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Owl causes power outage ISU students and more than 6,280 customers were without power for two hours

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An owl that flew into an electrical sub-station was blamed for a power outage late Monday night, leaving the Indiana State University and more than 6,280 other Duke Energy customers in the dark.

Electricity went off around 11:34 p.m. Monday and was completely restored to all customers by 1:17 a.m. Tuesday, said Lew Middlton, a Duke Energy spokesperson.

“Only Vigo County was affected though,” Middleton

said.

Many ISU operations also came to a halt, running off of generators and portable flashlights.

The Hulman Memorial Student Union closed shortly after the power was lost, said Anita Gabbard, assistant director of HMSU. “We made a decision to go ahead and close down the building for the remainder of the night,” she said. “We weren’t sure when the power was coming back on and the system was already running off of the generator, so we wanted to make

sure everything was okay before we let anyone back in.”

Public Safety officials increased patrols and made routine stops to residential halls, Bill Mercier, the director of Public Safety, said.

“We were concentrating predominantly on residential halls throughout the night,” Mercier said. “We wanted to make sure residential life staff members were aware of what to do and how to contact us if they needed to do so.”

As a result of the power failure, county-wide emergency communication systems were

also down, including ISU’s 911 system.

Mercier said anyone who attempted to dial 911 from a university phone heard a busy tone.

“The departments ‘5555’ number was operating, but there was a period of time where dispatch was unable to receive outside phone calls,” he said. “This is another reason why we made every attempt to alert residential life members in residence halls. We told them to call 5555 if they needed anything.”

Andrè Brousseau, Brooke Wardle voted into office for 2012-2013 Nick Hedrick Reporter

Andre Brousseau and Brooke Wardle said they plan to broaden and streamline Student Government Association’s communication with the Indiana State University campus when they assume duties as SGA president and vice president, respectively, next month.

Brousseau and Wardle defeated Jules Hampton and Tammy Lewis Tuesday night in the 2012 SGA election.

When the unofficial results were announced in Dede II of Hulman Memorial Student Union, Brousseau and Wardle had 513 votes, or 56.13 percent, compared to Hampton and Lewis’s 401 votes or 43.87 percent.

A total of 914 votes were cast through the MyISU Portal during a 13-hour period Tuesday. The results will be certified Wednesday, and Brousseau and Wardle will take office May 15.

“We’re ready to get started,” Wardle said, after she and Brousseau accepted congratulatory handshakes and hugs.

The results ceremony marked the end of an extended race that went into a run-off election last week when none of the original four sets of candidates received a majority of the votes.

Brousseau, Wardle, Hampton and Lewis were given an extra week to build support.

“We were really nervous this week because we didn’t have as much time to campaign,” Wardle said.

Brousseau was all smiles.

“Relieved is probably my word of the hour,” he said.

Once they take office, succeeding current SGA President Nick Utterback and Vice President Lezlie Maslanka, Brousseau and Wardle said they planned to increase SGA’s presence on Facebook and Twitter and revamp e-mail messages to students. They also said they planned to reformat the MyISU Portal to include

a tab containing streamlined information about campus organizations After the results were announced, Hampton and Lewis shook hands with Brousseau and Wardle and congratulated them.

“It’s kind of bittersweet,” Hampton said. “I kind of feel like we deserved it.”

Lewis agreed, and resumed talking with more supporters.

Both Hampton and Lewis currently serve as SGA senators. Hampton said they would most likely continue to serve under Brousseau and Wardle’s administration.

SGA election commissioner Charlie Ricker, who walked into the room with the rest of his commission as Jay-Z and Kanye West’s hit “Run This Town” played over speakers and unveiled the results with a PowerPoint countdown, said he believed the election proceeded smoothly.

“We had minimal problems, minimal appeals,” Ricker said.

Andrè Brousseau and Brooke Wardle after they were voted into SGA president and vice president positions (Photo by Jamie Nichols).

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Briefs Earth Day celebration hosts speaker to discuss climate change Guests will be granted insight into human-driven climate change as the Indiana State University community hosts a climate scientist to speak at the celebration.

Professor in the department of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Donald Wuebbles will be giving his presentation on April 10 at 4 p.m. in room 12 in the Science building.

Wuebbles presentation is named “Potential Effects of Climate Change on the United States: The National Climate Assessment,” in which he discusses the activities of the National Climate Assessment (NCA), issues facing the United States and the role that humans have in climate change.

The NCA reports to the U.S. president and Congress who considers the potential impacts of global climate change in the United States. The potential threats include agriculture, energy use and production, water and land resources, human welfare and health and the natural environment.

Wuebbles was a lead author on the first and second international assessments of climate change, which was sponsored by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

ISU will be celebrating Earth Day on April 11 to promote the conservation of natural resources, increased recycling efforts and the development of green initiatives.

Earth Day will begin at 10 a.m. and President Daniel J. Bradley, Mayor Duke Bennet, ISU professor of geology and geography James Speer and director of the ISU Recycling Center Paul Reed will be giving addresses.

Provost Maynard in running for president in Pennsylvania C. Jack Maynard, Indiana State University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, will learn this Friday whether he will become the president of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania University.

Maynard was one of three finalists for the position at Slippery Rock University, a master’s public institution north of Pittsburgh. He visited the campus in February for meetings and tours.

Maynard came to ISU in 2001 as dean of the School of Education. He became interim provost in 2003 and was permanently nominated to the position in 2004.

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Open Cases • • • • • • • • • • • •

At 7:20 a.m., on March 30, found money was reported at the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

At 10:28 a.m., on March 30, an information report was reported off campus.

At 11:09 a.m., on March 30, an information report was reported at University Hall.

At 1:01 p.m., on March 30, criminal mischief was reported in Lot 22.

At 9:28 p.m., on March 30, driving while suspended was reported at North Seventh and Chestnut Street.

At 1:11 a.m., on March 31, possession of Marijuana was reported off campus.

At 3:04 a.m., on March 31, driving while suspended was reported at North Fourth and Cherry Streets.

At 3:20 p.m., on March 31, lost property was reported at the Lincoln Quads.

At 10:06 a.m., on March 31, a suspicious person was reported at the Lincoln Quads.

At 11:49 p.m., on April 1, sexual battery was reported at the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

At 10:23 a.m., on April 2, property damage was reported at Lot 24.

At 10:41 a.m., on April 2, theft was reported off campus.

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At 3:10 p..m., on April 2, criminal mischief was reported at the Student Services Building.

At 10:11 p.m., on April 2, theft was reported at the Student Recreation Center.

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At 12:17 a.m., on March 31, possession of drugs and paraphernalia were reported at the Lincoln Quads.

At 11:38 p.m., on March 31, loud music and possession of alcohol was reported at the Lincoln Quads.

At 1:27 a.m., on April 1, possession of alcohol and drugs/paraphernalia were reported at Rhoads Hall.

At 5:00 a.m., theft was reported at the Lincoln Quads.

At 8:23 a.m., on April 1, a false fire alarm was reported at Tirey Hall.

At 10:41 a.m., on April 1, a false fire alarm was reported the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

At 9:49 p.m., on April 1, possession of drugs and paraphernalia were reported at the Lincoln Quads.

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At 10:49 p.m., on April 1, possession of paraphernalia was reported at the Lincoln Quads.

At 7:44 a.m., on April 2, a found item was returned to its owner at Wolf Field.

At 8:33 a.m., on April 2, confinscated items were returned to its owner at the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

At 10:31 a.m., on April 2, a found item was returned to the owner at the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

At 3:57 a.m., on March 3, a fire alarm was reported at Fairbanks Hall.

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At 2:28 p.m., on March 31, a suspect was arrested for a hit and run police accident in Lot A. At 6:13 p.m., on March 31, a suspect was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a police department accident and resisting law enforcement at Lot A. At 8:08 p.m., on March 31, a suspect was arrested for public intoxication at the parking garage.

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Man arrested on six charges after pursuit through campus Chris Sweeney News editor

A Diablo motorcycle gang member Indiana State Police officers arrested after failing to stop, resulting in a police chase through the university’s campus.

Ronald H. Schilling, 57, of 1522 Locust Street, was arrested on six different charges and multiple citations.

According to an ISU police report, dispatch advised officers that a suspect from a series of hit and run accidents was traveling west on Chestnut Street from 13th Street.

After Sargent. Ian Loomis attempted to pull the vehicle over, Schilling threw his arms out the window and yelled, “[expletive] you, come get me.”

Schilling’s vehicle jumped the curb at the end of Spruce Street just west of Eigth Street striking a cement parking bullard. The vehicle went airborne before striking the fire department point indicator valve on the south side

of the ISU boiler plant, according to the report.

Throughout the pursuit, an ISU student’s vehicle was also struck in lot A, which was pushed approximately 25 feet from its original parking location and suffered extreme front end damage, according to the report.

When Schilling eventually stopped, he attempted to crawl out of the driver’s side window and run, but was immediately ordered to the ground at gunpoint by Loomis.

Schilling was medically cleared through Union Hospital and transported to the Vigo County Jail where he was booked for charges of felony resisting with a motor vehicle, reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated refusal, leaving the scene of a crashunattended motor vehicle, possesion of a controlled substance and leaving the scene of a crash property damage.

Damage to replace the point indicator ISU police officer Sargent Ian Loomis observes the scene of a vehicle that crashed into a tree valve is estimated to be around after a vehicle pursuit through campus (Photo courtesy of Nick Hogue). $10,000.

ISU dean selected into fellowship program Lacey Brinegar Reporter

The American Council on Education (ACE) has selected ISU’s own dean of the college of graduate and professional studies to serve as a part of its fellowship program. Jay Gatrell will be one of the fellows for the 2012-2013 year.

“The ACE Fellowship program is a year-long professional development program that focuses on leadership in higher education,” Gatrell said. “The program includes an orientation in June, an opening retreat in August, a midyear retreat in January and an end of year conference.”

Gatrell spoke with President J. Bradley and Provost C. Maynard Jackson regarding the fellows program.

President Bradley then took the stance of nominating Gatrell for the program in which he was then selected.

“I’ve long been interested in the ACE Fellows program and believed I was at a point in my career where the fellowship experience could be most effectively leveraged to benefit ISU as an institution,” Gatrell said.

All fellows of the program have to spend significant time, usually a semester or a year, at another campus.

While there, they will work on a project that somehow ties in with their own institution, Gatrell said.

“My tentative project title is ‘Curricular entrepreneurism: Private lessons for public institutions,’” Gatrell said. “I plan to spend the year investigating curricular innovation and the role of faculty in responding to the shifting fiscal dynamics of higher education at a private college or university that resembles ISU.” ACE Fellows generally fill leadership roles on campus. This year’s class consists of people from the traditional divisions of institutions like academic affairs, student affairs and business affairs, Gatrell said.

Being a part of the ACE fellows will help Gatrell have a new perspective and be able to generate fresh ideas for his work at ISU. “In the end, I believe the experience will enable me to be a more effective advocate for graduate education at ISU for many years to come,” Gatrell said. “I am excited about the prospects of being embedded in another campus environment for a semester and learning as much as I can about higher education with an emphasis on graduate education and innovative program development.”

Jay Gatrell is serving a part in the ACE Fellowship program. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Statesman editorial ISU’s Operation Beautiful: Egg-xactly the pick-me-up campus needs

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There’s a shortage of self-esteem in the world nowadays.

Perhaps, we had a surplus once—when magazines, television and movies didn’t dictate our definition of beauty.

We could all use donations in the empowerment department. Sometimes, though, the best charity doesn’t come in the form of cash or labor, but in bright, blue eggs.

Three ladies, Tracy Machtan, Aimee JanssenRobinson and Anita Gabbard, have recruited female professors and predominately female groups in the fight against negativity, organizing a campus-wide Easter egg hunt. Participants filled 1000 eggs with encouraging messages, candy and prizes. But the biggest reward is hatched after scavengers find the cheerful novelties.

In our Monday issue, junior human development and family studies major Anissa McKibben said the hunt would “help brighten peoples’ days,” and considering that students are giddily combing the campus for eggs, we’d have to agree. This is a creative and fresh way to spread joy to the ISU community.

Gabbard also said in the issue that the event, labeled Operation Beautiful, came from a larger movement where sayings were posted on mirrors and other visible places. Although ISU’s take on the project is only lasting for a little over a week (March 30-April 9), we hope it inspires people across campus to keep the new tradition alive throughout the year.

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Legislation that would outlaw vasectomies can’t be taken seriously While both sides of the abortion debate take radically different positions, one thing that they have in common is that the subjects of the controversy have always been females.

In response to House Bill 954, a state-level bill in Georgia that intends to reduce the timeframe in which women can get an abortion from 24 weeks to 20 weeks, a group of female legislators have proposed their own bill to ban men from choosing to get vasectomies.

Proponents of pro-choice legislation have long been arguing that women should have the freedom to do with their own bodies as they wish; but what about males? They may not carry the baby, but they do certainly take part in its conception.

Yasmin Neal, the author of the bill stated that, “it is patently unfair that men can avoid unwanted fatherhood by presuming that their judgment over such matters is more valid than the judgment of the General Assembly, while women’s ability to decide is constantly up for debate throughout the United States.”

The sponsor of House Bill 954, Doug McKillip stated that, “it’s disappointing that they would make light of something as important as protecting life,” adding that this is “just not a joking matter, and it’s a time for serious issues and serious discussion.”

Having already been passed in a Senate committee, House Bill 954 is working its way through the legislative system and while I don’t agree with McKillip’s assessment, the bill does make sense on a base level. If the claims of its supporters ring true and the fetus has

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the ability to feel pain at 20 weeks, I understand why they’re pushing for it.

Furthermore, House Bill 954 wouldn’t necessarily ban abortions completely; just place a stricter time limit on them, and 20 weeks (between four and five months) is more than enough of a window during which to get an abortion.

What does concern me is that the bill could force women to carry a fetus to term even if medical problems would render it stillborn. Or that doctors who perform abortions, even in complicated medical situations could be charged with a felony and a decade of prison time.

What then, of the proposed vasectomy ban? The concept itself is a fresh, bold and sobering perspective. Men aren’t the ones out there getting abortions. Despite this, many of those lobbying against abortion are in fact, men. Whether the proposal was intended to be taken seriously or not, it has people talking.

I understand what they’re going for. If the government is going to attempt to dictate what women can and can’t do with their bodies, why not hold men to the same standard?

I respect that call for equality. However, if a bill like this were to actually become law, it would be more trouble than it was worth, just to make a point.

Vasectomies don’t work the same way abortions do. It’s a preventative measure, so there’s no fetus involved. If a man wishes to get a vasectomy to prevent unwanted pregnancy, it eliminates the possibility of needing an abortion in the first place. Is it unfair that men aren’t being singled out? Absolutely. But the only thing that such a law would result in is more unnecessary abortions.

Rather than a legitimate movement, this just seems like an odd attempt to get in a cheap shot at the opposition.

Racial choices in film adaptations creating unnecessary divide between directors, fans A new craze has spread across the campus as well as the rest of the country (at least this time it’s something less silly than planking). “The Hunger Games” opened recently mostly to great reviews. Fans of the book and newcomers both seem to agree: the movie did a pretty good job.

The movie’s caught a lot of flak lately, though, about the director’s choice of actors. This much controversy hasn’t been seen over a Hollywood faux pas since M. Night Shamayalan’s version of “The Last Airbender,” when white actors portrayed animated, fictional characters set in an Asian culture. This time, instead of making Asian or other ethnic characters white, some characters that were apparently imagined as white were portrayed by black actors.

Two of the characters, a competitor and a designer, played by Amandla Sternberg and Lenny Kravitz, were portrayed as black in the movie, which has seen some really huge upheaval from reviews, mostly personal. Twitter and Facebook exploded with some of the comments, anything from “Oh, they don’t look anything like what I expected” to saying the movie was downright ruined or the characters were all wrong. Groups came out and said that they didn’t know why the characters had to be changed to fit some sort of agenda, while others thought that the change was offensive and unnecessary.

The worst part of it all, though? It was no change.

The young competitor is described in the books as having “dark skin and eyes,” just

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as others from her region, or “District.” As for Kravitz’s character, he wasn’t described in the text beyond having green eyes with eyeliner; the directors could have cast him as any color they wanted whatsoever, and it’s not like the actors did a bad job with their roles.

So where did all of this controversy come from? What’s really the point? Stereotypes are still abound in Hollywood, affecting both viable choices for actors in films and what will be perceived as “racism,” either putting in the defined race or substituting for another.

The reactions, though, are out of hand. There are apparently still different roles that aren’t “suitable” for one race or the other, which is absurd. Do people really assume that black or white or Asian or Mexican or green people can’t exist in this made-up world with these made-up people performing superhuman, made-up tasks?

It’s not difficult to comprehend that these people (okay, maybe not green, but really?) exist in our every day world, so why shouldn’t they appear in our fantasy worlds, as well?

No one seems to be to concerned with the girl playing the lead character being more pale than the “olive-skinned” girl described, or that the “Harry Potter” trio were white, or that girls play in movies, not just boys. It’s classism and racism that’s been aroused by a simple movie aimed at teenagers and young adults.

It’s ludacris to pretend that the color of someone’s skin can change the value or impact of a movie; the movie wasn’t “ruined” by the character Rue’s color of skin. It was ruined by the outpouring of bad attitude and inappropriate reactions from the so-called fans who didn’t even read the book very closely. These fans shouldn’t be proud of their comments; it’s unfortunate that such a big phenomenon has to continue on such a sour note.

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A Terre Haute citizen spends his afternoon tilling a plot in the community garden, located at 219 North 11th Street (Photo by Marcus Steiner).

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The Terre Haute Community Garden has reopened with the arrival of spring, and Indiana State University students and staff members are playing a large role in its development.

Academic affairs administrative assistant Yvonne Russell volunteers as the master gardener, and groundskeeper Stephanie Krull provides mulch and directs other workers to help with some of the heavy work, such as forming new plots and making them useable for the gardeners. Garden supervisor Patti Weaver oversees the progress and planning of the garden. “[The garden] provides the members with plots, water, vegetable plants, gaster gardener help, volunteer information, physical activity and stress relief,” Russell said.

Ivy Tech Community College, local church groups and people from all over the community show up to help in the planting.

“Ivy Tech has been involved for five years, and most of our involvement has been in growing vegetable garden plants,” said Ivy Tech agriculture program chair John Rosene. “It’s a project that the horticulture class does; we plant seeds and grow them in the greenhouse. On

community garden kickoffs, we load up plants and send them to the garden.”

On Saturday, Rosene gave a soil preparation course to everyone at the garden.

“To me, it’s a great opportunity for people in the community to get together and grow food plants, which I think everybody needs because it’s important to know where food comes from,” Rosene said. “The community garden takes that to new level because it’s not gardening by yourself—it’s with a community who’s doing the same thing you are.”

The garden aims to benefit more than just those directly involved.

“It’s teaching the community that we can provide our own food. I often hear people complain about high prices of vegetables in the grocery store. In the community garden, you can grow your own food and know that it’s not tainted with any chemicals,” Russell said. “We are strictly organic. We don’t know what the nutritional value of food is once we receive it from the grocery store.”

People who help out at the garden get to keep most of the food that they grow, but it is expected that everyone will donate a portion of their produce to charity.

“At harvest time, we ask that everyone donate ten percent of their harvest, and what we usually

try to do is have everyone put a row towards charity,” Russell said.

Although it is asked that each person donate a row of his or her harvest to charity, each individual may donate as much as he or she likes.

The community garden also provides a great venue for students who are looking for extra community service hours.

“We get a lot of student volunteer activity,” Russell said. “A lot of student organizations came out this week to help with the garden pathways that need maintained, with general cleanup and tilling for those that are not physically able to handle a tiller.”

The community garden has been operating for five years, but as it continues, Russell would like to see it grow.

“I would love to see it grow bigger,” Russell said. “I think that there is a huge popularity among growing our own organic food, and that’s really becoming popular all around the country. It seems like everyone wants to go back to gardening, and it would be healthy for us to do that.”

The garden can be visited at 219 North 11th Street. Those wanting to get involved can fill out regisration forms at http://www.indstate.edu/ publicservice/events/garden.aspx.

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Order of Omega rewards Greek community Jessica Neff Reporter

Members of the entire Indina State University Greek community flooded Tilson Auditorium in a sea of black and white formal attire for the 2011-2012 Order of Omega Greek Leadership Awards on Sunday.

The event started with a reception at 5 p.m. in the lounge where food and beverages were provided.

Doors to the auditorium opened at 6 p.m. and people trickled in until the ceremony began at 6:30 p.m.

Brooks Moore, associate dean of student engagement and leadership development, gave an opening speech followed by Tracy Machtan, student activities assistant director, who gave special acknowledgements. Annie Vassar, president of Order of Omega, acted as emcee of the program.

Individual awards were given first to members of the active Greek community.

Machtan announced the Advisors of the Year and Alumni of the Year.

Order of Omega included a

slideshow of pictures depicting the seniors, Greek life, philanthropy events and articles from the Statesman.

Chapter awards were given to the fraternities and sororities.

To end the event, Moore and Machtan announced the winner of the 2012 Fraternity and Sorority of the Year.

“It was very humbling to receive the awards for community relations and overall philanthropy,” said Pi Kappa Alpha president Spencer Timberlake.

“We believe the Greek community is meant to put service before social, and those awards were evidence that we were making an impact on others.”

“Last night’s award ceremony was extremely successful,” said Chi Omega president Jessica Weesner. “I enjoyed being able to share each sorority and fraternity’s successes while being encouraged to continue the hard work and dedication to our fraternities, campus and community.”

Timberlake agreed, saying the ceremony was well put together and thanked Order of Omega for their hard work to make the event a success.

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Individual Greek award winners Robert Amos Award: Nick Hogue, Pi Kappa Phi Helen E. Reeve Award: Hadley Stinson, Zeta Tau Alpha Douglas Kartje Award: Ty Rosenbalm, Pi Kappa Phi Trailblazer Award (IFC): Nick Hogue, Pi Kappa Phi Trailblazer Award (PA): Savannah Mason, Alpha Omicron Pi IFC Outstanding Sophomore Award: Alexander Pilalis, Alpha Tau Omega PA Scholarship Award: McKenzie Meares, Zeta Tau Alpha Mark Williams Award: Chase Wilson, Pi Kappa Alpha Emma Truitt Award: Carson Morris, Chi Omega Heart of Gold (Men): André Brousseau, Pi Kappa Alpha Heart of Gold (Women): Laura Fry, Alpha Chi Omega Outstanding Chapter Member (IFC): André Brousseau, Pi Kappa Alpha Outstanding Chapter Member (PA): Randa Wells, Delta Gamma Greek Man of the Year: Doug Gehrke, Pi Kappa Phi Greek Woman of the Year: Randa Wells, Delta Gamma

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Continued from page 9 Greek chapter award winners Values: Pi Kappa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha Overall Management: Pi Kappa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha New Member Education: Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Zeta Tau Alpha Alumni Relations: Pi Kappa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha Scholarship Development: Pi Kappa Alpha, Chi Omega, Alpha Phi Alpha Academic Development: Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Zeta Tau Alpha Community Relations: Pi Kappa Alpha, Chi Omega Overall Philanthropy: Pi Kappa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha Citizenship: Pi Kappa Alpha, Chi Omega Campus Leadership: Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi Alpha Greek Leadership: Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Omicron Pi Overall Packet Presentation: Pi Kappa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha 2012 Fraternity of the Year: Pi Kappa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha Spencer Timberlake, Pi Kappa Alpha president, accepted 13 awards on behalf of the fraternity, sweeping all the categories (Photo by John Paul Leslie).

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Seven sycamores make national rankings

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Junior Felisha Johnson competes in the women’s hammer throw (Photo courtesy of ISU Athletic Media Relations).

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Several members of the Indiana State track & field team are making an impression on the national performance list after two weeks of the 2012 outdoor season. As a team, the Sycamore men moved up 15 spots to 73rd while the women dropped two to 75th.

Indiana State junior Felisha Johnson continues to make her mark on the national scene as she is ranked among the nation’s best in three events after the first two weeks of the Outdoor season.

Johnson moved into sixth place nationally in the shot put with her winning throw of 55-feet-1½inches at the EIU Big Blue Classic last Saturday.

The mark is also the second best in the NCAA East and the second best in the Valley this season.

Johnson also ranks 42nd nationally in the discus throw after posting a personal best distance of 161-feet-9-inches at the Big Blue Classic. That is 17th best in the NCAA East and fifth best in the Valley. The Sycamore junior also ranks 55th nationally in the hammer throw with a distance of 183-feet-6-inches at the Big Blue Classic. That also ranks 21st in the NCAA East and fifth in the Valley.

Indiana State junior Mary Theisen ranks 33rd

in the nation for the discus throw after posting a distance of 163-freet-8-inches at the Big Blue Classic. That is the 14th best in the NCAA East and third best in the Valley. Theisen also ranks 44th nationally in the shot put with a distance of 49-feet-11-inches she posted at the EIU Big Blue Classic. That ranks 21st in the NCAA East and fourth in the Valley.

Junior Stacia Weatherford ran a personal best and the second best time in school history of 59.41 seconds in winning the 400 meter hurdles at the Big Blue Classic. That ranks her 27th in the nation, 10th in the NCAA East, and second in the Valley.

Sophomore Valerie Burns ran a personal best 37:16.59 in winning the women’s 10,000 meter run at the Big Blue Classic which leads the Valley the season, ranks 37th nationally and 30th in the NCAA East. Sophomore Kelly Steffen scored a personal best 4,772 points in the Heptathlon at the Big Blue Classic which ranks second in the Valley, 13th in the NCAA East, and 44th nationally.

Junior Brandon Pounds threw a personal best distance of 208-feet-4-inches in the hammer throw at the Big Blue Classic which ranks as the 10th best distance in the nation. It is also the fifth best in the NCAA East and the second best in the Valley so far this season.

Junior Robert Webb ranks 26th nationally in

the men’s Decathlon after scoring a personal best 6,608 points in winning the event at the EIU Big Blue Classic. That is also the 10th best in the NCAA East and is fifth best in the Valley.

The Sycamore men’s team moved up 15 spots from the preseason rankings produced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) with Indiana State now ranked 73rd nationally. Illinois State is the top Missouri Valley Conference school in the national rankings at 49th with Southern Illinois 72nd, Indiana State 73rd, Wichita State 90th, Northern Iowa 96th, and Drake 102nd. Among Indiana schools, the Hoosiers are ranked 11th in the nation followed by Notre Dame in 69th, Indiana State 73rd and Purdue 97th.

The Indiana State women’s team dropped two spots from the preseason rankings produce by the USTFCCCA with the Sycamores ranked 75th in the Week 1 rankings. Southern Illinois is the top Missouri Valley Conference school at 21st with Illinois State 57th, Wichita State 69th, Indiana State 75th, Northern Iowa 116th, Drake 121st, and Missouri State 153rd. Among Indiana schools, Indiana is ranked 63rd followed by Indiana State at 75th, Purdue 100th, Notre Dame 102nd, and Ball State 145th.

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Title IX celebrates 40 years; has there been change?

Victoria Paucher Reporter

In June, a federal law that heavily influenced the role of gender in sports will be celebrating its 40th anniversary.

The Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, commonly known as Title IX, will be turning 40. Title IX is a law that was passed June 23, 1972, prohibiting discrimination among all fundamentals of educational programs.

According to the United States Code Section 20 the act is to ensure that “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from paticipation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to the discrimination under any education program or activity receivng Federal finanacial assistance...”

Despite the fact that Title IX involves numerous education programs, the area of athletics is where the legislation garners the most attention.

“Title IX really is about athletics,” Darlene Hantzis, ISU communications professor, said.

According to www.titleIX.info, since the Title IX law has been passed, the number of women who participate in sports, benefit from increased budgets and receive scholarships has increased. Ever since the law was passed, there have been many more opportunities for women to receive athletic scholarships for universities.

Universities are introducing more athletic sports for women.

Although the 40th anniversary may be quickly approaching, Hantzis said that it has definitely not made enough progress that should have been made.

If the right amount of progress had

been made, many more young girls would be playing sports, there would be a more developed professional level for women when it comes to athletics, and there would be more community support.

For instance, the Terre Haute Football League does not allow girls to play. The Terre Haute Football League is made of up young boys of the Terre Haute community who are about the age of six years old.

According to www.titleIX.info in 2008, 43% of coaches were women when in 1972 that percentage was over 90 and every year male athletics

“We enact gender discrimination in athletics.

There is something that is pretty profound about the gender nation of sports.”

Darlene Hatzis, ISU professor of Communications receive $136 million more than female athletes in college athletic scholarships at NCAA member institutions. In additon, women in Division I colleges are over 50 percent of the student body, but receive only 32 percent of athletic recruiting dollars and 37 percent of the total money spent on athletics “Dollar amount doesn’t matter,” said McMullen. “What does is that you are funding both men and women the same as far as athletics.”

ISU currently offers a total of 12

division I athletic programs, five sports are male, seven sports are female.

McMullen said Title 9 always become one of the factors when it comes to introducing and dropping sports at universities. One of the reasons for there being less male sports than female sports is due to budgetary purposes. Another reason is due to number of bodies on specific sports teams. For instance, football is a sport that carries 90-100 male bodies, as to no other female sport even compares when it comes to the number of bodies on their teams.

As far as making sure that universities remain in compliance with the Title IX procedures, McMullen has the government, which is done in Mcmullen’s office and Angie Lansing’s office, who is the Assistant Athletic Director of Business/SWA. There are penalties for not adhering to the standards of Title 9, which could be receiving a warning notice or getting federal aid taken away from the University.

Hantzis has said that Title IX is about living in a nation of equality, though we do not have equal opportunity which is evident. There should be equal opportunity for both men and women.

“We enact gender discrimination in athletics,” said Hantzis. “There is something that is pretty profound about the gender nation of sports.”

Hantzis said Title IX’s main focus is athletic equality for both men and women, but women have actually had more opportunities in math and science than in athletics, which is also a demonstration of how Title IX has not made the right amount of progress as far as women and athletics.

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Cue Three Days Grace song: Let’s start a riot, a riot!

Thomas Hardesty Assistant sports editor

In case you’re one of the seven people in the continental U.S. who haven’t heard, the University of Kentucky’s basketball team was crowned last night as the NCAA national champions.

The Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Kansas Blue Jays in a much anticipated matchup between two number one seeds, which is a very rare occurrence in the always unpredictable March Madness tournament.

Though the game didn’t come down to one point, as so many in the tournament did, it was a very close game that lived up to all the hype. Kentucky is still a young team with its own celebrity — Anthony “Fear the Brow” Dickerson — and it walked into the Superdome soaking up all the energy from its electric student section.

This year’s National Championship game, though lacking the always-favorite underdog, was everything we hoped it would be. The problem is, after the game, the actions of the fans brought to light an ugly truth about a beautiful game: people take sports way too seriously.

After Kentucky defeated Kansas to bring home their eighth national title, 15,000 Kentucky fans rioted in the streets of Lexington. One man was shot and eventually had to have his inured foot amputated; twenty were taken to the hospital, some because of alcohol, some because of injuries from fights or from being on the wrong end of a thrown beer bottle and other objects. Fire officials say they put out more than 40 fires. A car, several mattresses, couches and a pile of garbage were

all lit up.

What’s the worst fact about this riot? It was the second one Kentucky fans pulled this season, the second in three days.

Kentucky fans also threw a riot after they beat in-state rival Louisville Saturday night to make it to the championship. Two cars were set on fire, as Kentucky fans and students cheered. The reason?

As KU student Joey Frederick told USA Today reporters “We are the best team in the nation. I think houses should burn.”

They are not the first to riot, and sadly, they probably aren’t the last.

As terrible as everything that happened in Kentucky this weekend is, it’s become almost an accepted fact that some fans won’t behave with dignity or respect.

Riots follow big-profile sports, and fans everywhere take small-time games out of perspective.

Parents yell at referees for making a questionable call at a high school football game. Coaches fall to

their knees and throw their clipboards on the ground when their fifth grade basketball team makes a mistake.

What can we do as sports fans to try and put an end to this idiotic tradition? For one, at least for now as college students, we can ensure that alcohol consumption by fans and students is monitored at games so that people don’t get shot and sober, innocent fans don’t have to walk through the moronic masses, let alone risk getting their cars tipped over.

At ISU, we can do two things: for one, we can politely ask the students in our student section who show up half-drunk, yelling nonsensical things at both student sections like “We’re Sycamores! We take sh---s on the other team!” (you know who you are). Two: we can try and be more like junior music education major Emily Morris and senior physical education major Dustin Shoaf.

When Indiana University played Kentucky in the tournament, Emily and Dustin both showed up dressed head to toe in support of their team — Emily in blue for KU, and Dustin in the cream and crimson for IU. Emily went the extra mile by taping a black strip of paper right on her forehead as a salute to the uni-browed Anthony Davis. Both were obviously passionate for their team, Emily screaming and jumping and Dustin watching his team slip away in desperate, excruciating silence.

His only movement was a fist pump when IU made a shot. Other than that, his fiancé couldn’t even coax him out of his statuesque trance. It was intense to be sure, but no one was hurt, nothing was damaged, and everyone had fun (except Dustin).

We can’t control the actions of crazy fans from across the nation or over-zealous youth league coaches, but we can be conscious of the way we carry ourselves and remember that no matter how much we care, it is still just a game.

“The reason for the riots? As UK student Joey Frederick told USA Today reporters ‘We are the best team in the nation. I think houses should burn.’”

Softball returns home for doubleheader with Butler Ernest Rollins Sports editor

The Indiana State University softball team will be back in action Wednesday when the team hosts the Butler University Bulldogs in a doubleheader.

The Sycamores will take a break from Missouri Valley Conference play to host the Bulldogs. Indiana State currently holds a 12-18 overall record, 0-9 in league play.

The Butler University Bulldogs enter the competition with an overall record of 9-21 and 3-3 in the Horizon League.

The two teams have met each other 43 times prior to Wednesday’s game. The Sycamores leads the matchups 2716 with the last victory coming in the 2008 season.

The last meeting between the two teams was in the 2011 softball season. The Sycamores travelled to Indianapolis to face the Bulldogs coming away with their fifth consecutive loss, 4-8.

The Sycamores will be looking to end a recent losing streak. The last time the Sycamores took the mound they were defeated by confernce opponent the Creighton University Bluejays in a three game series. The Bluejays

swept the Sycamores 9-0, 12-4 and 4-0.

The Bulldogs will arrive to Price Field off a win over Loyola university. The two teams met on April 1 with the Bulldogs walking away with the series win 2-1. The victory brought the Bulldogs to four wins over the last five consecutive games.

Senior Lindsey Beisser continues to lead ISU pitching and holds a 2.22 ERA through 107.1 innings pitched.

On offense the Sycamores plays small ball. The team currently leads the MVC in sacrifice bunts with 49 followed

by Southern Illinoiis University at 33. Overall, Indiana State currenlty have a total of 55 sacrifices on the season.

The Bulldogs are led in batting by junior Meaghan Sullivan. She holds a .330 and is also the team leader in hits (30), runs scored (14), doubles (10) and stolen bases (6). In pitching the Bulldogs are guided by junior Jenny Esparza with a 1.22 ERA and a 4-3 record with five complete games and has 62 strikeouts on the season.

First pitch for the doubleheader is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Price Field.

ISU softball player prepares to swing (Photo courtesy ISU Communciations and Marketing).

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Sycamores put out Flames of Illinois-Chicago

pop up from Curry ended the half inning for the Sycamores, leaving Walterhouse stranded at third.

Indiana State took advantage of two The Indiana State Sycamores baseball team Illinois Chicago errors and two hit-bydefeated the Illinois Chicago Flames, 8-7, in a pitches to tie the game in the eighth. With 12-inning game Tuesday evening in Chicago. runners on first and third, Hileman hit a With the win, the Sycamores improve their sacrifice fly ball to center field to send Lucas record to 24-6 overall while the Flames drop to home from third, regaining the lead for the 11-5 with the loss.

Sycamores and taking a 6-5 lead into the Freshman Kyle Rupe got the start for the bottom of the eighth.

Sycamores and gave up four runs on seven After a scoreless top half of the ninth for hits in 1.2 innings pitched. The ISU bullpen ISU, the Flames used three hits to score a combined to allow three runs on nine hits. run in the bottom half of the ninth and Senior Jon Hedges led the Sycamores at the send the game into extra innings. After two plate with three hits and two RBIs while junior more scoreless innings, the Sycamores used Jeremy Lucas and senior Lucas Hileman four consecutive singles from Lucas, junior recorded two hits apiece.

Robby Ort, Hedges and Hileman to tack on Indiana State struck first thanks to a leadoff two runs in the top half of the 12th to put the infield single from freshman Landon Curry pressure back on the Flames, who refused to and RBIs from Lucas and Hedges in the top go away. half of the first, giving Indiana State 2-0 head Illinois Chicago threatened, putting start. The Flames managed to score a run off runners on second and third after scoring two hits in the bottom half of the first. on an RBI double but senior Brandon Flora Rupe gave up five hits in the second, allowing was able to force back-to-back fly outs to Illinois Chicago to score three runs and take end the game and secure a one run victory a 4-2 lead before adding another in the fourth. for the Sycamores After five scoreless innings, the Sycamores Indiana State will be back in action and closed the gap in the seventh. Hedges and resume conference play Friday evening Hileman led the inning off with back-to-back when they travel to Omaha, Neb., beginning singles followed by a two-run RBI triple from a three-game weekend series at Creighton. senior Ryan Walterhouse to cut the deficit to one. Back-to-back strikeouts from junior Koby ISU baseball celebrates after team victory (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

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Sophomore Tyler Wampler takes a swing at the baseball (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).