April 5, 2017

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Volume 124, Issue 69

Spring Week gathers students for ISU pride Adrienne Morris Reporter

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ISU students grab some food at Spring Week kick-off.

The annual Spring Week kickoff marked the beginning of the 2017 Spring Week. This year’s theme for Spring Week is carnival. The event gave students an opportunity to learn more about the upcoming events of the week and celebrate ISU school spirit.

Spring Week kick-off took place in Dede I Monday afternoon.

Chair of general events, Dominique Whipple, discussed the purpose of Spring Week and the kick-off event and what it had to offer to the ISU community. She gave an insight to what Spring Week means to students, faculty and staff.

“The Spring Week kick-off is just something for the campus community to come out and enjoy some free food and get some information about the other events that are coming up this week. The event is also a preview of what type of fun that we would like to have at these events,” Whipple said.

Music filled the atmosphere while students waited for the activities to begin. The step team, known as Precision, also made an appearance during the Spring

Week Kick-Off. “We’re going to have some entertainment, Precision, food and be able to relax and get ready for the rest of the events that we have,” Whipple said.

The event allowed people to bond with their peers, converse over food and enjoy activities such as coloring.

“I think it’s important just so they can come and get more information on the rest of the week and so that they can get a vibe of what the atmosphere is going to feel like for the rest of the week,” Whipple said. “It is also they can have a minute to debrief before we tell them about all of the events that we are hosting this week.”

The Spring Week kick-off highlighted many of the events that will occur during the weeks such as Sycamore Sessions, Tandem, Spring Sing, Donaghy Day, Tri-Athlon, Battleship and other events.

Spring Week was created in order to encourage students to finish out the spring semester without being stressed. Many organizations and departments are hosting events that are a part Paige Carter | Indiana Statesman of Spring Week, such as Union Members of the Precision step team performed.

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Sycamores bleed blue

Paul Gordon Brown on digital leadership Ian Bonner-Swedish Reporter

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Indiana State University students and community line up to donate blood during the Spring week blood drive.

Fun Run raises funds for students Anthony Goelz Reporter

Indian State University will host their first John Beacon Fun Run during Spring Week. The run will be on Thursday, April 6. The run will start at the Welcome Center at 3:30 p.m.

Senior Vice President of Enrollment Management, Beacon has given years of dedication to make strides in enrollment growth over the last decade. This run will help to support his passion for running while also helping students with scholarships.

In addition, all proceeds from

the race will go to new scholarships for incoming students, which will be named the Running Start Scholarship.

Tracy Osborne, a member of the committee that has been planning the Fun Run for the past few months, expressed her hopes to host this event annually to raise money, as this is the first John Beacon 5K Fun Run. “All are welcomed,” Osborne said. “Participants are runners, walkers, friends, students, faculty and staff. There is no qualification. We hope everyone comes out to celebrate Senior BP Beacon’s retirement and to help raise money for student scholarships.”

You do not have to be a great runner, just come out and have a good time. The distance is about 3.1 miles. The cost is $5 for students and $10 for other participants.

Parking will be available at the west pay lot off of Chestnut.

There is also a John Beacon 5K Fun Run map download online at, http://www.indstate.edu/beacon5k.

For more information, read more on ISU’s student event calendar. For registration information and to volunteer at the race email Tracy.Osborne@indstate. edu.

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Students were able to tune in and hear the wonders, the dangers, the social construct and how to improve the windows of their lives that are peered through by others on social media platforms by Paul Gordon Brown.

Brown started off his keynote with his “and it all began with a tweet” segment, explaining his past experiences in the professional field. He initially booked with United Airlines, but after a bad experience with their customer service, he rebooked with JetBlue. He created a tweet addressing the two companies immediately after. While United Airlines gave him a link to give his statement on the details, JetBlue expressed how “#superexcited” they are to serve Brown.

From there, a relationship sprung into a sensation even media outlets wanted to cover. “And it all began with a tweet.”

From there he went on to address the polar views of social media. People that fear social media and others that embrace its possibilities. Fear of social media often disconnects users from the physical life and causes them to become anti-social.

Supporters of social media believe it allows more interpersonal sharing than ever before. It allows easy access to see a point into the lives of others and how they’re doing, and collectively creates an amazing image of their lives.

Someone can look at the digital stamps they leave along the way.

“Privacy settings change with where you are in your life. If I am in college, I would probably set my privacy settings a little bit higher than they are now. Like are you searching for jobs — remember that nothing is ever

truly private, and know where you are with in life and who you want to share with. If you look at my Instagram, it is almost all travel photos. Twitter is more often business related. If I’m doing something people related, I go to Facebook,” Brown said.

He also stated it is important to know the platform. For a more professional portrait to display, using social media such as LinkedIn is ideal. For artists that wish to show off their unique photographs, Instagram will be a better platform of displaying their features.

In addition to knowing the platform, knowing how to spot fake news is another factor that often goes silent.

“There are companies that are set up to try to create articles so they can try to sell you ads, so they make stuff up,” Brown said.

Knowing how to deduce the authenticity of an article is crucial for you; you can be the problem or the solution to the issue.

Building reputation is also of utmost importance.

“Chart your path. Don’t feel you need to follow others or follow the same pattern as others.

Find your community — find your niche,” Brown said.

Another factor includes having to accept being open in a way never imagined.

“Be vulnerable,” Brown said.

“It’s ok to show vulnerability online. Think about how can you be ok with yourself and be vulnerable and share things on social media.”

Brown also stresses that social media is not the place to try to be god-like.

“Making mistakes is better than faking perfections,” he said.

It’s also important to “be different,” Brown emphasized. “Be different. The best thing about social media is it allows us to connect with people we could have never connect with before.”

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Pilots who work for Amazon and DHL set to protest outside White House Alex Daugherty McClatchy Washington Bureau A group of pilots who ship packages for Amazon and DHL will protest outside the White House in a bid to get President Donald Trump’s attention in a long-running labor dispute.

A few dozen pilots who work for Atlas Air, a New York-based cargo airline with a hub in Miami, will stage a protest on Wednesday amid disagreements on working conditions between pilots and some of the country’s largest shipping companies.

The pilots argue Atlas and four other cargo airlines have an outsized portion of their business with Amazon and DHL, resulting in the shipping companies essentially controlling the work environment for pilots.

“DHL is trying to depress labor prices for pilots in the U.S., which doesn’t keep levels of safety and experience high,” said Michael Griffith, an Atlas Air pilot who is organizing the protest with the Airline Professionals Association.

Griffith said Atlas pilots hired from smaller regional airlines are being asked to fly 747s, a larger airplane that requires more experience to fly safely. The pilots are also worried about retention.

Competitors like FedEx and UPS have hired experienced Atlas pilots at high rates during the labor dispute.

“Five of the new hire class at FedEx yesterday were former Atlas pilots,” Griffith said. “The quality of pilots we have is going out the door.”

As part of their protest, the pilots will send a letter to President Trump urging the White House to support higher pay and better working conditions for pilots.

“Faced with substandard pay and benefits, many long-time pilots at our carriers are leaving for better opportunities, while we struggle to recruit the staff needed to get the job done,” the letter said. “These issues have gotten so bad that pilots at one of our carriers went on strike last year. Now, DHL’s model to squeeze U.S. pilots is spreading.

Following the German company’s lead, Amazon hired our airlines to service its new Prime Air delivery operation at the low standards set by DHL, rather than those set by UPS and FedEx, great U.S. companies that provide hundreds of thousands of good jobs for Americans.”

About 250 pilots represented by the Airline Professionals Association from ABX Air were blocked from striking by a federal judge in November after a judge ruled it was in the public’s interest to get holiday packages on time.

ABX also conducts a large share of its business with Amazon and DHL, and pilots from ABX, Polar Air, Southern Air and Kalitta Air will join tomorrow’s protest.

“Imagine Christmas without Amazon,” U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black wrote in his ruling.

Federal law makes it difficult for airline workers to strike, and the Atlas Air pilots say Amazon’s history of brutal working conditions in its warehouses doesn’t bode well for the company’s treatment of pilots in the future.

“Atlas has left us at the negotiating table as DHL and Amazon figure more and more into it,” Griffith said. “We need to shine a light about what’s going on in these two businesses for pilots and their families and let people know that when you hit that Amazon Prime button, they should think they are doing something that depresses pilots’ wages.”

President Trump has shown a willingness to listen to union leaders during his first months in office, although the White House has not taken a public position in the dispute.

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Twitter, Facebook targeted by more Pulse shooting victims Paul Brinkmann Orlando Sentinel (TNS) Ten new plaintiffs have joined a federal lawsuit that targets Twitter, Google and Facebook with allegations that the Islamic State used social media to radicalize the Pulse nightclub gunman.

The lawsuit is the second in recent weeks in which more than a dozen Pulse victims or their families are now suing over the tragedy. The other big lawsuit is directed at the G4S security firm, where the shooter worked as a security guard, and his wife.

Neither lawsuit names specific dollar amounts sought, but both seek court orders to define and restrict actions that could lead to terror attacks. The social media lawsuit, for example, seeks a judge’s order declaring the social media companies to have violated the Anti-Terrorism Act by allowing Islamic State sympathizers to use their services.

Twitter, Google and Facebook have fought back in court, filing a motion to dismiss the case already.

The social media lawsuit was first filed in December by family members controlling the estate of three deceased victims. Ten more joined the suit last week, according to a new amended complaint.

One of the new plaintiffs in the social media case is Christine Leinonen, mother of deceased victim Christopher Leinonen.

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An aerial view of the mass shooting scene at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016.

She has been one of the most visible activists among the Pulse victims’ families, appearing at the Democratic National Convention during the presidential campaign to speak about curbing gun violence.

The social media suit alleges that the shooter, Omar Mateen, was radicalized by the Islamic State’s use of social media websites to conduct terrorist operations. However, the companies have argued that the suit alleges no facts indicating that the Orlando attack “was in any way impacted, helped by, or the result of ISIS’s presence on the social networks.”

Besides Leinonen, the new plaintiffs who are family members of deceased victims include: Lydia Perez and family members of the late Jean Carlos Mendez

Perez; Carlos Sanfeliz and Maria Sanfeliz-Mendoza, family of the late Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz; Jose Luis Vielma, family of the late Luis Sergio Vielma; Jackson J. Josaphat, family of the late Jason B. Josaphat; Stanley Almodovar, family of the late Stanley Almodovar III. Four of the new plaintiffs are Pulse victims who recovered: Chris Littlestar, Nicholaz Perez, Asael Abad and Jillian Amador.

They join the original plaintiffs, who are the families of the late Tevin Crosby, Javier JorgeReyes and Juan Guerrero. Crosby was a Michigan native, and Jorge-Reyes has a sister who lives there.

The lawsuit cites numerous media accounts of investigations

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On ‘Equal Pay Day,’ fight over gender wage gap rages on Josh Magness McClatchy Washington Bureau Another session of Congress, another attempt from Democratic lawmakers to enshrine the Paycheck Fairness Act into law.

But with tight Republican control over the federal government, the bill seems likely to meet its usual fate: defeat.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., are expected to reintroduce the bill — submitted to every session of Congress since 1997 with the aim of reducing the gender wage gap — into Congress on Tuesday.

The bill would, among other things, prohibit screening job applicants based on their salary histories and require employers to demonstrate that any pay disparities between men and women exist for job-related reasons.

The bill’s expected reintroduction coincides with Equal Pay Day, which activists say marks how long women have to work on average to catch up with their male colleagues’ earnings the year prior.

Nationally, the average woman employed in a full-time, yearround job makes 80 cents to every dollar earned by a man, according to a National Partnership for Women & Families analysis of U.S. census data. The gap is even more pronounced for black and Latina women, who make 63 and 54 cents, respectively, for every dollar earned by a white, non-Hispanic man.

For Vicki Shabo, vice presi-

Campus saddened by death of student after choking at pancake eating contest

dent of the National Partnership for Women & Families, the issue of equal pay affects nearly every aspect of women’s lives.

The gender wage gap “makes it hard to pay mortgage and rent, and has real practical implications for women’s ability to take care of themselves and their families,” Shabo said.

The National Partnership for Women & Families’ analysis determined that eliminating the gender wage gap would provide women who have full-time, yearround jobs with enough money for 1.5 more years of food or 15 months of child care.

Providing financial security for women is a major reason that DeLauro sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act. “This wage gap is unacceptable and it is time to enact the Paycheck Fairness Act and end the wage gap once and for all,” she said in a statement.

Not everyone views the pay gap as an issue of overt sexism, but rather a naturally occurring phenomenon because of women’s unique career choices.

“I’m a working mother myself, so for me, the only way I can be in the workforce is to have a flexible work schedule and different accommodations than men want or need,” said Rachel Greszler, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. “In turn for that, I’m willing to have a lower salary, but without that, I can’t be in the workforce.”

Roger Pilon, vice president for legal affairs for the libertarian Cato Institute, said the bill was

partisan rather than practical.

“This is a patently political bill designed to pander to one element in the Democrats’ base, namely women,” he said.

With Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, there is little chance that the Paycheck Fairness Act will become law.

In April 2014, when Democrats still held the Senate, the bill failed to receive a single Senate Republican vote. It had 52 sponsors in the Senate but couldn’t amass the 60 votes needed to receive an open debate on the floor; the bill did not reach the House of Representatives floor for a vote that session.

But DeLauro is still hoping to pull some Republican House colleagues into supporting the bill.

“If Republicans are serious about addressing the issues working women and families face,” DeLauro said, “they should sign on to the Paycheck Fairness Act and address equal pay in a comprehensive and serious manner.”

If the bill fails to progress through legislative channels, Shabo said, companies themselves should step up. More than 100 companies signed onto the Equal Pay Pledge pushed forward by the Obama White House last December.

“At a time when politics may be less functional than maybe we would like,” Shabo said, “we would like to see more companies step up as well and voluntarily audit their pay practices.”

Sacred Heart University students said Monday the campus was deeply saddened by the death of a student who choked during a pancake eating contest on campus.

Police say Caitlin Nelson, 21, died at a New York City hospital on Sunday, three days after the contest during an event on the university’s Fairfield campus that was part of its annual Greek Week.

“You can feel the sadness among the students and faculty,” said Andrew Starr, 20, a sophomore from Norwalk. There’s been a somber tone on campus since news of Nelson’s death spread across campus, he said.

Nelson was a junior social work major from Clark, N.J. Fairfield police said Monday that a Sacred Heart nursing student was the first to notice Nelson was in distress during the pancake eating contest Thursday evening. The nursing student determined Nelson was choking and told another person to call 911 while she and others helped Nelson. Within minutes, four Fairfield police officers arrived. Nelson was not conscious and not breathing. The officers worked to clear Nelson’s airway.

Paramedics arrived a short time later and continued trying to clear Nelson’s airway. In the ambulance on the way to St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport paramedics were able to clear the blockage, but it was too late, Fairfield police Chief Gary MacNamara said. The lack of oxygen caused too much damage, he said.

Nelson was transferred Friday morning to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, where she died Sunday.

“Everything that they did, everything that they tried, they could not clear that airway,” MacNamara said. “This will stay with the officers a long time.”

Fairfield Lt. Robert Kalamaras, who was among those Fairfield officers who worked to save Nelson, said there was no criminal aspect to the case and that police were not aware of students using alcohol at the event.

“It’s a sad tragic accident,” he said. “That’s all it is.”

He said about 100 people were at the event, which was in a university building. He said he does not know whether any university officials were present. The university declined to answer questions about the incident.

Nelson had food allergies but doctors told police that they do not think they were a factor in her death, Kalamaras said.

Students remembered Nelson during a candlelight vigil on campus Sunday that followed a mass that was attended by thousands, students said. Nelson’s father, James Nelson, was a Port Authority police officer who died in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Police union officials said Caitlin was an organ donor and her organs have been used to help others.

“My heart is broken for Caitlin’s family,” said Paul Nunziato, the president of the union that represents Port Authority police.

“Like her dad, who gave all he possibly could in the final moments of his life so others may live, Caitlin also gave all she could so others may live.”

James Nelson was assigned to the Port Authority police training academy on Sept. 11, 2001, but went with dozens of other Port Authority officers to the World Trade Center to do their jobs, said Bobby Egbert, a spokesman for the union that represents Port Authority police. “In a situation like that you respond from all over,” Egbert said. “You have to go. There’s no

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‘Ghost in the Shell’ receives mixed reviews Anthony Goelz Reporter

“Ghost in the Shell” is a live-action adaptation of a classic anime and manga of the same name. Set in a futuristic Japan, the film follows Mira Killian, played by Scarlett Johansson.

The opening scene shows Killian after a terrorist attack. Upon awakening from a lifesaving procedure, she is informed that her body was irreparably damaged.

In order to save her life, doctors had to perform an experimental procedure that implanted Killian’s brain in an artificial body, putting her human soul inside a new vessel. Making her a ghost in a shell, thus the title.

The downside of her procedure was the loss of Killian’s memories. A year later, and now named as the Major in the anti-terrorist bureau Section Nine, Killian uses her new body to thwart acts of terror.

After stopping one such attempt, Killian is led down the rabbit hole that will lead her to the truth about her forgotten past.

Despite impressive visuals, “Ghost in the Shell” misses the mark in terms of narrative. The film lacks an aspect of the source material. That aspect is the show’s colorful cast of supporting characters.

The only supporting characters the film does feature are the Major’s partner Batou (Johan Philip Asbæk) and Section Nine chief Daisuke Aramaki (Takeshi Kitano).

Other than those two, the rest of Section Nine’s screen time barely adds up to 10 minutes.

Part of what made the anime so spectacular are these forgotten characters.

This film is without a doubt a slow burn. The plot develops incredibly slowly, to the point of being boring in a few spots.

By the time the final sequence comes around, it still feel as if it is the middle of the film.

It is as if the film is just two hours of exposition with a desperately rushed conclusion.

It is ironic that a film involving human cyber enhancement lacks a certain human element.

The film never connects emotionally and almost seems like it does not even try.

For instance, one of the members of Section Nine, Togusa.

This character stands out from the rest of the operatives because of his lack of augments. He has neural enhancements, but physically, he is all-natural.

Before joining Section Nine, he was a detective, and instead of using modern side arms, he prefers his revolver. Togusa’s back-story is delved into throughout the show, but the movie barely gives him the time of day.

His character is a sort of com-

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mentary on how far should society go in terms of advancement and the film just rights him off.

The film is centered on the Major, and it would be difficult to write in these characters and keep the film under four hours.

The problem is the Major’s character in the film is so robotic and flat, and Johansson’s performance does not do much to remedy that. There just is no visceral connection to the events on the screen.

“Ghost in the Shell” is a weak film on its own, but when compared to the source material, this film falls flat on its face.

To an audience member that is not a fan of the franchise, the film is ok.

To fans, the film is a bastardization of the show. To anyone considering going to see this film, save the money and just watch the anime. It will be a much more enjoyable experience.

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The “Ghost in the Shell” features Scarlett Johansson as The Major.

Sycamore Career Summit prepares students for future success Anthony Goelz Reporter

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An International Garment Exhibition is being displayed in the HMSU Gallery Lounge.

Tri-Athlon starts off Spring Week competition Claire Silcox Reporter

Competition ignited for Indiana State University students at the Student Recreation Center with the Tri-Athlon event for Spring Week Monday at 7 p.m.

As the co-ed teams raced against the stopwatch, fans from all over campus cheered them on. Six people per team participated in swimming, basketball, running and trivia competitions that were timed.

For the swimming section, each pair was timed in swimming laps against another team.

As soon as the swimmers were finished, the running began with laps around the rec track and then down the stairs to one of the basketball courts.

From the free throw line, each member of the same pair that ran had to make five free throws before being able to let their last teammates to begin the final competition.

The last pairing then had to answer trivia questions about various topics and/or riddles to complete the competition.

Most teams were made up of

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Students in Greek life waiting to participate in their leg of the Spring Week Tri-athlon.

sorority and fraternity pairings, such as Delta Gamma and Pi Kappa Alpha; Alpha Phi and Pi Kappa Phi; Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Omicron Pi. There have also been residence halls and the Residence Hall Association participating in Spring Week events.

Spring Week is considered the Homecoming week of the spring semester, and students take full advantage of the fun activities and events planned.

The pairings of Greek organizations are together for the entire week of events, usually in twos and threes.

Although the scores are not released until the end of Spring Week, the teams could tell if they did well or not based upon when they finished the competition.

Fans from all aspects of ISU came out to cheer on their friends, sisters and brothers.

Watching through the glass at the swimmers, then moving on

with them throughout the competition, students and fans could wave their signs and cheer at their favorite athletes.

Along with Tri-Athlon, there will be an array of activities throughout Spring Week.

Tuesday will have volunteer opportunities with Donaghy Day, Stop and Serves and also blood drives.

Wednesday is the new Spring Sing, formally known as Sycamore Remix, where teams sing along to the songs and compete in front of the student population in the Hulman Center.

Thursday continues with Battleship, where participants go against another team and try to sink their boat, just like a real life version of the game.

Friday hosts Sycamore Sessions to showcase student talent.

For the weekend, there will be the qualifying tandem teams competing for the first through the finish line on Saturday.

Once all of the scores are calculated, the winner of Spring Week will be announced at the awards ceremony on April 10 at 5 p.m.

This Thursday, the Career Center will be putting on the first ever Sycamore Career Summit.

The Sycamore Career Summit is an event that “brings students together with employers helping foster networking and professional/career development opportunities,” said Dustin Bryant, the Career Services coordinator working specifically with majors in the College of Health and Human Services as well as a member of the planning committee for the event.

“Preparing students for career success is the focus of this oneday mini-conference designed to bring students together with employers in an environment that fosters networking and professional development opportunities,” according to the ISU website.

This is an opportunity for students to prepare for life after school and enter the real world.

Often students are pulled into a way of thinking that school is life, but education is the preparation for life, not life itself. This event will give students tools to move beyond academia and fulfill their true potential.

“The event is a great professional development opportunity for students. They can network with employers, see various breakout sessions and practice their mock interview skills with an employer,” Bryant said. “All events happening throughout the day are facilitated by employers. Students can hear career-ready themes from an employer perspective.”

Students have the opportunity to practice interviewing for jobs, and more.

“The day consists of breakout workshops on a variety of career topics, opportunities for mock interviews and résumé critiques all done by employer representatives. Activities are happening throughout the day, however, students can come and go to fit

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Myths about refugees debunked in speaker session Ian Bonner-Swedish Reporter

Busting the myths behind the fears of refugees was the goal for many organizations such as the Center for Global Engagement, the United campus Ministries and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to break the stigma and fear so many refugees face.

Students, faculty and staff gathered in the events area of Cunningham Memorial Library on Tuesday afternoon to hear Beth Russell and Katrina Babb speak about these myths.

Russell, who works with the USCCB, opened up with a story of an Iraqi police officer. He saved a man from being kidnapped but later received death threats.

The department suggested he lay low for a

while and move elsewhere. Unfortunately for him, his home was bombed and his parents died in the blast.

He became displaced and lived in Syria as an urban refugee with his wife and daughter. He worked a job that was miles away and required him to stay and work a few days, and the other days he’d spend with his family.

When he came back early from work, he found the city he lived in bombed and he presumed his family to be dead. He moved to Turkey and later applied for refugee status the USCCB would later resettle him in Indianapolis.

Unbeknownst to him, his family is still alive, and they searched for him. When a resettlement agency found out this news, they worked hard to attempt to reunite him with his family.

However, due to Istanbul’s tumultuous situation, his family cannot fly to the U.S. This is the heartbreak many refugees face. In fact, about half of all refugees are children and many of them are without parents.

Katrina Babb helped break the myths of refugee’s economic pressure on countries.

Firstly, refugees are not any more likely to commit crimes than the peoples of the country they occupy. In fact, the increase of crimes usually happens to the refugees.

Secondly, they help build economic growth. They help increase economic growth by both producing and consuming goods.

The extra cost from government assistance is temporary, and in the long run, they are twice as likely to become entrepreneurs; they help redevelop crumbling

neighborhoods, and in the long run, lead to economic growth.

They also don’t take jobs from U.S citizens. In fact, their main competition is illegal immigrants. It does not take much to start refugees on the right foot. If there are fewer barriers to job placement, housing programs and language programs, they are certain to become great members of society.

The idea that refugees bring crime and terrorism is a fear and not a fact; they are running away from crime and terrorism.

They are members of society who may make a small, temporary and negative impact on wages for low-skill workers, but in the long run, they are people who will benefit a country’s economy and neighborhoods exponentially.

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The Career Summit is free and open to all students of any majors wishing to attend.

“If students want to register for a mock interview, they can do so through Sycamore Career Link,” Bryant said.

According to the ISU website, “students that participate in this

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Professional attire is required for entry. Bryant said that if any student is in need of professional clothing, they can go to the “clothing closet Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and again from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.,” and take what they need, free of charge.

The Sycamore Career Summit begins at 9 a.m. with open resume reviews on the third floor of the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

The first workshop “Choosing a Fulfilling Career” begins at 9 a.m. in Dede II. Workshops will then be held throughout the day, with the final workshop beginning at 2 p.m. in Dede III.

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Why I don’t party in college Leah Kennedy Columnist

Since the phrase ‘I don’t want to’ won’t fill my word count, I’ll explain.

Something I really love about my life is the relationship I have with my mom. She’s my best friend and the inspiration to who I am today. Growing up, she was always honest with us. We have practically no secrets.

I told her about my first kiss literally moments after it happened (that’s a funny story, but one we will discuss in another article). In being so honest with me, my mom has always told me that if I want to drink, I could do it at home. She would rather me be safe than lying in a field somewhere unable to help myself because I’ve had too much to drink.

Another thing about my childhood is that I grew up going to parties. I’m part of a very large family, and on my dad’s side, we would have large get-togethers that basically just transformed into three-day-long parties.

As a kid, you don’t pay much attention to the adults when you have a lot of land to explore and your favorite cousins by your side, so I don’t really remember what the parties were like because they typically happened late at night and were a kid-free zone. I just knew that they meant going with my dad to get snacks and candy and being handed his cell phone and set free to explore with the boys. (I was a huge tomboy growing up — so much of one, my uncles still call me their favorite nephew. And yes, they’ve done it in front of my boyfriend.)

Finally, I’m the last of three children. Having two older siblings didn’t leave much ‘bad’ stuff for me to do because I’d seen their punishments and I was officially not about that life.

Of course, I still did stupid stuff and got in trouble, like missing curfew and deliberately ignoring something my mom told me because it was more fun to do it my way. But I assure you, I did my time.

I’ve never liked getting in trou-

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Trump looks out for businesses, putting workers at higher risk Zach Davis Columnist

Labor laws are a necessary evil. Some companies are honest and good, but others are just the opposite. The labor laws we have are there to protect the working class from the large businesses.

They require minimum wage, prevent child labor and guarantee breaks instead of literal 14-hour shifts. Last week these protections were suddenly under attack, and the majority of the country could be seeing consequences.

Donald Trump signed an executive order that repeals protections for American workers while benefiting big businesses.

The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order was the main target of the cuts, effectively removing two major protections for em-

ployees: paycheck transparency and voluntary arbitration.

The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order was signed into effect by former President Barack Obama on July 31, 2014 in response to a 2009 investigation.

Several companies were found to be in violation of labor laws while still receiving government benefits. Multiple companies were found to be in violation of pay regulations and were required to pay their employees back wages and overtime salaries they were shorted. What is even more infuriating is that these companies still received government benefits.

Obama’s order stated that employers must adhere to 14 pre-existing labor laws, as well as establish methods and precedents to more accurately enforce them. It included a section requiring employers to be transparent when paying their employees, allowing employees to monitor their income to keep their employers accountable.

This was a major victory for the feminist movement that claims women are paid less than men.

However, Trump effectively

removed this guarantee, sending a message to the people saying that their employers deserve more protections than their employees. That isn’t fair or right. Business owners are an overwhelming minority of Americans. This move effectively puts the rest of America, the vast majority of its population, in a vulnerable position while employers have an easier time hiding any mischief. Removing payment transparency makes it more difficult to hold employers accountable, something that has been an issue since before child labor was illegal.

The 2014 order also barred mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment, assault and the like.

Mandatory arbitration is a clause in a contract that removes a party’s right to sue a company, requiring any settlement or compensation to be reached secretly out of court. This was a common problem before the executive order, as it was masked in contracts to make it difficult to find.

Employees often times wouldn’t catch the clause, so they were out of luck if they were sexually harassed or assaulted.

Now we have to read our contracts even more carefully, as employers are liable to bring this practice back. Nobody should have to risk being forced to quietly deal with a situation where they were the victim of a sexual crime. It is illegal, and it should be allowed to go to court without any opposition so the judicial branch can do its job. That is how our justice system is designed and should be run. There is no reason to allow a way to circumvent that – unless you benefit from removing this.

That would come as no surprise, though, especially since Trump has been at the center of enough sexual harassment and assault claims. Given his history, this is extremely suspicious.

There is no reason to mandate employees settle sexual charges outside of court unless you are going to be in one of those situations – which I sincerely hope isn’t true.

We should be protecting American workers, not putting them at higher risk. That is one of the best ways to ensure people

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Conspiracy theories are not always ‘theory’

Steve Wininger Columnist

As students, we are taught to think critically about subject matter and the world around us, yet too many simply regurgitate what they are told or hear in passing, not giving any critical thought to their world views.

It is easy to become entangled in the web of misinformation, half-truths and personal agendas, especially when it supports one’s ideology.

Have you ever participated in a discussion, either directly, on social media or in class, about a hot topic and someone on one side of the debate will refer to opposing views as conspiracy theories?

Experience from listening and participating in such discussions has shown that it does happen frequently.

A conspiracy theory, as defined by Merriam-Webster is “a theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators.”

Believing the official explanation is not easy when those giving the explanation have credibility issues, and all presidents and many government officials have credibility issues.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but for example: Reagan had the Iran-Contra scandal,

Clinton had the Monica Lewinski scandal, Obama had Benghazi and now Trump is wrestling with issues concerning Russia.

Each one of these issues, plus others, has cultivated the perfect ground for raising conspiracy theories.

The point here is to simply not excuse an opposing view as a conspiracy without looking into it for yourself. Following is a list of some major government actions that were passed off as conspiracy theory until they were proven true.

In the 1920s, during prohibition, the government poisoned alcohol in an attempt to curtail the number of people who were still drinking the illegal liquid.

The CIA did, in fact, have a mind control program in the 1950s where they were testing mind control through the use of drugs, hypnosis and electro-

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Since the files relating to the program were destroyed, the extent to which the CIA was going in the program is unknown.

In 1965, the U.S. claimed it fired on North Vietnamese torpedo boats that later turned out to be nonexistent. This fake incident was used as an excuse for the U.S. to escalate the Vietnam War. Big Brother has been watching us long before 9/11. The FBI tried to suppress the spread of communism by spying on political groups it deemed communist and left-leaning, but their attempts reached far beyond suppressing communism.

In 1971, a group of anti-war activists broke into an FBI field office and discovered a cache of documents that exposed the subversive work of the FBI.

This list is not exhaustive by any means. Because the true extent of these programs are not known, and because there are still signs today that the government is conducting programs of a questionable nature, the conspiracy theories live.

When Snowden revealed the extent to which the government was spying and using surveillance, it added fuel to the conspiracy theorists fire.

It is no secret that governments and presidential administrations have engaged in questionable programs. It is the responsibility of citizens to ask tough questions and to demand straight answers.

It is foolish to not question a government simply because one likes them and believes they are incapable of such behavior. All presidents have displayed the ability to twist things or hide them from the American people.

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indianastatesman.com CAMPUS FROM PAGE 2 question about it. It’s part of your job.”

Egbert said he worked with James Nelson at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in the 1980s and 1990s and described him as a tough cop with a heart of gold.

Nelson was 40 and his daughter was 5 when he was killed.

“She lived her life as a caring person,” Egbert said. “Even at Sacred Heart she was involved in a lot of the charitable events her sorority partakes in. It’s just a horror, a tragedy.” He said he hopes that Nelson’s family might one day find some solace in her decision to aid others by being an organ donor.

Aarika Mallory, 20, a soph-

TWITTER FROM PAGE 2 into the shooting by the FBI and by a congressional committee.

Although the suit says the FBI believes Mateen was radicalized by viewing online material, including videos, the suit doesn’t

TRUMP FROM PAGE 6 outside of court unless you are going to be in one of those situations – which I sincerely hope isn’t true.

We should be protecting American workers, not putting them at higher risk. That is one of the best ways to ensure people keep filling jobs. If enough companies capitalize on this repeal, then employees will suffer the consequences. Companies were able to use these underhanded tactics before Obama’s executive order, and they will be able to

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 • Page 7 omore from Vernon, who like Nelson is a social work major, said there was a Mass on campus Sunday night that was dedicated to Nelson. The crowd was so large it could not fit in the school’s chapel.

“You can tell our campus is very sad,” Mallory said. “We are such a close-knit campus.”

The annual Greek Week features a variety of contests, including a competitive eating contest. This year it was pancakes.

“Knowing how quickly someone’s life can be taken … it makes you take a step back and realize how lucky you are,” said Meghan Bossone, 19, a sophomore from Long Island. have any specific examples of Mateen viewing Islamic State material. The only direct reference in the lawsuit to Mateen using social media is about him going on Facebook during the shooting itself to find reaction.

PARTY FROM PAGE 6 drunk. I didn’t even break rules at school. That trait of not wanting to break rules also followed me to college.

The rule (read: law) says no drinking alcohol until you are 21 years of age. Indiana State University is a dry campus, and I am 19, so if those two things aren’t enough to explain why I don’t party, I’ll give you a few more reasons.

I’m claustrophobic. I hate tight spaces. I don’t like being touched. I don’t like being too

NHL FROM PAGE 8 he told Curtis Zupke of The Times. “I’ve been a part of two of them. It’s [great] hockey. It’s exciting. It’d be disappointing if we didn’t go, but at the same time, guys want to go. Guys have the drive to go and play for their country, and that’s kind of what

hot. I have social anxiety. I don’t trust people.

I wouldn’t feel safe, no matter where I was. I’m too paranoid to actually enjoy myself while drinking.

Believe me, sometimes I wish I had the courage to get all dolled up and go to a party with my friends. But I don’t.

Sometimes all the social interaction I can handle is going to classes all week. By Friday, I am so tired I can barely get through my day. Then, after my last class, I get food and I crawl into my bed and I sleep.

Last week I slept roughly 12 hours a night. For one person, that’s a lot, but I couldn’t help it.

My body told me to sleep, so I obeyed.

My final reason is this: I was raised to be whoever I wanted to be. I know that the addiction gene runs in my family and I wasn’t willing to become addicted to partying.

That’s where it started. As I got older, I just realized that I don’t think it’s fun or necessary. So, I just don’t do it.

you want to do.”

With an eye toward international growth, the NHL and NHLPA last September revived the World Cup tournament and staged it in Toronto before the season. The league and the players’ association were able to keep the revenues generated by the event, which is not the case

at the Olympics. The tournament drew mixed reviews and made for a long season for many standout players; Kings forward Marian Gaborik broke his ankle during the World Cup and never regained his effectiveness afterward.

again.

The message this move carries is very grim. Instead of putting employees in harm’s way, we need to ensure that workers are protected. People should be able to go to work and be guaranteed the salary they signed up for without issue and take sexual charges to court. They shouldn’t have to worry their pay isn’t correct or whether they can get someone in trouble for sexual assault. Unfortunately, Trump seems to disagree and side with businesses instead of the working class.

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North Carolina’s Justin Jackson (44), Isaiah Hicks (4) and Joel Berry II (2) celebrate with seven seconds left during the second half of UNC’s victory over Gonzaga in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national championship game at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

Second time’s the charm for NCAA Champion UNC Garrett Short Reporter

The North Carolina Tar Heels wouldn’t need a third straight championship appearance to win their program’s sixth NCAA Championship. The men’s basketball team defeated Gonzaga 71-65 Monday night to avenge their loss to Villanova in the 2016 championship.

The “underdog,” Gonzaga, may have surprised some people making it to the final. But with a record of 37-1, the Bulldogs were well equipped to take on a Goliath of a college basketball program. In their first-ever appearance in the Final Four, Gonzaga got off to a strong start in the championship.

Gonzaga sophomore Josh Perkins was held scoreless in the semi-final game against South Carolina, but

erupted for 13 first-half points in the championship.

But team defense is what led the way for Gonzaga early, limiting one of the best scoring offenses in the nation to just 36 percent from the field — creating a 35-32 lead at the half.

However, the second half taught the Bulldogs one thing: never count out a team coached by Roy Williams. Now with three national championships under his belt, Williams rallied his troops at halftime, and North Carolina came alive.

Three-point shooting was not something that North Carolina did well, but they were able to draw fouls. In a contest filled with whistles, 7-footers Przemek Karnowski and Zach Collins spent much of the game on the bench with foul trouble. Collins, who many think could go first round in the draft, exited the game with five fouls with

over five minutes left.

Junior Joel Barry II had been nursing an ankle injury heading into the big game, but no one would’ve assumed that watching him play. He led the way with 22 points and six assists, earning him the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

Berry seemingly carried the team for the first 25 minutes of the game.

But learning from last year’s close loss in the championship, everyone pitched in late in the game.

Justin Jackson has had a fantastic tournament in his senior season. He failed to connect behind the arc, but his old-fashioned 3-point play with just over 1:30 left gave his team a 6665 edge.

Isaiah Hicks also contributed, scoring the final two of his 13 points on a contact layup with 22 seconds to play. All the game was missing was for

NHL won’t be in the 2018 Winter Olympics Helene Elliott

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NHL will not take a break next season to accommodate players’ participation in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, citing opposition by club executives to “disrupting” the 2017-18 schedule. The decision, announced Monday, could antagonize the NHL Players’ Association, whose members have been vocal in saying they favored playing on the world’s biggest stage for the sake of national pride and for opportunities to increase the game’s global popularity.

The NHL has allowed players to represent their homelands in the last five Winter Olympics, starting at the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. On those occasions the International Olympic Committee and the International Ice Hockey Federation financed the hefty costs of travel and accommodations for players and their families. However, Thomas Bach, who became president of the IOC in 2013, said his organization would no longer pay those costs, which are believed to exceed $20 million.

The IIHF said it would contribute some money, but that apparently wasn’t sufficient to sway the NHL. The Olympics give the NHL world-wide television exposure and draw casual viewers but participation has not produced financial benefits for the league or

its teams. In addition, the NHL has long chafed at restrictions on its ability to promote its players’ Olympic feats and reap marketing-related income while teams temporarily shut their doors.

“We have previously made clear that, while the overwhelming majority of our clubs are adamantly opposed to disrupting the 2017-18 NHL season for purposes of accommodating Olympic participation by some NHL players, we were open to hearing from any of the other parties who might have an interest in the issue (e.g., the IOC, the IIHF, the NHLPA) as to reasons the Board of Governors might be interested in re-evaluating their strongly held views on the subject,” the NHL said in a news release.

“A number of months have now passed and no meaningful dialogue has materialized.

Instead, the IOC has now expressed the position that the NHL’s participation in Beijing in 2022 is conditioned on our participation in South Korea in 2018. And the NHLPA has now publicly confirmed that it has no interest or intention of engaging in any discussion that might make Olympic participation more attractive to the Clubs. As a result, and in an effort to create clarity among conflicting reports and erroneous speculation, this will confirm our intention to proceed with finalizing our 2017-18 regular season schedule without any break to accommodate the Olympic Winter Games.

We now consider the matter officially closed.”

The NHL last week announced that it will hold two exhibition games next autumn in China, which it sees as a vast and untapped market.

Many prominent players have said they want to participate in the Olympics, with Washington Capitals superstar Alexander Ovechkin saying he intends to play even if the NHL doesn’t take a break. The NHL will have to determine whether to handle such situations on a team-byteam basis or issue a blanket rule prohibiting or permitting participation.

Said New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist of Sweden in a tweet: “Disappointing news, [at sign]NHL won’t be part of the Olympics 2018. A huge opportunity to market the game at the biggest stage is wasted.”

Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, a member of Canada’s gold medal-winning teams at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, recently said he hoped to play in the PyeongChang Games. “That would be cool. Any time I could represent my country would be great,” he said. “We won the last two, so to try and win a third one would be kind of cool.”

Ducks right wing Corey Perry, also a 2010 and 2014 gold medalist, also hoped to play in 2018.

“You want to see the best of the best, country against country,”

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MLB implements small rule changes Bill Shaikin

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Rob Manfred became baseball’s commissioner two years ago, and since then, the radical changes have been fast and furious.

No defensive shifts. Automatic baserunners in extra innings.

Shrinking the strike zone. Limits on visits to the mound. Pitch clocks. Restrictions on how many relief pitchers a team can have and how often it can use them.

Put that package together, and Manfred engineered the most significant wave of changes since … oh, wait, he did not actually enact any of those changes.

In the interest of speeding up the game and injecting more offense into it, Manfred and his lieutenants have floated a generous assortment of trial balloons.

Some have been shot down, but many are still floating, even if a good bit of air might have escaped from them.

In February after the players’ union rejected Manfred’s requests to adopt almost all of those changes this season, the commissioner threatened to unilaterally impose new rules next year.

He said he would much rather come to an agreement with the union, but one way or another, he appears determined to make

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UNC senior Kennedy Meeks to put his stamp on the game like he has so many times this tournament.

He got his opportunity in the final minute with a game-clinching block on Nigel Williams-Goss. The swat led to a Jackson dunk that iced the game with under 10 seconds remaining.

Williams-Goss led the way for Gonzaga, scoring 15 points in the loss.

With six championships, the Tar Heels have the third most NCAA titles in men’s basketball — trailing just UCLA (11) and Kentucky (8).

It had been 364 days since Kris Jenkins hit one of the most memorable shots of all time in the NCAA tournament. Almost one year North Carolina waited for redemption.

Once the confetti fell, it looked like the wait was worth it for one of the most historic programs in college basketball history.

adjustments next season.

For this season, the changes are relatively minor.

No longer will a pitcher have to lob four balls for an intentional walk. The batter will simply take first base.

No longer can a manager take all the time he needs to decide whether to ask for a replay review. He now must do so within 30 seconds.

No longer can replay officials take all the time they need to review a play. If they cannot decide within two minutes, the call stands.

The exception: replays involving multiple dimensions. For example, to assess whether a runner properly tagged up would require views of the runner tagging up and the fielder catching the ball.

The most intriguing issue will be whether the league treats the two-minute requirement as a strict rule or a well-intentioned guideline.

The whole point of instant replay is to get the call right. In the Puerto Rico-Japan semifinal in the World Baseball Classic, an incorrect call was overturned, but the replay took 2 minutes 7 seconds.

Here’s guessing that a manager whose team is deprived of a correct call because the review took seven seconds too long might take more than seven seconds to express his displeasure.