February 02, 2018

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Volume 125, Issue 47

Library livestream of the 95th State of the Union address draws students Patrick Chavis Reporter

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The American Democracy Project livestreamed the address, giving students to the opportunity ot discuss and watch the event.

ISU celebrates Black History Month Alexandria Truby Reporter The Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center kickoff for Black History Month on Thursday in DEDE III at noon and a showing of “Hidden Figures” in DEDE I at 7 p.m. to begin this year’s theme, Hidden Figures: People, Places, Events, and Ideas.

Audiences entered free of admission with their university IDs. The center is “responsible for promoting positive identification, association, and relationship to African-American historical and contemporary culture,” their website said.

This month will be full of movie showings including, “Marshall” next Wednesday, “STEP!” on the 14, “Black Panther,” on the 16, “and “Souls of Black Girls” on the 21.

There will also be Stop and Serves in the Commons, a trivia night next Thursday, and a Taboo Topics event on voter suppression.

Alexis Herman will also be visiting as a part of the university Speaker Series; she is a past secretary of Labor who served under former President Bill Clinton.

Towards the end of the month there will be a gospel celebration in Tilson Auditorium, and a Life Series workshop over microaggressions.

Payton Head will be a keynote speaker on Feb. 26 in DEDE II. “A queer black man, Payton has experienced firsthand the impacts of an underlying racist culture.

While president of the University of Missouri’s Students’ Association, he spearheaded conversation about systematic racism on campus, which sparked student protests that made national headlines and led to the resignation of the University’s president,” the Keppler Speakers website said.

There will also be a hidden black art campus tour at noon and 3 p.m. on Feb. 13, hosted by Crystal Reynolds who is a research assistant in the history department.

“I’m excited for all of the events in general. I feel like ISU does more now than other universities to have inclusion,” Jacobi Chatman, communication student, said.

This is a culturally rich time for Indiana State University and the events will be well worth the excitement.

On Tuesday night January 30 The American Democracy Project, a student ran organization, hosted the State of the Union Address in the Library and made the event open to ISU students and faculty.

The State of the Union Address has historically served as an opportunity for the President to talk directly to the American people and since 2002 the Address has been livestreamed for people to hear the president’s message in real time. SOTUA to many is paramount to keeping a fresh dialogue with the administration that is in charge of running the country and making sure that they have the people’s best interests at heart.

According to the Congressional Research Service 41.6% of policy Congress enacts proposals discussed in the State of the Union Address.

Prior to the Union Address no one was exactly sure what the President would decide to discuss in his speech, but DACA

was surely on people’s minds.

“No one knows for certain if Trump will directly address DACA, if he does I am sure he will ask for everyone’s support of the proposal he puts forward to solve the issue,” Robert Van Sickel, associate professor of legal studies and American political thought said.

When asked about whether or not Trump would use the Address to appeal to his base, Sickle responded by stating “it’s not certain whether or not Trump will appeal to his base, he usually tends to do so when he is off script as opposed to during a formal speech.”

During the address students and educators across the country using the #CLDEsotu students were able to weigh in on and share their opinions about how the President was doing and the content of his speech.

Many people took this opportunity to keep the President accountable by fact checking some of the major accomplishments he claimed to have occurred

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Doug Lipp shares his exprtise Claire Silcox Reporter A past Disney University executive, Doug Lipp, came to speak to Indiana State students and guests as a part of the Speaker Series on Wednesday this week at 7 p.m. in Tilson Auditorium.

Lipp was the former head of training at Disney University and an eight time author. He was pulled into the Disney University team at age 29 and has been on a roll with training and international consulting ever since.

“Drawing on his 30 plus years of combined experience at Disney and in private practice, Lipp inspires and challenges hundreds of organizations worldwide. In presentations, he shares how Disney overcame spectacular strategic challenges to unleash one of the most improbable success stories in corporate history,” Lipp’s websites said.

Through the mentorship of Van Frank, Lipp has been able to grow through and past Disney into the international realm. One of Frank’s direct mentors was Walt Disney himself. Lipp mentioned in his speech that Frank and Disney made learning fun and that Frank was an equal combination of Jiminy Cricket, Mary Poppins, and Donald Duck.

“Hire right. Train right. Treat right,” Frank once said.

Lipp’s most recent book, “Disney U- How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees,” shares the secrets of Disney’s employee training methods as well as how Walt Disney created “the Hap-

Anna Bartley|Indiana Statesman

As part of the ISU speaker series, Doug Lipp came to ISU campus to speak about his experience at Disney.

piest Place on Earth.”

All of the proceeds made from selling Disney U go to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

“Doug and Pam [his wife] credit NAMI with saving the life of their daughter Amanda who experienced crisis and was hospitalized for many months. During recovery NAMI taught them about wellness and family support. Amanda’s recovery was a journey and her wellness opened the door for Doug to write again … it

was cosmic that NAMI should benefit,” Lipp’s website said.

During his speech and presentation Lipp spoke about NAMI and his book, but mostly he focused on the thought that Snow White never has a bad day. This related to the six steps from Disney University about culture, leadership, creativity and service.

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Crystal clear priority being

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WZIS has been nominated for 11 awards

ISU Communications and Marketing

Indiana State Sycamores Garrett Short and Mackenzie McKee are “onair” in WZIS studio.

Students and staff at Indiana

State University’s radio station,

WZIS-FM, 90.7, are finalists for 11 awards from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS), including Best Student Station Manager, Best Faculty Advisor and Best College Radio Station on a campus with more than 10,000 students.

Corey Clark of Danville, Ind., is nominated for Best Student Station Manager for Radio.

Rich Green, general manager of WISU and WZIS, is nominated for Best Faculty Advisor for Radio. WZIS is nominated for Best Use of Twitter.

Garrett Short of Beecher, Ill., is nominated for Best Newscast.

Short is nominated with Clark for Best Sports Pre/Post Show Game. Short is also nominated twice in the Best Sports Report (Video/TV) category, once by himself, and once with Clark

and Trent Buchannon of Franklin, Ind. Ryan Gortney, an Indiana State graduate from Granger, Ind., is nominated for Best News Promotion and Best Station Promo.

Gortney is also nominated for Best Station ID, alongside Mackenzie McKee of Terre Haute.

According to Green, the students’ hard work is what makes the radio station so successful.

“It’s more of an all-around effort than just one or two people, it’s a total team,” said Green. “We pride ourselves on being a family here; I think the students would tell you the same thing. I think that they feed off each other.”

Clark, a junior majoring in communication and media studies, agreed that it is a team effort.

“It’s not just a one-man job. It’s everyone that works there.”

Clark said the team’s closeness helps their success. “We really just care about each other. We hang out outside of the station; every time someone is inside the station, we’ll just sit there and talk. Sometimes it’s not about work; sometimes it’s about personal life.”

The Intercollegiate Broadcasting System awards is a national college radio competition. There are more than 1,000 IBS radio, TV, and webcasting stations.

Indiana State University students are finalists alongside students from colleges across the country. The winners of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards will be announced in March during the IBS Conference in New York City.

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NEWS

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Friday, Feb. 2, 2018

Duke clears out Krzyzewskiville, citing the severity of flu season Camila Molina and Ray Gronberg The News & Observer (TNS)

Chuck Liddy|Raleigh News & Observer|TNS

The Cameron Crazies play ball on portable baskets set up in front of the tent city called “Krzyzewskiville” outside Cameron Indoor Stadium on the campus of Duke University Durham, N.C., on March 3, 2016.

Former Gov. John Engler to be Michigan State’s interim president

Students in Duke University’s famous tent village, where they wait for admission to men’s basketball games, were given a grace period to leave Wednesday evening for an indefinite time because of the severity this year’s flu season and student illnesses.

Krzyzewskiville, a village set up by students, will be cleared out in a move reported by Duke’s student newspaper, The Chronicle, and confirmed by campus officials.

Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta told parents the university acted because it has “had several new cases of influenza among our student population” and has “identified some students from K-ville with the flu.”

As a result, “we’ve elected to take a cautious approach” with the tent village, he said in a posting to the Duke parents’ Facebook group.

“The continued high-level activity of this flu season is consistent with the severe seasons of 2009 and 2014,”

Moneta said. “While the virus is not more inherently infectious than average, it’s making its way to a lot more people.”

Duke students set up tents before major men’s basketball games to stake out a place in line to get admission to games. Tenters stay there in groups to hold their spot in line.

The tent city often attracts more than 1,000 campers and is strictly regulated by students.

Depending on the week, a certain number of tenters from each group are required to be inside the tent during the day and at night.

Duke Student Government, which regulates the tent city, gave all tenters who had staked out a spot an “indefinite grace period” starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday, The Chronicle reported, meaning tents would not be checked.

Between Jan. 29 and Feb. 6, one person in each group of 12 is required to be in the tent during the day, and six must be there during night hours. But during this grace period, tenters will not lose their spot for leaving.

There are 70 groups camping in Krzyzewskiville, according to the report.

The winter storm in mid-January, which brought almost a foot of snow in some parts of Durham County, also shut down Krzyzewskiville, the student newspaper said.

The tenting period this season began Jan. 12 and lasts until Feb. 22.

The Centers for Disease Control reported that flu cases across the country have spiked early this season.

Moneta said Duke officials will “be evaluating conditions daily and hope to reopen K-ville as soon as possible.”

He also asked parents to “prod their sons or daughters at the university who are feeling flu-like symptoms” to go to the student health center for assessment and treatment.

The flu has killed 67 people in North Carolina this season, including two children. The number of flu deaths this season is already more than the 2015-2016 flu season, when 59 people died in the state.

David Jesse and Kathleen Gray Detroit Free Press (TNS)

Michigan State University will name former Michigan Gov. John Engler to be interim president, multiple sources with knowledge of discussions told the Detroit Free Press.

Engler, a Republican, is a Michigan State graduate. He is expected to be named to the position at a special MSU board meeting Wednesday morning.

Also coming on board is another former Michigan governor, Jim Blanchard, a Democrat, who will be named as a senior adviser. Blanchard is also a MSU graduate.

Board members believe that by adding both Engler and Blanchard — former leaders of both major political parties in Michigan — any concerns about politics will be muted.

Engler will be in place while the board conducts a nationwide search for the replacement to Lou Anna Simon, who resigned last week in the fallout of the Larry Nassar case.

She made the announcement hours after a judge sentenced Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison as part of a plea deal on seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving more than 156 girls and women over more than two decades.

She said in her resignation statement there was no cover-up at MSU. “The survivors’ accounts are horrific. They are tragic, heartbreaking, and personally gut-wrenching. I take solace that many victims have indicated that the opportunity to confront Nassar is a step toward healing. I am proud of the exceptional work of the Special Victims Unit led by Lieutenant Andrea Munford with the steadfast leadership of Chief Dunlap. I am proud of my support of their work even though the results have been very painful to all who watched,” Simon said.

After Simon resigned, there were a number of names raised to the board as possible interim presidents, including Engler, Blanchard and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

In a tweet shortly after Simon resigned, Granholm said it wouldn’t be her.

“Not me, but I’m confident they will find a strong, clear leader. For the sake of current and future Spartans, let’s hope so.”

Also raised as a possible interim choice was former Grand Valley State University President Mark Murray, who also served as president of Meijer Inc. Murray told board members he wasn’t interested, sources said.

Blanchard and Murray were all mentioned as a possible MSU president when Peter McPherson left in 2004 and Simon was promoted from provost to president.

But as MSU graduates and top executives of a large bureaucracy, Engler and Blanchard are natural picks, and will appease both the Republicans and Democrats on the MSU board of trustees, which has a 4-4 partisan split.

Engler, 69, has been a longtime political presence in Michigan. He was the youngest person elected to the state House of Representatives in 1970 at the age of 22, where he served until 1979, leaving after winning a seat in the state Senate and serving as the iron-fisted Senate Majority Leader.

He scored a razor thin victory over then incumbent Governor Blanchard in 1990 and stayed in the state’s top job through the end of 2002. After leaving the job, he moved to Washington where he served as president and CEO of the National Manufacturers Association and then the head of the Business Roundtable, a national organization of business leaders. He retired last year and has a home in Laingsburg with his wife Michelle. His triplet daughters have all recently graduated from college.

After losing his re-election bid in 1990, Blanchard became the U.S. Ambassador to Canada under President Bill Clinton and later became a partner in the Washington DC-based law firm of DLA Piper. He ran for governor again in 2002, but lost to Granholm, who was attorney general at the time and who would then go on to win two terms as Michigan’s governor.

The choice was applauded by both politicians and people who have worked with the men.

“John Engler is the right choice to be Michigan State University’s interim president,” said Speaker of the House Tom Leonard, R-DeWitt Township. “He is a strong leader with a proven track record of reform, and the school needs someone who is able to come in from the outside, stand up to the status quo and make immediate changes.”

David Doyle was the chairman of the Michigan Republican Party while Engler was governor. While he was surprised that Engler was the choice, given the partisan make-up of the board, “I think he’ll do a great job.”

Al Seib|Los Angeles Times|TNS

Rosa Vega, center, mother of a sixth grade boy, waits with parents outside Salvador Castro Middle School in Westlake on Thursday morning, Feb. 1, 2018, where two students were shot in a classroom.

Two students shot at LA middle school Brittny Mejia, Howard Blume and Sonali Kohli Los Angeles Times (TNS) Two students were shot in a classroom in Salvador Castro Middle School in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday morning and one is in critical condition, authorities said.

Police received a report of shots fired about 8:55 a.m. at the school on West Second Street, according to LAPD Officer Drake Madison.

The victims are a 15-year-old male, who is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head, and a 15-year-old female, who was shot in the wrist and is listed in fair condition.

Three other individuals also suffered minor injuries, said Capt. Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department — a 30-yearold woman, an 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl.

Scott described their injuries as minor abrasions, some from glass.

“We did notify the mayor’s crisis response team to provide comfort to the family members affected,” Scott said.

A girl believed to be the shooter was detained and a firearm was recovered, LAPD Officer Meghan Aguilar said.

The school has been deemed safe but remains on lockdown. The parents of all injured students were notified, Los Angeles School Police Chief Steve Zipperman said.

Tyresha McNair was standing at the corner of Beverly Boulevard and Loma Drive with her young niece. She said she saw news of the shooting on TV and came to get her daughter, a student at the middle school.

She said she hadn’t received any notification from the school.

“I saw it on the news and I came here to get my baby,” she said.

At the front gate of the school, McNair said she was directed to the back, which was blocked off. She said she had been texting her daughter but hadn’t heard back yet.

“Any other time my baby would respond and she’s not responding,” McNair said. “I just want my daughter, I want my daughter.”

In the process of clear-

ing the scene, students were led from the classroom in handcuffs, patted down and then released.

“We will attend to the needs of these students, the witnesses, very carefully, with the understanding that this is very traumatic,” Zipperman told reporters at the scene.

Castro Middle School is located in a building across the street from the main Belmont High School campus. The middle school building used to be part of Belmont High when the high school had a higher enrollment.

Zipperman said on KNX-AM that the school takes part in the district’s safety plan that includes random searches of students for weapons and other contraband.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is the only district its size that requires every middle- and highschool campus to conduct daily random searches for weapons using metal-detecting wands.

However, an internal district audit of 20 schools released in April found inconsistencies in how random searches were conducted. Some schools

failed to do the searches daily, the audit found.

One-fourth lacked enough metal-detecting wands to search properly.

The district started random searches in 1993 after a 16-year-old was shot and killed at Fairfax High School. A month later, a student died from a shooting at Reseda High School.

The district began requiring the daily searches with metal-detecting wands in 2011 after two students were injured in a shooting at Gardena High School, district officials said.

Zipperman said students would be dismissed on the school’s regular schedule, but that parents could pick up their children earlier if they wished.

At an informal presentation in January of good-attendance certificates, Principal Erick Mitchell said his campus was becoming a destination for families who wanted a smaller school setting. Last year, Castro Middle had an enrollment of 355 students.

The enrollment is 92 percent Latino, and most students are from low-in-

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University of Pennsylvania strips Steve Wynn, Bill Cosby of honors Susan Snyder The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

The University of Pennsylvania, acting on reported allegations that former trustee Steve Wynn engaged in decadeslong acts of sexual harassment and intimidation, announced Thursday it would remove his name from a plaza located in the heart of its campus and take several other steps to distance itself from the hotel and casino mogul.

At the same time, the Ivy League university — in an act not taken in the last century — announced it would revoke honorary degrees previously awarded to Wynn and entertainer Bill Cosby, who has been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women.

The school also stripped Wynn’s name from a scholarship fund he created at the school, though the scholarships will continue.

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Steve Wynn arrives for the grand opening of Intrigue Nightclub on April 29, 2016, at Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas.

“It has been a century since the University of Pennsylvania last re-

voked an honorary degree, and we do not take that decision — or the decision to remove Mr. Wynn’s name from the Commons and from the scholarship fund he created — lightly,” Penn President Amy Gutmann and David L. Cohen, chair of the board of trustees, said in a statement.

“We view these as extraordinary and essentially unique circumstances that call for an immediate, decisive, and clearly ethical response.”

The move comes after Wynn, while denying the allegations, resigned from his position as finance chairman for the Republican National Committee and after the board of directors of Wynn Resorts formed a special committee to investigate the allegations against him. Gaming regulators in both Nevada and Massachusetts are also investigating, according to published reports.

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Friday, Feb. 2, 2018

FEATURES

Week in Photos

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Anna Bartley|Indiana Statesman

Doug Lipp, Author of Disney U came to ISU on Wednesay for the speaker series.

Left: Stop and Serve is hosted by the Center for Community Engagement and gives the students a chance to give back to the community through creating crafts. Bottom: Livestream of the 95th state of the union address was hosted in the Library Events area.

Paige Carter | Indiana Statesman

Beta Beta Beta (Tri Beta) is a society for students, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study. They hosted an event, creating dog toys to donate to the local animal shelter.

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Sycamore Kareoke took place in dede III where students were able to show off their talent for singing.

Professor of the Week: Heather Roberts Alexandria Truby Reporter

What are you involved with on campus?

I am involved with the English department through my teaching, obviously, but I am also the Student Success Fellow in the Center for Student Success, so I am coordinating first gen college student outreach and activities. It has been an exciting year, and I have loved the faculty, staff, and students I have met doing this work.

What is your favorite ISU tradition?

I don’t know if it is a tradition, but I love standing in the middle of the circle over

by Root Hall and clapping to hear the echo.

Why did you choose to teach at ISU? I love ISU; it is home. I am local and

attended ISU for both my degrees, so applying here was a natural choice. I also love the English department!

Who is your favorite sports team?

The Chicago White Sox Celebrity crush?

Jensen Ackles and Aiden Turner Which class do you enjoy teaching the most?

I honestly love all my English classes that I teach on a regular basis.

Favorite author?

Emily Bronte and A.S. Byatt Where do you go to work or write?

Mostly my couch.

What advice would you give to undergrad students?

Go to class everyday and take notes. Yes, it is basic, but yes, it works.

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About Heather Roberts Heather Roberts has been a full-time member of the Indiana State University English department as an instructor since Fall of 2011. Heather Roberts earned her BA in English with double minors in Psychology and French in 2005 from Indiana State University and then earned her MA in English, emphasis in literature, in 2009 from Indiana State University as well. Currently, she teaches composition courses for freshmen and juniors as well as the Foundational Studies introductory literature course, Literature and Human Experience. She also is the English coordinator for the University’s LEAP program, an intense summer bridge course for incoming freshmen students. Heather Roberts has a book review in “The Eighteenth-Century Novel” and one forthcoming in “The Journal of Monsters and the Monstrous.”

Anna Bartley|Indiana Statesman

OPINION

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Friday, Feb. 2, 2018

Politicizing entertainment— When will it stop?

Emma Osowski Columnist

When I was younger, I never paid much attention to politics. I wasn’t up to date on everything George W. Bush did, or even Obama for that matter. I didn’t see the importance or my need for it. As I get older, I understand more and more why I and everyone else needs to know what’s going on, at least with our own country’s social issues and politics.

I also think it is important for everyone to have their own opinion on them as well as voicing it in a civil manner when needed.

And for that matter, it is important for everyone to respect the opinions of others, even if different from your own.

I respect anyone who takes a stand for what they believe in through whatever means they can. I think for those with platforms who speak on topics they believe in are especially strong. Anyone who has the public eye on them should have an opinion and speak out. However, I also think there is fine line to that. There does come a certain time or place, occasionally, where those conversations should be left at the door.

I am glad Beyonce took a stand with Black Lives Matter during her Black Panther performance at the 2016 Super Bowl.

I am happy that all the women wore black at the 2018 Golden Globes for the Time’s Up Movement against sexual harass-

ment. I think that Ellen has used her platform well for speaking on behalf of and bringing light to the LGBTQ community. And now U2 performed at the Statue of Liberty for the Grammys bringing awareness to the immigration problems our country faces. While yes, we’ve never talked about that in such a big way and that issue is in no way less important than the others, I’m still irritated that that happened at yet another award show.

I say this because I’m realizing that everything has become political in one or another. This world is messed up and scary and everyone has that one thing that helps them get away from the loudness of it all. Yet it seems to me that most getaways are becoming politicized.

The meaning behind musical performances have become political.

Award shows have become political. Television talk shows only talk about the hot topics, which just so happen to be politicized in some way. The special or symbolic meaning behind movies are about these social issues and even though I understand the reasoning behind making those movies I can’t say it’s not still annoying. Or even the movies themselves become politicized – for example, the “I, Tonya” movie. Every time you scroll down your Facebook or Twitter feed there is some video reporting and reminding you of what dumb thing our President or country has said or decided to do.

So, then we think, okay, just get away from entertainment. But sports deals with it too, especially football, with this whole past year or two dealing with National Anthem

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Tom Petty performs with the Heartbreakers at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on September 21, 2017.

Free Fallin’ The death of Tom Petty

Roger Terry Columnist

Thomas Earl Petty passed away on October 2, 2017, at the age of 66 due to cardiac arrest. On that day, the world lost more than just a musician. The world lost an irreplaceable icon, one of the greatest rockers to ever play and a genuinely terrific person.

Petty dedicated his life to rock ‘n’ roll, but in the end paid the price, and sadly, the price was his life.

When Tom Petty was first discovered in his home in Malibu, there had been speculation on whether or not he had passed away. This caused a widespread commotion across social media, which made the situation much harder for the rest of the family. After the confirmation of his passing, there

was a kind of mystery surrounding his final moments.

Just recently, his autopsy report came back to show something very common in America today. In a New York Times article, Joe Coscarelli stated that “The coroner, Jonathan Lucas, said that Mr. Petty’s system showed traces of the drugs fentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetyl fentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl.” To hear that Tom Petty passed away due to a drug overdose, well, it was heartbreaking to say the least.

While on tour with The Heartbreakers for their 40th Anniversary, something happened to Tom that inevitably led to him taking so many of those pills. Near the beginning of the tour, he

was made aware of a slight fracture in his hip. He was advised to cancel touring in order to have it fixed, but he refused to cancel because he felt it would disappoint his fans. One of his closest friends and rock icon herself, Stevie Nicks – former member of Fleetwood Mac – spoke out after the departure of her dear friend. In an article from the Huffington Post, Nicks said, “The loss of Tom Petty has just about broken my heart. He was not only a good man to go down the river with, as Johnny Cash said, he was a great father and he was a great friend. He was one of my best friends. My heart will never get over this.”

Nicks would go on to say, “He should’ve canceled, and he should’ve just gone home and gone to the hospital. But not Tom. He was

gonna go down that river.

And so, God bless him, he finished his tour at the Hollywood Bowl. Three shows. And one week later he died — but he got down the river. So Tom, I know you’re standing next to me cause you always have been for so many years.”

To say the least, Tom Petty had been well-loved and cherished for the generous man that he was.

The death of Tom Petty hurt many hearts in the days since his passing, myself included. Though, it seemed his friends felt and shared a pain that none of his fans could have imagined. From Stevie Nicks, to Bob Dylan and even Bruce Springsteen, the music world was left rocking on its heels. In a Rolling Stones article by David

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Trump revealed that the real state of the union is troubled Jerry Large The Seattle Times (TNS) You could actually get a good sense of where we are as a nation from the State of the Union address Tuesday evening, sometimes through the words of the speech, but in other ways, too.

There were lots of reminders. The female members of Congress wearing black in solidarity with the #MeToo movement were a reminder of the curtain being drawn back on sexual harassment and abuse.

And there at the podium was Donald Trump, a man accused by several women of sexual misconduct, who regularly displays disregard for women in his words and actions.

It says something that he could be elected president. And in his account of the state of the union, he passed over a national reckoning with the status of women in general and the outing of sexual misdeeds. Trumps’ wife, Melania, attended the speech, which wasn’t a given because she’d been out of the public eye since news outlets broadcast stories that he may have paid a porn actress to stay

silent about an affair with him. But Melania was there and wearing all white. She didn’t look happy. I don’t know what was on her mind, but I’m pretty sure she was not rejoicing.

I saw a lot of faces that seemed strained.

Presidents always invite guests to attend the speeches and help make some point or another. Corey Adams is a welder whose employer gave him a raise, using some of the money the company will save because of the recent tax cuts Trump signed into law. Sometimes presidents spotlight people they empathize with, which makes the ritual feel less like exploitation without representation.

Adams’ bosses, sitting next to him, looked delighted, but he mostly looked grim until finally forcing a brief grimace of a smile. The whole thing spoke to how tilted Trump’s policies and the tax cut itself are—favoring individuals and businesses at the top over the workers he talks about in his speeches. Later, Trump saluted a 12-year-old boy who started a movement to place flags on veterans’ graves on Veterans Day. Trump said the boy’s “reverence for those who have served our

nation reminds us of why we salute our flag, why we put our hands on our hearts for the Pledge of Allegiance, and why we proudly stand for the national anthem.”

For Trump, that was subtle, but not difficult to interpret. He spent a lot of time and energy last year disparaging black athletes who tried to bring attention to racial injustice by kneeling during the playing of the anthem.

The protests have nothing to do with the military. But Trump’s tweeting about them do amplify his support among white nationalists who appreciate his positions on matters of race.

He gave them more to applaud when he used two families to emphasize his view of immigrants from south of the border.

The parents of two teenage girls who police said were killed in 2016 by members of the MS-13 street gang wept as Trump spoke about the killings. And their pain was the base on which he stood to call for Congress to tighten immigration laws and increase policing of the border with Mexico. And that, too, says something about the state of our union that ought to make us uncomfortable.

Trump looks south and all he sees are criminals and other undesirable people.

But the facts are that most people cross the border looking to make a better life for themselves and their children by working like everyone else. He uses criminals to define an entire group of people.

The facts are irrelevant because what he really wants is a different kind of America, full of people who look like they might have come from Norway.

The speech was laced with nonfactual statements, but even that was a reminder of the path we’ve traveled over the past year and where we are now. Presidents always shape reality to their liking in these speeches, but Donald Trump is over the top in his blatant disregard for facts.

Trump crowed about “ending the war on beautiful, clean coal.” He talked about increasing preparedness for actual war by raising military spending and adding to the nation’s nuclear capability. The military chiefs seemed uncomfortable.

“Americans are dreamers, too,” Trump said at one point.

If we are dreaming, now would be a good time to wake up.

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Fri, Feb. 2, 2018 Indiana State University

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Volume 125 Issue 47

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indianastatesman.com STOP FROM PAGE 4 controversy. Go outside, try and get into nature and all people do is talk about global warming or recycling and how we need to be more like Norway or Sweden.

I feel as if everywhere I turn I’m either hearing something that is political or hearing something that is bringing politics into the matter. I personally would like a break from it all. But then I have this thought, is this how it’s always been, and I’ve just been young and oblivious to know? I

PETTY FROM PAGE 4 Fricke, Bruce Springsteen forms a haunting image of when he broke the news about Tom’s death. “I got the phone call and told the folks in my house,” he said. “There were shrieks of horror. You couldn’t quite believe it.

We were from the same generation of rock & rollers. We started around the same time and had a lot of the same influences. And when I lived in California, I got to know him quite well. He was just a lovely guy who loved rock & roll and came up the hard way.” He might have “came up the hard way,” but now Tom Pet-

SPEAKER FROM PAGE 1 the four main jobs of all Disney employees. Safety, courtesy, show and capacity/efficacy.

2. Keep ‘plussing’ the show was something that Disney himself would say about the commitment to excellence within a company.

3.

Quality is everything 4. Popcorn empowerment, meaning that trust plus training equals engagement.

5. Walk the park and building trust is another thing that Disney himself would do, he walked the park, picked up trash and made sure the show was running smoothly.

6.

Change or perish Lipp is fluent in Japanese and he helped Disney open the Tokyo Disneyland, the first international theme park.

UPENN FROM PAGE 2 cording to published reports.

“The nature, severity, and extent of these allegations, and the patterns of abusive behavior they describe, involve acts and conduct that are inimical to the core values of ouuniversity,” Gutmann and Cohen said.

Once they decided to remove Wynn’s name from the Commons — an honor he earned after making a $7.5 million donation — they felt compelled to take the same action regarding his honorary degree and scholarship name, they said.

Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 • Page 5 wonder if it will ever die down or if political awareness is just another one of those unwanted things that comes with age?

I also need to realize that I can’t have it both ways. I can either be annoyed by the messedup things in this world or be annoyed by those who advocate against them. I must take my pick. I guess I’ll choose being annoyed by those who advocate because it means that some things might change, I just might not watch many more award shows in the near future. ty can gently Free Fall into the annals of popular culture and will be remembered for many more years to come.

It is tragic with how Tom Petty passed away, but he left us with something that will never die: his music, his legacy and the memories he made while on this Earth. He left us all heartbroken, but in the end, he left us something hidden in every song, and that was a piece of heart. With that, over time, just maybe, he can help us mend our fractured hearts with the help of his jammin’ tunes. We love you, Tom. Rest easy.

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during his first year in office.

During the Address, Trump stated, “we have enacted the biggest tax cuts and reform in American history.”

According to FactCheck.org the most recent tax cut is the 8th largest cut since 1918 as a percentage of gross domestic product, and the 4th largest in inflation-adjusted dollars.

In regards to immigration, Trump referred to the visa lottery program as a program that “hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of our people.”

However, according to PolitiFact the lottery entrants must meet educational and work experience requirements.

The economy and immigration are the areas where Trump focused much of his effort in addressing tonight and his proposal to create a path to citizenship that did not include the deportation of all the young DACA immigrants surely put some of them at ease for the time being.

Defense was also heavily emphasized during the Address and

PROFESSOR FROM PAGE 3

Jennifer Cook, assistant director of ISU Facilities and Event Services, arranges the Speaker Series, and deals with the schedules and fees of the celebrities that have come to ISU to speak.

Each speaker is matched with an academic department and usually before each show a group of students get to meet one on one with the speaker, Cook said.

After the speeches the speaker usually has a free autograph and book signing as well.

Cook said that her favorite speakers in the past have been Elizabeth Smart in 2017 and Henry Winkler in 2014.

Alexis Herman and Ann Rhoads are the next and final speakers of the year. Herman is set to speak on Feb. 22 and Rhoads on March 28. Both events will be held in Tilson Auditorium at 7 p.m.

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would that be?

I would love to go to the United Kingdom and do an extended tour of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

Who is your role model?

I have lots of role models. Some are professional and some are personal. I have been fortunate to know many wonderful women who inspire me to be a better teacher, mother and person.

What books should everyone read?

Everyone should read “To Kill a Mockingbird,” all the Harry Potter books, “The Stand,” and “A Separate Peace.”

What was the most difficult job you have ever had?

I waited tables after I graduated with my M.A. in 2009 at a small, local restaurant, and it was ter-

Because of that, they said they also decided it made sense to revoke Cosby’s honorary degree at the same time, even though allegations against him have been swirling for years and charges lodged against him for the alleged assault of former Temple University employee Andrea Constand were filed more than a year ago. Many other colleges, including Lehigh, Drexel, Swarthmore, Muhlenberg and Franklin & Marshall, already have revoked honorary degrees they previously awarded to the entertainer. Penn in the past declined to take action, saying it wasn’t the university’s practice.

A small committee of trustees, alumni, deans and faculty made the recommendations to strip Wynn and Cosby of their honors. Those recommendations were accepted by the trustees.

Wynn, a 1963 graduate of Penn, served on the board of trustees until 2004 and received his honorary degree in 2006.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the allegations against Wynn late last week. Earlier this week, the Wynn Commons sign was vandalized, according to a story in the Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn’s student newspaper. The outdoor plaza borders Houston Hall, Claudia Cohen

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Trump proposed that the American people fully support the government’s effort in fighting threats such as North Korea and terrorist organizations mainly ISIS, that he claims threatens our way of life.

Trump supports the idea of keeping terrorist detention centers like Guantanamo Bay open to detain and lock up suspected terrorists in order to keep groups like ISIS at bay.

This move is very controversial to many given the fact that Obama tried unsuccessfully to shut the detention center down after it was revealed that the prisoners were being brutally tortured by the government during the Bush administration.

Trump’s overall message in the Address seemed to be the same as what he’s been saying since before and during his time in office. Staying tough on drugs and crime, creating opportunity to the everyday American, and making decisions that put Americans first before anyone else.

“What he said was on point with his usual talking points in most of his speeches,” Kelsie

Cull, a senior Political Science major said.

Cull stated that she felt as if Trump wanted to give Americans a positive sentiment looking forward into the future of the country.

Cull alongside other students including, Junior Political Science major Kaleb Hess are a part of the American Democracy project at ISU who enjoyed putting on the event.

They are both also apart of State for American Democracy, which meets every other Tuesday in room 102 located at Holmstead Hall starting at 6pm. The official callout meeting is February 6th.

Hess, who is president of the organization, states that their main goal is to create a healthy, non-partisan dialogue between students so that everyone’s opinions and voices can be heard without fear of being judged.

“We want students to be comfortable about speaking up for what they believe in and contribute to the political atmosphere on campus that we encourage students to be a part of,” says Hess.

rible.

What would you tell students who are looking into becoming teachers?

They need to be prepared to be flexible because you never know what can come up to interrupt a perfectly good lesson plan.

How do you relieve stress?

I watch British mystery shows.

Do you have any funny stories to share from being a professor?

I once book-ended a class by falling on the second day of class outside the building on an ice patch and then going to the exam in May covered in mud from hip to ankle because I slid in the mud on my way to pass back their final papers.

What is the most frustrating thing you see students do?

The most frustrating thing I see students do is nothing. If they forget an assignment or have a problem, some students just

quit putting forth the effort and assume that they ruined their chance in the class. Instead, they should reach out to their instructor, take ownership of their behavior, and see if they can get back on track. Often, people will work with students; if they can and they see the desire to do better is there.

Favorite joke?

I like to tell my son “Good story.

Do you tell it at parties?” when he tells me things. I think it is hilarious . . . he does not.

Where is the most interesting place you have been?

London What is one thing you really want but cannot afford?

A bigger house in the country away from neighbors!

There are two types of people in the world. What are the two types?

Optimists and pessimists

Hall, College Hall, and Irvine Auditorium.

In their statement, Gutmann and Cohen noted the sexual allegations against a myriad of men in recent months and said universities must provide “moral leadership.”

“Our nation is currently undergoing a profound reckoning regarding the role and extent of sexual misconduct in all areas of our society,” they said. “It is incumbent on all of us to address these issues wherever and whenever we find that they affect our extended community.”

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students are from low-income families.

Mitchell added that the school has made academic strides because more students are coming in better prepared from elementary school and because the school has emphasized longterm goals such as college and career.

This focus also has improved overall student behavior, he said.

“We have a new culture here,” Mitchell said. “I love this school.

We have really good kids here.

It’s the best-kept secret in town.”

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Friday, Feb. 2, 2018

Sycamores seek to rebound at Northern Iowa Jay Adkins Reporter

This upcoming Saturday, the Indiana State University Sycamores men’s basketball team will travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa to compete against the University of Northern Iowa Panthers.

The Sycamores are 1013 on the season so far and currently on a three game losing streak. These losses include matchups against the Southern Illinois University Salukis (82-77), Bradley University Braves (81-73), and Valparaiso University Crusaders (6963).

The University of Northern Iowa Panthers are at an average of just 11-12 on the season and are currently on a two game losing streak, with losses against both Loyola University (47-70) and the University of Evansville (49-57).

For the season, redshirt senior Bennett Koch has been the standout player for the Panthers. Koch is currently leading the Panthers in points per game (12.5), field goals percentage (.552), free throw percentage (.785), and blocks per game (0.9). Redshirt

Jordan Barnes (2), leads the sycamores in points, assists, minutes and three point field gold per game.

sophomore guard Spencer Haldeman leads the team in three-point field goal percentage with .429%.

Freshman guard Tywhon Pickford leads the team in rebounds with 8.2 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Juwan Mc-

Cloud leads the team in assists and steals with 2.6 and 1.4, respectively. Redshirt senior forward Klint Carlson leads the team in minutes with 32.4 minutes per game.

In the team’s last game against Valparaiso Univ-

versity, sophomore guard Jordan Barnes led the way for the Sycamores in scoring with 23 points in 33 minutes played. Freshman standout guard Tyreke Key, led the team with a game-high 3 assists while also contributing 2 points,

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1 steal, 6 rebounds, and 1 block in 24 minutes played. As well, guard Qiydar Davis led the team with a whopping 5 steals while also contributing 7 points and 1 assists in 30 minutes played. The Sycamores also got solid

contributions from senior guard Brenton Scott (9 points, 2 assists), senior center Brandon Murphy (8 points, team-high 7 rebounds), junior forward Devin Thomas (4 points, 6 rebounds), redshirt freshman guard Matt Deady (6 points, 3 rebounds) and junior center Emondre Rickman (4 points, 3 rebounds).

For the season, Jordan Barnes leads the Sycamores in points per game (17.6), assists per game (3.8), three point field goal percentage (.442), free throw percentage (.841), and minutes per game (33.9). Scott Brenton leads the team in rebounds per game and steals per game with 5.5 and 1.7, respectively. Emondre Rickman leads the team in blocks with 0.9 blocks per game.

The 10-13 Indiana State University Sycamores will face off against the University of Northern Iowa Panthers at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa this Saturday at 4:00 PM. The game can be seen on TV on FOX Sports Indiana and NBC Sports Chicago. The game can be heard on the Sycamore Basketball Radio Network.

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Brooke Moore returned to the team after missing the early part of the season due to her injury.

ISU Track and Field splits for two meets

Garrett Short Reporter

The Indiana State Track and Field team splits this weekend for the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame and the Indiana Wesleyan Invitation in Marion, Indiana.

The team will be dividing up and attending the meet at Notre Dame on Friday and Saturday while the meet in Marion is just on Saturday. Head coach Angela Martin said this is a wonderful opportunity for her team, especially the younger athletes, to gain some invaluable experience.

The track and field team is coming off of the Mark Messersmith Invite last weekend, a meet that was productive for both the men and women. The women placed first in style defeating Northern Iowa—the second place team—by a score of 163118. The men were in a tighter grouping and placed second, narrowly falling to UNI by a measly three and a half points.

The Meyo Invitational is an opportunity for ISU to see how they fare against top talent. It’s not every day that the athletes get to go against ACC and Big 10 athletes. Some of the biggest schools include Miami, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan State, Louisville, and Notre Dame.

ISU’s best are preparing for the challenge. Senior distance-runner Taylor Austin hopes to continue her stellar season in the mile. Austin has won the event three times this season and currently has the best time this year in the Missouri Valley Conference at 4:51:83.

The Sycamores finally get junior Brooke Moore back on the track too. After a successful 2017 season that included breaking ISU records in the mile and the 3,000-meter run, Moore missed the early part of this season due to injury. However, she seems to be returning to form after winning her first event of the season last Saturday in the 3,000-meter run.

On the men’s side of things, their youth will be put to the test this weekend. A very young team will be stretched out at two different meets, but that means the 20 freshman on the roster will be put to the test and have an opportunity to learn from their elders.

As the indoor season starts to wind down, athletes like junior Ryan Cash have a finite amount of time left to push forward.

Cash has been consistently getting better for the Sycamores in his career.

Since last year’s indoor season, Cash has shaved off about six seconds from his mile time. Since his freshman season, he has been able to cut off about 15.5 seconds.

Cash and company have just about three weeks until their season is put on the line. They have just 22 days until the MVC Indoor Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The final preparations for the ISU track and field team are starting to take shape.

Indiana State baseball has been picked to finish third in the Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll, the conference announced Tuesday. The poll is determined by a vote from each head coach in the conference.

Dallas Baptist tallied 63 points and was named the favorite over second-place pick Missouri State (57).

The Sycamores collected 42 votes overall followed

by Southern Illinois (35), Illinois State (31), Bradley (30), Evansville (18) and MVC newcomer Valparaiso (12).

Redshirt senior Dane Giesler was tabbed Preseason All-MVC following a breakout season a year ago.

The Jasper, Indiana native led the way for the Trees in several offensive categories. He finished with a team high 17 home runs, which was fourth-best in

the conference. Giesler was also fifth in the league with a .593 slugging percentage and seventh in RBIs with 49.

Indiana State returns six position starters and three key pitchers from last season’s 29-26 team.

Since 2010, any time Indiana State has won 29 or fewer games the team has responded with 35 or more wins the following season.

Infielder Clay Dungan returns for ISU after starting in 55 games last season hitting .275 with 60 base hits and nine home runs. The Sycamores will also welcome back Dane Tofteland and Chris Ayers to the batting order. The duo combined for 57 base hits and 45 runs a year ago.

Indiana State will look to fill a void in the starting rotation this season after its top arm was taken in

the 11th round of the MLB Draft. Junior RHP Tyler Ward will look to fill the spot after a solid year on the mound. Ward finished at 4-5 with a 4.16 ERA in 84.1 innings.

Two bullpen arms in right-hander Ethan Larrison and southpaw Triston Polley return for the Sycamores this season as well. Larrison appeared in 19 games last season and struck out 32 batters while walking only 13. Polley struck out 35 batters and walked 14 in 26.2 innings.

The Sycamores open their season Feb. 16 in Las Vegas. The team will play four games over the weekend with two coming against UNLV and single games with Loyola Marymount and Oregon.

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