April 11, 2016 by Indiana Statesman

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Former ISU employee arrested, charged Stephanie Burns Reporter

Jason Hiddle, a former Indiana State University employee, was arrested on March 31 and charged with computer trespassing. Hiddle is from Carbon, Indiana, and has previously worked as a web content developer for the university. The website he was allegedly attempting to interrupt was the Indiana State University Police website. The main purpose of the site is to alert the campus to any emergencies that could be happening and to keep people updated on things that are going on with Public Safety.

This was one of the websites that Hiddle was already familiar with, said Joe Newport, chief of University Police. “I think he was trying to disable the system in hopes that we may not be able to get it back working,” Newport said. If the website had been compromised, it may have resulted in a minor interruption to the emergency notification system on campus. There is a multi-layered system put into place to notify everyone on campus if an emergency were to occur. This system includes sirens, text messaging and emails, along with a notice on the ISU University Police website. If Hiddle had compromised the website,

this would only mean that updates and alerts to emergencies could not be added to the site, Within hours of the incident, Public Safety was able to discover that the website had been tampered with. The assistant to the chief, Tammy Hurst, attempted to add to the ISU University Police website shortly after Hiddle’s alleged attempt to shut it down. She discovered that something was wrong and immediately contacted web support. An investigation began, leading to a search warrant and Hiddle’s arrest. The ISU University Police website has not been put in jeopardy due to these events and the notification system set in

place for emergencies is working just as it should. The website will now be checked more frequently in order to monitor for any issues. “We don’t foresee any more problems and we don’t have a history of issues. We will continue to check for them,” Newport said. Jason Hiddle made his first court appearance on April 1. He was scheduled for a second appearance on April 6. He was brought up against charges of Computer Trespass and offense against intellectual property. More information regarding his trial and official charges will be released at a later date.

Transgender woman files lawsuit against a Michigan university David Jesse

Detroit Free Press (TNS)

DETROIT — A lawsuit filed Friday claims Saginaw Valley State University fired Charin Davenport after she underwent gender transition from male to female, including changing her name and starting to dress like a woman. The suit, filed in federal court, says the university discriminated against Davenport based on her gender. “Discrimination against people who don’t conform to traditional gender stereotypes is a form of sex discrimination under the law,” her attorney, Jennifer Salvatore, said in a press release. “No human being should be vilified and denigrated the way Char was by her supervisor, let alone lose their job because of who they are. She is a wonderful person with a lot of courage to speak out about what happened to her.” The university could not immediately be reached for a comment. Charles Davenport began working for the university in 2007 as an adjunct professor in the English department, the suit says. From August 2011 to July 2012, he worked as the coordinator of academic tutoring services. In July 2012, he became the assistant to the director of academic programs support. The suit says he received positive reviews for his work. Then, in October 2013, he informed SVSU he was undergoing gender transition. He said he intended to dress as a female. That’s when the problems began, the suit says. The suit claims Davenport’s supervisor, Ann Coburn-Collins, told her, “It’s my fault. I should have given you that fulltime job so you wouldn’t have had so much free time.” Then, in December 2013, Davenport was told her position was being eliminated for budgetary reasons. A couple of months later, the suit says, Coburn-Collins got into a yelling match with Davenport and allegedly said, “You disgust me. I can’t even stand to look at you.” The suit seeks a jury trial and asks for unspecified compensation.

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“Company” comes to a close on campus Rileigh Roberson Reporter

“Company,” a musical put on by Indiana State University students, premiered last week in the Dreiser Hall theater. This Sondheim production first debuted in April 1970 and was written as a comedy by George Furth. The musical was nominated for 14 Tony Awards, winning six. “Company” is about a 35-year-old man who has yet to marry, but is friends with many different sets of married couples. He goes on, attempting to convince himself that married life is the life he wants to live, but finds out that this may not be the case. The musical was originally written as 11 different one-act plays, but after being critiqued by different people, it was decided that a select number of the acts should be combined, with Robert as the constant moving in and out of each scenario.

Sondheim also decided that it should be performed as a musical rather than a play. The ISU theater performance featured junior music education student Daniel Delgado as the leading role, Robert. “I went into the audition knowing I was going to do great,” Delgado said. “We had to prepare a monologue and a song, and it was definitely nerve-wracking.” This was Delgado’s first experience with a leading role. “Being Robert has been the greatest experience so far,” Delgado said. “I can definitely relate to Robert.” Once the audition process was over, the cast began rehearsing in late February in order to be ready for last weeks’ shows. The musical contained 13 other cast members total, five couples and three of Robert’s girlfriends. There were four evening performances, Wednesday through Satur-

day, and one matinee performance Sunday afternoon, and it was free for students with their student IDs. “I was not expecting what I got,” choral director for the music department Scott Buchanan said. “It was definitely an experience — a good one.” The production was a two-act musical, with the first act containing six scenes, and the seconding containing five. “Absolutely hysterical — I could not stop laughing,” freshman music business student Zene Colson said. “It left me wanting more.” The running time for the musical, including the intermission, was a little over two and a half hours. “I’ve learned that company, they come and go but they will always be there, even when they are not there,” Delgado said. The work is not over, however. The cast will be performing this musical in Vietnam over the summer.

A look at a campus constant: grade inflation Scott Canon

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Want an easy A? Steer clear of R. Lee Lyman’s Fundamentals of Archaeology. He’s flunked students at the University of Missouri for decades. In a sophomore class of 25 students in 2014, fewer than half earned an A. Two got D’s and two flunked. Last fall, only two people in the course scored an A. Four failed. In 2012, half of the dozen students in his archaeology class tanked. What gives? “I’ve used the same grading scale for the 30-odd years,” said Lyman, an anthropologist and now professor emeritus. That makes him an academic oddity. Across the country at places like MU, at less selective schools and on the elite campus-

es of the Ivy League, grades keep going up. Professors such as Lyman take an ever lonelier stand to hold steady on the value of an A or a B. Some analysts say grade inflation may be topping out simply because there’s nowhere higher to go. Some schools have begun experimenting with the A-plus, hoping to create room atop the crowded scale. Experts say we’ll sort the great from the good by running GPAs out farther beyond the decimal point. In national surveys, faculty say they feel pressured more to boost grades than to keep them constant. Some of their colleagues urge them to resist inflation, but students, parents and campus higher-ups can subtly or bluntly lean on them for grading generosity. A respondent in one national survey — voicing what faculty

say privately — suspected his academic department lost out on university teaching awards that rely heavily on student evaluations. Strict grading doesn’t win much love from the student body. Studies have shown that the higher the grades students expect they’ll get in a course, the stronger the evaluation they’ll give an instructor. College teaching careers hardly turn on those marks from students alone — evaluations from other faculty, published research, the ability to win grants can trump them — but they matter. Students also tend to shop for courses that produce the most A’s and the fewest F’s. “Everybody looks to find where they can get easy grades,” said Kurt Diable, an MU student from Liberty. Professors who find too few

students taking their classes risk their status at a school and their ability to stay on the faculty. A 2000 study found that adjuncts gave higher grades than their peers. Those short-term or part-time instructors shoulder a growing portion of the teaching load. In 1971, they represented about 1 in 5 instructors. Forty years later, they made up more than half. “In most cases, (adjunct instructors are) evaluated solely on student evaluations,” New York University education professor Jonathan Zimmerman wrote in an essay last month. “Who can blame them for trying to gin up their scores? After all, their livelihoods are at stake.” Grade inflation — yesterday’s B student becomes today’s A-minus scholar — reflects a change in campus culture, said Stuart Rojstaczer. He taught environ-

mental science, geophysics and civil engineering at Duke University before leaving to write a novel and study how grades have risen. His recently updated research shows them rising 0.1 points per decade without pause for 30 years. His findings conclude A’s are now three times as common as in 1960. MU, in a way that few universities reveal, lists all the grades given in its courses from 1997 on. An analysis of those numbers reveals the average grade rose from about a B (slightly below 3.1) to B-plus (just shy of 3.3) over the last 18 years. (MU notes that the figures could exaggerate grade inflation because they include graduate classes — a growing part of the university and a level where A’s have long been the default score.)

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BuzzFeed stunt highlights Facebook’s push into streaming Paresh Dave

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LOS ANGELES — Viral video maker BuzzFeed got at least 3.1 million people to flip over to Facebook to watch a pair of people in hazmat suits and goggles wrap rubber bands around a watermelon until it exploded. The live stunt Friday placed a major spotlight on Facebook Live, the social media company’s push to get people to stream live footage of anything and everything in their lives. To encourage early adoption, Facebook has been paying a small number of media companies, in-

Heritage Week highlights ISU’s diversity Tyler Davis Reporter

Once a year at Indiana State, the Center for Global Engagement hosts Heritage Week to educate community members about various cultures found around the world. Many of the Heritage Week activities involve coordinating activities that cultivate discussion among individuals of different backgrounds. It also incorporates guest speakers from around the world as to present information from a fresh perspective. Festivities took place last week across campus, and all events scheduled led up the Fifth Annual Heritage Day Fair, which took place on Saturday at HMSU. Staff and students alike were encouraged to participate in activities that introduced diversified customs representative specifically of those who make up our University. The week kicked off with a bang last Sunday, as a six-onsix soccer tournament was hosted by the African Student Union on Kennedy Field. The following Monday, an international music and dance party took place at HMSU in which students were invited to “learn new dance moves and perfect (their) old ones,” as stated by an ISU press release. Those who attended danced the night away to a variety of musical numbers from all across the world. Tuesday marked Japanese Anime Movie Night, coordinated by

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cluding BuzzFeed, to get creative with live streaming, according to news reports this week. BuzzFeed, an online media company known for its wacky videos, quizzes and articles, said Facebook did not pay for watermelon crushing. Facebook wouldn’t comment on the record about whether it helped fund the watermelon and other supplies. There’s no doubt, that Facebook now has a great example that shows how live streams can quickly spread among its 1.6 billion users. The watermelon survived about 45 minutes before its top blasted off, leading to an eruption of cheers

among onlookers inside BuzzFeed’s New York cafeteria. About 800,000 people watched together online at one moment in the broadcast, which BuzzFeed said marked its largest ever concurrent viewership. The figure is comparable to what video streaming app Twitch gets for top video game competitions. Facebook classifies anyone who tunes in for at least three seconds as a viewer, which is much shorter than the one-minute requirement TV ratings firm Nielsen uses. Live video is among Facebook’s top initiatives. Smartphones and better mobile data connections have made it easy

for people to quickly upload videos and draw a large number of viewers across the world. And because ads tied to videos tend to be more lucrative, and even more so when attached to live content, tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat are eager to become hubs for video sharing. Facebook won’t say how many people are using its Facebook Live, explaining it’s too early to judge the product, which was first introduced to celebrities, athletes and journalists last August before rolling out to everyone. ©2016 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Earth Day promises biggest production yet Kristen Kilker ISU Communications and Marketing Indiana State’s Earth Day celebration will feature a theatrical flourish when the day of festivities returns to campus on April 20. Performances by three local musical acts and a medley by the Indiana State cast of “Company” are among the highlights of the Sustainability Festival, set for 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on the quad. One of the perennially popular events is lunch on the quad, catered by Sodexo and featuring a sustainability awards presentation, more than 30 community vendors and games. It’s no coincidence such a big production is being organized by Olivia Underwood of Paris, Illinois, a senior theater major at Indiana State. “Being a theater student, I’m pretty project-oriented,” Underwood said. “You have to get people interested in your show if you’re a theater major, and you have to get people interested in Earth Day if you’re a manager for that. There are a lot of team-based, production-based things in theater that are relatable to events coordinating. It’s almost like putting on a show.” The celebration by the university’s Institute for Community Sustainability gets bigger and bigger each year, with more than 3,000 attendees last year. LeafFilter, a micromesh gutter protection system, named Indiana State’s Earth Day one of the top 11 in the country — and the only ranked celebration in the state. “There should be some fun outdoor activities as well and possibly some animals coming to visit,” Underwood said of the Sustainability Festival. “Advocacy and Activism” will be the topic of a presentation by Amanda Shephard of the Hoosier Environmental Council, 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Career Center classroom. After enjoying the sunshine, the community is

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Students and community members converge on the ISU Quad to celebrate sustainability and environmentally-conscious living during last year’s Earth Day festivities.

invited back to watch “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at 9 p.m. on the Condit House lawn. “We’re really excited. It’s really cool to get a lot of different people coming together to put on one big celebration,” Underwood said. Earth Day 2016 sponsors include Staples, Jay’s Bikes and Harvest Bakery. All events are free and open to the public. “I think sustainability’s important for everyone,” Underwood said. “There is no limit to who should and should not be concerned about sustainability. If we start thinking like that, then it will always be someone else’s responsibility. Every little effort you can do is a good step.” Underwood says her interest in the interdisciplinary field stems from her childhood. “I live on a farm. I’ve always been outdoorscentric. I’m a hiker, and I like camping, so I’ve always been interested in taking care of what I love, and what I love is being outside, so being sustainable only makes sense,” she said.

ISU Public Safety police blotter April 4

11:29 a.m.: An item was recovered on campus. 1:04 p.m.: A theft was reported in Cromwell Hall. 6:13 p.m.: A warrant was served in the Public Safety Department. 10:50 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported in Hines Hall.

April 5

9:55 a.m.: A property damage accident was reported at North Eighth and Tippecanoe Streets. 10:24 a.m.: Threats and a trespass warning were reported in the Sycamore Dining Center. 11:05 a.m.: An investigation was

conducted in the John T. Myers Technology Building. 1:34 p.m.: Money was found in the Cunningham Memorial Library. 1:55 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported in Hines Hall. 2:25 p.m.: A disturbance was reported in Erickson Hall. 2:47 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported in Mills Hall. 3:06 p.m. A fire alarm was reported in Reeve Hall West. 4:37 p.m. Criminal mischief and theft was reporting in the parking garage. 6:52 p.m. Suspicious activity was reported at 500 Wabash apartments. 8:08 p.m. A fire alarm was reported in Erickson Hall.

April 6

2:03 a.m. A bicycle was recovered in Lot 13. 4:45 a.m. A knife was found in the Fine Arts Building. 11:52 a.m. An item was recovered in Tirey Hall. 1:36 p.m. A bank card was found in Hines Hall. 6:26 p.m. A bank card was found in HMSU. 10:43 p.m. A false fire alarm was reported in Root Hall. 11:10 p.m. A bank card was found in Tirey Hall. 11:37 p.m. A telephone harassment was reported on campus.

April 7

1:32 a.m. Trespassing was reported in Cunningham Memorial Library. An arrest was made. 1:35 a.m. Trespassing was reported in Jones Hall. An arrest was made. 1:59 p.m. A theft was reported at Lot 10. 2:49 p.m. A theft was reported in Normal Hall. 3:30 p.m. A theft was reported in John T. Myers Tech Center. 4:09 p.m. Property damage was reported at Lot 5. 7:15 p.m. Trespassing and resistance of law enforcement was reported in Lincoln Quad. An arrest was made. 10:22 p.m. Harassment was reported in Mills Hall.

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GRADE FROM PAGE 1 Rojstaczer said MU’s grade inflation puts the school at about half the national average. The first national spike came in the 1960s and ’70s, he said, as professors worried that grading someone too low might jeopardize the student’s ability to stay in school. Kicked out of school, they could get drafted into the military. That leveled off for a time when the draft disappeared. But grading rose again in the late 1980s and early ’90s. The latest ballooning of B’s into A’s, Rojstaczer said, reflected a cultural change. “Students became customers rather than acolytes,” he said. “When you treat a student as a customer, the customer is always right. And the student customer wants a higher grade.” Analysts caution against singling out high grades in a class as proof of falling standards. Honors classes, for instance, tend to produce abnormally high grades. But those courses draw the most ambitious, highachieving students. Introductory classes — think

HERITAGE FROM PAGE 2 Graduate Assistant Jipin Jose. Students gathered in the Cunningham Memorial Library events area to participate in viewing the genre which is actively growing in popularity on a global scale. “We specifically chose the movie ‘The Wind Rises’ to show to the students of ISU. This movie has won and been nominated for various awards and is basically a fictionalized biopic on the creator of the Japanese fighter planes used during World War II,” Jose said. The event was designed to incorporate all fans of the genre, and additionally aimed to foster a better understanding toward the world of animation. “Many people think animated films and anime are basically the same thing, but if you tell that to a hard core anime fan they would

Monday, April 11, 2016 • Page 3 again of Lyman’s archaeology class — can produce lower grade averages. They’re populated by sophomores, freshmen and students taking classes unrelated to their majors. The subject matter is often new. Senior-level classes, on the other hand, produce higher grades because they’re filled by students who have largely gotten the knack of a particular field. Nursing, education, fine arts, the humanities and other fields have historically given higher grades than the hard sciences. Professors who grade too hard risk the employment and graduate school prospects of their students competing with graduates from other schools. Administrators are skeptical that rising GPAs come from lax standards. They speak of rising admissions standards and the higher SAT and ACT scores of entering freshmen. At Mizzou, for instance, the average ACT score of new students was 25.6 in 2010 and 26.0 in 2015. That’s just one piece of evidence, the school says, that students land on campus increasingly prepared for college. Once they arrive, they find

tutoring, online help with writing projects and a range of other academic support services that dwarf what their parents had. Jim Spain, MU’s vice provost for undergraduate studies, said those factors — not easier classes — drive the climbing grade numbers. “All those things add up to greater student success and one of those things is their grades,” Spain said. “We would be putting our students at peril and put our academic programs at peril if we didn’t maintain our academic rigor.” Artificially inflated grades, he said, would quickly come back to haunt the school. Instead, Spain said, accounting graduates continue to do well on their CPA exams, nursing students earn their licenses, education graduates pass their teaching exams. Administrators say the teaching profession has gotten savvier over the years. “An increase in grades … doesn’t actually mean a relaxing of academic vigor,” said Steven Dandaneau, the vice provost for undergraduate studies at Kansas State University. “We’ve learned more about how to teach better.

deny it,” Jose said. “The hardcore anime fans I’m talking about are mostly teenagers to adults and from all over the world not just the Japanese.” A total of about 30 students showed up for the movie night, which took place at the same time as the sponsored student’s dinner going on across campus. Thursday included a seminar on Islamophobia, which was open to faculty in the library. According to the ISU website, the seminar was intended to “explore practical information related to the safety, security and well-being of both Muslim students and Muslim community members in and around the Terre Haute area.” Discussions involved possible ways to further include Muslim students and faculty into the community, and tactics for resolving incidents on campus in a fair and swift manner. The

thinking behind organizing such an event stemmed from the need to improve academic success for an increasing student population at Indiana State University. Rounding out heritage week on Friday, the African International Hospitality Hour was hosted in Rhoads hall as the final event before the heritage day fair. Students and staff were encourage to attend in order to “meet neighbors from around the globe, and experience their hospitality,” according to the ISU press release. Heritage week is organized by The Center for Global Engagement as a way to ensure that all students are to see how the organization works while learning something new about a culture. Programs and tools are available to all foreign students via the community center, as well as those who wish to look into studying abroad.

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We have more tools, more technology at our disposal.” He also said some of the pressures blamed for grade inflation aren’t universal. At K-State, for instance, only professors see students’ evaluations, so they don’t figure in faculty promotion or retention. He sees worries about grade inflation as “old-fogeyism — ‘Things aren’t as tough as they were in my day.’” “There’s no problem here,” he said. “Faculty are doing a great job. Students are doing a great job.” Some analysts say grade inflation may be more complex, and less pronounced, than the popular perception. Cliff Adelman, a former federal education official and a senior associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy, said grading has become easier. But only slightly so. Students more often drop out of a class they’re struggling in, or retake a course — either avoiding or replacing a bad grade. “That automatically raises the collective GPAs,” Adelman said. “What does grade inflation mean? It means that criteria of judgment vary, over time and

from one school to another.” He sees some wisdom in suggestions that we just dump grades or go for other measurements. Worry less about an A or a B and more about whether students achieve certain skills. “You need to be more specific about what a student has to learn, let them know how they’re progressing and acknowledge that they’ve attained the skill,” said Trudy Milburn, director of campus solutions for Taskstream, a company working with multischool groups to find grading alternatives. Perhaps, for instance, students can prove they’ve learned not through grades but by the projects, papers and research they produce. “So maybe you take the final paper (from a course) and put it in with papers from other institutions across the country,” she said. “Then you can evaluate a department or a state or a university” in a way that at least puts grades from one university in context with others. (The Kansas City Star’s Jay Pilgreen contributed to this report.) ©2016 The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.). Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Relay for Life raises money for a cause Grace Harrah Reporter

Relay for Life event kicked off its 12-hour event this past Saturday which took place at the arena since the weather refused to cooperate. Relay for Life is a fundraiser by the American Cancer Society to help raise awareness and money for cancer research. Many universities, high schools and other institutions host the event where students and the community can get together and help for the cause. This year, 13 teams from different organizations, sororities and fraternities have teamed up to raise money for ISU’s Relay for Life. Richard Rangel, a sales and underwriting director for WZIS, ISU’s radio station, participated in the whole 12 hours and also helped DJ for WZIS. Many students such as Rangel have a personal connection and a reason behind the funding for

Relay for Life. “My uncle has died from brain cancer, so this event has a personal connection to me. I’m happy to help with funding for cancer awareness and the fight for cancer,” Rangel said. Unlike many other fundraising, Relay for Life is 12 hours long and often involves free food, prizes, music and entertainment. Relay for Life often attracts many of the residents of the Terre Haute community. Families and friends of ISU students were also seen at the event. Many places that host this fundraiser often have a 24-hour walking time, and the event generally runs for the entire day. Relay for Life started in Tacoma, Washington as its original birthplace of the fundraising and was founded by Dr. Gordy Klatt, a Tacoma surgeon. You can always see where to participate in a fundraising or even start one by going to relayforlife.com.

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People mourn the loss of their loved ones by the paper bags specially decorated and dedicated for the person lost, or currently fighting cancer. The bags are lit with a batery operated tea light candles. Jacara Buchanan, a ISU senior art student who died of cancer, was honored at the event.

Movie Reviews: “Irrational Man”: Woody Allen’s latest masterpiece Grace Harrah Reporter

Woody Allen, a unique film director who has produced many quirky classics has done it again, with a new film “Irrational Man.” Allen’s films almost always include very narrative characters along with fast-paced talking. The conversations, however, are substantive and are about mysterious theories or re-defining creative masterpiece. “Irrational Man” stars Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix as the main characters. “Irrational Man” is about a scandalous philosophy professor, Abe, played by Joaquin Phoenix, known for his drinking and controversial yet genius theories, who comes to a new university where Jill, an A-plus student played by Emma Stone, attends. Jill has a loving yet average scholarly boyfriend, Roy, whom she is content with. Abe, the professor, has been the talk of the school when Jill finds out that she has one of his philosophy classes. Jill and Abe slowly but surely spend

more time with each other in and outside of the classroom. They discuss theories from their class and ethics of human beings. Although Jill is still dating Roy, she develops feelings for Abe. Abe, who clearly knows how Jill feels about him, insists that they keep their relationship strictly platonic. Along with Jill, Abe quickly becomes a popular man at the school and is liked by many women. During the second half of the movie, you can see that Abe is feeling distraught about his life, his overall goals and his job, shown by his playing Russian roulette during one of Jill’s parties. Jill fights her own hesitations about her feelings toward her boyfriend Roy and her new feelings toward her own professor. The climax of this film occurs when Abe and Jill find out, through hearing from a restaurant booth next to theirs, that there is a horrible lawyer that many dislike. Although Abe does not know this lawyer at all, he suddenly finds interest in the drama of others, and sees a new goal to kill the lawyer, simply because

he has never committed a murder before. While Jill does not know Abe’s plan, she sees that he has gotten more upbeat in his life and wonders why. This film definitely has mystery involved, along with romance and drama. It is hard to keep your eyes off of the screen just like any other Woody Allen film. Other films directed by Allen include classics “Manhattan” and “Annie Hall.” A few of his newer films include “Vicky Christina Barcelona,” “Midnight in Paris” and “Blue Jasmine.” His humor and quirkiness, along with artistic talent as a filmmaker has earned and received four Oscars in his lifetime. Although he is currently 80 years old, he still continues to create films with the same style and technique that many fans and critics love. “Irrational Man” is an eccentric film with a unique twist at the end that many do not see coming. It will not keep you bored but surprised of what is to come next. Whether this is your first Woody Allen film or not, give it a watch and be a part of a phenomenon.

“Hardcore Henry” is first movie completely shot on Go-Pro Evan Rodriguez

Austin American-Statesman (TNS) “Hardcore Henry” is a front-row type of film. It should be seen and experienced in a theater. However, no matter where you sit or how you see it, you will still be Henry, or at least under the illusion that you’re him. “Hardcore Henry” is the first of its kind: a film completely shot with a Go-Pro — dozens of the cameras, actually — making it filmed 100 percent from the protagonist’s point of view. So, if you would like to be dropped from a freeway overpass, want to know what it feels like to shoot at someone from the back of an incredibly fast-moving motorcycle or fall from a helicopter all while eating popcorn and sipping a beer, this is the film for you. First-time, full-length feature director/writer Ilya Naishuller makes the man-child id of senseless violence a pseudoreality, a kind of first-person, gaming-esque hyperviolent fantasy. But never

fear, the film is not all smash-’emup testosterone, adrenaline and bloodshed. Its viscera is comic-like camp. Naishuller has a sense of humor through the fisticuffs and doesn’t take himself too seriously. Henry is a superhero whose voice activation has yet to be turned on. We become superheroes for around 90 minutes — and that is appealing. Henry was once a man, who is now a souped-up hyper-athletic killing machine who can execute the most dexterous of Parkour moves and kick everyone’s butt creatively. You, or Henry, awaken, with absolutely no authentic memory, to your wife screwing your robotic leg back on in some type of laboratory when security is breached and the evil radioactive villain with gravitational radiation powers, Akan, comes to capture you and your wife. The chase is on, and it truly does not stop until the credits roll. Good luck. ©2016 Austin American-Statesman, Texas. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Page designed by Hannah Boyd

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College: Time to Grow Up? Jim Kreinhop Columnist

As a college student transitioning into adulthood, you’ll find there are a number of things that you used to do. Right away, wetting the bed is out. You should’ve stopped doing this a long time ago. Now is not the time to try fabricating a reason to give your roommate, explaining that funny smell every morning. Missing the bus no longer means you can take the day off of school. When you were a kid, maybe you’d wake up to the sound of the bus driver honking his horn for you before driving off, and no one could give you a ride, so you got to stay home from school. Missing your assignments wasn’t a problem because you could turn them in at any time before the semester ended and receive full credit. Now, if you miss the bus, you’re walking to campus — no, running. You can’t afford to miss an assignment because professors don’t accept late work, and you could fail the course and have to retake it. You can’t tattle on others like you used to. Remember when you were a kid and some bozo would sit next to during math and start yapping about his new yo-yo and you wish he’d brought it with him so you could wring it around his neck? But he didn’t, and he’s getting on your nerves, so you raise your hand and cry, “Ms. Krump, Todd won’t leave me alone!” And you’re getting on her nerves, so she removes Todd and you and Ms. Krump are once again at peace. It’s a childish move, but it almost always worked. Try doing that now. Try getting your professor to remove a student because you don’t like them. It doesn’t work anymore. Nowadays you’d need proof that Todd was actually harassing you if you wanted to get rid of him; the fact that Todd is just ugly and he smells bad is not sufficient to warrant his removal.

From elementary to high school, students were never in charge of making sure they all ate a proper meal during the day. The school took care of that for us. Every day, around noon the school shuffles students in and out of the cafeteria for a bite in between classes. Many college students now skip meals from time to time as we adjust to this newfound responsibility of keeping ourselves alive. Personally, I struggle with this because I am poor at time management. I want to sleep in as late as I can so that I wake up right before my first class begins. Then, when it ends, I want to head straight back to my dorm to sleep until the next day. Between going to class and sleeping, I barely have enough time to eat, so my body has not maintained optimal health. High school students tend to go to great lengths to express themselves in the way they dress. Kids throw on lots of makeup, hair gel, perfume, cologne, acne cream, brandname clothing, jewelry and other junk to improve how they look. However, in college I’m seeing less attention to detail in clothing as I did before. More people are trading in their blue jeans for sweat pants and have accepted bad hair days as their new reality. Another thing that may be different is how often you choose to shower. As a child, you’re told by your parents to shower every day, and if they don’t tell you that, someone usually does. So, most kids go to class recently scrubbed, although the odorous effects of puberty may overcome the power of soap and water, so the kids smell anyway. Now, most college students have finished puberty, and they think they don’t need to shower very often anymore, and they exercise this belief because their parents aren’t around to make them. If you befriend some of these people, you’ll begin to wonder around the holidays if deodorant makes a good stocking stuffer. Quite a few things have changed since you were little. Many things we used to do were often taken for granted. I’ll tell you, I’ve run out of excuses for wetting the bed as an adult. Everyone used to be cool about it, I don’t know what changed. Appreciate some of the things you like to do now. You might not

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Monday, April 11, 2016

Indiana State Trooper Fired for Religious Conversion Efforts

Joe Lippard

Assistant Opinions Editor

In 2014, an Indiana State Trooper named Brian Hamilton was sued by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Ellen Bogan, an Indiana resident who said that Hamilton asked her several inappropriate questions about her faith. Bogan had been pulled over for a traffic violation, and after giving her a warning ticket, Hamilton asked her if she went to church and if she knew Jesus Christ as her savior. During this time, the traffic stop had not ended, and the officer’s lights were still flashing. Bogan also alleged that Hamilton gave her a pamphlet for his church. Hamilton was not punished at his job for this incident, but he was given a warning and told that, as a government official, he could not endorse any specific religion while on the clock. Fast forward to 2016, and Brian Hamilton has again been sued for asking someone he pulled over questions about their religion. Wendy Pyle was pulled over for speeding. According to the lawsuit, she pulled over into her driveway and Hamilton pulled into the driveway behind her, blocking her in. He eventually gave her a warning ticket, but he didn’t go back to his car and end the traffic stop. Instead, Hamilton asked Pyle where she went to church and if she was saved. In an attempt to stop these awkward questions, Pyle informed Hamilton that she was saved and that she did go to church. Again, instead of ending the traffic stop, Hamilton then gave Pyle directions to his own church. The Indiana State Police has since fired Hamilton. ISP Superintendent Doug Carter issued a statement, saying, “While all of us — citizen and police officer — enjoy the right to freedom of religion and freedom of speech, there are appropriate and proper

restrictions placed on agents of the State related to their actions while engaged in their official duties. While I respect Mr. Hamilton’s religious views I am also charged to respect every citizen’s rights and the best way forward for the citizens of Indiana, and for Mr. Hamilton, was to end his employment as a state police officer.” Carter then said that he did not take this decision lightly and that he wished Hamilton the best in the future. Support for Hamilton has been strong. In Hamilton’s hometown of Connersville, where he apparently spends his free time preaching, most citizens seem to be in support of the officer. Frank Russell, a friend of Hamilton, told local news station RTV6, “Everybody has a right to talk to people. He did not try to force himself on anyone. He was asking a question.” Connersville resident Dianna Hahn said that Hamilton is an example of what officers should be like. She told RTV6, “I wish other officers would do that. Maybe it might touch my kids’ heart that they’ll get in church and give their heart to God. It’s the role of anybody if you believe in Jesus. It shouldn’t hurt you to have someone talk to you about it.”

Hamilton himself said that his obligation to his religion was more important than his job, saying, “I was a former state trooper, but I always said after I got saved, I said I work for the state but ultimately, I’m a soldier for Jesus Christ.” I do not support Officer Hamilton in his religious crusade. What Hamilton does on his own free time is his business, but as a government employee, he cannot endorse a specific religion. The First Amendment states that the government can’t establish a religion, and a government representative trying to get people to come to his church could be interpreted as an attempt by a government employee to establish a religion. In addition to violating the First Amendment, Hamilton was proselytizing while on the clock as a state trooper. That means that he was being paid with citizens’ tax dollars to preach his religion. No one should be paid with tax money to preach a religion or lack thereof, whether they’re Christian, Muslim, Mormon or atheist. I wouldn’t feel comfortable with anyone in a government position pushing any religion on people, and I cannot give Brian Hamilton a pass on that.

Trajectory of thought important to life goals

Casey Ewart Columnist

Everyone is different. We all look, act, dress and think differently than each other. That is what makes us so diverse. However if everyone is put into a single group, they can be divided into three sub-categories: people that live in the past, people that live in the present and futureoriented people.

People that live in the past run a loop. They are the people that will go back to their exes to give them another chance. They might sit and start thinking and cry about the past wondering if they could have done things differently. Searching for the future in the past does not always turn out the way people hope. We occasionally find ourselves thinking about the person we used to be. We are either happy that we are not the same, or we wish that we could go back to being that same person again. People that live in the past are the hopeful ones. People that think about the future tend to “have their heads in the clouds.” They make bucket lists; they can tell people where they see themselves in five or 10 years. If you ask other people,

they might just stare and say they are just trying to make it through the semester. Future-oriented people know what they want because they can imagine it. That being said, some future-oriented people are driven so that they will not fall off the path they imagined in their head. Other future-oriented people might change their minds frequently based on how they feel or their surrounding environment. They are often the creative ones. As for those that would have responded that they are just trying to make it through the semester, they are the realistic ones. They are thinking day by day. Maybe if they are feeling adventurous they might plan a week ahead. Even though people

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in this category think realistically, they might be spontaneous because they do not plan that far ahead if they plan at all. Throughout our lives we change as we grow older and wiser, some faster than others. Some people that live in the past may learn to let go to enjoy the present. Some people that are planning their future may learn to take a step back and become aware of where they are in that moment. Doctor Susan Perry, a writer for “Psychology Today” said, “Where you fall on the line between living within a past, present, or future time perspective (including positive and negative sub-categories) explains a lot about who you are and how much you accomplish in your life, as well as how you feel about

where you’ve been and where you’re headed.” These three categories do tell a lot about a person. People that are future oriented or creative need others that are realistic or live day-by-day. Otherwise, they may get swept up in their imaginations that they miss out on every event that is happening. People that live in the past, or the hopeful ones, might be scared of the future so they stick to the past because the past is safe known territory. However, the hopeful ones need the realistic ones to keep them balanced. Knowing and accepting where you have been, will help guide you to the choice of where you want to go. Life is all about finding a balance. A balanced life is a hopeful, creative, realistic one.

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TRACK FROM PAGE 8 Murtagh was the third-place finisher at a season-best 2.08m (6-09.75), finishing behind perennial All-Americans Wally Ellenson of Marquette (2.20m/702.50) and Brett Pozolinski of Milwaukee (2.17m/7-01.50). Murtagh’s height today ranks him tied for 30th in the East Region. Junior DeSean Prentice finished right behind him in fourth at 2.03m (608.00). Returning to the track this week was junior All-American David Timlin, and he didn’t disappoint. The reigning MVC Most Valuable Track Athlete from the indoor season won the 1500 with ease, once again exploding on his final lap for a winning facility and meet-record time of 3:48.59. Currently, Timlin ranks 46th in the East Region with that time. Freshman Quentin Pierce finished fourth at a nice PR of 3:55.86. The Sycamore women, meanwhile, also had a very nice day in the 1500-meter run. Sophomore All-MVC runner Taylor Austin came away with the win today, leading an ISU crew that went 1-2-5 in the event for 22 points. Austin trailed teammate Brittany Neeley until the final straightaway, where Austin stormed ahead for the win at 4:34.86, beating out Neeley’s 4:35.57. Freshman Abigail Grider also finished high in fifth place at a sizeable PR of 4:41.79. “Our 1500 girls ran really well, and that was exciting,” Martin said. “It was kind of an identical finish to the year before when Taylor was leading the race and got second to her teammate, Jessi (Con-

ley). Now this year, Brittany (Neeley) was leading the race and Taylor got the win.” Also getting in on the fun on the track was sophomore Aleksey Green, who ran an overall career-best in the 800 at 2:13.81 to finish fifth. In the field, the Sycamore women had several runner-up finishes. Junior LeVisa Evans finished second in the women’s high jump at 1.66m (5-05.25). Sophomore Jamie Newsome also hauled in quite a few points, finishing as the runner-up in the long jump at 5.71m (1809.00) and in fourth in the triple jump at 11.54m (37-10.50). Senior Katelyn Rutz was also very productive on Saturday, finishing third in both the shot put (14.35m/47-01.00) and discus (44.86m/147-02). In all, today’s scored meet serves as an important primer to the upcoming MVC Outdoor Championships, which will be held in Terre Haute this season. “We want the team to feel that urgency when they’re in that setting,” McNichols said. “I think that’s an important part of track and ultimately that’s what we’re trying to do with the conference meet, and this is the kind of meet that helps build toward where they feel responsibility to the team to do well. And then, if they approach that way then their performances are going to be better because their performances are going to be better. I think we saw a lot of that today up and down the lineup.” Indiana State will travel to Missouri next week for the Tom Botts Invitational in Columbia, Missouri, on April 15-16. Story Provided by ISU Athletic Media Relations.

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Monday, April 11, 2016

Baseball earns series wins over rival Redbirds Ashley Dickerson

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Game One

Indiana State Baseball’s five-game winning streak was snapped Friday evening, as they dropped the MVC opener to Southern Illinois, 7-6. The Sycamores took an early 4-0 lead as they hit for a game-high three home runs, but gave up a total of 52 bases throughout the game, tallying 11 walks and two hit by pitches. Indiana State jumped out to a hot start, scoring two in the top of the first on a tworun home run from the bat of senior Kaden Moore, his second of the season. Scoring again in the second, junior Cody Gardner knocked his second homer of the season, and three batters later, junior Tony Rosselli smashed one over the right center wall. The Sycamores led 4-0 heading into the third inning. The Sycamore pitching staff allowed the Salukis to load the bases in three straight innings early in the game, all coming from free bases, and in the bottom of the third allowed the Salukis to cut into the lead, as they loaded the bases on three straight walks before plating three runs to trail by one. Indiana State’s pitching staff allowed the Salukis to load the bases for the fourth time in the game in the bottom of the sixth before Southern Illinois’ pinch hitter Dyllin Mucha singled up the middle to knock in two, taking away the Sycamore lead for the first time in the game. Answering in the top of the seventh, the Sycamores switched roles and loaded the bases offensively before Kaden Moore knocked a clutch single up the middle, scoring seniors Andrew Gutierrez and Andy DeJesus to reclaim the lead, 6-5. The Sycamores’ one run lead would not be enough, as the Salukis’ clean-up hitter, Logan Blackfan stepped in and knocked a two-run four-bagger in the bottom of the eighth to pull ahead of the Sycamores for the second time, and eventually holding Indiana State scoreless in the top of the ninth to win it 7-6. In the loss for the Sycamores, Kaden Moore and Rosselli combined for two hits and a home run each, as Moore finished with four RBIs. Gardner finished with a hit, knocking his second home run of the season, and senior Andy Young finished with a walk and two hit by pitches, as the Sycamores left seven on base.

Game Two

The Sycamores picked up their 20th win of the season as they evened out the series with Southern Illinois, with a solid 3-0 win this afternoon. Junior Ryan Keaffaber led the team as he pitched his second consecutive complete game of the season in shutout manor, in proving himself to 4-2 on the mound this season. Indiana State struck first for the 27th

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Senior infielder Andy DeJesus sprints toward home base in a game against Southern Illinois.

time this year as they plated one in the third inning with senior Andy DeJesus doubling and then scoring on a RBI double from junior Hunter Owen, his 12th double of the season. With the 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth, the Sycamores put up two more to go up 3-0. Freshman Clay Dungan led things off with a double and advanced to third on a fly ball to right, just before junior Tony Rosselli hit for a RBI single. Following Rosselli, sophomore Dane Giesler singled and advanced to third on an error, scoring later on an infield single from sophomore Tyler Friis. The Sycamores would hold to the 3-0 lead to win it behind Keaffaber’s complete game, shut out. Keaffaber allowed only three hits while giving up no walks. Only four Salukis would reach base this afternoon, and only one would collect an extra base hit, while Keaffaber retired three-in-a-row in five different innings. Out of the 107 pitches delivered, the junior hurler was perfect on 75. As a team, the Sycamores collected nine hits in the shutout. Rosselli finished 2-4 with one RBI, Owen collected a hit, reached on an error, and was hit by a pitch. Eight of the starting nine batters tallied at least one hit throughout the game for the Sycamores.

Game Three

Indiana State Baseball (21-12, 2-1 MVC) earned the series win over the Southern Illinois Salukis (19-13-1, 1-2 MVC) in the opening weekend of Missouri Valley Conference play.. Tyler Ward earned his fourth win of the season in seven complete innings of work, and the Sycamores are now nine games above .500 for the first time this season. For the Sycamores, Ward retired 13 batters in a row during the middle part of the game, giving up only four hits on the day. Ward improved himself to 4-3, walking

only one and striking out one in Sunday win. The Sycamores scored in the first inning for the sixteenth time this season, plating one in the top of the first. Senior Andy Young tacked up the first hit and run of the game when he doubled and then scored on a Saluki throwing error. Striking again in the fourth inning, the Sycamores scored two as both freshman Clay Dungan and junior Tony Rosselli reached on walks before sophomore Dane Giesler sliced one down the right field line to put Indiana State up 3-0. In the seventh inning, Giesler led off with a single, and then advanced to second on a wild pitch and third on a ground out from sophomore Tyler Friis. Giesler made his way to home on another wild pitch to move the Sycamores ahead 4-0. Indiana State added another insurance run, going up 5-0 in the top of the ninth, as they loaded the bases, and then plated Friis when senior Kaden Moore was hit by a pitch. Southern Illinois showed some fight in the bottom half of the ninth, scoring one, but the Sycamore defense would hold them to that, as junior Jeremy McKinney picked up his fourth save of the season in the 5-1 win. The Sycamores shut out the Salukis in 17 of 18 innings throughout the last two games of the series. Giesler went 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs and a run scored, as four other Sycamores had a hit each in the win. Indiana State Baseball returns to Bob Warn Field next weekend as they continue Missouri Valley Conference play with a three-game series against Illinois State starting on Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET. For more information on Sycamore Baseball, follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Sycamores break season double play record in loss to Illinois State Blaine Kinsey ISU Athletic Media Relations

The Indiana State softball team broke the school record for double plays turned in a season but fell in a double-header against Illinois State Saturday in Normal, Ill.

GAME ONE

The Sycamores fell behind early in the first game of the day and could never fight their way back as they fell by a final score of 8-0. Senior Kelsey Montgomery led off the game with a single but the Sycamores weren’t able to take advantage and take an early lead. The Redbirds answered in the bottom of the first, scoring two runs to jump out to an early advantage. In the bottom of the second, junior Rylee Holland caught a fly ball in right field and made a perfect throw to second base to double off the Redbird runner to tie the ISU record with 24 double plays turned on the season. The Sycamores couldn’t keep the Redbirds off the board, however, as they plated one in the third and five in the fourth to take an 8-0 lead. Indiana State threatened in the top of the fifth as freshman Monique Castillo led off with a walk before senior Alexa Cavin doubled to right center to put runners on second and third. The Sycamores were unable to push any runs across, as they fell by a final score of 8-0.

Taylor Lockwood, senior, winds up to throw a pitch to the opposing team.

GAME TWO

Despite holding an early lead, the Indiana State softball team couldn’t hold off the Redbird offense as they fell in game two of the double-header 8-5. Montgomery again led off the game with a bunt single before freshman Bailey Martin singled to put two runners on. After a fielders choice, freshman Shaye Barton then loaded the bases with a single before junior Brooke Riemenschneider hit a two RBI double to left field to give the Sycamores a 2-0 lead. Cavin then laid down a perfect squeeze to extend the lead even further, scoring Barton to

make it 3-0 Indiana State after one half inning. All of the Redbird runs came in the same inning, the bottom of the second, when they scored eight runs off four hits and four walks to take an 8-3 lead.j Indiana State answered in the top of the fourth when Cavin led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice by Castillo. After a Malchow single, junior Kassie Brown then hit an RBI single to score Cavin and make it 8-4. The Sycamores struck once again in the top of the sixth when Castillo hit a towering

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home run over the left field wall, her second of the season, to cut thte Redbird advantage to 8-5. Indiana State threatened in the top of the seventh when Montgomery hit a one out single and got to second to bring the tying run to the on deck circle but the Sycamores couldn’t extend the game, falling 8-5. In the loss, the Sycamores turned two additional double plays to take the school record in double plays turned outright at 26. Indiana State was ranked second in the NCAA in double plays entering the weekend.

Sycamores sweep men’s and women’s team titles at conclusion of Gibson Invite Indiana State men’s and women’s track and field came away with team victories following a very strong day at the conclusion of the 2016 Gibson Invitational at the Gibson Track & Field Complex on Saturday. The Sycamore men prevailed with a decisive 175-132 win over No. 10 Illinois. The Sycamore women, meanwhile, were in a much tighter race as they held off Missouri State in a 124.50-122 decision. Leading up to this weekend, the weather was the main topic of conversation, especially considering Indiana State’s very windy trip to Eastern Illinois last weekend. However, despite a cold and wet night on Friday, the weather cooperated on Saturday with little wind and plenty of sunshine to help offset the cold temperatures. “I think our meet last week really helped prep us for this weekend, because it couldn’t have been more miserable,” said ISU women’s head coach Angela Martin. “At our team meeting this week we talked about when the weather is like that, that’s out of your control. You just have to go in there and beat people you know you can beat instead of focusing on the weather.” “We’ve worried all week about the weather, and all we needed was a little sunshine and to have the wind go down, and it cooperated,” said ISU men’s head coach John McNichols. “There was a good part of the meet we were running in 39-degree temperatures, so some of the performances we ended up with are really pretty amazing.” One of those performances came courtesy of senior All-American hurdler Adarius Washington, who put in one of the finest races in his Indiana State career on Saturday. Washington dominated the prelims with a windaided 13.60 (at +2.8, it still would have been wind-legal for NCAA purposes). The Indianapolis native then improved in finals — even without the advantage of the wind — to a wind-legal 13.59 seconds — the No. 3 time in the NCAA this season, No. 2 in the NCAA East Region. “The people that are beating him (nationally) were running last week at the Florida Relays in ideal conditions with a big tailwind, so Adarius is running really well,” McNichols said. Washington’s time today also ranks him No. 3 in the United States this year as he inches ever-closer to that U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying standard of 13.52. Washington’s alltime best is 13.57 from the Drake Relays last season. The overall Olympic standard for the 2016 Rio Games is 13.50. Washington was also once again the leadoff leg of Indiana State’s men’s 4x100-meter relay team, which ran the best time by a Sycamore team since 2013, finishing as the runnerup at 40.89 seconds. Senior pole vaulter and Terre Haute native Connor Curley competed in a similar fashion on Saturday, winning the pole vault to help out the Sycamore men and, in the process, putting in a potential regional qualifying performance. Curley was the clear winner at a meet-record 5.18m (1700.00), which falls just a quarter-inch (one centimeter) off his outdoor PR of 5.19m (17-00.25). At that height, Curley currently ranks 35th nationally and 16th in the East Region. Curley also nearly had a monumental clearance, just barely missing the school record at 5.36m (1707.00) that also would have been an overall career-best. Curley cleared 5.30m (17-04.50) during the indoor season, the No. 2 jump in ISU history indoors. The Sycamore men also got some serious points in the long and triple jumps, where ISU gained 36 total points after going one-two in both events. Junior Devyn Mikell won the long jump at a season-best 7.46m (24-05.75), which ties him for 37th nationally and ranks him 26th regionally. Scott Schreiber finished as the runner-up at 7.06m (23-02.00). Sophomore Gino Brown also got in on the fun, winning the triple jump at 13.99m (45-10.75). Mikell was also the runner-up in the triple jump, topping out at 13.76m (4501.75). Fellow sophomore high jumper Jamie Murtagh also fared well in a very talented high jump field on Saturday.

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