August 28, 2015

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Indiana State’s enrollment reaches all-time high Morgan Gallas Reporter

Enrollment for Indiana State University has reached an all-time high of 13,584 students, surpassing the previous record of 13,533 set in 1970 John Beacon, the Senior Vice President for enrollment management, marketing, and communications for ISU, gave many figures on how this class differs from last year.

“By the time we concluded eighteen new student orientation sessions in June, more than 2,718 students had participated, compared to 2,605 by the same date last year,” Beacon said.

The freshman class is 2,784 students strong. This class holds the record for largest class at Indiana State.

“This will be the sixth consecutive year of record size freshman class in the 149th year history of the university,” Beacon said.

Schools across the country and around the world want to see their student enrollment increase annually in order to compete with similar schools.

Indiana State has been working for years to increase their enrollment.

“The reason for our continual growth is an aggressive market plan and atten-

tion to customer service,” Beacon said.

“We know if we can attract families to visit campus, we will yield a very large percent of them in the fall.”

As much as students loathe the construction on campus, having up to date technology and buildings on campus

help to increase enrollment.

“This is a very welcoming campus with beautiful buildings and landscaping, so it is easy to promote,” Beacon said. “We are also an attractive size university with nearly 13,000 students.”

Accommodating for such a large class

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This graph details the growth in student enrollment from 2007 to the present, also showing ISU’s previous record of 13.533, set in 1970. This fall marks a new recordbreaking enrollment of 13,584, officials announced Thursday.

is one factor of student enrollment the university is constantly looking at.

“A group of administrators meet regularly throughout the year in what is called a Forecasting Committee, where we look at data and predict future growth and what are the needs of students who choose ISU,” Beacon said.

The group tries to configure the best combination of what current students say they need and what new students may need.

“We add course sections where necessary to ensure students have the courses they need to stay on track and graduate in four years, and we have sufficient, modern housing to accommodate those who want to live on campus,” Beacon said.

The incoming freshman class may be a fraction of what other Indiana colleges are bringing in, but ISU could not be prouder of their record accomplishment.

“Recruiting is a team effort,” Beacon said. “It takes everyone on campus working together and understanding the importance of good service to students.

This is a competitive business, and if we aren’t always striving to be at the top of our game, our enrollments could fall off.

We take this business very seriously and are constantly trying new initiatives to provide the best experience possible for our students.”

Warrant issued in connection Windows 10 release bogs down back-to-school rush with shots fired Sunday dents have settled in classes, try dates over the next month or so.

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Kristi Sanders News Editor

Indiana State University Police have identified a subject in the shooting incident that occurred on Sunday.

They released the following announcement: “The ISU Police announce that an arrest warrant has been issued for the arrest of non-student Alec Boose in connection with the off-campus shooting incident that occurred on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 23, in the area of Fifth and Elm Streets.”

Boose, age 19 from Gary, Indiana, is described as 6-foot-5, approximately 190 pounds, slender build and light complexion.

He is thought to have been visiting the Terre Haute area several days.

It is believed the incident on Sunday evening was in retaliation for a fight and shooting incident that occurred in the early morning hours of the same day, also near Fifth and Elm Streets.

There were no injuries in either incident.

He has been charged with criminal recklessness, criminal confinement — both Felonies — and misdemeanor intimidation. Bond is set at $50,000, no 10 percent.

Boose is currently at large and the search for him continues.

The investigation is ongoing and more arrests are possible.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Alec Boose is asked to call the ISU Police at 237-5555, the Terre Haute Police Department at 244-2200, or call 911.

Joseph Newport, the chief of police at ISU PD, is currently working on the case.

“We believe (Boose) is still in the area,” said Joe Newport, chief of police at ISU. “There are several other suspects not currently identified. All students should be aware of their surroundings and if they have any information they should contact Public Safety immediately.”

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Many students have received an email from the Office of Information Technology about the new Windows 10 operating system.

Yancy Phillips, the academic services director of the office of information technology, said he’s not pleased with the release date for the new Windows 10.

“This is the worst possible time to release a new software program,” Phillips said. “It was released right before school started and everyone is trying to get ready for classes.”

Some of the problem with downloading the new version now is that the technology department is in a peak time with students coming back to school and computers not functioning.

With the high volume of students needing help, it makes less time to work with students who might be having issues because they downloaded Windows 10.

“For people with issues already on their computer, such as viruses, this can make the program not work properly,” Phillips said. “I suggest students wait to download Windows 10 when they get more comfortable. So in around October, when the Technical Support is slower and stu-

of Windows.”

Philips suggests that if any students have problems after it has been downloaded they can always come for help in the Student Computer Support Center in the basement of Stalker Hall.

“We hope to have students wait (to download Windows 10) because there could still be problems,” Phillips said. “We want to eliminate the stress of students if they do have problems.”

When students do decide to download Windows 10 they can get help. The student technical support staff are there to help with any problem students might have with this transition.

The new Windows has been in testing for over a year, Phillips said, but it can still have a few issues from RTM or release to manufacturers. This means that the company, Windows, can make changes between the testing and when it is released to the public.

“Problems students might see after downloading Windows 10 could be error messages, having troubles connecting to the wireless network, the computer running too slow and issues where pages just won’t load,” Phillips said. “Students will also see where there will be many up-

Windows operating systems.”

If students do have issues after downloading, they can have the technical support staff revert their computer back to their old Windows system.

“I believe this will be a replacement for Windows 8.1,” Phillips said. “It should replace older systems quickly. The new Windows just needs further testing as of now.”

The new system combined the look of 8.1 and 7 for the new Windows 10 Phillips said. He also said that it is more userfriendly than 8.1.

Bailey Goff, a sophomore speech pathology major, hasn’t yet decided to download Windows 10.

“I decided to wait when I saw the email for OIT,” Goff said. “I don’t know how to download it but when they okay it I will.

I really like Windows 8.1. I had some trouble learning where things are but I had that when I switched to 8.1. I might have some trouble again with the new (Windows) but I have always liked software from them.”

“I think this new system will be easier for everyone to use,” Phillips said. “It was designed for a touch screen and that is what most people are used to.”

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ISU to update parking lot cameras Morgan Gallas Reporter

In an effort to increase student safety on campus, Indiana State University is adding approximately 110 new cameras to university parking lots.

New cameras are essential to this campus because the current cameras are over a decade old and do not have as high of quality as the university deems necessary. The university wants to have good, working cameras because improving campus safety is a big project this year.

“Adding new cameras is a $2 million overall investment by the university to upgrade the cameras that are approximately 15-17 years old,” said Joseph Newport, chief of police for the Indiana State University Police Department.

The current parking lot cameras have become outdated and under-maintained, and those are two adjectives that don’t sit well with the university.

“We have had some maintenance issues,” Newport said. “(The cameras) have just work out. The camera quality is not as good as what has evolved in the past 15-16 years, so it was time to make some changes.”

The budget for this project is very large in order to get the best possible cameras as well as enough cameras as seen necessary for safety. The university wants to put their money into technology that will last and maintain for as long as possible.

“The university is taking safety very seriously,” Newport said. “They have invested time and resources. This project will cost over $2 million that will go directly into safety of students, faculty and staff.”

Early construction is already underway in company with setting up a system to store the video on. The cameras will be attached to light poles in the parking lots and possibly on buildings near parking lots.

“We hired a consultant, and they are overseeing the project,” Newport said. “They have (subcontracted) the project out to a number of other firms. Someone does the concrete work, the pole work and setting up the camera systems.”

While major parking lots will have numerous cameras, not every lot will be recorded.

“Most of the parking lots will be equipped,” Newport said.

“Definitely the parking lots in the high traffic areas and the high volume areas will have cameras. Some remote parking lots will have cameras but not all remote lots.”

Many cameras are going to be replaced, and in some places without cameras new cameras will be positioned to record there.

“The construction phase is going on right now, and we are hoping that by the end of this semester now, we will be with several hundred new cameras on campus,” Newport said. “There are approximately 110 new cameras being installed in this project. The reason I don’t know the specific number is because (the cameras) use to pan back and forth. They have now replaced that with like two cameras that stay fixed, and in some cases, there are four cameras. I don’t know the exact number until the plans are set and competed.”

Emily Simpson, a junior communication major, appreciates the university’s efforts for safety improvements.

“With all of the crime on campus and how it feels like not everything can be seen without witnesses, I truly believe it would be a great cause to have higher security with more cameras,” Simpson said. “It’s important that crime can be spotted and the suspect can be caught sooner before other crimes are committed.”

Newport said the cameras will be added by the end of this semester.

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ISU debuts It’s On Blue Kristi Sanders News Editor

Just before the start of the fall semester, Indiana State University released an announcement about the It’s On Blue training.

This is a required online training class that all undergraduate students must take to enroll in Spring semester classes. If students do not, it will show up as a hold on their account as a need that they will have to meet in order to set up their spring schedule.

Aimee Janssen-Robinson, director of equal opportunity and Title IX coordinator, said she’s very excited about the new program and training.

“This is part of being a positive member of the community,” Janssen-Robinson said. “You never know when you can help a friend or fellow Sycamore.”

The motto of It’s on Blue is “See Something. Say Something. Step Up.” ISU joined the national campaign called It’s On Us in the Spring of 2015.

They received permission to make their own phrase off of this, which is where It’s On Blue derived its name.

To do the training students can follow the link on their email. For students with issues concerning the training they can go to the It’s On Blue website at http://www2. indstate.edu/itsonblue/. There, students

can get technical assistance. Some students have had issues accessing the training on Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

Students who lose their login email can also go to the It’s On Blue page on ISU’s website for help.

“Our goal is to have all student training completed by Sept. 30,” Janssen-Robinson said. “I believe the training shouldn’t be a hindrance for students.”

The training all students will receive is required by the government under the Violence Against Women Act and other similar programs.

Angelique Bokamba, a junior economics major, said she has not yet taken the

training.

“I haven’t received an email to give me the link for training,” Bokamba said. “This really worries me since this is a required thing to do. I think this training is necessary for students though and I would do it if I had the link.” “(The It’s On Blue training) is for increasing knowledge and awareness on campus,” Janssen-Robinson said. “After taking this training I want students to be able to intervene and help others from these situations.”

A task force has been set to evaluate the results of this training for future years.

Excerpts from It’s On Blue Survey Results Sexual assault on a college campus is mostly a problem of miscommunication.

Agree Male 40% Female 39% Unspecified 38%

Disagree Male 60% Female 61% Unspecified 62%

I would step in and help someone who was being harrassed or assaulted.

Agree Male 95% Female 96% Unspecified 100%

Disagree Male 5% Female 4% Unspecified 0%

When it comes to sexual activity, I assume that people are in a default state of ‘no’ unless they say otherwise.

Agree Male 93% Female 90% Unspecified 100%

Disagree Male 7% Female 10% Unspecified 0%

Sodexo offers new options in dining halls, Commons Makyla Thompson Reporter

Several changes have been made to dining options on campus.

One of these new options can be found in the Sycamore Towers — a new section called the smoke house where students will be able to get fresh smoked meat.

Dana Babel, Sodexo’s resident district manager, explained the new dining options.

“We have installed smokers, and so five days a week we are smoking meat overnight and putting in fresh smoked meat,” Babel said. “One of our chefs that’s over there has always been in barbeque competitions and he has created some awesome signature sauces.”

The smoke house is just one of the changes. Another is the relocation of the Sycamore Soup’r Salad to inside the Campus Cupboard and the addition of Krispy Krunchy Chicken in its

place next to Sub Connection.

“We actually didn’t take away the soup and salad, we just relocated. It moved into the cupboard,” Babel said. “We found that last year when we had the soup and salad concept out there all though people said they enjoyed it (but) they really didn’t partake in it as we would have hoped.”

Babel said people liked making their own salads instead of someone making it for them, so Sodexo brought the option back.

Matthew Leeper, one of Sodexo’s chefs, said the dining halls are always trying out new options.

“You are seeing a lot more vegan and vegetarian for the items not just for the salad bar, but we are also adding a lot more into Sycamore (Towers) and Lincoln (Quad),” Leeper said. “So it may look like we took it away, but actually we made it a lot better than it was before.”

Barbara DeGrandchamp, Sodexo’s operations director, said that the dining service has start-

ed an initiative to help students make healthy choices.

“One of the things that we really branded this year is our mindful program,” DeGrandchamp said. “That is part of our wellness program at Sodexo.”

Sodexo’s wellness program focuses on the nutrients and calories contained in the food that they serve to students, and each dining hall provides a mindful chart. Students can also download the My Fitness Pal app to track their nutrient and caloric intake.

“All of the Sodexo recipes are a part of the My Fitness program, so students would just have to come in the cafeteria and at each item there will be a little identifier tag,” DeGrandchamp said.

“There will be a bar code, and they can just scan the bar code and they can keep track of all of their nutrition.”

Sodexo also has begun an herb garden to provide fresh herbs for cooking.

“That is a part of Sodexo’s Better Tomorrow plan, which

combines our wellness or sustainability and our diversity and inclusion programs,” DeGrandchamp said. “Anywhere the student is dining they will be able to find healthy choices.”

Indiana State has had many changes when it comes to chicken. Some students can recall a time where there was KFC, which left because it wasn’t successful. Surveys showed that students were interested in a Chick-Fil-A, but it was determined to be too expensive and offered too little variety.

“We did a lot of surveys last year, and one of the reasons we chose to put the chicken concept was it seemed to be a piece of the puzzle we were missing on campus,” Babel said.

Jaylon Hines, a senior marketing and public relations major, said she enjoys the food changes.

“I think they are just a lot more diverse now, we as students have a lot more choices, I know that they recently just opened up Krispy Krunchy Chicken, so I really like that,” Hines said.

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Student archeologists unearth history at fort Len Barcousky

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LIGONIER, Pennsylvania — “Nail,” Evan Wingenroth said as he dug in a shallow trench outside the walls of Fort Ligonier, an 18th Century British fortification from the French and Indian War. The senior at Juniata College in Huntington, Pennsylvania, held up a dirty, corroded bit of

metal. His find did indeed look like a nail. It had a wide head and then tapered to a point.

The next challenge would be to determine if it was a modern nail or something dating back to the construction of the fort in 1758, Matt Gault said. Gault is assistant director of education at Fort Ligonier, where Wingenroth and nine other students were taking part in a two-week archaeology field school.

The Westmoreland County

dig, part of a course called “Clash of Cultures” at Juniata College in central Pennsylvania, was the first excavation at the French and Indian War site in 20 years.

The effort was led by Jonathan A. Burns, director of the college’s Cultural Resource Institute, and Andrew Dudash, reference librarian at Juniata’s Beeghly Library. They worked with Erica I. Nuckles, Fort Ligonier’s director of history and collections, and Brad Mooney, owner of Heritage

Restorations and an expert on artillery pieces.

The students’ goal was to find the remains of a wooden palisade — known as a “line of communication” — constructed outside of the main stockade. The wall, which is shown on a 1758 map of the British fortification, provided protection for soldiers assigned to an artillery battery guarding an approach to the fort.

The efforts of students and interns such as the ones from Ju-

niata College are important to the operation and improvement of public and nonprofit historic sites across southwestern Pennsylvania and elsewhere, officials say.

“It’s a wonderful partnership,” Nuckles said of the arrangement with Juniata. “This part of our site has never been excavated.

We’ll benefit from new information and with new items for our

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Wabashiki turtles are being closely watched as they cross U.S. 150, leading to a movement to make the road safer for them.

Turtle research holds promise Libby Roerigz

ISU Communications and Marketing

An effort to protect turtles crossing one of Terre Haute’s busiest roads may lead to research that helps protect humans.

A group of residents has been working to save turtles crossing U.S. 150 near the Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area.

Realizing valuable blood samples could be collected from these animals, Indiana State University doctoral biology student Ryan Seddon teamed up with them.

“As biologists, the first challenge is getting your animal,” said Diana Hews, Indiana State biology professor and interim department chair.

Their efforts looking at the stress hormones and health of the red-eared slider are just in the beginning stages of building a dataset, which can be used to apply for more grants, but this research holds promise for countless other projects, including studying endocrine disruption markers.

“That would be very important to know for people eating fish out of the Wabashiki,” Hews said.

The Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area, which includes 2,400 acres along the west bank of the Wabash River between Terre Haute and West Terre Haute, opened to the public in August 2010.

“Marshes are known for being able to clean up water and things like that. Potentially, it would be useful to know if we can show certain remediation practices, such as letting the marsh grow back, leads to improvement in the dysfunction we’re finding,” she said. “It’s a longer-term approach. We thought it’d

be kind of neat to get in there on the front end and document the current status of the animals and then follow them as presumably as the water gets cleaned up.”

The earth and environmental systems department at Indiana State has been testing for heavy metal contamination in locations near the Wabashiki — a database of soil samples Hews said she’d like to tap.

“There are a growing number of studies showing the kind of environment you grew up as a kid — including in humans — influences the set point of your adrenal gland and your responsiveness as an adult to stressors and how much hormone you release,” she said.

Assisted by undergraduate Rodney Lockman, Seddon’s analysis focused on the hetrophil-lymphocyte ratio — a measurement of white blood cells — and corticosterone, comparing turtles found along U.S. 150 and at a lake located in an apartment complex near Indiana 46, about a mile from Terre Haute’s east-side Walmart.

He discovered the lake turtles have a higher hetrophil-lymphocyte ratio than the road turtles, but the highway turtles have an elevated stress hormone compared to those at the lake.

“There is a difference between the stationary lake turtles and the road ones. It could be because (the road turtles) are moving,” he said. “Corticosterone releases energy into your blood. You need the energy to move.”

Known as a stress hormone, corticosterone mobilizes glucose in the body.

“A short-term high is adaptive. It’s good. The hormone is there for a reason,” Hews said. “You might not even call that stress — their glucose is up, their (corticosterone) levels are up, be-

cause they’re walking across the road.”

If it’s chronically high, though, that’s a different situation.

“We’d need to look at stationary ones within the Wabashiki to see if they have a similar response. We’re just looking at those mobile ones, so it’s hard to tell how much is attributed to moving across the road versus environmental conditions,” Seddon said. “It is a little higher than you’d expect for a turtle just sitting there.”

The researchers are hoping to add more types of sites, including reclaimed strip mines, and maybe expanding their study to other animals, such as fish.

Turtles are long-lived creatures, so even if there’s an improvement in the environment, their longevity could inhibit seeing much of a change biologically.

“If we have any changes in the next five or 10 years, a lot of these (turtles) are already too old (to see a change).

They’ve already been affected,” Seddon said.

The Wabashiki itself offers different kinds of sites to test, but they’ll need permission to conduct research in the area, and any turtle traps they set will need regular monitoring.

Seddon and Hews aren’t the only ones looking toward the future. This past winter, the group of turtle enthusiasts was successful in getting “Turtle Crossing” signs erected along U.S. 150, and now they’re lobbying to create an ecotunnel for the animals. Plans created by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology students call for a tunnel that runs under the highway so the turtles can safely cross and a fence to keep them off the roadway.

“It would be pretty effective, so we could save a lot of turtles,” Seddon said.

A student’s first few days at college may be akin to feeling like a fish out of water, especially for students like Julia Kist, who left her home in Vale Do Sol, Brazil, a month ago to study chemistry and play soccer at Indiana State University.

“I really want to learn about other cultures and be able to learn more about chemistry in my classes,” said Kist, a freshman who is looking for teacher support in her classes as she adjusts to the American education system. “People have been very kind to me so far and seem friendly and the weather in Indiana has been similar to what we have in Brazil, which might surprise people.”

While education is the driving force behind their stay in the U.S., cultural exchange is importance to international students like senior Oluwafemi David, a Nigerian native who finished high school in the U.S. before coming to Indiana State seeking a degree in biology and information technology. Set to graduate in May, David has learned much about the U.S. during his time as a student and hopes he’s offered Americans a new perspective on his home country.

“I’m friendly, open-minded and easy to talk to, so I hope people want to talk to me and learn about Nigeria,” David said. “I want people to see that Nigeria is not like they hear or read about. I hope they get to know me and learn something new about Nigeria.”

The welcome picnic, which is typically attended by between 350-400 international students, was also attended by members of the university’s administration, including President Dan Bradley.

“These students are guests here and this is an informal opportunity for them to get to know each other and members of the ISU community, so they can start to feel comfortable here,” said Zachariah Mathew, associate director for the Center for Global Engagement. “We wanted to introduce the international students to campus and community resources that will help assure student success.”

Now that Ai Otagaki, a freshman communication major from Kobe, Japan, is on campus she hopes her American experience provides countless opportunities to improve her English-speaking skills.

“I feel comfortable being here.

It’s like being home,” Otagaki said.

“I hope that there’s good communication about things going on around campus and around Terre Haute because I want to get involved and take advantage of the opportunity to be educated in the U.S.” After spending a month in the U.S. last summer, Maha Fahli, a student from Casablanca, Morocco is eager to learn more about what it means to be a Sycamore.

“Terre Haute seems like such a nice, calm city and I like the diversity here. The people have been really nice,” she said. “I’m excited to be in the U.S. for a degree and to get the American college experience. I’m open to learning about new cultures and I hope that people want to learn about Morocco — a beautiful, open-minded country that is my home.”

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DIG CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 collections, and the students will benefit in getting education and experience in field work.”

The summer’s work ultimately could lead to locating and reconstructing the 18th century artillery position outside the fort, she said.

One of the things that college students and interns bring to museums, historic homes and battlefields is a new perspective.

“We get to see our operation through the eyes of an outsider,” Karen Parsons said. She is the office manager and volunteer coordinator at the Depreciation Lands Museum in Hampton, Pennsylvania.

“I make sure they learn a little bit of everything,” curator Sarah Buffington said of the students who work at Old Economy Village in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

“And we get a lot more done when they are here.”

Among the items uncovered at the Fort Ligonier dig was a brass bell from a horse collar and several musket balls that likely date to the mid-18th century. That was the era when Great Britain, France and Native American tribes battled for control of thousands of square miles west of the Allegheny Mountains.

The French and Indian War, which effectively began in 1754, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania’s Jumonville Glen, was part of a worldwide struggle for colonies and resources.

Juniata students found hundreds of small glass, ceramic, metal, mineral and animal artifacts at Fort Ligonier as they excavated in several trenches looking for evidence of the 1758 wooden wall.

While they could remove the top layer of grass and soil with shovels, much of their digging was done with hand trowels.

During the first week of the dig, the trenches were roughly 12 to 24 inches deep.

The date when each item was found and its location were written down before the artifacts were taken to a nearby house for cleaning — often with toothbrushes — and closer examination. Burns estimated that about 5 percent of the artifacts found during the dig would prove to be from the period when the fort was built.

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A spread of the items that were found during the two-week dig at 18th-century Fort Ligonier in Pennsylvania.

Abigail Sites, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh who took the Juniata course, spied what turned out to be a wooden button as she sifted soil from one of the trenches. An anthropology major, Sites said she was glad for the opportunity to learn field techniques.

“I’m not just picking up rocks anymore and thinking they’re artifacts,” she said.

Kristin Kopera is a junior from Clearfield County majoring in geology at Juniata. Her summer experience has included time spent examining different kinds of soil and rock layers. That skill should help her with any sedimentology courses she likely will take as part of her major.

Burns and his students have done similar digs at other French and Indian War fortifications across Pennsylvania. They have included the sites of Fort Littleton in Fulton County and Fort Shirley in Huntingdon County.

“These kinds of projects offer mutual benefits,” Burns said.

“Students get field training at an

exciting site, and Fort Ligonier will have more accurate information to base their future reconstructions upon.”

At Old Economy Village in Beaver County, interns from Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Mansfield University in north-central Pennsylvania helped with packing, moving and photographing artifacts in the historic site’s extension collection.

Among the treasures the students worked with were intricate displays of wax flowers made by the Harmonists in the 19th century and modeled on local plant life.

Three of those arrangements have been moved to the Old Economy visitors center, where they will remain on display through the fall, Buffington said.

“What interns learn here reinforces what they are learning at school,” she said.

Old Economy Village is run through a partnership between the Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission and the non-

profit Friends of Old Economy Village. Its state-owned collection of 19th century buildings tells the story of the communal Harmony Society.

Rebecca Schratz, a senior at Mercyhurst majoring in history, spent much of her summer at the Depreciation Lands Museum collecting, creating and organizing materials in a 9-foot-tall display case. Her project includes items used by Native Americans and by white settlers in what became Hampton, Penn.

Modern Hampton was part of a much larger 1,100-square-mile area north of the Allegheny and Ohio rivers known as the Depreciation Lands.

It took its name from the action by the Pennsylvania legislature to set aside land for Revolutionary War soldiers.

The veterans received frontier land grants for their military service rather than paper money that had depreciated, losing much of its value.

On a recent afternoon, Schratz was sewing a small doll

from scraps of cloth. Her handmade doll, which will be part of the new display, is similar to the kinds of simple toys available to children on the Pennsylvania frontier, she said.

Her display also pays tribute to the Indian’s “Three Sisters,” the squash, corn and beans that were essential to the Native American diet.

Schratz said she had gained a greater understanding of how tough and dangerous life was for both the indigenous tribes and the European settlers. “People had to work really hard just to assure that they would be able to wake up the next day,” she said.

Burns said he was pleased with the results of the first Juniata dig at Fort Ligonier. The students found evidence of several post molds — the spots where wooden timbers had been sunk into the ground for the palisade wall.

“Two weeks isn’t a long time,” Burns said of this summer’s field school. “We’re hoping we can return next year.” ©2015 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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How to pack on the pounds of wisdom in your first year

The “Freshman 15” often elicits thoughts of unwantedweight gain and kissing your heightened metabolism goodbye.

But here’s some more food for thought. What Columnist if, instead, the freshman 15 became 15 incomparable takeaways from college?

There are lessons I could relay from my own triumphs and scuffles down the stairs — literally — and stories that would have you in utter disbelief of the awkward scenarios you have yet to face in your first year — at least I hope they happen to others aside from me. While some are a little heftier on the life-altering side, others are just basic tools for success at school. So to all the freshmen: get ready to pack on the pounds of wisdom.

Trust me, they’ll suit you.

1. Get an agenda. Lilly Pullitzer, Indiana State University bookstore or generic organization — I don’t discriminate.

Write it down and stay organized. All your appointments, meetings and even class times should be jotted down. When you have so much going on it’s easy to forget something minor and with poor organization you will find it happening more often than not.

2.

Take notes. Take notes, take notes and just when you think you have enough — take some more. Essays become a constant variable in coursework and the more detailed of notes you take, the better content and reference material you will have each time.

3. Keep snacks in your backpack. Sometimes things come up and you’re not always going to fit in three square meals a day. Keep granola bars, almonds or fruit with you at all times. It’s like your nutrient ar-

senal that will keep you fueled all day.

4.

Make some new friends and make sure one of them is Joe. Whether it’s your Keurig, a full pot of coffee or a quick latte from the Commons on your way to class, that java becomes your most treasured asset at 8 a.m. in the middle of January. That and our UGG Boots of course.

5.

Work out. Even though you think it may be difficult to find time, exercising helps you blow off steam. If you can’t break away from your schoolwork, take it with you. Set it on the lip of the treadmill and with each incline increase, turn the page. Now you’re the perfect mixture of nerdy and determined. Your potential suitors will be more than impressed.

6. Clean your backpack weekly.

Sometimes I look at my backpack and it looks like there was an explosion of lead and shredded paper. I’m guilty of ignoring it at times but I feel so much better after I take the time to clean and organize.

7. Cherish your laptop and never lose sight of your charger.

For the love of expensive technology, take care of your laptop and its charger. The associated monetary value is greater than many of our checking accounts and therefore they should be treated as so.

When the Information Technology department knows you on a first-name basis, it may be time to make some lifestyle changes.

8. Find a new hobby, one outside of your comfort zone. If you played sports in high

school, try something new.

There are a plethora of organizations that match the diversity of our campus. Channel your athlete, politician or Elle Woods and do something that challenges and expands upon your already-awesome individuality.

9. Take a leadership role.

Once you join an organization be committed and consistently work to improve it.

I encourage you to

Internet safety is an important aspect of our daily lives. We are on the Internet so often that you can even say we breathe it.

Even though there are several laws that help us, it’s Columnist protect still not enough.

That is why you need to make sure you learn to protect yourself especially if you’re a college kid, because your information can be taken and used very easily if you do not watch what you post.

A 1998 act called COPPA, or the Child Online Privacy Protection Act, was made in order to protect children on the Internet. It kept information from going into the wrong hands by allowing parents to decide which information is shared.

This includes everything from online schools to other forms online from public schools, helping parents know what is safe and what is not.

A second act, called CIPA, or the Federal Children’s Internet Protection Act, was passed in 2000. This required places like libraries and schools to monitor children’s Internet activity and also place protective systems to keep kids from accessing sites deemed inappropriate.

It helped keep kids from accidently giving information away and also blocked pop-ups. This helps keep kids and adults protected while using the Internet in public.

These acts, while beneficial to children, do not address how we as adults can protect ourselves from the Internet’s hackers and viruses.

There are many things that you can do to keep your sensitive information safe. One example is installing a spyware

blocker on your computer. As students, we are lucky enough to get programs and support for free from the Student Computer Help Center.

The second thing you can do is keep your computer clean.

You need to get rid of programs that you do not need or erase things you no longer use.

It is also a good habit to browse through your programs and if you find one you do not know, uninstall it.

You can also go to Stalker Hall to get assistance with any programs you’re not familiar with.

The third tip that always helps is to make strong passwords.

Passwords six or seven characters long may not be enough; you may need to mix it up with numbers and symbols so you can make it stronger. The longer and more mixed the password, the more protected you will be.

Also make sure you never give personal information to unfamiliar sites. This can cause

identity theft, which is when someone gets your personal info and uses it to make purchases or sells your identity to others.

Make sure you never give your social security number unless it’s protected and does not show once submitted into the system.

For example, if a job application says they need your social security number, you should make sure it has a lock on the bottom and explains the system they use to keep your number safe, then give it to them.

After this happens, check your application and make sure the whole number is not visible in the final version of the application.

The last and final thing you can do to keep safe on the Internet is report when you see bad or illegal activity going on. This will help the police monitor and find crime before it affects a lot of people.

This will also protect you and all your information, because

scams can ruin lives and take a very long time to fix.

Reporting things like financial fraud, hacking and identity theft can keep you from being as damaged since you caught it and reported it as soon as possible.

Sometimes, if you wait too long, it will be hard to track who did the crime, meaning you have to wait in agony.

Staying Internet safe is not only important but critical in today’s very advanced world.

Laws have been put in place to protect public places and children, but we as college students and as adults, need to remember to always stay up-to-date with new programs and tools.

To always report when crime is going on, and to also keep our personal and private information off of public media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

This will keep us safe and keep us from too much financial and psychological stress.

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your understanding of the legislation dealing with these issues, and overall it is well-done.

During the domestic abuse segment, the training uses a gay couple, which is a smart decision since it shows that gay people are not immune to the problems straight people have in relationships and also that men can be victims of abuse.

That being said, the sexual assault portion dealt with a woman being raped, and only briefly touched on the fact that men can be raped as well. There was a trigger warning for victims of sexual assault, but the program did not change any language or offer any alternatives for victims.

However, there is still information that would be important

for victims — such as who to go to in the event of rape and also how to help a friend who has been raped.

There is a worry that students will just refuse to do the training outright due to it being mandatory or that some students will not have enough time to complete the training.

However, you can stop and restart the training at any time and it only takes 30 minutes to an hour, so there really is no excuse for not finishing it before the end of the semester.

Some people feel that the punishment is too harsh, but the university employs the same tactic for students who have not paid their parking tickets or library late fees, so it isn’t that harsh. Other students are

pleased that the training is required. It is important information for students to know, especially as freshmen. Most schools in Indiana leave consent training out, so this is a wholly new concept to many people.

Some men and women don’t know how to identify rape or consent, so women who don’t realize they were raped and have been blaming themselves can now get the information they need.

While the training is overall well-done, forcing us to do it has put some students off, but it is inherently important information for everyone. There was ton of extra information provided, but it was not necessary to read all of it. There are interactive games to help cement the infor-

mation as well.

Sometimes there are problems getting the training program to load, but there are few other technical problems. T here could have been more diversity during the sexual assault portion, but it at least acknowledged that men can be raped as well as women. It also could have provided more solutions for solving abuse within the workplace and with a significant other.

Overall, the It’s On Blue training was a fairly good experience with few drawbacks. If you feel that you shouldn’t have to do it — because you know everything already or you simply don’t feel it should be required — get over it and just do it.

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take an office in your organization and further develop the skills your future employer will fawn over.

10. Call your parents and your grandparents. It goes without saying that you should keep in touch. Hundreds of miles or mere minutes away, call and genuinely communicate about whatever you choose. If you have fears or worries, express them and more importantly share your

achievements.

Grandparents and parents love nothing more than to know that their sweet babies are safe and happy.

11. Find a good book. Funny right? I used to dread reading in high school when it was assigned but now that reading is an option instead of a requirement and all books aren’t centered on history and politics, reading is the perfect distraction from the stress of the day. Curl up with some tea, a fluffy blanket and shut everything else out.

12. Embrace your comfy clothes. Even though you may have been best dressed in high school, those days are long behind you. Yoga pants, running shorts and tennis shoes are completely respectable and worst-case scenario — everyone assumes you came from a great workout.

13. Put your room key on a hair tie or lanyard. As someone who racked up quite the abundance of $5 lock-out charges, I know how important it is to keep your key on you and by the door if you’re in your room. They are easy to lose sight of and in college, trust me; $5 goes a long way.

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Which brings me to my next point — set a budget. Money goes fast, especially if you aren’t working while going to school.

Prioritize what is necessary to have and what isn’t. As a handbag connoisseur, I know the struggle of passing up a leather Fossil bag, but even then, food and laundry is more important.

15. Be engaged throughout it all. Don’t just attend class, but be there mentally. Don’t just show up to your organization’s events, but be prepared with innovative discussion and a plan.

Finally, don’t just muddle through to graduate, but grow as a friend, student and individual in ways you never expected.

Smart decisions can keep you safe on the Web Ryan Ballinger

‘It’s On Blue’ training well-designed, informative Recently, Indiana State University launched the It’s On Blue campaign to attempt to educate students about sexual assault and domestic abuse.

Part of the initiative includes online training that all students and faculty must complete. Students must complete the training in order to sign up for their spring classes.

For those who have completed the training, it is straightforward, easy to understand and educational, even for those who think they know everything about consent and sexual assault.

There are plenty of extra materials you can access through the training to further increase

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Women’s soccer set for action at home Friday Zach Rainey Reporter

The Indiana State women’s soccer team will see their first home action of the season this weekend when the Belmont Bruins and the Marshall Thundering Herd come to town.

The Sycamores are coming off a 4-3 loss in double overtime against Montana last Sunday.

On Friday, the Sycamores will take on the Bruins of Belmont, whom the Sycamores are more familiar with than Marshall.

The Bruins enter the contest 1-0 on the season coming off a win against Arkansas- Little Rock.

If this year’s contest plays out anything like last season’s meeting between the two, then expect an exciting home opener.

Belmont came out of the gate firing in the contest last season and recorded four shots in the first 15 minutes.

The Sycamores scored first off a goal by last season’s leading scorer Maddie Orf. The Bruins were able to score the equalizer just seven minutes later, tying the game at one.

The game went into double-overtime, but the score remained the same.

Brittany San Roman finished the game with 15 saves. There were 45 shots attempted between the two teams.

On Sunday, the Sycamores will host Marshall in the first meeting between the two schools and their second of a fourgame homestand.

Marshall is 1-1 on the season and will surely be

a tough team to face since the Sycamores have never played the Thundering Herd, eliminating any familiarity. However, the teams have played familiar foes.

Both Marshall and Indiana State played against Eastern Illinois last season, Marshall winning 3-0 and the Sycamores winning 2-0.

The only other shared opponent is Western Kentucky, to whom Marshall and Indiana State both lost 1-0 to last season.

The Sycamores will look to shrug off the early-season woes after losing their first two to try and get back to .500 this weekend.

Sydney Lovelace performed well last Sunday against Montana, scoring two goals in the contest.

If Orf can get the ball rolling as well, there’s no reason to think this team couldn’t be 4-2 by the end of the early season home slate.

Friday’s game against Belmont will start at 7 p.m. If you donate two nonperishable or canned food items to help benefit Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank, admission will be just $2 instead of the regular $5 admission charge.

Sunday’s game against Marshall will begin at 1 p.m.

All sporting events are free to students, so take advantage while the weather is still nice.

If you can’t make it out, there will be live video feeds for both games on gosycamores.com.

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The ISU volleyball team will travel to Morehead, Kentucky, for the Eagle Challenge this weekend.

Volleyball ready for challenge Megan Veeneman Reporter

This weekend, the ISU volleyball team is headed to Morehead, Kentucky, to participate in the Eagle Challenge.

In the weekend challenge, the team will face the Marshall Thundering Herd, the Canisius Golden Griffins and in the final match, will face the host Morehead State Eagles.

Last season, the Sycamores had a 17-14 overall record, marking the first winning season for the program since 1982.

Some of the players to watch for early in the season are Bree Spangler, Erika Nord and Danielle Waedekin.

Spangler is a junior outside hitter and has an average of 3.49 kills per set. Nord, the setter, helps set up the team for kills.

Nord had 1,168 assists (10.62 per set), 253 digs, 39 blocks and

25 aces.

The Sycamore defense is rocking with Waedekin, who is one of the two sophomore defensive specialists. Waedekin has a total of 309 digs and 24 aces in her career so far.

The Marshall Thundering Herd were 16-16 last season.

Some key players for the Thundering Herd are Taylor Riedel and Cassie Weaver.

Riedel is the junior setter and last season appeared in 22 matches. Also last season, Reidel had 68 digs, five assists, four service aces and one kill in 54 sets.

Weaver is a junior outside hitter and last season appeared in 31 matches. In a match against Kansas State, Weaver collected 18 kills.

The Canisius Golden Griffins were 12-20 a year ago. Grace Streicher is the setter for the Griffins. Streicher is currently a senior and collected 1,126 assists

and had 64 kills. Rachel Kline is also a senior and is currently a hitter. Last season, Kline had 382 kills and, averaging 3.13 per set.

The Morehead State Eagles are looking to defend their home court against the Sycamores.

Last season, the Eagles were just 3-28. Bailey Nichol and Hannah Sigala are two main players for Morehead. Bailey Nichol is a junior setter and outside hitter. Nichol had 359 assist and 117 digs.

Hannah Sigala is a senior middle back player. Last year, Sigala had 310 kills, earned a 2.77 kills per set average and had 53 digs.

The Sycamore will face the Thundering Herd and Canisius in a doubleheader on Friday at 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. respectively. On Saturday, ISU finishes the challenge with Morehead State, which starts at 2:30 p.m.