taken a lot of their pianos and put them in storage,” Adkins said. “When they get done they’re going to have all digital, so they have a surplus of non-digital pianos so we are getting one from there.”

The piano is very popular among the Indiana State students.

Larry Bird gifted the baby grand piano to ISU in 1990, so

students and people visiting the university have used it constantly for 28 years.

“We’ve had it for a long time.

It’s at the end of its useful life. The person who takes care of our piano has said ‘don’t put any more money into it,” Adkins said.

The Indiana State University School of Music will be donating an upright piano to the Student Union for the students here at the university.

Adkins explained the process of getting the piano from the union across the campus to central stores.

It is hard to move the piano, because of the cost, which is 400 dollars.

They decided to put it up to be auctioned off because the price of moving it across campus is so expensive.

The person that wins the highest bid on the piano is required to take care of it themselves, so this alleviates the pressure to spend so much money to send it away.

The piano has served as a pillar for Indiana State’s Student Union and drawn students together through music.

Bidding forms can be accessed on the Indiana State University website, and are due Nov.16.

Elizabeth Green gives advice about teaching to students Chelsea Chapman Reporter

Last Wednesday, Elizabeth Green, cofounder, CEO, and editor in chief of Chalkbeat, spoke at Tilson Auditorium as part of Indiana State University’s speaker series.

Green has written pieces on education in the New York Times Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, and various other publications. She is also the author of Building a Better Teacher, a New York Times bestseller.

Green shared her love and knowledge of teaching with the students of ISU. Green does talks like this on college campuses several times per year.

“I really like meeting students,” said Green. “I got to meet with a bunch of students from the college of education earlier. It was inspiring to hear their questions and their enthusiasm and to just to get to know them a little bit.”

Green loves to observe teachers who are really able to connect with their students.

She was also able to travel to Japan and observe some of their classrooms.

“I really love sitting in great classrooms,” said Green. “One of the people in [Build-

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Elizabeth Green speaks to srudents about teaching in Speaker Series event on

ing a Better Teacher] compares watching a great teacher to watching a great orchestral performance, watching the conductor at work. To me it’s better than watching a great movie or reading a great novel because you’re watching the flow of ideas and you’re watching people learn in real time. They’re rare, but the teachers who are skilled and trained enough to make that magic happen, I could just sit in their

classrooms for hours. What was amazing about Japan and getting to do reporting in Japan was that almost every single classroom I went into was like that. They just have figured out a way to scale excellence.”

Green loves sharing her experiences with her audiences.

“Getting to connect what I saw and what I experienced, getting to share that with hundreds of thousands of people across

the country is really cool,” said Green. “I love to put the people I met and the things that I’ve learned on the spotlight. It feels awesome.”

Kendall Garno-Foote, a sophomore studying elementary education, was very excited to see a speaker series that was geared towards education majors.

“All of the other series are awesome,” said Garno-Foote, “but its rare that you’d get these awesome speakers who come in and talk to you about what you’re learning in college. I just really wanted to come out to see what I could learn and gain from it. I feel like I gained way more than I thought I would.”

Garno-Foote appreciated the different perspectives she gained from Green’s talk.

“I didn’t realize how different education was in different countries,” said Garno-Foote. “She talked about Japan and Italy, I didn’t realize [their education] was more successful than ours in America. As a future teacher, that’s a big thing for me to think the way I’m learning to teach might not be the most successful way. Its given me a good perspective on how I should go about doing my next steps in college as I get toward my degree.”

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Shooting victims remembered at Thousand Oaks memorial Esmerelda Bermudez Los Angeles Times (TNS)

As Sunday came in Thousand Oaks, people turned to all the things that brought them comfort.

Following a week of double tragedies — a bar shooting that killed 12 and a fire that displaced thousands — many flocked to church and family.

At Ascension Lutheran, the pews were packed with parishioners during the morning service.

Pastor Tim Delkeskamp spoke about the grief and suffering that has rocked the community.

Children were called to the altar and asked: “Have any of you been scared in the last few days?

Have any of you felt confused?”

The kids and many adults said yes.

Most were still trying to make sense of so much loss in such little time. Just days ago, Thousand Oaks felt a long way from harm, tucked away among knolls and mountains. Now, nearly everyone knew someone who was killed at the bar, burned out by the fire or displaced by evacuations.

“This is when we don’t let fear have its way. Instead we love,” Delkeskamp told his church after sharing that his niece was also on the dance floor the night of the shooting.

Two miles south at Border-

line Bar and Grill, yellow tape blocked anyone from entering the neighborhood bar that Ian David Long, a troubled 28-yearold ex-Marine, turned into a crime scene.

Dozens of shooting survivors gathered beneath a giant oak tree.

They wore shirts paying tribute to Thousands Oaks and their favorite bar. They held hands and prayed, forming a circle led by a local pastor.

“This morning this is our church,” said Pastor Jim Crew of Atmosphere Church, who attended the memorial. “I want you to give someone next to you a hug. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know them.”

Mourners had turned one corner of the plaza into a colorful memorial. White wooden crosses formed a line honoring every victim. Among them: a sheriff ’s sergeant, a Marine, a coffee shop owner and several college students and bar employees. Each station was covered with flowers, candles and love notes: To Sgt. Ron Helus: Thank you for being a hero. You will never be forgotten.

To Kristina Morisette: I will miss you forever my beautiful girl.

To Jake Dunham: Have a few brews up there for us!

Across the city, people spent the weekend trying to help. Some hung giant American flags from the back of their trucks. Some

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People huddle together near a makeshift memorial for victims of the mass shooting at the Borderline bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. The gathering took place at the intersection of Moorpark Road and Rolling Oaks Drive, which is located near the Borderline bar.

held fundraisers and donated water bottles and coffee to evacuees and shooting survivors. Others wore shirts that said: “Care.

Serve. Love.”

A group of survivors from last year’s mass shooting at the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest music festival drove in with a trunk full of teddy bears.

“We’re here to simply give hugs and show some love,” said Terry

Domestic Violence Awareness: Indiana State takes the night back Lauren Gross Contributor Following on the heels of Domestic Violence Awareness month, “Take Back The Night” will be conducted in November on the Indiana State University campus.

The goal of Take Back The Night is to end sexual violence.

The initiative is international as colleges and organizations around the world are uniting to end sexual assault. ISU’s Take Back The Night march will be Nov. 14, from 5-7 p.m.

“Take Back The Night gives survivors the confidence to be a stronger person,” said junior Olivia Pride. “It makes people feel empowered knowing that people are supporting them through this. Also, it connects them to other survivors, instead of feeling alone.”

Sexual violence has been the topic of conversation in the #MeToo movement. The term was invented in 2006 to assist women who experienced sexual assault, but the allegations against Harvey Weinstein in 2017 popularized the movement, according

to an article from the Chicago Tribune.

“The vast majority of our sexual violence are not strangers,” said Amanda Hobson, the lead victim advocate for ISU. “They are people we know, people we love, people we trust.”

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in the United States, nearly 20 individuals are physically abused by their romantic partner every minute.

“For the most part, if you are in one of those relationships, you don’t see it as dangerous or toxic or maybe even violent. That is just your relationship. It is usually people outside of the relationship that see those things,” Hobson said.

Having a safety plan can save a person’s life, according to Hobson. The resources on campus are for students to utilize, especially in dangerous situations. These resources include, but are not limited to, the blue light phones, victim advocates and campus police.

“I would prefer it if we were in every student’s cell phone as the option, and that we were the first person that they call,” Hobson

said. “I mean I would say interestingly enough at this point still the vast majority of our cases actually come from the hospital or the police calling us that someone has requested our services.”

One of ISU’s victim advocates knows firsthand what it’s like to be a survivor of sexual abuse.

“Having had that experience and knowing the skillsets that I have, I want to help anybody that I possibly can,” said ISU victim advocate Dr. Malynnda Johnson. “And this is just one of those areas where I know what that mindset is like, and I know what it takes to come alongside someone in those situations, and if I can, I want to.”

According to ISU reports as published in the Tribune-Star, in 2017 there were 17 occurrences that dealt with domestic violence. In regard to being a victim’s advocate, Johnson has had three calls this school year.

“Anytime you are in a situation and you feel like there was something not right about the situation, it is worth speaking to someone about,” Johnson said.

Students can contact the victim’s advocate helpline at 812243-7272.

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Defense lawyers in the 9/11 case arrived at Guantánamo for a week-long pretrial hearing to find a mold infestation in their top-secret work spaces at the Pentagon’s makeshift, expeditionary war court complex. Navy health and safety inspectors were called to the scene Sunday, Veterans Day. Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker, the chief defense counsel for military commissions, declared the offices off-limits to defense teams. The offices — which have a classification of “Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information” — sit adjacent to the courtroom on an abandoned airstrip.

Baker ordered the lawyers in the national security case to leave behind their secret materials, including files meant for use at hearings starting Monday, to avoid contaminating other portions of the war court complex, called Camp Justice.

More than 100 war court participants — including the judge, defense attorneys, prosecutors, and family members of 9/11 victims — arrived on a war court shuttle Saturday afternoon from the Washington, D.C., area. Lawyers for alleged 9/11 deputy Walid bin Attash unlocked their offices inside a prefabricated trailer-style building to discover the hazardous substance. All defense teams in the prefab building have a common ventilation system.

“There is fuzzy white and gray stuff, and some of it is brown, covering everything in the office — the files, the carpet, all of the furniture and obviously on the walls. It is clearly a problem,” said Cheryl Bormann of Chicago, Bin Attash’s death-penalty

her home at any moment.

Feinstein said she felt so overwhelmed when the shooting happened. Then, within hours, like so many of her neighbors, she had to put her feelings aside and pack all her belongings.

“I’m still trying to understand what’s happened,” she said. “I just feel this sadness and devastation for people around us.”

The role of PTSD in mass shootings –– a Q&A Deborah Netburn

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defense attorney. Bin Attash, a Saudi, was captured by the CIA in 2003 and taken to Guantánamo more than three years later.

As a cultural consideration, Bormann has uniformly worn a severe black “abaya,” a cloak donned by some traditional Muslim women, whenever Bin Attash or any of the five men accused of plotting al-Qaida’s 9/11 hijackings attends court. Those attacks killed 2,976 people in New York, at the Pentagon and in a Pennsylvania field.

Saturday, she found the abayas were crusted with mold.

This weekend’s fungal discovery was the latest in a long-running history of episodic health problems at Camp Justice. In 2016, Baker banned his staff from sleeping in a trailer park at Camp Justice after formaldehyde was found in the air vents. The military now mitigates that problem with a constant stream of generator run air-conditioning, dehumidifiers and fans inside each two-troop trailer.

In 2017, some defenders filed suit against the Pentagon in federal court over Camp Justice health conditions. The complaint is still pending.

Portions of the slow-moving 9/11 pretrial hearings are shrouded in secrecy because the men were held for years in secret overseas CIA prisons, with locations and workers’ identities that are considered U.S. national security secrets. It was in those “black sites” that interrogators waterboarded some of the men and subjected many to sleep deprivation, beatings, dietary manipulation and rectal abuse before their September 2006 transfer to U.S. military custody.

Just hours after former Marine Ian David Long killed himself and 12 other people at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks Wednesday night, observers speculated that post-traumatic stress disorder played a role in the attack.

The Ventura County sheriff alluded to it. One of Long’s former roommates in Reseda mentioned it. Even the president of the United States said it.

But psychology experts say it is premature to suggest that Long suffered from PTSD — or that it could have prompted him to open fire in a bar packed with young adults.

“Unless someone comes forward and says this man was experiencing PTSD or being treated for PTSD, there is no reason to think he had PTSD,” said Lisa Jaycox, a behavioral scientist and clinical psychologist at the Rand Corp. in Washington who studies how people to react to violence.

Jaycox’s previous work has shown that even among veterans who have seen combat, fewer than 1 in 5 have PTSD. She also said violent behavior is not a common symptom of the disorder.

Jaycox spoke with the Los Angeles Times about myths and facts about PTSD. Q: Do we know for certain that the Thousand Oaks shooter had post-traumatic stress disorder?

A: No. We know he did see combat in Afghanistan, but it’s a small portion of people who develop post-traumatic stress disorder after an experience like that.

In my own work, when we looked at people who had recently been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, about 14 percent of them suffered from PTSD. It’s not the norm.

Q: Whenever a mass shooter has a military background, people are quick to blame it on PTSD. Does that make sense?

A: No. There are about 20 symptoms associated with the disorder.

One of them is anger and irritability, but that is not the predominant picture of post-traumatic stress disorder. Most people who have PTSD are not violent.

What might be more pertinent here is that military personnel who have violent outbursts may be more likely than other people to own a gun privately and to be highly trained with firearms.

Q: What exactly is post-traumatic stress disorder?

A: I think of it as a very human reaction to a traumatic event, and then an inability to recover.

In the wake of a mass shooting I’m sure everyone who was there will be thinking about it constantly in the days and weeks afterwards — dreaming about it, having difficulty focusing on work or relationships. But if those symptoms persist for more than a month, then that is classified as PTSD. Q: What are some other symptoms?

A: They cluster in four areas. Re-experiencing the trauma, so flashbacks, nightmares, recurrent thoughts. Then there is arousal, which includes irritability, difficulty concentrating and difficulty sleeping.

Another set of symptoms have to do with withdrawal and numbing — feeling disconnected from people and emotionally blunted. And finally, avoiding things that might remind you of the trauma — not wanting to talk about it and avoiding certain people and places.

Q: Do most people with PTSD develop it as a result of military service?

A: No. It’s much more common to be exposed to it through community violence, sexual violence or sexual assault.

We’ve done work in the Los Angeles County school system that shows one-third of kids who have been exposed to community violence suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Most of these kids are flying completely under the radar. It’s the seventh-grade girl sitting quietly at her desk or the eighth-grade boy playing basketball.

They are not shooting people.

Q: Are people with PTSD more likely to commit mass shootings?

A: I would say no, but I don’t think there is great data on that because these events are so rare. But again, there is not a high likelihood of being violent when you have PTSD. Q: When we think of PTSD, we mostly think about military men.

Why? A: Probably because they are more frequently depicted in the media and in movies.

Women are actually more at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder than men. Men are exposed to more accidents and injuries; they are more likely to be on the front lines of war, or be

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9/11 trial lawyers find mold in their top-secret offices: Could it snarl Gitmo hearings?

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Davis of Las Vegas.

Longtime friends Julie Feinstein and Kim Kennison, both 54, comforted each other by meeting for coffee. Both knew of families who had lost children in the shooting.

Kennison was also housing friends who had been evacuated due to the Woolsey fire. And Feinstein, who lives in Newbury Park, was prepared to evacuate

indianastatesman.com GREEN CONT FROM PAGE 1 Garno-Foote plans to apply the lessons she has learned from this talk to her future classroom.

“It’d be crazy if [teachers] didn’t think about students and their specific ways of thinking,” said Garno-Foote. “Every student is not a cookie cutter kind of student. Every student learns differently so they have different errors.

Yeah, sometimes they’re going to have common errors, but every student is going to have something they struggle with and I think as a teacher, I really need to make sure I keep that in mind and that I’m really going to implement

9/11 FROM PAGE 2 So court pleadings, evidence and some legal arguments are classified, meaning the lawyers prefab-work spaces are SCIFs, for Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities.

It was not immediately known how the new judge in the case, Marine Col. Keith Parrella, would handle of the question of what defense lawyers could do without access to classified files and other material not stashed in Top Secret

PTSD FROM PAGE 2 mugged at gunpoint. But women are more likely to develop PTSD after an interpersonal trauma.

Getting attacked by a co-worker

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Sierra Gale, a senior studying biology and science education, came to hear other people’s opinions on education.

“The most important thing I learned tonight was the importance of sharing information between teachers,” said Gale. “Its always good to learn from the mistakes of others. I think that’s why student teaching is so important to teachers too.”

The next speaker series event will take place Jan. 24, 2019, featuring the award winning American history author, Candice Millard. laptops.

Prosecutors have a similar prefabricated SCIF at the site, as does the Trial Judiciary. It was not immediately known if those buildings were also contaminated.

The setback also came as Pentagon contractors with a U.S. construction firm that rebuilt the World Trade Center are undertaking the $13 million phase of a $19 million expansion of the war court compound, called the Expeditionary Legal Complex. is a different thing than a stranger mugging you. That carries the meaning of not knowing who can you trust, whereas being attacked by a stranger is usually a one-off.

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Delta Sigma Phi participates in No Shave November Cheyenne Fauquher Reporter

For the month of November, the brothers of Delta Sigma Phi are putting up the razors and donating funds to the “No-Shave November Campaign.” They are dedicating their efforts to honor their brothers that have been affected by cancer since their founding in 1899. By raising awareness through the growth of their facial hair and donating funds for their monthly shaving costs, the men hope to bring

their generation one step closer to finding a cure.

All of the brothers of Delta Sigma Phi had a shaving day on Oct. 30 to start their journey of raising awareness for those who have been affected by all sorts of cancer. “It was really moving to see all the guys that had grown out their beards for months or possibly years shave to support the cause and raise awareness for cancer,” freshman of the brotherhood, Jace Mott, said.

Others added that this was an amazing way to connect as a fra-

ternity and to do something together for a great cause.

Delta Sigma Phi’s chapter be-

gan rechartering in the spring of 2014. Rechartering is a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges. Three years later in the fall of 2017, they began chartering again at Indiana State University. Their fraternity organizes multiple philanthropy events throughout the year and participates in community service events with their national partner, The American Red

Fashion Forward Shawnathan Brown

Reporter

we would have to create our own outfits. Ever since then, I would just go in there and see what I could get.

Shawnathan Brown is freshman majoring in communications, with a concentration in media studies and public relations here at Indiana State University. He loves to sing, take pictures, and get on social media and talk about current events. He loves to update people through his social media and share his opinion.

Q: What is your favorite fall clothing item?

A: My favorite fall clothing item is a sweater. I really hate the cold weather, but I really like to show off my outfits.

When I’m going out to eat, or going to a photoshoot, or to meet someone for my social media, I want them to see me. A lot of times when you wear a big old coat, no one is able to see your outfit. So on a good fall day if I have a nice sweater, I can complement it with a scarf or a hat. In the fall, a lot of people see me in sweaters.

Q: What do you usually look for when you go shopping for clothes?

A: I usually look for things that are different. Because I’m on social media a lot, I see the trends that everyone is going for. For instance, right now fitted jeans are something that a lot of people go for. So when I go shopping, I look for jeans that are unfitted.

It’s something that sets me apart from people, because I know you can get really caught up in what everyone else is doing and not what you really want to do.

Q: Where do you like to shop the most?

A: I like to shop at Goodwill the most, and that is surprising to a lot of people. I think it’s because of the challenge. When I go into Goodwill, I tell myself ‘what can I come out with and make into something great?’ I can go in there for hours, and I search through men’s, women’s, children’s

Q: Do you mix any colors or funky patterns in your clothing?

A: I mix everything. I’m a little crazy when it comes to colors, because I don’t really go off of what matches. It’s just what is going to get me noticed. If I want to wear orange and green then that’s going to be my aesthetic for the day.

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Shawnathan Brown poses on campus.

clothing to find something that I can make my own. Whether it’s an outfit I’m going to wear that night, or an event I’m planning for in advance.

I started shopping at Goodwill my eighth grade year when I started show choir, because in some of our shows,

Relax with La Casita Resource Center’s Sobremesa Nicole Nunez

Lauren Rader Reporter

Cross. Members also participate in brotherhood activities, Greek Week and Homecoming tournaments, and personal development opportunities. Delta Sigma Phi is always seeking quality men who are interested in bettering themselves and the community.

Any funds donated to the Delta Sigma Phi page are greatly appreciated. All funds will go towards the Prevent Cancer Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Fight Colorectal Cancer.

Q: Do you like to go thrifting?

A: Yes, I love thrifting. I go thrifting more than I go shopping. Most of my clothes have been from the thrift store, more than they come from department stores. I don’t know if it’s just because I’m lucky, but I get better clothes from Goodwill than I get from department stores.

This Thursday, Nov. 15, La Casita Resource Center will hold their Sobremesa: Spanish Conversation Time event.

The sobremesa will be held from 12-1 p.m. in the Hulman Memorial Student Union HulHHhhhfor faculty and students to come and relax, receive refreshments and engage in conversation.

The event is “built around the sobremesa idea that exists in Spanish culture,” said Adejoke Yusuf, Graduate Assistant La Casita Student Resource Center. “During sobremesa, people usually spend time with their families during their lunch break and they catch up events of the day and experiences and share their stories.”

Yusuf explained that the event is held during the lunch hour so that when people have a break from work or from class, they can come around have light refreshments and catch up with people.

“Usually the sobremesa idea in Hispanic culture is with family, but this time around it is about catching up with people and learning Spanish in whatever little form or way one can,” said Yusuf. “The idea is to come together, meet people… and have simple an everyday conversation around experiences, professional experiences, or academic experiences, and try to have a conversation in Spanish.”

The event is open to anyone, no matter one’s proficiency in Spanish. Whether one is a beginner in the language or fluent, they are welcome to attend.

“We want to make everyone feel welcome and we try to put people in a group where they feel comfortable,” said Yusuf.

One will be able to speak with people at

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Theater Dept. presents ‘Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls’ Chelsea Chapman Reporter

Last week, the Indiana State University theatre department put on “The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls” in Dreiser theatre. It was a visually appealing and humorous story of a group of girls in Russia who lead particularly strange, almost fairytale-like lives.

Myles Hesse, a senior studying English and Theatre, acted as the stage manager for this production.

“I had a really small role in a collection of Shakespeare adaptations,” said Hesse. “Since then, I’ve acted in one other show. I’ve assistant directed, I’ve directed, I’ve stage managed, and this coming spring, I’m going to be a playwright of one of our main-

stage season plays.”

Hesse was in charge of making sure that the ‘magic’ came across as intended to the audience.

“I love the family that develops and the amazing work that everyone puts forth to create theatre,” said Hesse. “My favorite part about this show was the bear. We had such a great time figuring out how to make the bear magic work and really just the magic in general of this show.

This show has windows opening of their own accord, people being cremated in ovens, potatoes flying, it’s just such a magical show and it was so great tackling those magical challenges.”

Hesse is looking forward to seeing his production on stage next semester.

“My show that I wrote, the “Lily and the Manits,” is going

to be performed next spring,” said Hesse. “We’re going to be performing The Scottish Play, [Macbeth] which I can’t say because we are in a theatre and it’s bad luck.”

Brooklynn Allen, a freshman studying theatre tech, did sound operation for the production.

“I love seeing the story come together and seeing how the audience reacts,” said Allen. “One of my favorite parts is that the soundboard was set in house so I got to see the audience react first hand. In the show, when the window closes, the projection which comes from above me, and the sound come together so the audience is like ‘What just happened?’ We all have headsets.

The stage manager, Myles, is the go person. He says the word, and all of us react.”

Kate Leverton, a junior studying theatre, played Baba Yaga, the mean old witch who had a taste for young girls.

“Figuring my character out was pretty challenging,” said Leverton. “She’s not a real human and it was a fine line between going between going into this stereotypical witchy sense that we see all over the place and actually becoming Baba Yaga and being the folklore fairytale type.

It was really challenging for me, it took a while to click and find her voice and characterization and movement.”

Those involved with the play started rehearsing the third week of September, but Baba Yaga didn’t fully come to life until later in the rehearsing process.

“I watched a lot of videos,” said Leverton. “If you search YouTube

for Baba Yaga, you’ll find so many videos and there’s so many depictions and I kind of took all of those depictions and smooshed them together. It’s kind of my interpretation of what she would sound like and what she would move like. It took a lot of playing around, I didn’t find the winces until about three weeks ago.”

Leverton loved working with everyone involved with the play and seeing it come together.

“I loved getting pushed into the fire. It’s my favorite moment of the entire show,” said Leverton. “The music is killer, it’s absolutely phenomenal. Working with these actors and crewmembers is one of the highlights of my day. They’re such a pleasure to work with and they’re so passionate about what they do. I’m really proud of this production.”

The wisdom and wisecracks of Stan Lee: What he told The Times over the years Nardine Saad

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Marvel maestro Stan Lee spent his decades-long career creating some of the most iconic comic book heroes of all time, from the Avengers to the X-Men to current box-office heavyweight Black Panther.

In the process, he helped transform Marvel Comics from a 1960s upstart to a worldwide media juggernaut that reshaped the worlds of television and cinema.

“I’ve been saying this for years: People love fantasy,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 1989.

Lee was generous with his time with fans as he rose from cult status among comic book buffs and catapulted into the

mainstream. He became a regular on the convention circuit, readily sharing tales of his youth until his death on Monday at age 95.

Lee got his start working as a comics writer in the 1940s and shepherded the rise of Marvel Comics into a powerhouse in the ‘60s alongside artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.

The affable writer had tremendous influence on the genre, adapting to the times while breathing life into relatable characters lauded for their flaws and weaknesses along with their superhuman abilities.

“When I started, I worked for a publisher (who) used to say: ‘Don’t use words of more than two syllables. Don’t worry about characterization or dialogue. Just give me pages with a lot of action.’ And I did that for years, and then I got really sick

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Stan Lee attends the world premiere of “Avengers: Infinity War” on April 23 in Los Angeles.

of it,” he told The Times in 2012.

“So I started using a college-level vocabulary. I felt the reader would look it up in a dictionary, which wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world, or get it by osmosis,”

he added. “The publisher really hated that, but it didn’t hurt the sales of the books.”

That tenacity helped him launch numerous ventures that saw him team up on projects with varied collaborators, including the Beatles’ Ringo Starr, Playboy’s Hugh Hefner and rapper RZA. In the meantime, he found his second calling as a cameo star, appearing in more than three dozen Marvel movies.

Here are a few of his memorable musings during the many interviews he gave to The Times.

Why comic books should be taken seriously: “There’s really nothing wrong with the comic book format. If Michelangelo and Shakespeare were alive today and decided

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indianastatesman.com LEE CONT. FROM PAGE 4 to do a comic strip together, who’s to say that it wouldn’t be the most worthwhile, valid, viable form of literature that you could find.”

— from “Unleashing the Beast That Makes Men Human,” 1974 On the importance of flawed, real heroes: “I thought, suppose there was a guy, Peter Parker, who’s also Spider-Man. And he can stick to walls, and spin a web, and has the strength of 12 men. We said just because he can do that doesn’t mean everything would be perfect in his life. We created the first superheroes who weren’t perfect, who worried about paying rent. It was satire — fantasy in a realistic setting.”

— from “Comics: Still a draw at middle-age,” 1984 What he got out of the convention circuit: “The people in the audience may feel they learn something from me, at least I hope they do, but I learn so much more from them,” he said. “It gives you a chance to be out there and actually talk to the people you’re trying to reach.”

— from “Marveling at the Success of the Stan Lee Style,” 1989

RELAX CONT. FROM PAGE 4 their level and will be given help if needed. You will “be around people like yourself so you don’t feel out of place and we’re going to have facilitators to help guide conversation,” said Yusuf.

It is an enlightening event to attend “if you’ve never really experienced how the Hispanic/Latino culture catches up,” said Yusuf. This event will

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On going from page to screen: “When I was in comics, I was doing all this work that excited me, but all of that time I was thinking, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if I could get involved in movies and animation?’

So now I’m here, and that’s what I’m doing. I’m one of the most fortunate people I know.”

— from “Face to face with Stan Lee,” 1998 On his target demographic: “I aimed the books at an older audience, and the kids could buy them too.

I thought comics could be literature. I get my characters to talk like people really talk, and to react to things, to have their own speech patterns.”

— from “Face to face with Stan Lee” On the importance of believing in yourself: “I’ve always been my biggest fan.”

— from “Face to face with Stan Lee” On the difference between action and violence: “I don’t like too much violence. To me there’s a great difference between an action-packed story and a violent story, and I don’t like to do things that I don’t feel I could say to any parent, honestly, ‘Your child could read that.’”

— from “The Invincible Stan Lee?,” 2000 On the common thread of his stories: “Tastes change, but certain things remain basic.

People like stories with characters that they can identify with. Even if they’re fantasy characters from another planet or dimension. People like stories that have surprises, so they don’t feel they’ve seen this 100 times before. But the surprises have to make sense. They can’t just be thrown in to fool the reader.”

— from “X-Ray Visionary: New Adventures in the Saga of Stan Lee,” 2005 On all those film cameos: “Anybody can be an actor, but it takes a certain talent to do cameos. Say, if you write this down as if I’m saying these things seriously, I’ll shoot you!”

— from “Patt Morrison Asks: Comics genius Stan Lee,” 2011 On his ‘Midas touch’: “I’ve been in this business so long dealing with fans that I can really, after launching anything, I can tell within a couple of days of receiving the fan mail and fan emails whether or not we’re on the right track.”

— from “Stan Lee’s World of Heroes unveils full lineup,” 2012

provide an outlet to gain knowledge and engage with a different culture.

This is also an opportunity for students and staff who are bilingual or are in the process of becoming bilingual to practice. This event will help expose one to the language and allow them to engage with others.

With Indiana State University’s diverse campus, it is important for both students and staff to educate

themselves and expand their worldview. “We chose this time of the semester when people are feeling the pressure of academics and work and all of that.

So it’s just an idea of getting break and just relaxing just a little bit, try to have fun by learning a new language and meet people,” said Yusuf. It is a great way to “have a relaxing lunch while at the same time expanding your experience and your cultural field.”

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I am thankful for the right to protest Rachel Modi Columnist

Less than a week until Thanksgiving break means Thanksgiving is right around the corner.

Thanksgiving has become so much more than a traditional stuffed turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. It has become a holiday any American can take a part of without having the exact same background and/or religious faith. Citizens in America today do not need to believe in a faith that represents the majority of this country to celebrate this holiday. Being a country based on immigrants, many families’ backgrounds are from another country, and may include festivals and faith-based holidays which may not be celebrated in America. Thanksgiving is one of the only holidays where faith does not need to make individuals feel excluded. Thanksgiving has turned into a secular, but also sometimes a spiritual, day to celebrate the special bonds between loving family and friends.

I am not religious. Although Thanksgiving still provides us with the time to really think deeply about what we, individually, are thankful for.

I am thankful that even in times of adversity and a certain presidential administration, we have seen an incredible rise of support groups since the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. One of the most controversial and disputed issues since the beginning times of this nation was finally achieved legally near the end of the 20th century. The 14th Amendment gave

blacks and any other individual the right to be a considered a United States citizen if they are born or naturalized there. Thus, not allowing states to deny equal rights of life, liberty, or property without a fair trial. The 15th Amendment gave the right for any citizen of the United States to vote and to not be discriminated for their race and color.

However, marginalizing blacks and different ethnicities became apparent during Reconstruction when “Jim Crow” laws refused whites and blacks the right to use certain public spaces such as bathrooms and parts of transportation. Even where Jim Crow laws were not accepted, discrimination still was obvious when attempting to attain a job, an education or more. The civil rights movement not only brought African Americans and other ethnicities equality rights, but also women.

This movement has inspired our generation to continue to fight for equality. Today, I am thankful for support groups popping up for almost every and anything you can think of – lesbian and gay rights, trans rights, women’s rights, disability rights, mental health rights, black rights, immigration rights, and more. These organizations have somewhat always been around, although because of the issues that have been arising due to authorities making decisions that would take away equality, the support and activism has skyrocketed.

Similar to simply silently protesting like Rosa Parks by not giving up her seat to a white per-

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At it’s peak, several hundred people attended the Families Belong Together rally to protest the Donald Trump administration’s immigration policies at Cannon Park in Carlsbad, Calif., on Saturday, June 30, 2018.

son, Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling for the pledge has silently has spoken volumes towards racial inequality in this nation. Another example is the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King Jr., and the “Families Belong Together” protest on immigration separation rights has brought attention to the inhumane acts committed by authorities that run this country. Similar to women fighting for years to be compared equally to men in means of jobs, life and education, women are now fighting for their right to protect their bodies and

Commentary:

We may miss Jeff Sessions Erwin Chemerinsky

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Donald Trump did something that seems impossible: He made Jeff Sessions into a sympathetic figure.

The firing of Sessions as attorney general on the day after the election made me realize how much Sessions has been integral to upholding the rule of law in the first two years of the Trump presidency. The core of the rule of law is that no one, not even the president, is above the law, and it is Sessions who, despite all of Trump’s personal attacks and insults, insured that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III could continue his investigation.

I have found much of Sessions’ conduct as attorney general to be loathsome. He initiated and defended the illegal and morally bankrupt policy of separating children from their parents at the border. He has threatened cities with loss of federal funds if they don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities, a policy that several federal courts have declared unconstitutional. Sessions has mandated that those arrested for federal crimes, including drug offenses, be charged to the maximum. He made clear that the Justice Department would no longer bring actions against police departments for having a pattern and practice of violating civil rights.

Despite all of this, Sessions has been crucial in protecting the special counsel’s work. Although Trump repeatedly has called it a “witch hunt” and a “hoax,” it is an essential investigation into crimes that go to the very heart of the integrity of our election system.

Any assertion that the investigation is a witch hunt is be-

lied by its success. So far, it has resulted in 32 indictments or guilty pleas, including guilty pleas from former top-level Trump advisors such as Michael Flynn, Rick Gates and Michael Cohen. Paul Manafort, who managed the president’s 2016 campaign, was convicted by a jury of charges that could keep him in prison for decades.

Mueller’s team, quite appropriately, has not revealed what it has learned or exactly what the lines of the investigation are.

But there remains the possibility that it may lead to evidence against Trump’s family or the president himself. It is essential that Mueller not be impeded.

Despite withering attacks by Trump, Sessions never caved to the pressure. Trump repeatedly referred to Sessions as “missing in action” and called him “Mr. Magoo,” referring to a bumbling cartoon character from decades ago. I can think of virtually no instance where a president so viciously criticized a member of his Cabinet.

Trump was most outraged at Sessions for recusing himself from overseeing Mueller’s investigation. But Sessions did exactly the right thing in removing himself.

Mueller’s brief includes looking at whether federal laws were broken in connection with Russia’s involvement in the 2016 campaign. During Sessions’ Senate confirmation process, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, a Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee, asked the attorney general designate in a questionnaire if he had “been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day.” Sessions’ answer was “no.” During the hearings, Sen. Al Franken asked

Sessions what he would do if he learned of evidence that someone affiliated with the Trump campaign had communicated with the Russian government in the course of the campaign.

Sessions replied, “I’m not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and I did not have communications with the Russians.”

It was later revealed that Sessions had at least two conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States in July and September 2016. Sessions knew he was a potential target for the investigation, and therefore he was required by ethics rules to recuse himself.

Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein replaced Sessions as the official to whom Mueller reported. Trump attacked Rosenstein for not limiting the investigation. He attacked Sessions for not controlling Rosenstein and Mueller. But Sessions never flinched, and he never backed down from his recusal. He deserves our admiration for standing up for the rule of law.

With Sessions gone, Mueller’s future is uncertain. The newly appointed Acting Atty. Gen. Matthew Whitaker has been hostile to the investigation and critical of Mueller. When Democrats take control the House of Representatives in January, they are sure to launch oversight hearings related to the musical chairs at Justice, Russian collusion and more. But members of Congress cannot bring criminal indictments, and it is easier for a president to refuse to cooperate with Congress than to resist court orders.

I never imagined I would say this, but we might come to find we miss Jeff Sessions as attorney general.

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make their own decisions that others do not and should not have a right to refuse. Lastly, similar to the gay rights movement when we finally began to decriminalize homosexuality, we have finally passed marriage equality in all 50 states.

We will continue to fight for the injustices in this country, because we are all human. We all have the right to attain the great “American Dream.” Everyone wants a better life for themselves and their family. When laws prohibit the rights of individuals, the aim for the Amer-

ican dream is demolished. I am thankful that we have a right to protest. We have a right to speak up and ensure that our voices are heard. We have a right to gain support on issues that matter to us. Whether it is allowing an individual to legally change their gender on official documents to match their internal feelings, restraining from gun violence and police brutality, racial discrimination, female rights and more, I am thankful we can take a stand on what matters to us. We need to take a leap forward, not fall down the stairs of the past.

Editorial:

California is on fire.

It won’t be the last time. Let’s get ready Editorial Board

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Editorial: California is on fire.

It won’t be the last time. Let’s get ready From the north and from the south, California is on fire.

While communities in the Midwest woke up Saturday to snow on the ground, many Californians arose to a more threatening scene: their neighborhoods blanketed in a layer of ash, and the air thick with smoke.

Even from a distance, it’s hard to fathom the terror, the damage and the loss. Families scrambling to gather their precious belongings as the flames move closer.

Displaced residents riveted to the TV, hoping for a glimpse of their neighborhood to see if their home survived. In a state accustomed to wildfire, this time Paradise literally burned to the ground, the quaint Sierra foothills town destroyed by a fast-moving fire that claimed at least nine lives and leveled some 6,700 buildings, from subdivisions to churches to fast-food restaurants — hallmarks of suburban living that once seemed insulated from the reach of wildfire.

In Los Angeles, two fires tore through the coastal hillsides, burning mansions and mobile homes and forcing 200,000 people to flee. Two people died. The entire city of Malibu was evacuated as the Woolsey fire burned toward the ocean. Zuma Beach — one of the most popular and picturesque stretches of Southern California’s coastline — became an apocalyptic scene as evacuees

rushed to the water with their horses, dogs and llamas.

No one can ignore the fact there is something more complex to the devastation we’re seeing.

Every year seems to bring bigger, more calamitous fires.

The television coverage has focused on scenes of stately homes in ashes, which are dramatic. But the fire losses are more devastating to the poor than the wealthy, because the wealthy have the means to recover.

In Thousand Oaks, still grieving from the horrific mass shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill on Wednesday night, residents fled their homes to escape the fire. What had been a reunification center set up after the shooting was quickly turned into an evacuation center. It’s almost too much to bear as one community is forced to confront two disasters.

The scope of human suffering is beyond ready comprehension.

The threat remained high Saturday, as the fires continued to burn faster than they could be contained. Fire agencies were spread thin by the demand, and after years of drought, the conditions were especially dangerous.

“Our firefighters have been facing some extreme, tough fire conditions that they said that they’ve never seen in their lives,” L.A. County Fire Chief Daryl Osby said Saturday.

Much of California’s landscape is prone to burning, an ecological reality that doesn’t make the flames rolling through beloved communities any easier to accept. Yet no one can ignore the

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indianastatesman.com FIRE CONT. FROM PAGE 6 fact there is something more complex to the devastation we’re seeing. Every year seems to bring bigger, more calamitous fires.

Contrary to President Trump’s remarkably callous tweets, “gross mismanagement” of the state’s forests is not the cause.

There are no forests in Malibu. Some of the most damaging fires in recent years have swept through grasslands and brush. The reasons for California’s growing wildfire threat are complex and the state needs a thoughtful, committed federal partner.

Climate change is amplifying natural variations in the weather. California has gone several seasons of drought. Coupled with warmer temperatures, the paucity of rainfall has dried out vegetation, cre-

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ating more fuel for fire. As the continued burning of fossil fuels adds heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere and exacerbates the effects of climate change, the state is going to see more frequent, more destructive wildfires.

California has to retrofit itself to make communities more resistant to wildfires.

Lawmakers made some progress on that front this year, dedicating $1 billion over five years to the expensive work of thinning the forests, cutting brush and setting controlled burns.

But there’s still an urgent need to make existing communities more fire safe. That means more stringent building codes to require fire-resistant materials, such as tile roofs, on homes in communities at risk of fire. It means developing robust alert systems

and having clearly defined evacuation plans.

Plus, the state needs to expand the areas designated high-risk fire zones to include suburban communities and cities that are vulnerable to these larger conflagrations. And perhaps most important, Californians have to rethink where we build. Continued sprawl into previously undeveloped areas puts life and property at risk.

For now, California is left to mourn the loss of life and the damage to property. When the last embers are out, California, again, must lead in the worldwide effort to cut greenhouse gases to slow climate change. At the same time, we have to adapt to the reality we’re already seeing and make the state more resilient for the wildfires coming next.

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Sycamores make statement in win over No. 22 Redbirds Garrett Short Reporter

The Indiana State football team put the FCS on notice Saturday with a well-rounded 28-23 win over No. 22 Illinois State. The win clinches a winning season for the Sycamores— the first since 2014.

The season got off to a bleak start for the Sycamores as they lost three straight Missouri Valley Football Conference games.

The second and third losses were each only by three points, but after a winless season in 2017, the team was thirsting for a conference win.

Since then, the team has quenched that thirst, as they have won four straight games to put themselves at 4-3 in conference play, good for third place in the MVFC. After their crucial win over Illinois State, the Sycamores are now ranked No. 24 in the AP Coaches Poll. The team was waiting to turn the corner— now they’ve not only turned it, but they’re making a sprint towards the playoffs.

“I think where we really grew, or felt like we gained confidence, was probably after the South Dakota State game,” said Head Coach Curt Mallory. “We went there, went into overtime, had a chance to win; but I really felt that was where the team really grew as a team and gained confidence.”

Illinois State edged out Indiana State in the first quarter carrying a 10-0 lead into the second quarter. That’s when the de-

fense lit the spark forcing a fumble and picking off the Redbirds on back-to-back possessions. The offense thanked them with three straight touchdowns. Titus McCoy ran in two touchdowns in the second quarter while Dante Jones II also caught one to give Indiana State the 21-10 lead at halftime.

The red-hot Sycamore offense slowed down as the defense continued to produce in the second half. Indiana State scored just once the rest of the game thanks to Dakota Caton’s 25-yard touchdown reception.

Illinois State inched back into the game but had the door slammed in their face.

With less than four minutes left, the Sycamores forced Redbird quarterback Brady Davis to throw an errant pass that was picked off by Jamal Jones.

Seniors Jones and Katrell Moss were the stars on the defensive side of the ball.

Jones and Denzel Bonner each had an interception while Bonner also tallied a forced fumble. Despite Bonner’s performance, it was Moss who took home MVFC Defensive Player of the Week honors. He amassed a game-high 13 tackles to go along with a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss.

The Sycamores have one game remaining. It is their final opportunity to boost their resume and shock the FCS by making it into the playoffs. For a team that was picked to finish last in the MVFC before the season started, the playoffs have been the goal even before the team got

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Sycamores beat rival Illinois State Redbirds 28-23 on Nov. 10.

the respect they thought they deserved.

“We’ve taken the approach that’s one game at a time, getting better from one week to the next,” said Mallory. “But I do think they’ve looked down the road and know they want to be a team that can play

Lansing ties Waltman on all-time win list David Cruz Reporter

Indiana State pulls through in the close outing between Green Bay Phoenix as they even their season record to 1-1 on the 2018 season for the boys.

Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing earned a career victory Number 134 to tie longtime Sycamore leader Royce Waltman for second on the ISU career coaching wins chart with the 78-74 victory over the Phoenix.

Junior Jordan Barnes and sophomore Tyreke Key each posted career highs in the win.

Coach Lansing earned career victory number 134, which ties his mentor Royce Waltman for second-most ever at ISU. Coach Waltman led ISU to the same amount of victories as well as a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances: the 2000 MVC Regular Season Championship and the 2001 Arch Madness Championship. Greg Lansing is in his ninth season as the head basketball coach at Indiana State. He previously spent an additional eight seasons with the program as an assistant coach, including three as associate head coach.

in the postseason. They see how close we are.”

The regular season finale for ISU is Saturday on the road against Western Illinois with a ticket to the FCS Playoffs on the line.

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Sycamore basketball took on Green Bay Phoenix.

Senior Sandy Cohen, who finished with 16 points, six assists and six rebounds, led Green Bay. The team found itself within a possession of tying the game late but the visiting Sycamores made their final seven free throws to ice the game. The Phoenix shot just 7-for-31 from the 3-point range.

For the Sycamores, it was Barnes that topped his previous career-best of 27 points with a pair of free throws with 10.1 seconds remaining in the game as he finished with 29 off the bench.

Barnes finished the game with a 13-of-14 mark at the free throw line.

Tyreke Key also set a new career-high with 22 points. Key was 9-of-12 from the charity line.

Free throws were key in this game as there was total of 55 fouls throughout the contest.

ISU was 27-of-35 from the charity stripe, for a mark of 77.1 percent.

The Sycamores also did damage on the boards, holding a 45-38 caroms edge with 11 offensive rebounds. Devin Thomas paced ISU with

Cross Country ends season on Friday Jordan Koegler Reporter

Cross-Country finished the season on a cold and rainy day, Friday Nov. 9, at the Great Lakes Regional meet.

Women’s Cross-Country for Indiana State placed 19th in the 6k race with 516 points out of 13 other teams in the region.

Taking the number one win for the women’s Cross-Country was Michigan. It was Michigan’s seventh time within the last eight years winning the meet.

Brooke Moore had top times for the day. She finished 42nd overall with a time of 21:25.50. Moore was in 46th place with a 1k left in the race, until she pushed herself and moved four spots ahead to finish the race in 42nd place.

Ali Workman finished her race on Friday in 72nd place overall with a time of 22:06.20.

Jess Conley ran third in regionals for the Sycamores and finished right outside of the top-100 in 109th place. She recorded a time of 22:35.50.

Jocelyn Quiles landed in fourth scoring a spot for the Trees with a time of 23:07.40 and finished in 142nd place.

Megan Doty concluded her final collegiate Cross-Country meet Friday.

She had a final time of 23:16.30 and finished in 151st place.

The men’s Cross-Country team placed 17th with 492 points and outran 12 regional teams, while Wisconsin took the number one spot for the men’s Cross-Country.

Akis Medrano led the Sycamores during Friday’s meet. He had an All-Region performance in the men’s 10k race. Medrano ran his strongest race at a regional meet in his career Friday. He ended the race in 14th overall, which was a personal best for him.

He marked the 15th fastest 10k time in ISU school history with a time of 31:27.40.

Cam Trout was in 32nd place through the 10k but ended up as the second runner for ISU placing 113th with a time of 33:11.50.

The last Sycamore to qualify for the NCAA Championship was John Mascari back in 2015.

The NCAA selected Medrano as one of four Great Lakes Region at-large athletes on Sunday Nov. 11. Medrano will represent ISU at the NCAA Cross-Country Championship Saturday Nov. 17.

The Championship will be held in Madison Wisconsin at the Zimmer Championship Course.

The men’s 10k race is scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. ET.

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seven rebounds. Green Bay just shot 10-16 from the free throw line.

Clayton Hughes, who scored 10 points, also had a game that included a huge second chance opportunity in the second half.

Transition was a key to victory heading into the game and ISU owned a 12-6 edge in fast break points.

ISU looks to take this momentum into the next against the McKendree Bearcats, who are currently 0-2 on their season.

The Sycamores will look to break even on the season as they seek a 2-1 positive record against 0-2 McKendree Bearcats. Not the start the Bearcats wanted to start their season as the Sycamore stay optimistic as they are currently 1-1 on the season.

The coach of the McKendree Bearcats is currently Chris Foster, he joined the McKendree University athletics staff in March 2018. He becomes the 25th head coach in McKendree men’s basketball history. Foster is familiar with McKendree after spending the last four years as the head coach of Great Lakes Valley Conference foe Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. In those four seasons, Foster guided the Bulldogs to a 20-win season each time, earning 83 victories during that span. Of those 83 wins, 48 came against GLVC opponents.

The Sycamores will have to keep an eye on Senior guard Nate Michael as in last season’s campaign he played in all 28 games with 26 starts, was second on the team in scoring at 14.4 points per game and was third in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in free throw percentage at .888.

ISU needs to be on alert for Michael’s scoring ability as he also tallied a school-record 51 points in the Bearcats’ regular-season finale against Quincy to break McKendree alumni Rich Herrin’s 62-year old mark of 47 points against Blackburn in 1955-56.

Michael also scored in double digits 20 times during the season, including four games of 20 or more points.

The Bearcats will also be looking for production from transfer student Logan Kohrmann as the junior guard has a pretty good resume from the school he played with, Kohrmann averaged 16 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game as a sophomore at Kaskaskia College. He scored at least 20 points in a game eight different times for the Blue Devils, including a season-high 35 points against Greenville College. Kohrmann is a talented player as he also was a first-team All-Conference and an All-Region honoree.

It is going to be a battle of the guards as Jordan Barnes and Tyreke Key as they both look continue their strong starts to the season. Barnes is a junior and he looks to take it to the next level this season as last season he was named to the All-MVC Second Team and the Captain of the MVC Most Improved Team.

He was also ranked third in the MVC with a 17.2 ppg average.

Key is sophomore this year and continues to improve his game as last season he was Named to the MVC All-Freshman Team. This season he is looking even more confident as he scored 16 in his first game and 22 in the next game. He looks to go off against the Bearcats.

This will be the Sycamores first home game on the 2018-2019 season as they look to start undefeated at the Hulman Center.

Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

Women’s basketball to face Saint Louis on the road Jay Adkins Reporter

On Tuesday Nov. 13, the 1-0 Indiana State University Sycamores women’s basketball team will travel to Saint Louis, Missouri to face off against the 1-0 Saint Louis University Billikens.

This season is the first for new Indiana State Head Coach Vicki Hall. Hall is an Alumni of the University of Texas, who lettered all four years in college (1988-1993), was Indiana’s 1988 miss basketball honoree, is a threetime southwest conference, Naismith national player of the year, and a world champion with the U.S. national team.

Hall previously spent six years as the assistant head coach at University of Toledo.

Hall’s main responsibilities were scheduling, player development, opponent scouting, international recruiting and academic support.

With her help, Toledo aver-

aged over 20 wins per season and participated in four postseason appearances in the Mid-American Conference.

The Indianapolis native graduated with a degree in psychology from Texas in 1993.

Hall’s strategy with the current Sycamores team seems to focus on teamwork and patience.

The Sycamores opened their season with a 62-53 win against Marshall University.

The Sycamores went on a 20-3 run in the second half to overcome a five-point halftime lead for Marshall.

Sycamores senior forward Regan Wentland and senior guard Alexis Delgado both led the team in scoring with 13 points each. Wentland also recorded a team-high 13 rebounds and her first career double-double in the game.

With the Sycamores winning their first contest of the season with a comeback, Hall and the rest of the team should have major confidence.

Even though this was her first game coaching for ISU, it looked as if she was very comfortable and confident in her staff and team.

The Saint Louis Billikens started their season off with back-to-back games, putting 70+ points in each of their contests.

Adding to that, the team’s defense really showed out as they were able to put off and hold their opponents to under a remarkable 43 points.

In order stop the Billikens, the Sycamores will need to watch closely to freshman guard Ciaja Harbison.

Harbison in both of the team’s matchups this season has put first and second most points with 16 and 17, respectively.

The Indiana State University Sycamores will compete against the Saint Louis Billikens Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

The game can be watched on television on ESPN+ and it can be heard on the radio at WIBQ 1230 AM.