Febuary 8, 2012

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Warmer weather more than trends

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Indiana State University www.indianastatesman.com Volume 119 Issue 52

PE 101 offers water aerobics in lab course

Students use paddle boards while participating in water aerobics class (Photo by Jamie Nichols).

Ernest Rollins Sports editor

The first thing that comes to mind for many when pool and physical activity are in the same sentence is swimming laps. The instructors for PE 101 lab courses seek to debunk that misconception by offering water aerobics as an option for Indiana State University students this semester.

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Pictures of trees from this time this year and this time in years past show the contrast between the weather this winter compared to the past (Statesman file photos).

ISU geology professor and climatologist Greg Bierly comments on the warm winter that has left students baffled.

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Students disagree with pending Google privacy policy

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A new privacy policy is being presented for Google.

The policy will be able to compile the computer activities of every user who logs in and uses any Google service.

With the compiled information, Google says it will be able to conduct better searches for individuals and produce the results that are most pertinent. A search yielding more adequate results is only one of the benefits Google expects to gain from this policy.

It will also be able to work with one’s schedule and inform people of meetings and if they are running on time.

“Although people complain about this new privacy policy, it is doubtful that it will affect their use of the product. Google has engrained itself into our life and become a household name,” said Yancy Philips, director of the Office of Information Technology.

The company has admitted that with the gathered information, it will be able to target users with more appropriate advertisements.

“They mention that it is in the best interest of the visitor to have more relevant ads, which is only to increase their profits from advertising,” said freshman accounting major Dan Ferguson.

Google’s revenue depends on its advertisements, so directing relevant ads at individuals could improve user approval and increase revenue.

“I feel like the privacy policy that is to be installed by Google is just one more step towards less privacy online. I feel it is a slippery slope that many online websites are going through,” Ferguson said.

Less privacy is an issue with the new policy, but Google has stated that they will not sell personal information nor share it without the permission of individuals.

“Of course they say that now, but just as this privacy policy change is in the name of money, what is it to say that they will not further change this policy for their own ends,” Ferguson said.

It’s just one more scheme to make money at the expense of the privacy of the people.”

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Leadership conference provides real world experience for students Britany Dean

ISU Communications and Marketing

A group of 47 Indiana State University students recently traveled to Kansas City, Mo. for the nation’s largest conference focused on nonprofit sector workforce development.

Nearly 800 people attended the 2012 Alliance Management/Leadership Institute. In addition to college students, attendees included campus directors, faculty members, nonprofit partners and professionals, volunteers and AmeriCorps members. ISU’s contingent was the largest group of students among nearly 60 college campuses attending the event.

Stephanie Jake, a senior education major, attended the institute for the first time.

“AMI provided me with a chance to hear the stories of nonprofit professionals and relate them to my life and my goals,” Jake said.

Featured speakers included chief executives of Boy Scouts of America, Youth Volunteer Corps, Camp Fire USA and YMCA of the USA. Along with networking opportunities, students took part in workshops on various topics including strategic and financial planning, diversity and ethics in the workplace and strategies of social media.

Students spent one day of the three-day event partnering with Kansas City area nonprofit agencies to help solve issues within the organizations through problem-based community engagement and servicelearning.

Jessica Cox and Beth Booher, senior recreation management and youth leadership majors, completed their case study with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City. Their group’s goal was to

improve Bowl for Kids’ Sake; one of the organizations biggest fundraising events.

“We suggested that they show testimonials by the kids involved telling about how the organization has changed their lives in order to make the event more about the kids,” Booher said. “The case study helped show me how much money and time that is takes to

plan an event. It was more than I thought.”

Cox said she liked being able to sit down with an organization and use skills learned in class to help solve a real-world issue.

Students were also encouraged to attend the expo where they learned more about becoming a Certified Nonprofit Professional and had on-site interviews.

“I was offered internship opportunities with Camp Adventure, an international nonprofit organization that partners with U.S. military installations abroad, and

the YMCA in Bloomington, Ind.,” Booher said.

Zack Hurst, senior sport management major, met Joseph King, former director of development with the United States Olympic Committee. With King’s help, Hurst is pursuing a summer internship with the committee.

Professor Nathan Schaumleffel, campus/executive director of the ISU Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Program, has taken students on this trip annually for four years.

This year, Bob Mazzuca, chief scout executive with the Boy Scouts, and Jim Terry, assistant chief scout executive, recognized Schaumleffel as the first recipient of the Boy Scouts’ H. Roe Bartle Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Training Award.

“It was a real honor to receive the award from the chief scout executive, and it was very special to have shared that moment with my group of students,” Schaumleffel said.

The Alliance Management/Leadership Institute is a requirement for completion of the Nonprofit Leadership Certification program offered at ISU. Morgan Wiggs, senior recreation management and youth leadership major, served as trip coordinator for the conference.

“All of the planning and preparation that we did as a class and as a student organization leading up to AMI 2012 was well worth the one hour of academic credit we received,” Wiggs said.

Although students need to attend only once, several students are participating in the Nonprofit Leadership Student Association Fundraising Committee’s annual fund drive.

“I plan on moving to Atlanta after graduation so AMI will give me an opportunity to network with nonprofits in the area before I move,” Jake said.

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Police Blotter Feb. 3

At 2:08 a.m., possession of marijuana and paraphernalia were reported at lot A. At 11:42 a.m., theft was reported in lot 9.

At 3:09 p.m., criminal mischief and theft were reported at the John T. Myers Technology Center.

At 4:02 p.m., a disturbance was reported at the science building.

At 7:00 p.m., a found item was returned to its owner at the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

At 7:40 p.m., criminal mischief was reported at Fairbanks Hall.

At 11:58 p.m., housing/other offenses were reported at Blumberg Hall.

Feb. 4

At 12:44 a.m., possession of alcohol on campus was reported at Sandison Hall.

At3:28 a.m., public intoxication was reported at N. Seventh Street and Larry Bird Avenue.

Feb. 5

Emergency Contact References

Feb. 6

Indiana State University Police Department 210 N. Sixth St. Indiana State University Terre Haute, Ind. 47809

At 10:07 a.m., theft was reported at the Dede Plaza.

At 1:47 a.m., operating a vehicle while intoxicated was reported off campus.

At 5:47 p.m., a property damage accident was reported at lot 9.

At 11:41 p.m., a suicide threat was reported at Lincoln Quads.

At 1:38 a.m., driving while suspended was reported off campus.

At 2:48 a.m., a suicide threat was reported at the University Apartments.

At 10:14 a.m., theft was reported at the Health and Human Performance building.

At 12:25 p.m., motor vehicle theft was reported at 400 Block Chestnut.

At 6:32 p.m., criminal mischief was reported at Lincoln Quads.

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Student Affairs divided: Blame it on the alcohol

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It is the end of September 2011, Homecoming is on the horizon and ISU Student Affairs is throwing a 21st birthday bash.

Cupcakes, games and prizes are handed out. Students and ISU officials mingle, laugh and let loose. Looking around, one would feel that the event is certainly a celebration.

But, in fact, there’s a guest missing from the festivities: alcohol.

Student Affairs, the Student Government Association and Student Health Promotion are using the memorable milestone as a means to promote alcohol abstinence.

In addition to the event, ISU will send prospective 21-year-olds a card on their birthdays, encouraging those students to avoid drinking and practice healthy alternatives.

Fast forward to Friday, February 3, 2012. Student Affairs is, yet again, throwing another party. But at this event, alcohol is a welcomed attendee.

The “Bachelor of Death” murder mystery/leadership dinner is a bit of a contradiction to ISU’s dry campus because it’s providing

a cash bar—or at least that’s what SGA President Nick Utterback believes.

Utterback stated in our article Sunday that the university “shouldn’t be promoting alcohol at events” and that the SGA won’t support the use of cash bars.

One would assume that Student Affairs is in agreement, right? But such is not the case. President Daniel J. Bradley, who was in attendance at the dinner, also stated in our article “if people are old enough to buy alcohol legally, then they can.”

Associate vice president of Student Affairs Nolan Davis agreed with Bradley, adding that it would be unrealistic to ignore that students drink.

So…it’s okay to consume alcohol as long as it’s not our 21rst birthday and we’re established student leaders?

When it comes to student health and safety, mixed messages within the same department only distracts us from the heart of the matter. Regardless of where Student Affairs officials stand, they need to stand together.

“Regardless of where Student Affairs officials stand, they need to stand together.”

Daniel J. Bradley ISU President Parsons Hall 208 Terre Haute, IN 47809 (812) 237-4000

Carmen T. Tillery Dean of Students & VP for Student Affairs Parsons Hall 203 Terre Haute, IN 47809 (812) 237-8111

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Readers speak out:

In reference to ‘Right-to-Work bill passes’ Dear editor: The recent article on the Right to Work measure that passed the General Assembly recently was very uninformed and biased.

First off, the current legislative session is set to end on Mach 14, not the end of April. Bob Heaton is also not a former ISU employee; he is an ISU alumnus who played on the basketball team with Larry Bird.

The biggest fault in this article was the amount of bias displayed. Rep. Kersey and another candidate running against Rep. Heaton are quoted and interviewed, but there is no one pro-Right to Work from Terre Haute that is mentioned in the article in the same capacity. There is also only one quote from Speaker Bosma used.

The pluses of right to work are glanced over, whereas the proposed problems are given plenty of room to be discussed. As a news piece, impartiality is expected, and this amount of bias should be in the opinions section, not the news section.

Sincerely, Nathan Dreyling Freshman Political Science/Language Studies major

It’s Chrysler time, America Super Bowl fans were in for an array of entertainment Sunday night. A nail-biting game between the Patriots and Giants, Madonna’s message of world peace (or gladiator-themed crotch-flashing) and hilarious commercials didn’t disappoint.

But what viewers weren’t expecting, however, was an empowering pep-talk from Dirty Harry himself, Clint Eastwood.

Eastwood easily upstaged President Barack Obama in his twominute speech, citing the uncertainty and defeat Americans are feeling, especially those in the automobile industry.

But “all that matters now,” Eastwood said, “is what’s ahead. How do we come from behind? How do we come together? And how do we win?”

Apparently, we come together and win by purchasing a Chrysler.

Perhaps, the ad drew so many comparisons to a political campaign or speech because it had all of the same bells and whistles.

Politicians, typically, are quite good at schmoozing the voters.

A politician is often filmed in casual dress walking around in the “heartland of America” (although the heartland changes depending on demographic). They tell the voters that the nation is weak, and then they persuade those voters that they have the power to fix it, convincing them that the candidate truly cares about the country.

All to the tune of some epic ballad in the background, meant to provoke emotion and dramatize.

Eastwood was our politician Sunday; only instead of solely selling us empty solutions to the nation’s woes, he was selling us a car. He took us through the streets of Detroit, and told us we were a defeated country, battered and shaken by our economy.

But we were so entranced by his celebrity and the photo display of determined faces, we forgot about the product placement.

While I respect Eastwood’s work in show business, I highly doubt the guy is truly concerned with America’s “halftime.” Coming from a man who’s resting comfortably on his mountainous pile of money, I can’t take his “rise from the ashes like a phoenix” mantra seriously. Just because he’s played and directed the “working man” in his films, doesn’t mean he understands one.

Brianne Hofmann Write and Wrong

Drug testing bill fails to reform welfare system How many of you remember the random drug tests of high school?

At my school, anyone involved in sports or other extra-curricular activities had to be part of the program.

Random tests were held a few times a semester, and you never knew who was Aurora going to be called to walk Dreyling down to the nurse’s office. it seemed that The Pink Ironically, students least likely to do drugs were Elephant actually often tested. For example, I was drug tested twice over two years. The idea was that the threat of being tested would discourage drug use for those who wanted to participate in extracurricular activities.

This principle is being applied across the country by states to welfare programs. It is one thing to spend your own money on drugs and other things that are bad for you, but quite another for the state to subsidize it. In an attempt to restrict state money to people genuinely trying to make their lives better, the House of Representatives recently passed House Bill 1007 ,which would do just that: require drug testing for welfare recipients.

Drug testing under this law would not be administered to every single person that walks into the TANF office to receive benefits. Instead, FSSA would create a random drug testing program as well as drug testing for those under reasonable suspicion. The penalties for failing a reasonably suspected test are stronger than the penalties for failing a random test. This method cuts costs that would be incurred from testing every individual receiving welfare benefits and maintains the effectiveness of the program.

And there’s an additional twist to this story. On a second reading, one of

the Democrat representatives offered an amendment that was accepted. This amendment also required state lawmakers to submit to drug testing. Each year, half of lawmakers would randomly be tested.

Penalties for failing a test involve many of the resources that help lawmakers do their jobs effectively and efficiently, such as the loss of staff members.

House Bill 1007 is sponsored by no less than 55 Representatives—over half the Assembly. The bill passed the House 73-23 on the last day of January. Next it will go to the Senate, and the bill could be amended before or after it is passed in that chamber.

As amusing as the amendment makes this bill, I’m not convinced of its necessity. I do understand the intention of this bill. Too many Americans come to rely on welfare, dooming them to poverty in the long term.

This is not what our welfare system should be about. It should be a temporary measure to help struggling families get back on their feet and gain their independence from the state. There is also a worry that welfare benefits are spent on things that are inappropriate for achieving this goal, such as drugs.

My concern is that this bill does little to actually address those issues.

Yes, drug users should not receive state assistance to fuel their habits. But how many welfare recipients actually do drugs, how many would even be caught under this law and how much money are we ultimately wasting?

I agree that welfare needs to be reformed to better ensure that state money is being spent to truly help those in need. However, restricting how that money is spent seems to me to be a more effective way of doing so.

Surely, with today’s technology, there is a way to create a method of payment that denies recipients from spending it on vices such as alcohol and cigarettes. Welfare needs to be reformed, but I am unconvinced that drug testing will solve all its problems.

“It is one thing to spend your own money on drugs ...but quite another for the state to subsidize it.”

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Passengers biggest victims in cruise ship distaster Tiffany Freeman Public Domain

On January 13, 2012, an Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, impacted the seabed and capsized off the coast of Giglio, a small Tuscan island. The Costa cruise line is the Italian branch of the Carnival cruise lines.

According to Yahoo! news and NDTV, the ship had recently embarked from Rome for a 7-day Mediterranean cruise, but as the first dinner was being served, the captain steered the 114,500 ton Concordia closer to Giglio for a keen view of the island. As the ship veered off the authorized course, it collided with submerged rocks and began sinking.

Captain Francesco Schettino was at the helm when the impact occurred.

Supposedly, he attempted to steer the injured ship towards Giglio’s port before beaching the ship on a shallow seabed as the cruise liner continued to lean towards capsizing. More than 4,200 passengers and crew members were onboard at time of impact.

According to a Yahoo! world news article, Schettino’s first plan of action, after assessing the ship’s damage, was to call the marine operations director for Costa Cruises, Roberto Ferranrini, and inform him that the ship had impacted the seabed, and he had “got [him]self into a mess.”

One of my primary actions would have been to give a calming statement to the passengers, who had felt the impact, to avoid chaos and panic; and then let the staff and crew know the by-the-minute details so they would be able to assist with the passengers fear and evacuation.

Instead, Schettino made multiple phone calls to Ferranrini over the next hour and a half (according to Yahoo! news) before evacuating the cruise liner.

Meanwhile, the passengers received a loudspeaker announcement nearly half an hour after the collision, informing them that an “electrical fault [had occurred] in the generators,” according to Lau and Smith, an American honeymoon couple aboard the ship, who spoke with ABC news. The honeymoon couple went on to say that the crewmembers were untrained and ill-equipped to assist in the evacuation

so “it was every man for himself.” Lau and Smith, along with several other passengers assisted themselves in escaping by tying bed sheets into a ladder and climbing off the leaning vessel.

I understand not wanting to panic a crowd of 4,200 people by telling them you’ve hit rocks and are assessing the damage and plan of action, but, on the other hand, when 4,200 people feel the hull jolt into anything submerged, there is going to be panic and confusion, and a desperate desire for reassuring news. Instead, these passengers were lied to about an electrical fault, and were poorly assisted by what should have been a well-trained crew.

To make matters worse, Lau and Smith said that once they reached shore, the survivors were walking around in wet clothes with unattended injuries with still no help from the cruise line or the crew.

The Costa cruise line informed the couple and other survivors, some 16 plus hours later, that “there was nothing they [could] do.” But the Italian police said that since Costa was owned by Carnival, it was “an American problem” and they couldn’t do anything either.

So, with no help from the Italian’s or Carnival and Costa, survivors were abandoned in Rome searching for a way home.

The idea of the cruise ship is that everything is taken care of: the lodging, the meals and the transportation. When the cruise was abruptly canceled, so-tospeak, the surviving passengers had to then scrounge up additional money for hotels, food, transportation, and maybe even a plane ticket date-change-fee.

While Italy and most of the media savvy world focused on Schettino and his “abandoning ship” charges, the survivors, as well as the families of the deceased passengers, were left to deal with their tragic ordeal while they suffered through the aftermath of irresponsible business actions, without the just assistance from Costa and Carnival.

As of January 31, 2012, theglobeandmail. com news stated that the search was officially called off due to the ship slowly sliding off the shallow sea shelf that was supporting it. Seventeen bodies have been recovered, and 16 remain missing.

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Books don’t have to be better than the movies How many times have you read a book, gone to see the movie, and been so disappointed that’s it’s not at all what you expected?

See, I’m not one of those people. I don’t mind if a movie and a book don’t mesh up Amber perfectly. Actually, I kind of expect it.

Jones Some people get Well Read bent out of shape if things aren’t exactly identical from a book that took you two weeks to read. The time difference alone should say, “Hey, sorry, but some stuff just didn’t make the cut.”

Take the recent phenomenon, the Harry Potter movies. I can’t begin to count the number of times I sat in the theater, wand in hand like all of the other twelve-year-old kids, and heard some person complain, “Ugh, her hair was brown in the books, not this dirty blonde color. They got it all wrong.” Never mind that what she said was accurate, her character was the same, her behavior fit the character given, she even had an accent – her hair was the wrong color.

Seriously?

My favorite book of that series was the third, which was the least popular of the movies. I loved it, though.

People got upset that some of the intercharacter feuds were minimalized or about some characters, who, in the long run, really don’t matter, never showed up in the film.

I was amazed that they made a half eagle-half horse fly with one of the characters on his back and made a creature that can suck out a soul really look as menacing as it did. But you know, that’s not nearly as important.

Her hair should have been brown.

Imagine if they would have put

every single detail into the movies.

Do you remember watching the Lord of the Rings? You can’t just watch one on a whim while you eat dinner; no, each movie is a three-hour adventure that you have to either dedicate to or give up halfway through if there’s something else you have to accomplish during your day. For those who haven’t seen or read the Lord of the Rings, consider Star Wars. If you’ve ever tried to watch all of the movies in one day you have some idea of the time I’m talking about spending on movies.

There are some adaptations that are really bad, though. An example: the James Bond movies. The movies might be good, but they are actually adapted from British novels.

The issue, though, is that they don’t follow along with the books that they share names with because the producers hadn’t considered making too many more movies; they shared information from several books into one movie, changing plots later on if the borrowed book was next in line for film.

They are completely inconsistent.

To make it worse, more than one company was making Bond movies, and they apparently didn’t communicate, so in Company A’s film a villain might die at the end while Company B will use the same villain for an upcoming movie. Now THAT is a difficult franchise.

Next time you go to a movie, just consider how much bulk is in the book that you are eagerly anticipating and take some pity on the directors, producers, and actors. They do try to do justice; some things absolutely have to go if you want a manageable film you can watch more than once in a 12hour movie marathon.

So take a deep breath: if the graphics are decent, the actors aren’t horrid, and James Bond doesn’t break out in opera or a tap dance, I think it’ll be just fine.

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Vocal Recital Thursday 11 a.m.

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Got Skills I: Skillful Textbook Note Taking Thursday 12 p.m.

African American Cultural Center

Team Sycamore Racing driver Derick Troxell in one of the team’s dragster at Crossroads Dragway in Terre Haute. Troxell won first place in the dragway’s ET bracket racing season, and in mid-December he won the National Hot Rod Association’s Division 3 Elapsed Time Bracket Driver of the Year award (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Day’Jonnae Riggins Reporter

Junior business finance major Derick Troxell finished off the drag racing season with another award to add to his collection.

Troxell recently received the National Hot Rod Association’s Division 3 Elapsed Time Bracket Driver of the Year award. The NHRA presented the award during a banquet in Indianapolis.

“It’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever won,” Troxell said.

Troxell, one of the two drivers for Indiana State’s Team Sycamore Racing, also won the Super Pro drag racing points series at the Crossroads Dragway in Terre Haute.

Finding time for racing and academics is

tough for Troxell, but he manages, Troxell said.

“It’s tough at times,” Troxell said. “I have to get everything done during the week [for school] and race on the weekends.”

While Troxell enjoys racing, he also enjoys being able to represent his school.

“Racing for ISU and doing what I love makes it all the better,” Troxell said. “And it helps financially. Team Sycamore Racing pays for all the racing that I do.”

Troxell hopes to become a professional NASCAR driver upon graduation.

Racing season begins April and lasts through November for students interested in watching the action. For those interested in joining Team Sycamore Racing, meetings are held every Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the John T. Myers Technology building.

“Racing for ISU and doing what I love makes it all the better.”

Derick Troxell, Junior business finance major and Team Sycamore Racing member

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Wacky weather, what’s up?

Joshua Ayala Reporter

Weather has worked its way into more than just small talk this year as some students vocalize their concern over winter temperatures.

“I like winters where there is snow and ice,” freshman criminology major Cody Adams said.

“This winter season has been disappointing because there is less snow than usual,” freshman sports management major Kyle Garner said.

Garner has lived in Indiana his whole life and says he can recall only one other winter season as mild as this one.

Specialties professor of geology Gregory Bierly thinks he has a clue as to why some students have been snow-deprived this winter.

“The elevated warmth of this winter appears to correspond to positive phases of the North Atlantic and Arctic oscillations,” Bierly said. “This configuration prevents extremely cold air masses from developing immediately north of the U.S., and from penetrating into the Midwest.”

This is quite a contrast to last winter’s weather

scenario, Bierly said. “Last winter the trajectory of airflow had more meanders, and bitter air from much higher latitudes could push into Indiana.”

Operating the Climatology Laboratory, student Michael Hall has acquired regional precipitation and temperatures statistics for previous winters, as well their 30-year averages.

This December’s average temperature was 37.9 degrees. The 30-year average for the region is 31.6 degrees. This January’s average temperature was 32.8 degrees. The 30-year average for the region is 26.5 degrees. This data shows a 6.3 degree increase in temperature this December and January in comparison to an average of the last 30 years.

Precipitation data shows a similar trend as December and January saw a 37 and 32 percent increase, respectively, in precipitation when compared to an average of the last 30 years.

Bierly believes these warmer and wetter conditions will probably continue for the next three months throughout the Midwest.

“If that projection holds, the type of winter we are having presently will persist, and suggests a spring with more severe storms than usual,” Bierly said.

ISU students experienced a much harsher winter last year in comparison to this year’s mild weather (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Briefs Artist debuts Terre Haute photographs at University Art Gallery Large format color photographs from internationally acclaimed artist Andrew Moore’s Terre Haute, Detroit, Russia and Cuba series will be showcased in the exhibition “Andrew Moore: Making History.”

The photographs will be on display Feb. 20 through March 23 at Indiana State University’s Art Gallery in the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, 300 North Seventh Street.

Moore will give an illustrated talk about his work in the center’s recital hall at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21. A reception will follow. The exhibition, talk and reception are free and open to the public. A complimentary exhibition catalog is available to gallery visitors.

He is best known for his thoughtful and vibrant images of Cuba, Russia, Times Square and most recently, Detroit. Last spring, university Curator Barbara Räcker invited Moore to Terre Haute where he photographed rarely seen interiors on the campuses of Indiana State and St. Mary-ofthe-Woods College, the Columbian Home Products factory, the Vigo County Courthouse

and several other historic buildings. This exhibition will debut these photographs.

He was both producer and cinematographer for “How to Draw a Bunny,” a documentary feature on the artist Ray Johnson. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize, and later was named one of the best films of 2002 by New York Magazine. The film will be featured in the University Art Gallery’s media room during the exhibition.

Moore’s photographs are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the George Eastman House and the Library of Congress. He has also been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, New York State Council on the Arts and several private foundations.

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free group tours are available upon request; call Barbara Räcker at 812-237-3787.

Stand Up for Human Rights

Come to the first meeting of Amnesty International at ISU Find out how you can support human rights and stand up for human dignity

When: Thursday, February 9th, 2012 Where: ISU library/Cup and Chaucer Time: 7 PM

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Lantern festival celebrates Chinese Little New Year Jessica Neff Reporter

A lantern festival event will take place Thursday for students and staff to celebrate Chinese Little New Year, one of the most important and romantic festivals in Chinese culture.

The festivities will kick off at 5 p.m. in the Whitaker conference room of University Hall.

The festival is celebrated 15 days after the lunar New Year, said program director of the dean extended learning department, Michelle Bennett.

Activities taking place include lantern making and riddle games, led by board members of the Chinese School of the Wabash Valley, Karen Liu and Marlene Lu. Liu and Lu will also be showcasing the origins of the festival, the special foods, customs and traditions it holds for millions of Chinese.

According to legend, holding torches or lanterns on this night makes it easier to see deities descending from heaven to give blessings to the earth.

“We hope people leave with a better understanding of a different culture,” Bennett said.

Karen Liu (above) and Marlene Lu, board members of the Chinese School of the Wabash Valley, will showcase the origins of the festival, the special foods, customs and traditions it holds for millions of Chinese (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Upcoming Events Men’s Basketball

Wednesday at Peoria, Ill. 10 p.m. vs.

Bradley University Saturday at Hulman Center. 1:05 p.m. vs. Southern Illinois University

Women’s Basketball Friday at Hulman Center 8:05 p.m. vs.

Bradley University Sunday at Hulman Center 2:05 p.m. vs.

University of Northern Iowa

Track and Field

Friday - Saturday at Allendale, Mich. Grand Valley Big Meet

ISU students participate in PE 101 water aerobics class in the HHS Arena Pool (Photo by Jamie Nichols).

This semester is the first time water aerobics is offered to ISU PE 101 students.

Michael Roberts, an ISU graduate student in Coaching, said the goal of PE 101 is to keep students physically active and with the school having resources such as the Health and Human Services Arena pool it presented a good opportunity to expand students’ horizon when it comes to types of physical activity available to them.

“It provides them with an opportunity to learn other means besides just weightlifting and walk/ jog,” Bridget Campbell, an ISU graduate student in Coaching, said.

Roberts said that it is not common for schools to offer swim classes for students and this is not a swim course. ISU students perform different exercises done in the pool include plyometrics, abs, arms and water weights.

ISU graduate instructor Michael Roberts said the option to do water aerobics as a physical activity is a great option besides the normal PE 101 options which include weight lifting, yoga and walk/jog.

Roberts said that typically you see older individuals in water aerobics classes as it is an excellent form of exercise without putting stress on certain areas of the body and for those with some form of injury and

need rehabilitation.

“It is not weight bearing. The water resistance adds a little bit of a different aspect to the training,” Campbell said. “Your buoyancy in the water is different in water than on land so they are things they can do in the water that won’t.”

The group usually begins with a very basic warm up in the shallow end of the pool and students let instructors know how comfortable they are with being in the pool as they slowly move to the deep end.

“When we see that they are comfortable in the water, we can progress to other things,” Roberts said.

“We will find a way to make it work for everybody.”

The instructors use water noodles to keep students afloat while doing the exercises. An active, certified lifeguard in case of emergency is also present.

Roberts and Campbell both have been certified through the Physical Education Department in lifeguarding and CPR training.

Both Roberts and Campbell said that they would like to see the option continue next semester and more students at least have the option in their PE 101 labs to take water aerobics.

“We want people to live a healthy lifestyle,” Campbell said. “This will provide them with an

opportunity to learn different things and find something they like.”

It provides them with an opportunity to learn other means besides just weightlifting and walk/jog.”

Bridget Campbell, graduate student in Coaching

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College Sports Myths

Myth 4: Athletic scholarships cover the full cost of college for student athletes Fact: Last year the average athletic scholarship fell short of covering total school expenses by $3,222.

Plus schools can cut scholarships whenever they want to: From 2008-2009, 1 in 5 Division I basketball players did not see their scholarships renewed.

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Who is the Man (ning)?

After the conclusion of the 2011 Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers and two things were certain: The Green Bay Packers were World Champions, and Peyton Manning was, hands down, the better quarterback than his brother, Eli. No one would ever argue such a point as Peyton had won numerous Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, he surpassed statistical numbers that would put him on pace to top any of his previous counterparts before and possibly after, and he had been the most successful regular season quarterback of the last 13 years. No one could argue that Eli was even in his league.

Fast Forward to two days ago when the New York Giants made an impressive, seemingly impossible run from 7-7 Average Joe’s, to Super Bowl Heroes. As they hoisted the Vince Lombardi trophy over head and celebrated their 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots. One thing became certain, Eli Manning may very well have played his way to a place among the NFL’s elite. This coming as he won his second Super Bowl MVP. During this same time the only talk of Peyton was whether or not he will ever play again after missing the entire 2011 season. Then the questions began, who is the better Manning?

Peyton or Eli? I could not believe as I flipped into sport networks such as ESPN and heard all the talk of how Eli is now better than Peyton. It was just a situation of out of sight, out of mind. A guy who was in the talks of being the greatest quarterback of all-time is now being demoted to second best in his own family? Never before has one game played such a role in the way people see a quarterback and if Eli had lost this conversation would never have even begun. The question is; how much stock can one really put in winning championships? At what point does a career body of work come into play? When do things such as stats or regular season winning percentage play an important role in the way we evaluate?

Eli now has two Super Bowl championships, not to mention being named MVP of those two games.

He has overcome adversity in both of those games and produced miracle plays; he has accomplished the unthinkable in his two Super Bowl runs. Now those runs were very impressive, but are two Super

Craig Padgett Game Time

Bowl rings really more impressive than a body of work that has spanned 14 years? Is Eli really the better Manning?

No way. Not even close, and that there should be no discussion. How can you compare the things Eli has done to Peyton’s? Eli has two pro bowls, compared to Peyton’s 11. Eli has three seasons for 4000 yards or more, while Peyton has accomplished that 11 times. Peyton has won the NFL MVP award four times, Eli has never won this award. Peyton Manning has or shares an astonishing 50 NFL regular/playoff season records, Eli has none. Peyton has a career winning percentage of 0.678 compared to Eli (0.580), and Peyton has arguably been surrounded by a much less talented team as evident when the Colts finished 2-14 in his absence. Sure Eli has one more Super Bowl ring, but when a team is down a touchdown in the 4th quarter with 2 minutes remaining most people would pick Peyton Manning to lead their team to victory. You simply can’t argue for Eli just because he has had success recently, because his body of work simply doesn’t match up. For me to admit Eli is even in the same league as Peyton as a passer I would have to see another Super Bowl championship and a few NFL MVP awards. Until then Eli Manning can’t even be mentioned in the same breath as Peyton Manning.

“...to admit Eli is even in the same league as a Peyton as a passer I would have to see another Super Bowl championship and a few NFL MVP awards. Until then Eli Manning can’t even be mentioned in the same breath as Peyton Manning.”

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Applications are due by Tuesday, Feb. 14 Questions? Call 237-3830, ISU-Homecoming@indstate.edu

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What is your favorite moment from the Super Bowl?

“My favorite moment from the Super Bowl was the Madonna performance.”

Shantel Powellt, Pre Medicine Major

freshman

“When one of the players for the Giants went into the endzone but he wasn’t suppose to go in so he turned around and fell on his butt.”

Olyvia Hoff Sophomore Social Work major

“When one of the Patriot players spit on the field [Lucas Oil] and someone shouted ‘Hey, stop spitting on our field.’”

“Watching Tom Brady completely fail on the last drive”

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