February 14, 2014

Romance and revenue Local businesses and students pull out all the stops for Valentine’s Day

SAMUAL CLARK Opinions Editor Valentine’s Day, deemed the year’s most romantic holiday, is a time that local businesses embrace, as it generates lucrative business.

Indiana State University Students, however, are opting out of flowers and candy, spending quality time with loved ones instead.

As sales and revenue booms across the board, some shops prepare with holiday sales. Ashcroft and Oak Jewelers, located just inside the Honey Creek Mall, has been preparing for the hit for months.

“We have a very big sale going on right now. Pretty much everything in the store is marked down for the Valentine’s Sale,” said store manager Clay Cake. “We’re expecting a pretty general increase in sales with the holiday. Honestly, just a lot is all I can say.

It’s big.”

According to CNN News, last year the United States reached a total of $18.6 billion in total Valentine’s Day sales, averaging out to roughly $130.97 per person.

Cake said the store doesn’t seem to sell any particular item more than another, barring engagement rings, that is.

“It’s Valentine’s Day, so of course we sell a lot of engagement rings. A lot of guys want to propose,” he said.

Cake isn’t wrong. According to the History Channel’s Valentine’s Day Special, more than 20 percent of Americans purchase jewelry during the red and pink holiday season. This averages to some $4 billion dollars spent over the entire country.

And following the same special, an alleged 15 million couples plan to pop the question on the big day.

Jewelry isn’t the only big contender on the market. With roughly 62 percent of the

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Indiana State University bought prime airtime during NFL Playoffs, Super Bowl and Olympics to air commercials throughout the state.

When Indiana State was buying media time last summer for the coming fall and spring, they noted that colleges and universities weren’t buying local advertisement times for the Super Bowl.

While a 30-second national commercial would be too expensive, ISU did learn that buying local time was just as costeffective as buying media time through out the year.

Because of this, Indiana State bought the playoff game between the Broncos and the Patriots, and two weeks later ran one of the commercials at the halftime of the Super Bowl.

Thinking ahead of the competition, ISU purchased commercials at a reasonable cost with air times throughout the full two weeks of the Olympic Games.

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NEWS

Friday, February 14, 2014 • Page 2 News Editor, Andrew Christman isu-statesmannews@mail.indstate.edu

Low temperatures, heavy snow keep students away Adler Englesbe Reporter Some students are concerned the record snow fall and frigid temperatures may be keeping Indiana State students being on campus and in the classroom.

Susan Powers, associate vice president of academic affairs, said her office doesn’t compare attendance numbers to previous semesters and years.

“We don’t track this data, we are only trying to find those students who failed to attend any classes at all and then are withdrawn so there are no charges assessed for those students,” she said.

Since her office only looks at whether a student has shown up to all of their classes, they don’t really know if students are coming to class on a daily basis.

Students say they’ve noticed their classrooms and campus in general being a lot less crowded, and believe it has something to do with the weather Terre Haute has received lately.

Storm Nasser, a sophomore exercise science major, said he’s seen certain parts of campus having far fewer students as of late.

“I have noticed [fewer] students on campus in places such as the library or the Commons,” he said.

Nasser feels the decrease in attendance is caused by the freezing temperatures.

“Depending on the weather events that have happened, most of my classes have had [fewer] students in them. I do think students are missing classes more this semester because of the weather. Nobody really wants to walk to class in negative temperatures,” he said.

Matt Lower, a sophomore exploratory studies major, agreed with Nasser that there has been fewer students on campus and in his classes because of the cold.

“There’s been a lot less people on campus just because of how cold the temperatures

While academic affairs office has no way of tracking daily attendance, students worry that the subzero temperatures and constant snow may be keeping peers at home, as opposed to in the classroom (Photo courtesy of ISU Marketing and Communications).

and wind chills have been, which has made walking to class miserable,” he said. “I think it is because of all the snow and the freezing cold temperatures.”

Powers disagrees with students’ the temperatures have had much effect on the attendance rates this far in the semester.

Powers said her office looks at attendance because of a Federal Aid requirement that

makes sure students are going to class.

“We have a Federal financial aid requirement to confirm that students are attending classes. If the attendance reports show that students are not attending all of their classes, they are administratively withdrawn from all of their classes with an activity date to the beginning of the semester and all aid returned,” she said.

Powers also said Indiana State is doing their best to encourage students to come to class, as much as they possibly can.

“We are looking at several different options to help faculty take attendance in class and increasingly faculty are emphasizing attendance in their classes,” she said.

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Service learning engages students and community Paula Meyer

ISU Communications and Marketing Staff

freshman and seniors in the high-impact practices of service learning, learning communities, research with faculty members and culminating experiences.

Like many of us these days, Sarah Molter, a junior elementary education major at Indiana State University, looks forward to spring. The NSSE survey is the recognized benchmark The warm temperatures would certainly be for assessing the extent to which colleges and welcome, but she looks forward to spring for universities effectively engage students in their a different reason — an opportunity to serve education.

“The 2013 NSSE data confirms what we others. intuitively know, which is the important “I have attended Alternative Spring Break role that collaborative learning and close for the past three years, and have also attended Alternative Fall Break,” she said. “The spring faculty-student interactions play in the break trips focus on social issues that the educational experience,” said Josh Powers, interim associate vice president for student communities we visit face.”

During previous trips, she has learned success. “The survey results demonstrate the about the Indiana culture, assisted in tornado commitment of Indiana State’s faculty and staff to providing students with a quality education cleanup in Henryville, and an opportunity to serve Ind., learned more “The 2013 NSSE data others in a collaborative, about the poverty that supportive environment.” confirms what we affects our nation and areas that Indiana volunteered at the Center intuitively know, which is Specific State students gave high for Courageous Kids, the important role that marks to in the NSSE a camp for medicallysurvey findings included: collaborative learning disadvantaged children, 80 percent rated their with medical problems and close faculty-student •experience as good or ranging from diabetes interactions play in the excellent and 81 percent to physical disabilities to educational experience.” of seniors would choose cancer.

Indiana State again for “This year my group their college experience. and I will be focusing Josh Powers on orphanages and food interim associate vice president • 80 percent of seniors who responded “very lines in villages in the for student success much” or “quite a bit” feel Dominican Republic,” that Indiana State helped she said. them think critically and Brandon Harris, a senior business management major, had his analytically. first service learning experience in a 100-level • 73 percent of seniors who responded “very much” or “quite a bit” feel that Indiana State criminology class.

“Each student in the course had to volunteer helped them write clearly and effectively. at an agency of their choice for 25 hours,” • 73 percent of seniors who responded “very much” or “quite a bit” feel that the university Harris said.

While volunteering at Big Brother and Big assisted them in acquiring job or work-related Sisters of Vigo County, he did more than knowledge and skills.

“I love the size of the campus, how easy it just learn about the program and fulfill his is to get around, and the sense of community,” requirement.

“I helped with the after school program by Molter said. “I love that creating a club is easy preparing materials for each respective school to do so that students can meet other students the program visited and eventually became a with similar interests.”

The report, A Fresh Look at Student community big brother for the program. It was Engagement-Annual Results 2013, details a great experience.”

Molter and Harris have plenty of company at results from a 2013 survey of nearly 335,000 first-year and senior students attending 568 Indiana State.

Results of the 2013 National Survey of U.S. bachelor’s degree-granting colleges and Student Engagement show the university universities that participated in NSSE in spring scored significantly higher among both 2013. Full details about the NSSE can be found at this web site: http://nsse.iub.edu.

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Above: John Beacon and the rest of the enrollment management, marketing and communication team were excited to see the commercials air during the playoffs, Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics. Below: ISU students were selected to be featured in the commercial, which was filmed last year (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

markets and was seen by thousands of Indiana State alumni and business leaders.

Marketing for Indiana State took a gamble on both the Playoff game and the Super Bowl, and at the same time decided to try the Winter Olympics.

Indiana State has received many positive comments from viewers, saying how professional the commercials looked and how attractive they were, said vice president of enrollment management, marketing and communication, John Beacon.

Beacon also said he was very pleased with the responses to the commercials.

“Clearly, those sporting events captured the majority of viewers on those dates, and the competition hadn’t thought to advertise during these events,” Beacon said. “We captured a huge audience with little competition for prime air time. We think the exposure of these commercials will serve as a reminder on prime time television to students who are making decisions this time of year as to where they plan to enroll in the fall.”

Indiana State University students appearing in this commercial are very excited about seeing their faces on TV.

One such student, a junior majoring in human development and family studies Andrew Garnes, was thrilled when he was picked to be in the commercials.

“This has been a pretty cool experience and I hope to do more commercials for ISU,” Garnes said. “I think these commercials will grab a student’s attention if they are thinking about college. Through the commercials they can see real students from ISU and this might cause them to take a second look at Indiana State.”

Other students are watching the games and these commercials are creating a sense of pride.

Evan Rush, a junior majoring in chemistry, is proud of the commercials.

“I think this is great because a larger viewing audience would have been watching television during these times,” Rush said. “I also recognized that the students in the commercial were actually students, and this aspect gives the commercial a degree of reality that is hard to simulate. I think that they should add something about the Rec Center or classic events at the school in the commercials though.”

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Students commended for community service ranking

Dave Taylor

Communications and Marketing Staff When students arrived at the state capitol in Indianapolis on Monday for Indiana State University’s annual “Day at the Statehouse,” they held their heads a little higher. Some even dressed a little snazzier.

This year, they weren’t there just to talk to state officials about their college experiences; they were there to be recognized for the university’s No. 1 national ranking in community service.

The Indiana House and Senate passed separate resolutions honoring Indiana State for being ranked first among 281 national universities in the 2013 Washington Monthly magazine college guide in the category of community service participation and hours worked.

In another category — level of university support for service learning — ISU ranked second in the nation.

“I applaud ISU’s student body, faculty and staff for not just talking about helping the community but by taking action and impacting our neighborhoods for the better,” said Rep. Bob Heaton, co-sponsor of the House resolution. “As an ISU graduate, I commend the university for teaching students about the importance of civic engagement which is now a graduation requirement, and ISU deserves recognition for making this a priority. I’m truly honored to call myself a Sycamore.”

Rep. Clyde Kersey, also an Indiana State alumnus, noted that students’ commitment to helping Hoosiers continues after they complete their degrees.

“Under the leadership of President Dan J. Bradley, Indiana State University has experienced tremendous growth in its enrollment and upon graduation most of the students remain in Indiana and continue to work in community service

ISU students and staff were acknowledged by the Indiana Statehouse Monday (photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

projects,” he said.

Kersey and Reps. Alan Morrison and Kreg Battles co-sponsored the House resolution recognizing Indiana State while Sen. Tim Skinner sponsored a companion resolution in the Senate.

Every academic program at Indiana State has a community engagement component and Rogers said she is “fairly optimistic” students this year will exceed last year’s level of service.

Indiana State has been on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll list for the past six years; three years earning distinction. The university partners with other schools, non-profit businesses, faith-based organizations, public agencies and international groups to promote community engagement.

“Community service projects bring people together, strengthen communities

and build relationships,” said Rep. Morrison. “Communities thrive when individuals from different backgrounds and age groups work together in accomplish a common goal. Whether the project is big or small, they all have a positive impact and provide a great service to those in need, and I commend ISU’s student body and staff for their efforts to making our state a better place to live and raise a family.”

More than 50 students, faculty and staff members filled the House and Senate chambers for passage of the resolutions.

Earlier in the day, students staffed displays about the university and met with lawmakers in the atrium of the capitol building.

“Rather than having faculty come, this gets the students directly involved with their legislators,” said Hannah Summitt,

a freshman political science major from Spencer. Summit spearheaded the student effort in conjunction with the university’s American Democracy Project campaign.

She led students in writing legislators to invite them to the event and set up advance planning meetings on campus.

Dozens of lawmakers and state Attorney General Greg Zoeller chatted with students during the day and students said they were pleased with the turnout.

“It’s very exciting to be recognized here at the Statehouse,” said Nancy Rogers, Indiana State’s associate vice president for community engagement and experiential learning. “Our students contributed more than one million hours of service — in 2012-13. The vast majority of that was in the state of Indiana. I’m really proud that our students and faculty are making a difference in the state.”

OPINION

Friday, February 14, 2014 • Page 6 Opinions Editor, Sam Clark isu-statesmanopinions@mail.indstate.edu Editor-in-Chief, Brianne Hofmann isu-statesmaneditor@mail.indstate.edu

Statesman editorial

Fun, not frills, should be focus of Valentine’s Day

We’re not quite certain about this one. Maybe it’s just us, but doesn’t it feel like we’re in the middle of a tug-ofwar match when it comes to romance?

It’s especially so in college. We look at movies and fashions that scream at us to fornicate with anyone that pleases us and is willing. Then we turn around and there’s either some moral or personal obligation that says we need to settle down because we’re getting older, we’re running out of time before or even because that’s what we’re supposed to do after dating someone for more than a year. We would like to welcome this particular Valentine’s Day with an announcement that we hope will come through loud and clear: screw that.

Take a look at super popular collegethemed movies such as “American Pie” series , “Accepted,” “Eurotrip” or the granddaddy of all college party movies, “Animal House.” If you base your college expectations on these movies, then you would come to university life and expect to find raging house parties with beerbongs stacked on top of one another like it’s Mardi Gras all year round.

While we’re not stupid enough to say that there are no such parties here at Indiana State, it’s not that simple.

Women don’t just magically take their tops off and guys in fraternities aren’t always inconsiderate jerks. Not all students at college like the wild and crazy idea of total freedom of sexuality. Some guys and girls feel more comfortable only doing the horizontal mambo with someone they are close to or exclusive with. Some people happen to be serial monogamists who jump from one yearlong relationship to the next.

Trust us when we say you’re not alone.

Not just across the Haute, but across the United States, guys and girls alike will go all out on the sappiest day of the year. Without trying to get into too much detail — see page 18 for a full

breakdown of common practices and their popularity — we’ll just say that All Lover’s Day is mushy.

Television shows light up with Valentine’s Day specials, every shop in town drops prices on flowers, chocolates and red wine as the theaters start rolling out the Nicholas Sparks movies. If you and your significant other decide you want to curl up on the couch and watch “Sleepless in Seattle” or go out for a candle-lit dinner and a paddle boat ride in downtown Indy, we say go for it. Go as big as your inner-hopeless romantic can dream. Who are we to judge?

But not everybody wants the classics.

Some people look at monogamy as a curse word. Perhaps they happen to be more risque than others or maybe they really just don’t like being tied down. To many, today isn’t about settling down with a single person to snuggle by the fire and watch “Valentine’s Day.” It’s closer to how Barney Stinson spends his Feb. 14.

Here’s a bunch of fun facts for our single readers to boost some morale: Valentine’s Day was originally a pagan holiday known as “Lupercalia,” the traditional Roman fertility holiday. Can someone say “legen — wait for it — darius?”

In fact, the whole point of romance behind Feb. 14 was a clever ruse put on by the Catholic Church to Christianize the bow-chika-wow-wow. In fact, the whole point of using mid-February was because that was assumed to be the time when birds would migrate back to do the dirty. Sounds to us like Cupid may be a little less “cheer” and a lot more “rub.”

To our lone-wolves, we wish you all some excitement today. Who says that chocolate and wine has to be for couples?

Last we checked Cabernet and Godiva are an awesome combination regardless of your romantic entanglement or lack thereof. Don’t be hindered by your singlehood. Embrace it. Don’t go spitting

Skip the Valentine’s Day cliches and do what you want (Photo courtesy of clipart.com).

on couples you see being cutesy, of course, but go out on the town tonight.

Go see a show at the Verve if you’re old enough. If not, I hear “Robocop” is getting great reviews; or you can go check out some black light mini golf with the homie.

If you want to go pick up pancakes at Denny’s or a crave case instead of braised beef bourguignon, then goodonya’. Do you hold firm in the belief that the only person you need beside yourself tonight is you, some good friends and a man named Morgan? Long as you’re safe and

legal, who are we to stop you? Go make bad decisions. And if you decide that you want to take “shnookie bottoms” to Stables and then a romantic walk through Demming Park which you’ve somehow lit up like Madison Square Gardens, then rock on with your romantic self.

Side note, if someone actually pulls that off, please send a letter to the editor. We would love to hear about it.

Just have some fun, OK? It doesn’t matter who you are tonight, or what you’re doing. Show the world some good old fashion “TLC.”

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A Young Man’s Guide to College

Dealing with V-Day: bigger is not always better, boys

You and that girl have been recently hanging out more, just been the two of you. You’ve been having ridiculous Snapchat conversations with jokes no one else would understand. Is she just a friend? Do you want to be more than friends, but don’t know if she wants you want? What are Columnist what you two?

Valentine’s Day is upon us and the majority of guys understand this situation. How are you going to approach this day of love when you don’t exactly know what type of relationship you have with the other person?

You’re more than “just friends,” but you’re still beneath the idea of a relationship. Other times, you’re less certain, wondering if she even thinks of you as more than just her guy-pal, or whatever term she deems you.

Since Valentine’s Day is here I know you guys may be questioning what to do or get for your person of interest. No matter how you celebrate the holiday with that gal, it will tell her much about what you believe this connection between the two of you really is.

Don’t you wish you had some feedback?

Luckily for you, I have opened the conversation and gotten some great responses from wonderful ladies.

The main idea is that moderation is key. The idea of moderation is that you’re trying to avoid saturation or extremes.

So, stay away from the big-time Valentine’s Day ideas where you think that confessing your love deserves heartshaped balloons and a celebratory crowd.

Oh, you were shocked when she forever friend-zoned you after that? Moderation is key, my friend.

Well, how do you approach this scenario with moderation? Let’s start with gifts.

From the majority of the responses I got

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from women, it seems that gifts are a little much for this undefinable relationship.

Hold off on the jewelry, gents. You haven’t even taken her to meet your parents. The only gifts suggested were small things like chocolates and a cute — not mushy — card. One suggestion was to make a card for her. The great thing about making a card is that you can control what is in it; making it as personal or otherwise as you want it to be.

A snapped rubber band in an envelope could mean more to the girl than that bracelet from Macy’s you were looking at. Especially since that rubber band represents the first time you two met. You remember, when you were joking around with your dudes and the rubber band you were playing tug-of-war with snapped and hit her in the back of the head in Cunningham Memorial Library?

With that in mind, think of gift-giving as a value system, rather than a monetary one. For the sake of moderation, find a gift that wouldn’t hold a lot of value in the relationship. Or if you want to make a statement, then put in your own “snapped rubber band” an envelope with an inside joke your the note.

The takeaway I got from the women concerning the gift topic was that the guy should spend money on something to do, instead of using that money on something to give.

My suggestion to you guys is focus on spending money doing something together, so you can spend time and figure out exactly who you two are. Spend money on spending time together.

So, what should you two do on Valentine’s Day? Is it going to cost much and will it be difficult?

Breathe easy. These options are cheap and feasible. A good number of the ladies said that it could be as simple as making her dinner or ordering a pizza, and after, watch Netflix or rented movies together.

In this given scenario where you know you’re a little more than friends, a suggestion was made that it is okay to ask what the girl would want to do. I mean, why be stressed about it if they are willing to tell you exactly what they have in mind?

I would suggest holding off on jumping in and asking to go out to a restaurant.

Sometimes that type of situation validates that you’re dating rather than hanging out to get to know one another.

Every girl is different. Let’s face it; there isn’t a blueprint for us to follow for clear, consistent results. But it’s an exciting aspect of life to enjoy and learn from.

Relax and have fun with it.

This Valentine’s Day, remember to spend money on time with her, not a fancy gift. Moderation can be key (Photo courtesy of clipart.com).

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nation celebrating via gifts, dates and other romantic gestures, local chain, Red Lobster will be getting their fair share of customers on the big night.

“It’s Valentine’s Day, so of course, we’re going to be busier than usual,” said general manager of the restaurant Shawn Hammond. “Everybody is celebrating all day.”

While it’s not shocking to hear that they

do see a substantial amount of couples, Hammond said that the restaurant sees quite the variety of customers all day.

“It’s not unusual to see lots of families or singles,” Hammond said.

Weather.com is currently predicting 28 degrees during the day with a 30 perent chance of snow, dropping down to nine degrees at night with a 10 percent chance of snow. However, Kelsey Kash, manager

of AMC Showplace 12 is confident of turnout rates on Friday.

“Since it’s a holiday, we do have a lot more business,” Kash said. “They always release something for the couples around this time. But this year, we have three.”

Echoing Hammond’s response about seeing more than just the classic couple, Kash pointed out that they will likely be seeing plenty of families.

“With Valentine’s Day, we see couples tend to come out, but since it’s a Friday and ‘The Lego Movie’ is out, we’ll probably see a lot more families,” Kash said.

Even with the general increase in sales, it is hard to argue that Poplar Florist will have much challenge for the single busiest local flower shop in town.

“I would say that on a normal day, we do between 30 to 50 deliveries,” said store manager Mary Jones. “On Valentine’s Day, we get an increase by 150 to 300 deliveries in a day. We can easily get close to 400 to 500 runs in a couple days during the holiday season.”

Jones manages the floral arrangement and delivery shop located on 18th Street and Poplar Avenue. She said that the most popular flower they sell this time of year is the rose — considering 51 percent of Americans buys them on Valentine’s Day — followed by the carnation.

Jones went on to say that the shop generally provides mixed arrangements of all sorts, sizes and shapes. Poplar Florists offer deliveries with a $5 local charge and variable fees outside of local areas. International orders are also acceptable if provided in-house.

True to her profession, Jones approaches the big romance with both trepidation and excitement.

“We are a big fan. It’s one of our biggest days, so we love it. But by Friday, you know we’ll be exhausted,” Jones said.

Moving closer to home, several ISU students have taken preparations for the big day, from selling sweets and handing out information on sexual awareness at the Commons to double-checking reservations and giant teddy bears, students and staff across the campus are Students and community members will flock to local stores to pick out gifts and cards checking their lists twice. for their friends and significant others on Valentine’s Day (Photo by SaBrandi Powers).

The mezzanine in the Hulman

Memorial Student Union has become quite the hotspot for student organizations to pitch a table and sell sweets or flowers to passers-by. ISU’s very own Investigation Supernatural Group held their first Valentine’s Day bake sale from Tuesday until Thursday to raise funds for new equipment and a trip to Whisper Estates, a local supernatural hot spot.

Other groups have been holding bake sales, selling hot chocolate and handing out flowers either to raise awareness for a cause, to raise money for their organization or to celebrate the holiday.

Our own NAACP chapter celebrated their Founder’s Day by handing out free cupcakes and raising awareness to their upcoming fish fry.

Looking on an individual scale, several students are getting ready to celebrate with their special someone.

Junior business major Jacob Goodnight is prepping to spend Friday with his girlfriend of two years.

“I’m getting [my girlfriend,] Shelby her favorite flowers from a florist, some candy, a pillow pet,” Goodnight said.

Some are looking for a slightly slower night than Goodnight. Junior criminology major, Emily MacKown is looking forward to a personal night spent with her boyfriend, Tommy.

“Well I think we’re just having a Valentine’s Day lunch. Last year we went to Denny’s. We both really love breakfast food, so it was nice,” MacKown said.

Senior criminology major Jennifer Platek plans on waiting out the chaos until next weekend. Platek said that her fiancée, Paul, will be working all weekend, so the two have made arrangements for a post-Valentine’s celebration.

Still others are looking to get clear out of Terre Haute for the weekend. Senior communications major Farren Coday and her husband will be making a trip up north. “[My husband] and I decided to make a weekend out of it. We’re going to chill out and have a blast in Indy, completely away from Terre Haute, where we typically are stuck working,” Coday said.

“We plan to go to Whosyercon and stay in a hotel there.”

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Nursing student travels the globe to care for others Emily Sturgess

ISU Communications and Marketing In some ways, Indiana State University graduate student Rebekah Price’s two weeks aboard the Africa Mercy resembled her life in Terre Haute. Just like at home, she worked as a perianesthesia nurse helping patients awaken from surgery.

Yet nothing was the same. Price’s two weeks aboard the ship changed everything about the way she approaches her job and treats her patients. It showed her how to chase a purpose, not a paycheck.

“To serve a greater purpose that is fulfilling and serving those who have nothing is pretty awesome,” Price said.

“You can chase money all of your life... but there are people out there chasing purpose instead of a paycheck.”

Mission trips have always been a part of Price’s life. As an undergraduate nursing student, she took trips to Thailand and India, where she spent an entire summer working in tuberculosis clinics. She also worked as a dental assistant at medical clinics in China and Guatemala.

After a “random conversation” with her pastor, the wife and mother of two had a desire to go back into the mission field.

“I had a deep desire to go to Africa,” she said. “When I found out they were focused in Africa, that’s when I knew I was going to go.”

Price was immediately “enmeshed” into the Congo culture, working alongside the Congolese people who served as the day crew for the ship.

She also spent time at an orphanage in Pointe Noire.

“It was such a dichotomous thing,” she said. “They had nothing but they were so happy... there was just an incredible warmth to the people.”

With state-of-the-art medical equipment and a world-renowned surgical team, the Mercy ship travels along the coasts of Africa offering medical procedures for its people.

During her service, Price specifically helped with maxillofacial, plastic and general surgeries.

Surgeons, doctors and nurses from around the world make up the volunteer staff, serving anywhere from a two-week

stint to indefinitely.

“There are 35 different nationalities represented at all times,” Price said. “It was crazy. I could close my eyes in the cafeteria and would hear more than 30 different dialects around me.”

Price said that the biggest difference between a normal hospital staff and the crew serving aboard the Africa Mercy was that everyone was there to serve a purpose without any social hierarchies or pretenses.

“I sat next to janitors on one side of me and then on the other side was an anesthesiologist,” she said. “Everyone was respected for what they brought to the table and everyone contributed equally. That was beautiful to me.”

Price felt that she was impacted most by speaking to Gary Parker, the chief surgeon who gave up everything to serve on the ship. Supported by family and friends in America, Parker and his wife have spent the last 27 years on the ship, serving the African people.

“He could have millions of dollars, but to him that is just stuff,” she said. “What he is doing is serving a purpose that is fulfilling in a way that no paycheck could ever do.”

Price said that coming back to America has been a “culture adjustment.” She said that she is “continually [shedding] a lot of selfishness.”

“I am no different than the povertystricken people in the street or the woman with the tumor,” she said. “We are all people inside and we all have our hang-ups and our hurts. But I really believe that deep down inside there is something in all of us that wants to serve a purpose... not serving ourselves, but serving others.”

Price is a family nurse practitioner student at Indiana State. She also serves on the Student Affairs Committee on behalf of the graduate nursing program and taught undergraduate nursing classes as an adjunct faculty member last semester.

She said her experiences in Africa changed the way she interacts with people, particularly her patients.

“In Africa, their diseases are so obvious, they’re out there externally for you to see,” Price said. “It’s these huge tumors, grotesque-looking things all over. You learn to look past that and look

Graduate student Rebekah Price cares for patients from across the globe through trips to places such as the Congo (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

into the person.”

Price said that she will continue pursue mission opportunities for the rest of her life and that “the goal is to chase them with [her] family.”

“Chasing opportunities has nothing to do with distance,” she said. “We can go to the edges of the world, out in the Congo and make a difference, but all you have to do is open your eyes, get your

eyes off yourself and look out.There are millions of [service] opportunities in our community.”

Price hopes that her story inspires people to seek opportunities to serve and bless others.

“I feel like I’ve been given the greatest gift and I can either keep that to myself or I can share it and hope that it challenges others,” she said.

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Group helps students navigate tough relationships Allen Zielinski Reporter

challenging in itself.

“The first few weeks of first semester, I Is it called dating, seeing each other, hardly left my room and didn’t even talk going steady, or a relationship? Or is to anyone,” said Joe Lippard, a freshman it best to label it as “complicated” and music business major. leave it at that? With the numerous social Through the participation in student obligations, like romantic relationships, organizations and clubs many students, students have these days it is easy to lose like Lippard, make it past the initial sight of why one is at a university in the hurdle of meeting people. Not only does first place. an obstacle lie within making friends but Beginning last semester, two doctoral pursuing romantic relationships, as well. students at the Student Counseling Center “So it can be rough and, at times, quite at Indiana State sought to address this emotionally draining,” Lippard said. issue. Practicum interns Emily Dubosh Sarah Smith, a sophomore chemistry and Jessica Richert work with students major, said her biggest difficulty has looking to gain a better understanding of been finding a balance between school, oneself and all of their relationships. friendships, work and a relationship.

“People are balancing multiple “While a relationship can provide its responsibilities, multiple own unique happiness, roles,” Dubosh said in could potentially “The first few weeks and reference to the hefty be with the person you amount of work to which of the semester, I will be spending the rest university students are of your life with, it does hardly left my room accustomed. unnecessary,” she and didn’t even talk cause The Understanding said. to anyone.”

Self and Others Group Though most students takes a community find it important to approach to increase Joe Lippard, freshman attempt or pursue individuals’ self-esteem, relationships music business major romantic self-understanding and in college. Sure, they can satisfaction with any sort take energy and time of relationship. from an already packed While this group may schedule, but the potential sound like the kind of weekly support for happiness and fulfillment seems to be group found in musty, church basements, what keeps some college students focused the group coordinators have been working on dating. to dispel that notion. The free group offers Smith said being in a relationship students a chance to construct their own should not be equated to happiness. This guidelines and structure, and provide is especially true for people that place so feedback to their peers. much of their own happiness in other “We’re not here to lecture. You get people. enough of that,” Dubosh said.

“I think that relationships are not meant It is no big secret that acclimating to be so that the people are dependent on to the university environment can be the other, but they are meant to bring

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Students can have difficulties balancing relationships, but a counseling group is working with them to make that easier (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

another source of happiness,” Smith said.

Conflicts with roommates, co-workers, family, and past events are experiences the group wants to help students identify and better understand. Dubosh said the group is useful for students who experience social anxiety or a fear of public speaking.

While it is crucial that everyone a part of the group feels safe, Dubosh said, it is up to the participants to offer feedback and helpful advice to one another.

This concept may seem simple enough, but it is the purpose of the Understanding Self & Others Group to put this idea into action. It is a way for students to “learn more about their blind spots,” Dubosh said.

If students would like more information about the Understanding Self and Others Group, call the Student Counseling Center at (812) 237-3939 to set up an initial appointment.

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Friday, February 14, 2014 • Page 12 Sports Editor, Alex Modesitt isu-statesmansports@mail.indstate.edu

Indiana State barrels through the Braves Ace Hunt ISU Athletic Media Relations Indiana State senior guard Jake Odum scored 27 points and hit 13-of-13 free throw attempts as the Sycamores earned a 68-62 road victory over Bradley in front of 6,302 fans inside Carver Arena.

The Sycamores improved to 19-6, 10-3 MVC while Bradley fell to 11-15, 6-7 MVC. Indiana State earned its ninth true road victory over the season.

Odum, who tallied 27 points and went a perfect 13-of-13 from the free throw line, moved past Duane Klueh and Carl Nicks for seventh on the Indiana State scoring list with 1,435 points scored. Additionally he now has 536 career free throws made and is just six shy of Larry Bird’s school record (542).

He was joined in double figures scoring by sophomore forward Khristian Smith who had 14 off the bench and Manny Arop tallied 12. Smith narrowly missed a double-double with nine rebounds while Arop added seven.

Bradley’s Tyshon Pickett scored first but Arop and Kitchell had the answer for the Sycamores as they took a 4-2 lead just two minutes in. Walt Lemon, Jr., and Omari Grier connected on consecutive threepointers for an 8-4 advantage that Bradley would stretch to 11-4 at the 15:07 mark on another Lemon, Jr. trifecta. Smith hit a jumper to stop the 9-0 spurt and get the Sycamores within 11-6.

A conventional three-point play by Jake Odum knotted the contest at 15 with 6:23 on the clock. Consecutive field goals from Prosser and Pickett stretch the Bradley cushion back out to 19-15, but Odum scored seven points in a row and the contest was tied up at 19 with just under four minutes left before the break.

Gant busted the Bradley zone and laid the ball in at the 2:55 mark for a 21-19 advantage and then Odum made it a fourpoint Sycamore lead with a pair of charity tosses. After Pickett hit 1-of-2 free throws to cut the Indiana State cushion down to 23-20, Gant converted a tip-in at the 1:15 mark for a 25-20 lead. Arop would hit a pair of free throws with six seconds remaining

STATESMAN RUNDOWN Indiana State: Men’s Basketball vs. Bradley 68-62 Women’s Basketball vs. Illinois State 50-53 (L)

Recent Contests: Men’s Basketball Record vs. Illinois State 60-79 (L) vs. Southern Ill. 79-60 (L) vs. Northern Iowa 87-81 (W) vs. Wichita State 65-58 (L) vs. Drake 60-56 (W) Junior forward Justin Gant scored seven points and collected five rebounds to help Indiana State beat the Braves on the road (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

for the 27-20 halftime advantage.

The Sycamores scored first in the second half on a second chance bucket from Justin Gant for a 29-20 cushion. The Braves would close within 29-26 before Smith hit the Sycamores’ first three-pointer of the game at the 16:24 mark to stretch the advantage out to 32-26. Bradley answered with a lay-up and Odum came down to bury his first three-pointer of the game for a 35-28 lead on the next possession.

After Bradley crept within 35-33, Gant hit a free throw for a three-point lead and Smith converted a breakaway dunk for a 38-33 cushion with just over 13 minutes remaining. The Braves would answer with five straight points to tie the game at 38 and forced the Sycamores to call a timeout with 12:04 to go.

The Braves would score seven in a row for a 40-38 lead and Odum broke a two and a half minute scoreless streak at the 10:28 mark with a pair of charity tosses to level the score at 40. After Jordan Prosser dunked, Odum hit two more free throws with 9:45 remaining to tie the game at 42. Following a Bradley turnover, Arop got loose for a trifecta and with the clock ticking under nine minutes the Sycamores

owned a 45-42 lead.

The Braves hit a free throw, but Odum was open in the lane for a jumper and the Sycamores lead grew to 49-43 with just over five minutes remaining. That basket gave Odum 20 points in the contest. He stayed hot with an open three-pointer from NBA range with just under four minutes to go and the Sycamore lead grew to 52-46.

After Bradley scored in transition, Smith hit a trifecta from the right wing for a 55-48 cushion with exactly three minutes remaining.

Smith tallied a pair of free throws with 2:13 remaining to answer two charity tosses by the Braves and restored the 5750 lead. After a defensive stop, Arop was fouled with 1:46 on the clock and he hit both to tie for the largest advantage of the game at 59-50. The Braves scored four in a row before Odum was fouled with 1:01 on the clock and hit both charity tosses for a 61-54 lead. Arop hit a free throw and then Brown had a steal and lay-up for a 66-58 lead with 20 seconds remaining.

Indiana State returns home on Saturday, Feb. 15 when they face the Southern Illinois Salukis at 1:05 p.m. (ET) inside Hulman Center.

Women’s Basketball Record vs. Southern Illinois 63-44 (W) vs. Missouri State 74-57 (W) vs. Wichita State 83-63 (L) vs. Bradley 80-67 (W) vs. Loyola 58-71 (L)

Overall records: Men’s Basketball Rankings Wichita State 26-0 Indiana State 19-6 Missouri State 17-8 Illinois State 13-11 Northern Iowa 12-13 Bradley 11-15 Loyola 9-16 Evansville 10-15 Drake 12-13 Southern Illinois 10-16 Women’s Basketball Rankings Wichita State 20-2 Indiana State 12-9 Northern Iowa 11-11 Loyola 9-14 Illinois State 6-14 Missouri State 12-10 Evansville 8-14 Bradley 5-17 Southern Illinois 4-18 Drake 11-11

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Baseball swings into action with four weekend games

Kevin Jenison

ISU Athletic Media Relations The weather outside may be frightful, but the “Boys of Summer” are ready to heat things up as the Indiana State baseball team is set to take the lid off their 2014 season this weekend at the Snowbird Baseball Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. The Sycamores will play four games over three days starting with the season opener at 1 p.m. Friday against the Auburn Tigers.

Indiana State will play twice on Saturday as they go up against Connecticut at 11:30 a.m. and Ohio State at 3 p.m. The Sycamores and Buckeyes will play a second game at 1 p.m. Sunday.

This is Mitch Hannahs’ first season as head coach of the Sycamores and while he has looked forward to this moment for quite some time, he still has question marks about the team.

“We have inexperienced pitchers and veteran position players that will need to carry us early on,” Hannahs said. “I know by the end of the season we will be a much better team.”

Friday’s game will be played at Charlotte Spots Park, the spring training home of the Tampa Bay Rays and home to the Rays Class A Advanced affiliate, Charlotte Stone Crabs, of the Florida State League.

The final three games will be played at the North Charlotte Regional Park.

Starting Rotation:

Senior Kurt Kudrecki will move from the bullpen to the starting rotation as he will be handed the ball as the Sycamore starter when Indiana State opens their 2014 season Friday.

Kudrecki had an outstanding 2013 campaign as he made 29 appearances out of the bullpen with a win, one loss, three saves and a 1.57 earned run average (ERA) in 46 innings of work. He was an Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Conference selection in 2013 as he ranked second in the MVC in total pitching appearances and seventh in ERA for pitchers with at least 20 innings of work.

Two newcomers to the blue and white of Indiana State will start the second and third games of the season. Junior David Stagg, a transfer from Heartland Community College in Iowa, will be the

Sycamore starter as Indiana State takes on Connecticut in the first of two games Saturday while junior Brad Lombard, a transfer from Jefferson College in Missouri, will start the day’s second game against Ohio State.

Stagg was a 2013 First Team AllConference selection as a member of the Heartland Community College Hawks after winning all nine of his starts with three complete games and a 1.14 ERA. He started seven games as a freshman in 2012, finishing with a 3-1 record and a 3.03 ERA. Lombard competed for two seasons at Jefferson College. He started nine games in 2013 and posted a 5-0 record with a 4.31 ERA in 39.2 innings of work.

Position Players:

Junior Landon Curry is the top returning position player for the Sycamores after hitting .260 a year ago with 51 hits and 21 runs batted in. The outfielder was also 19 of 26 in stolen bases while starting all 51 games last season.

Junior infielder Derek Hannahs has the best batting average of the returning position players at .309 while starting 23 of the 37 games he played in. Junior Jacob Hayes recorded 24 RBIs in 2013, the most of any of the returning players, with a .248 batting average while starting 42 of the 51 games he played in.

Senior Mike Fitzgerald started 45 of 48 games played and hit .263 in 2013 with 41 hits including three home runs while recording 20 RBIs for the season. Senior Owen Conway started 29 of the 42 games he played in with a .236 batting average with 25 hits and 12 RBIs.

Series Notes:

Indiana State vs. Auburn — This will be the fifth meeting between the two schools since 1968 with Auburn winning all four of the previous meetings including a 5-4 victory in the Auburn Tournament a year ago.

Indiana State vs. Connecticut — This will be just the second meeting between the two schools with the Huskies winning the only previous meeting with a 5-3 victory at the 2005 Rawlings/USA Challenge in Millington, Tenn.

Indiana State vs. Ohio State — This is the first time that the two schools have met on the diamond.

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Basketball teams return for three-game home stand

Alex Modesitt Sports Editor

While the weather may be slowly warming up outside, the Hulman Center will be ablaze with basketball action this weekend. Indiana State women’s basketball host a pair of games with a men’s game sandwiched in between.

The first of the women’s games will take place on Valentines Day where the Lady Sycamores look to break the hearts of the visiting Southern Illinois Salukis. Indiana State comes into the game on a two game skid but is still clinging to second place in the Missouri Valley conference.

The Lady Sycamores lost the last time they took the court in a tightly contested match-up with Illinois State. Indiana State lost the game 50-53 and earned their first back-to-back losses in conference play this year.

To avoid a third straight conference loss, Indiana State will need to play much like they did their last time out against the Salukis. On Jan. 19, the Lady Sycamores trounced Southern Illinois 63-44 on the Salukis’ home floor.

The Lady Sycamores were led in that game by senior guard Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir and junior forward Racheal Mahan.

Mahan and Abdul-Qaadir both finished the game with 15 points and helped stifle the Southern Illinois offense.

If Indiana State hopes to replicate the results from their earlier meeting with the Salukis then they will need to fall back on to their defensive roots. In the previous matchup the Lady Sycamores were able to hold Southern Illinois to 34.7 percent shooting from the field and 0-7 from behind the three-point line.

The game is set to begin at 7:05 p.m. inside the Hulman Center.

The pivot game for this weekend’s slate of basketball pits the Indiana State men’s squad against the Salukis of Southern Illinois. The Sycamores are currently in second place of the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Sycamores enter the game off of an away win against the Bradley Braves.

Senior guard Jake Odum led Indiana State with 27 points. Odum was hot from the free throw line in the win, hitting all of his 13 attempts. Senior guard Manny Arop and Sophomore forward also scored in double figures in the 68-62 win.

The last time these teams met, on Jan. 29, the Salukis were able to get the better of the Sycamores beating them 79-60. Junior forward Justin Gant led Indiana State in

ISU’s basketball teams look to win in front of their home fans this weekend (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

that game with 14 points but pulled down only four rebounds as the Sycamores got beat soundly on the boards 42-29.

Seniors Jake Odum and Manny Arop were the only other Sycamores to score in double figures, finishing with 11 and 12 points respectively. If Odum and Arop hope to reverse the Sycamores’ fortune against the Saluki’s on Saturday then they will need to put the clamps on Saluki guard Anthony Beane.

Beane torched the Sycamores for 22 points on 54.5 percent shooting. Beane also got to the charity stripe a game-high 10 times and converted on nine of those tries.

Beane was joined by three other Saluki players in double digits with two of them recording a double-double.

The tip is set for at 1:05 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Hulman Center.

The final game of the weekend will feature the Lady Sycamores facing off with the Evansville Purple Aces. The Sycamores currently sit in second place of the Missouri valley conference while the Purple Aces sit in eighth place of the tenteam league.

The two teams previously met on Jan. 16 with Indiana State coming away with a 67-46 victory. Defense was the Lady Sycamores’ specialty that night as they

held Evansville to 27.9 percent shooting and forced 15 turnovers.

Senior guard Anna Munn paced the Sycamores with 20 points and a game high four assists. Sophomore Marina Laramie wasn’t far behind Munn, scoring nineteen points of her own shooting 61.5 percent from the field.

The Lady Sycamores will need to keep close tabs on guard Sara Dickey of the Purple Aces in their upcoming contest.

Dickey was the only Evansville player to score in double figures and shot more than any of her teammates.

The final game of the weekend is set to begin at 2:05 p.m. in the Hulman Center.

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Above: Students listen to the panel speakers discuss topics ranging from rising infant mortality to Alzehiemers’ and chronic healthcare at “Coffee with the Community.” Right: Heather Dalton Miklozek, associate director of the Center for Community Engagement, led the discussion with questions pertaining to health matters in the Wabash Valley area. Below: Barbra Lucas, MS (left), center director for the West Central Indiana Area Health Education Center, and Peter Duong, Ph.D. (right), associate dean and director of the IUSM-Terre Haute, answered audience questions and drank coffee with students and faculty. The next dicussion will be held March 4 in Tirey Hall (Photos by Kira Clouse).

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