November 20, 2013

A law that saves lives

Indiana legislators and the Student Government Association answered questions about the Lifeline Law, which legally protects underage drinkers DIJONNA’E MORGAN Reporter

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Indiana State University‘s Student s t a t e s man Government Association hosted the Indiana Lifeline Law question and answer event on Monday, where the dangers of underage drinking for minors were discussed by Wednesday November 20, 2013 Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and Indiana Senator Jim Merrit.

Indiana State University After being approached by college www.indianastatesman.com students who expressed their concerns Volume 121 Issue 36 with underage drinking on and off college campuses, Zoeller and Merrit worked together to establish the law that provides legal immunity to minors who are seeking help for a friend who is in need of medical attention while intoxicated.

“It was really a student led initiative,” Zoeller said. “I think it shows that student s t a t e s man voices can be heard in the state house, they went to a lot of the other legislators, they went to the prosecutors, they helped compromise a few areas, but they really showed their own ability to get things done Holiday in the state house.” pig out: Though it had taken Merrit a few days to Stuffing critically look into what was being asked of him and others within the statehouse, your face he soon realized the Indiana Lifeline Law can be was needed after hearing about the death harmful of 18-year-old Brett Finbloom, who needed

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Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, who helped establish the Lifeline Law along with Senator Jim Merrit, answers questions about the law and its benefits (Photo by Kira Clouse).

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High on freedom:

University police chief to retire next year TAMERA RHODES News Editor Bill Mercier, chief of police at Indiana State University’s Police Department, will retire from his position and his career of more than three decades in law enforcement on Jan. 2.

Upon his retirement, Mercier said he and his wife plan to move to Washington where they will be closer to their children.

Diann McKee, vice president of business affairs and finance, said the university has no current plan or timetable in place to hire a person for Mercier’s replacement at this time.

Joseph Newport, assistant chief of police, will be named interim chief of police upon Mercier’s parting.

He said the department will share the workload until a permanent replacement is appointed.

“Right now, I think the plan is to just kind of be deliberate in whatever occurs in the structure of the department,” he said. “I know the lieutenants and the captain on the police department understand their roles will be enhanced some until decisions are made.”

Newport said Mercier has offered a lot to the campus police department through his 13 years of service including the development of a procedural manual.

“His redevelopment on the prior general orders manual that he [Mercier] wrote has given this Bill Mercier, Indiana State chief of police, will step down from his post Jan. 2 (Photo courtesy CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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NEWS

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 • Page 2 News Editor, Tamera Rhodes isu-statesmannews@mail.indstate.edu

Student takes reporting assignment in South Korea Paula Meyer

ISU Communications and Marketing Melissa Turpin was doing what every other college senior does this time of year — beginning the search for her first, full-time professional position.

But an inquiry with a New York news organization turned into a two-week assignment in South Korea.

“I came across a job with the Ecumenical News,” Turpin said. “I thought the job looked interesting so I applied.”

Three days later, the senior communication major from Bloomington, Ind. was contacted for a Skype interview, followed by an offer to become a freelancer. She began writing for the online media outlet in midOctober, with her work being posted on the news organization’s home page.

Then came her assignment — to report from the World Council of Churches 10th Assembly in Busan, South Korea from Oct. 30 to Nov. 8. The Assembly, the most diverse gathering of Christians in the world, drew roughly 5,000 people from more than 110 countries, representing some 560 million Christians.

“I’d never been out of the country before,” Turpin said. “I never considered reporting on religion, but I was excited for the opportunity.”

In the weeks leading up to her departure, she had to apply and receive a passport, learn local protocol and a few basic words in Korean, as well as work ahead in her classes.

Covering religion wasn’t a huge stretch for Turpin.

“My parents are pastors at The Body of Christ Church in Bedford,” she said.

“They laughed when I told them about my assignment because I always wanted [to report] news.”

Once in Busan, Turpin was able to do a little sightseeing prior to jumping into her reporting assignment. Among the sites she visited were the many Buddhist

temples and a local church opposed to the World Conference of Churches Assembly.

Once the Assembly began, Turpin was required to write at least two stories a day and to do some stand-up broadcast reporting.

“Ecumenical News is new to multimedia,” Turpin said. “I was one of their first on-camera faces.”

A typical day for Turpin consisted of waking at 7:30 a.m., attending sessions and taking notes.

“After each session, I’d grab my photographer and videographer and we’d do interviews,” Turpin said. “I’d go back and transcribe the interviews and write the story. I was going nonstop until 8 p.m. when I met my co-workers for dinner.”

Turpin’s co-workers added to her international experience. During her two-week assignment, she worked alongside reporters from Britain, Switzerland, Australia as well as two other Americans.

Turpin was accustomed to the fast pace and deadline pressure. But there was the added pressure of working for a relatively new media outlet.

“I was representing Ecumenical News, an organization that started in 2009,” she said. “At the beginning of the Assembly, not too many people knew about us. But after two weeks, they knew the name.”

In addition to the hands-on reporting experience, Turpin received a crash course on culture.

“I learned about new religions and the sufferings of others,” Turpin said. “I enjoyed learning about other nations. At the end of each day I was grateful to be born in America for the opportunities we have.”

She found that South Korean people very welcoming and helpful.

“Whenever I was hesitant or looked confused, there was someone there willing to provide assistance,” Turpin said, adding it made her realize that Americans aren’t as welcoming.

“The South Koreans loved showing

Senior communication major Melissa Turpin speaks with a man in South Korea where she spent two weeks as a reporter (Photo courtesy of Communications and Marketing).

their history and they loved visitors,” she said.

Her experience also helped her communicate with others who may or may not speak the same language.

“Many of the delegates spoke some English,” Turpin said. “My co-workers were amazed that I could have extended conversations with people who didn’t speak English well.”

Turpin did her part to break the ice.

“I had a translator app on my phone so I learned how to say hello in Korean,” she said. “So I made the effort to greet people in their native language.”

Reflecting back on her experience, Turpin summed it up as inspirational.

“It was an awesome, eye-opening experience because I learned more about the world we live in,” she said. “I am more appreciative of life in general and have an awareness of what we all take for granted.”

Turpin is quick to add that her time at Indiana State trained her for a stint on the international stage.

“My classes, along with my internships, prepared me well for this opportunity,”

she said. “If you can report on religion and politics and stay neutral, you can report on anything.”

Turpin, who will graduate in May, can trace her love of news reporting back to middle school.

“I took a media class because I had to choose an elective,” Turpin said. “Little did I know that I would end up loving it.”

When she arrived at Indiana State, she decided to concentrate in broadcasting and electronic media. She joined Sycamore Video her freshman year to complement the instruction she received in the classroom and has completed an internship with Sycamore Athletics assisting with promotional videos and a news internship with B97 and WFIU radio, an NPR member station in Bloomington.

Now back on campus in her routine as a college student and a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, she is continuing her job search, ready for a career in reporting and broadcasting.

“My dream job is being the anchor and host of E Entertainment News.”

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Silent auction taking bids The Indiana State University Alternative Spring Break program is having an online silent auction through Nov. 21 to raise funds for the Alternative Spring Break trips.

Some items up for bid include the following packages, each of which containing tickets, passes or gift cards: Colts; Music in the City; Terre Haute Art and Family Fun Day. There are other items to bid on including Holiday World tickets, Young Men’s Christian

Association memberships and Big Splash Adventure tickets.

Once the auction is closed, payments can be made and items can be picked up at the Center for Community Engagement, Tirey Hall, Room 136B. Anyone with questions about the online auction can email Jennifer Christian at Jennifer.Christian@indstate.edu To view all items available and place bids, go to www.32auctions.com/ ASB2014

Panhellenic excellence award to be given The university community is invited to attend the presentation of the National College Panhellenic Excellence Award and the installation of the 2014 executive board Nov. 20 at 5 p.m. in Dede I. The Indiana State University Panhellenic Association was one of only 14 college panhellenics in the country to receive the ‘College Panhellenic

Excellence’ award from the National Panhellenic Conference this summer.

Anyone with questions about the event can contact Tracy Machtan at 2373835 or tracy.machtan@indstate.edu.

For more information about the award go to https://www.npcwomen. org/resources/articles/NPC%20 Recognizes%20Top%20College%20 Groups.pdf.

Vagina Monologues to hold auditions Open auditions will be held in Hulman Memorial Student Union this week for a Vagina Day event to end violence against women and girls, sponsored by Feminist Majority. Auditions will be held Nov. 18 in Room 316 and Nov. 20 in Room 407 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The auditions will be held to select candidates to participate in ‘‘Vagina Monologues’’ and ‘‘A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant & a Prayer.’’

Candidates will be provided with a monologue to use for the audition or can bring a prepared monologue of their own less than five minutes in length. All Indiana State University students, faculty and staff are eligible to participate. Anyone who is unable to attend these audition times can contact Sarah Balana Molter at sbalanamolter@ sycamores.indstate.edu to schedule an alternate audition time.

Acupuncture to be offered for smokers A free 30-minute acupuncture session is offered for smokers who are wanting to quit Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Hulman Memorial Student Union, Room 407. Acupuncture can be an effective method to help reduce withdrawal symptoms and support the immune system. One session can be

enough to help kick the habit.

To sign up for a session with an acupuncture specialist, contact Erin.

Milliken@indstate.edu or call 2374117. For more information about the sessions, visit www.facebook.com/ ISUemployeewellness.

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First provost ‘Spirit Award’ presented to Tent City participants

Kristi Ashby Reporter

His wife Rebecca Murray, an instructor This year’s Homecoming season and clinic director of psychology, was brought back memories and traditions while establishing new ones’, including excited for the chance to work with her the College of Arts and Sciences’ husband to prove the College of Arts triumph for the first Provost Spirit and Sciences is supreme, she said.

Every department pulled their weight Award.

For the remainder of the 2013-2014 and students in the College of Arts school year, the College of Arts and and Sciences helped to make the tent a Sciences will possess the trophy and success.

One student helped with the physics be reigning champions until it’s up for grabs during next year’s homecoming departments for their display in the tent.

Jason Bonacum, a senior physics celebration. major and president of the Society of “I love tent city and I have always Physics Students, ran the section in the helped coordinate the tent for the College of Arts and Sciences,” said John Murray, College of Arts and Sciences tent, which Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. included various demonstrations.

T h e “I really wanted to demonstrations win and I loved all a the competition. I “I really wanted to win and included gyroscope, vortex contacted the chairs and faculty and together we I love all of the competition. cannon, acoustic I contacted the chairs and beats generator, put together a winning tent. The completion faculty and together we put Newton’s cradle and miniature was tough and I did get together a winning tent.” inertia tablecloth worried but I was so demonstration. thrilled to win.”

“I thoroughly John Murray, Dean of Arts Tents were judged enjoyed working based on food and and Sciences at the tent,” beverages served, tent Bonacum said. size, signage, Indiana “My favorite part State pride and tent was being able decorations. A a trophy to talk to the people and spark their was presented to the best homecoming interest in physics.

I love seeing not tent during Indiana State University’s only young children, but also fellow homecoming tent city for display.

Other aspects considered during students become fascinated by the judging included the best homecoming demonstrations and ask questions.”

Provost and Vice President for theme implementation, tent activities, and the number of faculty and staff Academic Affairs Richard Williams said present including Emeriti and alumni the idea was to promote fun and school spirit among the colleges through presence.

The tent for the College of Arts and competition.

The purpose of this award is to create Sciences had a jail set up by criminology majors, rock and mineral displays, a friendly competition within academic information on how to help Indiana’s bat affairs to see which dean could create populations, as well as different posters the best homecoming tent, he said.

“I just wanted to give the deans a from various colleges.

The trophy, a blue leaf on the head chance to relax and have some fun,” of Sycamore Sam who is sitting on an Williams said. “I wanted to create Indiana State football helmet, is now on something that would encourage the display in the waiting room of the dean’s different colleges to stay involved in homecoming and create some friendly office. competition.”

The first Provost Homecoming Spirit award Trophy, featuring Indiana State’s Sycamore Sam was presented to the College of Arts and Sciences for their spirit shown in the Homecoming activities and at Tent City this past October (Photo by Ayden Jent).

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department the necessary guidance it needed,” he said.

Newport said Mercier improved the selection process for hiring as well and he feels these two changes alone have enhanced the department’s daily operations.

“It has become more professional and more objective,” he said. “He knew if we had effective change in those areas that the results would be a more quality department.”

Newport is a Terre Haute native, has worked at Indiana State for 14 years and was employed with the Terre Haute Police Department for 23 years prior.

The university is currently in the process of obtaining accreditation in the police department through an organization, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.

It is another major project Mercier began that Newport said he is destined to complete.

“We have been in an accreditation review mode for quite a long time and there are over 200 national standards that must be met for a police department to become accredited,” Newport said. “We’re in the midst of that and it’s my goal to complete that as quickly as possible.”

Mercier said the accreditation basically says the department is maintaining best practices in the industry and is “up to snuff with the way they do business.

Mercier is originally from New Jersey, but he has worked in college campuses throughout the United States including Maryland, New York and Washington.

He said Newport’s knowledge of Terre Haute made his job much easier.

“Joe Newport has been a great help to me while I have been here,” he said. “I could not have been successful here without his support. The fact that he is from Terre Haute and he has had his whole career in

Terre Haute was just a tremendous help to me coming in from outside. Together, that was a really good combination for both of us I think, but he’s made my job so much easier.”

Mercier said his most memorable moment at Indiana State will be the way the community reacted to the death of a Gerald Smith, the student who was getting ready to graduate and disappeared in May 2009.

After a week-long search, his body was recovered from the Wabash River in Vincennes, Ind. Mercier said he was charged with informing Smith’s parents of his confirmed death and it was not any easy task.

“I worked closely with the family and had to give them the news that he had died. That was pretty difficult,” Mercier said. “So, yeah that was a hard one.”

Mercier said the entire university community stood up to answer the call of a fallen member through campus searches and responsive unity.

“I mean students, staff, faculty — everybody pitched in,” he said. “We had to find things for students to do . . . students couldn’t do enough to help out. It was really pretty gratifying to see everybody come together and do whatever they could to pull that off.”

Mercier said he will miss his officer’s the most and he has appreciated the support the campus police department has received from the university community.

“It’s amazing when you go to some of the other places and some other parts of the country, how they really don’t understand why [campus police] are even there,” he said. “That was never an issue here and it’s just been a real friendly welcoming place to be in. I will miss it. Of all the places I have been, [Indiana State University] been my favorite.”

OPINION

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 • Page 6 Opinions Editor, Samual Clark isu-statesmanopinions@mail.indstate.edu Editor in Chief, Brianne Hofmann isu-statesmaneditor@mail.indstate.edu

No longer just for the hippies: how pot saves the U.S. The nation was taken by storm when two states, Washington and Colorado, legalized not just medicinal, but recreational use of marijuana. In Colorado, it is now legal to grow up to six plants — as long as only three are flowering — ingest in your own Columnist marijuana private residence, grow hemp and sell marijuana for medical purposes.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, marijuana can harm parts of your life and your body. The smoke can be harmful to your lungs in the same way cigarette smoke can. It can also cause emotional distress in daily life, although this isn’t usually caused by the actual smoking of the drug. It can affect shortterm memory and motor coordination, as well. Heavy use can also seriously affect fertilization by making the sperm incapable of penetrating the egg. On the flip side — according to DrugLibrary.org — in 1999, the U.S. Institute of Medicine determined that marijuana can be used to treat many symptoms of AIDS including pain, nausea and appetite loss.

The Institute of Medicine also concluded that there was no evidence of marijuana being a “gateway drug.”

Marijuana has also shown to be useful for cancer patients, patients with Multiple Sclerosis — a debilitating disease that causes random nerve pain — and one of the most effective treatments for patients with Anorexia Nervosa. Most of these effects are caused

by Tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical in Marijuana that produces the “high.”

Marijuana isn’t only useful for medical purposes. Hemp, marijuana’s Tetrahydron-less cousin, is possibly the most useful substance to be found.

Hemp is mostly used as a fiber and occasionally as an oil, but is also known for being incredibly durable and can be used for things like rope and nets as well as clothing. Hemp can also be cultivated as an alternative to trees for paper. It can also be used in plastic composites for automobile parts. This natural durability also makes it useful for construction materials. Another use for hemp is as animal feed, especially bird feed, as the seeds are incredibly nutritious.

According to the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws — the leading organization fighting for marijuana legalization — every year 750,000 people are arrested for marijuana-related charges. Many of these people are under the age of 19 and are arrested for possession. This is more than all of the arrests made for violent crimes combined. We’re talking all of the robbers, rapists and murderers combined. The government spends $10 billion in taxes annually on the War on Drugs.

Even though marijuana is illegal, it is not the most harmful substance around.

Alcohol poisoning causes 80,000 deaths every year, according to the Center for Disease Control. This isn’t including the people who die from doing stupid things or from alcohol-related accidents.

Excessive alcohol consumption can also cause addiction, liver diseases and multiple cancers including mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, colon and breast cancer. Smoking cigarettes causes 443,000 preventable deaths every year and it can also cause many diseases

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National legalization of marijuana could help the economy, judicial system, the Centers for Disease Control, the medical world and several textile manufacturers. It could also make several college students very happy (Cartoon by Eric Handlin).

like cancers and lung disease, on top of the addictive nature of nicotine.

Harmful drugs can also be found in almost everyone’s kitchen. Nutmeg has properties that when ingested can give a high similar to LSD, though it can be easy to overdose without doing proper research. Smokers cannot overdose on marijuana and it is not physically addictive for most people. You can form a psychological dependency, but you can form dependence on just about anything including television and the Internet.

If the government were to legalize

and regulate marijuana on a federal level, it could clear out our prisons — fixing the overcrowding issue — and it could reduce the massive deficit this country has incurred. The police could stop busting parties and focus on actual crimes like rapes and murders.

According to learnliberty.org, 59 percent of rape cases and 36.2 percent of murders cases go unsolved. That is a lot of rapists and murderers still wandering the streets. But at least we’re getting the harmless riffraff off of them.

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The president’s banana peel: health care site hits wall Healthcare.gov has been a centerpiece of political news media for several weeks now. There has been endless coverage of the site’s technical issues, the response of the Obama Administration, healthcare.gov officials testifying before Congress, and a whole Political lot of criticism from Columnist every angle. Though the site’s issues really should not surprise anyone who has ever been on a new website, many throughout Washington are acting as if healthcare.gov is the biggest failure and embarrassment since the Iraq War, and Democrats especially are not handling the situation very gracefully.

Over the past two weeks, amid turmoil over healthcare.gov, rumors that certain healthcare plans will be cancelled began to spread across the media — and those rumors are true. Health insurance plans that do not meet the criteria of the Affordable Care Act will be removed and citizens will have to pick a different plan.

President Barack Obama broke from tradition and responded this to this unforeseen complication with an apology saying the he was “sorry” that “they were finding themselves in this situation” because of his repeated “if you like your plan, you can keep it” assurances. Of course, the lost healthcare plans and president’s apology provided fuel for political opponents. An example includes a $1 million ad campaign from the conservative group, “Americans for Prosperity.” However, U.S. presidents rarely apologize and place the blame upon themselves, and that act is telling of the president’s humility.

On Nov. 14, the president addressed concerns surrounding the law announcing an “administrative fix” that will allow for people to keep their health insurance plans if they really like them. He also acknowledged once more the shortcomings of the administration saying, “we fumbled the rollout” on the healthcare law and that the administration will fix their mistakes.

All of the president’s remarks on the healthcare law are respectable, however

Julian Winborn

President Barack Obama continues to take flack for the issues involving healthcare.gov. But unlike so many other presidents who came before him, he and his cabinet have officially taken responsibility and admitted fault for bugs in a website (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia commons).

quite a few Democrats in Congress and nationwide are not so accepting of his sincere apologetic tone.

The President’s approval ratings have taken a pretty serious dip according to the most recent Gallup polls. CNN likened his approval ratings to that of post-Iraq President Bush, and this has stirred a culture of hysteria amongst Democrats.

In his New York Magazine article, “Congressional Democrats Freak Out Over Obamacare,” Jonathan Chait explains that individual Democrats are seeing their outrage and distance from the healthcare law as politically advantageous for themselves. But, Chait argues that the drama is not doing the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party any favors.

Trying to work around, completely undermine and express outright distaste

for the healthcare law that Democrats established just to appease a few folks is political madness. Especially since insurance companies have to offer them better coverage and can’t take advantage of them anymore. And Democrats need to pull themselves together and end this “OH MY GOD EVERYTHING IS AWFUL, WHAT ABOUT 2014?” foolishness.

A law as big as the Affordable Care Act is bound to have snags, and the administration is working to fix those issues. And it is refreshing for an Administration to actually accept responsibility. CNN and others are so quick to compare the health law complications to the Iraq War — which is a really extreme and unnecessary comparison — but the difference is that this president is apologizing for his administration’s shortcomings.

And just as the president said during his Nov. 14 address, the “status quo” before the health law was not working. And the recent complications are not powerful and convincing enough to return to what we had before with 41 million Americans uninsured and constant struggles in the individual market.

Democrats need to calm down and watch how these solutions are executed, or at least try to help the situation in a meaningful way that doesn’t include pandemonium. No one is letting President Obama off the hook. And months from now, if there are no improvements, then the Democrats would be just in unleashing all of their criticism. Until then though, the Administration needs time and room to improve, and nothing could hurt Democrats 2014 ambitions more than inciting doubt and chaos.

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medical assistance after consuming an excessive amount of alcohol, resulting in alcohol poisoning.

Merrit said he understands what happens on campus with college students and having three college-aged kids of his own, he could understand this particular walk of life.

This motivated him to sign the bill, which went into effect July 2012.

Starting at 6:30 p.m., Logan Valentine, a senior insurance and risk management major and president of Student Government Association, spoke about the importance of the Lifeline Law and how it can help not only teenagers but also students on campus.

“I believe this law is very important,” Valentine said. “My predecessor educated me on the law and then Senator Bethany Alkire provided a large amount of information so that I would understand how important it is. The majority of college students run into a situation like this at some point in their time in college and to have a safety net like this for those instances is crucial.”

Valentine also said that student safety is a priority for the university and for the Student Government Association.

“The safety and well-being of our students is our number one concern as a University,” he said, “and this law enables us to provide that safety without the caller being held liable.”

Valentine said Zoeller and Merrit contacted Carmen Tillery, Vice president for student affairs, two weeks in advance.

The student government was then asked to take charge of planning the

“The safety and well-being of our students is our number one concern as a university and this law enables us to provide that safety without the caller being held liable.”

Logan Valentine, president of the Student Government Association

Above: Indiana Senator Jim Merrit (right) visited Indiana State on Monday to speak about his part in the Indiana Lifeline Law, a piece of legislation passed in 2012 that provides legal immunity to minors who call authorities to seek medical help for an intoxicated friend. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller (left) also played a big role in passing the legislation. Below: A member of the Student Government Association, which organized the event, addresses the audience before the discussion begins (Photos by Kira Clouse).

program for students and staff.

To end the event, student government members spoke about the law and displayed a documentary on the life of Finbloom.

The audience was given a chance to ask questions about the law and their stance on the legislation.

“I think this law helps college students because obviously underage drinking does happen on college campuses and it does give them a lifeline,” Merrit said. “It also allows them to have the college experience that everyone kind of expects. I do believe the law has been used numerous times and I do believe it has made a difference.”

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Professor studies work of Nobel Prize winner

Austin Arceo

ISU Communications and Marketing An Indiana State University business professor recently studied the work of Elinor Ostrom, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, to incorporate new techniques as he consults with businesses across the country.

Arthur Sherwood, associate professor of management in Indiana State’s Scott College of Business, created guidelines for cooperatively owned businesses, or co-ops. He included the work of Ostrom, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics, along with various other scholars’ work into his analysis of boards of directors’ operations for co-ops and investor-owned companies. From January to August he was a visiting scholar at The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University. He then was among a team of professionals presenting

findings on cooperative governance at the International Cooperative Governance Symposium at St. Mary’s University in Nova Scotia.

“I learned an incredible amount about my field of business, and that was really cool,” Sherwood said. “By mixing with political scientists, I learned a lot about these democratically-controlled businesses.”

Sherwood found that successful co-ops need to advocate for democratic ideals and principles, hold people accountable, properly develop the basic principles of teaming and show strategic leadership for the organization.

“The model not only turned out to be useful for directors,” Sherwood said. “It’s going to end up being useful for all those involved in these organizations.”

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violate their principles, he said. They also need to take into account all of their customers, rather than simply a majority of their most ardent supporters. Likewise, co-op owners need to ensure that when people are empowered to make business decisions, there is a solid system of accountability.

“I learned an incredible amount about my field of business.”

Arthur Sherwood, associate professor of management “Some of the areas that they have to pay attention to are to ensure that they have a healthy, democratically-controlled business,” Sherwood said.

At the conference in Canada, Sherwood and several other researchers presented their research, including his guidelines that business owners attending the conference could implement in daily practice.

“We translated it into something that was consumable by practitioners,” he said.

“One of the things I’ve worked hard to do with a lot of my work is take these findings and translate them into principles and guidelines that boards and people can use to improve their operations.”

Co-ops have a much different business model than traditional investor-owned businesses. Shareholders of a co-op buy a stake in the company, then receive money back based on the amount of money they spend at the business, Sherwood said, while stockholders of an investor-owned company receive funding based on the number of shares of stock they own.

More than 1 billion people worldwide own a stake in cooperatively owned businesses, Sherwood said. More than 29,000 co-ops exist in the U.S. “The idea of research came up because one of the problems is, unlike conventional businesses, that have really supportive business schools and places where study of traditionally-owned business is done, cooperatively owned businesses have not done this as extensively,” Sherwood said.

“Hopefully, as more people understand the importance of cooperatively owned businesses, this will become more of a priority.”

Briefs

Open house set for Friday Indiana State University’s Community School of the Arts will host an open house from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Dec. 6, on campus at the Turman Art Gallery, located in the Fine Arts Building, 649 Chestnut Street.

The open house will present an opportunity to meet the teachers, learn more about spring 2014 offerings and register for classes and private music lessons. On display in the Turman Gallery will be artwork created by adult students participating in “Metal Sculpture” and “Digital Photography” classes and children participating in “Saturday Art Day.” There will be a special performance by the Terre Haute Guitar Club, and guests can enter a drawing to win a free spring arts class.

The three-dimensional work on display at the Turman is created by participants of the “Metal Sculpture”

class. Taught by Mike Egy, the class is for beginning to intermediate level students.

No prior sculpture or welding experience is necessary. The emphasis of this class is the exploration of three-dimensional form. Students learn how monumental sculpture is produced through the creation of small-scale models, also called “maquettes.” Students are introduced to the fundamental techniques of welding, cutting, grinding and shaping of steel to produce works of art.

The upcoming “Metal Sculpture” class runs Feb. 1 through April 12, noon to 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays.

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SPORTS

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Men defeat nationally-ranked Notre Dame

STATESMAN RUNDOWN

Ace Hunt ISU Athletic Media Relations Indiana State trailed only twice at Number 21/22 nationally-ranked Notre Dame and withstood an early second half comeback by the Fighting Irish by putting together a key 18-3 run. The Sycamores took home an 8370 victory in front of 8,257 fans inside the Joyce Center.

The victory by Indiana State is the third in the last five tries against a nationally-ranked opponent and the second over a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It marks the third season in a row that Indiana State has defeated a nationally-ranked team on the road. The win also ends Notre Dame’s 48game, 14-year home court winning streak in the month of November.

Justin Gant led the Sycamores with 17 points, hitting six-of-twelve shots from the field and grabbing four rebounds. Five different Sycamores reached double figures scoring as Khristian Smith scored 15, Manny Arop had 13 while Jake Odum and Devonte Brown posted 10.

Smith, coming off a career-best 28-point performance at Belmont on Thursday night scored the next six points for the Sycamores off the bench to stretch the Sycamore advantage out to 13-7 at the 11:26 mark.

The Sycamore advantage ballooned to 2511 on consecutive triples by Devonte Brown and Dawon Cummings around the eightminute mark.

Cummings’ three-pointer was fourth in five possessions for the Sycamore offense.

For good measure, Justin Gant made it five in six possessions with seven minutes remaining to answer a Notre Dame triple and regain a 28-14 lead — which would prove to be the Sycamores’ largest of the opening stanza.

Indiana State lead stayed right at 14 points — 34-20 — as Brandon Burnett made a contested lay-up with 3:39 left before the intermission. The Irish would get as close as eight points in the final three minutes but Justin Gant drilled an open three-pointer at the top of the key off the feed from Odum for a 40-27 lead. With 50 seconds left, Notre Dame answered with a three of their own from the corner with 20 seconds left to trim the Indiana State cushion down to 40-30.

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Indiana State Football vs. Western Illinois 21-14 (L) Men’s Basketball vs. Notre Dame 70-83 (W) Women’s Basketball vs. Indiana 54-57 (L) Women’s Volleyball vs. Drake (3-0) (W) vs. Northern Iowa 1-3 (L) Women’s Soccer vs. Drake 4-0 (W) vs. Illinois 0-5(L)

Senior Guard Jake Odum controls the ball as he moves up the court (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

The Sycamores drilled eight threepointers in the first half — hitting 47 percent — as Smith led the offensive attack with nine points and Gant right behind him with eight.

Gant opened the second half with a jumper in the paint to stretch the lead out to 42-30, but it was the Fighting Irish who scored 10 of the first 14 points after the half to trim the Sycamore cushion down to 4440 with just under 16 minutes remaining.

Notre Dame would take a 45-44 lead over the Sycamores at the 15:06 mark, but the Sycamores went on a big 10-0 run over the next four minutes, highlighted by a fastbreak one-handed dunk from Cummings at the 12:08 mark. The lead grew all the way back out to 54-45 with 11 minutes to go on a

driving layup from Brown.

Arop got into the three-point success with his own triple at the 8:40 mark to reestablish a 14-point lead at 62-48. In answer to a Notre Dame three-pointer after the eight minute media timeout, Gant hit a jumper in the paint to run it out to a 64-51 cushion and then made a pair of free throws for a 66-51, advantage at the six-minute mark.

Notre Dame was led in scoring by Eric Atkins with 18 points, one of three different members of the Fighting Irish to reach double figures scoring.

Indiana State returns to action on Friday, when they host Truman State in a nonconference matchup. Tip-off is set for 7:05 p.m.

Missouri Valley Women’s Basketball Bradley 2-1 Indiana State 2-1 Drake 1-1 Evansville 1-2 Wichita State 1-2 Loyola 1-2 Missouri State 0-1 Northern Iowa 1-1 Southern Illinois 0-2 Men’s Basketball Bradley 4-0 Wichita State 4-0 Drake 2-1 Evansville 2-0 Indiana State 2-1 Loyola 1-2 Missouri State 2-0 Northern Iowa 1-2 Illinois State 0-2 Volleyball Wichita State 14-3 Northern Iowa 13-3 Missouri State 12-5 Southern Illinois 11-5 Illinois State 9-6 Bradley 6-10 Loyola 6-10 Indiana State 5-11 Evansville 4-12 Drake 0-15

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Cross-country heading to the NCAA championships Craig Padgett ISU Athletic Media Relations champions have an impressive resume for for the region meet. Brigham Young the Mountain region.

A few days after nearly every Division I cross-country team took to the nine regional sites across the country, the 31 teams and 38 individuals are set to compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association National Championships.

The men’s field will be highlighted by a battle between Colorado, Northern Arizona, and Oklahoma State.

Colorado won the President’s Athletic Conference-12 championships over No. 4 Oregon and No. 6 Stanford earlier this season, as well as winning the PreNationals. Colorado has a very strong pack, which they will need to count on if they are to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship.

Pierce Murphy and Ben Saarel led the team at the Mountain Region meet.

Colorado, although possibly the favorites to win the championship on Saturday, were beat by No. 2 Northern Arizona in the meet. The 2013 Big Sky

2013, as they won the Adidas Wisconsin Invitational and edged the No. 1 Buffaloes at the Mountain regional by a score of 61-69. They are however led by Futsum Zienasellassie, who placed third at the Mountain Region and could be a low stick for the Lumberjacks.

Also among the favorites are the defending champion, the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cowboys will come into the meet ranked No. 3 nationally with an impressive resume, winning the Cowboy Jamboree defeating No. 2 Northern Arizona. They also won the Big 12 championship by 44 points and won the Midwest Region over No. 13 Tulsa. The Cowboys used a six second spread from their first to fifth runners to win the meet.

Other teams that will look to upset the favorites will be Brigham Young University, who placed third at the Mountain region behind Colorado and Northern Arizona, but got a huge boost from Jared Ward, who was initially ruled ineligible by the NCAA, but reinstated

University could be a dark horse on Saturday. Oregon and Stanford both were beaten by Colorado at the Presidents Athletic Conference 12 championships, but have had successful seasons and are looking to peak at the right time as they head into the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. Stanford beat Oregon at the West region meet last Friday by a score of 53-63. Oregon could have a low stick in freshman phenomenon Edward Cheserek, but Stanford could have a great first four runners as they head for Oregon’s third at the region.

On the individual side of things, Texas Tech’s Kennedy Kithuka will go into the meet as a heavy favorite a year after winning the meet. Kithuka has been undefeated this season with wins at the Cowboy Jamboree, Pre-Nationals, Big 12 championships and the Mountain Region. Kithuka nearly set the PreNational course record, running a time of 22:52 on the 8,000-meter course. He also ran a time of 29:23.6 for 10,000 meters at

If anyone is going to give Kithuka a scare at the NCAA championship it may come from Anthony Rotich of University of Texas, El Paso. Rotich has been the second finisher to Kithuka on several occasions including the Mountain region last Friday. Rotich was fourth at National Collegiate Athletic Association a year ago and is the second returning competitor coming into the meet. If nothing else , he will be one of the favorites to be this year’s runner-up finisher.

Maksim Korolev of Harvard may not meet expectations. He won the Adidas Wisconsin Invitational and the Ivy League Championships, before winning the Northeast Region. Kemoy Campbell of Arkansas and Paul Chelimo of University of North Carolina-Greensboro could also be contenders on Saturday, as they both had a share of their region title last Friday.

The meet will begin Saturday at noon, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross-Country Course.

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Keep muffin tops down at Thanksgiving celebrations

We all know it is not an easy task to stay healthy during the holidays with all of the parties, family gatherings and the countless pitch-ins you’re bound to attend.

However, there are some tips to avoid chowing down atrociously at Thanksgiving and the holidays to follow.

The worst — and the best Nutrition — part of Thanksgiving Columnist is the mountains of food and the variety of choice.

I mean, seeing family is the best part. But when it comes buffets, I have to conjure all of the willpower I have.

The best advice I can give is to pace yourself. Before you load up your plate, scan the options. Doing this allows you to make sure that what you are scooping onto your plate is what you truly want to eat. We’ve all piled on our aunt’s casserole before we make our way down to grandma’s dessert, forcing ourselves to make room on our plate or even grabbing another one. When you compare the options, you can determine what looks best and how much of each serving to put on the plate.

Another tip is to start small. Choose the smaller plate option and fill your first plate and eat slowly. If you cram your plate full, stack the food or pick up two dishes, you are more likely to join the clean plate club even after you are full. The slower you consume your food, the sooner your body will recognize that it is full and you can know to stop eating. If you are still hungry, you can always go back for more.

Before you eat anything, it is always a good idea to drink a couple glasses of water or coffee. This can help fill you up

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without filling you out. You tend to eat less when your stomach is already full of liquid. It’s also a good idea to snack on the veggie tray — someone always brings a veggie tray — while waiting for the meal to begin or before you make your way to the other less -nutritious items on the menu.

In anticipation for the over-sized meal, some choose to go hungry for the first half of the day. This is a poor decision because you are much more likely to scarf down your food and overeat if you have starved yourself. Having a well-balanced breakfast as well as getting some exercise in the morning will help to keep you on track for the remainder of the day.

If the party you are attending is a potluck, be mindful of what you bring.

Choose an item that is a lighter or a more nutritious option, such as veggies, fruit, hummus, shrimp cocktail or olives.

This will not only ensure that you have something better to choose from, but will help others who are looking to steer clear of the extra insulation as well.

My roommate and I recently gave up sweets from Homecoming until Halloween. This was no easy task for me, let me assure you. After two weeks I did not notice a difference, I realized that it was because I was merely increasing the intake of the other foods I was still eating.

This is the same during the holidays. I do not advise dodging specific foods simply because they are “bad” for you.

But do not allow them to compose your entire meal or have five portions of each dessert. Satisfying your sweet tooth can sometimes signal the end of the meal and keep you from continuously indulging in other food.

Also, try to stay away from the table with the snacks. It is too simple to grab a cookie, pretzels, anything on a toothpick

Allow yourself one day to eat whatever you want , but don’t overeat (Submitted photo).

or my personal favorite, holiday bellshaped Reese’s. Use this time to break out the charades to start moving around, play some touch-football, go for a walk or a nice board game with the rest of your

family.

If you chose to splurge, make sure it is a one-day thing, not something that carries over from Thanksgiving to New Years.

Happy Holidays.

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Seniors play home one last time

On Saturday, volleyball honored its seniors and played a final home match against Northern Iowa. The Sycamores ultimately lost in the Missouri Valley Conference contest, 3-1, but will have the chance to make up for it when they visit Evansville Nov. 22. Left: Junior middle blocker Kyla Thomas reaches to return a serve. Above: (From left) Seniors Molly Murphy, Loni Mackinson and Morgan Doll line up with their families after being recognized. Below: Murphy stands by as her teammate attempts to bump the ball over the net (Photos by Drew Canavan).