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SGA elections in full swing Megan Tucker Reporter

The Student Government Association is hosting their annual elections for President, Vice President, and Senators of Indiana State University. Elections started at 6 a.m. Tuesday through 6 p.m. Wednesday. Voting takes place online under the OrgSync tab on your MyISU Portal. After searching “SGA Elections” on the Treehouse Tab, one can select their candidates and submit their votes. This year’s candidates are Jordan Marvel for president and Bo Turner for vice president or their competition Andy Velazquez for president and Josh Grady for vice president. Andy Velazquez, presidential candidate is a mechanical engineering and

technology major and has been involved in Greek Life as Sigma Phi Epsilon’s president. He has been a part of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and is the founder of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Josh Grady is an athletic training major and has been involved in Greek Life as a New Member Educator and Alumni Relations Chair. He is the Director of Campus Life in the Student Government Association and is a Residential Adviser through Residential Life at Indiana State. Their Statements of Agenda are to increase organization funding and applications received and also to help multi-cultural organizations grow. They would also like to revamp our community service activities. Jordan Marvel, presi-

dential candidate, is a political science major and has been involved with Greek Life as a Risk Management and Standards Chairman for Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He also is

Obama tackles heroin and prescription drugs addiction in new initiative Tony Pugh

President Barack Obama will announce a series of new public and private sector initiatives Tuesday designed to expand treatment, funding and education to combat the nation’s prescription opioid and heroin abuse problem. Opioids are a class of narcotic pain medications that include prescription drugs like OxyContin, Percocet and morphine, along with the illegal drug heroin. From 2000 to 2014, the rate of opioid overdose deaths has increased 200 percent, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And in 2014, 61 percent of U.S. drug overdose deaths involved opioids. The epidemic has led to a similar increase in heroin usage and overdoses since prescription opioids are often a gateway to heroin abuse. Speaking at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta on Tuesday, the president will discuss the problem with

an Executive Assistant in SGA, and is the president/ co-founder of College Democrats. Bo Turner is a marketing major and has been involved with the Panhellen-

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Left: Andy Velazquez Right: Josh Grady

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Left: Jordan Marvel Right: Bo Turner

medical experts, community leaders and people struggling to overcome their addiction. “They will talk about the challenges we face with prescription drug abuse and heroin use, and they will also talk about the actions we are taking and need to take to prevent more people from developing opioid use disorders and making sure those who want treatment can get it,” said Michael Botticelli, director of National Drug Control Policy at the White House. During his appearance, Obama will announce plans to require Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to provide mental health and substance abuse services for clients on par with both programs’ medical and surgical benefits. If the Department of Health and Human Services adopts the proposal, it would improve access to counseling and drug services for more than 23 million people enrolled in Medicaid, the national health plan for lowincome Americans, and

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ic Association as the Vice President of Public Relations. He is the treasurer of the American Marketing Association and is the Director of Student Engagement in SGA . Their Statements of Agenda are to increase diversity awareness and promote inclusion; they also want to make international students feel more like Sycamores. They would also like to promote the Counseling Center for stress and mental health among students. Velazquez and Grady became involved with SGA after they saw changes they wanted to make on campus. “I really saw changes I wanted to make on campus, and the role presented itself to where I could become the director of Campus Life. I applied for the job and ended up taking the position. I basically just ran with that and tried to improve campus

life, however I see it better the university. Also being an RA helped translate problems my residents were having into solutions through SGA,” Grady said. Velazquez responded, “Upon transforming an organization from 28 men to 70 men, winning sophomore and junior Male of the Year Award in the Greek community, to starting an organization on this campus, I wanted to find out what the next step was on this campus. That’s when I found out about SGA. So I thought what better way to make an impact than to impact the student body through my successes.” The two said they feel nervous but excited for the Election Day and results. After the debate both felt as if there weren’t any undecided voters. They felt as though there were Velazquez and Grady

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Help needed: More minority college grads Teresa Wiltz

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In 15 years, California expects to be about 1.1 million college graduates short of the number needed to fill jobs that require at least a bachelor’s degree. Already, the nation’s most populous state is a minority-majority state — one in which racial and ethnic minorities comprise more than half the population. Blacks, Hispanics and American Indians not only are less likely to go to college, but their graduation rates are also lower than that of whites. California is a bellwether for a nation that is becoming more diverse, whose economy is demanding a better educated workforce, and whose state colleges and universities are increasingly pressured to deliver it — which means making sure minorities, especially African-Americans, finish school and get degrees. College graduation rates among African-American students have lagged behind the national average for a variety of reasons, including poor preparation at the K-12 level, family issues, feeling alienated at school and financial pres-

sure from rising tuition costs. (Latino and American Indian students also lag, but not as much.) In response, major state universities — such as the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, as well as the University of California system — have been making concerted efforts to attract and retain disadvantaged students by using programs tailored to boost academic performance and improve assimilation to college life. They are showing some results. Among 255 four-year state colleges and universities with a large enrollment of minority students, combined graduation rates for African-American, Hispanic and American Indian students rose from 43.8 percent to just over 50 percent from 2003 to 2013, according to the Education Trust. Many educators, such as Kumea Shorter-Gooden, chief diversity officer at the University of Maryland, say that because public universities receive state funding, they have an obligation to educate the citizenry. Admitting students and

not helping them succeed doesn’t make financial sense, she said. Other educators, such as Angela Dillard, associate dean for undergraduate education at the University of Michigan, agree. “At the end of the day, it’s just the right thing to do,” Dillard said. “And it’s the smart thing to do for our future workforce.” University of California President Janet Napolitano plans to increase enrollment, adding 10,000 more undergraduates over the next three years at its 10 campuses. The university system is sending administrators, including Napolitano, to high schools to encourage low-income minority students, who reflect the state’s shifting demographics, to enroll. It is stepping up efforts to get students to graduate on time. Like nearly every major state university, the University of Nebraska has been focusing on increasing the graduation rates of all students, said Amy Goodburn, the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. But the school also put in place programs, such as the William H. Thompson Scholars Learning Com-

munity, to help disadvantaged students, many of whom are minorities. (By law, the university cannot award scholarships based on race, but it can issue scholarships to students who’ve faced challenges in their lives.) The program, which started in 2008 and is funded by the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, gives a full ride to promising students from low-income families. Thompson scholars live together and receive academic support and intensive mentoring. The program’s success inspired the university to add programs that pair students with academic coaches and financial aid counselors, like First Husker, for students who are the first in their family to attend college, and Emerging Leaders, for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The school’s most recent retention rates — the rate of students who enrolled in 2014 and returned for the 2015 academic year — were 68 percent for black men and 80 percent for black women, Goodburn said. This year, applications

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Will North Carolina’s new transgender bathroom law lead to cut in education funds? Anna Douglas

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Infuriated by North Carolina’s new law prohibiting transgender students from using the bathroom of their choice, some advocates are warning that the state’s federal education funding might be at risk. So far, however, the U.S. Department of Education has never revoked school funding over this issue — even when the agency has investigated and found alleged flaws in student equality. That precedent, though, hasn’t been tested when applied to a state legislating which bathroom transgender students may use in school. North Carolina is the first state to mandate that schoolchildren use only facilities that correspond to their sex at birth, advocates say. A similar law passed in South Dakota last month but was vetoed by the state’s Republican governor. “These are uncharted waters on this issue,” said Nathan Smith, director of public policy for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which helps parents and students file discrimination complaints with the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights. Smith said that North Carolina, which receives about $4.5 billion in federal education funds, shouldn’t bank on the federal government maintaining the state’s education funding if it concludes that the new law violates federal law. Revoking federal funds, Smith said, is the U.S. Department of Education’s “ultimate leverage” over student equality issues. But the Education Department has never ruled on a transgender discrimination case involving an entire state’s public school system, and it has yet to do so against an individual school district. Several months ago, the federal agency found in favor of a transgender high school student who had been barred from using a girls’ locker room for nearly two years. But that Illinois district didn’t lose funding, instead agreeing to a series of corrective actions, including allowing the student to use the girls’ locker room with privacy curtains installed for the use of any student. Attorneys and those advocating the new North Carolina bathroom restrictions say the Department of Education would be stretching the definition and intent of federal nondiscrimination protections to apply them to the state. Mat Staver, a lawyer who’s the founder of the advocacy group Liberty Counsel, called the concerns about education funding “kinda overblown.” “I don’t put any stock in that,” he said. Staver’s group defended Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples last year. The group has a pending case against a Virginia school district that Staver argues overstepped its authority by naming LGBT people as protected under the district’s nondiscrimination policy. Virginia’s state law does not include LGBT protections.

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Polls find Trump benefits from mayhem at his rallies, at least for now David Lightman

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Protesters are a boost to Donald Trump’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. But should he become the nominee, his insulting, tough-guy ways of dealing with those who disrupt his rallies may be a big liability. Mayhem has become commonplace in, around and as a postscript to the billionaire businessman’s public events. Tuesday, police in Florida charged Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, with simple battery, a misdemeanor. Police say he grabbed the arm of Michelle Fields, a reporter at the time for Breitbart News Network, as she tried to ask Trump a question March 8, apparently causing an injury. A campaign statement said he would plead not guilty and was “completely confident that he will be exonerated.” He is scheduled to appear before a judge May 4. Trump regularly reacts to uprisings at his rallies by telling agitators to “go home to mommy” or “get a job.” After a fight erupted at an event last fall, he later said of the protester, “Maybe he should have been roughed up.” After another incident, Trump said he’d like to punch a protester. So far, all this has helped him in some key states. “It reinforces the narrative among his core supporters,” said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. The protests have become routine since the week before a series of crucial March 15 primaries, a day when five big states were voting. On March 9, a man was arrested at a Fayetteville, North Carolina rally, accused of punching a protester. Two days later, Trump’s St. Louis speech was interrupted six times, and that evening he can-

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally at Fountain Park in Fountain Hills, Ariz., on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Arizona holds its presidential primary on Tuesday.

celed his Chicago appearance because of safety concerns. On March 12 and 13, Monmouth asked Republicans in Florida and Ohio, two of the March 15 primary states, whether the Chicago turmoil made them more or less likely to back Trump. Most said it made no difference, but among those in Florida with an opinion, twice as many people said it made them more likely to back Trump rather than less. His lead increased in the state, though it was not clear whether it was directly related to the protests. In Ohio, where Gov. John Kasich was on his way to a big win, slightly more people said they were now inclined to back Trump. Nationally, Trump’s handling of the protests doesn’t bother most Republicans. Since March 9, he’s won five of seven states, losing only Ohio and the Utah caucus, which Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas won. Quinnipiac found that 60 percent of Republican respondents said he was not responsible for any

violence. Ninety percent said the protesters were responsible. The protests have continued. On March 19, demonstrators blocked traffic leading to a Phoenix suburb as Trump prepared to host a rally. Monday night, six people were arrested protesting a planned Trump stop in Janesville, Wisconsin. About 60 people sat in the lobby of the hotel where Trump was to appear Tuesday, a week before Wisconsin’s primary. Trump opponents maintain the demonstrations are working. “Protests have always been part of a toolkit for civil rights movements. They are a necessity to give voice and visibility to discontent and offer alternatives. Polling is irrelevant. History is our best teacher,” said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, executive director of Voces de la Frontera, Wisconsin’s largest immigrant rights organization. Trump and Cruz are in a virtual tie in the latest Wisconsin polls. While it’s hard to pinpoint why Trump’s support in the state has slipped in recent

weeks, “Republican voters won’t support someone who incites violence from the podium,” said Rory Cooper, adviser to the super PAC #NeverTrump, which backs Cruz in Wisconsin. Trump’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment, but he has repeatedly said he does not condone violence. “People have the right to protest outside. There are designated peaceful protest areas at our large events,” spokeswoman Hope Hicks said. Trump has thrived as an authoritarian figure, an unbridled scold undaunted by anyone who got in his way, whether it’s the government, terrorists or dissidents. “It sends out the message he’s willing to stand up,” said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan. Fighting protesters works for Trump on several levels. Not only can he assume the no-nonsense role, but the action also keeps the focus on him, often at the expense of his rivals. “It brings more attention to his message. That’s why

he’s the king of free media,” said Katon Dawson, a former South Carolina Republican chairman. It also allows him to rail against opponents and pundits who say he should be doing more to discourage any violence. “Being attacked by the Republican establishment and the media has been helping him for months,” said Carter Wrenn, a Republican commentator based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The trouble with all this fist-clenching in a general election is that people usually want a more judicious temperament. It’s hardly unusual for a candidate to stress a polarizing position to appeal to a party’s most active corps of voters during a nomination battle — on abortion, immigration, guns — and then try to avoid or at least cool the rhetoric in the fall. “You take one election at a time,” said Wrenn. But here’s the difference: A candidate can control his message, but he can hardly control protesters. ©2016 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

GOP convention security gears up for feared threats William Douglas

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Organizers for the Republican National Convention are preparing security for the gathering in Cleveland in July in an unusually combustible environment, in which the threat of terrorist attacks is now joined by the unpredictable behavior of opponents and supporters of GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. After Tuesday’s terrorist bombings in Brussels, officials representing law enforcement, the Republican National Committee and the city of Cleveland say they will be prepared for whatever comes their way when an estimated 50,000 people converge on the Lake Erie city for the July 18-21 convention. “Our goal is to develop and implement, with numerous participating agencies, a seamless security plan that will create a safe and secure environment for our protectees, other dignitaries, event participants and the general public,” said Kevin Dye, a spokesman for the Secret Service. Still, some security experts say recent events suggest challenges. “I would be concerned in Cleveland,” said former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe, who oversaw

security during the 2012 Democratic convention in the Queen City. “Cleveland has a lot of elements that would keep me up at night.” But Monroe, who has spoken with Cleveland convention organizers, said potential nightmares could be alleviated with some well-coordinated planning. An alphabet soup of agencies — from the Secret Service to the Department of Homeland Security to the military — have been working for months with state and local agencies in developing plans to deal with large numbers of protesters, potential domestic and international terrorist threats, and other concerns. “During the formation of the Secret Service’s overall plan for the RNC, each participating agency is tasked based on their jurisdiction and particular area of expertise,” Dye said. “The expertise of each participating law enforcement, public safety and military agency is critical to the success of the coordinated security plan.” On Monday, the day before the Brussels attack, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus predicted that there will be no problems with safety in Cleveland. “We prepare for all contingencies. We will have over $50 million in secu-

rity at the convention,” Priebus said on “CBS This Morning.” “We’ll be prepared; it’ll be fine. And I guarantee you’ll have a good time, and it will be a fun convention in Cleveland.” Despite a sizable lead in delegates won in primary election contests, Trump could fall short of the majority needed to win on the first ballot, forcing a contest inside the convention. He suggested last week that there might be chaos if he doesn’t leave Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the convention, as the Republican presidential nominee. “There could very well be riots,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. The Republican convention and the Democratic convention in Philadelphia have been designated national special security events, a title given to large-scale gatherings, such as Pope Francis’ U.S. visit last year, that could be targets of terrorism. Cleveland and Philadelphia are each receiving $50 million in federal grants to help pay for security, an amount that sounds like a lot until you have to start spending it, Monroe said. “We spent about $48 (million) to $49 million,” Monroe recalled. “Pretty quick, about $25 (million) to $26 million was eaten up by personnel, additional officers. We had to pay

for travel, to put them up in hotels, feed them three meals a day.” Even before the Brussels attacks and the uptick in violence at Trump events, Cleveland officials were scrambling to use the funds to armor up for the convention. Earlier this month, the city solicited bids to purchase 2,000 sets of riot gear that include hardknuckled gloves, turtle shell-like upper body, shin and forearm shell protection, and 26-inch retractable batons, according to Cleveland.com. The site also reported that the city is seeking to rent nearly 3 miles of interlocking steel barriers, 3.5 feet high, and to purchase 3,250 feet of interlocking barriers that stand 6.5 feet high. “We’re expecting people to come and behave, have a great time, leave happy and content,” said Dan Williams, a spokesman for Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson. The city is ordering 15 police motorcycles, 300 patrol bicycles, 310 sets of riot gear for the bike cops, 25 sets of tactical armor and two horse trailers. In addition, Cleveland is looking to bolster its more than 1,600-member police department — Ohio’s second-largest — for the convention by recruiting 5,000 officers from surrounding suburbs. Charlotte fortified its

1,800-member force for the 2012 convention with about 2,200 officers from other North Carolina counties and states, Monroe said. Stephen Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, told The Boston Globe earlier this month that the city is “unprepared right now” for the convention, saying the ordered equipment won’t arrive until early June. City government and police officials didn’t respond to Loomis’ assessment to The Globe. Williams didn’t return calls to McClatchy on Friday afternoon. Monroe said he’d faced a dilemma with equipment delivery for the Charlotte convention, with some gear arriving only eight weeks before the event. “It came in dribs and drabs,” said Monroe, who is now director of safety and security for CocaCola Beverages in Tampa, Florida. “We were going up to the docks picking up equipment.” Monroe said Cleveland’s security should be fine “as long as they are active in training, monitor who’s coming to the convention” and keep abreast of “the issues and tone and tenor of campaigns” ahead of the event. ©2016 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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indianastatesman.com SGA FROM PAGE 1 voters and other party voters, which makes them hope that more undecided student body voters submit their votes. Velazquez and Grady are motivated by their failures and their successes. They said they want to use their time in office to engage the student body, meeting new communities and help create four year graduation plans so that we have more students graduating and less having to leave. They said they feel ready to serve as Indiana State’s SGA president and vice president, saying, “All the way with A&J.” Jordan Marvel and Bo Turner gave similar answers when asked why they joined Student Government. “I have always been interested in government, whether it be Student Gov-

HELP FROM PAGE 1 from minority students more than doubled. The University of Maryland launched a diversity initiative in 2010, including programs to address the achievement gap between white and minority students. Fifteen percent of undergraduates on the campus are black. Another, longer-standing program targets talented African-American and Latino men. The 8-year-old College Success Scholars program brings in students the summer before their freshman year and supports them throughout their college career. Parents are also encouraged to get involved, Shorter-Gooden said. The university graduates 74.1 percent of its black students and 79 percent of its Hispanic students. Similarly, the University of Michigan reports an increase in graduation rates: 78 percent of black students who enrolled in 2007 graduated within six

BATHROOM FROM PAGE 2 Transgender students aren’t named or covered by federal education equality law, Staver contends, adding that the Education Department is currently making judgments absent final court decisions. “The bark is more vicious than the bite,” he said. “I don’t think (the Education Department) wants to test that in the court system. I don’t think they’re going to win that argument.” In recent years, federal officials and agencies have

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ernment, or local, state and national government. I recognized the ways in which the Student Government at Indiana State makes positive impacts for students, and I wanted to be a part of that. Bo and I have a great set of initiatives which we are excited to have the opportunity to implement in order to further benefit the students here at Indiana State,” Marvel said. Turner stated, “I was in student council all throughout high school so naturally, I wanted to continue into college. I found out about the Sycamore Leadership Coalition, which is a freshmen leadership program sponsored by SGA, and joined.” Both candidates said they’re nervous but pumped for the election results. “No matter the outcome of the election, it has been

a great experience. I have met so many awesome people whom I didn’t know prior to the campaign, and I am thankful for the opportunity to run for SGA president,” Marvel said. Along with the opposite party, both Marvel and Turner said they think there weren’t undecided voters and that they hope more of the student body gets involved. “To those (who) were unsure, I hope I presented myself in a positive manner and validated why Jordan and I are the right candidates,” Turner said. “All in all, I want to represent you, the student, the best way possible because we truly believe in our slogan, ‘You are the Brain and We are the Voice,’” Marvel said. Voting began Tuesday at 6 a.m. and ends March 30 at 6 p.m.

years, up from 71 percent who enrolled in 2000. How has the university done it? “The easiest answer is that we’re the most selective institution in the state,” said Dillard, who helps oversee undergraduate education in the university’s largest college, the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Still, she said, “we want to close the gap completely.” The university wants not just to improve students’ graduation rates, but also to boost their GPAs, improve their quality of life, and prepare them for fulfilling careers, she said. To that end, the university has invested heavily in its Comprehensive Studies Program. Accepted students, who come from disadvantaged backgrounds, start their freshman year early with an intensive, seven-week summer bridge program. Once the fall term starts, they receive academic counseling and are eligible to participate in smaller study sessions for more

challenging courses. The idea is to give firstand second-year students support so they can thrive, Dillard said. The program, which serves 2,500 students, got its start in the late ’60s, and originally was intended for African-American and Latino students. But in 2006, Michigan effectively outlawed affirmative action by public colleges. Now, the program targets a broader segment of the state’s population, focusing on students from low-income families, first-generation college students, and students from rural high schools — which means it serves more white students, Dillard says. Still, she said she hopes the program can be positive for black and Latino students, as well. “They won’t be so isolated, this population of talented young people who haven’t had the same advantages as some of their peers.”

ruled that the term “sex” — found in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX education law — refers not only to birth gender but also to sexual orientation as well as gender identity. That means it’s possible that North Carolina’s new law asks school districts to enforce bathroom use in a way that some see as contradicting federal law. The Education Department has ruled that the law requires equal treatment when it comes to bathrooms and locker rooms. Separate facilities labeled gender-neutral are

not an acceptable accommodation for transgender students if single-sex restrooms aren’t also accessible to them, the department has found. But there’s still no certainty how federal officials would respond. There’s been no Supreme Court ruling on whether federal protections from discrimination based on “sex” include transgender people or whether states can legislate which bathroom transgender people use.

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OBAMA FROM PAGE 1 CHIP, which covers children from working-poor families. Obama also will announce a new interagency task force, chaired by the Domestic Policy Council, that will be charged with ensuring implementation of the parity protections by Oct. 31. Obama’s 2017 budget proposal calls for $1.1 billion in new federal money to combat the growing abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers in the United States. The president will also announce an HHS plan to double — from 100 to 200 — the number of patients to whom a qualified individual physician can prescribe buprenorphine, a medication that helps curb the addiction to heroin and other opiate-based pain relievers as part of a

medication-assisted drug treatment program. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will also provide $11 million for up to 11 states to expand the availability of medicationassisted treatment, which treats addiction through drug and behavioral therapies along with counseling. More than 60 medical schools also will announce that they’re adding to their graduation requirements courses to improve physician education about prescriptions. The move follows the recent release of new CDC guidelines that call for doctors to try less addictive painkillers, like aspirin and ibuprofen, before prescribing opioids to patients. The CDC guidelines are not mandatory, but they recommend that opioids

be prescribed mainly for short-term pain episodes of three to seven days. Private sector companies like Walgreens and CVS also have been enlisted to curb opioid abuse. By the end of March, CVS pharmacies in 23 states will be able to provide naloxone to patients without a prescription. Naloxone is an emergency drug that blocks or reverses the effects of opioid overdose. CVS stores in 35 states will provide the same access by the end of 2016. Walgreens will do the same at stores in 35 states and Washington, D.C., throughout the year. Last month, Walgreens announced plans to place medication-disposal kiosks in more than 500 stores. ©2016 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Student-led initiative helps others register to vote Rileigh Roberson Reporter

The American Democracy Project is a student-led initiative that encourages students to learn about civic engagement. Civic engagement is the way in which we are involved and participate in our community with the overall goal of making a better situation for the future. “We work to encourage students to be civically and politically engaged,” ADP graduate assistant Allison Ramsey said. “(ADP) provides an avenue for students of all backgrounds to participate and educate themselves on what it means to be an engaged citizen.” There have been many programs throughout the semester that are involved with ADP such as Pizza & Politics and movie viewings such as “Selma” on MLK Day and “Malcom X” during Black History Month. “This semester has been one for the books,” Ramsey said. ADP is always looking for ways to get the name of the organization out across campus, and the events listed above have helped

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Korinna Clay, a freshman political science major, and Jakyla Bailey, a sophomore social work major, run the table for the student-led initiative known as the American Democracy Project on Tuesday in Cunningham Memorial Library.

spread the word. The ADP and the members involved are attempting to address the issue of a decreasing participation from the younger population when it comes to civic engagement. An aspect of civic duty that is currently flooding the media is voting. With the elections around the corner, ADP has been trying to get more

students to vote and be interested in the presidential and political debates. Indiana State University is one of many campuses that take part in the American Democracy Project. ISU is a part of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. AASCU is an organization of universities that typically house a large amount of first generation

and transfer students who have come from community colleges. This is one of the reasons ADP is working so diligently to educate students on civil engagement. “Organizations such as the American Democracy Project are vital to college campuses because it provides an avenue for students of all backgrounds to participate and edu-

cate themselves on what it means to be an engaged citizen,” Ramsey said. ADP is open to any student who is interested in being actively involved in the betterment of their community. They are located in Holmstead Hall and hold several events each month, which can be found on the university calendar at indstate.edu.

Students talk insurance in foreign markets during trip to United Kingdom Betsy Simon

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Nathaniel Jones hoped his first experience in London through the Scott College of Business’ insurance and risk management program during spring break would teach him more about the industry and broaden his horizons. Check and check. “I wanted to travel abroad to expand my horizon of thinking and see how people in other countries lived opposed to us in the U.S.,” said Jones, junior insurance major from Indianapolis. “By talking to one of Aon’s Lloyd’s brokers, I found their jobs to be interesting and competitive and learned a lot of educational material and real examples I can take back into my classes.” Eleven insurance students traveled to London, March 12-19, to study the insurance market and were accompanied by Rebecca Wray, director of Indiana State University’s Networks Financial Institute and Gongaware Center for Insurance & Financial Services, and John Liu, associate professor of insurance and risk management. An Unbounded Possibilities grant from the Indiana State University Center for

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Eleven insurance students pose together while on a trip to London March 12-19.

Global Engagement and assistance from the insurance program helped the students fund their travels. “The insurance market in London is one of the most robust and active in the world,” Wray said. “The London market is the world’s largest global hub for commercial and specialty risk. The market delivers solutions for risks in almost every country around the world. The world is a very small place, and even if you are an ocean away, business is still being done.” Students had the opportunity to visit Lloyd’s of London — the world’s largest independent market

and oldest continuously active insurance marketplace; Crawford & Company — the world’s largestindependent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities; Lockton Companies — the world’s largest privately-owned insurance brokerage; Aon Benfield — the world’s leading reinsurance intermediary and full-service capital advisor; and Chartered Insurance Institute — the world’s largest professional body dedicated to insurance and financial services. “They got to see how transactions are done on the floor, so it exposed stu-

dents to a different way of doing business,” Liu said. “Risks are placed more traditionally, face-to-face over there but it is all still placed efficiently in the world’s largest surplus lines market.” In talking to a cyber insurance broker at Lockton, Jones said he learned more than he could have gotten from any classroom lecture. “He used real-life examples so it was easier for us to see and understand the material,” Jones said. “I feel in my future career I can use this trip as a reference. I can relate to seeing Lloyd’s of London for the first time and have a greater under-

standing of what they do. I can also now talk to others that have visited London and share our experiences as well as the insurance knowledge I received from the trip.” It didn’t take Jones long to experience culture shock once he got off the plane, though. “I found London to be a fast-paced environment, where no one talked as much as they do in ‘friendly’ Indiana,” he said. “I learned how to approach someone with this mindset when I was lost and needed directions.” The most interesting part for Jones was experiencing the business district’s work-life balance. “For the week I was there I saw that most business professionals go to work at 8 a.m. and get off as normal at 5 p.m. But after work it seemed that the majority would go out to eat or go to the bar with coworkers or potential clients, and did not seem to go home until 8 p.m. or 9 p.m.,” he said. “They lived and breathed business. Most professionals would put in a 12-hour day, including the dinner after work with client. The interactions were more personal and they wanted to physically meet with people, instead of sending e-mails.”

When students come to college, one of the biggest differences they face is an increased level of freedom. Students might get used to the feeling, but it never truly goes away. This freedom lets you do all of the things that you enjoy, but with that comes great responsibility. These responsibilities include taking care of yourself, paying bills and many others. One thing that many students forget is that while there are many things to be done in classes, there are just as many that have to be avoided at any possible cost. They might seem small but their long-term effects can be extremely harmful. 1. Using Electronics: Using smartphones and computers has become an integral part of many college classes; they are unbelievably helpful and make life so much easier. However, as many good things do, they have disadvantages. Not only can they become distractions to you but also your neighbors. If using them in class, always make sure that you only use them for what is necessary. Many students have run into problems with their professors after getting caught using various devices. 2. Napping: Many new college students mess up their sleeping schedules, and sometimes completely ruin them. Many late nights in college will be unavoidable, but that does not mean that students cannot work to reduce them and make them as sparse as possible. Some will say that going to class is the most important thing to do to pass through college, but not attending would be better than napping through a lecture. While it could be the most boring class ever taught, falling asleep would bring the full wrath of the professor down on a person’s grade. Postponing that nap a few hours might be a great idea. 3. Arriving Late: It is almost magical how easy it is to be late to a class. Waking up two hours

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The day after Ben Carson drops out of the presidential race, leaving a trail of weird childhood knifefight stories, fake Josef Stalin quotes and fumbling entrances to debate stages, Trevor Noah picks up the phone. The South African comedian is in preparation mode for that evening’s “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, of which he took control in September, and he’s more than happy to eulogize the retired neurosurgeon’s bizarre campaign. “Ah, man, it’s sad,” says Noah, 32. “What I loved about Ben Carson was, he was harmless fun. Donald Trump is dangerous fun, which I think the country’s slowly starting to learn. Ben Carson’s just light fun.” “Ben Carson was almost like the weed of the race,” Noah continues. “No deaths reported, nothing crazy, nothing out-there, nothing destructive — you can just enjoy him with your friends. I’m going to miss that. I’m going to miss his language, style and his outlandish point of view.” Much has been written about Noah’s predecessor, Jon Stewart, leaving the fake-news show he’d anchored for more than 16 years just before a bizarre presidential election full of

CLASS, FROM PAGE 1 before a lecture can still not be enough. Distractions can range from finally getting a meal away from the dining hall all the way to seeing friends on the way to class. However, there are few things more irritating to a professor than a student walking into class 10 minutes late and disrupting the flow of

Trump Steaks and Marcobots, feeling the Bern and Hillary emails about fixing her fax machine. But Noah’s charming on-air development in the middle of this “Desperate Horserace,” as the “Daily Show” recently called it, is almost enough to offset the pangs of missing Stewart. Noah isn’t as satisfyingly curmudgeonly as his predecessor, and his jokes don’t draw nearly as much blood, but his timing is spot-on. “You know it’s bad,” Noah riffed, after Trump blamed raucous Chicago protesters for canceling his recent appearance, “when people in Chicago are like, ‘Man, what a violent weekend.’” Where Stewart always seemed on the verge of blowing smoke out of his ears, Noah has a relaxed, smiling presence that sneaks up on viewers. His impressions, for example, are steadily improving as the race goes on. “Sometimes it takes more time than others — if I find the note is more complicated, I take a while to pick up what a person does,” he says. “I’m not an impersonator by nature. It takes a while to slowly happen over time.” The hardest candidate to imitate is Marco Rubio: “Because he’s a very plain guy — there are no real characters in his voice per se. And surprisingly,

Donald Trump, because he has three different ways of speaking.” Noah was born in Johannesburg, in the final years of apartheid, to a XhosaJewish mother and Swiss father. Because of South Africa’s strict laws banning relationships between blacks and whites, Noah’s parents had to keep their son a secret — upon spotting the police, his father literally had to move to the other side of the street. Eventually his parents split up and Noah mostly lived with his mother in Soweto, Johannesburg’s shack-filled township for black families. Noah was born in 1984; apartheid fell when he was 10 years old. “Overnight, it now became, like, it is no longer illegal to be black, so you can now do things … start by sitting on the benches, start by riding on the bus, start by walking through the city at whatever time,” the comic told Jerry Seinfeld on “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.” “Then slowly you go, what else can we do? You can sing, you can do shows. … Can we tell jokes? Yeah, you can tell jokes.” Noah had told jokes to friends throughout his childhood. He did his first routine in public at a jazz club in Joburg. Soon, comedy was booming in South

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Africa’s largest city, and Noah, with his good looks, mischievous smile, talent for mocking officials in every local dialect and stayup-all-night work ethic, became its biggest star. He hosted a children’s TV show and the prestigious local comedy awards, headlining clubs, then theaters, then he toured the U.S., then he appeared on “The Tonight Show” and “Letterman,” before Stewart hired him as a correspondent in 2014. “Luckily, my parents never involved themselves in what I was doing professionally. … ‘just get out there and do what you need to do to earn a living,’”

Noah says. “I was the first free generation of my family because everyone before me was limited by the laws of South Africa. My mom didn’t say to me, ‘You have to go to university,’ because she didn’t get to go to university. In essence, I was the pioneer of the family, seeing what everything was like for the first time.” After Stewart acolytes such as Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Larry Wilmore graduated to their own shows, Noah became his unexpected successor. “The hardest thing is not ‘are the jokes funny enough?’ The hardest thing is the point of view and

their lecture. No one wants or needs reasons for a professor to get irked at them, but this is an easy way to do it. College can be a hard time for many students; no one needs to make it any tougher on themself. Avoiding these actions should help students get good grades and better the relationships with professors and fellow students.

the angle and the take,” says Noah, who inherited most of Stewart’s writers and producers. “Jon and I always joke about how we come to the same conclusions but we use very different formulas to get there. “It’s tough sometimes, because the news presents itself where you cannot escape what the thing is. You have to be different but you cannot be obscure,” Noah adds. “We have a pretty good hit rate when it comes to that, but I’m trying every single day to get higher and higher.” ©2016 Chicago Tribune. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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What your major says about you

Kirstyn Quandt Columnist

We all come to college with an idea of who we want to be and what we want to do. Although most times it is drastically different from our childhood dreams of firefighters, astronauts and teachers, we choose a major that we think best suits our interests. It is often a compilation of our skills, people who have influenced us most and a sure-fire escape from those things we hate most, (i.e., math and science). Even if we change it a few times, in the end, our major speaks to our character, our quirkiness and our innermost motivators. Although I myself am a communication major, I have friends that cover the spectrum. I’ve gained insight into the hectic lives of nursing majors, the scientifically fascinating curriculum of future athletic trainers as well as the creative enjoyment that the future educators of the world get from drafting lesson plans. So what does your major say about you? Sure, my accuracy may be off a bit, but from the wonderful friends I have made on Indiana State’s campus and through enduring endless exams and proofreading one another’s papers, I think I can draw a few assumptions. To all of you nursing majors, I first and foremost commend you. With your hectic schedules and demanding course loads it is amazing that you make it to Zumba class, and let alone have a kick-butt social life. But from those of you whom I have met, a few things are clear: not only have you chosen your profession because of your hearts and your genuine

desire to care for others, but you are also some of the hardest working, most dedicated individuals on this campus. As someone who cannot stand blood or needles, I applaud the work you do. If you like creating lesson plans and are an avid Pinterest-user, then you are much like the education majors I know. With a bubbly personality and tendency to be extremely organized, you are well suited to teaching the future leaders of the world. For those pursuing elementary education, may your colored pencils always be sharpened and to those entering high schools, may your witty comebacks be spot-on and your skin be thick. As athletic training majors, it is rare you have free time. Between clinical hours logged and taping endless ankles for practice, your course load is one to be admired. With an interest in sports and a willingness to care for others, you must have a calming personality to soothe those who are in pain and also the brains to recall the endless treatments at the drop of a hat. And for all of the future smelly locker rooms you encounter, I offer my condolences. And finally, let’s round out the list with my fellow communication majors. Although the majority of us may not quite know the exact profession we want to pursue, we do know a few things. We know the ins-andouts of group projects and of course we are up to date on the latest trending social media platform. But what does this mean in the grand scheme of things? Well, it means that no matter what path we pursue, you can assure that our writing skills will be fine-tuned and that we will always take the creative angle to overcome a problem before drafting a practical equation. It goes without saying

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on March 28, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

The Irony of Easter Landan James Columnist

Over the past weekend, families gathered together to celebrate the supposed resurrection of Jesus Christ by finding eggs that a rabbit hid. While it is a Christian holiday, it is safe to assume that non-Christian Americans most likely participate in the Easter egg hunt ritual. Indeed, while it is ironic that non-Christians would participate in a Christian holiday, the true irony lies in the fact that Christians are actually participating in a pagan ritual. That’s right, folks; the beloved tradition of celebrating the Christian de-

ity’s resurrection is nothing more than a continuation of paganism. In fact, our modern holiday of Easter derives from an early Anglo-Saxon holiday in which the goddess Eostre was worshipped. Her presence signaled the coming of spring and the rebirth of life and nature after winter’s end. Furthermore, several scholars believe that hares, or rabbits, were associated with Eostre as the bringers of her light. The hiding and finding of the eggs represents the long-standing tradition of games played by the early pagans during the festival. Not only do modern Christians continue to participate in pagan practices, but the Christian story of Easter simply mirrors previously existing stories and myths about resurrection and the coming of spring. Christians celebrate the resurrection, or rebirth, of Jesus Christ every Easter

Sunday — a date that falls in early spring. It is the springtime that brings about the return of warm weather, the blossoming of flowers and the overall rebirth of natural life. The dark and dreary winter days in which very little nature live end, and life can once again restart. Jesus is the deity Christians associate with the return of spring, while Anglo-Saxon peasants associated it with Eostre. Even the ancient Egyptian god Horus’ life story is a carbon copy of Jesus Christ’s. Therefore, the story of Jesus Christ’s resurrection is merely a continuation and adaptation of earlier religious stories and myths associated with the spring equinox and the rebirth of life. It is truly ironic that Christians willingly participate in a tradition such as Easter, despite its nonChristian origins, because of Christianity’s proud

claim to be the only true religion. Therefore, it is quite comical to witness modern Christians willingly engage in pagan rituals; especially with the church’s long history with blasphemers and false prophets. Perhaps more amusing, however, is that Christians spend their hard-earned money to buy chocolates, candies and plastic eggs because it only makes the large corporations wealthier. Therefore, the irony is twofold: first, it is an open participation of earlier pagan symbols; secondly, large corporations have succeeded in exploiting the holiday and its rituals for profit. So, the next time you and your family get all excited about Easter and the Easter egg hunt, remember that you are actually engaging in pagan rituals. Not only that, but some corporate fat cat is getting rich off your involvement.

Ditch the debt: Curb the urge to overspend Casey Ewart Columnist

Students bring bad habits to college, such as procrastinating, eating all the time, expecting to be spoon-fed information, binge-watching Netflix, incessant partying and non-stop shopping. Most bad habits in college can be fixed with a budget and a willingness to put studying first. Some habits are hard to shake but can be with the right mix of determination

and support. Being a shopaholic is extremely difficult while being a “broke college student.” Most people have to learn to adapt to the college life. It is a trial run of being on your own. Not everyone comes from a family that has a trust fund. For those of us who have to work hard for everything we have, we do not have the luxury of being a spendthrift. Shopaholics who do not have a job have to cut back on the urge to shop. There are a few ways this can be done. Some do not like to use coupons, but there are others who are coupon fanatics. This is one way of saving money. There are some

restaurants that if you show your Sycamore ID you will receive a discount such as Wendy’s, Papa Johns, Denny’s and Grand Traverse Pie Company. There might be other restaurants. You can always present your ID and ask anyway. Another way is to look for cheap events. With your Sycamore ID and being a part of The Forest, you have the possibility of receiving free T-shirts, food and premium seating at games. There are always events on or around campus. Some activities include food or shirts with a small admission fee. You can attend all the athletic events for free with your Sycamore ID. College students need

to be wary of the risks involved with over-shopping and make sure they know how to balance their money. Small transactions add up over time. A shopaholic may own a credit card or two to cover what they owe, but some credit card companies target college students. According to Jessica Dickler, CNNMoney writer, “Many students get lured into signing up for credit cards that they don’t have the experience to manage, and end up with big bills that they can’t pay off at the end of each month. The average outstanding balance on undergraduate credit cards was $2,169 in 2005, according to student-loan provider Nellie Mae.” Some people throw away

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receipts and forget to write down the purchase amount in their register. Almost everything is electronic, which gives more reason to balance out their money in the bank by writing it down. Some banks will give free transaction booklets to help balance out your money. For those that are shopaholics or people that complain about not having money, there are jobs on or near campus. Don’t just wait around for your tax return or the loan refunds from school. You could be waiting months just to get by as opposed to earning the money that you spend. Shopaholics have “a hole burning in their pocket”

and a job helps feed their desires. Being a shopaholic has a lot of downsides while you’re in college. However, it is possible to feed your habit and be successful. Would you rather be a shopaholic that takes control and budgets as well as having a job, or would you rather be one that complains and just gets by? This may be the reason why some of you are in college, so that you can spend a lot of money on big houses and fancy cars with big paychecks from a career that requires a college degree. Don’t let the slippery slope of being a shopaholic create more debt for you than a college degree does.

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indianastatesman.com MAJOR FROM PAGE 6 that once foundational courses are out of the way, there are few overlaps in various majors.

PERISH FROM PAGE 8 behind two-time MVFC Player of the Year, Jeff Miller (7,519). Mike Perish Career Notes — Sycamore QB from 2012-14 (transferred from Western Michigan) — 2014 Second-Team All-MVFC selection — 2012 MVFC AllNewcomer selection — All-time leader in career passing yards – 6,716

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And that’s how it should be. Coming to college is our way of finally pursuing the career we have always wanted or maybe the one

we have recently discovered. Either way it encompasses who you are and speaks to your strengths as much as your weaknesses.

— Second all-time in total offense – 6,373 — Single-season record holder in: offensive plays (589); total offense (3,309); pass attempts (528); pass completions (324); passing yards (3,515); completion percentage (61.4); and touchdown passes (21). — Single-game record holder in: completions (41, at Eastern Kentucky, 2014, FCS Playoffs First Round); passing yards (407, at Eastern Kentucky, 2014, FCS

Playoffs First Round); completion percentage (88.5, vs. Quincy, 2013); consecutive completions (12, vs. Quincy, 2013). — Ten career 250-yard passing games Indiana State football began spring practice Monday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, kicking off a month of work before the annual Spring Game on Friday, April 29, at 4 p.m.

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Mike Perish returns as WR coach Tyler Wooten

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Two years after leading the Sycamores to the FCS Playoffs for the first time in 30 seasons, former Indiana State quarterback and all-time leading passer Mike Perish is returning to the Sycamore football program as the wide receivers coach under head coach Mike Sanford. Perish, who put together one of the best singleseason offensive efforts in Indiana State history during the historic 2014 campaign, completes Sanford’s 2016 staff following the hires of cornerback/ nickelback coach Maurice Crum Jr. and special teams/tight ends coach Gary Hyman back in February. “Mike Perish is an outstanding addition to our staff,” Sanford said. “He had an excellent career at Indiana State, capped off by being the quarterback who led us to the first playoff appearance in 30 years. He has been preparing himself for this moment. He already understands our offense, so it will be a very good transition for us and for him coming into this position. I see a very bright future for him.” Perish — a native of Frankfort, Illinois and graduate of Marist HS — played at Indiana State from 2012-2014 after transferring from Western Michigan in 2011. In those three seasons, Perish became one of the greatest to ever don a Sycamore uniform, becoming ISU’s alltime leading passer and destroying several singleseason records along the way in 2014. That season, Perish earned Second-Team AllMVFC honors as he led a potent Sycamore offense that propelled ISU to a playoff berth and a firstround victory over Eastern Kentucky — Indiana State’s first in the playoffs since 1983. That season, Perish rewrote the record book, becoming the single-season record holder in: offensive plays (589), total offense (3,309, broke Blayne Baggett’s 2005 record by nearly 500 yards), pass attempts (528), pass completions (324), passing yards (3,515, breaking Baggett’s 2005 record by more than 800 yards), completion percentage (61.4) and touchdown passes (21). In that playoff victory at Eastern Kentucky, Perish also set single-game records in completions (41) and passing yards (407) as the Sycamores routed the Colonels 36-16. Perish would finish his career with 10 250-yard passing games and second all-time in total offense (6,373)

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Softball hopes to knock off Big 12 Cyclones Zach Rainey Reporter

Indiana State softball looks to get back on the right track this week after being swept by the Drake Bulldogs, making it six straight losses for the team. It won’t be an easy task as the Sycamores prepare to hit the road for 11 of their next 12 games, including eight straight, starting with a doubleheader today against the Iowa State Cyclones who hold a 6-1 alltime advantage over ISU. The Cyclones enter the contests at .500 with a 1414 record after splitting a double-header at home against the North Dakota State Bison. Iowa State is led by senior utility player Brittany Gomez. On the season, Gomez is second in the Big 12 conference in hits and seventh in the conference in batting average, hitting .394. She is just one of five Cyclones hitting above .300 on the year. At the plate, the Cyclones edge out the Sycamores in nearly every category. The Cyclones hit .289 as a team while the Sycamores hit .260 and have 17 more hits and 10 more runs on the season than ISU, showing that Iowa State gets timely hits with runners in scoring position.

Junior No. 8 Erica Crissman, an outfielder, adopts a ready stance.

This is illustrated by the fact that the Cyclones have 20 more RBIs on the season than the Sycamores. ISU has struck out 41 more times than Iowa State in just 18 more at-bats. In the circle, it’s Emma Hylen the Sycamores have to watch out for. Hylen has just a 1.57 ERA in a teamhigh 19 appearances. It isn’t often you see a player start seven games on the mound, but appear in an additional 12 — meaning she’s pitched in all but nine of the Cyclones’ games. She’s held batters to just a .192 batting average this

season with an astounding ERA of 1.58. Savannah Sanders is also a workhorse for this team, having played in 17 games and starting 14. While Sanders might not have the lowest ERA or the most wins, she’s pitched the most innings with 87.1, 25 more than Hylen. Pitching is the major difference between these teams. As a group, Sycamore pitchers lay claim to a 6.80 ERA while the Cyclones have just a 2.91 on the season. ISU has also given up over 150 more hits than Iowa State, as well

as over 100 more earned runs in just six more innings pitched. As for the Sycamores, they come into the contest being led at the plate by Brooke Riemenschneid, who is hitting .356 with a team-high seven doubles. She also leads the team in slugging percentage, currently sitting at .493. One player that can do some damage in the lineup for the Sycamores is Erika Crissman, who has hit three triples on the season. Mallory Schneid doesn’t hit for a high average, but one stat that can’t go over-

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looked is her team-high 13 walks, giving her the highest on-base percentage of any Sycamore. Indiana State continues its search for consistent pitching. Bailey Benefiel has started 23 of the Sycamores’ 30 games this year and has compiled a 5-18 record with her going the distance 10 times. Wednesday’s doubleheader starts at 3 p.m. with the second game to follow. Indiana State continues its Iowa road trip this weekend, facing Northern Iowa in a Missouri Valley Conference series.

Rosselli continues to battle back Adler Ingalsbe

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Being a Division I collegiate athlete can be difficult. Add in injuries and the pressure that can come from playing for your hometown team and it makes it that much harder. But Indiana State outfielder Tony Rosselli wouldn’t have it any other way. The Terre Haute native and North Vigo High School graduate has been one of the cogs in the successful season the Sycamores have had this year. Rosselli is hitting just .247, but has a slugging percentage of .397, has drove in eight runs and is leading the team with two home runs and two triples. While his success in the batter’s box and in the outfield has benefited the Indiana State record, it did not happen without a long and winding road. The redshirt junior committed to ISU prior to the start of his senior campaign at Terre Haute North, where he would go on to put up a .373 batting average while hitting eight home runs and 51 RBIs, leading to him being named the Wabash Valley Baseball Player of the Year. He then traveled just minutes away from North’s Don Jennings Field to be-

gin his career at Bob Warn Field. Rosselli was redshirted his first year at Indiana State and suffered a hand injury, although it did not affect him since he was not paying. “My redshirt year I had broken my hand which was a small setback that didn’t really affect me because I wasn’t playing,” he said. When the following season rolled around, he was eligible to play with his redshirt being lifted, but had a trio of upperclassmen that included Landon Curry, Jacob Hayes and Connor McClain ahead of him on the depth chart. He would end up making 17 appearances in games, including six starts, compiling a total of 34 at-bats in which he hit .206 with one home run, five RBIs and runs scored and two stolen bases. Rosselli recalls feeling frustrated from time to time being behind them, but ultimately looked back at the year as a learning experience that helped him grow as a player and as a teammate. “At times I would get upset thinking I should be playing, (but) now that I look back it, it was a learning experience which has helped me (get to) this point (in my career). I also pushed those guys to im-

prove on their own game because they knew that I was the backup,” Rosselli added. “I would go through a brick wall for those guys, and we are all still great friends. At that time it was my job to push those guys so we could be successful as a team.” He would carry over the same mindset into his redshirt sophomore year, in which he was pushed into the designated hitter’s role with Curry, Hayes and McClain in their final seasons with the Sycamores. Rosselli would prove his worth during the beginning of the 2015 season, as he appeared in 31 games, starting 25, and led the team with a .344 batting average in his 96 at-bats, as well as hitting three home runs, 12 RBIs, scoring 15 runs and stealing three bases. Everything was looking good until the injury bug returned. “My (redshirt) sophomore year I sprained my ankle, which set me out 23 games. (It) was tough on me as a player,” Rosselli said. “The rehab for an ankle sprain is very painful which made it hard to stay on top of my recovery. I wasn’t able to finish out the year.” The next time he would see his name penciled into

a lineup card was during the 2015 summer, when he played for the Edenton Steamers in the Coastal Plain League. Rosselli used the opportunity to play in North Carolina to build on the performances he was having for Indiana State. The outfielder played in 46 games for the Steamers, making 43 starts, while hitting .277, 10 homers, 30 RBIs, stealing four bases and throwing out seven runners from the outfield. The Steamers won 46 of 63 games played en route to winning the Coastal Plain League championship. The success he, along with the team, had last summer helped Rosselli going into the 2016 Sycamore season. “The success that the team and I experienced was surreal. This past summer (taught me) what it takes as an individual and as a team to be successful day in and day out,” he noted. “Baseball is baseball. You can’t make it harder than it already is. Being able to lock in and grind out each day is what it takes to be successful at even the highest of levels.” The experience and success he was able to take from his time with the Steamers came from the amount of preparation he

put in, but the summer months in North Carolina weren’t the first time he was told how to prepare. His parents, Bruce and Cheryl, are both former Olympic athletes, with his father being a United States Bobsled National team member for 17 years and his mother being a 27-time national and international Table Tennis champion. The experiences they’ve gathered over their careers have been poured into their son, but Rosselli says now it’s on him to take everything to reach his full potential. “They (Rosselli’s parents) have prepared me since I was little to be the best. I have not reached my full potential (but) I know what it takes,” Rosselli said. “They have supported me and understood everything that I have gone through at this point. Now it is all up to me to be successful.” Moving forward, Rosselli isn’t worried about his personal performances or statistics, as long as he’s playing his role in helping the Sycamores win games. “Each game I play in is the only game that matters to me at that point in time. As an individual and as a team, our goals are to be consistent every day. If we can do that, we can make it to Omaha.”