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Friday, April 13, 2018
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Alexandria Truby Reporter
A vibrant, vivacious and retrospective week of fun was amplified through Wednesday’s 2018 Spring Sing competition, held in the heart of the Hulman Center at Indiana State. Presented by Union Board, with the dedication of its Spring Week committee sector, the event was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. With the objective to create an interactive involvement experience for Fraternity & Sorority Life—including Indiana State’s National Pan-Hellenic Council—non-affiliated students and residential halls, Spring Sing invites a creative vitality to the stage with lip-syncing and choreography opportunities. The lights dim, upbeat music intrudes and the announcer roars with the initially in-
troduction that conceived the presence of the evening’s hosting duo. As the audience proceeds to chant “Spring Sing” in raging excitement, a panel of judges settled in the crowd. The persistent eyes and observations of Valerie Hart-Craig, Janet Weatherly, Azizi Arrington-Bey and more would be the deciding factor of the Spring Sing victors. With pairings consisting of two or more organizations, the first co-ed act took the stage with a rendition of “Barbie Girl,” featuring an enlarged Barbie box for props. Color coordinated couples, energetic movement and a blast of the past Tootsie roll craze set the tone for a thriving showcase. Following groups, either upstaging or underwhelming, maintained audience interaction with hip playlists remi-
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niscent of the beloved ‘90s era, ranging from pop galore, rap, alternative and rock genres. The addition of colorful, denim based and overall uniform fashion from all participants proved to be an accessory to their individual routines. Spring Sing intermission presented much more than a bathroom and snack hiatus as the enthusiastic hosts led team oriented games between acts. The first, including multiple representatives from Greek organizations, including the guessing of songs based on a short debut of hit lyrics. While teams one and two were incidentally stumped on the lyricism of ‘90s classic, “Jump Around,” team two prevailed in determining the likings of MC Hammer’s “Can’t Touch This” and Vanilla Ice’s
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Students learn about the hardships of refugees’ lives Jack Gregory Reporter
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Sigs and Scraps, a team of mainly Sigma Chi fraternity members, placed second place last Spring Week behind the RHA.
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Tradition continues as Sycamores unite during Spring Week Claire Silcox Reporter
Tandem Qualifications are today at 4 p.m. at the Michael Simmons Student Activity Center, commonly known as Rec East, to prepare teams for the big race on Saturday. Qualifications will determine participants starting placement at the race on Saturday, along with eligibility in general. Tandem is a long-lived tradition at ISU and the final event of Spring Week. “This annual event pairs teams of women and men to ride together on a tandem bike. The fastest team takes home medals,
bragging rights and points for their organization,” the ISU website says. This tradition is along the same lines of the Homecoming event Trike. Originally named the Sycamore Tricycle Derby at its conceiving on October 11, 1963. Unlike Trike, with separate men and women’s races, participants of Tandem will race on a two-person bicycle for 50 laps. Tandem begins at 11 a.m. after the teams report to the track at 10 a.m. Last spring the Residence Hall Association won the race only fourteen seconds before the team Sigs and Scraps, which mainly consisted of Sigma Chi fraternity brothers.
“It’s a fun event with loads of school spirit and lots of energy,” freshman communications major Karen Torres said. “I’m looking forward to seeing who comes out as the champion.” The fraternity and sorority organizations participate as well as RHA, so the audience can consist of any and all students! “Tandem is a great experience for my sisters and I to bond,” Gamma Phi Beta President Shannon O’Connor said. “It gives us a chance to work as a team and accomplish a common goal. Some of my best memories have come through participating in tandem. Its awesome to see everyone at the track supporting you on race day.”
On Tuesday, the Center for Global Engagement and a COMM 101 class hosted “Walk a Mile in a Refugee’s Shoes” where students were educated as to what a refugee may go through when fleeing their country. The event took place from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the library lawn. Students were encouraged to go through a simulation that emphasizes the differences between the average day for a refugee and the average day for an American citizen. The event area was comprised of seven tents scattered around the lawn. Each of these tents were designed to simulate the different steps in the process a refugee would have to go through when forced to leave their country. The first tent is the Entry/ Border Station, where participants are given an identity card with a profile they are meant to assume. It gives information on the country they’re from, their refugee status and an explanation as to why they are in this situation. Some students are pulled aside and held back for a little while to show that not everyone qualifies for assistance. The next station shows how bad the shelter situation is for many refugees. According to the Jesuit Refugee Service, who designed the simulation, “the ‘minimum standard area’ for shelter in a refugee camp is 37 square feet, however this size requirement is almost never met.” Then there was the food sta-
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CEO Hosts a start up pitch competition
Rus’sel Butts Reporter
The Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization is hosting a Start Up Pitch Competition where the winner receives a grand prize to start his or her own business. This is a local initiative sponsored by Launch Terre Haute and the Indiana Small Business Development Center, along with the CEO National Organization. Theresa Ortega, the advisor for CEO and a proud small business owner of a Martial Arts shop, explained her enthusiasm for the competition and for the future of entrepreneurship as a whole. “I believe that in the future, we are all going to be our own entrepreneurs,” Ortega said. “People are creating their own gigs in this so-called gig economy. There is a huge percentage of people who want to own their own business. If there is some way to combine
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the skills that you have and the things that you do love to, why would you not take that opportunity?” CEO at ISU is part of the National College Entrepreneur Organization. The competition is based off a previous Start Up Weekend program hosted by the
national organization in which participants would work, almost non-stop, to get as much training about startup businesses as possible in 54 hours. “The Start Up Weekend program was based off of the Lean Start Up Method,” Ortega said. “This method focuses on having
Lincoln Quads introduce new mascots including lions, tigers and bears Alexandria Truby Reporter
The Lincoln Quads Hall Council held an event celebrating the new mascot for the Quads, a polar bear, on April 9. The event included making stuffed polar bears and food and drinks for the attendees. Why is there a mascot now for the Lincoln Quads? “We thought it would be a good idea. We plan to incorporate him into events and have a sort of trademark for the quads,” Lincoln Schlemmer, President of the Lincoln Quads Hall Council said. Wasn’t the mascot originally going to be a lion? That’s what the posters and flyers were advertising, yes? “April fools!” Deja
Glover, Vice President of Programming; Isabel Decicco, Vice President of Public Relations; and Kiaria Smith, Vice President of Community Service for the Lincoln Quads Hall Council said in unison. The executive members are playing the “wrong click” off as an April Fool’s prank. So what are the official standings? What is the true mascot and what is its name? “It’s officially a polar bear. We advertised for Lincoln the Lion but we have no official name for our polar bear,” Schlemmer said. How did this idea come about? “The idea really started as a make a stuffed animal event but we thought it should become a tradition
and representation of the quads,” Schlemmer said. People were eager to make stuffed animals, whether it was a lion or not, because 30 minutes into the event, all of the stuffing was gone. “We’ve been telling people that if you fill them with paper, it’s like the same thing,” Schlemmer said. The bears were purchased through The Bear Factory as a part of their “Signature Collection.” “We’re not sponsored but tell them to sponsor us!” Schlemmer said. The event did go on, and the $200 worth of pizza did not go to waste. As for the lion, there may still be hope. “Maybe we will have the north be the polar bear and then have the lion for the south quads!” Smith
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The lincon quads celbrated their new mascot by giving out stuffed polar bears, free food and drinks.
Self love is important
Kayla Rogan Reporter
Students gathered in Mills to learn about important tips to help with self-love and stress relief. The students were able to enjoy some good music, food and drinks. They also played a variety of music including Pop, Rhythm and Blues and Hip Hop. There were sugar scrubs, silly putty, slime balls and tips on how to promote self-love. The event was “a place to discuss how to love ourselves with the many issues we have on campus, and have a place to relieve stress,” Jasmine Finley, coevents coordinator said. In addition, the sugar scrubs that were made were to help with the skin. These sugar scrubs were made from either white/ brown sugar, oils and a variety of different scents. The scrubs are used to help relieve the stress from
school work. College life has been stressful for the students, and making the scrubs helped relieves some of their stresses. Many of the people started to engage in different conversations. The students began to talk about the different struggles they had with loving themselves. Many of them agreed that society played a role in defining what beauty is. There is a certain body image that many of them try to have. However, the students knew it was impossible to look like a man or woman in the media. “If you can’t love yourself first, you won’t be able to receive the proper love,” Jada Tompkins, co-events coordinator said. Moreover, the silly putty and slime balls consist of the same ingredients. There were only a few people who were able to make the slime balls. One of the girls at the event was able to show some of the people
how to make the ball. The rest of the students just made silly putty because the slime balls were too confusing to make. Many of the students began to realize how much they had in common with each other. Some of them were first-generation college students, same majors, same career aspirations, same city and still trying to find the better part of them. “We will continue to have events like this, and provide helpful tips not only during the events,” Finley said. Nevertheless, the students began to have a discussion about different tips to help with self-love. All of the students agreed that it is important to put themselves first no matter the situation. Also, define what they feel is beautiful because beauty comes in different shades and sizes. The students wanted to in-
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entrepreneurs identify a problem in society and then create a product to solve that problem. The students were gaining experience and knowledge based on critiques business leaders in the community were giving them.” The competition is a 12-hour program in total with it being from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. They will in-cooperate the Lean Start Up methodology to their upcoming business leaders who applied. Then, near the end of the event, they will pitch to a panel of judges their idea. It is very similar to the popular TV show “Shark Tank.” This is the first time CEO has hosted a competition like this at ISU. “To apply for the program people needed to submit a three-minute video with the basics of their idea and explain why they thought it was a viable business idea,” Ortega said. “The
competition is just for businesses that have not started yet.” When people think of start up companies they often think of Silicon Valley and the technology industry. In response, Ortega said, “I think people often times forget that many viable businesses are out there that are not technology driven. Hopefully, we will see a mixture of different focuses at the competitions.” A major change at Indiana State is the addition of the entrepreneurship minor for the 2018 fall semester. “Collegiate entrepreneurs played a large part in the creation of that minor since ISU saw how popular the CEO organization was,” Ortega said. “Our push now is to make an entrepreneurship major and an entrepreneurial track for the Master of Business Administration Pro-
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ISU School of Music to present Spring Choral Showcase The Indiana State University School of Music will present a Spring Choral Showcase Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the University Hall Theater, located in the Bayh College of Education building. The program will feature the ISU Women’s Choir, Concert Choir and Sycamore Singers. “This concert is the culmination of a very busy stretch for the students in our music program,” Scott Buchanan, ISU director of choral activities, said. “The month of April is pretty busy for us. The School of Music participated in the Inauguration Ceremony of President Curtis last week. We are also coming off a four-day run of the musical, “Urinetown,” which was a collaboration with the Department of Theater. And, next week, many of our students are participating in a very large project, as they will present sensory-friendly performances of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf ” for students with special needs. Our music education faculty have partnered with the Vigo County School Corporation to provide a great opportunity for these students to come to our campus and experience this wonderful piece.” Thursday’s program will feature three of ISU’s choral ensembles. The University Chorale, under the direction of Buchanan, will perform a diversity set of repertoire, featuring works by Mozart, Paul Mealor, Jake Runestad, Daniel Elder, Jacob Narverud and Rollo Dilworth. David
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Gibbs will serve as the accompanist. “I really hope people will take notice that this concert is on a Thursday night, instead of our usual Friday,” Buchanan said. “We have received tremendous audience support throughout the years, and I hope they will come out on a Thursday. I had to change the concert date because my daughter is getting married two days later. I was told Friday night was out.”
The Women’s Choir will also offer a diverse program, including selections by Donald Moore, Antonin Dvořák, Sarah Quartel, Greg Jasperse, Dan Forrest and Alberto Nepomuceno. Graduate Assistant, Isis Carvalho, a native of Brazil, will serve as soloist on the last piece. Yana Weinstein will conduct and Jin Hee Kim will serve as accompanist. The Sycamore Singers
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says Cambridge Analytica got his personal data too David Pierson
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Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday where he faced a sometimes confrontational House Energy and Commerce Committee that challenged the tech executive’s positions on user privacy, political bias and regulation. The rapid-fire inquiry contrasted with Zuckerberg’s more languid hearing Tuesday before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Judiciary Committee. “Facebook failed its customers,” Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., said about Facebook’s mishandling of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. “We have a responsibility to figure out what went wrong here.” When it was over, Zuckerberg offered little new information, other than revealing he was among the up to 87 million Facebook users who unwittingly had their personal information harvested by Cambridge Analytica. And there was little consensus as to whether Facebook needed to be regulated or left to police itself. “We need your help here. I don’t want Congress to have to act,” said Rep. E.L. “Buddy” Carter, R-Ga. “Please.” The 33-year-old billionaire repeatedly deployed the same tactics he used the previous day with members of the Senate. When asked if he’d support a specific piece of regulation, Zuckerberg said he was open to exploring it. When pressed about how an open platform can stop more hate speech and fake accounts, he implored patience for the development of more artificial intelligence tools. And when confronted with details about the scope of Facebook’s data collection, he promised to get back to the committee. “I will talk to my team and follow up,” Zuckerberg told Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., in response to heated questions about how much Facebook tracks internet users on other web sites. Unlike the Senate, where members were allotted five minutes to question Zuckerberg, the House committee granted members four minutes. That gave Zuckerberg less time to meander and he was often interrupted by committee members deter-
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 11.
mined to make their points before time ran out. “I don’t have time for a long answer,” said Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif., unsatisfied with Zuckerberg’s response to a
question about when Facebook knew that Cambridge Analytica was harvesting its data to build voter profiles. The committee also asked pointed questions about the spread of prescrip-
tion painkillers on the social network. “Your platform is still being used to circumvent the law and allow people to buy highly addictive drugs without a prescription,” said Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va. “With all due respect, Facebook is actually enabling an illegal activity, and in so doing, you are hurting people. Would you agree with that statement?” “I think that there are a number of areas of content that we need to do a better job policing on our service,” Zuckerberg responded. Another line of questioning examined the implications of Facebook’s growing political advertising business. Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., asked if Facebook offered the Trump campaign stronger assistance than the Clinton campaign by providing an embedded sales staff. Sarbanes cited statistics that showed the Trump campaign placed 5.9 million ads on Facebook in the run-up to the election while the Clinton campaign placed 66,000. “Can you say with absolute certainty that Facebook or any of the Facebook employees working as campaign embeds did not grant any special approval rights to the Trump campaign?” Sarbanes asked. Zuckerberg said Facebook offered the same services to both campaigns. But Sarbanes expressed concern that Facebook was acquiring too much political influence. “I’m worried that that embed program has the potential to become a tool for Facebook to solicit favor from policymakers and that creates the potential for real conflict of interest,” Sarbanes said. “A lot of Americans are waking up to the fact that Facebook is becoming sort of a self-regulated superstructure for political discourse.” Conservative members of the committee raised concerns about political bias, particularly in Facebook’s news feed algorithm. The company has been accused of suppressing right-wing points of view in the past. Facebook eliminated many news curator positions after they were accused of filtering out conservative topics in a trending news feature.
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FEATURES Keep It Real RX hosts Carnival themed game night
Friday, April 13, 2018
Alexandria Truby Reporter
The Multicultural Services and Programs Office is hosting a Keep It Real RX game event on Thursday in HMSU Rooms 714, 718, 720 and 722. The event is going to be carnival themed with decorations and snacks. “The Keep It Real RX game provides
a safe space for people to explore and share their memories, reflections, beliefs, dreams, feelings, fantasies, imaginations and secret desires out loud!” Erma Udota, graduate and practicum student in MSP said. Games are often created for entertainment or strategy. The creator of the game, Leslie Robinson explained that this game was created for a very unique reason.
“I felt there was a really big need for people to be real with each other so that people had less isolation and felt connected. I know how important it is to feel connected to other people. There’s enormous depression and leads to suicide, all kinds of stuff if you don’t feel like you have really real emotional connections with other people,” Robinson said in an interview posted on the GoodNewsBroadcast You-
Tube channel. The game is going to be based off the official board game but will incorporate other interesting props. “This game takes people out of their comfort zones and challenges people to think outside the box and be exposed to other ways of thinking. As a diverse campus, it is important to be exposed to other ways of life and thinking,” Udota said.
‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Silicon Valley’ and when TV showrunners avoid creative challenges Nina Metz
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It’s always surprising when you hear people behind successful TV shows confess they’re out of ideas. I was thinking about this when the creators of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” sheepishly admitted that issues of sexism and harassment in the tech world won’t be incorporated into the show this season. “We certainly aren’t like, ‘Oh, let’s not talk about that,’” showrunner Alec Berg told The Hollywood Reporter last month. “We talk about it all the time. The lack of hitting it head-on just comes down to the fact that we haven’t done a great job of finding the definitive satirical take on it.” That’s quite a bar they’ve set for themselves. I’m not sure even the show’s most ardent fans expect a definitive satirical take on any subject, but you can see how this kind of framing lets the creators off the hook. Creative paralysis isn’t something you usually see TV writers cop to, but something similar is happening on “The Simpsons.” This past week, in an episode titled “No Good Read Goes Unpunished,” the show responded to long-standing criticism concerning stereotypes and the character of Apu. Hoping to share a novel she loved as a child with daughter Lisa, Marge realizes, with hindsight, that it is full of racist tropes. When she edits out the offending portions, Lisa isn’t sold: “Kind of means there’s no point to the book.” And then she offers this glum and strangely out-of-character assessment: “Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do?” The scene’s veiled reference becomes all the more pointed when Lisa turns to gaze at a photo of Apu on her nightstand. What can you do? She’s not really ask-
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ing. It’s a rhetorical question. That sound you hear is a show hitting a creative brick wall and openly admitting to it. No embarrassment, just laying it out there: We’re stumped. I would argue the writers are selling themselves short. When audiences point out that a TV series perpetuates ugly stereotypes — or in the case of “Silicon Valley,” ignores an entire swath of the population — it presents all kinds of opportunities for showrunners to reconsider their approach. There are other TV series that have faced this kind of fork in the road, but “Silicon Valley” and “The Simpsons” are the most recent. And instead of rising to the challenge, both shows have chosen to admit defeat and punt. I can’t get over how weird it is to see comedy writers just own up to a lack of imagination. Are they really so creatively spent? So exasperated and stymied by the elephant in the room? Maybe these are the inevitable limitations of writing staffs that are predominantly straight, white and male. “Silicon Valley” is currently in its fifth season. It’s unclear how long the show will run, but there’s the distinct possibility that it could end before the writers get around
to finding a “definitive satirical take” on some of these issues. “The Simpsons” by any measure is a marvel of longevity — next year will be its 30th season — and perhaps internally, just the idea of keeping Apu around has become too entrenched for its writers to risk otherwise. Mallika Padma Rao was one of the first people to write about criticisms of the show’s Kwik-E-Mart proprietor. In a 2013 piece for the Huffington Post that asked “Is It Time to Retire Apu?” she points out that the character has long been “the bane of young Indian Americans’ experience.” “There is a huge power imbalance when you’re stereotyping Indian people who are really only now starting to have cultural power in America” Rao said when I reached her by phone. “The criticism of Apu is about this being the sole representation for so long — and the effect that had. I think that’s something the show was not aware of at the time.” The show can’t claim ignorance now. One of the people Rao spotlighted in her original piece was comedian Hari Kondabolu, who is both a fan of “The Simpsons” and also one of its most visible critics. He outlined his conflicted feelings about the show in his documentary “The
Problem with Apu.” The film first aired last fall on truTV and it will be rebroadcast on the cable network again Sunday. (Check local listings. It is also available on iTunes). Kondabolu has declined to speak to journalists in the wake of “No Good Read Goes Unpunished.” He was in Chicago for a podcast taping Tuesday, and while “The Simpsons” was left undiscussed, he did tweet his disappointment with the episode when it aired: “I used Apu & ‘The Simpsons’ as an entry point into a larger conversation about the representation of marginalized groups & why this is important. ‘The Simpsons’ response tonight is not a jab at me, but at what many of us consider progress.” The documentary includes an interview with Dana Gould, who wrote for several years on the show, and the exchange is … interesting. Gould asks Kondabolu if he can “bust” him on something and then asks if he thinks other characters on the show, like Mr. Burns, are also one-dimensional. Yes, Kondabolu replies. But Mr. Burns is a megalomaniac with power and “The Simpsons” has always made fun of people in power. Apu is not in a position of power. “To the writers,” Gould says, “there’s no difference. Mr. Burns is funny in these four ways, and Apu is funny in these four ways.” It’s fascinating to hear a writer describe such arbitrary limitations, but they’re clearly there — and they’re clearly self-imposed. “What’s so provocative about this latest episode of the show,” said Rao, “is that the argument has already been made about Apu. So now the question is, why are they so resistant to thinking about that? Forget agreeing with it. They’re not even entering the conversation. My feeling is that because ‘The Simpsons’ has been around forever, it’s become resistant to change. But change is part of being a creative person.”
Nary a scare in ‘Truth or Dare’ Gary Thompson
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In “Truth Or Dare,” a bunch of college kids go to Mexico and come back with something awful, contagious and beyond the reach of Pepto-Bismol, or broad-spectrum antibiotics. It’s a curse, creating a fatal vector that moves from person to person, placing “Truth or Dare” in the same general category as “Final Destination” or “The Ring,” though in this case the internal logic of the movie is complex, confusing and as a result the movie is not very much fun. And though most of the characters exist only to be killed, they are generic and disposable even by the standards of cut-rate horror movies. Good girl Olivia (Lucy Hale) wants to spend spring break working for Habitat for Humanity, but her hard-partying roommate and friend Markie (Violett Beane) lures her south of the border, with a bunch of other undergrads. In Mexico, a guy at a bar lures them to an old mission, where they are affixed with the curse that follows them back to the states and forces them to play endless rounds of truth or dare. If you try to opt out, you die. If you play, you might be asked to kill someone else, prompting participants to ponder (theoretically) whether they will submit to the kill-or-be-killed ethos of the situation. Suffice it to say, there is a lot of killing, and the students prove vulnerable to the pull of ruthless self-interest. This could
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Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey lead the cast of “Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare.”
be wicked, gruesome fun, but there isn’t much of that in “Truth or Dare,” which gets lost in the needlessly knotty and constantly shifting rules of the curse. Midway through the game, for instance, the students discover they no longer have the option of telling the truth to pass the curse along. So it’s suddenly dares only. Markie, for instance, is dared to smash Olivia’s hand with a hammer. An hour of this is like getting your own hand smashed with a hammer, although perhaps if you are smashed, or hammered, or on spring break, it plays better. Survivors end up returning to Mexico to investigate the origins of the curse in order to find a way to disrupt it, or to free themselves from its grip, leading to a finale of truths, dares and demonic detours. In a way that’s too bad, because there is a snarky and timely punch line to the whole mess. But it’s not worth the wait, and that’s the truth.
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Game Preview: Mutant Year Zero; Road to Eden lon said in his article on PC Gamer. AJ Goelz Reporter
For a few years fans have been awaiting solid details of CD Project Red’s “Cyberpunk 2077” a video game based on the Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop game. Sadly for CD Project Red, they may get beaten to the punch by a small dev team, The Bearded Ladies. Instead of a game based on Cyberpunk, Bearded Ladies is basing their game on a Swedish tabletop game “Mutant.” “Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden” is being developed by a team comprised of industry veterans who have worked on title such as “Hitman” and “Payday.” Set in a post-apocalyptic world, where humans and animals have begun to mutate. Players control a team of mutants to explore the Zone, a wasteland where salvage and dangers reside. The only safe haven for mutants is the Ark. “Mutant revolves around a safe haven called the ark, a sort of shantytown safe haven for mutant humans and animals built on top of a bridge,” Wes Fen-
The Ark is not just a narrative tool; it also serves a gameplay purpose. In the preview build that has been shown recently, there are at least three facilities that players have access to at the Ark; a bar to receive quests, a bench to craft items and customize weapons and a shop to purchase items. The bar also serves one other purpose than being a place to receive quests. The proprietor of the establishment deals in black market artifacts, or working relics of the old time. Players can trade in artifacts for “team bonuses.” Team bonuses are upgrades that affect the entire team, such as extra equipment slots, according to a developer of the game walking Eurogamer’s Chris Bratt through the preview build. There is one other building in the Ark. It is the Elder’s Room, but at this time seems to only serve a narrative purpose. “He’s a mysterious character. The first mysterious thing is that everyone who lives in the Ark
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REFUGEE FROM PAGE 1 tion, which compared what an average daily meal would look like around here and food that was typical of a refugee’s daily meal – a bowl of beans and rice. After that, there was the water station, where students had to carry buckets full of water about 10 steps. Many students found this difficult and were surprised to learn
Friday, April 13, 2018 • Page 5 mately 20 organizational participants, according to Union Board member and crowd control staff, Paige Carter. The junior recreational sports management major—involved in Why You Laughing, Union Board and freshly initiated into Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc—
prides herself on community involvement, entertainment or socially based. “All participants did really well,” Carter said, who was present even for initial Spring Sing rehearsals. Carter suggested that each participant provided great energy, maintain the fun essence of what
Spring Sing is supposed to be. Winning the entire competition was the outstanding combination of Alpha Omicron Pi and Pi Kappa Alpha, who’s victory encompasses the acquisition of Spring Week points annually.
that many refugees must carry the same amount of water much longer distances. There was also a medical station that simulated the medical care refugees could receive once they made it to a host country. After that, participants were lead to the education station. Here, the group was divided in half; one half is given a book and a pencil while the other is forced to share one textbook and pencil. Then, both
halves are asked a question from the book and asked to answer. Typically, the group with only one textbook finds it more difficult to answer. The final station was the advocacy station. This is where participants are encouraged to reflect on what they’ve learned. They are also given information on how the Jesuit Refugee Service helps refugees around the world and how they
could get involved. According to their website, “More than 65 million people are displaced around the world,” which makes events like this incredibly important for informing people and helping them get involved. Anyone interested in getting involved can contact the Center for Global Engagement on campus or visit the Jesuit Refugee Service’s website.
COMPETITION FROM PAGE 2 gram at ISU.” When some people think of business owners and college, the two do not often go together. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates both dropped out of college and went on to become some of the most famous and successful business owners in the world. To answer this negative comparison people have between the two Ortega said, “Everything that you learn in college is a great basis for whatever you are going to do. The beauty of CEO is that they encourage cooperation between people of different expertise. You need people in your life who have different skills when
ISU FROM PAGE 2 will open the concert with a variety of vocal jazz charts, including a few old, familiar tunes such as “Tears in Heaven,” “Ev’ry Time
LOVE FROM PAGE 2 spire the future generation, so the next generation will not have to endure the same pain the students went through. For them, starting over was hard because
you are making a start up business. In college, you are young and you usually do not have the complications of maintaining a family. You also have the ability to fail and go on. If you have not failed then you have not tried enough.” If you or somebody you know has a business idea in their mind, but has not started it yet then Ortega stressed to put in the work and the market research to make sure your business succeeds. For anybody that wants to see the winner of the competition, CEO will announce that information at 1p.m. on Sunday in Myers Technology Center room 103.
We Say Goodbye” and “Over the Rainbow.” The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 812-237-4590.
they did not know where to start. However, many of them used the resources around to help them with their growth. The people who attended this event believed that Indiana State University need more events like these.
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Students and faculty shares their thoughts about Dr. Curtis Danielle Guy | Indiana Statesman
Dr. Curtis, the 12th president of ISU is the first woman of the university to serve as president.
Alexandria Truby Reporter
Professor Dr. Georginna Duarte “I’m faculty and have had limited interactions with her. Although I do believe based on her presentations that she has a strong vision, a lens of a very innovative educator with a keen sense for dynamic change. I’m excited as a female faculty member to see her change but also examine deeply the opportunities for all diverse groups including women on this campus.”
Maddy Longyear “I think she brings a new perspective as our first female president. I’m excited to see what she will do as acting president.”
Vijay Surman “She is so good at reaching out to students personally and seems down to earth. She remembers a person when she sees them a second time and greets them before we greet her term and it’s been a busy semester for her but she still makes some time to attend events and encourages students. This kind of support to any student organization gives more energy and
“To simplify, she is a woman who knows the real meaning of inclusive and diversity.” Vijay Surman
William Blumer “I think she’s fine. The school is still up and running, so I can’t ask for much more.”
indianastatesman.com MUTANT FROM PAGE 4 is a mutant or mutated in some way except for him. He’s 100 percent human,” said the developer. “He’s also quite old and he seems to know a little bit more about the Zone than he should. Player’s will need to build a team of characters to explore the Zone. At this time it is not clear as to if players can create a custom player character through which the player experiences the narrative, or the team is comprised entirely of pre-built characters. The preview build did show three characters: Selma, Dux and Bormin. Each character that can be used in the team has their own quest chain and story arc for players to experi-
Friday, April 13, 2018 • Page 7 ence. The game features a unique system for character customization, unlike the traditional leveling or upgrading found in other Role-playing games. In the vast majority of RPGs characters are locked into a class and as they can experience and level up can access certain skills within that class. “Mutant” is taking, as the developers describe it, a “golf bag approach.” Before combat players can choose one mutation from three groups; a major, a minor and a passive to equip at a time. Once combat starts, players are locked into their choices, but outside combat players can switch mutations freely to adapt to upcoming situations. Similar to how a golfer has multiple clubs in their bag and can use the one that fits the situation best.
When exploring the Zone, the game is similar to games like “Divinity: Original Sin” and “Wasteland.” Players explore in real time and before combat can set up their party’s positioning before engaging. Each enemy has a detection range and as long as characters remain outside that range they will remain undetected. There is also stealth combat in the game. In the preview, Dux is equipped with a crossbow and Selma a silenced pistol. If players can take down an enemy before they can warn their friends players remain in stealth. Players can also split their three man party and control individuals more precisely. In combat the game is obviously inspire by the XCOM franchise. The grid based movement, the mechanics such as high
ground bonuses and flanking and the two action turn system is all definitely inspired by XCOM. While not wholly original this style seems to work for the game. The developer compares setting up engagements then executing the plan to planning in a tabletop game. The party can set up the perfect plan only to have the second dice roll go the wrong way and then have to adlib the rest, a situation anyone who has played a tabletop knows all too well. “Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden” is set to launch sometime this year. The graphics in the preview are not completed, but the Unreal Engine Four does give the game a certain visual style that just works. With around 30 minutes of released gameplay, we have probably just scratched the surface of what this game has to offer.
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Week in Photos
ISU Exposium
Top: From left, Ashton Henderson, Brittany Ann, Jessica Jones and Emily Domina at the event which took place at the Cunningham Memorial Library Danielle Guy | Indiana Statesman
Scholastic Book Fair
Scholastic Book Fair was sponsored by State’s Indiana Student Educator’s Association. Prizes were given out to those who bought books at the fair. The event took place in University Hall Room 133.
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The Moroccan Student Organization Fundraiser The fundraiser Moroccan dishesincluded Moroccan Pancakes, Nutella Crepes and Apple Cake Slices. Bottom Left: Omaima Hajjami and Halima Daoute at the Fundraiser.
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Scenes at the fountain As warm weather gently shifts into spring season, students are seen studying and sitting by the fountain while soaking up the sun. Danielle Guy | Indiana Statesman
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On Monday, the FBI raided the home, office and hotel room of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen. The raid was reportedly related to Cohen’s alleged payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels to silence her about her alleged affair with Trump, according to the New York Times. I heard about the raid on Cohen’s office shortly after it happened. Soon after, it was reported by the Washington Post that Special Counsel Robert Mueller III had actually referred evidence regarding Cohen to federal prosecutors
in New York, who then oversaw the raid. The New York Times reports that the FBI seized business records, tax documents and emails. Cohen’s attorney, Stephen Ryan, said that Cohen has “cooperated completely with all government entities, including providing thousands of non-privileged documents to the Congress and sitting for depositions under oath.” Ryan also said that the raid was “inappropriate and unnecessary.” Trump was very hurt by the raid, who complained to press during a meeting to talk about Syria. He said that the “witch hunt” was “an attack on our country.” He also floated the possibility of trying to fire the Special Counsel, saying, “We’ll see what may happen. Many people have said, ‘You should fire him.’” Trump was clearly drawing a connection between the Mueller investigation
and the raid on Cohen’s office, even though the Special Counsel had only referred the case to prosecutors in New York. Those prosecutors then went to a federal judge in order to get a search warrant. Client-attorney privilege isn’t just something that gets tossed around like it means nothing; at least, not before this raid. Judges don’t just approve search warrants for attorney’s offices all willy-nilly. Attorneys and their clients have the right to privacy, but communications are no longer privileged if there is evidence of committing or covering up a crime or fraud, according to the American Bar Association. According to Time magazine, legal experts nearly unanimously agree that a judge would have to see significant evidence that the FBI would find evidence of a crime to raid Cohen’s office. Of course, that mat-
ters little to Trump, who tweeted in the early hours of the next morning, “Attorney-client privilege is dead!” followed by “A total witch hunt!” written in all caps. Honestly, it seemed like he was apoplectic in these tweets. This sounds like someone who really doesn’t want people to know what he says to his attorney. Since then, much of Trump’s focus has been on Mueller’s Russia investigation. During the White House’s daily press briefing, a reporter asked White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders if Trump thinks he can fire Mueller, a move many congress members and legal experts agree would be terrible for the president. After all, nothing says “obstruction of justice” like firing the guy investigating you. Sanders replied, “We’ve
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With the new wave of warmth that has hit our highly confusing state of Indiana, I remember that there are a few things that we have to be prepared for. This past Wednesday, when it was starting to warm up, many of my friends were hanging out at the fountain. I, being one of the closest things to cold blooded a human can get, was still wearing my winter coat and as I walked out to meet them, I could see them laughing at me from 100 feet away. Some of them were in shorts. Some had no coats on. I not only had a coat, but also a sweater over a long sleeve. I was still shivering; however, the wind got to them and I started to see them shiver too. I knew I was the smart one, even if they didn’t agree with me. As I was sitting out there observing, as I normally do, I saw many things that I forgot happened outdoors. First, I noticed a lot of flirtatiousness and multiple obvious couples. I can only assume that with the winter being known as “cuffing season,” where people are looking to be cuffed or tied down during colder weather in hopes to avoid loneliness, those relationships are still going strong. I say that because I was seeing quite a bit of PG-13 personal displays of affection, which is fine. I mean we’ve all seen worse, but I was shocked, mainly
because I haven’t seen any of it since maybe October. Maybe that’s just me. Something else: clothing. Yes, I know, it’s warmer out now; I get it. We’ve missed the heat of the sun; we’ve missed not having to wear heavy coats. But I don’t miss seeing butts hanging out of way too short shorts. I don’t miss seeing provocative clothing in the classroom rather than the club. No, I haven’t seen much of it yet, but I know it’s coming. I’m letting myself become mentally prepared for it so I don’t go crazy when I start seeing it. Especially because we do live in Indiana, we don’t know how long this wave of heat will be here. We shouldn’t put all of our warm clothing away just yet. Speaking of clothes, I’m not looking forward to the constant desire I’m going to have when it comes to buying new summer clothes and shoes. Late spring through early fall are my kind of seasons, so that’s my own personal weakness. For those of you who agree with me, I’m sorry, but I hope you know you’re probably going to spend more money than you have on clothes you don’t have room for in your closet. But here are some things we can look forward to. With warmer weather comes more dog walking on campus, which means if you’re just so lucky to see them you might get to pet them for a minute or two. So here’s the heads up to be on the lookout. While driving, we are finally able to roll down the windows for the entire ride, not just until the coldness and wind become too much for us. We can hang out out-
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President Dr. Curtis visits the Statesman office The Statesman Staff Editorial On February 15, Indiana State University President Dr. Curtis visited the offices of the Indiana Statesman to speak with editors. It was a very pleasant meeting. Dr. Curtis intently listened to what the students had to say, while also asking questions of what we thought of the University. She seemed genuinely interested to hear students’ actual opinions on matters, and she espoused the
importance of a strong student-run newspaper. We agree. A student-run newspaper is important to keep students informed about issues that are most important to them. No one knows students better than other students, though Dr. Curtis makes a sincere effort to understand. The editorial staff was also impressed with her student outreach. Dr. Curtis has made a concerted effort to reach out to and listen to students, something that bodes well for her time here. Students generally like it when
our university president wants to hear from us and cares about what we say. All in all, we look forward to Dr. Curtis’ time at ISU. She’s very qualified for her position, having worked for the University of Central Missouri for several years in charge of a great deal of the university’s operations. She’s a very nice person, and she seems to genuinely care about the students of her university.
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WITCH FROM PAGE 10 been advised that the president certainly has the power to make that decision.” She then said that Trump “certainly believes he has the power.” Except Trump doesn’t exactly have that power – not directly. The acting attorney general, who is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in this case, since Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, must fire the Special Counsel. Rosenstein has said previously that he does not see any reason to fire Mueller in a testimony to the Senate. So to fire Mueller, Trump must either fire Rod Rosenstein in order to install an acting attorney general who will do it, or Trump must override special counsel regulations, according to FactCheck.org. Reports have circulated that Trump wants to fire
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Quick Q&A with AD Sherard Clinkscales Jay Adkins Reporter
Q1: How do you feel about Dr. Curtis’ commitment to the athletics program? Sherard: “She has been a very good supporter. I think she understands the important role that athletics plays at a university, with regards to increasing enrollment, national exposure, marketing, fundraisers, all those things. The more your athletic enterprise is successful on a regional and national scene, the more exposure it gives to the university. She understands that.” Q2: What separates Dr. Curtis from past presidents at ISU? Sherard: “I’ve only got to spend a year and a half with Dr. Bradley. He is the person that hired me. He’s done so much with regards to some of our facilities such as the fueling stations, sports performance center, the lights at the stadium, the new turf and the indoor track. He helped elevate our athletic department. Dr. Curtis and I are
still getting to know each other, but I feel that she is going to be more focused on athletics and raising it from her own voice. I don’t want to minimize any of the presidents. Each of them are different and they each have different styles, but we’re always on the same page.” Q3: What brought you to ISU? Sherard: “I’m from Indianapolis and I always knew that Indiana State had a lot of potential, but I saw the opportunity to take it to the next level, and that was appealing to me. My mom and dad still live in Indianapolis, which was another factor that appealed to me. The leadership and the direction that this university were the main reasons I came here.” Q4: What are your favorite pro teams and who are some athletes that you admired growing up? Sherard: “I played baseball and basketball at Purdue. I’ve always been a college basketball fan. Growing up, I used to like the Cincinnati Reds “Big Red Machine” teams in the
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Asisstant Director, Sherard Clinkscales.
70’s. Basketball-wise, Indiana State and Purdue were teams that I liked, but I never had a favorite team. I’m a Purdue grad and now I’m a Sycamore, so now
Indiana State is my favorite team. Dwight Gooden, Ken Griffey Jr, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were some of my favorite athletes growing up.”
Q5: Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Sherard: “I see myself being healthy and with all the energy and gusto that I have now. I thank God
for everyday that I have and I take every day as if it was my last day. As long as I have the same health, strength and drive in 10 years, I’ll be happy.”
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Roman Tubner will be an additional staff to the women’s basketball team along with Vicki Hall.
Roman Tubner Joins Sycamore Women’s Basketball Staff ISU earns money from Loyola’s Athletic Media Relations
A plan is already in place to make serious renovations to the Hulman Center over the next two years along with other projects.
Indiana State head women’s basketball coach Vicki Hall announced the addition of Roman Tubner to the Sycamore women’s basketball staff Wednesday. Tubner joins the Sycamore family after spending the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach at Austin Peay where he helped guide the Governors to their most wins in a decade. “I have known Roman Tubner for quite a few years and he is a phenomenal recruiter that grinds every day,” Hall said of her newest assistant coach. “I am so excited to have him help build Indiana State back to its old traditions.” He primarily worked with the post players during his time at Austin Peay while contributing to the Govs’ recruiting efforts. “I am excited to be a part of Vicki Hall’s staff and to be at Indiana State,” Tubner said of his appointment. “This program has a bright future and I feel like we can bring back the great success it has had before. I have known Coach Hall for several years and the ties to her and strength of her relationships brought
me here. I look forward to getting to know the student-athletes, members of the administration and getting to know everyone in the community.” Under his guidance, Austin Peay seamlessly worked role players into the front court starting lineup, with Brianne Alexander garnering first all-conference honors after averaging 11.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. He also coached sophomore Arielle Gonzalez-Varner to an average of 9.6 rebounds per game over the Govs’ final seven games of the season. Tubner joined the Governors after previously serving as the only assistant coach at Arkansas Tech since 2014. In that time span, he helped guide the Golden Suns to a three-year record of 73-19, which included two Great American Conference regular season championships and three appearances in the Division II NCAA Tournament. Prior to Arkansas Tech, Tubner started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Arkansas-Monticello and was later promoted to assistant coach. While at UAM, the
team had a 21-win season in 2011-12 and he coached three NCAA DII All-Americans. In addition, Tubner has proven to be top-notch recruiter, highlighted by bringing former JUCO Player of the Year finalist Fatima Adams to Arkansas Tech. Adams went on to have a celebrated career – a two-time All-American selection, Division II National Player of the Year runner-up, Central Region Player of the Year and GAC Player of the Year – while averaging 22.4 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. As a player, Tubner was a two-year starter and team captain at Centenary College of Louisiana where he averaged nine points per game over the course of his career. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in psychology while there, before graduating from Monticello with Master’s degree in physical education and coaching. Tubner is engaged to Kyndra Daniels and the two will be wed in spring 2019. The couple has one daughter, Skylar Emory Tubner. By Athletic Media Relations
NCAA tournament run
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Loyola was not the only beneficiary of their improbable run to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament. The Missouri Valley Conference will be seeing some serious money flow in as a result of Loyola’s success in the tournament. The 11th seeded Ramblers became the most recent Cinderella story to seize a hold of the hearts of basketball fans across the nation when they won four tournament games before losing to the eventual runner-up Michigan Wolverines. Each win increased the purse that Loyola would eventually take home for the MVC. The money will be split between the 10 MVC teams and will be paid over the next six seasons. Indiana State will be pocketing hundreds of thousands of
dollars over the next few years to help bolster their athletics programs. “One of the things that I would like to be able to do is to work on a 5-10 year facility plan that could help us enhance our sports,” ISU Athletic Director Sherard Clinksales said. “Our facilities are fine but we have to get ahead of the curve.” A plan is already set to make serious renovations to the Hulman Center over the next two years. But the money from Loyola’s tournament run will help ISU with other projects. Clinkscales believes that the money opens the possibilities to a basketball practice facility or some improvements to Memorial Stadium in the future. The success by Loyola means more than a paycheck for the rest of the MVC schools. Plenty of people began to write off the conference after Wich-
ita State left to join the American Athletic Conference after the end of the 2016-17 school year. The success by the Ramblers proves the critics wrong and shows a promising future that involves success for any team that is performing well in the MVC. “It’s a strong conference and Loyola making that run, to me it just solidifies what kind of tough conference we have,” said Clinkscales, who made sure to add that ISU beat Loyola in Chicago this season. While every team wishes they were the ones in the national spotlight moving forward in the tournament, every team in the MVC has to be happy with Loyola’s inspiring play in the postseason. The conference was represented in stellar fashion and each athletic department is gifted money to spend on their teams and facilities.