Indiana Statesman For ISU students. About ISU students. By ISU students.
Indiana Statesman
Friday, March 23, 2018
@ISUstatesman
isustatesman
Volume 125, Issue 63
A parking lot once used as a pay lot has changed to a staff lot and will remain this way until the summer of 2019 while the other parking lots are being repaired.
Claire Silcox | Indiana Statesman
Upcoming parking lot changes go into full swing Devin Neely Reporter
While on the daily commute to classes around campus this semester, students may see some ongoing construction throughout certain parking lots around campus. These changes are currently being specifically applied to the parking lot located in front of the Hines and Jones residential buildings. Previously, this parking lot was simply a pay lot, but it is now a Staff only lot. After speaking to Lori Elkins, who is the assistant director of Public Safety - for Traffic and Parking Services, it was stated that these ongoing changes occurred in order to accommodate the additional staff members who would be soon moving into the CHHS building.
“The current staff lot will be changed back into a pay lot soon,” said Elkins, “when Lot 21, which is currently all gravel and construction staging, is completely operational.” At one point, the parking meters located in the pay lot in front of Hines and Jones, were broken and could not have been used. This was due to consistent water damage and erosion, which resulted in damaging the base of the parking pay station. The base of the pay station has recently been rebuilt in the past month, prior to the decision to convert the lot into a staff lot. Along with these changes, students may have noticed some recent construction in the past few days prior to spring break as well. According to Elkins, “the ramp located
Julia Reich visits ISU and speaks about SPARKing inspiration AJ Goelz Reporter The Innovation Speaker Series continued on Wednesday, as Julia Reich came to ISU and spoke about how she started her own business and gave advice to future entrepreneurs. Reich described herself as a graphic designer, a brand strategist and a graphic recorder. “Basically what I do is go to an event and someone will be talking and I will stand at a big piece of paper with magic markers and I will record what they’re saying with words and drawings, live in real time,” Reich said. Reich has been doing graphic design and brand strategy for 18 years and recently started graphic recording. She is the founder of Stone Soup Creative, a brand consulting and graphic design firm. “As a graphic designer, the way that I work is that I almost never work by myself,” said Reich. “I have a virtual agency, I guess you could say. So my business is that I get a project, then I bring together people who have different strengths that can all work on that project. Even though I have a background in graphic design, I might not be working personally on the graphic design. I might want to pull in someone even more talented than me.” Reich also founded a website called SPARK. It
is a sort of networking site for people within creative fields to interact and share ideas with one another. “SPARK is a group of independent graphic design business owners who meet to enlighten each other on the business and creative issues that are relevant to design studios. Members come to share their experiences, knowledge and inspire each other,” according to their mission statement on their website. The first half of the speech, Reich spent time describing how she got to where she is today. She spoke of her education, past jobs and how she decided to start her own business. The second half was spent as an interactive discussion with those in attendance. She gave tips on branding, the difference between good and bad clients and steps to follow to have a successful business. “Everything is an experiment,” she said. She also said that not every tip or technique she shared would work every time. It is up to the individual to try it out and see what works best in the end. This is a sentiment that not only applies in the world of business, but also in everyday life. The Innovation Speaker Series brings a new speaker every month. Next month will be the final speaker for the semester with Queen City Tattoo, a local tattoo shop, will be at ISU speak about their business.
at the east side of the lot was not up to current ADA standards.” She also stated, “This work being done in the area is simply going to reroute the ramp in order to make it compliant with the standards set by the ADA.” Along with providing information about the current changes, Elkins also gave information about some more upcoming changes we should expect to see. “Several ISU Handicap spaces are being created on the southwest side of the CHHS building,” Elkins said. As previously stated, Lot 21, which is meant to be a staff lot located at 4th Street connecting with Lafayette, will be expanded and paved during the summer of 2019. This will take place after all of the construction taking place around and for the CHHS building is complete. Upon being asked about the feedback
from students and staff upon these changes, Elkins stated “Since the lot was designated to be a pay lot/visitor parking, it did not take away any of the student designated parking spaces. There hasn’t been any negative feedback!” Many students are hoping for some new changes applied to the parking lots. Along with these changes, students have stated the advantages and disadvantages, along with new ideas, about parking lots around campus. According to Riley Anderson, a freshman, “I don’t really having any issues with parking. But, I do try to avoid leaving campus throughout the week. I only come and go on the weekends, and usually there are plenty of spots when I arrive.” While some people have no grievances
REPAIRS CONT. ON PAGE 5
Voting center on campus will be open to the public soon Patrick Chavis Reporter With spring already among us, the clock is winding down to be able to register for this year’s primary midterm election. The last day to register to be eligible to vote in the upcoming primary election is April 9, and Election Day will be May 8. The Vigo County registration office is located on the second floor of the Vigo County Courthouse. Vada L. Long, a board member from the Vigo County voter registration office will also be in the parking lot of the courthouse at 4 p.m. quick registering people so that they do not miss the register deadline. “Usually it takes about eight days to process someone’s information so that they are able to vote, however on April 9 we have decided to quick register any last minute potential voters who want to partake in May’s elec-
ISU Communications and Marketing
With the primary midterms elections returning, a voting center on campus will be opening with the support of Vigo County.
tion,” Long said. Long stressed the importance of voting in this election and in general. She expressed concern about
what she sees as younger people’s negative attitudes towards voting
VOTING CONT. ON PAGE 5
HerStory: An Act of Resistance Alexandria Truby Reporter To honor queer women in history and showcase the personal experiences of a queer black woman, Professor Yolanda V. Williams spoke on Tuesday evening in University Hall at the HerStory event. The importance of these events lies in the inclusion of others and building environments where everyone feels welcome. According to the Williams Institute, using the 2010 census, an estimated 1,018,700 African-American individuals identified as LGBTQ in the U.S. This accounted for 3.7 percent of the African-American population at the time. “When we live in certain places,
it’s easy to feel alone,” Williams said. This percentage jumped to 15 percent in 2015. Williams asked the audience at the event why that statistic may have increased so rapidly. A member offered that it might have been due to a political change. “Maybe in 2015 with Obama being African-American people felt more open with being out and proud. I love us but we were walking around like Obama, that’s our cousin,” Williams said. Williams discussed how people are trying to normalize what is not considered normal and how the lack of people talking about these individuals and researching them hurts cohesion and learning. She discussed how you couldn’t have his-
tory without knowing the black history, LGBTQ history and women’s history. “I remember looking at my history book and wondering ‘where’s the black people?’” She paraphrased the story of Columbus and “how the white men took the land from people who were living their best lives. I couldn’t believe that’s where my story started. That’s what started me on learning,” she said. Williams explains how her identity is an act of resistance and revolution. The definition she shared for resistance during her presentation was the refusal to accept or comply. She embraces her identity and works
HERSTORY CONT. ON PAGE 5
NEWS
Page 2
Friday, March. 23, 2018
March for Our Lives organizers want fast, tough action on guns
Kate Irby McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)
Half a million people are expected to come to Washington Saturday for the March for Our Lives with a goal that leading members of Congress see as a futile mission: to prod Congress to take “comprehensive” action on gun control “immediately.” Trouble is, Congress is scheduled to leave Friday for a 16-day spring recess, almost guaranteeing that any momentum from the march and the massive media coverage will probably fade before lawmakers return to work April 9. “The timing is not good,” said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who sponsored a measure to raise the age to buy assault weapons from 18 to 21. Even when lawmakers return, ardent gun control advocates don’t see the march’s impact being felt quickly anyway. Democratic senators said any meaningful reform on gun control won’t occur under a Republican majority. The GOP controls the White House and the House and Senate. The gun control lawmakers’ best hope: keeping the spirit and connections the march will generate going during the election season so like-minded candidates can win in November. Everytown for Gun Safety reports receiving more than $800,000 in unsolicited donations within the past month and is challenging members of Congress who take donations from the National Rifle Association. Everytown is releasing political
ads and listing candidate endorsements. “We’re going to make an A rating by the NRA a black mark, a scarlet letter,” said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, part of the Everytown group. She’s been working for legislative progress on gun control for five years. “The only way to get change on this issue is to change our lawmakers — state and federal,” Watts said. Everytown officials plan to release a list of candidates for state and federal offices this year that back gun safety measures. No timetable has been set for the release. NRA officials could not be reached for comment. Two-thirds of Americans support stricter gun laws, according to a February Quinnipiac poll, which represents a 20-point swing in two years. Support for universal background checks is almost universal at 97 percent. The poll was taken Feb. 16-19, just after a gunman killed 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. “I think it’s pretty clear that Republican leadership wants to totally avoid this issue, and millions of kids across the country are going to make it equally clear to Republicans that they’re going to pay a huge price at the polls if they continue to ignore guns,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., a leading advocate for gun control. “I think it’s amazing that they didn’t even try to bring a debate in Congress before the march,” Murphy continued. “It will be clear as day to these kids on Sat-
urday that the current leadership in Congress does not want to deal with this issue.” GOP leadership downplayed the march’s importance. “There have been a number of people coming to Washington to express their views on guns and lots of other issues. I met with a Parkland student the other day who is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment,” said House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., who said he was unaware of the March for Our Lives. “We’ve been hearing more of one side of that, but others feel differently, and that’s how democracy works.” Scalise was badly wounded in June when a gunman shot him and four others as lawmakers practiced for a baseball game. He has said his views about the right to bear arms have not changed. NRA officials have met with President Donald Trump recently. Chris Cox, the NRA’s lobbying arm executive director, tweeted after one meeting that Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “don’t want gun control.” The NRA supports beefing up enforcement of existing laws on background checks, and has rejected other key congressional gun regulation efforts. The group has also supported bills to increase security in schools, including arming teachers. Saturday’s march was organized by students at Stoneman Douglas. The march is supported by gun control advocacy groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and the Brady Campaign. More than 800 marches are planned
Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS
Ingrid Lopez rallies her fellow students as they chant, “No More Guns,” during the National School Walkout for Gun Control on March 14, 2018, at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles.
in cities around the world on the same day. The stated mission, according to the website, is “to demand that a comprehensive and effective bill be immediately brought before Congress to address these gun issues.” Immediately isn’t likely for comprehensive legislation. “We’ll take as many baby steps as we can get until the midterm elections, when we can get lawmakers who will rise to the moment,” said Watts of the background check fix and legislation to increase school safety funding. “But those are still baby steps, and right now we want a big stride.” Scalise said he didn’t see any marches as reason to bring more gun control legislation to the House floor. The House has passed legislation to increase
funding for school security that could be used to increase personnel, install threat assessment systems recommended by the FBI and implement anonymous reporting tools for use by students and teachers. Watts called it “laughable” to think this Congress might have done something on the issue if the march wasn’t happening before a recess. Last week students arranged a school walkout in honor of the Parkland victims, with thousands coming to the steps of the Capitol while Congress was in session. It prompted mentions during hearings and press conferences, but still no action. “This Congress has had five years to act since Sandy Hook, and they’ve done nothing,” Watts said. “Nothing.”
UCLA student wins sexual misconduct claim against professor Teresa Watanbe Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Ernesto Arias/EFE/Zuma Press/TNS
Founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg participates in the APEC CEO Summit on November 19, 2016, in Lima, Peru. A data mining firma s alleged misuse of Facebook user data is ballooning into one of the highest-profile crises that the social media giant has ever faced.
Zuckerberg says Facebook must protect user data or ‘we don’t deserve to serve you’ Samantha Masunaga Los Angeles Times (TNS) Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged Wednesday that his company failed to protect user data in the widening Cambridge Analytica controversy, but said steps already taken and newly unveiled policies would prevent developers from misappropriating such information in the future. Zuckerberg said in a statement posted on his Facebook page that the company had already taken the “most important steps” in 2014 to prevent “bad actors” from accessing users’ information in this way. He also outlined three additional steps Facebook would take: The company will investigate all apps that had access to “large amounts of information” prior to Facebook’s platform change in 2014. Facebook will also “conduct a full audit of any app with suspicious activi-
ty,” he wrote. Facebook said it will restrict developers’ data access “even further,” such as removing access to user data if that user hasn’t used the outside app in three months Facebook will put a tool at the top of the News Feed showing apps that accounts have used and “an easy way” to revoke those apps’ permissions to data. “I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I’m responsible for what happens on our platform,” he said in the statement. “We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve you.” Zuckerberg had been roundly criticized for his silence in the days since the Cambridge Analytica data misappropriation scandal erupted. Over the weekend, the New York Times and British newspaper the Observer reported that the data analytics firm, which had ties to President Trump’s campaign, collected data from approximately 50
million Facebook accounts without users’ knowledge in an attempt to sway voters’ opinions. Facebook has said the incident was a violation of the company’s policies, but did not constitute a data breach. On Friday, the Menlo Park, Calif., company said it had suspended Cambridge Analytica for violating Facebook guidelines. The blowback has been swift. Facebook’s stock has dropped 7.1 percent since Friday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reportedly launched a probe, attorneys general from New York and Massachusetts have called for other investigations and lawmakers have demanded that Zuckerberg testify in front of Congress. But while lower-ranking Facebook executives, including the company’s chief security officer, spoke out about the incident, Zuckerberg and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg remained silent until Wednesday.
UCLA graduate student Kristen Glasgow says she first met Gabriel Piterberg, a history professor, in 2008. They had coffee together and then, she alleged, he walked her to her car, pushed her against it and forced his tongue into her mouth. Glasgow detailed this and other claims of Piterberg’s sexual misconduct over five years in a lawsuit she filed against the University of California in 2015. The lawsuit said that UCLA essentially ignored her complaints when she tried to go through the Title IX complaint process. It led to a settlement in which the university gave her $110,000 and a fellowship to support her work on her doctoral dissertation. But even after that validation, UCLA’s initial response to her charges still gnawed at Glasgow — as did the fact that Piterberg still had his job. When UCLA hired a new Title IX coordinator, Glasgow filed a complaint again, in 2016. This time, she won. UCLA announced last week that an investigation had determined that Piterberg had violated the university’s sexual harassment policy. Piterberg, who disputes the findings, did not respond to requests for comment. Piterberg has agreed to leave UCLA and forgo any future employment with the university system, emeritus status, office space or other privileges. UCLA did not identify the person who filed the complaint against Piterberg, but Glasgow contacted the Times to tell her story. “This is a huge victory for female academics and women in general,” she said. “It just really shows that you can’t be protected behind institutions anymore under the veil
of tenure or powerhouse rock star or movie mogul. People are going to start calling you out on it.” Glasgow, a specialist in 19th century African-American and transatlantic history, praised UCLA’s handling of her case the second time around. “I don’t have enough gratitude for how they handled it this time,” she said. She said she first reported Piterberg’s behavior in 2013 to support another
wrongdoing under the settlement, but he agreed to pay a $3,000 fine, accept a suspension without pay for one quarter and attend sexual harassment training. UCLA also barred him for three years from holding closed-door, oneon-one meetings in his office and restricted opendoor meetings to daytime hours. In exchange for his abiding by those terms, UCLA agreed to end its investigation without reaching a conclusion or initiating
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS
Doctoral candidate Kristen Glasgow poses for a portrait outside of UCLA’s Ralph Bunche Hall on March 17, 2018 in Los Angeles, Calif.
graduate student, Nefertiti Takla, who had filed her own sexual misconduct complaint against the professor that year. It wasn’t only UCLA officials who shrugged off what she had to say, she said. Ever since the trouble with Piterberg began years earlier, Glasgow said, colleagues had told her that she would ruin her academic career if she pursued charges against the prominent specialist in Middle East studies. UCLA had reached a settlement with Piterberg in the Takla case in 2014, but officials did not release the details until two year later, after students and faculty escalated their protests against the professor’s continued employment. Piterberg did not concede
charges against Piterberg with the Academic Senate, which could have jeopardized his tenure. On the day Piterberg returned to teaching last year, students staged a noisy protest and put a poster up in his classroom: “Good morning sexual harasser.” By then, UCLA had hired Kathleen Salvaty as its Title IX coordinator. Glasgow said Salvaty was empathetic, professional and fair. The campus also began reforms under Jerry Kang, who was appointed as its first vice chancellor of equity, diversity and inclusion in 2015. Since he took the job, UCLA has hired more staff to handle
UCLA CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
FEATURES
Friday, March. 23, 2018
Page 3
Week in Photos Night at the Museum
The annual Night at the Museum event opened up laboratories to demonstrate the works that takes place in the Science building. The event featured hands-on activities for kids all ages. The event included speakers and door prizes to entertain the audience.
Anna Bartley| Indiana Statesman Danielle Guy | Indiana Statesman Taylor
Conrad Combs experiment with the activites during the event.
Burris and Isabel Miklozek look into a microscope during the event.
The event took place as part of The Day of Silence, a national movement to highlight the silencing of LBGTQ+ students in school, which demands that school leaders take action to “Be More Inclusive”.
Mocktails and Canvas Paige Carter | Indiana Statesman
Students enjoyed painting while sipping on mock cocktails and snacks.
Lollapalooza criticized for lack of female headliners at upcoming 2018 festival Nicole Bitette
New York Daily News (TNS)
Lollapalooza got slammed on social media just minutes after posting its 2018 lineup once fans realized the event was sorely lacking female headliners. The annual Chicago music festival’s announcement on Wednesday boasted Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Jack White and Arctic Monkeys as its most popular headlining acts. It wasn’t until the fourth line of the festival announcement poster that a female artist was even mentioned — CHVRCHES, St. Vincent and Dua Lipa were among the first women to grace the poster. Fans were quick to point out the festival’s unfair representation of women. “Wow, it’s like they didn’t know any female musicians big enough in the world to headline …” one user wrote. “#Lolla out here with no female artists in its top three lines of artists like they don’t know what century it is,” another added. A third social media user wrote, “The
names further down the #Lolla lineup are significantly more interesting than the headliners. Also, the festival’s glaring problems regarding women & non-binary representation CONTINUE.” Travis Scott was listed fifth on the lineup for the event taking place Aug. 2 to 5, while St. Vincent was written considerably smaller in the fourth row. “How does the first female act not come until the 4th line? ALL HEADLINERS and 3 lines of all dudes?? St. Vincent at the least should of been higher,” another Twitter user questioned. “Do better.” There were more than 80 artists on the poster and only 18 were female. Among the other female artists at Lolla 2018 are Camila Cabello, Tash Sultana, Rezz, Lykke Li, Alina Baraz, Billie Eilish, Kali Uchis, Lizzo, Daya, Jessie Ware, Bebe Rexha, Sabrina Claudio, Stars, Bomba Estereo — a majority of the women weren’t named until the lower second half of the poster. In past years, Lolla, which was first
started in 1991, headlined with mostly males, but in 2017 Lorde was one of the first-named headliners. Her set was cut short because of a storm, leading social media users to question why she wasn’t brought back this year. In 2016, Grimes, the singer-songwriter whose real name Claire Elise Boucher, was the first female headliner listed on that year’s poster, but she wasn’t mentioned until the third line. Florence and the Machine was mentioned third on the 2015 line-up, but the next female artist, Marina and the Diamonds, wasn’t mentioned until several lines later. The 2018 Coachella festival takes a much different approach. It leads with headliners The Weeknd, Beyonce and Eminem and also has women higher up in big, bold letters for each day, including SZA, St. Vincent, Haim and Cardi B. New York’s Governor’s Ball in June has similar headliners: Jack White, Travis Scott and Eminem, but directly under
the big names are female acts like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Halsey, Sylvan Esso and CHVRCHES. Lollapalooza did not immediately respond to a Daily News request inquiring about the lack of female headliners or asking if Lorde was offered a slot at this summer’s festival. Singer Ellie Goulding recently called out festivals for the lack of female representation while expressing that she is grateful to be included. “Still so proud as a female artist to be headling and playing festivals around the world every single year. Thank you for continually believing in me. It always feels like a triumph to win so many people over who were waiting for a band,” the 30-yearold British musician wrote. “Need to give myself credit sometimes as I’ve been doing this non stop for over seven years. I don’t see many females at these festivals.”
Samantha Sheperd | Indiana Statesman
OPINION
Page 4
Friday, March. 23, 2018
The reality of the Netflix binge
Emma Osowski Columnist
I think my brain is dead. That sounds extreme, I know. But I feel brain dead. That’s what happens when you watch approximately 100 episodes of the Vampire Diaries within the past week and a half. A part of me feels very embarrassed at the fact that that’s how I spent my time during break and this week. Then again, that’s a pretty big task to accomplish, if I don’t say so myself. But back to my first thought. My brain is dead. I don’t know what it is about binging a television show on Netflix or Hulu or HBO – it provides a sense of relaxation, a way of taking a step back from the real world and becoming a part of another. I’m so caught up in it that I’m convinced if the Vampire Diaries world were real I’d be a werewolf. Binging a show can also give you this sense of needing to watch the next episode or season when you really don’t need to watch it. If I thought Buzzfeed was a motivation killer to the realm of school, then I have no idea what this is. I honestly don’t know why I’m surprised; this isn’t my first series I’ve watched on Netflix: Friends, The Office, Gilmore Girls, Charmed, Shameless, Scandal, Stranger Things (although that’s pretty short). I even watched 10 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, which is another huge undertaking. But I had to stop when they took my dear Christina Yang away; Shonda Rhimes had just taken a few too many of my favorites away from the show. My point is I don’t need a crash course on how to watch Netflix. Instead, I may need a Netflix rehab or something. Okay that sounds pretty extreme as well, but this happens every time when
I finish a series, especially one that’s already ended. I get so into the show, watch it whenever I have time and I watch it even when I don’t have time. When I get to the end I’m crying for some reason because I don’t want it to be over. For example, when I finished Charmed, I was so sad I had watched it all that an hour or two later I started the series again. I have this theory as to why I get like this with shows – let me explain. I think that there’s a divide between people in a sense when it comes to their preferences on motion picture entertainment. The divide is this: there are some people who would rather watch movies and other people who would watch television shows. The problem is that I don’t know which side of that divide I fall on. Each side of the divide; movies versus shows, leaves me either wanting more from the characters or feeling sad because it’s over. I love movies and I have more movies than any one person probably should have, yet at the same time, when a movie ends I’m always left wondering what’s next. What’s happening off screen in their world? Then I get into the television shows, and I don’t have to wonder what’s happening next, because we’ll see it in next episode or next series. However, the problem begins when I get invested into the show so much that when the last season is on, or I’m watching the series finale, it hurts to see it end. As if it’s real lives that are ending. As if this story really happened in the real world. And now this is the predicament I’m in. I’m on the last season of Vampire Diaries and I want to finish it because I want to know what happens and how everything plays out because I’ve seen spoilers due to this ending a while back. Then again, I want to make this last season last as long as it can because I know this is the end, plus there’s not as many episodes compared to all the other seasons. And how do I get my brain working again so that I can get my work done for school?
Beeler | The Columbus Dispatch
Trump’s lies will keep failing in court Francis Wilkinson Bloomberg View (TNS) The truth still matters somewhere. In November 2016, after Donald Trump had issued his feeble lie that millions of illegal ballots cost him the popular vote, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach came to the aid of the president-elect’s damaged pride. Trump, said Kobach, was “absolutely correct” about the existence of these phantom voters. Kobach made his remark to reporters. He wasn’t under oath, or cross-examined. No one demanded that he produce evidence. Until last week. Kobach, who led Trump’s seedy, now-defunct commission on voter “integrity,” has been performing voter-fraud shtick in public for years. But the Yale Law School graduate proved spectacularly out of his depths in a federal courtroom, where evidence is the currency of the realm. “The Kobach trial shows that talk is cheap, and when incendiary claims are actually put on trial, oftentimes they can fall apart,” emailed election law expert Richard Hasen, author of “The Voting
Wars” and a law professor at the University of California, Irvine. “It is hard to think of a worse development for those who make false and exaggerated claims of voter fraud than the Kobach trial, which was really an ‘emperor has no clothes’ moment.” Has anyone taken note of Jeff Sessions’s wardrobe lately? The U.S. attorney general earlier this month filed suit against the State of California claiming that the state’s sanctuary policies seeking to shield undocumented immigrants from aggressive immigration enforcement are invalid — preempted by federal law. The suit is not just a “ political stunt,” as California Governor Jerry Brown called it. It sets up a legal clash between federal and state powers. On immigration issues, the feds should have the upper hand. But Sessions and his boss can’t seem to resist making stuff up. Neither can their experts. On March 20, the White House held a meeting on the evils of “sanctuary cities” that was designed to show the need for a federal crackdown. A guest at the meeting, Sacramento Sheriff Scott
Jones, claimed there were “spectacular failures every single day” in California because of sanctuary laws that he said enable known criminals to go free and victimize innocents. In effect, Jones provided local confirmation of what Sessions and Trump have been saying in Washington. Except as Jones’s hometown paper, the Sacramento Bee, pointed out, Jones has been saying something very different back home. Give us a break. This is the same Sheriff Scott Jones who last month reported that Sacramento County’s crime rate dropped 24 percent over the last five years. So much for American carnage. Speaking at the White House, Jones was not under oath. He presented no evidence. He wasn’t cross examined. But if Sessions should bring such hokey claims to federal court in California, he’s likely to find himself reeling like Kobach in Kansas. There is little evidence to support the arguments – at the racial core of Trump’s political promise — that undocumented immigrants produce spikes in violence. What scant evi-
dence exists is vigorously disputed and, much like the claims of the votefraud charlatans, quite likely to shrink in size, scope and significance under the scrutiny of a federal trial. The judicial system has largely held firm against the various calumnies of the Trump administration. The Muslim ban, conjured of bigotry, incompetence and expediency, was the administration’s first hapless foray into the evidence-based world. Eventually, the administration tailored its arguments to survive in court. Yet Kobach’s humiliation last week in Kansas, before a federal judge appointed by President George W. Bush, suggests that, for some tenets of the Trump creed, the shadowy gulf between the assertion and the evidence is unbridgeable. The U.S. attorney general has vastly more legal firepower at his command than the Kansas secretary of state. And Sessions may not be foolish enough to attempt to prove the administration’s bogus claims in court. If he does, another round of evidence-based humiliation awaits.
Parking continues to be an issue on campus The Statesman Staff Editorial Parking has often been a contentious issue on campus. This week, the pay lot outside Jones and Hines Halls was converted into a staff lot. This is due to construction materials for the College of Health and Human Services being stored in another staff lot on campus, resulting in that lot being closed. The lot will remain a staff lot until the summer of 2019, when construction on the building completes.
Some students were taken by surprise by the sudden lot reassignment. Indiana State University Communications and Marketing sent out an email on Monday that explained the change, but a lot of students didn’t know to look there for lot closing information, particularly since the majority of lot closing information is sent out via dedicated emails to notify students. The change is inconvenient for some students, mainly ones who are only on campus for a few hours at a time per day.
While the lot is officially designated as a visitor/pay lot, some of those students may prefer to park in that pay lot as opposed to spending the money on a parking pass, since they may only need to be on campus for up to two hours at a particular time. Of course, ISU Parking very likely took that into account when converting the lot, and while staff members absolutely do need parking too, it would have been appreciated if the student body had been warned more adequately, as opposed to a
bullet point in a list of other announcements. This is especially true since it is such a long closing. At the end of the day, it feels like some of students’ parking options are being taken away in order to complete construction. Students have lost a parking lot for the 2018 school year, even if it was just a small, 2 hour-limit pay lot. And while staff parking is incredibly important, the parking situation for a student body that takes in record numbers of freshmen every year is also a huge concern.
Editorial Board
Friday, Mar. 23, 2018 Indiana State University
www.indianastatesman.com
Volume 125 Issue 63
Grace Harrah Editor-in-Chief statesmaneditor@isustudentmedia.com Rileigh McCoy News Editor statesmannews@isustudentmedia.com Joe Lippard Opinions Editor statesmanopinions@isustudentmedia.com Claire Silcox Features Editor statesmanfeatures@isustudentmedia.com Andrew Doran Sports Editor statesmansports@isustudentmedia.com Danielle Guy Photo Editor statesmanphotos@isustudentmedia.com Ashley Sebastian Chief Copy Editor The Indiana Statesman is the student newspaper of Indiana State University. It is published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the academic school year. Two special issues are published during the summer. The paper is printed by the Tribune Star in Terre Haute, Ind.
Opinions Policy The opinions page of the Indiana Statesman offers an opportunity for the Indiana State University community to express its views. The opinions, individual and collective, expressed in the Statesman and the student staff’s selection or arrangement of content do not necessarily reflect the attitudes of the university, its Board of Trustees, administration, faculty or student body. The Statesman editorial board writes staff editorials and makes final decisions about news content. This newspaper serves as a public forum for the ISU community. Make your opinion heard by submitting letters to the editor at statesmanopinions@isustudentmedia.com. Letters must be fewer than 500 words and include year in school, major and phone number for verification. Letters from non-student members of the campus community must also be verifiable. Letters will be published with the author’s name. The Statesman editorial board reserves the right to edit letters for length, libel, clarity and vulgarity.
indianastatesman.com VOTING FROM PAGE 1 and the electoral process as a whole. “Most of the voters coming I see coming in to register are senior citizens,” said Long. “I wish younger voters would realize how important these state and local elections are, because they will determine how their counties are run.” Only one U.S Senate seat and one U.S Representative seat to represent Indiana are eligible to vote for, while the rest of the offices consist of state and local positions. Long stated how important it was for voters, especially young voters to study these local candidates. “It’s very important for young voters to study these candidates and to vote based on who they feel would represent them the best, as opposed to just voting blindly for whom their parents voted for,” said Long. The Vigo County Election Board, along with Long wants younger voters to become a stronger voting bloc. One of the relatively easy ways to do this, is to make sure that younger voters vote in the county that they are registered to vote in. Leanna Moore, Joyce Raley, Jamie Auterson, and Jaymie Duerlinger, who are all a part of the Election Board, explained that in the past students have been unable to vote because they were already registered to vote in their home county. It is against the law in all fifty states to be registered to vote in more than one county. Raley, who’s the Election
UCLA FROM PAGE 2 more staff to handle complaints, expanded training about sexual harassment, imposed reporting requirements for suspected misconduct and improved communication about the status of cases. UCLA and other University of California campuses also have hired confidential advocates to support survivors of sexual misconduct, and Salvaty has moved on to become the university’s first system-wide Title IX coordinator. Glasgow felt it was important not to give up. “I wanted to make an example of myself that even when you’re not heard the first time, you can be heard the second time,” she said. “I wanted to show that the Title IX path could actually work for people. I wanted to prevent this professor from ever teaching again.” The second time around, it
Friday, March. 23, 2018 • Page 5 Board’s office manager encourages students to get in contact with their county clerk’s office to provide them with alternate voting options, if voting in person for them is not plausible. “Students have the ability to fill out absentee ballots and mail them to their county clerk’s office, so that they can vote from the comfort of their dorm or local place of residence while they are at school,” said Raley. Board members also suggest that if voters want to know ahead of time which candidates they would be voting for, that a sample ballot could be found online at www.vigocounty.in.gov. The board believes that having informed voters will lead to a higher voter turnout in general, however their main emphasis for this primary election is focused on younger voters. The Board’s goal is for voter turnout to improve by 3-4 percent and for the on campus voting center that will be located in the Dede Activity Center on Election Day, will go to good use. The voting center on campus is not only open to students, but also anyone else who are registered to vote in Vigo County. The on campus voting center is just one of 21different voting centers that voters may choose to cast their ballot at, the other 20 voting locations are listed on the Vigo County website. All voters need to bring with them is a driver’s license or state ID so that their vote can be counted at the polls. “Your vote really does matter, all these representatives from congressmen, to your governor, and to the president, affect your everyday life,” the board stated. wasn’t only that Salvaty listened deeply and clearly explained the investigative process. Officials kept Glasgow updated on her case. They got her the support of a confidential advocate. Last spring, Glasgow received news that she won her claim. Last week, just over a decade after her first encounter with Piterberg, she learned that he finally had lost his job. In a statement, UCLA said that the Title IX findings had been referred to the Academic Senate, which urged the university and Piterberg to negotiate a settlement. “I cried, I laughed, I screamed,” she said. “It was 10 years of 10,000 pounds of weight off my shoulders.” As news of her victory spread, Glasgow said, a female graduate student texted her a picture of her 1-year-old daughter with the message: “My daughter wants to thank you.”
To place a classified ad call: (812) 237-3025 fax us: (812) 237-7629 stop by the office: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Room 143, HMSU or send us an email: Stacey.McCallister@indstate.edu
FOR RENT
HERDTORY FROM PAGE 1 to find the history of individuals like her. “I attended because I am a woman who is queer and black and I wanted to meet others like me. I wanted to be here and show that I identify, that I exist. It’s also important to get your information out to share with peers and how they can support others who identify as that,”
REPAIRS FROM PAGE 1 with the parking lots, others do. “I wish there were closer spots to my building,” stated by Samantha Shepherd, freshman, “the construction all around makes it a little bit more difficult to come and go frequently. The spots aren’t so bad, just the location of the lots.” Some students, such as Kyle Pietras, had some
HALL FROM PAGE 6 on the year as Hall mentored MAC Freshman of the Year Bravo-Harriott to postseason honors. Despite graduating the most successful class in school history the previous year, Hall and the Rockets still tied for second place in the MAC West Division standings with a 16-16 (9-9 MAC) mark during the 201314 season. Hall’s biggest impact came in the production of senior Brianna Jones who produced double-digit points in 20 of 30 games, averaging 10.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. Success was found quickly in her first year at Toledo as the Rockets captured its second MAC regular season championship in three years, as well as securing a berth in the WNIT for a fourth consecutive season. The Rockets compiled a 29-4 record, the best single-season mark in UT annals, including a 15-1 MAC ledger, the third time in school history it posted such a mark. Their 29 wins tied for the most in school history and second in MAC record books. The Rockets breached the Top 25 polls for the first time in over a decade, ranking 25th early in March. Hall went to Toledo following one season at New Mexico, where she was responsible for post-player development, practice and game management, skills training, staff development and program supervision, scheduling and fundraising. While with the Lobos, she helped mentor All-Mountain West Conference performers Porche Torrance and Caroline
FOR RENT
Rates Per Issue 20 words or less Classified Rate is $7 Frequency Discount $6 ISU Organization $5 Extra words are 15¢ each.
ONE BLOCK FROM CAMPUS!
Studios, 1 BDRM-10 BDRM houses available. Lots of variety Find your unique space Call for details! 812-877-1146 or SharpFlats@gmail.com SharpFlats.com Check us out on Facebook: SharpFlats, LLC
Close to campus! Extra nice homes Lower rent for additional people. Call 812-232-6977
Two bedroom apartment available. All utilites included excexpt electric Washer & Dryer included. $362.50 per person Above Corey’s Fine Footware 515 Wabash Call Lou 812-249-6694
Nice 2 bedroom house. Fridge, stove, DW, W/D, AC. 1.2 miles north of campus. Close to Collett Park. $550 per month plus deposit. Pets Welcome 1922 N. 10th St. 812-894-2015
Some close to campus! NO PETS ALLOWED Call Gibson Apartments 812-234-4884
Greece before returning stateside for stints with the Colorado Xplosion (1998-99) and Nashville Noise (1999-2000) of the ABL and the Cleveland Rockers (2000-01) and Los Angeles Sparks (2002) of the WNBA. She also spent seven years playing for teams in Italy, France and Israel, helping lead Pool Comense to the ‘Final Four’ in Italy in 2006. Hall also spent several years as a member of the United States National Team. She was part of the squad that won the 1990 World Championship in Malaysia. She also won gold with Team USA at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle. A sought-after prospect out of Brebeuf High School, Hall was named the 1988 Indiana ‘Miss Basketball’ and received the Gatorade and Naismith National Player of the Year as a senior. A 2015 inductee into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, she scored 1,755 points in high school and graduated as the state’s seventh all-time leading girls’ scorer. Hall went on to letter four years at Texas (1988-93) and was named to the Southwest Conference All-Decade Team for the 1990s. She was part of four straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and wrapped up her collegiate career ranked in the Top 11 in school history in eight categories — three-point field-goal percentage (.404, 3rd), total points (1,831, 6th), three-point field goals (115, 6th), points per game (15.6, tied for 6th), field goals (718, 7th), overall rebounds (887, 7.6, 8th), free throws (280, 11th) and free throws attempted (417, 11th). By Athletic Media Relations
Deadlines For Monday Issues: 3 p.m. Thursday For Wednesday issues: 3p.m. Monday For Friday issues: 3 p.m. Wednesday
FOR RENT
3, 4 & 5 BEDROOM HOUSES
NOW RENTING FOR SUMMER OR FALL! 1 – 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS
icized because who and how I love when all I ask is to just BE!” “There are more trans, queer black women living out loud,” Williams said. “They were always there, but once I’m here, there’s no denying my existence. Now we’re everywhere.” “Know the facts and do not spit out the information like you know it, it’s hurtful when you do,” Tarvin said. “You don’t have to agree with me but you have to respect me for who I am.”
interesting ideas about some changes he would like to see around campus. “I don’t see a lot of people using Wolfe Field,” said Pietras. “Maybe they could tear it down and relocate it somewhere else, such as the Arena, and make the old area additional parking for Rhoads and Mills students.” Many students and staff are looking forward to less construction, along with the new changes occurring to better our campus.
Durbin. Torrance was named the MWC Defensive Player of the Year, as well as selected to the All-Defensive Team and thirdteam all-league, while Durbin earned a spot on the first-team. UNM advanced to the championship game of the 2012 MWC Tournament. She arrived in Albuquerque from Miami, Ohio, where Hall served two years as an assistant coach. She assisted with scheduling, practice and game administration, post-player and guard development, pre-season conditioning, high school and junior college recruiting, academic support and fundraising during her time in Oxford. Hall worked with All-MAC selections Courtney Osborn and Kirsten Olowinski with the RedHawks. Osborn was a two-time third-team all-conference selection and the 2010 MAC Freshman of the Year, while Olowinski garnered a spot on the MAC All-Freshman Team and was named honorable mention All-MAC. Hall received her start in coaching as the head coach for Bank Leumi in the Women’s ‘B’ League in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2002-03. She assumed leadership of a struggling program halfway through the season and improved the team’s sixth-place ranking to finish second. Hall developed and coordinated the team’s offensive and defensive play with the aid of no assistant coaches by integrating the previous coach’s philosophy with her new ideas to create an improved team strategy. Following an extensive 16-year professional career, Hall entered the coaching profession. As a player, Hall spent time overseas with teams in Switzerland and
CLASSIFIEDS
NOW RENTING FOR SUMMER & FALL
AVAILABLE MAY 1st
Robin Tarvin, junior recreational therapy major at ISU said. “Intersectionality is important! When I walk out that door in the morning, I am black, lesbian and a woman,” Williams said. “Some days I want to leave behind one of those at home, but I can’t. They make me who I am.” Her poster for the event explained what it means to be a queer woman as: “to be a black lesbian/queer woman means I am judged, criticized and polit-
Sudoku answers from Wednesday’s issue
The Samurai of Puzzles by The Mepham Group
SPORTS
Page 6
Friday, March. 23, 2018
Athletic Media Relations
Jamie Murtagh in men’s high jump and Taylor Austin in the women’s 3K earned conferece titles.
Outdoor track and field season starts friday Garrett Short Reporter
After a successful indoor season where both the men’s and the women’s teams finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference, the Indiana State track and field team opens the outdoor season this weekend with a meet at Southern Illinois. ISU had a strong showing in the MVC Indoor Championships a month ago. The Sycamores came away with a few confer-
ence titles including Jamie Murtagh in the men’s high jump and Taylor Austin in the women’s 3K. Head Coach Angela Martin is excited about what her team can carry over from the indoor season to the outdoor season. “We showed that we have some very competitive athletes during the indoor season,” said Martin. “On the men’s side, our seniors have worked very hard and are motivated to lead our team. On the women’s side, we showed
that we have some very talented athletes that will fight for conference championships.” The team gets their first taste of the outdoor season at Southern Illinois on Friday. It’s been a month since ISU last competed. A lot of training and preparation has been done getting ready for the Bill Cornell Classic in Carbondale, Illinois. Martin is excited about the start of a new season and seeing how her team has progressed in the recent weeks.
“Our meet at Southern Illinois is a great meet to get our feet wet and compete in some events that we haven’t since last outdoor season,” said Martin. “We will get to see a lot of Illinois schools and test out how our training has gone the last four weeks.” The Sycamores will be taking on multiple schools at the meet including Western Illinois and Big Ten opponent Illinois. The start of a new season means a clean slate for ISU. Martin believes that
the seniors on the roster will make the transition to the outdoor season seamless. “Our men’s leadership is strong,” said Matin. “We have great seniors that are leading by example such as Jamie Murtagh, Tristan Parmley, Daley Carter and Hunter Schuman.” While the amount of veterans on the men has led to success, depth has been the key for the women’s team. ISU had over 10 women earn All-MVC honors at the conference
indoor championships. The meet at Southern Illinois this weekend is the first of a long outdoor season for Martin’s team. ISU has eight meets this outdoor season and will travel all over the country. In the coming weeks they will travel to California, Mississippi and Alabama. A strong start to the outdoor season would help as the Sycamores look to improve on their second place finishes in the indoor season.
Vicki Hall Named Head Women’s Basketball Coach A Hoosier High School legend has returned home. Vicki Hall, the state’s 1988 Miss Basketball honoree, a three-time All-Southwest Conference player and a world champion with the U.S. National Team, was named the eighth head women’s basketball coach at Indiana State University on March 21. University President Dr. Deborah Curtis and Athletics Director Sherard Clinkscales made the announcement Wednesday on the Indiana State University campus. “I am blessed to welcome to Indiana State a leader that I have admired as both a friend and a fan for over 30 years,” Clinkscales said. “Vicki Hall is a true teacher of the game who understands that success is determined by a constant and unrelenting dedication to excellence. She has been a winner at every level of her career. Her commitment to developing the total student-athlete is more than a cliché. Vicki will bring a bound and determined work ethic to the team that will resonate within the community and bring excitement back to Sycamore Women’s Basketball.” Hall joins the Sycamore family after spending six seasons as the associate head coach at Toledo where she helped lead the Rockets to an average of over 20 wins per year and four postseason appearances while in the Mid-American Conference. She was responsible for scheduling, post- and guard-player development, international recruiting, academic support and opponent scouting, among other things, while at Toledo. “I’m so humbled and excited to come home to Indiana State University and be the next head coach,” Hall said of her appointment. “I couldn’t imagine being a part of a better program and university. To work with Sherard Clinkscales is a dream come true. Basketball has been my life. Throughout my career I have worked very hard as an assistant coach and associate head
coach and to now have this opportunity to be a head coach, I am honored. I can guarantee one thing – no one will work harder than we do.” She has also played a key role in expanding the Rockets’ recruiting scope to England (Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott), Italy (Mariella Santucci), Canada (Sarah St-Fort), Minnesota (Michaela Rasmussen), Illinois (Mikaela Boyd), Mississippi (Olivia Cunningham) and North Carolina (Zaria Wright). “Today begins a new era for Indiana State Women’s Basketball,” said Dr. Curtis. “I am pleased to welcome Vicki Hall to the Sycamore athletics family as our new head coach for women’s basketball. She brings a wealth of experience and success at every level to this role, and we wish her the best in leading Indiana State to new heights. My husband, Lynn, and I are looking forward to cheering on the Sycamores under her leadership.” Under Hall’s assistant, Toledo made postseason appearances in four of her six years on staff and the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 16 years when she helped lead the program to a 25-9 (12-6 MAC) record during the 2016-17 season, claiming the MAC Tournament Championship. That came a year before a trip to the Women’s NIT, one of three MAC teams in the tournament. Being recruited and coached by Hall seemingly blazed a clear path to all-conference honors for Rockets players. Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott claimed all-conference honors every year after being named the 2015 MAC Freshman of the Year. Another Hall-guided Rocket, Mariella Santucci, was named the MAC’s Freshman of the Year in 2017 while also being named to the league’s all-tournament team. In all, Hall guided over 10 All-MAC First, Second or Third Team selections and multiple Freshman of the Year honorees. The 2017-18 season at
Toledo, Hall’s last before moving to Indiana State, marked the Rockets’ fourth postseason trip in her six years in northwest Ohio. Toledo finished the year 18-15 (8-10 MAC) and once again posted a firstround win in the WNIT. Junior Kaayla McIntyre earned third-team AllMAC honors and for the third straight year she led the MAC in field goal percentage (.624, 126-for202) in league games. Her full season shooting mark of .631 (209 of 331) ranks seventh nationally and her career mark of .626 puts her in the running for a new school record. Hall helped guide Toledo back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 16 years in an impressive 25-9 (12-6 MAC) campaign during the 2016-17 season. The Rockets earned the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championships after winning the MAC Tournament for the first time since 2001 and the eighth time in school history. Mikaela Boyd was named the MAC Tournament MVP and was joined on the all-tournament team by Marielle Santucci. Individually, Janice Monakana secured second team All-MAC honors while Bravo-Harriott and Boyd claimed third team accolades and Santucci was named to the All-Freshman Team. In 2015-16, Hall helped the Rockets to a 17-13 (12-6 MAC) mark and coached Kaayla McIntyre to MAC Co-Sixth Player of the Year honors. Also an All-Freshman honoree, McIntyre shot a single-season league-record 64.3 percent (81-of-126) from the floor. Additionally, Janice Monakana and Bravo-Harriott garnered honorable mention allleague honors. Hall helped the Rockets return to the postseason in 2014-15 as Toledo advanced to the WNIT and won its first-round game for the fifth consecutive time. The Rockets were 19-14 (10-8 MAC) overall
HALL CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
Athletic Media Relations
Tyler Whitbread (26) highlighted the game by matching his career hig h with six strikeouts.
Sycamores back home for weekend series Sherrod Reed Reporter
This Friday our Sycamore baseball team will take on Xavier University here at home on Bob Warren Field. This three game series will be an exciting one, especially since Indiana State has proven victorious in two of their last three weekend series. In addition to these triumphs, their 10-8 win over Eastern Illinois University has officially put our Sycamores on a seven game win streak! Xavier University took a loss to the University of Kentucky during a midweek showdown on their home turf. The Musketeers did get within one (5-4) after the fourth inning but Kentucky managed to put up 15 unanswered runs to win it 20-4. The game was called after the eighth in-
ning due to cold weather and fading light, and so the Ohio players ambled back to their dugout with heavy heads. That loss would break the three-game win streak they had going, and at the same time, break the Kentucky Wildcats fourgame losing streak. The Sycamores seem to be playing with an energy that has not yet been seen from them this season, as they continue to nurture the positive streak they have going for themselves. On Tuesday, during their game against Eastern Illinois, Tyler Whitbread highlighted the evening by matching his career high with six strikeouts in three innings. Senior Ethan Larrison recorded his sixth save of the year after closing out the final two and two-thirds of the contest. He finished with four strikeouts while Dane
Giesler, Clay Dungan and Jarrod Watkins contributed two hits apiece, helping push the danger into the Panthers and end the game early. This weekend tremors with the excitement of two talented teams facing off for another high stakes series win. Both clubs are looking to better their record as it should be a game three deciding factor on who will come out on top for the series win. Due to inclement weather in the forecast, Xavier baseball has announced its weekend games at ISU will now actually begin with a doubleheader March 23 at 1p.m. The first pitch of game two will follow only 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one, and game three will remain as scheduled on Sunday, March 25 at 1 p.m.