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Volume 125, Issue 50

Indiana State student runs for office Rileigh McCoy News Editor

Issac Deal.

Photo courtesy of Issac Deal.

State makes Sense; $tart now

An ISU student is running for a seat in the House of Representatives in the Indiana General Assembly.

Republican candidate, Isaac Deal, is in his third year here at ISU, but by credit hours he stands as a senior. In this upcoming election, he has announced his candidacy to run for office to represent the Indiana people.

“I am running for Indiana General Assembly in the House of Representatives,” said Deal.

“For the past 22 years, that position has been held by Clyde Kersey. He is a Terre Haute Native, school teacher and he decided to retire this year so that would mean his House seat is open.”

Deal intends to replace Kersey in the upcoming election.

“There are currently, as of today filed with the state, four Democrats running and two Republicans running, of which I am one,” said Deal.

Deal explained that the deadline for candidates to file their

to many people in the House of Representatives and they’ve told me straight up ‘hey, you’re probably gonna lose,’” said Deal.

“They specifically gerrymander districts and the Terre Haute district we’re in – District 43 – had parts of it carved out so that the surrounding districts would be sured up in the Republican races.

That’s especially evident if you look at the map of the district.”

Gerrymandering is one of the reasons that Deal is running for office in order to better represent the Indiana people’s rights to vote.

“I’d like to make sure that every person, no matter what party you’re a part of has equal and fair representation at the state level,” said Deal. “One big barrier to that is gerrymandering because it’s like, stereotypically when you think of California if

“I’d like to make sure that every person, no matter what party you’re a part of, has equal and fair representation at the State level.”

Issac Deal

you’re a Republican in California, most likely you’re not going to get very much representation at the federal level because of how the state politics work.

Same if you’re a Democrat in Texas, for example. I don’t necessarily think that’s fair, I think every person should be able to have that same representation regardless of party, regardless of social stature, regardless of race; everything, it doesn’t matter you deserve representation. That’s the basis of my campaign.”

Deal explained that when the districts are redistricted after the 10-year period is over in two years, he intends to change gerrymandering. He also intends to work on several other issues when he takes office.

“People ask me a lot about legislative issues and there is one issue that I’d like to tackle as soon as I get into office,” said Deal. “I’m still writing up the bill because any person can write up a bill for the Indiana House, there’s a huge 300 page tomb that you have to go through to make sure that all you’re formatting

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Yogic Monk, Dada Maheshvarananda gives insight on his experinces

Alexandria Truby Reporter

AJ Golez Reporter

Notice how there’s a funny ring to “broke college student” but being a broke adult doesn’t sound as fun? No worries, State is going to help college students manage their tight budgets and plan ahead so that they don’t become broke adults.

To stress the importance and urgency of planning for students’ financial future, the Office of Student Financial Aid is making house calls with their new “$tart Now” events. Pickerl, Burford and Erikson held their session on Jan. 29. The session for Hines, Jones and Sandison was held on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

The Sycamore Towers will be having their session on Feb. 14. Lincoln Quads on March 5, 500 Wabash residents will have a session in Erikson Lower Level on March 29. The last session will be held for University Apartments residents on April 3.

With the aid of the Office of Residential Life, tips on early financial planning, concentrating on budgeting, saving, loans and credit were shared as well as a free FAFSA filing assistance session to finish the night.

With the FAFSA filing assistance, students will need to bring a couple things; their laptop, their student and parent FSA username and password, 2016 student and parent tax returns as well as their W2s. There are also specific FAFSA Day programs on Feb 21, March 21 and April 11 from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 230 in the library.

If one needs any additional aid, the current office hours for the Office of Financial Aid are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The phone hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

“These programs were born out of the Office of Student Financial Aid’s goal to provide STATE

On Wednesday, Dada Maheshvarananda, a Yogic Monk gave a talk in the lower level of Pickerl Hall for the honors students and students from the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies.

“Dada Maheshvarananda is an activist with a poet’s mind, a dreamer and a doer, a love warrior. At our first encounter years ago, I felt myself in the presence of someone who was both fierce and gentle, ecstatic and burdened, transcendent and unremarkably material,” wrote Bill Ayers in the forward for Maheshvarananda’s book “Cooperative Games for a Cooperative World: Facilitating Trust.” “In other words, I saw a person a lot like you and me—a three-dimensional being with a mind and a heart, a body and a spirit, living his life smack in the middle of things, a mass of human contradictions, tensions, ambiguities and incompleteness.”

Maheshvarananda spoke about his theories on how to create a better world. It sounded like a fusion of socialism with spirituality. This outlook can draw the ire of many,

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candidacy is Feb. 9. The primary election will be on May 8 with the general election taking place as per usual on Nov. 6.

“I’m used to working with very little coming from a middle class background, everything I’ve ever earned I worked for,” said Deal. “And that’s how my campaign’s going so far. One hundred percent of my donations have come from my own pocket. As a college student, that’s pretty tough. Hardly afford textbooks let alone spending extra money to put my name out there.

For that reason, I’ve been really big on social media.”

Despite the challenges, Deal still plans on making it through the primary election. He explained that social media is going to be a large influence on both federal and state levels for him to get through the election.

“In this district, I’ve talked

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Nationally recognized speaker and Monk, Dada Maheshvarananda spoke to students Wednesday night.

especially because he spoke about some of the dirtier sides of capitalism, but there was something universal about what he said.

Despite what one might think about economic policy or any other kind of policy, Maheshvaranan-

da spoke about kindness and caring for others. Whether one agrees or not, there is something laudable about these views. The problem many will have is that this view is extremely utopian.

Maheshvarananda is a propo-

nent of the Progressive Utilization Theory that was founded by the philosopher and spiritual leader Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. Sarkar was a philosopher, scientist, social theorist, modern writer and a

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Former Secretary of Labor to speak Feb. 22

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Alexis Herman.

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman will speak as part of the Indiana State University Speaker Series at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 in Tilson Auditorium.

Herman is a successful businesswoman and authority on the evolving workforce and speaks about important labor issues such as unemployment, job creation, overseas competition and worklife balance.

As the former U.S. Secretary of Labor who served under the Clinton administration, Herman helps her audiences understand the current global labor picture and discusses how job training, job creation and rebuilding hardhit sector jobs will help reenergize the American economic culture.

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Herman began her career working for Catholic Charities helping young out-of-school men and women find work in the Pascagoula, Mississippi shipyard.

At the age of 29, President Jimmy Carter’s appointment made her the youngest director of the Women’s Bureau in the history of the Labor Department. In 1992, she became the first African-American woman to serve as an assistant to the president as the director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. On May

1, 1997, Herman was sworn in as the 23rd secretary of labor and the first African-American ever to lead the U.S. Department of Labor. During her tenure as a member of the President’s Cabinet, she also served as a valued member of the National Economic Council.

As secretary of labor, she focused on a prepared workforce, a secure workforce and quality workplaces. With that mandate in mind, she consolidated the department’s wide array of skills development programs into a simpler, more efficient system.

Herman led the effort to institute a global child labor standard, moved people from welfare to work with dignity and launched the most aggressive unemployed youth initiative since the 1970s.

Under her tenure, unemployment in the country reached a 32-year low. The nation witnessed the safest workplace record in the history of the Department of Labor.

Currently, Herman serves as chair and chief executive officer of New Ventures LLC. She has continued to lend her expertise and talent to a vast array of corporate

enterprises and nonprofit organizations.

A recipient of more than 25 honorary doctorate degrees from major colleges and universities around the country, Herman is a former trustee of her alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana.

She co-chaired the Bush Clinton Katrina Fund and was a member of the board of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Presently, she chairs the Toyota Diversity Advisory Board.

Herman is the lead director of Cummins Inc. and a member of the boards of directors of Entergy, MGM Resorts International and the Coca-Cola Company. Her nonprofit work includes serving as a Trustee for the National Urban League, a member of the Executive Board of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the president of the Dorothy I. Height Educational Foundation.

The University Speaker Series will wrap up with president of People Ink Ann Rhoads on March 28. For more information on these events, go to hulmancenter.org or call 812-237-3770.

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Friday, Feb. 9, 2018

Indiana State non-profit partnership honored

A partnership with Indiana State University helped the YMCAs of the Wabash Valley earn the Mutual of America Nonprofit Partner of the Year award.

The YMCAs’ multidimensional partnership with State and its support for future nonprofit professionals dazzled the selection committee and earned the organization the annual honor recognizing a nonprofit organization that demonstrates leadership and commitment through its partnership and support of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.

“The YMCAs of Wabash Valley create a variety of opportunities for our students and Certified Nonprofit Professionals to develop and grow in their work,” Susan T. Schmidt, president of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, said.

“We are proud of the great work they are doing to improve communities in the Wabash Valley area.”

During spring break, the YMCA partnered with recreation and sports management majors and Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Certification Program students at State to host about

50 children at day camp.

The camp helps State students with real-world experience with program planning, logic modeling and program budgeting, while providing Vigo County students with a fun educational science, technology, engineering and math activities.

“The students, the community partner and the faculty members all gain something out of this strategic partnership,” said Nathan Schaumleffel, director of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Certification Program at State.

“For the students, they’re working towards the learning outcomes from the class they are in, the YMCA is meeting benchmarks within their strategic plan through the camp and, for the faculty, we are able to provide a handson-learning environment for our students.”

Looking back, students say the program left a long-term impact on their careers.

“Everything that went into preparing for the YMCA Spring camp I’m utilizing in one way or another at my internship and will continue to use throughout my career as a

Nathan Schaumleffel

Nathan Schaumleffel

recreational therapist,” Indiana State graduate Avery Cooley said.

The YMCAs of Wabash Valley has shown its will to further implement programs and activities to ensure those they partner with are getting the most out of the opportunity.

“Ultimately, we want our students to leave this

project with the ability to simultaneously maintain physical and emotional safety, enhance leisure, client and caregiver/parent satisfaction, and make measurable, impactful progress on improving STEM and health-related outcomes,” Schaumleffel said.

Fundraising at USC tumbles amid medical school scandals

Harriet Ryan, Matt Hamilton and Paul Pringle

The University of Southern California, known nationally for its aggressive fundraising operation, saw contributions tumble in the second half of 2017, a period in which scandals roiled its medical school.

An internal accounting reviewed by the Los Angeles Times shows donations to the university were down nearly $100 million between July and December of last year compared with the same period in 2016.

The falloff represents a 22 percent decline and was particularly severe at the Keck School of Medicine, where donations dropped 55 percent, or roughly $45 million.

Two weeks after the accounting period’s July 1 start, The Times reported that former Keck dean Carmen Puliafito had used methamphetamine and other drugs while running the medical school and treating patients in a campus eye clinic. USC subsequently acknowledged that President C. L. Max Nikias had kept Puliafito, a prolific fundraiser, in the post despite years of complaints from faculty and staff about his behavior.

In the fall, Puliafito’s replacement as dean was forced out after The Times learned that USC had settled a sexual harassment claim against him, and the top university fundraiser for its health sciences program departed amid accusations that he had harassed female subordinates.

USC dismissed the significance of the slump,

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Carmen A. Puliafito in a March 20, 2014, file image at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.

attributing it to normal fluctuations in donations.

Administrators denied it was related to the scandals and said the relationship between university leaders and major benefactors remained strong.

“A slightly lower amount of contributions in this period does not evidence a longer-term falloff,” a university spokesman said.

Two USC employees who regularly deal with contributors said some normally reliable donors did not return their calls and others gave less than usual.

The employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said donors told them that they were put off by the back-to-back scandals.

“What we are hearing is that the organization’s moral compass doesn’t fit mine,” said one employee.

Another described donors as “pretty upset” by the

way university leaders responded to the crises.

“They say, ‘What’s going on at the top?’” the employee said.

Several university trustees refused to comment. The group of 57, which includes some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in California, was set to meet Wednesday on campus.

USC’s top fundraiser, Albert Checcio, defended what he called “one of the most successful advancement programs in higher education.”

“To suggest that USC or the Keck School of Medicine is struggling to raise funds is fundamentally mistaken,” Checcio, the senior vice president for university advancement, said in a statement. “The timing of gifts fluctuates throughout the year, and any single point in time is not an accurate projection of where the university will net out, especially in a multi-year campaign.”

The drop in donations comes as USC faces mounting costs from the medical school scandals.

The university retained a former federal prosecutor from one of the top law firms in the nation to lead an investigation that has lasted more than six months, and it hired a former Sony executive to serve as its crisis communications consultant.

Another potential cost is a possible settlement with the family of a young woman who suffered a drug overdose while partying with Puliafito. Sarah Warren’s family hired high-profile attorney Mark Geragos last year to negotiate a payout from

USC. Neither he nor family members have returned reporters’ calls since November. Asked whether there was a settlement, a USC spokesman, Christian Gunning, said in an email: “We are not going to talk about the Warrens.”

In recent months, USC has launched a belt-tightening campaign called Project Renewal. Administrators at every school and university department are expected to trim expenses by about 5 percent within three years.

The USC spokesman said that the university was in a “strong financial position” and the cost-savings program was a “normal, responsible” business practice that took shape well before the Keck scandals.

When Puliafito was dean of the medical school, he regularly touted its success at attracting multimillion-dollar gifts from alumni and other benefactors. In the 2015 fiscal year, Keck raised “almost $200 million,” according to the dean’s newsletter that October. He stepped down in March 2016. Total medical school fundraising for the 2016 fiscal year was not immediately available, but in the following fiscal year, the school took in more than $148 million, according to the internal documents.

David Callahan, the editor of Inside Philanthropy and author of “The Givers,” which examines the influence of mega-donors, said a downturn in fundraising at USC could be “a shortterm, bad taste in people’s mouth” problem or some-

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ISU receives inaugural student success grant Indiana education leader Stan Jones’ name is once again synonymous with providing opportunity, this time through a recently established grant program Indiana State University will help pilot.

The grant -- awarded to just three institutions in the state -- will be used to introduce 75 freshman and sophomore 21st Century Scholars pursuing arts and sciences degrees to their future careers.

“Career readiness is increasingly important. It’s getting national attention; it’s getting state attention,” said Josh Powers, associate vice president of academic affairs at Indiana State. “We wanted to see if we could link the good work we’re doing with 21st Century Scholars with an intentional career readiness opportunity for a particular subset of 21st Century Scholars that are in the College of Arts and Sciences.”

Indiana State has been making major moves with student success in recent years. The university’s overall four-year graduation rate is up nearly three percentage points from 2016 and up 9.3 percentage points in three years.

Whereas three years ago about one in five students graduated in four years, today, it’s roughly one in just over three students do.

Indiana State has also been able to improve the four-year graduation rate for 21st Century students to where it is “almost as high as the graduation rate for the entire student population,” Powers said.

The four-year 21st Century Scholar graduation rate is up 7.3 percentage points to 26.1 percent, roughly two-and-a-half times the percentage increase for the campus as a whole.

Powers said while degrees in arts and sciences are sometimes viewed as having limited job prospects, that perception simply isn’t true. Through the grant, Sycamores will be able to meet and talk to people who have good jobs -- and some with the same college majors as the students, Powers said.

“What we’re going to do is to expose the students early in their collegiate studies to the world of work and meet people working in jobs with those majors, including where on the surface they would not expect it such as in advanced manufacturing,” Powers said.

Stan Jones made a significant mark as an Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education by becoming a driving force behind Indiana’s 21st Century Scholars program, which was created in 1990 and helps low-income students earn a college degree.

Students can sign up for the 21st Century Scholars program as early as the seventh grade, and most receive support to get into college, tuition to pay for college and support to receive a college degree.

More than 30,000 low-income students in Indiana have earned a college degree through a 21st Centu-

ry Scholarship.

When Jones died in 2017, the Stan Jones Student Success Grant was created in his honor. Powers thought it was important that Indiana State apply for the inaugural grant because of the university’s large percentage of scholars.

“Stan Jones was a leader in the state, so we wanted to pursue it,” Powers said. “(Indiana State) has among the highest number and percentage of 21st Century Scholars on a singular campus in Indiana.”

Aaron Slocum, coordinator of Indiana State’s 21st Century Scholars program, said the grant would be used to pay for the expenses of field trips so the experiences come at no cost to the students.

“This grant is important to ISU because it gives the opportunity to allow 21st Century Scholars, who are obtaining an arts and science degree, the opportunity to explore different jobs that are available to them,” Slocum said. “It also allows students to assess their strengths and weaknesses utilizing a tool called StrengthsQuest.”

Others who partnered to obtain the grant include Teresa Dwyer, assistant director for employee relations at Indiana State’s Career Center, and Jaime Frey, director of career development at Ivy Tech Wabash Valley. Slocum, Dwyer and Frey will be managing the project’s implementation.

“This grant is a collaboration project with Ivy Tech Community College here in Terre Haute whose students will also be participating,” Slocum said. “Our hope is we can strengthen the pipeline from Ivy Tech to ISU.” The 21st Century Scholars program began in 1990. The scholarship component goes beyond paying college tuition and fees, as the program also has requirements that the enrolled middle and high school students keep their grades up, avoid drugs and alcohol, complete college-readiness activities, and when in college, stay on track to earn their degree on time.

Approximately 110,000 Indiana students are currently enrolled in the program.

Jones believed a college degree was more important than ever before when the program was created, according to a 2015 interview.

“A college degree was becoming an ever more important milestone for those hoping to secure good jobs to support families, and Indiana was looking for ways to make sure low-income Hoosiers had affordable access to higher education,” That’s why the program required students to apply in middle school.

“That fundamentally changed the high school experience for these low-income students,” Jones said.

FEATURES

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The 15:17 to Paris

Clint Eastwood’s dramatic re-creation stalls at the station Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune (TNS)

An oddly misguided act of generosity, director Clint Eastwood’s “The 15:17 to Paris” may be the first film from Eastwood that lacks a storytelling compass and a baseline sense of direction.

The docudrama follows a screenplay by first-timer Dorothy Blyskal, taken in turn from the nonfiction account (written with Jeffrey E. Stern) by the three young Americans, friends since childhood, who thwarted a 2015 terrorist attack on an Amsterdam train bound for Paris.

Their story, and Eastwood’s 36th film behind the camera, builds on the foundation of their quick, decisive, successful act of courage. They saved lives and did a great deal to bolster the image of Americans abroad, at a time when films such as Eastwood’s own “American Sniper” exported a divisive but extraordinarily profitable image of another, steelier kind.

So why does the movie come to so little?

Facts first. In 2015, Spencer Stone was an Air Force airman. He and Anthony Sadler, an old pal from Sacramento, California, studying for a degree in kinesiology, met up in Amsterdam with Alek Skarlatos, an Oregon National Guard specialist back from a tour in Afghanistan.

On board a train to Paris, they encountered a lone terrorist, Ayoub El Khazzani, an apparent ISIS loyalist armed with an assault rifle, among other weapons, and 300

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Spencer Stone in “The 15:17 to Paris.”

rounds of ammunition. We see fragments of the run-up to the aborted attack at the film’s start and, here and there, throughout “The 15:17 to Paris.” Dutifully, and photographed for maximum audience satisfaction at seeing the bad guy get his, Eastwood saves the sequence in full for its proper place in the climax.

Just three weeks before filming commenced, Eastwood decided to cast the real men as themselves, with various, smaller real-life survivors and bystanders as themselves. They’re surrounded and supported by well-known actors, as well as by unknowns playing the Christian middle-school-age Stone, Sadler and Skarlatos. Judy Greer and Jenna Fischer,

The one word holding you back from happiness Katelynn Cook Reporter The other month I hit a pretty big business goal and found myself joyfully walking to yoga in the late afternoon. I was humming a little, feeling light and happy and enjoying the unusually warm winter sunset.

I was optimistic about life and what’s next for me.

Until… the “but” came in.

Oh yes, that sneaky word that ruins all good things if we let it.

I thought to myself, Yes, I had a good month, BUT people younger than I am are still smashing me, and Yeah that was a peak launch, BUT it’ll inevitably be followed by some kinda low … , and even, BUT maybe I was lucky this time?

GAH! If there’s one word that can lead to instant misery after something positive has just happened, it’s the word “but.”

However, not every good thing has to be countered by a “but,” even though our minds often wander there.

We can change the conversation. As easily as we can throw that word in, we can snap it back. Here’s how you can choose something else instead of a counterproductive “but” (either in your head or out loud) when faced with a win, a compliment or a pleasant result: “Esther, you do it all — you

manage a baby and a busy job in the city and still make it to girls’ night out!”

Possible response: “Yeah, but I don’t do every mother’s meeting on the planet and heck — I feel like I’m failing a bit at everything…”

Better response: “Thank you!

I do like my work and love my family and my friends. Plus, I do have a lovely, trusty sitter.

Lucky me!”

“Susie, your skin looks so good!”

Possible response: “Isn’t ‘nice skin’ something people say when they don’t know what else to compliment? Must be because I gained weight over the last few months.”

Better response: “Thank you!

I guess I’ve never really had to worry about my skin. Kinda awesome when I think about it!”

“Wendy, this pasta tastes freakin’ amazing.”

Possible response: “Thanks, but the sauce is store-bought.

Ugh. I always say I need to start cooking properly, another thing to feel guilty about *sigh*” Better response: “Thank you.

Glad you like it.”

“Heath, great report! Nice work.”

Possible response: “Thanks, but I should’ve added an extra column for X and/or Y…” Better response: “Thank you.

I can add X or Y too, if you think it’ll help!”

doing all they can with barely characterized roles, portray the mothers of Stone and Skarlatos, respectively. In their very different skill sets, these actresses seek the same results as their non-actor colleagues: as much simplicity and honesty as possible. At its best, that’s Eastwood’s style.

But he’s working with a script that barely functions. The film wobbles between flashbacks and flash-forwards, and has no interest in giving us a sense of what the guys were, and are, really like, or how they click together as friends. It can’t be easy to play yourself in a movie. The performances this movie rests on feel tentative, hesitant, slightly sheepish.

The script doesn’t help. Far too much

of “15:17 to Paris” is taken up with travelogue scenes of the young men touring Venice, or Rome, or hitting the dance floor in Amsterdam. Eastwood lingers over one drab expository or atmospheric nothing after another (“Wow, look at that view!”; “We gotta get some gelato”). The key foreshadowing, played up in the trailers, arrives when a reflective Stone says: “Ever feel like life is just pushing us toward something, some greater purpose?” That’s a key moment, and he really did say it. Yet on screen, it comes off as ginned-up and more than a little canned.

Many will disagree, and already have.

This is hardly the first American movie to cast a true-life dramatic reconstruction with the real people as themselves: To varying degrees of success, we’ve had everything from Audie Murphy in “To Hell and Back” to Howard Stern in “Private Parts.” But when Eastwood’s film is over, you may think back to an earlier Eastwood film, “Flags of Our Fathers.” That multi-strand WWII picture dealt in part with the way real-life heroics become fodder for publicity, and how the complicated feelings of the men involved take a back seat to the larger cause. It’s the last thing he wanted, I’m sure, but Eastwood’s latest ends up feeling like a stunt.

We love stories of real-life heroics and grace under lethal pressure. But we need them to be more than the sum of their stirring intentions.

Make your own chocolate bowls for Valentine’s Day Susan Selasky Detroit Free Press (TNS) Nothing says “I love you” like chocolate.

It’s the universal way to melt your valentine’s heart. It’s also good for your heart.

Thanks to flavanols, antioxidants also found in berries, red wine and grapes. So in small amounts, chocolate is good for you. Many health experts recommend eating a 1-ounce square of chocolate a day.

And the darker the chocolate (which is higher in antioxidants), the better.

But we love chocolate for other reasons, too. Like being able to mold and shape it. This recipe for small chocolate bowls is made using blown-up balloons as the mold. It works like a charm. We filled the bowls with ice cream and drizzled them with more melted chocolate and garnished with fresh berries. It’s a perfect dessert to make your sweetie swoon.

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Chocolate Baskets with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.

Makes: 6 (depending on size) / Preparation time: 10 minutes / Total time: 10 minutes (plus chilling time) You will not use all the melted chocolate, but you need that amount to be able to dip the balloons in. Makes as many chocolate bowls as you like. Or keep the chocolate for another use.

Parchment paper 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1 teaspoon vegetable oil plus additional for brushing balloons 6 water balloons, blown up (no water) and tied Ice cream, optional Fresh berries, optional

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a microwave-safe bowl place the chocolate chips and oil. Microwave for 1 minute. Continue microwaving in 30-second increments, stirring in between, or until chocolate is melted.

Lightly brush oil on the balloons opposite the tied end.

Spoon a small amount of the melted chocolate in a circle about the size of a 50-cent piece to create a base.

Dip the lightly oiled end of the balloon in the chocolate so it coats the bottom and about 2 inches up the sides. Set on the chocolate base and press lightly so it holds in place. Repeat with remaining balloons. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill until set.

Pop the balloons and remove and discard the pieces. Fill the chocolate with ice cream, garnish with berries.

Note: Most balloons are made of latex, which can cause an allergic reaction.

Adapted from several recipes. Tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.

Groundhog’s Day economic forecast Moderated by Gerry Dick, creator and host of Inside Indiana Business, featuring panelists Dr. Kevin Christ, professor economics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Dr. Robert Guell, professor of economics at Indiana State University, and Mr. Steve Witt, president of Terre Haute Economic Development Corporation.

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OPINION

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Friday, Feb. 9, 2018

To shave or not to shave?

Whitney Slaton Columnist

Society has many opinions about what men and women should do, or how certain things are more feminine or masculine and should stay that way.

However, this should not necessarily be true.

Shaving is only one of many of these standards, but it is one of the most prevalent. Society claims that men should only shave their faces and that is only if they want to, however, women should shave all of their body hair. Not only is this standard sexist, but it is also wrong for health standards. Shaving should not be a standard set by society, but a preference for each person, regardless of gender.

Today, body hair is believed by society to no longer have a purposeful function; however, this is a common misconception.

Different types of body hair have different types of functions that are all important to one’s health.

Arm and leg hair not only help regulate body temperature, but also sweat and, for people with sensitive skin, arm and leg can help protect it from the elements. The function of underarm hair is not only to help maintain warmth, but also to prevent friction between the upper arm and the torso during everyday activity and labor.

Pubic hair, similar to other types of body hair, helps maintain sweat regulation, but it also helps prevent infections. According to Columbia University Health Sciences, pubic and underarm hair also help contain pheromones secreted from sweat glands and allow for people to have a higher sexual awareness of the individual with these types of body hair.

Health benefits of body hair are not the only reason to not to shave, though; if you simply no longer want to shave, then stop shaving. Women are typically the ones affected by society’s beliefs about shaving, but it is not necessary unless the person truly wants to shave for their own personal reasons. Many women shave their legs, underarms, and pubic hair, and some shave their arms as well; however, these women may not want to shave for their own benefits, but only to please society.

One of the most important things for human health though is to feel comfortable in your own body and not do something just because someone or society tells you to.

There is another side to this though; men are told by society that shaving their body hair is wrong, and while not shaving may benefit health, if a man feels more comfortable and confident with shaved legs, then they should shave their legs. The most important thing about shaving is that people only shave or don’t shave if they truly want to; society has no say in people’s bodies.

Women that stop shaving are not doing wrong by society, but doing right for their own selves and men that shave are doing right for their selves as well.

Society claims that shaving body hair makes one feminine and not shaving makes one masculine, but this is not strictly true.

One is only feminine or masculine based on their own identity. A woman with body hair can still be feminine, and a man without body hair can still be masculine. Those who believe otherwise are falling into the trappings of

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Justin Timberlake performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at Super Bowl LII between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn.

Did JT upset the dead or just the living?

Emma Osowski Columnist

This past Sunday, February 4, the 52nd Super Bowl showcased on all television screens within the nation. Doesn’t matter whether it was on because you like watching football, for the commercials, because you wanted to see the Patriots lose or to see Justin Timberlake do his thing on stage. Nonetheless, the game was on, and boy was it a show, and I’m

not just talking about JT. I’ll admit it, I’m not a huge football fan, so I was one of the viewers waiting for his performance, but I got a few good laughs out of the game too, mostly because of Tom Brady’s multiple mess ups.

Anyway, when half time occurred, the party shut up and the lights were dimmed down. As the party watched Justin Timberlake sing and dance I became giddy – I knew this would probably be the closest I would ever get to seeing him in concert. I thought that his set list was amazing; he sang hit after hit after hit. The way the stage was set up, all of the dancers and how he incorporated the band,

the mirrors and the colors, was perfect. Honestly, I couldn’t have asked for more from him.

However, that apparently isn’t the feeling that everyone had. Instead, people flipped out and caused yet another argument on how insulting or wrong the half time performance was. And while I’m surprised people had bad things to say, I think I’d be more surprised if the event didn’t cause a problem just like everything else in the country. I mean, seriously, if you think about it, when does the Super Bowl half time show not become an arguing matter? Probably when they decide not to have a half time show, but then that would be a prob-

lem.

Now back to the, as some might call it, tea.

While Timberlake included what he thought would be an innocent Prince tribute in his performance, the audience turned the whole thing inside out and made it into a dig or an insult to the Prince himself. Here’s why.

Apparently, there were some words exchanged between the two concerning Timberlake’s 2006 hit “SexyBack” over whether if sexy ever truly left or not. Something else to keep in mind, which added onto the drama, is that in 1998, Prince told Guitar World that he is not

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Our inaction on gun violence hurts the international community Chelsea Parsons

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From his first official day as candidate for president (“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best … They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists”), to his first speech as president (“This American carnage stops right here and stops right now”) to last week’s State of the Union address (“For decades, open borders have allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities”), Donald Trump has been clear that a core tenet of his policy agenda is closing the borders to keep violent criminals from coming into the country.

There are many flaws in this approach. Missing from President Trump’s America First program, for instance, is a recognition that the exportation of violence actually goes in the other direction. The United States is culpable in lethal violence abroad because of our refusal to strengthen our own gun laws.

An astounding number of American guns are smuggled across the borders each year, where they are used to commit violent crimes. A new report from the Center for American Progress analyzing data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) found that, from 2014 to 2016, more than 50,000 guns originally purchased in the U.S. were recovered in criminal investigations in 15 North American, Central American and Caribbean nations.

This tsunami of guns leaving the U.S. comes as no surprise when one considers two facts about firearms in this country: There are an astronomical number of them, and our laws are full of holes that enable trafficking.

To the first point, there are roughly 300 million guns in this country. And still, the gun industry continues to churn out more of them. In 2015 alone, the most recent year this data is available, 9,358,661 new firearms were manufactured in the

U.S., making it the second-highest year for gun manufacturing in three decades.

We also do much less to protect our collective arsenal than other countries. Both Canada and Mexico have enacted strict laws regulating guns that include limits on assault-style rifles and more extensive background checks and vetting. In contrast, under U.S. federal law, a person can buy a gun from a private seller without a background check. And since the expiration of the federal assault weapons ban in 2004, there are few limits to amassing a stockpile of these highly dangerous weapons, except in the seven states that have banned them.

The effect of these weapons on our neighbors is disturbing.

Mexico experienced a 20-year high in murders in 2017, and 66 percent of these were committed with a gun. In 1997, by contrast, only 15 percent of Mexico’s murders involved a gun.

Canada is experiencing more gun use in street crime, specifi-

cally semi-automatic rifles and handguns — a new phenomenon in that country. Our role in fueling these trends is obvious and alarming: 70 percent of the crime guns recovered and traced in Mexico, and 98 percent of crime guns in Canada originate in the U.S. We could reduce the number of crime guns leaving the country, if only we could muster the political will to do so. Closing the private sale loophole and requiring a background check for all gun sales, not just those facilitated by a licensed gun dealer, would be a start. These unregulated sales make it far too easy for traffickers to buy large numbers of guns without attracting the notice of law enforcement.

We also need to enact a distinct federal crime for gun trafficking and straw purchasing so that prosecutors can focus on the individuals at the top of trafficking networks who are most responsible for arming both sides of the border.

In addition, we need to pro-

tect a crucial investigative tool used by ATF to gain information about potential trafficking activity — reports of multiple sales of long guns made by gun dealers in four southern border states. Every year, some in Congress try to prevent ATF from requiring these reports through a restrictive policy rider attached to ATF’s budget, including in the 2018 budget passed by the House.

Some readers may be thinking, so what? Why should we care about public safety concerns of other nations, especially those like Mexico that have deeply rooted challenges that contribute to high rates of violence unconnected to the availability of U.S. guns. This is perhaps an understandable question in this time of America First. But if we want to claim any degree of moral authority in the world, we need to take a careful look at how our inaction on gun violence redounds to the detriment of the safety and security of our international community.

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indianastatesman.com ISU FROM PAGE1 correct and I’m still working through that. But the basic idea of the bill I want to propose is for teachers and veterans in Indiana.

Right now, their pensions, they have to pay income tax on their pensions and I’d like to remove that completely.”

Deal explained that he would

HOLLYWOOD FROM PAGE 2 one and 60 percent had avoided using a public restroom in the past year.

California law bans businesses, nonprofits and government agencies that serve the public from not allowing people to use bathrooms that match their gender identity or from asking that people show identification to use a restroom or other sex-segregated facility. All single

SHAVE FROM PAGE 4 society’s beliefs.

Another common belief is that women that no longer shave their body hair are dirty; however, this logic is hard to follow as many men have never shaved their body hair, yet are not seen as dirty. Having body hair does not make a person dirty; a person is only dirty if they do not maintain their hygiene. This double standard set on women is a ridiculous belief that society has people believing, however,

JT FROM PAGE 4 interested in anyone doing a concert hologram style with someone after his death. He went on to call it, “demonic,” as well as saying that if he was meant to “jam” with someone then he’d be alive at the same time, so they could “jam” together. Long story short, it seemed as if Timberlake meant to hurt the fans and disrespect him.

The question is, did JT really mean to diss Prince? Personally, I don’t think it’s that deep.

I consider Timberlake a pretty respectable and stand-up guy, especially in the entertainment business, so I can’t picture him holding a grudge for so long.

Then to still go so far to pull a stunt like that just to purposefully hurt Prince or his fans seems

Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 • Page 5 take office in January 2019.

“I’m set to graduate this December so when elected I would be taking office,” said Deal. “It would perfectly line up, there’d be no sort of conflict there with school and my position in the House of Representatives. I would just easily be able to finish school and pick up in January at the statehouse.” restrooms are also required to be designated as all-gender.

There should be clear policies that are comprehensible for customers and staff alike, Goad said. But there’s no data on how well the staff is trained to enforce those policies, she said.

Meehan said she’s not completely satisfied with the policy because it is labeled as a transgender inclusion policy and does not outline steps for employees to take if they encounter a similar situation, but “it’s a good first step.” many do not see that the double standard is also set on men.

Though shaving is not beneficial to health, the benefits of shaving is different person to person, as a man may be more comfortable and confident when they shave, but the opposite may be true for a woman. The main lesson here is that people should not fall into the trappings of society and believe that women must shave and men cannot shave their body hair. Every person is different and only shave if they want to. to be simply out of his character. However, let’s be honest, I don’t actually know the guy, but when talking about the performance Timberlake called Prince “the G.O.A.T.” or greatest of all time. So honestly, I think he just wanted to give a tribute to Prince in his home state to show respect and love towards him, his achievements and contributions to the music industry. Plus, apparently JT got the go ahead from one of Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show’s band members, Questlove, who personally knew Prince well.

Bottom line, Justin is a good guy. He didn’t mean any harm; he just wanted to give a good show and pay some respect to the Prince, and that’s that. Everyone needs to stop being so quick to accuse entertainers of things they had no intentions of doing.

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MONK FROM PAGE 1 spiritual leader from Bihar, India, He has attracted a following in more than 130 countries and was known for adjusting the ancient science of Tantra Yoga and much more.

PROUT is “a socio-economic philosophy propounded by P.R. Sarkar that synthesizes the physical, mental and spiritual dimen-

$ENSE FROM PAGE 1 students with a financial literacy program. Our new financial literacy program is called STATE MAKES $ENSE, and $tart Now is one of the main events,” Randa Wells, assistant director of the Office of Student Financial Aid, said.

ISU has started a new initiative through the financial aid office, helping students under-

ISU FROM PAGE 2 students will also be participating,” Slocum said. “Our hope is we can strengthen the pipeline from Ivy Tech to ISU.” The 21st Century Scholars program began in 1990. The scholarship component goes beyond paying college tuition and fees, as the program also has requirements that the enrolled middle and high school students keep their grades up, avoid drugs and alcohol, complete college-readiness activities, and when in college, stay on track to earn their degree on time.

USC FROM PAGE 2 regularly touted its success at attracting multimillion-dollar gifts from alumni and other benefactors. In the 2015 fiscal year, Keck raised “almost $200 million,” according to the dean’s newsletter that October. He stepped down in March 2016. Total medical school fundraising for the 2016 fiscal year was not immediately available, but in the following fiscal year, the school took in more than $148 million, according to the internal documents.

David Callahan, the editor of Inside Philanthropy and author of “The Givers,” which examines the influence of mega-donors, said a downturn in fundraising

sions of human nature. The goal of PROUT is to provide guidance for the evolution of a truly progressive human society,” the PROUT website said. “PROUT is an alternative to the outmoded capitalist and communist socio-economic paradigms.

Neither of these approaches have adequately met the physical, mental and spiritual needs of humanity. PROUT seeks a harmonious balance between

economic growth, social development, environmental sustainability and between individual and collective interests.”

Those interested in reading more about PROUT and Maheshvarananda can find his books “After Capitalism: Economic Democracy in Action,” “Cooperative Games for a Cooperative World: Facilitating Trust” and “Communication and Spiritual Connection.”

stand their financial responsibilities and savings.

In the financial literacy newsletter that the Office of Student Financial Aid made, there are helpful tips and tricks for saving money as well as event information.

One section took time to break down savings plans for Spring Break.

“Go local. Although flying to the beach may seem like the most exciting way to spend your

break, taking smaller day trips closer to home may save you a bundle.

Buddy up. If you’re making a more expensive trip, dividing the bill among several people can make the cost more do-able.

Smart packing. Take food, snacks, and water with you!

While it might be a little upfront it will save you money in the long run,” the newsletter said.

Approximately 110,000 Indiana students are currently enrolled in the program.

Jones believed a college degree was more important than ever before when the program was created, according to a 2015 interview.

“A college degree was becoming an ever more important milestone for those hoping to secure good jobs to support families, and Indiana was looking for ways to make sure low-income Hoosiers had affordable access to higher education,” Jones said at the time. “At the same time, our state had an equally chal-

lenging problem: Far too many students were failing to meet the bare minimum criteria for success - a high school diploma.”

That’s why the program required students to apply in middle school.

“That fundamentally changed the high school experience for these low-income students,” Jones said. “Knowing they had the promise of a full-tuition scholarship upon graduation, Indiana’s scholars took better courses in high school, studied harder and earned more meaningful diplomas that better prepared them for college.”

at USC could be “a short-term, bad taste in people’s mouth” problem or something more significant.

“You can imagine some donors, if they believe it, feeling that they lost faith in the institution,” Callahan said. When such doubts fester, he added, some universities look for new leadership.

Still, Callahan said, giving patterns can swing and a handful of large donations could wipe out the shortfall altogether.

In its statement, USC said there were several “significant gifts in the works” that will eventually close the fundraising gap at Keck.

Callahan said USC could work to rebuild trust with donors by being transparent about how the

university dealt with Puliafito.

University administrators commissioned such a report, but have yet to release any of its findings. The university tapped former U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang of the blue-chip firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher last summer to lead a probe into Puliafito’s conduct as dean and the university’s response.

Some Keck faculty and staff submitted to rounds of interviews

by Yang’s team during the summer and fall, but university leaders have been quiet about what the lawyers uncovered. Trustees have been briefed regularly on the investigation.

USC administrators have refused to say whether any of its findings will become public.

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Sycamores had a tough loss against Missouri State University, Tuesday night.

Sickly Performance in ISU’s loss to MSU

Garrett Short Reporter

With Jordan Barnes playing through the flu and Tyreke Key unable to play, the Indiana State men’s basketball team fell to Missouri State 81-62 at home Tuesday night.

Heading into the game, ISU was ranked the second best scoring offense in the MVC. That team didn’t show up to the Hulman Center. A slow start on the offensive end proved to be too large of an obstacle for ISU to overcome.

“Just from the tip our energy wasn’t there on either end,” Head Coach Greg Lansing said. “I didn’t feel like we ever had a chance tonight.”

The lack of energy led to a poor shooting performance for the Sycamores who scored just 25 points in the first half and ended the game shooting an abysmal 35 percent. Brandon Murphy’s six consecutive free throws and backto-back makes from deep

by Barnes is what kept ISU in the game before the end of the half.

Defensively ISU had their hands full. MSU senior Alize Johnson was the MVC Preseason Player of the Year and he has been showing teams why.

He is the only player in the conference averaging a double-double. Heading into Tuesday he averaged a stunning stat line of 15.3 points per game and 11.4 rebounds per game. In numerous NBA mock drafts Johnson has been pegged as a mid-first round pick.

Johnson had 9 points at the half, but was making his biggest impact without the ball in his hands. ISU’s defense had to constantly keep an eye on him, which meant open shots for other players. Jarrid Rhodes and Jarred Dixon each finished in double-digits—Rhodes with 11 and Dixon with 13.

After halftime ISU made things interesting. The team managed to get going offensively thanks to Brenton Scott shouldering the weight of his team’s poor shooting night. At one point Scott made five consecutive shots to bring the deficit to single-digits. However, that is when

Johnson made his move for the Bears.

Johnson showed his offensive arsenal while Scott showed his. When Scott would make a mid-range jumper, Johnson would respond with a deep hook shot. When Scott would make a 3-pointer, Johnson would respond with one of this own. Unfortunately for ISU, Scott cooled off for ISU while Johnson carried the Bears the rest of the way.

ISU now preps for the top team in the MVC, the Loyola Ramblers. Scott said that the team needs to have a sense of urgency every time they stop on the court. Both Lansing and Scott preached that the energy exhibited Tuesday can’t happen again if the team hopes to compete in the last few weeks of the season.

ISU defeated Loyola on the road on Jan. 3 by a score of 61-57. They look to complete the season sweep Saturday at 2 PM.

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Brenton Scott led the way in Sycamores in scoring with 19 points during the previous match against Loyla University.

Sycamores looking to rebound against Loyola Ramblers Jay Adkins Reporter

This upcoming weekend, the Indiana State University Sycamores men’s basketball team will compete against the Loyola Ramblers out of Loyola University Chicago.

The Sycamores are 1114 on the season and coming off of a brutal blowout loss to the hands of the Missouri State University Bears (81-62).

In that game, senior guard Brenton Scott led the way for the Sycamores in scoring with 19 points while also contributing with two assists, four rebounds, and one steal in 36 minutes played. Brenton also finished with a teambest five of seven from three point range. Sophomore guard Jordan Barnes led the team with three assists while also contributing with 12 points, four rebounds, and one steal in 32 minutes played. Junior forward Devin Thomas and junior center Emondre Rickman both finished the game with a team-best six rebounds each. Guard Qiydar Davis finished with

the team’s only block of the game while also contributing with eight points, four rebounds, and one steal in 31 minutes played. Redshirt freshman guard Matt Deady had a team-best two steals while also contributing with two points and three assists. The Sycamores also got solid contributions out of senior center Brandon Murphy (10 points, five rebounds) and freshman guard Clayton Hughes (two assists, one rebound).

While the Sycamores did not come out with a win, they will have another shot at being on their home court against another MVC opponent.

The Ramblers are 20-5 on the season so far and currently on a two game winning streak with victories against the Missouri State University Bears (9775) and the Drake University Bulldogs (72-57).

Redshirt junior guard Clayton Custer has lead the Ramblers all season thus far. He has been the determining factor in most games whether it had been a win or loss in their column this year.

Custer leads the Ramblers in points per game (14.4), assists (82), and steals (34) for the season. Freshman center Cameron Krutwig leads the team in rebounds per game and blocks with 6.7 and 19, respectively.

Senior forward Aundre Jackson leads the team in field goal percentage (.592) while also averaging 11.2 points per game. Jackson also leads the Ramblers in field goal attempts and field goals makes with 116 and 196, respectively. Senior guard/forward Donte Ingram leads the team in three point attempts (120) and three pointers made (49). Junior guard Marques Townes is second on the team in points per game behind Clayton Custer with 11.3 points.

If the Ramblers want a shot at coming to Terre Haute and leaving with a win, they will need all four of their key players to come out shooting and getting it done before they head back that Chicago. However, the Sycamores are in a must win situation now that the season is close to an end here shortly.

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Tyler Ward (9) is the team’s top returning pitcher with 84.1 innings last season and finishing last season with 4.16 ERA.

ISU baseball opens next weekend

Garrett Short Reporter

The 2018 season opens next weekend for the Indiana State baseball team as they travel to Las Vegas to start their season.

Last season the Sycamores finished with a record of 29-26 en route to finishing a solid season.

This year’s team has a lot of new faces after losing quite a few key players from last year’s squad. The team may have lost the most defensively as their center fielder, left fielder, shortstop, third baseman, first baseman, and catcher all moved on from ISU. Hannahs knows that you can’t replace players immediately. This year’s team will be young and a bit inexperienced, but he thinks his team will be

competitive especially as the year progresses.

“I think we have very capable guys. I think it’s just a matter of getting them experience,” said Head Coach Mitch Hannahs.

The new faces on the team will get their first action for ISU in Vegas. The team plays four games; two against UNLV, one against Loyola Marymount, and one against Oregon.

The pitching staff also took a hit as they lost their ace, Will Kincanon, to the draft as he was taken in the 11th round by the Chicago White Sox. ISU also lost starter Ryan Keaffaber and closer Austin Conway to graduation.

The team’s top returning pitcher is junior Tyler Ward. The Santa Claus, Ind. native tossed 84.1 innings last season and

finished the season with a 4.16 ERA. Ward also boasts experience as he threw 80.1 innings his freshman year. The Sycamores will lean on him to earn his share of wins this season.

“Tyler is one of those guys that is constantly working to improve himself,” said Hannahs. “He’s gotten better every year and we really feel like he’s going to have another great year for us.”

Joining Ward as a starter is junior college transfer Tristan Weaver. Hannahs has liked what he’s seen out of Weaver this spring and dating back to last fall. Coming to Terre Haute from Lincoln Land Community College, the southpaw was named to the All-Conference team and was a Third Team

All-American.

At the plate the team lost a few key hitters in Tony Rosselli and Tyler Friis who were taken in last year’s MLB Draft. ISU does return one of their biggest sluggers in redshirt senior Dane Giesler. Giesler was recently named Preseason All-MVC. This comes

as no surprise as last season he led the team with 17 homeruns and also hit .291.

Junior Clay Dungan returns to bolster the batting order after hitting .275 in his sophomore campaign.

What might have been his most important statistic was his 42 RBIs. With

some many vacancies in the batting order left by departing players, Dungan and Giesler will be expected to produce runs for the Sycamores.

ISU takes a few road trips before their home opener against Western Illinois on March 10.