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‘Remember the Titans’ coach to speak March 23 Libby Legett

ISU Communications and Marketing

Herman Boone, a former legendary high school football coach portrayed in “Remember the Titans,” will speak at Indiana State University at 7 p.m. March 23.

Boone is widely known for his position as football head coach at T.C. Williams High School. He lead the school’s undefeated team, where his experience was the foundation for the movie “Remember the Titans” in 2000. In 1971, Boone was ap-

pointed head coach of T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va. over the hometown favorite Bill Yoast, former head coach of the all-white Hammond High football team, which led to an increase in racial tensions. Boone and Yoast overcame the racial tensions

and unified as a team to become champions. In 1971, the T.C. Williams High School Titans became one of the best teams in Virginia with a 13-0 record, including a victory in the state championship. As a retired American high school football coach,

Boone continues to motivate and inspire others as a public speaker. He focuses on topics of respect, teamwork, community involvement and the importance of character. He will speak about lessons in diversity, “Remember the Titans” and

building and sustaining winning teams when he comes to campus. His appearance at Indiana State’s Tilson Auditorium is a part of the University Speakers Series. The event is free and open to the public.

Seminar examines Homeless college student shows true women superheroes grit in her pursuit of a home, degree Sydney Feldhake Reporter

With an extensive number of superhero movies being released this spring, new comic books hitting the shelves and women’s history month in tow, there is no more perfect time to address the issues with female representation in comic books. Dr. Sarah Summers, an assistant professor of technology at Rose-Hulman, spoke at the “Give me the Giant Wedge Heels: Women and the New Superheroes” event at Cunningham Memorial Library on March 2. In today’s society, many superhero comics lack major, strong roles for women, both on page and behind the scenes. Even though there are comic books out there that feature women in leading roles, most of the time the images portrayed are hypersexualized and focus on the woman’s physical assets instead of her ability. Hillary Pennell and Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz’s book “Sex Roles: a Journal of Research” revealed that 83 percent of women found comics to be marginalizing; these disempowered and hypersexualized images in comic books lead to a disempowered feelings. Comic companies have begun taking this rather large percent into perspective and have begun producing more comics with more diverse characters, helping create a more diverse fan base. “There has been this real resurgence and interest in not just female superheroes but feminist superheroes which I think is really exciting,” Summers reported. Wonder Woman was introduced in the 1940s, making her the first major female superhero to be featured in a comic book. It has been proposed in Jill Lepore’s “The Secret of Wonder Woman” that Wonder Woman was strongly based off of Inez Miholland Boissevain, a suffragist from the early 1900s. While the first step had been a giant step in female representation in comic books, since then the female role in comics has dwindled down to being the damsel in distress. The history of the strong, feminist character has recently been reignited with blooming new series featuring fresh, diverse characters. One ISU student said that in modern times, it is important to feature a diverse cast of heroes. “I find representation in comics to be one of the

most key issues that need to be addressed specifically, since it is 2016,” said MJ Jonen, a sophomore gender studies major. “I think so many things have progressed a lot, but things like gender equality and representation of women has fallen to the way side and need to be addressed.” Female representation has come a long way in the past decade. For example, Thor and Ms. Marvel, two comic books highlighted in Dr. Summer’s seminar, feature women superheroes. In the past “Jane Foster is the love interest and the damsel in distress, where now she is the hero of the story (in Thor, launched in 2014),” said Ryan Rushing, store manager at Chuck’s Comics. “Thor, Oden’s son, is actually a back character in this story,” Rushing said. “It is interesting to see this flip-flopped; sometimes it works, and sometimes it does not, but in the case of Thor is has worked really well and sells really well too.” Not only is Thor a strong, female character, but also her attire highlights her strength. The chest is covered, but her arms are bare, stressing not only her physical strength, but throughout the series she proves to have mental and emotional strength too. “Ms. Marvel,” which was released in the same year, features a 16-yearold Muslim-American girl named Kamala Khan who was born to Pakistani immigrants. Her costume was modest and practical; she even wears a fanny pack. Kamala is a representation of a strong, diverse woman, who can still kick butt when justice needs to be done. Not only is “Ms. Marvel” a comic book about a Muslim woman, but it is also written by one: G. Willow Wilson, who is Muslim. In October 2014 “Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal” was the best selling graphic novel on the market. “The fact that Ms. Marvel is such an excellent seller is really indicative that people are interested in seeing these characters that are more broadly representative of all kinds of women,” Summers said. “(Although) it is not like we have fixed all of these representations, there are lots of counter examples to that kind of traditional, busty half naked figure, and I think that those, because they are so popular, will be staying in power.” “There will always be is-

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Latia Crockett-Holder, 23, puts on her shoes while getting ready for school on West Lawrence Avenue under Lake Shore Drive Feb. 11 in Chicago.

Despite obstacles, Chicago student strives to earn a degree Tony Briscoe

Chicago Tribune (TNS)

On a frigid winter morning, Latia Crockett-Holder, 23, emerges from her tent beneath a crumbling overpass in her stocking feet. In the dim viaduct, where the streetlights are out and water drips from melting icicles like stalactites in a cavern, CrockettHolder pulls two sheets of baby wipes from a box to wash her face. She squirts toothpaste from a small tube directly into her mouth, brushes and spits into the street. Then Crockett-Holder laces up her boots, slings a book bag over her shoulder and heads off to the No. 148 bus a block away. She has a 10:45 a.m. eco-

nomics class at MacCormac College in the Loop. Crockett-Holder is studying criminal justice and dreams of a career in law enforcement. It’s an unlikely goal for a woman living in the tent city that has sprouted beneath an overpass in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. For the last five months, she’s lived in an overstuffed tent that she shares with her husband and his stepfather. Inside the tent, she wears a headlamp to study. She’s been saving money from government assistance in an effort to get into an apartment. “I could get (more) done in the house and not being in the tent doing homework,” she said. “That’s like the hardest thing ever.

You’re bunched up in one tent, and you can’t stay focused. You hear people outside your tent arguing, and you can’t study.” Young people like Crockett-Holder will be the subject of an upcoming study by the University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall research center. Starting in May, the center plans to conduct a firstof-its-kind count of homeless and runaway young people in more than two dozen communities across the country. Researchers will attempt to survey homeless people from ages 14 to 24 in urban, suburban and rural communities. The resulting report is expected to produce state and national estimates on the number of homeless

young people and, hopefully, serve as a boilerplate for future research and policy, according to Bryan Samuels, executive director of Chapin Hall. “Part of the beauty of doing it for the first time is that we’ll do it, publish it and make it all available to everybody, so everything behind the estimate can serve as a methodology that others can improve upon over time,” Samuels said. The Chapin Hall initiative deviates from biennial homeless counts mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Those counts are carried out in the last week of January, typically the coldest

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Texas A&M student gone after racist confrontation with teens Eva-Marie Ayala

The Dallas Morning News (TNS)

One Texas A&M student who was part of a group that used racist slurs against Dallas teenagers visiting the campus has left the university, officials said Wednesday. But the school says it can’t say why the student is no longer enrolled. And officials won’t say whether any students face disciplinary action for the racially charged confrontation.

University President Michael K. Young said that the Brazos County District Attorney’s Office has declined to pursue any criminal charges related to the incident and that the university’s investigation is over. About 60 juniors from Uplift Hampton Preparatory, most of them black and Latino, were touring the A&M campus on Feb. 9 when a group of white students began taunting them. The college students yelled things like “go back

where you came from” and racist names, which were also directed toward a staffer from the charter school. In an earlier incident that day, two Uplift teens were throwing pennies in a fountain when they were approached by a young white woman. As the conversation progressed, the woman pointedly motioned to her Confederate flag earrings, asking the girls if it would be acceptable to wear them at the Dallas school. Young said federal pri-

vacy laws prevent him from saying whether the one university student who has left A&M was expelled or quit voluntarily. The student’s name was not released, nor was any other information about the student made available. “We realize these results don’t necessarily satisfy because we can’t be public about it,” Young said. Two investigations had been underway into the incidents, one by police

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GOP groups race to stop Donald Trump William Douglas and Lesley Clark

McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)

As Donald Trump marches toward a series of likely victories in Republican primaries on Super Tuesday, nervous Republican and conservative groups are escalating their attacks in an effort to stop him before he can clinch the nomination. Conser vative-backed anti-Trump PACs, almost daily missives about the bombastic billionaire and rhetorical onslaught from influential individuals condemning his White House run are increasing. The latest salvo arrived in the email inboxes of hundreds of influential thinkers, reporters and media talking heads Monday, the eve of the Super Tuesday primaries. “The Daily Donald” debuted with links to stories highlighting Trump business endeavors. It’s the product of the Our Principles PAC, founded by Katie Packer, who served as deputy campaign manager on Mitt Romney’s 2012 Republican presidential campaign. “I think it’s really important that Republicans nominate, at minimum, a Republican, but my hope is to have a principled conservative to be the standard bearer to present a contrast to Hillary Clinton,” Packer told McClatchy. “We felt that we needed to expose him for the fraud that he is.” This comes after the fiscally conservative group Club for Growth Action spent $1 million to air 30-second television and digital ads in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

The ads were designed to “expose the truth about Donald Trump’s long liberal record of support for higher taxes, national health care and government bailouts,” said David McIntosh, the group’s president and a former congressman from Indiana. “I’m glad that people are finally realizing they have to take his candidacy seriously,” McIntosh said. “We knew he’d be a disaster for the party, and terrible for the country but people kept saying ‘He will go away.’ I think people woke up after South Carolina and realized something has to be done.” Still, Trump continued to notch endorsements from Republicans: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an advocate of tougher immigration laws, said Monday that he’s backing Trump. Kansas votes on Saturday. “Mr. Trump stands head and shoulders above the other candidate,” Kobach said. “He has made it clear that ramping up the enforcement of our immigration laws will be his top priority.” Several so-called establishment Republicans initially watched Trump’s candidacy with a sense of bemusement, thinking that the voting public’s infatuation with the former reality-television host would flame out as primaries approached. Republican presidential candidates have vowed to back whoever is the party’s nominee in the fall. But after Trump racked up impressive victories in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, and after the once-presumed strong candidacies of es-

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Donald J. Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Fort Worth Convention Center on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas.

tablishment candidates such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fell by the wayside, more mainstream Republicans grew alarmed. “The ‘Anybody but Trump’ effort by many people in the right is building right now,” said Roger Beckett, executive director of the Ashbrook Center at Ohio’s Ashland University. “There are a lot of people on the right who wonder if Trump is really the right person who will reduce the size and scope of government.” Romney, the former Massachusetts Republican governor who recently raised questions about Trump’s tax returns, took to Twitter again Monday. This time he blasted Trump for not condemning the Ku Klux Klan and

grand wizard David Duke in a television interview Sunday. Trump on Monday blamed the Klan controversy on a faulty earpiece that prevented him from fully understanding the question posed to him on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I’m sitting in a house in Florida, with a very bad earpiece that they gave me, and you could hardly hear what he was saying,” Trump said on NBC’s “Today” show. “What I heard was ‘various groups.’ And I don’t mind disavowing anybody and I disavowed David Duke.” Like Romney, MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman from Florida, criticized Trump for failing to disavow the Klan and Duke.

WOMEN FROM PAGE 1 sues with equal representation in comic books. For every good representation there are probably four bad representations. You will always see the impossibly fit female in a comic book,” Rushing said. “Although … a (comic book) company called Valiant … has released the first plussized superhero comic book named Faith. You have this female super hero who is not this insanely, impossibly fit character, and she has sort of a Superman-esque power set. She flies, she has super strength … she is actually a very developed character and has her own back-story. Where there will always be a poor representation I think that now, more than ever, there is a better representation of women in comics.” Now that there is a broadening variety and representation of people in comics, the variety of customers has changed too. “Most people think that I work in a comic book store so all I ever see is nerdy guys coming in here. Half of my clientele, I would say, 50 percent are women, and they do not just buy ‘Archie’ or ‘Jug Head’ or ‘Squirrel Girl,’” Rushing said. “I have women who come in here and ask me where the new ‘Batman’ is. I think diversity as comic book characters and comic book fans has really come a long way in there last decade for sure. It has never been a better time to be a comic book fan; it is accessible to everybody.” Most people would say that representation in comic books is not a big deal, but in the grand scheme of things, the issue is bigger at a second glance. Comic books are designed to bring the reader

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DC Comics head Diane Nelson leads Warner Bros.’s push to create a super hero franchise aimed at young girls. In the costumes are: Supergirl, Elyse Osterloh, 4; Wonder Woman, Summer Taira, 7; and Batgirl, Charlotte Osterloh, 6.

into the experience, forcing us to participate with the character being portrayed. “Have a real ability because of the way that the media works to draw us in and ask us to participate in the stories,” Summers said. “So when we read ‘Ms. Marvel’ we are participating in the experience of this Muslim American

teenage girl. The more that we understand those experiences, the better we are able to think about what equality actually means, what we need to advocate forward to achieve a quality that is and speaks to a whole range of people and bodies, and I think that comics, through this mechanism of participation, give us a way to do

that.” Summers said she hopes these new female characters will drive feminism. “This idea of participation and experience of these different kinds of realities, identities, and bodies will hopefully encourage a more diverse definition of feminism,” Summers said. While issues of repre-

In an op/ed article in Monday’s Washington Post, Scarborough asks, “is this how the party of Abraham Lincoln dies?” Former CIA Director and ex-National Security Agency head Michael Hayden, in an appearance Friday on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” said, “I would be incredibly concerned if a President Trump governed in a way that was consistent with the language that candidate Trump expressed during the campaign.” He said that the U.S. military might refuse to follow some of President Trump’s orders, especially if he followed through on campaign comments to have the families of terrorists killed. “Let me give you a punchline: If he were to order that once in govern-

ment, the American armed forces would refuse to act,” Hayden told Maher. “You are required not to follow an unlawful order … That would be in violation of all the international laws of armed conflict.” McIntosh said he hopes that the Oklahoma and Arkansas ads will pull Trump’s numbers down in those states. He said Club for Growth Action plans to expand its campaign into the March 15 primaries, predicting that getting money for massive ad buys won’t be difficult. “The last few days, people have realized we need to do something,” McIntosh said. “People are calling now, ‘Can we talk to David?’”

sentation in comics and its role in feminism do hang in the air, there has not been much conversation about the topic. “There needs to be conversations about feminism, really kind of demystifying the idea that it is a bad word, that it is about equality,” Dr. Susan Livingston, professor of gender studies said. “This is half the population we are talking about right off the bat that is not treated equally. Then you start adding the rest of the marginalized groups based off of sexuality, body difference, race, ethnicity and then most people are actually sexually marginalized … this is not the way the world is going to work as we move forward.” At a first glance, comic books and feminism do not seem to be mixing issues. In the end it all comes down to images, portrayal and representation. When girls and women are seeing other women in comics as the damsel in distress or the impossibly fit woman whose role is to be a hypersexualized object instead of an empowered being, these images marginalize women. These images tell women that they are objectified to their sexualization, that they cannot be strong, or they cannot be the hero. “It is hard to have political impact when you cannot get anyone to view you in any other way than this very narrow, stereotyped definition of what a woman is that is often disempowered and marginalized in society,” Livingston said. “I think that having alternative images that then have alternative ideas behind them is really important and vital to moving forward.” Comic books such as “Ms. Marvel,” “Silk,”

“Thor,” “Red Sonya,” and “Faith” push the boundaries that confine women to comic book stereotypes. These comics show strong portrayals of women, not just in the physical sense, but a mental and emotional sense also. Comics such as those listed empower women and girls instead of marginalizing them to a label. “I hope that we see more things like Ms. Marvel, and I hope that women and girls become a more visible and vocal audience for comic books,” Summers said. “I think that will push comic book publishers to make characters who really speak to women and girls and bring females to the table when they are creating these comics.” With a new type of female lead in comic books, Rushing feels that the stereotypical female superhero will fade away. “Given the success of books like ‘Faith’ or ‘Monstrous,’ I can see that the stereotypical woman in comics is going to start becoming a thing of the past. I really think that representation of all groups, let alone women in comic books has gotten better and better and better … I hope that it continues to grow and continues to go toward the right direction,” Rushing said. “I sell out of Poison Ivy comic books on a regular basis. She is one of the impossibly fit characters but she is not just a pretty face. She has a message and a direction she is going and as soon as women in comic books are being represented like that opposed to just a pretty face or a hot body, and as soon as they are being given good stories and good directions, representation will continue to go up. It is going to keep getting better.”

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indianastatesman.com STUDENT FROM PAGE 1 with the thought that it’s the best time to get an accurate count of homeless people in shelters. Last year, researchers counted 6,786 people in shelters and on the streets, nearly 2,000 of them 24 and younger, according to a report from Chicago’s Department of Family & Support Services. The HUD-required counts have “historically focused on adults,” who are more likely to take advantage of shelters and other services during the winter, Samuels said. Chapin Hall’s Voices of Youth Count will also have a much more sweeping definition of homelessness that will encompass defi-

TEXAS FROM PAGE 1 and one by university officials related to A&M’s code of conduct for students. During the investigation, authorities said, numerous people were interviewed in College Station and Dallas. No video of the events has been discovered. Young said all findings were shared with Brazos County officials to ensure transparency. Young said that if any additional information was brought to authorities’ attention, he would want university police to reopen their investigation into the incident.

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nitions used by HUD, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education. In recent years, social service agencies in major cities have added youthspecific counts. After performing its first supplemental youth-specific count last year, DFSS declined to do one this January in the hope that Chicago would be included in the Chapin Hall count. Crockett-Holder said she has been homeless for much of her life. After a dispute with her family in west suburban Melrose Park, she bounced between homeless shelters, where often a nightly lottery would determine whether she would have a

bed. She eventually settled for sleeping under the viaducts of Uptown, often with nothing more than a pillow and blanket. That’s where DFSS workers found her during the city’s general homeless count in late January. They pleaded with CrockettHolder to come to a local shelter, but she refused. She told them she was applying for a two-bedroom apartment she thought she could afford and hoped to be moving in on Feb. 5. “We try to focus on getting them off the streets on a cold night like this,” said Lisa Morrison Butler, the department commissioner. “Our homeless outreach teams, they’re out here three days a week checking in with people

and offering them shelter again and again and again. Sometimes they don’t trust us in the beginning. We have to keep coming back and offering them. And, maybe, on the 50th time, they say, ‘Yes.’” The next day, Crockett-Holder headed off to school. She sat in the back row of her sociology class, scrawling in her notebook as professor Joanne Howard engaged students on the topic of poverty. “We think poverty can be eradicated,” Howard said. “We also think it will not be eradicated in our lifetimes. We’re a little pessimistic in the room. “But we think that our primary and secondary groups can assist us. What are some of lessons we

learn from them?” Students came out with a number of answers. “Interaction.” “How to be selfsufficient.” “Emotional development.” “Dysfunction,” one student said to his classmates’ laughter. “Well,” Howard continued smiling, “we can’t learn dysfunction.” “Motivation,” CrockettHolder said. “Motivation is a key thing,” Howard said. Howard had learned Crockett-Holder was homeless only about a week earlier when she went to each of her professors with a doctor’s note indicating she was having emotional issues as a result of medication she was taking.

Crockett-Holder went on to divulge she had been suffering from depression because she was homeless. She assured her teachers she’d be better soon, since she expected to be moving into an apartment. “A number of students, especially first-generation college students, have various hardships,” Howard said in an interview later. “I’ve had students who were autistic, students who were blind, and students with various disabilities and different aspects of mental illness and depression. So Latia is not very different from them. But she has a lot of resilience, and I appreciate that.”

A&M students and officials swiftly disavowed the embarrassing racial incidents after they became public. Texas A&M leaders, including Young, visited the Uplift teens in Dallas to apologize personally for the incidents. A&M students sent them thousands of letters saying such racist acts don’t represent their core beliefs. Prompted by the treatment of the Uplift students, a group of black students marched across campus and sat in silence for 53 minutes, representing the 53 years AfricanAmericans have been

accepted on campus but faced hostility. Uplift CEO Yasmin Bhatia released a statement thanking Young for the university’s transparency and response. “Moving beyond this incident, we hope the issue of inclusion continues to be a priority for A&M and the other larger higher education institutions in the state, as we unfortunately know this is not an isolated incident on just one campus,” Bhatia said. “We as educators need to come together to work collaboratively to ensure that all students feel accepted and supported while in college.”

Bhatia said the charter school operator Uplift Education will host a symposium on equity and inclusion at college campuses on April 22. State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, was among those calling for the expulsion of any A&M students found to be involved in the incidents. Last week, West thanked Aggies for their swift response in condemning the acts. A&M has stepped up diversity efforts in recent years, emphasizing hiring and other personnel issues. But Young admitted that one aspect of the efforts needs additional focus.

Before the Uplift visit, A&M recently launched efforts aimed at addressing the campus culture. Those include requiring student leaders to get training on how to identify and address concerns about racism and mandatory seminars for new students on the importance of respecting others. The school also has a new “Stop Hate” app that allows for reporting problems and for the school to collect data to monitor these types of incidents. This week, the faculty will have forums to discuss how to respond to in-class incidents and how to make the school’s required inter-

national and cultural diversity classes more useful to students. All this will make a huge difference in breaking the silence on bigotry, Young said. “It’s uncomfortable not to be silent sometimes, even when you know what the right thing to do is,” he said. “Much of what is most troubling is the silence. It’s not that people are startled by these events, which happen across the country. But students are frustrated and feel less welcome in the silence of others when this happens.”

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Shawn Mendes, from Vine sensation to pop star Glenn Gamboa Newsday (TNS)

Shawn Mendes has achieved a lot in the past two years since he made the leap from teenage Vine sensation to pop star. His debut album, “Handwritten” (Island), hit No. 1. He was the opening act for Taylor Swift’s stadium tour last summer and his upcoming world tour, which kicks off at Radio City Music Hall on March 5, essentially sold out completely within minutes. But the strangest first of Mendes’ young career may also be the most telling. Recently, his single “Stitches” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s adult pop charts. That’s right, Mendes has topped the adult pop charts even before he graduates from high school, before he becomes a legal adult. And he knows that’s a big deal. “It’s phenomenal for me,” says Mendes, calling from his home in Pickering, Ontario. “I think the biggest fear of a 17-yearold artist — my voice doesn’t exactly sound mature yet — is not being accepted in the adult world. When ‘Stitches’ started to react to more than kids and teenagers, that kind of says to you, ‘Hey, man, you’ve got a good shot at a long career.’ … It is weird, but it’s more incredible and satisfying because that’s what you want. You want your songs to reach people from 5 years old to 60 years old and have people like it.” Oddly enough, when

Community School of the Arts offering early-bird discount on summer classes The Community School of the Arts has released its summer schedule and is offering a 10 percent discount on summer classes for those who register by April 15. Camps for children include “Arts Samplers,” a week filled with theater, music and visual art activities. Arts samplers run 7:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m. and provide comprehensive, multi-disciplined experiences in the arts, for ages 5-8 or 8-11. Designed for beginning to intermediate levels, students need no prior experience in the arts. This year, Arts Samplers include yoga for kids at the end of the day. One-week full or halfday classes for preschoolers, children five and up, and teens, include “The Guitar Club,” “Piano Camp,” “A.M. and P.M. Actors,” “Drawing Nature” and “Percussion and Rhythm.” A two-week, half-day theater camp will be held in Indiana State’s Dreiser Theater at the end of the summer. Adult classes include workshops in creative writing and art, oil pastels, collage, acrylic painting and oil painting, held weekly throughout the summer. With 46 classes and camps to choose from, there’s something for everyone this summer at the Community School of the Arts. Registration for camps and classes is now open. Go to www.unboundedpossibilities.com/csa to view a comprehensive list of summer classes and camps. For information about scholarships or to register by phone to claim the early-bird discount, call 812-237-2528. Story by ISU Communications and Marketing

people like Mendes’ music, it’s overwhelmingly because they like Mendes, and vice versa. There are no dancers in the Mendes live show. No band, though he says that will change on this tour. Mendes was a sight to behold when he opened for Swift last summer, standing alone on the stage with his acoustic guitar, ready to entertain 60,000 or so. “It was very nervewracking to me,” he says. “But as the tour went on, it became my secret weapon. No one was expecting that. It creates a different environment that not a lot of people have ever felt or seen before … . It was like, ‘Hey, watch me. It’s different.’” Ido Zmishlany, who co-wrote and produced Mendes’ debut single, “Life of the Party,” and several other tracks including the current single “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” says Mendes is a rarity. “There’s a number of kids on Vine or YouTube that are musical personalities and all that,” Zmishlany says. “Shawn is able to transcend that. He actually has the goods. He can sing with the best of them. And he can write.” Zmishlany laughs about how quickly Mendes’ “I Know What You Did Last Summer” came together, the single that was dreamed up by Mendes and Fifth Harmony’s Camila Cabello backstage at Taylor Swift’s MetLife Stadium concert in New Jersey last year. “It was a magical session,” he says. Mendes says the entire

experience was unplanned. “Camila and I were friends from before and she was there to see Taylor,” he recalls. “We were just jamming on guitar and things started to click. The next day we were in the studio for 11 hours. It was a great ebb and flow.” Of course, when two talked-about stars get together for a buzzed-about duet, the rumor mill shifts into overdrive — something Mendes says he tries to ignore. “You can’t just be doing a spectacular song,” he says, adding that the pair are simply good friends. “It ends up being more.” The rumors are simply part of the different road teenage stars have to navigate that other stars don’t. Island Records president David Massey says that priorities for Mendes have to be different from priorities for adult artists. “One thing that’s really important to me and obviously to his parents is to make sure that he finishes his education, so the next six months of Shawn’s career would also encompass him having to graduate high school,” Massey recently told Billboard. “It’s not quite the same as dealing with a 25-year-old.” However, Mendes’ goals are the same as any artist. He is already at work on his second album, which he hopes will be released by the end of the summer, adding that fans may hear some new songs on the current tour. “I just want to get together as many good songs as possible,” he says, adding that he is still process-

ing how much his life has changed. “I’m learning more every day. That’s also why I want to create a show that feels very different.” Mendes says he is excited about this world tour because it is bigger than he could ever have imagined. “You don’t really know about how many people like your music until you put tickets to your shows on sale,” he says. “That we were able to sell out places, like two dates in England in a 4,000-seat venue? That’s the best feeling in the world … . That means a lot to me.” And he plans on not disappointing anyone, starting with the Radio City show. “It’s been a long time since we did a show in New York,” Mendes says, adding that he wanted to launch the tour at Radio City. “I wanted to make a statement about this tour … . We’re starting off with a boom.” ——— OFF THE VINE Though Shawn Mendes is the biggest star to be discovered on the Vine app so far, he is certainly not the only one hoping to make the leap from six-second snippets to radio superstar. Here’s a look at some others: JACK & JACK HAILS FROM: Omaha KNOWN FOR: The 19-year-old pals Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson started with comedy Vines before turning to popleaning rap, including the “Calibraska” EP from last summer which hit the Top 5 on the rap and R&B

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charts. LATEST RELEASE: Though the Jacks are working on their debut album this year, their most recent release is on the latest single from Jericho’s Madison Beer, “All For Love,” which seems fitting since Beer and Gilinsky are dating. BOBBY SHMURDA HAILS FROM: Jamaica KNOWN FOR: His “Shmoney Dance,” which went viral on Vine in 2014, led to the Top 10 hit “Hot” and a deal with Epic Records. LATEST RELEASE: Shmurda’s rise was halted after his arrest for alleged involvement in violence and drug trafficking in

Brooklyn. His trial is set to start in May and he says he has been working on music while in jail. US THE DUO HAILS FROM: Los Angeles KNOWN FOR: The married couple Michael and Carissa Alvarado first made their name with #6secondcovers, where they tackled an assortment of current and classic hits. LATEST RELEASE: They are currently working for Republic Records on the follow-up to the “No Matter Where You Are” album, which hit the Top 30 in 2014. ©2016 Newsday Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

‘Last Man on the Moon’ subject Cernan hopes US develops a new interest in space Soren Andersen

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At age 81, Capt. Eugene Cernan is, in a sense, the living embodiment of the U.S. space program. Recruited by NASA in 1963, he voyaged into space three times: aboard Gemini 9A in 1966, on Apollo 10 in 1969 and for the final time in 1972, aboard Apollo 17. On that mission, he became the last man to leave his boot prints on the moon — so far. That flight is memorialized in the documentary “The Last Man on the Moon.” Cernan wants to set the record straight about that whole “last man” business. In a phone interview from the Houston area, he acknowledged being “the last man to have left my footprints on the moon. The last man of Apollo. The last man of the 20th century. But I can assure you, I am not the last man.” Astronauts, he said, will go back — must go back, and not just to the moon. “We can’t afford not to go back to the moon, and on to Mars,” he said. “There’s no bigger challenge than outer space,” he said. “Except for the depths of the

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ocean, it’s really the greatest frontier that surrounds us.” What’s needed, he thinks, is an inspirational leader to motivate young people to take up that challenge. President John F. Kennedy — who went before Congress in 1961 to say “this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely” — was such a figure.

“He was a visionary, a dreamer and politically astute,” Cernan said. “All we’ve got to do is reinspire the passion in their hearts and minds. And that’s what I hope this movie is going to do, is say, ‘If I can go to the moon when (your) mom and dad were in diapers, before you were born, what can’t you do?’” Cernan said his goal is to “get the kids off those games they’re playing and put that bright mind of theirs to do something significant in their genera-

tion.” These days, he travels around the country speaking about the importance of manned spaceflight. Kennedy issued his challenge at the height of the Cold War, when the race into space was a contest with the Soviet Union for technological and political superiority. Once the U.S. beat the Russians to the moon in 1969, the impetus to continue quickly faded. After Cernan’s 1972 mission, the Apollo moonlanding program was discontinued. Now, with the

space-shuttle program also discontinued and the U.S. working with Russia to carry American astronauts to the International Space Station atop Russian rockets, manned missions to the moon and Mars seem indefinitely on hold — at least for the U.S. “Kennedy would be rolling over in his grave,” Cernan said. Other nations — primarily China, but also India — are developing their own space capabilities. It’s possible, Cernan believes, that the next human to set foot on the moon could be speaking Chinese. “When the Chinese set forward to do something, they don’t have a four-year plan, they have a 15-year plan, and their plan is not canceled with every administration change like ours,” Cernan said. He described the U.S. as “a very impatient nation.” But Cernan is certain that some day a manned mission to Mars will be launched — and that when it is, no single nation will be launching it. “We can’t afford it,” Cernan said. “We have to share it.” And, he added, “the rewards are going to be spread out all over the world.”

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‘Zootopia’ delights as it delivers deeper meaning Maricar Estrella

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In a world where #BlackLivesMatter and #OscarsSoWhite are trending topics, along comes an animated film about a bunny and a fox that dares to bring some perspective. Disney’s “Zootopia” introduces us to an evolved Eden where animal species — predators and prey — live in a melting pot in a modern mammal metropolis. Little rabbit Judy Hopps (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) dreams of being the first bunny to be a police officer. As a youngster she’s determined to defeat the stereotypes of her kind – country bunny bumpkins who spend their life farming carrots. Early on, she’s challenged by her natural enemy, a bully fox. She perseveres and manages to graduate at the top of her class at the Police Academy. For Judy, “Zootopia” promises a world where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest shrew, you can be

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anything. Once she’s assigned to the Zootopia Police Department, she finds out quickly that life is not all kumbaya for a rookie bunny cop. Police Chief (voice of Idris Elba) assigns her to parking ticket duty. Judy pleads: “Sir, I’m not just some token bunny.” Life as a meter maid introduces Judy to a sly fox Nick Wilde (voice of Jason Bateman) and a lead on a

missing persons case that, with Nick’s help, she must try to solve within 48 hours or lose her ZPD badge. The feisty bunny is determined to prove herself, even if it means partnering with a fast-talking, scam artist who has a surprising past. Directors Byron Howard (“Tangled,” “Bolt”) and Rich Moore (“Wreck-It Ralph,” “The Simpsons”) do a great job of juxtapos-

ing the scenes and animal traits. It’s too bad that the best sight gag of the film has its own trailer, but this doesn’t deter from the hilarity of the scene. While viewing the different districts such as Sahara Square and Tundratown in 3D is spectacular, the upgrade is unnecessary for a family on a budget. The soundtrack of the film features international pop star Shakira in a de-

lightful cameo as Gazelle who performs “Try Everything,” which becomes Judy’s fight song. On the surface, “Zootopia” is a witty, wondrous buddy copy film filled with enough child-like antics that 5-year-olds in the audience squealed with delight and shuddered during some slightly scary moments for the protagonists. At a deeper level, the film allows parents to bring

tough topics to the dining room table such as bullying, stereotyping and inclusiveness. The film does an excellent job of showing the layers in all beings. Who is to say who is a predator and who is prey? As Judy aptly sums up: “No matter what type of animal you are, change starts with you.” ©2016 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Candidates clash on Super Tuesday

Joe Lippard

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Citizens in 11 states turned out to vote in their states’ primaries on Tuesday. These primaries were held in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia. The results were far from surprising. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both won seven of the 11 states where primaries were held Tuesday. Bernie Sanders won four states. Ted Cruz won three, while Marco Rubio won one. What is surprising, however, is the media’s coverage of the results. Many media outlets such as Fortune have suggested that Sanders’ run for Democratic nominee is over, but Sanders continues running. In fact, all the states that Sanders won were more liberal states. In the meantime, Clinton won the southern states that don’t typically vote Democrat. The one outlier for Clinton is Massachusetts, which she won. But there have been reports from outlets like CNBC that claim that Hillary’s husband Bill attended events at multiple polling places in Massachusetts to support Hillary, which is illegal. There is currently a petition with over 85,000 signatures calling for the arrest and prosecution of Bill Clinton on electioneering charges. A spokesperson for Bill Clinton said that the former president broke no laws because he didn’t hand out promotional materials for Hillary at these polling places. The spokesperson also claimed that no one was prevented from voting. However, according to The American Mirror, at least one polling location was closed for a visit from Bill Clinton where video shows Clinton specifically thanking Hillary support-

ers. To me, it looks like a clear violation of election laws. While he did not hand out promotional material for Hillary’s campaign, making appearances and giving speeches at these polling stations, possibly closing some locations, is clearly electioneering for Hillary. People know this man because of his presidency and when they see him at a polling location specifically thanking Hillary supporters, that could very easily sway voters, especially undecided voters who showed up on election day having not made their decision. Hillary won Massachusetts by less than two percent. If Bill hadn’t shown up to all these polling places for speeches and meet-andgreets, it’s incredibly likely that Bernie Sanders would have won Massachusetts. However, election officials in Massachusetts claim that Bill Clinton did nothing wrong. Officials say that Bill showing up and shaking hands with people isn’t campaigning, which is what they say Clinton did. But we have video showing Clinton standing in front of a blocked polling station while thanking people for voting for his wife. I might be wrong, but it’s very clear that Bill Clinton showed up to influence voters to vote for Hillary. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio won only one state. However, the media is treating Rubio much better than they’ve treated Sanders. The Miami Herald says that Rubio is the best chance to unite the fractured Republican Party. But Rubio can’t even win more than one state. How is he supposed to win the Republican Party’s nomination? It’s possible that he could win Florida, since it’s his home state, but is that enough to justify his continued candidacy? I personally don’t think so. In the end, the only time the Democratic delegates really matter is during the primaries. How these delegates vote in the election process for nominees doesn’t have a

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Standards change for standardized test

Zach Davis Columnist

Surely most of us remember what it was like to apply to college for the first time. We had to pay application fees and fill out applications, jumping through hoops just to get the application submitted in time. The worst part about applying to colleges wasn’t the application it was taking the SAT. The sections were long with relatively little time to complete them, the questions weren’t asked in the best ways and the essay was just awful. Not to mention the high school teachers who have to teach how a test should be taken rather than potential material. But these complaints hopefully won’t be valid much longer as the SAT is seeing a desperately needed redesign this year. The SAT has been redesigned before. In 1994 calculators were allowed, questions and passages were lengthened, and antonym questions were removed. At this point the test used to be scored on a 1600-point scale. In 2005 the SAT began to be graded on a 2400-point scale instead. Incorrect answers garnered a quarter point deduction. Questions always fol-

lowed the same pattern, so participants could instead learn how to answer a question rather than material that could be on the SAT, a problem that trickled into the classrooms. An essay was added, and the questions were made to show critical thinking through writing. As of the 2005 revision the SAT wound up with three sections: reading, writing and math. The essay that got implemented allowed participants 25 minutes to write as much as they could based on an independent prompt. The essay was graded and factored into the writing score rather than independently. The 2005 change actually turned out to not be very helpful. An M.I.T. professor, Les Perelman, discovered that the writing component was actually very flawed. It was discovered that the essay was being graded based on length and vocabulary rather than accuracy or good writing. He found that a student could insert a random quote that is not related the prompt in any way and boost their score. The same was found with the way vocabulary was scored. The math section focused on a lot of upper level high school math, extending through concepts learned in algebra II, instead of testing for the fundamental concepts of math that are more universally helpful. The reading section did not require any context from the passage to complete.

One could argue that reading the passage wasn’t necessary since the questions often were easily answered through guessing or a quick skim. All of these changes actually made the results less reliable. The SAT’s goal is to assess a participant’s ability to think critically and apply gathered information appropriately. The test can’t accurately assess critical thinking when the participant doesn’t have to read a passage or has to write an essay on a topic that is irrelevant with no background information. Besides, nobody should have to write an essay in 25 minutes on a topic they know nothing about anywhere else. The changes coming this year seek to end these issues. First, the sections will be longer. But the questions are better worded and contain only four responses instead of the five it has always had. The scale will change back to a 1600-point scale, and the SAT will be broken down into four sections instead: reading, writing, math with a calculator and math without a calculator. The reading portion will now require some answers to have examples from the passage cited. The questions will be more pertinent to the passage and more in-depth, forcing the participants to read the passages. The writing section will focus more on proper syntax than vocabulary, but the included vocabulary will have a lot of terms with

multiple definitions. The SAT will still have an essay, but now it is optional. It will take 50 minutes to complete, but the prompt is given context. The scoring system was changed as well, focusing on assessing proper reading and analysis of the prompt, and proper writing procedures. The essay will also be scored independently of the writing section. The two math sections are meant to focus on fundamentals and advanced methods alike. The calculator section won’t change as much. The section without a calculator will primarily focus on the fundamentals as discussed. Of course this means changes for colleges. The new test is believed to be more accurate for assessing a participant’s ability to succeed in higher level courses, especially since the changes reflect a focus on critical thinking skills. Colleges will have to adjust for this. Some schools are going to require the essay portion to be completed even though it is normally optional. The 2005 revision didn’t properly assess critical thinking and analytical skills. The changes we are going to see this year, to be implemented in March, show a major, much needed improvement over the 2005 revision. And maybe high school students can be taught useful analytical and critical thinking skills that will last them for the rest of their lives rather than how the test should be taken.

Don’t silence your demographic – get out and vote

Kylie Adkins

Opinions Editor

I have so many friends who tell me their votes don’t count, and I used to think this to be true as well. Since the Electoral College does the voting for the president, what use is the popular vote? This line of thought is

misguided and dangerous because your vote does matter — you just have to put it in the right place. Most government positions are elected positions, but the electors for a state are often appointed. This does nothing to help citizens feel like they have a voice, but if you regularly turn out for more than just the general presidential election, your voice has more weight behind it. By voting for your smaller elected officials, it is more likely you will have a favorable outcome later. These are the people who make appointments and

make the smaller decisions that affect us more. Most citizens are affected more by their state laws and legislature than the federal system. If there are issues you feel passionate about, do a Google search and find out when to vote. Choose a candidate, if possible, who suits your beliefs. When the majority of young voters thinks their votes don’t matter, they don’t turn out to vote naturally. But this means that the groups who vote more often have a larger voice. If you don’t like any of the candidates, find out

how to run if you are so inclined — take a more direct route to making change. Most young people I talk to say that they want things to change, but nobody will come to the polls to see this change in action. Indiana took a lot of flack for its Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed last year. Many Hoosiers didn’t like the bill, but we voted for the people who made it happen. Or rather, we didn’t vote for the people who would not have let it pass. Many young people don’t seem to understand how

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the government works, which I can understand. Government class is boring, but if you didn’t pay attention in high school, it is time to make up that class. We have the world at our fingertips, and all we use it for is games and Youtube videos. I’m telling you, there is a wealth of knowledge about how our government works online. Just run a Google search and educate yourself. Look up your local candidates and your local elections, register and then participate in how this country is run. You were born into ar-

guably one of the greatest countries; help make it better by participating. Don’t waste your vote because every vote that is not cast for one side is one cast for the other. The best way to combat circumstances you don’t like is to learn about them and actually make an effort to make a difference. Sitting around and talking about things you don’t like isn’t enough anymore. I don’t care if you consider yourself red, blue or green, you have a civic obligation to this country and your fellow citizens. Go vote.

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SUPER FROM PAGE 6 bearing on how the Electoral College votes in November. I don’t think Clinton is likely to win the states that have voted for her in these primaries. Clinton won Alabama and Texas, to name a couple. These states are incredibly conservative and do not usually vote for Democrats in the general election. Sanders, however, won states like Colorado, which has voted Democrat since 2008, and Vermont, which historically votes Democrat. The delegates from the Republican Party, however, are a better indication of which candidate will do better in the general election, since most of the

SOFTBALL FROM PAGE 8 ers hitting over .300, but they do have some thump throughout it. Brittany Elmore’s .412 average is the best among the Bison hitters, but she has also smacked one triple and one home run, as well as 10 RBIs. Sarah Higgins has knocked four out of the park, while Abby Fenichel and Caitlin Plocheck have each hit three, to go along with Destinee Brewer’s single trip around the bases. In the 10 games she’s

states who voted on Super Tuesday typically vote more Republican. As unfortunate as it is, Donald Trump is in the clear lead, with Ted Cruz trailing in second. I don’t think either of these candidates are good presidential candidates. On one hand, there’s Trump, with his rampant racism and xenophobia. But on the other hand, there’s Ted Cruz, who is a more religious brand of crazy, attending conferences as a guest of “kill the gays” preacher Kevin Swanson and even opposing birth control. These Republican candidates have made a career off of the fears of their constituents. We need a president who unites people, not divides them, especially because of race or religion.

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Baseball set for major showdown against OK State Zach Rainey Reporter

After going 3-2 in a tough five-game weekend, the Sycamores will head to Stillwater, Oklahoma to play in a regular season series against the 25thranked Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cowboys come into the weekend with a 4-5 record and winners of their last two. The Cowboys didn’t get off to the start they’d hoped for coming in, losing games to the University of TexasArlington and Stephen F. Austin in the first weekend. Following the opening weekend, the Cowboys traveled to Chapel Hill, North Carolina only to be swept by the North Carolina Tar Heels in a threegame series.

They were able to pick up two wins earlier this week against Incarnate Word to get them close to .500. It was senior Corey Hassel who was the hero for the Cowboys this week, collecting the game-winning RBI in the seventh inning just after Donnie Walton drove in a pair of runs. Hassel is also the team’s second leading hitter, batting .333 with three doubles, three RBI’s, and a .485 slugging percentage. The Cowboys enter the weekend with the senior infielder Walton leading the team at the plate, batting .394 with a home run and 13 hits on the season including three doubles and a hitting percentage of .576. On the mound, the Sycamores will likely have to face freshman Jensen El-

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Senior infielder Andy DeJesus rounds the bases during a game against Indiana University last season.

liott this weekend. Elliott has started two games this season and is 1-0 with a 1.86 ERA and nine strikeouts over nine innings of work. Thomas Hatch and Joe Lienhard are two starters the Sycamores could possibly face as well. Hatch, a

sophomore from Tulsa, has started two games this season, and has yet to earn a decision. He comes into the weekend with a 2.25 ERA as well as giving up a team-high twelve hits so far this year. Lienhard has a much smaller sample size as he

Softball visits Nashville for weekend challenge Adler Ingalsbe

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After dropping three of four in the Tiger Invitational, the Indiana State softball team will look to get back on track when they head to Nashville, Tennessee for the Purple and Gold Challenge this weekend. During their trip to Alabama last week, the Sycamores (3-5) lost to St. John’s, Boston College and the No. 3 team in the country, Auburn, while knocking off Western Illinois for the team’s lone win. Indiana State will play their third consecutive tournament style format of games to open the 2016 season. This weekend’s slate of games has the Sycamores taking on Youngstown State, Furman, Troy and Lipscomb. An 11 a.m. first pitch Friday against the Penguins of Youngstown State kicks things off for ISU. The Penguins have split their first eight games of the year, with only their first game being close. Their bats excelled throughout the month of February, but the pitchers have had a tough time recording outs. Alex Gibson’s .440 batting average, 11 hits and eight runs scored all lead the Penguins, while Sarah Dowd has also put together a solid season, hitting .429 to go along with her teamleading three home runs and 10 RBIs. Youngstown State’s pitchers, however, haven’t had quite the same level of success. Caitlyn Minney, who has all four of the team’s wins,

has pitched 29.1 innings, but has a 7.16 ERA. Shortly after the completion of their game against the Penguins, the Sycamores will take on Furman. The Paladins (7-11), of South Carolina, have already played in 18 games thus far. After starting the year 1-2, Furman dropped four in a row before bouncing back with five consecutive wins to put themselves back over the .500 mark. Since then, they have lost five of their last six and are currently in the midst of a three-game losing streak. Their lineup has four players that have a batting average of .375 or higher, as well as four that have seen at least two of their hits fly over the fence. Hannah Reynolds has a team-best .447 average as well as two home runs and seven RBIs. AnnaRose Borrelli is the Paladins’ power source, belting four home runs and driving in 16 runs. In the circle, Furman has given the majority of their innings to Lindsey Bert and Emily Demonte. Bert has tossed 60.1 innings, winning four games to go with her 4.29 ERA, while Demonte has pitched to an impressive 2.37 ERA in her 44.1 innings. Indiana State will be back up bright and early on Saturday for their game against Troy at 11 a.m. Similar to Furman, the Trojans (12-4) location in a much warmer part of the country, Alabama, has given them the chance to play in more games compared to the Sycamores. Troy sports a solid 12-4 overall record, with just

went just four innings in his only start, giving up runs on four hits and walking three. However, it’s not a starter that Indiana State should worry about facing. Sophomore reliever Blake Battenfield has appeared in four contests and has given up just one earned run in nine and a third innings of work. For the Sycamores, it will most likely be Austin Conway’s turn to take the mound in the team’s first game. Conway has yet to earn a decision in two starts and currently has the team’s third-highest ERA at 5.62, giving up five runs over eight innings. He is second on the team in strikeouts with 11. The projected starter for Saturday’s contest is the

ISU women conclude regular season Saturday at Wichita Brice Bement Reporter

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ISU will travel to Nashville for the Purple and Gold challenge this weekend.

one of their games, a loss, coming away from their home softball complex. Like the first two teams Indiana State will be taking on in the Purple and Gold Challenge, the Trojans of Troy feature a strong lineup that includes quite a bit of power. Kate Benton leads the team with her .489 batting average and 11 stolen bases, while Hannah Day has seven home runs and 23 RBIs, both team bests, to go along with her .365 average. While their batting averages may not be as good, four other Trojans hitters have combined to hit 11 home runs. In their 16 games, Troy has spread out their innings through a trio of pitchers, with all of them throwing at least 29 innings, posting

winning records and ERA’s under 3.55. The Sycamores will have plenty of time to rest before taking on Lipscomb in the tournament’s finale on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The Bison (9-7), hosts of the Purple and Gold Challenge, have also played quite a few games, but surprisingly not very many at home, despite being located in the southern part of the Midwest. Lipscomb started the year off losing four in a row, but has since put together a strong 9-3 mark over their last 12 to get themselves two games over .500. Unlike the trio of teams the Sycamores will face prior to the Bison, Lipscomb doesn’t have as strong of a lineup, with three play-

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lefty Ryan Keaffabber. Keaffabber comes in having given up 19 hits over 12 innings and is letting hitters bat .365 against him. Keaffabber will have to keep the ball lower in the zone than he has been if he wants to be successful as the team’s top starter. To round out the series, the Sycamores will likely send out Justin Hill, who has been money for them this year. Hill has taken people by surprise with his impressive start, becoming the team’s ace out of the gate with a 1-0 record and 2.53 ERA. An area where Hill could improve is with his walks, as he’s tied for the team lead with nine. The Sycamores return for their home opener against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville next Tuesday.

Indiana State women’s basketball team will be playing a Missouri Valley Conference game Saturday against Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, which serves as the regular season finale for the two squads. The Sycamores are currently coming off a win and a loss last weekend heading into this final week. They won their game against Evansville 57-45, but fell short in a close game against Southern Illinois, losing 62-58. Senior guard Cierra Ceazer led the Sycamores in scoring with 19 points against Southern Illinois on Sunday. On her senior night, Ceazer came out with a bang with seven rebounds along with three assists, two steals and two blocks. Junior Joyea Marshall scored 15 points and shot 7-13 from the field while also having six rebounds. Junior Rhagen Smith led the Sycamores in rebounds with eight, and Kelsey Dirks helped out the Sycamores in points by shooting 3-4 from the field with seven points for the game. Wichita State enters this week with a 4-12 mark in the conference and sits in eighth place. The Sycamores entered with a 9-7 record in the conference, needing just one win in the final week to wrap up the fifth place spot in the MVC. Northern Iowa claims the top spot in the MVC while Drake, Missouri State and Southern Illinois

all come into the week tied for second place. Wichita State fell to a pair of those tied teams this past week. The Shockers lost to Southern Illinois 80-66 and Missouri State 74-45. Earlier in the season, the Sycamores defeated Wichita State in the MVC home opener by a 59-33 final score. The Sycamore defense was strong, as the 33-point total is the fewest points ISU has ever allowed in an MVC game. Ceazer led the Sycamores with 19 points while two freshmen helped add points to the board. Tierra Webb scored 12 points, and Jennifer Mackowiak scored seven in the victory. Dirks also led the Sycamores with a total of 10 rebounds. Wichita State junior guard TaQuandra Mike led the Shockers with 18 points in the game but was just 6-18 from the field. She did make an impact though from the threepoint line, canning five from beyond the arc. Mike is currently averaging 12 points a game. Sophomore Diamond Lockhart scored six points while junior guard Marija Pacar scored five points for the match. Sophomore forward Rangie Bessard will be another player to watch while she averages 15 points a game. Saturday’s game against Wichita State is slated for 3 p.m. The game can be seen on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app. Radio coverage is available on-air and online at 1230 AM WIBQ.