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Normal Restoration

One of the university’s oldest buildings has served as a storage space and annex for several years, but is now slated for a major overhaul TAMERA RHODES News Editor

Normal Hall will be renovated to house the Center for Student Success and University College in order to preserve ISU’s history and remain the university driving force for students in the future.

The project was approved Sept. 6 and is expected to be completed by July 2015, said Vice President of Business Affairs and Treasurer, Diann McKee. The building currently houses University Archives and some Office of Information Technology functions that will be relocated to other campus locations when the project begins.

Normal Hall was constructed in 1910 to serve as the campus library but it has had limited upgrades over the years, McKee said, so now the project will be a major renovation.

Past, present and future: Normal Hall will soon become the home for Both the Center for Student the Center for Student Success and University College after decades Success and University College of miscellaneous uses (Photo by Drew Canavan)

are currently located on the second floor of Gillum Hall.

With the offices moving and renovations to be complete, Normal Hall will retain its original three floor levels and basic framing.

Even with the approval of the ISU Board of Trustees, ISU cannot move further on the project until the State of Indiana authorizes the university to use the grant money given.

Josh Powers, associate vice president for Student Success, is excited for the project to begin.

The move will centralize main offices on campus that students need to succeed during their college career, Powers said.

“I think it provides a highly visible, fantastic anchor for the campus,” Powers said.

He said with the renovation and the relocation, students will have better access to campus resources that will effect their studies, their job

Sophomore Kate Johnson scored two of the Sycamore’s four goals Sunday against UTMartin. With 230 fans sitting in the stands, the Sycamores women’s soccer team muscled out a 4-2 victory over the Skyhawks.

“It was an interesting game today,” said head women’s

soccer coach Erica True. “I think our first 25 - 30 minutes of the game, we had a lot of control of the game. We showed a lot of attacking presence, and Johnson showed part of that by getting us on the board early.”

Indiana State improved their seasonal record to 3-4-0 as UTMartin fell to 1-6-1. The game began with an early goal in the eighth minute of the game

from Johnson. From a long cross off the foot of freshman Abby Reed, Johnson beat the defender to a goal, and with a short range kick, she put the ball in the back of the net.

Reed increased ISU’s lead in the 29th minute of play. A cross kick from junior Sydney Lovelace allowed Reed to get pass the Skyhawks goal keeper from the penalty box scoring

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another goal, separating the teams, 2-0.

UT-Martin fought back near the end of the first half by closing in on the Sycamores two-goal lead. The Skyhawks’s Alyssa Curtis took a rebound off the cross bar and got the ball into the front of the net within 33rd minute of play.

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search and their future.

The entry way on Normal Hall’s renovated ground level will be glass and will provide improved wheelchair access.

The renovated building will also accommodate the Office for Student Success for centralized tutoring, group engagements and supplemental student instruction, Powers said.

Technology and improved testing space in the building will support those with disabilities. Meeting spaces will be designed to support virtual meetings with projection screens and whiteboards, he said.

While other colleges in Indiana have large numbers of physically disabled students who are easily identifiable, Powers said that is not the case at Indiana State.

Students with disabilities, such as Attention Deficit Disorder, require specialized assistance, Powers said, and that’s complicated by the fact that many students are unaware of their undiagnosed disabilities.

Powers said the second floor, known as the main level, will house most of the University College advising operation.

“On the University College front, they will obtain a substantial expansion of space that will be structurally supportive of excellent

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advising, as well as, symbolically important to the central role of the whole freshman experience at ISU,” he said.

At this time the antique wood trim is expected to stay, as well as the wood themed design.

Also, a rotunda is located here that will be repaired and preserved because it is a historical piece in Normal Hall.

Powers said a campaign is underway to find photographs of the historical rotunda in color as far back as possible so it can be restored to its exact form.

“It’s just going to be breathtaking,” Powers said.

Stacks of books will remain in the building to commemorate it’s original use as a library.

The ceilings will be raised and some displays in the building will remain.

The building’s elevator will be situated on the outer portion of each floor layout rather than making it a centralized element of each floor.

This type of design is to create open space.

“The many things we are doing in this campus, the physical space, its location and its symbolism … I think it is nicely aligned with what’s going on with student success,” Powers said.

More suspicious activity reported Campus police are investigating the report of a female student who told police she was approached Monday by a man on campus.

The report is the most recent of four such reports that have been made to ISU Public Saftey since the beginning of the academic year.

The student said she was walking in the 900 block of Sixth Street around 11:30 a.m. when a a white male in his 50s, heavy set, with thinning brown combed over hair

offered her a ride.

He was in a 1990’s model fourdoor passenger gold colored vehicle. Police are requesting information from anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who may know someone who matches this description.

Campus police remind the ISU community to remain cautious when walking alone and never to accept rides from any unfamiliar persons for any reason.

Normal Hall is scheduled to be completely renovated by July 2015 and will house the Center for Student Success and the University College (Photo by Drew Canavan).

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Employees ‘On the Way to Wellness’ Shannon Pitrowski Reporter Indiana State University announced an employee health program to take effect in January 2014 designed to promote good health and save money on health insurance, which includes screenings to be held Sept. 17 to Oct. 7.

“It’s an effort to help our employees improve their health and in time, long term sense, save the employees and the university money,” ISU President Daniel J. Bradley said.

The wellness program is not mandatory for employees, but making the choice to participate can have its money-saving benefits.

A reduction in health care costs is offered if employees do not smoke, which averages out to a savings of about $360 per year if they take the quick screening to verify they are a nonsmoker.

Employees who don’t smoke won’t be charged the smoking fee according to the ‘On the Way to Wellness’ program.

Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, and it causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general according to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

The purpose for health screenings is to reveal unknown problems that one might have, such as diabetes.

The Indiana Department of Health reported more than $4 billion in health care costs are associated with diabetes per year.

“We overall want to make sure that not only are people healthy, but we’re doing it in a way that minimizes the growth in expenses related to health insurance,” Bradley said.

The founder of the program is ISU’s Employee Wellness Coordinator Erin Milliken and she was a contracted employee from Spectrum Health Systems, a company who

wanted to work with the university to create a wellness initiative for campus employees.

“Diane McKee, President Bradley and human resource directors wanted to bring on my company, so I accepted,” Milliken said.

Milliken said employees trained during a 12-week period in the summer for a marathon known as the ‘Blues at the Crossroads Half Marathon’ held on Sept. 14 which helped them get into shape for future events.

Employees were given free passes for the Student Recreational Center to encourage healthier living habits.

‘Choose Blue,’ a healthy food initiative, and ‘Stepping Sycamores’ are two upcoming employee events that will be located in the dining area of the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

‘Stepping Sycamores,’ is a walking pedometer challenge which employees can compete for prizes such Colts tickets, Pacers tickets, gift cards and other various prizes each week

“We overall want to make sure that not only are people healthy, but we’re doing it in a way that minimizes the growth in expenses related to health insurance.”

ISU President Daniel J. Bradley beginning Jan. 14 to March 4, 2014.

“There are literally millions of people walking around with high blood pressure and they don’t know it,” Bradley said. “We don’t want anybody to have any of those conditions and not be aware, so initially we are going to The Student Recreation Center provides many opportunites for students and staff at ISU increase awareness.” to stay healthy and fit (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Bat festival will shed light on misunderstood mammal Emily Starbuck Reporter The seventh annual Bat Festival is scheduled for Sept. 21 on the university’s campus during the day, but this year’s evening session will be located on the Wabash River.

The event is being held to educate the public and is free of charge and focuses on the true facts about the bat species.

“There are a lot of misconceptions about bats floating around,” said Brianne Walters, assistant director of the Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation. “We just want to dispel those and get people to love bats as much as we do.”

The daytime session will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. primarily on the second floor of the Science Building and can be accessed through side closest to Hulman Memorial Student Union.

The event gives the university the chance to publicize the center located within the biology department at ISU. “We are a very bat oriented program; but we don’t have a prominent public face,” said Caroline Byrne, first year graduate student at the bat center.

The bat center engages in many bat-related research projects including social communication and behavioral patterns of bats, roost selection, acoustic analysis, the analysis of temperature fluctuations and consulting for companies who need assistance doing surveys.

This year’s evening session will be located at Fairbank’s Park from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., which is a new location for the event.

In the past, attendees may recall Dobb’s Park as the evening destination, but this year the festival will conclude on the banks of the Wabash to commemorate the year of the river.

“The event will include things to keep people of all ages busy which is why they are still in need of volunteers this year,” said Joy O’Keefe, director of the newly named Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation.

To anyone interested in volunteering for the festival, both morning and evening slots are available in many of the different events and may contact Byrne at cbyrne1@sycamores.indstate. edu for more details.

Guests have a multitude of options which include a silent auction, arts and crafts, a bake sale, face painting, an art presentation and live bat talks and exhibits as well as opportunities to eat throughout the day via vendors at both locales.

The bat center is also in need of items for the silent auction and is currently accepting donations and all proceeds will go to the Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation.

There will be an art contest for a cash prize of $100 for artists at least 18 years of age, the theme for this year’s contest is “Bats and Water.”

Anyone interested in submitting a piece of art for the art contest or donate items to the silent auction may contact Walters through email at brianne.walters@indstate.edu.

Rob Mies from the Organization for Bat Conservation and Mark Booth from Take Flight! Wildlife Education will be two speakers who will lecture among others.

This year will feature the return of the “Be a Bat Biologist” activity located at the Fairbank’s portion of the festival, which O’Keefe said will be popular with the children.

A professional shows the audience a large bat’s wing during the Bat Festival last year at ISU (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

“Kids will get to try their hand at doing the things that we do in the field,” O’Keefe said.

The evening will conclude “with watching for bats as they fly over the river,” she said.

“We fear what we don’t understand.”

Joy O’Keefe, director of the Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation Bats are impacted heavily by human action and their diet consists solely of insects, especially those which are considered nuisances, which provides a tremendous service in terms of pest control.

“Bats are facing so many problems nowadays with habitat loss, white nose syndrome [a fungal infection that has spread

from New York to regions in Oklahoma and in between,] and the impacts of winds turbines that having people feel more positively about bats can only lead to a healthier ecosystem for everybody,” O’Keefe said.

While we may not be number one in diversity, this does not change the fact that bats are fairly common on the landscape.

One such instance that is quite familiar to those living on Indiana State’s campus is the bat roosts in the old structures and buildings.

So, bats have become prevalent on the campus of ISU, which has given the community an opportunity to learn more about them rather than fear them.

“People come into contact with bats a lot, but yet we don’t really know much about them,” O’Keefe said. “And we fear what we don’t understand.”

Anyone who is interested in learning more about the annual Bat festival or would like to attend you can contact the Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation by visiting the website at www.isubatcenter.org.

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‘Stop and Serve’ provides flexible volunteer options

Students have the option to complete community service during lunch time hours in the ‘Stop and Serve’ program (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Aymen Mohammed Reporter The “Stop and Serve Program” is providing Indiana State University students with a flexible opportunity to volunteer while impacting the local community over the last two years.

Held every second and fourth Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the program makes it easier for students to volunteer and make a difference without spending a lot of time.

“Stop and Serve” is especially convenient for students because the service takes place during their lunch hour, said Patrick Newsham, program coordinator of the Center for Community Engagement, who oversees the program.

The program’s goal is to grant students the chance to participate in community service, which is designed to foster relations between the local community and campus.

Heather Miklozek, associate director for the Center for Community Engagement, came up with its concept and name while she and a group of colleagues were in Utah seeking out new types of community service opportunities ISU could offer students, she said.

For one service projects, students signed valentine cards for the elderly in hospitals and rehabilitation centers to combat loneliness and provide support.

As a result, Miklozek said the volunteers walked away with a sense of accomplishment without letting their schoolwork slip.

When students are finished with their service projects, items such as hair accessories and personal hygiene products are donated to nonprofit organizations who assist homeless shelters.

The program’s last service date was on Sept.

11, when students created “Thank You” cards for police officers and firefighters.

Since it’s launch last year, the program has parterned with several organizations, including Catholic Charities, the Bethany House and Union Hospital.

Other organizations that have also received assistance by the program are Meals on Wheels, ISU Veteran Services, American Red Cross and the March of Dimes.

“Stop and Serve” has assisted the March of Dimes by providing facilities to hold events, as well as volunteering during the events.

Nikki Simpson, division director of March of Dimes, an organization that addresses issues of infant prematurity and birth defects, said students assist her organization by answering phones, arranging events and letter stuffing.

“The program is so helpful because it makes my job easy,” Simpson said.

Since it is successful and a good fit for the university, Miklozek said the program will continue.

“This is an open opportunity for everyone to participate in,” Miklozek said.

Students who want to volunteer in the Stop and Serve program can contact Newsham at 237-2334.

OPINION

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 • Page 6 Opinions Editor, Tony Khalil isu-statesmanopinions@mail.indstate.edu Editor in Chief, Brianne Hofmann isu-statesmaneditor@mail.indstate.edu

Statesman editorial

Strong privacy rights are essential to our nation’s success

Privacy is not what it used to be. It once meant being secure in your own home with your belongings. It meant the things you do and talk about in your home stayed in your home.

Now there is a generation of people who seem to not care about their privacy. They instead have the incessant need to post their everyday events on a public forum like Facebook. Obviously many people seem to have different takes on what privacy means.

In this day and age, you can do things way outside of the jurisdiction of what counts as your home even while you are inside of it. We can surf the web, watch videos and talk to people in foreign countries. The definition of what is considered private has changed by leaps and bounds from what our founding fathers imagined.

It has taken the release of the National Security Agency documents by leaker

Edward Snowden for a lot of the American public to wake up out of its stupor and believe what the so called “paranoid crazies” have been saying for years. The government is listening in.

Our privacy has been eroded everyday by the practices of the NSA.

“We must hold onto our privacy and defend it in the courts.”

According to the Associated Press, Americans’ opinions of the United State’s ability to protect their civil liberties is down by seven percent in just two years.

This goes to show that more and more

Americans are worried about the defense of their civil liberties.

While it may be in America’s best interest as a government and a global power to monitor a lot of international and national communication traffic, it doesn’t make it the best thing for its people.

The big question on the block, is it really in the best interest of this countries people to freely give up our right to privacy and allow the government to monitor our communications simply because we are “at war.”

We must hold on to our privacy and defend it in the courts. Because once we, as a nation, begin to give up just a small amount of our personal liberties, they will begin to erode faster than we can say “sayonara civil liberties.” And soon, the once great nation that so many men and women lost their lives for will be just a specter of its former glory.

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‘Slut-shaming’ born early from a male-dominated society What does it mean to be a slut?

Is it when a girl has slept with over five guys? 10? 20?

According to our society, it’s pretty much girls who aren’t virgins. What the hell, society?

Being a girl, I know how harsh we are on each other and what we say to tear each other down. One of most effective means of Columnist the shaming each other is by using our sexuality against our perceived enemy.

Over the past six months, I became aware of a term called “slut-shaming,” A term defined as the idea of shaming and/ or attacking a woman or a girl for being

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sexual, having one or more sexual partners, acknowledging sexual feelings, and/or acting on sexual feelings.

Slut-shaming has been going on in the Western world since patriarchal societies have been made up. Women were supposed to stay virgins until they were sold or married off to their husbands where they were then supposed to be sexually subservient to him and only him until she died in childbirth.

Because of its extremely early start, it’s something that would be hard to break, especially the way the term is thrown around.

In the past 20 years, women are now starting to be able to express their sexuality easier than they had before. One of my favorite shows, called “Girl Code” on MTV, illustrates that point exactly. The women on there are funny, successful, attractive and, my God, they’ve had sex with multiple guys and

they didn’t get stabbed in the face.

“Cabin in the Woods,” his most recent horror Think back to the last slasher film you’ve movie.

People watch these sorts of movies all the time, and it is a constant reminder to girls “The way I see it, as long as that they you’re being safe about it and sleep with.should be really careful who they not spreading around any sort If you aren’t, there will be consequences. of diseases that are out there, It’s one of the most obvious double standards women talk about but at college level go out and get laid as much as that don’t seem to try and change. you want.”

The way I see it, as long as you’re being safe about it and not spreading around any sort of seen. Who was the first girl to get killed? Was diseases that are out there, go out and get laid she a “slut?” as much as you want. I solemnly swear that Did she have sex within the first half hour? I will try and remind myself constantly not If so, you’re seeing in action the concept of to think of you as a slut, because you’re just the whore and the virgin. In horror films, the living life. I will keep my mouth shut, think whore is usually first to go and the virgin is about what homework I have to do that day, last. This example is put in front of audiences and go about my life, because your sex life is in the most obvious way by Joss Wheadon’s none of my business.

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Silent epidemic: signs of abuse in relationships hard to detect Being in a relationship can be hard for anyone, college students especially. We are young, and still curious about what is out there.

According to USA Today, recent studies show that current dating relationships on college campuses don’t last long. Instead relationships today are brief and sexual.

It seems that many college Columnist students think that dating violence is a joke.

Students need to learn the facts in order to protect themselves. Students have often heard about dating violence, and usually they just roll our eyes when they hear it, thinking it could never happen to them.

However it does happen. A lot more often than you think. It can come in many different forms such as physical, emotional or sexual.

These are all things that we may not see or

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notice or maybe even ignore.

Thinking this is normal or they are just Have you ever felt wrong about something, kidding isn’t okay. It is emotional violence, and or didn’t like it, but pushed it aside so your it can hurt you worse than you think. partner would be happy? Maybe one time you According to WebMD, about 40 percent of physical violence is brought on by people we know. Physical violence could be a punch in shoulder, or just goofing off, when it grows “Students need to learn the facts the into a punch a day, and then yelling while they in order to protect themselves. do it, that is not ok. It will usually starts off Students have often heard about small, but when your partner realizes that they keep doing it and get away with it, it might dating violence, and usually they can get worse. just roll our eyes when they hear This will begin to take a huge physiological it, thinking it could never happen toll on you after a while.

You begin to blame yourself and cover to them.” for them, saying things like “it’s my fault,” or “it was an accident,” but these things make it didn’t want to do something, say go for a run, worse. and you partner calls you fat and lazy.

This is just an excuse to avoid questions.

The abuse starts small and grows from there. After a while, there is nothing else we can do After a while, with that kind of treatment you or say because we have tricked ourselves into begin to notice it happening, but you push it thinking that this behavior is okay. aside.

The fact is, the situation you are could get

worse. It could turn into sexual violence. This can be dangerous in many ways to anyone our age because it can happen out of nowhere.

Sexual violence can go from as small as unwanted touching to as serious as rape.

Many victims of sexual assault often don’t want to think about the experience or tell people what has happened. What people need to understand is that what has happened isn’t your fault. We have the right to speak up.

Say no and mean it. Whether it be saying no to a kiss or even a hug, or to not wanting to have sex that night. Everyone should be prepared for the dangers that surround them in everyday life. Not only that but also making sure that we are sure of ourselves. I’m not saying to be cocky and over confidant, but only to be sure of ourselves show some self confidence.

Knowing what we want and what is wrong for us, is a big deal especially in our age group.

Being aware about what is going on around us could make it a little better, and save us from the pain in the future.

First lady angers conservatives by promoting water Michelle Obama, the first lady of the U.S. has been known as an advocate for health and wellness.

Starting with her shapely arms to her “Lets Move!” national campaigns to get children more interested in healthy living, she has faced criticism at every turn from her husband’s political Columnist opponents. However, her most recent campaign, “Drink Up,” drew criticism that no one could have anticipated.

The first lady unveiled the “Drink Up” campaign at Watertown High School in Wisconsin, where she cited the benefits of drinking water and making sure that students remain well hydrated. So the central message of the campaign is to drink more water, however the backlash to this campaign seems to be way too dramatic for such a simple idea.

The conservative website “Biz Pac Review” labeled Obama’s campaign as another “liberal” P.R. stunt that is “intrusive, misguided and

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probably rigged.” Aside from the silly idea to proposal with Democrats and Republicans that encouraging health and wellness is a P.R. referring to it as “nanny state government” and stunt when childhood obesity is an expanding fast food chains like McDonalds’ opposing the issue across the nation, labeling this campaign measure as fiercely as they could. as “intrusive” and “misguided” is just as That is what “intrusive” looks like, and critics ridiculous. of the campaign are right in labeling it as so.

For an example of what “intrusive” health However, “Drink Up” does not even approach campaigns might look like, just take a moment Blumberg’s campaign. to remember New York The first lady is not City Mayor Michael trying to make water Bloomberg’s initiative. “Michelle Obama is not trying to the only beverage you Mayor Bloomberg make water the only beverage could ever drink, and went on an unyielding not saying that you could ever drink, and she’s she’s campaign to ban large it should be the only sized soft drinks from not saying that it should be the drink you should the entire city. So if only drink you should consume; consume; she is simply you were craving 32 she is simply nudging students in nudging students in oz. of Diet Coke in the right direction. the right direction.”

NYC, good luck trying During her talk to the to find that in any Watertown students, fast food restaurant.

Obama said that we Mayor Bloomberg are all faced with a spearheaded that initiative in the name of choice about what we drink, and when we public health, with obesity being the most choose to drink water “we’re choosing to be at pressing concern. our very best.”

There was an extreme amount of backlash Some critics of Obama are just in doing

so. Michael Jacobson, Executive Director of Science in the Public Interest commented that Obama should focus more on the importance of avoiding sugary and calorie dense soft drinks.

And that is a worthwhile criticism, especially when we note that the first lady has teamed up with the American Beverage Association, who obviously manufacture those sugary drinks.

The first lady’s partnership with “Big Soda” may be cause for concern to some, but since she is not out to stop the consumption of pop, and is instead encouraging mindfulness when selecting beverages, it may not be that serious of an issue.

The protest to “Drink Up” almost seems as if it may be challenged by a “Water Actually Isn’t That Important” campaign or perhaps “Breathing More Air Isn’t Good,” as the first lady’s critics on the far right have deemed her campaign as her version of the “global ‘climate change’ hoax.”

Considering that water is essential to the daily functions of our bodies, it is pretty stupid to pin down Michelle Obama for suggesting that we should probably be more conscious about our need for water.

FEATURES

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ISU’s Precision Step Team held tryouts last week to find the best ‘steppers’ on campus DENISE SMITH Reporter Around 5 p.m. at the AfricanAmerican Culture Center, students would usually find themselves studying, finishing meetings or mentoring younger students.

Instead, on Sept. 9, the walls shook and rumbled from Indiana State’s Precision Step Team, as previous members rehearsed steps for the new members to learn and practice in hopes to earn a spot in the organization.

This year, the try-outs were held Sept. 9-12 from 6-9 p.m. at the African American Cultural Center. The participants were given three days to learn and rehearse the steps, and on the last day they held their try-outs.

An assortment of students entered with curiosity and anticipation to learn how to step dance. Step dancing, or stepping, is a complex performance with a mixture of folk traditions and modern culture. It is when a person uses their entire body as a percussion instrument which involves synchronized beats, singing, chanting, hand clapping, elements of drama and even pop culture.

“Stepping is making music with your body,” said graduate

student and step team founder Kelvin Burrell. “The main reason I wanted a step team is to give other students an opportunity to learn how to step without joining an African-American Greek fraternity or sorority.”

Burrell explained that he wanted to build this organization a long time ago but was denied. He tried once more last year and this time was approved to carry out his mission with Precision. Precision Step Team’s mission is to have diversity, self-determination, leadership and unity, Burrell said.

It was a mission that led to such success that they had to limit spots on the team last year to only 25-30 people, Burrell said. This year they decided not to limit spots since it is the beginning of the new school year. A majority of the students who are tried-out this year were freshmen.

After getting to know the E-broad members and doing a quick ice-breaker, the students were split up in groups to learn the steps. The girls had to learn two different sets, while the boys had to learn one.

When the teams started practicing, team board members, including President Rochelle Hampton and Vice President Monet Jordan, watched their groups to see if anybody had any difficulty getting the steps down.

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At first, sounds of chaotic stomping and hands claps filled the air, but as time passed on, the air change into a synchronized harmony. This made it easier for the board members to see which participants had the drive and determination to be on the team.

“I want to bond with people, get to know new people and honestly learn how to step better,” freshman engineering major Jessica Arechiga said. “It’s been hard work, but I like it.”

She also said that the only fear that she had was that she would not make the team.

Time dwindled down and some students left to go back to their dorms or to the Recreational Sports Center and

practice again. Graphic Design Senior and Step Captain Rory Calhoun said that this year he hoped to see a lot of progress from participants wanting learn how to be great entertainers.

The board members discussed doing more performances and going to competitions in the spring. Jordan, a junior accounting major, said that the only problem she could see was the students’ schedules and making sure they would stay focused in their academics.

“This year we want to try with members some type of a study table, so it can help with grades,” She said. “We want to give everybody an opportunity to stay focused and step.”

Left: Adriedde Watts, a sophomore psychology major, does a step routine during the Precision Step Team tryouts. Above: Miguel Lewis, a junior exercise science major, watches as a routine is taught to him during the Precision Step Team tryouts in the AfricanAmerican Cultural Center last week (Photos by Kira Clouse).

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Festival showcases Terre Haute’s oldest neighborhood

Amanda Marsh Reporter

The Terre Haute community got a taste of the city’s oldest neighborhood at the Farrington Festival on Sunday at the Vigo County Historical Society Museum.

Naomi Van Sickle, an Indiana State graduate in graphic design, was at the event and said it revealed a side of the city many people didn’t know existed.

“This event benefits the town because there is so much more to Terre Haute than most people may realize: its historic and artistic side,” Van Sickle said .

The event was sponsored by the Vigo County Historical Society and ran by the Farrington Historical District. The festival consisted of stands with different organizations that are a part of the historic neighborhood. There was live entertainment and free food, along with activities for kids. The museum was open to the public.

“This is the sixth or seventh year that we have promoted the neighborhood being the oldest in Terre Haute by having this festival. It is full of architecture, cultural diversity, national registry, and historical places,” said Craig Ketner, a member of the Farrington Historical District.

ISU professor Fran Lattanzio, who teaches photography and art in the design department, said this year was her third year being a part of the event. She had her own stand of artwork that was being shown, some even produced by students.

“We aim to reach out to the whole community because we want to get more information out to the public about the history of this town. It is truly too incredible to miss.”

Craig Ketner, member of the Farrington Grove Historical District “I live in the neighborhood and it is a good way to show the public, and even students, the history of Terre Haute. My house alone is 130-some years old. It is nice to be able to have interaction within the town and learn the history in a more small-scale type of way,” Lattanzio said.

“Heck, even the first Coca-Cola bottle was invented in Terre Haute.”

Lattanzio also said there are many other

Above: Members of the Women’s Department Club serve ice cream at Farrington Fest on Sunday. Below: Local artist Dakota Sponsler displays his prints for sale during the festival (Photos by Mutaz Albar).

activities that are done throughout the neighborhood such as a holiday walk and a garden walk.

The neighborhood consists of a close group of people but they try to get the word out about the history of the neighborhood on Farrington Street. In order to make these events, they have to ask for volunteers, which are sometimes students, as well.

The fraternity brothers of Fiji volunteered at the Farrington Festival, manning the bounce house for the kids’ area.

“This is a great opportunity to participate and get engaged in the history of Terre Haute. We are doing this for community service, so it feels good to be able to learn about the town and be involved in it as well,” said Brett Delucenay, a freshman mechanical engineer.

Van Sickle said that not many students are aware of the benefits and activities that Terre Haute has to offer.

Ketner agreed that students should be more recognize the historic value of the Farrington Grove neighborhood.

“We aim to reach out to the whole community because we want to get more information out to the public about the history of this town. It is truly too incredible to miss,” Ketner said.

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Food, beer and blues rocks the crossroads over the weekend

Left: Tiffany Prince, a sophomore geoscience major, dances with her hoop during the Blues Fest. Right: Juli Panetti and Debbie Evland enjoy drinks (Photos by Taylor Wininger).

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At the beginning of the second half, UT-Martin began to put more pressure onto ISU. Both teams missed opportunities to score until Johnson broke that up and scored with a header in the net and a free kick assist from Lovelace. The Sycamores led 3-1 as the match-up began to come to a close.

“We didn’t have the greatest second half,” True said. “We had to really grit down and battle to try to keep the ball out the net as much as possible.”

Junior Emily Chura scored the final goal for the Sycamores in 87th minute.

She blocked a pass from the Skyhawks in ISU’s offensive zone.

A loose ball gave her a one-on-one match-up against UT-Martin’s goal keeper, and a shot from 12 yards out gave ISU a 4-1 lead.

“We were best when we went from our outside,” Johnson said. “A lot of those came from Lovelace and Reed and that is where we were really successful today.

“I was lucky to just get onto the end of those, but they were really great crosses by my teammates.”

Late in the game, the Skyhawks got a rebound from a corner kick and scored with four seconds left on the clock. This was enough to surpass the Sycamores when the game clock hit zero.

Freshman Abby Keller saved five shots from the Skyhawks, with four of those coming in the second half.

Indiana State led the game in shots taken, 20-14.

UT-Martin had five corner shots to ISU’s two. Johnson led the team in shots with five as Reed followed with four.

The soccer team will be hitting road for the next five games. Friday the Sycamores match up against Toledo University with kick-off at 5 p.m.

Then on Sept. 22, the Sycamores travel to Eastern Michigan before opening Missouri Valley Conference play against MVC newcomer, Loyola University, on Sept. 27.

Next up on Sept. 29, ISU will battle Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne before returning to Memorial Stadium Oct. 4 to battle Freshman Abby Reed cuts to the ball to ward off a UT-Martin player Sunday (Photo by Drew Canavan).

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Quarterback Perish earns conference title of the week Thomas Beeler Sports Editor Indiana State junior quarterback Mike Perish was named Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week Monday after the Sycamore’s 70-7 victory over Quincy Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Perish went 23-of-26 passing for 379 yards with four touchdown passes, and more on the ground. Saturday was the first time ISU has scored 70 points or more since 1925, and Perish’s 379 passing yards makes him the fourth highest in a single game in school history.

Perish’s 88.4 percent [23-of-26] passinc success is another school record, surpassing Ronnie Fough’s 88.2 percent performance against Quincy in 2010.

The first touchdown pass of the day was a 78yard throw in the first quarter to senior wide receiver Demory Lawshe.

Perish then completed two more passes, one for 24 yards and another for five yards before exiting the game in the third quarter with the score at 56-0.

Perish shares the title this week with Missouri State running back, Vernon Scott whose performance helped his team claim victory over Murray State, 41-38.

The Sycamores are off this week but will face off Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. on the road against Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, Tenn.

Junior quarterback Mike Perish drops back for a pass during Saturday’s bout against Quincy University (Photo by Drew Canavan).

Breakfast: you need it and should not live without it

Natalie J. E. Sympson Sports Columnist

Your alarm goes off. You hit snooze.

Your alarm goes off again but you swear it must be broken because there’s no way that could have been a full five minutes.

Your eyes are heavy and your head a little light from a night of studying or celebrating that test you aced. You look at your clock again. Now you’re convinced that it must be broken since it couldn’t possibly be five minutes until your first class of the day. You weigh the option of skipping class, but then remember you have a quiz that morning. You roll out of bed, throw on sweatpants and a hoodie and barely make it for roll call. Halfway through the class, your stomach rumbles and your mind wanders to thoughts of the Campus Cupboard and George’s.

Are you creeped out that I know this about you? Don’t be. It just means you’re

a normal college student.

What’s the big deal about not eating breakfast? Let’s take a look at the word itself. We know that “to fast” means to not eat. Unless you are a sleep eater, you probably are fasting while you are sleeping. When you eat in the morning you are breaking your fast, hence the term “breakfast.”

Our bodies don’t know that we have lots of options for food all around us. They just assume that we might starve so they break down some of what they have on reserve.

That might make you think, “Oh, so I’ll lose weight!”

That’s not the case. When you skip a meal, you tend to overeat on the next one. Your body tries to conserve as much fat as possible if it thinks you might be finding less food and could starve. Your brain becomes sluggish without nourishment, which is no good for a student.

Don’t scare your body into thinking that it might have had its last meal. That’s just not nice. Your cells are hungry and your body is dehydrated. Be kind to yourself and refuel early.

What’s the healthiest breakfast? Take a look at www. choosemyplate.gov to see what the USDA overall recommendations are for a balanced diet. Personally, I have found that it’s more difficult for me to fit in two or three fruits a day, so I like to have one for breakfast and one for a snack later (this could be orange juice, but I suggest a whole fruit for the benefit of fiber) as well as, choosing a low-fat protein as well as a grain source.

This meal could look like a bowl of whole grain cereal with cut strawberries—or a peanut butter sandwich with sliced bananas. If you like smoothies, then there are tons of options that can be made the night before and poured into a to-go cup. If you live on campus, wake up a few minutes early and go to the dining hall. Breakfast costs the least amount of credits. Get a head start to feeling full all day.

Stop repeating “I’m too busy” and excusing yourself for not grabbing a Greek yogurt with granola and an apple on your way out the door. It’s not that much effort and it will possibly even improve your life as a student.

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Softball fares well in fall opener

Indiana State’s softball team opened its fall season Sunday with two wins against Heartland Community College, 8-7 and 9-1. Above: Morgan Allee, a senior recreation and sport management major, digs into the pitch. Top right: Shelby Wilson, a senior criminology major, defends third base. Below: Brooke Riemenschneider, a freshman nursing major, kneels midplay to guard home (Photos by Kira Clouse).