February 24, 2016

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Volume 123, Issue 59

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ISU to host 11th annual Ethics Conference Betsy Simon

ISU Communications and Marketing

Juniors in Indiana State University’s Networks Professional Development Program in the Scott College of Business will show that there is more to ethics than meets the eye at the 11th annual Ethics Conference on March 2 in Hulman Memorial Student Union.

The Wabash Valley business community, along with Indiana State faculty and staff, are invited to an 8 a.m. session to hear the event’s corporate keynote

speaker Angela Morelock, a certified fraud examiner who leads the forensic accounting and investigations team for BKD — one of the largest U.S. accounting and advisory firms.

Beginning at 10 a.m., all morning and afternoon breakout sessions are open to students, university and the Wabash Valley community members.

Speakers and topics will include: • Breakout Session 1 (10-10:50 a.m.): Angela Morelock — Accounting CSI Style: The World of Forensic Accounting; Joe Meares — The Intersection of Business and Dis-

ability; Lt. Commander Blila — Give Me Life or Give Me Death: Ethics in the Correctional Setting • Breakout Session 2 (11-11:50 a.m.): Pamela Gresham — It’s a YES!; Daniel Pigg — Ethical Challenges in Entrepreneurship; and Steve Pratt — Complex and Ambiguous Health care Law • Breakout Session 3 (2-2:50 p.m.): William Wilhelm — Irrational Decisions: We Are Predictably Vulnerable?; Dorothy Chambers — The Challenge of Making Choices: Lessons of the Holocaust; and Jeff Stenger — Appraising the Ethical Land-

scape of Contemporary Small Business The day’s noon luncheon keynote speaker will be Gretchen Winter, Executive Director of the Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign’s College of Business.

“Advisers and professors often say that students’ level of knowledge about ethics and how it pertains to their lives is not where it should be,” said Meagan Stenger, a junior insurance and risk management major from Shelbyville, Illinois. “We hope that they

turn out for the conference and learn that ethics is a much bigger concept than what they might think.”

Online registration for the corporate keynote and the main breakout sessions and luncheon is available at http://indstate.edu/ethics.

Conference check-in will begin at 9:30 a.m.

March 2 at Hulman Memorial Student Union.

The 11 juniors in the Networks Scholars program were split into four teams: programming, operations and logistics, finance/fundraising and marketing.

Ben Weber, a junior fi-

Sanders, Clinton scour South Carolina black colleges for votes

Street Beat

William Douglas

McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)

Danielle Guy | Indiana Statesman

A part of Indiana State University’s Performing Arts Series, “Street Beat” had the audience up and dancing around in Tilson Auditorium Friday night. Performers drummed on trash cans and other found objects to create their unique blend of traditional and modern styles that acted as the soundtrack to breakdancers on stage.

US cracking down on hoverboard makers William Douglas

McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is threatening to seize imported hoverboards and recall American-made ones if manufacturers don’t make them safer.

“Consumers risk serious injury or death if their selfbalancing scooters ignite and burn,” wrote Robert J. Howell, acting director of the agency’s office of compliance and field operations, in a letter to manufacturers, importers and retailers.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. published voluntary safety standards two weeks ago, and Friday the Product Safety Commission announced it would enforce them.

Until now, there were not safety standards for the popular scooters.

“I urge you to review your product line and ensure that all self-balancing scooters that you manu-

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is tracking down hoverboard makers and sellers in order to stop spontaneous fires and falling injuries purchasers have experienced.

facture, import, distribute or sell in the United States are in compliance,” Howell told manufacturers, importers and retailers.

Since December the agency received reports from consumers in 24 states regarding about $2 million worth of property damage caused by scooter fires.

nance and financial services major from Huntingburg, said the finance team has raised more $13,000 from sponsoring organizations to help host the conference.

“This is a big project for students to put together, and I’ve learned the importance of being proactive when working as a team and making sure that you know all of the details of what the other groups are doing,” he said. “There are a lot of steps that go into planning an event like this, and I’m looking forward to seeing it all come together on March 2.”

Two houses and a car were destroyed, according to Howell’s letter.

The two-wheeled, battery-operated scooters invaded the U.S. toy market last year and were a popular Christmas gift in the U.S. that ranged in price from $250 to $1,500.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission began

looking into them because of concerns about spontaneous fires and injuries from falls.

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When the Bernie Sanders-aligned Nurses on the Bus vehicle rolled onto the campus of South Carolina State University recently, Aaliyah Loadholt bolted from the cafeteria to greet it.

“They were right outside the cafeteria, and they were, like, ‘Do you like Bernie?’” said Loadholt, a 20-year-old social work major from the tiny town of Estill, S.C. “I was like, ‘I love Bernie.’”

Seeking to cut into former Secretary of State’s Hillary Clinton’s formidable support among South Carolina’s AfricanAmerican voters, Sen. Bernie Sanders is targeting the state’s predominantly black colleges and universities, hoping that students will be receptive to the self-described democratic socialist’s message ahead of Saturday’s presidential primary.

Sanders addressed students at Columbia’s Allen University last Tuesday, telling them, “I think we’re going to surprise people here.”

Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner, who died in New York in 2014 after police used a chokehold to subdue him, accompanied Sanders to Allen and ventured to neighboring Benedict College the next day to speak with students in the campus cafeteria.

The Nurses on the Bus, staffed by the members of National Nurses United, drove by Allen, Benedict, and South Carolina State, on behalf of Sanders.

Almost at the same time, noted African-American academic and author Cornel West was stumping for Sanders at Spartanburg’s University of South Carolina-Upstate, a 6,000-student campus with an African-American enrollment of 29 percent.

West, a critic of President Barack Obama and some longtime Democratic lawmakers, said in an interview that black college campuses are prime real estate for Sanders because “we’ve got a struggle going on in black America between neo-liberal political elites and populist everyday people.”

“And young people are less likely to be convinced by black neo-liberal elites,” he added.

He said Sanders is look-

ing for “a significant slice of the black vote” in South Carolina to show AfricanAmerican voters in other primary states that the Vermont senator is a viable and electable candidate.

“So by the time we hit the urban centers in the primaries, a lot of black folks will say, ‘Oh, he’s a winner,’” West said in Spartanburg.

But Sanders faces a tough climb in attracting African-American voters, a bloc that accounted for 55 percent of South Carolina’s Democratic electorate eight years ago.

Clinton has a commanding lead over Sanders among likely AfricanAmericans voters in the state — 68 percent compared with Sanders’ 21 percent in an NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll last week.

Among African-Americans under the age of 45, Clinton outpaced Sanders 52 percent to 35 percent.

Scott Huffmon, a Winthrop University political science professor, told The State that Sanders is “making inroads with AfricanAmericans but much more slowly than a lot of his team thought would happen — and certainly more slowly than he needs to win.”

And Clinton’s campaign has no intention of surrendering ground to Sanders, especially on the campuses of more than 100 historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) nationwide where 303,000 students were enrolled in 2013, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

When Sanders visited Atlanta’s Morehouse College last week as part his nationwide HBCU tour, Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., a Morehouse graduate and Clinton supporter, blasted him in a statement distributed by Clinton’s campaign.

Richmond charged that Sanders’ proposal to make tuition free at public colleges and universities does nothing for private HBCUs such as Morehouse.

Nearly half of the country’s HBCUs are private.

In South Carolina, Clinton also launched her own black college voter turnout effort.

Former President Bill Clinton stumped for his wife at Allen University earlier this month.

Actress Angela Bassett vouched for Clinton at

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Can Democrats’ love for Bill Clinton carry over to his wife?

Anita Kumar

and Lesley Clark

McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)

Debbie Lodge, a retired librarian from Summerville, S.C., voted twice for Bill Clinton for president.

“He was a breath of fresh air,” she said. “And he was an excellent president.”

This year, though, she isn’t voting for his wife, Hillary Clinton.

Lodge strongly supports Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination for president.

Democrats still love Bill Clinton 15 years after he left office — some of them more than they love Hillary Clinton.

What’s unclear is whether he’s convincing voters to back his wife for the Democratic nomination.

A majority of Americans, including 73 percent of Democrats, say Bill Clinton is not a factor in their opinion of Hillary Clinton, according to a Reuters poll released in January.

But he remains so popular that even opponents don’t criticize him much.

At the start of the year, Republican front-runner Donald Trump tried to use Bill Clinton’s extramarital affairs, particularly with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, against him.

But there’s no evidence that the criticism worked, and Trump has largely stopped those attacks.

Jeri Cabot, 61, dean of students at the College of Charleston, acknowledged there’s always “a little shadow cast” on Clinton because of his history with women, but she said voters examined the whole person. “He has an issue there; I wouldn’t whitewash it,” she said.

But she added, “We look at promises made and kept, accomplishments, what was delivered to the country.”

After largely sitting out the start of Hillary Clinton’s second campaign for the White House, Bill Clinton now is constantly on the road, hopscotching

Georgia House passes ‘campus carry’ bill legalizing guns at colleges Kristina Torres

The Atlanta JournalConstitution (TNS)

The Georgia state House voted Monday to legalize carrying concealed guns on Georgia’s college campuses.

State Rep. Rick Jasperse, a Republican, said: “It’s a real world solution to a real world problem. In today’s world, it’s a must.”

But in a 90-minute debate before the 113-59 vote, Democratic state Rep. Virgil Fludd said the bill would allow the weapons with “no instruction, no training, no supervision.”

“We’re putting (students) in volatile situations with alcohol and hormones,” Fludd said.

The bill would allow anyone 21 or older with a weapons license to carry a gun anywhere on a public college or university campus, except for inside dormitories, fraternities and sorority houses, and at athletic events.

It also would mandate that those weapons be

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks after winning the Nevada caucuses at a rally at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Saturday.

from one state to another and headlining a flurry of fundraisers for her across the United States.

He’s particularly popular in South Carolina, whose Democratic primary is Saturday, and other Southern states with large populations of blacks and moderate whites.

At his events, he speaks of Hillary Clinton as “the single greatest change maker.”

He usually lingers afterward — shaking hands, taking selfies and signing autographs — for longer than most candidates do.

It’s not uncommon to find supporters of Sanders there.

His supporters don’t seem to mind that the former president doesn’t give the same passionate speeches he did when he was in office, or even as recently as 2012, when he campaigned for President Barack Obama.

Or that he looks older than his 69 years, following quadruple heart-bypass surgery and a drastic change in his diet.

And that he occasionally causes headaches for his wife when he says something her campaign wishes he hadn’t.

Claire Teuber, 55, speaks for many Democrats when she says she adores Bill Clinton.

The schoolteacher from Mount Pleasant, S.C., points to the strong economy he left behind after departing the White House.

“He did so much for our country,” she said. “He left this place in much better shape than he found it.”

In recent weeks, as his wife’s campaign has suffered setbacks, Clinton has gotten aggressive on the campaign trail, causing some trouble for her campaign.

He’s criticized Sanders’ policies, particularly

health care and his goal to create a “political revolution.”

He’s accused Sanders of hypocrisy for criticizing Hillary Clinton for accepting money from Wall Street when the senator has benefited from the same type of money raised by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which helps Democratic Senate candidates with their campaigns.

He compared Sanders supporters to the tea party.

It’s a tactic he’s mostly tried to avoid after finding himself in trouble for his impolitic remarks when Hillary Clinton ran the first time, in 2008.

Sanders recently fought back after he said Bill Clinton had made some “very nasty comments about me:” He criticized Clinton’s tenure in the White House for implementing failed trade agreements, de-

regulating Wall Street and overhauling welfare.

“The hotter this election gets, the more I wish I was just a former president and just for a few months not the spouse of the next one,” Clinton said recently in New Hampshire. “I have to be careful what I say.”

“I love Bill Clinton now more than I did then,” said Shana Potvin, 39, an art instructor from Bedford, N.H., who attended one of his recent events. “I just love what he has to say.

He’s mellowed out from the pressures of being in office.”

Clinton became a coveted Democratic surrogate and delivered such a powerful endorsement of Obama’s record in his 2012 re-election bid that the president dubbed him the “secretary of explaining stuff.”

“He made the case for the president better than the president was able to

do,” said Terry Shumaker, a New Hampshire lawyer and longtime Clinton friend who says he’s heard from countless people of both parties that Bill Clinton could get re-elected again.

Polls show Clinton is more popular than his wife and Obama.

Fifty-three percent of people have a positive view of him, while 46 percent hold a negative one, according to an ABC News/ Washington Post poll released in January.

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Jury: No hate crime convictions in San Jose State bullying trial Tracey Kaplan

San Jose Mercury News (TNS)

A jury Monday found three white men guilty of misdemeanor battery on a black suitemate in 2013 at San Jose State University, but did not reach guilty verdicts on more serious hate crime charges.

After deliberating for slightly more than two days, jurors agreed that Colin Warren, Logan Beaschler and Joseph “Brett” Bomgardner “offensively touched” their fellow freshman suitemate, Donald Williams Jr., either by clamping a U-shaped bike lock around his neck and/or by attempting to do so a second time.

But the jury of six men and six women — which had no African-American members — found Bomgardner, now 21, not guilty of misdemeanor hate crime and deadlocked on hate crime charges against Warren and Beaschler, both 20.

The hazing during the fall 2013 semester sparked community outrage, campus protests, an internal investigation, an apology from the president of the university — where blacks make up 3 percent of the student body — and the creation of a campus task force on racial discrimination.

The head of the campus

task force, African-American former Judge LaDoris Cordell, expressed disappointment Monday with the verdict.

“I am saddened that 12 jurors could not agree that calling a black male ‘Three-fifths’ or ‘Fraction,’ or forcing a lock around his neck or creating an environment promoting racism with Confederate memorabilia or hearing how this young man was humiliated, amounted to a hate crime,” Cordell said.

“This verdict demonstrates that we are a long way from living in a post-racist America.”

Witnesses testified during the more than twoweek trial that the abuse of Williams, who was 17 at the time, included the two bike lock incidents, as well as calling him by the nicknames referring to America’s history of slavery, writing a form of the “n” word on a whiteboard and displaying the Confederate flag.

Attorneys for the defendants, who were all San Jose State freshmen at the time of the incidents, argued that their clients were simply took a “prank war” too far because they were “immature, insensitive and stupid.”

But in a statement on the courthouse steps after the verdict, Santa Clara County District Attorney

Jeff Rosen disputed that characterization.

“Prejudice is not a prank,” said Rosen, who also commended Williams for his grace throughout the “ordeal.” “Today’s decision was partially disappointing, but not dispiriting. Our resolve to fight hate crimes remains unwavering.”

The jury voted 7-5 and 9-3 in favor of acquittal on the hate crime charges for Beaschler and Warren, respectively.

Beaschler was responsible for displaying the Confederate flag, which he testified was an expression of his support for states rights, as well as a swastika and other Nazi symbols, which he said was political satire.

One of the jurors who voted to acquit the men of the hate crime charges said he concluded there was reasonable doubt that the two bike lock incidents, which occurred early in the fall semester and were charged by the prosecution as the actual hate crimes, were driven by racial bias.

The juror said the bullying that followed appeared racially tinged, but he was reluctant to consider those attitudes retroactive.

“I went in thinking it was a hate crime,” said the juror, who is in his 30s and a member of the Green

Party. “But it was only Mr. Williams who said they called him racist nicknames before the bike lock incidents.”

However, a female juror in her 60s voted for a conviction, partly because she did not buy that Beaschler was a quiet, shy young man who didn’t know that displaying the Confederate flag was offensive to blacks.

“I never had a moment’s doubt that they were guilty of hate crimes,” she said.

The jury found it easy to acquit Bomgardner because he was rarely in the dormitory suite and had a limited role in the hazing, joining only in the second bike lock attempt, the female juror said.

San Jose State student Gary Daniels, a black political science major in his senior year, said the jury should have convicted all three men of a hate crime and “definitely made a mistake.”

“Who knows who these guys are going to terrorize in the future,” Daniels said.

Donald Williams, the victim’s father, also said the jury’s stance on the hate crime charges let down the community.

“It was very clear what should’ve come down,” Williams said minutes after the verdict was read in Santa Clara County Superior Court. “It’s pretty ri-

diculous. I hope they try them again.”

Rosen said he will consider a retrial after investigators have a chance to talk with some of the jurors. But sources familiar with the case said redoing the case is unlikely.

San Jose State issued a statement Monday saying it is working to improve the racial climate on campus.

For instance, it is interviewing finalists this weekend for a new chief diversity officer position.

The college also created a Black Scholars Community last fall in one of its residence halls and has completed a survey on the racial climate that it plans to discuss openly with the campus community.

“Much work lies ahead as we seek to create a truly inclusive, welcoming and safe environment for every member of our community,” the statement said.

Attorney Sam Polverino, who represented Bomgardner, said he pleased his client was not convicted of the hate crime.

“It was the right decision,” he said.

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indianastatesman.com VOTES FROM PAGE 1 South Carolina State and nearby Claflin University, while fellow entertainer Vivica A. Fox spoke at Voorhees College in Denmark, S.C., and at Denmark Technical College.

At South Carolina State, students say Clinton’s campaign has been a presence there since April.

GUNS FROM PAGE 2 concealed — something proponents say make it safer — since Georgia requires gun owners to apply for “concealed carry” permits that require fingerprinting and background

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A campaign aide said the Clinton camp has visited all of the state’s predominantly black college campuses.

Nakea Pennant, a 19-year-old South Carolina State biology major, said Clinton had her support before the campaign set foot on the Orangeburg campus.

“She’s the best person

for the job. She’s qualified,” said Pennant, who serves as a campaign phone bank captain in Orangeburg. “Originally, I was an Obama fan in 2008.

I’m all Hillary now. She’s experienced through the Bill (Clinton) years, being a senator from New York, and being secretary of state.”

Loadholt says Sanders

has some catching up to do at South Carolina State.

He spoke there in November, but most students had left campus for Thanksgiving break.

West followed up with a visit to the campus last month that produced “a pretty good turnout,” she said.

“The Hillary people have been here for a

while,” Loadholt said. “The college Democrats, they’re for Hillary. His presence wasn’t here until the race got closer.”

Still, both Loadholt and Pennant estimate that more than half of the South Carolina State students haven’t decided whom they’re voting for on Saturday.

“They hear a lot of prom-

ises, and they’re hearing a bunch of what Bernie is about and what Hillary is about,” Loadholt said.

“They’re like, ‘I like free college, but I like Hillary Clinton being a woman and being president, too.’”

checks.

Recent events close to the Georgia Capitol, however, have added to the latest push.

A few blocks from the Capitol building, robberies at Georgia State University’s downtown campus li-

brary — committed within weeks of each other, with two occurring on the same day — have increased support among some students and lawmakers for the right to carry concealed weapons on campus.

The state’s Board of Re-

gents, which regulates the state’s 29 public colleges and universities, has long opposed “campus carry,” and it has blocked previous attempts to allow guns on campuses.

The most recent attempt came in 2014 when the

state House voted to legalize campus carry as part of a broader effort called the “Guns Everywhere Bill.”

The state Senate, however, stripped the campuscarry language out of the bill before it was passed.

With Monday’s House

passage, the campus-carry bill goes to the Senate for consideration.

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Jazz Festival brings ISU, area high schools together Trevor Cornelius Reporter

The Gamma Omega Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia held the 42nd Annual Indiana State University Jazz Festival Saturday in the University Hall auditorium to showcase the talents of high school bands, and the ISU Jazz Ensemble with guest trumpeter Allen Vizzutti.

The fog rolled in early, as school buses of excited band members and cases holding instruments pulled into Lot R on the Indiana State University campus.

Inside the auditorium, the light board operator fades up on the dimmer switch, lighting a stage that commands the presence of practiced jazz ensembles from various Indiana School Corporations.

Terre Haute South took the stage at approximately 8:30 a.m. and gave a performance that earned them a 3rd place trophy during the Awards Presentation.

Later in the evening, Brownsburg High School took the stage as the final act before a dinner break and gave a performance that earned them a 1st place trophy.

Middle school band members gathered at the Center for Performing and Fine Arts near University Hall to play for evaluators and audience.

Woodrow Wilson Middle School took the 1st place trophy to their building on 25th Street in Terre Haute.

These young jazz enthusiasts plan to be back next year, the eighth graders moving up to High School showcasing themselves on the University Hall Auditorium stage.

The Indiana State University Ensemble, conducted by Director Eddie Ludema, played their saxophones, trumpets and trombones while warming up prior to audience members being allowed in their seats.

Ludema walked around the seating area as his ensemble played a short

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What do Beyonce, OK Go videos teach us?

Steve Johnson

Chicago Tribune (TNS)

Video did not end up killing the radio star, and it doesn’t look like anything is going to be able to kill the music video, either.

New, wildly disparate videos in recent weeks — Beyonce’s hypnotic, politically charged “Formation” and another dazzling confection from the former Chicago band OK Go, for the song “Upside Down and Inside Out” — show a form that is alive, reasonably well (considering) and still able to get people talking.

A month ago it was David Bowie speaking to us from beyond the grave, with his otherworldly video for “Lazarus,” a song on what would be his final album.

Bowie bid a very reluctant farewell, showing a man desperately trying to work as his days grew short, and it was haunting.

Across the Internet, your favorite indie band has scraped together a few dollars and some film school friends to back its new song with a little film, showing it on Vevo or Vimeo or YouTube.

Making a video remains part of the package of making music.

Yet the “video is dead” think piece has been written scores of times in the past decade.

MTV, which famously began life by showing The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” long ago swore off the “M” in its title because of the car-radio phenomenon: People changed the station whenever a song they didn’t like came on. (Television killed the video channel.)

And record companies are now slogging around in the tar pits, too poor

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From left, Beyonce, Chris Martin of Coldplay and Bruno Mars perform during the halftime show at Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 7.

to routinely produce new videos for all but the most proven movers of product.

(MP3s killed the recording contract, and the perfunctory music videos that came with it.)

But people still want to see filmed interpretations of songs they like.

It’s just that the place to find them has shifted to the Web, where you get to program your own music video channel, rather than putting up with MTV’s notions.

So Coldplay’s new tune, “Hymn for the Weekend,” has already racked up 43 million views, according to YouTube.

“Paradise,” a previous hit from the British stadium rockers, is at 483 million.

Independent artists do rise to stardom in this world, too — occasionally, and especially if they’ve got great visuals.

Remember beefcake Chicago singer Steve Grand’s so-called gay country anthem “AllAmerican Boy” from 2013?

OK Go has used its music video successes — little masterpieces of the form, really — to step away from the big record labels and return to independence.

But the biggest names really thrive in this new ecosystem, which relies on social media and old (antisocial?) media to point people to the videos.

The collective Twitter mind is happy to highlight

somebody new, but it is ecstatic when it’s got a new video from a Lady Gaga.

(Video supported the few remaining radio stars.)

Fortunately, the videos sometimes have something more to offer than just minimally clad performers or a filmed rendition of some of the lyrics.

Witness the Beyonce song, which showed up by surprise last weekend, ahead of the singer’s Super Bowl halftime performance.

Its video, incorporating references to the bungled Katrina rescue efforts in New Orleans and to the Black Lives Matter social protest movement, goes beyond the lyrics of the song and has given com-

mentators from the left and right plenty of fodder.

Cosmopolitan called it “the most perfect song since the Paleozoic Era.” Fox News has been, um, less complimentary.

And OK Go, who rode choreographed treadmills into America’s video consciousness with “Here It Goes Again” in 2005, has dropped another little dose of genius.

Their new video is shot in zero gravity, in an airplane cabin, yet still manages compelling choreography that punctuates the song.

Like all of the band’s best videos, it is so visu-

in, along with food and snacks that are provided by the organization. Events are usually themed, such as Towers by the Beach, where many of the people there were wearing Hawaiian necklaces and shirts.

The event offered students free smoothies and games such as cornhole so they could play and get to know one another.

PAW’s goal is for stu-

dents to have fun on campus on the weekends.

Often, students go home for the weekend, but PAW’s goal is for students to know that there is still a lot that students can participate in, whether that may be drinking smoothies or roller skating.

Towers Hall Councils consist hall RAs or APAs coming together. The events that are usually

hosted in one of the residence halls so that more students can come casually instead of having to walk across campus.

Sarah Solberg, a hall director in a residence hall, was there to serve smoothies to anyone who came by.

“PAW hosts an event every weekend, and is usually really enjoyable,” Solberg said. “If a student doesn’t have any specific

plans, it is a great way to pass time with other students and get to know one another.”

An upcoming event that PAW is hosting is rollerskating, which will take place in the Student Recreational Center.

The event is free and open to all ISU students.

It will take place on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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Paw hosts beach-themed event Saturday Grace Harrah Reporter

Towers by the Beach was hosted this past weekend, on Saturday, Feb. 20 in the lounge of Rhodes Hall. The event was hosted jointly by Programs All Weekend, or PAW, and the Towers Hall Council.

PAW events have activities and games that students can participate

‘Better Call Saul’ breaks its own way Greg Braxtont

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

This time last year, “Breaking Bad” creators Vince Gilligan and writer Peter Gould were nervous.

Would their new series, “Better Call Saul,” about Walter White’s wisecracking, somewhat shady attorney Saul Goodman, be able to compete with the revered show that birthed it?

“Breaking Bad,” after all, was one of the most influential and honored TV series in recent memory.

Fans addicted to the intensity and pace of “Breaking Bad” might be thrown by the more sedate and peculiar “Better Call Saul,” which showcases Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, a former con man turned lawyer who will eventually transform into Goodman.

Still, AMC was so confident that “Better Call Saul” would work that it ordered a second season before the series hit the air.

The gamble paid off when the first season clicked with critics and viewers alike, scoring

seven Emmy nominations, including outstanding drama series, lead actor (Odenkirk) and supporting actor (Jonathan Banks).

But for Gilligan and Gould, the accolades meant they had yet another success to top — or at least live up to.

“Nervousness is just fuel for me, and I’m sure that Peter would probably agree with that,” Gilligan said recently as he and Gould discussed the new season in a phone interview. “We truly didn’t know how ‘Better Call Saul’ would be received as a series. Now the fear is that people will say, ‘Eh, Season 2 isn’t as good as Season 1.’ We hope that won’t be the case. We hope it will be the opposite.”

The second season picks up where the first left off: McGill, whose moral center was often flexible, seemed to be on the road to legitimacy as he stumbled upon a large classaction lawsuit.

But he is devastated when betrayed by his brother Chuck (Michael McKean), a partner in

Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in “Better Call Saul.”

a top law firm who has intense issues revolving around electricity.

Concluding that keeping to the straight and narrow path yields little reward, Jimmy turns down a promising position at a large firm and flirts with falling back into his former slickster ways.

“Jimmy is learning to be himself,” Odenkirk said a few hours before the show’s recent premiere at

Culver City’s ArcLight cinema. “There’s a great and strangely positive undercurrent that he’s in. He’s getting to know himself while becoming that person that is going to become Saul Goodman. He is getting to know what brings him joy. But that’s also going to bring him a whole lot of trouble.”

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“fixer who met a bloody demise,” were the only holdovers from the original cast.

The two executives were determined last season to let “Better Call Saul” stand on its own without appearances from key “Breaking Bad” characters.

And fans of “Breaking Bad” waiting for Bryan Cranston (who played Walter White) to appear this season should prob-

ably not get their hopes up. (The actor did show up at the show’s premiere to support his former bosses.)

Gould, who created the character of Goodman for “Breaking Bad,” was well aware of the risks in pulling Saul away from the world of White and giving the attorney his own back story.

“We had wondered whether people would take the character of Jimmy McGill into their hearts, or if they would be tapping their feet and looking at their watches waiting for Saul — or even Walter White — to show up.”

That said, “Better Call Saul” is still the offspring of “Breaking Bad,” which collected an avalanche of awards, including four Emmys for lead actor Cranston and three for supporting actor Aaron Paul, who played White’s junkie accomplice Jesse Pinkman.

During its five seasons, the drama became a pop culture phenom and helped boost AMC into

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ally stunning as flight attendants float about and paint balloons pop and lead singer Damian Kulash bounces into and out of his seat, that it threatens to overshadow the tune, an engaging power pop number.

OK Go’s achievement here is all the more compelling because people have been making music videos since way back when Bowie was starting out — since Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” in 1957, even — and this band is still managing to find something fresh to do.

Video, at least in this case, created the video star.

piece from their upcoming performance, listening for sound levels as the audience would hear.

After the audience entered the auditorium, the ISU jazz ensemble played tunes such as Miles Davis’ “All Blues” and Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man.” “I had a lot of fun putting this music together.

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as being a great experience for all of us,” Director Eddie Ludema said.

The audience gave the ISU Jazz ensemble ovations after each performance, like football fans cheering for their team’s first down conversions, and they applauded each time a soloist stood in the spotlight.

Entering from stage right, in front of Drummer Ian Winningham, special guest Vizzutti was introduced.

“Personally, I want to

introduce to the stage — this is a great honor for me — one of the reasons why I decided to stick with music in High School,” Director Ludema said with a muted giddiness in his voice. “I am so excited for you to hear his clinic, so excited for you to hear his playing, give a big hardy Hoosier Indiana welcome, Allen Vizzutti to the stage.”

Vizzutti played along with the musical stylings of the ISU Jazz ensemble.

Slamming his foot the ground and covering his

mouth, he let out an unexpected, vibrantly loud sneeze.

“With a nose like this, it’s a serious matter,” Vizzutti exclaimed to the crowd of easygoing, ready-to-beentertained onlookers.

He told an anecdote about his travels from Seattle, Washington involving a high-class celebrity holding up traffic with his private jet.

The crowd got a quick laugh right into a gracious performance.

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sity guest Vizzutti stayed throughout the day to end the night with a concert involving Thomas Walsh, Luke Gillespie, Nick Tucker, and John DiCenso.

Each member of the gathering showed in the spotlight and gave the members of the Gamma Omega Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia a bright ending to announce from the podium’s microphone an appreciation and gratitude for all contributors to the 42nd ISU Jazz Festival.

“Breaking Bad” devotees.

“There are some characters that might be defined as ‘deep cuts,’ but then there are some other characters that are very iconic to ‘Breaking Bad’ that will be showing up,” said

Gould. “Of course, as we move forward, the stories are ultimately on a converging path.”

And just as last season, issues of morality and the choice between doing wrong and doing right,

even if there is little reward, will be at the core of the dilemmas that McGill will encounter.

Gould said, “There are two phrases in the writers room that we use as guideposts: ‘No good deed goes

unpunished,’ and ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions.’”

Quipped Gilligan, “We’re full of cliches.”

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Learning to take your own advice

Kirstyn Quandt Columnist

Although it has been ingrained in us from a young age that no one is perfect, the mistakes that we know are bound to happen seem to weigh on our hearts and minds indefinitely — or at least until we collide with the harshness of reality.

Often we look to those who can give us advice but we are so busy beating ourselves up for our mistakes that we forget to listen to any guidance being given.

We’ve all heard that everyone makes mistakes.

But that doesn’t do much to console you when something is seriously bothering you does it?

Although it’s true, when we are upset, hurt or maybe just navigating our own inner demons, we look to something or someone for support, and although we may not admit it, we need some brutally honest advice.

Sure it’s nice to receive a compliment-laden nudge in the right direction, but most times, in order to fully move on and recognize that we all in fact do make mistakes, we need to get it straight with no chaser.

Regardless of the numerous people that forgive us, our trespasses or aim to help us realize how minor one mishap is in the grand scheme of life, we hold a grudge against ourselves

for what seems like an eternity.

And it’s always puzzled me that we look everywhere except inside ourselves for forgiveness.

If you’re the kind of person who advises their friends, I challenge you to listen to what you’re saying and apply it to your own struggles.

Take for example the friend you console through her rollercoaster relationships.

Regardless of the numerous times you tell her to break up with him and that her proximity to the situation is clouding her better judgment, she doesn’t listen.

And then you are puzzled when you date his best friend and things turn out exactly the same and you’re left with a broken heart.

It’s an interesting concept that on the surface seems complicated, but when you think about it, is rather simple.

If you’re giving someone you care about advice that will guide them in the right direction, why wouldn’t you have faith it could do the same for you?

Without a doubt, there are times when we are our own worst enemies.

And although it may take time to forgive and forget, it is necessary to do both in order to move forward.

So if you’re the type of person who lets their pent up feelings thwart their future happiness, take time to listen to not only the advice of others, but imagine what you would tell your best friend in the same situation and take your own advice.

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Privileged or Entitled?

Shayla Bozdech Columnist

Privileged is defined as “having special rights, advantages, or immunities.”

Entitlement is defined as “believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.”

At the age of 16, many of us were privileged to drive legally.

All of us were privileged to go through high school and continue to higher education.

However, at the age of 16, just because we were privileged to drive did not mean we were entitled to a vehicle or gas and insurance money. Just because in this

country we are privileged to an education and even a higher education does not mean we are entitled to a certain education.

Now, I do realize that there is a natural level of privilege that one cannot help, but just because there is privilege does not mean one is entitled to all privileges.

When one decides that they would like to pursue an education past high school, they are deciding on a career that potentially pays more and provides more benefits.

Just as in any other aspect of life, we are paying for that quality.

There is no doubt that student debt is a huge problem in the United States, but free college is not the answer.

Free college turns the privilege of higher education into an entitlement. I won’t lie; it sounds appealing.

My peers and I mutter the words “poor college student” more often than I’d like to admit.

However, free college assumes that most students upon graduating high school are entitled to a higher education, which is not the case.

If college is as accessible as a high school diploma, a bachelor’s degree will be the new high school diploma, meaning that many more jobs will likely require a higher education than the bachelor’s degree.

If students are not encouraged to explore paths in the military, through technical schools or community college, or straight into the workforce, some of the most crucial job markets will face a shortage.

Also, some students are just not cut out for college; and that is perfectly and completely acceptable.

At any level, we must work for what we want to

earn.

Part of working for a college degree is paying for that college degree. And let’s put it in perspective.

We complain about the price of college because we have been given the privilege of pursuing a degree.

We are essentially complaining about a privilege that much of the world will never experience.

We don’t need to apologize for our privilege, but we might need to put things in perspective next time we feel entitled to free education, or any education for that matter.

College is an outstanding privilege in this country.

Free college is privileged to some with outstanding need or special athletic, musical or scholastic ability.

Very few things in life are entitlements.

College, let alone free college, is certainly not an entitlement.

Participate in Child Abuse Awareness Month this April

Casey Ewart Columnist

Indiana has always been a conservative state. As such, you might not think that we would be ranked high nationally for child abuse and neglect. However, Indiana ranks fifth according to a Kids Count survey. Hopefully that ranking surprises you and sparks a want or need to stand up for this cause.

Indiana has a law that requires any person who suspects child abuse or neglect to report it.

The number of reports is increasing which means that more people are being turned in for this crime.

However, there are other ways that you can get involved and take a stand even here in Terre Haute.

First, you could become a volunteer at CASA — or court appointed special advocate. According to the Indiana Judicial Branch

Division of State Court Administration, there are CASA programs in 77 of Indiana’s 92 counties.

CASA volunteers advocate for the best interest of the children.

Volunteers are always in demand with the rise of child abuse and neglect.

You can go to the CASA office and ask for a volunteer application. You do not have to wait to go home to see if there is a child that you can get involved with.

There is a Vigo County CASA in Terre Haute.

They put on a variety of events for the children including holiday-themed parties as well as other events throughout the year that you can volunteer for.

Dates and pictures of their activities can be found on the Vigo County CASA Kids Facebook page. CASA also accepts monetary donations.

Second, April is child abuse prevention month.

Blue is the designated color for child abuse prevention month. If you do not feel comfortable going out or even if you want to but do not because you could not find a friend to go with you, you can still be a supporter.

Make Facebook posts, send

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Neighbors plant a tree Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 in memory of Raashanai Coley, an 11-year-old girl who died of child abuse next door in Waukegan, Ill.

tweets, make artwork or post a picture to Instagram.

These are little steps that you can take to show your support.

Last, take time out of your day. Remember those children that have died be-

cause of child abuse and neglect. They will not be forgotten. These children are more than just statistics.

Child abuse and neglect is a serious issue. It requires citizens to take a stand and

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ISU men set for season road finale Desmond O’Sullivan Reporter

After a blowout loss to Wichita State in the Hulman Center, the Indiana State Sycamores (13-15, 7-9 MVC) will travel to Cedar Rapids to take on Missouri Valley Conference rival Northern Iowa Wednesday night in hopes of turning their fortunes around before the postseason begins next week.

An 84-51 loss to the Wichita State Shockers on Sunday marks the Sycamores’ longest losing streak this season, clocking in at five losses in a row, which have all been to Missouri Valley teams.

They will face a difficult opponent in their trip to Iowa, as the Northern Iowa Panthers (17-12, 9-7 MVC) have won seven of their last eight games and are coming off a 75-66 win over Illinois State.

The Panthers are currently in fifth place in the MVC standings, while the Sycamores have dropped to seventh place and are in a three-way race for sixth with Loyola-Chicago and Missouri State.

ISU currently holds the tiebreaker over those two teams based on a tougher RPI rating.

The Panthers’ win over the Redbirds was balanced to say the least.

All five starters for the Panthers scored in double digits, with senior guard Wes Washpun scoring 18

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points, junior guard Jeremy Morgan scoring 13 points, senior guard Paul Jesperson scoring 12 points and senior guard Matt Bohannon and sophomore forward Bennet Koch each scoring 10.

Morgan also led UNI in blocks with five. Contributing to the win was poor shooting from the Redbirds in the first half as they only went 9-28 in field goal shooting.

Even a rally by the Redbirds that cut the Panther

lead to 49-46 with 10:25 left in the second half wasn’t enough to overcome the Northern Iowa resolve.

The Sycamores only had two players score in double digits in their loss to the Shockers on Sunday with Brenton Scott scoring 14 points and Devonte Brown scoring 11.

ISU was dogged by poor shooting throughout the entire game, going 18-58 on field goals and clocking in a 31 percent shooting performance.

Indiana State and Wichita both committed 19 personal fouls, but the Shockers capitalized on almost all of their free throw attempts, nailing 20-23, compared to the Sycamores’ 1016 on the night.

A season sweep of the Panthers is on the line for the Sycamores as they and UNI have already played each other this season, with the Terre Haute gang taking the first contest 74-60.

Northern Iowa will have home court advantage this

time around and will be looking to split the season series with a now-battered Sycamore squad.

ISU will have to make a change in their style of play if they want to be able to contend with and beat this Panthers team on their home court.

Wednesday’s game tips off at 8 p.m. in Cedar Rapids with coverage available on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app. Radio coverage will be provided locally by 95.9 WDKE.

Softball heads south for Tiger Invite Adler Ingalsbe

Assistant Sports Editor

Coming off a 2-2 start to the year, the Indiana State University softball team will make the trek to play in Alabama in the Tiger Invitational this weekend at Auburn.

The Sycamores began their 2016 season participating in the Total Control Sports Invitational that was held in Rosemont, Illinois.

In the tournament, Indiana State played four games, all of which were decided by one run.

ISU was able to come up with wins against Illinois Chicago and Iowa, both wins coming by a 3-2 score, but dropped an 11-inning nail biter to IUPUI, 6-5, as well as the rematch against UIC, 4-3.

With the opening weekend in the rearview mirror, Indiana State turns their attention to the four teams they will take on in the Tiger Invitational: St. John’s, Boston College, Western Illinois and Auburn.

The Sycamores take the field Friday at 11 a.m. against St. John’s, who own a 2-3 record on the season.

Four of the Red Storm’s batters who have at least 10 at-bats are hitting over .300, which includes junior outfield Brittany Garcia, who is hitting .467 and has driven in four runs, while freshman infielder Christina Melendez has a .357 batting average, one home run and five RBIs. St. John’s has had four different pitchers take the circle this season, with junior Grace Kramer leading the way with 11 innings pitched.

Shortly after their game

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against the Red Storm is completed, Indiana State will turn around and play Boston College.

The Eagles have already played 10 games, winning four and losing six.

Sophomore middle infielder Chloe Sharabba has hit a .379 and has driven in four runs, while senior middle infielder Jessie Daulton has been the power source for Boston College, hitting two home runs in 27 at-bats.

Boston College has a freshmen pitching duo that includes starter Allyson Frei, who has started seven games, thrown 30 innings and has posted a 4.80 ERA and reliever Jessica Dreswick, who has thrown 27.2

innings, has a 1.63 earned run average and has saved one game.

Once Friday’s games are over, the next time the Sycamores will take the field will be at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday against Western Illinois.

The Leathernecks started the season with five consecutive losses but have since won three of their last four to give them a 3-6 overall record. Western Illinois features a lineup that includes two players that are hitting over .400, as well as a Terre Haute native.

Freshman Payton Abbott leads the team with her .417 average, with senior Karissa Kouchis’s .406 batting average being a close

second.

Sophomore shortstop and Terre Haute’s own Kelsey Marlow has a teamleading six RBIs to go along with a respectable .296 average at the plate.

Senior Kacyee Hart and freshman Emily Ira have split the games in the pitcher’s circle, with both having ERA’s near four.

The fourth and final game of the Tiger Invitational for Indiana State is on Sunday at 2 p.m. against the host and No. 3 nationally ranked Auburn.

The Tigers are 10-1 on the year, with their lone loss coming against James Madison, the No. 19 team in the country.

In their 10 wins, six of

the games came in five innings.

Auburn has an incredibly talented lineup that has eight hitters with at least 20 at-bats hitting over .300, three hitting over .400 and two above the .500 mark.

Their pitching also ranks among the elite in America, with two starters having earned run averages coming in lower than one.

Although Indiana State will be up against some stiff competition, the Tiger Invitational can serve as a benchmark for where they are currently at, while also getting them prepared for the Missouri Valley Conference portion of the schedule that is quickly approaching.

Hambrock named MVC Good Neighbor ST. LOUIS — Indiana State distance runner Logan Hambrock has been named as one of 10 State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Winter Award winners, the Missouri Valley Conference announced Tuesday.

In order to be eligible for the award, student athletes must be in good academic standing, demonstrate good citizenship through good sportsmanship and significant community service and must participate in a sport during the season of recognition.

The Valley recognizes 10 student athletes three times annually (fall, winter, spring) for a total of 30 honorees. Institutions select their State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award honorees.

Hambrock, a junior Terre Haute native and criminology major, has been on both the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List all five semesters he has been at Indiana State.

He has also spent time volunteering with the Special Olympics, the 14th & Chestnut Center, the NCAA Cross Country National Championship, wetland cleanup, and has spent 100 volunteer hours with the DEA. Story by ISU Athletic Media Relations.

Ashley Taia honored ST. LOUIS – Indiana State redshirt sophomore forward Ashley Taia has been named the Missouri Valley Conference’s Newcomer of the Week, announced by the league on Monday.

The Brisbane, Australia native picks up her third Newcomer of the Week honor this season — which ties for a league lead — after turning in impressive performances that led to the Sycamores sweep of Bradley and Loyola on the road this weekend.

Taia compiled 29 points while shooting 52.6 percent (10-19) from the floor in two games, while also amassing eight rebounds, 11 assists and one steal.

She was the Sycamores’ key to its ninth-straight win over Bradley on Friday night, finishing one shy of a career-high with 24 points on 8-11 shooting and a 4-7 mark from three-point land.

She also added four rebounds, three assists and one steal against the Braves.

On Sunday, her ball distribution was excellent as she dished out a seasonhigh eight assists while adding five points and four rebounds in Indiana State’s first win in Chicago since Loyola became a member of the MVC in 2013-14.

Taia and the Sycamores return to Hulman Center for the final time this season to host Evansville on Friday night and Southern Illinois on Sunday afternoon.

Story by ISU Athletic Media Relations.

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