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Student-produced play to address sexual assault April 1-2 When given the chance to do important and challenging work, junior Maverick Schmit couldn’t be more grateful Indiana State University’s theater department didn’t back down.

That’s not only because it will provide for his classmates thought-provoking work about the aftermath for sexual assault survivors, but also because the theater major from Danville, Ill., hopes the play will help jostle the audience into a serious discussion on the topic.

“It’s a really dark and sinister play that I’ve been formulating for about two years,” Schmit said. “I had wanted to get into a story that was about displaying the psychology of a broken character, but I hadn’t thought much more about it until the fall of 2015 when I took Arthur Feinsod’s playwriting class and we did an exercise that was a springboard for ‘Hers is the Head of a Wolf.’”

A one-act play, “Hers is the Head of a Wolf ” explores the emotional repercussions of sexual assault through the eyes of the main character, Elise, once a confident and radiant woman until she is raped in her mid-20s. The piece is not based on a particular person and uses non-linear storytelling to help the audience see the story through Elise’s eyes.

“It makes it very uncomfortable. I would be lying if I said there wasn’t a part of me that wants the audience to be scared, because the point of this is to really understand and just feel Elise’s pain and fear,” Schmit said. “I want (the audience) to understand the real trauma of sexual assault and start a dialogue.”

Schmit allowed his playwriting class and others read the play, including survivors of sexual assault.

“I’ve sent this to a couple of sexual as-

sault survivors that I know, and they were pretty receptive to it and down with me addressing the subject,” he said. “That reassured me going forward with it because, even with the greatest of intentions, you can still get it wrong if it’s not approached in the right way and I wanted to make sure I was approaching the issue honestly.”

It is the job of junior theater major Caleb Clark to bring the play to life.

“It’s going to be an exciting piece with the challenge being that there are a lot of worldly elements that will be heavily influenced by sound effects and several lighting cues,” Clark said of the sixth show he will direct at Indiana State. “For me, the play is a representation of Elise’s fractured worldview, so I want to give it a state of inconsistency and uncertainty, which is symbolic of her decreasing mental health.”

Clark and junior theater major Ally Miles, who plays Elise, spoke with sexual assault survivors in preparation for the performance. “(Clark’s) vision for the show is extremely specific, so we will be doing a lot of character work and research. It will be very intense, difficult and uncomfortable at times, but that is what is necessary to put a piece like this together,” said Miles.

“Though ‘Wolf ’ is an exaggeration of the possible consequences of assault, it does show that when someone is raped, the victim’s world and life crumbles around them.

It really gives the audience an insight to the fractured world of someone who has not recovered from an assault.”

Faculty in the psychology department will conduct a discussion with the audience after the performance.

“I want the play to be a true testament of

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Interlink assists international students to improve English skills Grace Harrah Features Editor

Indiana State University’s Interlink program hosted a welcoming party for international students on Wednesday in Dede I. Interlink is an organization at Indiana State University that helps incoming international students to practice and learn English before attending classes. All of the students that come to ISU as an international student are put through this nine-week course, helping them to learn English and make sure that they are able to comprehend and experience their full potential at ISU. The welcoming party was held for the new international students, allowing them to enjoy pizza and get to know other students from around the globe.

Kylie Carrithers, English teacher for Interlink, has been part of the program for four years.

“Interlink has been an on-going organization for over 20 years.

There are no other programs like this at ISU, and I think it is very beneficial for the international students to be a part of this program before they start their classes,” Carrithers said.

Students who are part of the program are required to go to attend Interlink classes for the first nine weeks of their stay at ISU. Although most of the students already have an intermediate fluency in English, the goal of Interlink is to advance their fluency and target the areas that the students may have troubles with, such as writing, grammar and reading. The ultimate goal for the organization is to make sure all international students are confident in taking their ISU courses and to be able to keep up with their English level.

Yukako Kato, a Japanese exchange student from Tokyo who arrived to ISU four days prior to the welcoming party, expressed her hopes and concerns for the program.

“I’m nervous to attend ISU class-

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Indiana State University students prepare their makeup before a rehearsal for “Hers is the Head of a Wolf” on March 22.

Marketing group chosen for semifinals in competition Ashton Hensley Reporter

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ISU Interlink helps international students learn english before the start of the fall 2017 semester.

es, but I’m certain that this program will help me and better my English skills,” Kato said.

The international students come from various places around the globe. However, more were seen from Japan and Saudi Arabia.

“I picked ISU because my university from Japan mentioned very good aspects of this school. I’m really excited to be here. I’m also very nervous to make friends,” Kato said.

Despite the cultural differences that students go through, one of the concerns that many international students express is being able to adapt socially to a new university lifestyle.

GhadeOo AL-Mahasna, a student from Saudi Arabia who has already been in the program for few weeks, expressed a unique

concern.

“I’m nervous for the timing of the classes, such as night classes. I have never experienced classes in such various time of the day and night. I hope I can keep up with them,” AL-Mahasna said.

The incoming students often have questions about Terre Haute and the activities and organizations ISU offers for students.

Eisaku Ono, another student from Tokyo, Japan, showed an excitement to explore the city of Terre Haute and the ISU community.

“I’m excited to experience the American lifestyle as a college student in Terre Haute. I want to explore the city and find good food or hang out with friends. I am looking forward to gaining a true American college experience,” Eisaku said.

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Indiana State University has been selected for the semi-finals of the Social Media Marketing Competition at Ball State University.

Assistant Professor of marketing and operations Sandeep Bhowmick started the ISU branch of the American Marketing Association three years ago.

AMA received their invitation to the competition, taking place March 25 after submitting the preliminary presentation.

“We pulled off everything we needed to do in one week, less than the rest of the competitors, for the preliminary round before the semi-finals,” said AMA President Tyler Davis.

The competition involves each selected group to come up with ways to use social media to promote a product. ISU’s branch worked with Precise Tooling Solutions to help reposition their Ergo Solutions product line.

“Our group was tasked with creating a PowerPoint presentation and video that explains how we think they can utilize their existing social media platforms to engage the consumer,” Davis said.

Andrew Rutan, the social media director for the AMA, explained that he helped with designing the PowerPoint, video, website and binder of materials.

“To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that Indiana State has been to such a competition,” Rutan said. “It will be an honor to represent the school in such a way.”

Rutan explained he sees many benefits coming from being selected for the semi-finals.

“Personally, I see this a gateway to a brighter future,” Rutan said. “I hope to use this as the

first real springboard in jumpstarting my marketing career.”

Donovan Hall, AMA treasurer, said that the competition will allow the AMA members to get experience in their field.

“The 2017 Ball State Social Media Competition is a way for students involved in marketing departments across the nation to get great experience when building and constructing a marketing strategy in the world of business,” Hall said.

Hall said that being involved in the competition would benefit the students as well as the companies.

“It is not only a great opportunity for students to be able to gain experience, but it also benefits the company by allowing them to essentially pick the minds of today’s youth,” Hall said.

The competition allows marketing students to showcase their knowledge and abilities to individuals who could connect them to possible career paths.

“The semi-finalists have a huge opportunity to attend networking events where business professionals are able to meet the students in person,” Hall said.

“This allows students to network themselves and their work into the professional business world.”

A victory would not only shine a light on the students within the AMA, but on the organization itself.

Hall explained that the justification of all the hard work and time put into the competition would itself be a success.

“We are a small organization here at Indiana State because we are relatively new to the Scott School of Business, but winning the competition would give us a huge moral boost to further pursue other competitions and opportunities,” Hall said.

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Disney CEO Robert Iger extends his contract as search for a successor continues Daniel Miller Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Olivier Douliery | Abaca Press | MCT

The Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Robert A. Iger .

Orange Coast College honors anti-Trump instructor, turns it down Roxana Kopetman (The Orange County Register TNS) The community college instructor who called President Donald Trump’s election “an act of terrorism” during class was named faculty Colleague of the Year — but she turned down the honor.

Orange Coast College’s Olga Perez Stable Cox, 66, wants to avoid the national attention that hounded her after videos of her lambasting the new administration went viral in December, school officials said Wednesday.

“She didn’t want the same level of attention and scrutiny,” said Doug Bennett, Orange Coast’s executive director of college advancement.

The honoree typically speaks at commencement, Bennett said, and Cox did not want that celebratory event to be marred by protests or controversy.

“She has the right to do that,” he said. “And I respect the idea that she wants the commencement to be about the students who are graduating and not about people who are mad at her.”

Anyone on campus, including students, can make a nomination for the honor. A committee of faculty, management and classified employees then makes a selection based on a rubric, Bennett said.

Cox was one of four employees honored last Thursday, each in a different category. Although she was not present, Cox was aware of the award and had earlier signed off on the nomination, Bennett said.

But the next day, she had a change of heart.

“When she was told all the things that go with the award,

she decided to not accept it,” Bennett said.

Rob Schneiderman, the faculty union president, said the award signals that “faculty, staff and management look at her teaching in an objective way. It’s clear that she’s an excellent professor. Everything else was out of context. …

“Faculty do not all agree (as) to what she said, but most faculty do agree that within the context of her class, being expressive is acceptable,” Schneiderman said.

A week after the presidential election, Cox opened each of her three human sexuality classes by describing the election as an assault. She appeared to call Trump a white supremacist and said “living in Orange County is scary.”

She also said she is hopeful because more in the county voted Democrat than Republican.

The response to two videos, taken secretly by a student, was mostly negative and included threats that prompted her and her partner to temporarily leave their home.

In a January interview, Cox said her comments were meant to comfort students who were scared of the new administration and offer them resources should they face discrimination.

The controversy also brought hate mail to the school’s College Republicans, which posted the videos on Facebook. The college earlier this year suspended the student who secretly videotaped Cox, but lifted the suspension following an onslaught of negative feedback from local Republican leaders and others.

“Olga, to her credit, made the right choice,” said Joshua Re-

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Walt Disney Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Iger has extended his contract by one year as the company’s board of directors continues to search for his replacement.

Disney announced the extension Thursday morning.

Disney has been transformed by three multibillion-dollar acquisitions orchestrated by Iger: Pixar Animation Studios in 2006, Marvel Entertainment in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012.

Those deals have provided Disney with lucrative franchises such as “Star Wars” and “The Avengers,” which have been pumped through the company’s diverse ecosystem of businesses.

Iger, 66, previously was slated to leave the company at the end of June 2018. His new deal ends July 2, 2019.

“Even with the incredible success the company has achieved, I am confident that Disney’s best days are still ahead, and I

look forward to continuing to build on our proven strategy for growth while working with the board to identify a successor as CEO and ensure a successful transition,” Iger said in a statement.

Iger said in February during a conference call with analysts that he was “open” to extending his deal — if the board deemed that the best course of action.

Thomas Staggs, Iger’s former heir apparent, left Disney’s No. 2 post last year. Staggs’ departure, which came after Disney’s board privately expressed a lack of confidence in him, threw Disney’s carefully orchestrated succession plans into question.

Replacing Iger will be tough in part because of the job description. Disney has a unique culture and far-flung businesses — from superhero movies to cruise ships — that any future CEO would have to fully grasp.

The company’s next leader would inherit a largely different set of challenges from those Iger has tackled. In particular, major

changes are afoot in the television industry.

Disney’s cable television business has been hurt by cord-cutting and the slimmed-down TV packages offered by service providers.

ESPN, the crown jewel of Disney’s TV unit, has lost more than 9 million subscribers since 2013, according to Nielsen data, and this month it confirmed plans to lay off a number of on-air personalities. Recently, Disney has made moves designed to strengthen its media operation, including a $1 billion investment last year in video streaming company BamTech.

“You probably need someone who is more new-media oriented, so it probably needs to be somebody outside the company,” Michael Alpert, portfolio manager at Stralem & Co., which owns 269,000 shares of Disney, said this month.

“It’s not just the cable business, theme parks business anymore,” Alpert said. “Somebody has to have a grip on that.”

Conservatives want to scrap some essential aspects of Obamacare Tony Pugh McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) WASHINGTON — House Republicans, looking for a deal to secure their health care legislation, may scrap one of the Affordable Care Act’s most important consumer protections: requiring individual health insurers to cover ten essential health benefits.

The benefits are: —Pediatric services, including oral and dental care —Pregnancy, maternity and newborn care —Outpatient care —Emergency services —Hospitalization —Prescription drugs —Mental health and substance abuse services —Laboratory services —Rehabilitative services —Preventive services and chronic disease management Without the mandatory coverage of essential benefits, the health law’s limits on out-ofpocket spending would be “essentially meaningless” because it applies only to those essential services, according to a blog post on Thursday by Timothy Jost, an Emeritus law professor at Washington and Lee University.

The health law’s ban on annual and lifetime coverage limits also applies only to essential benefits, meaning they too would be eliminated under the still-evolving GOP bill.

“That means insurers could again effectively cap the amount they would pay for a consumer with a high-cost or long-term health need such as cancer treatment,” according to a blog

by Sarah Lueck, a senior policy analyst at the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, a

North Carolina Republican who is chairman of the conservative Freedom Caucus, told Fox News late Wednesday that he had reached “an agreement in principle” with President Donald Trump on changes that could earn more conservative support.

Many want to end the federal regulations that require insurance plans cover the essential benefits, which they say are too costly.

The benefits are a popular part of the Affordable Care Act for many consumers. Before the health law was passed, the market for individual coverage sold outside the workplace was a treacherous environment for consumers. High coverage-denial rates, lean benefits and premiums subject to frequent increases were the norm.

Plans had basically no national rules governing what must be the covered, so many offered limited protections.

A government report in 2011 found that 62 percent of individual plan members had no maternity coverage, 34 percent lacked coverage for substance abuse treatment, 18 percent had

no mental health services and 9 percent lacked coverage for prescription drugs.

The Affordable Care Act engineered a complete makeover of individual and small group insurance through a series of changes designed to make the coverage more generous, accessible, affordable and transparent.

The law required all individual and small group health plans to cover a list of “essential health benefits,” including outpatient care, like doctor visits; emergency room services; hospitalization; maternity and newborn care; mental health and substance use disorder services; prescription drugs; rehabilitative services; laboratory services; preventive and wellness services; and pediatric services.

The mandatory coverage encouraged competition based on price and quality said a blog post on Thursday by Jeanne Lambrew, senior fellow at The Century Foundation, a left-leaning think tank.

“Essential health benefits guarantee to the parent of a child

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Florida sharks worth more alive than dead, study finds Jenny Staletovich Miami Herald (TNS) A live shark swimming through Florida’s waters is about 200 times more valuable than a dead shark, a new study has found.

The study, commissioned by the nonprofit Oceana in its bid to end the gruesome shark fin trade, found that divers hoping to see sharks produced more than $221 million in revenue for the state in 2016 and helped supply over 3,700 jobs — compared to just over $1million generated by the buying and selling of shark fins nationwide.

The study, Oceana said, is the first of its kind in the U.S. to try to calculate what conservationists have long argued about many imperiled fish: They’re worth far less on a plate than they are in the water.

“Sharks are in trouble and one of the reasons they are in trouble is because of the demands for their fins,” said Oceana’s cam-

paign director, Lora Snyder.

Oceana is hoping the findings help persuade lawmakers to pass a nationwide ban on buying and selling shark fins, a trade centered in Asia but executed globally and blamed, along with longline fishing and overfishing, with driving down shark populations. Earlier this month, California Republican Rep. Ed Royce, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, reintroduced a ban that has so far gained 35 bipartisan signatures, Snyder said.

The U.S. bans shark finning, the process of chopping the fins off sharks and tossing them overboard, still alive, to sink and suffocate or get eaten by predators. Only 11 states prohibit importing and selling fins.

“It’s important to know, once a fin has entered the market, did it come from an endangered shark or was that fin legally finned and got in the U.S.?” Snyder said.

“Once it’s here, there’s really no way to know.”

To come up with the numbers, wildlife consultant Tony Fedler contacted 365 dive operators across the state and got responses from 237. Nearly all were small businesses. Only 42 qualified as large, with clients that included cruise ships or other tours. Fedler found that nearly one third of divers look for outings where they’ll likely spot sharks and one in five specifically look for encounters with sharks.

Fedler noted an obvious weakness in his study: The data were voluntarily supplied by dive operators who support shark conservation. However, he also pointed out that the total number of dive days he used to calculate his numbers is well below estimates by the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association, making his count more conservative. He also used expense data from a 2001 study that likely low-balled how much divers spend.

Still, dollars from dives clearly

Mark Randall | Sun Sentinel | TNS

Florida Atlantic University associate professor Stephen Kajiura implants a tracking device into a blacktip shark caught off the beaches of John D. MacArthur Beach State Park in a March 3, 2015 file image.

A live shark swimming through Floridaa s waters is about 200 times more valuable than a dead shark, a new study has found.

outpace any revenue generated by the fin trade, Snyder said.

“As long as sharks remain alive

in the ocean,” she said, “divers and their dollars will continue to support local economies.”

indianastatesman.com STUDENTS FROM PAGE 1 what sexual assault survivors go through, so this will surely be a play unlike anything most people have seen before,” Clark said. “I hope it starts a dialogue about sexual violence in

ORANGE FROM PAGE 2 calde-Martinez, treasurer of the school’s College Republicans, a student group.

“However, the committee’s nomination of her shows that campus officials continue to remain ignorant of why what Olga did was wrong, and shows that Orange Coast College continues to be a campus for only some students, not all students.”

Cox has been with the

SCRAP FROM PAGE 2 with a developmental disability that his therapy will be covered; to a woman that she will not have to pay for each of her prenatal care visits; and to a daughter with a father with dementia that his mental health care will be covered,” Lambrew wrote.

Eliminating the essential health benefits “would make this damaging bill even worse,” said a statement from Bruce Siegel, president and CEO of America’s Essential Hos-

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our society.”

The cast also includes Cal Hart as Dr. Hamilton, Elise’s therapist, and junior theater major Riley Leonard as Danny, a mysterious and haunting figure from Elise’s past.

“Hers is the Head of a

Wolf ” will be performed at 7 p.m. April 1 and 2 in Dreiser Theater on the Indiana State campus. Tickets are general admission and free of charge. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

college for 42 years, since graduating from Chapman University with a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy.

She started her career at Orange Coast as a counselor and had different roles, including assistant dean of students, until she began teaching psychology courses and later focused on human sexuality classes.

Cox could not be reached for comment

Wednesday.

Bennett, the college administrator, said it’s unclear whether the college will now find another faculty member to honor and serve as the speaker.

“For the campus and for the community, it’s about moving forward,” Bennett said. “Orange Coast College is about much more than the controversy that happened over the last few months.”

pitals, which provide care to a large share of low-income patients. “It could leave countless people with too little coverage to meet their health care needs and drive higher rates of uncompensated care at hospitals already struggling to cover their costs.”

The last-minute change will doom the legislation if it makes it to the Senate, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said on the Senate floor Thursday morning.

“Republican leaders know just as well as Dem-

ocrats do that measures to take away these critically important protections can’t survive the reconciliation process and could never get 60 votes in the Senate,” said Murray, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee.

“They are simply trying to sell conservatives a bill of goods today in the rush to jam this through — but the more they scramble, the more harmful this bill gets for patients and families.”

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Coffee Hour brews culture, community Ian Bonner-Swedish Reporter

The Center for Global Engagement hosted another Coffee Hour. This time it is an effort to inform and enlighten the Sycamore population of the Latin and Hispanic cultures.

Polina Kaniuka, graduate assistant at ISU, explained the importance of the coffee hours.

“We’ve been running this for at least five years. Normally hospitality hours is a part of comprehensive internationalization initiative that all universities around the United States (are) organizing. Normally hospitality hours are hosted by various international organizations on campus— this time it’s Hispanic Latino Alliance— in such a way that international students are trying to share a piece of their culture.

The Hispanic Latino Alliance are trying to share different desserts from Latin America. I feel often people are scared to try new things or too shy to ask, so these types of events people are able to break those stereotypes about those myths of different cultures. We always say there are no bad questions about other cultures.

This serves as a good way to either break

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The Center for Global Engagement held another Coffee Hour for the ISU community.

those beliefs or affirm them,” Kaniuka said.

Zachariah Matthew, the associate director for the Center for Global Engage-

ment, expressed his benevolent motivation toward bringing this event to Indiana State University.

“This is primarily is an opportunity to bring students of different cultures to come together to converse about their cultures around the world and try cuisines from abroad. There is no big agenda behind this,” he said.

According to Matthew, there is much to benefit from these events.

“It provides an opportunity for all students to have a sense of pride to share their culture. I think even if one student benefits from that, we have come a long way. This is the longest running program since 2011,” he said.

The feeling is mutual for Hispanic Latino Alliance President Jocelyn Ortiz.

According to Ortiz, besides informing students of their cultural foods, this coffee hour serves another purpose.

“Days like these I do feel like we are here — like a reminder I guess. Like a reminder that we’re on campus,” she said.

There will be more Coffee Hour events in the near future for students who missed out on this one.

“We have it every other Thursday so basically twice in a month,” Kaniuka said.

Documentary shines light on transgender community Ian Bonner-Swedish Reporter

The Office of Multicultural Services and Programs hosted a viewing of ‘Trinidad,’ a documentary about the transgender community.

“The end of this month is Transgender Visibility Day, so I wanted some kind of movie before the day to bring awareness to it,” said Makeisha Bickley, organizer of the event.

The movie shown presented a look into Trinidad, Colorado, a town with the highest transgender population in the world — thanks to Dr. Stanley Biber and the blessing of the Catholic church that employed Biber.

The film documented several accounts of the transgender individuals in Trinidad. One story was about a man who came out as transgender, and he lost everything. His wife divorced him;

the state declared him morally unfit to raise his children and evicted him from his home. He was fired from NASA, where he was employed as a shuttle engineer.

“I am hoping it gives them a different perspective on lives of transgender and people who are going through the transition,” Bickley said.

Trisha Neidlinger, a graduate student in the medical field developed a new perspective on the transgender community.

“I think coming in to be honest — a lot of it was based on Caitlyn Jenner … so you only get that perspective from the media.

It’s interesting to get multiple perspectives,” Neidlinger said.

Neidlinger expressed what she felt was the most influential to her from the documentary.

“So far I would say kind of how much they have to lose before they are willing to transition. It’s kind of a common

theme. The lady said it’s like a car alarm that’s going off, and they finally get to turn it off. They have to lose something before they get to turn off the alarm,” Neidlinger said.

Considering her background, she felt the situation had an impact on her life.

“I’m a genetic counseling student. So I am in the medical field, and it’s interesting to see the medical aspects of the movie. It’s interesting to see them go from male to female successfully. They have all the parts. Something in the back of my mind is health insurance. Are they covered? Is it feasible? With the presidency taking place and Obamacare in the works, it’s always something that is in the back of my mind,” Neidlinger said.

The medical history of the Trinidad’s transgender population is quite surprising. Dr. Biber performed his first female sex change procedure with the

help of charts and drawings of a fellow doctor. The hospital was run by the Catholic church. To Biber’s surprise, the pope sanctioned the operations as long as “they do no harm.” Since then, other faces on the scene would emerge, such as Dr. Marci Bowers who went the extra mile and created a home for transgender individuals called Morning Glow, which was a type of sanctuary to allow them refuge while they transition.

“I am really hoping people will have more appreciation for people who are going through the transition. It takes a lot just to lead up to a sexual reassignment surgery,” Bickley said.

Bickley explained that the Office of Multicultural Services and Programs plans to host a similar lunch event in which attendees will play a game that allows them to “see the perspective of the LGBTQ community.”

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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is an open world tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Paris.

‘Ghost Recon,’ futuristic gaming for all to enjoy Anthony Goelz Reporter

“Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands” is set in a near future, fictionalized Bolivia. The country has been taken over and turned into a narco state by the Santé Blanca Cartel and their leader El Sueno. Players customize and control a Ghost, a black ops operator, who officially does not exist. The Ghost’s mission: dismantle the cartel’s control of the country and the capture of Sueno.

“Wildlands” is one of the first Ubisoft games to make their loose story telling methods work. There is a loose through line focusing on taking down Sueno, but a majority of the game is focused on dismantling the four operations of the cartel (smuggling, production, security and influence). Each opera-

tion is run by a head and their underboss. Then smaller pieces of the operation and individual regions of the game world are run by four or five Buchons. Every target in the game has their own backstory and motivations for why they are working with the cartel. This in turn makes each region an individual story that will inevitably lead to Sueno.

There has been an issue with Ubisoft narratives as of late.

Many games have been utilizing a story telling method that is told in the order the player accepts missions. The problem with this is that the stories begin to feel fragmented and become an amalgamation of a couple shorter stories. “Wildlands” feels like a game built from the ground up around this method. Maybe not the best method to use, but this game makes it work.

The tactical shooter is set in

a mass open world divided into 21 regions. Ubisoft recreated the topography of Bolivia in “Wildlands.” This means the map is mountainous and mostly jungle/forest. There are towns and some variety in the game world, but not much. The open world sets the game up for infiltration of enemy positions similar to “Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.” Scouting locations and planning ahead is pivotal to staying alive.

Players can play with up to three others. When in multiplayer, the AI companions are replaced by other player characters. This can be a slight disadvantage because if players are only playing with one or two other people, they are down a man. The game does not round out the group with AI, so if there are two players playing together, it is just a two-man squad.

Multiplayer can be some of

the most fun in the game. When playing with friends, the experience is a hoot. There is already an established trust that everyone is doing their jobs and not sabotaging the group. This trust breaks down when playing with random people. There is less trust and familiarity between players, resulting in low group cohesion.

“Wildlands” mission structure is monotonous. Similar to “Mafia 3,” every target is taken down in a similar manner. “Wildlands” does have a bit more variety than “Mafia 3,” but for a large number of players, this can become boring.

“Ghost Recon: Wildlands” is a good game to play with friends and maybe a good game to play solo, depending on the player.

Hopefully this game will not disappear into the ether amongst the strong release schedule of early 2017.

Female adaption of ‘Julius Caesar’ fresh take on classic play Andrew Hile Contributor

An all-female adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” will be coming to Indiana State University’s New Theater from April 26-30.

Director Julie Dixon wanted a script that was similar to what she had already been thinking about, especially with a post-apocalyptic setting.

“The idea is that in the last 400 years, war and natural disaster has caused an almost complete societal collapse… some women have survived, however, and banded together and become a force to be reckoned with,” Dixon said.

The setting and the all-female cast are the biggest differences from Shakespeare’s original script, but there are other differences as well.

“They have created New Rome, a city-state where these fearless women are committed to protecting their people and their resources. While those changes are pretty significant, the adaptation does otherwise follow the storyline of the original play,” Dixon said.

The actress portraying Caesar, Nicole Hill, believes people should see “Caesar” because of how it shows that men and women are equals.

“People should see this production because it shows you can take any aspect of life, male or female, and it really shows how we are equals, like we can put women in these hugely empowering male roles and still do just as well as any male did … it just goes to show you that women can do the same, if not better,” Hill said.

When deciding to choose “Caesar,” Dixon saw that she had several strong women actors, but the season was only going to have few roles for women. She and department chair, Christopher Berchild, worked on selecting a play together.

“Both he and I are great admirers of the work of L.A. Women’s Shakespeare Company, which regularly performs Shakespeare’s plays with all female ensembles, and I thought that this would be something that would serve the women in the department by offering them the chance to play some great roles,” Dixon said.

After the 2016 election season, Dixon received questions about if the result played a part in her decision.

“Some people have asked if the choice was motivated by the presidential campaign, and it wasn’t, although I can see why ‘Caesar’ would be a good choice if a director wanted to frame the current political situation,” Dixon said.

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indianastatesman.com CAESAR FROM PAGE 4 The news about this production coming to Indiana State has made its way to the student body. ISU junior, Brian Sum, is intrigued by this adaptation of “Caesar.”

“I don’t usually go to theater productions, but when I heard that ‘Julius Caesar’ would be performed by all women, I was intrigued, especially given that it was originally written in an era where men dominated the in-

Friday, March. 24, 2017 • Page 5 dustry, and then when I found out it was set in the future I knew that I actually would see this play,” Sum said.

Hill views confidence as a challenge for portraying Caesar, but is taking on the role head-on.

“I think the biggest challenge for me in playing Caesar is that Caesar is a total badass, and she’s very confident, and I do struggle with that confidence daily, so putting myself in that place and trying to put myself in that

place,” Hill said.

Dixon’s expectations for the cast and production are based on effort and appeal.

“My expectation is that the cast will do their best, of course… for the production, well, I hope that it’s interesting and that people can follow the story, even people that don’t really like Shakespeare.”

Tickets will be sold closer to production through the New Theater.

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I can hear the bells Leah Kennedy Columnist Last time, I wrote about being a Milso (military significant other). It was an emotion-fueled semi-rant that I barely edited and sent off to my editor at 11:30 one night.

Then I sent it to my best friend with a “#noragrets” attitude, checked my phone one last time, and went to sleep.

However, that’s me – an emotional, opinionated and sleepy brat. That’s why I like writing opinion articles. I feel like I can be real with you. I can show the real me, talk a little more like I normally talk.

And maybe, just maybe, one day down the road I’ll connect with someone. Someone may agree with something I say or they may just have a moment where they can see it my way.

Then I’ll be a success.

Another thing about me is that I absolutely loathe politics. So, unless my editor tells me I have to write about them, you won’t see anything political from me.

I’m just going to talk about my life and hope someone out there feels the same.

So, in that mindset, let’s get down to business. (Shout out to Disney fans who finished the line of that Mulan song.)

Lately, my boyfriend and I have been talking about getting married. And when I say that, I don’t mean talking about it in an “oh well one day,” type of way.

I mean we are asking the questions that matter. For example, both of our parents expect us to get married in a church, but we don’t know that we want to.

For him, it’s because he doesn’t relate his faith to a building, and for me, I don’t want to get married in the church I grew up in because it doesn’t hold the same semblance it once did.

Like, we are actually talking marriage, folks. And that brings me to today’s topic – young marriage. Is it really like leaving a party early or is it a good time?

Now, coming from someone who has never been to a party that her family hasn’t thrown before, I can’t vouch for how it feels to leave one.

However, I can say that a year ago, I would rather have had a prizefighter punch me in the face than think about where I wanted to get married.

I didn’t care about weddings.

As a matter of fact, my older sis-

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Trump needs to cooperate to end investigation Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times (TNS) At the end of the House Intelligence Committee’s long hearing on the FBI investigation of Russian meddling in the presidential election this week, the Republican chairman, Devin Nunes of California, made a last, vain attempt to clear the White House of suspicion.

Do you have any evidence, he asked FBI Director James Comey, that anyone in the Trump administration was working with the Russians?

“Not a question I can answer,” Comey answered implacably.

That drew a frown from Nunes. Comey’s silence put the White House under “a big gray cloud,” the congressman complained.

“The faster you can get to the bottom of this, it’s going to be better for all Americans,” he said.

On that count, Nunes is right.

The FBI investigation is likely to take more than a year.

Counterintelligence investigators have more leeway than criminal investigators to seek evidence of foreign meddling — including financial records.

But there’s always been one thing Nunes — and Trump, for that matter — could do to dispel the clouds around the administration: Join the call for an independent public inquiry and urge

every Trump campaign aide to cooperate.

They haven’t done that. Indeed, Trump seems to be moving in the opposite direction.

A few months ago, the president acknowledged briefly that Russia had tried to meddle in the election. This week, he was backsliding again, describing the whole affair (in a tweet) as “fake news” invented by Democrats to excuse their “terrible campaign.”

That’s not going to move Comey, a Republican former prosecutor with a well-developed sense of his own righteousness.

He tormented Hillary Clinton throughout last year’s campaign; now, it appears, it’s Trump’s turn.

The headlines from the hearing went to Comey’s statement that his investigation includes “any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts.”

Less noticed, but just as important, was Comey’s description of the probe — as a counterintelligence investigation, not a criminal inquiry.

At first glance, that might sound like good news for the White House. It suggests that the FBI has not found evidence that any federal crimes were committed.

But in the long run, that’s likely to prove cold comfort.

Unlike criminal investigations, counterintelligence probes aren’t aimed mainly at gathering evidence that crimes have been committed.

Instead, their main purpose is to determine what foreign powers, especially hostile powers, are doing inside the United States.

They don’t always lead to criminal prosecutions. “(Counterintelligence) investigations have to be very thorough. The FBI is going to look under every rock,” Donald B. Ayer, a top Justice Department official under President George Bush, told me.

That means the investigation is likely not only to be long, but also wide — potentially much wider than a simple criminal inquiry.

“This investigation is about what the Russians are up to, and whether there is Russian influence over U.S. decision-makers,” said Jeffrey H. Smith, a former general counsel at the CIA. “It’s going to be very hard to limit it to the narrow question of interference in the election. It would be logical to look at whether there is any continuing influence over people close to the president, or the president himself.”

Also, counterintelligence investigators have more leeway than criminal investigators to seek evidence of foreign meddling — including financial records.

“They have considerably more leeway,” Smith said. “They can look at bank records, tax records. They’re likely to want to track down as many of Trump’s business partnerships and financial accounts as they can. Think of how long that’s going to take.”

Never mind how long it will take. Think of how unhappy the president will be when the FBI requests those records.

Comey’s decision to cast his inquiry as a counterintelligence effort has one more consequence: Once the probe is complete, he’ll be under inescapable pressure to disclose his findings to Congress and the public.

The FBI director said the question of Russian meddling goes to the core of the democratic system. “It threatens what is America,” he said. That doesn’t sound like something that can be settled with a simple “case closed.”

Besides, this is the same Comey who closed his investigation into Clinton’s e-mails with an unusual statement that she had been “extremely careless,” even though her conduct didn’t merit prosecution.

“Comey still seems compelled to talk more about his findings than most prosecutors,” Ayer said. “I worry that he may not have learned much from the Clinton debacle.”

Maybe not. Maybe Comey feels an obligation to stick to his

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Before de-funding Planned Parenthood, ask why it’s popular Elizabeth Nolan Brown Los Angeles Times (TNS) Congressional Republicans, President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are united in support of “defunding” Planned Parenthood. Indeed, a provision in the GOP’s American Health Care Act would end its eligibility as a Medicaid provider, meaning patients covered by the low-income insurance program could no longer choose Planned Parenthood clinics for care.

Generally, Medicaid-provider status is stripped for reasons such as fraudulent billing or failure to meet medical standards.

But the root issue in Planned Parenthood’s case is, of course, abortion. Although U.S. law bans federal funding for the procedure, antiabortion advocates say government indirectly supports the abortion business by helping the organization keep its

doors open for other services.

Before unraveling Planned Parenthood, though, Republicans should look at why it’s so popular among Medicaid recipients — and whether any other organization is well-positioned to fill the gap.

Actually, “popular” is an understatement. A one-stop venue for contraception, gynecological care, pregnancy testing, prenatal care, cervical cancer screenings, STI testing and more, Planned Parenthood’s U.S. health centers serve more than 2.8 million patients annually, 79 percent of whom have incomes below 150 percent of the poverty line. And more than half of patients pay for their visits via Medicaid.

Demographics go a ways to explain Planned Parenthood’s appeal: Medicaid patients include a large number of reproductive-age women. In 2015, 17 percent of American women ages 19 to 64 were insured by Medicaid.

To be eligible, one must have an income below 138 percent of the federal poverty line and, in some states, meet other criteria such as being pregnant or being the mother of young children.

Although Republicans say there are plenty of places that could pick up Planned Parenthood’s slack, that’s simply not true. At least half of its 600-plus health centers operate in areas with a shortage of medical facilities, and many are in areas officially designated as medically underserved.

Finding an obstetrician or gynecologist on short notice is notoriously difficult. A 2016 analysis found that there are only about 46,000 OB-GYNs in the U.S. — about 29 for every 100,000 women — and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists estimates a shortage of 6,000 to 8,000 OB-GYNs by 2020. This shortage is worse for those on Medicaid, as many

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private practitioners won’t accept them as patients. Community health centers are hardly a sufficient stopgap because these facilities are already stretched thin in terms of patient capacity, and their staff may lack expertise in sexual and reproductive issues.

Meanwhile, most Planned Parenthood health centers offer drop-in or same-day appointments, are accessible by public transportation and are open beyond typical business hours — all important to women with unpredictable or inflexible work schedules and sporadic access to childcare or a car.

Without Planned Parenthood, a significant number of women could be left in the lurch. To the extent that this leads to more unintended pregnancies, untreated STIs and so forth, it would also lead to higher costs for publicly funded health programs. About 45 percent of all births in the

U.S. are paid for by the Medicaid program, and the “additional births that would result from (barring Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid provider) would add to federal spending for Medicaid,” the Congressional Budget Office noted recently.

Even without this speculative financial disaster, it’s hard to see a benefit in going after Planned Parenthood — even from an antiabortion or limited-government perspective. If, as Republicans insist, patients can seek all the same services elsewhere, Medicaid costs will remain unchanged. The move won’t necessarily affect Planned Parenthood’s ability to provide abortions because it doesn’t rely on Medicaid reimbursements for this service. At the same time, less access to contraception and family-planning services could lead to greater demand to termi-

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POPULAR FROM PAGE 6 nate pregnancies.

For the moment, then, the organization is a vital part of the family-planning ecosystem, and simply deleting it as an option would be both devastating to patients and counterproductive to opponents’ stated goals.

All that said, it’s not necessarily a good thing that low-income women depend so heavily on Planned Parenthood for such important care, and it might be possible to reduce this dependence.

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Either way, it spells trou-

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If lawmakers cleared the regulatory way for telemedicine, they could give low-income women more options. The same goes for repealing scope-of-practice rules that require doctors to perform tasks easily handled by nurse practitioners, pharmacists or midwives. Local politicians could also rethink zoning, building or licensing requirements that make it difficult or impossible for new providers to open in medically underserved areas.

Helping bring more medical options to mar-

ginalized populations is a worthy goal for even the most ardent Planned Parenthood supporter.

Whether one’s underlying goal is ensuring access to vital reproductive and sexual healthcare, reducing women’s need for abortions, or reducing publicly funded healthcare expenditures, focusing on breaking down barriers to innovative, independent and cost-effective care in underserved areas will make a world more difference than micromanaging where poor women can get birth control pills.

ble for Trump. The president faces an FBI director who is deeply committed to his investigation, willing to spend as long as it takes, and able to send agents around the world in search

of evidence.

If Trump has anything to hide, he’ll regret that he didn’t come clean earlier, when he had the chance.

BELLS FROM PAGE 6 ter (who consequentially is my best friend) just got married a year and a half ago, and I threw the biggest fit.

Believe me, I love her husband; he’s one of my favorite people alive. I just thought she was dumb for getting married at nineteen. I mean, couldn’t they have just waited?

But then, as I mentioned in my last article, fate and the good Lord stepped in, and I fell in love with a man who finished my sentences and my thoughts. When

he mentioned wanting to marry me, I expected fear.

However, there was none. I felt as calm as could be.

I, for one, think that is so crazy. How in just one year has my view changed so much? Since when do I look at wedding rings in class online and since when do I wonder what flowers I will be carrying?

I was literally just the girl that made fun of people who got married young.

But then I got to thinking. You get to marry your best friend. You get to have endless sleepovers, and you get to steal their hood-

ie while they make you coffee in the morning, and for me and my other Milso people out there, you get to move where your military person moves.

Plus, if you get married now, you get to spend a longer amount of time with the person you love.

How cool is that?

Therefore, in my book, getting married at a young age is actually a good time.

And for all you partiers out there – leave the party early and let me know what happens.

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Indiana State University came out on top against Eastern Illinois University at the last moment with a 2-1 lead on Tuesday afternoon.

Sycamores walk-off against Eastern Illinois Garrett Short Reporter

The Indiana State baseball team survived a late-game comeback by Eastern Illinois Tuesday afternoon, winning 2-1 in walk-off fashion.

ISU’s offense came at very different times, scoring on their first and last pitches in the batter’s box. ISU senior Kyle Moore opened up the scoring in the bottom of the opening inning with a firstpitch leadoff home run that sailed over the right field fence.

Moore brought plenty of momentum into the game against the Panthers. He was named the MVC Player of the Week on Monday. Moore now has three home runs in his last four games.

After the first inning blast, the game turned into a heated pitching duel.

Eastern Illinois senior Brendon Allen found his groove after Moore’s trip around the bases.

He went seven innings, allowing just five hits and striking out eight. Through the middle of the game, Allen retired 10 straight Sycamores.

Senior Justin Hill started on the mound for ISU but only pitched 2.2 innings. He allowed just one hit and was replaced by senior Damon Olds.

Olds came into this contest having not surrendered a hit in his two previous appearances. In this one, he allowed two hits while tossing 5.1 innings. The Terre Haute native was dominant on the rubber, striking out five batters.

US routs Puerto Rico, 8-0 Bill Shaikin

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LOS ANGELES — The tension-filled odyssey was nine innings from its end. No more worries about satisfying the sometimes conflicting allegiances of his country, his players and the major league teams for which they play.

After 11 years, 27 games and repeated snubs from some of the brightest stars in baseball, the United States finally had reached its first World Baseball Classic championship game. No more politics, just one game to win, and so manager Jim Leyland allowed himself a smile as he opened a pregame news conference.

“We’re trying to make America great again,” he said, chuckling.

And they did. The Yankees are the champions of the world, after an 8-0 rout of Puerto Rico on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium.

This might be the tournament that makes the WBC as great in America as it is in the rest of the world but, really, who cares? If the dream is to win, the dream team is the one that wins.

The dream ace is Marcus Stroman, who never has gotten a Cy Young Award vote but emerged atop the world stage by silencing, more figuratively than literally, the spirited and raucous Puerto Rican contingent among the Dodger Stadium crowd of 51,565.

Do you believe in miracles? Well, no, this isn’t the Olympics. But Stroman, who was selected the most valuable player of the tournament, very nearly put the most classic of touches on the World Baseball Classic, carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning of the championship game.

Stroman, whose father is from the U.S. and whose mother is from Puerto Rico, could have pitched for either team. On Twitter, his mother said she was “sad and embarrassed” by the “vulgar comments” from some Puerto Rican fans toward her son.

After Angel Pagan doubled to lead off the seventh inning and end Stroman’s night, the pitcher walked toward the dugout, accompanied by thunderous “U-S-A” chants.

He pumped his fist and swept his right arm across the front of his jersey, right across the letters “U-S-A.”

The evening was incredibly suspenseful. But, after the first few innings, the suspense became less about which team would win the game and more about whether Stroman would throw a no-hitter.

In the third inning, Ian Kinsler hit a two-run home run. The U.S. led, 2-0, and Stroman had not given up a hit.

In the fifth, Christian Yelich and Andrew McCutchen singled home runs. The U.S. led, 4-0, and Stroman had not given up a hit.

In the seventh, Brandon Crawford singled home two runs and Giancarlo Stanton one. The U.S. led, 7-0, and Stroman had not given up a hit.

In the bottom of the seventh, Pagan hit Stroman’s fifth pitch for a double. That was Stroman’s 73rd pitch — the WBC limit is 95 — and Leyland promptly removed him.

The U.S. won the tournament the hard way, getting to the final by winning consecutive elimination games against the Dominican Republic and Japan, the only teams that had won the WBC. After the Dominican team won the last WBC, in 2013, the players were feted with a November luncheon with the country’s president and a parade down the streets of the capital city.

There are no such grand plans for Team USA. Leyland said he would set a 4 a.m. alarm Thursday, so he could catch “a six-something flight” to Florida, and to the Detroit Tigers’ spring-training home.

“These guys go back to their day jobs,” said Paul Seiler, USA Baseball executive director. “We get caught up in fandom and patriotism, but these guys have responsibilities to their employers. We’re respectful of that.

“We’d like to do something, but that’s the reality.”

The WBC championship trophy will go with Seiler, to be displayed at the North Carolina headquarters of USA Baseball, alongside the gold medal memorabilia from the 2000 Olympic team, managed by Tommy Lasorda.

Seiler said he would consider how to recognize the U.S. team at a future time.

If a fair number of U.S. players make the All-Star game this summer, Seiler said he might consider a ring ceremony there.

That would be fitting, since the All-Star game is in Miami and this U.S. team played its first three WBC games there.

The Sycamores cruised to a one run lead heading into the top of the ninth. Senior Austin Conway took the hill looking for his fifth save of the season.

The Panthers didn’t make it easy for Conway. After singling with one out, Joseph Duncan stole second to get into scoring position.

He came in to score on a two-out, RBI double by junior Matt Albert. Conway got the next batter to ground into a fielder’s choice, sending the game to the bottom of the ninth tied 1-1.

Tyler Friis and Tony Rosselli, who have both missed multiple games recently, reached base to start the inning — Friis on a walk and Rosselli after he was hit by a pitch. Coach Mitch Hannahs knew all they needed was one run, so Dane Giesler

laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners.

Just 90 feet from a victory, sophomore Clay Dungan stepped to the plate with two hits on the day looking to be the hero. On a 1-0 pitch, Dungan sent a sacrifice fly into right field, plating Friis and winning the game.

Rosselli went 1-3 in his first game back after missing four games with an injury.

ISU improves to 11-9 on the season, while EIU falls to 2-17.

EIU will have an opportunity for revenge when the Sycamores cross the state line for a game in Charleston on April 25.

The Sycamores have a week of rest before their next game at Indiana University on Wednesday.

Kansas-Purdue puts Big 12, Big Ten bragging rights on the line in Kansas City Tyler Wooten

ISU Athletic Media Relations

The NCAA Tournament is once again testing the way we view conference strength.

At the end of the regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference appeared to be the nation’s top league based on the near-record nine teams it placed on the bracket.

The Big 12 and its favorable metrics weren’t far behind. The Big East seemed like the clear No. 3, followed distantly by the Big Ten, Southeastern and Pac-12.

But things already feel different.

The ACC crashed and burned, with only North Carolina advancing to the Sweet 16.

The Big East didn’t do so hot either, advancing just Butler and Xavier.

Meanwhile, the Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC have all flexed their muscles and all have three teams still standing.

What conference will end up with bragging rights?

The Midwest Regional at the Sprint Center, which features Kansas, Michigan, Oregon and Purdue, could go a long way toward determining the answer.

“Last year our league was so much better than what we performed in the tournament,” KU coach Bill Self said. “I do think it’s nice to see our league having some postseason success that’s consistent with

the success that the league had throughout the regular season.”

Three Big 12 teams in the Final Four would be even nicer.

Baylor basketball coach Scott Drew is already rooting for that scenario.

He morphed into a Big 12 cheerleader over the weekend, popping into the KU locker room in Tulsa and wishing the Jayhawks luck before they moved on to the Sweet 16.

A few hours later, Baylor did the same by beating USC. West Virginia had already advanced on its side of the bracket.

“We would love to see everybody at the Final Four together,” Drew said in Tulsa. “Then we won’t cheer for each other.”

No. 2 seed Baylor and No. 1 Kansas are the favored teams in their regions, while West Virginia next faces No. 1 seed Gonzaga.

“I’m happy for Scott and Baylor and certainly happy for (Bob) Huggins and West Virginia,” Self said,” but I’m a little selfish. I’m happiest for us. It is great to see teams that we compete against on a nightly basis have success.”

Other leagues are thinking the same way.

The Big Ten has two teams in Kansas City this week. No. 4 seed Purdue will try to knock off Kansas after downing No. 5 seed Iowa State in the round of 32. No. 7 seed Michigan will try to take down No. 3

seed Oregon.

For Kansas, this week could feel like a Big 12/Big Ten challenge.

For Michigan and Purdue, it feels like a shot at conference redemption.

“The Big Ten got so much downplay this year,” Purdue forward Vincent Edwards said. “Everyone was saying how the conference fell off and we weren’t good anymore. To have two Big Ten teams here speaks volumes.”

Or maybe Oregon will wreck the party. The Pac-12 has been on quite the tear, going 8-1 in the opening rounds. Only Southern Cal has been eliminated.

The Pac-12 could send three teams to the Final Four, too. Not that Oregon coach Dana Altman has noticed.

“I don’t have time to root for anybody,” Altman said.

Nor does he have time to debate conference strength.

But regular season vs.

NCAA Tournament will always be a fascinating topic.

“Is SEC football down because their bowl record wasn’t as good this year?”

Self said. “To me, here is the reality: the Big Ten is a great league. The Big 12 is a great league. A lot of times in a small sample size format like the NCAA Tournament doesn’t really project what that league is sometimes.”

Still, it’s the best measuring tool we have. The next two weeks could determine the best team and conference in college basketball.