February 17, 2016

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Volume 123, Issue 56

ISU Foundation to lead athletics sponsor program Libby Roerig

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Indiana State University and the ISU Foundation are teaming up to ensure a bright financial future for Sycamore athletics.

The three-year contract, which starts July 1, will integrate philanthropic and sponsorship efforts, including signage, advertisements and limited broadcast rights, under the Sycamore Athletic Fund.

“This agreement will enable the foundation to be the single point of contact for both philanthropic gifts as well as sponsorship and advertising support for athletics and will ensure that all the marketing and sponsorship support provided remains in Terre Haute,” said university President Daniel J. Bradley.

Tapping his many years of sports marketing experience, Jeremiah Turner, currently a development officer at the foundation, will lead the program.

“We are excited to be selected as the sponsorship program partner for Sycamore Athletics,” said Ron Carpenter, president of the ISU Foundation.

“This is a prime opportunity to rally support for our teams and help grow the local and regional business investment in our university.”

The change seeks to bring a more client service-oriented approach to fundraising and allows sponsorships to be more closely integrated with the Sycamore Athletic Fund’s Varsity Club program.

This arrangement furthers the Sycamore Athletic Fund’s commitment to engaging donors and fans of Indiana State athletics in the lives of the university’s intercollegiate teams. Donor support of the fund directly enhances the experience of student-athletes as they compete in the sport they love while earning a degree from Indiana State.

John Spicknall Trio to feature guest artist Libby Roerig

ISU Communications and Marketing

Jamey Aebersold will join the John Spicknall Trio for a performance 2 p.m. Sunday in the recital hall of the Landini Center for Performing Arts.

The program will include jazz favorites such as “Summertime,” “Love for Sale” and “How Deep is the Ocean.” It is free and open to the public.

Aebersold graduated from Indiana University in 1962 with a master’s degree in saxophone, one of several instruments he plays in addition to the piano, bass and banjo. Aebersold also is the director of the Summer Jazz Workshops — held annually since 1977 at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, where he served on the faculty for many years — which for more than 40 years have provided intensive training in jazz improvisation for musicians at all levels. The Summer Jazz Workshops have been held in eight countries and feature an element of jazz education that Aebersold has trumpeted — the value of small-group combos.

In 1989, Aebersold was inducted into the International Association for Jazz Education Hall of Fame, and in 2004 the Jazz Midwest Clinic honored him with the Medal of Honor in jazz education. Aebersold has taught at three colleges and universities in the Louisville, Ky., area, and in 1992 he received an honorary doctorate of music from Indiana University. He continues to teach, conduct jazz clinics around the country and perform as leader of the Jamey Aebersold Quartet in addition to running Jamey Aebersold Jazz.

The John Spicknall Trio includes pianist John Spicknall, bassist Joe Deal and drummer John DiCenso.

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‘Leveling Up’ offers layers of human analysis Libby Roerig

ISU Communications and Marketing

Indiana State University’s latest theater production may delve into virtual realities, but it’s when it explores human relationships that it gets real.

There’s Ian (Zach Van Meter), a champion gamer in his early 20s. Then, there are his roommates Chuck (Simon McNair), an all-around good guy, and Zander (Riley Leonard), a wheeler-anddealer. And lastly, Jeannie (Peighton Emmert), Zander’s girlfriend, is a sweetand-innocent college student. “‘Leveling Up’ is a term in the gaming world for when you move up a level. The playwright is using it as a metaphor for growing up,” said director Julie Dixon, associate professor of theater. “They’re trying to navigate what it means to grow up.”

And how their relationships change during the maturation process.

“One of the boys is struggling because his parents have been supporting him, but they’ve cut him off,” Dixon said. “He’s not somebody who likes to have talks about these things, and now he’s in over his head. He’s struggling to find a way to pay his rent and maintain this image he’s got of a cool guy who has everything together.”

As a result, Ian ends up supporting himself and the delinquent roommate — and takes a job with the National Security Agency when they approach him to be a drone pilot based on his gaming talents.

“This is based on real information,” Dixon said. “It’s not like every good gamer is recruited by the NSA, but they have been known to recruit gamers because they have the ability to look at a screen for hours on end and not get bored.”

The lines between reality — accidentally killing a child — and virtual reality — playing a game — quickly become blurred for Ian. “He’s haunted by the consequences of this real job,” Dixon said. “The playwright asks you to think about a genera-

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From left, Zach Van Meter, Peighton Emmert, Riley Leonard and Simon McNair star in Indiana State University’s production of “Leveling Up,” March 2-6 in Dreiser Theater.

tion that has been raised to adulthood by what they see in video games. What effect does that have on them?”

Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer offers more of an anti-gaming perspective than Dixon said she’s comfortable with, but Laufer still poses important ideas for consideration, such as the emotional toll of cybersex.

“It raises some issues that I haven’t encountered before in a play,” Dixon said.

“It’s this weird, squishy line. I know students who have said to me, ‘Our characters (in a virtual reality) are having sex.

It’s not real.’ Yet, it bothers the other person in the relationship. They’ll say, ‘But it’s not me. It’s my character.’ But you can’t divorce that, those two things are related.”

When reviewing possible plays, Dixon usually gives a script about 15 pages for it to hook her before moving on the next.

Scene four of “Leveling Up” made her literally react out loud.

“It was a really arresting scene for me.

It was a really high-stakes scene that

would be really interesting to do, and it jumped out at me,” she said. “The gaming hooked me for the kids, but that scene really got me.”

Van Meter, a veteran actor of now 10 State productions with “Leveling Up,” says this role has taken more research than others.

“Every time you say something you don’t understand,” you have to research it, he said. Or to portray what it would be like to play video games for hours on end, Van Meter said he investigated “what that would do to you, physically.

What that would do to you mentally.

How you would behave in that scenario.”

The senior theater major from Attica finds much to identify with in Ian. “(Roles) all require you to find a different part of yourself to put into it,” Van Meter said. “Any given character that you’re required to play brings something else out of you. We all have a little bit of everything in us — just depends on how

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Amid uproar over Mizzou professor, faculty leader raises questions of due process Koran Addo

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)

A faculty leader at the University of Missouri — Columbia on Monday said recent events raise concerns over the university’s ability to fairly deliberate the future of embattled professor Melissa Click.

That concern from Faculty Council Chairman Ben Trachtenberg came a day after the university’s interim chancellor blasted Click’s behavior in a recently released video.

In it she was seen cursing at a police officer during a confrontation between police and students at the university’s October homecoming parade.

Student protesters had blocked the vehicle then — system President Timothy M. Wolfe was riding in. The video shows students chanting with their arms interlocked.

When officers ordered students to get on the sidewalk, Click is seen positioning herself between police and the protesters and telling police repeatedly to back up. Later, she curses at an officer who touched her arm.

Interim-Chancellor Hank Foley on Sunday called Click’s conduct “appalling” and said that he is angry and disappointed at her “pattern of misconduct.”

Click was previously seen on video in November confronting student journalists and calling for “muscle” to keep them

away from students demonstrating after Wolfe’s resignation. Students were celebrating the departure of a leader many say was indifferent to racist incidents on campus.

Trachtenberg, the faculty council chairman, said he understands why Foley would speak out about the second video.

“It’s hard to argue that the administration can’t comment on issues of great concern to the university,” he said. But he added that Foley’s strong words could potentially “create difficulties since ultimately Foley has final decision on tenure applications.”

Click, who was suspended by the university’s Board of Curators in January, is currently seeking tenure. A number of tenure committees, which include top university administrators, have until Aug. 1 to decide who will be granted that coveted status.

Perhaps more troubling, Trachtenberg said, was the board’s decision last month to suspend Click without first holding a hearing.

Click has been a controversial figure on campus beginning when the first video surfaced on Nov. 9. Since then, a number of people, including more than 100 state lawmakers, have called on the university to fire her. Earlier this month, student demonstrators twice interrupted the university’s board meeting expressing support for Click.

Last month, Foley resisted calls to fire

Click, saying he would wait for due process to play out. The university’s general counsel is currently conducting an investigation to determine whether more discipline on top of the suspension is warranted.

Trachtenberg said unless faculty members pose an immediate danger to the campus, the university’s bylaws generally afford them a hearing before they are suspended.

“There is a huge diversity in opinions among faculty about her conduct,” Trachtenberg said. “We’ve got almost 2,000 members. I’ve never heard anybody suggest that she represents such a grave emergency” that she was suspended without a hearing.

Board of Curators member David Steelman disagreed. Because the board suspended Click with pay, it gave the university a little more leeway to take action, he said on Monday.

Steelman, who has said his choice would be to fire Click, later pointed his finger back at the faculty, who he said failed to police one of their own.

“I don’t think the faculty acted responsibly,” he said. “They could’ve held their own hearings,” over Click’s behavior, but they didn’t.

“A rigorous faculty would have done something,” he said. “And not just sit back and do nothing and then complain when somebody does.” ©2016 St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Local professors offer Korean language, culture program at elementary school Betsy Simon

ISU Communications and Marketing

A plane ticket to South Korea costs hundreds of dollars, but money is no object for 20 DeVaney Elementary School students who immerse themselves in Korean language and culture during an afterschool course taught by two native South Korean college professors in Terre Haute.

“This is a chance for these students to see another culture since many of them may not have the opportunity to do that otherwise,” said Indiana State University’s Yong Joon Park, an associate professor in the Bayh College of Education’s department of teaching and learning. “We want children to be open-minded about other cultures and be able to compare their culture to others. This program gives them a chance to do that.”

Park and Youjin Yang, an instructor in the education department at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, worked with DeVaney Elementary School principal Michelle Nutter to begin hosting the 90-minute Korean language and culture class in January.

Sponsored by a grant from the Chicago Korean Education Center of Korean Counsel in Chicago, the funds support the purchase of snacks, instructional fees and teaching materials to help teach Korean language and culture as a part of an afterschool program for third- through fifth-graders at DeVaney Elementary, a Title I school in Terre Haute.

While the funds only allow for 20 participants in the program this semester, nearly twice as many children signed up.

“It’s great to see that so many parents want to expose their children to another culture,” Yang said. “What the students learn here is a lot like a social studies class. Living in such a diverse world like we do today, it’s important that the students know about other people and places in the world and in this program we focus on Korea.”

The classes expose students to general knowledge about Korea, the language and the culture by introducing them to children’s songs, holidays, food and

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Youjin Yang, instructor in the education department at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, left, and Yong Joon Park, associate professor in the Bayh College of Education’s department of teaching and learning, assist a student during a Korean language and culture afterschool program at DeVaney Elementary School in Terre Haute on Feb. 5, 2016. A grant from the Chicago Korean Education Center of Korean Counsel in Chicago provides for the purchase of snacks, instructional fees and teaching materials to help teach Korean language and culture to third- through fifth-graders at DeVaney Elementary — a Title I school in Terre Haute.

sports found in South Korea.

Students also practice Korean greetings and learn to write their names using Korean characters.

“During our first class, the students asked about Korea’s flag, so we added a part to teach about the Korean flag at the next class,” Park said. “We want to teach the students about things they’re interested in, so if they ask questions and want to know about things we want to try and get those facts into the class.

We use the concept of emergent curriculum in education.”

As one of two Indiana State students who assist with the class, Janna Newell

of Terre Haute loves seeing the enthusiasm students have for learning about another culture.

“This is an amazing opportunity for these students because this program is really responding to a societal need to make people aware of other cultures,” said Newell, who is working on a minor in early childhood education at Indiana State. “In an ever-changing and diverse society, we need to recognize that there are other cultures other than our own.

This program is giving these children that edge now, and it’s fun to see how excited they are to learn.”

Obama likely to look to appellate courts for Scalia’s replacement Michael Doyle

McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)

Kansas-raised and Stanford-educated, federal appellate Judge Sri Srinivasan could next secure the possibly mixed blessing of being nominated to the Supreme Court by a president nearing the end of his term facing a partisan Senate.

Srinivasan is not the only potential contender for a nomination that’s certain to spark an election-year fight, but by no means guarantees confirmation.

He is, though, among the apparent front-runners.

“I know very little about the politics of the nomination, but I know that Sri would be a truly outstanding nominee in all respects,” former Kansas-based federal appellate Judge Deanell Reece Tacha said Sunday. “He is exceptionally well qualified — an outstanding jurist with a powerful intellect and deep respect for the law.”

Tacha, now dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law in California, has known Srinivasan since he was a basketball-playing high school student in Lawrence, Kan. In an email, she praised his fitness for the nation’s highest court.

“I hope he will be given serious consideration,” she said.

But the calculations, always tricky when it comes to Supreme Court nominations, now include even more variables than usual as President Barack

LEVELING UP FROM PAGE 1 deeply you can draw from that one thing to get whatever you have to get.”

Video games have become this generation’s gateway to theatrical performance.

“A lot of my students game, guys especially, but some girls. I think what gets

Obama confronts the election-year vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

“Nino Scalia was a legal titan,” Justice Stephen Breyer acknowledged Sunday.

One conventional option for Obama would be to offer maximum accommodation to the Republican-controlled Senate.

Srinivasan’s colleague on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Chief Judge Merrick Garland, for example, is the kind of former federal prosecutor conservatives like. His name has been publicly mentioned in connection with past vacancies.

But with Senate Republican leaders insisting that the Supreme Court seat be filled by the next president, and with some ambitious rank-and-file Republican senators having the potential to stage a filibuster, even a classic middleof-the-road contender could fail.

Such political posturing against any Obama nominee could, in turn, ratchet up the White House’s own political motivations.

Selecting a female, ethnic minority or openly gay candidate, for example, might rally certain constituencies in November against Republican intransigence.

Several potential candidates could fit the bill.

Srinivasan was born in India and would be the first Indian-American nominee to the Supreme Court. Anoth-

er one of his colleagues on the U.S. D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Patricia Ann Millett, has attracted court-watchers’ attention as well, as has former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who is African-American.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch also might have some appeal; she would be the court’s first African-American female nominee.

Obama does have a deep bench to choose from.

Since taking office in January 2009, he has placed 55 judges on the various courts of appeal, a traditional route to the Supreme Court.

Scalia had served on the D.C.-based appellate court before his 1986 elevation to the Supreme Court, as did three of the other remaining Supreme Court justices.

Garland has served on the appellate court since 1997, a record that’s a double-edged sword for his Supreme Court prospects.

While few can match his lengthy bench experience, it also underscores his age.

At 63, he’s at least eight years older than the past four Supreme Court nominees were when selected.

Presidents customarily like to appoint Supreme Court justices who are young enough to shape the legal landscape for the foreseeable future.

Obama’s last nominee, Justice Elena Kagan, had just turned 50 when nominated in 2001.

Beyond tapping the traditional appellate courts, Obama could in theory seek to broaden the Supreme Court’s makeup by looking to the political arena.

None of the current eight justices have direct experience in electoral politics.

Srinivasan, though, could be in the front ranks, a stature demonstrated by his 97-0 confirmation in 2013 by the Senate to his current position.

Joining in the vote for Srinivasan were Republican senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida, both of whom are now running for the Republican presidential nomination.

“Mr. Srinivasan has broad support,” Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee acknowledged at the time.

Srinivasan earned undergraduate, law and business degrees from Stanford. Hinting at his potential bipartisan appeal, he clerked for a Republican appointee, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

At 48, Srinivasan has the relative youth that presidents like.

He’s also now served nearly three years on the D.C. appellate court, which is longer than the appellate apprenticeships of either Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr., or Justice Clarence Thomas.

“Sri possesses all of the abilities, experience and commitment to service that have distinguished the finest jurists in our history,” Tacha said.

them into theater is it’s a major that’s close to this gaming world,” Dixon said.

“For older people, they used to get into theater because of the movies — they would go to movies, be swept up this story, and it would be really amazing, and they would want to do that. Now, I find that a lot of my students say that about gaming. They’re playing a game,

and they get swept up into it; it’s like roleplaying, and they disappear into it.”

With profanity and sexual situations, “Leveling Up” is not appropriate for young audiences.

Performances are 7:30 p.m. March 2-5 and 2 p.m. March 6 in Dreiser Theater.

Tickets are $10 each, with up to 50

seats available for presale, noon-4:30 p.m. Feb 29-March 4 in the New Theater lobby, 536 N. 7th St. All other tickets will be available for purchase beginning 90 minutes before each performance.

Indiana State students’ admission is free with a valid student ID. For more information, call the ticket office at 812-237-3333.

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Social Justice Summit registration now open Mustafa Mustafa Reporter

Social justice has recently been a hot topic in the media all throughout the world; acts of discrimination have also been highlighted.

From recent events came the Social Justice Summit, a daylong event with many sessions, including well-known keynote speakers.

The Office of Residential Life and Housing is heading the efforts to make this day as educational and enjoyable as possible, in collaboration with the Division of Student affairs as well as Strategic Planning Funding.

Speakers and organizations from on and off campus have been invited to attend and speak.

“Our Executive Director Amanda Knerr, she really wanted to see something happen on campus to help promote social justice. She got in contact with a couple of speakers, who are Rachel McNeal and Mustafa Abdullah. They both are going to be coming in and talking about interfaith cooperation, from there we decided to move forward with doing sessions throughout the day,” said Alex Pitner, area coordinator with Residential Life.

The two keynote speakers, Rachel Mcneal and Mustafa Abdullah, belong to the organization Interfaith Youth Core, and they agreed to speak upon hearing about the event.

Residential Life has been working with their partners on this event for a while, evolving from only two keynote speakers into something bigger.

The organization Dialogues on Diversity was added to the schedule of the program; they use theatrical models to promote dialogue and understanding around diversity, cultural sensitivity and social justice.

The summit will include many speakers from Indiana State University distributed throughout the day as well.

The speakers are from the different departments on campus not just confined to Residential Life.

“We are going to be doing a satisfaction assessment for both the presenters and the guests we are going to be having,” Pitner said. “We also want to be able to encourage people to keep doing these things throughout, and that’s

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‘Deadpool’ kills all rivals at the box office Tre’vell Anderson

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

“Deadpool,” Marvel’s R-rated twist on superhero movies, grossed an estimated $135 million in the U.S. and Canada in its first three days, all but ensuring that the film will more than double analysts’ estimates of $70 million in ticket sales for the four-day Presidents Day weekend.

The antihero Deadpool (played by Ryan Reynolds) flew past former boxoffice champ “Kung Fu Panda 3” plus new releases “How to Be Single” and “Zoolander 2,” the latter of which finished well below expectations in fourth place.

The massive opening for “Deadpool” places the film ahead of the previous record holder for not only Presidents Day weekend but also all February openings, “Fifty Shades of Grey,” which debuted to $85.2 million last year. “Deadpool” also stands as the biggest opening for any Rrated movie, surpassing the $91.8 million launch of “The Matrix Reloaded” in 2003.

“Every once in awhile, something comes along that hits a nerve and becomes instantly in the cultural zeitgeist,” said Chris Aronson, head of domestic distribution at 20th Century Fox. “That’s what ‘Deadpool’ has done.”

The action-comedy stars Reynolds as Wade Wilson, who acquires self-healing powers after being diagnosed with cancer. Reynolds first appeared as Deadpool in Fox’s 2009 “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”

“Deadpool” isn’t a typical Valentine’s weekend flick, but Aronson says it is a love story at its core.

“In a way, it is a (romantic comedy), but just not in a way you’ve seen before,” he said. “We’ve taken the rom-com world and comic books and put them together.”

The film was Fandango’s daily top preseller for the last two weeks. Audiences gave it an A grade, according to polling firm CinemaScore; 84 percent of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes have given it a positive rating.

The production budget for “Deadpool” was $58 million, relatively low for a superhero film.

Fox’s “Kung Fu Panda 3” slid to second place in its third week. It pulled in an estimated $19.7 million through Sunday. The studio projects it will pass the $100 million mark domestically on Presidents Day. The film already has made more than $100 million in China.

Coming in third was “How to Be Single,” released by Warner Bros. in as-

Ryan Reynolds in “Deadpool.”

sociation with New Line Cinema and MGM. The R-rated comedy took in an estimated $18.8 million through Sunday. It should meet analyst projections of $21 million to $23 million in domestic ticket sales by the end of the holiday.

“How to Be Single” centers on new college graduate Alice (played by Dakota Johnson), who breaks off her fouryear relationship to explore life in New York City. Once in the Big Apple, her party-girl co-worker Robin (Rebel Wilson) vows to teach her how to be single.

Leslie Mann plays Alice’s sister, Meg, who is on the fast track in her career as an OB-GYN. But she’s feeling qualms about not being married or having children and fears time is running out.

An estimated 82 percent of the film’s audience was female. They gave the picture a B, according to CinemaScore, but critics thought otherwise. Only 48 percent of those on Rotten Tomatoes liked the Christian Ditter-directed picture.

The movie, which cost $37 million, also stars Damon Wayans Jr., Anders Holm and Jason Mantzoukas as some of the men who come into the women’s lives.

According to Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. executive vice president of distribution, the studio believes word of mouth will carry the film into the next couple of weeks.

“Zoolander 2,” released by Paramount Pictures 15 years after the first film, debuted in fourth place. It pulled in an estimated $15.7 million from Friday through Sunday and will likely finish the four-day weekend with about $18 million in ticket sales, far below projections of $25 million.

The sequel, directed by and starring Ben Stiller, finds models Derek Zoolander (Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson)

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thrust back into the spotlight after living in seclusion for years.

After attending a fashion event in Rome, the estranged friends join Valentina Valencia (Penelope Cruz), a special agent who needs their help to save the world’s most beautiful people from death.

The original “Zoolander” came out in 2001 and grossed just $45 million domestically, but it developed a devoted following on home video. “Zoolander 2,” which cost about $50 million to make, received a C-plus CinemaScore. Only 23 percent of Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it a positive rating.

Rounding out the top five was the Oscar-nominated “The Revenant” from Fox. It pulled in an estimated $6.9 million from Friday through Sunday. Since its Christmas Day limited release, the film has grossed $159.2 million.

Documentarian Michael Moore’s latest, “Where to Invade Next,” opened in about 300 theaters. Released by former Radius-TWC executives Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, along with Alamo Drafthouse Chief Executive Tim League, it grossed slightly more than $1 million in its debut.

The film follows Moore, the liberal provocateur behind “Fahrenheit 9/11” and “Bowling for Columbine,” as he “invades” other countries to find solutions to America’s problems in education, criminal justice and health care.

After making the rounds on the festival circuit, “Where to Invade Next” has been well received by critics, 75 percent of whom rated it positively on Rotten Tomatoes.

Debuting this week will be Focus Features’ “Race,” Sony’s “Risen” and A24’s “The Witch.” ©2016 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

In the age of social media, New York Fashion Week rethinks its format

Grace Harrah Reporter

Indiana State University is known for its enthusiasm and involvement when it comes to volunteering. The Terre Haute community showcased various possible volunteer spots for ISU students on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Volunteer Fair. This was an opportunity for students to find a place to volunteer, whether that may be for class credit, or just to help out the community.

ISU has been No. 1 in community service in the nation for several years now, and has opportunities for students to volunteer in Terre Haute. Incoming freshmen often participate in activities such as Donaghy Day, showing the importance of volunteering and what it means to Sycamores.

Nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, which builds houses for low-income families in need, were there to show how they help the Terre Haute community. Habitat for Humanity helps families in Vigo County, mostly in Terre Haute.

They work construction to build houses for families. However, no experience in construction is needed for the students who wish to volunteer.

“The biggest benefit is for the

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Sara Bauknecht

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)

Is New York Fashion Week’s age-old model of see now, wear later archaic?

With the bi-annual event in full swing across New York City through Thursday, some designers are re-evaluating whether it still makes sense to make shoppers wait several months for clothes to make the journey from the runway to retail.

Historically, New York Fashion Week’s September shows preview trends for the next spring and summer; the February events showcase looks for the following fall and winter. Sure, these sneak peeks months ahead of time are appreciated — and essential — for buyers to plan their store inventories for upcoming seasons and for media to map out story ideas and photo spreads in advance.

But what about the shoppers who see snapshots of these shows in real time on social media and don’t want to wait to buy them? Is Fashion Week’s current format costing designers sales? And what about fast-fashion brands that have been known to copy runway trends and rush them to stores at more affordable prices long before designers’ pieces are available? Isn’t that damaging designers’ businesses, too?

The Council of Fashion Designers of America, the nonprofit governing body for fashion in America and the organizer of the industry’s Fashion Calendar, made headlines in December when it announced that it hired Boston Consulting Group to help it “create an

in-depth analysis and road map for the future of fashion shows,” president and CEO Steven Kolb said in a statement.

“Designers, retailers and editors have been questioning the relevance of Fashion Week in its current format for some time.”

Even Fern Mallis, the founder of the New York Fashion Week format we know today, agrees it’s in need of a makeover.

“The amount of money and work put into these shows should be directed to the people ultimately putting their hands in their pockets and buying the clothing,” she told FashionTimes.com. “The industry that needs to see the shows can see them in a more condensed version … that can be rethought. The energy and excitement should be when the clothing is hitting the stores and people can get it immediately.”

If Fashion Week does end up shifting to a more shopper-focused structure, it will be just the latest example of designers rethinking their business approaches to make them more consumer centric in hopes of boosting profits.

“The majority of garments in the past that you’d see come down the runway were just fantasy. It created a lot of media attention for that designer, but no one could wear that dress,” says Stephanie Taylor, department chair for The Art Institute of Pittsburgh’s fashion retail management and fashion design programs. She’s also the regional director for Pittsburgh’s provisional chapter of Fashion Group International. “If you

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A look from the Wes Gordon fall/winter 2016 collection. Wes Gordon is one of the latest designers to forgo a traditional runway show in place of a format that’s more directed to consumers. During New York Fashion Week this month, he released a series of cinematic vignettes to the brand’s Instagram page @WesGordon.

wanted to be profitable, you needed to make sure the garments coming down the runway were relatable in terms of ready to wear. That’s the reason you’ve

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indianastatesman.com JUSTICE FROM PAGE 4 really what the workshops during the day are going to be about.”

In addition, Pitner said they are hop-

FAIR FROM PAGE 4 students to physically see the change, completed houses, and to have interaction with the families. It has such a big gratitude, and can be life-changing in many cases,” Nicole Beyer, a representative for Habitat for Humanity said.

Habitat for Humanity takes class credits and all volunteers are welcome.

If you’ve participated in any of the

FASHION FROM PAGE 4 seen so many high-end designers go into ready to wear.”

Some designers already have started experimenting with fresh ways to unveil their collections. In September, when luxury French brand Givenchy made its New York Fashion Week debut, it set aside hundreds of tickets for the public that were distributed online days before the show and had a separate viewing area for these spectators away from media and celebrity guests. Last season

Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 • Page 5 ing people have enjoyed it and that they are looking forward to having another one next year.

The purpose of this summit is for attendees to bring what they have learned

during their sessions back to their communities and help teach their communities as well.

So far around 60 to 70 people have registered to attend the summit at dif-

ferent times during the day. However, even after the registration, all students are encouraged to attend even if they have not registered yet, as there will be on-site registration.

downtown events in Terre Haute, such as First Fridays or Downtown Block Party, there is also a chance for students to volunteer for the organization Downtown Terre Haute.

Rich Smith, an intern and representative for Downtown Terre Haute says this is a great chance for students to learn about the economic growth of Terre Haute, along with ideas that help people come out to downtown.

The biggest benefit, Smith explained, is that he gets to work hand-in-hand with local businesses in Terre Haute, and to know that he is helping out the community.

Downtown Terre Haute has flexible hours and no skill is necessary for students who wish to intern or volunteer with them.

Volunteer organizations are always looking for open-minded students who

are willing to learn and help out with the community and work together with the residents of Terre Haute.

It’s a way to be a part of something bigger, and is always great to learn more about the community that is so close to us. Some could even be life-changing for many students, along with gaining class credit or just doing it for fun.

Sycamore pride is constantly there to help out the community of Terre Haute.

New York City-based Rag & Bone also opened up its show and gave away free tickets to those who used the rideshare service Uber, which has become an increasingly popular mode of transportation during fashion weeks in New York and abroad.

Meanwhile, some designers in recent years have forgone the traditional runway show for a season or two to try a more digital approach to premiering their pieces, such as Misha Nonoo’s “Insta-show” in September that pieced together in 170-plus Instagram posts

a look book that anyone could scroll through by turning a mobile device horizontally.

As for getting clothes into stores more swiftly after they’re seen on the runway, that’s going to take some figuring out, although some designers already are attempting it.

Rebecca Minkoff announced in December that she’ll show her spring/summer 2016 collection again at this month’s Fashion Week instead of a collection for next fall/winter and plans to invite “everyday customers” to the runway show

in addition to media and buyers.

“What we’re showing is what’s available right then and within 30 to 60 days out, as well as a capsule of things you haven’t seen,” the designer told Women’s Wear Daily.

Rumor has it that other brands might be trying this, too. So keep your eyes peeled this New York Fashion Week — you might actually be able to purchase some of the pieces you see sooner than you think. ©2016 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Distributed

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Reactions to negative labels

Casey Ewart Columnist

Everyone has heard the saying “sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.”

This saying is obviously a myth. But, what if the words turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy? According to Health Knowledge this is known as the labeling theory in criminology. Now take that theory out of the criminal justice atmosphere and apply it to everyday life.

There are two groups of people. Those that accept the labels that are placed on them and let the labels rule their life. There are also those that know what people are saying but are able to push past the labels.

In life labels are viewed negatively. Most are developed by an action that the person has committed, while others may be based on how a person dresses.

Labels that are placed on a person in middle school will most likely carry over into high school. If they are placed on a person in high school, sometimes that is all that they will be known for.

A majority of the time, people will only view a person as the label. If someone has a bad reputation, they can try to change, but there are going to be people that will not believe that someone can change.

Most people associate being dumb with being blond.

If someone says he or she is having a blond moment, they are replacing having a dumb moment with being blond as if both words are equal. Obviously they are not. Blond is a hair color.

Dumb is not a hair color.

Another well-known label is a cougar. This label is a complete double standard.

Why do men not have a la-

bel when they date younger people? People cannot help who they fall for. Age is just a number as long as the person is of legal age. So why is it negative when the women are the older ones in the relationship?

A well-known appearance label on college campuses are hipsters. This label is more of what you look like than what you do. When asking people what comes to mind when you hear the word hipster, answers typically include longboards, beanies, skinny jeans and the classic eyewear they have become known for.

If a person continually is asked if he or she was born blond, it would be so easy to give in. Just go buy a box of hair color, bleach your hair blond and give people exactly what they want. Or, the person can believe they are worth more than the label. So what if they had a few moments in their life that may not have been in their favor? Everyone has had those moments.

Fashion was invented for a reason. People can wear and should wear whatever they feel like. Why put labels on types of clothes.

The saying “you can take the man out of the country but you can’t take the country out of a man” applies to clothes. Just because you may wear a beanie and the glasses doesn’t instantly make someone a hipster.

If a woman wants to date a person younger than her age, friends her age along with society might see it as a fling and not support her choice. She could let them get to her and just stop seeing the person. Or, the woman can let the relationship take its course.

Remember that you are your own person. Don’t let society frame you. You set your own expectations.

You do not have to live up to their standards. Do you want to be the person that pushes past the labels? Or, do you want to be the person that let society conform and confine them? The choice is up to you.

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Freedom to distort? The effects of media on presidential campaigns

Shayla Bozdech Columnist

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of speech, assembly, religion, petition and the press.

Rightfully so, there are some limitations to these liberties.

For example, assembly must be peaceful, and speech must not be knowingly threatening to safety.

Freedom of religion does not allow people to make up a religion that requires cannibalism.

But an unchecked liberty afforded to the media is freedom of the press.

This liberty is crucial to the people of the United States, as we the people who create our democracy have a right to be informed.

But this unrestricted liberty is adapting into an unchecked power afforded to the wealthiest and craziest of individuals; the media has transformed into a deadly weapon that attempts to suffocate the presidential campaigns of an unfortunate few.

A candidate that obviously

reaps the benefits of the media is Donald Trump.

According to the Tyndall Report, which tracks the coverage of the presidential race on ABC World News, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News, Trump has received 327 minutes of airtime, which is almost a third of all coverage.

This number is more than all of the Democratic coverage combined. Hillary Clinton has received the second-most amount of evening news coverage.

The candidates with the least amount of airtime at the end of 2015 have been Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Bernie Sanders.

Ironically, Donald Trump has talked the least about policy, yet he has been given easy access to the people via the media.

The modern media is also guilty of distorting reports or only reporting part of the whole story.

Dr. Ben Carson has had countless run-ins with the liberal media. Politico reported that Carson lied about applying to West Point, when in reality he never stated that he applied.

The Wall Street Journal said that Carson lied about a course he took at Yale; he responded by presenting the syllabus from the class.

Finally, CNN desperately tried to disprove Carson’s claim that

he was plagued with anger issues as a child.

However, they could only find nine past acquaintances of his that could claim otherwise.

With each unprofessional attempt to attack his campaign, he countered with evidence that proved the fallacy of their claims.

Most recently, it was falsely reported that Carson was dropping out of the presidential race, which undoubtedly affected his campaign.

Anyone watching both Democratic and Republican debates can see the questions being asked are drastically different.

While Democratic candidates have been asked meaningful questions about Wall Street, national defense and income gaps, Republican candidates are asked about fantasy football, lighting up, and countless questions posed to the candidates are posed to force them to attack or criticize their opponents.

Aside from the sheer number of outspoken leaders on one stage, it’s no wonder the Republican debates can easily turn into a circus.

Some of the current presidential candidates have waged a war on the media unmatched by any other race to date.

But these candidates cannot do enough on their own. We the people are the rightful owners of an informed democracy.

Being green is being responsible Kirstyn Quandt Columnist

You’ve heard a lot about what it means to be green. It’s splashed in all of its trendiness across magazines, in the media, and companies are signing up left and right to promote sustainable practices. We gawk over Leonardo DiCaprio and his beautiful glory promoting environmental sustainability. And what’s more, he continues giving back to and developing organizations supporting global environmental responsibility while looking devilishly handsome.

Then, on an individual level, we slowly join in on this trend, some quicker and

more obnoxiously than others, but with every fair trade or locally sourced label in your cart, we fall more in love with the concept of being green. This is because it feels good to know you’re doing something beneficial for future generations.

Well, and of course because Leo would love us for it.

But on a college budget and living in a dorm room or tiny apartment, you may feel as though there is little you can do to contribute to the sustainability and well-being of the environment; however, you’re wrong.

If you’re like me and consume multiple plastic water bottles daily, there has to be some part of you that feels a little guilty every time you take out the trash. I know I do and changing this one behavior is a step in the right direction.

Now I have never been one to fully commit to a greener lifestyle, and I only travel to farmer’s markets if my mom promises a Starbucks trip afterward, yet this semester has opened my eyes to a different perspective, and if we are being

honest, the view is intriguing and worth pursuit.

One of my current courses is “Green Marketing” and like the greatest of all classes, it causes me to think, but not just for the fifty minute window I’m in the classroom. In this class, the material sticks.

Every time I throw away my plastic water bottle I now look for a recycling bin, and when I am at the grocery store I often wonder how many food miles the fruits and vegetables have logged to land in the Terre Haute Wal-Mart.

It would be repetitive of me to tell you that you should all attempt to be green because the world is dying and climate change is an ever-present issue because you hear these things almost every day in the news, and quite frankly, there are so many opinions and articles circulating that the information is almost more overwhelming than informative.

But what I can tell you and encourage you to do is think. Simply think about what you are doing and how it affects the

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Being green simply equates to being responsible. It’s not so much that all of your food must be organic, and you can only drive your car 30 miles on Sunday to be considered an environmental supporter. Instead, it is a matter of choice.

Whether you pass by the recycling bin and throw away your water bottle or toss it in the trash, or you choose to bring a reusable bag to the grocery store instead of developing a large collection of plastic bags that accumulate in your tiny dorm room, the choice to do the “greener” thing is always there it just necessitates a bit more effort.

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Sycamore baseball set for 2016 debut Zach Rainey Reporter

Indiana State baseball finished 28-26 overall a season ago but just 8-13 in Missouri Valley Conference play as the Sycamores struggled at times with consistency. With many familiar faces returning in 2016, the expectations are again high for ISU and head coach Mitch Hannahs.

The Sycamores return four of their five best hitters from a season ago, including senior utility infielder Andy Young, who was voted to the preseason All-Conference team. Hunter Owen returns after leading the team in hitting last season, batting .344 in 31 games, giving the team a leader among a solid group of offensive talent.

“I think going in your expectation is always tempered a little bit,” Coach Hannahs said about the squad. “Guys have to go out and get their timing down and have a good approach, but I feel like we’re going to be able to put a solid lineup of nine guys together. We tried putting a lineup together today, and we have pieces of a depth chart, but we have a good problem; we have good competition. That’s why some of these jobs are still up in their air.

I don’t have a true depth chart as of right now; I think we have four or five jobs that have been established, but a lot of them could come down to game time matchups.”

As for who could end up being the clean-up hitter for the Sycamores on opening day is anyone’s guess at this point, but Coach Hannahs named off a list of players, including Owen, Young, Tyler Friis and Jeff Zahn, who battled injury most of last season that could effectively fill the spot.

The Sycamore pitching rotation was dealt a huge blow in the summer when Jeff Degano, who had one year left of eligibility, entered the MLB Draft and was drafted by the Yankees in the second round.

This leaves a huge hole for the Sycamores to fill as Degano led the team in starts with 15 and wins with eight.

Ryan Keaffaber, who was second on the team in starts last year with 11, will be forced to step up and likely be the Sycamores ace atop the rotation. The real question is who is going to surround him.

“Austin Conway had a real good year last year,” Hannahs said. “Conway and Keaffaber have been in the wars and understand what they’re about. We don’t have a Jeff Degano per se in terms of that guy on the top-end, but I think overall depth is much improved and that will help

really solidify our pitching staff which is the overall depth as opposed to one guy at the top and a huge gap.”

Conway was the team’s closer last season, saving eight games and compiling four wins with a 2.26 ERA. Similar to what Keaffaber was asked to do last season, Conway will have to make the jump from closer to starter, which is a lot to put on the arm as a pitcher.

The past few seasons, Indiana State has been scheduling tougher opponents. Last season their first regular season series was against defending national champion Vanderbilt, who they were able to steal a win from in the three-game set.

The team also swept the season series against in-state rival Indiana and defeated a Dallas Baptist team who was ranked 12th in the country. This year the Sycamores scheduled just as tough. They play Boston College, Villanova, Oklahoma State and NC State all within the first month, giving this Sycamore team a real test before conference play starts up. Throughout the course of the season, ISU will also play nine games against Big 10 teams.

“Scheduling tough does a few things,” Hannahs added. “Number one, you want to recruit guys who want to play against good people.

It’s really tough to go out and recruit and not play against opponents that recruits identify with. Secondly, I think a lot of times in athletics you can develop a false sense of security maybe think you’re a little better than you are when you play opponents you should beat. Obviously when you play those good people it’s very good for us. We may get hammered in one of those, and we may not. We might hold our own and win a few games and help ourselves in the RPI. But ultimately, they’re going to expose some weaknesses; we’re going to have to sure up throughout the season if we’re going to contend at the end of the year.”

The team will play 12 games before returning to Terre Haute for their first home contest of the year against SIUE on March 8. Playing in Indiana in the middle of March will mean the team will play in some less-than-ideal weather conditions.

“It’s always an element that we play with,” Hannahs said. “We pushed some practices into the cold weather just so we have the chance to get out and work out in it.

They’ve been in that situation and have played in it, and we wouldn’t write that off as an excuse.”

Senior Andy Young, a strong hitter, returns this season.

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Baseball travels to Little Rock to take on Oral Roberts, UALR Zach Rainey Reporter

Sycamore Baseball is back this weekend with a doubleheader on Friday against Oral Roberts and Arkansas-Little Rock. They play Oral Roberts again on Saturday and end the weekend with a game against Arkansas-Little Rock.

The Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts are coming off an impressive season in which they went 41-16 and 25-5 in conference play. While the Golden Eagles return their best hitter from a season ago in Matt Whatley, who hit .355 with four home runs and 44 RBI, they lost their second, third, and fourth best hitters.

This team could struggle early on. Fortunately, the two other starters the Golden Eagles did return also hit over .300 and will likely see a bump up in the order from where they were last season. They also return utility man Rolando Martinez, who hit .322 in 121 at-bats last season.

The Golden Eagles don’t return much to the mound either as the top two pitchers who combined for 50 starts last season are both gone. The most experienced starter they return is sophomore Bryce Howe, who went 4-2 in 12 starts last season with an ERA of just under four.

They also lost their best arm out of the bullpen in Anthony Sequiera who saved 11 games a season ago. There will likely be mistakes early on by this team compared to the group of veterans from last season, but winning their conference isn’t totally out of the question.

To say the Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans didn’t have as stellar of a season as Oral Roberts would be an understatement. The Trojans come off a 16-33 2015 season and was led

by Ryan Scott who returns for his senior season after hitting .328 last year. The team also returns their third-best hitter, Kyle Kirk, who hit .312 last season. They return only seven players from last year with 27

new names on the roster. One unique thing about the Trojans is they have 10 left-handed hitters on the roster.

On the mound, the Trojans return their number one pitcher from last season, Cory Malcom, who went 5-4 in 13 starts with a team-best 3.61 ERA. After that the rotation takes an ugly turn. Jarrid Garcia returns as the team’s numbertwo starter who went 1-3 in 10 starts with a 5.06 ERA. A player that the team is excited about is junior college transfer Keenan Whitefield who was recently named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year preseason watch list.

The award is given annually to the best relief pitcher in college baseball.

They also return Reed Willenborg, who was primarily used out of the bullpen and started just four games. The rest of the rotation will include either young players or players who started two games or fewer last season.

Redbirds await Sycamore men in Normal Desmond O’Sullivan Reporter

The Indiana State men’s basketball team (13-13, 7-7 MVC) will look to break a three-game skid when they travel to Normal, Illinois to square off against the Illinois State Redbirds Wednesday, Feb. 17.

The Sycamores defeated the Redbirds back in January in the Hulman Center 77-65, but now they will have to contend with the Redbirds on their home court, who are raring for the chance to split the season series with the Sycamores. Illinois State is currently in second place in

the Missouri Valley Conference standings, and they will be looking to fatten their MVC record with a triumph over ISU. The Redbirds are now on a four game winning streak including a win against the Wichita State Shockers, who were then ranked 21st in the nation and are currently first in the MVC. The Sycamores are still in sixth place in the MVC despite the recent losses, but they are in desperate need of a league win to aid their efforts in sneaking up the MVC rankings before Arch Madness comes around. In addition, another loss would tie the Sycamores’ longest losing streak

this season, with the State squad dropping four in a row back in December.

ISU and Illinois State are almost identical in MVC stats, but the Redbirds are last in the MVC in free throw percentage at .658, which the Sycamores will want to capitalize on if the game proves to be a tight one.

The Sycamores are not without fault, however, with only 36.4 defensive rebounds a game, last in the MVC. Illinois State (16-11, 10-4 MVC) has four players averaging double digits in points-pergame this season: DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell (14.6 PPG), Mi-

Kyle McIntosh (11.2 PPG), Paris Lee (10.6 PPG) and Deontae Hawkins (10.4 PPG). Lee leads the team in steals with 1.74 steals a game, amassing 47 steals over the course of the season, and in assists, averaging 3.63 per game and 98 total on the season.

Hawkins leads the team in blocks with 18 over the course of the season, averaging just under one block per game. The Redbirds have the advantage over the Sycamores in the way of turnovers, committing 12.6 turnovers per game compared to Indiana State’s 13.69.

The Sycamores will need to dig deep to pull out a win if they want

to develop some momentum in their last few games before the MVC tournament in St. Louis and will need boosted production from not just their starters, but their bench as well. Devonte Brown led the Sycamores in their loss to Missouri State last Saturday with 26 points, with Brenton Scott adding 19 points of his own. A spark was also seen from sophomore Brandon Murphy as he collected 12 rebounds on Saturday’s game.

The game tips off at 8 p.m. on Wednesday in Redbird Arena.

The game can be viewed on ESPN3 with radio coverage provided by 95.9 WDKE.