March 27, 2017

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Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds honored at recent service.

Students painted pottery to relieve stress and to make friends.

Softball makes comeback in weekend game to win a Valley series.

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Volume 124, Issue 65

Businessman Chris Westfall set to speak at ISU Claire Silcox Reporter

Teaching Indiana State University students and the public about his business techniques, Chris Westfall will be speaking in Tilson Auditorium Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Chris Westfall is a nationally known motivational speaker best known for his winning of the National Elevator Pitch.

This presentation will act as a kickoff for ISU’s first annual Scott College of Business Sales and Negotiations Center Elevator Pitch Competition on April 7.

“Value starts with your story. That’s my focus: creating a more powerful conver-

sation, in a way that’s about his personal authentic, clear and • Who: Chris Westfall communication excompelling,” Westfall • What: Speaks about his business techniques perience and philossaid in the media reophies. lease about the sem- • When: Tuesday 7 p.m.

“I’m gonna be inar. sharing ideas about • Where: Tilson Auditorium Westfall will be how to communicate speaking about his more effectively and new book, “The NEW Elevator Pitch,” more persuasively than you ever have beand there will be a book signing with him fore,” Westfall said in a special video reafter the program. The reception will have lease for the event at ISU. refreshments, and Westfall will sign any The ISU Elevator Pitch Competition of his books including his newest and has the possibility of students winning “BulletProof Branding” and “The Millen- up to $250 for submitting a short video nial CEO.” about a defining collegiate moment by With Westfall starting the ISU Elevator March 30.

Pitch Competition, he will be speaking Through four rounds, each advancing

in difficulty, students will compete in front of judges of Corporal Partners of the ISU Scott College of Business Sales and Negotiations Center who are looking to hire students.

“Teaching our students to give good elevator pitches is a vital skill when they are out competing for jobs. It is a skill that can benefit any student regardless of major or career plan,” David Fleming, director of the Sales and Negotiations Center, said in the media release.

Westfall will be kicking off this opportunity among students of all majors at ISU Tuesday. The event is free and open to the public.

Event proves STEM can be fun Anthony Goelz Reporter

The Science Building will be opening its doors to students for Night at the Museum - Part II on Wednesday.

During Night at the Museum, “the laboratories in the science building will be coming alive.

We will be highlighting about 20 research laboratories and will also be presenting many K-12 science activities throughout the first and second floors of the science building,” said geography and geology professor Jim Speer.

Speer is organizing the event along with Diana Hews, Eric Glendening, Amos Winter, Eulsun Seung and Rusty Gonser, according to the ISU website.

“The purpose of the event is to raise awareness about the research that we do in the sciences at Indiana State University and to demonstrate how science is fun,” Speer said.

The sciences are often overlooked for the beauty of the subject. Science has given society many things people take for granted. Technology, medicines or even just a fundamental understanding of the world, scientists are modern day explorers who forge ahead through the murkiness of the unknown.

“The Science Educators of Tomorrow will be conducting K-6 experiments that should be fun

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The Night at the Museum - Part II event hosted at the science building will go on Wednesday night.

for all ages. Chemistry has set up a Harry Potter themed series of experiments for the general public and physics has developed about a dozen hands-on science experiments that demonstrate some basic science principles while being entertaining,” Speer said.

Speer also spoke about an interactive archeological dig as well as other activities to show how the world works. Speer stressed the point that this event is meant to be educational as well as engaging and entertaining.

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Recker tapped for development leadership role The Indiana State University Division of Development has hired Tom Recker as associate vice president for development.

A native of Michigan, Recker brings more than 25 years of experience in higher education and not-for-profit major gift fundraising.

“I am impressed with Tom’s vast experience in the field of development. I am confident he will execute a comprehensive, broad-reaching program to raise private financial support for our university in alignment with its strategic goals,” said Ron Carpenter, vice president for university development at Indiana State.

Recker will lead a development team of 12 people who will work

Chancellor improperly accepted free fitness benefits

to meet internal goals and assist the university’s deans to meet their colleges’ objectives.

“Tom has worked at several large universities including Purdue, IU and most recently at Maryland,” Carpenter said. “He has been highly successful, and we are excited that he wanted to come back to the Midwest.”

The Division of Development was created last fall from the restructuring of the ISU Foundation under the university’s leadership. The division is responsible for identifying and building relationships with prospective donors, soliciting and stewarding those gifts. It is closely connected with the foundation, which retained its 501(c)(3) status to receive donations and

manage assets for the benefit of Indiana State.

“Tom’s experience will help the university’s development division achieve its strategic goals.

Private fund raising is the key to our continuing competitive advantage,” said President Dan Bradley.

Recker has worked as the executive director for development at the University of Maryland since 2015. His return to Indiana is a sort of homecoming for Recker, whose connections to the state date back to the 1980s.

“There is no better time than now to provide access and opportunity to many young men and women through a college

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University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks improperly accepted free benefits, including membership to the campus fitness center, personal training sessions and the unauthorized transfer of exercise equipment from the public gym to his private residence, a university investigation has found.

Overall, Dirks failed to pay $4,990 in fees for the gym membership and personal training, and enjoyed the private use of a Precor Cross Trainer elliptical exercise machine worth $3,500 to $4,000, according to findings of the heavily redacted report released Friday.

UC ethics rules bar employees from the unauthorized use of campus resources or facilities or the “entanglement” of private interests with UC obligations.

The investigation — which was sparked in April by a whistle-blower complaint and performed for the UC Office of the President by an outside company, Public Interest Investigations Inc. — concluded that Dirks violated those rules.

The chancellor, through a spokesman, declined to comment Friday.

UC spokeswoman Dianne Klein said Dirks had apologized and repaid the money owed even before the investigation was completed in September.

Allegations about the chancellor’s fitness benefits were widely circulated on campus last summer and further fueled dissatisfaction with his leadership. Dirks already was under fire over his handling of sexual misconduct cases, faculty relations and budget problems. The chancellor, who joined Berkeley in 2013, announced his resignation in August and will step down June 30.

Carol T. Christ, UC Berkeley’s interim executive vice chancellor and provost, will succeed him July 1.

According to the report, Dirks was a self-described “workout

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Violence erupts at pro-Trump rally in Southern California Cindy Carcamo, Adam Elmahrek and Ben Brazil Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES—Violence erupted at a Make America Great Again rally in Huntington Beach on Saturday after a protester opposed to President Donald Trump allegedly doused a female organizer of the event with pepper spray, sparking a brawl that ended with several arrests.

A group of flag-waving Trump supporters tackled the man with the pepper spray, who was wearing a black mask, and started punching and kicking him, according to witnesses. Several other fights also broke out between demonstrators.

The crowd chased the masked man, who jumped over a fence

and started running along Pacific Coast Highway, where he was detained by California Highway Patrol officers.

A handful of counter-protesters fled the scene.

Travis Guenther, whose wife was also pepper-sprayed, said he was among those who chased the masked man and hit him with a flag that said, “Trump, Make America Great Again.”

“I hit him five times with the flag over his head,” said Geunther, who yelled at the man as he was detained by law enforcement officials.

“How is your head?” he asked the man.

“We’re not xenophobic,” Guenther said. “We’re not racist. We’re just proud Americans.”

Jennifer Sterling of Huntington Beach, the organizer who was hit with pepper spray,

seemed unfazed by the incident, which involved a small number of protesters.

“It was a quick reaction,” she said. “There was about 12 of them.”

Sterling said the rally was not simply for Trump but also a patriotic rally, celebrating first responders, military veterans, the vice president and the president.

The noontime rally and march at Bolsa Chica State Beach, which drew several hundred Trump supporters, was one of about 40 affiliated events scheduled nationwide.

The dozen or so counter-demonstrators — including one who wore a patch that said, “Only You Can Resist Racists Liars” — were overwhelmed by Trump supporters. They all refused to identify themselves, but one told a reporter that the group only

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A scuffule breaks out during a Make America Great Again March on Saturday, March 25, 2017, in Huntington Beach, Calif.

used pepper spray after they were shoved and punched by their rivals.

But Steele Vaz, 17, of Huntington Beach said he saw masked people spray and punch Sterling and got in the middle to try and

break it up.

“I was here to support (Trump) but I didn’t know it was going to be violent,” said Steele, who was there with his family. “They

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Robots could take over 38 percent of US jobs within about 15 years, report says Samantha Masunaga Los Angeles Times (TNS)

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a National Economic Council meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 24, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Trump approval for pipeline doesn’t guarantee it’ll be built Stuart Leavenworth McClatchy Washington Bureau Completion of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline is still far from a done deal, despite the Trump administration’s approval of a key permit on Friday that reversed a decision by the Obama administration.

Soon after the State Department granted TransCanada a permit to build a pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, Trump sat smiling in the Oval Office beside the president of the Canadian company. He declared it a “great day for American jobs.”

But it’s still anything but clear when work can begin on uncompleted sections of the pipeline, which is designed to carry crude from the oil sands of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Nebraska Public Service Commission still must issue a crucial permit so the pipeline can cross state boundaries, and that decision may not come until September.

Farmers, landowners and Native American tribes are battling the pipeline, as are national environmental groups and climate activists. They’ve pledged to deploy a variety of strategies — including litigation and civ-

il disobedience — to derail the pipeline, as they did during the Obama administration.

“This project is going to be fought at every turn,” said Bill McKibben, an author and environmentalist who participated in a media call Friday with other pipeline opponents. This time, said McKibben, opponents will be helped by depressed oil and gas prices, which make the pipeline less financially viable than before.

Polls also show declining public support for the pipelines such as Keystone and Dakota Access.

“Game on,” said McKibben, founder of the anti-carbon campaign, 350.org and author of “The End of Nature” and other books. “The fight will be very real and very intense.”

Following seven years of protest, President Barack Obama rejected the pipeline in 2015, stating it would undermine the U.S. commitment to reducing carbon emissions. On Friday, the State Department issued a document concluding that the pipeline serves U.S. interests, by improving access to a “dependable source of oil.”

The presidential permit was signed by Tom Shannon, a career diplomat. Secretary of State

Rex Tillerson recused himself because of his previous position as CEO of Exxon/Mobil, one of the companies with a financial interest in the pipeline.

Canada’s oil sands are located in a sub-artic boreal forest and require extensive use of energy to extract them. Because of low energy prices, two European oil companies have abandoned their production projects in the region, and Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon have reduced their holdings.

Before Obama rejected the Keystone Pipeline permits, more than 97,000 activists signed a “pledge of resistance,” vowing to risk arrest in civil disobedience to stop the pipeline, according to CREDO Action, a digital activist networking organization based in San Francisco.

With Trump’s election, organizers are now evaluating whether to encourage these pledge signers to engage in civil disobedience.

“We saw what happened with the Dakota Access (pipeline) protests,” said Josh Nelson, deputy political director for CREDO. “Authorities there ready to use pretty extreme force on

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More than a third of U.S. jobs could be at “high risk” of automation by the early 2030s, a percentage that’s greater than in Britain, Germany and Japan, according to a report released Friday.

The analysis, by accounting and consulting firm PwC, emphasized that its estimates are based on the anticipated capabilities of robotics and artificial intelligence, and that the pace and direction of technological progress are “uncertain.”

It said that in the U.S., 38 percent of jobs could be at risk of automation, compared with 30 percent in Britain, 35 percent in Germany and 21 percent in Japan.

The main reason is not that the U.S. has more jobs in sectors that are universally ripe for automation, the report says; rather, it’s that more U.S. jobs in certain sectors are potentially vulnerable than, say, British jobs in the same sectors.

For example, the report says the financial and insurance sector has much higher possibility of automation in the U.S. than in Britain. That’s because, it says, American finance workers are less educated than British ones.

While London finance employees work in international markets, their U.S. counterparts focus more on the domestic retail market, and workers “do not need to have the same educational levels,” the report said.

Jobs that require less education are at higher potential risk of automation, according to the report.

Other industries that could be at high risk include hospitality and food service and transportation and storage.

Analysts have said truck driving probably will be the first

form of driving in the U.S. to be fully automated, as long-range big rigs travel primarily on highways — the easiest roads to navigate without human intervention.

But robots won’t necessarily replace so many human workers. The report highlights several economic, legal and regulatory hurdles that could prevent automation, even in jobs where it would be technologically feasible.

For one, the cost of robots — including maintenance and repairs — could still be too expensive compared with human workers. And in the case of self-driving vehicles, questions remain about who is liable in an accident.

In other words, moving robots outside of a controlled environment is “still a big step,” said John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC in Britain.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that he wasn’t worried about artificial intelligence taking over American jobs.

“I think we’re so far away from that that it’s not even on my radar screen,” he told Axios Media. “I think it’s 50 or 100 more years.”

Mnuchin also said automation would enable human workers to do more productive jobs at higher wages. “It’s taken jobs that are low-paying,” he said. “We need to make sure we are investing in education and training for the American worker.”

Automation could end up creating some jobs, the PwC report said. Greater robotic productivity could boost the incomes of those behind the new technology, which Hawksworth said could flow into the larger economy.

Sectors that are harder to automate, such as health care, could also see a rise in jobs, he said.

Fans celebrate lives of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Rosanna Xia Los Angeles Times (TNS) Under clear blue skies, hundreds of fans made the pilgrimage Saturday to Forest Lawn’s Hall of Liberty in the Hollywood Hills to pay tribute to actress Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds.

“These were my girls …,” Todd Fisher, who helped organize the public memorial, told those who had gathered to honor the memory of his famous sister and mother.

Fisher shared some family stories with the audience and noted Reynold’s life-long love affair with show business, drawing laughs and tears from the audience.

“The entire thing I’m calling a show, not a memorial … because my mother loved shows,” he said.

“This show was designed for you to be in our living room together … celebrating two amazing women.”

In the hours before the ceremony, hundreds of fans formed a long line outside the pavilion with many wearing wristbands

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Todd Fisher and Catherine Hickland walk into Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn Memorial Park-Hollywood Hills, in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 25.

that said “Debbie and Carrie forever in our hearts” and clutching programs imprinted with the quote, “Don’t be afraid of death, be afraid of an un-lived life.”

Some wore elegant dresses and suits while others donned “Star Wars” attire in tribute to what many consider Carrie Fisher’s biggest role as Princess Leia in the famous adventure film series.

They shared opinions of their

favorite movies and their admiration for the two women who struck them as “inspiring” and “unapologetically themselves.”

Many had to sit in the lobby or outside, where the memorial was streamed on large TV screens.

For the 1,200 or so who managed to get a seat inside the hall, the ceremony was a cherished slice of Hollywood history. Crystal Jackson drove from Arizona

with her daughter Heather and her 4-year-old and 2-year-old granddaughters “to share this experience with so many other people who loved Debbie and Carrie, too.”

“It feels like we’re here to mourn — and to celebrate — a family member today. I mean, we all grew up with them,” Heather Jackson said, looking around at all of those gathered in the hall.

“We idolize them. Their relationship is like what my mother and I have.”

“I hope they know how much they are loved,” Kenneth Parkhurst, 43, said. He had driven down from Orangevale in the Sacramento area and arrived at the cemetery by 7 a.m. to ensure that he had a seat for the 1 p.m. ceremony.

Donning a black “Star Wars” cap, Parkhurst had patiently waited in line all morning, flipping through Fisher’s most recent book, “The Princess Diarist.”

“She was more than just our princess, she was our ambassador,” he said. “She would make you feel included in whatever you saw her in. You weren’t just entertained, she made you feel like part of the club.”

Fisher, 60, an actress and writer who starred as Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, died Dec. 27 after suffering a medical emergency days earlier aboard a flight from London.

Reynolds, 84, whose singing

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indianastatesman.com RECKER FROM PAGE 1 education,” Recker said. “Today’s students will shape our state, our nation and our world through the power of higher education.

Indiana State has had, and will continue to have, a significant impact on changing the lives of our students.

“The power of philanthropy is significant,” he added. “Through philanthropy, we allow the uni-

FANS FROM PAGE 2 and dancing in “Singin’ in the Rain” and other musicals turned her into America’s sweetheart and an iconic box office star for years, died the following day.

Todd Fisher told media outlets at the time that his mother was under stress over the death of her daughter and suffered a stroke at her home at about noon. Reynolds told him she missed her daughter and wanted to be with her.

Close friends and family held a private funeral in January.

BERKELEY FROM PAGE 1 nut” who was offered a free membership to Berkeley’s 100,000-square-foot Recreational Sports Facility after a tour in 2013. He also began workout sessions with Devin Wicks, the facility’s assistant director for fitness operations.

The name of the person who approved the free membership and training was redacted. But Mike Weinberger, who headed the recreational facility until his retirement in February 2016, told the Los Angeles Times last year he had approved the services for Dirks to promote his fitness programs and did not be-

NIGHT FROM PAGE 1 “This is our second year holding the Night at the Museum event. We were the opening event for the Community Semester in 2016, so it was last held

Monday, March. 27, 2017 • Page 3 versity to shape students’ futures, provide groundbreaking research, and provide a strong academic experience, both in and out of the classroom, for our future societal leaders.”

Recker was assistant dean for advancement at Indiana University’s College of Arts and Sciences 2009-2015, was director of advancement for the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue 2005-2009 and director of de-

velopment for the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue 2004-2005.

He was executive vice president of the Grand Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa and Phi Sigma Kappa Foundation in Indianapolis 1987-2004.

Recker was assistant executive director for the same organization 1985-1987.

“I’ve spent over half my life in this great state,” he said. “I look

forward to the opportunity to use my skills and abilities, and more importantly to working with our development team, towards raising funds that will help Indiana State University to continue to excel.”

Recker earned a master’s in student personnel from Bowling Green State University in 1985 and a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1982.

He is the father of two teenagers.

“I’m also a huge college football fan, and of course a big fan of the Colts,” he said. “And I still consider Larry Bird to be one of the greatest players to ever set foot on the basketball hardwood.”

Saturday’s memorial opened with a color guard and included a mournful R2-D2 droid, video segments commemorating both women’s accomplishments and philanthropy, dance tributes by the Debbie Reynolds Studio as well as a performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles.

There was also music by “Star Wars” composer John Williams, and a new song from British singer James Blunt that played over intimate family photo montages of Fisher and Reynolds.

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it with U.S. steel. He since has relaxed that requirement after learning that TransCanada had already purchased steel from companies headquartered outside the United States, including Russia, India and Italy.

Fossil fuel interests applauded the administration’s announcement. “This critical infrastructure project has been studied longer than any pipeline project in U.S. history,” said Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute.

“Moving forward, we strongly

urge the individual states, which stand to benefit from the Keystone XL pipeline, to approve this important project.”

But Kenny Bruno, an anti-tarsands campaigner, said the battle will go on, noting that experts once predicted that the pipeline would be completed years ago.

“They underestimated the resourcefulness and the dedication of landowners and the tribes along the route,” he said. “They underestimated the energy of a rejuvenated climate movement around the country.”

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affair, which included music and dancing.

They blamed the media and an evil “globalist” agenda pushed by liberal elites for casting them as bigots.

Elsa Aldeguer, a Latina who said she was head of the Latino Coalition of Los Angeles, had her 9-year-old son speak to the crowd.

The child railed against the mainstream media.

“The media only says bad things about Trump. They don’t say the good things about Trump,” the boy said to an eruption of cheers.

Others said they were proud of their peaceful event and pointed to the group’s diversity as proof that they are not racists.

“We’re not here to fight,” said Daniel, a California State, Northridge student from Arcadia who declined to give his last name. “We’re here to stand up for our beliefs.”

Native Americans and water protectors who were peacefully putting their bodies on the line.”

For now, Nelson and his group hope to focus activist attention on upcoming meetings of the Nebraska Public Service Commission. “We will put heavy pressure on them,” he said.

“They will receive more public comment than any state commission has ever received.”

Trump campaigned for president on a pledge to restart the Keystone pipeline and build

lieve it violated university policy to do so.

Wicks and Dirks told investigators that their workouts were not personal training sessions; rather, they were exercising together as friends. But investigators concluded otherwise — citing references to personal training in email exchanges, personal calendar notations and the recollections of witnesses interviewed.

Investigators found that Dirks had accepted 48 sessions valued at $3,120 between 2014 and February 2016, and that his fouryear gym membership was valued at $1,870.

The report also found that

Wicks, Dirks and a third person whose name was redacted told different stories about who requested the transfer of the elliptical exercise machine to the chancellor’s home. Investigators concluded that the account from the third person, who said Dirks asked Wicks for the equipment, was most credible.

Investigators also concluded that Wicks, who was placed on leave during the investigation but has since returned to work, had improperly provided services to Dirks and attempted to interfere with the investigation.

He could not be reached for comment Friday.

in January of that year,” Speer said. “Last year we had about 150 people attend the event, but this year we are hoping for closer to 500.”

“The College of Arts and Sciences and the Vigo County Li-

brary are providing financial support for this event which is a part of the 2017 Community Semester,” Speer said.

Night at the Museum – Part II is on March 29 at 6 p.m. in the Science Building.

sprayed her. They were punching her.”

His mother Arlet Vaz said she was proud of her son’s actions.

“He did the right thing,” she said. “He’ll defend anybody.”

Vaz said this won’t stop the family from attending more proTrump rallies.

“There is even more reason to go,” she said.

Capt. Kevin Pearsall of California State Parks said six people were originally detained but only four were arrested. He said three men were arrested on suspicion of illegal use of a Taser, and one woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and battery.

None of their names were immediately released.

Pearsall said all of those arrested were counter-demonstrators.

A separate pro-Trump rally was held Saturday in Hollywood without incident. About 100 people attended the more festive

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Carnival Around the World informs students Ian Bonner-Swedish Reporter

The Hispanic Latino Alliance hosted an event called Carnival Around the World: Hispanic Global Night in order to inform the Sycamore community about the different Hispanic and Latin cultures on campus.

The event took place Saturday night in Dede I. Tables were set up so that attendees could walk up and learn about various countries’ cultures and backgrounds.

“We have it every year. I wanted to do this way for people to be knowledgeable of each country and each facts that each country can bring and opt kill stereotypes,” said Jocelyn Ortiz, president of the Hispanic Latino Alliance.

The event taught attendees interesting facts about various countries. For example, El Salvador is the third largest economy in South America. Guatemala has a tradition where children are taught to create worry dolls. The child tells the doll his or her worries and then places them under their pillows. The dolls then remove the worries. South America is also home to very loving people.

Jasmine Finley, an ISU student, was able to get an idea of the accepting nature of South American culture. She said that if she could choose to visit anywhere, she’d pick Panama. “Because it mentioned the

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The Hispanic Latino Alliance hosted this event to showcase the different Hispanic and Latino culture present on campus.

fact that they don’t really look at skin color,” Finley said. “Everyone treats everyone the same versus here where everyone focuses on color. They’re very loving and family oriented. They have higher moral

standards.”

Students were able to dance at the event as well. A dance floor was set out in the center of Dede I, and Latin music was played.

“Yeah, I love to dance. Dance always lightens the mood; it gets everybody together,” Finley said.

HLA and IU Bloomington Latina Sorority Sigma Lambda Epsilon put together a performance for the audience. These groups performed dance styles such as merengue, cumbia, reggaeton and salsa.

“There were HLA members that did it,” Ortiz said. “A couple of girls that are on the (executive board) — my VP, secretary and treasurer. They are the ones that taught it and learned it and all that. They all brought something to the table.”

Ortiz believes that the event’s food provided did not represent their home as authentically as she would have liked.

However, Finley found the food options to be a pleasant surprise.

“I figured that it would be the typical Sodexo burgers and the other stuff, so it was surprising to see that they had what they had,” Finley said.

Ortiz, overall, viewed the HLA Global Night to be successful.

“Thanks so much to Sigma Lambda Epsilon and Sorority Inc. I want to thank everyone that came out. I want to thank those who were out at the table. I want to thank Student Social Workers Associations, and thank all the HLA members for coming out and putting there all into this event,” Ortiz said.

Carrie Fisher’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ scenes will not be changed Paresh Dave and Tracy Brown Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES — “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” will not be changed because of Carrie Fisher’s death. The actress, who died in December, appears throughout the next installment of the blockbuster series and won’t be replaced by a hologram, Walt Disney Co.’s top executive announced Thursday.

Fisher’s unexpected death sparked fervent speculation about how Disney would handle her role as Leia in “Stars Wars: The Last Jedi,” which is the eighth film in the series and scheduled for release in December.

“She’s in ‘VIII,’ and we’re not changing eight to deal with her passing,” Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger said during an on-stage conversation with his wife, Willow Bay, on Thursday at a conference hosted by USC’s Marshall and Annenberg schools. “Her performance, which we’ve been really pleased with, remains as it was.”

In “The Force Awakens,” it was revealed that Leia, now a general, is the leader of the Resistance fighting against the evil First Order. Her relationship with Han Solo has become a bit strained in the years since the events of “Return of the Jedi,” but the two share a son named Ben. Ben, however, has been seduced by the dark side of the Force and fights for the First Order as Kylo Ren, which means there is plenty of Skywalker-Solo family drama left to be explored in the remaining “Star Wars” films.

Iger and Bay also noted Fisher’s scenes in “The Last Jedi” wouldn’t be modified using hologram technology. Disney had

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Allison Williams as Rose in a scene from the movie “Get Out” directed by Jordan Peele.

How much would you pay to stream a big new movie?

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Would you pay $50 to see a big mainstream movie at home, a month after it hits theaters?

What about two weeks?

What about paying $30?

Let’s call this the theoretical $30 question. Earlier this week, Variety’s Brent Lang reported on the majority of the major film studios currently negotiating their future releasing strategy, specifically how quickly (and cheaply) to offer their titles for on-demand streaming and DVD viewing.

The studios have differing preferences regarding how quickly to make their movies available on all platforms. According to Variety, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. are weighing whether to make their films available on all platforms four to six weeks after their theatrical openings, at $30 a pop. Universal, meanwhile, prefers to see a home entertainment debut more quickly, in the three-week range, at a higher price.

Disney likes things just the way they are. With the walloping, pre-branded success of “Beauty and the Beast,” already flying toward the $500 million worldwide box-office mark after

last week’s U.S. launch, Disney is not interested in shortening the current, approximate 90day window and cannibalizing its theatrical revenue. It’s the custodian of the Marvel movies and the “Star Wars” movies, and those are movies audiences will actually get off social media long enough to see on a big screen, surrounded by strangers committing to a communal act of fandom.

I understand the economic argument. If a group, familial or otherwise, can save money and avoid a pricey concession stand (the bread and fake butter of the theatrical exhibition game), it’s a compelling scenario. You wait two, three or four weeks, instead of 12 or 13 weeks, to see a movie you want to see; you see it for $30 or so at home on your whatever-inch TV screen, surrounded by loved ones or even just people you tolerate; you make the snacks yourself. You save many dozens of dollars overall.

But as a private citizen, a moviegoer and a critic, I duck the economic argument almost every time when it comes to the medium I love.

I grew up with movies as a gang experience of a certain size, and countless X-factors (cleanliness, projection quality, run-

ning commentaries) out of my control. All those factors are still with us at the multiplex, compounded by texting.

It’s a drag, sometimes. But that’s how I like it. I don’t even like the phrase “on demand.” It sounds pushy and needy to me.

Here’s what we don’t know yet, and we won’t know, until it happens. We don’t know yet how a smaller excellent movie, such as “Moonlight” or “Manchester by the Sea,” will perform theatrically if “Moonlight” or “Manchester by the Sea” were available for home viewing a few weeks after (or simultaneous with) its highly profitable theatrical run.

We don’t know if Disney would be looking at its first probable billion-dollar hit of 2017 if “Beauty and the Beast” was a couple of weeks away from a $30, $40 or even $50 home entertainment option.

Jordan Peele’s low-budget killer “Get Out” has grossed $137 million domestically to date, on a budget of $4.5 million. If the movie had been made available day-and-date (simultaneously, that is) on home platforms, would that have stoked interest and profits, or lessened them?

Rebecca Hall, operations manager at the Gene Siskel Film Center, is a co-founder of the

proudly analog, defiantly purist Chicago Cinema Society. She’s a generation younger than me, and not what you’d call a frequent patron of the average multiplex.

“I feel sorry these days for the mainstream theaters,” she says.

“People aren’t all that attached to going to them.” However, Hall suspects a shorter gap between theatrical and home-viewing film availability “won’t devalue the theatrical experience. It’s apples and oranges, but at the Film Society, a lot of the old films we show are available online already. But we’re doing well. And it’s fun to go to the right movie theater. Especially for independent exhibitors, the Film Center, the Music Box, the Film Society, it’s about a community, running into people you know, and meeting people you don’t.”

My question to you, the reader: What price would you pay to see a big new movie at home, a few weeks after it opens in theaters?

On the other end of the cinematic spectrum: If nothing else, seeing “Beauty and the Beast” at an IMAX theater reasserts the drawing power of a known commodity on a screen bigger than your couch. Or your hand.

Paint a Pot allowed students to express creativity Adrienne Morris Reporter

Programs All Weekend hosted an event called Paint a Pot for students to express their creativity through painting. The event took place Saturday in the lower level of Pickerl Hall.

PAW’s goal for the event was to alleviate some of the stress by giving students the opportunity to wind down from the week after their spring break vacation.

Students were able to paint different types of pottery and interact with their peers during the event.

“It helps the students to meet new people and de-stress from the week after spring break. They get to paint and have fun,” Programming Assistant Brooke Biggs said.

The line before the event was filled with eager

students waiting to participate in painting pots and hanging out with old and new faces. “(I came to the event) because it looked fun, and I needed something to do. My experience has been fun so far, and I’m just ready to paint,” freshman Kateri Dubose said.

The event began to fill up so quickly that new tables were added, and the pottery began to run out.

“There are so many different people in there, and they can come out and meet new people. No one is sitting by anyone that they know, I think,” Biggs said.

The room was filled with the sound of mingled voices and different conversations all happening at once. People began showing off their projects to their peers.

There were words of encouragement given to one another throughout the event.

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The event was hosted by Programs All Weekend.

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CARRIE FROM PAGE 4 used a digital re-creation of a late actor in a previous “Star Wars” film.

“We’re not doing that with Carrie,” Iger said, describing the upcoming film as “just as satisfying” as the last “Stars Wars.”

“I’ve seen ‘VIII’ and it’s quite good,” he said, joking that he watches clips under the covers in bed to hide from his teenage sons. “It picks up where ‘VII’ left off.” (That film ended with Force-sensitive hero Rey face to face with the reclusive Jedi Luke Skywalker as she returned his lightsaber.)

Iger also shed some more light on the upcoming standalone Han Solo film, which stars Alden Ehrenreich as the younger incarnation of the famous smuggler.

Monday, March. 27, 2017 • Page 5 “We’re shooting now an origin story of Han Solo, which will come out in 2018,” Iger said.

“That picks up when (Han Solo) is 18 years old and takes us to when he is 24.”

The significance of those six years in Han Solo’s life?

“He acquires a certain vehicle and meets a certain Wookiee,” Iger said. “That will happen in this film, and you’ll also discover how he got his name.”

That’s right: Fans will finally learn how Han Solo came to own the Millennium Falcon and befriend Chewbacca. One detail still missing about the Phil Lordand Christopher Miller-helmed anthology film, however, is its official title.

Iger also teased the future of “Star Wars” beyond the already-planned films, including

“Episode IX” and one more anthology installment.

“We’re just starting to talk about what happens in ‘Star Wars’ after ‘IX,’” Iger said. “We have a creative team actually thinking about what could be another decade and a half of ‘Star Wars’ stories. It’s kind of mind-blowing to spend an afternoon with the creative team talking about that.

I mean, where could you go, or where should we go?

“A galaxy far, far away,” he joked.

Iger’s contract with Disney has just been extended for one year as the company continues to search for his replacement.

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” hits theaters Dec. 15, with the untitled Han Solo anthology film is scheduled for a May 2018 release.

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Staying anchored in restless waves Leah Kennedy Columnist

If you’re anything like me, you love Pinterest. All the quotes and the idea boards and the outfits and too perfect brides. I get sucked in.

Well, this morning, as I was laying in my bed wondering what I was going to write today, a whole host of faith pins showed up on my board. I didn’t think anything of it; I was just being lazy and enjoying having slept in until 7:30 and chatting with my boyfriend — a rare occurrence lately. But then I really started reading the pins. They were all about how God can move mountains. He can mold me and shape me to his perfect image of me. My favorite one was a picture of a lake or an ocean taken through some weeds that read, “Sometimes God calms the storm. Sometimes he lets the storm rage and he calms the child.” And I knew exactly what to write.

This week (and lets be real — this whole school year) I have been learning to trust in my Savior. He has been putting people in my path to shape me into the person I am, whether it be my amazing mentor Kristi or my very good friend Roger. He even has shown me my wonderful parents in a new light, but that is a topic for another day.

I’ll be totally honest, friends.

I wasn’t so close with the man upstairs when I arrived at Indiana State University, but now we talk all the time. Heck, yesterday we talked quite a lot as I prayed for guidance for a family friend who is battling addiction. But I find myself just thanking him for the mundane. Thank you, Lord, for your grace. Thank you for making me smile. Just every day stuff. And I think that is so important in college.

We live in a society that literally oozes sex, drugs and alcohol.

It’s easy to get off track. I’ve been off that track, my friends. Not because of sex, drugs or booze, but because of pain, heartbreak and a gut-wrenching question he never seemed to answer: Why? Jesus and I, you see, have a sarcastic type of relationship. I like to challenge him. If he wants me to see him, I demand he show me he is almighty and he is here.

And boy, does he.

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Healthcare worries Americans as it becomes a waiting game

Zach Davis Columnist

Healthcare has been a hot topic for quite some time. Healthcare has been expensive, and we needed to get a working system in place.

The most recent attempt at that was the Affordable Care Act, commonly called “Obamacare” after the administration it was passed under. It wasn’t perfect, but it has done some wonderful things for our country.

For example, more people have been insured and pre-existing conditions no longer prevent people from getting insurance.

After years of talk and a few attempts, Republicans are finally in a position to make changes to the ACA. However, they haven’t been successful. Last week Donald Trump fell short of fulfilling his November campaign promise to “immediately repeal and

replace Obamacare.”

The Republican healthcare reform garnished widespread opposition from both parties, despite Steve Bannon literally demanding votes. The bill had to be pulled from the floor before votes were even cast.

Paul Ryan spoke after Republicans withdrew the bill Friday, stating that Trump “gave it his all in this effort,” which might be quite a literal statement.

Trump has shown such a disinterest in pursuing the matter further that it seems like he has just given up.

His healthcare reform page has been removed from his website, and he even said Friday that he won’t do anything until “after this mess known as Obamacare explodes.”

This sends a message to the American people: he isn’t dedicated to pursuing his campaign promises. In a special statement in November, Trump vowed he would have the ACA repealed so he could implement a better healthcare system.

Mike Pence insists that “President Trump is never going to stop fighting to keep his promises to the American people.”

However, after one attempt,

Trump declared through Twitter that he is throwing in the towel until after the ACA fails, saying, “ObamaCare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great healthcare plan for the people. Do not worry.”

He is simply wrong. We should be very worried. People have to suffer the costs of healthcare rising, fines for those who can’t afford insurance and a pharmaceutical industry that inflates their prices for more profit.

He is fully aware of all these problems, but he isn’t showing any attempt to try unless his reform passes. This all-or-nothing mentality in this situation is going to cause the deaths of potentially millions of Americans who can’t afford healthcare.

Trump is in a position to make huge changes if he tried. He does have a lot of power and influence, and he could help barter compromises between the parties to give the people a working healthcare system.

Instead, he decides to remain complacent while people go bankrupt and die. That is simply unacceptable, especially for someone who was elected into office to look out for the citizens’ best interests.

Surprisingly enough, Trump supporters aren’t as upset with him as they should be. Reuters reports that the majority of the blame is being placed on the House of Representatives and other politicians rather than Trump himself.

Quite frankly, that’s backwards. Trump made the promises and got the people’s hopes up, and he is the one who is refusing to help unless his bill gets passed.

He is now part of the problem.

We can’t just choose to ignore this. The actions Trump takes now will set the tone for the rest of his presidency. He has already had a major roadblock in his immigration reform with his ban being overthrown in court.

Now he is breaking a promise he made after one attempt, with no indication of a follow-up.

This leaves a sour taste in many Americans’ mouths.

Hopefully this tone changes because something needs to be done to the ACA. Small changes can be made and compromises can be reached to keep people from dying.

He needs to be held accountable for his actions. Maybe he will see that the people want something done.

Spying and surveillance is not for stopping terrorism

Steve Wininger Columnist

One cannot walk very long in public without seeing a reminder that we are being watched.

For some, the presence of cameras gives them a sense of security, for others, it is a sense that “big brother is watching them.”

Regardless of what you think about surveillance, whether it be cameras in public and private businesses, or the fact the government has the potential to listen in to any of your electronic communications, it is here, and most likely here to stay.

Does spying work?

In light of the recent terror attack outside the British Parliament, the level of surveillance used by British authorities and the number of cameras scattered throughout the country, London makes for a good example of how the surveillance state is not working to defeat terrorism.

In the United Kingdom, there is approximately one camera for every 14 people. That estimate, according to an article in the Telegraph, does not include the number of homes that have surveillance or the number of people that could be using a recording device in a public space at any given moment; it is almost impossible to walk in public without some form of surveillance device noticing you.

While it is impossible to watch that many cameras live at one time, one would think they could stop terrorists from carrying out their heinous atrocities.

After all, it is terrorism that has

prompted the surveillance state as we know it.

That was the reason of the passage of the United States of America Patriot Act in 2001, and the reason many other countries in the West stepped up their surveillance activities.

After the 2005 terrorist bombing in London, then Prime Minister Tony Blair swore that the U.K. “would stop at nothing to stop terrorism.” Not only did the number of cameras increase, but also the amount of other types of surveillance, such as internet and phone communications.

After the attack at Westminster, a familiar pattern emerges.

As with so many terror attacks, the government knew of the person, or persons, committing the act, admitting the person had been under previous investigation or surveillance.

According to British Prime Minister Theresa May, the attacker was born in Britain and known to intelligence (MI5).

Just after 9/11, other countries,

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in addition to the United States, enacted legislation to increase surveillance capabilities in the name of security.

Since then, terror attacks have continued. Too many times, as was the case in the London attack, the government admits they knew of the person before they carried out their terroristic acts.

Of the other western countries, most have experienced additional terror related attacks within their territories since they enacted legislation that increased surveillance and changed how terrorism is defined.

The list is too lengthy to elaborate here, but a simple internet search will, unfortunately, net many results throughout the world where terrorists are still operating, even though the premise of increased surveillance, tougher laws, greater state power and other measures has not stopped terrorism.

In June 2013, Edward Snowden went public about how

the Obama administration was using a court order to spy on millions of Americans.

The revelation of data mining confirmed that the government had indeed overstepped its boundaries, at least in the eyes of many citizens and some in Congress and the Senate.

In January 2014, then President Obama explained in a speech in which he outlined revisions to the intelligence operations that there needed to be a conversation about the balance between security and liberty.

Obama mentioned that after 9/11, in a rush to answer the threat of terrorism, that government overreach and the possibility of losing some core liberties in pursuit of security became more likely.

It was the overreach by government that was taking place which prompted Snowden to go public with what the government was doing.

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WAVES FROM PAGE 6

SPYING FROM PAGE 6

He smacked me right across the face one night sitting in the seats of the Live Original Tour.

He said, “Leah, you want me to show you why? Okay. I will.”

And that was the night I allowed my relationship with him to grow. He really opened my ears.

And if you listen, he just may open yours.

So here are a few things to remember if you’re out there, feeling lost. He is almighty. He will never leave, nor forsake you (look up the footprints poem – it’s a good one).

He has a plan for you; he will show you the way if you look to him.

Be a light in the darkness.

That’s straight off the Live Original Tour. Don’t let anyone dim your light for Jesus Christ.

And finally, be still and know that he is God. He’s got this. I promise.

I’m no preacher, and I probably have no business putting this out to be read, but I know that when I sat down and asked God to give me words, this is what he told me to say. All you have to do is ask God to show you the way back to him, friends. You can even be a little sassy if you need to be. He doesn’t mind. He loves you just the same. Have an awesome week.

The USA Patriot Act was enacted into law quickly. Only one senator opposed it.

In 2006, during the debate for the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, Democratic Senator Russ Feingold voiced his concern about how the law could lead to a police state.

He warned of the ambiguous language, how the executive branch might interpret the language and how even the interpretations were becoming secret.

Has the excessive amount of surveillance and spying worked?

Since 2006, when the debate was taking place about reauthorizing the Patriot Act, several attacks by those sympathetic to, or

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One would think that with the level of surveillance, terrorism would virtually be eliminated.

Since the revelations by Edward Snowden, there have been 31 terror attacks in the United States, and only one of those has been thwarted.

Is terrorism being used as a catalyst for the police state that Senator Feingold warned about?

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Could George Orwell’s “1984” be coming to pass? Surveillance is now a regular part of society. How much further, in the name of security, are we willing to sacrifice our liberty?

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The Indiana State Unicersity Sycamores finished the Joe Walker invite hosted by Ole Miss University on Saturday coming out on top while winning four individual events.

Sycamores come away with four more event titles Tyler Wooten

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Indiana State men’s and women’s track & field won four more event titles to close out a productive opening weekend to the outdoor season at the Joe Walker Invite hosted by Ole Miss on Saturday.

The Sycamore men’s hurdlers adjusted to the outdoor 110-meter hurdles just fine after two strong openers from seniors Marcus Neely and Daley Carter.

Neely – the indoor 60-meter hurdles champion, the defending outdoor 110-meter runner-up and a two-time NCAA East Region qualifier – took the title on a winning time of 14.01 seconds, beating out former Sycamore All-American and Olympian Greggmar Swift at 14.04.

Neely’s time currently ranks seventh in the NCAA, second in the East Region and No. 1 in the Valley as of press time.

Carter finished not far behind in sixth at 14.52, the 49th-best in the NCAA and 27th-best in the East Region at this early point in the outdoor season. Carter hasn’t run the 110-meter hurdles since the 2015 season, in which he qualified for the East Regional meet. Carter missed the 2016

outdoor season due to injury.

Former ISU great Max Tuttle completed the Sycamore sweep with a win in the 400-meter hurdles at 52.37.

Sophomore distance star Brooke Moore picked up her outdoor season right where the indoor season left off with an impressive opening win in the 800-meter run. After an indoor season that saw Moore break both the mile (4:43.04) and 3K (9:35.60) records, Moore has already vaulted herself up to sixth all-time on the ISU outdoor list with her winning time of 2:09.47 (she previously ranked ninth at 2:11.53 from her freshman season). Currently her time ranks eighth in the NCAA, fifth in the East Region and first in the Valley.

Also finishing high were Brittany Neeley (10th, 2:16.03) and Aleksey Green (11th, 2:16.51). This is the first meet of the 2017 season for Neeley, who missed the entire indoor season due to injury.

Indiana State also swept the men’s and women’s 400-meter dashes with two great opening performances by Alethia Marrero and Tyrell Dowdell.

Marrero, a 2015 All-American in the 800, continued her impressive comeback

season with a 55.75 second victory in the 400 – currently the 30th-best time in the East Region. During that mystical 2015 season, Marrero ran a 53.48 in the 400 (in addition to 2:02.67 in the 800 and 57.71 in the 400-meter hurdles). Marrero won the 800 at the MVC Indoor Championships this past year and was a key member of the All-MVC 4x400-meter relay team.

She was also a key member of that relay today, running the third leg of the thirdplace relay of Imani Davis, Oschtisha Jackson, Marrero and Jamie Newsome, who ran 3:49.74.

Davis and Newsome both ranked highly in the open 400 alongside Marrero, with the freshman Davis finishing 12th at 57.41 and Newsome 18th at 57.93.

Dowdell, meanwhile, won the men’s edition of the 400 at a very solid open of 48.18 – the 37th-best in the East Region at the moment.

Jaynard Keys and Tristan Parmley also continued their success from Day One with strong performances in the 100-meter dash. Keys finished ninth at 10.93 with Parmley in 14th at 11.01. Both were also members on ISU’s 4x100-meter relay that

finished runner-up at 41.43.

Freshman sprinter Shana Cooper followed suit after her impressive opening 200-meter last night, finishing ninth in the 100 today at 12.48. Cooper was also the anchor on ISU’s fourth-place 4x100 alongside Ayanna Morgan, Ahmanah Woods and Oschtisha Jackson, which ran 47.22.

Morgan kept her recent success in the hurdles going as well, running a near half-second PR in the 100-meter hurdles at 14.46 to finish fourth overall. Sophomore Caitlyn Redmon finished ninth at 14.66.

The Sycamores also had several high finishes in the field, including Jamie Newsome in the triple jump (fifth, 11.87m/3811.50, 39th NCAA East Region), Jaime Murtagh in the high jump (seventh, 2.01m/6-07.00), and two ninth-place finals visits in the shot put by Ryan Chestnut (15.30m/50-02.50) and Cassaundra Roper (13.47m/44-02.50).

Indiana State will stay a bit closer to home next week with a trip across the Illinois border to nearby Eastern Illinois for the Big Blue Classic on March 31 and April 1.

Spring practice No. 3: Offensive coordinator Jeff Hecklinski Tyler Wooten

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Indiana State University softball team came out on top in a close 1 point difference game.

Softball mounts dramatic 6-5 comeback win Tyler Wooten

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Indiana State showed an immense amount of resilience in the series finale against UNI on Sunday, mounting a sixrun comeback in the bottom of the seventh for a walk-off 6-5 win to take its first Valley series of the season.

The Sycamores (15-13, 2-4 MVC) trailed UNI (15-13, 3-3 MVC) 5-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh, but Indiana State immediately started an impressive comeback.

Shaye Barton (1-3) took the first pitch of the inning into right field for a single to start the rally.

Freshman Becky Malchow (1-2, BB) drew a walk and fellow freshman Leslie Sims (2-3) laid down a bunt single to load the bases for leadoff hitter Bailey Martin, who drew a seven-pitch walk for an RBI to cut UNI’s lead to 5-1 for pinch-hitter Brooke Riemenschneider.

The senior got down 0-2 fast with the bases loaded and nobody out, but knocked a clutch bloop single into left field for two RBI to make the game 5-3.

Fellow senior Erika Crissman (2-3, 2 RBI, SB) wasted no time, taking the first pitch she saw through the right side to score two more to tie the game 5-5.

She advanced to third on a deep flyout to right field by Brooke Mann (1-4) on a

full count, setting the stage for a dramatic ending for senior Mary Turitto.

The senior Minnesota native wasted no time, taking the first pitch she saw deep into left field for a sacrifice fly against the wall to bring Crissman in for the winning run.

Despite the score entering the seventh inning, the Sycamores hung tight early in yet another pitcher’s duel against UNI, with starters Kenzie Ihle (no decision) and Bailey Lange (L, 4-7) fighting back-andforth for four scoreless innings to start the game.

UNI broke the game open in the fifth on a deep two-run homer to centerfield by Lange, but Ihle – who pitched a nine-inning complete game yesterday – settled down yet again to get out of the fifth and set down the Panthers in order in the sixth.

The Panthers forced Ihle out of the game in the seventh, though, seemingly putting the game out of reach with three more (two unearned) – including a solo home run to deep center by Sammey Bunch – to make the game 5-0 before the incredible comeback by the Sycamores in the bottom half of the inning.

Indiana State now stands at 15-13 overall and 2-4 in the Valley.

The Sycamores will host Ball State for a midweek matchup on Wednesday before their first Valley road trip of the season at Drake on April 1-2.

Indiana State offensive coordinator Jeff Hecklinski must follow Dwight Schrute’s famous K.I.S.S. system because when asked about his offensive philosophy, his answer was beautifully simple: score.

“Our job is to score, regardless of how you do it,” Hecklinski said. “It doesn’t matter. Our job is to score, and we’ve got to score more points than the other team does. You can’t win if you can’t score.”

In practice, it’s easy to see the simplicity, even among the innate complexity football carries with it.

Hecklinski is in the process of instituting a brand new offensive playbook for the Sycamores, a more pro-style look that will run downhill, utilize the fullbacks and tight ends and see the quarterback under center more often than not.

That’s not to say that the Sycamores will completely abandon the more modern aspects of the collegiate game — the shotgun, the pistol, the side-to-side speed game, etc.

Rather, it will just look a little different at times.

“Part of it is building an offense around the talent of what we have here and what’s coming in and really putting a foundation together,” Hecklinski said. “I

think right now what we’re trying to find is that foundation.”

The most striking thing out at practice these first few days has been the noise – and not just from the coaches.

The most notable noise is coming from the quarterbacks, who are barking out reads and checks with the offense at the line of scrimmage like Peyton Manning impersonators with booming voices and a surprising confidence considering the installation of the offense is still in its early stages.

That’s not that surprising, though, considering Hecklinski works specifically with the quarterbacks as his position group.

Hecklinski was a quarterback himself in college at both Illinois and Western Illinois.

In just two seasons in Macomb, Hecklinski lit up the record book for 5,980 passing yards to rank second all-time by the time he graduated in 1997.

Like much of head coach Curt Mallory’s staff, Hecklinski has a familiarity not only with other coaches on staff, but also with the state of Indiana.

And as ISU’s recruiting coordinator as well, scouting Indiana for talent is a job he’s relishing.

“This is our state, and this is our home,” Hecklinski said. “There are four

major universities here that play Division I, FBS football – whatever you want to call it. From that, our base should come right after that.”

Hecklinski coached alongside Mallory, assistant head coach Mark Smith and offensive line coach Darrell Funk for four seasons on Brady Hoke’s Michigan staff from 2011-14, during which he also mentored current ISU wide receivers coach Roy Roundtree.

“There hasn’t been a great learning curve for us together as a staff,” Hecklinski said. “It’s really been a smooth transition, and once the staff is on the same page it goes to the kids, and I think our players feel the comradery and togetherness of our staff, and you can see it starting to build with them now.”

Hecklinski acknowledges that the aims of this staff have been set high right out of the gate, and they aren’t backing down from those claims.

“We still have to go and produce,” Hecklinski said.

“You can have a great staff, but if you don’t produce, it doesn’t mean anything. The bottom line is we have to produce the results that everybody is expecting, and we’ve got big expectations.

All spring practices are open to all members of the media as well as the public.