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Volume 125, Issue 79

African Global Night; a splash of Africa Kayla Rogan Reporter Locals and students gathered to learn about African culture in University Hall last Saturday. This annual event hosted by ISU’s African Student Union was open for both students and non-students and is in its eighth year.

Many students performed their different talents, some of these students were from various parts of Africa including Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Democratic of Congo, Morocco, Chad and more.

“For the talents we have dancing, fashion show (both traditional and modern clothing), singing, poetry and a skit,” ASU Treasurer Chinonye Olumba said. “It’s going to be fun, entertaining and enlightening.”

Precision Step Team was the first performance of the night; they showcased several step routines. Stepping is a percussion dance where the person moves their entire body and form different rhythms.

After the step performance, the president of African Student Union came to introduce the hosts. The two hosts were both a part of the ASU, and continued to keep the audience laughing throughout the night.

Photocourtesy of Chinonye Olumba

Performers of the night included the Precision Step Team, Afro-fusion and belly dancers, wearing traditional African attires.

A dance group called Afro-fusion performed next. These performers wore traditional African attire for their performance. The crowd was cheering them on, and enjoyed the music they danced to.

The next performer spoke about his personal hero. This was the first of its kind

at African Global Night. His hero is Emperor Musa, who was the 10th emperor of the West African Mali Empire. He conquered over 20 cities and their surrounding districts and was one of the richest men in history.

Up next was a belly dancer who danced

and engaged with the audience during her performance. And then models showed off traditional African attire, wearing no shoes per tradition.

“A lot of people have never been outside

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Alpha Phi Omega New Terre Haute cereal bar – Indiana State’s and cafe opens on Sixth St. newest fraternity Jack Gregory Reporter

Rileigh McCoy News Editor

Every year, some students at Indiana State who look for an organization to join, look towards the fraternities and sororities on campus. These national organizations offer support in many areas from networking, to academic support, career opportunities, to simply belonging in a group of like-minded individuals. There are a lot to choose from, as well.

There are 16 different fraternities with chapters at ISU and nine sororities. Aside from the officially chartered fraternities, there are also those who are still looking to become an official chapter. Alpha Phi Omega is among those and on Sunday, they had their chartering ceremony, pronouncing the Terre Haute chapter as an official part of the greater Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

Alpha Phi Omega began just after World War I, inspired by Frank Reed Horton and founded by a diverse group of people hoping to make the world a better place. The idea was to bring college students together under their Cardinal Principles; Leadership, Friendship and Service, which is based on the Scout Oath and the Law of the Boy Scouts, “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.”

To better demonstrate these beliefs, the founders of the organization chose recognizable symbols that would exemplify what the organization stands for: the Forget-me-not as their official flower, the golden eagle as their fraternity symbol, the diamond, the oak tree and their coat of arms, which features the organizations official colors, roy-

Terre Haute’s The Meeting Grounds has recently been turned into a cereal bar.

Local Terre Haute residents can visit this cereal bar located on the corner of 6th and Washington. This cereal bar has taken on the name of the Milky Way Café and will be open on weekdays starting at 7 a.m.

According to The Meeting Grounds Facebook page, the café plans to stay open late for college students.

Also according to The Meeting Grounds Facebook page, “We have our own hand ground and brewed coffee from all over the world by The Edge Beanery, Terre Haute’s only cereal bar by the Milky Way Café, and the best space to create and think. We are a non-profit organization in support of Next Step Inc. that is truly chang-

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Alpha Phi Omega’s logo.

al blue and gold.

Forget-me-nots are a perennial flower, meaning they bloom every year, which shows the fraternities unending dedication to their values. The golden eagle represents strength, vigilance, gracefulness and endurance. The diamond represents brilliance and luster, an “expression of the greatest gift of love when given.”

The oak tree provides shelter as it is sturdy and stately. Their coat of arms features a sword, three gold fleurs-de-lis and three gold sheaves of grain, split by a sword on a field of royal blue.

According to the official APO website, “The ideals of Alpha Phi Omega are embodied in the coat of arms. As everyone who has passed through the ritual knowns, the symbolism of the coat of arms stands for the very purpose of brotherhood.”

The new chapter has a small site on the Indiana State’s webpage explaining their ideals and their goals. They seek to stand out from your typical fraternity by dedicating themselves to community service and the best part is that anyone can join – men or women.

One of the paragraphs on the site states, “Anyone, from the brainiest bookworm to the wildest wild-child can join. You can

Photo courtesy of Gabrielle Coop

Members of the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity during their initiatin on April 29.

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The Meeting Grounds is now open with cereal bar and cafe drinks options.

ing the space of this community.”

The new cereal bar location has been revamped from an old church. Not much of the style of the old church has changed with the new addition.

“The vibe I kind of got from the place was like Central Perk from “Friends,” but in a church,” ISU sopho-

more Ann Clifton said.

“There was also a stage and there was a drum set so I assume they also do live music.”

Stained glass windows, old organ pipes and hardwood floors haven’t been removed to keep the vibe from previous years.

For only $2, customers can get a bowl to mix two types of cereal

along with two other toppings and choice of milk. Additional toppings cost another 50 cents.

Or for $4, customers can get a bowl of one of the signature concoctions listed on the menu.

Customers can choose from six

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Students learn about the correlation between social media and body image issues Kayla Rogan Reporter Body image and the affects of social media were the topic of the night last Thursday in HMSU. The event coordinators and students shared their stories about their body.

“I felt like the campus needs to see different types of body images,” Events Coordinator Dominique Carter said.

“You still can be perfect within your own body regardless what the media tells you.”

One man got up to speak about his body, he was self-conscious, and wanted to look a certain way. When he was young, he was 5’8 and weighed 180 pounds. This was not healthy to him, so he

decided to join athletics. He played football and he also lifted weights. During high school, he had a growth spurt and grew over six feet tall. However, he stayed the same weight of 180 and barely ate.

Many of his friends around him was concerned about his eating.

Later on in life, the man realized his lifestyle was not healthy. He began to eat more, but made healthier food choices and started to love his own body.

“Media chooses things that they think people will like,” Carter said.

There was also a discussion about beauty portrayed in the media.

Someone mentioned that most of the celebrities in magazines are photo shopped. The

students were informed how many companies do not display plus size models, including Victoria’s Secret. Also, they noticed the diversity of the plus size women vs. the other magazine.

Pictures were shown and they had words written on them. The smaller women had positive words, and the plus size women had negative words. However, some of the students disagree with the photo. One believed that in some occasions the words are reverse.

There are smaller women/men who are insecure, and the plus size women/men are in love with themselves inside and out.

“Not letting what people say about you effect what you think about yourself, Carter

said.”

The other events coordinator began to speak about her hardships over her body.

This woman was petite, and did not care too much about it. She would often hate going shopping because she still wore children’s clothing, even though she is an adult. However, she had to learn how to love herself and her body. She realized that nobody is perfect, and we were all made different for a reason.

“I am strong because I know my weakness. I am beautiful because I am aware of my flaws.

I am a lover because I have left hate. I am wise because I learn from my mistakes and I can laugh because I have felt sadness,” she said.

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Temple rescinds Bill Cosby’s honorary degree, joining other universities

Susan Snyder The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Colleges award honorary degrees to those held in high esteem, people they hope their students emulate.

For most colleges, Bill Cosby no longer fits that description — and he hasn’t for a while.

Even before he was convicted on Thursday, more than 25 universities had yanked his honorary degrees, as the list of women who accused him of sexual misconduct grew into the double digits.

Within hours of his conviction, three more universities — Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore — announced they also had revoked the entertainer’s honorary degree, offering a measure of public shaming to a man who was once almost universally revered.

And Friday afternoon, Temple University announced it, too, had pulled an honorary degree the school awarded to Cosby

in 1991. The university had been under pressure to act since allegations began to mount against Cosby, arguably Temple’s most well-known alumnus and for years a public face of the university.

Several others, including West Chester University and Wesleyan, said they had begun the process to revoke.

Meanwhile, Yale, which has had a long-standing precedent of not revoking honorary degrees, said it would review that precedent in the wake of Cosby’s conviction. The university has been under pressure to revoke Cosby’s honorary degree.

“The conduct of which Mr. Cosby was convicted is profoundly disturbing and deeply contrary to the mission of Yale and our expectations for behavior,” the university said in a statement.

Temple University had said on Thursday that it would consider rescinding Cosby’s honorary degree, but had offered no time frame. In a statement Friday, the school said the board of trustees had ac-

cepted a recommendation to rescind.

Some students, faculty and prominent alumni said earlier Friday that the school should have acted sooner.

“What’s the question now,” asked Bart Blatstein, a 1976 Temple graduate, who has served on an advisory board at the school.

The university should have pulled the degree “the minute he was convicted.”

“I’m disappointed that the university didn’t distance itself from Cosby a long time ago,” Blatstein said. “I’m concerned that because there’s not an arm’s length relationship between the leadership and Cosby, that we’re still being embarrassed by it.”

Blatstein was referring to Patrick O’Connor, a lawyer and now chairman of the board, who represented Cosby in 2005 after former Temple employee Andrea Constand lodged sexual assault allegations.

Cosby served on the Temple board at the time with O’Connor, who was not chairman then.

The jury on Thursday convicted Cosby of drug-

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Bill Cosby leaves the courtroom after he was found guilty following his sexual assault trial on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.

ging and assaulting Constand.

Temple announced Thursday that O’Connor would recuse himself from any discussion on whether to rescind Cosby’s honorary degree, given his prior role.

“My sense is that it’s long past time — it’s actually something of a scandal — that Mr. Cosby’s honorary degree wasn’t rescinded before now,” said Steve

Newman, president of Temple’s faculty union and an associate professor of English.

At West Chester on Thursday, soon after Cosby’s conviction, the vice president of university affairs made a request to rescind Cosby’s degree, said university spokeswoman Nancy Santos Gainer.

“The honorary degree committee has been notified to meet to review the

request,” she said.

West Chester president Christopher Fiorentino, she said, “is prepared to review the recommendation and take immediate action.”

Regionally, the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel, Swarthmore, Muhlenberg, Franklin & Marshall, Lehigh, Haverford, Wilkes, Drew and the University

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After blackface incident, minority students at Cal Fired Florida professor who Poly San Luis Obispo say they don’t feel welcome called Sandy Hook massacre a hoax denied new trial

Hailey Branson-Potts Los Angeles Times (TNS) Aaliyah Ramos was walking through the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus last year when a prospective student approached her.

Ramos was the only black person, the young woman said, that she and her mother had seen that day. They asked about the quality of education and the diversity of the student body.

Ramos, a mechanical engineering student, didn’t want to sugarcoat the truth: Cal Poly long has been predominantly white. But she told the young woman — who also was black — that she didn’t want to discourage her from applying, because that wouldn’t help with diversity at a school where only 0.7 percent of students are African-American — the lowest percentage of any university in the California State system.

Now, after a recent spate of racial incidents — including a white fraternity member appearing in blackface — Ramos is reconsidering her answer.

“Yes, we have good resources here,” Ramos said. “But if you truly value your well-being and your ability to feel like you can be yourself and be respected and welcomed on campus, do your research and find a school that strives to make everyone feel this way.”

When a white member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity was photographed at a party this month wearing blackface, the image spread over social media, and the outrage was felt campuswide.

At the same April 7 party at the off-campus frat house, other members were photographed wearing baggy jeans, fake tattoos and gold

Marc Freeman Sun Sentinel (TNS)

Brian van der Brug|Los Angeles Times|TNS

Students on the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus after all fraternities and sororities were suspended indefinitely after several racist incidents, including photos that circulated of a white fraternity member in blackface and several white frat members dressed as Latino gangsters, in San Luis Obispo, Calif., on April 20.

chains while flashing gang signs. It happened to be Cal Poly’s multicultural weekend.

Photos also emerged of members of the Sigma Nu fraternity at another party earlier this year wearing ribbed tank tops, gold chains and bandannas. The caption posted on social media read, “When you get he (sic) holmes to take a photo of la familia.”

The photos have sparked blunt, painful conversations about the treatment of minority students on the campus, the least diverse in the

23-school system. Cal Poly’s student body was 54.8 percent white in fall 2017, according to system data. The Cal State campuses are 23.5 percent white overall.

Cal Poly also has a higher percentage of white students than all 10 University of California campuses.

Last week, the administration announced an indefinite suspension of all Panhellenic sororities and Interfraternity Council fraternities. Matt

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A former Florida Atlantic University professor is not entitled to a new trial over his claim that he was fired in retaliation for calling the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax, a judge ruled Tuesday.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg comes four months after a jury rejected James Tracy’s free speech lawsuit.

In her 31-page ruling, Rosenberg wrote that Tracy failed to prove “any argument that the evidence did not support the jury’s verdict.”

Tracy, a communications professor for FAU from 2002 until January 2016, was seeking to be reinstated as a tenured faculty member and receive

unspecified damages.

An uproar began in late 2012 over Tracy’s conspiracy theory blog. In one entry, he raised doubts over whether the Sandy Hook mass shooting — which killed 20 children and six teachers — actually happened. Tracy later contributed to a book titled “Nobody Died at Sandy Hook: It Was a FEMA Drill to Promote Gun Control.”

FAU officials say they never censored Tracy or prevented him from expressing his conspiracy theorist opinions. The university argued he was fired after repeatedly and intentionally refusing to file mandatory disclosure forms that require all professors to reveal outside work and activities that could affect the university.

Photo courtesy Hanes Tracy via Sun Sentinel | TNS

James Tracy, a former Florida Atlantic University professor, is not entitled to a new trial over his claim that he was fired in retaliation for calling the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax, a judge ruled on Tuesday, April 24.

MoviePass faces criticism for making customers upload photos of tickets Marc Freeman Sun Sentinel (TNS) MoviePass, the controversial subscription service that lets people see multiple movies in theaters for a monthly fee, is facing another backlash from customers over its policies.

On Friday, the New Yorkbased service upset some of its own customers by demanding they take photos of the movie tickets they buy with the company’s debit cards, as part of what the company described as “beta testing” of its service.

Select MoviePass users, most of whom pay $9.95 a month for the option to see up to one movie a day, received emails from the company saying their accounts would be canceled if they did not submit photos of their tickets when prompted by the MoviePass phone app.

“Starting over the next few days, each time you purchase a movie ticket with your Movie-

Pass card, you will be asked to upload a photo of your ticket stub,” the company told subscribers in an email obtained by The Times, which was also posted to social media.

“This feature will help us better track user behavior and ensure that subscribers are abiding by our terms of use,” the email continued. “If you fail to submit your ticket stub more than once, your account will be canceled and you’ll be ineligible to sign up for a new MoviePass account.”

The company did not specify what “terms of use” violations it was testing, but many observers have noted that the service could be vulnerable to abuse.

MoviePass users receive a red debit card in the mail after they sign up. When they’re close enough to a theater, they can select their movie and showtime through an app, and MoviePass loads the full price of the ticket onto the card.

Multiple movie industry and

theater executives, speaking privately at this week’s exhibition industry conference CinemaCon in Las Vegas, said some customers have been using the loaded cards to buy things other than movie tickets. Scalpers also could use the card to buy movie tickets and sell them for a profit. It’s not clear, though, how uploading a ticket photo would prevent scalping.

MoviePass did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Several customers balked at the email, and vented on social media. One user complained that it wasn’t fair that the company would threaten subscribers with cancellation for failing to upload photos.

MoviePass has tried ticket verification before. Still, multiple customers tweeted their complaints to MoviePass’ social media account. MoviePass responded to some users on Twitter by apologizing for “any

inconvenience,” but offered little detail on the purpose of the testing.

It’s not the first time MoviePass has angered people with its customer service and other business practices.

MoviePass recently eliminated its all-you-can-watch offering for new subscribers. The company currently lets new users watch only four movies a month, charging nearly $30 for three months of use. The company called the change a limited-time promotion, bundled with a three-month trial of streaming music service iHeart Radio. But executives, speaking to reporters at CinemaCon, would not commit to bringing the original offer back.

MoviePass first dropped its price to $9.95 a month in August, sparking a wave of signups for the service, which now counts 2 million users. But the company was sharply criticized for not quickly sending cards

to new subscribers. CEO Mitch Lowe also caused a social media firestorm with comments about the amount of data the company is collecting from its users.

“It’s definitely a negative pattern with this company,” said Jeff Bock, an analyst with Exhibitor Relations, who also received the email. “The No. 1 rule of business is: Don’t infuriate your customers. It doesn’t make sense.

The problem is they’re not being transparent at all.”

The elimination of the unlimited movie program may be a sign that the original deal was too good to last, as many analysts and industry insiders have predicted. AMC Theatres has called the model “unsustainable,” and many theater owners worry that MoviePass will get people accustomed to ultra-cheap tickets.

MoviePass, owned by publicly traded New York data firm Helios & Matheson Analytics Inc.,

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Lazier, a university spokesman, said the racially charged photos were just the latest problems with the Greek organizations, including sexual assault, hazing and the alcohol-related death in 2008 of a freshman.

“This is not an attempt to get rid of Greek life at Cal Poly,” Lazier said in a statement. “Rather, it is a pause and reset. We will welcome Greek organizations back to active status when we are confident that they have a definite and achievable plan to hold themselves and each other accountable.”

Many students said they were disappointed by the administration’s response. Neither the student in blackface, Kyler Watkins nor any of the students dressed as gangsters was expelled.

Watkins, an agricultural business senior, could not be reached for comment. In a letter to the Cal Poly student newspaper and other publications, he said the decision to paint his face “had nothing whatsoever to do with racism or discrimination.”

“Growing up white and privileged, I was truly unaware of how insensitive I was to the racial implications of blackface,” he wrote. Watkins said he and other Lambda Chi members were playing a game in which the teams were represented by colors, and he painted his face because he was on the black team.

Lazier said students in the photographs would not be expelled because of their constitutional right to free speech.

That stance has struck a particularly dissonant chord on the campus, where the College Republicans group erects a “Free Speech” wall each year that previously has had racist and sexist comments scrawled on it. At the College Republicans’ invitation,

has been hemorrhaging cash. In a recent regulatory filing, Helios & Matheson disclosed that its independent auditors expressed “substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.” A recent filing said the company has been losing roughly $20 million a month since September.

The problem is that MoviePass pays theaters the full price of

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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo associate professor Neal MacDougall outside his faculty office, where he found racist materials on a hallway bulletin board, in San Luis Obispo, Calif., on April 20, 2018.

Cal Poly is scheduled on Thursday to host far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, who spoke there last year. The event is expected to draw a huge police response.

A group of students called the Drylongso Collective, formed in the wake of recent controversies, has called on the administration to match the $55,000 that CSU spent on security for Yiannopoulos’ 2017 speech and the costs for Thursday’s event, and devote the money to minority, LGBTQ and women’s programs.

The request was among a long list of demands.

Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong acknowledged in an interview that minority students face struggles on the campus.

An alumnus, who is black, recently told Armstrong that when he once walked into an engineering class, someone asked, “What sport do you play?” When he said none, he was asked, “Well, how did you get in?” In the wake of the blackface incident, Armstrong said, a faculty member told students they were being “too sensitive.”

Armstrong said he hopes the blunt conversations of recent weeks will reshape the campus culture.

“There are people of my identity which have no clue what white privilege means,” Armstrong said. “They’re starting to ask questions. … One of the things that I believe I need to do better as a white male is to talk about white privilege and help our students understand that.”

Jozi De Leon, the university’s new vice president for diversity and inclusion, said there are numerous initiatives to attract a more diverse student body and faculty, and create a more welcoming campus climate.

There have been some improvements, she said. In 2011, the campus was 63 percent white and is now the most diverse it’s ever been.

“I really think that this university, in spite of the fact that we are having issues now, that we really are going in the right direction in terms of diversity and inclusion,” De Leon said.

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before his conviction. In addition, California State University, the University of Connecticut, Bryant, George Washington, Boston University, Oberlin, Amherst, the University of Mis-

CEREAL FROM PAGE 1 different kinds of milk: 1 percent, 2 percent, Vitamin D, vanilla-almond, chocolate and coconut.

Along with a cereal bar, there is also a vast selection of coffee available.

“I was just on a walk and saw a sign that said grand opening for a coffee shop, so I decided to go in,” Clifton said. “I asked

each ticket consumers buy with the app and card. When there’s a big movie, like this weekend’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” MoviePass’ losses accelerate — and this summer has a lot of big movies coming up.

“The question is: Can they survive the summer?” Bock said.

“Of course they don’t want people to go every day because they will. MoviePass has got to be worried about that.”

souri, Brown, Tufts, Goucher, Fordham, Marquette, Baylor, the University of San Francisco, Springfield College and Ohio University have done the same.

Spelman College in 2015 ended a professorship endowed by Cosby and his wife. the workers what their favorite drink was and that’s what I got.

I don’t remember what it was but it was for sure worth the money.”

While Clifton said she did not happen to get any cereal while she was there, she does have plans to go back for both more coffee and to try the cereal.

“I’ll for sure be going back sometime for more coffee, and for the cereal bar,” Clifton said.

AFRICAN FROM PAGE 1 the United States, so they end up relying on what they see on television to inform them about a country or continent,” said Olumba.

The hosts then played a trivia game with the audience. They asked them different questions concerning Africa including; “What is the biggest island in Africa,” and “What is the religion practiced in the West part of Africa?”

“The food was selected based on what is popular in Africa,” said Olumba. “Something most people eat is rice, so we are going to have two types of rice (Jollof Rice and Fried Rice). Goat meat and Chicken, because we have protein with every meal and some snacks.”

The next performer spoke about women in Africa one of which was Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s wife and a Civil Rights Activist.

The president and host came back on stage to recognize the graduating students, and introduce the executive board of ASU. Afro-infusion performed another dance, and continued to amaze the crowd.

The last performance was the students modeling contemporary African clothing. The models ended the show with waving the different flags in the continent of Africa. The host thanked the audience for coming, and they hoped everyone enjoyed the show. Everyone was invited to join them for dinner. The people was able to eat food from West and Central Africa.

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Professor Q & A Georgianna Duarte

Alexandria Truby Reporter

What are you involved with on campus? I’d like to be more involved with my students in community experiential learning. They are amazing and inspire me so I’d like more time mentoring them.

What is your favorite ISU tradition? The ISU tradition of NFO. I love the collaboration and professional support that I discovered though new faculty orientation. Elonda from multicultural center, Edi Wheeler from the library, Brian Bunett, Lisa Spence, Linda Ferguson and others who have truly been incredible colleagues and great resources.

What do your students mean to you? I love teaching based on evidence based practices and community engagement. My undergraduate and doctoral students are truly inspiring and they mean a great deal to me beyond the class. They are truly the hope

of change.

Why did you choose to teach at ISU? I came to ISU as a department chair but I truly want to focus more on connections between mentoring and academic success.

What is something not many people know about you? I’m a soon to be a wild early childhood grandma. My first grandchild is due in August.

I’ve heard that turtles find you. Could you elaborate on this? Everywhere I’ve lived a turtle claims my yard as a home.

Hasn’t happened in Indiana yet.

Where do you go to work or write? I write best at home but I would love to get away for two months on Navajo land to clear my brain and write a book.

What advice would you give to undergrad students? Always go to class because we want to see you learn and be successful and your presence matters.

What can you share about your research? I’d like to re-engage in my research looking at multilingual development and

outdoor play.

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would that be? I’ve been trying to travel to Tibet. Haven’t made it yet.

What is something unique about your classes? I strive to always connect my students through local experimental learning to global issues. The community play involved partnerships of local organizations families and the convention of the rights of the child.

How would you describe your teaching style? Respectful and developmental What was the most difficult job you have ever had? Working with migrant families is the most challenging and it is equally the most rewarding.

What would you tell students who are looking into becoming teachers? Seek out and engage in the opportunities that the faculty provide and be sure to invest in a minor of a second language or early intervention.

Duarte is the department Chair of Teaching and Learning at ISU. She started her career as a teacher at Head Start and Migrant Head Start and later worked in inner city schools and as a consultant in Indian Head Start. For more than 40 years, she has served as a consultant for the Office of Head Start in Washington, D.C. She would also serve on faculty at New Mexico State University and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before going to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she spent nearly half of her 41-year career as a professor until her retirement in 2015. In 2016, she received ISU’s first endowed professorship.

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How to better your grades Alexandria Truby Reporter

With the end of the year approaching and two weeks left in the spring semester, students are realizing that it is time to finish strong and better their grades.

Some may find it stressful and feel overwhelmed on how to finish strong or improve their grades before finals week, May 7-11. The last official day of classes is May 4.

Here are a few tips from both students and faculty as well as social media on how to better your grades before the end of the semester: Combine your social life and studies if you find it to be effective.

“I think a lot of times it is hard to choose to study when friends want to hang out and you don’t want to be left out,” sophomore Elizabeth Kerns of Ball State University said. “What helped me most was just telling my friends I needed help with my classes and they would still hang out and offer support.”

“I think the best plan to improve grades is to buddy up with a friend who knows what they are doing,” sophomore Marcus Voges of Indiana State University said.

Use your resources.

ISU has a Center for Student Success that offers presentations on note taking, working effectively in groups, study tips and more. Check out their website for more information.

Tailor your practices for studying.

“Get into a study group and focus with others.

Have a mentor to talk with and get help from, study sitting up, not lying down, and not plugged into earphones. Study during the hours you are most awake, and get a good night sleep,” former Professor of Educational Leadership at San Jose State University Martin Krovetz said.

Find where you study best. Changing your environment may optimize productivity.

“I like going to the library when it’s cold out, but if it’s nice out I like going by lakes or ponds because it’s peaceful and feels less stressful,” Kerns said.

Talk with your professors when you are falling

behind.

“I try to first discuss with my students why they are not performing well. If their grades are poor on assignments, then I try and schedule meetings with them during office hours or push them to make appointments in the Math and Writing Center,” ISU English Instructor Heather Roberts said.

“I spoke to one of my professors when I began to fall behind due to my involvement in ROTC and he was very understanding. I focus on attending office hours when I need the extra help,” ISU sophomore Veronica Oakley said.

Double-check your work before you submit it.

“Honestly, I think what harms grades the most is not paying attention to directions and not fulfilling the assignment’s requirements. I find that almost every paper that earns a deficient grade of C- or lower is missing required elements, like citations or sources. I think that the students should really print out all assignment sheets and refer to them multiple times to make sure that they are truly fulfilling an assignment to get the maximum number of points,” Roberts said.

“I have other people look over my essays because I will skip a word sometimes and not notice. Getting an outsider’s perspective has saved my grade more than once,” Kerns said.

Practice makes perfect.

“I like to write out my answers to study guides in full sentences over and over until I don’t need to look at the paper for the answers anymore. Or if it’s math, I keep doing practice problems until I don’t need to look at examples to understand it anymore,” Kerns said.

Don’t give up.

“My classes are typically weighted with more points towards the end of the semester, so students very often can bring up a grade by trying harder and earning higher scores on those later essays. I have had students who have made appointments with me to look over two or even three rough drafts for the final research paper and bring up a flagging grade,” Roberts said.

“A lot can happen in those last few weeks so it’s important to keep at it,” Oakley said.

ABBA fans have a reason to shout “Mamma Mia”!

The Swedish pop group announced the release of new material the first time in three-anda-half decades. Two new tracks are forthcoming, including one titled “I Still Have Faith in You,” AP reports.

ABBA — Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog — spread the word on its official Facebook page and Instagram on Friday.

“We all four felt that, after some 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio,” the band noted. “So we did. And it was like time had stood still and that we only had been away on a short holiday.”

Since the pop icons split in 1982, they have worked together on projects including the blockbuster stage musical “Mamma Mia!” that became a hit movie.

The sequel hits multiplexes this summer.

But there’s not been new music from ABBA, who broke through with a win at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with “Waterloo.”

Since then, hits include “Dancing Queen” and “Fernando.”

The group recently announced that they’ll be touring in the form of virtual holograms in 2019.

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Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus of the Swedish pop group Abba at the Dorchester Hotel, London. In an official statement posted on Instagram the band announced that they have recorded new music.

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Campus Events of the Week Party at the Fountain 2

This event took place on Thursday, April 26 at the fountain. The party featured a live EDM DJ performace by Austin James.

The concert took place from 8:30 to 11 PM and brought together over 1200 students to party at the fountain.

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Sycamore Video Expo 2018

The Sycamore Video Expo took place on Thursday, April 26. The event showcased various films created by students. The expo was open to all students and included refreshments.

OPINION

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College presents new and old challenges

Rachel Modi Columnist

Warner Bros. Interactive

“Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery” launches on iOS and and Google Play.

New adventures in Rowling’s world of magic – iPhone style

Emma Osowski Columnist

I remember when I was young and VHS tapes were still a thing, I had borrowed my neighbor’s copy of “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone,” and let’s just say I wasn’t a fan.

By the end of the movie I was terrified because of the guy with two faces, well, more like a face and a half. I didn’t want to go near any of it for the next 10 years.

Soon after starting college, I realized everyone

loved the guy – Harry Potter, that is. That Christmas break, freshman year, I decided to give him and the rest of the gang another try. I watched the eight movies in a matter of days, and my eyes were opened.

I fell in love with the idea of it all and felt this sense of escape when wishing it were real.

Since then I am now the proud owner of all the movies including “Fantastic Beasts,” the book set, my own wand and, through different opportunities, have even gotten the chance to work in Orlando’s Universal Studio’s Diagon Alley. I have not read all the books yet, but I am very much so in the process. I have read “The Cursed Child,” and I have taken every single test Pottermore has to offer. I am a proud Hufflepuff, I

have a Rowan wand with a unicorn hair core, I have a white stallion patronus and if I were to go to Ilvermorny (the North American wizarding school), I would be a Puckwudgie.

All of this to say, I am a pretty big fan. Through college, the fire I had freshman and sophomore year has since died out a bit, but it’s still a passion.

So if you are someone who, like me, has this sort of obsession with all things Rowling Magic and have an iPhone, then you noticed that App Store email saying the Saturday’s app of the day was “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery.”

I couldn’t click download fast enough.

To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect. Within the first 10 minutes of playing the game I was excited and

thought it was very cool, however after those minutes passed I realized that overall, it’s not a type of game that I usually play.

The majority of the games on my phone are word puzzle games or the original apps like “Fruit Ninja” or “Temple Run.” I don’t have much experience with the whole role playing and character driven games, so this has been a whole new experience for me and even though it is different, I still have been extremely intrigued and entertained by it.

Pros, you get to make your own character (mine’s named Harper Lawrence). You get to pick which house you’re a part of, you get to go through the wand experience, you get to learn, go to classes

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As a first year freshman in college straight out of high school, I’ve picked up on a few differences and similarities between high school and college.

Some of these differences and similarities are for the better, but some are not as much.

The most apparent difference between high school and college is the fact that you pick your schedule rather than being obligated to spend eight hours straight of your day, every day for five days, at a school taking classes you probably do not care about. Not to mention, half the material you learn in high school is unnecessary information that has no relevance in your future life. When in the world, unless I was a math major, am I ever going to need to trigonometric functions?

The ironic part is that most of us probably do not even remember what those words mean. So, one of the positive differences between high school and college is that we are able to pick our classes. Some may argue that foundational studies are classes that we do not care about.

That is not necessarily a false statement, but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. If you were fortunate enough to take those credits in high school, good for you, but if you weren’t, then at least you’re learning some more information and trying new things.

College is a stepping stone for our future. For most of us, we finally look

forward to our classes, especially the ones that have to do with our majors. On top of that, we get to organize our time. Students can even have three out of the five days of the week off from school because the majority of their classes are online, which is absolutely amazing if you are a working college student trying to pay for your future.

However, this also brings in a negative difference between high school and college. You guessed it – tuition. We all know the typical saying: “I’m a broke college student.” It is unfortunate and a little dumb for us to pay so much money just to get a piece of paper, especially when we are paying thousands of dollars to possibly be stuck with a terrible professor who does not teach and makes us teach ourselves all the material.

Do not get me wrong, there are students who do not have to pay a lot to go to college due to scholarships, but not everyone gets scholarships or parents who can pay everything off. Most of us will be in debt after graduating college.

Yes, I could have stayed home and went to community college, which is 10 times cheaper, but I did not want to spend another moment in my hometown.

I love my town, don’t get me wrong, but getting away from family and obtaining a new perspective was the best idea.

Growing up being under your parents’ roof suppresses you of spending more time with friends and doing whatever you want to do. Whether it is going to parties or going bowling, we have more freedom living on campus and away from home.

However, for some of us, this also brings in the

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More of HUD’s heartless rent hikes The Times Editorial Board Los Angeles Times (TNS) On Tuesday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson was on L.A.’s skid row touring a women’s shelter and praising the city’s ambitious efforts to end homelessness. On Wednesday, Carson proposed new laws that could make it much more difficult to do just that.

Carson unveiled the Making Affordable Housing Work Act of 2018, a proposed bill that could force the poorest tenants receiving federal aid — those most likely on the edge of homelessness — to pay three times as much in rent. It would also shrink the rent subsidies received by other low-income Americans, leaving them with less money for food, medical expenses and education. And it would allow local public housing authorities to impose work requirements on people receiving housing assistance.

The proposal is part of a larger Trump administration push to cut funding for and add work requirements to a range of social safety net programs, ostensibly to help more people climb out of poverty.

The administration had previously sought to slash funds for affordable housing pro-

grams, but Congress restored the money when it passed the budget last month.

Congress isn’t likely to back Carson’s new plan, either — lawmakers surely recognize that cities across the country are experiencing a housing and homelessness crisis. The cost of housing has outpaced income growth in many metropolitan areas. HUD’s housing safety net is vitally important in keeping families off the street, yet it’s woefully underfunded — roughly three-fourths of the families who qualify are stuck on waiting lists, where they may remain for years.

Carson’s answer to that problem is to make poor people pay more and work more.

Under the current rules for rental assistance, non-elderly, non-disabled renters have to pay 30 percent of their income after deducting child care and medical expenses. The proposal would boost their rent to 35 percent of gross income, allowing no deductions.

That could significantly increase how much families, particularly low-wage working parents with young children, pay toward their rent.

The proposal would also boost the minimum rent that the poorest of the poor

pay. Currently non-elderly, non-disabled renters must pay at least $50 a month toward their housing; the bill would boost that to $150 a month — a sum that would consume, for example, two-thirds of the monthly “general relief ” check that some homeless people in Los Angeles County rely on. The HUD proposal would also create a new, minimum rent of $50 for elderly and disabled renters.

HUD also wants to let public housing agencies and landlords who accept federal subsidies set work requirements for non-elderly, non-disabled renters, or about half of those receiving subsidies.

But just 6 percent of households receiving assistance include able-bodied adults who are not working and not caring for young children or dependents with disabilities, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. So there is hardly an epidemic of slouches living off public housing dollars.

Carson’s proposal is slap-dash attempt to enact reforms that have been floated for years, some of which are being piloted

by HUD right now. There are long-standing, bipartisan complaints that HUD’s subsidy program is too bureaucratic and hard to navigate. There is also concern

that the program discourages individuals from earning more money, for fear they’ll lose their aid.

HUD has a study underway to figure out whether simplifying income requirements and verifying eligibility less frequently would give families a financial cushion if they begin to earn more. There are also local public housing agencies experimenting with work requirements. The goal of these experiments is to streamline processes and move more poor renters toward greater self-sufficiency without hurting families or whittling away the safety net.

Rather than wait for the results of those studies or use data from other research to guide proposed reforms, however, Carson and the Trump administration are plowing ahead with changes that weaken the safety net they were entrusted to protect.

When Carson toured skid row this week, he told reporters, “I can’t imagine how anybody could walk through an area like this and not have their heartstrings tugged.” We can’t imagine someone visiting skid row and then proposing to make it harder to house the most downtrodden men and women. And yet, here we are.

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POTTER FROM PAGE 6 and do some magic.

What’s really interesting for me, and what will probably keep me playing the game for a while, is the story line. The game is called Hogwarts Mystery, and the mystery you are trying to solve involves your character’s brother, who was expelled from the school. I’m really interested in how the story will play out, what happened and how my Hufflepuff character can save the day.

Cons – and sorry for the spoiler if you’re not caught up – if Dumbledore died before Harry beat Voldemort, then how is Dumbledore alive in this game?

Also, it personally upsets me on

COLLEGE FROM PAGE 6 idea of being an adult and having responsibilities. That means being held accountable for all the reckless things we do with our freedom. This can be seen as a con for many, but a pro for others, because we get a taste of the real world while still being under our parents’ name. If we mess up now, it is not as bad as when we’re older and with children. We learn as we get older,

Monday, April 30, 2018 • Page 7 how people say that Slytherins aren’t bad people, yet every single antagonist comes from that house, including in this game.

Lastly, the game involves a lot of reading and tasks where you don’t do much except tap, which isn’t as interactive as I’d hoped.

Overall, if you don’t like role games, or games that are motivated by a story line, then I would opt out of this one. Although you may not mind it if you are a Harry Potter fan. I also have only experienced the first few levels and so I could be speaking too soon. Ultimately, it’s obviously your decision and phone storage, but I would say check it out for at least a day if you’re a fan, because I don’t think you could ever have too much of the wizarding world. and that is what life is about.

College students encounter many obstacles and challenges on the way to graduation, but we also learn with every step. With all these benefits, time will go by fast. Take advantage of all the opportunities and moments you have because before you know it, you’re going to be wearing that cap and gown during graduation and looking back. Live in the moment and be grateful for being here.

WOMEN FROM PAGE 8 mance against staunch competition at Drake, recording a mark of 7.25m (23-09.50) while on his way to a fourth place finish. His jump moves him to second in the Missouri Valley.

The women’s 4X100-meter relay team that featured Shana Cooper, DeAndra Greer, Jackson and Faith Lindsey competed hard in finals on Saturday, placing fifth overall at 45.98 and edging out Western Michigan and Marquette while keeping them in fourth in the conference.

One fact worth noting is that

the Indiana State women’s team earned a top-five finish in the Hy-Vee Cup, which scores the 4X100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay, 4x800-meter relay and the sprint and distance medley relays. The Sycamore women finished in fifth with 15 points against top power five programs such as Purdue, Ohio State, Illinois and Iowa State. They defeated Western Michigan, Kent State, Missouri, Marquette, South Dakota State, Iowa, Kansas State, North Dakota State, Tulsa, Utah, Northern Iowa, Air Force and South Dakota.

The Sycamores will be back in action for the Billy Hayes Invita-

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Other Day Three Performances: Men’s Sprint Medley Relay: 10. Parmley, Shaw, Blake, Kilian - 3:31.97 Women’s Sprint Medley Relay: 12. Morgan, Redmon, Odusola, Conley - 4:03.23 Men’s Pole Vault: 16. Riley Smith - 4.75m (1507.00)

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Jacquet McClendon has recieved invitation to the Kansas City Chiefs Rookie Mini Camp after the NFL Draft that took place Saturday evening.

McClendon receives Rookie Mini-Camp invite from Kansas City Chiefs

Former Sycamore Jacquet McClendon has received an invitation to the Kansas City Chiefs Rookie Mini Camp, following the conclusion of the 2018 NFL Draft Saturday evening.

“We’re extremely proud and excited for Jacquet

on his opportunity at the next level,” head coach Curt Mallory said. “He was such a great leader on and off the field at Indiana State and we wish him nothing but the best — I’m confident his best football is ahead of him.”

McClendon (6-1, 235),

an Evergreen Park, Illinois native played in 35 games over his career at Indiana State at tight end. He led the Sycamores and finished sixth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference his senior year with 54 catches for 595 total yards and four receiving

touchdowns.

The senior went for over 100 receiving yards two times in 2017 with a season high 115 yards coming against Liberty on nine catches. He also went for 101 yards against Youngstown State in a game that included the

third-longest reception in the MVFC at 73 yards.

He ranked second on the team with 54.09 yards receiving per game and finished with 11.02 yards per catch.

For the latest information on the Sycamore Football team, make sure

to check out GoSycamores.com. You can also find the team on social media including Facebook and Twitter.

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Women’s shuttle hurdle relay team crowned champions, three school records broken at day three of Drake Relays Andrew Hile

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The sun was out and the Sycamores were feeling good on day three of the Drake Relays that saw the women’s shuttle hurdle relay team win a championship and three school records fall.

“Today was so fun and it was great to see our team working hard,” head coach Angela Martin said.

“I think the multiple races was good preparation for the MVC Championships.

We broke three school records in consecutive events and it was so amazing to come home with a win in the shuttle hurdles for the women, and several top-five finishes on both sides.”

In perhaps the most impressive performance of the day, the women’s shuttle hurdle relay team comprised of Allana Ince, Ayanna Morgan, Caitlyn Redmon and Patrycja Dziekonska came out of the gate on fire and never looked back. The team finished with a time of 55.74, which is a school record by nearly a second and a half over the previous best time of 57.21 set in 2012.

They defeated the defending Drake Relays shuttle hurdle relay champions, Purdue, by .25 en route to

their 2018 Drake Relays championship.

Following the stellar performance in the shuttle hurdle relays, the women’s distance medley relay team made-up of Brittany Neeley, Oschtisha Jackson, Imani Davis and Taylor Austin also left all they had out on the track. Leading for most of the race, the Sycamores finished in second after Missouri’s national champion Karissa Schweizer took over in the 1600. That didn’t stop the ISU women from breaking the school record with a phenomenal time of 11:18.03, a record by over 20 seconds.

The men’s distance medley relay team composed of Akis Medrano, Stephen Griffith, CJ Anyaebunam and Quentin Pierce made sure that the Sycamores would break three school records in a row, clocking in at 9:51.57 and a fourth place finish. The men looked strong from the start and hung tight with Iowa to the end, and their record now overtakes the previous best time of 9:53.07, which was set back in 2008.

On top of the school records, several other Sycamores made their way onto the Indiana State top10 list on Saturday. Hurdler Allana Ince followed

up her strong performance in the shuttle hurdle relay with a lifetime-best performance in the 100-meter hurdles final. Ince took seventh overall with a time of 14.04, moving her up to seventh in ISU history and sixth in the MVC. Also breaking into the top-10 was the women’s 4X400-meter relay team of Jackson, Davis, Ahmanah Woods and Neeley.

Matched up with some of the fastest relay teams in the nation, they held their own on the track, bringing in the seventh-best time in Sycamore history at 3:41.88, which is first in the conference by nearly three seconds.

Senior hurdler Daley Carter also kept up with some of the country’s top hurdlers in the men’s 110-meter hurdles final.

Carter kept the Sycamores in the top-four of the Relays for the sixth year in a row, taking the fourth overall position with a time of 14.12. His time of 14.04 from Auburn is currently second in the Valley, 32nd in the NCAA East Region and 49th nationally.

Jumping to a top-four finish in the long jump was Scott Schreiber. Schreiber had a season-best perfor-

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Women’s hurdle relay team comprised of ALlana Ince, Ayanna Morgan, Caitlyn Redmon and Patrycia Dziekonska.

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Mallory Marsicek led the Sycamores at the plate with a 2 for 4 day with two runs driven in.

Sycamore rally thwarted in Springfield Patrick Walsh

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A four-run sixth inning to rally back for the lead was all for naught Sunday as Indiana State allowed a pair of two out unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh to drop a 5-4 decision at Missouri State at Killian Stadium in Springfield.

Indiana State (23-25, 10-13 Missouri Valley) was one out away from a big win and moving up to third in The Valley standings. But Missouri State (32-16, 17-5) took advantage of a two-out walk then a single and a throwing error to score two runs and walk-off with the win.

The Bears, who took the early 2-0 lead off a pair of sacrifice flies by Darian Frost in the first and third innings, added a third run off a Leslie Sims throwing error following a double.

Indiana State rallied back in the sixth as Sims hit a bases-loaded single to score one. After Bailey Martin hit an RBI groundout to second, Mallory Marsicek drove in two runs on a single up the middle to give the Sycamores a 4-3 lead.

Abbey Kruzel (4-7) took the loss after being charged

with two runs – both unearned – on one hit in 1 2/3 innings pitched. She walked three and struck out one while facing eight batters. Kylie Stober allowed two runs on four hits in three innings with the start while Della Gher allowed one unearned run on one hit in two innings in relief of Stober.

Mallory Marsicek once again led the Sycamores at the plate with a 2-for-4 day with two runs driven in.

Erika Vazquez Zimmer led Missouri State with a 2-for4 day with two runs scored while Daphne Plummer was 2-for-3 with a run scored. Steffany Dickerson (7-5) was credited with the win after holding Indiana State scoreless over the final 1 2/3 innings, allowing only one hit and striking out three.

PLAYER OF THE GAME Mallory Marsicek again plagued the Bears at the plate, going 2-for-4 and driving in a pair of runs with her single in the sixth.

She finished the weekend 6-for-11 at the plate with three RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base.

STAT OF THE GAME Indiana State scored three of its four runs in the game with two outs.

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CORD • Win: Steffany Dickerson, Missouri State (7-5) • Loss: Abbey Kruzel, Indiana State (4-7) • Save: None RECORDS UPDATE • Indiana State: 2325 (10-13 MVC) • Missouri State: 32-16 (17-5 MVC) NOTABLES • The loss drops Indiana State to 26-64 all-time against Missouri State. It marked Missouri State’s first three-game sweep over the Sycamores since 2010.

• With the loss, Indiana State suffered its only second sweep of the year and its first threegame sweep.

• Michael Perniciaro is now 9-15 all-time against Missouri State.

• Bailey Martin’s stolen base marked the 57th steal of the season for Indiana State as the 2018 Sycamores matched the 2001 squad for eighth most in a single season in school history.

• Mallory Marsicek’s two-run single in the sixth marked the tam’s 349th hit of the season, matching the 2016 Sycamores for the eighth most hits in school history.