April 12, 2017

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Free pillows at sleep hygiene event Ashton Hensley Reporter

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Student Health Promotions gave out free pillows to encourage better sleeping habits.

Spring Week Awards for organizations

Free pillows are being given to students who attend the sleep hygiene event being held by the Student Health Promotion in the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

The Student Health Promotion for Indiana State University is educating students on the benefits of practicing good sleep hygiene by giving a presentation and handing out pillows.

“We want students to understand what sleep hygiene is and how to get both quality and quan-

tity of the sleep they need,” student wellness associate director Janet Weatherly said.

This is the third year that the Student Health Promotion has given out free pillows; it has evolved into a presentation to inform students about sleep.

“The talk covers what sleep hygiene is, why it matters, the basics of good sleep hygiene and strategies to use if you can’t sleep,” Weatherly said.

Jhazmyne Best, a co-op student of applied health sciences, gave the presentation for Tuesday’s session held in Dede II. She explained that students need to be aware of how import-

ant it is to get good sleep.

“Most college students typically do not get enough sleep which can cause issues later in life,” Best said.

The presentation includes a PowerPoint presentation covering why sleep hygiene is important, how to achieve good sleep hygiene and tips on what to do when you cannot sleep.

“It’s beneficial for students to know how many hours of sleep they need to get,” Best said.

After the 15-minute presentation, students were invited to take their free pillows.

The last sessions for the sleep hygiene event will be held Thursday, April 20.

Revitalization of historic ICON building underway

Claire Silcox Reporter

Spring Week results were unveiled Monday at 5 p.m. in Dede I in front of many sorority and fraternity members, along with other students.

Tasha Hunter, a coordinator of Spring Week, announced the places for the pairings, individual sororities and fraternities and residence halls.

For each event of Spring Week, the teams got points and those added up to their overall scores.

For the organization pairings, Gamma Phi Beta, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Phi Kappa Psi received eighth place for Tri-Athlon and their poster, ninth for Spring Sing, tenth for Tandem Qualifications and eleventh for the tandem race. They got ninth place overall for the triad.

Alpha Chi Omega and Kappa Alpha Order got first in Tri-Athlon, eighth in Spring Sing, second for their poster and for Tandem Qualifications, and third in the tandem race. They had an overall place of second.

Sigma Kappa, FIJI and Delta Sigma Phi scored fifth in Tri-Athlon, seventh for their poster and Spring Sing, eleventh for qualifications and tenth for the tandem race. This placed them in eighth place.

Alpha Sigma Alpha and Lambda Chi Alpha got ninth place for Tri-Athlon, third for Spring Sing, first for the poster, ninth for qualifications, and eighth for Tandem, earning them seventh place overall.

Alpha Phi and Pi Kappa Phi

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Instead of shovels, Dan Bradley, president of Indiana State, Phil Rath, president of the Wabash River Regional Development Authority, John Watson, president of Core Redevelopment, Duke Bennett, mayor of Terre Haute, and Elaine Bedell, president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, use ceremonial sledgehammers on April 10.

Work to revitalize a vacant manufacturing building into modern, high-end residences officially started Monday, as officials ceremoniously broke ground on the project that promises to continue transforming the Wabash Riverfront in Terre Haute.

Core Redevelopment is investing $23 million to rehabilitate the historic American Can building into 165 loft-style, market-rate apartments known as RiverFront Lofts.

Expected to welcome residents in mid-2018, RiverFront Lofts will feature open, loft-style floor plans, industrial design elements and high ceilings.

“We are tremendously excited to begin work on what’s going to be a great project - RiverFront Lofts. This day has been a long time in the making, but through the tireless work and indefatigable support of our partners - the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State University and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation - it’s all come together in a manner no one could have expected,” said John

Watson, CEO of Core Redevelopment. “To save and repurpose great old buildings like ICON, while at the same time bringing folks back to the Wabash River and providing Indiana State with a world-class residential amenity adjoining its campus, is exactly why Core is in business.”

The American Can building, a 186,000-square-foot masonry structure most recently owned

by Indiana State University, first opened in 1931 to make tin cans.

It was later purchased by Pillsbury to make food products.

ICON Transportation purchased the building in 1995 for storage use, but it has been vacant since the early 2000s.

“We believe the RiverFront Lofts project represents many ‘firsts’ for our community,” said Steve Witt, president of Terre Haute Economic Development Corporation.

“This development will be the first major market-rate housing complex on the banks of the Wabash River. Also, the proposed complex will be the first significant market-rate housing development

within a former manufacturing facility. Finally, we believe that RiverFront Lofts will be the first major housing development to be co-located at a major sports venue - Indiana’s State’s new Gibson Track and Field venue.”

The redevelopment of the American Can building will provide a major step forward in the city’s Riverscape project.

The Gibson Track and Field complex, a $4 million facility on a 10-acre tract directly across the street from the vacant facility, was the first major contribution to the revitalization effort in fall 2015 — and marked a significant point in campus expansion on the west side of U.S. 41.

“Core Redevelopment’s project at the western boundary of ISU’s campus will not only add to local housing stock, but it will also restore beauty and usefulness to an abandoned property,” said Diann McKee, senior vice president of finance and administration and treasurer for at Indiana State. “We are fortunate that Core has a track record of rehabilitating properties

of this kind — it saves an interesting but unused structure and turns it into modern living space.

While this is Core’s project, we certainly have been cheering them on as they transform the environs of Gibson Track and Field and rescue an old building.”

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered $4.7 million in Industrial Recovery Tax Credits in support of the project.

The city of Terre Haute has provided material financial support in the form of tax increment financing.

“As Indiana’s economy continues to flourish, it is projects like the revitalization of the ICON building in Terre Haute that are helping to advance our state’s economic growth through improving quality of place,” said Elaine Bedel, president of the IEDC. “This project will support the continued growth and vibrancy of Terre Haute and the Wabash River region.”

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Discussion poses fix to Wabash River contamination Ian Bonner-Swedish Reporter

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Researchers gather samples at Wabashiki reserve.

Over the past two decades, the Wabash River has improved, but there’s more work to be done.

Terre Haute’s sewer system is a combined sewer system that goes through the sewers and a treatment plant, then into the river.

However, there is no system in place to manage storm water runoff, which leads to such issues as nitrogen poisoning and other pollutants finding its way into the Wabash River.

To discuss the issue, Debra Israel and other microeconomics students gathered in University Hall Tuesday to talk about the Wabash River situation.

The treatment plant to fix the sanitation issue cost $125 million, according to Fred Nation, the vice president of Riverscape. According to Nation, the installation of the pipes to catch the storm water will cost just as much.

“Well, all cities when they were built only built one sewer system. … Think of putting a whole new system. It would be horrendously expensive and destructive. So the answer is to treat all that water with the sewage plant, so now the plant has been upgraded and now we need a collector sewer…with

a bigger pipe, more water can be collected and taken from Honey Creek Square,” Nation said.

Nation has a major role in this because it’s part of his job at Riverscape.

“What Riverscape does with the Wabashiki, which is 7,000 acres of fish and wildlife areas — this is providing more filtering for flood water and rainwater to clean before it goes back into the river itself,” Nation said.

Wabashiki is one instance of ecotourism and preservation. It allows for the natural thriving of the environment, provides economic prosperity and answers some of the issues of the rivers flooding and not being able to handle the runoff.

There will be a system put in place, and it isn’t just going to be a pipe. UV lights will be used for to kill bacteria, and it will be able to filter out trash and debris. Runoff can also flood lower areas putting communities at risk. A parking lot absorbs 16 times less storm water runoff than a meadow could.

The funding for this is hotly debated, however. To pay for the unveiling of this facility, there will be a storm water fee. Currently those connecting to city water sources have a varying cost they must pay depending on how much water they use. For those connected to

wells they must pay a singular, un-altering lump sum of money.

There is not much anyone can do about the financial burden, which for most households will cost between $4 and $18, depending on how much hard surface area is on a property, but there are some methods people can do to lower the overall cost and urgency. Detention ponds and other practices that prevent water from running off are being implemented.

Indiana State University has been a leader in the community for addressing the issue.

“ISU has a very aggressive effort to put in permeable parking lots so that the water will drain through the parking lots and go into a sand and gravel base. So they’re diverting water into the ground as opposed to into the sewers. They’re designing rain gardens to catch runoff and divert it into gardens and grounded areas to where it doesn’t go directly go into the sewer system. They’re certainly, in a way, a leading practitioner,” Nation said.

According to Nation, things are improving.

“In terms of the quality of the river it has improved immensely the last two decade mostly because of the mandates of the Environmental Protection Agency,” he said.

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Nonprofit Leadership students partner with YMCA The bodies and minds of students from the Vigo County School Corp. remained active through educational and interactive lessons at the recent YMCA Spring Break Camp.

Spring Break Camp was co-hosted by Indiana State University’s Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Certification Program and the YMCAs of the Wabash Valley Vigo County branch. The purpose of the camp was to ensure State students received a hands-on learning experience while providing Vigo County students with an educational and fun environment through STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and FIT activities.

The camp was held March 2731, during spring break for the Vigo County School Corp. Approximately 50 students, ranging from 4 years of age to 14, were present each day.

Conducting spring break camp is incorporated into the recreation management and youth leadership and nonprofit leadership majors as a required course. The planning process for the Experience Management Cycle course

began in August when students focused on program evaluation planning, logic modeling, program budgeting and promotion.

At the beginning of the spring semester, students directed their attention to activity leadership and program planning. These tasks allowed students to complete work that is directly correlated to their future occupation and provides hands-on, real-world experience.

“This program has us touching on everything,” said Kaylynn Kirkpatrick, a junior recreation and sport management major. “From doing the actual activities and collecting data to also working on the program budget, I think it’s given us an all-around experience that sitting through a lecture or taking an exam simply cannot do. You can’t learn actually what you’re going to go through until you do it.

You can’t plan enough for it. This opportunity has taught me more than just working with kids.”

Indiana State students were responsible for planning and leading the activities 8-11 a.m. Monday-Friday. This allowed for their work and effort throughout the past year to shine through and

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A STEM related camp is co-hosted by Indiana State University to teach children to embrace the sciences.

provided them with experience in this field.

Students obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in recreation and sport management with one of three concentrations in nonprofit leadership, recreation management/youth leadership, or recreation therapy are required to complete these courses. Throughout the courses, the students learned key information that directly correlate to the outcomes of spring break camp.

“Spring break camp is a critically strategic partnership and really a win-win-win situation,” explained Nathan Schaumleffel, associate professor of kinesiology, recreation and sport and campus/ executive director of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Certification Program. “The students, the community partner and the faculty member all gain something out of this strategic partnership. For the students, they’re working towards the learning outcomes from

the class they are in, the YMCA is meeting benchmarks within their strategic plan through the camp, and for the faculty, we are able to provide a hands-on-learning environment for our students.”

As Indiana State students are working to further their education, they are also ensuring educational growth for the students of the Vigo County School Corp.

The main emphasis of the camp

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Murder-suicide in San Bernardino classroom: ‘He just shots everywhere’ Paloma Esquivel, Laura J. Nelson, Maya Lau and Hailey Branson-Potts Los Angeles Times (TNS)

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A woman is tended to as she sits on the back of an ambulance after a shooting inside North Park Elementary School on Monday, April 10 in San Bernardino, Calif.

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San Bernardino police officers help evacuate children to waiting school buses after a shooting inside North Park Elementary School on Monday, April 10 in San Bernardino, Calif.

Protesters disrupt talk by pro-police author at California college Howard Blume Los Angeles Times (TNS) Administrators expressed disappointment and threatened discipline in the wake of a demonstration that disrupted a planned public event last week featuring conservative commentator and author Heather MacDonald at Claremont McKenna College.

The campus demonstration was among the latest nationwide to impede the appearance of a conservative speaker.

Perhaps the most notable occurred two months ago at the University of California, Berkeley, where violent protesters prevented then-Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking. Those protests were condemned by both UC administrators and President Donald Trump.

At Claremont McKenna, east of Los Angeles, about 250 protesters on Thursday blocked the entrance to the Athenaeum, where MacDonald was scheduled to appear. Many chanted “black lives matter” and “black lives — they matter here.”

Campus officials and security decided not to force entry into the venue on behalf of those who came to hear MacDonald speak.

“Based on the judgment of the Claremont Police Department, we jointly concluded that any forced interventions or arrests would have created unsafe conditions for students, faculty, staff and guests,” Claremont McKenna College President Hiram E. Chodosh said in a statement. “I take full responsibility for the decision to err on the side of these overriding safety considerations.”

Instead, MacDonald spoke before a handful of observers while the college live-streamed the event to a viewing audience that Chodosh estimated at 250 — about the same number as those protesting outside, according to authorities.

Her 30-minute talk also was made available for later viewing.

“Her presentation that is posted on our CMC homepage has already been viewed over 1,400 times,” Chodosh said. “In the end, the effort to silence her voice effectively amplified it to a much larger audience.”

Chodosh also threatened disciplinary action against any students from the Claremont colleges who blocked the entrances, calling it a violation of college policy.

The election of Trump as president has sparked a wave

of campus activism directed at the appearances of outspoken conservatives, especially those supporting Trump. In February, UC Berkeley authorities canceled Yiannopoulos’ speech.

Two hours before he was to speak, more than 1,500 people had gathered in protest. Some smashed windows and set a small fire.

Protests also resulted in the cancellation of a Yiannopoulos speech at UC Davis.

MacDonald’s books include last year’s “The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe.” She has criticized the Black Lives Matter movement, whose supporters have denounced her.

A statement from a group that defined itself as “students of color at the Claremont Colleges” called MacDonald a “notorious white supremacist fascist.”

MacDonald recounted the experience in comments published by “The College Fix,” which describes itself as providing a “daily dose” of student-reported “right-minded news and commentary.”

“I was hustled from my guest suite by several police officers from Claremont PD into the

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A 9-year-old girl in a gray zipup sweater ran to her mother in tears.

“Mommy, I still have blood on my sweater,” she cried.

Elisabeth Barajaz had reunited with her daughter Marissa after hearing there had been a shooting at her San Bernardino school.

“The boy just walked in with the gun,” said Marissa, a third-grader. “He just shot everywhere. I went under the table and then I saw a teacher run out.

So I just ran out. My friend and my teacher, they got shot.”

A gunman had walked into a North Park Elementary School classroom of special needs children Monday morning and opened fire on his wife, a teacher there, and then killed himself, police said. Stray bullets struck two students, who were rushed to a hospital in critical condition. One of them, an 8-year-old boy, died later in the morning.

Word of the shooting set off a panic in a city traumatized by a terror attack just 16 months before. Where the unthinkable had already happened, nerves were triggered for a catastrophe.

Parents wept as they waited

for word of their children outside North Park. One woman fell to her knees. A man tried to push through the police line to get inside.

As details emerged, it was clear the shooting was domestic violence, not terrorism — another terrible day in a wave of mayhem that has shaken the city as much as the December 2015 mass shooting.

Cedric Anderson, 53, of Riverside, entered the school’s front office and checked in, saying he had to drop something off with his estranged wife, Karen Smith, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. School officials did not see Anderson’s .357 handgun, Burguan added.

About 10:27 a.m., Anderson walked into Smith’s special education classroom and, without speaking, opened fire, hitting her and two students behind her. Anderson then reloaded and shot himself, Burguan said.

Smith, 53, died at the scene. Jonathan Martinez, 8, was airlifted to a hospital and died before entering surgery. A 9-year-old boy was in stable condition at Loma Linda Medical Center on Monday evening.

Burguan said Anderson had a criminal history, including weapons charges and “a domestic violence past” that preceded his relationship with Smith. Los

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United’s booting of passenger made no money sense, advocates say Curtis Tate McClatchy Washington Bureau A viral video of a screaming passenger being dragged off a United flight Sunday by police raises a question: Was it even necessary to kick passengers off the flight to accommodate four airline employees who needed transportation?

The answer is no, passenger advocates say.

The airlines have agreements with one another to give discounts to employees of other carriers based on the distance flown. It’s a huge discount from usual fares.

For example, United could have sent its employees by taxi about an hour across Chicago from O’Hare airport to Midway airport and put them on a Southwest flight to Louisville, Ky., where they were needed Monday.

The top fare for the Southwest flight between Chicago and Louisville is $243, so under the airlines’ agreement, four United employees could have flown for slightly more than $100 combined with the discount.

Southwest offers three nonstop flights from Midway to Louisville on Sundays. The trip

takes about an hour.

Or the United employees could have taken one of four Sunday nonstop flights on American Airlines from O’Hare to Louisville. Undiscounted fares on the route are $221 in the main cabin and $321 in first class.

By contrast, United was offering each of the four passengers as much as $800 in compensation and a hotel room to give up their seats for the employees.

Southwest, United, Delta and American wouldn’t comment on whether they use other carriers for “deadheading” employees rather than bumping paying passengers off their own flights.

Charlie Leocha, chairman and founder of Travelers United, an airline-passenger advocacy group, said there were “a thousand and one” ways United could have handled the situation.

“They can fly them out on any other airline,” said Leocha, who frequently testifies before Congress on airline passenger rights.

“It’s a real failure of airline management from start to finish on this.”

According to news reports, airline employees asked for four volunteers to give up their seats after passengers had boarded the

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indianastatesman.com MURDER FROM PAGE 2 records show that Anderson was charged in July 2013 with assault and battery, brandishing a firearm and disturbing the peace.

Burguan added that it was “not uncommon” for a person to be able to gain access to a campus to meet his or her spouse.

San Bernardino City Unified School District Superintendent Dale Marsden said the school’s staff followed entry procedures, including asking Anderson for identification.

Smith’s mother, Irma Sykes, said her daughter and Anderson had been friends for about four years before getting married in January.

But a month after they moved in together, Anderson showed a different side to his personality and Smith “decided she needed to leave him,” Sykes said in a

UNITED FROM PAGE 2 plane in return for a $400 travel voucher. When no one volunteered, the voucher offer was doubled to $800, but there were still no takers.

Four passengers were then randomly selected by computer to be bumped from the flight.

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Sykes declined to provide details of Anderson’s behavior.

She said her daughter pursued a teaching career after raising four children.

Smith earned a degree and teaching credentials at California State University, San Bernardino about a decade ago, Sykes said, because she had a passion for helping children with autism and learning disabilities.

Diane Abrams, who worked in the special needs class, said Smith was a “beloved teacher” who “went to bat for every one of her students.”

Abrams remembered Jonathan as an “8-year-old boy full of life. He was so special to teach … He was curious to learn. He’d say, ‘Ms. Abrams, am I being an all-star?’ ” North Park is a magnet school for students in pre-kindergarten

through sixth grade who are interested in environmental issues, said Maria Garcia, a school district spokeswoman.

Armed security officers are not assigned to any of the district’s elementary schools, Garcia said, but she described security on the North Park campus as “very, very tight.”

“Once the school bell rings, the only way into the campus is through the front office,” she said.

She credited school staff with getting the students outside within minutes of the shooting.

Jaidyn Stanley, 9, was in another classroom when it happened.

“I was in my class and my teacher was teaching us a lesson, and then I heard three gunshots.

My teacher told us to get on the ground. Then we started hearing sirens,” the third-grader said.

After about 30 seconds, his

teacher told the class to run, following her out an emergency exit. They left their backpacks behind.

“There was a lot of people in my class crying and they were scared,” the boy said. “They thought the shooter was going to come in the classroom.”

Jaidyn said that once he and his classmates were outside on a soccer field, they planned to walk to nearby Cajon High School, but he spotted his mother and she scooped him up and took him home.

Other parents desperately tried to get into the school, but officers turned them away.

They watched in terror as police in bulletproof vests walked through basketball courts, helicopters droning overhead.

Sandy Detinne, whose 5-yearold grandson attends the school, was one of them. She was driving

by when she saw police racing to the campus.

“I thought, ‘Oh, my God! They bombed the school,’” she said.

After the shooting, the children were taken to nearby Cal State San Bernardino and Cajon High School, but parents had trouble finding them.

“We were told to come to Cajon,” said Talia Martin, who was trying to pick up her 9-year-old.

“Nobody is here to guide us. It’s a mess.”

Barajaz, whose daughter Marissa was in the classroom, was furious that she could not get any information until the afternoon.

“She was very kind,” Barajaz said of Smith. “She would always tell me how Marissa was doing.”

In the end, she had one haunting question: “How did he get in?”

Three of them complied, but one did not.

Chicago Aviation Department police forcibly removed the man from the plane as other passengers looked on in disbelief.

In a statement, United CEO Oscar Munoz apologized for the incident.

“This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United,” he said.

“I apologize for having to re-accommodate these customers.

Our team is moving with a sense of urgency to work with authorities and conduct our own detailed review of what happened.”

Last month, Munoz, a former

railroad executive, was named U.S. Communicator of the Year

by PRWeek.

Travel + Leisure magazine ranked United among the nine worst airlines for customer service in 2016.

Sunday’s incident was the second time in recent weeks that

United had generated embarrassing headlines.

Last month, two females wearing leggings were denied boarding on a United flight after being told their apparel did not meet the dress code for employees or family members traveling with free passes.

YMCA FROM PAGE 2 was focused on inspiring healthy lives while integrating science, technology, engineering and mathematics within the program participants.

STEM activities allow youth to develop knowledge to excel as future creators, thinkers, problem solvers, doers, innovators, and inventors.

“This program benefits all involved — ISU, the community, recreation and sport management students, the YMCA and the kids,” said Kaitlyn Smith, a junior recreation

SPRING FROM PAGE 1 got sixth for Tri-Athlon and Spring Sing, fourth for their poster, eighth for Tandem Qualifications, and ninth for Tandem. They received sixth place.

Alpha Omicron Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon received seventh place for Tri-Athlon, fifth for Spring Sing, third for their poster, seventh for Tandem Qualifications, and sixth for Tandem, placing fifth overall.

Zeta Tau Alpha and Theta Chi received fourth for Tri-Athlon and Sing, ninth for their poster and fifth for Tandem and its qualifications, placing them fourth overall.

Delta Gamma and Pi Kappa Alpha

and sport management major. “I think this camp gets ISU’s name out and really helps focus on the values of community engagement and community involvement because we are doing this work on campus and then we are taking it back into the community.

This course has really immersed us into that because you’re in the classroom setting and you’re in the college bubble a little bit, but then you see the other side of it and you’re in the community dealing with parents and kids and different backgrounds. It allows you to see both sides of it; achieving the learning outcomes for the class itself and scored third in Tri-Athlon, first in Spring Sing, sixth for their poster and Tandem Qualifications and seventh for Tandem. They earned third place overall.

Lastly, Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon received second for both Tri-Athlon and Spring Sing, fifth place for their poster, and fourth for Tandem Qualifications and Tandem itself. This placed them in first place.

For the individual teams for Battleship, Sigma Kappa got first, followed by Chi Omega in second and Alpha Chi Omega in third.

For the fraternities, Kappa Alpha Order got first, with Tau Kappa Epsilon in second and Pi Kappa Phi in third.

helping the kids achieve their outcomes for spring break camp.”

The overall goal when implementing this program/ activity was to ensure all involved were reaping the benefits — ISU, YMCA and the families.

“I think it has been a wonderful partnership because we get the opportunity to have people interact with campers who have the book knowledge, the education to supplement what we’re doing with our staff,” said Deb Ringo, CEO of the Wabash Valley YMCA. “We also have the opportunity to provide a valuable opportunity for

COLLEGE FROM PAGE 2 lecture hall,” MacDonald said. “It was decided that I would give the speech for live streaming to a largely

the students. I’ve had the unique opportunity to be in my office as they debrief the students at the end of the day and for many of them they thought it would be easier to work with an actual group of kids and deal with all of the things that come up though it’s been good for them to experience in the real world what they’re actually learning in the classroom. Bottom line, our campers win. The kids that are involved and the families that are involved at the Y get the best of both worlds.”

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empty hall.

“An escape plan through the kitchen into an unmarked police van was devised,” she continued. “I was surrounded by about

four cops. Protesters were sitting on the stoop outside the door through which I exited, but we had taken them by surprise and we got through them.”

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State among top online criminology, ed leadership programs Indiana State University is among the best — and most affordable — online master’s degree programs in criminology and educational leadership programs for 2017.

The Best Master’s Degrees ranked State sixth out of 231 online programs for a Master’s of Educational Leadership and sixth out of 145 schools for a graduate degree in criminology.

“As a public institution, Indiana State University has worked tirelessly to keep our programs affordable without sacrificing academic quality,” said Ken Brauchle, dean of extended learning at State. “All of our online degree programs are taught by the same faculty as our on-campus classes and offer the same high-touch student support services. We are very proud of the educational value we provide to our online students.”

Starting with a pool of schools from the National Center for Education Statistics College Navigator, The Best Master’s Degrees narrowed their search by comparing rankings from major publications like Forbes magazine, The Princeton Review and U.S. News and World Report.

The most affordable of these recognized institutions were then ranked.

“It is an honor to be recognized as one of the best online criminology programs in the country,” said DeVere Woods, chair of and professor in the criminology and criminal justice department at Indiana State. “It represents the hard work and successful efforts of the faculty members and university staff to provide a quality education at a reasonable cost. We work

Indiana State University is ranked sixth out of 145 schools for a graduate degree in Criminology.

every day to prepare students for successful careers in public service.”

Indiana State’s accredited online criminal justice master’s degree is a 36-credit hour program designed for those who seek advanced positions in criminal jus-

tice or plan to attend law school.

The online master’s degree in educational administration from Indiana State is a 33 credit-hour program designed to prepare individuals for administration and supervision roles within private and

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public institutions.

Indiana State Online offers more than 60 undergraduate and graduate programs that can be completed entirely online or with minimal on-campus visits.

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4 important reminders to ask for help Susie Moore

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Each April, students gather to celebrate Earth Day out on the quad for this sustainability festival.

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Earth Day celebration set for April 19 It’s a familiar scene for Indiana State University one day each April: a band strumming on a stage in the middle of the green quadrangle, surrounded by a maze of booths with local venders and community members mingling with students. Competitive games of cornhole and the aroma of hot dogs and hamburgers complete the scene.

The activities are a signal of the annual Earth Day celebration, which will take place this year 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 19 on the quad and will feature more than 30 local vendors.

Alexandra Hendrix, events coordinator at the Institute of Community Sustainability, promises live acoustic music, a picnic catered by Sodexo and a rock climbing wall supplied by the Army Reserve. A sustainability awards ceremony will take place noon-12:30 p.m.

For people who can’t attend the Sustainability Festival, there will also be a Jadcore Workshop 2-2:30 p.m. in Dede

III and a tailgate prior to the Indiana State vs. Purdue baseball game at Bob Warn Field.

The tailgate, which is sponsored by Union Board, The Forest, Campus Life, Student Affairs and Intercollegiate Athletics, will feature games, food, giveaways and door prizes.

There will also be an all-day sustainability display in the Myers Technology Building.

For Hendrix, who was hired in May as the sensory garden coordinator and started planning Earth Day programming in October, this event was months of planning and meetings in the making - all with the help of an Earth Day Task Force and a checklist.

“I’ve had smaller events with 60 people, a children’s event, but nothing on this scale,” said Hendrix, a psychology major from Terre Haute. “It’s been a process, but I just take it one thing at a time and put it all together. My committee

has kept me on track.”

None of the planning is without purpose. Hendrix said the two main parts of her job are Earth Day and Campus Sustainability Day, both of which are meant to raise awareness for mindful, sustainable behaviors that anyone can practice.

“It’s not just a passive thing; we really want students to be involved. For the vendor booths, every single one has to do with sustainability or something to help the environment,” she said.

Hendrix said she didn’t fully understand sustainability before her job at the institute, but interacting with initiatives and other people in the institute over the course of her job has immersed her.

“I think by doing events on campus students can really see the effects and understand what’s going on,” Hendrix said. “And also learn how to be more earth-friendly and recycle, because I know I’ve learned a lot.”

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“You know what’s inexpensive?” a good friend of mine asked when I was going through a rough patch with my husband a few years ago.

“What?” I answered.

“Couples therapy,” she said.

“You know what’s very pricey — not to mention, painful?” she quickly followed up. I looked at her. She was silent for a second.

Then she opened her mouth, and the word hit me like a ton of bricks: “Divorce.”

A few years ago, when my husband I were struggling in our marriage, a couples therapist helped save us. To this day, around five years later, I remain grateful for him for the clarity and tools he gave us.

People come to me as a life coach with a variety of issues, ranging from relationships to regrets to rage. In the vast majority of cases, I wish they came to me sooner — before the crack became a crater. Because as the old saying goes, prevention is better than cure.

Here is why it’s important to invest in the help you need, early: 1.

PROBLEMS UNADDRESSED EXPAND If your car was making strange sounds, and some smoke was seeping out of the hood, would you look the other way and just keep on cruisin’? Heck no! A strange sound from your engine is a bit like a yellow traffic light.

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STATESMAN GAME REVIEW

Horizon Zero Dawn exceeds expectations of gamers Anthony Goelz Reporter

In a world after civilization has fallen, a dark force rises to destroy what is left, and it falls on one girl to save everything.

“Horizon Zero Dawn” is the latest game by developer Guerilla Games. The first-party developer is known for the “Killzone” franchise.

“Horizon” is set in a fallen world. There is no given reason for why human beings have reverted back to living in tribal societies. These tribes live amongst the ruins of a previous society and strange mechanical beasts. This is where Aloy comes in.

From infancy, Aloy was under the care of Rost, an outcast of the Nora tribe.

Players first take control of Aloy when she is a child. A precocious child, Aloy stumbles upon ruins of the old ones. This

is a forbidden place for the Nora, but Aloy explores anyway and winds up finding a mysterious device called a Focus. The Focus is a small device that provides Aloy with a holographic display that provides analysis of things in the world as well as highlighting tracks of animals, machines or other humans.

Even at her young age, Aloy faces discrimination from the Nora. Not only is she an outcast, but she also has no mother.

The Nora are a matriarchal society, so not having a mother can cause some problems.

From a young age, Rost trains Aloy for The Proving, a rite of passage for the Nora.

If Aloy can win The Proving, she will be granted one request. Aloy’s request: the answer to where she came from and who her mother was.

After an attack on The Proving, Aloy

sets out on an adventure beyond the sacred land of the Nora. This adventure will introduce the Aloy to new friends, enemies, machines and answers to how the world came to its current state and the mysterious circumstances surrounding her birth.

“Horizon Zero Dawn” utilizes a simple but effective combat system. Similar to “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,” players need to exploit machines’ weaknesses to be successful. Each machine has a different weakness to exploit. Some machines have exposed elemental canisters that, if shot with the right arrow, will explode causing massive damage. Tearing off armor among other actions can devastate enemies.

Memorizing weaknesses and prep work can be the difference between life and death. Any machine encounter can be fatal, and players need to remain vigilant to

avoid making a fatal mistake.

Many non-consequential animations seem to have fallen to the wayside. During conversations for side quests, and some during the main quest line, character animations are nothing more than awkward mannequins trying to mimic authentic human interaction.

For some time, games have been falling prey to this. Developers have been adding movement to make conversations seem more realistic. In reality, the frenetic movement feels forced, almost like the game is trying too hard. A less-is-more approach would actually work wonders.

It would not necessarily fix the problem, but it would at least be a step in the right direction.

“Horizon Zero Dawn” is a magnificent new IP that is a must have in any PS4 owner’s collection.

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HELP FROM PAGE 4 It’s a warning. Pay attention to it before it becomes a glaring red light and you have to STOP. A client of mine confided in me that her daughter was doing drugs with her friends. She said, looking back, the yellow signs were all there. A poor report card.

Then another.

She was getting home later and later every evening and suffered from mood swings. She brushed it off as adolescence — until her daughter got in trouble with the law. What signs might you be missing?

2. SOLUTIONS ABOUND EARLY ON However large or small the concern, the earlier something is treated, the better the chances of a positive outcome.

From a snag in your new sweater to a health issue you’re brilliant at ignoring (guilty!), ask yourself: Will it be easier to take care of this now or later?

The answer will almost always be the former. As time goes on, solutions dissipate. So download that meditation app and use it on the daily. Book that vacation

It’s important to invest in the help you need early.

for some much needed R-and-R. Hire that nutritionist or personal trainer. Invest in that career coach. What’s the alternative?

Be honest with yourself now. You can pay now or pay (more) later.

3. RELIEF IS GOLDEN You know that feeling when you’ve been

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delaying something, feeling bad about it, sweeping it under the rug and it just… festers? Seeking help eliminates that in an instant. It’s freeing. It’s liberating. It’s good for you.

One of the most positive human emotions is relief. Don’t deprive yourself of it.

This experience itself is worth any sum required to receive it. Plus, you’ll spare yourself a heap of heartache and stress in the future. And that’s priceless.

4. YOU’RE WORTH IT Why are we so resistant to receive the help we need, exactly? We’re worth it. Our happiness, relationships, family, health, security, and self-confidence all matter, don’t they?

And we’re human. We all need a little help sometimes — with our bodies, our relationships, our direction, our growth.

There’s strength, not shame, in seeking it.

A few weeks ago, when my husband and I were fighting more than usual, I booked a couple of sessions with the therapist that helped us all those years ago. And we worked out our issues in just those couple of appointments — because we got in there early.

We learned to tweak our communication styles (he needs to be more vocal; I need to give him more space and support) and to appreciate one another more fully.

And, just like that, we were back. It was the best money and time we’ve invested in years.

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Students should be able to keep pets on campus

Casey Ewart Columnist

When we come to college, we have a sense of freedom and sadness. We miss our family, our friends from high school and pets if we have them. For some of us, we do not want to live without our pets.

A lot can happen with our pet at home while we are in school.

My cousin had to go home from college to put her dog down last semester. Last year when I was about to go home, my parents told me that our family dog did not live there anymore.

Situations may not be as drastic as that; however, there are ways to remedy the situation. Indiana State University currently has dorms designated for certain types of residents. Residents that are 21 and older can live in 500 Wabash. Honors students live in Pickerl Hall. There is a designated dorm for “academic learning communities and academic clustered communities.”

ISU could assign designated housing for residents who wish to bring their pets from home.

According to the Residential Life Handbook, the current pet policy is as follows: “Residents/ tenants may not keep or harbor dogs, cats, or other animals.

Only fish, in tanks 10 gallons or less, are allowed.”

The reality is that college campuses across the United States are beginning to allow more pets other than just fish to live on campus in the dorms. Every college has their own policy and requirements when it comes to pets.

Stephens College of Columbia, Mo., accepts birds, cats, dogs and other pets. Stetson University of Florida accepts cats, fish, dogs and other animals that can live in a small cage. Eckerd College of St. Petersburg, Flo., accepts chinchillas, dogs, ferrets, cats and rabbits. Johnson and Wales University of Providence, R.I., accepts rabbits, cats, guinea pigs, fish, dogs and hamsters.

ISU would not have to go as far as to have a graduation ceremony for the pets, as Eckerd College does; however, there are many benefits of pets becoming a reality for ISU students.

First, even though there have been record-setting incoming

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United Airlines proves travel can be a nightmare after planning fail

Zach Davis Columnist

Summer is the time of year where people travel the most.

Kids are out of school, and there are events everywhere. That means transportation companies can usually make a decent profit during the summer.

United Airlines might have a difficult time of that, though, since their customer service proved to be unsatisfactory at best.

Everything began as normal on Sunday night as passengers lined up to board a plane. After everyone was boarded, United employees informed everyone that four people were going to have to go back into the airport. The reason was simple: United didn’t plan well and had to change their employee travel plans last minute, deciding to deny customers flight instead.

First they asked for volunteers, offering a few hundred dollars and a new plane ticket.

Nobody was willing to give up their seat. Then they upped the offer to $800 and a plane ticket, but the staff again faced the fact

that nobody wanted to give up their seat. So they did the most logical thing in their mind – remove four people from the flight at random.

They got the computer to spit out the names of four passengers that were forced to take the compensation package, despite the fact these passengers all paid and planned responsibly. Now the employees are going to play a game of musical chairs that nobody wants to join in on.

Nothing about this situation is okay. The blame here should be on United for overbooking their flight. It is unfortunately legal for airlines to overbook their flights and deny passengers boarding. However, they are required to provide compensation.

That means yes, United did ask for volunteers and offer an exchange; but they are legally required to do so, so it wasn’t an act of charity.

Legality doesn’t determine morality, though. It is legal to lie, yet most people will agree that it is immoral. Up to this point United has been legal, but this business practice should not be considered moral.

The airline wanted to impose on their customers for their shortcomings. This is normal for United, too, who AP reports forced almost 4,000 people out of their seats last year. Though Sunday proved to be unique from those.

The story picks up with the

four randomly-selected being asked to leave the plane. The first person showed disdain, but eventually left. The following two also left reluctantly. The fourth, though, informed the employees that he would not be leaving the plane because he was a doctor on his way to assist an understaffed hospital.

The employees insisted that he give up his seat to fix the airline’s error, to which he continued to refuse. Security was called as the situation escalated, resulting in an officer dragging him from his window seat. He was carried from the plane by his limbs, his midsection vulnerable. After a short time, he re-boarded the plane, speaking in disoriented phrases through the blood smeared on his face that he had to go home. A little later, the plane left without him.

Our protagonist did not win out that day. He was hurt, disoriented and inconvenienced – to say the least – because the company he booked with planned poorly. The security officer that grabbed the man was put on leave pending investigation, and Chicago’s aviation department condemned his actions.

The CEO of United’s parent company, Oscar Munoz, praised all the employees for handling things according to company policy. In a report from Reuters, he said that the man was in the wrong for “defying” security’s orders, openly supporting the

violent actions security took that day.

Nobody should commend those actions for any reason.

There were many other ways of solving that issue. They could have rented or used a company car. They could have left one employee behind. They could have even asked a different, more willing passenger to leave, despite how immoral that would be. Instead they resorted to violence, resulting in the man being injured.

Companies should not be allowed to treat consumers like this. Laws should be revised so that companies have to plan ahead and stop inconveniencing their paying customers. They shouldn’t be allowed to overbook flights or make last-minute changes to tickets without good reason. It’s just good business practice.

Think about it. A doctor denied passage on a flight to help an understaffed hospital can potentially put lives at risk. If he isn’t there to help cover shifts, then it is harder to maintain more patients. Nobody can help that people get sick and injured.

Unfortunately, United decided to put the consequences of their poor planning on their customers.

United needs to be held accountable for the way the situation transpired. They need to

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My dad is the reason I am a first gen college student Leah Kennedy Columnist

I come from a large family. My mom has seven siblings, my dad has three, and they all have at least two kids.

Christmas for us (on my mom’s side at least — we don’t celebrate on my dad’s side anymore) is easily a 100-person affair, and we all cram into a house and play a very loud, very competitive game of Green Family Trivia, and then we sing carols and go home.

In this loud, rambunctious family, college is a norm. However, when you mash that with a family of hard workers and blue

collars, you get me, a first generation student.

Neither of my parents went to college. My mom was in a rough time in her life and just did not feel like it, and my dad worked.

Together they have been an office manager and a body repairman for a combined total of 55plus years.

I also have two siblings. My eldest sibling, a brother ten years older than me, tried the college thing for a semester, joined a fraternity and does not remember 80% of his time at university.

He then was brought home six months later.

My sister was always going to come to Indiana State University and become a teacher but put

that on hold when she got married because she met her person young and didn’t feel like waiting to marry him. She knows this was her choice and is okay with it.

So that leaves me. Growing up, I was never not coming to college. I wanted to be big, and I wanted to be different, and I wanted to make a lot of money and move far away.

They told me I had potential, that I could be anything, beat all the odds and have an island. I was high off the possibility of a future.

So I guess that’s what being first gen means to me. It means I can be whatever I want to be.

It does not mean that I think

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those who have to bust their butts and work 45 hours a week are less than me.

My dad’s hands are permanently stained and scratched from working on cars. He does it so my mom’s hands can be soft and manicured.

He does it because he wants me to succeed. He wants my siblings and I to have the world he did not.

My dad is truly an amazing man. And I’m a first gen because he never told me not to.

My mom expected it, but seeing the pride in my dad’s eyes when I make good grades or get complimented by a professor for my work makes all the hard times worth it.

All the homesick nights and the too tired to even write anymore papers are worth seeing his face light up when I show him awards and good grades.

His hardworking hands and support are the reason I get to sit in a dorm room surrounded by my stuff from home.

He carried it all in when we came here, and he listens to all my random thoughts on our daily phone calls.

In conclusion, being a first generation student, to me at least, is a chance to make my dad and my entire family proud.

It is my chance to shine, to be different, and my means to ensure a good life.

Opinions Policy The opinions page of the Indiana Statesman offers an opportunity for the Indiana State University community to express its views. The opinions, individual and collective, expressed in the Statesman and the student staff’s selection or arrangement of content do not necessarily reflect the attitudes of the university, its Board of Trustees, administration, faculty or student body. The Statesman editorial board writes staff editorials and makes final decisions about news content. This newspaper serves as a

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PETS FROM PAGE 6 student classes as of late, it could add a whole new boost.

Second, it potentially could raise freshman GPA’s. In an interview with Ryan Lytle of US News, John Sullivan, dean of admission and financial aid at Eckerd College in Florida stated, “For a lot of students, it adds even more structure and organization to their day because they have another being that they’re responsible for.”

Third, it provides another way for students to build community. In an interview with Lytle, Wendy Toth, editor of pet resource site Petside.com stated, “A lot of students take in a lot of different factors when deciding where they want to go to school, but I know of lot of (them) worry about the feeling of fitting in.

A huge advantage is that pets provide social support.”

These are only a few of the reasons that Indiana State University should begin to think about the idea of allowing more pets to live on campus. We must leave our family behind when we come to college, but this is a way to bring our best friend. It is definitely an idea to consider.

AIRLINES FROM PAGE 6 take responsibility for the events that caused a man to get hurt because they planned poorly. The employees’ handling of the situation was bad, too, even if they were following company policy. That just means the company policy should be changed, perhaps to include the lesson to not overbook flights to prevent something like this from happening again.

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Indiana State University golf team came in fourth in the Consecutive ISU Spring Invitational Championship at the Country Club of Terre Haute.

Sycamores come from behind to win fourth consecutive ISU Spring Invitational Ace Hunt

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Indiana State came from as many as nine strokes down in the final round to capture their fourth consecutive ISU Spring Invitational Championship. The event was held at The Country Club of Terre Haute which is a par-72, 6,041-yard layout on the south side of town.

The Sycamores rebounded from a 315 on day one to post a round of 295 on Monday. The 295 is the second lowest team single round in the history of the program only bettered by a 287 in the second round of the last season’s MVC Championship in Chicago. The two-round score of 610 is the fourth-best in the history of program and was just one shy of the team’s best ever two-day score at the ISU Spring Invitational.

Indiana State won a team championship for the second time this season as they came back from seven shot deficit in the season opener at Youngstown State to win that tour-

nament. This win marked the 10th of head coach Greg Towne’s seven seasons at the helm of the Sycamore program. He has led the team to mulitple team championships in each of the last three seasons.

Indiana State won the event by eight shots as Western Illinois carded rounds of 310 and 308 to finish with a tally of 618. Butler followed up their 316 with a 307 on day two and ended with a tournament score of 623 in third place. First round leader William Woods followed up their opening day 306 with a 318 and their tally of 624 was good enough for fourth place. Drake improved on their 315 in the first day to score a 314 and their total of 629 was fifth. Right behind the Bulldogs was Evansville who recorded a 313 and finished with a tally of 631 in sixth place.

Rounding out the field was Loyola (635), Northern Iowa (637), Illinois-Springfield (647), Eastern Illinois (651), Indiana State “B” (665) and Dayton (666).

Evansville’s Kayla Katterhenry won medialist honors with rounds of 75

Wichita to join the American Athletic Conference this year Andrew Doran Reporter

This past Friday, Wichita State University had confirmed to the media that they will be joining the American Athletic Conference, better known as the ACC. They will be joining the league for the 2017-18 season.

The AAC will now have 12 basketball programs in the conference.

By them making this move, their shot at making the tournament will increase because they will not have to win the MVC every year in order to make it. This will also enhance tournament seeds as said by Scott Gleeson of USA Today’s sports.

The Shockers the past six years have been a MVC standout program. With the last five years making the NCAA tournament, the program is seeking a title in the upcoming seasons. Coach Marshall has taken the team to six consecutive tournaments in the 10 years he has been there.

Since the Shockers do not have a

football team, keeping Marshall is a must for them.

By the Wichita State moving conferences, this sets a burden for the MVC because the team brings in revenue for the conference. For example, since the Shockers competed in two games this year, the conference earned about $3.4 million. As well as them being one of the only programs to actually get a seed in the tournament, now the MVC will not be seeing all this money the team has to offer the conference.

By adding the Shockers to the conference, the power-house programs will now include SMU, Cincinnati, Memphis and Wichita State University.

They led the MVC by a significant margin of the most loyal fans; they have been selling out the Charles Koch Arena in Kansas. So now that the MVC is losing revenue and face of the MVC for basketball, it is up to the other programs in the conference to step up and do the things Wichita State did for the MVC.

and 70 for a total of 145 to win the individual title.

Sycamores’ Marissa Uradomo and Sophie Benetti came charging during the second round to finish with totals of 149 which tied with Drake’s Madison Glennie for second place. Uradomo followed up her opening round of 75 with a 74 on Monday while Benetti rebounded from a 78 on Sunday to post a one-under-par round of 71 in the final round as they both finished with a 149. Monday’s 71 was a career-best round for Benetti.

Also strong for the Sycamores was freshman Sierra Hargens who rebounded from an 81 to post a 76 and her total of 157 and tied for 17th place. Also with a total of 157 and a tie for 17th place was Robyn Blanchard who recorded rounds of 81 and 76.

The greatest one-day improvement came from Thilda Staubo who shot a final round 74 after recording an 84 on Sunday for a total of 158 and a tie for 21st place.

rounds of 78 and 85 for a total of 163 and a tie for 37th place. Kayla Ryan had a 78 on the first day and came back with an 89 on Monday for a total of 167 and a tie for 52nd place. Alex Jennings final round of 82 and Samantha Hightower’s mark of 81 gave them each a tournament tally of 169 and tied them for 58th place. Abigail Irwin followed up her opening round of 93 with an 86 for a tally of 179 and 68th place.

Shelby Williams, playing in her final tournament at Indiana State, carded rounds of 80 and 89 to finish with a two-day score of 169 and a tie for 58th place.

The final tournament of the season awaits the Sycamores next week as they travel to Cape Giradeau, Mo., for the Missouri Valley Conference Championships. This 54-hole event begins on Sunday, April 16 and goes through Tuesday, April 18. The winner of the tournament receives the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals. Indiana State has finished On the Indiana State “B” team, the in second place in the event in two of Sycamores were led by Dawn Turner’s the last three years.

American League preview and outlook Austin Vanlandingham Reporter

Boston Red Sox: The Red Sox made waves in the offseason by trading for White Sox All-Star Chris Sale. The addition of Sale gives the Red Sox one of the strongest pitching rotations in the MLB. They have two CyYoung winners and a pitcher in Sale who has finished in the top five in voting four times.

Mookie Betts also finished second in MVP-voting. Boston has also tightened up its bullpen and is a front runner in the American League East.

Cleveland Indians: The Indians were the American League’s best team last season and blew their 3-1 lead in the World Series. Looking at their

roster, they are talented all the way around. They will have close to the exact same roster that got them to the World Series, lead by Corey Kluber, Francisco Lindor and Andrew Miller. Cleveland managed to sign slugger Edwin Encarnacion, who will certainly bring some much needed power to an already dangerous tribe lineup.

Houston Astros: Houston took a step backward in 2016 after their playoff season in 2015. The Astros faded in the second half of 2016, but have restocked their lineup with veterans for 2017. The team has been very young in past years, so this could be the boost they needed. Adding Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran and Josh Reddick in the offseason will

provide needed leadership and guidance for younger players.

They still have Jose Altuve and Dallas Keuchel, and they have been solid in recent seasons for the Astros.

Texas Rangers: The last two years, the Rangers have done really well during the regular season but then tanked in October. With arguably one of the most talented rosters in the league, the Rangers should find themselves in October again.

They have Cole Hamels and Yu Darvish coming off good 2016 campaigns, paired with veteran offensive players Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus and Jonathan Lucroy. The Rangers can also be excited about young players Joey Gallo and Martin Perez.