Indiana Statesman For ISU students. About ISU students. By ISU students.
Indiana Statesman
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
@ISUstatesman
isustatesman
Volume 125, Issue 80
Student commencement speakers announced
Indiana State University has announced the lineup of speakers for its 2018 spring commencement, set for May 12 at Hulman Center. Shalynn McNeal of Michigan City, Indiana, who is completing her bachelor’s degree in communication with a concentration in journalism, and Shan Antony of Mishawaka, Indiana, who is completing his bachelor’s degree in health sciences with a concentration in health administration, have been selected as student speakers. McNeal served as vice president, president and peer mentor in the 21st Century Scholars Program, was a member of campus’ Society of Professional Journalists and was cast in a lead role as Nettie in the campus performance of “The Color Purple” her freshman year. In her final semester at State, McNeal interned with KPLR11 and FOX2 in Maryland Heights, Mo. She plans to apply to graduate school to study public relations and marketing. In the future, McNeal hopes to become a producer in California. “I have gone through a lot during my four years of college, and I think I can make an impact on my peers by sharing my journey at ISU. I came up with a theme for my speech, ‘The Graduation Race’,” said McNeal, who ran cross country and track in high school. “The message is sim-
ple but the meaning is true, that life and college are like a race. There are unexpected things you’ll encounter along the way, but you have to go out and give it your all. Graduation is just one part of it, and I want to encourage the graduates to finish this race we are all in.” A graduate of Michigan City High School, McNeal will speak at the 10 a.m. ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences, Scott College of Business and Bayh College of Education. Antony, a Rural Health Scholar, participated in Campus Ministry for four years and served as president of the Pre-Medicine Association and as vice president of finances for Timmy Global Health. Through Timmy Global Health, he traveled twice to Ecuador as part of a medical brigade. Antony is engaged to get married in June before enrolling this fall at the Indiana University School of Medicine-Terre Haute. He intends to pursue a career as a primary care physician. “I feel indebted to Indiana State for giving me so many opportunities I thought I would never have. I think having that passion made it easy for me to create a speech that would honor ISU and well represent the undergraduate experience,” he said. “I hope the graduates hear my speech and remember not to take for granted the opportunities ISU has granted us. I also want them to remember that getting a
ISU Communications and Marketing
Shan Antony and Shalynn McNeal are selected to be the spring commencement speakers for ISU’s upcoming graduation.
college degree is as much of a burden as it is a blessing - while they have the capability to be individually successful, they have the responsibility to serve those who may not have had the same opportunities.” A graduate of Penn High School, Antony will speak at the 3 p.m. ceremony for the College of Health and Human Services and College of Technology. Alumni speaker for both ceremonies will be Ron Culp, ‘70, a founding member and former chair of the Plank Center for Leadership
in Public Relations and professional director of the graduate program in public relations and advertising in DePaul University’s College of Communication. Both ceremonies will be livestreamed at https://www.indstate.edu/academic-affairs/commencement/live. A broadcast of the processionals will begin approximately 15 minutes prior to each ceremony. Story by Communications and Marketing
Love Your Curves fashion show aims to increase diversity Jack Gregory Reporter
Danielle Guy | Indiana Statesman
Liz Brown, faculty senate chair was one of the many to decide on the dates for the 2019 spring break.
Faculty Senate decides to push back Spring Break Rus’sel Butts Reporter Faculty Senate, with the approval of the board of trustees, has decided to move spring break from the middle of March to the end of March next spring semester. More specifically, the break starts on March 23 instead of March 12, which is when it started all the previous years of ISU. The new Spring Break time will be in effect starting March 2019. Spring break is a time of the year that students, staff, and faculty all look forward to. It is a time of relaxation where you can momentarily forget about collegiate work. So when there is change related to the break time students have, people pay attention. Faculty Senate is, for the most part, an advisory body composed of ISU faculty that works with the Staff Council and the Student Government Association to shape and improve University policy. They all draft policies they may or may not go to the Board of Trustees to make the final decision on any university legislation. Faculty Senate makes the first approval for the academic calendar that goes up to the Board of Trustees after the Senate’s approval. All break times are decided in this calendar. “Spring Break was originally in the middle of the semester because that just seemed best at the time,” Faculty Senate Chair, Liz Brown said. “The issue is that many faculties, staff, and even students have children that are in Vigo County Schools. Our spring breaks are never aligned, which is why there are a lot more kids on campus during Vigo County’s spring break.” Childcare is an expensive endeavor, and some people have difficulty affording it. Parents
do not want to leave their young children at home alone for extended amounts of time. Dr. Brown stated, “To combat this problem, some faculty will keep their children in classrooms so they can stay close to them while they are on break. Some faculty have faculty spouses who will trade off their kids to each other. So while one professor is teaching a class, the other professor will take care of the kids and they will switch off in between classes through the whole day.” Dr. Brown made sure to emphasize that this is not just a problem for employees at ISU. “I’ve let students bring in their children into my class during Vigo County’s break,” Brown said. “As long as they are not disruptive, then they can stay.” This spring break policy also impacts the staff at ISU. According to Dr. Brown, “they do not have flexible hours like faculty. Some take vacation days off to take care of their kids. It is an unnecessary problem for everybody. I believe this change benefits the staff and students even more than faculty.” There was overwhelming support from the faculty, according to Dr. Brown. Student input seems to be in favor of the change in calendar, but for different reasons. Residential Assistant Katelynn Cook, said that “It could be a beneficial thing for students since the break is warmer as it gets later in March. The warmer the weather, the better the vacation.” Freshman Alivia Williams, stated “It is better to have the break pushed back farther into the year because students just get out of Christmas break in early January. It is better to push the break back into the semester, so students do not feel like they are taking breaks back to back.”
On Monday night, First Klass Production, a student organization, put on a fashion show for plus-sized models in the Hulman Memorial Student Union, Dede I. The Love Your Curves fashion show was arranged in an effort to raise awareness for multicultural women on Indiana State’s campus by bringing together groups of different ethnicities in order to embrace their differences and to inspire young women to be confident in how they look, the way they express themselves, and the innate uniqueness all of us share. The show featured female student models, designers, and artists. The show was divided into four categories, broken up by five performances and a raffle for various prizes. The first category was Business and it featured seven models, all of whom walked the catwalk adorned in business attire. After the first category, there was a performance of Yolanda Adams’ “I Believe”. Nia, the student who performed the song, received a very enthusiastic response from the audience during her performance, which she had to do from a chair after having hurt her leg. The second category was Trendy and it featured five models and after all of them had come onto the stage, the host, Joy Dawson, feeling that her outfit was also very trendy,
walked the stage herself to great Anna Bartley | Indiana Statesman
A Fashion Show for plus sized models was held in the Hulman Memorial Student Union.
applause. Moments like this permeated the event and made it feel very relaxed and free-form. Dawson frequently interacted with the audience in a care-free manner and encouraged them to get more involved with the show. It was Dawson’s first time doing something like this.
“I was going to say I was nervous, but I wasn’t,” she said. The second and third performances were a cover of Alessia Cara’s “Scars To Your Beautiful” sung by a student named Tia, who was accompanied by guitarist Andy, and a reading of an original poem written by student Malaya. Following those was another video, a motivational speech by Ashley Graham, a plus-sized model who talked about the struggles she has faced trying to make a name for herself. The last categories were 90s, which featured five models, and Elegant, which featured seven models. These categories were broken up by the final performance, a rendition of Adele’s Someone Like You, performed by student Louis. Between the performances, various prizes were raffled off including a makeup bag, a big bag of candy, a Blank Panther tee shirt, a phone dock, and a duffle bag full of different items. wAll of the models and performers received a great amount of applause after they were on stage and the audience couldn’t seem to get enough, which hopefully means more events like this start showing up on campus. It’s important for us as a society to reevaluate what we consider beautiful and to be more inclusive towards people regardless of what they look like.
Farewell picnic set for international students Claire Silcox Features Editor To finish the semester out strong, the International students who may not be coming back to ISU next fall will be having a farewell picnic this Friday. From 5 to 7 p.m. at Wolf Field, the Center for Global Engagement is hosting this picnic. It is being co-sponsored by International Student Leadership council as well. This event is for everyone to come out and wish the international students who are leaving in May or August good luck. International students made up nearly 6 percent of the student enrollment in Spring 2017 according to ISU’s Institutional Research. Around half of the in-
ternational students on campus are from Saudi Arabia. 750 students from 10 different countries came to ISU for schooling in Spring 2017, as both undergraduate and graduate. In fall semester of 2013, there were 926 international students making up around 7 percent of the total enrollment of that semester. ISU has been hosting international students for quite some time from all over the world. The international students scatter across campus and the Center of Global Engagement hosts many events to bring the international students and their peers together. “I met my international friends via my own study of Japanese. I met them through other
international friends of mine as well,” sophomore student Trey Hallett said. “They have made a great impact on me and how I view the world. Hell, I’ve even gone as far as to change my career path because of my love for Japanese culture and language. It’s a fascinating world we live in and seeing new things in person inspire an even greater fascination.” Before the international students who have made Terre Haute and ISU their home for the past year or more, the CGE would like to send them off on a great note, with food drinks, soccer, volleyball and music! Wishing them good luck in their future careers and endeavors, CGE says goodbye to friends on May 4 at 5 p.m.
NEWS
Page 2
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Justice ‘demands’ a trial in Penn State frat hazing death, AG Shapiro says Liz Navratil The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Attorney General Josh Shapiro promised Tuesday to use “whatever legal tools” he can to have involuntary manslaughter charges reinstated against five former fraternity members charged in the 2017 hazing death of Pennsylvania State University student Timothy Piazza. A week after his office signaled its plan to appeal the March ruling by District Judge Allen Sinclair dismissing the most serious charges against the former members of Beta Theta Pi, Shapiro said he believes there was enough evidence to send
the charges up to the trial court level. “That local district magistrate should not have the final say,” Shapiro said at a news conference in his office, where he was joined by Piazza’s parents. “Instead, we firmly believe that justice for Tim Piazza demands that a jury hear the evidence and decide whether or not these individuals should be held accountable for involuntary manslaughter, in addition to the many other charges that have already been held for court.” Piazza, a sophomore from New Jersey, died from injuries he suffered after an alcohol-soaked pledge party in February 2017.
Using surveillance video from inside the fraternity house, prosecutors estimated he was given or ingested 18 drinks in about 82 minutes. His death prompted a crackdown on the fraternity system at Penn State and contributed to growing scrutiny at other schools. The case has taken a winding trip through the Centre County court system. It was initially prosecuted last year by District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller. When she lost re-election, new District Attorney Bernie Cantorna asked the attorney general’s office to take over the case because he had a conflict. Shapiro’s office oversaw the
hearing in March for several defendants, including the five whose involuntary manslaughter charges were dismissed. A second hearing is scheduled to start Wednesday. His office filed a notice of appeal last week and intends in the coming weeks to file an additional brief outlining in further detail the basis of their appeal. The Centre County Common Pleas Court president judge, who oversees the courts, will then decide whether to have arguments on the appeal, according to the attorney general’s office. If they lose the appeal, Shapiro’s office could decide to appeal the decision to the Superior Court.
Moving forward with the case, Shapiro said his office will take a different approach than the one adopted by Parks Miller’s office. While her office used the presence of alcohol to support the involuntary manslaughter charges, Shapiro said his office is pursuing those particular charges against only people who met three criteria: that they planned and participated in a drinking “gauntlet” prior to Piazza’s death; that they knew that he fell; and that they did not seek medical help for him. Twenty-six people have been charged in connection with the case.
Can you skip your regular workout and just shiver instead? Deborah Netburn Los Angeles Times (TNS) What do shivering and exercise have in common? More than you might think. Both shivering and exercise cause you to contract your muscles and expend energy — that’s pretty obvious. But less obvious is a new discovery, published Tuesday in Cell Metabolism, that they both release a molecule into the bloodstream that tells your muscles to start burning fat. So, does that mean you can skip your Zumba class and sit in a cold bath instead? “That’s not a crazy thing at all,” said Laurie Goodyear, a physiologist at the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard University, who worked on the new study. But you may want to consider the consequences. “The problem with cold exposure is that most people can’t tolerate it,” Goodyear said. “It’s hard to sit in a bathtub full of ice cubes.” We all know that exercise is good for our health, but Goodyear’s lab is interested in discovering how those benefits play out on a molecular level. “Exercise is one of the best preventative medicines, and it can help in the treatment of so many diseases,” she said. “We are trying to understand how that happens.” In this latest research, Goodyear and her collaborators wanted to see what role a relatively understudied type of molecule called a lipokine might play in exercise pathways. Lipokines are lipids that circulate in the blood and act as signals to tissues. Just last year, Goodyear’s colleague and co-author Kristin Stanford, a physiologist at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, had published work that found that shivering caused a lipokine named 12,13-diHOME to increase in the bloodstream of chilly people. She also discovered that this lipokine was produced by brown fat, a type of healthy fat that resides just behind the neck and near the shoulder blades in adults. This wasn’t so shocking. Brown fat is known to be involved in temperature regulation — specifically in keeping people warm. Cells in brown fat have an abundance of mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cellular machinery. When brown fat is active, the mitochondria go to work and generate heat. This warms the blood as it circulates. It seems logical enough that a system that already is activated when a person gets cold also might produce molecules that tell shivering muscles to start taking up fat to use for energy. But the scientists were really surprised when they screened the blood of 27 healthy men before and after
WORKOUT CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Gina Ferazzi|Los Angeles Times|TNS
Nancy Wahlig is director of the Sexual Assault Resource Center at UC San Diego on April 17, 2018 in La Jolla, Calif. Three decades before the #metoo movement, UC San Diego led the way in fighting campus sexual assault by launching a center to support survivors and provide prevention education.
3 decades before the #MeToo movement, UC San Diego led the way against sexual assault Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times(TNS) When Nancy Wahlig started her fight against sexual assault, one company was marketing a capsule for women to stash in their bras and then smash to release a vile odor. “Because of the very nature of society, the only person who can prevent rape is the woman herself,” read a 1981 advertisement for the Repulse rape deterrent. Ideas about how to prevent sexual violence have come a long way since then, and Wahlig has helped lead that evolution on college campuses. In 1988, she started the Sexual Assault Resource Center at the University of California, San Diego, the first such stand-alone program in the state university system. Today, she remains the system’s most senior specialist. Over the years, Wahlig, a licensed clinical social worker, has promoted a communitywide approach to prevention and watched people grow more aware of the problem. But nothing, she says, has rivaled the
#MeToo and #TimesUp movements. “We’re like a rocket, and we’re just about to take off,” she said. “There’s so much momentum to change the culture, and it’s not quieting down.” Mark Anderberg, a senior in urban studies and planning, said he got a call from the center immediately after he reported that a professor at a German university had inappropriately touched him and offered sex while he was studying abroad earlier this year. The encounter, he said, had left him traumatized and fearful. The counselor offered empathy, help day or night and gave Anderberg information about his rights. “I felt very cared for,” he said. “It’s important people know it can happen to men as well.” Chloe Wohlenberg, a freshman in chemistry, said the tips she learned in the center’s presentation during orientation taught her how to help not just herself, but also others. One example: If someone at a party seems too drunk to be able to agree to a sexual encounter, interrupt and gently guide the person away. “It was super helpful,” Wohlenberg
said. “People are really afraid to do something.” Wohlenberg, who says she’s never been assaulted, wears an alarm on her lanyard and says all her roommates carry pepper spray. She hopes to be a volunteer at the center next year. In 1979, two staff members in UC San Diego’s student life and residential offices broke new ground on the campus when they began printing information about safety and pushing for better campus lighting. By 1987, a groundbreaking national study sparked a furor by documenting widespread date rape on college campuses, belying perceptions that strangers committed most sexual assaults. Wahlig was hired the next year to launch the campus center, which at first was just her in a space the size of a closet. Today, the center has six professional staff, a graduate assistant and nine student interns and volunteers. In 2016-17, they served 184 clients, held educational programs for more
#ME TOO CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
FAA orders more engine fan blade inspections in wake of Southwest accident
Conor Shine The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
The Federal Aviation Administration is calling for more frequent, ongoing inspections of tens of thousands of engine fan blades in airline fleets across the U.S. to check for “unsafe conditions” in the wake of the fatal April 17 Southwest accident. The agency cited the “risk to the flying public” in calling for more frequent inspections on 3,716 CFM56-7B engines installed on U.S. airplanes — each engine has 24 fan blades. The latest regulatory move comes about 20 months after a similar mid-air engine failure forced another emergency landing. The agency released an updated airworthiness directive, scheduled to be published Wednesday, that supplements an emergency order put out days after the accident, when a fan blade broke off a Southwest engine aircraft, sending debris into the plane and causing a window to blow out. A passenger sitting next to the window later died from her injuries.
David Maialetti|Philadelphia Inquirer|TNS
Firefighters spray a Southwest Airlines plane with a damaged engine at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pa., on April 17, 2018. The plane made an emergency landing. There was one fatality.
The National Transportation Safety Board said in the hours after the accident that the broken fan blade showed signs of interior cracking, known as metal fatigue. A similar incident occurred in 2016 when a fan blade broke off an engine on a Southwest flight from New Orleans to Orlando. “This (airworthiness directive) addresses the unsafe condition affecting CFM56-7B engines by requiring initial and repetitive inspections of fan blades based
on accumulated fan blade cycles,” the directive said. “This condition, if not addressed, could result in fan blade failure due to cracking, which could lead to in an engine in-flight shutdown, uncontained release of debris, damage to the airplane, and possible airplane decompression.” The CFM56-7B engine involved in the accident is one of the most common types used to power 6,700 aircraft worldwide. It’s manufactured by CFM In-
ternational, a joint company of General Electric and France’s Safran Aircraft Engines. The FAA’s emergency directive issued April 20 called for ultrasonic inspections of fan blades in engines with more than 30,000 takeoffs and landings within 20 days. The updated advisory is expected to go into effect at or near the end of that 20 day-window, the FAA said. It will add new requirements for the initial inspection of engines not affected by the emer-
gency directive and recurring inspections for all engines. The new directive requires all engine fan blades to be inspected when they have undergone 20,000 takeoff and landing cycles, or by Aug. 31 if already past that threshold. Inspections will then be repeated after every 3,000 cycles, typically 1.5 to 2 years of service, according to CFM International. Southwest said last Thursday it had inspected about 25,000 of the 35,000 fan blades in its fleet. Of those inspections, only one fan blade in 2017 showed signs of cracking and was replaced, the company said. Southwest’s current maintenance program already calls for the fan blades to be inspected every 3,000 cycles, a change put into place late last year in response to the 2016 incident, CEO Gary Kelly said last week. The fan blade that broke off during Flight 1380 was scheduled to be inspected by the end of 2018, but hadn’t been recently checked prior to the accident because of the engine’s age. Online tracking portal Flight-
FAA CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
indianastatesman.com WORKOUT FROM PAGE 2 exercise and found that the same lipokine released when people shiver is also released when they work out. After all, we get warm when we exercise so an internal heater shouldn’t be necessary. “It was very unexpected,” Goodyear said. “We really did not think that the same lipokine that was stimulated by cold would be stimulated by exercise.” And this surprise had advantages. Thanks to Stanford’s previous work, the research team already knew that brown fat produces the lipokine 12,13-diHOME during shivering. This led them to wonder whether it was also responsible for producing the same lipokine during exercise. To find that out, they removed brown fat from mice and put them in an exercise cage. Next, the researchers tested their blood to determine whether the amount of circulating 12,13-diHOME had gone up. (It didn’t). “This was very interesting to
FAA FROM PAGE 2 Aware logs show that the plane involved in the April 17 accident was flown Monday from Philadelphia to Everett, Wash., where Boeing has one of its largest air-
Wednesday, May 2, 2018• Page 3 us,” Goodyear said. “We had been under the impression that brown fat didn’t do much during exercise, but we now know it is secreting this lipokine.” As is often the case in science, the answer to one question has led to a whole series of new questions. Goodyear said the team’s next line of inquiry is to determine what is telling the brown fat to release the lipokine during exercise. Is it the muscles? The brain? Perhaps the nervous system? Another question she’d like to see addressed is whether exercising in the cold would be a more effective way to burn calories for those who are willing to put with the discomfort. There is also a question about what other effects this lipokine has one the body beyond the beneficial effect of causing the muscles to break down fat. “Lipokines could be a potential target for drug therapy if we can make a drug that mimics some of the effects of exercise,” she said.
craft manufacturing facilities. The directive came the same day President Donald Trump met with the Flight 1380 flight crew and several passengers at the White House.
#ME TOO FROM PAGE 2 than 16,000 people and trained nearly 1,200 staff, faculty and student workers in ways to prevent sexual assault. The center’s offices are soundproofed, with reflective glass windows for privacy. The color scheme is soothing teal and tan, with a starfish theme because some of the marine invertebrates can regrow limbs and regenerate. The center’s approach is grounded in the work of Alan D. Berkowitz, a psychologist who, by focusing on men’s responsibilities, helped turn around assumptions that rape was a woman’s issue. He promoted positive, inclusive and empowering practices, Wahlig said — a sharp contrast to giving women a long list of don’ts: don’t drink, don’t walk home alone. Wahlig and her team used Berkowitz’s work to modify be-
havior with positive messages. In one project, they did a survey of male students and the vast majority said they would stop sexual overtures if their partner objected to them. The team plastered that finding on posters all over campus — an approach known as “social norms,” which has proved effective, Wahlig said, because most students want to conform. The center also pioneered prevention techniques that have become common practice. In skits, they demonstrated bystander intervention — modeling how to interrupt potentially risky encounters, distract the instigators and help get peers to safety. In the fall of 2014, the University of California under President Janet Napolitano announced a plan to combat sexual misconduct. The plan had been developed by a task force, which called on every campus to open an advocacy office called CARE, which stands for campus, advo-
cacy, resources and education. Wahlig’s center —called CARE at SARC — already was following many of the guidelines. These days, it’s not just about protecting the victim, it’s about fostering a feeling of “community responsibility,” said Jessica Heredia, the center’s assistant director. With the support of public and private grants, her team puts on a variety of educational programs. A workshop on stalking called “Cute or Creepy?” sparked lively conversations about how to react to someone who sends you 100 texts in an hour. “Cosplay and Consent,” pegged to San Diego’s annual Comic-Con, worked on breaking down false assumptions that dressing up in sexy costumes — to be Wonder Woman, for example — was like giving people invitations to grope.
FEATURES
Page 4
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ scores biggest box office opening ever Sonaiya Kelley
Los Angeles Times(TNS)
Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” the only new wide release this weekend, set a record at the box office with an estimated $250-million debut in the U.S. and Canada, according to figures from measurement firm ComScore. That makes it the highest domestic opening of all time (not adjusted for inflation) — above the $247.9-million debut of 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — as well as the highest global opening of all time, with $630 million in worldwide receipts even without the Chinese market. (The film will open in China on May 11.) “It’s an extraordinary, extraordinary weekend,” said Dave Hollis, Disney’s distribution chief. The third “Avengers” film and the 19th entry from Marvel Studios, “Infinity War” was well-received by audiences and critics, earning an 84 percent “fresh” rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes and an A rating from user-polling firm CinemaScore. Every film in the MCU has
Marvel Studios
Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Marie Mouroum, and Winston Duke in “Avengers: Infinity War.”
scored at least an A- on CinemaScore (with the exception of the first “Thor,” which earned a B+). “Infinity War” is the latest in a streak of A ratings: with “Thor: The Dark World” being the last to get an A- and “Black Panther” and “Marvel’s the Avengers” the
Logan Paul records a video to explain why he’s cutting down on his videos Peter Sblendorio
New York Daily News(TNS)
Logan Paul’s daily video blogs are coming to an end. The controversial YouTuber announced in a nearly 17-minute video that he’ll no longer be posting new videos every single day. “I have done a lot of vlogs every day in a row,” Paul explained toward the end of the recent upload. “And I’m blessed. I’m thankful. But your boy wants to exercise his creativity in other ways.” Paul, 23, cautioned that he’s not finished vlogging entirely. While he won’t be posting videos as frequently as he has in the past, he vowed to continue making vlogs moving forward. “I am proud to say the vlog will never be finished as long as my heart stays thumping,” he said. The announcement comes roughly four months after Paul drew widespread backlash for posting a video in late December in which he came across the body of suicide victim in Japan’s Aokigahara forest — an area known for its high number of suicide attempts. In the video, Paul stresses that suicide, mental illness and depression “are not a joke,” but also laughs a bit toward the end while discussing how shocked he is after coming across the body. He apologized multiple times following the stunt and took a break from vlogging for a little over a month before returning in February. Paul broke out as an internet star on the video-sharing app Vine. He has over 17 million subscribers on YouTube. He explained in his video announcing the end of his daily vlogs that he wants to “dive into music” and begin “new business endeavors.” “YouTube is not my career,” he said earlier in the video. “This is a hobby. I hopped on this platform like two years ago.”
only two to get an A+. “More than anything,” added Hollis, the success of “Infinity War” was a “reflection of the culmination of 10 years of work from [Marvel Studios President] Kevin Feige, [producers] Louis D’Esposito and Victoria Alonso,
the entire Marvel Studios team. They’ve done so much in layering this universe film-by-film … and it all led to this.” With a 2-hour, 40-minute runtime, the film is among the longest of the Marvel entries. However, fans who’ve been waiting for
an all-start superhero team-up of this caliber were nonplussed by the extended run time. “The fans probably thought the [film] was over much too quickly,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst at ComScore. “And clearly no one was put off by the long running time, which proves that too much of a good thing is just fine when it comes to Marvel. “Heck, people are more than happy to sit through an end-credits sequence worthy of its own showtime to get to what fans have come to expect at the tail end of the experience,” he added, alluding to the MCU practice of teasing future installments after the credits roll. The film, which was shot entirely with IMAX cameras, is the No. 1 Marvel debut on that format with an estimated $41 million globally — from $22.5 million in domestic ticket sales and $18.5 million in international receipts, minus China and Russia, the latter of which will launch May 3. Films taking place in the MCU have now amassed $15.4 billion
SEE AVENGERS, PAGE 5
Event of the Week:
Essence of Man
This event took place on April 29th at UniversityHall. The winners of the event were Marzell Clay in the first place, Darren McMiller in second and Rickie Welch at thrid. Miguel Lewis | Indiana Statesman
Time’s Up calls on supporters to #MuteRKelly over claims of sex abuse Rachel DeSantis
New York Daily News(TNS)
The Women of Color committee within the Time’s Up movement has its sights set on a new target: R. Kelly. The “I Believe I Can Fly” singer, who has been accused of holding a slew of young girls in alleged “sex cults” in his Chicago and Atlanta-area homes, was the target of a protest Monday called #MuteRKelly, which calls for a boycott of the 51-year-old star and further investigations into the harrowing allegations that have plagued him for years. “The scars of history make certain that we are not interested in persecuting anyone without just cause,” a statement from the committee read. “With that said, we demand appropriate investigations and inquiries into the allegations of R. Kelly’s abuse made by women of color and their families for over two decades now.” The statement urged followers to throw their support behind #MuteRKelly, an online campaign that was launched last year by Oronike Odeleye and Kenyette Barnes. The goal of the campaign is to
all but erase Kelly from the airwaves by targeting companies streaming his music and venues hosting his concerts. The Time’s Up statement directly called on RCA Records, which produces and distributes his music, Ticketmaster, which issues tickets to his shows, Spotify and Apple Music, which offer his music for streaming and the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in North Carolina, which is set to host a show May 11, to cut all ties with the singer. “The recent court decision against Bill Cosby is one step toward addressing these ills, but it is just a start. We call on people everywhere to join with us to insist on a world in which women of all kinds can pursue their dreams free from sexual assault, abuse and predatory behavior,” the statement read, referring to last week’s verdict that found Cosby guilty of sexual assault. The organization’s key supporters, including Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay and actress Jurnee Smollett, all shared the open letter on Twitter and expressed their support. #MeToo founder Tarana Burke also chimed in, sharing a sense of optimism that time might finally
be up for Kelly. “This has been a long, hard, fought journey that SO MANY sisters have been on for more than a decade,” Burke wrote on Twitter. “This man is a predator and 100 percent of his victims have been Black and Brown girls. At times it felt like screaming into a well, but thank God for reckoning this coming.” Kelly, whose real name is Robert Kelly, has long denied all claims against him, though they stretch back decades, to when he married a 15-year-old Aaliyah in 1994. The union was later annulled, but Kelly came under fire again when video surfaced that appeared to show him having sex with and urinating on a teenage girl. He was acquitted of any child pornography charges in 2008. Shocking claims against the star bubbled to the surface once again last July, when he was accused of housing multiple young women in his home and controlling all aspects other lives, including what they wore, who they spoke to and their sex lives. A woman named Kitti Jones, who was in a relationship with the singer for two years, recently detailed her experiences in a BBC
Chris Sweda | Chicago Tribune | TNS
R. Kelly performs at the Auditorium Theatre in downtown Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 17, 2009.
Three documentary, and revealed how she watched Kelly groom a 14-year-old girl to be one of his “sex pets.” “I saw that she was dressed like me, that she was saying the things I’d say and her mannerisms were like mine,” Jones told reporter Ben Zand. “That’s when it clicked in my head that he had been grooming me to become one of his pets. He calls them his pets.”
Earlier this month, Kelly was sued by a woman who claimed the singer tried to groom her for his “sex cult” and infected her with a sexually transmitted disease. Neither RCA Records, Spotify, Ticketmaster, Apple Music nor the Greensboro Coliseum Complex immediately responded to a request for comment.
indianastatesman.com AVENGERS FROM PAGE 4 to date. Marvel holds six (and parent company Disney holds nine) of the 10 films with the biggest opening weekends of all time. Marvel, in fact, owns two films in the top five, as “Black Panther,” already a runaway success, benefited from the release of “Infinity War.” “Panther,” up to No. 5 from the No. 8 spot it held last week, added $4.4 million in ticket sales — the smallest decline of the top 10 at just 11 percent — for a cumulative $688 million. It’s incredibly rare to have two films from the same franchise in the top 10 simultaneously. “Superhero fatigue does not
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 • Page 5 exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” said Dergarabedian, citing in particular the staying power of “Black Panther. “It’s amazing that ‘Black Panther’ enjoyed a boost in its box office fortunes as the halo effect of ‘Infinity War’ inspired fans to see both movies this weekend,” he added. “Black Panther” boasts the highest cumulative gross of all the Marvel films, followed by “Marvel’s The Avengers” with $623.3 million in domestic grosses. “’Infinity War’ was absolutely a great follow-up to ‘Black Panther,’ which in and of itself has become a cultural phenomenon,” said Hollis. “So the momentum of ‘Black Panther’ actually acted
as a bit of a catalyst to some of the success we’re seeing.” Disney hit the $1-billion mark at the domestic box office faster than any studio ever, aided in no small part by “Black Panther” and now “Infinity War,” as well as “A Wrinkle in Time” and 2017 holdovers such as “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Coco.” “Infinity War,” which was made for $300 million, unofficially kicks off the summer blockbuster season, with films such as “Deadpool 2,” “Solo,” “Jurassic World” and “The Incredibles 2” all hoping to continue to bring audiences out to theaters. While those films are all expected to perform well, Marvel is currently in a league of its own when it comes to box office
numbers, Dergarabedian said. “But there is no better way to kick off a summer than with a hit of this magnitude,” he conceded. “And given the lineup of films yet to be released within the next few weeks, we could be looking at an all-time month of May revenue record. However, the sobering fact is that every movie has to stand on its own merits and deliver the goods or the box office tide could shift.” In second place, Paramount’s “A Quiet Place,” now in its fourth weekend, added $10.6 million in ticket sales for a cumulative $148.2 million. Coming in third, STX Entertainment’s Amy Schumer-led comedy “I Feel Pretty,” now in its second weekend, earned $8.1
million for a cumulative $29.6 million. In fourth place, Warner Bros.’ “Rampage,” now in its third weekend, earned $7.1 million for a cumulative $77.9 million. That film and fellow action picture “Ready Player One” were hit especially hard by “Infinity War’s” box office eclipse; those films are targeted at Marvel’s core demographic of 18-to-34-year-old men. Next week, Electric Entertainment opens the horror thriller “Bad Samaritan,” Pantellion premieres the “Overboard” remake and Focus Features unveils the comedy “Tully.” Magnolia Pictures also drops the documentary “RBG” in limited release.
Page 6
RedState purge sends a chilling message Patrick Frey Los Angeles Times (TNS) Friday morning, a friend asked me on Twitter: “Has there been a purge of Trump critics at RedState?” I thought he must be joking. RedState, where I’ve been a contributor since September 2016, is the last place anyone would expect such a purge. Since its founding, RedState has been distinguished by its commentary on principled, constitutional conservatism. Its writers made frequent appearances on national news shows. Members of the Senate and House quoted RedState posts regularly. Since the 2016 election, it has contained a mix of viewpoints, plenty of them critical of the president. It was unimaginable that the site would purge its Trump critics, and I told my friend so. Then I checked my email and learned that I was wrong. Salem Media Group, the Camarillo-based owner of RedState, had terminated my contract and those of a number of other RedState writers. Our firings were not based on web traffic; some of the fired writers were top page-view earners. We all had one thing in common, though: We’re vocal critics of President Trump. For instance, I wrote that although I approve of Trump’s judicial appointments and elimination of regulations, his budgets are continuing to increase our national debt. I complained that he did not press hard enough for the repeal of Obamacare, which I believe increases premiums and reduces freedom. I wrote that Trump is unfit to be president — morally,
intellectually and temperamentally. I called him a cruel bully, a philanderer, a narcissist and someone prone to issuing rash and unwise statements. Why, even his supporters say that we should ignore the nonsense he taps out on Twitter every morning. Many others at RedState said similar things. And now it is clear: That criticism is no longer welcome. Salem Media Group is a major publisher of conservative sites and books by authors such as Ann Coulter. It’s also the country’s largest broadcaster of conservative talk radio. So I understand why some of its executives might want to purge their sites of negative opinions of the president, which are not particularly popular among grass-roots Republicans these days. Like GOP politicians, conservative commentators feel constant pressure to take it easy on Trump. Many pundits I used to respect have become rabid Trump supporters, excoriating federal law enforcement on the flimsiest of evidence, and defending Trump’s pals, like the murderous and dictatorial Vladimir Putin. RedState was one of the few places on the internet where a sizable group of us rejected such nonsense. But no more. Of course Salem Media Group has the absolute legal right to fire writers. But this obvious purge sends a chilling message: Vigorous criticism of the president will no longer be tolerated. That will harm the site. Unfortunately, it threatens to undercut the credibility of its Trump-praising writers, as readers may wonder if that sentiment is genuine. It also poses a
CHILLING CONT. ON PAGE 7
OPINION
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Sheneman | Tribune Content Agency
American Idol Revival – The votes are in!
Emma Osowski Columnist
“American Idol,” the show where Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and a handful of other artists had their start. It’s the show that brought entertainment through both amazing talent and uncomfortable auditions. And it’s the show where the judge stereotypes were created – the judge who’s rude and scary but knows what he’s talking about, the overexcited encourager, and the cool wild card.
The show was great. Well, until it turned to crap. The last season prior to the cancelation that I remember watching was season 10 with Scotty McDreamy and Lauren Alaina, which aired in 2011. If you were to ask me who won the following five seasons I could not tell you. They ended the series in 2016, then in March of this year, only two years later, it has been brought back. Naturally, I’m a skeptic. I’ve been watching and keeping up with this season as much as I can, and it’s been a little rocky, but they’re making it work. They have finally reached the top 7 of the competition, and I now think I’ve seen enough of it to make some statements as well as comment on the debacle that happened Sunday.
First off, the judges. I like Lionel Richie, I do. He’s cool, and he’s a good fit for the Randy Jackson role. However, the other two… they are something else. I can respect Katy Perry in some aspect, because she is really the only judge to give the real, sometimes harsh and definitely difficult to hear feedback and criticism, but even that’s very hard to come by. Luke Bryan is the Paula Abdul of the group, maybe not even that. They’re all, for the most part, too nice to be judges in my opinion, because even though Simon had his tendencies of being a little too mean, at least he kept it real and entertaining. I think shows like this need a villain. On top of all that, it seriously seems like Lionel is the father of two five-year olds who want
all the attention on them, which makes me sad because I like Katy and Luke as artists. On the topic of the contestants of this year, honestly it feels more like just “Teen Idol” or “Young Adult Idol. The oldest contestant of the top seven, which was voted through this past Sunday, is 21 years old. That just seems insane to me. Although musically, I think the majority of the contestants are very talented in different ways and deserve to be there. There’s one that irritates me, not because she’s a bad singer, but because I just think her voice is annoying. Now, the debacle from Sunday, that I mentioned earlier, involves some backlash to the set
IDOL CONT. ON PAGE 7
Trump may go too far in alienating Europe Leonid Bershidsky Bloomberg News (TNS) President Donald Trump has been determined to confront the U.S.’s European allies on every issue of importance, from trade to climate change to the multilateral deal with Iran. As politicians and publics on this side of the Atlantic become increasingly wary, it’s worth asking whether he really wants allies at all. After the unsuccessful visits of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, to Washington last week, Trump has given Europe another month’s respite from punitive steel and aluminum tariffs. He expects European Union countries to agree to export quotas instead. Why the Trump administration would want that is anybody’s guess: Tariffs would at least yield some revenue for the U.S., while quotas would only result in abnormal profits for the exporters since prices would inevitably go up. But tariffs or quotas, it’s clear European leaders can’t get any traction with Trump. Then there’s the likelihood — confirmed
by Macron after his talks with Trump — that the U.S. will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on Iran. The presentation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Monday was clearly meant to strengthen Trump’s resolve to do so. Netanyahu’s forceful way of making a point that doesn’t necessarily agree with the data (the materials obtained by Israeli intelligence concern Iranian weapons plans from before the deal) should appeal more to Trump than the German and French leaders’ measured arguments or top EU diplomat Federica Mogherini’s sober reminder that Iran has been fully compliant with its 2015 commitments. The mockingly bromantic body language of Trump’s interactions with Macron and his infuriating condescension toward Merkel send the same message: Give me what I want or don’t bother to show up. The latter option would be a scary leap for European politicians, who have treasured the transatlantic alliance since the late 1940s. But the European public and thought leaders might feel differently. The favorability of the U.S. (the coun-
try, not the administration) is at 46 percent in France and 35 percent in Germany, according to the Pew Research Center. That was the lowest since 2008, when the reputation of the U.S. hadn’t recovered from the Iraq invasion and the financial crisis was gathering steam. No such momentous events are taking place now, but there’s Trump. Germans, according to a poll released last month by Forsa, one of the top polling organizations in the country, overwhelmingly consider him a greater danger to world peace than Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that’s the case even among the conservative supporters of Merkel’s party. In March, Pew Research released a poll of European and American thought leaders (mostly foreign-policy experts), which showed that the Europeans believed Trump is about as likely as Putin, and far less likely than Merkel, Macron, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May or even Chinese leader Xi Jinping to do the right thing in world affairs. Most of these experts — Americans and Europeans alike — believe the relations between the U.S. and Europe are getting worse in every respect.
Europe may be beholden to the U.S. for security, but most Europeans see security as a policing problem, not a geopolitical one, so it’s hard to explain to them exactly what threats the U.S. is averting. If Trump’s “America First” approach, on full display during the president’s joint press conference with Merkel, is dictated by domestic considerations, and so is, as Macron has suggested, Trump’s stance on the Iran deal, U.S.-bashing can be as popular and as politically lucrative in Europe. Merkel and Macron have been disciplined about not playing this card, including in their recent election campaigns. But for an example of how easy it would be, one needn’t go any further than the interview Monday of Guenther Oettinger, the EU budget commissioner and Merkel’s political ally, with Germany’s ZDF news channel. “We import jeans from the U.S.,” Oettinger said, “but there are more European products that are attractive to Americans.” He went on: “In one sector they have an advantage — the digital sector, social media, big data. But as far as real industry
TRUMP CONT. ON PAGE 7
Editorial Board Grace Harrah Editor-in-Chief statesmaneditor@isustudentmedia.com Rileigh McCoy News Editor statesmannews@isustudentmedia.com Joe Lippard Opinions Editor statesmanopinions@isustudentmedia.com Claire Silcox Features Editor statesmanfeatures@isustudentmedia.com Andrew Doran Sports Editor statesmansports@isustudentmedia.com Danielle Guy Photo Editor statesmanphotos@isustudentmedia.com Wednesday May 1, 2018 Indiana State University
www.indianastatesman.com
Volume 125 Issue 80
The Indiana Statesman is the student newspaper of Indiana State University. It is published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the academic school year. Two special issues are published during the summer. The paper is printed by the Tribune Star in Terre Haute, Ind.
Opinions Policy The opinions page of the Indiana Statesman offers an opportunity for the Indiana State University community to express its views. The opinions, individual and collective, expressed in the Statesman and the student staff’s selection or arrangement of content do not necessarily reflect the attitudes of the university, its Board of Trustees, administration, faculty or student body. The Statesman editorial board writes staff editorials and makes final decisions about news content. This newspaper serves as a public forum for the ISU community. Make your opinion heard by submitting letters to the editor at statesmanopinions@isustudentmedia.com. Letters must be fewer than 500 words and include year in school, major and phone number for verification. Letters from non-student members of the campus community must also be verifiable. Letters will be published with the author’s name. The Statesman editorial board reserves the right to edit letters for length, libel, clarity and vulgarity.
indianastatesman.com
TRUMP FROM PAGE 6 goes, there are few American products that are attractive to Europeans.” This economic pride — which isn’t completely misplaced, as Europe has a trade surplus with the U.S. in most industrial goods, as well as in food — could easily be combined with criticism of the U.S. security policy, especially if Trump wrecks the Iran deal. Any increase in Middle East instability can be linked easily to increasing immigration to Europe, though only only extreme-left and extreme-right parties have make this connection so far. But if centrist politicians continue to be publicly snubbed by Trump, that sort of argument could migrate to the mainstream. Trump is probably merely intent on keeping his promises to
IDOL FROM PAGE 6 up of the show, as well as our country as a whole. On Sunday, the show went from 10 contestants down to seven, and the three that got cut were Ada Fox, Michelle Sussett, and Dennis Lorenzo. Twitter definitely had some choice words to say on the matter. One Twitter user, @vmarshmallow, tweeted, “Who is shocked that America eliminated a drag queen, a Latina immigrant, and a black man? Dennis in particular deserved better.” That mention of Dennis is pertaining to the fact that he was the last performer of the night and voting closed right after, meaning that he wasn’t given the adequate amount of time to possibly be voted through. In one aspect, I get it, but at the same time, if you like someone and want them to go through to the next show, you have the entire airing to vote
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 • Page 7 voters. But if he had a conscious foreign-policy strategy it would look like a bet that Europeans — at least the moderate, reliable ones, the likes of Merkel and Macron — will absorb the petty humiliations and fall into line because, as he put it at the news conference with Merkel last week, the U.S. is, “A very strong, very strong country.” That is far from a sure bet. Macron and Merkel appear to be hoping to wait out Trump. But if he wins re-election in 2020 or if his successor adopts a similar attitude, the next electoral cycle in major EU nations may turn out to be far more anti-American than the last one was, simply because public and expert opinion indicates there are political gains to be picked up on this path. This is how long-standing alliances are undermined. for them. What I really don’t agree with, though, is making it political, @ the85s tweeted, “Seems like the same people voting for #AmericanIdol were the same ones who voted for the President.” It really isn’t necessary to put it down that far. While yes, I’m not totally happy with the top seven, I think that’s a very disrespectful thing to say. American Idol really isn’t the “American Idol,” but the idol for everyone who watches the show. It doesn’t need to be verbally said, because you end up shooting down those who made it through. But I do agree, it’s disappointing to know the three that got cut are people of color and a part of what makes our country unique. And yes, Dennis should have made it to the top seven. Overall, I’ve realized I’m too invested to not watch the rest of the season; however, I don’t know if I necessarily will watch come next year.
To place a classified ad call: (812) 237-3025 fax us: (812) 237-7629 stop by the office: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Room 143, HMSU or send us an email: Stacey.McCallister@indstate.edu
FOR RENT 3 & 4 BEDROOM HOUSES CLOSE TO CAMPUS! Extra nice Quiet for study Spacious & homey MUST SEE! Call 812-232-6977
NOW RENTING FOR SUMMER OR FALL! 1 – 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS Some close to campus! NO PETS ALLOWED Call Gibson Apartments 812-234-4884
CHILLING FROM PAGE 6 dilemma for the few remaining writers who have criticized Trump in the past. Will they dare do so again? I like to think they will, but they’re in a tough spot. If, among those who supposedly cherish freedom of expression, certain widespread viewpoints become taboo, where
QUACY FROM PAGE 8 wins going 10-16, highlighted by a four-game winning streak during conference play. In her first year at the helm, the Tigerettes finished 5-21 overall and 4-13 in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC), before falling the first round of the conference tournament. She coached a pair of players who averaged double figures on the season in Rachel Brownlee (17.0 ppg) and Aryana Jackson (14.9 ppg). Barnes-Timmons spent three successful years as an assistant coach at Columbus State prior to receiving the head coaching job at Tuskegee, where she helped lead the Cougars to a 68-21 record. In her three seasons at Columbus State, she helped coach one All-American, two All-Region selections and six All-Peach Belt Conference players. She also helped coach a Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year and
does that leave us? In a dishonest media atmosphere. More and more, conservative writers and pundits will claim to support Trump, whether they actually do or not. Meanwhile, those who refuse to engage in the charade will be increasingly sidelined. This trajectory, left unchecked, leads to media that increasingly resembles that of totalitarian societies. That may sound like hyperbole — until you switch on
Fox News, and realize how much of its programming already resembles state-run media. No one media outlet is crucial to the conservative movement, but RedState did represent a rare place where conservatives were still allowed to express negative opinions about Trump in a freewheeling and robust manner. Now it’s a safe space for Trump supporters. The site is still there, but the ideal is gone.
Defensive Player of the Year. In her final season as an assistant at Columbus State, Timmons helped lead the Cougars to a 31-2 record and a national ranking as high as third in country, along with winning the Peach Belt Conference regular season and tournament championship. Before her tenure at Columbus State, Barnes-Timmons spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Eastern Illinois. During her time with the Panthers, the team posted 116 victories and a regular season Ohio Valley Conference championship in 200910. The team also won 84 games from 2007 to 2011, the most by any Eastern Illinois team in a four-year period since the school transitioned to NCAA Division I. During her stint with Eastern Illinois, Timmons coached 16 all-conference selections, as well as three Freshman of the Year award winners and two Defensive Player of the Year winners.
Austin Peay and, before that, two years at her alma mater, Indiana, from 2003 to 2005. Timmons played for the Hoosiers from 1994 until 1998, earning two All-Big Ten honors. She still holds the school record for blocked shots in a career (269), season (95 in 1996-97) and single game (10 vs. Youngstown State in 1997), and at the time of her departure, was among the leaders in points, field goal percentage, free throws and rebounds. After her collegiate playing days, Timmons became the first player in Indiana history to be selected in the WNBA Draft when the Sacramento Monarchs selected her in 1998. From 1998 until 2002, Timmons played for three franchises, while also playing overseas. Barnes-Timmons earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Indiana in 1998. She is married to Desmond Timmons, and the couple has three children – T.J., Taryn and Taylor. By Athletic Media Relations
Prior to her stop at Eastern Illinois, Timmons spent a year at
CLASSIFIEDS
EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I POLICE TECHNICAL: A national training provider for law enforcement seeks an Admin Assist for Summer Employment MUST BE: a currently enrolled college student or graduate. EXPERIENCE IN: MS Office, Phones, Email. Airlines travel, Hotels and Scheduling a plus. PERSONS INTERESTED: are Encouraged to email Letter of Interest and Resume to: Thomas Manson
Rates Per Issue 20 words or less Classified Rate is $7 Frequency Discount $6 ISU Organization $5 Extra words are 15¢ each.
Deadlines For Monday Issues: 3 p.m. Thursday For Wednesday issues: 3p.m. Monday For Friday issues: 3 p.m. Wednesday Advertise in print and your classified will run online for FREE
EMPLOYMENT KIDZ ZONE IS HIRING Child care providers. Flexible hours. Call for more info: 812-208-9989 If no answer, please leave message.
Sudoku answers from Monday’s issue
tmanson@policetechnical.com
The Samurai of Puzzles by The Mepham Group
SPORTS
Page 8
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Sycamores head to Saint Louis for midweek matchup Indiana State will step out of conference one final time during the 2018 regular season with a Wednesday matchup at Saint Louis. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT at the Billikens Sports Center. Quick Hits • Indiana State will wrap up an eight-game road trip that started with an MVC series at Northern Iowa on April 21. • SLU swept its series at La Salle last weekend, ending a five-game losing streak for the Billikens. Saint Louis has lost eight consecutive home games heading into Wednesday’s contest. • The Sycamores hold a 12-7-1 advantage in the all-time series against the Billikens. Indiana State is 3-2-1 all-time in games played at Saint Louis. • The 23-25 (10-13) mark by the Sycamores places the team in seventh place in the Missouri Valley Conference by win percentage after being selected to finish 10th (last). • With their 6-3 win over Evansville on April 18, the Sycamores had already matched their Missouri Valley Conference win total from a year ago. • Indiana State needs only one win to match its total win total (24) from a season ago. • A young team this year, Indiana State only has four upperclassmen (juniors and seniors) on its 18-member roster. Meet Me in Saint Louis Indiana State is looking to continue its program’s success against the Billikens in a non-conference game Wednesday in the Gateway to the West. ISU holds a 12-7-1 all-time record against the Billikens with the lone draw coming as a scoreless tie in 2008
Athletic Media Relations
Sycamores will travel to Saint Louis for final match up at St. Louis.
when rain forced the game to be halted in the sixth inning and was never resumed. Additionally, the Sycamores have enjoyed facing Atlantic 10 teams over the years as Indiana State holds a 24-12-1 all-time record against current members of the A10. Swami? Sammy? Sycamores! I was WAY Off! Originally projected to finish last in the Missouri Valley Conference by a vote of the league coaches,
Indiana State heads into this week’s action currently in seventh place in The Valley. The Sycamores, boasting eight freshmen, 10 newcomers overall and a first year (to the program) head coach have confounded expectations to date and are looking to clinch a spot in the upcoming MVC Tournament. So It Comes Down to This... Indiana State is so close to its first MVC Tournament berth since 2015,
the Sycamores can almost taste it. And all they need is one. Indiana State can clinch a spot in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament either with one win over Loyola in the final weekend of regular season play -OR- with one Bradley loss to Evansville. The Sycamores host the Ramblers while Bradley plays host to Evansville. Fighting for a Chance Indiana State is fighting for a spot in the Missouri Valley Conference Tour-
nament on May 10-12 in Des Moines, a postseason event the Sycamores have not qualified for since 2015. But the last time the Sycamores made an appearance in the league’s postseason championship event, good things happened. Entering the tournament as the No. 8 seed that year, Indiana State went on a run and won the championship and league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. ISU would go on to the
Columbia (Mo.) Regional where the Trees would go 1-2 with a 2-1 win over Louisville. Close to Last Year’s Overall Win Total Indiana State needs only one more win to match last season’s overall win total of 24 victories. In a transition year last season, interim head coach Tori Magner led the Sycamores to 24 wins just a year after the Sycamores registered only 16 wins. Matched Last Year’s Valley Win Total With a 6-3 victory over Evansville on April 18, Indiana State registered its eighth conference win of the season. With two series and the final game of the Evansville series still to go, ISU has already matched its Missouri Valley Conference win total from a year ago. Indiana State went 8-18 in league play in 2017 after posting a 9-15 mark in 2016. The Trees then matched that 2016 mark with a win at UNI on April 21. ConsistenTree Indiana State sophomore Leslie Sims has been the most consistent Tree to date at the plate this season. She enters this week’s play leading the Missouri Valley Conference with a .420 batting average while her on-base percentage of .477 ranks her third in The Valley. Sims in The Valley Rankings Category R a n k Stat Batting Average 2 .412 Stolen Base Percentage 1 1.000 (22-22) Steals T-1 22 Hits 2 61 On Base Percentage 3 .473 By Athletic Media Relations
Quacy Barnes-Timmons added to Indiana State staff
Indiana State head women’s basketball coach Vicki Hall announced Tuesday thatQuacy Barnes-Timmons has been added to the staff as an assistant coach. Quacy (pronounced: KWAYSEE) Barnes-Timmons joins the Sycamore family after serving as the head coach at Tuskegee the past three years, a Division II institution in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. “Quacy and I have known each other for quite a few years,” Hall said of her newest assistant coach. “She is a tremendous worker, has an excellent knowledge of the game and is great at individual development. She will be a good role model for our players. I am very excited for her to be here.” Hall and Barnes-Timmons have followed similar career paths, both playing professional basketball in the WNBA and
overseas before making their way into the coaching ranks. No stranger to the Midwest, Barnes-Timmons is an Indiana University graduate that became the first Hoosier player ever to be selected in the WNBA Draft. “I am ecstatic to be coming home,” Barnes-Timmons said of her new position with the Sycamore program. “I think it is a good time to be coming back to the Midwest. I have kids in my program (at Tuskegee) from the Midwest. This is what I know. I witnessed Indiana State in its glory days and it is exciting to have an opportunity to come back and rebuild it. I am also excited to be working with Vicki Hall. I know her work ethic. We played professional basketball together. She knows my history as far as recruiting the Midwest. It is just a great time to come home.” More than just familiar with
the region, Barnes-Timmons has close ties to Indiana State University. Her son, T.J. Bell, was a member of the Sycamore Basketball program from 2012 to 2017 and received his degree in 2016. “I know Indiana State because my son chose to go to school and play for the Sycamores,” Barnes-Timmons said. “My son went here, he obtained a degree and he had a great experience. I know I can sell that experience to recruits and parents because I went through that process as a mother of a recruited player. It’s Indiana. It’s Basketball. It’s a close-knit community. T.J. received a first-rate education and I thought the experience was really good for him. I look forward to telling our future student-athletes that and how Indiana State is a great place to go, grow up and become that achieving young woman.”
Athletic Media Relations
Quacy Barnes is now the assistant coach for the Indiana State women’s basketball team.
Barnes-Timmons completed her third year at Tuskegee with the 2017-18 season, a year that was highlighted with the team’s overall GPA (3.8) ranking as the highest among all revenue-generating sports and junior for-
Sycamores partner with local groups during spring game May 5th Sycamore Athletics and Indiana State Football have partnered with Down Syndrome Indiana - Terre Haute and Terre Haute Catholic Charities during the Blue & White Spring Game May 5th. Down Syndrome Indiana - Terre Haute is dedicated to enhancing
the lives of individuals with Down syndrome and their families. We advise, educate, encourage, connect, include, and advocate. The Buddy Walk will take place outside of Memorial Stadium. Buddy Walk® is a family-friendly event open to all children
and adults with Down syndrome, their families, friends and local supporters. Last year’s Buddy Walk® was a great success raising more than $17,000 with over 500 registered participants. Nationally, Buddy Walk® is the most widely recognized public
Athletic Media Relations
The Buddy Walk in partners with Down Syndrome Indiana will take place on May 5.
awareness program for the Down syndrome community. Locally, it is the largest fundraising and awareness event for Down Syndrome Indiana. As a direct result of event sponsorships, team fundraising, and generous public donations, Down Syndrome Indiana can continue providing educational resources, informational programs, parent support networks, such as Down Syndrome Indiana - Terre Haute and social events for individuals with Down syndrome and their families. Contact Lilly Capecci at lilly@dsindiana.org or phone at 317-5230775 for more information on how you can get involved. Fans are also encouraged to bring two
canned food items between 12:30 and 1 p.m. to benefit Catholic Charities of Terre Haute. Fans that participate in the food drive will receive one ticket voucher to a home game of their choosing during the 2018 Sycamore football campaign (excluding Homecoming). Schedule 9 a.m. - Buddy Walk Registration 10 a.m. - Buddy Walk 10:30 a.m. - Walk Concludes 11 a.m. - 12:30 - Tailgate (DJ, Food, Kid Zone, Games) 12:30 - 1 p.m. - Catholic Charities Food Drive 1 p.m. - Spring Game By Athletic Media Relations
ward Jade Wilson leading the team in scoring (16.1 ppg) and rebounds (7.8 rpg). During the 2016-17 season, she improved her win total by six
SEE QUACY, PAGE 7