February 9, 2015

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

Volume 122, Issue 52

Monday, Feb. 9, 2015

Axelrod discusses politics, presidents

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Steve Wininger Reporter

Students, faculty, alumni and residents of Terre Haute packed Tilson Auditorium Thursday night to hear David Axelrod, former senior adviser to President Obama, speak.

Axelrod began his speech by praising Indiana State University for its academics and its leadership in community service, having spent time with a group of students earlier in the day.

“So many of the students and staff here are equally involved in community, volunteering their time to help in all kinds of endeavors that strengthen this community,” Axelrod said.

The former adviser compared ISU’s community service to his view of politics.

He said he did not view politics as a business or as a competition between the red team and the blue team, but he instead viewed it as a way of helping people and making a better future.

He was inspired to go into politics when he heard former president John F. Kennedy speak in New York in October 1960.

Because of the cynicism in political campaigns, Axelrod almost quit politics.

Axelrod also said there was a point in Obama’s early political career when he considered quitting as well.

He remembers Obama sitting down with his wife and discussing the fact that if he didn’t win the Illinois Senate race he was going to drop out of politics.

The president felt that politics was not a business but rather a calling, Axelrod said.

He also spoke about how he had a difference of opinion with the president concerning health care reform but was glad after it was passed into law.

The evening was closed with a discussion of politics as something one should do for service to the public instead of self.

“There [are] bigger things in politics than winning elections,” Axelrod said.

Hanna Janson, a junior communications major, said she thought the speech

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Wear Red David Axelrod spoke on Thursday in Tilson Auditorium about politics and his time as President Obama’s senior adviser and campaign strategist (Photo by Gary Macadaeg).

was good but felt that Axelrod was difficult to keep up with. She felt that he covered a lot of topics in a short amount of time.

“I felt like he really brought a lot to the table in terms of politics, but he was all over the board,” Janson said.

The one thing that surprised her about Axelrod’s speech was that he was so lighthearted about everything.

“There [were] a lot of little comedic interruptions and I loved it, but wasn’t expecting it from such a formal speech,” Janson said.

Though Janson attended the speech for a class assignment, she was glad she came, even though she normally doesn’t enjoy political discussions.

Emily Simpson, a sophomore communication major, also attended the speech for a class assignment, but she liked how Axelrod made the atmosphere comfortable and relaxing.

Simpson liked how Axelrod gave everyone insight to what actually goes on in the White House and that his speech was very down-to-earth.

“In one hour, I went from barely knowing him at all to wanting nothing more than to shake his hand,” Simpson said.

She said she’s not normally interested in politics, but Axelrod’s speech resonated with her.

“I have a deeper … respect for politics now,” Simpson said.

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NEWS Old dictionary makes new addition to ISU’s collection

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Morgan Gallas Reporter

It’s the only text of its kind in the U.S. and was printed just 40 years after Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press, it now resides in the Cunningham Memorial Library.

The 1495 dictionary’s title is “Vocabularius incipiens teutonicum ante latiunum,” and will be housed with the rest of the Cordell Collection. The dictionary was purchased for $9,800 from Rare Books Inc. The Cordell Collection is made up of dictionaries, language and grammar things, Cinda May, special collections chair, said.

“We may have the most dictionaries in the world, but it is hard to know if the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, has more or if we do because both collections are constantly growing,” May said.

“We do know, however, that we have the largest collection of dictionaries in North America.”

The collection is extensive, with over

20,000 dictionaries divided into two sections, May said.

May provided the information about how the collection started.

Warren Cordell was an Indiana State University alumnus, May said, who started the university’s collection with his own.

“Later in his life,” she said, “he gave his collection to us when he was looking for a place for it to go. It came to us in five separate gifts to the university.”

The collection is grouped into four subcategories.

“One section is English dictionaries prior to 1901. Another section is English dictionaries post-1901,” May said. “The final two sections are foreign languages prior and post-1901. While the collection started off as mostly English and European languages, it has branched out over the years to include foreign and Native American languages.”

There are a few reasons ISU added this dictionary to the collection.

“It is completely unique in the United

States,” May said. “It is a good example of contemporary binding and book construction. The dictionary has the original binding made of pigskin and pressed so that the cover has an imprint on it.”

One thing May finds neat about this dictionary is that it’s the first German dictionary to actually have its entries in alphabetical order, before dictionaries were even topically arranged.

Diamond Coleman, a freshman studying linguistics, did not know about the new dictionary.

She acknowledged its importance, saying, “It will be around for years to come. It is important for people to have resources like the dictionary available to them.”

“We are probably the best-kept secret on campus,” May said. “We like tourists. We are trying to work with instructors on creating assignments so that our library gets more use. Even if students don’t have a scholarly reason to come to the special collections room, they should still come by the reading room.”

When new visitors come in, they will need to fill out a short form for registration. Once the form is filled out, students can see anything in the collection. The staff will set everything up and inform students how to handle the books and pictures.

The library requires that all of their materials be put on cradles and be left on the table during use.

Food and drinks are not allowed and they also ask students only use pencil instead of pen.

“Dictionaries tend to be thought of for understanding words, but we have dictionaries on many topics like medical or historic or gardening,” May said. “You could actually see the change in what words mean in society by looking in the different dictionaries. We are open for anyone to come and learn.”

The Special Collections Reading Room is located on the third floor of the Cunningham Memorial Library. They are open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. through 5 p.m.

Study, tutoring programs offer students homework help Makyla Thompson Reporter

College can be difficult at times, and some people might not know where to go for help.

However, Indiana State University provides a number of study programs for students who are struggling.

One such outlet is the Leap Program.

Joshua Powers, the vice president for student success, described what options are available to students.

“Our Leap Program is a summer bridge experience for students who are admitted conditionally to Indiana State,” Powers said, “and we provide them with various supports.”

The Leap Program is for students who did not do so well in high school, so ISU gives them a second chance.

“What we put into place that was new this year was what is called a Leap Leadership program,” Powers said. “That has

some different components but one of the components is a required study tables experience.”

The students have to complete four hours a week in the fall and spring semesters. “[The Leap program] has been very helpful for the success of those students,” Powers said. “We had a big jump up in the number of the students who were in that program who finished the semester in good standing.”

In order to make sure that they are doing well with their classwork, athletes are required to participate in their own study tables.

“If you are an athlete — particularly entering athletes — there are expectations that your coach, depending on the sport, will place on you to make sure that you go to the study table and do your work,” Powers said.

“But also [the athletes will] be connected to the athlete academic support staff.”

Along with the athletes, Greek organizations hold study hours to make sure that members are on track with their schoolwork.

There is also University 101 to help incoming freshman get used to being in college.

These freshmen also have to do a certain number of study hours.

“They have some sessions focused on study skills and how to study wisely, how to prepare for tests, and those kinds of things that are a part of that class,” Powers said.

Vanessa Whistler, a sophomore education major, uses study programs to help make her college experience easier.

“I use the tutoring program,” Whistler said. “I did it more last year. I did it for the classes I had problems in and it helped a lot.

I definitely recommend them.

And even if you don’t think you … need help, and you just want to get a second opinion on stuff I would still go there.”

Ashley Irving, a junior art major, studies at a table in the library (Photo

by Gary Macadaeg).

Rihana Siddiq, a freshman textual apparel merchandising major, takes advantage of the Math and Writing Center.

“It’s just nice to get the person to look at your paper, read it out loud. For math, I always struggled in it last year and it really helped,” Siddiq said.

Andrea Gettis, a freshman business administration major, uses the tutoring program.

“I had to get tutoring on my math, Econ 200, and it really helped me,” Gettis said. “He [the tutor] explains it better than my teacher sometimes.”

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New simulation center gives students real-life experience Myesha Garner Reporter Terre Haute’s Union Hospital recently introduced a new simulation center that allows students to work personally with patient simulators.

Jack Jaeger, the director of the Rural Health Innovative Collaborative, explained what the new simulation center entails.

“This past July, the facility undertook its third phase of physical development and the facility now houses 10 simulation suites, three control rooms, four simulation debriefing rooms and two new spaces that were not available previously: A Procedural Skills Lab and a Virtual Reality Diagnostics Room,” Jaeger said.

The facility allows students the opportunity to work with patient simulators that are created to act as actual human beings.

They are not only adults but the age varies — there are children as well as older patients to work with. The mannequins can do things such as cry, bleed and even speak.

Lauren Karcher, a sophomore nursing major, attended the simulation center for a lab class.

The lab she went for was a pharmacology class where she practiced giving medication to the mannequins.

“You get hands-on experience and are able to make mistakes without repercussions that happen in real-life situations,” Karcher said.

The simulation center is a place for students in the nursing program and others who plan on working with patients in a doctoral setting to learn and gain experience. The simulators are able to talk and do actual human activities so it’s like working with patients in the real world.

For those who are considering work in the health field, this experience can be eye-opening.

“This system allows faculty to show students how they performed in the medical simulations either immediately following the event in one of our simulation debriefing rooms or at any time

Terre Haute’s Union Hospital introduced a new simulation center to allow students to have hands-on practice in a controlled setting (Photo by Clipart.com).

afterward from anywhere that has a high-speed internet connection,” Jaeger said.

Having the chance to see how well an individual works with a patient is crucial to the faculty surrounding them.

It is important that students know how one-on-one care with a patient works.

There are also people in a control room who change settings on the mannequins and watch to see what students do in response.

“Someone is in a control room and can talk through them [the mannequins] and change their vitals,” Karcher said. “When the vitals change the student has to react to that change.”

Allowing students the chance to work hands-on with actual patients has had a positive effect on those who need the experience.

Tulsi Vaid is a sophomore in the rural health program and a pre-med student.

She thinks the new center is incredibly convenient.

“I think it’s a really nice advancement,” Vaid said. “Now kids in the rural med program have more hands-on experience, and it’s local.”

All the positive feedback from the new center shows that is was definitely a necessary enhancement for students.

Not only is it located conveniently for students, but it also prepares them to go out in the real world and work with a variety of different patients.

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OPINION

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Statesman Poll In a recent Statesman poll, readers were asked what punishment should be given to the New England Patriots for their role to ‘deflategate.’

They should be fined No penalty - it had no effect on the game I don't care

Moderation key to a successful college career Making the most of your four, maybe five long or three aspirational years on campus is no easy task. What may be most memorable to some may be the most dreadful to others.

From class to extracurricular comColumnist mitments, themed parties and not to mention keeping up with the laundry that seems to grow exponentially each day, the unprepared are easily overwhelmed.

So where do you begin? Should you be the “Yoga Hoe” along with her “Gym Bro” at the party, switching your outfit each night to portray the colorful, creative theme, or should you try out the different floors in the library to discover where you are most productive?

It all comes down to choice and moderation. Too much of anything is bad news and with the hefty price tag of college, your parents prefer to hear mostly positives.

With moderation in mind, let’s start with a topic I could talk about endlessly — food.

I have my specialized Starbucks order down to the exact number of espresso shots and if it weren’t for my semi-nonexistent college bank

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A Young Woman’s Guide to College

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account, I would start every day off with one in hand.

However, this is the prime example of how what we desire isn’t necessarily what we should pursue wholeheartedly. Our yoga pants and budget may suffer the consequences.

It goes without question that your environment influences your habits and choices. Coming to college has altered habits such as the time of day I eat, the availability of healthy food and the decision to work out or not.

After nearly four semesters, I have found that moderation and balance is the key. Sometimes working out may not fit into your busy schedule, but that is not to say that you should feel guilt or remorse for taking a break.

While one chocolate won’t make you gain the Freshman 15, an entire bag may speed up the process slightly.

Maybe companies should market that on their wrapper: Eating the entire bag may lead to a slight decrease in your thigh gap. An untapped marketing scheme may have just been reached for all of the aspiring Mike Wazowskis of the world.

However, for those women who realize there are greater things to work for, kudos to your intelligence.

If we switch directions and look at the “college experience,” the same lesson applies. Too much of anything can cause stress and often

burnout.

If you are a Thursday-throughSaturday Solo cup entrepreneur, then not only are you spending more time away from your academics, but also from commitments and well-deserved rest.

Moderating the time we spend studying with the time we spend enjoying ourselves outside of class is a healthy yet difficult balance that is hard to come by.

Not only is it essential that we find this early on in our college career, but it is important that we know our priorities and values beforehand.

That way we can make our decisions for the right reasons, before our peers influence our choices.

We hear about “the college experience” before we arrive on campus and from Welcome Week on, it’s real and frighteningly available, so brace yourself for the constant choice.

Balancing life is a challenge, but within moderation we can find promising steps that allow us to not give up excitement and spontaneity in its entirety, but to merely incorporate it in a healthy and manageable way.

This applies to not only the serious parts of life, but also to the crazy, wanderlust-driven areas as well.

As Forrest Gump so poetically said, “Life is like a box of chocolates…” so be sure to enjoy them sparingly.

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ISU continues to strive for greener goals

Proud Sycamores we are. We are the forest and have been for decades. For some time now the Indiana State University campus has gone green and has since been trying to be even better about its recycling policies. What are the costs of all these policies? Are they really benefiting anyone?

As our global population grows every day it takes more and more energy to support.

Yet, in the last 10 years we have seen Columnist a change in how we view the importance of our consumption of natural resources. Something that a lot of college campuses want to focus on now is the importance of recycling.

The green initiative was not something people considered until the early 2000s. A few contractors around the country started to see value in using “green” products to build homes to make the homeowner feel better about their purchase.

Others would come to find out that it was not necessarily about the way it was built but what was on the inside.

Inside campus you will find recycling bins every-

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where you go to put your bottles, papers and other recyclables in. Is that all we have on our green campus?

Aside from our recycling program there is the large blue wind turbine.

This turbine “Helix” generates between 5,000 and 11,000 kilowatts annually.

With just those two aspects ISU is now saving on electricity alone seven cents per kilowatt hour. It doesn’t sound like a whole lot but when you look at the big picture and a yearly cost of electricity it will do wonders for savings.

The recycling program allows us to keep garbage removal to a minimum. It can add up when you are taking out trash for 13,000 people.

Our recycle center collects campuswide recycling to be packaged, weighed and sold to companies that use recycled materials. It’s become a place where the people of Terre Haute can bring their recyclables and know they are being taken care of in the right way. But does this really do anything for us students? How does it apply to our daily lives?

As our campus grows it is ever more important that we reduce our negative environmental impact. Much like homeowners, students looking for a college to call home for four years look for important aspects like green policies. They want to know that the school they

will be going to is doing its part.

Yet, going green has a cost and in some cases it may not be worth it. There are many analysts who will tell you green is the future but what they leave out is its cost.

Every recycling bin around campus has to be emptied individually by someone and taken to a special pickup location. Then the recycle center picks it up to be sorted and packaged.

Each step of that process adds another layer of cost and another layer of toxic output. The additional worker who has to commute to campus by car, the recycling pickup truck and even the semi that takes the recycled bundles to the buyer adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

We have seen it with the housing industry and we are seeing it on our campus now. People want to think they are helping the environment, even when they’re not. The only way to reduce our waste and impact on our environment is to reduce consumption.

Going green is something relatively new to mankind.

It will take time to perfect much like it took time to perfect the internal combustion engine. I am not opposed to our policies of going green nor do I find them in any way pointless. I would much rather try to do something than nothing at all.

New education bills vie for General Assembly votes In Gov. Mike Pence’s State of the State address this year, one major emphasis was education, spurring a number of contentious bills in Indiana’s General Assembly in both chambers.

Besides school choice and testing, removthe Superintendent Columnist ing of Public Instruction, Glenda Ritz, as chairman of the Indiana State Board of Education is a hot topic being debated.

Interning for the Senate I have received umpteen emails about House Bill 1609. While reading those emails, I feel like a lot of the constituents aren’t exactly familiar with what the bill would do.

On the Senate side there is Senate Bill 1.

Many believe that these bills would

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make the Superintendent of Public Instruction an appointment position. That is not true.

It would simply make the chairman of the state board of education appointed, not the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

That would still be an elected position, which is the case in almost every other state.

Indiana is only one of two states where the Superintendent of Public Instruction is also the chairman of the state board, the other being Oklahoma.

For the majority of local school boards, the superintendent is not the chairman of the board. Why should it be this way for the state? On most corporate boards the CEO is not the board chair.

This bill would achieve the same objectives as HB 1609; however, I believe it’s a better bill.

It would also make more changes than just changing the way one would be-

come the chairman. As of now the Board includes the State superintendent and 10 members appointed by the Governor.

SB 1 would reform the makeup of the board completely.

Only four members would be appointed by the Governor — two members would be appointed by the Senate Pro Tem and two by the speaker of the house, both in consultation with the minority leaders. The Pro Tem and Speaker could not appoint two people of the same party.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction wouldn’t be powerless under this bill. She would serve as the chair of the first meeting.

As well, she would still serve as cochair on the Education Roundtable, be a member of the Professional Standards Board, Human Resources Investment Council, Commission for Drug Free Indiana, Education Council, Commission on Community Service and the Adult

Literacy Coalition.

The only thing that would change is that the position would no longer serve as the chair. Ritz would still have plenty of say in the education in the state. Voters are not being undermined like many want to claim.

SB 1 will allow for a fully functional state board of education, which hasn’t been the case in the last two years.

Having a board that is ineffective is no way to run education.

Frankly, it’s unacceptable, and every child in Indiana suffers from it. Not only are our children suffering, but so is our economy.

Having strong children and a school system is key to Indiana’s economy.

Recent board meetings have consisted of Glenda Ritz and board members criticizing each other instead of making policy beneficial to the school system. Having the board elect the chairman would allow for better discussion.

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Syrian painter supports refugees, spreads hope

Julian Winborn Columnist

Soulaf Abas, an art instructor, has given her artwork a humanitarian purpose. Born in Damascus, Syria, Abas expressed an interest in art while she was very young.

“I painted things that kids normally paint … and I knew that I always wanted to paint,” she said.

Her passion for art led her to acquire a Bachelors of Fine Art as well as a Masters of Fine Art from Indiana State.

In 2011, the Syrian Revolution with Syrian rebels fighting to topple the Bashar Al Assad regime began.

While many parts of the country were unsafe and scarred with miles of ruin, Abas travelled to Damascus in 2012 to see her family.

“I was living in a war zone,” said Abas as she described the scenes of charred buildings and empty streets.

Abas witnessed more than ruin.

“People would carpool to work,” Abas said, explaining how “resilient” the residents were. Residents would share their resources and delegate tasks to one another.

“One person would be in charge of getting bread, the other would have to get meat, and so on,” Abas said.

The visit had permanently changed the painter’s perspective on what home meant as she witnessed the carnage and desolation of the Revolution.

However, after Abas returned to the U.S., she received news that her uncle died. “It was then when I realized that I had lost home,” Abas said.

Soulaf Abas looks through her book “Me and You,” made up of letters from Terre Haute children and Syrian refugees living in Jordan (Photo by Gary Macadaeg).

The combination of a ruined city and the loss of family brought Abas to profound anguish that moved her to paint.

“Painting had become a healing process for me,” Abas said.

Each piece of Abas’ work emanates from its canvas. The entire collection of Syria artwork features the loss and despair of people across the country.

Most notably, her painting “In Syria” depicts a portrait of a man whose anguish is marked by streams of blood that flow downward across his pained expres-

sion.

“People have become very emotional while looking at my work,” Abas said.

However, with the work bearing an incredible amount of grief, Abas is not emotionally drained by her own art.

“They never bring me back to that frame of mind,” Abas said.

According to Unicef, more than one million Syrian children are living as refugees in neighboring countries.

Outside of painting, Abas’ work with Syrian refugee children in Jordan con-

tributed to her healing. “I actually fanaticized about the idea of visiting the refugees while I was traveling from [Washington D.C.] to New York,” Abas said.

She envisioned herself doing art therapy with the children, though she was not an art therapist herself, also wanted to plant a garden in the shape of Syria with them, “so no one could ever take their home away from them.”

While the heat of the sun bore down on the refugee camp that lacked in food, water and basic supplies, Abas was invigorated by the trip. Just as she had witnessed in her visit to Damascus, the refugee children were also resilient and hopeful.

When asked if there were any signs of hope in the region, Abas said, “The children give me hope.”

Inspired by the tenacity of the refugees, Abas decided to share their stories with local children at the Ryves Youth Center in Terre Haute.

Moved by their struggle of children like them who had lost their homes, the kids wrote letters to the refugee children in Jordan, and the refugees wrote back.

Abas translated the letters and compiled them into a book titled “Me and You,” with all proceeds going toward the 30 refugee children who wrote letters.

With such accomplishments it’s easy to ask what Abas has planned next. However bad the past has been, she is not concerned about the future.

“We should work like the heart beats: working half the time and resting half the time.” She said. “It’s resting time now.”

Karaoke event lets students open up, kick back and relax

Mariah Lee Reporter

On Saturday, Programs All Weekends held a karaoke session in the Sycamore Lounge featuring a student disc jockey.

Many of the singers in attendance chose duets as their songs. Some students chose country ballads while others students like Melissa Mitchell, freshman biology major, chose songs from musicals such as “Love is An Open Door” from the movie “Frozen.”

Ellen Malito, the associate director of PAW, said that this event was more successful than last semester’s attempt.

“We tried to do one last semester and it wasn’t really successful but we felt like there [were] a lot of talented students on campus and we really wanted to give them an opportunity to showcase their talents,” Malito said.

One of the many reasons PAW decided to have a karaoke

session was because Sycamore Sessions is so successful.

“We have Sycamore sessions about once a month and we have tons of students [who] come out for that and that shows us that there is interest in being on stage,” Malito said.

The hard part about the karaoke event, she said, was getting people to actually perform and not just observe.

“We’ve had about 70 students.

The hard part is that most of

them are here to watch,” Malito said.

Malito also says that students are coming out of their shells.

“I’m really surprised that there [haven’t] been very many people wanting to perform but I feel like people are getting out of their shell little bit tonight and that’s a good thing,” Malito said.

For students like Emily Potts, a sophomore psychology major, the karaoke session did just that.

Potts says that she wanted to try

karaoke for the new experience.

“I felt like I needed to get out of the bubble I was in — I wanted to try something new. I have a voice and I can’t exactly sing very well in front of people but I wanted to do it,” Potts said.

Although she felt her performance wasn’t perfect, she still had fun and would do it again.

“I did miss some notes but other than that I had fun and I’m thinking about doing it again” Potts said.

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‘Wear Red Day’ spreads heart disease awareness

Adler Ingalsbe Reporter

Indiana State University participated in the 12th annual National Wear Red Day that took place on Friday across the United States.

This day is a part of a bigger picture called Go Red for Women, the American Heart Association’s movement sponsored

by Macy’s department store to end heart disease and strokes for women.

Lauren Campbell, employee wellness coordinator at Indiana State, said this is not the first year the students and staff at ISU helped with the cause that affects women more than people believe.

“In 2003, the Wear Red movement began to bring awareness to the staggering fact that heart disease is the number one killer of women. Many individuals think that heart disease is a man’s disease, which is not the truth. Each year, one in every three women will die from heart disease or stroke. Eighty percent of cardiac events can be prevented through lifestyle modification such as exercise,” Campbell said.

Campbell has helped spread awareness of cardiovascular issues on Indiana State’s campus.

“As a campus, we are bringing more awareness of health and wellness to our students, employees and staff. I am an advocate for wellness and support this event through education and programming for cardiovascular health. I have advertised the event throughout campus to gain awareness and bring light to the event,” she said.

ISU did not take donations on campus but directed people to donate through the movement’s official website.

“We do not take donations on campus as of now. You can donate money through American Heart Association and the Go Red for Women website,” Campbell said.

“You can create a fundraising page for an individual person or raise funds as a group.”

While on-campus donations may not have been available, Devin Gackle, member of the Alpha Phi sorority, said they did take them at their events, as their philanthropy is women’s heart health.

“We had our Red Dress Gala on Saturday. We had a silent auction for our parents, teachers and businesses from around Indiana. We have all come together to make themed baskets and have autographed photos and gift cards,” Gackle said.

Courtney Cripps, president of Alpha Phi, said the money that is donated at the events initially goes to their sorority and is then sent out to help their philanthropy.

While donations are important, Campbell said enlightening at least one person on the campus of Indiana State University about the dangers of heart disease makes the movement a success.

“This event can hit close to home for many people through a family member or friend suffering from heart disease. I hope to bring awareness to campus about the importance of taking care of yourself and truly knowing your risk factors for heart disease,” Campbell said. “If we can help educate one person on this campus about their risk of heart disease, then to me National Wear Red Day was successful.”

Campbell emphasized the employee wellness program that will soon be increasing in order to make the ISU staff healthier and are using a quote to help them get started.

“Employee wellness programming will be increasing throughout the year in the efforts of making our employees and their dependents healthier. I am using this quote a lot this year to help, ‘Start learning today to live a healthier life tomorrow.”’

For more information on the Go Red for Women movement or to make any donations, visit www.goredforwomen. org or www.heart.org.

Students wore red to support the American Heart Association (Photo by Cicara Moore).

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Sycamores post double-digit road victory over Loyola Ace Hunt

ISU Athletic Media Relations Indiana State University used a pair of first-half runs and withstood a Rambler rally around halftime en route to a 79-65 road victory over Loyola on Saturday afternoon at the Gentile Center.

The Sycamores improved to 12-12, 8-4 MVC while Loyola fell to 14-10, 4-8 MVC. Indiana State is now in sole possession of third place in the Valley standings.

Devonte Brown led the way with 22 points, all of which came in the second half.

Brenton Scott tied his careerhigh with 21 points as well. It marked the second time this season a pair of Sycamores each scored 20 or more points in the same game as Khristian Smith and Brown each did it against Brown in non-conference play.

Jake Kitchell added 12 as did Justin Gant off the bench.

For the game, the Sycamores hit 57.5 percent of their shots from the field, including a 52.6 percent shot from 3-point range.

Indiana State was on fire in the second half as they hit 13of-18 attempts from the field and were 5-of-7 from distance.

Kitchell paced the Sycamores with six rebounds but it was the Ramblers who held a 29-23 edge on the glass for the game.

The Ramblers scored the first three points of the second half to cut a Sycamore six-point halftime lead down to just three with just over a minute off the clock.

Indiana State got a pair of Brenton Scott and Devonte Brown charity tosses on their next two trips before Brown scored the team’s first field goal in nearly 10 minutes of clock time to complete a 6-0 run and stake the Sycamores to a 40-31 lead.

Loyola scored to stop the string, but Kitchell was left wide open at the top of the key and drilled a 3-pointer at the 16:27 mark to push the lead back to double digits at 43-33.

Loyola’s Jay Knuth rattled home a shot from distance but the Sycamores responded with a conventional three-point play from Brown with 14:44 to go to restore to 48-38 advantage.

Brenton Scott’s triple at the 14:18 mark pushed Indiana State’s lead to 51-40.

Just as in the first meeting, the Ramblers stayed strong on the offensive end, but Devonte Brown responded with driving layups on consecutive trips down the floor for a 55-43 lead with 12:54 on the clock and the Ramblers called timeout.

The two teams traded empty possessions under a Scott steal, lay-up and free throw with 10:31 to go made it seven points in a row for the Sycamores to take a 58-43 lead.

Loyola made another slice into the Sycamores’ advantage but Devonte Brown made it 14 points for him in the second half with a 3-pointer as the shot clock was winding down and Prusator broke the press with a trifecta of his own as the clock ticked under eight minutes to go and the Sycamores led 6449.

The Ramblers scored six in a row but Scott continued to a second half rally killer with a deep 3-pointer to restore a 7157 cushion with 3:28 to go as Indiana State’s led was threatened to move under double digits.

Loyola did score four points in a row to make it a 10-point game, but a pair of Devonte Brown charity tosses with 1:35 remaining maintained the 7361 advantage.

T.J. Bell earned the start inside for the Sycamores and scored on the first trip down

Indiana State defeated Loyola in last year’s Missouri Valley Conference quarterfinals match. This time around ISU won 79-65 on the road in conference play (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

the floor with a baseline jumper for the quick advantage.

The Sycamores used a Jake Kitchell layup at the 12:29 mark to take an 11-6 edge but the Ramblers responded with four in a row to draw within a point of the Sycamores and trim the Indiana state cushion down to just 11-10.

Some 3-pointers from Khristian Smith and Justin Gant as well as a fastbreak layup from Brenton Scott off a steal put the Sycamores on an 8-0 run and the Sycamores lead grew to 1910 at the 10:29 mark to force a Loyola timeout.

After the Ramblers scored out of the timeout to make it a seven-point contest, the Sycamore defense and offense really got going.

While the Sycamore defense held Loyola without a point for nearly three minutes, the offense scored 10 points in a row.

Kitchell began the run with a charity toss and then consecutive triples from Scott twice and Gant stretched the lead out to 29-12 with 7:37 left in the first half.

The Sycamores held as many as a 17-point lead twice in the final eight minutes of the

first half, but a Kitchell charity toss with 2:25 would be the only point for Indiana State in the last four minutes before halftime as a 3-pointer from Loyola’s Ben Richardson cut the Sycamore cushion down to 34-28 with two minutes on the clock and that would be the halftime score.

Justin Gant led the Sycamores with 10 points at halftime.

Indiana State travels to nationally ranked Wichita State on Wednesday for another MVC battle. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN3.

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ISU stands strong at the Meyo Invitational Many athletes record career-bests and ISU all-time bests Kevin Jenison

ISU Athletic Media Relations The Indiana State coaching staff wanted a strong showing by the Sycamore track and field team at the Meyo Invitational. They saw several athletes record career-best efforts and move up on the all-time list at Indiana State.

Alethia Marrero continued to excel in the long sprints while Jessi Conley and Taylor Austin shined for the women’s distance corps at Indiana State.

“We had good efforts again today,” said Angie Martin, Indiana State women’s track and field head coach. “We had nice improvements from our distance runners. Alethia, Jessi and Taylor all ran well and Alethia was just a second off the school record.”

It was also a good day for several individuals on the men’s side, including Adarius Washington, DeSean Prentice, Jamie Murtagh and Gino Brown.

“We are making progress here and there,” said John McNichols, Indiana State men’s track and field head coach,.

“We still have quite a bit to get done before the conference meet. We learned a lot of what we need to do this weekend and now it is time for the athletes and coaches to take it to the next level.”

Marrero recorded the second fastest indoor 800-meter in Indiana State history as she finished third in the fast heat of the event with a time of 2:06.01.

She was sixth overall but the third collegian in the race with her time also moving her into the top 10 of the national rankings for the event.

Marrero moved past her current collegiate coach, Angie Bruecker, who ran

2:06.19 in 2000. She was just a second off the school record of 2:04.94 set by Erica Moore in 2009.

Conley had an outstanding race for Indiana State in the first heat of the women’s mile as she came from the back to win her heat in a career-best 4:57.11.

She is just the seventh Sycamore woman to run a sub five-minute mile and now has the third fastest time in school history behind Angie Menser and Laura Engle.

The Sycamore freshman finished 27th overall.

Sprinter Katie Wise reached the finals of the 60-meter dash but was edged at the stripe in the closest finish of the day.

Wise, who ran 7.35 in the semifinals, was timed at 7:447 seconds in the finals and placed fourth in the standings. Ohio State’s Chesna Sykes took the win in 7.37 seconds with Western Kentuckys’ Carrol Hardy second and Michigan’s Cindy Ofili third.

Former Sycamore Greggmar Swift captured the Meyo Invitational 60-meter hurdle title as he posted a career indoor best of 7.56 seconds in claiming the victory.

The time is the third fastest in the world this season behind Dimitri Bascou of France and Aleec Harris of the United States. The time also established the Barbados Indoor record for the second straight day.

Swift set the Barbados record with a 7.59 finish in the semifinals Friday.

Washington ran a career-best 7.81 seconds to finish third with Ohio State’s Donovan Richardson in between the two to finish second at 7.76. Washington had equaled his previous best with a 7.84

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David Timlin competed in the fast heat of the men’s 3,000-meter and finished with a career-best 8:14.35 in placing ninth overall and the seventh collegian. The time is also the fourth fastest in school history.

Daniel Swem ran in an earlier heat of the 3,000-meter and finished in a careerbest 8:42.24, which placed him 42nd overall.

Freshman Taylor Austin ran the 14th fastest 3,000-meter time in school history at 10:05.61 to finish 42nd overall while Danielle Muse was 68th in 10:41.42.

Jamie Newsome competed in her first collegiate 400-meter and finished 51st. Aleksey Green and Sydney Dickerson each ran their second race of the Meyo Invitational in earlier heats of the 800-meter Saturday as Green finished 68th overall with Dickerson placing 75th. Both ran in the 600-meter on Friday.

Arqeil Shaw raced to a 48.40 finish in the men’s 400-meter and finished 22nd overall with Tyrell Dowdell running 49.35 for 43rd and CJ Anyaebunam finishing in a career-best 50.42 for 60th.

Jonathan Jackson and Tony Rigoni finished 22nd and 23rd, respectively in the men’s 800-meter with Jackson finishing in 1:52.73 and Rigoni established a career-best with a 1:52.94 finish.

Blake Kramer was 51st in the mile in 4:18.76 with Michael Passmore recording a career-best with a 4:20.23 finish and 55th overall.

Former Sycamore Felisha Johnson won the women’s shot put with a distance of 57’-5.5”.

The All-American has the seventh best

throw in the world this season at 58’-4.5” with her career-best set last year in Indianapolis at 59’-4”.

Indiana State’s Whitney Walker had a throw of 48’-1.75’ to finish fifth overall while Katelyn Rutz went 47’-1” to finish eighth.

Ryan Chestnut placed 24th in the men’s shot put with a heave of 49’-5.75” while Justin Applegate was 25th with a career-best effort of 48’-5.25”.

Carmelia Stewart leaped to a careerbest in the women’s triple jump Saturday with a distance of 41’-4.75” which moves her to third on the Sycamore all-time list.

She finished sixth overall. Gino Brown placed 10th in the men’s triple jump with his best distance coming on his final attempt at 48’-2.5”.

Connor Curley cleared 15’-9” in the invitational pole vault to finish eighth overall.

The Indiana State women’s 4x400meter relay team of Chidera Obasih, Oschtisha Jackson, Alethia Marrero and Jamie Newsome ran a season-best 3:47.69 to finish 12th overall.

The Sycamore men’s 4x400-meter relay team of Arqeil Shaw, Jonathan Jackson, Terry McGee and Tyrell Dowdell also ran a season-best of 3:15.02 while placing 12th overall.

Indiana State will be back in action next Friday when they travel to Indiana University to compete in the Hoosier Hills.

Most of the team will be in Bloomington, Indiana, but a select group will travel to Ames, Iowa for the Iowa State Classic including John Mascari, who has been invited to compete in the High Performance 5,000-meter.

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Sycamores sing their hearts out at karaoke night

Above: Brandon Gulley, a senior marketing major, worked as the disc jockey at Indiana State University’s karaoke night Saturday. Right: The event drew singers such as Emily Potts, a sophomore psychology major, and her friend Todd Harrison.

The event was open to students and the general public (Photos by Gary Macadaeg).