February 11, 2015

Indiana Statesman For ISU students. About ISU students. By ISU students.

Volume 122, Issue 53

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Falcon Love Falcons build new home on top of the Towers 2

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015

Career Center classes offer students resume tips Makyla Thompson Reporter

Completion Does having more money mean graduating on time? 4

Grammar Nazis

The modern grammar police 7

Role Playing

ISU students enjoy the weather 8

Chief of Staff

Exline helps keep ISU ticking 10

Baseball

Sycamores prepare for season opener 12

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The Career Center gives tips on how to get your resume right for internships, and students say it has helped them.

Matthew Hetzel, the assistant director for the Career Center, offered some advice for building and structuring resumes.

“Students should always remember to tailor their resume to the job they are applying for. Students shouldn’t lie, but they should use the language from that job description to help get their resumes noticed by recruiters,” Hetzel said.

Students should also list jobs on a resume because employers are looking for transferable skills.

“When writing a resume students always want to show their transferable skills and show the impact they made even for part-time jobs,” said Hetzel.

“While some of those jobs are not related to their degree, they are still important to the U.S. economy and teach workers a variety of skills.”

Students need to put information about themselves and their work history, but not too much information.

As for organization, the strongest points should be the most prominent.

“The resume should be clear, concise and consistent,” Hetzel said. “It should be easy to read with no errors. It needs to highlight a student’s most relevant skills as they relate to the job. It usually takes more than one try to develop a resume and it is great to have multiple people review the document. It is then up to the student to analyze the suggestions they

were given and use the suggestions that work best for them.”

Being professional is always important when writing a resume — students shouldn’t use slang or informal language.

“There are many things students shouldn’t put on their resumes, but some of the biggest things are: personal information, pictures, social security numbers, marital status, wages [and] hobbies/interests,” Hetzel said. “There is no need to put ‘References Available Upon Request’ either. Students can also leave out the words ‘I’ and ‘my’ as well as other words that reference themselves.”

Some students take advantage of the free help that is provided at the Career Center and they have had doors open for them.

Tisha Langford, a junior marketing major, said she needed some help preparing for an interview.

“I needed to update my resume,” Langford said, “because I was going into a very important interview for an internship in Louisville, Kentucky. But I went in with an opened mind, and he gave me a lot of ideas which really improved my resume, and I got the internship.”

Lindsey Kissack, a senior majoring in human development and family studies, said the Career Center helped her improve her resume. “[The Career Center] really got down to the nitty gritty, and they will pick the resume apart. They showed me where I can improve, what I can take away, what I should add and the language that it Syretha Shirely, a freshman social work major, stops to show off her professional should be used in.” interview wear (Photo by Cicara Moore).

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North visitor lot presents parking problems Kristi Ashby News Editor

Illegal parking causing dangerous situations and other parking problems (Photo

by Kristi Ashby).

Parking is an issue for many at Indiana State University. This seems to be the case in the North Pay Station Visitor Lot. Many cars are parked illegally on the sides of the parking lot where cars go to exit.

This makes it very hard for people when they choose to park in the lot or wish to leave the lot at a later time.

It can also be dangerous for students walking through the cars because they might not be seen until the walk out in front of a moving car.

Matt Hollins, a freshman automotive engineering major, thinks the main problem is not enough parking on campus.

“I do park in that lot,” Hollins said.

“I don’t believe I should be punished though because there is nowhere else to park.”

Another student, Jessica Lyons, a sophomore athletic training major, lives next to the lot in Reeve Hall.

“I live here and park here a lot,” Lyons said. “It’s crazy on the weekend. But I think this happens because ISU parking is terrible.”

Lyons believes there is not enough parking and says that if the school can’t expand it should go up.

“I think a parking garage would be a great job,” Lyons said. “There needs to be more parking and I know since I’m not a freshman anymore it’s okay to say this not but maybe freshman shouldn’t bring their cars.”

The parking problem is getting out of hand in some areas but students are waiting on the school to find a solution.

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Statesman Towers are falcon’s cliff Kristi Ashby News Editor Peregrine falcons have made the Statesman Towers their home or “cliff,” as Dr. Steve Lima said.

“I am the unofficial keeper of the falcons,” Lima said, a biology professor here at Indiana State University. “We just monitor them. The only thing we’ve really had to do, in the past, was to determine when they lay their eggs so we know when their eggs were likely to hatch.”

When a falcon pair mates and lays eggs, they incubate for 28 days. The female will stay on the eggs and lose part of her feathers to keep the eggs warm.

The male will go and hunt for food for the pair and occasionally lay on the eggs so the mother can stretch her wings.

“We also monitor chick growth and contact the Department of Natural Resources when they are about a month old,” Lima said. “Then people come in and band the chicks so we can keep track of them and know who they are.”

At six to seven weeks old the chicks start flying around. This is when Lima and other members of Indiana State must watch the chicks closely.

“We become babysitters,” Lima said.

“They fall off the tower and we put them back up. That usually happens for a week or so. They need constant attention.”

The falcons are the same that lived in the Statesman Towers last year, a fact confirmed by their bands. The bands have codes that when typed in show the background information of the bird.

The male bird has been here many years and was raised in Indianap olis where h e

was hatched from a facility that had been created to help falcons repopulate.

“Helga” was the first female bird to be spotted at ISU. She wintered here from the months of December to February for 10 years. She was from around Lake Superior in Minnesota.

When the male showed up with his first female partner they kicked “Helga” out of the area.

The female falcon that came with the male helped to take over the Statesman Towers. She was here for a couple years but her last year here she didn’t look well and did not lay eggs.

For the second year a new falcon female has been here with the male bird.

She is from Michigan and last year she did lay eggs but the chicks were killed in a thunderstorm.

“They were blown off the tower, it looks like,” Lima said. “They weren’t able to fly quite yet. If it had been another week or so, I think they would’ve been okay.”

Lima believes the pair will mate again because they have been seen together on the Towers and they are showing signs of pre-mating behaviors.

“We took the nest box off the Towers a while ago,” Lima said. “They still don’t leave the Towers. They’re attracted to the Towers. They not attracted to the nest box. I think they [ISU] wanted to believe if we moved the nest box they would go but they’re not.”

The nest box was moved to the Sycamore Building downtown and the falcons haven’t been seen going to the new nest box site.

The falcons are attracted to the Towers because they usually nest in cliffs.

A building that’s tall and has ledges for all the windows makes the birds feel at home.

“We are going to put a plastic model of a Peregrine falcon on the box,” Lima said. “We are going to see if they come over and beat it up.”

Peregrine falcons are very territorial and they hope when the birds attack the decoy they will notice the

(Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing)

One of the peregrine falcons from last year has reappeared to build a home on top of the Towers with his new mate (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

nesting box in its new site.

“I’m hoping the destruction will convince them to move,” Lima said. “Right now or very soon they will start knocking down the low one-story building that connects the two Towers. Hopefully that will be enough disruption they will look elsewhere to lay eggs. That’s why the construction is starting now.”

The falcons will lay eggs and start nesting in April. This is when the wrecking ball is scheduled to come in and start demolishing the Statesman Towers.

Many wonder is this will delay the project since there could be eggs on the Towers at this time.

“They’re just going to go ahead,” Lima said. “The birds have never had a successful pairing.”

Lima thinks that with all the disruption the birds could miss a nesting season.

The falcons are no longer on the endangered species list, Lima said. They came off the list in 1999.

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Financial stress affects student progress in college

Morgan Gallas Reporter

The more money a student’s parents make, the more likely they are to graduate on time, studies say. This ‘completion gap’ is the difference between graduation rates of the financially well off and financially burdened.

Huffington Post released article recently about the research done at the University of Pennsylvania, which claimed that “99 percent of students entering college from the highestincome families — those making $108,650 or more a year — graduate by [the age of] 24, just 21 percent of student from the lowest-income families finish by that age.”

The completion gap is a real problem, and it affects students at Indiana State University as well.

Linda Maule, dean of University College, agreed that the gap was a problem countrywide.

“It’s an issue that we grapple with all of the time,” Maule said. “What we’ve known for a long, long time is that one of the strongest predictors of academic success is your parent’s income. What’s sad about the gap is that it isn’t new news and we don’t know a clear solution.”

While there is not a fix-all-to-endall solution, there are some possible solutions being tried. Some states have started doing all-day preschool and kindergarten.

“We know the earlier you read, the earlier you can solve math problems and develop critical thinking skills, the more likely you will be successful,” Maule said.

Another solution could be finding and working on academic problems while students are younger.

“When the interventions are earlier instead of later, they will be more helpful,” Maule said. “Going and fixing an academic gap in early schooling instead of intervening in college when eighteen years have gone by would be a game changer.”

While fixing the gap academically would allow more students to receive scholarships, poverty is another problem.

“Wealth compounds and poverty compounds,” Maule said.

When students come from affluent backgrounds, they are less likely to be stressed about finances.

When Maule was asked how she thinks financial stress affects student’s work, she said, “You could do this interview

with anybody. You could ask me ‘do you think financial stress affects whether you are a good dean or not?’ There is nothing more stressful in anybody’s life.

Marriages break apart, people turn to alcohol and drugs because of financial stress.”

Stress can lead to increased anxiety and depression, which causes it to impact all aspects of life. Worrying about where the next meal is coming from, how school is going to be paid for or if essential items can be purchased can all cause students stress that will not allow them to focus on their studies.

“Maslow had it right with the hierarchy of needs,” Maule said. “If you are worried about the most basic needs, there is no way to focus on education.”

Crystal Baker, student financial aid director, sees the pressure on students first-hand.

“The average gift aid for an Indiana resident is $8,000,” Baker said. “With that said, the average student has tuition paid for. This leaves the student to stress over a big expense of how they are going to be paying for housing, food, and textbooks.”

Baker agreed with Maule — students

who are more successful in high school will be better off in college.

“The higher your achievement in high school, the more likely you will receive scholarships,” Baker said. “That means that the student will be less likely to be stressed financially.”

Indiana State offers over $12 million in need-based aid per year to students.

However, state aid has dramatically decreased as college costs have increased.

Being financially stable is not always possible in college.

Michael Passmore, a sophomore studying exercise science, said he receives aid and doesn’t feel as stressed about money.

“Being financially okay has taken a lot of stress off,” Passmore said. “I don’t have to worry about a huge factor of me being here. It has helped me focus on things that are really important besides finances like keeping my grades up.”

“I would stress the importance of good choices,” Baker said. “So live within your means. There is a reason people say ‘live the lifestyle of a poor college student.’

Save now so you don’t run yourself into debt later. It’s four short years now so live frugally while you’re here.”

For the first time there will be two ceremonies

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ISU Communications and Marketing Indiana State University has announced a schedule for this year’s spring commencement that will allow more people to attend the May 9 event at Hulman Center.

This year, for the first time, there will be two ceremonies. Students completing degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Bayh College of Education will be recognized at 10 a.m. Students from the College of Technology; College of Nursing, Health, and Human Services; and Scott College of Business will participate in a 2 p.m. ceremony.

Those completing advanced degrees from the College of Graduate and Professional Studies will participate in the ceremony of their respective

affiliated college.

Tickets will not be required for those wishing to attend.

“As the number of graduates has increased in recent years, so has the number of friends and family members who want to share firsthand in the excitement of commencement,” said Jack Maynard, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs.

“Many colleges and universities have multiple graduation ceremonies. We are fortunate to have a facility such as Hulman Center that enables to accommodate spring commencement with two ceremonies.”

Individual colleges will move their traditional early-morning receptions for graduates to midday.

The morning program will feature a student speaker from either the College of Arts and Sciences or Bayh College of

A view of last year’s graduating class (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

Education while the afternoon program address both groups of students.

For those unable to attend, both will feature a student from the College of Technology; College of Nursing, Health, ceremonies will be streamed live on the and Human Services; or Scott College of university website, www.indstate.edu.

Business. A single alumni speaker will

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Molly White delivers slandering comment Recently elected representative angers Texas population I really wish people would stop being stupid.

That sounds vague — let me restart. In Texas, a Representative named Molly White made a faux pas on Facebook the other day.

The city of Austin had an event called “Texas Muslim Capitol Day,” held by the Texas chapter Columnist of the American-Islamic Relations.

The point of this special event is to educate regular citizens on political activism as well as give them a chance to meet their state representatives, ideally resulting in stronger ties within the Muslim community and the non-Muslim Texan community.

The whole reason for this idea is to encourage political awareness while eradicating the sense of division the populace evidently feels. Naturally, a Republican messed it all up.

Rep. Molly White wrote on her Facebook page that due to the event, the House of Representatives would be in recess until Monday.

She left an Israeli flag at her reception

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desk — an act that some Muslims may interpret as an anti-Islamic move — and told the staff to ask every representative of the non-foreign Muslim community to renounce Islamic terrorists and swear allegiance to “America and our laws,” better known as the country in which these people are born and raised as citizens.

She ended her — I hope — intentionally inflammatory post by stating, “We will see how long they stay in my office.”

So many parts of this make me rethink my stance on believing lawmakers should be elected. There is no correct way of making someone swear allegiance.

The statement would’ve made sense if she was asking the swear be taken by people who were NOT there for the sole purpose of being more active in the community they are a part of.

This is the equivalent of walking up to a fellow student in class and asking them to be a part of the class discussion — and they’re already the one leading the freak-

ing topic.

It’s worth mentioning that White’s only recently been elected.

So not only is this insulting, offensive and flagrantly stupid, this lady is blatantly telling people who likely helped her get her job that she does not want anything to do with them and she thinks they aren’t “real” Americans.

Earlier I said that I hope this insult was intentional. That’s because I feel it’d somehow be worse if she meant it as a joke. Joking that members of your community are terrorists is in poor taste, especially since the Charlie Hebdo attack wasn’t long ago.

It suggests that she is so unaware of her surroundings that she thinks a joke that ostracizes the community her state is actively trying to make feel included would somehow not be seen as bad.

Personally, I’d rather think that we hire hateful people to run the government

The point of this special event is to educate regular citizens on political activism as well as give them a chance to meet their state representatives.

Editorial Board

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Alex Modesitt Editor-in-Chief statesmaneditor@isustudentmedia.com Kristi Ashby News Editor statesmannews@isustudentmedia.com Kylie Adkins Opinions Editor statesmanopinions@isustudentmedia.com Marissa Schmitter Features Editor statesmanfeatures@isustudentmedia.com Rob Lafary Sports Editor statesmansports@isustudentmedia.com Kira Clouse Photo Editor statesmanphotos@isustudentmedia.com Carey Ford Chief Copy Editor The Indiana Statesman is the student newspaper of Indiana State University. It is published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the academic school year. Two special issues are published during the summer. The paper is printed by the Tribune Star in Terre Haute, Ind.

rather than stupid people — because at least hateful people aren’t automatically incompetent.

Either way, she made news by taking a progressive community-building event and making it blatant that not all of Texas government is on board, nearly ruining the whole point of the event.

This kind of event requires unity in the people running it for it to be effective.

Austin was trying to be inclusive and this whole thing could’ve been a great step towards making Texas something other than a sweltering caricature of the ignorant racism that they are known for throughout the rest of the states. But no.

Instead of building a sense of unity, White made it painfully clear that she wants her own people divided.

Acting hateful benefits no one in this situation. She didn’t get overwhelming support; in fact, she got an overwhelming amount of backlash.

So while it’s reassuring that no one’s buying what she’s selling, it’s still disheartening that the news is focusing on this lady rather than the awesome event that encourages political activism and tolerance.

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

as a public forum for the ISU community. Make your opinion heard by submitting letters to the editor at statesmanopinions@isustudentmedia.com. Letters must be fewer than 500 words and include year in school, major and phone number for verification.

Letters from non-student members of the campus community must also be verifiable. Letters will be published with the author’s name. The Statesman editorial board reserves the right to edit letters for length, libel, clarity and vulgarity.

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Sometimes history repeats itself Knowing‘fun facts’can help avoid making devastating mistakes

They say those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

But really, is that true?

I mean, is there any instance where that’s been shown? As a matter of fact, yes. There have been quite a few instances where people have rehistory because Columnist peated they didn’t learn their lesson.

The first thing that comes to mind is World War II. Anybody who has read up on WWII knows that one of the biggest mistakes Hitler made was to attack Russia in the winter. He had neither the numbers nor the supplies, and if he had just stopped to think about a plan rather than act-

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ing quickly maybe things would have changed on that battle front. I mean, Napoleon Bonaparte taught us that before, way back in 1812.

Of course the fall of the Roman and British empires, maybe even America will all come because people don’t pay attention to history. In Rome and Britain the people became more gluttonous and lusted for luxury, letting that desire control them rather than caring about things that are actually important.

America is facing the same problem because people haven’t learned that to live you can’t just sit around all day. History has shown it at least twice — why do we insist on making the same mistakes?

Someone is going to read this article and explain how all these are just mere coincidences and there was nothing we can do to avoid them anyway. While that may be partially true there is a certain

level of error to that. If the offenders had studied history, maybe they wouldn’t have made the same mistakes. Maybe they would have known what doesn’t work.

There are other reasons to learn about history and one of those is to make sure we know why things are happening today. Just like a mechanic has to know what is causing a problem in order to fix it, we have to understand what is making things happen so we can have a chance to help patch things up.

Let’s look at the tough ties between Islam and Christianity. Back during the Holy Wars, both Christianity and Islam claimed Israel as their “Holy Land.” After many long years of war the Christians claimed it, pushing out their opponents.

What’s missing? At the start of the wars, Islam was in control of the land because that’s where they were exiled and forced

to make a home.

Not only were they exiled but they were kicked out of their new home. That would make anyone mad, naturally, leading to a grudge and eventually, backlash. After a series of grudges and backlashes from both we got to where we are today, the two religions still at each other’s throats just with new technologies. Really, looking at it, all the anger was earned. So now that we know what got us where we are today we can start to figure out how to calm things down.

You shouldn’t need a reason to study history. After all, it can be really fun. You can find out about the president who supposedly got stuck in his bathtub or that George Washington was one lucky general. But if you don’t like random fun facts then there are good reasons to study it anyway to help better your endeavors.

Internet grammar police? Hitler did nazi that coming You’ve seen it a thousand times online: “grammar nazi.”

It’s the designation given to people who feel the need to police others’ grammar and correct it, often in a condescending way.

They call out spelling errors, punctuation problems and homoChief Copy phone mix-ups. They’re itching to write in that Editor Oxford comma in the previous sentence, and I’m guessing at least one person already has — sorry, AP Style has its rules.

To be technical — as grammar nazis generally are — the tendency to correct others’ grammar is called ‘prescriptiv-

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ism.’ People who practice prescriptivism generally do so to standardize the English language, though their attempts often spiral downwards into exhibitions of grammatical superiority, especially when someone’s ego is on the line.

They want it one way and one way only.

I suppose the connotation of ‘nazi’ as a person who is strict and overbearing began with “Seinfeld.” A 1995 episode featured a character called “The Soup Nazi” who runs a soup stand but requires that patrons follow a specific procedure when they purchase food there.

When George makes a complaint, the Soup Nazi takes the food back and refunds his money, shouting “No soup for you!” When Jerry’s girlfriend breaks a rule while standing in line, the Soup Nazi kicks her out without serving her.

The Soup Nazi later denies service to Elaine as well, handing down a one-year soup-purchasing ban for violating the rules. Wackiness ensues, and the word ‘nazi’ — lowercased — enters our language with a new meaning.

But is it a good fit? The word originally referred to the German Nazi Party — I’m sure I don’t have to explain what they’re known for. How can we waste a word that has so much terrible history on part-time Internet nitpickers? They’re not grammar nazis, they’re ‘panzis.’

I’m a grammar nazi because I’m a murderer of words.

As the Indiana Statesman’s chief copy editor, I’m responsible for the mass genocide of thousands of words. I’ve shot down whole pages, entire stories filled with words. Innocent words. Words who just got mixed up with the wrong

syntax. They might’ve had families back home, children even. They could’ve been a book someday.

I didn’t just kill them, either. I redpenned them out of existence.

Even now I maintain a list of the words I’ll shoot on sight. It’s a little ‘Wanted’ poster Post-it note that I keep in the corner of my Mac’s screen. There is no reward. I kill them for fun. If that’s not a nazi, then I don’t know what is.

I’m not complete monster. I still giggle when someone texts me saying that they’ll “defiantly be at the party this weekend.” You rebel, you. But I contain my urges when friends and loved ones are involved.

If anyone asks, I was just following orders. The Statesman’s editor-in-chief can be reached at statesmaneditor@isustudentmedia.com.

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Role players get out and play

Marissa Schmitter Features Editor

Students walking by Jones Hall, Hines Hall and the Hulman Memorial Student Union might have noticed students attacking each other with swords. There was no need for concern, however; the swords were foam and were being handled by professionals: the Indiana State

University Role Players’ Guild.

Daniel Montgomery, a senior biology major, is president of the guild. He started the club four years ago with a few other members.

“We had two older members and they said, ‘[We] have these foam swords so why don’t we hit each other?’” Montgomery said.

The guild usually meets Saturdays at 5 p.m. in the Jones lobby to have one-onone fights and play other games.

The guild does more than just hit each other with foam swords, though. They also meet Fridays at 6 p.m. in HMSU to play card and tabletop games.

Alyssa Snively, a freshman speech language pathology major, said she saw

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them outside one day and decided to join them.

“It’s a really good stress reliever,” she said.

Not only are they relieving stress but they are also getting their exercise.

Anyone is welcome to join the Role Players’ Guild.

Left: Christi Rumple, a human resources development graduate student, and Joshua Dodson, a sophomore graphic design major, practice their Guild skills. Right: Rumple and Daniel Mongomery, a senior biology major, relieve some stress by attacking each other with swords. (Photo by Gary Macadaeg).

Indiana State professor to lead geospatial technology journal Libby Roerig

ISU Communications and Marketing An Indiana State University professor has been selected as co-editor-in-chief of a leading academic journal.

Qihao Weng, professor of earth and environmental systems, is helping shape the editorial direction of the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, which is the flagship journal of International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, currently ranked third among all remote sensing journals.

The field collectively covers geospa-

tial technology, including topics such as remote sensing, photogrammetry, Geographic Information Systems, GPS and geodesy.

“I hope through my efforts, by partnering and collaborating with my co-editor-in-chief, the journal would continue to grow as a top journal in the field of remote sensing in the world,” Weng said.

Already, “discussion has undergone with respect to how to attract highimpact authors and papers and how to streamline the editorial work and to speed up the reviewing process.”

Weng is a leader in his field and was a known talent to the journal, as he had

worked as its associate editor since 2009.

The publisher asked him to apply for the job last fall, and he learned on Oct. 1 he’d been awarded the position.

“By assuming this position, I hope that I can contribute more to this growing field and industry in the next 10 to 15 years,” Weng said.

“Remote sensing is considered both a science and technology. The U.S. Department of Labor suggests that geospatial technology is one of the three emerging technologies in the 21st century,” he said.

Indiana State students will benefit from Weng’s experiences, too, as he’ll be

on the cutting edge of the newest developments in the field.

“The title of editor-in-chief is a great recognition in academics, especially for a top journal in your field. The editor-inchief is also in a better position to see advances, trends, frontiers and new ideas in the field,” Weng said.

“It may allow Indiana State to attract more students to join and scholars to visit,” Weng said. “An editor-in-chief processes manuscripts on a daily basis, but may also have some influence on what sorts of papers to be published and which directions to go for the journal in the near future.”

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Chief of staff helps keep university in check Adler Ingalsbe Reporter Some people might not know Teresa Exline, but she is one of the most important people that help make Indiana State University tick.

Exline is the president’s chief of staff, a position that plays many different roles.

While the president’s executive associate, Kay Ponsot, takes care of the president’s daily schedule, Exline helps him prepare for meetings and events.

“I work with the president to see what roles he will be playing in the various meetings and events on his schedule.

That determines whether he will need a PowerPoint presentation, prepared remarks and background information.

It is a very collaborative relationship,” Exline said.

Exline has worked at Indiana State for a little less than 30 years but has worked in the president’s office for about seven years.

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University 28 years this [upcoming] fall.

I have worked in the President’s Office since 2007 and was named chief of staff two and a half years ago,” Exline said.

After attending Indiana State and earning bachelor of art in journalism, Exline was hired in 1987 as coordinator of public affairs.

“Through various promotions I have had the titles of director of promotion and special events, director of public affairs, executive director of public affairs, assistant vice president for communications and marketing and special assistant to the president,” Exline said.

People may think that working in

the president’s office is a 24/7 job, but Exline said it really depends on what’s happening on that particular day or week.

“I generally work from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. or so, and take work home on nights and weekends when necessary,” she said.

Exline is grateful for being a part of the university’s progress during her time.

“I have stayed at Indiana State because it has been a great place to work. I have great colleagues who care about this university and our students,” she said. “It has been wonderful to see the progress the institution has had during the time I have been here and to have Teresa Exline, ISU chief of staff (Photo by played some small part in it.”

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“I work with the president to see what roles he will be playing in the various meetings and events on his schedule.”

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Sycamore baseball to open season this weekend Zach Rainey Reporter In nine days, certain teams will have their pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training.

The Sycamore baseball team however, opens up their season this weekend in the Warhawk Classic in Monroe, Louisiana. The Sycamores will play the University of Louisiana Monroe on Friday, Grambling State on Saturday and Central Arkansas on Sunday. ISU will look to build off of last season where they went 35-18 during the regular season and were knocked out in the regional stage of the College World Series.

Landon Curry will be back in centerfield for his senior season. Curry hit .285, scored 43 runs, knocked in 20 and stole 18 bases last season, which led the team. Curry has played in 162 games since joining the program his freshman year and has hit in the lead-off spot for 153 games. Sophomore Ryan Keaffaber earned preseason honors, being selected to the Preseason All-MVC team as a relief pitcher. Last season, Keaffaber pitched in 24 games with three starts. He finished with a 3-2 record, a 3.26 ERA, and a team-high 11 saves, which places

him fifth all-time in saves at ISU. David Stagg looks to resume his role as the No. 1 starter for the Sycamores. Stagg started 15 games in 2014, recording a 3.22 ERA and a 7-5 record. Stagg threw 95.0 innings last season and struck out a teamleading 89 batters and opponents batted just .225 against him.

Last season, ULM went 23-36. They had a decent home record; 17-12, but struggled mightily on the road, going 3-22. ULM has one player who was selected to All-Sun Belt first team and one on the second team. David Stagg will have his hands full dealing with this AllConference duo.

Grambling State went 14-30 last season, going 7-12 at home and 7-17 on the road. They return senior Yariel Medina and junior Diamyn Hall. Medina hit .335 last season while Hall was close behind him, hitting .324.

As for Central Arkansas, they had the most success out of the three teams the Sycamores will play, posting a 32-22 record last season, including some big wins against Memphis. They were great on their home field, going 20-8 and 1013 on the road. While they may have lost their best hitter, they still have senior

The Indiana State Sycamores prepare for opening season beginning Friday against the Univeristy of Lousiana in Monroe (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

Nate Ferrell, who hit .309 last year and is looking to have an even better senior season. Junior pitcher Connor Gilmore is looking to build off of his strong performance last year with his 7-3 record.

After the tournament in Louisiana, the Sycamores will have another tournament next weekend in North Carolina, where they will face off against rival Ball State, South Dakota State and Elon.

Sycamore women prepare for weekend double dip Jeremy Beaver Reporter With a tough nine-point loss under its belt, the Indiana State University women’s basketball team is heading into a busy weekend, taking on last-place Illinois State on Friday and fourth-place Southern Illinois on Sunday in Terre Haute.

Indiana State suffered a 60-51 loss to the ninth-place Loyola Ramblers this past Sunday, giving Loyola their second conference win and fourth overall win.

Still standing in sixth place in the Missouri Valley Conference, the Sycamores have a conference record of 5-6 and an overall record of 15-7.

Breaking down the Sycamores opponent for this Friday, Illinois State is sitting in the basement of the confer-

ence with only one win overall — a 7256 win over Loyola at the beginning of the month. The Redbirds are coming off a 23-point loss to the first place Drake Bulldogs this past Sunday. The Redbirds were led by Mary Simms who went 6-for-18 from the field, scoring a total 14 points. Simms also had a total of three defensive rebounds and one steal for ISU. Behind Simms was Lindsay Smith who shot 4-for-14 from the field and 2-for-4 from the charity stripe, scoring a total of 12 points. Smith also led the team with six rebounds and five steals.

Illinois State went a total of 16-for-64 from the field, amounting to a lowly 25 percent team shooting average. On the other hand, Drake had shot 24-for-57 from the field, racking up a 42 percent

team shooting average. At the end of the half, the Redbirds trailed by 11 and never recovered. Drake came away with a 70-47 victory.

Contrary to the Redbirds, the Southern Illinois Salukis are coming off a big four-point win against third-place Northern Iowa this past Sunday. The Salukis started off slow, trailing the Panthers 37-32. Southern Illinois would pick up their defense though, beating the Panthers the second half 47-38 before walking out with a 79-75 win.

Leading the Salukis was forward Dyana Pierre who shot 10-of-17 from the field and 6-for-11 from the free throw line, scoring a total of 26 points, which was 33 percent of SIU’s total points.

Pierre also led the team in rebounds with 21.

Forward Azia Washington went 8-for12 from the field for a total of 16 points.

Washington also had a total of four rebounds and two assists.

The Salukis had a breakout game offensively, shooting over 54 percent from the two-point range, 70 percent from the three-point arc and 66 percent from the free-throw line.

With only seven games remaining in the regular season, every game from here on out is a crucial one. Indiana State is barely hanging on to sixth place and needs every win possible to keep climbing to the top of the conference. The Sycamores will be playing the Redbirds Friday at 7 p.m. and the Salukis Sunday at 2 p.m. Both games will be held at the Hulman Center and can be heard on WIBQ 1230 AM.

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Track and field athletes receive honors Kevin Jenison

ISU Athletic Media Relations Indiana State sprinter Alethia Marrero and hurdler Adarius Washington were named Missouri Valley Conference Athletes of the Week in track and field for their performances at the Meyo Invitational this past weekend the league announced Tuesday. The honor was the third this season for Washington and the first for Marrero.

Marrero continues to be one of the top sprinters in the Missouri Valley Conference and recorded another career mark Saturday at the Meyo Invitational.

Competing in the 800-meter, a long sprint for the Sycamore sophomore, Marrero was seeded in the second of two Invitational sections and ran the second fastest time in Indiana State history as she finished sixth overall but the third collegian.

Marrero has the second-fastest indoor 800-meter in Indiana State history behind Erica Moore’s 2:04.94 set in 2009.

She now leads the MVC for the event and ranks 12th in the nation.

The Sycamore also leads the Valley in the 400-meter in a converted time of 54.92 seconds and ranks second in the Valley for the 200-meter with a converted time of 24.38. She set the marks in winning both events at the Northern Iowa Team Invitational on Jan. 31.

Ohio State’s Katie Borchers ran the seventh-fastest time in the nation to finish as the top collegian while Vanderbilt’s Courtney Clayton was the second collegian and ran the ninthfastest time in the nation.

Canadian Karine Belleau-Beliveau, competing for Speed River New Balance Track and Field Club, won the race in 2:04.86. The top three 800-meter times in the Valley this season were run at the Meyo Invitational with Northern Iowa’s Amber Clock 10th overall and Brette Correy 24th.

Washington recorded a career-best time of 7.81 seconds in finishing third overall in the 60-meter hurdles Saturday at the Meyo Invitational hosted by the University of Notre Dame.

Washington was third-fastest in the preliminaries and second-fastest in the semifinals on Friday before recording his career-best in the finals. The Indiana State hurdler leads the Valley and is tied for 14th in the nation.

The Sycamore junior was up against former Sycamore and Olympian from Barbados, Greggmar Swift, who ran the third-fastest time in the world and set the Barbados indoor record with a winning time of 7.56 seconds.

Ohio State’s Donovan Robertson was the top collegian with the fifth best time in the nation. Grand Valley State’s Sean Wells ran the third-fastest time in Division II in finishing as the third collegian while Bucknell’s Christian Lupica was also in the finals with a season best 7.94 which is 38th-best in the nation.

Two Sycamores were recognized for their noteworthy performances including sophomore DeSean Prentice in men’s field and senior Carmelia Stewart in the women’s field events.

Prentice placed as the second collegian and third overall in the high jump Saturday at the Meyo Invitational, equaling his season- and career-best clearance of 6’-10.75”.

The competition was won by Marquette’s Wally Eilenson who cleared 7’-0.5” on his first attempt. Prentice is second in the Valley and ranks 58th in the nation for the event.

Stewart posted a career-best distance of 41’-4.25”, third-best in Indiana State history, in the triple jump at the Meyo Invitational Saturday to finish sixth overall and the fourth collegian. Stewart’s distance leads the conference and ranks 39th in the nation.

Each of the top four collegians recorded their season-bests with Michigan State’s Tori Franklin posting the fourth-best distance in the nation at 43’-10.75” to win the event.

Vanderbilt’s Simone Charley was the second collegian with the eighth-best distance in the nation Purdue’s Cierra Brown was the third collegian with and is tied for 27th-best in nation.

The Indiana State men remained 10th in the Great Lakes Region and

Several students warm up before a meet (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

the Sycamore women remained eighth according to the rankings were released Monday.

The national rankings were also released Monday with the Sycamore men up 12 spots to 108th and the Indiana State women down three to 62nd.

Indiana continues to lead the men’s Great Lakes Region rankings followed

by Michigan, Akron, Ohio State and Michigan State. Kent State leads the second five followed by Eastern Michigan Purdue, Notre Dame and Indiana State.

The rankings round out with Wisconsin 11th followed by Cincinnati, Marquette, Youngstown State and Central Michigan.

Purdue continues to lead the women’s Great Lakes Region rankings followed

by Ohio State, Michigan State, Notre Dame and Michigan. Akron starts off the second five followed by Wisconsin, Indiana State, Cincinnati and Kent State.

Indiana tops the third five followed

by Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green, Marquette and Toledo.

While the Boilermakers are ranked

eighth in the Great Lakes Region, they are the top nationally ranked team from the State of Indiana as Purdue is 20th in the Week 3 rankings. The Indiana Hoosiers are 36th followed by Notre Dame 41st, Indiana State 108th and Butler 141st.

Southern Illinois is the top Valley team at 62nd with Loyola-Chicago 70th, Illinois State 76th, Indiana State 108th and Wichita State 132nd.

Notre Dame is the top-ranked team from the State of Indiana in the women’s national rankings with the Fighting Irish 29th in the Week Three rankings. Purdue is next at 57th with Indiana State 65th, Butler 75th and Indiana 86th. Southern Illinois is the top-ranked Valley team nationally with the Salukis 25th.

They are followed by Indiana State in 65th with Wichita State 98th, and Illinois State 127th.

Indiana State will be in Bloomington, Indiana, on Friday for the Hoosier Hills.

A few of the team’s distance runners including John Mascari will be in Ames, Iowa, for the Cyclone Invitational.

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Career Center presents Dress to Impress

Students model professional attire dos and don’ts at the Career Center’s ‘Dress to Impress’ fashion show on Monday in Dede 1 (Photos by Gary Macadaeg).