February 27, 2015

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Friday, Feb. 27, 2015

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Mayor Duke Bennett and ISU President Dan Bradley spoke at the press conference Thursday about the proposed $75.8 million Hulman Center renovation (Photo by Gary Macadaeg).

Hulman Center renovation clears first hurdle Alex Modesitt Editor-in-Chief

A $75.8 million Hulman Center renovation bill is moving forward, officials said at a press conference at the Hulman Center on Thursday.

House Bill 1521 was passed by the Indiana House of Representatives this past week and is now slated to go to conference committee in the Senate near the end of April.

“It’s a great day,” Rep. Bob Heaton,

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author of HB 1521, said. “It would be a greater day if we could get this through the Senate.”

The bill would create a community development area and allow the city to collect sales tax from within the development area and use it for capital improvements.

The improvements would include the proposed Hulman Center renovation.

The $75.8 million renovation would add a 60,000-square-foot convention

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center on the south side of the building and update the existing structure.

“This has been a huge community asset for many years and it needs an upgrade,” Mayor Duke Bennett said. “We need to be competitive with the other markets out there.”

Indiana State University President Dan Bradley echoed Bennett’s sentiment.

“The building is over 40 years old,” Bradley said. “It’s getting old and it needs re-done before it becomes a liability as

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opposed to an asset.”

Bradley said that ISU would work to get the renovation done because it’s high on the university’s priority list.

Heaton said he is glad that the bill is moving on to the Senate, but realizes that there is still much work to be done.

“We’re not here to spike the football,” Heaton said. “[The press conference] is one way that we can try to explain to you that it is right where we want it to be, but we’re not at the finish line yet.”

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Jury duty bill to ease student inconvenience

Makyla Thompson Reporter

The Indiana State University Student Government Association has plans to introduce a bill to assist students who get summoned for jury duty.

Jury duty can be disruptive for college students because it can cause them to miss classes.

Additionally, students who go to school far from home would also have to travel to their hometowns in order to serve.

The idea for the bill began at Purdue University and has since spread to a number of colleges across Indiana, including ISU. James Lafary, a sophomore communication major and political science minor, is the author of Indiana State’s bill.

“The bill is a follow-up to something Purdue has been doing,” Lafary said. “Purdue is actually proposing the initial legislation about the deferment, but we have decided to do our

The bill would allow students to be deferred from serving, helping to lower the number of student abscences due to jury duty (Photo by Clipart.com).

own legislation with it, and our own revisions so that way we are not piggybacking off of what they [Purdue] do.”

The bill must be considered

by the Indiana State House before it goes into action.

“Basically if you are selected to do jury duty but you are attending a secondary education

institute [and] you tell them ‘hey I’ve got college’ then you are automatically deferred from having to go serve,” Lafary said.

The bill will also serve as a

waiver so that students can provide proof they’re in college and cannot do jury duty.

Shelley Chase, a freshman elementary education and special education major, thinks that this bill will benefit students.

“I believe that it would help the students, because of the fact that we can’t really just miss class for something like that, because a lot of professors don’t accept any reason for skipping class so sometimes it would just interfere,” Chase said.

Clayton Stoutenour, a junior chemistry major, said he has experienced being summoned for jury duty, and he thinks that the jury duty bill will help students.

“As someone who had jury duty, I think [the bill] is beneficial,” Stoutenour said. “I think it is correct for students to get that pass to be exempted from jury duty.”

Technology bridges college communication gap

Makyla Thompson Reporter

Communication is key when it comes to succeeding in college, and technology has made it even easier.

Some students have emails sent to their phones so they don’t miss important things. Some professors are even using social networks like Facebook to connect with classes.

There’s even a one-way text messaging app that teachers can use to text important information to the class.

Stephanie Krassenstein, an English instructor, said her students are pretty good about keeping up with her emails.

“In general, my students do check their emails,” Krassenstein said. “Occasionally, someone will miss something, but overall I have no complaints about students’ email use. I think that students appreciate being connected in that way — and, in fact, expect it.”

Krassenstein also gives her students a hard copy of the syllabus and believes that it is their responsibility to access the online version. She feels that communicating with students through a text messaging app would only end with frustration.

“I think the idea of a text app has a lot of interesting possibilities,” Krassenstein said. “I’ve never used something like this, so I can’t speak about it from experience, but I wonder if it wouldn’t be frustrating for students not to be able to respond.”

In addition to email, teachers often rely on another tool called Blackboard.

Krassenstein said her students are good about checking Blackboard as well.

Indiana State also provides an app for smartphones that brings together a number of university resources including the portal, Blackboard and Sycamore email, for easy access.

Lily Pesaventl, a freshman speech

language pathology major, likes the fact that professors are using technology to distribute information about classes.

“I wait for emails. I check my emails pretty avidly,” Pesaventl said.

Megan Cassidy, a junior elementary education major, agrees.

“With smartphones, now I have my emails connected to my phone,” Cassidy said.

Pesaventl also likes being able to save the emails and go back to them later.

“It’s easier to flag with email than in a text message about important things,” Cassidy said. “I just think ‘will you please email me.’”

When it comes to syllabi, Cassidy likes having a hard copy. Pesaventl is the opposite.

“I read [the syllabus] online, because if I am in the middle of doing a project I like to just be able to go on my Blackboard and pull it up,” Pesaventl said.

Tablets and smartphones can help students succeed in school by increasing communication with professors and classmates (Illustration by Clipart.com).

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Weekly Crime Log Feb. 23 — 26 Feb. 23

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Minor Consuming Alcohol 1:18 a.m.

N. 7th and Cherry St. Well being check - OK 10:15 a.m.

Rhoads Hall Poss. Drugs/Paraphernalia 7:18 p.m. Rhoads Hall

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Property Damage 9:59 a.m. Cunningham Mem. Lib. Found Item Ret. to Owner 9:09 a.m.

HMSU Lost Property 2:58 p.m. HMSU Harassment 2:58 p.m. Cunningham Mem. Lib. Theft 3:26 p.m. Blumberg Hall Suspicious Activity 12:57a.m. Rhoads Hall

Theft 11:48 a.m. Root Hall Lost Property 1:57 p.m. Campus Found Item Ret. to Owner 12:39 p.m.

HMSU Found Wallet 9:29 p.m. HMSU Ill Person 11:13 p.m. Cunningham Mem. Lib. Harassment & Tresp. Warning 11:33 p.m.

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Feb. 25

Harassment 6:53 a.m. Mills Hall Trespass Warning 10:55 a.m. Cromwell Hall Ill Person 12: 58 p.m. Student Rec. Center Theft 1:42 p.m. North Pay Lot Suspicious Activity 2:26 p.m. Lincoln Quad Found Cell Phone 7:36 p.m. HMSU

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A Young Man’s Guide to College

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There’s no such thing as failure, only opportunity

You’ve been lied to.

Somewhere along the lines in life we’ve been taught this concept of failure.

Not only that, we fear this concept to the point we let that fear govern our lives. Through the many mistakes I have made throughout college and life I have learned one Columnist thing: There is no such thing as failure.

Now, I’m not offering that statement to comfort you. I don’t think everyone should get a trophy for merely trying because it’s just as subjective as success and failure. I know many will argue for failure, supporting the idea that there are circumstances where you can undoubtedly fail and end up at rock bottom.

Yet, I still disagree because at that same moment we believe we have failed there are opportunities to learn. Any moment that offers various forms of opportunity shouldn’t be considered a failure. We need to change our perspective of failure by figuring out what it means to us.

How did we learn about this concept of failure?

Did you teach this concept to yourself?

Others — not you — typically gift the term “fail,” meaning you have fallen short of someone else’s expectations.

You weren’t designed to live by someone else’s expectations. You’re supposed to be an aspiring man with goals, so why would you let others’ ideals interfere with

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Fear of failure is fear of opportunity, and one can always recover from setbacks by learning, adapting and then moving on (Photo by Clipart.com).

that endeavor with their fear-imposing concept of failure?

Yes, I understand that one can have a personal goal and come up short, and then label that moment as a personal failure.

But is that really a failure? At any moment of shortcoming there is a revelation.

You found out that you have a weakness somewhere or room for improvement — a helpful discovery. Maybe you discover you could’ve demonstrated better time management or that a particular method of studying doesn’t cut it.

How are we to improve ourselves if our weaknesses aren’t revealed through mistakes and shortcomings? These moments should be revered rather than feared.

Not only do these moments reveal things about yourself and are the means of

improvement, but they also help redirect you. Maybe you didn’t get that internship or maybe you’re doing terrible in your major because those things weren’t meant for you.

This is where work and selfresponsibility come in. Some people just stop there and accept it as a failure without analyzing their circumstances.

If you truly want a quality life, then it is your responsibility to take time for introspection and realize you haven’t failed. Instead, these moments have gifted you with clearer vision and direction.

I used to be afraid of failure. Everyday before I drove to campus I noticed that my neighbors would sit in a chair on the sidewalk in front of their house or walk around the neighborhood doing absolutely nothing.

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I typically give people the benefit of the doubt, but this was a daily observation among my trips to and from campus. I liked to use them as motivation to not end up like them.

Then I realized that fear was my engine to not end up in a subpar life. Both fear and the typical model of success were sources of motivation beyond me. Meaning, I was letting two external things interfere with something as intrinsic as my motivational makeup.

I was living a fear-driven life, which no one should ever do. Do you want to live in fear your whole life? I don’t.

Since we have such a concrete perception of what “failure” is, we put too much pressure on ourselves to attain the ideal of success.

So, when we don’t reach that ideal we subject ourselves to the term “failure” and can get caught in a rut, accepting that maybe we weren’t cut out to be successful and then settle for an average or belowaverage life.

The only time true failure exists is when you do nothing with the wisdom attained from your shortcomings.

Eradicate the idea of being subject to “failure” from your life. Instead, take learning from shortcomings seriously by welcoming these brief low moments in your life.

Your idea of failure will slowly transform into moments of opportunity because opportunity is the only thing that truly exists. Your setbacks will no longer be obstacles. Instead, they will be tools for self-improvement and discovery. Fear of failure is fear of opportunity.

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The Fed offers a new policy for economic improvement On Tuesday, Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen delivered testimony before the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee on the upcoming policy considerations of the Federal Reserve Bank.

According to the New York Times, Yellen Political to the Senate Columnist stated Banking Committee that the bank is “pleased with recent economic growth” and is still “pondering” interest rate hikes.

Yellen stated that while there has been improvement, “too many Americans” are unemployed or underemployed and “wage growth remains sluggish.”

While the Fed is not certain about its next move to push further economic improvement, Yellen assured the committee that there will be an announcement, possibly in March, and the Fed will consider rate changes at each policymaking meeting.

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Though Yellen faced questioning about the timing of its policies, with Republicans arguing that the Fed is moving too slowly and Democrats asserting that central bank should not withdraw too soon, she faced questions that had little to do with the Fed’s upcoming policies.

According to the Wall Street Journal, House Republicans referenced Fed reforms starting with Rep. Jeb Hensarling — chairman of the Financial Services Committee — stating that reforms are needed and he believes that reforms are coming.

The upcoming reforms that Hensarling mentioned refers to Sen. Rand Paul’s “Audit the Fed” bill that would let the Government Accountability Office review the policy decisions of the Fed. According to the Wall Street Journal, Paul believes that the bill would improve transparency.

Yellen stated she opposes the bill because the Fed would be under political influence. Yellen questioned whether the Fed of the 1980s “would have had the courage” to enact the policies that were necessary to improving the economy if

the Government Accountability Office oversaw its decision-making.

According to the New York Times, Yellen gained the support of the Senator Bob Corker, who does not support congressional involvement in monetary policy.

The Federal Reserve is supposed to be free of political pressures, but Republican Rep. Scott Garrett accused Yellen of already politicizing the Federal Reserve, which serves as further evidence of the need for congressional oversight.

Garret referred to Yellen’s schedule that shows meetings with various officials, a speech on inequality, meeting “liberal advocacy groups,” and the president; Garrett stated that the Fed is “guided by partisan politics.”

Additionally, Rep. Huizenga noted Yellen’s visits to the White House and asked if the Fed is being “unduly influenced by the executive branch.”

While Yellen explained the content of those meetings and the normality of Fed chairs meeting with members of the executive branch, she asserted the Fed acts independently in its own policy decisions.

Yellen is clearly not making any political statements and is indeed following in the footsteps of the Fed chairmen before her. According to the New York Times, when accused of sticking her “nose in places” that she has no “business to be,” Yellen responded saying that leaders of the Fed use their position to “address broader economic issues” and she feels “entitled to do the same.”

It is clear that a case for congressional oversight of the Fed is being seriously considered. However, as Yellen stated, political influence on the Fed could cause the agency to not act as it sees fit in the midst of an economic crisis.

Historically, the meetings and speeches of Fed chairmen have not come under such scrutiny because the policy of the Fed acts independently, on their own exhaustive analysis.

Currently, the “Audit the Fed” bill does not come across as a serious attempt at improving central bank policy and will rather expose the bank to politics that will subject the country to the whims of political ideology rather than in depth economic analysis.

Violent video games can be a bad influence for children

Ryan Ballinger Columnist

Violence has always been a problem in our video-game-addicted world, and the blame can be put on modern video games.

“Gears of War” has an over-exaggeration of blood and “Grand Theft Auto V” features crime and bank robbing. I believe that these games and games like them are the cause of violence in young teens and adults

alike.

A 1961 experiment conducted by Albert Bandura, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, showed that kids model aggression by watching it — a

practice called observational learning.

In the experiment, kids would watch an adult be mean to a doll and then they would imitate it, doing exactly as the adult “role models” did. When the adult was nice to the doll, the kids were nice as well. This shows that kids learn how to behave from what they see.

The parents are a big part in how kids behave. Letting kids play violent games and not teaching them that it’s wrong to do what they see can only cause violence.

It’s ultimately the parents’ responsibility to make sure their child’s environment is free of the violence they see on the TV. Many parents are violent themselves, causing the children to act the same way. Children learn from seeing and modeling what their parents do, and in these games they get rewarded for

violent behaviors with points or money.

This influences kids to think it’s an easy way to get cash, leaving it up to the parents to teach them that it’s wrong and to punish them for it properly.

The type of violence can also have a big effect on how the children react.

Seeing shooting and killing could make children violent because they have no outlet to release that anger.

Outlets such as playing sports or learning how to fight can sometimes help release this aggression. Some parents argue that outlets can be the games themselves, claiming that they help take away the urges and help teach kids what is wrong.

Studies show the theory that they help relieve aggression is incorrect. Over 130 studies with 130,000 participants showed

that overall thoughts of aggression increased when playing violent games.

They not only increased some behaviors, but they decreased empathy for others, and the ability to want to help others decreased.

So, before you play a violent game or let your kids watch you play a violent game, look at the statistics and understand reality.

Violent video games can affect kids, making them model the behavior just as in the doll experiment.

Teens get into drugs and crime just by modeling what they see on the TV, giving them a reason to be “cool” and try to live a life that they see.

We need to take away the violence, at least from younger kids, and give them more educational games.

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ISU prayer service encourages students in time of need Kayetlin Shady Reporter Indiana State University students gathered Thursday for the 192nd-annual National Collegiate Day of Prayer.

This is not the first year that students have gathered for this special day, and several ministries participated in the time of prayer.

“For several years now, a number of ISU campus ministries have come together in February for a week of prayer for the university community,” said Mark Gallagher, campus minister for CFS and president for University Religious Leaders. “This year seven ministries participated: Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Campus Outreach, Chi Alpha Campus Ministry, Christian Student Fellowship, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, St. Joseph Campus Ministry and United Campus Ministries.”

The National Collegiate Day of Prayer began in 1823, every major denomination and university in America agreed to set aside the last Thursday in February as a day of united prayer for colleges.

Everyone came together and prayed to God for a change in a whole genera-

Students gather for the 192nd-annual National Collegiate Day of Prayer. Several different minisries also participate in the time of prayer (Photo by Rochelle Weymouth).

tion. College students were seen as the future of their churches, culture, society and the values found on college campuses, which would become the values of America.

The goal was for the movement of the Holy Spirit and the gospel to reach the world. This day began to revolutionize some of the largest universities.

The goal for the ISU students and the ministries involved was to pray for campus and the community. “The prayer service is special because we believe God answers prayers,” Gallagher said.

Carlee Tackett, a freshman dietetics major, attended the prayer service for the first time after hearing about it through Christian Student Fellowship.

“It’s always good to pray for our campus so I just wanted to be a part of that,” Tackett said. “I believe that it’s important to be ready and go out into the campus prepared to face stumbling blocks along the way as Christians. With this being my first year, college is hard, and it is a lot more difficult than high school, so my faith is something that I have to fall back on and it gets me through whatever I am struggling with.”

William Manning, a junior African and African American studies major, participated in the prayer service last year and came back to join the service today. Manning heard about the event through his campus ministry, Chi Alpha.

“My faith helps me tremendously because whenever I deal with homework, projects, or even my fellow peers and classmates,” Manning said. “I cling to Jesus. He is my strength and comfort. Jesus is all you ever need above anything else.”

ISU students were brought together by faith for a time of prayer.

Even after the prayer service ended, words of encouragement were heard throughout the rest of the day.

New Latino Student Union aspires to add diversity, culture to ISU Adler Ingalsbe Reporter The Latino Student Union, a new organization on Indiana State University’s campus, is looking to make an immediate impact.

Yuliana Ruiz-Nunez, co-founder of LSU, said the national organization helps people become leaders and role models.

“LSU is a national organization that runs throughout the whole country,” Ruiz-Nunez said. “We provide our members the opportunity to take part in any leadership roles, engage heavily on social, academic and cultural activities/ learning experiences.”

Melissa Rocha, another co-founder of LSU, said they brought it to ISU to enhance the diversity on campus.

“LSU was created to bring an activist Latino voice to our community,” Rocha said. “Our intentions are to emphasize the educational progression of all students as well as to support our cultural

knowledge, volunteering services, fellowship, leadership development and building partnership with other organizations on campus and community.”

She said the idea of LSU began in November 2014, and it became an official organization February 2015.

The group was founded at Indiana State by five ISU students: Melissa Rocha, Crystal Maciel, Josh Deleon, Yuliana Ruiz-Nunez and Crystal Estrada.

Four of them are currently enrolled.

“But one of our founders transferred to another school,” Rocha said.

Ruiz-Nunez said the goal of the group is to add more culture to Indiana State University, while being a part of the community service tradition that ISU takes pride in.

“We want to bring more culture to this campus, which means creating activities that all students can be a part of and learn from,” Ruiz-Nunez said. “We also intend to be involved with community

service, as ISU continues to be the [best] in that category and be a part of that.

Also, academic programs offered by ISU and all the while hold school spirit in high regard by attending athletic functions.”

While the group has set goals on helping around campus, they have already participated in several activities in February.

“We have already started to get involved around campus. LSU won third place in the window design for Hoopla.

Another volunteer opportunity was with Mardi Gras where we helped with the arts and crafts,” Rocha said. “We will be collaborating with Union Board to host a Loteria event, [which] is just like Bingo, the only difference is that instead of numbers it’s Spanish words and pictures.”

It wasn’t easy for LSU to establish itself at ISU, but cofounder Josh Deleon said that when a group is passionate, it makes

things much easier.

“It is hard to be the first people to do something,” he said. “A lot of obstacles arise that you don’t know how to overcome, but you keep going. LSU is here because of a combination of students’ passion. When you have passion the paperwork seems easier.”

The group is currently made up of seven members and meets every Tuesday and is open to any student that would like to join.

“Because we are just starting, this spring semester is free for entry. To get involved you can go to any of our meetings which are held on Tuesday at 6 p.m., usually on the fifth floor of HMSU, or log in to org sync and find any of the board members and email them about the interest in LSU,” Ruiz-Nunez said.

“Everyone is welcome to join, [we are] not looking for specifics, but of course, traditionally it’s targeted to any Hispanic or Latino student here at ISU.”

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Human Rights Day set for March 10

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ISU Communications and Marketing Connecting people to words and photos is one of Kelsey Timmerman’s top priorities.

He plans on working his magic at Indiana State University during the 14thannual Terre Haute Human Rights Day. Timmerman will offer one of the more than 10 presentations scheduled for this year’s event and is keynote speaker for the event. He will discuss how we are all connected, from our clothing to our food.

In his book, “Where Am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories and People that Make Our Clothes,” Timmerman writes about how he traveled the world to learn more about where his clothes came from.

He traveled to garment factories in Asia and Latin America and shared stories of the people who make our clothes in his book. His second book, “Where Am I Eating: A Journey Through the Global Food Economy,” describes the realities of the global food industry.

Timmerman is a co-founder of The Facing Project, which connects people through stories with the hope of strengthening communities. He has been a featured speaker at more than 70 universities, colleges and high schools nationwide.

His topics include globalization, poverty, world travel, slavery, opportunity and exploitation in the global economy and sustainable agriculture and fair trade.

Following Timmerman’s keynote address, three sessions of workshops have been scheduled in various locations within Hulman Memorial Student Union, beginning with four workshops at 11 a.m.

Stephen Ferry will discuss issues surrounding photographic documentation of human rights.

He will discuss challenges photographers face in the field and explore how photography can influence the world for the better. He has worked with The New York Times, National Geographic and The New Yorker.

He also works with Human Rights Watch as a visual investigator, and has published books, including “I am Rich

Potosi: The Mountain that Eats Men.” Myra Dahgaypaw, campaign coordinator at the United States Campaign for Burma, will present “Burma: The Struggle for Human Rights,” a discussion on the plight of women and minorities in Burma.

The 12:30 p.m. sessions will be highlighted by Soulaf Abas, a lecturer in Indiana State’s department of art and design and “Seen for Syria,” an art therapy and education program for Syrian refugee children in Jordan. Abas’ home country is Syria.

Award-winning artist Kristin Lems will conclude Human Rights Day with a 7:30 p.m. performance at the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts.

Lems, who has shared the stage with such diverse individuals as Maya Angelou, Jacques Cousteau, Alan Alder and Peter, Paul and Mary, said her musical heritage stems from when she was a child.

“In my early years, I was always around classical music because my mom was a piano teacher in our home,” she said. “I heard her students through my bedroom door every afternoon. I studied piano and

Students listen to speakers on Terre Haute’s Human Rights Day (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

oboe, but I got more interested in folk music in my teens because of people like Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, Harry Belafonte and the Chicago folk scene. I loved folk music and taught myself guitar.

Pretty soon, I was singing folk music and writing my own songs.”

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Shockers spoil senior night with win over Sycamores Rob Lafary Sports Editor Indiana State men’s basketball knew it would take a nearly perfect performance to knock off No. 11 Wichita State on Wednesday night at the Hulman Center but an upset just wasn’t in the works for the Sycamores.

Despite ISU’s best efforts, including a furious rally in the second period, the Shockers were able to escape Terre Haute with a hard-fought 63-53 win.

It was a game where Sycamore head coach Greg Lansing felt the effort was there, but in terms of execution, Wichita State converted on more plays, which led to a win.

“We played hard enough to win,” Lansing said in Wednesday’s postgame press conference. “We wanted to make Wichita State leave here knowing that they had to compete hard and that we were hard to play against. We did not play very well on the offensive end but when you play against one of the best defenses in the country then you are going to struggle.

We were better but just not quite good enough.”

Wichita stars Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker, who are expected to vie for AllMissouri Valley Conference first team honors next week, did not score in the first half, but 6-foot-7 forward Darius Carter picked up the slack and helped pace the Shockers in the early going.

Carter finished the night by posting a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds. His scoring came on 8-12 shooting from the field and during key moments of the game when the Shockers needed a basket.

“He wanted [the ball],” Wichita head coach Gregg Marshall said. “He had a good game against them last time, and I think part of the reason he had such a good game is because of [Indiana State’s] concentration on Baker and Fred [VanVleet]. That opens up a little more room for him to drive in there in the post and get some layups. He really established himself tonight.”

VanVleet exploded in the second half after a scoreless first and added 15 points while Tekele Cotton scored 12 in a win that saw Wichita State score 30 points in the paint on offense.

The Shockers won their seventhstraight game inside the Hulman Center,

Senior Jake Kitchell and Junior Khristian Smith embrace after the Sycamores’ senior night loss to the Wichita State Shockers on Wednesday. ISU will take to the road to battle Bradley in the season finale Saturday (Photo by Gary Macadaeg).

making it the second-longest streak in school history against an opponent at its own arena. It was the 25th victory in the last 29 meetings against the Sycamores.

Indiana State led for nearly 12 minutes of the first half, but a 19-9 run by the visitors for the final eight put Wichita State up 28-24 at halftime. The Shockers never looked back from there.

The Sycamores made a comeback attempt late in the second half, trimming the deficit down to 49-46 with 6:30 left in the game after trailing by as many as 13, but Wichita hit timely baskets when needed and turned up the intensity on the defensive end.

The biggest basket came on a VanVleet jumper with 3:26 on the clock and the shot clock expiring to put the Shock-

ers back up 55-49. Indiana State never trailed by less than three possessions after the dagger.

“It’s calm, it’s composure, it’s savvy, it’s ability, it’s all the things we’ve used to describe Fred for the last three years,” Shocker head coach Gregg Marshall said of VanVleet. “The play that he made with a short shot clock when he hit the three in front our bench was incredible. But even more incredible was the one he hit with like one second on the shot clock. It was a great play.”

Wichita State held Indiana State to just 34 percent shooting from the floor including a 5-15 mark from the three-point line. The Sycamores also turned the ball over 14 times, which led to 12 Shocker points on the other end.

The Shockers shot 48 percent from the field in the second half after shooting just 34.3 percent in the opening 20 minutes.

Indiana State was led by Khristian Smith with 20 points, marking his first 20-plus point performance since December. Tre Bennett added 10 points.

Seniors Justin Gant and Jake Kitchell combined for 12 points and nine rebounds in what was their final regular season home game of their careers.

Both were honored following the contest.

The Sycamores visit Bradley for the regular season finale on Saturday afternoon. A win over the Braves will secure the third seed in next week’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis.

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Sycamores battle Bradley in final conference tussle Zach Rainey Reporter The Sycamores will hit the road for their last regular season game on Saturday for a matchup against Bradley after a gutsy effort against No. 11 Wichita State Wednesday night.

In their previous matchup this season, the Sycamores defeated Bradley at home 64-58. Brenton Scott led in scoring with 13 and Devonte Brown contributed 12 including three 3-pointers. Jake Kitchell led in rebounding for the Sycamores with eight and Justin Gant scored six.

The worst thing the Sycamores can do Saturday is to play thinking they already have the game won.

They had a great performance against the 11th-ranked team in the country, but they need to have the same intensity for all of their games. Since the last time these teams played, Bradley has won only one game, which came against Evansville.

However, right after Bradley suffered a loss to Indiana State, they played Wichita State soon after and only lost by three.

This game is a great chance for the Sycamores to fine-tune their game and their strategies before heading off to St. Louis for Arch Madness. Bradley has some talent in Josh Cunningham and Auston Barnes. While Cunningham is no Darius Carter, the Sycamores can still do the same things defensively to stop Cunningham as they might do to stop Carter.

The Sycamores sit in third place in the Missouri Valley Conference with Evansville and Illinois State still applying some pressure. What is frightening is that Evansville — who sits one game behind the Sycamores in conference play — will play Illinois State in their final game.

The Sycamores control their own destiny, and a win would clinch third place no matter what happens. A loss paired with any other scenario could see the Sycamores maintaining the third seed or dip down to the fourth seed in next week’s conference tournament.

Tipoff at Bradley is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday. The game can be heard on 95.9 WDKE.

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Sycamores ready for Round 2 at Evansville Jeremy Beaver Reporter The Indiana State Sycamores women’s basketball team are on a downward slope after a three-game losing streak, including a 35-point loss to third place Northern Iowa last Friday.

The Sycamores are currently sixth in the Missouri Valley Conference with a record of 6-9 and an overall record of 16-10. Indiana State will face in-state rival Evansville Friday in hopes of regaining some lastminute momentum for the end of the season.

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coming off a 76-61 loss to the first place Drake Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon.

Sycamore Alexis Newbolt shot 10-19 from the field and led ISU with 24 points.

Behind Newbolt was Joyea Marshall. She shot 8-10 from the field for a total of 16 points. Marshall also led the team in rebounds with seven.

Indiana State kept a steady pace with the Bulldogs and played to a 28-28 tie by halftime. However, the Sycamores were unable to keep up and Drake outscored Indiana State in the second half 48-33.

Evansville is on a two-game slump heading into their matchup tonight against the Sycamores. Their most recent loss — a 45-point loss to Northern Iowa — dropped the Purple Aces below the Sycamores in the MVC. Sara Dickey led the Purple Aces with 12 points, well below her season average.

After Dickey, Kat Taylor shot 4-13 and added a free throw, collecting a total of 10 points for the Purple Aces. University of Evansville’s Mallory Ladd also contributed by leading the team in rebounds

The Sycamore women’s basketball team prepares for Round 2 against Evansville Friday at 8 p.m. (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

standing alone in sixth place. with seven and in steals with two.

The two teams look to end skids FriThe Sycamores are tied in the MVC with a 6-9 record. A win for either team day with tipoff scheduled for 8 p.m. The would break the knot and leave them game can be heard on 1230 AM WIBQ.

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Sycamores lose to Wichita State Shockers

Left (below): Justin Gant, a senior forward, competed during indiana State’s last home game. Left (above): Junior guard Tre’ Bennett played in Wednesday’s game against Wichita State. Below: Seniors Justin Gant and Jake Kitchell, senior center, were honored at Wednesday’s senior night. The Sycamores lost 63-53 (Photos by Gary Macadaeg).