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Amount raised during Dance Marathon sets record from previous years Katelynn Cook Reporter Raising over $200,000, State Dance Marathon attendees danced their way for 12 hours to raise money for the kids of Riley Children’s Hospital on Saturday.

Over 600 people attended the event in an effort to raise money for the patients and their families of Riley’s Children Hospital.

12 hours of dancing represented the unity of people who stood up for those who can’t.

“I think my favorite part has been getting to make better friends and making new friends and being president has helped me meet amazing people. It’s great to see the campus support and see everyone working with us,” the President of StateDM Lauren Ladow said.

There was a large selection of activities, food and music. There were live performances and a fashion show that the Riley’s kids participated in, showing off the StateDM merchandise. There was also a choreographed line dance taught by DM leaders.

“I would be on crowd committee again because you get to see

all the hype and the life for the marathon,” one StateDM leader said.

StateDM included many activities that the students were able to participate in, but in addition the students also got the chance to hear some of the Riley kids’ stories. The children, or their family members, spoke about why the kids needed Riley and how Riley has changed their lives.

“My favorite part was hearing all the kids’ Riley stories because it’s just such an inspiration hearing what they had to go through,” Ladow said.

An overflow of emotions from all participants of the event were expressed throughout the night.

There were lots of happiness and laughter, especially when people from the crowd were being hypnotized. The hypnotizer had the people who were under hypnosis doing things like acting like they were body builders “I remember that I really felt that I was showing off my muscles and that I was a good body builder,” participant of the hypnosis, Michaela Thomas said.

2018 Spring Week to begin this week Jack Gregory Reporter Today marks the start of ISU’s annual Spring Week, a weeklong event that features a number of fun activities for students to get involved with. Spring Week is the result of collaboration between several different departments and the events that are part of Spring Week are designed to help students foster a sense of pride in their school and in the organizations they’re a part of. Though that doesn’t mean students have to be part of an organization to participate.

The festivities start this week at 11 a.m. on Monday with snack and games during the Spring Week Kick Off, in the Dede Central Plaza. There is also a blood drive at 10 a.m. Later on in the evening, there will be a triathlon which will have student organization facing off against one another in a series of competitions that include running, basketball, a three-legged race, and mind games.

On Tuesday, there is another blood drive for those who were unable to donate on Monday.

On Wednesday, things really start to pick up with not only Stop and Serve at 11 a.m., but also the Spring Sing later at 7 p.m.

Stop and Serve is an amazing opportunity for everyone to get involved in a little bit of community service and it doesn’t take hardly any time. Stop by the booth in the Commons and give two minutes to help make cards for sick children, people in nursing homes, or our servicemen and women or to help make animal toys.

Then, that evening in the Hulman Center, is the Spring Sing. Watch fraternities, sororities and other student organizations be pitted against one another in a showdown of seriously stupefying singing or lip-syncing competitions.

Make sure to attend and cheer on your favorite organization.

Spring Week concludes with Thursday Night Entertainment the next day and the Tandem Race on April 14, where teams compete against one another for medals, points for their organizations, and, of course, glory. The race begins at 10 a.m. and lasts until 1 p.m. on Saturday and takes place at Rec East. This is the final event of Spring Week, so this is the last chance for any student to participate.

There are a lot of events that are going to take place over the course of this week and it’s going to be pretty hectic for all of us, but if anyone gets the chance to attend any of the activities, they should.

It’s an opportunity for anyone to show their appreciation for the variety of student organizations on campus and to show some Sycamore Pride.

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This year’s State Dance Marathon breaks record with the amount of money raised for Riley Children’s Hospital.

Spectrum presents ‘A Night Under the Stars’ Jada Holmes Reporter Setting the stage for a second chance prom opportunity Saturday, April 7, Spectrum presented their second Night Under the Stars program from 7-10 p.m. in Dede 2 and 3.

Recognized for their annual coordination of National Coming Out Day, Mister and Miss Spectrum, Day of Silence, etc. the collective successfully implemented a special safe space for identifying students to enjoy a prom experience they may have never had.

Leading programmer and Vice President, sophomore Miranda Edwards, expressed satisfaction in the attendance and intimate atmosphere of the event.

“People who didn’t attend their own prom—because they weren’t comfortable— could come and have that experience again with people who would have wanted to take action, but couldn’t in high school,” Edwards said.

Though the organization was expecting approximately 15 attendees, 20-30 individuals stepped out to partake in the festivities.

Edwards describes her involvement with Spectrum as a motivation to utilize access, as she did not have exposure to an LGBTQ club during her high school experience.

“This was one of the only clubs that I have joined, so I wanted to be as involved as I could,” Edwards said.

While she has enjoyed a positive livelihood at Indiana State thus far, her involvement in Spectrum has introduced her to others who may not have the same relation; some being victims of harassment, others bullying. This organization, however, has been an assurance of security.

Student attendees enjoyed the ringing of popular music, and expansive dance floor, refreshments, and an exciting photo designation that featured expressive props for additional use.

For former ISU transfer student, Abbie McGee, Night Under the Stars was an evening worth returning for.

“I did not get to attend last

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This year’s Spectrum show was themed A Night Under the Stars to represnt the feel of a prom night.

year, while I was a student here, but I came back for Second Chance Prom because I like doing things with Spectrum,” McGee said.

Throughout her residence at Indiana State, McGee enjoyed Spectrum as one of her “favorite” organizations to take part in. Attending weekly meetings and participating in event committees increased the connectivity that she sustains, even after having transferred back to IUPUI.

“Spectrum made me meet more people,” McGee said. “I think it connected me a lot with people who have gone through the same experiences as me within the LGBTQ community.”

Although McGee expected the standard implementation of the Americanized prom experience, she appreciated the relaxed environment.

Spectrum welcomes identifying students to express their interest or curiosity in joining

the organization, understanding that many may not be involved on campus just yet.

“If you are nervous about coming to a meeting at first, just reach out on social media,” Edwards stated. “Coming to the meetings could be a bit ‘outing,’ because you’re at a club, and people might assume. You can get any concerns comforted by reaching

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“All Things Considered” host was Marker dedicated at WISU last week to promote to ‘Little Syria on the Wabash’ “Eva” documentary “All Things Considered” host Matt Pelsor of WFYI returned to his roots with live broadcasts from WISU from April 2-5 to promote the Eva Kor documentary “Eva.” The documentary will be shown at 7 p.m. on April 14 in Tilson Auditorium.

“We decided to do this as a way to promote the world premiere of our Eva documentary. We didn’t want to just come here, we also wanted to talk with people in the community who are also working to effect positive change similar to the way Eva does,” Pelsor said.

Pelsor interviewed people striving to make a difference in the community during the last week of March, and played the clips on WFYI of Indianapolis. He hosted the show from Terre Haute.

The show is aired locally on WISU 89.7 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

It wasn’t the first time being at Indiana State for Pelsor. He was here 18 years ago as a Summer Honors student. His

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Matt Pelsor promotes Eva Kor documentary.

mother signed him up for a TV and radio program because of his interest in radio.

“I had such a wonderful time those two weeks when I was here. I came in here and hung out in this very studio,” Pelsor said.

“All this week while I’m here I am playing those interviews on air amid ‘All Things Considered’,” Pelsor said. “Last week recording the interviews and this week editing them and

being here I think has been some of the most important work of my career.”

Kor is a Holocaust survivor and was a Mengele Twin while at Auschwitz.

The 84-year-old has gone through a long journey of learning the power of forgiveness.

“You can hear about the gas chambers and extermination and the final solution and it all resonates and it’s all powerful, but hers is a personal story

and hers is one of real pain and real terror, but it is also one of the triumph of sheer will,” Pelsor said.

The documentary seeks to show Kor’s story in a new light. It presents her path to forgiveness and how she found forgiveness within herself.

It was produced by WFYI Public Media with the help of filmmaker Ted Green and co-producer Mika Brown.

“I’ve been really busy this week, but it’s been the best kind of busy. I’ve gotten to meet and talk to a bunch of wonderful people. I’m so glad that WFYI simulcasts here,” Pelsor said.

The premiere was held in Indianapolis on April 5.

Tickets for the Tilson Auditorium show are available online and a link can be found on the Candles Holocaust Museum’s website.

An excerpt of a previously recorded interview with Kor will air on “All Things Wabash Valley” at 8 p.m. Wednesday on WISU 89.7.

Bike share program launch to headline State’s Earth Day festivities April 18

Indiana State University will launch a stationless bike share program as part of campus’ annual Earth Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 18 on the quad.

The Office of Sustainability - formally known as The Institute for Community Sustainability -- is working with Spin to provide the stationless bike share program for campus.

There will be 100 orange bikes available on campus for people who download the app on their phone, which allows people to unlock the bikes. Professionals from SPIN will be on-hand to answer questions and show how to download the app and unlock the bikes.

The bikes will be free for rent on April 18 and will cost 50 cents per 30 minutes of use after April 18.

“It will be really beneficial program for students, especially if they’re running late to class or looking to go to the grocery store to pick things up,” said Nick McCreary, coordinator for the Office of Sustainability. “It will be a cheaper and more sustainable means of getting around than driving.”

The Earth Day celebration will also welcome around 30 to 40 vendors from the community and the university to show off sustainable practices and products. Sodexo will cater lunch in the afternoon and Indiana State President Deborah Curtis will present Sustainability Awards. The Tree Campus award will also be presented to Stephanie Krull, landscape and grounds manager for Indiana State.

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Bike share program launches April 18 to celebrate earth day

The Fashion Merchandising Association will operate its Sycamore Closet Thrift Shop on the quad for a second year. McCreary said plans are in the works for the Office of Sustainability and the association to create a year-round thrift shop that would give students an opportunity to purchase reused clothes and other items at a cheaper cost without having to leave campus.

The student organizations, Green Greeks and Operation New Earth, will be involved in unique projects to turn what is typical deemed as trash into usable products and a waste barrel decorating contest where

Greek organizations will be asked to turn 55-gallon tubs into a recycle bin that the groups can take back to their organizations and use after the Earth Day celebration.

“I want to get (the Office of Sustainability) out there in students’ minds and help them to see that sustainability is core value of Indiana State,” McCreary said. “Hopefully people will take the time to come out, see what there is to offer in the way of information on sustainability in their lives and just come enjoy the outdoors.”

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Indiana State University will honor the achievements and contributions of the Christian Syrian community in Terre Haute with a historical marker dedication on April 19.

The “Little Syria on the Wabash” marker will be awarded by the Indiana Historical Marker Program administered by the Indiana Historical Bureau.

The dedication’s official sponsor is St. George Orthodox Church in Terre Haute with support from Indiana State.

“In the early 1900s, people from the eastern Mediterranean and eastern Europe - Romanians, Greeks, Italians, Syrians and others -- began to flock into Terre Haute because of the opportunities for work in a booming city,” said Robert Hunter, Indiana State professor emeritus of history.

“The Syrians are only a part of a larger story of immigrant success in industrial America.”

Arabic-speaking Christian Syrians peddled goods to Hoosier farmers, and some became grocers.

In the early 20th century, they established a community in Terre Haute north of Wabash Avenue on Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth streets on property mostly owned today by Indiana State.

“We were very excited to get the application for this marker commemorating the Syrian immigrant community in Terre Haute,” said Casey Pfeiffer, historical marker program director for the Indiana Historical Bureau. “The marker tells an important story about Syrian immigrants who arrived in Indiana in the early 1900s and notes their contributions at the local, state and national level.”

The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at the ISU Foundation office, located at 30 N. 5th St. Parking will be available behind the building. At noon, Indiana State President Deborah Curtis will unveil the marker at a site in the northwest corner of Cherry and Fifth streets, across from the ISU Foundation.

In July 2016, Hunter published an article on the founders of Terre Haute’s Syrian community in the journal of the Indiana Historical Association. He later received an email from the director of the Indiana Historical Bureau’s Historical Marker program asking if the Syrians would like to apply for a marker to honor their achievements and contributions.

Hunter garnered approval and support from

members of St. George Orthodox Church to apply for a marker, which included 10 letters from Syrian Americans in Terre Haute and others who supported the request.

“My field is Middle East history, and I have lived for seven years in various countries in the Arab World,” he said. “When I came to ISU in 1999, I came as chairperson of the history department. Someone told me about the Syrian community here, but I didn’t get involved until I met Rev. Louis Corey, who said that no written history of the community existed. In 2010, I began interviewing local Syrian Americans to obtain their stories and memories and family documents pertaining to their history, and I have accumulated a lot of information and learned a great deal from the interviews.”

The first official documented Syrian arrived in Terre Haute in 1904, and, by 1927, Syrians founded St. George Orthodox Church on North Fifth Street as their hub. Many of their children attended Indiana State’s lab school and, later, Indiana State.

Children and grandchildren of the immigrants immersed themselves in the community. Many remained in the grocery business, while others became professionals, civic officials and businesspeople and shared their culture through ethnic festivals and cafés.

There are more than 600 historical markers throughout the state.

Overseen by the Indiana Historical Bureau, the marker program accepts applications each year from the public for new marker topics that must demonstrate statewide and/or national significance and be supported with primary source documentation.

The Indiana Historical Bureau also considers markers for topics that coincide with notable anniversaries in the dedication year, topics in counties with few standing state historical markers and topics related to underrepresented, minority and ethnic groups in Indiana history - although these are not mandatory factors for those submitting applications.

Indiana Historical Bureau staff review applications and submit recommendations to the Indiana Library and Historical Board, which approves applications in August.

Report links UC Riverside chancellor to Michigan State sexual assault scandal Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times (TNS) University of California, Riverside Chancellor Kim Wilcox, while serving as Michigan State University provost in 2010, allowed a dean accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women to continue in his post, The Detroit News reported.

William Strampel, then dean of MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, was arrested this week on charges of harassing, propositioning, sexually assaulting and soliciting pornographic videos of female students.

The arrest came as part of a broader probe into MSU’s handling of com-

plaints against former sports doctor Larry Nassar, whom Strampel supervised. Nassar was sentenced in January to up to 175 years in prison after more than 150 girls and young women — some of them Olympic gymnasts — testified he sexually assaulted them under the guise of medical treatment over two decades.

Wilcox told the Los Angeles Times in January that he did not know about Nassar’s behavior while he served as MSU provost from 2005 to 2013.

But The Detroit News reported this week that Wilcox did know that multiple people had complained that Strampel repeatedly made crude comments about women’s

bodies, ogled their breasts and boasted about his sexual conquests. The complaints were made during Strampel’s 2010 performance review.

Nonetheless, according to a letter in the dean’s personnel file, Wilcox wrote he would allow Strampel to continue as dean.

“Our several discussions over the past several months have reinforced my commitment and that of Dean Strampel to advancing the goals of the College within the broad mission of Michigan State University,” Wilcox wrote.

Wilcox was traveling Wednesday and did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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People march along Grand River in East Lansing on Friday, January 26, on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing while speaking out against sexual assault following the Larry Nassar case.

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The safety, awareness, and advocacy of the LGBTQ community has proven to be a priority to the collective overall.

Spectrum is an equality-motivated organization dedicated to the uniting of gender and sexual minorities and allies at Indiana State University. Working for the comfortability and inclusiveness of evolved, unconventional, dynamic, and underrepresented communities, Spectrum strives to continuously develop acceptance for all, despite their identities.

Students who would like to become more involved with the Spectrum organization should look forward to weekly meetings, held on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Room 321 of HMSU.

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Students that participated in The State Dance Marathon danced for 12 hours to raise awareness and funds for the children of Riley’s Children Hospital.

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Lilly Harcole and Paul Marvell pose at the State DM.

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The annual Indian Global Night brought in a huge crowd to learn about the Indian culture.

Indian Global Night

Food and entertainment captivate the audience Alexandria Truby Reporter

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A black sari featured in the Indian Global Night event, typically worn for special occasions.

To showcause Indian culture, authentic Indiana cuisine and activities for everyone, the Indian Student Union and Center for Global Engagement held the annual Indian Global Night on Saturday April 7 in Landini Auditorium.

The master of ceremonies for the event, Aditi Kulkarni, explained the theme ‘Avishkar’ to mean “an invention or discovery. This event is a discovery of Indian tradition with a modern twist.”

People of all ages filled the event from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event was posted as ‘sold out’ as cultural events at Indiana State continues to gain popularity and spread diversity on campus.

The night began with a meal served outside of the Landini Auditorium where people lined up and went to tents for authentic Indian entrées, sides and drinks.

Many noted that it was far too cold for their liking but that the food was worth the wait.

After people were done eating, everyone went to the auditorium to watch the performances.

Every seat was filled and many stood along the wall in the back to watch performances put up by the students of the Indian Student Union.

Dr. Chris McGrew, Director of the Center of Global Engagement took the stage. He emphasized the word ‘fusion’ because he notes this culture as having a “mix of tradition, spice, spirituality, language, pride, color, and intelligence.”

He thanked the students and credited them for taking the time to host the event and how it serves as an “invite to you- the Terre Haute community- tonight to India, tomorrow China, and so on.”

Pamela Tabor, International Student advisor, took the stage next to thank the students and

spoke how proud she is of them and their selflessness.

“They come from countries far away, are getting advanced degrees, and they’re still teaching us tonight,” Tabor said.

Next was a piece of classical music with a harmonium, which the performer said is like an accordion, but is a reed instrument with piano keys. The other instrument on stage was a set of drums played by fingers. These drums were mostly wood, clay and aluminum and have a lambskin cover.

The event then finished with a fashion show or stage walk ‘walk of India’ of traditional wear. The garments were colorful and detailed. Even a black sari was shown, which is worn for special occasions.

“Like I said, if you don’t get to know these people then you just believe what you hear from the media and stereotypes and there

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Traditional wear that was showcased at the Indian Global Night event.

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Peter Rudolf, Jozsef Szarvas and Agi Szirtes in 1945.

‘1945’ is a lean, unadorned parable about guilt and the nature and consequences of evil Kenneth Turan

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The premise is simple but compelling: Two strangers get off a train in a small town and nothing is ever the same again.

It could be the premise for a classic western set in Tombstone or Dodge, but the town is in rural Hungary, the two men are Orthodox Jews and the year, as the title indicates, is “1945.”

A Hungarian feature coming just a few years after that country won the foreign language Oscar for the Auschwitz-themed “Son of Saul,” “1945” is a very different but equally compelling film. Strongly directed

by Ferenc Török from a script he cowrote with Gábor T. Szántó, this is a lean, unadorned parable about guilt and the nature and consequences of evil.

Photographed in luminous, high-contrast black and white by Elemér Ragályi and driven by Tibor Szemzö’s unnerving score, “1945” is a quietly furious film that puts a particular time and place under a microscope, revealing hidden fault lines and differences that had been papered over.

Taking place over several hours on a single hot August afternoon, just a few months past V-E Day, “1945” presents a world that is trying to get back to normal even as it senses that normal will be harder to achieve than it hopes.

István Szentes (Péter Rudolf), the town notary and owner of a prosperous pharmacy, is introduced shaving for what he hopes will be a wonderful day. His unassuming son Árpád (Bence Tasnádi) is set to marry a local beauty, Kisrózsi (Dóra Sztarenki), and if he can keep his substance-abusing wife, Anna (Ezter Nagy-Kálózy), under

control, István is looking forward to a respite from his troubles, which he has a lot of.

For though the war is over, victorious Russian troops show no signs of leaving.

Some returning Hungarian soldiers, like the muscular malcontent Jansci (Tamás Szabó Kimmel), formerly engaged to Kisrózsi, are happy about that, while others in the town worry what that will mean.

But then the train, belching black smoke like some malignant presence, arrives, and those two serious, unsmiling Jews, father Hermann Sámuel (Iván Angelusz) and his son walk out onto the platform, creating a major disturbance in the field by their very presence.

Arriving with a large, mysterious trunk, they arrange to have it taken into town by cart but insist on walking alongside it, leaving plenty of time for the worried stationmaster to speed into town and spread the news.

Like characters in some kind of slow-motion horror film, the townspeople share the terrifying word: “Jews have arrived,” “Jews are in the village” or the blunt “They’re back.” Questions of what happened during the war, what was done to make everyone feel this way, are artfully raised and gradually answered.

One of the factors that makes “1945” especially involving is that the arrival of the Jews is so disturbing that it stirs up conflicts, tensions and animosities that have little to do with the newcomers or what happened during the just-concluded war.

Simple, powerful, made with conviction and skill, “1945” proceeds as inexorably as Sámuel and his son on their long walk into town. It’s a potent messenger about a time that is gone but whose issues and difficulties are not even close to being past.

Xpressions of Colour put up an event on Thursday in collaboration with Fullowt Dance Crew. Special guest performances from Team Speak, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc and Precision’s Step Team also attended the event. The show included games contests and prizes for the attendees.

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indianastatesman.com IGN FROM PAGE 4 are a lot of lies out there. Once you teach and learn, you can see past all the differences and see just how similar you are for yourself,” Issam Faouz, a Moroccan PhD student at ISU said.

Faouz explained that he is originally from Morocco and that when he first arrived here, he was homesick.

“It just took a lot of time. I made Moroccan friends and in-

Monday, April 9, 2018 • Page 5 ternational friends then American friends. The secret is having friends. There is no home in the world. Where your friends and family are is where home is,” he said.

Suram said that the event was trimmed down compared to previous years so that it could be made more educational rather than just performances.

“This is such an educative opportunity. These students are in the middle of their last semester

of the year and they still take the time to put this on. I have a lot of international students in my classes so I just love them. They bring a richness to Terre Haute and share their cultures with us.

They all support each other like a family and share their stories in a gorgeous way. Terre Haute is a transformation motor and it won’t be the same in ten years. I really credit the Center for Global Engagement for that,” Duarte said.

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Dear Cat People Emma Osowski Columnist

They say dogs are man’s best friends. I consider that to be 100 percent true.

They are loyal, they love deeper than some people and they forgive even when they shouldn’t. Honestly, humans could take a lesson from dogs.

There’s no similar saying for cats, at least none that come to mind. What does come to mind is the fact that the cat in the original Cinderella movie was name Lucifer – the cat was literally named after the devil. And while I am a dog person and personally am incapable of trusting cats, I must acknowledge the very real divide between cat and dog lovers.

I was talking to a friend one day, who is team feline, and she brought up a very valid point. She said, “Cat people don’t hate dogs, but all dog people

hate cats.” As much as I wanted to argue her point, I couldn’t, because it is very, very true. From what I’ve experienced, people who love cats don’t feel this need to convince dog people to switch sides or cave in on their opinions, but we dog people do. We just can’t believe or understand how someone couldn’t like dogs, so we create this plan to try and persuade them. The only reason I can come up with as to why this is is because we too are loyal like our furry companions.

I will say this, however: the real winners are those who love both cats and dogs. I truly wish I were one of those people.

I wish I could be around a cat and not flinch at their sudden moves or be able to pet them without thinking something in their head will switch, leading them to attack me.

My theory is that if you’re strictly a dog person – meaning a dog lover who tries to unsuccessfully persuade the cat people to our side – then it’s most likely because you have bad history with cats. I had a cat growing up named Sadie, who we nicknamed Satan by the time we got rid of

her. She attacked me and my mom within a week.

Their claws are sharp and come out when you least expect it. Their teeth hurt just as much when they bite you, and you never know if their tail is wagging because they’re happy or ticked off. When you look into a cat’s eyes, you don’t see anything. But when you look into a dog’s eyes, you can see every emotion they feel. Here I am again trying to justify and persuade people to my side.

I just really don’t get cats; people say they’re great because they’re so independent. They don’t need you, except to feed them. My thing is, if I’m getting a pet, I’m going to need one who’s real needy just like me. I’m not going to get a cat just for it to not like being around me or not want to cuddle with me, but instead mooch off me for food.

There’s only one instance that I can think of where I have been able to not hate cats, and that’s when they’re on the television screen. When I see other people liking them, and they’re not in an arm’s reach of me, looking like they’re ready to pounce. I

can handle them then.

However, even though cats are not my cup of tea, I’m not heartless. When Sarah McLachlan’s animal commercial comes on, let’s be real, we all know I can’t watch that. Yes, mainly for the dogs, but for the cats too. I remember when I was little, and I would watch “Animal Cops” whenever it was on, and I would tear up for the mistreated cats too. Of course, it was before my incident with the cat from Hell, but I emotionally cared for them. I still do care for them and their wellbeing, just from far away with some distance between us. The only good thing I can think of when it comes to cats is that they don’t drool.

So, I guess what I’m trying to say is that, cats aren’t monsters. I understand they’re not fully 100 percent horrible, they’re just a little intimidating and untrustworthy. I also want to apologize to cat lovers in advance and on behalf of the dog lover population for their future attempts to bring you to our side.

Please forgive them, but just know you’re more than welcome to consider the invitation.

Explanations of the Donald Trump phenomenon often start with conservatives versus liberals, the rural-urban split, or perhaps race and immigration. Those all play a role, but the accumulation of evidence is validating a hypothesis from New York Times columnist Ross Douthat: a big and very fundamental split in American electoral politics today is between different understandings of sex and gender relations.

I am struck by a recent poll by the Pew Research Center. Millennial women, defined as the group born between 1981 and 1996, favor Democrats by an extraordinarily large 47 percentage points. Millennial men also lean Democratic, but the gap is much smaller, only 8 percentage points. Because the Democratic Party has not had huge national triumphs as of late, the obvious inference is that the Republican Party is doing something to turn off those millennial women.

I view the national-level Republican Party, at least in its current incarnation, as putting forward a vision of strong sexual dimorphism. That is, the underlying presumption is that men and women are very different, and there’s a belief that in terms of norms, behavior and the law, men and women should be very different.

The symbols emanating from the White House reflect this vision. The Trump cabinet and advisory teams have been well-stocked with traditional white men in business suits. There doesn’t appear to have been much deliberate attempt to pursue gender balance.

Trump’s manner projects an older American vision of masculinity; he even married a fashion model.

His broader patterns of behavior with women are well-known, and very far away from being gender egalitarian.

This framework also explains why Trump has stuck with his (now slightly eased) transgender ban in the military. It would have been easy enough to let this announced policy slip away into oblivion, given how much else is going on, but the idea of reaffirming traditional male-female gender distinctions, and punishing those who challenge them, has a natural appeal within his worldview.

In short, the Trump administration is projecting a symbolic and rhetorical vision of an earlier America where people fit into traditional gender roles.

It is no surprise that millennial women, who have unparalleled opportunities for education and autonomy, are mostly responding negatively. Older white men, of course, are much more likely to be Trump supporters.

In a recent symposium, the Weekly Standard correspondent Christopher Caldwell suggested that “The Democrats have become the party of sexual morality.” That’s insightful, but I don’t think it is quite the right description either. Those on the left are more likely to criticize the sexual behavior of powerful white men, as seen in the #MeToo movement.

But when it comes to moralizing about the behavior of single mothers, or discussing the social costs of the large numbers of births out of wedlock, it is still conservatives who are taking the lead. The debate on abortion plays out a similar logic, where the value of autonomy for women is opposed by an alternative vision of responsible motherhood and the

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Bumps appear on Democrats’ road to midterm glory Albert R. Hunt Bloomberg View (TNS) Democrats, confident about their prospects for winning control of the House of Representatives in November, are warily eyeing a few speed bumps that could deliver some unexpected jolts.

In Connecticut, incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Esty said this week that she wouldn’t run for reelection after acknowledging that she was too slow to fire a top aide who had assaulted a female staffer.

Her retirement turns a safe Democratic House seat into a potentially competitive one.

In California, Democrats face the possibility that several seats could be lost due to a peculiar combination of their own enthusiasm and the state’s unusual nonpartisan primary system. That’s because the two top finishers in all of California’s June 5 primaries will qualify for the general election, irrespective of party.

Democrats worry that an abundance of candidates could split their voters and en-

able two Republicans to slip into the final round.

A lot depends on whether the election results ride on a modest national tide or a giant wave. If a flood of Democratic voters animated by hostility to President Donald Trump turns the midterm contest into a wave election comparable to those of 2006, when Democrats took both houses of Congress, or 2010, when Republicans did the same, Democrats are likely to pick up 40 House seats or more.

That’s well above the two dozen they need for control. But if it’s a normal tide for an off-year election, the gains are likely to be more in the 15-to-25 range.

The wave appeared more likely to crash this week after a Democrat decisively won a Wisconsin State Supreme Court election in a race that attracted attention and resources from national politicians and interest groups. That result followed big Democratic victories in the past year in Virginia, New Jersey, Alabama, Florida, Pennsylvania and elsewhere in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a Republican, warned Wednesday that there’s “a risk of a blue wave in Wisconsin.” If he’s right, a national wave of energized Democratic voters would probably swamp challenges to the party’s prospects posed by local problems like Esty’s retirement. But there’s no guarantee that such a wave will materialize, which keeps party strategists awake at night.

Esty, a three-term lawmaker, initially insisted that she would not resign after reports surfaced about her mishandling of the abuse case. Under pressure from Democrats in Connecticut and Washington she relented this week. Her district has been represented by a Democrat for 12 years, but it’s not a Democratic lock; Hillary Clinton carried it over Trump with just 52 percent of the vote and before 2006 much of it was held for decades by a Republican.

Democrats also suffered a possible setback this week in a southwestern Iowa district they have targeted, when the strongest contender didn’t qualify for the

June 5 primary ballot.

The biggest Democratic challenge involves California, where the party thinks it can win House races in as many as seven Republican-held districts, most of which Clinton carried in 2016.

But the state’s nonpartisan primary system complicates those prospects. In the Southern California district held by retiring Republican Representative Darrell Issa, Democratic aspirants include the man who almost defeated him last time, another candidate who was an early front-runner and two wealthy hopefuls with little experience but lots of money to spend in an expensive media market.

There are more Republican candidates, but they include local elected officials with track records of attracting votes. It’s not much of a reach to imagine two Republican finalists with only a combined third of the vote.

There’s a similar worry in the Orange County district of incumbent Republican

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indianastatesman.com GENDER FROM PAGE 6 sanctity of the family and the fetus.

The centrality of gender to current American politics surfaces even when the topic is race. A recent study by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie R. Jones and Sonya R. Porter considers the mobility prospects of black Americans, including those from well-off families. The most striking result is that black daughters from well-todo families do fine, but the sons do not. In other words, our race failings are gender failings too.

Looking at gender also helps explain why at least some aspects of American politics seem to have become more polarized, with no apparent end in sight.

Women have a higher level of education and influence than ever before, and that gives them a greater voice in politics. It has also created a backlash among many men. All of a sudden there is a new clash of visions that had previously been suppressed. You’ll

MIDTERM FROM PAGE 6 Dana Rohrabacher, who is so controversial that he’s being challenged by a former chair of his own county party and a Republican state legislator. Democrats say they have a couple of candidates who could defeat Rohrabacher in a oneon-one contest, but are less confident about the mathematics of a multi-candi-

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find similar clashes around the world, even in Norway.

One implication is that a lot of recently arrived immigrants may find themselves less opposed to the Republican Party than many Democratic strategists had been expecting.

Not all of those individuals will have the gender egalitarian sympathies of the well-educated women who were born and grew up in the U.S. So how will this turn out? There is a tendency on the progressive left to think that enlightenment eventually arrives, and that egalitarian visions will outcompete the attempts to ramp up gender dimorphism. I’m not so sure. I’m struck by recent research that in wealthier economies men and women tend to show greater personality differences, and that women are less likely to pursue STEM degrees. If we wished to give this story a Shakespearean close, it could be said that politics and sex are two topics that usually surprise us. date race.

Democrats recently helped their cause in another potentially problematic Orange County district. There, a couple of Democratic candidates dropped out under party pressure and there now seems to be a clearer path for a top Democrat to make the runoff for a seat now held by retiring Republican Representative Ed Royce.

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It was a career day in the 1500-meter run for Taylor Austin. Overall she finished second, but she earned a new career-best time of 4:26.69 which would have been a meet and facility record had Western Michigan’s Sarah Anderson not edged her out by just .26. Austin now leads the conference in the event and is 46th in the East.

The women’s hurdlers had a strong day as well, with three top-four finishes. Patrycja Dziekonska was the top finisher for the women, taking second

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A trio of Sycamores claimed second, third and fourth in the women’s 100-meter dash. Oschtisha Jackson led the way with a time of 24.60, which pushes her to second in the conference. DeAndra Greer was close behind at 24.83 and Shana Cooper finished in third at 25.15.

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The Sycamore throwers continued their stellar season on Saturday, starting with Erin Reese in the discus throw. Reese won the event with a throw of 50.49m (165-08), but her mark of 53.98m (177-01) still leads the conference, is sixth in the East and 18th in the country.

In the shot put, Cassaundra Roper put on a strong performance, winning the event at 14.77m (48-05.50) and she still sits in first in the conference with her mark of 15.17m

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Reese finished in second with a mark of 14.02m (46-00.00).

Much like the men, the Sycamore women had a productive day in the pole vault. Kim Jackson finished highest for the women, taking home second place with a vault of 3.35m (10-11.75). Emily Brady and Hanna Atwood tied for fourth overall, also at 3.35m (10-11.75).

Caitlyn Redmon also claimed a runner-up finish for ISU, taking second in the long jump at 5.61m (18-05.00). In the triple jump, Tasjia Thomas was the runner-up with a mark of 11.60m (38-00.75).

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Sycamores go 1-2 in triple header weekend Jay Adkins Reporter

The Indiana State University Sycamores Baseball team traveled to compete against the rival Bradley University Braves three times this weekend in a triple header. The Sycamores came into the weekend with a 15-8 record and a break after their game against the Eastern Illinois University Panthers was cancelled. The Braves came into the weekend with an eerily similar record of 15-7.

On Friday, The first game of the series started out slowly in cold temperatures. Neither team scored until the fourth inning, when Bradley’s Luke Mangieri ran from second base to home plate on an infield single from teammate Brendan Dougherty.

After a scoreless fifth inning, the Braves added to their score in the sixth when Bradley scored three runs after a hit-by-pitch and a pair of singles. The Sycamores would finally score in the eighth after singles from junior outfielder Luke Fegen and sophomore catcher Max Wright. Fegen would put the Sycamores on the board after a hit from junior infielder Jake Means.

Strikeouts ended the Sycamores comeback in the inning and the Braves came right back with 2 scoring

C.J. Huntlley (21), scored 5 points in the second inning after RBI groundout.

runs after back-to-back hits from Dan Bolt and Keaton Rice. Junior outfielder CJ Huntley ignited the Sycamores with a triple in the ninth inning.

Redshirt junior infielder/ outfielder Dane Tofteland would also triple in the inning, allowing Huntley to score. Indiana State would score again after a RBI groundout from junior outfielder Roberto Enriquez, but it was too little too late as the Braves would go on to win the

first game of the weekend with a final score of 6-3.

The Sycamores would not repeat that performance in the second game on Saturday. After a scoreless first inning, Indiana State exploded for 5 scores in the second inning after an RBI groundout from CJ Huntley, an RBI single from redshirt sophomore outfielder Brandt Nowaskie, and a threerun homer from redshirt senior Dane Giesler. The scoring explosion continued for the Sycamores af-

ter a two-run RBI double from CJ Huntley brought to the score up to 7-0.

Huntley and junior outfielder Chris Ayers would score once each in the seventh and eighth innings to finish off Bradley for the day. Bradley didn’t score until the fourth inning, when Andy Shadid had an RBI groundout. Bradley would score two more times in the seventh off a couple of doubles, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the scoring bonanza by the Sycamores. The

ISU Spring invitational set for Sunday & Monday at Country Club of Terre Haute The Indiana State Sycamores are prepared to host their lone tournament of the year when a ten-team field descends on The Country Club of Terre Haute on Sunday and Monday, April 8-9.

Admission to both days of the tournament is free as the event unfolds over the par-72, 6,041-yard layout on the south side of Terre Haute.

Indiana State will welcome Dayton, Evansville, Northern Iowa, Loyola, William Woods, Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois, Green Bay and Fort Wayne for the two-day, 36-hole tournament. As of Friday, the tournament is slated to begin with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. (ET) on Sunday and then a 10 a.m. (ET) beginning on Monday.

Live Scoring for the event will be on GoSycamores. com and GolfStat.com.

The Sycamores are coming off a tremendous effort in adverse conditions last week at the WG Fort Wayne Spring Classic when they posted a spectacular opening round of 292 -- the second-best single round in the history of the program. It is only topped a second round score of 287 which came at the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Championship. The 292 is the lowest ever in the first round of a tournament by the Sycamores. ISU came back with a round of 298 in the afternoon, which is tied for the 10th-best round in the history of the program.

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Sierra Hargins had the score of 141 in winning the Butler Fall Invitational in a three-way, four-person playoff.

The total score of 590 is the best in the history of the program for a two-round event topping the previous school record of 599 set during the Fall of 2017 at the Butler Fall Invitational. ISU’s 590 was good enough for second place.

Thilda Staubo comes into the tournament as the reigning Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Golfer Of The Week. Staubo recorded a 70 on the first trip around the course in Fort Wayne and came back with a 71 in the afternoon for a score of 141 and a spot in third place.

Staubo’s opening round of 70 is tied for the sixth-best round ever by a Sycamore.

Her 141 in the two rounds of the tournament is tied for the best this year by the Sycamore as Sierra Hargens had the same scores in winning the Butler Fall Invitational in a three-way, four-person playoff. That score of 141 is tied for the Indiana State program record.v This is a key weekend for the Sycamores in their final tune-up for next week’s Missouri Valley Conference Championship set for April 15-17 in Newton, Kan. ISU is currently ranked No. 5 in the league with a 309.72 stroke average through eight tournaments and 18 rounds of play. Staubo ranks eighth

in the league with a 76.39 stroke average while Sierra Hargens and Sophie Benetti are tied for 14th with a 77.44 mark. Alex Jennings moved up to No. 36 in the league rankings with an 80.77 mark after recording a pair of 75’s last week in Fort Wayne. Dawn Turner averages a mark of 81.69 through 13 rounds of play this year.

This will be the fifth time the Sycamores have hosted the ISU Spring Invitational. ISU has won the team title in each of the previous four outings in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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Sycamores would win the battle by a score of 9-3 and momentum going into the final game on Sunday.

Bradley started off the third game with two scores

by Andrew Ivelia and Derek Bangert after a single by Andy Shadid. The Sycamores answered right back in the second inning with two scores of their own after a homer to left field by Jake Means and a scoring run by Luke Fegen to even the score at 2-2. The Braves would score again in the second after Keaton Rice

grounded out and Eli Rawlinson scored. The Sycamores would score twice in the third after Chris Ayers tripled to right center, allowing CJ Huntley and junior infielder Jarrod Watkins to score. Indiana State would score again in the third after Luke Fegen grounded out to third base, allowing Chris Ayers to score and bringing the score to 5-3 heading into fourth. After a scoreless fourth inning, Bradley’s Luke Shadid would score in the fifth after an Andrew Ivelia hit to centerfield. Brandt Nowaskie would bring the Sycamores lead to two after a scoring run in the seventh inning. The Braves would even the score at 6-6 in the eighth after Dan Bolt and Jean-Francois-Garon both scored after a Luke Mangieri single to right field. The Braves would finish the game off in the eighth after Luke Shadid scored on an Andrew Ivelia hit to centerfield.

The Sycamores would come out of the weekend winning one of the three games against Bradley and dropping their record to 16-10, while the Braves move to 17-8 on the season.

The Sycamores will get a chance to redeem themselves in a rematch against the Indiana University Hoosiers in Bloomington this Tuesday at 6:05 PM.

Sycamore women victorious, men second at conclusion of Gibson Invite Andrew Hile

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The Indiana State women’s track and field team claimed victory and the men finished second on a sunny Saturday at the Gibson Invitational.

The women put on a dominant performance, scoring 263 points and overtaking Western Michigan (263), UNI (145), Milwaukee (54.5), Bradley (40), Valparaiso (26) and IUPUI (0). The men fell to UNI by a score of 229.5205, but defeated Milwaukee (50), Valparaiso (43.5) and Bradley (40).

“I think the meet was kind of like two different meets,” head coach Angela Martin said. “The women had a tremendous meet and won by about 100 points. It was really good; they showed up and were tough in a bunch of events.

The men were second, but Northern Iowa is a really good team, their sprinters showed up, their throwers are very good, although we snuck some points in there on them. We were about 25 points behind them, so hopefully during these next couple weeks we can get those points back.”

Jaime Murtagh was feeling good in the men’s high jump for Indiana State, as he put on an impressive performance that resulted in the first win of the day.

Murtagh ended up clearing a height of 2.18m (701.75), which is fourth in school history and ninth all-time in Irish outdoor history. He now leads the conference, sixth in the NCAA East Region and 10th in the nation.

Elsewhere in the field, freshman Myles Aldridge earned a victory in the long jump with a mark of 6.97m (22-10.50) and Scott Schreiber finished right behind him in second at 6.85m (22-05.75).

Schreiber and Aldridge still sit in first and second in the MVC with their marks of 7.03m (23-00.75) and 6.98m (22-11.00) from Ole Miss.

Dearis Herron jumped well in the triple jump, tak-

ing second with a jump of 14.03m (46-00.50) and his teammate, Gino Brown, placed third at 13.90m (45-07.25). Herron still owns the third-best mark in the Missouri Valley at 14.28m (46-10.25) from Ole Miss.

It was a big day for the Sycamore pole vaulters at the Gibson Invite, with Trey Kennedy taking home the victory with a height of 4.85m (15-11.00), just .03m away from his lifetime-best. Riley Smith finished in second with a mark of 4.70m (15-05.00), and now he and Kennedy are second and third in the conference.

On the track for the men, Daley Carter, Akis Medrano and Seth Cousins led the way. In the 110-meter hurdles, Carter claimed the title, crossing the line at 14.21, which still sits in first in the Valley and is 31st in the East Region.

Medrano made an appearance in the 1500-meter run on Saturday, racing across the finish line in first with a time of 3:53.60, holding off Alex Cotter of Milwaukee by one second.

In the conference, he now sits in eighth.

It was a fast start in the 3000-meter steeplechase, with Seth Cousins leading the entire race and winning the event with a time of 9:21.73. He now has the fourth overall time in the conference.

The Sycamore women also found success on the track, starting with 4X100-meter relay. The team made up of Shana Cooper, DeAndra Greer, Oschtisha Jackson and Faith Lindsey earned the win with a time of 47.08.

Later on in the day, DeAndra Greer took off in the 100-meter dash and never looked back, winning the event with a time of 11.91. Her time is now fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In the last event on the track, the women’s 4X400-meter relay team of Oschtisha Jackson, Re-

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