February 15, 2016

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

Monday Feb. 15, 2016

Volume 123, Issue 55

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ISU strives Valentine’s Day festivities for higher retention rate Sydney Feldhake Reporter

At the beginning of the 2015 fall semester 13,584 students made Indiana State University their new home. This semester ISU had a retention rate of 82 percent.

Many students come to ISU to further their education, among many other reasons.

Even though most students have positive intentions when enrolling into ISU and intend to continue going to college, students leave for many reasons.

Students find ISU’s size, academic variety and much more to be an attractive fit for them as a university.

“Students are going to choose a university where they feel they are going to get an ability to major in something that is interesting to them,” said Dr. Mike Licari, ISU’s provost. “They want to choose a university where they feel comfortable, the right fit, and a lot of people are attracted to the size of campus. It feels right to them, not too big. It’s not too small where they don’t have access to things and I think that’s a real asset.”

Freshman music education major Jared LaFond also agreed with many things Licari said.

Lafond said he found ISU to be a perfect fit for him in regard to the size of campus. He said ISU could satisfy his academic needs as a music major.

While there are countless reasons for students to continue a quality education at ISU, many students, 18 percent in fact, did not continue into the spring 2016 semester. Reasons for leaving vary.

“A lot of students will leave the university in perfectly good academic standing, but it’s because of personal reasons,” Licari said.

In a world ravished with a necessity for money, a financial deficit is often a reason why many students do not continue past the fall semester.

“Unfortunately there’s students (who) sometimes have to leave for financial reasons; they decided that they can’t afford it anymore,” Licari said.

Freshman secondary education major Trevor McLaughin said he agreed with this but that “college isn’t as big of a joke as movies and television make it out to be.”

Shows like “Animal House” and “Blue Mountain State” often give high school students a perspective of college that differs from what is really expected of students in a university setting.

Along with those inimitable situations, Licari also said that students get “homesick or they want to transfer to another university because that’s where their

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Students gather in Dede 1 for Valentine’s Brunch Sunday morning for breakfast, cookie decorating, carnations and teddy bear building.

Center for Student Success recognizes outstanding students Libby Legett

ISU Communications and Marketing

More than 100 Indiana State University students were recognized for achieving excellence in the classroom during fall semester.

Indiana State’s Center for Student Success held the 2016 awards ceremony where faculty, friends and family gathered to recognize the students’ achievements.

There were over 500 students in the LEAP, 21st Century Scholar and Student Support Services that achieved a 3.0 grade point average or higher the 2015 fall semester.

“Indiana State University prides itself in its commitment to community service and community engagement. So for you (Blue Leaf recipients) to be demonstrating at a high level already while maintaining excellent grades in your own courses… that is the spirit of a true Sycamore,” said Michael Licari, vice president for academic affairs and Provost.

The Blue Leaf award recipients were presented by five programs — LEAP, FirstSycamores, Student Support Services, 21st Century Scholars and the Tutorial Program.

These students and a faculty member were honored for displaying outstanding participation in the Center for Student Success, being engaged in campus life and achieving a high GPA. Megan Veeneman and Kell Clothier were awarded the Blue Leaf awards presented by FirstSycamores.

Veeneman, the daughter of Brian and Tammy Veeneman, is a sophomore elementary education major and member of Kappa Delta Phi. Clothier, a freshman nursing major from Logansport, is the son of Matthew and Kellee Clothier.

Vanessa Shelton, the daughter of Rudi and Julia Shelton, was awarded the Blue Leaf award by 21st Century Scholars.

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The Center for Student Success recognizes students who achieved a 3.0 to 3.49 grade point average in fall 2015.

The junior human development and family major has been dedicated to community service work and plans on spending her spring break volunteering in the Dominican Republic and is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority.

The Clinton native, Kirrsten Todd, is the daughter of Rick and Donna Royal and Michael Todd.

She was awarded the Blue Leaf award by Student Support Services due to her outstanding program participation, volunteerism and academic work.

Todd is a sophomore elementary education major with a special education minor and a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority.

Anthony Turner, a freshman operation supply chain management major, earned the Blue Leaf award from LEAP based on his academic achievement and high participation in campus resources and the

LEAP Leadership Program.

Turner is engaged in the community and pushes himself to success according to Jim Pond, student success coordinator and LEAP advisor.

The tutorial program gave out three Blue Leaf awards at the ceremony to an outstanding tutee, tutor and supplemental instruction leader.

The outstanding tutee award was awarded to Emily Scully, a freshman athletic training major from Dana, Indiana. She is the daughter of Dan and Jan Scully.

Scully participated in the tutoring services by demonstrating her readiness to improve academically and never missed an appointment.

Priya Abhyankar, daughter of Ramachandra and Rashmi Abhyanker, was recognized as the tutor award. Abhyankar, a pre-

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Four finalists for athletic director position to be on campus Ace Hunt

ISU Athletic Media Relations

The four finalists for the Indiana State University Director of Athletics position will be on campus next week between Feb. 15-18.

On Feb. 11, the office of Indiana State University President Dr. Dan Bradley announced the following individuals as finalists for the position which became vacant on Jan. 4 when Ron Prettyman accepted the position of Managing Director of Championships at the NCAA. Each candidate will meet with a variety of groups while on campus. An open forum between all four candidates and the Indiana State community will be held at 11 a.m. each day.

The public is invited to attend the open forums, which will be

held in the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

Angie M. Lansing On Feb. 15, Angie M. Lansing will be on campus. Her open forum will be held in HMSU, Room 421.

Lansing is in her 10th season on staff for the Indiana State University Athletics Department, and is currently the Interim Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator.

A native of Batesville, Indiana, Lansing (formerly Menser) was a standout track and field and cross-country athlete at Indiana State from 1995-98. She was inducted in to the Indiana State Hall of Fame in October 2014 as part of the 23rd inductee class.

Currently, Lansing serves as the administrator for a variety of Sycamore sports including women’s basketball, women’s

soccer, softball, women’s golf, volleyball and women’s swimming and diving as well as strength and conditioning. She also serves as the Missouri Valley Conference SAAC liaison as part of the conference relations committee.

Lansing serves on the local planning committee for the NCAA Cross Country Championships held by Indiana State.

In 2014, Lansing was named to the NCAA Division I Track and Field Committee, which will run through 2018. She is currently serving a one year appointment as the chair of the committee during the 2015-16 academic year.

George J. Nelson, Jr. Next to visit campus will be George J. Nelson, Jr., on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Nelson’s open forum will also be held in HMSU,

Room 421.

Nelson is currently an Associate Director of Athletics at the United States Air Force Academy. He currently owns oversight for 23 teams — 600 athletes, 50 coaches, 27 instructors and is the direct supervisor for 15 athletic programs — 30 coaches and over 350 athletes.

He helped initialize and maintain fund raising activity through an extensive athletic facility upgrade campaign – over $90M worth of facility improvements and expansions (’09-’17).

Additionally, he secured funding and oversaw implementation of budgets to meet athletic requirements for recruiting, team travel, equipment/supply needs and long-term facility upkeep. Nelson coordinates facility use to maximize space within time constraints to meet

all varsity practice, competition requirements and other nonNCAA athletic events.

Nelson was a four-year letter winner on the USAFA swimming team and was also a captain.

Sherard Clinkscales On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Sherard Clinkscales will make his on campus visit. His open forum will be held in HMSU, Dede II. Clinkscales joined the NC State Department of Athletics in July 2011 as an Associate Director of Athletics and was promoted in January 2012 to Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student Services and Sport Administration.

He provides oversight to multiple administrative units and sports, including strength and

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ISU Master Plan seeks to beautify campus Tyler Davis Reporter

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Shawn Huisinga, third from left, assistant professor in the department of teaching and learning and faculty adviser for the Student Council for Exceptional Children, assist education students as the adapt picture books that will be more user-friendly for children with disabilities.

Bayh College students help Vigo County children read Betsy Simon

ISU Communications and Marketing

The pleasures of a picture book will soon open up to more children with disabilities who visit the Vigo County Public thanks to two Indiana State University education student organizations.

About 20 members of the Bayh College of Education’s Student Council for Exceptional Children and the student chapter of the National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association advised by instructor Lee Anne Luttrell teamed up Saturday to adapt the books that were purchased with a $2,250 Indiana Campus Compact grant awarded to Shawn Huisinga, assistant professor in the department of teaching and learning and faculty advisor for the Student Council for Exceptional Children.

“It’s important to make material accessible so every child will be able to enjoy picture books,” said Huisinga, who proposed the project to the

Student Council for Exceptional Children. “We stress to students in their classes that it is important to always adapt materials they use in their classrooms to meet the needs of all of their students.”

Approximately 230 preschool children in Vigo County have been initially identified as having a developmental delay or disability, according to data cited in the grant abstract.

While adapted books could be a benefit to these students, such books cannot be purchased and were not available at the Vigo County Public Library.

The grant helped purchase the picture books that students adapted with fluffers to make it easier to turn pages, added pictures to text and integrated sensory items. The books are expected to be delivered to the library next month.

“It’s vital for teachers to be able to meet the communication needs of all of their students, so it’s important for me and other future educators to learn creative ideas to help reach them,” said Brianna Schuster, a senior speech lan-

guage pathology major from Terre Haute and vice president of Indiana State’s National Student Speech Language Hearing Association. “If it helps a student to learn better by having printed out words on the page or having feathers on the page that they can feel, it will be my job as a future educator to meet that need.”

In April, Indiana State students will present the project at the International Convention for the Council for Exceptional Children in St. Louis.

“In special education we really stress the importance of the child first rule. This means that they are not ‘disabled children,’ but they are ‘children with disabilities’ because we do not want the disability to define the child,” said Sabrina Rivera, a junior special education major from Greensburg and president of the Student for Exceptional Children.

“This project is a great way to learn about how I can meet the many different needs of the students who will be in my future classroom so that reading is an activity available to all of them.”

Progress is made every day at Indiana State University in the way of improving the structures on campus. In the past year there have been renovations to Mills Hall, with upgrades to Blumberg Hall currently taking place and others to begin in the near future. The iconic focal on campus — the fountain — has received a facelift and is now prominently displayed at a higher elevation.

The Statesman Towers have been demolished to make way for the creation of a new College of Business Facility, tasked with improving student success.

Mentioning some of the newer additions to campus does not begin to account for smaller operations that enhance the school’s appearance. Those tasked with adding beauty to the university must keep in mind the importance of a first impression.

When driving, or walking through campus, brick and limestone gateways signal the beginning of Indiana State University campus grounds. The entry points serve as an introduction between Indiana State University and the surrounding community, signifying the presence of core values and tradition.

Currently the entry point located at the intersection of Seventh and Cherry Streets is considered to be the main entrance; however, plans are in the works to construct an entryway on Third and Chestnut in order to usurp that role.

Diann McKee, vice president of finance and administration, said, “Any project is very much in the conceptual stage; nothing has been designed or bid.”

Although talks are ongoing, the primary goals of such a modification are clear; Indiana State aims to create an aesthetically pleasing entryway visibly prominent to those passing through or driving by.

In addition to the new en-

tranceway, path-finding signs will be added to better serve those in need of directional assistance.

Signs placed around the university play a similar role as the entryways, providing a level of comfort for those navigating the campus.

The circulation of traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, also played a major role in deciding exactly how and where to implement changes specific to campus.

The Indiana State University master plan delves further into the thinking behind these considerations, specifying that the changes aim to “…improve the existing vehicular and pedestrian circulation systems to realize a more logical and user-friendly pattern, particularly for firsttime visitors.”

Bryan Duncan, director of capital planning and improvements, described the concept that would aid traffic flow into campus from Third Street onto Chestnut.

“That’s kind of what we wanted to throw out there,” Duncan said. “We want to do a major change to Highway 41 to make it more attractive, safe and pleasing.”

Attention to detail seems to be a reoccurring theme — as the ability for first-time visitors to navigate campus is not an obvious issue, but is crucial for attaining a positive first impression of campus.

In fact, the structural modifications made to the fountain make it possible to be seen from the entry point on Third and Chestnut, an example of the attention to detail placed on the upgrades.

Projects that have either been completed, or are still in design, coordinate with the future aspirations of improving campus.

Currently the Indiana State University master plan shows intentions of increasing the number of gateways connected to campus, citing that, “New gateways are desired for the north, east and west campus edges.”

Einstein got it right: Gravitational waves exist in spacetime Jess Nocera and Andi Cwieka

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Scientists who have spent decades peering into outer space announced Thursday they have detected gravitational waves, the ripples in spacetime that Albert Einstein long ago predicted.

“We have detected gravitational waves.

We did it!” David Reitze, a physicist and executive director of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, announced at the National Press Club in Washington, to applause.

Gravitational waves, often said to look like ripples in a pond, are able to answer questions about creation of astronomical phenomena and disturbances, such as the merging of black holes, collision of neutron stars, supernova explosions and more. Gravitational waves were discovered by physicist Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, 100 years ago.

All of Einstein’s theory had been proved except for the presence of gravitational waves, but that all changed Thursday.

“It’s mind-boggling,” Reitze said.

Einstein was right, said Rainer Weiss, co-founder of LIGO and a professor of physics emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

“His equations have worked so well, in ways he never could have imagined,” Weiss said.

The discovery might be one of the major scientific discoveries in decades, just as important as Galileo and his telescope

400 years ago, Reitze said.

“As we open a new window into astronomy, we may see things we’ve never seen before,” Reitze said.

The waves were detected by LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, which has facilities in Hanford, Wash., and Livingston, La. Reitze described how, last Sept. 14, tiny blips of a signal, a “chirp,” were detected

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seven milliseconds apart by the massive observatories in Louisiana and Washington state. That signal led scientists to the collision of two black holes more than a billion years ago.

“Up until now, we have been deaf to the universe,” Reitze said. “Today, we were able to hear for the first time.”

These black holes were each about 93 miles in diameter — roughly 50 miles

wider than the width of Washington, D.C. “Pack 30 times the mass of the sun into that, then accelerate it to about half the speed of light,” and that is just for one black hole, Reitze said.

That collision unnerved nearby stars and caused ripples that spread outward, traveling for 1.3 billion light-years, passing through stars and other objects, until they reached Earth and were detected that September day. It was the exact way Einstein had predicted that gravitational waves would be discovered.

“The gravitational waves detected agree perfectly with predictions from Einstein’s theory of relativity,” said Kip Thorne, a co-founder of LIGO and a consultant for the 2014 movie “Interstellar.”

The waves were so tiny, Reitze said, that only LIGO can measure them. “It’s like trying to measure something that is 1/10,000th the diameter of a proton.”

The researchers said they had all been in shock when they got the first reading in Louisiana, and they couldn’t be sure LIGO was reading gravitational waves, not just environmental noise, until they could examine a second reading at the other observatory.

“We know it’s real because seven milliseconds later, we saw the same (reading) in the Hanford detector,” said Gabriela Gonzalez, a physicist at Lousiana State University and spokeswoman for the

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ISU Public Safety police blotter Feb. 8

11:14 a.m.: A trespass warning was reported on campus.

3:58 p.m.: Criminal mischief was reported off campus.

4:00 p.m.: A false fire alarm was reported in the Hulman Civic Center.

11:08 p.m.: An ill person was reported in Jones Hall.

Feb. 9

9:41 a.m.: An item was confiscated in the Student Rec Center.

3:43 p.m.: An ill person was reported in

the John T. Myers Technology Building.

4:40 p.m.: An item was found in Cunningham Memorial Library.

7:48 p.m.: A suspicious person was reported off campus.

9:13 p.m.: Suspicious activity was reported in Rhoads Hall.

10:52 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported in Rhoads Hall.

Feb. 10

2:25 p.m.: A property damage accident was reported off campus.

12:12 p.m.: An ill person was reported in the Health and Human Performance

Building/Arena.

2:44 p.m.: Items were found in Cromwell Hall.

3:00 p.m.: Lost property was reported in the Cunningham Memorial Library.

5:54 p.m.: An ill person was reported in Burford Hall.

11:35 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported in Rhoads Hall.

Feb. 11

7:24 a.m.: Threats were reported in Blumberg Hall.

11:38 a.m.: A trespass warning was reported on campus.

4:59 p.m.: A suspicious person was reported in the Student Rec Center.

8:07 p.m.: Possession of marijuana was reported in Lot K. 11:53 p.m.: A theft was reported on campus.

Feb. 12

3:16 a.m.: Trespassing and possession of marijuana were reported in Burford Drive.

5:43 a.m.: An iPhone was found in the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

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RATE FROM PAGE 1 boyfriend or girlfriend is.”

Because each situation is unique, it is difficult to speculate on ways to raise ISU’s retention rate, though the university is trying to find solutions to keep students around.

“I think the faculty and staff and even the students are a great support system.

Everybody wants to see everybody succeed,” LaFond said.

Having a support system is essential in providing a nurturing learning environment for students, but what does the university itself do to keep students around?

Licari said within the last few years ISU has been trying things such as establishing the university college for freshmen, providing advising and making the student success centers available in attempt to raise the retention rate.

“We try to support students in establishing a connection to the university through student organizations and curricular opportunities all the way to men-

BLUE LEAF FROM PAGE 1 medicine and anthropology major from Terre Haute, is a member of Chi Omega.

The third Blue Leaf award presented on behalf of the Tuto-

rial Program recognized senior social work and psychology major, Lakisha Johnson.

She is the daughter of Robert Johnson and Christine Sanders of Queens, New York. Johnson was awarded the Supplemental

ATHLETIC FROM PAGE 1 conditioning, sports medicine, nutrition, housing and student services.

He also serves as the departmental liaison to the Academic Support Program for Student Athletes (ASPSA) and supervises baseball, wrestling, volleyball, and men and women’s soccer programs.

He is also a member of the Athletics Cabinet and participates in financial and capital deliberations.

He currently serves as the chair of the NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct. In the summer of 2013, Clinkscales attended the prestigious DIA Athletics Directors’ Association Athletic Directors’ Institute, a “by invitation only” gathering of the most talented intercollegiate professionals.

Sherard is a graduate of Purdue University with a B.A. in history and comes to NC State after two years working for the NCAA at its main headquarters in

EINSTEIN FROM PAGE 2 LIGO Scientific Collaboration.

“The signals grow in frequency and amplitude and then settle down. That’s the prediction we know from solving Einstein’s theory.”

This detection also proves that binary black holes — a system of two black holes orbiting each other — can exist, Reitze said.

“This is the first time a binary black hole has been directly observed,” Reitze said.

Until now, Thorne said, scientists have seen spacetime only as if it were the surface of a calm ocean. Now, he said, they’re seeing a storm: the collision of the black holes, a 20-millisecond

tal health concerns; we’ve got the consoling center,” Licari said.

While the university has gone to great lengths to maintain its students, the board also realizes that there is much more to be improved on.

“Inside academic affairs we are working on trying to provide academic advising for students, we’re trying to clarify the curricular path way to graduation so students have a very solid understanding of the courses that they need to take in order to graduate so they don’t accidently get off track,” Licari said. “It is one of our primary goals in our current strategic plan and as we are working on developing a new strategic plan that will launch this coming fall. Right now student success is goal number one.”

ISU is currently in the process of attempting to establish a comprehensive array of student support mechanisms for those who are incoming freshman all the way to those who graduate their senior year.

“We don’t want to do a little temporary

Instruction Leader award.

Abhyankar and Johnson were honored with performing outstanding customer service, their desire to help others and are student role models in the community.

Indianapolis.

With the NCAA, he served as an assistant director of championships. In addition, he was chosen to serve on a number of internal committees.

A first-round draft pick of the Kansas City Royals, he played three seasons in the Royals minor league organization before injuries derailed his playing career.

He quickly made the transition to scouting and worked in multiple capacities in a nine-year scouting career with the Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays.

Clinkscales left the professional ranks in 2006 and served as an assistant baseball coach at Notre Dame from 2006-09, where he was pitching coach and assisted in recruiting.

Brian A. Hutchinson The final candidate to visit Indiana State University is Brian A. Hutchinson.

His open forum will be held on Thursday, Feb. 18 in HMSU, Room 421.

Hutchinson, a two-time graduate of

event that briefly generated 50 times the power of all stars in the universe put together.

LIGO can measure this astronomical storm using two 4-kilometer-long (about two and a half miles), L-shaped lasers, two mirrors and a detector. The light from the lasers bounces off a mirror to the detector. When a gravitational wave passes by, the path of the laser stretches slightly and hits the detector a little differently.

“All of this technology wasn’t available to Einstein,” Weiss said. “I bet he would’ve invented LIGO.” And this detection is just the beginning, Gonzalez said. “Now that we have detectors, now that

things because this is a long-term situation,” Licari said. “We have students here from freshman through senior year and what those students need changes while they are here.”

An incoming freshman does not have the same necessities as a graduating senior.

“When you’re a freshman you need information to how this place works,” Licari said. “When you’re a senior you need information about how to turn what you learned in college into marketable career things.”

While a new strategic plan is in talk for next fall, ISU is currently attempting to make every student’s academic home a comfortable one.

At a Student Government Association meeting on Feb. 10 Licari and President Bradley heard specific concerns directly from ISU students.

Students also spoke of things they have encountered that have challenged their progress as students.

“We need to hear directly from stu-

Paul Asay, a system administrator in the Cunningham Memorial Library, was awarded a Blue Leaf award on behalf of the Tutorial Program. This was honored to Asay for his creation of an online scheduling system

Morehead State University, has led a renaissance of success since being named his alma mater’s director of athletics in 2004.

Under Hutchinson’s guidance, success has been evident on the playing surface with 16 conference championships in the last six years and also among a wide range of other areas, including fundraising, facility improvements, academic progress, increased budgets and targeted marketing and branding campaigns.

In conjunction with the EAGLE Center and its staff, Morehead State Athletics received an NCAA pilot-program grant for accelerating academic success.

The NCAA awarded the department $360,000 from 2013-15 and provided an additional $180,000 for 2015 to bring MSU up to fully-funded status for the grant.

During his tenure, eight MSU teams have made NCAA Tournament appearances, including two victories by the

we know it’s out there, we’ll be listening to the universe.”

At best, LIGO in its current state is at a third of its maximum sensitivity, Weiss said. “Over years, the noise level will be brought down, and LIGO will be three times better and see three times farther,” Weiss said.

Scientists all over the world are working on developing laser detectors like LIGO. Virgo, an interferometer like LIGO in Europe, is expected to be ready to join LIGO in measuring waves later this year, Gonzalez said.

Researchers in Japan are working on Kagra, another interferometer, and the LIGO laboratory is working to establish

dents on things that matter to them so we can make the appropriate adjustments across the university,” Licari said.

LaFond suggested motivating more students to go to class because for those who do have a debauched academic standing with the school and do drop out also happen to not go to class.

McLaughin speculated that more affordable college would raise retention rates.

While the university is always trying to raise retention rates by providing an academic home for its students, the current statistics suggest ISU is like many other universities.

“We are working to provide opportunities for students to get a college degree and it indicates that we need to maintain a commitment to all of our students so that we can support them through graduation,” Licari said. “Nationwide there is a lot of attention on student success rates, and in that regard, we are like everyone else in trying to find ways to better support our students.” for tutoring and other improvements to the tracking systems for supplemental instruction and the Center for Student Success.

“I love it when our students are successful,” Licari said.

men’s basketball program (2009 and 2011). Soccer advanced to the NCAA Tournament three times (2008, 2010 and 2013), while volleyball has qualified twice (2011 and 2013).

Women’s golf, which Hutchinson helped re-establish as a program in 2007 after a 24-year hiatus, participated in an NCAA regional in 2011.

He currently serves on the NCAA Division I Council, where he was the inaugural OVC representative, the Competition Oversight Standing Committee, the Division I Football Championship Committee and the Football Championship Subdivision Central Regional Advisory Committee.

He has also served on the Division I Football Issues Committee (2013-14), the Division I Recruiting and Personnel Issues Committee (2008-11), the FCS Governance Committee (2006-08), the FCS Division I Football Issues Committee (2006-08).

another LIGO detector in India, which should be operational in 2022, according to a National Science Foundation news release.

“It took a worldwide village to do this,” Gonzalez said. The more interferometers there are across the world measuring gravitational waves, the easier it will be to find the black holes or other astronomical disturbances in the universe, Gonzalez said.

As of now, researchers have only a general idea where the black holes collided.

Despite the growing understanding of how warped spacetime behaves, Thorne said, scientists aren’t dabbling in the realm of science-fiction yet. “I

don’t think (LIGO) is going to bring us any closer to time travel,” Thorne said with a chuckle.

“LIGO is heading in a different direction.”

Scientists have been working on detecting gravitational waves for 40 years, largely with the support of national science grants. Reitze thanked “U.S. taxpayers and Congress, who supported this research.”

“We’re seeing our universe through new eyes in an entirely new way,” said France Cordova, National Science Foundation director. “Einstein would’ve been beaming.” ©2016 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Visiting speaker discusses marijuana addiction, marketing Trevor Cornelius Reporter

Ben Cort, director of professional relations with CeDAR (Center for Dependency, Addiction, and Rehabilitation) spoke on corporate involvement in the legalized marijuana industry Thursday night in Tilson Auditorium as a Keynote Address for SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana), an alliance of organizations and individuals dedicated to a healthfirst approach to marijuana policy.

Cort came to the Indiana State University campus from Colorado, where he serves on the Board of Directors for Denver based Stout Street Foundation.

The 38-year-old had his struggles with substance abuse but decided to “gain a clear mind” and eventually use his experiences with such substances as alcohol and marijuana to study effects then provide educated help to people struggling alone.

During his presentation in front of a diverse crowd of more than 100, he made his perspective clear to everyone that he sees both sides of the argument. The brain develops out of adolescence completely around age 25, when Cort says he does not care if a person smokes marijuana inside their home and “away from children.”

“THC is really interesting because it’s fat soluble … Naturally occurring inside of cannabis, is about 0.2 to 0.5 percent CBD,” Cort said, proceeding to ask the audience if they knew what makes CBD

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Ben Cort, director of professional relations for the Center for Dependency, Addiction and Rehabilitation (CeDAR) visited campus Thursday to discuss smart approaches to marijuana.

interesting. “Medicinal properties,” Cort said. “I could never have an issue with someone with terminal cancer smoking weed (to do whatever one can to feel better).”

Cort pointed out sources about drug abuse. In doing so, speaking very highly of articles from Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In an interview with Discover Magazine’s contributing editor Adom Piore, Dr. Volkow shared her research from Brookhaven, a college in Dallas County, Texas.

“You need these receptors for the prop-

Odd and interesting facts about our presidents Dajia Kirkland Features Editor

1.

George Washington: The wealthiest president of all time according to Wall Street 24/7, amassing assets over $500 million.

2.

John Adams: Died on the same day as his archrival Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826.

3. Thomas Jefferson: Invented the swivel chair.

4.

James Madison: Weighed less than the average teenage girl.

5. James Monroe: Liberia, Monrovia was named after Monroe.

6. John Quincy Adams: Conducted early and routine skinny dipping sessions .

7.

Andrew Jackson: taught his pet parrot to curse so much that it had to removed from his funeral due to excessive cursing .

8. Martin Van Buren: His nickname “Old Kinderhook” helped make the expression “Ok” popular.

9.

William Henry Harrison: Had a pet goat named Billy that resided in the White House.

10. John Tyler: Was so unpopular that in his 1862 New York Times obituary he was labeled “the most unpopular public man that had ever held any office in the United States.”

11. James K Polk: America’s first darkhorse president.

12. Zachary Taylor: His sudden death was oddly tied with cherries and milk.

13. Millard Fillmore: His first wife was his professor when he was 19 years old.

14. Franklin Pierce: Was taken in for running over an old woman with his horse, but was released due to an insufficient amount of evidence.

15. James Buchanan: Only president to never marry.

er function of the human brain. So when the number of receptors you have is decreased, which we discovered happens in people who are addicted to drugs, what results is inappropriate function of the prefrontal areas of the brain that are regulated by dopamine. And one of the consequences is that you cannot exert inhibitory control — you become more compulsive,” Dr. Volkow explained.

The bulk of what Cort said walking on the stage in front of a podium pertained to “Joe Corporate” manipulating marijuana’s properties for their financial benefit.

Throughout his hour-long presentation, he provided facts backed by photographs and charts about “the spin from the government.” His slideshow also contained local marijuana advertisements from around his hometown, which got laughs from the crowd.

“It’s about the industry; it’s not about the plant anymore,” Cort said. “Competitors are turning current users into more frequent users,” flipping from marketing ploy to marketing ploy, “we start seeing — for real — cookie monster with a plate full of dope on the side of a dispensary … that advertisement is not for the 30-something businessman who’s going home to smoke a joint.”

Cort also said edible cannabis is an issue, saying that someone cannot step away from their intake once they start to feel the effects because it takes the body a lot longer to process the THC through the bloodstream.

“A legal dose of THC for edibles in Colorado is 10mg per serving, while these gummy bears have four times that legal dose, so Colorado law says that we should nibble the ear off instead of eating the whole thing,” Cort said.

“But people might not feel the effects right away and become impatient about pop three gummy bears, and right then, they just ingested 120mg of THC,” Cort said, becoming more serious “And that’s when people that to have nervous issues, that’s when people start to have psychotic issues, and that’s when people start to freak out a bit.”

The struggle of being an international student Jide Oydeji Reporter

International students have to face many struggles coming to the United States to study that can leave the students stressed out and homesick.

There are many trials and tribulations that the students have to go through, including the expense of traveling to and living in the United States.

One international student explained how difficult it was for his parents to afford sending him to school in another continent to study. “When we first got to the States I did not know there was a big expense, spending over $20,000 to get us here and settled in a new world.”

Students have to go through a lot of testing to get to school here in the United States. According to the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, there are 1.13 million international students in the United States,

and they are enrolled in nearly 8,979 U.S. schools.

That is a tremendous number, and it seems to only get bigger. According to U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in 2014 there was a 14.18 percent growth in the amount of international Students in the States.

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs are huge here in the United States, involving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. There is a boost in the numbers of the international students that have made their way into the schools here in the United States and have been successful in STEM programs.

According to the ICE, “Thirty-seven percent of international students studying in the United States, equating to more than 400,000 individuals, were enrolled in STEM coursework in February. Eighty-six percent of international students pursuing STEM studies were from Asia.”

It is one thing to get to the United States, but it is another to adapt to the new lifestyle. There are different cultures in this country, and students never know what to expect.

Wale Ayokunle, an international student at ISU, explained what it was like to come to America from Nigeria, a country that is always hot. “It was difficult, especially when you didn’t bring any winter cloths and end up in a place where it is snowing one day and sunny the next,” he said.

Indiana State University is a place of community; a place where everyone is accepted. Whether you are from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia or South America, it doesn’t matter; the school has given the students a home, meals, education and, most importantly, an opportunity to become whatever they want to be in life.

Nothing is impossible, and Indiana State has made sure other students from all over the world understand that.

The underrated must-see: ‘The Emperor’s New Groove’ Rileigh Roberson Reporter

An underrated Disney movie you might not have seen is available on Netflix and is an absolute must-see.

If you have watched “The Emperor’s New Groove” before, watch it another time so that you can enjoy the hilarity of this children’s movie as an adult.

This movie, made in 2000, stars Patrick Warburton as Kronk, David Spade as Emperor Kuzco, and Eartha Kitt as Yzma. Overall, it grossed approximately $169.3 million. Out of 127 reviews, the average rating of the film was only a 7/10 on Rotten Toma-

toes, although it is considered to be one of the better Post-Renaissance era films made by Disney.

The movie is about a young man, Kuzco, who has passed into the role of emperor. He is quite narcissistic at the expense of regular townspeople’s lives, and is very happy to be the ruler of his empire. With his personal assistant out to kill him, he ends up on a life-altering journey, which offers him the opportunity to change his entire mentality.

This film teaches viewers multiple lessons. The first is that no matter how set in their ways people might be, there is always the possibility of change. As

I said before, Kuzco ends up in a situation where he is tested on a lengthy and dangerous journey, which puts many things into perspective for him.

Disney movies are famous for their adventure and growth in personality and perspective. This holds true for “The Emperor’s New Groove” in a comical and entertaining way.

Another moral within the story is that without a companion or two, your journey would be much lonelier and less meaningful. Companionship is often a theme within Disney movies. When is there ever a character that

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Woody had Buzz, whether it was willingly in the beginning or not, and even Cinderella had her talking mice, which was enough for her.

In “The Emperor’s New Groove,” the

Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 • Page 5 same holds true for Kuzco.

Although he is very quick to blame him for all of his problems, Kuzco’s journey would not have been possible without his companion, Pacha, a family man and village leader.

Pacha is originally the victim to Kuzco’s disregard for others, but for many

reasons, Pacha becomes Kuzco’s only hope for completing his journey.

This is a cute children’s movie that has a lot to offer to even an older audience.

After discussing it with others who had taken advantage of its appearance on Netflix, they said they laughed uncontrollably throughout the entire movie.

Although it is underrated, other reviewers stated that its comical aspect kept the audience interested the entire time.

Watch it by yourself, or make this journey with a companion.

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Needle exchange programs can rein in diseases

Zach Davis Columnist

Over the past year several Indiana counties have experienced public health emergencies due to outbreaks of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C. Some counties have reported as many as 158 confirmed cases of HIV. The outbreak is due to drug users sharing needles to inject heroine. Several counties, including Lawrence and Monroe, have formally declared their public health emergencies due to the severity of the outbreaks.

HIV and hepatitis C are serious diseases. HIV is a virus that wrecks the immune system. The virus runs through the body and attaches to T-cells. HIV then reproduces many times so it can infect as many cells in the body as possible. The virus is spread through bodily fluids such as blood. This means individuals who share needles are at risk of contracting HIV. Hepatitis C is a blood infection in the liver. It can cause loss appetite and vomiting, bowel issues, joint pain, fever and other symptoms. Many people are only ill for a short period of time. Some end up with a long-term illness that attacks the liver repeatedly for the rest of their life. Hepatitis C is most commonly spread by individuals who inject drugs.

Lawrence and Monroe counties have both made a push to control the outbreaks of HIV and Hepatitis C. The diseases are spreading quickly because infected drug users are sharing dirty needles with one another.

Their focus is on needle exchange programs. Designated locations would be legally allowed to exchange dirty, used needles for sterile ones. The program is meant to discourage the sharing

of needles to hopefully contain the spread of the diseases.

Previously illegal in Indiana, needle exchange programs have been used in a couple places since the outbreak began about a year ago. But none of them go without criticism. Many question these programs, often claiming that providing needles to drug addicts will encourage their use. Some even believe that the programs won’t reduce the spread of disease because drug users will share anyway.

These criticisms raise some fair points. Luckily, studies have been done on these exact questions.

Several reports from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, National Commission on Auto Immuno Deficiency Syndrome, and other such organizations suggest that needle exchange programs don’t increase the amount of drug use that occurs. Actually, it only ensured that drug users are safer from disease.

The same studies found that restricting access to help or sterile supplies actually makes it less likely they will change their behaviors to be safer.

John’s Hopkins University also conducted a study on needle exchange programs in Montreal.

The study found that needle sharing programs actually reduce the amount diseases were spread by shared needles.

Of course the best action we can take is to provide more help for drug users. Instead of putting them in jail we should focus on helping them be safe and even overcome addiction, and that is the point in the needle exchange programs. Taking further steps to help drug users could potentially help or even stop these outbreaks.

With so much positive evidence that needle exchange programs work we should consider using them more often.

We need to do something about the outbreaks of such dangerous diseases. HIV and hepatitis C are being spread by sharing dirty needles because drug users can’t get help. So we should continue providing needle exchange programs and figure out more ways to help drug users kick their habit.

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia smiles during an appearance at the University of California, Hastings, in San Francisco, California, on Friday, September 17, 2010.

Partisan politics puts president’s appointee in peril

Joe Lippard

Assistant Opinions Editor

While on a hunting trip in Texas on Valentine’s Day weekend, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of natural causes. Scalia was a justice on the Supreme Court for nearly 30 years after being appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices who take on arguably the most important cases in the country. They hold the highest authority on interpretation of laws in the country, and the justices often find laws unconstitutional, rendering them null and void.

Last year in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Court struck down samesex marriage bans, deeming them unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process and Equal Pro-

tection clauses. It was a close decision; five justices — Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — thought same-sex marriage bans were unconstitutional, while four justices — John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia — held that such bans were simply cases of states defining marriage as they see fit.

When the decision was handed down, many conservatives, including presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz, started complaining that the Court was overstepping its bounds.

They argued that the Court had no authority to tell states how to define what makes a “marriage.” Over the next couple months, it became almost a mantra to repeat: “The Supreme Court can’t pass laws.”

These people’s complaints were given more validity by one justice’s dissent. In his dissent, Justice Scalia said that there was “no basis” for repealing same-sex marriage bans. He went on to criticize the court, saying, “The

world does not expect logic and precision in poetry or inspirational pop-philosophy; it demands them in the law.

The stuff contained in today’s opinion has to diminish this Court’s reputation for clear thinking and sober analysis.”

Justice Scalia had a reputation for being staunchly conservative. Before his death, the Supreme Court was set up in a way that pretty much guaranteed that one justice — usually Kennedy — would end up making the tiebreaking decision. Kennedy was instrumental to the Court’s decision in Obergefell, and he has been instrumental in many other decisions on many other cases.

What Scalia’s death means is that the Supreme Court now has three consistently conservative justices, four liberal, and one justice whose opinion is kind of hard to predict. This means that some cases could end with a 4-4 vote, meaning that no ruling would be issued.

It is the president’s job to make appointments, and President Obama does plan

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Two cents: Earning a high score in the game of life

Jim Kreinhop Columnist

When you’re born, you get a chance to witness the game we’ve made of life. We are all contestants in this game of life.

No, not the board game, the real thing.

At this very moment, this game is being played by billions of people across the globe competing for points, as any game would require, in the form of money.

Mankind has made life into a competition to see who can make the most points, or who has the most money. This is one of civilization’s most prominent features and the only categorization of life’s winners and losers: The great class divide. The more money you have, the more points you have and the more you’re winning. The less points you have, the less likely you are to win.

To put it another way, have you ever

noticed that celebrities who are respected and admired are rich, and the truly needy people who are dependent and overlooked are poor? That’s because their scores are different.

For example, Kim Kardashian has more points than every homeless person in America combined. Kim K’s net worth is $85 million. A homeless person is worth the clothes they have on. As a result, Kim is popular because she is worth a lot of money and therefore has a higher score in life; she’s a winner, and winners get celebrated.

This is no coincidence; money is the name of the game. This life is pay-toplay. People need a steady income to stay alive. It’s no surprise that people prefer wealth to poverty because those who are rich seem to live a lot more comfortably than those who live paycheck-to-paycheck.

So, when we see celebrities dressed lavishly, driving expensive luxury cars to exclusive flashy events, we are naturally attracted to them as they’ve scored more points than we could imagine.

Many will study the backgrounds of these winners and how they achieved such success or go to great lengths to meet them, as if their good luck will rub off on us. Meanwhile, many of us try not

to make eye contact with the homeless as if their bad luck will jinx us.

Besides separating us, money has controlled other aspects of our lives.

Children in school are taught about currency, and in math class they practice addition and subtraction by making change. We’ve been trained to function in a world that depends greatly on using this concept of money.

Additionally, as a kid, you’re told that it’s important to do well in school because after graduation it’s time to move out and either get a job or go to college.

Your free trial of life has just expired — it’s time to buy the subscription.

If you move out and get your own place, you’ll need that factory job to pay for it. But this is not the end of your expenditure. Besides your home itself, you’ll need a steady income to pay for the water, gas and electricity that power your home. You’ll need money to pay for the car that takes you to work, the gasoline that fuels the car, potential repairs to the car and insurance for the car. You’ll also need money for the clothes on your back and the food in your pantry.

If you live with a significant other and/or a child, you’ll need to clothe and feed them, too. You’ll also need money to send the kid to school. This still isn’t

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the end of it. Suppose you or someone in your home gets sick: you’ll need money for health insurance to cover a fraction of the cost of sought medical attention.

Suppose your child requires an ambulance to deliver them to the hospital: you’ll need money to pay for EMT services.

For the sake of argument, suppose they die at the hospital: you’ll need money to pay for the cost of a funeral and burial. However, if they’re lucky, and the kid lives, they’ll soon return to school until they graduate, at which point, let’s assume they choose to go to college.

Going to college is a lot like gambling on your future. Earning a degree doesn’t guarantee you a high-paying career, but could increase the probability of it. You’d better hope that what you’re studying is worthwhile because, after you graduate, all of the above fees still apply, now with the added cost of tuition.

I came to Indiana State because I couldn’t get that factory job after high school. I wasn’t ready to handle the cost of living independently, so I decided to postpone financial responsibility for another four years by going to college with no real goal in mind, though I’m finding

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Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 • Page 7 should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”

My problem with McConnell, Rubio and Cruz’s line of thinking is this: we elected President Obama to do his job. He won over half of the popular vote and an overwhelming majority of the electoral college.

The American people have already had a voice in the selection of the next Supreme Court Justice, and the popular vote says that the people have chosen President Obama to nominate someone to fill that position.

A lot of conservative politicians have accused President Obama of not doing his job, yet several conservatives in Congress have already committed themselves to refusing to let him do his job.

Nearly every time that President Obama has made a nomination for appointments to be approved by Con-

PARTISAN FROM PAGE 6 to nominate a new Supreme Court appointee before the end of his term. But since Scalia’s death, some politicians have called for blocking President Obama’s appointment for any new Supreme Court justices until a new president is elected.

President Obama hasn’t even made a nomination yet. After hearing of Scalia’s death, Ted Cruz tweeted, “Justice Scalia was an American hero. We owe it to him, & the nation, for the Senate to ensure that the next president names his replacement.” Marco Rubio chimed in, saying, “Within the last year of the last few months of the president’s term, we should not be appointing Supreme Court justices.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement as well, saying, “The American people

MBB FROM PAGE 8 the game at 64 with 4:40 on the clock. Boone would go on to score five in a row for the Bears as they went ahead 69-64.

Smith scored inside with 3:20 remaining to cut the MSU lead down to 69-66.

Brenton Scott missed a 3-pointer to tie it, but he hit his next attempt with 2:23 remaining, which drew the Sycamores within 71-69 and Indiana State called timeout.

Each team then traded charity tosses and MSU lead 72-70 with the ball.

Loomis Gerring was fouled and hit one free throw to stretch the lead to three points. Brown countered with a quick

layup and the MSU lead was down to 73-72.

Missouri State’s Dixon hit a runner with 32.6 seconds on the clock as the Bears took a 75-72 lead and they called their final timeout. Brown hit a free throw after Missouri State called an extra timeout to draw within 75-73 with 21 seconds to go.

Camyn Boone led the way for the Bears with 30 points and 12 rebounds.

Indiana State stays on the road when they travel to Illinois State on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Tipoff from Redbird Arena is set for 8 p.m. and the contest will can be seen live worldwide on The Valley On ESPN3.

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“Tonight we were kind of like

how we’ve been,” McNichols said.

“Bits and pieces were very good, and we’re right there. It really wasn’t spectacular, but it wasn’t bad either.

We made a little progress, but we need people to get healthy. We’re holding out a lot of folks right now, and we’re hoping everyone will be back in action in a few weeks.”

“Overall, sitting and watching the meet I thought we had a really good day,” Martin said. “Everybody

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But after I’ve graduated from college and found a job, the game will really begin for me. I’ll work for a steady income that’ll keep me alive as long as my health will allow, and in the meantime I’ll be paying off my tuition fees. Since I’m living in the digital world, my checks will be directly deposited into my bank account and I’ll make payments to ISU online. I don’t have to touch a dollar in the whole process, and I can monitor how

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gress, conservatives in Congress have taken part in this obstructionist strategy. If we don’t like the guy, why should we let him do anything? This type of thinking has become exceptionally prevalent since Republicans gained majority control of Congress in 2014. Any time they don’t like something that the president does, they block his appointees.

The solution to this is simple: let the president do his job. President Obama has won two elections, and one of the duties that the American people elected him to do is make appointments.

Politicians in Congress, however, seem to think that preventing the President from doing what the American people elected him to do is a mature thing to do.

The time for obstructionist politics has to end. Nothing will ever be accomplished in this country unless our political leaders learn how to not be so childish.

many points I have left on the Internet like a personal scoreboard.

The use of currency has become a point-based system — a game into which we are born and have no choice but to play until we die. Essentially, life is about making more money, but this can’t be all there is. I hope that people can expand their thoughts beyond the heavy burden of their debts, and can truly appreciate the opportunity to be alive. Try your best to enjoy life for what it’s worth and don’t take it too seriously. Remember, it’s just a game.

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is getting focused as we tune up for the end of the season. We’re making good progress, and we’re just hoping to finish on a high note.”

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Indiana State women’s basketball upends league-leading Drake, 68-53 Megan Kramper

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Indiana State put four players in double figures and held first place Drake to a two-year low as it picked up the 68-53 Missouri Valley Conference victory in Sunday afternoon’s “Pink Out” game.

ISU was led by redshirt sophomore Ashley Taia who dropped 17 points on a 5-9 clip from 3-point range as she helped her team hit 10 on the afternoon.

Taia also added two steals, two assists and two rebounds to go along with zero assists to help her team snap a four-game losing streak in the series with the Bulldogs.

Redshirt senior guard Cierra Ceazer added 13 points and nine boards and a career-high four assists. Senior guard Alexis Newbolt chipped in 11 points — all of which came in the fourth quarter — and added five rebounds and four assists.

Freshman guard Jennifer Mackowiak also posted double-figures with 11 points, and redshirt junior forward Joyea Marshall grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds to go along with five points, four assists and two blocks.

On the afternoon, Indiana

No. 4 redshirt senior Cierra Ceazer jumps to shoot over a Bradley opponent.

State shot 41.4 percent from the floor including a 38.5 percent clip from beyond the arc.

Collectively, they dished out 15 assists and turned the ball over just 11 times — one high of a season low.

ISU showed why it’s the MVC leader in scoring defense, holding the Bulldogs to a nearly

two-year low on the offensive end (vs. Wichita State in MVC Championship on March 16, 2014). The Sycamores D also held their visitor to a seasonlow 30.9 percent effort from the floor, and held them well under their average (81.3 points per game) this season.

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Timlin, Sycamores put on incredible performance on the track at Hoosier Hills Invite Tyler Wooten

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Junior All-American David Timlin, the women’s distance crew and the women’s hurdle crew led the Sycamores on the track for a spectacular day at the Hoosier Hills Invite inside Gladstein Fieldhouse on Friday night.

One week off his amazing 4:00.42 win in the Meyo Mile at Notre Dame, Chicago native David Timlin went off again — this time in the 3,000 meter race. Timlin destroyed All-American John Mascari’s school record of 8:08.10, running a blazing fast 7:58:59 to become the first sub-8:00 runner in Indiana State history and the 22nd in all of the United States this indoor season at the time he finished the race (which doesn’t count competition elsewhere this weekend).

The race got off to a very fast start, with the rabbit taking them to a 4:16 mile split before stepping out.

Rather than slow down though, ISU’s own Timlin stepped up and assumed the rabbit role and led all the way down the stretch until he got caught by Indiana’s Jason Crist (7:56.98) and the unattached Ben Hubers (7:58.10) with around 400 meters to go. Despite getting caught, Timlin clocked in a 60-second split on his last quarter-mile.

Nationally, Timlin ranks 10th in the NCAA — putting him in contention to qualify for the indoor national meet — but that rank is sure to slip due to the amount of tremendous distance races going on around the country tonight and tomorrow.

“Unfortunately, he needs to be a little faster than that to qualify for nationals,” said ISU men’s head coach John McNichols. “However, that has more to do with how good the country is; he’s a formidable opponent. Everybody has a lot of respect for him. The challenge now is deciding how we use him these next few weeks leading up to the conference meet.”

It was deja vu for the women’s milers as well. Just one week after Jessi Conley

and Brittany Neeley set the No. 2 and 3 all-time marks in the mile at Notre Dame, Neeley and Austin took those two spots for themselves at IU on Friday night.

Neeley, a sophomore IU transfer who ran 4:45.70 her freshman season with the Hoosiers, won the mile tonight at a new ISU best of 4:51.09 – second all-time behind interim director of athletics Angie Lansing’s 4:50.12 from 1998 and fourth currently in the Missouri Valley this season.

Fellow sophomore Taylor Austin finished right behind her in second place at 4:51.86, a 10-second PR that makes her the third-best miler in ISU history and the fifth-best in the conference this season.

“It’s just amazing to be watching them run and realize how fast this is,” said ISU women’s head coach Angela Martin. “They ran smart.

The first 400 was slow, so they sat back early on and were able to have a chance to kick later.”

It was a particularly good race for Austin — a returning All-MVC honoree outdoors in the steeplechase — who ran the third-fastest 5K in school history last week.

After tonight, four of the top six mile times in school history have been run this season under Martin and distance coach Kyle Walsh: Neeley, Austin, Conley (fourth, 4:53.70) and freshman Brooke Moore (sixth, 4:57.07).

“I thought Taylor was going to catch her,” Martin said. “It was an amazing race by both of them, especially Taylor, who ran a 5K last week. They worked really well together tonight.”

However, the fireworks started off on Friday night with a strong win in the women’s 60-meter hurdles by sophomore Patrycja Dziekonska. The New Jersey native ran a solid 8.79 in prelims before exploding to 8.57 in finals for the win — the third-fastest time in school history and fourthbest in the MVC this season.

In the process, she beat out returning All-MVC hurdler Remy Abrought of Southern Illinois.

Also placing in finals were sophomore Micaela McLean

(third, 8.78) and senior Taylor Gilles (sixth, 9.00). For McLean, that 8.78 is a career-best that moves her up to seventh all-time at ISU. “Our hurdlers did a tremendous job today,” Martin said. “Pati beat out a really good conference opponent today in Remy. She just had a great start and charged to the finish for the win.”

Three also advanced to finals in the men’s hurdles, despite being without AllAmerican senior Adarius Washington for the second straight week. Junior Marcus Neely ran the fastest time in prelims at 7.97 before some trouble with the first hurdle in finals caused him to slip to 8.04 for third place. Behind him were Jacob Wright (fourth, 8.16, PR) and Grant Stamm (fifth, 8.20).

Also having a solid day on the track was sophomore Jessi Conley in the fast section of the 800. One week after running the No. 2 mile time in school history (now No. 4 after tonight), she put together the fifth-best 800 on Friday night at 2:12.42 for third place.

“It was really nice to see Jessi go in the 800,” Martin said. “She just hung around there in that fast race. She’s always been strong, but she’s gotten much faster, and it was good to see her race like that.”

In the field, sophomore Jamie Newsome won the triple jump yet again at a solid 12.30m (40-04.25). Following her was junior Ethanity Dunn, who set a new PR and improved upon her spot in eighth place all-time with a third-place finish at 11.67m (38-03.50).

It was also a career-day for freshman pole-vaulter Emily Brady. The Nashville, Indiana, native led the Sycamore women in the event, setting a new career-best in fifth place at 3.71m (1202.00) — already putting her into a tie for 10th alltime at ISU. “She’s starting put it together,” Martin said. “She’s kind of been hurt, so it was great to see what she could do while healthy.”

Other impressive field performances include: LeVisa Evans (second, 1.63m/5-04.25) and Ioanna

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ing drought led to a five-point lead for the Sycamores early in the first quarter, as Marshall hit back-to-back baskets. The Sycamores led by eight at the first media timeout, 15-7, after a Ceazer putback and 3-pointer.

Indiana State then went cold but a Mackowiak buzzer-beater helped her team take a 19-12

lead after the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Indiana State stretched its lead to 11 after back-to-back 3-pointers from Taia with 5:39 to play. But the Sycamores failed to score a field goal for the remainder of the half, but hung on to a 28-23 halftime lead.

Coming out of the break, Indiana State hit back-to-back buckets from Smith before going on a 7-0 run to extend the lead back into double digits with 7:18 to play.

The Sycamores led by as many as 13 (40-27) and Mackowiak did it again to end the third quarter, as she beat the clock to give Indiana State a 46-35 lead.

The fourth quarter proved another commanding effort by the Sycamores, as it outscored Drake in three of four quarters on Sunday afternoon. They won the fourth quarter, 22-18, and led by as many as 19 in the final 10 minutes of play as it rolled to victory and salvage a split on the weekend.

Indiana State beat the Bulldogs at their own game, hitting 10 3-pointers on the afternoon and allowing just three on the opposite end. ISU held the Bulldogs to its lowest offensive performance in two years and a season-low 30.9 percent effort from the floor.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Brenton Scott provided a key 3-pointer in the waning seconds of regulation, but Missouri State proved to be victorious in overtime as they secured an 89-85 victory over the visiting Sycamores in front of 4,400 fans inside JQH Arena.

The Sycamores fell to 13-13, 7-7 MVC while Missouri State improved to 11-15, 7-7 MVC. Devonte Brown finished the game with 26 points to lead the way for the Sycamores. Brandon Murphy pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds in the game. Scott added 19 points as he connected on four second half 3-pointers.

Trailing 77-74, Missouri State lost the ball on an inbounds play after a tip by Laqarious Paige. Scott hauled it in and drilled a 3-pointer with seconds left to knot the game at 77. MSU missed at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. Scott then scored on the first possession of overtime with a driving lay-up to stake the Sycamores to a two-point lead.

Miller tied it up for the Bears at the 3:30 mark and Brown converted a floater right back down the floor as ISU regained a two point lead.

After the Sycamores gained the ball on the possession arrow, Brown drove to the lane to stake the Sycamores to a 83-79 lead. Boone countered at the 2:19 mark to draw within two points before Murphy came down with a big offensive rebound to save possession.

Kendrix hit a 3-pointer to push the Bears ahead and then Miller hit a pair of free throws with 20 seconds on the clock to stretch their lead out to 86-83 — which marked a 7-0 run. Brown drew the deficit down to 86-84 with 11.9 as he hit a charity toss. After MSU hit enough free throws to take a four-point lead, the Sycamores couldn’t find the target from distance and the Bears earned the 89-85 victory.

Brandon Murphy scored first for the Sycamores, which tied the game up early at two. Trifectas on consecutive possessions for Missouri State around an Everett Clemons jumper stretched their advantage out to 15-8, which just over five minutes elapsed. Matt Van Scyoc inched the Sycamores back into the contest when he hit the team’s first 3-pointer to draw within 19-14 at the 11:15 mark.

The margin moved between five and seven points on three trips for both team’s offense until the Bears ran their lead out to nine at 28-19 with just under eight minutes on the clock. Brenton Scott drilled a

3-pointer at the 7:35 mark before Brandon Burnett got a stop with a big defensive rebound before a media timeout. Burnett hit a big 3-pointer with 5:30 remaining which cut the lead down to 30-25.

Out of the final media timeout of the first half, Clemons hit a jumper from the free-throw line and then after a Bear turnover, Grant Prusator connected on a deep trifecta, which drew Indiana State within a point at 32-31. Niels Bunschoten was found wide open for a layup at the 1:57 mark to give the Sycamores their first lead of the contest.

Camyn Boone got a second-chance bucket inside at the buzzer to send the Bears into the break with a 3533 advantage. Brown led the team with nine points.

Rickman scored on the Sycamores’ first possession to tie the game up at 35 before the Bears hit a 3-pointer to surge ahead. Bunschoten hit a trifecta from the top of the key on Indiana State’s second possession to knot it up at 38.

Brown hit a pair of free throws to tie it at 40 before the Bears scored five in a row. Khristian Smith connected on a 3-pointer to kick start a 7-0 run which continued with a Scott long two and a jumper from Smith as the Sycamores clawed their way to a 47-45 lead with just over 16 minutes remaining.

After the Bears regained the lead by a point, Murphy converted a conventional 3-point play with 14:45 on the clock with a thunderous dunk and the Sycamores led 5048. Each team locked down tough on the defensive end, especially Indiana State who held the Bears without a score for nearly five minutes. Laquarious Paige ended a dry spell for the Sycamores with just under 11 minutes on the clock with a floater in the paint for the 5248 lead. Chris Kendrix eventually would end the Bears’ offensive lull with a pair of free throws to draw within two points but Van Scyoc countered with a hook shot in the paint to regain the 54-50 cushion.

Brown went on to hit a pair of free throws with 9:29 on the clock as part of a second chance opportunity, which stretched the lead out to 57-52. Missouri State drew within a point, but Brenton Scott connected on a big 3-pointer as the clock ticked under the eight minute mark to stake the Sycamores to a 60-56 advantage. Boone countered with a short jumper to cut the lead down to two points.

The Bears scored on three consecutive trips and took a 64-62 lead.

Indiana State got a stop, and Scott went into double figures scoring with a pair of free throws to knot

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