October 12, 2015

Indiana Statesman For ISU students. About ISU students. By ISU students.

Volume 123, Issue 23

Monday, Oct. 12, 2015

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Intervention team takes proactive approach at ISU Miguel Lewis Reporter Gun shootings and public intoxication are among many things that have brought about the creation of the Behavioral Intervention Team or BIT. BIT is a multidisciplinary committee that has been around since 2005.

Its purpose is to guide the community in effectively assessing and addressing threatening or concerning behaviors.

Craig Enyeart, director of student conduct and integrity, said that BIT is an alliance of many groups across campus.

“The Behavioral Intervention Team is actually a national movement,” Enyeart said. “It’s something that almost every institution has implemented for quite some time. It’s a group of individuals made up

of the office of student conduct and integrity, the dean of students, the associate dean of students and ombudsperson, the assistant dean of students for student advocacy, members of residential life, the university police, student activities and campus life organizations and the student counseling center. We also have administrative assistant and vice president of student affairs office to represent some of that interest group.”

The team specializes in tracking what are known as “red flags” over any given period of time, detecting patterns, trends and disturbances in individual or group behavior.

When they receive reports of disruptive, problematic or concerning behavior or misconduct, they conduct an investigation, perform a threat assessment and determine the most convenient mecha-

nisms for support, intervention, warning and response.

After assessing the situation, the group is able to efficiently address the situation.

Amy Cunningham, a senior physical education major, said she stays safe by being aware.

“I was always made aware of my surroundings and resources by my parents,” Cunningham said. “They would tell me to always have a walking buddy when walking alone at night. And when there was not a friend available to walk with they told me to pretend that I am on the phone when walking alone. However, for my own purposes I keep a saber and rifle from color guard in the back of my car.”

Contrary to popular belief, BIT is a concept that was originally designed as a proactive way to address the growing need in the college and university com-

Miss Ebony 2015

munity for a centralized and coordinated intervention for those in need prior to crisis instead of being a response to campus shootings and violence.

When dealing with people put in uncomfortable or crisis situations, one may not be sure about how to go about handling the situation.

Likewise, one may not be sure about how to identify someone with the intent to disturb or cause uncomfortable situations.

BIT members hope that with the rising awareness of their activity on campus that students realize what resources are available to them when they are put in uncomfortable or threatening situations, not only in their ability to effectively and appropriately discipline those who violate rules, regulations or the code of conduct.

Midwest Medieval History Conference visits ISU DJ Reynolds Reporter

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Jalynne Messer, junior human development and family studies major, took home the title of Miss Ebony 2015 from this year’s Miss Ebony pageant at Indiana State University.

Indiana State University hosted the Midwest Medieval History Conference on Friday and Saturday, offering attendees the opportunity to watch presentations and discuss research done by Midwest professionals. The conference was founded in 1962, and it is the oldest regional conference in America associated with medieval studies.

It was held in the Magna Carta Room in ISU’s Federal Hall for the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and Fourth Lateran Council. ISU’s College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History and School of Music are all sponsors of the conference.

Linda Mitchell, chairman of the conference from the University of MissouriKansas City, talked about setting up events and sessions.

“It’s good that I’m able to spread sessions to have everyone go to them instead of multiple sessions at once,” Mitchell said.

“I give a Call to Papers to members and many organizations and receive requests of proposals. I then sign sessions under certain themes. I believe it is good that grad students can test drive ideals and get generous responses from colleagues and professions, while at others can get a bit nasty.”

Steven Stofferahn, vice president and host of the conference, said the conference brings together scholars and professors in the field of medieval history.

“Each year, 35 to 70 people attend the conference,” Stofferahn said. “It is a twoday event and it travels around the Midwest. The conference is vital for the field.

Researchers reveal projects in the conference; they test ideas, share findings, receive feedback and they change their approach if need be. The conference also has a long tradition of having high standards and comedy, but people need to bring their A-game. Typically, on Fridays, grad students get to show off what they know, and Saturdays are for professionals and scholars. Finally, the nice thing of the traveling conference is that, as host, I have the opportunity to show off the campus (of ISU) to other colleagues.”

‘The 411 on Five-O’: How to handle encounters with police Statesman Staff Report

Indiana State University’s NAACP chapter hosted, “411 on the Five-O” in the Hulman Memorial Student Union on Oct. 8.

The event was presented in the form of a slide show and a question-and-answer session, hosted by Josh Tidwell, the president of the NAACP at ISU. “We’re putting on this event to encourage students to take the ultimate safety procedures when encountered with police,” Tidwell said.

ISU’s chief of police Joe Newport, troopers Ray Ben and Kyle Mitchell of Indianapolis and ISU Cpl. Tamara Watts attended the event.

Attendees were told what to do when they come into contact with police. Students should be respectful, compliant,

honest, cooperative and should know their rights.

They were also instructed to take down the name and badge number of police officers in order to report officers they felt had mistreated them.

Mitchell said that doing so may not help immediately, but there will be a record of incidents involving that officer for later use.

Newport advised students to “be courteous” during encounters.

“Officers are asked to put in their reports how cooperative was the person being pulled over,” Newport said.

“Don’t be defensive when you have an encounter. We don’t know if you’re having a bad day or not,” Watts said.

Being polite during an encounter can help avoid a routine stop escalating into something more serious.

“If you show us respect we’ll show it back,” Mitchell said.

Students should not assume that the police officer will inform them of their rights.

“Don’t debate whether you need a ticket or not when you get pulled over — you do that in court,” Mitchell said.

Being cooperative not only makes the officer’s job easier, but it could also determine whether you get a ticket or not.

Mitchell said that walking to a stopped vehicle is the most stressful part, noting that officers, “don’t know what to expect.”

It’s advised that the person being pulled over not make any sudden movements unless told to, keep both hands in sight and pull over carefully.

“If you have a vehicle with tinted windows, roll the windows down,” Ben said.

The panel was also asked about how

they felt about some of the issues concerning race and police brutality.Mitchell said in some cases these incidents had been escalated by different news outlets.

“Not all officers make bad choices,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell also encouraged students to see certain situations from the officers’ perspective as well because not everything is black and white.

Vernon Cheeks, president of the Student Government Association, said students should be respectful.

“The student should sit back, be patient and respectful,” Cheeks said. “An officer is like a student’s second parent. If the student is disrespectful, the officer’s response is just like the parent’s response, meaning that the student will be dealt with.”

Nevia Buford and Michael Jiles contributed to this report.

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Signs of imminent algae bloom found in Florida Bay Jenny Staletovich

Miami Herald (TNS)

A slimy toxic algae bloom in Florida Bay that researchers thought was years in the future might be just around the corner.

South Florida Water Management District scientist Fred Sklar told district board members last week that levels of chlorophyll are starting to rise in shallow water where miles of sea grass meadows died over the summer.

The last time so much grass died in 1987, it took five years for algae blooms to erupt that would devastate the bay for two decades.

If this bloom worsens, it will have taken just months to appear.

“We’re not sure there is a cure,” Sklar said.

The crisis in Florida Bay also has escalated a prolonged fight over water in South MiamiDade. Farmers have long com-

plained that groundwater is being kept too high, drowning crops. Scientists and environmentalists argue that the bay, which desperately needs more water to flow in from the Everglades, is being sacrificed to save farms.

“You just can’t let … Florida Bay die,” said Jerry Lorenz, Audubon Florida’s state director of research. “It’s far more important to get water into Florida Bay and try to mitigate to farms than the other way around.”

At nearly 1,000 square miles, Florida Bay is one of the world’s most complicated ecosystems with a patchwork of about 24 different basins separated by mud banks. It is also a vital part of the region’s economy and a $723 million a year fishing industry.

The 1990s algae bloom started with the death of more than 15.5 square miles of sea grass after a prolonged drought. So far, scientists have recorded about 13 square miles of dead sea

grass around Johnson Key and in Rankin Lake, a shallow bight tucked into a horseshoe-shaped mud bank now beginning to show signs of an algae bloom.

The die-off also coincided with a cloud of yellow sulfide — something Sklar said scientists have never before documented in the bay — that spread across 25 square miles.

“We’re talking between 50 and 75 square miles of sea grass beds that could potentially die,” he said.

A team of researchers who have been monitoring the bay and are now trying to find a solution say that the brewing crisis is no surprise. Years of flood control have robbed the bay of historic sheet flow that fanned across rocky glades from two sloughs in Everglades National Park.

What little trickled out of five creeks into the bay in August dropped to the lowest level recorded since gauges were installed in 1996. Worse, a second

year of dry weather spiraled into a severe drought. Salinity in some areas reached more than double the concentration of sea water.

The district tried to manage the situation by moving more water south “making it less likely to go into a cascade,” Sklar said. And recent rain — more than 10 inches fell in September — helped flush salt. But it was too late.

“Once the train leaves the station, we don’t know when it stops,” he said.

Another complication: Pollution from vast sugar fields south of Lake Okeechobee must be cleaned.

Billions of dollars in efforts have made the water cleaner — but not enough for the sensitive Everglades.

Farmers and state officials increasingly hostile to environmentalists have for years blamed the mandate, part of a federal court ruling, for holding up restoration. District board

member Jim Moran called it “the gorilla in the room,” that should be relaxed.

“Too much deference is being given to park staff and the (nongovernmental organizations),” Mike Collins, a fishing guide and former board member, complained during the meeting. “If you don’t have science and you don’t have engineering, go sit in the corner and shut up.

We don’t have the ability to allow political science to drive this issue any more.”

Environmentalists shot back that Everglades restoration was largely due to their efforts.

“I didn’t realize we built the Tamiami Trial,” which blocked water, said Drew Martin, a conservation chair for the Sierra Club. “We didn’t blow up the Miami falls. We didn’t drain the (Everglades Agriculture Area).

All these things were changes done not by the NGOs but by the development of Florida.” ©2015 Miami Herald. Distributed

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Missouri to require all freshmen to undergo diversity training Eric Adler

The Kansas City Star (TNS)

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The University of Missouri, which this week removed a student from its Columbia campus for shouting “the ‘N’ word” and other racial slurs at members of a black student group practicing for homecoming, announced Thursday that, as of January, all new entering freshmen will be required to undergo diversity training.

The training, to be conducted online, will eventually become mandatory for all faculty, staff and other students.

“As you know, a few individuals have tried to harass and intimidate our students using racial slurs over the past few weeks…,” MU Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin wrote Thursday in an online letter to students, faculty and others. “As a community, we must live by our values of Respect, Responsibility, Discovery and Excellence.”

In a previous posting, he wrote that racism “and all prejudice is heinous, insidious and damaging to Mizzou. It hurts students’ education and experience including their mental health and academic achievement. That is why all of us must commit to changing the culture at this university.”

University spokesman Christian Basi said Loftin was out of town when members of the Legion of Black Collegians Royalty Court were accosted by an inebriated student who began shouting racial slurs at members of the group. The incident occurred early Sunday morning, shortly after mid-

night, when members of the Legion of Black Collegians were practicing for homecoming.

Notified of the incident, Loftin recorded an angry video from his hotel room condemning the actions.

“It’s happened again!…It’s enough.

Let’s stop this,” Loftin said in the recording. “Let’s end racism and hatred at Mizzou…”

The event came less than a month after Missouri Students Association President Payton Head, who is black, was similarly verbally assaulted on campus, prompting an impassioned response on Facebook describing his experience and calling on his classmates to fight injustice.

“I just want to say how extremely hurt and disappointed I am,” he wrote in mid-September. “Last night as I walking through campus, some guys riding on the back of a pickup truck decided that it would be okay to continuously scream (the N word) at me. I really just want to know why my simple existence is such a threat to society. For those of you who wonder why I’m always talking about the importance of inclusion and respect, it’s because I’ve experienced moments like this multiple times at THIS university, making me not feel included here. …”

He continued with a plea.

“Educate yourselves and others,” he wrote. “Hold your family, friends, fraternity brothers and sorority sisters accountable. And if this post made you feel uncomfortable, GOOD! That means I’m doing my job. It’s time to

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Members of the Million Women Mentors Indiana Steering Committee stand with their award Sept. 21, 2015. From left: Cathy Ritchie, Mary McGuire, Bev Bitzegaio and Reginald McGregor.

Indiana team recognized at Million Women Mentors Summit Dave Taylor

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The Indiana team returned from the inaugural Million Women Mentors Summit in Washington, D.C. with some recognition for its efforts.

Indiana’s delegation joined that from Tennessee in receiving State Steering Committee awards for its efforts to partner mentors with women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

“This award helps to corroborate the strength of Indiana’s team in building collaborations to advance this mentoring movement,” said Bev Bitzegaio, director of outreach and

student career services in Indiana State University’s College of Technology and co-chair of the Indiana committee.

“It is an honor to serve this group of leaders who are dedicated to increasing diversity and enhancing the quality of STEM skills in Indiana’s future workforce.”

Co-chair Mary McGuire of Carmel, an Indiana State technology alumna, said, “I am honored and humbled to receive this award from MWM for the Indiana Team. I spent my entire career in engineering and operation positions, so I know how important mentoring is for women in STEM

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Democrats prepare for 1st debate on Tuesday David Lightman

McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)

WASHINGTON — Can Hillary Clinton seem both warm and presidential?

Can Bernie Sanders?

They and three other candidates will face the nation Tuesday night in the first Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas. They’ll be scrutinized for their self-assurance and command of issues, and whether they demonstrate empathy toward voters feeling wounded by years of economic turmoil.

The debate is the opening chapter of a new, intense phase for a Democratic campaign fought so far in the media and in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The next acts will come quickly — Clinton appears before the House of Representatives’ Benghazi committee nine days later, and the candidates debate again Nov. 14 and Dec. 19. So far, the Democratic race is between Clinton and Sanders. Clinton, the former secretary of state, has the resume but has struggled to convey sensitivity. Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, has a feel for worried Americans but an unorthodox political background as a socialist Democrat. Clinton has the stature. Sanders has the passion.

Clinton has to answer about the contents — and the very existence — of the private email server that she used while secretary of state. Sanders needs to ex-

plain what having socialist sympathies means and how he would pay for the government expansion he proposes.

The others face bigger obstacles, notably reminding voters that they’re even in the race. Despite his credentials, Martin O’Malley, a former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore, has been barely noticed. Neither has Lincoln Chafee, a former U.S. senator and former governor of Rhode Island, and Jim Webb, a former senator from Virginia.

Here’s how the candidates can help themselves: HILLARY CLINTON She’s competing Tuesday not only with Sanders but also with her past. Clinton’s negatives have been well-documented — her icy demeanor, her private email server and so on.

Clinton has stepped up her efforts to reintroduce herself. She took a tough stand on gun control, starred in a “Saturday Night Live” skit, and launched a cable TV ad highlighting House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s claim that her poll numbers plunged because of the Republican-led Benghazi committee’s work.

Tuesday, she has to be both a tough leader and a gentle soul. Can she project warmth and self-confidence without crossing the line to smugness and arrogance?

More consequential is the question that’s dogged Clinton for years: Can she convince voters that they can trust her?

Why, for instance, did she change her position last week and oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership treaty after calling it the “gold standard” of trade deals in 2012?

And why did Clinton even have a private email server while at the State Department?

The substance of her answers, and, more important, her tone, will go a long way toward determining how she fares.

BERNIE SANDERS The Democrats’ summer star now has two more daunting tasks: How can he expand his constituency? And how can he make voters envision him as a commander in chief?

Sanders routinely draws big, enthusiastic audiences eager to work on his behalf. His views, though, tend to be well outside what’s considered the American political mainstream. A trillion-dollar infrastructure program? Free college tuition? Government-run health care? And higher taxes? That’s a tough sell in a general election, let alone in a battle for the Democratic nomination.

Sanders, though, has tapped into deeply felt outrage toward big business and government. Consumers still aren’t over the economic shocks of the 2007-09 recession, and are still wary of the relationship between financial institutions and the government. Sanders has long had credibility as a fighter against those excesses. But while people may appreciate his fight, will they want him in the White

House?

MARTIN O’MALLEY Why can’t he get any traction? Even in his home state, a new Goucher Poll found he was the choice of two percent of Democrats. O’Malley takes positions popular with the Democratic base, has a respected resume and at 52 is by far the youngest of the five candidates. But he hasn’t broken through yet, and what it would take for him to surge is a mystery.

LINCOLN CHAFEE How hard will he challenge Clinton?

Chafee, then a Republican U.S. senator, voted against the Iraq War in 2002. Clinton, then a U.S. senator from New York, voted for it. That vote dogged her during her 2008 presidential campaign, and in her memoir last year, she said she “got it wrong.” Chafee, though, has little money and little visible support. To get noticed, he’s going to have to distinguish himself from the rest and offer a more dynamic image than he’s used to presenting.

JIM WEBB Are there Democrats eager for his tough-guy message? Webb has never been easy to classify politically. A decorated Vietnam veteran, he was secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan, and then won a Senate seat in Virginia in 2006 as a Democrat. His strength is national security, and he says he would not have voted to authorize the Iraq invasion. ©2015 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Basi said that the university had already been working for several months to create new diversity training when the weekend incident occurred.

“What I can tell you is it was the right time to make this announcement today,” Basi said.

The training will first be mandated for new students coming to Missouri in January.

That experience, Basi said, will allow the university to assess what adjustments the program might require in time for the 6,200 or so freshmen who will enroll in the fall of 2016.

“Eventually, every student will be

trained,” Basi said. A separate program is being developed for faculty and staff.

In August, MU reacted to the fomenting, national issue of sexual assault on college campuses by requiring all 2015 incoming freshmen to take online sexual discrimination training. Other students were encouraged to take the training, but are not required.

About 18 months ago, Basi said, the university took its one part-time Title IX officer, charged with investigating complaints regarding sexual discrimination, harassment and assault, and made the position full-time. The university, he said, also now has a team of four Title IX investigators. ©2015 The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.). Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

INDIANA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 fields. Indiana has a great steering team and I am looking forward to getting more women, men and students involved in MWM.” McGuire also serves on the ISU Foundation board and is co-chair of the College of Technology Advisory Board.

As part of the three-year Million Women Mentors campaign, The Indiana steering committee is working to identify existing science, technology, engineering and math programs with mentoring programs for the “Be Counted” campaigns and to connect existing programs with companies and organizations sharing similar goals.

It is also promoting different postsecondary mentoring models than be replicated by other educational institutions, developing a partnership plan with Girl Scouts of Indiana and is identifying a process to connect mentors with mentee organizations and recruiting individuals and organizations to pledge on the Million Women Mentors site.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellsperman, honorary chair of the state’s steering committee, joined her counterparts from Tennessee and Iowa in receiving State Honorary Chair Awards at the summit while the Movement Building Award went to the National Girls Collaborative Project, whose state leaders include Bitzegaio.

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New season of ‘The Walking Dead’ starts with a bang Verne Gay

Newsday (TNS)

Real estate values aren’t what they used to be in the Alexandria area, but Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and gang aren’t in the market, anyway. They’re just happy to be safely behind the city walls. Peace, at long last.

Frictions, of course, remain with some who were there before, but Rick gradually assumes control in the only way Rick knows how.

Morgan Jones (Lennie James), who appeared in the fifth season closer and has periodically turned up since the series’ premiere, when he was the very first person to meet Rick, has moved into town, too. With his gnomic sayings (“Everything gets returned”) and the staff he wields like a lightsaber, Morgan would appear to be “TWD’s” first resident Jedi Master. But he’s even more complicated than that. In any event, he and Rick have a lot of catching up to do.

Meanwhile, a mystery is solved: Why are there so few walkers outside the gates?

In this sixth-season opener, an intriguing newcomer arrives: Heath, played by Corey Hawkins (Dr. Dre, “Straight Outta Compton”).

Without giving too much away here, and thereby risking the wrath of Deadheads everywhere, this easy observation should suffice: Sunday’s episode

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Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon in the season six premiere of “The Walking Dead.” (Gene Page/AMC/TNS)

is exceptional, marred only in a few spots by padding that’s inevitable with these super-sized episodes. (Sunday’s runs an hour and four minutes, not counting commercials.)

But “TWD” season openers always have a little something extra in the goody bag — supersized or otherwise — as a way of subverting expectations and

Disconnection: Using LinkedIn as a dating site

stoking excitement. The episode, which is titled “First Time Again,” referring to Morgan’s reunion with Rick, has several.

The episode picks up right after the days (or weeks) following the conclusion of the fifth season finale, then fast-forwards to a point much later in the story (which, as you will see, is technically present time). The episode

then toggles between both, with the sequences from the past shot in black and white, and the fastforwards in color.

If this sounds like a clever parlor trick by writer Scott Gimple and director Greg Nicotero to throw viewers off balance, then wait for the opening seconds Sunday. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a parlor trick quite like this

one.

As intended, the effect is vertiginous.

The time-manipulation gambit accomplishes a lot of other stuff, too, most notably dumping viewers at a point in the story that is hugely dramatic and cinematic without giving them a single clue as to why they’re there. It’s almost as if the show morphs, however briefly, into “World War Z,” or “I Am Legend.”

The characters in those color sequences have plenty of shared history — Michonne (Danai Gurira), for example, balefully remarks about Morgan’s obsession over his beloved “peanut butter balls.”

Because viewers haven’t shared that history yet, that becomes yet another trick to throw them off balance.

More vertigo.

The black-and-white sequences quickly fill in the blanks of the main story so everything quickly becomes clear. Meanwhile, those sequences behind the walls of Alexandria are almost infused with a sense of peace and nostalgia, as if to say, oh, for the good ol’ days before the real hell breaks loose.

It will break loose. Before you even know it.

What would a season opener be without a surprise? Don’t miss the opening one. ©2015 Newsday. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Plus-size fashion for rent

Alison Bowen

Chicago Tribune (TNS)

When an email arrives from LinkedIn, it’s usually a reminder to check a connection’s new photo or update your profile.

But sometimes what lands in the inbox are flattering flirtations from strangers, vague messages suggesting a drink or clear come-ons.

Many people say LinkedIn plays a role in the dating game, sometimes to scope out potential suitors or a profile picture. But others report approaches in ways they deemed creepy, all through the professional networking site.

Canadian Tara Prudhomme was uneasy and surprised when a recent contact sent her a long missive requesting a romantic connection.

“I wasn’t expecting it,” she said.

“That kind of gave me the creepy feeling.”

She wasn’t the only one to report nonbusiness — and, at times, even unsettling — inquiries through people using the site as a dating hub.

One 31-year-old attorney recalled being asked to “connect” by a man who said he was interested in becoming a prosecutor. Business-related talk soon gave way to questions about when she would be in his town. Another woman, a 31-year-old New Yorker, was confused when a former co-worker added her on LinkedIn, leading to weeks of emails and eventually a coffee meet up. Years later, she is still not sure if it was more than a work thing; their conversation didn’t stick to work, but they didn’t meet up again. (Both women asked to remain anonymous.)

Still, others contend that LinkedIn can serve as one item in a toolbox for searching online ahead of dates. For example, finding out whether those who proclaim themselves successful business owners actually own one, or simply confirming whether people are employed.

Even a recent New York Times wedding announcement gives a nod to the site: After forgetting to nab his future wife’s phone number when they met at a restaurant, the groom tracked her down through LinkedIn. LinkedIn profiles contain a thorough, tidy collection of a person’s life accomplishments, something that can also be a rich mine of data for strangers to sift through.

One app sprang up using the site.

BeLinked, previously known as LinkedUp, targets career-minded singles and operates by importing users’ LinkedIn data, then making matches.

Founder Max Fischer told Tribune Newspapers last year that he launched

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Gwynnie Bee

Gwynnie Bee member Kelly models an Adriana Papell abstract print knot-front dress. It’s available through Gwynnie Bee, the subscription rental clothing service for sizes 10 to 32.

Wendy Donahue

Chicago Tribune (TNS)

To get a sense of the pentup demand for fun fashion in larger sizes, see Gwynnie Bee. In 2013, Christine Hunsicker launched Gwynnie Bee as a subscription rental clothing service specifically for sizes 10-32.

Her business has been growing 20 percent month over month, and by the end of 2014, she began hearing from several brands that Gwynnie Bee is their No. 1 buyer, purchasing more of their collection than specialty stores such as Macy’s.

Gwynnie Bee now carries more than 2,000 styles from 150 brands, and is soon to add Adrianna Papell, Gabby Skye and Melissa McCarthy’s new Seven7.

The size range isn’t the only point of distinction.

Gwynnie Bee operates like a cross between Stitch Fix and Rent the Runway. Shoppers sign up on the website and add items to their virtual closet. They select from subscription plans that start at $35 a month — the most popular is the three-items-at-a-time option for $79 a month — then

begin receiving their selections based on current availability.

There’s no deadline to return them; notification that an item is on its way back triggers the next shipment. Shoppers also have the option to buy and keep items they love.

The subscription rental format was risky.

“Where you’re bringing a new engagement method, you always want a customer who’s willing to try those things out, and an underserved market is a good place to start,” Hunsicker said. “Women size 10 and above are about 75 percent of the adult female population in the U.S. and completely underserved and not treated well by mainstream fashion. So there were both emotional and economic arguments for it.”

Might women dislike the idea of wearing clothes that have been worn by other women? The success of Uber and Airbnb told Hunsicker otherwise.

“If you’re willing to let someone else sleep in your bed, there are very few boundaries left around what you’re willing to share with people,” Hunsicker said, adding that Gwynnie Bee cleans

each piece, inspects it three times and hand-packs it for its next steward.

Rotating a large portion of your wardrobe makes better sense than buying, she said, comparing Gwynnie Bee to Netflix.

“You’re getting a bunch of joy, and whatever value, and then you’re swapping it back in for something that will give you a new kind of joy,” she said. “Gwynnie Bee isn’t going to replace ownership for a portion of your wardrobe, like your favorite jeans, your favorite black blazer — the things you get relief from. But why buy an asset that mostly sits in your closet?”

Gwynnie Bee has more than 250,000 Facebook followers and more than 7,000 on Instagram. Occasionally a post will criticize the inclusion of sizes 10 and 12 in an otherwise plus-size assortment.

“But, one, we’re not calling it plus-size — we simply say we carry sizes 10-32 — and two, plus-size is not a dirty word; it’s simply a sizing system in America,” Hunsicker said. “There’s no value judgment that anyone should be making around the number.”

Market research shows that women tend to fluctuate

in size. Personal experience does, too.

“I’ll be a 16 and then down to a 10, typical yo-yoing,” Hunsicker said. “Even in a size two, you experience frustration around fit fluctuations.

But definitely as you move up in the scale, availability gets more and more challenging.”

Some of Gwynnie Bee’s brands, such as Karen Kane, London Times and Taylor Dresses, have extended their size range specifically for Gwynnie Bee. Straight-size brands, such as Corey, have dipped their toes into the plus-size market via Gwynnie Bee, too.

Each month the company introduces more than 60 new styles to its members, the majority of whom are size 14W to 24W. Members check in on average once every two days. To nurture that sense of community, Gwynnie Bee is currently on a tour of key cities for its “Inspired by You” events, which include stops in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Other subscription services include: — FabKids delivers subscription shopping and styl-

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LINKEDIN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 BeLinked after angling to score dates himself.

“I noticed that my friends and myself would subtly begin conversations with interesting people through LinkedIn,” he said.

He also noted the popularity of the site’s “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” feature.

For better or worse, LinkedIn can function as an avenue when others aren’t available; even those who have strict privacy settings on Facebook or a partial name on Twitter may post a full resume and photo on LinkedIn to attract future job opportunities.

Women seem to be approached more often with nonbusiness messages, which was noted in a recent conversation on Twitter when a London lawyer publicized a message a man sent her about her profile photo.

Eric Martin, a vice president of marketing in Atlanta, recently wrote a post titled, “Guys: Stop Hitting on Women on LinkedIn.” Martin recounted stories of unwanted contacts to women he knows, including a 19-year-old intern at his company as well as his wife, who received a message that said in part, “I just could not help myself to say hi because your beauty is captivating.”

A LinkedIn spokesman, Doug Madey, noted in a statement the “large number of granular settings that give our members control over what’s visible to their connections, their broader network and others.”

“If a LinkedIn member believes they are being contacted in an inappropriate manner, we suggest they report the message as spam, just as they would if the message came via email,” Madey wrote.

Prudhomme didn’t think anything of

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Receiving romantic overtures on a professional networking site can be baffling — and a major turnoff.

approving a connection request from someone she didn’t know in a similar industry, something she said she has done many times while working in sales.

Once they connected, she received a long email.

“He was introducing himself to me, telling me he was a widower,” she said.

Reading further, she said, he began telling her about his family, suggesting they meet to talk about their lives and problems.

“I was thinking, ‘OK, I think you’re on the completely wrong site for what you’re asking for,’” she said.

Now, she said, she might do a bit more digging into someone’s profile before acthe 5th) and save credits for later. Others can shop as a one-off.

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cepting.

“On the other social websites, it’s just my first name and a little bit about what I enjoy doing,” Prudhomme said. On LinkedIn, “There’s a lot of details there.

You can figure out who my colleagues are.”

Dating coach Evan Marc Katz, whose clients nearly all date online, said he does not recommend reaching out to potential flames through LinkedIn. “It’s a business networking site, not a dating site, and I would think most people would make a very clear distinction between the two,” he said.

Katz added, “It seems tone-deaf and inappropriate, as if the HR director

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asked you out while you were interviewing at the company. Even if you find each other attractive, is this really the forum for it?”

Plus, the many sites just for dating — or even, he noted, social networking — provide plenty of places to flirt.

“LinkedIn? Not so much,” Katz said.

One thing to consider before hitting that “connect” button, if you’re hoping for the romantic kind: whether it’ll be appreciated in the recipient’s inbox.

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ISU’s ‘Early Birds’ keep campus safe, clean

Ryan Ballinger Columnist

If you see people in blue-striped shirts and Indiana State University hats working, mowing or even picking up trash, they are a part of ISU’s grounds mainte-

nance crew.

They dedicate their time and effort to making campus beautiful so that people want to come to college here. They’re in charge of keeping the campus clean so that ISU can make a good impression — I know this because I am a student worker there. I have seen workers pick up so much trash that it takes most of the day to clean up one of the small areas. This, combined with keeping the grass cut, trees pruned and campus safe from snow, are just a small list of things that we have to deal with during the year.

There are several things that would be unsafe and hard to complete without the ISU Grounds crew.

Starting in the fall season, we fill potholes in the parking lots and other roads on campus. This keeps cars from damaging their tires or rims.

We also make sure that large limbs and other dangerous obstacles are cleared, letting students walk safely though campus. Winter is the worst for grounds workers due to icy sidewalks and parking lots. Clearing sidewalks this coming winter will put every crew member into overdrive — making things safe for students is always stressful. I am outside with the rest of the crew all day salting and scraping off stairs so that students can walk safely around campus. Many

other crew members do the same in their areas, or instead push snow with bobcats or Kubotas.

We all pull together early in the morning at sometimes 3 a.m. or even earlier, which is why I gave my workers the nickname “The Early Birds.” We rise before everyone else and deal with harsh conditions and work hard to make sure campus is safer for students. Students also need to do their part and make sure to help where they can.

We take time in the morning to clean up trash, but this can be lessened or avoided entirely if students would use trash cans. Whenever you leave a wrapper on the grass or on the road, we stop what we are doing and pick it up. This takes away time in our mornings that we could be using to make campus even prettier than it is.

These wrappers get cut into small pieces in the lawn mowers, making the grass look bad. So all that I ask is that students take into consideration that the grounds department goes out of their way to make you safe, the least we could do is team up and make campus a little cleaner by doing your part.

The grounds department at ISU makes it their duty to keep students safe, no matter what season it is. When you’re doing a community service project, they provide assistance, tools and the skills needed to complete it.

They also make sure that campus is beautiful by keeping the grass cut and off the sidewalks, as well as draining the parking lots during heavy rains.

Many students don’t see or notice them, but they deserve to be recognized.

Let’s appreciate their hard work by keeping campus trash-free.

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Leading from the back backfires Everyone I talk to tells me that the United States has to stop being the world police. Fortunately for those people, Obama has drawn the United States back from the lead role in the world; it hasn’t worked out Columnist so great. Now, the main reason I think Obama is a failed president is due to the fact that his foreign policy has weakened our country at a higher risk for a terrorist attack since 9/11. The threats that we face today aren’t limited to just terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State, but to countries such as Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

As Mitt Romney said, Russia is the largest threat we face in the world today. People seem to forget that they took over the region of Crimea, and they are currently supporting the Russian separatists to take over eastern Ukraine. Also, their support for the Syrian government has proven testy. Three times in two days last week, the Russian Air Force intercepted U.S. predator drones. This past July, as the Russian President Vladimir Putin called to wish President Obama a happy Fourth of July, Russian bombers were flying seven miles off the shores of Alaska and California. The Russian government is also strong allies with the governments of China, Iran and North

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Korea, all of which are not in the best of relations with the United States.

Many people seem to think China is a good friend of the United States and, until recently, that was true. Yes, it’s true that we trade a lot.

They helped us through our recession, and we can visit China all we want, but recently they have made moves that should make us take notice. First off, they are building defense islands in the South China Sea, which is a major shipping lane.

The U.S. has confirmed airstrips that can be used to land large-sized aircrafts, and they are placing military hardware on the islands. This summer, U.S. government computer systems were attacked and have been traced back to the Chinese.

The United States and the Iranian governments have been at odds for a while now. In the past, the Iranians have been known to be deceiving the world and also had many negative situations with the United States, so what made them change?

After the world put sanctions on the government, it brought them to the negotiation table. This past year, we started to have talks with the Iranian government to give them the chance to have nuclear capabilities used for peaceful purposes such as nuclear power. The problem with all this is while we were negotiating with the Iranians, their parliament and supreme leader chant “death to America.” They have also said that the existence of Israel is non-negotiable. This past week they have been testing long range missiles. And there has been talk that the governments of Iran

and North Korea have been correlating together on nuclear programs for military uses.

A year ago, instead of minimalizing the existence of the Islamic State group, we should have acted.

Now we have let the terrorist organization get to the size of a real army and they are building a real nation. They have now conquered an area the size of Indiana. Now, as refugees leave Iraq and Syria, they come to Europe and now to the United States. ISIS has claimed that they have infiltrated the migration and are sending their troops to Europe and the United States.

The problem of lone wolf attackers poses a great risk now, but imagine the number of attacks the United States will face if ten percent of the 200,000 migrants are Islamic state members. ISIS is a great threat to the United States and we need to take care of business before they become more of a problem than they already are.

As I said before, the main reason why I consider Barack Obama a failure of a president is because of his foreign policy. We are not in a safer world now than when he took over. I feel like he will try taking as little military action as he possibly can until the end of his term.

I also feel that he will be forced to take military action where he doesn’t want to. If the wrong move is made, mainly with Russia in Syria, it will trigger something the size of a world war. As Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Speak softly, and carry a big stick.” We should keep our military large not for war, but to prevent war.

Should the death penalty get the axe?

Capital punishment has been a source of contention for as long as most of us can remember. Recently the Supreme Court has been hearing arguments over a case about the death penalty in Florida. Florida is the last state in the country that does not have a requirement that Columnist all jurors unanimously agree before sentencing an accused criminal to death.

In Hurst v. Florida, a man by the name of Timothy Lee Hurst was accused of murdering a coworker at a Popeye’s Chicken in Pensacola, Florida. The jury found him guilty and recommended a death sentence to the judge, but the jury was split on the decision. Seven people were in favor of the death penalty, while five were opposed. In any other state, the

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judge would not be able to impose a death sentence on Hurst because other states require uniformity when sentencing a criminal. But because it was in Florida, the judge was able to sentence Hurst to death. Due to this, the case was brought to the Supreme Court to deliberate.

I feel like this should be a no-brainer; when we’re dealing with someone’s life, shouldn’t we be sure that all parties involved in sentencing someone to death feel that death is the best option for a person? Every other state does, except Florida. Why would they require anything less than a unanimous vote for a death sentence? It just doesn’t make sense to me.

The death penalty has long been a point of controversy; however, many question whether it is even moral that people’s lives be decided by others in the first place. The American Civil Liberties Union said, “Death sentences are imposed in a criminal justice system that treats you better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent. This is

an immoral condition that makes rejecting the death penalty on moral grounds not only defensible but necessary for those who refuse to accept unequal or unjust administration of punishment.”

And while it is true that the criminal justice system treats the rich better than the poor, I still feel as though it’s not unreasonable to support the death penalty in certain circumstances.

In 2012, a gunman opened fire in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 58 more with his gunfire. The jury eventually fell short of the unanimous decision needed to sentence him to death, so he is now serving life in prison with no parole. In this instance, I feel as though the death penalty, while not necessary, would have been a viable sentence in this case. In this case we had a man who killed 12 people, and there was no doubt that he did it. A court-appointed psychologist found that the gunman, while being mentally ill, was not legally insane. In instances of extremely violent

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crimes where there are many witnesses and the perpetrator is not insane, I feel as though the death penalty isn’t completely unreasonable. However, I do have issues with the methods of execution.

In various parts of the United States, a person facing a death sentence can be put to death by lethal injection, the electric chair, the gas chamber or hanging. Lethal injection is an option in every state that uses the death penalty. Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia still use the electric chair. Arizona, California and Missouri still use gas chambers. Washington is the only state that still uses hanging as a method of execution.

All of these execution methods are too easy to mess up and end up becoming cruel and unusual. A man in Oklahoma named Clayton Lockett died after being sentenced to death by lethal injection, but it wasn’t the death the corrections

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The electric chair also seems very inhumane to me. I know it seems weird to talk about a method of killing someone being inhumane, but there are more humane methods of execution than electrocuting someone to death. Besides, the Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

The cruel and unusual punishment argument could also be said of gas chambers and hanging. With hanging, if the execution goes wrong and the person’s neck is not broken as intended, the person dies by slow suffocation. This causes a large amount of suffering for the person being executed.

Personally, I am neither staunchly opposed nor supportive of the death penalty. I think that there are some cases that warrant the consideration of the death penalty, but the methods that we use to execute convicted criminals are far too easy to mess up, and in the case of three of the four methods, the death penalty could be considered inhumane just in regular practice. If there was a sure-fire way of performing executions by lethal injection, I would be more okay with that, but we have a lot of refinement to go before that happens.

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Volleyball splits weekend games Game One Indiana State Volleyball combined for a monster night on the block as it picked up its first Missouri Valley Conference sweep of the season over Bradley (25-22, 25-22, 25-14) on Friday night inside Renaissance Coliseum.

The Sycamores were led by sophomore outside hitter Sarah Peterson’s new career-high 13 kills on a .303 clip and another 10 kills from junior right side Kynedi Nalls. ISU was lethal again on the block with a combined 13.0 kills for its 10th performance of the season in double digits.

Sophomore libero Stephanie Bindernagel tallied her fourth 20-plus effort of the season in the back row to lead with 21 digs. Senior setter Erika Nord also notched her ninth season double-double with 34 assists and 13 digs.

A 6-0 run midway through the opening helped separate the Sycamores from the host Braves, 17-10. But a Braves 4-0 run closed the gap and kept the match close, but a Bradley handle error and a Wishlow kill helped seal the ISU win, 25-22.

The Sycamores couldn’t find their rhythm early on in the second and trailed by as many as five. ISU rallied its way back with back-to-back slams from Burdette, and Willis helped regain a two-point lead (21-19) but things would get knotted up again at 22-22. Burdette and Peterson helped the cause with kills and a BU error helped seal set win (25-22) the 2-0 lead going into the break.

A solid effort in the third set closed out the win as ISU hit .480 with seven of Peterson’s 13 kills coming in the set. Indiana State avoided a four-set match for the first time since Sept. 19 as Peterson fittingly ended the match with back-to-back kills.

Game Two Indiana State couldn’t contain one of the league’s top teams as it fell to Loyola 3-1 (25-16, 2025, 23-25, 26-28) on Saturday afternoon in a Missouri Valley Conference match up at Gentile Arena.

For the second-straight night sophomore outside hitter Sarah Peterson led ISU with another new career-high 15 kills and senior outside hitter Cassandra Willis added 11 of her own on a .588 hitting percentage.

Senior middle blocker Willis was solid in the middle on a .588 hitting clip with 11 kills (11-1-17) and sophomore libero Stephanie Bindernagel chipped in a team high 15 digs. ISU did well on the attack, hitting .258 in the match and combined for 10.0 total blocks in the loss.

Loyola led by as many as six before ISU went on a 6-0 run as Peterson tied it up at 12-12. It was all Sycamores from there as it finished the opening set on a 13-4 run and 25-16 victory. Indiana State hit well in the second frame with a .464 clip, but wasn’t able to hang with the Ramblers as it fell 20-25 to knot things up going into the break.

Set three was a grind for both teams, who exchanged three leads and had six ties alone in the frame.

The Sycamores gave themselves chances late in the set as they scored five straight points and tied it up at 23-23 with a service ace from junior outside Kaebra Pledger. But it was Loyola’s freshman outside hitter Amanda Cushen who hammered home two kills for the 25-23 victory.

It was another back and forth battle in the fourth set, with 10 ties and six lead changes.

The Ramblers nearly had the match locked up at 23-18 but a 6-0 Sycamore run tied things up at 23-23. An attack error by Loyola gave ISU a chance at set point but ISU couldn’t stop the attack on the following play.

The two teams continued to exchange points but a Pledger attack error and a Loyola kill gave the home team the match victory.

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Both teams were evenly matched for much of the contest, but the high-flying offense of the No. 8/9 South Dakota State Jackrabbits were able to separate from a beleaguered Sycamore defense for a 24-7 win over No. 19/21 Indiana State at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium on Saturday.

The Sycamores (3-2, 1-1 MVFC) never seemed to be completely out of the game, but they were also never able to take the momentum away from SDSU (4-1, 1-1 MVFC) for very long.

“We needed to play our best game and we did not play our best game,” said ISU head coach Mike Sanford. “In some ways, we played our worst game. We made too many mistakes. We didn’t do the things you need to do to win.”

“We had a difficult time of, when we were close, of making the move that we needed to make,” Sanford continued. “In the games we’ve won this year we’ve made that move, and we did not make that move today.”

The first quarter was an absolute blur, as it only took about 30 minutes and it featured a slew of offensive action; however, neither team had anything to show for it on the scoreboard.

Both defenses made huge stops, with the Sycamores coming up big on the goal line following an efficient first-career drive for true freshman SDSU quarterback Taryn Christion (15-24, 221 yards, 1 TD; 16 carries, 99 yards, 1 TD) – starting in place of the injured Zach Lujan, the 12th-best QB in the FCS this season.

From the one yard-line, defensive linemen Conrrad Nicholls and Norvell McGlaun made a huge stop to give the Sycamores the ball. ISU escaped from the depths of its own territory, but still got stopped as it entered SDSU’s area.

The two teams traded possessions in quick succession until the early minutes of the second

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The Sycamores fell to South Dakota State after what had been, for the majority of the contest, an evenly matched effort. The Jackrabbits defeated ISU 24-7. ISU hosts Southern Illinois next week for Homecoming.

quarter, when the game came to a standstill following a terrifying injury to leading-tackler Lonnell Brown Jr. Brown was immediately immobile and had to be carted off the field.

It was later reported that Brown has movement in all his extremities and he even returned to the sideline by the fourth quarter.

Brown received a rousing round of applause from the fans in Brookings and a touching tribute by the entire Sycamore bench, who came together as the cart passed by to wish him well.

Later that same drive, though, Christion showed his speed and scampered 10 yards into the end zone for the first score of the game at the 12:05 mark.

Christion also showed off his arm with 2:08 left, hitting FCS No. 2-ranked wide receiver Jake

Wieneke for a perfect 34-yard toss on play-action.

However, the Sycamores were never quite out of it. A modicum of momentum still remained in ISU’s possession following some missed field goals and a questionable call by SDSU to run the ball with 12 seconds left in the half and no timeouts from only six yards out.

The game got real interesting at the 6:09 mark of the third quarter, when ISU had its play of the day.

Quarterback Matt Adam (1730, 198 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) escaped chaos in the backfield, picked up an incredible (but legal) crack-back block from center James Officer, and found a wide-open Gary Owens (three catches, 61 yards, 1 TD) 43 yards downfield for the score after Owens wisely decided to keep

following Adam’s movements.

The game was within reach heading into the fourth quarter, but ISU could never capitalize, and the Jackrabbits took advantage of an exhausted Sycamore defense that had fought gallantly against one of the nation’s top offenses.

Senior linebacker Kendall Walker once again led ISU in tackles, this time for a team season-high 15 stops (10 solo).

Sophomore Antonio Broadus was also in double-digits with a career-high 10 tackles.

ISU returns home next week to host a lethal Southern Illinois (2-3, 1-1 MVFC) offense for Homecoming.

“We come home and play Southern Illinois, which is a really good football team, and we’ve got to beat them,” Sanford said.

Sycamore soccer falls on Senior Day Adler Ingalsbe Reporter

A clear, perfect Saturday afternoon set the scene for one of the biggest games on the Indiana State University women’s soccer schedule.

The 5-7 Sycamores entered Memorial Stadium to take on the 7-4-1 Missouri State University Bears, but this was not just a regular season game against a conference rival; it was Indiana State’s Senior Day. Prior to the match, the four seniors — Kate Johnson, Sydney Loesing, Sydney Lovelace and Elle Steele, as well as Molly McKee and Kylie Sumner, who played for the Sycamores their first three years but had to step away from the game due to injuries yet still remain a part of the program — were honored.

The six of them were individually introduced, received a bouquet of flowers and marched onto the field alongside their parents.

Once all six had been introduced and were on the field, a video tribute was played on the big screen that included teammates, trainers and coaches telling stories of their favorite moments with the seniors, as well as how much they are going to miss them after this season comes to a close.

Following the on-field ceremonies, the two Missouri Valley Conference foes went headto-head for their only matchup against each other this season.

ISU controlled the ball for the majority of the first half and kept the Bears on their heels by taking six shots on-goal, but were unable to connect on any.

Sycamore goalkeeper Brittany San Roman saved two shots of her own and the two teams went into the locker rooms at halftime tied, 0-0.

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Kate Johnson, one of the team’s senior members honored before the match, fights off a Missouri State player. Johnson scored ISU’s only goal this game, her third of the season.

After coming back out to begin the second half, the Sycamores had a little bit of a scare when Sydney Lovelace and Lauren Weigel both went up to attempt a head shot but collided with each other. Weigel was helped off the field, while Lovelace remained in the game.

Meanwhile, Indiana State continued to dominate the ball.

Senior Kate Johnson was able to connect on her third goal of the season on an assist from Maddie Shaack in the 50th minute of the

game to put ISU on top, 1-0.

After the Johnson goal, the game changed dramatically.

The Bears began to control the ball and were on the Sycamore side of the field for a large chunk of the second half but San Roman was able to hold her own in-goal for a while.

In the 61st minute, Missouri State was able to break through when Alix Opfer took a pass from Brooke Zimmerman, weaved her way through the Sycamore defense, and hit the

back of the net to tie the game, 1-1.

A few minutes later, Opfer chased down a ball in attempt to keep it in play and by doing so kicked it to her teammate Rachel Catrel, who shot and scored to give the Bears a 2-1 advantage with just 20 minutes remaining in the game.

Shortly after the goal, there was another injury to a Sycamore player. This time it was to San Roman, the ISU goalkeeper.

In the 81st minute, while sliding to make a save, San Roman took a cleat to the face from Missouri State’s Brooke Prondzinski which resulted in her receiving a red card and being ejected from the game.

After being checked by the Indiana State trainers, San Roman was able to stay in the game.

The remainder of the game saw the Bears of Missouri State wearing down the Sycamores and essentially playing keep away until the time ran out.

Once it did, Indiana State ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard, falling by a score of 2-1 and sending them to a 5-8 overall record and 0-2 in conference play.

Although the game did not go the way the Sycamores had planned, they had the opportunity to honor a group of seniors who have impacted the program in a variety of ways, both on and off of the field.

The seniors made up of Johnson, Loesing, Lovelace and Steele have been a part of some memorable times as Sycamores including notching 22 wins together and were key contributors on the 2012 and 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament runner-up teams.

Indiana State will be back in action on Oct. 14 as they take on another MVC and in-state rival, Evansville, at 7 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.