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Volume 124, Issue 37

Scott College of Business ranked among top in US Calvin Hart Reporter

Indiana State University has been ranked for yet another year, receiving recognition for their Master of Business Administration program. The program made an appearance in “The Best 294 Business Schools,” after being reviewed for quality of staff and students alike.

Executive Director of Graduate Programs Jeff Harper mentioned that the program has been ranked 11 years consecutively. “(The ranking) is based on the performance of the MBA program that is offered by the Scott College of Business. We offer that along with 10 undergraduate programs while the MBA is the graduate program,” Harper said.

Harper explained the process, which calculates whether or not an institution is worthy of such a ranking. The process selects from a select field of institutions in the country.

“Preston review each year sends out a questionnaire asking about the students and the faculty performance in the class room and beyond. It asks about job placement, alumni, size of classes, quality of offerings, etc., and it assembles what it considers the best schools in the nation,”

he said.

“There are over 2500 business schools in the United States and only 400 get picked.

This is a very nave compliment to be recognized with these schools.”

Harper said that the reason for being ranked for 11 consecutively is because of the continued hard work and consistency of all those in the Scott College community.

Harper explained that the continued success stems from… “preparing our students and faculty (who) are deeply engaged with what they are doing.”

Much praise was gifted to all those who spend time and energy in the College of Business.

“The students and faculty are of course the reason for this. It can’t happen without the quality of the faculty and students,” Harper said.

It was stated that the school has been in the growth process and they hope that this recognition continues while they continue to promote growth for the future students of ISU. “This is a huge achievement considering that we are a smaller institution, and we don’t have the same level of resources compared to the other institutions,” Harper said.

Students, such as senior accounting ma-

ISU Communications and Marketing

The Scott College of Business in Federal Hall has once again been ranked as one of the best business school in the nation for their Master of Business Administration program.

jor Abby Shank, who attends classes in the so many times. It gives me another reason Scott College of Business seemed pleased to feel good about going here, and it looks to hear the news about the ranking. good to future employers,” Shank said.

“It’s awesome that they’ve been ranked

ISU Dance Marathon circles the wagon for Riley kids Tyler Davis News Editor

Shortly before Thanksgiving break began, Indiana State University’s Dance Marathon team was working to improve the lives of children at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis. Those who passed through Dede Plaza may have seen a small red wagon being pulled around the fountain by a member of the organization.

“We (did) this for nine hours and 47 minutes to recognize the 9,477 children from Vigo County that were treated at Riley Hospital last year,” Breanna Blythe, vice president of communications for State DM said. “We started at 8:30 a.m. and pulled the wagon until shortly after 6 p.m.”

The event was part of the Riley Awareness Week, a time in which State DM organizes fundraising and awareness ventures to serve the Indy hospital.

“These events serve as a reminder that there are real children on the other side of what we do that are directly impacted by the time and effort we put into fundraising for Riley.”

The inspiration for the continuous circling of the fountain by wagon came about through the activities that take place at Riley.

“They have wagons at Riley

that they pull patients around in, and it’s just kind of seen as a positive activity that keeps the kids smiling,” Blythe said. “The wagon is most prominently displayed in their logo, which shows two children riding in one, so everyone just kind of affiliates the wagon with Riley Hospital.”

Members of State DM expressed interest in incorporating the logo and did so with the intent of utilizing the fountain’s ability to draw crowds.

“With the fountain being right in the center of the campus, we figured it would be the best way to get our message across while increasing awareness,” Blythe said. “When doing something like this, people are wondering why we are walking in a circle; this is a chance for us to explain to them what we are doing and what our cause is, and hopefully that message spreads through word of mouth to others in our community.”

Rachel Morrolf, a member of State DM, described the atmosphere of Dede Plaza throughout the event.

“You don’t usually see these types of events on a college campus and so people are just naturally curious as to why they see this happening on their campus, and so that’s kind of the whole

Students seek scholarship advice Corey Hair Reporter

Tyler Davis | Indiana Statesman

Members of the Dance Marathon team circle the fountain at ISU.

goal — getting students to ask questions and show interest,” Morrolf explained. “I get puzzled looks and expressions, but mostly just students who come up and

ask questions.”

State DM hosted an event each day throughout the week, hoping to spark discussion and intrigue from the student body.

Recently, the Indiana State University career center hosted an event to help students in their search of jobs and internships throughout their college career and post college as well.

The event was held in the classroom section of the career center and the focus was finding full-time jobs or internships. The workshop went over the steps on how to search for and conduct a successful job search and how to navigate online to find ideal jobs.

The workshop covered analyzing position descriptions, evaluating employers, networking, and salary research.

“Employers are looking for communication skills both verbally and written, they want to know that you know how to communicate with people.”

Danielle Burgess, the marketing and events coordinator at Indiana State University and speaker at the event, said.

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ISU senior pursues career in comedy Claire Silcox Reporter

Ever since he was a child, Evan Davis knew he wanted to be a stand-up comedian, or a lawyer.

Either way he wanted to be up in front of people talking, which is something many people are afraid to do.

Davis, a senior at Indiana State University, is majoring in communication with a concentration in electronic media and a minor in studio art. He is also a comedian.

Comedy is something everyone enjoys and gets a lot of entertainment out of especially in today’s society. Davis has taken his love for laughing to a new level with becoming a comedian himself.

“I think in this day and age, with all the turmoil and uncertainty that is present, people need

to laugh,” Davis said.

“They need an escape from the whirlwind of life, or they need to look at life in a new way, and that’s where I come in.”

Davis knows that in today’s society, people tend to focus more on the dark, serious issues. More than ever, people need a good laugh, and that’s just what he gives them.

“Each comedian that you see is still just a person, and they have their own issues and problems,” Davis said.

“When I started comedy I was in a dark place, and it has helped me tremendously.”

Laughing is proven to help people feel better. Comedians are everyday people who have found a way to share their talent with others. Some people have their opinions on comedy styles but everyone who goes to a comedy show expects to laugh. No matter

the age or generation of the audience, comedians such as Davis can make them laugh.

“If it’s funny then it’s funny— period,” Davis said.

Davis has won three statewide comedy competitions and has opened up for some talented comedians such as Ben Kronburg, Sam Losco from “Trailer Park Boys,” Miss Pat from “Last Comic Standing” and local touring musical comedy group, Bro Slaw.

Davis also has his own shows locally and in Indy. The Verve, a bar in downtown Terre Haute, has a comedy night on Wednesdays that he often participates in.

On Dec. 22, Davis will be at Morty’s Comedy Joint in Indianapolis, for their 10 at 10 event.

He will also be at the Terre Haute Brewing Company on Jan. 13, 2017. This local show is featuring The Raven Effect, a pro wrestler and many other local comedians.

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Student Evan Davis works through his routine at a local performance.

Join us for a pre-event in the Heritage Ballroom at 3:00 PM. Pictures with Santa, refreshments, and Christmas music by the Terre Haute North Vigo High School Counterpoints will all be a part of the fun!

NEWS

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Friday, Dec. 2, 2016

Poll finds Obamacare has widespread support Noam N. Levey

Trubune Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Despite sharp partisan differences over the Affordable Care Act, Democrats and Republicans, including voters who backed President-elect Donald Trump, strongly support most of the law’s key provisions, a new national poll indicates.

And although most Trump voters still favor repealing the law, often called Obamacare, an increasing share of Americans overall opposes that approach, according to the poll, which was conducted in mid-November, following Trump’s election.

Just a quarter of Americans say they want to scrap the law, down from nearly a third in October.

By contrast, nearly half say they want the law expanded or implemented as it is. Another 17 percent say they want the law scaled back.

The new findings from the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation are the most extensive sample of public opinion about the health law since last month’s election.

And they underscore the challenge confronting the incoming Trump administration and congressional Republicans, who have pledged to roll back key parts of the 2010 health law early next year.

“While President-elect Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress work on a replacement to the Affordable Care Act, the new poll finds many of the law’s specific provisions remain popular even among Presi-

dent-elect Trump’s supporters, potentially complicating the path ahead,” the survey’s authors note.

More than 8 in 10 Americans say they like provisions in the law that eliminate out-ofpocket costs for many preventive services such as cancer screenings and that allow young adults to remain on their parents’ health plans until they are 26.

Even the law’s program for providing federal aid to states to help them expand their Medicaid programs for the poor is supported by 80 percent of Americans.

The same strong majority supports the law’s system of insurance marketplaces — such as HealthCare.gov — where people who

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Andy Jacobsohn |Dallas Morning Newss | TNS

Babak Taherzadeh is accused of harassing Judge Brandon Birmingham, who presides over the 292nd District Court, and threatening the judge’s family on social media for months, according to an arrest warrant affidavit, here detained in the Dallas County Jail on November 18, 2016.

Dallas case tests limitations on free speech Tasha Tsiaperas

The Dallas Morning News

Babak Taherzadeh is a troll.

One of his Twitter personas boasts the bio: “im smarter than u unless you are really smart.”

He claims he has a “different sense of humor.” He peppers his tweets with profanity. He plays an online character, one he says doesn’t reflect who he really is.

Taherzadeh sits in the Dallas County jail, where he has been since June, on a felony stalking charge. He is accused of using social media to harass a judge who oversaw a criminal case against him.

Before his arrest, he regularly commented online on political issues and public figures.

Taherzadeh believes he was ex-

Scams can turn holiday glee to gloom David Lazarus

Los Angeles Times

As the Black Friday shopping spree spilled over into Cyber Monday, the FBI warned consumers to watch out for “increasingly aggressive and creative scams” that will make your holidays considwerably less merry and bright.

That’s not exactly a news flash, of course. If there’s money being spent, it’s a sure thing that scammers will be hunting for a piece of the action.

But in a report titled “‘Tis the Season for Holiday Scams,” the FBI said Monday that fraudsters have grown more clever in presenting deals that look sweet but in fact will result in your losing cash or sensitive data, such as a credit card or Social Security number.

“If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is,” the bureau said.

The electronic-payments company ACI Worldwide said last week that global retailers can expect a 12 percent increase in incidents of online fraud this holiday season compared with a year ago.

It said U.S. consumers are par-

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ercising his rights to free speech and to petition the government when he posted negative comments on social media about a state district judge.

But authorities see it differently. They say Taherzadeh’s tweets threatened physical harm.

The arrest warrant affidavit says Judge Brandon Birmingham “is in fear for the life of his family and for his own” because of Taherzadeh’s messages and social media posts.

The case against Taherzadeh shows the limits of free speech.

The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, the press, the right to assemble and to petition the government, and it prevents the government from punishing people who exercise those rights.

And though hate speech is protected, there is a line when a person’s safety is threatened, legal experts say.

“It’s always been a huge tension there, the concerns about safety versus having an open dialogue and being able to criticize public officials,” said Lata Nott, executive director of the First Amendment Center.

Court records show that Taherzadeh used at least 10 Twitter accounts to stalk Birmingham and the judge’s family. Birmingham, who presides over the a District Court in Dallas County, had overseen a harassment case against Taherzadeh. The judge declined to comment.

Taherzadeh claims Birmingham mishandled the case against him and unfairly jailed him.

Records show Taherzadeh tweeted on June 8: “Wanna see me bitch slap a State District Judge? I am not one to trifle with.”

He also tweeted about Birmingham’s wife and children.

He spoke out against the Dallas Police Association and a Dallas detective.

Most of his Twitter handles have been deactivated, but at least two remain.

He shrugs off being labeled as a troll. He doesn’t think his words bullied or threatened anyone.

And, he says, most of the time he was just playing a character.

“When I was in his court, I said, ‘yes sir’ and ‘no sir,’” he says.

“The way I handled it online, that would not be the way I would handle it with him in person as Babak Taherzadeh.”

Senate staff diversity efforts turn to new Congress Bridget Bowman CQ-Roll Call

WASHINGTON — The Senate is about to become more diverse with a new crop of senators, but staffers who work behind the scenes are clamoring for more diversity in their own ranks.

For current and former staffers, the start of a new Congress is a unique moment to bring varied perspectives to Senate offices where staffers advise their bosses and play a role in shaping policy.

“This is not a Republican problem, this is not a Democratic problem,” said Don Cravins, a former Senate staffer. “This is a Senate issue.”

Cravins is a former chief of staff for Democratic Sen. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, and was the only African-American Democratic chief when he left the Senate in 2015.

Before he left, Cravins told his fellow chiefs, “I just hope that when we come back to this group in years to come, the chiefs of staff looks a lot more like the party that we represent” But not much has changed.

The only African-American chief of staff in the Senate works for South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott. Demographic information on Senate staff is also not available — no office collects the data.

In December 2015, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies issued a report on the racial breakdown of senior staffers. Of those 336 top Senate staffers, the report found 24 staffers of color. Twelve were Asian-American, seven were Latino, three were African-American and two were Native-American.

“I think what’s mind-blowing to me is that it’s 2016 and we’re talking about this,” said one senior Senate staffer. If there isn’t diversity, the staffer said, the result is legislation that doesn’t take certain communities into account.

“It’s not that anybody’s racist,” the staffer said. “It’s just that there’s a lack of experience, there’s a lack of knowledge because you don’t have that set of employees sitting at the senior table.”

Some staffers and senators are working to increase diversity within the Senate. The Senate

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Pop-up shops are now popping after decline Shan Li

Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — When Platform opened this year just outside Los Angeles, the upscale shopping center set aside four stores for a specific class of highly sought-after retailers.

Platform, which also contains restaurants and office space, wasn’t looking for a particular brand or merchant. Instead, it went hunting for retailers happy with a brief stay, some as short as three days.

“So much stuff is accessible online,” said David Fishbein, a principal at Runyon Group, the real estate firm behind Platform.

“To give people experiences and content to do in person they can’t find anywhere else is really appealing.”

Pop-up stores — once seen as only a step up from a vacant storefront — have become a key strategy for some malls.

These kinds of stores have been around for decades, sliding into empty storefronts left vacant by more desirable long-term tenants. Come October, temporary stores peddling costumes open seemingly overnight, while toy stores and Christmas tree lots spring up in November.

But in recent years, shopping centers have realized that popup stores are a way to gin up excitement among shoppers by

Wally Skalij | Los Angeles Times | TNS

Jessica Myerson works at St. Frank, a pop-up shop, on Nov. 20, 2016 in Culver City, Calif.

making under-the-radar brands accessible and bringing in startups linked to celebrities.

With online sales forecasted to grow as much as 10 percent this holiday season to $117 billion, brick-and-mortar stores are upping their game to compete.

“The idea for owners is ‘What can I do to generate traffic and buzz?’” said Mitchell Hernandez, a senior associate at real estate giant CBRE. “The mantra a few years ago was having 100 percent occupancy,” Hernandez added. Now,

some think that “a better idea is to have 90 percent occupancy and have 10 percent devoted to rotating pop-up shops.”

At Platform, Fishbein said carving out permanent space for an ever-changing roster of popups was part of the plans from the very start. With the retail industry evolving faster, he said, landlords have to more quickly adapt to changing consumer tastes.

“We want to experiment and test different ideas,” Fishbein said. “If you have everything

leased to tenants for five to 10 years, you don’t have a lot of opportunities as a landlord to create change.”

Instead of signing long leases, these brands stay for as little as a few days up to a year, Fishbein said. The current lineup includes Floral Art, a flower shop, and the Lapis Press, which sells art.

Fishbein said some brands are testing the waters before opening a permanent brick-and-mortar store, while others view popups as a marketing tool and way to broaden their exposure.

indianastatesman.com POLL FROM PAGE 2 don’t get coverage through an employer can shop for health plans.

And 80 percent of Americans favor the government subsidies provided through the law to help low- and moderate-income people buy health insurance on the marketplaces.

Congressional Republicans are working on a plan that would repeal the Medicaid expansion and the insurance subsidies for lower-income consumers.

Trump has pledged to act quickly to scrap the law. He and his congressional allies have promised to develop a replacement, but they have not indicated what that might include.

SENATE FROM PAGE 2 dates were hired, according to Maria Meier, the initiative’s director.

“We can really take pride in the work we’ve done. But I think we also recognize the limitations,” Meier said. She said that individual offices hire their own staff, so the decentralized nature makes it difficult to enforce policies.

SCHOLARSHIP FROM PAGE 1 She stressed the importance of employers needing to know that students coming out of ISU need to be well versed and function not only naturally to excel in the job market for not only themselves, but it also adds credability to the university and sets up opportunities for future students who are looking to enter the job market via in school internship or part-time job or those who are graduating in the near future and are looking to begin their careers.

“Jobs are looking for someone who is well rounded,” Burgess said.

She clarified why ISU requires its students to be so well rounded and take a certain number of

Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 • Page 3 The repeal calls have been extremely popular with Republican voters. And even now, 81 percent of people who voted for Trump hold an unfavorable view of Obamacare, according to the Kaiser poll.

Half say they want the entire law repealed.

This apparent paradox — in which Americans view the law unfavorably but overwhelmingly support most of its key provisions — has characterized opinion about Obamacare for years, said Robert Blendon, an authority on public attitudes about health care at Harvard University.

“It’s long been clear that what is driving opposition to the law

are the mandates,” he said.

The law’s requirement that Americans have health insurance or pay a tax penalty is by far the least popular part of Obamacare.

And Republicans have exploited it as a potent symbol of what they have said is Obamacare’s dangerous expansion of government. That argument has resonated powerfully with conservative voters nationwide.

Today, the insurance mandate is view favorably by just 35 percent of Americans.

But that makes it the only one of 10 provisions of the health law that does not command majority support in the Kaiser poll.

Several Republican plans to

replace the health law include an alternative mechanism to encourage healthy consumers to sign up for coverage that would penalize people who do not maintain continuous coverage.

Both conservative and liberal insurance experts say that any system that guarantees coverage to people, even if they are sick, must include some kind of penalty for not having coverage.

That insurance guarantee is a key part of the health law.

The Kaiser poll was conducted Nov. 15-21 among a nationwide sample of 1,202 adults. The margin of error for the full sample was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York plans to continue this initiative and also combine it with an ongoing effort by Democratic Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Brian Schatz of Hawaii.

Booker said they will work to expand the resume bank, bring ideas from hiring professionals, and keep the issue “on the front burner.”

“The Senate has not ever really been a leading body when it comes to diversity,” Booker said.

“And there’s a lot of inertia that you have to overcome.”

While they have discussed the effort with GOP colleagues, it will focus on Democratic offices.

“We think it should be (bipartisan),” Schatz said. “We thought it best to get our own house in order but we think eventually that this should be a U.S. Senate

priority.”

Scott, the only African-American GOP senator, said he was not aware of a bipartisan effort to diversify staff, but added that his office makes it a priority.

“If you can’t find a talented qualified person that diversifies your office, give me a call, I can help you find those people,” Scott said.

classes.

“That’s why it’s important to network,” Burgess continued.

Burgess explained in the presentation that networking in the job marketing is probably one of the biggest factors of getting a job or not getting a job. If someone doesn’t form networks it becomes extremely difficult for someone to pick up job offers or find job opportunities because of the “hidden” job market. As a lot of times in business it’s not always about what you know or who you know.

“We’re you thinking about where to go for internships, you need to go where you think would land you your next job.”

Burgess said.

Burgess stressed the importance of not always thinking

about the money aspect, but look at internships as stepping-stones for students to land their dream job.

It’s not always about the monetary value of the job because most students when looking for internships have the “I need it to be paid” type of attitude but in the long run the unpaid internship can be more beneficial than the paid one.

Burgess also stressed the importance of going to career opportunity fairs to and to not wait to look for jobs as the job search should be conducted six months before the desire of the date to have a job.

“Treat people with respect all the way from the custodian to the president as the custodian may know more about the com-

pany than the president,” Burgess said.

In the job market everyone from the top of the company to the bottom matters equally and no one should be belittled or looked at as under someone because that hurts not only a company’s credibility, but it hurts the brand of the person who does that.

ISU is preparing its students to be prepared to look for jobs and represent the university.

There are so many occasions where students graduate college and when they get out into the real world they cannot find a job and end up working somewhere under them that has nothing to do with their but ISU is putting its best foot forward to prevent its students from that fallacy.

SCAMS FROM PAGE 2 ticularly at risk following adoption of chip-based credit cards.

The more secure technology has put a dent in identity theft but is apparently prompting many cyber-thieves to switch to online rackets.

Only about half of the millions of cards in circulation now have chips instead of magnetic strips.

Mike Braatz, ACI’s chief product officer, said scammers are targeting Americans with “a seismic shift from in-store to online activity.”

“And because fraudulent activity is now considered to be an everyday occurrence, consumers and merchants must take every precaution as we head into peak holiday shopping season,” he said.

The FBI advised shoppers to think twice before being drawn into online deals that appear significantly better than anything on offer from established retailers. You know what I’m talking about: An iPhone for just $50 or a free TV just for filling out an online survey.

“Steer clear of unfamiliar sites offering items at unrealistic discounts or gift cards as an incentive to purchase a product,” the FBI said. “You may end up paying for an item, giving away personal information and then receive nothing in return except a compromised identity.”

Be particularly wary of attachments on unsolicited emails.

Clicking them open may look like you’re accessing a survey or enrollment form, but there’s an excellent chance you’re infecting your electronic device with a virus or malware.

Social-media services are particularly dangerous venues at this time of year. Your Facebook or Instagram feed can be chockablock with promotions or contests that are actually slick-looking traps.

Don’t fill out online polls or surveys. Don’t provide personal info. Walk away, quickly, from any site that instructs you to wire money or purchase a prepaid card.

For that matter, be wary of gift cards. As I recently wrote, there are all sorts of way for scammers to rip you off.

Make sure any apps downloaded from reputable sites, such as app stores run by Apple, Google or Amazon. According to the FBI, “some apps, often disguised as games and offered for free, may be designed to steal personal information from your device.”

Finally, watch out for workfrom-home offers. These are tempting for single parents or people between jobs. However, they seldom involve legitimate businesses, and they almost never represent easy money.

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Fashionable reads Curl up in style with these chic new books Sara Bauknecht

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)

Does your reading list need a makeover? Spruce it up with some of the latest books to crack open the magic and mystery of fashion through vibrant photographs and insider stories.

‘ALEXANDER MCQUEEN: UNSEEN’ It’s been six years since the untimely death of British designer Alexander McQueen, and there’s still so much the fashion world doesn’t know about the breadth and depth of his talents. His longtime photographer Robert Fairer, Vogue’s Sally Singer and McQueen expert Claire Wil-

cox fill in some of those gaps in “Alexander McQueen: Unseen” (Yale University Press, $65).

Never-before-seen photos of his designs on and off the catwalk along with essays about him offer a rare glimpse into his artistry and aura.

‘AMERICAN DREAMER: MY LIFE IN FASHION & BUSINESS’ It sometimes seems there’s nothing Tommy Hilfiger can’t do.

He’s transformed football fields into fashion shows, thrown a carnival to launch a new collection and built a brand that’s known worldwide for its preppy-cool Americana vibe. Now he’s added author to his list of accomplishments with the release of “American Dreamer: My Life in Fash-

ion & Business” ($30; Ballantine Books), which he penned with Peter Knobler. The memoir is a raw and touching account of the designer’s humble upbringing, the development of his namesake label and how he turned it into a global fashion powerhouse.

‘VERSACE’ “Versace” (Rizzoli, $95), a visual history of the renowned Italian fashion house, is sure to dress up any coffee table with its exquisite collection of exclusive contemporary and archival photos, backstage imagery and behindthe-scenes shots. In particular, the photography chronicles the brand’s evolution under the leadership of Donatella Versace, who took over as creative artistic di-

rector in 1997 and is the book’s lead author. Curator/critic Maria Luisa Frisa, W magazine editor Stefano Tonchi, Business of Fashion editor-at-large Tim Blanks and the late writer Ingrid Sischy are among the book’s other key contributors.

‘PERFUME: A CENTURY OF SCENTS’ Ever wonder how some of the beauty industry’s most beloved fragrances came to be? What about those that were once widely spritzed and then forgotten?

Lizzie Ostrom has the scoop on all things aromatic in “Perfume: A Century of Scents” (Pegasus Books, $26.95), slated to be released Dec. 6. Rich and intriguing, this book explores the rela-

Is friends-first approach key to lasting relationship?

Leslie Mann

Chicago Tribune (TNS)

Who is more likely to remain together — the couple who were friends before they became romantic or the couple who sizzled from Day One? Janet Nast, 58, and Tom Carter, 66, of Bremerton, Wash., vote “friends first.” Well before they married in 2003, they were strictly friends — as in separate booths at their favorite fast-food restaurant.

When Nast told Carter she was always there at 1 p.m., you could set your clock by his arrival, she said. “Not with tires squealing or dust-a-flying,” she said, but “cool and calm as a cowboy.”

Every weekday for two years, she with a chicken sandwich, he with an iced tea, they chatted about everything from kids to cars.

“He was married and I was going through my ‘I hate men,’ post-divorce phase, so we were just friends, and every topic was safe,” Nast said.

Convinced she would never find the man of her dreams, Nast drafted a “perfect husband list,” then shared it with Carter. He kept mum that he was divorcing. Too bad, he said years later, because the list described him to a tee, except he couldn’t dance.

It wasn’t until Nast recruited

Carter, then a telephone company lineman, to help her move one weekend that they finally shared a kiss and became “more than just friends,” she said.

Now, their marriage is built on “honesty and trust” they achieved through friendship, Nast said.

Couples like Danica Keefe, 31, and her husband, Brian, 35, on the other hand, were shot by Cupid’s arrow on Day One, then built friendship from there.

Sure, she admired his athletic skills the first time she saw Brian playing in an Ultimate Frisbee tournament, Keefe recalled. But she also was smitten by his stride with confidence. She didn’t meet him until a year later, in 2007, at a Frisbee party. “Afterward, we went to his house and made out — a lot,” she said.

After driving back and forth from her campus to his house, until she graduated from college, she knew she would spend her life with him, Keefe said.

They married in 2010, had a son and settled in South Bend, Ind. “Whether it’s trying for a new job or training for a competition, we support each other,” Keefe said.

“I couldn’t be with a man who doesn’t do that.”

Now, the sparks are still there, but there are days when their 3-year-old drains them of energy, Keefe said. Then, she said, the friendship part of the marriage

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

John Legend knows there are two ways people think about him.

To many, he’s the smooth-talking pop star famous for his big voice and polished love songs, the dapper family man who peppers Instagram with photos of his wife, model Chrissy Teigen, and their 7-month-old daughter.

“And then there’s the guy out here talking about mass incarceration on ‘Bill Maher,’” he said recently with a laugh.

These differing John Legends have tended not to show up in the same place at the same time. You certainly got little sense of the fight for social justice from “All of Me,” the syrupy piano ballad that became Legend’s biggest hit when it went to No.1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 2014.

Nor were you glimpsing a harmless heartthrob when he appeared on Maher’s HBO talk show days after the presidential election and said of Donald Trump, “We have a racist running the country.”

Gears of War 4: redefining third person shooters Anthony Goelz Reporter

Kanye West, realize he’s touched on politics before. In 2010, he teamed with the Roots for a collaborative disc, “Wake Up!,” on which they covered protest songs from the ‘60s and ‘70s.

And he and rapper Common won an

Originally created by Cliff Bleszinski and Epic Games in 2006, “Gears of War” redefined the third-person shooter genre.

Now, 10 years later, Rod Fergusson and The Coalition have tried their hand at the latest instalment in the franchise with “Gears of War 4.”

“Gears of War 4” takes place 25 years after the events of “Gears of War 3.” Players now get to play as James “J.D.” Fenix, the son of the original trilogy’s protagonist Marcus Fenix.

The game picks up after J.D and his best friend Del have deserted the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) military and have joined up with a group of people who disagree with COG policies and have formed their own society called Outsiders.

The world is in a state of chaos.

The COG have instituted a martial law policy that leads to them keeping their citizens in walled cities, by force if they have to.

This and the use of mechanical soldiers is what led J.D. and Del to leaving the COG. Tensions continue to rise as the COG believes that Outsiders are behind the abduction of COG citizens.

After an attack on the Outsiders’ settlement by new enemy the Swarm, an evolved form of the Locust, J.D. and his friends Del and Kait must set off to rescue the Outsider leader and Kait’s mother Reyna.

J.D. and company end up teaming up with the former member of Delta squad Marcus Fenix, Damon Baird and Augustus Cole to fight the Swarm and rescue Kait’s mother.

“Gears of War 4” keeps up the brutality and gore of the original trilogy in amazing fashion while also delivering a more emotional and character-based narrative.

The original “Gears” games were eventually able to deliver this emotional narrative, but “Gears of War 4” does it right off the bat without sacrificing the gameplay that made this series so popular.

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Some couples find being friends first strengthens their relationship.

rules. “You have to be nurturing,” she said. “You’re tired, too, but you have to just try.”

In the end, “it’s not so much which comes first — love/lust or friendship/trust — as long as you have both,” said Lonnie Barbach, a San Francisco clinical psychologist and content director for relationship game app Happy Couple.

Before you rush to the altar, “take your time to get to know each other,” Barbach said. “After about nine months, you’ve talked about the big things like values and you’ve seen the little things that annoy your partner. You wouldn’t

believe how many people bring up that toilet paper thing, for example — one person hangs it ‘over’ and one hangs it ‘under.’”

Listen to what your close friends say about your new love, said Kelly Roberts, marriage and family therapist and assistant professor of educational psychology at the University of North Texas.

“They’re risking their friendship with you by telling you if they don’t like him,” she said.

Know your partner long enough to see her through some tough times, Roberts added.

John Legend fuses his political and personal sides in new album ‘Darkness and Light’ Mikael Wood

tionship between scents of the 20th century and their ties to politics, gender dynamics, fashion trends and the technologies of their time.

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Yet the singer’s two sides begin to come together on his tellingly titled new album, “Darkness and Light.” Due Friday, it takes up some of Legend’s familiar themes but puts them in the context of what he referred to as America’s “political unrest.” The album also retools his sound, moving away from the slick pop-soul arrangements for which he’s known toward a moodier, more organic vibe he developed with producer Blake Mills and a diverse cast of top-flight musicians.

“They say, ‘Sing what you know’/ But I’ve sung what they want,” Legend declares to open the 12-song set. “Some folks do what they’re told/ But, baby, this time I won’t.”

Sitting in a small green room before an invite-only performance recently at a Los Angeles art gallery, the 37-year-old born John Stephens said his goal with the album was “just to be honest and talk about the things I’ve been thinking about.”

“If you follow me on Twitter, you know I have a point of view,” he added. “I want to do the same with my art. I want to contribute to the conversation.”

Longtime fans of Legend, who got his start as a sideman to the likes of Lauryn Hill and

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World Food Fest encourages students to try something new Adrienne Morris Reporter

The World Food Festival event was held on Nov. 30 at the United Campus Ministries. The event consisted of food from different countries and cultures.

It was open to all Indiana State University students and made it possible for students, faculty and staff to try different foods and learn about the various cultures and countries’ food customs.

The festival has occurred for two consecutive years and has increased in numbers throughout that time.

The event was hosted by the organization Linking Language Learners.

“Linking Language Leaners is an organization where we try to link different cultures and

backgrounds through weekly meetings. We play mini games, and we learn a little bit about each other’s cultures,” President of Linking Language Learners Rayshawn Bradshaw said.

The World Food Festival offered food from different countries such as India, Japan, Ukraine, Nigeria, and many more.

“The purpose of this event was to have people try something different. It’s kind of hard to get people out of their comfort zone, especially if they have to spend money for it. We thought that this event would be a nice idea for people to try something different, and plus they get to learn something different from other cultures through their food,” Bradshaw said.

People at the event were able to eat foods that they may have

LEGEND FROM PAGE 4 Academy Award last year for “Glory,” their anthem about the civil rights movement from Ava DuVernay’s film “Selma.”

But “Darkness and Light” represents Legend’s first time integrating his social and cultural views into the kind of personal stories favored in pop and R&B. In “Penthouse Floor,” he describes how wealth can dull one’s sensitivity to others’ hardship — and does so with clear knowledge of life at the top. “Right by You” imagines what the world might look like once his daughter has grown up.

It’s not that Legend didn’t want to try this earlier. “But the things I think about when it comes to policy, they don’t sound good in a song,” he said. “It was a struggle to figure out how to do it without seeming corny or pedantic.”

He also worried about merely echoing the work of others, such as Marvin Gaye, whose landmark “What’s Going On” from 1971 is “the perfect album that was sensual but also political at the same time,” Legend said.

“Where do you go from there?”

One path opened up thanks to “Between the World and Me,” writer Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2015 book about the state of race in America. Mills said he and Legend were drawn to the way Coates “doesn’t purport to have all the answers” to the problems he lays out, which inspired them to write about those issues in an “emotional” way.

As an example, Legend pointed to the album’s closer, “Marching Into the Dark.”

It’s about “the idea of struggle and the idea of putting your life on the line for an important cause,” as Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr. had, he said. “The

never tried if they had not come to the World Food Festival.

“The purpose of me coming to this event is for me to discover the new flavors of different food from people from different cultures,” ISU freshman Jakeish Garrett said.

The event was able to treat people to different food, but it also allowed people to experience different cultures other than their own.

“I think it is important for students to come to events like this because they can expand their knowledge on food and to try different things. It also makes you more familiar with other cultures besides your own,” ISU freshman Janelle Alexis said.

People often do not experience a lot of new things outside of their own cultures. The World Food Festival gave people the

metaphor we use is that they’re chasing a fading star into the dark. They’re struggling for an end they may never see.”

Legend said he was familiar with that uncertainty. “Everything I talk about — improving our schools, prison reform, making sure everyone has an equal opportunity — I don’t know if we’ll ever get there,” he said. “Frankly, I’m pessimistic.

But I’m optimistic enough to know that even the little wins count. So the struggle is worth it.”

Along with its powerful lyric — “What good is a dream when the dreamer dies?”

Legend sings — “Marching Into the Dark” shows off the album’s distinctive sound, with Mills’ nimble guitar playing over a lurching funk groove.

Other standouts include “Surefire,” with eerie strings, and the title track, a scratchy soul-rock duet with Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes.

Legend sought out Mills after being impressed by the Shakes’ Grammy-nominated “Sound & Color,” which Mills produced. And as he did on that album, Mills emphasized live musicianship, in this case building a studio band around what he deemed the best rhythm section in the world: bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Chris Dave.

The colorful but uncluttered arrangements — which also feature organist Larry Goldings and saxophonist Kamasi Washington, among other players — pushed Legend to explore new wrinkles in his voice, according to Mills.

“We wanted some grit to come through,” the producer said, “instead of just hearing the top part of his voice that’s carrying the melody.”

option to immerse themselves in one of the things that everyone has in common: food.

“I think it’s important so that ISU students can see more than just their culture and their race.

If you were African-American you can go and taste Nigerian food, or Mexican food, and maybe even Chinese,” Garrett said.

People who attended the World Food Festival came from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities and races.

The event brought many people together and allowed them to bond over food and the similarities and differences of each culture.

“It’s a way of bringing people together. We all celebrate big holidays because there is nothing that brings the family together like sitting down and eating.

Everybody likes to eat and ev-

GEARS FROM PAGE 4 There are pacing issues scattered throughout. There are points in the game that grinds the story to a halt and becomes redundant.

On the violence side there are only two words that need to be said— chainsaw bayonet. It is still one of the best things in gaming to watch the characters charge an enemy and cut them in half with the chainsaw and watch the blood and gore fly.

This game does not change much of the core gameplay. Shooting and cover mechanics remain the same. As the old saying goes “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.”

The Coalition did add a combat knife to the arsenal of the players. These knives can be used to save ammunition and perform brutal takedowns.

There is also an addition of weather called windflares. When a windflare hits, the player’s vision is reduced, grenades are blown off course and debris can kill enemies and allies alike.

eryone likes to eat good food, so why not do this,” Bradshaw said.

The event was sponsored by the Center for Global Engagement, encouraging the enhancement and global learning of ISU students.

The two organizations, Linking Language Learners and the Center for Global Engagement, help people become aware of things outside of their normal routines and allows them to learn more about different cultures and backgrounds.

“We try our best to better our club and if anyone has an opinion we are open. If you want to come, you are more than welcome to,” Bradshaw said.

Linking Language Learners meet on Tuesdays on the seventh floor of the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

This is somewhat similar to razorhail in “Gears of War 2,” but windflares are present throughout “Gears of War 4” almost to the point of overuse.

Multiplayer is enjoyable, but uninventive. Players go through a simple progression system by simply playing multiplayer.

Win or lose the player gains experience based on their stats from the match and completing side challenges called “bounties.” As with many games’ multiplayer, certain weapons reign supreme.

In “Gears of War 4” that weapon is the Gnasher shotgun. While other weapons are effective, the Gnasher has decent range and deals decent amounts of damage even at longer ranges. Popular game modes such as king of the hill and team death match make a return.

The overall experience if “Gears of War 4” lives up to its predecessors. As with any game there are minor flaws, but none that severely detract from the game as a whole. “Gears of War 4” is easily one of the top games in 2016.

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Trump Twitter troubles: flag burning is free speech

Joe Lippard

Assistant Opinions Editor

When it comes to things that are generally loved in this country, few are as loved and revered as the American flag. We have a big law about what you can and can’t do with it, called the United States Flag Code (although the Flag Code isn’t really enforced).

In elementary and high school, many students pledged allegiance to the flag. A lot of people love the American flag so much that they would literally kill for it.

That’s why when President-elect Donald Trump tweets that flag burning should be illegal, it should all be fine and everyone should all be friends, right?

At almost 7 a.m. on Nov. 29, Trump tweeted “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag — if they do, there must be consequences — perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!”

The problem here is that it’s actually completely legal to burn the American flag.

The Supreme Court has found, twice, that burning the American flag is a constitutional right protected by the First Amendment. In 1984, a Texas man named Gregory Johnson participated in a protest against incumbent president Ronald Reagan.

During the protest, Johnson got hold of a stolen American flag, which he then poured kerosene on and burned.

In 1984, however, burning the American flag was illegal in Texas. Johnson was arrested and tried with “desecration of a venerated object,” of which he was found guilty. He appealed the guilty verdict in courts until the case reached the Supreme Court in 1989.

The Supreme Court found that flag burning is a form of protected speech. In its majority opinion, the Court noted that it had a history of recognizing actions as a form of “speech,” such as flying a red flag (Stromberg v. California).

In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Johnson v.

Texas, Congress passed the Flag Protection Act of 1989. The Act

prescribed either a fine or a year in jail for anyone who knowingly desecrated an American flag.

This law didn’t last long, however. In United States v. Eichman, the Supreme Court found again that burning the American flag was constitutionally protected speech. The Supreme Court’s website notes that “any suggestion that the Government’s interest in suppressing speech becomes more weighty as popular opposition to that speech grows is foreign to the First Amendment.” Basically, the Court found that the “Government’s interest” in suppressing free speech did not outweigh the citizens’ right to free speech, which included flag burning. The Flag Protection Act was declared unconstitutional in 1990.

It’s important to note that I do not condone flag burning. I think it’s incredibly disrespectful to burn any country’s flag, let alone the country you live in; however, it is completely legal, and threatening loss of citizenship over someone exercising their First Amendment rights is appalling to me.

Imagine for a second if Hillary Clinton were president. One day, hypothetically, Clinton tweets that anyone who is found with a gun on them should be thrown in jail or lose their citizenship, just for owning a gun. Everyone would lose their minds. What Trump is suggesting is legitimately taking away our First Amendment rights.

Trump’s transition team seems to be reticent to discuss his flag burning Tweet. In an interview with Chris Cuomo, Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller ducked the issue multiple times. Cuomo kept trying to talk about Trump’s Tweet, but Miller seemed more content to talk about Trump’s transition, even though this is kind of exactly what he’s supposed to be addressing.

Eventually, after being pressed

by Cuomo multiple times, Miller finally relented a little bit. “Flag burning should be illegal,” Miller said. “The President-elect is a very strong supporter of the First Amendment, but there’s a big difference between that and burning the American flag.”

But there’s not a difference between First Amendment free speech and burning the American flag; burning the flag is legally protected speech. Whether anyone likes it or not, the First

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Bystanders should take responsibility for their inaction, stand up for their beliefs

Casey Ewart Columnist

Everyone learns about the Holocaust whether that is by watching movies, listening to survivors speak, going to a museum or learning about it in school. It is easy to think it happened so long ago, but the reality is far from it.

People are still being brought to trial about their participation in the Holocaust.

Oskar Groening is now in his 90s and took his appeal for being an accessory to murder. He claims that because he did not do the actual killing he did not commit any crimes. However, the judge upheld the ruling.

Groening knew what was happening, and he did nothing to stop it.

People need to realize that if someone knows what is going on, especially if someone else

is in danger, the witness or observer needs to stand up and speak up. It is so simple and yet people are more scared of what will happen to themselves rather than what will happen to the ones who fall victim.

In Indiana, there is a law that if someone suspects child abuse they are required to report it. As a society, we are broken if we do not stick together. We should not need a law telling us to turn in child abuse because if we think or know something is happening; we should want to speak up and care for what happens to one another. If we do not, we are responsible for what happens to that child.

If one can get a Class B misdemeanor for not reporting child abuse, it is reasonable for Groening to keep his sentence because he did not attempt to do anything to stop the mass murders of the Holocaust.

In school, we are taught that there is a fight or flight instinct when it comes to conflict. However, that is mainly conflict when it personally involves us. We are not taught what happens when the conflict does not directly involve us.

Bullying may not directly in-

volve us as the bully or victim.

However, we are just as much the bully as the person acting if we do nothing to stop it. One can claim that they enacted free speech. If our “free speech” can lead to someone committing suicide or hurt others in ways that we cannot imagine, our speech came with a deadly cost.

It is time people start claiming responsibility for what they say, see, hear and do.

For the ones who claim that “it is not their business” need to make it their business because they could save a life. They could prevent a trauma from growing bigger.

If everyone chose not to report anything, this country would not be able to function. Bills are made and passed because of what people observe. Laws are placed because of actions that have been observed.

America is supposed to be the land of the free. However, we are weighed down by how our society acts or does not report acts.

We need to stick together.

More importantly we need to stand by and stand up for one another. Stand up, speak up, and be free.

Could change in U.S. president equal change in the Syrian war?

Steve Wininger Columnist

The Arab Spring entered Syria in March 2011 but unlike Tunisia and Egypt it has not been resolved.

The situation in Syria seems to get more complex as the war drags on. What began as an uprising between the Syrian people and the Bashar al-Assad regime has turned into a complicated mixture of regional and global players with varying agendas.

The current U.S. policy is fo-

cused on overthrowing the current Syrian government. Prior to ISIS declaring their caliphate in the northern part of Syria, the conflict was mostly a civil war with a few outside forces trying to influence the outcome.

The United States did not have a presence in Syria until ISIS had taken over a large part of the north where the Syrian Kurds were barely hanging on in the town of Kobane. It is then that the Obama administration committed U.S. war planes to helping the Kurds push back ISIS. Since that time, Russia as well as Iran now have a presence in Syria. The U.S. now has a small number, around three-hundred, special operations troops on the ground in Syria.

The Obama administration has tried to avoid putting any

ground forces in Syria. Many have criticized the administration for the rapid rise of ISIS and not being able to stop them.

There are many variables involved now in the Syrian conflict, and some would argue that the current administration has allowed it to get to this point because of weak leadership.

During his campaign for president Trump emphasized the need for strategy change in the war against ISIS. One of the things Trump has been saying consistently is the need to better support the Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq. He has said they are the only formidable force who are fighting and defeating ISIS when they confront them. He argues that better supporting them will help win the war against ISIS.

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In an interview this past Friday in the Wall Street Journal, Trump said his view of the conflict in Syria has been opposite of what most people think.

Trump uses the current U.S. policy as an example of how confusing the situation is.

Rudaw, a Kurdish newspaper in Erbil Iraq, said that the Trump policy would shift from current policy of supporting opposition (overthrow Assad) to one of fighting ISIS. A few days after the election, the New York Times reported that president-elect Trump wanted to stop supporting Syrian rebels trying to overthrow the Assad government in favor of concentrating on ISIS. Even if Trump changes policy towards fighting ISIS and abandoning the fight to overthrow

the Assad regime, Turkey has most recently stepped in claiming they will overturn the al-Assad regime. A report this past week in Hurriyet Daily News, said Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was quoted as saying, “We entered there to end the rule of the tyrant al-Assad who terrorizes with state terror.”

Two days later Erdogan backtracked by when he responded to Russia’s demands for clarification on his statements.

Erdogan said Euphrates Shield Operation, which was launched in August, was to target terrorists only and not any country or person, as his previous statements had implied.

The Kurds in Northern Syria are the best force in the fight against ISIS. They are not in-

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SYRIA FROM PAGE 6 volved in the U.S. backed plot to overthrow the Assad regime.

Erdoagn considers the Kurdish fighters, YPG/YPJ, as terrorists even though the U.S. and Europe do not. Many times Erdogan has turned his attention in Syria towards the Kurdish while ignoring ISIS. Russia and other states have accused

Turkey of helping ISIS and many suspect that Turkey is in Syria to solve its Kurdish paranoia more than fighting ISIS. Trump wants to give support to the Kurds, but in the past Kurdish support has caused friction between the U.S. and Turkey.

Trump will have to figure out how to change policy towards Turkey if he wants

to continue supporting the Kurds in Syria.

It is difficult to know exactly how Trump will handle the situation with ISIS because he never gave no clear indication of what that plan would be.

Giving up fighting the Assad regime will help the United States to focus more on ISIS in Syria, but the challenge for Trump will be how to balance the Kurds

and Turkey.

With any policy change there are a change in the dynamics of the conflict.

What remains to be seen is what changes are made, and their ultimate impact on the conflict in Syria, the Middle East as a whole, and how it affects foreign policy in the rest of the world.

TWITTER FROM PAGE 6 Amendment doesn’t change to fit popular demand.

Again, I don’t support burning the American flag. It’s incredibly rude and disrespectful, and you’ll probably get into a fight with someone if you do it; however, you cannot be thrown in jail or lose your citizenship for exercising your constitutional rights. The fact that our president thinks that our Constitution should be changed to take rights away from citizens is simply not okay with me.

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Basketball splits Wednesday night doubleheader Rob Lafary Reporter

Indiana State women’s basketball struggled in the opening matchup, but the men picked up the slack in the nightcap as the two teams split a Wednesday night doubleheader at Hulman Center.

The women’s side of the evening saw Indiana State fall to IUPUI 4535 where both teams played sub-par basketball on the night.

For most of the evening, the two played equally, both on the floor and on the stat sheet, as the contest was a back-and-forth affair for the first two quarters.

Despite a handful of Indiana State leads, IUPUI led 9-7 at the end of the first before holding on for a 1716 advantage at halftime.

The third quarter proved to be the difference maker as IUPUI pulled away long enough to grab the lead for good. With Indiana State’s offense as cold as the weather outside, the Jaguars own icy offense thawed long enough to outscore the Sycamores in the period 15-5 to take a 32-21 advantage. ISU pulled together to put up 14 points in the final stanza but did not recover, eventually falling by 10 as the Jags kept pace with 13 points.

“I’m disappointed at a missed opportunity for us,” Indiana State head coach Joey Wells said following the game. “It was an opportunity for us to win some fans over that normally don’t come and watch us. The good thing is it is still early in the season, and we’ve still got a lot to play for.”

IUPUI shot worse than the Sycamores, but Indiana State’s woes hurt worse. ISU shot just 14-of-45 from the field for about 31 percent but the home team was doomed by a 4-of15 performance from the free throw line.

The Jags shot 14-of-20 from the charity stripe, a big difference in the offensive output that could have ultimately changed a few things on the scoreboard.

“It hasn’t been our Achilles heel per say because it hasn’t cost us a game yet … but it will in conference play,” Wells said of the free throws.

“I would have never thought we would have shot 4-of-15. It’s a killer. It’s like a turnover. Missed free throws just puts you to a stop. Those are supposed to help you get out of a shooting slump.”

Ashley Taia and Wendi Bibbins shared team-high scoring honors with eight points each. Bibbins grabbed seven rebounds while Bibbins had six on the night.

IUPUI was led by Mikale Rogers with 15 points and Sydney Hall followed with 10.

The men’s game saw Indiana State avenge a season-opening loss to Northern Illinois with a defen-

sive-minded 63-52 win over the Huskies.

After falling to NIU 80-78 in overtime just three weeks ago, the Sycamores made a triumphant return to Terre Haute following a three-game setback in the Advocare Invitational and tamed the Huskies for much of the contest.

Even despite a first half deficit, trailing 26-24, Indiana State used its defense to control the game and the offense followed with timely possessions despite some patches of poor shooting in the first half.

Northern Illinois coughed up the ball 21 times throughout the night and ISU’s offense shot a blistering 57 percent from the field in the final 20 minutes to grab the lead for good.

It was just the second time this season that the Sycamores were able to play a game that didn’t come down to the wire and the first time in two weeks that a game didn’t come down to the final possession.

“Our guys tonight I thought did a really good job,” Indiana State men’s head coach Greg Lansing said. “We were just locked in a little more on the defensive end. For the most part I thought our defense was pretty darn good. Really, really pleased with the win and really, really pleased with the effort.”

Brenton Scott scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half to pace Indiana State early but a pair of seniors stepped up in a huge way in the second half to put the Sycamores in the driver’s seat.

T.J. Bell, who has been a force to be reckoned with since being inserted into the starting lineup at the center position last week in Orlando, continued his dominance by leading all scorers with 17 points, 14 of which came in the second half.

Point guard Everett Clemons guided the Sycamores from the point guard spot en route to 12 points, six rebounds and four assists.

“I don’t really get too high and don’t really get too low,” Bell said of his confidence in the past week. “It was refreshing not to really have to worry about the game in the end.

We kept the lead and kept competing.”

NIU was led in scoring by Indianapolis product Justin Thomas and his 14 points. Husky big man and leading scorer Marin Maric was limited to just two made free throws and was 0-for-6 from the field, a major testament to the ISU defense.

Both Sycamore ball clubs are back on the road this weekend. The women’s team, now 3-4 on the season, visits Miami (Ohio) tomorrow afternoon at 2:00.

The men’s team, also 3-4, is in action tonight for the Missouri Valley/ Mountain West Challenge, paying a visit to formidable mid-major foe Justin Kidwell | Indiana Statesman Utah State. Tipoff is slated for 9 p.m. Both men’s and women’s basketball played in Hulman Center Wednesday night in a doubleheader.

Indiana State Athletics enters new partnership with SIDEARM sports The Indiana State Athletic Department, in conjunction with SIDEARM Sports, launched a new partnership Thursday, unveiling a reconstructed GoSycamores.com, the official ISU Athletics website.

The revamped site features a look that allows fans to navigate quicker and find the information they need at their fingertips, whether on desktop or mobile device, as GoSycamores.com will operate in a responsive web environment. The new partnership also puts more emphasis on the social media aspect of Indiana State Athletics, integrating features from ISU’s official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts directly into each sport’s homepage with an interactive “media wall.” Videos and photo galleries are also featured more prominently in the new-look site and statistics buffs will find a more robust display of career, season and individual statistics

displays moving forward.

“Our athletics communications staff, along with our Sycamore Athletics Administrative Team, have worked hand-inhand with the wonderful staff at SIDEARM Sports, for several months to make the transition of GoSycamores.com to the SIDEARM Sports family,” said Ace Hunt, Director of Media Relations. “SIDEARM Sports has quickly become a national leader in collegiate athletics for their outstanding web design and hosting capabilities. Our fans can look forward to enhanced content and a more user friendly experience when visiting the official athletic home of Sycamore Athletics, GoSycamores.com.”

SIDEARM Sports is the web provider for over 900 college athletics programs, including several other Missouri Valley Conference schools.

Story by Sidearm Sports.

Women look to rebound against Miami, Ohio The Sycamore women’s basketball team is at a breaking point in the season. The team is sitting at 3-4 on the year, slightly under the .500 mark.

They are coming off a disappointing loss to the IUPUI Jaguars Wednesday night, but are looking to rebound against a stout Miami (OH) team. The Redhawks are 2-4 this season; however, they have demonstrated the ability to stay close to opponents throughout the duration of games.

They began the year with back-to-back wins before losing four straight games. This included a loss to Cincinnati by merely six points. The Redhawks have found struggles on the offensive side of the ball, giving up 82 turnovers through their first six games of the season.

The team has also been unable to get the ball up-court and score efficiently, shooting merely .329 from the field. Offensive woes have been the case in all the team’s four losses this year, being

outscored through every quarter of play through that time.

Despite all this, the team has seen light in their youth, boasting a returning roster with no seniors. As a result, the team has looked for leaders elsewhere, finding them in true freshman Lauren Dickerson and junior Kayla Brown. Both have been the leaders in points, field goals from the field and three-point range, assists and steals, respectively.

Dickerson has been the surprise for this team, stepping into such a strong role as a true freshman. The team has shown positive strides on the defensive side of the ball, with redshirt junior Megan Galloway leading the way. She leads the team in rebounds and is second on the team in blocks throughout the 2016 campaign.

Galloway is returning off a successful 2015 season, but is looking to continue her run as the defensive leader for the Redhawks. One of the keys for

the Sycamore women will be shutting down Dickerson and Brown, the Redhawks’ two offensive stars.

They will also have to attack the paint and score inside, allowing the perimeter and longrange shot to open up for threepoint leaders Ashley Taia and Tierra Webb.

Senior leader Rhagen Smith will also be looked to as a rally figure and standout for the Sycamores offensively and defensively. Finally, the Sycamores will need to stay consistent in scoring, as the Redhawks have shown to be inconsistent throughout the second half of regulation play.

The team will have a challenge on their hands, but should have no real trouble plucking a win from the talons of the Redhawks.

Tip-off is set for 2:00 p.m. Saturday in Miami, Ohio and will air on ESPN 3.

Story by ISU Athletic Media Relations.