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Former Nixon lawyer reflects on Watergate Nick Hedrick News editor

The media and law professions are two areas where the Watergate scandal has had a lasting impact four decades later, said John Dean, President Richard Nixon’s former lawyer.

Dean, who is now an author and media commentator, marked the upcoming anniversary of the scandal’s beginning with remarks in Tilson Music Hall, as part of the University Speakers Series. In June 1972, five men burglarized and installed surveillance bugs in the office of the Democratic National Committee, which was located in the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. Nixon’s administration attempted to cover up their involvement in the scandal, which ultimately ended with Nixon’s resignation in 1974. Dean was deeply involved in the cover-up and pleaded guilty to a felony obstruction of justice charge in exchange for serving as a witness for the prosecution.

Dean said Watergate changed the media’s perception of political scandals. With the exception of “The Washington

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Counseling center hold balloons Monday night outside Terre Haute City Hall during the Council on Domestic Abuse’s candlelight vigil raising awareness of to mark National People domestic violence. (Photo by Derrick Vinson) CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 Coming Out Day DEAN/CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

The Student Counseling Center invites students to learn more about the “coming out” process next week.

Staff from the center will be in the HMSU Main Vestibule from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 11, designated as “National Coming Out Day” by the international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community.

Free wristbands will be available.

Volunteers needed for Trike race Recreational Sports is looking for volunteer lap counters and timers for the Sycamore Trike Derby.

Interested students, faculty or staff can contact David Stowe, associate director of Recreational Sports, at dstowe@indstate.edu.

The Trike race is set for Friday, Oct. 14 at 4:30 p.m. at Rec East.

Post,” he said, where reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein unraveled the cover-up, the rest of the media missed covering the story.

As a result, presidential administrations since Nixon have come under far more scrutiny by the press, Dean said.

“Understand one thing about scandals: they are ‘mediated,’” he said. “They are created by the media.”

Standards for the law profession changed as a result of the scandal, Dean said. No longer was the arrogance and incompetence he said was common of Nixon-era lawyers acceptable.

During his Senate testimony against Nixon, Dean said he placed asterisks next to names on a list of administration officials involved in the scandal.

“How did so many lawyers get involved?” he said.

Dean spoke to a nearly full auditorium, consisting of community members and students born long after Watergate left the headlines. Dean himself had put the scandal behind him until 20 years ago, when former CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace informed him of a book which alleged Dean had ordered the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

The motive, the author alleged, was that Dean’s wife had been ensnared in a prostitution ring and Dean wanted to expose the Democrats’ actions.

Time magazine had planned to run a story making similar claims.

Even though Dean dismissed the accusations as

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bogus and the stories were killed, the book was published. Dean sued, beginning a nine-year legal battle that drew him back into the history of the scandal.

Dean is currently writing his 12th book, which includes transcripts and context of previously unheard White House audiotapes connected to Watergate.

Many students attended the speech to receive extra credit or write papers about Dean’s speech. But the lawyer’s remarks provided special context for sophomore aviation major Caleb Popp, who’s currently enrolled in a “Nixon and Watergate” class.

Popp said he thought Dean’s speech was partially a moral lesson against getting tangled in scandals and a reflective look at a political milestone.

“It’s a little bit of both,” Popp said.

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Students wary of debit card fees

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ISU students will not have to worry about paying bank fees for debit card transactions, even as those fees are a new reality for some customers of larger banking institutions.

Last week, Bank of America announced it would begin requiring customers with debit cards to pay a $5 monthly fee.

Bart Colwell, president of Terre Haute Savings Bank, said debit cards would remain free at his bank.

“I see it as a big bank issue because they lost most of their income in the economic fallout,” he said.

According to a story by the Los Angeles Times, tightened regulations for large banks have made added fees necessary to compensate from limited fees merchants pay to banks from debit card revenues. Bank of

America said the fee would be phased in starting next year.

The institution’s assets make it the largest bank holding company in the U.S., according to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, which prescribes principles and standards for the federal review of financial institutions.

Amid uproar from customers nationwide, Citigroup, Inc.— another megabank that owns Citibank—announced it might also impose a debit card fee unless customers keep more funds in their checking accounts.

Neither Bank of America nor Citibank have branches in Terre Haute. Representatives from First Financial Bank and Old National Bank, which are popular banking choices in the Wabash Valley, did not return requests for comment.

Some students said they would not pay to use their debit cards. Sophomore technology

major Derrick Robinson said his bank provides free checking and debit card services.

Toyosi Yusef, a sophomore communication major, said he thought if banks continue to charge extra fees to customers, they risk losing trust.

“Imagine in 10 years how the banking system is going to be,” Yusef said. “It’s going be worse than what it is now. We think this $5-a-month crap is bad.

Watch what they’re going to do in five years.”

Robinson said he thought evolving technology would eventually make regular trips to the bank unnecessary.

“Since we can check all of our accounts on the Internet, smartphones and iPads,” he said. “We can also transfer and put in money through our account, as well. So I feel eventually we will rarely use them. Only if we cannot fix the problems ourselves.”

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Arts and Sciences plan forward-looking ELIZABETH DAWES Reporter

A new strategic plan seeks to provide a forward-looking vision for the College of Arts and Sciences, said John Murray, the college’s dean.

The plan—which Murray unveiled earlier this semester at his annual fall address—includes goals to increase student success, foster collaboration within the college’s programs and increase and diversify revenue, states the College of Arts and Sciences website.

It’s modeled to complement ISU’s “Pathway to Success” strategic plan, which the university rolled out in 2009, Murray said.

“The plan is very comprehensive and is not yet finished,” Murray said. “The plan should be active starting next semester.”

Murray selected a committee of nine

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faculty members from throughout Arts and Sciences to draft the plan over the summer.

In his first year as dean, he said he did not want to wait to put a plan in motion.

It took four days to brainstorm the aspects of the plan.

Text of the plan’s objectives and goals are posted on the College of Arts and Sciences website. The campus community is invited to provide feedback through a form on the site.

Students in the College of Arts and Sciences offered suggestions for the faculty.

Sophomore communication major Grace Oliver said instructors could use the latest teaching methods to enhance their classes.

“I think the teachers should take the time to talk to students individually, like oneon-one time would be nice,” said Jessica West, a junior liberal music major.

Goal 1: Enhance success of all ISU students Goal 2: Enhance connections with the university and the community Goal 3: Develop interdisciplinary and collaboration in the CAS Goal 4: Increase and diversify revenue Goal 5: Improve professional satisfaction Source: www.indstate.edu/cas

Police Blotter Sept. 30 At 7:04 a.m., property damage was reported at Wolf Field At 11:05 a.m., theft and fraud was reported at the New Theatre At 12:32 p.m., a theft was reported at the Student Recreation Center At 12:18 p.m., a found item was returned to owner at the John T. Meyers Tech Center At 12:37 p.m., a theft was reported at University Apartments At 2:14 p.m., a found item was returned to owner at Stalker Hall At 2:25 p.m., a found item was returned to owner on campus At 3:50 p.m., harassment was reported on campus At 5:56 p.m., police were dispatched to Lot A for a vehicle leaving the Scene of an accident with vehicle damage

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Oct. 1 At 1:05 a.m., suspects were arrested for public intoxication and minor consumption in Lot A At 1:24 a.m., a fire alarm was reported at Jones Hall At 3:42 a.m., a suspect was cited for consuming alcohol as a minor At 4:37 a.m., a well being check was conducted in the Lincoln Quads At 10:38 a.m., an injured person was reported at Lot 9 At 11: 35 a.m., an ill person was reported at HMSU

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At 3:04 a.m., a suspect was cited for never having a license off campus At 5:17 a.m., a fire with property damage

was reported at Lot 14 At 2:01 p.m., a disturbance was reported in the Lincoln Quads At 5:57 p.m., a false fire alarm was reported in Pickerl Hall

Oct. 3 At 7:13 a.m., a trespass warning was conducted on campus At 7:16 a.m., missing university property was reported in Parsons Hall At 12:33 p.m., a found item was returned to owner on campus At 2:34 p.m., theft and fraud was reported off campus At 10:07 p.m., an information report was conducted in Lot 5

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Statesman editorial All aboard the drunk bus?

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This year, ISU Student Health Promotions and the Fleschner, Stark, Tanoos and Newlin law firm were going to provide free cab rides during Homecoming.

However, Yellow Cab, the company that usually gives the taxi rides, chose to back out once they realized the high demand for transportation couldn’t be met.

Therefore, the law firm is considering alternative methods such as working with Terre Haute Transit Utility.

Yes, that’s correct. Students could see city buses packed with drunks during Homecoming.

The taxi service is a good idea to an extent. Think of how many lives have been saved in the past because students were able to get safe rides home. And the fact that the service is free shows that the university and the law firm care more about student safety than making a profit.

However, we wonder how above and beyond the university should go when assisting students during the festivities.

There are other measures, like the Designated Walker Program, in place to help the students. With the program, sober student volunteers pair up with participants on the Walk and see to their needs.

So, given the additional services available and the amount of law enforcement that will be patrolling Terre Haute on Homecoming, are buses really necessary?

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Legislation mulls over texting laws You’re on your way to meet a friend, but you’re running a little late.

So, as you head down the road, you whip out your phone and send a quick text message to let them know.

Texting and driving.

We’ve all done it at one point or another, and we’ve all known it wasn’t really the best idea. But we did our best to be careful, and told ourselves it wasn’t that big of a deal.

In the last session of the Indiana General Assembly, the issue of texting and driving came up.

Tearful mothers told the story of how their children were no longer part of the world today due to car accidents caused by texting and driving. Statistics were cited about how distracting texting and driving can be, and the behavior was compared to drunk driving. Legislators discussed how exactly to deal with the issue, and even tossed around banning cell phone usage altogether. And finally, they settled on banning texting and driving.

This isn’t wholly new. Cell phones were just starting to be common among kids when I first got my license, and no one said anything about texting and driving.

But as this year’s freshmen are probably aware, texting and driving for new drivers was already illegal.

The new law simply expands the ban to include all drivers, not merely the young ones.

However, there is a problem with this law that was brought up in the initial hearings.

How do you enforce the law? GPS systems are widely used to help people get from point A to point B, and legislators didn’t want to ban their use.

With smart phones these days, however, many use their cell phone

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as a GPS. So how does a police officer distinguish a driver who is using their phone for a GPS and one who is texting? Will police officers be able to seize the cell phones of suspected texters to verify that they were indeed texting? That’s a whole can of worms that no one wants to touch.

Besides GPS, there are many other activities that you can perform on a cell phone that does not include texting. And if the officer pulls you over but can’t seize your phone, all you have to do is say “I was checking my GPS, officer” and they can’t ticket you for it.

Legislators recognized this weakness when they passed the law. So what is its purpose? Currently, if there is a car accident caused by texting and driving, there is no special penalty for it as there is in the case of drunk driving. The purpose motivating this law was to change that—to make the prosecution of violators easier once an accident occurs.

In a court case, your text records can be subpoenaed to prove that you sent a text message right before the crash, meaning that it doesn’t need to be proven at the scene—theoretically.

I don’t think the new law has been tested in court yet since it has so recently gone into effect, but I’m sure lawyers are already working on possible defenses against the new law.

I think we should all stop a minute to think about why it was made illegal. Texting and driving is dangerous.

It can be a huge distraction, and taking your eyes off the road and having your hands occupied is generally not a good idea.

The fact that some studies have found that texting while driving is more dangerous—drivers have a slower reaction time—than drunk driving should make all of us stop and think a minute.

You wouldn’t hop in a car and drive drunk, so why is it okay to text and drive?

Next time your phone goes off, wait for the next red light—it’s safe and legal to respond to your text there, after all.

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Senators flock to Twitter Leia Zoll Let’s Get Political

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they put something online that they will someday regret.

And we all know here in the 21st century, if it’s online, it’s forever.

Facebook still records what you updated your status to, on this day, two years ago.

Regular college age students edit their tweets and updates regularly for parents, family and potential employers.

So answer how so many politicians, elected by the people to one of the most prestigious positions in America, the Senate, can justify how short hands and cruel under the belt attacks towards others, could be professional or appropriate?

Chuck Grassley, senator of Iowa, tweeted “Pres Obama you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris to tell us ‘time to deliver’ on health care. We still on skedul/even workinWKEND.” Obviously deciding that this was an inappropriate tweet, he edited the aforementioned statement to, “Pres Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said ‘time to delivr on healthcare’ When you are a ‘hammer’ u think evrything is NAIL I’m no NAIL.” Yes, Mr. Grassley surely has one of the best vernacular etiquettes in Iowa. How else could he attain one of the highest hon-

ors of our nation’s history?

Although the tweeting senator of Iowa sounded ridiculous and incomprehensible like an 11-year-old girl tweeting about her nagging mother, at least he has not behaved like a boy pushing down girls in the mud like Newt Gingrich.

The speaker of the house called Sonia Sotomayor a racist through Twitter. He has now joined ranks with conservatives such as Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh, who called Sotomayor a “reverse racist.” Clever.

Sotomayor, currently selected by Obama to reside on the Supreme Court, is now facing a vote in the Senate to seal the deal and sit among the 8 other judges in the “highest court in the land.”

It is unprofessional and embarrassing to see our representatives behave in such a manner and to see more childish and crude actions among the men and women occupying the capitol.

My hope is that soon we will see an increase in young voters, and those votes are not cast based on the inappropriate comments placed on social networking sites.

Sadly, there are those who think that this is the only way to reach our generation.

That our minds revolve around tweeting and stumbleupon.com.

Legislature now affects our generation more than any other time.

Get involved.

“Yes, Mr. [Chuck] Grassley surely has the best vernacular etiquette in Iowa.”

Perceptions on accents divide Americans Pretend, for a moment, that you have just been introduced to a person by a friend.

The person shakes your hand as he says “Hello.” And instantly, you know from this person’s accent that he is from a different region of the country or another country entirely.

You place the person as Bostonian, Texan, Southern or English all because of the accent he has.

In a Sept. 24 New York Times story, some Arizona teacher evaluators thought this was a bad thing.

In the story “In Arizona, Complaints That an Accent Can Hinder a Teacher’s Career,” the reporter states teachers, especially Hispanic teachers, where written up for accent-based mispronunciations—such as “leeves here” for “lives here.”

This is contrary to what Andrew LeFevre, a spokesman for the Arizona State Department of Education said in the article: “It was a repeated patter of misuse of the language (English) or mispronunciation of the language that [monitors and evaluators] were looking for.”

The good thing is that Arizona is reconsidering and reforming this policy, but the problem is that accents are seen as negative.

Bias against accents is even more problematic, such as is schools where both the teachers and the students are negatively impacted.

If accents where a determinant of good

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teaching, then teachers would only be able to work in areas with similar accents. Regardless of qualifications and ability, a teacher with a Midwestern accent could not be a good teacher in the South, based solely on an accent in such a case.

This is unethical bias, which can result in— and did result in the case of the teacher at the focus of the New York Times article—lawsuits against school corporations and state education departments based on civil liberties.

Once students leave high school, they are dropped either into the lap of jobs or colleges, where not everyone speaks with the same accent, meaning students exposed to one accent will have difficulty in understanding students from across the country and international students.

This limited world view could lead to a student discriminating against others based on something as unimportant as whether or not a person says “toMAYtoe” or “toMAHto.” But much more likely, it would lead to issues where a student had a breakdown in communication with a co-worker, an employer, or a collegiate peer.

Such actions only continue to foster the stereotypes we attached to accents. All people with Southern accents are stupid, all people with Texan accents have guns and are afraid to use them and all people with Mexican accents are illegal aliens.

If we let our governmental officials to allow such actions, we are not abiding by America’s equality, allowing us to degrade others just because they say “equality” slightly differently than we do.

Moderate job bill could bring jobs, growth to economy Michael Laub In The Democrat’s Corner

It is job bill argument time for Congress and that means endless of hours of arguing, nitpicking and complaining from both the left and the right about how we should fix our economy without actually fixing anything.

So, let’s dive deep into what President Obama is suggesting this year to give our economy a supposed jump start.

There is a lot going into this new bill being presented by the president, but let us focus on the main section which is the American Jobs Act. This act will actually cut all payroll taxes in half by 2012 with small businesses getting some tax cuts, as well, and even getting tax holidays with the hiring of new employees. The act will also give some money to our desperately needed school system, and will put money in repairing the county’s infrastructure with a lot of focus on repairing bridges and roads.

The payment for the plan will not come from expanding taxes on the lower-class; the money will come from long term budget cuts from other programs, and having tax hikes on the upperclass of this country. It would be great for the wealthy of this country to start pulling more weight and help carry the burden of the middle class.

Now, this is an interesting bill and can actually help to stimulate some growth in our country.

If this bill passes, it will help get jobs to reappear in this country at the middle class region.

It is much cheaper to operate really low paying jobs overseas and using illegal immigrants as workers. Most people will have to be willing to take government jobs repairing the roads and infrastructure of this country (which it desperately needs), and these jobs are finite.

You can only have so many people work on a road for so long. I think the bill should go much further by giving more money to the skills and actually get more people to work on different projects that are similar to some of the projects made by President Roosevelt in the 1930s.

A stronger government driven job market will cause a greater and faster recovery of the economy.

What I really do enjoy about this bill is that, unlike its predecessors, it should pass with relative ease through Congress with more arguing on the finer points like money and the amount of jobs, because this bill is not very controversial except for one major thing.

Democrats and Republicans have suggested almost everything in the bill in the past, which makes this a very moderate bill.

Also, Obama has called this out in this speech that he made to Congress when he proposed the bill, putting much needed pressure on the congressional obstructionists that have been plaguing Obama’s administration since day one.

If the Republicans try to just deny this bill, they will be denying things that they wanted in the past, and would prove to Americans that they are just trying to obstruct. The only major snag will be how the government will pay for this plan.

Obama and many Americans support the idea of taxing the wealthy, but the right wing would not want to get their friends taxed to create jobs for the lower-class.

I mean, how else would they pay for their private jets and amazing houses? Even though they are not taxing the companies that give out the jobs, only the extremely wealthy people get pay checks from those companies.

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Manners don’t just apply to the dinner table Erin Friar Polite Society

The first steps to achieving a more polite society require only minute changes to common activities. Take, for example, three everyday actions which, in themselves, are as easy as pie, but when performed incorrectly, begin to stink up social order.

Eating: We all love it. From doughnuts to fruit salads to greasy cheeseburgers, eating is a thing the masses quite enjoy.

And frankly, there is nothing shameful about putting that French fry in your mouth, chomping it down and delivering it Jimmy John-style to an empty belly.

However, we reach an impasse when “eating” becomes “eating while walking.” While you expect to see numerous patrons digging into that oh-so-delicious Big Mac inside the golden arches, the experience is hardly as desirable on the sidewalk.

With fat jiggling, grease falling on the shirt pocket and a sloppy mouth reaching for any amount of oxygen that might pass the processed meat, the consumer is anything but a polite sight.

Sleeping: Often followed by the above action, it’s another thing we crave and need. After a grueling day of 8 a.m. class, biology lectures and writing a paper or two, an afternoon cat nap is always in order.

After snuggling up in your super soft comforter in your stretchy pants with that teddy bear you absolutely did not bring to college after mommy dropped you off, the snoozing

can commence.

The unacceptable addition to sleeping is that same action while in class. My question is, what are the benefits?

Besides being absolutely rude to both the professor who is there to educate you and to your parents who are probably paying for your “boring science class,” you are not achieving much by catching up on those extra hours while detailed notes are being put up on the board.

So to be polite, please. Get a room.

The next routine may be frowned upon in its origins. However, picking your nose is unfortunately something that’s just got to be done. But, there is a polite way of doing so.

Facial tissue bridges that gap between rude and polite. In times of the ever-prominent sniffles and those pesky bears that hide in the far left corner of the cave, Kleenex comes to the rescue.

It may come as a surprise a centimeter of cushy paper marks the difference between a civilized person and a barbarian with a chunky finger digging for half liquid nuggets of mucus gold.

With the examples of eating, sleeping and picking your nose in the correct manner, we can now conclude that being polite is rather simple. Don’t slobber on yourself in travel, get your good ole’ eight hours and fix your issue with a tissue.

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Intramurals Continued from Page 1 Jessica Neff Reporter

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Intramural sports seasons take place every semester at ISU, allowing students to participate in competition but leaves some to wonder how this affects student relationships.

During the fall semester, Greek organizations and teams of independent students alike sign up to play sports such as flag football and dodgeball.

Some students may believe the Greek system is only a competition between sororities and fraternities, with intramurals being just another aspect of this competition. However the view differs on the impact of intramurals on the Greek system and among independent students.

The two viewpoints are that intramurals bring members of different organizations closer together and that intramurals actually create a divide that can continue off the field.

There would not be different fraternities if some competition did not exist, said Cory Hemmings, a member of Alpha Tau Omega. We also compete for awards and honors to make us proud to be in our specific fraternity, he said.

“Arguments and fights do not normally occur,” said Mike Berdowski, intramural sports referee. “We do not have a problem usually. People know what is expected.”

Blair Sanders, junior recreation sport management major, says that she enjoys playing intramurals and continues to play even though she has witnessed arguments and some unsportsmanlike conduct. Sanders has not personally experienced these arguments continue off the field but has heard stories of that happening, she said.

This year intramurals have implemented a new website, IMLeagues, in order for all students, Greek and independents, to be able to create teams, join existing teams, and advertise that they are willing to play if they cannot create a team. Devan Fox and Bryan Moore, both intramural graduate assistants, said IMLeagues is a good program but they are having trouble with students adjusting to it. Students do not like change, they said. However, despite the difficulties, independent participation and Greek participation are both roughly the same as previous years before the program.

Monday, Sept. 26th, was the championship flag football game between Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Tau Omega.

The championship game is the height of

competition during the season, but those in attendance had similar feelings on the issue.

“Intramurals show camaraderie and sportsmanship,” said Michael Alvis, a member of Alpha Tau Omega. “All sororities and fraternities come out to support their sisters, brothers, pairings, etc.

“Intramurals bring us closer together a lot more,” said Jade Jones, a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. “It provides somewhat of a rival, which is harder to find at the college level. Intramurals provide the opportunity to grow as a team and to better individuals as well as entire fraternities and sororities.”

Intramural games start with flag football, dodgeball, tennis singles and indoor ultimate Frisbee, at the beginning of the fall semester.

Indoor wiffleball, team handball and indoor floor hockey just finished their sign-ups. Upcoming events include Tug-O-War, indoor soccer, indoor volleyball, badminton singles and indoor corn hole doubles.

In the spring semester, ISU hosts pickle ball singles, basketball, 3-Point Shootout and 2-Man HotShot, swim meet, softball, indoor soccer, volleyball, kickball and spike ball. Signups for all these events will be announced on the IMLeagues webpage, and if anyone is interested in participating, one must create an account on IMLeagues at imleagues.com.

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Members of Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Tau Omega took part in the championship flag football game last Monday, Sept. 26. (Photo by Kacie Daughterty)

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Combat boots make a stomp on campus this fall Tia Muhammad Reporter

A shoe style that is beginning to appear on the fashion scene around the world and here on our campus is the combat boot.

According to an article written by Robert P. Patterson while he was the U.S. under secretary of war, the combat boot, traditionally designed to be worn by soldiers to provide a combination of foot protection and stability, not only weathers through certain climates, but it can also substitute for your traditional rain boot due to its waterproof leather.

Over the years this style has come into play in a major way. The versatility and style of the boot give outfits an edge of fashion that is sure to make your look complete.

Shalesa Smith, a junior psychology major, wears her boots to class at ISU and to bigger events.

“I actually bought these for a Kanye West concert back in May,” Smith said. “I was going to style it with a dress.”

Along with the boot trend, new ways of wearing them have emerged as well. Smith

paired her boots with skinny jeans and a polo button down. She wore her boots unlaced, giving them a rugged look.

“My style depends on what mood I’m in,” Smith said. “I can do preppy, dressy, girly. I can do it all.”

Melinda Jordan, a sophomore marketing major, wears her combat boots tightly laced.

“I actually got them from Goodwill in Indy,” Jordan said. “I thought they were really cute.”

The Style Council on Chictopia.com, an online fashion mecca for inspiration seekers and trendsetters, states the great thing about combat boots is that they can make an edgy or eye-catching piece even edgier without stealing the limelight.

Chictopia.com, along with other style inspiration websites like LookBook.nu, has become style guidebooks to fashionistas around the world.

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No longer solely military accessories, combat boots are becoming trendy shoe styles for both men and women. (Photo by Alexa White)

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School of Music director to perform tonight JOSHUA JULIAN Reporter

Composer and conductor Nancy CobbLippens began her position of Director of the School of Music at ISU in 2009.

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Nancy Cobb-Lippens, director of the School of Music, composer and conductor, will present a recital of her original compositions in the University Hall Theatre on Wednesday.

Cobb-Lippens began her position as director of the School of Music at ISU on July 13, 2009, but she has been composing music since high school, she said.

Composers typically have premieres of their works in tandem with another’s concert, as such; Cobb-Lippens said, she has had many premieres over the years.

As far as full concerts, she has had four so far, she said.

Cobb-Lippens is excited about sharing all of her pieces in the recital, she said.

“Compositions are like children; very rarely does one have a favorite. I’m particularly grateful to my colleagues in the music faculty for agreeing to perform my works,” Cobb-Lippens said.

The Terre Haute Children’s Choir will

perform with Conductor Dan Tryon, an ISU graduate. The ISU Sycamore Singers will also perform some of Cobb-Lippens work.

“Composers’ works cannot be realized

“Compositions are like children; very rarely does one have a favorite. I’m particularly grateful to my colleagues in the music faculty for agreeing to perform my works.”

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without performers,” Cobb-Lippens said.

When Cobb-Lippens is not busy composing works of her own, she enjoys listening to musical theatre works and jazz.

Beauty and communication are always in the eye of the beholder, CobbLippens said, and she hopes that each listener will either hear something beautiful or will carry away some thought from the program.

October is a full month for the music department. Faculty members Paul Bro, professor of music; Brian Kilp, professor of music; Sharilyn Spicknall and John Spicknall will perform.

The Contemporary Music Festival will also take place at the end of the month. The guest composer for the festival is Eric Ewazen, a composer coming from New York.

All concerts are free and open to the public. Anyone who would like to receive a brochure should contact the School of Music office.

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School of Music faculty recitals coming this month: Paul Bro, Saxophone Recital Oct.12 7:30 p.m.

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ISU women’s golf finishes third in Butler University Invitational Ernest Rollins Sports Editor

The Indiana State University women’s golf team finished third at the Butler Fall Invitational Monday and Tuesday.

The score of 300 is currently the second best 18-hole round score in the school’s history and the best 18 holes played by the team since the start of the season when the Sycamores shot a 301 at the season opener at Indiana University. The record for the best 18-hole round currently stands at 298 shot by the 2007-2008 Indiana State women’s golf team at The Preview at the Brickyard.

The Sycamores concluded the invitational with a combined team score of 601. Butler University went on to win the tournament posting a team 591 and Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) was second with a score of 595.

Junior golfer Reece Feducia led the Sycamores shooting a two round score of 144, posting 76 on day one and a two-under 68 on day two which was a career best. Her efforts earned her third place overall in the invitational. In addition, Feducia captured the school record for a 36hole tournament.

Sophomore golfer McCall Christopher was in sixth position

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following the first round of play on Monday shooting a two-over 74 but dropped to seventh at the end of day two. Christopher shot a 76 on day two giving her a two round total of 150.

At the end of day one, Indiana State freshman golfer Amanda Smith shot a one-over par 73 and a 78 on day two for a two round score of 151; tying her for 12th place. Smith’s 73 tied the lowest score posted by a freshman since the 2010 MVC Championships when junior golfer Emily Dixon also posted a 73.

Rounding out the Sycamores were junior golfer Christina Beyerl who shot a two-round total of 157 which tied her for 25th, and Dixon shot a 159 which tied her for 32nd.

In an article by ISU Athletic Media Relations ISU women’s golf head coach Greg Towne said, “We have to be able to beat these teams on their own courses. We are not satisfied with playing well and finishing third.

We want to win tournaments and these ladies are determined to put the work in for the team to be successful.”

The Sycamores women’s golf team returns to action next week when they compete in the Western Michigan University MAC Preview at Hawthorns Country Club in Fishers, Ind. Monday and Tuesday.

“We are not satisfied with playing well and finishing third. We want to win tournaments and these ladies are determined to put the work in for the team to be successful.”

Saturday at Cedar Falls, Iowa. 5 p.m. vs.

University of Northern Iowa

Greg Towne, ISU women’s golf head coach Junior golfer Emily Dixon taking advice from ISU women’s golf head coach Greg Towne. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing)

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Sycamore football improves national ranking to 17, prepares to battle number two UNI Saturday Ernest Rollins Sports editor

The Indiana State football team improves their national ranking following the 38-28 victory over the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits to number 17.

Last week, the Sycamores were recognized for their efforts on the field nationwide as the team made the NCAA Division I Football Championships Subdivision (FCS) Poll following the defeat of Youngstown State University. The previous ranking of number 23 earned by the team was the first time the team made the poll since 1996.

The number 17 national ranking is three spots short of the Sycamores’ highest ranking of number 14 in both 1989 and 1995.

Adding to the accolades received by the Sycamores is sophomore running back Shakir Bell being added to the Walter Payton Award Watch List. The addition gives the Missouri Valley Football Conference four players to be honored.

The Walter Payton Award honors the most outstanding players in the FCS. In the five games concluded by the Sycamores, Bell rushed for a total of 767 yards, rushing for more than 200 yards in two consecutive games. In addition to amassing rushing yards, the sophomore has proven a valuable asset to the team, finding the

end zone a total of eight times for the season.

The number 17 Sycamores travel this weekend to face off against another nationally ranked team and conference opponent, the University of Northern Iowa. The Panthers are ranked number two in both the FCS poll and The Sports Network/Fathead.com Poll. The last time the Sycamores were nationally ranked and faced an opponent who was nationally ranked as well was in 1996, also against the UNI Panthers. The game ended in a 34-19 victory for UNI. Kick-off is set for 5:05 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Uni-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The game will be streamed on a pay-per-view basis on gosycamores.com.

Packers and Lions only two teams unbeaten The NFL regular season is a quarter of the way through, and there are only two teams left unbeaten. They are the defending Super Bowl champions the Green Bay Packers and the surprising Detroit Lions. The Packers are proven winners, of course, but what is going on in Detroit this year? Are they serious contenders or is their start just a fluke?

The Detroit Lions have been one of the worst teams in the NFL for over a decade.

In 2008, they lost every game they played, finishing with a 0-16 record. They have had eight top ten selections in the NFL draft since 2000. However, it appears that all those draft picks are now beginning to pay dividends.

Calvin Johnson, 2007 draft pick, has had two touchdowns in each of the first four games. Matthew Stafford, 2009 draft selection, finally injury free this year, has 11 touchdowns and only three interceptions. Stafford also has a 100.4 passer rating.

Ndamukong Suh, 2010 draft choice, is playing great with 12 tackles including two Columnist Final Score sacks.

The Lions are confident and have a no quit attitude this year. The past two weeks they have made unbelievable comebacks. They were down 20-0 at halftime of their game against the Minnesota Vikings, but this relentless team fought back in the second half to win the game 26-23.

One comeback is tough, but the Lions did it again last Sunday. They were trailing the Dallas Cowboys by 24 points in the third quarter and still managed to pull out the win. Both of these comebacks took place on the road.

If you include the Lions’ two road wins at the end of last season, the Lions have now won a franchise record of five straight road games. They have proven they can win on the road and that they are

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resilient, but they still haven’t been to the playoffs since 1999. Is that likely to change this year?

Right now, according to NFL.com, the Detroit Lions have an 82 percent chance of making the playoffs based on recent history. Starting with 1990, there are 61 teams that have started 4-0. Out of those 61 teams, 50 have gone on to make the playoffs.

Sure, the Lions are finally coming out of the National Football Conference (NFC) cellar, but how do they compare to the other unbeaten, NFC North division rival, defending Super Bowl champions the Green Bay Packers?

Green Bay has taken down every opponent they have played this year by at least seven points and just recently embarrassed the Denver Broncos 49-23 at Denver. Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers quarterback, is making the name “Favre” a distant memory in Green Bay by torching every defense by throwing for no less than 297 yards in every game so far. Rodgers even rushed for two touchdowns last game.

Even though the Packers won it all last year, they are even stronger this year. Running back Ryan Grant and tight end Jermichael Finley are back, healthy and adding more to an already potent offensive team. The Packers have to be the favorites to win the Super Bowl and repeat this year.

The last team to repeat was the New England Patriots. They won Super Bowls in 2004 and 2005. It is extremely difficult to repeat as Super Bowl champions, but the Packers definitely have one of the best chances to repeat than many other teams did in recent years.

With these two exciting teams playing in top form, their first meeting in Detroit on Thanksgiving will definitely be a game worth watching. Tell grandma the turkey has to wait, ‘cause we got a good one coming our way.

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Ramblers defeat Sycamores 2-0 on the road

Senior defender Katie Geyman fields the ball in a matchup against Missouri State. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing)

Ernest Rollins Sports Editor

Loyola University Chicago Ramblers defeated the Indiana State women’s soccer team 2-0 on Sunday afternoon at the Loyola Soccer Park.

The loss drops the Sycamores season record to 3-10-0 and is the sixth consecutive loss for the Sycamores. The Ramblers improved their season record to 4-7-2.

After much play in the midfield, it was on the first shot of the day the Ramblers came away with a goal. In the 13th minute of play, the Ramblers were on the scoreboard with a shot taken eight yards out on the right side of the penalty box.

In the 28th minute, the Sycamores got their first shot on goal as senior defender Morgan Wendlandt’s 35-yard free kick was grabbed out of the air by the Ramblers’ keeper. The Sycamores would come close again in the 35th minute with freshman midfielder Emily Chura’s shot hitting the crossbar.

The Sycamores completed the half tied with the Ramblers, each

team with four shots, two shots on goal.

The defenses continued to hold off scoring opportunities for the majority of the second half. In the 60th minute, sophomore midfielder and defender Shelby Troyer took a shot from 35 yards out, but once again, the goalkeeper grabbed it.

The Ramblers would score again in the 82nd minute securing their victory over the Sycamores as a cross from the left wing reached the head of a Loyola player in the center of the penalty box.

Loyola outscored the Sycamores in shots 13-8, with both sides having four shots on goal. The Ramblers led in corner kicks as well 5-0.

“Wasn’t our best performance today, and one that we can hopefully regroup from and push on into our next game which is versus Northern Iowa which is going to put us back into conference play,” Erika True, ISU women’s soccer coach said.

In the Missouri Valley Conference, the Sycamores have four games remaining in the regular season. The Sycamores are currently 0-2 in the MVC and are looking to improve as they hit

the road again for their next matchup against the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Sunday at 1 p.m.

“Wasn’t our best performance today, and one that we can hopefully regroup from and push on into our next game.”

Erika True, ISU women’s soccer head coach

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