October 14, 2015

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

Volume 123, Issue 24

SORF changes nixed at latest SGA meeting

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015

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Nevia Buford Reporter Organizations at Indiana State University have been experiencing delays for applications while the Student Government Association decided whether or not to make changes to SORF. SORF, or Student Organization Resource Funding, is a program that gives funding to student organizations on campus.

At the last senate meeting, the SGA decided not to make any changes to the guidelines for SORF. Most of the changes SORF had been planning to make concerned the wording of the guidelines.

Shannon Anderson, the vice president of SGA, said that some of the senate was not clear on the some of the wording of the codes, but when it was explained, they decided not to make any changes.

“They wanted to remove just this one line in it because they felt like it was reiterating itself, but senate decided to keep it in because they felt that it wasn’t necessary to take that out,” Anderson said. “That way it just backs it up if someone disputes something or is upset about a result, we can point to that specific line in the code.”

Another change the Senate wanted to make concerned a policy that allowed organizations to receive more funding if their event benefited a diverse group of students.

“They wanted to omit that,” Anderson said. “But the majority of senate felt that it is important to make sure that a large group of students or a diverse group of students is impacted.”

Because of the proposed changes, SORF applications for the process have not been available. Anderson said that SORF applications are now open.

Workshops will be held Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 and 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 1 and 1:30 p.m. in HMSU 307. Applications will close at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, and organizations will then be notified of the results by Wednesday morning.

The interview signups will continue until the following Monday and the interviews will take place the first week of November. Funding will not be received until the beginning of the spring 2016 semester.

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Dede Plaza to be open for homecoming Nevia Buford Reporter The reconstruction of the Dede plaza and fountain has been delayed due to summer rain and unexpected repairs of underground piping.

The construction will not affect any Homecoming events this weekend.

Bryan Duncan, the director of Capital Planning and Improvement, said that the construction process was supposed to be completed by October 1, but because of the unexpected issues, the construction will now be complete by midNovember.

Duncan said the decision to renovate was made because the area was in poor condition.

“Dede Fountain and Plaza are 25 years old and showing signs of age and wear in some areas,” Duncan said.

The cost of construction was originally $1.5 million, but because of the underground piping repairs Duncan says that there will be an additional cost in the range of $10,000.

“Dede Plaza and fountain will be open for Homecoming weekend,” Duncan said. “Construction will then continue after Homecoming, with spot areas of the plaza closed at certain times.”

Kristen Shine, a sophomore psychology major, feels the construction is taking away from the Sycamore experience.

“I don’t like it,” Shine said. “Because it’s like the hangout spot for everybody, and I feel like this year we were cheated.”

Nataya Jackson, a sophomore undecided major, thinks that the construction has taken longer than expected.

“I feel like they took too long on it,” Jackson said. “By the time they’re finCherish Rhodes | Indiana Statesman ished it’s going to be cold and there’s go- With the renovation of Dede Plaza nearing completion, students feel the construction took ing to be no purpose to sit.” too long and has taken away from their overall experience on campus.

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California governor bans concealed carry on college campuses Patrick McGreevy

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Saturday to prohibit carrying concealed guns on school and university campuses in the state.

State Sen. Lois Wolk said the bill she introduced several months ago was needed to close a loophole that allows people with concealed-weapons permits to carry firearms on school grounds.

The new law prohibits that practice, unless school officials grant permission or the carrier is retired from law enforcement.

The action comes a week after a gunman killed nine and wounded nine others before killing himself at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., and just one day after fatal shootings at college campuses in Texas and Arizona.

Some gun-rights activists have suggested that allowing concealed weapons on campuses would provide an armed counterforce to such gunmen or at least a deterrent.

“This bill will put thousands of innocent lives at risk,” said Brandon Combs, president of the Firearms Policy Coalition. “Criminals will know that their intended victims are totally vulnerable when they’re on California school grounds because (the law) will ensure that they’re defenseless against a violent attack.”

The measure is supported by law enforcement groups, including the California College and University Police Chiefs Association.

It is opposed by the National Rifle Association, which said in a letter to legislators that it “raises significant concerns under the Second Amendment by further infringing the rights of law-abiding — and properly licensed and trained individuals — to possess a firearm for self-defense.”

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Congress allows Perkins Loans to expire Kourtney Miller Reporter

Congress decided to allow the Perkins Loans to expire on Sept. 30. If they decide not to renew it, colleges may have to return the loan money to the federal government.

This could affect about 1,700 colleges and universities by losing billions of dollars.

An article in USA Today states, “Perkins Loans carry an interest rate of 5 percent and repayment is delayed until nine months after a student leaves school.

Graduates who choose public service careers such as law enforcement, teaching or as a public defender are eligible for loan forgiveness after 10 years on the job. In 2013-14, the program provided 539,444 college students with $1.17 billion in aid, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

The average award was $2,210.

Undergraduate students are eligible for up to $5,550 annually, based on financial need. Graduate students are eligible for up to $8,000.”

Students who stay in the same school and with the same major will be able to keep their Perkins Loan until they complete their degree. The schools who still wanted to allow the Perkins Loans were required to contribute a “one-third match” in order to do so.

Many colleges and universities fear that getting rid of the Perkins Loans as well as the federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant would lead to a cut in federal aid.

Each year, ISU lends $1.2 million to about 1,700 students.

To get this loan, students must have a low Expected Family Contribution— or EFC— with priority given to those with zero EFC. After the first month of class, they cancel loans that borrowers have not yet accepted, and reallocate to undergraduates who fill out an application, followed by those who demonstrate significant financial need.

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Students express their creativity as they tie dye shirts as part of Earth Day festivities.

ISU has already spent this year’s allocation, knowing that the Oct. 1 deadline was looming.

Crystal Baker, director of the Financial Aid Office, shared her opinion about what Congress’ failure to reauthorize the Perkins Loans program means for ISU. “The Feds do not give us money for this program,” Baker said. “Indiana State receives an annual Administrative Cost Al-

lowance of about $90,000 that is put into the program, and then they also fund it via payments made by previous borrowers.

The controller’s office services these loans and manages repayment.”

Since the 1970s when ISU began issuing Perkins Loans, they have lent over $46 million to more than 28,000 borrowers.

“Basically, we are not going to be able to make new Perkins loan offers to new borrowers ef-

fective Oct. 1, 2015,” Baker said.

“However, we will still be able to ‘grandfather out’ students, as long as they were considered previous borrowers, until 2020.

At that time we won’t be able to make any additional loans at all. Losing this program will be a tragedy. To put it in perspective in terms of spending – it will be the financial equivalent of losing all ISU Foundation Scholarships.”

Twitter announces it will lay off 8 percent of its workforce Tracy Lien and Andrea Chang Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey may have spoken too soon back in June when he described the company’s direction as “extremely strong and beautiful.”

The San Francisco microblogging site will cut 336 employees, or 8 percent of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring plan. Twitter began notifying affected employees on Tuesday, while its shares rose nearly 6 percent, to $30.44, in morning trading on Wall Street.

“The restructuring is part of an overall plan to organize around the company’s top product priorities and drive efficiencies throughout the company,” Twitter said in a securities filing. “The company intends to reinvest savings in its most important priorities to drive growth.”

Some analysts cheered the move, saying the long-term cost savings would catch Twitter up to other tech companies.

Twitter reported adjusted earnings per employee of $83,000 in 2014, compared to $900,000 at Facebook and $479,000 at Google, said Blake Harper, Internet industry analyst at Topeka Capital Markets.

“The company stated it is going to reinvest the savings into driving growth, which could inhibit near term margin improvement, but should improve the workforce and expense structure,” Harper said in a note to investors Tuesday.

Victor Anthony, an analyst at Axiom Capital Management, called Twitter a “work in progress” in a report on Tuesday.

“Much work is ahead to drive up engagement and user growth,” he said. “A more streamlined and more nimble organization could help with those efforts.”

Twitter estimated layoffs would cost up to $20 million, nearly all in severance costs.In a letter to employees titled “A More Focused Twitter,” Dorsey said the company “made an extremely tough decision.”

He said the product and engineering teams would make the most significant structural changes, adding that “we feel strongly that engineering will move much faster with a smaller and nimbler team, while remaining the biggest percentage of our workforce. And the rest of the organization will be streamlined in parallel.”

“The world needs a strong Twitter, and this is another step to get there,” he said.

News of possible layoffs first emerged in early October when news site ReCode reported via unnamed sources that the company planned to slim down its workforce in an effort to reduce costs. A Twitter spokeswoman had declined at the time to comment on “rumor and speculation.”

The story sent Twitter’s stock down 6.81 percent on Monday, closing at $28.75.

Dorsey was named Twitter’s interim chief executive in June after then-CEO Dick Costolo resigned amid the company’s struggles to attract new users and introduce products and features that kept existing users interested. Dorsey was Twitter’s first chief executive and stepped down in 2008.

Dorsey held this role while remaining the chief executive of electronic payments firm Square, of which he is the founder.

He was named Twitter’s permanent CEO in September and said he would continue to lead both companies.

Harper said a co-founder pulling the trigger on layoffs could be more digestible for remaining employees than had an outsider been hired as CEO. “While it is still to be determined what

impact the move will have, we view it positively that Mr. Dorsey has acted decisively early in his tenure,” the analyst said.

Twitter appeared to find its second wind under Dorsey’s leadership, with the company posting a 61 percent revenue increase in its second quarter this year and launching new features such as Moments and Product Pages.

Despite the product launches and revenue increase, the company remained dogged by slow user growth and poor engagement. Twitter’s average monthly active users, a key growth metric, totaled 304 million core users in the second quarter, up only 2 million from the first quarter.

“Headcount cuts are a good thing, but the stock isn’t a growth story unless users are growing,” said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities.

Company Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto said the product remains too difficult for many to use, and Dorsey said the results were “unacceptable and we’re not happy about it.”

(Los Angeles Times staff writer Paresh Dave contributed to this report.)

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ISU Public Safety police blotter Oct. 9

10:46 a.m.: A theft was reported in Erickson Hall.

11:09 a.m.: Harassment was reported in Mills Hall.

12:57 p.m.: Harassment was reported in Rhoads Hall.

2:10 p.m.: A theft was reported in Stalker Hall.

8:05 p.m.: A hit and run police department accident was reported in Lot 13.

8:11 p.m.: Suspicious activity was reported in Reeve Hall East.

Oct. 10

2:45 a.m.: A hit and run police department accident was reported in Lot 14.

3:00 p.m.: Possession of drugs and paraphernalia was reported in the University Apartments Unit two.

Oct. 11

2:01 a.m.: A suspicious person was reported in Lincoln Quad.

5:55 p.m.: A theft was reported in the New Theater.

7:57 p.m.: Threats were reported in the University Apartments Unit 3.

11:00 p.m.: Suspicious Activity was reported in Burford Hall.

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ISU, CANDLES to host Holocaust rememberance event ISU Communications and Marketing

Nearly 80 years ago — on Nov. 9-10, 1938 — Nazis in Germany and Austria torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed nearly 100 Jews. These violent events, called Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass,” ended with nearly 30,000 Jewish men arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps.

While German Jews had been subjected to repressive policies since 1933 when Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, until Kristallnacht, these Nazi policies had been primarily nonviolent. After Kristallnacht, however, conditions grew increasingly worse. The events are seen as a turning point in Nazi Germany’s persecution of Jews, which culminated in the attempt to annihilate all of Europe’s Jews.

Organizers of “Night of Broken Glass: Remembering the Holocaust” chose Kristallnacht as a starting point for a broader examination of the Holocaust and genocide.

“The Holocaust is one of the most effective subjects for examining fundamental moral issues. By learning about the Holocaust, we can begin to understand the roots and ramification of prejudice and racism,” said Dorothy Chambers, program director at CANDLES. “We can appreciate the value of diversity in our society, and we can explore the dangers of remaining indifferent to the oppression of others. The Holocaust demonstrates how important it is to be a humane and responsible citizen.”

On his inspiration for “Night of Broken

Glass,” Indiana State Associate Professor of art and design Brad Venable said, “It really was a result of playing the character of Jan Karski in Arthur (Feinsod)’s play ‘Coming to See Aunt Sophie,’ visiting Poland and realizing how much I didn’t know. The importance of history, of Karski and the events of the Holocaust appear to be the historical fabric of the people in that country. It seemed to me that many here in the U.S., including myself, understand the Holocaust through a very limited lens. It seemed important that all of us should understand it more.”

“Night of Broken Glass” events start at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9 in the Bayh College of Education’s University Hall Theater

with a keynote address, “The Lesson of Kristallnacht: The Importance of Speaking Up for All Groups Targeted with Bias, Hate and Violence” by human rights educator Steven Wessler.

Wessler “has worked tirelessly around the United States and Europe to resolve conflicts between people across religious, political, social and economic divides,” said Feinsod, professor of theater at Indiana State and an organizer of the “Night of Broken Glass” programs. “For decades, he has worked to expose and combat underlying intolerance and prejudice that can so easily lead to denied rights and violence.”

As the keynote speaker for “Night of

Networks Financial Institute hosts forum on industry insurance and challenges Betsy Simon ISU Communications and Marketing

Indiana State University’s Networks Financial Institute will host the “Property and Casualty Insurance Forum: Insuring the Future and Beyond” in Indianapolis on Oct. 23.

Organized in partnership with the Insurance Institute of Indiana, the forum will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Columbia Club and will include discussions on the insurance and regulatory challenges in the areas of unmanned systems, telematics, cybersecurity and transportation networks. State lawmakers on insurance committees will also share insight on how government is dealing with these challenges at the state level.

“The last two conferences were geared toward (the Affordable Care Act), so we’re changing it up and going toward topics in property and casualty insurance and looking

at hot topics in those areas,” said Rebecca Wray, director of the Networks Financial Institute.

The speakers, who will discuss issues from drones to technologies that transmit data to cybersecurity and the issues that have developed out of the growth of transportation networks that use personal vehicles for commercial use, include: • Craig Andrews - business insurance product development officer for State Auto Insurance Companies • Richard Baker - director of Indiana State’s unmanned systems program • Robin Harbage - director at Towers Watson • State Rep. Christiana Hale, DIndianapolis - ranking minority member on the House Insurance Committee • State Sen. Travis Holdman, RIndianapolis - chair of the Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee • State Rep. Matt Lehman, R-Berne - chair of the House Insurance

Committee • Stephanie Dingman - vice president, Aon Risk Solutions • Cody Olsen - broker, Aon Risk Solutions • Kathleen Rice - legal counsel for Faegre Baker Daniels About a dozen Indiana State insurance students are expected to have the opportunity to attend the conference, which is also open to students in insurance programs at Ball State and Butler universities.

“For the students, this is an opportunity to hear issues in these different areas and how they are impacting the insurance industry,” Wray said. “I hope (the forum) allows all of the attendees to walk away with new perspectives on the insurance issues happening in these areas today and in the future.”

The event is open to the public, but registration is required. Registration is available at https://events. r20.constantcontact.com/register/ eventReg?oeidk=a07ebbar2lb418d dce1.

Life can be hard, make it easier Dajia Kirkland Features Editor

Thousands of tasks are thrown our way every day. With academics, family, friends, finances and life in general flying at a constant speed, your sanity may be nearing empty.

However, there are a few ways to help keep the never-ending roller coaster ride of college — and life — bearable and fun. Here are some helpful hacks to gain your sanity back.

1. Mathway.com solves of math

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“Night of Broken Glass” begins at 5 p.m. on Nov. 9 in the Bayh College of Education.

problems in step-by-step detail.

2. Hold the floor number and closing door button in an elevator to skip other floors.

3. Stop searching with Google. com when writing an essay. Use Google Scholar instead.

4. Copy and paste essays into Google translate to have your essay read to you so you can read along while listening for errors.

5. Snesfun.com lets you play almost every old Nintendo game for free.

6. Studying for 30-50 minutes at a time (with 10 minute breaks in between) is the best way to retain

information.

7. Increase your reading speed and comprehension with Spreeder. com.

8. Learning how to play guitar and you need extra help? Learn for free with JustInGuitar.com.

9. Pulling an all-nighter? Take a 15 – 20 minute nap just before the sun comes up to reset your body’s natural sleeping pattern.

Who knew there were so many cool and life saving hacks out there? Keep these tips and tricks handy to help maintain your levels of balance steady.

Broken Glass,” Wessler will draw on his recent experiences and reflect on the parallels and lessons of Kristallnacht for today.

The United Hebrew Congregation will host two presentations at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9 at 540 S. Sixth St.: “My Memories of Kristallnacht” by Walter Sommers, Holocaust survivor and docent at CANDLES and “Czech Survivor # 32379,” about a Torah saved from a synagogue fire in 1938,

by Scott Skillman of the United Hebrew Congregation.

Indiana State’s Cunningham Memorial Library will exhibit “Whoever Saves a Single Life: Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust” throughout the month of No-

Become a more productive college student Meghan Hayes Reporter

When it comes to being a college student we have all felt, at least once, like we weren’t being productive.

Whether it’s taking a nap when we need to be studying, watching Netflix when we need to be doing homework, or eating for a fifth time that day just so you have an excuse to not start your paper; we’ve all been there. Not being productive with our time almost always leads us to the ever so dreadful and despised P word: Procrastination. So to avoid such a word, here is a list of 7 things you can do to be more productive: 1. Make lists. Such as this one. Lists help us organize in our minds everything we need to do in order to complete tasks. This helps us not feel like we have a million things to do, and we can easily go through and check things off.

2. Break up your day. Dedicate certain periods of time for certain tasks. This helps to save time to finish the things you need to get done. Make social media a certain time so that way when it’s time for more important things, your social media isn’t interrupting.

3. Assign timelines to your goals. Assigning yourself personal due dates is a really good way to help yourself avoid procrastination.

4. Set limits. Only allow yourself a certain amount of something or even someone a day. This can help you avoid spending too much time on one thing and not enough time on another thing.

5. Don’t multitask. Doing one thing start to finish will help you feel more accomplished. It will also help you to be more focused and the finish product will be a lot better.

6. Turn off your distractions. Turning off your phone or laptop so you don’t feel tempted to use it is a great way to stay focused on a task.

7. Don’t over commit. Follow the cheesy saying “only bite off as much as you can chew.” Over committing is stressful and often times leads to you not finishing all of the things you wanted to. Instead put the irrelevant, less important things aside and focus on what you really need to get done.

With these simple tips, you can easily begin to work at becoming more productive and not allow procrastination to take over.

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HOLOCAUST CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 -vember. This temporary exhibit, on loan from the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, highlights some of the rare but important instances where people chose to safeguard their Jewish fellow citizens during the Holocaust.

Christopher Fischer, Indiana State history professor, will present “Kristallnacht as Turning Point: Jewish Lives and Nazi Policy” at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 in the Cunningham Memorial Library events room. The lecture will place Kristallnacht in its broader context and sketch out how it set the stage for what was to follow.

Later that day — at 5 and 8 p.m. in the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts recital hall — Indiana University Professor Dale McFadden will direct the play, “Coming to See Aunt Sophie,” written by Feinsod and highly regarded by reviewers in Chicago, Poland, Australia and its debuting location, Terre Haute.

At 7:30 p.m., the Indiana State Wind Orchestra, conducted by Roby G. George, will perform a concert of reflection in Tilson Hall Auditorium. The concert will feature an opening performance of the theme from Steven Spielberg’s epic film, “Schindler’s List,” performed by faculty with guest violin soloist, Erik Rohde.

Also in the program is the composition “Night” by Robert Rumbelow, based on impressions evoked by the novel “Night” by 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel.

The first half of the program ends with a performance of Scott McAllister’s “Black Dog,” featuring clarinet soloist Paul Green. Green, a Jewish-American artist, will perform the second half of the concert with a faculty jazz ensemble led by pianist John Spicknall, with music based on the klezmer style.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 is packed with programs, beginning with a talk on Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time,” which he composed in a prisoner of war camp in Nazi-controlled Silesia. Professor Terry Dean of Indiana State’s School of Music will give the presentation, which will begin at 11 a.m. in the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts recital hall.

At noon in the Whitaker Room at Bayh College of Education, Brett Ashley Kaplan from the University of Illinois will present “Arno Breker: The Afterlife of Fascist Aesthetics.” Arno Breker (1900-1991) gained notoriety as “Hitler’s favorite sculptor” for his works that typified Nazi racist ideologies and the might of the Third Reich.

Indiana State professors Isaac Land (history) and Brendan Corcoran (Eng-

lish) will consider “Genocide: New Questions, Fresh Perspectives” at 3:30 p.m. in Cunningham Memorial Library’s events room. They will explore what we can learn from communities where diverse groups coexist for centuries and how past genocides shape us and our expectations for the present and future.

Feinsod will direct Indiana State theater students in English professor Laura Bates’ “Letters from Camp,” a staged reading based on letters between Bates’ mother and two men while they were interned in different refugee camps during and just after World War II. “Letters from Camp” will be performed at 5 and 8 p.m. in the Landini Center. Bates has received rave reviews and considerable national attention for her book “Shakespeare Saved My Life.”

On Thursday, Nov. 12, a special exhibit, “Children’s Art from the Terezin Concentration Camp,” will open in Indiana State’s Turman Gallery with a reception at 4:30 p.m. Organized and curated by Venable, this exhibit will showcase drawings and paintings of children imprisoned in the Czech camp from 1942-1944, most of whom were later exterminated at Auschwitz.

Immediately following the reception, Susan K. Leshnoff of the department of art, music and design at Seton Hall

University, will provide a context for the children’s drawings in her lecture, “Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children’s Art of Theresienstadt: What the Pictures Reveal” at 6 p.m. in the Landini Center.

Friday programs begin at 5 p.m. in the Cunningham Memorial Library’s events room with “Seen for Syria,” a lecture on the art therapy and education initiative for the Syrian refugee children in Jordan created by Soulaf Abas, Indiana State lecturer in the department of art and design.

For middle school and high school students, the Vigo County Public Library will host the film, “The Book Thief ” (PG13) in the library’s Teen Space at 6 p.m.

At 7:30 p.m. in the Landini Center, the Indiana State School of Music’s Faculty Chamber Music ensemble will perform the “Quartet for the End of Time” by Olivier Messiaen and “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” by School of Music Director Paul Bro. The week will conclude on Saturday at CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, where Eva Mozes Kor, founder of the museum and Auschwitz survivor, will share her story at 1 p.m. At 4 p.m., the museum will host a screening of “The Ghosts of Rwanda,” followed by a discussion led by Indiana State English Professor Brendan Corcoran.

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The Companion app helps users keep each other safe A new app has been developed by undergraduates at the University of Michigan. Alr e a d y, Columnist it has reached t h e phones of tens of thousands across the world. The Companion app allows users to always have someone know their whereabouts whenever they are in a situation where they have to walk from one place to another alone, or in unfamiliar territory.

The Companion app connects you with friends and family to let them keep a virtual eye on you as you travel.

Whether it is on your way home from the corner coffee shop or taking a cab across town, the app will send your selected contacts a text that will supply them with a link to a map that will show your location in real time. One of the app’s most recognizable features is the app’s ability to sense danger. By using the phones accelerometer, the device in your phone that gauges speed and direction, if you are walking down the street and someone pushes you or you fall into some physical altercation, or you begin running, the app will turn on its alarm and if you don’t answer within 15 seconds, it allows you to call the police and your selected contacts will be immediately notified.

Your contacts do not need to download the app themselves. A text will automatically be sent to them, and the app is available for both iOS and Android.The Companion app developers are beginning to work with colleges to link the app with campus safety departments.

In doing this, the app will be more efficient in alerting campus police in the event that someone is in distress on campus. Colleges must

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sign up in order to have this service available for their students. So far over 50 universities have teamed up with Companion and more are on their way. Students at Georgetown University petitioned their campus administration to join the Companion group after several scares that alarmed some of the students who were walking alone at night.

This isn’t the first app of its kind, but it is innovative in the way it allows its users to enjoy all of the app’s features for free while providing the option of being linked to their campus safety department.

Similar apps include Bsafe, Watch Over Me, React Mobile, Stay Safe and On Watch (for iOS only). All of these apps are geared towards allowing individuals to feel more comfortable in knowing that at the sign of any kind of danger, authorities can be notified with or without the touch of a button.

In light of these, another breed of safety app has been created overseas. App developers in Sweden have launched an app that alerts trained CPR professionals whenever ambulances are being dispatched. The average amount of time it takes for an ambulance to reach an emergency in America is seven minutes. Studies from the use of the app have indicated response times being cut by 30 percent, increasing the likelihood of patient survival.

The app isn’t available in the U.S. due to legalities, but if things change, the 339,000 Americans who suffer from cardiac arrest each year could increase their chances of survival.

The safety app market is increasing, which is good considering the high demand for health professionals and law enforcement.

I think that as this field of tech advances, studies will show the effectiveness of communicating emergencies through smartphones as being something that helps more people be safer.

Vaccines aren’t as scary as they sound

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There have been many misconceptions about vaccines.

They begin with the old idea that vaccines cause ases Columnist dini s epeople instead of preventing illness. Then there are people who believe that vaccines are the cure-all medicine to prevent that illness completely. Lately, people are falling for the delusion that vaccines cause autism.

Though some of these false claims may be from simple misunderstandings, we will see some claims do not hold any ground once put up to a bit of scrutiny.

Before we can discuss all the false ideas of vaccines we need to first know how they work. The vaccine enters your body with a weakened form of the disease, called an antigen.

Your body recognizes these antigens as foreign and your white blood cells begin to attack it. Your body will use defeated viruses as blueprints to create antibodies to fight the disease if it enters your body again.

It’s a lot like making a

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battle plan: if you know how your opponent operates you can more easily defeat them.

Now that we understand basically how a vaccine works let’s talk about one of the older fallacies of vaccines, the idea that a vaccine can make you sick. Believe it or not, a good vaccine won’t make you sick. The belief is because vaccines contain the pathogen we are vaccinating against the disease can instead infect us. This is not true.

Yes, vaccines contain a weakened or dead form of the pathogen we are building immunity to.

But that is exactly why we don’t get sick from them; the antigens are weak or dead. When introduced to the body, the antigens are unable to make us sick because they are not in a healthy enough condition, so our bodies will fight it and create an immunity to the disease.

However, the antigens inside a vaccine can mutate if the vaccine is improperly made or stored.

A mutated antigen can become healthy and cause a disease.

Medical professionals are specifically trained to deal with these issues to prevent them from happening.

Vaccines can, however, cause an allergic reaction.

People forget this only happens if you are allergic to one of the ingredients in the vaccine.

But it’s no different than meatloaf. If you are allergic to one of the ingredients of course there will be an allergic reaction.

These are not the fault of the vaccine. Right now medical science can’t determine if you have an allergy to something without exposing you to it. But if you get your vaccine done at a qualified location then there should be someone present who can handle an allergic reaction properly.

Then there are some people who believe that just because they were vaccinated they can never get sick from that disease again.

This is also incorrect.

The immunity that vaccines provide is only a resistance. If you are not careful and do not take the proper precautions you can still get sick. Vaccines merely provide a way for you to fight it easier.

The vaccine doesn’t directly fight the pathogen for you, so if you expose yourself to a strong form of the disease or your immune system suffers the pathogen can still affect your health.

A claim that makes much less sense has arisen: the idea that vaccines

cause autism. There is no evidence of this ever happening and we have nothing that suggests it even can happen.

A lot of the issues we have occur because we don’t know exactly what causes autism. We do know that cases in which both vaccines are administered to a child and they are diagnosed with autism immediately after are few and far between.

Although these cases do exist, correlation and causation are not the same thing. Just because two events happen around the same time does not mean they are connected. If I go outside and drop a penny as it starts raining, it is ridiculous to assume that my dropping the penny changed the weather. We would need evidence that is what actually happened.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been testing vaccines and their ingredients for several years now and there is no evidence to suggest that vaccines cause autism.

As far as we can tell from medical research, vaccines are a safe, effective way to prevent disease.

Instead of buying into the fallacies that surround them, remember there is a ton of evidence showing that vaccines are safe.

The fountain renovation is all washed up Statesman Staff Editorial

As many students may have noticed, Dede Plaza renovations were not completed by October 1st and, in fact, will continue into mid-November. This isn’t necessarily a problem, as it is getting too cold to sit at the fountain anyway.

However, the changes are finally starting to become clear to students, but not all students are thrilled with the changes that it seems are going to occur.

The risers that many students loved to sit, socialize and study at were supposed to be two-thirds turf, as stated in a previous Indiana Statesman article from April 2015, entitled “Fountain Renovations Fence off Dede Plaza.” So far, that would not appear to be true as the risers are now filled with mulch and flowers. That

being said, it could just be too cold and late in the year to plant grass before it will freeze over, so the University is just waiting it out. Hopefully, grass will be placed there come the spring if this is the case.

While it may look pretty, the decision to use grass instead of concrete is questionable. Many students loved to study at the fountain, but if it has rained recently, they can’t go sit on muddy grass.

If enough students keep wearing the same spots down, there will also be dirt spots in the middle of the turf. While the risers could certainly have used an update, they probably would be more useful if they remained concrete. We hope that there is a higher purpose to beautifying the area and removing some of the utility.

While the construction is still underway we can only

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speculate what the end result will be like, and so far there is no indication of extra seating being placed — aside from that supposedly on the fountain itself. Many students sit at the tables and other communal areas to socialize or eat lunch. It is a great area to get sunshine while eating or studying, but not without available seating.

The University should have found a group to work with on campus, such as the SGA or ResLife to survey students’ thoughts on the fountain — what they liked or didn’t like because so far they don’t seem to be to taking students into account.

Problems needed to be fixed, so these renovations were necessary; we just hope that the University has not placed looking pretty over what the students want and need.

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SPORTS Women’s soccer set for action

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The Indiana State University women’s soccer team looks to get back on track tonight against rival Evansville after falling to Missouri State on Saturday for the team’s senior day.

The Sycamores, who enter the matchup with Missouri Valley Conference and in-state rival Evansville, have an overall record of 5-8 and are 0-2 in conference play. While the last few games haven’t gone ISU’s way, they have still played very competitive soccer and have lost their eight games by a combined total of 11 points.

The team also remains competitive in the overall standings and in the statistical categories in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Sycamores rank first in shots, second in points, goals, goals per game, assists per game and saves, while ranking third in total assists compared to their other conference opponents.

At 7 p.m., Evansville will be in Terre Haute for their lone matchup against Indiana State this season. They enter the match with an overall record of 2-9-1 and are sporting a 0-2-1 conference record.

The Purple Aces are currently on a two-game losing streak and have lost four of their last five. The lone game in that stretch that didn’t result in a loss was their only tied game of the year.

They rank toward the middle or the back of the pack in all statistical categories which includes ranking last in points, goals, goals per game, assists and assists per game, while allowing the third most goals to get past their keeper.

While it looks like they are having a difficult season as a team, Evansville has a few players that have had solid individual performances this year.

Junior Bronwyn Boswell leads the team with three goals and two assists, while freshman Sara Osinski and sophomore Oliva Shafer have each put in two goals of their own.

The game is also Domestic Violence Awareness Day at Memorial Stadium.

Fans can get in for a mere two dollars by bringing two household items, such as paper towels, toilet paper, trash bags, pillows, diapers, shampoo and many more.

There will also be a silent auction held at halftime of the game.

Following their bout against Evansville, the Sycamores will be off to Cedar Falls, Iowa as they take on the Northern Iowa Panthers for a Sunday matchup.

UNI currently holds an overall record of 5-6-3 with a 1-2 record in conference play.

The Panthers have lost four of their previous five games, with the majority of those matches coming on the road.

They find themselves right in the middle of every major statistical category in the MVC. UNI is led by senior Annie Dale, who has connected on five goals, while assisting on one. Senior Katie Witt and Sarah Brandt have each assisted on three goals each.

Two categories Northern Iowa does lead the conference in are goals allowed and goals allowed per game. That is a huge advantage for the Sycamores as they have the second, fourth and ninth leading goal scorers in the conference.

Sydney Lovelace has seven; Maddie Orf has connected on four, and Kate Johnson has three of her own.

The Panthers have yet to win a game on the road this season, but have an impressive 5-2 record when playing on their home turf. The Sycamores have a Tre Redeemar | Indiana Statesman 2-4 road record so far this year.

Sunday’s game against Northern Iowa Indiana State women’s soccer prepares for their match against in-state rival Evansville. begins at 2 p.m.

ISU football falls to No. 21 after loss to South Dakota State Tyler Wooten

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Indiana State football has been ranked as the No. 21 team in the nation by the STATS LLC FCS Top-25 and is receiving the second-most votes outside of the top-25 in the FCS Coaches Poll, both released this afternoon.

The Sycamores fell down two spots in the STATS polls from its perch at No. 19 last week, and fell six spots in the Coaches Poll to fall outside of that Top-25 for the first time this season.

However, this is still the 17thstraight week the Sycamores have been ranked in either top-25 – a school record that extends back to ISU’s historic 2014 season.

Jacksonville State (4-1) and Coastal Carolina (6-0) remained as the No. 1 teams in the STATS and Coaches polls, respectively.

Six Valley teams remain in the top-25 for the seventh-straight poll this season — five of which

rank in the top-15: No. 2 North Dakota State, No. 4 Illinois State, No. 7 South Dakota State, No. 11/12 Youngstown State and No. 12/14 Northern Iowa.

The previous two weeks saw half of the Valley (five of 10 schools) in the top-10, the first such occurrence in conference history.

Indiana State is coming off a tough 24-7 loss at No. 7 SDSU on Saturday.

The Sycamores and Jackrabbits were evenly matched throughout much of the game, with ISU only trailing 14-7 heading into the fourth quarter.

However, the high-flying offense of SDSU kicked into gear and the Jackrabbit defense was able to stymie any ISU efforts to counter down the stretch.

ISU returns home this week for Homecoming to host a potent Southern Illinois (2-3, 1-1 MVFC) offense that most recently blew out Missouri State, 73-26.

Uradomo finishes The Fall Preview in Top 5 Ace Hunt

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Indiana State junior Marissa Uradomo recorded her ninth career Top 5 individual finish as the Sycamores posted a tenth place showing in the team rankings at The Fall Preview which was held Sunday and Monday at Purgatory Golf Club. The course was a par-72, 6,275-yard layout on the north side of Indianapolis.

Uradomo’s final round of 77 followed up rounds on Sunday of 75 and one-under-par 71 for a tournament total of 223.

She finished in a tie for third in the individual rankings with Ball State’s Allison Lindley (223) behind only Akron’s Frida Fougberg (221) and Toledo’s Morgan Salm (222). It marked the ninth career Top 5 individual finish of Uradomo’s career and her second in as many weeks.

“Marissa played the most confidently that I have ever seen her play as she tied for third this weekend,” head coach Greg Towne said. “The course was windy and difficult today. It was a great way for the team to figure out what they need to improve upon going forward.”

Freshman Thilda Staubo tied for 44th place with a tournament score of 240. Staubo posted a final round 83 after opening play with rounds of 78 and 79. Senior Shelby Williams carded a final round of 81 following a pair of 82’s on Sunday for a total of 245 and a tie for 53rd. Freshman Sophie Benetti carded a final round of 85 to finish with a score of 246 and a finish in 59th place.

Sophomore Dawn Turner’s final round of 85 came on the heels of rounds of 84 and 87 on Sunday for a finish in 66th place and a score of 256.

Overall, the Sycamores recorded a tenth place finish in the event after firing a final round of 326. That came on the heels of consecutive rounds of 314 during the first 36 holes on Sunday. The Sycamores downed IllinoisChicago who posted rounds of 320, 317 and 328 for a final tally of 965 as well as Central Michigan (318-232-331=972) and Cleveland State (318-336344=998).

Toledo won the tournament with a final total of 897 after firing a final round of 298.

The Rockets were followed by Western Michigan (907), Eastern Michigan (907), Akron (912), Ball State (913), Northern Illinois (915), Youngstown State (927), Bowling Green (933) and Ohio (945).

The Sycamores will conclude the five-tournament fall campaign on October 26-27 at the Charles Braun Classic.