Febuary 10, 2016

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

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016

Volume 122, Issue 53

Library to host annual Authors and Artists program

Cunningham Memorial Library’s annual Authors and Artists program and reception will be held 2:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the library’s events area.

The only campus event that honors the written or artistic material or performance of Indiana State University’s faculty, staff and students, the 31st annual event will feature faculty and emeriti who published books or created artistic works in 2015.

A reception will begin at 2:30 p.m. with light refreshments. The program will start at 3 p.m. Reference/instruction librarians serving as liaisons to the academic departments will recognize each individual’s work.

The occasion also serves as a place to recognize this year’s graduate and undergraduate recipients of the library’s Bakerman Student Research Award and their faculty nominators.

Everyone on campus is invited to share in this celebration of scholastic and artistic achievements.

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NAACP holds annual fish fry

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The road to No. 1 will always have to be paved with hard work and dedication, and Indiana State’s journey to number one in community service can only come through volunteering and serving.

This year, headed by Jessica Starr the Program Coordinator at The Center for Community Engagement, Indiana State University hosts its very first spring Volunteer Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 10 a.m.

The Volunteer Fair was added to the spring semester in addition to its fall counterpart after the Center for Community Engagement noticed that a significant number of students were asking about it.

“It is an opportunity for students to meet with some of our community partners to find out about volunteer opportunities,” Starr said. “Maybe they have a class requirement, or maybe they are in a student organization and they want to do some community service.”

During the this Spring Volunteer Fair, about 27 community partners expected to be there as opposed to the usual 30 to 35 seen during the fall because of limitations on space. The community partners are also the only ones in need of registering.

If you are an ISU student, all you need to participate is a valid student ID.

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Students prepare food at the NAACP Annual Fish Fry held Friday at the Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center. See more photos on Page 5.

The Volunteer Fair: ISU’s way to No. 1 Mustafa Mustafa

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The Center for Community Engagement is mainly in charge of the Volunteer Fair and also sponsors the event, but they also receive help from the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance as well.

This help comes in the form of students assisting the community partners set up their tables on the day of the event, as well as preparing the area for students.

Students coming to these events will be able to contribute to the community service hours put by the ISU community. They will get the opportunity to connect with community partners and potentially meet service hour requirements placed by classes or organizations, while still helping ISU remain number one in community service.

During previous Fall Volunteer Fairs the student turnout ranged anywhere from 400 to 600 students.

While the spring version is yet to be tested, The Center for Community Engagement still hopes for a good turnout compared to its fall counterpart.

“If students maybe cannot make it to the fair and they are looking to connect with a community partner, they can always come by The Center for Community Engagement and ask to talk with me,” Starr said. “I can help them and their student organization set up some opportunities. We are a resource to help them get connected to the community.”

Sports bar slated to open at 500 Wabash Christopher Adkins Reporter

The 500 Wabash apartments are gaining an addition to the building besides student housing in the form of restaurant chain Brothers Bar and Grill.

Development and construction company Thompson Thrift has been working closely with Indiana State to put together the 500 Wabash apartments project.

The building currently includes four floors of student housing with the first floor reserved for retail and commercial space that, until recently, had nothing confirmed.

The first of a potential line of clients is Brothers Bar and Grill, having been hinted at for months through public records.

The eatery is described as “a clean, relaxed social hangout” that carries typical fare of many varieties of alcohol and bar comfort foods.

Residents at 500 Wabash seem to be excited about the potential of the new restaurant.

Anthony Goelz, a senior math education major, said, “I think it’s great. It’s a place close by that adds a new option for food.”

Brothers was founded in 1990 in La Crosse, Wisconsin,

and currently has franchises open in 10 states across America.

Their menu primarily consists of sandwiches, wraps and burgers. Their drink selection includes 35 to 40 taps as well as a variety of liquors.

Terre Haute will be the smallest Indiana town so far to gain a Brothers franchise, but being next to a college campus and attached to student housing, it fits in with their demographic and sporty atmosphere.

Rumors have been going around ever since the 500 Wabash project began that Brothers would be the first commercial establishment to open in the building.

In March of 2015, public leasing records were released

by Thompson Thrift on their website detailing floor plans for Brothers to take the corner spot on North Fifth Street.

However, the plans also included natural cosmetics store Aveda to occupy a position.

Local owners have since confirmed that Aveda has passed on the location and will instead be taking another Terre Haute location.

More substantial information was brought to light in January when the TH Brothers LLC applied for a “beer, wine, and liquor riverfront” license

for use in Terre Haute.

According to an article in the Tribune Star, after some partnership changes in the company, the approval has been delayed until the Vigo County Alcoholic Beverage Board meets on Feb. 22 to discuss multiple companies’ liquor license renewals and applications.

The application stated that the restaurant intends to have seating for 140 in a main dining area, 70 at the bar, as well as outside seating for 50 that will go along Fifth Street.

It is currently unknown when the franchise will open; however, the best guess is that construction should begin this summer.

The 500 Wabash project has so far cost Thompson Thrift $22.7 million to develop.

The building currently houses around 260 students on the second through fifth floors while the company searches for the best retail options for the first.

The first floor is meant to be a mix of shops, food and offices.

While the building is primarily meant for students of ISU, Thompson Thrift hopes that the project as a whole will bring new energy to downtown Terre Haute.

Indiana reports first human case of Zika virus Lauren Slavin

Herald-Times (TNS)

One Indiana resident has officially been diagnosed with Zika virus, but the risk of the mosquito-borne illness spreading throughout the Hoosier state is still very low, health experts said this week.

Zika virus has not been transmitted locally — from mosquito to person — in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The first Hoosier to be infected with the virus contracted Zika while traveling in Haiti, according to a news release Tuesday from the Indiana State Department of Health.

The infected person was not pregnant, and the illness was mild enough not to warrant hospitalization.

“We urge anyone visiting affected areas to take steps to avoid mosquito bites,” said Dr.

Jerome Adams, state health commissioner. Such steps include wearing mosquito repellant and long-sleeved shirts and long pants, as well as staying indoors at dawn and dusk, which are peak hours of mosquito activity.

As of Feb. 3, 35 U.S. residents had contracted Zika while traveling to the Caribbean and other South American countries that have reported active mosquito transmission.

Infected individuals often show no symptoms of the virus, or exhibit mild symptoms such as fever, rash, headache, muscle and joint pain and conjunctivitis, also known as pinkeye.

Only a handful of Indiana University Health patients have expressed concerns about Zika, hospital spokeswoman Teri deMatas said Tuesday. Concerns have come from pregnant women, women trying to get pregnant, and people with scheduled vacations to countries such as

Mexico, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.

“Women have the guilt of if something goes wrong, they’ll forever feel it was their fault,” said Karen Roos, a professor of neurology at the IU School of Medicine and a neurologist at IU Health. “Women worry. I think it’s natural to want your child to be healthy.”

The disease, which has only been scientifically proven to pass from mosquito to human, became a concern for public health officials late last year.

Brazilian health officials noticed more people being diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks its own peripheral nervous system; and that pregnant mothers diagnosed with Zika were giving birth to babies born with microcephaly, a birth defect that can hinder brain development.

According to the CDC, it is still unclear whether infection

with the Zika virus makes it more likely that someone will get Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Health officials are also researching the possibility that Zika could be sexually transmitted. The Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services reported that the virus was sexually transmitted between two Texas residents earlier this month, but the CDC, again, only has casual evidence of this form of transmission.

“That’s a little disturbing to think this virus can also be sexually transmitted,” Roos said. “It would be highly unusual.”

As was the case with West Nile virus, Ebola and other diseases that have recently spurred panic across the globe, the United States does not prove a fertile breeding ground for a virus like Zika, Hardy said.

Sanitary health care conditions and a public that generally isolates itself when sick keeps the virus from spreading as it

has in warmer South American countries. “If it were to get into a human population in a large urban area with a good mosquito population there with lots of contact, that’s where a problem would come,” Hardy said.

The CDC and state department of health caution travelers to protect themselves from Zika as they would from other mosquito-borne viruses, including West Nile, chikungunya and dengue.

The diseases are all spread by Aedes mosquitoes, which are native to the U.S. and states including Indiana, and the mosquitoes can bite at all hours of the day. “Clearly if you’re newly pregnant, in first trimester or even the early part of second trimester, I would not travel to an area where this virus is now being declared epidemic,” Roos said. ©2016 the Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.). Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Twitter offers new, though limited, evidence that it’s driving terrorists away Paresh Dave and Brian Bennett Tribune Washington Bureau (TNS)

Twitter Inc. announced Friday that it had deleted 125,000 terrorist-related accounts in the last seven months.

The move comes after months of criticism from President Barack Obama and others who complained that social media companies weren’t doing enough to stifle extremist discussion online.

Still, Twitter was light on details about the deleted accounts and how the process works. It said only that more workers were reviewing accounts, leading to increased and faster deletions.

The San Francisco company didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

The 125,000 figure doesn’t mean that that many suspected terrorists may have tried to use Twitter, because an individual or group could have created new accounts after being banned previously. But the company suggested that it’s dominating the whack-a-mole game, saying — without citing specific evidence — that terrorist talk is “shifting off of Twitter.”

The Obama administration still would like Twitter to find a better way to deal with the constant creation of new accounts by the same people.

“They (Twitter) are still not doing enough,” a U.S. official familiar with discussions with Twitter executives said in an interview. “They don’t put a lot of resources into this. … What does it matter if they take down an account and instead of ‘@ISILTerrorist001,’ it is ‘@ISILTerrorist002’ two minutes later?”

Federal authorities say terrorists have used Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Telegram and other apps to recruit and organize members. Authorities want to stop the spread of extremist propaganda while gaining access to private messages that might tip them off to impending terrorist attacks. But tech companies, many of them based in California, fear violating free speech rights and prying into users’ conversations.

In multiple meetings with Twitter executives over the past year, Department of Justice and Homeland Security officials have asked the company to take more aggressive steps, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

“They don’t want to be seen as the command-and-control mechanism that allows Islamic State to do what it does,” the official said.

But it wasn’t only U.S. government pressure that motivated Twitter to announce how many accounts have been taken down in the past several months, the official said.

“They realize it is not a good thing to be known as the social media platform that ISIL uses most to spread their hate and horrible things,” the official said, using an al-

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Apple begins offering trade-in credit for damaged iPhones Paresh Dave

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Apple Inc. has begun offering trade-in credit for damaged iPhones, a strategy that could encourage people to buy a newer model rather than try to fix or bear with their current device.

Apple is under pressure from investors to show that slowing sales of iPhones isn’t a long-term trend. Fostering more upgrades should help, as will selling more refurbished iPhones in countries where original devices remain too expensive for most people.

Previously, Apple required iPhone displays, buttons and cameras to be intact for consumers to get up to $350 toward the purchase of a new iPhone. The maximum credit cuts the price of the latest iPhone, the 6S, by more than half.

Cracked screens and other issues will cut into the tradein value, limiting it to between $50 for the iPhone 5S and

$250 for the iPhone 6 Plus, an Apple spokesman said Friday.

But the new policy still makes upgrades more attractive than before. Apple is directing people to its stores to get the most accurate appraisal, though trade-ins also may be processed online.

Other vendors including Gazelle and Usell provide credit for turning in iPhones, and major wireless carriers also accept old iPhones in exchange for credit.

Also Friday, a research firm said the Apple Watch accounted for two-thirds of all smartwatch shipments in 2015.

Apple shipped 5 million watches in the fourth quarter for a total of 12 million last year, according to Canalys.

Samsung and Pebble came in second and third, respectively, for the year.

Apple hasn’t provided exact sales figures, other than to say that more Apple Watches were purchased in the fourth quarter than the third. The

company hasn’t launched a trade-in program for the Watch, a spokesman said. ©2016 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6 Plus S during a media event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015.

Adolescents should be screened for depression too, says federal panel Melissa Healy

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Amid evidence that fewer than half of depressed adolescents get treatment for their emotional distress, a federal task force has recommended that physicians routinely screen children between 12 and 18 for depression and have systems in place either to diagnose, treat and monitor those who screen positive or to refer them to specialists who can.

The new recommendations, issued Monday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, bring depression screening for adolescents into line with recently issued depression-screening recommendations that apply to adults.

Collectively, the new guidelines mean that virtually all Americans older than 12 will be checked periodically for persistent signs of sadness or irritability, changes in sleep, energy and appetite, or feelings of guilt or worthlessness.

Where depression appears present in a patient, physicians who care for him or her should be ready to recommend treatment.

In the case of older children who screen positive for depression, treatment is a more complicated matter than for most adults. For patients younger than 18, the Food and Drug Administration has approved as safe and effective just two antidepressant medications in the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, or SSRI, family: fluoxetine and escitalopram (marketed respectively as Prozac and Lexapro).

And the drug-safety agency has recommended especially close monitoring of patients under 24 taking an SSRI anti-

depressant because they are at increased risk of suicide and suicidal thoughts.

In teens and tweens, the panel found that both medication alone and psychotherapy alone were, at best, modestly effective in treating depression.

When both modes of treatment were used together, however, depressed teens’ mood and functioning were much more likely to improve.

Major depressive disorder is thought to affect about 8 percent of adolescents each year, and only between 36 percent and 44 percent report they have gotten treatment.

Symptoms most typically appear around 14 to 15 years of age and are seen in girls nearly twice as commonly as in boys. Those who contend with early depressive episodes are more likely to suffer recurrences later in life.

And depression can be life threatening.

Between their 13th and 18th birthdays, just short of 20 percent of adolescents suffering from depression will attempt suicide. But depression is also a major contributor to poor school performance, deteriorating relationships and substance abuse in teens.

While depression is seen in children younger than 12, the federal panel said it had too little evidence to recommend depression screening for such children.

Columbia University psychiatrist Dr. Mark Olfson hailed the new recommendations, saying that well-care visits “provide an ideal opportunity to screen adolescents for depression.”

But he said that screening remains “infrequent” in primary care settings and is often overlooked even when physicians ask their young patients about depressive

symptoms.

“The new recommendations have the potential to spur improved detection and appropriate triage of depressed adolescents,” Olfson said.

The federal panel’s new recommendation departs from its last look at the practice, drafted in 2009.

The panel’s earlier guidance proposed that physicians who were ready with treatment options, referrals and monitoring systems for depressed patients should go ahead and screen adolescents for depression.

Where that earlier recommendation essentially made such screening optional, the new recommendation asserts that physicians treating adolescents should already have such systems in place.

It is widely seen as a reflection of depression care’s move into the mainstream of modern medical practice — a shift that should reduce stigma long attached to a common psychological affliction.

Rooting out depression in adolescents is not very different from doing so in adults: Several standard inventories exist that reliably detect depression symptoms, and physicians could administer them in person or on a questionnaire.

But the federal panel noted that in adolescents, irritability often replaces or coexists with sadness as a marker for depression.

For adolescents in particular, several circumstances make depression more likely, including an individual’s questioning his or her sexual or gender orientation, a recent breakup, family turmoil or violence, or poor academic performance. ©2016 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

indianastatesman.com TWITTER, FROM PAGE 2 ternative acronym for the Islamic State terrorist organization.

Officials were particularly incensed last year when Islamic State used Twitter to post the

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 • Page 3 names and addresses of U.S. military personnel.

Twitter called its removal decisions “challenging judgment calls based on very limited information and guidance” because “there is no ‘magic algorithm’ for identifying terrorist

content on the Internet.”

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called Twitter’s efforts to remove terrorist content “a very positive development.”

“Addressing the use of social

media by terrorists will require a sustained and cooperative effort between the technology sector, the intelligence community and law enforcement,” Schiff said in a statement Friday.

Twitter has about 320 million users and is seeing only modest

growth. It vowed to continue to work with authorities to find additional solutions.

(Bennett reported from Washington and Dave from Los Angeles.) ©2016 Tribune Co. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Sycamores dig fluorescent minerals on camping trip Kristen Kilker

gallon bucket of these rocks, half of which will be featured in an ultraviolet display in the science building.

Indiana State University’s EnStone said the night “mining” vironmental Science Club broke for fluorescent minerals was the free of the classroom for a mixmost fun. ture of fun and hands-on learn“Everyone was engaged and ing. excited to be there. The stuThe group spent a weekend dents would yell out every time camping across the Midwest this someone found some new rock fall, visiting Cave-in-Rock State glowing an unusual color unPark in Southern Illinois, the der the UV light, or when they Ben E. Clement Mineral Mucame across a nest of spiders — seum in Marion, Ky., and the there were a lot of spiders there,” Garden on the Gods in Shawnee Stone said. He said the students National Forest. The semesterly did not mind the cold, damp or planned trips were finally able to darkness. “They just cared about begin this year thanks to agreewhat we found and how we able weather, said club president could find more.”

Natalie Erlenbaugh.

Stone not only found impor“Each trip is supposed to tance in the fun aspects of the be environmentally-focused, trip, but he also noted the studealing with nature, so it gives dents seemed more willing to our students — most of them ask questions than in the classwho are environmental science room, possibly because of the majors — an opportunity for casual environment or increased hands-on experience while also curiosity. having fun,” she said.

“If you want to encourage stuErlenbaugh is a junior envidents to become engaged and ronmental and human systems enthusiastic about nature, you major from Indianapolis with have to go into the world and a minor in sustainability. The experience it firsthand,” Stone camping group consisted of 10 said. “More than just the experistudents and faculty adviser Jefence, I think learning something fery Stone. on a trip like this sticks with students; they won’t forget what they learned two weeks after they take a test over it.”

Andrew Rettig, a senior construction management major from Indianapolis, joined the club his freshman year because of his passion for the environment and his desire to explore it.

“My favorite part of the trip was the night dig after we looked at the museum,” Rettig said. “On the trip, I saw a lot of the topics covered in my ENVI 170 class.

The hands-on experience of seeing the topics was a great, memISU Communications and Marketing orable experience.”

The group traveled to the Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum in Marion, On the campers’ way back to Ky., which is home to more than 500 minerals and fluorescent rocks. Terre Haute, they stopped to ISU Communications and Marketing

The name of Cave-in Rock State Park may sound strange initially, but Erlenbaugh said the park is a “large limestone cave that was carved out by high-tide by the Ohio. Bandits used to stow away their treasure along there, so I thought it would be really cool to stop and look at it along the way. We have a lot of geologists in the club.”

After setting up camp, Erlenbaugh and her group traveled to the Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum in Marion, Ky., which offers tours and rock digs. The campers arrived in the afternoon and participated in an hour-long tour of the museum, which is home to more than 500 minerals and fluorescent rocks. Each room had a theme, said Erlenbaugh — a room full of quartz, a room for glow-in-the-dark rocks and ones that she found had interested patterns when lit from below that revealed the rock’s structure.

The students were taken to the dig site and given hand-held U.V. lights, which made rocks shine in purples, greens, oranges and blues from the minerals within. Erlenbaugh said the group was able to collect a five-

Pixar’s box office smash, ‘Inside Out’ wins animated feature prize: Is an Oscar next?

Susan King

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

“Inside Out,” Pixar’s acclaimed film about a young girl dealing with her unruly emotions, continues its triumphant march through awards season by winning the Annie Award for animated feature.

The award, given out Saturday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall, was the latest honor for the box-office hit, which was one of the best-reviewed films of 2015.

The picture from Pixar Animations Studio, owned by Disney, won for outstanding animated feature, director for Pete Docter; character animation for Allison Rutland; music for Michael Giacchino; production design for Ralph Eggleston; character design for Albert Lozano and Chris Sasaki; storyboarding for Tony Rosenast; voice acting for Phyllis Smith; writing for Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley; and editorial for Kevin Nolting.

“Inside Out” is a heavy favorite to win the Oscar for animated film on Feb. 28, although the Annie Awards and the Oscars have not always seen eye-to-eye for the top prize.

Last year, “How to Train Your Dragon 2” earned the Annie, while the Academy Award for animation went to “Big Hero 6.”

Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” won for outstanding achievement, animated effects in an animated production for Jon Reisch and Stephen Marshall. “Boy and the World” received the Annie for animated independent feature, and “He Named Me Malala” earned the award for animated special production.

Among the other awards handed out Saturday at the 43rd Annie Awards: Animated short subject: Don Hertzfeldt for “World of Tomorrow” Animated television/broadcast production for a general audience: the “Halloween of Horror” episode of “The Simpsons.”

Writing for an animated TV/broadcast production: Steven Davis and Kelvin Yu for “The Hauntening” episode of “Bob’s Burgers.”

Directing for an animated TV/broadcast production: Matt Braly for the “Northwest Mansion Mystery” episode of “Gravity Falls.”

The previously announced Winsor McCay juried award went to Phil Roman, Isao Takahata and the late Joe Ranft, and producer Don Hahn received the June Foray Award. ©2016 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Indiana State University students pose at the Garden of the Gods in Shawnee National Forest during a recent trip.

enjoy the pleasant weather with a hike along the 320 millionyear-old sandstone cliffs of the Garden of the Gods in Shawnee National Forest.

“My favorite place was probably the Garden of the Gods,” Erlenbaugh said. “The views were spectacular, and it was just a time in the fall when all the trees are starting to change colors. It was just beautiful.”

The Environmental Science Club is already excited for this semester’s trip, whatever that may be. Rettig said he formed friendships through the club and that the trip allowed the group to grow closer as friends.

The environmental science majors on the trip taught Rettig

about the minerals studied on the trip.

“Our next planned field trip is to the Indiana Museum,” Stone said. “But for the next big outdoor field trip, we’ve talked about going to explore some of the caves in southern Indiana, I think.”

The club is made up of majors in geology, environmental science and related majors, but also includes students who enjoy the environment through hiking or other activities or want to help in the community.

“We’re a fun group, with lots of fun people,” Erlenbaugh said.

The group meets at 5:30 p.m.

Thursdays in Room 164 of the science building.

‘Idol’ making its final countdown Rick Bentley

The Fresno Bee (TNS)

LOS ANGELES — The countdown to selecting the final “American Idol” has started. Over the next few weeks, final eliminations will be held and the 15th winner will join the list that includes Nick Fradiani, Phillip Phillips, Taylor Hicks, Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson.

Ryan Seacrest is the only member from the original team of judges and hosts when “American Idol” debuted in 2002 still on the show.

Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul have been replaced by Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban at the judges desk.

Seacrest knew long before Clarkson was crowned that “American Idol” was more than just another entry in the booming world of reality television at that time.

“I think we knew midway through, not even midway, a fraction into the first season that it was resonating because we were getting feedback,” Seacrest says.

“And, then, when we went out to do the auditions for the second season and we walked through airports and we went to dinners and went to a mall in different cities and you could see that fathers and sons and daughters and mothers, families, were watching the show. I think that’s when we realized this was having a significant impact, not just on an audience, but on a family audience.”

The ratings for the first season of “American Idol” were good but not great. It averaged a 6.2 rating with 12.7 million viewers.

That number grew until hitting a peak in season five with a 12.6 rating with 28.4 million viewers.

Since then, the ratings have tumbled and hit a low

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Judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. in the “Hollywood Round No. 2” episode of “American Idol.”

of a 1.6 rating (7.7 million viewers) for the finale of the 14th season.

The series, which had become a national sensation, was only the third-highest rated show among the networks that night.

The ratings are better this season, partially sparked by this being the last year.

Seacrest, who has gone on to be a busy producer since the start of his “Idol” days, isn’t sure if this is the right time to end or not.

“The network has been extremely supportive of this brand and franchise throughout the years. You know, it’s been such a blessing to have such great partners as Fox throughout all of these years,” Seacrest says. “The numbers look great this season. They look really good.

Those who are putting together the final season say they aren’t looking at what led to the decision to end the show, or what life will be like after the final “Idol” is selected.

The focus right now is producing the best final season possible.

Quite a few of the former “American Idol” contestants and winners will be back during the year to help this last batch of contestants.

Clarkson is scheduled as a guest judge on the first live Top 10 show on Feb. 25.

This week, on the Thursday, Feb. 11, show, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Caleb Johnson and Nick Fradiani will mentor and perform a duet with the 12 semi-finalists.

Then on Thursday, Feb.

18, Constantine Maroulis, Chris Daughtry, Kellie Pickler, Jordin Sparks, David Cook and Haley Reinhart return to perform duets with the second group of semi-finalists.

Producers are not making any promises about who will be back for this final season, explaining that there are logistical and scheduling facts that might keep a few former “Idol” participants away.

It wouldn’t be a proper send-off without Cowell, the man who gave “Idol” its brutal honesty that attracted so man fans.

Seacrest has talked with Cowell and seems confident that all of the original judges will make an appearance.

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Students enjoy the annual fish fry presented by the Indiana State University chapter of the NAACP.

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Laughter was on the menu at the annual fish fry held Friday at the Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center.

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Improved sex ed, birth control access can help halt Zika virus spread

Kylie Adkins

Opinions Editor

Indiana and Ohio confirmed their first cases of Zika on Feb. 9. Both women recently returned from Haiti, where they contracted the disease.

Zika can be transmitted through mosquito bites or sexual contact while infected.

Neither of these women had a case severe enough to warrant hospitalization. However, with the sexually acquired case in Texas, this is still a scary prospect.

Zika is a virus that does not have typically severe side effects. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, common symptoms are joint pain, red eyes, fever and rash. It also only stays in your system for up to a week for most people.

The problems start to occur, however, when we learn that only one in five people who contract the disease will show symptoms — making prevention a nasty disaster. Even though it isn’t in your system for very long, a week is still enough for a mosquito to gain the virus and transmit it.

Not a lot is known about Zika virus and its effect on pregnant women, but it would appear that there may be a connection between the birth deformation microcephaly and the virus. There is more research being done to figure out the links between the two. So far, it would appear that the only connection occurs during pregnancy. Infants who contract Zika do not typically develop congenital microcephaly, but they

are doing research to further understand the connection between the two.

The reason the situation is so dire in South America is that many South American countries have scarce access to birth control and many countries also have extreme antiabortion measures — often banning in the cases of incest, rape or detriment to the mother’s health.

In Paraguay, an 11-yearold girl was denied an abortion after being raped, and many other countries are equally callous. This means that if a woman is pregnant and has somehow contracted Zika, she would not be able to abort the child even in the case of possible microcephaly. This type of legislation and very little access to birth control is a dangerous cocktail when it comes to this kind of virus.

Right now, more than ever, sexual education, birth control and abortion are going to become incredibly important in both North and South America. With more cases occurring in the United States and mosquito season coming up, it is becoming even more important here.

Improved sexual education and access to birth control will help control the spread of the disease sexually and will also help prevent pregnancies that could result in microcephaly. In Indiana there is a bill — State Bill 144 — that would ban an abortion after a heartbeat is detected. That is typically six weeks. Many women may not even know they are pregnant by this point, and if a pregnant woman contracted Zika after the first six weeks, she would be unable to abort the fetus.

Hopefully, legislators will see that sex education, birth control and abortion are not just wants, but public health necessities.

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Speaking up against human trafficking Casey Ewart Columnist

When people think of human trafficking, sex trafficking first comes to mind. Sex trafficking is part of human trafficking.

However, labor trafficking is also included in this topic. Human trafficking is the unspoken crime that often is left behind or forgotten about until an incident in the news brings it to people’s attention.

According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, in Indiana there were 243 calls and 53 human trafficking cases reported in 2015. Those numbers have increased from the 186 calls and 50 human trafficking cases reported in 2014.

Of the 2015 Indiana cases results, 32 cases were sex trafficking, 13 cases were labor trafficking, five cases were sex and labor trafficking and three cases were a trafficking type not specified. Obviously, this is a growing issue.

However, is it growing because more people are becoming victims and more people are immersing themselves into the industry of being traffickers? Or is human trafficking growing because not many people are speaking up?

People may not know what to do if they speak up. Some people might be afraid to speak up. If people do not speak up to help save the victims, this issue will become the biggest issue facing crime. It is well on its way there.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, human trafficking is the second leading crime industry in the world.

I can state all of these statistics, and people might wonder what they should do with them.

The answer is simple. Don’t just look at them but embrace them and stand up. Speak up. This is a growing industry both financially and with numbers over the years.

Numbers are nothing without a voice.

A college student might think, why does this apply to me? A typical person will say that they target children. That is true, but are the traffickers making sure the child is a child and not an older person with a younger face? Do they ask the child for their age?

Chances are probably not be-

cause there is a short window when attempting to commit a crime without getting caught. The target could be a sister, brother, friend or neighbor. Anyone could be a victim.

This issue is relevant to every college student especially because one study conducted by Melissa Farley, Emily Schuckman, Jacqueline M. Golding, Kristen Houser, Laura Jarrett, Peter Qualliotine and Michele Decker has found that the average age of a person that buys sex is 21 years old.

Now put this into perspective.

Indiana has participated in a national initiative titled “Not Buying It.” By signing this, people are stating that they are not going to encourage the demand for human trafficking and will not participate in it.

This is only step one. Indiana sees decreasing the demand for human trafficking will reflect on the supply. That is true, as we all know from taking an economics class.

Signing this initiative takes about thirty seconds. That is completely doable in any circumstance. So will Indiana State University stand up and sign the initiative? Let us bring back respect to Indiana and sign the initiative at http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/3072.htm.

Finding the motivation for a healthy lifestyle Kirstyn Quandt Columnist

Living a healthy lifestyle can be interpreted many different ways. It can center on the food you eat, the activities you partake in on the weekends or the ways you cope with stress. And in the end, we all have our own idea of what constitutes as “healthy.”

I have gone through determined spurts where I am furiously counting my calories but soon became too consumed with the numbers and reading labels than actually enjoying and living my life.

Then there have been the times that I’ve gone weeks without working out and feel like an over-sized sloth that has

lost all motivation to do anything productive.

So through it all I have accumulated a bit of a list— a list full of short tips and snippets to inspire me to get out of bed in the morning and one that ultimately reminds me just how much better a healthy lifestyle makes me feel emotionally, physically and mentally.

Mix up your workouts. If you have a workout plan that is solely cardio or you only allow yourself to snack on kale when you get hungry, you will eventually burn yourself out and come to find utter disgust in something you once enjoyed.

I have found that it is incredibly important to incorporate spontaneity into your workout routines, the healthy foods you eat and the activities you pursue on a daily basis.

When you find a workout class you like, stick with it; however, if you need something new, try a different class and you may find you love both.

In terms of food, try a new spin on an old favorite. If you don’t think you can

eat one more rice cake without thinking of cardboard, try putting peanut butter and cut-up bananas on it.

Most times, the things that wear us out are those that become routine and consume us with overwhelming boredom.

So take a moment to try something new and in it you may find that relief and excitement you so desperately crave.

Create a killer playlist. We all have a list of songs that motivate us, a list that is sure to bring out some tears, and ultimately, a list of our all-time favorites that pull us out of our worst moods. Fortunately, there are many occurrences in life that require great music — so start to compile.

If you’re running to country love songs, you may not get too far before you’ve stopped to call your significant other and profess your feelings.

Yet, if you compile a list of wildly upbeat and catchy songs, you may find that it gives you just the little bit more you needed to finish your workout. My go-to is the ever-wonderful Justin Timberlake and, dare I say it, Eminem.

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Don’t deprive yourself. This is one of the mantras I have to repeat most often.

Many think that by adopting this healthy lifestyle you have to give up everything that is good, fried and chocolate-smothered.

And while you do need to moderate, to eliminate something fully is pure cruelty to your taste buds. I’ve found that when trying to diet or eat healthier, it is important to allow yourself a tiny treat per day.

Furthermore, give yourself a break.

While working out is wonderful and important, give your body a rest and take that time to recover and relax.

A healthy lifestyle isn’t entirely about the amount of sweets you eat or how often you make it to the gym. Ultimately, it’s about feeling happy. I’m not sure that could come out more corny if I tried, but we can go with it.

Choose those things that allow you to stress less and feel good about yourself — mind, body and soul. If Eminem inspires you to do so, turn up the volume and get to it.

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Sycamore men hope for improvement against SIU Adler Ingalsbe

Assistant Sports Editor

On the heels of their loss at Bradley, the Indiana State men’s basketball team returns to action when they host Southern Illinois on Feb. 10.

The Sycamores fell to Bradley by a score of 63-58, putting their overall record at 13-11 and 7-5 in Missouri Valley Conference.

With that 7-5 record, Indiana State now shares third place in the Missouri Valley with the team they will share the court with on Wednesday, Southern Illinois.

The Salukis enter the contest on a four-game losing streak, which came after the team had won seven of their first eight MVC games and had them at the top of the standings with Wichita State.

But their recent skid has caused the team to slip down to a tie for third place with just six games remaining before the State Farm MVC Tournament takes place in St. Louis.

When the two teams step on Nellie and John Wooden Court for the 7 p.m. tipoff, it will be the second and final time ISU and SIU will play each other in the regular season.

In the first matchup that took place three weeks ago, Southern Illinois beat the Sycamores 79-66 due to major scoring contributions from two of their rotational players and the Salukis having two high-scoring halves.

Leo Vincent, who is averaging 8.6 points per game this season, scored 18, while Sean O’Brien scored 13, 0.7 points shy of his season average.

For the Sycamores, Devonte Brown put together one of his best games of his four-year career. The senior scored 26 points

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on 7-14 shooting from the field and was 12-16 from the free throw line to go along with six rebounds. Brown’s backcourt mate Brenton Scott added 10 points of his own while Khristian Smith had seven prior to fouling out of the game.

One key to that game was how the Indiana State defense held the second leading scorer in the Missouri Valley, Anthony Beane, to just eight points before he fouled out.

Beane’s 19.6 points per game leads a Salukis offense that averages 74.8 points per game, which is the second most in the conference and less than two

points away from the Evansville offense.

Other than their overall records, Indiana State and Southern Illinois find themselves looking similar on paper, but the two statistics that could prove to be a key to a win for either side are the rebounding margin and 3-point shooting.

The Sycamores grab 27.6 defensive rebounds per game, ranking them as the second-best among MVC opponents in that category and have two players that rank in the Top 10 in rebounding.

Junior Everett Clemons’ 6.6 rebounds ranks third in the

MVC and Khristian Smith is pulling down 5.5 rebounds per game, ranking him ninth.

For the Salukis, they snatch 10.7 offensive rebounds per game, which is the third-most in the conference and also have two players in the top 10 in the rebound statistic. Bola Olaniyan averages 8.5 rebounds per game, putting him second in the conference and O’Brien’s 5.8 ranks him seventh.

On the three-point shooting side, Indiana State puts in 7.1 trifectas per game, closely followed by Southern Illinois, who makes 6.7 three pointers.

Like the rebounds per game,

the conference foes each have two players who rank as some of the best in three-point shots made per game.

Scott’s 2.6 and Matt Van Scyoc’s 1.9 three-point shots made per game puts them as the second and seventh best in the Missouri Valley while Beane’s 2.2 and Tyler Smithpeter’s 1.6 puts them in fourth and 12th among other conference 3-point shooters.

Wednesday’s game, which is Greek Night for the ISU Fraternity and Sorority life community, can be seen on ESPN3 and heard on the radio on 95.9 WDKE.

Indiana State women return home this weekend Zach Rainey Reporter

After suffering a loss at the hands of the Illinois State Redbirds, the Indiana State women’s basketball team looks to rebound this weekend as a pair of tough Missouri Valley Conference foes come to town.

In their first contest on Friday night, the Sycamores take on the second place Northern Iowa Panthers, who are 13-9 on the season and 8-3 in conference play.

If you’re looking for a highscoring shootout this probably isn’t the game for you as the Sycamores enter the contest ranked number one in the conference in scoring defense and the Panthers ranked second. Their matchup earlier this season proved to be

just that as both teams were held under their scoring average in the game.

The Panthers secured the win on their home court 53-42 in the first meeting between the two teams this season. For Cierra Ceazer of ISU, it was business as usual, and she had no trouble scoring on the Panthers defense, finishing with 17 for the game to go with her eight rebounds.

It was the supporting cast that struggled in the loss as only two other Sycamores scored more than five points.

The Panthers are led in scoring

by Madison Weekly and Amber Sorenson, who average 17 and 13 points per game respectively.

It was this combo that ultimately killed the Sycamores down the stretch, combining for 27 points and 14 rebounds in the earlier

contest. Weekly is currently second in the conference in scoring behind Drake’s Lizzy Wendell, who ISU sees on Sunday afternoon.

For the season, a good portion of the Panthers’ rebounding is done by 6’3 senior forward Jen Keitel. For the season, Keitel averages six rebounds per game and took advantage of the Sycamores en route to 12 rebounds in the first meeting between the two, with six of those coming on the offensive end.

Expect to see a little more Rhagen Smith in this one in an attempt to negate her presence underneath, who had a career night against the Redbirds Saturday, scoring 14 points and securing four rebounds. The Sycamores will need all the size they can get to discourage Keitel and

avoid a repeat performance.

As for the Drake Bulldogs on Valentine’s Day, they make their way to Terre Haute with a 16-6 record and have been hot since entering conference play, going 9-2 in that stretch. The Bulldogs are the MVC’s first place team as well as its highest scorer, with 80 per game and averaging 10 more than the next team on that list which is Southern Illinois.

They also lead the conference in free throw percentage, field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage, and assists. Rebounding and defense though have been weaknesses of Drake all season.

This team is number one in the conference for a reason, and in their last matchup against the Sycamores, they showed just why with Wendell coming up

with a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds to blow out the Sycamores 80-55 in a game that saw Indiana State trail by just two at halftime.

In the last matchup, three other Bulldogs scored over 10 points. If ISU can lock down on everyone else and force Wendell to be a one-player team and force her into some mistakes, the Sycamores could pull one out in front of the Hulman Center faithful.

Friday’s contest against Northern Iowa begins at 7:05 with Sunday’s game slated for 2:05. Both games can be seen on ESPN3 and heard on-theair locally on 95.9 WDKE. Up next, the Sycamores travel to Illinois to take on two more MVC foes, the Bradley Braves and the Loyola Ramblers.