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The philosophy behind foundational studies Rus’sel Butts Reporter The Associate Dean of Arts and Science, Christopher Fisher, recently hosted an informational event about the foundational studies program.

The foundational studies classes are something that every Indiana State University student has had to encounter at one point and time. These are the mandatory courses required for every non-honors student to take if they did not get the classes covered in high school. These subjects encompass fine arts, English, math, and many other diversified courses under the foundational studies umbrella.

“Our specific classes go back to how each nation has its own set of values and skills that people should learn,” Fisher said. “The purpose of colleges is to further societal improvement by using those values as a guide.”

When you give students mandatory classes that they have to take, students are usually not going to take it well.

Fisher refuted this common contention by saying, “the program is meant to give students a more rounded and diverse view of the world. It may seem like extra work, but it will help you become a better overall citizen in society.”

Fisher also stated how one of the steadiest professions, teaching, has a high amount of teachers leaving the occupation.

“Most people have to be flexible, and that’s also true of jobs that seem like they can last your whole life,” Fisher said. “Ap-

plying that to my own job, about 50 percent of teachers leave the educational field within five years. If you think about how the world changes, having this broader perspective can help people contribute to their communities without just relying on one skill.”

ISU and 200 other member intuitions use the Association of American Colleges and Universities GEM initiative as a basis for their foundational studies program.

GEM stands for General Education Maps and Markers, and some of their principles include self-direction of students, problem-based learning and increased transparency among students and faculty.

We can see these principles implemented in many ways at ISU. According to Fisher, “we have reduced the number of foundational studies program that has prerequisites to increase student freedom of choice.”

They also included a focus on critical thinking and communication skills so students can find solutions to global issues and make sure their ideas are understandable. There is an emphasis on soft skills since these competencies on top of hard skills.

The faculty makes educated decisions to improve the curriculum by learning from data accumulated over the years.

Fisher explained an example of this is our DFW rate in which we find out how many students drop, fail or withdraw from a class to find out how good a course is doing in its current position. There are also many other factors that decide how

Rus’sel Butts | Indiana Statesman

Cristopher Fisher, the Associate Dean of Arts and Science, hosted an informational session that discuessed the importance behind foundational studies programs.

well a course is doing.

The higher the DFW rate, the worse the course is doing so it is faculty’s job to make sure this number is as low as possible.

To help with this process, student evaluations of classes are now more common, so professors know what they need to improve on.

“This helps us get feedback from the student’s perspective on how well they comprehended the course material,” Fisher said.

Fisher ended the session by stating, “Everything you do at college is an investment in your future, and the faculty does everything in their power to help students succeed.”

ISU enrollment declines from fall to spring Claire Silcox Features Editor ISU SmugMug

The annual State Dance Marathon raises funds for the children and families of the Riley Hospital.

State Dance Marathon to be held April 7 Madison Longyear Contributer Students participating in the State Dance Marathon will be on their feet for 12 hours to raise both money and awareness for Riley Hospital for Children on April 7.

The State Dance Marathon provides support for families receiving services from the Indianapolis hospital.

“It means hope for families and children with congenital heart defects, cancer and other life threatening diseases. For these families it is truly special to know they have an entire campus supporting them through this tough experience,” said ISU senior and Director of Organization Relations Dylan Stolz.

Last year, the State Dance Marathon broke their previous record and raised over $100,000 for Riley hospital.

“The money that we raise goes to Riley’s general benefit fund, which

supports three main initiatives: Research, Family Support Programs and Maternal/Fetal Medicine,” Stolz said.

Every dancer is asked to raise a minimum of $5 prior to the event. The leadership team provides multiple opportunities and channels for fundraising.

“Every dollar helps and together it all adds up,” said ISU freshman and member of the Dancer Relations Leadership Team Alexia Golden.

The leadership team, made up of about 120 students, has been working all year for this event.

“I can’t wait to see the total amount of money we raised at the end, because that will mean all of our hard work was worth it,” Golden said.

Organizations from all over campus have created marathon teams for their members to be a part of.

“I think it is super cool to see organizations that typically compete come

Enrollment has gone down more than usual this fall 2017 to spring 2018 semester at Indiana State University.

It seems to be a well known trend to college students that some of their peers do not come back to school after the winter hiatus between semesters. There are a lot of different reasons for students to leave college and each individual case is personal, but to the different sides of a university there are theories on why this drop is consistent on an overall basis.

Institutional Research at ISU has online statistics, since the fall semester of 2013, on enrollment numbers, demographics and more. Between fall 2013 and spring 2014 there was a drop of 3.98 percent of total enrollment at ISU. Fall 2014 to spring 2015 it was down 3.58 percent. The next year it was down 4.22 percent and then down 3.96 percent the year after that.

These four data sets show a consistent decreasing of an average of four percent in enrollment. But this past fall to spring semester there was a drop of 5.54 percent, which is a significant increase, compared to the last few years.

From the academic side, Dr. Linda Maule, the dean of University College and coordinator of Foundational Studies at ISU, believes there are many reasons that students leave ISU, whether that be to transfer to another college or other academic related issues.

“Some students who wish to stay are unable to stay because the have been academically dismissed,” Maule said. “Freshman who earn less than a 0.85 term GPA in their first semester are academically dismissed.

There is not appeal for immediate return. They must sit out at least one

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‘Life and Death’ themed concert to wrap up the semester Jillian Bontjes Contributor A life and death concert theme will be presented by the Indiana State University Wind Symphony in their last concert of the year, April 5, in Tilson Auditorium.

The concert will feature conducting apprentice Lexie Rich, a senior music education major who will conduct Frank Ticheli’s “Joy Revisited.” This selection is just one piece of the concert centered on life and death, the final theme in the wind symphony’s year of programs exploring dualities.

“Dr. (Nikk) Pilato puts on absolutely rocking programs,” Rich said. “Pilato finds the most interesting pieces for his concert and yet somehow they always work together with his theme. He’s very systematic about his programming.”

Pilato has been conducting the wind symphony for three years, and through several years of conducting experience

Trump says he’ll dump NAFTA if Mexico doesn’t stop drug flows Justin Sink Bloomberg News (TNS)

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The Wind Symphony Orchestra will end the semester with their final concert on April 5.

prior to that, he’s found what he says is the key to a successful program; he chooses a piece for his personal growth, a piece that will be good for the group and a piece that the audience will enjoy. He credits his wide variety of pieces to years of experience and exposure to music.

“I remember pieces that were once popular that have now fallen by the

wayside. They’re still good pieces, they’re just not the hot, new thing anymore,” Pilato said. “Plus with the fact that I run this wind repertory project website, obviously I’m exposed to a lot more music from other composers.”

Pilato said he thoroughly enjoys working with the wind symphony, and that the students are his favorite part of Indiana State

University. However, he said they can be “frustrating” at times.

“With as much stuff that happens in their lives and how much studying they have to do, sometimes practice does get put off until later,” Pilato said.

“But everyone deals with this problem, so I try not to let my frustrations get

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Judge drops most serious charges and many others against Penn State frat brothers in Tim Piazza’s death Susan Snyder The Philadelphia Inquirer(TNS)

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A district judge on Tuesday for a second time threw out involuntary manslaughter charges against Pennsylvania State University fraternity brothers related to the February 2017 hazing death of sophomore pledge Tim Piazza.

Ending a three-day preliminary hearing, judge Allen Sinclair also dismissed dozens of other charges against the fraternity members. For some of the 11 members, all charges have been dismissed. Members faced more than 300 charges in the death, including reckless endangerment, conspiracy to commit hazing and furnishing alcohol to minors.

It’s the second time that Sinclair heard the case.

Last summer, he threw out the most serious charges, including felony aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter against eight members, but the former district attorney refiled

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A large photo of Timothy Piazza next to his father Jim Piazza as he speaks about the importance of passing the anti-hazing legislation named after his son outside of the Centre County Courthouse.

many of them.

Sinclair’s ruling deals another blow to the prosecution of a case that not only has rocked Penn State’s campus, but also

added to the growing national scrutiny of misconduct and alcohol-soaked hazing by fraternities.

The prosecution, this time led by Chief Deputy

Attorney General Brian Zarallo, argued that fraternity members planned and executed a hazing ritual and deliberately got Piazza drunk and then failed to get him medical care after he was seriously injured. Piazza consumed 18 drinks in 82 minutes, then fell down the stairs at the fraternity house. No one called for help for nearly 12 hours, and Piazza later died of head, spleen and lung injuries.

“A failure to act in and of itself is reckless,” Zarallo argued.

If Piazza’s fall that rendered him unconscious had happened anywhere other than a fraternity house, it would have been expected that 911 would be called, he said.

But defense attorneys maintained that their clients didn’t and couldn’t know the severity of Piazza’s injuries and that Piazza’s drinking was voluntary.

Some of the testimony broke new ground, including video shown of drinking that went on in the fra-

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President Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement if Mexico doesn’t stop people and drugs from flowing into the U.S. from Central America.

“They must stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. Need Wall!” Trump wrote Sunday on Twitter before arriving at church for an Easter Sunday service with his wife, Melania.

In a series of posts, Trump also suggested he was no longer willing to strike a deal to help immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as minors, and repeated a call for Senate Republicans to go to a simple 51-vote majority vote to pass legislation more easily.

“Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release,” Trump wrote.

“Getting more dangerous. ‘Caravans’ coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL!” Trump posted his comments after Brandon Judd, the president of the National Border Patrol Council, a labor union representing border patrol agents, talked about reports that a caravan of hundreds of Central Americans was headed toward the U.S. in a bid to secure asylum.

Judd, on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends,” said the immigrants seeking asylum would “create havoc and chaos” while in the U.S. awaiting hearings on their refugee status.

Under current immigration policies, asylum seekers that prove a “credible fear” of returning home may be released while they await adjudication if they don’t present a security or flight risk. Those detained after crossing the border are also sometimes released because of bed shortages and a court ruling that limits the detention of women and children in custody to 21 days.

Trump went on to say those crossing the border “are all trying to take advantage of DACA.” “They want in on the act!” he wrote.

Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, those eligible for protected status must have lived continuously in the U.S. since 2007 and entered the country before their 16th birthday.

In September, the White House rescinded the program, which protected immigrants from deportation.

Trump gave lawmakers until March to find a legislative solution for the DACA beneficiaries.

Lawmakers were unable to strike a bargain, with the White House insisting any deal also include new restrictions on legal immigration and funding for the president’s border wall. Democrats rejected an offer as part of the omnibus spending bill that would have given the president funding for his wall in exchange for a short-term extension of DACA. A federal judge in January issued an injunction keeping the program in place as courts consider legal challenges to the president’s attempt to end DACA. Trump’s call to eliminate the filibuster, which he blames for elements of his policy agenda stalling in Congress, is the latest in a series of complaints about the restriction.

In September, Trump complained “the Senate Filibuster Rule will never allow Republicans to pass even great legislation” because Republicans “will rarely get 60” votes.

In August, he said Republicans “are just wasting time” if they maintain the filibuster.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said repeatedly he wouldn’t move to get rid of the 60-vote threshold.

Trump said Mexico was doing “very little, if not NOTHING” to stop the flow of immigrants across its southern border, and ultimately into the U.S. “They laugh at our dumb immigration laws.”’

Mexican government officials did not respond to requests for comment.

The president gave notice of his intent to renegotiate NAFTA in May, and has repeatedly threatened to pull out of the agreement if terms are not renegotiated to his liking. While such action could be blocked by legal challenges and Congress, leaving NAFTA could badly hurt Mexico’s economy, which in 2016 sent 73.3 percent of its exports to the U.S.

NASA’s next mission to Mars will go deep beneath the red planet’s surface Amina Khan Los Angeles Times (TNS) NASA has launched many groundbreaking missions to Mars, but its next mission will do so literally.

The Mars InSight lander, planned for launch May 5, will be the first spacecraft dedicated to studying the deep interior of the red planet. The discoveries it makes could unlock hidden secrets about the structure of Mars, how it evolved and how other rocky planets — including Earth — came to be.

“The goal of InSight is nothing less than to better understand the birth of the Earth, the birth of the planet that we live on, and we’re going to do that by going to Mars,” said Bruce Banerdt, InSight’s principal investigator at NASA’s

Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge.

Short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, InSight will be the first spacecraft to land on a planet since Curiosity’s “Seven Minutes of Terror” on Mars in 2012.

When it touches down Nov. 26 in a flat plain just north of the equator called Elysium Planitia, it will unfurl its solar arrays and deploy a set of instruments designed to interrogate the planet’s insides.

The lander will use its robotic arm to place a seismometer on the smooth surface. That seismometer will pick up the vibrations from marsquakes — seismic waves that have been modified by the different layers of material they have passed through. Those altered waves will allow sci-

entists to determine what those layers of material are made of.

InSight will also hammer a heat-flow probe about 16 feet beneath the surface. The deeper the probe goes, the higher the temperature rises — and the researchers can use this to calculate how hot Mars’ deep interior really is.

The spacecraft’s third major experiment will measure the shift in radio signals between it and Earth to figure out how much Mars’ north pole wobbles over the course of a Martian year. The size and frequency of that wobble will reveal clues about the planet’s core, including its size and density.

Understanding Mars from within could help scientists better understand the evolution of

other rocky planets, including Earth as well as exoplanets far beyond our solar system. That’s because the Earth’s interior experienced much more churning than Mars’ did, erasing crucial information about what its insides used to look like. Mars’ inner structure should more closely reflect that early stage of planetary evolution.

“How we get from a ball of featureless rock into a planet that may or may not support life is a key question in planetary science,” Banerdt said.

InSight will be the first interplanetary mission launched from the West Coast — and many Southern Californians will be able to look to the skies and briefly watch the spacecraft on its journey to Mars, said Tom Hoffman,

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An artist’s rendition of the InSight lander operating on the surface of Mars

InSight’s project manager at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

“It should be spectacular,” Hoffman said.

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Bedazzle your bra is an annual event that raises fund for the PINK foundation.

Bedazzle your bra Alexandria Truby Reporter

To raise funds for the Susan G. Komen P.I.N.K. Foundation, The Applied Health Science Committee and S.I.S.T.E.R.S. Too held a “Bedazzle Your Bra” event on March 29 in DEDE II from 5-8 p.m.

The event was titled “Bring Your Own Bra,” however bras were available for purchase for $ at the entrance. The event is usually held in October for breast cancer awareness month, but the AHSC is now hoping to host it

during both fall and spring semesters.

“We gather students from different groups or fields to come together based off a health month,” Vice President of AHSC Jhazmyne Best said.

General admission, if you brought your own bra, was only a dollar and half of the proceeds went to the Susan G. Komen P.I.N.K. Foundation.

“S.I.S.T.E.R.S. Too is a predominantly African American group that focuses on academic excellence and promoting sisterly bonds on campus,” S.I.S.T.E.R.S. Too President Jakarra Jenkins

Professor showcase 1.6 million funded research Katelynn Cook Reporter

To inform faculty on how to help students feel like they belong on campus, Dr. Mary Murphy will be presenting her $1.6 million grant funded research on the subject Monday, April 2 at 12 p.m. in HMSU Room 321.

Murphy is an associate professor in the department of Psychology and Brain Sciences at Indiana University. Her research focuses on how situational cues in academic, organizational and groups affect people’s cognition, motivation, performance and physiology.

“Broadly speaking my research focuses on developing and testing theories about how people’s social identities and group memberships interact with the contexts they encounter to affect their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, physiology and motivation,” Murphy’s research summary said.

The faculty will learn how to help when they see the students showing signs of “not belonging” or if they are not doing well in class.

“The primary intended audience is faculty and staff who will receive insights on such topics as how to enhance student hard work in difficult classes,” Josh Powers, administrative vice president of Student Success, said.

Although this is a faculty and staff sanctioned event, students

are welcome to attend.

“Students who come will receive a unique window into the psyche and degree to which it plays a role in where one focuses more and less effort. They also might have an opportunity to reflect on their own experience in the session, perhaps even in response to a question asked by Dr. Murphy,” Powers said.

Murphy has been pairing with ISU for three years now and has been sharing her research with the sycamore faculty and staff.

“We have had the opportunity to bring Dr. Murphy to campus usually one time a year for the past three years for something like this and she has always been well received,” Powers said.

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said. “We are collaborating with the Associated Health Science Committee to make sure our members understand how breast cancer affects our community at high rates.”

The event shared information on how to check for breast cancer and got attendees on their feet dancing while offering the craft of bedazzling a bra. Snacks provided included cookies, chips and salsa, punch and more.

“We hope every time that people will realize how important to donate to breast cancer and do self-exams and maintain overall wellness,” President of AHSC

Janiesha Menson said.

Student Wellness Associate Director Janet Weatherly spoke on the importance of giving yourself breast exams.

She gave the following tips: Do your self breast exams about two weeks before starting your menstrual cycle.

Use the grid method rather than the circular method, extending to your clavicle.

Use your finger pads not your fingertips.

First, press lightly, then press deeper until you can press as hard as you can without harming yourself.

The purpose of starting out light is to see if any lumps may be close to the surface.

If breasts are naturally lumpy, check on both sides because the fibrocystic lumps are around the same area on each side.

Cancer does not move, so if the lump moves, it is probably noncancerous.

When looking at prevention, it is important to get breast exams yearly like pap smears.

Diet and exercise are important.

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gay. In the first skit, the student was not happy about their friend being homosexual. They repeated the same skit, but this time the friend was more accepting of them. Their friends gave them words of encouragement and supported their decision.

Next, students learned about Chlamydia. Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection/ disease and about three million contracts the disease. The speaker talked about how this disease can be contracted, which is a common disease for college student’s age bracket. The speakers gave students advice on how to protect themselves, like wearing condoms when having sex.

In the next session, the students learned about police brutality. Students were asked if racism still occurs, and many of the students all agreed that it does.

Students also learned the difference between racist and racism.

A racist is typically one person; while racism typically involves a group of people. The speakers then spoke about the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Different names were mentioned in the speech including Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland and Tamir Rice.

The third session talked about sexism and sexual assault on

campus. Women and men need to feel protected and safe on campus. Some people on college campuses have been assaulted sexually and otherwise. In most cases, men usually do not report being sexually assaulted because they may feel ashamed or embarrassed but sexual assault should always be reported. Students were provided with campus resources to help with these issues.

The last session spoke about body image. Many people feel they should look a certain way to be considered attractive.

Some men and women deal with self-hatred because they do not look like people in magazines or movies The speakers told many different stories about insecurities, wanting to look like celebrities, eating less in order to lose weight and more.

“With this information provided it will help students come up with solutions to help put an end oppression,” Kearney said.

Towards the end, all the students took a survey. Each one of the students shared their opinions on the event. Most of the students knew the importance of being aware of the issues in this country and other countries and knew it was time to help, and talk with people about oppression.

Tunnel of oppression Reporter

The Tunnel of Oppression was held again this year to show students different kinds of negative situations that people might face on ISU’s campus.

Students gathered in the basement in Pickerl Hall on March 28 and 29 to go through the tunnel that was set up by Residential Life and NAACP. Students learned about STD/ STI’s, police brutality, sexism, sexual harassment and body image issues. Each one of these oppressions affects people emotionally, physically, mentally and socially.

Tips were provided in the segment to handle the situation.

Also, there were refreshments towards the end of the tunnel.

“When we first put out the flyers, we had called out meetings, and based it on what we had last year with a combination new ideas for each session,” NAACP’s Sergeant of Arms Neah Kearney said.

During the first session, the students learned about coming out as gay. The students involved in the tunnel put on a skit to show how their friends might react to them saying that they are

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WORDS FROM PAGE 6 it is 2018. Get with the program and stop using derogatory terms.

People are proving to the world how ignorant and disrespectful they truly are. If you aren’t aware which terms you shouldn’t be using, then I’d be more than happy to help.

Better yet, take advantage of the resources you have and educate yourself. If you are reading

HOOSIER FROM PAGE 6 having an opened umbrella indoors). Also, the fact that no matter what kind of umbrella you have, you’re carrying around a wet umbrella and it’s just annoying.

But here’s the thing: I would rather deal with mud and mini lakes in the streets and parking lots, over ice and snow that’s higher than your boots and too heavy to shovel. I was never one of those kids that were into playing in the snow. I tried to make a snowman one time, but I got too cold and didn’t get farther than the bottom, which only resembled a small hill. I only went sledding once, due to not hav-

WIND FROM PAGE 2 the best of me. I tell myself that if I choose the literature wisely, the frustration is diminished.”

Rich also expressed how much she enjoys working with the students in the group in this unique opportunity to get firsthand ex-

PENN FROM PAGE 2 ternity basement. Prosecutors have alleged a fraternity member deleted the video, but the FBI was able to recover it. But much of the evidence also retreaded or expanded on ground covered last summer when the first preliminary hearing was held for 18 members.

That hearing culminated with a surprising Sept. 1 ruling by Sinclair to throw out the most serious felony charges against eight of the fraternity members and remove all charges against four others.

Then-Centre County Prosecutor Stacy Parks Miller refiled the charges in October and charged 12 additional members of the

Monday, April 2, 2018 • Page 5 this, you probably go to Indiana State, so you are on or near a college campus. That means you have professors and other educated people around you at your disposal. Although even today with this orange as president, you could be living under a rock and still be aware of the nonsense he thinks of. Don’t be ignorant people of 2018 – unwilling to learn how to show respect for others.

ing many hills around me, plus I got too cold. I shovel wearing three layers of clothing because of the cold. I don’t like the cold or snow.

So it really doesn’t make much sense when I say, “I don’t mind if I stay in the Midwest forever,” when I hate the snow and cold and we have three different winters. But for someone who has spent her last three summers in Florida, I will say that Indiana does have some pretty good summers, comparatively. They’re not too hot, not too humid and not too rainy. I’m not saying that the summer makes up for the winter, but the summer definitely reminds me that it eventually gets better.

perience working with her peers as a conductor.

“The wind symphony is a great group of kids,” Rich said.

“It’s so apparent how much they love music, and you can see it through their playing.”

The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free of charge. fraternity in Piazza’s death after recovering footage from a basement video camera, for a total of 26. After she lost a bid for re-election, new Centre County District Attorney Bernie Cantorna, citing a conflict of interest, asked the Attorney General’s Office to take the case.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro declined this month to press aggravated assault charges against the fraternity members, but charged five of them with involuntary manslaughter. In addition to the 11 facing the hearing Friday, three others previously waived their right to a preliminary hearing and were held for trial. The 12 others charged could face a preliminary hearing in May.

ENROLLMENT FROM PAGE 1 semester. Others who wish to return cannot because they have one or multiple registration hold preventing registration.”

These holds can include a balance due on their account, absence of a final high school transcript, a need for immunizations and more.

Although academics is the main reason focus of a university, there is also an underlying money machine that is a big part of a university as well.

“Somebody dropped at a time when all the GPAs are going up, so what happened? Let’s talk about financial aid and cost because cost is a big factor and it’s probably the leading factor in this whole thing,” John Beacon, the vice president of Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications at ISU, said.

Beacon said that financial aid tries its best to explain the student’s financial package to the family but it’s a complicated topic that can be difficult to fully

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understand. This could be a reason that students think they can afford to go to ISU but after a semester they might realize that they cannot.

“If I think you shouldn’t be here, I’m going to tell you that, whether the administration thinks I should recruit you at any cost or not. I’m going to tell you that,” Beacon said.

Being at ISU since 2008, Beacon has acquired a common set of questions that could contribute to the debate of whether a student will stay or not.

“Are you motivated? Are you willing to do what you need to do? Are you going to give up the social activities? Are you going to not buy that new phone? Are you not going to have an iPad? Are you not going to go out on Saturday night? Are you not going to buy yourself a bunch of new clothes because you need that money to get through school. What happens is, they discover, no matter how many times you tell them, that they can’t afford to be here. Affordability is on my list of top rea8. Caitlyn Redmon - 1.60m (503.00) Women’s Long Jump: 5. Caitlyn Redmon - 5.76m (18-10.75) Men’s Triple Jump: 6. Myles Aldridge - 13.72m (45-00.25) Women’s Triple Jump: 4. Jamie Newsome - 11.81m (38-09.00) 5. Tasjia Thomas - 11.51m (3709.25) Men’s Pole Vault: 4. Trey Kennedy - 4.80m (1509.00) 5. Antoine Howard - 4.65m (15-03.00) 5. Riley Smith - 4.65m (1503.00) Men’s Discus Throw: 6. Joe Barnes - 44.57m (14603) Men’s Javelin Throw: 4. Michael Boger - 41.81m (137-02) Men’s Shot Put: 6. Hunter Schuman - 16.51m (54-02.00) Women’s Shot Put: 5. Cassaundra Roper - 15.17m (49-09.25) For the latest information on the Sycamore Track & Field teams, make sure to check out GoSycamores.com. You can also find the team on social media including Facebook and Twitter.

sons, right now, that students are not [staying],” he said.

It’s not common for students who get to their second year of college and dropout. Most instability is directed from freshmen or first year students.

“This year 9.7 percent of FTFT [first time, full time] freshmen were academically dismissed -- this was higher than previous years. We also had a greater number of students who could not register because of financial [or] balance due holds,” Maule said.

There has been a decrease in conditional admits to ISU. Conditional admits are students who have GPAs below a 2.5 but above a 2.25 and are still admitted to the university.

These students have gone from 20 percent of the total freshmen admitted in 2009 to 10 percent of the total freshmen admitted in 2017, according to Beacon.

Without extensive research the cause of this drop in enrollment between fall 2017 to spring 2018 cannot be pinpointed but there are theories.

DANCE FROM PAGE 1 together for one day to stand for a cause they all share a passion for,” Stolz said.

So far, over 600 dancers have signed up to participate from varying organizations.

“I like to sing and dance to loud music and I like to help others so the two just kind of go together and I’m really excited about that,” freshman dancer Ashley Morgan said.

Work for the 2019 State Dance Marathon will begin on April 8, just one day after the completion of the 2018 marathon.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2018

Words hold power Rachel Modi Columnist

Living in 2018 we have evolved as human beings.

Well, some of society has, while the other half is still living under a rock. We have passed many obstacles in our history. From slavery, to the civil rights movement, to matters on immigration, there were protests, marches and rebellions.

These historic events and movements in our nation’s past have unforgettable significance to a majority of our society.

Unfortunately, some of these events are, to an extent, not taken seriously today. Apparently, certain members of society do not understand the connotation of particular words.

The words and phrases I am referring the “R” word, the “N” word, phrases such as Mexicans are all rapists, offensive comments about females or the LGBTQ+ community and more.

In history, the “R” word was used to describe something that was slow.

Later, “retarded” became jargon or slang referring to someone who was not intelligent such as using the phrase, “you’re so retarded.” Through this rough history, this word has referred to individuals with an actual mental disability, and rude people today are still throwing it around like it has no meaning.

Even with constant explanation, some people do not understand the nega-

tive connotation a simple adjective holds. Obviously, the word itself holds such an offensive meaning, so why go out and use it? Also, in the past, this term has been used in the medical and psychological field to label those with a mental disability, but slowly the society began to acknowledge how deprecating using the word to describe someone is and, even worse, to describe someone with that word who does have a mental disability.

The worst part is when people make excuses for using the word. I have heard, “I grew up around that word, so it is okay,” “It’s not that bad,” and “I am not saying it to a person who has a mental disability, so it doesn’t matter.”

These are the excuses I dread to hear spill out of ignorant people in society.

This is where the values and respect of others come in. I don’t know how to emphasize this enough, it does not matter how you were raised or whom you were surrounded by. Be the bigger person and simply refuse to say words that are demeaning and rude.

You do not need to follow the crowd and repeat what the majority is saying, because you should be aware it is offensive. Even if you are not confident enough to call someone out on using any word or phrase that is derogatory towards a group of society, help yourself out and get it out of your vocabulary, because one day you are going to regret saying it in front of someone or during a situation that matters.

I don’t care how educated you are, because

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Hoosier style april fools Emma Osowski Columnist

I love the Midwest. I know, probably not the most popular opinion, but I do. The Midwest is my home – it’s what I know.

Of course, I’d love to live in other parts of the country, to try it out, but if I were to stay in the Midwest for the rest of my life I wouldn’t be upset. Well, for the most part. If I do end up staying in the Midwest, more-

over Indiana, for the rest of my life, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the crazy weather.

Today, while I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, avoiding all responsibility per usual, I came across this picture explaining Indiana’s seasons. There’s 11 of them, if you didn’t know, including: winter, fool’s spring, second winter, spring of deception, third winter, mud season, actual spring, summer, false fall, second summer (1 week) and actual fall. We’re currently in the mud season, according to this picture or meme or whatever it is.

If we are in the mud season – when you walked out of my residence hall door all you would see is

mud – that means that we’re all done with winter. However, when I look at the weather app on my phone it says that we don’t go above 52 degrees except once this week. On that day we reach 66 degrees, but we also will be expecting thunderstorm, which brings more mud.

With the “mud season,” there’s two things that I really don’t like. One being that we don’t necessarily know how long it will last, or when it will end. When we look back on the handy dandy weather app, we see that it’s probably going to last for a while. Meaning, that although it’s officially April now, we don’t have the privilege of putting our winter coats and warmer clothing away just yet.

The other thing I don’t like is that umbrellas are super irritating to me.

It first starts off with the choice: do you want to carry a big one around all day or do you want a small compact one? If you go with the compact umbrellas, there’s a huge chance that it could break in the middle of your trek in the rain due to the possible strong wind. You might still get a little wet if the building you’re going into doesn’t have an awning or some sort of outside coverage, because you have to retract it while outside (we all should believe in the weird superstition about having an opened umbrel-

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Time to strike death blow against gerrymandering Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The following editorial is from the Los Angeles Times.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the second of two lawsuits it will decide this term that challenge partisan gerrymandering — the time-dishonored practice of drawing legislative district lines to give one political party an unfair advantage.

Wednesday’s argument involved a map engineered by Maryland Democrats to unseat a long-serving Republican congressman. In October, the court heard a challenge to a Wisconsin legislative map engineered by Republicans to disadvantage Democrats.

Now that the second act of this legal drama has been played out, the justices should move toward the denouement: a decision holding that the Constitution prohibits congressional and legislative maps that are clearly designed to entrench one party and dilute the votes of the other. Such a ruling would strike a blow for representative government and put both political parties on notice that the sort of undemocratic mapmaking they have engaged in is no longer permissible.

For the court to reach that result, it needs to keep its collective eye on the big picture and not be waylaid by the sort of

quibbles and qualms featured in Wednesday’s argument, including the concern expressed by some justices that the imminence of the 2018 congressional election might make it impossible for the plaintiffs to obtain the judgment they are seeking from a lower court.

Nor should the court agonize unduly about whether it’s practical for federal courts to supervise inquiries into partisan gerrymandering. As Justice Elena Kagan noted, the courts already investigate claims of racial gerrymandering: “We look to what legislators say. We look to what mapmakers say. We look to a variety of pieces of circumstantial evidence about how the districting turned out, about what was done.” Courts can conduct similar inquiries when partisanship rather than race warps the drawing of district lines.

It has been almost 32 years since the court recognized that partisan gerrymandering could be challenged as a violation of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause if it intentionally and effectively discriminated against an identifiable political group. Then, in a 2004 case, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy suggested that gerrymanders might also violate the 1st Amendment’s free-speech protections because they penalize certain voters for “their voting history, their association with a political party, or their expression

of political views.”

Yet despite these hints and suggestions, the court has yet to invalidate a map on the grounds that it’s a partisan gerrymander. Meanwhile, the parties that control state legislatures have become more adept at manipulating maps to their own advantage, aided by increasingly sophisticated computer software.

For example, Republican voters challenging the Maryland congressional map claim that its designers used “big data and cutting-edge redistricting software” to reconfigure a district that had been represented for nearly two decades by Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. After the redistricting, Bartlett lost his 2012 reelection bid to a Democrat.

On Wednesday the lawyer for the Republicans, channeling Kennedy, cited the 1st Amendment, telling the court: “Government officials may not single out particular individuals for disfavored treatment on the basis of the views that they have expressed at the ballot box in prior elections.” In the case involving a pro-Republican Wisconsin legislative map, a lower court cited both the 1st Amendment and 14th Amendment in concluding that a redistricting plan violates the Constitution if it is “(1) intended to place a severe impediment on the effectiveness of the votes of individual citizens on the basis of their political affiliation, (2) has

that effect and (3) cannot be justified on other, legitimate legislative grounds.”

That is the sort of standard the Supreme Court should embrace. The danger is that a majority of the court will once again fail to cohere around a clear constitutional holding and a road map about how lower courts should evaluate gerrymanders.

There was a clarifying moment in Wednesday’s often technical argument when Justice Stephen G. Breyer succinctly stated the issue in this case. “It seems like a pretty clear violation of the Constitution in some form to have deliberate, extreme gerrymandering.”

Unfortunately, Breyer then went into worry mode and wondered whether there was a practical solution “that won’t get judges involved in dozens and dozens and dozens of very important political decisions.” Finally, he suggested that because of the complexity of the issue the court might want to put off a decision and schedule new arguments on the Maryland and Wisconsin cases and address a redistricting dispute in North Carolina at the same time.

That would be a mistake. The court has been agonizing about how to manage partisan gerrymanders for two decades. It should stop its dithering and deal a death blow to the gerrymander.

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CJ Huntley (21) drove in two runs for the Sycamores.

Sycamore Baseball takes series finale with Missouri State, 6-4 Tim McCaughan

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Indiana State baseball walked away with a 6-4 series finale win over Missouri State Saturday afternoon at a windy Bob Warn Field -- snapping the Bears’ eight-game winning streak. The Sycamores improved to 15-8 on the year and 1-2 in Missouri Valley Conference play while the Bears moved to 19-7 and 2-1 in MVC action.

After combining for just nine hits during Friday’s doubleheader with the Bears, Indiana State’s bats

woke up to the tune of 10 hits in the finale, including three extra-base hits. Dane Giesler led the charge offensively with a 3-for-4 day at the plate while scoring a pair of runs.

CJ Huntley and Luke Fegen drove in two runs each for the Sycamores while Roberto Enriquez singled in a run in the fourth.

Apart from the offensive explosion the team saw, it was the work by the Sycamore pitching staff that would not go unnoticed following the work of Tristan Weaver, Donnie Ames and Tyler Grauer.

Donnie Ames (2-0)

shined on the mound in relief, as he has for much of the season. The sophomore from Terre Haute allowed just four hits to a powerful Missouri State offense in a career long five innings on the mound. The lone error by the right-hander came in the seventh when MSU leadoff man Hunter Steinmetz homered to center to cut the Sycamore lead in half at 6-4.

Ames would settle down though and retire the next six batters he would face to allow Grauer to pick up his first save of the season after the lefty retired MSU in order in the ninth. Weaver

left after three innings of work, allowing two runs on one hit and striking out four in the no decision.

After Missouri State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second, Indiana State would rally back to take the lead on a pair of RBI singles from Chris Ayers and CJ Huntley. The Bears regained the lead in the fourth following a double down the line in left.

It was a four-run fourth inning that proved to be the difference in the game though as the Sycamores sent eight batters to the plate. Dane Giesler kicked off the rally with his sec-

ond consecutive single to right field. The redshirt senior would be followed by a single to center off the bat of Chris Ayers that setup runners and second and third.

CJ Huntley’s RBI groundout would put the Sycamores on top 3-2 but insurance came in the form of an RBI single to right field from Roberto Enriquez and a two-RBI single to center from Luke Fegen.

The Bears were led by John Privitera at the plate, as the nine-hole hitter went 3-for-4 on the day.

Logan Wiley went four

innings and allowed six earned runs in the loss, falling to 3-3 on the season.

The Sycamores wrap up an eight-game homestand Wednesday when they welcome Eastern Illinois to Bob Warn Field at 3 p.m. ET. For the latest information on the Sycamore Baseball team, be sure to visit GoSycamores.com.

You can also find the team on social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Taylor Austin demolishes her own record in the steeplechase at Stanford Invite Andrew Hile

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All-American Taylor Austin demolished her own school-record in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational on Friday night.

“Taylor ran such a mature race, sticking with last year’s NCAA Steeple champ for the first 2K,” assistant coach Kyle Walsh said. “Running her career best as a season-opener is huge for her momentum heading into the rest of the outdoor season. It will be exciting to see her the rest of the spring.”

Austin ran the best race of her career in a blazing fast heat of the 3000-meter steeplechase which led to her breaking her own school-record with a time of 9:54.01. That time gave her a fourth-place finish and it overtakes her previous school-record of 10:02.89 by eight seconds, also pulling her to within three seconds of the overall Missouri Valley Conference record set in

Taylor Austin ran the best race of her career at the Stanford invite this weekend and placed in fourth.

2012 by Aisha Praught of Illinois State. She now currently holds the top time in the Valley, first in the NCAA East Region and fourth in the nation.

Following Austin was Brooke Moore, who was switched from heat four of the 1500-meter run to a faster heat three. In the end, Moore finished ninth in her heat, crossing the

line at 4:26.28 which leads the conference, is 14th in the East Region and 21st nationally.

“This was a big step forward for Brooke and showed she’s just a notch away from returning to her high-level fitness. Her buildup from indoors continues and her 1500 and 800 performances will continue to progress in

the coming weeks,” Walsh said.

Akis Medrano also competed in the state of California, only he was at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival. Medrano competed against some high-level competition in the men’s 10K and finished 32nd out of 109 runners that competed with a time of 30:35.53. His time

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currently leads the East Region (only 19 runners from the previous two weeks).

“Akis had an eye-opening experience in his 10K. He came through the 5K faster than he ever has, so I’m glad he got that experience. He will be prepared to handle that pace at his next opportunity and continue to build off of his All-

MVC indoor campaign,” Walsh said.

At the EIU Big Blue Classic, Ben Payton brought home a victory for the Sycamores in the men’s 10K with a career-best time of 33:19.94, which is 16th in the East. Tara Cassidy and Emma Hayward also went one-two in the women’s 10K at EIU. Cassidy pulled away for the win at 39:55.24 and Hayward was close behind at 40:41.75.

Competition at the Ole Miss Classic will begin tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. ET with the women’s hammer throw and women’s javelin throw. Action on the track will get started at 3:00 p.m. ET with the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase.

For the latest information on the Sycamore Track & Field teams, make sure to check out GoSycamores.com. You can also find the team on social media including Facebook and Twitter.

Sycamores pick up several top-three finishes at the Ole Miss Classic on Saturday Andrew Hile

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The Indiana State track and field teams picked up several top-three finishes during an impressive Saturday at the Ole Miss Classic.

“We had mixed results today, but overall I am pleased with how both teams competed,” head coach Angela Martin said.

“We had a long day yesterday and many of the athletes took care of themselves. Our goal was to

come out and try to win heats and events, and we did a good job of that. I think the sunshine did the team well and they will be ready to compete at home next week.”

During the first event of the day, Erin Reese set the tone for the Sycamores.

In a deep hammer throw field, Reese finished third overall, but she unleashed a big throw that gave her a personal-best and improved her second overall mark in school history to 62.34m (204-06). She

leads the MVC, is fourth in the East Region and 13th in the country. The discus throw was also a good event for Reese, as she recorded a career-best in that event as well at 53.98m (177-01) which is fourth in school history, first in the conference, sixth in the East Region and 17th in the nation.

Elsewhere in the field, Ayanna Morgan earned a third place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.86m (19-02.75), less than an inch away from

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Quentin Pierce finished with a time of 3:51.15 in the 1500 meter run. He is in the top-five of the conference.

second. She is now third in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Leading the way on the track for the Sycamore women was Brittany Neeley, who entered the top-10 in the 800-meter run. Neeley went out fast and never looked back, winning the event with an impressive time of 2:08.15 which entered the ISU top-10 at sixth. She leads the Valley by six seconds, is 11th in the NCAA East Region, and is 15th nationally.

Colleen Madden also took home a victory by winning the women’s 5K in style, pulling away to claim the race with a time of 17:59.38, a win by 13 seconds. She owns the 10th overall time in the MVC. In the 100-meter hurdles, Patrycja Dziekonska faced tough competition and competed well, placing third overall with a time of 14.17. Her time of 14.05 from last week is second in the conference.

Oschtisha Jackson also represented the Sycamores will, taking third place in the 400-meter dash, crossing the line at 55.41 which

is first in the Valley. Teammate Imani Davis recorded a time of 56.53 in the 400 and is in second in the MVC. Quentin Pierce and Ryan Cash led the way for the men by going one-two in an important 1500-meter run. Pierce finished with a time of 3:51.15 and Cash was close behind at 3:52.05, and both are in the top-five of the conference, coming in at fourth and fifth.

Cam Trout also picked up a win for ISU on the track, pulling away for an eight second win in the 5K. Trout recorded a time of 15:02.94, a season-best, and third in the Valley.

Senior Tristan Parmley led the Sycamore sprinters by finishing in third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.54, only .03 away from second-place and he now leads the MVC. His teammate Jarel Shaw is in second in the conference at 10.74.

In the 400-meter hurdles, Stephen Griffith also earned a third-place finish, crossing the line at 54.52, only four seconds from first. His time is currently

second in the conference.

Saturday was a great day for the Sycamore jumpers.

In the long jump, Scott Schreiber took home second-place with a mark of 7.03m (23-00.75) which is still first in the Valley.

Myles Aldridge and Corey DuPriest finished right behind Schreiber in third and fourth with jumps of 6.98m (22-11.00) and 6.87m (22-06.50), respectively. They are also in second and third in the MVC. The triple jump saw Dearis Herron earn a runner-up finish with a jump of 14.28m (46-10.25) which was a foot farther than third. He is in third in the conference, but less than a foot away from second.

The Sycamores will return home next weekend to host the Gibson Invitational on Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7 at the Gibson Track and Field Complex.

Other Notable Performances: Men’s 100-Meter Dash: 8. Jarel Shaw - 10.74 Men’s 110-Meter Hur-

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