February 07, 2018

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Volume 125, Issue 47

#MeToo

Students share their thoughts on movement against sexual assault Patrick Chavis Reporter By the year 2018, we have been centuries removed from the 16th and 17th centuries where unfortunately tens of thousands of women would be hung or burned at the stake for being accused of partaking in witchcraft.

This assault on women has been an issue civilization has had to grapple with for quite some time. Times are absolutely different than what they were four and a half centuries ago, but before then and certainly thereafter, all walks of humankind have persuaded the fight for basic human rights.

As far as women go, there have been many different organizations that women have formed to assure that their voice was heard.

Starting in the 1840s and 50s, at the lead up of the civil war, many women were involved in the abolitionist movement that saw slavery as an immoral institution that needed to be abolished. Many women figured that getting enfranchisement for black men would lead to women eventually getting the same opportunity.

However many of the women realized that there was not much support in the enfranchisement of women, especially those from ethnic minorities. This led to the formation of the suffragist movement starting in the late 19th century. They were focused on getting enfranchisement for women by obtaining the right to vote.

This would hopefully lead to women being able to have polit-

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Sexual assault survivors along with their supporters at the #MeToo Survivors March against sexual abuse Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, Calif. Fueled by accusations against titans of Hollywood, industry and politics, the #MeToo movement will prompt state lawmakers across the country this year to consider bills that could fundamentally change the culture of dating and sex.

ical power and obtaining rights they had been promised, as part of being born in America.

After getting the right to vote in August of 1920, women were very optimistic about being able to have more control over their futures.

However, they still had a long way to go in obtaining their equal rights. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, women for the most part were made to have a secondary position to men when it became to public affairs.

At this point in history American women had been fighting relentlessly for total rights over

their body. After gaining the right to vote, women were still in a secondary position in society. Up until the 1960s, the abuse that women faced was hardly addressed in a manner that benefited their needs.

The creation of birth control for women, was revolutionary in the fact that it gave women an insane amount of power in the decision of whether they wanted to have children or not. Due to this new power that women held, many believed that men wanted to limit this power by any means necessary.

This is why we see movements like #MeToo currently in our

culture.

Aubrey Stephens, a junior in political science, feels that the #MeToo movement is great for people in general and not just women.

“I’m glad a serious discussion like this is being talked about whereas it would usually be avoided. Society has to talk about issues to tackle issues,” Stephens sai.

This sentiment is shared by many, but some fear that there may be external factors affecting the impact that the movement could potentially be having.

Nick McCollum, a junior insurance risk management major,

also agrees that it is a matter that needs to be discussed but it does not need to be so public of an issue.

“My personal feelings on the MeToo movement is that is defiantly a subject matter that needs to be discussed and brought out to the attention of lawmakers and American citizens in general,” McCollum said. “As far as do I think this is a step in the right direction, in a way I do think this is going in the right direction. I do think that things like this need to be brought to the attention of law enforcement agencies. I don’t think it needs to be so publicized in the media. I do feel extremely sorry for the women affected by these horrific acts. I just find it very sad how the media just doesn’t let it go and move on. Many critics agree that the media tries to constantly control how we think and feel.”

According to the Indiana State Police Department, there were 12 cases of rape and nine cases of fondling on ISU’s campus.

These numbers appear to be low but according to crime statistics only 310 out of every 1,000 sexual assaults are ever reported to the police, meaning two thirds of assaults go unreported.

Female college age women report sexual assault only 20 percent of the time. This means that the number of reported sexual assault could be dramatically different from what has been officially reported.

The MeToo movement has started serious conversations and debates along with taking steps closer to getting equal rights for all people promised by the U.S constitution.

Workshop Wednesday: Next Level Resume Writing Katelynn Cook Reporter

Artist of the Week: Jenna Houchin Alexandria Truby Reporter Jenna Houchin, theatre major with a concentration in playwriting and directing and a minor in music, shows off her creative talents through multiple mediums of art.

She is originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Her interests currently lie in exploring playwriting, directing, acting, graphic design, photography, videography and various other forms of visual art and theatre.

Jenna will also be assisting in directing the upcoming musical “Urinetown.”

How did you get into art?

I don’t really remember a time where I wasn’t involved in art. I started taking dance lessons and auditioning for musicals when I was very young, and I never stopped attempting different art forms.

How would you describe your art?

I think my art will eventually be at a place where I’m comfortable with it, but right now, I’m trying to learn a little about all of the different art forms available to me so I can learn how to speak

the language. It’s important to me to be able to fully communicate with fellow collaborators and audiences. Right now, my art is basically me just trying to figure myself out, exploring what is important to me, and just throwing out any sort of idea that intrigues me and seeing what sticks.

How do you get your inspiration?

I grew up being obsessed with David Bowie and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” so I think those two oddly enough formed the basis of my artistic style, but the thing that truly inspires me most are the strong women I’m surrounded by.

I’m basically a compilation of every cool woman I’ve ever met.

What are your aspirations?

Once I graduate next year, I plan to move to Chicago and pursue a career in theatre, while doing visual art and photography on the side.

Do you sell your art, and if so, how can people find and buy it?

For now, I sell a lot of my works via social media, particularly Instagram, but have works up at Dreamery Creamery and will be featured in various venues around Indiana this year, including ISU’s Juried Student Exhibition.

The career center is hosting “Next Level Resume Writing” on Feb. 7 to help improve students’ basic skills of resume writing.

The two session are from noon-1 p.m. as well as 5-6 p.m.

Students are advised to bring a hard copy of their resume and potential job or internship descriptions.

It is really important to bring these two things in order “to get the most of the hands-on workshop,” Career Center Coordinator Dustin Bryant said.

These sessions are created to benefit students future career plans as well as possible applications and interviews.

“When they attend the workshop, students will be learning how to better improve their resume, helping them become more marketable with their experiences for college and post college careers,” Bryant said.

This workshop can assist students with future career fairs, such as the Spring Career Fair and the Health and Human Services Career Fair.

“We will be offering tours of the Career Fair where students can receive a behind the scenes look at what is going on inside,” Bryant said.

Bryant believes this will especially be beneficial to freshman and sophomore students who have never attended a career fair before.

The spring career fair will be taking place on Wednesday Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The fair will be held in the Hulman Center concourse.

The Health and Human Services career fair will be held on Tuesday Feb. 27, in Dede II and

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III from noon to 4 p.m..

“If students need professional clothes to wear before either career fair, they are encouraged to visit our clothing closet,” Bryant said.

Students can visit the free clothing closet in the Career Center, any time from 10 a.m. to noon and again from 1-3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For students in need of business casual and business clothing items, each month one can come into the closet and take up to four items, keeping professional development activities in mind. This resource is for students to get clothing for interviews, conferences, networking events and career fairs.

The Career Center offers many resources for students to advance their skills as networkers and development in the professional fields of their interest.

With Workshop Wednesdays, the Clothing Closet and an entire staff of advisors ready to help, the Career Center is one of the biggest resources on the Indiana State’s campus.

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Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018

SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket Samantha Masunaga

Los Angeles Times(TNS)

In a historic first, SpaceX launched its long-awaited Falcon Heavy rocket Tuesday and landed its two side boosters on land — a feat the Hawthorne, Calif., space company hopes will lead to increased commercial and national security missions.

The company said it was still waiting on news about the landing of its center core booster, which was set to land on a floating platform at sea.

The launch occurred at 3:45 p.m. Eastern time from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, the same Florida launch pad where the Saturn V rocket lifted off to take astronauts to the moon. The launch was delayed several times Tuesday to wait out high upper-atmosphere winds.

After liftoff, SpaceX attempted to land all three of Falcon Heavy’s boosters back on the Earth — two on land and one on a floating platform at sea. SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk has described the attempt as “synchronized aerial ballet.” Around 8 minutes after liftoff, the two side boosters landed simultaneously on land.

The test payload for this demonstration mission is Musk’s midnight cherry Tesla Roadster, which will be launched toward Mars.

But it will take a difficult road to get there. On a conference call with reporters Monday afternoon, Musk said the car — along with a dummy named Starman who is shown on Musk’s

Enveloped in morning fog, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy sits on launchpad 39A at first light, in this view from Playalinda Beach, Fla. at the Canaveral National Seashore, just north of the Kennedy Space Center, ahead of the rocket’s anticipated launch, Tuesday, Feb. 6.

Instagram sitting in the driver’s seat while wearing a spacesuit — will do a “grand tour” through the Van Allen belts, an area of high radiation that surrounds the Earth, as part of a six-hour coast in deep space that is intended to demonstrate to the U.S. Air Force that Falcon Heavy can meet specific orbit insertion requirements.

If the car survives that environment, then it will continue on to an elliptical orbit that at times will come close to Mars, with an “extremely tiny” chance it will actually hit the Red Planet, though Musk said, “I wouldn’t hold your breath.”

Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful U.S. rocket since the Saturn V.

First announced to the public in 2011, Falcon Heavy is expected to generate 5.1 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and will be capable of carrying more than 140,000 pounds to low-Earth orbit.

With its large payload capacity, the Falcon Heavy is expected to help SpaceX win contracts that require more capability than its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.

“When you’re talking about highly classified payloads or special missions, you really want to be sure you’ve got capacity,” Ellen Tauscher, former U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, who currently serves on SpaceX’s board of advisers, said Tuesday.

Musk first promised that a demonstration flight of the massive rocket would occur in 2012, but the company, whose full name is Space Exploration Technologies Corp., found that development of the 27-engine behemoth was more difficult than initially expected.

After a successful static fire almost two weeks ago, anticipation has been building for Falcon Heavy’s first flight. By noon Pacific time Monday, Kennedy Space Center’s visitor center tweeted that no more tickets were available to watch the launch from designated viewing points.

But Musk has tried to temper expectations, going as far as saying that there was a “good chance”

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the rocket would not make it to orbit on the first flight and that he hoped the rocket made it “far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage.”

“I would even consider that a win, to be honest,” he told an audience at a space conference in Washington this summer.

Tauscher, who as a representative for California’s 10th Congressional District served on the House Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that the

launch would be an opportunity to learn.

“You have to be innovative,” she said. “You have to be willing to do tests that give you the answers you’re looking for.”

On Monday, Musk told reporters that he didn’t feel that stressed about the launch.

“I feel quite giddy and happy, actually,” Musk said. “We’ve done everything we could to maximize the chance of success for this mission.”

UConn hopes to drop fees for certain majors Kathleen Megan

The Hartford Courant (TNS)

Jesse Westbrook

Bloomberg News (TNS)

Wells Fargo & Co.’s unprecedented punishment that bans it from growing seems at odds with the pro-business agenda that is sweeping through Washington under President Donald Trump.

But some analysts were quick to point out that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive enforcement action against the scandal-ridden bank — announced after markets closed Friday — shouldn’t be taken as a sign that regulators are getting cold feet about rolling back rules.

“No one should conflate regulation with enforcement,” said Ian Katz, an analyst at Capital Alpha Partners LLC in Washington. “There’s a deregulatory effort that is going on and it is going to continue.”

By Monday, investors seemed to conclude that Wells Fargo’s pain was unique to Wells Fargo. It fell as much as 10.3 percent in New York trading, while big rivals such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. slipped more in-line with the slumping stock market.

Winds at banks’ backs include the massive tax cut that just passed Congress and the fact that officials appointed by Trump are increasingly populating the Fed and other agencies that regulate Wall Street.

‘Substantially Increased’ Even Trump himself has argued that his determination to cut back red tape doesn’t mean his administration will go soft on banks accused of wrongdoing. In a December tweet he wrote: “Fines and penalties against Wells Fargo Bank for their bad acts against their customers and others will not be dropped, as has in-

correctly been reported, but will be pursued and, if anything, substantially increased. I will cut Regs but make penalties severe when caught cheating!”

While the blow to Wells Fargo has been widely characterized as Janet Yellen’s parting shot atop the Fed, Jerome Powell, who took over as chairman

chair of supervision. But Quarles couldn’t participate in negotiations with Wells Fargo because family ties have prompted him to recuse himself from all matters tied to the lender.

That left Powell as the top policy maker overseeing discussions between Fed staff and the embattled bank. The vote to sanction

ment that led to dramatically increased capital levels at the biggest banks.

Quarles also said he wants to revise Volcker Rule trading restrictions and make annual stress tests of banks less burdensome.

Powell has indicated he supports taking a fresh look at regulations, just as he’s shown he will come

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Randal Quarles, founder and head of The Cynosure Group, a private investment firm, testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on his nomination to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on July 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Monday, was heavily involved in the decision to punish the bank for abuses such as opening millions of accounts without customers’ permission.

Powell was in charge of the central bank’s regulatory portfolio for several months last year after former Governor Daniel Tarullo stepped down in April. In October, Powell did cede Wall Street oversight to Randal Quarles, the Fed’s first-ever vice

Wells Fargo was 3-0 with Yellen, Powell and Fed Governor Lael Brainard all supporting the decision.

Deregulatory Push Quarles, meanwhile, has been busy laying the ground work for easing rules.

In a speech last month, the former executive at private-equity titan Carlyle Group LP, said constraints he’s targeting include the leverage ratio — a post-crisis require-

down on banks that break the rules, said Capital Alpha’s Katz.

“I think the folks at the Fed including Powell clearly see the distinction between easing regulations like the supplementary leverage ratio and punishing a bank that has abused its customers,” Katz said.

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Thousands of UConn students would save from $10 to $700 a semester under a proposal to ban academic fees for certain majors and materials fees for some classes.

“When a student pays tuition at UConn, that tuition should not be differentiated by their course of study.” said Scott Jordan, UConn’s chief financial officer.

The idea that paying tuition should give equal access to whatever major a student selects was the consensus of a committee appointed by UConn President Susan Herbst in December, 2016 to review student fees.

The committee, which issued their report recently, said there is “no solid ‘rhyme or reason’ to the fact that certain programs have major fees attached to them and others do not.” “[C]reating certain ‘high-cost’ majors might discourage some students from selecting their preferred major because they are either unable or unwilling to pay the associated fees,” the report said.

Irma Valverde, president of UConn’s undergraduates, said she thinks the proposal is “honestly in the best interests of students. The idea behind it is to make sure students are saving money. If students want to major in something, they don’t have to worry about the additional costs.: Herbst plans to recommend that the Board of Trustees adopt the plan at their Feb. 26 meeting.

The fees for majors range from $10 for business to $700 for landscape architecture with majors such as music at $500 and nursing at $250 calling in between.

More than 3,260 students pay major fees,which total $329,171.

In addition, nearly 11,000 students pay materials fees for 170 courses with more than 1,000 sections. Those fees range from $10 to $95 per course and generate $434,628 in revenue.

The committee said the materials fees “are so small and generate so little revenue … that charging them creates the unwanted perception that the university is “nickel and diming” students by charging what amounts to a nuisance fee.”

The committee has proposed banning both the major fees and the class materials fees.

The committee said that revenue lost through the elimination of majors should be funded through the university as long as those programs continue to face unusual costs.

The revenue lost on academic fees materials will be offset by the savings in the cost of administering the program, the committee said, noting that it now takes the equivalent of two full-time employees to oversee the program.

Any needed academic materials can be funded through the university tuition-supported central budget, the report said.

The committee also recommended removing the student health services fee — at $580 — from the general university fee to improve clarity and transparency. Currently Storrs-based undergraduates pay a general university fee of $1,914, which includes the health fee, as well fees for athletics, $434, career development, $112 and other campus programs.

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U.S. trade deficit rises to highest level since 2008, fanning criticism of Trump Don Lee

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The U.S. trade deficit widened last year to the highest level since 2008, fueling criticism that President Trump has done little to make good on his promise to curb America’s long-standing imbalance with the rest of the world, particularly China.

Last year’s trade shortfall in goods and services totaled $566 billion, an increase of 12 percent from 2016, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The deficit had changed little in the prior two years.

The larger-than-expected trade imbalance reflected an expanding American economy.

Growing investment and spending in the U.S. mean businesses and consumers bought more foreign goods, from crude oil to computers to cellphones.

But the other side of the coin is that U.S. exports, while also increasing in December and all of 2017 — with more shipments of things like oil, industrial machinery and aircraft engines— still did not grow as much as imports. Nor did U.S. exports of services, such as licensing fees and management services, rise enough to make up for the shortfall in the exchange of merchandise.

The result is a net trade deficit that could lower the calculation of U.S. economic growth in last year’s fourth quarter. A weakening of the dollar and stronger economies abroad should help lift American exports this year, but imports also are likely to keep expanding.

For Trump, the double-digit percentage jump in the trade deficit in his first year in office

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carries particular political significance. Unlike his predecessors, he has put extraordinary emphasis on the trade balance numbers, regarding them as a key scorecard of U.S. economic health and American commercial relations with individual countries. Most economists don’t share that view.

As a candidate and as president, Trump has promised to upend the way America does business with the world to halt and reverse trade deficits. And with that in mind, his administration has undertaken to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and the U.S. trade pact with South Korea.

But the new trade data reported Tuesday raised hackles of long-time critics of Washington’s trade policy, and provided fresh ammunition to apply pressure on Trump to follow through on his talk to get tough on trade, especially with China.

While U.S. trade deficits rose with most every region and country in the world, China accounted for nearly half of the $810-billion merchandise trade gap with the world last year. The U.S. bought $375 billion more of goods from China than the other way around.

“The numbers tell the story.

He’s been in office a year now and the trade deficit is up,” said Peter Morici, a former chief economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission who has long advocated for an aggressive response to Chinese mercantilist economic behavior.

“It’s very easy to trash someone with a tweet,” Morici said, referring to Trump’s frequent use of Twitter. “It’s much harder to stand up to someone your

penalty could even help the deregulatory push by giving the Fed and other agencies “political capital” to dial back some of the tough strictures imposed on Wall

own size.”

Trump has approved hefty tariffs on Chinese solar panels and South Korean washing machines, but Morici said those “rifle-shot” actions would not make a dent in the overall trade deficit.

The president is considering potentially more significant trade enforcement actions against Chinese steel and aluminum, and his administration is investigating allegations of Chinese theft of intellectual property that could ultimately lead to broad sanctions against China — actions that analysts fear could lead to retaliation from China and trigger a costly trade war.

Trump also has frequently threatened to withdraw from NAFTA if the ongoing negotiations don’t go his way — a threat that he repeated Monday in a discursive speech in Cincinnati.

Tuesday’s report showed the U.S. trade deficit in goods with Mexico rose to $71 billion from $64 billion in 2016, the second largest after China. The United States also has similarly big deficits with Japan and Germany, although they changed little last year.

The goods deficit with Canada, the other NAFTA partner, increased to $17.6 billion in 2017 from $11 billion the prior year.

“It’s not surprising that the deficit is up because in Year One, there has been a wide gulf between Trump’s fiery trade rhetoric and action,” said Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch. “So the same failed trade policy Trump attacked as a candidate is still in place, outsourcing continues and promised actions remains undone.”

Street after the 2008 financial crisis.

Rules Needed In his reaction to the Wells Fargo punishment, Sherrod Brown, the top Democrat on

the Senate Banking Committee, showed he’s still very concerned that Trump’s appointees will remove shackles from lenders.

FEATURES

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018

Alexandria Truby Reporter

What are you involved in on campus?

This year, I’m heavily involved in the Faculty Senate and serve as its Secretary. It’s great in that it allows me to see how the university works at all levels and I get to talk to the provost and the president.

Why did you choose ISU? My first job as a history professor was at a small college in Madison, Wisconsin. My husband was hired here. We lived apart for three years until a position opened up here at ISU. It was like winning the lottery. Lots of married professors end up living in different places because it’s so difficult to find positions at the same university How would you describe your teaching style?

My main goal in class each day is to wow my students with his-

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tory they didn’t know and then ask them why they didn’t know it!

Then we can get into really good discussions about how history is written, by whom, for whom. It’s the best. Second to that is when my students forget about me and start arguing, respectfully, with each other about the consequences of all of the history we read.

What advice would you give to undergrad students?

Read, take notes, enjoy this time in your life. Good classes and good college friends will help you determine not only what you want to do in life but will help you define yourself, your values.

Take this time to soak up everything you can.

What can you tell us about your upcoming book?

It tells the history of what working at Disney was like from the first days of animation to now, the experiences of the Disney cast members who deliver magical experiences across the globe. It’s a history of customer service and is, believe it or not, fascinating.

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

I’ve fallen off desks trying to get the projector to work, have broken the blinds, have gone into class with goggle marks around my eyes from swimming in the a.m., once I had my shirt on inside-out, ugh.

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

Introverts and extroverts!

How do you relieve stress?

Swim miles and miles.

What is your favorite quote or motto?

“The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do,” by James Baldwin.

Who is your role model?

Nancy Gabin (Professor of History at Purdue), Angela Davis (prof fired then imprisoned for taking a stand against racism and now an advocate for prison reform), Mother Jones (labor organizer coal mines), Janis Joplin (not good), Janet Guthrie (what I might do in a second life).

How did the History through Disney class come to be?

As I read about Disney history, I realized so much of it cut across

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Facts about Dr. Lisa Phillips Dr. Lisa Phillips is an associate professor for the history department and is heavily involved with the Faculty Senate this year as its secretary. She is currently writing a book that covers topics discussed in her course “History through Disney.” She has had a long journey getting to ISU and we are ecstatic to have an enthusiastic professor like her at our university.

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Chadwick Boseman in the film, “Black Panther.”

‘Black Panther’ is a royally imaginative standout in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

We didn’t know we’d been yearning for it until it arrived, but now that it’s here it’s unmistakable that the wait for a film like “Black Panther” has been way longer than it should have been.

On one level this is the next-in-line Marvel Universe story of the ruler of the mythical African kingdom of Wakanda who moonlights as a superhero and has to contend with threats and problems both internal and external.

But “Black Panther,” as co-written and directed by Ryan Coogler and starring a deep bench of actors of color, is an against-the-grain $100 million-plus epic so intensely personal that when the usual Marvel touchstones (Stan Lee, anyone) appear, they feel out of place.

A superhero movie whose characters have integrity and dramatic heft,

filled with engaging exploits and credible crises all grounded in a vibrant but convincing reality, laced with socially conscious commentary as well as wicked laughs that don’t depend on snark, this is the model of what an involving popular entertainment should be. And even something more.

Energized to a thrilling extent by a myriad of Afrocentric influences, “Black Panther” showcases a vivid inventiveness that underscores the obvious point that we want all cultures and colors represented on screen because that makes for a richness of cinematic experience that everyone enjoys being exposed to.

Like Christopher Nolan, who was 35 when he reanimated the Batman franchise, the 31-year-old Coogler has a gift for putting his own spin on genre, for making popular culture worlds his own.

He did it with “Creed,” making the Rocky franchise and Sylvester Stallone

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uncannily relevant. That was only his second feature following a Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning debut, “Fruitvale Station,” but five years ago.

A key to Coogler’s achievement with “Black Panther” is that he’s taken key production people along with him on all three of his films, including production designer Hannah Beachler, editor Michael P. Shawver and composer Ludwig Gorannson.

Director of photography Rachel Morrison, recently the first woman ever nominated for a cinematography Oscar, returns as well, as does expressive actor Michael B. Jordan, the star of Coogler’s first two films.

Here Jordan shares the screen with an impressive array of actors, from veterans such as Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker (an early Coogler supporter) to energized performers including Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Guri

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Video game review: The Evil Within 2 AJ Goelz Reporter

Sebastian Castellanos is back and needs to re-enter the world of nightmares he escaped. He must dive back into STEM to save his once believed-to-be-dead daughter. He enters into a world of horror. A world built on the shared consciousness of individuals revolving around the mind of one young girl, the Core.

Welcome the word of “The Evil Within 2”.

“The Evil Within 2” is the direct sequel to “The Evil Within”. The original featured detective, Sebastian Castellanos, and his fellow officers respond to a mass murder at the Beacon Mental Hospital. From there Castellaos must walk through a nightmarish world built from the mind of a psychopath. At the end of the game it comes to light that everything he has experienced was not entirely real. It was, instead the result of being inside the STEM system. STEM is a system designed by the main antagonist Ruvik, to create a synthesized reality that he can mold as he sees fit. STEM is similar to the Matrix, and Ruvik to a psychotic Neo. In the sequel Castellanos is down on his luck and approached by Mobius, a secret organization that exists in the shadows playing Machiavellian puppet master with the world, and his former partner from the police force Juli Kidman, who was revealed as a Mobius plant in the first game. Sebastian learns his daughter, Lily, did not actually die in a fire like he believed. She was actually taken

by Mobius to be used as the core in a new STEM system.

The system is breaking down and Mobius decides to send in Sebastian to try and retrieve his daughter and save the

system from complete collapse.

“The Evil Within 2” is a survival horror game in the third-person perspective. Unlike the first game, which was a more linear experience with survival elements mainly being resource management, the sequel adds sandbox environments. The more open environments give players more freedom and the chance for exploration. The game has plenty of surprises for the industrious player in forms of side quests, in game items and even Bethesda themed collectables.

Everything about the narrative and environments in “The Evil Within 2” scream stereotypical horror game.

This is neither a good nor a bad thing it all comes down to perspective and what the particular player finds enjoyable. The narrative does try and pull players in emotionally through Sebastian’s love of his daughter. It works at the beginning, but as the game goes on it becomes more of a goal to be achieved, and loses the emotional aspect.

This is because the game continuously hammers the player on the head with the goal of the whole game. This is not assisted by hoaky writing and at time some sub-par deliveries.

What this game nails is its tone. It does what every great horror game does and that is unsettle the player.

This is usually done by putting the player in a state of hyper awareness. Games will use lighting, sound and other means to put players in this state. Once in this state, responses to stimuli are increased making things even more disturbing. Out of the psychology lecture and back into the game, “The Evil Within 2” does a phenomenal job of making it feel like there is something just outside of the cameras view. Almost like there is something right behind the character. It also toes that line between

making the player feel powerful enough to handle most situations and feeling like everything will kill you. This makes every engagement feel lethal and when players are worried about managing ammunition and healing items, tensions raise even higher. It is less about making players scared, but constantly uncomfortable and unsafe.

Resource management is always a big part of survival horror games and “The Evil Within 2” is no different. In the world players can find items and ammunition. From there it is just a matter of conserving restorative items and ammo. “The Evil Within 2” takes it a step further by adding raw materials. For instance players can find gunpowder and use it to craft bullets. Not a wholly original way of doing things, but it works. There are two ways to craft. There are work benches that players can craft items and use weapon parts to upgrade weapons. Players can also craft ammo and items any time from the weapon wheel, but they will cost more resources. This does allow players to be a tad freer with the use of guns, but if they stop paying attention all together they will quickly run out of resources.

Like the original, this game brings back the wheelchair that Sabastian sits in to upgrade abilities. Players use green gel that is harvested from defeated enemies to increase skills, health and stamina. There is not much to comment on here, other than the wheel chair and the surrounding imagery fits the game to a T. For those worrying about not playing the first game, “The Evil Within 2” can mostly be played and understood as a stand-alone title. There will be some gaps in knowledge, but the important things are covered and focused on its story, not the originals. “The Evil Within 2” finds its own voice in a genre that falls prey to the cliché.

indianastatesman.com Q & A FROM PAGE 4 U.S. history, I knew it could be a great focus for a U.S. history class plus Walt’s dad, Elias, followed Eugene Debs and subscribed to the “Appeal to Reason” (Walt practiced drawing cartoons by tracing the comic strips that appeared in it, a socialist newspaper, I’ll never get over the irony!).

What made you want to teach?

I love talking about ideas, about what makes people make certain decisions. I like thinking through issues and changing my mind when someone makes a really good point. I love learning. Teaching college-level history means I get to do all of that every day.

BLACK PANTHER FROM PAGE 4 ra, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Andy Serkis, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and, of course, Chadwick Boseman.

An impeccable actor, Boseman brings the quality of belief he’s brought to playing real people such as Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Thurgood Marshall to the role of King T’Challa, a.k.a. Black Panther.

This character made his first Marvel appearance in 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War,” which saw T’Challa’s father, King T’Chaka, killed in an explosion, putting his son in line for assuming the Wakandan throne.

One of the great things about “Black Panther” is the specificity of this mythical place, masquerading as one of the world’s poorest countries but actually — thanks

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 • Page 5 What is something most people don’t know about you?

I love baseball and the Chicago White Sox. What do you enjoy doing outside of school?

Hanging out with my babies, now 13 and 11-years-old. They are such a joy!

How do you keep your classes engaged?

That’s the hardest part of teaching. I try to come up with interesting assignments, like recreating the 1941 Disney Strike and asking students to make picket signs, or asking them to envision themselves to be some historical figure and write letters explaining your position on x, y or z event before it became an “event.”

What is the most difficult job you have ever had?

I worked the night shift at an oil viscosity lab (all test tubes and fumes from midnight to 8 a.m.).

After teaching, what do you see yourself doing?

I’ll probably die at my desk thinking about what I still have to do, but if I do retire, I’d like to live in Chicago, spend a few hours in the morning swimming two or three miles in Lake Michigan, read and write in the afternoon, then go for dinner and a play, or baseball game with my husband and children, if they’re around, or grandkids, if I ever have any. Repeat the next day.

What is your favorite television show?

“Call the Midwife” and “Bob’s Burgers.”

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

Right now Eastern and Central Europe (Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia, Serbia) and eventually Russia.

What do you think are your greatest strengths as an instructor? In which areas do you feel you can use some further development?

I’m not good at talking about my strengths. I do know that I can’t wait to get to class “most” days. I need to be able to grade quicker and without so much anxiety—I want to make sure I’m giving good feedback but then I stew about it all and it takes too long.

to a huge deposit of miracle metal vibranium — a hotbed of futuristic technology.

Not only have production designer Beachler and her team created marvelous locations such as the Challenge Pool at Warrior Falls, but veteran costume designer Ruth E. Carter was instrumental as well. Both referenced everything including Ghanaian textiles, a 5th century Nigerian script and the dress of tribes such as the Maasai, Tuareg, Dogon and Zulu.

“Never before in Hollywood have we had the chance to show the continent intellectually — it had all been Africa, dirt floors,” Carter told California Sunday magazine. “We were trying to understand ancient African culture in a way that didn’t look ‘savage’ but looked glorious, kingly, warriorlike.”

Carter’s most memorable creation,

complete with neck rings borrowed from the Ndebele, is the Dora Milaje, the eight-member all-female royal bodyguard led by Okoye (“The Walking Dead’s” Gurira) who move with dazzling precision to strike terror into all who dare to cross them.

As crisply scripted by Coogler and Joe Robert Cole (“American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson”), “Black Panther” begins with a challenge to T’Challa’s rule that must be played out according to strict ancient protocols followed by a fence-mending expedition to old friend W’Kabi (“Get Out’s” Kaluuya).

Then the new king has to deal with both Nakia (Nyong’o), his former significant other now fully involved in her life as a spy, and his precocious younger sister Shuri (a very amusing Wright), who

functions as a kind of Q to Black Panther’s James Bond.

T’Challa is also intent on confronting the evil South African arms dealer Ulysses Klaue (Serkis), who was responsible for T’Chaka’s death.

Working with Klaue is the mysterious Erik Killmonger, beautifully played by Jordan, a bad guy with a background and an agenda that will make heads spin all across Wakanda.

With dialogue that deftly explores serious questions, such as how much if anything do wealthy countries owe the poor and oppressed of the world, “Black Panther” draws energy from Coogler’s sense of excitement at all he’s attempting. The result is a superhero movie that’s worth seeing twice, and that is a rare sighting indeed.

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How free is free speech?

Joe Lippard

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Free speech is a contentious topic in the United States today. The First Amendment guarantees us the right to free speech – that is, the government cannot prosecute us for the things that we say or the statements we make (which includes things like burning the American flag).

On Aug. 21, 2017, a Terre Haute man named Mark May was driving along US 41 when he was cut off by Indiana State Police Master Trooper Matt Ames, who was pursuing another driver. As May passed Ames, he flipped the officer off. Ames then pulled May over and wrote him a ticket for “provocation.”

“Provocation,” as defined by Indi-

ana Criminal Code, is when someone “recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally engages in conduct that is likely to provoke a reasonable person to commit battery” and carries a fine of up to $500.

According to the Tribune Star, May challenged the ticket in court, but the court ruled against him.

After a review resulted in a vacated conviction and the Vigo County Prosecutor’s Office didn’t follow up, the case was dismissed.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint in Indiana’s Southern District on behalf of Mark May on Feb. 1. Kenneth Falk, the ACLU’s legal director said, “While perhaps ill advised, Mr. May’s gesture, which in no way interfered with the Master Trooper’s lawful activities, was fully protected by the First Amendment.” Falk continued, saying that Ames had no reason to stop May and that “the stop represents an unconstitutional seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”

May claims that he lost income as a result of missing two days of work, and he also seeks attorney’s fees.

I agree with the ACLU in this instance. The Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment’s protections extend to actions – such as burning the American flag – in Texas v. Johnson in 1989. And even if that case hadn’t happened, there is actually a case from 35 years ago that is strikingly similar to May’s.

In a court filing from the Indiana Court of Appeals in May 1982, we learn of a case involving a woman named Cheryl Evans and a Monroe County Sherriff Captain named James Inman. Inman was driving on patrol one day when he encountered Evans walking down the street in the opposite direction. As Inman drove by, he partially heard Evans say, “---ing pig.” The officer then backed up, stopped Evans and arrested her for provocation.

The opinion of the court says, “We believe that the language ‘likely to provoke a reasonable man to commit battery’ naturally implies a condition that the victim of the verbal harassment must have the present capacity to commit battery.” The court then

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February 4 was a big day for multiple reasons. It was not only the 2018 Super Bowl where the Patriots finally lost or Justin Timberlake gave an amazing halftime performance, but also the day a little somebody came out of hiding.

That’s right – it finally happened. Kylie Jenner is out for the entire world to see and she’s not alone. Can you believe it? The baby of the family now has a baby of her own.

On February 1, Kylie gave birth to a baby girl.

I find that wild. While I didn’t know that Kylie was dating Travis Scott and I wasn’t even aware Kylie was out of the public eye until two weeks ago, her being pregnant wasn’t the biggest shocker for me. The biggest shocker was how she was able to successfully pull the nine months off without having any leaks to the outside world.

She’s a part of the most watched family in the world and she was able to hide herself and her baby bump for months. Although I’m not the biggest fan of hers, I do applaud her on this well pulled off stunt. It wasn’t just the fact that she hid, but she worked on her make-up line and was photographed with her sisters. Now, on one hand her brush set wasn’t the hottest thing on the market and received quite a bit of backlash, but on the other it definitely didn’t affect revenue at all.

She also got some not-sonice comments about her family’s Kalvin Klein pictures, about how she was

covering herself up to hide what she didn’t want the world to know.

So, what’s next? Just because we’re no longer waiting for Kylie to reveal herself doesn’t mean we’re not waiting on something else.

We’re waiting on the name of the baby. We’re waiting to see the baby. We’re waiting to see if Kylie and Travis make it work and stay together after having this baby. We’re waiting to see how stylish the baby will be. Who’s going to take over the Kylie Jenner business during this new transition?

Here’s a pile of questions with answers we can only anticipate, although I think there’s one answer that’s pretty obvious. That’s to the big question of how.

How did Kylie make it happen and make all of this stay out of the public eye? My hunch, and I think most hunches, is that they paid everyone off. With the help of their “momager,” Kris, I assume everyone from friends to workers of theirs to the OBGYN was paid off to not say anything to anyone. And why stop there, if anything small was leaked or any unapproved pictures were taken they probably paid them off as well. All leading me to wonder: how much money do they actually have?

Maybe this is coming from the contrast between my bank account and theirs, but how have they not run out of money yet?

There is one question, however, I already know the answer to. What about Khloe? No matter how many surprise baby videos Kylie makes, I will still never be as excited and happy for her as I will be for Khloe and her baby.

I’ve been waiting for her to be pregnant since Kim had children. Then finally the day comes, Khloe’s

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Democrats are caught in a tax bill trap this year Conor Sen Bloomberg View (TNS) Friday’s jobs report, and the stock market selling off in response to faster wage growth and the prospect of higher inflation, shows the quandary Democrats are in heading into the midterm elections.

The Republican tax bill’s benefits were targeted toward corporations and investors. They’re also the ones whose tax cuts were made permanent, unlike households. Yet with the bill signed into law, the way people will evaluate it is probably based on what happens to wage growth and the stock market. And there’s a very real scenario for this year that would make Democrats’ message on the tax bill look wildly off the mark.

The problem with saying the tax bill won’t do much for workers is that it was passed at a time when the unemployment rate is low and wage growth is likely to accelerate based on where we are in the business cycle. And indeed, that’s what last week’s economic data showed.

On Wednesday, the employment cost

index showed that compensation for workers is at its highest level of the expansion. And on Friday, the jobs report showed the same thing. Over the past year, wage growth averaged 2.9 percent.

Shrinking the sample size just to the past three months, wage growth has risen at an annualized rate of just over 4 percent. If wage growth heading into the final weeks of the campaign continues to accelerate from here, it’s going to be hard for Democrats to campaign on the idea that the tax bill did little for workers.

The other piece of the tax bill — its benefit to corporations and investors — may be a challenge for Democrats as well. The stock market has risen so much over the past few months in part on tax bill optimism, and in part on the state of global economic growth. Yet at the same time that stock markets have rallied, we’re seeing signs that some of the “crowding out” impacts of the tax bill may be more real than investors anticipated as well, a potential negative for stocks down the road.

That strong wage growth the past few months also creates the possibility that

corporations may have to raise wages more than they anticipate, cutting into their profits. The price of oil is up $20 a barrel since the end of August, raising energy and transportation costs for the economy, creating profit-crushing cost pressures for some industries and leading to the prospect for broader-based inflation.

And interest rates have been rising strongly of late, creating multiple concerns for investors. First, it means the Federal Reserve may increase interest rates faster than previously thought, slowing economic growth and raising the potential that the economic cycle will end earlier than anticipated. Second, corporations issued a lot of low-interest debt beginning in 2012, and as that comes due it will need to be reissued at higher interest rates, increasing debt expense, which comes right out of corporations’ bottom lines. And third, as interest rates go up, bond yields look relatively more attractive, putting downward pressure on stock prices.

Perversely, a tax bill that gave workers

short shrift and a windfall for corporations and investors may, in the short run, appear to have the opposite outcome.

Wage growth may accelerate due to cyclical momentum that had been in place for years. And the prospect of higher interest rates, a more aggressive monetary policy tightening cycle, and cost pressures may make 2018 a bad year for investors.

This doesn’t mean that the midterm elections will turn out poorly for Democrats. In 2006, a strong economic year, Democrats flipped 31 seats in the House and five in the Senate, taking control of both chambers. President Donald Trump’s approval rating is far below how presidents tend to be seen in such thriving times, indicating that voters are likely to be motivated by factors other than the economy this year.

But the Democrats would be wise not to become too anchored to the impact of the tax bill, because the economy has a way of making fools out of all of us.

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concludes that “[w]hile it cannot be disputed that Inman could accomplish these actions [to commit battery] in a relatively short period of time, our review of the evidence fails to support a finding that a well trained police officer would commit battery in this situation.”

Much like in Evans’ case, Trooper Ames was not in a position to commit battery at the time that May gave him the finger. On top of that, I agree with the Indiana Appeals Court in that they don’t see how such a simple action such as calling an officer a “----ing pig” would cause them to commit battery.

And what’s more, flipping an officer off isn’t even as bad as calling one a “ ----ing pig.” Words or gestures are not things that cause reasonable people to commit battery.

It seems to me that Officer Ames did violate the Constitution when he pulled May over for flipping him off. That being said, I don’t think he violated the Constitution consciously. He probably saw May flip him off, got angry, pulled him over and wrote him a ticket. He might have even just been having a bad day.

While my possible explanation doesn’t excuse him violating the Constitution, I do think that it should mitigate some outrage.

This was likely just a cop who got mad one day and acted without thinking. Sure, he should probably be disciplined some way, but I think it should be light. A suspension maybe, but he shouldn’t be fired for this. This case isn’t one that necessitates a load of outrage.

Carter knows hockey from experience. He tallied 202 goals and 219 assists in 674 games over 11 seasons with the Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Columbus Blue Jackets and Carolina Hurricanes.

Now he’s part of a small but growing group of black hockey analysts and broadcasters on national and local airwaves.

Kevin Weekes, a former NHL goaltender, mans the analyst’s desk on the NHL Network while David Amber cohosts the late Saturday game on “Hockey Night in Canada,” that nation’s equivalent of “Monday Night Football” in terms of viewer popularity.

Tarik El-Bashir provides sideline and studio insights during Capitals broadcasts, where he’s sometimes joined

by Carter. Everett Fitzhugh is the voice of the minor league Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL. Carter hopes his Winter Olympics work and the participation of 10 African Americans on the U.S. team along with black athletes from Jamaica, Nigeria, Ghana and other nations will help put the myth about blacks and winter sports to rest.

While some hail the increased presence of black athletes at the Winter Games as a milestone, they also caution that the numbers are still small since that more than 2,900 athletes are competing in Pyeongchang.

“As the percentage of the total team, I would think that’s still, as they would say in a university setting or research setting, statistically insignificant,” said Richard Lapchick, director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.

Carter disagreed.

“You’ve got to start somewhere, right?” he said. “You can’t all of sudden jump in and be a majority. It takes time.”

BABIES FROM PAGE 6 announcement comes out and a month later Kylie already has the baby. All I have to say is that I hope Kylie and her daughter don’t take any excitement away from the fans for Khloe, because she deserves to be a mom. Maybe I’m biased though – I mean, Khloe is my favorite.

I’m happy we found Kylie and she’s no longer missing in action. She pulled off an outstanding magic trick by not getting caught. I’m excited for Kylie, but not as excited as I am for Khloe.

DRAKE FROM PAGE 8 sophomores: Sara Rhine and Becca Hittner. Both Rhine and Hittner, average 15 points per game, which is good for top-5 in the MVC. But it’s not just Rhine and Hittner that can do damage. Head Coach Jennie Baranczyk has

multiple threats on her roster.

Junior Maddy Dean is one player that can carry the offense if the team needs her to. Last Friday she dropped a season high 20 points to lead her team in Drake’s win over Southern Illinois.

Defensively, however, Drake allows the second most points per game in the MVC. A hot

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Ashley Taia (1) and other players of the women’s basketball team will go against two of the best teams in Missouri Valley Conference this weekend at home.

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Streaking Sycamores host UNI Drake in grueling weekend Garrett Short Reporter

Northern Iowa and Drake, two of the best teams in the Missouri Valley Conference, visit the Hulman Center this weekend to take on a scorching Indiana State women’s basketball team. UNI visits Friday at 7 p.m. while the Bulldogs tipoff against the Sycamores at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The team has come alive since

the New Year. ISU is 6-2 in 2018 and has won five straight contests. The recent tear has vaulted ISU from the basement of the MVC to the fifth seed.

The next two games will be pivotal for the Sycamores. Both UNI and Drake are in front of ISU in the standings with the Panthers as the current four seed. Drake will be a tough task for ISU as they are undefeated in conference play. Drake hasn’t

lost a regular season conference game since February of 2016.

Breaking down UNI, their home record has carried them most of the season. The team has struggled when on the road with a record of just 3-8.

After losing a few key players to graduation from last year’s squad, UNI’s defense has been their strong suit. The Panther’s allow the second fewest points per game in the conference.

Head Coach Tanya Warren— whom is in her 11th season as head coach— has managed to get her team to buy in on the defensive end.

Madison Weekly—who scored over 15 points per game a year ago— graduated after last season, and UNI hasn’t had one player take over the program.

The Panthers have two players averaging in double digits in Kennedy Kirkpatrick and El-

lie Howell. Sophomore Megan Maahs adds nine points per game and leads the conference with 10 rebounds per game.

Drake is much more dynamic on paper. The Bulldogs jump off the page when it comes to scoring. They average 14 more points per contest than the next closest team, Missouri State.

The high-octane Bulldog offense is spearheaded by two

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Sycamores Track & Field takes on music city challenge Jay Adkins Reporter

This upcoming weekend, the Indiana State University Sycamores Track & Field team will travel to Nashville, Tennessee to compete at the Music City Challenge. The annual indoor event will be held at Vanderbilt University’s brand new multipurpose facility and will include 15-16 invited teams plus selected individuals. There will also be events for both men and women.

This will the Sycamores’ seventh invitational of the year so far.

Last week at the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational held in Marion, Indiana, senior distance runner Taylor Austin broke the school record for the fastest time in the women’s indoor 3000-meter run. Austin ran the 3K in 9:23.58, besting Brooke Moore’s time of 9:35.60 from last year.

With that record-breaking time, Austin leads the entire Missouri Valley Conference and is ranked nationally at 36th.

Junior distance runner Ryan Cash finished first place in men’s 3000-meter run. Cash finished with a time of 8:14.59, placing him at fifth place all time in Indiana State University for the 3K. Cash is currently third in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Sophomore mid-distance runner Imani Davis finished fifth place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.97 and is eighth all time in ISU history. Davis is currently sixth in the Missouri Valley conference.

Senior mid-distance runner Brittany Neeley finished 10th

overall in the 800-meter run with a career-best 2:09:45. Neeley is now fifth all-time in ISU history and has the second best time in the conference. Senior sprinter/long jumper Scott Schreiber finished third in the long jump with an indoor career-best mark of 7.38. Schreiber’s mark leads the Missouri Valley Conference and ties him for ninth all-time in school history. Daley Carter finished first place in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.92. Junior pole vaulters Kim Jackson and Emily Brady finished first and second-place in the women’s pole vault with marks of 3.67m and 3.52m, respectively. Jackson is first in the Missouri Valley Conference and Brady is third.

Freshman hurdler Emily Robertson won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of career-best 8.92.

Sophomore distance runner Michaela Ward finished the 3K with an excellent time of 10:11.05.

Freshman high jumper Nick Schultz won the high jump after posting an impressive mark of 2.01m. Freshman distance runner Cale Kilian won the mile run with a time of 4:19.96. With all these excellent times, marks and finishes, the Sycamores should go into Nashville this weekend with a high level of confidence.

Having the Sycamores carry an astonishing depth to their team for both men and women, they will need to keep up their hard and keep winning as it gets closer to the MVC tournament at the end of the regular season.

The Music City Challenge will be held this Friday and Saturday.

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Ryan Cash, junior distnace runner finished first place in men’s 3000 meter run.

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Anson Carter expects to surprise some casual sports fans who tune into the 2018 Winter Olympics for ice hockey.

“You might not watch the whole game, but you might see what’s happening between periods, and then you see a black face on TV talking about the game, giving some insightful analysis on what’s going on,” Carter said.

The 2018 Winter Games, which officially begin Friday, will have the largest contingent of black athletes in its history, helping to debunk the stereotype that blacks don’t participate in so-called non-traditional winter sports.

The games will also feature diversity on the air. NBC’s Mike Tirico makes his debut as the prime time face of the Winter Games, succeeding Bob

Costas, who had hosted the networks’ Olympic prime time coverage since 1992.

Carter, a Canadian who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League, will analyze hockey games played in Pyeongchang from NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.

Although he’s known to regular hockey viewers from his NHL and college hockey coverage on NBC Sports Network and “The MSG Hockey Show” in New York, Carter realizes that he might seem like an unconventional choice to those who only pay attention to the sport during the Olympics.

“I want to make sure I’m bringing my ‘A’ game to the table because it is all about diversity,” he said. “You can’t talk about being diverse on the ice but then off the ice you don’t have the diversity as well when you have people capable of doing the job just like any-

body else.”

Carter said he’s aware that a perception that black people know or care little about hockey.

That perception was recently reinforced by a “Saturday Night Live” skit in which Chance the Rapper played a New York Knicks basketball sideline reporter hopelessly trying to analyze a New York Rangers hockey game.

“Let’s do that hockey!” Chance the Rapper said in the skit that went viral on social media.

The parody hit Carter’s funny bone, but then it quickly hit home.

“I loved it, I thought it was funny,” Carter said. “But at the same time, there are enough black people out there who know the game of hockey that you’re like, ‘Can we actually move past this point?’ There’s a lot more knowledgeable black fans out there than we get credit for.’”

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