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Another Perspective: What might the other gender think about on Valentine’s Day?

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Roses are expensive, violets are too, but love is priceless Brianne Hofmann News Editor Valentine’s Day is commonly known as a celebration of love, often accompanied by flowers, candy, jewelry or stuffed animals. But while businesses welcome the holiday and the revenue it brings, students feel romance comes with a hefty price tag.

“It’s showing someone you care,” Josie Sutton, a junior history major, said, “but you don’t need a holiday for something like that.”

Sutton, who said she’s never observed the occasion, believes Valentine’s Day was mostly created to boost commercialism.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the average American will spend $126 for Valentine’s Day, with the majority of the cash going to jewelry.

Consumers are predicted to pay $4.1 billion on jewelry, collectively.

Valentine’s Day is also the third most profitable period for floral sales, following Christmas and Mother’s Day, according to valentinesday.org.

Vonda Monts, owner of Heinl’s Flowers Shop, said that gift recipients don’t measure the size or price of the gift, but rather the gesture itself.

“It’s a matter of giving from your heart,” Monts said. “Whether it’s a single flower with a balloon or a $200 bouquet of roses, doesn’t matter. It’s about creating that moment.”

For Heinl’s, which is seeing its 150th

Above: Heinl’s Flower Shop, at south Seventh and Walnut streets, has dozens of roses prepped for Valentine’s Day. Below: Nathan Young picks out a Valentine’s card in Kirlin’s Hallmark store at Honey Creek Mall (Photos by Mae Robyn Rhymes).

Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 is the biggest time of year, with the shop getting anywhere from 300-500 orders during the holiday week. Monts said that there are always last minute shoppers, but several customers place orders as early as the end of January.

Monts also said that the prices of those floral arrangements are just as different as the customers’ needs. However, Heinl’s featured Valentine’s Day floral products range between $20 to $100 on their website.

Junior theater major Simon McNair said that while those prices may be steep, he recognizes why people are willing to pay them.

“I’m a bit of a romantic,” McNair said, “so I understand the sentiment.

It’s not about the money, but how much meaning is in it.”

Apart from the giver’s intent to be spontaneous or sentimental, senior English major Kayla Graham believes it’s “ridiculous” to pay big bucks for one day of the year.

“Making a big deal out of a Hallmark holiday seems silly,” Graham said.

Graham, who’s in an eight-month relationship, said highly priced floral arrangements were unnecessary, especially since they have a short life span.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 Monts, however, said the aesthetic value of the gift is what resonates.

“How could you not look at a flower and smile?” Monts said.

“It’s a matter of giving from your heart.

Whether it’s a single flower with a balloon or a $200 bouquet of roses, doesn’t matter.

It’s about creating that moment.”

Vonda Monts, owner of Heinl’s Flower Shop

Besides flowers and jewelry, greeting cards are a prevalent gift choice, as well. The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimated that over 190 million cards are given on Valentine’s Day, making it the second most card-bestowing event next to Christmas.

Linda Donnenhoffer, an employee at the Hallmark store in Meadow’s Mall, said she witnesses increased business the week before Valentine’s.

Although Hallmark, located on south 25th Street, doesn’t receive much attention from the student population, Donnenhoffer said there are gifts and prices for consumers of all ages and budgets.

“Students do stop by, usually purchasing three cards with funny, serious or mushy meanings for one person,” she said.

Donnerhoffer, who’s been married for 54 years and is working at Hallmark for her second Valentine’s Day, said that despite attitudes over cost or motive, Valentine’s Day ultimately creates an uplifting environment.

“All of the cards are so beautiful and cheerful,” she said. “We’re happy to watch the customers come in and see that.”

The Terre Haute Wal-Mart displays several advertisements such as the one pictured above in observance of Valentine’s Day (Photo by Mae Robyn Rhymes).

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Ben Franklin visits Terre Haute Children’s Museum Bethany Donat ISU Communications and Marketing A tri-corner hat and ruffled collar underneath a blue jacket isn’t the typical attire for Indiana State University junior Stephen Borkowski. But the clothing, reminiscent of 18th century America, set the young man apart last weekend as a famous Founding Father.

Dressed as Benjamin Franklin, Borkowski was one of the stars of the Terre Haute Children Museum’s Ben Franklin Birthday Bash. The event served as a preview day for Go Figure’s “Focus on Fitness” series, a four-week, hands-on math encouragement program aimed at third through fifth graders.

“The event serves as a tribute to Ben Franklin and how he affects our lives,” said Katelynn Moats, student coordinator and co-creator for Go Figure.

In addition to the permanent children’s museum exhibits, the birthday bash featured stations that facilitated fitness, healthy eating and highlighted a variety of Franklin’s inventions. Children received stickers from each station and earned the chance to win prizes.

ISU junior Stephen Borkowski, dressed as Benjamin Franklin, helps a young student at the Magic Square station (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Borkowski, a marketing major from Dyer, Ind., helped children learn math skills at the Magic Square station.

“We’re making sure these kids get started doing these things early. It’s a big thing because these kids will grow up and go to college, too,” he said.

Moats said that 15 ISU volunteers, including those from ISU’s department of kinesiology, recreation and sport management, the Networks Scholars program, the ISU nursing program and the Arnold Air Society at ISU helped make the event possible.

“It’s great, because the ISU students have the opportunity to be role models for the younger students, as well as learn and discover with them,” Moats said.

In addition to the visit from Ben Franklin, famed nurse Florence Nightingale made an appearance.

“Nightingale,” otherwise known as ISU assistant professor of nursing Linda McQuiston, stood next to a table featuring strawberries, bananas and carrots, demonstrating healthy eating and proper hand-washing techniques.

She noted the importance of involving nursing students in the day’s events.

“Nursing is not just in the hospital anymore. It’s in the community,” McQuiston said.

It was her first time experiencing the Terre Haute Children’s Museum and the Go Figure program.

“This has been so much fun. I’m loving it. The A volunteer helps kids learn about sound during the Ben kids are so into this,” she said.

Franklin Birthday Bash at the Terre Haute Children’s Museum In addition to the special stations, children took (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing). advantage of all the children’s museum had to

offer. Highlights included racecars competing down a metal mountain, the creation of paper airplanes, a bicycle exhibit, a water power exhibit and more.

“It’s full of fun and creativity,” said Abigail Phillips, a student at Rosedale Elementary. “I love science. There’s a lot of stuff for kids to play with.”

“You pull the rope and the bubble pops around you,” she said, being careful to note that each person is allowed only three turns before sharing with the next person in line.

Moats said around 100 elementary-aged students were expected during the day’s event, which mixed creativity with learning.

As he helped children with sand art projects, ISU junior electrical engineering major Jason Kays explained the purpose of his group’s presence at the event.

“Each year, the Arnold Air Society votes on a joint project early in the year. We chose to focus on STEM,” Kays said.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, which the society helps promote the learning of in schools. He said he enjoyed the birthday bash, noting that the Arnold Air Society volunteers the first Saturday of each month at the Terre Haute Children’s Museum.

“I love interacting with kids,” he said.

Borkowski echoed a similar thought, saying how he enjoyed interacting with different age groups.

“Even if you’re involved on campus, you don’t get the chance to be around kids that often. It’s fun to be in an environment where they’re having fun, too. And, I mean, I’m dressed as Ben Franklin,” he said.

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News briefs Schick Lecture series to feature Vincent Carretta

Author to give reading from work on Haitian Diaspora

Bethany Donat ISU Communications and Marketing

Jennifer Sicking ISU Communications and Marketing

The Indiana State University Schick Lecture Series on Language, Literature and Lexicography will host Vincent Carretta on Feb. 14 at 3:30 p.m.

Carretta, a professor of English at the University of Maryland, will present “Strangers in Strange Lands: The Global Eighteenth-Century African Diaspora.” The lecture will take place in Root Hall A-264 with a reception following in A-269.

After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, Carretta wrote several books, including “Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage,” “George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron” and “The Snarling Muse: Verbal and Visual Political Satire from Pope to Churchill.”

In addition, he has edited or co-edited “Unchained Voices: An Anthology of Black Authors in the English-Speaking World of the Eighteenth Century” and “Genius

Haiti and women’s issues mix for author Roxane Gay, who will give a reading at Indiana State University on Feb. 19.

Gay will read from her collection “Ayiti” and other short fiction at 3:30 p.m. in the Schick Room, Root Hall A-264. The reading is free and open to the public.

Gay, who is an assistant professor of English at Eastern Illinois University, said she focuses on students’ potential.

“I always tell my students that reading and writing matter, no matter what popular wisdom would have us believe,” she said. “I also tell them that if they commit to their craft, they can write anything.”

“Ayiti” tells the story of the Haitian Diaspora experience through fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

In 2014, Gay will have a novel “Untamed State” published by Grove Atlantic and an essay collection, “Bad Feminist” published

in Bondage: Literature of the Early Black Atlantic.”

Carretta has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEH, the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies, the Du Bois Institute at Harvard, the American Philosophical Society, the ACLS, the National Humanities Center, and the Huntington, Newberry and Folger Shakespeare Libraries.

He has lectured at Westminster Abbey, the University of London, the University of Glasgow, as well as in Ghana, Australia, Germany, Barbados and Rome.

The Schick Lecture Series in Language, Literature and Lexicography began in 1988 and is made possible through a bequest from Joseph S. Schick, professor emeritus of English.

by Harper Perennial.

“Untamed State” tells the story of a Haitian-American daughter of privilege who is visiting her parents in Port-auPrince with her American husband and infant son when she is kidnapped. The novel explores her life before, during and after the kidnapping. “Bad Feminist” takes its title from Gay’s essay published in the Virginia Quarterly Review. The collection focuses on Gay’s writing on feminism, popular culture and literature.

“We’re also catching her on the way up,” said Mark Lewandowski, associate professor of English. “We probably wouldn’t be able to afford her even just a year from now.”

Gay also serves as the fiction editor of literary magazines PANK and Bluestem.

“For anyone who has aspirations to write, she is a must meet,” Lewandowski said.

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Valentine’s Day: a day of expectations

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, boyfriends and husbands prepare prepare themselves emotionally and financially for the day ahead of them. Girlfriends and wives look forward to the things that their significant others will bestow on them. Those who are single dread the day and look forward to it being over.

Retailers have been advertising Valentine’s Day since just after Christmas with chocolates, stuffed animals and other things that supposedly tell a person that they are loved. However, when we step back and look at Valentine’s Day, it really isn’t a day about love; it’s a day about expectation.

A poll of the readers of Men’s Health and Women’s Health Magazine reveals how the male/female expectations about the holiday align.

When it comes to planning the day, 68 percent of women believe those responsibilities should be shared, while 57 percent of men believe it’s solely their responsibility to make the day perfect.

If the survey holds true, it would seem that men may be causing themselves undue stress by believing they have to spoil the woman in their life with unnecessary gifts. Weau.com says that men, on average, spend $130 on flowers, candy, jewelry, dates and cards, which is double compared to what women commit to spending.

While women seem more comfortable with the idea of doing what feels right to them, they feel their own kind of pressure

if they happen to be single. A single woman on Valentine’s Day is, by default, bitter and jealous of the women who have dates.

Gifts and dates are the expectation all of us are willing to discuss, but let’s be real, people.

Isn’t the day really about the expectation of sex?

If the second number from the Men’s Health and Women’s Health Magazine poll can be believed, 57 percent of women don’t expect to have sex on the holiday while 50 percent of men said they do.

So when it comes to the gifts that men bestow on their partners, if the man’s expectation is, “Okay, I just spent $130 on dinner and that bracelet, so I need you to put out.” Is it fair to say the woman is feeling the pressure to sexually pay back her partner for all that was done for her?

What’s with all of this pressure? What’s with all of this expectation: the desire to satisfy with date landing, money spending, gift giving and sex offering?

While historians agree that Saint Valentine was a widely-recognized, third century Roman saint who was associated with the tradition of courtly love, they can’t agree whether to identify him/them as one saint or two of the same name.

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Historian Jack Oruch has made the case that Geoffrey Chaucer is to blame for instigating the traditions that have pressured us with the ideas of consummating relationships on Feb. 14. Supposedly, until Chaucer penned “Parliament of Foules,” none of these sentimental customs that now pose as historical fact ever existed.

So essentially, we have no idea why we do what we do in the middle of February, we’ve just always done it.

Let’s take steps to be a bit more deliberate this year. If you love someone, show them tomorrow and the next day and the next and keep showing them. If you want to buy them something to express how you feel, buy away. Have sex if you both want to have sex. But let’s make this deal with ourselves.

Let’s relieve ourselves of the pressure.

Let’s forget the expectations.

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Valentine’s Day: the male perspective Contrary to the Neanderthal mindset women attach to my gender, I did not forget Valentine’s Day. My girlfriend’s been sure to remind me via text message, email and singing telegram every morning since Feb. 14 last year, when I did, actually, miss it. I thought it was the 16th or the 18th. I don’t know; once New passes and they start putting Brianne Year’s the decorations and chocolates out at the days blur together.

Hofmann Wal-Mart Wal-Mart seems to conveniently the calendars behind that Write and hide life-sized bear display, merely a Wrong stone’s throw away from the jewelry department, but on the side of the store opposite condoms in most cases. I suspect the guys at Wal-Mart were behind that as some cruel suggestion: “Buy her all the shiny crap and stuffed jungle animals you want, but you won’t be needing

those.”

All Valentine’s Day-themed aisles confuse me. What exactly do you want, ladies? You fawn over those softcore Kay Jewelers promos—you know, where the Calvin Klein model father slips the diamond necklace or ring into the mother’s Channing Tatum box set.

The mother acts surprised, the man says something designed to get himself some action later, i.e. “This necklace, much like our love, will last forever.”

Then they suck face for the rest of the commercial segment while some borrowed children giggle in the background.

No jewelry store is ever just a jewelry store. It’s a baby store. It wants you to make babies.

If you’re not fantasizing over that, you claim you’re the opposite. You only want a date night, which, along with being a lie, is still a lot of money out of our pockets.

Yet, the aisles are piled to the brim with stuffed animals, chocolate, flowers and other items that you expect from us any other day of the year. Only on this

occasion, everything’s pink and large, like a Victoria’s Secret for morbidly obese teenage girls.

How about the flowers? Nearly $100 dollars for a dozen roses.

Of course, I could pay $30 for a modest arrangement, but it’s got to be your “favorite flower” that has to be flown in from the exotic rainforests of Humbumbuguay.

So I pony up half of my paycheck for what you want, only to watch your “favorite flowers” die a five-day death. But you forget about them all together, leaving the withered stems on the counter while I mourn for my wallet.

Valentine’s Day isn’t about attaching a price tag to our relationship, though. It’s not about wrestling that stuffed grizzly bear through your front door or missing my rent payment to buy you dyed vegetation.

It’s about impressing your best friend, who I’m probably boning anyway.

Valentine’s Day: the female perspective When I take that extra hour to pick out an outfit, do my hair, make-up and check myself over before I begin the day because I want to be told that I am beautiful. It is always nice to be complimented, but more importantly, appreciated. It is not rocket science.

That is what I expect on Valentine’s Day. Many can complain that its origins Ernest were about commercialism and not based on loving others. They will Rollins argue that it is just an advertising scheme to draw in consumers to Project buy jewelry, flowers and boxed Mayhem chocolates.

I say origins have nothing to do with it. For example, American history is full of scenes where we bullied our way to developing this nation (research Manifest Destiny, American Imperialism, Native American genocide, slavery). But do we hate America any less

because of it? No, we just scream “America, f*** yeah”.

I still want my Valentine’s Day so I will feel loved.

The human female is more receptive than any other mammal to sincere appreciation from another human being. There is this link between a nice gesture, a compliment, a smile or a small gift and the female emotion. Valentine’s Day is the time when everyone is reminded to appreciate those in your life, especially the women. Guys need to be appreciated as well, if you want to be loved you got to share some love, but for women that extra effort to be reminded of value hits us at the heart more.

This does not mean shower us with more Ferro Rocher Chocolate than we can stomach and grab “Girlfriend” by Justin Bieber. Knucklehead, if I am a good woman, all I really want is an honest gesture, especially in college when nearly everyone is broke as hell. As one of my girlfriends said, “it’s an excuse for a fun date night”.

So before you start donating plasma just to buy me some expensive jewelry-which you probably picked out like you choose shampoo think of making me feel

special, whether it is remembering how much I love Disney and watching princess movies or watching a Nicholas Spark movie without whining. Sincerity is key here.

And guys even if she isn’t your girlfriend, the woman in your life should appreciate you too. Women have some long memories. Some of us remember the shirt our first boyfriend wore on the first date, so we remember when you mess up. The day is about being appreciative so whether it’s your girl best friend, your annoying sister or cousin cherish those women in your life and if they are good they will cherish back.

It is a day of love and appreciation, no matter what the advertisers say. Just express it once a year even if you forget, like the devout Catholic who shows up only on Christmas and Easter. Stop stressing about the day and thank St. Valentine because inadvertently he gave us the opportunity to be smacked upside our head and reminded to be thankful for the people in our lives.

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ISU sorority to hold fundraiser to benefit and celebrate a sister’s life Joseph Paul Reporter

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After weeks of anxious waiting, a group of doctors stepped in to Camasia Foltz’s room located in the transplant wing of Cleveland Clinic to tell her they had found a match.

The next morning, she underwent a successful heart transplant surgery and was responding to others just hours later, while still under heavy sedation.

“Just found out we have a heart,” Foltz’s mother, Julia Foltz, wrote on a blog on Feb. 4.

Later the next day, when her daughter awoke from sedation, Foltz wrote: “My daughter continues to be the prime example of one of the strongest women I know.”

More than a week later, Camasia Foltz, a sophomore nursing major at Indiana State, has recovered unusually well, her mother said. As Valentine’s Day approaches, her sorority sisters are giving ISU students an opportunity to send some love her way.

Alpha Chi Omega sorority will be selling red carnations and ribbons for $2 each today and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the HMSU Commons in support of the Foltz family. There will be an additional jar for donations, as well.

“As soon as we found out about Camasia, we all started brainstorming ideas,” said Alayna Toy, junior speech pathology major and Alpha Chi Omega member. “Some of us were just talking about how much her family is going through, so we wanted to help in whatever way possible because we knew Camasia would do the same thing for any of us. We wanted to do this to recognize Camasia for all she has gone through.”

Through various fundraisers, social media and old-fashioned word-ofmouth, a flood of support from ISU, the community and her family have encouraged Foltz throughout her journey.

“It means a lot. It touches my heart because other people care about her as much as I care about her,” Foltz’s mother said.

Daniella Parducci, a freshman

Camasia Foltz, a sophomore at ISU, smiles for her birthday with her mother. Both women have had successful heart transplants induced by Danon’s disease (Submitted photo).

marketing major and the Alpha Chi Omega vice-president said that the support from the ISU Greek community has been a success, as well.

“It really astonishes me that all the ISU Greek community has come together to support our event for Camasia,” said Parducci. “Everyone has been so helpful to us and people have donated a lot already. Also, SGA is helping us out, too, and it is so thoughtful. I am really happy that everything is going smoothly to help her and her family out so much.”

After an echocardiogram last July, Foltz learned that the walls of her heart were thickening and her injection-rate—the measure of her heart’s contractions— had drastically changed due to a genetic disorder called Danon’s disease. Danon’s causes the heart to harden to the point that it can’t properly pump. Many members of Foltz’s family have died from the disorder, and her mother underwent heart transplant surgery when she was

35. There are just a few known cases of Danon’s disease in the United States.

“Actually, now living, I only know of Camasia and I,” Foltz’s mother said.

In the face of her heart’s ailing condition, Foltz decided to attend fall classes despite the needed tests and procedures that required she travel to Cleveland once a month. During an appointment in October, Cleveland Clinic staff decided to place her on the heart transplant waiting list.

“When she stood up last fall and told us, it brought tears to everyone’s eyes,” Toy said. “I just was shocked, scared and proud all at the same time because of Camasia’s strength and courage. She truly is amazing. It makes it hard that she is all the way in Cleveland. We obviously wish we could go see her, but she’s still in our thoughts.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Following a semester full of doctor visits, match, Foltz’s mother said her daughter Foltz traveled to her parents’ home in Jasper, became anxious and somewhat bored with Ind. for winter break and again decided the confines of her hospital room, but she to continue with her remained optimistic. education at ISU. “She has such an During a trip back amazing personality,” “She has such an amazing Toy said, “And you home in January, she experienced intense personality. And you would would never know spells of dizziness and she has never know everything she everything shortness of breath, been through because prompting a call to her has been through because she’s so upbeat and doctor in Cleveland always has a smile on who suggested she see she is so upbeat and always her face.” him as soon as possible.

Foltz’s mother said has a smile on her face.”

During a heart she’s thankful most of catheterization all for the donor who procedure, doctors paid the highest price Alayna Toy, junior speech determined that Foltz’s to keep the smile on pathology major heart was failing and her daughter’s face began administering for years to come. two drugs to ensure “I know something the beating continued. Her conditioned tragic happened to allow our miracle for heightened her transplant status to the most Camasia and myself to remain here,” she urgent stage and moved her name to the top said. “Organ donation is the greatest gift of the transplant list. and I can’t thank our donors or other donors As she awaited news of a potential enough for giving the gift of life.”

Foltz smiles in the hospital where she is recovering from her heart transplant (Submitted photo).

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Tech obsession intertwines with toilet time Stephanie Robinson Reporter It all started so innocently. House phones and look over and see a family eating dinner became mobile, CD players gave way to MP3s, and the kids are engulfed in their phone screens computers found new life on the internet and instead of their dinner plates or instead of DVDs made video tapes obsolete. Relationships conversing as a family,” Gilliland said. with gadgets and technology quickly gained On the other hand, junior communication pace, manifesting into obsession. major Ambria Wooden says her life revolves Sooner or later there comes a time when you around her phone. must ask yourself: has our “I guess I never really relationship moved to a thought about it, but I do new level? Are technology kind of have an obsession,” “I have a life that doesn’t Wooden said with her iPhone and I more than just friends? in hand. “I wake up in the include me being on my 4S Three-fourths of morning and before anything phone all day. I think you else, I’m checking my phone, Americans with mobile phones report they the elevator I’m checking have an obsession once in use their phones in the my phone, sitting in class I’m the phone becomes an checking my phone, it’s kind bathroom, according to a new study by 11mark, extension of your hand, like of sick.” an integrated marketing Gilliland feels like the as soon as it beeps it’s in obsession with technology is agency. Americans are texting, emailing and more of a younger generation your face.” yes—as you may have fad. With her being a part heard—talking on the of the older generation, she phone in the bathroom. the old school ways Joan Gilliland, administrative practices “I think it’s silly, I mean of communicating. assistant at the Vigo County what if you dropped “I think smartphones are your phone in the toilet great for the younger people Courthouse or something,” said Joan because it’s how they stay Gilliland, administrative connected, but for me, a assistant on the Council simple phone that will place a On Domestic Abuse at the Vigo County call is fine with me,” she said. “I don’t need all of Courthouse. “There goes your whole life down those social networks.” the drain. Literally.”

Holly Wolfe, legal advocate at the Vigo County Gilliland says she doesn’t get what the big Courthouse, said that attachment to electronic deal is with cellphones. She owns an older devices by the younger generation should be model of a Blackberry that she only uses to expected since it’s how they were raised. The make important calls and occasionally sends a children, who are in high school and college text message. now, grew up during a time when technology “I have a life that doesn’t include me being on was changing constantly and quickly, making it my phone all day,” Gilliland said. “I think you always available at their fingertips. Wolfe says have an obsession once the phone becomes an her 15-year-old daughter is constantly on her extension of your hand, like as soon as it beeps cellphone. it’s in your face.”

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CONTINUED FRom PAGE 10 “I know for a fact that my daughter sits on the toilet and texts, it’s ridiculous,” Wolfe said. “I mean it’s like how much is she really going to miss if she sets it down to go to the restroom?”

Though, Generation Y isn’t the only group using cell phones in bizarre places such as the toilet. According to 11mark agency, 80 percent of Generation X, 65 percent of the Baby Boomers and 47 percent of the Silent Generation use their phones while in the bathroom.

Attachment wasn’t Wolfe’s biggest concern when she bought her daughter a smartphone when she was 13; she said she was nervous in fear that she might break it.

“I was worried that she would drop it, but it keeps her connected to her friends, which I think is important for someone who’s her age,” she said. “I send out probably over 1,000 texts a month myself, so I can’t judge anyone else,” Wolfe said.

Further, the 11mark research found that 16 percent of people in Generation Y have made online purchases while using

the restroom. According to the recent trends, bathroom buying is on the rise.

Additionally, buying accessories seems to aid some of the obsessions with technology. “Blinged-out” phone cases and high-heeled phone holders are among the many different accessories that consumers are buying.

“Now, I have to say that I do love making my phone girly, with rhinestones and flowers,” Gilliland said. “It’s just a way to make it pretty.”

People are finding accessories to ensuring their prized-possession is taken care of.

“When I first got my iPhone, I immediately went to Amazon to look for a couple of cute cases for it,” Wooden said.

“I also looked at car chargers, nobody wants a dead cellphone when their out and about.”

Right: According to the 11mark agency, 75 percent of Americans report using their phone on the toilet (Photo by Mae Robyn Rhymes).

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Upcoming Events Women’s Basketball Thursday at Evansville, Ind. vs. Evansville, 8 p.m.

Softball Thursday-Sunday at Auburn Ala. for the Cycle Invitational, 7 p.m.

Track and Field Friday at Charleston, Ill. for the EIU Friday Night Special, 3 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Saturday at Peoria, Ill. vs. Bradley, 2 p.m.

Baseball Saturday at Huntsville, Ala. vs. Morehead State, 2 p.m.

Golf Sunday at Birmingham, Ala. for the Ann Rhoads Spring Invitational, 8:30 a.m.

Freshman guard Khristian Smith protects the ball from Missouri State during an earlier season confrontation between the two teams (Photo by Joe Butler).

Ernest Rollins Editor-in-Chief An 11-2 run by Missouri State in the second half was enough to hold off the Sycamores and walk away with a win Tuesday night.

Indiana State’s opportunity to be the sole number one team in the Missouri Valley Conference was upset by the Bears’ 67-65 victory. After defeating Southern Illinois University by one point Saturday the Sycamores were tied for first with number 23 Creighton University and Wichita State University.

Junior guard Jake Odum led the Sycamores (16-9, 9-5 MVC) with 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Odum shot a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line. Junior guard Manny Arop was the next leading scorer for the Sycamores with 15.

Missouri State (8-18, 6-8 MVC) had three players in double figures on the night. Marcus Marshall led the team with 19 points, while teammate Keith Pickens added 11 points and nine rebounds.

Indiana State opened the first half with a pair of 3-pointers by Arop. The Bears responded with a three of their own for their first basket of the night. The Sycamores would extend their lead to eight (13-5) following a 7-0 run. Missouri State battled back to within five before the first media timeout of the night.

A couple of good free-throws from Pickens with 8:42 remaining

in the first period made it a two-point game (20-18, ISU). ISU continued to lose rhythm against the Bears began 9-2 run with just under four minutes of play remaining in the first half. The run would give the Bears their first lead of the night and they would end the half on top 29-28.

Missouri State opened the second half with a dunk by Gavin Thurman. Indiana State will be within one-point on a couple of freethrows by junior forward RJ Mahurin but it would be followed by an 11-2 run by the Bears. The Bears would lead 41-32 with 14 minutes remaining in the game.

The Bears would go on another 8-2 run to extend their lead to 14 points, 53-39, the largest lead of the night. Indiana State will close that deficit on a couple runs to within one point following a 3-pointer by Eitel with 2:43 remaining on the clock. However, the Bears will keep the Sycamores at bay to hold on for the 67-65 win.

The Sycamores will be back in action Saturday when they travel to Peoria, Ill. to face Bradley University. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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Women’s golf readies for upcoming season Craig Padgett Reporter The Indiana State University Women’s Golf team is getting back into the swing of things after a brief break from their fall season.

Although the weather has been cold and snowy, these Sycamores have been heating up and practicing indoors, while their competition down south prepares outdoor.

“We like to schedule a few more tournaments in the Fall, because the weather is better, but that doesn’t mean we don’t take them seriously,” said Greg Towne, women’s golf head coach.

“The Spring section is where the championship section is held and that contains the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and that determines who goes to Nationals.”

The Sycamores will face a tough schedule this spring that will take them to Birmingham, Ala. on the weekend of Feb. 17, for the Ann Rhoads Spring Invitational, then to Daytona Beach, Fla. on March 14 for the SMSU Spring Invitational.

The team travels to these southern meets so that they can play in the best conditions possible, conditions that can’t always be found up north this time of year.

“The golf courses around here don’t really open until March 1, so we are at a little bit of a disadvantage to the Southern teams in that area, but we are working on our film work and skill set by hitting inside,” Towne said. “That’s why our Fall schedule has so many tournaments compared to our spring schedule.”

The team will have to overcome this disadvantage as they enter their February and March Invitationals, but should hit their stride come April, when they will return to practicing outside. Towne said the team should not have trouble adjusting due to a solid core of phenomenal athletes and great depth.

“Most teams have one golfer that they will rely on heavily and if they don’t do well the team

will falter. This team seems to have somebody different leading it each time,” said Towne.

This group of Sycamores include seniors Christina Beyerl, Reece Feducia and Emily Dixon, junior McCall Christopher, sophomores Erin Sutton, Andrea Frankiewicz, Gina Della Camera, Amanda Smith and freshman Margaret Harper Shelby Williams and Bailey Craft.

Notable performers for the Sycamores last season were Feducia and Beyerl. Feducia had a record setting performance last season as she shot a career and season low of 68 at the Butler Fall Invitational. During the fall season, Feducia finshed in top 10 in four of seven tournaments.

Beyerl finished in the top 20 five times during the 2011-2012 season for the Sycamores. In the 2012 MVC tournament, she shot a career low round of 75.

It is impossible to call just one the favorite going into the Spring season, but as they round out their schedule, they will head to Peoria, Ill. on April 5, for the Bradley Spring Invitational, then Big Blue Collegiate April 15 hosted in Old Hickory, Tenn. The ladies will finally put it all on the line at the MVC tournament April 21-23 in Sunrise beach, Miss.

“Most teams have one golfer that they will rely on heavily and if they don’t do well the team will falter. This team seems to have somebody different leading it each time.”

Greg Towne, ISU women’s golf head coach

Junior McCall Christopher shows head coach Greg Towne something on the course. Photo courtesy of ISU Athletic Media Relations.

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Track and Field teams ranked in nation top 20 Kevin Jenison ISU Athletic Media Relations Indiana State University has two teams ranked in the top 20 of the nation at the same time for the first time in school history as the Sycamore women are ranked 18th and the men 20th in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association computer rankings released Monday.

It is the highest ranking for the Sycamore men since the USTFCCCA began the ratings system in 2008 an marks the fifth straight week that the Sycamore women have been ranked in the top 20. The last time the two Sycamore teams were ranked in the top 30 in the same week was last year when the Indiana State men were 28th and the women 29th during week six of the ratings.

The Indiana State men jumped up 10 spots from the previous week led by senior Brandon Pounds who is the top weight thrower in the nation, junior Greggmar Swift who is fifth in the 60 meter hurdles and junior Chris Fields who is 27th in the men’s weight throw.

The Sycamore women remained 18th for the second straight week with senior Felisha Johnson leading the nation in the weight throw, second in the shot put and freshman Katie Wise 39th in the 60 meters.

Arkansas and Florida remained first and second in the men’s national rankings with Oklahoma State jumping 20 spots to third. Texas A&M is fourth with Penn State fifth. Louisiana State became the third straight new leader of the women’s rankings with Arkansas moving up two to second and Clemson dropping down one to third. Last week’s top ranked team, Kansas, dropped to fourth followed by Oregon.

The two Indiana State teams are also among the best according to the Great Lakes Region rankings which

Briefs Dodgeball Tournament to fight heart disease The Alpha Phi Sorority will sponsor a dodgeball tournament to support the Alpha Phi Foundation and Camasia Foltz, ISU student and member of Alpha Chi Omega who recently under went a heart transplant.

The tournament is scheduled for Feb. 16 in the North Gym of the ISU Arena.

Interested participants can form teams of 6-10 players and may enter for a fee

were also released today. The Indiana State women dropped down one notch to eight while the Sycamore men dropped two spots to ninth.

The Sycamore women are the highest ranked team in the national rankings from the Missouri Valley Conference. Wichita State moved up two spots to 20th with Illinois State down two to 28th, Missouri State up 15 to 77th and Southern Illinois up two to 83rd.

Indiana State is also the top ranked team among major universities in Indiana. Purdue moved up 16 spots to 53rd with Notre Dame up eight to 74th and Indiana down two spots to 99th.

The Indiana State men are also the highest ranking team in the national poll from the MVC. Southern Illinois moved up 13 spots to 63rd with Northern Iowa leaping 64 spots to 81st, Drake up 21 positions to 96th, and Wichita State down six to 123rd. The Indiana Hoosiers are the top ranked team among major universities in Indiana as they dropped three spots to 10th in the national rankings. Indiana State improved 10 spots to 20th with Purdue up 28 positions to 52nd, and Notre Dame down 18 to 53rd.

Wisconsin is the new leader in the men’s Great Lakes Region rankings followed by Indiana, Ohio State, Michigan and Akron in the top five. The second five are led by Purdue followed by Michigan State, Eastern Michigan, Indiana State and Kent State.

Michigan retained its hold on the top spot in the women’s Great Lakes Region rankings followed by Kent State, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Wisconsin. Michigan State leads the second five followed by Indiana, Indiana State, Akron and Eastern Michigan.

of $30.

Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the tournament is scheduled to start at noon.

All proceeds will be donated to Alpha Phi Foundation and the family of Foltz.

In addition, Alpha Phi invites students to donate to the cause Wednesday at the sorority’s Buffalo Wild Wings “Dine and Donate Day.” The tournament and dinner are also a part of Alpha Phi’s philanthropic efforts to spread awareness of heart disease.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website, heart disease is the number one cause of death among Americans. About one in four deaths every year is related to heart disease.

Senior Felisha Johnson leads the nation in the women’s weight throw and is second in he women’s shot put.

Photo courtesy of ISU Athletic Media Relations.

Softball heads to Tiger Invitational Indiana State’s softball team will be heading to the Tiger Invitational in Auburn, Ala. starting this weekend against Auburn University on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.

On Feb. 15 ISU will go head-to-head with Kansas University, Chattanooga and Bryant University on Feb. 16. To finish competition the Sycamores play Tennessee State on Feb. 17.

ISU enters the game with a 4-1 season record as Auburn goes in 5-0.

Kansas State’s Jayhawks are holding a 6-1 lead over the Sycamores with the

series beginning in 1988. Currently, the Jayhawks are 4-1 for the season.

Along with the Tigers and Jayhawks, ISU has history with the Bulldogs of Bryant University and the Chattanooga Mocs. The Sycamores have played the Bulldogs two times as ISU leads the series 2-0. This will be Bryant’s first set of games this season.

The Mocs have won their two previous meeting with the Sycamores. They enter the invitational with a 1-4 season record.

Closing the invite for the Sycamore are the Tennessee State Tigers as ISU holds one victory over the Tigers. As of now the Tigers holds a 0-3 seasonal record.

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FOR YOUR SPECIAL VALENTINE

Top Left: Wal-Mart, on U.S. 41 in Terre Haute, offers a variety of stuffed animal Valentine’s gifts.

Top Right: Johnathan Eibracht of Terre Haute shops at the Halmark store in Honey Creek Mall Tuesday afternoon.

Bottom: Sugar cookies, sparkling grape juice and balloons line the entrance of Wal-Mart.

With this and a number of fresh flower bouquets, Heinl’s Flower Shop, located at 129 S. Seventh St. in Terre Haute, is prepped for one of the busiest days of the year.

Photos by Mae Robyn Rhymes.