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Indiana State student arrested Morgan Gallas Reporter
Indiana State University student Jomo Bennett was arrested on his way to class Oct. 26. On Friday, Bennett was identified as the person who allegedly brought a gun onto campus allegedly looking “for a specific person concerning a personal matter,” according to the Crime Alert from Public Safety sent out Friday. Upon arrest, Bennett was not carrying the gun. “He did not have the gun in his possession,” said Joseph Newport, chief of the ISU Police Department. “(The gun) was not recovered.” Bennett was preliminarily charged with criminal recklessness and intimidation, both felonies, and made an appearance on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in Vigo County Court Division 6. Investigation into this incident continues. Indiana State University is a gun-free campus. If you see suspicious activity on campus, contact ISU PD at 812-237-5555.
Theft rates increase as break looms closer Morgan Gallas Reporter
As Indiana State University approaches holiday breaks, students should be aware about the potential for thefts occurring while they are away. Because there are not many students on campus over fall and winter break, some may see an opportunity to strike and steal. “Thefts from vehicles and burglary rates usually go up during the holiday season,” said Michele Barrett, assistant chief of police at the Indiana State University Police Department. Once students leave for break, there is an increase in thefts on and around campus. “Thieves know that one, students are out of town on break, and two, people usually have extra cash and merchandise laying around during the holiday season,” Barrett said. Students should take preventative measures to thwart burglary from occurring in their dorms or homes. “Keep vehicles, dorms and homes locked,” Barrett said. “Keep valuables out of plain sight. Thieves are more likely to break into a vehicle where they can see a purse, laptop and other electronics in plain view.” Upon returning to campus or off-campus housing, students should look out for signs of burglary such as broken windows or locks and items rearranged or rummaged through in their vehicle or home. “The north side of campus usually sees a higher theft rate during the holiday break because there is a higher population of students living in theses apartments and townhouses,” Barrett said. “Thieves know that many students are out of town during the holidays.” If you see suspicious activity on campus, report it to 812237-5555. Suspicious activity in Terre Haute can be reported to the nonemergency police number 812-232-1311.
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El Nino shouldn’t affect local weather Nevia Buford
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This year’s El Nino may last longer and be slightly stronger than in previous years, but will not have a large effect on the weather at Indiana State University, sources said. An article found on weatherchannel.com describes El Nino as “an anomalous, yet periodic, warming of the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.” El Nino occurs when easterly trade winds weaken and reverse from west to east, meaning that warmer Pacific waters change directions and move towards the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. Normally, these winds cause warm water to move towards the Western Pacific Ocean, and cold water to move towards the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. In layman’s terms, “El Nino is an unusual warming of the waters in the east Pacific Ocean and the tropics,” said Dr. Gregory Bierly, a professor in the department of earth and environmental systems. “Essentially that’s what it is. It causes changes in atmospheric wind and pressure, which can lead to heavy rains in some places and droughts in some places. It can also affect weather more distant from that region.” El Nino plays a part in the weather that some regions experience. “Typically what happens in the United States and North America is that we have wet-
ter than normal weather along the southern states and on the west coast,” Bierly said. While El Nino may affect the Terre Haute area, the changes will not be significant. “Now as far as Terre Haute, the connection with El Nino is not nearly as strong,” Bierly said. “We’re getting pretty far from where it has its influence. But usually El Nino winters are a little bit warmer than normal. Right now the prediction for this winter from the Climate Prediction Center is that we will be warmer than normal and a little bit drier than normal.” El Nino is not the only factor that impacts the weather. “I think right now what you’re seeing with the day-today weather variation is just the fact that in a fall, and in spring too, but in fall the westerly winds that go across the United States are in a period of adjustment, so there are a lot of changes that happen right now,” Bierly said. “Summer is a fairly stable period, and the middle of winter is fairly stable, but spring and fall are what they call transition seasons, so there are lots of disturbances in moving waves, so a lot of times that’s what causes up and downs with temperature and also little bursts of storms.” According to the article, “El Nino is not the sole driver of the atmosphere at any time. Day-to-day variability in the weather pattern, including blocking patterns, forcing from climate change and
other factors all work together with El Nino to determine the overall weather experienced over the timeframe of a few months.” “It’s been a while since we’ve had a significant El Nino,” Bierly said. “This one has been
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in effect for a good part of this year, and it’s predicted to continue on into the winter and then start to weaken a little bit, or go back to normal sometime in the spring or maybe in the summer of next year.”
English department considers degree changes Miguel Lewis Reporter
The English department has proposed a degree change that may take effect within the next year. English department chairperson Robert Perrin said the college has traditionally awarded more Bachelor of Science degrees than Bachelor of Arts degrees. In order to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree, students must have at least two years of a foreign language. Recent studies suggest that the designation of either degree depends on the type of coursework that is required for each major. “We’ve talked about this for several years saying, ‘Why aren’t the sciences giving Bachelor of Science degrees and why wouldn’t the theatre and music and English and art automatically be an artsfocused degree?’” Perrin said. Time after time and discussion after discussion the conversation has always gone back to the requirement of having at least two years of a foreign language to qualify for an arts degree. “We always thought it was odd in English that we weren’t considered an arts degree, and the science department thought it was odd that we were giving a science degree,” Perrin said. This discussion among the university and the departments created a problem because there was no question or thought of changing degrees and requirements in past years. The push for the change may take up to a year or more depending on the efficiency of the approval process. Furthermore, this change also involves more than just the English department. If this change is approved, what is considered a Bachelor of Science degree now may no longer be considered science, but arts instead. For example, a student may look at his
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Dr. Robert Perrin, professor and chair of the English department, has pushed for the English degree to change to a Bachelor of Arts from a Bachelor of Science.
or her degree audit and see that their major is theater with a Bachelor of Science. However, if this change takes place they will see Bachelor of Art instead. Although word of this change is getting around campus, not all students have heard about it. “I’ve only heard rumors about this change, specifically about the language requirement so I’m not really sure what all is going to happen,” said senior English major Stephanie McFarland. “ … but I feel like this would be an inconvenience to some students. If they take away the
language requirement and students have already completed the requirement, it may just end up being a waste of time and money.” The final review of the process has to go through a computer program called Curricu-log before it takes full effect. Students who are currently on track to graduate will not be affected by this change. “Students graduating within the next few semesters won’t have anything to worry about. There are still a few final revisions that we have to worry about,” Perrin said.
Illinois college students feeling loan pain Gail MarksJarvis
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Despite all the attention being paid to the nation’s $1.3 trillion in student loan debt, borrowing is growing, and the burdens are especially painful for students in Illinois colleges. Nationally, 69 percent of students who graduated from public and private nonprofit colleges in 2014 have student loan debt and left school with an average of $28,950 in loans, according to a study done by
the Institute for College Access and Success. While there has been no increase in the last two years in the percentage of students who borrowed money to pay for college, students are leaving school with more debt than in the past. The debt load for undergraduate students climbed 2 percent in 2014, from $28,400. Over the past decade, the debt load for college graduates has jumped 56 percent, more than twice the rise in inflation.
Illinois students are among the largest borrowers in the nation. Students who graduated in 2014 from Illinois colleges left with average debt of $28,984 — ranking 16th among states in terms of debt burdens, according to the study. The number of students who must borrow to attend Illinois colleges is especially high too. Illinois ranks 11th of all states, with 67 percent of students finishing college with loans in 2014. Debt levels differ greatly be-
tween states and institutions — ranging from $4,750 to $60,750 per college. The study points out that students could cut their debt substantially if they would take time to compare the costs of attending various public and private colleges before selecting a school. Many state institutions — including Illinois’ — have faced cutbacks in government budgets and consequently have left students carrying a
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Carson now leads in one nationwide poll
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Trump trails Carson by 4 percent, according to a recent poll David Lightman
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WASHINGTON — Don’t call Donald Trump the undisputed Republican front-runner anymore. As Republicans head to Colorado for their Wednesday debate, Ben Carson is ahead nationwide, says a new CBS News/New York Times poll. The Oct. 21-25 survey found 26 percent of Republican primary voters were backing the retired neurosurgeon, while Trump had 22 percent. The new survey is the first major poll to show Carson overtaking the real estate mogul. Carson had taken the lead in Iowa polls last week, while Trump continues to have big leads in New Hampshire and South Carolina. No one else is close. In third in the national poll is Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at 8 percent. Next are Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, and former
Music app launch may threaten radio industry Helena Walker Reporter
The names Apple and iTunes have become synonymous with digital music delivery. It should come as no surprise that Apple decided to launch its own music service, Apple Music. Apple Music is an app that comes with the new iOS 8.4 firmware upgrade. It is also available for download for all Android devices. Like Pandora and Spotify before it, Apple Music allows users to “like,” “love” and “follow” artists. In addition to music streaming, Apple Music has the Beats 1 around-the-clock radio station, and a feature called “connect” that allows users to see special content such as new songs and behind-the-scenes photos. Apple Music has 6.5 million paid subscribers and 8.5 million additional customers using the service’s three-month trial subscription. For comparison, Spotify has 55 million people using its adsupported free service, which has been around since 2008. Indiana State University’s radio station manager, Richard Green, said he doesn’t believe this new music app will affect radio the way some have predicted. “I’m not too worried about Apple stealing listeners because it enhances experiences,” Green said. “Radio reaches 93 percent of people every day.”
business executive Carly Fiorina, each with 7 percent. The 10 leading Republican contenders will debate for two hours, starting at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Trump had questions Tuesday about recent polls. “Some of these polls coming out, I don’t quite get it,” he told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” He said he was surprised in Iowa, and “The other polls, as you know, in other states are extraordinary, actually ... I would have thought we were doing much better. I think we are doing much better, actually.” He also insisted he’s not thinking of getting out. “I’m in it to the end,” Trump said. He could be buoyed by the finding of the nationwide poll that 7 of 10 Republican primary voters said it is far too early for them to make a definite decision on a candidate. © 2015 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Protests mount over Donald Trump hosting ‘SNL’ David Lightman
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NEW YORK — Just a few months ago, NBC fired Donald Trump. Now it’s giving him a coveted hosting slot on “Saturday Night Live” — to a growing chorus of criticism. Latino advocacy groups, joined by Hollywood celebrities and others, are calling on NBC to disinvite the Trump from his Nov. 7 appearance, citing inflammatory remarks Trump made about Mexican immigrants in the speech announcing his White House run in June. “We are appalled that you would enable Trump’s hateful speech for nothing (more) than a ratings ploy,” the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 40 civil rights and policy organizations, said in a letter to “SNL” Executive Producer Lorne Michaels and NBCUniversal Chief Executive Stephen Burke. A social media campaign called #RacismIsntFunny has drawn support from celebrities including John Leguizamo, Margaret Cho and Al Madrigal, and petitions on MoveOn.org and Change.org have gathered 370,000 signatures protesting the Trump appearance. “There’s no question that this issue has struck a nerve in the Latino community and beyond, and there is growing energy and intensity,” said Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, a Latino advocacy organization. NBC declined to comment on the matter Monday. The network initially distanced itself from Trump, who declared his candidacy in June in a speech in which he described Mexican immigrants as “rapists” who were bringing drugs and
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Donald Trump, like numerous other presidential candidates, looks forward to the advertising bump that hosting Saturday Night Live can give.
crime across the border. Within days, NBC fired Trump as host of “The Celebrity Apprentice” and ended its involvement with his Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, citing his “recent derogatory statements.” But as Trump’s insurgent campaign gained momentum over the summer, the real estate tycoon has blossomed into a media sensation with a Midas touch for ratings. “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” got its best Friday night ratings in 18 months with Trump’s Sept. 11 visit. A few weeks later, Trump delivered CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” its biggest audience since its Sept. 8 premiere. In addition to his “Tonight” visit, Trump has called into “Morning Joe” on cable sister network MSNBC and on Mon-
day sat for a “town hall” moderated by Matt Lauer on “Today.” As Trump’s profile has risen, NBC’s public rhetoric also appears to have softened. In August, Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour that Trump would “absolutely not” be back on “The Celebrity Apprentice” but was otherwise full of praise for the billionaire, calling him “a lovely guy” and “very much a collaborator.” Trump’s relationship with the network dates to 2004, when “The Apprentice” premiered. While these other media appearances have drawn little controversy, Trump’s scheduled visit to “Saturday Night Live” is generating much more flak because it’s seen by his detractors as a cynical ratings ploy that
could benefit his political campaign and potentially validate his views on immigration. “‘SNL’ has become one of the most highly coveted platforms for candidates looking to connect with the American public,” Murguia said. “It’s appalling for a show to showcase a man whose campaign has been built on bigotry and demagoguery for the sake of buzz and ratings.” Ratings are a reliable factor in booking guest hosts, so it’s likely that a potential “Trump bump” influenced NBC’s decision. As Trump joked the first time he hosted in 2004, “It’s great to be here at ‘Saturday Night Live,’ but I’ll be completely honest. It’s even better for ‘Saturday Night Live’ that I’m here. Nobody’s bigger than me, nobody’s better
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TRUMP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 than me, I’m a ratings machine.” Hosting “SNL” provides the latest example of Trump’s ability to command media attention, which has provided an enormous part of his success since he declared his candidacy in June. Many of his rivals will spend tens of millions of dollars on advertising in the next few months to become better known among voters and spread their campaign message. Trump has been able to accomplish those goals largely for free. “I thought I’d have $25 million
spent by now on ads,” Trump said in a recent interview with Fortune. “Do you know how much I’ve spent? Zero. Because I haven’t had to.” Other candidates can only bite their lips in frustration. None has publicly condemned NBC’s willingness to have Trump host the popular comedy show, and complaining about it would be unlikely to help them. Republican rival Sen. Marco Rubio brushed off the “SNL” protests, saying, “If you don’t like it, don’t watch the show.” Candidates usually welcome the chance to appear on shows like “SNL,” in part because do-
LOAN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 arger burden, the study said. Yet various states have reacted differently to budget constraints, and some private colleges with large endowments provide more scholarships and grants than state schools. That can make institutions with high initial sticker prices more affordable than public colleges for low- and middleincome students, and cut the need to borrow excessively. Federal and state governments have increased grant aid for students, but not enough to cover rising college costs, the study says. Over the last decade, the share of public college funding provided by states has declined from 62 percent to 51 percent. As a result, the portion students and families are asked to pay has increased, from 32 percent to 43 percent. “Too many students are left with debts they can’t pay,” said Lauren Asher, presi-
ing so enables them to reach the wide audience of potential voters who don’t regularly watch the cable news channels and Sunday morning public affairs programs that carry most political news. The ability to laugh at oneself also can help make a candidate more attractive to voters. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, argues that when politicians ridicule themselves on “SNL,” it can take the bite out of the parody. “When you’re starting to be effectively parodied, one way you
dent of the Institute for College Access and Success. “Rising borrowing levels raise serious concerns, both for individuals and the broader economy.” Other studies have found that millennials with high student loan debts have been reluctant to start families, buy homes, save for retirement and start businesses. The most borrowing identified by the study was at schools in New Hampshire, where 76 percent of college seniors had loans, and an average debt burden of $33,410. Delaware had the highest average debt per college graduate, at $33,808. The researchers said they could not be certain which college leaves students with the highest debts, because institutions are not required to report debt levels for their graduates and only voluntarily provided data for the study. On that basis, the researchers said they did get data for 81 percent of last year’s
defuse that is to parody yourself. You can come off as charming, as not taking yourself too seriously, which is clearly a problem with Trump,” she said. “The potential political advantage of it is enormous.” Another factor in the growing outcry may be that it is exceptionally rare for an active presidential candidate to host the show. Cameos by presidential and vice presidential candidates have long been woven into the fabric of “SNL” — think Sarah Palin in 2008 or Hillary Rodham Clinton this month — and many politicians, including Sen.
graduates. Researchers recommended that the federal government require data on student borrowing, including federal loans and private loans. Because of the voluntary nature of the reporting, the researchers assumed their debt figures per student are probably lower than complete data would show. In Illinois, the researchers noted, the study was constrained because “a few sizable colleges failed to report debt data for either 2004 and 2014.” Among those was University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which had the largest graduating class in 2014. The study found average student debt more than doubled during the last 10 years at the “largest Illinois institutions,” including Eastern Illinois University, Illinois State University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and Western Illinois Uni-
John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, have hosted the show. But the last time a candidate hosted while in the middle of an active campaign was in December 2003, when Democratic long-shot Al Sharpton played the role of emcee. Because of concerns about the Federal Communication Commission’s “equal time” rule, several affiliates declined to carry the original broadcast of the episode. (Times staff writer David Lauter contributed to this story.) ©2015 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
versity. Illinois also had “notable exceptions” like Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Chicago, where debt levels did not snowball like the state or national averages. Debts there increased less than 40 percent over the last decade, compared to an 85 percent average for the state of Illinois, the study said. Meanwhile, the average debt per graduate jumped only 23 percent at Iowa schools over the decade, according to the study. Yet the average debt per graduate with loans — $29,732 — was among the top 10 in the nation in 2014, exceeding Illinois’ $28,984. Borrowing increased 57 percent in Michigan, to $29,450; 50 percent in Indiana, to $29,222; 67 percent in Missouri, to $25,844; and 74 percent in Wisconsin, to $28,810. ©2015 the Chicago Tribune. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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Miss ISU Pageant to take place this weekend Erica Garnes Reporter
Miss Indiana State University Pageant will be held this Sunday in Tirey Hall from 4 to 6 p.m. It has been held since 1958 and still continues to make a difference in many ISU women’s lives by providing them with opportunities and life lessons. Meetings started in August and continue until the event occurs. The Miss ISU Scholarship Program is a preliminary for the Miss Indiana and Miss America Scholarship Programs. It is open to any woman at ISU who meets the requirements: enrolled as an ISU student for at least one semester, 17 to 24 years of age, a United States citizen and willing to raise a minimum of $100 for the Children’s Miracle Network. Freda Luers, the director of the Miss ISU Program, described Miss ISU as “A true ambassador for the university, so representing not only Miss Indiana but here at school and representing within the Terre Haute community as well as statewide.”
CBS’ ‘Supergirl’ is a hit Scott Collins
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“Supergirl” can really lift those ratings. Monday’s premiere on CBS of TV’s latest superhero franchise drew 12.9 million total viewers, according to Nielsen, making it this fall’s mostwatched series premiere. Admittedly, it’s been a tough season so far for broadcasters, but the results have to give CBS executives reason for hope. Starring 20-something Melissa Benoist as a young woman who balances ordinary office life with a secret existence as a superhero, “Supergirl” is an effort to bring not just super powers but youth to a network that has skewed old for decades. CBS projects that the show’s audience will climb to nearly 19 million over the next week, once delayed viewing is tabulated. Among viewers aged 18 to 49 — the group advertisers care about most — “Supergirl” scored a 3.2 rating and was virtually neck-and-neck with NBC’s youth-loving singing contest “The Voice,” which it aired opposite against. Yes, but does “Supergirl” have the stamina to stay strong? Those questions and others will be answered over the following weeks. ©2015 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Competitors must demonstrate their talents as they compete for points. “They’re looked at as an entertainer also … . Whoever is selected will have some sort of talent and they’ll be able to use that in appearances,” Luers said. Luers explained Miss ISU also acts as “a role model for the other students and then also to raise awareness for their platform — meaning their issue — their social justice issue to bring to the forefront, and that can vary depending on which woman wins.” In addition to experience and networking opportunities, participants can win scholarship money. The winner will receive a $1,500 scholarship from the ISU Foundation and Barnes and Noble. The first runner-up will receive $500 from the ISU Foundation, the second runner-up a $250 gift card from Barnes and Noble and the third runner-up a $100 scholarship from Indiana State University Federal Credit Union. “The pageant will be so exciting,” Luers said. “There’s 22 women this year, which is the most we have had in recent his-
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tory. Those 22 women have been meet- opening number and just talking about ing since the middle of September, every the Miss America Program, Miss Indiana week and practicing their walking, their and Miss ISU.”
Tickets on sale for annual Yuletide Madrigal Feaste Tickets are now on sale for the Yuletide Madrigal Feaste presented by the Indiana State University School of Music. Now in its 68th year, the Indiana State Madrigal Dinners are a re-creation of the Renaissance feasts held in the great baronial halls throughout England during the 12 days of Christmas. If you lived in England during the 16th century and were lucky enough to be one of the favored guests, you would be dazzled with the stunning pageantry, bawdy humor, endless amounts of succulent food and extraordinary music. The line between sacred and secular would be thinly drawn. One moment you might be regaled with the most risque humor and the next you might listen to, or sing, the most exquisite and ethereal sacred music. “This event should be a highlight of Terre Haute’s holiday activities,” said Scott Buchanan, director of choral activities at Indiana State. “An evening of wonderful music with singers, period costumes and exquisite food in a beautiful venue ... what more could you ask for to usher in the season of Christmas? Everyone
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involved in this venture takes great pride in producing an unforgettable evening for our guests, and we look forward to sharing the holiday spirit with them. We encourage folks to make their reservations early, as there are only 100 seats available for each performance.” The cast will include the In-
diana State Sycamore Singers and Brass Quintet. The meal, catered by Crossroads Cafe, will include traditional wassail, cranberry Christmas salad, roasted pork loin, breaded stuffing, roasted red potatoes, green beans, rolls and black forest cake. The shows are set for 7 p.m. Dec. 1-3 at St. Stephen’s Epis-
copal Church, 215 N. Seventh St. Make reservations by calling 812-237-4590, or purchase tickets for $30 each through Nov. 27 at the choral office of the Landini Center for the Performing and Fine Arts, room 222. Story by ISU Communications and Marketing
Is the University of California spending too little on teaching and too much on administration? Kim Christensen
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LOS ANGELES — Fifty years ago, the University of California basked in a golden moment: With the state booming, the system opened two new campuses in 1965, one on the old Irvine Ranch in the middle of Orange County, the other in the hills above Santa Cruz and the Pacific Ocean. It was a crowning achievement for then-Gov. Pat Brown, who made expanding the system a top priority. Today, UC has 10 campuses across the state and a $27 billion budget. But there is a persistent debate about how the university spends that money and whether students are being shortchanged. Weeks after an announced increase in state funding staved off a tuition hike, the Board of Regents riled spending critics this summer by handing 3 percent raises to some of UC’s highest-paid employees. The number of those making at least $500,000 annually grew by 14 percent in the last year, to 445, and the system’s administrative ranks have swelled by 60
percent over the last decade — far outpacing tenure-track faculty. Administrative growth and executive compensation are perennial hot-button issues for students, labor leaders and fiscal watchdogs, who say they are emblematic of the system’s free-spending ways. UC officials counter that the costs are necessary to compete with other worldclass institutions and keep up with advancing technology and growing enrollment. They also say the budget numbers can give the wrong impression. Only about a quarter of the UC system’s budget is made up of “core fund” spending on the educational mission, they point out. The remainder encompasses everything else, including five medical centers that are more than selfsupporting and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which helps bring in the billions of dollars in government grants and contracts that UC researchers attract each year. Indeed, UC’s budget — larger than those of some 25 states — is so big and so complex that it can be puzzling even
for experts. “The challenge is to sort of get your arms around everything that they’re doing and all of their funding sources and how they spend their money,” Paul Golaszewski, principal fiscal and policy analyst with the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, told an Assembly panel examining UC spending earlier this year. The budget drew increased scrutiny this spring, when Gov. Jerry Brown squared off with UC President Janet Napolitano over her bid to raise tuition by as much as 28 percent over five years to cover payroll and retirement costs, hire more faculty and enroll more California undergrads. Brown opposed the hikes, calling instead for cost-cutting efforts such as more online courses and shorter graduation trajectories. The two struck a deal in May that boosted state funding, froze in-state undergraduate tuition for two years and required UC to reform its pension plan for future participants. For two decades starting in 1990, the regents allowed the system and its employees alike to stop contributing to the
plan, which was overfunded at the time but now has a $12 billion unfunded liability, according to UC’s latest operating budget. Despite warning signs as early as 2005 that the fund was headed for trouble, it was not until 2009 that the regents acted to resume contributions the following year. UC now must spend about $1.3 billion a year to cover its pension costs — and it will take decades to fill the gap. That draws money away from other uses, said Adam Tatum, until recently the research director of California Common Sense, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. “Now, it is not going to salaries; it is going to retirement benefits that should have already been paid for, or at least set aside for,” said Tatum, who now works for a financial services firm. “It is not going to UC campuses, but to past debts that should have been paid and would have been paid if UC had not participated in that pension contribution holiday.” Despite its immensity, the pension problem has attracted relatively little
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CALIFORNIA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 public attention compared with administrative growth and the big salaries and perks that often come with it. Some UC students contend that, even as the administration has grown, their educational experience has declined. “Class sizes are ridiculous and desks are broken,” said Rebecca Ora, a doctoral candidate in film and digital media at UC Santa Cruz and treasurer of the University of California Student Association. “Where is the spending on education?” UC officials flatly reject any contention that they have drifted from that core mission. They note that enrollment has grown by 77,000 in the last 15 years and that UC has kept its commitment to find a spot on one of its campuses for all California high school students graduating in the top 9 percent statewide or within their own classes. “We have doubled down on our mission,” said UC spokeswoman Dianne Klein. “The fact that UC still manages to be among the very best public or private universities in the world — despite the dramatic cutbacks in state support — speaks to the dedication of our faculty, students and staff.” Tuition has been a contentious issue in the state since 1960, when the California Master Plan for Higher Education called for the state’s public community colleges and universities to be affordable and accessible to residents. In 1980, UC’s in-state undergrads paid $719 a year in tuition and fees. By 1994, the figure had grown to $3,800, but stayed relatively flat for most of the
next decade. By the mid-2000s, on the heels of a state budget crisis, tuition had jumped by more than 40 percent, topping $5,000. It has since more than doubled, to about $12,200, while state funding in real dollars is less than its 2000 level. Out-of-state students, whose numbers have risen in recent years, pay about $23,000 more per year and have helped offset state funding cuts. As total enrollment has grown, from about 126,000 in 1980 to more than 246,000 now, UC’s spending has likewise ticked upward. Even the Great Recession didn’t stop the growth. Overall spending grew by 40 percent from 2007-08 to 2014-15, a state Assembly subcommittee report noted, from $19.2 billion to $26.9 billion. Core fund expenditures rose 27 percent during the same period, from $5.4 billion to $6.9 billion. The “lion’s share” of increased spending since 2007 has been due to growth in the university’s health sciences system, which includes the revenue-generating medical centers and is self-supporting, said Nathan Brostrom, UC’s chief financial officer. The rise of non-teaching and nonresearch jobs at private and public universities has become a hot topic on campuses from coast to coast. Efficiency experts brought in to assess the UC Berkeley bureaucracy a few years ago concluded it was top-heavy. Bain & Co. consultants tallied 11 layers of management between the chancellor and front-line employees, suggesting that the organization had too many bosses. More than half of all managers — about 1,000 — had three or fewer direct
reports, and 471 were in charge of exactly one person each. Depending on the work involved, and compared to similar organizations in private industry, the consultants said, the average number of direct reports per supervisor should have been in the range of six to 11. Too few direct reports per manager and too many administrative layers resulted in slower decision-making, excessive costs and lower employee morale, Bain experts concluded. UC responded to that and other findings with a broad — and controversial — multiyear effort to cut costs by about $75 million annually by streamlining operations and administration. Other UC campuses have launched similar efforts, even as the number of high-paying jobs has grown. More than 900 UC employees are paid at least $400,000 a year, nearly twice as many as in 2010 and more than six times as many as in 2004. UC officials say that well-paid administrative positions are essential to meet rising information and technology demands, the increasingly complex requirements of government funding and regulation and other 21st century needs. Many of those jobs are IT managers, architects, engineers and fiscal analysts, officials say. They also note that only about 3 percent of UC’s 195,000 employees earn more than $200,000 a year. Most of those are faculty members in health sciences who work at teaching hospitals and are paid largely from clinical revenue and research money, not state funds, they say. While big paychecks for those in
UC’s senior management group — including the president, the chancellors and other top administrators — attract the most attention, they comprise less than 1 percent of the $27 billion budget, officials say. It is the next layer of well-paid administrators that has grown most significantly over the last two decades. From 2004 to 2014, the management and senior professionals ranks swelled by 60 percent, to about 10,000, UC data show. “There is a huge cadre of middle managers and upper middle managers, and that is where the bloat is,” said Charles Schwartz, a UC Berkeley physics professor who retired in 1993 and has spent much of his time since then crunching the budget and issuing a series of sharp critiques. Administrators now outnumber tenure-track faculty members, whose ranks, over the same decade, grew by just 8 percent, from 8,067 to 8,722, and have not kept pace with rising enrollment. As more of the teaching burden has shifted to adjunct and part-time instructors, students say their face time with tenured professors has shrunk and their class sizes have grown. Brostrom, UC’s chief financial officer, acknowledged such problems but said student-faculty ratios and crowded classes are not a function of increased spending on administration but rather of declining state funding over the last 15 years. “During that time we’ve added 80,000-plus students and a new campus,” he said, referring to UC Merced. ©2015 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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Say no to makeup
Ryan Ballinger Columnist
Women of all ages look to makeup as a way to cover their faces. They use it to hide what they are afraid of showing to the world. Using your natural beauty can really help your skin and keep it vibrant and acne-free. There are several reasons why I believe you should not use makeup to cover yourself up. The first reason why women should not use excessive makeup is that it can lead to acne and allergic reactions. There are many chemicals in makeup, a major one being sodium benzoate, a food preservative, and many more acids that can be absorbed through the skin. This over time can cause allergic reactions and make skin more sensitive. Makeup can also clog pores and create acne in teenage girls and women, causing them to use more to cover up and making their faces even more unhealthy. The second reason is that makeup can make blemishes worse. Makeup stops your body from healing naturally, causing more blemishes. This can damage the skin and lead to longer and more difficult healing. This can also create scars on the face that are permanent, making it hard to cover up later in life. The third reason to say no to makeup is it can lower self-esteem. Makeup covers who you truly are, making it hard to accept your true self. We all read those magazines where models will wear makeup and make it look like it’s so dashing. The truth is that they just want to empty your wallet. You not only pay with your money, but with your psychological dollars as well. Makeup makes little girls think that it’s OK to be someone else, that everyone only likes that part of them, when in reality natural beauty is healthier for girls both psychologically and physically. The fourth reason is because it takes up too much time and money. The average woman will spend $300 a year on makeup. As I said before, even if it is cheap, it is probably loaded with chemicals and can harm your skin after being exposed to them for a long time. It also takes up too much time; a recent survey of 2,200 people conducted by TODAY and AOL found that women spend an average of 335 hours every year in their daily beauty routines. Imagine what else you could do with all that time. Makeup is bad for the skin, bad for young girls, is a hole in your wallet and it can take away valuable time as well. Do not get me wrong; for special occasions, I understand the need for it. I do not understand though why women must wear it constantly; this is what I am against. It can damage skin and make skin to sensitive after using it constantly. So let’s put down the makeup and let our natural beauty show because it’s healthier in the long run.
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Is gun control really the issue?
Anthony Michalisko Columnist
Recently, violent mass shootings have become more common. Sadly, people have decided to bring terror onto innocent people in horrible ways. There have been many different motives suggested in each case. Whether the motive is racial, religious or any other reason, there seems to be many similarities in most of these cases. Illegal arms trade, mental illness and educating the public on what to do in an active shooter situation are things that we need to focus on rather than putting more control and regulations on law-abiding citizens. We also need to work on protecting vulnerable areas such as schools, malls, churches and other gun-free zones. Here’s what it comes down to: you can put more laws in place to make it harder to purchase a weapon. You can also make it harder to receive a gun permit. But when a person sets their mind to a plan that will kill large numbers of people, they are not going to let a little red tape stop them from getting a weapon. They will find any possible way of obtaining a mechanism to harm people, whether it be purchasing a gun illegally off the streets, making a homemade weapon or even resorting to simple weapons such as knives. We need to put a
plan in place at the federal level that correlates with state and local law enforcement to get “dirty guns” off the streets and stop illegal arms trafficking. If you get these weapons off the streets, I feel crime will decrease dramatically. When people talk about the issue of gun control, they seem to want to steer the conversation to regulation. I feel the largest overlooked subject in this country is mental illness and that it is the root problem in most of the mass shootings. Mother Jones conducted a study that concluded that at least 38 out of 61 mass shooters in the past three decades “displayed signs of mental health problems prior to the killings.” We have to address the elephant in the room and point out that anyone who is willing to kill innocent people is mentally ill and needs help. This will be the most difficult problem to fix. You can’t really force people to get help. And because of HIPAA laws, doctors can’t release any information that will break the doctor-patient confidentiality law. A great way to start to fix the problem is to modify the HIPAA laws to allow doctors to report an atrisk patient to a federal database that can only be accessed for the purpose of federal background checks. I feel that if there is a reason the federal government is doing a background check on you for a job or character reference, mental fitness is relevant. As I stated before, we can’t force people to reach out for help. I think the only thing we can do is develop programs to reach out to people who will accept help and treat the people who need treated. The Department of Home-
land Security has a saying: “See something, say something.” This saying can actually go farther than you think to make the environment you’re in safer. We cannot kid ourselves and think that the world we are living in is as safe as it once was. We face numerous threats from all enemies, foreign and domestic. People always need to keep in the back of their minds what they would need to do in a dangerous situation. I’m not saying be scared every place you go, just be aware of your surroundings. And if you see suspicious activity, don’t be embarrassed to report it to the authorities. They would much rather come out for a false alarm than have a largescale incident. A report by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) concluded 92 percent of mass public shootings between January 2009 and July 2014 occurred in gunfree zones. Our public schools have commonly hired off-duty police officers and our colleges have police departments, so why do they happen to be attacked the most? Some public schools have little to no armed security. The high school I went to only had one off-duty police officer. If someone or a group of people wanted to do a great deal of harm, it wouldn’t take much time and there would be little to stopping it. Some schools have taken a different approach to make up for the lack of security. Schools such as Granite School District in Colorado have allowed for their faculty who already have a concealed carry permit. Teachers are not required to tell anyone that they are carrying a handgun. The idea is that this may de-
tour a would-be shooter because they won’t know who may be confronting them. The second advantage into arming staff is that if a suspect starts firing on victims, there is a chance the incident can be stopped sooner. You can take this idea and apply it to a college setting. I can see both sides of allowing students to carry. Some students may be concerned of allowing any student to carry on campus. I agree with them to a certain extent, but if the faculty is allowed to carry, this may ease some of the worries. I would like to remind you that the program would be completely optional. Even if you regulate weapons, people like me will still continue to jump through the hoops and still enjoy our guns. If these other problems are not addressed, we will continue to have these senseless killings. Obama really has me raving over purposely politicizing the recent shootings in Oregon for his personal political gains on gun control. The president always brings gun control up whenever there is a mass shooting but fails to say anything when over 50 people get shot in one weekend in Chicago. In September, 60 people were murdered in the president’s hometown. The government needs to stop playing political games and be productive to make plan that is fair and will work. Guns play an important part in many Americans’ lives, and you can never expect to change that. America needs to adapt to the time and the threats that we face today, but still maintain our Second Amendment rights.
Arguments for homosexuality are nonsensical Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, The recent controversial decision by a sharply divided (5-4) Supreme Court to concoct a Constitutional “right” to homosexual “marriage” won’t be the last word on the subject. The ideologically based, politically biased decision, which basically puts
heterophobic homosexuals on the same level as normal heterosexuals, so flies in the face of reason that it will eventually be overturned by more intelligent, less biased judges. Thinking people have known for centuries that homosexual activity is immoral and a bad legal precedent. The ancient and primitive Greek and Roman societies once valued homosexual activity, but people ultimately wised up and deprecated it.
Plato, for example, wisely and logically opposed it as unethical. Some Supreme Court justices should be as wise as Plato on this subject. As female minds in male bodies and male minds in female bodies are sure signs that something went wrong somewhere (in nature and/or nurture), so homosexual minds in heterosexual bodies are also sure signs of mind/body mismatches, and are sure signs of disorders. To put obvious disorders like homo-
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A: Getting my legs back, you know, getting back into the game and back into shape. That has been the biggest challenge from sitting out for the nine months I didn’t play. So getting back into shape in a 3-4 month span has been pretty tough.
Indiana State men’s basketball senior guard Brandon Burnett has returned for his final year on the court after an injury took him out of the game a season ago. Q: What are your thoughts and Now that he’s back to 100 percent and ready to return, we sat down with hopes for this season? A: I hope that we win a lot of Brandon to discuss his road to recovgames and make it to the tournaery and goals for this season. ment. My ultimate goal is to play Q: When you were injured last year, in the NCAA Tournament with what was running through your head? Devonte (Brown) and KhrisA: That was the first time I had ever tian (Smith). had something I loved taken away Q: Now that you are back, from me. A lot of things were running through my head and it was hard to what can/will you bring to this year’s ISU Men’s Basstay positive. ketball team? A: Being a good teammate Q: How disappointed were you when it happened? What helped you and being a good spirit, coming here every day and keeping through it? A: I was very disappointed when a smile on to lift everybody up. I coach called and told me I couldn’t think that helps. play. I cried immediately. It was literalQ: Being a senior, you’ve lived the ly the first time I had ever had my heart broken. I guess that’s what heartbreak college life and you’ve experienced so feels like. The love of the game is what much. What advice would you leave for younger players and for future ISU helped push me through, though. basketball players? A: My advice would be to not rush. Q: During your road to recovery, Enjoy it. Now that I am a senior it what process did you take? A: There was a lot of rehab and pa- feels as though it has went by so fast. tience. Being patient was the hardest Freshman year, you count down part. I wasn’t able to walk on my own. I the days for it to end and want was on crutches for six weeks and then everything to be over, but my in a boot for another six. It was tough advice is to enjoy every single but rehab and patience was what I had day. Getting injured, I had something taken away so to do. fast. You have to make sure Q: What has been your biggest chal- you love it and enjoy the process. lenge so far?
Brandon Burnett, ISU senior guard.
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Women’s soccer in Gambling becoming a must-win situation trend in fantasy sports Adler Ingalsbe
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The Indiana State University women’s soccer team will take the field for the final time in regular season play on Thursday with hopes of securing a berth in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Indiana State comes into the match with an overall record of 6-9-1, but their conference record of 1-3-1 is all that matters at this point. The Sycamores will be taking on the Illinois State University Redbirds, who own an overall record of 5-9-2 and are 2-3 in MVC play. The game between the two ISU schools is a pivotal one for both as the winner of the game will almost assuredly lock themselves into the conference tournament, while a loss will end their season. The Sycamores, who are looking to earn their way back into the MVC tournament after falling short of qualifying last season, will have the advantage of getting to play the game on their home turf as the game will be under the lights of Memorial Stadium. The match will feature some of the best offensive players that the MVC has to offer. For Illinois State, they are led by redshirt junior Lauren Koehl, who has scored six goals with four of those being game-winners. Another offensive playmaker for the Redbirds is senior Ali Forkos, who ranks third in the conference with four assists. While they have a few players that find themselves among the MVC leaders in individual statistics, Illinois State ranks at or near the bottom in just about every major statistical category, both offensive and defensive. The Redbirds are fourth in goals scored, fifth in shots taken, points, goals scored per game, assists and assists per game. They have also given up the most goals. Meanwhile, the Sycamores have some of the best offensive players in the MVC and continue to rise atop the statistical rankings. They rank first in shots taken,
I’ve lost my fair share of money on betting on games. I decided to bet one weekend last October and never again will do it. I decided to put money on the Ohio State Buckeyes to defeat the Penn State Nittany Lions by at least 10. JT Barrett had led the Buckeyes to four-straight games in which they scored 50 or more points, so I was confident they would be able to put up points. The Buckeyes struggled all night before pulling out a 31-24 win in overtime. I wasn’t a happy camper the week I decided to start sports betting, they failed to cover the spread. I shrugged it off and thought about the day of NFL football ahead and the game that I could make my money back on. I had put money on the Green Bay Packers to beat the New Orleans Saints on Sunday Night Football and lost. The Packers went on to win seven of their next eight games, and the Saints went on to lose five-straight home games to close out the season. So the Saints literally couldn’t win at home after that and the Packers were close to unstoppable, but for that one game, everything aligned well-enough to make sure I won no money. I ended the weekend down $50. The newest trend is daily fantasy sports, where you select a team with a given budget and then compete against other people who have submitted a lineup in that playlist. Two of the more popular daily fantasy sports websites are DraftKings, with whom ESPN has a partnership, and FanDuel. There aren’t many differences between the two, other than that the budget given on FanDuel is higher; but as a result the players cost more so it really is the same thing. In their ads they try to portray these games as being exactly like fantasy football, just without the commitment of being in a season-long league. One difference that they don’t tell you is that just because you take Julio Jones
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are second in points, goals and goals per game, and are third in assists and assists per game. Indiana State is looking to build on their last game as they notched their first conference win of the season when they defeated Loyola 2-0. Seniors Kate Johnson and Sydney Loesing, who each recorded a goal, led the team, as well as junior goalkeeper Brittany San Roman, who shut out her opponent for the fourth time this season. Johnson’s four goals now rank eighth in the conference, behind her teammates Sydney Lovelace, who is third in the MVC with seven and Maddie Orf ’s five, which is good for fifth. San Roman continues her solid season in the goal as her 90 saves rank second among other MVC goalkeepers, as well as her .789 save percentage, which is good for fourth. While the Thursday evening match will be the last game of the regular season, it is also the last time the four seniors, Johnson, Loesing, Lovelace and Elle Steele, will get the chance to play in front of the home crowd. The four of them will be able to keep their careers at Indiana State alive for at least one more game if they are able to knock off the rival Redbirds of Illinois State.
and put him on your team doesn’t mean he’s only yours. So when you’re getting excited that Jones scored, a good amount of people in that contest also had Julio, as well as two of the other top performers of the day. To win in these daily games, you literally have to pick the perfect team to get near the pay range. Recently, a DraftKings employee was accused of using insider information on his way to winning $350,000. A summary of findings from DraftKings said he could not have possibly used the information from DraftKings for the FanDuel tournament, since he received his information after the lineups were locked. This scandal still caught people’s attention and led to discussions of whether indeed DFS is considered gambling. “If you’re wagering money with the hope or expectation of getting more money back, then you are risking the chance of it being considered gambling, which is what’s happening to these websites,” said 90.7 WZIS News and Sports Operations Director Andy Stidham. While many of the people I surveyed had knowledge of how these DFS and gambling websites work, none of them have ever partaken in any of them. The extent of their betting has never gone past backyard-style bets with friends. One person I came across that wished to remain anonymous said, “It’s not gambling because I’m using my knowledge and skill of which players will have a good game; therefore, it’s not up to chance.” A bill to regulate daily fantasy sports is expected to be introduced in Illinois this week. The bill aims to protect consumers from playing too much and making sure they have a legitimate chance of winning. The bill will also aim to create standards for auditing daily fantasy companies that want to do business in the state and forbid their employees from playing in contests on other sites. This is the first bill of its kind but something tells me it won’t be the last.