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Behind the Badges Monday, February 20, 2012 Indiana State University www.indianastatesman.com Volume 119 Issue 57 Chris Sweeney News Editor

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t’s a typical evening on patrol with police officer Sgt. Ian Loomis.

Behind the wheel of his white Lincoln Mercury police car outfitted with a sheet of black cage metal between the backseat and himself, he assesses his equipment: the radio strapped to his hip, the handcuffs on his belt, his shotgun, rifle, laptop computer and stop sticks as he begins his 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. shift.

His inventory is interrupted with a Terre Haute Police dispatcher’s call. Across the city a girl has locked herself inside a bedroom and is threatening to kill herself by slicing her wrists.

Responding with lights and sirens, Loomis arrives within two minutes and meets up with emergency personnel who surround the dilapidated house with four other ISU police officer Sgt. Ian Loomis examines the scene of an accident during an annual emergency drill (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Police/ From page 1 police vehicles, an ambulance and fire truck. Firefighters advise him that the girl inside is a victim of a contagious disease and hand Loomis a breathing mask that he straps on to protect himself from exposure to what emergency responders believe is MRSA. Trained at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, ISU police officers know how to respond to life-and-death situations. In fact, the ISU police department is two-thirds of the way through its effort to become one of the few university police departments in the nation certified by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administration.

On June 17, 2011, the ISU Board of Trustees also granted the university police agency the authority it needs to make arrests off campus and throughout the state. The result of that vote means ISU police officers have more jurisdiction than city and county police agencies, and nearly as much authority as the Indiana State Police.

That’s exactly the way ISU Director of Public Safety Bill Mercier wants the department to be.

“We’re no different than any ordinary department,” Mercier said. “ I am extremely proud of the quality of people we have been able to attract to work for us.”

Mercier, and his Assistant Director Joe Newport have a combined total of 72 years of experience working for city, county and university campus police organizations.

When Mercier arrived at ISU in 2000, his first goal was to organize a general orders manual that would act as the “living document” for the department.

“I wanted to put together a set of standards that would be applied to everyone who wanted to work for Public Safety,” Mercier said. “This was the first step in running things in a standardized professional way.”

“We’re no different than any ordinary department.”

Bill Mercier, ISU Police Chief Top: Sgt. Ian Loomis talks with emergency responders during an annual drill. Below: ISU Police Chief Bill Mercier communicates with officers during an annual drill (ISU Communications and Marketing photos).

After five years of establishing a firm connection with his staff and administration, Mercier began phase two toward his goal of becoming an accredited police department. Now, less than two months into the accreditation process, the department has completed two-thirds of 454 required standards necessary to become accredited.

“My goal is to move forward with this process at the beginning of the summer,” Mercier said. “ISU police officer Corporal Tamera Watts will be acting as a liaison between

the accreditation company and the police department once it begins.”

One of the misconceptions surrounding campus police agencies is that its officers are limited to writing parking tickets and making arrests for minor offenses. But that’s simply not the case. ISU Public Safety’s Investigations Division conducts in-depth investigations into a variety of offenses. Members of the division – like Dave Smith – are highly trained in their respective specialties.

Smith has been with ISU police

for 26 years and has worked as a detective in investigations for five years.

“I don’t think people understand that we’re not just security,” he said. “Our investigations can range from petty theft to murder.”

The ISU Police Department was the lead agency in the investigation of the death of former ISU student Gerald Smith. Smith disappeared in May 2009 after an evening of drinking at the Ballyhoo Tavern in Terre Haute. Smith’s body later surfaced in the Wabash

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“Student involvement and experential learning is an important aspect of the department.”

Joe Newport, ISU Assistant Police Chief Left: An ISU police officer participates in bicycle training. Top: ISU police officers discuss how to proceed during an annual drill. Below: ISU Assistant Police Chief Joe Newport (ISU Communications and Marketing photos).

River, and police concluded he fell from a bridge.

“Student involvement in that case was phenomenal.” Mercier said. “We had so much support from the ISU community that we had to continue finding things for them to do.”

Unlike city or county police agencies, it’s that community involvement that often sets university police agencies apart, Newport said.

The university police agency has a role to help educate students, he said, so student involvement and experiential learning is an important aspect of the department. That’s why

ISU Public Safety relies on student employees to fill the roles of community service officers.

Students who work for the department are not police officers, but go through a threeday “CSO Academy.”

Led by ISU police officers and administrators, the student officers undergo extensive training that includes communication strategy, defensive tactics and medical response basics to prepare them to handle situations that may occur on campus and at campus-related events.

“Being a CSO with this

department is the closest job on campus that you will find where you are able to work and talk with the officers first hand,” said Lieutenant Jeff Bellinger. “It’s a great way to get your foot in the door if you want to pursue a career in law enforcement.”

Community service officers are often the face of ISU Public Safety as they assist students and staff with car troubles, provide security and act as safety escorts as needed.

“It’s not a very s t r e s s f u l job,” said Mara Worton, a community service officer of three years. “I never knew

that applying for this job would open me up to so many different opportunities in my field of study.”

Perhaps the unseen heroes of ISU Public Safety are the dispatchers who find themselves in the midst of every emergency, yet remain oddly disconnected.

Five communication officers work around the clock to monitor campus problems and send assistance to emergencies.

From their perch inside ISU Public Safety offices, they watch the goings on of campus while surrounded by touch screen telephones, ten computer

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monitors and emergency handbooks.

“It’s a high impact, short duration,” said David Neal, an ISU communication officer.

“Sometimes the call seems very long, but they’re usually very short. We just try to get the caller help as fast as we can.”

But their work isn’t limited to ISU. The dispatch office at ISU Public Safety is the back-up agency for the Terre Haute City Police Department.

“If the city becomes too busy, 911 calls that come from the city will be filtered here to the station,” Neal said. “We will act as the emergency responder until a city dispatcher becomes available to finish the call.”

While dispatchers are trained to calmly handle calls for help, there are emergencies that will never be forgotten. That was the case for Neal on July 11, 2011 when the Terre Haute City Police Department limited calls to “rush traffic only” meaning that officers should refrain from using radios unless their request is related to the most current emergency situation.

Five Indiana State University police officers responded to an officer down call shortly after 3:15 p.m.

Later that evening, Indiana State University police officers were standing along with their colleagues from Terre Haute City, Indiana State and Vigo County police agencies when Terre Haute Police Officer Brent Long was pronounced dead from a gunshot he sustained while attempting to serve an arrest warrant.

Cpl. Daniel Parmer, a 2008 ISU graduate, was just one of the ISU police officers who responded to the call. Since then, brothership between officers has never been the same, Parmer said.

“It was definitely felt. We worked really well together as a shift before the shooting happened, but afterward it was different,” he said. “No matter what, we always have each other’s back.”

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Board of Trustees approve a negotiation Jessica Squires Editor-in-Chief

Pioneer Oil Company will begin drilling for oil on Indiana State University’s campus in the near future after the ISU Board of Trustees voted to approve negotiations of a drilling lease.

ISU has been in preliminary conversations with Pioneer Oil Company of Lawrenceville, Ill. to discuss possible arrangements for drilling on ISU property.

The preliminary terms discussed are that upon providing a location fee Pioneer Oil will be allowed to “investigate, explore, drill, develop, operate, produce, market and transport” oil and gas resources on ISU property. The company would provide ISU royalty payments of 15 percent of oil products produced from the property. At the conclusion of the lease Pioneer Oil will be responsible for the removal of materials or any clean up associated with the drilling.

Friday, the trustees approved the preliminary terms discussed with Pioneer Oil and directed Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer Diann McKee to negotiate and execute a contract reflective of the terms as well as an amendment to the original motion that allowed the potential funds brought in from this agreement to be put in

an account separate from ISU’s operating budget.

McKee added that the drilling would be underground ISU’s campus but the tanks would be off-campus near the intersection of 10th and Chestnut streets.

President Daniel J.Bradley mentioned that Pioneer Oil also operates in Vigo County near the Hulman Links area as well as at the University of Southern Indiana.

USI’s vice president for finance and administration Mark Rozewski said there has certainly been no controversy or complaints on their campus 27 months and $800,000 after they began drilling but added that USI varies in many ways from ISU. “USI has over 1,400 acres of land and uses only about 300 of them for academic buildings and student housing. You certainly can’t see the wells from any campus building… In fact, if you didn’t know where they were you might never find them,” Rozewski said.

He mentioned that similar to ISU there were oil wells in the area that became USI’s campus long before USI took up residence on the land.

Bradley stated that drilling first began in the area that is ISU’s campus in the mid 1860s.

Last week, students voiced their concern by protesting outside of Condit House while many

18 action items approved by the trustees:

• Laboratory/course specific fees for the Fall of 2012 • New program specific fees • Modification to academic fees in MBA program • E-Textbook proposed fee text • Hulman Center roof replacement • Staff council bylaws updates • New bank account for processing of international payments • Naming the African American Cultural Center honoring Charlie Brown • Naming of the John W.Moore Welcome Center

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of drilling lease and 18 other action items • Honorary degrees for Spring graduation • Amendment of affirmative action policy to include gender identity • The leap program update • Testing fees for non-ISU students • Negotiation of the oil and gas lease • Update to the staff grievance policy • Update to the staff vacation policy • Structural change to the criminal background check policy • Enhancement of the responsibilities of department chairpersons

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students and staff members talked with Bradley about the issue.

Bradley said that many students were concerned about the impact this move might make on the University’s commitment to carbon neutrality as well as whether or not the drilling would have any destructive effects to campus.

Bradley said that while these things are similar concerns of the university he is confident that Pioneer Oil will respect ISU’s environment to their best capabilities.

“In our investigations and conversations with [Pioneer Oil Company] Diann and I are very satisfied that they are reputably operated and that they will be responsive to our concerns and the concerns of the community,” Bradley said.

While students voiced their concerns, SGA President Nick Utterback was absent from the Board meeting. He said he missed the meeting because he was unaware of the abnormal time for the meeting. Friday’s board meeting was held at 9 a.m. while most meetings are generally held at 3 p.m. While Utterback acknowledged that the time was posted on the meeting agenda, he stated that he assumed that the meeting would be held at the regular time.

He said he believes the administration was wrong in its agreement even though he did not have the opportunity to voice his concerns at the board meeting.

“My level of frustration is enormous,” he said.

In the speech he drafted for the meeting but never got the chance to deliver Utterback discussed the issues of sustainability, campus aesthetics, smell, and his concern with communication between the administration and SGA throughout the discussions of this issue.

He stated that he did not even know about the drilling proposal until he read about the issue in the Tribune-Star article on Thursday. He said that he is frustrated in the university’s actions in regards to the issue.

“It is sad when the SGA president is unaware of an issue until it is in the local newspaper,” Utterback said.

Bradley stated that the issue has been public for two to three weeks. He said the issue was in the current meeting agenda that had been published at least a week before the meeting and was also discussed in the last board meeting.

“People who aren’t looking around tend to feel like they’re being surprised,” Bradley said. “We certainly weren’t trying to surprise anyone.”

Bradley also mentioned that he holds an open office policy and has not heard any comment to his office during the discussion of this issue.

“SGA has a public forum at every board meeting and they chose not to use that this morning,” Bradley said.

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Statesman editorial ISU may be striking gold, but at what cost?

Over a month ago, ISU was looking forward to a greener future.

Our new institute for Community Sustainability (ICS) began seeking answers to the world’s dire issues, such as climate change, carbon emissions and peak oil. ISU has been passionate about its intentions to go carbon neutral by 2050, and has been working diligently to reduce emissions since the 1990s.

We were becoming a proactive force in environmental awareness, utilizing our recycling center more than ever, competing in a nationwide competition, Recyclemania, and saving over $20,000 in the Energy Conservation Competition in 2011.

And the icing on the green cake was a $50,000 wind turbine project, which would be funded by President Daniel J. Bradley’s Strategic Plan and ISU’s 2010 Climate Action Plan.

It seemed, given all of those positives, that we were taking huge strides in the right direction, not only protecting our environment but keeping the students involved, as well. Then ISU Board of Trustees approved negotiating a lease with Pioneer Oil Company, allowing the Illinois-based business to drill for oil on university grounds.

Diann McKee, vice president of business and finance affairs, said in a Statesman article Friday that while students might be concerned, “nothing about campus will be damaged in any way.”

However, President Bradley added that there will, in fact, be noise and bright lights during the drilling process. Is the university suggesting that there will be smoke, but no fire?

President Bradley also stated that the university is just the “resource owner” and that drilling should have no affect on ISU’s goal to be carbon neutral in 38 years.

In President Bradley’s eyes, we’re doing our country a favor.

“Every barrel we produce here in Terre Haute is one less barrel they got to load on a ship and bring to Houston to be put in a truck to be delivered up here,” Bradley said in Friday’s article. “You could make a pretty good argument that this should reduce the amount of CO2 that goes in the air.”

So, in the battle on oil dependency, it’s acceptable for us to deal as long as we’re not using. We can be the university that preaches sustainability, but that doesn’t have to stop us from enabling everyone else.

The biggest threat the oil lease poses is to the student/faculty/university relationship. Students, along with faculty members, held very active roles in the sustainability movement last month, participating in Recyclemania and collecting data for the wind turbine project. But for this venture, they had to discover news of the lease through the Tribune Star.

This is a huge step backward, considering all of the work the ICS has poured into transforming our university into an eco-friendly campus. The idea that ISU promises “more from day one” doesn’t solely apply to education, because we give more back to the world too. But how are we expected to uphold that guarantee if the community is left out of the loop?

Perhaps we’ll have to direct that question to President Bradley’s office phone.

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PETA picks the wrong battle In 2001, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) held a protest against hunting in New Jersey, making the case that deer had the right to live. Two of the members hit a deer which had run out on to the highway on their way back from the protest. The PETA members then notified the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife that they intended to sue for damages and injuries, because the Division was responsible for the accident due to some of their programs implemented to “increase deer population.”

For years, Clay Logan, who owns Clay’s Corner store in North Carolina, has lowered a possum in a transparent box down from a tree every New Year’s Eve as a light-hearted homage to the famous ball drop in New York City. PETA invested time and money to tell the NC Wildlife Resources Commission to stop the act because Logan does not possess the right permit and fails to meet the state’s mandate of “humane” treatment of animals.

The stories are ridiculous, but, unfortunately, not rare. They exemplify what has become, for most Americans, a source of amusement. When people hear PETA mentioned in the news or see it in a headline, they expect it to be followed by some baseless lawsuit or off-the-wall statement. This cultural trend is ill-fated because, although PETA’s intent may be noble, its methods and resources are misguided and wasted.

PETA’s latest news-maker was a commercial promoting veganism. The commercial opens with a shot of a woman limping, wearing a neck brace, with her left eye a little blackened. She then goes to the store, buys some vegetables and throws them at her boyfriend.

The narrator explains, “This is Jessica. She suffers from BWVAKTBOOM [Boyfriend Went Vegan and Knocked the Bottom Out of Me].” In case you’re confused, “Knocked the Bottom Out of Me” does not refer to domestic abuse, like the neck brace and bruises suggests, but enhanced sexual

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stamina that some research shows comes from a vegan diet.

The narrator goes on to say that BWVATKBOOM is “a painful condition that occurs when boyfriends go vegan and can suddenly bring it like a tantric porn star.”

Not only is this commercial extremely juvenile and immature—“…bring it like a tantric porn star”—it also appears to make fun of a serious issue, domestic abuse.

Michael Learmoth, digital editor of Advertising Age, said in a Yahoo! interview that while they are going for shock value, PETA’s commercial is “bad judgment.”

PETA’s also brought in an A-list celebrity to attack the food industry.

On their website’s homepage, there’s a link to a video called “Meet Your Meat,” which brings to light all of the horrors of the food industry.

And they are horrors—chickens, crippled because their legs could not bear the weight of the rapid, unnatural weight gain resulting from hormones, spend the rest of their lives sitting in their own feces. Pigs are slaughtered carelessly, squealing as their throats are slit with no precision, leaving them to die a very slow, tormented death full of painful convulsions.

But what is PETA’s answer to this problem? As Alec Baldwin says in his silky smooth narration: “Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for the animals. Do it for the environment. And do it for your health.” Will that really solve the problem?

How many people, despite seeing the horrific and disgusting videos of commercialized slaughtering, will stop eating meat altogether?

Instead of promoting a radical change that will not put a dent in the food industry’s wallet, why doesn’t PETA instead promote local businesses and farmers, who allow the animals to move and eat like they are naturally inclined, and are not as careless as minimum-wage hired help?

As Bill Lamb, a pundit for Louisiana’s WDRB, puts it, PETA is “irrational, ineffective and rude.”

PETA had a chance with this video to stop the torment of animals in the food industry.

Instead, they may have made a small amount of people try out vegetarianism, while the food industry is laughing all the way to the bank.

“How many people, despite seeing the horrific and disgusting videos of commercialized slaughtering, will stop eating meat altogether?”

Lifeline bill helps young adults learn from mistakes Last month, the Indiana Statesman ran an article about the Indiana Lifeline Bill and its provisions. In the legislative process, however bills go through a series of amendment opportunities and this bill is no exception. The Lifeline Bill has since been amended, so I’ve got an update on it for you.

At this point, the SB 274 (as the Indiana Lifeline Bill is officially called) has passed both the House and the Senate. However, since the bill was amended in the House, it must return to the Senate (known as the house of origin) so that the amendment can either be accepted or rejected.

If the author of the bill chooses not to accept the amendments in the House, a conference committee will be scheduled to resolve the differences between the version that passed the House and the version that passed the Senate. This would not likely happen until after bills have finished with the second chamber, so probably not until next month. If the Senate approves the changes made in the House, then the bill will go to the governor for his signature.

The current bill has some changes from the original bill; it’s now slightly more than a page long. It’s short, sweet and to the point: protecting underage drinkers whose health may be in danger. According to the updated bill, any person underage who wishes to be affected by this bill must either request emergency medical assistance for themselves or work with someone else to request emergency medical assistance. This means that if you drink underage and are in danger of alcohol poisoning, you can get emergency medical help and be subject to the other provisions of the bill, which I’ll

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get to in a moment. This would also apply to underage drinkers who are not in danger of alcohol poisoning themselves, but are with a friend who is. They would be able to call for emergency services for their friend and fall under the provisions of the bill.

The provisions that would encourage students to contact emergency services involve immunity from criminal prosecution as an intoxicated person under age. However, the bill is very specific about how to qualify for this protection. Individuals must cooperate with emergency assistance as well as the police, which include providing their name and any other relevant information. If they are requesting help for their friend, they must remain at the scene until emergency assistance arrives. Additionally, if the police officer arrives at a party due to a noise complaint or something similar and underage drinkers are present, they cannot simply request emergency assistance to avoid the consequences.

Despite these qualifications, this bill is important for the safety of college students who drink illegally. After this bill passes, students will not have to fear criminal prosecution if their friend is in danger and they get emergency help to save their friend’s life. Alcohol poisoning is a serious problem for students who do not drink responsibly, and giving students the ability to help their friends who over-consume without fear of repercussion. While obviously students should not be drinking underage or drinking to excess, it does happen and this is a great way to protect the lives of those students. Everyone makes mistakes and it is important to allow people the opportunity to learn from those mistakes and change their behavior.

“...this bill is important for the safety of college students who drink illegally.”

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Students get down Mardi Gras style

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Multiculturalism on Campus Tuesday 3:30–5 p.m.

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A caricature artist, fortune teller and balloon animal specialist offered their talents during the Mardi Gras Valentine’s Day celebration held in the Dedes Thursday night. ISU students also took the stage and performed live music for the event (Photos by Kacie Daugherty).

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Live music filled the air as bright decorations hung above students celebrating a Mardi Gras-themed Valentine’s Day Thursday night in the Dedes.

Collaborated by Spotlight Entertainment and the Indiana State University Union Board, the Mardi Gras celebration included a fortune teller, a caricature artist and the opportunity to make and receive personal valentines and balloon animals.

Lines grew quickly for each activity station as student attendance increased throughout the evening.

Brandon May, a freshman nursing major, waited in line for the fortune teller for over half an hour but did not complain.

“I came out to have fun, so that’s what I’m going to do,” May said.

Live entertainment was also provided.

The line-up included ISU’s steel drum band, a jazz performance and

student musicians, including freshman accounting major Clarence Young, sophomore nursing major Andrew Miller and sophomore business administration major Christian Chapman.

“A lot of these bands were personal contacts that we worked with before,” said sophomore public relations major and Spotlight Entertainment member, John Rudy. “We did a lot of Facebook outreach with them. They were really nice about everything.”

Freshman communication major Elle Humbert worked alongside Rudy while booking the bands.

“We wanted to get the steel drum band and the jazz combo specifically to add to the New Orleans vibe of the event,” Humbert said.

Coinciding with the theme, jambalaya and rice were on the menu for the night.

Cupcakes and lemon bars were also provided.

“I had a lot of fun tonight,” freshman communication major Victoria Pachauer said. “It was worth coming here.”

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Concert held in honor of Bradley

Joshua Ayala Reporter

Bright tones resonated from brass pipes beneath the marimba’s rose wood keyboard to begin the first annual President’s concert Friday night in Recital Hall.

The School of Music hosted the concert in honor of the student performers, President Bradley and organizations and individuals who donated to various scholarships and initiatives in the School of Music within the last year.

The man holding the sticks above the marimba was senior music education major Nathan Cobel. “[What] I will remember the most is getting help disassembling and assembling the marimba and having to carry it up and down the stairs,” Cobel said after his solo performance.

Cooperation went beyond the moving of large and awkward instruments as junior music education major Anna

Buck pointed out. “Before going on stage to perform every performer would encourage each other,” Buck said. “It helped each performer get ready for their performance.”

At the concert, Buck performed ‘Les Roses D’ Ispahan,’ a piece originally sung

by Gabriel Faure.

The concert continued with performances by Emily Morris, Yurie Uto, Janelle R. Huber, Nicholas Pine, Zachary Modjeski, Mary Doll, Sean Carey, Tammy Riker, Anna Buck and Taylor Hanson.

Morris, a junior music education major and soprano singer, performed a piece called, ‘Music When Soft Voices Die.’ “In every performance, I make myself a character with the music. I will put all my emotions and feelings inside the music and begin singing,” Morris said.

The President’s concert will be held again next year, and will include some Performers of the night included Emily Morris, Yurie Uto, Janelle R. Huber, Nicholas Pine, returning students as well as newly Zachary Modjeski, Mary Doll, Sean Carey, Tammy Riker, Anna Buck and Taylor Hanson (Photo chosen ones. courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Upcoming Events Men’s Basketball Saturday at Hulman Center 4:05 p.m. vs. Creighton University

Women’s Basketball Friday at Hulman Center 7:05 p.m. vs.

Missouri State University Sunday at Hulman Center 3:05 p.m. vs.

Wichita State University

Baseball Friday-Saturday at Huntsville, Ala. Bulldog Classic

Softball Saturday-Sunday at Huntsville, Ala. Western Kentucky Tournament

Track and Field Friday at Des Moines, Iowa. 2012 Indoor Missouri Valley Conference Meet

Junior thrower Brandon Pounds (right) prepares to throw. Pounds is the new ISU men’s weight thrower holder at a distance of 70’8.5”. Senior high jumper Major Clay (left) clears the bar. Clay improved on his previous record with a clearance of 7’5”.

Thomas Beeler Reporter

This past Friday the men’s Indiana State track and field team continued their season of great performances with two broken school records at the Eastern Illinois Friday Night Special.

Junior Brandon Pounds broke the seven year old men’s 35Ib weight throw record and established a new personal best with a distance of 21.55 meters (70’ 8.5”). Pounds beat out the past record set by Jason Carruthers in 2005.

Senior Major Clay set another new school record and personal best by leaping 2.26 meters (7’ 5”) and winning the competition. This passes his previous height of 2.25 meters (7’ 4.5”) he cleared in 2011 and tied with the record set by Steven Smith in 1991.

After Pound’s toss Friday he now has signed his ticket for the NCAA Division I championships along with Clay, who hit the automatic mark at the team’s meet against Purdue. Others among the national

ranked list are senior Ernest Rollins sitting 21st in the triple jump and sophomore Greggmar Swift is 12th in the 60m hurdles.

The success continued throughout the competition with Swift adding another win to his 2011 – 2012 hurdle season. Swift ran the fifth best time in school history, 7.77 seconds, in the finals of the 55 meter hurdles. Sophomores Duane Brown and Maurice Lyke also advanced to finals Friday.

Brown ran 7.53 seconds tying the 11th best time at ISU and placed him second while Lyke finished with a time of 7.66 seconds and fifth overall.

Lyke also competed in the long jump Friday placing second with a distance of 7.21 meters (23’ 8”). Sophomore Chris Fields threw 16.08 meters (52’ 9.25”) in the men’s shot put. Freshmen Jonathan Christensen and sophomore Jamal Hampton also competed in the high jump placing second and eighth. Christensen jumped 2.05 meters (6’ 8.75”) and Hampton leaped 1.93 meter (6’ 4”).

In other events on the track, sophomore Devin

Price and freshmen Ray Humphrey both advanced to the 55 meter sprint finals. Price finished 13th running 6.57 second and Hunphrey 14th with a time of 6.61 seconds. In the 200 meters dash junior Justin Braxton was fifth running 22.53 seconds.

Freshmen Ryan Hendrickson ran the 400 meters in 51.58 seconds finishing seventh.

In the pole vault senior Steven Swinford established a new personal best by clearing 4.99 meters (16’ 4.5”) placing sixth. Junior Tucker Field cleared 4.74 meters (15’ 6.5”) finishing seventh while freshmen Wes Schenk placed eighth clearing 4.59 meters (15’ 0.75”).

The Sycamores are doing some final tune ups before their 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships being held at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The competition will be February 25 through 26.

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Junior thrower Mary Theisen prepares to throw at the EIU meet (Submitted photo).

Thomas Beeler Reporter

The Sycamore’s women track and field team is tightening up before their 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship competition this week. The team competed in the EIU Friday Night Special this past Friday.

The Sycamores took no time setting tone as Junior Felisha Johnson captured a win in the women’s 20Ib weight throw with a throw of 21.29 meters (69’ 10.25”). Johnson has hit the automatic mark in the women weight throw and currently sits in second place nationally behind Southern Illinois’ Jeneva McCall. In addition Johnson will make the trip for the shot put competition she currently sits at 11th in the nation. Junior Kasey Kahle placed sixth in the competition with a distance of 16.79 meters (55’ 05”).

Also on the throwing side Junior Mary Theisen added her first win as a Sycamore in the shot put by throwing 15.93 meters (52’ 03”) with Johnson following in second with a throw of 15.83 meters (51’ 11”) in the finals. Theisen is 28th after this week’s past meet. Senior Tara Pergio made her mark on the field by throwing 14.02 meters (46’ 00”) finishing sixth.

On the track, sophomore Valerie Burns won the 3000 meter run with a time of 10:15.84 with a six second lead. Also other distance runners were senior Kristy Twitchell finished second in the 600 meters by six hundredths of a second.

Her finishing time was 1:39.56. Junior Kalli Dalton and senior Kacie Klem placed fourth and fifth in the 800 meters. Dalton ran a personal best of 2:18.85 and Klem’s time was 2:19.01. In

the mile junior Hanna Mercer placed 10th in 5:17.72 and Toni Tillet was seventh in the 400 meters clocking in at 1:01.34.

In the hurdles, freshmen Carmelia Stewart finished fifth,l but as the top Division I athlete in the 55 meter hurdle. Her time was 8.20 seconds just missing the school record of 8.18 second set in 1996. Also other Sycamores who made the finals in the hurdles were senior Sarah Snapp running 8.48 seconds placing eighth, freshmen Taylor Gilles finishing 10th with a time of 8.57 seconds and Brittany Housel who placed 13th in 8.83 seconds. In the sprints, freshmen Ja’liza Prophet finished eighth in the 55 meters with a time of 7.35 seconds and 16th in the 200 meters timing in at 27.09 seconds.

In the high jump senior Nikki Snearley, sophomore Racheal Johnson, freshmen Katie Bekavac all placed. Snearley and Johnson both cleared 1.63 meters (5’ 4.25”) finishing second and fourth with Bekavac placing 10th jumping 1.55 meters (5’ 1”).

Senior Nicole Hope and junior Richelle Kimble tied for third with both clearing 4.03 meters (13’ 2.5”) in the pole vault. In the women’s pole vault national rankings, Hope is sitting at 22nd and Kimble 29th. Sophomore Hannah McKnight cleared her personal best 3.43 meters (11’ 3”).

Sophomore Shelby Higginbottom was fifth in the long jump jumping 5.34 meters (17’ 6.25”).

This upcoming week the team is preparing for the MVC championships were they will be against some very competitive teams and athletes.

They leave for the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa and will be competing February 24 through 25.

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Butler defeats the Sycamores in Sears Bracketbusters Derek Johnson Reporter

The Indiana State Sycamores were defeated on the road, 75-54, by the Butler Bulldogs Saturday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

“They were more ready to play. They came out with more of a sense of urgency. They competed harder.” Indiana State head coach, Greg Lansing, said. “We just came out like we weren’t ready to go.”

Sophomore forward, RJ Mahurin, started for the Sycamores in place of senior forward, Carl Richard, who was sidelined for Saturday’s game with the flu. Mahurin provided a spark for the Sycamores and scored a career-high 22 points and connected on four of his six 3-point attempts. Senior guard, Dwayne Lathan, added 10 points to go along with five rebounds.

Butler was led by a balanced offensive attack, tallying five players scoring in double-digits. Butler junior center, Andrew Smith, led the Bulldogs with 12 points to go along with 5 rebounds.

With the loss ISU drops their record to 16-12 overall, while

remaining 7-9 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Butler, however, improves to 17-12 overall and remains 10-6 in the Horizon League.

The Sycamores found themselves trailing early in the game as Butler freshman forward, Roosevelt Jones, drove to the basket and scored just 14 seconds into the game, igniting a 7-2 run for the Bulldogs. Butler’s lead grew to as many as 15 points in the first half thanks to a layup from sophomore forward Erik Fromm, at the 10:10 mark, giving the Bulldogs a 23-8 lead.

Indiana State senior guard Jordan Printy buried a 3-pointer at the 9:02 mark to cut the deficit to 12 and ISU sparked a run of their own. ISU would go on a 14-5 run over the next five minutes thanks to three field goals, including two 3-pointers from Mahurin, cutting the Bulldog lead to just seven with 5:55 left in the first half.

Despite a strong comeback attempt to close the half from the Sycamores, the Bulldogs were, again, able to extend their lead.

The Sycamores trailed by 10, 27-37, as the teams entered their respective locker rooms at halftime.

“I felt like we were getting to the basket, but not finishing

strong.” Indiana State head coach, Greg Lansing, said. “At the other end, Butler was finishing strong and drawing fouls and all those things.”

The Bulldogs would continue their hot shooting in the second half, shooting 48 percent from the field in the final period, as well as nearly doubling the Sycamores on the glass by a rebounding margin of 43-28 for the game.

With 8:17 remaining in the game, Butler freshman guard, Jackson Aldridge, was fouled and converted on two free throws to give the Bulldogs a 65-42 lead, their largest of the game. Sycamore sophomore guard, Lucas Eitel, scored, thanks to an assist from Lathan, with just under four minutes remaining on the game clock that would cut the deficit to 14, but Butler answered with a 3-pointer to stretch the lead back out to 17 for the Bulldogs, diminishing any hopes for a comeback from the Sycamores.

The Sycamores will be back in action Wednesday, February 22 when they travel to Springfield, Missouri to take on the Missouri State Bears. Tip-off is set for 8:05 p.m.

Schoen all time leader in threes despite MVC losses Jaylyn Brown Reporter

ISU vs. Drake University The Indiana state women’s basketball team did not cease to overcome Drake in a 60-43 loss.

This leaves the Sycamores record at 12-13 in the season and 6-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Throughout the game, the Sycamores struggled from the field with an overall shooting of 29.1%. Senior forward Deja Mattox fought to keep the Sycamores a float by shooting 5-7 from the field.

She was also the leading scorer for team with a total of 11 points.

Another leading scorer was sophomore guard Anna Munn who had a total of eight points.

The Bulldogs overall shooting from the field was 46.3% making 25 of 54 shots. Their leading scorer was Rachael Hackbarth who scored a total of 20 points. She had 13 rebounds and was the force

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During the first half, senior guard Brittany Schoen scored two three-pointers which allowed her to tie Kelsey Luna’s school record of 263 over her career. However, at the end of the first half the Sycamores trailed 32-19.

After the break, there were signs of hope when the Sycamores came within four points of the Bulldogs with a score of 38-34. At this point, the Sycamores had gone on a 6-0 run, but that quickly changed when Drake’s Morgan Reid scored two consecutive layups. This pushed the Bulldogs into a 12-0 run, which caused the Bulldogs to take the lead 50-34. The overall shooting from the field in this half was 26.7%, only making eight of 30 shots.

ISU vs. Creighton University Schoen moved to the number one spot on the ISU women’s basketball all-time career three pointer list following ISU’s loss to

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The previous record holder was Kelsey Luna at 263. Schoen’s 264 career three pointers also ranked her fifth in the history Missouri Valley Conferecne.

The Sycamores were led by Munn with 10 points. The Bluejays were led by Carli Tritz and Sarah Nelson with 18 and 15 respectively.

The loss dropped the Sycamores overall record to 12-14, 6-8 in the MVC. Following a tied game at 15 the Bluejays began to pull away with their biggest lead of the half, 29-19, before the half.

The Sycamores managed to close the deficit to four by halftime.

The Bluejays picked up momentum at the start of the second half and increased their lead to twenty-one, 54-33, with 6:54 remaining in the second half before going on for the win.

The next game for the Sycamores is February 24 against Missouri State at the Hulman center. The game is scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m.

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ISU Coach named MMA Heavyweight Champion

Indiana State University Strength and Conditioning Coach David McMannus won the ICF Heavyweight Title Bout Saturday night at the Indiana National Guard Armory Saturday night. McMannus defeated opponent Kevin Sam in three rounds (Photo by Kyle Seeley).

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