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JAMIL TOPTSI Reporter In 1969, Chief Quabachi was selected as a mascot for Indiana State University.

However, the Indian Chief was retired as a mascot in 1989 and replaced by Sycamore Sam six years later.

While Indiana State made the switch over 20 years ago, for diehard fans of teams like the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Chiefs, changing the mascot might seem out of the question. Indian mascots have rallied fans in the athletic world for decades, but one documentary is challenging that tradition.

On Thursday night, the Office of Diversity showed a film in Dede III entitled, “In Whose Honor? American Indian Mascots in Sports.”

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Indiana State University students say they should have the option of choosing online books and a national study indicates that the choice may their improve grades (Photo by SaBrandi Powers).

KRISTI ASHBY Reporter High textbook prices don’t just leave a dent in students’ bank accounts anymore. According to a recent national study, textbook costs can impact their grades too.

The United States Public Interest Research Group [U.S. PIRG], released results of the survey in late January. Out of 2,000 students, 65 percent said they avoided buying pricey textbooks, and that decision caused concern about their grades.

Furthermore, 82 percent said their academic performance would improve “significantly” if their textbook was offered for free online, with the hard copy being an optional purchase.

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Indiana State, said students should have the option of using an eBook or printed book in classes.

“Some classes do give you the option of either or, but not all teachers will allow eBooks,” Hoskins said. “I like things about both eBooks and paper books. I can easily hit a search button in an eBook to find a topic, but I can also use the index to a printed textbook.”

Faculty members such as William Flurkey, an ISU chemistry professor, are afraid students will not be attentive in class if they’re allowed to look at laptops or other electronic devices for online books.

“I need students to focus in class to learn,” Flurkey said. “I don’t let my students use any technology,

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including cell phones. So no laptops in class means no eBooks are allowed. I want kids to pay attention instead of getting on Facebook or messaging their friends in my classes.”

In the 2012-13 academic year, Jim Johnson found that students can perform equally well whether learning with a digital or a printed book.

Johnson, the director of instructional and information technology in the Bayh

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College of Education, surveyed over 200 students, half using an iPad2 and the others using a printed textbook.

Students were then asked to complete a 16 question quiz and a brief survey.

Average scores on the tests were 13.24 out of 16 questions correct, regardless of the format.

Students had varying opinions on the survey as to whether or not they would use an eBook or stick to the traditional printed textbook.

“I like using eBooks on my laptop, but not all professors allow or approve of laptops in the classroom,” said one student in the survey.

Another student preferred printed works saying, “I just prefer using an actual textbook. I feel like I get much more out of it and can concentrate better while reading the book. I can underline key things or make notes in the margins.”

“I was not surprised by the results as prior research using laptops yielded similar results, but I wanted to show that digital tablet devices could be used in this way,” Johnson said. “Tablets are more personal and lighter than laptops and increasing as popular devices and could provide newer methods to deliver content without the weight or sitting positions of a regular desktop or laptop.”

Students spend hundreds of dollars every semester to buy their school textbooks.

Many are looking for the cheapest options, but some still want to stick to the more traditional options.

“I spent $320 on books just this semester but I already had one book,” Hoskins said. “If I had bought eBooks, it would’ve been cheaper. I didn’t buy Left: Senior aviation management major Chris Foster scans the shelves for books for the eBooks though, because I like having the upcoming semester. Above: Indiana State students, such as freshman communication major Kelah McKee, buy texbooks from Barnes & Noble bookstore (Photo by SaBrandi actual printed book.”

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ISU Public Safety police blotter Feb. 20 8:32 a.m.: property damage was reported at Third and Cherry Streets 9:34 a.m.: suspicious activity was reported off campus 2:30 p.m.: theft was reported at the Student Recreation Center 3:08 p.m.: an injured person was reported at Lot 10 4:08 p.m.: conversion was reported and a trespass warning was issued in Cunningham Memorial Library 9:07 p.m.: found property was reported on campus

Feb. 21

12:29 p.m.: property damage was reported off campus 12:41 p.m.: an information report was conducted off campus 12:56 p.m.: a trespass warning was issued on campus 1:55 p.m.: an item was found in Rhoads Hall 2:13 p.m.: an accident resulting in property damage was reported at the Recycling Center 3:01 p.m.: theft was reported in Rhoads Hall 3:56 p.m.: a bank card was found in Cunningham Memorial Library 4:23 p.m.: suspicious activity was reported off campus 5:09 p.m.: an information report was conducted in the West Pay Lot 8:05 p.m.: an ill person was reported in Erickson Hall

12:02 a.m.: a loud party was reported in the Lincoln Quad 12:09 a.m.: a fire alarm sounded in the North Arena 12:45 a.m.: a disturbance was reported Feb. 22 in the Hulman Memorial Student Union 8:08 a.m.: a purse was found in Parsons 2:21 a.m.: an injured person was Hall reported at the South Pay Lot 11:57 a.m.: a hit and run accident 4:05 a.m.: an item was found and resulting in property damage was returned to its owner at the South Pay Lot reported at Lot A 4:51 a.m.: an information report was

conducted off campus Cunningham Memorial Library 10:58 a.m.: theft was reported in the 6:44 p.m.: an information report was Student Recreation Center conducted in the Student Recreation 3:04 p.m.: harassment and threats were Center reported at the Parking Garage 11:48 p.m.: an ill person was reported in Mills Hall

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7:51 a.m.: a trespass warning was issued in the Scott College of Business 10:33 a.m.: theft was reported in the 12:59 p.m.: theft was reported in the Student Recreation Center Student Recreation Center 1:38 p.m.: lost property was reported in 6:29 p.m.: a warrant was issued and the Student Recreation Center trespassing was reported at the University 2:18 p.m.: a suspicious person was Apartments reported in Cunningham Memorial Library Feb. 24 3:02 p.m.: an information report was conducted on campus 10:36 a.m.: a bank card was found at the 7:27 p.m.: an ill person was reported at John T. Myers Technology building the Student Recreation Center 12:27 p.m.: lost property was reported 8:54 p.m.: a backpack was found in off campus Cunningham Memorial Library 12:37 p.m.: money was found off campus Feb. 26 12:49 p.m.: an information report was conducted in Root Hall 12:20 a.m.: an ill person was reported in 3:51 p.m.: property damage was Sandison Hall reported at Lot 5 10:53 a.m.: an ill person was reported in 5:12 p.m.: a wallet was found in the Hulman Center

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ISU student, alumna win local contest

Jonathan Boes shows off the $500 cash prize he won from ISU Credit Union’s “Sing Our Jingle” Contest last month (Submitted photo).

Indiana Statesman staff report ISU Credit Union is proud to announce its “Sing Our Jingle” Contest winner.

First place went to Jonathan Boes, second place to Jennifer Turner and third place to Solly Burton. Cash awards were given to the top three places.

Boes is a senior aviation management major, Turner is the assistant manager of the Honey Creek Mall in Terre Haute and Burton is from Graysville and a national mandolin champion.

The Sing Our Jingle Contest was open to the public and a total of 21 total entries were received. Nine finalists were selected and the winners were chosen by the public casting votes online through the ISU Credit Union website.

The winners were announced last month.

ISU Credit Union, chartered in 1960, is a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned and operated by its members. The Credit Union is part of the Shared Branch Network that provides access to transaction services at over 5,000 branches nationwide. The main office is located at 444 N. Third Street.

All entries for the contest can be viewed at https://www.isucreditunion.com/singourjingle/ index.aspx.

Second place winner and ISU alumna Jennifer Turner (above) and third place finalists Solly Burton and friends (below) perform in their YouTube submissions for the local “Sing Our Jingle” contests (Photo illustrations by Brianne Hofmann).

Office of Diversity funding exhausted Due to the increase of requests and the early submission of spring requests for funding received during the fall semester, the student organization mini-grant funding has been exhausted for the 2013-14 academic year.

During the 2013-14 academic year, 34 requests for funding were received, totaling more than $45,000.

Of the 34 requests, eight were from new organizations that had never received funding from the Office of Diversity.

The Office of Diversity grants financial support to student organizations’ diversity-related programs and events that help fulfill their missions.

Sharilyn Spicknall to perform

Indiana State alumna and violinist Sharilyn Spicknall and pianist Claude Cymerman will perform Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts.

The duo will present Mozart’s “Sonata No. 32” for piano and violin, and Edward Elgar’s “Sonata opus 82” for violin and piano, then will be joined by cellist Eric Edberg to conclude the recital with Astor Piazzolla’s “Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas (The Four Seasons).”

Cymerman and Edberg are faculty members of DePauw University School of Music. Spicknall is a lecturer with the ISU School of Music. The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the School of Music at 237-2771.

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Opinions Editor, Samual Clark isu-statesmanopinions@mail.indstate.edu Editor-in-Chief, Brianne Hofmann isu-statesmaneditor@mail.indstate.edu

Winter is here: two authors who rewrote the game Iiit’s baa-aaack. Or at least, it’s almost here.

Yes, sound the alarums, alert the hunting dogs and wake the wenches, season four of the infamous HBO’s masthead, “Game of Thrones” will return next month. And the world couldn’t be Opinions happier.

Editor HBO and original author George R. R. Martin have successfully completed something we see only once in a blue moon — killing the main character while keeping the show alive. Spoiler alert: at the end of his first book, Martin picked off the head of the family in focus, Ned Stark. And the world rioted.

Not necessarily because they were angry, but because it was unexpected. As readers of books or even more so as TV viewers, we have a base understanding that there’s going to be a few characters that the author won’t touch. They’re too vital to the story. But by the end of his first book, Martin made it clear that he was not playing by standard rules.

Watching the characters battle it out with absolutely no safety net is a huge chunk why fans drool over the next book or upcoming season. Martin took away the unspoken rule that there is to be at least one, maybe two characters who you just know will end up surviving.

You know Bran will pull through, Arya and her teacher, Syrio, will stave off the attack and Ned will gain his free . . . hold up, did he just get decapitated?

Oh yes, he absolutely did. In fact, Martin has become the most notorious

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modern author with such repute and the tale has a tendency to go from bleak respect. Martin has succeeded where to moderately hopeful and ends in some few have before by making a series that tragic event from out of left field. is not only revolutionary, but popular Martin and Kirkman both seem within its own time. to follow a very organic flow in their Martin’s preposterously popular writing, deciding to do as they feel fit, story arc has also become a major as opposed to pandering to the masses phenomenon. The world is hyped for as so much of entertainment industry this crazy, new method of story telling, has done. This makes them both widely where we are completely uncertain how popular and extremely dangerous it will turn out. players in the world of fantasy fiction.

Robert Kirkman, writer and creator Martin, quoted in the Sydney Times, of the wildly acclaimed comic “The describes two kinds of authors — Walking Dead,” followed a similar train architects and gardeners. of thought when he “The architects do went to answer the “In our world, it’s rare at blueprints before they question, “What if the best to hear the hero of drive the first nail, zombie apocalypse were they design the entire to actually happen? Not the story actually made house, where the pipes just in a mall for a week, it through, surviving on are running, and how but total survival mode the power of heart and many rooms there are with no guarantees going to be, how high friendship.” about anything?” the roof will be,” Martin Kirkman is notorious said. “But the gardeners for refusing to leave just dig a hole and plant a single character unscathed, either the seed and see what comes up.” mentally or physically. As it stands, the Maybe it’s their “gardener-style” only characters left from the original mentality, their diligence on very deep comics are the main character Rick — analysis of how their characters feel or who’s lost his right hand — his son, Carl react or their loyalty to storytelling over — who’s missing half of his face — and commercialism, but somewhere along Andrea — who held her little sister as the line, these boys changed the game. she died.

One of the common complaints Much like Martin, Kirkman has a with many types of fictional writing, nasty little habit of randomly killing off especially fantasy, is that the author will fans’ favorite characters, not necessarily justify anything that seems remotely just to keep everyone on their toes but implausible in their story by saying, because he too wants to build a realistic “How? Because magic, that’’s how.” world.

Martin and Kirkman, on the other And in this case, realism entails that hand, have begun a radical process. there are no promises about children’s Instead of following the overly-done, safety, or the love interest gets a passing traditional way of holding an epic battle wave. Since story arcs are six issues long, where there’s simply no way the hero

can win until a bolt of deus ex machina rains upon him and he pulls through by the skin of his teeth, our boys decided to write as it would in reality, harshness and all.

In our world, it’s rare at best to hear that the hero of the story actually makes it through, surviving by the power of heart and friendship. Many times the underdog gets creamed, the hero doesn’t stop the bomb and everyone goes home crying.

And that is exactly why so many fans clamor for the return of “Game of Thrones” and “The Walking Dead” — because they finally met a curve ball they can’t hit.

According to winteriscoming.net, the unofficial fan page for all things “Game of Thrones,” the viewers hit just over 14.2 million in August of 2013. “Walking Dead” snagged another 15.8 million viewers in their midseason premier this past month, according to AMC.com blogs. Together, these shows total to just under the Sochi Olympics’s level of ratings with 31.7 million, according to deadline.com.

And that’s in viewership alone.

Kirkman’s 100th issue sold 383,612 in initial orders alone. Martin’s fifth book in his series, “A Dance with Dragons,” broke the 2011 record for initial sales, posting 298,000 written, electronic and audio copies within the first day.

With the changing landscape in the TV and literature, I couldn’t be happier.

It’s about time we see some real risk in our entertainment. There’s a reason why these guys are so popular, they’re not afraid to step up and take charge.

Take a seat, safety nets. It’s time for something with real teeth.

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Internet sensation proves power behind the keyboard

Kylie Adkins

Assistant Editor

As I am sure most of you have heard, there is a new Internet phenomenon around called, “TwitchPlaysPokemon.”

The site has been the focus of the attention from Forbes to Game Informer to every reddit.com blog ever, not to mention a few thousand Pokemon fans.

Starting off as a social experiment by an anonymous Australian programmer, the game

has taken off.

Twitch is a “Pokemon Red” emulator played continuously online. But the catch is that it is not just one person playing.

Every person logged into Twitch.tv — no paid subscription needed — can type a command into the chat log. The emulator uses these commands to control the main character “Red” and lead him on his journey to become a Pokemon master.

There are two different control types: “anarchy” mode and “democracy” mode.

The players decide which mode they will play in by typing either word into the chat log, and the emulator counts the votes.

Once enough votes have been cast, it will change game mode.

In anarchy mode, players just type in Pigeot; “the False Prophet,” their Flareon controls, and because there are literally and many others. thousands of people typing these These factions seem to try to commands, the emulator will pick out a purposefully mess up the game for others handful of commands and the character by attempting to release certain Pokemon will move as told. or making ridiculous in-game choices just In democracy mode, the system waits to frustrate the other factions.

20 seconds and then tallies the votes for The amazing thing about Twitch is that each action, choosing the most popular. there is no reason for it to have been so This mode is much slower, but also a successful. more sure-fire way to get through battles It is slow going and downright stressful or areas that require at times. But the Internet “I think, if anything, this has carried it off to fame coordination.

Both modes have their shows our generation’s and glory with massive uses, but anarchy seems ability to get things done, amounts of fan-made has reigned supreme. analysis and even when faced with artwork, But for all its popularity, conversation.

There battles and adversity.” have even been videos bad things tend happen when in anarchy mode. of TwitchPlaysPokemon For instance, the “in real life” where releasing of key Pokemon, including their popular YouTubers go to public areas and starter, Charmeleon. Despite this, the act as Red does in TPP. game rarely switched to democracy mode.

Aside from the outrageous holy battle The players have had some crazy ups going on, I believe this actually proves and downs, from finally surviving the something for the Internet. Even though Pokemon Tower, a two-day ordeal, to it doesn’t seem like it should work, the “Bloody Sunday,” where 12 Pokemon were Internet found a way to beat the entire released from the PC in one day. game under extreme chaos.

Throughout all of this, religious factions This started off as a social experiment, and forum wars have sprung up following and while there have been no publications “Lord Helix,” the group’s chosen fossil; on the findings, I think this may actually “Bird Jesus,” their strongest Pokemon, say something about the future state of the

world as a whole.

TwitchPlaysPokemon was not just confined to those with the continental United States, seeing it did start in Australia. The people playing Twitch are most likely not past the age of 30.

Which means that we have future voters, lawmakers and maybe ambassadors participating.

And even though the game was mostly spent in anarchy, things still got done.

I think, if anything, this shows our generation’s ability to get things done even when faced with battles and adversity.

It also shows the Internet denizens’ sheer creativity.

Within the first few days of the livestream, there were sub-reddits, .GIFs, videos and a regularly updated document to keep everything straight.

With all of these mediums latching on, there is no need for paid advertisements.

The word just spread like wildfire. Most people had probably never heard of Twitch.tv until they read about it or heard from word of mouth, and now Twitch.tv has seen thousands of new accounts be made within the last two weeks.

Even if it was just a video game, hundreds of thousands of people came together and actually accomplished something — together.

Florida self-defense ruling leads to innocent murders Good lord, Florida has been busy, hasn’t it? I can almost smell the acrid gun smoke from way up here.

For those of you who have been hiding under a rock, news stations for the past couple months have been covering several murder trials within Florida regarding the “Stand Your self-defense law.

Columnist Ground” First was last year with the Trayvon Martin case; which was covered so heavily, I’ve no intention of explaining it.

Early this year, there was the Jordan Davis Murder, in which Michael Dunn shot up a car full of African-American teenagers when they wouldn’t turn down their music. Dunn claims that he thought he saw one of them pull a shotgun. There were no firearms found outside of the one

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Michael Dunn used. He was convicted of three counts of attempted murder but was given a mistrial on the count of murder one.

Then at the beginning of this month there was the Chad Oulson Murder.

Oulson was texting his child’s babysitter in a movie theater when he got in an argument with Curtis Reeves. Oulson then threw a piece of popcorn at Reeves, who responded with the utmost grace and dignity. Which is to say, he shot Oulson dead, claiming later he was defending himself.

Reeves is, at time of writing, awaiting the verdict. It is worth mentioning, before this becomes a race war, that Chad Oulson was a white guy shot by another white guy.

It seems that unneeded murder can follow across all racial boundaries.

What is the point of bringing these cases up? The surviving family members of the deceased are joining together to

try and change the “Stand Your Ground” law. According to MSN News, several civil rights groups and state legislators are lobbying for a legal review of the parameters of the Florida law. The three families of the deceased are planning to attend an upcoming rally to protest the law after the legislation opens on March 10. Even Zimmerman’s attorney wants to make the law more restrictive and he got someone off murder charges with it.

Personally, I agree with these people.

With the exception of maybe the Trayvon Martin case, where Martin supposedly assaulted Zimmerman, hitting him before Zimmerman shot him, every single one of these cases are sketchy at best.

Reeves better go to prison for this because the theater apparently had a “no guns policy,” anyway.

As for Dunn, I don’t care how “in danger” he thought he was; bottom line, he killed an unarmed kid who hadn’t

actually done anything. Sentence him with manslaughter at least.

At the same time, I can’t in good conscience say the law must be removed entirely. I remember a case a couple years ago in Indiana where a thief broke into a man’s home, the homeowner shot him, the thief sued for assault and attempted murder, then won the case. Again, the thief sued the guy he was robbing and won.

I believe the law needs to be narrowed down. As it stands, the law says the wouldbe shooter must have “reasonable fear of imminent peril or death.” “Reasonable” is apparently too vague for the people of Florida, since loud music and popcorn constitutes for “reasonable fear of peril.”

Jordan Davis’ parents put it best, saying that “the law is too subjective,and allows gun owners to shoot on the slightest fear, even if only imaginary.” I’m not saying remove it; but rein it in.

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today — should schools and professional sports teams be allowed to use Native Americans as their mascots?

The event was led by Ethan Strigas, kinesiology, recreation and sports professor at Indiana State University.

Before the movie began, he told a story about his childhood in Greece.

“When I was younger, my brother and I would dress up for Halloween” he said. “A lot of the boys dressed up like John Wayne. One year, I convinced my

“I had never really thought about how offensive these mascots were before. But now that I’ve seen the movie, and I’ve seen the way that these stereotypes make the Native Americans feel, I definitely have a different perspective on the issue.”

Mackenzie Carpenter, nursing major mother to dress my brother up like an Indian. It was just like we had seen on TV. John Wayne was the good guy, and the Indians were savages.”

This set the tone for the movie, which discussed the struggle that the Native American community has faced in their call to change racist team names and mascots. “In Whose Honor?” explores the practice of paying homage to Native American Indians by using them as mascots in sports.

Throughout the documentary, Native Americans such as Charlene Teters speak out about the detrimental effects of stereotypical sports images.

Teters, a Spokane Indian and forerunner in the national movement to end stereotyping, is seen being spit at, threatened and beaten, but says she is fighting to protect her cultural identity

Ethan Strigas, associate professor of kinesiology, recreation and sports, led and presented a post-movie discussion. He brought up topics such as the commercialization and degredation of Native American culture through sports mascots (Photo by Kira Clouse).

for her two children.

Teters’ efforts earn her the title “the Rosa Parks of American Indians” within her community.

The film features commentary from both sides of the national controversy, and also shows the extent to which residents of Champaign, Ill. will go to defend and justify its mascot.

After the film was over, Strigas held a discussion with the audience.

“How many of you were offended by the way Native Americans were represented

in this film?” he asked. About half of the participants raised their hands. “Those of you who didn’t raise your hands; what if we changed our mascot to a dancing Jesus who performed at our halftime show? Think of the outrage that would cause. That’s how it feels for the Native American community.”

Strigas said it was important for students to see the issue from both perspectives.

“I’m not trying to change the way that you think. I just want you to look at both

sides,” he said.

Nursing major Mackenzie Carpenter said she didn’t realize the ramifications of using stereotypes in sports until seeing the film.

“I thought the movie was very interesting,” she said. “I had never really thought about how offensive these mascots were before. But now that I’ve seen the movie, and I’ve seen the way that these stereotypes make the Native Americans feel, I definitely have a different perspective on the issue.”

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Feature Briefs

Deadline for Sycamore Leadership Awards approaching The Department of Campus Life wants to recognize students for their efforts in leading other Indiana State University students, supporting a student organization and being a good role model what it means to be a Sycamore.

Check out the Sycamore Leadership Awards on the ISU Treehouse and apply by 4 p.m. on March 7.

Contact Jordan Smith at jsmith279@ sycamores.indstate for any questions!

Students set to present thesis defenses this week Jake Willingham will defend his thesis “The Ecology and Morphology of Deep Sea Benthic Foraminifera: The Australian Margin and Epifaunal Pore Characteristics” on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Science 112. His committee chair is Tony Rathburn and his committee members are Jen Latimer and Jeffery

Stone.

Jason C. Dean will defend his thesis entitled “Investigating Transformational Leadership and Return on Equity Outcomes in Small and Medium Sized Community Banks” Friday, at 10 a.m. in the Myers Technology Center, Room 101 E.

Faculty focus groups to be conducted at Career Center Indiana State University and the Career Center have received a $3 million Lilly grant to help improve the soft skills, professional skills and career development processes of students.

This involves integrating career and professional skill programming into foundational studies courses, increasing outreach to students and expanding employer relations teams for increased employer partnerships. The grant allows the Career Center to complete a largescale marketing effort.

The Career Center announced Friday that they have hired Mindpower, a marketing firm out of Atlanta, to help develop a marketing plan for student career services as well as employer outreach.

The consultants from Mindpower will be on Indiana State’s campus on Tuesday to conduct some focus groups with partners

The ISU Career Center is hosting faculty focus groups on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of iSU Communications and Marketing).

and clients. The center invites faculty to participate in its “Faculty Focus Group” from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. in the Career Center conference room at 231 N. Sixth Walkway, east of the Welcome Center and fountain. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Those who are interested can contact Darby Scism at darby.scism@indstate.

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ISU student selected as 500 Festival princess Indiana Statesman Staff Report Leslie Ann Lindsay of Sullivan, a junior at Indiana State University, will be a 2014 500 Festival Princess.

Thirty-three young women from across Indiana have been selected to participate in the 2014 500 Festival Princess Program.

As ambassadors of the 500 Festival, the 2014 Indianapolis 500 and their hometowns, the princesses will attend and volunteer at 500 Festival events and programs throughout the month of May. In addition, the princesses will be involved with statewide outreach programs of their choosing. Princesses are also present at various Indianapolis Motor Speedway functions and participate in the Indianapolis 500 Victory Circle celebration.

This year’s 500 Festival princesses represent nine Indiana colleges and universities and 24 cities and towns across the state. The young women were selected from 230 applicants based on communication skills, poise, academic performance and community and volunteer involvement.

Applicants must be between 18 and 23 years old, single and legal residents of Indiana. Candidates must also be full-time students in a fully-accredited

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Lady Sycamores run roughshod over Ramblers of Loyola University

STATESMAN RUNDOWN Indiana State: Men’s Basketball vs. Northern Iowa 71-69 (L) Women’s Basketball vs. Bradley 73-60 (W)

Recent Contests: Men’s Basketball Record vs. Bradley 68-62 (W) vs. Southern Illinois 60-57 (W) vs. Evansville 59-54 (W) vs. Missouri State 77-66 (L) vs. Illinois State 77-59 (L) Women’s Basketball Record vs. Southern Illinois 72-35 (W) vs. Evansville 63-56 (L) vs. Missouri State 73-37 (W) vs. Wichita State 63-51 (W) vs. Loyola 66-45 (W)

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The Lady Sycamores basketball team ran up, down and around the visiting Ramblers of Loyola University Friday night en route to a 66-45 victory. The victory marks their third in a row as they head into their Senior Day matchup with the Bradley Braves (Photo by Gary Macadaeg).

Alex Modesitt Sports Editor The Indiana State women’s basketball team took to the court Friday night, and came away with a 66-45 win over the Loyola Ramblers. The win is the Lady Sycamores’ third in a row and improves their record to 16-10 overall and 11-4 Missouri Valley Conference play.

The Lady Sycamores won the tip and scored on their first possession. Sophomore forward Marina Laramie took the ball at the top of the key and hit a jumper to give

the Sycamores a quick 2-0 lead. Laramie led the way for the Sycamores on the night with 14 points and six rebounds in 27 minutes of action.

Indiana State races out to an 8-0 lead that saw scoring contributions from four different Sycamores. An open three pointer from junior forward Jasmine Grier capped the run. Grier finished the game with nine points, all from behind the arc. The run forced the Ramblers to take a timeout and rally the troops.

The Sycamores ran the score up to 12-4

before allowing Loyola to make a run and close the gap to 17-14 midway through the first half. Troy Hambric of the Ramblers was a handful for the Sycamores all night, scoring at will and racking up 23 points over the course of the game.

The Sycamores were able to build a 39-25 lead that they carried into halftime. Senior guard Anna Munn was a force in the first half, scoring all 12 of her points in the opening stanza.

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Men’s Basketball Rankings Wichita State 31-0 Indiana State 21-9 Missouri State 19-11 Illinois State 16-14 Northern Iowa 16-14 Bradley 12-19 Loyola 9-21 Evansville 13-18 Drake 15-15 Southern Illinois 13-18 Women’s Basketball Rankings Wichita State 22-6 Indiana State 17-10 Northern Iowa 16-11 Loyola 9-19 Illinois State 9-17 Missouri State 13-15 Evansville 13-14 Bradley 7-20 Southern Illinois 5-22 Drake 14-13

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Laramie began the second half much like the first, scoring the first bucket to extend the Sycamore lead. The Indiana State offense seemed to hit a wall early in the second half. A litany of turnovers gave the Ramblers ample opportunities, but the Sycamores’ defense held firm.

Senior guard Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir recorded three steals and nine points for the Sycamores.

Junior forward Racheal Mahan scored a bucket at the 16:45 mark of the second half that spurred a 6-0 run and helped the Sycamores regain their dominance.

Turnovers again reared their ugly head for the Sycamores offense midway through the second half. State’s loose play allowed Loyola to climb to within 10 points with under 10 minutes to play in the half. The Lady Sycamores would finish the game with 20 turnovers while only forcing 15.

With the game firmly in hand, Coach Teri Moren emptied her bench around the five-minute mark. With two minutes to go in the game, the Ramblers conceded defeat and put in their reserves. The Sycamore lead would balloon to 66-45 The Indiana State women’s basketball team watches as the ball falls through the net late in the game against the Loyola University Ramblers. The Sycamores went on to win the game 66-45, and began focusing on their Senior Day matchup (Photo by Gary Macadaeg). with the reserves playing.

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Sycamores fall short in comeback bid on Senior Day Alex Modesitt Sports Editor Indiana State men’s basketball hosted the Northern Iowa Cougars on Saturday afternoon for the final home game of the season. The Sycamores lost a heartbreaking Senior Day game 71-69 on a failed last-second shot.

Indiana State won the opening tip, but it was the Cougars who would strike first.

Northern Iowa brought the ball to the top of the key and lobbed a pass toward the basket that Seth Tuttle of the Cougars would corral and lay in for the alley-oop.

Tuttle scored the first eight points for the Cougars and would finish the game as the leading scorer with 23 points.

The Sycamores struggled to find their offensive groove through the middle portion of the first half. Northern Iowa took advantage and gained a 10-point lead with nine minutes to go in the first half.

The Sycamores would close to within four points with 4:30 to go in the half after a Northern Iowa turnover led to a highlight-reel dunk by sophomore forward Khristian Smith. Smith would

finish the game with 15 points and four rebounds.

After trading buckets over the next few minutes, Indiana State would take a 36-35 lead off of a Smith three. That lead ballooned to four just before the half when junior forward Justin Gant slipped his defender in the lane and threw down a thunderous dunk that sent the crowd into a frenzy.

The Sycamores took a 39-35 lead into halftime, largely because Indiana State was able to bucket 53.6 percent of their shots. Smith led the Sycamores with 10 points at the half, closely followed by senior guard Jake Odum with eight.

Indiana State came out of the half looking to send a message. The Sycamores blasted the Cougars for the first seven points of the second half. Northern Iowa would respond, however, scoring the next 13 to take a 48-46 lead.

Locating and closing out on three-point shooters was an issue for the Sycamores for most of the night. Indiana State allowed the Cougars to shoot 40 percent

Senior guard Jake Odum said his emotional goodbyes as he walked off the hardwood Continued on PAGE 16 for the final time in the Hulman Center over the weekend (Photo by Gary Macadaeg).

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from beyond the arc and couldn’t find an answer for Northern Iowa’s plays.

Tuttle continued to be a handful through much of the second half for the Sycamores. It almost seemed as if Tuttle couldn’t miss at times, hitting everything he threw at the basket.

With the Sycamores trailing by three, Odum hit a jumper from the elbow to cut the Cougar lead to one with 50 seconds left in the game. On the ensuing possession, Indiana State got a stop and race down the court for the go-ahead bucket, only to be called for an offensive foul with five seconds to go.

Tuttle hit the front end of a one-andone that put the Cougars up 71-69 with 4.5 seconds to go. The second free throw rattled out and was rebounded by the Sycamores.

Odum advanced the ball and had the

opportunity to graduate from being the hometown kid to the hometown hero in front of his friends and family who were in attendance for Senior Day. Odum stopped just short of the threepoint line, squared himself to the basket and released the potential game-winning shot.

It seemed as if the script had already been written and everyone in the Hulman Center was just waiting for the ball to fall through the net, but the ball had other plans. The shot rattled around the rim and fell to the floor to end the game.

The Sycamores will travel to St. Louis for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament this upcoming weekend, knowing that they need to win to have a shot at making the NCAA Tournament.

Indiana State’s first game will be Friday at 7:05 p.m.

Senior guard Dawon Cummings (left) drove to the hoop for the final time in the Hulman Center as the Sycamores lost to Northern Iowa. A fan-made sign (above) thanks the seniors for their time and dedication to Indiana State University (Photo by Gary Macadaeg).