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Students gather together to help clean the campus during the annual spring Donaghy Day ANDREW CHRISTMAN Reporter Student volunteers concluded Spring Week at Indiana State University by participating in Donaghy Day on Friday. Those who participated registered in groups, doing various activities, from planting flowers and trees to organizing clothing. Nancy Rogers, associate vice president of student affairs said that roughly 500 students registered to participate prior to the event. Students also had a variety of reasons for participating in the event, though many wanted an opportunity to give back to the community. Freshman nursing major Elora Frias said she needed the hours for one of her classes. “I need the hours, but this also looks good on my resume,” Frias said. “This shows that I like to go out of the way to help people, which is what I’m going to be doing in my field.” Freshman Stephanie Baker said she was offered extra credit for her University 101 class. “It was just an extra incentive to participate,” Baker said. “I wanted to volunteer anyways.” Members of Phi Delta Theta Tyler Gilliatt, Austin McKeand, John Applegate and Jacob Schutte planted trees for Donaghy Day and said that this was a repeated activity for the fraternity, as it helped them with their community engagement. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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Last Thursday, students gathered during the day to ensure a cleaner campus. Activities included picking up garbage, planting trees and clearing ruffage (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
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Do as the doctor says: Drug
abuse program teaches deadly side effects of Rx medication
infamous snitch comes out of hiding
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In the United States, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, referred to most often as autism. A neural development disorder, autism impacts an individual’s ability to interact socially, impairing their verbal and non-verbal communication. The disease has seen an increase in diagnoses since it was officially recognized in the early twentieth century, though the root causes behind the disease are still unknown. April is Autism Awareness Month, which seeks to raise national concern and awareness about the disorder. Events are being held across the country throughout the month, as well as on Indiana State campus. The Terre Haute Autism Expo, which will take place on April 19th in the Hulman Center, will provide plenty of information and resources for people with autism as well CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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NEWS
Monday, April 14, 2014 • Page 2 Editor-in-Chief, Samual Clark isu-statesmannews@mail.indstate.edu
Students use social media to promote profession Dustyn Fatheree
ISU Communications and Marketing Indiana State University graduate students in athletic training are working with faculty to raise awareness about political issues in their field through a social media campaign called Athletic Trainers 4 Athletic Trainers. “In class we talked primarily about the history of political action in athletic training, and the fight to become recognized as a mid-level health care provider,” said Kenneth Games, assistant professor of applied medicine and rehabilitation. For the second half of the graduatelevel class, Lindsey Eberman, associate professor of applied medicine and rehabilitation, and the class decided to start an advocacy project to serve as the best route to apply what they had discussed. “Each student is writing a blog post five-days a week, and we have a Facebook account and a Twitter account that are all promoting the project,” Eberman said. The effort has amassed more than 1,000 Facebook “likes” in its first two weeks, Eberman noted. “We get retweeted by our professional organization every day,” she said. Students have a different subject they are passionate about, Eberman said. One subject students touched on is National Provider Identifier numbers, a number all medical professionals who want to bill for clinical services have. “It isn’t required for athletic trainers who aren’t in the clinical setting,” said Beth Neil, a student from Erie, Pa. who worked with Justin Police of Angola, an athletic training graduate student on this subject. “It would be a good thing for athletic trainers to have to someday use thirdparty reimbursements and be able to bill through insurance for our services. Nearly 100 percent of other disciplines have an NPI number.” Only about 52 percent of athletic
Lindsey Eberman, associate professor of applied medicine and rehabilitation, reviews social media marketing efforts with athletic training graduate students Denny Wongosari, Beth Neil and Zachary Winkelmann (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).
trainers have National Provider Identifer numbers, Police said. “There are no regulations by the state in California and Alaska,” said Michael Neal of Fremont, Calif. “I’m passionate about getting people involved and talking to their assembly members. It is important to have licensure in order to be recognized and to protect the patient.” The overarching goal is to get people involved in the politics of athletic training, Eberman said. Zachary Winkelmann, decided to focus his social outreach about getting involved. The National Athletic Trainers Association Political Action Committee accepts donations from members and, in return, provides email updates about different political events as well as bills going through the Senate and House, Winkelmann said.
He said he wanted to raise awareness on how to get involved so people “won’t sit back and complain about things they want to see done,” but instead will take action on a national level. Currently, the National Athletic Trainers Association Political Action Committe is working on two bills, Eberman said. They aim to create the student-athlete bill of rights, which includes protection for youth athletes by providing athletic trainers at high school and secondary school events. Gender in athletic training is a topic of interest to Emilie Miley of Lafayette. She said the majority of professional athletic trainers are men in both men’s and women’s sports. “I want to get more females into athletic training,” Miley said. Eberman said more than 50 percent of athletic trainers are women, but
fewer than 1 percent of athletic trainers working in professional sports are women. Games said advocacy for athletic trainers is very important for Indiana State because it was one of the first five athletic training programs in the country. “Since 1969, Indiana State athletic training has been a leader in the profession,” he said. “Anyone who is a decision maker in athletic training is either alum of Indiana State, a former faculty member of Indiana State — they were somehow involved with Indiana State.” He emphasized to the class the importance of joining a long line of leaders. “It is now bestowed upon the students to continue the advocacy and to lead the profession,” Games said.
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Students also helped on areas farther Center of Community Engagement. off of campus, such as painting parts Program coordinator Jessica Starr said of downtown Terre Haute or helping there are a lot of reasons why students clean up the Mason Lodge, which has should volunteer to participate in the been taking volunteers for the past event every year. four years. “There are about 50 projects that Those who helped out at the Lodge students can volunteer for,” Starr said. did typical spring cleaning activities, “Those all take place in 48 different such as raking up leaves locations, some on on the property and campus and some off. “A lot of students The weather is turning moving things out of the basement lodge member are planting trees nice as well, so it gives Dick Simpson said. and flowers around students a chance to get “They really help make campus to make it outside and give back to it look nice through the the community.” look nice.” summer,” Simpson said. Starr said that most of “There are eight or nine the activities that take Jessica Starr students here and we place in the spring are really appreciate their Program Coordinator physical. help.” “A lot of students According to Simpson, are planting trees and those that volunteered to help clean flowers around campus to make it look the Masonic Lodge also got to learn nice,” Starr said. “There’s also a lot of some of their history. landscaping going on, and the students “It’s really cool history that you don’t who are off campus are painting in get to learn in the classroom,” Simpson the downtown area or doing trail said. maintenance in the parks around Around 500 students participated in the spring Donaghy Day last Friday, helping with activities to clean the campus and plant trees (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing). Donaghy Day was organized by the Terre Haute.”
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Prescription disposal program explores drug dangers Audrey Nelson Contributor Candace Florence, the Prescription Drug Abuse Coordinator, and Brandon Halleck, chief operating officer at Chances for Youth, both teamed up to collect expired or unused medication from students and the community at Indiana State University this past week. Indiana State University is speaking out against prescription drug abuse. “Every 25 minutes someone dies [from] a prescription overdose,” Florence said. Students at Indiana State need to be well educated and be more aware of this existing health hazard. It is not a new problem, but prescription drugs pose serious health risks related to their abuse. Medicine cabinets these days contain pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, sedatives and other forms of drugs. These drugs are left in cabinets and drawers and all become expired or unused. Because these drugs are sometimes termed as medication and prescribed by doctors, people assume that they are safe to take under any circumstances. This is not the case. Using a medication other than as prescribed can potentially lead to a variety of adverse health effects, including overdose and addiction. You might ask yourself, how is our community affected? “Indiana is top five in America for being at high risk for drug abuse, and 1 in Prescription drug abuse claims a life every 25 minutes said Candance Florence, the Prescription Drug Abuse Coordinator. Although 4 students at ISU have admitted to drug people may assume the prescription drugs are safe to take, they can have detrimental health effects on users (Statesman file photos). abuse,” Halleck said. potential life,” senior Cody Talley said. People are abusing drugs today It is very useful for prioritizing public by using them to get high, counter health and health services management anxiety, prevent pain or sleep problems. to college students, especially for Whatever the motivation students the age of 18-24. “When a person College students are the may be, prescription drugs are not being used for their partakes in this target audience to The original use. Drug Abuse activity, they are Prescription Addiction and overdose Awareness Campaign. are both risk factors that losing years off their Preventative methods potential life.” can occur during drug must take place to decrease abuse. We as a community hazards in the campus need to be educated on Senior Cody Talley community. these types of injuries. Indiana State has already How do we do that? We detected and identified the need to break this patterns of behavior drug abuse risk. Florence and Halleck that predicts this injury. These types of said they are providing interventions to injuries can be viewed as psychological, the campus by giving the students the social or emotional. opportunity to dispose their unused or Drug abuse has the potential to kill expired prescriptions safely. people who live and lead healthy lives. “ISU will continue to gather “When a person partakes in this information on this health risk that exists activity, they are losing years off their on this campus,” Florence said.
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ISU Public Safety police blotter April 7
6:03 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported in the Student Services Building. 11:17 a.m.: A trespass warning was 11:42 p.m.: A false fire alarm was issued in Cromwell Hall. reported in the Student Services Building. 12:00 p.m.: A suspicious person was reported at Eighth and Tippecanoe April 9 Streets. 1:00 p.m.: A theft was reported at Sycamore Dining Hall. 1:49 a.m.: A theft was reported in Mills 1:52 p.m.: A theft was reported at the Hall. Student Recreation Center. 4:43 p.m.: Lost property was reported 2:14 p.m.: A suspicious person was in Rhoads Hall. reported at the Icon building. 7:14 p.m.: An injured person was 7:30 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported at reported in the Student Recreation the Student Service Building. Center. 9:53 p.m.: A money clip was found in the Hulman Center.
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April 10 12:16 p.m.: A well-being check was conducted on campus. 12:45 p.m.: Theft and fraud were 1:43 a.m.: A habitual traffic offender reported at the Student Recreation Center. was arrested on campus. 1:34 p.m.: Lost property was reported 12:11 p.m.: Criminal mischief was on campus. reported at the North Pay Lot. 4:31 p.m.: A warrant service was 1:04 p.m.: A warrant service was conducted at North Seventh and conducted in the Career Center. Tippecanoe Streets. 4:24 p.m.: Property damage was
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reported at the Recycling Center. 10:52 p.m.: Criminal mischief was 7:19 p.m.: Criminal mischief was reported in Rhoads Hall. reported at the University Apartments Lot. April 11 7:22 p.m.: A false fire alarm was reported in the Student Services Building. 1:41 a.m.: A person was arrested for 9:09 p.m.: A wallet was found in operating a vehicle while intoxicated at University Hall. North Fifth and Spruce Streets.
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OPINION
Monday, April 14, 2014 • Page 6 Opinions Editor, Kylie Adkins isu-statesmanopinions@mail.indstate.edu Editor-in-Chief, Samual Clark isu-statesmaneditor@mail.indstate.edu
Letter to the editor Dear Editor: The topic of concealed carry on campus invokes strong emotions on both sides of the debate. Gun control may have become a cliched debate, but nothing is going to change when eyes are rolled and the topic is avoided. We may have our differences and disagree on the approach, but most would agree that the safety of students, faculty and staff is an important issue that needs to be addressed both on Indiana State’s campus and in the Terre Haute community. Indiana State should change the weapons policy to allow students, faculty and staff who can legally carry a concealed weapon off campus to carry on university grounds, as well. While some may argue that we have campus police to protect us, I disagree. The United States Supreme Court has ruled in both South v. Maryland and Bowers v. DeVito that police have no duty to protect the lives of citizens. Although I have full confidence that our public safety officers would want to protect our lives, it is unrealistic to expect the university police to be everywhere on campus at the same time. There are 12,114 students at Indiana State and only 37 Indiana State University Police Department officers, which is one officer per 327 students. Of course, not all officers are on the clock at the same time. If one third of the officers are on duty, there is only one officer per 1,009 students. The average conflict between two armed individuals lasts only 10 seconds, although a mass shooting can take longer. The purpose of carrying a concealed weapon is personal protection, not the
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protection of others. People who carry a concealed weapon do not act like police and seek out a shooter; they simply defend their own lives if necessary. Allowing concealed carry on campus does not equate to every student carrying a firearm. In the state of Indiana, you must be 18 years of age to obtain a license to carry a handgun. There are several criteria that must be met in order to receive the license, such as not having a felony record, no history of or pending domestic violence charges and no drug or alcohol charges. Furthermore, you must be 21 years of age to purchase a handgun or handgun ammunition. The only way for someone under the age of 21 to carry a concealed weapon, even with a permit, is to be gifted the firearm from an adult who trusts that the individual is going to be responsible. The result is a small group of individuals, both men and women, who carry a concealed weapon. There seems to be a misconception that banning concealed carry on campus is keeping guns out of the hands of the stereotypical “reckless college students” that may be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The truth of the matter is that there are responsible college students who carry a concealed weapon daily off campus. Permitting concealed carry on campus does not change the law about who can and cannot legally carry a firearm, nor does it change the rules off campus where most alcohol consumption occurs. Most students seem to feel safe on campus, but feeling safe and being safe are very different. People don’t necessarily feel unsafe going to the grocery store,
the movies or out to dinner, all places where an of average one out of every 100 people has a license to carry a handgun. So why would a rational person feel any different on a college campus that allows concealed carry? Although the current “gun-free” policy on campus may make students feel safer, mass shootings are more likely to occur in gun-free zones — zones where responsible license holders are not allowed to defend themselves. A University of Chicago study, which covered years 1977-1995, showed that concealed carry reduces mass shootings. Most victims of mass shootings are shot at point-blank range by assailants who move slowly and methodically from victim to victim. In order to properly defend oneself against a mass shooting assailant,one who is armed with a concealed weapon need one to be able to hit one’s target at point-blank range, which can be accomplished with little training. The issue of safety carries off campus, as well. Commuter students who normally carry off campus are prevented from doing so on their way to and from school, reducing their chance of defense in an area with a much higher crime rate than campus. In response to The Feminist Majority opinion, the flyer in reference was not an approved Students for Concealed Carry flyer and should not have been linked to “Take Back the Night.” I apologize for any emotions that the silhouette invoked. The image, when conveyed properly, is used to fight against gender stereotypes and to stand for gender equality in the firearms industry. Last time I went to the range in my
hometown, an older gentleman mocked me and made sure I knew that I was supposed to shoot downrange. I was dumbstruck. In theory, we want the same thing: equality. Personally, ending domestic violence is very important. However, it is an issue separate from concealed carry on campus for the following reasons: 1. You cannot obtain a license to carry a handgun if you have any pending domestic violence charges or convictions 2. The domestic violence in question is occurring in the home and not on campus or while traveling to or from campus and 3. You do not have to have a license to keep a firearm in your home. Additionally, according to the 2004 FBI uniform crime reports, license holders are generally less violent than non-license holders and are arrested for violent crimes at a rate five times lower. For these reasons, opposing concealed carry on campus is not going to reduce domestic violence occurrences. In conclusion, campus police have no duty to protect us and cannot be everywhere simultaneously. Concealed carry on campus simply allows students, faculty and staff to defend themselves in a life-threatening situation, whether that is a mass shooting or an individual attack. Also, commuter students who normally carry off campus would be able to defend themselves on their daily commutes.
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Quantum dots: future of clean energy for technology
As the twenty-first century surges forward, man is still trying to answer the age-old question of how to charge a battery. Someone has yet to tell science that it is 2014, and all of humanity is in need of a battery charger that is capable of remarkable feats. company StoreDot Columnist hasThecreated this new revolutionary fastcharging battery technology utilizing quantum dots. Our society hasn’t been this close to science fiction since we went to the moon. A quantum dot is a microscopic crystal that has special properties that allows it to efficiently move electricity. They are more commonly used in solar cells because
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of their ability to absorb UV light and reflect it as colored light, which makes it a perfect candidate for solar electricity conversion. StoreDot is looking to turn the smartphone world on its head with a new technology and a new lease on the world around us. StoreDot displayed a battery demo at Think Next symposium in Tel Aviv earlier this month, and the demonstration blew people away. Having the ability to charge a phone from a 27 percent charge to full capacity in less than 30 seconds was mindblowing. This incredible achievement is thanks to a breakthrough in bio-organic quantum dot technology. The one gleaming aspect of these quantum dots is that they are created with naturally-occurring chemicals. Our world is already being polluted by enough unnatural products. We do not need to add the next generation of phones to
the pile. The versatility of quantum dots is vast and ever-growing, with leaps in technology made every day. Doron Myersdorf, CEO of StoreDot had said in an interview with techcrunch.com, “This is a new type of material, with new physics, new chemistry, this is actually coming from nature.” This gives quantum dots value to mankind; with ever-increasing danger to our ecosystem, using a material that is from nature just makes sense. Quantum dots were discovered by accident in the moldings of glass and are now being used to fuel the needs of a growing world. The demo that was made for Think Next was a large and external add-on to a phone, but with hope StoreDot will have a working prototype in the next year. The commercial market could see something as soon as 2016 with a growing desire for the quantum dot technology.
The future looks bright for the 2.1 nanometer quantum dot — pun intended. The 21st century has seen a lot of changes in 14 years, and I have a feeling that more are on the way. Technology is already smarter than all of us and soon battery-operated mobile devices will have the ability to recharge in the time it takes to snap your fingers. Finally, the worry about your phone not having enough time to charge will come to an end, and we can get back to taking selfies. All jokes aside, this is great news for the technology world and other industries dealing with the same issue. So many things require batteries these days, and no one thinks about just how much time is spent on changing, charging and checking them. We are reaching the day when we will never put our phones down, and this will be our salvation.
Snowden leaks more NSA hijinks during conference
It’s been quiet on the eastern front for a while now, regarding the National Security Association leak by patriot Edward Snowden. In case you’ve all forgotten about Snowden’s actions, which happened a while ago, Edward Snowden was a employee Columnist government who leaked documents that revealed that the NSA had been spying on nearly every person out there, be they foreign leaders or simple farmers from Nowheresville, Ind. Needless to say, our government got annoyed that we found this out and called for Snowden’s immediate arrest; his response was to toddle off to Japan and then Russia, seeking sanctuary. After escaping to Russia to seek amnesty, Snowden has not appeared to say much of anything. That is, of course, until now. About a week ago, an Amnesty International human rights meeting in Chicago was held with special guest speakers Edward Snowden and reporter Glenn Greenwald — who initially reported Snowden’s story. Both had to attend and present their
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topics via video chat from Russia and Brazil, respectively. The main thing Snowden discussed with the attendees was what kind of information the NSA paid more attention to. Apparently, the NSA focuses more on what is called “metadata,” instead of focusing on the actual phone calls or emails. Metadata, as Snowden explains, is essentially the caller’s number or ID, the receiver’s number or ID and the duration of the call. The key issue here is that it does not include the actual subject or conversation of these recorded interactions. If, for instance, you spoke with a friend on the phone who for some reason is on the no-fly list or is a convicted criminal, the NSA doesn’t know that you called to see if he was up for watching a movie; all the NSA will see is that you frequently call someone who’s considered dangerous by the government. Greenwald, meanwhile, spent most of his time saying that more can be done and that his new media company “The Intercept” will be focusing on revealing the inner workings of government groups that abuse their power. He ended this speech by saying that others should do so as well, specifically that his “hope and belief is that as we do more of that reporting, and as people see
the scope of the abuse as opposed to just the scope of the surveillance, they will start to care more.” I have more respect for these two men than nearly any other living creature on the planet right now. I fully support their endeavors and hope for the best for them, but this revelation on Metadata concerns me. The issue is twofold. The metadata itself bothers me because that means they aren’t paying attention to the context of the calls. As any investigative mind or critical thinker can tell you, context is often more important than who is actually talking. This means that the spies of our community who are supposedly protecting us don’t have the proper information and are going in half-cocked. Don’t get me wrong. Sometimes a horse is just a horse, of course, and if a known terrorist or criminal calls a weapons dealer, it’s probably as bad as it sounds. However, those situations are few and far between when compared to people simply knowing someone who the government considers dangerous. Let’s not forget that after 9/11 many people were profiled just on appearance and religion alone. All those people had phones and interacted with others, so now they are also on the NSA’s watchlist because some slightly Middle Eastern guy
the NSA didn’t like the look of took a long time ordering a pizza. The other part that bothers me is simply the indication that the NSA is lazy as all get out. If they have drone technology and the ability to tap into nearly everyone’s phone records, they have the technology to actually bother and listen into the conversation. Some could argue that maybe they don’t have the manpower for that kind of thing, but requesting more funding has never been a problem for them; or they could make it a joint operation with the FBI. That is to say if the FBI isn’t already doing the same thing. As a final thought, Greenwald currently lives in Brazil, but occasionally visits the United States on the grounds that he technically hasn’t done anything illegal just yet. One of the final things he said was we should “come back in two months or so and see if I didn’t make good on my word,” which indicates to me that some interesting revelations are in the works, and that he might soon be unable to return whenever he feels like it. Either way, truth, justice and the American way should have resurgence soon if Greenwald does keep to his word.
FEATURES
Monday, April 14, 2014 • Page 8 Features Editor, Cassandra Hauser isu-statesmanfeatures@mail.indstate.edu
Math and writing centers aids sycamore students
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Many students don’t realize the educational resources available to them all over Indiana State’s campus. Among these resources, the Math and Writing Center helps students with two core subjects at all levels of skill. Director Nicole Bailey noted that they help students at all levels of ability, ranging from beginning freshman to graduate students. Sometimes, they’ll even have graduate students come into the office when working on their dissertations. The Writing Center helps them polish their writing, which is a type of writing that they never had to do in undergraduate school. While the Math and Writing Center tutors see graduate students on occasion, the tutors most often see undergraduate students. During the session, tutors help students with a range of issues, such as helping students get over a general math anxiety or helping students understand how not to plagiarize in their papers. Bailey said that the center can really help students transition from high school to college academics. Undergraduate student Amar Patel, who has visited the center often, sees the importance of going to the Writing Center, where he has learned to correct his own papers. He also enjoys working with the tutors at the center. “The people who work there are really professional and helpful,” Patel said. One of Patel’s concerns is that students may not know where the Math and Writing Center is now that they have a new location. For students who are looking to go to the center, it is now located on the second floor of the Cunningham Memorial Library. Although the Math and Writing Center can be helpful for students, it is important for students who go to the center to be willing to work with the center. Bailey encourages that students have already tried to do their math problems on their own. For student writers,
Students work in the Math and Writing centers with other students in order to raise their grades for classes (Photo by Craig Smith).
Bailey recommends that students bring in their assignment sheets, so that the tutors understand the assignment, and from there, students can receive aide from brainstorming to organization to grammar. The Math and Writing Center’s website lists workshops that students can go through and complete on their own, such as an APA Formatting, Powerpoint and a Comma Workshop.
Many students might be nervous to take advantage of the resources available to them, but Bailey encourages them to come into the Math and Writing Center for help because everybody needs assistance at times, even the best students. “A sign of a good student is one who knows when they need help and where to find it,” Bailey said. She wants students to not be afraid
when coming in. For students who want to know more about the Math and Writing Center, she recommended going into the center and sitting for a while to see how sessions work and how relaxed the environment is. The center is open every day, except for Sunday. On Saturdays, the sessions are “drop-in” only, and their weekly hours can be found on their website.
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as on work with autistic children outside of the Indiana State campus. The Terre Haute Autism clinic at elementary schools in Terre Haute. Expo, which will take place on April 19th in Burton recalled her experience with an autistic the Hulman Center, will provide plenty of child in the classroom. information and resources for people with “It was frustrating,” she said. “But not in autism as well as their families and loved ones. the way that you would think it was. I was But while the month of April puts a spotlight more frustrated with the teachers and staff on the disorder, students and staff at Indiana at the school, who weren’t taking the proper State are busy year-round working with measures to make sure that this student was children with autism. Dr. Roberts-Pittman, accommodated. You need a lot of patience to an education and school psychology professor work with them.” here at Indiana State, has had experience Stories such as Burton’s show the importance working with children with autism, and is of understanding conditions such as autism currently working on a project that will help that are becoming increasingly prevalent in to better treat the disease. our society. Skilled staff and clinics like the one “We are going to develop a multi- in University Hall play important roles in the disciplinary team of students. Students development of an autistic child’s life. Outside from the Speech and Language department, of the clinic, there are other ways that autistic counseling students and education students individuals can learn to integrate into society. will all be working together,” Every summer, Terre Haute said Dr. Roberts-Pittman. “We hosts the Special Olympics “They learn to play are going to choose a local summer which sports and compete provide an games, family that is dealing with opportunity for as well as [learn] autistic athletes to compete autism and use them for a pilot study.” for the gold. Duchess Adjei, leadership, and Although autism is a manager of marketing and working together.” the lifelong disease, there are public relations for Special many effective treatment Olympics Indiana, explained Duchess Adjei options that have shown very the important role the games positive results. play. Autistic children have a hard time building “It’s an opportunity for them to do more,” their vocabularies, and are thus unable to she said. “They learn to play sports, and clearly express themselves. To help resolve compete, as well as [learn] leadership, and this problem, caretakers use pictures to working together.” communicate ideas between them and the Many students are probably familiar with child. Around the University Hall clinic, the polar plunge, a yearly event that raises there are pictures taped to the wall, placed at money for the Special Olympics. Events like a toddler’s eye level. A picture of food lets the these, including the upcoming Autism Expo, child show he or she is hungry, while a picture help raise awareness for autism, as well as of a toy means the child wants to play. These other disabilities. methods of communications can help make Whether it’s volunteering, donating money life easier for the child, as well as for his or her or simply attending events and educating parents. oneself about conditions such as autism, it is Other students such as junior Taylor important to take an active role in making the Burton, a major in elementary education, world a better place for the less fortunate.
Indiana State houses programs such as Blumberg’s annual Autism Training, in honor of Autism Awareness Month (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
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and involved in their child’s academics, and provides tutors to motivate students and As the school year comes to an end, some supply a helping hand. students find that their grades are not where Indiana State also provides tutoring they want them to be. Whether it’s help this services free to students. semester or advice for the next, Indianan The Center for Student Success is located State provides many programs to help on the second floor of Gillum Hall. The students improve their grades and develop Center is dedicated to providing help to better study skills students. The programs they offer are Senior nursing major Akeyra Adair said it focussed on first-year students, but they are could be difficult to stay on path to maintain open to anyone who needs help. good grades. Students with learning disabilities should After my first year here,” she said, “I not be embarrassed to seek help. Letting started to get a hang of know your strengths “I started to get a teachers things and it made my and weaknesses can help life easier as I became an hang of things and it you achieve success in all upperclassman.” made my life easier your classes. The Center It is important each Student Success can as I became an upper for semester to approach your provide extra exam time for classman.” professors early to try to those who need it, as well as establish a professional study strategies and better Akeyra Adair relationship with them. memorization skills. Students who communicate For athletes, the Academic with professors show that they are serious support Program for Student Athletes about their grades, and often receive more provides advisement, an understanding of assistance from professors as a result. academic policies, study halls, counseling, Students should also work closely with workshops, development of study skills, their advisors and check there Degree Audit time management and stress management. Reporting System or MySam in order to The program offers academic support stay on track and graduate on time. services to student-athletes to help them The ISUcced program Indiana State offers manage school and sports in order to help to students to make the transition graduate on time. from high school to college. They also help By utilizing those different programs, students build better time management, students can find help and support in the engagement and study skills. While quest to finish college on time with good developing strong academic skills, students grades. ISUcceed, the Center for Student will grow as leaders and professionals, Success and the Academic support Program discovering abilities that will help them for Student athletes can be found on Indiana throughout college and in their careers. state University’s website. ISUccced also keeps parents informed
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Softball steals a pair of wins on the road Blaine Kinsey ISU Athletic Media Relations
BASEBALL:
Sycamore pitching dominated a doubleheader Saturday against Missouri State, 22-17 and 5-8 MVC, as Indiana State, 22-18 and 4-9 MVC, earned its first Missouri Valley Conference doubleheader sweep since the 2011 led by junior Yvette Alvarez’s complete game one-hitter. The Sycamores won the first game 6-1 before completing the sweep with a 4-0 win in game two.
Tuesday
at Eastern Illinois 3:00 p.m.
Friday
at Canisius 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
at Canisius 2:00 p.m.
Sunday
Game One
The Sycamores got on the board first and never looked back as sophomore Taylor Lockwood pitched a complete game to earn the win, allowing just five hits. In the top of the third, the Sycamores got their offense going when junior Aubre Carpenter got things going with a oneout single before scoring on a double off the wall by senior Morgan Allee. After a groundout, senior Shelby Wilson drew a walk before freshman Brooke Riemenschneider reached on a fielding error to score Allee. Both runners then scored off a throwing error on a ground ball hit by freshman Erika Crissman to give the Sycamores a 4-0 advantage. The Sycamores then added a run in the top of the fifth, when Riemenschneider doubled and scored off a single by Crissman. In the top of the sixth, the Sycamores extended their lead once again when junior Ashley Dickerson singled and came around to score on a double by Allee to give the Sycamores a 6-0 lead. The Bears got on the board in the bottom of the sixth when they picked up one run off three hits to cut the Sycamore advantage to 6-1. The Bears could get no closer, however, as Lockwood completed the game, allowing just five hits with three strikeouts, all looking. Allee was 3-4 with two doubles two RBI’s and two stolen bases to move into the top 15 in MVC history in career stolen bases. Crissman was also 2-3 with two
UPCOMING EVENTS
at Canisius 12:00 p.m.
SOFTBALL: Tuesday
vs. Loyola 2:00 p.m. vs. Loyola 4:00 p.m.
Friday
vs. Bradley 2:00 p.m. vs. Bradley 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
vs. Bradley 12:00 p.m.
TRACK AND FIELD: Friday at Columbus, Oh. 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
at Columbus, Oh. 10:00 a.m.
The Sycamore softball squad was able to win two out of three games on the road against conference foe Missouri State (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
stolen bases.
Game Two
The Sycamores took an early lead in the second game and Yvette Alvarez never gave the Bears hope as she pitched a complete game one-hitter to earn the 4-0 win. Indiana State struck first in the top of the second when Crissman hit a one-out double to left center before advancing to
third on a single to center field off the bat of Stone, who also advanced to second on the throw. The Sycamores then got on the board when freshman Rylee Holland reached on a fielder’s choice where the Bears were unable to record an out. Junior Ashley Dickerson then laid down a squeeze to score Stone and reach first base safely. Continued on PAGE 13
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Monday
at Springfield, Ill. All Day
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Carpenter then loaded the bases with an infield single before Holland scored when Allee drew a bases-loaded walk to give the Sycamores a 3-0 lead. Missouri State got its lone hit of the game in the bottom of the second when
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Chelsea Jones hit a leadoff double. The Sycamores added one more run in the top of the fifth when Wilson drew a one-out walk and freshman Leah Salmon pinch ran. Salmon advanced to second on a sacrifice by Riemenschneider before Crissman hit a double down the left field line to score Salmon and make it 4-0
Sycamores. Alvarez then closed out the game for the Sycamores, throwing the complete game, one-hitter with four strikeouts to earn her 14th win of the season.
Game Three
After securing a series win with a Saturday doubleheader sweep, the Indiana State softball team fell to 22-19 overall and 4-10 in the Missouri Valley Conference, lost 9-5 to the Bears of Missouri State, who improved to 23-17 overall and 6-8 in conference play, Sunday in the series finale in Springfield, Mo. The Sycamores jumped on the board early when senior Morgan Allee led off the top of the first inning with a single to left field and advanced to second on a fielding error. Allee then advanced to third on a sacrifice by freshman Kassie Brown before scoring on an RBI groundout by senior Shelby Wilson to take a 1-0 lead. The Bears answered back in the bottom of the first with a run of their own to tie the game 1-1. In the top of the second, Allee again gave the Sycamores a lead when she blasted a three-run home run over the left field, despite 35 mph winds blowing in from left field, to give the Sycamores a Senior utility player Morgan Allee moved into the top 15 of steals all time in the MVC this 4-1 lead. Missouri State answered back in the past weekend against the Bears (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
bottom of the second, scoring six runs off seven hits to take a 7-4 lead over the Sycamores. The Bears also added solo runs in the bottom of the fourth and fifth to take a 9-4 lead. The Sycamores threatened in the top of the sixth when they scored one run and loaded the bases but could not push any more runs across. Again in the seventh, the Sycamores had opportunities but came up empty as they fell 9-5 in the series finale. Allee finished the game 3-4 with four RBI’s and two runs scored with a home run and a stolen base. The Sycamores will return to action on Tuesday when they host the Ramblers of Loyola in a doubleheader at Price Field beginning at 2 p.m.
Box Score 1- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Ind. State Mo. State
0 04 0 1 10 6 9 0 0 00 0 0 10 1 5 3
Ind. State Mo. State
0 30 0 1 00 4 5 1 0 00 0 0 00 0 1 1
Box Score 2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Box Score 3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Ind. State Mo. State
1 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 13 0 1 6 0 1 1 0 X 9 13 1
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Sycamores scortch competition at Illinois Twilight Craig Padgett
ISU Athletic Media Relations The Sycamore women’s track and field team dominated the field and the men were second on a warm and windy night at the Illinois Twilight meet in Champaign, Ill. The women got off to an early lead and never let up, as they won with 250 points over second place Illinois’ 141 points. Loyola placed third with 117 points, Iowa was fourth with 108 points and Butler rounded out the top five with 61 points. The men got behind early and were never able to reel in the Fighting Illini on their senior day. Illinois won the meet with 253 points, the Sycamores were second with 158 points, Iowa placed third with 128 points, Loyola was fourth with 77 points,and Eastern Illinois rounded out the top five with 75 points. Senior Greggmar Swift ran under the facility record, but was beaten by Vanier Joseph who now holds the facility record in a time of 13.41 seconds, Swift was a step behind at 13.43 seconds. They are currently first and second nationally. Swift also ranks second in school history in the event. Senior Mary Theisen won the shot put to start off the meet with a throw of 54 feet 11.25 inches. That mark currently ranks her sixth nationally. She was backed up by teammates Whitney Walker and Katelyn Rutz in second with 46 feet 5.50 inches and third with 46 feet 1.25 inches, respectively. Theisen didn’t stop there, as she threw 174 feet 10 inches to place second in the discus throw, which was good for 16th nationally. A few events later, junior Carmelia Stewart led a 1-2-3 sweep in the long jump after jumping 19 feet 3.25 inches to get the win. She was followed by senior Kelly Steffen placing second with a jump of 19 feet 1.25 inches and junior Kaisha Martin placing third at 18 feet 9.75 inches. Stewart also won the triple jump at 39 feet 5 inches. Sophomore Katie Wise had a dominant performance, winning the two events, as well as a leg on the winning 4x100 meter relay team. Her time of 11.25 seconds in the 100-meter dash ranks her sixth in the nation and her win in the 200 meter dash of 23.51 seconds ranks her 21st. The 4x100 meter relay team, also consisting of Alethia Marrero, Demetra Camble, and Kaisha Martin won in 45.24
Seniors Hannah McKnight and Lauren Rice made history, as they moved up the all-time list in the pole vault.
Seniors Hannah McKnight and Lauren Rice leapt their way into the record books at the Illinois Twilight meet this past weekend. Knight cleared 12 feet 8.75 inches and Rice cleared 12 feet 2.75 inches to move into sixth and eighth place all time at ISU (Photo by Ayden Jent).
seconds. Camble also placed second in the 100-meter dash in 11.81 seconds, as well as the 200-meter dash placing third in 24.32 seconds. Marrero followed up her race with a big win in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.71 seconds, which ranks her 40th in the nation. The women began to really open their early lead with sophomore Kimyanna Rudolph’s win in the pole vault, as she cleared 13 feet 4.50 inches. Senior’s Hannah McKnight and Lauren Rice both made history, as they moved up the alltime list in the pole vault. Knight cleared 12 feet 8.75 inches for third — sixth alltime — and Rice cleared 12 feet 2.75 inches for fifth — eighth all-time. The Sycamore men were dominant in
the 400 meter hurdles, as they went 1-2-4 in the event with junior Jonathan Jackson winning the event in 52.14 seconds — 29th in the nation. Senior Max Tuttle placed second in 52.37 seconds — 38th in the nation — junior Arqeil Shaw placed fourth in 52.97 seconds. Junior Byron Ferrell cleared 16 feet 8 inches in the pole vault to place third overall with junior Wes Schenck and sophomore Connor Curley placing fifth and sixth both clearing 16 feet even. Sophomore DeSean Prentice placed third in the high jump with a clearance of 6 feet 6.75 inches and freshman Devyn Mikell placed second in the long jump with a jump of 22 feet 7.25 inches and the triple jump with a jump of 42 feet 2
inches. Senior Kevin Piraino picked up a fourth place finish in a hot 400-meter dash race, as he ran 47.66 seconds. Freshman Carl McQuay placed fourth in the 200-meter dash in 21.58 seconds. The meet concluded with the women’s 4x400 meter relay getting the victory in a time of 3:44.87. The men placed fourth in a time of 3:15.53. Freshman David Timlin placed third in the 1500-meter run in a time of 3:47.71 and sophomore John Mascari placed eighth in 3:53.60. The Sycamores will send three runners to the Mt. San Antonio College Relays this Thursday, while the rest of the team will travel to the Jesse Owens Classic at Ohio State.
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Students find mental power
As a part of Spring Week, students were invited to participate in a unique game show called “Mental” on Friday. The focus of the game was to use their mental power to guess one another’s cards, among other inventive brain games (Photos by Gary Macadaeg).