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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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Ash Trees threatened

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Jimmy Maritt was one of two performers for the night (Photo by Kacie Daugherty).

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ISU takes steps to raise awareness of an invasive insect that destroys ash trees, already present in the Wabash Valley.

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ISU officials work to fight against ash borer

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The ash trees stand sideby-side in a row, stretching past University Club toward Cunningham Memorial Library, marked with purple ribbons and brightly colored flyers.

As far as local and Indiana State University experts can tell, a destructive beetle known as emerald ash borer may already be attacking those and the other ash trees on campus— numbering close to 400 in all.

The university and city officials are using Earth Week to raise awareness of the insect, which is currently spreading through Indiana and other parts of the U.S. ISU’s Ground Maintenance department will answer questions about the beetle Wednesday near Rankin Hall during ISU’s Earth Day festival.

Native to Asia, an emerald ash borer is a tiny green beetle that invades ash trees, lays eggs and then proceeds to eat away the trees. Tell tale signs include deteriorating bark. The beetle’s first detection in the U.S. was in Detroit in 2002, but experts believe it spread unnoticed for more than a decade, according to the Purdue University Extension office.

The beetle is easily spread through wooded material made from ash, which has prompted state and federal officials to issue quarantines on firewood transportation. On its own, the bug moves only about a halfmile per year, according to the extension.

Indiana’s first detection came in 2004 and the bug has been

especially prevalent in the northern portions of the state.

It’s also been found in Clay County and ISU’s landscape and grounds manager Stephanie Krull said she is helping prepare for it’s eventual discovery on campus.

“There is an injection treatment option that has proven to be over 90 percent successful at saving ash trees from otherwise certain death,” Krull said. “The university will be using a combined approach, removing some ash trees and treating others.”

Last week, Krull’s department fanned across campus tagging ash trees with flyers indicating the trees are vulnerable to the insect. The flyers include pull-off tags with references to informational websites.

Local officials agree the first step to combating emerald ash borer is ensuring residents know whether ash trees are on their property and the best methods for treating or removing them. The branches of ash trees grow opposite from each other and are not staggered or alternate, according to the extension office.

In February, TREES, Inc.—a Terre Haute-based nonprofit volunteer organization devoted to planting trees and educating people about maintaining existing trees— Posters and ribbons have been placed on ash trees located throughout held two workshops about campus to inform the community of the importance of protecting the emerald ash borer. TREES, Inc. trees (Photo by Jamie Nichols). member Barb Brugnaux said the organization seeks to work which trees could be treated and bonded experts, preferably with city officials and others in and which need to be removed. those with references. the community to spread the She said she’s still working on “It’s a plague on the way,” Dell word about the beetle. the best treatment options. said about emerald ash borer.

Terre Haute urban forester When deciding how to “It’s going to be here before we Sheryle Dell said she is in the handle an infested ash tree, see it.” process of evaluating all of the Dell encouraged residents to city’s ash trees to determine seek advice from only licensed

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Student receives undergraduate outstanding research award

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Indiana State University stood out above several institutions at the 2012 American Physical Society annual meeting.

During the event, students from across the United States met in Boston Mass. to present research in the forms of posters and oral presentations. Out of 9,000 attendees, 400 participated in presenting information to the public. Out of those 400 participants, 20 received the Undergraduate Outstanding Research award. Out of those 20, sophomore physics major Kirsten Middleton was named one of the recipients.

Middleton said she had been preparing for this competition since the end of last semester.

“I first met Dr. Zhang this past summer and worked with him on several projects, but he and I have been meeting every Tuesday from the end of last semester up until the event testing, analyzing and practicing the oral presentation I had to give,” Middleton said. “My

research involved studying the drug memantine to determine its effects on the body, specifically in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The process included gauging the stability of the drug’s molecules and its willingness to accept or not accept electrons.”

Associate professor of the Chemicstry and Physics Department Guo Ping Zhang recalled receiving a phone call informing him of Middleton’s award.

“That Tuesday night I received a phone call from another student saying, ‘Dr. Zhang you’ll never believe this, but Kristen got an award,” Zhang said. “I was so excited. This was the first time ISU had ever received this particular award.”

Zhang further described that during Kirsten Middleton presents her research at the American Physical Society annual meeting. the selection of the award how stressful (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing). it is not only on the students but anyone very proud of Kristen’s accomplishment.” students who are interested in research to associated with them.

Middleton said she still is not a big fan get involved.

“When the students present their of public speaking.

“It was an incredible experience research, the judges do not see you as an “I knew it went well because Dr. Zhang just to be able to attend and see all the individual but more of what the quality and other students kept saying, ‘You did different areas of research in physics and of your university has to offer,” he said. a great job,’ but going up against other the competitiveness associated with the “By winning this award I feel we have students from Yale, Harvard and MIT presentations,” Middleton said. “It really made great progress in being recognized was still a bit daunting,” Middleton said. has shaped the way I look at physics further for our quality of education I am Middleton stressed the importance for research.”

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Police Blotter April 5-April 10

Arrests • • •

At 10:53 p.m., on April 5, a student was arrested and referred to Student Conduct and Integrity for operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing a vehcile crash at Ninth and Tippecanoe Streets.

At 5:18 a.m., on April 6, a student was arrested and referred to Student Conduct and Integrity for public intoxication and minor consumption at the 200 Block. North Fifth Streets.

At 1:05 a.m., on April 7, a suspect was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated at North Eighth and Cherry Streets.

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At 2:33 p.m., on April 5, a student was cited and referred to Student Conduct and Integrity for criminal conversion at Lot A.

Open Cases • • • • • • • •

At 10:09 a.m., on April 5, harassment was reported at the Commons.

At 11:25 a.m., on April 5, theft was reported at Holmstedt Hall.

At 3:32 p.m., on April 6, a found wallet was reported at the Lincoln Quad Dining Center.

At 10:57 p.m., on April 8, a found cell phone was reported at the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

At 10:58 a.m., on April 9, theft was reported at the College of Business.

At 1:36 p.m., on April 9, a found bank card was reported at the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

At 5:29 p.m., on April 9, criminal mischief was reported at Holmstedt Hall.

At 6:21 a.m., on April 10, found items was reported at te Art Annex.

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At 10:39 a.m., on April 5, found property was reported at the Cunningham Memorial Library.

At 11:21 a.m., on April 5, a well being check was conducted at Hines Hall.

At 7:47 p.m., on April 5, information was reported at Mills Hall.

Student Conduct and Integrity was contacted.

At 3:14 a.m., on April 6, ISUPD officers assisted THPD at North Ninth and Chestnut.

At 12:55 p.m., on April 6, the smell of marijuana was reported at Hines Hall. Student Conduct and Integrity was contacted.

At 10:49 a.m., on April 6, a fire alarm was reported at the Student Services Building.

At 11:35 a.m., on April 6, an information report was conducted off campus.

At 9:17 p.m., on April 6, two trespass warnings was given on campus.

At 8:00 p.m., on April 8, an ill person was reported at Hines Hall.

At 9:42 p.m., on April 8, an injured person was reported at the Student Recreation Center.

At 8:55 a.m., on April 9, a property damage accident was reported at North Eighth and Chestnut Streets.

At 9:27 a.m., on April 9, a well being check was reported at Pickerl Hall.

At 7:11 p.m., on April 9, theft was reported at the Sycamore Dining Center.

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Donald Wuebbles speaks on climate change in the U.S. Tammy Rhodes Reporter

A Nobel Peace Prize winner visited the Indiana State University community to discuss the human effects of climate change in the United States Tuesday afternoon.

“Our climate is changing and humanity is a cause,” said professor in the department of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Donald Wuebbles.

Wuebbles served as a lead author on the first and second international assessments of climate change, sponsored by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 and gained recognition of the Nobel Peace Prize with many other co-authors for their work in climate science.

A diverse crowd of ISU individuals and the local community attended with an outcome of around 100 in ISU’s science building to hear him attest that the science is clear and there is no debate that we have a

changing global climate.

He said human activity has been the driver for the change in climate for the last fifty years with the burning of fossil fuels among other factors.

“We have to pursue adaptations before things occur and we can’t adapt to it,” he said.

Wuebbles said that in 2009, the U.S. experienced an increase in temperatures, intense downpours and raised sea levels. In 2011, he said ten to one temperature records in the U.S. were broken.

He said there is not enough information to understand hurricanes, but there is a strong indication through studies that there is a trend for more severe weather events are likely to continue.

Wuebbles told the audience by the end of the century, Illinois and Indiana could expect more frequent floods and heat waves that will resemble the climate of eastern to central Texas.

He feels people need to encourage the government

to begin thinking about climate change and find ways to break the communication barrier of informing people in a more understandable language.

Allison Webb, sophomore biology major, said she was glad she attended so she can take the knowledge back to her family in northern Indiana.

Wuebbles suggested a common act students could combat climate change is to simply turn off unneeded lights or use fluorescent light bulbs to energy. He also said students can use globalchange.gov or realclimate. org to understand climate change and stay informed of current climatic issues.

Sophomore biology pre-veterinarian major Alyssa Akers said she is surprised at how fast the climate is going to change over the next decade.

“I think that you hear about global warming, but when you sit down and see the statistics, it’s shocking,” Akers said.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and professor in the department of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Donald Wuebbles was the keynote speaker Tuesday afternoon. He informed students about the effects of climate change through The National Climate Assessment (Photo by Jamie Nichols).

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Indiana State University is taking steps to increase retention and, in the process, is walking right past the problem.

The Statesman reported Friday that from 2002-2010, retention dropped by 12.33 percent. Despite that dismal statistic, ISU administrators feel they have a handle on the situation by focusing on “first year numbers” and programs/plans that “help student performance while in high school.”

The most surprising weapon in the administration’s arsenal, though, is the lowered academic dismissal GPA— from 1.0 to .85.

Vice President of Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communication John Beacon said that 116 of the 276 students who were academically dismissed last semester appealed and were allowed to return this spring. Those students are then required to uphold a rigorous routine by reviewing their course schedule, completing a needs assessment questionnaire and meeting with academic advisors in person bi-monthly.

In addition, those students have to communicate with their advisors weekly via phone or e-mail and participate in the Academic Opportunity Program.

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assigning a babysitter to a student and lowering the bar push anyone to succeed?

Students know it can be hard to get into college; what many of them don’t realize is that it’s just as difficult to stay. College is a sink-or-swim environment, and if students have the equipment to stay afloat going into the pool, they will be fine. But administrators can’t expect students to learn if they’re keeping everyone out of the deep end.

Persistence and will power aren’t characteristics that are enforced; they’re born the minute students open the doors to high school and begin thinking about adulthood. That’s where the fight to strengthen retention starts.

And once students are accepted into college, it shouldn’t be about better numbers or more money for ISU, but about ensuring that the right students have every possible tool at their disposal to educate themselves.

Associate Vice President for Student Success Jennifer Schriver said in Friday’s article “ISU is an institution that gives people opportunities.” She did not, however, state that those opportunities were allotted to everyone.

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Prescription drugs tie three military men together, raise suspicions After spending 19 hours flying a B-1 bomber back to South Dakota from the Persian Gulf, and going out for dinner and drinks afterwards, Patrick Burke, a pilot in the U.S. Air Force was charged with auto theft, drunk driving and two counts of assault. However, he was later found by a court-martial judge to be not guilty, citing a lack of mental responsibility, a military court equivalent of an insanity acquittal.

Similarly, David Lawrence, an Army Pfc. who had pleaded guilty to murdering a Taliban commander in Afghanistan, had his 121.5 year sentence reduced to only 10 years after it was determined that he suffered from schizophrenic episodes following the death of his friend, an Army chaplain.

And then there was Chad Oligschlaeger, a corporal in the Marines, who died of multiple-drug toxicity (interactions between too many drugs), two months before he was scheduled to get out of the military, attend college, marry his fiancée, and get his life started.

What do all of these men have in common? Well for starters, there’s the fact that they were prescribed to be on these drugs by the military.

Burke was taking a prescribed amphetamine referred to as “go pills” during flight, while Lawrence was prescribed Zoloft, for depression, and trazodone, a sleeping aid, and Oligschlaeger’s medications consisted of trazodone, fluoxetine, Seroquel, Lorazepam and proranolol as well as others.

These are just three isolated incidents, but with an entity as large as the armed services, there are countless other incidents of varying severity occurring on a daily basis. I’m always hearing about some soldier going off of his rocker and needlessly killing some people or about some other misconduct among service members.

I wonder if there is some correlation, a sentiment that I share with Bart Billings, a

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former military psychologist who stated that “We have never medicated our troops to the extent we are doing now... And I don’t believe the current increase in suicides and homicides in the military is a coincidence.”

War is definitely harsh on the human psyche, and after many of our soldiers have been forced to serve multiple tours overseas during the past decade and a half of war, it’s not surprising that many have developed issues. Based on figures recently released by the U.S. Army surgeon general, last year there were over 110,000 active-duty Army troops taking prescription antidepressants, narcotics, sedatives, antipsychotics and anti-anxiety drugs.

I have the utmost respect for the soldiers themselves, some of them my friends and family, who have been willing, if necessary to give up their lives to protect freedom for the rest of us.

However, I’ve always seen the institution itself largely as a cold entity that sees its soldiers less as people and more as blunt instruments used primarily for killing.

While the existence of a military is undeniably necessary to maintain the country’s freedom, and I won’t argue that sometimes it is very necessary for an individual to be put on medications, I think that creating these situations in the first place is asking for trouble.

Perhaps if someone is in such a mental state that they need to be on medication to deal with a serious disorder, a combat situation may just not be a very good place for them.

I don’t think it would be a bad idea at all for there to be more consideration to be taken when dealing with medicating soldiers who are in a violent and stressful environment.

Burke’s case creates a dangerous precedent, given the sheer number of medicated individuals in combat situations within the military. I don’t think it’s inconceivable that having been on medication prescribed by the military could be used as an “excuse” in situations where it clearly is not one. It used to be that a person wasn’t even able to enter the military if they were using drugs; drugs which are now handed to them by that very same institution.

Rep. Ryan’s budget proposal fuels conversation about national debt reform Recently, Representative Paul Ryan released his budget proposal for FY 2013. Representative Ryan gained notice last year when he proposed a similar budget for FY 2012. His proposal has been derided by those on the left and the right—which seems like a pretty good place to be if you’re hoping for a moderate compromise on national debt reform.

Though the budget is certainly not perfect, it is an excellent starting point to begin the discussion.

The national debt has spiraled out of control in the last decade or so.

Every official in Washington will agree that this is something that we will need to deal with at some point. How quickly is a topic of contention.

Conservatives want it gone as quickly as possible while liberals say it cannot be done at the expense of the working or middle class. And you know, they’re both right. The national debt is a huge issue, but the path to fixing it must be comprehensive. Another concern is making sure that any measures taken don’t fracture our recovering economy.

When most conservative politicians talk about lowering the debt, they point to billions of dollars of wasteful spending by the government. While I’m sure there’s plenty of wasteful spending by our government, as any large organization is bound to have, it is not the biggest problem. The charged fights and stand offs in Washington over discretionary spending are virtually meaningless. We could have a perfectly streamlined bureaucracy and still sink ourselves farther into the debt hole. This is because the vast majority of our spending comes from entitlement programs and defense spending. Until we deal with these problems, our debt will continue to grow. By the way, it’s already past $15.6 trillion and climbing.

In Paul Ryan’s budget, he begins to address the issue of entitlement reform. Under Ryan’s proposal, Medicaid would shift to block grants to the state to administer. This would allow states to innovate and constrain costs from skyrocketing out of control. Medicare would shift to basically a subsidy provided by the government for private insurance plans.

This would allow seniors the flexibility to choose which plan best suited them while still

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helping them to cover costs. It would also be partially need-based, meaning that wealthy seniors would receive less aid from the government, while sick and less wealthy seniors would receive more help. Democrats love to scare current seniors into thinking the evil Republicans are trying to steal the Medicare, but they miss an important point. Changes to Medicare would be completely optional for current beneficiaries; this plan is mostly for seniors down the road. And while these changes may result in decreased benefits, let’s face it. If we don’t do something, Medicare won’t be around when you and I retire.

I would much rather have some assistance from the government than have Medicare collapse and leave us out in the cold. By implementing reform sooner rather than later, Americans will have time to plan for retirement.

Cutting spending is an important way to reduce the debt, but it cannot be the only way.

Liberals who say we need to increase revenues are right and if we’re serious about reform we cannot ignore them. But simply raising taxes on the wealthy is not the best way to do this. Just as not all low-income earners are lazy, not all high-income earners have cheated their way to the top. Some have genuinely worked hard to get where they are. Society should not punish hard work.

However, since many of the public goods provided by the government have helped the wealthy to get where they are they should pay more of what they earn in taxes. But let’s not get carried away. The 90 percent tax rates from the last century were ridiculous. The biggest problem with today’s tax rate is the many loopholes, not how low it is. Flattening the tax rate ensures that everyone pays what they should and that millionaires don’t get away with 10 percent effective tax rates. Representative Ryan’s plan works under this premise, but goes a bit further. He lowers and collapses the tax rates into two brackets, 10 percent and 25 percent. While these rates are lower, it both ensures that everyone pays what they should and offsets potential increases on the middle class from the closing of loopholes.

Representative Ryan’s plan is not perfect. Social Security is another entitlement that needs at least modest reform. And while a flat tax is good, the FairTax is better. But this at least sets a moderate starting point—something America desperately needs.

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Jimmy Maritt and Joe Anderson performed for Spring Week’s comedy show Monday. The event acted as the kick-off event for Spring Week, which will be going on until Saturday (Photo by Kacie Daugherty).

Cassie Hauser Reporter

Spring Week kicked off Monday as “The Original Comedy Show: We Can Make You Laugh” performed as part of the weekly activities.

The comedians for the night, Jimmy Maritt and Joe Anderson, tour the country at different colleges and comedy clubs. Maritt’s favorite venue is the college audience.

“I just always wanted to do it [be a comedian] since I was a kid. I used to watch Letterman a bunch,” Maritt said.

Maritt has been a working comedian for eight years now.

The Spring Week committee organized the event, and three people of that committee played a large part in getting Maritt and Anderson to Indiana State University.

“It looked like a fun show where everyone could come out for it. We saw videos on YouTube, and they seemed really funny. It was a good and free event for the whole campus to come out for Spring Week,” said senior recreation and sports management major Amanda Gabbard.

Amanda Gabbard, along with Kenny Ostler and Mikayla Manuel, were part of the committee that organized the event, and Ostler, as the committee chair, appreciates all of the work

that Gabbard and Manuel helped with. The committee found the comedy act online and decided that they would be a good fit for ISU’s spring week.

The process was very simple for the committee to set up the event.

“It was just as simple as finding them online and asking them to come,” Ostler said.

The show started with Maritt and Anderson doing different stand-up comedy acts, and then the show moved to more audience-oriented activities.

In the second part, different members of the audience were called up on-stage, and they had the opportunity to win money. There was only one catch.

If the audience member laughed before the two minutes was up, he or she did not win the money. To make the participants laugh, Maritt and Anderson performed skits with them, and most of them could not handle it after only a couple of seconds. Some of the skits included an E.T. impersonation, a Led Zeppelin acapella group, a “Titanic” love scene and the medley of “Star Wars” impersonations.

“The best part was where there was a contestant on stage, and they tried to make them laugh,” Gabbard said.

Although most people did not win the money, everyone who participated on stage won a free t-shirt, and everyone got some laughs from it.

One of the most popular skits was the “E.T. Skit.” Anderson dressed as the movie character, and he appeared on stage wearing a dress and wig. The audience, along with the on-stage participant, could not control their laughter.

“It brought back my childhood memories. It was a nostalgic moment,” said junior social work major and coordinator Emily Price. It was also Ostler’s favorite skit because he thought that it took a lot of confidence to dress up.

“My favorite part about it was the fact that he had a dress on and that he was willing to do that,” Ostler said.

This type of comedy fit well with the sense of humor of many students who attended the event.

“I enjoy insulting humor, so I thought the part of the show where there were jokes about ‘FML Facebook statuses’ and ‘serious situations’ in the world was the funniest,” said senior English teaching major Mick Jackson.

The event had a heavy turn-out.

“It was an amazing show overall. I didn’t expect the crowd to be so big,” Manuel said. “I was about out of my chair. He really made us laugh.”

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Conference set to help students become savers Day’Jonnae Riggins Reporter

With tuition rates and other academic fees draining many students’ bank accounts, the African American Cultural Center is hosting an event that will offer advice to those in need.

The African American Cultural Center will hold the seventh annual African American Leadership conference, Saturday, Apr. 21 in the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

This year’s theme is How to Win the Game of Life: Let Things Happen or Make Things Happen.

“The student committee brain stormed ideas, and the theme was established,” said second year graduate student Breanna Lee. “Many students believe that things are just going to happen such as getting good grades, jobs and networking when. In actuality, those things don’t just happen. You as an individual [have] to make sure it happens by taking action and taking control of your life.”

Financial guru Lynn Richardson and Dream Chasa Entertaintainment business owner Anttonieo Maddison will be the main speakers.

“Many college students receive some money back from school while attending and spend it rapidly and carelessly to [the point] where the student does not have any more money for things they want to do while in college,” Lee said.

Students have the chance to learn how to manage their finances in school Lynn Richardson, while also learning the importance of making things happen from Maddison. “[Their] impactful words and knowledge will allow for students to see that dreams can come true if you work hard for it,” Lee said.

The cost of the conference is ten dollars for students and $25 for out of town students. The cost includes breakfast, lunch, a T-shirt and a padfolio.

Goals of the conference include utilizing social media in a positive way, finding out how to stand out in the corporate world, creating résumés that speak to their capabilities and skills.

“I have been a part of the Leadership Conference for five years. Each year, I gain a new skill that I can use as a leader and a professional,” Lee said. “ I am now a professional, and I can still look back on each year remember what I learned. And I use that when working with students now.”

The conference is sponsored by the African American Cultural Center, ISU Foundations, African American Alumni Council, Tonya Bell and George Pillow.

The official naming ceremony of the African American Cultural Center will also take place during this conference. The cultural center will be naming the building after the second and longest running director of the center.

For information on the event, students can contact event coordinator Breanna Lee at blee15@sycamores.indstate.edu.

The event was designed to diversify the lives of the students at ISU and surrounding colleges in order to better equip tomorrow’s leaders with practial skills today (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Iron Chef competition brings the heat, last day to sign up Joshua Ayala Reporter

Students are preparing to conjure up their inner Bobby Flay as the Food and Nutrition Club hosts an Iron Chef competition next Tuesday at 7 p.m.

The competition will allow students and staff to compete and show their cooking skills they have with a 60 minute time limit to create a dish with a secret ingredient of the judges’ choosing.

Sophomore dietetics major and Food and Nutrition club president Hannah Cline, along with Professor in Applies Health Sciences Carol Reed and dietetics major Crystal Durril will all be at the competition as the judges and helpers.

“I believe there will be a lot of anxious folks running around the kitchen like the shows ‘Iron Chef ’ and ‘Chopped,’ though the competitors will not be playing for big buck. [They will] just be showing off their cooking knowledge and talents,” Cline said.

“Iron Chef ” is an American cooking series based on Fuji Television’s “Iron Chef ” in Japan. It is produced by Food

Network. The series consists of new challenger chefs competing against one of the resident “Iron Chefs” in a one-hour cooking competition on a theme ingredient.

The show “Chopped” is a reality show where four chefs compete against each other for a chance to win $10,000. The show airs every Tuesday at 10 p.m. EST on Food Network.

For the Iron Chef competition at ISU, each member of the sole winning group will receive a gift card. There will be seven groups of three in each station with their own stove, microwave and oven.

This competition will take place at the kitchen located on the south end of the Arena, right beside the basketball staff ’s area, B-29.

With four of the seven available positions filled up, open spots still remain for anyone wishing to partake. For more information, contact Cline at hcline1@sycamores.indstate.edu “If anyone is planning on entering, we must know by Wednesday [today] and must have your payment by Friday. I would like to encourage people to participate because there has been nothing like this event, “Cline said.

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Briefs ISU Symphony Orchestra concert to feature student soloist The Indiana State University Symphony Orchestra will present a concert Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Tilson Auditorium.

Janelle Huber, a senior education major from Brazil, will be featured on Vivaldi’s “Flute Concerto in D Major.” The orchestra, under the direction of conductor William Davis, associate professor of music, will then turn to the most famous of all symphonies, “Symphony No. 5” by Beethoven.

The concert will conclude with two excerpts from Wagner’s opera “Lohengrin.”The prelude is a heavenly descent from high strings to a rich orchestration of several themes at once. It will be followed immediately by the Introduction to the third act, which is a prime example of a regal Wagnerian theme for full brass.

Admission to the event is free and attendance by campus and community members is encouraged.

For more information, contact the School of Music at 812-237-2771.

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Briefs Margaret McMullan to visit ISU, present book reading and autograph session Indiana State University will host novelist Margaret McMullan as a visiting writer on Thursday. She will present a book reading at 3:30 p.m. in Heritage Lounge, followed by an autograph session.

McMullan, professor and Melvin M. Peterson Endowed Chair in Literature and Writing at the University of Evansville, is the author of six award-winning novels and recipient of a 2010 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature. Her work has been published in numerous journals, including The Sun, Chicago Tribune, and National Geographic for Kids.

During the session at ISU, McMullan plans to read a short story from “Aftermath Lounge,” as well as an excerpt from her latest novel, “Sources of Light.”

“Aftermath Lounge” is a collection of short stories about the time following Hurricane Katrina. The story is set on the Gulf Coast in Pass Christian, Mississippi, a town which was wiped out by the natural disaster.

“Sources of Light” is set in Mississippi during the early 1960s.

After the death of her father, a young girl named Sam and her mother must move back to Mississippi. However, their liberal views clash with the town’s conservative ideals during this Civil Rights-era story. Sam uses her camera to expose the need for

social justice.

“The legal issues for the Civil Rights movement have been settled, however, the sociological, educational, and economic issues remain with us, and are, in many ways, more difficult to sort out,” said McMullan, who developed her idea for the book after growing up in Mississippi.

She hopes that readers come away with a better understanding of the complicated history of the Civil Rights Movement. “But in the end, I just want to tell a good story,” she said.

McMullan said she loves all the steps of the writing process, including creating story ideas, researching and travelling.

“But I also really appreciate the time spent with words and sentences -- that alone-time when it’s just you and the work,” she said.

McMullan became interested in writing during high school, when a teacher submitted one of her short stories to a contest sponsored by Scholastic Magazine. Her story won.

“I got a gold pen and Mrs. Lowey’s [my teacher] approval,” said McMullan. “I was hooked.”

The reading is free and open to the public. More information about McMullan and her work can be found at her website, margaretmcmullan.com.

Novelist Margaret McMullan (Photo courtesy of ISU Commuications and Marketing).

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Upcoming Events Baseball Wednesday at Bloomington, Ind. vs.

Indiana Univeristy at 3 p.m.

Friday-Sunday at Peoria, Ill. vs. Bradley Univeristy at 7 p.m.

Track and Field Friday-Saturday at Terre Haute, Ind., Pacesetter Quadrangular, 2 p.m. and 11 a.m.

Softball Wednesday at Terre Haute Ind., Indiana University at 4 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday at Terre Haute Ind., Indiana University at 11 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.

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Indiana Hoosiers next up for Sycamores Derek Johnson Reporter

The Indiana State University baseball team will travel to Bloomington to take on Indiana University in midweek game on Wednesday.

The Sycamores enter the competition with an overall season record of 26-7 and 6-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The Hoosiers enter the competition with an overall record of 1418 and 5-4 in the Big Ten Conference.

This is the second meeting between these two teams this season with ISU coming away wth a 13-8 victory at Bob Warn Field.

The Sycamores enter the competition off a MVC series win against the Creighton Bluejays.

ISU vs. Creighton Game One The Indiana State Sycamores baseball team defeated the Creighton Bluejays, 6-3, in the series opener Friday night at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

Junior Dakota Bacus started on the mound for the Sycamores and gave up three runs on seven hits in eight innings pitched. Senior Jon Hedges led the Sycamores at the plate with three hits while junior Koby Kraemer and freshman Landon Curry added two hits apiece.

With the win, the Sycamores improve their record to 25-6 overall and 5-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bluejays, meanwhile, fall to Sycamore baseball player rounds the bases during their matchup with Creighton (Photo by Kyle Seeley).

13-14 on the season and 1-6 in the conference.

Creighton jumped out to an early lead, tallying four hits and a sacrifice fly in their first six at-bats innings and holding the Bluejays scoreless for the no outs in the bottom of the first. The Sycamores, to plate two runs in the bottom of the first to take a remainder of the game to secure the three-run however, were able to work out of the jam behind the victory. arm of Manaea, who fielded a ball hit sharply back to 2-0 lead. the mound and cut down the runner heading home Indiana State senior Ryan Walterhouse led off Game Two prior to striking out the next two batters. the top of the third inning with a hit-by-pitch Junior Jeremy Lucas reached on a hit-by-pitch in before advancing to second on a sac-bunt. With The Indiana State Sycamores baseball team the first inning and junior Koby Kraemer reached on two outs, Curry hit an RBI single to left-center field, defeated the Creighton Bluejays, 2-0, in game two an error in the third for the Sycamores only two base bringing Walterhouse around to score from second.

The Bluejays took advantage of an error from the of the three-game series at TD Ameritrade Park in runners throughout the first nine innings.

Sycamores in the bottom half to extend their lead Omaha, Nebraska Saturday afternoon in a 12-inning Creighton, meanwhile, was held hitless in innings game. five through eight, but had a chance to win the game back out to two runs.

Sophomore Sean Manaea got the start for the in the bottom of the ninth after putting a runner in Senior Lucas Hileman reached on a hit-by-pitch and Walterhouse drew a walk to give the Sycamores Sycamores and gave up five hits in nine innings scoring position on a one-out double to left field runners on first and second with one out in the top of pitched while not giving up a run. Seniors Brandon from junior Alex Staehely. After a single through the the fourth. Kraemer hit a two-run RBI double down Dorsett and Reggie Hochstedler closed out the extra infield, Staehely rounded third and headed home but the third-base line to bring the runners around to innings and held the Bluejays scoreless. Hedges led was thrown out at the plate by Indiana State senior score and advanced to third on a throw to the plate. the Sycamores at the plate with two hits and two Lucas Hileman from center field.

Junior Robby Ort recorded the first hit of the Sophomore Tyler Wampler successfully executed a RBIs. With the win, the Sycamores improve to 26-6 game for the Sycamores after singling to left-center squeeze bunt to score Kraemer from third and give on the season and 6-2 in the Missouri Valley field in the top of the 10th. Ort advanced to third on the Sycamores a 4-3 lead; their first of the contest.

After taking the lead, Indiana State never looked Conference. The Bluejays fall to 13-15 on the season a single to left field from Hedges. Kraemer popped up to end the half-inning. back, adding single runs in the seventh and eighth and 1-7 in the conference with the loss.

The Bluejays managed to load the bases with

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Continued from Page 12 Hileman was walked to lead off the 12th for the Sycamores and advanced to third on a passed ball and a sacrifice bunt from senior Kyle Burnam. After a walk to Lucas to put runners on first and third, Ort laid down a squeeze bunt.

Hileman got caught in a run-down between home and third, he avoided the tag long enough to allow Lucas to advance to third and Ort to second.

Hedges brought the runners home on a two-run RBI single through the right side of the infield to give the Sycamores a 2-0 advantage heading into the bottom half, where the Bluejays were unable to put a run on the board.

Game Three The Indiana State Sycamores baseball team was unable to complete the series sweep, falling by a score of 8-0 to the Creighton Bluejays in the final game of the series Sunday afternoon.

Junior Ryan Torgerson got the start for the Sycamores and allowed five runs on seven hits in 2.2 innings pitched in his first loss of the season. Senior, Ryan Walterhouse led the Sycamores at the plate with two hits.

With the loss, the Sycamores fall to 26-7 on the season and 6-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Meanwhile, the Bluejays improve to 14-15 on the season and 2-7 in the conference.

The Bluejays got out to an early lead, taking advantage of an Indiana State error and a double down the left field line from Nick Judkins to score Brad McKewon and take 1-0 advantage heading into the second inning.

The Sycamores deficit grew larger after Creighton managed to add two runs in both the second and third innings and another in the fourth to take a 6-0 lead after four innings of play.

With one out in the fifth, Walterhouse drove a single to center field followed by a two-out walk to Wampler to put runners on first and second for the Sycamores. Hileman hit a ground ball back up the middle of the infield, but was called out on a close play at first to end the half-inning.

While the Sycamores did not manage to score a run for the remainder of the game, the Bluejays added two more to their run total in the eighth to secure the win.

Softball defeats EIU Panthers Blaine Kinsley

ISU Athletic Media Relations

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.— The Indiana State softball team jumped out to an early lead over the Panthers of Eastern Illinois and never looked back as they defeated the Panthers 3-0 Tuesday at Price Field.

“That’s the best we have played all year,” Head Coach Shane Bouman said. “We pitched and played good defense, we got on base, we moved runners and we got key hits.”

The Sycamores wasted no time in taking the lead as they took a 1-0 advantage over the Panthers in the bottom of the first inning. With two outs, senior Hailey Tinsman tripled to center field and senior Lindsey Beisser reached on a error by the EIU short stop to score Tinsman.

In the bottom of the third inning, the Sycamore offense struck again as freshman Megan Bunting led off the inning with a base on balls and was advanced to second on a

sacrifice bunt off the bat of freshman Megan Stone. The very next batter, sophomore Shelby Wilson doubled to center field to score Bunting and make it a 2-0 Sycamore advantage.

Senior Allysa Heller (Photo courtesy ISU Athletic Media Relations).

Again, the Sycamore offense added to its lead in the bottom of the fourth inning make it 3-0 over the Panthers.

Freshman Ashley Dickerson led off

the inning with a base on balls before advancing to second on a groundout by senior Alyssa Doyle and third on a passed ball. Dickerson then scored on a groundout by junior Alex Lucas.

That was all the runs the Sycamores needed as pitcher Beisser threw a complete game, four-hit, shutout to down the Panthers by a final score of 3-0.

Wilson and finished the game 1-2 at the plate for the Sycamores with an RBI and a double while Tinsman was 1-3 with a triple and a run scored.

The Sycamores will now turn their attention toward the Hoosiers of Indiana University who will visit Price Field Wednesday with first pitch at 4 p.m.

Following the Sycamores game against the Hoosiers, the Sycamores will host the Bradley Braves in a three-game series Saturday and Sunday as part of Strikeout Cancer weekend where all fans are encouraged to wear pink to the games.

The Pathway to Success Campus and Community members are invited to attend the

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Women’s track and field perform at Auburn Classic Derek Johnson Reporter

Three victories for the women’s track and field team this weekend and a 1-2-3 finish in the shot put. Junior Felisha Johnson led the shot put event throwing 15.98 meters (52’ 5.25”) with junior Mary Theisen following in the second with a distance of 15.52 meters (50’ 11”) and senior Tara Perigo placing in third with 13.90 meters (45’ 7.25”). Also in the throws Johnson and Theisen competed in the discus placing second and ninth with Theisen throwing 51.99 meters (170’ 7”).

Theisen also finished 11th in the hammer and Perigo threw in javelin finishing eighth throwing a distance of 36.50 meters (119’ 9”).

Another victory for the Sycamores was in the pole vault competition with junior Richelle Kimble leaping 3.95 meters (12’ 11.5”). Sophomore Hannah McKnight finished eighth clearing 3.40 meters (11’ 1.75”).

Also in the field freshmen Carmelia Stewart finished 14th leaping 11.64 meters (38’ 2.25”) in the triple jump. Sophomore Kelly Steffen placed ninth in the long jump. In the high jump, senior Nikole Snearley and sophomore Rachael Johnson both cleared 1.60

meters, (5’ 3”) but Snearley placed seventh with Johnson in eighth.

On the track, Junior Leeann Michl added another victory for the team in the 800 meter race timing in at 2:06.67 with Kaci Smith in 14th. In the 3000 meter Steeplechase junior Kalli Dalton placed second running the second best time in school history timing at 10:55.60 also senior Kristy Twitchell placed fifth.

The women’s 4 x 400 meter relay team, juniors Stacia Weatherford, Macey Black, Leeann Michl and senior Kaci Smith, finished third in 3:42.66.

In the 400 meter race Macey Black finished 9th in 56.15 seconds with sophomore Shelby Higginbottom close behind in 11th clocking in at 56.33. In the 400 meter hurdles Weatherford finished fourth in 59.57 seconds with sophomore Brittany Housel placing 12th in 1:02.93.

Senior Kacie Klem finished sixth in the 3000 meter race timing in at 10:01.93.

The Sycamores will be running on their home track this weekend in the annual Pacesetter Quadrangular.

Other teams apart of this meet will be Southern Illinois University, Butler University and Milwaukee. The first day events will begin Friday April 13th at 2 p.m. and Junior Mary Theisen throws in Auburn Tiger Classic Tiger Track Meet (Photo by Ernest Rollins). will continue to Saturday April 14th at 11 a.m.

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Pounds break 19-year old hammer throw at Auburn

Junior Brandon Pounds makes a record throw at the Auburn Tiger Classic Track Meet (Photo by Ernest Rollins).

Derek Johnson Reporter

Junior Brandon Pounds threw 65.34 meters (214’ 4”), winning the hammer throw and breaking the 19 year old school record Friday at the 2012 Auburn Tiger Track Classic Invitational.

“I was very excited to trow a personal record but I know I have a lot more work to do with my technique,” Ppounds said.

This is the second record breaking throw of the year for the Sycamores the first being Junior Felisha Johnson breaking the indoor shot put record. Along with Pound’s victory the Sycamores placed high in other events, as well.

Following Pound’s performance, sophomore Chris Fields placed 11th in the hammer throwing 53.12 meters (174’ 03”). Also both Pounds and Fields also competed in the discus throw. Pounds placed 10th and Fields finished 12th. Sophomore Jordan Colanese finished 17th in the javelin throwing 48.75 meters (159’ 11”).

Senior Ernest Rollins finished third in the triple jump, leaping 14.72 meters (48’ 3.5”) with sophomore Maurice Lyke jumping 7.24 meters (23’ 9”) in the long jump placing third, as well. Junior Robert Webb placed sixth in the high

jump clearing 2.02 meters (6’ 7”).

On the track, sophomore Greggmar Swift competed in his outdoor race of the outdoor season placing sixth the 110 meter hurdles running a time of 14 seconds.

Sophomore Duane Brown ran 14.55 placing 14th and Lyke finishing 10th in 14.35.

The 4 x 100 team consisting of sophomores Devin Price, Leo Cordova, Kevin Piraino and freshmen Ray Humphrey finished 14th in 42.13 seconds. The 4x 400 team of senior Andrew Stull, junior Justin Baxtron and freshmen Ryan Dickson and Ryan Henrickson placed 16th, timing in at 3:19.60. In the 800 meters sophomore Brad Adams finished third in 1:52.76 with junior Cory Hahn placing eighth and freshmen Remy Lewis placing 12th.

Junior Dustin Betz finished fourth in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 9:11.95. In the 3000 meter race, senior Craig Padgett finished fourth timing in 8:16.63 with junior Albaro Escalera following in fifth place. Senior Jeremiah Vaughan placed fourth in the 1500 meter race in 3:48.19.

“Overall, I think the meet was a success, the meet gave our team a chance to compete against new competition Sophomore Jordan Colanese throws in the Auburn Tiger Classic Track and also in a new environment,” Pounds said.

Meet (photo by Ernest Rollins).