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Monday, Oct. 16, 2017
Tips for everyone to enjoy the eventful weekend Alexandria Truby Reporter
Homecoming is an exciting time for ISU as students, faculty, families, alumni and members of the surrounding community all gather for an abundance of activities. The atmosphere tends to be energetic but can get a bit rowdy. It is important for everyone to be aware of their surroundings and to be concerned for their personal safety. Below are some tips that will help you be safe during all the fun. -Use the buddy system Even though it is taught at a very young age, this timeless skill can improve one’s safety. It’s good to have someone there to look out for you in case anything happens. Also, it’s much more enjoyable to have someone there with you to share the memories. -Try to avoid driving on Wabash, and be aware of traffic and altered rules on the surrounding roads The bar crawl leading to the stadium known as, “The Walk” will likely cause individuals to walk into the road from time to time. For everyone’s safety, it is best to keep cars away from both the parade and the bar crawl. According to the ISU website, off-campus parking on Wabash from Fifth to Ninth St will
be prohibited. On-street parking on campus will be prohibited starting at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20 on the following streets: Fifth Street from Cherry Street to Tippecanoe Street, Ninth Street from Cherry Street to Tippecanoe Street, Cherry Street from Fifth Street to Ninth Street, and Chestnut Street from Fourth Street to Fifth Street. -Tips for The Walk Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Mike Licari shared a few tips for The Walk 1. Think carefully about going on the Walk. 2. If you are not 21, don’t drink. 3. If you are over 21 and choose to drink, go slowly and pace yourself; the typical recommendation is to have one drink per hour, coupled with plenty of water. -Keep an eye on your phone’s battery and bring a portable charger. You don’t want to lose your friends. Keep your phone charged so that you can stay in contact with your group. -Talk to the alumni They will have some great stories to share and look forward to hearing the university happenings. Have a safe and memorable homecoming, Sycamores.
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Root Family Art Project to showcase Coca-Cola bottles Ian Bonner-Swedish Reporter
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Author, social media and business expert, Erik Qualman came to participate in the Speaker Series last week.
“It’s not always about the skill but about that toughness and sticking with it. ” Erik Qualman
Qualman discussed the importance of grit Alexandria Truby Reporter
Erik Qualman is a social media and business expert as well as the author of “Socialnomics” and “What Happens on Campus Stays on YouTube.” On Thursday, Oct. 12, he came to Indiana State University’s Tilson Auditorium as a part of the Speaker Series to share tips on how to be successful and adapt to the changing social media and professional scenes. “It’s not always about the skill but about that toughness and sticking with it,” Qualman said. “You have to have grit.” Qualman shared the story of his college basketball days began when he was elbowed in the mouth, losing three of his real teeth during a practice. Ignoring this pain and believing that the teeth that fell out were his fake ones allowed him to continue playing. After the bleeding persisted and the coach realized that Qualman was probably missing more than just his fake teeth, it was clear that this player em-
bodied something special: grit. Qualman believes that this trait is what earned him a spot on Michigan State University’s team and earned him a scholarship. He noted to the audience that the takeaway from such a story is that sticking with something and working through the hard times is key. The rest of his speech had a balance of interaction with the audience, humor and serious advice. Qualman believes that becoming successful involves getting comfortable with the discomfort, that success is a choice and therefore must consciously be chosen, networking before you need the network, and staying focused on one task rather than multitasking. He also noted that college students have a great opportunity since many professionals are more willing to take the time to sit down with a college student than someone who has already graduated. Kabrisha Bell | Indiana Statesman After the show, Qualman stayed to talk with the audience Erik Qualman shared his stories from his basketball days. and to sign books.
The Root Family Art Project will showcase the Coca-Cola bottle, local artists and a design contest on Nov. 1. In 1915, the Root Glass Company designed the Coca-Cola bottle at their Terre Haute factory making Terre Haute the birthplace of the iconic contoured bottle. Teresa Exline leads the Birthplace of the Coca-Cola ISU Communciations and Marketing Project and the Root Family Art Project. Teresa Exline is the “The Root Family Public coordinator of the Root Art Project is a project sim- Family Art Project. ilar to the Cows on Parade in Chicago or the Colts and ture and a Birthplace of the Cars projects that were con- Coca-Cola Bottle Festival.” ducted in the past in Terre As a sponsor of the projHaute,” Exline said. “The ect, ISU is hosting a design project features six-foot tall contest for the community fiberglass Coca-Cola con- to participate in. tour bottles, which will be “The university has chopainted by local artists and sen to have a design contest placed in front of business- for students, faculty, staff es or organizations that are and alumni who would like sponsors of the project. the chance to paint the uniThere will be around 30 versity’s bottle,” said Exline. bottles overall.” “The Community School of This event is more than the Arts is running the conan art show. It is the preser- test for the university,” said vation of history. Exline. “The project is part of a This is a charitable event. broader project to brand All proceeds will aid in the Terre Haute as the birth- Birthplace of the Coca-Cola place of the Coca-Cola bot- bottle branding project. tle,” Exline said. “This is a fun opportuAccording to Exline, the nity for artists to have the Coca-Cola bottle is con- chance to create a unique sidered the most recogniz- piece of public art,” said Exable product package in the line. “The artist whose deworld. sign is chosen will receive a “The Root family is spon- $500 stipend upon complesoring the public art proj- tion of the bottle.” ect,” Exline said. “Other asA preview party will be pects of the overall branding located at the Indiana Theproject include the placing ater that will take place of signs at the entrances to spring 2018. the community welcoming ”All the bottles will be on individuals to the birthplace display, and they will then of the Coca-Cola bottle, be distributed to their permurals on downtown buildings, a permanent art sculpROOT CONT. ON PAGE 3
NEWS Texas Tech student was searched before killing officer, police chief says
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Claire Z. Cardona, Tom Steele and Eline De Bruijn The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
DALLAS — The Texas Tech student accused of killing a campus police officer this week was searched when he was taken into custody but still managed to have a gun on him, Lubbock Police Chief Greg Stevens said Thursday. The shooting Monday prompted a lockdown that lasted for more than an hour as officials searched for the gunman at the Lubbock school. Hollis A. Daniels III was captured within two hours and is charged with murder. Lubbock police came in contact with Daniels after a firearm was reported stolen from a Lubbock home Sunday, Stevens said. The people at the home said the suspect made a “very specific threat,” Stevens said. Police stopped a vehicle matching the suspect’s, but the driver, Daniels, refused to let them search the vehicle. Police said there was not enough cause to search the vehicle and a drug-sniffing dog was un-
Hollis A. Daniels III. (Lubbock County Sheriff)
available, Stevens said. Acting on a report that a student had been acting erratically and may have a
weapon, university police made a welfare check at the student’s room earlier in the night and found evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia, university Police Chief Kyle Bonath said. Daniels showed up to the room and was taken to the police station on the perimeter of campus on a drug charge. According to an arrest-warrant affidavit, Daniels — who was not wearing handcuffs — was standing near an officer in the department’s briefing room while he completed paperwork for Daniels’ arrest. Another officer left the room and heard a bang. When he came back in, he saw the officer — identified Tuesday as Floyd East Jr. — fatally shot in the head. His service weapon was still in the holster, but Daniels and the officer’s body camera were gone. “He was searched during his time in custody, but unfortunately he was able to gain access to a weapon,” Stevens said. While law enforcement searched for Daniels, the school’s counseling center called campus police to report that his
family had called to say they were concerned he may have a weapon and had been making comments about suicide, Bonath said. Daniels was captured near the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium when a Texas Tech officer tackled him, Lubbock police said. Police found a loaded .45-caliber pistol and a police body camera nearby. Daniels told officers “that he was the one that shot their friend,” the affidavit says. During an interview later, Daniels said he messed up and did “something illogical,” according to the affidavit. A Texas Tech spokesman confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday that Daniels did not use a police department gun in the shooting. Daniels, of Seguin, was being held at the Lubbock County Jail on a charge of capital murder of a peace officer. His bail is set at $5 million. Campus police had previously arrested Daniels on drug charges on Sept. 23, 2016, records show.
California school employees no longer allowed to bring concealed weapons to work Patrick McGreevy Los Angeles Times (TNS) California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law Saturday that will remove the rights of school administrators to decide whether employees with concealed weapon permits can bring guns on campus. State law already prohibited civilians who are not school workers from bringing firearms onto campuses, but a change in the law last year gave school district superintendents power to decide if employees could bring concealed weapons onto campuses, according to Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, a Democrat who authored the bill. Five California school districts - including the Kingsburg Joint Union and Kern school districts - have begun to issue authorizations for some school employees to bring guns on campuses, McCarty said. He said it has increased the chance of school shootings. “A safe learning environment is essential for our children to be successful in the classroom,” McCarty said. “That’s not possible if a school district allows armed civilians to roam California school campuses.” The measure, AB 424, was opposed by groups advocating for gun owners including the National Rifle Association and the Firearms Policy Coalition, which noted that there have been no shootings involving California school employees who brought guns to campuses. “The constitutional right to bear arms is based on the fundamental human right to self-defense,” the coalition wrote to lawmakers. “AB 424 undermines these very important principles based on little more than a whim.” Under separate legislation signed by Brown on Saturday, Californians who are convicted of hate crimes will be banned from possessing firearms for 10 years. Democratic Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer Sr. introduced the legislation, AB 785. He recently cited the August violence in Charlottesville, Va., as justification for expanding the gun ban to those who commit hate crimes. “The recent incident in Charlottesville, where heavily armed Neo-Nazis, Klansmen and white supremacists, spewing hatred and inciting violence under the guise of protecting free speech and the right to bear arms, is not what the founding fathers of this great nation were protecting when they drafted our constitution,” Jones-Sawyer said. Misdemeanor hate crimes that will fall under the firearm ban include using force or the threat of force to interfere with another person’s free exercise of any constitutional right because of the other person’s race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Gun possession will also be banned for people who deface or damage property in order to interfere with constitutional rights. For example, a person prosecuted for painting a swastika on a Jewish house of worship could lose their gun possession rights. Both measures take effect Jan. 1.
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A mountain of storm debris left by Hurricane Irma dwarfs Edgewood, Fla., Mayor Ray Bagshaw at the Orlando suburb’s dump site on West Holden Avenue.
Hurricane debris efforts picking up in Florida, but communities have more to do Stephen Hudak Orlando Sentinel (TNS)
It’s been more than a month since Hurricane Irma blasted through Central Florida but some streets look like she just left. “It stinks that it’s still here,” said Andy Gillis, 41, who lives on West Williams Avenue in northwest Orange County and has a mountain of logs and limbs at the side of his driveway. “Pulling out on the road you have to kind of stick your head out around the debris.” Most local governments say they’re slowly chipping away at curbside heaps, but Altamonte Springs, Edgewood, Lady Lake and Winter Garden all say they are done with pickup. Orlando officials estimate they have picked up about half of the 300,000 cubic yards of debris Irma left behind in City Beautiful, while a project manager in Orange County estimated that about 845,000 cubic yards _ about 35 percent of Irma’s storm debris in unincorporated Orange _ remains on the ground. Some citizens understand the challenge created by the hurricane, but others are fuming. Carol Crawford, 69, fired off an email Sunday morning to Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke and Orange County Mayor Tere-
sa Jacobs because of debris piled in front of her Machette Road home in unincorporated Orange. The other side of Machette, located in Belle Isle, is debris-free, having been cleaned up over a week ago. A reply from the mayor’s office, while sympathizing with Crawford, asked for her patience and understanding and provided the retired lawyer an internet link to drop-off sites where county residents can dump debris for free. “So free drop-off points is your solution for a senior citizen who would have to go buy a truck and trailer, load it and then unload it,” Crawford wrote back. “Your response is nothing but governmental manure.” Records show Orange’s 311 information line has received nearly 400 requests for special debris pickup and 125 others reported debris blocking roads, a high-priority call. But help may be on the way. “We’ve gotten quite a few crews that have come in recently to help,” said Frank Yokiel, project manager for Orange County Public Works’ engineering division. Debris removal crews who finished jobs in Texas and other Florida cities are now digging in here. Site Solutions of Central Florida, for instance, wrapped up work Thursday in Winter Garden after
collecting debris shoved onto city streets by residents in county enclaves. “We felt we needed to do it because the county’s behind right now and debris might sit out on our major roads for quite some time,” Winter Garden City Manager Mike Bollhoefer said. Apopka has added more trucks and more crews recently, but turned away other available contractors over pay demands, Mayor Joe Kilsheimer said. “We’re now working in more neighborhoods simultaneously than we were able to do before. But we still have a lot to pick up,” he said. Kilsheimer said the city decided not to pay new crews more than those who have been on the job since the cleanup began in Orange County’s second-largest city. “It wouldn’t be fair,” he said. Apopka also parted with AshBritt Environmental rather than renegotiate an existing contract with the debris-removal company, one of three firms served with investigative subpoenas Oct. 2 by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. She said she was looking into complaints that debris removal contractors failed to live up to terms of contracts signed before the 2017 hurricane season. Officials of AshBritt said Wednes-
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Vegas gunman targeted cops responding to his shooting, investigation shows
Matt Pearce, Jaweed Kaleem, and David Montero Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Police have once again shifted their timeline of how the Oct. 1 massacre unfolded in Las Vegas, saying Friday that a hotel security guard was shot only moments before the gunman shot at a concert crowd — not six minutes before the attack began, as they had previously stated. But investigators’ latest account still does not resolve questions over why it took police 12 minutes to find the gunman’s hotel room when officers were already inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino when the attack began. Nor does the latest account answer why officers searched other floors in the hotel first if they had received a report from hotel security that the gunman was on the 32nd floor. In a news conference Friday, an emotional and defensive Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo praised the bravery of his officers. The investigation, he said, has determined that the gunman deliberately aimed his
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Clark County firefighters and Metropolitan Police Officers attend a joint conference detailing the fire/EMS response to the mass shooting at the Clark County Fire Department Training Center.
weapons at police as they arrived at the scene where 21,000 country music festival patrons were fleeing in panic. But the sheriff declined to answer questions that have been mounting for a week over how police and hotel officials responded in the aftermath of the attack, which left 58 people dead.
“The dynamics of this investigation are far-reaching, are wide, are huge,” said Lombardo, adding that he had provided preliminary information on the timeline early on in the hopes of keeping community members calm and informed, only to be receive “cyberspace” criticism “questioning my integrity.”
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s shifting accounts of the mass shooting have provided fuel for conspiracy theorists who, as with many such attacks, have spun unfounded theories about multiple gunmen. In Friday’s news conference, Lombardo amended a timeline he gave Monday in which he had
said gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, of Mesquite, Nev., shot hotel security guard Jesus Campos at 9:59 p.m., six minutes before Paddock started shooting at a concert crowd across the street. After hotel officials challenged the accuracy of the timeline, Lombardo said Friday that 9:59 p.m. was not necessarily when Campos was shot, but when he encountered a doorway leading to the 32nd floor from a stairwell that Paddock had blocked. The barricade forced Campos to take another route to enter the floor. It is not known whether Campos called in a report at 9:59 when he had trouble accessing the 32nd floor. Campos was shot in the leg “in close proximity” to when Paddock started shooting at the crowd at 10:05 p.m., Lombardo said, and Campos then reported the gunman via radio and using his cellphone. Lombardo reiterated Friday that the first officers arrived on the floor at 10:17 p.m., too late to stop Paddock, who had stopped his 10-minute rampage at 10:15
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Event of the week:
Saudi National Day Dinner and Awards
Researchers are on the cusp of developing a men’s birth control
Kristen Jordan Shamus Detroit Free Press (TNS)
The event included a reception, welcome remarks, student performances including Saudi dances and songs, a short documentary on Saudi Arabia, awards and dinner. Traditional meals from the Middle East were served. Many of the Saudi students attended the event along with memebrs ofthe Saudi Student Association.
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Scientists at Michigan State University might have uncovered the key to developing an effective male birth control pill. In studying the causes of male fertility and infertility and using a new gene editing technology, researchers discovered that they can effectively block the gene that controls sperm production in mice, rendering them infertile. Chen Chen PhD., an assistant professor of animal science at MSU, said his team’s discovery is a first step in finding drug treatments that could similarly block the genetic expression of this gene, called PNLDC1, in humans. “More than 500,000 men get vasectomies every year,” Chen said. “There’s a huge market for this research, and now we further understand the genetic underpinnings of sperm development in mammals. “I think for the general
public there is great need in another male contraceptive method.” The genetic editing technology knocked out or completely blocked the PNLDC1 expression in male mice embryos, making the male mice infertile. Since mice are mammals and use many of the same genes as humans in reproduction, it suggests a similar approach could be used in developing a form of human male contraception. In the mice Chen and his team studied, the sterilization was permanent. “If you delete the gene from birth, it would cause permanent sterility,” he said. “However, because the system we are studying functions both neonatally and post-natally, there is a good chance that if you block the same protein function later on, it would have the same effect … but it’s not affecting permanent sperm production. In order to have a permanent sterilization, you would
need to ablate the stem cell pool because the stem cells are the progenitors (of) mature sperm.” The hope, would be that they would be able to find a drug treatment that could block the function of that gene temporarily, allowing patients to block healthy sperm production for a short time, and then allow for the return of healthy sperm production later, if they choose. The hormone testosterone, Chen said, is known to be effective for limiting sperm production. But, he said, its side effects make it a poor candidate for widespread use. “Testosterone can act on other tissues and organs and not every single man would respond the same way,” he said. “So for the field, it’s better to develop a nonhormonal target. It does not mess with hormones and metabolism. In this case, PNLDC1 is interesting because it primarily is expressed in germ cells,
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Paul Rucker’s “Rewind” installation was part of the Baker Artists Awards 2015 at The Baltimore Museum of Art, as seen in this photo from the museum. The exhibit has been closed to the public by York College of Pennsylvania officials because they fear the show could be inflammatory.
Artist’s exhibit of KKK robes closed to public Mary Carole McCauley The Baltimore Sun (TNS)
An exhibit of satirical Ku Klux Klan robes created by the Baltimore African-American artist Paul Rucker has been closed to the public by York College of Pennsylvania officials because they fear that the show could be inflammatory. “The images, while powerful, are very provocative and potentially disturbing to some,” the college wrote in a news release. “This is especially the case without the benefit of an understanding of the intended educational context of the exhibit. As a result, the College has limited attendance to the exhibit to campus community possessing York College IDs and to invited guests.” The statement was posted in September, about three weeks after violence erupted
on Aug. 12 at a white nationalist rally in the college town of Charlottesville, Va. Three people died and 35 people were injured after a speeding truck plowed into a crowd protesting the rally. The exhibit, called “Rewind,” has been touring the nation since it debuted at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance in 2015. Lifesized mannequins, some with black arms and legs, are attired in embellished Klan robes. Some robes are equipped with the kind of superhero cape that a child might wear, or belted with a prom queen-style sash. Other robes, made from traditional African Kente cloth, target black-onblack racism. The exhibit is accompanied by a 30page, educational newspaper that visitors can take with them upon leaving the show. Rucker said he’s given out more than 10,000 copies over the past two years. “It’s not an easy show,” acknowledged
the artist, who was awarded a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. “But we can’t be scared to have conversations because someone might shoot us or run us over. We can’t be cowardly in critical times. We have to keep resisting.” Rewind previously has been shown in cities with recent histories of racial turmoil. Rucker’s robes were part of an exhibit of winners of the Baker Artist Awards that opened at the Baltimore Museum of Art in September 2015, five months after Freddie Gray died from injuries sustained while in police custody. Last summer, Rewind went on view in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in 2014. In neither city, Rucker said, did the exhibit attract controversy. “I’ve gotten nothing but love and appreciation,” he said. “People have told me
that this show changed their lives.” When plans were initially made to mount Rewind at York College, Rucker said, there was no talk of limiting attendance. “It was supposed to be open to the public, just like every other show at the college has been open to the public,” he said. “But then Charlottesville happened, and they got nervous.” At first, Rucker said, college officials considered shortening Rewind’s run from seven weeks to two or three, but the artist rejected that plan. He and administrators eventually agreed on a compromise; attendance would be open at all times to students with a York College ID, while the public could view the show by making an appointment with the gallery’s director,
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Deck Nine release new episode, ‘Life is Stange’ Anthony Goelz Reporter
On Thursday Oct. 19, Deck Nine is releasing the second episode of “Life is Strange: Before the Storm.” “Life is Strange: Before the Storm” is the prequel series to Dontnod’s “Life is Strange.” “Before the Storm” follows the best friend of the main character in the original, Chloe Price, before the blue hair. This series tells the story of how Chloe became the anti-establishment rebel that was popular in the source material. The series so far has been breaking through this character’s gruff façade and showing her in a more vulnerable and human way. Episode two is titled “Brave New World.” “The episode will feature a few new characters, alongside some returning ones from the original ‘Life Is Strange,’ and new environments,” says Alex Gilyadov in his article about the episode’s announcement on IGN. “With Chloe and Rachel’s friendship starting to grow, their family life continues to be in turmoil. Before the duo can run away, Chloe gets involved with a dangerous errand for Frank Bowers, which exposes Chloe to an uglier side of Arcadia Bay.” “Brave New World” will continue to follow the budding relationship between protagonist, Chloe Price, and her new best friend/romantic interest, Rachel Amber, judging from the trailer. Episode one saw the beginnings of the relationship between the school’s biggest punk and the school’s golden child. It is the classic
“opposites attract” type of relationship. The bond between the two is one of family dysfunction. Chloe’s father was killed in a car accident, and soon after her best friend moved away. This all leaves Chloe with her mother who, despite her best efforts, is losing touch with her daughter. The trailer shows the last kick in the teeth for Chloe. The man who is dating her mother is moving in. It goes without saying that he and Chloe do not get along. In episode one, it was a big question of why was Rachel hanging out with Chloe. Other than one short interaction at the beginning of the episode, Rachel and Chloe lived in different worlds. Throughout the episode, Rachel was secretly trying to uncover a family secret while using hanging out and skipping school with Chloe as a pretext. In the end, it was revealed that Rachel’s father is having an affair. Rachel’s mood immediately changes and causes a split between her and Chloe. At this point, players get the option to decide if Chloe has romantic feelings or more platonic feelings towards Rachel. At the end of the first episode the pair made a pact to leave town together and leave their families behind. It will be interesting to see where this mini-series will take the pair before the original game and *spoiler alert* Rachel Amber’s inevitable murder. Episode two, “Brave New World,” of Deck Nine’s three-part prequel series “Life is Strange: Before the Storm” will release on Thursday Oct. 19.
Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 • Page 5 MICHIGAN FROM PAGE 4 he said. “So for the field, it’s better to develop a nonhormonal target. It does not mess with hormones and metabolism. In this case, PNLDC1 is interesting because it primarily is expressed in germ cells, but not in normal tissue like the brains or heart or liver. It’s not expressed in those organs. “That’s why, if you could target his protein specifically in the testes, it
EXHIBIT FROM PAGE 4 Matthew Clay-Robison.Rucker sent an email to his followers on Aug. 30 applauding “the courage of curators and communities that have hosted this show.”
ROOT FROM PAGE 1 be distributed to their permanent homes and available for the general public to view and enjoy,” Exline said. The goal of the project extends past
VEGAS FROM PAGE 2 p.m. Hotel officials said in a statement Thursday that Campos had reported a gunman as early as 40 seconds before Paddock started shooting at the concert crowd. His report, they said, was received by armed hotel security and police officers who were in the building together and who “immediately” responded to the 32nd floor. But records of police radio dispatches during the attack do not show any instance of officers at the scene being informed that a security guard had been shot inside the Mandalay Bay, let alone on the 32nd floor. Radio recordings and previous police accounts
HURRICANE FROM PAGE 2 day they would perform debris removal services at pre-Irma contract prices rather than higher fees renegotiated after the storm. Like Apopka, Orange County didn’t renegotiate its deal with AshBritt, which has 67 ac-
can block spermatogenesis, sperm production, but with no adverse effect on other tissues and organs.” Genetically altered mice who’ve been part of the PNLDC1 studies have been shown to have smaller testes, but that appears to be the only physiological difference. It doesn’t appear to have any effect on sexual function, Chen said. “So far we haven’t observed any mating behavior changes,” he said. “Sperm is dramatically decreased,
and … if you look at the morphology of the cells, we see abnormally shaped sperm. Very few are actually released into the epididymis. You do see some sperm-like cells, but they are not functional.” The research also gives scientists a clue about genetic mutations that might play a role in human male infertility, and jumpstart work into genetic testing for men who are infertile.
But the Sept. 5 statement issued by the school didn’t include any provision for the public to attend. “It’s a missed opportunity,” Rucker said, “to have a conversation about race relations in America.” Contacted for comment by The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday, Mary
Dolheimer, assistant vice president of communications at York College, referred a reporter to the statement. Rewind runs at York College through Oct. 21. Rucker’s robes are scheduled to be on view next at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond in the spring of 2018.
displaying bottles. ”Eventually, we hope all of the aspects of the larger project will boost tourism and economic development,” Exline said. “When the new Vigo
County Historical Society Museum opens in downtown Terre Haute, it will feature a working soda fountain and a display about the history of the bottle and its Terre Haute origin.”
indicated that police who zeroed in on the Mandalay Bay after the shooting had searched for the gunman on different floors first. Officials continued to say that they have found no sign of a motive for Paddock despite hundreds of interviews, copious video footage and an ongoing search of Paddock’s electronic devices, which is being undertaken with help from hundreds of special agents from the FBI. A preliminary examination of the suspect’s brain didn’t reveal anything unusual, Lombardo said, but the organ has been shipped to a special lab for further analysis. One thing that has become clear from the investigation, he said, is that
Paddock seemed to specifically target police. One of the responding officers, Brady Cook, was shot and “sustained a substantial wound to his shoulder, through his bicep, into his chest and out his back,” said the sheriff, who, overcome with emotion, bowed his head and fell silent as he described officers who were injured while trying to help. “The response of those individuals, I believe, saved lives,” Lombardo said. Cook, Lombardo added, “asked me if he could go back and work today.” The bulk of the questions at Friday’s press conference still seemed to center around the shifting timeline and the issue of what happened in the mo-
ments after Campos was shot. The injured security guard, who has not spoken to the media, mysteriously withdrew from television interviews he had scheduled for Thursday night, including a scheduled appearance on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News. Lombardo declined to answer questions about the response from the hotel or its owner, MGM Resorts International, but emphasized there has been no agreement to keep important information secret. “There is no conspiracy between the FBI and the LVMPD, MGM,” Lombardo said. “Nobody is attempting to hide anything in reference to this investigation.”
tive contracts in Florida. Contractors working in Altamonte Springs removed about 46,000 cubic yards of debris off city curbs and rights-ofway. The relatively quick cleanup made residents in neighboring communities take notice. “We’ve gotten calls from
residents outside the city, saying ‘Your streets are clean, mine aren’t. Could you, would you please come out and pick up our stuff, too?’” Altamonte Springs City Manager Frank Martz said. Edgewood Mayor Ray Bagshaw said crews in his city worked fast and
smart to move the suburb’s 20,000 cubic yards of storm debris to a 5-acre lot a six-mile drive from City Hall. If the city had been forced to haul loads to the county landfill 20 miles away, “it would’ve added weeks” to the cleanup schedule, Bagshaw said.
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A best-case scenario for the Iran deal Doyle McManus
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Trump’s attack on health care continues Zach Davis Columnist
After nine consecutive months of healthcare fiascos, Donald Trump has decided to take healthcare into his own hands, circumventing the democratic process. He signed an executive order on Thursday allowing insurance companies to ally with one another to sell special plans that are not regulated normally under the Affordable Care Act. He also decided now is a good time to end cost-sharing reductions. CSR payments are made to insurance companies who qualify and offer reduced rates. The government covers the cost the insurance companies accrue to keep them from losing money. It is literally the mechanism that keeps the current healthcare system from falling apart. The Congressional Budget Office did an analysis of the consequences of this very scenario back in August. They predicted insurance premiums would go up by 20 percent, or insurers would leave entirely. Some states anticipated this and preemptively raised costs, assuming CSR payments would be ceased. Others, though, figured the payments would
continue through 2018, setting their prices accordingly. Those that didn’t adjust prices are now in trouble, and it is too late for them to do anything about it. The date for submitting coverage rates has passed, and many have already been locked in. That means they are offering cheap coverage, but they aren’t getting the full cost of the plans covered. It was immediately evident as stocks in health insurance companies took a huge hit following Trump’s announcement. What’s odd is that this seems to be a win to Trump. Saturday morning he enthusiastically tweeted, “Health Insurance stocks, which have gone through the roof during the ObamaCare years, plunged yesterday after I ended their Dems windfall!” A few minutes afterward he tweeted that he is “very proud” of his executive order. He did finally get something done, and that is impressive. It’s been a hard battle, even though Republicans have majority control of the government. But this action isn’t a win for America. Trump is purposely making the ACA fail, taking stocks with it. He is forcing insurance companies to raise prices, causing Americans to pay more or lose coverage. This isn’t what the country needs. Even more perplexing is who he will blame if this goes too awry. In an interview with Forbes, Trump placed every last bit of blame on former President Barack Obama. He insisted “Obamacare is Obama’s fault. It’s nobody else’s fault,” later saying “it’s never going to be our
fault.” He might be right to some extent, but even then he’d still be partially wrong. Blame will be shifted if someone causes the system to fail. We have new leadership, which means new people are responsible. And most Americans agree with that logic. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll, found that 60 percent “of the public say that President Trump and Republicans in Congress control the government and are responsible for any problems with the ACA going forward,” while only 28 percent say it is Obama’s and the Democrats. Even further, they found 69 percent of the public thinks Trump should do what he can to make the ACA work, while only 29 percent think we should repeal and replace it. Slashing the ACA like this will only cause it to fall flat on its face, and that seems to be Trump’s goal. He makes it no secret that he wants it to fail, but this is bordering on sabotage. Even more, this really does not make sense. If the ACA is truly failing as Trump insists, then why weren’t premiums going up as stocks plummeted before? Unless, of course, the ACA isn’t failing as much as some think. Since the ACA was passed more Americans are covered, and more can afford coverage. There are absolutely undesirable aspects of it – such as the plethora of loopholes and certain penalties, but we can change that. That is what most of America wants -- and that shouldn’t be ignored.
President Donald Trump plans to demand this week that the international agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear programs be revised to make it stronger. He’ll claim that Iran isn’t complying with the 2015 pact, which he has called “the worst deal ever negotiated.” His language will be Trumpian and tough, intended to show that he’s keeping his campaign promise to “rip the deal up.” But Trump isn’t ripping it up. Instead, he’s climbing down — slowly, awkwardly, reluctantly — from a position that made no sense. In formal terms, Trump is refusing to “certify” that Iran is complying with the nuclear deal, which requires Tehran to reduce its holdings of enriched uranium and allow international inspectors into its facilities. But Iran is, in fact, complying with the agreement, as even U.S. officials acknowledge. The main U.S. complaint is that Iran has violated the “spirit” of the deal by engaging in non-nuclear activities, including missile research, which the agreement doesn’t cover. Even more awkwardly, Trump’s closest aides want the deal to remain in force. Last week, Defense Secretary James Mattis told a Senate hearing that it’s in the national interest to keep the agreement alive. The reason is simple: Whatever its flaws, the deal has stopped Iran from building a nuclear weapon for at least 10 years. If the United States walks away from the agreement, Iran’s supreme leader would be free to restart uranium enrichment — and most other countries would blame Trump, not Iran. Trump aides have therefore quietly asked Congress not to reimpose nuclear sanctions on Iran. And instead of dismantling the deal, Mattis and other advisors have given Trump an alternative: Try to fix it. They’ve listed changes they’d like to see, including more intrusive inspections and longer “sunset” provi-
sions. (The current deal lifts the ceiling on low-enriched uranium and allows almost unrestricted enrichment beginning in 2030.) They also want new limits on Iran’s ballistic missile effort and international action against pro-Iranian forces in Iraq, Syria and other countries. Trump aides have floated the idea of demanding a formal “renegotiation” of the 2015 deal, in keeping with language Trump occasionally used during the campaign. But renegotiation isn’t going to happen. All the other countries in the agreement — including U.S. allies Britain, France and Germany — have said it’s not feasible. Instead, French President Emmanuel Macron has offered what some officials call a “third way”: new negotiations to extend the nuclear deal’s sunset provisions and impose new limits on Iran’s missile development, plus joint Western action against pro-Iranian proxy forces in the Middle East. Those are ideas with broad support in Europe as well as Washington. Trump and his aides are actually right when they say the 2015 pact should be strengthened. Even the Obama administration officials who negotiated the deal acknowledge that it didn’t settle every U.S. concern. Here’s a best-case scenario: After Trump announces his decision, Congress, instead of demanding new sanctions, endorses negotiations to improve the deal, perhaps with additional sanctions authority to give the president more leverage. Trump appoints a tough, high-powered special envoy to pursue negotiations; someone like Dennis Ross, who worked on the Middle East for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Clinton. Once talks are under way, President Trump can announce that he’s accomplished the moral equivalent of renegotiation, and declare at least partial victory. That would put the U.S. confrontation with Iran in a category with other Trump foreign policy positions that
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The dirty truth about the Clean Power Plan Nicolas Loris
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Concerned about the Environmental Protection Agency scrapping the Clean Power Plan? Don’t be. Unless you like the idea of paying higher energy bills for virtually no climate benefit, we’re better off without it. If the Trump administration is intent on achieving 3 percent economic growth and rescinding costly regulations that carry negligible environmental gains — and if it wants to preserve our energy grid — the Clean Power Plan must go. The plan, proposed two years ago by the Obama administration, has a noble-sounding goal and a name that surely message-tested well: to reduce carbon dioxide from existing power plants. But the Clean Power Plan had nothing to do with eradicating hazardous pollutants from
power generation. The U.S. already has laws on the books to protect Americans’ health from emissions that have adverse environmental impacts. Instead, the Clean Power Plan regulated carbon dioxide, a colorless, odorless, non-toxic gas, because of its alleged contribution to climate change. And from Day One, Obama’s Clean Power Plan was fraught with problems — economically, environmentally and legally. For starters, families and businesses would have been hit with more expensive energy bills. How so? After all, the plan set specific limits on greenhouse gas emissions for each state based on its electricity mix and offered “flexible” options for how states could meet the targets. But no matter how states would have developed their plans, the economic damages still would have been felt through higher energy costs, fewer job opportunities, and fewer ener-
gy choices for consumers. The EPA’s idea of flexibility would not have softened the economic blow. It merely meant that Americans would have incurred higher costs through different mechanisms. Environmentally, the climate impact of the Clean Power Plan would have been pointless. According to climatologist Paul Knappenberger: “Even if we implement the Clean Power Plan to perfection, the amount of climate change averted over the course of this century amounts to about 0.02 C. This is so small as to be scientifically undetectable and environmentally insignificant.” Legally, the Clean Power Plan was on shaky ground, to say the least. The regulation grossly exceeded the statutory authority of the EPA, violated the principles of cooperative federalism, and double-regulated existing power plants, which the Clean Air Act prohibits. Take it from Laurence Tribe, Harvard Uni-
versity professor of constitutional law and a “liberal legal icon” who served in Obama’s Justice Department. Tribe stated in testimony before Congress that the “EPA is attempting an unconstitutional trifecta: usurping the prerogatives of the states, Congress, and the federal courts — all at once. Burning the Constitution should not become part of our national energy policy.” It’s no surprise that more than half the states in the country petitioned the Supreme Court to pause implementation of the regulation, and judges obliged, issuing a stay in 2016. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who led the charge against a rogue EPA as attorney general in Oklahoma, will respect the limits of the EPA as head of the agency. The EPA will now go through the formal rule-making and public comment period in order to repeal the Clean
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IRAN FROM PAGE 6 turned out to contain more bluster than action: his threats to walk away from U.S. obligations to NATO, for example, and his promise to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (which, in Trump’s mind, is another “worst deal ever negotiated”). There are plenty of ways that benign outcome could be derailed.
Republicans in Congress could bow to pressure from hard-liners and impose new nuclear sanctions (although that looks unlikely; even Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a noted hawk, has agreed to hold off). Other countries could balk. Trump is deeply unpopular in Europe. Even Russia’s Vladimir Putin may not be in the mood to help an American president who has turned out to be an unreliable friend.
Any negotiations to extend the deal will be multinational, and they’ll require compromise — two words that rarely apply to Trump’s bluster-based diplomacy. The president will grow impatient. He’ll still have to report to Congress every 90 days. He’ll still have the authority to reimpose sanctions any time he wants. (He doesn’t need Congress’ approval for that, even now.) But the administration’s internal debates
have brought Trump to an unexpected and unwanted conclusion, that ending the nuclear agreement is not in the national interest. He won’t admit it. He’ll continue to denounce the deal. But he’s not walking away from it — and that gives nuclear diplomacy with Iran another chance to survive.
POWER PLAN FROM PAGE 6 Power Plan. What comes after that remains to be seen. State attorneys general in New York and Massachusetts, as well as environmental activist groups, are lining up to sue. The EPA could offer a far less stringent replacement regulation, which some industry groups are pushing for to buttress against lawsuits. If members of Congress are fed up that policy continues to be made through the executive branch with a phone and a pen, they should step to the plate and legislate. In this case, the solution is clear. The Clean Air Act was never intended to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Congress should pass legislation prohibiting the EPA and other agencies from implementing harmful regulations that stunt economic growth and produce futile climate benefits.
SWIMMING FROM PAGE 8 later another first place finish in the 200 IM. The Sycamores then ended the day with a first place finish in the 400 freestyle relay with a 3:35.97. Laura Fulton set two new school records in both the one meter and three meter dives while Mckenzie Plummer competed in the three meter dive for the first time in her career. “Laura earned two records and Mckenzie earned a personal best in the one meter and competed in the three meter for the first time today. I couldn’t be more proud of her. When we first started she struggled on the one meter and now she has conquered that and can also compete in the three meter. Laura did a great job again and I believe she will continue to score higher as the season goes on,” said diving coach Fengting Chen. The Sycamores will be back in action on Oct. 27 as they face off with Bellarmine and Rose-Hulman here in Terre Haute, Ind. at 6 p.m. Story by Athletic Media Relations.
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No. 14 quarterback Issac Harker, went 17-of-25 for 154 yards in his first start since the Sycamores home opener against Eastern Illinois.
No. 4 South Dakota rolls to a 56-6 victory over ISU Tim McCaughan
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No. 4 South Dakota came into Saturday’s contest with the best offense in FCS, and it was on display all afternoon in Vermillion as the Coyotes rolled to a 56-6 win over Indiana State inside the DakotaDome. The Coyotes improved to 6-0, 3-0 MVFC while the Sycamores fell to 0-6, 0-3 MVFC. USD put up the most yards against a Sycamore defense since 2014 when the Hoosiers totaled 566 yards. Isaac Harker went 17-of-25 for 154 yards in his first start since the Sycamores home opener against Eastern Illinois. Harker led the Sycamores on a 13-play -- 66-yard opening drive that was capped off by a 35-yard field goal from Jerry Nunez. South Dakota answered back with a seven play -- 75-yard drive that was finished off by Chris Streveler connecting on a 55yard touchdown pass to Brandt Van Roekel. With the touchdown, South Dakota went ahead 7-3 and never looked back. The touchdown was one of four in the air Saturday for Streveler as he put up 337 yards in the air to go with 82 rushing yards. Nunez added a 20-yard field goal to start the second quarter but that would be all the scoring the Sycamores would be able to muster as the USD defense was able to stave off ISU the remainder of the game. The Yotes reeled off seven more touchdowns in the contest as they cruised to the victory. Each of the Coyotes final seven touchdown plays totaled 20-yards or more.
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ISU started the game 3-of-4 on third down with short yardage situations, but finished the contest just 4-of-16. Kody Case and Van Roekel had two receiving touchdowns to lead the Coyotes. Van Roekel had 108 yards on seven receptions. Michael Fredrick rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on nine carries. Jacquet McClendon had seven receptions for 41 yards to lead the ISU receiving core while Bob Pugh had three receptions for 36 yards. LeMonte Booker rushed for 41 yards on 12 carries. Though the South Dakota offensive unit was dominate throughout the contest, the Indiana State defense did something that no other team had accomplished this season as they forced the USD offense into its first turnover of the year. Brento Locket, who also led the Sycamore defense with eight tackles jarred the ball loose in the third quarter from USD running back Ben Klett. Inoke Moala then jumped on the ball for the Sycamores. Freshman cornerback Mekhi Ware also added seven tackles for the Sycamores while De’Jaun Tyson and Jonas Griffith had six tackles each. A bright spot on the day for the Sycamores was the performance of Sycamore punter Thomas Bouldin. The Brea, California product punted eight times for an average of 48.9 yards. Bouldin notched a season long 68-yard punt in the second quarter. Indiana State will return to Terre Haute next weekend for Homecoming as the team will play host to Southern Illinois. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. ET from Memorial Stadium.
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Akis Medrano is one of the five runners that competed who recorded their new personal records. Medrano placed in 101st place, ninth all-time at indiana State.
Cross Country with strong performances at Adidas Pre-Nationals Andrew Hile
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It was a beautiful day in Louisville as the Sycamore men’s and women’s cross country teams put together several strong performances and competed well with some of the top teams in the nation at the Pre-Nationals meet. The Sycamore men placed 33rd overall out of 41 teams with a team score of 784, and the women placed seventh out of 29 teams with 296 points. The men were entered in the seeded Red 8K race, and got to race against national powerhouses such as No. 2 BYU, No. 5 Arkansas, No. 7 Colorado and No. 8 Oregon. “The men started us off with a solid day against some top level competition,” said head coach Kyle Walsh. “We knew we were going to be in a large race with some really good programs, and I was proud of the way they fought through the middle. Five of our seven guys ran their all-time fastest cross country 8K, so we leave here with our head held high and momentum on our side, and we beat a couple pretty good teams as well. There’s definitely some regional opponents right ahead of us that
we will match up with again in four weeks at the NCAA Regional at our place, so we kind of have a target on the teams ahead of us, and we will continue to hold off some of the teams we’ve beaten this year.” Five of the seven runners for the men recorded new personal records, and they were led by junior Akis Medrano who crossed the line at 24:29.8 in 101st place, which is ninth all-time at Indiana State. Quentin Pierce also set a personal-best time at 24:52.80, finishing 150th overall. Behind Pierce was Blake Kramer who surged at the end to finish with his new personal best, 25:08.1. Both Ryan Cash and Corey Alfredson followed Kramer, destroying their previous personal records by posting times of 25:10.8 and 25:14.7, respectively. “I’m really proud of Akis for having the breakthrough he’s been looking for with a new personal best, leading our team against some really good guys. Overall, if we put it together with all five guys on the same day, we can make some noise at conference and mix it up with anybody in the Missouri Valley,” Walsh said. Finishing with 784 points, the Sycamores edged out Houston (790), Texas Tech (801), Rice (826), Central Michigan (852), Dartmouth (910), Eastern Wash-
ington (954), Kansas (1011) and Arizona State (1096). Isaac Bentz, Ryan Kritzer and Kyle Collins represented ISU well in the men’s Black 8K race. Bentz led the way, finishing 130th and posting a time of 26:13.4. Kritzer ran his strongest race of the season so far, earning a time of 26:38.5, and Collins followed at 27:43.4. The ISU women had a strong showing today in the women’s Black 6K race, finishing seventh with 296 points and defeating teams such as Texas Tech (300), Clemson (300), Western Michigan (307), Butler (315) as well as Missouri Valley Conference rival Southern Illinois, who finished 22nd with 542 points. “The women definitely bounced back in a much better performance than at South Bend two weeks ago. Four of the top five ran all-time personal bests in the 6K, and they didn’t let heat become a factor,” Walsh said. “We beat some of our regional rivals and definitely put ourselves in position towards the front of the race, which is what we talked about. When you execute the race plan and you race tough in the middle, which is what they did, you usually leave with the results pretty happy. At Notre Dame we got buried early and were too far back and tried to move up, and in
this race we put ourselves in a position early, held on and finished very well.” Leading the way for the women was the duo of Alli Workman and Megan Doty, who finished 35th and 36th, respectively. Workman managed to stay with the front of the pack throughout the race, and earned a new personal best time of 21:50.51. Doty finished only one second behind her, also finishing with a new personal record of 21:51.14. Senior Taylor Austin followed Workman and Doty, finishing 50th at 22:04.96. Rounding out the top 100 for the Sycamores was Michaela Ward, who crossed the finish line at 22:40.14. Colleen Madden was the fifth scorer for ISU at 22:48.6. Both Ward and Madden finished with personal best times. “Overall, both teams leave here with their heads held high with momentum on our side into the conference championship and we’re looking forward to going to Springfield in two weeks,” Walsh said. The Sycamores can now focus on the MVC Championships, hosted by Missouri State on Saturday, Oct. 28. ISU will host the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Friday, Nov. 10 beginning at 11:15 a.m. at the Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.
Sycamores defeat Xavier and OlivetNazarene in first home meet The Indiana State Sycamores defeated Xavier and Olivet-Nazarene on Saturday in their first home meet of the season. ISU defeated Xavier 133 to 103 and Olivet-Nazarene 170 to 108. “This program took some big steps forward today. Competing in back to back dual meets is on purpose and that’s a way for us to grow and get more confident in our training and the skills we’re developing. We came out harder today than we have all season and made major steps forward for this program,” said head coach Matt Leach. This meet was a large turnaround for ISU as they fell by a large margin to Xavier only two weeks ago. Indiana State came out quick right from the start earning multiple personal bests and even setting a couple of school records throughout the day. Indiana State was ready to compete right from the start and came out strong with a second place finish in the 200 medley relay. The team of Kendall Hansen, Megan Schade, Jacquie Price and Alex Malmborg posted a time of 1:48.22 to start the day. The following event, the 1000 yard freestyle, proved to be huge for the Sycamores. Just two weeks ago Xavier won all distance events, but today ISU flipped the results. Cierra Campbell and Elisabeth Peskin absolutely dominated the pool. Campbell placed first with a 10:44.08 and Peskin swam strong as well. “Our distance group did fantastic today and it was great swimming from event to event to event. One of the biggest step for me is not just the times, it’s the energy we brought today. We have been working on our team culture from day one and it clicked today,” said Leach. Following this Indiana State continued to rattle off more notable performances. Martina Marks finished first in the 200 freestyle with a 1:54.99, then Kendall Hansen rattled off a win and an ISU school record in the 100 yard backstroke with a 57.67. Jacquie Price added a pulled away with a first place finish in the 200 butterfly with
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Sydney Hamker (7), Junior midfielder, steals the ball against Redbird player.
Sycamores defeat Redbirds for first time since 2008
It was a humid night in Memorial Stadium, but the heat didn’t stop the Sycamores from taking down the Illinois State Redbirds 2-1 for the first time since 2008. “I’m really proud of the group tonight, it was a great Athletic Media Relations team win,” head coach JuThe Sycamores defeated Xavier at their first lie Hanley said. “We had energy from the start and home game on Saturday. played for each other for a 2:08.23, followed by Alex Malmborg fin- the full 90 minutes.” In the early going it was ishing second in the 50 freestyle. Blanca Saez-Illobre posted a good win all Redbirds, controlling in the 200 breastroke with a 2:22.20 and the pace and attacking the later another first place finish in the 200 Indiana State (6-7-1) defense. In the 12th minute IM. The Sycamores then ended the day with of the first half, Illinois a first place finish in the 400 freestyle relay State’s Kelli Zickert slotted a ball to the middle and hit with a 3:35.97. Mikayla Unger in perfect Laura Fulton set two new school re- stride for the goal. cords in both the one meter and three meAfter the goal the Sycamores turned up the heat SEE SWIMMING, PAGE 7 on offense. In the 31st min-
ute of the first half Katie Wells had a corner kick, which gave Sydney Hamker the opportunity to run through the ball for the goal, tying the game up 1-1. Not even a full minute later in the 32nd minute, Tessa Leong had a beautiful through ball to Alina Steffen, who took the keeper one-on-one and found the back of the net for a 2-1 lead. Entering halftime the Redbirds found themselves trailing, and that’s how it would stay. The second half was all Sycamores. Indiana State controlled the pace of the game and limited any scoring opportunities for the Redbirds, allowing no shots on goal. Illinois State had three shots during the second
half, which matched the Sycamores. Goalkeeper Hannah Sullivan made three saves during the game, and Indiana State had a total of nine shots. Prior to tonight’s game, Indiana State hadn’t beaten the Redbirds since 2008, and held an all-time record of 3-20-0 against their rivals from Normal. “We will enjoy this tonight, but tomorrow we get back to work and prepare for a very good Evansville team on Wednesday,” Hanley said. The Sycamores will be back in action on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 7:00 p.m. to face off with the Evansville Purple Aces. Story by Athletic Media Relations.