Pageant is a real drag Men and women channel the opposite sex and bend gender roles in Indiana State University’s annual Mister and Miss Gay ISU pageant DIJONNAE MORGAN Reporter Ten minutes before the annual Mister and Miss Gay ISU Pageant, students were greeted by their host Beuleh Bak-dat-azzWednesday October 16, 2013 upp, portrayed by Charles Martinez. His jokes and stories were designed to Indiana State University loosen the crowd that attended the drag www.indianastatesman.com show in the Tilson Auditorium Saturday. Volume 121 Issue 23 Spectrum Public Relations Director Allen Zielinski said the show is the group’s contribution to ISU’s Lesbian, Gay, BiSexual, Transexual and Questioning community. Spectrum, an ISU student organization, strives to raise awareness and host events geared toward alternative lifestyles, he said. Sodexo and ISU Student Health Promotion also sponsored the event. “This year we worked hard to have the competitors only be ISU students so that we Dying could properly represent the school, very similar to ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’” Zielinski trends: Is said. “They have a queen every season and the digital age they kind of became the top dog and they killing books represent LGBTQ organizations.” Zielinski said the Terre Haute community and radio? donated flowers to show support. As the show began, four contestants, Jerry Curl, Nikki Saint Queer, Anita Greencard PAGE 6 and Ande Rogenous, were introduced to
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Nick Penington, as his alter ego Nikki Saint Queer, serenades the crowd at the Mister and Miss Gay ISU Pageant. Penington, a junior social work major, was crowned Miss Gay ISU while Tabitha Barham, a sophomore predentistry major, won the Mister Gay ISU title (Photo by Corine Johnson).
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Honors program changes policies to meet growth NKENGIE HUMPHRIES Reporter Indiana State University Honors Program leaders are working to improve the honor students’ experiences on campus. “The size of the student body in our program has grown,” University Honors Program Executive Director Greg Bierly said. “We have more than 300 students.” As a result, Bierly said he saw a need for change in the policies “that have been renewed and stayed the same since the fall of 2009.” “The seniors who were freshmen at [that] time just graduated during the 2013 year,” he said, so the time was right to implement new policies.
Those changes offer new opportunities to enhance the honors community, Bierly said, and new policies focus more on meeting the standards of honors classes. New policies also provide for a greater number of peer advisors for freshmen honor students. Bierly said an important part of the Honors Program is keeping students connected. Student advisors are key in helping younger students track of their academic progress. Cecilia Van Wijk, a sophomore honors advisor, applied last winter to be a part of the Big Help for incoming freshmen. “As an honors advisor, I am one of the first people that incoming freshmen come in contact
with because I email all my honors students during the summer,” Van Wijk said. “It’s a good way to get connected and better acquainted with the students. In addition to the student advisors, the Honors Program uses MySam to monitor students’ progress in classes. It highlights students’ improvement and also assists advisors in scheduling students’ classes. Bierly has also introduced into the program more opportunities for socializing. During an Honors Welcome Session at the beginning of the school year, Bierly introduced CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Briefs Repairs to close Federal Hall entrances on rotating basis Beginning this week, the east doors of Federal Hall, will be closed for repairs throughout the day. The northeast doors (facing Cherry Street) were closed Tuesday and the northwest doors will be closed today. All repairs will begin at 8 a.m. and last for most of the day. Hoosier Glass is beginning the
dismantling of the decorator panels for repair and cleaning. They will be obtaining field measurements and installing some temporary materials to cover the affected areas until the new panels are ready for installation. The south entry will be accessible throughout the process.
Shelter in place drill set for this week in Tirey Hall
Makenna Graham, a freshman accounting major, is one of the students contributing to the University Honors Program’s high enrollment this year (Photo by Kira Clouse).
the honors professors to the students in the program and helped students better understand what was expected of them in the program. Student advisors also attended the event and led icebreaker events to help incoming students get to know one another better. Sophomore Ashley Borhart, vice president of the Honors Council, said she was confused in her freshman year about the program’s expectations and about what she should expect from it. “After a few group sessions with my advisors, I grew more comfortable with the program and my progress as a student,” Borhart said.
As vice president, she now plans and organizes the large events for honor students and faculty, she said. One event she organized included the Honors Council presence at Tent City during homecoming, where the group served root beer floats to the ISU students, alumni and fans. By hosting these sorts of events, she said her intent is to get more students involved with the Honors Council and to build community. “There is a huge diversity of students in the Honors Program and along with the diversity in students, we are involved with activities on and off campus,” Borhart said.
The Department of Public will conduct a drill shelter in place drill in Tirey Hall some time this week. During the drill, occupants of Tirey Hall will be asked to secure themselves in offices and other areas of the building until the “all clear” is given. This drill will directly affect the
College of Graduate Studies, Office of Financial Aid and the Center for Community Engagement. In an effort to make the drill as realistic as possible the exact date and time of the drill will not be publicized until it actually occurs.
New violations on student hours Student Employment Programs has begun issuing violations to students working more than 20 hours per week without permission and those working more than 28 hours per week. Per the Student Employment Program’s Hours Guidelines, students cannot work more than 20 hours without permission from Student Employment Programs and if granted permission cannot work more than 28 hours per week. The Student Employment Programs
Hours Guidelines are available at: http://www.indstate.edu/carcen/ student-employment/formsGuides/ HoursGuide.pdf Students in constant violation of the guidelines will be terminated from their student position. All supervisors and timekeepers are encouraged to read the full policy. Anyone with questions may contact Tradara McLaurine at Tradara. mclaurine@indstate.edu or 237-2584.
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Enrollment and retention rates continue to climb for Sycamores web presence, greater use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter and creation ISU Communications and Marketing of a calling center to stay in contact with prospective and admitted students. A new report by the Indiana Commission “We also have focused special attention on for Higher Education highlights the encouraging families to visit campus as part significance of four straight years of of the decision process,” Beacon said. “Once enrollment growth at Indiana State prospective students and their parents see University. how attractive this campus has become and “While enrollment has declined recently they have a chance to sample the Indiana at many colleges in Indiana and across the State experience, they realize how much country, Indiana State has seen consistent Indiana State has to offer.” increases, especially in undergraduate Other new enrollment initiatives include a enrollment,” said Molly Chamberlin, revised, mandatory new student orientation associate commissioner for information and program, a reorganized fall move-in and research. “This is due, at least in part, to a welcome program, greater focus on the variety of initiatives being undertaken by ISU university’s strongest feeder schools around to attract more freshmen and to ensure that Indiana, ventures into tertiary markets in these students persist to earn degrees.” surrounding states and the targeting of Freshmen enrollment at Indiana State specific countries to grow international has shot up by 45 percent since 2009 and enrollment. Indiana State has also built its total enrollment of 12,448 honors program into the reflects an increase of largest in history. “While enrollment has more than 1,900 students Graduate student declined recently at during the past four years. enrollment is also up at Statewide enrollment many colleges ... Indiana Indiana State. Beacon at four-year public State has seen consistent attributes a 7 percent universities has declined jump in the number increases, especially by more than 3,700 of students seeking in undergraduate students during that same master’s, doctoral and time period and stands at enrollment.” other advanced degrees 161,007. to new programs in “The terrific recruiting health care designed Molly Chamberlin, and retention efforts to address a shortage by faculty and staff are associate commissioner for of providers, especially allowing us to stand information and research in rural areas, and an out among our peers,” expanded professional President Daniel J. Bradley MBA program. said. A new “Pathways to Retention and Student A number of new initiatives are responsible Success” enrollment management plan is also for Indiana State’s growth, particularly when paying off, Beacon noted. The freshman-toit comes to freshmen, said John Beacon, sophomore retention rate is up 3 percent vice president for enrollment management, this year, and this fall’s launch of University marketing and communications. College and its “intrusive advising” (in which “None of these initiatives would be possible advisors work more closely with first-year without a group of committed, smart and students) is expected to result in continued creative people behind them,” Beacon said. improvement. Those initiatives included an expanded While it is still early, Beacon said all prospect pool, an overhaul of merit indications are that 2014 will mark continued scholarships, earlier notice of financial aid progress en route to Indiana State’s goal of packages to admitted students, an enhanced having 14,000 students enrolled by 2017.
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Indiana State helps middle school students make cents Indiana State University Communications and Marketing Staff Otter Creek Middle School teacher Kristen Eberly coached her students for a financial literacy event by embracing her unique perspective. Not only had Eberly volunteered to help the kids budget during the previous year’s event when she was still a student at Indiana State University, but the Terre Haute native had gone through the same event years earlier — when she was in eighth-grade. Eberly was one of the many Vigo County School Corp. teachers who took their eighth graders to the annual Let’$ Get Real financial literacy event at Woodrow Wilson Middle School. Indiana State students, staff and faculty members volunteered in the workshop that provides students a glimpse of a hypothetical adulthood and lets them plan for budgeting of their monthly bills based on income. “I know that learning at a young age is going to be helpful for them,” said Eberly, who holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary and special education from Indiana State. “Even as eighth -graders, they’re already learning money. As high school students,
they’re going to start paying some of their bills, so this is a really good exercise, especially with eighth-graders, to start really learning how important it is to be on top of their money.” Students started the event with a budget worksheet that includes a career, the level of education required for the position and the position’s monthly salary. They also have a family status, including if each person is single or married and the number of children that they have. The family size has an impact on a variety of costs, including housing, health insurance and household needs. “I think it really stressed the importance of education,” said Casey Jonas, an event volunteer and Indiana State student from Merrillville who is pursuing her master’s in clinical mental health counseling. “It says if they went to high school or college, and you can definitely see the salary differences.” The Woodrow Wilson gymnasium had tables stationed for the 18 categories that students fill out on the worksheet. They started with the biggest necessary costs — taxes, of course, and housing — while
taking out five percent of their salaries for savings. Kaitlyn Hankins, an eighth-grader at Otter Creek Middle School, was surprised “about how much taxes cost, really, because I’ve never noticed that,” she said. She also learned about the costs of child care and other monthly necessities. “I think it’s a good idea, because you have a lot of fun doing it,” Hankins said of participating in Let’$ Get Real, “and you learn in the process.” Indiana State volunteers worked at a variety of tables for the event. At Jonas’ table, students spun a wheel to determine their fortune — ranging from paying for a doctor’s visit to unexpectedly receiving money. Several times, students who had to pay an unanticipated bill lacked the necessary funds, which required them to head to the financial counseling table to rework their budgets. “They’re simple things that could happen every day, like your car breaks down, stuff like that,” Jonas said. “Some of the students didn’t know how to balance a checkbook. So I think this was a really
good opportunity for them. We never had this at my school.” Indiana State junior Haley Shawhan helped students budget for entertainment. They had options ranging from budgeting for video rentals to allotting funds for concert tickets. “I was actually surprised by how well students budgeted,” said Shawhan, an elementary and special education double major from Dale. “Some knew they only had a few dollars and they didn’t want to go into debt, even though they wanted to have fun,” she said The students finished the activity with donating to any of a series of local nonprofits. One of the most popular was the Terre Haute Humane Society, which helps save cats, dogs and other animals while helping find them a loving “forever” home. “What you give to the community goes back to you,” said Peggy Murdock, interim president of Junior Achievement of the Wabash Valley, which helped organize Let’$ Get Real. “It’s important to instill that in students at a young age.”
Fresh take on religion offered at lunch and lecture series Jazmyne King Reporter The ISU campus community is invited to learn today about religion and spirituality through a fresh perspective. Indiana State University’s Campus and Community Lunch series has been around for 30 years and features discussions about religion during hour-long sessions. It provides opportunities for students to listen and understand other’s views of religion The Rev. Jack Diel created this series for the community, and the next event takes place from 12 to 1 p.m. today at 321 N. Seventh St. It features Haider Al-Mansury, a master’s degree student in linguistics. Speakers are chosen by a committee of volunteers.
The lunch-hour discussion is also events such as this, but he would like to designed as an alternative for those who attend one of the sessions in the series to may not go to church, or don’t have the see what it’s like. opportunity to do He said in college so because of their it is good to try studies. different things and “I have not always been a Michael Shepard about things ‘church boy,’ but by going to learn Jr., a freshman such as religion in history and political these sessions, I look at religion different ways. science major, said Shepard said many differently.” he hasn’t been to people are confused church since school as to what to believe Kendall Howard, sophomore has started. in, but by attending He said it’s not that exploratory major the series they may he doesn’t want to go learn about other to church, but he is religions. so heavily involved Kendall Howard, a in his academics and campus life that is sophomore undecided major, said he has hard for him to find time to attend. not been to church either, but attending the Shepard said he had never heard of series can be a learning experience.
“The series has helped me to open my eyes and look at things differently now,” he said. “I have not always been a ‘church boy,’ but by going to these sessions, I look at religion differently.” The Campus Ministry organizes and hosts events other than just the campus series, such as a student table discussion on Wednesdays from 5 to 6 p.m. and women’s fellowship on Fridays at noon, as well as a tea party. Joni Clark, the campus minister, said the event is free and all are welcome. She said through the years they have lost a few, but they have many events she encourages everyone to come out and join them for any event. “This is to bring the community, Indiana State University faculty and staff together,” she said.
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Grads garner insurance and risk management honors Austin Arceo
huge, huge deal.” They both have volunteered to serve Indiana State in a variety of capacities, from An insurance industry publication has membership on alumni and advisory councils named two Indiana State University graduates to participating on panels to provide current as among the Midwest’s top insurance broker students insights about the insurance and risk management industry. Leman’s company, leaders. Business Insurance magazine named Gibson, has made it a regular practice to hire Maureen Biehl, senior vice president at Marsh graduates from Indiana State. “Maureen and Tim have been very Inc., in Indianapolis; and Tim Leman, chief executive officer of South Bend-based Gibson generous with giving their time and energy as honorees for its 40 Under 40 awards. Biehl, to the university, including helping to who graduated from Indiana State in 1998 improve the quality of our insurance and risk with a bachelor’s degree in insurance and risk management program, along with the Scott management; and Leman, who graduated in College of Business in general,” said Scott 1997 from the same program, were two of the College Dean Brien Smith. “The insurance magazine’s eight honorees from the Midwest. and risk management program is celebrating “It’s just a tremendous honor. I think it its 25th anniversary this year, and it is because really reflects on the group of people that Tim of the commitment of alums like Tim and and I work with too, because it takes a team to Maureen that our program is able to prepare build a successful business,” Biehl said. “We’re our students to have a tremendous impact on the industry from the both surrounded by “There’s no better way moment they graduate.” talented people that it The insurance and risk makes our job easy, but than to help someone find program’s it is still a tremendous a job because you believe management visibility has been increasing honor.” in them and you want to in the industry, Leman said. Biehl and Leman first help their career.” He initially did not want to met while students at go into the field, as his father Indiana State. Leman had been in the insurance worked in the insurance Maureen Biehl, business for decades. But and risk management senior vice president at Marsh he was recruited by faculty department’s office, and members in the program, recruited Biehl to the program. She was uncertain about her initial and he started to realize the opportunities that major - accounting - and after learning more existed in the field. “Having a couple of Sycamores in the from Leman, decided to switch. “There are so many things you can do with rankings is great for the university, too,” a foundation in risk management,” Biehl said. Leman said of the honor from Business “That was what really interested me. I decided Insurance. “In the IRM programs around the to change my career path, and a lot of it was country, ISU’s reputation has been growing. The program is highly regarded.” due to Tim’s introduction.” Biehl, who received her first job at Marsh Leman and Biehl credit the insurance and risk management program for providing them through an initial contact from insurance with the experiences and network needed to and risk management professor Peter be successful in the industry. The program Mikolaj, is part of a mentoring program that helps students organize internships to provide connects professionals with current students them with real-world experience, they said, to help them learn more about how current along with bringing in industry executives to experiences and opportunities in the industry. “It’s fun to build relationships like that and provide insights on how classroom lessons are to help the university, because I really want implemented in the workplace. “Getting the jumpstart and boost from to give back the way that Dr. Mikolaj helped ISU is a big part of this as well,” Leman said. me,” Biehl said. “There’s no better way than to “Having people like that looking out for you help someone find a job because you believe and helping make steps along the way is a in them and you want to help their career.”
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OPINION
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 • Page 6 Opinions Editor, Samual Clark isu-statesmanopinions@mail.indstate.edu Editor in Chief, Brianne Hofmann isu-statesmaneditor@mail.indstate.edu
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Darwin takes a crack at Kindles, evolving entertainment
We have come to live in a world of progression in minutes and gratification in an instant. It’s a beautiful new world we live in. There are many of us who don’t even bother paying for cable anymore. After all, why should we pay over $100 a month when we could pay just $8 for Netflix — except, unlike cable, Netflix offers us instant streaming, commercialfree and at our convenience. They have even started their very own studio to produce original shows including “House of Cards,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Hemlock Grove” and even bringing back the cult-favorite, “Arrested Development.” YouTube has also started their own studio to provide massively popular video producers including Tobuscus, PewDiePie and Jenna Marbles with professional equipment and to make their own productions. Toby Turner, better known as Tobuscus, actually is now a major host of children’s network, Cartoon Network. When it comes to radio, we can now define just exactly how and when we want to listen to something. We can custom tailor our show to our benefit. And with e-readers, we literally can carry a library in the palm of our hand. Oh, did we mention you could also check Facebook, play “Plants Versus Zombies” and check your email all while reading “Game of Thrones” or “World War Z?” We are seeing the evolution of the new world order, in terms of entertainment. But are we ready to kiss our current trends goodbye?
Let us look first to literature. Amazon Chief Executive Office and founder, Jeffrey P. Bezzos actually bought out the Washington Post and affiliates back in August. Yes, that’s right, he bought the whole newspaper. Amazon itself did not have their hands in the take over, but we have seen a recent increase in the availability of the Washington Post and affiliates to a primarily electronic base. And they’re not the only ones. In fact, most every single major player in the journalism field has shifted at least partly to an online home o u t base. Turning an electronic copy of these papers gives us a laundry list of benefits in so many ways: all the way from an ecological point of view, were we save billions of trees by doing a cloud storage theme; to the convenience factor, where we don’t have to travel anywhere past our living room. We can read “Times” or “Rolling Stone” over coffee in our own bed. When we think of books proper, to publish in print only is almost financial suicide for an author, assuming you’re
not working in a monopoly-based area such as textbooks. Actually, many authors these days get published because they printed online first. They start a blog of some sort, get their work out there and get picked up by a major corporation. Badda-bing, Badda-boom, you’re the next Anne Rice. We are actually seeing a deadly spike downwards in the availability of most bookstores, as we now have Kindle and Nook apps for free on our computers, tablets and smart phones. There’s just such a convenience factor that comes electronic print, though. We as college students are wellversed in the—very literal— back breaking feeling of carrying a psychology textbook, an ethics book, binders, note books (god forbid someone assign a Nor t on’s Anthology) etc. Now that we just carry a tablet that will hold everything for us, it’s so much easier. But readers are not without their flaws. We have certain convenience issues with load-times and the infamous “turn to page (insert number here).” We also see issues with the personal flow and feeling
of such writers as Emily Dickenson and E.E. Cummings. How can we translate their feelings of hand-written work into an electronic text? All in all, though, we put forth that this is an evolution, not the death, of the book. When it comes to TV, the situation becomes a bit stickier. With such programming as Netflix, Hulu Plus and all the streaming and pirating sites out there, we are seeing a very different kind of metamorphosis. While the evolution of book formatting appears to be moving the world to take a second look at books, cable appears to be fighting a losing battle. While many of us still tuned in at 9 p.m. last night to watch the season premiere of “The Walking Dead,” there was a surprising amount who said, “Eh, I’ll check it out later.” In the mid ‘50s, we saw the death of radio programming as everything went straight to TV. But now, in the early 2000s, we are seeing the death of TV as the streaming community begins to rise. Now we can binge-watch “The New Girl” in a couple days. We don’t have to wait for it to come on. We can now watch whatever we want, when we want, and most importantly, for cheaper than we used to. It’s a bright future ahead of us, in the entertainment world. We now have 3-D TV at home, computers that stream to projectors that come out of our phones and a tablet that contains thousands of books at a time. Worlds of information, right at our fingertips, and what do we do? Watch videos of cats.
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No hobo: America’s honesty and morality are in question Many years ago, I was out west and was lounging outside a San Franciscan Starbucks waiting for the rest of my family. I had already downed my drink and decided to sit down; there was no chair, so I resigned to dwelling on the ground and closed my eyes. Not long after, I heard Columnist a few clinks as strangers started throwing change into my emptied cup. Shocked, and pleased, I went inside to alert my family; and so my father and I played “Homeless” and made $40 between the two of us in about five minutes. While this is an amusing anecdote, it always made me ponder; why was that so easy? It’s not unheard of for people to panhandle, despite having a home and plenty of food. To them, it’s just an easy way of making a buck. Many people see this as an issue of someone abusing the populace’s generosity; but I see it in a different light. My family was on vacation and we were all dressed very nice (or at least decently);
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and yet people just started throwing us money without a second thought. Is the issue really that we — the panhandlers — are abusing generosity, or has society just trained the masses to throw money at people lying on the street? I’ve met very few people who give money to the homeless because they honestly care about that individual; many of us do it because we’ve been told it’s a good thing to do. Most of the people I’ve met in this world — you’re probably one of them — have come across people down on their luck, and have never paid them any mind. Sure we all say, “It’s a shame,” or, “S ome one should do something about the homeless.” But how many of us truly care enough to actually help them on our own dime.
Most, if not all, students at this school have to do community service, and a very popular activity is to work in the soup kitchen at the Light House Mission. For many people, myself included, that’s the only time we volunteer at a homeless shelter; and we only did it because it was a class requirement. My proudest moment in the past 10 years hasn’t been graduation, climbing the P h i l m o n t mountain range, reaching 21 years old, getting my own apartment or even making it through four years of college. It was when two years ago, two other friends and I were walking to Denny’s and a homeless lady asked us if she could come with. I bought her some coffee and food,
and we sat there for almost three hours just listening to her talk about life and where she’s been. At nearly daybreak, we headed back to the dorms, and she hitched a ride with one of the staff who was going her way. My friends made me swear to never pick up homeless people with them again and we never saw her again. Two years later, I couldn’t tell you what she specifically said; but us just sitting there and actually paying attention meant the world to her. I’m not calling for action where we all rise up and build enough shelters or buy enough food to make every homeless person live like a king. The point isn’t that we should donate; the point is that we should care. As it stands, we treat homeless people as a fact of life, giving no more thought to them as you do a traffic jam. All I’m asking is that the next time you see someone down on their luck, offer to buy him a drink; listen to their stories. Just caring about them, even if only for an hour, will do more good than all the money in the world for them. After all, the only thing anyone ever really wants is for someone to give a damn.
Abortion fanatics at the fountain have really crossed the line As you walk around Indiana State’s campus you may sometimes run into people a cause or group. On Monday, I ran into some people just like that. Unfortunately, they, like many others recently, were disturbingly accusative. As an opinions columnist, I write on my beliefs and stories that I Columnist may share with others. This doesn’t mean I force my opinion onto student readers. However, the activists that were on campus last Monday were violating this sacred trust. As I got out of my car on campus, I was bombarded by a group of women
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and children handing out fliers. I wasn’t interested so I kept walking; A woman then asked why I would not accept one, and I then tried to explain to her I wasn’t interested and was in a hurry. But she began to follow me and tell me how I need to know about this to protect me from sinning in the future. I was extremely angry and wanted to say something but I kept walking. Later that day, I was heading toward the Commons and the same lady was there handing out fliers again and told her group I wouldn’t accept one earlier that morning. They proceeded to question me, demanding to know why I wouldn’t take a flier. I kept quiet and kept walking. The fact that she picked me out of the crowd because I wouldn’t take a flier upset me even more. I should be able to walk to and from classes on campus without being
badgered, and so should other students. These activists were the first that had ever done anything like this to me since I have been a student at Indiana State. However, this doesn’t mean that all protests are like this. Activists have every right to share their opinion, but if someone does to not accept a flier or keeps walking, the activists have no right to hound or continually badger us throughout our day. This is not the atmosphere I want Indiana State to have; It should be a safe and friendly place for us to focus on school. On campus we need to feel safe and secure, so long as we are in this campus. Those activists yesterday took that away from me, and probably other students. They made us feel uncomfortable and pressured. This was something that was crossed
the line in so many ways, and I feel like, in the future, the university should place someone in charge to monitor these things and stop them from happening again. Without the university stepping in on this issue, it will never be resolved. In the end it comes down to their rights, but they also need to respect ours as students. For many students, this is their home away from home, and they don’t need to feel like they are in danger or pressured to think a certain way. We all have our individual opinions and the right to voice them, but what we shouldn’t do is throw them at people or chastise them for not agreeing. For those out there who went through something similar on Monday, I hope you stayed strong and didn’t let it affect you. You have every right to have your own opinion.
FEATURES
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 • Page 8 Features Editor, Joseph Paul isu-statesmanfeatures@mail.indstate.edu
HOW SHE MADE HER LIVING Recent grad Angela Sprinkle pursues career in Hollywood, lands a spot on “How I Met Your Mother”
Zhane’ Pica Reporter Aspiring model and actress Angela Sprinkle, a recent Indiana State University graduate with a degree in communication, is finally getting a taste of her dream. Upon graduating, Sprinkle wasted no time by moving to Chicago only a day later to pursue a career in modeling. Because she hoped to be famous by the age of 25, allowing time to find the perfect agent and a flexible job, an apartment and the necessities of living on her own had all slipped her mind. After struggling to get by in the windy city, Sprinkle moved to Los Angeles, the hub of entertainment in the United States, and eventually landed a spot on the popular TV series “How I Met Your Mother.” Sprinkle said she will appear in an episode airing on Nov. 11. She said her exact amount of time in the show will depend on how the producers edit the program. In her scene, Sprinkle said she is with Neil Patrick Harris’ character, Barney, in the bar where the main characters of the program hang out, MacLaren’s. “Both moves were challenges, their own set of fun, adventures and setbacks,” Sprinkle said. “I think people underestimate that being a performer is tough.” But Sprinkle’s journey from a struggling college graduate to appearing on a hit TV show wasn’t easy, she said. In Chicago, her funds were extremely low. With only $1,000, the experience was rough, Sprinkle said. However, blessed with several day jobs to stay afloat and fed, Sprinkle said she survived and eventually made it to Los Angeles. While most might think living on the magnificent mile or Michigan Ave. in Chicago would be the dream, Sprinkle
was continually struggling to make herself known in the acting industry. “My first apartment was on Michigan Avenue,” Sprinkle said. “Which sounds fancy, but it was actually a one-bedroom that I shared with two other girls. I was paying about $500 for rent every month. We were living the dream.” Luckily, Sprinkle had caring and flexible employers who allowed her to go to auditions, which were during business hours. She made acting her priority and never had to turn an audition down. “My meals usually consisted of peanut butter and crackers and popcorn,” Sprinkle said. “No joke, I ate like this for almost a year. I refused to allow my lack of finances send me back home. I saved every penny I made and threw it toward rent, transportation, classes and headshots.” Ben, Sprinkle’s husband since 2009 whom she met in her very first show booking, changed his career and now works in the corporate environment. After living in Chicago, Sprinkle had booked two roles on different TV shows. Both, “Shameless” and “Underemployed,” shot part of their seasons in Chicago. “I was fortunate enough to land small roles in single episodes of these series,” Sprinkle said. “With those credits, it was time to move to Los Angeles.” Satisfied with her accomplishment in Chicago, Sprinkle, Ben and their dog, Indiana, packed up and drove to Los Angeles. Life in Chicago gave Sprinkle more experience and she said she was better prepared for the world of professional performance. But she hadn’t factored that she would be starting over completely. On the big trek to the west coast, Sprinkle opened up to her husband, Continued on PAGE 9
Above: Angela Sprinkle, a recent ISU graduate, holds a “How I Met Your Mother” screen play detailing her apperance as a guest on the show. Below: Sprinkle, who will perform as a friend of the character Barney, displays the sign on the door of her dressing room in Los Angeles (Submitted Photos).
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sharing with him all her hopes for the upcoming year: first, to get an agent and manager who believed in her work and would push her. And secondly, to get booked on an episode of “How I Met Your Mother.” Her expenses in Los Angeles almost doubled from what they were in Chicago, Sprinkle said. Cost for headshots, classes, casting workshops, car expenses, meetings, agents and the cost of moving was a strain on the Sprinkle’s wallet.
“We’ve been blessed, but it’s a struggle.” Angela Sprinkle, a recent Indiana State grad, on her career as an actor In just a little over six months, though, Sprinkle said she was fortunate enough to get a good manager and agent who she said made a huge difference in her career. “We’ve been blessed, but it’s a struggle,” said Sprinkle. Knowing that “How I Met Your Mother” was going into its last season
fueled Sprinkle’s fire even more, keeping her determined. Taking classes from Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre helped to advance Sprinkle’s acting to the next level, and from there she received the necessary tools and guidance to navigate through the industry, she said. Sprinkle also said that her school and support team, Chris Lee at RPM Talent Agency and James Cole at Evolution Entertainment, along with her husband, have supported her the most. It’s a world of perpetual auditions, relentless rejections, unsteady income and uncontrollable circumstances that are curtained by those who believe they know the industry looking in from the outside, Sprinkle said. In such a subjective business, there will always be a thousand different reasons why someone does not get a part, even if they had a great audition; it’s just the industry, she said. “I try not to dwell on the negatives,” she said. “I’m still here today pursuing my dreams, pushing through the rejections and rejoicing in the occasional triumphs.”
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Wellness Bash set for today Indiana State University will hold a wellness bash today from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center. The event is sponsored by Student Health Promotion at ISU and is designed to encourage physically and mentally healthy habits among college students. The bash is annual fair that is open to ISU students, faculty and staff. Local health vendors will be attending the event to share information and encourage students to become aware of their own health.
Some of the screenings and services that will be available to those in attendance include: blood pressure screenings, glucose-level screenings, cholesterol screenings, HIV testing, posture analysis, chair massages and flu shots. For more information, contact Student Health Promotions at 812-237-3939 or contact Aimee Janssen-Robinson at aimee.janssen-robinson.indstate.edu.
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Replica monument reveals historic structure in heydey Jennifer Sicking
ISU Communications and Marketing Katie Ash stood with 29 other Indiana State University students and gazed up and up at the golden-clad, ivory-bodied Athena, who stared imperiously ahead with Nike, the winged goddess of victory, held in her right hand. “We knew it was big, but we didn’t know it was that big,” said the sophomore nursing major from Alexandria. “It was massive.” Seeing the 42-foot-10-inch statue dominate the inside of the replica Parthenon in Nashville, Tenn., brought ancient Greece to life for the students. “It helps me understand really how amazing the Greeks were,” Ash said. Marilyn Bisch, Latin instructor, and Steven Stofferahn, associate professor of history, transported their students to Greece via the replica, which shows how the temple of Athena would have appeared to Greeks in 438 B.C. “If there’s one symbol of Athens in the fifth century, all the good and bad, it’s the Parthenon,” Bisch said.
“In teaching about Greece, the Parthenon serves as an ideal touchstone. Students have a general awareness about it, but once we get into the details, there is so much more to learn.” Steven Stofferahn, associate professor of history, describing a replica of the Parthenon built in Nashville, Tenn. “This is a way to enhance their experiences,” Stofferahn said. “In teaching about Greece, the Parthenon serves as an ideal touchstone. Students have a general awareness about it, but once we get into the details, there is so much more to learn.” A domestic travel grant from Indiana State’s Center for Community Engagement provided the funds to take students from their classes in Classical Cultures of Greece and Rome, Advanced Latin and Ancient History on the one-day field trip to see what the Parthenon resembled before its explosion into ruins during a 1687 battle between the Venetians and the Turks. “It gives students a chance to see a classical
spectacle,” Stofferahn said, adding it can be difficult to have field trips to visit ancient historical sites. “Ancient temples were meant to overwhelm and impress. That’s certainly true for the Parthenon, both then and now.” Written about in poetry and ancient travel guides, the 58-columned Parthenon has long inspired and awed travelers, whole and in ruins. Organizers decided to construct the Parthenon. In 1896, as Nashville, then known as the Athens of the South for the number of schools located there, prepared for the Tennessee Grand Centennial Exposition. While other buildings erected for the exposition were torn down afterward, the Parthenon continued to enthrall visitors. In 1920, the city began an 11-year journey of making the building more permanent. Builders closely followed writings, descriptions and art to recreate the former Temple of Athena and Athens treasury. “In some ways, this one is better than the old one,” Bisch said. “In terms of seeing what the Athenians of the fifth century had in mind, this is better than the ruins they have in Athens.” After a guided tour of the building, Bisch led a discussion of the building’s construction, Greek legends and art. “These are?” she said gesturing to the giant fluted columns without bases that support the building. “Doric,” replied numerous students. She continued quizzing the students about their construction, bringing their book knowledge into the darkened, recreated temple. “It helps me to get a better understanding of the Greek culture,” said Taiwo Oshun, a junior criminal justice and criminology major from Chicago, about touring the Parthenon replica. Seeing plaster casts of the marble friezes that formerly graced the Parthenon in Greece and now on display in the British Museum, helped freshman Jeremiah Edwards learn more about Greece and its myths. Though he had heard the story of Athena’s birth —springing fully grown from Zeus’ head — and the legend of how Athens came to be, he had forgotten them until he saw them brought to life in plaster. “I know that I will retain them now,” said the nursing major from New Albany. “You get hands-on experience. You can learn more by seeing them than by just visualizing and hearing about them in class.” From learning about the Parthenon in class and seeing the replica, Ash now has a goal to gaze upon the ruins. “I’d like to go to Greece one day,” she said.
Indiana State University students gaze up the statue of Athena in a replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
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Continued from PAGE 1 the anxious crowd before competing for the crown of Mister and Miss Gay ISU. Additionally, four exhibitionist performers offered their perspective of drag, including Ruby Lockheart, who was last year’s Miss Gay ISU and wooed the crowd with her sparkling outfits and precise vogue dances. “I liked that she expressed who she was through music,” said ISU communication major Amina Madrid. “I liked her fierce and sassy attitude. I was very entertained.” Stepping onto the stage with black heels to match her feathered scarf, Anita Greencard, portrayed by Carlos Martinez, performed “Dancing on My Own” to show the crowd his softer side. Later, Ande Rogenous, portrayed by Andrea Molina, performed “I Started a Joke,” by The Bee Gees. Backstage at the event, both contestants expressed their interest and love for drag at a young age. “I have been to several drag shows and I’d seen some drag kings perform, so when we decided to open this up as a drag queen and drag king event, then I was like I want to do it,” said Molina, a senior secondary education major. “We
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never had drag kings in the pageant here on campus, and I think it’s overdue.” As the night progressed, each participant was scored under four categories: appearance, confidence, talent and performance. After two hours, the host called each contestant to the stage where he announced the 2013 Mr. and Miss Gay ISU with Lockheart, who announced Jerry Curl, portrayed by Tabitha Barham and Nikki Saint Queer, portrayed by Nick Penington, as the winners of Mister and Miss Gay ISU of 2013. Shortly afterward, friends and family ran to the stage with smiles and cameras to capture the moment everyone had been waiting for. “I honestly didn’t think I would win,” Barham said. “This was my first time doing drag ever, let alone in a competition. At first, I wasn’t planning on competing at all. If it wasn’t for my best friends suggesting and pushing me ... it wouldn’t have happened,” he said. “I’m so thankful for them though or I would’ve missed out on a great experience.”
Carlos Martinez, a freshman business management major, performed as Anita Greencard during the MIster and Miss Gay ISU Pageant Saturday (Photo by Corine Johnson).
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Women’s rugby makes a comeback at ISU
Indiana State Women’s Volleyball vs. Missouri St. 3-2 (L) vs. Wichita St. 3-0 (L) Women’s Soccer vs. IUPUI
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Missouri Valley Standings Football North Dakota St. 6-0 Youngstown 6-1 Southern Illinois 4-3 South Dakota St. 4-3 Northern Iowa 4-2 South Dakota 3-3 Western Illinois 3-4 Illinois State 2-4 Indiana State 1-5 Missouri State 1-6 Women’s Volleyball Wichita State 16-4 Illinois State 14-4 Northern Iowa 13-6 Missouri State 11-8 Bradley 10-6 Southern Illinois 10-10 Loyola 8-11 Evansville 7-12 Indiana State 7-11 Drake 2-17 Women’s Soccer Evansvillie 9-2-2 Missouri State 5-7-2 Illinois State 7-6 Loyola 4-6-4 Indiana State 5-8 Drake 2-8-3 Northern Iowa 1-12
The women’s club rugby team plans to start competition in the spring semester against universities around the area (Submitted photo).
Thomas Beeler Sports Editor Shannon Cooke, president of the women’s club rugby team and who plays the hooker position said ISU has what other universities doesn’t: a chance for women to play a sport they otherwise would have never gotten to play. Cooke has been playing the sport for one year but has been involved in rugby for most of her life.
“To me, rugby is an amazing sport that brings people together as a family because it takes strength, trust and teamwork to succeed.” Shannon Cooke, president of women’s club rugby
“In the town over from mine there was a men’s rugby tournament every St. Patrick’s day that I first saw when I was a little kid,” Cooke said. The rugby team has been a part of Indiana State for four years, but they went through some reconstruction, Cooke said. “Women’s club rugby has been on campus for four years, but this year we are starting Continued on PAGE 14
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Taking a look into the mind of a future dietitian Confession Number One: I’m still new here. Stereotypes—we have them for all majors and professions. When someone says that they are majoring in exercise science, you might expect them to work out every day and enter triathlons every week. You also might expect accounting majors to do math for fun every night before going to sleep or play Sudoku in between Nutrition Columnist classes. Whenever what I am studying comes up in conversation, other people look to me—or the plate in front of me—as the nutrition gold standard. I’m expected to know how many calories are on their plate, how to lower their lipoprotein cholesterol and figure their caloric needs by just looking at them.
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It’s true that I have the resources to help them, but I just do not have everything memorized yet. Yes, I have some clinical experience, but I still have the rest of the year left to learn, so do not set the bar too high just yet. Confession Number Two: Not all dietitians are mad about weight management. My passion is for geriatric nutrition and poverty. I have put more hours into studying these two subsets more than any other aspect of nutrition. The elderly have less desire to eat, often battle depression and are more likely to not have the resources or the ability to acquire and cook food. People in poverty do not have the money to afford nutritionally-balanced food, but rather foods that are high in fat and calories. Some are forced to eat safety-compromised food or rely on soup kitchens and food stamps to feed their families. I am actually more concerned with the
people who are not acquiring enough nutrition, more than the obesity and overweight epidemic that we face all over the world.
completely truthful. Diabetic patients have it the worst since a hemoglobin A1c lab can let us figure their average blood sugar value over the past three months.
Confession Number Three: Dietitians really do not want to hear how you are too busy to change your diet. There are 168 hours in a week, and after eight hours of sleep each night that leaves you 112 hours a week to do whatever you need to do. How much of that time do you truly utilize? Research some healthy-version recipes of your favorite foods that you know how to cook; then make a grocery list, buy the food and decide what you will cook each day of the week.
Confession Number Five: I did not make the definitions. “Obese” has the definition of having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater. It’s not dietitian speak for “I hate you.” The formula for BMI is (weight in pounds/ height in inches ²) x 703.
Confession Number Four: We can tell when you are lying about your diet, even though we might not call you out on it. Whether we find out by a fluctuation in your weight, whacked out labs or your inability to recall something you stated earlier, we know when you are not being
Confession Number Six: I don’t always practice what I preach. I know a lot of people have a problem saying no to sweets, and luckily that is not my problem. My problem is cooking with butter, cheese and other high-fat dairy products. My favorite dish to make is a creamy artichoke spinach dip. I love it, but it is extremely high in saturated fat and calories. Because I am still human and desire comfort foods, as well, I can realistically assess you and together we can formulate a sensible plan.
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Rugby Positions and Terms Continued FROM PAGE 12
starting over with almost all new girls and a whole new outlook,” Cooke said. The team will spend the majority of the semester practicing because of the team’s restructuring. Players will hold internal scrimmages near the end of the semester. Next semester will be a different story as the team battles Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, DePauw University, Indiana University and Purdue University. “To me, rugby is an amazing sport that brings people together as a family because it takes strength, trust and teamwork to succeed,” Cooke said. A normal practice begins with a warm-up, moving on to passing and tackling drills. Then the team splits up into backs and fronts to work on individuals skills for each position. Practices are held at the rugby field at Third Street and Locust Avenue by the ISU baseball stadium. The team practices every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Women who are interested can contact Cooke at scooke2@sycamores.indstate.edu. To join the team, students can request to be added to the ISU Women’s Rugby Facebook group and OrgSync page or go to the one of the practices throughout the week.
Scrum - The eight forwards from each team bind together and push against each other. The scrum-half from the team that has been awarded possession feeds the ball into the center of the scrum from the side most advantageous for his hooker (which is typically the side of loose head prop).
• Number Eight - picks up the ball up from the base of the scrum. • Scrum Half - links the forwards and the backs. The scrum half controls when the ball is fed out to the backs from the rear of the scrum.
Forwards • Hooker - the decision-maker; coordinates the timing of the scrum and is responsible for winning possession in the scrummage by hooking the ball back through the prop’s legs.
Backs • Fly Half - decides when to pass the ball out to the centers and when to kick for position. They orchestrate the team’s back line and decides what moves to put into action.
• Props (loose/tight) - Stops scrum from moving backward and secures the ball when a player has been tackled.
• Left/Right Wing - finishes attack and often the last line of defense.
• Lock - the engine room of the scrum and the target person in the lineout. Their second duty is to be one of primary ball carriers. • Flanker - collects short passes from tackled players and make their own tackles in open play.
• Inside Center - stands closest to the fly half when the backs line up. • Outside Center - tries to expose gaps in the opposing team’s defenses. • Full Back - receives deep kicks from the opposing team and stay
tactically aware to recognize counterkicks.
The women’s club rugby team practices Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4 - 5:30 p.m. at the rugby field to work on team and individual skills (Submitted Photo).
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Family of Henrietta Lacks discusses her ‘immortal life’ Denise Smith Reporter Imagine a great-grandmother’s genomes being stolen from her body months before she died. Then, 25 years later picture learning that the great-grandmother’s cells had been used time and time again around the world in search of a cure for various diseases. Henrietta Lack’s great-granddaughter Veronica Spencer, currently a nursing student at Baltimore City Community College, gave a presentation about the ethical dilemmas in medicine regarding the HeLa genome Monday. Accompanying Spencer to the presentation was her cousin–in–law Shirley Lacks, who retired from the bank industry and now travels over the country to spread awareness about her greatgrandmother. “This is where it began in Lacks Town,” Lacks said as she pointed to multiple pictures depicting the life and history of her great-grandmother. Spencer also represents the Lacks family on the National Institute of the Science’s panel uses the HeLa genome in research. Spencer is also a mentor at John Hopkins for Dunbar Scholars and an active member of the Lacks Family Foundation. The curiosity of Rebecca Skloot and her book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” finally revealed the hidden history of Lacks to her family. Skloot took notice of Lacks’ story in a community college biology class at the age of 16. She wanted to learn more about Veronica Spencer, great-grand daughter of Henrietta Lacks, addresses the audience about Lacks’ cancer treatment and the ethis this woman, who many consider to have surrounding it. Taken without her knowledge, Lacks’ cells would lead to several medical breakthroughs (Photo by Kira Clouse). changed the history of medicine. Henrietta Lacks was a poor tobacco farmer who, after giving birth to her first history of untreated medical conditions, Lacks’ tumor contained cells that would the presentation. She also described how she felt when daughter, experienced a strange feeling in including a series of nose and throat eventually be vital to many medical problems, a possible case of sickle cell breakthroughs. she learned how her great grandmother her womb. anemia as well as untreated gonorrhea According to www.smithsonianmag. was treated. Her mistreatment gave Not taking the knot very seriously and and syphilis. com, the cells “were essential to developing two members of the Lacks Family an neglecting to go to Lacks had the polio vaccine. They went up in the first opportunity to be a part of the National the doctor, she had most space missions to see what would happen Institute of Health, which allowed them “Violated is the only word I can refused total of five children of the tests to cells in zero gravity. Many scientific to have a say in how Lacks’ cells would be after her last son, say about [the doctors’] actions.” and treatments landmarks since then have used her cells, used. Joe Lacks, was born. doctors had including cloning, gene mapping and in Lacks told the audience that knowledge A few months later, r e c o m m e n d e d vitro fertilization. ” is key in all situations. Veronica Spencer, greatshe experienced for these While these HeLa cells, named for her “Her family didn’t know for 25 years. It symptoms that lead granddaughter of Henrietta Lacks conditions. great-grandmother, contributed to many took a book in 2013 to know what happen back to the feeling Once the groundbreaking advances in the medical and the family was kept in the dark,” Lacks of a knot in her tumor was found, field, Spencer said she felt that the family said. “Whatever your goal is, never stop stomach. reaching for it. There are struggles but the doctor cut samples to send to a lab was lied to. Howard Jones, the gynecologist on duty, keep going. Make a change. No matter at John Hopkins Medical Institution for “Violated is the only word I can say listened to her complaint and researched what, change the world.” further research without revealing that about their actions, ” Spencer said during her medical chart. He noticed a lengthy