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Volume 124, Issue 44

Curt Mallory named Indiana State football head coach Tyler Wooten

ISU Athletic Media Relations

Wyoming assistant coach Curt Mallory has been named the 21st head coach in the history of Indiana State Football, Director of Athletics Sherard Clinkscales announced Monday afternoon.

Mallory, a 22-year veteran as an assistant coach in the college ranks, takes the reins of the Sycamore Football program following the departure of four-year head coach Mike Sanford to Western Kentucky.

This is Mallory’s first head coaching opportunity.

“Curt Mallory is a grinder who has coaching in his DNA,” Clinkscales said.

“His dedication to developing young men into leaders on the field and in life has been a core piece of his coaching philosophy throughout his career. He will raise the competitive bar and hold all accountable to that end. He is the right person at the right time to lead this program into becoming a nationally recognized school.

I am excited to welcome Curt, his wife, Lori, and his three children into the Sycamore family.”

Mallory is part of one of the more prom-

inent football families in the United States, as he is the son of Indiana University’s alltime winningest head coach Bill Mallory, who coached the Hoosiers from 198496. Bill Mallory was also the head coach at Miami of Ohio (1969-73), Colorado (1974-78) and Northern Illinois (1980-83) over an illustrious 27-year coaching career. Mallory also has two brothers in the NFL coaching ranks: Doug, the defensive backs coach for the Atlanta Falcons, and Mike, a special teams coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

“I’m extremely excited to be coming back home to the state of Indiana to become part of the Indiana State University family,” Mallory said. “I would like to thank President Dan Bradley, Sherard Clinkscales and the whole administration at Indiana State for this great honor. This University and the city of Terre Haute are very intriguing to me as a coach, as there is a lot of potential to build a strong football program here. Most of all, it feels amazing to be back in this great state again and work alongside all the wonderful people I know throughout the state.”

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SEE COACH, PAGE 3 Past Wyoming assistant coach has been named the head football coach for ISU.

Master’s of Nursing among top online programs Indiana State University’s graduate nursing program is ranked among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News and World Report.

State’s online nursing master’s degree program is 81 on the organization’s 2017 list that is dominated by revered medical schools such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins University.

“The M.S. in nursing has maintained accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing Inc. since 1989,” said Eliezer Bermudez, interim dean of the College of Health and Human Services.

“At ISU, our primary goal is to support the student in becoming an integral part of our learning community by creating an atmosphere in which nursing

education, evidence-based research, clinical expertise and interprofessional education come together to help improve health care for people across the lifespan in their home, schools, the workplace and the community.”

Indiana State Online offers more than 60 undergraduate and graduate programs that can be completed entirely online or with minimal on-campus visits.

Also available are a variety of online minors, doctoral and specialist programs and certificates and licensures to those requiring additional education and training in their degree programs.

“Indiana State Online is committed to extending the reach of our high-quality educational programs to students who cannot attend on-campus,” said

Ken Brauchle, dean of extended learning. “Our attention to academic rigor, great student service and affordable tuition are reflected in this ranking.”

Other nationally ranked online programs at Indiana State include the master’s degree in education (113th) and the bachelor’s degree (142).

“Online learning is relatively new but growing in popularity because of the flexibility it offers,” said Anita Narayan, managing editor of Education at U.S. News. “We developed the Best Online Programs rankings to provide students with the tools to identify programs that offer top faculty, positive student engagement and generous support

SEE NURSING, PAGE 3

ISU Communications and Marketing

Sydney Smiley, sophomore communication major, works with Sycamore Video to extend her learning experience outside the classroom.

Indiana State student is film’s fiercest competition From kicking her way into a state karate championship to kicking butt at Indiana State, student videographer Sydney Smiley has proven to be an allaround champion, in and out of the classroom.

The sophomore communication major from Greencastle has accomplished many amazing feats throughout her college career. However, camerawork isn’t the only achievement on her resume, for Smiley also has another accomplishment in tandem to her passion of film — a championship in karate.

When Smiley was in high school, she was encouraged to get into kickboxing and karate.

At 17, she proved to be a natural, and within a year, Smiley was competing against participants her age who had been training — and winning — in karate for years.

“I was pretty excited when I learned that I was a state champion, the title is won by how many matches you win, and I kept coming in first place and all of that accumulated into me becoming a state champion,” she said.

That feeling of discovering you’re a state champion goes outmatched by any other, Smi-

ley says. Though she decided to put her karate days behind her before beginning her college career, she never lost the drive and dedication that she put into her sport but, instead, has channeled it into her academics.

“It’s really weird, actually,” Smiley recalled about the process of picking her major four years ago. “I wanted to do health, but after a class my junior year (in high school), I realized that was not what I really wanted to do. So I decided to become a business major and figured after graduation, I could just do whatever. The night before classes started, I realized that I am terrible at math and didn’t have the passion for it. So I thought, ‘Well, I like movies,’ and changed my major. That was it.”

Although the decision was spontaneous, it worked out for Smiley. While at Indiana State, she has worked for Sycamore Video, assisting with producing countless videos and commercials.

“She’s very professional, she doesn’t get lost in any distractions and always works with volunteers,” said junior Nick Anderson, a member of Sycamore

SEE FILM, PAGE 3

ISU Communications and Marketing

ADP sponsored a trip to Washington D.C. to view the inauguration and to expand their political views.

Library to host American Democracy Project panel Claire Silcox Reporter

American Democracy Project will be hosting a Panel discussion on Wednesday over the topic of Prospects of Foreign Policy over Donald Trump.

This event will be located at the Cunningham Memorial Library and will be open for all students and staff who may have an invoice over the subject.

American Democracy Project is an organization spread throughout the nation in multiple universities, along with the ISU branch. Their goal is geared towards “preparing the next generation of informed, engaged citizens for our democracy,” according to their page on AASCU’s website.

American Association of State Colleges and Universities is the umbrella organization of ADP. Both work with colleges and universities nationwide and AASCU is partners with The New York Times.

This panel being hosted in the library’s event center will be covering the foreign policies of President Donald Trump and his administration. This event will be the first panel discussion since President Trump’s inauguration.

This panel will be discussing this topic, not only

For more information, call 812-237-3770 or visit hulmancenter.org.

because many students are interested but mostly because ADP wants to educate the generation of students at ISU over the new changes and policies that will change throughout Trump’s presidency.

The goal is to give ISU students the knowledge to become committed citizens to their community and to get informed. With more than 250 state colleges and universities, ISU is only one but each are just as important to ADP as the others.

With Trump’s recent inauguration, ISU students may have some questions about what will happen to the US policies that are already established.

This panel will help answer those questions and bring more information to the attention of the students.

ADP has been one of the most active organizations throughout the year of 2016 due to the presidential election. The organization hosted multiple events such as Pizza and Politics throughout the fall semester. They kicked off the year with a trip to Washington D.C. for the inauguration with over 100 ISU students, and they are looking forward for more events that will engage the ISU community

SEE ADP, PAGE 3

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Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017

Trump opens pipelines to construction Keystone, Dakota Access projects were blocked by former President Obama in 2015 Michael A. Memoli

Tribune Washington Bureau (TNS)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to revive oil pipeline projects that were blocked by former President Barack Obama, a victory for energy firms whose interests were often thwarted by Obama’s environmental agenda.

Trump’s order represents another swift reversal of action taken by his predecessor, in some cases after years of deliberation. On Monday, Trump withdrew from a major 12-nation trade pact that was a priority of Obama’s.

For more than a year, Obama officials had put off a decision on whether to approve construction of one of the pipelines, the Keystone XL. After a review by the State Department, which had jurisdic-

tion because the project crossed the U.S.-Canada border, Obama announced in 2015 that he had determined the project was not in the national interest, in part because it would undercut U.S. leadership on fighting climate change.

Obama also cited a decline in oil prices and low unemployment in the states along the pipeline’s 1,179-mile route.

Trump also reversed an Army Corps of Engineers decision last month to deny Energy Transfer Partners’ request to extend the Dakota Access pipeline under a section of the Missouri River that included a reservoir providing drinking water to the region.

Opposition to the project, which started with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, grew to include thousands of demonstrators from across the country amassing in North Dakota.

Environmental concerns growing, according to poll Cathleen Decker

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

WASHINGTON — Americans remain most worried about terror and the economy as President Donald Trump’s term begins, but in part because of his successful campaign, citizens have grown more concerned about environmental protections and global trade than in past years, according to a new Pew Research poll.

More than half of the Americans surveyed — 55 percent — said protecting the environment should be among the top priorities of the new president. Trump campaigned on loosening such protections, and on Tuesday he reversed some Obama administration policies to potentially restart the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines. He also has made clear his intention to weaken environmental regulations that he says harm the economy.

The desire to place the environment at the top of the new president’s concerns has risen by 14 points since the start of former President Barack Obama’s first term. Similarly, concern about climate change has risen 8 points, to 38 percent.

Views on the environment are sharply partisan. Among Democrats, 72 percent said that protecting the environment should be a top priority, compared with 35 percent of Republicans. On another environmental question, 62 percent of Democrats said fighting global climate change should be a top priority; only 15 percent of Republicans shared that view.

The importance that Democrats place on climate change has increased over the last several years. In 2015, 46 percent said it should be a top priority; last year, that rose to 56 percent before increasing again this year, the Pew survey said. Republican interest in it has ebbed slightly, from 19 percent in 2015 to 16 percent in 2016, statistically the same as it is now.

On the issue of trade, 40 percent of Americans now consider it a top priority for the Trump administration, up from 31 percent last year. Trump promised during the campaign to void trade deals that he said hurt American manufacturing jobs, and on Monday, he officially pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. The poll did not make clear whether the increased interest in the topic was driven by opponents or supporters of his position.

Overall, Republicans were far more concerned than were Democrats about strengthening the military, dealing with

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U.S. President Donald Trump, center, shakes hands with James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception.

Trump asks Comey to stay on as FBI director Greg Gordon and Anita Kumar

McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has asked James Comey to stay on as FBI director, a delicate decision because Comey is overseeing an inquiry into whether Russia colluded with Trump’s presidential campaign in the hacking and public release of top Democrats’ private emails, administration sources said Tuesday.

Former President Barack Obama appointed Comey to a 10-year term in 2013, but Trump had the prerogative of removing him from the job.

On Monday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the White House would not interfere in the inquiry into Russia’s attempt to influence last November’s general elections, which also has touched on key figures in Trump’s campaign. Spicer also said Trump had not spoken to any administration officials about the inquiry.

“I don’t believe he has spoken to anyone specifically about that, and I don’t know that. He has not made any indication that he would stop an investigation of any sort,” Spicer said.

Trump’s decision came after he met with Comey last week. The New York Times first disclosed that Comey would stay in his job. Spicer and the FBI declined to comment.

Comey has on several occasions as FBI director, and previously while serving as deputy attorney general, found himself at

the center of politically explosive investigations. He has not shied from controversial decisions.

He became a flashpoint for criticism from Democrats over his public handling of a lengthy investigation into whether Trump’s Democratic presidential campaign rival, Hillary Clinton, had improperly transmitted classified information via a personal email account she had used for conducting official business while secretary of state.

Comey announced July 5 that he would not recommend criminal charges against Clinton, saying “no reasonable prosecutor” would seek an indictment. However, he called her behavior “extremely careless.” Comey made the extraordinary public announcement without first notifying Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Then, on Oct. 28, less than two weeks before the election, Comey wrote Republican committee chairmen in Congress that newly discovered emails appeared to be pertinent to the investigation and that he had directed FBI agents to review them.

Comey did so although officials at the Justice Department had warned him against sending the letters to Congress, citing department policy about avoiding the public release of information about criminal investigations in close proximity to the election.

Comey’s decision became public within hours. He had faced a Hobson’s choice.

If he reopened the inquiry that he had publicly ended without letting the public

know and Clinton were later prosecuted, he could face a hail of criticism.

FBI agents worked around the clock to review thousands of emails, and on Nov. 6, two days before the election, Comey announced that nothing in the emails had changed his earlier decision to clear Clinton of criminal wrongdoing.

Nonetheless, political ads backing Trump continued to assert that Clinton was under criminal investigation as Americans flocked to the polls.

The Justice Department’s inspector general is conducting a review into whether Comey violated department policies in his handling of the matter.

While deputy attorney general, Comey drew widespread praise for challenging White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales’ attempt to extend a secret National Security Agency wiretapping program that Comey felt constituted illegal domestic spying.

Comey and Gonzales separately raced to the Washington hospital room of Attorney General John Ashcroft, who was being treated for a serious illness and lay feeble and barely able to talk, Comey later told Congress.

Comey testified that when Gonzales had asked Ashcroft to certify the program’s legality, Ashcroft turned toward Comey and said, “I’m not the attorney general. He is.” Comey, who was prepared to resign if the White House went ahead with the program, had been designated to stand in as attorney general until Ashcroft recovered.

Health secretary nominee faces scrutiny over reform plans Noam N. Levey

Tribune Washington Bureau (TNS)

WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom Price, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, continued to offer assurances Tuesday that the new administration would provide Americans affordable health coverage.

But appearing before the Senate Finance Committee, the Georgia Republican provided little detail about what that coverage would look like and repeatedly refused to pledge that Americans could keep their current health plan under any replacement for the Affordable Care Act. “What I commit to the American people is to keep patients at

the center of health care,” Price told Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the senior Democrat on the committee.

“And what that means to me is making certain that every single American has access to affordable health coverage that will provide the highest quality health care.”

A frustrated Wyden shot back: “On the questions that I asked — will the congressman commit that nobody will be worse off, nobody will lose coverage — we didn’t get an answer.”

Price, a former surgeon, got a more sympathetic reception from Republicans on the committee. They hailed his knowledge of health policy and readiness to head the mammoth health department, which over-

sees not only Medicare and Medicaid, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health.

“Dr. Price has the experience and qualifications necessary to effectively lead this large and diverse set of agencies,” Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said Tuesday.

Price is expected to win confirmation. But the six-term congressman has become one of Trump’s most controversial nominees, in part because of his fierce criticism of the health care law, frequently called Obamacare, and his previous efforts to slash federal funding for Medicare and Medicaid, which provide coverage to more than 100 million elderly and poor Americans.

Democrats on the finance panel repeatedly quizzed Price about what would happen to patients.

Price kept his answers vague.

In a round of questions about Medicare, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., asked: “Are you willing to commit that we won’t see increased costs or less coverage for seniors under a revision of Medicare that you might advocate or that the president might pursue?”

Price responded: “Our goal is to make certain that seniors have access to the highest quality health care possible at an affordRon Sachs | CNP | Sipa USA | TNS able price.”

U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., testifies In the past, Price has been a during a Senate Committee strong proponent of increasing the Medicare eligibility age from considering his nomination as Secretary of Health and Human HEALTH CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Services.

indianastatesman.com COACH CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Most recently, Mallory has been the pass defense coordinator and secondary coach under former North Dakota State head coach Craig Bohl at the University of Wyoming in 2015 and 2016. There, Mallory mentored 2016 Thorpe Award semifinalist Andrew Wingard, who was a First-Team All-Conference honoree as a sophomore. The previous year in 2015, Mallory helped Wingard and Marcus Epps to nods as Honorable Mention All-Americans.

Mallory spent the previous four seasons at his alma mater, the University of Michigan, as a secondary coach under Brady Hoke. There, he worked with several superb defenses, including the seventh-best in the FBS his final year in 2014 that only allowed 311.3 YPG. That same year, Michigan ranked 15th in rushing defense (117.7 YPG), tied for 19th in passing defense (193.7 YPG) and 27th in scoring defense (22.4 PPG).

The Wolverine secondary also finished top-15 in the nation in pass defense in both 2011 and 2012. The 2011 defense was an especially impressive feat that first season, as they jumped from 107th in scoring defense in 2010 to sixth nationally in 2011.

In Ann Arbor, Mallory had the opportunity to coach current Jacksonville Jaguars safety Jarrod Wilson, as well as help recruit and coach 2016 Heisman Trophy finalist and projected top 2017 NFL Draft pick Jabrill Peppers during his freshman season in 2014.

Mallory was the defensive coordinator at Akron for the 2010

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 • Page 3 season, and before that he spent five successful seasons at the University of Illinois from 200509 under head coach Ron Zook (now the special teams coordinator of the Green Bay Packers).

Mallory’s first two seasons in 2005 and 2006 were spent as the secondary coach, and his final three years he was promoted to co-defensive coordinator.

At Illinois, Mallory was instrumental in one of the best teams in Illini history in the 2007 Rose Bowl team. That year, Mallory’s Illini defense held opponents to under 20 points per game en route to a 9-4 finish.

Illinois also ranked second in the Big Ten in passing defense (182.2 YPG) in 2006 and led the Big Ten in sacks and tackles for loss in 2008. Mallory’s 2006 secondary only allowed 11 passing touchdowns and 6.5 yards per pass attempt all season.

At Illinois, Mallory’s prized pupil was All-American Vontae Davis, who was a two-time Thorpe Award semifinalist and a 2009 First-Round NFL Draft Pick of the Miami Dolphins.

Davis has been a two-time Pro Bowl selection during his NFL career and has been a member of the Indianapolis Colts since 2012.

Other notable pupils at Illinois include current Detroit Lions safety Tavon Wilson, a 2012 Second Round pick of the New England Patriots and a member of New England’s Super Bowl XLIX champion team, and Jeremy “J” Leman, a 2007 All-American linebacker for the Illini Rose Bowl team and current Big Ten Network color analyst.

Mallory spent the previous three seasons at Indiana as a

secondary coach from 2002-04, which was preceded by one year as the secondary coach at Central Michigan in 2001 and six seasons at Ball State from 19952000 in charge of both the linebackers and secondary. Mallory was on staff for Ball State’s 1996 team that went to the Las Vegas Bowl.

His coaching career began as a student assistant at Michigan in 1992, followed by two years as a graduate assistant under his father at Indiana in 1993-94.

Mallory was a four-year player at the University of Michigan from 1988-91 under legendary head coach Bo Schembechler his first two seasons, followed

by Gary Moeller his last two.

Mallory was on four Wolverine teams that won a Big Ten title, including three teams that went to a Rose Bowl. His freshman season in 1988 he was on a Rose Bowl champion team that finished the season ranked No. 4 nationally after defeating USC. Mallory capped off his Wolverine career with an interception in Michigan’s 35-3 win over Ole Miss in the 1991 Gator Bowl.

Longtime Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr, who led the Wolverines to a national title in 1997, was Mallory’s defensive coordinator during his playing career.

A press conference introducing Mallory as head coach will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 11:30 a.m. on the campus of Indiana State University inside Dede I. Fans can watch a live stream of the press conference on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on the official Indiana State Athletics accounts on each platform.

NURSING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 on a number of factors, includ- a digital news and information services — all of which are key to productive online learning.”

U.S. News is the only organization to evaluate distance education programs at the program level rather than the school level.

The methodologies are based

FILM CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Video. “Sydney dips her hand into every part of videos we create. She’s phenomenal at editing and spends roughly three hours editing and always helps other people with it. She also teaches

ADP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 during the spring semester. An upcoming event includes ISU day at the Indiana Statehouse. They are planning to visit the Indiana Statehouse located in downtown Indianapolis.

ing student engagement, faculty credentials and student services and technology.

Only degree-granting programs at regionally accredited institutions that are offered primarily online were considered.

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new members how to edit, and she’s also a wonderful photographer.”

Set to graduate in 2018, Smiley looks at the future with optimism and lofty goals. In 2022, she hopes to play a hand in the

production of Hollywood film.

“I think my biggest dream is to work in New York City in some sort of film production for a movie,” she said. “I think that would be the ultimate goal.”

If students would like to continue learning about ADP and what they do after the panel at 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday, they can find them online. The AASCU has an entire section of their website dedicated to ADP. This section

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also includes things from publications to awards and special days that ADP is in action.

This American Democracy Panel will occur in the events center in the library at 6:30 p.m.

HEALTH CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 65 to 67 and shifting more costs to patients by converting Medicare into a voucher system that would give beneficiaries a limited amount of money to shop for private health plans.

In another exchange about the basic set of health benefits that insurers must now provide under Obamacare, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., asked: “Can you assure us … that you’re prepared to make sure that Americans have quality insurance coverage to deal with issues such as preventive care, mental health services, addiction services and pediatric dental?”

Price responded: “What I commit to you, senator, is that we will do all that we can within the department with the incredible knowledge and expertise that is there to define whether or not the program is actually working.”

Price has argued that many of the people who have gained coverage through Obamacare are not getting needed health care because it is too expensive.

However, while some consumers are struggling with high insurance deductibles, there is growing evidence that Obamacare has made medical care more accessible for millions.

In fact, the share of adults who skipped care because of costs dropped by nearly one-fifth between 2013 and 2015, according to a recent report from the Commonwealth Fund.

Overall, the law is credited with expanding health coverage to more than 20 million previously uncovered Americans.

Democrats also have called for an independent investigation of Price for pushing legislation that increased the value of several stocks shortly after he bought them. Price denied any wrongdoing.

On Monday, a group of Senate Democrats wrote to the Securities and Exchange Commission, asking the federal regulator to look into possible legal violations, including the ban on insider trading.

“It is clear through his financial disclosures that Rep. Price actively traded in multiple pharmaceutical and other health sector stocks while having access to a great deal of nonpublic information about pending health legislation and regulations,” the senators wrote.

The finance committee is expected at a future meeting to recommend Price’s confirmation along party lines. That meeting has not yet been scheduled.

CONCERN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 more concerned than Repubimmigration, reducing the budget deficit and enacting tax reform.

Apart from reducing the budget deficit, all were central issues in Trump’s successful campaign.

On the matter of immigration, 59 percent of Republicans felt that it should be a top priority, a view held by only 31 percent of Democrats.

The percentage among Democrats fell 10 points this year.

But rather than indicate a lack of interest in the topic, the results may suggest a desire for the issue to be put on a back burner during a time of unified Republican control of Washington.

“It may be that the decline among Democrats is due to not wanting this president and this Congress to deal with immigration,” said Jocelyn Kiley, Pew’s associate director of political research.

Overall, Democrats were far

licans about environmental issues, taking care of the poor and needy and addressing race relations, the poll found.

But several issues were of interest to all Americans, regardless of party. More than three-quarters of Americans said defending against terrorism was a top priority, a view that has not changed over the last eight years.

Predictably, it has been a strong interest since the 2001 terror attacks on the United States.

More than 7 in 10 — 73 percent — want Trump to work on strengthening the economy.

But that number actually has fallen 12 points since Obama took office, a reflection of widespread improvements in the economy and jobs market over his tenure.

The poll questioned 1,502 adults Jan. 4-9. The margin of error is 2.9 percentage points in either direction, with a larger margin for sub-samples.

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Oscar’s biggest snubs, surprises Amy Kaufman

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

PARK CITY, Utah — Just a couple of weeks after our new president labeled her “one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood,” Meryl Streep earned her 20th Academy Award nomination Tuesday.

Not that the news seemed particularly momentous to the 67-year-old.

The best actress nominee — who earned her latest nod for playing a tone-deaf singer in “Florence Foster Jenkins” — conveyed her reaction to the news via a GIF of her jumping around in a 2013 Paul McCartney music video.

(Most nominees traditionally do interviews following the nominations or issue a polite, noncontroversial statement of thanks. Then again: Streep isn’t most nominees.)

Though Streep is an award season staple, many were actually surprised by her Oscar nomination.

Her performance in “Florence” was not one of her better-reviewed turns, and pundits predicted her slot would go to Amy Adams (“Arrival”) or Annette Bening (“20th Century Women”).

But at the Golden Globes this month — where she was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award — Streep delivered a stirring six-minute speech denouncing then President-elect Donald Trump.

It was arguably the most rousing moment of the telecast, and may have swayed Oscar voters in her favor. (The Globes took place on Jan. 8; Oscar ballots were due Jan. 13.)

One of the biggest shockers at the Globes, meanwhile, came when Aaron Taylor-Johnson was named best supporting actor for his performance in “Nocturnal Animals.”

Leading up to that award show, most critics had singled

out the actor’s co-star — Michael Shannon — as the more likely nominee.

Shannon got his due from the Academy, however, in a slot that many had guessed would go to Hugh Grant, who also appeared in “Florence Foster Jenkins.”

In the animated film category, Pixar’s “Finding Dory” — which has grossed over $1 billion at the box office — was shut out. (And you can count on one hand the number of times a Pixar film hasn’t gotten a best animated feature nomination and still have fingers left over.)

Instead, the far lesser-known French-Swiss stop-motion animated film “My Life as a Zucchini” scored some recognition. The foreign film, about an orphan struggling to find his place in a foster home, has yet to be released in American theaters.

Another big surprise Tuesday morning came when the World War II drama “Hacksaw Ridge” earned six nominations, including nods for best picture, lead actor (Andrew Garfield) and best director (Mel Gibson).

Gibson, whose anti-Semitic and misogynist rants have made him a TMZ staple over the last decade, edged out industry favorites Martin Scorsese (“Silence”) and Clint Eastwood (“Sully”).

“It was really great and emotional to see Mel be embraced and the stuff of the past finally being forgiven by Hollywood,” Bill Mechanic, the film’s producer, said shortly after the nominations were announced. “It’s just such a long, hard journey that it would have been disappointing to see the movie not be recognized.”

And “Deadpool,” it turned out, did not have enough superpower to break into the Oscar race.

The R-rated superhero film, which was a commercial hit and earned two nominations at the Globes — including one for picture — was not recognized by Academy voters.

Dessert potluck seeks to bridge cultural diversity Adrienne Morris Reporter

Dessert in many cultures is seen as an important factor of a meal. Many people spend their lifetime perfecting their desserts and sharing recipes with others.

Desserts are different in every culture and are often loved by people of all ages in all culture. It is agreed that the sharing of food in any occasion brings people together. Indiana State University will host a Dessert Potluck event in which its purpose is to do just that — bring people together and expose others to different desserts.

Pamela Tabor, advisor from the center for global engagement department, hopes to bring students and the community together to bond over delicious food and desserts.

“The purpose of the event is to bring people together from different parts of the world to share some of their culture and traditions by way of sweet treats,” Tabor said.

The potluck encourages people from all cultures to bring a dessert for people to sample, sharing part of their culture from where ever they may be from.

“Attendees are invited to bring a prepared dessert for the group to sample, and to provide printed copies of the recipe to share,” Tabor said.

In many people’s daily lives, they are unable to connect with others in their community because there is not a designated time set for that. Students are often busy with their schoolwork routine, making it harder to make time to connect to the local community. However, this event allows them to learn about one another and even create friendships, developing a closer connection to those in the community, which is an important for Sycamores.

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Focus sessions inform students of future options Erica Garnes Reporter

For most majors it is required for the student to acquire an internship before graduating. Indiana State University is committed for all students who wish to have an internship over the summer to have the experience. There are multiple scholarships that are offered by ISU that will allow students to have an experience towards their future careers.

ISU has three scholarships that include Focus Indiana, Rex Breeden, and Out of State Scholarship. This internship program started about 10 years ago

by Eli Lily. It pays students $1,000, split

into two payments. The requirements for these internships include being a fulltime student, US citizen, junior or senior, maintain a 2.5 culmlitative GPA, and the internship needs to be at least 200 hours.

If a student wishes to apply for this spring semester, the internship program has to be lined up before Feb. 3. If a student is looking to apply for the summer scholarship, they have until April 7 to make sure everything is lined up.

Focus Indiana is looking for anyone in the health care field, interested in warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, technical services and more. Rex Breeden is an ISU alumni who graduated in 1942.

He is offering scholarships to anyone in

the College of Arts and Sciences. Between Focus Indiana and Rex Breeden, there are 30 to 40 scholarships available, giving all students the chance to gain financial support for their internships. Out of State Scholarships do not have a limit yet.

ISU senior Kedia Squarrel attended this event for her applied health science class.

“I thought the sources for internships were nice, but the information would have been nice to know before my senior year,” Squarrel said.

Not only is ISU offering financial support for the internships, they also have resources for students to be able to find the right internship. Katie Francisco was the host for the event, and she explained

step by step the many ways to look for an internship. One way was going to the Career Center home page and clicking on students and alumni, along the jobs and internship boards. The page has information over different websites that allow for internship searches in specific fields.

Francisco specifically recommended Sycamore Career Link and Careershift.

Another step of getting the scholarship is an interview. Francisco offered a few helpful tips that students should use during that process, including arriving to the interview a few minutes early, wearing no jeans, hoodies or casual tops, mak-

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Students work to make ISU tobacco-free Sara Bauknecht

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)

A student-led organization aims to make Indiana State University a tobacco-free campus.

Tobacco-Free Blue was founded last spring to advocate for a comprehensive tobacco policy.

Tobacco-Free Blue President Katie Lugar has a history of involvement with Chances and Services for Youth, which is connected with the Vigo County Tobacco Prevention in Cessation Coalition. Lugar got an opportunity to intern through her master’s program and met Libby Ray, coordinator for Vigo County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation.

Ray and Lugar, who received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work at Indiana State and is now a doctoral student in the health sciences program, teamed up a year and a half ago for what they felt was a need on Indiana State’s campus -- a tobacco-free environment.

Last spring, Olabode Ayodele, assistant professor of applied health sciences, conducted a survey to guide the organization to assess student health beliefs and perspectives on a tobacco-free policy.

Two-thirds of the more than 1,000 respondents reported being exposed to second-hand smoke on a daily basis, and two-thirds supported a tobacco-free policy.

The organization’s executive board includes Adams Atakora as vice president,

Jessica Axsom, community outreach coordinator, Breanna Herring and Samantha Douthitt, secretaries, Ray, community partner, and Jodi Rees, faculty advisor, who have helped host many promotional events on campus to share the movement.

They have collected more than 1,000 written signatures and online signatures on change.org. They have used their Facebook page to gain followers and promote their efforts and also conducted a cigarette butts clean up event on campus where the group collected more than 2,000 butts in over an hour.

“It’s not just about those who are affected. It is to create a safer and healthier campus in general,” Jessica Axsom, graduate assistant for student health promotions.

Tobacco-Free Blue has been presented at the Wellness Bash, Volunteer Fair, Student Organization Fair and Wellness Fair, utilizing visuals and its petition to give people an opportunity to join the coalition. The group strives to get involved with student groups and students who have the interest to make a difference, like the health science students.

“I think Tobacco-Free Blue is a great movement for our campus. Tobacco products impact not only our campus’s presentation, but also the health and wellness of the campus community as a whole. It is great that there are people at ISU striving to make these changes,” said Kaleigh Decker, a senior psychology major.

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“We did a town hall meeting last year where we had Dr. Ayodele and Libby Ray and a representative from Ball State and another university that went tobacco-free, and myself on the panel. They discussed the impacts and why is it important, pros and cons, and how they are going to move forward,” Lugar said.

Indiana State’s current policy says it is tobacco-free except designated areas and private vehicles on campus.

Tobacco-Free Blue’s proposition would include a comprehensive tobacco-free policy with examples of tobacco and removing the exception. There would be no tobacco use on campus property to make it easier to enforce.

“Right now we have really focused on student support and understanding what students want and how it is going to affect campus. We really want to cover our bas-

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indianastatesman.com FOCUS CONTINUED FROM 4 ing sure you have a good handshake and being confident.

When asked questions, think before answering, and after the interview, write a thank you note to the interviewer.

Furthermore, another way to

SMOKE CONTINUED FROM 4 es with research,” Lugar said.

The group has met with student senate and plans to set up a meeting with university President Dan Bradley and the Board of Trustees. It also hopes to meet with people who would directly influence policy change and gather letters of support from influential people, also known as key champions of change.

“We hope to have engagement with all people who have a say

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 • Page 5 make sure that students are eligible for this scholarship is to visit the Career Center. The Career Center provides walk in hours from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. They also provide help with resumes, cover letters and tips for professional interviews.

DESSERT CONTINUED FROM 4 “It’s a wonderful opportunity to make connections with our neighbors, both local and from abroad,” Tabor said.

The Dessert Potluck does not only focus on the bond of a community, but it also is an opportu-

nity for people to give back.

A portion of the desserts will be donated to the Light House Mission and Conner Center, local service center for the homeless citizens in Terre Haute. People were asked to RSVP for the event before Tuesday, Jan. 24; however, there will be available

spots open if others wish to attend the potluck. Contact information for the people coordinating the event is available on the ISU homepage.

The event will take place on Jan. 26 at the Institute for Community Sustainability from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.

and want to have a say with Tobacco-Free Blue. We really want to be mindful of going forward with making change,” Lugar said.

“I actually feel very encouraged that there is a lot of support from student, faculty and staff. People are open to have discussions and even if they are not sure this is what they want for their campus, they engage in positive conversations. It is my hope that is will be implemented.”

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U.S. exits Trans Pacific Partnership Monday via Trump executive order

Joe Lippard

Opinions Editor

Yesterday, new President Donald Trump signed several executive orders into effect. This was an odd gesture, considering how opposed he was to President Barack Obama using executive order; CNN reports that Trump said in December 2015 that “I don’t think he even tries anymore. I think he just signs executive actions.”

One of these executive actions that Trump signed was one pulling the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP was one of Obama’s biggest plans for his second term, and things were on track for US partnership in the trade deal.

That changed on Monday.

Personally, I was against the TPP since I heard what it meant for pharmaceutical patents. Currently, under US law, patents on pharmaceuticals expire after 20 years. After that 20 years, competitors can apply to make a generic version of the drug, and a 1984 law called the Hatch-Wax-

man Act allowed competitors to use clinical trial data from the brand-name drug’s trial. However, pharmaceutical manufacturers made a compromise with the government, and came to a deal that allows five years of “data exclusivity” after the patent expires. This means that any generic drug manufacturer that wants to produce a generic version of a drug must conduct clinical trials of their own or wait until the data exclusivity on the brand-name drug’s patent expires.

The United States government was the only one that tried negotiating that time span for data exclusivity up to 12 years for the TPP, but every other country opposed the measure, so it was negotiated down to five to eight years.

According to Quartz, the TPP would protect pharmaceutical patents across all countries in the Partnership in that way, but it adds more protections to them as well. Quartz says that the TPP requires countries in the Partnership to allow “evergreening,” which is when drug companies are allowed to ask for extensions on their pharmaceutical patents if it’s used in a “new” way. It then allows for companies to ask for an extension on a patent if the application is not accepted or rejected within five years.

I think that both the evergreening provision and the one to allow for companies to request

patent extensions are both extremely unnecessary. It would have raised pharmaceutical prices in other countries in the Partnership because of the demands of solely the United States. And, since the US would have been part of the Partnership, we would have had to provide big pharmaceutical corporations with even more considerations in regards to their patents than we already did.

The TPP would have prevented generic pharmaceutical companies from making generic versions of drugs, which would have given what many call “big pharma” to have even more of a monopoly on the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

The TPP also promoted importing cheaper goods from other countries, which means that American jobs manufacturing these goods at a higher price could have been in jeopardy.

But the TPP can’t be all bad, right?

According to a fact sheet on the TPP put out by the US Trade Representative, it would have added $77 billion to the wages of workers in the United States.

However, most of the gains in wages would go to workers who make over $88,000 a year, which clearly is not all, or even a majority, of citizens.

The partnership also put restrictions on wildlife trafficking

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After an unjustly short hearing last week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions had to delay the confirmation vote for Betsy DeVos, the nominee chosen to head the Education Department.

The vote was originally meant to take place last Tuesday, but has gotten pushed back to Jan. 31.

The decision was made largely due to the fact that the Department of Ethics didn’t release their necessary report on DeVos’s financial conflicts of interests until after the hearing.

The ethics report points out that DeVos is entangled with student loan companies such as Great Lakes Education Foundation.

Someone who has ties to loan companies shouldn’t be put in a government position over those companies because of the increased likelihood of governing in favor of a company rather than the American people.

The committee Democrats requested a second hearing after receiving the ethics report, but have been denied the opportunity, even though a second hearing is extremely necessary.

At her previous hearing, she displayed a total lack of knowledge on key issues facing education today, even ones that have been large issues for decades.

Of course, that was when she answered the question instead of answering with a standard response of “I look forward to working with you.”

DeVos couldn’t even explain the difference between growth and proficiency, a key concept in education. A little common sense can lead many people to the answer that growth refers to progress, while proficiency refers to a benchmark standard, just like the dictionary suggests.

DeVos has been a vocal proponent of private and charter schooling. She has expressed interest in privatizing schools, arguing that the “locals” know what is best for students.

This concept is dangerous on multiple levels.

First, privatizing schools makes it hard to ensure students get a good education. Private schools and charter schools both have fewer curriculum re-

strictions and guidelines, which means students aren’t necessarily getting the same education across the board.

DeVos was asked whether or not she would hold all schools, public and private, to the same accountability standards, but wouldn’t give a clear answer.

Holding all schools to the same accountability standards is a necessity to ensure our children receive a quality education.

DeVos’s support for private schools doesn’t stop there. After intensive questioning, she revealed her intentions to reallocate taxpayer funds to private schools.

What makes this move even more alarming is the fact that she supports using government funds to fund religious schools.

Private schools should not get funding from taxpayer money.

They are run like small businesses, and they don’t hold students to the same standards that public schools do. They enforce unequal rules, sometimes via religion.

These schools do not look out for the best interest of all the students, and often use their time to push their agenda into the students’ educations.

That means students can potentially be denied learning factual information based on something arbitrary, like religion. Schools do not have the right to deny facts; instead students should have the right to be taught facts.

Surprisingly, DeVos didn’t even say schools should treat special needs students fairly. She stated that she believes what is “fair” treatment should be “left to the states,” even if they are treated poorly in some states.

This approach leaves special needs students potentially vulnerable to poor education and potential harassment and bullying, another issues which she didn’t give a clear answer on.

When asked if she supported holding all schools to the same standard in regards to reporting bullying and harassment, DeVos all but refused to answer in affirmation that she will fight to hold all schools accountable, even on an issue that objectively keeps our children safe.

If that isn’t enough potential danger to our children, DeVos supports keeping guns in schools in case of the unlikely event of a grizzly bear attack — ­ even though there is a smaller chance of it happening in school than at Yellowstone National Park, where a grizzly bear attack occurs once out of every 2.7 million

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President Trump’s unpredictable-but-real reality show Andrew Malcolm

Special to McClatchy (TNS)

Donald Trump begins his hard-won presidential term with seemingly not much going for him. He has the steady allegiance of his loyal supporters, who’ve stuck with him through thin and thinner.

But 6 of 10 Americans say the country’s on the wrong track.

Trump has the worst favorable poll rating of any modern incoming president. Gallup puts him at 40 percent; Fox News at 42 percent, 5 points worse than mid-December.

Voters have doubts about his ample flaws and promises. They disapprove of his transition, including distracting tweet fights, which have continued since the inauguration. So the achievement bar is delectably low for

Trump.

During inaugural coverage, most TV camera operators and anchors seemed much taken with the size of the crowds, although the immense sizes of Trump rallies during the campaign did not strike them as much.

They also largely pronounced his inaugural address as dark, combative and foreboding, which it was — for business as usual in Washington.

“For too long,” Trump said, standing among a small group of D.C. politicos huddled in their reserved dais seats, “a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost.

Washington flourished — but the people did not share in its wealth.”

Fact is, the nation’s most prosperous counties do surround the capital, while millions in flyover

country who voted for change in Washington time after time got none of it from either party.

“What truly matters,” said the lifelong Democrat who ran as a Republican, because who really cares about party this time, “is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.”

Electing Trump, in the most shocking political upset since probably 1948, has pushed the country into a new political era, at least for 48 months. It’s one where the usual political measurements and expectations do not apply to the unusual new president. The denizens of Washington, including media, feel off-balance, as they should, which is good.

They underestimate this man, try to judge him as a standard D.C. pol. They highlight his inconsistencies, thinking that

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should undermine him. He fights back, doesn’t care and neither do supporters.

It’s outrageous, gravity-defying behavior if you want things to continue as they have been.

As a colleague, Salena Zito, wrote insightfully in The Atlantic: “The press takes (Trump) literally, but not seriously. His supporters take him seriously, but not literally.”

You’ll see this play out in coming days and months as the White House press corps tries in vain to hold Trump accountable for such wild, improbable promises as wiping the Islamic State from the face of the Earth.

The media never held Obama accountable for the hundreds of thousands of new jobs that never appeared during 2010’s so-called Recovery Summer. However, now they’ll eagerly ask Trump where all the new jobs are that

he promised. As usual during a GOP presidency, they’ll also rediscover the homeless problem.

During the campaign, Trump said the United States should be more unpredictable. He is. And we will need to adjust our thinking too.

As a lifelong political observer, I was certain the minute Trump announced his candidacy 19 months ago that the New York loudmouth had absolutely no chance of capturing the GOP nomination, let alone — LOL — the presidency.

I humbly suggest, therefore, that those who didn’t vote for Trump, such as most of those you’ll see commenting on him now, hold their fire a good while, give the distasteful new Oval Office occupant a chance, as even a shell-shocked Hillary Clinton

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MEN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 four victories. ISU has set a new school record with five overtime games so far this season. The NCAA record is eight.

Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing owns a school record five victories over nationally-ranked teams during his tenure, a new standard set on December 7 in the win over No. 15 Butler.

Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing led the Sycamores for the 200th time against Missouri-St. Louis. He is one of just four head coaches at Indiana State to

coach at least 200 games. Duane Klueh, Royce Waltman and Gordon Stauffer are the others.

An Indiana State win over Illinois State would be the Sycamores first win at Redbird Arena since a 63-61 victory in Normal on December 31, 2014. It would also be the Sycamores’ third victory at Illinois State under head coach Greg Lansing.

Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 116-101 (.535) overall in his seventh season as a head coach. He is 61-55 all-time in MVC games, including a 42-16 mark at home

and a 19-39 record on the road. During his career, he is 68-26 in all home games, 32-57 on the road, 16-18 in neutral court contests and 37-24 in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 9-5 against Illinois State and is 2-4 against the Redbirds on the road. With the Trees, Lansing is 9-10 in overtime games and 77-9 when holding teams to 63 points or less.

Lansing led the Sycamores to the postseason in each of his first four seasons at the helm (2011 NCAA, 2012 CIT, 2013, 2014 NIT). Lansing is the second head coach to lead the Sycamores to the NCAA Tourna-

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from behind the arc. Drake finished the game shooting 45.2 percent (28-of-26) and capitalized at the free throw line, going 12-of-13 from the charity stripe.

Leading the way for Drake was Lizzy Wendell who finished with a game high 29 points on 9-of-20 shooting.

The forward connected on all nine of her free throw attempts.

The Sycamores will return to the Hulman Center next weekend when they play host to Wichita State and Missouri State Friday and Sunday.

suggested back in November.

Trump is a bold deal-maker who makes outrageous opening offers.

If he succeeds, we succeed. After all, we’ve just survived two terms of an ineffective president whose real legacy turns out to be this Donald Trump guy.

Who knows, those “forgotten men and women” Trump often cites just

SENATE CONTINUED FROM 6 visitors. There is no need to keep a gun in a school for a potential bear attack.

That is what your state’s wildlife department is for.

Elizabeth Warren said that she doesn’t see “how (DeVos) can be the secretary of education” if she doesn’t use the tools she

is handed if confirmed.

Warren is absolutely right: since DeVos can’t answer basic questions about education topics, provide assurance that all schools will be of an equivalent high quality, or that all students will be treated safely and fairly, she is a bad choice to be Secretary of Education.

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However, according to Public Citizen, the TPP had provisions in it that “allow foreign firms to challenge policies that apply to domes-

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may have sensed something the rest of us missed. Since the Founding Fathers emerging from an unlikely Revolution had faith in our system — and the choices of unknown millions of countrymen who would succeed them — how can we not too at what seems to us a pressing modern moment?

This promises to be a fascinating political year or four, a time rife with uncertainty, unforeseen twists, fears,

even distaste and discomfort. But also possibly some positive discoveries as swamp waters drain, if they do.

To be sure, new ways can threaten, as evidenced those five dozen Democrats who avoided inauguration ceremonies to hide in their congressional offices. But new ways can also renew. To paraphrase Hyman Roth in “The Godfather II”: This is the president we have chosen. The collective we, as in We the People.

tic and foreign firms alike and that have been reviewed and affirmed by U.S. courts.” Basically, other countries in the Partnership could say that they didn’t like our policies and we would be in real danger of having to rescind those policies.

All in all, I’m very glad that Trump

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Men’s basketball will take on the Illinois State Redbirds Wednesday.

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Women’s basketball took on Drake and ended up falling 76-62 in a close game.

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Indiana State Basketball concludes a two-game Missouri Valley Conference road swing on Wednesday, January 25 at 8:00 p.m. (ET) as they travel to Illinois State. I ndiana State enters with an overall record of 7-13, 1-7 MVC while the Redbirds lead the MVC with a 16-4 overall mark and an 8-0 ledger in conference play.

Wednesday night’s game is part of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Suits and Sneakers campaign to help raise awareness for the American Cancer Society.

Indiana State is 77-9 when holding teams to 63 points or less under seventh-year head coach Greg Lansing (and 18-0 when limiting teams to 53 or less).

Indiana State has earned 63 close victories (five points or less) since 2005. Under Greg Lansing, the Sycamores are 37-24 in close games.

Greg Lansing is just the sixth head coach in the history of the program to re-

cord at least 100 victories at the helm of the Sycamores. He needs four more to tie John Longfellow for fifth on the ISU alltime victories list.

Sophomore Brenton Scott owns 183 trifectas in his career, which is third best in the history of the program.

Junior Matt Van Scyoc has scored over 1,000 career collegiate points as he tallied 807 in two prior seasons at The Citadel plus 418 with the Sycamores. He now has 1,230 career points scored during his career with the two institutions.

The Sycamores opened the season with back-to-back overtime games and had two more in a row go to extra time against Missouri State and Southern Illinois (Dec. 31 & Jan. 4).

It was the first time Indiana State has played consecutive overtime games since the 1986-87 season when they did it in the first two games of 2016-17.

Of the Sycamores’ first 20 games, ten have been decided by one possession or in overtime, including three of the last

Indiana State women’s basketball saw a back and forth contest with league-leading Drake come up short Sunday afternoon inside the Knapp Center, falling to the Bulldogs, 76-62.

The Sycamores (10-8, 4-3 MVC) gave Drake everything they could handle for a majority of the game, leading DU at many points of the contest.

It wasn’t until late in the third that the hot-shooting Bulldogs caught fire, outscoring the Sycamores in both the third and fourth.

Juniors Ashley Taia and Wendi Bibbins each scored 14 to lead the Sycamores while Tierra Webb added 10 of her own.

Bibbins finished a rebound shy of her third double-double of the season.

Regan Wentland added seven points and six rebounds off the bench for the Sycamores while freshman guard Ashli O’Neal scored seven points and dished out a career best five assists.

Indiana State put together one of its best shooting performances from behind the arc, draining 10 shots from long range on the afternoon. Taia connected on four

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triples while sophomore Tierra Webb added two of her own.

In all, six of the eight Sycamores who recorded minutes drained a 3-pointer.

Coming into the game ranked 3rd in the Mid Major Top-25, the Bulldogs used four 8-0 runs throughout the game to maintain their undefeated mark at home.

Drake opened the fourth trailing the Sycamores but used an 8-0 run to take a six point lead.

From then on it was all Drake as they were able to hound Sycamore shooters, holding ISU to just five fourth-quarter points.

The Bulldogs’ final came in the closing minutes to secure the win and improve to 15-4 and 8-0 in The Valley.

The Sycamores closed out the first half on a 7-0 run during the final 3:40 of play to take a 41-37 lead into the locker room.

Bibbins and Taia each paced Indiana State in the first 20 minutes with Taia scoring 11 for the Sycamores. Bibbins, a Harvey, Louisiana, native added eight points and seven rebounds.

For the game, ISU shot 40.4 percent (23-of-57) and 43.5 percent (10-of-23)

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