Indiana Statesman For ISU students. About ISU students. By ISU students.
Indiana Statesman
Wednesday, Sept 13, 2017
@ISUstatesman
isustatesman
Volume 125, Issue9
9/11 memorial talk from survivor, Joe Dittmar Ian Bonner-Swedish Reporter
9/11 will be an event that will shake the foundation of this nation for decades and maybe even centuries to come. Indiana State University made a humbling display of flags across campus to remind us of the tragic day, but flags aren’t the only way ISU has remembered the day. Joe Dittmar, a 9/11 survivor, told us his story. He started very light heartedly. He informed us of how everyday our decisions, no matter how small, determine the outcomes of our lives. “My son works for Valera Oil Pipelines in south Jersey, and his job is to lead people out if there is a fire or a break or whatever. It’s a tough job and he’s the leader, so it’s double tough work, but my son is my height. He is in great physical shape, but he is a little guy like me. He goes into this job and he thinks he’s a tough guy. Macho, you know? So it was really interesting that after we finished the game, we were walking out to the parking lot, and this kid gives me a giant bear hug in the middle of the parking lot. He whispers in my ear, ‘I miss you dad.’ [I] push back—I saw a little tear in his eye. I knew he wasn’t crying because of the game. The Eagles beat the Rams. Everybody beats the Rams except for yesterday. I guess he was afraid of what was about to occur. We just didn’t know that,” Dittmar said. Dittmar was later pressured into attending a meeting at the World Trade Center’s south tower. “At 8:48 [a.m.] the north [tower] was hit. Just a flicker of light. You couldn’t see anything, couldn’t hear anything. Almost immediate a guy from the Aon Corporation comes bounding into the room, and he says, ‘hey, there’s been an explosion in the north tower; we’ve got to evacuate.’ Fifty-four
ISU Communications and Marketing
Every year ISU Career Center provides free professional photos for students.
Free Professional Photos for students A.J. Goelz Reporter
Danielle Guy Indiana Statesman
Joe Dittmar speaks as students, faculty and staff listens to his couragous experience.
intelligent human beings all in the same room, all at the same time say, ‘man this is New York stuff happens’—We weren’t that nice with our language—‘stuff happens, let us have our meeting.’ Rick looked at us and he said right back, ‘No, you don’t understand. I’m one of those volunteer fire marshals, for the 105th, 104th, and 103rd floor. I can’t get out of here until everybody leaves, and I wanna leave.’ He escorted all of us out of that room. I was the last guy out,” he said. As he was between the 75th and 74th, a plane went through the 77th and 83rd floors. “Never felt anything like that in my life. Never want to feel anything like that again. That fire stairwell. That concrete bunker started to shake so violently from side to side. I’m not an engineer, I can’t tell you an-
gles, but it’s shaking in ways it’s not supposed to shake. The concrete spiraling out, the handrails were breaking away from the walls, the steps were like waves in the ocean underneath our feet. We feel this heatwave coming by, and we smell this jet fuel and everything rocking back and forth, back and forth. It felt like forever,” he said. The only thing anyone truly had to concentrate on was getting down that day, but so many more tragedies were unfolding. As they were making their way down, a man found out his friend was stuck on the 83rd floor and ran back to get him. He was a true American in Dittmar’s eyes. He saw the same in the countless firemen and policemen who climbed the towers to save people that couldn’t be saved, and they
“Making life decisions is not easy. It isn’t easy. But if you trust yourself, you could make critical decisions that will have tremendously successful results,” Joe Dittmar
SEE 9/11, PAGE 3
Today, the Career Center is offering students the chance to get free professional photos taken between 1 p.m and 4 p.m. at the Career Center and Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. “Photos cost so much money, and it’s great for students to get that free professional shot for themselves to use on their LinkedIn or professional profiles. We strongly encourage students to use it on their LinkedIn profile; however, any social media profile they could use it for, because that is the representation of themselves. Especially from a professional perspective,” Dustin Bryant,
the Career Services coordinator said. Today is not the only chance for students to make use of this service. The Career Center is offering free picture tomorrow as well. “We ask that students are professionally dressed. If they needed something to wear, for instance, they could visit the Clothing Closet any time during our walk in hours,” Bryant said. For those who need to use the Clothing Closet, it is open during Career Center walk in hours. Those hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Career Center offers a multitude of events throughout the semester. A full list
SEE PHOTOS, PAGE 3
Teen from Chicago found dead in walk-in freezer at hotel By John Byrne
and Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
Chicago Tribune TNS
A 19-year-old Chicago woman was found dead inside a walk-in freezer at a suburban hotel Sunday morning, about a day after she had gone missing from a party she attended with friends, police and her family said. Kenneka Jenkins was discovered after an hours-long search and was pronounced dead at 12:48 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Jenkins’ mother, Tereasa Martin, said police told her Jenkins apparently let herself into the freezer while inebriated and died inside. A n autopsy was performed Sunday but it wasn’t immediately clear whether foul play was suspected, according to Becky Schlikerman, spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office. The cause and manner of the teen’s death remained undetermined. Speaking to reporters outside the hotel Sunday morning, Martin said she was having trouble understanding what happened.
Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | TNS
Alyssa Pointer | Chicago Tribune | TNS
Tereasa Martin, mother of Kenneka Jenkins, is comforted by her boyfriend as she speaks about her daughter’s death outside her home.
“(I’m) horrified,” she said. “It’s something that no one could ever imagine. It’s unbelievable.”
SEE CHICAGO, PAGE 5
Anna Gorman | KHN | TNS
UC President Janet Napolitano speaks before the UC Board of Regents voted to select Gary Jocelin Reyes, 19, said having protection from deportation relieved her fears and May, a Georgia Tech dean, to become the next chancellor of UC Davis during a meeting at anxieties. But now, the University of California-Santa Barbara student said, “the fear has UCLA’s DeNeve Plaza. tripled.”
University of California sues Trump administration for rescinding DACA Teresa Wantanbe
Los Angeles Time TNS
The University of California sued the Trump administration Friday for rescinding protections for immigrant students without legal status, saying it unconstitutionally violates their rights on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim.” The lawsuit filed in the northern district of California is the first legal effort by a university to block the Trump administration’s decision to end protection from deportation of nearly 800,000 young immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally before age 16, completed high school-level education and stayed out of trouble.
UC President Janet Napolitano, who was an architect of the program in 2012 as U.S. Homeland Security secretary, said the decision to sue the federal government was not taken lightly. The 10-campus system educates about 4,000 students — with teachers, researchers and health care providers — who are in the country illegally. “It is imperative, however, that we stand up for these vital members of the UC community,” Napolitano said in statement. “They represent the best of who we are — hard working, resilient and motivated high achievers. To arbitrarily and capriciously end the DACA program, which benefits our country as a whole, is not only unlawful, it is contrary to our national values and bad policy.
“As a result of the defendants’ actions, the Dreamers face expulsion from the only country that they call home, based on nothing more than unreasoned executive whim,” the complaint reads. “The University faces the loss of vital members of its community, students and employees. It is hard to imagine a decision less reasoned, more damaging, or undertaken with less care. … Defendants’ capricious rescission of the DACA program violates both the procedural and substantive requirements of the APA (Administrative Procedure Act), as well as the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.” The lawsuit was filed with the pro bono support of the law firm Covington & Burling LLP.
Napolitano has said UC campuses will continue to provide services for its immigrant students without legal status, also known as “Dreamers.” Those efforts include: —Providing in-state tuition —Maintaining the DREAM loan program for financial aid —Free legal services —Campus-based student-service centers —Directions given to campus police not to contact, detain, question or arrest individuals based on their documentation status, or to enter agreements to undertake joint efforts to make arrests for federal immigration law violations.
NEWS
Page 2
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017
Trump adds to rollback of Obama legacy with anti-gay measures Jeff Green and Erik Larson Bloomberg News (TNS) Early on, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people seemed to be exempted from Donald Trump’s most inflammatory rhetoric. He was the first Republican presidential nominee to mention LGBT people in his acceptance speech. After his election, he declared same-sex marriage “settled law.” Once in office, he left in place an executive order protecting the federal government’s LGBT employees from discrimination. But any early optimism among gayrights supporters has disintegrated in recent months. The Trump administration has rescinded policies that supported transgender students and soldiers and signaled its opposition to gay rights in a pair of federal cases. Most recently, the U.S. Justice Department filed a brief in support of Masterpiece Cakeshop, a Colorado bakery that refused on religious grounds to make a cake for a gay couple’s wedding. The bakery was sanctioned by the state, and the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case this fall. The Department of Justice supported the argument that cake decoration is artistic expression and therefore deserves special protection. It’s the latest of a series of rebukes to the last half-dozen years, a period of wide expansion and affirmation of gay rights.
Oliver Douliery | Abaca Press | TNS
President Trump and first lady walk from Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday.
President Barack Obama ended the administration’s support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act in 2011; two years later, the Supreme Court struck down part of that law. In 2015, the court declared samesex marriage legal nationwide. Obama also used executive orders and agency directives to shore up LGBT protections, and 21 states, including Colorado where the Masterpiece Cakeshop is located, have forbidden businesses from denying accommodation or services to
people based on sexual orientation. At the same time, public opinion on same-sex marriage has shifted dramatically to favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed. As recently as 2011, the public was about evenly split on the issue, according to the Pew Research Center. As of June, those in support outnumbered those opposed by two-to-one. For the first time, even Republicans were evenly split. Two of the Trump administration’s actions reversed specific protections for
transgender people. First, the Department of Education undid an Obama-era policy that supported transgender students’ access to bathrooms in public schools. This summer, Trump tweeted that he had decided to ban transgender people from serving in the military and followed a month later with an official directive to the Pentagon. Lambda Legal, an LGBT legal advocacy group, filed a lawsuit late last month challenging the transgender military ban, as did other supporters of transgender military service. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said that transgender troops will be allowed to continue military service pending a study by a panel of experts. The latest shift is probably just the beginning, said Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBT advocacy group. The Justice Department will have opportunities to de-emphasize enforcement of protections for LGBT people in other areas — and to weigh in when LGBT advocates look to the courts to defend their rights. “We feel confident that the law stands by us, that the court is going to rule on the side of equal rights and the core principals of decency that have governed the U.S. for so long,” said Louise Melling, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the gay couple in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case.
Economics lecture set for Oct. 18 Economist Morton J. Marcus will discuss “Reaching Beyond Conventional Economics” at the Creason Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 in the events area of the Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University. Marcus is director emeritus of the Indiana Business Research Center in the Kelley School of Business. He has been actively involved in local and state economic development efforts since 1970. In addition to teaching economics at IU for 33 years, Marcus served eight Indiana governors as an advisor on taxation and public policy. The event is free and open to the public. The Creason Memorial Lecture is named after Woodrow “Woody” Creason, who ended a 35-year career as professor of economics at Indiana State in 1991. He was a beloved and highly respected teacher of economics who combined a strong commitment to progressive economics, with a keen interest in Hoosier economic development. While at Indiana State, Creason was involved in the creation of the ISU Credit Union. He was a charter member of the Eugene V. Debs Foundation and served the foundation for many years. He was also a member of the Terre Haute Economic Development Commission for several years. He died in 2014. Morton has written a weekly column since 1991 that is published in the Terre Haute Tribune-Star and more than 20 other Indiana newspapers. A frequent speaker for civic and professional groups, Morton was the governor’s liaison to the U.S. Bureau of the Census from 1979 to 2003, testified before Congress, appeared on the PBS News Hour and consulted with firms and governments throughout the U.S. and in southeast Asia. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Morton earned degrees in economics from Roosevelt University in Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of California Los Angeles. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in Indianapolis. They have three children, six grandchildren, two cats and a dog known as Nervous Fergus.
Chris Walker | Chicago Tribune | TNS
The dashboard of the Tesla Model S P90D. The driver of a Tesla sedan who died in a 2016 crash while using Autopilot relied too much on the car’s technology, and sensing a driver’s hands on the wheel is not an effective way to tell whether the driver is paying attention, a federal safety panel has indicated.
Tesla should let drivers use Autopilot only on some roads
Jim Puzzanghera Los Angeles Times (TNS) The driver of a Tesla sedan who died in a 2016 crash while using Autopilot relied too much on the car’s technology, and sensing a driver’s hands on the wheel is not an effective way to tell whether the driver is paying attention, a federal safety panel indicated Tuesday. Also, makers of semiautonomous vehicles could prevent the use of Autopilot-style technology when their vehicles are not on roads that are appropriate for the technology, the panel suggested. Joshua Brown, 40, died when the Tesla Model S sedan he was driving smashed into the trailer of a big-rig truck that was making a left turn in front of it from a cross street. Brown was traveling 74 miles per hour using the Tesla’s semiautonomous Autopilot
feature, which did not identify the truck and stop the vehicle. “The Tesla’s automation did not detect, nor was it required (to), nor was it designed to detect the crossing vehicle,” Robert L. Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at the start of a hearing reviewing the Florida crash. “A world of perfect self-driving cars would eliminate tens of thousands of deaths and millions of injuries each year,” Sumwalt said. “It is a long route from being partially automated vehicles to self-driving cars. Until we get there, somebody still has to drive.” The NTSB’s staff extensively studied the crash and issued findings Tuesday. The staff said the Autopilot system functioned as designed but was not meant to be used on the type of road on which the crash
occurred. The Tesla owners manual says Autopilot should be used only on highways or limited access roads that have onramps and offramps. The Florida crash took place on a state road that had access from cross streets. The NTSB staffers said that they believed Brown was very knowledgeable about the vehicle, but that the owners manual could be confusing. “A driver could have difficulties interpreting exactly (on) which roads it might be appropriate” to use Autopilot, said Ensar Becic, an NTSB human performance investigator. The staff recommended that Tesla and makers of other semiautonomous vehicles use satellite data to determine the type of road their vehicles are on and that they allow Autopilot-style technology to be used only where appropriate.
The Tesla software did not detect the truck crossing in front of Brown’s vehicle. NTSB staff dismissed the idea — floated last year by Tesla — that the car’s sensors were unable to detect the white truck because it was against a bright sky. Tests by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration determined that Tesla and other vehicles with semiautonomous driving technology had great difficulty sensing cross traffic. “The systems don’t detect that type of object moving across their path with any reliability,” said Robert Molloy, director of the NTSB’s Office of Highway Safety. The staff is recommending the use of vehicle-to-vehicle technology — in effect, vehicles talking to each other — to sense cross traffic. The NTSB staff also said that
TESLA CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Some in Florida were spared from the worst, but disaster wasn’t far away
Evan Halper Los Angeles Times (TNS)
The historic Naples Pier at the end of 12th Avenue was still standing. Some of the streetlights had flickered back to life. The pricey houses that line the sugar sand beaches, the ones everyone feared would be struggling to stand against a surging inland sea, were barely damp. A day after Hurricane Irma made landfall near here in what forecasters warned would be one of the most destructive storms ever to hit Florida, the pretty little seaside town of Naples, near ground zero of the Category 3 storm’s approach,
found itself largely unscathed. Scattered palm fronds, fallen trees, a collapsed gas station canopy and several flooded streets seemed to be the main remnants of the hurricane’s storied fury. “I was expecting there to be a couple of feet of water inside my house,” said Terry Klontz, who had anticipated spending the day pumping water out of his large home across the street from the beach in Naples. “I had thought of pulling out my fishing pole so I could catch some of those fish that were supposed to be swimming up the street.” To be sure, the road in front of his house was
knee-deep in water, and Klontz had to yell at gawkers cruising by in their pickups, pushing waves of water toward his house. So far, the water hadn’t come past the front door. “I’m getting all these calls asking, ‘How bad is the damage?’” Klontz said. “It’s mostly not that bad.” But southwest Florida did not emerge unscathed, and as Irma diminished to a tropical storm and blew into Georgia on Monday, many of those left in its wake were only beginning to assess the damage. The scene in some parts of Bonita Springs, just north of Naples, was downright grim. In a modest pocket of
homes and businesses by the interstate, the water was waist-deep. Mobile home carports were strewn everywhere. Soaked mattresses stood propped outside front doors. And even in parts of Naples, the weekend had been hairy. John Jenkins twice found himself flying out the door into the screaming wind and punishing sheets of rain when Irma was at its fiercest to keep his neighbor’s carport from slamming into his brand-new mobile home at Riverwood Estates in Naples. “Their carport was peeling apart and coming at our house,” he said. “I was worried about all the
debris.” Jenkins finally pulled off the metal sheeting and moved it out of harm’s way. With that menace gone, his home made it through Irma fine. A friend drove by Monday to check on him and told him that his house had made it through the storm too. Jenkins reached in the driver’s side window and gave his buddy a hug. “I love you,” he said. Residents in some of the similarly modest neighborhoods in Bonita Springs were not so fortunate. Some returned from storm shelters and the
FL CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
indianastatesman.com TESLA FROM PAGE 2 Tesla’s reliance on sensing a driver’s hands on the wheel was not an effective way of monitoring whether the driver was paying attention. Tesla, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif., and led by Elon Musk, has repeatedly called Autopilot an
FL FROM PAGE 2 homes of friends on higher ground to find their whole neighborhood deep underwater. They borrowed boats from friends and employers to retrieve what belongings they could, and assessed what happens next. “It is horrible,” said Andreas Tellez, 40, who waded blocks across the murky water with his wife to get some possessions out of a home overrun with storm flows. “It is like the house is sinking.” He had no idea where he is going to find the money to fix his house. Jaime Garcia came paddling up to the road in a kayak on loan from the shore-side restaurant where he works. “Last time we had flooding, the water was here for a week,” he said. “This is going to be at
9/11 FROM PAGE 1 underground complex and make it to the north end, which began their journey to finally escaping their hell. David, Dittmar’s Treaty Reassurance Broker, met up with him on the north complex; they began to make their way home and as they did, so they heard the collective blood-curdling screams and the collapsing of the south tower. Dittmar finally made it back home after a few hours on the train and a rented car where he was embraced
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 • Page 3
“assist feature.” It has said that while using Autopilot, drivers must keep their hands on the wheel at all times and be prepared to take over if necessary. “Since driving is a largely visual task and the driver may interact with the steering wheel without assessing the environment, monitoring steering wheel torque is a poor surrogate
for monitoring driving engagement,” Becic said. The NTSB staff recommended the use of a more effective technology to determine whether a driver is paying attention, such as a camera tracking the driver’s eyes. A possible example — not mentioned by the staff — is Cadillac’s Super Cruise steering system, which includes a tiny
camera that tracks eye and head movement to make sure the driver is paying attention to the road. The panel’s review found that Brown’s last interaction with the vehicle as he drove was 1 minute and 51 seconds before the crash, when he set the cruise control function at 74 mph. There was no indication the driver of the Tesla or
the driver of the truck took evasive action before the crash, the NTSB staff said. Before Tuesday’s meeting, Brown’s family said in a statement that he loved technology and that “zero tolerance for deaths would totally stop innovation and improvements.” “Joshua loved his Tesla Model S. He studied and tested that car as a pas-
sion,” the family said in the statement issued Monday by Cleveland law firm Landskroner Grieco Merriman. “We heard numerous times that the car killed our son. That is simply not the case,” the statement said.
least two.” Garcia said things were bad but not catastrophic when he arrived at his home in the early morning to see how it had weathered Irma. But then the tide rose. A meager amount of flooding that was there at first suddenly expanded to an entire floor under nearly a foot of water. In some cases, residents stranded upstairs in their soaked homes, where they had remained through Irma’s pass, declined offers of help when a rescue squad came through on a motorized raft. There were only a few takers. “They are happy stuck in their houses. They are saying, ‘We have enough food and water. We are going to be fine,’” said Lt. Manny Hernandez of the Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District.
Hernandez promised that this was not a onetime offer. The crew would come back if any of the holdouts thought better of their decision to stay. No one needs to tell the homeowners in Bonita Springs that hurricanes can destroy. But the free pass many believe they got from Irma’s glancing blow has prompted some to worry that the many, many homeowners who emerged relatively unscathed from what was supposed to be a punishing hit will get complacent when the next storm comes through. “When it happens again, nobody is going to believe the weatherman, and they are going to think they will be fine,” said Steven Giles, 58, who sells real estate in nearby Fort Myers. “They’re not.”
PHOTOS FROM PAGE 1
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. According to Bryant, this workshop’s focus is to go over the ins and outs of the upcoming Career Fair. The Career Fair will be next Wednesday on Sept. 20. “We have tours this year that are offered for the Career Fair. It’s an opportunity for students to get a behind the scenes look at what’s going on at the Career Fair,” he said.
The tours are offered on the day of the Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “Visit us on a regular basis. It helps us help you develop yourself professionally. Whether students are a first semester freshman or an alumni later, our office is always free for students as a resource. So take advantage of that, because we can potentially connect students for a position or an intern-
by his mother and by his wife at church. He made the point to reiterate to us why our decisions matter, and everything we do has a consequence that could have consequences that you could never imagine. His lecture touched the hearts of everyone there and made an impression that will last a lifetime. Polina Kaniuka, a graduate student, attended the event and offered her insight as a spectator of the lecture. “At Indiana State University, it is necessary to be reminded of the tragedy that
accounted for the loss of 3,000 lives. It is important for students to remember these lost souls, these broken families, these shattered hearts and damaged minds. The students at Indiana State University will remember this horror. They will remember the plight these Americans faced, and they will remember that every decision, even indecision, has a world of consequences. Some of which may save one’s life just as Dittmar’s decisions saved his,” Kaniuka said.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 5:00 pm-8:00 pm
The Ohio Building | 672 Ohio St., Terre Haute Tickets may be purchased in advance for $10 from our website or a WVBS member. You may purchase tickets for $15 at the door. Door prizes will be awarded throughout the evening including five $100 gift certificateswith one lucky couple winning a $500 gift certificate to use with any WVBS member!* *Must be registered by 7:30 PM in order to be eligible for $500 or $100 prizes.
Presented by WABASHVALLEYBRIDALSOCIETY.COM
events throughout the semester. A full list of events and workshops is available on the Career Center website. The Career Center is holding their Workshop Wednesday today. The workshop will be held in the Career Center Classroom from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. or
FEATURES
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017
Page 4
New York Fashion Week; a showcase of talent Claire Silcox Features Editor
Bryan Cereijo | Miami Herald | TNS
Models walk the runway wearing designs by Angel Sanchez. Top designers have made the decision that red will be the official color for fall 2017.
It’s that time of year again: fall is approaching, Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back and fashion is about to change. New York Fashion week has sneaked upon us yet again. Celebrities and fellow fashion lovers have been lining the traditional and nontraditional runways in the hustle and bustle of New York City during the past week. Givenchy, Fendi, Armani and other top designers have made the decision that red will be the official color of fall 2017. Vintage furs are back with the new Michael Kors and Marc Jacobs lines, and the plaid from the 70s is also back with looks from Prada and Stella McCartney. Although there has been an eclectic mix of new, old and interesting, NYFW never fails to impress. As predicted, famous faces showed up at the shows in NYC. Leslie Jones from Saturday Night Live sat front row at Christian Siriano’s show. Kaia Gerber, daughter of model Cindy Crawford, made her NYFW debut in Calvin Klein’s Thursday night show at the age of 16. Singer Halsey and rapper G-Eazy stepped out officially as a couple at Jonathan Simkhai’s fashion show and showed some major public displays of affection. Big news for fans of Aubrey Hepburn’s style, Oscar de la Renta has unveiled his new line of Hepburn inspired
sunglasses. Only 300 of them have been made, so it is a very limited and exclusive collection. Kathleen Whitaker and Ulla Johnson collaborated on a jewelry collection that was debuted on the runway on Sept. 7. These designers specialize in ready-to-wear collections, and these pieces of jewelry will be featured at the Ulla Johnson NYC boutique. “Ulla’s spring/summer 18 collection feels inventive, beautiful and feminine. We are so flattered she approached us again to collaborate. It was our aim to create something that complemented her vision in palette, design and scale. We adapted some of our signature styles with a vocabulary of new materials – motherof-pearl and pink muscle shell set in sterling silver – which led to a collection that feels both sophisticated and highly wearable,” Whitaker said. NYFW is one of the biggest weeks in the fashion industry and celebrity news, but beauty bloggers are in the limelight as well. Danielle Bernstein of We Wore What showcases her fashionable NYFW looks on her blog and supports her friends and favorites at their shows. Not only does she give fans a look into the week and her closet, she also gives more affordable options of the same types of clothing she has in her outfits. She supported Public School when they took over -
SEE FASHION WEEK, PAGE 5
Gender X option may be coming to Washington birth certificates
Event of the Week
Craig Sailor
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) (TNS)
Bradley’s Bicycle Ride
President Bradley and Cheri Bradley led a group on a ride to the Wabashiki trail on Monday.
Keanna | Indiana Statesman
Washington natives soon might be able to change the gender designation on their birth certificates to one that is neither male nor female. Call it gender X or the more clinical term: non-binary. Currently, people born in Washington can request a new birth certificate indicating a gender different than the one recorded at their birth on the original certificates. They can switch genders on their licenses but only between male and female. If the state Department of Health’s proposed rule changes go into effect, there will be another box to check beyond M or F. The state is in the first stages of proposing a non-binary option for people who feel they are neither male nor female or both. “What we are trying to do is just have birth certificates align with people’s gender identity,” said the department’s Kristi Weeks. On Aug. 22 the Health Department filed paperwork to begin the process. The rule changes would: Formalize the procedure for changing gender designation on birth certificates along with create a “Change of Gender Designation” request form similar to the one used by the state De-
SEE GENDER X, PAGE 5
How to ace your next interview, according to a business and life coach Susie Moore
greatist.com (TNS)
I spent over three years working as a recruiter. In that time, I found that by following a few basic rules, landing your dream job is totally possible, and that confidence is even more important than competence. And the good news is, confidence is a practice. I know it’s not always easy out there, especially when you’re interviewing for a job you really, really want. But if you’re in the room, it’s game on! You’re so close. I secured a competitive job in NYC with no network, only local experience, and a pending visa when I arrived here a few years ago… just by putting these tips into practice. 1. LOOK THE PART You know the adage: “Don’t dress for the job you have, dress for the job you want.” But you should also make sure your outfit matches the vibe of the company — whether it’s glam, corporate or informal. Don’t wear a perfectly pressed three-piece suit to a cool startup or a hoodie to a law firm. For women, a pencil skirt, pretty blouse and blazer work almost anywhere. For guys, pants, a button-down and a sports jacket should do the trick. If in doubt, opt for a more professional look. You must also feel confident in your clothes! And if you’re not sure, ask your best-dressed, most successful friend their opinion. 2. PREPARE, PREPARE, PREPARE Not only does preparation numb your nerves, it also makes you look like a total pro. Make LinkedIn your
Katarzyna Bialasiewicz | Dreamstime | TNS
Not only does preparation numb your nerves, it also makes you look like a total pro.
new best friend and research your interviewers. Strike a personal connection if you can: The same college, sports team or travel experiences can instantly connect you. Spend time researching the company too. Look into its background; for example, learn when the company was founded and by whom. Dropping facts like these show hiring managers you’re taking the opportunity seriously. 3. GET CENTERED Nerves can get in your way, so take some deep breaths. Securing the interview means you’re 90 percent there. Think about it: An interview is just a conversation. Heck, you’re evaluating them too! This process is a two-way street, and sticking to that mindset will naturally keep
you calm. When I explain this to my clients, they noticeably relax. No one picks random people off the street and invites them in to discuss a job unless they’re certain that person is qualified. 4. BE BRAVE BEING BOMB! Don’t be shy now. Write a list of 20 of your best qualities. Do you excel at problem-solving? Sales skills? Persistence? Technical know-how? Industry connections? If you need a little help, recall past compliments you received from colleagues. Be assertive and voice your strengths when asked. An interview is unlike any other experience; it’s a window to sell yourself. And I assure you of this — the other candidates are doing it! 5. ANSWER AND ASK WITH OPTIMISM Stress your enthusiasm for working for the organization, rather than focusing on leaving your current one. Give positive answers, even to tricky questions. For example, if you’re asked about an area for personal improvement, you can say, “I’m not familiar with X software, but I’m a quick learner and picked up other programs like Y in the past easily.” The same goes for asking questions. Questions such as, “What does success in this position look like?” and “How would you describe the company culture here?” work well. Prepare at least two to three for the end when it’s your time to do the asking. Everyone goes through the interview process, even CEOs. It’s part of building a career. There’s nothing to lose — just knowledge, experience, connections (and a potential new gig you love!) to gain. You’ve got this!
indianastatesman.com GENDER X FROM PAGE 4 partment of Licensing. It would also establish a list of medical and mental health providers who can attest to the gender change and add an option for a “non-binary” sex designation. The Health Department periodically reviews rules, Weeks said. Officials recently reviewed procedures surrounding changing gender designation on birth certificates. They thought they could improve the process. “And at the same time we were getting growing requests and interest from the public about having options for sex designation,” Weeks said. The changes would not affect birth certificates issued to newborns. It’s only for individuals waiting to change their own certificates. And would apply only to people born in Washington.
CHICAGO FROM PAGE 1 According to Martin and police, Jenkins left her house in the 2100 block of West Warren Boulevard around 11:30 p.m. Friday to attend a party with friends in a hotel room at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center in Rosemont, Ill. Gary Mack, a spokesman for the village of Rosemont, said Jenkins’ sister last spoke to her around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Mack said witnesses told police they saw Jenkins at a party on the ninth floor of the hotel. Martin said her daughter’s friends called her after 4 a.m. Saturday to say they had lost track of Jenkins in the hotel and left after they were unable to find her. The friends said they were in the car Martin had lent her daughter for the night and they had Jenkins’ cellphone, Martin said. Martin said she headed to the hotel around 5 a.m. Saturday to try to find her daughter. Hotel staff told her they needed a missing persons report from police before they could start reviewing surveillance video of the premises. Martin said she then called the Rosemont Police Department and was told to wait a few hours before filing the report to see if Jenkins turned up. Jenkins’ older sister, Leonore Harris, filed a missing persons report with Rosemont police later that morning, Mack said. Authorities notified the hotel about the missing teen around 1:15 p.m. Saturday. The 11-hour search for Jenkins included all public areas and the ninth floor, where she was
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 • Page 5 Seth Kirby, director of Tacoma’s Oasis Youth Center, said many of the transgender young people his center counsels deal with paperwork that has gender designations, from school records to medical forms. Having those forms match their gender identity is important to them, he said. “Often we’re asked the question, ‘How would I go about doing this?’ And it really varies from state to state, country to country,” Kirby said. “So having clarity about the process is always useful.” Adding a non-binary option would be useful as well, he said. “That’s a tool and a resource that people then can rely on as they think about the steps in their process,” Kirby said. The Family Policy Institute of Washington plans to oppose the proposed rule, said the group’s
policy director, Chris Plante. “A person’s gender, in nearly 100 percent of people, is binary, determined at conception by the individual’s biology,” Plante said. “To ensure integrity in our public records, official documents ought to reflect this biological reality.” Gender identity does not refer to sexual orientation or to people with indeterminate gender. Some people are born as intersex, meaning they are neither female nor male or they have biological elements of both. Sometimes genitals are ambiguous. In other cases, intersex individuals can have internal or chromosomal elements that make them different from males or females. The state has a process to note intersex newborns on birth certificates, Weeks said.
last seen by witnesses, Mack said. “The hotel staff and management (were) actively canvassing the area at that time,” Mack said. Martin said around 3 or 4 p.m. Saturday, police viewed some of the hotel video footage and said they did not see Jenkins pictured. The family left and came back a third time around 6 p.m. Saturday, Martin said, at which point relatives started knocking on room doors to see if any guests knew anything. The hotel called the police to complain about the knocking, Martin said. One of those responding officers listened to the family’s plight and agreed to view the video footage again, Martin said. Around 10 p.m. Saturday, police told Jenkins’ relatives they had spotted her on video from about 3:20 a.m. that day, “staggering” drunk near the front desk, according to Martin. Martin said the family members stayed at the hotel until after 1 a.m. Sunday, when police informed them they had discovered Jenkins’ body in the walk-in freezer. It was not clear who located Jenkins’ body, but Mack said the hotel was doing some construction in the area where she was found. Martin said she was told the freezer Jenkins was in was turned on and cold but was not being used to store food. “I just happen to know there’s work being done on some new facilities over there, so there is some construction activity where a new restaurant is being built, and (she was found) in that vicinity,” Mack said. “This is not an area where anyone would typically be who
was a guest in the hotel.” It is not clear whether the construction area was blocked off in any way. Martin said Jenkins told her she was “going to the show and bowlKatarzyna Bialasiewicz | Dreamstime | TNS ing” Friday. Martin said Not only does preparation numb your nerves, it also makes you look like she only learned about the hotel party when Jenkins’ friends called a total pro. to say they couldn’t find her and were heading back with the car. The friends told her the three were getting set to leave the party but realized Jenkins had left her phone and car keys back in the room. Jenkins stayed in the hallway while the friends said they retrieved her stuff. When they got back to the hall she was gone, Martin said they told her. But Martin said she questioned the friends’ accounts, saying their “stories changed over and over.” Martin also said she had a hard time believing the police account that Jenkins got into the freezer on her own, saying if her daughter was drunk she would have had difficulty opening the heavy freezer doors. Jenkins would have realized the freezer doors weren’t the doors to an elevator or a hotel entrance, Martin said. “Those were double steel doors, she didn’t just pop them open,” she said. Martin was angry about what she said was hotel workers’ lack of urgency in the face of her pleas for help finding her daughter Saturday morning, directing her to the police rather than immediately reviewing hotel footage. Daniel Pena, a manager at the hotel, referred questions about the incident to Rosemont police Sunday.
FASHION WEEK FROM PAGE 4 an alley in Chinatown on Sept. 10 and wore Tom Ford pieces to go to his show on Sept. 7. “Getting dressed in the morning should be the easiest part of your day,” Bernstein said. With her own line called Second Skin Overalls that made $70,000 in just three hours after debuting, Bernstein is making
her way from once fashion student to now social media mogul of the fashion world. She reminds fans of fashion and her life that anything is possible as long as you work for it. New York Fashion Week brings in fashion lovers and designers from all over the world and gives New York a taste of what is down the line for fashion.
The Indiana Statesman Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Page 6
Trump’s sudden turn toward Democrats: Impulsive, wily or both? Andrew Malcolm
Special to McClatchy (TNS)
Many people profess shock that Donald Trump, formerly a registered Democrat and big-time donor to the party, would suddenly turn on the Republicans’ feckless leadership and do a stunning legislative package deal with old pals among congressional Democrats. It’s almost as if Trump was so disappointed with the ineffectiveness of Speaker Paul Ryan, Sen. Mitch McConnell and their feuding factions passively-aggressively failing to push the president’s agenda. So, Trump decided to send a message — to them and to all the voters who bought into his campaign denunciations of both party establishments and the way Washington does — and doesn’t — do business. No one should be surprised that the upstart New York wheeler-dealer, who chose the GOP as a flag of political convenience and overrode 16 other competitors and its establishment’s concerted opposition, is a pragmatist and not really conservative. Neither is the GOP’s leadership, truth be told. The only thing conservative about Trump is his limited choice of neckties — red or light blue every single day. Everything else is the art of the deal. Someone should write a book with that title. And, you know, at this point in the political morass of Washington’s dysfunction, that’s not necessarily bad. It’s unpredictable. It’s disruptive. It’s no doubt tripled D.C. sales of Tums and Pepcid. But as millions on the outside look at how well Washington and its wealthy Beltway counties have consistently taken care of themselves first, a decisive dose of distress seems like maybe just what the billionaire popu-
list should order. Now, whether that gets anything constructive done domestically in the long run is another question. For now, it’s produced the most compelling national political stories in recent memory, a golden gift to the media that Trump the protagonist loves and hates. Sure, much of the action is about Trump. No one with an undersized ego becomes president, although Jimmy Carter came close. Every president is nourished by attention. And let’s be honest, no normal person does one tedious major fundraiser on average every single week for eight straight years, as Obama did. It didn’t work. Obama’s party lost both houses of Congress, about 1,000 state legislative seats and then the Oval Office. But the Chicagoan got the satisfaction of people forking over $30,000 each just to eat in his presidential presence. At a White House meeting of both party’s congressional leaders last week, Trump blindsided Ryan and McConnell by suddenly agreeing to Chuck Schumer’s plan to avoid a government shutdown, raise the debt limit for just three months and approve Hurricane Harvey aid, a plan GOP leaders had labeled ridiculous. So, for Trump, there’s no such thing as forever friends — or enemies. He touted the arrangement as bipartisan, saying there are many things both parties can work on together. “The people of the U.S. want to see a coming together,” he said. “I think we’ll have a different relationship than we’ve been watching over the last number of years,” Trump added. “I hope so. I think that’s a great thing for our country. And I think that’s what the people of the United States want to see. They want to see some dialogue.” Democrats were understandably gleeful because
TRUMP CONT. ON PAGE 7
OPINION
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017
Beeler | The Columbus Dispatch
And this little monkey got a settlement Zach Davis Columnist
One thing above everything else seems to captivate people on the internet: animal curiosity. Watching little critters as they discover their reflections, meet new people and stick their nose where it doesn’t belong is really entertaining. While watching animals is fun, some animal rights groups feel that animals are sentient and exploited for human gain. Some animals’ situations are taken to court for ridiculous reasons. Naruto, the black crested macaque, finally had a closure to his court case this week. A few years back, Naruto made national recognition as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued British photographer David Slater over ownership of a “selfie” taken by Naruto. Slater was on a trip to Indonesia when Naruto picked up a camera and captured a photo of himself apparently smiling in the jungle. Slater copyrighted the photo in Britain, just like I’d expect of a photographer. Unfortunately, he expected the British copyright to be recognized in the
United States, not knowing that we really can’t do that. U.S. copyright law “will not register works produced by nature, animals, or plants. Likewise, the Office cannot register a work purportedly created by divine or supernatural beings.” It’s called the human authorship requirement, and it means Slater cannot copyright the photo since a monkey actually took it. As someone who frequently copyrights works, he should have read up on U.S. law so that he knew. Slater’s lack of knowledge is a forgivable mistake. Everyone does something from time to time where we forget to look something up ahead, so I would be a hypocrite to say otherwise. But PETA didn’t seem to feel that way, so they took him to court with a ridiculous argument. PETA claimed that Naruto owns the photo since he is the one that took it, but they’re wrong. First, PETA operates plenty within the United States, and they even have a notice on their website about copyright protections. So they should know that their claim has absolutely no legal founding. In fact, the appeals court has previously ruled on this case with the same decision. Current copyright law has no language indicating that animals can be copyright owners. In fact, as I have stated before, animals’ works are not protected under copyright law. That alone is enough to throw out PETA’s claim.
Rightfully, Naruto’s photo should stay in the public domain. Because of how the photo was taken and the way the law is read, there is nobody who can legally copyright it in the United States. A court ruling to keep it in the public domain would have allowed Naruto’s curiosity to educate people on crested black macaques, as well as provide a cornerstone of rules governing what happens legally in these instances. The case was settled outside of court, though, to the satisfaction of both parties. Slater agreed that 25 percent of revenue from the photo would be donated to protect the habitat of Naruto and his kind. While the two arguing parties might be satisfied, this doesn’t solve the issue. We now have a conflict in the legal system that may arise again, and the next time it might be even more controversial. This case would have been a crystal clear upper-court decision of whether animals can own something, an issue that is increasing in frequency as humans invade and destroy so many habitats every year. Ars Technica quoted U.S. District Judge William Orrick, the presiding judge over the previous appeal, as saying “I’m not the person to weigh into this. This is an issue for Congress and the president,” and he is right. Congress is the one who writes the laws, so it is their responsibility to be clear in the law.
Both parties endure through increasingly rocky times Walter Shapiro CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
It is as lasting an American literary metaphor as Captain Ahab and the white whale or Hester Prynne and her scarlet “A.” We are, of course, referring to that branch of science known as cartoon thermodynamics. The first law, as defined by the late film critic Roger Ebert, is worthy of Isaac Newton: “Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation.” In layman’s terms, that means that Wile E. Coyote and Daffy Duck can race off a cliff and hover in midair until they make the fatal mistake of looking down. This is akin to what has occurred in Washington this month — both the Republican and Democratic parties have long been in trouble, but now circumstance has forced them to look down. Consider the recent effects of political gravity: —By cutting a debt ceiling deal with Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump marginalized the Republican congressional leadership. The snubbing of Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Paul Ryan gave rise to news analyses like The New York Times story headlined
“Bound to No Party, Trump Upends 150 Years of Two-Party Rule.” —Defrocked White House strategist Steve Bannon is plotting 2018 primary challenges against incumbent Republican senators, including the otherwise secure Bob Corker in Tennessee. What gives heft to these threats is Bannon’s financial backer: conservative billionaire super PAC baron Robert Mercer. —Recent decisions not to run for re-election by popular House Republicans like Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania and Dave Reichert of Washington are the latest indicators that there is no longer room for old-fashioned moderates in the GOP. —After displaying impressive unity in the battle to save Obamacare, the Democrats returned to their fractious ways with leaked excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s score-settling campaign memoir, “What Happened.” The book, which was published Tuesday, contends Sanders’ 2016 attacks “caused lasting damage, making it harder to unify progressives in the general election and paving the way for Trump’s ‘Crooked Hillary’ campaign.” Then Clinton adds archly, “I don’t know if that bothered Bernie or not.” The crusty Vermont senator couldn’t
resist answering in kind. In an appearance on CBS with Stephen Colbert, Sanders snipped, “Secretary Clinton ran against the most unpopular candidate in the history of this country, and she lost. And she’s upset about that. I understand that.” —On another front in the never-ending Hillary-Bernie proxy war, the Democratic Party’s Unity Commission is exploring the role of caucuses and superdelegates during the 2020 campaign. But, in a move that underscores the weakness of the national parties, the state of California is expected this week to move its primary from June to early March 2020. Not only would such a dramatic alteration in the political calendar give a massive edge to California candidates, it could also effectively disenfranchise most other states in choosing a nominee. —There was a flurry of recent talk that Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich and his Colorado Democratic counterpart John Hickenlooper were considering running for president and veep as independents in 2020. Both governors, who are working together on health care reform, denied such bolt-their-party ambitions. But the rumors illustrated the continuing fascina-
tion with a plague-on-both-your-houses independent politics. Remember, all this has happened in the last two weeks. A strong case can be made that both Republicans and Democrats stepped off the cliff in 2016 — and only now are we grappling with the full implications of their plunge. As much as ill-fated former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus tried to mask it, Trump’s nomination was nothing short of a hostile takeover of the GOP. Of course, Sanders battled Clinton all through the primaries without ever deigning to join the Democratic Party. The July 2016 publication by WikiLeaks of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee helped convince Sanders’ supporters that the fix had been in at the DNC. But what few news stories at the time conveyed was how feeble the DNC had become with Debbie Wasserman Schultz as party chairwoman. In a sense, the rise of super PACs turned both national party committees into afterthoughts. With independent funders like Mercer and the Koch brothers on the Republican
ROCKY CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Editorial Board
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 Indiana State University
www.indianastatesman.com
Volume 125 Issue 9
Grace Harrah Editor-in-Chief statesmaneditor@isustudentmedia.com Rileigh McCoy News Editor statesmannews@isustudentmedia.com Joe Lippard Opinions Editor statesmanopinions@isustudentmedia.com Claire Silcox Features Editor statesmanfeatures@isustudentmedia.com Andrew Doran Sports Editor statesmansports@isustudentmedia.com Danielle Guy Photo Editor statesmanphotos@isustudentmedia.com Ashley Sebastian Chief Copy Editor The Indiana Statesman is the student newspaper of Indiana State University. It is published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the academic school year. Two special issues are published during the summer. The paper is printed by the Tribune Star in Terre Haute, Ind.
Opinions Policy The opinions page of the Indiana Statesman offers an opportunity for the Indiana State University community to express its views. The opinions, individual and collective, expressed in the Statesman and the student staff’s selection or arrangement of content do not necessarily reflect the attitudes of the university, its Board of Trustees, administration, faculty or student body. The Statesman editorial board writes staff editorials and makes final decisions about news content. This newspaper serves as a
public forum for the ISU community. Make your opinion heard by submitting letters to the editor at statesmanopinions@isustudentmedia.com. Letters must be fewer than 500 words and include year in school, major and phone number for verification. Letters from non-student members of the campus community must also be verifiable. Letters will be published with the author’s name. The Statesman editorial board reserves the right to edit letters for length, libel, clarity and vulgarity.
indianastatesman.com
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 • Page 7
ROCKY FROM PAGE 6 side and free spenders like Tom Steyer for the Democrats, congressional candidates no longer look to the DNC and RNC for a major infusion of funds. What party funds exist mostly flow through the House and Senate campaign committees on both sides. But it would be a mistake to underesti-
mate the resilience of the two-party system. If Trump truly had cut his ties with the GOP leadership on Capitol Hill, then congressional Republicans would be taking bold steps at this moment to aggressively investigate the president’s alleged ties to Russia. At minimum, there would be a serious look at whether the Trump family (including son-in-law Jared Kush-
ner) was personally profiting from government service. All glib talk about independent races for the White House ignore the obstacle that prevented Mike Bloomberg from running in 2016 — the Constitution. As long as a deadlocked presidential race is settled in the House, it is hard for an independent candidate to map a route to victory.
Political parties have endured vicious infighting before. The rise of Barry Goldwater ripped the Republicans apart in 1964 — and the Democrats soon bitterly split over Vietnam. But the Electoral College and the lack of proportional representation in congressional elections means it will take more than Donald Trump and a few bad years to destroy the two-party system.
TRUMP FROM PAGE 6 it gives them renewed leverage come December, possibly to cancel or postpone the end of Obama’s unconstitutional so-called Dreamers program. Predictably, the conservative Freedom Caucus threatened to sabotage the plans for lack of new spending restraints. But here’s what the deal also does: It opens wide the September legislative calendar. That could possibly allow momentum to build on tax reform. And it could mean another last-ditch Obamacare repeal with a block-grant proposal by Sens. Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham and endorsed by John McCain, whose nay vote killed the last repeal bid. Trump also began to discuss with Schumer eliminating the debt ceiling rule altogether. This would erase one of those inexplicable holy Washington fights over what else to attach to it, the kind of useless struggle that convulses Washington pols regularly to no productive end. All kinds of things can and may well go wrong now or at year’s end. But it is at least conceivable now that Trump’s shocking deal with Democrats could smooth Harvey aid, postpone or avert the shutdown threat, commence a welcome bipartisan dialogue and help produce Trump’s coveted Obamacare repeal so often promised yet never delivered by legislators. Not a bad outcome for an impulsive political rookie that so few of the pros were taking seriously.
To place a classified ad call: (812) 237-3025 fax us: (812) 237-7629 stop by the office: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Room 143, HMSU or send us an email: Stacey.McCallister@indstate.edu
CLASSIFIEDS Rates Per Issue 20 words or less Classified Rate is $7 Frequency Discount $6 ISU Organization $5 Extra words are 15¢ each.
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT
NOW HIRING Direct Care Staff to work flexible schedules. Starting wage is $9.80/hour. $50 sign on bonus! Must be 18yrs. or older. Must have high school diploma or GED. Must be a licensed/ insured driver with a working vehicle. Must be able to pass an Indiana State Police Background Check. Community Connections Inc. provides direct care services to individuals in need. Contact by phone at 812-466-2400 or Email:
WEB DEVELOPMENT INTERN POLICE TECHNICAL (Terre Haute): A solutions & training provider for law enforcement seeks an intern to assist with web development for various national projects for governmental projects. MUST BE: Currently enrolled college student or graduate. Computer Science field preferred. EXPERIENCE IN: Editing & Front End Design. Database Integration & Back End Design. ALSO: MARKETING ASSISTANT INTERN MUST BE: Currently enrolled college student or graduate. Advertising/ Sales/Public Relations/ Business fields preferred. EXPERIENCE IN: Customer service/Sales/ Marketing. PERSONS INTERESTED: In these projects/positions are encouraged to email:Thomas Manson for more information & qualifications or email resume & letter of interest to:
darin@communityconnections.cc
or apply at 2222 Lafayette Ave. Terre Haute, IN 47805
tmanson@policetechnical.com
Sudoku answers from Monday’s issue
Deadlines For Monday Issues: 3 p.m. Thursday For Wednesday issues: 3p.m. Monday For Friday issues: 3 p.m. Wednesday
CHECK IT OUT PRINTING AND EMBROIDERY T-SHIRTS Tshrit1 provides the best screen printing & embroidery for rush, formals, teams, clubs, or organizations. Greek licensed. New address, same great service. Now located at 2319 N 25th Call 812-232-5046 or email sales@tshirt1.com J & G ANTIQUES & MUSIC Lots of vinyl records, antiques and record players for sale. 1146 Lafayette Ave. 812-240-1655 Hours: 10:00-5:00 Tuesday-Saturday
FOR RENT VERY NICE! Two-three bedroom townhouses. Full basement & balcony. All appliances. W/D hookup, central air, Some utilities included. $700-$750 per month plus deposit. 522 & 524 Deming St. 812-917-7101 5 BEDROOM & 4 BEDROOM HOUSES Close to campus! Extra nice victorian houses. Lower rent for additional people. Call 812-232-6977 AVAILABLE NOW! Studios, 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments. Also, 4 bedroom house. Some close to campus 812-234-4884
The Samurai of Puzzles by The Mepham Group
Page 8 • Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017
indianastatesman.com
Sycamore improve great lakes region raking Both the Indiana State men’s and women’s cross country teams remained ranked in the Great Lakes Region as the women moved up one spot, according to the latest numbers released today by the USTFCCA. The Sycamore women jumped to No. 13 in the Great Lakes Region ranking, up one spot from their No. 14 ranking in the preseason. The men held steady for the second consecutive week at No. 12. The new numbers reflect an impressive performance for both squads on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course which saw the Sycamore men finish second and the women third -- both against regionally and nationally ranked teams at the 2017 John McNichols Invitational. The Indiana State men amassed 54 points to finish second in the meet to Illinois, which won with 22 points. The Sycamores clipped Louisville who scored 57 points as well as Butler (88) and Evansville (133). Also in the meet and topped by the Sycamores were Rose-Hulman, St. Mary (Kansas), Marian and McKendree. For the men, Seth Cousins led the way in the 8K race with a time of 25:45.2 in sixth place, just ahead of teammate Akis Medrano who was seventh in a time of 25:46.2. Quentin Pierce tallied a 10th place finish with a time of 25:59.4 while
Ryan Cash was 13th in a time of 26:19.2. The Indiana State women totaled 82 points to beat Cincinnati (90) and Evansville (154). Michigan won the meet with 15 points while Louisville scored 49. The Sycamores also bested Marian, Rose-Hulman, St. Mary (Kansas) and McKendree. On the women’s side in a 5K race, Taylor Austin picked up right where she left off at the end of the outdoor track season as she finished 12th in a time of 18:00.2. All-MVC performer Alli Workman also had a strong showing with a 20th place finish in a time of 18:26.3. Now the attention shifts to the Indiana Intercollegiates meet which is set for Friday, Sept. 15 at the Purdue University Golf Course in West Lafayette, Ind. The meet will begin at 3:30 p.m. (ET). The race, which is open to all Indiana colleges and universities will feature 5 women’s teams and 5 men’s teams which are ranked in the Great Lakes Region. On the women’s side No. 2 Notre Dame, No.3 Indiana, No. 8 Purdue, No. 9 Butler and No. 13 Indiana State all are invited to participate. For the men, No. 2 Indiana, No. 6 Butler, Atheletic Media Relations No. 7 Notre Dame, No. 8 Purdue and No. Taylor Austin and other members of the women’s cross country team has 12 Indiana State will be featured. moved up a spot in the Great Lakes Region. Story by ISU Athletic Media Relations.
Volleyball to make a comeback this weekend Ciara Lebron Reporter
Indiana Statesman Athletics Photo
Women’s soccer team to face three high ranked teams this upcoming weekend.
Sycamore soccer, double-header Jay Adkins Reporter
This upcoming weekend the Indiana State University women’s soccer team will face two teams in the span of three days: The Fort Wayne Mastodons here at ISU and Butler Bulldogs in Indianapolis. The Mastodons are on a current seven game losing streak and have only recorded one win to eight losses on the season. The Mastodons most recent loss was to the Valparaiso University Crusaders with a final score of 4-1. Redshirt freshman forward Breanna Buche leads the Mastodons in assists with having only two on the season. Sophomore’s Kendall Quinn, Chloee Foor, Hannah Kroger and freshman midfielder Jessica Schoenfeldt lead the team in goals with one each. The Sycamores will face
the Mastodons on Friday Sept. 15 at the Memorial Stadium here in Terre Haute. The second matchup of the weekend pits the Sycamores against the Butler Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are coming off a huge 2-0 victory over No. 10 ranked Texas A&M. The Bulldogs this season are 7-1-1 and will most likely be Indiana State’s toughest matchup this season. Freshman forward Caitlyn DiSarcina leads the Bulldogs in goals (2) and points (5). DiSarcina is also tied for the team leading in assists with only having one recorded. The Indiana State Sycamores are coming off a close 3-2 loss to the Loyola Ramblers. So far this season, the team holds a record of just 3-31. After playing in their first conference play, the Sycamores are looking to learn from it and come into this weekend’s matchups with high intensity.
Junior forward Katie Wells and junior defensive midfielder Reilly Teal lead the Sycamores in goals scored with two each. Junior midfielder Caitlyn Eddy leads the team in assists with four on the season. Katie Sullivan and Kasey Wallace both lead the team in minutes played with 638 minutes each. Expect all of these players to be big factors this weekend as the team is looking to bounce back after their tough loss to Loyola. This weekend’s pair of games will be the biggest challenge this season to the Sycamore’s soccer team because it will test their resilience and show how competitive they are to the rest of the Missouri Valley Conference. First game will be Friday against Fort Wayne and will begin at 7 p.m. at Memorial Stadium here at ISU.
Sycamore volleyball is looking to get together at the Sycamore Invitational to play against Cal State-Fullerton and Eastern Illinois University this upcoming weekend. The Sycamores are hoping to change things up while they play against these two teams here at home. The volleyball team has been struggling this season with nine losses in a row and just one win this season against DePaul. Indiana State is eyeing a tough first game for this invitational against Cal State-Fullerton. They will be playing Cal State this Friday and will be having home court advantage. Cal State is currently 4-6. Their recent game against Quinnipiac was a successful win for them where they had won three out of four sets. Madeline Schneider, a junior outside hitter, is the player to watch for Cal State. This season thus far, she has recorded 134 kills with a hitting percentage of .164 along with 113 digs. On Saturday, Indiana State will wrap up their home invitational with a match against Eastern Illinois here at ISU. Eastern Illinois holds a record of 4-5 in their 2017 season. This past weekend they were swept by Western Illinois, 3-0. Their head coach, Samantha Wolinski, is coaching her 3rd season with Eastern Illinois and is a huge asset to the team. Wolinski helped her team be in the No. 3 seed in the OVC tournament and had two players get OVC recognition just in her first season.
The player to watch for Eastern Illinois is Maria Brown, a senior outside hitter. This season she has 94 kills with a kill percentage of .184 with 79 digs. This past weekend, the Sycamores had an upsetting loss against Cleveland State. Cleveland State had swept them 3-0, but it was not a surprise since they have won back-toback Horizon League titles. They have a highly experienced team with a coach who’s a veteran himself, but Indiana State is not letting this loss get to them this upcoming weekend. They are looking for a prosperous home opener and ending with both wins after Saturday. A player to watch for Indiana State is Laura Gross, a junior outside hitter. So far this season she has 130 kills with a hitting percentage of .173 and 138 digs. She won 2 NJCAA D-II national championships with her previous college team, Parkland College, where she was named Player of the Year and First-Team All-Region in both 2015 and 2016. Indiana State is looking to win both of the matches this upcoming weekend as a great way to go into the conference, which begins next week. They have been away for three weekends, so the team is hoping they will have a great crowd of fans and positive energy. Cassie Kawa, a sophomore middle hitter, stated she expects a lot of grit and determination from herself and the team. They are hungry for a win, and this is a great way to get one. The first serve on Friday will begin at 6 p.m. at the Arena here at ISU.