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FUNDS UNDERWATER ISU Foundation has less money to give to department scholarships

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Indiana State University students will have a significantly lower amount of scholarship money available to them this year through the university.

That’s because the ISU Foundation, the organization charged with managing the university’s investment funds, has less money to give to the university.

The handling of university funds by its foundation is a typical practice around the nation. At the University of WisconsinMadison, the foundation is “the official fund-raising and gift receiving” entity for the university, according to its website. That university’s foundation provides “assurance that 100 percent of a gift will be placed in an account” to be used in the department of the donor’s choosing.

President Daniel J. Bradley said the ISU Foundation’s overspending is to blame for the lack of funds this year and by cutting back on the money that is available for scholarships, the foundation has a chance to recover. In some cases, it may take more than one year to fully recover, he said.

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The ISU foundation will be reducing the amount of money for scholarships in the upcoming year to give underwater accounts a chance to recover (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Bradley said the ISU Foundation “continued to spend out of some of the funds when they were down,” causing a shortfall in money for the scholarships. Bradley said there has been “no impropriety, but I think in retrospective they wish they had better policies.”

“It is more accurate to say that continued spending occurred, rather than overspending,” said Catherine Saunders, executive vice president of advancement of the ISU Foundation. “Scholarship funds that dipped below the historic gift value as a result of the 2008 market performance continued to be awarded. By continuing to award scholarships some funds were not able to rebound and return to what we now consider an awardable state, above the historic gift value.”

Saunders said the foundation has “found no evidence of any misappropriation of scholarship dollars.”

The question of available funds comes on the heels of a difficult year for the ISU Foundation.

Former Foundation President Gene Crume resigned his position without notice on April 5, 2012 and cited no reasons for the resignation.

A news release issued by the ISU Foundation board of directors stated only that it had accepted Crume’s resignation “so he can pursue other opportunities.” Crume held the position with the foundation for five years.

Saunders said there is “no association” between the financial problems affecting the foundation presently and Crume’s tenure at the foundation. While she said that it is foundation policy not to comment on personnel issues with the public, she can describe the previous foundation leadership’s spending policies as “aggressive” and “less than prudent” Crume was unable to be reached for comment on two separate occasions.

On Aug. 7, ISU graduate and former ISU Board of Trustees member Ron Carpenter assumed leadership of the foundation and has shifted the organization’s focus on a more “prudent” path, Saunders said.

At the time, ISU Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman Brent Beeler said Carpenter’s nonprofit management and fundraising experience helped make him the choice selection for the role.

Since Carpenter assumed the position, two positions within the ISU Alumni Association —an arm of the foundation—and four development officers have left their positions.

However, Saunders said this is typical when an organization changes leadership.

“Every departure has its own unique story,”

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The ISU Foundation “continued to spend out of some of the funds when they were down ... I think in retrospective they wish they had better policies.”

Daniel J. Bradley, ISU president Saunders said.

Carpenter said that at the time of his appointment the foundation was moving into a post-campaign season. With the completion of the “March On!” campaign that raised over $85 million for the university, the foundation’s structure changed, which is not uncommon following the end of a campaign.

Carpenter said he wanted to really focus on growing the university’s endowments, especially those that were underwater. This can mean reducing—or at times freezing—spending from

accounts that are underwater.

“In the future, the payout will be restricted to a certain percentage, four percent is the proposed amount, and if, because of market issues, the fund falls below their target then no award will be made that year,” Bradley said.

The foundation is also considering reducing fees on endowments to promote growth of underwater funds. Saunders said the proposal to restrict payout could have been done back in 2009 when the market recession negatively impacted endowments.

“At that time it was a priority to maintain the rate of funding [endowment distributions] to the university,” Saunders said.

Carpenter said that a possible reason for the previous administration to continue spending out of underwater funds was because the foundation was in the midst of a multiyear, multi-million dollar campaign and the university was looking for support to increase enrollment and retention.

“Both of those issues led to the fact that there was still a willingness to allow certain scholarships that were underwater to be awarded to attract and to retain some of the students,” Carpenter said.

Carpenter said that campaigns benefit the university greatly as potentially larger endowments are given to the foundation for the university which can be used to fund scholarships, or the “brick and mortar” to develop campus and university programs.

He added that it is not uncommon that while the 2007-09 recession occurred, higher education institutions continued to spend even though some funds were underwater.

“Theoretically, probably the most prudent thing to do will be to allow those [underwater accounts] to come back, but, unfortunately, like a lot of universities and colleges in higher ed they have ongoing needs to maintain certain levels of giving which relate to also the different projects that the campaign was intended to give some support,” Carpenter said.

Now that the campaign has concluded, priorities have shifted to ensure that funds are always available, Carpenter said.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 The university will contribute $300,000 to supplement departmental scholarships to help, Bradley said. The top priority would be to supply funds for those students with renewable scholarships.

Bradley said he understands that the reduced funds “hurts” but he still supports the ISU Foundation’s decision to reduce the amount of awards.

“The university will be funding a limited number of underwater scholarships,” Saunders said.

In addition, the foundation is working with donors to provide gifts to help support the underwater funds. As a result, some funds are slowly on the way to recovery.

Bradley said that the impact of reduced scholarship money will vary “dramatically” across departments and each will have to be evaluated on the graveness of the situation.

The lack of funds is little consolation throughout the university where departments are left without the ability to entice quality performers to their programs with the promise of needed scholarships. Only tentative figures have been released from the foundation, so the exact amount of scholarship money lost is yet to be determined.

Associate professor Stephen Aldrich, who oversees the scholarship committee within the department of earth and environmental systems, said three awards given each year and valued at $2,700 will not be awarded this year.

“Not being able to award scholarships really hurts the students,” he said. “It is unfortunate.”

The decline in scholarship funding is not a new experience for the department, he said, and during the 2011-2012 school year, funding was also lower than expected.

The English department distributes approximately 20 scholarships annually with the Hazel Tesh Pfennig Memorial Scholarship, dating back to the mid-1980s, having as many as 10 recipients annually.

English Department Chairman Rob Perrin said that a near-challenge for the department would be to decide whether to distribute the same number of scholarships as previous years with fewer dollars or decrease the number of scholarships offered.

In his experience thus far at ISU, Perrin said this is the

“Not being able to award scholarships really hurts the students.”

Stephen Aldrich, associate professor and chair of the scholarship committee for earth and environmental systems first time the department has had such a drop in available scholarship funds.

“We will be distributing most of our scholarships, but some with multiple recipients will have to be adjusted,” Perrin said.

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Doctoral student conducts research with international scientists

Pictured above is the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling Resolution, where Indiana State doctoral student Ashley Burkett spent seven weeks conducting research (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Jennifer Sicking ISU Communications and Marketing For seven weeks, Ashley Burkett lived and worked on a floating laboratory far above where two tectonic plates collide under the Pacific Ocean.

The research ship, Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling Resolution, allowed Burkett and other scientists from around the globe to drill about 1,000 meters below the ocean’s floor and pull up samples to learn more about the area where one plate dives beneath another and creates earthquakes.

“Scientists on board were really interested in looking at plate dynamics, causes of earthquakes in the region and how seafloor erosion is affecting the generation of earthquakes,” said the Indiana State University doctoral student in spatial and earth sciences.

In the fall, Burkett, who completed her master’s degree at ISU in 2011, participated in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, which is a consortium of international scientists working together on one project. Burkett represented the

United States in micropaleontology by examining samples for benthic foraminifera, a single-celled, shelled organism that provides insight into the history of environmental change.

“It’s quite an honor to be chosen to represent the United States on this international cruise,” said Tony Rathburn, Indiana State professor of geology and Burkett’s advisor.

“They had other options and yet they chose her over more experienced people because they had confidence, not only in her, but in her training and experience here.”

For Burkett, the experience proved to be one more link in a long chain of research experiences that has included a deep sea dive in the Alvin submersible off the coast of Costa Rica, two expeditions off the coast of Australia, three research cruises off of the California and Oregon coasts and research at the Natural History Museum in London. She also has been invited to speak at an international conference in Germany.

“Being here at ISU has provided me with experiential

learning and many first-hand opportunities to go out there and collect samples, but then also to rub elbows with other researchers,” she said.

Rathburn said that the amount of opportunities for Burkett and other students have “snowballed” because of experiential learning.

“I think that is very evident in Ashley’s record and this IODP expedition will likely lead to additional opportunities for her and add more icing on the cake,” he said.

During the weeks of the IODP cruise, in which the scientists could often see Costa Rica’s coast from the ship, Burkett worked in 12-hour shifts from noon to midnight, alternating with other foraminifera researchers from Japan and Spain.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 When the drilling rig on the ship pulled up the core samples, “scientists would run to the table and take a first look at things and say, ‘Oh, this is interesting’,” Burkett said.

“We divvy up the sampling and the responsibilities of things.”

Some of the 34 scientists onboard looked at sediments, others looked at the magnetic grains within the core while geochemists investigated the core’s water chemistry.

“Then there is my group, which is the micro-paleontologist. We look at the micro-fossils that are in the sediment cores and we can tell things about the environment and/or about the time period based off the micro-fossils we find in the core,” Burkett said. “If you’re not at the microscope, then you are writing up your results. If you’re not doing that, then you are researching and trying to make the basic interpretations that you can because it’s a real delicate balance between ‘what do I have time for’ and ‘what is the best job I can possibly do’ because these data are dispersed on a global scale.”

While working with Rathburn, Burkett has

examined living foraminifera. However, with the IODP, she followed the fossil trail back to the Miocene Period.

“I just looked at it as an opportunity to use my research results as modern analogs and apply them to a realm in paleoceanography that I had no real previous exposure to,” she said.

Burkett’s diverse training and opportunities come as part of Rathburn’s teaching philosophy.

“The training program that I use in the lab and in the field is designed to increase confidence, to give folks hands-on experience and to get them up the next level,” he said.

Burkett said Rathburn holds the students he works with to a higher standard.

As a doctoral student, Rathburn’s approach means Burkett maintains the laboratory, mentors students and teaches a class.

“I want to go into academia so the ability to teach a class here at ISU is kind of unique because that is not really required for most Ph. D. programs,” she said.

While Burkett has worked as a teaching assistant, this spring she is teaching her first class. Excited about crafting the class lessons, Burkett also felt nervous about the possibility of the students asking questions that she couldn’t answer.

“I have really enlarged my scope of basic knowledge going into that class by making sure I study all the different aspects of the topic so when they ask a question I can answer it,” she said.

From teaching to research, Burkett said she has had multiple opportunities because of Indiana State.

“There aren’t a lot of programs where graduate students are as exposed to some of these things as they are here, which is something really great about this department and ISU,” she said.

“There aren’t a lot of programs where graduate students are exposed to some of these things as they are here, which is something really great about this department and ISU. ” Ashley Burkett, doctoral student at ISU

Above: The drilling rig on the Resolution. Left: ISU doctoral student Ashley Burkett with a core sample. (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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The movement of our generation Every generation has their own great civil rights movement. When our parents were young, movements focused on African-Americans, and years before they focused on Alice women. generation, Brumfield weForhaveourthe gay rights Through movement.

This movement has been the going on for years, but for Looking many of us, we didn’t really realize it until Glass we got into high school and started to pay attention to it.

Suddenly, everyone had an opinion on something that hadn’t really been an issue that affected the majority of us before.

Where I grew up, gay people have been frowned upon for years.

In a small, rural area, we didn’t see much of the real world. We were shielded away from the big world, and anything that wasn’t considered “normal” was regarded with suspicion and sometimes even downright meanness.

One day, in my sophomore year, the Gay Straight Alliance Club that had been formed by a new teacher at our school had a day of silence for those who have been bullied and beaten for being gay. The students that participated cut off red duct tape and stuck it to their clothes, taking a vow of silence for the remainder of the school day.

Many wrote things like “Gay Pride” or “Stop Bullying” on their tape, bringing further attention to their cause.

Not even halfway through the school day, a group of boys and girls cut strips of

silver duct tape and wrote “Straight Pride” on them, openly mocking those who were participating in the Day of Silence. I was amazed by the reactions that everyone was having to this. People were getting so angry on both sides that it came to the principal telling everyone to take off their tape and continue the day normally. What should’ve been a peaceful assembly turned into an anger-filled day.

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Looking back, this Day of Silence has stuck with me. Even then, I was a staunch advocate of freedom of speech.

When the GSA kids put on their red tape, I thought that it was good they were protesting

bullying. They were using their First Amendment rights to their full advantage and not being rude about it in any way.

However, when the kids with the “straight pride” tape came up, I couldn’t really tell them they couldn’t do that. While they were being completely rude to these kids who did nothing to them, they weren’t being violent. They were protesting a protest. It was a dickish way to do it, but they were also invoking their First Amendment. I couldn’t tell them not to. The most that I could do was to say to stop being so rude.

I would like to say that our school grew to be more mature after that, but they never really did.

While there were many more supporters of gay rights than non-supporters, the GSA ended up not being able to meet during our activity period during school hours.

Instead, they had to meet before or after school. They weren’t the only ones who had to do this. All of the religious clubs got kicked out as well because they couldn’t play well together.

This caused even stronger feelings of animosity between supporters and non-supporters.

In the years that have followed, I have noticed that many people are much more likely to be supportive of the gay rights movement. In 2004, only 30 percent of Americans said that they were supportive of gay rights. Less than a decade later, the Huffington Post reports, that number has climbed to 60 percent.

Nowadays, the majority of people are pretty adamant in the fact that if you love someone, you should be able to marry them. It’s pretty cut and dry for us. People are people, no matter your race, sexuality or faith.

There are all kinds of politics behind movements such as this, but perhaps the

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Don’t lose sight of your dreams We are in the final stretch of the semester and a large portion of our students will be transitioning into the workforce. Like millions upon millions before them, this is not only an exciting and relieving time, but also a scary and intimidating one.

Gary Rizzo But no matter how scared they are with the coming changes, there is still Wear that fire in them that fuels their passion Sunscreen for this new chapter and all the amazing things that come with it.

However, they are also prone to fall into a pattern that is all too common with persons in their mid-20s; Though they begin with a drive and desire not seen in many older workers, recent entries into the working world will eventually slip into a “zombified” state where their new goal will be to simply wake up each morning, work as long as is needed and then go home.

Many of us have read a surplus of literature on honor, freedom, principles and truth. These values shape our ideals in college and set us forth on what we believe to be a virtuous path. It seems as though we are prone to outgrow any dreams we have to make a change in this world.

Reality beats us into submission and we back down to the point where we just want to make it to the weekend.

Since I finished high school, I have worked in many different places from lumber yards and warehouses to retail sales floors and banks, and everywhere I have worked there have been many older workers who seem to walk around half dead. They talked of the dreams they once had and the plans they never implemented.

The mantra they shared was “that is just the way life is.”

Why does life have to be dictated to us in a certain way? Why do we need to let our dreams die?

Recently, I have been learning more about a young woman named Sophie Scholl who was a part of the not

so famous group called The White Rose. This was a group of protesters who spoke out against the National Socialist German Worker’s Party (also known as the Nazis) and their totalitarian rule.

When she was 21 (yes, she would have been in her junior year here at ISU) Sophie Scholl was arrested for her protests and executed that same day.

Again, she was 21 years old and died standing up to one of the most atrocious organizations the world has ever seen.

Are you willing to die for anything at this age?

Throughout our college life we are given fuel by professors and other aspects of the university that feed the fires of passion for us. This fire that fuels us to get through academia continues to fuel us in the working world but only for a short time. Eventually the fire is not fed as it once was and the only thing left is a little candle that keeps us holding on just long enough.

It will be worth it in the end One of the toughest parts of being a college student is a thought looming in the back of your mind: how will you pay off your student loans?

According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, out of 20 million college students nearly 12 million seek aid when paying for college. Even though the threat of having to pay off Kenzie for years is a scary idea, college is McAdams debt still a good investment in the long run.

Prove Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan, states that, not Them only does a college degree give you a Wrong higher stream of income, but it’s more recession-proof.

When it comes to thinking about college, more than likely you will end up having some type of debt. Put simply, college is expensive. However,

there are so many programs out there to help with paying for college as you go.

An article in The Washington Post shows that a 2010 study determined that one in six students at four-year schools who qualified for student loans did not take them out.

The result was that many of those students racked up high-interest credit card debt.

Either way, if you decide to go to college, you’re going to have to pay for it somehow. That is unless you’re lucky enough to have a full scholarship or a very rich uncle.

According to finaid.org, college students ended their senior year with $27,803 worth of debt. That may seem like a scary number, but receiving a good job after graduating and going into a lucrative field will soon help you pay that off.

While many choose not to attend college, research from Pew University shows that students who do attend

are making more than those who do not.

Businessinsider.com also reveals that the unemployment rate of high school graduates compared to those students with a bachelor’s degree or higher is nearly double.

These statistics show that even though student loans will give you some trouble, college is worth it when it comes to getting the job you want. Although everyone has the choice of deciding on if college is the right choice for them, it can increase your ability to get a job in the field you like.

I will be graduating with student loans and more than likely, you will too. However, your degree is not a waste.

Throughout our college years, we will learn and grow tremendously.

I am excited for the future even if that does mean that I will have to pay off loans.

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Amanda Marsh Reporter Indiana State students and faculty will have the opportunity to experience a performance that fuses music from across generations and around the world with the rhythmic beats of tap dancing shoes 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Tilson Auditorium.

TAP - The Show, a singing and tap dancing troupe will perform various forms of tap dance as part of their national performance tour starting at 7:30 p.m. Indiana is one stop as part of their nation-wide trek which

“The objective is to get people up on their feet and hopefully enjoy and better understand tap dance.”

Maria Logan, one of the singers for TAP - The Show

included stops in Texas and Virginia.

Audience members can expect various types of dances such as the flaminco, the tango and modern tap dance.

According to a press release the group “travels seamlessly over decades of styles from Broadway and big band to world music and pop/rock”.

“Be expecting lots of colorful and energetic performances,” Jennifer Cook, Hulman Center assistant director said.

Maria Logan, 26, from Nashville, Tenn. ,and one of the singers in the performance said one main goal of the group is to change how tap dance is perceived today.

“The objective is to get people up on their feet and hopefully enjoy and better understand tap dance,” Logan said.

The group started out in Hershey, Pa. in the summer of 2010 and continues to travel all over the country. The performance consists of eight dancers and two singers from a variety of backgrounds. In addition,

the group travels with a light and sound engineer.

TAP - The Show rehearsed for four weeks before starting their performances. “We have gotten a great response from people of all ages so we continue performing at different colleges, high schools and even for older folks,” Logan said. “We try to show tap dance as a new light and a specific art form, getting the crowd familiar with the diversification and fun that comes along with it.”

There will also be a pre-show at 6:30 p.m. which will include performances from local Terre Haute kids as well. The show is free for ISU students with an ID, $16 for adults, $5 for youth and $12 for ISU faculty members.

“The objective is to get people up on their feet and hopefully enjoy and better understand tap dance,” Logan said.

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Interactive program to raise awareness of equality issues ALEJANDRA COAR Reporter Residential Life’s Social Justice Committee and the ISU chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People aim to pull students out of their comfort zone and present them with an interactive experience of the injustices some groups have had to face.

From March 25-27 at 7 p.m. the Tunnel of Oppression program in the lower level of Pickerl Hall will subject students to what it is like to feel oppressed by literally surrounding students and observe various scenes of oppression.

“This interactive program is designed to introduce participants to the concepts of oppression, privilege and power as well as to encourage deeper thinking about issues of equality,” said Sarah Naji, assistant hall director for social justice programming . “Tunnel of Oppresion strives to give people a way to experience this oppression in a hands-on way.”

The event aims to send in students in groups of up to 15, taking them through a series of scenes of acts, monologues and presentations. While the scenes may be “disturbing to the viewers,” Naji said.

Freshman pre-dentistry major Tabitha Barham explains that as an actor, these scenes may be harder to act than to watch.

“I was not able to participate [in the Tunnel of Oppression], but as an actor I know that I internalize my roles and really feel what the character is feeling ... those emotions become real for me in that moment,” Barham said.

However, freshman art education major, Allen Zielinski, hones in on the importance of getting the message across in a proficient manner.

“People shouldn’t view this as a sort of haunted house where you sit back and watch, feel bad, then walk out and go about your day. It will be really important for them to drive home the point in a way that’s really effective,” Zielinski said.

Despite the challenges in both viewing as well acting in such an event, students and faculty alike believe that the event has great importance in spreading awareness on issues individuals of any age may witness in the world around them.

“Education on issues like this is really important for college students,” Barham said. “These are the years where we’re making huge decisions that are going to affect the rest of our lives. We are the future leaders and teachers of society and education is the best way to help stop these issues.”

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Social Justice Committee that is sponsoring this event, and the Tunnel of Oppression is the first attempt to make students aware of the group and let them know that there is a place to go to become an advocate for social justice-related issues. “[The Social Justice Committee] hopes participants will walk away with a better understanding of the oppression taking place in our society today,” Naji said. “We hope this is an eye-opening experience for participants and that they can start to stand up against oppression and create positive social change.”

“This interactive program is designed to introduce participants to the concepts of oppression, privilege and power as well as to encourage deeper thinking about issues of equality.”

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Students travel south for inspiring spring break Austin Arceo ISU Communications and Marketing Indiana State University student Meghan Hoskins was surprised to learn that, although segregation is against the law in the U.S., it still permeates one of the cities that served as a backdrop to one of the nation’s most prolific struggles during the Civil Rights Movement.

Hoskins was part of a group of 14 Indiana State students who traveled to Selma, Ala., as part of an Alternative Spring Break trip. While some of their peers traveled to more traditional spring break destinations, the group journeyed to Selma to learn more about the city’s history, the Civil Rights Movement, how efforts for equality continue today and the ways that the students can peacefully and positively impact the effort.

“It’s literally like a time warp. It’s like ‘why is this here today?’” Hoskins, a sophomore psychology major said of the existing segregation in Selma. “This was supposed be done away with a long time ago, and it wasn’t, and I think a lot of people think racism and segregation don’t exist anymore when they do.”

The trip included a packed weeklong itinerary.

Students toured Selma, several places in nearby Montgomery, Ala., the Rosa Parks Museum and visited local schools. They also worked with students in the Random Acts of Theater Company from the Freedom Foundation, which organizes and hosts the Alternative Spring Break trips in Selma.

Some of the local children participating in RATCo explained to students about some of the struggles they have encountered and how the theater company helped them.

“When I got here, I thought we were going to help guide the children on the right direction. I didn’t think anything about feeling what they feel and then comparing it with my own experience,” said Terrin Benson, a junior majoring in human development and family studies. “This experience has been very touching and inspiring.”

The students volunteered at different locations, including a center that provides Head Start programs.

Benson helped young children with their numbers, colors and alphabet sounds.

They also participated in nonviolence training in approaching civil justice issues.

“Everyone is excited about the work that we’ve done here and looking forward to continuing to work on some of these issues, not just whenever they’re able to return to Selma, but infusing these ideas and ideals into campus and neighborhoods as well, where we live,” said Dwuena Wyre, assistant professor of human resource development and performance technologies and the faculty advisor on the trip.

The Selma tour included sites and information that was integral to the Civil Rights Movement, including the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where 600 people marching en route to Montgomery were attacked by state and

A group of Indiana State University students that traveled to Selma, Ala., on an Alternative Spring Break, volunteered at several local organizations and learned about nonviolent resistance (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

local authorities on March 6, 1965 which became known as “Bloody Sunday.”

“Reality hit when I came here, because back in school we just learn about it and do not get to experience it,” Benson said, “but coming here really turned my whole thinking process around.”

The march, which was a call for voting rights equality

“It’s literally like a time warp. It’s like ‘why is this here today?’

Meghan Hoskins, sophomore psychology major for African-Americans, resulted in President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965; a component of which is currently being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The spring break experience also inspired Wyre, a

Louisiana native who remembers learning about her grandfather’s involvement in the Deacons for Defense and Justice, who provided security to civil rights leaders in Louisiana while also registering people to vote.

Her grandparents also participated in a civil rights march in Louisiana from Bogalusa to Baton Rouge, Wyre said. While these activities occurred before she was born, the Indiana State professor remembers her grandparents still working later in life for voting equality, registering people and working to transport people to the polls on Election Day to vote.

As a teenager, Wyre even served as a dispatcher, helping to arrange for rides so that people could travel to the polls.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 The trip “was a way for me to basically connect with my [family] legacy,” Wyre said, “and to basically give me closer personal insight as to what they endured during that time.”

Students learned lessons through different activities, which included skyping with Bernard Lafayette, a prominent civil rights activist who provides nonviolence training to groups across the globe. They also received nonviolence training from Jonathan Lewis, the founder of the Positive Peace Warrior Network.

Hoskins said one of the most memorable lessons she took away from the nonviolence training that the students received was to suspend all first judgments before gathering further information.

“The first time you see somebody, everybody makes snap judgments, and they

have no idea who [the person] is,” Hoskins said. “They have no idea what they’ve been through ... and it really limits us as human beings to make those judgments and then never get to know people.”

Lafayette taught the students that responding in a peaceful manner can be intimidating to people who are hoping to elicit a violent reaction, which was inspiring to learn, Benson said.

“He explained how he overcame hatred and how he portrayed the nonviolence back then was very intimidating to the white men, because they weren’t expecting him to do what he did, to just sit there,” Benson said. “They expected him to blow up, or get up in their face and try to fight back, but he didn’t.”

Brief Human Rights Day workshops to educate on discrimination Tuesday The 12th annual Terre Haute Human Rights Day will focus on discrimination against women on Tuesday.

In recognition of Human Rights Day the Indiana State campus will be having a day of events under the theme “Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women”. These include a keynote guest and other speakers, interactive workshops and a diversity march.

According to the Indiana State University website, the convention will be addressing various provisions related to “the legal status of women, human reproduction and the impact of cultural factors on gender relations.”

Some of these provisions

include women’s right to vote, access to education, equal opportunity to participate in

Submitted photo.

sports, access to health care and equality before the law.

According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the creation of Human Rights Day dates back

to 1950. The day is celebrated in recognition of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. According to a press release by the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was “one of the first major achievements of the United Nations.” Although it is typically celebrated Dec. 10 around the globe, it has been celebrated in the month of March on ISU’s campus for the past 12 years.

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A C C E R O M s O s STUDENTS: N (Cisco Clean Acce

WEP N o t e y b d o o Say G PA W o t O L L E and H

WHAT IS HAPPENING? >> Right now, students are using one of two wireless networks on campus: NWEP or WPA. >> NWEP will be eliminated on March 25, 2013, and WPA will persist.

WHO IS IMPACTED? >> Students using the ISU-OIT-NWEP wireless network will be impacted on March 25, 2013, when the NWEP network is turned off.

OIT is simplifying the campus wireless network.

HOW DO I MAKE THIS CHANGE? >>

Windows 7 and XP users should download and run the installation script available at downloads.indstate.edu. The script is located in the Networking Spotlight list and is called “WPA Setup WHY SHOULD I SWITCH? Script.” >> Go to the FAQ titled “How do I install wireless on Two Reasons to Switch to my laptop?” located at ISU-OIT-WPA indstate.edu/oit/students/network.php and follow the instructions for the operating system you use.

1. You will no longer be prompted to go >> Visit the Student Computer Support Center in the through CCA, so it will make logging basement of Stalker Hall for assistance configuring into the wireless network much easier your network devices. as soon as you make this change.

2. On March 25, 2013 ISU-OIT-NWEP will >> Additional instructions for properly configuring iPhone, iPad, iPod and additional slate devices are be turned off & CCA will be comavailable at: pletely eliminated. indstate.edu/oit/students/wireless-mobile.php.

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ISU baseball sweep Southern Illinois in conference opener

Derek Johnson Reporter

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Upcoming Events Baseball Wednesday at Bob Warn Field vs. UIC, 3 p.m.

Friday-Sunday at Springfield, Mo. vs. Missouri State, 7:30 p.m.

Softball Friday-Saturday at Peoria, Ill. vs. Bradley, 3 p.m.

Track and Field Friday-Saturday at Carbondale, Ill. for the Cornell Spring Classic, 11 a.m.

The Indiana State baseball team opened up Missouri Valley Conference play with a three-game sweep over the Southern Illinois Salukis in a doubleheader at Bob Warn Field Saturday afternoon.

With the wins, the Sycamores improved their record to 11-7 on the season and 3-0 in the MVC, also extending their winning streak to five games. SIU dropped to 9-14 overall and 0-3 in the MVC, exiting the weekend on a seven-game losing streak.

ISU shuts out Salukis, 8-1 Senior infielder Koby Kraemer put the Sycamores on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning after senior in/out fielder Robby Ort sent the ball onto the left side of the field.

The game remained 1-0 until the fifth inning as junior pitcher Sean Manaea and SIU’s Sam Coonrod were building up strikeout counts.

Junior infielder Tyler Wampler reached home on a throwing error.

Wampler made it to third on a hit-and-run single to right from sophomore outfielder Landon Curry. Kraemer then got Wanpler home off of a double.

Ort got Curry home from a sacrifice fly making the ISU’s score 3-0.

The Sycamores continued to score as Southern Illinois’ pitching walked three batter with two scoring. The Sycamores lead the game 8-0 after the seventh inning. SIU’s Jake Welch put the Salukis on the board with a solo home run down the right field line creating a solo home run.

Manaea threw a total of 100 pitches with 69 strikes. Junior pitcher Kurt Kudrecki took over the mound for the final innings, getting four out of seven strikeouts.

Ort drove in four runs with a 2-for-4 effort. Curry and Kraemer both score twice. Combine, the three got six hits, five runs scored and five RBIs.

Sycamores return for another win, 8-4 Junior pitcher Daniel Peterson got the start in game two for the Sycamores and allowed four runs on nine hits in 4.2 innings pitched.

Redshirt sophomore pitcher Greg Kuhlman entered in relief in the fifth inning and tossed 3.1 shutout innings to keep ISU within striking distance.

Meanwhile, junior infielder Tyler Wampler led the way offensively with two hits in three appearances.

In the second inning, with two outs and Kraemer on third, junior infielder Michael Eberle picked up his first hit as a Sycamore with an RBI double down the left field line to give ISU an early 1-0 lead.

After a scoreless third and fourth, Southern Illinois took their first lead of the game, plating four runs in the fifth, sparked by a three-run homer over the left field wall from Ryan Casillas to take a 4-1 lead. A sacrifice fly to right field from Kraemer allowed the Sycamores to pick up another run in the sixth to make it a two-run game.

With one out and the bases loaded in the eighth inning, Kraemer drew a walk to make it a one-run deficit. Conway came up next and grounded a slow roller to the shortstop, who bobbled the ball and overthrew the second baseman, allowing Zimmerman and Ort to score. Another bases loaded walk, and a two-run double down the left field line from senior outfielder Casey McCurdy gave the Sycamores a four-run, 8-4, lead that would prove to be enough for the victory.

Indiana State will host Illinois (Chicago) on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. to close out their five-game home stand, before traveling to Missouri State this weekend.

Salukis let one slip past, 1-0 In a pitcher’s duel between ISU senior Devin Moore and Southern Illinois’ Cody Forsythe, the Sycamores were able to score a run in the bottom of the 11th inning to earn a 1-0 victory.

Moore allowed zero runs on just two hits to go along with three strikeouts in nine innings pitched. Similarly, Forsythe allowed zero runs on two hits to go along with seven strikeouts in eight innings pitched. Junior outfielder Owen Conway picked up the Sycamores’ only two hits through nine innings of play before Curry led off the 11th with a single of his own.

After his single to shallow left center, Curry managed to steal second before the bases were loaded, as Ort drew an intentional walk and junior outfielder Mike Fitzgerald was hit by a pitch. With junior infielder Cody Zimmerman at the plate, a breaking ball from SIU’s Aaron Snyder got under the glove of catcher Matt Jones to allow Curry to score from third, allowing the game’s only run.

ISU junior pitcher Josh Dove earned the victory in Junior Owen Conway swings at the ball during one of the three game against SIU relief, pitching a scoreless 10th and 11th innings.

(Photo by Evan Davis).

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Spot light: Spirit Squad continue post basketball season Nathan Stagg Reporter

The Indiana State cheer team and the ISU Sparkettes have been hard at work this season cheering on the football and basketball teams.

Tammy Schaffer, spirit corrdinator, however, said, their work doesn’t stop there.

“We perform at many events in Terre Haute,” Schaffer said. “We perform at the opening ceremony for the Special Olympics, as well as new student orientation, Donaghy Day, Race for the Cure, Relay for Life and other events.

Schaffer is now in her fifth year coaching the cheer team and her ninth year coaching the Sparkettes. The Sparkettes practice Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and the cheer team practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Being the coach for both teams is a demanding job, but Schaffer makes sure she is doing what is best to make each team great.

“I keep everything very separate between the two, making sure each team has my undivided attention,” Schaffer said.

Morgan Bailey, a senior exercise science major, has been on the cheer team for four years and knows the long hours of practice it takes to succeed at this level.

“We spend a lot of time in the weight room and the gym,” Bailey said. “We usually do weights and technique two times a week, depending on the amount of games we have that week.”

Swapna Namburi, a sophomore insurance and waste management major, has been on the Sparkettes dance team two years and said that individual practice is also essential.

“You can’t expect to be great just from the practices; you have to practice on your own too,” Namburi said.

The members of the dance and cheer teams have to deal with a busy schedule , juggling classes and practice, along with individual training. The teams have help from coaches and other members of the team to make sure they manage their time wisely.

Namburi said Schaffer understands that school comes first and it helps to learn what the priorities are.

“It’s hard but I would rather be super busy than not have anything to do,” Bailey said.

Bailey and Namburi said enjoy being on the dance team and they love knowing that their hard work pays off.

“I love performing in front of the crowd,” Namburi said. “I like to be there in front of many people that are there for a cause.”

To be a part of the cheer team, tryouts are being held Sunday, April 14 in the Arena’s South Gym, to be a part of the cheer team.

Registration is at 12:30-1:00 p.m. and closed tryouts are at 1:00-5:00 p.m.

To be a part of the Sparkettes, download an application at indstate.edu/sparkettes and auditions will be held on Saturday, April 13.

For any questions, contact Tammy Schaffer at tamara.schaffer@indstate.edu.

Members of ISU’s cheer portions of the spirit squad in one of their formations (Photo

by Maggi Edwards).

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Home opener ends with comeback victory and two losses

Sophomore Megan Stone reacts after hitting the ball at one of the games against MSU (ISU Athletic Media Relations).

LeVon Whittaker Reporter The Indiana State softball team opened home play Friday in a three-game series against Missouri State. ISU loss the final two games after a comeback victory during the first of the series. ISU entered into the series, 10-15. The Bears came in 10-14.

A comeback win, 9-7 The Sycamores were down 0-3 going into the bottom of the second inning until sophomore utility player Megan Stone hit a lead off home run to cut into the lead, 3-1. As the game progressed, the Bears scored again in the fourth inning for a 4-1 lead. Although ISU was down three, they scored again in the bottom of the fourth inning, continuing their run after stopping Missouri State in the beginning of the fifth inning.

Down 4-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Sycamores started a rally scoring seven runs in the inning giving them a 9-4 lead over Missouri State as they went into the top of seventh inning on defense.

The MSU tried to respond to the Sycamores with a rally of their own, but were only able to add three more runs to their score as the Sycamores defense stopped them and got the 9-7 victory at home.

Junior infielder Morgan Allee went 2-4 with three RBI’s; freshman infielder Abbie Malchow finished 1-2 with two RBI’s and Allee earned her fourth home run of the season.

Bears regain control over Sycamores, 4-2 In the next game of the series, the Bears got out to a fast start in the first two innings as they

the Sycamores 2-0. In the third inning, the Sycamores scored a run as Allee hit her first home run to cut into the deficit. The two teams went scoreless until the Bears scored again in the fourth inning making it 4-1 over the Sycamores.

The Sycamores got one more chance at bat as Stone earned an RBI to cut the lead back to two. It wasn’t enough from ISU, as they fell to Missouri State 4-2 tying the series, 1-1.

Sycamores finished series with a loss, 9-5 Indiana State got the chance to win the series in the final game of their meeting with the Bears. Just as they did in the game before, the Bears started off scoring four runs off four hits in the first inning, for a 4-0 lead.

The Sycamores defense couldn’t get the job done and neither was the pitching as none of the three pitchers that night earned a strikeout causing an 8-0 deficit going into the bottom of the fifth inning.

ISU scored five runs after batting around but couldn’t take the lead and gave up another run in the seventh inning. Although the Sycamores couldn’t get the win to earn the series, a few players made big difference.

The Sycamores freshman infielder Paige Schreiner went 2-3 with two RBIs as Stone went 1-2 with an RBI. ISU hits the road Friday for Peoria, Ill. to face the Bradley University Braves.

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ISU GREEK LIFE MAKES A SPLASH

Women’s fraternity Delta Gamma hosted “Anchor Splash” Friday evening.

This annual event was geared toward raising money for their philanthropy “Service for Sight” which helps the blind and visually impaired. Delta Gamma was successful in their approach by raising $1,042 for the cause.

Left: Ashley Clark, member of Sigma Kappa, took home the title of Mrs. Anchor Splash.

Right: Brandon Ostradick, member of Lambda Chi Alpha, struts alongside the pool during the nautical swimwear competition showing off his swim trunks and oversized anchor accessory. Ostradick won the title of Mr. Anchor Splash (Photos by Joe Butler).

Freshman legal studies major Samantha Robinson helps cheer on her sorority Alpha Chi Omega during the Save the Mermaid event. The overall point score put Pike Rose in first place for the men and Chi Omega in first place for the women.

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Members of Pike Rose competed in the synchronized swimming event.

Members of the team included: Mitch Feldhake, Ken Shimomoto, Brent Austen, Veer Nairyani, Sam Hojnacki, Jake Sheets, Geoff Ong and Kaleb Klein.