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Senior guard Lucas Eitel plays through his grief to help fellow Sycamores take down Bradley, 62-59 BRIANA PAYNE Sports Editor
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The Indiana State men’s basketball team maintained their flawless conference record after defeating Bradley Saturday, 62-59. Saturday’s victory puts Men’s basketball at 4-0 in their conference and 13-2 overall. To start the game, senior guard Manny Arop hit the first three-pointer to take the lead. Both teams did not score high with Bradley feeding off missed Indiana State shots.
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“Coming [into] this game, I wanted to do this for my grandpa. He was a season ticket holder and I know he would’ve wanted me to play today.”
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ISU Communications and Marketing Fighting against Bradley’s fast-breaks and quick shooting, Indiana State had difficulty with proper screens and defense. Indiana State was able to stay afloat at the line, though, with a 60.6 field goal percentage. Senior guard Lucas Eitel consecutively knocked down three critical threepoint shots that brought the team back from a two-point deficit with less than five minutes in the game. Eitel, who attended his grandfather’s funeral before playing that afternoon, saw the game as an ultimate tribute. “Coming [into] this game, I wanted to Senior guard Lucas Eitel stays calm under pressure during Saturday’s game against Bradley. Eitel made enough three-pointers to pull the team out of a two-point deficit (Photo by CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Drew Canavan).
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Another politician may fall victim to scandal
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Amber Kemp locked eyes on the employer in front of her, rapid-firing answers to his questions in a friendly and upbeat, yet non-hurried manner as best as she could. She knew she had just minutes to leave a memorable impression to make her stand out. Seven minutes later, the Indiana State University senior did it all again. Kemp, a business management major from Terre Haute, met with multiple Indiana State graduates and potential employers during a speed networking event in the Scott College of Business. The Meis Student Development Center organized the event to give students the chance to network with professionals while helping them think and react quickly to questions posed to them in an interview-like setting. The Meis Center has developed an array of programs to help students hone the professional skills they need to be successful in the workplace, as they do not develop all of those skills in a traditional academic setting. “There are all kinds of events that CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
NEWS
Monday, January 13, 2014 • Page 2 News Editor, Katie Farthing isu-statesmannews@mail.indstate.edu
Winter storm causes food troubles for students
Karan Huang, a freshman biology major, browses the Campus Cupboard for a needed item. Shelves in the cupboard are still slightly bare after the winter weather hit last week and forced students to stay close to campus (Photo by Kira Clouse).
Katie Farthing News Editor The winter storm that Terre Haute and surrounding areas received last week not only inconvenienced students attempting to return for classes, but those who were without meal plans. Restaurants in the commons, as well as the Campus Cupboard, stayed open for as long as they could during the winter storm, but even they had to close early or limit hours to be considerate of safety. The dining halls connected to both
Lincoln Quads and the Sycamore Towers stayed open though normal hours of operation, even when school was canceled. Senior pre-dentistry major Shauna Lang came back early to campus, in order to spend a couple days relaxing in her dorm before classes started for the semester. “I am very thankful that I decided to stay on campus for another year and not get an apartment like I had originally planned. There is no way I could drive
to the grocery store in weather like that. Living in a residence hall makes it so easy. I just go down the elevator, and I have food waiting for me,” she said. Some students choose to not have a meal plan for the dining halls, but rather use Commons Cash or buy their own groceries. Freshman accounting major Lindsey Rigg returned early to campus to spend time with her friends, and initially didn’t worry about the weather’s impact on campus dining services. She soon
realized that it would become a problem. “It was really hard to even make myself get out of bed because it was so cold, let alone actually go outside in the drifting snow. Luckily I had gone to the Campus Cupboard earlier to get things like milk, popcorn and soup. I should have gotten more. I could only handle Ramen for so long.”
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Students who do not live on campus Jeff Mayes, who oversees the grocery and do not normally stock up on college department at Kroger, said that the store essentials like Ramen noodles, canned faced challenges because of the weather. soup, popcorn and other convenience “Knowing about the storm early, we were foods had no choice but to trek out into the able to stock up early on necessary items blustery cold so they wouldn’t go hungry. that become popular during winter storm Freshman Kyle Ought’s parents warnings. We ordered extra because we convinced him to come back early to knew if we didn’t, then we would run out campus to avoid any extra danger when and have to send people away,’’ he said. “As driving during a winter storm. soon as we could put items on the shelves, “I thought I had been they were empty again. one of the only students It was like a marathon of whose parents made stocking shelves.” them come back early. As prepared as they I was apparently wrong “I guess when you threaten tried to be before the once I went into the people with no food they storm, there were still Commons after they come out of the woodwork.” difficulties that occurred announced that they during and after the would be closing early snow and ice hit town. Kyle Ought, freshman due to the weather. I’m “We had a couple used to lines being long, supply trucks that didn’t but it was crazy. I guess make it through, and a if you threaten people couple that were delayed. with not having food, they come out of the Luckily, this happened on the days that woodwork.” people decided just to stay inside,” Mayes Not only did students have limited said. hours to eat in the Commons, they also Dining services around campus went had limited resources when it came to back to scheduled hours of operation once shopping at area grocery stores. school resumed on Jan. 8.
Collin Boschert, a junior automotive engineer major, thinks about his selection before purchasing it at the Campus Cupboard (Photo by Kira Clouse).
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President’s Concert features 13 student musicians Paula Meyer
ISU Communications and Marketing Indiana State University’s School of Music will present 13 of its finest individual performers at a concert Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts. The students earned the right to perform in the President’s Concert through their performances at fall 2013 juries. Students scheduled to perform are James Storey, a junior music business major from Logansport; Trenton Baker, a freshman vocal performance major from Martinsville; Nathan Canfield, a sophomore music performance major from Sullivan; Francis Harding, a freshman music education major from Indianapolis; Kelsey Hamilton, a senior music education major from Terre Haute; Andrew Hostetler, a senior music liberal arts major from Valparaiso; Patommavat Thammachard, a graduate student in music performance from Thailand; Jacob Rowe, a senior music performance major
from Lowell; Alanna Mossell, a junior music education major from Portage; Nikolaos Pine, a sophomore music performance major from Terre Haute and Katelin McDonald, a sophomore music education major from Scottsburg. Mackenzie Tank, a sophomore music business major from Woodstock, Ga., was also selected to perform but will be attending the international National Association for Music Merchants trade show in Anaheim, Calif. with a group of music business students. The student performers represent all divisions within the School of Music, including piano, strings, wind/ percussion and voice. The music performed will include works by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Larsson, Schumann, Hupfeld, Ibert, Smadbeck, Pujol, and Rodrigo. This concert is free, but reservations are required due to limited seating. Those interested in attending should contact Jill Davis at 812-237-2771 or email Jill. Davis@indstate.edu to RSVP.
Pictured above are students from the music department who were chosen to perform in the President’s concert (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
Education differences noted by exchange student Sadie All
ISU Communications and Marketing When Baoying Fu came to Indiana State University, she immediately found major differences in her college classes compared to those in her native China. “People here feel more confident in raising a problem or question[ing] a professor’s question,” Fu said. “In Beijing I think it has to do with cultural instinct [that] we don’t interrupt [the] teacher... not a lot of students are active in responding.” According to Fu, student/professor interactions during class time do not take place nearly as much in Beijing compared to the U.S. Beijing students tend to only answer a professor’s question when they feel that their answer is correct. “When I first came here it really surprised me how willing students were to raise their questions and share with others,” Fu said. “I think traditional Chinese culture emphasizes being modest.” Fu has also enjoyed the freedom in
choosing courses which interest her. In Beijing, students are assigned to courses. “I find that academic studies [are] more interesting here,” she said. “For example multicultural literature class exposed [me] to Native American literature, Mexican-American, [and] Chicago [literature]. I think this exposure is very helpful for me to see different cultures more and understand different kinds of literature.” Fu was able to visit South Putnam middle and high schools through her English course while at Indiana State. She also worked in the Chinese school of the Wabash Valley. “If I can share how to learn languages well with my future students it would be very good,” she said. “Shar[ing] what I have known with other people and see them progress positively I really think that makes me feel I can achieve progress through teaching.” Fu came to Indiana State for the fall semester to study English. Her experience was possible due to the exchange program Indiana State has with
Beijing International Studies University [BISU]. Jake Jakaitis, director of undergraduate studies in English, is responsible for the student exchange program between Indiana State and the Beijing university. Chris McGrew, director of the Center for Global Engagement, initially asked Jakaitis if he would be interested in visiting a university in China with intentions of expanding the student exchange program. Having lived and taught in China from 1995-1996, Jakaitis was still in contact with a few of his former Chinese students. He spoke with Li Sujie, a Beijing professor, who invited him to give three lectures at the university and conduct meetings with administrators and faculty about an exchange program. Jakaitis visited BISU during April and later developed a contract agreed upon by the presidents of the two universities. “At present, the exchange with [BISU] is exclusively a student exchange program sending their students to ISU for short term non-degree study,” Jakaitis said. “That is, the BISU students arrive
for a semester or for an academic year, complete courses and transfer the credits to BISU but they are not currently working on an ISU degree.” Fu was one of the few who were selected by the Beijing university to come to Indiana State through the exchange program. She will only stay at Indiana State until February, but plans to return to the United States after she finishes her senior year at BISU. Fu then plans to apply to graduate schools in North America. “I think I’m [coming] back to North America in a year,” Fu said. “In Canada I would like to apply for University of British Columbia.” Although Fu is very interested in graduate school programs for English, she has now broadened her interests to English and Chinese teaching as well. For the time being, though, she is leaving her options open. “Right now I feel that I [will] explore more once I’m in grad school.” Fu said.
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ISU Public Safety police blotter Jan. 3 3:00 p.m.: university property was reported missing 3: 03 p.m.: an information report was taken off campus 6:09 p.m.: missing property was recovered on campus 6:20 p.m.: missing property was recovered in the Student Recreation Center
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Jan. 6 4:02 a.m.: a fire alarm was set off in the Technology Building 9:49 p.m.: damage to property was reported in the Indiana State Police department 11:28 p.m.: a minor was reported consuming alcohol in Lincoln Quad
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2:16 a.m.: missing property was 10:11 a.m.: a fire alarm went off in the recovered in Blumberg Hall Science Building 9:50 a.m.: an ill person was reported in 6:57 p.m.: an ill person was reported in the the Arena Student Recreation Center 7:20 p.m.: lost property was reported in the Student Recreation Center 8:25 p.m.: an ill person was reported in 3:23 a.m.: an ill person was reported in Hines Hall Cromwell Hall 9:20 p.m.: a fire alarm went off in Hulman 2:19 p.m.: property damage was Memorial Student Union reported at Parking Lot 24 11:51 p.m.: an ill person was reported in 10:56 p.m.: an ill person was reported Rhoads Hall in Lincoln Quad
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Jan. 8 2:17 a.m.: an individual was reported as publicly intoxicatedat the 400 block of Chestnut Street 9:38 a.m.: a fire alarm was set off in Cunningham Memorial Library 11:00 a.m.: a fire alarm was set off in the Welcome Center 11:12 a.m.: a suspicious person was reported off campus 11:32 a.m.: an ill person was reported in Hulman Student Memorial Union 1:10 p.m.: an ill person was reported in the Barnes and Noble Bookstore 1:44 p.m.: a wallet was found in Cunningham Memorial Library 4:27 p.m.: a suspicious person was reported in Lot A 6:10 p.m.: a theft was reported in Cromwell Hall 6:15 p.m.: possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia was reported in Rhoads Hall 6:40 p.m.: a theft was reported at Lot R
Jan. 9 9:58 a.m.: lost property was reported, and later found in the Technology Building 10:15 a.m.: a property damage accident occurred off campus 1:30 p.m.: an item was found and returned to the owner in Cunningham Memorial Library 1:37 p.m.: lost property was reported in the Hulman Memorial Student Union 1:38 p.m.: lost property was reported in Lot 14 2:14 p.m.: criminal mischief and theft was reported at Lot 5 3:20 p.m.: unauthorized entry occurred in Lot 24 5:23 p.m.: lost property was reported atLot 14 6:29 p.m.: lost property was reported in the Science Building
Submission deadline approaching for Bakerman award Faculty should note that the deadline for submissions for the Library’s Bakerman Research Award has been moved from Jan. 17 to Tuesday, Jan. 21. Faculty are invited to nominate their best student papers from Spring, Summer or Fall 2013 classes. Since it was first offered in 2007, the award recognizes papers that incorporate both extraordinary skill and creativity in the application of the services, resources and collections of
the library and clearly demonstrate the use of good information literacybased research skills. Winning undergraduate and graduate papers will clearly demonstrate research and analytical skills in developing a research strategy, locating and using appropriate resources, citing sources in the proper format, and developing a substantive paper using resources available through the Cunningham Memorial Library. Students submit the graded paper
along with a 500-700 word essay on the research process behind the research paper. Submissions are evaluated by a panel of librarians and classroom faculty. One undergraduate-authored paper will receive an award of $1,000, and one graduate-authored paper will receive $1,500. Winning papers will be added to the Sycamore Scholars Digital Repository. Faculty members nominating the winning papers will
receive an award of $250. Recognition for the Bakerman winners and nominators will be included in the Library’s annual Authors & Artists program on Feb. 26. Find evaluation criteria, application procedure, checklist and forms at http://librar y.indstate.edu/about/ events/bakerman or http://libguides. indstate.edu/Bakerman (this site includes information on past winning submissions).
OPINION
Monday, January 13, 2014 • Page 6 Opinions Editor, Sam Clark isu-statesmanopinions@mail.indstate.edu Editor in Chief, Brianne Hofmann isu-statesmaneditor@mail.indstate.edu
Governor Chris Christie’s scandal stops traffic
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been a wildly popular Republican for years. His straight-talking, no-nonsense attitude and his commitment to placing partisan politics aside when necessary has a lot of people crossing their fingers Political for a Christie 2016 Columnist presidential campaign. And though Christie portrays himself as an all-business guy, the George Washington Bridge scandal may be a tale of revenge. In September, two lanes on the world’s busiest bridge — the George Washington Bridge — were closed for four days. The two-lane closure morphed the daily fast paced hustle of traffic into what the New York Times called “a parking lot” in Fort Lee, New Jersey, which is directly across the bridge from Manhattan. The slowlycreeping traffic affected millions, most notably emergency vehicles. According to the Washington Post, Governor Christie’s office responded to the outrage stating that the lane closure was part of a “traffic study.”
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However, emails and text messages address the issue and expressed utter between Christie’s top aides shows that disgust at those who instigated the the bridge experiment may have had bridge scandal, as well as apologized to nothing to do with a study. the people of Fort Lee and New Jersey The correspondence between the two at large. However, Governor Christie aides — Bridget Anne Kelly, a deputy maintained that he was not aware of any chief of staff and David Wildstein, who of it, and that he was lied to. worked at the Port Authority of New As everyone tries to analyze this event, York and New Jersey, the organization many will come to the conclusion that that runs the bridge — began with this was just another administrative “Time for some traffic problems in oversight. It happens all the time, just a Fort Lee.” According to couple of aides who lied the New York Times, the “The correspondence to the governor, nothing two later mocked how . . . began with ‘Time deeper than that. the traffic jam prevented Others, particularly for some traffic school buses from getting Democrats, believe problems in Fort that the lane closures to school. Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich texted were an attempt to get Lee.’” Wildstein asking for help, back at Fort Lee Mayor, saying, “Help please, it’s Mark Sokolich for maddening.” One of the aides wrote to not endorsing Governor Christie’s the other, “Is it wrong that I’m smiling?” reelection campaign. Governor Christie Later Wildstein said, “They are the refuted the notion, simply stating that children of Buono voters,” referring his campaign sought the support of to Governor Christie’s Democratic hundreds of Democrats across New gubernatorial opponent, Barbara Buono. Jersey, and Sokolich’s endorsement was The email correspondence goes on and not of huge importance; in fact, he didn’t further incriminates Christie officials, as even know that Sokolich was being other top officials also became involved pursued. So Christie still maintains that in the lane closures. Governor Christie the lane closures were not retribution held a press conference on Jan. 9 to against Sokolich, because Sokolich was
just one of hundreds of Democrats who did not endorse him and nothing awful happened to their towns. However, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow put forth that the primary target of the lane closures were state Senate Democrats. Following an Aug. 12 spat with Senate Democrats over state Supreme Court confirmations, Governor Christie expressed his disapproval with Senate Democrats by calling them “animals.” The leader of the Senate Democrats is Loretta Weinberg, a key player in opposing Christie’s confirmations and representative of the district containing Fort Lee. The perspective that Rachel Maddow introduced will now completely change how this event is analyzed. Political pundits across the media will now want to probe more deeply into Christie’s struggle with the Senate Democrats, and whether or not he created an environment in which discussing vengeance against them was acceptable. Many support Governor Christie. However, his popularity will not save him or his administration from explaining how exactly the lane closures were permitted to go forward under false pretenses.
The debate is on now as to whether or not Governor Chris Christie and his aides purposely shut down traffic just to spite Democratic advisers or whether he truly was being lied to about the petty shot (submitted photo).
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Campus gets make-over as it expands outward
T.C. Wampler
I’d like to pose a question. How exactly do you expand a 235Columnist acre school? It is pretty simple, actually. You see, the university has opted that with the expected growth rate of incoming freshmen and their current over-crowding problem to push the lines of the campus a little further. But how is this expansion going to impact the lives of everyone on campus? What can they possibly change to the campus to make it more accessible to students visitors and faculty? Well, for starters they could make efforts to increase the size of the general campus while expanding facilities. Some will find pleasure, and some will find discomfort. But in the end, this is truly a
grand idea. Indiana State University sits on 235 acres of downtown Terre Haute. The University’s campus is littered with so many buildings that it’s crazy to think about adding more. Yet, when you are a growing and thriving school like Indiana State, you have to keep on the up and up. The Sycamores have a lot to do on campus, from the Student Recreations center, to the stadium. You can say that . We have an approximate enrollment of 12,000 students. — that is undergraduate and graduate students, both on-campus and online. There is plenty of room to house all of the students in the classroom, but housing is an entirely different issue. Don’t get your britches in a bunch, though, since Indiana State has their
“Master Plan” ready to take action. In 1986,the heads of the university developed a plan to expand their campus to be bigger, better and more inclusive than ever. The plan was updated in 1996 and again just this past December while we were all on break. The ISU Foundation just purchased 16 more acres on First Street to build a new stadium closer to campus. This allows us to develop a campus that is pedestrianfriendly and builds the downtown area to be more open to students and visitors. The planned renovations will include both housing remodeling and redesigning as downtown Terre Haute slowly becomes synonymous with student-available residencies. This will allow enrollment to increase by 15 percent over the next five to 10 years.
Here is my problem: what is going to pay for all of this? My tax dollars are stretched out so thin that they cannot handle another expense. Well the “Master Plan” has a plan to pay for it. The foundation does not have an estimated cost for this project but says they will not use state tax dollars. The other concern of mine is that we have so many unused facilities and yet the foundation purchases another 16 acres of land. But my nerves were eased when I heard that enrollment would increase to a projected 15 percent and maybe more, meaning that this isn’t just some project build to blow smoke. It has tangible need backing it. These are all good things to come. I am glad to be from this area and student here to watch my campus grow into something bigger and better
A young man’s guide to college
Man up this new year, stand by your word to change
It’s overplayed and rarely ever sought all the way through: it’s the New Year’s resolution. The gym is packed wall to wall with ladies on treadmills and men bench pressing. People post photos to Instagram of their only healthy meal for that week with the hashtag Columnist of “#NewYearNewMe.” Others vow to improve their academic effort in the upcoming year. All of these are great aspirations, but how many of these goals are achieved? Yes, get pumped and talk to others about your goals for this year, but make this year the one you’ll actually achieve them. Too many people make these commitments verbally without explicitly laying out a plan of action to attain the results they want. According to Statisticbrain.com, 75 percent of people who set a New Year’s resolution stayed with it through the first week. Wait. So, it’s saying that 100 percent of the sample of observed people made a resolution, and then that 25 percent already dropped out of that goal within the first week. Then it
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states that only 46 percent make it past the six-month mark. That’s a good number, but it’s still the minority. How can you be part of the minority in this circumstance? The first step is to set a realistic goal. Don’t be confused and give yourself too much cushion: make a goal that is difficult yet attainable. Next, make a plan that will help you achieve that goal. Put money in a savings account weekly or figure out how to lose two pounds a week. Without a plan and structure, the likeliness of you
“The object of a resolution is to push yourself beyond the boundaries.” achieving that goal goes down. So, man up and plan up. The last part is the simplest, yet most difficult, step: do it. Just execute the plan you’ve made. The reason that you feel uncomfortable doing it is because you are challenging yourself. Has it been easy to meet new people when joining different organizations? Is the last sprint interval of your workout the easiest part? No. The objective of a resolution is to
push yourself beyond the boundaries of comfort to become something new and better. Don’t worry too much about what others think in the gym. They’re not you. You have different a goal that has you starting out with lighter weights. Getting weird looks because you’re not a regular to the organization? Introduce yourself so that they can find out who you really are, and to find out more about yourself, and so you can determine if the organization is right for you.. Why does it relate to you, a young man? Men are supposed to lead, especially by example. A man who speaks more than taking action is a testament against manhood. If he never follows through on his own goals, then how can others trust and follow him? You don’t have to be the leader of an organization, but be someone your girlfriend —or boyfriend, comrades and younger siblings to look up to. If you discovered that you could improve yourself in some way and then executed it, you have proven yourself to be part of that exceptional minority of 46 percent. A resolution shouldn’t be viewed as a chore. It should be viewed as a way to reward yourself through self-improvement. So, reward yourself and make this the year of This year, try making sure that you stick to doing. that resolution (submitted photo).
FEATURES
Monday, January 13, 2014 • Page 8 Editor-in-Chief, Brianne Hofmann isu-statesmanfeatures@mail.indstate.edu
Income, job status factors in drug court success Beth Pickerill
ISU Communications and Marketing People who work even part time are more likely than the unemployed to graduate from Vigo County’s Drug and Alcohol Court. Those with annual incomes above $30,000 are more successful in the program than lower wage earners and women succeed at a higher rate than men. Those are among the findings of an analysis of the alternative sentencing program by a team of five Indiana State University students. Of 259 participants between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2010, 158 were successful, an increase of 68 people since a 2007 review of the program by NPC Research of Portland, Ore. “At the beginning it was pretty daunting task and time was a huge factor, but overall we [had] some pretty good findings,” said Evan Norris, a senior political science major from Greenwood. In the Drug and Alcohol Court, defendants can plead guilty and, if they are successful in the program, they will not be prosecuted. If they fail to complete the program, however, they will be sentenced. Indiana State students took on the study after political science instructor Katie Butwin contacted Paul Southwick, drug court coordinator, and Jimmie Bowman, the court’s director, about wanting to give students an in-depth experience learning about the court system, data collecting and analysis techniques. The 10-week project gave the opportunity for the students to work closely with the Vigo County Drug and Alcohol Program. By researching prior drug and alcohol courts and observing court trials on a firsthand basis, students gained a better understanding of what happened during the trials. They started with the program assessment evaluations, examining court files for the three-year period. They collected characteristics about the
Vigo County Drug and Alcohol Court officials listen as five Indiana State University political science and criminology students present the findings of their analysis of the court’s success rates (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
participants in the program such as age, gender and ethnicity and looked at what kind of charges led them to involvement in the program. More than half of all defendants in the program were there because of drunken driving, 14 percent due to possession of methamphetamine and 9 percent each for possession of marijuana and possession of controlled substances. Only eight individuals initially faced charges of dealing in
illegal substances. Once all the evaluation data was collected, they started to analyze it by gender, age, education and other criteria. The students learned how to assess statistics through a software package and learned how to arrange data. “They had to adapt to some changes with the way things were going to work, which happens all the time for research projects,” Butwin said. “Even though
they were on a time crunch to get the data done, they all worked extremely hard.” The students found that those who graduate from the program are more likely to be of higher socioeconomic status. Eighty-five percent of participants earning $30,000 per year or more graduated from the program, a rate Continued on PAGE 9
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nearly twice that of participants with themselves very well. I couldn’t have annual incomes below $5,000. asked for a better group of students to “We worked extremely hard on this work on this project,” said Southwick. research project and see it all come The students have been accepted together is very rewarding to me,” said to present their research at the Olivia Finley, a junior Academy of Criminal political science major Justice conference in from Terre Haute. Philadelphia in February. In addition to In addition to “We worked reporting their findings Norris and Finley, extremely hard on students to court administrators, this research project in the projectinvolved the students had some were recommendations on how and to see it all come senior Mallory Pugh, to improve the program. a senior criminology together is very Their suggestions criminal justice rewarding to me.” and included standardizing major from Terre information gathered Haute; Drew Snyder, a Olivia Finley, junior on all participants, senior criminology and investigating the political science major criminal justice major education level and from Brazil; and Trevin employment status Thalheimer, a junior of participants upon graduation or political science major from Brookville. termination from the program and “This is a big deal for undergraduates evaluating a shift to alcohol-related and they have done a really great job addiction and charges and they have really enjoyed it,” said “These students did [wonderfully]; Lisa Decker, associate professor of they were very professional and drove criminology and criminal justice.
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the Meis Center provides that you don’t necessarily have in the classroom,” Kemp said. “Once you learn the skills in the classroom, then the Meis Center teaches you how to apply all the other things that make you more marketable and a stronger candidate in the business world.” The Meis Center offers events ranging from the speed networking event to workshops on topics such as making ethical business decisions. The center features the Catapult Professional Development Program, a series of events for business students that Scott College professors can use to help their students develop additional skills. “The Catapult Program is partnering with Scott College of Business faculty members to incorporate student professional development into their course curriculum,” said Rebecca Wray, assistant director of the Meis Center who helped develop the program. “It’s a professional development program where we provide the students with suggested events and activities to attend. “By participating in the Catapult Program, Scott College faculty members can engage their students in developmental activities and initiatives that supplement their education without having to forfeit valuable class time,” Wray added. More Scott College students have been participating in Meis Center programming. More than 625 students took part in workshops during the 20102011 academic year; last year, the Meis Center recorded over 3,600 student interactions through Center events and programs. This semester, the Catapult Program teamed with 22 professors collectively teaching 42 classes of students. “We have built more involved partnerships with faculty,” Meis Center director Kim LaGrange said. “We’ve had quite a bit of success in getting students to come to events and workshops, but we want to go the next step of not just getting students to attend, but encouraging students to apply what they’re learning at the workshop or the networking event, so that they’ll get more out of it.” LaGrange, who also consults businesses and executives through her consulting company, Prime Resources, worked with Wray and Meis Center members Sara Williams and Kelly Wilkinson to expand the center’s services, including the Catapult Program.
Above: Indiana State University senior Amber Kemp talks with a business professional during a speed networking event hosted by the Meis Student Development Center. Below: Indiana State University MBA student Yuxia Li participates in the speed networking event last semester (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
James Buffington, associate professor of management information systems in the Scott College, requires many of his students to attend multiple Meis Center events through the semester before writing reflections on what they learned from the event they attended. Most students write that they understand the benefits of the programming, and that they realize that they get more lessons out of the events than they do in the classroom, he said. Students also get involved in the presentations. Kemp, who has attended Meis Center programs since her first year on campus, recently presented with Scott College professor Bill Wilhelm and another student about making ethical business decisions. Nearly 50 students attended the presentation. “The presentation we gave wasn’t for any specific major in the Scott College of Business,” Kemp said. “The topic of ethics is something everyone needs to have a hands-on knowledge about, because one wrong decision can either harm your career or hurt your business.”
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do this for my grandpa,” Eitel said. “He was a season ticket holder and I know he would have wanted me to play today.” Senior guard Jake Odum said there was an angel watching over Eitel. “I really think his grandpa was in the crowd tonight,” Odum said. He was looking down watching it and it was great that [Eitel] was able to [play for him].” Indiana State missed critical offensive shots in the first half, even with ample opportunity to score, adding only nine points out of 14 turnovers. Though defensively, sophomore guard Devonte Brown managed to get five rebounds and four steals. Dawon Cummings had a steal that led to a dunk, increasing the lead by two, which was one of the highlights of the game at 18:22. But the biggest hype of the game was when Eitel hit the first three that brought Indiana State back from a three-point
deficit with 8:38 left in the turn around. It was due to a steal by Brown who got the assist off Eitel. Brown got another steal and looked for sophomore guard Brandon Burnett but the three was no good. Bradley’s senior guard Walt Lemon Jr. proved to be a threat , scoring 22 points, with six assists and four steals. Lemon hit a jumper with 5:42 seconds left in the game, making the score 44 -46. Eitel hit his second three-pointer regaining control of the score. In the final seconds of the game, Eitel hit his last three-pointer that locked in the win making the score 54-49 with 3:03 seconds left in the game. To top that off, Cummings contributed another clutch three-pointer with 1:16 seconds left in the game. The Sycamores will host Missouri State Wednesday at the Hulman Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
Above: Senior guard Jake Odum prepares to make a free throw. Left: The Indiana State basketball band performs pep tunes between plays (Photo by Drew Canavan).
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Above: Sophomore Guard Devonte Brown carefully contemplates next play. Below: The Forest gets pumped to cheer on the basketball game (Photos by Drew Canavan).
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Women’s basketball snags win from Illinois State
The Indiana State women’s basketball team marches out proudly as they prepare to play the Illinois State Redbirds. The Sycamores won 47-44 (Photo by Drew Canavan).
Alex Modesitt Assistant Sports Editor Indiana State Women’s Basketball continued its hot start in Missouri Valley Conference play by defeating the visiting Illinois State Redbirds 47-44. The Sycamores improved to 3-0 in conference play and 8-6 overall. Stephanie Whitman, a junior guard for the Sycamores, got things started on the right foot, scoring the first 4 points of the game. However, as would be the case for most of the game, the Redbirds made a 3-0 run of their own to keep the game close. The Lady Sycamores played smothering
defense in the first half, forcing 13 turnovers, but played loose with the ball themselves committing 14 first half turnovers. After a Redbird goal midway through the first half gave them the lead for the first time, the Sycamores responded by going on a 5-0 run to give them a 21-18 lead. That lead, however, would be relinquished. A three-point field goal at the buzzer rattled around the rim and found a way down to give Illinois State a 24-23 halftime lead. The Lady Sycamores came out of halftime and went on 7-2 run that helped them regain the lead, 30-26. The defense kept up its stellar
play, holding the Lady Redbirds to just 1-5 shooting during the streak. But, as was par for the game, the Redbirds were able to storm back and retake the lead via the great play of their point guard Chloe Nelson, who led all scorers for the game with 14. The Sycamores would once again make a comeback and regain control of the game with a layup by the reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week Bilqis AbdulQaadir to make it 34-32. The relentless defense by the Lady Sycamores would help them extend their lead to 43-36 —
the largest lead of the game by either team — by deflecting passes, stealing the basketball and even forcing a rare 10-second violation. The Redbirds would again make a comeback bid by getting within one point with only 1:12 left to play, but a bucket by the Player of the Game, Marina Laromie, would stretch the lead back out to three and be the last points either team would score. Laromie led the Sycamores in points for the game with 13 followed by Abdul-Qaadir with 10.
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Sycamores topple Illinois
The Lady Sycamores claimed a hard-fought victory over Illinois State Sunday afternoon, 47-44. Women’s basketball faces off against Evansville Thursday at 8 p.m. Left: Junior guard Natasha Zurek races down the court while leading one of her four steals during the game. Above: Senior guard Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir searches for an open teammate. Below: Abdul-Qaadir, who scored double figures with 10 points, prepares for a layup (Photos by Drew Canavan).