February 1, 2017

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Volume 124, Issue 47

Year of the Rooster

ISU Communications and Marketing

The Chinese New Year celebration held in Dede I Sunday night featured performances, a buffet and a fashion show of traditional Chinese clothing.

ISU celebrates lunar new year Grace Harrah Features Editor

Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is one of the most celebrated and extravagant holidays in China. This year, the Chinese New Year was dated on Saturday, Jan. 28. On the following Sunday, Indiana State University celebrated the holiday hosted by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association. It was a day not only dedicated to bringing in a new year but to celebrate prosperity, love, friendship and family. The members of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association planned the event filled with

traditional activities, performances, food and prizes. The crowd of the event included students and faculty of ISU along with the general community of Terre Haute.

Chinese Students and Scholars Association is one of the international organizations predominantly of Chinese exchange students who study at ISU. CSSA hosts a celebration of the Chinese New Year every year, bringing a traditional Chinese event to ISU students.

“Our goal is to build a bridge between Chinese students and American students. Providing a stage for them to communicate and promote Chinese culture, I believe ISU students and

guests enjoyed our show and drew us together as a community, which was the most successful part. Chinese New Year it is the most important festival in China, so it is a great opportunity to promote Chinese culture,” Zhijie Yang, President of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, said.

The event started off with a dinner buffet that included traditional Chinese dishes catered by local restaurants in Terre Haute. Following the buffet, multiple performances were held for the entertainment part of the night.

The performances included a fashion show with traditional Chinese clothing and a Chinese dancing performance.

“I really enjoy the process of pre-

paring the ceremony. My team members and I spend almost two to three months for this event. I am so proud of them. I am so proud of what we did, and I am so proud to be Sycamores,” Yang said.

The event brought American students, international students and the community of Terre Haute together to have a new cultural experience.

“I hope ISU students and guests had a unique experience and memory from the celebration. I hope they enjoyed our traditional Chinese foods and our performance. It is an opportunity for ISU students and Chinese students to

SEE LUNAR YEAR, PAGE 3

Elizabeth Smart teaches students valuable lesson Claire Silcox Reporter

ISU Communications and Marketing

Kenneth Chew (left) is director of the Student Counseling Center located on the second floor of Gillum Hall.

Academic Affairs raises awareness of Student Counseling Center Ashton Hensley Reporter

Academic Affairs sent out an email to students asking them to take a survey about the Indiana State University Student Counseling Center. The point of the survey was to see how much students know or do not know about the SCC and the services it provides.

According to the SCC webpage, their office is located on the second floor of Gillum Hall.

Students can make an appointment, the first of which is free, to discuss and receive support for a variety of personal concerns.

“All registered students at Indiana State University are eligible to receive counseling services at the SCC. Depression, anxiety, difficulties in relationships, feelings of inadequacy, sexuality issues, identity problems, substance abuse issues and problems interfering with academic func-

tioning are some of the concerns students address through counseling,” said the SCC webpage.

The SCC webpage lists the types of counseling that is provided there. The treatments include individual counseling, group counseling, alcohol, marijuana and other drug groups, and couples counseling. They also have a yoga class for emotional balance as well as veteran services.

Under Crisis Prevention on their webpage the SCC has tips on how to recognize and help students who may be in distress.

This distress can include many different kinds of stress.

According to the SCC webpage, “Students use SCC services for many reasons. Students face many academic concerns and social pressures.”

Janet Weatherly is the associate director of Student Health Pro-

SEE COUNSELING, PAGE 3

Tickets are $16 for adults and $11 for all students!

Indiana State University Speaker Series presented Elizabeth Smart Monday night in Tilson Auditorium. In the past, the University Speaker Series has presented ISU students with people such as Alexandra Cousteau, Debbi Fields and Bob Baffert.

Elizabeth Smart, an abduction survivor, touched the audience by her strong yet emotional story and emphasized the perspective of how our every day decisions ultimately decide who we are, and not the problems we had in the past.

Tilson Auditorium was packed with students and community members wanting to hear Smart’s experience with her abductors and how she decided to forgive them.

Smart grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in a household with her parents and siblings. Smart usually kept to herself, playing the harp and doing as she was told. But when she was 14-years-old, her life changed.

Smart was abducted from her bedroom one night with a knife to her throat, disappearing for nine months after, making nation-wide news.

Smart spoke about her abduction, throwing in anecdotes about her personality around this time in her life. Her stories about the abduction and being held captive were short; her intent was not to focus on that but to focus on what she has done since.

“The best punishment you could give to them is to be happy and move forward,” Smart’s mother told her after being released.

After being found, her parents and family tried everything to get her reintegrated into society.

Smart realized that she would never be the same girl that she used to be.

After the abduction, Smart realized that she was somewhat famous for her experience and would always have people recognizing her as ‘the girl who got kidnapped from Utah.’

Smart talked about her captors, and an audience member asked where they are now. Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee are both in prison for their crimes. Although Barzee is currently in a Utah state

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Elizabeth Smart spoke about her experience and was able to teach students some new lessons.

prison, after serving her federal time, she is scheduled for a re-hearing for parole in the spring. After hearing that one of the captors might be released, the audience gasped in disbelief. Brian Mitchell is in an Arizona federal prison for life.

Smart was not angry towards her captors, but more forgiving. She was able to let the grief go and be happy. Smart told the crowd that they are not defined but what happened to them, but by their choices and decisions.

Smart ended her speech with a quote from Mother Teresa. “I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish he didn’t trust me so much,” the quote reads.

She then answered questions from the audience and went out for a meet and greet where her book could be purchased and photos could be taken.

“No matter who you are, where you’re from or what you do, we all have problems. But what make you who you are today is ultimately the decisions that you make,” Smart said.

NEWS

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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017

U of Illinois advises against travel abroad Dawn Rhodes and Ally Marotti Chicago Tribune (TNS)

The University of Illinois on Monday advised some of its students and researchers not to travel abroad in response to President Donald Trump’s recent immigration restrictions.

In an advisory sent to the campus community, U. of I. President Timothy Killeen cautioned those traveling to the seven countries most affected by the new policy to wait “until there is a further assessment.”

There are more than 150 people from the affected countries at the university’s Urbana-Champaign campus, a spokeswoman said. The university is not aware of any students, faculty or staff who are currently overseas and unable to return to the U.S., Killeen said.

“We are greatly concerned about the negative consequences for members of our community and their families arising from President Trump’s recent Executive Order instituting changes in immigration policy,” Killeen’s message stated. “We want to assure you that we are monitoring events closely and we are working with other universities, national organizations, legal counsel and government officials to support and protect all of our international faculty, visiting scholars and students.”

Killeen’s message comes as universities across the country are scrambling to assess the impact of the president’s decree, which was signed Friday. The executive order immediately denied any Syrian national entry to the country, as well as citizens of six other majority-Muslim countries, including Iran, Iraq and Yemen.

The order upset many across the country, stoking mass protests at major international airports throughout the weekend as arriving travelers were held by immigration authorities, and in some cases, sent back to their home countries. U.S. citizens and those holding green cards were among those stopped and questioned by immigration authorities.

Federal judges struck down parts of the order, but the Department of Homeland Security said it would continue to enforce the remainder of the policy. Throughout

ISU president discourages international students from travel outside the U.S Indiana State University President Daniel J. Bradley recommended Monday that ISU students and scholars from the seven countries impacted

by President Trump’s executive order not travel outside of the United States until the situation becomes more clear. “It is my hope that time and the courts will clarify and resolve these issues,” he said in a letter addressed to international students at ISU. Bradley encouraged all international students to work directly with the staff in ISU’s Center for Global Engagement if they plan to travel outside the U.S. the weekend, confusion has spread over how exactly the policies will be enforced and whom it will affect.

The University of Chicago and Northwestern University also sent messages to their students, staff and faculty during the weekend, doubling down on their previously stated commitment to international students and those in the country illegally.

The U. of C. and Northwestern both strongly criticized the executive order.

“Unnecessary restrictions on the flow of talented scholars and students into the United States damage the University’s capacity to fulfill its highest aspirations in research, education, and impact,” U. of C. President Robert Zimmer and Provost Daniel Diermeier said in a joint message.

Northwestern also advised students from the affected countries not to travel abroad.

“The order already is being challenged in court, so it is not clear what the immediate impact will be,” Northwestern President Morton Schapiro said. “However, we believe strongly that there is no legitimate basis for depriving students and scholars from those countries who have already

SEE TRAVEL, PAGE 3

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Demonstrators converge in reaction to the executive order travel ban on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 outside Terminal 5 of O’Hare International Airport.

Parents of middle-class students fret over possible end of California scholarship program

Unveiled:

One-woman play illuminates lives of five Muslim women Anthony Goelz Reporter

— could hit $1.6 billion by summer and the need to retain aid for the state’s neediest students.

As H.D. Palmer, the state finance department spokesman, said in a statement, “We believe that gradually phasing out the Middle Class Scholarship Program will allow us to continue to maintain the Cal Grant entitlement program that’s focused on those students with the greatest financial need.”

Rafi Sands, a UCLA student body leader campaigning for more middle-class support, criticized that rationale.

“It’s pitting groups of students against each other,” said the junior, who studies business, economics and political science. “There’s an idea that middle-class students don’t deserve to be asking for aid and don’t need it, but from what I’ve seen, people could not be more wrong about that.”

Tonight, Rohina Malik will be performing her most recent work “Unveiled: A One Woman Play” at the University Hall Auditorium at 7 p.m.

Malik is a Chicago playwright with two other plays under her belt. “The Mecca Tales” and “Yasmina’s Necklace,” some of Malik’s other works, debuted in 2010 and 2011, respectively. According to Malik’s website, “The Mecca Tales” received a Jeff nomination for 2015 Best New Play and “Yasmina’s Necklace” has received a Jeff nomination for Best New Work.

After debuting in 2009, “Unveiled: A One Woman Play” has received many positive reviews. Nina Metz of the Chicago Tribune called the play a “terrific show, intellectually engrossing work of theater.”

“A compelling 70-minute piece rich with illuminating surprises, drawing the audience into worlds that are both unique and truly universal. It is terrifically entertaining,” said Catey Sullivan of the Chicago Examiner.

“Unveiled: A One Woman Play” is a one-woman show about five Muslim women in a post-9/11 world who uncover what lies beneath the veil. ”Unveiled” has presented at Princeton, Yale, Stanford and many other universities across the nation.

“This event is a collaboration between the Division of Student Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, Center for Global Engagement, Office of Multicultural Service and Programs and the Women’s Resource center. We are very excited for the showing of the play and is anticipating a great outcome,” Elonda Ervin, executive director of the Office of Multicultural Services and Programs, said.

Ervin also said that this play will be taking place on World Hijab Day, a holiday that is unfamiliar to many. The play will address the importance of the hijab.

Ervin also mentioned that they are trying to bring this day to the light and give it the respect it deserves, but also do not want to take away from Black History Month.

Following the play there will be a talk

SEE PARENTS, PAGE 3

SEE PLAY, PAGE 3

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UCLA Foundation President Shirley Wang recently donated $1 million for middle-class scholarships; students (from left) Tobi Jekayinfa, Rachel Wilson and Daniela Herrera are middle-class students who recently shared stories of their struggles. Wilson is active in student government organizing on the middle-class issue.

Teresa Watanabe and Rossana Xia across California face similar struggles. And those problems Los Angeles Times TNS are likely to deepen with UC Jill Cohen-Sandler tosses regents last week approving and turns at night, her mind the first tuition increases in six filled with anxiety over how years and if Gov. Jerry Brown she and her husband will pay makes good on his budget profor their daughter to attend posal to phase out the state’s only scholarship program for the University of California.

She’s a state rehabilitation middle-class students.

Cohen-Sandler said she had counselor. He’s a retired teacher. Together, the Santa Rosa counted on a middle-class couple brings in $103,000 scholarship for Rose’s educaannually. That’s too much to tion. But even with that $3,000 qualify for the major financial scholarship, $4,000 from their aid programs but not enough college savings plan, $5,500 in to pay the $34,000 total annu- loans and the $5,000 they beal cost of a UC education. The lieve they can spare from their financial pressures may force paychecks, she said, the family their daughter Rose to attend still would be short nearly half community college, despite the money needed for a year at her 4.66 GPA as a senior at UC. She has written to Brown Maria Carrillo High School, and other state politicians, her mother said.

“I wake up in the middle of pleading to spare the Middle the night thinking about this Class Scholarship program, stuff,” Cohen-Sandler said. which was designed to cov“I’m constantly calculating, er up to 40 percent of tuition how are we going to make this and fees for UC and Cal State students whose annual family work?”

Many middle-class families income and household assets

(excluding primary homes and retirement accounts) each fall below $156,000. The far larger Cal Grant program covers needier students — the income ceiling for a family of four this year, for instance, was $90,500.

The middle-class program has offered nearly 190,000 scholarships in the last three years, according to the California Student Aid Commission. About 40 percent go to low-income students who don’t make the cut for the Cal Grant program. Four-fifths of recipients are Cal State students, who received a maximum award of $1,641 this year. UC students’ maximum scholarship was $3,688, the commission said.

Brown’s proposal would retain current students’ awards but begin phasing the program out for new students in the 2017-18 school year.

He says it’s necessary given lagging state revenue, a state deficit that — without action

indianastatesman.com COUNSELING FROM PAGE 1 motion. Her department is under the SCC and provides a prevention program for students who need help, but not to the extent of needing to see a counselor.

“We focus on the eight dimensions of wellness: physical, social, intellectual, occupational, emotional, spiritual, financial and environmental,” Weatherly said.

Ashton Karr, a freshman nursing major, said that though she had not been planning on taking the survey sent by Academic Af-

PARENTS FROM PAGE 2 more middle-class support, criticized that rationale.

“It’s pitting groups of students against each other,” said the junior, who studies business, economics and political science. “There’s an idea that middle-class students don’t deserve to be asking for aid and don’t need it, but from what I’ve seen, people could not be more wrong about that.”

Sands and other UCLA students are rallying to share stories of the middle-class struggle, save the scholarship program and press UC leaders for more support.

A 2016 UC report on financial aid found that, between the 2008-09 and 2011-12 academic years, annual levels of student borrowing and cumulative debt

TRAVEL FROM PAGE 2 obtained visas from entering the United States to study and conduct research at Northwestern or elsewhere.”

Hearing these messages of inclusion from management, whether it’s a university president, a CEO or even a school principal, is critical for those affected by Trump’s order, said Maryam Kouchaki, assistant professor of management and organization at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

“They feel really alone, not

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 • Page 3 fairs, she had heard a little about the SCC. “A few of my classes have introduced me to it,” Karr said.

The SCC often sends representatives like Weatherly to classes to give a presentation on the SCC and the services it provides in order to spread awareness.

“I regularly attend classes to talk about the services provided by the SCC & SHP,” Weatherly said. “I go as often as I am invited. We are available to go into anyone’s class and talk on a variety of wellness issues— our services, as well as topics like stress management, sleep hygiene,

anxiety/depression, social wellness, relationships, etc.”

Even though Karr had been introduced to the SCC in classes, she was still unaware of some important information that students would need to know in order to be able to utilize the service.

“I don’t know where it’s located; the only thing that I really know is that they provide the service to you,” Karr said. “I’m not sure if you have to pay for it.”

Weatherly said that the SCC would help any student who accessed its services. However, many students are not aware of

the SCC. Through the SCC’s presentations and the survey done

by Academic Affairs, students will hopefully be able to learn more about the counseling ISU provides.

Karr explained that if she had more knowledge of the SCC she would be more likely to seek out its services.

“The counselors on staff at the SCC and really great people who are dedicated to helping students manage their lives and live their best potential,” Weatherly said.

“We ultimately are here to make sure that students are successful and graduate.”

at graduation increased the fastest among middle-income students — and rates of borrowing have not declined as quickly for them as for other income groups.

The report also found that the proportion of students whose families earned between $107,000 and $134,000 declined from 11 percent of undergraduates in 2007-08 to 7 percent in 2014-15. Over the same period, those students whose families earned less than $27,000 annually grew from 13 percent to 19 percent.

The recession prompted major funding cuts. Tuition and fees more than doubled to the highest levels in state history: $5,472 for CSU and $12,294 for UC, while student costs for housing, food and books also grew.

The scholarship program was aimed at helping middle-class

families manage those hikes, said Lupita Cortez Alcala, executive director of the California Student Aid Commission. The award amounts, she said, are relatively small but richly deserved by those who have worked hard, saved, taken out loans and “done everything right” — yet still struggle to pay for college.

“Families used to be able to afford college,” she said. “But the cost of attendance for middle-class families has become unbearable.”

David Lopez, president of the Cal State Student Association, said the middle-class scholarship bailed him out during his second year at Cal State East Bay. He used it for costly textbooks, allowing him to work just 20 to 30 hours a week and focus more on school.

“For our middle-class stu-

dents, any little bit helps,” Lopez said. “Not having this will be detrimental to our students, and may cause a delay in graduation.”

Some UC campuses try to help such families on their own.

UC Davis offers a $3,000 “Aggie Grant,” and UC Berkeley caps parent contributions at 15 percent of total income for families earning $80,000 to $150,000.

UCLA is aiming to raise $1 billion for scholarships as part of its $4.2 billion Centennial Campaign. UCLA Foundation President Shirley Wang said middle-class students would be a priority; she and her husband donated $1 million for scholarships.

“We have to make sure that people who work hard can send their children to college,” Wang said. “We need to fill that gap.”

LUNAR YEAR FROM PAGE 1 showcase their talents, develop their performing skills and most importantly enjoy the Chinese New Year atmosphere, drawing us together as a community,” Yang said.

The event had a large turnout that included President Bradley and the first lady Cheri Bradley.

“The event was so successful.

I have to say thanks to those restaurants and organization who were always supporting us, and thanks to our President Bradley and the first lady attend our event,” Yang said.

PLAY FROM PAGE 2 on World Hijab Day. Founded in 2013 by Nazma Khan, World Hijab Day is in recognition of millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab and live a life of modesty.

By opening up new pathways to understanding, Nazma hopes to counteract some of the controversies surrounding why Muslim women choose to wear the hijab.

“We’re looking at five Muslim women and experiencing life from their perspective,” Ervin said.

“This show offers a unique experience and a understanding of a cultural difference. Many do not get to have a chance to see a show like this,” Ervin said.

respected, not valued,” she said.

“Research has shown exclusion hurts.”

Research also has shown that companies and universities benefit from having employees and students from different backgrounds, Kouchaki said.

“The value of diversity is not something anyone is making up,” she said.

The order could prevent students from attending Northwestern, she said, and it comes right as the school is finalizing decisions on whom to invite to some graduate programs.

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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017

FEATURES Life in the fast lane

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What happens when a NASCAR celebrity launches a fashion e-boutique?

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Samantha Busch shows off one of her favorite plus-sized tops in the winter collection of her new online store, Murph Boutique.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There are three career to-dos on the bucket list of celebrity NASCAR wife and fashion/lifestyle blogger Samantha Busch, and she crosses a big one off Thursday as she launches Murph Boutique, an online clothing e-tailer with trendy styles, affordable prices and a range of regular and plus size pieces.

(The other two items on her list? Making a workout video and creating a shoe collection, she says.)

Busch, wife of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch and a celebrity in her own right with 206,000 followers on Twitter, 84,000 on Instagram and a healthy blog following, says she’s been kicking around the idea of a boutique for years but never before felt the time was right.

Followers of her blog, samanthabusch. com, know about the couple’s struggles with infertility (they now have a 20-monthold son, Brexton), and their passion behind

the charity they started, the Kyle and Samantha Busch Bundle of Joy Fund, for families dealing with infertility.

Now that her family’s on solid footing, she says, she realized it was time to bring her love of clothes and accessories to the masses.

“I finally feel like I’m at a point in my life where I’m confident to take on such a big task. Before I was scared. ‘What are people going to think? What if people don’t like it?

What are they going to say about it?’” Busch said.

“I just think as you get older and mature, you realize it’s not about what other people think, as long as you have the support of family and friends,” she said. “You’ve got to give it a try.”

With the help of a professional buyer, she visited the Los Angeles clothing market late last year to find her debut collection, and Murph Boutique was born.

Most items hover in the $20s and $30s;

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Natural hair tips for dry, dreadful winters Erica Garnes Reporter

Calling all naturalists— the cold winds may be drying out the ends of everyone’s hair, but there is a way to fix it. Here are three healthy tips to ensure your mane gets what it needs.

All women and men with natural hair know that deep conditioning is an enormous step of wash day. Deep conditioning ensures that the hair will be moisturized, detangled, strong and with excellent shine. One of the best deep conditioners to have is the one anyone can make at home. It is a fun process and saves money.

Here are a few simple and affordable ways to make a great deep conditioner. The ingredients include avocado and coconut milk, as well as egg, honey and olive oil.

Avocado is good for the hair because it rejuvenates and moisturizes the scalp. The protein and vitamins in the avocado soothe the scalp and promote long, strong and healthy growing hair. Coconut milk’s essential vitamins and minerals, such as vitamins C and E, build healthy skin, bones and hair. These two put together are great for those who fight with dry, brittle hair. Mix them well, and add olive oil for extra softness.

Another great homemade deep conditioner is an egg, honey and olive oil mixture.

Often times, damaged hair is in need of a strong protein wash to treat it. Egg yolks are packed with vitamins A, D, and E, in addition to the fatty acids in an egg that will moisturize and

condition the strands. Honey naturally attracts moisture and adds shine. Its antioxidants and nutrients encourage hair growth in your follicles. The honey will also make the conditioner smell great. Olive oil is a great moisturizer for any type of hair along with various other oils such as coconut or Argon oil. Mix the three ingredients together, and it will easily create a hair moisturizer that works well.

It is also important to know exactly how to use the products, in order to see the best results. Products such as gels and leave-in conditioners always work best on damp hair. And when using deep conditioners, such as the ones stated above, remember to use on freshly washed hair.

Furthermore, continuing on the natural hair journey, remember four things: moisturize, oil/seal, co-wash and deep condition. Moisturizing hair is ultimately the main and most important step to keeping the hair looking great. Moisturize every other day with water or a water-based product. Oil nightly, and only use heavy oils at night, such as coconut oil, to properly seal it in.

Co-washing is vital as well; co-washing is washing your hair using only a cleansing conditioner. As stated above, deep conditioning hair weekly and giving a protein treatment every four to six weeks will only better the journey to healthy hair. Both can be very easily made with natural ingredients.

Find what works well for your hair, and DIY the perfect hair regimen.

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Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey at the Netflix’s original documentary ‘13th’ reception on January 15, 2017 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Oprah Winfrey joins CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’ Stephen Battaglio

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Oprah Winfrey is joining the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” as a contributor.

The talk show host, actress, cable network owner and producer will appear in several segments a year on the program starting this fall, CBS News announced Tuesday.

“I’ve been a big admirer of ‘60 Minutes’ since my days as a young reporter,” Winfrey said in a statement. “I’m so excited and proud to join forces with this historic news program, which for me represents the bastion of journalistic storytelling.”

It’s the first time in the program’s history that “60 Minutes” has had a contributor.

CBS will have to make a call on whether the current ad campaign for Weight Watchers, which features Winfrey as a spokesperson, can run in “60 Minutes.” The commercials have run on other CBS News programs. Winfrey is also on the board of directors of Weight Watchers.

It’s standard practice at serious TV news organizations that anchors and correspondents do not appear in commercials as product endorsers.

Winfrey has been building a relationship with CBS in recent years. She has made frequent appearances on “CBS This Morning,” where her best friend Gayle King is a co-anchor.

CBS also carried Winfrey’s hourlong interview with then-First Lady Michelle Obama in December. The interview aired on CBS before it ran on OWN, the Discovery Communications-owned cable network. Winfrey is chairman and chief executive of OWN. Winfrey hosted the most successful syndicated talk show in history from 1986 to 2011.

During that run she founded her own production company, Harpo Productions, which developed other successful programs including “Dr. Phil,” “The Dr. Oz Show” and “Rachael Ray.” She has also produced films including 2014’s “Selma,” in which she also had a featured role.

A morning routine to set you up for a productive day Susie Moore

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What’s the first thing you reach for the instant your eyes open in the morning? I bet it’s your smartphone. And within 105 seconds, you’ve check your inboxes, Instagram, Facebook and everything else in the digital world, right?

I used to do this too. And before 7:05 a.m., I’d already feel stressed out. My heart would race at the touch of a mailbox icon, which flooded requests, questions, comments and calendar invites into my brain all at once.

This still happens whenever I let it, but those first 10 minutes after waking are the most potent for setting the tone for your entire day. What if you spent those 10 minutes differently? Here’s how, on my best days, I set up for a badass 24 hours, feeling like a total boss: LAY OUT CLOTHES BEFORE YOU SHOWER. I got this advice from a friend, and it feels totally glam without costing a thing.

Often on my commute home the night before, I consider my plans for the next day and what I’m going to wear. This is a massive time-saver!

Then, before I hop in the shower, I lay my outfit for the day out on the bed — ac-

cessories included. I pretend a personal stylist did it for me.

AWAKE WITH INTENTION. Ever since a friend gifted me the 5 Minute Journal, my days have never been the same. Each morning, instead of fishing for my phone on the nightstand with one eye open, I allow myself to enjoy a moment of sitting up, fully waking, and reaching for my journal and pen.

In this five minutes, you get the opportunity to …

— Be inspired by a motivational quote or weekly challenge.

— State three things you’re grateful for.

Today, mine were lunch with a beloved friend, a new jacket I’m excited to wear for the first time and the ideas that are flowing to me for my next book.

— Write down three things that would make today great (that you can control).

This morning, I chose walking my dog in the park, finishing a blogging project I’ve been working on and ditching dessert at dinner.

— Make two positive daily affirmations.

Mine were: “I am vibrant and healthy,” and “I am always, always fun.”

What a good morning already!

TAKE COMFORT IN RITUALS. Every morning on my way to the office, I used to grab a large iced coffee and what-

Write three things you’re grateful for to start the day off right.

ever was hot at Pret-A-Manger. I was always starving and in a mad rush.

Now I think that making breakfast can be a lovely ritual. When you stock your kitchen with food you enjoy, take a couple of minutes to prepare it, and sit down to drink and eat, you start the day satisfied and focused. In the winter, I even like to bring mine to bed!

OPEN UP SOME HEADSPACE. If I have time, I like to sit with a second cup of tea (you can take the girl out of England!) and listen to my Headspace or

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Abraham Hicks app. If I think my phone is a minefield, or if I’ve been barraged with texts overnight, I’ll just take a few minutes to read my latest self-help book instead. Right now, I’m reading “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big”

by Scott Adams. It’s hilarious, and giving yourself the opportunity to laugh in the morning is totally underrated.

RELISH GETTING READY. When I’m getting dressed, putting on

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indianastatesman.com ROUTINE FROM PAGE 4 makeup, preparing my bag, etc., I power up a motivational YouTube video on my iPad (which I keep push-notification free).

This can be some Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay affirmations… and on the mornings I’m feeling feisty, Tony Robbins.

This is how I always squeeze in a little self-help. I flit from room to room and listen, catching what I can — you don’t have to sit and listen to a whole lecture.

I will always — without fail — get a golden nugget that sets me up to feel rockin’ that day.

This morning, Louise Hay said, “Your only job in this world is to love yourself; everything else works out after that.” Boom!

Thanks, Louise.

GO — ENERGIZED AND AWAKE! Only then do I check my phone, en route to meetings, to the spin studio, to the office.

There’s no rush to check all of your apps; think of the time you wait for the elevator, stand on a subway platform or sit in

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 • Page 5 traffic. The external world can wait! Plus, after an invigorating morning routine, you’re in a way better mental space to handle anything that pops up.

And don’t feel anxious about a delay — I promise the Queen of England did not call you overnight.

Some days, I totally need the extra sleep, scramble to leave the house in 20 minutes, grab a peanut butter bagel and bad coffee at the nearest deli, and run toward the first empty cab in sight.

But my little routine happens as much as I allow it to (an earlier night in bed helps). So if you only do one thing for yourself, just keep your paws off your phone first thing, will you?

Invest in a $10 alarm clock if you need that to make it happen.

This way, you get a chance to think, and you choose how to set the tone for your day, not the outside world.

Everyone else will get the next 16 hours of your attention … and life is too damn important to live from the inbox out!

NASCAR FROM PAGE 4 the highest priced items are statement jackets at $60. Most dresses fall around $32; rompers are in the $30s. Jumpsuits and rompers abound and there’s a line of athleisure and workout wear, as well as jewelry, purses and bralettes. She’s also got a small line of racing t-shirts with cute sayings she designed herself.

“I don’t think you have to always go spend a ton of money to look really good,” she said Tuesday from her office in the Kyle Busch Motorsports headquarters, where Murph Boutique is anchored. “Our pieces are bold and unique, but the quality of them is really good.”

Offering plenty of plus sizes (the store carries 1X-3X, in addition to traditional small, medium and large) was a priority.

It was while meeting with fans during a racing trip with Kyle last year to Watkins Glen, N.Y., she says, that she realized the need for more on-trend plus-sized clothing in the marketplace.

“I just have so many women that come tell me, ‘I don’t feel good in this. I can’t find things I like,’ ” Busch said. “I want to go out there and not just find boring plus-sized stuff. I want to find really unique stuff, really cool stuff. We pushed the envelope.”

She’s running the online shop out of her husband’s 77,000-square-foot Mooresville, N.C., racing complex. Multitiered racks of clothing hang in a large room big enough to fit a couple of her husband’s cars; a tall, long table sits in the middle for shipping and packing.

Busch says she’ll be packing boxes and shipping orders too, alongside a Murph Boutique team that includes one full-time employee as well as her mom and several workers at her husband’s business who are pitching in, part-time.

She named the shop after her late maternal grandmother (Elvina was her given name; “Murph” was her lifelong nickname), a fashionable woman who loved to take young Samantha shopping and advised

her on the importance of always leaving the house with lipstick applied.

Even the chosen launch date, Jan. 26, was related to her grandmother; it would have been Murph’s 91st birthday.

Busch says she thinks her grandmother would be pleased with how Murph Boutique is shaping up. Goosebumps ran down her spine earlier this month while — on a Homegoods run for photo-shoot props – she found a “Golden Girls” coffee table book: a reminder of a show the two both loved. (Betty White looks very much like her grandmother, she says.)

Just as her grandmother was honest with her beauty advice, Busch is hoping that women who buy from her will be honest with their feedback.

“I already told people on social media: ‘Contact me,’” she said. “Kyle and I are very open with our fan base and on social media, we don’t hide anything.

So I think they’ll be comfortable to tell me what they think.”

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Defending Trump’s “National Day of Patriotic Devotion” Megan McArdle

Bloomberg View (TNS)

cation safe again. The nuclear fallout can mutate plants, animals and humans, all of which are necessary to us.

Aside from the direct consequences of dropping a nuclear bomb, we have the human response to deal with.

Dropping a nuclear bomb on a country these days can incite war among other countries who have arms. If we go to war with other countries who have the same weaponry they will use it. We can’t pretend that other countries will be okay with using inferior weaponry; they will pull out all of the stops and wage nuclear war. Eventually nuclear bombs will be dropped in multiple places, which can cause a nuclear winter with even more devastating effects.

A nuclear winter has a global effect.

The fires and dust from the nuclear explosions builds up in the upper atmosphere and spreads worldwide. The result it a cold, dry climate around the globe that prevents crop growth for a period of time. We would literally be dropping bombs to starve ourselves.

Nuclear arms are not in our best interest. What is in our best interest is to pretend we don’t have any and to not build more, unlike what Trump seems to want to do.

We signed a Nuclear Non-Proliferation agreement with several other nations. That agreement dictates that we cannot develop new nuclear arms, nor can we use them. That agreement was made out of fear of mutually-assured

Donald Trump declared his inauguration a “National Day of Patriotic Devotion” and leftwing Twitter went into a frenzy about how creepily quasi-fascist this was.

Right-wing Twitter went into a frenzy pointing out that Barack Obama had declared his own inauguration a “National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation.” Left-wing Twitter angrily responded that those things are completely different, implying that if you couldn’t see the difference between a beautiful and healing day of renewal and reconciliation, and a disgusting celebration of atavistic nationalism, you might be something of a fascist.

And I, bordering on something perilously close to despair, thought, “Guys, this is why Red America hates us.”

It used to be a trope on the right that the left thought patriotism was a bad word — a charge the left angrily denied. Now here we have a surprisingly large number of people arguing that patriotism is a bad word, and wildly inappropriate when issued from the Oval Office. Or at least, more than a bit uncouth.

Now, I’m not saying you can’t be patriotic and also left wing. (just ask arch-jingoist Franklin Delano Roosevelt.) But left-wing political beliefs cannot substitute for patriotism any more than a belief in tax cuts and smaller government can.

Patriotism is the primal love of your country which pre-exists any particular notion about how its political affairs should be arranged. You can espouse a single-payer health care program (or smaller government) as a loyal citizen of Denmark. You cannot, however, be an American patriot in that same position, though you may be a most excellent Dane. True patriotism does not require us to choose between the many constituent identities that every individual has. But it does require you to decide where your first loyalties lie.

But shouldn’t we scorn patriotism, which drives us to war and so many other awful things? No more than we should scorn the progressive ideals that have led to so much good social change, and also so much human suffering under various leftwing regimes. Ideals are dangerous things with a tendency to run amok, but no society can live without them. And I submit that no nation can live long without a pretty healthy patriotism — a powerful symbolic identity that transcends the frictions and disagreements that otherwise make it impossible to unite for any common purpose.

As social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has argued for years, doing things in groups is really hard, and the larger the group, the harder it gets. Moral values like group loyalty — an instinctive group loyalty, not some dry intellectual thing carefully reasoned from first principles and self-interest — make it possible for us to do this very difficult thing. And the reason you can’t simply rely on a more intellectually attractive, well-reasoned version is that other people will not trust it. Your reasoning could change, or your self-interest could dictate that you betray them.

Bedrock emotions are stickier. This makes them problematic, but it also makes them necessary.

This by no means suggests that to be patriotic you need to support, say, aggressive foreign wars, or a large military, or any of the other things often associated with patriotism in our political culture. (Note that in the 1930s, the most strong-

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Closer and closer to doomsday

Zach Davis Columnist

Doomsday stories have become a staple of the time. There are dozens of shows, movies and books depicting humanity’s end, with causes ranging from bacterial infections to mutually assured destruction. Regardless of the cause, it can be almost guaranteed that eventually humanity will see its last day.

The Doomsday Clock, a clock used to visually represent how close we are to causing the end of humanity, was created in the mid-1900s. The concept is simple: if the clock strikes midnight, it is doomsday. The time creeps closer to midnight every time we push ourselves closer to our end, and farther from midnight when we do something beneficial. Every January scientists convene and change the time on the clock based on the events of the previous year.

This year, scientists moved the clock to two and a half minutes away from midnight, the closest it has been since the 1950s when both the U.S. and Russia successfully created and tested hydrogen bombs.

Naturally, this is alarming. The actions over the past year have put us even closer to doomsday. The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, who is responsible for setting the clock, explained their motives in an announcement.

The board said that the minute hand was moved because we are failing to deal with “humanity’s most pressing existential threats, nuclear weapons and climate change.” They also expressed concern over Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race. The board’s biggest concern was his “disturbing comments about the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons.”

By now people should be concerned with what is happening around the world, especially since the clock didn’t move in 2016. While the clock may only be symbolic and not directly influenced by fact, it shouldn’t be taken lightly. We are at a point in time where the threat of nuclear war is heating up again, and Trump isn’t helping that.

Nuclear arms are not toys, and it seems that people who are eager to use them don’t understand that concept. When a nuclear bomb goes off, it is harmful to everyone in some way.

First, the initial blast can decimate large populations in the matter of seconds. The nuclear fallout from the initial explosion spreads by means of wind and water, which isn’t good for the locals. The earth and water become radioactive, and a massive cleanup effort is necessary just to make the lo-

Trump may be breaking the emoluments of the constitution Eric J. Segall

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

A legal team made up of constitutional scholars has filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York alleging that President Trump is violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits the president from receiving payments and gifts from foreign countries. The plaintiff, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington — CREW — is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works on behalf of the public to foster ethics in government and reduce the influence of money in politics. This lawsuit is the first legal challenge to Trump’s decision to be both president and de facto CEO of a billion-dollar empire whose numerous companies do business with many nations. It is vitally important that this lawsuit be allowed to go forward.

Before the court in New York can address whether the president is violating the Constitution, however, it has to determine whether Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics has legal standing to bring this complaint. Every plaintiff in federal court must be able to show a personal injury caused by the defendant that can be redressed by a court. These requirements for standing, the Supreme Court has said, are required by Article III of the Constitution and cannot be waived by the defendant or by the court.

Exactly what defines a proper plaintiff isn’t crystal clear, and soft or intangible factors often affect standing decisions, especially in highly politicized cases. Eric Posner, a leading constitutional scholar at the University of Chicago, recently characterized standing as the world’s “spongiest” legal doctrine. He is correct.

CREW claims that its legal injury is that

it “has been forced to divert essential and limited resources — including time and money — from other important matters … to the Foreign Emoluments Clause issues involving Defendant, which have consumed the attention of the public and the media,” and that it will need to continue to do so until a court remedies the president’s alleged constitutional violations.

The lawsuit relies on the 1982 Supreme Court case Havens Realty Corp. vs. Coleman, which granted standing in similar circumstances to a public-interest group devoted to fair housing issues. Numerous scholars are arguing, however, that the the two cases are significantly different and, in any event, Havens Reality is old, discredited law.

That technical legal debate, however, is unlikely to be the deciding factor in whether this core challenge to Trump’s authority is allowed to go forward. There

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are many examples of plaintiffs in high profile and important cases having their cases heard despite injuries just as or even more abstract and tenuous than the ones put forward by CREW. Abigail Fisher, a white student denied entrance to the University of Texas, was allowed to challenge the affirmative action policies of the university even after she had graduated from another college and admitted she would never again apply to UT. Massachusetts was allowed to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its failure to issue certain regulations based on the highly speculative claim that the coastline of that state might in the future be damaged by global warming. Environmental groups were allowed to challenge federal limitations on nuclear-power-company liability even though no accident had occurred and the plant in

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indianastatesman.com PATRIOTIC FROM PAGE 6 ly patriotic folks were often virulently anti-interventionist, at least until Pearl Harbor.) What it does mean is that you should be able to say, without irony or reservation, “I love my country more than any other country,” and understand that adults around the world won’t hear this as an insult against their own land, but as the moral equivalent of “I love my wife more than any other woman.” You don’t love your country best because all the others are rotten places full of awful people; you love it best because it’s yours.

This should be obvious at a time when that cosmopolitan ideology is failing everywhere. Elites somehow got the idea that national loyalties would fade away and be replaced by a gentle globalism. And indeed, some of the old loyalties did fade away. But it turned out that the alternative to nationalism was not globalism, but particularism — the fracturing of polities into angry tribes that passionately loathe each other. And many in those tribes now demand to know why they should let cosmopolitan elites run things, when those elites declare, as a matter

DOOMSDAY FROM PAGE 6 destruction.

Everyone could die if we use nuclear weapon. It isn’t hard to see that result with all of these effects.

So maybe it is a good thing the Doomsday Clock was moved closer to midnight. Maybe people will heed the warning

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 • Page 7

of pride, that they feel no greater loyalty to their fellow citizens than they do to strangers far away.

In fact, unabashedly patriots are in the best position to argue against the excesses that patriotism can enable, because they don’t have to start by proving their loyalty to the nation, rather than some more abstract good that their fellow citizens may reject. What we need is exactly these “empty symbols” such as National Day of Patriotic Devotion: flags and the national anthem at sporting events and eyes that get a little wet when you hear the words “When in the course of human events … ” Whatever else Red America is wrong about, they are right about this.

Patriotism doesn’t imply reverencing any leader or any particular political program, but it does require reverence for your nation and your fellow citizens. You can celebrate a day of patriotic devotion and then go to the Women’s March to protest the man who proclaimed it.

For one of the things most worth loving about this magnificent, flawed country of ours is a heritage that says there’s no contradiction between those two things.

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question hadn’t been built yet.

In all three of these cases, the plaintiffs’ claims of injury were flimsy at best but the Supreme Court decided that the public interest required that the cases be heard.

CREW’s complaint alleges that “never before have the people of the United States elected a Presi-

and speak up against nuclear arms. We can’t allow the leader of the United States, or anyone else, to further the advancement of nuclear weapons, nor can we allow them to use them. We need to do everything we can to prevent mutually-assured destruction and protect the future of our species.

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Sycamores look to end four game skid Austin Vanlandingham Reporter

Coming off a tough loss to the Ramblers of Loyola, the Indiana State Sycamores look to get back on track Wednesday night against the Evansville Purple Aces.

The Sycamores are trying to avoid their fifth consecutive loss, and second consecutive loss at home. Indiana State suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Loyola last Saturday 81-66. The loss dropped ISU to 7-15 on the season and 1-9 in the conference.

The Sycamores had a lackluster performance against the Ramblers, struggling on offense and defense for most of the game. It’s likely that they will look to get senior forward T.J. Bell involved early and often. He carried the Sycamores for most of the first half on Saturday.

Guards Brenton Scott and Everett Clemons had solid second half performances and will undoubtedly want to carry those over into the matchup against Evansville.

Evansville comes in to this contest losers of eight straight. On the season the Purple Aces are 10-13 and 1-9 in conference play. Evansville has had a tough go of it lately facing the top three teams in the Missouri Valley Conference in their last four games.

Head coach Marty Simmons is currently in his

10th season at Evansville with a career record of 161-155. Defense has been one of the strong points for the Purple Aces this season. Their defense is ranked third in the MVC, and ranks number one when it comes to defending the 3-point line.

Senior guard Jaylon Brown has been Evansville’s top performer this season. Not only does he lead the Purple Aces in scoring, but he sits atop the MVC averaging 20.6 points per game.

On Jan. 4, against Bradley, Brown hit 1,000 points in his career. He was also named MVC player of the week on Dec. 26 after dropping 33 against Mount St. Joseph.

Sophomore guard Ryan Taylor has been a solid contributor as well for Evansville. He’s averaging 15.3 points per game on the season, and scored a career best 38 points back on Dec. 14 in a 85-66 victory against Norfolk State.

Last Sunday Evansville took on the top team in the conference Illinois State, and were defeated 69-59. Jaylon Brown led the team in scoring during that contest registering 17 points. David Howard contributed 16 points, which is well above his season average of 4.4 points per game.

Illinois State led 50-40 with about 13 minutes left.

Evansville pulled to 55-51 with 5:41 remaining, but could not close the gap.

ISU Communications and Marketing Both teams will be looking to put an end to their losing ways when Indiana State takes on Indiana State University Sycamores took to end there loosing streak against Evansville Wednesday night. the Evansville Purple Aces Wednesday night.

ISU baseball picked fourth in MVC preseason poll Tim McCaughan Reporter

ISU Communications and Marketing

On Tuesday, ISU baseball was picked to be fourth over all in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll.

The Indiana State University baseball team was picked to finish fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll, the conference announced Tuesday. The poll is determined by a vote from each coach in the conference.

The Patriots tallied 59 points and were named the favorite over second-place pick Southern Illinois (53 points), as the Salukis tallied three first-place votes.

Missouri State (51 points) finished third, while Indiana State and Wichita State finished tied for fourth with 36 points.

Bradley was selected in sixth place with 25 points,

Orlando’s first Pro Bowl rated a success by players Alicia Delgallo

Orlando Sentinel (TNS)

The sun was shining, but there was a slight chill in the air as Drew Brees smiled and pointed down the field.

“My kids are having a ball,” the New Orleans Saints quarterback said. “Look, they’re over here right now throwing a ball on the side, playing tackle football with (Carolina Panthers tight end) Greg Olsen’s boys.”

That scene may not have happened if the Pro Bowl was held in Hawaii as usual. It was easier for Brees’ wife and children to travel to Florida — one of the reasons he and other NFL players agreed having the annual All-Star Game in Orlando, Fla., for the first time was a family- and fan-friendly experience.

It also added another major-league event to the city’s resume.

“Overall, I thought it was exceptional,” said Steve Hogan, CEO of Florida Citrus Sports. “I’m really proud of what we all did here, including the number of fans and local people who turned out and were loud during the game. We really showed everyone involved this is a big-event town.”

A week of events — a skills showcase, fan experiences, open practices, community service projects and more — was capped by the AFC beating the NFC 20-13 at Camping World Stadium in front of an announced attendance of 60,834.

The crowd ranked fifth largest among Pro Bowls since 1970.

All those people, players and events were handled without major snags, Hogan said. Some areas will be improved in the near future, such as enhanced wireless internet for fans at the stadium. That will be in place for the WWE’s WrestleMania 33 on April 2.

“There’s not a ton I would point to as huge sore spots,” Hogan said, although he would have like it to be about 10 degrees warmer on game night. “It was more of a learning experience about how our community can work together with the NFL community to put on an even more spectacular Pro Bowl next year.

“Just top to bottom, it’s a very accessible destination. … That’s really where it

was a home run. What the NFL wanted to do was amplify this whole Pro Bowl week. Orlando had to score amazingly high in that aspect.”

Detroit Lions kicker Matt Prater walked through Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex after a practice session Saturday, signing autographs while he recapped the week in his former college town.

“It’s a lot of fun and always nice to get back to where you started, come to UCF,” Prater said. “I went through all the football facilities and caught a basketball game. It was awesome. Saw (7-foot-6) Tacko (Fall) in person, he is ginormous. I think he dunked and then jumped after he dunked it. It was pretty crazy.”

Prater also mentioned it was a stressfree trip for his parents, who drove from Fort Myers, Fla., and a shorter flight for his 1-year-old son.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who was chosen the Pro Bowl’s offensive MVP on Sunday night, hit every country in Epcot and spent quality time with his mother, who lives in downtown Orlando, Fla. Miami Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi beamed as he described his first Pro Bowl experience.

“I’m just taking it in, every moment,” Ajayi said. “I can’t lie. I’m having a great time out here and definitely grateful to be here.”

Sunday’s game marked Brees’ 10th Pro Bowl appearance.

He praised Orlando, Fla., for the hordes of fans who watched open practices, the organization and quality of the fields at Disney World. He said he spent three days in a row at theme parks with his family.

“Hawaii doesn’t have a team,” Brees said, noting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Dolphins and the Atlanta Falcons are within driving distance for Orlando’s NFL fans. “Hawaii, ya know, ya gotta fly to the mainland.

So you get the feeling they really appreciate having NFL guys there. I hate that they don’t have that, and that was one of the great aspects of being there.

“Obviously everybody loves Hawaii, but I didn’t realize just how good a Pro Bowl here in Orlando could be.”

followed by Evansville (20 points) in the seventh slot and Illinois State eighth (8 points).

Indiana State finished second last season with an overall record of 35-21 and a conference record of 13-8. The Sycamores defeated Wichita State, 7-1, in the MVC Tournament last year before being eliminated by Missouri State to close out the season.

Indiana State returns four position starters and six key pitchers from its 2016. The Sycamores will be led offensively by junior Tyler Friis (.293, 58 hits, 30 runs, 4 doubles, 20 RBI) and senior Tony Rosselli (.281, 50 hits, 44 runs, 10 home runs, 34 RBI). Sophomores Dane Giesler (.273, 45 hits, 8 doubles, 25 RBI) and Clay Dungan (.271, 39 hits, 8 doubles, 26 RBI) will add

to the offensive fire power for the Sycamores.

On the pitching side, Indiana State brings back starters Ryan Keaffaber (6-4, 3.48 ERA, 46 K), Tyler Ward (6-5, 3.81 ERA, 40 K) and Justin Hill (5-2, 4.27 ERA, 48 K), while junior closer Jeremy McKinney (6-4, 3.26 ERA, 46 K, 7 saves), an honorable mention all-MVC choice, also returns to the mound for the Sycamores.

The Sycamores open the 2017 season at the Austin Peay Invitational in a nonconference affair with Illinois State on Feb. 17 followed by single games against Youngstown State and Austin Peay the following two days. The home opener is set for Mar. 17 with a three-game series against Oakland.